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Frederick E., Oct. 12, 1860.
10. GEORGE H., s. of William K., b. Oct. 1, 1837 ; enlisted Feb. S, 1864, in Co. I. 27th Regt., Mass. Vols .; taken prisoner, and died at Andersonville, Ga , Oct. 15, 1864 ; he m. Charlotte E. Converse. Ch. : Nellie E., Oct. 1, 1863.
THEODORE FARRELL.
FARRELL, THEODORE, S. of Andrew, b. Dec. 27, 180S; m. Eliza Shaw, April 80, 1840, she was born April 6, 1820.
Ch .: Arabella, July 19, 1841 ; m. Benja- John, May 8, 1851. min B. Fenton, Nov. 7, 1865. Eugene, March 2, 1853.
Murat, March 28, 1845 ; d. July 29, 1852. Estella, Nov. 27, 1855; d. Feb. 2, 1858. Lewis, Oct. 21, 1847 ; d. May 26, 1876.
THE GOODELL FAMILY.
1. WALTER GOODELL removed from Woodstock, Conn., to Brimfield, died Jan. 19, 1846, age 75: m. Hepzibah Dodge; m. (2.) Keziah Morse, Nov. 25, 1802, she died March 22, 1832; m. (3) Lois Morse, April 7, 1833.
Ch. : Sally, m. Grovnor Marsh ; d. March Perry, Dec. 13, 1806.
24, 1878, age 84.
Harding, twins, June 17, 1808. Lucy, April 5, 1796. Harvey,
Lucinda, Nov. 14, 1805 ; m. Alden Goodell, Dec. 6, 1827.
2. LYMAN GOODELL, brother of Walter, b. Nov. 24, 1774, came from Woodstock, Conn., to East Brimfield village in 1825; m. Can- dace Carpenter.
Ch. : Paris C., March 31, 1797; m. Mar- Alven, May 1, 1806; m. Sarah Frizzell, tha M. Mason, Feb. 26, 1829.
Laura, Nov. 14, 1799; d. Feb. 1858.
Mary, June 9, 1802; m. Loring Clark, April 13, 1826.
Alden, June 19, 1804; m. Lucinda Goodell ; Dec. 6, 1827, she died Nov. 29,1858; m. (2) Wd. Mary (Austin) Smith, Oct. 25, 1859 ; she d. May 12, 1872.
April 2, 1829.
Marsha, July 17, 1809 ; m. Ezra Webber. Lucina, September, 1811; m. William Frizzell.
Lafira B., July, 1813 ; m. Isaac Wood ; m. (2) Rev. Addison Parker ; m. (3) Mr. Hamlin.
Lois, April 16, 1818; m. Lathrop Lyon. Perry, Sept. 21, 1822 ; m. Minerva Blod- gett.
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GENEALOGY.
3. HARVEY, son of Walter, b. June 17, 1808 : d. Aug. 10, 1863 ; m. Mary Marey, 1832; she d. Aug. 20, 1846 ; m. (2) Lucy O. Bliss, June 9, 1849.
Ch .: Eliza Ann, Feb. 7, 1833; m. George M., Nov. 7, 1839. Joseph Silver.
Celestia, Sept. 8, 1834.
Marcus Morton, Oct. 9, 1841 ; d. March 25, 1842. Marcus M., Ang. 7, 1843.
Silas, Feb. 23, 1836.
Mary J., July 7, 1838; m. Thomas Wetherell, March 4, 1858; d. March 25, 1865.
Sarah E., June 28, 1855.
THE HALL FAMILY.
MINER HALL, b. at Stafford, Conn., March 10, 1803; d. March 26, 1855; m. Eliza Webber, June 2, 1831.
Ch .: Harvey D., Jan. 5, 1833. Jane E., June 24, 1837.
Marquis, Sept. 12, 1834.
THE HARVEY FAMILY.
