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If the powers that be should actually come to any such conclusion as that to which the gentleman has referred, cither in respect to himself or to me, I should expect that they would vote that we should be sent to Wigwam Hill, of which we have heard so much to-day, to Rattlesnake Peak, or to Prospect Heights, and that the dancing should all be done at a time when neither sun, nor moon, nor stars for many days had been seen. And I should expect further, sir, after any such per- formance on our part, that the scene of the dance on the heath in Shakespeare's Macbeth, would be so far outdone that we should always have an engagement when that great tragedy comes on the stage.
But, sir, let all this pass. It so happens that the gentleman and myself have been acquainted in other days. He knows ine, and I know him. It may seem surprising to this assembly, for a good many reasons, - yet so it was, - I had the honor of being tutor of his class, during its Sophmore year in college. On my part, sir, it was an honor wholly undeserved, as I am willing to confess and deny not. I heard him, therefore, in Greck and mathematics all that year. In the Lyrics of Pindar, the Tragedies of Sophocles, the Orations of Demosthenes, or the demonstrations of the sections of the cone, he always did in the recitation room, Mr. President, just as he has done before us all to-day. He was never found in the vocative. He was always thorough, manly, clear. He always grasped with a strong hand, and made the most of himself and of everything around him that deserved his attention. He was always primus inter pares, as he is to-day in
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the religions body with which he stands connected. And further, sir, he was a man of unblemished integrity and honor when a Sophmore in college. The smell of no strange or hazing fire ever passed upon him, or through him upon others, at that period. And if this be not saying all that can be said of any man in commendation, then I shall be compelled to go to school and learn how more can be nttered. I assume, therefore, Mr. President, the responsibility which he has told you, rests upon me. I expect your thanks, sir, and some distinguished memorial from the town of Wilbraham, for the service I have rendered in this matter, instead of being sent to dance on Wigwam Hill or Rattlesnake Peak.
I avail myself of this opportunity, Mr. President, to tender to the Committee of Arrangements and Town of Wilbraham my thanks for the honor conferred in designating me as the speaker on this anniversary occasion. In my estimation, Mr. President, they conld have bestowed on me no higher mark of their confidence and esteem. I appreciate their kindness and their partiality, and shall ever cherish its memory. I must say, Mr. President, that I never declined a service required at my hands with more hesitation, with more lingering, affectionate regret, than the one to which reference has been made by my friend the orator of the day. Could I have done otherwise, I should not have so done, though it must have marred what have been to us the festivities, the high enjoyments of this occasion.
It is no outsider's business, Mr. President, what things we say here to-day in this family gathering. It is nobody's business but our own, what things my friend the orator shall put into his book of Magnalia or Memorabilia of this now ancient town of Wilbraham. He will have such a book, withont any question. And no native-born inhabitant, after its publication, will ever be deemed of age till he shall have read it.
I say, then, Mr. President, and I know that you will agree with me, that there is no such spot on earth as this said town of Wilbraham. If the waters of the At- lantie or of the beautiful Egean were poured around it, a Greek would believe it, without any question, one of the happy islands of the blessed. As it is, there are in it Elysian Fields. Where does the approaching morn sow the dewy landscape with more sparkling pearls ? or the beams of departing day paint the mountain- tops in richer gold ? Where, to us, does the sun shine brighter than on these hills and valleys and streams ?
Why, sir, the herds and the flocks that pace to and fro in their feeding-grounds, bask in the shade, or drink at the springs, appear to be the veritable descend- ants of those that listened to Orpheus of old, and make ns suppose that the advo- cates of the modern development theory must have studied all they ever learned of the animal kingdom here. The ponds for swimming, the fish of the streams, the squirrels, the partridges and " coons" of the monntains, and the muskrats of the meadows, are better here than anywhere else. Had _Esop lived in Wilbraham, Mr. President, there is but little question that his fox-literature, in the shape of fables, would have been of a much loftier cast, and would have pushed all the quailing urchins in Hampden Connty, that have been compelled to plod through his quadruped lore, into much more wisdom and sagacity than most of them now possess.
