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(1) Jared Ingram (or Jarrett, as the name was sometimes spelled) was the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the Ingraham family, and was presumably the son of Richard In- gram. He was born in England, about 1635, and died January II, 1717-18. He settled at Boston, Massachusetts. He removed to Reho- both, where Richard lived, and had several children born in Swansea, near Rehoboth, be- tween 1665 and 1671. He married first +
at Boston : (second) May 28, 1662, Rebecca, buried August 1, 1691, daughter of Edward Searles. He married (third) April 22, 1692, Waitstill, widow of Joseph Saben, whose father was William Saben. She died November 5. 1718. Child of first wife, born at Boston: I. Margaret, born January 17, 1663; married, April 4. 1684, David Freeman. Children of second wife, born at Rehoboth and Swansea : 2. Rebecca, May 1, 1665; married, July 30, 1693. Benjamin Robinson. 3. Mary. Septem- ber 10, 1667: buried May 25, 1673. 4. Eph- raim, June 22, 1669. 5. Mercy, July 13, 1671. 6. Hannah, December 29, 1673, at Swansea. Children of third wife: 7. Obadialı, Septem- ber 21, 1696; mentioned below. 8. Benjamin, married, March 20, 1711, Patience Ide. 9. Hannah, married, 1702, Daniel Lawrence.
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(II) Obadiah, son of Jared Ingram, was born at Rehoboth, September 21, 1696, and died in 1724. He married, June 3, 1718, Eliz- abeth Fisk. He resided at Rehoboth, where his children were born. Children: I. Wait- still, November 5, 1719. 2. Obadiah, Novem- ber I, 1721 ; mentioned below. 3. William, March 30, 1724.
(III) Obadiah (2), son of Obadiah ( 1) Ingraham, was born at Rehoboth, November I. 1721. He married (first ) January 9, 1745-6, Barbara Lindley, died August 1, 1759; (sec- ond) February 18, 1760, Isabel Perry. Chil- dren of first wife: I. William, born Septem- ber 23. 1746; mentioned below. 2. Lemuel, born August 22, 1750, died August 26, 1750. 3. John, born March 31, 1753. 4. Bette, Au- gust 30, 1755. 5. Remember, August 12, 1759, died August 29, 1759. Children of second wife : 6. Consider, born April 12, 1761 (twin), died April 13. 1761. 7. Silence, born April 12, 1761 (twin), died April 13, 1761. 8. Barbara, born May 31, 1762.
(IV) William, son of Obadiah (2) Ingra- ham, was born September 23, 1746. He mar- ried. December 2, 1773, Esther Carpenter. Chil- dren : I. Barbara, born December 4, 1774. 2. Esther, May 22, 1777. 3. William, August II, 1780. 4. Obadiah, born September 6, 1783. 5. Joseph, October 13, 1786.
(V) Joseph, son of William Ingraham, was born October 13, 1786, at Saybrook, Connec- ticut. He removed to Hadley or vicinity, where many of the family settled. He married, April 3. 1806, Nancy Potter, born at Endfield, March 26. 1784. Children : 1. John, born January 9, 1807. 2. Joseph, July 14, 1808. 3. Elizabeth, December 8, 1810. 4. Obadiah P., see forward. 5. Sarah P., December 29, 1816. 6. William T .. April 12, 1823.
(VI) Obadiah P., son of Joseph Ingra- ham, was born August 6, 1813. He was a merchant at Hadley. He was a Republican in politics. He married Margarett A. Marsh, August 27, 1840; she was born December 17, 1816. Children : I. Robert E., born May 30, 1841, died January 7, 1888; married Martha Terwilleger. 2. Margaret Jane, born June 21, 1846, at South Hadley Falls, died January 12, 1908, at Westfield ; married David D. Hewes, of Westfield ( see Hewes, IV.).
