Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV
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Benjamin Wilmot , immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled in New Haven, Connecticut , in the early days of that colony. He took the oath of fidelity May 2, 1648 . His son Benjamin was in New Haven as early as 1641 . On May 1, 1654 , "Old Goodman Willmot desired the Court that his son may be freed from training which was considered, and with reference to his own age, his wife's weakness, and their living on a farm, his Son was freed, only is to attend as other Farmers do." The son referred to was William . Benjamin Wilmot died August 18, 1669 , aged "about fourscore," and his wife October 7, 1668 . Children: Ann , Benjamin , and William , who continues the line and is further mentioned below.

(II) William , son of Benjamin Wilmot , took the oath of fidelity, May 22, 1654 . He married, October 14, 1658 , Sarah , daughter of John and Tabitha Thomas . He died in 1689 , and his wife December 28, 1711 , aged seventy-two. Children: Benjamin , born March 7, 1661 ; Sarah , March 8, 1663 ; William , October 17, 1665 ; John , January 20, 1667 ; Anna , February 26, 1670 ; Alexander , December 13, 1672 ; Tabitha , November 12, 1675 ; Mary , January 7, 1677 ; Thomas , September 21, 1679 ; Elizabeth , March 24, 1682 .

(III) John , son of William Wilmot , was born January 20, 1667 . He married Sarah , daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Clark . After his death she married (second) February 7, 1733 , Lieutenant Daniel Sperry , as his third wife. Children: Sarah , born February 26, 1695 ; John , May 4, 1696 ; Mercy , February 3, 1698 ; Elizabeth , April 20, 1703 ; Joseph , May 28, 1706 ; Anna (twin), February 11, 1709 ; Rebecca (twin); Amy , married, January 5, 1738 , Obed Johnson ; Valentine , mentioned below.

(IV) Valentine , son of John Wilmot , was born December 14, 1713 . He lived in Woodbridge, Connecticut . He married Rachel , daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Cooper) Johnson . Children: Valentine , born August 9, 1735 , died before 1753 ; Amy , July 14, 1737 , died soon; Amy , June 15, 1739 ; Experience , September 18, 1741 ; Rachel , August 11, 1743 ; Rebecca , baptized June 30, 1745 ; Eunice , baptized March 29, 1747 ; Abigail , baptized January 22, 1749 ; Lois , baptized September 30, 1750 ; 1269 Valentine , baptized September 30, 1753 ; Walter , 1755 ; Timothy ; David .

(V) Valentine (2), son of Valentine (1) Wilmot , was baptized September 30, 1753 , died in 1828 . He lived in Milford, Connecticut , where he was a farmer. He married Martha - . Children: John , mentioned below; Nancy ; Finnette , married Eliphalet Tyrrell , of Hartland, Connecticut .

(VI) John (2), son of Valentine (2) Wilmot , was born in 1779 , in Milford , now Bethany, Connecticut , and died there in 1837 . He settled on a farm in Milford , and in April, 1830 , removed to Naugatuck . He married Asenath , born April 29, 1789 , in Milford , died February 1, 1887 , daughter of Andrew and Annie Clark . Her father was a farmer by occupation, and died in Middlebury, Connecticut , about 1835 , aged eighty-four. He served in the revolution with gallantry and distinction. His service was as follows: Eighteen days at the time of the Lexington alarm, under Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Seymour , from July 10, 1776 , to August 5 , following; in Major Skinner's troop of light horse, from September 7 to November 10, 1776 , with the twenty-first regiment of militia in New York ; from March 12, 1782 , to January 12, 1783 , in Captain Jabez Fitch 's company. He was a revolutionary pensioner in New Haven county , where he died. He and his wife were the parents of nine children: Nancy , married Caleb Nettleton , a farmer, and the father of George Nettleton , of Naugatuck ; after her death he married her sister Mary , who died in 1896 , aged ninety-four years; Nathan ; Asenath , married John Wilmot ; Andrew , a tailor by trade, lived in the South ; Samuel , a farmer in Middlebury ; Julia , married Almond Clark , of Waterbury ; Edmund , a tailor in Troy, New York , died in Bridgeport , aged ninety-two years; twice married, his wives being sisters named Frye ; he went to California in 1849 ; Susan , died in infancy. The following Wilmots served in the revolution: John , David , Daniel , Amos , Elisha , Francis , Joel , John A. , Joseph , Samuel , Thomas , Timothy , Walter , brother of the grandfather of the subject, Noyes S. Wilmot , and Zophar . His wife died at the age of eighty-four. She was a granddaughter, on the maternal side, of Governor Treat , of Connecticut . Children of John Wilmot : 1. Lewis John , born August 22, 1817 , married (first) Laura A. Lewis , of Wolcott . He had two other wives, names unknown; died about 1891 ; children: Maude L. , John , Lawrence A. 2. Julanty , died in infancy. 3. Lucius , died at age of nineteen. 4. Edmund A. , born 1822 , married Jane Parmenter ; children: Lucius C. , Hubert , living in Waterbury ; Estelle , died at age of thirty-four; two others, died in infancy. 5. Noyes S. , mentioned below.

