"JAMES HONISS, one of the most highly-respected citizens of East Berlin, was born in the County of Kent, England, June 9, 1828, a son of William and Ann (Hooker) Honiss, also natives of that country...James was reared on a farm in his native land, and attended school in England until eleven years of age, after which he aided his father in the farm work...then came to America with his sister Mary Ann and five children. They set sail from London May 14, 1849, on the sailing packet 'Margaret Evans,' Capt. Tinker, of Middletown, Conn., and after a long passage of six weeks and three days arrived in New York July 3, 1849...On March 17, 1859, Mr. Honiss married Miss Rachel Philletta Dudley ..." [Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901), pp. 736-737]
"JAMES HONISS, one of the most highly-respected citizens of East Berlin, was born in the County of Kent, England, June 9, 1828, a son of William and Ann (Hooker) Honiss, also natives of that country...James was reared on a farm in his native land, and attended school in England until eleven years of age, after which he aided his father in the farm work...then came to America with his sister Mary Ann and five children. They set sail from London May 14, 1849, on the sailing packet 'Margaret Evans,' Capt. Tinker, of Middletown, Conn., and after a long passage of six weeks and three days arrived in New York July 3, 1849...On March 17, 1859, Mr. Honiss married Miss Rachel Philletta Dudley ..." [Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901), pp. 736-737]
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