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Children.
*JOEL BARDWELL, b. Sept. 5, 1850, m. Mary E. Hubbard and Clara A. Bradford.
ALICE GOULD, b. Nov. 3, 1852, m. Sept. 3, 1881, Ezra Bonny Vining. LYMAN ROOT, b. Aug. 25, 1855, d. June 26, 1857.
MATTIE GEORGIANA, b. Apr. 23, 1860, m. July 24, 1882, Homer Cooley.
JOEL BARDWELL' PAGE (Elijah, Levi, Theopolis, Timothy, Timothy), b. Sept. 5, 1850, m. March 17, 1874, Mary E. Hubbard. She d. June 12, 1882. He m. (2) March 28, 1883, Clara A. Brad- ford. He d. 1902. She d. 1903.
Children.
LYMAN R., b. Mar. 30, 1875, d. Oct. 4, 1876. WILBUR HUBBARD, b. Sept. 16, 1876, d. Oct. 9, 1891.
ELEANOR P., b. May 13, 1886, d. July 24, 1891. HARRY B., b. Feb. 18, 1889, d. Apr. 3, 1890.
HETTIE, b. Feb. 18, 1889, d. Apr. 17, 1891.
ROBERT BLAKE, b. Aug. 26, 1891, d. Feb. 11, 1915.
PARKER. James Parker (James, Nathaniel, Nathan- iel, Isaac, Joseph, James), b. Nov. 3, 1810, m. 1837, Lucy Rice. She d. Dec. 25, 1847. He m. (2) Aug. 16, 1853, Lucy Jane Steele. He d. Dec. 20, 1863. She d. Jan. 12, 1901.
Children.
CHARLES WING, b. Oct. 23, 1839, m. Emma A. Hastings. ELIZA MARIA, b. Mar. 9, 1845, m. Dec. 14, 1865, Brainard S. Graves. WILLIAM AVERY, b. Mar. 30, 1855. *JAMES FREDERICK, b. Apr. 17, 1858, m. Hattie A. Newton.
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JAMES FREDERICK PARKER (James, James, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Isaac, Joseph, James), b. April 17, 1858, m. May 9, 1890, Hattie A. Newton.
Children.
JOHN HAROLD, b. May 22, 1891.
MYRTLE, b. 1895, m. Mar. 7, 1916, Renfrew Nye.
EUGENE HUNT, b. Jan. 30, 1901.
PARSONS. The name of Colonel Joseph Parsons first appears in the records of Springfield in 1642. His oldest son, Benjamin, had seven children. Benjamin's oldest son, Samuel, settled in Enfield, Conn. Samuel's youngest son was Nathaniel, whose youngest son was Chadwell and his second son was the first settler of this name in Conway.
JOEL PARSONS (Chadwell, Nathaniel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), b. Somers, Conn., Jan. 28, 1753, m. July 31, 1775, Tryphena Booth. He d. here Aug. 9, 1831.
Children.
JOEL, b. Mar. 31, 1778.
LEVI, b. July 9, 1780, m. Philinda Warren.
Lucy, b. Aug. 3, 1782, m. Oct., 1804, Asahel Lyman.
LAURA, b. July 5, 1787, m. Apr. 7, 1808, George Root. WILLIAM, b. July 7, 1789, m. Silence Macomber.
MYRA, b. Nov. 22, 1792, m. Camillus Chapin.
Lois, b. Mar. 8, 1795, m. Feb. 22, 1827, Capt. Otis Childs. *CHARLES, b. June 22, 1798, m. Sylvia Boyden.
CAPTAIN CHARLES PARSONS (Joel, Chadwell, Nathaniel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), b. June 22, 1798, m. Oct. 30, 1823, Sylvia Boyden. She d. Aug. 9, 1876. He d. May 14, 1889.
Children.
ADELINE, b. Dec. 29, 1826, m. Jabez C. Newhall.
NANCY, b. Sept. 29, 1828, m. June 4, 1851, Gurdon Edgerton. TRYPHENA, b. Dec. 28, 1831, d. May 21, 1858.
CHARLES LYMAN, b. Sept. 2, 1836, d. Oct. 9, 1836.
*CHARLES, b. Apr. 2, 1839, m. Helen A. Wickham.
CHARLES PARSONS, JR. (Charles, Joel, Chadwell, Nathaniel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), b. April 2, 1839, m. Oct. 29, 1861, Helen A. Wickham.
Children.
MINNIE A., b. Aug. 13, 1864. *CHARLES LYMAN, b. Feb. 10, 1868, m. Laura Wilson Wing. LIZZIE, b. July 18, 1871, d. Nov. 5, 1890. LoIs, b. Mar. 1, 1874. SYLVIA, b. Apr. 2, 1877, m. Aug. 21, 1906, Darwin Sanderson
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CHARLES LYMAN PARSONS (Charles, Jr., Charles, Joel, Chadwell, Nathaniel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), b. Feb. 10, 1868, m. Oct. 18, 1893, Laura Wilson Wing.
