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April 26, 1721, lived in Royalston, Massachu- setts; soldier in the revolution. 6. Hannah, February 20, 1723. 7. John, May 29, 1725. 8. Whitman, May 3, 1727, mentioned below. 9. Mercy, April 20, 1729. 10. Elnathan, January 5, 1731, died August 1, 1745.
(IV) Rev. Whitman, son of Nathaniel Jacobs, was born at Bristol, Rhode Island, May 3, 1727, died at Royalston, Massachusetts, March 28, 1801. His age is given as seventy- nine, an error of several years, in the Royal- ston records. He became a preacher of the "Six-Principle" Baptists and was installed as pastor of the church at Thompson, Connecti- cut, in 1750. After a successful pastorate there lasting twenty years, he accepted a call to the Baptist church at Royalston, Worcester county, Massachusetts, where he was installed Decem- ber 13, 1770. Like most churches of this denomination at that time, his was poor and weak, and his salary was but fifty dollars a year. But he was a zealous preacher and popular pastor. In 1786 he resigned and went to Guilford, Vermont, where he preached for a time. He was also at Oneida county, New York. About 1795 he returned to Royalston and was living there with his son Joseph at the time of his death. He bought land at Royalston, June 1, 1770, when his residence was given as Killingly (Thompson) of Isaac Esty, of Royalston on Chestnut Hill, later called after Elder Jacobs and still known as Jacobs Hill. He deeded land to his son, Simeon Jacobs, one hundred acres in Royal- ston, September 22, 1785, and shortly before his death land to his daughter Rebecca. He married ( first) October 7, 1749, Rebecca , who died December 15, 1771, aged thirty-nine. He married (second) June 3, 1773, Rebecca Grow, of Thompson. Children of first wife: 1. Elnathan, born September 9, 1750. prominent citizen of Royalston ; erected buildings now or lately standing on the road that leads eastward south of the Thurston place. 2. John, died in infancy. 3. Infant, not named. 4. John, May 7, 1755, married Beulah and lived at Athiol where he had eleven children. 5. Simeon, May 9, 1757, mentioned below. 6. Whitman, May 1, 1759, married Walker and moved to Croy- den, New Hampshire, and at his death was the richest man in that town. 7. Rebecca, April 7. 1761. 8. Eli, April 8, 1763, married Jerusha Whipple, daughter of Deacon Moses ; settled in Vermont. 9. Mary, February 23, 1765, died August 2, 1777. 10. Martha, Marchi 5, 1767. 11. Joseph, May 19, 1770, selectman
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of Royalston, 1804-05-06. Children of second wife: 12. Sabrina, April 18, 1776, married Enos Metcalf. 13. Martha, July 30, 1778, died June 15, 1792. 14. Deacon Thomas, Septem- ber 12, 1780, died November 24, 1849; mar- ried, January 1, 1805, Elizabeth Bennett and had eight children.
(V) Simeon, son of Rev. Whitman Jacobs, was born May 9, 1757, at Thompson, Con- necticut. He came to Royalston with his father. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Daniel Haws's company, Colonel Simeon Holden's regiment in 1775-76; was also in Captain John Oliver's company, Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's regiment ; also a corporal in Captain William Marean's company, Col- onel Jonathan Reed's regiment in 1778; also in the same company under Colonel Stearns from March 27 to July 2, 1778; also in Cap- tain Jotham Houghton's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment, of General Fellows's brigade, October-December, 1779, at Clav- erack, New York. He bought land first at Royalston, October 24, 1782, of Nathan Green, adjoining land of his brother, Elnathan Jacobs. He also had land from his father by deed dated 1785. He married (first) Abigail , who died at Royalston, March 20, 1790; (second) December 8, 1791, at Royal- ston, Sarah Davis. Children of first wife, born at Royalston: I. Simeon, February 5, 1783, mentioned below. 2. Isaac, June 19, 1785. 3. Abigail, September 19, 1786, married Harris. 4. Mary, May 24, 1788, mar- ried Clark. Children of second wife, also born in Royalston: 5. Davis, October 30, 1792, died March 8, 1795. 6. Sarah, February 25, 1794. 7. Davis (or David), February 15, 1796. 8. Zilia, November 26, 1797. 9. Annie. IO. Amanda, married Chester Clark. IO. Lavinia, married - ---- Eggleston. 11. Soph- ronia, married - Draper.
