Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 22

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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and the Christian philosophy exercised and experienced by the greatest sufferer of finan- cial loss :


"Springfield, October, 1675.


Dear Son Joseph :- The sore contending of God with us for our sins, unthankfulness for our former mercies, and unfaithfulness under our precious enjoyments, hath evidently demonstrated that He is very angry with this country. God hath given the heathen a large commision to destroy this People. and exceed- ing havock have they made in this country, destroying two or three places above North- ampton and Hadley, and lately they have fallen upon Springfield, and almost ruined it by burning of houses. About thirty or thirty- two dwelling houses are burnt down and some twenty-five barns full of corn and hay. The Lord hath spared my dwelling house, but my barns and out-housings are all burned down, and all my corn and hay consumed, and not anything have I left afford, either for man or beast. All my mills, both corn and saw-mills; are burnt down. Those at home in this Towne, and also those I had in other places, and four of those houses and barns to them were burnt down in this Towne, belongeth to me also, so that God hath laid me low. My farmers also undone, and many in Towne that were in my debt, entirely disabled. So that I am really reduced to greate straites. But it is the Lord's good pleasure it should be so. And he is most Just and Righteous, yea, in very faithfulness hath He done it, for the good of my soule. I have not the least cause to murmur and re- pine at the wise dispose of a gracious God and loving father, but desire to acquiesce to his good pleasure, and to lye at his foote in holy submission to his blessed will.


This Providence and the unsettled state of this Country in reference to this Indian war, affords matter for consideration, in reference to your coming over, which I have much de- sired, and wrote to you for, but now shall leave you to your liberty, not having ground or seeing cause to put you upon it, further than you shall see reason for it. Though I and your mother should be exceedingly glad to see you, yet as times are, question whether it be best to come over yet (I mean now ) and how God may dispose of us I know not. We are yet here in Springfield, my house garrison- ed with soldiers and full of troubles and worries. The Lord help us to remember our peace and quietness, and to lament our abuse thereof, and heartily and really turn to him- self by unfeigned repentance. The Lord is in


good earnest with us, and truly expects our being is in good earnest with Him in returning to himselfe. Oh, dear Son, how sweete is an interest in Christ Jesus, in these distracting tymes and it is good knowing in whom we have believed. Treasure in Heaven is abid- ing, when the greatest worldly enjoyments may soon fail us, and come to nothing. Let us therefore while we have them, so use them as not using them, setting loose from them and being contented to part with all when God calls for it. In the improving of the creature, to set loose from it, is a sweeter and blessed frame, for I know it is a duty to look after and manage what God hath given us, and in this respect I call on you to doe your best (in a way of prudence) to settle your Estate in England and in it to advise with Mr. Wickens and Brother Smith, who I know will afford you the best helpe they can, and doe as you are able. I am not able to afford you any helpe, but by the prayers I am always putting up for you and as God shall enable, shall be ready to do my utmost for you.


The Lord in many other ways be good to you and us. How He may deal with us I know not. Where his providence may cast me, whether to Boston or further, or whether I may live to get out of this place, it is with himself, and that stony Rock I desire to de- pend for Salvation here and hereafter. I am in straites and hurrys and may only add mine and your mothers endearing love and affec- tions to you and with hearty wishes and prayers for you I commend you to the grace of God in Jesus Christ and am your afflicted and loving father. John Pynchon.


P. S.


Dear Son :- I should not have you troubled at these sad losses which I have met with. There is no reason for a child to be troubled when his Father calls in, that which he lent him. It was the Lord that sent it to me, and he that gave it hath taken it away ; and blessed be the name of the Lord. He hath done very well for me, and I acknowledge his goodness to me and desire to trust in him and to submit to him. forever, and do you with me acknowl- edge and justify him."