1. The Harvey family came from Berkley, Mass. James in 1805, several of his brothers and sisters at a later date. Their father Peter Harvey, born in 1765, married Elizabeth Pierce, after his decease she married Josiah Perry, she was born in 1770; d. at Brimfield Dec. 17, 1856.
Ch .: Ebenezer, Nov. 1, 1789.
James, Dec. 12, 1791.
Peter,-1792.
Betsey, - m. Amos Tourtellott. Rachel, Oct. 25, 1796 ; m. John M. War- ren, July 18, 1819; d. Feb. 28, 1845.
Hannah, Oct. 31, 1793; m. Ambrose Whiting.
2. JAMES, son of Peter, b. Dec. 12, 1791; d. Jan 23, 1870; m. Lucy Ray, she d. Sept. 13, 1850.
Ch. : Lucy Ann, March 22, 1818; d. Sept. 13, 1850.
Nancy, May 12, 1829 ; m. Alonzo Allen. Harriet, February, 1831 ; m. Richmond Ormsby, Aug. 1, 1851; d. April 22,
James, Jr., May 19, 1820.
George, July 23, 1822 ; d. Sept. 1, 1850. 1879.
3. JAMES, Jr., s. of James, b. May 19, 1820; m. Dorothy Rob- bins, Sept. 8, 1841; she d. Feb. 25, 1864; m. (2) Caroline Clough, Nov 28, 1864.
Ch .: Lucy Ann, April 13, 1842; d. July James Munroe, April 21, 1844. 28, 1844 ..
4. JAMES M., s. of James, Jr., b. April 21, 1844; m. Mary A. Blashfield, April 6, 1871 ; she d. Sept. 27, 1872; m. (2) Mrs. Laura A. Daggett, Oct. 28, 1873.
Ch. : Herbert, March 10, 1872.
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GENEALOGY.
THE HAYWARD FAMILY.
1. JOSIAH HAYWARD came to Wales in 1797; removed to Brimfield in 1803; died Sept. 8, 1845, aged 79; he m. Anna Baker ; she d. Aug. 18. 1826, aged 56; m. (2) Mrs. Sarah Allen of Stur- bridge, she d. May 23, 1872.
Ch. : Benjamin B --
Anna, June 8, 1794 ; m. Joshua Upham, March, 1820.
Ruth, April 11, 1796 ; m. Merrick Rich- mond, Sept. 12, 1819.
Josiah, Jan. 14, 1798; m. Mary Ellis, Oct. 31, 1822; she d. -; m. (2) Sarah; she d. Nov. 11, 1848 ; m. (3) Amanda Goodrich, August, 1850; he d. Oct. 28, 1878.
Betsey, Nov. 24, 1799 ; m. Caleb Bas- com, Sept. 9, 1823.
Horatio, Oct. 10, 1801 ; m. Hannah Paige of Hardwick.
Pliny, Feb. 28, 1803 ; d. Feb. 2, 1826.
Louisa, March, 1806 ; d. Sept. 1, 1863.
Flavilla, October, 1808 ; m. Isaac A. Dibble, Nov. 22, 1849.
Jacob, Nov. 26, 1811 ; m. Susan B. Car- der, Nov. 26, 1845. Hiram, July 8, 1815.
2. HIRAM, S. of Josiah, b. July 8, 1815; d. Aug. 22, 1850 ; m. Seraph Brown, Nov. 18, 1840.
Ch .: Jane E., April 11, 1843; m. Frank Mary Ann, May 20, 1845 ; m. Frank H. C. Park, June 27, 1867.
King, December, 1872. Pliny H., March 3, 1847.
THE JANES FAMILY .*
ISRAEL, s. of William, b. Jan. 26, 1734; d. May 2, 1793; m. Abigail Fay, May 2, 1764; she d. Aug. 14, 1808.
