ing was added to the \\'allingford factories for the
making of brass bedsteads and a line of artistic brass
goods. In 1892 another building was added to meet
tlie demand for a general enlargement of their
business, and especially the manufacture of iron
bedsteads. In 1896 a still larger building was
erected to accommodate the rest of the Brooklyn
plant, which was now moved to Wallingford. At
this time the company ordinarily employs about
five hundred and fifty hands. They have a store
in Xew York and offices in Boston, Philadelphia
and Ciiicago. The capital stock is $350,000, and
there is considerable surplus. The company have
also in Chattanooga, Tenn., a large factory, built
in 1890, for the manufacture of wooden curtain
poles and trimmings. The principal products of the
concern are fancy art goods, upholsterers', station-
ers', and druggists' hardware, brass and iron bed-
steads, and bright wire goods.
For many years before his demise, ^lorton Judd's
business connections were ornamental and without
labor, rather than active. His name and association
gave character to the enterprises, rather than de-
manded of him personal attention. He lived at
ease in the town, on its main street, and in the
course of years his children gathered about him and
built magnificent residences, highly ornamental to
the town. Among the many enterprises fostered in
their infancy by Mr. Judd was the Dime Savings
Bank, of which he was one of the original incorpor-
ators, and of which he served as vice-president until
his resignation on account of advancing years.
Mr. Jutld lived to the eve of his ninety-third
birthday, passing away Nov. 4, 1901, and retained to
a remarkable degree a good physique and the full
possession of all his faculties. He was erect in
stature, his eye bright and manner animated, and
full of sunshine for those about him. His visits
among his children and neighbors spread the light
of a happy, humorous nature wherever he went.
He was a Christian gentleman, who hesitated not
to declare his reverence for things sacred and his
faith in God. In New Britain and in the
Center Congregational Church, which enrolls so
much of his family history, he was known as
"Deacon," and so in general called "Deacon Mor-
ton Judd." He was most highly esteemed and
greatly appreciated in the communities in which he
lived during his long life. His charitable efforts re-
lieved the poor in many a struggle, and the un-
fortunate have risen again by reason of this "Good
Samaritan's" hand. He bore a willing part in the
social activities for good ends, which contribute in
every live community to the general welfare, and
by example and precept he was a distinct builder of
social and religious worth in society. Mr. Judd
was one of the verj' few who remembered Gen.
Lal'ayette when he visited Hartford in 1823, and
was always a hearty admirer of the noble French-
man, to whom we owe so much. When Deacon
Morton Judd was but fourteen years of age he
planted the large elm tree that stands in front of
his late home in New Britain, and now bears a
plate giving his name and the date of planting. In
politics Mr. Judd was rather retiring, yet under
' pressure he held some of the highest town offices,
serving two terms in the General .\ssembly of the
State of Connecticut.
On Jan. 26, 1828, Mr. Judd was married to Miss
Lucina Dunham, of Southington, Conn., daughter
of Samuel Dunham. She was a Christian that
might serve as the impersonation of Solomon's de-
scription of the good wife and mother, who looked
well to the training of her children until her death,
March 21, 1853. In 1855 Mr. Judd married (sec-
ond) Miss Julia A. Blinn, daughter of Horace
Blinn, of Wethersfield, Conn. She died' Nov. 19,
1887. To the first marriage were born four chil-
dren, namely: Hubert L., Albert D., Edward M.
and Martha L. To the second marriage was born
one daughter, Mary Burnhani, who now makes her
home in Wallingford. So fully did the second Mrs.
Judd succeed to the mother's place in the family
that her step-children learned to regard her with
filial love and strong afTction.
HuBKRT Llewellyn Juur, eldest son of Deacon
Morton Judd, was born April i, 1829. In the
midst of his busy life he found time to look after
the interests and the comfort of those he loved. Of
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
kiiully nature, he was wont to relieve the unfortun-
ate, and with the true charity that works in silence
and in the night. Many stories are told of his
good deeds, hut his dearest friends and confidants
cannot recall a single instance when his charity
"vaunted itself." He was a liheral supporter of '
the First Congregational Church, and faithfully
and consistently followed the tenets of that faith.
In politics he was a Repuhlican, hut his active life
did not allow him time for office-seeking, even had
he so desired. A deep thinker and a student of
human nature, he associated with himself in Inisi-
ness only such men as he could rely upon for ahility
and integrity, and those who proved eminently
worthy were rapidly promoted. The beautiful home
he built on South Main street is one of the most
delightful residences of the town, and will stand
a monimient to his good taste and judgment.