Robert Goodell, immigrant an- GOODELL cestor, was of English birth. The name is spelled Goodhall and Goodale, as well as Goodell, in England and this country. Robert Goodell sailed from
Ipswich, England, in the ship "Elizabeth," in April, 1634, with his wife Katherine, aged twenty-eight ; daughter Mary, aged four ; sons Abraham, aged two, and Isaac, aged six months. He was thirty years old, making the year of his birth 1604. He settled at Salem, in New England, and is called variously in the early records "farmer" and "planter." He was a proprietor of the town in 1636. He deeded land there to his daughter, Hannah Killum, in 1668. He must have married ( second) Mar- garet for with wife of that name he sold land adjoining his homestead in Salem. He died in 1683. In his will dated October 12, 1682, proved June 27, 1683, he called him- self "aged;" he bequeathed to wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth Bennett and grandchild John Smith. Children: 1. Mary, born 1630. 2. Abraham, 1632. 3. Isaac, 1633; mentioned below. 4. Zachariah, born in Salem, May 31, 1640; married Elizabeth Bircham. 5. Jacob, born January 9, 1642. 6. Sarah. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Hannah, born August 6, 1645.
(II) Isaac, son of Robert Goodell, was born in England in 1633, and came to New Eng- land with his parents in 1634. He was a farmer in Salem, and part of his homestead which has never been alienated from the family, is now known as the Jacob Oscar Goodell place, in Pea- body, formerly Salem. He married, January 25, 1768-9, Patience Cook, who married ( second ) before 1693. Stimpson. Goodell died in 1679, and his widow and John Pease were administrators. His inventory, dated October 23, 1679, taken by Nathaniel Felton and Job Swinnerton, amounted to one hundred and ninety-two pounds seventeen shillings. In settle- ment of the estate Zachariah Goodell gave a receipt to Patience Stimpson and Isaac Goodell for his share, and John Goodell did likewise October 22, 1705. Children, born at Salem or Salem Village: I. Isaac, March 29, 1670, died 1739. 2. Hester, March 17, 1671-2. 3. Zach- ariah, May 15, 1675 : removed to Wells, Maine. 4. Abraham, May 3. 1677, died three days later. 5. Abigail, born early in November. 1678. 6. Son, born middle of September, -- -. died seven weeks later. 7. John, mentioned below.
(III) John, son of Isaac Goodell, was born in Salem Village. He appears to have re- moved as early as 1702 to Woodstock. Con- necticut. He married, November 10, 1702, Lydia Titus : (second) October 8, 1710, Han- nah Colburn. He was non compos in 1724. and had a guardian appointed. Children. born at Woodstock: 1. John, November 25, 1704:
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mentioned below. 2. Hannah, married Octo- ber 1, 1735, Jonathan Berry, of Rehoboth. 3. Patience, born June 1, 1707; married (first) October 18, 1732, Jeremiah Reed; (second) Thomas Bray. 4. Samuel, born February 9, 1708-9. 5. Eliphalet, born July 16, 1712. 6. Isaac, born October 10, 1715, died at Mansfield, Connecticut, 1743. 7. Abigail, born October 13. 1719; married, December 1, 1742, Samuel Green.
(IV) John (2), son of John (I) Goodell, was born November 25, 1704, at Woodstock. He was an active citizen of West Woodstock in 1736, and was one of the signers of a pro- test against the location of the meeting house as proposed. He married, May 25, 1731, Mary Bigbee, descendant of an old Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, family. He probably married ( sec- ond ) April 4, 1742, Mary Wolcott. Children, born at Woodstock : I. Elisha, February I, baptized February 29, 1731-2. 2. Eliphalet, baptized February 3. 1733-4. 3. John, born November 25, 1735, was at Woodstock in 1790. 4. David, mentioned below. 5. Nathaniel, born October 9, 1740, baptized October 12. 6. Lemuel, baptized February 13, 1743 ; living in Woodstock in 1790. 7. Samuel, born January 8. 1742-43, probably the same, possibly a twin. 8. Isaac, baptized March 24, 1745. 9. Asa, baptized April 12, 1747, born February 22, living in Woodstock in 1790. 10. Twin of Asa, born February 22, 1747. II. Mary, born March 4, 1749. 12. Esther, born May 12. 1750.
(V) David, son of John (2) Goodell, was born at Woodstock, October 5, and was bap- tized October 8, 1758. He was a soldier in the revolution, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and marched with the Woodstock company to Boston, under Captain Nathaniel Marcy. He doubtless removed to Readsboro, Vermont, after the revolution. He married, January 1, 1761, Hannah Abbott (by Rev. Stephen Williams). She died August 6, 1781, at Woodstock. Children, born at Woodstock: 1. Isaac, born October 4, 1761, died September 8. 1766. 2. Zuba (Azubah), November 4, 1764, died December 29, 1766. 3. Twin, born and died May 15, 1766. 4. Twin child, died May 21, 1767. 5. Isaac, May 16. 1767. died September 7, 1767. 6. Ziba. 7. Levi, died young. 8. Levi, born March 29, 1772. 9. Sylvester, September 10, 1774, settled in Stanford, Ben- nington county, Vermont, died at Conquest, Cayuga county, New York, September 18, 1834 ; married Susanna -, born February 2, 1774, died December 1, 1828, at Pownal. Vermont. 10. David, mentioned below. II.
Stephen, October 19, 1777. 12. Hannatı, Octo- ber I, 1779.
(VI) David (2), son of David ( 1) Goodell, was born at Woodstock, and settled in Reads- boro; Vermont. According to gravestone he died March 10, 1837, aged seventy years. He married Louisa Wood, born in 1765, died Feb- ruary 16, 1863, aged ninety-seven years two months (gravestone). Children, born at Reads- boro: I. Harvey, 1792. 2. Lovinia. 3. Nancy. 4. Polly. 5. Chester, 1802. 6. Daniel, 1804. 7. Anson, mentioned below.
(VII) Anson, son of David (2) Goodell, was born in Readsboro, in 1805, died May 9, 1802, at Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, buried in Buckland, Massachusetts. He attended school in Readsboro. was a farmer of that town, and a member of the Methodist church. He mar- ried Lucy Rice, born 1808, died June 17, 1899, daughter of Oris Rice, son of Jacob Rice, the immigrant, of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Goodell: I. A son, died in infancy. 2. Pamelia L., born March 2, 1830, died March 2, 1837. 3. Hiram A., born May 6, 1831, died February 17, 1877. 4. A daughter, died in infancy. 5. Anna P., born October 9, 1833. died March 24, 1897. 6. Albert Henry, born March 12, 1835, died June 9. 1839. 7. Dexter W., born February 18, 1837, died October 27, 1901. 8. Helen M., born March II, 1840, died October 20, 1873. 9. Lucy Almina, born July 19, 1842, died Au- gust 25, 1905. 10. Albert D., mentioned below. II. Henry E., born October 12, 1847. 12. Martha M., October II, 1849.
(VIII) Albert D., son of Anson Goodell, was born in Whitingham, Vermont, August 3, 1845. He was educated in the public and select schools, and during his boyhood worked on his father's farm. He learned the trade of carpenter, and followed the same for five years. In 1870 he went to Millers Falls and was em- ployed by the Millers Falls Company as in- spector, superintendent and master mechanic of their factory. He invented many useful and valuable tools used in their manufacture. In 1888 he went to Shelburne Falls, Massachu- setts, and formed a company known as Goodell Brothers, manufacturers of mechanics' tools, the firm consisting of A. D. and H. E. Goodell. This connection continued for a period of four years, when A. D. sold his interest to his brother, Henry E., who removed the business to Greenfield where it still continues under the firm name of Goodell-Pratt Company. In 1892 Albert D. Goodell moved to Worcester. Massachusetts, accompanied by his family, and
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there established the Goodell Tool Company in partnership with his son, Frederick A. Goodell. In 1893 they removed their business to Shel- burne Falls, and rented the shop and power of H. H. Mayhew Company, remaining until 1904, when they purchased the peg shop of J. R. Foster, where they have continued up to the present time (1909) ; they are manufacturers of mechanics' tools, and their business has been exceedingly prosperous. Mr. Goodell is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Republican in politics. He married (first) at Millers Falls, June 1, 1870, Emily J. Hoyt, born June 12, 1852, died February 1, 1872, daughter of Isaac Hoyt. Married (second) August 21, 1872, Harriet E. Peters, born July 24, 1854, daughter of Lyman Peters. Chil- dren of second marriage : 1. Frederick A., born August 26, 1873. 2. Helen E., born November 14, 1879.
HUSSEY John Hussey lived in Dorking, county Surrey, England. He married. December 5. 1593, Mary Wood. or Woodin. He died in England. Chil- dren: John, died young; Christopher, men- tioned below ; one or more daughters.
