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(III) Nathan, son of John Whitney, was born at Norwalk, Connecticut, about 1690. He was admitted a freeman December 9, 1728. Real estate was deeded to him February 5, 1718-19, by Joseph Keeler, Henry Whitney and Matthew St. John, brothers and brothers- in-law. He was a farmer at Ridgefield, Con- necticut. He married Sarah (The dates of their deaths are not known). Chil- dren : I. Mary, born December 29, 1715 : mar- ried Isaac Keeler. 2. Eliasaph, born February 3, 1716-17; bought house at Stamford, May 13, 1742; was a tanner and shoemaker; dea- con of the church at what is now Darien ; wife and he lived together for seventy years ; he died May 17, 1817, aged one hun- dred years, three months and three days. 3. Eliakim, born November 13, 1718; tan- ner, currier and shoemaker ; married (first) May 10, 1744, at Stamford, Mary Beachgood; married (second) Mary Gohram, January 15, 1775; he died in Malta, New York, about 18II. 4. Sarah, born October 25, 1720. 5 Nathan, born August 13, 1722, died young. 6. Nathan, born June II, 1724; removed to Cort- landt, New York. 7. Seth, born February 8, 1726; settled at Yorktown, New York, on a fine farm still owned by his descendants ; mar- ried three times ; died in 1807. 8. Josiah, born June 12, 1729. 9. Jeremiah, born September 18, 1731; died 1810; settled at Cortlandt Manor, now Yorktown, New York, in 1747 ; married Eva Youngs. 10. Uriah, born No- vember 12, 1737; mentioned below. II. Ann, born August 31, 1739; died young.
(IV) Uriah, son of Nathan Whitney, was born at Ridgefield, Connecticut, November 12,
1737. He was a farmer. He bought a house and farm in Simsbury, Connecticut, January 6, 1773, later removing to Farmington, Con- necticut. He bought a farm April 28, 1778, at Avon, Connecticut, of Anthony Hart and sold it January 29, 1781, to Jedediah Case, of Sims- bury, who married Mary Hart, sister of his second wife. He married (first) Sarah Platt ; (second) February, 1775, Martha Hart, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Thomp- son ) Hart, and widow of Daniel Owen, of Cider Brook district, Northington Society, now Avon, Connecticut. She was born at Farmington, July 31, 1739; they removed in 1795 to East Granville, Massachusetts, and died there. He died June 4 or 6, 1816, aged seventy-eight years; she died March 5, 1819. They were buried in the old burial ground at East Granville, Massachusetts. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution and was captured by the British at the battle of White Plains. "Be- ing counted the seventh son, he was often asked to touch for the King's Evil." Tradi- tion says he was a sailor in early life. The old farm at Simsbury comprised "sixty acres and was within the first ledge of the west moun- tain and lay within the town of Canton." (1806). Children, born at Simsbury: I. Samuel Platt, born November 8, 1775; men- tioned below. 2. Lucy, born May I, 1779; married, November 28, 1798, Jonathan But- tles, shoemaker, teacher, millwright, turner, captain in the war of 1812; she died Novem- ber 5, 1848; he September 15, 1851. 3. Seth, born April 19, 1781, died young. 4. Thad- deus, born December 18, 1783, at Simsbury, Connecticut ; married (first ) Polly Pratt; ( second ) Messenger or Polly Holcomb ; died at East Granville, Massachusetts, August 30, 1855 ; he had no children.
