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THE
STORRS
F A M I L Y
G E N E A L O G I C A L A N D _ O T H E R
. . . M E M O R A N D A .
COLLECTED
ASH COMP ILED Y
CHARLES STORRS
P R I V A T E L Y P R I N T E D
N E W
Y O R K
1 8 8 6
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ff XLES
5TOXRS
A n d a b o u t h i s w r e a t h e d a n d f l o w e r - s t r e w n grave
T h e
l a n d s c a p e
spread so
f a i r ,
A nd the g r e e n
h i l l s e e m e d
so
n e a r
to h e a v e n .
So fa r f r o m s t r i f e an d care,
W e
a l m o s t w i s h e d ,
t h a t
s u m m e r n i g h t ,
H is l o n e repose to s h a r e , —
T o f i n d ,
l i k e
h i m , u n b r o k e n peace
W i t h i n i t s grassy door,
A n d , wept o f d e w s a n d w a t c h e d o f stars,
S le e p
on f o r e v e r m o r e
That grave w i l l k e e p h i s m o r t a l
f o r m
W h i l e s u n s a n d m o o n s
s h a l l
roll;
B u t t h e f e r v i d h e a r t , t h e searching
m i n d ,
T h e
loyal ,
r e v e r e n t
s o u l ,
T h e s w i f t an d
c o n s t a n t
s y m p a t h i e s ,
L i k e a d e e p
f o u n t a i n ' s
f l o w ,
That
f i l l e d
w i t h
lavish,
generous deeds
His
b u s y years be l ow ,
H a v e fled to the larger l o v e a n d light
H e
l o ng e d
s o m u c h to
k n o w ;
A nd
O fo r a _ s o u l so high an d t r u e ,
A n d
a h e a r t so
w a r m
and
b r a v e ,
T h e
w e l c o m e c o u l d
o n l y b e m e a s u r e d
B y the
s o r r ow
p a r t i n g gave
L e t w i n d s
b l o w
sof t , a n d b i r d s sing
s w e e t ,
A n d f a i r e s t f l o w e r s e n t w i n e
A b o u t h i s grave o n t h e l o n e l y
h i l l ,
To
loving h e a r t s
a
s h r i n e
A n d w e w i l l
w r i t e a b o v e
h i s rest;
T H E
M E M O R Y
O F T H E
J U S T
IS
B L E S T .
B R O O K L Y N
N . Y.,/e«., iSS6.
P R E F A C E .
than twenty years ago I
began
to collect materials
fo r some histor}' of the Storrs Family. One who has
never
undertaken such work
can
have little conception
of the
time
and patience
and
trouble involved
in the
search
for
facts,—
tracing
the fortunes of a family originally
settled
near the
seaboard, but gradually removing to the opening and ever-
retreating
West.
The
fu l ne s s
or
lack
of
information
in
this
account, regarding its d i f f e r e n t branches and members, has
depended upon the intelligence which they have f u r n i s h e d ,
or f a i l e d to furnish me, or upon that which was attainable,
or unattainable, from other
sources.
After narrating
what
I was able to learn of the Family in
England, I
have given
all the
facts
I
could gather concerning
O
Samuel
Storrs,
the
founder
of
the
Family
in
America,
and
his
children. I have then
taken
his grandchildren, in their
order,
and followed the descendants of each to the present
time. Descent has
been
traced in the male l i n e , sons being
always placed before
daughters
without regard
to
age; and,
after the first three generations, the history of daughters h a s
not, as a
rule,
been carried
beyond
the
record
of marriage
and of the
births
of child ren. For division of f a m i l i e s I have
used
three
lines: the
longest l i n e d i v i d e s
the
f a m i l i e s
oi
the fourth
generation,
the
great-grandchildren of
Samuel
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C H A R L E S
S T O R K S .
L I M I T E D E D I T I O N O F
F I V E
H U N D R E D N U M B E R E D C O P I E S
N o.
£L •
C H A R L E S S T O R R S
th e c o m p i l e r o f t h i s
bo o k ,
w a s b o r n in
. Man s f i e l d ,
C o n n . , J a n .
2 4 ,
1 8 22 ,
and
d i e d
a t h is
h o m e ,
- 2 3
M o n r o e P la c e , B r o o k l y n , N . Y . , t h e f i r s t d a y o f S e p t e m b e r ,
1884 , in t h e s ix t y - t h i r d ye ar o f h i s age .
F o r t w e n t y y e a r s , as he s t a t e s i n h i s P r e f a c e , w r i t t e n th e
p r e v i o u s J u n e , h e h a d b e e n c o l l e ct in g m a t e r i a l s f o r a F a m i l y
his torj
7
,
a n d t h e b o o k - w a s n e a r l y r e a d y f o r p u b l i c a t i o n a t
t h e t i m e o f h i s d e a t h . I t h a s n o w b e e n p r i n t e d i n
c a r e f u l
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h h i s p l an ,* an d t o t h o s e w h o k n e w h is
great
in t e r e s t
i n t h e
m a t t e r ,
a n d t h e
t i m e
a n d
t r o u b l e
h e h a d
t a k e n
fo r i t , i t is a s ource o f d e e p
r e g r e t
t h a t h e cou ld n o t h a v e
l ived
to see the
c o m p l e t i o n
o f h i s
w o r k . A l t h o u g h
one o f
th e
m o s t p r o g r e s s i v e
o f
m e n , — w a l k in g ,
a s
R e v . - H e n r y
.Ward
B e e c h e r
s a id o f h im ,
w i t h
t h e a d v a n c e d t h i n k e r s o n
th e v e r y s ki r m i s h l i n e o f i n v e s t i g a t i o n , — h e h a d a c o n s e r v a -
t i v e r e g a r d
fo r t he
pas t ,
a
r e s p e c t
fo r
age,
a n d a
r e v e r e n c e
• f o r
h is a n c e s t o r s t h a t l e d h i m t o t r e a s u r e a l l
i n f o r m a t i o n
c o n -
c e r n i n g , t h e m , a n d t o e re c t m o n u m e n t s to t h e i r m e m o r y .