On Aug. 14, 185 1, Hubert Llewellyn Judd was
united in marriage with. Miss Julia Ellis, daughter
of \\'illiam Ellis, of New Britain. She died Oct.
10, 1885. Their children, seven in number, were
as follows: (i) Julia Ellis, deceased in infancy;
(2) Morton, Jr., deceased in infancy; (3) Flor-
ence 15., who died at the age of forty
years; (4) Edward Henry, deceased in in-
fancy; (5) Emma Julia; (6) Morton El-
lis, born March 10, 1864, in New Britain,
who married, Dec. 23, 1885, Lenna Gertrude
Clark, of Brownville, N. Y., daughter of George
Alexander Clark, and has one child — Morton Hu-
bert, born Oct. 14, 1886; and (7) Hubert Dexter,
deceased in infancy. The father of these children,
beloved and respected by old and young, entered
into his last rest Dec. 11, 1899.
Aldert Dunham Judd, second son of Deacon
Morton Judd, was born Dec. 4, 1830, in New Brit-
ain, Conn. He took advantage of such opportun-
ities for an education as were offered him, and
after some attendance at the common schools was
for some time a student in the Easthampton (Mass.)
school. It was not an age of luxury and ease —
such a life does not make men strong enough to
found such enterprises, such nations, as the sons
of New England have given to America. On leav-
ing the school room Albert D. Judd went at once to
work, assisting his father and uncle, M. & O. S.
Judd, on harness hames. He remained with them
until the firm sold out to Henry North, when he
turned his attention to the manufacture of the sash
fastener invented by his father. .\t the end of four
or five years he was admitted itUo partnership, and
twelve years later purchased the business, retaining
it, however, but a few weeks, when he resold it to
his uncle, Oliver S. Judd. Idleness was not at-
tractive to him, and in 1864 Albert D. Judd re-
moved to New Haven, purchasing the buildings of
Beech Burwell, a contractor and builder, and the
firm of M. & A. D. Judd, manufacturers of ujihol-
ster\- hardware, was launched. Two years later
E. M. [udd & Co. consolidated with the Turner &
Clark Manufacturing Co., and the Seymour Manu-
facturing Co., both of Torrington. The factory
was removed to the western part of town, and the
manufacture of builders' hardware was added. Tn
1870 the firm became the Judd Manufacturing Co..
and all of the Judds held interests in it. They con-
tinued to run the factory in New Haven until 1877,
when it was removed to W'allingford. Albert D.
Judd became president of the company and so con-
tinued until 1888. \»hen he sold his interest to IT.
L. Judd & Co. He is still a large stockholder in
the company, which on the death of its president,
H. L. Judd, in 1899, was sold to his New York
partner, and at present he (Albert D.) is the only
stockholder bearing the name of Judd. He was
one of the original incorporators of the \\'allingford
National Bank, and has since served as director.
He is also a director in the Dime Savings Bank,
and one of the appraisers of the Savings Bank, and
he also served a short time as vice-president of the
First National Bank, but was obliged to resign on
account of ill health. In all the large enterprises
of the community .Mbert D. Judd has left his im-
press — in nearly all he has taken an active part, l)ut
it has left him little time for himself. In his politi-
cal affiliations he has been a strong Republican, and
has served on the board of burgesses and held other
offices, giving to the affairs of the people the same
care and consideration ever given to his private
affairs, and throughout his entire life, public and
private, he has kept his honored name free from
blemish. Mr. Judcl has also been a faithful worker
in the religious world. He is a member of the
First Congregational Church of Wallingford, of
which he has served as deacon since his residence
there. He held the same office in the Center Congre-
gational Church in New Britain, and while in New
Haven he was instrumental in the building of the
Dwight Place Congregational Church, being one
of a committee of three who selected the site, and
was also one of the building committee during the
construction of the church edifice. Later he became
a member of the Society's committee, and of the
church committee, and also .served the church as
deacon.
On April 25, 1855. Albert D. Judd wedded Miss
Lucelia Wells, who was born Oct. 27, 1828, a
daughter of Horace and Pamela (Sedgwick)
Wells, the former a native of New Britain and the
latter of West Hartford. Mrs. Judd died Aug.
5, 1900. They had the following named children :
(i) Katherine Wells, at home. (2) George Mor-
ton has, since 1885. been connected with H. L.
Judd & Co. He married Miss Nellie Martin,
daughter of Flenry Martin, and they have three
children — Alice, Katherine and Philip Sedgwick.
