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EDWARD WARREN, b. Mar. 15, 1820, m. Mrs. Mary Bunyan.
AUGUSTINE, b. Feb. 5, 1824, m. Mary F. Stearns.
OLIVER DEAN, b. Aug. 24, 1830, m. Mary Elizabeth White.
JAMES LINCOLN ROOT (Abner, Oliver, Jonathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas), b. May 29, 1812, m. Aug. 30, 1842, Lydia Warren.
Children.
JAMES FRANCIS, b. June 16, 1843, d. July 1, 1844. EDWARD WOOLSEY, b. Sept. 16, 1845.
MARY WINSLOW, b. July, 1849, d. Mar. 9, 1851.
LYDIA ELDORA, b. June 15, 1855.
SANDERSON. Joseph Sanderson (Joseph, Joseph Joseph, William, Robert), b. Deerfield, May 4, 1772, m. Sept. 12 1799, Content Dickinson. She d. May 10, 1867. He d. Dec. 1 1848.
Children.
*DWIGHT, b. Feb. 25, 1800, m. Betsy Hall and Priscilla Still. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 29, 1801.
ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 26, 1805, m. Stalham Allis.
ELECTA, b. June 23, 1806, m. Mar., 1849, Oliver Field. ALONZO, b. June 24, 1808.
FIDELIA, b. Dec. 21, 1810, m. May 16, 1833, Otis Sikes. SARAH A., b. Apr. 30, 1813, m. J. Pomeroy Dickinson. CONTENT, b. Nov. 1, 1816, m. Thomas C. Field.
DWIGHT SANDERSON (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, William, Robert), b. Feb. 25, 1800, m. Aug. 10, 1826, Betsy Hall. She d. Aug. 26, 1853. He m. (2) Priscilla Still. She d. June 16, 1888. He d. Dec. 27, 1890.
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Children.
SARAH ADELINE, b. Aug. 24, 1827, d. Apr. 27, 1902.
ELIZA SEARS, b. Aug. 16, 1829, d. July 9, 1836. OPHELIA, b. Feb. 2, 1832, m. Feb. 6, 1856, Russell Bond. *WILLIAM DARWIN, b. Apr. 11, 1834, m. Mary F. Dyer. LOT HARLAN, b. Jan. 23, 1837, m. Lizzie E. Smith. ELLEN MARIA, b. Mar. 2, 1840, d. Aug. 30, 1853. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 30, 1843, d. Sept. 6, 1853.
EMMA DWIGHT, b. Apr. 11, 1848, m. June 18, 1868, Albert H. Webber.
WILLIAM DARWIN SANDERSON (Dwight, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, William, Robert), b. April 11, 1834, m. Dec. 9, 1875, Mary Frances Dyer. He d. Feb. 25, 1888. She d. Nov. 18, 1910.
Children.
ALBERT DYER, b. Sept. 21, 1877, m. Edith Burpee.
DARWIN FORDYCE, b. Feb. 18, 1879, m. Sylvia Parsons.
MARY FRANCES, b. Aug. 20, 1883, m. Harry S. Elkins.
SEFFENS. Daniel Seffens, b. July 8, 1842, m. April 10, 1873, Mattie L. Thwing.
Children.
LEON HENRY, b. May 22, 1874, m. Anna Williams.
LEROY LINWOOD, b. Mar. 12, 1876.
ANNIE MAUD, b. Sept. 7, 1880, m. Guy Tower and Fred Cousins.
SHERMAN. There were several early settlers in New Eng- land of the name of Sherman, three of whom first settled in Water- town, viz .: Edmund, Capt. John, and Rev. John. Capt. John was a cousin of the other two, who were brothers.
CALEB SHERMAN (John, Joseph, John, Joseph, John), b. Grafton, May 14, 1762, m. Aug. 17, 1785, Eunice Bacon. She d. Nov. 25, 1845. He d. Sept. 18, 1847.
Children.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 25, 1786, m. Grace Ellis.
JOHN, b. Dec. 12, 1787, m. Mary Warren.
ORRA, b. Feb. 7, 1790, m. Calista Bigelow.
WILLIAM, b. Apr. 5, 1792.
CALEB, b. Dec. 14, 1794.
MARY, b. Mar. 25, 1797, m. Bulfinch.
