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(VI) Isaac, son of John (3) Phillips, of Duxbury, was born in the town of Duxbury, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, about 1780. He was a stone mason and also a builder and contractor. He married Rhoda Litchfield, of Scituate, and they had ten children born in Weymouth as follows: I. Lucy Ann, August 14, 1804, married Truman Whitmarsh, and died in Weymouth in 1881. 2. Sally, Septem- ber 29, 1805, married Frederick Pope, of Wey- mouth. 3. Isaac, August 22, 1807. 4. Mary, December 8, 1809, married Benjamin Hallo- way. 5. Joshua, March 20, 1812, married Adeline Whittier. 6. Elizabeth, January 15, 1814; married John Peterson. 7. Rhoda Ann, August II, 1816, still living; married (first) S. Deamon, deceased ; married ( second)
Monroe. 8. Lemuel, March 22, 1819, married and lived with his son in Quincy, Massachu- setts, reaching his ninetieth birthday in 1909. He had eleven children, nine of whom are living. 9. John (q. v.). 10. Harriet, Decem- ber 27, 1824, married Mark Blanchard.
(VII) John (4), ninth child and fourth son of Isaac and Rhoda (Litchfield) Phillips, was born in Weymouth, Norfolk county, Massa- chusetts, February 22, 1822. He acquired his school training in the district school, and learned the trade of stone mason, which was the occu-
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pation of his father. He also became an expert carpenter and this led him into the business of contractor and builder. He was one of a party of four hundred and ninety-five adven- turers who left home to make a quick fortune in the newly discovered gold mines of Cali- fornia. They left September 1, 1848. He was a miner there a part of the time during the nine years, and on his return to Massachusetts, in 1858, he spent a number of years in freighting stone from Quincy to different points and building sea walls; he continued in this em- ployment until his retirement in 1890. He built a new house in Weymouth as a home for his family, and he also erected the first house built on Lincoln square. He was a useful and greatly esteemed citizen of Weymouth. He married, July 4, 1854, Mary, daughter of Robert and Mary ( Binney) Davis, of Wey- mouth. She was born September 18, 1831, and died in Weymouth, March 12, 1889. She was a prominent member of the Congregational church. Their children, born in Weymouth, were as follows: 1. John Wendal, who went west. 2. Lizzie, married Irwin Sherman, of South Weymouth; children: Alida P., born June 2, 1879, married, 1903, W. C. Griggs, born August 1, 1878; Frank I., born December 14, 1884, married, June 30, 1905, Gertrude Easton. 3. William, died aged four years. 4. Lester, died aged seventeen months. 5. George, born 1860. 6. Walter, born 1862, married Mattie Phillips, of Marblehead, daughter of Michael Phillips ; children: Esther May, born July 24, 1888, died February 7, 1903; Fred- erick, born June 26, 1894. 7. Henry, born 1867. 8. Ernest, born 1872, died 1899.
BUCKLEY This surname is a place name of ancient English origin, and was originally spelled, in the time of King John, in 1199, Buclough, and later Bulclough. It signifies "a large moun- tain." There have been many and are still variations in spelling. Bulkeley is the one most commonly used, other forms being Bulk- ley, Bulkly and Buckley.
Baron Robert de Bulkeley (1) lived in the time of King John ( 1199-26). Baron William de Bulkeley (2) married a daughter of Thomas Butler. Baron Robert de Bulkeley (3) mar- ried Jane, daughter of Sir William Butler. Baron William de Bulkeley (4) married, 1302, Maud, daughter of Sir John Davenport. Baron Robert de Bulkeley (5) married Agnes
Baron Peter de Bulkeley (6) married Nicola, daughter of Thomas Bird. Baron John de
Bulkeley (7), of Houghton, married Arderne Fitley. Baron Hugh de Bulkeley (8) married Helen, daughter of Thomas Wilbraham. Baron Humphrey de Bulkeley (9) married Grisel Moulton. Baron William de Bulkeley (10), of Oakley, married Beatrice, daughter of Will- iam Hill. Baron Thomas de Bulkeley (II) married Elizabeth, daughter of Randelle Gros- venor. Rev. Edward de Bulkeley (12) was born at Ware, Shropshire, England. He was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge, April 6, 1560, and was curate of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, in 1565; prebend of Chester : prebend of Litchfield about 1580; rector of All Saints, Odell, in the Hundred of Willey, Bedfordshire, where he died and was succeeded by his eldest son Peter, mentioned below. He married Almark Irlby (or Islby), of Lincoln- shire.
