Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Life Sketches of Father Walworth: With Notes and Letters
Clarence was the great-grandson of John vval worth of Groton, Conn, born on Fisher's Island, 1696; died, 1748. He was a prosperous farmer and shipwright, who served the colonies as a comet and captain of dragoons, belonging to the 8th Regi ment, in the days of Governor Law.
His father and the gr-eat - great-grandfather of Clarence was William Walworth, the first settler on Fisher's Island, who emigrated from England to New London county, conn., in 1689. After dwell ing for a time alone on the island - a veritable Robinson Crusoe - he became one of the sturdy group of Groton pioneer farmers, whose descendants are scattered far and wide over the United States. They form no small part of the bone and sinew of our nation's life, both on land and sea, as may easily be seen by turning the leaves of their multitudinous genealogies.
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