Canaan. They reside at East Canaan. Children, all born at Canaan
(Adam):
1. Samuel Forbes, b. January 13, 1936. (B29,141,11)
2. William Sedgwick, b. January 28, 1937. (B29,141,12)
3. Pamela Harriet, b. April 11, 1938. (B29,141,13)
B29,15.
Harry Sedgwick, 5th child of Philo C. Sedgwick (B29,1) and Eliza
Adam Sedgwick, was born May 6, 1848, at Harrisburg, Pa., died
June 27, 1906, at Cornwall Hollow, Conn., and was buried there.
He married January 1, 1869, Katharine Reed, daughter of Newton
Reed of Amenia, N.Y., who died May 23, 1912. They lived on the
old homestead of General John Sedgwick, his great grandfather, at
Cornwall Hollow. He was a salesman at Cornwall where all his
children were born:
1. Emily Irene, b. November 13, 1870; d. December 22,
1870.
2. Benjamin, b. July 3, 1872. (B29,152)
3. Clara Benton, b. January 25, 1874. (B29,153)
4. John Reed, b. March 17, 1876. (B29,154)
B29,152.
Benjamin Sedgwick, 2d child of Harry Sedgwick (B29,15) and
Katherine (Reed) Sedgwick, was born at Cornwall Hollow,
Cornwall, Conn., July 3, 1872, attended the Robbins School at
Norfolk, Conn., and the Massachusetts State Agricultural College
and took over the homestead of General John Sedgwick, his
great-grandfather, at Cornwall Hollow where he resided twenty
years. He married Gertrude Merwin, daughter of Volney Merwin of
Goshen, Conn., October 21, 1896. They live at 19 Reed Avenue,
RD 2, Pittsfield, Mass. Children, all born at Cornwall except
Benjamin, Jr., who was born at Stamford, Conn. (Sedgwick):
1. Alden Bryan, b. August 12, 1897. (B29,152,1)
2. Emily Alverda, b. January 21, 1899. (B29, 152,2)
3. Olive Gertrude, b. October 22, 1900. (B29,152,3)
4. Benjamin, Jr., b. April 28, 1903. (B29,152,4)
5, Richard Lyman, b. December 20, 1905. (B29,152,5)
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