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tha Whipple, born March 20, 1826, died 1854; married. November 11, 1846, William E. Hub- bard, and had Edward Livingston Hubbard, born February 22, 1849. 2. Reuben, born October 13, 1828; married, February 3, 1853, Hannah Jane Cook ; children : i. Erving Elwood, born January 29, 1854, married Carmilla Car- roll, and had Homer Lyon ; ii. Carrian Thurber, born June 14, 1856, died January 29, 1858; iii. Worthley Cook, born July 28, 1858, died April 30. 1875 : iv. Stella May, born April 2, 1861, died February 20, 1863; v. Bernard Burnside, born June 6, 1864, married Alida Blanchard, and had Mildred Beatrice, born December 21, 1896; vi. Etta Frances, born July 24, 1866, married, June 12, 1888, Robert Lee Hawkins, and had Ida Louise Hawkins, born April II, 1889. died August 27, 1905, and Florence Ida Hawkins, born June 27, 1906; vii. Wilmar Grant. born January 3, 1869, died September 17. 1872 ; viii. Bertha Avis, born June 8, 1872, died July 15, 1872: ix. Luther George, born September 24, 1873. died March 1I, 1874; x. Mattie Jane, born February 20, 1875, died April 30. 1875. 3. Orrin, born October 6, 1830; died September 18. 1901 ; married September 27, 1858, Almira Belinda Cook ; children : i. Austin Burnside, born October 13, 1861, married, Oc- tober 1. 1890, Carrie Louise Grant, and had Stanley Grant, born June 30, 1891, and Grace Louise, born December 27, 1897; ii. Minnie Bell, born August 24. 1865. 4. Diadama Cook, born October 28. 1832: died March, 1880; married Frederick A. Sherborn. 5. Libbeus, born March 1, 1835, died December, 1906, married Eliza J. Warren and had Loring ; sec- ond, Louisa Weldon and had Pearl, married George Saylor and had daughter Lillian. 6. James Olney, born March 28, 1837 ; mentioned below. 7. Lewis Morton, died December 14, 1901 ; married, December 6, 1865, Frances M. Sherman ; children: i. Ida Lewis, born Octo- ber 10, 1874. married February 19, 1902, Fred Orrell: ii. Nettie Frances, born September 4, 1877: iii. Lester Sherman, March 28, 1891. 8. Mary E., died an infant, 1846. 9. Eliza Ellen, born May 29, 1848 ; married, November 20, -, Edwin Cook ; children : i. Lloyd Milton Cook, born August 22, 1872, married, Novem- ber 12. 1901, Cora May Adams ; ii. Ethel Cook, born September 14, 1874 : iii. Maud Eliza Cook, July 9. 1880, married, October 28, 1904, Rufus Daniels Billings, and had Almira Cook Billings, born March 5, 1906; iv. Cheney Edwin Cook, December 14. 1882. 10. Marianna, born Feb- ruary 7, 1850.
(VII) James Olney, son of Orrin Chilson, was born at South Bellingham, March 28, 1837. He attended the public schools, and remained on the farm until he was twenty years of age. At this time he went to work for his brother Orrin, who was a butcher and cattle trader. He drove a provision cart in connection with the trade. After the death of his father he and his brother Lewis conducted the farm until 1866. In that year he went to Franklin, and in company with Joseph W. Heaton, opened a meat market under the firm name of Heaton & Chilson. In 1870 Mr. Chilson purchased his partner's interest, and soon erected a build- ing to accommodate his large and increasing trade. He also dressed cattle for the whole- sale trade, and was very successful. In 1891 he sold his business to Richardson & Emerson, and retired, and has since then devoted his time to the care of his real estate. He resides on Dean avenue, Franklin.