(VI) Simeon (2), son of Simeon (I) Jacobs, was born at Royalston, February 5, 1783, died there September 4, 1824. He set- tled in his native town and was a farmer and prominent citizen there. He married, April 10, 1805, Molly Kenney, daughter of Rev. Enoch Kenney. Her father was also a Baptist minister at Royalston and died there. Chil- dren, born at Royalston : I. Ira, December 17, 1805, died February 8, 1844; married, 1829, Emeline Cohn; ( second) December 28, 1844, Mary Ann May. 2. Isaac, December 22, 1807, died May 12, 1838. 3. Moses, November 25, 1809, died April 21, 1841 ; married, May 17, 1836, Lydia Clark. 4. Sumner, January 12,
1812, died March II, 1846; married (first) February 16, 1835, Susan Clapp; ( second ) Mary Higgins. 5. Simeon, April 18, 1814, lived at Columbia, Connecticut ; married, May 17, 1835, Mary Ann Yoamans. 6. Horace, April 5, 1818, mentioned below. 7. Enoch, February 5, 1819, removed to Sacramento, California; married, March 1, 1856, Abbie Rich ; (second) December 8, 1871, Elizabeth 8. Alonzo, 1821. 9. Philander, July 3, 1823, adopted by Jonas Forristal; died March 28, 1878; married Sally Ann Putnam. Guardians were appointed for Enoch and Sumner in 1826 in Worcester county.
(VII) Dr. Horace, son of Simeon (2) Jacobs, was born in Royalston, April 5, 1818. He was but six years old when his father died and a short time later he went to live with his uncle, Dr. Isaac Jacobs, of Exeter, Maine. He attended the public schools in Exeter and learned of his uncle the rudiments of the medical art. He worked at farming in the summer and when a young man he taught school for a number of years in the winter terms. He began the study of medicine in earnest after he came of age in the office of his brother, Dr. Sumner Jacobs, of South Hadley, Massachusetts, and two years later began to practice in partnership with his brother. Later he removed to Chicopee Falls and soon afterward the brothers dissolved partnership and Dr. Horace removed to Chico- pee, where he practiced as an eclectic physi- cian until 1855. He then spent two years in rest and study at Westfield, Massachusetts, and in 1857 came to Springfield, Massachu- setts, where he resumed the practice of his profession, being one of the first eclectic physi- cians of tliat city. Dr. Jacobs was the first of the eclectic school to practice in the Connecti- cut Valley in Massachusetts. The innovation met with opposition from the other schools of medicine, but from a very modest practice at the beginning, Dr. Jacobs was soon in posses- sion of all he could attend. His success attracted patients from a distance and won for him the respect of his fellow-practitioners as well as of the public. For many years he was the acknowledged leader of his school in this section of the state. He was often called in consultation, and his judgment was sought even by physicians of other schools. His kindly nature endeared him to his patients and made him a welcome visitor in the sick-room. "He was a man (said the Springfield Republi- can at the time of his death) whose worth was best known, and almost entirely known, to his
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family, his patients and those who from what- ever cause became well acquainted with him. He was eminently genial in his home and among those with whom he had the greatest intimacy, but was never ostentatious in any relation. A steadfast sense of right determined his convictions and laid the course of his action. For this quality, together with his dignity, sound judgment and genuine good sense, he was much esteemed in the community." He served several terms in the lower board of the city council, and was for many years presi- dent of the Holyoke Paper Company. He was one of the original stockholders of the Springdale Paper Company of Westfield and was a director at the time of his death. Much of the early development of the southern part of West Springfield, which had a marvelous growth in the early seventies, was due to his efforts and influence, and he always had large real estate holdings there. In his boyhood he attended the Baptist church, but during his residence in Chicopee he became one of the most earnest and zealous of Methodists. In Springfield he was a prominent member of the official board of the Pynchon Street Methodist Episcopal Church. During the last years of his life he was a member and trustee of Trin- ity Methodist Church. He retired from active practice on account of ill health in 1882. He died May 3, 1884, at Salt Lake City, while returning with his wife and daughter from a visit to his brother Enoch in California. The cause of death was heart disease.