Major Pynchon made a favorable treaty with the Indians after the King Philip war had spent its fury, and also with Indians beyond his domain, including the Mohawks, in 1680. Hle was a commissioner to receive the sur- render of New York territory by the Dutch in 1664, and assisted under the first Massa-


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chusetts Bay Royal Charter, 1665-86, and a member of the governor's council continuously 1668-1703. His trusteeship of his father's extensive landed estates in New England caused him to visit England several times, and on the death of his father in England, Octo- ber 29, 1662, he inherited most of his estates in America. The children of Major John and Amy (Wyllys) Pynchon were : I. Joseph, born July 26, 1646; graduated at Harvard College ; studied medicine and was absent in England at the time of the great distress that fell upon his father by reason of the destruc- tion of the towns of Hampshire county in October, 1675, and on his return home he be- came a practicing physician and surgeon in Boston, and he died there, unmarried, Decem- ber 30, 1682. 2. John (q. v.), born October 15, 1647. 3. Mary, born October 28, 1650. 4. William, born October II, 1653; died 1654. 5. Mehitable, born November 22, 1661 ; died July 24. 1663. Major John Pynchon died in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Jan- uary 7, 1703, at the age of seventy-seven years, and his wife lived to the age of about seventy- four years, and died in Springfield in the "Gar- rison House," January 9, 1699, four years be- fore the death of her husband.


(III) John (2), son of Major John (I) and Amy ( Wyllys) Pynchon, was born in Spring- field, Massachusetts, October 15, 1647. He attended Harvard College with his brother, Joseph, but left before graduating to engage in business in Boston, where he became a suc- cessful merchant, trading on his own account. He returned to Springfield about 1675, and' assisted his father in the care of his estates and carried on a large business in general mer- chandising. He helped to progress the infant settlements of Suffield, Enfield, Wilbraham, Ludlow and Longmeadow, and much of the beauty of the streets as well as the early archi- tecture of these New England towns is due to his enterprise and forethought. He served the militia of the county, held the rank of colonel, and was a commissioner of the United Col- umns in 1683. He married Margaret, daugh- ter of Rev. William Hubbard, minister of the First Church of Ipswich. William Hubbard was brought to New England by his parents in 1630, when he was nine years old, and he was one of the first students at Harvard Col- lege, receiving his bachelor degree in 1642 and his master degree in 1645. He was minister of the First Church of Ipswich as assistant and pastor, 1665-1703. He wrote a "History of the Massachusetts Bay Colony" and the


general court paid him £50 for the Ms. copy, and it was in the library of Thomas Hutchin- son, the last royal governor, and during the stamp act riots in Boston, August 26, 1765, his house was attacked, and his household goods, including the library, was placed in the streets to be burned, and was discerned and saved from destruction by the Rev. Andrew Eliot, and was passed over by him to the Massachu- setts Historical Society, who caused it to be printed in 1815. William Hubbard was also author of "A Narration of Trouble with the Indians" ( 1677) ; "Sermons" (1684) ; "Testi- mony of the Order of Gospels in Churches" (1704). The distinguished author and preacher died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, September 14, 1704. Margaret (Hubbard) Pynchon died in Springfield, Massachusetts, November II, 1716. The children of Colonel John and Mar- garet (Hubbard) Pynchon were: John (q. v), Margaret and William, born probably in Ipswich, in which place their mother took refuge during the Indians wars, and the dates of their birth do not appear to have been pre- served. Colonel John Pynchon died in Spring- field, Massachusetts, April 25, 1721, nearly six years after the death of his wife.


(IV) John (3), son of Colonel John (2) and Margaret (Hubbard) Pynchon, was born probably in Ipswich, and was a student in Harvard College for two years when quite young, and he was induced, probably by his grandfather, Major Pynchon, to make his home with him in Springfield at the time he was judge of the court of common pleas and courts of sessions, as his first employment was clerk of the court and he subsequently became register of Hampshire county. He was mar- ried February 18, 1702, to Bathshua, daughter of Rev. William Taylor, of Westfield, Massa- chusetts, and their children were all born in Springfield. Their names and dates of birth are as follows: I. Elizabeth, born December 27, 1702; married Benjamin Colton, and died September 6, 1776. 2. William (q. v.), born November II, 1703. 3. and 4. John and Joseph (twins), John died April 6, 1754. 5. Mary, born October 10, 1706; married Joseph Dwight (1703-1765), brigadier general in the state militia. 6. Bathshua, born January II, 1708; married Robert Harris, and died in 1760. Bathshua (Taylor) Pynchon, the mother of the foregoing children, died in June, 1710, and Colonel Pynchon married on November 3, 17II, Phebe Lester, of Enfield, born in 1686, and they had children as follows: 7. Martha, who died December 8, 1712. 8. Edward, born


