Another record then appears in the Plymouth Colony records ordering on the 20th of October 1668 by the Council of War, that although willing to train and bear arms for the Milita Company of Scituate, Ezekiel was discharged in regard that he "hath one eye" and that it was considered dangerous for him to be in arms.

Within four months, Ezekiel had left Massachusetts and is enumerated in a census of Stonington, Connecticut as being one among forty-three heads of families, some of whom had come to the area from Scituate. - In 1672, Ezekiel received a grant of land here, purchased another, and received a second grant in 1680 - all of which adjoined and were located in what is now North Stonington. This land was bounded by the Shunnock River on the south, and by the land of Joshua Holmes on the north.

Ezekiel lived in North Stonington the remainder of his life. He was a farmer, had been admitted to the Church of Stonington on 3 September 1676, was Deputy to the General Court at Hartford, CT in 1690, and died at Stonington on the 19th of June 1714. His will was dated 5 May 1711 was administered to probate on 13 July 1714. This Will in part, states: "... to Mary, my dearly beloved wife, the one third part of all my moveable estate ... to my two daughters, hannah Main and ffebe Kingsbury, one third of moveable estate to be equally divided between them. Sons Ezekiell Main and Jeremiah the other 1/3 of moveables. Executors Ezekiell and Jeremiah."

1. Ezekiel - born 01 Jul 1675 in Scituate, Plymouth county, MA; admitted to the church in Stonington in 1695; married Mary Wells, daughter of Thomas and Naomi on 14 Jan 1689 in Stonington. Mary died on 12 Jan 1693 in Stonington and he married (2) Hannah Rose on 22 Oct 1795, she being the daughter of either Thomas or Daniel and was said to have been born on 23 May 1669 in Scituate,Plymouth Co.,Massachusetts. Hannah died on 19 July 1724 in Stonington, Connecticut; Ezekiel died on 20 Oct 1715 also in Stonington. He was the father of Ezekiel, Hannah, Mary, Ezekiel, Alice, Patience, Jermiah, Phebe, Ichabod, and Miriam.
2. Hannah - born 13 Feb 1683; was admitted to the First Church in Stonington on 5 July 1702; mother of Judith who was baptized 16 Aug 1702 and married Jonathan Spaulding at Plainfield, CT.
3. Mary - was christened on 24 Jun 1677 in 1st Church of Stonington,Stonington,New London Co.,Connecticut. She died on 24 Jan 1678 in Stonington,New London Co.,Connecticut.
4. Jeremiah - was born on 01 Apr 1678. He died on 11 Nov 1727 at Stonington; married Mrs. Ruth Brown and was the father of eleven known children: Thomas, Hannah, Elizabeth, Lydia, Sarah, Jeremiah, Hezibah, Nathaniel, Anna, John, and Peter.
5. Thomas - was christened 22 Sep 1679 in 1st Church of Stonington in New London Co.,Connecticut. He died in his youth.
6. Phebe - christened 7 August 1681 at Stonington, CT; married Ephraim Kingsbury who was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts and was the son of James and Sarah (Butten). They lived at Plainfield, CT.

JEREMIAH MAIN 1678 - 1727

Son of Ezekiel, he was born on 01 Apr 1678 in Stonington, and christened in 1678 at the First Church of Stonington. He married Mrs. Ruth Brown, a widow, at Stonington on the 11th of October 1699 - both Jeremiah and Ruth having been among the first members of the First Church of Stonington.

In Jermiah's will which was dated the 24th of Feb 1726, he names besides his some of his onw children, his wife's daughter, Ruth Brown (wife of John Butler), by her first marriage of whom he gives five shillings. Jeremiah died on 11 Nov 1727 in Stonington, Connecticut.

1. Thomas - born on 19 Jul 1700 in Stonington. He married Annah Brown 20 April 1720 in Stonington and were the parents of: Thomas, Andrew, Timothy, Joshua, Anne, Jonas, Elizabeth, Ezekiel, and Phebe. He died on 11 Mar 1771 and his wife Annah died 11 Mar 1766 - both were buried in the Brown Cemtery in Stonington.

