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(XV) Walter, fifth of the six sons of Dea- con Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cooley) Field, was born in March, 1788, in Leverett, Massa- chusetts. In 1813 he settled in Sunderland, and in 1834 removed to Hatfield, where he died, November 7, 1858. He married (first) April 13, 1813, Elizabeth Sprague, daughter of Ebenezer and Catherine (Dunn) Wiley, born in 1791, died October 21, 1832; and (second) at Albany, New York, Fannie Stebbins, widow of Jesse Woolcott, who died April 20, 1840, and whose remains are buried at Deerfield, Massachusetts. He had eight children, all by first wife, as follows: I. Horace Wiley. 2. Abner, born December 27, 1816, married Wealthy Putney. 3. Clarissa, January 4, 1818, died March 2, 1837. 4. Franklin, March 21, 1820, married. Alma Scott. 5. John Wiley, April 5, 1822, married Julia M. Warren. 6. Elizabeth, September 15, 1824, married Zac-
cheus Crocker. 7. William Walter, August 17, 1826, married Mrs. Sarah S. Trary. 8. Cath- erine, 1828.
(XVI) Deacon Horace Wiley, eldest son of Walter and Elizabeth Sprague (Wiley) Field, was born January 10, 1814, at Sunder- land, Massachusetts. He removed to Leverett, where he became a deacon in the Congrega- tional church, and died November 10, 1888. He was a man of prudence and foresight, and with the aid of his capable wife came to enjoy a fair degree of prosperity. He married, De- cember 31, 1839, Elizabeth Miranda, daughter of Justin and Abigail (Taylor) Hillman, of Conway, Massachusetts, born July 4, 1817, died at Hatfield, June 23, 1880. Her ances- try was: (I) John, who married Hannah Cottle, (II) John, (III) John, (IV) Lot, who married Lovey Luce, and (V) Justin, who married Abigail Taylor, and had ten children, one of them being Elizabeth Miranda, another Jerome E., who lived in Williamsburg at the time of the Mill river flood, in 1874, at which time he displayed such bravery that he was given two medals for the many lives he saved ; his wife was drowned in the disaster and his home destroyed. Horace Wiley and Eliza- beth M. (Hillman) Field had two sons, Edwin Wiley, born January 29, 1841, married Sarah Hall ; and Henry Hillman.
(XVII) Henry Hillman, younger son of Horace Wiley and Elizabeth M. (Hillman) Field, was born October 8, 1843, at Hatfield, Massachusetts, and now (1909) resides at Northampton, Massachusetts. He enlisted August 18, 1862, in Company H, Thirty-sev- enth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and took part in over twenty skirmishes and bat- tles, among them the following: Fredericks- burg, Virginia, December 1I, 1862; Salem Heights, Massey's Hill, May 3, 1863; Gettys- burg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863; Mine Run, Virginia, November 30, 1863; Wilderness, May 5, 1864: Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864; Cold Harbor, May, 1864; Peters- burg, June, 1864: Fort Stevens, July 12, 1864; Charleston, Virginia, August 21, 1864: Win- chester, Virginia, September 19, 1864, where out of the four hundred men that went into the battle with the regiment ninety-four were killed or wounded ; Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865 ; Hatcher's Run, February 5, 1865, and Petersburg, April 2, 1865. In July, 1863, the regiment was sent to New York to assist in quelling the draft riots; they were mustered out at Washington, June 21, 1865, where Mr. Field was honorably discharged with rank of
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corporal. He marricd, June 7, 1866, Marictte, daughter of Abner B. and Mercy C. (Clark) Wade, born December 5, 1841, and they had four children, as given below : I. Horace Wiley. 2. Carrie Clark, born September 26, 1869. 3. Myra Josephine, March 19, 1871, married, October 2, 1894, Charles Edward Warner, of Hatfield, Massachusetts, and has three children, Harold, born July 9, 1895, died May 1, 1896; Donald Fitch, September 27, 1899 ; and Dorothy, September 27, 1899, twins. 4. Edgar Henry, March 31, 1873, married Jessie M. Ingraham.