CHLOE, b. June 10, 1800, m. Lyon.
LYDIA, b. Feb. 10, 1803.
*EMERY, b. Aug. 24, 1805, m. Emily Newhall and Ann Maria Pulsifer. EUNICE, b. Apr. 17, 1808, m. William Forbes and Maj. John Tobey.
EMERY SHERMAN (Caleb, John, Joseph, John, Joseph, John), b. Aug. 24, 1805, m. 1826, Emily Newhall. She d. Sept. 15, 1851. He m. (2) May 12, 1853, Ann Maria Pulsifer. She d. Dec. 3, 1904. He d. Aug. 26, 1882.
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Children.
*ORRA, b. Feb. 9, 1827, m. Caroline F. Hayden and Mary A. Willson.
MARY ANN, b. Oct. 13, 1828, m. 1847, Stephen Taber. LYDIA, b. Sept. 24, 1830, m. Alfred Bartlett. EUNICE, b. Sept. 17, 1832, d. Aug. 16, 1853. EMERY, b. Dec. 18, 1835, m. Eva G. Mckenzie. JOHN ALONZO, b. May 22, 1842, d. June 3, 1843.
CARRIE MARIA, b. Dec. 29, 1854, m. A. C. Arms. ANNA LONG, b. Jan. 17, 1859, m. Roswell G. Rice.
ORRA SHERMAN (Emery, Caleb, John, Joseph, John, Joseph, John), b. Feb. 9, 1827, m. Nov. 27, 1851, Caroline F. Hayden. She d. Nov. 11, 1864. He m. (2) Jan. 28, 1869, Mary A. Willson. He d. June 11, 1909.
Children.
EMERY L., b. June 22, 1870, d. July 1, 1870.
ORRA W., b. Dec. 3, 1871. EVA EMILY, b. Sept. 26, 1875, m. June 7, 1899, Dr. William Darling.
STEARNS-STERNE-STERNES-STERNS-STARNS. It is probable that all the families of this name in America are descended from three early emigrants. Charles Stearns, the ancestor of the Conway branch, resided in Watertown and was made a freeman in 1646.
GEORGE STEARNS (Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. Milford, April 7, 1741, m. Oct. 29, 1765, Kezia Palmer. She d. Nov. 12, 1819. He d. Jan. 1, 1812.
Children.
JOEL, b. 1766, m. Sally Hayden and Sally Rice.
*GEORGE, m. Thankful Rice.
*DARIUS, b. May 12, 1770, m. Margaret Broderick.
*ABIJAH, b. Feb. 21, 1779, m. Polly De Wolfe, m. (2) Clara Burt. BEULAH, m. John Newhall.
SALLY, m. Col. Jabez Newhall.
JOHN.
GEORGE STEARNS (George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), m. Thankful Rice. She d. March 3, 1860. He d. April 5, 1856.
Children.
GARDNER, b. Feb. 29, 1801, m. Nancy Green.
ARMENIA, b. May 4, 1803, m. Kimball Batchelder. *GEORGE, b. June 3, 1805, m. Fanny Arms. MOLLIE, b. Mar. 4, 1808, d. Jan. 28, 1823.
*LEONARD, b. Oct. 7, 1811, m. Maria B. Bates.
*WILLIAM, b. Apr. 29, 1817, m. Sabra Bates.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
GEORGE STEARNS (George, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. June 3, 1805, m. Jan. 1, 1834, Fanny Arms. She d. Dec. 18, 1884. He d. May 4, 1887.
Children.
ISABELLA ABBY, b. Jan. 1835, m. Feb. 24, 1857, Nicholas Lester Green. GARDNER, b. Feb. 9, 1836.
*HENRY ARMS, b. June 17, 1837, m. Mary E. Rowe.
EDGAR, b. June 17, 1837, d. 1842.
CLARA LOUISA, b. June 13, 1843, m. Sept. 25, 1866, Tyler Harding.
HARRIET E., b. Apr. 10, 1845, m. Oscar Belden.
FANNIE E., b. Nov. 21, 1847, m. May 29, 1872, John R. Holcomb.
JENNIE M., b. June 8, 1853, m. Dec. 13, 1893, Dr. C. M. Barton.