(V) Samuel Platt, son of Uriah Whitney, was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, Novem- ber 8. 1775. He was a farmer. He removed with his parents in 1795 to East Granville, Massachusetts, where he lived until 1834. when he removed to Montville, Ohio, where he died December 15, 1871, aged ninety-six years, one month, seven days, and was buried in Montville Center. He was three days too young to vote in 1796, but he voted at every subsequent presidential election as long as he lived. He married, March 10, 1799, Lois But- tles, at North Granby, Connecticut, born March 18, 1782, at Granby, Connecticut, daughter of Jonathan and Lois (Viets) But- tles ; she died at Montville, Ohio, August 19, 1875, aged ninety-three years, five months and
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one day. They celebrated their "diamond wedding" at the home of their son, John Viets Whitney, at which time they had twelve chil- dren, nine of them then living, fifty-seven grandchildren and fifty-six great-grandchil- dren. Children: 1. Samuel Hart, born Sep- tember 14, 1800 ; mentioned below. 2. Lois, born at East Granville, December 15, 1802 ; married March 28, 1824, John Steer, son of Elisha and Rhoda ( Aldrich) Steer ; (second) November 28, 1833, at Granby, Curtis Gillett; she died at Northampton, Massachusetts, November 22, 1885. 3. Rev. Jonathan Rasselas, born at East Granville, June 30, 1804; married, Sep- tember 16, 1827, Maria Louisa Moore; (sec- ond) at Freedom, Ohio, September 29, 1842, Jane Culver ; he was an itinerant preacher of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and of the United Brethren. 4. Agnes, born March 28, 1806, at East Granville; married, December 24, 1828, Horace Gillett ; (second) October 10, 1852, Richard Steer ; removed to Fowler, Ohio; died at Granby, Connecticut, March 8, 1892. 5. Marcus Israel, born at East Gran- ville, February 8, 1808; carpenter ; married, April 16, 1834, Susan Abigail Tryon, born September 17, 1815; soldier in Company F, twenty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Vol- unteers, in civil war ; took part in thirteen bat- tles and skirmishes in three weeks: died at Westfield, Massachusetts, December 21, 1893. 6. William Lewis, born at East Granville, June 17, 1809; married, 1832, Emeline Hol- combe ; he died November, 1835, at South- wick, Massachusetts; she afterwards married George Nelson, of Westfield, Massachusetts, and died there January 24, 1893. 7. Seth, born at East Granville, July 19, 1812; farmer and cheese manufacturer ; hotel keeper ; town treasurer ; postmaster ; removed to Montville, Ohio, in 1831 ; married Mary Batchelder, No- vember 14, 1833; (second ) April 27, 1847, Lucinda Tucker ; died October 12, 1875. 8. Nel- son, born at East Granville, October 1, 1814, died at Southwick, Massachusetts, October 7, 1835, unmarried. 9. John Viets, born at East Granville, December 31, 1816; removed with his father to Montville, Ohio, in 1834, where he resided until his death ; married, at Gran- ville, Ohio, March 25, 1845, Mary Lansing ; died August 16, 1888; he was a teacher, sur- veyor, county commissioner, trustee and clerk of Montville ; justice of the peace; carried on an extensive nursery business. to. Lucy Su- sanna, born at East Granville, February 28, 1819; died December 13, 1827. 11. Harriet Atwood, born May 4, 1821 ; married, Septem-
ber II, 1839, Samuel Rhodes; resided at Mont- ville, Ohio; died there May 17, 1894. 12. Lu- rena, born July 14, 1824; married, October 30, 1848, Horace Buttles Everett; farmer; re- moved from Granville, Ohio, to Montville ; his father and grandfather moved from Granby, Connecticut, to Granville, Ohio, of which they were among the founders.
(VI) Samuel Hart, son of Samuel Platt Whitney, was born at Granby, Connecticut, September 14, 1800, died November 2, 1874. He was a carpenter and joiner. He was ac- tive in political and military affairs ; captain in the militia ; chairman of the board of asses- sors .. He lived at Granville. He married, in January, 1825, at Granville, Massachusetts, Marilla Lovisa Dickinson, born March II, 1806, daughter of Otis and Melinda (Ban- croft) Dickinson; she died October 1, 1897. They are both buried in the Granville Ceme- tery. Children, born at Granville: I. Milton Burrall, born October 6, 1825; mentioned be- low. 2. Marilla Emeline, born January 15, 1830; married at Norfolk, Connecticut, Sep- tember 13, 1854, Phelps Ezekiel Alderman, carriage manufacturer, son of Ezekiel and Ju- lia (Osborne) Alderman, of Granby ; resided at Russell ; she died at Saratoga Springs, New York, June 13, 1890, and is buried at Russell, Massachusetts. 3. Frances Ann, born Au- gust 4, 1834; married, March 1, 1857, James Wallace Johnson, manufacturer, of Harwin- ton, Connecticut : born at Winchester, Connec- ticut, August 29, 1826, son of Eli and Evalina. ( Bettis) Johnson ; lived at West Granville un- til March, 1859; at Tolland, Massachusetts, until March, 1861, and returned to West Granville ; made handles for shovels, hoes, brooms, etc. ; was selectman, assessor and dea- con ; now resides in East Granville.
