Eighth Generation

483. Colonel Andrew TALCOTT¹⁹⁵ was born on 20 Apr 1797 in Glastenbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Andrew, son of George Talcott and Abigail Goodrich, his second wife, was born at the homestead in Glastenbury, Ct., April 20, 1797, married 1st Catharine Thompson, of Philadelphia, Pa., April ---, 1826, by whom he had no issue. She died at Old Point Comfort, Va., Oct., 1828, and he married 2d Harriet Randolph, daughter of Richard S. Hackley and Harriet Randolph, his wife, of Norfolk, Va., April 11, 1832.
MILITARY HISTORY
Andrew Talcott was a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy from March 4, 1815, to July 24, 1818, when he was graduated standing No. 2 in his class, Gen. Richard Delafield being No. 1. Among his classmates were Gen. Harvey Brown, Major Ringold and Lieut.-Col. Hartman Bache. He was promoted in the army to Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 24, 1818. Served as Assistant Engineer in the construction of the fort at Rouse's Point, at the outlet of Lake Champlain, N. Y., in 1818-19; made Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, Aug. 14, 1818. Served as Aide-de-camp on the staff of Brevet Brig.-Gen. Atkinson, and Engineer on the expedition to establish forts on the upper Missouri and Yellow Stone rivers, from Nov. 1, 1820, to April 30, 1821.
First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, Oct. 1, 1820. Assistant Engineer in the construction of defenses of Hampton Roads, Va., 1821-24. Engineer in charge of preliminary operations for fortifying Brenton's Point (site of Fort Adams), 1824-25; of construction of Fort Delaware, Del., 1825-26; of Dismal Swamp Canal, 1826-28; of Fort Monroe, 1828-34 (Brevet Captain, Oct 1, 1830, for faithful services, ten years in one grade), and Fort Calhoun, 1828-35, Hampton Roads, Va. He was Astronomer for the determination of the boundary line between the States of Ohio and Michigan, from Dec. 1, 1832, to May 30, 1836, and (Captain Corps Engineers, Dec 22, 1830), as Superintending Engineer of the improvement of the Hudson river, N. Y., 1834-36. Resigned, Sept. 21, 1836.

CIVIL HISTORY

Adjunct Chief Engineer of New York and Erie Railroad, and in charge of the Western Division, June 21, 1836, to April 30, 1837. Superintendent of the improvement of the Delta of the Mississippi river, April 20, 1837, to Feb. 28, 1839. Member of the commission for the exploration and survey of the north-east boundary of the United States, July 26, 1840, to Feb. 28, 1843, and of Naval Officers and Engineers for examining Portsmouth and Pensacola navy Yards, and projecting stone and floating docks therefor, July, 1844, to March 4, 1845. Chief Engineer of Richmond and Danville, Va., Railroad, Jan. 11, 1848, to July 31, 1855. Astronomer and Surveyor for the determination of the northern boundary of the State of Iowa, Feb. 16, 1852, to June 27, 1853. Superintendent of repairs of the U. S. Mint, at Philadelphia, Pa., May 26, 1855, to May 8, 1856. Chief Engineer of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad from Cincinnati, O., to St. Louis, MO., May 1, 1856, to Nov. 30, 1857; and of the Mexico and Pacific Railway from Vera Cruz through the city of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 1, 1857. Appointed Chief Engineer of the State of Virginia, March, 1861, and charged with the superintendence of the river, coast and harbor defenses of the State, until the Confederate States government assumed the work in Dec. 1861, when he returned to Mexico and resumed the charge of the Mexico and Pacific Railway.

Colonel Andrew TALCOTT and Catharine THOMPSON were married in Apr 1826 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Catharine THOMPSON died in Oct 1828 in Old Point Comfort, Virginia. She was born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Colonel Andrew TALCOTT and Harriet Randolph HACKLEY were married on 11 Apr 1832 in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia. Colonel Andrew TALCOTT and Harriet Randolph HACKLEY had the following children:

948	i.	Lucia Beverly TALCOTT was born on 8 Feb 1833. She died on 27 Nov 1856 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
+949	ii.	Charles Gratiot TALCOTT.
+950	iii.	Harriet Randolph TALCOTT.
951	iv.	Mary Gray TALCOTT was born on 8 Feb 1837.196
+952	v.	Colonel Thomas Mann Randolph TALCOTT.
953	vi.	Richard Hackley TALCOTT197 was born on 14 Jul 1839. Richard, son of Col. Andrew Talcott and Harriet R. Hackley, is a Civil Engineer, and is actively engaged in that profession.
954	vii.	George Russell TALCOTT197 was born on 21 Jan 1841. George, son of Col. Andrew Talcott and Harriet R. Hackley, is a Civil Engineer, and is actively engaged in that profession.
955	viii.	Frances Lewis TALCOTT was born on 19 Nov 1843.
+956	ix.	Ann Cary TALCOTT.
957	x.	Edward TALCOTT was born on 4 Sep 1849.196
958	xi.	Henry Cary TALCOTT was born on 24 Oct 1851.196