SUSANNA JONES, daughter of TIMOTHY JONES and JANE HARRIS, married JOHN HOTCHKISS by Rev. Mr. Samuel Bird of the Second Congregational Church, son of CALEB HOTCHKISS and RUTH MUNSON, born 12 November 1731 in New Haven, New Haven Co.,Connecticut, and died 05 July 1779 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
Notes for SUSANNA JONES:
Susanna was appointed guardian for George Lewis, Timothy John, Maria Jane, minors; later Isaac Jones, perhaps her brother, was guardian of Timothy John, minor.
From Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives and Records Administration: "We the Subscribers appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hartford the 2nd Thursday of October A.D. 1799 to inquire into and estimate the losses of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Haven in Consequence of the late hostile invasion of the British Troops, having met at New Haven for the purpose of said appointment on the 14 day of Dec. 1799", shows that Susannah's loss was 27 pounds, 11 shillings, 0 pence.
A public notice was published in the "Connecticut Journal" of 1 February 1798 in New Haven, Conn. warning hundreds of original proprietors owning property in the Connecticut Reserve (in Ohio) that their property would be sold at public sale if their taxes of one cent on the pound plus fees and costs were not paid in full by 5 March 1798. Among the names listed was our subject Susanna Hotchkiss [as well as her father and three brothers].
Children of JOHN HOTCHKISS and SUSANNA JONES are:
i. LOUISA HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1756, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 17 March 1822, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery; m. DANIEL BISHOP, 12 January 1777, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; b. 05 June 1750; d. 06 February 1800.
Notes for LOUISA HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-21.
Notes for DANIEL BISHOP:
Is he the Daniel Bishop who was a Commandant of the (CT) 2nd Company Governor's Foot Guard 3 Oct 1783 - 30 Oct 1786? The 2nd Company, Capt. Benedict Arnold, was made up of men from the New Haven area who responded to the Lexington Alarm 1775; served 28 days.
ii. GABRIEL HOTCHKISS, b. 15 September 1757, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 24 January 1819, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT poorhouse; m. HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS, Abt. 1780, ?; (div.); b. 17 October 1763, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; d. 19 March 1838, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Oak Hill Cemetery, Derby, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GABRIEL HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-22.
Gabriel was a 1774 Yale graduate. He was in the Revolutionary War serving under Gen. Benedict Arnold at the siege of Boston.
Notes for HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS:
Rosetta left Gabriel "for cause" and went to live with her sister in Bar Harbor (then Eden), Maine, taking infant son with her. She mar. (2) Capt. Benjamin Stanwood. After his death she removed to Derby, Conn.
Her mother's second husband was Caleb Hotchkiss # 122-8.
iii. SUSANNA AUGUSTA HOTCHKISS, b. 06 August 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 02 September 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v.
iv. SOPHIA CHARLOTTE HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1761, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 27 July 1845, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery.
v. FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV., b. 30 October 1762, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 31 March 1844, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there; m. AMELIA HART, 29 August 1790, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; b. 27 January 1761, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 08 August 1845, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there.
Notes for FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV.:
Family # 122-25.
Frederick was a 1778 Yale graduate at the age of 16. He was referred to as a Special Student as he had earned the New Haven Berkeley prize in classics in 1779. He taught a number of years after graduation in various schools.
"In 1779 he was a member of a military company organized from the Yale students that was recognized by the State as The College Company. He was assigned as an Aid to the commanding officer, Col. Sabin, who led the volunteer forces called on to resist an attack made upon New Haven by the British soldiers. In this struggle he lost his father and two uncles who were killed in a fierce engagement with the enemy." [From his obituary] Perhaps reference was to his mother's brothers?