He married, November 22, 1842, Emily Laura Owen, born June 13, 1820, daughter of Abijah and Laura ( Eggleston) Owen (see Owen and Eggleston). Children : I. Dr. Chauncey A., born November 1, 1843, married Sarah Guyer ; two children: Philip C., mar- ried Ora Williams, one child, Philip; and Arthur G. 2. Mary L., June 23, 1846, resides at 1135 Washington street, Springfield. 3. Miriam, February 26, 1852, married Charles F. Rice, of Newton, Massachusetts; children : Laura O., married Rev. William Seaman, and has Miriam; William C., Horace J., Paul N., Rachel C. 4. Rachel B., February 27, 1854. 5. Horace 11., January 12, 1860, married Alice Taylor ; no children.
(The Eggleston Line).
Begat Eggleston, immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1590 or carlier. He de- posed June 5, 1645, that his age was forty- five, but he was called "near one hundred
years old" when he died September 1, 1674. He came to Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1630, was admitted a freeman in 1631, and was one of the original members of Rev. Mr. War- ham's church which came to Windsor, Con- necticut, in 1635. His widow contributed in 1676 to the fund for the relief of the poor of the colonies. He married (first) in England. His wife died December 8, 1657, and he mar- ried (second) Mary Talcott, of Hartford. Children : I. Samuel, married, in 1661, Sarah Desbrough. 2. Thomas, born August 26, 1638, at Windsor. 3. James, mentioned below. 4. Mary, May 29, 1641, married John Denslow. 5. Sarah, March 28, 1643, married John Petti- bone Jr. 6. Rebecca, December 8, 1644. 7. Abigail, June 12, 1648, married, October 14, 1669, John Osborne. 8. Joseph, baptized March 30, 1651. 9. Benjamin, born Decem- ber 18, 1653.
(II) James, son of Begat Eggleston, was born about 1640. A James Eggleston was admitted freeman in 1637 and served in the Pequot war, but was probably an uncle. James Eggleston had a grant of land of fifty acres at Windsor in 1671. He bought the Samuel Allen place, south of Broad street and the road running east of it. He died intestate Decem- ber 1, 1679, and his widow was appointed administratrix, May 10, 1680. She married (second) April 29, 1680, James· Eno. He married Hester Williams, the first female born at Hartford, a sister of Roger Williams. Chil- dren, born at Windsor: I. James, January 1, 1656. 2. John, March 27, 1659. 3. Thomas, July 27, 1661. 4. Hester, December 1, 1663. 5. Nathaniel, August 15, 1666. 6. Isaac, Feb- ruary 27, 1668. 7. Abigail, February 27, 1668. 7. Abigail, September 1, 1671. 8. Deborah, May 1, 1674. 9. Hannah, December 19, 1676.
(III) Nathaniel, son of James Eggleston, was born in Windsor, August 15, 1666. He removed from Windsor to Westfield, Massa- chusetts, where he died. He married, Septem- ber 13, 1694, Hannah Ashley, born December 26, 1675. Children: 1. Joseph, removed about 1743 to Sheffield, Connecticut, a weaver by trade ; married, June 9, 1730, Abigail Ash- ley. 2. Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(IV) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel ( I) Eggleston, was born in Westfield, Massachu- setts, April 3, 1712. He married, August 13, 1741, Esther Wait, of Northampton. He died March 7, 1790. He lived and died in West- field, and his gravestone is standing in the East Farms burial ground. Children, born
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in Westfield : I. Eber, mentioned below. 2. Simeon, soldier in the revolution. 3. Abner, died young.
(V) Eber, son of Nathaniel (2) Eggleston, was born about 1750-60. He was a soldier in the revolution. He married Submit Judd, of Southampton, who died July 4, 1821. He died December 25, 1818. Children: I. Eli, born at Westfield, 1784. 2. Eber, born 1790, soldier in the war of 1812: lost three fingers in battle. 3. Eunice. 4. Judd. 5. Submit. 6. Laura, married Abijah Owen (see Owen). 7. Esther.
(The Owen Line).
John Owen, immigrant ancestor, was born December 25, 1624, died February 1, 1698. He was of Welsh ancestry and came from England or Wales to Windsor, Connecticut, making his home at a place called Hosford's Lane. Afterward he removed farther north on the Farmington river to a place called Polly's Orchard on the opposite side of the stream. He married, October 3, 1650, Rebecca Wade. Children, born at Windsor: I. Josias, September 8, 1651, mentioned below. 2. John, November 5, 1652. 3. John, April 23, 1654, died January 13, 1670. 4. Nathaniel, August 9, 1656. 5. Daniel, March 28, 1658, married, January 24, 1681, Mary Bissell. 6. Joseph, October 23, 1660, settled in Hebron. 7. Mary, December 5, 1662. 8. Benjamin, September 20, 1664, died May 26, 1665. 9. Rebecca, March 28, 1666, married Nathan Gillett. 10. Obadiah, December 12, 1667. II. Isaac, May 27. 1670, removed to Simsbury.
