BRANCH     OF     THOMAS.  495 
branch  of  the  Mattabesett,  and  the  former  site  of  Percival's  Mills.  His 
face  is  very  fairly  represented  in  the  engraving  on  the  opposite  page, 
and  furnished  by  him  at  my  urgent  solicitation,  for  which  he  has  my 
thanks. 
THEIR    CHILDREN,    BEING    THE    EIGHTH    GENERATION. 
2717.  Louisa  M.,  born  August  28th,  184.5;  married  October  20th,  1866,  Frederic  A. 
Cowles. 
Sarah  WoodrufF,  born  August  18th,  1847;'died  May  30th,  1864,  aged  16  years 
and  9  months. 
EllaM.,  born  November  11th,  1849;  died  of  consumption,  November  20th, 
1860,  aged  11  years. 
2718.  Era  Thomas,  born  July  25th,  1852. 
2719.  Francis  Gillette,  bom  March  15th,  1855. 
2720.  Leuman  Pease,  born  June  11th,  1858. 
S  1  SO.  New  Haven,  Com. 
James  Porter  Hart,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  second  son  of  Dr.  John 
Ariadna  Hart,  of  Natchez,  Miss.,  and  his  wife,  Joanna  (Porter),  born 
July  27th,  1817,  at  Farmington,  Conn.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  1840,  and  studied  theology  at  New  Haven,  where  he  was  residing 
in  1872,  and  proposes  to  represent  languages  by  letters. 
2 1  04.  New  Britain,  Conn. 
Selah  Hart,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  second  son  of  Deacon  Ehjah 
Hart,  of  the  same  place,  and  his  wife,  Anna,  daughter  of  Hezekiah 
Andrews,  born  November  6th,  1784,  at  New  Britain.  He  was  a  cooper 
by  trade,  but  followed  farming.  He  married  October  5th,  1805,  Je- 
mima, daughter  of  David  Webster,  Esq.,  of  Berlin,  Conn.,  and  his 
wife,  Anna  (Kelsey),  born  April  5th,  1783.  They  settled  in  Hart 
Quarter,  a  locality  of  New  Britain,  only  a  few  rods  from  the  site  of 
his  great-grandfather,  the  first  Deacon  Elijah.  They  became  members 
of  the  First  Church,  August  5th,  1821.  He  had  the  military  rank  of 
major.  He  kept  a  hotel  some  years,  and  had  one  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y. 
He  was  an  effective  farmer.  He  died  of  dropsy,  September  7th,  1851, 
aged  G8.  His  widow  died  July  6th,  1872,  aged  89  years,  3  months, 
and  1  day.  She  was  distinguished  for  her  tall,  qiieenly  form,  and  lady- 
like appearance  and  manners. 
THEIR   CHILDREN,   BEING    THE   EIGHTH   GENERATION. 
2721.  Edward,  born  September  4th,  1806;  married  March  26th,  1834,  Viana  Perry, 
of  Egremont. 
2722.  Selah,  born  November  25th,  1808;  married  November  1 1  th,  1829,  Sarah  North. 
2723.  Nelson,  born  November  25th,  1812;  married  October  8th,  1834,  Lucy  Jane 
Dewy. 
