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66	HART FAMILY.

Tyringham, Mass., in 1761, and from thence to Cornwall, Conn., in 1765. She married Brownson, and died March 14th, 1837, aged 87 years. She was a member of the church.

ABBOTT 57.

Farmington, Tyringham, Cornwall.

ESTHER HART, second daughter of Solomon Hart, of Kensington, and his wife, Experience Cole, born March 26th, 1752, in Farmington. She went with her parents, from Congee, in Farmington, to Tyringham, Mass., in 1761, and from thence to Cornwall, Conn., in 1765. She married Abbott, of . She died December 4th, 1807, aged 55 years.

58. North Cornwall, Conn.

TITUS HART, North Cornwall, Conn., eldest son of Solomon Hart, of Congee, in Farmington, and his wife, Experience Cole, born January 24th, 1754, in Farmington; married Esther Hand. He was deacon of the church in North Cornwall, where he lived from the age of ten to his death, October 31st, aged 77 years. "Eminently a man of prayer, he was never known to omit his morning and evening devotions in his family, after which he retired for his private or closet duties."

[ In "A History of Cornwall," by E. C. Starr, it is stated that Titus Hart died October 29th, 1830, age 81. Ester (Hand) Hart died May 22nd, 1840, age 86. The same book also says that they were married in November, 1744. This is, of course, impossible. This is certainly a missprint and the correct date may have been November, 1774. ]

THEIR CHILDREN, BEING THE SEVENTH GENERATION.

130. Nathan, born June 12th, 1776; married February 8th, 1804, Sylvia Clark.
131. John, born , 1779; married Sally Clark; died June 29th, 1801.

59. Hudson, N. Y.

LOT HART, Hudson, N. Y., second son of Solomon Hart, of Farmington and Kensington, and his wife, Experience Cole, born 1756, at ; married , [Elizabeth ]. He died near Hudson, N. Y., February 21st, 1826, aged 70 years.

THEIR CHILDREN, BEING THE SEVENTH GENERATION.

132. Lucy, born [April 4th, 1795]; married , Salmon Thompson, Burlington, Conn.
133. Elisha, born [June 27th, 1801], and is a cripple.

60. Cornwall, Conn.

PHINEAS HART, New York, third son of Solomon Hart, of Congee, in Farmington, Conn., and his wife, Experience Cole, born 1758, ; married, [March 18th, 1784, Betsy Wickwire in Cornwall]. He lived in Cornwall where his children were born.

[ Phineas Hart was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The following is from the "Historical Record of the Town of Cornwall, Connecticut," by T. S. Gold.

Phineas Hart, of the sixth generation, third son of Deacon Solomon, born in 1758, did valiant service for his country in the Revolution. He was a pensioner of the general government. He married and lived in Cornwall, where he had children: Lot, Solomon, Mary, Experience, and Jane. He removed West, where his children remained. He died in Cornwall in 1728, aged 70 years. (page 307)

And on page 205:

Phineas Hart was a pensioner; lived to about eighty years; when over seventy, walked a journey in one week of over three hundred miles. He lived and died at a house on the Canaan road, a little north of James Reed's. ]