_ A m o n g p i c t u r e s g i v e n t h e s p r i n g b e f o r e h i s d e a t h t o t h e
Storrs A g r i c u l t u r a l S c h o o l
a t
M a n s f i e l d ,
C o n n . ,
w e r e p o r-
t rai t s o f h i s p a r e n t s ,
w i t h
i n s c r i p t i o n s i n h i s ow n h a n d . T h a t
f o r
h i s m o t h e r is:
My
h o n o r e d m o t h e r , E u n i c e F r e e m a n
Storrs.
I a m s o m e t h i n g o f a n a n c i e n t i n m y v e n e r a t i o n f o r
* N o
record
wi l l b e
f o u n d
in t he
book
of
a n y
e v en t o c c u r r i n g
in t he
F a m i l y s u b s e q u e n t
t o t he
d e a t h
o f M r .
Stor r s .
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C O N T E N T S .
T H E S T O R R S F A M I L Y I N E N G L A N D
Pedigree of
Shelley
Savile and Storrs
S T O R R S
OF
S T O R R S
H A L L ,
L A N C A S H I R E
P e d i gr e e o f R a w l i n s o n , S t o r r s, A s k e w , C r a k c n t h o r p a n d M o t t r a m
Complaint
6 Nov. ijSg . . . . -
Part
o f Will of H e n r y S t o r t s , D e c . 26 , 1601
Will
of A da m S torrs , F eb. 13,
1701
ARMS OF STORRS FAMILY
S T O R R S
O F S O T T O N - C U M - L O U . N D . . . . .
W i l l
of
W i l l i a m S t o r r s ,
1557
Will of Robert Storrs
:5SS
Will of C o r d a l l S t o r r s . 1615
Will
of
R o b e r t S t o r r s , 1658
Will
of
Cordall Storrs 1698
. . . • .
Will
of
W i l l i a m S t o r r s ,
1643
S T O R R S
O F
L O U N D
A N D
C H E S T E R F I E L D
. D E S C E N D A N T S O F
W I L L I A M
STOE.RS O F
C H E S T E R F I E L D
.
STORS. OF HIL STON ;
S T O R E O F H D T T O N - B U S H E L A N D S C A L M
STORRS O F
SPROTERO , N E A R
D O N C A S T E R
F A C E
9
12
*3
16
iS
. 19
7
2 8
.
29
31
3 3
6
3 9
40
5 6
59
T H E S T O R R S F A M I L Y I N A M E R I C A 7 5
S A M U E L
S T O R R S 75
His Will 81
S A M U E L
STORRS,
JR 84
H is
Estate
etc , 8 6
THOMAS STORKS 104
C O R D I A L
(CO R D A L L ) S T O R R S
.
106
H is
W i ll
1 7
.
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CONT CTS
FACE
T H E
D A U G H T E R S O F S A M U E L S T O R K S ,
S E X
.
in
T H E ^ G S A N D C H I L D R E N O F S A M U E L
S T O R R S
A N D
T H E I R D E S C E N D A N T S
. 113
I K T H E L I N E O F S A M U E L S T O R R S , JR. . , . , . . 115
Samuel Storrs
^d)
115
John S torrs
and his
D e s c e n d a nt s 122
H u c k i n s Storrs
and has D e s c e nd a n ts
. .
i8r
Joseph S torrs and his D esc en d a n t s 2 15
El i sab e th S t o r r s
,
29:
M ary S torrs
2 93
I N T H E
Litre
OF
T H O M A S S T O R R S
,-
295
Cornelius S t o r r s
and his D e s c e n d a n t s
2 97
T h o m a s E ton s, Jr., and his D escendants 329
Prince Storrs 2nd
his
D escendants , 363
Josiah
S torrs
and his
D e s c e n d a n t s
37 7
Jadah Storrs and his
D e s c e n d an t s
39 2
Lemuel S torrs a n d h i s
D e s c e n d a n t s
. . . . . . . 41 7
A m a r j a h
S torrs a n d h i s De s ce nda nt s
. . . . . .
4 4 7
Mehi t ab l e
S t o r r s .461
Re be cca S t o r r s 46 3
Zcruiah S torrs . , . . . . . . • • . 4^ 6
A o n e
S torrs -. -.-•--.-—...467
I N T H E L I NE O F
CORDIAL
C O R D A L L )
STORRS
47 3
H a n n a h S t o r rs . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 5
Mehitabel S torrs
4 77
M A N S F I E L D 48 1
E R R O R S
I N
G E N E A L O G I C A L R E C O R D 5°r
I N D E X . . . . . . . . . . - . . 513
T H E
S T O R R S
F A M I L Y I N E N G L A N D .
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T H E S T O R R S F A A ' I I L Y I N . E N G L A N D .
S T O R R S
i s a S c a n d i n a v i a n o r
r a t h e r T e u t o n i c w o r d , m e a n -
in g
g r e a t ,
in the
s e n s e
o f
r u le ,
p o w e r ,
a u t h o r i t y .
I ts
f o r m
i n
O ld
N o r s e
i s
S t o r ;
in - A n g l o - S a x o n ,
S to r , Stur;
i n O l d
G e r m a n , S t u r ; E n g l i s h , Stor, S t o r r ,
Storrs.
T h e
s p e l l i n g
o f
s u r n a m e s
w a s n o t
set t led
in
E n g l a n d
till a b o u t 1700,
and the
n a m e
o f
Storrs
ha s
v ar i e d like others,
h a v i n g
b e e n
s p e l l e d in e a r l y
t i m e s
S t o r ,
Storr,
S to r e , S to r e s ,
S to r r e s , S toa r s , S t o ar e s , S t o o r e, S t u r es , Stoure,
Stoer, Storer,
S t o r i e s , .S toryes, a nd p e r h a p s in o th e r way s . "The
f o r m
S t u r ,
or La Stur, is f o u n d in
N o r m a n
'records o f
th e twelf th
c e n t u r y , a n d i n t h e
' H u n d r e d
R o l l s ' in E n g l a n d in the
t h i r -
teen th
cen tur}'.
