Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 46

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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Masons; Morning Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar, and Melha Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine. He married, November 29, 1871, Alice Amelia, born October 9, 1854, daughter of Chauncey P. Cook, at Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Child, Nellie Lillian, born May 30, 1873 ; married, July 3, 1894, Austin H. Pease, secretary of the Wason Manufacturing Company.


DAVIS (II) James (2), son of Jamies (I)


Davis (q. v.), resided in Haver- hill. He was admitted a free- man in 1666 and took the oath of allegiance in 1677. He died July 18, 1694. His will was dated the same day, and proved August 2, 1694. He married (first) December 1, 1648, in Haverhill, Elizabeth Eaton, who died there January 21, 1683, daughter of John Eaton. He married (second) Mary -, who was mentioned in the will. Children: 1. Hannah, born June 19, 1650, died July 8, 1650. 2. Esther, October 8, 1651. 3. Elizabeth, March II, 1653-54; married, October 31, 1676, Rob- ert Hastings. 4. Ann, February 13, 1655: married James Pecker, Jr. 5. Sarah, August 5. 1658 ; married, May 2, 1693, Thomas Litch- field. 6. James, October 3, 1660; married, August 16, 1693, Sarah Wiggin, widow. 7. John, June 30, 1664; a soldier, slain in Canada in 1690. 8. Daniel, September 19, 1666. 9. Elisha, August 30, 1670; mentioned below. IO. Constance, March 9, 1673-74 ; married Joseph Barney.


(III) Elisha, son of James (2) Davis, was born at Haverhill, August 30, 1670, died Janu- ary 18, 1738-39, at Haverhill. His will was dated January 15 and proved February 19, 1738-39. He married, June 14, 1694, Grace Shaw, whose will was dated August 18 and proved September 21, 1741. Children, born at Haverhill: 1. James, June 24, 1695; mar- ried, March 29, 1716, Sarah Bayley. 2. Daniel, December 2, 1697: married Esther Barney. 3. Elizabeth, February 29, 1699-1700; married Caleb Dalton. 4. Abigail, March 11, 1702-03 ; married, December 27, 1722, Richmond Hub- bard. 5. Esther, October 31, 1706; married Robert Ford. 6. John, March 13, 1708-09; mentioned below. 7. Susanna, married John Black. 8. Moses, married Hepzibah Richeson. 9. Daughter, married Wilson.


(IV) John, son of Elisha Davis, was born March 13. 1708-09, in Haverhill, and resided there. He was a juror in 1730-40. He mar- ried. June 30, 1732, Sarah Barney, of Reho-


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both, and died July 14, 1781, in Haverhill. Children, born in Haverhill: 1. Barney, Au- gust 18, 1733. 2. John, January 4, 1734-35; mentioned below. 3. Anne, August 31, 1738; married, December 13, 1775, Benjamin Fisher. 4. Mary, April 3, 1742. (A Martha Davis married, October 19, 1773, Jonathan Pearse). 5. Sarah, August 28, 1744; married, January 10, 1765, Nathan Pearse Jr. 6. James, Febru- ary 9, 1746-47 ; married, February 26, 1776, Amy Haskins. 7. Joseph, May 7, 1750, at Rehoboth.