By 4 July 1801, the 25th anniversary of the proclaimed Independence of the United States of America, Rev. Frederick was the honored speaker at the celebration held in Say-Brook (as the town was then written). The morning was announced by ringing of bells and firing of cannons; at 12 p.m. the same announcement of bells and cannons proclaimed the beginning of the scheduled events. The committee of celebration and townspeople stood in front of his house and when he appeared they all walked to the Say-Brook Congregational Church where a service was held and he presented his oration. At the close of the service, they moved to the house of Mr. Pratt where all partook of a social repast followed by sixteen toasts, each emphasized at the end by a discharge of an ancient piece of ordinance. "Conn. Gazette" of 8 July 1801 published in New London, Conn. [America's Historical Newspapers]
He was admitted to full communion with the church in Wethersfield, Conn. in September 1782 where he had been living for two years. In November 1782 he was united with the Saybrook Congregational Church. He was ordained there, becoming the 7th minister and 5th ordained Pastor. He and his father-in-law served that Church for a total of 108 years.
"On the high pulpit steps sat each Sunday the small boys of his congregation and it was considered an honor to be the one to open the pulpit door for Father Hotchkiss, as he was called, and so receive his kindly smile." [From Congregational Magazine 1948, an article titled "Typical Old Clergyman".]
He stated in his 60th anniversary sermon as pastor of the Congregational Church in Old Saybrook "In all this period (60 years) I have never been confined one day by sickness and but five Sabbaths by wounds and dislocated limbs." We are disappointed he did not give particulars.
Presbyterian Meeting House in the First Society in Lyme, Conn. was laid with religious ceremonies; the previous meeting house having been struck by lightning the previous year and destroyed. The invocation was made by Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss of Old Saybrook. "Connecticut Gazette" of New London, Conn. 19 June 1816. [America's Historical Newspapers]
Rev. Hotchkiss was much loved by his congregation as well as the community. He prayed to die on a Sunday, and not be a burden on his aged wife and children. Both petitions were heard and granted by his Lord.
vi. SUSANNA CAROLINE HOTCHKISS, b. April 1764, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; young.
vii. GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. April 1767, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. EUNICE COOK, 06 February 1785, North Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-28. George was a Yale graduate.
viii. SUSANNA JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. May 1769, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. THOMAS C. OSBORN.
ix. TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1771, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 12 June 1771; m. (1) ESTHER JUDD, Abt. 1791; m. (2) SARAH SEARLES, 22 September 1794, Rockingham, VT.
Notes for TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(10).
Original information was that his middle name was John, but later records show Jones.. He was a hatter by trade.
After marriage, they settled in Berlin (now New Britain), Conn. where they resided until Timothy abandoned his family a year or two later. Divorce records of Hartford Co., CT 1755-1803 : Timothy Jones (sic) Hotchkiss of New Haven was divorced by Esther Judd of Farmington 1793/94. Shirley Nixon copied his second marriage from the Rockingham, Vermont vital records where they both resided. Elisha Hotchkiss # 122-411 in his family genealogy mentioned "the last he heard Timothy Jones (sic.) Hotchkiss was in Montreal, Canada in 1808".
Notes for ESTHER JUDD:
Esther mar. (2) widower Allen Francis after she divorced Timothy Hotchkiss.
x. MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1773, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 13 June 1773; m. DAVID STARR, 20 December 1800; b. 08 October 1775, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 24 November 1841, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY.
Notes for MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(11).
Notes for DAVID STARR:
Some information for this family was found on a public family tree found on Ancestry.com.
Notes for SUSANNA JONES:
Susanna was appointed guardian for George Lewis, Timothy John, Maria Jane, minors; later Isaac Jones, perhaps her brother, was guardian of Timothy John, minor.
From Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives and Records Administration: "We the Subscribers appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hartford the 2nd Thursday of October A.D. 1799 to inquire into and estimate the losses of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Haven in Consequence of the late hostile invasion of the British Troops, having met at New Haven for the purpose of said appointment on the 14 day of Dec. 1799", shows that Susannah's loss was 27 pounds, 11 shillings, 0 pence.
A public notice was published in the "Connecticut Journal" of 1 February 1798 in New Haven, Conn. warning hundreds of original proprietors owning property in the Connecticut Reserve (in Ohio) that their property would be sold at public sale if their taxes of one cent on the pound plus fees and costs were not paid in full by 5 March 1798. Among the names listed was our subject Susanna Hotchkiss [as well as her father and three brothers].
