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Children.
BERTHA, b. Apr. 8, 1868, m. Warren Crafts of Whately.
BESSIE, b. Apr. 17, 1871, m. Arthur Hale of Conway.
HEZEKIAH ANDREWS (Benjamin, James), b. May 26, 1822, m. Mary J .-
HEZEKIAH O., b. Dec. 24, 1851. Children.
ALFREDA A., b. June 23, 1853, d. Oct. 13, 1855.
ROLLIN B., b. Apr. 16, 1855.
ROSETTA, b. June 22, 1857.
ALLIS. Lieut. William Allis came from Scotland and was one of the first settlers in Hatfield in 1661, was a deacon and lieutenant of cavalry.
REV. SAMUEL ALLIS (Ichabod, John, William), b. Deer- field, Dec. 12, 1705, m. Nov. 4, 1729, Hannah Sheldon, daughter of John. She was b. 1708 and d. July 22, 1779. He was a graduate of Harvard College in 1724.
Children.
*JULIUS, b. Sept. 18, 1732, m. Hannah Dickinson.
JOHN, b. Nov. 12, 1734, m. Sept. 13, 1764, Sarah Burt, and (2) Esther Dwight. JABEZ, b. Nov. 12, 1734, d. young.
SAMUEL, b. 1735.
*LUCIUS, b. May 19, 1737, m. Jemima Bliss, m. (2) Mary Wells, m. (3) Mehit- able Graves, m. (4) Lois Graves.
ABEL, b. Oct. 22, 1745, m. Hannah Porter.
LEMUEL, b. June 22, 1747, m. Elizabeth Davis. He was in the Revolutionary War.
JULIUS ALLIS (Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. Sept. 18, 1732, m. Nov. 14, 1755, Hannah Dickinson, daughter of Obadiah of Hatfield. She was b. 1735, d. Sept. 3, 1814. He d. in Sullivan, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1817.
Children.
MARY, b. Oct. 4, 1756, m. Apr. 19, 1782, Abijah Brown of Whately.
TIMOTHY, b. July 12, 1759. He was in the Revolutionary War and d. Oct. 6, . 1776.
LYDIA, b. July 25, 1761, m. Elijah May.
HANNAH, b. Nov. 9, 1765, m. May 15, 1794, Jonathan Smith of Whately.
SYLVIA, b. Nov. 3, 1767, m. Joseph Frost.
JOEL, b. Feb. 12, 1768, m. Sarah Lee.
SUBMIT, b. Sept. 22, 1772, m. Eliphas Hiskok.
RACHEL, b. Oct. 11, 1775, d. Apr. 23, 1815.
MARTHA, b. Apr. 30, 1777, d. Apr. 19, 1803.
CAPT. LUCIUS ALLIS (Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. May 19, 1737, m. Dec. 10, 1761, Jemima Bliss. She d. June 10, 1764. He m. (2) Aug. 14, 1765, Mary Wells. She d.
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July 2, 1776. He m. (3) June 16, 1777, Mehitable Graves. Shed. July 31, 1800. Hem. (4) May 25, 1801, Lois Graves. She d. March 12, 1822.
Children.
ZELINDA, b. Jan. 7, 1763, m. Aug. 10, 1786, Isaiah Williams of Conway.
*SAMUEL, b. June 20, 1767, m. Hannah Dickinson.
LUCIUS, b. July 19, 1768, m. Jane Cottel.
*SOLOMON, b. Oct. 26, 1769, m. Mar. 14, 1794, Anna P. Dickinson.
SARAH, b. Apr. 15, 1771, m. Barnabus F. Howell. He d. and she m. (2) Mar. 1, 1827, Graves Crafts of Whately. He was in the Revolutionary War. The night before the execution of Major André, he stood on guard with Abel Scott, one of his neighbors.
THOMAS WELLS, b. Aug. 16, 1772, m. Sally Allen.
ELIJAH, b. Dec. 5, 1773, m. Lydia Warren.
JOHN, b. Aug. 3, 1778, m. Nov. 27, 1805, Lois Weston.
1 SAMUEL ALLIS (Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. June 20, 1767, m. Hannah Dickinson.
Children.
POLLY, b. Apr. 22, 1791.
*ISRAEL DICKINSON, b. July 23, 1793, m. Patty Butler.
OLIVER, b. Mar. 18, 1799, d. here unm. Mar. 17, 1887.
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 26, 1805.
MERCY, b. Aug. 13, 1808.
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 31, 1812.
