Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 29

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 886


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(VI) George Crossman, son of Abiather and Freelove (Hawkins) Dean, was born June 16, 1800, died October 2, 1835, in Keene, New Hampshire. He married, June 16, 1819, at Lancaster, Massachusets, Dolly, born March 8, 1797, died in Constableville, New


York, July 24, 1856, daughter of Thomas and Isabel (Phelps) Bennett. She married (sec- ond) February 15, 1855, Ebenezer Wheeler. Children: 1. George Bennett, see forward. 2. Frances Porter, wife of Paige Lovejoy ; died in Constableville, New York. 3. Henry Augustus, died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1857. 4. Martha Priscilla, wife of John Dutcher ; died at Trenton, New York. 5. Cornelia Isa- bel, married Richard Morrill; lived at Du- buque, Iowa. 6. Horace Comstock, resided in Hastings, Nebraska. 7. Thomas Abiathar resided in Sandwich, Illinois. 8. Daniel Haw- kins, settled at Princeton, Illinois.


(VII) George Bennett, eldest child of George Crossman and Dolly ( Bennett) Dean, was born April 22, 1820, in Worcester, Massa- chusetts, and on account of the death of his father was early compelled to start out and make his own way in life. He first learned the tailor's trade with an uncle, who died in 1909, at the advanced age of one hundred years. Having learned the trade, and becom- ing a practical workman, he went to Constable- ville, New York, and worked there for several years ; during the dull seasons of each year he turned his hand to house painting, for he al- ways was an industrious young man and possessed the same spirit of determination which characterized the lives of several of his ancestors. Mr. Dean married Caroline, daugh- ter of Peultha Clark, one of the pioneers of Constableville, and who removed to that town from East Granby, Connecticut, taking his family and household effects in a wagon drawn by a team of oxen. Mr. Dean's mar- riage took place in Constableville, in the open air under a plum tree.


(VIII) Wilbert T., son of George Bennett and Caroline (Clark) Dean, was born in Con- stableville, New York, December 21, 1845. At the early age of fourteen years he was compelled to assume full care of himself, his education and maintenance. He gained a good education in the common schools of his native town, then learned the trade of painting, and at the age of twenty years was engaged in business for himself. He made his home in Constableville until 1873, and then removed to Holyoke, Massachusetts, and entered into a partnership with his brother-in-law, William F. Wheelock. After twenty-one years of profitable business association the firm was dissolved and since that time, 1894, Mr. Dean has continued in business alone. During the more than thirty-five years of his residence in Holyoke, Mr. Dean has engaged in active pur-


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suits, and in that respect his efforts have been rewarded with gratifying success. During this same period he has been somewhat closely identified with events of political history in the city, and for many years has been looked upon as one of the leading Democrats of the region. In 1882-83, he was a member of the city board of aldermen, and in 1884 was elect- ed representative to the general court by a majority of over one hundred votes in a dis- trict that is normally Republican from three hundred to five hundred. He has served five years as member of the city park commission, and was chosen civil service examiner. He is a member of the several subordinate Masonic bodies up to the commandery. On October 31, 1865, Mr. Dean married Julia M., daughter of Cyril and Amelia (Clark) Davis, of Suffield, Connecticut. Of the nine children born of this marriage four are now deceased. Those who grew to maturity are: F. Daisy, Lena, George Howard, Blanche and Lula Dean.


SMITH Among the Smiths who came to New England was a family of four brothers and one sister. Their names were: Christopher, who lived in Northampton and died childless. Joseph, who lived in Hartford and was the father of a large family. Simon, place of residence un- known, William, see forward. Mary, married William Partridge, of Hartford and Hadley. Mary in her will names her four brothers. Their father may have come to this country, but his name is unknown. There was a William Smith at Wethersfield who it is supposed was the same as the William who afterward lived in Farmington.