Ch. : Chloe, Jan. 20, 1766; d. Sept. 15, Abigail, July 2, 1775; m. Joseph Lum- 1767.
bard 3d, Dec. 7, 1800.
Orsamus, Aug. 28, 1767.
Thankful, July 18, 1769 ; m. Amos Shep- ard, May 27, 1792.
Sarah, Aug. 26, 1771 ; m. David Palmer, Feb. 23, 1797.
Israel, April 29, 1777 ; d. Feb. 1 1826. Levi, March 14, 1779. Ezra.
Bathsheba.
Chloe, July 12, 1773; m. Abel Hyde, Feb. 5, 1794.
2. LEVI, s of Israel, b. March 14, 1779; d. Feb. 19, 1836; m. Mary Lumbard about January, 1806 ; she died July 8, 1875.
Ch .: Sumner, Dec. 26, 1806; d. May 8, Cynthia M., June 5, 1818. 1857. Mary M., Feb. 20, 1820; m. Mr. Hovey ; Chloe M., Sept. 17, 1809; m. Mr. Os- good, d. Sept. 20, 1868. d. Feb. 23, 1854. Nancy E., Dec. 23, 1821 ; m. Mr. Need- ham, d. May 28,1858.
Dexter, May 22, 1811 ; d. Ang. 7 1856.
Thirza, March 7, 1813 ; m. Mr. Pierce.
Lyman, Sept. 20, 1814.
Lucena, May 18, 1816; m. Mr. Ander- son ; d. Feb. 9, 1877.
Alanson, Oct. 26, 1823; d. Jan. 27, 1852. Joseph L., Feb. 21, 1825 ; d. October or November, 1868.
*Reprinted to supply omissions.
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GENEALOGY.
DARIUS NEEDHAM.
DARIUS NEEDHAM, m. Lovina Nelson, Oct. 4, 1832.
Ch. : Wyles, July 24, 1833; d. April 27, Phebe, March 1, 1836; m. Needham 1869. Moulton, July 4, 1854. Lyman, May 13, 1841.
THE NELSON FAMILY.
Among the original proprietors of Brimfield were John, William and Moses Nillson or Nilson, as written in the early records, while on those of a later date, their descendants appear under the name of Nel- son, probably members of the same family, but whose relationship the records do not enable us to give. A few years afterwards we find the record of the families of John, JJr., and James, also the marriage of Andrew Nilson to Patience Hinds, March 30, 1738, probably sons of John Nelson, senior. Most of these families settled in, or removed to the south part of the town, now Wales. Mr. Absalom Gardner, in his manuscript Genealogy of the families of that town, gives the record of over thirty of the Nelson families ; at this time there is no male de- scendant of the name, a resident of Brimfield. From our records we give such as we have of the families of the first settlers, also of their descendants who continued residents of Brimfield. As several of the families had sons of the same name, we are not able to trace out and follow down each family separate from the others.
1. WILLIAM NELSON m. Frankis Bratton.
Ch .: Samuel, May 8, 1740. Jonathan, March 4, 1752.
Margaret, Nov. 24, 1742.
William, March 4, 1753.
John, July 30, 1745.
Joseph, Jan. 30, 1755.
Robert, Jan. 14, 1747 or 48.
Solomon, Oct. 27, 1757.
David, April 24, 1750.
Timothy, Sept 22, 1762.
2. MOSES NELSON m. Mary Watson, March 20, 1739; dismissed to church in Sheffield, 1755.
Ch .: Oliver, March 27, 1740. Aaron, bap. Dec. 6, 1752.
Sarah, bap. Dec. 6, 1752.
3. JOHN NELSON m. Elizabeth Nelson, May 24, 1743.
Ch .: Elinor, Feb. 11, 1744. William, bap. Sept. 15, 1751.
Elisabeth, May 16, 1745. Daniel, Dec. 8, 1853.
John, April 21, 1747. George, Aug. 31, 1756.
Mary, June 12, 1749.