Children. CHARLES EDWARD, b. Nov. 22, 1894.
HOWARD, b. Mar. 28, 1902.
SIDNEY, b. Mar. 6, 1905.
PATRICK. Frederick E. Patrick (Ebenezer, Matthew, Thomas), b. Stillwater, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1807, m. Hoosick Falls, Jan. 24, 1833, Eliza M. King. He d. May 4, 1862. She d. July 5, 1882.
Children.
FREDERICK MAVOR, b. Apr. 22, 1834, d. Mar. 22, 1905.
CHARLES HARVEY, b. May 15, 1836, m. Nov. 19, 1875, Amanda (Kelsey) Janes.
ADA F. R., b. Nov. 15, 1841.
PATTERSON. Rufus J. Patterson (Edgar, William, John), b. Nov. 19, 1834, m. May 26, 1863, Emily Stearns Boyden. She d. Jan. 15, 1905.
Children.
*ALEXANDER JOSIAH, b. Aug. 8, 1865, m. Carrie M. Ames.
MARY LOUISE, b. June 20, 1867, m. July 31, 1895, Albert C. Boyden.
ALEXANDER JOSIAH PATTERSON (Rufus J., Edgar, William, John), b. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1865, m. Conway, Sept. 30, 1891, Carrie Montague Ames.
Children. F. AMES, b. Oct. 11, 1893, d. Oct., 1893.
PAYNE. Zebulon Payne, m. Annie Bigelow. He d. Oct. 1, 1859. She d. 1883. Children.
WASHINGTON, b. Feb. 15, 1822.
*ZEBULON, b. Apr. 30, 1824, m. Elizabeth Harris.
SARAH JANE, b. Mar. 16, 1827, d. Nov. 9, 1827.
HILDA MARIA, b. Jan. 25, 1829, m. Nov. 17, 1846, William W. Underwood. *SILAS, b. Sept. 21, 1830, m. Alvira Elmer.
BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 31, 1833.
ELIZABETH JANE, b. Sept. 9, 1836, m. Jan. 23, 1866, John H. Elmer. ALONZO, b. July 3, 1839, m. May 17, 1860, Mabel Phillips.
ZEBULON PAYNE (Zebulon), b. April 30, 1824, m. Eliza- beth Harris.
LORENZO W., b. Oct. 2, 1844. Children.
WILLIAM R., b. 1849, m. Abbie E. Hicks and Rose A. Denton. HENRY, b. May 21, 1851.
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SILAS PAYNE (Zebulon), b. Sept. 21, 1830, m. Oct. 4, 1854, Alvira Elmer. He d. March 27, 1889.
Children.
FRANK M., b. May 4, 1857.
GEORGE W., b. Feb. 1, 1859, m. Ella S. Quinn.
FREDERICK A., b. Oct. 5, 1860, m. Dec. 16, 1882, Alvira Phillips.
PEASE. John Pease (John, Pelatiah, Jonathan, John, Robert), b. Enfield, Conn., Aug. 23, 1777, m. April 25, 1799, Hattie Allen. He moved to Conway in 1800. He was a farmer and a common school and sacred music teacher.
Children.
MARTHA, b. May 19, 1800, m. Sumner Graves.
JOHN, b. Nov. 24, 1801, m. Louisa Bartlett.
MIRIAM, b. Nov. 14, 1804, m. Lovell H. Oakes.
DAVID A., b. Dec. 9, 1805, m. Sophia Wilcox. LUMAN, b. Aug. 26, 1808, m. Gracia Hawks.
DIANTHA, b. Feb. 11, 1810, m. Daniel Clark. HART F., b. Feb. 27, 1811.
MARONETT, b. Nov. 21, 1813, m. James Childs.
REUEL, b. Oct. 6, 1815, m. Sarah Macomber.
SOLOMON PEASE (Reuel, John, John, Pelatiah, Jonathan, John, Robert), m. Jan. 17, 1871, Myra A. Taft. He d. Nov. 25, 1908.
Children.
IDA F., m. Mar. 5, 1892, Orson H. Graves. SUSIE.
CHARLES, m. Carrie Demming.
ARTHUR, m. Mabel Stroud.
GEORGE, m. Lottie Alden.
HARRY, m. Gertrude Brown.
ASHER PEASE (John, Pelatiah, Jonathan, John, Robert), b. Enfield. Conn., Sept. 21, 1781, m. Elizabeth Chaffee. He d. Nov., 1872. .