(XVIII) Horace Wiley (2), eldest son of Henry Hillman and Mariette ( Wade) Field, was born April 21, 1868, at Hatfield, Massa- chusetts, and was reared on his father's farm ; he attended the public schools of his native town, and finished his education by a course at the Smith Academy. When eighteen years of age his ambition led him to leave home, and he became employed at Northampton, Massachu- setts, as gardener and supervisor of the grounds of the Burnham school ; his next em- ployer was Miss Bessie F. Capen, whose name will be found elsewhere in this work, and he held this position until 1894. He took great interest in his work, and by his economy and thrift was able to save money for a start in a business venture himself, being helped in this direction by his philanthropic employer, at whose beautiful place he opened his first nursery. He has always made a study of his art, with the result that he has the best florist shop in that part of the state. He cultivates a large quantity of roses, violets, carnations, chrysanthemums, all kinds of palms and ferns, and a smaller quantity of orchids and flowers of a likc nature, being always prepared to furnish decorations for special functions, and catering to a high class of trade, including numbers of college students. His first green- house measured ten by twenty-four fcet, which was built by Miss Capen and later occupied by Mr. Field, and by degrees his business has grown to such an extent that his cight green- houses cover fifty-five thousand square feet, he employs thirteen helpers, many of them specialists in their line, and in summer requires a number of extra men. His office was for- merly located in half a storc, the other half being a lunch room, but he now occupies this himself, and his greenhouses arc conducted under the management of M. L. Graves. He is considered one of the responsible and repre- sentative business men of Northampton, as well as one of the most successful. He is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Sons of the American Revolution. He married (first) October 2, 1890, Clara Hines, who died December 2, 1894, at the birth of her first child, Rachel Hines Field. He married ( second) Mabel Gertrude, daughter of M. L. Graves, June 18, 1896, and they have two children: Harold, born August 31, 1904, and Katherine, March 12, 1908.
CRITTENDEN Abraham Crittenden, immi- grant ancestor, is said to have come from county Kent, England, and to have been a neighbor of William Crittenden, whose widow he after- wards married. He was one of the first settlers of Guilford, Connecticut, and was probably about twenty-eight or nine years old at the time he came there. He was appointed "over- seer of the mill bay dams or floodgates" April 30, 1646, in 1651 was chosen assessor, and was townsman in 1653. He married (first) in England Mary -, who died in 1664. He married (second) May 31, 1665, Widow Jo- anna Crittenden, who died August 16, 1668. He died in January, 1683, aged about seventy- three years. Children, all by first wife: I. Mary, born about 1632, died September II, 1669; married Deacon George Bartlett, Sep- tember 14, 1650. 2. Abraham, born about, 1635, mentioned below. 3. Thomas, born about 1637, died February 8, 1698. 4. Eliza- beth, born about 1639, married (first) 1670, Captain John Graves; (second) John Sperry ; (third) Benjamin Bennett or Burnett. Isaac, born about 1643, died July 13, 1685. 6. Hannah, married George Hiland, 1665. 7. Deborah, married Hatch, and died April 20, 1658.
(II) Abraham (2), son of Abraham (I) Crittenden, was born about 1635, and was a farmer of Guilford. He married, May 13, 1661, Susannah Greigson, who died September 8, 1712, daughter of Thomas Greigson. Chil- dren : 1. Abraham, born March 8, 1662, died May 14, 1725. 2. Sarah, August 21, 1665, died October, 1692 ; married Thomas Robinson, Jr., October 3, 1686. 3. Thomas, January 31, 1667-68, dicd September 14, 1754. 4. John, August 15, 1671, mentioned below. 5. Joseph, April 9, 1674, dicd February 6, 1753.
(III) John, son of Abraham (2) Critten- den, was born at Guilford, August 15, 1671, dlicd May 16, 1751. He married, May 6, 1703, Bathsheba Johnson, who died April 25, 1752, daughter of Isaac Johnson. Children : I.
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Elizabeth, born February 3, 1704, died August 31, 1787; married, June 17, 1730, Ebenezer Hall. 2. Bathsheba, October 8, 1705, died August 9, 1751 ; married, March 1, 1730, John Chittenden. 3. Rachel, October 24, 1707, died September 22, 1751. 4. John, May 2, 1710, died June 18, 1784; married, June 4, 1734, Lucy Lee. 5. Mary, May 23, 1713, died Feb- ruary 22, 1795 ; married, June 23, 1742, Joseph Hall. 6. David, December 3, 1716, died Sep- tember 30. 1770; married, October 20, 1742, Elizabeth Stone. 7. Isaac, April 3, 1720, men- tioned below.