ISRAEL DICKINSON ALLIS (Samuel, Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. July 23, 1793, m. Dec. 3, 1818, Patty Butler of Buckland. She was b. May 5, 1797, d. March 24, 1876. He d. Oct. 18, 1869.
Children.
*THOMAS LAWRENCE, b. Dec. 4, 1821, m. Esther Dickinson of Whately, m. (2) Apr. 4, 1848, Mrs. Julia Ann (Hollis) Johnson.
*SOLOMON D., b. Jan. 24, 1825, m. Nov. 25, 1847, Eliza J. Allis; she d. Oct. 7, 1851; m. (2) Sally Munson Allis; she d. July 23, 1909.
MARY A., b. Feb. 28, 1835, m. Deacon Samuel Wilder.
THOMAS LAWRENCE ALLIS (Israel D., Samuel, Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. Dec. 4, 1821, m. Esther Dickinson of Whately. He m. (2) April 4, 1848, Mrs. Julia Ann (Hollis) Johnson. He d. Jan. 1, 1878. She d. July 23, 1909.
Children.
MARTHA, b. Jan 8, 1849, m. June 20, 1867, Orrin D. Remington.
*DARWIN FREMONT, b. Nov. 27, 1855, m. Dec. 24, 1875, Ida T. Rhood.
DARWIN FREMONT ALLIS (Thomas L., Israel D., Samuel, Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. Nov. 27, 1855, m. Dec. 24, 1875, Ida T. Rhood.
Children.
WINIFRED BLANCHE, b. Oct. 9, 1882, m. Oct. 9, 1905, Walter H. Barker.
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SOLOMON D. ALLIS (Israel D., Samuel, Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. Jan. 24, 1825, m. Nov. 25, 1847, Eliza J. Allis. She d. Oct. 7, 1851. He m. (2) March 4, 1852, Sally Munson Allis. She d. July 23, 1909. He d. Dec. 27, 1906. Children.
SARAH E., b. Mar. 7, 1849, m. Roswell Rice. She d. Aug. 30, 1874. *CHARLES FISHER, b. Aug. 4, 1851, m. Mar. 17, 1875, Clara M. Boyden. ELIZA J., b. Dec., 1853. She d. Mar., 1862.
*WILLIAM DICKINSON, b. Aug. 9, 1865, m. Feb. 16, 1886, Susie R. Wood.
CHARLES FISHER ALLIS (Solomon D., Israel D., Samuel, Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. Aug. 4, 1851, m. March 17, 1875, Clara M. Boyden. He d. Feb. 9, 1917. Children.
*GEORGE DWIGHT, b. Dec. 17, 1875, m. Oct. 16, 1907, Marian L. Laidley.
MAUD W., b. May 3, 1877, d. Feb. 15, 1886.
BERTHA L., b. July 3, 1879, m. Jan. 7, 1906, Albert Nickerson Stanley.
GEORGE DWIGHT ALLIS, b. Dec. 17, 1875, m. Oct. 16, 1907, Marian L. Laidley.
Children.
CLARA ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 15, 1909. MILDRED FRANCES, b. July 20, 1911.
GERTRUDE HELEN, b. July 23, 1913.
WILLIAM DICKINSON ALLIS (Solomon D., Israel D., Samuel, Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. Aug. 9, 1865, m. Feb. 16, 1886, Susie R. Wood.
Children.
LUNA HELEN, b. Oct. 9, 1892, m. Oct. 9, 1916, Lester F. Lewis. RUTH MCKINLEY, b. Nov. 13, 1896, m. Sept. 5, 1916, Geo. Rhood.
SOLOMON ALLIS (Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. Oct. 26, 1769, m. Anna P. Dickinson. She d. Nov. 4, 1864, aged 92 years. He d. Nov. 6, 1823.
Children.
PARTHENIA, b. Jan. 17, 1794, m. Willard Crittenden.
LUCIUS, b. Sept. 2, 1796, m. Sept. 6, 1825, Fannie A. Griswold.
THOMAS WELLS, b. Aug. 3, 1798, m. Elizabeth Clement.
*JOHN D., b. June 22, 1801, m. Oct. 4, 1826, Lydia Smith, m. (2) Hannah Hall, m. (3) Delia B. Taylor.
EMILY W., b. Oct. 1, 1803, m. Lyman Smith.
ELIJAH B., b. Mar. 14, 1805, m. Melissa Tobey.
LoIs, b. Apr. 3, 1807, m. Asabel Stone.
MARY WELLS, b. July 3, 1809, m. Lot Hall of Ashfield.
