History of North Branford, (New Haven County) Connecticut United States of America

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Jared Linsly, physician, was born at North Branford, Conn., Oct. 30, 1803; son of Josiah L. and Eunice (Hall) Linsly and a descendant of John Linle, Branford, Conn., 1640. He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1826, A.M., 1829, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, M.D., 1829. He was intern in the New York hospital, 1829-31; physician to a cholera hospital, 1832, and practised in partnership with Dr. William Minor, 1832-34, Dr. William Baldwin, 1834-41, and alone, 1841-86. He was married in 1834 to Catharine Fisher Baldwin, of New York city. He retired to his homestead at Northford, Conn., in 1836. In 1853, with his wife, he was a guest of Commodore Vanderbilt on the steam yacht North Star, visiting England, Russia and the Mediterranean ports. He established the Noah and Jared Linsly Fund for supplying books to Yale college library, in memory of his uncle, Noah Linsly (Yale, A.B., 1791, A.M., 1794, and Williams, 1795; who is said to have founded the first free school in a slave state, and who died in 1814). Dr. Jared Linsly was a trustee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, one of the managers of the Ophthahoic and Aural institute, and held other offices. He was also a member of prominent medical societies. He died in Northford, Conn., July 12, 1887.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

James Harvey Linsley, naturalist, was born in North Branford, Conn., May 5, 1787; son of James and Sarah (Malthy) Linsley, and a descendant of John Lindsley, or Linle, Branford, Conn,, 1640. He went south in 1809 as a teacher, and subsequently taught in Cleshire. He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1817, A.M., 1820, and was principal of an academy at Canaan, 1817-20. He was married in 1821 to Sophia B., daughter of Col. William Lyon, of New Haven, Conn. He conducted a private school in Stratford, 1821-31; was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1831; was an evangelist at Meridan; pastor at Milford, Bridgeport and Stratford, 1832-36; delegate to the triennial convention at Richmond, Va., and travelled in Florida for his health and devoted himself to the study of natural history. He discovered species of mammalia never before found in New England, numerous birds unknown to Wilson, amphibia and reptiles theretofore unknown, and many new species of shells. He was elected a member of the Yale Natural History society, of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the Hartford Natural History society, and of the Boston Society of Natural History. He is the author of: Catalogues of the Mammalia of Connecticut, and Cataloge of the Birds, Fishes and Reptiles of Connecticut, with Notes. He died in Stratford, Conn., Dec. 26, 1843.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor