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NOAH BARDWELL, (son of Remembrance and Hannah, ) b. April 20, 1748. He built at the corner of Roads west of S. W. School house. He m. Lucy Wait, b. Nov. 12, 1749. Their children were, Orange, b. Oct. 4, 1769; Alinda, b. March 11, 1771 ; Clarissa, b. Jan. 26, 1773; Chester, b. Sept. 1, 1774; Charles, b. Sept. 27, 1776; Cotton, b Feb. 9, 1779; Noah, b. Feb. 4, 1781 ; Clarissa, b. Dec. 23, 1782; Lucinda and Aminda, b. July 29, 1784; Justin, b. Nov. 2, 1786; Cotton, b. May 25, 1788; Justin, b. April 3, 1790; Spencer, b. Dec. 19, 1792 ; Lucy, b. Jan. 30, 1795. He d. March 13, 1828 ; his w. Lucy d. Sept. 11, 1833.
JOSEPH BELDING. He settled where Zebina Bartlett now lives. His first wife was Esther -; their children were, Abagail, b. . Sept. 22, 1721 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1722-3; Paul, b. Nov. 17, 1724. His second w. was Margaret Gillett, (m. July 13, 1727;) their chil- children were, Margaret, b. May 11, 1732; Abagail, b. Feb. 13, 1733-4; Joseph, b. Oct. 31, 1735 ; Paul, b. Dec. 13, 1737. He d. Oct. 1778, aged 83. His w. Esther d. Nov. 17, 1724; his w. Margaret d. March 1785, aged 88. (It is a current tradition, that this and the other families that originally settled in the " Straits," were forced to abandon their houses for a time, through fear of the Indians. Possibly their first attempt was made as early as 1740. Possibly they did not take up a permanent residence there till 1752 or 3; i. e. till settlements began to be made in the central part of the town.)
JOSHUA BELDING, b. Oct. 29, 1733. About 1765 he settled on the old Reuben Belding place. Hle in. Anna Fitch; had children, Stephen, b. April 19, 1758; Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1760; Anna, b. July 22, 1761 ; Lucy, b. Feb. 17, 1763; Irena, b. Oct. 18, 1764; Joshua, b. June 17, 1766; Irena, b. Aug. 5, 1769; Stephen, b. March 6, 1771; Augustus, b. Feb. 28, 1773; Francis, b. Sept. 15, 1775; Reuben, b. Jan. 3, 1778; Seth, b. Feb. 12, 1780 ; Aaron,
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b. Jan. 22, 1782. He d. Sept. 20, 1805; his w. Anna d. Nov. 2, 1819, aged 80. (The father of Joshua was Joshua, who m. Sarah Field, Dec. 1, 1725. Their children were, Stephen, b. Sept. 26, 1726; Lucy, b. March 7, 1728-9; Joshua; Elisha; Jabez, b. April 10, 1733.) The present generation spell the name Belden.
ELISHA BELDING, (brother of Joshua,) b. March 28, 1736. Pre- vious to 1771, he built a house near where Jehu P. Dickinson now lives. He m. Ruth Dickinson ; had children, Elisha, b. March 23, 1765 ; Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1766; David, b. May 2, 1769; Sarah, b. April 15, 1772; Mercy, b. Dec. 15, 1774 ; Dickinson, b. Sept. 2, 1777; Dickinson, b. June 15, 1778. He d. Aug. 2, 1808 ; his w. Ruth d. July 12, 1825, aged 84.
EDWARD BROWN, was from Colchester, Ct .; built a house north of Dea. Daniel Brown's. He and his sons owned lands in the westerly part of the town, extending one mile N. and S. Wife, Han- nah; children, William, b. 1742; Hannah, b. 1744; Josiah, b. 1745; John, b. 1747; Mary, b. 1748; Isaiah, b. 1750; Anne, b. 1751 ; Abijah, b. 1753; Charity, b. 1754. He d. June 2, 1803, aged 87 ; his w. Hannah d. Oct. 12, 1811, aged 89.
RICHARD CHAUNCEY. Lived with Jonathan Smith. He d. Dec. 31, 1790, aged 82 ; his w. Elizabeth d. May 22, 1790, aged 82.
