. Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. nna,September 13, 1789; Sylvester, July 24, 1792:Mary, March 28, 1794; Allen, May 26, 1796;Pardon, April i, 1798; Joseph, April 25, 1800;Abbie, May 13, 1802; Tabitha, September 7,1804; Phebe, August 7, 1806; Thomas Sweet,.April 9, 1810; John, October 3, 1812, a Bap-tist minister at Coventry, Connecticut. (\TII) Rev. Thomas Sweet Tillinghast, sonof Deacon Pardon (5) Tillinghast, was bornApril 9, 1810, in West Greenwich, RhodeIsl
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. nna,September 13, 1789; Sylvester, July 24, 1792:Mary, March 28, 1794; Allen, May 26, 1796;Pardon, April i, 1798; Joseph, April 25, 1800;Abbie, May 13, 1802; Tabitha, September 7,1804; Phebe, August 7, 1806; Thomas Sweet,.April 9, 1810; John, October 3, 1812, a Bap-tist minister at Coventry, Connecticut. (\TII) Rev. Thomas Sweet Tillinghast, sonof Deacon Pardon (5) Tillinghast, was bornApril 9, 1810, in West Greenwich, RhodeIsland, died November 29, 1871, in Griswold,Connecticut. He was but seven years oldwhen his father died and he went to live withhis brother Allen. He attended the districtschool in Sterling, Connecticut, and workedat farming and milling. In the course of timehe became the owner of valuable mill prop-erties in Plainfield and Griswold and conduct-ed both grist and saw mills for some thirtyyears. He was a zealous Baptist, studied forthe ministry and was ordained, preached forforty years in various churches in easternConnecticut, though he never had a CONNECTICUT 1941 He married (first) August ii, 1830, inWest Greenwich, Mary, daughter of Thomasand Mary (Sabin) Howard, of Woodstock,Connecticut. She died September 29, (second) Laura, daughter of AveryKinne, married (third) Sarah Dawley, ofGriswold, Connecticut. Children of first wife:I. Harriet S., born June 23, 1831, in Wood-stock, died June 2, 1875; niarried (first) JohnKegwin, of Griswold, and (second) GeorgeSegar, of Lebanon, Connecticut, having threechildren by each union. 2. Waldo, born June10, 1833, mentioned below. 3. Henry S., bornNovember 25, 1835. at Killingly, Connecticut,married Catherine Crane, of New Jersey, andhad six children; was a soldier in the civilwar, hotel proprietor for a time, farmer atFlushing, Long Island. 4. Jared, born June17, 1838, at Foster, Rhode Island, died agedtwenty-f
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