(3) Alice May died at the age of two years. (4)
Albert Lemuel, bookkeeper for H. L. Judd & Co..
married Ethel Gardiner, of Green Bay, Wis., and
their children were Gardiner Wells, who died aged
three years, and Howard Stanley. Albert L. Judd
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
871
Icacon in the Coiigrt'gali<
Church
has l)ccn a
since 1898.
l'"i)\v.\Rn MoKToN JuDi). third son of Deacon
Morton Jiidd. was born Nov. 11, 1837, in New Brit-
ain, Conn., and has proved himself a worthy member
of the honorable family to which he belongs. He at-
tended the schools of New Britain and spent three
years in the high school there. At the age of
eighteen he, too, entered the manufacturing world.
In 1856 he began the manufacture of the first metal
curtain fixtures (of which he was also the patentee),
and in 1861 removed to New Haven, the firm becom-
ing E. M. Judd & Co. l"pon his location in New
I laven he added a general line of upholstery hard-
ware. Later the firm was consolidated with the
Turner & Clark Manufacturing Co. and the Sey-
nunir Manufacturing Co., of Torrington, and Ed-
ward M. Judd became the general manager of the
Torrington jjlants. The firm was known as the Tur-
ner, Seymour & Judd Co. In 1870 he sold out his
interest in the company and assisted in the forma-
tion of the Judd Manufacturing Co. at New Haven.
The new companv engaged in the luanufacture of
mncral hardware, as well as upholstery hardware.
I nder his management these various companies
])rospercd beyond all expectations, and in 1874 ^Ir.
Jiuld went to ilronklyn, and, while still retaining
his interest in the Judd Manufacturing Co., started
the firm of H. L. Judd & Co. After three years he
located in Wallingford. where the Judd interests
have since been centered. For thirty years Mr. Judd
was actively engaged in the large manufacturing
interests of the family, and in 1887 he retired to
pass the latter half of his life in the rest and enjoj -
ment his early labors would warrant. He is the
inventor of a number of curtain fixtures, and his
last venture was a stamp cancelling machine, which
he considers his best work. This machine, which
completely destroys the stamp, has been patented in
this country, and it is the intention of the patentee
to have his rights protected in foreign countries as
well. During his busy life Mr. Judd did not fail to
find time to attend to his civic duties. In politics
he is a stanch Republican, and cast his first vote
for Abraham Lincoln. While he is not an office-
seeker, he has not sought to evade the responsi-
bilities of citizenship. lie has served on the board
of burgesses and on the school committee, while in
1897 he was elected judge of the borough court,
and is now serving his second term. Tn every way
that he can he has worked for the welfare of his
town and State, and gives his aid, financial and
moral, to the support of any enterprise that will in
any way benefit the community. He was one of the
original incorporators of the First National Bank.
In his religious faith he is a Congregationalist, and
a member of the First Church, in which he has
served as superintendent of the Sunday-school, and
as chairman of the Society's committee. Of gener-
ous disposition, he gives largely to charity, but car-
ries on the custom of his family in that he does his
good deeds quietly.
On March 27, i860, occurred the marriage of
Edward Morton Judd and Jane A. Peck, daughter
of Joel and Charlotte (Scoville) Peck, and to this
union have come children as follows : William
Theodore, born Jilarch i, 1866. died Feb. 24. 1867.
Jennie Susan, born March 8, 1872. married on Oct.
I, 1895, Charles G. Phelps, of Wallingford, secre-
tary to Orville H. Piatt, senator from Connecticut,
and clerk to the committee on Cuban Affairs. Ed-
ward Peck, born Aug. 3, 1877, is at hoiue ; for three
years he was a student in Yale Law School.
Martha Louise Judd, born July 9, 1847, was
married Oct. 14, 1880, to Henry Hall Martin, of
Wallingford. who died Feb. 26, 1896. Their chil-
dren were Louise Ariel and Oliver \\'adsworth.
Makv Bckniiam JfDD, born April 8, 1857, is
unmarried, and kept house for her father.
WILLIAM CHANDLER POTTER was one of
the brave defenders of the Union during the dark
days of the Rebellion, and is now an honored and
highlv respected citizen of Cheshire, New Haven
county, where he has made his home since 1891.
Mr. Potter was born in New Haven Sept. 25,
1829, and traces his ancestry to John Potter, the
first of the name to cross the Atlantic, a native of
England, who came to this countv about 1640, and
located in Hamden. The father of our subject, who
also bore the naiue of John Potter, was born in Ham-
den in 1805, and was reared in that town. By trade
be was a chairmakcr. He married Clarissa Parkiss,
nho was born in Branford, New Haven county, a
daughter of Chandler Parkiss, and both died in
Burlington, this State, in 1894. Of their ten chilr
dren, only two are still living: William C, our sub-
ject: and Au.stin, of Waterbury.