2. Hannah - christened on 17 May 1702 in Stonington, New London Co., CT.

3. Elizabeth - born on 22 Feb 1702/1703; married Ebenezer BROWN, son of Eleazer and Ann (Pendleton) on 08 Apr 1723 in Stonington, New London CT. Ebenezer was born 28 Jun 1702 in Stonington and died there on 01 Mar 1766.

4. Lydia - christened on 19 Apr 1705 in Stonington, New London Co., CT; she married Ephriam Kingsbury.

5. Sarah - christened on 19 May 1706; she married Hazekiah COLE, son of Samuel and Mary (Kingsbury) on 29 Dec 1725 in Plainfield,Windham Co.,CT. They were the parents of Ebenezer, Daniel, Mary, Ruth, Sarah, Samuel, Stephen, and Hezekiah Cole.

6. Jeremiah - was christened on 10 Apr 1708 in First Church of Stonington, He married Abigail (Worden), daughter of Dr. Thomas and Sarah (Butler) on 25 Jan 1727 in Stonington, she having been born born in Stonington on 27 Oct 1709. She died on 13 Nov 1741 in Stonington, and Jeremiah died there in 1780. They were the parents of Ruth, Thankful, Jeremiah, Amos, Stephen, and Abigail. He married (2) Thankful (Brown), daughter of James and Elizabeth (Randall) on 26 Apr 1742 in Stonington, she having been born on 22 Oct 1720. Thankful died 20 Mar 1812 in S. Brookfield,Madison Co.,NY and was buried in the Main Cemetery there. Jeremiah and Thankful were the parents of: James, Lydia, Thankful, Bridget, David, Nathaniel, Nathan, and Daniel Main.

7. Hepzibah - christened on 24 Mar 1710; she married Joseph BROWN on 31 Oct 1727 in Stonington, and they were the parents of: Thomas, Ruth, Hepsibah, Joseph and Rebecca Brown.

8. Nathaniel - christened on 04 Aug 1714 at the First Church of Stonington; he married Anna (Spalding) on 10 Jan 1737/1738 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, she having been born 07 May 1717. Anna died on 19 Apr 1738 in Plainfield. They were the parents of Nathaniel, and Johanna. Nathaniel married (2) Johanna (Parkhurst), daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Cady) in Plainfield on 13 Apr 1741, she having been born 10 Dec 1720 in Killingly,Windham Co., CT. They were the parents of: Anna, Isaac, Hester, Nathaniel, Johanna, Eunice, Noah, and Zadock Main.

9. Anna - christened on 21 Aug 1715 in the First Church of Stonington; she died in her youth.

10. John - christened on 20 May 1716 at the First Church of Stonington; he married Sarah (Morgan) on 08 Nov 1735 in New London, CT; Sarah was born 1718 in New London, CT. They were the parents of Judith, John, Jonathan, Caleb, and Sarah Main.

11. Peter - born on 05 Aug 1718 and christened on 25 Oct 1719 at the First Church of Stonington. He married Mary (Eccleston), daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Mott) on 17 Sep 1740 in Stonington, she having been born 17 Sep 1719 in Kingston, Kings Co.,Rhode Island and died sometime before 1779. They were the parents of Peter, Joseph who died young, Mary, Asa, Lucy who died young, Joseph, Sarah, David, Lucy, and Prudence Main.

DEACON THOMAS MAIN 1700 - 1771

Son of Jeremiah, he was born on 19 Jul 1700 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; died there on 11 Mar 1771. For many years, he was a Deacon in the Church at North Stonington CT, the town of Stonington having been divided into two parishes in 1727. He married Annah Brown of Stonington on 20 April 1720, she having been born 1 Feb 1699/1700 and was the daughter of Eleazer and Ann (Pendleton). She died 11 March 1766 and and was buried in the Brown Cemetery in North Stonington. Thomas married shortly thereafter, on 14 May of the same year, Elizabeth Hewitt, daughter of Thomas and Persis (Cleveland) who was born in Plainfield, Windham county, CT on 12 April 1709. His will was dated 9 Feb 1771, and probated 6 Sep 1771.