Children.
ELIZA, b. Mar. 21, 1802, m. Dec. 9, 1826.
*NEWTON, b. Nov. 17, 1805, m. Sarah Dwight and Martha (Wilbur) Ogden. MARIA, b. Nov. 30, 180S, m. Alvin Clark. BEULAH, b. 1810, m. Josiah Dwight.
HARRIET, b. Oct. 13, 1813, m. David Valentine.
CAROLINE, b. Mar. 1, 1816, d. Jan. 29, 1831. LORING, b. 1818. d. Feb., 1831.
*FRANKLIN, b. June 27, 1823, m. (1) Minerva Nims, m. (2) Mrs. Sarah (Leon- ard) Hathaway.
NEWTON PEASE (Asher, John, Pelatiah, Jonathan, John, Robert). b. Enfield, Conn., Nov. 17, 1805, m. Nov. 26, 1833, Sarah Dwight. She d. Sept. 16, 1866. He m. (2), Sept. 22, 1874. Mrs. Martha (Wilbur) Ogden. He d. Nov., 1901.
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Children.
SARAH CAROLINE, b. Dec. 9, 1834, m. June 18, 1862, Charles Oakes. ELLEN MARIA, b. Jan. 4, 1840, m. Oct. 7, 1869, William R. Purple. *HARRIS DWIGHT, b. Apr. 13, 1842, m. May 14, 1874, Luella Jackman. JANE ELIZA, b. March 3, 1844, d. Apr. 6, 1861.
HENRY ELBRIDGE, b. May, 1846, d. young.
HARRIET AMELIA, b. Jan. 5, 1849, m. May 14, 1874, Oramel G. Waterman. GRACE, b. Feb. 15, 1877, m. June 29, 1907, Charles F. DeWolfe. GERTRUDE, b. Oct. 26, 1879, m. Oct. 9, 1902, Irving Camp.
HARRIS DWIGHT PEASE (Newton, Asher, John, Pelatiah, Jonathan, John, Robert), b. April 13, 1842, m. May 14, 1874, Luella Jackman.
Children.
FLORENCE MABEL, b. Nov. 9, 1875.
HARRIS MERRILL, b. Aug. 8, 1882, m. May 27, 1913, Rena Maltby, Spokane, Wash.
HON. FRANKLIN PEASE (Asher, John, Pelatiah, Jonathan, John, Robert), b. June 27, 1823, m. Nov. 5, 1850, Minerva Nims. She d. and he m. (2) Jan., 1895, Mrs. Sarah (Leonard) Hathaway. He d. April 5, 1903.
PECK. Simeon Peck (Simeon, Simeon), b. June 25, 1825, m. Lucinda Allis.
Children.
FANNIE, b. 1853, m. Oct. 1, 1871, Barron Stowe.
*WILLIAM, b. May 12, 1854, m. Mary Emma Bond. SIMEON, d. young.
*CHARLES, b. June 15, 1857, m. Nettie M. Irvine.
JULIA, b. Sept., 1860, d. July 11, 1880.
HATTIE, b. 1861, m. Dec. 13, 1882, Moses P. Stanton.
WILLIAM PECK (Simeon, Simeon, Simeon), b. May 12, 1854, m. Dec. 25, 1878, Mary Emma Bond.
Children.
MARY GERTRUDE, b. June 23, 1881, m. June 23, 1908, Clarence A. Flagg. CLARENCE WILLIAM, b. Dec. 8, 1884, m. Mar. 25, 1909, Myrtle A. Bliss. NEWTON CHARLES, b. Nov. 8, 1889, m. Sept. 15, 1915, Marion R. Jones. HARRY RAYMOND, b. Nov. 23, 1897, d. young.
CHARLES PECK (Simeon, Simeon, Simeon), b. June 15, 1857, m. Aug. 8, 1883, Nettie M. Irvine. He d. Dec. 22, 1916.
Children.
ELEANOR L., b. 1884, d. Sept. 10, 1895. LILLIAN E., b. May 12, 1889. HAROLD I., b. Jan. 24, 1893. E. GRACE, b. July 10, 1899.
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PHILLIPS. Simeon Phillips (Philip, Thomas, John), b. June 1, 1768, m. Ruth Andrews. She d. Dec. 11, 1851. He d. Oct. 16, 1854.
Children.
*JAMES, b. Feb. 23, 1793, m. Mary Ann Wheeler.
*PHILIP M., b. Apr., 1797, m. Dolly Carrier.
SIMEON, b. Feb. 22, 1815, m. Emily Irene Welton, Louisa Carrier, and Lucy Wade.
CAPT. JAMES PHILLIPS (Simeon, Philip, Thomas, John), b. Feb. 23, 1793, m. April 12, 1821, Mary Ann Wheeler. She d. Nov. 12, 1868. He d. Feb. 26, 1869.