Children of JOHN HOTCHKISS and SUSANNA JONES are:
i. LOUISA HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1756, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 17 March 1822, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery; m. DANIEL BISHOP, 12 January 1777, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; b. 05 June 1750; d. 06 February 1800.
Notes for LOUISA HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-21.
Notes for DANIEL BISHOP:
Is he the Daniel Bishop who was a Commandant of the (CT) 2nd Company Governor's Foot Guard 3 Oct 1783 - 30 Oct 1786? The 2nd Company, Capt. Benedict Arnold, was made up of men from the New Haven area who responded to the Lexington Alarm 1775; served 28 days.
ii. GABRIEL HOTCHKISS, b. 15 September 1757, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 24 January 1819, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT poorhouse; m. HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS, Abt. 1780, ?; (div.); b. 17 October 1763, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; d. 19 March 1838, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Oak Hill Cemetery, Derby, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GABRIEL HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-22.
Gabriel was a 1774 Yale graduate. He was in the Revolutionary War serving under Gen. Benedict Arnold at the siege of Boston.
Notes for HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS:
Rosetta left Gabriel "for cause" and went to live with her sister in Bar Harbor (then Eden), Maine, taking infant son with her. She mar. (2) Capt. Benjamin Stanwood. After his death she removed to Derby, Conn.
Her mother's second husband was Caleb Hotchkiss # 122-8.
iii. SUSANNA AUGUSTA HOTCHKISS, b. 06 August 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 02 September 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v.
iv. SOPHIA CHARLOTTE HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1761, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 27 July 1845, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery.
v. FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV., b. 30 October 1762, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 31 March 1844, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there; m. AMELIA HART, 29 August 1790, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; b. 27 January 1761, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 08 August 1845, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there.
Notes for FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV.:
Family # 122-25.
Frederick was a 1778 Yale graduate at the age of 16. He was referred to as a Special Student as he had earned the New Haven Berkeley prize in classics in 1779. He taught a number of years after graduation in various schools.
"In 1779 he was a member of a military company organized from the Yale students that was recognized by the State as The College Company. He was assigned as an Aid to the commanding officer, Col. Sabin, who led the volunteer forces called on to resist an attack made upon New Haven by the British soldiers. In this struggle he lost his father and two uncles who were killed in a fierce engagement with the enemy." [From his obituary] Perhaps reference was to his mother's brothers?
By 4 July 1801, the 25th anniversary of the proclaimed Independence of the United States of America, Rev. Frederick was the honored speaker at the celebration held in Say-Brook (as the town was then written). The morning was announced by ringing of bells and firing of cannons; at 12 p.m. the same announcement of bells and cannons proclaimed the beginning of the scheduled events. The committee of celebration and townspeople stood in front of his house and when he appeared they all walked to the Say-Brook Congregational Church where a service was held and he presented his oration. At the close of the service, they moved to the house of Mr. Pratt where all partook of a social repast followed by sixteen toasts, each emphasized at the end by a discharge of an ancient piece of ordinance. "Conn. Gazette" of 8 July 1801 published in New London, Conn. [America's Historical Newspapers]
He was admitted to full communion with the church in Wethersfield, Conn. in September 1782 where he had been living for two years. In November 1782 he was united with the Saybrook Congregational Church. He was ordained there, becoming the 7th minister and 5th ordained Pastor. He and his father-in-law served that Church for a total of 108 years.
"On the high pulpit steps sat each Sunday the small boys of his congregation and it was considered an honor to be the one to open the pulpit door for Father Hotchkiss, as he was called, and so receive his kindly smile." [From Congregational Magazine 1948, an article titled "Typical Old Clergyman".]
He stated in his 60th anniversary sermon as pastor of the Congregational Church in Old Saybrook "In all this period (60 years) I have never been confined one day by sickness and but five Sabbaths by wounds and dislocated limbs." We are disappointed he did not give particulars.