(II) Josias, son of John Owen, was born at Windsor, September 8, 1651. He removed to Simsbury. He married, October 22, 1674, Mary Osborn, daughter of John Osborn. Chil- dren, born at Simsbury: I. Josias, June 6, 1675, mentioned below. 2. Isaac, June 4, 1678. 3. Mary, February 15, 1679. 4. John, lieu- tenant. 5. Abigail, married Samuel Clark Jr.
(III) Josias (2), son of Josias (I) Owen, was born at Simsbury, June 6, 1675. He set- tled at Hebron, Connecticut. He married, De- cember 31, 1697, Mary Hosford. Children, born at Hebron: I. Asahel, March 25, 1699, mentioned below. 2. Noah, May 14, 1701. 3. Silas, March 9, 1702. 4. Amos, March 4, 1704. 5. Mary, April 13, 1707.
(IV) Asahel, son of Josias (2) Owen, was born in Hebron, March 25, 1699. He mar- ried, June, 1751, Deborah Drake. Children : I. Asahel, born October II, 1752. 2. Abijah, April 9, 1754 (given Elijah in Windsor his- tory, an error), mentioned below. 3. Abra-
ham. 4. Hannah, married Simon Brooks. 5. Deborah, married -- - Searle. 6. Sarah.
( V) Abijah, son of Asahel Owen, was born April 9, 1754. He married, November 25, 1784, Miriam Brooks ( see Morgan family ). Children : I. Emily, born October 1, 1785, died October 29, 1808. 2. Matilda, April 8, 1788, married, October, 1808, Harvey Bestor. 3. Abijah, November 16, 1789, mentioned below. 4. Miriam, November 15, 1791, mar- ried Reuben Bement. 5. Rachel, August 14, 1794, married, May 24, 1813, Elizur Bates ; she died September, 1855. 6. Charlotte, March II, 1796, died February 21, 1818; married, March, 1817, Daniel Noble. 7. Hiram, March 15. 1798, married, November, 1822, Julia Bates. 8. Linus, November 20, 1799, married, June, 1821, Orrel Webber. 9. Lydia, August 2, 1802, married, March, 1821, Eli Thorpe.
Samuel Morgan, son of Nathaniel Morgan ( see Miles Morgan I), was born in Springfield in 1694, died December, 1799, aged about one hundred and five years. He married Rachel Children : 1. Samuel, died 1809, aged eighty. 2. Miriam, born July 13, 1739, died October 13, 1809; married, March 4, 1758, Israel Brooks ; their daughter, Miriam Brooks, married. November 25. 1784, Abijah Owen (see above ). 3. Rhoda. 4. Eleanor. The property of Samuel Jr., Rhoda and Eleanor went by will to Lettice, daughter of their sister Miriam, adopt- ed daughter of Samuel Morgan Jr. and wife of Gaius, who was an adopted son of Samuel Morgan Jr.
(VI) Abijah (2), son of Abijah (I) Owen, was born November 16, 1789, died June 23, 1866. He married, April 30, 1818, Laura Eggleston, died June, 1881, daughter of Eber and Submit (Judd) Eggleston (see Eggle- ston). Children: I. Emily Laura, born June 13, 1820, married Horace Jacobs (see Jacobs). 2. Abijah Chauncey, February 1, 1823. 3. Chauncey Abijah, June 29, 1824. 4. Homer, June 3, 1826. 5. Miriam Submit, March 19,
The independent and adven- HARMON turous spirit of the men of this name is evidenced by the fact of their being very early settlers in the wilderness of New England. Francis, of whom very little is known, came in 1635; Nathaniel settled at Braintree before 1641 ; John was of Plymouth in 1643, and of Dux- bury 1657; a second John was a member of Pynchon's colony at Springfield in 1643; James was of Saco in 1655; and there were others later. They have ever been men of
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enterprise and courage, leaders in business and brave soldiers in war.
(I) John Harmon, the propositus of the Harrison family of Suffield, Connecticut, was born in England in 1617, and died in Springfield, Massachusetts, "ye 7th of ye I mon. 1660-61," aged forty-three years. He was settled in Spring- field in 1643, and was granted land February 12, 1649, the record stating : "It is ordered yt Geo; Colton and Thomas Cooper who is ye Towne treasurer should wth yr best discretion lay out the severall parcells of Meadow granted ye last yeare, to Henry Burt 4 acres, Tho; Mirick 4 acres, Alex; Edwards 4 acres, Jno Harman 4 acres, In ye Longe meadow over ye Brooke." January 22, 1651, John Harmon was grantee of lot 6, two and a half acres "on Pacowick." "February 8th (1654) thease parsells of meadow commonly called by the name of Wattchnett was granted these inhabit- ants as followeth vid John Harman 3 acres," &c. He also received a grant of land "over ve mill river" containing three acres, in 1655. He also received other grants of land. In "a rate for ye raysinge of £30 for the purchase of the lands of the Plantation 1646." John Harmon is assessed 9s. 2d. on the thirty-three acres of land. John Harmon was one of six persons seated by the selectmen in the third seat of the church, December 23, 1659. He was a man of good character and was made surveyor of highways of the lower part of the town, November 2, 1647, and November 2, 1658; fence viewer, 1635; November 4, 1656, he was chosen to the office of "presenter to present breaches of the laws of the county or of town orders and to which service he took his oath." He married, in 1640, Elizabeth, whose surname does not appear. She was born in England in 1617. After the death of John Harmon she married Anthony Dor- chester, who died in Springfield, August 28, 1683. She died in Springfield, May 16, 1699, aged ninety-one years. The children of John and Elizabeth were: 'John, Samuel, Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary, Nathaniel and Ebe- nezer. The first two were born before John's settlement at Springfield.
(11) Joseph, third son of John and Eliza- beth Harmon, was born in Springfield, Massa- chusetts, "HI mon. 4 day, 1646," and died in Suffield, Connecticut, October 28, 1729, aged nearly eighty-three years. In December, 1664, upon the request of Anthony Dorchester. there was granted by the town of Springfield to his own and to his wife's sons thirty acres of land cach. Joseph Harmon was one of
those who received one of these portions of thirty acres. In 1676 Samuel and Joseph Har- mon were two of several persons desiring grants of land at, towards or about Stony river on the west side of the great river toward Windsor; and the selectmen granted to the Harmons "30 acres of land apiece there and six acres of wet meadow." Joseph Harmon's place in the church was "in ye south side at ye upper end of the Backer seate," in 1662-63. In 1670 Samuel and Joseph Harmon were required to furnish one load as their part of the minister's wood. Samuel and Joseph Harmon seem to have been successful hunters; on the town books, among similar entries, of date January II, 1668, are the following: "To Samuel & Joseph Harmon for killing 6 wolves this Sum- mer past £3." December, 1670, "To Samle & J. Harman for killing 4 wolves £2." January 14, 1670, the settlement of Suffield, Connecti- cut, was begun by the grants of land to Samuel and Joseph Harmon, Benjamin Parsons and others, says Burt in his "History of Spring- field." D. W. Norton in his "Statement at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Town of Suf- field, October 12, 1870, states that the settle- ment of the town was begun in 1670." John Lewis, Esq., at the same place says, "Unfor- tunately, no documents have yet been dis- covered, that definitely state the time, place, and circumstance of the first settlement of Suffield While it is quite certain that the Harmons were the pioneers of the town, and that they came here in 1670, the exact date of their settlement is not known." "In 1669 the Selectmen of Springfield assumed authority to form and direct the settlement of Springfield. They made several grants of land, and among others to Samuel and Joseph Har- mon, who it is thought, in the following sum- mer, took up their abode on the Northampton road, in the vicinity of Stony Brook." This was about one mile west of High street, on what is now the road leading from High street to West Suffield. Joseph Harmon married Hannah Philley, or Fille, in Southfield, Mass- achusetts, now Suffield, Connecticut, January 22, 1674. She was born in Windsor, Connecti- cut. July 3, 1653, and died in Suffield, August 28, 1729, aged seventy-six. They had ten children: Hannah, John (both born at Spring- field), Samuel (died young ), Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Ebenezer, Mary and Nathaniel.
(III) Joseph (2), third son of Joseph (I) and Hannah ( Philly ) Harmon, was born Sep- tember 6, 1682, in Suffield, where he died August 19, 1747, aged almost sixty-five years.