(I) William Smith was an early settler in Farmington, and in 1657 united with the church in that town under the Rev. Samuel Hooker. His wife Elizabeth bore him the fol- lowing named children: I. Jonathan, born January, 1647. 2. Jobana, January, 1649; was slain at Hatfield, May 30, 1676, by the In- dians ; he was a soldier sent up from Connec- ticut ; he had no family. 3. Susanna, March, 1651. 4. and 5. Elizabeth and Mehitable, twins, May, 1653. 6. Joseph, August, 1655. 7. Benjamin, April, 1658, see forward. 8. William, April, 1661. 9. Samuel, May, 1663. William Smith ( father) died December, 1669 or 1670. His wife Elizabeth made her will November 15, 1676, and died in 1678, at which time six children were living, as follows: Jon- athan, Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel, Susanna, Mehitable.


(II) Benjamin, fourth son of William and Elizabeth Smith, of Farmington, born April, 1658, settled in Westfield, removed to West Springfield, somewhere about Paucatuck, in 1685. He was taxed for forty-three acres of land had of Major Pynchon valued at ten pounds and ten shillings. He married (first) Ruth Judd Loomis, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Loomis. Their children, born in Westfield, were: I. William, not recorded; married, possibly, Sarah Miller, born March 15, 1700. 2. Ruth, born February 8, 1685; married, May 1, 1714, Samuel Taylor, born April 6, 1686. 3. Benjamin Jr., February 14, 1687; married Mary Bedortha, born Septem- ber 19, 1691. 4. Samuel, August 24, 1689, died 1725 ; married Irene Bedortha, born June 20, 1696 ; they left one son, Samuel. 5. Eliza- beth, February 14, 1693; married Ebenezer Miller Jr., born March II, 1692. 6. Rachel, 1694 : married Samuel Morgan. 7. Jonathan, 1697, see forward. 8. Job, 1700, married Martha Bedortha, born July 15, 1703. 9. Mary, 1703; married Ebenezer Day ; had one child, Ebenezer Jr. Mr. Smith married (sec- ond) Hannah Phelps, born Hebron, Connecti- cut, 1706. He died about 1738. In his will he names his wife Hannah ; heirs of daughter Ruth, who was deceased; Samuel, son of his son Samuel, deceased ; and William, Benja- min, Elizabeth, Rachel, Jonathan, Job and Mary. His will was made in 1735 and proved in 1738.


(III) Jonathan, fourth son of Benjamin and Ruth (Loomis) Smith, married Margaret, daughter of Samuel Ball. Their children, pre- vious to Mr. Ball's will made in 1746, were : I. Jonathan. 2. David, see forward. 3. Solo- mon. 4. Caleb. 5. Daniel. 6. Margaret, married Stephen Miller and died July 2, 1789, aged eighty-five years. 7. Simeon, married Nabby Warner, of Hadley, Massachusetts.


(IV) David, second son of Jonathan and Margaret ( Ball) Smith, born August 12, 1731, died September 24, 1804. He married Mar- garet Day, born May 10, 1730, died June 14, 1803, daughter of Ebenezer Day. Their chil- dren were : 1. David, born June 21, 1757, died July 24, 1814. 2. Asaph, March 15, 1759. died August 17, 1760. 3. Margaret, Septem- ber 17, 1761, died August 20, 1848; married Simeon Ely. 4. Thankful, June 20, 1766, died September 25, 1842 ; married Levi Ely Jr., son of Captain Levi Ely. 5. Lydia, July 3, 1769, died October 24, 1853, unmarried. 6. Seth, March 13, 1773, died September, 1849; mar-


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ried Eunice Rice, born September 18, 1784, died August 24, 1854.


(V) David (2), eldest child of David (I) and Margaret (Day) Smith, born June 21, 1757, died July 24, 1814. He was a drummer and fifer boy in the revolutionary war, enlist- ing July, 1780, and serving in Colonel Brown's regiment under Captain Levi Ely, and at the battle of Stone Arabia, New York, October 19, 1780, became nearly exhausted and was injured for life by the long run of four or five miles in the retreat. The men were ambushed and fired upon by three hundred each of Brit- ish, Tories and Indians. Colonel Brown was killed and so was Captain Levi Ely and about sixty men of the regiment. William Howard Smith, grandson of David Smith, has in his possession a letter written by his grandfather, David Smith Jr. at Schenectady while going to Ft. Paris dated August 16, 1780. After the war Mr. Smith returned to his home at Pauca- tuck, (West Springfield) and died there on the very spot which his ancestors had pur- chased in 1685. Mr. Smith married Naomi Howard, of Chicopee, and among their chil- dren was a son David, see forward. Mr. Smith died July 24, 1814, aged fifty-seven years; his wife died March 31, 1814, aged forty-seven years.


