l86 EMINENT FAMILIES. 



by the numbers used to designate them in the genealogy rather 

 than by their names. 



The family begins with three brothers who emigrated to Amer- 

 ica in the seventeenth century. These three brothers all had families, 

 among the children of whom were seven grandsons of the English 

 progenitor. These grandsons constitute a group, and when the 

 word "group" is used in this connection it will mean an assem- 

 blage of persons who are all grandsons of one man, and who trace 

 their descent through two or more brothers. They are in fact 

 cousins bearing the same surname. These seven cousins were born 

 between 1600 and 1645, an d the only prominent individual among 

 them was No. 19, the last born in point of time. 



No. 20 had eight grandsons, the first born in 1673 and the last 

 in 1702. The sixth was a lieutenant and the last was a captain. 

 No. 29 had eight grandsons, the fourth being a "curious mechanic" 

 and the last had "M. D." and "Hon." tacked to his name and was 

 the founder of the school system of Connecticut. No. 32 had 

 nine grandsons, the first born in 1704 and the last in 1734. The 

 prominent ones were those born in 1727 and 1734. No. 44 

 had eight grandsons, of whom the fourth, fifth and seventh were 

 prominent. No. 46 had fourteen grandsons, of whom the sixth, 

 eleventh, thirteenth and fourteenth were prominent. These four- 

 teen persons were sons of five brothers and three of the four prom- 

 inent ones were sons of the only one of the five brothers who 

 received a college education. 



INFLUENCE OF THE COLLEGE GRADUATE. 



No. 53 was a youngest son. He had a birth rank of [59] and 

 his father had a birth rank of [42]. Of the seven grandsons of 

 No. 53, the first one, and last two were prominent. The first was a 



