BRANCH OF JOHN. 45

Item.-I give my son Judah, besides what I have already given him, 16 acres at the south end of "Dead Swamp."
Item.-
I give my son John all my house homestead, also my lot called the Meeting-house lot, 3 1/2 acres, bounded East on Stephen Hart, North on highway, and West on Meeting-house yard.
Item.-I give my son Solomon all my lands on "Fort Hill," about 100 acres.
Item.-I give my three daughters, viz., Esther, wife of Nathaniel Newell, Mary, wife of Rev. Samuel Newell, and Sarah, wife of Stephen Root, etc.


He appointed his sons Judah and John executors of his Will, which was witnessed by

            James Gridley,
            Stephen Hart,
            and Thomas Cowles.

The Inventory was taken March 23d, 1754, by

Giles Hooker,
Nehemiah Lewis,        Appraisers amount, £1342 15s. 3d
Solomon Cowles.

                                                       Nehemiah Lewis,
The distributors of the estate were      Solomon Cowles,
                                                  and James Judd.

Deacon John Hart died Oct. 7th, 1753, aged 69 years.

THEIR CHILDREN, BEING THE FIFTH GENERATION.

18. Esther, born Sept. 19th, 1707, married June 29th, 1727, Nathaniel Newell.
19. Judah, born Oct. 25th, 1709, married Feb. 20th, 1784-35, Anna Norton.
20. John, born Oct. 11th, 1714, married                                    Anna Hall.
21. Mary, born March 9th, 1717, married Dec. 6th, 1739, Timothy Root; second, Rev. Samuel Newell.
22. Sarah, born June 19th, 1719, married June 19th, 1740, Stephen Root; second, Capt. Eldad Lewis.
23. Solomon, born Oct, 1st, 1724, married March 3d, 1749-50, Experience Cole.
      Ruth, born Oct. 25th, 1729, died Oct. 13th, 1745, aged 16 years.

12.                                         Berlin.

ISAAC HART, of Farmington and Kensington, second son of Capt. John and his wife Mary (Moore), born                 , baptized Nov. 27th, 1686, in Farmington, married Nov. 24th, 1721, Elizabeth Whaples. They lived on Hart street, next west of. Worthington Village, sometimes called lower lane. The house is still standing, 1873, with the upper story projecting over lower. It is related of him that when at work in Farmington meadows, he observed a bear coming into the lot; he seized his pitchfork and mounted his horse hitched under a tree, and pursued the bear and killed it. This anecdote is related by his great grandson, of Candor, N. Y. He was a deacon in Kensington