and married, July 5, 1787, MARY JUDD, the first daughter and child of Heman and Anna [Goodrich] Judd* of Farmington, Conn. While residing in Suffield he was neighbor to Hon. Oliver Phelps, who had recently become proprietor of a very large tract of land in Western New York. Induced by the favorable representations which Mr. Phelps made of the far off Genesee country, and by the offer of a choice of any 200 unsold acres of Phelps & Gorham's purchase, in exchange for his small property in Suffield, Mr. Redfield visited the region in 1799, and selected a tract about a mile west of the present village of Clifton Springs, in the town of Farmington (now Manchester), Ontario Co. Having cleared about three acres and erected the body of a log house he returned, and in February, 1800, he, with his wife and six children, performed upon a snow sled the tedious winter journey through what was in good part an unbroken wilderness. The usual hardships to which a pioneer family must always be exposed were cheerfully supported; bardships in which woman nobly bore her part. Bears and wolves sharply contested the ownership of the flocks and herds, and the thick forest had to be subdued by vigorous effort, before comfort and plenty could surround the new emigrants. Mr. Redfield lived to see that wilderness become a part of the garden of the west, and his sons the pioneer settlers of still more distant regions. He became a member of the Baptist church soon after his removal to Manchester, and maintained an honorable and consistent membership till his death. He was a life member of several benevolent associations supported by that denomination. His wife died October 25, 1844, aged 79 years. His own death was hastened by exposure while on an errand of beneficence, and took place May 26, 1852, at the age of 90 years.†

Delay Redfield

Children.

280. 1. Heman Judd Redfield, born Dec. 27, 1788. 281. 2. Manning Redfield,

66 March 17, 1791.

282. 3. Lewis Hamilton Redfield, born Nov. 26, 1793. 283. 4. Harley Redfield,

Nov. 8, 1795.

* Heman Judd was second son of Matthew Judd, who was eldest son of Daniel Judd, who was fourth son and sixth child of William Judd, who was eldest son of Thomas Judd, who came from England in 1633 or 1634, to Cambridge, Mass., thence to Hartford in 1636.-Genealogy of Judd Family.

Anna Goodrich was the daughter of Zebulon Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn.

Letters of L. H. Redfield and W. H. C. Redfield. Also Turner's History of the Pioneer Settlement of Ontario County.

284. 5. George Redfield, born Oct. 6, 1796.

Sept. 10, 1803.

287. 8. Ann Redfield, 86

288. 9. Alexander Hamilton Redfield, born Oct. 24, 1805. 289. 10. William Howe Cuyler Redfield,

66 May 5, 1810.

g. BRANCH OF CAPT. William Redfield (20) of Middletown, Conn.

76.

William Redfield, eldest son of Capt. William (20), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was a sea-captain, and resided at Middletown, Conn. He married Sept. 28, 1780, SUSANNAH ROCKWELL. He sailed from Middletown Nov. 14, 1785, and never returned; supposed to have been lost on the 27th Nov., on the N. E. reef of Bermuda.

Children.

290. 1. Mehetabel Hamlin Redfield, born May 8, 1781; he died unmarried, June 9, 1804.

291. 2. William Redfield, born April 19, 1784.

77.

Samuel Redfield, second son of Capt. William (20) son of THEOPHILUS (8), was a sea captain. He removed from Middletown to Gloucester, N. J., about 1794, and there married ANN HERITAGE* in 1795. He was lost at sea about 1812. His widow died in 1825.

Samuel Redfield

In 1811.

Children.

292. 1. John Redfield, born at Gloucester, N. J., July 17, 1797. 293. 2. William Redfield, 66

66 Nov. 14, 1799.

* Her ancestors came over with the English Quakers, settled at Gloucester, N. J., previous to Penn's settlement at Philadelphia, and one of them assisted in running the boundary line between Burlington and Gloucester. Her father was prisoner on board the Jersey prison ship at New York during the revolution; his family meanwhile suffering every privation by the plundering of the British and Hessians. On one occasion their lives were sustained by a barrel of potatoes which the mother had buried in the cellar to hide from the marauders. Ann being at this time an infant, had one of her cheeks frozen while the mother was trying to save a cow which the enemy drove off and slaughtered.