(II) Christopher, son of John Hussey, was born in England, in 1595-6, and baptized Feb- ruary 18. 1599. He was among the parish- ioners of Rev. Stephen Bachilor who went to Holland. as it was only upon his promise to go to America that Rev. Mr. Bachilor consented to his marriage with his daughter. Christopher Hussey and his wife Theodate, daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachilor, sailed in the ship "Will- iam and Francis" from Southampton, in May, 1630. and arrived at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, about July 23. They settled in Saugus (Lynn). Massachusetts. It is thought that his mother, Mary Hussey, accompanied him to New England, but she may have come later. He removed to Newbury, where he was a pro- prietor in 1637. He was one of the original grantees of Hampton, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 6, 1638. He and his mother lived on opposite sides of the meeting house green, the five-acre lot of the widow, being about the present site of the town house. She died June 16. 1660. Christopher Hussey was the first deacon of the church in Hampton, and an influ- ential man. He was captain in the militia, town clerk. selectman and representative. When New Hampshire was made a royal province he was one of the commissioners named in the charter. In 1650 he sold his property and removed to Hampton Falls. He was one of
the purchasers of Nantucket in 1659, and sub- sequently commanded an ocean vessel. His wife Theodate died October 20, 1649, and he married (second) December 9, 1658, Ann Min- gay, who died June 24, 1680, widow of Jeffrey Mingay. He died March 6, 1686, at Hampton, New Hampshire, aged about ninety years. Chil- dren : Stephen, mentioned below ; Joseph, John, Mary, Theodate, died October 20, 1649; child of second wife, Huldah.
(II) Stephen, son of Christopher Hussey, was born about 1632. He settled in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he died April 2, 1718. Before his marriage he lived at the Barbadoes, and had accumulated considerable property. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and at one time was representative to the gen- eral court. He married, in Nantucket, Octo- ber 8. 1676, Martha Bunker, born November II, 1656, died September 21, 1744. daughter of George and Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, grand- daughter of William Bunker. Children : Puella, Abigail, Sylvanus, Bachelor (mentioned be- low ). Daniel, Mary, George, Theodate.
(III) Bachelor, son of Stephen Hussey, was born February 18, 1685, in Nantucket, where he lived many years. He settled later in Bidde- ford. Maine. He was probably engaged in coasting, or the West India trade. He married, October II, 1704. in Hampton, Abigail Halle. Children. born in Hampton : Christopher, Mary, Jedidah (daughter ), John (mentioned below), others born in Biddeford or Nantucket.
(IV) John (2), son of Bachelor Hussey, born at Scituate, Massachusetts, 1710, died 1795. He married Jane Rollins, and came to Nobelboro early in its settlement. Children : I. Sarah, married Thomas Chapman ; she and her husband both died in one day, and were buried in the same grave. 2. Margery. 3. Susan. 4. Betsey. 5. John. 6-7. Martha and Lydia, twins. 8. Job. 9. Jane. 10. Mary. II. Benjamin, mentioned below. 12. Deborah. 13. Isaac. 14. Eleanor.
(V) Benjamin, son of John Hussey, was born at Nobelboro, about 1775. He settled in the adjacent town of Palermo, Waldo county, Maine, and was a farmer all his life. He mar- ried Sarah Rigby. He died at South Montville, Maine. Children: 1. Benjamin, mentioned below. 2. Albert. 3. Sarah. 4. Jane.
(VI) Benjamin (2). son of Benjamin (I) Hussey, was born in Palermo, Maine, in 1814. and died at Lincolnville, Maine, in 1866. He was educated in the district schools. For many years he was a successful trader, but owing to ill health he gave up mercantile life and settled
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on a farm. For several years he and his wife were invalids, but they were fortunate in hav- ing a son to care for them. He married Eliz- abeth Eugenia Thomas, born at Searsmont, Maine, daughter of John and - - (Davis) Thomas, died at Lincolnville, 1873. Children : I. Albert O., born at Albion, Maine, died in California. 2. George F., mentioned below. 3. Carrie W., born at Albion, Maine ; residence Lincolnville, Maine. 4. Elijah P., born at South Montville, Maine, June 6, 1853, died at Ellis, Kansas, February 25, 1907. 5. Nathan B., born at South Montville, Maine, died there when quite young. 6. Theodore F., born at South Montville, Maine, died at Jacksonville, Florida. 7. Emma J., born at Lincolnville, Maine.
