1Hon. Ralph D. Smyth, John Russell of Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., and His Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 60, p. 384 (Oct. 1906).
"4. REV. SAMUEL4 RUSSELL (John,2 John1) married Abigail, born in 1665, daughter of Rev. Whiting of Hartford. . . .
Children:
5. i. JOHN,4 b. Jan. 24, 1686; d. July 7, 1757.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 16, 1690. admitted to the church, 1709; m. (1) Mch. 4, 1716, as his third wife, Rev, Joseph Moss of Derby, who d. 1731; and m. (2) Aug. 6, 1733, Rev. Samuel Cook of New Haven.
6. iii. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 27, 1693; d. Jan, 19, 1746.
7. iv. TIMOTHY, b. Nov. 18, 1695; d. Sept., 1794.
v. DANIEL, b. June 19, 1698.
8. vi. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 21, 1700; d. Aug., 1774.
vii. EBENEZER, b. May 4, 1703; d. May 22, 1731; graduated at Yale College, 1722; was admitted to the Branford Church Nov. 10, 1726; was pastor of the church at North Stonington; m. June 14, 1727, Content, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Fanning) Hewitt.
9. viii. ITHIEL, b. 1705; d. Mch. 25, 1772.
ix. MARY, b. 1707; m. Apr. 5, 1727, Benjamin Fenn, a merchant, of Branford.".