W'illiam Chandler Potter acquired his literary
education in the schools of Hamden. and there grew
to manhood. When the Civil war broke out he en-
listed, at Hartford, Conn., in 1861, in Company E,
loth Conn. V. I., for three years. With the Army
of the Potomac he participated in the battles of
Roanoke Island, Newbern, Tarboro, Little Wash-
ington and Goldsboro, N. C. and he also took part
in the celebrated march to the sea. He was mus-
tered out of the I'nited States service at Alexan-
dria, \'a., and honorably discharged at Hartford,
Conn., in 1865. On the maternal side he is of Revo-
lutionary stock, his great-grandfather having been
a soldier in the war for independence.
In 1855. at Burlington. Conn.. Mr. Potter mar-
ried Miss Emily Baldwin, a native of \\'atertown,
and a daughter of Joel Baldwin. Four children
have been born to them, namely: Frederick, who is
now in the West : Melissa, wlio died in her eight-
eenth year ; Louis, who was killed by the cars ; and
Clara. Mrs. Arthur Smith, a resident of Birming-
ham, Connecticut.
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
Since coming' to Cheshire, in 1891, Mr. Potter
has been ciigfagcd in market gardening-. He is a
stanch snpporter of the Rcpnblican party, and an
earnest advocate of temperance. Socially he is a
member of Grand Army I'ost No. 8, at Meri-
den. and religiously adheres to the faith of the
^Icthodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife is a
member. Both arc well known and highly respect-
ed for their sterling worth and many excellencies
of character.
ALVERD E. WIXCHELL, ^l. D., one of the
leading physicians and' substantial men of New
Haven, which city has been his field of labor for
thirty-five years, is a representative of one of the
first families to settle in Connecticut.
Born June 21, 1831, in Egremont, Berkshire
Co., jMass., son of Ezra and Lucinda (Newman)
Winchell, our subject is a descendant in the eighth
generation from Robert Winchell, the first Amer-
ican ancestor of this branch of the Winchell fam-
ily. Erom the genealogy of the family prepared in
1869. by Alexander \\inchell, LL. D.. a professor
in the University of Michigan, it is learned that
the name is probably of early Saxon or Jutish orig-
in, and was known in the time of Hengist and
Horsa, in 449.
Robert Winchell, born probably in Wales, was
at Dorchester, Mass.. in 1634, and at Windsor,
Conn., as early as 1637, appearing to have emi-
grated from one of the lower Saxon shires in the
south of England. The line of Dr. Winchell's de-
scent from Robert is through Jonathan, Benjamin,
Azariah. Azariah (2). and Ezra.
Jonathan Winchell, son of Robert, was born
probably in Dorchester, Mass., prior to 1635. On
May 16, 1666. he married Abigail Brusan, daugh-
ter of Richard Brusan, sometimes written Brown-
son. She was' born about 1644, and died in Suf-
field March 27, 17 10.
Benjamin Winchell, son of Jonathan, was born
at Windsor. Conn., June 28, 1674, and married
Sarah Winchell July 18, 1700, in Suffield.
Azariah Winchell, son of Benjamin, and the
great-grandfather of our subject, was born in Suf-
field, Conn., April 5, 1710.
Azariah Winchell (2), son of Azariah, was
born in SuiTield.
Ezra Winchell, father of our subject, son of
Azariah (2), was born in Hillsdale, Columbia < .,
N. Y., Sept. 8. i8oo, and married Lucinda New-
man, who was born in Egremont, June 3, 1804.
The sultject of this sketch was reared in his
native town, and was prejjared for college at the
academy in Great Barrington, Mass., entering Wes-
leyan College, at Middletown, in 1853. He was
graduated with honors in the class of 1857, receiv-
ing from that institution three years later the de-
gree of A. M. l'"oll()wing his graduation lie was for
tiiree years principal of the Owosso (Mich.) L'nion
Seminary, where his work was verv successful and
satisfactory, so much so that those in charge were
loath to give him up and urged his remaining, but
desiring to enter another profession, he severed
his connection with this institution and for a peril 1
studied law under the direction of a prominent a.
torney of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., the well-known
jurist. Judge John P. H. Tallman. His tastes,
however, were in still another direction, so return-
ing to Great Barrington, Mass., he there began the
study of medicine under Dr. Clarkson T. Collins,
a man of distinction in the profession and of ex-
tended acquaintance. As time passed the young
pupil, through the kindness of Dr. Collins, became
acquainted with the noted physicians yMfred C.