4. JAMES NELSON m. Mary MeMaster, Feb. 7, 1739; she d. Jan- uary, 1760. Ch .: Robert, June 26, 1739. Elisabeth, Oct. 21, 1748.
William, Dec. 30, 1741.
James, Jr., March 12, 1744.
Andrew, Oct. 13, 1750. Mary, Nov. 9, 1754.
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GENEALOGY.
5. GEORGE NELSON m. Batrick
Ch. : Elisabeth, March 6, 1745. Thomas, June, 1753.
Mary, November, 1746. Jerusha, Jan. 5, 1757.
Margaret, June 7, 1748.
6. WM. NELSON 3d, m. Isabel
Ch. : Rebecca, April 7, 1747. William, June 6, 1753 ; d. - , 1758.
John, Feb. 18, 1749. Marcy, Sept. 22, 1755; d. - ,1758.
Isabel, Feb. 1, 1751.
7. BENJ. NELSON m. Elizabeth Sherman, April 23, 1761.
Ch. : Lemuel, Aug. 27, 1763. Marcy, Nov. 9, 1772.
Rachel, Aug. 6, 1766. Betsey, July 11, 1775.
Bathsheba, Aug. 6, 1769.
S. JOHN NELSON m. Mary Webber.
Ch. : Edward, settled in Colerain. Abigail, m. Joel Green.
John.
Benjamin.
Andrew. William.
George, May 13, 1762.
9. BENJAMIN, S. of John and Mary Nelson, lived on the place now occupied by David A. Moulton, probably the same previously occupied by his father; about 1802 he removed to Attica, N. Y., where he died about 1841; he married Anne Fenton, Feb. 25, 1779 ; m. (2) Mrs. Parthena Rogers.
Ch .: Levi, m. Lucy Force of Attica. Anna, m. Hezekiah Force of Attica, N.Y. Archibald, Oct. 20, 17.82. Benjamin, m. Lydia Morgan of Attica, Ν. Υ.
Lovina, m. Walter Underwood.
Susan, m. Uriah Underwood, Nov. 25, Reuben, m. Betsey Stewart, d. Jan. 19, 1802.
1812, age 26.
10. ARCHIBALD, s. of Benjamin, s. of John Nelson, b. Oct. 20, 1782; d. Jan. 13, 1846 ; m. Lucy Moulton, she d. Dec. 18, 1843
Ch. : Lovina, May 31, 1808 ; m. Darius Needham, Oct. 4, 1832.
Lucy, April 20, 1810; m. Erasmus Steb- bins ; d. Oct. 30, 1856.
Rice, Oct. 28, 1811; d. Feb. 13, 1864.
Annis, Nov. 3, 1813 ; m. Silas Parker, Dec. 4, 1839 ; d. July 25, 1857.
Warren, March 1, 1816 ; d. Dec. 28, 1854. Wyles, Jan 19, 1818; m. Mary A. Blodgett; d. Feb. 9, 1861.
Reuben, May 13, 1820.
Angeline, June 24, 1822; m. James Pike,
June 5, 1848 ; d. December 1859.
CORRECTIONS.
Page 9, seventh line, for 1796, February 25, read 1783, July 5.
Pages 9 and 10,. outlines of Brimfield read, The east line of Brimfield is 1,532 rods in length, a little more than four and three-fourths miles, and in direction north 8º 26' east. The northern boundary line runs from the north-east corner on the south line of Brookfield, south 89º 32' west, 101 rods, there meeting the south-east corner of Warren ; it continues on Warren line 935.30 rods, nearly three miles; then it turns abruptly north 2º east a little over half a mile, or 164.68 rods; then it runs · north 55° west, 1,130,32 rods, or three and a half miles, till it strikes the Quaboag river at a split rock. The river separates it from Palmer as far as an old ford way ; its general direction south 20° west, distance by the river, 1,026.46 rods. Here it meets the Monson line, which is Brimfield's western boundary, and is in length three and one-half miles, or 1,110 rods, running south 514º west. The southern boundary line runs 1,251 rods on the town of Wales, and 930 rods on the town of Holland.
