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BENJAMIN MATHER, b. Lyme, Ct., Sept. 19, 1731 ; w. Abagail, b. Colchester, Ct., Feb. 23, 1741. Children, Betty Worthington, b. Dec. 17, 1763; Nabby, b. April 16, 1765; William, b. Dec. 31, 1766; Rhoda, b. Jan. 1, 1763; Elias, b. Oct. 25, 1769 ; Samuel, b. March 19, 1773; Joseph and Benjamin, b. March 15, 1776; Cotton, b. March 4, 1779; Marshfield P., b. Jan. 26, 1782. He d. Dec. 1822.
PEREZ MERRICK, 1794.
JOHN MOREY, 1778. He built a log house where Joseph Hill afterwards lived. He m. Sarah Turner. Children, John; Erastus ; Sarah ; perhaps others.
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SIMEON MORTON, 1782. Lived where Daniel F. M. now lives. Wife, Sibyl; children, Dexter, b. Sept. 4, 1782; Bathsheba, b. Sept. 22, 1784; Reuben, b. Aug. 31, 1786; Martha, b. Aug. 22, 1789; Submit, b. March 30, 1792; Electa, b. March 27, 1794. His w. Sibyl d. Jan. 9, 1827. He d. April 23, 1816, aged 66.
LEVI MORTON, 1783. Lived on Spruce Hill. Wife, Sarah ; children, Sarah, b. March 30, 1778; Lucinda, b. Nov. 11, 1779; Lucy, b. Dec. 2, 1781 ; Chester, b. Oct. 14, 1784; David, b. June 20, 1786; Lucretia, b. March 13, 1788; Horace, b. June 20, 1790; Justus, b. Oct. 17, 1792 ; Moses, b. July 23, 1794; Levi, b. Oct. 23, 1796; Lucy, b. Sept. 28, 1798. He d. April 25, 1816, aged 63.
JACOB MOSHIER. From Hollis, N. II .; m. - Pierce ; child- ren, Jacob ; Mary ; Solomon ; Lucy ; Rufus ; Clarissa.
MOSES MUNSON. From Farmington, Ct. Lived where James Smith now lives. Children, Moses; Levina; Abagail ; Anna ; Sarah ; Margary ; Joel. IIe d. July 13, 1817, aged 72.
REUBEN MUNSON, 1784, (br. of Moses.) HIe first settled where John Bement Wait now lives ; then on the place now owned by John Munson. Was m. to Sibyl Smith, July 16, 1769. Children, Sal- mon, b. Sept. 24, 1770 ; Lucy, b. June 3, 1772 ; Reuben, b. Feb. 24, 1774; Selah, b. June 28, 1776; Reuben, b. Feb. 19, 1778; Joel, b. Feb. 28, 1780 ; Benjamin, b. March 22, 1782; Mary, b. March 12, 1784; Sibyl, b. March 2, 1786; Sibyl, b. Feb. 29, 1788; Diadema, b. Feb. 4, 1790; John, b. Jan. 3, 1792; Osee, b. Oct. 3, 1793.
JOSEPH NASH, 1783. Was from Amherst; built the house S. of Elijah Allis', now untenanted. Wife, Lucy; children, Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1779 ; Alpheus, b. May 25, 1781; Joseph, b. March 6, 1783; Cotton, b. May 6, 1785 ; Chester, b. May 10, 1787 ; Lucy, b. April 2, 1789; Electa, b. April 11, 1791 ; David, b. Dec. 28, 1793. He d. May 15, 1804, aged 60.
ABNER NASH, (br. of J.) 1787 ; m. Hannah Dickinson, Nov. 8, 1787 ; children, Roanna ; Content ; Theodosia ; perhaps others.
STEPHEN ORCUTT, 1777. He m. first, Theodora Scott; second, Miriam Frary. Children, Eleazar ; Walter ; and others.
SOLOMON PEASE. From Enfield, Ct. Built a small house in the Straits where Stephen Clark now lives, which he sold to Solomon Adkins ; w. Keziah Hall.
JONATHAN PIERCE, 1778.