(VII) Milton Burrall, son of Samuel Hart Whitney, was born at East Granville, October 6, 1825. He attended the public schools of Granville and fitted for college in the private school of Rev. Timothy M. Cooley, of Gran- ville, Massachusetts. He entered Williams College in the sophomore class and was grad- uated in 1849, having the honor of delivering the classical oration at Commencement, and of being elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He taught school for two years after graduating, then began the study of law in the office of William G. Bates, of Westfield, one of the leading attorneys of Western Massa- chusetts. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, and entered into partnership with Mr. Bates immediately afterward. The firm continued
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until 1865, after which Mr. Whitney practiced alone until 1874, when the firm of Whitney & Dunbar was formed. This firm took high rank in the legal world and enjoyed an exten- sive practice in Western Massachusetts. In 1887 the firm was dissolved, and in 1888 Mr. Dunbar was appointed an associate justice of the superior court of Massachusetts. From 1887 to 1892 Mr. Whitney was senior member of the law firm of Whitney & Brigham, of Westfield. From 1858 to 1865 he was trial justice, a magistrate for Westfield and vicin- ity in both civil and criminal cases, with jur- isdiction similar to that of the district courts. In his profession Mr. Whitney has been sing- ularly successful, standing especially well in his knowledge of business and corporation law and characterized by sound and conservative judgment. He was attorney for the town of Westfield for many years and for many princi- pal business firms and corporations. He has practiced in all the western counties of the Commonwealth, and is known to bench and bar as a lawyer of wide experience and high legal attainments. He retired from general practice in 1897.
He has been prominent not only as a lawyer, but in public life. He has been elected to various offices of trust and honor. In early life he was a Whig, but when that party went to pieces he became a Republican and has continued a Republican to the present time, though at times he has been rather indepen- dent and differed from the policies and disap- proved of certain candidates of that party. He was elected to the state senate in 1862 and 1863 from the western (second) Hampden senatorial district. Although the senate of 1862 contained no less than thirteen lawyers, of whom he was the youngest, he was made chairman of the committee on public lands and chairman of the joint special committee on the important subject of the Concord and Sudbury rivers. He also served on several other stand- ing and special committees of the general court. In 1863 he was a member of the sen- ate committee on the judiciary, and chairman of the joint committee on federal relations, and an active and leading part in the legisla- tion of that year. He was elected a presi- dential elector of the Republican party of Massachusetts in 1868, and voted for General Grant for president in the electoral college. He was a delegate to the Republican national con- vention that nominated Garfield for president in 1880. He was appointed a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education in
1881, reappointed at the expiration of his term of office in 1889, and served the second term. He has always taken a keen interest in educa- tional affairs, especially in the public schools. He was for many years chairman of the board of visitors of the State Normal School at Westfield, also of the board of visitors of in- stitutions for the education of the blind and of deaf mutes, such as received financial aid from the state.
He has lived and had his office in West- field, in which town he has always shown a public-spirited interest. He has been a trus- tee of the Westfield Savings Bank since 1857; a director of the First National Bank of West- field since its incorporation in 1865, and pres- ident from 1881 to 1897. He was a director of the Westfield Bank before it was merged with the First National Bank. He was elect- ed fellow of the American Geographical So- ciety in 1890, and in 1891 a councillor of the American Institute of Civics, a national so- ciety incorporated under the laws of congress.