Page 16, eleventh line, for erpetuate, read perpetuate.
Page 32, thirteenth line, that after one hundred and forty-five years use 1731-1876.
Page 35, first line, for appointmen, read appointment.
Page 37, twentieth line, read One under Capt. Ebenezer Moulton and Ensign David Wallis, from September 11 to December 25, 1775, (Mass. Archives, vol. 94, page 45,) another under Capt. Daniel Burt, from March 30, 1775, to January 8, 1776, (Mass. Archives, vol. 94, page 90,) another under Capt. Trustram Davis, October 11, 1756, ( Mass. Archives, vol. 94, page 557,) another under Capt. Daniel Burt, from March 13, to November 20, 1758, (Mass. Archives, vol. 96, pages 384-386,) another under Capt. Trustram Davis, from February 14 to December 16, 1760, (Mass. Archives, vol. 98, pages 271-274).
Page 42, seventh line, for Hampden, read Hampshire.
Page 67, fifth line, for $1,000, read $2,300, repairs, stock, furniture, etc., $1,065.
Page 112, twenty-second line, for 1848, read 1847.
Page 171, for birth of Dr. Israel Trask, read 1746.
Page 189, fifth line, for Shelburn, read Sherborn.
l'age 216, sixth line from bottom, for principal, read principle.
l'age 298, ninth line, for David Ingoroole, read David Ingersole.
'To list of Selectmen add :
Joseph Blodgett for 1752.
Joseph Moffatt for 1793.
Page 358, Joseph Hoar Jr., for 1802, read 1804.
Page 359, Selectmen for 1837, for Festus Foster, Linus Hoar, Abner Hitchcock and Penuel Parker, read Abner Brown, Samuel Tarbell, David Parker and James Tourtellott. Add Austin Andrews, and Leonard Henshaw for 1846. Add JJohnson Bixby for 1849, James S. Blair for 1865, James B. Brown for 1867.
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CORRECTIONS.
'To list of Assessors add :
Daniel Burt, Joseph Browning and Thomas Ellenwood for 1768, Samuel Bates for 1791, Joseph Moffatt for 1792, read 1793, Peletial Charles for 1794, Aaron Morgan 1794, Issachar Brown for 1795, 1803-4, Marquis Converse for 1826-27, Cyril R. Brown for 1845, Minor Hall for 1852, Alfred L. Converse for 1853, Calvin Baker for 1556, vice Ansel Holbrook, declined.
To list of School Committee, page 363, add :
Francis B. Stebbins for 1832, Festus Foster for 1835, James B. Brown for 1843, Jeremy Burt for 1844, Newton S. Hubbard for 1845, Abraham Charles for 1845. For years 1835-36, for Joseph Vaill, read Joseph Fuller.
For year 1839, for Alven Janes, read Augustus Janes.
For Town Treasurer in 1820, read Issachar Brown, vice Lewis Williams declined.
DELEGATES CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Timothy Danielson 1779, Abner Morgan 1788, Col. Israel Trask and John Wyles 1820, Parsons Allen 1853.
GENEALOGY.
Page 368, tenth line from bottom, read Marshall S., May 3, 1867.
Page 370, fifth line from bottom, read James Sullivan, September 2, 1819.
Page 373, to family of John W. Bliss, add Frank b. October 21, 1846.
Page 376, seventh line from bottom, for she, read he.
Page 380, eleventh line from bottom, for Erustram, read Trustram.
Page 387, second line from bottom, for 1763, read 1762.
Page 396, sixth line from bottom, for Nichol, read Nichols.
Page 412, second line from bottom, for Belina, read Velina.
Page 413, fourth line from top, for lived, read lives.