The water-privileges are better here than elsewhere. And of this, the mills and water-wheels and trip-hammers of days that are never to be forgotten, are the proof. Nowhere can Milton and Goldsmith and Thompson, and especially
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that magnificent "Hymn to the Seasons," be so effectually studied, and its power felt, as along these slopes and forests and woodlands. "Spring" paid its earliest and its sweetest visits here. The song of "earliest bird " nowhere poured such music on our cars, and "the glory of the Summer months " has been nowhere so bright and effulgent to our eyes. Nowhere has the "live thunder " leaped, and the tempest poured, in more grandeur and sublimity than along these hills; and nowhere has the "fragrance after showers " been sweeter or more ravishing to our sense. Here brown Autumn has lingered in the lap of the summer-months, and crowned the year with plenty. Winter itself has been grand and majestic as the storm has swept along these mountain-sides and howled through the valleys. And it has been unutterably beautiful when every tree of the forest and of the field has been seen bending under its icy burden, and the rays of an unclouded morning's sun have been broken into all the colors of the bow on the cloud, and ponred in tides of sparkling splendor on the vision. To us, Mr. President, "beauty has literally walked forth " here. "The softening air has been balm, and every sense, and every heart has been joy." To ns it is all hallowed with the associations of childhood and youth. The schoolmasters are not forgotten. Weld and Bennet and Henry ought to be immortalized to-day, for they have done good in their generation. From their lips the mysteries of Dabol and Pike, in arithmetic, and of Murray, in grammar, have fallen by piecemeals on our cars. They deserve our thanks, as also that leader of the choir, and now a deacon, whose sharp glances were such a terror to those boys who used to sit " up gallery " in those " pen- pews," crack nuts and play "in meeting." There are female teachers, among the living, here, that have won for themselves an enviable renown, and need no commendation from us to stimulate their exertions and perpetuate their high use- fulness. They are, and have long been, sir, an ornament to the town, and will never be forgotten by those who sean the influences that give shape and com- plexion to its history. But, Mr. President, I must take my seat, and leave the orator of the day responsible for this whole train of remarks from me.
There is a beautiful myth the substance of which is, that the Goddess Venus, on a journey, came to the banks of the Cephissns, before Athens, and being weary and faint, - as such celestials must of course have been, - she slaked her thirst at this delicious stream, and then breathed out her sweet breath, which henceforth became the atmosphere of all Attica. Hence the softness and the bahn, it is said, of those classic skies.
But something more real and precious than Grecian divinities have breathed this air and looked out upon the prospect that here limits our vision. Your mother and mine, Mr. President, have here lived, here breathed out their prayers, and from these scenes have gone to their rest. Ought not this atmosphere to be to ns balm, the ground itself hallowed, where sleeps such dust, and every object here to stir us with emotions that shall ennoble and exalt us while we live ?
I repeat the declaration, therefore, already made, that I declined the service ten- dered me with many misgivings, while I knew there were hands more competent than my own to the task. I still tender my thanks to the Committee of Arrange- ments and the Town for their kind regards, and to the orator of the day for the very able and eloquent manner in which the duty assigned him has been dis- charged.
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Genealogies of the families of some of the first Settlers of delilbraham.
I have not obtained all the genealogies I sought for, but such as I have obtained, I give. I do not hold myself responsible for their entire accu- racy ; but presume that they are as accurate as such tables usually are. I have not been at the labor of reconstructing them on one principle, but have printed them nearly in the manner in which they came into my hands. I think they will be intelligible to those who are interested to study them. The Coltons are nearly all gone. So of the Joneses and the Elys. The Shaws, and Glovers, and Bartletts are all gone, I believe. Nathaniel Bliss's family are all gone ; so of the Lyons, and Carpenters, and Woods, and Skinners, and Badgers. Of the thirteen families of Stebbinses, once in the South Parish, there is but one family of the name left having chil- dren. The genealogy closes usually when a family leaves town, or a female marries out of the name. The abbreviations will be readily under- stood : b. born, m. married, d. died.