1. Thomas Jr.- born on 12 Feb 1721 and died before 12 Sep 1771. He married Mary (Pendleton), daughter of Caleb Jr. and Mary (Randall) on 03 Feb 1742, she having been born on 02 Apr 1727 in Westerly,Kings Co.,RI. They were the parents of: Mary, Sarah, Thomas, Benajah, Prudence, Abigial and William Main.

2. Andrew - born on 05 Aug 1723 in Stonington, CT. He married Fear HOLMES, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Richardson) on 05 Jan 1744 in North Stonington, she having been born there on 08 Jul 1722. Andrew served in the Revolutionary War in the 6th regiment of Col. Parsons 3rd Company. In the latter part of the 18th century, Andrew moved his family to Willington, CT where he was a deacon in the Baptist Church. His wife died on in Willington on 27 Apr 1806 and he on 18 Apr 1802 - both buried in the Village Hill Cemetery. They were the parents of Bethia, Fear, Annie, Andrew, Ruth, Rachel, Molly, Joshua, Elias, Reuben, and Eunice Main.

3. Timothy - born on 08 Apr 1727 in Stonington, CT; he married Elizabeth Brown and died about 1790.

4. Joshua - born on 01 Apr 1729 and christened on 05 Apr 1729 at the First Church of Stonington. He married Rachael (Peckham), daughter of Reuben and Patience (Hathaway) on 02 Nov 1752 in North Stonington. Rachael was born 05 Sep 1731 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co.,Massachusetts and died in Patterson, Putnam County, New York. Joshua died in 1809 in Kent,Orleans Co., NewYork. They were the parents of: Sebbeus, Rachel, and Amos Main. His second wife was Elizabeth (Hovey), daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Perkins) on 04 Nov 1775 in Federicktown, New York, she having been born about 1754. Joshua and Elizabeth had one son, Joshua Main, Jr.

5. Anne - born on 31 Jul 1733. She died at the age of ninety-one on 21 Dec 1822 in North Stonington, CT and was buried in the Brown Cemetery. She had married, at North Stonington, on 20 Dec 1749, Zebulon Brown, son of James and Elizabeth (Randall), he having been born 20 Nov 1730. They were the parents of: Anne, Elizabeth, Marvin, Zebulon, James, Oliver, Hannah, Nabbe, Thomas, Matthew, Phebe, and Katurah Brown.

6. Jonas - born on 07 Feb 1735/1736; during the Revolutionary War, he served as Ensign in Captain Hungerford's Company of the Connecticut Militia (1780-1781) and was the owner of a mill there. He married Patience (Packham), daughter of Reuben Patience (Hathaway) on 03 Jun 1756 in Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island. Patience was born in Dartmouth,Bristol Co.,Massachusetts on 13 Feb 1733 and died on 23 Jul 1758 in North Stonington. They were the parents of Sebbeus Main. Jonas married (2) Content (Bromley), daughter of William and Elizabeth (Dewey) on 14 Apr 1760 in Stonington, she having been born about 1745. She died on 02 Jun 1825. Jonas died in North Stonington in 1804 on the 24th of January. They were the parents of: Content, Reuben, Patience, Lyman, Dewey, Jonas, Thomas, Jabish, Nancy, and Paul Main.

7. Elizabeth - born on 19 Apr 1740 in Stonington, New London Co.,Connecticut. She died before 11 Sep 1777 in her youth.

8. Ezekiel - born on 08 Jul 1742 in North Stonington; he married Deborah (Meacham), daughter of Samuel and Bethial (Pease) on 25 Nov 1763. Deborah was born 20 Apr 1746 in Norwich, New London Co.,Connecticut. Ezekiel served in the 9th Regt. Conn. Continental Line under Col. C.S. Webb. They were the parents of Ezekiel, Anna, Samuel, Meacham, Minerva, Nehemiah, Deborah, Caleb, Main and lived in Hartford. In about 1781, he married (2) Mary (Crandall), daughter of Eber and Mary (Long), she having been born 20 Jun 1750 in North Kingstown, Kings Co.,Rhode Island. He and Mary were the parents of two daughters, Huldah and Mary Main. His wife Mary (Crandall) died on 23 Feb 1830 in Bridgewater,Pennsylvania.