NATHANIEL COLEMAN. He settled on the place now owned by by Benj. Dane. He m. Anna, d. of Benoni Dickinson ; had child- ren, Ruth ; Benoni Dickinson, b. Nov. 14, 1775; Ruth, b. Feb. 24, 1778; Mehitable, b. Nov. 14, 1780; Anna, b. May 12, 1783. He d. Sept. 14, 1816, aged 73.
THOMAS CRAFTS, (son of John and Martha Crafts.) In 1752 or 3, he built where Dexter Crafts now lives. He m. Sarah Graves ; their children were, John, b. Jan. 7, 1743; Joseph, b. Nov. 4, 1745; Martha, b. May 27, 1747 : Moses, b. May 7, 1749; Sarah, b. July 16, 1751 ; Miriam, b. Dec. 10, 1753; Rhoda, b. Feb. 14, 1756; Graves, b. Oct. 26, 1759 ; Seth, b. Oct. 21, 1762. He d. Feb. 4, 1803, aged 85 ; his w. Sarah d. Jan. 18, 1803, aged 85.
BENONI CRAFTS, (br. of Thomas,) b. Nov. 17, 1725. He built where Asa Crafts now lives. He m. Abagail Graves; had children, Reuben, b. March 25, 1759; Jerusha, b. March 16, 1762; Asa, b. May 6, 1765; (still living, 1849,) Elizabeth; Abagail. He d. April 24, 1812 ; his w. Abagail d. March 25, 1774, aged 42.
GAIUS CRAFTS, (br. of above,) b. Dec. 22, 1727. He built a house a little distance northwest from Benoni, which he sold to Israel Graves. Unmarried.
JOEL DICKINSON. In 1752 he settled where Calvin Wells now lives. His house was " picketed," and used as a fort for the three families which settled that year in the central part of the town. Probably the women and children of these families dwelt here for the first year or two, and all lodged here at night. Probably all
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their cattle were kept here ; and tradition says, that while the women were out milking, night and morning, a man with a gun would stand guard. The Hatfield people did not deem it safe for them to re- main here during the first winter, and the Selectmen came out and carried them back. They left their corn standing in the fields, and during their absence the Bears destroyed much of it.
Had children, Elias ; Joel ; Nathaniel ; Reuben ; Mabel ; Ra- chel ; Betsey. He with his family moved to Conway.
MOSES DICKINSON. He built a Dairy house in the orchard W. of Oliver Dickinson's. Perhaps he died before the family was per- manently located in the limits of Whately. Wife, Anna ; children, Samuel, b. March 9, 1749; Rebekah; Miriam; Irena; Anna ; Martha. His w. Anna d. March 2, 1804, aged 92. (The father of Moses was Samuel; d. about 1738. Children, Benoni ; Moses ; Anna ; Martha.)
ELISHA FRARY. In Jan. 1770, he built a house in an orchard north of Wid. Betsey Smith's. He m. Miriam Warner ; they had children, Elisha, b. Jan. 1762; Isaac, b. Aug. 22, 1763 ; - died ; Elihu, b. Jan. 7, 1766; Festus, b. Sept. 1767; Miriam, b. March, 1770; Justus, b. Oct. 1771; Lydia, b. Sept. 1773; Philo- thete, b. April, 1775; Dickinson, b. 1777; Jesse, b. Sept. 1780; Hannah, b. 1782; Mary, b. 1784. In 1798, he moved to Sharon, N. Y .; d. July 8, 1801.
NATHAN GRAVES, (Deacon.) He settled on Chestnut mountain, where Wid. Reuben Graves now lives. He m. Leonard ; had children, Amasa, b. June 26, 1743; John, b. June 3, 1746 ; Lydia, b. June 26, 1748; Elihu, b. May 16, 1750; Jemima, b. Feb. 19, 1752; Nathan, b. July 19, 1754; Asa, b. Sept. 22, 1758; Reuben, b. March 16, 1760; Leonard, (daughter,) b. March 25, 1763; Daniel, b. Sept. 26, 1769. He d. April 2, 1786, aged 70. His w. Leonard d. June 7, 1784, aged 58.