AARON PRATT, 1783. Bought the place of Joseph Belding ; m. first, Rachel Smith ; second, Jerusha Brown.
WINSLOW RICHARDSON, 1778. From Bridgewater ; w. Elizabeth.
GEORGE ROGERS. Settled where his son Daniel now lives. Children, George ; Daniel ; Anna. Ile d. Oct. 1823; his w. d. Feb. 2, 1824.
EDWARD RUDDOCK, 1789 ; m. Martha Sanderson.
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NATHANIEL SARTLE or SARTWELL, 1772; m. a d. of Adonijah Taylor.
BENJAMIN SCOTT. He settled very early in the Straits, on the place now owned by Phineas Frary. He m. Jemima Tuttle ; had children, Benjamin, who m. Abagail Belding; James; perhaps others. He d. Aug. 1, 1792, aged 85; his w. Jemima d. April 13, 1802, aged 88.
CALVIN SEXTON. Children, Luther, b. Sept. 13, 1800; Mary, b. June 19, 1802 ; perhaps others.
OLIVER SHATTUCK, 1775. Lived on the Eben. Barnard place. Wife, Lucy ; children, Emily ; Lucy ; Emily ; Polly ; Henry and Harriet ; Electa.
JOHN SMITH. About 1776, he moved from Hatfield, and settled where Hiram Smith now lives. He m. Lydia Frary, (sister of Phineas ;) children, Olive, (m. Abiel Harding ;) Elijah, (killed by a fall ;) Electa ; Martha ; Mary ; John, (d. young.) The family moved to Sullivan, N. Y.
JAMES SMITH, 1795. From Springfield ; m. Bathsheba Morton, Jan. 27, 1808. Children, Remembrance ; Sibyl ; James S .; Sibyl ; Laura Munson ; James ; Joseph A .; Elizabeth Burt ; Charlotte.
LEMUEL SNOW, 1777. From Stafford, Ct .; w. Margaret. He d. Nov. 11, 1777, aged 48.
JOHN STARKS. Lived on the place now owned by Caleb Beals. The ancestors of John came originally from Scotland. First settled in Mansfield, Ct .; went thence to Hanover, N. H., whence John came to Whately. Children, John; Phebe; Israel ; Prince William; Tryphena ; Justus ; Mercy ; Willard. He d. Dec. 1825, aged 70.
DAVID STOCKBRIDGE. He settled in the Straits, on the David Graves' place, where he kept tavern for many years ; moved from there to Canterbury. He m. Sarah Allis ; children, Annis, b. Dec. 17, 1799; Chester, b. May 25, 1801; Emily, b. Jan. 10, 1803; Hiram, b. Jan. 8, 1805; Julia Ann, b. Aug. 1, 1807 ; Charles David ; b. Oct. 2, 1816 ; Amaret Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1819. He m. second, Lovisa Collins of Hartford, Ct. He d. Jan. 4, 1847, aged 70.
HEMAN SWIFT. Was from Barnard, Vt. ; w. Orpha Howard. Children, Sylva; Fanny; Salome; Orpha; Betsey; Sabra; Heman ; Kingsley ; Carlos. He d. June, 1834; his w. Orpha d. Jan. 27, 1847. - THOMPSON. Lived on Grass Hill.
ASA TODD, Rev. 1789. From Westfield. Lived W. of Poplar Hill. Children, Lucretia, b. May 8, 1783; Justus, b. June 24, 1785; David M., b. Aug. 28, 1787; Marah, b. Oct. 15, 1789; Lyman, b. Oct. 30, 1791 ; Esther, b. April 30, 1794; Zobede, b. Sept. 26, 1796.
NATHAN WAIT, 1798. Lived with his son Jeremiah, where J. B. Wait now lives. He m. Hannah -; had children, Mary, b. June 5, 1740; Jeremiah, b. Dec. 16, 1742, (m. Rachel Bement ;) Elijah, b. Feb. 3, 1744; Asa, b. March 23, 1746-7. He d. Nov. 25, 1798, aged 80.