(VI) David (3), son of David (2) and Naomi (Howard) Smith, was born March 19, 1803, died April 9, 1875. He was apprenticed in 1817 to Spencer Flower, of Feeding Hills, as a wheelwright. In the autumn of 1824 he engaged in the services of G. & H. Francis, of Hartford, and in the spring of 1827 engaged in business on his own account at what is now the corner of Main and Park streets, Spring- field, Massachusetts. He married Harriet Grif- fin, daughter of Captain Micah Griffin, of West Suffield. She died March 5, 1870, aged sixty-nine years. Among their children was a son William Howard, see forward.


(VII) William Howard, son of David (3) and Harriet (Griffin) Smith, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, November 24, 1832. He was educated in the public schools, and early in life engaged in the carriage busi- ness, becoming the proprietor of the extensive carriage manufactory on the death of his father, which business was established in 1827 and has been continued to the present time (1909). George H. Hubbell is now associated with Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith served the city as alderman, performing the duties of said office in a highly creditable and efficient man- ner. Through the liberal gifts and persevering


efforts of both Mr. Smith and his father Grace Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1867 and the building dedicated in 1875. Mr. Smith is a member of the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution and of Hampden Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Smith married Martha Young, daughter of the Rev. Mark Trafton; she died November 16, 1862, in Springfield. They were the parents of one child, Minnie Lee, born in Springfield, October 5, 1859, died there April 29, 1907; she married, October 9, 1889, Nor- man N. Fowler, born in Agawam, Massachu- setts, educated in common schools, Springfield high school and at Yale College. Shortly after- ward he engaged in the manufacture of glazed paper and is now (1909) secretary of the Hampden Glazed Paper Company. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were the parents of three chil- dren : Constance, William Smith and Roger W. Fowler.


(For first generations see Thomas Sawyer 1). (II) Nathaniel Sawyer, son of


SAWYER Thomas Sawyer, was born in Lancaster, September 24, 1670, died in Sterling, November 10, 1756. The christian name of his first wife was Mary and that of his second wife was Elizabeth. His children were: I. Amos, born June 20, 1693. 2. Nathaniel, see forward. 3. Ephraim. 4. Samuel, 1698, died in 1784. 5. Ezra, 1702. 6. John. 7. Manassah. 8. Thomas, 17II, died in 1787. 9. Phineas. 10. Eunice.


(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1) Sawyer, was born in Lancaster, and spent the last years of his life in that part of the town called Sterling, May 19, 1734, he married Mary Houghton; children: I. Oliver, born July 7, 1735, died young. 2. Mary, January, 1737. 3. Elizabeth, July, 1741, died in in- fancy. 4. Elizabeth, July, 1742. 5. Nathaniel. see forward. 6. Thankful, October 8, 1752. 7. Jonathan, killed by the Indians.


(IV) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) Sawyer, was born in that part of Lancaster which is now Sterling, February 21, 1744, died in Stow, Massachusetts. He was a pros- perous farmer. October 30, 1771, he married Catherine Ellis, born in Lancaster, Septem- ber 28, 1748. Children: I. Oliver, born in May, 1772. 2. Dolly, November 8, 1773. 3. Mary, November 12, 1775. 4. Jonathan, see forward. 5. Nathaniel, January 8, 1780. 6. Catherine, March, 1782. 7. Cynthia, March 1784. 8. Alpheus, June, 1786. 9. John, Oc- tober, 1788.