BEEBE FAMILY.
LIEUT. SAMUEL BEEBE came from East Haddam, Ct., to reside in Wilbraham, abont the ycar 1772. Ile married, but the name of his wife is unknown, and also the time of her death. They had two children, Stewart and Samuel, Jr. Samnel Beebe died October 1, 1786, in the 6Ist year of his age.
Samuel Beebe, Jr., married, but the maiden name of his wife is unknown. They had one child named Samuel, who was married to Azubah Miner, and removed to Western New York. Samuel Beebe, Jr., died Feb. 15, 1775, in the 23d year of his age. IHis wife afterwards married Joel Stebbins. She died Jan. 22, 1809, in the GOth year of her age. Stewart Beebe, son of Samuel Beebe, was born in East Haddam, Ct., and removed with his father to Wilbraham. He was married, April 13, 1775, to Hannah Butler. They had one child, named Margaret, who died in infaney. Hannah, wife of Stewart Beebe, died Dec. 18, 1276, aged 26 years. Jan. 14, 1779, he was again married to Huldah Beebe, of Lyme, Ct. | They had eight children : Stewart, Hannalı, Margaret, Walter, Huldah, Rhoda (who died in infancy), Rhoda, and Samuel. Huldah, wife of Stewart Beebe, died Oct. 14, IS03, in the 45th year of her age. He was afterwards married to Doro- thy Colton, of Springfield. In the year 1792, he received a captain's commission from John Hancock, at that time governor of Massachusetts. Stewart Beebe died June 13, 1825, aged 72 years. He was a man of influence in the town and held many important offices. Dorothy, his wife, died June 1, 1843, aged 81 years.
Stewart Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, graduated at. Williams College in the year 1803. He married Sophia Gilbert, of Hebron, Ct. They had five children : Junius, Lneius, Mareus, Decius, and Cyrus. Stewart Beebe died Oct. 7, 1851, aged 72. Sophia, his wife, died Sept. 26, 1855, aged 76.
Junius Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, married Jane Phillips, of Wheeling, Va. Ile was killed by an accident on the Mississippi River, Dec. 13, 1850, aged 41 years.
Lucius Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, married Sylenda Morris, of Wilbraham.
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Marcus Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, married Maria Walker, of Woodstock, Ct. They have had seven children : Junius, Lucinda MI., Luey J., Susan S., Mary S., Emma (., (who died Mareli 28, 1857, aged three years and six months), and Marcus.
Decius Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, married Lucinda Lane, of Charlestown, N. J. They had four children : Maria L., Phebe C., Cyrus, and Decius. Lucinda, wife of Decius Beebe, died May 25, 1855, aged 36.
Cyrus Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, died in the year 1843, in the 20th year of his age.
Hannah, daughter of Stewart Beebe, married Jared Cone, of Wilbraham. They removed to Ohio, where she died.
Margaret, daughter of Stewart Beebe, married Martin Richardson, of Otsego, Ohio. She died in the year 1855, aged 72.
Walter Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, graduated at Williams College in the year 1810. He married Mary McHollum, of Lancaster, Penn. Walter Beebe died at Cadiz, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1836, aged 50.
Rhoda, daughter of Stewart Beebe, married William Shatwell, of Cadiz, Ohio.
Huldah, daughter of Stewart Beebe, died Nov. 18, 1843, aged 55.
Samuel. Beebe, son of Stewart Beebe, was married Dec. 3, 1818, to Eunice McCray, of Bol- ton, Ct. They have had nine children : Eleazer S., John S., Richard S., Sarah, Albert S., and Elizabeth, and three who died in infancy.
Eleazer S., son of Samuel Beebe, married Harriet S. Force, of Hebron, Ct.
John S., son of Samuel Beebe, married Ellen M. Diekerman, of Westfield, Mass. They have had five children: Euniee M., John D. (who died in infancy), Samuel D., Ellen M., and Charles II.