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ELIHU WAIT, (son of Elisha and Martha Wait, ) b. Aug. 14, 1758. He bought the place where Rufus Wait now lives. Wife, Rebekah ; children, Lucretia, b. Nov. 5, 1779; Polly, b. April 5, 1784; Calvin, b. May 22, 1785 ; Demis, b. June 26, 1786; Sally, b. July 26, 1787 ; Luther, b. Jan. 21, 1788; Roxa, b. April 16, 1789 ; Rufus, b. July 9, 1790 ; Chester, b. Dec. 24, -; Rebekah, b. Dec. 12, -; Elihu, b. June 2, -; Sylvester, b. June 12, --.
CONSIDER WAIT, (br. of Elihu,) b. March 25, 1762. Lived on Poplar Hill. Children, Nancy, b. Nov. 29, 1788; Cynthia, b. Jan. 20, 1790; James, b. March 18, 1791; Enos, b. April 1, 1792; Henry, b. March 27, 1793; Sally, b. June 16, 1796; William, b. Nov. 11, 1797 ; John, b. May 26, 1799; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1801.
JONATHAN WAIT, (br. of above,) b. April 20, 1774 Settled on Grass Hill. First w. Betsey, b. March 1, 1777 ; children, Eliza, b. May 26, 1798; Amy, b. Aug. 11, 1800; Horace, b. 1802; Martha, b. Dec. 2, 1803; Elsie, b. Jan. 14, 1806 ; Alpha, b. Dec. 16, 1807 ; Delight, b. April 20, 1810; Horace, b. Sept. 29, 1811 ; Sophia, b. Sept. 10, 1813 ; Spencer, b. Oct. 5, 1814 ; daughter, b. Jan. 23, 1817. His w. Betsey d. Jan. 23, 1817. Second w. Nancy b. April 24, 1784 ; children, Nancy, b. Oct. 6, 1820; Betsey, b. Sept. 22, 1822; Electa, b. Oct. 26, 1821; Chauncey, b. Dec. 5, 1828.
JACOB WALKER. Lived on the place now owned by J. P. Dick- inson. Was killed in attempting to arrest a " Shay's inan."
JESSE WARNER. Lived on Poplar Hill.
RUFUS WELLS, Rev. 1771. Was from Deerfield. His children were, Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1777 ; Rebekah, b. Nov. 27, 1778; a son, b. July 5, 1780; Thomas, b. Dec. 12, 1781 ; Luke, b. March 28, 1783; Luke, b. July 4, 1784; Elizabeth, b. March 25, 1786; Sophia, b. Sept. 30, 1787 ; a daughter, b. Nov. 26, 1789. His w. Sarah d. April 27, 1796, aged 40. Ilis second w. Temperance d. Oct. 7, 1830, aged 74. He d. Nov. 8, 1834, aged 91.
ISRAEL WELLS. He m. Dolly, d. of Gad Smith ; children, Sedgwick, b. Dec. 22, 1801 ; perhaps others.
REUBEN WINCHELL. Wife, Chloe. He built the house now owned by Eurotus Dickinson.
JOHN WOOD. Married Fanny Hibbard ; children, Eliphas H .; Maria ; Samuel ; Fanny ; Sarah ; George.
MARTIN WOODS. Married Electa Bacon ; children, Lucinda ; Lydia ; Hopkins ; Meliscent ; Electa.
JONATHAN WOODS. Married Aletha Gilbert. He d. May 10, 1821. SETH WRIGHT. Married Ruth Fuller.
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Children of the Church who have become Ministers of the Gospel.
ALVAN SANDERSON, born Dec. 13, 1780, son of Thomas and Lucy Sanderson ; Grad. Williams Coll. 1802; ordained at West- hampton, Feb. 4, 1807; Installed Colleague Pastor with Rev. Ne- hemiah Porter, Ashfield, June 1808; died June 22, 1817.
POMEROY BELDING, b. March 15, 1811, son of Aaron and Sarah Belding ; Grad. Amherst Coll. 1833; Andover Theol. Sem. 1836 ; ordained, Warwick, Aug. 8, 1837 ; installed, Amherst E. Parish, Sept. 14, 1842; d. March 2, 1849.