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(V) Jonathan, son of Nathaniel (3) Sawyer, was born in Lancaster, March, 1778. For some time he resided in Boston, where for many years he followed the cooper's trade, and his death occurred in Medford, Massa- chusetts, August 7, 1831. He married in Bos- ton, April 29, 1819, Mary Crane Wild, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, November 29, 1796, died in Campello, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 21, 1890, at the advanced age of ninety- three years. She was a daughter of Silas and Abigail (Thayer) Wild, of Braintree, and a descendant of John Wild, an early settler in that town, through Jonathan (2), Silas (3) and Silas (4). Silas (4) Wild was born January 13, 1762, died October II, 1828. He married (first) March 2, 1785, Abigail Thayer, daugh- ter of James and Deborah (Arnold) Thayer. She was born February 4, 1761, died Janu- ary 8, 1803. He married (second) June 30, 1808, Deborah, widow of William Hayden and daughter of John and Jane Noyes. She was born about 1753, died September 12, 1845. His children, all of his first union, were : I. Silas, born January 23, 1787. 2. James Thayer, September 16, 1788, died May 10, 1845. 3. Abigail, June 17, 1792. 4. Elisha, 1794. 5. Betsey, March 31, 1795, died July 8, 1855. 6. Mary Crane, November 21, 1796; married Jonathan Sawyer. 7. John Alden, September 12, 1798. 8. Lydia, May 3, 1800. 9. Washington, May 5, 1802. 10. Adams, May 5, 1802 (twins), died January 29, 1803. The children of Jonathan and Mary Crane (Wild) Sawyer: I. George, born July 26, 1823; married (first) Susan Eames; (second) Lois Knight. 2. Warren, see forward. 3. Mary Elizabeth, September 19, 1827, married Jonas R. Perkins ; died February, 1909.


(VI) Warren, son of Jonathan Sawyer, was born in Boston, May 23, 1825. His educa- tional opportunities were confined to the pub- lic school system in vogue during his boy- hood, and that the instruction thus afforded was both ample and excellent is sufficiently attested by his successful career. In 1839, when but fourteen years of age, he began his business training in an extensive wholesale leather establishment in Boston, and in an unusually short period he rose from a subor - dinate position to one of responsibility and trust. In 1849 his practical experience, am- bition for advancement and perfect confi- dence in his own ability to succeed, prompted him to engage in the leather trade on his own account, and for more than twenty years he transacted a wholesale business, from which he withdrew in 1870. He did not, however,


wholly relinquish his business activities, as for many years afterward he was prominent- ly identified with the financial interests of Boston, and he rendered valuable assistance in forwarding the welfare of the various en- terprises with which he was associated. May 3, 1865, the Everett National Bank of Bos- ton was organized under the then recently enacted national banking law, sixteen promi- nent citizens, among whom was Warren Sawyer, obtaining its charter on March 8, of that year, and each subscriber for one hun- dred shares at one hundred dollars per share. Mr. Sawyer became a member of its first board of directors and the following year was chosen its second president, retaining that position until 1893, when he resigned. He continued to serve as a director, however, and when he retired from the board in 1897 he had outserved every one of its original members .. He was also one of the organizers and for many years a director of the Boston Penny Savings Bank, was a director of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany, and having invested extensively in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, was a director of that corporation from 1877 to 1882, and again from 1884 to 1890. He was largely instrumental in organizing the New England Shoe and Leather Manufacturers' Association, of which he was the first treasur- er, and at the general gathering of influential Boston merchants held at the Revere House on the evening of July 3, 1869, with that end in view, he was one of the principal speakers. In his religious belief he is a Unitarian. In politics he is a Republican, but has not been active in civic affairs, neither has he aspired to public office. Since his retirement from ac- tive business pursuits he has passed the greater portion of his time at his pleasant home at Wellesley Hills.


Mr. Sawyer married (first) Mary E. Fuller, who died August 30, 1852; (second) Rachel Alphia Fuller, who died October 14, 1872; (third) Ellen Reed White, born in Waterville, Maine, October 27, 1843. Children: I. Fan- ny Fuller, born October 15, 1851 ; married Walter L. Hayes, in Boston ; one child, Mary Sawyer. 2. Herbert, November 26, 1855; in business in Enosburg Falls, Vermont. 3. Mary Cummings, March 28, 1864.


