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Achsah, b. March 13, 1760, m. Rev. Henry Ely, of Wilbraham; Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1762, m. Rev. Joel Hayes; Catharine, b. April 24, 1764, d. Oct., 1792; Jemima, b. July 9, 1766, d. Jan., 1774; Eunice, b. Feb. 5, 1769, m. Rev. Richard Ely, of Saybrook, Ct .; Lois, b. March 20, 1771, d. Aug. 39, 1786; Oliver, b. Nov. 11, 1273, d. Sept. 19, 1824; l'liny, b. Nov. 16, 1726; John, b. Aug. 9, 1779.
Abel Bliss, b. Oct. 16, 1738, d. Nov. 23, 1821; Elizabeth Bartlett, his wife, b. Feb., 1744, d. March 8, 1288 ; were m. Sept. 28, 1769. Their children were, -
Roxy, b. Jan. 21, 1772, d. April 12, 1844; Judah, b. March, 1773, d. July 4, 1775; Abel, b. May 24, 1775, d. Jan. 15, 1853 ; Judah, b. Jan. 14, 1777. d. Nov. 30, 1845; Jemima, b. March 16, 1779, d. -; Lois, b. Sept. 20, 1781, d. -; Moses Bridgman, b. Aug. 28, 1783, d. 1783, and Miriam Phelps, b. Aug. 28, 1783, d. 1783, were twins; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1788, d. Dec. 27, 1851.
Abel Bliss, son of Abel and Elizabeth Bliss, m. Phebe Lathrop, of Norwich, Ct., Oct. 21, 1801. Their children were, -
Mary Battis, b. Ang. 22, 1802, d. Sept. 27, 1805; Laurins Lathrop, b. Nov. 20, 1803, d. Sept. 22, 1805 ; Nancy, b. Sept. 4, 1805, d. Oct. 3, 1855; John Wesley, b. Sept. 25, 1807; Abel, b. Feb. 9, 1810 ; George, b. April, 1812; Harriet, b. Nov. 5, 1713 ; William Lath - rop, b. March 25, 1816, d. March 2, 1850; Moses Bridgman, b. March 8, 1818; George llyde, b. April 27, 1820.
Nancy Bliss, dr. of Abel and Phebe Bliss, m. Rev. Wm. Smith, of Canada. Their chil- dren were, -
W'm. Augustus; Julia, d. in infancy ;. Charles Edward. Nancy Bliss m. Dr. Jesse W. Rice for 2d husband.
John Wesley Bliss. son of Abel and Phebe Bliss, m. Mary Ann Langdon, Nov. 20, 1834. Their child was, - Sarah Hall, b. April 29, 1839.
Abel Bliss, son of Abel and Phebe Bliss, m. Lucinda Blake, of Springfield, May 6, 1841. Their children were, -
Mary Blake; Win. Smith; H. Maria; Ellen J .; Josephme; Abel; Allice.
I'm. Lathrop, son of Abel and Phebe Bliss, m. Jane E. Barnett, of Westville, Ct. Their child d. in infancy. .
Moses Bridgman Bliss, son of Abel and Phebe Bliss, m. Martha Jane Fuller, of Pittston, Me. Their children were, -
Charles ; Wilbur ; Frederick; Nellie Jane.
George Hyde Bliss, son of Abel and Phebe Bliss, m. Louisa Coe, of Middlefield, Ct. Their children were, -
Emma Louisa; Selina Coe. Geo. H. Bliss m. for 2d wife, Mary Patrick, of Granby, Mass. Their children were, -
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Fanny L .; Maria; Mary Ann; Ella Simpson.
Silas Bliss, son of Ensign Abel and Jemima Bliss, m. Miriam Bliss, of Springfield, 1769, and removed to Cazenovia, N. Y., 1802. They had ten children.