(XIII) Rev. Peter Bulkeley, son of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, was born January 31, 1582-3, at Odell, Bedfordshire, England. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, at the age of sixteen, March 22, 1604-5; fellow 1608, with M. A. degree, and "said, but on doubtful authority, to have proceeded Bachelor of Divin- ity." He succeeded his father as rector of Odell. He was known to be a non-conformist, but "the Lord Keeper Williams, formerly his diocesan, and his personal friend, desired to deal gently with his non-conformity" and con- nived at it, as he had at his father's for twenty years, but when Loud became primate of Eng- land in 1633, Mr. Bulkeley was silenced and with no hope of reinstatement. He therefore sold his estate and sailed for New England in 1635, at the age of fifty-two, with his children, on the ship "Susan and Ellen." His wife Grace, aged thirty, was enrolled on the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," but it is probable that she sailed with her husband. There is a tradi- tion in the family that while on the voyage, the wife Grace apparently died. Unwilling to have her body buried at sea, the husband pleaded with the captain to keep it until they reached port. As no signs of decay appeared, he con- sented, and on the third day symptoms of vital- ity appeared, and before land was reached ani- mation was restored. Though carried from the ship an invalid she recovered and lived to a good old age. Rev. Peter Bulkeley settled first in Cambridge and the next year with twelve others began the settlement of Concord. Three years later he received a grant of three hun- dred acres of land at Cambridge. He was teacher of the church at Concord of which Rev. John Jones was pastor, and was installed
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pastor April 6, 1637. He is always spoken of at the first minister of Concord. He brought with him from England about six thousand pounds, most of which he spent for the good of the colony. He was a learned and pious man. He wrote several Latin poems, some of which Cotton Mather, in his "Magnalia," quotes, as a part of the sketch of his life. He also published a volume in London in 1646, entitled "The Gospel Covenant," made up of sermons preached at Concord, and an elegy on his friend, Rev. Hooker. He was among the first to instruct the Indians, and the singular immunity of Concord from Indian attack was largely credited, by tradition, to his sanctity and influence. He died at Concord, March 9, 1658-9. There is a large tablet to his memory near the open square at Concord. His will, dated April 14, 1658, with codicils of January 13 and February 26 following, was proved June 20, 1659. Before his death he gave many books to the library of Harvard College. He married first, about 1613, Jane, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington. She died at Odell, in 1626, and he married second, about 1634, Grace Chetwoode, born 1602, daughter of Sir Richard and Dorothy ( Needham) Chet- woode, of Odell. She died April 21, 1669, at New London, Connecticut, at the home of her son. Children of first wife, born in England : I. Edward, June 17, 1614; came to New Eng- land before his father; died January 2, 1696. 2. Mary, baptized August 24, 1615; died young. 3. Thomas, born April 11, 1617 ; mar- ried Sarah Jones; settled in Fairfield, Con- necticut. 4. Nathaniel, born November 29, 1618; died 1627. 5. Rev. John, born Febru- ary II, 1620; graduated at Harvard with the first class. 6. Mary, born November 1, 1621 ; died 1624. 7. George, born May 17, 1623. 8. Daniel, born August 28, 1625. 9. Jabez, born December 20, 1626; died young. 10. Joseph (probably), born 1619. 11. William, of Ips- wich, in 1648. 12. Richard. Children of sec- ond wife, born in New England : 13. Gershom, December 6, 1636; mentioned below. 14. Eliz- abeth, born probably 1638, married Rev. Joseph Emerson. 15. Dorothy, August 2, 1640. 16. Peter, August 12, 1643.