ELLIOT CLARK, b. Feb. 13, 1816, m. Alvira Dickinson and (2) Cornelia Johnson. EDWARD P., b. Feb. 9, 1819, m. Apr. 2, 1851, Isabella H. Jennings.
JOHN DICKINSON ALLIS (Solomon, Lucius, Samuel, Icha- bod, John, William), b. June 22, 1801, m. Oct. 4, 1826, Lydia Smith of Whately. She d. Dec. 20, 1836. He m. (2) May 7,
.
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1840, Hannah Hall. She d. Oct. 22, 1852. He m. (3) March 23, 1853, Delia Butler Taylor. She d. Oct. 10, 1886.
Children.
ELIZA JANE, b. May 1, 1827, m. Nov. 25, 1847, Solomon D. Allis. She d. Oct. 7, 1851.
SALLY MUNSON, b. Apr. 7, 1829, m. Solomon D. Allis.
*RUFUS WELLS, b. June 21, 1834, m. Hattie Ann Ballou.
JOHN DICKINSON, b. Dec. 19, 1836, d. Jan. 15, 1863. He was the first person in this town to enlist in the Civil War and was the first soldier whose funeral was held here. He was wounded in action and died at the hospital on Davids Island, N. Y.
LOIS STONE, b. May 22, 1842, m. May 22, 1866, Chas. M. Smith. She d. Aug. 26, 1874.
LUNA, b. July 15, 1844, m. May 22, 1866, Eugene W. Woods, d. Jan. 4, 1870.
PAULINA, b. Nov. 24, 1848, m. July 1, 1874, Geo. Thayer, d. Feb. 17, 1901.
HATTIE ALONA, b. Sept. 25, 1856, d. Apr. 2, 1876.
SAMUEL BAXTER, b. May 10, 1858, d. Nov. 16, 1879.
MARY LINCOLN, b. July 1, 1861. Her home is in Amherst.
RUFUS WELLS ALLIS (John D., Solomon, Lucius, Samuel, Ichabod, John, William), b. June 21, 1834, m. Oct. 22, 1874, Hattie Ann Ballou. He d. April 7, 1907. She d. Feb., 1917.
Children.
JOHN BALLOU, b. Aug. 8, 1875, d. Aug. 26, 1876.
RUFUS DICKINSON, b. Sept. 16, 1876.
EDNA LILLIAN, b. July 19, 1881, d. Aug. 3, 1881.
SARAH PAULINA, b. Jan. 14, 1884.
GEORGE EDWIN, b. Apr. 28, 1888, d. Sept. 22, 1888.
NICENA PEARL, b. Nov. 22, 1893, d. Nov. 25, 1893.
ARMS. William Arms was the ancestor of the Arms family in America. He came from either the Isle of Jersey or Guernsey in the English Channel. The first that is known of William was his marriage at Hadley in 1677 to Joanna Hawkes. He resided in Hatfield and Deerfield. He was a good farmer, industrious, religious, and economical. He would knit a pair of stockings while going to and returning from the mill in Hatfield. He held various town offices and was a soldier in the Indian fight at the Great Falls in 1676. He d. in 1731, aged 77.
CAPT. CONSIDER ARMS (Daniel, William), b. in Deerfield, Oct. 14, 1736, m. Dec. 11, 1765, Mercy Catlin. She was b. Sept. 13, 1741, d. Feb. 12, 1822. The first member of the family to settle in Conway was Capt. Consider. He came here before its incorporation and was a very large landholder. The deed of his first land here is dated 1762. This deed is still in possession of the family. He was the first town clerk
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and treasurer. His home is now in possession of his great- grandson, Charles D. Ives. Consider left his farm to his son John. Bought land in Hoosac for his son Henry. He d. June 19, 1792.
Children.
DANIEL, b. July 23, 1766, m. Laura Crosby and Nancy Thompson.
ISRAEL, b. Oct. 24, 1767, d. unm. Sept. 25, 1795.
*HENRY, b. July 10, 1769, m. Experience Gates.
SOPHIA, b. Dec. 10, 1770, m. Apr. 21, 1791, David Abbey. Rem. to Mississippi.
DOROTHY, b. Oct. 31, 1772, m. Jan. 10, 1792, Elisha Wright.
*JOHN, b. Feb. 26, 1774, m. Martha Boltwood.
POLLY, b. Nov. 17, 1775, m. Feb. 10, 1799, Enoch Bennett.
MERCY, b. Dec. 1, 1776, d. unm. Dec. 29, 1825.
*CHRISTOPHER, b. Oct. 7, 1777, m. Fannie Allen and Paulina Clary.