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April 9, 1713; died November 3, 1777 ; mar- ried the Widow Bliss. 9. Nathaniel, born March 3, 1715; died October 10, 1722. 10. George, born April 20, 1717; died June 26, 1797 ; was twice married, and had six children : George, Louisa, Nathaniel, Peter, Peter and Henry. II. Charles, born January 31, 1719; married Anne Dwight, and had two daughters. 12. Margaret, died October 27, 1722. Phebe (Lester) Pynchon, mother of these children, died October 17, 1722, aged thirty-six years, and John Pynchon, the father, July 12, 1742, aged sixty-eight years.


(V) William (2), eldest son of John (3) and Bathshua (Taylor) Pynchon, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, November II, 1703, and was married December 14, 1738, to Sarah, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Pela- tiah Bliss, of Springfield, and they made that city their home, and their children were born and brought up there. These children were: I. William (q. v.), born November 21, 1739. 2. John, born September 20, 1742; died March 4, 1826. 3. Sarah, born October 5, 1751 ; died July 26, 1826. She married David White, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Willian Pynchon, the father of these children, died in Springfield, Massachusetts, January 11, 1783, and his widow died February 21, 1796.


(VI) William (3), son of William (2) and Sarah (Bliss) Pynchon, was born in Spring- field, Massachusetts, November 21, 1739. He held the rank of major in the colonial militia. He was married November 13, 1766, to Lucy, daughter of Lieutenant Robert and Bathshua Harris, and their eight children were born in I. Springfield, Massachusetts. They were : Erastus, born October 19, 1767 ; died Decem- ber 24, 1816. 2. Stephen, born January 31, 1769; died February 5, 1823. 3. Lois, born October 6, 1770; died December 8, 1771. 4. Bathshua, born July 27, 1772: "was a lady of rare beauty and of extraordinary mental en- dowments, well educated and accomplished, of great goodness of heart ; loved by all who knew her, and greatly lamented in death." She mar- ried Rev. Ebenezer Gay, of Suffield, and they had two children: Mary Gay, born in 1801, married to her second husband, Rev. Henry Robinson, of Guilford, Connecticut, was the second time a widow, and died April 18, 1885. Lucy H. Gay, the second child, married Rev. Thomas Palmer, of Suffield, and died in 1872. 5. Edward, born November 14, 1774; died March 17, 1830. 6. William (q. v.), born De- cember 11, 1776. 7. Joseph, born August 23, 1779; died May 31, 1815. 8. Lois, born Janu-


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ary 1, 1782; died January 3, 1783. Major William Pynchon died March 24, 1808, in the seventieth year of his age, and his widow died February 7, 1814, aged seventy-five years.


(VII) William (4), sixth son of Major William (3) and Lucy (Harris) Pynchon, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, De- cember II, 1776. He was married December 3, 1812, to Esther, daughter of Ebenezer Bill- ings, of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Their chil- dren were: I. Sarah, born September 26, 1813; died March 3, 1843. 2. Joseph Charles (q. v.), born March 3, 1815. 3. Daniel, born November 16, 1816; died June 13, 1871. 4. William, born June 18, 1820; died June 19, 1895. 5. Emily B., born February 16, 1823; died July 14, 1898. 6. John P., born Decem- ber 27, 1824 ; died February 13, 1888. William Pynchon died in Springfield, Massachusetts, August 12, 1847, and his widow suvived him thirty-one years, and died September 5, 1878, after reaching the remarkable age of ninety- seven years and five months.


