Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 103

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008


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(VIII) Albert, son of Loring Briggs, was born at Erving, April 1, 1838. He worked on his father's farm and in later years in the mills at Montague and Erving. He was a member of Orange Lodge of Free Masons. In politics he was Democrat. He married, in Northfield, December 25, 1860, Sarah L. Brown, born at Erving, daughter of Joseph Brown. Children: 1. James Herbert, born at Montague, September 29, 1861, married, in Florence, Massachusetts, June 12, 1901, Emma B. Grillow, born at Gilsum, New Hampshire, July 18, 1865; child, Edward Deane, born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, December 30, 1904. 2. Frank Eugene, born February 3, 1869, men- tioned below.


(IX) Frank Eugene, son of Albert Briggs, was born at Erving, February 3, 1869. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town and at Eastman Business Col- lege at Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was graduated May 18, 1886. He came to Turner's Falls in 1886 as clerk in J. A. Darl- ing's drug store where he worked until March I, 1895, when he was appointed postmaster, an office he has since filled to the satisfaction of the government and people alike. He is a member of Mechanics Lodge of Free Masons ; of Royal Arch Masons; of Connecticut Valley Commandery, Knights Templar, and of Titus Strong Council, Royal and Select Masters ; also of the Foresters of America and of the Peskeompskut Club. In politics he is a Re- publican of considerable influence and stand- ing. He is a member of the Unitarian church at Turner's Falls. He married, January 2, 1895, Grace G. Buswell, born February 18, 1875, daughter of Clarence L. Buswell, of Turner's Falls, hotel chef, and Ella L. ( Hun- toon) Buswell. She has two sisters, Gussie L. and Mildred L. Buswell. Children, born at Turner's Falls: I. Dorothy Madelon, born November 1, 1895. 2. Joseph Loring, No- vember 19, 1903.


(1) Peter Brown, an ancestor of Frank Eugene Briggs, was born May 31, 1753. He married, August 9, 1775, Sarah Burdette, who died in 1844. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion and in his later years a pensioner. He


died at Wilna, New York, in 1844. Children : I. Sarah, born December 3, 1776. 2. Sibil, February 14, 1779. 3. Peter Jr., September 24, 1781. 4. Mary, March 2, 1784. 5. Ruth, April 27, 1788. 6. Joseph, November 16, 1790, mentioned below. 7. Asa, August 8, I793. 8. Climena, September 18, 1796. 9. Obed, December 8, 1800.


(2) Joseph Brown, son of Peter Brown, was born November 16, 1790. He married Polly Tubbs Tolles, born April 20, 1798, daughter of Jarad and Diadamia (Mack) Tolles, granddaughter of Jarad Tolles. Her father was born May 5, 1775, died September 15, 1818, her mother born August 23, 1778, died September 24, 1849; their children: i. Polly Tubbs Tolles, born April 20, 1798; ii. Stephen Tolles, March 3, 1801 ; iii. Lucinda Tolles, December 6, 1802, died September 8, 1803, same day as Stephen ; iv. Stephen Tolles, September 25, 1804: v. Moses Tolles, Decem- ber 19, 1806; vi. Jarad Tolles 3d., August 26, 1808, died November 26, 1847; vii. Jimmy Tolles, August 25, 1810; viii. Daniel Tolles, November 24, 1812; ix. David Tolles, Decem- ber 9, 1816. Children of Joseph and Polly Tubbs ( Tolles) Brown: I. Diadamia Mack, born July 15, 1816. 2. Obadiah, January 25, 1819. 3. Orange G., April 28, 1821. 4.


Nancy N., January 26, 1823. 5. James H., June 15, 1829. 6. Sarah L., September 29, 1839, married, December 25, 1860, Albert Briggs. (See Briggs family).


WILLARD The surname Willard was in use as a personal name from ancient times. Earlier than its use as a surname it was also a local or place name, in England. The ancient coat-of-arms used by many branches of the family: Argent a chevron sable between three fish weels proper five ermine spots. Crest : A griffin's head erased or. Motto : Quadet patientia duris.