9. Phebe - born on 16 Nov 1747 in North Stonington, CT. She married Samuel Meacham, son of Samuel and Bethial (Pease) on 31 Mar 1763, he having been born on 15 Nov 1739 in Labanon, New London County, Connecticut and died on 22 Jan 1811 in Canaan, New Hampshire. Phebe and Samuel were the parents of: Phebe, Elam, Mary, Thomas, Joshua, Jeremiah, Andrew, Bethia, Joseph, Sarah, Anna, Temperance, Olive, Miriam, Samuel, and a daughter who married James Kidder.

TIMOTHY MAIN 1727 - 1790

Son of Thomas, he was born on 08 Apr 1727 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth (Brown), daughter of James and Elizabeth (Randall) in Stonington on 27 Jan 1750 - she having been born in Stonington on 31 Jul 1732. He died about 1790 in Connecticut.

1. Elizabeth - born on 02 Nov 1750 in North Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She married Benajah Sisson on 29 Mar 1770 in North Stonington, he having been born on 17 Sep 1746. They were the parents of Elizabeth, Jedediah, and Miner Sisson.

2. Timothy - born on 07 Apr 1752 in North Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah YORK on 21 Mar 1781 in North Stonington, she having been born there about 1756. They wre the parents of: Hannah, Timothy, Lydia, Lucretia, and Jesse Main.

3. Nathaniel - born on 12 Jul 1754 in North Stonington, New London CT and married Abigail "Nabby" Thurston, the daughter of George and Keziah.

4. Lydia - born on 31 Aug 1756 in North Stonington, New London CT and married Jacob Newton.

5. Rufus - born on 15 Nov 1758 in North Stonington, New London, CT; He . He served in the Revolutionary War and received a pension. He died on 22 Feb 1836 in Connecticut.

6. Grace - born on 22 Apr 1761; married Deacon Daniel MAIN, son of Jeremiah and Thankful (Brown) on 21 Jul 1779 in Stonington, he having been born 26 Jan 1761 in Stonington. Daniel left Connecticut and setted at South Brookfield, Madison Co., New York where he purchased a farm about three miles from Five Corners and set aside one-half acre in the southeast corner for the Main Cemetery. The first burial there was Thankful (Brown) Main who died 20 Mar 1812 at the age of ninety-five, she being the wife of Jeremiah Main. Daniel Main died on 20 Jan 1835 in South Brookfield, and was buried in this cemetery along with Grace who died on 19 Sep 1851. They were the parents of: Daniel, Susannah, George, Grace, Ephriam, Ira, Philura, Martha, and Thankful Main.

7. Laban - born 27 Jan 1764 in North Stonington. He married Mary "Polly" (Brown), daughter of Eleazer and Anna (Green) on 10 Oct 1794 in Stonington. Mary was born 28 Feb 1771 in Stonington, New London Co., CT. They removed from North Stonington to Edmeston, OtesgoCo., NY in 1814 and then went to Allegany Co., NY. where Mary died in 1855 and Laban died in 1842. They were the parents of: Mary, Henry, Miranda, Alfred, and Erastus Main.

8. Luther - born on 18 Apr 1766; married Deborah Brown, daughter of Samuel and Mary, she having been born about 1768 in North Stonington,New London Co.,Connecticut. He died in 1846. They were the parents of: Randall, Cyrus, Deborah, Julia, Philura, Adaline, Lucy, Luther, and Sylvia Main.

9. Lucy - born on 09 Dec 1768 in North Stonington, CT; married Prentice BROWN in Stonington (son of Samuel & Mary) on 23 Nov 1704. Prentice was born in 1772 in North Stonington and died there on 23 Oct 1841, aged 69 years.

