Nehemiah Tolles, born in Bethany in 1810, died in 1853, was a son
of Daniel, and grandson of Daniel, who was a resident of Derby,
Conn. Nehemiah Tolles married Polly, daughter of Captain Jesse
Beecher. Their children were: Daniel, married Maria Newton; De
Etta, married Jerome Downs; and Christine, married Edward Beecher,
son of Lyman Beecher, and had one daughter, Leta Beecher. Edward
Beecher was elected representative from Bethany in 1878. He died
in 1881. Daniel Tolles, father of Nehemiah, married Mary Hine.
Captain Jesse Beecher (named for his father) married Sarah Lines, and
their children were: Hoel, Jesse, Emeline, Sarah, Polly and Henrietta.

pg 328, History of New Haven, vol 2