(I) Richard Willard, to whom the line is traced, grandfather of the American immi- grant, was a yeoman at Brenchley, England, where he died leaving a will dated September 18. 1558, proved October 24, 1658. Children : Robert, Alexander, George, Richard, men- tioned below, Andrew, Symon, Thomas, Will- iam, Alice, Agnes.


(II) Richard (2), son of Richard ( I) Wil- lard, resided at Horsmonden, county Kent, England. He married (first ) Catherine who was buried March 11, 1559. He married (second) Margery --- , who died December 12, 1608. He married (third) January 17,


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1610, Joan Morebread, who was buried Febru- ary 25, 1617. His will mentioned children George, Mary, Elizabeth, Margery, Catherine, Richard ; brother Thomas Willard; brother- in-law, Thomas Humphrey ; son Symon; and sister-in-law, Mary Davy. Children: I. Rich- ard, died young. 2. Thomas, baptized May 6, 1593, buried January 15, 1608. 3. Edward, baptized March 22, 1611-12, buried April 16, 1612. 4. John, baptized March 3, 1612-13, buried June 20, 1613. 6. George. 7. George. 8. Mary. 9. Elizabeth. IO. Margery, mar- ried Dolor Davis. II. Catherine, baptized August 30, 1607. 12. Richard. 13. Simon, mentioned below.


(III) Major Simon, son of Richard (2) Willard, was the immigrant ancestor, born at Horsmonden, Kent, England, in 1605, and bap- tized December 14, 1614. He was a soldier in Kent when a young man. He came to New England in 1634 in April, on the same ship with Dolor Davis, his brother-in-law. He was a merchant and began to trade with the Indians as soon as he was fairly established at Cambridge. Davis, who is the progenitor of many distinguished Massachusetts families, settled on the farm adjoining, on the Brighton side of the Charles river. Willard acquired a thousand acres, bounded by the farm of Davis, Charles river and the Boston town line. He had many grants of land from time to time. He was one of the founders and first settlers of Concord and was the first deputy to the general court elected December, 1636, serving every year after that until 1664, excepting 1643-47-48, and was elected but declined to serve in the year 1654. He was a member of the council fifteen years and for twenty-two years an assistant. He was given a patent by the general court in 1641 for trading with the Indians and collecting tribute from them. He was appointed magistrate and during his life attended between seventy and eighty terms of the county court, his first term beginning No- vember 28, 1654, his last, April 4, 1676. For forty years he was active in military life. He rose to the rank of major and commanded the provincial troops against the Indians. Both in military and civil life he became one of the most famous men of the province. He led the expedition against the Narragansetts in 1655, and was at Brookfield and Hadley in King Philip's war, leading the Middlesex regiment. The town of Lancaster invited him by a per- sonal letter dated February 7, 1658-59, to make his home in that town, promising lands and. privileges. He decided to locate in Lancaster,


and sold out his Concord estate to Captain Thomas Marshall, of Lynn, in 1659. His first home in Lancaster was near the opening of the present Centre road, bounded on two sides by the Nashua river, and com- manding a superb view of the valley and surrounding country. He lived there. twelve years, and in 1670-71 removed to the large farm in the south part of Gro- ton, where in 1671-72 he served as chair- man of the committee to seat the meeting- house. In 1673 he was chairman of the Groton selectmen. He had a fine farm at Still River, now Harvard, and doubtless moved to Groton in order to be nearer his property. He left Lancaster, enjoying peace and good order, though King Philip's war was soon to devas- tate the country. In civil life Major Willard was a surveyor and was often called upon to fix town boundaries. He died of influenza, an epidemic of which occurred in 1676. He was one of the most conspicuous and honored men of his day, and he died at the close of King Philip's war after reaping his greatest triumphs, April 24, 1676. He was a stalwart Puritan, conscientious and of sound under- standing, of brave and enduring spirit. He had wealth as well as honor, bringing to this country an ample patrimony, giving large amounts of land to his children and leaving thirteen hundred acres besides other property at his death. Yet his widow petitioned the general court for reimbursement for losses occasioned by the Indian wars, stating that the major often said he had lost a thousand pounds in this way. The court answered this petition by a grant of a thousand acres to be divided among the six youngest children. He was buried April 27, 1676, and the inventory of his estate was filed later by his widow. He married (first) Mary Sharpe, born 1614, at Horsmonden, daughter of Henry and Jane (Filed) Sharpe. He married (second) Eliz- abeth Dunster, sister of Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard College. He married (third) Mary, sister of Elizabeth Dunster. His widow married Deacon Joseph Noyes, of Sudbury. His children were by the first and third wives. Children : I. Mary, married Joshua Edmunds. 2. Elizabeth, died young. 3. Elizabeth, married Robert Blood, of Con- cord, April 8, 1653, and died August 29, 1690. 4. Dorothy, died young. 5. Josiah, married Hannah Hosmer. Children, born in Concord : 6. Samuel, born January 31, 1639-40, graduate of Harvard, 1659; married Abigail Sherman, daughter of Rev. John Sherman. 7. Sarah,