Children.
*JOSEPH WHEELER, b. Dec. 15, 1821, m. Celicia Rice.
HARRIET PARMELIA, b. Sept. 15, 1834, m. July 6, 1854, Almon Parker Eldred.
JOSEPH WHEELER PHILLIPS (James, Simeon, Philip, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 15, 1821, m. July 1, 1847, Celicia Rice. She d. Feb. 6, 1883.
Children.
CHARLES JOSEPH, b. Apr. 2, 1849.
JAMES ANDREWS, b. Aug. 15, 1850.
PHILIP M. PHILLIPS (Simeon, Philip, Thomas, John), b. April, 1797, m. Dolly Carrier. She d. 1881. He d. Oct. 22, 1879.
Children.
RUTH, b. 1826, m. Dennis Lee.
MARY J., b. 1838, m. Mar. 23, 1859, Emerson P. Markham.
JULIA, b. 1839, m. Nov. 24, 1859, Richard M. Tucker.
PULSIFER-PULCIFER. The first of this name in this country was Benedict, who settled in Ipswich in 1662. His attack upon a party of Indians at North Yarmouth, Me., and the rescue of a prisoner precipitated the Indian wars in Maine in 1688.
JOSEPH R. PULSIFER (Elijah, Joseph, Benjamin), b. 1818, m. Delia Newhall. She d. Feb. 16, 1884.
Children.
EMILY M., b. Oct. 25, 1843, m. Nov. 27, 1862, M. E. Ballou. ANNA AMELIA, b. July 10, 1846, m. June 16, 1868, David H. Bidwell. *WILLIAM B., b. July 15, 1848, m. Nov. 23, 1875, Nettie C. Wilson.
WILLIAM BILLINGS PULSIFER (Joseph R., Elijah, Joseph, Benjamin), b. July 15, 1848, m. Nov. 23, 1875, Nettie C. Wilson. She d. 1898. He d. 1903.
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Children.
ETHEL B., b. Sept. 17, 1879, d. Sept. 18, 1879. LOULA MAY, b. Feb. 17, 1881, m. Frederick Bates. JOSEPH WILLIAM, b. Oct. 6, 1884, d. June 17, 1885. LEON WILSON, b. June 6, 1888.
REDFIELD. Ebenezer Redfield (Capt. Peleg, Theophilus, James, William), b. Nov. 15, 1750, m. Jan. 14, 1774, Mehitable Dickinson. She d. May 7, 1821. He d. Jan. 4, 1823.
Children.
JOEL DICKINSON, b. Sept. 7, 1774, m. Mary Boyden.
RACHEL, b. July 21, 1776, m. Caleb Beal.
ORRIN, b. Dec. 31, 1780, m. Anna McCormack and Mrs. Elizabeth Carl. WILLIAM, b. 1785, m. Rebecca Porter.
*SILAS, b. Sept. 16, 1787, m. Harriet Bartlett. EBENEZER DUDLEY, m. Mehitable Phillips.
SARAH, b. May 8, 1789, m. 1807, Israel Beal.
SOPHRONIA, m. Aaron Hale.
NATHANIEL PELEG, m. Louisa Dickinson.
SILAS REDFIELD (Ebenezer, Peleg, Theophilus, James, William), b. Sept. 16, 1787, m. Nov. 25, 1812, Harriet Bartlett. She d. Aug. 3, 1870. He d. July 20, 1839.
Children.
LUCINDA GLOVER, b. Sept. 16, 1813, m. Henry Wilbur. JOSEPH BARTLETT, b. Jan. 20, 1816, d. Jan. 26, 1822. ELIZA MARIA, b. June 7, 1825, d. July 19, 1868. HARRIET JANETTE, b. Mar. 17, 1828, m. David F. Elmer. MERCY SOPHIA, b. Sept. 8, 1830, m. Williard L. Nelson. SILAS BARTLETT, b. Sept. 20, 1835, d. Mar. 2, 1841.
LUCY CORDELIA, b. Dec. 24, 1838, m. Jan. 20, 1870, Chauncey G. Townsend. He d. Feb. 10, 1885.
RICE. Edmund Rice, ancestor of the family in America, was born in England about 1594, came to America with his wife and seven children in 1638, and settled in Sudbury. He was a large landowner, his farm remaining in the family for many generations.
CYRUS RICE (Josiah, Ephraim, Thomas, Edmund), b. Worcester, Dec. 10, 1726, m. May 27, 1750, Mrs. Elizabeth (King) Eaton. He m. (2) Oct. 19, 1767, Elizabeth Wright. She d. Feb. 16, 1779. He m. (3) Nov. 29, 1779, Mrs. Ruth Lamb. She d. Oct. 3, 1803. He d. Aug. 4, 1804. He was the first settler in Conway.