Storrs is f o u n d in d o c u m e n ts o f th e th i r te e n th
c e n t u r y , a n d m a y
t h e n
h a v e been l o n g in use." F r o m th e
"
Close
Rolls"
of the
Record
Off ice ,
L o n d o n ,
I
h a v e
th e
n a m e
o f " R o g e r u s d e S t u r e s " a n d h i s s o n " R u d o l p h u s d e S t u r e s
o f
Beckfonte," l iv ing in
1278-9; a n d ,
f rom th e s a m e , in 1458, a
m e n t i o n
o f
" J o h n S t o u r e "
in
r e l a t i o n
to the
m a n o r
o f
B r o u k e
i n
th e
Isle
o f
Wight,
a n d o f
"Henry Store"-
in
1564.
A
p e d i g r e e
f u r n i s h e d r n e
b y
H e r a l d ' s C o l l e g e , L o n d o n , g i v e s
th e m a r r i a g e o f « R o b e rt
Storrs"
t o J o h a n n a W h i t e w h o s e
m o t h e r ' s
p a r e n t s w e r e J o h n
d e S h e l l a y ,
b o r n
a b o u t
1298,
a n d
A n n e ,
d a u g h t e r o f S i r J o h n d e I r e to n , Knt, a n d
L o r d
o f
K i r k
I r e t o n .
T h e s o n s o f
R o b e rt
a n d
J o h a n n a W h i t e S t o r r s
Hi
i H
l
:
u :
f r i
p i i j
:l n
^ i r l i
' = ' : h
M l
t ? ; i
i : • • ' , : '
12
THE STORRS FAMILY IN ENGLAND
a r e " R o b e r t , H e n r y , a n d T h o m a s . " " T h o m a s Storrs," w h o
w a s
l i v i n g
in
1457
( j u s t
a
h u n d r e d y e a rs
b e f o r e
th e
date
o f
th e
w i l l
o f
W il l i am
Storrs o f L o u n d , [ p a g e 27,]
w h o s e
e l d e r
so n was R o b e r t ) , m a r r i e d
Cecilia."
T h e i r son was (' J o h n
Storrs." T h i s p e d i g r e e , p r i n t e d o n t h e o p p o s i t e
p a g e ,
i s i n -
teres t ing
a n d
i m p o r t a n t
a s
s h o w i n g
th e
a n c i e n t a r i s t o c r a t i c
a sso c i a t i o n s
of the
Storrs f a m i l y ,
George Fox, u n d e r w h o s e preaching s o m e of the f a m i l y
j o i n e d
the
S o c i e t y
o f
F r ie n d s , s p e l le d
the " n a m e
Stor.
In
E n g l a n d for the last c e n t u r y i t has be e n
Storr
o r Storrs. In
A m e r i c a it h a s a l w a y s b e e n S t o r r s , e x c e p t t h r o u g h t h e i g n o -
rance
or carelessness of the wr i ter .
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STOJtAS
FAMILY
IN^SNGLAN.
T h e f o l l o w i n g i s
f r o m
th e records o f Herald's Col -
lege, L o n d o n (Fed. 5, d. xiv . 109): Grant o f quartering o f
Storrs to
A d a m A s k e w o f N e w c a s t l e , E sq ., i n 1 7 60 , w h o s e
m o t h e r , A n n e ,
w a s
o n l y d a u g h t e r
a n d h e i r o f
A d a m
Storrs
o f Storrs H a l l , C o . Lancas ter , Esq. ,
l i n e a l l y
d e s c e n d e d f r o m
P h i l i p d u Storrs, w h o w a s Stores Providetor to
W i l l ia m D u k e
o f N o r m a n d y , e tc .
A r m s :
Gu. two
bars. engr.
erm. on a
c hie f
or
a l i o n pass , g u a r d , of the f i rst .
The
r e te n t i o n
of the
n am e
of
Storrs
by the
Hall
and its
g r o u n d s , a n d b y t h e p r o m o n t o r y w h i c h projects i n t o th e
lake,
s ho w s
very
o ld
associat ion w i t h
th e
l o c a l i ty .
T h e
p a r -
i sh registers o f M e l l in g p r e v i o u s to 1720 a re so m u c h in j u r ed
b y d a m p as to be a lm o s t i l l e g i b l e , b u t t h e r e a r e v a r i o u s p l a i n
e n t r i e s
t h e r e
o f
th e n a m e
o f S t o r r s — b a p t i sm s , marriages,
a n d b u r i a l s — d u r i n g th e
e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r y .
T h e
C h r i s t i a n
n a m e s
are
W i l li a m , John,
Thomas, Richard, Adam, Henry,
C h r i s t o p h e r , Isabel, M a r y , S a r a h ,
Agnes.
From
So m e r s et
House
I
h a v e o b t a i n e d
abstracts
o f
var i-
o u s l e g a l p a p e r s r e l a t i n g t o t h e ,
Storrses
o f L a n c a s h i r e , a n d
e l s e w h e r e
i n E n g l a n d . T h e d o c u m e n t w h i c h f o ll o w s i s t he
ear l i es t
o f
th e s e
in
d a t e ,
a n d
s h o w s t h a t
th e A d a r n
Storres
o f
that d a y a n d h i s s o n s s o m e t im e s
carried
matters w i t h a h i g h
h a n d , a course not u n c o m m o n at that
time
if rights and titles
w e r e i n d i s p u t e . T h e w o r d lewde d i d n o t t h e n h a v e i ts
p r e s e n t s i g n i f i c a t i o n , b u t w a s u s e d in the sense o f m i s le d ,
d e l u d e d .