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June 27, 1642, married Nathaniel Howard. 8. Abovehope, October 30, 1646, died at Lan- caster, December 23, 1663. 9. Simon, Novem- ber 23, 1649, married Martha Jacobs; ( sec- ond) Priscilla Buttolph; prominent man of Salem. 10. Mary, September 7, 1653, married Cyprian Stevens. II. Henry June 4, 1655,


mentioned below. 12. John, February 12, 1656-57, married Mary Hayward. 13. Dan- iel, December 29, 1658, married Hannah Cut- ler. Children born at Lancaster: 14. Joseph, January 4, 1660-61, resided in London, Eng- land. 15. Benjamin, 1665, married Sarah Lakin. 16. Hannah, October 6, 1666, married Captain Thomas Brintnall, May 23, 1693, and lived in Sudbury. 17. Jonathan, December 14, 1669, married Mary Browne, daughter of Major Thomas and Patience Browne, of Sud- bury.


(IV) Henry, son of Major Simon Willard, was born in Concord, June 4, 1655. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. He was a farmer and left considerable estate at Groton and Lan- caster. He married (first) Mary Lakin, of Groton, who died 1688. He married, in 1689, Dorcas Cutler. He died in 1701 and his widow married (second) Benjamin Bellows. Chil- dren, born at Groton: I. Henry, April II, 1675, married Sarah Nutting and (second) Abigail Temple. 2. Simon, October 8, 1678, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born 1680, mar- ried Isaac Hunt. 4. John, September 3, 1682, married Anne Hill. 5. Sarah, married Sam- uel Rogers. 6. Abigail, died unmarried. 7. Susanna, married, March 19, 1723-24, John Moore. 8. Tabitha, died unmarried. Chil- dren born at Lancaster: 9. Hezekiah, mar- ried, about 1712, Anna Wilder, daughter of Thomas; was first selectman of Harvard, 1733-38. 10. Joseph, born about 1686, mar- ried Elizabeth Tarbell. Children of wife Dor- cas: II. Samuel, born May 31, 1690, married, August 19, 1717, Elizabeth Phelps, daughter of Edward and Ruth; had the homestead of Major Simon and it has remained in the family of descendants to the present time ; was deputy to the general court; judge of county court ; commanded colonial regiment at Louisburg ; died November, 1752. 12. James, married Hannah Houghton. 13. Josiah, born 1693. 14. Jonathan, born 1695, married, August 17, 1719, Keziah White.


(V) Simon (2), son of Henry Willard, was born October 8, 1678, and died there in 1706. He married, at Lancaster, in 1700, Mary Whit- comb, of a leading family of that town. Chil- dren, born at Lancaster : I. Aaron, 1701, men-


tioned below. 2. Moses, 1702, settled in Lunenburg. 3. Eunice, married Joseph Daby. 4. Alice, married Jonathan Whitney. 5. Miriam.