Page 416, sixth line for David, read Daniel.
Page 430, fourteenth line for Abagail, read Abigail.
Page 448, twenty-second line, for May Russell, read May Sherman.
Page 449, seventeenth line for see, read she.
INDEX.
A.
Acknowledgments, for assistance in prepa- ration of present work, 4.
Addresses, Rev. Dr: Hyde's historical, 1-220. Other addresses at contennial, 221-236.
Adventists, meetings begun in 1814, 132; society organized in 1867, 132; camp-meet- ings held by, 133.
Agawam, settled by colony from Roxbury, ៛; name changed to Springtield, 5.
Agriculture, improvements in farm imple- ments and cultivation, 145, 146; products, 146, 147; farm help and wages, 147; excite- ment over silk worms and mulberry trees, 148; cheese factories, 148, 149; making pot- ash and tar, 149, 150; charcoal burning, 150; steel tempered hay forks, 164; Hitch- cock plows, 164.
Alexander, Joseph and family, genealogy of, 469.
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Allen, Parsons, member of constitutional convention in 1833, 55. James and family, ancestry and genealogy of, 366-368.
Amusements, social and neighborhood, 138. Anabaptists, eleven of them sign off from the parish in 1734, 134; Baptist church formed, 134; preachers, 134; meeting-house petitioned for and built, 134, 135.
Andrews, Col. Robert and family, genealogy of, 368, 369.
Appendix, 221-478.
Assessors, first chosen, 36; names of, 300-362; additional names of, 478.
Attachments, local, Southey's opinion of, 1; as expressed by those who have left the old home, 1; as expressed by life-long resi- dents, 2.
B.
Bacon, James, a revolutionary soldier, 309; family and genealogy of, 369, 370.
Baker, Joseph and family, genealogy of, 370. Barrows, Deacon Charles and family, geneal- ogy of, 469, 470.
Bates, George and family, genealogy of, 387, 388.
Berkshire, County of, constituted, 5.
Bixby, Johnson and family, genealogy of, 388. Blair, Oliver and family, genealogy of, 370. 371.
Blashtield, Deacon Luke, probably first per- son to unite with the Congregational church, 381. John and family, genealogy of, 381, 382.
Bliss, Ichabod and family, ancestry and gen- ealogy of, 371-374. Thomas, owner of slaves and the first to introduce potatoes into the town, 371. Rev. Thomas E., biographical sketch of, 373.
Blodgett, Samuel and family, ancestry and genealogy of, 382-384.
Boardman, Rev. Moses B., pastor from 1870 to 1872, 116.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, "child of destiny," 219.
Bond, Mark and family, genealogy of, 384, 385. Linus and family, genealogy of, 470. Brick-yards in various parts of the town, 150, Bridges, 67, 68.
Bridgham, Rev. James, pastor from 1736- 1776, 94, 95 ; his family, 95.
Brookfield, named, incorporated and in- cluded in Hampshire county, 5; made a part of Worcester county, 5; post-office established, 70.
Brown, Rev. Clark, Mr. Williams's successor in the pastorate, 97-105. Col. Abner, popu- lar schoolmaster, 198; an officer in the war of 1812, 198; elective offices and positions and trust, 198, 199; his family, 199; gen- ealogical record, 376. Deacon David, re- moved from Ashford, Conn., to Brimfield, 209; family, 210-214; Pilgrim ancestry, 210; ancestry and genealogical record, 378, 379. Samuel W., merchant at Brimfield and Canajoharie, N. Y., 210, 211; genealogical record, 379. James, saddler at Brimfield and Canajoharie, N. Y., 211; deputy sheriff, 211; activity in behalf of temperance, 211; genealogical record, 379. Cyrel R., school teacher and school committee man, 212; spends several years at Westfield, 212; holds various town offices, 212; interested in military affairs and holds military offices, 212, 213; long service as deacon and
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INDEX.
