Reverend Edward Clark Porter

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[3235,] James Bayard Porter, son of Doct. William Porter (1818) and Charlotte Williams, married January 6, 1836, Susannah Parsons.

Their children were [being of the eighth generation] :

4785. Edward C. Porter, born December 3, 1836, married Julia Foster.

4786. Charlotte W. Porter, born October 6, 1840.

4787. William P. Porter, born March 9, 1844, married Mary Bartlett.

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[4785] Rev. Edward C. Porter, son of James B. Porter, (3235) and Susannah Parsons, graduate of Yale College. He married October 10, 1866, Julia Foster, born August 22, 1846, daughter of John H. Foster, M. D., of Chicago, Ill., who married September 21, 1840, Nancy Smith.

--What follows is an accounting of the genealogy of Julia Foster, inserted in the text-- Jessica M. German, Mgr.

[William Smith, born , 1723, son of Robert Smith, of Moneymore, county Londonderry, Ireland, came to New England, 1750, settled at Peterboro, N. H., and married December 31, 1751, Elizabeth Morison.

John Morison, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, came to New England, and settled at Londonderry, N. H. He died February 16, 1736, at a very great age.

Second Generation, John Morison, born , 1678, married , Margaret Wallace, daughter of Nathaniel Wallace, of Falmouth, Mass., and wife Margaret, from England. Residence, Peterboro, N. H. She died April 18, 1769, aged eighty-two. He died June 4, 1776, aged ninety-eight.

Third Generation, Elizabeth Morison, born June 15, 1723, married William Smith. He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress, 1774, and died January 31, 1808. She died September 15, 1808.

Fourth Generation, Jonathan Smith, born April in, 1763, married August 9, 1792, Nancy Smith, who died May 13, 1847, aged seventy-four. He died August 29, 1842.

Fifth Generation, Nancy Smith, born August 5, 1808, married Dr. John H. Foster. He died May 17, 1874.]

Sixth Generation, Julia Foster, born August 22, 1846, married Rev. E. C. Porter, Episcopal minister in Racine, Wis. He died January 8, 1876.

Their children were [being of the ninth generation] :

6397. Maurice F. Porter, born March 19, 1868.

6398. James F. Porter, born January 18, 1871.

Bibliographic information:

• Title: The descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9 (1893)
• Author: Andrews, Henry Porter, b. 1822
• Volume: v. 2
• Subject: Porter, John, d. 1648; Porter family
• Publisher: Saratoga Springs : G.W. Ball, printer
• Language: English
• Call number: 39999066637842
• Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library
• Book contributor: Boston Public Library
• Collection: bostonpubliclibrary; americana
• Notes: Some pages in back torn; some text missing
• Full catalog record: MARCXML
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