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He was severely injured and confined to his room some three months, and was obliged to use crutches for a year or more. He was injured in both his left limb and left arm and side. Taken all in all, it was a remarkable escape from death.
He married, May 17, 1870, Margaret Ellen Dadmun, born at Groton, Massachusetts, July 24, 1846, daughter of George Alexander and Almira (Young) Dadmun, of Groton. Their children : I. Grace Wales, born February 10, 1871, died May 23, 1877. 2. Carrie Florence, born October 10, 1876; married, October 28, 1896, Rev. Alexander P. McDonald, of Bath, Maine; children : i. Ralph Reed McDonald, born July 4, 1897; ii. Marguerite Ellen Mc- Donald, November 5, 1898; iii. Malcolm Mc- Donald, August 16, 1903. 3. Guy Elsworth (twin), born June 18, 1888. 4. Ernest Young (twin), born June 18, 1888.
Samuel Dadmun, immigrant DADMUN ancestor of William Slocumb Dadmun of Worcester, and probably of all of this surname in this section of the country, was said to be of Scotch birth and family. He was born about 1690, and the first record found in which his name is mentioned is that of his marriage at Fram- ingham, Massachusetts, May 27, 1714, to Mar- tha, daughter of Stephen Jennings. Her father came to Framingham in 1690; married at Sud- bury January 1I, 1685, Hannah Stanhope; he died September 3, 1701, and Hannah, his widow, bought January 6, 1702-3, of James Brewer and Caleb Johnson, part of the Apple- ton farm lying between Lake Cochituate and Cochituate Brook, where her descendants lived until after the revolution. The place is known as the Luther Eaton place. Martha (Jen- nings ) Dadmun and her children were living there with her mother in 1718. Samuel prob-
ably died in 1717 or 1718. Their children were : I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. ---- daugh- ter, married - Wadsworth. (The name is spelled also Deadman and Dedman).
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Dad- mun, was born in Framingham, Massachu- setts, about 1715. He settled in Framingham, near Stone's Mills, and died in 1794. In 1761 he bought of Hezekiah Stone fifty acres on Square Meadow Brook, afterwards called Dadmun Brook, and this farm has been known since then as the Dadmun place. He was sergeant in a company of militia under the command of Captain Henry Emmes in the French and Indian war, 1757. He married Lois Pratt, born June 7, 1726, died 1808, daughter of Daniel Pratt (IV) ; granddaugh- ter of Thomas Pratt (III) of Watertown and Framingham, great granddaughter of Thomas Pratt (II) of Sudbury, son of Thomas Pratt, the immigrant. The children of Samuel and Lois Pratt were: I. Nathan, born March 7, 1742, died young. 2. Daniel, born March 27, 1744. 3. Nathan, mentioned below. 4. Tim- othy, baptized March 25, 1750. 5. Martha, born in Framingham, baptized March 25, 1752 ; died unmarried July 26, 1833. 6. Elijah, baptized October 19, 1755. 7. Samuel ; married, October, 1757, Dorcas Stone, of Framingham, settled in Princeton, and died 1821 in Temple- ton. 8. Jonathan. 9. Lois, baptized May 20, 1764; married Isaac How, of Framingham. IO. Susannah, born February 5, 1769; mar- ried Ezra Belcher.
(III) Nathan, son of Samuel (2) Dadmun, was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, June 16, 1747. He lived on the Lemuel Jones farm, in that part of Framingham now Ashland. He died February 16, 1827. He was a sold- ier in the revolution, a minute-man of Captain Simon Edgell's company, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. His brother Elijah also marched to Concord and Lexington. Nathan also served later under Captain Edgell in 1776, marching to Ticonderoga. He was a corporal, and his company was in Colonel Samuel Brew- er's regiment. He married Hannah Sanger, daughter of David Sanger. She died Novem- ber 19, 1821. Their children were: I. Joseph, born May 14, 1774. 2. Jeduthan, born Decem- ber 23, 1775, mentioned below. 3. Eleanor, born March 18, 1777 ; married Elias Grout. 4. Sarah, born January 10, 1779; married Eli Eames, of Holliston. 5. Hannah, born Janu- ary II, 1781; married William Clark. 6. Bathsheba, born December 26, 1782; married, July 14, 1807, Jacob Prescott, of Westford,
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Massachusetts. 7. Nathan, mentioned below. 8. Mary, born March 31, 1787 ; married John Clark.