(VII) George F., son of Benjamin (2) Hussey, was born at Albion, Maine, June 19, 1846. He attended the public schools of Albion, Montville and Lincolnville, until he was six- teen years old, when he enlisted in the civil war in Company G, Twenty-sixth Maine In- fantry, for a term of nine months. Upon the expiration of his term of enlistment he again entered the service, serving as sergeant of Com- pany H, Second Maine Cavalry. He was on duty around Port Hudson, Louisiana, in Gen- eral Banks's Red River campaign, and fighting in the siege of Port Hudson, at Irish Bend, and in several other engagements and cavalry raids in Louisiana and Florida. After the close of the war he returned to Maine, and for a short time attended the academy at Freedom, but owing to the illness of his parents he felt it his duty to leave school and return home and care for them. He afterward learned the trade of machinist, and worked for several years as a journeyman. In 1880 he went to East Braintree, Massachusetts, for the purpose of building some special machinery for the plant of which he became assistant superin- tendent. This position he held until May I, 1880, when he was appointed superintendent. This firm, the Jenkins Manufacturing Com- pany, manufactured boot and shoe laces, welt- ing cords and braids. Mr. Hussey designed and made many improvements in their machinery, and the firm's business increased more than threefold while he was superintendent. He remained with the company until he retired. August 5. 1907. Upon the occasion of his retirement he was presented with a solid gold watch and chain by the company, in apprecia- tion of long and efficient service. Mr. Hussey has done much towards building up and beauti- fying the section of the town in which he lives.
He is a selfmade man, and enjoys the universal confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. In politics he is a Republican, and favors every movement for the public good. He is a mem- ber of General Sylvanus Thayer Post, No. 87, G. A. R .; Neponset Lodge, No. 84, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and a trustee of the Weymouth Savings Bank.
October 7. 1872, he married Mary Moore Dike, of Sebago, Maine, daughter of Kimbal Jonathan and Asenath ( Stevens) Dike, of Se- bago, Maine. Mr. Dike was a farmer, and a prominent man of Sebago, and was son of Edward and Susan (Wood) Dike, of Athol, Massachusetts.
CHILSON This surname appears to be another spelling of the ancient English Chilton. Chilton is a place name. the final syllable being town, and a number of towns and parishes in England still bear this name. The coat-of-arms of the Chilton family of Wye, county Kent, and Cadiz, Spain, is: Argent a chevron gules with a bordure gobonated or and azure. Crest: A griffin passant sable bezantée. The occurrence of the surname Walsingham as a personal name in the Chilson family indicates close rela- tionship with the Walsingham family, which has its seat also in county Kent.
(I) Walsingham Chilson, immigrant ances- tor of all of this surname in this country, came doubtless from Kent, England, and settled before 1647 in Marblehead. The records show that he was witness in a case in court in 1647. and that he owned a swamp lot in 1649. He and his wife. Mary Chilson, soll land in Marblehead to Francis Johnson. July 13. 1655.
(II) John, only known child of Walsing- ham Chilson, was born probably in England. possibly in Marblehead or Lynn, about 1645. He married, at Lynn, July 28, 1667, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Jenks. He lived at Lym1. Children: 1. John. married (intention dated April 27, 1706, at Lynn) Elizabeth Jencks. 2. Walsingham: mentioned below. 3. Joseph. born latter end of August, 1670. 4. Saralı. born August 4. 1673; married, February 2. 1603-4. 5. William, married (intention dated May 23. 1696) Jane Rhodes.
(111) Walsingham (2), son of John Chil- son, was born in 1681, and died at Bellingham, Massachusetts, January 15, 1760. He settled at South Bellingham about 1738, and lived in the vicinity of Scott or Chilson Hill. He was a housewright and farmer, and his homestead is now owned by a lineal descendant, James A.
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Chilson. Before his death he deeded to his son Joseph all his property, including about four hundred acres of land near Hoag Lake. He was a tythingman in 1742, and in 1744 on the school committee. The same year he was employed by the town to repair the meeting house, also in 1747. In 1738 he with others appeared in court to protest against the inter- ference by the town in church affairs. He married, October 20, 1709. Susanna Edmunds, at Lynn. Children : 1. Joseph, mentioned below. 2. Dorcas, died November 18, 1743. 3. John, died October 7, 1741. 4. Mary, died July 14. 1736. 5. Sarah, died July 19, 1747. 6. Sus- anna, married. May 9, 1744, Jonathan Boz- worth.
