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(I) George Adams was in Watertown, Massachusetts, as early as 1645, with his wife Frances, but whence he came will ever remain a mystery among many others of like nature. He was a glover by trade, and had land in Watertown, which he sold with house, Novem- ber 4, 1664, and about that time removed to Cambridge Farms (now Lexington), Massa- chusetts. There he was killed by a fall of rock, October 10, 1696. The inventory of his estate placed its value at sixty-one pounds thir- teen shillings eight pence. Children: John, George, Daniel, Joseph and Mary.
(II) George (2), second son of George (I) and Frances Adams, was born 1647, in Water- town, and resided in Lexington, where he died February 17, 1733. He married, January 20, 1684, Martha, fourth daughter of John and Sarah (Wyeth) Fiske, born December 15, 1666, in Watertown, died May 7, 1747, in Lex- ington. She was baptized in the church at Wa- tertown, November 21, 1686, by Mr. Bailey, and her husband owned the covenant and was baptized in the same church by Mr. Angier, June 19, 1698. Children: George, Martha, John, Nathaniel, Sarah, Benjamin, and prob- ably Abigail and Anna.
(III) George (3), eldest child of George (2) and Martha (Fiske) Adams, was born
April 28, 1685, in Lexington, and was baptized in Watertown November 21 of the following year. He was a physician, and resided in Lex- ington until 1720, when he removed to Wal- tham, where he died February 8, 1767. His wife bore the baptismal name of Judith. Chil- dren: Lydia, Jonathan, Judith, Elizabeth, Hannah, Seth, Jonah, Deborah, Abigail and Daniel.
(IV) Daniel, youngest child of George (3) and Judith Adams, was born May 2, 1724, in that part of Watertown now Waltham, and re- sided in that town, where he married, Novem- ber 22, 1743, Elizabeth Baker, of the same town. Children of record: Elizabeth, Jonas and Seth.
(V) Seth, elder son of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Baker) Adams, was born March II, 1746, in Waltham, and settled in Marlborough, Massa- chusetts, where he was probably a farmer. No record of his marriage appears in Watertown, Waltham or Marlborough, but the Christian name of his wife was Sarah. Children: Jacob born December 2, 1771; Dorcas, March 26, 1774; Sarah, February 27, 1777; Joel, men- tioned below ; John, February 7, 1782 ; Samuel, April 1, 1784; Lucy, November 1, 1786; Polly, August 9, 1788 (baptized Mary, August 17).
(VI) Joel, second son of Jonas and Sarah Adams, was born August 3, 1779, in Marlbor- ough, and was probably a machinist or other mill employe. He was in Northbridge, Massa- chusetts, in 1806, in Marlborough in 1810, and was later in Providence, where he kept a store. He married Azubah, daughter of Eli- jah and Mindwell (Hardy) Whitney, of Shrewsbury, born October 13, 1785, in that part of Shrewsbury known as "the Shoe," now in Westboro. Their intention of marriage was published March 5, 1806, in Shrewsbury, he being then a resident of Northbridge.