OLIVER, b. June 26, 1780, m. Sarah Hale and Nancy Williams. ABNER, b. Aug. 16, 1781, m. Electa Boyden.
LOUISA, b. Dec. 18, 1783, m. Oct., 1808, Job Risley.
CLARISA, b. Dec. 17, 1786, m. July 29, 1812, Jonathan Allen of Pittsfield. She d. Sept. 14, 1841.
HENRY ARMS (Consider, Daniel, William), b. in Conway, July 10, 1769, m. Jan. 31, 1798, Experience Gates. She was b. April 16, 1765, d. Dec. 30, 1848. He d. May 7, 1848.
Children.
PHILENA, b. Oct. 19, 1798, m. Oct. 15, 1818, Elijah Field. She d. June 10, 1838.
MARINDA, b. Aug. 31, 1800, m. June 15, 1826, Augustus Wells.
ELIZA, b. Feb. 9, 1802, m. May 20, 1832, Ichabod F. Nelson.
LUCINDA, b. May 18, 1804, m. Aug. 16, 1837, Samuel Barber, m. (2) Samuel Stebbins.
*CONSIDER, b. Mar. 8, 1806, m. Electa Boyden.
HENRY, b. Jan. 29, 1808, m. Lucy Hamilton.
*FRANKLIN, b. Nov. 5, 1809, m. Mary Williams.
CEPHAS, b. Oct. 5, 1811, m. Hannah Clark and (2) Laura A. Taylor.
FANNIE, b. July 19, 1814, m. Jan. 1, 1834, George Stearns.
OLIVER, b. Mar. 26, 1816, m. Elizabeth Sprague and (2) Nancy Ann Williams. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 31, 1818, m. Ann Eliza Smith.
CLARISA, b. May 9, 1820, m. Apr. 4, 1856, Edgar Metcalf.
CONSIDER ARMS (Henry, Consider, Daniel, William), b. March 8, 1806, m. June 4, 1839, Electa Boyden. He d. July 13, 1886. She d. March 27, 1878.
Children.
LUTHER BOYDEN, b. Mar. 17, 1840, d. unm. Aug. 3, 1876. WILLIAM EDGAR, b. Sept. 26, 1843, d. Oct. 27, 1843. *ARTHUR CONSIDER, b. Oct. 15, 1849.
ARTHUR C. ARMS (Consider, Henry, Consider, Daniel, William), b. Oct. 15, 1859, m. Carrie M. Sherman. She d. Dec. 18, 1898. He m. (2) 1902, Mrs. Sarah Miller. He d. in 1903.
Children.
ANNA WINIFRED, b. Nov. 17, 1883, d. young. H. SHERMAN, b. Oct. 8, 1895.
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FRANKLIN ARMS (Henry, Consider, Daniel, William), b. Nov. 5, 1809, m. April 26, 1837, Mary Williams of Deerfield. She was b. Oct. 31, 1813. They celebrated their golden wedding here April 26, 1887. He d. Aug. 29, 1888. She d. April 25, 1906.
Children.
CHARLES WILLIAMS, b. Apr. 23, 1838, d. May 31, 1863.
WILLIAM ALDIS, b. Oct. 18, 1839, m. June 6, 1870, Martha Cornell.
GEORGE FRANKLIN, b. Aug. 12, 1842, m. July 7, 1870, Mary Wilkins.
GILBERT WHEELER, b. June 20, 1846, m. Apr. 24, 1872, Lois W. Baker. He d. Aug. 29, 1898.
HORACE WILLIAMS, b. Oct. 28, 1853, m. Nov. 9, 1875, Lottie Hayden of Deerfield.
HON. JOHN ARMS (Consider, Daniel, William), b. in Conway, Feb. 26, 1774, m. Jan. 23, 1800, Martha Boltwood of Amherst. She was b. in 1779 and d. Feb. 22, 1867. He d. July 24, 1856.
Hon. John Arms was a farmer in Conway, a member of the Constitutional Convention in Massachusetts in 1820, and of the Massachusetts Legislature three times-1824, 1837, 1848; was county commissioner for several years.
Children.
WEALTHY, b. Aug. 25, 1801, m. Mar. 13, 1828, Prof. Robert A. Coffin. She d. June 1, 1886. He d. Sept. 4, 1878.
DOROTHY, b. Feb. 25, 1803, d. unm. Oct. 30, 1883.
ISRAEL, b. Feb. 29, 1804, m. Julia Ann Parsons.
SOLOMON BOLTWOOD, b. Oct. 6, 1805, d. unm. Feb. 25, 1896.
JUDITH N., b. Aug. 13, 1807, m. May 20, 1827, Edmund Burke. He d. Oct. 8, 1865. She d. Apr. 19, 1903.
JULIA ANN, b. June 6, 1809, m. Apr. 5, 1836, Rev. Dwight Ives. He was born Sept. 20, 1805. He was graduated at Brown Univ. in 1835, a Baptist clergyman in Alton, Ill., and in Suffield, Conn., for thirty yrs. He d. here Dec. 22, 1875. She d. Feb. 22, 1898. JOHN, b. Sept. 29, 1811, d. unm. May 28, 1836.
MARTHA, b. Mar. 25, 1813, m. Mar. 25, 1834, Rev. Horatio Nelson Graves.
ELIJAH, b. Aug. 11, 1815, d. Apr. 23, 1908.
CATHERINE, b. Oct. 8, 1817, d. unm. Nov. 27, 1842.
MARY JANE, b. Feb. 16, 1818, m. Sept. 24, 1839, Rufus Rowe Graves. Their home was in Brooklyn, N. Y.
EDWARD, b. Feb. 12, 1819, d. Feb. 27, 1819.
CORNELIA J., b. Oct. 21, 1820, m. Aug. 25, 1845, Erastus Augustus Graves. Their home was in Brooklyn, N. Y.
CAROLINE, b. Aug. 14, 1822, d. unm. Apr. 20, 1845.
DEACON CHRISTOPHER ARMS (Consider, Daniel, William), b. in Conway, Oct. 7, 1777, m. in 1803, Fannie Allen. She was b. Oct., 1779. She d. Sept. 14, 1810. He m. (2) Paulina Clary. She was b. in 1786 and d. July 3, 1858. He was a hatter and postmaster for 20 years, and died April 27, 1855.
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Children.
INFANT, b. Dec. 13, 1803, d. same day.
FRANCES MARIA, b. June 3, 1805, d. July 27, 1805.
FRANCES MARIA, b. June 20, 1807, d. July 15, 1807.
THOMAS ALLEN, b. Mar. 6, 1810, m. Dec. 22, 1840, Elizabeth Hawkes. He d. Jan. 20, 1867. She d. Sept. 16, 1874.
FREDERICK CLARY, b. Oct. 14, 1815, m. Martha Allen.
FANNIE, b. July 14, 1817, m. Eliakim Sylvester. Res. in Lyons, N. Y.
PAULINA, b. Aug. 28, 1819, d. unm.
HARRIET, b. Oct. 13, 1823, m. Rev. Chas. Sylvester. She d. in Feeding Hills, Sept. 16, 1868.
AVERY. Deacon William Avery (William, William, William, Robert, William, Robert), b. Aug. 30, 1716, m. Dec. 10, 1741, Bethia Metcalf. She was b. Nov. 15, 1715. She d. Dec. 25, 1792. He d. Aug. 5, 1796.
Children.
WILLIAM, b. Oct. 3, 1742, m. Sarah Farrington and (2) Jerusha Neal. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 15, 1744, d. Feb. 7, 1799.
KATHERINE, b. Aug. 3, 1746, m. Oct. 22, 1766, Jonathan Fisher. BETHIAH, b. Jan. 26, 1748, m. Jan. 24, 1771, Dr. Samuel Ware.
JOSEPH, b. Oct. 14, 1751, m. Mary Allen.
GRACE, b. Aug. 17, 1755, m. John Howland.
*JOHN, b. Sept. 9, 1758, m. Mary Cushman and (2) Beulah Briggs.
DEACON JOHN AVERY (William, William, William, Wil- liam, Robert, William, Robert), b. Sept. 9, 1758, m. May 26, 1784, Mary Cushman. He m. (2) Beulah Briggs. She d. June 26, 1862, aged 91 years.
Children.
JOHN, b. Jan. 9, 1786, m. Nov. 14, 1827, Ann Paine. MARY, b. Sept. 29, 1787, d. unm. Dec. 8, 1829.
*JOSEPH, b. Aug. 30, 1789, m. Dec. 5, 1817, Sylvia Clary. LENDEMINE, b. Apr. 7, 1791, m. James Bond.
REBECCA, b. Nov. 30, 1793, m. Nov. 16, 1826, Silas Hawkes. *WILLIAM, b. Sept. 16, 1795, m. Maria Howland.
BETHIAH, b. Feb. 20, 1800, m. in 1825, Benjamin Bond.
DEACON JOSEPH AVERY (John, William, William, William, William, Robert, William, Robert), b. Aug. 30, 1789, m. Dec. 5, 1817, Sylvia Clary. She d. Sept. 5, 1851. He d. in Sparta, Wis., in 1870. He was noted for his unostentatious benevolence and piety, for showing his faith by his works. Although not rich, yet he gave annually large sums in various ways to spread the gospel. He was elected trustee of Mount Holyoke Seminary in 1836.
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Children.
MARY, b. Dec. 13, 1818, m. Dec., 1847, Rev. Robert McGill Loughridge.
They were missionaries to the Creek Indians. She d. Jan. 20, 1850. He d. in Waco, Tex., July 8, 1900.
JOSEPH CLARY, b. Feb. 1, 1823, d. in 1862. He was a civil engineer and surveyed a route for a railroad across the Tehuantepec Isthmus.
CAROLINE, b. Jan. 20, 1825, m. Jan. 17, 1850, Norton A. Halbert.
*WILLIAM FISHER, b. Dec. 4, 1826, m. Eunice Smith Wright.
AMELIA, b. July 22, 1829, d. Aug. 29, 1829.
PAULINE, b. Jan. 14, 1831, m. Rev. O. L. Woodford. She d. Feb., 1858. JOHN, b. Sept. 18, 1837, m. Cornelia A. Curtiss.
REV. WILLIAM FISHER AVERY (Joseph, John, William, William, William, William, Robert, William, Robert), b. Dec. 4, 1826, m. Sept. 19, 1854, Eunice S. Wright of Huntington. She was b. Aug. 12, 1829, and d. April 24, 1890. Hed. Nov. 6, 1903.
Children.
*WILLIAM GOODELL, b. May 31, 1856, in Sparta, Wis., m. Nov. 1, 1882, Elizabeth Benson Hall of Rockland, Me.
WILLIAM GOODELL AVERY (William F., Joseph, John, William, William, William, William, Robert, William, Robert), b. May 31, 1856, in Sparta, Wis., m. Nov. 1, 1882, Elizabeth Benson Hall of Rockland, Maine. He was cashier of the Conway Bank for over 20 years, a member of the school board, and was one of the trustees of the Field Memorial Library.
Children. WILLIAM FREDERICK, b. Nov. 27, 1887. WEBB REED, b. June 24, 1889.
DEACON WILLIAM AVERY (John, William, William, Wil- liam, William, Robert, William, Robert), b. Sept. 16, 1795, m. Maria Howland. He d. April 25, 1853. She d. June 1, 1888.
BAKER. Edward Baker, born in England, came to this country in 1630, moved to Northampton in 1639. One of his sons was Lieut. Timothy Baker of Northampton. He was prominent in public affairs, selectman, ensign of the Train Band. His son, Capt John, b. in Northampton, Feb. 3, 1680, m. June 1, 1709, Rebecca Clark, daughter of Deacon John Clark. She was b. in 1651 and died in 1740. One of Capt. John's sons was Rev. Noah Baker, m. Sarah Burt and moved to Sunderland. His homestead there is now owned by his great-grandson, Isaac S. H. Gunn. Some of the silverware which belonged to Sarah Burt is now in the possession of some of the descendants living in Conway. Deacon Joel Baker, one of the sons of Rev. Noah Baker, was born in Sunderland in
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1741, m. Oct. 22, 1761, Sarah Graves. She was b. in 1739 and d. Aug. 12, 1819. They moved to Conway in 1768, and he d. July 28, 1817. He was deacon for 30 years.
Children.
*ISAAC, b. Oct. 31, 1762, m. Lois Wright.
LOVINA, b. Oct. 7, 1764, m. Mar. 4, 1784, Daniel Newhall.
JOEL, b. May 7, 1768.
PAMELIA, m. in 1793, Simeon Merritt.
ISAAC BAKER (Joel, Noah, John, Timothy, Edward), b. Oct. 31, 1762, m. Feb. 6, 1786, Lois Wright of Deerfield. She d. Oct. 5, 1858, aged 92. He d. March 20, 1839.
Children.
*WILLIAM, b. Jan. 5, 1787, m. Hannah Frary.
LoIs, b. Aug. 24, 1789, m. Feb. 22, 1821, Chas. Hitchcock.
CHARLES, b. June 14, 1798. He was killed by lightning while on a visit to his native town, May 29, 1829.
CHARLOTTE, b. May 21, 1802, m. Col. Austin Rice.
WILLIAM BAKER (Isaac, Joel, Noah, John, Timothy, Edward), b. Jan. 5, 1787, m. Hannah Frary. She d. July 31, 1856. He d. March 5, 1870.
Children.
SARAH GRAVES, b. Aug. 12, 1819, m. Dennis Stearns.
*WILLIAM, b. May 31, 1821, m. Miriam Frary Orcutt.
WILLIAM BAKER (William, Isaac, Joel, Noah, John, Timothy, Edward), b. May 31, 1821, m. Nov. 17, 1840, Miriam Frary Orcutt.
Children.
ISAAC P., b. Dec. 19, 1844, m. Julia E. Nye of Fall River.
LOIS WRIGHT, b. Dec. 19, 1850, m. Apr. 24, 1872, Gilbert W. Arms.
BARTLETT. The genealogy is known to go back to three brothers, John, Richard and Thomas, who came to America in 1634. The two former settled at Newbury, Mass.
THOMAS BARTLETT (Richard, Richard, Richard), b. July 14, 1695, in Newbury, m. March 12, 1719, Mary Bartlett of Brookfield. She d. Jan. 12, 1751. He d. Dec. 7, 1754.
Children.
JOSEPH, b. Jan 24, 1720.
AARON, b. Oct. 28, 1721, m. Jan. 31, 1845, Hannah Jennings.
MOSES, b. Mar. 3, 1723, m. June 8, 1744, Mary Bell.
ELIJAH, b. Mar. 6, 1725, m. Jan. 10, 1749, Bathsheba Gilbert. MIRIAM, b. Mar. 25, 1727, m. May 1, 1775, Ithamar Bowker. MATTHEW, b. July 8, 1728, m. Mrs. Susanna Bell. OBADIAH, b. Apr. 5, 1730, m. May 9, 1753, Rebecca Adams. HANNAH, b. Oct. 31, 1731, m. June 5, 1755, Jeremiah Gould. EBENEZER, b. Oct. 8, 1733, m. Jan. 17, 1765, Deliverance Lee. *ADONIRAM, b. Sept. 10, 1735, m. Miriam Marsh.
MARY, b. Feb. 2, 1740, m. Dec. 9, 1757, Samuel Barnes. LYDIA, b. Apr. 26, 1742, m. Jan., 1770, Moses Barnes.
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
ADONIRAM BARTLETT (Thomas, Richard, Richard, Rich- ard), b. in West Brookfield, Sept. 10, 1735, m. Feb. 4, 1761, Mir- iam Marsh. She d. Jan. 26, 1822. He d. Sept. 23, 1805. Children.
*AMos, b. in Brookfield May 27, 1762, m. Lucy Merritt and Susanna - -. *JEDUTHAN, b. Dec. 15, 1763, m. Mercy Glover.
*SAMUEL b. April 15, 1774, m. Sarah Graves.
*LUTHER, b. May 29, 1782, m. Anna Nims. .
ADONIRAM, b. Sept. 12, 1785, m. Anna
AMOS BARTLETT (Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Richard, Richard), b. in Brookfield, May 27, 1762, m. Oct. 29, 1787, Lucy Merritt. She d. May 20, 1808. He m. (2) Susanna He d. Dec. 11, 1834.
Children.
*CHESTER, b. Sept. 6, 1788, m. Betsey -, m. (2) Sophia -.
CLARISSA, b. Jan. 10, 1790.
*PRESCOTT, b. Aug. 8, 1791, m. Narcissa Robinson.
Lucy, b. June 5, 1793.
LYMAN, b. May 21, 1796.
DWIGHT, b. May 8, 1798.
GORAM, b. Apr. 18, 1800.
MIRIAM, b. Nov. 10, 1811, d. Dec. 23, 1815.
SARAH, b. Feb. 19, 1813.
DWIGHT, b. Mar. 11, 1816, m. Clarissa Pike Vincent.
LYMAN, b. June 2, 1818.
ISAAC CHANEY, b. June 2, 1822.
CHESTER BARTLETT (Amos, Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Richard, Richard), b. Sept. 6, 1788, m. Betsey -. She d. Nov. 22, 1813. M. (2) Sophia -.
Children.
BETSEY, b. Sept. 6, 1813.
CELIA SOPHIA, b. Mar. 29, 1826, m. Luther Bartlett, Jr.
CHESTER DEWEY, b. Mar. 5, 1828.
CAPT. PRESCOTT BARTLETT (Amos, Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Richard, Richard), b. Aug. 8, 1791, m. Narcissa Robinson. He d. Oct. 12, 1832.
Children.
NARCISSA, b. Sept. 10, 1815, d. June 27, 1831.
WATSON ROBINSON, b. Mar. 21, 1817.
CLARISSA, b. Oct. 22, 1819, m. George Francis Wilson. She d. June 12, 1880. He d. Jan. 19, 1883. PRESCOTT, b. Aug. 23, 1821.
BENJAMIN F., b. Feb. 19, 1823. EMERSON, b. Sept. 14, 1827.
JEDUTHAN BARTLETT (Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Rich- ard, Richard), b. Dec. 15, 1763, m. Mercy. Glover. He d. Oct. 21, 1845.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
Children.
HARRIET, b. Mar. 17, 1792, m. Silas Redfield.
BILLY, b. Nov. 30, 1795.
SAMUEL BARTLETT (Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Rich- ard, Richard), b. April 15, 1774, m. Oct. 5, 1799, Sarah Graves. He d. May 19, 1845.
Children.
*DEXTER, b. Nov. 3, 1800, m. Sarah Sherman.
EDWARD, b. Oct. 5, 1802.
ZEVIAH, b. July 26, 1804, m. Willard Lee.
MIRANDA, b. Nov. 18, 1806.
SARAH G., b. Feb. 17, 1813.
DEXTER BARTLETT (Samuel, Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Richard, Richard), b. Nov. 3, 1800, m. Sarah Sherman. She d. March 1, 1867. He d. Jan. 3, 1877.
Children.
OPHELIA, b. in 1832, m. May 1, 1851, Jonathan W. Dickinson.
SARAH, b. in 1836, m. - Sherman, she d. Jan. 19, 1863.
AMELIA, b. Aug., 1838, d. unm. Jan. 12, 1866.
CLARA, b. in 1842, d. Dec. 25, 1872.
LUTHER BARTLETT (Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Richard, Richard), b. May 29, 1782, m. Jan. 15, 1807, Anna Nims of Deerfield. She was b. Jan. 12, 1782, d. May 3, 1850. He d. Jan. 26, 1855.
Children.
LYMAN, b. Nov. 21, 1807, m. Rebecca Gooding and Elizabeth Swaine.
FRANKLIN, b. Mar. 27, 1809, m. Esther Cooley Anderson.
JULIA ELMA, b. Sept. 21, 1810, d. Jan. 24, 1815.
EDWIN, b. Oct. 6, 1812, m. Eliza Hamilton and Mary Smith.
JULIA ELMA, b. Aug. 19, 1814, m. Mar. 26, 1841, Wm. Wilcox. She d. Feb.
16, 1879.
LUTHER, b. July 21, 1817, m. Sophia Bartlett.
DARES, b. Aug. 14, 1821, d. at Benetia, Cal., Dec. 29, 1849. *ALFRED, b. Oct. 4, 1827, m. Lydia Sherman.
ALFRED BARTLETT (Luther, Adoniram, Thomas, Richard, Richard, Richard), b. Oct. 4, 1827, m. Dec. 21, 1850, Lydia Sherman. She was b. Sept. 24, 1830. He d. 1914. Children.
DARES E., b. Apr. 3, 1852, m. Harriet J. Field. EMILY S., b. Apr. 3, 1854.
EDWIN L., b. Nov. 29, 1856, d. June 28, 1896. ANNA C., b. Nov. 14, 1864.
DR. PHINEHAS BARTLETT (Moses), b. at Portland, Conn., Feb. 15, 1745, m. in Ashfield, Sept. 14, 1768, Mehitable Annable. She was b. Sept. 9, 1750, d. Oct. 31, 1780. He m. (2) March 20, 1781, Mrs. Sarah (Symonds) Ballard. She d. Jan. 9, 1882. He d. Oct. 29, 1799. When he came to Ashfield in 1756 from
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
Connecticut, it was an almost unbroken wilderness. There were only fifteen families in the township. Conway was not discovered. He bought a farm to help support his family. He had quite a wonderful personality, which brought him the esteem of the community.
Children.
MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 14, 1769, m. - Smith, lived in Marcellus, N. Y. MOSES, b. Apr. 22, 1772, m. Feb. 1, 1801, Persis Ranney. HANNAH, b. Apr. 27, 1774, m. Calvin Hale of Greenfield. LYDIA, b. Jan. 17, 1782, d. unm. June 15, 1809. *PIIINEHAS, b. Aug. 8, 1783, m. Pamelia Pomeroy. JERUSHA, b. Apr. 31, 1785, d. unm. Jan. 7, 1861. HORATIO, b. Oct. 8, 1790, d. unm. Feb. 23, 1836.
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