(V) John (2), son of John (1) Davis, was born at Haverhill, January 4, 1734-35. He removed with the family to Rehoboth, where his mother was born and where the family had lived previously. He married at Rehoboth, September 4, 1760, Joanna Hix, of Rehoboth. A John Davis married, October 8, 1780, at Rehoboth, Mehitable Bullock, and this was probably his second marriage. He was a soldier in the revolution, second lieutenant in Captain Sylvanus Martin's company (Third), Colonel Thomas Carpenter's regiment (First Bristol), commissioned March 27, 1776. He was at Dorchester Heights at the time of the evacuation of Boston ; he was in Captain Isaac Hodges's company, Colonel Ebenezer Fran- ces's regiment among those taken from the regiments of Colonel Carpenter and Colonel Daggett in 1776. He was first lieutenant in Captain James Hill's company, Colonel John Daggett's regiment in 1777 at Howland Ferry in the defence of Rhode Island; later in Cap- tain Sylvanus Martin's company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's regiment. Children, born at Rehoboth : I. Squier, January 21, 1762; settled at Royalston, Worcester county, Massa- chusetts, where his wife Alathea died July 31, 1813, in her forty-ninth year. 2. John, April 13, 1763; soldier in the revolution from Royalston. 3. Sylvester, October 13, 1764. 4. Sarah, October, 1766 ; married at Royalston, December 8. 1792, Deacon Simeon Jacobs. 5. Susanna, July 18, 1768. 6. Joanna, Febru- ary 18, 1770. 7. Joseph, October 18, 1771 ; married at Royalston, June, 1796, Sophia Whiton. 8. Benjamin, February 8, 1773. 9. Asahel, February 19, 1775; mentioned below. IO. Barney. II. Daniel, died at age of forty, leaving four children. With the exception of Daniel all these children lived to be over sev- enty years of age.


(VI) Lieutenant Asahel, son of Lieutenant John (2) Davis, was born in Rehoboth, Feb- ruary 19, 1775. He married (probably in Swansea, Massachusetts, as recorded in


Royalston), September 13, 1798, Deborah Mason. He settled with his brothers and sisters in Royalston. His brother was called John, Jr., in the revolutionary records, indicating that the father was also living there. Children, born at Royalston: I. Cyrus, October 15, 1799. 2. Elisha M., May 30, 1801. 3. Ansel, July 19, 1803; mentioned below. 4. Hannah, March 30, 1805. 5. Louisa, March II, 1807. 6. Daniel, February 4, 1809. 7. Polly, July 2, 1812. 8. Hosea, June 21, 1816. 9. Caleb, April 13, 1818.


(VII) Ansel, son of Lieutenant Asahel Davis, was born in Royalston, July 19, 1803. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and followed farming through his active life. He removed from Royalston to the adjacent town of Warwick. He was a representative to the general court from that town. He died in 1859. He married Caroline Dudley, born 1817, died April 9, 1868. Chil- dren, born at Warwick: I. Lucretia, June 22, 1842; died December, 1899; married Watson Whitney. 2. Ansel M., 1844, died May 23, 1853. 3. Martha, August 29, 1846, died Sep- tember 9, 1848. 4. Chester B., 1849, died March, 1852. 5. Mary C., June, 1851, died December 21, 1851. 6. Chester A., mentioned below.


(VIII) Chester A., son of Ansel Davis, was born in Warwick, July 7, 1854. He at- tended the public schools of his native town. After the death of his father, he went with his mother to live in Orange, Massachusetts, where he worked on a farm until 1872. He then took up the trade of house painting and grain- ing. In 1875 he bought a livery stable in Orange, and in 1877 moved came to Turners Falls and also bought of Nathan D. Allen the ice business and has both at the present time. He was foreman of the pulp mill for eight years. He was superintendent of streets of the town of Montague in 1902-04-06; was for several years on the prudential committee of the fire department ; and has been deputy sheriff of Franklin county since 1893. He is a mem- ber of the Unitarian church. He married, in 1876, Elizabeth Jane, born July 6, 1855, died July 12, 1909, daughter of Edwin and Pru- dence (Cheney) Battle, of Orange. Mr. and Mrs. Battle had four children: Abbie S., married Frank M. Jennison. Janet C., married Valorus A. Harrington. Artemas J., married Frances Bryant. Elizabeth Jane, married Ches- ter A. Davis. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Davis. born in Turners Falls (town of Montague) : I. Carolyn Lucretia, September 18, 1877;


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married, July 8, 1907, William E. Porter. 2. Grace Ida, July 24, 1883. 3. Elizabeth Ethel, November 14, 1885.