(IV) Nathan (2), son of Nathan ( I) Dad- mun, was born in that part of Framingham now Ashland, March 29, 1785. He married (first), February 9, 1807, Barrodell Jackson, at Newton, Massachusetts. She was born at Newton, Massachusetts, March 7, 1787, daugh- ter of Captain Simon and Barrodell (Shep- ard) Jackson, of Newton. Barrodell Jackson died September 6, 1811. Their children were: I. George Alexander, born July 12, 1809 ; mar- ried, May 12, 1831, Almira Young, born at Groton, Massachusetts, October 28, 1805, daughter of Elisha and Hannah (Ruggles) Young, of Scituate, Massachusetts. ( Elisha Young, collector of the town of Scituate in 1794). Their children: i. Ann Maria, born at Groton, October 22, 1832; married Ephraim S. King, of Westport, Massachusetts, and they had: Frank S., born June 29, 1855. ii. Caro- line Almira, born March 27, 1836; unmarried ; died February 23, 1886. iii. Henry Harrison, born May 17, 1841; married (first), Fannie Rand, of Lowell, Massachusetts, born May I, 1845, died February 2, 1871. They had: Ger- trude Alberta, born November 16, 1868; he married (second), Sarah Jane Martin, born December 1I, 1852, and they had: Mabel Lydia, born August 26, 1873 ; Bessie Adelaide, born November 16, 1875. iv. Emeline, born June 9, 1844, died June 18, 1844. v. Margaret Ellen, born July 24, 1846; married May 17, 1870, Thomas I. Reed of Burlington, Massa- chusetts, and they had: Grace Wales, born February 10, 1871, died May 23, 1877; Carrie Florence, born October 10, 1876: Guy Els- worth, born June 18, 1888; Ernest Young, born June 18, 1888. 2. Nathan, born Septem- ber 5. 1811, died September 19, 181I.
Nathan (2) Dadmun married ( second ) Abi- gail Prescott, born at Groton, November 5. 1789, married October 12, 1813, at Westford, Mass- achusetts, died October 1, 1880. Their chil- dren were: 3. Nathan, born April 1, 1818, (lied October 5, 1880; married Martha A. Laws, born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, August 20, 1819 ; married September 15, 1843, (lied December 26, 1893. Their children were : i. Arabella A., born December 28, 1844, died August 7, 1896. ii. Girard P., born August 30, 1846. iii. Martha E., born October 27, 1848. iv. Nathan C., born April 20, 1851, died Octo- ber I, 1858. ( Birthplace Chelmsford. Massa- chusetts ).
( IV) Jeduthan, son of Nathan (1) Dad-
mun, was born in that part of Framingham now Ashland, December 23, 1775. Most of the family lived in that locality. He bought in 1804 a house and seven acres of land north of his father's farm, and he also was a farmer. He died February 14, 1825. He married, De- cember 18, 1801, Lois, daughter of Nathaniel Alden Jones. granddaughter of Anthony Jones, who resided in Hopkinton, but was of Framingham in 1796. Nathaniel Alden Jones married Lois Chapin, in 1770, and lived in the Parson Swift house, Framingham. His father was Colonel John Jones. Anthony married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Alden, a lineal descendant of John Alden, who came over in the "Mayflower." Hence all the Dad- muns of Worcester descended as noted below are eligible for the Mayflower Society. Col- onel John Jones removed to Framingham from Boston in 1715; was a cordwainer by trade ; justice of the peace; town officer; owned slaves -, James, Tom and Bacchus. He married, May 12, 1713, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Simpson. Lois (Jones) Dadmun died April 14. 1822. The children of Jedu- than and Lois Dadmun were: I. Louisa, born June 18, 1802; married Abijah Claflin. 2. John Jones, born October 23, 1804. 3. Henry J., born January 10, 1807; married, February 23, 1832, Esther G. Allard ; settled in Ashland, and died there November 13, 1899. 4. Hannah J., born May 8, 1809. 5. Elizabeth S., born November 25, 1811 ; married Bradford Belk- nap. 6. Sarah, born July 5, 1814. 7. Jedu- than, born October 13, 1816, mentioned below. 8. Lucy A. P., born July 21, 1819. 9. Izanna E., born December 23, 1821.