OLIVER GRAVES. In 1761, he built a house where Jerry Graves now lives. He m. Rebekah Smith; had children, Selah, b. May 24, 1755; Rebekah, b. Oct. 19, 1756; Ruth, b. Nov. 4, 1758; Oliver, b. Feb. 9, 1761 ; Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1763; Electa, b. Dec. 27, 1764 ; Salmon, b. March 24, 1767; Elijalı, b. April 24, 1769 ; Mercy, b. Aug. 27, 1771; Judith, b. Dec. 27, 1775. Ile d. Aug. 30, 1810, aged 84 ; his w. Rebekah d. Feb. 1826, aged 92.
ISRAEL GRAVES, (br. of O.) Ile bought the house of Gaius Crafts. He m. Eunice Wait ; had children, Mary, b. Ang. 18, 1756; Israel, b. Oct. 23, 1758 ; Joel, b. Aug. 16, 1760; Eunice. He d. Sept. 8, 1773, aged 56; his w. Eunice d. Sept. 1, 1802, aged 82.
DAVID GRAVES. He settled on what is known as the old " Stock- bridge place." He mn. Abagail Bardwell ; their children were, Elijah, b. July 18, 1720; Simeon, b. April 18, 1722; Matthew ; Martin ; Abagail ; Martha, b. March 7, 1731; David, b. June 7, 1733; Esther ; Anna; Hannah. He d. Aug. 25, 1781, aged 87; his w. Abagail d. Oct. 31, 1786, aged 87.
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DANIEL, MORTON, b. Dec. 23, 1720. In 1759, he built the house now owned and occupied by his son Consider. He kept tavern for a number of years. His was the only public house in the region in those days. People from the Cape and Vineyard, who were about settling in Conway, made this their home. He m. first, Esther b. Dec. 16, 1723; their children were, Hannah, b. Sept. 7, 1744; Tabitha, b. July 1, 1746; Tabitha, b. Aug. 2, 1747; Sarah, b. Dec. 14, 1749; Mercy, b. Nov. 25, 1751; Joel, b. Dec. 22, 1754; Daniel, b. Feb. 12, 1756 ; Esther, b. Nov. 3, 1758; Justin, b. Sept. 25, 1760 ; Consider, b. Oct. 12, 1762. His w. Esther d. Oct. 27, 1762. He m. second, Eleanor Wait, Dec. 6, 1764 ; their children were, Tirzah, b. Jan. 24, 1771 ; Roxa, b. July 26, 1774. He d. June 20, 1786 ; his w. Eleanor d. April 1, 1816, aged 86.
OLIVER MORTON, b. in 1722. In 1761 or 62, he built the house next south of the central burying ground. He m. first, Hannah Gillett ; their children were, Samuel Gillet, b. Aug. 12, 1758; Katharine, b. March 20, 1760 ; Hannah, b. March 12, 1762; Cla- rissa, b. July 5, 1764; Lemuel, b. July 24, 1766; Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1768. He m. second, Wid. Eleanor Pomeroy, (Lyman, b. Oct. 29, 1736;) their children were, Oliver, b. April 2, 1777; Stephen, b. Feb. 4, 1779. Hed. Sept. 16, 1789. Hisw. Eleanor d. Sept. 3, 1825.
ABRAHAM PARKER. He came from Groton ; settled in Canter- bury, probably in 1749. He built a small log house, just N. of where Capt. Asa Parker now lives. He was drowned in attempting to cross the Connecticut River on the ice, March 12, 1757. He m. Lois Blood (of Groton ;) had children, Lois, b. July 8, 1750 ; Abraham, b. May 31, 1752; Susanna, b. Feb. 8, 1754; Eunice, b. Jan. 22, 1756 ; Benjamin, b. Oct. 11, 1757. His w. Lois d. Sept. 27, 1814, aged 88.
JOSEPH SANDERSON. He came from Groton; settled in Canter- bury, where Wid. Lucy Sanderson now lives, probably in 1752 or 3. He m. Ruth Parker, (sister of Abraham ;) their children were, Ruth ; Esther ; (one of these m. a Dinsmore; the other was unm.) -, who m. Jonathan Spafford ; - -, who m. - Harvey ; Joseph ; Thomas, b. March 16, 1746; Abraham, b. 1747; David ; (?) James ; John, b. March 11, 1754; Asa, b. April 11, 1756; Isaac, b. Oct. 9, 1757, (the last three recorded in Hatfield.) He d. March 20, 1772, aged 58; his w. Ruth d. Dec. 8, 1780, aged 64.