He has been an active member of the library committee, and a director of the Westfield
Atheneum ever since it was organized in 1864, and its president from 1893 to the present time. He is a director and trustee of various other institutions. He has the honor at pres- ent of being the senior member of the bar of Hampden county. In June, 1909, he deeded to the town of Westfield a tract of land, con- taining about seventeen acres, as a free gift, upon condition that it be kept and maintained as a public play ground for the use of minors in said town forever. The town accepted the gift by unanimous vote and made provision for its equipment and maintenance.
In the maternal line he is a direct descend- ant of Peregrine White, who was born on board the "Mayflower" in Cape Cod Bay, No- vember 20, 1620, being the first white child born in New England. He is also a descend- ant in the same line of Samuel Bancroft, the first settler in Granville, Massachusetts.
Mr. Whitney married, October 2, 1901, Florence, born February 27, 1867, daughter of Hon. Henry Fuller, of Westfield, Massachu- setts.
William Howard, immigrant HOWARD ancestor, was born in England about 1609. He settled at Sa- lem and lived at Wenham and Ipswich, ad- joining Salem, and settled finally in Topsfield, Massachusetts, an adjacent town, in Essex county. He was called of Boston in 1666
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when he gave his age as fifty-seven when ap- pointed attorney for R. Bellingham, and depu- ty marshal general in an action in the Essex court in 1666. He was witness to an inven- tory of Samuel Smith in 1642; was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He deposed in 1661 that he was aged fifty-two years. He sold land at Ipswich, October II, 1649, and signed a bill there in 1649 against William Payne. He may also have been the William Howard, of Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1650, a lieu- tenant and deputy to the general court. Rose Howard, presumed to be his wife, was ad- mitted to the church at Salem, May 10, 1640, and her son Nathaniel was baptized on her account November 13, 1642, at Salem. Chil- dren: I. John, resided in Rowley, died 1694. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, sister of William, died February, 1725, "a very ancient maid." 4. Nathaniel. Perhaps other children.
(II) William (2), son of William (I) Howard, was born about 1635, died at Ips- wich, July 25, 1709 (gravestone). He settled in Ipswich. He has been placed in a genealogy of the family as probably son of Thomas Howard, the Thomas Howard or Hayward described in the genealogy first of Cambridge, then of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and finally at Bridgewater, where he died about 1678, leav- ing a will bequeathing to his sons Elisha and Joseph and grandchild Joseph. William How- ard was a commoner and freeman of Ipswich and a citizen of prominence. With Joseph Fuller he was on a committee to build a wharf on the south side of the Ipswich river, now Foss wharf. He had a pew in the Ipswich church and was a man of property, as shown by large holdings in real estate and numerous mortgages. Ile had a share in Plum Island. His homestead was previously owned by Thomas Emerson, progenitor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He sold it to Daniel Rindge ; Su- sanna Rindge deeded it to Usual Wardell in 1669 and of him William Howard bought the place about 1679. At last accounts the old house, partly built by William Howard, was still standing. His will was dated July 23, 1709, and proved August 1, 1709, devising to his wife, to son William, who had the home- stead, and to sons John, Samuel and daughter Martha. He married Tabitha, thought to be the daughter of Robert Kinsman. Children : I. Mary, born December, 1667, married, Oc- totober 17, 1685, Joseph Fuller Jr. 2. Tabi- tha, January 21, 1669, married, January 29, 1689, Christopher Hodgkins. 3. William,
June 25, 1673, mentioned below. 4. Mercy, October 8, 1675, married Daniel Hovey Jr. 5. John, 1683. 7. Samuel, October 3, 1685.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) Howard, was born at Ipswich, June 25, 1673. He inherited the homestead of his father and part of the land formerly of Usual Wardell. He was a husbandman. He sold the home- stead to Increase How. He married (first) June 2, 1695, Martha Hodgkins, daughter of Christopher Hodgkins. She died October 9, 1733, in Ipswich. He married ( second) (in- tentions dated September 15, 1734) Elizabeth Payne, widow, of Gloucester. She died at Ipswich, July, 1753. Children, born at Ips- wich: 1. William, September 26, 1696. 2. Hezekiah, October 1, 1698. 3. Martha, Au- gust 9, 1701, married, 1720, John Hodgkins. 4. Mary, March 28. 1703, married, 1726, John Fuller. 5. Sarah. August 15, 1707, married, 1730, Daniel Ross. 6. Ruth, November 16, 1709, married, November 16, 1732, Simeon Wood Jr. 7. John, August 10, 1712, men- tioned below. 8. Philamon, June 29, 1718.