(VI) Colonel Aaron, son of Simon (2) Willard, was born in Lancaster in 1701. He became one of the most prominent citizens of Worcester county, holding various civil and military offices. He was captain of the Lan- caster company in the French and Indian war and was engaged for nine months in the reduc- tion of Canada in 1758 under Colonel Oliver Partridge. He had a company of eighty Lan- caster men in 1759 under General Ruggles; in 1761 he was at Crown Point. Afterward he was colonel of a Worcester county regiment. He married (first) December 16, 1724, Mary Wright, at Lancaster, born 1703-04, died June 3, 1764. He married (second ) (intentions dated December 22, 1766) Mary Brackett, who died April 27, 1767, aged sixty-three years, two months and eight days. "Captain" Aaron died May 12, 1784, aged eighty-four, according to the Lancaster records. Children, born at Lancaster, by first wife: I. Aaron, September 10, 1725, officer in the French and Indian wars, served in the revolution. 2. Simon, September 29, 1727. 3. Mary, Janu- ary 21, 1729-30. 4. Nathaniel, February 28, 1731-32. 5. John, born September 22, 1734. 6. Peter, born February 26, 1736, mentioned below. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Dorothy, March I, 1742. 9. Wright, February 20, 1745-46, died March 28, 1754.


(VII) Peter, son of Colonel Aaron Wil- lard, was born at Lancaster, February 26, 1736. He removed from Lancaster to the adjacent town of Ashburnham, Worcester county, in 1778, but went to Vermont before 1787. He settled in Dummerston, Vermont, where a number of other Worcester county families located. Children, baptized in the First Church of Lancaster: I. Molly, baptized September 16, 1770, died July 5, 1771, at Lan- caster. 2. Child, died at Lancaster, May 19, 1769. 3. Child, died at Lancaster, March 29, 1774. 4. Betty. 5. Peter, baptized June 20, 1776, mentioned below. 6. Joel, baptized August 7, 1779, died January 9, 1781. Per- haps others.


(VIII) Peter (2), son of Peter (I) Wil- lard, was baptized at Lancaster, June 20, 1776. He went to Dummerston, Vermont, with his father's family, and was a farmer there. He married and among their children was Joel F., born 1817, mentioned below.


(IX) Joel F., son of Peter (2) Willard,


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was born in Dummerston, Vermont, May 30, 1817, died July 16, 1895. He was educated there in the district schools and learned the trade of carpenter. In addition to farming he was in business as a carpenter and builder at Brattleboro, Vermont, many years. He mar- ried, at Chatham Four Corners, September 14, 1845, Mary Ellen Smith, born at Kinderhook, New York, October 14, 1826, died February 4. 1909, daughter of John Smith. Children : I. Lucina, born June 12, 1848, married Hosea A. Jones. 2. Oscar J., January 14, 1850. 3. Freddie, November 3, 1851, died October 1. 1852. 4. Charles E., June 15, 1853. 5. Nellie E., February 28, 1855, married George W. Bruse. 6. Albert Romanzo, Nov- ember 29, 1856.


(X) Albert Romanzo, son of Joel F. Wil- lard, was born in Brattleborough, Vermont, November 29, 1856, and was educated there in the public schools. He began to learn the carpenter's trade, but after one year devoted his attention to cabinet-making in a furniture factory continuing for the next six years, and was foreman of the department making bed- steads for two years of that period. In 1877 he left the furniture business to engage in building railroad bridges. Afterwards for two years he was employed in the factory of the Estey Organ Company, setting up machin- ery and pipe-fitting. In 1881 he became gen- eral mechanic for the Springfield gas works; in 1890 he was appointed suprintendent of the Greenfield Gas Light Company. At the end of eight years was made treasurer of the affairs of this corporation and after fourteen years faithful service, retired on account of ill health. Since 1905 he has been living quietly at his home in Greenfield. During the twelve years preceding his retirement he was also engaged in the business of laying tar and con- crete walks. He is a Republican in politics and a Universalist in religion. He is a mem- ber of Republican Lodge of Free Masons; of the Masonic Club and is charter member of the Sportsmen's Club. He married, November 18, 1879. Jennie M. Chase, born January 6, 1857, daughter of Captain Henry Stuart and Martha P. ( Ward) Chase, of Guilford, Vermont, where he was superintendent of schools in Guilford for a number of years. Her mother was the daughter of Henry Ward. Children of Captain Henry Stuart and Martha P. ( Ward) Chase: i. Henry R. Chase, a prom- inent citizen, thirty-third degree Mason; ii. Albert F .: iii. Eliza P. Chase; iv. Elizabeth Chase, died aged five years ; v. Mary E. Chase ;


vi. Etta E. Chase ; vii. Jennie M. Chase. Child of Albert R. and Jennie M. (Chase) Willard : Ethel Blanche, born July 27, 1880, married, September 16, 1904, George E. Thorniley, and they have one child, Ethel Willard, born Aug- ust 18, 1907.