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Children.
ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 12, 1753, m. Samuel Crittenden.
SARAH, b. Aug. 26, 1755, m. Samuel Daniels.
LEVINA, b. June 28, 1757, d. Mar. 7, 1782.
CYRUS, JR., b. Aug. 10, 1759, m. Abigail Rice.
JOSIAH, b. Aug. 15, 1761, d. Oct. 9, 1776.
BEULAH, b. Jan. 10, 1764, m. Sept. 22, 1797, Bethel Benton of Ashfield. She was the first child born in Conway.
HENRY, b. Jan. 10, 1766, m. Zillah Rice.
*STEPHEN, b. Mar. 16, 1769, m. Mrs. Lucy (Baker) Harvey and Mrs. Abigail Hamilton.
LYDIA, b. Sept. 16, 1771, m. Russell Loomis.
EZEKIEL, b. Jan. 21, 1774, m. Hannah Billings.
JOSIAH, b. July 23, 1780, m. Polly Hamilton.
OBED, b. Dec. 6, 1782, m. Sarah Kinney.
ASA, b. Oct. 3, 1785, m. Relief Rice.
LAVINIA, b. Aug. 13, 1787, m. Walter Kinney.
STEPHEN RICE (Cyrus, Josiah, Ephraim, Thomas, Ed- mund), b. March 16, 1769, m. Oct. 4, 1799, Mrs. Lucy (Baker) Harvey. She d. Aug. 2, 1804. He m. (2) Feb. 27, 1814, Mrs. Abigail Hamilton. She d. Aug. 8, 1836. He d. Aug, 4. 1850.
Children.
HARVEY, b. June 11, 1800, m. Fannie Rice. Was a lawyer and prominent citizen of Cleveland, Ohio.
JONAS RICE (Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. 1732, m. Worcester, Dec. 3, 1751, Bathshebah Parmenter. Removed to Conway after 1766. She d. May 3, 1817. He d. Nov. 1, 1824. Children.
*JOEL, b. May 17, 1752, m. Lydia Farnsworth.
BATHSHEBAH, b. Apr. 4, 1754. JONAS, b. Oct. 5, 1756. PRUDENCE, b. Apr. 14, 1768.
HANNAH, b. Oct. 1, 1771.
JOEL RICE (Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. May 17, 1752, m. Lydia Farnsworth. She d. April 2, 1840. He d. Dec. 16, 1834.
Children.
*CALVIN, b. Nov. 25, 1784, m. Ruth -- , m. (2) Betsy Hartwell. .
*DANIEL, b. Oct. 22, 1777, m. Sarah Brown.
CALVIN RICE (Joel, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. Nov. 25, 1784, m. Ruth She died Oct. 2, 1807. He m. (2) Betsy Hartwell. She d. Sept. 30, 1850. He d. March 21, 1865.
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Children.
Lucy, b. Aug. 8, 1814, m. 1837, James Parker. *JOEL, b. Oct. 4, 1815, m. Mary Baker and Lucina A. Thayer. ZEBINA, b. May 26, 1817, m. Sally Dinsmore. SARAH, b. Mar. 13, 1819, m. Lysander Hillman. LOUISA, b. Jan. 29, 1821, m. Franklin Rice.
FIDELIA DWIGHT, b. Dec. 26, 1822, d. June 9, 1842. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 19, 1836, m. Franklin B. Kingsbury.
JOEL RICE (Calvin, Joel, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. Oct. 4, 1815, m. June, 1842, Mary Baker. She d. Jan. 21, 1876. Hem. (2) Aug. 23, 1876, Lucina A. Thayer. She d. Nov. 9, 1896. He d. Oct., 1880.
Children.
SARAH ANN, b. Jan. 1, 1846, m. Egbert Field.
LUCY PARKER, b. Jan. 7, 1848, m. Cecil Field.
*WILLIAM HENRY, b. May 15, 1850, m. Mary E. Hartwell, m. (2) Mrs. Fannie C. Hartwell.
*JAMES BRAINARD, b. May 25, 1852, m. Cynthia E. Field.
WILLIAM H. RICE (Joel, Calvin, Joel, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. May 15, 1850, m. June 20, 1876, Mary E. Hartwell. She d. June 16, 1895. He. m. (2) Aug. 13, 1895, Mrs. Fannie C. Hartwell.
Children.
MARY LETITIA, b. Apr. 19, 1879, m. Jan. 5, 1898, Joseph E. Turner. WILLIAM G., b. Sept. 17, 1880, m. June 3, 1908, Maud Walker Hartwell. ELIZABETH, b. July 27, 1882, m. Jan. 3, 1905, Walter C. Thwing. HARTWELL W., b. Sept. 9, 1885.