(IV) Joseph. son of Walsingham (2) Chil- son. was born at Lynn, and died at Bellingham, February 8, 1778 (?). He removed with his parents to South Bellingham, and was a black- smith by trade. His shop was on the road from Bellingham to Woonsocket, about a quarter of a mile beyond his father's house. It was cus- tomary for the town to post the town warrants on the front of his shop, as it was a much fre- quented place. He was employed by the town to enlarge the pound. He served as town clerk from 1745 to 1764. His name as well as his father's often appears on the record of the town. He married (first ) November 23, 1744, Mercy Shuttleworth, born at Wrentham, Feb- ruary 8, 1716, died August 8, 1747; (second) November 15. 1747, Lydia Pratt, who died March 29, 1789. Child of first wife: I. Mar- tha, born April 13, 1746. Children of second wife : 2. Joseph, born July 17, 1751. 3. John, born February 3. 1754; mentioned below. 4. Joshua. born July 8, 1756. 5. Jedediah, born April 18, 1758, died October 26, 1759. 6. Mary, born June 23, 1761.
folk ), in 1780, and marched to Tiverton, Rhode, Island, on the alarm in 1780; also in Captain Jesse Holbrook's company, Colonel Wheelock's regiment, in 1776, in Warwick, Rhode Island, His death was caused by his falling backward over a pair of bars, breaking his neck. He is buried in the old cemetery at South Belling- ham. He was very kind hearted and generous, giving largely to all worthy public enterprises and private needs. He was one of ten who contributed the necessary funds to complete the town house, March 15, 1800. He married, January 3, 1782, Mrs. Abigail Draper, born 1756, died June 29, 1834. Children : 1. Anna, born October 3, 1783; married February 12, 1804, Colonel Joseph Rockwood ; children: i. Lucena Rockwood, born October 18, 1806; ii. Preston Rockwood, August 2, 1808; iii. Arti- man Rockwood, December 23, 1810; iv. Susan Rockwood. May 15, 1813; v. Maria Rockwood, October 13, 1815; vi. Joseph Munroe Rock- wood, July 1, 1818; vii. John Rockwood. Janu- ary 25. 1821 ; viii. Emily Rockwood, June 2, 1823; ix. Abbie Rockwood, May 30, 1826. 2. Ichabod, born August 29, 1785 ; married, May 8, 1808, Deborah Holbrook ; children : i. Sulli- van, born November 2, 1808; ii. Jonathan, January 30, 1810; iii. Draper, March 29, 1811, died October 29. 1815 ; iv. Caleb Adams, Janu- ary II, 1813, died November 9, 1816. 3. John, born January II, 1788, died February 12, 1789. 4. John, born October 25, 1790, died March 14, 1841 ; married, November 29, 1823, Elmira Cook : children : i. John Draper, born October 29, 1824; ii. Lucius Addison, May 31, 1830. 5. Nabby, born June 27, 1793 ; married, Decem- ber 8, 1816, Captain Amos Hill. 6. Martin, born April 25, 1797 ; married, January 3, 1819, Lavinia Scott. 7. Orrin, mentioned below.
(VI) Orrin, son of John Chilson, was born (\') John (2), son of Joseph Chilson, was born at South Bellingham, February 3, 1754, and died there December 5. 1830. He was brought up on his father's farm, and attended the common schools. He was a prosperous farmer, keeping forty head of cattle. At one time he was engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods in the old stone mill near his house. In the early part of 1800 this mill was burned, and later a saw mill was erected near Hoag Lake. This he pulled down in 1816, in South Bellingham, July 26, 1799, and died there September 6, 1863. He attended the district school, and worked with his father on the farm. At his father's death in 1830, Orrin assumed the management of the farm, and became a progressive and successful farmer. In addition to his farming, he slaughtered beef for the local market. In politics he was a Whig, and in religion a Baptist. His ideals were high. and his conduct of life without re- proach. By reading and observation he kept and replaced by a new one, which was but , himself well informed, and his home was noted recently demolished. He served in the revolu- for its hospitality. He married, at Franklin (intention dated February 12, 1825), Diadama Cook, born May 5, 1808, daughter of Reuben and Martha (Cleveland ) Cook, of Bellingham. Her father was a farmer. Children: I. Mar- tion, in Captain Jesse Holbrook's company, which marched on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775 ; also in Captain Amos Ellis' company, Major Seth Bullard's regiment (Fourth Suf-
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