Ninth Generation

738. Rev. Hervey TALCOTT²⁷⁷ was born on 6 Jan 1791 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. He died Typhoid Pneumonia on 19 Dec 1865 in Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Rev. Hervey, son of Dea. Joseph Talcott and Rebecca Porter, was born in Coventry, Jan. 6, 1791, married Cynthia, daughter of Ebenezer and Cynthia (Barber) Osborne of East Windsor. Ct., (b. March 3, 1800), Aug. 26, 1817.
Rev. Hervey Talcott died in Portland, Ct., of typhoid pneumonia, Dec. 19, 1865. Cynthia Osborne, his widow, died in Waterbury, Ct., April 23, 1869.
Rev. Hervey Talcott was graduated at Yale College, in 1810. Among his classmates were Rev. Professors E. T. Fitch and Chauncey A. Goodrich, of New Haven; Judge Wm. W. Ellsworth and Professor S. F. B. Morse, of telegraphic fame. After teaching a year at Newcastle, Me., he entered Andover Theological Seminary and remained there three years. During the next two years he preach rd at various places in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, and for a part of the time was under the direction of the Connecticut Home Missionary Society, of which he was the first missionary. He was ordained Oct. 23, 1816, pastor of the First Congregational Church, in Chatham (now Portland), Ct., where he remained until his death, a period of almost fifty years. He was able to discharge all this office until within five years of his death, when he requested to be relieved somewhat and a colleague was appointed. He furnished an excellent example of those ministers of whom New England has produced so many, characterized by Prudence, fidelity and the ability to grow with their parishes, so that they spent their days over one church. Mr. TALCOTT's Characteristics were a sincere and childlike piety, an unvarying devotion to his work, a well-balanced and clear head, a genial and kindly manner, an unusual discreetness of conduct, and before all men a blameless life. All these qualities combined to make him greatly loved and honored in Portland, and his pastorate was long and successful. It is a striking proof of his prudence that though his church was rent by many dissensions during his pastorate, he retained the respect and confidence of every one, almost without exception. As a preacher he was earnest, pointed, instructive and scriptural. He could never be called brilliant, but had those qualities of a speaker that wear well. Personally he always gave one the idea of a high toned christian gentleman. His piety was apparent, but not obtrusive, and his presence was always attractive to young and old, and yet an air of godliness about him was sufficient to keep improprieties and wrong-doing at a distance without a word of rebuke. In his family he was greatly loved, and he gave example as well as precept in keeping a "well-ordered christian household."

Rev. Hervey TALCOTT and Cynthia OSBORNE were married on 26 Aug 1817 in Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Cynthia OSBORNE was born on 3 Mar 1800 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died on 23 Apr 1869 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. Rev. Hervey TALCOTT and Cynthia OSBORNE had the following children:

+1435	i.	Susan TALCOTT.
+1436	ii.	Jane TALCOTT.
+1437	iii.	Harriette TALCOTT.
1438	iv.	Maria TALCOTT was born on 30 May 1831 in Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. She died on 27 Jun 1848 in Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut.