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his wife Sarah forty-three ; his son Thomas, 14 years of age ; his daughter Sarah, 11 years of age ; his son John, 8 years of age; and his daughter Elizabeth six years of age. They settled at Springfield. After remaining a time at Springfield, Rowland and his son John went to Northampton ; John remained there through life. Row- land returned back to Springfield, where he died, Sep- tember, 1683. John married Abigail Bartlett; they had nine children-Samuel, Abigail, Thomas, Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Deborah, and Thankful. Joseph went to Deerfield. Samuel was father of Benjamin (18), who is said to be the first that made a permanent residence in in this place. He remained here through life, raised a family here, and died 1789, aged 78; his wife died 1769, aged 60. Captain Gideon Stebbins (No. 129), was son of Benjamin; he was born in this town in 1740. In November, 1768, he married Mary Hins- dale of Deerfield. They had four sons that lived to adult age. Benjamin, the eldest, was a physician, went to the South, where he spent most of his life- he died many years since ; Zenas Stebbins (724), Sam- uel H. Stebbins (430), and Henry Stebbins (745), are farmers, all now residing in this town. (See these num- bers). Darius, another son of Gideon, died in infancy. The Stebbins family were very early settlers in Western Massachusetts, at Springfield, Northampton, Deerfield, and other places. The given names of Samuel, Benja- min, and Joseph, were common names in several branches of the family. This family can trace their lineage to a very remote antiquity and to a very reputable ancestry. A compiler of the genealogy of this family says, " A glance at the names of the principal settlers in New Eng- land, should satisfy the most prejudiced Virginian, that there are many eastern Families that have as good a claim to 'gentle blood' as any boastful Lee, Randolph, or Fairfax. In this country, none can boast of an older de- cent than this family, if we except a few settlers in James- town, and the Pilgrims of the Mayflower."
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APPENDIX E.
THE TOWNE FAMILY.
William Towne, Anglo-American, born about the year 1600; came to this country and settled at Salem, about 1640. He had six children-Edmund, born 1629 ; Ja- cob, born 1631; Joseph, born 1639; three daughters, Rebeckah, Sarah, and Mary. William moved to Tops- field in 1652, and remained there during life. He died at the age of 72. Jacob married Catherine Simons ; he died in 1704, aged 73. He had six children-John, born 1658; Jacob, born 1660; Catherine, born 1662; Deliv- erance and Ruth, twins, born 1664; and Edmund, born 1666. John, son of Jacob, married Mary Smith, settled in Topsfield, and removed from there to Framingham in 1700, and from there to Oxford in 1712; he died there in 1740, aged 82. They had ten children-Mary, born 1681; John, died in childhood ; Israel, born 1684; Est- her, born 1686; Ephraim, born 1688 ; Jonathan, born 1691; David, born 1693; Samuel, born 1695 ; Edmund, born 1699; and John, 1702. Israel, son of John, mar- ried Susanna Haven, and removed to Oxford in 1712; he died there in 1771, nearly 87 years of age. His widow, Susanna, died in this town, at her son's residence, in 1787, aged nearly 97. (See No. 104). They had ten children-Mary, born 1709; Susanna, born 1711, and died young ; Joseph, died in his minority ; Susanna, born 1717; Elijah, born 1719; Moses, born 1721; Esther, born 1724; Israel, born 1727; Lois, born 1729; Mahit- ibel, born 1731. Israel, son of Israel, purchased a farm in Belchertown, in 1749, and came to this place, then 22 years of age; married Naomi Stebbins, daughter of Benjamin Stebbins (18), in 1754. He died in 1805, 'aged 78. His wife, Naomi (104), died in 1827, aged 92. They had 10 children-Amasa, born 1755 ; Jonathan, born 1756; William, born 1758; Joseph, born 1761; Benjamin, born 1765 ; Abner, born 1767; Naomi, born 1770; Rachel, born 1772; Susanna, born 1774; Salem,
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born 1779. Amasa (241), died in Belchertown in 1820, aged 65. Jonathan (258), died in Belchertown in 1824,
aged 68. William died in Granville, State of New York,
in 1842, aged 84. Joseph died in Pennsylvania in 1825, aged 64. Abner (353), died in this town in 1828, aged 60. Naomi married Nathaniel Talmadge, of Ludlow, and died there in 1835, aged 66. Rebeckah married Willson White, and died in Granville, State of New York, in 1800, aged 28. Susanna married Job Holbrook, and lived in Moscow, State of New York. Salem was a grad- uate of Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1805; has been extensively engaged in Classical Instruction, at Granville and Aurora, State of New York, and elsewhere. He has published several works as Text Books to the English language, which had an extensive circulation, and were well approved by the literary public. He has received the honorary degree of LL. D. Amasa (241), son of Is- rael, married Margaret Smith, daughter of Deacon Jo- seph Smith (9); they had seven children-Lucretia (400), married John Witt ; Josiah was a graduate of Middlebury College, in 1812, studied Theology, was li- censed to preach, and settled in the ministry in Hanover, New Hampshire, married Eunice Pennfield, removed to Ohio, and continues his ministerial labors in that State. Lydia (687), married Deacon Jonathan Lyman (261). Israel (878), married Hannah Stacy (541). Abner mar- ried Eliza Vinton, daughter of Capt. Abiathar Vinton, formerly of South Hadley, and during a few of the last years of his life, of Amherst. She is sister of the Hon. Samuel Finley Vinton, a leading member in Congress from Ohio. Mr. Towne studied Theology, was licensed to preach, moved to Ohio, and died early in life in that State. Mary married Quartus Moody of Granby, and John S. married Rachel Warner. Jonathan (258), son of Israel, married for his first wife, Polly Holbrook; by her he had one son, Jonathan, who married Delia Rumrill. Jonathan (258), married for his second wife, Miriam Warner, daughter of Ebenezer Warner (41); his children by his second wife are Ebenezer W., Charles E., (died), William E., and Mary S. Abner Towne (353), married
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Kersiah Fairfield, daughter of (148). They had nine children-Laura, married Chester Randall ; Almira, mar- ried Rev. Erastus Benton, of Providence, R. I .; Joseph (948), (which see) ; Naomi S. married Silas Howard; Louisa married H. T. Filer, of Belchertown ; Josiah, deceased ; Elizabeth R. married Nathan Willson ; Ma- lissa married Ransom Howard.
APPENDIX F.
THE DWIGHT FAMILY.
Nathaniel Dwight, whose name is represented by (No. 42), in the column of figures, was a native of North- ampton, and son of Nathaniel Dwight, who early located at Northampton, about 1689. He was son of Timothy Dwight, who was son of John Dwight, who came from England and settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1636. His name is found of that date, acting as a freeman in that town. The name is writen Dwite at first, but was soon changed in the orthography and writen Dwight. John had one son, Timothy, whose name is found in the records of Dedham, as an acting freeman, as early as 1637. Tim- othy, the son of John, had three sons-Henry, Josiah, and Nathaniel. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, and grand- son of Timothy, came to this town in 1732. He was brother of Timothy Dwight, Esq., of Northampton, who was father of the Hon. Timothy Dwight of Northampton, who was father of Rev. Timothy Dwight, D. D., Presi- dent of Yale College. Nathaniel (42), the brother of Timothy, Esq., married Eunice Lyman, sister of Deacon Aaron Lyman. They had four sons-Elihu, Justus, Eli- jah, and Pliny. The eldest son, Elihu, married Pene- lope Graves in 1757, and died in 1760, leaving one daugh- ter, Margaret. She married Thomas A. Gates, (See 232).
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Justus married Sarah Lamb ; he died in July, 1824, aged 85. He had six sons-Elihu, a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1790, studied the medical profession and set- tled in South Hadley ; William, died young; Jonathan, a farmer settled in Belchertown, died in 1834, (See 455), aged 64; Nathaniel, a farmer, settled in Belchertown, (See 515) ; Daniel, a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1796, studied Law and settled in Westmoreland, N. H., and is now at the South ; Justus (517), settled in this town, a farmer, died in this town in 1835, aged 54. Jus- tus, senior, had one daughter, Clarissa, (See 273).
Col. Elijah Dwight (215), third son of (42), married Diana Hinsdale of Deerfield, (See 216). They had seven sons-Josiah, a graduate of Yale College in 1794, studied the medical profession, and settled in Portsmouth, N. H. ; Gamaliel, a merchant, sometime a resident in Boston, died many years since ; Lyman died young ; Elijah, a mer- chant, settled in Amherst, and died there October, 1819, aged 40 ; John, Pliny, and Leonard. He had two daugh- ters-Martha, married Hezekiah Wright Strong, a law- yer, settled in Amherst; Susanna D., married Mason Shaw, Esq., a lawyer, formerly of Castine, Maine, now residing in this town. Pliny, the fourth son of Nathan- iel (42), had one child, a daughter, Nancy, (See 321). Col. Elijah Dwight died in 1795, aged 47.
Another family of Dwights, a different branch, came into this town about the time of the commencement of the Revolutionary War, from Western, (now Warren). Hen- ry Dwight, (See 197). He was son of Col. Simeon Dwight ; Col. Simeon was son of Henry, who was son of Timothy, who was son of John, the common ancestor of all the name in this country. Col. Henry Dwight (197), had six sons-Henry, a farmer, died in this town in 1841, aged 64 ; Simeon, (636), a mechanic, died in this town in 1842, aged 63 ; Charles, a farmer, died in this town in 1815, aged 34; Solomon died years since ; Thom- as is at the South, if living ; Peregrine died in the State of New York in 1842, aged 48, (See 679). Henry Dwight (197), had two daughters-Sophia (518), the eldest, married Justus Dwight, Jr. (517); she died in
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1814, aged 28; Clarissa, the youngest daughter (548), married Myron Lawrence, Esq., and resides in this town. Col. Henry Dwight (197) had another son not named above, Joseph Hawley; he died in the army in 1801, at Niagara, aged 26. He was the eldest son of Col. Dwight. Samuel Dwight, who died in this town, April 10, 1817, aged 52, was brother of Col. Henry Dwight (197). Sam- uel left two sons, John and Samuel. John died in 1851, aged 56.
LOCATION AND RESIDENCE OF SOME OF THE DECEND- ENTS OF JOHN DWIGHT, THE COMMON ANCESTOR.
John Dwight settled at Dedham, 1636.
Second Generation.
One son, Timothy, settled at Dedham.
Third Generation .- Sons of Timothy.
Nathaniel, settled at Northampton, Mass. Josiah, settled at Woodstock, Conn.
Henry, settled at Hatfield, Mass. ; died 1732.
Fourth Generation.
Samuel, settled at Enfield, Conn. Daniel, settled at Charleston, South Carolina. Nathaniel, settled at Belchertown, Mass. John and Theodore, settled in New Haven, Conn. Joseph, settled at Great Barrington, Mass. Josiah, settled at Springfield, Mass. ; died 1768. Edmund, settled at Halifax, Nova Scotia; died 1755. William, settled in Sturbridge, Mass.
Locations of some of the 5th and succeeding Generations.
Joseph, settled at Cincinnatus, New York. Henry W., settled at Stockbridge, Mass. Jonathan, settled at Springfield, Mass. Henry, settled at Belchertown, Mass.
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Rev. Timothy, D. D., settled at New Haven, Conn.
Jonathan E., settled at Canajoharrie, N. Y.
Daniel, settled at Dudley, Mass.
Solomon, settled at Hatwick, N. Y.
Israel R.
Rev. Lewis, settled at Boston, Mass.
Rev. Henry, settled at Geneva, N. Y.
APPENDIX G.
THE PHELPS FAMILY.
Lineage traced from Eliakim Phelps (36) both ways.
Eliakim Phelps (No. 36), was a native of Northamp- ton, born 1709, and was son of William Phelps, and grand-son of William Phelps. William, the grandfather of Eliakim, was son of Nathaniel Phelps one of the first settlers in Northampton. Nathaniel, was son of William Phelps, who first settled in Dorchester, Mass. ; he went from there to Windsor, Conn. and was many years a mag- istrate in that Colony ; his name is found among the first settlers of Windsor, as early as 1640. Eliakim (36), came to this place in 1731 or 1732, when there were but five families in the place. He married for his first wife, Elizabeth Rust of Northampton ; she died in 1752, aged 40 ; by her he had six children. His eldest son, Simeon, died at Pittsfield in 1776, returning from service in the Northern Army, aged 34. Simeon was father of Benja- min (751), and Noah (726). Eliakim, for his second wife, married Elizabeth Davis from Springfield ; she died in 1778, aged 64. His eldest son by his second wife, was William ; he died in Northampton, (See 166) ; his sec- ond son by his second wife was Eliakim, (See 222). This . Eliakim (222), had four sons-Abner (340), Daniel (462), William (463), and Eliakim (570). (See these several
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numbers). Eliakim, the father of these four sons, died in this town in 1824, aged 69. He had two daughters- the eldest, Asenath, married Thomas Bliss of Brimfield, in 1813 ; the other daughter, Diana, married Cornelius Delano of Northampton.
Joseph Phelps (No. 34), was a native of Northampton, and a brother of William the father of Eliakim (36), son to William, and grand-son to Nathaniel. He came here among the early settlers, and before the year 1736, prob- ably in 1732. He had a son Joseph, whose wife, Sarah, (106), was a member of this church. He had two daugh- ters-the eldest Dinah (Phelps) '70), married Ebenezer Warner (41). She was the mother of Capt. Elisha War- ner (722), and of Phineas Warner (235). She died in 1812, aged 80. Her husband, Ebenezer Warner, died within twenty-four hours of the same time ; also the same day died the wife of Elisha Warner, her son, with whom these parents lived, in the same dwelling. The other daughter of Joseph Phelps, Deborah, remained un- married through life. She died in 1816, aged 74.
APPENDIX H.
THE WARNER FAMILY.
Traced from Ebenezer Warner (41) both ways.
Ebenezer Warner (No. 41), a native Hatfield, and son of Ebenezer Warner of Hatfield, was born 1729. Ebenezer Warner of Hatfield, was son of Daniel Warner of Hatfield, born 1681. Daniel Warner of Hatfield, was one of the first settlers in that place, in 1661; died there April 30, 1692. He was son of Andrew Warner, who was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., and died there December 18, 1684. Ebenezer Warner, the son of Daniel, and grand-son of Andrew, married Ruth Ely in
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1709. They had several children-Ruth, born 1712 : died 1730; Martha, born 1715 ; Moses (39), born 1717; Lydia, born 1719; Eli, born 1722 ; John, born 1727; and Ebenezer, born 1729. Moses Warner (39), married Sarah Porter in 1739. Their children were Seth (180), born 1740. Seth was father of Titus Warner who died in Amherst, April 12, 1818, aged 50. Titus was father of the late Alonzo Warner, Park, Seth and George. Park resides in Granby ; Seth and George have moved away. The second son of Moses Warner, and brother of (180), was Jonathan Warner; he died in this place in 1782, aged 31. He was father of the first wife of Theodore Bridgman, (See 326). The other sons of Moses (39), were Moses, resided in Hatfield, and Eli, who went to Granby. Moses, the father, died in this town in 1759, aged 42 ; his wife died here in 1757, aged 36. Ebene- zer (41), brother of Moses (39), married Dinah Phelps (70). They had four sons-Elisha, (722) ; he died in this town in 1829, aged 77; Josiah, who died in 1782, aged 28; Elihu, who died in 1798, aged 40 ; and Phin- eas Warner (235), who died in 1848, aged 85. The daughters of Ebenezer (41), and Dinah (70), were Philo- theta (136) : she married Elijah Howe (135), in 1770, and died in 1771, aged 28; Hulda (201) : she married Capt. Simeon Bardwell, in 1781, and died in 1782, aged 25; Esther, married Artemas Green of Granby, in 1788 ; Molly, or Miriam : she married for her first husband Capt. Jonathan Towne (258), in 1801 : he died in 1824 ; she afterwards married James Whitcomb of Williams- burgh, in 1826. Elisha (722), married Sarah Scott (263), February, 1776, for his his first wife ; she died in 1812, aged 62. He again married, but left no children by either marriage. Phineas (235), married Sally Rich : she died in 1831, aged 62. He again married in 1832 (618). Their sons are Theron, Ebenezer, and Jairus ; their daughters-Henrietta (444), married (720, which see) ; Sally, married Lucius F. Newton of Monson : died in 1828, aged 24. These sons and daughters were all children of the first marriage; Phineas Warner left no children by the second marriage.
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APPENDIX I.
THE BARDWELL FAMILY.