D U C H Y O F . L A N C A S T E R .
P l e a d i n g s
Hen 7 to end
E i i i
t h
— C o m p
& D e f e n d ' .
BUI Brought
in 6 Nov. 1589.
Y or su p p l y a n t a n d ' d a y l y
O r a t o r J o h n
Th o m p s o n o f
Gress-
i n g h a m e i n t h e C o u n d e o f
L a n c a s t e r G e n t — w h e r a s
o n e J o h n
= _-C»rt1- * f . f J
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U. c^bviT,,
£r . f l f cu\b .
S A M U E L S T O R R S A N D H I S C H I L D R E N
S A M U E L
S T O R R S .
S a m ue l
Storrs,
th e
progenitor
of the
Storrs
fami ly
in A m e r-
ica,, was the f o u r t h son and
fo ur th ch i l d
of
T h o m a s
and Mary
Storrs of
S u t t o n - c u m - L o u n d ,
No t t i n gh a m s h i re , En gl a n d ,
and
w as
b a p t i z e d th e re De ce m b e r
7, 1640,
th e y e a r th a t wi tn e s s e d
the opening of the Long-
P a r l i a m e n t
A s
bapt i sm usual ly fol -
lowed
w i th i n a m o n th
af ter b i r t h ,
he
w a s
pe rh a ps b o rn i n th e
pre ce d i n g
N o v e m b e r .
In 1663
he
came
to
B a rn s ta b l e , M a s s .
It is not
k n o w n
in
wh a t s h i p
he
sai led,
or who
were
his
c o m p a n i o n s . Three
years l a t e r , D e c e m b e r 6 ,
1666,
he marr ied Mary, d a u g h -
ter of Thom as H u c k i n s o f B a rn s ta b l e . " T h o m a s H u c k i n s h a d
l i ved in or near Boston, and was
of
th e Art i lery C o m p a n y in
1637, and
bore
it s
s t a n d a r d
in
1639.
He
m a rr i e d
Mar}"
W e l l s
in 1642. S he d i e d in
1648.
T h o m a s H u c k i n s d i e d N o v e m b e r
29 ,
1679, at the age of sixty-two." (Savage s
Gen . Diet.]
M a r y H u c k i n s w a s b a p t i z e d M a r c h 2 9 , 1646, a n d w a s
tw en ty y e a r s o l d w h e n sh e m a r r i e d S a m u e l
Storrs.
S h e d i e d
S e p t e m b e r 2 4 , i 6 8 3 , a n d w a s b u r i e d in B a rn s ta b l e .
H e r d e a t h
occurred short ly
af ter
the b i r t h of a d a u g h t e r " M e h e t a b e l , "
who w as
b a p t i z e d S e p t e m b e r
17, 1683, b y " P a s t o r
R u s s e l l, "
a n d w h o
d i e d
i n i n fan c y .
( " P a s t o r - R u s s e l l , "
w h o
d i e d
i n
i ? 1 1 , was the son of R ev. Jo hn R usse l l of
H a d
ley, Mass .
w ho
secre ted the R egic ides . )
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T H E G R A N D C H I L D R E N O F S A M U E L STORRS
A N D T H E I R D E S C E N D A N T S .
I N T H E L i i N E O F
THOMAS
STORRS.
CORNELIUS
STORRS
297
C O R N E L I U S
STORRS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
C o r n e l i u s Storrs
o f
M a n s f i e l d , C o n n . , eldest
son of
T h o m a s Storrs
of the
same place, second
s o n o f
Samuel
S t o r r s
o f S u t t o n - c u m - L o u n d , N o t t i n g h a m s h i r e , Eng;.,
Barn-
. .Uible,
Mass., a n d
M a n s f i e l d , . Conn.,
w a s born Dec.
30, 1714.
H e married,
Sept.
4 > 1738, Martha, daughter o f (Deacon)
E x p e r i e n c e
Porter
o f
M a n s f i e ld .
C h i l d r e n of Cornelius and Martha Porter Storrs:
F O U R T H
G E N E R A T I O N .
C o r n e l i u s , born Sept 5 , -1739.
C o n s t a n t ,
March
20,
1744; died July
19,
1745.
N a t h a n i e l , June
21, 1747.
.E l i j a h ,
March
25,
1750.
C o n s t a n t , Feb. n, 1752.
M a r th a ,
Oct.
13,
1741.
M e l i i t a b e l ,
June 12, 1745.
H a n n a h , April 7; 1754.
C o r n e l i u s
Storrs
died
May
19,
1760, Mrs. Martha
Porter
Storrs died
.Dec.
22,
1776,
in
Lebanon, N.
H.'
C o r n e l i u s ,
eldest
son of Cornelius and Martha Porter
married, Jan.
22 , 1 7 7 2, M a r y ,
d a u g - h t e r
o f
(Major) John
p p o f M a n s f i e ld , Conn.
C h i l d r e n
o f C o r n e l i u s and
Mary Slapp
Storrs:
FIFTH G E N E R A T I O N .
John, b o m
July 14, 1774.
Experience,
Sept.
15 ,
1776.
Roderick, Sept. 30,
1778.
Bela, . Oct.
17,
1780.
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THE
STORRS FAMILY IN
AM ERICA.
1854
to P a i n e s v i l l e , O h i o ,
w h e r e
h e
c o n t i n u e d
h i s b us i n e s s ,
a nd i s no w
s e n i o r p a r t n e r
i n o n e of th e l a r g e s t
h o u s e s
o f t h e
k i n d
i n t h e
U n i t e d S t a t e s .
H e i s
h i g h l y
r e s p e c t e d a n d
i n f l u -
e n t i a l
i n t h e c o m m u n i t y
w h e r e
h e
l ives .
H o r a t i o , e l d e s t so n ,of Jesse a n d Harriet
G a t e s
S t o r r s ,
m a r r i e d .
.
' C h i ld of H o r a t i o a n d
Storrs
: •
E I G H T H G E N E R A T I O N .