Leri Bliss, son of Ensign Abel and Jemima Bliss, m. Martha Miller, of Springfield, Dec. 22, 1768. Their children were, -
Gaius, b. Oct. 20, 1769, d. Aug. 3, 1786; Gordon, b. Feb. 8, 1771, drowned, April 29, 1799; Levi, b. Dec. 2, 1772; Patty, b. March 12, 1775, m. Noah Saxton; Leonard, b. June 21, 1777, drowned April 29, 1799 ; Catharine, b. July 10, 1779, m. Stephen Jones; Lucre- tia, b. Jan. 24, 1781, m. James Morgan; Asenath, b. - 18, 1783, drowned April 29, 1799; Lovina, b. Sept. 12, 1785, m. Stephen Work; Harriet, b. Fcb. 8, 1790; d. July 23, 1818.
Pliny Bliss, son of Oliver and Catharine Bliss, m. Rhoda Jennison, of Walpole, N. H., June, 1812, and removed to Cincinnati, Sept., 1815. He d. March 3, 1854 .*
John Bliss, son of Oliver and Catharine Bliss, m. Mrs. Harriet B. Merrick, April 13, 1817. Their child was : -
Catharine Mary Ann Antoinette, b. April 13, 1818, m. Rev. S. W. Speer, D. D., Natches, Miss.
Levi Bliss, son of Levi and Martha Bliss, m. Statira Shepherd, March 17, 1810. Their chil- dren were : -
Levi R., b. Feb. 10, 1811; Lorenzo, b. Dec. 22, 1844; Robert B. W., b. May 20, 1820; Martha Miller, b. , m. E. W. Reed.
Levi R. Bliss, son of Levi and Statira Bliss, m. Sarah E. Perry, Dec. 16, 1840. Their chil- dren were : -
Maria E., b. Nov. 21, 1841; Mary L., b. July 6, 1843; George L. R., b. March 5, 1845 ; Sarah J., b. Dec. 24, 1846, d. Aug. 12, 1848.
Lorenzo Bliss, son of Levi and Statira Bliss, m. Clarissa W. Miller, Sept. 10, 1837. Their children were :-
Clarissa Miller, b. March 25, 1838; Henry H., b. March 24, 1840; Nancy Henrietta II., b. March 19, 1812, d. --; Ellen R., b. Oct. 15, 1844; Lorenzo Edward, b. May 31, 1847 ; Joseph M., b. March 5, 1850.
Robt. B. I. Bliss, son of Levi and Statira Bliss, m. Rowena Colton. Their children were : Amelia R., b. Nov. 24, 1844; Myron R., b. Sept 4, 1846; Josephine E., b. Sept. 11, 1848; Andrew, b. June 13, 1850.
BURT FAMILY.
Henry Burt, the ancestor of the Burts, was deacon in the first church in Springfield. Ilis grandson's name was Moses, who settled in Wilbraham. He had a son named Moses. All the children of this last Moses died childless, except Moses Burt, who now lives at an advanced age, in Springfield, and one sister of his.
Moses Burt's family consisted of six sons and two daughters. Four of the sons died before marriage. Two sons only remain. But one of them has children, -one son and two daughters.
THE CHAPIN ( ABNER) FAMILY.
DEA. SAMUEL CHAPIN, the head of all the Chapins, hereabout, at least, came, as is supposed by some, from Wales. He took the freeman's oath in Boston, June 2, 1641, and re- moved to Springfield in 1642. The name of his wife was Cisily. The name of their second son was Henry, who m., Dec. 6, 1664, Bethia Cooley, of Longmeadow. They had a son, Henry, b. March 19, 1679; m. second wife, Esther Bliss, May 10, 1716. They had a son, Abner, b. July 25, 1722. This is the man who settled on the south bank of the Scantic, about 1748. He m., Dec. 23, 1742, Abigail Warner; and a second wife, Tab- itha Allen, Feb. or March, 1781. Their children were : -
* Pliny Bliss was an enterprising man, and was noted as a pioneer in navigating the western waters. Ile established the first steam-ferry at Cincinnati.