(For preceding generations see Thomas Burgess 1). (VI) Benjamin Burgess, son of Elisha Burgess, was born in BURGESS Sandwich, August 26, 1778 He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and began business there in 1802. He prospered there and after the war of 1812, about 1816, removed to Boston where he car- ried on a large and profitable trade with Cuba. He was very enterprising and energetic and his business grew rapidly. He had the good fortune to pass through all the changes of an active mercantile business of more than half a century in duration with none of the reverses that so often interrupt and sometimes ruin the career of the best and wisest merchants, and he had the satisfaction too of founding one of the leading houses in the Cuban trade in this country. Though one of the most quiet, modest and unobtrusive men in manner and life, he was lacking in none of the essential characteristics of the successful merchant ; he possessed the full measure of integrity ex- cellent judgment and foresight. He was the first to open trade with the post of Cienfuegos. He was a leader in the temperance movement and took the lead in abolishing spirit rations on board merchant vessels. It was character- istic of the man, that when he abolished grog, he increased the other allowances and raised the wages of his seamen. His example was followed one after another by the other ship- owners of New England.


In 1812 and for several years afterward he represented the town of Sandwich in the gen- eral court. He retained the ownership of the ancient Burgess homestead in Sandwich where the family has lived since the immigrant an- cestor located there in 1638. After he retired from business, he made his summer home there and took great pleasure in beautifying the grounds and cultivating the lands of his fore- fathers. He had the unique privilege of gathering a crop of apples from an orchard he planted after he was seventy years old and of gathering fruit from another planted after he was eighty years. For many years he was a director of the Merchants' Bank of Boston ; of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Boston and of the Cape Cod Railroad Com- pany. To a remarkable degree he had the love and confidence of men associated with him or dealing with him in business. He had


a kindly, sympathetic, resourceful character and was an exemplary Christian. He married, June 3, 1804, Mary Swift, who died January 29, 1861, aged seventy-eight years. He died January 29, 1864. Children, born in Sandwich and Boston: I. Adaline, June 20, 1805. 2. Mary, September 2, 1807 ; married Hiram Ellis and Enos Briggs. 3. Thomas Jefferson, Feb- ruary 10, 1810, died July 18, 1834; married Achsah Gibbs. 4. Eliza Swift, March 24, 1813. 5. Hepzibah, February 7, 1816. 6. Benjamin Franklin, mentioned below. 7. Caroline Beal, March 1, 1821.


(VII) Benjamin Franklin, son of Benjamin Burgess, was born September 6, 1818, at Sand- wich. He was educated in the public schools, and when a young man became associated with his father in the foreign trade in Boston. He became a partner of his father under the firm name of Benjamin Burgess & Son, dealers in West India goods, ship-owners and importers. This concern was for many years one of the largest in its line of business in Boston. After a long and distinguished career as a merchant Mr. Burgess retired and resided in Brookline, where he died October 5, 1909. In religion he was an Episcopalian and a member of Emanuel Church, Boston. He married, October 3, 1839, Cordelia Ellis. Children : I. Franklin S., born August 27, 1840; graduate of Harvard College, class of 1859; died unmarried Novem- ber 8, 1880. 2. Thomas, February 21, 1842; graduate of Harvard College in 1860; studied at Oxford University, England; now living in France. 3. George Abner, October 17, 1844; died May 24, 1845. 4. Benjamin, July II, 1846; died September 29, 1846. 5. Edward, June 30, 1848; mentioned below. 6. Walter (twin), May 24, 1851 ; married Eleanor Whit- ney, of Boston ; he is a real estate broker, Bos- ton ; one child, Mrs. Thompson. 7. Arthur (twin), May 24, 1851. 8. Sydney W., April 25, 1854; married Alice Thayer, of Boston ; children: Hollis, Elizabeth and Frank. 9. Edith, January 4, 1859.