Samuel Holmes, the first of HOLMES this family of whom we have record, died in Marshfield, Massachusetts. It is said that he came to Marshfield when a young man with documents


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concerning a legacy to the Phillips family of Marshfield, and married and settled there. He was a thrifty and successful farmer, acquiring considerable property, his homestead being known as Holmes Corner. He married Eliza- beth Sherman. Children: I. Eliza, born Jan- uary 6, 1801; married Charles Ewell; chil- dren: John, George, Arthur, Samuel and El- vira. 2. William, see forward. 3. Mary, January 1, 1805. 4. Sarah, March 6, 1807. 5. Thomas, August 13, 1809; children: Em- ma ; Elizabeth, married Charles Adams; Mary, married Nathan Hopkins. 6. Jane, July 8, 1812; married, 1829, Zenas Ewell; children : Frederick Holmes, born May 18, 1842; Mary ; Isaiah Alonzo; Susan, married George Leon- ard; Zenas; Amanda, born July 12, 1849. 7. Harriet, March II, 1815; married John Hath- away ; children : John, William and Harriet. 8. Susan, married Enoch Pratt ; child, Enoch.


(II) William, eldest son and second child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sherman) Holmes, was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 22, 1802, died in the same town, De- cember 12, 1859. He acquired a common school education and assisted in the cultivation of the farm of his father. In early manhood he went to East Boston and served an appren- ticeship to the trade of ship's carpenter. This was in the days when seven years were con- sidered the proper time for learning a trade. He worked in various ship yards, also in Med- ford, Massachusetts, and the Charlestown navy yard, but considered none of these places as his residence, and returned to Marshfield each week. He was thus employed until 1857 when he retired from active work. During this time, with the assistance of his sons, he also managed a farm of twenty acres, which he had purchased at Marshfield, this property later passing into the possession of his son Al- bert. He was of an amiable and social dispo- sition and possessed in a strong degree the courage of his convictions. He and his family were attendants at the Unitarian church at Marshfield Hills. In politics he was at first a Whig, and was one of the first to join the Re- publican party. He married, February 14, 1830, Susan, born in Yarmouth, Massachu- setts, November 5, 1809, died in Marshfield, March 5, 1894, daughter of Allen and Lydia Farris. Children : I. William Allen, born Jan- uary 4, 1831, died April 17, 1900; married Jane M. Bolton ; children : i. William Austin ; ii. Annie Farris, married Millard George; children : Doris and Edna. 2. Susan Eliza- beth, October 6, 1832, died November 6, 1906;


married Marcellus W. Rogers; children: i. Osborne, married Caroline Currier ; children : Muriel and Osborne; ii. Howard; iii. Mabel, married Newell Trickey; child, John; iv. Wales, died at the age of twenty-two years ; v. Olive, married Henry W. Wright ; child, Liv- ingstone; vi. Elizabeth. 3. Albert, February 8, 1837 ; married, July 11, 1858, Mary Esther Carpenter ; children : i. Frederick Albert, born January 4, 1861 ; married, October 2, 1887, Alice S. Damon ; child, Doris, born March I, 1906; ii. Charles Burton, born February 22, 1866, died January 1I, 1903; iii. William Henry, born November 15, 1870; married (first) Florence Mclaughlin ; children : Ruth and Charles Burton ; married (second) Olive Russell; iv. Herbert Hartman, born October 16, 1872; married, August, 1906, Martha M. White. 4. Henry Wallace, August II, 1841, died December 21, 1867; married Lucy Nich- ols. 5. Osborne Farris, April I, died Septem- ber 19, 1846. 6. Joseph Crowell, see forward.


(III) Joseph Crowell, youngest child of William and Susan (Farris) Holmes, was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, September 16, 1851. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and this training was supplemented by a course in the private school of Colonel Hiram Oakman. In 1867 he entered Phillips Academy, Exeter, remain- ed there one year and then spent some time in teaching. He entered the employ of the Bos- ton Five Cent Savings Bank in 1869, and was gradually advanced until he was appointed as- sistant treasurer in 1890; served in this capac- ity until 1896, when by a vote of the trustees he was made treasurer, an office he now holds. Mr. Holmes resides in Park avenue, Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, where he purchased a part of the old Penn property, and his resi- dence commands a magnificent outlook. He is decidedly Republican in his political views, has served his party as delegate to various con- ventions, has been a member of the school committee of Arlington, a trustee of the Rob- bins Public Library, and served for two years in the Fourth Battalion, Boston Tigers. He is a member of the Massachusetts Savings Bank Treasurers' Club and of Boston Council, Royal Arcanum. His religious affiliations are with the Park Avenue Congregational Church, which he has served as a member of the stand- ing committee and as treasurer of the insti- tution. He married, at Arlington, September 6, 1877. Mary Alice, born April 10, 1856, daughter of William and Alice Maria Lloyd, of Boston, the former at one time a glass man-


