Increase Billings Stoddard, son of Robert and Lucy (Billings) Stoddard, was born on 22 Oct. 1767 at Groton, New London, Connecticut.[1][2]
He married Prudence Morgan.[2], who was mother of all of his children except the last listed below
Arrived in Minisink, Orange, NY abt 1799 from Preston CT where he had lived 1 yr after moving there from Groton CT in Apr 1797. The family lived in New York for the rest of his life, a state of which his wife's great-nephew Edwin (Morgan-9210) would eventually become governor and senator.
Children: Prudence Stoddard DeWitt 1791-1878 Lucy Stoddard Dewitt 1793-1834 William Billings Stoddard 1796-1854 Simeon Morgan Stoddard 1798-1843 Increase Stoddard 1801-1858 Hannah S. Stoddard Shute 1802-1895 Jonathan Stoddard 1806-1860 Ira Loder Stoddard 1817-1896
He married Anna (Loder) Smith, widow of Asahel Smith about 1816.[3]
Increase died on 15 June 1849 at Orange County, New York and was buried at Manning Cemetery, Greenville, Orange County, New York. His memorial has a photo of his headstone and links to those of family members.[2]
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