(IV) Isaac, son of John Crittenden, was born April 3, 1720. He removed to Ashfield, Massachusetts, and married, January 25, 1743, Lucy Benton, who died January 13, 1796, daughter of Darius Benton. Children : I. Simeon Crittenden, mentioned below. 2. Amos, lived at Hawley ; was a soldier in the revolutionary war. And others.
(V) Simeon, son of Isaac Crittenden, was born in Ashfield, or vicinity, January 28, 1762. He settled at Hallockville, Hawley, Massachu- setts. a village adjoining Plainfield. He mar- ried Lucretia Chilson, born January 21, 1767. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain Oliver Shattuck's company, Lieutenant Barnabas Sears's regiment from August 12, to November 8, 1781, three months and two days. Afterward he was captain of the Plainfield Artillery Company. The roll was dated at Deerfield. Children, born at Hawley: I. Persis, November 7, 1790. 2. David, September 2, 1791, an active business man, owned a sawmill and gristmill at Charle- mont, Massachusetts. 3. Simeon, May 7, 1796, mentioned below. 4. Lucretia, October 8,
1797.
(VI) Simeon (2), son of Simeon (1) Crit- tenden, was born at Hawley, May 7, 1796. He married, December 21, 1826, Esther Lathrop, daughter of Zephaniah Lathrop. He settled in Hawley in the part known as Bosrah. He was a farmer and a prominent citizen of Hawley. For many years he was deacon of the Congregational church. He held many offices of trust and honor; served for many years on the school committee and was dele- gate to the constitutional convention in 1853. He died January 1, 1867 ; his wife July 1, 1851. Children, born in Hawley: 1. George Denison, August 30, 1827, mentioned below. 2. Lu- cretia, September 20, 1829. 3. Olive S., June 6, 1831, resided in Charlemont ; married Cal- vin E. Cooley. 4. Caroline H., February 21, 1833. 5. Rebecca S., March 5, 1835, lived on
the homestead. 6. Charles, January 1, 1837, lived on the homestead, died July 4, 1905.
(VII) George Denison, son of Simeon (2) Crittenden, was born in Hawley, August 30, 1827. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Grove Academy. During his boyhood he worked on his father's farm. After he came of age he taught school two years. In 1850 he engaged in the lumber business. He conducted lumbering operations in the forest sections of New York state, Ver- mont and New Hampshire, on a large scale and was very successful. He continued in business for a period of fifty-eight years. He came to Buckland, Massachusetts, from Haw- ley, and made his home there until 1902. Since then he has resided at Shelburne Falls, Massa- chusetts. Mr. Crittenden began in early life to take an active part in public affairs. He was a member of the Buckland school com- mittee for fourteen years; was moderator of the annual town meeting for thirty years; served on the board of assessors and selectmen ; represented his district in the general court in 1867; in 1868 he was elected county com- missioner and served six years in that office, becoming one of the best known men both in business and public life in that section of the state. In politics he was a Republican. He was justice of the peace by successive appoint- ments for forty years. He was trustee of the Arms Academy for twenty-one years, and one of the original trustees of the Shelburne Falls Savings Bank. He is a prominent member of the Congregational church. He married, Sep- tember 6, 1853, Lucelia Dawes, daughter of Samuel Dawes, of Windsor, Massachusetts. Children, born at Buckland : I. Hattie E., born September 8, 1859, died January 8, 1897 ; mar- ried, October 7, 1882, William L. McCloud, who died June 6, 1890 ; child, Albert D., born June 4, 1887. 2. Cora E., May 21, 1862, mar- ried, October 15, 1884, Wilfred S. Ball; chil- dren: Stanley C., born November 19, 1885 ; Esther S., May 22, 1891 : Dorothy N., Novem- ber 27. 1894: Katherine S., May 21, 1899; Richard S., May 31, 1902. 3. Philena H., May 16, 1864, married, February 28, 1884, Warren Forbes ; children: Bessie I., born September 15. 1887; Evans L., August 5, 1890. 4. Alice G., November 20, 1866. 5. Lottie R., Novem- ber 8, 1868. 6. Esther M., November 19, 1870. married, December 9, 1891, Frank Rainsford. 7. Viola E., March 7, 1875. 8. Lillian G., No- vember 17, 1877. married, August 17, 1908, Wilber Andrus. 9. Lulu F. D., October 15, 1881.
