e came from there to Dayville, Connecticut, in January, 1866, where for about 10 years he was in the employ of the Sayles Mfg. Co. He was married in 1836 to Phebe, daughter of John Gregory. They had seven children: Ann (m. Robert Kershaw), Elizabeth (m. E. K. Spaulding), Sarah J. (m. H. Hanks), Fannie (m. Alexander Peck Bennett, my great-grandfather), Harriett Emeline (m. Irving L. Blanchard), Charlotte A. (m. Dr. A. E. Darling) and Clara B. Stokes (unm.). John, Phebe and Clara Stokes are buried at High Street Cemetery located in Dayville, Connecticut, in the town of Killingly, as is Alexander Peck Bennett.…