Presbyterian Meeting House in the First Society in Lyme, Conn. was laid with religious ceremonies; the previous meeting house having been struck by lightning the previous year and destroyed. The invocation was made by Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss of Old Saybrook. "Connecticut Gazette" of New London, Conn. 19 June 1816. [America's Historical Newspapers]
Rev. Hotchkiss was much loved by his congregation as well as the community. He prayed to die on a Sunday, and not be a burden on his aged wife and children. Both petitions were heard and granted by his Lord.
vi. SUSANNA CAROLINE HOTCHKISS, b. April 1764, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; young.
vii. GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. April 1767, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. EUNICE COOK, 06 February 1785, North Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-28. George was a Yale graduate.
viii. SUSANNA JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. May 1769, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. THOMAS C. OSBORN.
ix. TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1771, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 12 June 1771; m. (1) ESTHER JUDD, Abt. 1791; m. (2) SARAH SEARLES, 22 September 1794, Rockingham, VT.
Notes for TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(10).
Original information was that his middle name was John, but later records show Jones.. He was a hatter by trade.
After marriage, they settled in Berlin (now New Britain), Conn. where they resided until Timothy abandoned his family a year or two later. Divorce records of Hartford Co., CT 1755-1803 : Timothy Jones (sic) Hotchkiss of New Haven was divorced by Esther Judd of Farmington 1793/94. Shirley Nixon copied his second marriage from the Rockingham, Vermont vital records where they both resided. Elisha Hotchkiss # 122-411 in his family genealogy mentioned "the last he heard Timothy Jones (sic.) Hotchkiss was in Montreal, Canada in 1808".
Notes for ESTHER JUDD:
Esther mar. (2) widower Allen Francis after she divorced Timothy Hotchkiss.
x. MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1773, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 13 June 1773; m. DAVID STARR, 20 December 1800; b. 08 October 1775, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 24 November 1841, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY.
Notes for MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(11).
Notes for DAVID STARR:
Some information for this family was found on a public family tree found on Ancestry.com.
SUSANNA JONES, daughter of TIMOTHY JONES and JANE HARRIS, married JOHN HOTCHKISS by Rev. Mr. Samuel Bird of the Second Congregational Church, son of CALEB HOTCHKISS and RUTH MUNSON, born 12 November 1731 in New Haven, New Haven Co.,Connecticut, and died 05 July 1779 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
Notes for SUSANNA JONES:
Susanna was appointed guardian for George Lewis, Timothy John, Maria Jane, minors; later Isaac Jones, perhaps her brother, was guardian of Timothy John, minor.
From Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives and Records Administration: "We the Subscribers appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hartford the 2nd Thursday of October A.D. 1799 to inquire into and estimate the losses of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Haven in Consequence of the late hostile invasion of the British Troops, having met at New Haven for the purpose of said appointment on the 14 day of Dec. 1799", shows that Susannah's loss was 27 pounds, 11 shillings, 0 pence.
A public notice was published in the "Connecticut Journal" of 1 February 1798 in New Haven, Conn. warning hundreds of original proprietors owning property in the Connecticut Reserve (in Ohio) that their property would be sold at public sale if their taxes of one cent on the pound plus fees and costs were not paid in full by 5 March 1798. Among the names listed was our subject Susanna Hotchkiss [as well as her father and three brothers].
Children of JOHN HOTCHKISS and SUSANNA JONES are:
i. LOUISA HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1756, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 17 March 1822, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery; m. DANIEL BISHOP, 12 January 1777, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; b. 05 June 1750; d. 06 February 1800.
Notes for LOUISA HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-21.
Notes for DANIEL BISHOP:
Is he the Daniel Bishop who was a Commandant of the (CT) 2nd Company Governor's Foot Guard 3 Oct 1783 - 30 Oct 1786? The 2nd Company, Capt. Benedict Arnold, was made up of men from the New Haven area who responded to the Lexington Alarm 1775; served 28 days.
ii. GABRIEL HOTCHKISS, b. 15 September 1757, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 24 January 1819, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT poorhouse; m. HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS, Abt. 1780, ?; (div.); b. 17 October 1763, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; d. 19 March 1838, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Oak Hill Cemetery, Derby, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GABRIEL HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-22.