HENRY ARMS STEARNS (George, George, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. June 17, 1837, m. Nov. 20, 1867, Mary E. Rowe. He d. Feb. 22, 1910.
Children.
MINNIE E., b. Jan. 5, 1879, d. in infancy.
LEONARD STEARNS (George, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. Oct. 7, 1811, m. Dec. 26, 1837, Maria B. Bates. . She d. Feb. 4, 1901. He d. Sept. 1, 1884.
Children.
*JAMES MADISON, b. Jan. 3, 1840, m. Ellen Elizabeth Holcomb. WILLIAM HARRISON, b. Oct. 17, 1843, m. Mary F. Miller and Annette Irish. ELLEN MARIA, b. May 25, 1846, m. Rueben Belden.
GEORGE PALMER, b. Feb. 22, 1851, m. Abby Delia Hill.
JAMES MADISON STEARNS (Leonard, George, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. Jan. 3, 1840, m. Oct. 4, 1865, Ellen Elizabeth Holcomb. She d. May 21, 1915.
Children.
*CLAYTON ELLINGTON, b. Nov. 18, 1867, m. Mabel Maria Leach.
CLAYTON ELLINGTON STEARNS (James M., Leonard, George, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. Nov. 18, 1867, m. Amherst, Nov. 4, 1896, Mabel Maria Leach.
Children.
CARL LEONARD, b. Oct. 2, 1897.
PAUL SANFORD, b. Sept. 26, 1899, d. May 21, 1915.
MARGARET, b. June 27, 1902.
FRANCIS ELLIOT, b. Jan. 6, 1906.
WILLIAM STEARNS, (George, George, Jonathon, George, John, Charles), b. April 29, 1817, m. May 10, 1849, Sabra B. Bates. She d. Aug. 25, 1908. He d. Oct. 12, 1893.
Children.
MARY, b. Sept. 12, 1857, m. Melvin Alden and George H. Hart.
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
DARIUS STEARNS (George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. May 12, 1770, m. Feb. 15, 1795, Margaret Broderick. He d. May 18, 1843.
Children.
ORRIN, b. July 25, 1797, d. Aug. 2, 1824.
ELECTA, b. May 7, 1800, m. Tilton.
LEWIS, b. Nov. 12, 1801.
LOVILLA, b. June 6, 1805, m. - Pine.
AURELIA, b. Sept. 28, 1809, d. 1843.
*DENNIS, b. July 12, 1812, m. Sarah G. Baker.
SALLY, b. Sept. 2, 1815, d. Dec. 31, 1833.
JOHN B., b. Mar. 20, 1817, m. Mrs. M. S. Allen.
DENNIS STEARNS (Darius, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. July 12, 1812, m. Sarah G. Baker. She d. Aug. 17, 1883. He d. May 14, 1895.
Children.
*AUSTIN RICE, b. Dec. 22, 1859, m. Anna L. Dickinson.
AUSTIN RICE STEARNS (Dennis, Darius, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. Dec. 22, 1859, m. Aug. 21, 1890, Anna L. Dickinson.
Children.
GEORGE AUSTIN, b. May 18, 1893.
HARRY DICKINSON, b. Nov. 21, 1898.
ABIJAH STEARNS (George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. Feb. 21, 1779, m. July 5, 1803, Polly De Wolfe. She d. July 30, 1808. He m. (2) Dec. 4, 1808, Clara Burt. She d. Dec. 21, 1856. He d. Dec. 11, 1856.
Children.
EMILY, b. Feb. 5, 1804, m. Josiah Boyden.
*JOEL, b. Feb. 14, 1806, m. Philena G. Boyden.
POLLY, b. Jan. 7, 1808, m. Rev. Milo Frary.
CHARLES BAKER, b. Oct. 25, 1812, d. Feb. 27, 1846.
JOEL STEARNS (Abijah, George, Jonathan, George, John, Charles), b. Feb. 14, 1806, m. Dec. 9, 1830, Philena G. Boyden. She d. Jan. 7, 1878. He d. Sept. 24; 1886.
Children.
MARY ANN, b. May 24, 1832, m. Nov. 26, 1857, Charles B. Merritt.
ISRAEL G., b. Oct. 4, 1834, d. Feb. 27, 1837.
PHILENA, b. Oct. 8, 1840, m. Jan. 24, 1866, Baxter Harding.