FIELD This name is a very ancient one, and can be traced back to the conquest of England by William


the Norman. Probably not a dozen families in England can prove so great an antiquity. The name is one of those derived from local- ity. Burke states that this family was origi- nally in Alsace (then part of French now of German territory ), seated at the Chateau de la Feld (of the field), near Colmar (German, Kolmar ), from the darkest of the middle ages. Hubertus de la Feld was the first of the line that emigrated to England, and in 1069 was enrolled as the owner of lands by gift of the Conqueror, as compensation for military ser- vice, in the county of Lancaster. He was one of the Counts de la Feld, of Colmar. In the fourteenth century, because of the wars with France, the French prefixes were dropped, and the name thereafter written Field.


(I) Roger del Feld, born in Sowerby, Eng- land, about 1240, was a descendant of Sir Hubertus, and head of the family which set- tled in Lancashire and Kent counties.


(II) Thomas, son of Roger, was born about 1278, in Sowerby, and was a jeweler there in 1307.


(III) John, son of Thomas, was born in 1300, in Sowerby, and had land there in 1336. (IV) Thomas (2), son of John, was born in 1330, in Sowerby, and was constable there in 1365, and greave in 1370, and also filled other public offices. His wife's name was Annabelle.


(V) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Annabelle Feld, was born in 1360, and willed lands to his wife, Isabel, in the territory of Bradford. He died in 1429, at his residence in Bradford.


(VI) William, son of Thomas (3) and Isabel Feld, was born probably. in Bradford, and died in April, 1480, at Bradford. His wife, Katherine, was administratrix of his estate.


(VII) William (2), son of William (I) and Katherine Feld, was born in Bradford and lived in East Ardsley.


(VIII) Richard Felde, son of William (2) Feld, was born, probably, in East Ardsley, where he was a husbandman, and died De-


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cember, 1542. His wife, Elizabeth, was one of his executors.


(1X) John (2) Field, son of Richard and Elizabeth Felde, was born about 1535, at East Ardsley, and married, in 1560, Jane Amyas, daughter of John. She died August 30, 1609, and he died May, 1587. He was an eminent astronomer, and introduced into England, in 1557, the Copernican system, against the oppo- sition of scientists of his day , and in recogni- tion of this service to the science of astronomy a sphere was later added to and surmounted the family coat-of-arms.


(X) John (3), son of John (2) and Jane Field, was born about 1568, in Ardsley, and moved away before attaining his majority. Record of his death has not been found.


(XI) Zachariah Field, grandson of John (2) Field, the astronomer, American ancestor of the Field family, was born in 1596, at East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England. The Field fam- ily has usually taken the liberal side of relig- ious and political questions, and in 1629 Zach- ariah Field left England on account of the persecution of the dissenters, and landed in Boston, settling at Dorchester. In 1636 he was one of the Rev. Thomas Hooker's congrega- tion, which settled at Hartford, Connecticut. With the more liberal members of that church he removed to Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1659. He was engaged in mercantile busi- ness, and had a large trade with the Indians. He was one of the original twenty-five propri- etors of Hatfield, same colony, and was a mem- ber of the committee which laid out the lands. He received a grant of land there in 1661, and resided there until his death, June 30, 1666. He was married about 1641, and his wife Mary died about 1670. Their children were: Mary, Zachariah, John, Samuel and Joseph.


(XII) Captain Joseph, youngest son of Zachariah and Mary Field, was born about 1658, at Hartford, Connecticut. He went to Hatfield, Massachusetts, with his father, in 1663, and was one of forty signers to an agree- ment made April 13, 1714, to settle the town of Swampfield (now Sunderland), Massachu- setts; in 1720 he removed to Northfield, in the spring of 1726 sold out and removed to Northampton, Massachusetts, but the same year returned to Sunderland, in which place he died February 15, 1736. In the town rec- ords of the last-named place he is called Ser- geant Joseph Field. In 1673 the grant of Swampfield, at first a plantation, was made to the inhabitants of Hadley, Massachusetts, and they made a settlement soon after the


