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Perkins, Professor of Chemistry in Union College, who married Anna
daughter of Rev. Dr. Potts of New York. The only surviving daughter
142 is Lucretia Shaw Woodbridge,^ a lady of unusual acquisitions and varied
accomplishments, which she has made useful to others by private teaching.
143 (8.) William Frederick^ born in 1804 ; a captain in the China trade ;
who married Sarah daughter of William Noyes of Lyme ; had two sons,
144 of whom the one now living is William Noyes^ of New York, and two
daughters; and died in 185 1. He improved the leisure of his long voyages
for much study and reading, by which he became a man of high culture.
145 (9-) Robert Harper^ born in 1806; a shipmaster; who married
Helen daughter of Edward Powers of Guilford, Conn., by whom he had
three daughters and one son, the latter not now living. He was a favorite
commander of packet-ships of the John Griswold Line, saiHng between
New York and London, a man of much reading, and, in his prime, of
elegant manners and great personal beauty. H^e died in Lyme in 1882,
after years of lingering infirmity and pain. His daughters, with their
mother, now conduct a Family-School for young ladies in their father's
fine old house in Lyme, devoting themselves more especially to instruction
in the elegant branches, in which they are proficient.
146 (lO-) James^ who died in infancy.
We now return to follow out the succession of the children of Gov.
Matthew and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold :
147 4. Urs7ila,^ born in i 744 ;
who
died an infant.
148 5. Hannah,^ born in 1746; who died in childhood.
149 6. Marian,^ born April 17, 1750; a very handsome woman; who
married : first, September 29, 1 769, Charles Church Chandler of Wood-
stock, Conn., an eminent lawyer, " frequently a member of the State
Legislature and elected to the Continental Congress,"'^ who died in 1787 ;
by whom she had several children. One of her daughters by this first
"^ Hyde Genealogy, ut supra, ii. 8g2.