Gabriel was a 1774 Yale graduate. He was in the Revolutionary War serving under Gen. Benedict Arnold at the siege of Boston.
Notes for HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS:
Rosetta left Gabriel "for cause" and went to live with her sister in Bar Harbor (then Eden), Maine, taking infant son with her. She mar. (2) Capt. Benjamin Stanwood. After his death she removed to Derby, Conn.
Her mother's second husband was Caleb Hotchkiss # 122-8.
iii. SUSANNA AUGUSTA HOTCHKISS, b. 06 August 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 02 September 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v.
iv. SOPHIA CHARLOTTE HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1761, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 27 July 1845, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery.
v. FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV., b. 30 October 1762, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 31 March 1844, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there; m. AMELIA HART, 29 August 1790, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; b. 27 January 1761, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 08 August 1845, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there.
Notes for FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV.:
Family # 122-25.
Frederick was a 1778 Yale graduate at the age of 16. He was referred to as a Special Student as he had earned the New Haven Berkeley prize in classics in 1779. He taught a number of years after graduation in various schools.
"In 1779 he was a member of a military company organized from the Yale students that was recognized by the State as The College Company. He was assigned as an Aid to the commanding officer, Col. Sabin, who led the volunteer forces called on to resist an attack made upon New Haven by the British soldiers. In this struggle he lost his father and two uncles who were killed in a fierce engagement with the enemy." [From his obituary] Perhaps reference was to his mother's brothers?
By 4 July 1801, the 25th anniversary of the proclaimed Independence of the United States of America, Rev. Frederick was the honored speaker at the celebration held in Say-Brook (as the town was then written). The morning was announced by ringing of bells and firing of cannons; at 12 p.m. the same announcement of bells and cannons proclaimed the beginning of the scheduled events. The committee of celebration and townspeople stood in front of his house and when he appeared they all walked to the Say-Brook Congregational Church where a service was held and he presented his oration. At the close of the service, they moved to the house of Mr. Pratt where all partook of a social repast followed by sixteen toasts, each emphasized at the end by a discharge of an ancient piece of ordinance. "Conn. Gazette" of 8 July 1801 published in New London, Conn. [America's Historical Newspapers]
He was admitted to full communion with the church in Wethersfield, Conn. in September 1782 where he had been living for two years. In November 1782 he was united with the Saybrook Congregational Church. He was ordained there, becoming the 7th minister and 5th ordained Pastor. He and his father-in-law served that Church for a total of 108 years.
"On the high pulpit steps sat each Sunday the small boys of his congregation and it was considered an honor to be the one to open the pulpit door for Father Hotchkiss, as he was called, and so receive his kindly smile." [From Congregational Magazine 1948, an article titled "Typical Old Clergyman".]
He stated in his 60th anniversary sermon as pastor of the Congregational Church in Old Saybrook "In all this period (60 years) I have never been confined one day by sickness and but five Sabbaths by wounds and dislocated limbs." We are disappointed he did not give particulars.
Presbyterian Meeting House in the First Society in Lyme, Conn. was laid with religious ceremonies; the previous meeting house having been struck by lightning the previous year and destroyed. The invocation was made by Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss of Old Saybrook. "Connecticut Gazette" of New London, Conn. 19 June 1816. [America's Historical Newspapers]
Rev. Hotchkiss was much loved by his congregation as well as the community. He prayed to die on a Sunday, and not be a burden on his aged wife and children. Both petitions were heard and granted by his Lord.
vi. SUSANNA CAROLINE HOTCHKISS, b. April 1764, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; young.
vii. GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. April 1767, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. EUNICE COOK, 06 February 1785, North Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-28. George was a Yale graduate.
viii. SUSANNA JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. May 1769, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. THOMAS C. OSBORN.
ix. TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1771, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 12 June 1771; m. (1) ESTHER JUDD, Abt. 1791; m. (2) SARAH SEARLES, 22 September 1794, Rockingham, VT.
Notes for TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(10).
Original information was that his middle name was John, but later records show Jones.. He was a hatter by trade.