(V) Jeduthan (2), son of Jeduthan (1), Dadmun, was born at Ashland, Massachusetts, October 13, 1816. He was brought up on his father's farm until he was ten, when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of shoemaker in Hopkinton. He had the usual common school education of that period. When he came of age he went to Worcester and obtained a position in a general store where he worked for several years. He left Worcester to take a position in Holliston at his trade of shoe- maker for the custom trade. After five or six years he removed to Lunenburg and worked two years there at his trade. About 1855 he was appointed agent of a union grocery store at Grafton, and he remained in charge of this concern for the stockholders until 1863, when the store was destroyed by fire. He then went into business for himself as a grocer for a year or two in Grafton, then started a store in
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Springfield, Massachusetts, in company with Henry E. Putnam, under the firm name of Dadmun and Putnam, located on State street. From there he went to Boston and worked at his trade of shoemaker for a number of years. His last years were spent in Worces- ter, where he made his home with his son, William S. Dadmun, and died September 21, 1884. In religion Mr. Dadmun was a Unitar- ian, and in politics a Republican.
He married Lucy Davis, born at Rutland, Massachusetts, September 24, 1811, daughter of Isaac and Betsey (Rice) Davis of Rutland. She died January 14, 1878. Her father, Isaac, was a blacksmith and farmer. Their children were: I. George Lyman. 2. Francis, born August 21, 1842, died September 4, 1898; married (first) Mary Dudley, of Sutton, and they had one child, Mary Florence, who mar- ried William E. Hartwell of Providence, Rhode Island ; he married ( second) Mary E. Chase of Sutton, and they had one child, Frank Abram. 4. Hiram Davis, born February 5, 1846, died April 10, 1903 ; married Emily F. Gardner, of Worcester, and they had one child, Harry Lincoln, who married Anna Howe of Worcester. 5. William Slocumb, born in Hol- liston, August 20, 1848, resides in Worcester. 6. Lucy Ellen, born in Holliston, February 9, 1850. 7. Georgiana Frances, born 1852; mar- ried Arthur J. Marble, of Worcester, and they have one child, Georgie Alice, who married (first) Anson Blenus and (second) J. William Patstone.
(VI) William Slocumb, son of Jeduthan (2) Dadmun, was born at Holliston, Massa- chusetts, August 20, 1848. At the age of five years he moved with his parents to Lunen- burg, where they lived about a year, removing thence to Grafton, where he received his edu- cation in the common schools. He left the high school before graduating and removed with the family to Springfield, where for sev- eral months he worked in his father's grocery store. He worked a year in the dry goods store of L. J. Holt and then went to Worcester, Massachusetts, to work in the store of Simeon Clapp, later Clapp & Haven. Mr. Clapp died and was succeeded by his partner, O. C. Haven, and Mr. Dadmun remained with the new proprietor for several years. He left this concern to start in business for himself in 1871. In partnership with James H. How- land he was the senior member of the firm of Dadmun & Howland, dealers in shoes, etc. At the end of two years Mr. Dadmun's brother. Frank J. Dadmun, bought the inter-
ests of Mr. Howland, and the name of the firm for two years was Dadmun Brothers. Then the firm was dissolved, and William S. Dadmun entered the employ of J. O. Bemis, shoe dealer, Worcester. Two years later he started in business again under his own name at 349 Main street, in the same line of busi- ness. After two years Henry E. Putnam was admitted a partner, and the firm name became Dadmun & Putnam. Charles H. Heywood represented Mr. Putnam's interests in the busi- ness. When the business was moved to the basement of the old city hall Mr. Heywood was admitted as a partner, and the firm name became Dedmun, Heywood & Company. When the city hall was torn down after the new building was erected, the firm removed to its present location, 520 Main street. In the meantime the Putnam interests had been acquired by the other partners, and the firm name changed to Dadmun & Heywood. The present store is very prosperous and gives evi- dence of constant growth. It is one of the most spacious and best appointed in the city.