Sunday-school superintendent, 213, 211; his family. 214; genealogical records, 379, 380. Jonathan and family, genealogy of,
Browning, James and family, genealogy of, 380, 381.
Burt, Major Daniel, one of the first settlers and prominent in civil and military affairs, 385, 386; ancestry, 385, 386; family and gen- calogy of, 386, 387. Burt, Deacon Henry, an original proprietor, 386; family and gen- ealogy of, 386, 387. JJohn, family and gen- ealogy of, 386, 357.
Butler, Dr. John, surgeon in U. S. navy, 171 ; practicing physician, 171.
C.
California, discovery of gold in, 59; gold seekers from Brimfield, 59; admitted as a state, 59.
Carpets first introduced about 1802, 139; first cut and sewed and afterward woven, 139; rag carpets introduced about 1814, 139.
Carter, Elias and family, genealogy of, 388, 389.
Carts and carriages, various styles of, 140. Cattle, provisions for restraining, G7.
Cemetery, first one laid out in 1720, 72; en- larged and fenced, 73; keeper appointed and plots assigned by selectmen, 73.
Charles, John and family, ancestry and gen- ealogy of, 389-391.
Cheese, co-operative factories for making, 148, 149; Brimfield cheese factory company, 149; Worcester county cheese factory, 200. Church affairs, early history and annals of, 3; early management of, 91; assessments for religious expenses abolished, 91; early church records lost by fire, 91, 92; minis- ters from 1725-1877, 92-116, 353; names of deacons, 353: meeting-houses, 116-126; par- ish organized, 126; parish expenses and funds, 126, 127; church music, 128, 129; church services and social meetings, 129, 130; first Sunday-school held in 1819, 131; Adventists, 132, 133; church at East Brim- field, 133; Moravian church, 133, 134; Bap- tists, 134, 135.
Climate, seasons remarkable for wind, storm, cold and rain, 15.
Coleridge, remarks on progression of human nature, 219.
College, names of graduates of, 364.
Collis, Jonathan and family, genealogy of, 391.
Conventions, first, second and third consti- tutional in Massachusetts, 55; for adopting United States constitution, 56; of Feder- alists at Hartford, 58.
Converse, Alpheus and family, genealogy of,
391, 392. Marquis, church and civil offices, 302; ancestry and family and genealogy of, :302.
Cookery in the olden time, 139, 140.
Cooley, John B., lawyer at Brimfield from 1818-1831, 185.
Corrections, 477, 478.
Coye, Simeon and family, genealogy of, 392, 393.
Crouch, Ephraim and family, genealogy of, 393.
Currency, the "Land Bank," 140, 141; expe- dients for remedying the scarcity of money in colonial times, 141, 142; the continental money, 141; town accounts ordered to be kept in dollars and cents, 142.
D.
Danielson, General Timothy, connection with the revolutionary period, 41-45, 315, 316, 394, 395; action in Shays' rebellion, 54, 395; delegate to the constitutional conven- tion of 1779, 55, 395; Gen. Warren's remarks at centennial upon his services and de- scendants, 220-232; biographical sketch and genealogy of, 394-396. John and family, ancestry and genealogy of, 393-396.
Davis, Ensign Joseph, one of the original proprietors, 470; his supposed family life, 470. Capt. Trustram and family, geneal- ogy of, 470.
Deacons, names of, and date of election, 353. Dearth, Thomas and family, genealogy of, 396.
Delegates to constitutional conventions, 55, 56, 363, 478; Provincial Congress, 43, 44, 363. Dimmick, Shubel, grist-mill proprietor, 470; family and genealogy of, 470-472.
Dress, style of, in colonial period, 137; cloth for, formerly of domestic manufacture, 137, 138.
Drunkenness, drinking habits before the rev- olution, 142, 143; free and general use of alcoholic beverages, 143, 144; efforts to pre- vent excessive drinking, 143, 144; the total abstinence movement, 144, 145; grand tem- perance celebration in 1848, 145.