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Abner, b. May 29, 1749, d. April 1, 1814; Abigail, b. May 14, 1751, m. John Langdon ; Esther, b. Dec. 7, 1753, m. Timothy Brown; Margaret, b. Sept. 14, 1755, m. Stephen Davis ; Lucy, b. Aug. 19, 1757, m. Asa Bullard; Maria, b. June 7, 1260, m. Abner Cooley; Samuel, b. June 30, 1762, d. April 14, 1837; Timothy, b. March 5, 1204, d. Oct. 5, 1846; Asenath, b. Dec. 6, 1782, m. Crocker Waterhouse.
Abner, son of Abner and Abigail, m. Rhoda Kibbe. Their children were : -
Abner, b. Jan. 12, 1771, m. Polly Adams, May 30, 1795; Amariah, b. JJan. 11, 1723, m. Lovina Geluton ; Oliver, b. Dec. 8, 1774; d. Oct., 1276; Rhoda, b. Oct. 8, 1276, m. Elijah P. Russell; Diadema, b. Sept. 4, 1778, m. Zeno King ; Beulah, b. Feb. 26, 1785, m. Uriel Cone ; Daniel Shays ( !! ), b. Jan. 27, 1787, m. Marinda IIill; Mary, b. April 7, 1789, m. Cyrus Crane.
Samuel Chapin, son of Abner and Abigail, m. (1) Huldah Wright, (2) Susannah Butts, Oct. 11, 1806. ITuldah, d. June 11, 1806; Susannah, d. Nov. 4, 1859, aged 78. Children by 1st wife : -
Mahala, b. Nov. 26, 1793, m. Amisa Switzer, d. May 22, 1851 ; Maria, b. Nov. 5, 1795, m. Harvey B. Pease; Ralph, b. March 27, 1798, d. March 12, 1801; Samuel, b. June 25, 1800, m. Sally Butts.
Children by 2d wife :-
Ralph Sumuer, b. Oct. 13, 1807; Warner Butts, b. Nov. 7, 1810, d. Oct., 1836; Susan, b. Nov. 13, 1811, d. Sept. 12, 1828; Nathaniel M., b. Feb. 26, 1814; Silas Whitman, b. July 11, 1818; Huldah Wright, b. Oct. 3, 1820, d. -
Abner Chapin, sou of Abner and Rhoda, m. May 30, 1795. Polly Adams. She died Jan. 10, 1841. Their children were : -
Polly, d. March 15, 1823; Lncy Edson, b. March 29, 1798; Minerva; Caroline; Austin ; Oliver; Lavinia; Leander Z. and Lucinda, twins, b. Ang. 25, 1809; David and Vashni, twins, b. April 17, 1812; Munro, b. March 11, 1815; Charlotte, b. Sept. 9, 1821.
Samuel Chupin, son of Samuel and Huldah, m. Sally Butts, of Canterbury, Ct. Ile d. Aug., 1836. Their children were :-
Abigail Dyer, b. Oct. 10, 1827, m. Henry B. Sawyer; David Butts, b. Oct. 10, 1827, m. Jane C. Couse ; one child, Mary Emily, b. Sept. 22, 1857; Carlos, b. Dec. 14, 1832. Ralph Sumner Chapin, son of Samuel and (22) Susannah, m., Jan. 31, 1840, (1) Harriet Newell Cady, b. July 6, 1814 ; m. Jan. 30, 1855, (2) Sophia Louisa Storrs. Harriet, d. Nov. 28, 1850. Their children were :-
Samuel, b. Jan. 31, 1841; Ellen Augusta, b. April 4, 1844; Henry W., b. Oct. 28, 1846, d. Oct. 28, 1851; Willis, b. April 12, 1818, d. Sept. 16, 1851; Arthur, b. April 15, 1850, d. Sept. 18, 1850.
Nathaniel Mason Chapin, son of Samuel and Susannah, m. Nov. 7, 1837, Maria Shepherd. Their children were :-
Susan M., b. Feb. 19, 1838, m. Emery Stanton; Warner, b. Dec. 1, 1840; Sidney P., b. March 20, 1844; Charles D., b. March 13, 1846; Francis M., b. May 4, 1848, d. April 30, 1859; Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1851; George II., b. Jan. 22, 1853, d. May 21, 1858; Willis K., b. Feb. 14, 1855, d. Sept. 26, 1855; Julia C., b. Aug. 7, 1856; Nellie, b. Dec. 8, 1859.