Carrie.
H o r a t i o Storrs "
e n l i s t e d
i n t h e
l a t e c iv i l w a r ,
a n d
s e r v e d w i t h
d i s t i n c t i o n . H e w a s
t a k e n
p r i s o n e r ,
a n d
d i e d
f or
h is c o u n t r y i n t he p r ison a t S a l i s b u r y , N . C."
W i l l i s P .,
s e c o n d
so n o f
Jesse
a n d H a r r i e t G a t e s
Storrs
m a r r i e d
E l i s abe th
O g d e n .
C h i l d r e n o f
W i l l i s
P . an d
E l i s a b e t h
O g d e n Storrs:
E I G H T H G E N E R A T I O N .
Jay . -
J J a t t i e
Be l l e .
V V i l l i s P . Storrs w a s : ( i n th e l a t e
w a r ,
an d w as p r i n c i pa l } '
e m p l o y e d a s g u a r d to c o n v e y
p r i s o n e r s
f r o m o n e
p o i n t
to
a n o t h e r , "
...---
W i l l i a m &., t h i r d
so n o f
Jesse
a n d H a r r i e t
G a t e s
S to r r s ,
m a r r i e d M a r y
Post.
C h i l d r e n o f W i l li a m G . a n d M a r y Post Storrs :
E I G H T H G E N E R A T I O N .
M a r y .
H e t t i e .
S a d i e .
E u g e n i a .
_ . CORNELIUS STORRS 305
W i l l i a m G .
Storrs
w as i n t h e S e c o n d
O h i o C a v a l r y
i n t h e
l a t e
w a r ,
a n d w a s i n
t h i r t y - f o u r
e n g a g e m e n t s , b u t
e sca p e d
u n h u r t .
E m e l i n e
G.,
o n l y d a u g h t e r o f Jesse a n d Harriet G a t e s '
Storrs, raarned O . A. G r i s w o l d o f P a i n e s v i l l e , O h i o.
C h i l d r e n
o f
E m e l in e
G .
Storrs
a n d O . A .
G r i s w o l d :
E I G H T H - G E N E R A T I O N .
A l t a .
E m m a .
.
Mrs .
E m e l i u e G. Storrs G r i s w o l d "died i n O c t o b e r , 1868
aged
t h i r t y - t w o . " •
Prescott
C,
secon d son
'of
Jesse ' a n d H a n n a h H y d e
r r d
a t
M a r a t h o n
N
T
-
C h i l d r e n
o f Prescott C .
a n d
L u c y R i c h a r d s o n
Storrs:
S E V E N T H
G E N E R A T I O N .
M a u r i c e C.,
born N o v .
28 ,
1846.
• "
M a r c h
19,' 1844.
M a r c h
3 0 , 1845.
Sept. i,
1853 .
Sept. 4, 1857.
Elvira A .,
A l b e r t i n P.,
E m m a
L.,
-Ma ry A.,
P r e s c o t t C." Storrs
r e m o v e d
f r o m Virgi l , N .
Y. ,
to
L i t c h -
f i e l d , O h i o , a n d a f t e r w a r d to
S p r i n g v i i l e ,
L y n n
C o u n t y ,
I o w a , w h e r e -h e engaged
in
f a r m i n g .
M r s . L u c y R i c h a r d s o n
Storrs
d i e d
in 1872, a n d
s i n c e t h a t
t i m e P r e s c o t t
C .
Storrs " h a s
l i v e d w i t h a d a u g h t e r in
Mis-
so u r i . "
He i s a
s t e a d f a s t m e m b e r
o f t h e
P r e s b y t e r i a n c h u r c h .
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M a u r i c e
C.,
o n l y s o n o f Prescott C . a n d L u c y R i c h a r d -
so n S t o r r s , m a r r i e d , a t S p r i n g v i l l e , I o w a , A p r i l 7 , 1869
A n n a M i t c h e l l .
M a u r i c e
C .
.Storrs
i s a n e n g i n e e r , a n d l i v e s i n S t .
P a u l
M i n n .
Elv i ra
A ., e l d e s t
d a u g h t e r
o f
Prescott
C . a n d
L u c y R i c h -
a r d s o n
Storrs,
m a r r i e d ,
in
1862, J o h n
Seeley o f
B r o w n
T o w n s h i p, I o w a .
A l b e r t i n P.,
s e c o n d daughter o f Prescott C . a n d L u c y
R i c h a r d s o n Storrs, m a r ri e d , J u n e
9,
1868, J a m e s G i b s o n o f
B r o w n T o w n s h i p , I o w a .
E m m a L . , t h i r d d a u g h t e r o f Prescott C . a n d Lucy
R i c h -
a r d s o n S t o r r s , m a r r i e d , J u n e 20 1872, L e w i s M c S h a n e ,
a n d
d i e d
a t S p r i n g v i l l e , I o w a , April 2 9 , 1 8 75 .
M a r y A., f o u r t h d a u g h t e r o f Prescott C . a n d Lucy R i c h
a r d s o n S t o r r s , m a r r i e d , Feb. 10, 1875, A d e l b e r t W o o d w a r d
o f S p r i n g v i l l e , I o w a .
A n d r e w , t h i r d s o n o f J es se a n d H a n n a h
Hyde
S t o r r s ,
m a r r i e d ,
a t
V i r g i l ,
N. Y. ,
M a r c h
4 ,
1841, E l i s a b e t h
E . G a m -
b e r t o n .
C h i l d r e n
o f A n d r e w a n d E l i sa b e th E . G a m b e r t o n S t o r r s :
S E V E N T H
G E N E R A T I O N .
J a m e s B., b o r n J a n . 7 . 18 4 6; d i e d J u l y n, 1872.
F r a n c i s
E., Sept. 1 6 , 1 8 5 3 ; d i e d J u n e
4,
1862.
A n d r e w D., J a n . 28, 1856.
M a r y
A .,
N o v .