Mr. Chilson is independent in politics, and served the town as assessor from 1892 to 1902. He is a member of Excelsior Lodge of Free Masons, of Franklin; of King David Lodge, No. 71, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of the Franklin Business Men's Club; of the Universalist Men's Club. He is a trustee of the Benjamin Franklin Savings Bank, and a member of the investment board of that insti- tution. He and his family attend the Uni- versalist church, and Mr. Chilson is a member of the parish committee. He married, May 10, 1864, Melansa Grant Metcalf Heaton, born at Franklin September 4, 1843, daughter of Samuel and Tirzah ( Carlton) Heaton, of South Franklin. Her father was a farmer. Chil- dren : 1. Eva Mabel, born July 1, 1865 ; mar- ried, June 22, 1887, Edward Bertram Sherman, postmaster of Franklin : children: i. Florence Sherman, born August 4, 1889 ; ii. Ralph Ches- ter Sherman, July 26, 1891 : iii. Howard Allan Sherman, April 12, 1893, died July 29, 1905; iv. Dean Carlton Sherman, born September 9. 1805; v. Eva Maud Sherman, December 12, 1896. 2. Annie D'Ette, born March 14, 1869; died June 19, 1874. 3. Florence Chester, born January 2, 1873, died June 17, 1874. 4. James Carlton, born May 13, 1877 ; married, June 21. 1904. Emma Helen Gertrude (Dalton ) adopted Hatch ; children : i. Carlton Leroy, born March 27, 1905; ii. James Walter, May 2, 1906; iii. Robert Olney, January 2, 1908. 5. Dean Le- roy, born February 18, 1880; married, July 27, 1904. Edna Estelle Hursh : children : i. Frances Hurshi, born July 26, 1905, died De-
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cember 8, 1906; ii. Margaret Elizabeth, August 23, 1908. 6. Walter Olney, born September 9, 1888; died October 20, 1888.
Richard Lounsbury, immi- LOUNSBURY grant ancestor, was an early settler at Rye, New York.
The surname seems to be an English local name, though the writer has found no locality now bearing the name. The surname is not given in "Patronymica Britannica" or any other com- monly used works on British surnames, and books of heraldry do not mention the name. The adjoining town, New Rochelle, was set- tled by Huguenots from La Rochelle, France. Lounsbury may be an anglicized spelling of a French surname. though there are no facts to support such a theory except the nearness of the French settlers. Rye was an English settle- ment, and Lounsbury was probably English. He was a proprietor of Peningo Neck as early as 1672, many years before the Huguenots came. He sold lands and rights on the Neck in 1673 and 1682, but retained land on Budd's Neck in Rye. His will was dated January 2, 1690. He married Elizabeth Chil- dren : I. Thomas, had rights in town of White Plains, conveyed to him by his father. 2. Michael. settled in Stamford, Connecticut, as early as 1709 ; married, June 19, 1707, at Stam- ford, Sarah Lockwood. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Henry, born August 15, 1684. 5. Mary.
(II) John, son of Richard Lounsbury, was born about 1675, in Rye, New York. He re- mained in Rye, and many of his descendants have lived in that town and the vicinity. Chil- dren: Isaac, Josiah (mentioned below ), prob- ably others.
(III) Josiah, son of John Lounsbury, was born in Rye, New York, about 1700. He came to Seymour, Connecticut, and settled in what is now the town of Bethany, and lived nearly opposite the present William Lounsbury place. He married, May 7, 1724, Ruth Lines (or Linus). Children : 1. John, born January 18, 1724-5, married, April 4, 1751, Ruth Perkins ; children : i. James, born January 14, 1752; ii. Benjamin, April 11, 1753; iii. Richard, Au- gust 20, 1754 ; iv. Ethel, went west ; v. Ethan, died unmarried. 2. Jacob, born March 6, 1726. 3. Mary, February 12, 1727-8. 4. Josiah, Jr., August 5, 1729; married ; children: i. Linus, married Prudence Scot, and had Ransom, Cal- vin, Obadiah and Ancel; ii. Amelia, married Samuel Davis; iii. Esther, married Edmund Mallory, of Davis Hill; iv. Patty, married
Titus Smith. 5. Samuel, born 1731 ; soldier in the revolution. 6. Ruth, born 1733; married Tolles. 7. David, born 1735. 8. Ste- phen, born 173 -; married, October 26, 1761, Hannah Sperry; children: i. Elias, married Appalina Judd, (second) Mary Perkins; ii. Hezekiah, father of Mrs. Thomas Cochran ; iii. Peany; iv. Irena. 9. Esther, born 1738. IO. Timothy, mentioned below.
(IV) Timothy, son of Josiah Lounsbury, was born in Seymour (now Bethany ), Connec- ticut, 1740, died in 1821. He married (first) Hannah Smith; (second) Sally Of this family we find in the revolutionary war James, Michael, Nathan, Peter, David, Enos, Jairus, Linus, Prudence and Richard, several of whom are mentioned in this sketch. Chil- dren of Timothy : I. Son, died young. 2. Timothy, mentioned below. 3. Eri, mentioned below. 4. Lucy, married James Hotchkiss; removed to Homer, New York. 5. Eunice, married Truman Prince. 6. Hannah, married Robert R. Russell.