DAVID SCOTT, b. Aug. 17, 1717. In 1760, he bought the house built by Lieut. Ebenezer Bardwell; afterwards built where Randall Graves now lives. He was the chief carpenter of his day, and uni- formly went by the name of Master Scott. He was also a " mighty hunter." And the abundance of Bears, Deer and Wolves, gave him full scope to exercise his skill in this line. In his old age he was extremely fond of relating his hunting exploits.
He m. first, Esther -, b. Sept. 20, 1720; their children were, Mercy, b. Oct. 25, 1741 ; Lydia, b. Jan. 16, 1743 ; Rhoda, b. July 1, 1745; Lucy, b. May 5, 1716; David, b. Sept. 19, 1748;
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Abel, b. April 15, 1751 ; Selah, b. Nov. 19, 1753; Phineas, b. March 13, 1756; Lucy, b. July 14, 1758; Esther, b. July 20, 1761. His w. Esther d. Sept. 20, 1761. He d. April 7, 1812.
JOSEPH SCOTT, (son of Joseph.) He first settled on the plain, near the S. line of Whately, on " Mother George ;" afterwards in the Straits. He m. Margaret Belding ; had children, Ebenezer, b. April 22, 1750; Joel, b. Oct. 9, 1751; Peggy; Joseph; Gad; Lu- cius; Abraham; Hepzibah; Isaac; Israel ; Lydia Leonard; Submit. He d. June 4, 1776, aged 54.
ELISHA SMITH. He was one of the original settlers in the Straits ; built where is the Gad Smith house. He m. Sarah Field; had children, Benjamin, b. Nov. 5, 1728; Philip, b. July 2, 1730; Abagail, b. July 2, 1732 ; Paul, b. June 21, 1734; Silas, b. Aug. 15, 1736; Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1738; Elisha, b. Oct. 13, 1740; Jon- athan, b. Aug. 18, 1742; Eleanor, b. Aug. 14, 1744; Mary, b. July 14, 1746; Gad, b. Jan. 23, 1749; Esther, b. Dec. 8, 1751. He d. Nov. 1784, aged 80; his w. Sarah d. Aug. 17, 1795, aged 88. (Ile and his wife were commonly known as " Goodman" and " Goody Smith.")
HENRY STILES. He built a house southeast from Lyman Dick- inson's, near where a walnut tree stands. He m. Ruth -; their children were, Peggy ; Zilpah ; Lydia ; Lewis; Esther. He d. April 20, 1810, aged 80 ; his w. Ruth d. July 5, 1812, aged 86.
ADONIJAH TAYLOR. He built a house and mills on the place now owned by Silas Sanderson. He m. Rachel - - -; had children, John; Edmund ; Solomon; Eliphalet ; Adonijah; Obed ; Clement ; Theodore ; Mary ; Electa ; perhaps others.
PETER TRAIN. In 1761, he built where Rufus Sanderson now lives, (the original house was burnt.) He m. Sarah Cole ; had children, Oliver, b. Jan. 8, 1760; Judith, b. Nov. 20, 1761; Phebe, b. Dec. 3, 1763; Lemuel ; Selah, b. Dec. 29, 1766 ; Lois, b. Dec. 8, 1768; Sarah, b. Oct. 8, 1770; Lydia; Lydia; Content. He d. Jan. 21, 1793, aged 68.
ABRAHAM TURNER. Lived near the Baptist Meeting House. Wife, Thankful ; had children, Abraham ; Ezra ; and others.
SIMEON WAIT. He settled on what was then called "The Island," where J. C. Loomis now lives. He owned 100 acres of land, lying on both sides of the " Lane." He sold to Abiel Bragg, and moved to the Straits. He m. Martha - -; had children, Martha, b. Oct. 5, 1744; Miriam, b. July 5, 1747; Gad, b. March 10, 1750-1.
JOIN WAIT, (son of John,) was one of the earliest settlers in the Straits, on the place now owned by John Wait. He m. first, Sub- mit -; their children were, Joel, b. March 13, 1726; Jerusha, b. Jan. 24, 1727-8; Eleanor, b. April 1, 1730; Seth, b. Aug. 12, 1732; Lydia, b. Sept. 26, 1734; Katherine, b. Dec. 25, 1736; Chloe, b. Feb. 23, 1738 : Mary, b. April 18, 1741 ; John, b. Nov.