(VIII) Edward, son of Benjamin F. Bur- gess, was born in Sandwich, June 30, 1848. He was fitted for college in Epes S. Dixwell's private Latin School, entered Harvard Col- lege and was graduated in the class of 1871 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1888 lie received the honorary degree of Master of Arts. He entered upon a distinguished career as a naval architect and designer and won international fame as the designer of three successful defenders of the America Cup, the "Puritan," "Mayflower" and "Volunteer,"


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winners of the international yacht races of 1885-86-87. He was also the designer of the well- known racing yachts: "Sachem," "Titania," "Pappoose," "Baboon," "Nymph," "Wraith," "Sprite," "Saracen," "Rosalind," "Chiquita," "Marguerite" and many others, more than one hundred in all, including the steam yachts : "Shearwater," "Sapphire," "Unquowa," "Jath- niel" and the flying fishermen : "Carrie E. Phillips," "Nellie Dixon" and "Fredonia." He was a member of the United States naval board to award prizes for designs for cruisers and battle-ships in 1887 and in 1888 was appointed permanent chairman on the board of life- saving appliances of the United States Life- Saving Service. In 1872 he was elected secre- tary of the Boston Society of Natural History, and during the next ten years published vari- ous scientific memoirs on natural history. From 1879 to 1883 he was an instructor in ento- mology in Harvard University. From 1883 he devoted himself to naval architecture. He married in Boston, June 2, 1877, Caroline L., daughter of William Starling and Caroline E. (Sutton) Sullivant, of Columbus, Ohio. Chil- dren: I. William Starling, born December 25, 1878; boat builder and yacht designer at Marblehead, Massachusetts; married Rosa- mond Tudor, of Boston. 2. Charles Paine, April 10, 1888; now student at Glasgow, Scot- land.


KING The King family descends from the men and women of New Eng- land who shared in the perils and hardships of founding and defending this coun- try. Four Kings have been governors of states and seven have been members of congress. Up to 1900 forty-seven had graduated from Har- vard and thirty-one from Yale. Among the distinguished members of this family have been Vice-President William Rufus King, Sen- ator Rufus King, of New York, Thomas Starr King, clergyman and author, who more than any other man kept California in the Union, Charles King, soldier and writer, Edward King, journalist and essayist, and many others. (I) Elder Thomas King sailed from Lon- don in his twenty-first year in the ship "Bless- ing." He accompanied William Vassell, son of a London alderman and one of the wealthier early immigrants to America. Thomas King was thrice married. His first wife and mother of his children was Sarah. She died in 1652 on the 6th of June. On the 31st day of the follow- ing March he married Jane Hatch, widow of


Elder William Hatch. She died within the year, 1653, and Thomas consoled himself by marrying Annie Sutliffe. He died in Scituate. September 24, 1691. In his will he says, "It is my will that Robin, my negro, be set free and receive of my estate a bed and five pounds in money."


(II) Deacon Thomas (2), third child of Elder Thomas (1) and Sarah King, was born in Scituate, June 21, 1645, died there Decem- ber I, 1711. He was much respected in the community and acquired considerable prop- erty. He married, April 30, 1669, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Clap, who was the ances- tor of President Clap of Yale College.


(III) John, fifth of the nine children of Deacon Thomas (2) and Elizabeth (Clap) King, was born in Scituate, 1677, died in Marshfield, Massachusetts, 1721.


(IV) John (2), eldest son of John ( I) and Rebecca King, was born in Marshfield, August II, 1704, and probably died in Amenia, Dutch- ess county, New York. He married Mary, daughter of William and Lydia (Wills) Clift, who was born in Marshfield in 1710.


(V) William, fourth child of John (2) and Mary (Clift) King, was born in Marshfield, April 5, 1740, died in Monson, Massachusetts, November 29, 1815. He removed with his father when seven years of age to Norwich, Connecticut, and there received his education and learned the cooper's trade. About 1766 he and his wife, with an infant in arms, went to Monson on horseback and located in the south end of the town, near the Connecticut line. About 1769 they made another move nearer to the center of the town in what is known as the "Munn district," and the farm on which he settled has ever since been known as "the King place." He served in the revolu- tionary war as one of the minute-men, enlist- ing on September 26, 1777, in Captain Rueben Munn's company, Colonel Elisha Porter's regi- ment. During the winter season he made casks for holding potash. In the spring he collected ashes from the farmers and manu- factured potash, transporting the product by team to Norwich, Connecticut, about forty miles, where there was a ready market for it at a good price. There he purchased supplies of sugar, molasses, tea, codfish and rum in quantity, and traded these at home for ashes, thus making two profits, and showing the tradi- tional Yankee trait. An old account book of his is now in possession of one of his descend- ants and the following is an extract from it:


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November ye 18, 1768. Amos Walbridge, Dr.