MARTHA J., b. Feb. 3, 1844, m. Jan. 1, 1868, Charles W. Rice.
JOHN H., b. June 9, 1847, m. Ellen J. Hescox and May Rainer.
STOW. Capt. William Stow (Daniel), b. Middle- town, Conn., 1773, m. Polly Huxford. She d. Oct. 13, 1869. He d. Nov. 28, 1858.
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Children.
ANGELINE, b. Aug. 12, 1799.
HEROINE, b. Dec. 18, 1801, d. Jan. 15, 1877. *FRANKLIN, b. July 7, 1804, m. Sarah Baker Newhall. HENRY C., b. Oct. 19, 1806. ACHSAH G., b. Apr. 7, 1812. STATIRA, b. May 7, 1814. WILLIAM F.
FRANKLIN STOW (William, Daniel), b. July 7, 1804, m. Sarah Baker Newhall. She d. June 28, 1884. He d. June 6, 1869.
Children.
*WILLIAM, b. Mar. 30, 1829, m. Lydia V. Townsend.
*ROBERT HALL, b. Mar. 28, 1832, m. Caroline Owen.
EMOGENE ILDEFONSA, b. Sept. 21, 1837, d. Sept. 4, 1851. CLEOPATRA DELMOREA, b. Sept. 25, 1840. m. Nov. 4, 1862, Warren Leach. *BARRON, b. July 28, 1843, m. Oct. 1, 1871, Fannie Peck.
WILLIAM STOW (Franklin, William, Daniel), b. March 30, 1829, m. Jan. 15, 1851, Lydia B. Townsend.
Children.
EFFIE ILDEFONSA, b. June 28, 1852, m. Jan. 1, 1870, Charles D. Naylor. *WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. Apr. 22, 1855, m. Mrs. Fannie (Peck) Stow. CARRIE STATIRA, b. Jan. 27, 1865, m. June 1, 1885, Hezekiah Simmons. MATTIE ALICE, b. Apr. 8, 1871, m. May 9, 1890, Edward T. Nye.
NELLIE MAUD, b. Mar. 11, 1876, m. Feb. 13, 1892, Arthur Groves.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN STOW (William, Franklin, William, Daniel), b. April 22, 1855, m. June 1, 1876, Mrs. Fannie (Peck) Stow.
Children.
FANNIE AGNES, b. Mar. 10, 1877, m. Robert Burnham.
ANNIE LOUISE, b. Mar. 14, 1883, m. Robert Gould.
BERTHA ELIZABETH, b. June 4, 1888, m. George Nourse.
ROBERT HALL STOW (Franklin, William, Daniel), b. March, 28, 1832, m. April 27, 1862, Caroline Owen. She d. June 30, 1902. He d. Nov. 17, 1887.
Children.
FRED NEWHALL, b. Jan. 27, 1865, d. Dec. 7, 1874.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Feb. 22, 1867, d. Dec. 8, 1874.
JOHN OWEN, b. June 15, 1870. HENRY, b. Nov. 24, 1874.
DANIEL NEWHALL, b. Aug. 13, 1876.
VICTORIA, b. June 17, 1879.
ALBERT G., b. May 9, 1881.
BARRON STOW (Franklin, William, Daniel), b. July 28, 1843, m. Oct. 1, 1871, Fannie Peck. He d. March 8, 1875.
Children.
FRANKLIN BARRON, b. July 11, 1873, m. May Fidelia Bartlett.
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
FRANK BARRON STOW (Barron, Franklin, William, Daniel), b. July 11, 1873, m. Aug. 10, 1898, May Fidelia Bartlett.
Children.
BARRON RALSTON, b. Oct. 26, 1899.
SWAN. Guy Swan (Joseph, Benjamin), b. May 20, 1798, m. Aug. 27, 1831, Eliza Nims. She d. March 13, 1854. He m. (2) Lydia Palmer. She d. Oct. 30, 1873. He d. Aug. 28, 1872. Children.
ABBIE N., b. 1836, d. Oct. 22, 1862.
THOMPSON. Jonathan M. Thompson (Joseph), b. 1802, m. Gratia Field. He d. June 23, 1879. She d. March 16, 1912.
Children.
MARSHALL, b. Apr. 15, 1839.
