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nances. Their Children were, 1, Summit, born Sept. 5th, 1746; 2, Elizabeth, born Jan. 17th, 1748; 3, Alethena, born-         , baptized in Kensington, June 27th, 1759. They probably had other Children, not found on record.

BROWNSON.
39.                      Kensington, Conn.

THANKFUL HART, of Kensington, a parish of Berlin, Conn., daughter of Nathaniel Hart of the same place, and his wife Abigail, daughter of John Hooker, Esq., born in Kensington, July 4th, 1725, married there Nov. 5th, 1747, Charles Brownson, son of Samuel and his wife Abigail (Ventris), born in Kensington, Sept. 24th, 1723. They lived by the mill which is now owned by J. T. Hart & Co. She died May 20th, 1759, aged 34 years, when he married, second, May 30th, 1759, Martha Barritt.

STANLEY.
40.                      Kensington, Conn.

HANNAH HART, of Kensington parish, fourth daughter of Nathaniel Hart of the same place, and his wife Abigail (Hooker), born in Kensington, Aug. 21st, 1729, married there, March 21st, 1754, Thomas, son of John Stanley, born Julie 20th, 1726. They had 1, Seth, born May 6th, 1755, married first, Nov.      , 1781, Ann Hooker, second, widow Winchell Stanley, and third, the widow of Josiah Smith; 2, Sibil, born Oct. 17th, 1757, baptized Oct. 30th, 1757; 3, Selah, born June 1st, 1762, baptized June 20th, 1762, married April 3d, 1786, Rhoda, daughter of Samuel Goodrich. The mother died, when he married second, Martha                 , and had Hannah and Erastus.

41.                      Kensington, Conn.

GENERAL SELAH HART, of Kensington, a parish of Berlin, Conn., second son of Nathaniel Hart of the same place, and his wife Abigail (Hooker), born in Kensington, May 23d, 1732, married March 4th, 1756, Mary, born Feb. 18th, 1731-2, daughter of Stephen Cole and his wife Abigail (Hart). She died, when he married second, Dec. 22d, 1763, Ruth, born in Kensington, Oct. 29th, 1742, daughter of Matthew Cole and his second wife Mary (Newell); he had but one child and that by his first wife, named Mary, and she died young. He lived where now (1869,) Oliver Moore does, in the east part of the parish. He was a magistrate, and held many positions of honor and usefulness in his day. He united with the church in Kensington in 1763, in