HENDRICK FAMILY.
JABEZ HENDRICK was son of Israel Hendrick, of Union, Conn., and settled in Wilbraham in or about the year 1749, on the farm now owned by lliram Hendrick. His family con- sisted of nine children, four sons and five daughters. Their names were Abijah, Daniel, Reuben, Pliny, Anna, Lucy, Lydia, Dolly, Lois. None of them are now living, and but two of his grandchildren are now living in town. Hiram Hendrick and Edmund T. llendriek, sons of Reuben Hendrick, and one great-grandchild, Horton H. Hendrick, son of Hiram llendrick, and one child of the fourth generation, Adeline Louisa, daughter of Horton 11. Hendrick, are all the descendants now living in town.
HITCHCOCK FAMILY.
NATHANIEL HITCHCOCK, the first settler, married, March 28, 1730, Hannah Taylor, of Hadley. Their children were : -
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Nathaniel, b. - ; Mercy, b. June 30, 1735, d. Nov. 13, 1755; Gideon, b. Nov. 25, 1736; Silas, b. Oct. 6, 1739.
Nathaniel Hitchcock, Jr., son of Nathaniel Hitchcock, married Sarah , and removed to Springfield before 1767. Their children were : -
Nathaniel, b. June 15, 1756; Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1757; Sarah, b. Feb. 5, 1759; Daniel S., b. Jan. 29, 1761; Luey, b. May 27, 1763.
Silas Hitchcock, son of Nathaniel Hitchcock, married (1) Martha -, (2) Mary Taylor, 1767. Their children were : -
Martha, b. May 28, 1761; Chloe, b. Nov. 9, 1763; (2 wife), Philena, b. Sept. 23, 1768, d. Dec. 18, -; Justin, b. Oct. 23, 1769; Philena, b. Ang. 27, 1771; Roxa, b. Oct. 26, 1773; Zera, b. May 25, 1776. Left town at this time, I suppose.
JOHN HITCHCOCK, 3d, b. April 21, 1722, married Thankful Burt May, 1743; both admitted to the church, by letter from Springfield, Nov. 18, 1744.
Lieut. Hitchcock was an athlete as well as a deacon and lieutenant. Had he lived in Greece, he would have taken the highest prizes at the Olympic and Isthmian games. He was a man of prodigious muscular strength, agility, and endurance. A man stopped by the field where he was at work, and boasted of the speed of the horse he was riding. The deacon told him that he could go to Springfield quicker than the horse. The man reso- lutely denied it. The deacon gave a challenge. It was accepted, and the deacon won, - ran ten miles, beating the horse. He would lift a load of hay, - such loads as were drawn then, - by getting under the axle-tree of the cart, and taking it on his shoulders in a stoop- ing posture. He would turn a cart over by taking one end of the axle-tree with one hand. When he was seventy years old, he came in to dinner, and, as usual, hung his hat on its nail on the summer. Hle said to his wife, " I am seventy years old to-day; you remember that when we were first married I used to amuse you by taking my hat down with my toes. I wonder if I could do it now ?" He sprang from the floor, caught the hat off with his toes, struck on his feet like a cat, hung up his hat again, turned to the table, asked a bless- ing, and feasted. He had double teeth in front. When he loaded grain in a cart, he would seize a bag with his teeth, and, giveing it a swing, throw it into the cart with the aid of a push with his knee. He would hold a tenpenny nail in his teeth and break it off with his lingers. When he died all his teeth were sound. He said jocosely that he did not know a man he could not whip or run away from! He was the first deacon of the South Parish Church. His children were : -
Othniel, b. Aug. 10, 1744; John, Jan. 4, 1746; Azuba, Aug. 6, 1718; Reuben, May 1, 1751; Moses, March 19, 1253; Aaron, Sept. 1, 1756; Phebe, March 16, 1760; Simcon, Sept. 23, 1761; Thankful, Oct. 13, 1765.