To one firkin Butter. 0- 0-6


5-5-0


For eight


2-14- 0


Amos Walbridge, Cr.


For bringing tools fr. Norwich. 0- 6- 0


For one bushel Rhy 0-3- 0


For half a bushel Beans. 0- 2- 0


For six pounds of Wool.


0-10- 0


For one quart of Rhum. 0-1- 3


For 11% pounds of Sugar


0- 1- 0


For half a pound of Tee


0-2-6


Cr. by swapping Oxen. 1-10-0


For a small cod fish


0-0-11


Monson, February ye 4th, 1790. Amasa Ward, Dr.


For 1 bushel of Corn 0-4-0


For Walter twice to mill. 0- 2-6


For my oxen and sled and Walter and Amasa half a day.


0-2-0


Amasa Ward, Cr.


For making a Surtout for myself. 0-4-0


For making John a coat


0-3-0


For mending breeches and for work on Jacket


0-0-10


From William King sprang five hundred and seventy-two descendants, of whom in 1897 three hundred and eighty-three were living. He married Hannah, daughter of Solomon and Mary (Palmer) Lamphear, who was of Puri- tan stock, her ancestors being among the first settlers of Norwich and Stonington, Connecti- cut, and Westerly, Rhode Island. She was born in Norwich, Connecticut, January 30, 1743, died May 28, 1825, in Monson.


(VI) Amasa, third of the eight children of William and Hannah ( Lamphear) King, was born in Monson, July 27, 1773, died there March 20, 1848. Ten of his grandsons served in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. He married Azuba, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Nichols ) Lewis, who was born in Brim- field, February 6, 1779, died in Monson, Octo- ber 10, 1857.


(VII) Dwight, sixth of the ten children of Amasa and Azuba (Lewis) King, was born in Monson, July 29, 1810, died there July 28, 1888. He was a farmer, held various town offices, including that of selectman, and was regarded as a very capable man of affairs. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was for many years one of its governing board. He married Martha Vinton. who died December 25, 1901. She was a woman of marked strength of character and mental alertness.


(VII) Judge Henry A. King, youngest son of Dwight and Martha ( Vinton) King, was born in Monson, January 14, 1852. He prepared


for college at Monson Academy and entered Amherst in 1869, graduating therefrom four years later. For two years following his grad- uation, Mr. King served as teacher and assist- ant-principal of Monson Academy, at the same time reading law. In 1875 he entered Columbia Law School, New York City, and graduated in the class of 1877, being admitted to practice in New York. From 1878 to 1893 he was actively engaged in the practice of his pro- fession at Troy, New York, and had an ex- tensive experience in the courts. His law-firm were counsel in a number of somewhat cele- brated cases. Mr. King had practical charge of the court work of his firm, besides being counsel for several towns and villages. In 1888 he was unanimously nominated as the Republican candidate for justice of the su- preme court, for the Third Judicial District of New York, but he failed of election because New York was then Democratic. In 1893 he returned to Massachusetts, settling in Spring- field. He found no difficulty in establishing himself in his new field. He was made city solicitor in 1902, under Mayor Ellis, and again in 1903 and 1904, during the administration of Mayor Stone. He was appointed a justice of the Massachusetts superior court, April 17, 1907, by Governor Guild. Judge King is a man of democratic tastes, literary instincts and an attractiveness of personality which draws to him friends. He is a member of the Reality Club, of which he was president four years, of the Economic Club, of which he was one of the organizers and its first president, and also of the Winthrop Club of Springfield, and the University Club of Boston. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and of the South Congregational Church of Spring- field. He has been for many years one of the trustees of Monson Academy, and is vice-presi- dent of the board. He married Maria L., daughter of William N. Flynt, of Monson, November 6, 1879. They have two children living. Stanley, born in Troy, New York, May 11, 1883, and Carrie Lyon, born in Troy, March 15, 1885. Stanley graduated from Am- herst College in 1903; spent one year in his father's law office, and two years in Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1906. He married, December 12, 1906, Gertrude L., daughter of Lyman W. Besse, of Spring- field, Massachusetts. He resides in Boston, and is a director, and secretary of The W. H. McElwain Company, one of the largest manu . facturers of shoes in the United States.