ALONZO SANDERSON, b. June 24, 1808, son of Joseph and Con- tent Sanderson ; Grad. Amherst Coll. 1834 ; ordained, Ludlow, Jan. 1839 ; installed, Tolland, July 12, 1843.
RUFUS PORTER WELLS, b. Feb. 4, 1818; son of Thomas and Mary Wells; Grad. Amherst Coll. 1842; ordained Jonesboro', E. Tenn. by - Presbytery, 1846.
WILLIAM BARDWELL, b. Oct. 13, 1813, son of Orange and Eu- phame Bardwell ; studied at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct. ordained by Methodist Conference, May, 1846.
Communion Furniture .- The two Flagons and the two Tank- ards were purchased in 1797, from funds bequeathed to the church by Deacon Obadiah Dickinson of Hatfield. The two silver Cups and four Tumblers were presented to the church in 1822, by Messrs. Francis Belding, Reuben Belding, and Aaron Belding.
Choristers, " to set the Psalm in meeting," were chosen by the Church till 1821, when they were elected by the Choir. The per- sons first chosen by the Church, Oct. 16, 1771, were John Wait, Jr. John Graves, and Elihu Graves : those chosen by the Choir in 1821, were R. B. Harwood, and - Warner.
Early local Names of Roads in Whately.
Canterbury road-retains the same name.
Straits road,
Christian lane,
Chestnut plain road-N. and S. through central village.
Poplar Hill road-N. and S. by Bap. M. House.
Hog Mountain road-N. and S. by W. Burying ground.
Spruce Hill road-E. and W. from the Meeting house to " Est- her :" a branch run S. by Justus Graves'.
Mount Esther road-E. and W. from Spruce Hill r. to Bap. M. House.
Chestnut Mountain road-N. and S. by Wid. Reuben Graves'.
Dry Hill road-by South West School IIouse.
Grass Hill road-W. from Osee Munson place.
The Straits road was probably the original path from Hatfield to Deerfield ; very early a road was opened, branching west from this,
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running through " Egypt," and " Claverack," crossing the hill near Calvin Wells', thence northwesterly by John Lyman Morton's, and west of Consider Morton's.
The people of Whately entered early, and heartily into the strug- gle of the Colonies for Independence. A letter was sent to this, as to other towns, in the spring of 1773, by the Committee of Cor- respondence in Boston. A meeting was immediately called, and a Committee of three, viz .- Edward Brown, Elisha Frary, and Jo- seph Belding, Jr., was chosen, to answer the said letter. The Committee drew up, and forwarded (by vote of the town) the fol- lowing reply.
" Gentlemen :- The proceedings of the town of Boston under the present exigencies, we esteem very laudable and worthy of a metropolis. We concur in general with your sentiments in stating the Rights of the Colonists and Province, and of the infringe- ments of these Rights. We hold fast Loyalty to our Sovereign ; yet we groan under our burden, but do not despair of redress. If the importunity of a poor widow may move an unjust judge to avenge her, how much more may we hope for redress by frequent application to a gracious King. We shall at all times heartily join with you, in all legal and constitutional measures for the keeping of these inestimable privileges, wrested from us, and firmly to se- cure those that remain. For we are sensible that should we re- nounce our Liberty and privileges, we should renounce the rights of man, the rights of humanity, and even our duty to God and man. We have no doubts but that the Parliament of Great Brit- ain will hereby understand that 'tis not the discontentedness of a faction, but that the whole people are sensible of the burdens they labor under."
The town sent Deputies to the several Provincial Congresses ; Oliver Graves was sent to the first ; Elisha Frary to the second ; Noah Wells and Salmon White to the third.
In Dec. 1774, the town Voted, " To provide 100 wt. of powder, 200 wt. of lead, and 200 flints for the use of the town." Early in 1775, minute men were enlisted, and officered ; and a Committee of Correspondence appointed.
July 6, 1776, it was Voted, " That in case the Continental Con- gress shall declare the Colonies to be in an independent state from Great Britain, we will support the declaration with our lives and fortunes."
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