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UNDERWOOD Joseph Underwood, im- migrant ancestor, was born in England, of an ancient and honored family. He came to this country with his brother, Thomas Underwood, and both settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas was a proprietor of Hingham in 1636, freeman, March 9, 1636-37, deputy to the gen- eral court ; removed to, Dorchester and later to Watertown where he bought house and land, March 3, 1651-52; his will dated July 19, 1679, proved October 2, 1680, bequeaths to wife Magdalene and son Thomas, then in Eng- land ; his widow's will bequeaths to Thomas Underwood, who was the son of Joseph, and to other kinsman, indicating that her son Thomas did not come over. Martin Under- wood, another early settler of Watertown, was probably also of this family. Joseph Under- wood removed from Hingham to Watertown ; was admitted a freeman May 16, 1645. He married (first) Mary , and (second) Mary How, of Dorchester, April 29, 1665. The names of children are found in the record of the settlement of estate. He died February 16, 1676-77, aged about sixty-two years. Chil- dren: I. Thomas. 2. Elizabeth, married, Sep- tember 13, 1693, William Bull. 3. Mary, mar- ried, August 18, 1670, Isaac Ong. 4. Martha. 5. Sarah. 6. Joseph, born 1650, mentioned below. 7. Hannah, married, October 14, 1680, John Gibson.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph ( 1) Under- wood, was born about 1650 in Watertown, Massachusetts, and died there in 1691. He married Elizabeth His will is dated February 16, 1691, and proved April 7, 1691, bequeathing to Elizabeth (wife), and children, John, Joseph, Jonathan, Joshua, Mary, Han- nah and Elizabeth. Children, born at Water- town: I. John, March 6, 1677. 2. Elizabeth, May 8, 1679. 3. Joseph, May 28, 1681, men- tioned below. 4. Joshua, January 31, 1683. 5. Jonathan, 1685, married, 1710, Ruth
6. Mary, May 9, 1687. 7. Hannah, baptized April 13, 1690, married, 1709, Daniel Rich- ardson.
(III) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Under- wood, was born at Watertown, May 28, 1681. He settled first in Lexington and after 1747 resided in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Children : I. Joseph, baptized March 3, 1723, married, February 26, 1744, Anna Baker ; married (sec- ond ) June 4, 1750, Eunice Smith ; died April 25, 1760. 2. Joshua, baptized June 6, 1725, married, June 6, 1765, Abigail Stone. 3. Eli- jah, baptized May 5, 1728. 4. Peter, baptized
May 25, 1729, mentioned below. 5. Ruth, bap- tized April 4. 1731. 6. Israel, baptized June 23, 1734, in French and Indian war. 7. Moses, baptized August 17, 1735, married Mary Pierce. 8. Susanna, baptized September 2, I739.
(IV) Peter, son of Joseph (3) Underwood, was baptized May 25, 1729, died at Lincoln, December 6, 1806, aged seventy-seven years. He lived at Charlestown and Lincoln, Massa- chusetts, and owned land in Boston. He mar- ried Keziah Winship, of an old Cambridge family. Children, born at Charlestown : I. Peter, October II, 1768. 2. Joseph, February 19. 1769-70, resided at Charlestown. 3. Isaac, October 8, 1771 (at Newton, according to the Lincoln records). 4. Keziah, May 1, 1773. 5. Samuel, November 3, 1774. 6. Susanna, August 3, 1776. Born at Lincoln: 7. Pris- cilla, September 23, 1778. 8. Jonathan, Octo- ber 1, 1780.