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ufacturer, later a car builder for the Boston and Albany railroad. Children : Charles Lloyd, see forward, Joseph Edwin, see forward.


(IV) Charles Lloyd, elder child of Joseph Crowell and Mary Alice (Lloyd) Holmes, was born in Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, September 3, 1878. His educational training was received in the public and high schools of Arlington, and in 1897 he found employment with the Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, in which he has served as clerk since that time. He is a member of Dr. Little's Second Con- gregational Church, having joined in 1907, and in his political views is independent with strong Republican tendencies. He married, September 6, 1904, Edith Thayer Capen, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Children: Vir- ginia Capen, born June 16, 1905; Alice, Oc- tober 19, 1906; Charles Lloyd Jr., February 10, 1908.


(IV) Joseph Edwin, younger son of Joseph Crowell and Mary Alice (Lloyd) Holmes, was born at Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, February 1I, 1880. He was educated in the public schools of that town and at Dartmouth College, from which institution he was gradu- ated in 1902 with the degree of A. B. In the fall of that year he entered the employment of the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, where he remained for three years. He then accepted a position with Bond & Goodwin, bankers of Boston, where he is now employed as a salesman. He is a Republican in politics.


(For ancestry see p. 470 et seq.).


(V) Wyman, son of RICHARDSON John and Elizabeth Richardson, born at At- tleboro, May 13, 1746, married, October 31, 1771, Ruth Lane, born at Norton, Massachu- setts, December 1, 1752. They removed to Swanzey, New Hampshire, October, 1779. His wife died at Acworth, New Hampshire, January 2, 1835. He died October 14, 1839, at the age of ninety-three years. Children : I. Ruth, born August 8, 1772. 2. Orra, twin of Ruth. 3. Azubah, February 8, 1775, died at Acworth, New Hampshire, August, 1838. 4. Wyman, see forward. 5. Elhanah, June 9, 1780, died at Stow, Ohio, January 8, 1836. 6. Stephen, June 4, 1783. 7. Luna, May 10, 1785, died July 1I, 1824. 8. Ruth, September 18, 1878. 9. Calvin, July 17, 1790, died at Wolcott, Vermont, July 12, 1828. 10. Lucy, 1793, died at Newfane, Vermont, May, 1830. II. Sophia, July 8, 1796, died at Swanzey, New Hampshire, September 25, 1813. 12.


Esther, April 27, 1799, died at Newfane, May 12, 1833.


(VI) Wyman (2), son of Wyman (I) and Ruth Richardson, born at Attleboro, June 10, 1777, married at Richmond, New Hamp- shire, October 22, 1802, Deliverance, daugh- ter of Elder Nathaniel Bolles, of Rochester and Richmond, New Hampshire, born at Richard, July 23, 1782. Wyman Richardson learned the blacksmith's trade from his father who was also a proficient cooper, and worked at both trades. He died February 26. 1868, aged ninety years. His wife died August II, 1870. Children : I. Wyman, see forward. 2. Nathaniel, born December 21, 1804, married Eurelia Young. 3. Delia, April 23, 1807; married Hiram Boardman. 4. Luna Bolles, December 27, 1809; married Mary Kimball. 5. Thankful, January 17, 1813 ; married Than Lord ; five children. 6. Almira, October 16, 1817; married Jonathan Goodell ; one son, Jonathan. 7. Nathan Henry, May 31, 1823; married Martha Ann Barber. 8. Phebe So- phia, April 19, 1826; married Lorenzo N. Hewes ; seven children.




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