(VII) John B., son of Joel and Azubah (Whitney) Adams, was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, December 10, 1814, died in Springfield, June 12, 1894. He removed with his parents to Providence. Until he was eigh- teen his time was mostly spent in school. For the three following years he was a clerk in his father's store where he acquireda practical bus- iness education. Upon reaching his majority he was for two years engaged in the construc- tion of the Stonington railroad and for four years afterwards on the Western, Norwich and Worcester railroads with contractors Birnie. McManis and Company, until the completion of the roads in 1842. In this capacity Mr. Adams displayed such integrity of character
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and business ability as to retain the confidence of his employers and command their influence for the future. In the year 1842 Mr. Adams was appointed a conductor on the Western (now Boston and Albany) road, and ran the first passenger train over the rails between those two cities. In this position he remained conducting the morning train from Spring- field to Albany and return for thirty-two years, probably as long as any man ever served in a like position in the state. During these years the distance travelled was equivalent to en- compassing the globe seventy-four times. In 1852 Mr. Adams received as a token for his courtesy, fidelity and kindness to all classes of society, for his sleepless vigilance and 'assidu- ous attention to the duties he had in charge, a service of silver plate, with the following in- scription engraved thereon. "To John B. Adams, conductor of the W. R. road, for his unfailing kindness, his unremitting attention and his constant care, this testimonial is pre- sented by a few friends, January 1, 1852." November 26, 1873, Mr. Adams resigned his position as conductor to take effect on Decem- ber 15th of that year. During his service as conductor he was interested in the construction of the Pittsfield and North Adams road. It is a fact worthy of note that Mr. Adams received many expressions of confidence and esteem from prominent personages who travelled up- on his train and one in particular from Henry Clay during his last trip to New England, writ- ten unsolicited and showing the uniform atten- tion he gave to all who came his way. He was originally connected with the Whig organiza- tion and was quite active in the ranks, but af- ter that party was disbanded and became ab- sorbed by the other parties he acted independ- ently. In 1838 he married Alice Holmes, daughter of John and Phoebe ( Arnold) Cook, of Tiverton, Rhode Island. Children : I. Phoebe Cook, married Charles Vinton. 2. John Cook, born July, 1840, died in 1882, in Mid- dlefield, Massachusetts. 3. Alice Whitney, born in Springfield, April 23, 1842. 4. Wil- liam Holmes, born February 20, 1848, died in I880.
(For first generation see Samuel Richardson 1).
(II) Samuel (2), son of
RICHARDSON Samuel ( 1) Richardson, was born in Woburn, May 22, 1646. He married (first) Martha -; (second) September 20, 1674, Han- nah Kingsley, daughter of Samuel Kings- ley, of Billerica. She was slain with her infant child, April 10, 1676, by the In-
dians. He married (third) November 7, 1676, Phebe Baldwin, born September 7, 1654, died October 20, 1679, daughter of Dea- con Henry and Phebe (Richardson) Baldwin, of Woburn. Her mother was daughter of Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson. He married (fourth) September 8, 1680, Sarah Hayward, born 1655, died October 14, 1717, daughter of Nathaniel Hayward, of Malden. He lived on the Miller farm on Richardson Row, less than a mile north of the present village of Winches- ter. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675. On the afternoon of April 10, 1676, when he was working in the fields, his home was attacked by a party of Indians, and his wife, twin son Thomas and baby Hannah were killed. The nurse escaped with the infant, but had to drop it in her flight to save herself. Richardson and his neighbors hunted down the Indians and killed one of them. He died April 29, 1712, aged sixty-six years. His will was. dated February 23, 1709-10, and proved May 19, 1712. Children of first wife: I. Samuel (twin), born November 5, 1670, mentioned be- low. 2. Thomas (twin), born November 5, 1670, slain April 10, 1676. 3. Elizabeth, born 1672, married Jacob Wyman. 4. Martha, born December 20, 1673, died November 9, 1677. Child of second wife: 5. Hannah, born April 1676, killed April 10, 1676. Child of third wife: 6. Zachariah, born November 21, 1677, married, February 14, 1699-1700, Mehitable Perrin. Children of fourth wife: 7. Thomas, born August 18, 1681, died September 9, 1681. 8. Sarah, born August 20, 1682. 9. Thomas, born September 25, 1684, married Rebecca Wyman. 10. Ebenezer, born March 15, 1686- 87. II. Son, born and died August 17, 1689. 12. Hannah, born August 1I, 1690. 13. Elea- zer, born February 10, 1692-93. 14. Jonathan, born July 16, 1696. 15. David, born April 14, 1700; married ( first) Esther Ward; (second) Remember Ward; (third) Abigail Holden.