EVERETT W., b. Apr. 18, 1887.
HELEN M., b. Nov. 27, 1888.
ROBERT H., b. Dec. 25, 1891.
AUSTIN, b. Nov. 17, 1894, d. Feb. 10, 1895.
JAMES BRAINARD RICE (Joel, Calvin, Joel, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. May 25, 1852, m. Feb. 20, 1878, Cynthia E. Field.
Children.
ALICE ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 19, 1880, m. Aug. 26, 1902, Walter Leroy Bradford. ETHEL CYNTHIA, b. Aug. 8, 1882, d. June 17, 1883. HERMAN BRAINARD, b. Mar. 19, 1885.
LESLIE SMITH, b. July 3, 1892.
DANIEL RICE (Joel, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. Oct. 22, 1777, m. March 3, 1802, Sarah Brown. She d. Dec. 23, 1867. He d. Sept. 10, 1867.
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Children.
LYDIA, b. June 8, 1803, m. Benjamin Remington. STALHAM, b. Nov. 25, 1804, d. Dec. 16, 1887.
CHARLOTTE B., b. Sept. 24, 1806, d. Sept. 16, 1886. CHARLAINE, b. Sept. 22, 1809, d. Oct. 3, 1888. *CHAMPION B., b. Sept. 10, 1811, m. Lena Jane Hollis. JOANNA, b. Sept. 16, 1813, m. George Hunt. SARAH C., b. Sept. 6, 1815, m. Erastus G. Harridan.
DANIEL, b. Apr. 15, 1818, m. Fannie Dean Tobey. SOPHRONIA, b. Oct. 6, 1824, m. Alonzo Graves.
CHAMPION B. RICE (Daniel, Joel, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. Sept. 10, 1811, m. 1837, Lena Jane Hollis. He d. Jan. 19, 1880. She d. Feb. 6, 1908.
Children.
HARLAN H., b. Feb. 12, 1842, d. Aug. 18, 1858.
*ROSWELL G., b. Sept. 7, 1846, m. Sarah E. Allis and Anna C. Sherman.
ROSWELL G. RICE (Champion B., Daniel, Joel, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Thomas, Edmund), b. Sept. 7, 1846, m. May 15, 1870, Sarah E. Allis. She d. Aug. 30, 1874. He m. (2) Feb. 26, 1879, Anna C. Sherman. She d. March 11, 1908.
Children.
CHARLES D., b. Aug. 28, 1874.
BERTHA M., b. Sept. 25, 1884, m. Mar. 14, 1914, Frank Trumble.
RUTH B., b. July, 1897, m. Dec. 11, 1915, John Wasner.
JOSEPH RICE (Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. May 24, 1712, m. Sarah -. She d. Dec. 31, 1738. He m. (2) July 16, 1739, Hannah Leland. She d. 1794. He d. Feb. 12, 1789.
Children.
PHINEAS, b. Sept. 2, 1735, m. Abigail Livermore.
ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 14, 1740, m. Benjamin Pulsifer.
*ISRAEL, b. Nov. 10, 1742, m. Lydia Sherman.
SARAH, b. Jan. 22, 1744, m. Henry Prentice. HANNAH, b. Mar. 23, 1746, d. July 20, 1748. *TIMOTHY, b. Feb. 10, 1748, m. Mary Thwing. DANIEL, b. Jan. 19, 1750, d. May 29, 1760.
CALEB, b. Mar. 20, 1753, m. Lucy Leland.
HANNAH, b. Aug. 28, 1755, m. Josiah Brown. MARY, b. Feb. 16, 1758, m. Asa Goodale. DANIEL, b. Sept. 11, 1762, m. Anna Holbrook.
ISRAEL RICE (Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. Nov. 10, 1742, m. Nov. 22, 1764, Lydia Sherman. He d. June 10, 1833.
Children.
CALEB, b. Oct. 14, 1766, d. 1767.
*JOSEPH, b. Dec. 2, 1768, m. Betty Dickinson.
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COL. JOSEPH RICE (Israel, Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. Dec. 2, 1768, m. Jan. 16, 1790, Betty Dick- inson. She d. Dec. 25, 1843. He d. March 7, 1823.
Children.
CALEB, b. Apr. 4, 1792, m. Mrs. Mary Etta (Parsons) Stebbins. *AUSTIN, b. July 16, 1794, m. Charlotte Baker.
COL. AUSTIN RICE (Col. Joseph, Israel, Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. July 16, 1794, m. Oct. 23, 1822, Charlotte Baker. She d. Aug. 6, 1889. He d. July 15, 1880.
Children.