(V) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (1) Lounsbury, was born about 1765, and died at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He was of excellent judgment, thorough and thrifty. Until 18II he lived in a small house, then he built what was at that time the largest and costliest in the town. He owned fourteen hun- dred acres of land in Bethany and New York. The Lounsbury cemetery was set apart for burial purposes and surrounded by an iron fence by him. He married Hannah, daughter of David and Lois French. Children : I.
Timothy, born March 25, 1791 ; married Mary Ann Clark. 2. Lewis, born 1793; married Charity, daughter of Amos Clark. 3. Daniel, born 1795 ; married Sarah, daughter of David Wooding. 4. Jesse, born December, 1796; mar- ried Bede Bradley, daughter of Jesse of Bethany. 5. Dorcas, born July 17, 1798; married Jabez Wilcox. 6. Hannah, born 1799 ; married Her- schel Sanford, of Prospect. 7. Smith, married Jenette Tomlinson. 8. Allen, born 1803; mar- ried Maria, daughter of Elam Cool, of Che- shire. 9. Eunice, born January 4, 1805 ; mar- ried (first) Vincent Brown: (second) Mc- Donald Fisher. 10. Mary, born March 14, 1807; married Burritt, son of Timothy Hitch- cock. II. Dr. John, born August 16, 1809, of Oxford; married Mary Church. 12. George, born November 23, 1812 ; married Aus- tin. of Prospect.
(V) Eri. son of Timothy ( 1) Lounsbury, was born about 1770, He settled in Bethany, Connecticut. Children : I. Abram, married,
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September 12, 1824, Emily Perkins; lived in Bethany. 2. Isaac, married - - Loderman. 3. Polly, married Miles Horton. 4. Rebecca, married Asa Bradley. 5. Lucretia, married Seldon Bradley. 6. Sally, married Lyman Wheeler. 7. Harriet, married William Todd. 8. Lucy, died unmarried. 9. William H., born December 30, 1815; married (first) Charity Buckingham; (second) September 8, 1873, Susan Beard.
(VII) David, grandson of Timothy or Eri Lounsbury. (From the records of Seymour and Bethany Governor Lounsbury and all of the name belong to this family). He married Ann Spencer, born and died in Branford, Con- necticut. David Lounsbury removed to West- field. Massachusetts. Children : 1. John Hobart, mentioned below. 2. William, born in Bran- ford, and kept a hotel there, on Indian Neck : died within six weeks of his brother, 1907; married Elizabeth Palmer ; second wife, Bertha Johnson.
(VIII) John Hobart. son of David Louns- bury, was born June 14. 1843, at Branford, Connecticut, and died May 3. 1907. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He learned the trade of machinist in Branford, and worked there as a journeyman for a number of years. He embarked in busi- ness in partnership with C. Dickerman, in 1868, with a foundry and machine shop on North Elm street, Westfield. In 1874 Mr. Lounsbury bought out his partner and moved to the pres- ent location of the business on Birge street, where he manufactured steam engines, boilers, steam fittings, shafting, gearing, mill supplies and castings of every description. He built up a flourishing business and took a prominent position among the manufacturers of the county. Owing to ill health he retired a few years before his death, leaving the business in charge of his son and partner. Charles J. Lounsbury, who has continued it since his father's death and is now operating the same as left by his father. During the three years before his death Mr. Lounsbury was treasurer of the Stimer & Moore Whip Company. He owned large tracts of land on Birch avenue, Westfield. and in other sections of the town and vicinity had extensive real estate interests. He was a prominent member of the Baptist church of Westfield, held various positions of trust and honor in the church, and contributed generously to its benevolences. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Lounsbury was highly respected for his sterling character
and great industry. He was himself a mechanic of unusual skill, and he knew iron-working thoroughly in all his branches. During his active years he took much pleasure and satis- faction in his business. He was quiet and domestic in his tastes and preferred his home in his leisure hours. He lived on Franklin street, in the house formerly owned by Charles Easton, into which he moved shortly before his death. He married, in 1865, Christiana M. Goodrich, daughter of Eli and Elizabeth F. (Parker) Goodrich (see Goodrich, VI.). Chil- dren : 1. Charles John. born August 5, 1867 ; married Carrie A. Mackey : child, Louis. 2. Eli D., born November 25, 1873; a machinist ; married Ora Allen : child, Christine. 3. Grace Christine, born November 2, 1882; died Octo- ber 9. 1883. 4. Anna Elizabeth, born May 5. 1886 : a milliner in her native town.