(XIV) Rev. Dr. Gershom Bulkeley, son of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, was born at Concord, De- cmber 6, 1636, and died December 2, 1713. He graduated at Harvard College in 1655, as a fellow of the college. In 1661 he became the minister of the Second Church at New London, Connecticut, and in 1666-7 removed to Wethersfield, where he was installed as i-27
pastor. In 1676 he asked for dismissal on account of impaired health, and he thereafter devoted himself to the practice of medicine and surgery, in which he achieved much success and reputation. He was an ardent student of chemistry and philosophy, and master of sev- eral languages, and was also an expert sur- veyor. During his pastorate in 1675 he was appointed surgeon to the Connecticut troops in King Philip's war, and placed on the council of war. The court gave orders to have him taken especial care of. At one time the party to which he was attached was attacked by a number of Indians near Wachusett Hill, Mass- achusetts, and in the fight he received a wound in the thigh. His monument in the Wethers- field cemetery says of him: "He was honor- able in his descent, of rare abilities, excellent in learning, master of many languages, exqui- site in his skill, in divinity, physic and law, and of a most exemplary and Christian life." His will was dated May 28, 1712, and proved December 7, 1713. He married, October 26, 1659, Sarah Chauncey, born at Ware, Eng- land, June 13, 1631, died June 3, 1699, daugh- ter of Rev. Charles Chauncey, president of Harvard College. Children : I. Catherine, born about 1660: married Richard Treat. 2. Dorothy, born about 1662; married, July 5, 1693, Lieutenant Thomas Treat; died 1757. 3. Dr. Charles, born about 1663. 4. Peter, married, March 21, 1700, Rachel Talcott ; lost at sea. 5. Edward, born 1672. 6. Rev. John, born 1679.
(XV) Rev. John Bulkeley, son of Rev. Ger- shom Bulkley, was born in Wethersfield, Con- necticut, in 1679. He graduated at Harvard College in 1699, and studied divinity. He was ordained as pastor of the church at Colchester, Connecticut, December 20, 1703. He took a high rank among clergymen of his time, and was regarded as a famous casuist and sage counsellor. The following anecdote in regard to him is well authenticated: "A church in the neighborhood had fallen into unhappy division and contentions which they were unable to adjust among themselves. They deputed one of their number to the venerable Bulkeley for his advice, with the request that he would send it to them in writing. It so happened that Mr. Bulkeley had a farm in the extreme part of the town, upon which he had located a tenant. In superscribing the two letters, the one for the church was by mistake directed to the tenant, and the one for the tenant to the church. The church was con- vened in order to hear the advice which was to
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settle all their disputes. The moderator read as follows: 'You will see to the repair of the fences, that they be built high and strong, and you will take special care of the old black bull.' This mystical advice puzzled the church very much at first, but an interpreter among the more discerning ones was soon found who said: 'Brethren, this is the very advice we most need ; the direction to repair the fences is to admonish us to take good heed in the ad- mission and government of our members; we must guard the church by our Master's laws, and keep strange cattle from the fold. And we must in a particular manner set a watchful guard over the devil, the old black bull, who has done so much harm of late.' All per- ceived the wisdom and fitness of Mr. Bulke- ley's advice, and resolved to be governed by it. The consequence was that all animosities sub- sided and harmony was restored to the afflicted church. What the subject of the letter received by the tenant was, we are not informed, and what good effect it had upon him the story does not tell."