Mr. Dadmun attends the First Universalist Church. He is a Republican in politics. He is one of the most prominent Free Masons of the city. He was made master mason in Athelstan Lodge, June 1, 1870; received his Royal Arch degree in Eureka Chapter, April 9, 1872 ; received the cryptic degrees in Hiram Council, June 12, 1873; received his Templar degrees in Worcester County Commandery, September 4, 1874, and has been the recorder without interruption since 1876, a period of over thirty years. He is a member of the Scottish Rite bodies up to the Eighteenth degree, and trustee of the Masonic fraternity. He is a member of Aletheia Grotto, Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets; of the Worcester County Mechanics Association, of which he was a trustee for three years, and is a director of the Home Co-operative Bank.
He married, December 31, 1868, Lydia Park Lathrop, of Worcester, born April 1, 1845, daughter of Samuel and Julia Ann (Whee- lock ) Lathrop. Their children are: I. Alice Gertrude, born December 9, 1869; died No- vember 29, 1871. 2. Wilton Wells, born De- cember 27, 1872 ; married Alice W. Gifford, of Worcester, and they have one child, Chester Gifford, born September 5, 1897. 3. Walter Robbins, born August 23, 1878.
Isaac Davis, father of Mrs. Jeduthan Dad- mun, mentioned above, was born November 16, 1779, probably at Rutland. where many of his family lived, all descendants of Dolor
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Davis (see Davis family). He was of Rut- land when he married, May 8, 1803, Betsey Rice, born November 25, 1781, daughter of John and Lydia Rice. Her father was John Rice, born November 7, 1745, son of Captain Edward Rice, and descendant of the immi- grant Edmund Rice of Sudbury, Massachu- setts (see various Rice families). Betsey (Rice) Davis died at Rutland, December 10, 1824, aged forty-three years fifteen days. Isaac Davis was a blacksmith by trade, a farmer, and handy at various other trades. He bought land in Rutland with John Rice Jr., his brother-in-law, November, 1808, and April, 1809 ; and of Benjamin Rice, in Rutland, June 22, 1809; and November 10, 1805, of Silas and Lydia Merrill, in Rutland, three-fourths of a mile from the meeting house. He sold land to Taylor Estabrook November 2, 1808. He was master of Thompson Lodge of Free Masons, Rutland. He died March 26, 1833, aged fifty-three years five months ten days. His will dated April 19, 1832, was disapproved May 1, 1833, and his son Lyman was appointed administrator May 27, 1833. Rufus Putnam was the guardian of his children after the death of their grandmother Lydia Rice in 1825 until he resigned April 8, 1836. The children were: I. Mary, born September 25. 1803; died at Worcester, August II, 1852. 2. John, born August 27, 1805, died at West Rut- land, aged sixty-seven years seven months thirteen days. 3. Eliza, born August 1, 1807; died July 11, 1836. 4. Lyman, born Novem- ber 28, 1809, died June 29, 1834. 5. Lucy, born September 24, 1811; died January 14, 1878; married Jeduthan Dadmun, who died September 21, 1884, mentioned above. 6. Hiram, born August 27, 1813; died December 20, 1814. 7. Hiram, born January 4, 1815; died November 6, 1846. 8. James, born Sep- tember 8, 1817 : died April 9, 1860. 9. Sarah, born June 8, 1818. 10. Charles, born Febru- ary 22, 1820; killed in civil war. II. George, born September 12, 1823; killed in civil war.
John Bodman, immigrant an- BODMAN cestor of this family, was born in England. The earliest mention of him in Massachusetts is in the church records when his wife Sarah joined the Boston church, March 23, 1644. He was a shoemaker by trade. The Boston Book of Possessions does not show that he had any land grants, neither does the Suffolk Registry of Deeds reveal that he bought or sold real estate, yet he owned land in Boston at the
North End on Mill creek adjoining land of Hugh Drury in 1660, and in 1662 owned land at the mill pond adjoining land of Thomas Marshall. In 1673 he had land in Mill creek adjoining land sold at that time by Henry Ashton to John Saffin. Apparently the same land was occupied by John Bodman "stone- layer" in 1682. This must have been the son of John ( I) who was a cordwainer by trade. Elizabeth, wife of John (I), was described as a widow several years before this date. Children : 1. John, born August, 1645. 2. Benjamin, baptized September 7, 1645. 3. Manoah, born March 6, 1647, soldier in King Philip's war. 4. Samuel, March 23, 1651. 5. Joseph, October 17, 1653, mentioned below. 6. Lydia, April 26, 1656. All were born in Boston.