(The Goodrich Line-See William Goodrich 1).
(II) Ephraim Goodrich, son of William Goodrich, was born June 2, 1663, and died February 27, 1739. He resided at Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He married (first ) May 20, 1684, Sarah Treat, died January 26, 1712, daughter of Major Richard and Sarah ( Coleman ) Treat ; (second) December 25, 1712, Jerusha Welles, born 1678, died January 15, 1754, widow of Captain Thomas Welles, and daughter of Cap- tain James Treat. Children of first wife: I. Richard, born February 27, 1685: married (first ) Hannah Bulkley; (second) Mehitable Boardman. 2. Sarah, born August 3, 1689; died May 6, 1785 : married, December 15, 1725, Richard Butler. 3. Ephraim, born December 21, 1693 : married Hannah Steele. 4. William, born February 21, 1697 ; see forward. 5. David, born October 3, 1699 ; married Sarah Edwards. 6. Thomas, born September 27, 1701. 7. Gideon, born February 7, 1705 ; married Sarah
Children of second wife: 8. Oliver, born Sep- tember 14, 1714 : married Temperance Wright. 0. Gurdon, born December 29, 1717; married Abigail Belden.
(III) William (2), son of Ephraim Good- rich, was born February 21, 1697, and died September 16, 1787. He resided in Glaston- bury, Connecticut, and married, April 4, 1725. Rachel Savage, born 1703, died September 20, 1787, daughter of Captain John Savage. Chil- dren: [. William, born January 25. 1729; married (first ) Mehitable -; (second) Mary Hollister. 2. Stephen, born March 2. 1732; married Dorothy 3. Elisha, born May 27, 1734 ; mentioned below. 4. Eph- raim, born June 15, 1737; married Penelope
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Tryon. 5. Jehiel (twin), born September 16, 1741 ; married Prudence Miller. 6. Jemima (twin), born September 16, 1741; married, February 19. 1767, Thomas Hollister. 7. Mary, born November 18, 1745 ; married, January 14, 1767. Thomas Watson. 8. Rachel, born Octo- ber 13, 1747. 9. Micah, born December 13, 1749 ; married Elizabeth Hills.
(IV) Elisha, son of William (2) Goodrich, was born May 27, 1734, and died October 2, 1789. He married, March 14, 1754, Lucy Goodrich, born February 24, 1738, died Au- gust 17, 1807, daughter of David and Sarah (Edwards) Goodrich. He resided in Glaston- bury. Children: I. Eliakim, born November 28, 1762 ; married Sarah Kneeland, or Leland. 2. Asa, born March 10, 1765; married Ruth Stratton. 3. Prudence, born October 25, 1767. 4. Sarah, born April 8, 1768. 5. Lucy, born October 4, 1770 ; died May 3, 1774. 6. Elisha, born September 10, 1772; died June 21, 1778. 7. Lucy, born September 28, 1775. 8. Ephraim, born December 14, 1777; married, February 26, 1805, Prudence Bell. 9. Elisha, born Au- gust 8. 1779; mentioned below. 10. Fanny, born April 10, 1782.
(V) Elisha (2), son of Elisha (I) Good- rich, was born August 8, 1779, and resided in Glastonbury. He married (first)
Bishop ; (second) July 31, 1821, Sally Bulkley. He removed to Branford, Connecticut. Chil- dren of first wife: I. Eli, born 1818; men- tioned below. 2. John. Children of second wife: 3. Mary E., born October, 1822. 4. Henry B., November 10, 1824; married Laura A. Hart.
(VI) Eli, son of Elisha (2) Goodrich, was born in Branford, Connecticut, about 1818 and died there 1883. He married Elizabeth Parker. He was a farmer and innkeeper in Branford. Children: I. Elizabeth, died young. 2. Chris- tina, died young. 3. Benjamin, died young. 4. Charles. 5. Benjamin, died in Florida. 6. Christiana, born in Branford, married J. J. Lounsbury (see Lounsbury ).
MATTHEWS The name Matthews is of Englishorigin, and is spelled variously Matthes, Mathes, Mathis. Matthews, etc. At least eight immi- grants of the name were in Massachusetts before 1650. One of them, John Matthews, was a tailor living in Boston, who sold a house and land there October 10, 1649. His will was proved April 11, 1670, bequeathing his dwell- ing house to wife Elizabeth ; to son John (per- haps the John mentioned below), and to
daughter Wigeer, living in Dartmouth, Eng- land.