(III) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2), Rich- ardson, was born in Woburn, November 5, 1670, died September 3, 1754. He married (first) Susanna Richardson, born August 5, 1684, died August 6, 1726, daughter of his cousin, John Richardson. He married (sec- ond) Esther . At the time of the mas- sacre he was five years old and escaped, as he was with his father in the field. He became a man of note in his native town and was em- ployed much in public business. He was select- man in 1717 and for eleven years afterward until 1736. In 1728 Samuel Richardson, Cap- tatin Caleb Blodgett and Captain John Fowler
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were appointed trustees to receive and let the town's share of the provincial loan. He re- sided in Woburn. His will named Thomas and Zachariah as his principal heirs. Children: I. Samuel, born September 15, 1704, men- tioned below. 2. Thomas, born November 19, 1706, married (first) Mary Russell; (second) Sarah Brooks. 3. Ebenezer, born January 18, 1708-09, died February 24, 1709. 4. Uriah, born June 30, 1710, married Miriam Green. 5. Susanna, born November 3, 1713, married, November 16, 1738, Ebenezer Foskett, of Stoneham, and settled in Dudley. 6. Eliza- beth, born December 1, 1715, married Joseph Upham. 7. Zachariah, born May 21, 1720, married Phebe Wyman. 8. Martha, born March 22, 1723, died January 16, 1732-33.
(IV) Samuel (4), son of Samuel (3) Rich- ardson, was born in Woburn, September 15, 1704. He married Mary -. He left his native town when a young man. He was taxed in Exeter, New Hampshire, July 16, 1729, and his name was on the list until May 27, 1740. He finally settled in Brookfield, Massachu- setts. He was a cooper by trade. His estate was settled May 24, 1770, in Worcester coun- ty. He owned some real estate. His children, according to the probate records, were: I. Nathan, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, mar- ried Priscilla Millinger ; was in the revolu- tion. 3. Samuel. 4. Ralph. 5. Josiah. 6. Martha or Patty. 7. Caroline. 8. Amos. 9. Sybil, married Blake. 10. Mary, mar- ried Bowditch. II. Olive.
(V) Nathan, son of Samuel (4) Richard- son, was born about 1730. He married (first) February 16, 1774, Tamsen Upham, born De- cember 26, 1744, daughter of Isaac and Han- nah Upham. He married (second) Mary Bel- knap, of Sturbridge, who died January 14, 1841. He resided all his active years in Brook- field, where he was a prosperous farmer. He was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal in Captain Ithamar Wright's company of minute- men at Lexington in 1775. He served in Cap- tain Cadwalader Jones' company in 1778, four and two-thirds months in that year. Children, born at Brookfield: I. Nathan, born Decem- ber 19, 1777, died young. 2. Rebecca, born December 30, 1778, married William Rice, of Brookfield. 3. Nathan, born November 16, 1781, married (first) Asenath Rice, of Brook- field ; (second) Betsey Alden; died at South Reading; had thirteen children. 4. James Clark, born December 21, 1782, died May 26, 1822; married, August 24, 1804, Betsey Ben- nett. 5. Barnabas, born April 9, 1785, phy-
sician. 6. Matilda, born November 30, 1787, married Elisha Thompson. 7. Charles, born June 13, 1790, mentioned below. 8. William, born May 9, 1793, married Alice Cummings.
(VI) Charles, son of Nathan Richardson, was born at Brookfield, June 13, 1790. He married (first) Olive Richardson. Married (second) June 12, 1815, Lydia Barrett, daugh- ter of Jonas and Urana (Locke) Barrett, of Ashby, Massachusetts. He removed to Al- stead, New Hampshire, where he died. Chil- dren : I. Henry Martin, lived in Boston ; mem- ber of the firm of Richardson & McKee, Tre- mont street, Boston. 2. Lorenzo Hamilton, mentioned below.
(VII) Lorenzo Hamilton, son of Charles Richardson, was born at Alstead, New Hamp- shire, July 29, 1817, died at Westfield, Massa- chusetts, December 6, 1904. He spent his youthful years on his father's farm; he had but little schooling, but he was naturally stu- dious and through his own reading and study acquired a good education. He learned the trade of blacksmith and followed it all his ac- tive years. He removed to Westfield, Massa- chusetts, in 1837, and spent the greater part of his life there afterward. He became inter- ested financially in the manufacture of baby carriages and took charge of the iron depart- ment. He was for a time in New York and Baltimore, but returned to Westfield. He was very industrious and prudent in business, and managed to acquire a considerable property. In politics he was a Republican, in religion liber- al. He married (first) Abbie Bush. Chil- dren : I. William, died at nine years. 2. Sa- rah Frances, married Frank Lane. He mar- ried (second) Jane Eliza Curtis, born Septem- ber 5, 1825, at Granville, Massachusetts, died November 27, 1869, at Westfield, daughter of Talcott Curtis, of West Granville. Children, born at Westfield: 3. Henry Martin, born December 6, 1855, died September 25, 1893; married Annie Palmer, of Otis, Massachusetts. 4. Charles Curtis, mentioned below.