Mr. Bulkeley was one of the largest land- owners in Colchester, and died intestate, and his estate was divided July 17, 1733. Among the property divided was a mill and the appur- tenances, a large amount of real estate, a negro man Cæsar, and a library. Mr. Bulkeley was the author of several volumes. He wrote "A Preface to R. Wolcott's Meditations;" an election sermon in 1713, entitled, "The Neces- sity of Religion in Societies." In 1724 he published an "Inquiry into the Right of the Aboriginal Natives to the Land in America." In 1729 he published "An Impartial account of the late Debate at Lyme, upon the follow- ing points: Whether it be the will of God that the Infants of Visible Believers should be baptized; Whether sprinkling be lawful and sufficient ; and whether the present way of maintaining ministers by a public rate or tax, be lawful." Dr. Chauncey thus writes con- cerning him : "Mr. John Bulkeley I have seen and conversed with, though so long ago that I formed my judgment of him from my own knowledge. Mr. Whittlesey, of Wallingford, Mr. Chauncey of Durham and others I could mention, ever spoke of him as a first rate genius ; and have often heard that Dummer and he, who were classmates in college, were accounted the greatest geniuses of that day. The preference was given to Dummer in regard of quickness, brilliancy and wit; to Bulkeley, in regard of solidity of judgment and strength of argument. Mr. Gershom
Bulkeley, father of John, I have heard men- tioned as a truly great man and eminent for his skill in chemistry; and the father of Ger- shom and grandfather of John, Mr. Peter Bulkeley, of Concord, was esteemed in his day as one of the greatest men in this part of the world. But by all that I have been able to collect, the Colchester Bulkeley surpassed his predecessors in the strength of his intellectual powers. Mr. Bulkeley was classed . by Rev. Dr. Chauncey in 1768, among the three most eminent for strength of genius and powers of mind, which New England had produced. The other two were Mr. Jeremiah Dummer and Mr. Thomas Walter."
Mr. Bulkeley married, in 1701, Patience, daughter of John and Sarah Prentice. Chil- dren: I. Sarah, born April 8, 1702; married (first) Jonathan Trumbull; (second) John Wells. 2. Daughter, born and died May 6, 1704. 3. John, born April 19, 1705; married (first) Mary Gardner, October 29, 1738; (second) April 16, 1751, Abigail Hastings. 4. Dorothy, born February 28, 1706. 5. Ger- shom, February 4, 1709; mentioned below. 6. Charles, December 26, 1710. 7. Peter, No- vember 21, 1712. 8. Patience, May 21, 1715. 9. Oliver, born July 29, 1717; died January I, 1779. 10. Lucy, born June 29, 1720. II. Irene (twin), born February 10, 1722; died February 20, 1722. 12. Joseph (twin), born February 10, 1722; died February 25, 1722.
(XVI) Gershom, son of Rev. John Bulke- ley, was born in Colchester, Connecticut, Feb- ruary 4, 1709. He was a prominent citizen there, and held many positions of trust and responsibility. He married, November 28, 1733, Abigail Robbins. Children: I. Sarah, born January 10, 1735; married, January 17, 1765, Josepli Isham 2. John, born August 23, 1738; mentioned below. 3. Joshua, born February 24, 1741; married, November 9, 1761, Lois Day. 4. Daniel, born May 13, 1744; married, August 16, 1764, Dorothy Olmsted. 5. Eunice, born May 14, 1747; married, May 25, 1767, Elishia Lord. 6. David, born July 18, 1749; married Hannah Beckwith. 7. Roger, born September 14, 1751 ; married Jerusha Root. 8. Ann, born May 11, 1758.
(XVII) John, son of Gershom Bulkeley, was born in Colchester, August 23, 1738. He married, January II, 1759, Judith Worthing- ton. Children : I. John, born October 7, 1759; married Theodora Foote. 2. William, born August 30, 1761 ; married Mary Cham- pion. 3. Gershom, born October 3, 1763;
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mentioned below. 4. Elijah, born January 29, 1766; married Pamelia Loomis. 5. Nabby, born December 30, 1769; married Roger Tainter. 6. Joshua Robbins, born November 2, 1771 ; married Sally Tainter. 7. Mary, born February 2, 1774; married Aaron Buckland. 8. Judith, born January 30, 1775 ; married Sol- omon Tainter. 9. Gurdon, born March 15, 1777; married (first) Fanny Wright; (sec- ond) Nancy Porter. 10. Gad, born February 20, 1779 ; married Orra Barstow. II. Lydia, born April 25, 1781 ; married (first) John Worthington; (second) Dr. William Mason. 12. Dan, born March 20, 1784; married Phebe Burnet. 13. Harriet, born January 22, 1787; married Samuel Moseley.
(XVIII) Gershom, son of John Bulkeley, was born in Colchester, October 3, 1763. He married Noble, widow, and removed to Williamstown, Massachusetts. Children : I. James, mentioned below. 2. George, law- yer, lived in Kinderhook, New York. 3. Will- iam, died in New York; one child, William, who lived in Dalton, Massachusetts, in 1790, with a family. 4. Gershom. 5. Harriet, died unmarried. 6. Judith, married Platt .Talcott, of Lanesborough. 7. Mary, died unmarried.
