Some of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Converse, jr., of Thompson parish, Killingly, Conn.; Major James Convers, of Woburn, Mass.; HonHeman Allen, MC., of Milton and Burlington, Vermont; Captain Jonathan Bixby, srof Killingly, Conn . hurch and seminary; but the Civil Warstripped him (a Lhiion man) of his large wealth. Oneof the ancestors of Mrs. Converse was one of the two regicides who fleeingfrom England at the Restoration, secreted themselves in a cave near NewHaven, Conn. Her mother was Aurelia Hiley Axtell of the family of Rt. Axtell, P. C, representative of King George
Some of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Converse, jr., of Thompson parish, Killingly, Conn.; Major James Convers, of Woburn, Mass.; HonHeman Allen, MC., of Milton and Burlington, Vermont; Captain Jonathan Bixby, srof Killingly, Conn . hurch and seminary; but the Civil Warstripped him (a Lhiion man) of his large wealth. Oneof the ancestors of Mrs. Converse was one of the two regicides who fleeingfrom England at the Restoration, secreted themselves in a cave near NewHaven, Conn. Her mother was Aurelia Hiley Axtell of the family of Rt. Axtell, P. C, representative of King George HI in the American colonies,whose residence, Melrose Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y., was the finest one on LongIsland. This mansion is still in good condition. In the same line was the mentioned in Humes History of England as the officer who guarded thecourt which tried and condennied Charles I. Since Mr. Converses ivtirement from business in Erie in 1891, the familyhave resided in Highwood, Bergen Co., N. J. Children of Charles Crozat and Lida {Lewis) Converse: Ch-irles Willum Lewis Converse, Iiorii, in New York City, 10 Aug. 1864; died 29 July Converse, born in Brooklyn, L. I., 12 Feb. ; married S ,Juiie 1897, by. Liila (Lewiw) Converse. .00 Z\K (lonvcrtjc jfainil\> l;(-\. JuIlu Ihiske, uf St. Tlioiiuis P. K. Clmrcli, X(^\v York City, to Inez ElizabethMoraiid. Slie was boni in Brooklyn, , 3 >farch 1S70, daughter of William
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