LOIS WRIGHT, b. July 11, 1825, m. Thomas E. Hale.
CHARLES BAKER, b. June 29, 1829, m. Claire Austin Lord and Henrietta Hyde Stanwood.
CHARLOTTE M., b. June 15, 1835, m. Zeno Russell.
ELIZABETH CAROLINE, b. Feb. 13, 1838, m. Henry Tracy.
TIMOTHY RICE (Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Ed- mund) b. Feb. 10, 1748, m. April 6, 1770, Mary Thwing. She d. Aug. 23, 1825. He d. March 18, 1827.
Children.
*DANIEL, b. June 28, 1771, m. Bethiah Newhall. ISAAC, b. Oct. 18, 1773, m. Anna Ware.
THANKFUL, b. Sept. 24, 1775, m. George Stearns.
MARY, b. Dec. 14, 1777, m. Consider Amsden.
*TIMOTHY, b. Feb. 14, 1780, m. Dorothy Newhall.
SARAH, b. Feb. 14, 1782, m. Joel Stearns.
ELECTA, b. Apr. 5, 1784, d. Sept., 1787.
ELISHA, b. Apr. 24, 1786, d. Nov. 14, 1805.
LEONARD, b. Aug. 12, 1789, m. Charlotte Billings.
DANIEL RICE (Timothy, Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. June 26, 1771, m. March 10, 1796, Bethiah Newhall. She d. Feb. 12, 1860. He d. April 27, 1863.
Children.
*RODOLPHUS, b. Aug. 1, 1798, m. Charlotte (Bond) Rice. AMANDA, b. Jan. 10, 1800, m. Eliphalet Daniels. ELECTA, b. Apr. 11, 1802, m. Ruel Severance. CLARINDA, b. Mar. 12, 1805, m. Ebenezer Bardwell. BETHIAH, b. June 28, 1808, d. June 16, 1818. EMERY, b. June 5, 1811, d. Oct. 26, 1816. SARAH, b. Sept. 20, 1813, m. Elisha Barnard.
RODOLPHUS RICE (Daniel, Timothy, Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. Aug. 1, 1798, m. 1826, Charlotte (Bond) Rice. She d. Sept. 16, 1886. He d. July 20, 1881.
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
Children.
ALMARIA LONG, b. June 14, 1827, m. Jan. 4, 1849, Caleb Dickinson.
JANE AMELIA, b. Oct. 30, 1828, d. June 26, 1845.
ALBERT, b. Nov. 5, 1830, m. Margaret L. Ames. SARAH, b. Aug. 19, 1832, m. Sept. 20, 1855, Joseph Elmer Wight. DANIEL GILBERT, b. Nov. 16, 1834.
EDWIN RODOLPHUS, b. Dec. 12, 1838, d. Mar. 23, 1863. *CHARLES WILLIAM, b. Sept. 22, 1843, m. Martha J. Stearns. WALTER BYRON, b. Jan. 3, 1847.
CHARLES WILLIAM RICE (Rodolphus, Daniel, Timothy, Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. Sept. 22, 1843, m. Jan. 1, 1868, Martha J. Stearns. He d. Dec. 19, 1897. She d. Sept. 23, 1908.
Children.
JANE AMELIA, b. Sept. 23, 1870, m. Nov. 22, 1893, Josiah D. Boyden.
LUNA, b. July 3, 1872, m. Aug. 12, 1896, Herbert Lee.
HENRY DAWES, b. Oct. 23, 1874, in. Oct. 1, 1896, Inez Crafts.
MARY DAVIS, b. Aug. 25, 1877, m. Apr. 25, 1901, John G. March.
TIMOTHY RICE (Timothy, Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. Feb. 14, 1780, m. Dorothy Newhall. He d. April 19, 1850.
Children.
*LARNED, b. Feb. 4, 1803, m. Miranda Colton.
ELIHU, b. Aug. 23, 1805, m. Lovilla Stearns and Aurelia Stearns. JABEZ NEWHALL, b. Oct. 29, 1807, m. Sophronia Cobb. LYDIA S., b. May 24, 1810, m. Eliphalet Daniels. FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 30, 1812, d. Jan. 16, 1813.
TIMOTHY F., b. Nov. 29, 1815, m. Louisa Rice.
JOSEPH, b. Mar. 1, 1818, m. Eveline Blood and Elizabeth Prescott. MARY A., b. May 8, 1821, m. William Colwell. KINGSLEY, b. Sept. 15, 1824, d. 1825.
LARNED RICE (Timothy, Timothy, Joseph, Phineas, Phineas, Joseph, Edmund), b. Feb. 4, 1803, m. Feb. 28, 1829, Miranda Colton. He d. Nov. 28, 1884.
Children.
