of Joseph Guernsey, of Westbury, Conn., May 4, 1774. She 

 d. Oct. 21, 1794, aet. 88 years; he d. March 31, 1795. From 

 the time he was four years old until fourteen he was under the 

 pastoral supervision of that distinguished scholar, Timothy 

 Cutler, D. D., who was the second President of Yale College. 

 In 1725 he graduated from Yale College, and at the age of 

 twenty-one appears at Southington as a candidate for the 

 pulpit of that society. He probably was a licentiate of the 

 Fairfield County Association. He was ordained the first pastor 

 of the Congregational Church in Southington, Conn., Nov. 27, 

 1728, which position he held until dismissed in November, 



1754- 

 They had children : — 



i. Sarah, b. Southington, Conn., April 12, 1733 > ^- Noah Gridley, of 



Southington, Conn., Aug. 15, 1751. She d. Aug. 6, 1806. 

 ii. Hannah, b. Southington, Conn., Sept. i, 1735 ; m. Job Lewis, of 



Southington, Conn., Nov. 13, 1755. She d. May 4, 18 10. 

 (p7) iii. Samuel, b. Southington, Conn., Nov. 15, 1737 ; m. (i.) Margaret, 



d. of Jonathan and Ruth Root, of Southington, Conn., May 14, 



1766 ; she d. Dec. 20, 1769. m. (ii.) Mary Ann, d. of Aaron and 



Susannah Stanley Day. He d. May 15, 1801. She d. March 



18, 1824, aet. 77 years. 

 {g8) iv. John, b. Southington, Conn., Jan. 20, 1739— 40 ; m. Mary, d. of 



Nathan and Mary Lewis, of Southington, Conn., Dec. 2, 1762. 



He d. March 25, 1801. She d. Sept. 9, 1815, aet. 73 years. 

 V. Mary, b. Southington, Conn., Aug. 20, 1742 ; m. Dr. Phineas Clark, 



of Southington, Conn., Aug. 7, 1769. She d. October, 1771. 

 vi. Lucy, b. Southington, Conn., Aug. 5, 1745; m. Elisha Root, of 



Southington, Conn., Feb. 17, 1764. She d. May 6, 1773. 

 vii. Jeremiah, b. Southington, Conn., Nov. 7, 1752. He d. Dec. 23, 



1758. 

 viii. Abigail, b. Southington, Conn. 



37 

 WILLIAM CURTISS (Josiah, William, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, 

 Conn., Sept. 22, 1693 ; m. Prudence, d. of Samuel and Mary 

 Judson, of Stratford, Conn., March 24, 1725-6. His will was 

 filed at Fairfield, Conn., July 7, 1767. 



They had children : — 

 {gg) i. William, b. Stratford, Conn., July, 1727; d. y. 

 ii. Anne, b. Stratford, Conn., Oct. 24, 1730. 



iii. Abigail, b. Stratford, Conn., Oct. 10, 1731 ; ni. Treat Mills, of 

 Stratford, Conn. 



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