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25, 1743; Submit ; Joel, b. 1756, (the last by second wife.) He d. 1776, aged 72 ; his second w. Mary d. Dec. 23, 1807, aged 96.
NOAH WELLS. About the year 175S, he built a house west of Wid. Abel Scott's. He m. Abagail Bardwell ; had children, Lem- uel ; Elisha; Daniel ; Abagail ; Simeon; Perez, b. Nov. 30, 1757; Violet ; John. He moved to Hawley, where he and his w. died.
SALMON WHITE. He settled where Luke B. White now lives .. He m. Mary Wait ; had children, Salmon, b. Sept. 22, 1760; John, b. Jan. 9, 1762 ; Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1764; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1766; Mercy, b. March 3, 1768; Judith, b. Dec. 29, 1770 ; Thomas, b. April 12, 1773; Electa, b. Sept. 22, 1775. He d. June 21, 1815, aged 84 ; his w. Mary d. June 21, 1821, aged 91.
(Widow Mary Wait, mother of Mary, above, spent the latter part of her life in the family of Dea. White. She died Aug. 18, 1791, aged 99 years and 9 months. In her extreme age her mental fac- ulties almost entirely failed. For some years, her life was literally a second childhood. She required to be fed, and would amuse herself by dressing and fondling dolls, and other infantile sports. But about a week before her death, her mind suddenly brightened up. She spoke intelligently of the Rev. Mr. Williams of Hatfield, her former Pastor ; and repeated the whole of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, questions, answers and proofs. She then gradually sunk away, and died as the candle goes out in its socket.)
Names of other early Settlers.
['The figures indicate the date when their names are first found.]
ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, 1779. Was one of "Burgoyne's men." He m. Elizabeth Bragg ; built a house where Pliny Graves lives.
SOLOMON ADKINS, 1787. From Middletown, Ct .; lived first in the Straits ; then where Stolham Allis now lives. Had children, Solomon, b. May 4, 1762 ; Thankful ; Giles ; Elijah. He d. Feb. 26, 1804, aged 83 ; his w. Thankful d. April 7, 1806, aged 79.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, 1797. He m. Hannah Wait ; had, Luther, b. April 8, 1799 ; perhaps others.
THOMAS ALLEN. Lived in the " Straits," on the place afterwards owned by Benj. Bacon. Was from Conn. Had children, Daniel ; Lydia ; Philena ; Sobrina.
JOSIAH ALLIS, 1775, (son of Elisha.) He built a house N. of Elliot C. Allis'. He m. Anna Hubbard ; had children, Elijalı, b. Oct. 21, 1775 ; Electa, b. Feb. 16, 1777; Josiah, b. Jan. 5, 1779 ; Anna, b. Dec. 3, 1780; Lucy, b. Dec. 7, 1782; Henry, b. July 29, 1784; Jerry, b. July 25, 1786; Sally, b. April 22, 1788 ; Almira, b. Oct. 3, 1790; Stolham, b. May 1, 1792; Elisha, b. Jan. 4, 1794. He d. April 17, 1794, aged 40 ; his w. Anna (m. second, Salmon White,) d. June 21, 1839.
RUSSEL ALLIS, 1777. He built where Samuel Doane lives. He m. Sarah Edson ; their children were, Roxa, b. Feb. 24, 1776;
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Sarah, b. April 19, 1778; Lura, b. Feb. 20, 1780; Demis, b. Dec. 31, 1782 ; Annis, b. Jan. 18, 1784 ; Polly.
DANIEL ALLIS. IIe lived on the Henry Smith place. Wife, Lydia ; had children, Moses, b. Sept. 20, 1782; Daniel, b. Sept. 26, 1784; Eleazer, b. July 17,1786 ; Harris, b. Feb. 13, 1788; Osce, b. June 26, 1790; Eurotus and Otus, b. May 27, 1793; Austin, b. July 12, 1794; Patty, b. Sept. 30, 1795; Lydia, b. Oct. 11, 1797 ; Sophia, b. May 24, 1800 ; Eleazer, b. Sept. 23, 1803.