Richard S., son of Samuel Beebe, married Mary P. Salisbury, of Stafford, Ct.
BREWER FAMILY.
(1) ISAAC BREWER was the fourth son of Rev. Daniel Brewer, and Katharine (Chauncey). He was b in Springfield, Nov. 25, 1713, and m. Mary Bliss (dr. of Ebenezer and Mary Bliss, of Springfield), April 22, 1736; they settled in Wilbraham; he was a farmer; had seven children ; d. May 9, 1788. His wife d. May 30, 1759. Mr. Brewer m. a second wife, who survived him, but who removed to Simsbury, Ct., and d. there. Their chil- dren were, -
(2) Mary, b. 1737, m. Jermiah Snow, and lived in Northampton; (2) Katharine, b. June 8, 1738, m. Oliver Bliss, of Wilbraham, March 8, 1259; (2) Eunice, b. April 20. 1740, m. Joseph Stebbins, of Springfield; (2) }saae, b. Aug. 17, 1742, m. Sybil Miller, of Ludlow, and settled there, was a farmer; (2) William, b. Nov. 8, 1744 ; (2) Charle-, b. Dec. 18, 1248, O. S .; (2) Gaius, b. Aug. 28, 1753.
(2) William, son of Isaac and Mary Brewer, m. Merey Ely. Their children were, -
(3) Mercy, b. April 20, 1775, m. David Hitchcock, of Wilbraham ; (3) William, b. July 11, 1777, d. April 6, 1851 ; (3) Luke, b. Aug. 7, 1779, d. Nov. 4, 1849; (3) Luther, b. May ?, 1782; (3) Timothy, b. July 12, 1784; d. Jan. 10, 1863; (3) Eunice, b. Dee. 31, 1787, m. John Morgan, of Wilbraham, and settled in Vt. Mercy, the mother, d. Oct. 4, 1802, and the father m. Jemima Bollwood, of Amherst. They had one son, - Solomon, b. 1809, d. March 14, 1814. Jemima, the mother, d. JJuly 29, 1>50.
(2); Charles, the son of Isaac and Mary Brewer, m. Anna Chatterton, of New Haven. He was a cabinet-maker and lived most of his life in Wilbraham. He d. Dec. 23, 1:36 aged 88. Anna, his wife, d. June 30, 1832, aged 78. Their children were, -
(3) Charles, b. Jan. 23, 1775; d. Sept. 28, 1853; (3) Samuel, b. April 2, 1777, m. Lois Bliss, of Wilbraham, d. Oct. 1, 1862; (3) Ansou, Oct. 12, 1229, d. from the bite of a mad fox, Oct. 1, 1796; (3) Hannah, b. March 17, 1782, m. John Merrick, Dec. 17. 1801; (3) Anna, b. Jan. 15, 1784; m. Thomas Merrick, Jan., 180;, d. Oct. 6, 1>47; (3) Calvin, b. Feb. 16, 1787, m. Flavia Phelps, of Windsor, May 25, 1820; (3) Susan, b. Jan. 1790, m. Capt. David Thomas, b. March 10, 1831, and settled in Louisiana; (3) Daniel, b. Oct., 1792, m. Emma S. Whitmore, Dec. 31, 1820, and settled in Baltimore, d. Jan. 13. ISH; (3) Anson Lorenzo, b. Feb. 22, 1800, m. 1st, Harriet Dunbar, 2d, Sarah A. Endley, set- tled in New Lisbon, Ohio.
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(2) Gaius, son of Isaae and Mary Brewer, m. Lueretia Babcock, Jan. 21, 1778. He was a * blacksmith, and lived in Wilbraham; d. Dec. 7, 1843. She d. Oet. 19, 1829. Their children were, -
(3) Lucretia, b. Oet. 26, 1778, m. Elisha B. Boltwood, of Amherst; (3) John, b. Feb. 23, 1780, 11. Emily Vose, of Boston, was a blacksmith, and lived in Wilbraham, d. March 12, 1860; (3) Naney, b. Nov. 7, 1781, m. Charles Moody, of South Hadley; she d. Oet. 8, 1855; (3) Sarah, b. July 9, 1783, m. Capt. Enos Battles, of Granby, d. June 20, 1854; (3) Ilenry, b. Aug.22, 1785, d. Oef. 11, 1832; (3) Lueinda, b. July 21, 1787, m. Mr. Crane, of Dalton, a paper-manufacturer; (3) Mary, b. Oet. 17, 1289, m. Oliver Colt, of Hinsdale; (3) Andrew, b. June 25, 1292; (3) James, b. - , m. Eliza Beals, of Boston.