MYRA, b. 1842, m. Henry Chadbourne.
MARY A., b. 1844, m. John H. Wells.
MARGARET, b. 1849, m. Charles A. Kelly.
ELLA E., b. 1851, m. Rawson Adams.
JOSEPH W., b. 1855, m. Musette Staples.
THWING. Timothy 3 Thwing (John, John, John, John, Benjamin), b. Mendon, Sept. 9, 1744, m. Sept. 21, 1771, Mary Rawson of Grafton. He d. Feb. 17, 1836. She d. March 23, 1838.
Children.
LUTHER, b. Sept. 18, 1773, d. 1777.
RHODA, b. 1774, m. Feb. 25, 1796, Dr. William Hamilton.
*AMARIAH, b. Sept. 6, 1777, m. Clarissa Chamberlain.
AMARIAH THWING (Timothy, John, John, John, John, Benjamin), b. Sept. 6, 1777, m. May 27,1804, Clarissa Chamber- lain. She d. March 9, 1866. He d. May 10, 1875.
Children.
HELENA FRANCES, b. July 28, 1805, m. Col. David Wells.
LUTHER, b. Nov. 2, 1806, m. Lucinda Andrews.
MARY ANN, b. July 20, 1809, m. Richard M. Sanderson.
RHODA HAMILTON, b. Dec. 26, 1812, m. Alvin Hall.
ALEXANDER, b. May 5, 1814, d. Aug. 24, 1816.
CLARISSA, b. Feb. 1, 1817.
LUANA, b. Jan. 4, 1820, m. Leonard Stebbins and Charles H. Munn. *ELBRIDGE GERRY, b. Nov. 11, 1822, m. Esther Vincent.
EDWIN, b. June 3, 1825, m. Julia Hitchcock.
ELBRIDGE GERRY THWING (Amariah, Timothy, John, John, John, John, Benjamin), b. Nov. 11, 1822, m. Sept. 29, 1842, Esther W. Vincent. She d. Oct. 29, 1889. He d. Nov. 4, 1889. Children. MATTIE LUNETTA, b. July 6, 1849, m. Apr. 10, 1873, Daniel Seffens.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
TOWNSEND. William Townsend (George), b. Minot, Me., July 22, 1800, m. Tryphena Harvey. He d. Sept. 27, 1868.
Children.
HARVEY, b. Feb. 19, 1829, m. Eunice Clark. She d. Apr. 1, 1902. He d. Oct. 19, 1916.
LUTHER, b. July 1, 1831, m. Sarah Crafts, d. Jan 12, 1912.
LYDIA, b. Apr. 26, 1834, m. William Stow.
WILLIAM, d. Feb. 9, 1914.
CHAUNCEY, b. 1838, m. Jan. 20, 1870, Lucy Cordelia Redfield. He d. Feb. 10, 1885.
TRUESDELL. Wilder Truesdell, m. Huldah Bigelow. She d. April 8, 1864. He d. May 5, 1861. Children.
GARDNER WILDER, b. May 27, 1822, m. Mellissa Stott.
HULDAH SUZANNAH, b. Sept. 11, 1823, m. Austin Hopkins.
MARY JANE, b. Dec. 29, 1827, m. John Ingham.
REBECCA SALINA, b. Mar. 4, 1830, m. Sylvenus Sherman.
CLARISSA, b. May 20, 1832, m. George Peabody.
ASABELL JULIA, b. Sept. 27, 1834, m. Lucius Wise.
MELLISSA AMELIA, b. Nov. 22, 1836, m. Henry Dunbar.
*GEORGE LEMUEL, b. Jan. 20, 1839, m. Mary L. Lee.
ROSINA SYLVENA, b. May 20, 1841, m. Ransom G. Dunbar.
GEORGE LEMUEL TRUESDELL (Wilder), b. Jan. 20, 1839, m. Jan. 17, 1860, Mary L. Lee. She d. April 7, 1900.
Children.
WILDER, b. May 24, 1861, m. Nov. 2, 1889, Josephine McCormack.
GEORGE, b. June 7, 1864, d. Nov. 22, 1874.
MARY ALICE, b. May 20, 1869, d. Oct. 23, 1874.
MINNIE BELL, b. Oct. 27, 1872, d. Dec. 4, 1874.
