. Una famiglia vallona in America; Lockwood de Forest e i suoi forbears 1500-1848. Ghters. Due eventi così gioiosi si sono avuti mentre era ancora con loro. Sarah, la seconda figlia, si sposò il 24 dicembre 1719 con BenjaminLewis Jr., figlio di un Benjamin Lewis che aveva cometo Stratford quando la città era giovane; e Mary, figlia maggiore di Davids, il 21 luglio 1720, divenne moglie di Stephen Hawley, nipote di Joseph Hawley, anche uno dei primi coloni. Ma questi anni non erano complessivamente anni di felicità; perché nel gennaio 1720, in un matrimonio mondano di Sarah, Martha aveva perso suo padre, Samuel

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. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. ghters. Two such joyful events took place whilehe was still with them. Sarah, the second daughter, was married on December 24, 1719, to BenjaminLewis, Jr., son of a Benjamin Lewis who had cometo Stratford when the town was young; and Mary, Davids eldest child, on July 21, 1720, became thewife of Stephen Hawley, grandson of Joseph Hawley, also one of the earliest settlers. But these years were not altogether years of hap-piness; for in January, 1720, within a monthafter Sarahs marriage, Martha had lost her father, Samuel Blagge. He was then an old man and hadlong been cared for by his two sons. His estate wassmall. The inventory enumerating the various itemswhich comprised it ends thus: Now for a lovingissue respecting said estate. As much of it was dueto his sons for his maintenance and the paymentof his debts, even the loving issue brought Martha asher share but fifty shillings. But a heavier loss than the death of her father wasin store for Martha. In the spring of the next year [ 170 ]. STRATFORD ELMS AS THEY ARE TODAY i i I The Connecticut Pioneer David was called upon to leave his wife and his many Stratfordchildren. He was not an old man, only fifty-two yearsof age. That he had become a man of some conse-quence in the community is attested to, amongother things, by the record in the Land Papers, which reads: Mr. David De Forest departed thislife April 20th, 1721. This prefijc of Mr. had areal significance in those days, designating a man ofsome importance, while Esquire indicated an evenhigher social position. The ten children were all living at the time ofDavids death ; and while several were grown up andsome married, the youngest, little Benjamin — pos-sibly so named because, like the Benjamin of old, hewas the darling of his fathers heart — was but fiveyears old. As David left no will, the estate was settled bythe Court, which appointed Mrs. Martha Defreeswidow relict of the said d

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