Jesse Minard

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: From History of New London by Beers. The Maynard family is an old and numerous one in this county. Jesse Maynard, great-grandfather of Sylvester H, was a resident of what is now East Lyme, was the founder of a large family, and was a very highly respected man. He served throughout the Revolutionary war and drew a pension for his services. He lived to the age of ninety five years, well preserved and in possession of all his faculties.

Ezra Maynard, the grandfather, resided in East Lyme. In early life he was engaged in a mercantile line, but later became a cooper, making barrels for use in the shipping of shad, which was a great industry at that time. At the same time, he conducted a small farm. He married Mary (or Polly) Mack, whom he survived less than a week, both dying of typhus fever, during an epidemic. Seventeen children were born to this union, six dying young, and the following named attained maturity: Selden was a farmer and died in South Lyme; Orrin is mentioned below; Belinda married James Mitchell, and died in Salem; Ezra was a farmer and died in Franklin; Mary (or Polly) married Edwin Brown, and died in Sprague; Belinda married James Mitchell, and died in Salem, Conn.; Whitman was a farmer and cooper and resided in East Lyme; Roxanna married Alexander Keables, and died in Norwich; Harmonious B. was a farmer, tanner and shoemaker, and died in Franklin; Almira married Silas Frink, and died in Franklin; Henry H. resides in Baltic at an advanced age.

Orrin Maynard, father of Sylvester H, was born in East Lyme, and in early life worked as cooper and farm laborer. After his marriage he moved to the northern part of the town and was employed in the Mack mill. He continued to reside there, following various occupations, until his death, which occurred when he was nearly fifty years old. He married Dorcas Mack, of East Lyme, daughter of Elijah Mack, a farmer, and she survived him a number of years, dying also in East Lyme. Both were interred in the cemetery near their home. Their children were: Maria married Henry Nelson Moore, and died in South Coventry, Conn. ; Silas resided on the homestead in East Lyme, and there died ; William resides in New London ; Gurdon resides in South Lyme; Sylvester H. is mentioned below; Jonathan resides with Sylvester H.; Orrin died young; Alice married L. Newton Stewart, and resides in Sprague; Cornelius died in East Lyme; Nelson is a resident of East Lyme; Albert and Alfred were twins; the former resides in East Lyme, and the latter removed to Columbia, and there died; Chauncey died in East Lyme.

Jesse married Anna Watrous, daughter of Gideon Watrous and Martha Beckwith. (Anna Watrous was born on 15 Nov 1739 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut and died on 31 Aug 1767 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.)