(XIX) James Bulkley (or Buckley) son of Gershom Bulkeley, was born probably at Will- iamstown, Massachusetts, about 1785-7. He lived in Catskill, Troy and Kinderhook, New York, and settled finally about 1821 in Lee, Massachusetts. He learned the trade of paper making and followed it in various mills of western Massachusetts and New York. He adopted the spelling Buckley, though others of the family for a generation or two also used it. Probably through the town clerk's error the name is spelled Buckland in the birth records of Lee, but is Buckley in the marriage records. He had the births of all his children recorded at Lee, with the places of birth indicated. He married Clarissa Bell. He died at Lee. Chil- dren: I. Hiram, born November 27, 1807, at Catskill ; has children living in Troy. 2. Jane Anne, born September 27, 1809, at Troy. 3 Lucius G., born June 28, 1811, at Kinderhook. 4. William, born July 2, 1813, at Kinderhook. 5. Abigail, July 24, 1815, at Kinderhook. 6. John, November 20, 1817, in Kinderhook. 7. George Chittington, April 27, 1821, in Kin- derhook ; mentioned below. 8. Martha, April 9, 1822; married at Lee, December 11, 1845, Reuben O. Brown. 9. Ann, born about 1824; married, June 24, 1846, at Lee, Nathan Allen.
(XX) George Chittington, son of James Buckley, was born in Kinderhook, New York,
April 27, 1821. He removed with his father and the family to Lee, Massachusetts, when he was about three years old, and was educated there in the public schools. He learned his father's trade as paper-maker. When a young man he removed to Kingston, New York, where he followed the hatter's trade. He returned to Lee in 1849 and lived there, where he followed paper-making the remainder of his life. He was a Whig in politics, in reli- gion a liberal. He died October 31, 1890. He married Julia, daughter of Lawrence Keefer and Hannah (Von Steinberg) Felter, of Kingston. Her father was an iron worker by trade. Children, born at Kingston : 1. James Collier, July 4, 1848, mentioned below. 2. Icedor, September 1, 1845. 3. George C. Jr., May 20, 1852. 4. Clara H., February 2, 1856. 5 Frank E., December 5, 1861. 6. Fred E., May 24, 1863.
(XXI) James C., son of George Chitting- ton Buckley, was born at Kingston, New York, July 4, 1848. His parents moved to Lee when he was two years old, and he was edu- cated there in the public schools. At the age of thirteen he left the high school after one year's study, and became office boy of the Holyoke Paper Company at Holyoke. Four years later he left this concern to become bookkeeper for White, Corbin & Company, of Rockville, Connecticut. After a time he returned to Holyoke as stock clerk for the Whiting Paper Company. Subsequently he was for three years receiving clerk for the Connecticut River railroad at Holyoke, and for three years clerk in the general freight office of the Boston & Albany railroad at Springfield, Massachusetts, and bookkeeper one year for the Chester Emery Company. From 1872 to 1881 he was bookkeeper and paymaster of the Gaylord Manufacturing Company of Chicopee. He was for two years bookkeeper and paymaster of the Florence Sewing Machine Company, and bookkeeper two years for the Worthington Paper Com- pany of Holyoke, Massachusetts. From 1886 to 1898 he was paymaster and resident busi- ness manager of the Ames Manufacturing Company. From 1898 to 1906 he conducted an iron and bronze statuary foundry on his own account at Chicopee. He sold this busi- ness to the Spaldings. Since 1906 Mr. Buck- ley has been city clerk and treasurer of Chico- pee. He was a candidate for the office of town clerk in 1883 against John White. The city was incorporated in 1890. In politics, he is a Republican. He is a prominent Free Mason,
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a member of Chicopee Lodge; of Chicopee Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Chicopee Falls ; of Springfield Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Springfield, Massa- chusetts ; of Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar, of Springfield; of Massachusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree; and Melha Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Springfield.