(VIII) Joseph Charles, eldest son of Will- iam (4) and Esther ( Billings ). Pynchon, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, March 3, 1815. He matriculated at Amherst College in 1832, changed for Williams in 1834, and was graduated A. B. 1836. He pursued his medical studies in Harvard Medical School and the University of New York, and prac- ticed as a physician and surgeon in Springfield for three years, when he engaged in the bank- ing and insurance business. He was married, December 24, 1851, to Julia Mather, daughter of John and Eliza ( Flint) Clapp, of Leicester, Massachusetts, and their four children were: I. Helen, born May 22, 1854; died December 19, 1855. 2. Edward, born June 14, 1856; was educated in the public schools of Springfield and Springfield high school, entered the Aga- wam Bank when a boy and later entered the Chicopee National Bank, rising from clerk to his present position ( 1909) of cashier. 3. James Holland (q. v.), born August 2, 1858. 4. Joseph Flint, born June 24, 1863; married, June 12, 1905, Edith, daughter of John and Anna (Lapham) Dale, of Springfield, and has one child, Edith, born in Springfield, May 21, 1907 ; he is engaged in the paper stock busi- ness.


Dr. Joseph Charles Pynchon is the com- piler of "Record of the Pynchon Family in England and America," Springfield (1894), from which valuable work the writer of this sketch has taken much reliable and pertinant information that proved both convenient and


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acceptable data as to the time of personal his- tory, births, deaths and marriages of descend- ants in this line of the Pynchon family. He died in Springfield, Massachusetts, April 9, 1889, aged seventy-four years and thirty-seven days, and his children caused the Ms. of his book to be printed and published in 1894, an excellent memorial of the compiler and a con- venient reference book for all times.


(IX) James Holland, second son of Dr. Joseph Charles and Julia Mather (Clapp) Pynchon, was born in Springfield, Massachu- setts, August 2, 1858. He was educated in the public and private schools, and engaged in the banking and insurance business with his father. He was married January 12, 1899, to Mabel Clayton, daughter of Colonel M. V. B. and Alvina ( Barney) Edgerly, of Springfield.


WARRINER The word Warrener means the owner of a warren, or rabbit park, and the sur- name is doubtless taken from this fact. There were several families of the name in England, especially in Yorkshire. Tradition states that a William Warriner about 1600 eloped from Lincolnshire, England, with Lady Clifford, daughter of Lord Howe or Howard, an Eng- lish admiral, and made his escape into York- shire, where he settled. This same William Warriner is the one who later came to Amer- ica, as mentioned below.


(I) William Warriner, immigrant ancestor, appeared first in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1638, and was admitted a freeman the same year. He married, in 1639, Joanna Scant, who died February 7, 1660. He married (second) October 2, 1661, Elizabeth, widow of Luke Hitchcock, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. She married (third) Joseph Baldwin, of Hadley. In violation of a law made in 1640, he sold his canoe to some one outside the plantation, and was fined. He received land on the second division and owned a considerable part of what is now the heart of Springfield. His house stood near where the old court house now stands, on the north side of the First Congregational Church, in front of Court Square. He died June 2, 1676. Children, born in Springfield: I. James, November 21, 1640 ; mentioned below. 2. Hannah, June 17, 1643: married, November 1, 1660, Thomas Noble : (second) January 24, 1705, Deacon Medad Pomeroy. 3. Joseph, February 6, 172I.


(II) Deacon James, son of William War- riner, was born in Springfield, November 21,


1640, and died there May 14, 1727. He took the oath of allegiance December 3, 1678. He was deacon in the First Congregational Church. He married (first) March 31, 1664, Elizabeth Baldwin, died April 24, 1687, daughter of Joseph Baldwin, the first settler of Milford; (second) July 10, 1689, Sarah Alvord, died May 16, 1704, aged forty-four, daughter of Alexander Alvord. He married (third) De- cember 29, 1704, Mary, widow of Benjamin Stebbins, who was her second husband. She died May 21, 1727. Children of first wife, born in Springfield : I. Samuel, November 21, 1666; died February 12, 1667. 2. James, July 19, 1668; mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth. August 1, 1670; married, January 16, 1689, Henry Burt. 4. William, January 6, 1672. 5. Hannah, February 13, 1674. 6. Joseph, No- vember 6, 1677. 7. Samuel, January 26, 1679. 8. Ebenezer, March 4, 1682. 9. Mary, April 1, 1685. Children of second wife: 10. Sarah, born October 13, 1690; married, April 23, 1712, Ebenezer Thomas .. II. Jonathan, born November 1I, 1692. 12. John, November 29. 1694; died May 20, 1696. 13. John, 1696; died young. 14. Benjamin, April 15, 1698. 15. David, October 8, 1701.