(IV) John, son of William (3) Howard, was baptized August 10, 1712, at Ipwich, died in Somers, Connecticut, February 3, 1785. He was a tanner and currier by trade at Ipswich and Pomfret, whither he removed about 1741. He lived on the principal street in Pomfret. He sold his homestead in May, 1777, to his son William and removed to Som- ers, where he died. He is buried there in the old North Burying ground, and his grave is marked by a stone of red sandstone. He was a man of great industry, strict integrity and sterling worth. He was a member of the First Church of Pomfret in January, 1758. His wife was received by letter from the First Church of Ipswich which she joined December 27, 1741. In a funeral sermon, preached by Rev. Charles Backus and afterward published, he says of Mr. Howard: "Of sober life, his temper was remarkable for benevolence and hospitality. All who knew him admired his faithfulness and integrity * * made him sincerely beloved by all his neighbors and acquaintances, by whom his death was much lamented." He married, in Ipswich, Septem- ber 21, 1734, Elizabeth Smith, born September 29, 1713, died July 2, 1790, in Somers. Chil- dren, born at Ipswich: 1. John, Jr., July 20, 1735. 2. Thomas, July 24, 1737. 3. Eliza- beth, September 23, 1739, died March 4, 1802. unmarried. 4. Marah, August 3, 1741, died young. Born at Pomfret. 5. Hezekiah, May 7, 1747, settled in Leverett, had no children,
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but adopted several, and in 1790 had in his family at Leverett three males over sixteen, two under that age and two females. 6. Jere- miah, August 17, 1749. 7. Peggy, 1751, died October II, 1751. 8. William, August 2, 1753. 9. Aaron, mentioned below.
(V) Lieutenant Aaron, son of John How- ard, was born at Pomfret, January II, 1759, died at Leverett, August 1, 1836. He went from Pomfret to Somers, Connecticut, with his father, to assist on the farm and in the tanning business. His father deeded to him the farm and other property in the northwest part of Somers, shortly before he died. After his mother died, Aaron sold the place to his "brother Smith" and bought land in Leverett where his brother Hezekiah lived. He was a tanner and currier, also a sadler and har- ness maker. He was a worthy citizen and a prominent and valued member of the church. He was constant and devout in his attendance on public worship, even in his last years when his hearing was impaired. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Daniel Lyon's company, Eleventh Regiment of militia of Connecticut. He was afterward captain in the militia. His wise counsel, christian example, industry and liberality made him a man of mark in his day. He married, January 27, 1785, Dinah Cooley, born February 18, 1762, at Somers, died April 5, 1738, at Leverett, daughter of Luke and Elizabeth Cooley. Chil- dren, born at Somers: I. John, March 24, 1786. 2. Peggy, July 10, 1788, married Isaac H. Bangs. 3. Aaron Jr., March 5, 1791. Born at Leverett : 4. Lucy, April 3, 1798, died un- married February 6, 1826, a woman of great piety. 5. Cooley, May 31, 1801. 6. Hiram, January 6, 1804, died November 12, 1823.
