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Kotffii on t^t iFawfls of ^tWiolt
But we have recently learned from the Lyme probate-records that
Henry Champion (son of Henry Champion the first settler) married
Susannah 2 DeWolf in April 1684, who, from a comparison of dates,
could not have been a granddaughter of Balthasar, but must have been
8j4 his daughter. Susannah had ten children, among whom was Alice,^ the
only namesake of her mother whom we find mentioned among her descend-
ants. After his death (in July 1704) his widow married John Huntley.
That Balthasar had had another child who was "bewitched to death," by
or before 1661, is shown by the records of the witchcraft-trial above
referred to. In May 1671 Balthasar was made a Freeman by the Court
at Hartford. He is mentioned in the Lyme records for the second time
in 1674. In 1677 he was chosen "Committee of the town." His wife
Alice is mentioned in a deed from him to his son Simon, March 5, 1687,
acknowledged 19''' February 1689-90. In 1688 he sold Calves' Island in
Connecticut River to Richard Lord. In the same year we find him and
his three sons on a roll of tax-payers omder Governor Andros's adminis-
tration, and he was made again "Committee of the town." There is
mention made of him in May i6go, in a deed of gift to his son Edward ;
the last notice found of him is in town-records of 1695.
From the time of their coming to Lyme Balthasar and his sons appear
to have taken a respectable, though not prominent, part in the town-affairs,
as having a common interest with the other settlers. Mr. Hoadley sent to
the writer the autographs of Balthasar DeWolf and his son Edward,
written thus :
" Baltasar de wolf "
" Edward dewolfe"
The date is Lyme, May 1678. Both are very well written, especially
Balthasar's ; the letters are round, firm, even, and show the habit of
writing. This, at a time when a large proportion of the English settlers
" made their mark," conveyed an evidence of education which it is difficult
to comprehend at the present day. The characters are in the style of the
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