(III) Lieutenant James, son of Deacon James Warriner, was born in Springfield, July 19, 1668, and died March II, 1735-6. He was an active member of the East Side parish church, and was constable and selectman. He married, January 20, 1692, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Rowland, granddaughter of Samuel Chapin. Children, born in Springfield: I. James, March 7, 1692-3 ; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, April 1, 1694. 3. John, August 20, 1696. 4. Elizabeth, December 23, 1697. 5. Thankful, February 7, 1699-1700; married, December 31, 1722, John Sykes. 6. Thomas, December 3, 1703 ; died 1740.


(IV) Ensign James, son of Lieutenant James Warriner, was born in Springfield, March 7, 1693, and died May 9, 1765. He is buried in Springfield, and his grave is marked by a stone. He was chosen selectman of the Wilbraham precinct in 1751. His will is dated in Springfield, April 29, 1765. He married, September 8, 1720, Anny (or Amy) Sheldon, of Westfield, died March 30, 1759; (second) July 10, 1760, Deborah Wright, of Springfield, who married (second) November 24, 1768, Luke Montague. Children, born in Spring- field: 1. Anny, September 17, 1721 ; married, November 26, 1747, Joseph Wells. 2. James, September 2, 1723; mentioned below. 3. Ste- phen, March 17, 1726. 4. Aaron, July 21, 1728.


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(V) Captain James (2), son of Ensign James (I) Warriner, was born in Springfield, September 2, 1723, and died June 20, 1793 (gravestone). He was selectman of the Wil- braham precinct in 1759, and town clerk of Wilbraham 1773-78 and 1781-85 inclusive. He was in the revolution, and commanded the Wil- braham company which marched on the Lex- ington alarm, April 19, 1775. His will was dated December 2, 1791. He married, October 27, 1744, Miriam Parsons, died April 18, 1800, in her seventy-eighth year (gravestone). Chil- dren, born in Wilbraham: 1. James, Septem- ber 18, 1745; died April 17, 1824. 2. Thomas, January 2, 1747 ; died May 9, 1821. 3. Solo- mon, August 16, 1753. 4. Miriam, January 22, 1756. 5. Stephen, June 8, 1760; mentioned below. 6. Ethan, July 8, 1763. 7. Anny Char- lotte, February 26, 1768 ; died May 25, 1792.


(VI) Stephen, son of Captain James (2) Warriner, was born in Wilbraham, then a part of Springfield, June 8, 1760, and died July 10, 1842. He settled in Monson, where he was selectman, and was representative to the general court in 1811 and for several terms thereafter. He married Elizabeth Ely, born June 8, 1760, died February 1, 1818. Chil- dren: I. Laura, born in Wilbraham, Decem- ber 14, 1789; married, April 22, 1818, Calvin Patten. 2. Daphne, born in Wilbraham, March 19, 1791. 3. Stephen Orlando, born in Monson, November 15, 1793; mentioned be- low. 4. Amy, born in Monson, February 27, 1796; married Augustus Webber.


(VII) Stephen Orlando, son of Stephen Warriner, was born in Monson, Massachusetts, November 15, 1793, and died February 13, 1868. He was a farmer in Monson, and at- tended the Congregational church. He mar- ried, September 29, 1834, Sapphira Flagg. who died March 14, 1857. Both are buried in Monson. Children, born in Monson: I. Andrew Austin, June 9, 1836; married, De- cember 28, 1859, Sarah Jane Wood; resides in Palmer. 2. Daphne Sapphira, October 6, 1837; married Henry L. Naramore; resides in Sharon. 3. Stephen Cady, August 22, 1839; mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth Ely, June 14, 1841 ; died March II, 1845. 5. Joseph Rey- nolds, May 7, 1843 ; served in civil war ; mar- ried Mary E. Fiske. 6. Ellen Elizabeth, Sep- tember 27, 1845; married Roland M. Clark ; resides in Winchendon. 7. Alfred Ely, June 26, 1849; married, August 21, 1866, Elizabeth Sarah Whiting; served in civil war; resides in California.