(3) William, son of William and Mercy Brewer, m. Jemima Bliss, Jan. 4, 1803. Jemima, the mother, d. July 5, 1854. Their children were, -
(4) Belinda Cordelia, b. Aug. 5, 1805, m. Abraham Avery, Sen., of Wilbraham, May 6, 1852; (4) William Ely, b. Mareh 4, 1807; (4) Eloisa F., b. March 26, 1809, m. Perry Goodell, April 30, 1847; (+) Elizabeth Bartlett, b. June 3, 1811, m. John B. Riee, of Weymouth ; (4) Henry Bridgman, b. July 7, 1813; (4) Edwin Bliss, b. April 11, 1815; (4) Sarah Stebbins, b. Ang. 11, 1812, and lives in Wilbraham; (+) Moses Knowlton, b. Oct. 17, 1819; (4) Jemima Bolfwood, b. Dec. 8, 1823, m. Samuel Ward, and lives in Cambridge, Mass.
(3) Luke, son of William and Merey Brewer, m. Mary Bliss, of Wilbraham; 2d wife, Miss llall. Ile removed to Ohio, and d. Their children were, -
(+) Maria, b, Oct. 15, 1803, m. Jesse Bishop, and lives in Springfield; (4) Permelia, b. July 23, 1805, d. -; Mary, b. - , m. Kendall, and lives in Springfield; (+) Francis, b. , m. settled in Ohio ; (+) Louisa, b. -; (4) Edward P., b. April 8, 1819; (4) Lney, b. . -
(3) Luther, son of William and Mercy Brewer, m. Laura Merriek, of Wilbraham. He was a physician, and practised medicine in Wilbraham, some years and afterwards gave his attention to farming. Their children were, -
(+) Luther Lyeortas, b. Oct. 26, 1816, practised medicine in Baton Rouge, La., d. June 23, 1845, at Wilbraham; (4) Ajalon, b. Feb. 4, 1819, a student of medicine, d. Dee. 18, 1846; (4) James Merrick, b. March 24, 1821; (4) Emelins, b. May 6, 1823, editor, and practised law at Port Gibson, La., d. April 6, 1855; (4) Myron, b. April 23, 1825, mn. Laura Luce Oct. 15, 1862; (4) Mary Cornelia, b. May 19, 1829, m. Daniel Herbert, of New Jersey, and resides there ; (+) Josephine, b. Dee. 30, 1831, m. Gideon K. Gilbert, of New Haven, Ct., Sept. 26, 1855, and removed to Minnesota.
(3) Timothy, son of William and Merey Brewer, m. Mary Fuller, of Wilbraham. Their children were, -
(4) Isaae, b. Nov. 21, 1809; (4) Sophia Fuller, b. Sept. 11, 1812, m. Joseph G. Eustice, July 22, 1855, and lives in Wilbraham; (4) Timothy Brainard, b. April 2, 1815, d. Nov. 28, 1861; (4) Solomon B., b. May 29, 1817; (4) Amos, b. March 18, 1819, mn. - Smithi, and settled in Sheffield. Timothy, the father, d. Jan. 10, 1863.