For thirty potash Barrels.


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CARL Traugott Carl was a native of Ger- many and he lived and died there. Child : Manlius, see forward.


(II) Manlius, son of Traugott Carl, was born in Germany, June 15, 1828. He came to this country in his youth and enlisted in the United States army, March 23, 1860, from St. Louis, Missouri, and served with credit through the civil war. His business through his active life was advertising manager for various German newspapers of St. Louis. He was an energetic and capable man. He mar- ried Pauline Maria Fischer, born in Germany, March 4, 1843. Children : 1. Alvin, born Ger- many, December 22, 1852. 2. Minnie Unter- myer, born in St. Louis, June 9, 1857. 3. Victor Frederick, born March 10, 1859, men- tioned below. 4. Annie Wilhelm, born No- vember 23, 1861. 5. Pauline Fleischmann, born April 28, 1864.


(III) Victor Frederick, son of Manlius Carl, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, March 10, 1859. He attended private schools and Pilson's college in his native city. He has been engaged in the building and brewing business. From St. Louis he removed to New York City and thence to Cincinnati. Since 1898 he has resided in Boston, where he is now in business at 1250 Columbus avenue. His home is at 7 Haley street, Boston. He is an Independent in politics ; a member of the Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protect- ive Order of Elks and of the Orpheus Musical Society. He married, November 9, 1904. at Boston, Alice Honora Paul, born at Boston, September 10, 1879, daughter of Arthur Ed- win and Mary Elizabeth Paul, granddaughter of Edwin Arthur and Sarah Frances (Daven- port) Paul and great-granddaughter of Will- iam and Deborah (Skidmore) Davenport (changed from Irish). (See Skidmore and Irish families.) Children: 1. Pauline Mary, born at Boston, November 16, 1905. 2. Ruth Elizabeth, born at Boston, January 30, 1907.


(The Skidmore Line).


James Skidmore was in Boston in 1636, John in Cambridge in 1641, but we know no more about them. Thomas Skidmore was in Cambridge in 1641, a blacksmith from Wester- ley. county Gloucester, England, engaged for Saybrook, Connecticut, whither he probably removed ; had also been a petitioner for Nash- away in Massachusetts; wife Ellen and sons John and Thomas.


(I) Richard Skidmore and wife Jemima settled in Methuen, Massachusetts. The rec-


ords indicate that he was an immigrant. Chil- dren: 1. Richard, mentioned below. 2. Je- mima, married, February 23, 1758, Adam Gould, of Chelmsford.


(II) Richard (2), son of Richard (I) Skidmore, was born at Methuen, Massachu- setts, October 30, 1738. He was a soldier in the revolution from Danvers, Massachusetts, a sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Page's com- pany on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and afterward. He was a member of United States Lodge of Free Masons of Danvers. He visited the Essex Lodge of Salem April 16, 1779, and was one of those who favored the consolidation of the two lodges. He was in the French and Indian war and was present at the taking of Quebec, under General Wolfe. He married at Middleton, Massachusetts, July 25, 1764, Rachel Wilkins. They removed about 1772 from Middleton to Danvers. Elias, Zeal and Rebecca were baptized at Dan- vers, November 15, 1778. Children, born at Middleton : 1. Richard, baptized November 26, 1769. 2. Jemima, born March 6, 1765. 3. Polly, born September 2, 1767. 4. Molly, bap- tized at Middleton with the preceding Novem- ber 26, 1769 (probably the same as Polly). 5. Hannah, born May 12, 1771. 6. Hannah, born September 12, 1773. 7. Zeal, born April II, 1778, mentioned below. 8. Elias, born April II. 1778, baptized November 15, 1778. IO, William, born April 9, 1780. 11. David, born October 20, 1782. 12. Rachel, born Oc- tober 28. 1786. 13. Phebe, born June 10, 1789.




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