CHAPTER IV. F DR. S. P. HILDRETH. ROM the N. E. Genealogical Records is taken the following sketch of Samuel Prescott Hildreth. M. D., who was born in Methuen, Mass., September 30, 1783. His boyhood was passed on his father's farm. He was educated at Exter, N. H. He became a physician of great eminence after settling in Marietta, Ohio. He writes: "After a laborious practice of medicine for 55 years, I, two years ago, (1861,) laid it entirely aside." He was then 78 years old. He had been a Representative in the Ohio Legislature; was a supporter of Jefferson and Madison, and also of Lincoln. He was well known at home and abroad for his scientific labors, for various publications in medicine, and in local biography and history. In 1848 he published his "Pioneer History," an 8vo vol. of 525 pages, giving an account of the settlements of the Northwest Territory. He collected more than 4000 specimens in Natural History. They occupy a room in one of the college buildings at Marietta. and are known as the "Hildreth Cabinet." He was a cheerful man, loved beauty, was fond of flowers, which he cultivated diligently. He died at Marietta July 24, 1863, aged 80 years. He was a descendant in the sixth generation from Richard Hildreth, born in 1612, who was a Sergeant in the militia and one of the grantees of Chelmsford, Mass., where he died in 1688. Dr. S. P. Hildreth of Marietta was a member of "His life was gentle; and the elements L CHAPTER V. IT THE TYLER FAMILY. T was while residing in the family of the Pages, at Haverhill, N. H., that Daniel Hildreth became acquainted with, and was subsequently married to, Clarissa Tyler, daughter of Jonathan Tyler, of Piermont, N. H. This family of Tylers were from Hebron, Connecticut, where Jonathan was born in 1753. He, with his father's family and that of an uncle, removed from there up the valley of the Connecticut river, when that country was quite new, and were among the very first to settle in the town of PierAnother member of the family removed from Connecticut to New Jersey and thence to Virginia. From this branch descended John Tyler, once President of the United States. Originally, the Tylers were from England. mont. The wife of Jonathan Tyler was Sarah McConnell, to whom he was married shortly after settling in Piermont, when she was of the tender age of twelve and a half years. She was of Scotch origin, born in Pembroke, N. H., in 1762, whence she removed with her parents to Piermont. She was of fair complexion, and her beauty so won the affections of young Tyler that, young as she was, he was induced to propose marriage and was accepted. She reared a numerous family of children, and died in 1815, at the age of 53 years, beloved and respected by all who knew her. Her husband, Jonathan Tyler, lived to the advanced age of 96 years, and died in 1848 at Piermont, N. H. CHAPTER VI. T HISTORY OF THE TYLER FAMILY. HE following brief record of the family of Tylers in America was found among the раpers of Rev. Amos Tyler, after his decease, at Big Spring, Adams county, Wisconsin, and is believed to be accurate, so far as it goes: Dan About the year 1682 a family of emigrants arrived from England bearing the name of Tyler. The father's Christian name is unknown. His sons' names were: Daniel, David and John. iel settled in Connecticut, David in Massachusetts and John in New Jersey, but subsequently went to Virginia. The descendants of Daniel were: Daniel Jr., Ebenezer, David, Jonathan, and two daughters, Nellie and Sarah. The descendants of Ebenezer were: Joseph, Samuel, Oliver, Hubbard, Amasa, and four daughters. The descendants of David were: David Jr., Jesse, John, James, Samuel, and two daughters, Anna and Pheba. The descendants of Jonathan were: Daniel, William, Amos, and one boy unnamed who died in |