(V) Bela, son or nephew of Peter Under- wood. was born about 1780-90. He settled at New Salem. He was of that town when he married, at Charlestown, November 28, 1816, Nancy Richardson. He bought one hundred acres of wild land at New Salem, built a log house there and cleared a farm. He was en- gaged in teaming to Boston from New Salem many years. He died at the age of forty-five years. His widow lived to three score. Chil- dren: I. Alfred. 2. Mary A. 3. Otis. 4. Thomas Riley, mentioned below. 5. Nancy. 6. Sarah. 7. Warner. 8. Jewett.
(VI) Thomas Riley, son of Bela Under- wood. was born at New Salem, 1827. At the age of eight his father died and he was bound out to Asa Coolidge, a farmer at New Salem. He learned the trade of shoemaker. He fol- lowed farming at Orange and New Salem. At Orange he owned the eighty acre farm for- merly of Silas Ellis, partly cleared when he bought it and having a large handsome house. He was a Republican in politics, a Universalist in religion. He married, September 1, 1847. Lucy R. Pond, born July 16, 1826, at Somers, Tolland county, Connecticut, daughter of Prentice and Lucy (Haskell) Pond. They lived on the Pond homestead and cared for his wife's parents. Children, born at New Salem : I. Prentice H., July 10, 1848, commercial trav- eler, resides at Orange ; married Mary Moore and has children: Clara M., Ralph P., Gladys M. 2. Emma V., November 1, 1850, married George Magoon; child, G. Albert. 3. Frank A., January 26, 1853, livery stable proprietor, Orange, Massachusetts. 4. Vera E., January
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18, 1857, married William Morse ; children : Earl W. and Frank T. Morse. 5. George Mendall, March II, 1860, mentioned below.
(\'II) George Mendall, son of Thomas Riley Underwood, was born at New Salem, March II, 1860. He was educated in the public and high schools of Orange. He was clerk for two years in a general store in Orange, returning to New Salem in 1878 for a year, then again clerk in a general store in Orange for three years. For the next seven years he was a traveling salesman for the seed firm of D. M. Ferry & Company of Detroit, Michigan. He returned to Orange and em- barked in the retail grocery business in the firm of Underwood & Adams. In 1894 he bought out his partner, H. H. Adams, and continued the business alone for one year. In 1895 he sold his store and returned to the employ of D. M. Ferry & Company. A year later he bought a restaurant at Orange and conducted it five years. Then he sold it, built a brick building in Orange and conducted a restaurant there for two years more. He manufactured and sold Amberline, a washing fluid, and other patented products. He has been selectman of Orange since 1905, superintendent of streets and chief of police since 1902, and in 1908 was chairman of the board of selectmen. He attends the Universalist church and is a Re- publican in politics. He is a member of Orange Lodge of Free Masons : of Social Lodge and Fall Hill Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Athenian Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Improved Order of Red Men. He married, May 17, 1889, Agnes M. Tasch- ereau, born November 17, 1868, daughter of Charles and Adeline ( Platt) Taschereau. Child. Marion Lucy, born at Orange, Decem- ber 30, 1895.
BASSETT William Bassett, immigrant ancestor, was one of the Pil- grim Fathers. He came from Holland in the ship "Fortune" in 1621 to Plymouth. He went with the English Puritans to Leyden, Holland. He married (first) Ce- cilia (Cecil in the Dutch records) Light. He married (second) at Leyden, August 13, 1611, Margaret Oldham. He had a third wife Eliza- beth (probably Tilden). He removed to Dux- bury and finally to Bridgewater, Massachu- setts, of which he was one of the original pro- prietors, and he died there in 1667. He was a gunsmith by trade; a wealthy landowner in later life. Only four men paid a larger tax in 1633. He left what was a large library in his
day, and was doubtless of good education. He was admitted a freeman in 1633; volunteered in 1637 for the Pequot war; served on the committee of Duxbury to lay out bounds and on another to decide on the fitness of persons applying to become residents. He represented his town in the old colony court six years. He lived at Sandwich for a time. His son Nathaniel and son-in-law, Peregrine White, had land of him in 1656. His will was dated April 3, and proved June 5, 1667 ; bequeathing to a fourth wife Mary and to sons William and Joseph. Children: I. William, born 1624, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, 1626, married, November 8, 1648, Thomas Burgess, Jr., and was divorced. 3. Nathaniel, settled in Marshfield, removed to Yarmouth in 1664: married the daughter of John Joyce. 4. Sarah, 1630, mar- ried, 1648, Peregrine White, the first child born in the Plymouth colony. 5. Ruth, mar- ried, 1655, John Sprague. 6. Jane. 7. Joseph, settled in Bridgewater. This family appears to be related to the New Jersey Bassetts descended from William Bassett, who went from Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1681 to the vicinity of Salem, New Jersey.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) Bas- sett, was born in Plymouth in 1624, died in or about 1670, leaving a large estate. He was called "Mr." in the records, indicating that he had education and social position. He was in Sandwich, Massachusetts, as early as 1651, and is progenitor of the Bassetts of Dennis and Barnstable. He married Mary Burt, daughter of Hugh Burt, of Lynn. He made a nun- cupative will in 1667. Children : I. Mary, born at Sandwich, November 21, 1654. 2. William, mentioned below.