Othniel Hitchcock, son of John Hitchcock, 3d, married Martha Kellog, 1766; she died Oct. 9, 1768, and he married for his second wife Sybel Brooks, 1272 Their child was :- David, b. Nov. 6, 1768.
. Their child was : - John Hitchcock, Jr., son of John Hitchcock, 3d, married Martha John, b. Oct. 29, 1769. Reuben Hitchcock, son of John llitcheock, 3d, married Hannah -. Their children were : -
A child, b. Feb. 8, 1774; Martin, b. Nov. 26, 1774; John, b. March 17, 1779; Polly, b. -; Eleazer, b. Feb. 3, 1782.
Aaron Hitchcock, son of John Hitchcock, 3d, married March, 1780, Desire Maxwell. Their children were : -
Ithamar, b. May 10, 1781; Phebe, b. Aug. 31, 1783; Aaron ; Sally.
Ithamer Hitchcock, son of Aaron and Desire, married ---. Their children were :-
Sophia, m. Noah G. Stebbins ; George; Sophronia; Walter; Levi; Mary.
LANGDON FAMILY.
LIEUT. PAUL LANGDON, the head of the Wilbraham Langdons, was the seventh child, and fifth son of Philip Langdon, of Boston, a mariner. There is now in the possession of John Wilson Langdon, his great-great-grandson, an oak chest, which has every ap-
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pearance of having been Philip's sea-chest. Lieut. Langdon was a man of great energy of character, a carpenter, a millwright, and a farmer. I have before me an account- book of his, which is also a journal. One entry is as follows : " 1745. What wheat has been thraclied and yoused and sold this being a memorandum of Wheat Reased in ye year 1745 of my nue field [in Wilbraham] 102 1-2 bushels."
Lieut. Paul Langdon, b. Sept. 12, 1693, m. Mary Stacy Aug. 18, 1718. IIe d. Dec. 3, 1761. Their children were : -
Mary, b. Ang. 20, 1719, m. Henry Badger ; Lewis, b. May 16, 1721 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1723, m. - Meacham; Paul, b. Dec. 16, 1725; John, b. June 1, 1728; Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1730, d. Sept. 23, 1740; Anna, b. Sept. 21, 1732, d. Sept. 12, 1740.
Lewis Langdon, son of Paul and Mary Langdon, m. - Cooley, of Monson. Their chil- dren were : -
Lewis; John ; Philip; Christopher, b. March 3, 1756; Rachael ; Sarah.
Christopher Langdon, son of Lewis Langdon, m. Polly Walker. Their children were :- Lathrop ; Polly; Sylvanus; Caroline ; Francis.
This family removed to Ohio in 1814.
Capt. Paul Langdon, son of Lieut. Paul and Mary Langdon, m. Thankful Stebbins May 5, 1757. Hle d. June 23, 1804.' Their children were : -
Samuel, b. May 10, 1258, d. Feb. 20, 1822 ; Thankful, b. July 4, 1760, m. - Burt ; Paul, b. Ang. 18, 1264; Lovice, b. Nov. 13, 1268, m. (1) - Loomis, (2) Josepli Wood, Mon- son ; Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1770, m. Jacob Wood; Walter, b. June 22, 1779.
Paul Langdon, son of Paul and Thankful Langdon, m. Azubah King, Ellington, Conn. He d. July 6, 1830; she d. --. Their children were : -
Calvin, b. Sept. 5, 1788, m. Sybil Kibbe, Somers, Conn .; Noah, b. June, 1790; Paul Ly- man; Harlow ; Betsey, b. July 9, 1801, m. Erastus H. Stebbins June 12, 1828 ; she d. 1863.
Noah Langdon, son of Paul and Azubah Langdon, married Eunice Torrey, Monson, Dec. 20, 1821. He d. Dec. 27, 1849. Their children were : -
Noah Franklin, b. Dec. 6, 1822, d. Ang. 4, 1823; Horatio Franklin, b. June 13, 1824, m. Sarah A. Moody, Monson ; Jonathan Torrey, b. May 26, 1829, m. Helen Bickford, W. Springfield; Mary Emily, b. Nov. 7, 1831, m. Nathaniel A. Patten, Somers, Conn., May 14, 1853; Martha Azubah, b. May 21, 1834; Wm. Patten, b. Dec. 8, 1837, d. Oct. 6, 1838.