28 , 1841 ;
d i e d M a r c h
29 ,
1843.
H a n n a h L., 'May 1 2 1 8 4 8 ; F e b .
26 ,
1852;
'
A n d r e w
in
th e
a c c u m
b y t e r i a n c h u :
g e t i c
worker
respec ted an <
m e d i u m heig
d e n t o f I o w a
- CORNELIUS STORRS.
307
Storrs is a f a r m e r , a n d -has
b e e n
very s u c c e s s f u l
I l l a t i o n
of
property.
He
early
j o i n e d
the
Pres-
' ch, w h e r e h e h a s a l w a y s b e e n a n a c t i v e , e n e r -
He is a p i o n e e r in ever3r good cause , and
\d by all his
a cqua i n t an ce s .
H e - i s of
it
and f a i r c o m p l e x i o n . He has b e e n a resi-
'or
thirty
3'ears.
A n d r e w D a n a , t h i r d s o n o f A n d r e w a n d E l i s a b e t h E .
G a m b e r t o n S t o r r s ,
was
g r a d u a t e d
at the
I o w a C o l l e g e
of
L a w . He i; a
p r o m i s i n g
y o u n g lawyer, and a m e m b e r of
th e
B a r o f the S u p r e m e C o u r t a n d o f t h e F e d e r a l c o u r t s .
He b e l o n g s to a Congregational c h u r c h in Des .Mo in es ,
la.,
a n d
is an
e a r n e s t a d v o c a t e
o f
t e m p e r a n c e
a n d
o t h e r
r e f o r m s . "
Sylvester
D a n a , y o u n g e s t
son of
Jesse
and
H a n n a h
Hvce
Storrs, m a r r i e d , N o v .
12, 1857,
F a n n i e J-,
daughter o f (Rev.)
P ;
Terry
o f
U n i o n v i l l e ,
O h i o .
C h i l d r e n of S y l v e s t e r D a n a and F a n n i e J. Terr}1
Storrs:
S E V E N T H G E X E R A T I C C r .
Herbert F., born M a r c h 22,
1856.
W i l l i s
D.,
Feb .
14,
1870.
Mary,
Feb . 8, 1862.
Frances A., M a r c h 20, iS6S.
S3'lvester Dana Storrs says of h i m s e l f :
" M y ear ly s c h o o l
a d v a n t a g e s we r e p o o r .
M y
t \ ve n i y - f t r s :
b i r t h d a y w as on S a t u r d a y . T h e n e x t M o r t d a y
m o r n i n g
I e:":
h o m e
a n d
w o r k e d t w e n t y
d a y s ' a t f i f t y c e n t s a
d a y .
a n d e a r n e - ;
a
l i t t l e
m o n e y b y
h u s k i n g
c o r n a t n i g h t t o pa y fo r s c ho o l in g .
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•-TJf.fi STORRS FAMILY IN AMERICA.
• - . R ut h , e l de s t
d a u g h t e r
o f N a t h a n i e l a n d R u t h H a l l S t o r r s ,
m a r r i e d , N o v . 1 7 ,
1786,
C a l eb F r e e m a n o f L e b a n o n , N . H .
C h i l d r e n o f R u t h S to r r s a n d C a l eb F r e e m a n :
. .
-
S I X T H G E N E R A T I O N . '
-
Jesse Storrs; b o r n
N a t h a n B . ,
Nathaniel,
Luther W.,
Sophronia,
Fidel ia S ., •
R u t h H.,
R ebecca
G .,
L u c y
B .,
Mar t ha L .,
Aug . 16,
1 7 9 8 ; died
J u l y 2 2 , 1 8 0 3 ;
.
Jan . 10, 1 8 1 3 .
Aug. 16, 1816 ;
J u n e
7 , 1 8 00 ;
-
A p r i l 2 8 , 1805 .
N o v . to , 1807 ;
M a r c h 2 2 ,
1809.
M ay n,
- 1 8 1 5
;
M a r c h 2 0 , 1 8 2 0 ;
A p r i l 2 8 ,
1875 .
Oct . 17,
1879.
Aug. L, 1869.
Dec . 6 ,
1868 .
A p r i l
10,
1858.
M a r c h
7, 1844.
May. 2
.1847.
Mr. and Mrs . F ree ma n l i ved i n - S t. J o h n s b u r y a n d O x -
f o r d , Vt . C a l eb F reem an was a
f a r m e r .
M r s . R u t h S t o r r s
.F r eeman d i e d in O x f o r d ,
Vt.,
A p r i l
9, 1830.
M a r t h a , s e c o n d d a u g h t e r o f N a t h a n i e l a n d
R u t h
H a l l
-S torrs , marr ied D r . J o h n L y m a n o f A^ e rmon t , a n d a f t e r w a r d s
r e m o v e d
t o
F a r m i n g t o n , I I I . ..--'-
Chi ld r en o f M a r t h a S t o r rs a n d J o h n L y m a n :
S I X T H G E N E R A T I O N .
B e n j a m i n
R u s h .
H e n r y P ,
• '
M a r t h a . _
H a n n a h .
STORRS. ; '
; .
3 1 , 1
Sal ly ,
t h i r d d a u g h t e r o f N a t h a n i e l a n d - R u t h
H a l l S t o r r s ,
m a r r i e d , M a y 2 8 , - i S o i , L u t h e r Waters o f L e b a n o n , N ^ - H.
H e w a s
b o r n J u l y .
13,
1778 .
- ' . '
/ .
.'.
C h i l d r e n o f Sa l l y S t o r r s and L u t h e r W a t e r s ; ~
Harry,
-Char les ,
L u t h e r ,
George,
S a r a h ,
M a r y e t t e ,
H a r r i e t ,
A n n ,
Sarah ,
-
SIXTH G E N E R A T I O N .
born May 22 1805.
.
Feb.
18/1822.
Oct.
2 9,
1826 .
Jan.
14, 1803
; died
Aug.