LOUISA M., b. Mar. 20, 1830, d. Apr. 29, 1874.
JULIETTE A., b. Dec. 22, 1832, d. Nov. 12, 1834. LUCILLA D., b. Mar. 17, 1838, m. June 5, 1878, John Degraff. WILLIAM KINGSLEY, b. Jan. 1, 1840, m. Caroline R. Sturtevant.
ROGERS. Dr. George Rogers, b. Tisbury, Aug. 6, 1779, m. Oct. 7, 1812, Calista Childs. She d. Sept. 9, 1850. He d. June 8, 1852. Came to Conway and married at the age of 28 .and began to practice.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
Children.
*DAVID CHILDS, b. May 25, 1813, m. Amelia Ann Foote. JOSHUA KNOWLTON, b. Dec. 21, 1814, m. Parmelia Bartlett. CLARISSA DICKINSON, b. June 14, 1817, m. Rodolphus Clark. EDWIN CLARK, b. July 1, 1821, m. Sebuette S. Stephens. CALISTA CHILDS, b. Oct. 23, 1823.
GEORGE, b. July 13, 1826, d. Oct. 11, 1844.
DAVID CHILDS ROGERS (George), b. May 25, 1813, m. Nov. 28, 1838, Amelia Ann Foote. She d. Sept. 8, 1896. He d. Jan. 1, 1889.
Children.
MARTHA ANN, b. Oct. 10, 1839, m. May 18, 1864, Charles G. Parsons. FRANCES NASH, b. May 20, 1842, m. Apr. 21, 1880, William P. St. Germain. GEORGE EDWIN, b. June 10, 1849, m. Clara Mary Clark.
ROOT. Thomas Root, the emigrant ancestor was from England. He is found among the first settlers at Hartford, Conn. Was one of the petitioners of the town of Northampton .and a settler there in 1654. Was one of the leaders in the church. Was a selectman. He d. July 7, 1694.
JOSEPH ROOT (Joseph, Joseph, Thomas), b. Northampton, July 13, 1686, m. Feb. 16, 1710, Mary Russell, Hatfield. She d. Jan. 27, 1738. He d. Feb. 9, 1728.
Children.
MARY, b. Apr. 30, 1711, m. Jonathan Billings and Samuel Montague. JOSEPH, b. June 16, 1713, m. Abigail Bridgman and Mrs. Mary Bascom. *JONATHAN, b. Feb. 1, 1716, m. Sarah Clary. HANNAH, b. Mar. 2, 1718, m. John Gunn.
EUNICE, b. July 18, 1720, m. Caleb Montague.
LYDIA, b. Mar. 12, 1722, m. Moses Clark.
DEACON JONATHAN ROOT (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas), b. Hatfield, Feb. 1, 1716, m. Feb. 15, 1744, Sarah Clary, Sunderland. She d. Nov. 17, 1796. He d. Jan. 14, 1808, Conway. His children were born in Sunderland.
Children.
*OLIVER, b. Dec. 16, 1744, m. Catherine Smead, m. (2) Merah Allen. JONATHAN, b. July 16, 1748, m. Susanna Clapp. SARAH, b. Apr. 21, 1751, m. Job Bardwell.
DORCAS, b. July 30, 1753, d. Oct. 25, 1800. PHINEAS, b. 1756, d. 1830.
OLIVER ROOT (Jonathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas), b. Dec. 16, 1744, m. Feb. 11, 1773, Catherine Smead. She d. Feb. 17, 1804. He m. (2) Dec. 4, 1805, Merab Allen. He d. Dec. 5, 1807. Was town clerk from 1783 to his death; was schoolmaster for many years.
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
Children.
*ABNER, b. July 1, 1774, m. Dec. 6, 1808, Christiana M. Hall. LUTHER, b. Sept. 3, 1775, m. Jan. 14, 1800, Sally Hayden. LUCRETIA, b. May 15, 1777, d. June 15, 1849. SUSANNA, b. May, 1779, m. Dec. 22, 1803, Julia Wright.
FRANCIS, b. Nov. 5, 1781, m. Cynthia Newhall.
GEORGE, b. Mar. 25, 1785, m. Laura Parsons.
ABNER ROOT (Oliver, Jonathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas), b. July 1, 1774, m. Dec. 6, 1808, Christiana M. Hall. He d. Oct. 3, 1844. She d. Aug. 29, 1869. Children.
OLIVER DEAN, b. Sept. 29, 1809, d. Apr. 19, 1828.
JAMES LINCOLN, b. May 29, 1812, m. Lydia Warren.
CHRISTIANA, b. Sept. 28, 1814, m. Calvin W. Ellinwood.
HENRY FRANCIS, b. Nov. 15, 1816, m. Elizabeth Ann Hunter.
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