10. Ephriam - born in North Stonington in 1770; he died there about 1784, aged 14 years.

11. Simeon - born on 16 Sep 1772 in North Stonington. He married Martha (York), daughter of Bell and Anne (Brown) on 23 Jun 1794 in North Stonington, she having been born there 16 Dec 1780. She died on 15 Feb 1877 and Simeon died on 01 May 1821. They were the parents of Prentice, Prudence, Joanna, Phebe, Huldah, Richard, Adam, Daniel, and Christopher Main.

12. Joanna - was born about 1774 in North Stonington, CT. She married Joshua Miner, son of Christopher. They were the parents of: Erastus, Lucy, Ann, Philemon, and Susan Miner.

RUFUS MAIN 1758 - 1836

Son of Timothy, he was born on 15 Nov 1758 in North Stonington, New London, CT; He married Sarah (York), the daughter of Bell and Ruth (Main), she having been born 22 Jan 1761 in Stonington. Her father Bell, was the son of Thomas and Mary (Brown), descendants of James York, Sr. who had been born 1614 and came to the American colonies aboard the Philip on 20 Jun 1635. This family had lived between Griswold and the northeast corner of North Stonington. Rufus, was a Revolutionary War soldier and received a pension.

1. Rufus - born 14 Jan 1779 and married Sabra (Wells); his Will was probated 22 Jul 1858.

2. Stephen - born 26 Jan 1781 . He moved from Connecticut to Ontario, Wayne county, New York and married Lucinda (Ray), daughter of Gershom and Hannah (Palmer). They were the parents of Lucinda, Philura, Stephen, Erastus, and Lucy Ray Main. Stephen died on 19 Dec 1863 in Ontario,Wayne Co., New York and was buried in Ontario Center Cemetery, in Ontario, New York.

3. Lewis - born 17 May 1784; married Hannah (Ray), daughter of Gershom on 17 Oct 1803 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. Hannah was born in 1784 in Voluntown, Windham Co., Connecticut and died on 30 Jul 1848. Lewis died on 20 Nov 1870. They were the parents of: Lewis, Avery, Edgar Ray, Charles Henry, Jesse Palmer, Gershom, Hannah, Esther, and Mary Ann Main. Lewis' second wife was Dolly (Bliven).

4. Ruth - born 07 Sep 1786 in North Stonington, New London, CT and married Joseph Chapman.

5. Mary - born 22 Aug 1791 in North Stonington; she married Joseph Cary.

6. Prudence - was born 14 Nov 1793 in North Stonington.

7. Sanford - born 01 Oct 1796 and married Rebecca (Billings) on 30 May 1816. They were the parents of: Sanford who died young, Rebecca, Lucy, Sanford who married Harriet (Hewitt), Calvin, and one son who died in 1822.

RUFUS MAIN 1779 - 1858

Son of Rufus, was born on 14 Jan 1779 in North Stonington, New London County, CT. He married Sabra (Wells) on 03 Feb 1803, she having been born about 1783 and her parentage not yet known. The Will of Rufus was probated on 22 Jul 1858 in North Stonington, Connecticut.

1. Rufus - born on 09 Nov 1803 in North Stonington, Connecticut; married Lucy Ann (Miller) on 22 Apr 1827 in Rochester, New York.

2. Stephen - born on 08 Jun 1805 on North Stoningt, CT. He married (1) Susan K. (Chapman) on 21 Apr 1833. He married (2) Lydia (York), the daughter of Jeremiah and Thankful (Thruston) on 06 Mar 1842, Lydia having been born on 24 Nov 1812 in Stonington, Connecticut. She died on 14 Aug 1846. Stephen and Lydia were the parents of: Lydia, Achash Maria, George, Harriet, William, Jennie, and Anna Belle Main.

3. Thomas Jefferson - born on 14 Mar 1807 in North Stonington, CT. He married (1) Abigail (Burton); and (2) Henrietta (Williams) and was enumerated in the 1850 census in Stonington, Christian county, Illinois. He moved to California in 1857 and died out there on 04 April 1862.