(I) Dr. John Matthews, perhaps son of John Matthews, of Boston, resided in Marl- borough, Massachusetts, and died some time after 1729. His home was in the south part of the town, which was later set off as the town of Southborough, on what is known as the Gilmore place, near Southville. He mar- ried (first) September 20, 1686, Mary John- son, died June 22, 1710, daughter of Jonathan Johnson, of Haverhill; (second) December 3, 1713, Sarah Garfield. Children, all by first wife: I. Lydia, born March 16, 1691; died 1706; married Jonathan Witt. 2. Ruth, born May 9, 1693; married Timothy Johnson. 3. John, born January 18, 1695; married, 1718, Jerusha, daughter of John Bigelow; had ten children, among them a son John, who lived in Framingham. 4. Daniel, mentioned below. 5. Mary, died October 2, 1706.
(II) Daniel, son of Dr. John Matthews, was born in Southborough, March 16, 1696-7, and died there May 22, 1755. He married, in 1724, Eunice Morse, baptized September 16, 1705, daughter of Samuel Morse. She married (second) July 27, 1768, James Work, and died a widow, March 17, 1794. Children, born at Southborough: I. Daniel, October 28, 1725; millwright, and lived in North Brookfield ; re- moved there from Southborough and bought land April 24, 1749, and mill privilege on Sucker brook; died 1805; married, May 25, 1734, Huldah Putnam. 2. Joel, born January 25, 1727. 3. Solomon, born January 19, 1728. 4. Eunice, born October 10, 1730; married, May 29, 1749, Joseph Collins. 5. Asahel, born August 9, 1732 ; married, November 25, 1760, Elizabeth Woods; lived in Framingham. 6. Samuel, born April 23, 1734. 7. Persis (twin), born November 16, 1735. 8. Hannah (twin), born November 16, 1735. 9. Silas, born July IO, 1737; mentioned below. 10. Phinehas, born July 26, 1739; died November 29, 1740. II. Thankful, born March 9, 1740-I. 12. Aaron, January 23, 1742-3. 13. Phinehas, Sep- tember 3, 1744. 14. Grace, June 25, 1748.
(III) Silas, son of Daniel Matthews, was born in Southborough, July 10, 1737. He mar- ried, in 1765, Priscilla Woods, of Brookfield, and settled first in North Brookfield, where his two eldest children were born. He removed to Leverett, and thence to Amherst. The census of 1790 gives his family as consisting of two males over sixteen, three under sixteen, and three females. He was the only Silas Mat- thews in the state of Massachusetts at that
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time. In 1789 he served as hog-reeve in Am- herst. He served in the revolution, as ser- geant in Captain Eli Parker's company, Colonel Leonard's regiment, and marched to Ticon- deroga, May 8, 1777, in a company of men from Amherst, Belchertown and Granby. In 1773 he signed a petition against the division of the parish in Amherst. In 1776 his name appears on the tax list there. Children, born at Brook- field : 1. Katherine, January 21, 1767. 2. Silas, September 11, 1770; mentioned below. 3. David, born at Leverett, December 27, 1778; married, November 25, 1802, Lydia Rainger, and died in Brookfield. August 4, 1759; four children.
(IV) Silas (2),.son of Silas ( 1) Matthews, was born at Brookfield, September 11, 1770. He married Emeline Gilbert, and lived in Lev- erett. Children : George, Emeline, Eunice, Elvira, John, Austin and Asahel G., mentioned below.
(V) Asahel G., son of Silas (2) Matthews, was born at Leverett. August 31, 1826, and died in Brookline, November 8, 1884. He was educated in the public schools, and for a number of years was engaged in the piano business with the firm of T. Gilbert & Com- pany, but his health failed, and during his later years his occupation was piano tuning, when- ever his health permitted. In religion he was a Congregationalist. He married, October 6, 1852, Mary A. Kemp, daughter of Lawrence Kemp (see Kemp family). Children : 1. Mary Ella, born January 13, 1855; lives with her mother in Brookline. 2. Anna Lizzie, born June 14. 1856, died September 26, 1877. 3. Florence Maria, born June 25, 1859; married Harry Gaylord Collins, of Albany, New York, now with the American Bank Note Company of New York: children: i. Hazel F. Collins, born October 17, 1883 : ii. Frances M. Collins, July 4. 1885.
(For ancestry see James Bridgman 1).