(II) Joseph, son of John Bodman, was born in Boston, October 17, 1653. He settled in Westfield, Massachusetts, as early as 1685 and died there July 8, 1711. His first wife Hepzibah died January 15, 1686-87, and he removed to Hatfield where, May 4, 1687, he married (second) Naomi Church. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675-76, first in Captain Savage's company and later in Cap- tain Turner's company at Brookfield. His name does not appear among those who fought at Turner's Falls and it is supposed that he was at that time in the service in Northampton or Hadley. He probably lived first in Hadley after going to western Massachusetts, for he was one of the first proprietors of the town of Hatfield when it was set off from Hadley. He had lands at Hatfield in the earliest division October, 1684, and afterward. He is said to have been in Westfield, however, in 1681-85. The only child known of the first wife was: I. Lydia, born January 15, 1685-86, at Westfield. Children of the second wife: 2. Manoah, born March 29, 1692, married Anna -- and died without issue. 3. William, January 5, 1698, died May or July 27, 1723. 4. Sarah, April 10, 1701, married Thomas Kent. 5. Mary, Feb- ruary 12, 1704, married John Billings. 6. Lydia, July 30, 1707, married Samuel Har- vey. 7. Samuel, mentioned below.
(III) Samuel, son of Joseph Bodman, was born in 1712 and is said to have been the only son to leave issue. He died February 11, 1761. He was deacon of the church at Hatfield and is buried there in the old Hill burying ground. He married Martha Warner, born 1715, died 1806. Of his seven children three, Joseph, Samuel and William, settled in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, between 1770 and 1775. Sons :
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1. Joseph, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, 1739; died June 26, 1827 ; a soldier in the revolution from Hatfield, in Captain Percy Graves's com- pany in 1775. 3. William, 1741 ; died January 15, 1835; soldier in the revolution from Will- iamsburg on Lexington alarm, first lieutenant in Captain Abel Thayer's company ; service also credited to him, as of Hatfield.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Samuel Bodman, born at Hatfield, 1731; died at Williamsburg, September 3, 1818. Williamsburg was part of Hatfield until 1771, and perhaps the family re- mained on the same farms. He married Esther Field.
(V) Luther, son of Joseph (2) Bodman, born in Williamsburg. 1781 ; died in 1866. He married Clarissa Day, born January 16, 1787, died in 1864, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Booth) Day ( see Day).
(VI) Luther (2), son of Luther ( I) Bod- man, was born in Williamsburg, December II, 1814; died August 12, 1887. He passed his boyhood on his father's farm at Williamsburg, working summers and attending district school winters. At the age of nineteen he began to work in a general store as clerk, and at the age of twenty-three started in business for himself with a country store at Claremont. In 1842 he went west for the purpose of trafficking in wool and woolen goods and trading with the manu- facturers, and was very successful during the next twelve years in this line of business as well as in the store. He dealt extensively in real estate in Illinois, that being his hobby. He owned a large tract of thousands of acres. He retired from active business in 1854 and re- turned to his native town. He made his home on the old farm near his father. He continued active in financial affairs, assisted in organizing a bank at Conway, Massachusetts, and became its president. He resigned this office in 1864 to take the presidency of the Hampshire County National Bank, at Northampton, another insti- tution organized largely through his instru- mentality. He also became president of the Hampshire Savings Bank, and was president of Smith Charities of Northampton for several years, serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Mr. Bodman always manifested a lively interest in public affairs and although not an active politician held several public offices. He was a Democrat. He was selectman, town treasurer, postmaster and trial justice in Will- iamsburg, and deputy sheriff of the county. He was a faithful and prominent member of the Edwards Congregational Church. He mar- ried. June 25, 1839, Philena Hawks, born Octo-
ber 20, 1817, and died December 2, 1894, daughter of Silas and Phila ( Nims) Hawks. Children : I. Edward Cushman, married Ida Berdam ; children : Herbert Luther and George Milmine. 2. Adeline, died young. 3. Luther Whitney, married Grace Smith; children: i. Marjorie, married John Hobbs, and had Whit- ney Hobbs; ii. Edward W .; iii. Luther F. 4. Ellen Rebecca, married Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, the famous Congregational clergy- man, of New York City, prominent as a re- former. 5. Clara Philena, lives at home, un- married.