Paul L. Langdon, son of Paul and Azubah Langdon, m. Jael Hathaway. Their children were : -
Celia ; Paul Lyman ; David King. This family left town previous to 1830.
Harlow Langdon, son of Paul and Azubah Langdon, m. Laura Merrick, Monson. Their children were : -
Harlow Merrick, b. April 6, 1833; Laura Caroline, b. Sept., 1835, m. Constant M. Steb- bins, Longmeadow ; Elizabeth Victoria, b. Jan. 31, 1838; Royal Clinton, b. Feb., 1843, d. May 1, 1844.
Harlow Langdon m. his 2d wife, Caroline Russell, April, 1846. Their child was : - Royal Clinton, b. March 1847, d. March 16, 1848.
Harlow M. Langdon, son of Harlow and Laura Langdon, m. Lorett M. Cooley, Somers, Conn., Nov. 25, 1857. Their child was : -
Grosvenor Merrick, b. Oct. 12, 1861.
Walter Langdon, son of Capt. Paul and Thankful Langdon, m. Sophia Badger, N.Y., March, 1803. Their children were : -
Walter Morgan, b. Sept. 15, 1804; Albertus Badger, b. April 1, 1806; William Harwood, b. Jan. 23, 1808; Minerva Loomis, b. Sept. 8, 1820, m. James P. Streeter, Vernon, Vt., Nov. 26, 1840; Oliver Hanson, b. March 14, 1824.
Walter M. Langdon, son of Walter and Sophia Langdon, m. Sally Frost, Springfield. Their children were : -
Morgan Emory, b. Oct. 2, 1827 ; Sarah Arletia, b. Dec. 8, 1829, m. Elbridge G. Smith, W. Springfield, May, 1857 ; Anniejean, b. April 23, 1831, m. Cheney Bemis, Spencer, Jan. 6, 1853 ; Rosella, b. Sept. 16, 1833, m. Robert Lathrop, N. Y. City, Jan. 6, 1853 ; Paul, b. March 14, 1835, d .. Nov., 1857; Walter Perkins, b. Nov. 14, 1836, m. Lucy Cook, Springfield ; Emeline Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1845.
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Morgan E. Langdon, son of Walter M. and Sally Langdon, m. Mary C. Ranger, Brookfield,
August, 1848. Their children were : --
James Emory, b. May 5, 1849 ; Alice Minerva, b. Sept. 6, 1851.
Albertus B Langdon, son of Walter and Sophia Langdon, m. Nancy Batchelder, Jenksville. Their children were : --
Albertus, b. March 4, 1836 ; Esther Davison, b. July 20, 1839, m. Henry Adams, Adams, Jan. 19, 1860.
William H. Langdon, son of Walter and Sophia Langdon, m. Harriet N. Carley, Hatfield, Sept. 20, 1831. Their children were : -
Charles Henry, b. March 20, 1833 ; Walter Carley, b. Sept. 26, 1834, m. Helen Ferry, Chicopee, 1855 ; Mary Eliza, b. Oct. 22, 1836, d. May 29, 1838; William Thompson, b. June 27, 1838; James Chapman, b. July 16, 1840, m. Ellen Chesebro, Springfield, Nov. 25, 1862 ; Mary Eliza, b. Nov. 13, 1842 ; Harriet Rosabelle, b. Oct. 28, 18H ; Jessie Wilson Rice, b. June 22, 1847 ; Emma Rosella, b. Sept. 16, 1849; Flora Francelia, b. June 5, 1852; Carrie Isabella, b. May 29, 1858.
William T. Langdon, son of Wmn. IF. and Harriet N. Langdon, m. Kate B. Jenks, Ludlow, Nov., 1859. Their child was : -
Anna Sophia, b. June, 1860.
Oliver II. Langdon, son of Walter and Sophia Langdon, m. Eliza Ilnbbard, Indian Orchard, Dec. 20, 1850. Their children were : -
Annette Arletia, b. Oct. 19, 1851; Calvin IIanson, b. Oct. 18, 1853.