16 ,
1820.
M ay 10 , 1807.
Oct .
23,
1815 .
'
A.pril
15,
1817; '
Feb. 2 9 , 1824,
Captain
a n d Mrs.
Waters
l i ved fo r several -years in
L e b a n o n ,
N .
H.;
t h e n
in
R oches t e r ,
Vt. , and
a b o u t 1830
w e n t wi th the L y m a n f ami l y to F a r r a i n g t o n , 111. - .
' F i d e l i a , f o u r t h d a u g h t e r o f N a t h a n i e l a n d R u t h H a l l
Storrs, m ar r i ed , - N o v e m b e r , 1807, El i sha Smal le jV ,
C h i l d r e n . o f
F i de l i a S t o r r s
a n d
E l i sha S r a a l l e y :
.1 . . '
S I X T H G E N E R A T I O N .
•
- - D a n Storrs.
Son.
D a u g h t e r .
Mrs. Fide l ia
Storrs S t n a l l e y . d i e d
in H a n o v e r ,
K. H .,
N o v .
2 1 ,
1837.
'
-:
, .
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316- . .
THE
STORRS FAMILY
IN
AMERICA.
.
.
L u t h e r
Storrs
w e n t
f r o m L e b a n o n ,
N .
H.,
t o N e w
York
• C i t y , w h e r e
he d i e d
A u g . 31 , 1834.
- . W i l l i a m Henry, e l d e s t
s o n o f . L u t h e r a n d
S u s a n n a h M a n -
d e v i l l e Storrs, m a r r i e d , Feb. 10, 1853 , A m el ia
Cook
o f N e w
York
C i t y ,
' '
C h i l d r e n
o f
W i l l i a m
H e n r y a n d A m e l i a
Cook Storrs
:.
E I G H T H
G E N E R A T I O N ,
born
eorge
I r v i n g ,
F r a n k l i n
B r o w e r ,
E d w i n
R u t h v i n ,
W i l l i a m H e n r y ,
M a t t h e w A r m s t r o n g ,
B e n j a m i n E g b e r t , t f
A n n a A m e li a,
Ida
L o u i s a ,
S u s a n M a b e l ,
Lil l ian
M a u d , '
Sept. 22
1854.
Sept.
2 9 1 8 5 5 ; d i e d
March
5
1 8 7 1 .
Sept.
i 1 8 6 1 ;
J u l y
6 1862.
Jan. 26
1863;
Oct.
15 1864.
Sept
15,
1865;
J u l y 6,
1866.
N o v .
i,
1 8 7 2 ;
J a n . 18, 1873.
Dec.
13, 1857-
Dec. IT , 1859.
J a n .
7,
1868.
N o v .
i,
187 2 ; d i e d J a n .
13 ,
1873.
M r s. A m e l i a C o o k
Storrs
d i e d i n
1872.
W i l l i a m H e n r y
Storrs
m a r r ie d , N o v .
24,
1880 , M r s . - M a r -
garet
W i ls o n
M c D i a r m i d o f Perthshire,
S c o t l a n d .
W i l l i a m Henry Storrs w a s e d u c a t e d i n t h e s c h o o l s o f N e w
York Ci ty , w h e r e h e h a s b e e n a n d i s n o w a s u c c e s s f u l t e a c h e r .
He is
also
a
l o c a l p r e a c h e r
in the
M e t h o d i s t E p i s co p a l C h u r c h ,
h a v i n g - been l icensed
to
p r e a c h
in
B a y o n n e ,
N . J.,
Feb.
20,
1872,
a n d o r d a i n e d a s d e a c o n M a r c h
30, 1879,
a t Port
J c r v i s ,
N . Y., b y
B i s h o p
S . M .
M e r r i ll ,
George
I r v i n g , e l d e s t
s o n o f
W i l l i a m
Henry a n d A m e l i a .
C o o k
Storrs, m a r r i e d I d a , d a u g h t e r o f
C h a r l e s H i l l
o f N e w
'York
Ci ty .
•
t'i
H
. ; - ' . ,' . '.
\CORWELIUS STORRS.
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•
George
Irving
Storrs
Is an
e n g i n e e r .
.
J o h n J a c o b , s e c o n d
s o n o f
L u t h e r
a n d
S u s a n n a h M a n d e -
-ville Storrs,
m a r r i e d , D e c.
31, 1863, 'Hannah L.
H a r t ' o f
Neu'
York City/ . ; .
. ' . . . ' , ' • ' — _ . '
• C h i l d r e n
of J o h n Jacob and
. H a n n a h
L. Hart Storrs :
' EIGHTH G E _ N E l iA T I O N ,
W i l l i a m I ' H e n r j * ,
b o r n
J u n e ' 2 6 ,
1866.
< Char les W i n f i e l d , Dec. 7 , 1867.
.Mary
E l l a , •'
:'• J u n e . 3 0 , 1871.
J o h n
Jacob
Storrs l ives i n N e w
York City,
and i s a s t a i r -
b u i l d e r . - ~
.
'George L u t h e r , y o u n g e s t
s o n o f
L u t h e r
a n d
S u s a n n a h
M a n d e v i l l e
Storrs,
died,
u n m a r r i e d , A u g u s t
13,
iSob .
O f W i l li a m H . a n d E d w i n , s e c o n d a n d
f o u r t h
s o ns o f
Wil l iam and Margaret (or Abiga i l ) Hough
Storrs,
I h a v e no
record.
Experience
P . ,
t h i r d
s o n o f
W i l l i a m
a n d
M a r g a r et
(o r
A b i -
gail)
Hough
Storrs,
m a r r i e d
' D o w o f
D o r c h e s t e r ,
N . H.,
a n d
i s n o w
l i v i n g
i n t h a t to w n .
M a r i a h , eldest
d a u g h t e r
o f
W i l l i a m
a n d
M a r g a r e t
(o r
A b i ga i l )
Hough
Storrs, m a r r i e d Joyce.