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He married, in Suffield, November 25, 1714, Elizabeth Granger, born in Suffield, March 26, 1692. She survived her husband and mar- ried ( second) Ebenezer Harmon, born in Suf- field, September 6, 1688, died in 1770. The date of her death is not recorded. The chil- Elizabeth, Moses and Miriam (twins), and Ebenezer, next mentioned.
supporter of church and state. He was in early life a Democrat and later a Whig, and took an active part in public affairs, holding every office in the gift of the town and repre- senting it three years in the state legislature. He married, November 24, 1819, Paulina Har- dren of Joseph and Elizabeth were: Joseph, . mon, of New Marlborough, born in New
(IV) Ebenezer, youngest child of Joseph (2) and Elizabeth (Granger) Harmon, was born in Suffield, July 29, 1727, died January 17, 1807, in the eightieth year of his age. He married, in Suffield, January 17, 1753, Rachel Winchel, born in Suffield, Septem- ber, 22, 1732, died there March 20, 1820. They had eight children : Israel, Rachel, Jehiel (died young), Elizabeth, Jehiel, Luther, Olive and Asenath.
(V) Israel, eldest child of Ebenezer and Rachel ( Winchel) Harmon, was born in Suf- field, October 29, 1753, died December 14, 1831. in his seventy-ninth year. The town of Suffield is believed to have furnished four hun- dred men to the revolutionary armies, among whom were ten Harmons. In 1776 Captain John Harmon raised a company of men in Suffield and Windsor, and Israel and his brother, Jehiel Harmon, were privates in that company. Israel Harmon married, in Suffield, February 5, 1779, Elizabeth ( Kent) Pomeroy, born in Suffield, November 7, 1755, died May 4. 1825, in her seventieth year. Their chil- dren were: Ebenezer, Calvin, Israel, Rachel, Adolphus and Julius.
(VI) Israel (2), third son of Israel (I) and Elizabeth ( Kent ) ( Pomeroy ) Harmon, was born in Suffield, Connecticut, December 17. 1784, died at Suffield, April 20, 1844. He started as a peddler of woodenware, and later began business as a powdermaker, and con- tinued in that line to within five years of his death. He sold his product on the road and furnished a large quantity for blasting on the Erie Canal, taking it there in his wagon. Once when returning from a western trip a great snow storm compelled him to stay over night at East Granby. The next morning, Sunday, when he renewed his journey toward home, three miles away, he -was stopped by a con- stable and detained as a Sabbath breaker, but after a heated argument was allowed to go to his home. He commenced without capital, but by industry and good management he accumu- lated a comfortable fortune. He owned and operated four farms up to the time of his death. He was a whole-hearted and loyal
Marlborougli, June 18, 1801, died July 6, 1868, in Fairbury, Illinois, where she had been car- ing for the motherless children of her daugh- ter Julia Annette. Mrs. Harmon was che daughter of William and Betsey Harmon of a collateral branch of the Harmon family, descended from the first John. She possessed superior mental and personal endowments, was a sincere Christian (a member of the Congre- gational church), training her children "in the fear and admonition of the Lord." A true helpmeet to her husband, a devoted mother, a cordial friend, she was a model for future generations. To Israel and Paulina Harmon were born four sons and three daughters: I. George W., born January 27, 1821, died in Suffield, Connecticut ; married Mary St. John, of Simsbury, Connecticut, and they had one son, George A., who married Helen Wright, of Suffield, and one daughter, Anna, who mar- ried Rev. J. H. Laird, of Hinsdale, Massa- chusetts. 2. Eliza, July 23, 1822, married Anson Warner, and died at Marshall, Wiscon- sin. 3. Oliver, July 3, 1824, lived in Ohio; died unmarried in Suffield, Connecticut, Janu- ary 7, 1857. 4. Martha, December 29, 1829, died August 7, 1857 ; married Charles W. Den- slow, of Rainbow, Windsor, Connecticut ; they had one son, Harmon, who died in California at twenty years of age ; and one daughter Katie, who married a Mr. Morgan, and had one son, and is now living at Mendocino, California. 5. Israel, mentioned below. 6. Julia Annette, April 17, 1837, died at Suffield, October 28, 1867; she married Horace M. Gillette and lived at Fairbury, Illinois; they had a son, Harmon, who died when about twenty-five years old; and a son Henry, who resides in Chicago. 7. Julius Alonzo, twin to Julia Annette, married (first) Elizabeth Morgan, of West Springfield, by whom he had one son, Julius A. ; they resided at North Adams, Massachusetts ; she died and he married ( sec- ond) -, and (third) -; he died and was buried at West Suffield.
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