BENJAMIN BACON, 1775. Was from Killingly, Ct. Lived in the Straits, opposite the " Gilbert place." Had children, Abel ; Philo ; Jonathan ; Benjamin ; Rufus. He d. Sept. 4, 1814, aged 87.
JOSEPH BARNARD. He lived where the Wid. Ebenezer Barnard now lives. Wife, Esther ; children, Ebenezer, b. Oct. 2, 1752; Hannah, b. Dec. 15, 1754; Moses, b. Feb. 13, 1757; Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1759. Was from Sunderland.
SAMUEL BARTLETT, b. April 23, 1785; m. Sophia Smith, b. Oct. 30, 1790; children, Dwight Smith; Lewis ; Samuel Dwight ; George Smith ; Charles Dexter.
ZEBINA BARTLETT, 1803, m. Demis Allis ; children, Alvan ; Sarah; Tryphena; Maria; Lovisa Demis; Zebina W. ; Elizabeth.
JAMES BIGELOW. Lived on Poplar Hill.
ENOCHI BIRD, 1795. Lived on Grass Hill; w. Celena; children, Lydia and Sarah, b. Feb. 26, 1782; Edmund, b. July 7, 1784; Celena and Levina, b. June 7, 1786; Waitte, b. May 25, 1759 ; Enoch, b. Oct. 3, 1791 ; Samuel, b. Sept. 23, 1793; Polly, b. Feb. 16, 1796 ; Roxa, b. May 8, 1799.
ABIEL BRAGG, 1776. Was from Petersham. Bought the farm of Simeon Wait, now J. C Loomis'.
BRIDGMAN. Wife, Elizabeth. He d. May 7, 1800, aged 70 ; his w. d. Jan. 16, 1812, aged 79.
JOHN BROOKS, 1776. Was from Glastenbury, Ct .; w. Sarah.
WAIT BROUGHTON, 1771. Lived in the Straits; m. Submit Wait.
STEPHEN BURROUGHS, 1800. W. Amilla; children, Amilla ; Stephen ; Lyman.
JOSEPH BYROME, 1783. Was from Bridgewater ; w. Mary.
SAMUEL CARLY, 1772. Wife, Submit ; children, John, b. Dec. 18, 1768; Dorothy ; Submit, b. Aug. 17, 1773; Samuel, b. Nov. 15, 1775; Polly, b. April 20, 1778 : Samuel, b. Aug. 4, 1781 ; Abagail, b. April 21, 1786.
RICHARD CAREY, 1794.
THOMAS CASTLE, or CASTWELL, 1779. Lived on Grass Hill; m. Miriam Smith ; children, Miriam ; Miriam ; Paulina ; Aurilla ; Pamela ; 'Thomas ; Sophia : Submit ; John.
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PEREZ CHAPIN, 1778. Lived where Calvin Wells now does; w. Elizabeth ; children, Roxa; Giles; Perez ; Sophia ; Alpheus ; perhaps others.
PETER CLARK, 1808; m. Zilpah Stiles.
JUSTUS CLARK, 1793. A merchant. Had children, Theodore ; Sylvester ; and others.
NILES COLEMAN, (br. of Nathaniel,) 1775. Was from Marlbor- ough, Ct. Married first, Elizabeth -; second, Dolly Taylor. Children, Eli; Samuel ; Louden ; Polly; Josiah. He d. Feb. 6, 1779, aged 71.
NOAH COLEMAN, 1789. Lived on the place now owned by J. B. Morton. Wife, Lydia. He d. Dec. 15, 1794, aged 76.
WILLIAM CONE, 1789. From Middletown, Ct. Lived in the Lane. Wife, Abia ; children, Sally ; Etta ; Epa ; perhaps others.
DAVID COOK, 1793. Wife, -; child, Horace.
JAMES P. COOK. From Dedham ; m. Electa Graves.
BENJAMIN COOLEY, 1800. Children, Frederick, b. Nov. 12, 1800; Benjamin Lewis and Betsey Shattuck, b. Feb. 19, 1804; James, b. Jan. 5, 1807 ; Frederick, b. April 13, 1808; Moses Hastings, b. March 19, 1814 ; Eli Parker, b. July 31, 1815; Lucy, b. May 16, 1817 ; Fanny, b. Aug. 29, 1820.