Joseph Bardwell (No. 66), was a native of Hatfield, born 1713, and son of John Bardwell. John was son of * Robert Bardwell who came from London to Boston about the year 1670. He was a hatter by trade. Between 1670 and 1680 he removed to Hatfield; there he raised a family. His son John was an early settler in Cold Spring ; he came here about the year 1732. He had three sons-Martin, Joseph and Jonathan. Martin was of adult age, Joseph about 19 years old, and Jonathan about 8 years old when the father came to this place. I can find no record from Church or Precinct, stating the death of either John Bardwell or of his eldest son, Martin. We have no Church or Parish records of any deaths for twenty-five years from the first settlement of the place. Martin married and had a family. One son, Martin, born 1740, died in 1824; a daughter, Experience, married Eldad Parsons (223), in 1780; a daughter, Katherine, married Daniel Smith, Jr. (238), in 1776. Martin, who died in 1824, aged 84, had a son, Martin, who died in ' this place in 1814, aged 43; he was father of Oromal Bardwell and Antipas S. Bardwell, now residing in this place. Joseph (66), the second son of John, had three sons-Joseph (233), born 1750; Elijah (182), born 1753; Obadiah, born 1757. Joseph (233), married Sybil Smith, daughter of (11), and sister of Rev. Ethan Smith, in 1774; they had eleven children-Haddassa (303), Electa (304), (See these numbers) ; Theodotia, married Ira Parsons, moved to Rutland, Vt., and died there July 1842, aged 51; Josiah Bardwell, Esq., for many years a merchant and prominent man in South Hadley : he died there March 22, 1845, aged 67; two of the children died in early life ; Deacon Alonzo Bardwell, of South
* This name is written Robhert in the ancient records.
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Hadley ; one daughter married Col. Timothy Lyman, late of Chester, deceased ; several of the children are still living, not herein named.
Capt. Elijah Bardwell, the second son of Joseph (66), married Sarah W. Smith, daughter of (11), and sister of his brother Joseph's wife, in 1777. Rev. Horatio Bard- well, missionary to Syria and Palestine, is son of these parents. (See Nos. 182 and 183).
Jonathan Bardwell, third son of John, had two sons- Simeon and Jonathan. Simeon married Hulda Warner, daughter of (41), in 1781 : she died in 1782, aged 25. Simeon moved from this place to the South, about the year 1794. His brother Jonathan married Anna Eddy in 1781; he remained here through life. (See his number, 753). He had two sons-Simeon and Jonathan. Sim- eon died in Virginia in 1835, aged 50 ; his brother Jona- than is at the South, if living. Their father, Jonathan (753), died in this town in 1828, aged 76.
Obadiah Bardwell, third son of Joseph (66), married Mahitibel Smith in 1782. Dr. Chester Bardwell, now a practising physician in Whately, is their son.
APPENDIX K.
THE HANNUM FAMILY.
Samuel Hannum No. (27), was a native of Northamp- ton, born in the year 1692, and was son of John Han- num. John was son of William Hannum, from England, one of the earliest settlers in Northampton. He died in 1677. His will was proved in the Probate Court, Au- gust 23d, 1677. His son John died in 1710. His will was proved in the Probate Court, February, 1711. John left two sons that came to Cold Spring with families, in 1732. William, the eldest, born in 1690, and died in this town in 1756, leaving three sons. Moses, the eldest , son of William, born 1718, died 1802. (See 29). He
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left four sons-William, who moved to the State of New York; Moses (549}) ; Joshua, who died in this town un- married, in 1824, aged 65 ; David, born 1763, and mov- ed from this place many years since. Moses (549}) died in 1836, aged 79, leaving two sons-Pliny, who moved to Pelham, and died there in 1845, aged 63, and Stiles (1063}), now residing in this town. Aaron, the second son of William, and brother of (29), born 1722, and died in this town in 1776; he left one son, Caleb, who died in Greenwich, in 1833, aged 83. Josiah Hannum, a blacksmith by trade, and moved from this place years since, was a son of Caleb. Gideon Hannum, the third son of William, and brother of (29) and (31), born 1726, and died in 1786 ; he left four sons-Justus, born 1756 ; Solomon (217) ; Elijah (794) ; Daniel (757), (See these numbers). Descendants of Elijah and Daniel, are now re- siding in this place. Samuel Hannum (27), the younger brother of William, came with him to Cold Spring, and died in 1780, aged 88, leaving two sons-Samuel, born 1732, and died in 1809, unmarried ; Phineas, second son of Samuel 27), born 1743, and died 1809, leaving three sons-Phineas (737), Gamaliel (521), Oliver (520), and a daughter (522). (See these numbers).