HIe married his 2d wife, Mary R. Billings, Longmeadow, Oct. 15, 1858. Their children were : -
Mary Agnes, b. March 11, 1860; Joseph Oliver, b. April 11, 1862.
John Langdon, son of Lieut. Paul and Mary Langdon, m. Sarah Stebbins Feb., 1755. Their child was : -
Sarah, b. July 12, 1755, m. Ebenezer Crocker, Kinderhook, N. Y.
He m., 2d, Ennice Torrey, Mansfield, Conn., Dec. 29, 1757. He d. Oct. 10, 1822. Ile was a man of great energy. Their children were : -
John Wilson, b. March 11, 1759, m. - Ashley, Springfield ; Artemas, b. May 25, 1760, d. Oct. 2, 1760 ; James, b. March 27, 1762, m. Esther Stebbins ; Josiah, b. Jan. 12, 1765; Joanna, b. June 21, 1767, m. Preserved Leonard, W. Springfield ; Oliver, b. Oct. . 9, 1769; Eunice, b. Mar. 7, 1772, m. Asa Merritt, Blandford ; Solomon, b. July 19, 1777. Of these five brothers, three were Methodist preachers, John W., Oliver, and Solo- mon ; and one was an " exhorter," James. The descendants of these four brothers reside in Cincinnati, Ohio, and vicinity. One of the daughters, Joanna, also re- moved to Ohio.
Josiah Langdon,* son of John and Eunice Langdon, m. Sally Hall, Middletown, Conn., Feb. 10, 1801. He d. Feb. 5, 1855. Their children were : --
Josiah Hooker, b. Feb. 18, 1802, d. March 29, 1846; Seth Hall, b. April 8, 1804, d. Oct. 27, 1822; Saralı Eliza, b. July 22, 1806, m. Calvin Stebbins Jan. 16, 1833; John Wilson, b. June 14, 1808; Mary Ann, b. Aug. 17, 1813, m. J. Wesley Bliss.
John W. Langdon, son of Josiah and Sally Langdon, m. Mrs. Lydia L. MeCray, Ellington, Conn., Nov. 18, 1840. Their child was : -
John Morris, b. Aug. 13, 1843, d. Aug. 1, 1844.
He m., 2d, Emily A. Stebbins, April 24, 1845. Their children were : -
Louisa Wilson, b. May 23, 1848; Wilson Stebbins, b. Nov. 8, 1858.
MERRICK FAMILY.
THOMAS MERRICK was born in Wales, and came to this country about the year 1630, and settled in Roxbury. He removed to Springfield about the year 1635-36. He married Sarah Stebbins, of Springfield, 1639. They had five sons, four of whom, John, Thomas, Tilly, and James, married and had families.
Capt. John m. Mary Day, of Springfield, 1687. They had seven sons and six daughters.
* Josiah Langdon was a man of literary taste, and wrote considerable poetry in his day. His "Song of the Iloe " is the best known ..
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Thomas m. Hannah Dumbleton, Dec., 1690. They had four sons and three daughters. Tilly m. Sarah Cooley, Sept., 1694. They had one son and four daughters.
James m. Sarah Hitchcock, July, 1695. They had four sons and three daughters.
Thomas, son of Capt. John and Mary Merrick, married Eunice Stebbins, March, 1733, and settled in Wilbraham. Their children were : -
Eunice, b. Dec., 1733, d. July, 1734. Eunice, the mother, d. July, 1734, and Thomas, the father, m., for his 2d wife, Mary Warner, May, 1738. Their children were : -
Timothy, b. May, 1739, d. by the bite of a rattlesnake, Ang. 7, 1761; Eunice, b. May, 1742, m. Dea. Gideon Burt, Jan., 1771; Lucy, b. Nov., 1746, d. October, 1752; Mary, b. Sept., 1751, m. Lient. Jonathan Merrick, 1774.