(3) Charles, son of Charles and Anna Brewer, m. Dorcas Smith, of So. Hadley. Their children were, -
(4) Charles Franklin, b. July 23, 1806, d. in Palmer, -; (4) Catharine Channey, b. Dee. 29, 1810, m. Thomas N. Harding, of Southbridge, Dec. 25, 1834; where they re- side; (+) Charles Chatterton, b. - , (l. -; (4) Doreas Sophia, b. April 29, 1816, resides in Abington ; (4) Harriet Ann Susan, b. Sept. 9, 1818, mn. Benjamin Sherman, and lives in Abington. Doreas, the mother, d. Oef. 2, 1822. Charles, the father, m. for his 20 wife, Frances Rice, of Granby, Ct. Their children were, -
(4) Anson Chafterfon, b. May 22, 1826; (4) Hiram Marshall, b. March 25, 1829; (4) Fran- ces Cornelia, b. Jan. 10, 1831, d. -; (4) Daniel Delos, b. March 22, 1833, m. and lives in Minnesota ; (4) Julia J., b. Jan. 28, 1835, mn. William Bidwell, and lives in Collinsville, Ct .; (+) Wilbur Fisk, b. May 3, 1838, m. Carrie Coomes, of Longmeadow, June 5, 1862, and live in Springfield.
(3) Culrin, son of Charles and Anna Brewer, m. Flavia Phelps, of Windsor, Cf., May 25, 1820. Their children were, -
(4) Daniel Lorenzo, b. Jan. 9, 1822, m. Louisa MeDaniel June 29, 1848, and settled in
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Louisiana, was a lawyer, and was killed on board the Princess, by an explosion, Feb. 27, 1850; (4) Flavia Ann, b. April, 1823, d. in La., -. Flavia, the mother, d. May 17, 1823. The father m. 2d, Mary Case, of Coventry, Ct., June 1, 1825. Their chil- dren were, -
(4) Harriet C. M., b. Nov. 6, 1827, m. Josephi Newell, of Mississippi, March, 1847; (+) Mary Jennett, b. Feb. 11, 1830, mn. William Il. Porter, of New Orleans, d. April 9, 1858; (4) Samuel George, b. April 17, 1832, d. Feb. 14, 1843.
(3) Henry, son of Gains and Lucretia, m. Louisa Burt, of Longmeadow. Ile d. Oct. 11, 1832. She d. Dec. 12, 1856. Their children were, -
(+) Lydia Hall, b. Aug., 1812, m. Dr. Edwin N. Colt, 1832, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y .; (+) Mary Swift, b. 1814, m. Samuel D. Cooley, of Palmer, 1839, d. 1810; (4) Henry Burt, b. 1818.
(3) Andrew, son of Gaius and Lucretia Brewer, m. Lucinda Chapin, Feb. 22, 1819. Their children were, -
(+) Lneinda A., b. Jan. 27, 1820, m. Samuel D. Cooley, of Palmer, Jan. 27, 1840; (+) Eliza, b. March 12, 1822, m. Hiram B. Abbe, of Enfield, d. May 24, 1840; (+) Dwight Andrew, b. Sept. 4, 1827. The mother d. JJuly 8, 1827. Andrew m. 2d, Martha Wood- ward. Their child was, -
(+) Martha E., b Aug. 2>, 1838, m. Myron A. Bliss, July 4, 1859.
(+) William Ely Brewer, son of William and Jemima, m. Mrs. Eliza T. Norris, 1810. Their children were, -
(5) Emerson G., b. Dec. 2, 1841 ; (5) Julia H., b, June 25, 1843, m. George W. Clement. Dee. 9, 1862, live in Willoughby, Ohio; (5) William L., b. Oct. 19, 1849; (5) Francis H., July 11, 1>49.
(+) Henry Bridgman, son of William and Jemima Brewer, in. Lucretia L. Giddings. Their children were, -
(5) Susan J., D. May 8, 1812, m. Flavel Benton, Feb. 24, 1863, and lives in Wilbraham ; (5) Walter G., b. Ang. 4, 1843, soldier 37th Reg. Mass. Vols .; (5) George G. b. Nov. 28, 1847; (5) Herbert W., b. March 27, 1850. Lucretia S., the mother, d. Dec. 25, 1553. 1I. Bridgman, then in. Mary A. Butchers, Aug. 31, 1854. Their children were, -
(5) Charles B., b. March 8, 1856; (5) Laura Lucretia, b. Nov. 4, 1857; (5) Mary, b. March 27, 1861. The famlly removed to Pelham, Mass.