After marriage, they settled in Berlin (now New Britain), Conn. where they resided until Timothy abandoned his family a year or two later. Divorce records of Hartford Co., CT 1755-1803 : Timothy Jones (sic) Hotchkiss of New Haven was divorced by Esther Judd of Farmington 1793/94. Shirley Nixon copied his second marriage from the Rockingham, Vermont vital records where they both resided. Elisha Hotchkiss # 122-411 in his family genealogy mentioned "the last he heard Timothy Jones (sic.) Hotchkiss was in Montreal, Canada in 1808".
Notes for ESTHER JUDD:
Esther mar. (2) widower Allen Francis after she divorced Timothy Hotchkiss.
x. MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1773, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 13 June 1773; m. DAVID STARR, 20 December 1800; b. 08 October 1775, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 24 November 1841, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY.
Notes for MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(11).
Notes for DAVID STARR:
Some information for this family was found on a public family tree found on Ancestry.com.
Notes for SUSANNA JONES:
Susanna was appointed guardian for George Lewis, Timothy John, Maria Jane, minors; later Isaac Jones, perhaps her brother, was guardian of Timothy John, minor.
From Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives and Records Administration: "We the Subscribers appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hartford the 2nd Thursday of October A.D. 1799 to inquire into and estimate the losses of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Haven in Consequence of the late hostile invasion of the British Troops, having met at New Haven for the purpose of said appointment on the 14 day of Dec. 1799", shows that Susannah's loss was 27 pounds, 11 shillings, 0 pence.
A public notice was published in the "Connecticut Journal" of 1 February 1798 in New Haven, Conn. warning hundreds of original proprietors owning property in the Connecticut Reserve (in Ohio) that their property would be sold at public sale if their taxes of one cent on the pound plus fees and costs were not paid in full by 5 March 1798. Among the names listed was our subject Susanna Hotchkiss [as well as her father and three brothers].
Children of JOHN HOTCHKISS and SUSANNA JONES are:
i. LOUISA HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1756, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 17 March 1822, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery; m. DANIEL BISHOP, 12 January 1777, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; b. 05 June 1750; d. 06 February 1800.
Notes for LOUISA HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-21.
Notes for DANIEL BISHOP:
Is he the Daniel Bishop who was a Commandant of the (CT) 2nd Company Governor's Foot Guard 3 Oct 1783 - 30 Oct 1786? The 2nd Company, Capt. Benedict Arnold, was made up of men from the New Haven area who responded to the Lexington Alarm 1775; served 28 days.
ii. GABRIEL HOTCHKISS, b. 15 September 1757, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 24 January 1819, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT poorhouse; m. HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS, Abt. 1780, ?; (div.); b. 17 October 1763, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; d. 19 March 1838, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Oak Hill Cemetery, Derby, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GABRIEL HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-22.
Gabriel was a 1774 Yale graduate. He was in the Revolutionary War serving under Gen. Benedict Arnold at the siege of Boston.
Notes for HILPAH ROSETTA PHELPS:
Rosetta left Gabriel "for cause" and went to live with her sister in Bar Harbor (then Eden), Maine, taking infant son with her. She mar. (2) Capt. Benjamin Stanwood. After his death she removed to Derby, Conn.
Her mother's second husband was Caleb Hotchkiss # 122-8.
iii. SUSANNA AUGUSTA HOTCHKISS, b. 06 August 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 02 September 1759, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v.
iv. SOPHIA CHARLOTTE HOTCHKISS, b. 03 March 1761, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 27 July 1845, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bur. Grove Street Cemetery.
v. FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV., b. 30 October 1762, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, v; d. 31 March 1844, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there; m. AMELIA HART, 29 August 1790, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; b. 27 January 1761, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 08 August 1845, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; bur. there.
Notes for FREDERICK WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, REV.:
Family # 122-25.
Frederick was a 1778 Yale graduate at the age of 16. He was referred to as a Special Student as he had earned the New Haven Berkeley prize in classics in 1779. He taught a number of years after graduation in various schools.