Dunham, Micaiah and family, genealogy of, 396, 397.
E.
Eaton, Gen. William, service in the conti- mental army, 187; captain in United States army, 187; consul to Tunis, 187; naval agent during the war with Tripoli, 187; gains a victory over the Bey of Tripoli, 187, 188; received with honor on his return to the United States, 188; his family, 188, 189; Gen. Warren's remarks at centennial concern- ing his life and public services, 229-232.
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INDEX.
William S., graduates at West Point and serves on the frontier, 188. Nathaniel .J., graduates at West Point, 188; military and official service, 188, 189.
Elwell, Benjamin and family, genealogy of, 397, 398. William S., the Springfield artist, 397, 398.
Embargo, effect of upon New England peo- ple, 57; special town meeting to call for its suspension, 57; repeal of in 1809, 57.
Emerson, Jonathan and family, genealogy of, 398.
F.
Fairbanks, Joseph, comes from Sherborn (page 477) to Brimfield, (189; genealogy of, 398. Erastus, goes to St. Johnsbury in 1825, 189; public offices and official and business career, 189, 190; governor of Ver- mont, 190; interest in benevolent and edu- cational matters, 190; his family, 190, 191; genealogy of, 399. Thaddeus, invents the Fairbanks scales, 189; genealogy of, 399. Joseph P., 189; genealogy of, 399. Mem- bers of firm of Fairbanks & Co., 190. Let- ter from Gov. Horace Fairbanks read at centennial, 236, 237. Deacon Ebenezer and family, ancestry and genealogy of, 398, 399.
Farrell, Andrew and family, genealogy of, 399. Theodore and family, genealogy of, 472.
Fay, Rev. Warren, ordained as pastor, 105; action of town and church concerning, 106; subsequent pastorates, 106. Jonathan and family, genealogy of, 399, 400.
Fenton, John and family, ancestry and gen- ealogy of, 400, 401.
Ferry, Judah and family, ancestry and gen- ealogy of, 402, 403.
Field, Theodore and family, genealogy of, 403.
Flax, legislative bounties for raising, 147.
Fosket, Daniel and family, genealogy of, 403, 404.
Foster, Rev. Festus, minister at Petersham, 191; merchant and farmer at Brimfield, 191; connection with town and public affairs, 191, 192; Gen. Warren's remarks concern- ing at centennial, 233; genealogy of, 404. Fisher A., professional and business ca- reer, 192. Col. John W., prepares history of the town, 3; a recognized authority in geology and metallurgy, 193; prominent in Massachusetts politics as Know-Nothing and Republican, 193, 194; devotes himself to science and literature, 104; publishes valuable scientific works, 194; connection with scientific societies, 194; appearance, manners and ability, 194; Gen. Warren's | 61
remarks at centennial concerning, 233, 231; genealogy of, 404.
Franklin, county of, set off from Hampshire in 1811, 5.
Fuller, Rev. JJoseph, pastor from 1835 to 1837, 109; other settlements and ministerial en- gagements, 109.
G.
Game, various kinds of, 14.
Gardner, Humphrey and family, genealogy of, 404, 405.
Genealogy, 366-476.
Ghent, treaty of, 58.
Gleason, Jason and family, genealogy of, 405.
Goodale, Nathan M. and family, genealogy of, 405.
Goodell, Walter and family, genealogy of, 472, 473.
Green, Dr. Thomas, first physician in town, 171.
Griggs, Joseph and family, genealogy of, 403, 406.
Groves, Nichols and family, genealogy of,407.
H.
Hale, Rev. B. E., acting pastor from 1847 to
1849, 112; agent of Conn. Temperance So- ciety and in business at the West, 112. Hall, Miner and family, genealogy of, 473. Hammond, Rev. Charles, address at centen- nial on early history of Monson, 220-226.
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