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Family HistoryFamily History - Harriet Stillman Blagden


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Harriet Stillman Blagden and five of her descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Harriet Stillman Blagden,1 born 13 August 1844, the daughter of Thomas Blagden and Emily Silliman;1 died 19 January 1908.1 Harriet married, 27 October 1870, Arthur Mathewson1 (born 11 September 1837 in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, the son of Rufus Smith Mathewson and Faith Williams McClellan1, 2, 3).

Arthur was a physician who resided in Washington, D.C.1


Children of Harriet Stillman Blagden and Arthur Mathewson:

 2i. Thomas Blagden Mathewson, born 29 November 1871.1
+3ii. Faith Trumbull Mathewson, born 27 November 1873. Married Rev. Arnold C. P. Huizinga.
+4iii. William Williams Mathewson, born 14 March 1876. Married Lucy Madeleine Stickney.
 5iv. Emily Silliman Mathewson, born August 1879;1 died 31 May 1892.1

  1. Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, in Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants, by Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols. New Haven Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1916. Pages 235, 236, 349, 350. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Connecticut, Windham County, Town of Woodstock, page 156-157, family of Rufus S. (age 57) and Faith W. Mathewson (age 56), with William W. Mathewson (age 31), Harriet A. Mathewson (age 18), Arthur Mathewson (age 22), Addison G. Warner (age 24), two domestics and one day laborer.
  3. History of Windham County, Connecticut, Edited by Richard M. Bayles, W. W. Preston & Co., New York, 1889. Digitized copy available at www.archive.org. Pages 552-553, biographical sketch of Rufus S. Mathewson.
Second and Third Generations
3. Faith Trumbull Mathewson2 (Harriet1), born 27 November 1873.1 Faith married, 8 December 1909 in Washington, D.C., Rev. Arnold C. P. Huizinga1 (born ____, parents not determined1).

Child of Faith Trumbull Mathewson and Rev. Arnold C. P. Huizinga:

 6i. Faith Trumbull Huizinga, born 18 January 1911 in Washington, D.C.1

4. William Williams Mathewson2 (Harriet1), born 14 March 1876.1 William married, 21 September 1910 in Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Lucy Madeleine Stickney1 (born ____, the daughter of Austin Stickney and Harriet Champion Trumbull1).

William was a lawyer in Washington, D. C.1


  1. Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, in Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants, by Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols. New Haven Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1916. Pages 235, 236, 349, 350. Digitized copy available at Google Books.