APPENDIX L.
THE GRAVES FAMILY.
Jonathan Graves (No. 12), was a native of Hatfield, born 1702, son of Jonathan Graves, grandson of Isaac Graves, and great-grand-son of Thomas Graves, one of the first settlers in Hatfield. Thomas had two sons, John and Isaac. Thomas settled in Hatfield, before Hatfield was incorporated : when it was included within the limits of Hadley. John Graves had one son, Samuel, born in 1657. He died in 1694. He left three sons, Jonathan,
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John, and Thomas. In 1695, John was appointed guard- ian to Nathan Graves, a minor. Thomas Graves (No. 60), son of Samuel, married Lydia Graves, a daughter of Isaac Graves. John Graves (62), was born in Hatfield, in 1719 ; Jonathan Graves (12), had three sons-Perez, Jonathan, and Joseph. These families came from Hat- field to this place very early in the settlement here, be- tween 1731 and 1735. Perez, the eldest son, went into the French War, in 1758 ; he made his Will in May that year, went immediately into the service, and died in the army in September or October the same fall. His Will was proved in October the same year, by which he gave to his brother Joseph his Tan Yard and some other prop- erty, to his brother Jonathan forty shillings, and to his sis- ter, Penelope Dwight, 65 acres of land. This sister had married Elihu Dwight, the eldest son of Capt. Nathaniel Dwight, in 1757 ; he also gave a handsome suit of clothes to Miss Susanna Lyman, (his bethrothed as is supposed). She was the daughter of Deacon Aaron Lyman (3). She afterwards, in 1763, married Capt. Elihu Kent, of Suffield, Conn. Joseph Graves, son of Jonathan, died in this town in 1796, aged 62, leaving a large family-Perez, born 1762 ; Josiah D. (459), born 1772; Jonathan, born 1774; Elijah, born 1776 : died at two years of age ; Elijah, born 1779: died 1799; Joseph (459}), born 1783. The daughters were Margaret, married Benjamin Howe, a brother of Dr Estes Howe, in 1785; Susanna (267) ; Electa (253), married Deacon Aaron Lyman (230), son of (221), and grand-son of (3), in 1788. The Graves family have all removed from this place ; many of them were communicants in this church, and notices of them will be found by turning to their respective num- bers.
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APPENDIX M.
THE COWLES FAMILY.
Traced from Israel Cowles (56), both ways.
Israel Cowles (56), was a native of Hatfield, son of John Cowles of Hatfield, born in 1726. John the father moved to Amherst, about 1729. His son John (85), was born at Amherst in 1731. John, the father, was son of Jonathan Cowles of Hatfield ; Jonathan was son of John Cowles who went from Hartford, Conn. to Hatfield, among the first settlers of that place. He had two sons- Jonathan and Samuel; Samuel had two sons-Samuel and Ebenezer. Samuel, son of Samuel and brother of Ebenezer, early went to Coventry, Conn .; his father, Samuel, died at Hatfield in 1744; by his Will he gave to his son Samuel, living in Coventry, his lands in Coventry ; to his son Ebenezer, his debts due to him and his house- hold furniture. Ebenezer lived in Hatfield. A branch of this family from John, the common ancester, early went to Farmington, Conn. The two brothers, Israel (56), and John (85), were among the early settlers here, though not among the first ; they probably came here in 1752. They both engaged in service in the French War, and went from this place for the relief of Fort William Henry, in 1757. Israel died in this town in 1797, aged nearly 71. He left two sons-Josiah (272), born 1760, and Amasa (436), born 1768. Josiah died in 1822, leav- ing three sons-Israel (727), Mala, (1228), and Josiah (1280). Josiah died in 1851, aged 58. Descendants from these branches of the family are residing among us. Amasa (436), left one son, Ariel, and a daughter (1084). John Cowles (85), died in 1811, aged 80. He left sons- John (191), born 1758 : he died in 1830 ; Abner, born 1761 : he died in May, 1837; Joshua (341), born 1775 : died in 1842; Enos, (481,) born 1777; Vester, born 1779. Descendants from these branches of the family are residing here.
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