(VI) Cooley, son of Aaron Howard, was born at Leverett, March 31, 1801, died May 28, 1869, at Easthampton, Massachusetts. He was educated in the district school and learned of his father the trade of tanner, which he fol- lowed the greater part of his life. He also manufactured boots and shoes and was very successful. He was a Whig in politics and a Methodist in religion, a devout Christian and of exemplary character. He married, May 9, 1833, Mary M. Stone, daughter of Harvey Stone, of Chester, Massachusetts. She was born at Chester, January 5, 1814, died aged seventy-five. Children, born in Chester: I. Augustus, born October 7, 1838, served in the Thirteenth Engineer Corps in the civil war; married Mary Loomis. 2. John H., January 8, 1841, mentioned below. 3. Lucy . A., Feb-
ruary 19, 1843, married, December 28, 1865, Joshua Loomis. 4. Myron C., January 6, 1845, married, December 25, 1872, Abby Mc- Clure, of Guilford, Vermont, and lives at Florence, Massachusetts. 5. Mary J., May 8, 1847. 6. Frank, June 18, 1849, drowned aged four years, May 18, 1854. 7. Rosella S., May 13, 1852, married, April 14, 1874, Edward Hammond, of Florence ; resides in Worcester. 8. Frederick L., July 15, 1854, married, July 7, 1875, Mary Darrow, of Florence, who died at Springfield, January 7, 1876. 9. Sumner E., March 3, 1858, died aged twenty-five.
(VII) John Hervey, son of Cooley How- ard, was born in Chester, January 8, 1841, and was educated there in the public schools. At the age of twenty years he enlisted in Com- pany C, Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, and served in the civil war with the army of the Potomac until the battle of Petersburg. He was sergeant of his company when mustered out of service. After the war he was em- ployed in the United States arsenal at Spring- field for one year. Afterward he worked at the trade of machinist with the Florence Sew- ing Machine Company for six years, and for the Williston & Knight Button Company for five years. He then bought out a general store at Hatfield and has been in business there since. He built the structure in which his store is now located in 1886. He was a Re- publican until 1876, and since then has been a Democrat. He attends the Congregational church. He married, March 24, 1872, Emily A. Bullard, born in Swanzy, New Hampshire, daughter of Marcus Bullard, of Swanzy, New Hampshire. Children : I. Harry L., born January 26, 1874, married Mabel L. Billings, daughter of George A. Billings. 2. Fred, May 15, 1875, married, June, 1904, Etta Black, daughter of John Black, of Florence, Massa- chusetts. 3. Edith, September, 1877. 4. Ralph, December, 1891.
(For early generations see Richard Mann 1).
(V) John Mann, son of Lieuten-
MANN ant Seth Mann, was born on the homestead at Randolph, Novem- ber 18, 1777. He always lived there, and was a substantial farmer and respected citizen. In an old letter now in the possession of the fam- ily, it states that "during the 1812 war, John Mann and Noah Thayer (the latter went in place of Deacon Elisha Mann, who took charge of his brother's farm during their ab- sence) went to Richmond, Virginia, for their nephew, Seth Mann, Esq., a Boston merchant,
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carrying six thousand pounds weight each of West India goods-flour, tea, ete .- bringing home tobaeeo and eigars. They went with two yoke of oxen and a horse eaeh, and were gone from home about six months. The horses stood the journey well, but only two of the oxen returned." John Mann died August 28, 1865, aged nearly eighty-eight. He married (first ) 1804, Jane Tucker, born July 23, 1783, died May 4, 1846, daughter of Deaeon Benja- min Tucker ; (second) 1847, Lydia, daughter of William Reed, widow of James Holbrook, of Braintree. Children, all by first wife: I. John, born January II, 1805, married Emily Howard. 2. Alvan, born December 6, 1806: mentioned below. 3. Jane Tucker, born Mareh 23, 1808; married Artemas Aldrieh, May 30, 1830. 4. Seth, born April 1, 1810; married Eliza Hunt. 5. Deborah, born April 16. 1812; married, May 23, 1833, George Jones. 6. Dr. Benjamin, born March 31, 1814; married Emily C. Morse. 7. Dr. Jonathan, born Mareh 16, 1816; married Marietta Rol- lins, October 16, 1844; she was born May 17, 1822, died in Boston, July 1, 1852 ; he married (seeond) June 16, 1854, Harriet Louise, daughter of Samuel and Harriet ( Ham) Lar- rabee, of Bangor, Maine. 8. Susan, born March 27. 1820, died September 9, 1859; mar- ried, April 5, 1838, Otis Ryder.
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