4. Edith - born on 18 Dec 1809 in North Stonington, Connecticut; married Rowland Kenyon.

5. William S. - born on 17 Feb 1811 in North Stonington, Connecticut; married Elizabeth (Williamson).

6. Phebe - born on 17 Nov 1813 in North Stonington, Connecticut; she married James Wilson and had son James Eugene Wilson.

7. Sarah - born on 15 Sep 1815 in North Stonington, Connecticut; married Abel Palmer.

8. Nancy W. - born on 09 Feb 1819 in North Stonington, Connecticut; married Bielby Porteous Park.

9. Timothy H. - born on 06 Apr 1821 in North Stonington, Connecticut. He died in 1895 in New Albany, Indiana.

10. Reuben P. - born on 09 Sep 1824 in North Stonington, Connecticut. He died after 1899 in New York City, New York. Reuben married (1) Mattie (Neil); (2) Hattie (Knepfly).

11. Prudence Mary - born on 26 Sep 1827 in North Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She married Charles COATES, the son of Asher and Lucy (Holmes) in Connecticut, but had no children. Charles was born on 22 Mar 1821 in North Stonington; died on 20 Jul 1855 in New York City, New York.

12. Abbie Elizabeth - born on 15 May 1830 in North Stonington, Connecticut; married James Rider.

THOMAS JEFFERSON MAIN 1779 - 1858

Son of Rufus, He married (1) Abigail (Burton); and (2) Henrietta (Williams) and was enumerated in the 1850 census in Stonington, Christian county, Illinois. He moved to California in 1857 and died out there on 04 April 1862.

1. Joseph - born about 1835 in New York - according to the 1850 census of Christian county, Illinois.

2. Susan A. - born 13 Feb 1838 in New York City, NY. She married Benjamin ROSE on 13 Oct 1857 in San Juan, Nevada county, CA - he the son of Oliver T. Rose and Elizabeth (Mumford) of Rhode Island. He was born on 07 May 1831 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. He was enumerated in the 1850 census for Summerfield, Monroe Co., Michigan; and again with his wife in children in the 1860 census for Mornoe county, MI. He and Susan were the parents of 11 children which are listed in the following section.

3. Stephen - born about 1839 in New York - according to the 1850 census for Christian county, Illinois.

4. Henrietta Elizabeth - born 25 Aug 1850 in Stonington, Christian county, Illinois, daughter of Thomas' second wife, Henrietta (Williams). She was enumerated in the 1850 census for Christian county, Illinois listed as two months old. She married Horace Breningstall - further information listed in the following section.

SUSAN A. (MAIN) ROSE 1838 -

Daughter of Thomas, she was born in New York City and went west with her father where she was enumerated in the 1850 Christian county, Illinois census living in the town of Stonington, named for the town of the same name in Connecticut from which many of the towns people had lived.

In 1857, she left Illinois with her father who was then widowed, and went to California where she married Benjamin F. Rose that October in San Juan. They remained there only a short while, having one daughter Mary, born to them in 1858 and dying ten days later. They then began to migrate back east and had daughter Tirzah who was born in Greenville, Colorado in October of 1859. By 1860, Susan had migrated to Monroe county, Michigan and was enumerated in the census living in Summerfield township in the town of Petersburg where the remainder of their children were born, three of which died in 1870.

1. Mary E. - born 6 Aug 1858 in Eureka, CA; died 16 Aug 1858.

2. Tirzah A. - born 28 Oct 1859 in Greenville, Colorado; died 5 Jul 1878; may have married a Mr. Holland.

3. Frances O. - born 7 Jun 1862 in Monroe county, MI; died 23 Dec 1879.

4. Minnie A. "Addie" - born 31 Jan 1864 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., MI.

5. Henrietta E. - born 14 Oct 1865 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., MI; died 18 Feb 1870 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan. - Named for Susan's sister Henrietta Elizabeth who had come to live with her in 1864.