(III) Colonel William (3), son of William (2) Bassett, was born in Sandwich, 1656, died September 29, 1721. He was marshal of Plymouth colony at the time of the union with Massachusetts Bay colony; in 1710 he was judge of the inferior court and afterward register of probate. His penmanship was" remarkable, the writing being small, careful and correct. He was the most distinguished man of the family in colonial times. Children, born at Sandwich: 1. Mary, October 20, 1676. 2. Nathan, 1677, married, 1690, Mary Huckins ; settled at Chilmark, Massachusetts. 3. Rachel, October 25, 1679. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, died December 13, 1683 ; married Mary -. 6. Daughter.
(IV) William (4), son of Colonel William (3) Bassett, was born about 1680. He mar- ried Abigail Bourne, daughter of Elisha
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Bourne. Child, Elisha, mentioned below, and probably others.
(V) Captain Elisha, son of William (4) Bassett, was born at Sandwich about 1710-15. He lived in Dennis; married Ruhamah Jen- nings, daughter of Samuel Jennings, of Sand- wieh. He was eaptain of militia and held three commissions, signed by different royal gover- nors; at the time of the revolution he was a zealous Whig and surrendered his commission. He was offered a commission in the continental army, but was evidently too old for aetive ser- ive. He represented the town in the provincial congress at Cambridge and Watertown in 1774-75. Children, born at Dennis: I. Lydia, August 14, 1740, married Abraham Howes. 2. Abigail, January 30, 1742. 3. Elisha J., March 14, 1744-45, died December 31, 1832; removed about 1797 to Ashfield, Massaehu- setts, where his farm at latest accounts was owned and oeeupied by a descendant ; ehildren : Henry ; Mary, married Alvan Clark, Jr., the great telescope manufacturer of Ashfield and Cambridge ; Abigail ; William. 4. Samuel, April 17, 1747, removed to Barnstable. 5. William, June 22, 1750, married Betty Howes. 6. Deborah, October 30, 1752. 7. Lot, January 22. 1755, mentioned below.
(VI) Lot, son of Captain Elisha Bassett, was born at Dennis, Massachusetts, January 22, 1755, died July 23, 1835. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Elisha Nye's company in 1776; sergeant in Captain Elisha Hedges's company, Colonel Nathaniel Freeman's regiment on the seeret expedition to Rhode Island in 1777; also of Captain Micah Hamlin's company, Colonel Jonathan Read's regiment at Cambridge in 1778. He was also a corporal in Captain Joseph Palmer's com- pany, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment in Rhode Island in 1777. He was a farmer and land surveyor. He settled about 1784 in the Spruce Corner district of Ashfield, Massachu- setts ; his brother Elisha came there soon after- ward. Lot appears in the census of 1790 as having two sons under sixteen and four females in his family. Both Elisha and Lot were voters in Ashfield in 1798. Lot married, Jan- uary 31, 1782, Deborah Howes, born November 15, 1761, died June 6, 1846. Children, born in Ashfield, except the eldest : I. William, December 17, 1782, resided at Hawley and had two children; died September 27, 1860. 2. Deborah, 1786, died January 30, 1806. 3. Mary, January 19, 1788, died January 6, 1806. 4. Thomas, April 10, 1789, mentioned below. 5. Elisha, July 27, 1791, died April
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