(III) Ebenezer, fourth son BRIDGMAN and ninth child of John and Mary Bridgman, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, February 4, 1686, and died in Cold Spring, Massachusetts, April 16, 1760. He lived on the "Plain," in the northern part of the village of Northamp- ton, and the family at the time they removed to Cold Spring on the "Old Bay Road" in 1732 consisted of three generations: Ebenezer, the patriarch ; his son Joseph, and grandsons Oliver and Joseph, all citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts by right of birth and age.
Their first home at Cold Spring was a log cabin, which in 1773 was replaced by the sub- stantial dwelling house which was occupied by his descendants until 1862, when his great- great-grandson, Elisha B. Bridgman, sold it into the hands of strangers and removed to Boston. Tradition in the family says that Ebenezer charged his son, Joseph, "to bury him in the land which he had purchased for a possession." Ebenezer Bridgman married, June 14, 1709-10, Mary, daughter of John and Sarah Parsons, of Northampton, born July 5, 1681. Children, born in Northampton : I. Elizabeth, 1711, died May 27, 1746. 2. Joseph (q. v.). 3. Ebenezer, July 10, 1714, died No- vember 22, 1814. 4. Mary (twin), July 10, 1714. One of these daughters married Joseph King, of Northampton.
(IV) Joseph, eldest son and second child of Ebenezer and Mary ( Parsons) Bridgman, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, March 16, 1712, and died in Belchertown, Massachu- setts. June 15, 1773. He was brought up and received his school training in Northampton, working on his father's farm and with his father and grandfather, aided in locating their future home on the "Equivalent Lands," noted hunting grounds on the highway leading from Northampton to Boston, near a copious spring made the camping place of the hunters and known as Cold Spring. The settlement, which took the name of Cold Spring, was commenced in 1731 by his grandfather, father and others, and had increased in 1736 to twenty families, and in 1752 to more than fifty families. June 23, 1761, it was incorporated as the town of Belchertown, given in honor of Jonathan Beleher, one of the original proprietors. The farm of Joseph Bridgman, Sr., and which de- scended to his son Oliver, who built the home- stead dwelling in 1773, was located in the north- western 'part of the future town of Belcher- town, about three miles from the church and town house at the foot of the eastern spur of the Holyoke mountain range, a place beautiful for location and desirable for healthfulness. Joseph Bridgman married, five years after set- tling at Cold Spring, Elizabeth, daughter of Mark and Lydia ( Phelps) Warner, of North- ampton, born April 9, 1706, and married, No- vember 17, 1737. The fruit of this marriage was two sons and two daughters, and the mother lived to see her children all married and settled in life, and she died in Belchertown, November 18, 1789. Joseph Bridgman was made a deacon of the Congregational church in Belchertown in 1770, and was a man highly
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respected in the community. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Warner) Bridgman, all born in Belchertown: I. Oliver, December 28, 1738; married Jemima, daughter of John Fuld, of Amherst ; built the homestead dwelling house on the farm at Cold Spring in 1773; had five children, and died in the homestead, April 21, 1816. 2. Esther, November II, 1740; married Eliakim Arms, of Deerfield, and died March 20, 1818. 3. Mary, February 27, 1742 ; probably married Colonel Guilford Young, of Hebron, Connecticut, and died about 1828. 4. Joseph (q. v.).
(V) Joseph (2), youngest child of Joseph (I) and Elizabeth (Warner) Bridgman, was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, January 4, 1745, and died there March 10, 1826. He was a farmer and, according to the church records, "an eminent saint." He married, prob- ably in 1771, Ruth, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Edwards) Wright ; children, all born in Belchertown: I. Wright (q. v.). 2. Joseph, November 21, 1773, died December 27, 1836; married, February 2, 1803, Ruth Hawkes, of Charlemont, Massachusetts. He was graduated at Dartmouth, A. B., 1795, was a lawyer in Belchertown, and a state representative for many years ; had eight children. 3. Theodore, June 5, 1775, died December 16, 1836. He owned the farm on Pond Hill, which belonged to his father, grandfather and great-grand- father Ebenezer. He married three times, and had eleven children born between 1797 and 1821. 4. Mary, April 15, 1777, died March 26, 1787. 5. Son, April 15, 1777, died next day. 6. Sarah, June 8, 1779, died January 22, 1853. 7. Jonathan, June 21, 1781; married, November 20, 1806, Achsah Granger ; (second) July 27, 1809, Jerusha Smith, who was the mother of his ten children, all born in South Amherst, Massachusetts.
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