Post and Valentine Mott, of New York City, an
acciuaintance that was greatly appreciated and
])rovcd beneficial for the encouragement and in-
spiration it gave.
After attending a course of lectures at the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons in New York
City, from which institution he was graduated in
1865, Dr. Winchell in that city had the benefit
of most valuable clinical observations in the varioii-
hospitals, including ISellevue, the New York Hn^
pital and others, and after finishing his coiu'se there
he located for practice in New Haven, where his
professional life has been spent. His career there,
both professional and as a citizen, has been one
of success and usefulness. Through unselfish de-
votion to his useful calling he has reached a posi-
tion of prominence in the profession, ranking
among the most able physicians in the State. His
preference in his earlier career was for surgery,
and in that line he has performed a number of
difficult and delicate operations, yet he has devoted
himself to the general practice of medicine. His
reputation as a superior obstetrician is well known.
A natural student, the Doctor has advanced in his
- profession along with the ])rogreis made in the
science of medicine, and has kept pace with the gen-
eral great progress and advancement during the
years of his practice.
Dr. Winchell is a member of the State Medical
Society, which he has served as fellow ; of the New
Haven County Medical Society ; and of the New
Haven City Medical Society, of which for years he
served as president. Also, he is connected by mem-
bership with the American Medical and American
Public Health Associations ; the American Academy
I if Political and Social Science; and the Masonic
fraternity.
Dr. \Vinchell has long been interested in tlie
suliject of sanitation. Immediately following the
Civil war he made a series of visits through dif-
ferent sections of the South, and his attention was
especially directed to this subject by observations.
Following with investigations and study of the sub-
ject, he was well fitted for the oflfice he subse-
quently filled so efficiently and satisfactorily for
many years — that of member of the board of health,
of New Haven, having been appointed such in \^ji)
l^Za^^^ (fj^a/zie. ^ 4^
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
^73
aiul repeatedly ihercalter for fuiirteen year^. T'or
a succession of terms lie was president of tlie board, ;
during which' time much progress was made in im-
]3r<3ving the sanitary condition of the city.
Dr. Winchell lias been deeply interested in
Christian and philanthropic work, and is actively
concerned in the progress of New Haven. In his
practice he has been exceedingly charitable to the
poor and unfortunate, and he has the esteem and the
confidence both of his colleagues and of the public.
The city is largely indebted to his energy, foresight
and pecuniary outlay for the erection of the Hy-
perion Theatre, pronounced by artists and public
speakers to be almost unequalled for its acoustic
properties and general appointments.
On February 9, i860, Dr. Winchell was mar-
ried to Helen E., daughter of Capt. Charles E.
I Tinman, of Southbury. She died in February,
03. and in (jctober, 1865, he married Mary, i
(laughter of Elizur Mitchell, of South Britain, {
Conn. She died in 1874, leaving one daughter,
]\Iary Helen, who is now the wife of Dr. William
A. Brooks, of Boston, Mass., a prominent young
physician and surgeon, who has performed some re-
markable operations, and is well known throughout
the State. On Oct. 14, 1876, Dr. Winchell was
married to his present wife, formerly Catherine
^\'orthington Shepard, daughter of Rev. Samuel K.
Shopard, who for thirty years was pastor of the
Congregational Church in Madison, Conn., and
granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Shepard, D. D.,
who for fifty years was a preacher in Lenox, Mass.,
and a niece of the distinguished John Todd. D. D.
TERRELL. The Terrells of New Haven coun-
ty, with the earlier families to which they are allied
by marriage, were among the earliest settlers of this
locality.
Roger Terrell, from whom most of the names
of Terrell, Terrel, Tyrrel, etc., of New Haven coun-
ty are descended, was among the first settlers of
Milford, Conn. His name appears among the first
two lists of inhabitants of the town living there in
the spring of 1640. ]Most of the pioneer settlers
of ^lilford came from the counties of Essex, Here-
ford and York. England, and rendezvoused in New
Haven in 1638 and 1639. Roger Terrell married a
daughter of Thomas NefTord, and his death oc-
curred in 1682. From this Roger Terrell, the emi-
grant settler, Wales Terrell, of Ansonia, is a de-
scendant in the eighth generation, his line being
through , Samuel, Phineas. Phineas (2),
Eliakim and Truman. One branch of the Tyrrell
familv spells the name Tyrrell.
(HI) Samuel Terrell, probably a grandson of
Roger Terrell, lived in Milford. and by his will,