6. Sylvia P. - born 31 Oct 1867 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., MI; died 17 Feb 1870 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., MI.

7. Franklin M. - born 15 Feb 1869 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., MI; died 22 Feb 1870 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan.

8. Oliver T. - born 5 Oct 1871 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan.

9. Laura J. - born 13 Aug 1874 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan.

10. Elizabeth M. - born 22 July 1877 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan.

11. Jennie E. - born 24 Apr 1880 in Petersburg, Monroe Co., Michigan.

HENRIETTA ELIZABETH (MAIN) BRENINGSTALL 1850 - 1912

Daughter of Thomas, she was born in Stoningston, Christian county, Illinois on the 25th of August and is enumerated in that 1850 census as two months old. Her mother was Henrietta (Williams) who was born in Connecticut 25 March 1814, had married Thomas Main in about 1848 and died on 17 Sep in either 1851 or 1854.

After her mother died, her father moved the family to California in about 1857. After her father Thomas died in 1862, Henrietta left two years later to go live with her sister Susan who was then married to Benjamin Rose, and was living in Petersburg, in Monroe county, Michigan when the 1870 census was taken.

At the age of eighteen, Henrietta married Horace Breningstall on 12 July 1868. Horace was the son of Seth and Lucy (Hobart) of New York and was born in Dundee, Monroe county, Michigan on 18 July 1843. Henrietta died on the 14th of February in 1912 and her husband then married Harriet Allhouse in about 1914, she born on 18 Oct 1850 and was the widow of McLachlin. Horace died on 30 May 1925 in Petersburg, Monroe county, Michigan.

1. Reuben Grant - born 13 March 1869 in Petersburg, MI; married Bertha McDowell of Detroit and was the father of Idella and Joseph Breningstall.

2. Susan Amelia - born 18 November 1873 and evidently named after Henrietta's sister Susan; married James S. Housman in 1892 and was the mother of Hazel, Bina Leola, James Deal, and Idella Housman, Susan died 21 Jul 1907 in Petersburg and her husband died 01 March 1910.

3. Phila Adelaide - born 14 March 1880 in Petersburg, Michigan; married Edson E. Valrance on 24 Oct 1900, son of David and Sarah Elizabeth (Knight) who was born in Berlin, Monroe Co., MI on 02 Oct 1848. His siblings were: Anna, Howard, Cora, Carrie, Franklin, Clarence, and Daisy Valrance.

4. Lucille Minerva - born 31 May 1887 in Petersburg, Michigan; she married Harry C. Gove.

5. Gertrude Main - born 11 December 1890 in Petersburg, Michigan; married George Richard Peters (the great-grandson of Richard Peters of whom Petersburg was thus named) on 24 Dec 1913 in Petersburg. George was born 16 Mar 1888 in Petersburg and was the son of Richard George and Frances Amelia (Trombley). He died in Alhambra, California on 24 Feb 1954. Gertrude then married Bert Nadler. She passed away on 27 October 1975 in Alhambra, California. She and George were the parents of one son, George Horace Peters who was born on 5 Jan 1920 in Toledo, Ohio and was a U.S. Army Captain who moved to California and then to Arizona where he passed to a better place on 15 Jan 1998 at his home in Cottonwood, Arizona - he is our beloved father and grandfather to which this web site is dedicated.

1. History of Stonington, Connecticut by Richard Anson Wheeler
2. The Main Tree II, Second Edition by Nancy (Portor) Childress
3. Plymouth Colony Records, Volume 5
4. New London Probate Records Volumes B, C.
5. Vital Records of Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut
6. Brown Genealogy by Cyrus Henry Brown
7. The Descendants of Ezekiel Maine by Algernon Aikin Aspinwall
8. Descendents of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island compiled by Nellie (Willard) Johnson
9. Gravestone Inscriptions of the town of No. Stonington, New London Co., CT copied by Charles R. Hale
10. Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Reheboth, MA & Stonington, Connecticut; A 400-Year (1585-1985)
11. Federal Census Records (View Extractions)

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