DAY Robert Day, immigrant ancestor of this family, born in England about 1604, came in the "Hopewell," in April, 1635, giving his age as thirty years. He was admitted a freeman, May 6, 1635. He settled in Cambridge and died in 1648. He went with his brother-in-law, Edward Stebbins, in the company of Rev. Mr. Hooker, which founded Hartford in 1636. He is first men- tioned there in 1630. Children : 1. Thomas, men- tioned below. 2. Sarah, married, 1658, Na- thaniel Gunn. 3. Mary, married (first ), Octo- ber 28, 1659, Samuel Ely; (second), April 2, 1694, Thomas Stebbins ; (third), December II, 1696. Deacon John Coleman. 4. John, married Sarah Butler.
(II) Thomas, son of Robert Day, born in Cambridge about 1636, settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, and married there, October 27, 1659, Sarah Cooper. He became a considerable land owner and a man of influence, but did not hold office to any extent. He was tithingman and in 1682 selectman. He died December 27, 17II, and his widow Sarah died November 21, 1726. Children : 1. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Sarah January 14, 1664 ; married John Burt, 3. Mary, December 15, 1666; married John Merrick. 4. John, February 20, 1668; died young. 5. Samuel, May 20, 1671; married Mary Dumbleton ; he probably built the old Day house (1696), still standing in West Spring- field. 6. John, September 20, 1673; married (first) Moral Smith; (second) Hannah Kent. 7. Ebenezer, February 18, 1675; died young 8. Jonathan, August 8, 1680; married Mercy . Burt. 9. Abigail, 1683: married Samuel War- riner.
(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas ( 1) Day, born in Springfield, March 23, 1662, became a prominent citizen of his native town ; was con- stable, surveyor of highways, etc. He owned a saw mill for a time. He removed to Colchester Connecticut, where he died in 1723. He mar-
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ried, January 28, 1685, Elizabeth Merrick. Children, born in Springfield: I. Elizabeth, February 28, 1687. 2. Thomas, October 23, 1689. 3. Sarah, September 30, 1691 ; married William Chamberlin. 4. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, May 20, 1697. 6. Debo- rah, September 14, 1699. 7. Nathan, Novem- ber 5, 170I.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Thomas (2) Day, born August 1, 1694, at Springfield, removed with his father to Colchester, where he died in 1751. He married Sarah Tiffany, February 3, 1718. Children: I. Deborah, born November 26, 1718. 2. Sarah, 1720. 3. Jonathan, 1723. 4. Ebenezer, July 28, 1726. 5. Silence, June I, 1728; married, 1752, Isaac Jones. 6. Samuel, mentioned below. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Mary. 9. Miriam.
(V) Samuel, son of Ebenezer Day, was born about 1730 or later. He settled in Williams- burg about the time it was set off from Hatfield. He was assessor of taxes there, 1773-75, 78-79, 81-84; warden, 1778-85 ; selectman, 1779-81. He did not serve in the revolutionary war, but in 1777 was one of a committee to apportion rates for the soldiers. He married at Lebanon, Connecticut, April 23, 1769, Ruth Booth. He died at Williamsburg, October 6, 1789. Children, born at Williamsburg: 1. Oliver, May, 1770; married, October 19, 1789, Hannah Wells. 2. Lucy, March 9, 1772; married Elisha Morton. 3. Ruth, March 3, 1774; married, November 20, 1794, Solomon Mumson. 4. Mahala, March 12, 1776; married, March 22, 1799, Hosea Shaw. 5. Samuel, March 8, 1778. 6. Elam, March 15, 1780; died September 15, 1787. 7. Joshua, March I, 1782. 8. Benoni, June IO, 1784; died May 4, 1835. 9. Clarissa, January 16, 1787 ; married Luther Bodman ( see Bod- man, V). 10. Nancy, February 4, 1788-89.
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