. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . er removed to Derby, where the son was reared to his trade—thatof a weaver, which, according to the prevailing custom in England inthe sixteenth century, gave them the same social position as the mer-chants or the Landed Gentry, or the class next below the nobilityof that country. The family arms brought to America by HenryTomlinson indicates by its ornamentation that in earlier periods theTomlinsons descended from some line of kings. In England, as wellas in America, the family has had representatives eminent in political,professional and military
. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . er removed to Derby, where the son was reared to his trade—thatof a weaver, which, according to the prevailing custom in England inthe sixteenth century, gave them the same social position as the mer-chants or the Landed Gentry, or the class next below the nobilityof that country. The family arms brought to America by HenryTomlinson indicates by its ornamentation that in earlier periods theTomlinsons descended from some line of kings. In England, as wellas in America, the family has had representatives eminent in political,professional and military life, and all the members have, by theirworth, to a large degree, commanded the esteem of the communitiesin which they have resided. A number, in different generations, be-came noted in the pursuits of the law, medicine and theology, severalattaining high official positions. Gideon Tomlinson, in the sixth gen-eration from Henry, the founder of the family in America, graduatedfrom Yale College in 1802. In 1819 he was elected member of con-. HISTORY OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY. 279 gress from Connecticut, and served eight years in that body. He waselected governor of the state in 1827, and held that office until he waschosen United States senator in 1831. In 1836 he was elected the firstpresident of the Housatonic Railroad Company. Besides GovernorTomlinson there were fifteen other Tomlinson graduates of Yale Col-lege from 1744 to 188,1. Some of the Tomlinsons became distin-guished educators, and others attained distinction as successfitl man-ufacturers or business men. Reverend David Gibson Tomlinson, ofthe seventh generation, an uncle of Sheriff Charles A., was a mostworthy and useful Episcopal minister, who died as the rector of Em-manuel church, in Weston, Conn., November 3d, 1864. With few ex-ceptions, the Tomlinsons of every generation have been earnestchurchmen, and while, in consequence of this training, some adheredto the British crown in the troublous times of the revolution,
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