He married, July 4, 1870, Roxana M. Dor- man, born October 17, 1848, daughter of Amos and Ann (Nugent) Dorman, who died June 24, 1909.
This name undoubtedly originated LONG in a person tall of stature. An account of its origin in England, which may be regarded as more or less authen- tic, asserts that one of the family of Preux, who was an attendant on the Lord Treasurer of Hungerford, acquired the sobriquet of Long Henry on account of his great height. Having married a lady of quality he adopted the prefix as a surname, transferring the appel- lation to Henry Long. thus becoming the founder of the Longs of Wiltshire. The name is also to be found in Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and is known to have existed in the reign of Edward I. Long is also a component syllable of many other surnames, such as Longfellow, Long- worth, Longstreet, Longchamp, Longacre, Longyear, Budlong, etc. Several Americans of this name have won national distinction, including the Hon. John Davis Long, ex-sec- retary of the navy.
(I) James Long, an early settler in North Carolina, was a resident of Perquimans pre- cinct, Albermarle county, at the time of his death, in 1682, and his will mentions sons James, Thomas and Giles.
(II) James (2), son of James (1) Long, died in Tyrrell county, North Carolina, No- vember 15, 1711. From his will we learn that the Christian name of his wife was Elizabeth, and that he had sons James, Thomas and John, and daughters Mary and Elizabeth. He was a man of prominence in the administrative affairs of the colony, and a member of the house of burgesses.
(III) James (3), son of James (2) and Elizabeth Long, was of Chowan, Tyrrell county, and died there September 1, 1734. His will, which was probated at the April term of court in the following year, mentions eldest son James, second son Giles, brother Thomas, John, Andrew, son Joshua and daughter Eliz- abeth.
(IV) Giles, second son of James (3) Long, died in 1782, leaving a son Miles. (N. B.). The "North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register" fails to mention any other child of Giles Long.
(V) Miles, son of Giles Long, came from North Carolina, and lived in Plymouth, Mass- achusetts. He married, in Plymouth, in 1770, Thank ful Clark, born 1750, and lived in Ply- mouth. She survived him, and afterward mar- ried Ezra Holmes. Children of Miles and Thankful (Clark) Long: I. Thomas, born August, 1771. 2. Betsey, married John Clark.
Thankful Clark, wife of Miles Long, was a daughter of Israel Clark, born 1720, lived in Plymouth, who married Deborah Pope, of Sandwich. Israel Clark was son of Josiah Clark, born 1690, lived in Plymouth, and married Thankful Tupper. Josiah Clark, son of Thomas Clark, was born and lived in Plymouth, and was called "Silver-headed Thomas," because, having been scalped by the Indians when a boy, he wore a silver plate; married Elizabeth Crow. Thomas Clark was son of James Clark, born in Plymouth, in 1536; married, 1557, Abigail Lothrop, who was born 1659, daughter of Rev. John Loth- rop, who came over in the "Griffin," in 1635, and was the first minister in Barnstable, where his house still stands and is used as a public library. James Clark was a son of Thomas Clark, the Pilgrim, who came to Plymouth in the "Ann," in 1623. He lived in Plymouth, where he married Susannah Ring, and his gravestone still stands on Burial Hill, Ply- mouth.
(VI) Thomas, son of Miles and Thankful (Clark) Long, was born in Plymouth, Massa- chusetts, in 1771, and died in Buckfield, Ox- ford county, Maine, in 1861. He lived in Ply- mouth and Middleboro, Massachusetts, and removed from Middleboro to Buckfield in 1806. He married, November 8, 1795, Bath- sheba Churchill, born May 26, 1766, died in Buckfield, July 27, 1853. Children : I. Betsey, born about 1796; married Isaac Ellis. 2. Thomas, born about 1798. 3. Zadoc, born July 28, 1800. 4. Sally, born about 1802; married Lucius Loring. 5. George Washington ; died in infancy. 6. Bathsheba, married Isaac Bearse. 7. Harriet, died in infancy. 8. Miles, married Ann Bridgham. 9. Thankful, died in infancy. 10. Washington, born about 181I. II. Harriet. 12. Thankful C., married Will- iam W. Bacon.
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