(VIII) Charles Curtis, son of Lorenzo Hamilton Richardson, was born August 24, 1859, at Westfield, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and at the Westfield high school. When a young man he went to Rochester, New York, with his father to engage in the manu- facture of baby carriages, and later they re- moved to Baltimore, Maryland, finally return- ing to Westfield after nine years. He then fol- lowed general farming at Bloomfield, Connec- ticut, for eighteen years, then moved back to
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the village of Westfield, where he now resides. He is occupied in the care and improvement of his real estate and other investments. He is a Republican, but not active along partisan lines. He married, November 28, 1880, Ellen Cornelius, born August II, 1858, daughter of Rev. Samuel Cornelius. They have no chil- dren. (See Cornelius IV).
(The Cornelius Line).
The immigrant ancestor of the Cornelius family came to Pennsylvania before the revo- lution from Wales.
(II) Joseph Cornelius, son of the immi- grant, was born in Pennsylvania. He married Jemima Mason, daughter of an English gen- tleman.
(III) Rev. Samuel, son of Joseph Corne- lius, was born August 5, 1794, in Adams coun- ty, Pennsylvania, died April 19, 1867, in Bal- timore, Maryland. He was a clergyman of the Methodist denomination ; settled at Baltimore. He married, January 2, 1823, Dorothy Guest, born May 15, 1799, died at Baltimore, Janu- ary 19, 1864. Children, born in Baltimore: I. Rev. Thomas, born November 12, 1823, died October 8, 1851. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born November 4, 1824, married John Englar, of Baltimore, Maryland. 3. Rev. Samuel, born July II, 1826, mentioned below. 4. Richard, born September 1, 1827, died 1897; a bank cashier ; married, March 21, 1849, at West River, Maryland, Margaret C. Downs. 5. John Wesley, born June 13, 1829, died Feb- ruary 1, 1885, at Baltimore; married Char- lotte Evans. 6. Emily Dorothy, born Septem- ber 15, 1834, died July 27, 1902; married Luther S. Ward. 7. Mary Jane, born June 27, 1837, married William Corsuch.
(IV) Rev. Samuel (2), son of Rev. Samuel (I) Cornelius, was born July 11, 1826, died at Baltimore, October 8, 1879. He was a clergy- man of the Methodist Episcopal Church, later the Episcopal Church, and was settled at Clarksburg, Georgetown, Western Port, Prince Frederick, Maryland, and Paris, Vir- ginia, in all these places as Methodist Episco- pal minister, and at Severn, Maryland. He married, December 24, 1851, at George- town, District of Columbia, Virginia Cas- sandra Woodward, born February
8, 1829, died July 21, 1904, at Bowie, Maryland. Children: 1. Horace Woodward, born at Georgetown, April 4, 1853; died nn- married. 2. Samuel Roszell, born April 30, 1854, died October 1, 1856, buried at Oak Hill, Maryland. 3. Thomas Guest, born August 2,
1856, married Nannie Morsell, September, 1879. 4. Ellen, born August 11, 1858, married Charles Curtis Richardson. (See Richardson family). 5. Richard Asbury, born December II, 1860, at Paris, Virginia, married, June 17, 1886, Margaret B. Newman; children : i.
Richard Walter, born April 6, 1887; ii. Lillian born May 31, 1888; iii. Lawrence H., born December 19, 1900, in Chicago. 6. Octavia Louisa, born November 27, 1862, died at Georgetown, 1863. 7. John Edwin, born Oc- tober 7, 1864, at Georgetown, District of Co- lumbia, married Maria Stanforth, November 17, 1887, in Baltimore.