HOSEA CURTIS, 1774. Lived west of Poplar Hill. Wife, Susanna.
JAMES CUTTER. He m. - Clark ; children, Thomas Glark ; Lorenzo; Mary ; Angeline ; James Dexter.
ABNER DICKINSON, (son of Ebenezer and Hannah,) b. Jan. 6, 1723-4. About 1773, he built a house S. of Lyman Dickinson's. He m. Sarah - -; had children, Ebenezer ; Mary; Apphia ; Jehu, b. May 8, 1758; Betsey ; Hannah ; Abner, b. Sept. 8, 1766; Alpheus ; Content, b. May, 1773. He d. Sept. 28, 1799; his w. Sarah d. May 27, 1813, aged 83.
GIDEON DICKINSON, (son of Gideon and Rebekah, ) b. Dec. 29, 1744. As early as 1770 or 71, he bought the place where Dexter Dickinson now lives. He m. Lydia Dickinson ; had child- ren, Lydia; Asa; Daniel ; Gideon ; Ruth; Dexter ; Giles; two or three others who d. young. He d. Sept. 22, 1811 ; his w. Lydia d. Aug. 8, 1812, aged 65.
BENJAMIN DICKINSON, 1787. From Sunderland. Wife, Sarah. Children, Charles, b. May 10, 1774; Justus, b. Jan. 8, 1780; Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1788, Levinus, b. Sept. 10, 1792.
SAMUEL DAUGHERTY, 1807. Children, Angelina; Alonzo; Car- oline ; perhaps others.
JONATHAN EDSON, 1773. From Ashfield, (previously from Staf- ford, Ct.) Built a house E. of the S. C. School house.
THOMAS FAXON. Probably from Leicester. Lived on Staddle Hill. Wife, -; children, Thomas; Jacob Allen ; Reuben ; Calvin ; Samuel ; Bathsheba ; Ruth.
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NOAH FIELD, 1774. From Conway ; m. Mary Brown. He d. July 8, 1797, aged 46.
ZENAS FIELD, (son of Eliakim and Esther,) b. Aug. 10, 1753. IIe settled where John Field now lives. He m. Sarah Burroughs ; had children, Lydia, b. Sept. 17, 1782; Orange, b. Dec. 2, 1784 ; John, b. Sept. 10, 1786; Lydia, b. June 8, 1788; Orange, b. Feb. 22, 1790; John, b. Oct. 10, 1792; Rhoda, b. Nov. 21, 1794; Zenas, b. Sept. 22, 1796; Sarah, b. Nov. 11, 1798; Esther, b. Sept. 21, 1800 ; three stillborn, previous to 1782. He d. July 3, 1819; his w. Sarah d. Sept. 10, 1810, aged 53.
ELEAZAR FRARY, 1775. Born Jan. 2, 1752. His w. Miriam was b. Dec. 22, 1751. Children, Miriam, b. Sept. 3, 1779; Debo- rah, Dec. 4, 1784; Fanny, b. Jan. 22, 1787 : Hannah, b. Aug. 15, 1789; Otis, b. April 13, 1795.
SETH FRARY, (br. of Eleazar,) 1779, b. Sept. 2, 1758. His w. Esther was b. July 27, 1761. He bought the place of Noalı Cole- man. Children, Thomas, b. Feb. 12, 1780; Seth, b. Oct. 27, 1783; Dexter, b. Aug. 10, 1786; Esther, b. July 6, 1789; Lydia, b. Nov. 7, 1792 ; Electa, b. Oct. 5, 1796; Eleazar, b. Feb. 3, 1799; Patty, Dec. 12, 1801.
PHINEAS FRARY, (son of Phineas and Mary,) 1775. He settled where Lyman Graves now lives. Wife, Rhoda Morton ; children, Silas, b. Aug. 23, 1777 ; Horace, b. Sept. 12, 1781 ; Phineas, h. Sept. 8, 1783 ; Orange, b. April 8, 1785 ; Rhoda, b. Sept. 11, 1788. Ile d. May 27, 1816, aged 61.
PAUL GIBBS, 1805 ; m. Anna Coleman. Children, Elizabeth ; Julia ; Dence ; Amasa ; Mehitable Coleman.