C h a r l o t t e , s ec o nd d a u g h t e r o f W i l li a m a n d M a r g a r e t (o r
A b ig a i l )
H o u g h
Slorrs,
m a r r i e d
B e n j a m i n Do\ o f
D o r c h e s -
ter, N . H .
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THE STORRS FAMILY IN
AMERICA.
Chi ld ren o f Dan and Mary Lyman
.Storrs
:.
.. S IXTH G E N E R A T I O N .
Dan, born March 5 ,
1816.
_ L u a n d a
H., Sept, 15 ,
1814.
Mary Ann,
Feb. 28 , 1818.
Dan Storrs was
a l w a y s k n o w n
as
Major Dan. He was
a f a rmer , l iv ing in Lebanon, N. H.
Dan, son of'Dan and Mary Lyman Storrs, married, Oct.
25 , 1845 ,
Lydia Ann Hadley of
Orange,
N. H.
C h i l d r e n
of Dan and Lydia Ann Hadley Storrs:
S E V E N T H G E N E R A T I O N .
Carlos Hadley, born Feb.
27, 1848.
Mary
L.,
Aug.
25,
1849.
. -Dan Storrs was always called
Colonel Dan, He owned
and carne d on for several years the old Colonel Con-
stant
fa rm, but he now lives in the
Centre
village of Leb-
anon, N. H.
Lucinda H., elder daughter of Dan and Mary Lyman
Storrs,
is unmarried, and l ives in New
York City.
Mary Ann, younger daughter of Dan and Mary Lyman
Storrs, died, unmarried, in Lebanon7N. H., in 1882.
CORNELIUS STORRS
3 21
Seth, fifth son of Constant and Lucinda
.Howe
Storrs,
d ied , Aug. 21, 1812 ,
aged
twenty-two years.
Experience
Porter,
sixth son of Constant and Lucinda
Howe Storrs,' was graduated at Dartmouth College, and
practised law
u n t i l
his health failed. He died at
the
age
o f ' t h i r t y - f o u r .
>rge, severrth
son of
Constant
and
Lucinda
Howe
Storrs, married,
Jan. 5,
iSiS,
Harriet, daughter of (Colonel)
Thomas Waterman, the first male ch i ld born in the town of
Lebanon,
N. H., and a man
highly respected.
. ''
Child
of
George
and
Harriet
Waterman
Storrs:
S I X T H
G E N E R A T I O N .
• L a u r a
Ann Harriet, born Nov. 26, 1819; died Oct. 2, 1821 .
i
Mrs.
Harriet Waterman Storrs
died
in
less than
five
years
after her
marriage.
George Storrs married,
March 8
1825 , Martha Waterman,
a sister of his first w i f e . - s > f t / 4
>ar
~} {
—
Children of
George
and Martha Waterman-Storrs;
George
F-, born Feb. 7, 1826.
Harriet W.
Nov.
24,
1829.
- '
George
Storrs
was early interested in religious matters,
bu t the preaching of the torments o f
h e l l
never won h i s
heart though
it
o f t en
filled him w i t h a
dread
of
God, w h i c h
was
more calculated
to
drive
him
from God. t h a n
to
draw
him
to such a Being. But at length ,
alone ,
and far removed
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IN AMERICA.
dleicrr College in 1838, and has been for thirty years a
physician in
Rosendale, Wis.,
and a
trustee
of
Ripon Col-
lege. The latter gentleman writes me that their Storrs
Knc^e
is held in the highest estimation in his fa m i l y , and
says Ms name Storrs was given him at the desire of his
grmjicnother, Mehitabel Storrs, a n d that ' in remembrance o £
his rame
she lef t him a
copy
of
Watts'
Psalms
and
Hymns.
He
slso says there
is a
story
in the
f a mi l y concerning
the
sons of
Mehitabel
Storrs and
Nathaniel Hall
to
this
e f f e c t :
Tbevgrew very tired o f their buckskin breeches, which
•Trouid
get
greatly
soiled
b e f o r e
they were worn; and one day
in He
absence.of
their parents the
boys
took turns in turning
'the
grindstone and riding it unti l their breeches were worn
thru.
Then,
to
conceal their
.work,
they smeared them with
dustirom.
a blacksmith's shop ; and their parents thought it a
difficult matter
to
keep
the
children clothed when even
buck-
stin r̂as so
soon
tattered.
THOMAS
JR.
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T H O M A S S T O R R S , JR., A N D H I S D E S C E N D A N T S .
T h o m a s
Storrs, Jr.,
o f Mansfield, Conn . , se cond s on o f
T h o m a s
Storrs,
Sen., of
the
same place,
second
s o n o f
S a m u e l
Storrs o f S u t t o n - c u m - L o u n d , N o t t i n g h a m s h i r e , Eng., Barn-
stable, M ass., a nd
Mansfield, Conn.,
w as b o r n
Jan. 16,
1716-17.
H e
marr i ed ,
Feb. 27,
1743, Eunice , d a u g h t e r
o f Robert Pad-
d o c k
o f Mansfield, C o n n .
Children
o f
T h o m a s
and
Eun ice
Paddock
Storrs:
F O U R T H
GENERATION.
Dan, born
Thomas,
Seth,
Zalmon,
.
H e m a n , '
Zeruiah ,
Eunice,
M a r t h a ,
Feb. 7,
1748.
Aug. 25 ,
1754.
Jan. 24, 1756.
Aug. 30, 1758.
Sept. 27, 1761.
Jan. 6, 1/43-4-
May
28,
1750.
June
i,
1752.
T h o m a s
Storrs, Jr.,
.spent his l i f in Mansf ie ld and
died
t here
M ay 14, 1802. He was a farmer , and a man o f
medi -
um
height . Mrs. Eunice Paddock Storrs
died
Maj ' 2 , 1795,
T he
f o l l o w i n g in scr ip t i on
is o n
t h e i r t o m b s t o n e
:
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