"In 1779 he was a member of a military company organized from the Yale students that was recognized by the State as The College Company. He was assigned as an Aid to the commanding officer, Col. Sabin, who led the volunteer forces called on to resist an attack made upon New Haven by the British soldiers. In this struggle he lost his father and two uncles who were killed in a fierce engagement with the enemy." [From his obituary] Perhaps reference was to his mother's brothers?
By 4 July 1801, the 25th anniversary of the proclaimed Independence of the United States of America, Rev. Frederick was the honored speaker at the celebration held in Say-Brook (as the town was then written). The morning was announced by ringing of bells and firing of cannons; at 12 p.m. the same announcement of bells and cannons proclaimed the beginning of the scheduled events. The committee of celebration and townspeople stood in front of his house and when he appeared they all walked to the Say-Brook Congregational Church where a service was held and he presented his oration. At the close of the service, they moved to the house of Mr. Pratt where all partook of a social repast followed by sixteen toasts, each emphasized at the end by a discharge of an ancient piece of ordinance. "Conn. Gazette" of 8 July 1801 published in New London, Conn. [America's Historical Newspapers]
He was admitted to full communion with the church in Wethersfield, Conn. in September 1782 where he had been living for two years. In November 1782 he was united with the Saybrook Congregational Church. He was ordained there, becoming the 7th minister and 5th ordained Pastor. He and his father-in-law served that Church for a total of 108 years.
"On the high pulpit steps sat each Sunday the small boys of his congregation and it was considered an honor to be the one to open the pulpit door for Father Hotchkiss, as he was called, and so receive his kindly smile." [From Congregational Magazine 1948, an article titled "Typical Old Clergyman".]
He stated in his 60th anniversary sermon as pastor of the Congregational Church in Old Saybrook "In all this period (60 years) I have never been confined one day by sickness and but five Sabbaths by wounds and dislocated limbs." We are disappointed he did not give particulars.
Presbyterian Meeting House in the First Society in Lyme, Conn. was laid with religious ceremonies; the previous meeting house having been struck by lightning the previous year and destroyed. The invocation was made by Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss of Old Saybrook. "Connecticut Gazette" of New London, Conn. 19 June 1816. [America's Historical Newspapers]
Rev. Hotchkiss was much loved by his congregation as well as the community. He prayed to die on a Sunday, and not be a burden on his aged wife and children. Both petitions were heard and granted by his Lord.
vi. SUSANNA CAROLINE HOTCHKISS, b. April 1764, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; d. New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; young.
vii. GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. April 1767, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. EUNICE COOK, 06 February 1785, North Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
Notes for GEORGE LEWIS HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-28. George was a Yale graduate.
viii. SUSANNA JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. May 1769, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; m. THOMAS C. OSBORN.
ix. TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1771, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 12 June 1771; m. (1) ESTHER JUDD, Abt. 1791; m. (2) SARAH SEARLES, 22 September 1794, Rockingham, VT.
Notes for TIMOTHY JONES HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(10).
Original information was that his middle name was John, but later records show Jones.. He was a hatter by trade.
After marriage, they settled in Berlin (now New Britain), Conn. where they resided until Timothy abandoned his family a year or two later. Divorce records of Hartford Co., CT 1755-1803 : Timothy Jones (sic) Hotchkiss of New Haven was divorced by Esther Judd of Farmington 1793/94. Shirley Nixon copied his second marriage from the Rockingham, Vermont vital records where they both resided. Elisha Hotchkiss # 122-411 in his family genealogy mentioned "the last he heard Timothy Jones (sic.) Hotchkiss was in Montreal, Canada in 1808".
Notes for ESTHER JUDD:
Esther mar. (2) widower Allen Francis after she divorced Timothy Hotchkiss.
x. MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS, b. Abt. June 1773, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; bp. 13 June 1773; m. DAVID STARR, 20 December 1800; b. 08 October 1775, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; d. 24 November 1841, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY.
Notes for MARIAH JANE HOTCHKISS:
Family # 122-2(11).
Notes for DAVID STARR:
Some information for this family was found on a public family tree found on Ancestry.com.
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