OLIVER GILBERT. Lived in the Straits, S. of A. W. Nash's, with his son Josiah. He d. Sept. 4, 1814, aged 91.
WILLIAM GILES, 1783.
NATHANIEL GRAY. Children, Ebenezer Macomber, b. Oct. 18, 1806; Salome Wright, b. March 3, 1809; Harriet Newell, b. Nov. 20, 1815 ; Philena Macomber, b. Oct. 15, 1816.
SAMUEL GRIMES. Married Hannah Field. He d. March 24, 1816, aged 45.
SAMUEL HIARDING, 1776. From Woodstock, Ct. Lived on the place now owned by Lyman Harding. He m. first, Anna Fisher ; children, Timothy ; Stephen ; Abagail. He m. second, Dinah Johnson ; children, Abijah and Abiel ; Keziah; Esther ; (m. Justin Morton.)
FRANCIS HARWOOD, M. D. 1795. From Uxbridge. Wife, Lu- cinda ; children, Joshua Dickinson, b. Nov. 25, 1790; Roderick Bannister, b. Jan. 29, 1795 ; Alonzo, b. April 1, 1797 ; Myron, b. Aug. 16, 1799; Violet, b. Sept. 9, 1801 ; Justus Forward, b. Oct. 25, 1803; Francis, b. June 14, 1806 ; Eunice Phelps.
ISAAC HATCHI, 1795. Wife, Esther ; children, Resina ; Isaac ; Esther ; Emily ; Chester.
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JOHN HAWLEY, 1774; m. Hannah Scott. Children, Samuel ; Charity ; Elizabeth ; Elizabeth ; perhaps others.
ROBERT IIAZARD, 1795; m. Susanna Jefferson.
JOHN HIBBARD, 1793 ; m. Irena Belding.
JOSEPH HILL, 1776. Lived where A. S. Stearns now does. Children, Betsey, b. Feb. 6, 1778; Pamelia, b. March 4, 1779 ; Alinda, b. June 26, 1780; Luke, b. March 13, 1782; Gideon, b. Sept. 11, 1783; Moses, b. March 30, 1785; Sally, b. Dec. 22, 1787; Esther, b. Aug. 4, 1789 ; Rebekah, b. May 23, 1791 ; Ruggles, b. Dec. 30, 1793. He d. Oct. 1796, aged 66.
DAVID INGRAHAM, 1775. From East Hartford ; m. Jemima, d. of Dea. Nathan Graves.
AMOS JEFFERSON, 1785. Lived N. of Zebina Bartlett's ; w. Sarah.
JOEL KELLOGG. Died Oct. 22, 1798, aged 74.
JOHN LAMSON, 1774. He was from Ct. Built the house which recently stood N. of the Town Hall. He m. Mercy Morton ; child- ren, Annis ; Annis ; Billy ; Judson ; Lucretia ; Sophia ; Horace ; Tirzah.
JOHN LOCKE, 1774. A marble worker ; w. Ruth Faxon ; child- ren, John ; Henry ; Joanna ; Lucy ; perhaps others.
ABNER LOOMIS. From Colchester Ct. Wife, Zilpah ; children, Sally, b. Aug. 24, 1783 ; Jonathan C., b. Oct. 18, 1785; William, b. Sept. 26, 1789 ; Leonard, b. July 30, 1797; Luther, b. Nov. 20, 1798. He d. April 2, 1812, aged 62.
MARSH, 1782. He built a log house where Elihu Wait afterwards lived.
AMOS MARSH, 1783. Lived N. of Zebina Bartlett's. Wife, Elizabeth ; children, Benjamin ; Calvin ; Thomas; Amos; Rufus; Sophia ; Electa ; Sarah ; Asa ; Melliscent ; Emerson.
ASA MARSII, 1783. Lived on the place now owned by Levi Morton. Wife, Sarah ; children, Isaac, b. May 19, 1780 ; David, b. Nov. 7, 1781 ; Olive, b. June 5, 1783; Asa, b. Sept. 29, 1786 ; Amanda, b. July 14, 1791; Orange, b. May 31, 1793; Sally, b. Nov. 16, 1796. (Was son of Asa, and br. of Amos.)
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