(1) Edwin Bliss, son of William and Jemima, m. Eliza Spencer, of Middletown, Ct., 1847. Their children were, -
(5) Addison Spencer, b. Jan. 6, 1849, d. Aug. 23, 1852; Francis Caroline, b. Nov. 27, 1851; (5) Edwin Avery, b. Oct. 3, 1853; (5) Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 7, 1855; (5) Freder- iek Gridley, b. Oct. 27, 1859, d. Sept. 26, 1861; (5) Emma Palmer, b. July 17, 1863.
(4) James Merrick, son of Luther and Laura Brewer, m. Eliza Gilbert, Sept. 9, 1st ?. Their children were, -
(5) Anna Gilbert, b. Jan. 23, 1851 ; (5) James, b. Feb. 12, 1854, d. April 6, 1851.
(+) Isaac, son of Timothy and Mary Brewer, m. Lydia Loveland. Their child was, -
(5) Martha S., b. Dec., 1842, m. William II. Day Nov., 1862.
(+) Timothy Brainard, son of Timothy and Mary Brewer, m. Mary A. Lawton, of Hard- wick, Sept., 1844. Their child was, -
(5) Mary Fuller, b. Aug. 11, 1855.
(4) Solomon B., son of Timothy and Mary Brewer, m, Mary Jane Olds, Nov. 18, 1852. Their children were, -
(5) Amos D., b. Jan. 13, 1854 ; (5) Brainard M., b. Nov. 30, 1857; (5) Lillian J., b. May 3, 1860; (5) Prudence O., b Feb. 21, 1862.
(4) Charles Franklin, son of Charles and Dorcas Brewer, m. Diantha Hunt. Their chil- dren were, -
(5) Amauda Melissa, b. June 1, 1831; (5) George Monroe, b. Oct. 13, 1832. They removed to Palmer, where the father d.
(+) Anson, son of Charles and Frances Brewer, m. 1st, Clarinda Chaffee; 2d wife, Marietta Cady, June, 1855. Their children were, -
(5) Charles Anson, b. Aug. 17, 1:56; (5) Oscar Cady, June 9, 1858.
(+) Hiram M., son of Charles and Frances Brewer, m. Mary Staunton. Their child was,-
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(5) Mary Staunton, b. May 22, 1859, d. Jan., 1863. The mother d. May, 1859. The father m. 2d wife, Ellen F. Lawton, May 13, 1860. Their child was, -
(5) Ella, b. Sept. 26, 1861.
(4) Henry Burt, son of llenry and Louisa Brewer, m. Mrs. Anna Colt. Their child was, -
(5) Edward Henry, b. Dec. 12, 1851.
Dwight Andrew, son of Andrew and Lucinda Brewer, m. Ehira Turner. Their children were, -
(5) Alfred Dwight, b. Nov. 18, 1857; (5) Charles Arthur, b. Jan. 21, 1860; (5) Emma Louisa, b. JJuly 5, 1862.
BLISS ( ABEL) FAMILY.
THOMAS BLISS came from England ; m. Margaret -; had a son Samuel, who m. Mary Leonard, Nov. 10, 1665. Samuel had a son, Thomas, b. Feb. 8, 1688, who had a son, Abel, b. 1206; m. Jemima Chapin, Jan. 16, 1736. This Abel was the renowned
ENSIGN ABEL BLISS, who, as tradition says, " did carry six bushels of salt on his back all at one time." Ilis children were, -
Oliver, b. Nov. 20, 1736; Abel, b. Oct. 16, 1738; Jemima, b. Nov. 12, 1740, m. Capt. L. Allis; Silas, b. Nov. 15, 1743; Levi, b. April 29, 1745.
Oliver Bliss m. Catharine Brewer March 8, 1759. Their children were, -
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