(VIII) Colonel Stephen Cady, son of Ste-


phen Orlando Warriner, was born in Mon- son, August 22, 1839. He attended the public schools and Monson Academy, from which he graduated in 1861. He enlisted in Company E, Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, Massachu- setts Volunteer Militia, and was elected fourth lieutenant May 23, 1861, though the rank of fourth lieutenant was not continued after the company was mustered into service, June 21, 1861. He took part in the battles of Williams- burg, Fair Oaks, Glendale, Yorktown, Charles City, Cross Roads, White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill. He was promoted captain in the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Infantry, by special order from the war department, for meritorious conduct. He was also at the siege of Vicksburg and at the battles of Fredericks- burg, Jackson, Blue Spring, Campbell Station, and the siege of Knoxville. He resigned April 22, 1864. His name is on the marble tablet in Memorial Hall, Monson. Colonel Warriner was a member of Governor Thomas Talbot's staff in 1879. He has been an active and influ- ential Republican, a member of the city and state committees, member of the Springfield common council and board of alderman. He led the Republican ticket as candidate for mayor in 1887. He represented his district in the general court in 1893-94-95. Since the war Colonel. Warriner has been engaged in the fire insurance business in Springfield, and he has had for many years the largest business in this line in western Massachusetts. He is a member of the First Congregational Church of Springfield. He married, September 19, 1865, Mary Warren Lincoln, born August 3, 1843, died July 28, 1877; (second) October 4, 1882, Ida Marion Lincoln, sister of the first wife, daughter of William Lincoln, of Warren, one of the most prominent and wealthy men of his day in western Massachusetts (see Lin- coln). Child of first wife: William Stephen, mentioned below.


(IX) William Stephen, son of Colonel Ste- phen Cady Warriner, was born in Warren, Massachusetts, July 15, 1866. He attended the public and high schools, and for three years was a student in the military academy at Poughkeepsie, New York. He entered his father's insurance office in Springfield in 1884, and has been associated with his father in busi- ness to the present time, being manager of the business. He has been active and prominent in military affairs. He enlisted in March, 1892, in Company H, Naval Brigade, and served as coxswain and gunner's mate. He was elected lieutenant of Company K, when


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it was organized in 1894, and December 18, 1896, was unanimously elected captain. In · the Spanish war he was the first to be mustered into the United States service, and became senior captain of the Second Regiment, May 7, 1898. He went to Cuba with his regiment, and at the battle of El Caney was shot through the lung, the bullet passing out of his body at the left hip. He left Santiago on July 21, 1898, on the transport "Hudson," landing July 26, at Fortress Monroe, and arrived at Spring- field July 30. He resigned his commission in Company K on December 29, 1900. He was appointed inspector of rifle practice of the Sec- ond Regiment, May 20, 1902, and resigned January 12, 1904. He was retired at his own request, January 12, 1907, with the rank of major. Major Warriner was appointed on Governor Crane's staff in 1899 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, but declined the honor, as he had been elected representative to the general court. He served as representative in 1900-1901, and was chairman of the house committees on insurance and military affairs. He is a Republican in politics, and influential in party and municipal affairs. In 1904-5 he was alderman of the city of Springfield. He is a director of the Atlantic Mutual Life In- surance Company; member of the Nayasset and Country clubs of Springfield. Captain Warriner's name is on the bronze tablet which commemorates the engagements at El Caney, San Juan de Mayares Hill, and Fort San Juan. He married, August 21, 1906, Jennie B. Chaf- fee, daughter of Charles Chaffee, of Spring- ville, New York.




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