RICHARDSON
John Richardson, emi- grant ancestor of Will- iam Stephen Richardson,
of Franklin, Massachusetts, came from Eng- land about 1636, and settled in Watertown, where he had a grant of land that year in the Beaver Brook Plowlands, within the present city of Waltham. His name is not found in Watertown after 1643, as he doubtless emi- grated from there with many others. There was a John Richardson in Exeter in 1642, but he did not continue there. It seems probable that he was implicated in the Antinomian con- troversy in 1637, which would account for his leaving Watertown in 1637. And if he, being an ardent, impulsive, indiscreet young man, and a favorer of Wheelwright, nothing is more likely than that he should follow him to Ex- eter. Wheelwright later, in April, 1643, pur- chased about five hundred acres of land at Webhannet, afterwards known as Wells, Maine, and removed thither the same year, where a church was formed and Wheelwright became its pastor, and we find John Richard- son also here, as we find a young man here in 1673 which must have been his son, born somewhere about 1645 or 1650. John Rich- ardson, of Exeter, had a wife there, Hannah Tryer or Truair. It is safe to conclude that John Richardson who came to Watertown and was in Exeter and later Wells, Maine, was the father of John who in 1679 married Rebecca Clark, of Medfield, and there is 110 notice of the Medfield Richardsons until 1679. It is not at all unlikely that John of Medfield was the son of John of Watertown.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Richardson, of Watertown, Exeter and Wells, first appears in Medfield in 1676, when he was credited with a month's service in the Medfield garri- son. In 1678 he had a grant of land from the town on the west side of the river. Medfield
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was attacked by the Indians, February 21, 1675, five hundred of them. Fifty buildings and two mills were destroyed and twenty peo- ple killed. John Richardson, wherever he was at that time, waited until the hostilities had ceased and peace established before he came to Medfield, and he was without doubt in Maine during King Phillip's war. On the death of Phillip in August, 1676, the war ceased in Massachusetts but continued to rage in Maine and Wells, Scarboro and other places felt its horrors. John Richardson felt that safety could be had in Medfield and soon made his home there in or very near the present village of East Medway, which up to 1713 was a part of Medfield. He was a cordwainer by trade, and cultivated a small farm of less than fifty acres. He was a member of the Medfield church before 1697, as was also his wife. He died there May 29, 1697, probably about fifty years of age. No will of his is found on record, and he possessed but little property. The inventory of his estate, Febru- ary 22, 1699, included a homestead of twenty- six acres with orchard and buildings valued at £30. Eight acres of meadow near Boggas- tow Brook and ten acres of upland and swamp near Bear Hill. Power of administration was granted his widow, July 18, 1700. She married (second) John Hill, of Sherborn, and died February 17, 1738-39, aged seventy-nine. He married, May I, 1678, Rebecca Clark, born August 16, 1660, daughter of Joseph and Alice Clark. Children: I. John, born April 25, 1679, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, Septem- ber 24, 1681. 3. Daniel, August 31, 1685, died August 28, 1748. 4. Joseph, 1687, died Oc- tober 5, 1768. 5. Mehitable, June 16, 1689. 6. Benjamin, 1693, died 1761. 7. Rebecca, February 28, 1696-97.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Richard- son, was born in Medfield, Massachusetts, (now Medway) April 25, 1679. He was a cordwainer, but later became a farmer and husbandman; he was also a carpenter. He refused the real estate left him by his father, which was accepted by his brother Daniel. He owned considerable land as shown in va- rious deeds. He and his wife sold to Nathaniel Fairbank, of Wrentham, two parcels of meadow in Wrentham. For £200 he sold to his son Moses of Medway forty acres of land in Medway. He died in Medfield, now East Medway, May 19, 1759, and John, his son, was appointed February 13, 1761, his administrator. His wife Esther died of can- cer, August 17, 1774. He married, about
1699, Esther Breck, born in Medfield, 1679, daughter of John Breck. Children: I. Sa- rah, born April 25, 1700. 2. John, October 22, 170I, mentioned below. 3. David, June 10, 1703, died March 9, 1723-24. 4. Jonathan, February I, 1704-05. 5. Esther, January 2, 1706-07. 6. Mary, September 9, 1709. 7. Joseph, April 3, 1711, died 1759. 8. Samuel, January 3, 1713-14, died February 10, 1811. 9. Solomon, April 21, 1716, died November -, 1771. 10. Moses, February 8, 1717, died April 6, 1797. II. Asa, October 16, 1720, died about 1764. 12. David, December 6, 1724.