grant, but on the breaking out of King Philip's war they returned to their original homes, and many of the buildings were burned by the In- dians. The attempt to settle this tract of land was not repeated for forty years after the original division, and the clearings had become overgrown with brush; in one house a bass- wood tree about a foot in diameter had grown in the fire-place, and whatever buildings were left were in ruins. Captain Field married (first ) June 28, 1683, Joanna, daughter of John and Mary ( Bronson) Wyatt, of Sunderland, born in 1663, died March 23, 1722, and ( sec- ond) January 2, 1723, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Beardsley) Wells, widow of Stephen Belding, of Hatfield, born Septem- ber 8, 1664, died March 15, 1751, at North- field. He had eleven children, all by first wife : I. Mary, born July 18, 1684, married Ebenezer Bardwell. 2. Joanna, December 9, 1686, died August 30, 1689. 3. Joseph. 4. A daughter, March 15, 1691, died April 19, 1691. 5. Joanna, January 9, 1693, married Captain Thomas French, of Deerfield. 6. Lydia, June 26, 1695, married John Bliss, of Springfield. 7. Jonathan, October 13, 1697, married (first ) Mary Billing and ( second) Esther Smith. 8. Martha, October 19, 1699. 9. Abigail, Sep- tember 4. 1702, died January 10, 1721. 10. Israel, June 29, 1705, died July 16, 1705. II. Thankful, September 19, 1707, died October II, 1707.


(XIII) Deacon Joseph (2), eldest son of Captain Joseph (1) and Joanna (Wyatt) Field, was born June 9, 1689, at Hatfield, Massachusetts, died February 4, 1754, at Sun- derland. He removed to Sunderland in 1714, when that place was settled the second time. and the year following took his father's allot- ment, number 12, on the East side of the street, and occupied this residence until his death. He married, September 13, 1716, Mary, daugh- ter of Joseph and Canada ( Wait) Smith, born September 24, 1697, died March 9, 1767, and their children were: I. Elisha, born July 1. 1717, married Betty Pratt. 2. Mary, May 19, 1719, married Daniel Clark. 3. Abigail, Aug- ust II, 1721, married Samuel Field. 4. Joseph, December 8, 1723, married Ruth Parker. 5. Thankful, December 9, 1726, married Benja- min Graves. 6. Martha, February 27, 1729, married Hezekiah Belden. 7. Experience, April 10, 1732, married Elijah Clark. 8. Sarah, January 16, 1735, married Sergeant Simeon Lyman. 9. Jonathan. 10. Israel, born March 27, 1741.


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sons of Deacon Joseph (2) and Mary (Smith) Field, was born July 30, 1737, at Sunderland, Massachusetts, and settled in 1752 in Leverett, on Long Plain, where he was for many years deacon in the congregational church, and where he died May 21, 1814. He took part in the revolutionary war, from April 15 to November 16, 1778, being in Captain Hawks's company, during which time he took part in the unsuccessful attack made by General Aber- crombie on Fort Ticonderoga, July 8 of that year, in which eight thousand men were killed, wounded, or afterward missing. He was an active patriot at this time, and was one of the council of safety, whose business it was to see that the resolves of congress were carried out regarding the Tories and all inimical to the colonial cause. The Massachusetts records also show "Jonathan Field, Leverett, Private Captain Joseph Slarro's Company, Colonel Davis Wells' Regiment ; enlisted September 23, 1777, discharged October 18, 1777, service one month, one day, travel included, on expedi- tion to the Northwest." He married, in 1764, Elizabeth Cooley, of Sunderland, born in 1745, died May 7, 1838, and their children were: I. Paris, born September 16, 1765, married Cyn- thia Lee. 2. Clarinda, November 20, 1767, died unmarried, April 14, 1859. 3. Elihu, April 27, 1770, died September 27, 1780. 4. Marianna, April 22, 1772, died unmarried Sep- tember 19, 1842. 5. Silas, April 22, 1775, mar- ried Mary E. Woodbury. 6. Rebecca, April 22, 1778, died September 19, 1789. 7. Elisha, February 19, 1781, married Persis Hubbard. 8. Walter. 9. Elihu, May 24, 1790, died un- married July 20, 1862.




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