Dea. David Merrick, son of Thomas and Ilannah Merrick, m. Mary Colton, Jan., 1735, and settled in Wilbraham. Their children were : -
Mary, b. October, 1735, m. Reuben Chapin, Jan., 1761 ; David, b. May, 1739, d. in foreign lands; Thomas, b. May, 1741, d. February, 1742; Lonis, b. October, 1743, m. Samuel Day, 1766; Jonathan, b. March, 1747, d. March, 1812.
Lieut. Jonathan Merrick, son of Dea. David and Mary Merrick, m. Mary Merrick, January, 1774. Their children were : -
Mary, b. April, 1775, in. Dr. Joel Lyman, of Ludlow ; David, b. March, 1729, d. Angust, 1783; John, b. Feb., 1781; Thomas, b. May, 1784; Laura, b. March, 1786, d. Aug., 1786 ; Laura, b. January, 1789, m. Dr. Luther Brewer.
Jonathan, the father, d. March, 1812; Mary, the mother, d. Dec. 16, 1831.
John, son of Jonathan and Mary Merrick, m. Harriet Brewer, December, 1804. Their chil- dren were : -
John Marshall, b. December, 1806, d. December, 1806; Harriet Cornelia, b. March 21, 1808, d. Jan. 13, 1828; John Marshall, b. May 9, 1810; Susan Mary Ann, b. August, 1812, d. August, 1816.
John, the father, died August, 1816; Harriet, the mother, m. John Bliss, April, 1818. Thomas Merrick, son of Lient. Jonathan and Mary Merrick, m. Anna Brewer, January, 1806. Their children were : -
Thomas Edwin, b. July, 1808 ; William Winslow, b. July, 1810; Daniel Delos, b. Nov., 1814.
Thomas, the father, died Feb., 1818; Anna, the mother died at Clinton, La.
John M. Merrick, son of John and Ilarriet Merrick, m. Mary J. Thompson of New Haven, Conn., March, 1832. Their children were : -
William Marshall, b. March 24, 1833; an infant son, b. December, 1836, d. December, 1836; Harriet Cornelia, b. September 15, 1843, m Rev. Wm. I. Warren, Ap. 14, 1861. Hon. Thomas E. Merrick, son of Thomas and Anna Merrick, mn. Caroline Thomas, of Cliu- ton, Louisiana, and settled in New Orleans.
WFm. W. Merrick, son of Thomas and Anna Merrick, m. Eugene Hancock. Their children were : -
Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 13, 1843, d. May 16, 1844; Delos D., b. February 17, 1843.
Dr. Daniel D. Merrick, son of Thomas and Anna Merrick, m. Isabella Smith, of Clinton, La., and settled in that place, and practised medicine there until his death.
Wm. M. Merrick, son of John M. and Mary J. Merrick, m. Sarah M. Kettels, Nov. 17, 1858. Their children were : -
Evelyn, b. Nov. 19, 1859; Gertrude, b. Feb. 4, 1862; a son, b. Nov. 15, 1863.
Rev. Noah Merrick, son of Lient. James and Sarah Merrick, m. Abigail Brainard, October, 1744. Their children were : -
Noah, b. Nov., 1745, drowned at Cambridge, June, 1762; Sarah, b. June, 1747, m. Col. Abel King, 1272; Chilea Brainard, b. May, 1749; Samuel Fisk, b. September, 1751; Lydia, b. July, 1753, m. Rev. Aaron Church; Pliny, b. September, 1255, d. March, 1814 ; Lucy, b. September, 1752, d. September, 1757.
Rev. Noah Merrick, the father, d. Dec., 1776; Abigail, the mother, d. Sept., 1807.
Dea. Chileab B. Merrick, son of Rev. Noah and Abigail Merrick, m. Lucina Smith, Dec., 1773. Their children were : -
Lucy, b. April, 1774, m. Wm. Perkins ; Lydia, b. Jan., 1776, m. George Forward; Noah,
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b. June, 1781; Pliny, b. Jan., 126; Lucina Almira, b. June, 1791; Chileab Brainard, b. 1793.
Chileab, the father, d. May 1, 1833; Lucina, the mother, d. Nov. 17, 1828.
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