(VII) Noyes S. , son of John (2) Wilmot , was born September 16, 1830 , in that portion of the town of Naugatuck which was then a part of Waterbury . He was educated in the public schools at Waterbury and Naugatuck and evening school in New Haven . After leaving school he spent one year on a farm and then went to New Haven to learn the trade of an iron molder. He remained there for six years, and then returned to his native town, where he found work in the Naugatuck Iron Foundry. Here he remained for thirty years, twenty-one years of which he was superintendent. He possessed much mechanical skill and executive capacity, and at the age of fifty-eight retired with a well-earned and handsome fortune. During the civil war he served one year with the Twenty-third Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Company H. He is a member of Isabel Post , Grand Army of the Republic, of Naugatuck; Shepards Lodge, No. 78, Free and Accepted Masons, Naugatuck ; Allerton Chapter and Waterbury Council. He is an officer in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and belongs to the Rebekahs, the Eastern Star, also a member of the Red Men. He is a Republican in politics, and attends the Congregational church. He married (first) November 24, 1859 , Mary A. , born July 28, 1839 , in Reading, Pennsylvania , died June 7, 1903 , daughter of Benneville and Lavina (Drinkle) Breneiser . Her parents were natives of that place, but of German extraction. He married (second) November 16, 1904 , Mrs. F. M. Brown , widow, before marriage Lillian Porter , daughter of George H. and Antoinette (Payne) Porter . She was born February 15, 1865 , and married Mr. Brown , September 19, 1883 . They had one daughter, Miriam Porter , born February 16, 1890 , graduated from Naugatuck high school, 1908 , and entered Mount Holyoke College the same year. The present Mrs. Noyes S. Wilmot was the granddaughter of Henry H. Porter , born September 15, 1810 , of Naugatuck , and Catherine (Bullard) Porter , his wife of Sharon, Massachusetts , born August 8, 1811 . Her grandfather on her mother's side was Stephen Johnson Payne , died November 15, 1883 , of Naugatuck , and his wife was Mary (Rose) Payne , died December, 1884 . Her great-grandfather was Henry Handle and his wife was Sally (Lewis) Handle , died in 1865 . children of Noyes S. Wilmot : 1. Edmund B. , born September 9, 1860 , unmarried. 2. Louisa R. , January 13, 1862 , died May 28, 1895 . 3. Francis Henry , June 17, 1865 , married 1270 Annie Laurie Houck ; children: Frank N. , born June, 1891 ; Charles , 1894 ; Mildred , 1895 ; Eleanor Louisa , 1903 . 4. Charles Elmer , April 23, 1867 , married Carrie Peck ; died October 4, 1893 . 5. Lewis Howard , M.D., August 10, 1869 , graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and is now practicing in Ansonia, Connecticut ; married, 1893 , Lillian , daughter of Hubert and Estell (Wilmot) Chamberlain ; children: Howard , born October, 1894 ; Estell J. , born September, 1897 . 6. Benneville Noyes , December 12, 1872 , teller in the Naugatuck National Bank; married, October 28, 1896 , Alice , daughter of John and Jane Pope ; children: Benneville Dayton , born July 29, 1898 ; Stanley Pope , August 6, 1903 ; Noyes Salvadore , December 23, 1907 ; Ruth Estell , August 22, 1909 . 7. Mary Tuttle , June 9, 1876 , married, June 1, 1905 , Robert B. North ; child, Wilmot Beal , born November 1, 1910 .