(IV) John (4), son of John (3) Richard- son, was born in Old Medfield (now Med- way), October 22, 1701, died in what is now Franklin, November 5, 1767. He lived in the extreme north part of what is now Franklin. He was an exceedingly active and capable man of business and bought and sold considerable property. He was by trade a housewright. June 4, 1724, when he was twenty-three years of age, his father bought for him for £60 fifty- four acres of wild land in the westerly part of Wrentham, now Franklin, about one mile south of the Charles river (later a part of the Stephen Richardson farm). He and his wife were church members of the west precinct of Wrentham when the church was formed Feb- ruary 27, 1738, the church at Wrentham Cen- ter being six miles away. He died in Frank- lin, November 5, 1767. He married, May 3, 1730, Jemima Gay, born September 20, 1705, died December 26, 1782, daughter of Edward and Rebecca (Fisher) Gay, of Wrentham, Massachusetts. Children: I. Timothy, born July 31, 1731, died March 21, 1816. 2. Jemi- ma, April 20, 1733, died November 2, 1736. 3. John, June 19, 1735, mentioned below. Jemima June 10, 1737. 5. Elizabeth, May 4. -, 1739. 6. Elisha, July 5, 1743, died March 15, 1798. 7. Eli, August 5, 1745, died April 24, 1823.
(V) John (5), son of John (4) Richard- son, was born at Franklin, Massachusetts, (then Wrentham) June 19, 1735, died on the day of making his will, May 4, 1809. While a young man he lived for some time in Fra- mingham, working at his trade of house car- penter. After his father's death in 1767 he re- turned to Wrentham and bought his father's homestead of his two brothers for £200, con- sisting of eighty-five acres and all the build- ings. For thirty years he was nearest neigh- bor to his brother Elisha. They lived less than one-third of a mile apart in present town of Franklin and became strongly attached to each
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other, having farming implements and other things in common. John Richardson in partic- ular was a man of great amiableness and gen- tleness of character, and after the death of Elisha he was exceedingly kind to the widow and children. He was admitted to Franklin church, September 21, 1783. He was a private in the revolution from Wrentham in Captain Elijah Pond's company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, service to April 30, 1775. Also sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Pond's company, Major Metcalf's regiment ; entered service on December 8, 1776; com- pany marched from Wrentham to Providence and Warwick, Rhode Island, in alarm of De cember 8, 1776. Also Captain Asa Fairbank's company, Colonel Benjamin Hawes regiment, service from September 30, 1777, to October 31, 1777, at Rhode Island. He married, No- vember 23, 1757, Abigail Haven, born in Framingham, June 20, 1737, died at Franklin, February 11, 1820, daughter of Deacon Moses and Hannah ( Walker ) Haven. Children: I. Jerusha, born February 16, 1758, died May 30, 1830; married, 1776, William Slocomb. 2. Olive, January 6, 1762, died February -, 1832 ; married, 1780, Robert Pond. 3. Lydia Haven, September 2, 1767, married Amasa Richardson. 4. John Wilkes, mentioned be- low.
(VI) Captain John Wilkes, son of John (5) Richardson, was born in Franklin, Massa- chusetts, December 30, 1774, and died there on the estate owned and occupied by his father. His father gave him by a deed dated Septem- ber 16, 1796, one-half of the homestead, con- taining one hundred acres and one-half of the dwelling house and other buildings thereon, and this property since 1724 was owned by father to son up to 1895. He was a farmer by occupation. He also taught in the common schools of Franklin and the adjacent towns thirty-one winters in succession. He was also one of the assessors of Franklin several years He married, -, 1796, Abigail Kingsbury, of Franklin, Massachusetts. Children: I. Abigail, born September 21, 1797, died Octo- ber 21, 1861 ; married, October 25, 1827, Noyes P. Hawes. 2. John Haven, October 16, 1800, died September 23, 1869 ; married (first ) 1822, Laura Pike ; ( second) January 1, 1850, Abigail Baldwin. 3. Stephen Wilkes, men- tioned below.
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