MARY JANE, b. Dec. 3, 1875, m. Dec. 5, 1900, Edwin T. Cook. ROSABELLE, b. July 31, 1877.
TUCKER. Richard Tucker (John, Richard, John), b. Saybrook, Conn., Feb. 20, 1812, m. Nov. 11, 1831, Delia Rose Walden. She d. July 2, 1892. He d. Nov. 30, 1889.
Children.
JULIA R., b. 1832, m. Chelsea Cook. DAVID K., b. Mar., 1834, m. Mary A. Hutchinson. *RICHARD M., b. Aug. 28, 1842, m. Julia A. Phillips.
RICHARDSON MADISON TUCKER (Richard, John, Richard, John), b. Aug. 28, 1842, m. Nov. 4, 1859, Julia A. Phillips.
Children. WILLIAM MADISON, b. Aug. 4, 1862, d. Jan. 21, 1863. .
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VINING. Dr. David Taylor Vining (David, Asa), b. Hawley, Mass., Oct. 19, 1821, m. April 18, 1849, Emily Sears. She d. July 28, 1872. He d. Feb. 18, 1888.
Children.
MARY EMMA, b. Oct. 7, 1858, m. Frederick Batchelder, Feb. 14, 1889.
WARREN. One of the first settlers of Conway, Mass., buy- ing land here in 1762. Took his family to Conway, in 1766. Lived in that part of the town known as "Broomshire," the name originating from the walnut brooms which Mr. Warren made and sold in Deerfield; one broom for a pound and a half of pork. He was out of meat for several years during the winter, and took this means of supplying his need. He used to walk first to Deerfield to procure a horse and "pung" to carry his brooms.
WILLIAM WARREN (Samuel, John, John, John), b. Grafton, May 29, 1740, m. Elizabeth - -. She d. July 29, 1813. He d.
Nov. 20, 1822.
Children.
LYDIA, b. Feb. 5, 1767, m. Sept., 1784, Nathan Bacon.
MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 21, 1769, m. Aug. 22, 1793, Joel Bacon.
ELIZABETH, b. July 17, 1770, m. Eleazer Flagg.
TABITHA, b. June 23, 1772, d. young.
WILLIAM, b. July 20, 1774, d. 1822.
*SAMUEL, b. Dec. 18, 1775, m. Abigail Williams.
REBECCA, b. Mar. 29, 1778.
PHILANDA, b. Dec. 2, 1782, m. Parsons.
TABITHA, b. May 25, 1785, m. Stearns.
MARY, m. - -- Milford.
SAMUEL WARREN (William, Samuel, John, John, John), b. Dec. 18, 1775, m. Abigail Williams. She d. Dec. 15, 1850.
Children.
REBECCA, b. May 27, 1804, m. Apr. 19, 1827, Timothy Packard.
*WILLIAM WARREN, b. Oct. 28, 1805, m. Jane Bigelow.
EPHRAIM WILLIAMS, b. May 24, 1807.
MARY, b. June 30, 1809.
LYDIA, b. Feb. 1, 1811.
ESTHER PACKARD, b. June 29, 1812, m. Alonzo Howland.
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, b. May 9, 1814.
SAMUEL FLETCHER, b. Aug. 5, 1816, m. Lucretia --.
MOSES HALLOCK, b. Apr. 2, 1821, m. Philinda -.
WILLIAM WARREN (Samuel, William, Samuel, John, John, John), b. Oct. 28, 1805, m. March 21, 1829, Jane Bigelow. He d. Feb. 4, 1851.
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Children.
JANE ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 2, 1830, m. William C. Wilder. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, b. May 7, 1833, m. Maria Woodard. FRANCIS HENRY, b. Oct. 2, 1838, m. Minerva Guilford. ALONZO HARRISON, b. Jan. 1, 1841, m. Nov. 15, 1866, Ella J. Ranney.
WELLS. Benjamin Wells (Ebenezer, Thomas, Eben- ezer, Thomas, Hugh), b. Jan. 29, 1760, m. Feb. 11, 1781, Hannah Russell, m. (2) Jan. 20, 1801, Lydia Parsons. She d. Oct. 1, 1825. He d. March 4, 1826.
Children.
*ZEEB, b. May 22, 1782, m. Lucinda Newhall.
HENRY, b. June 29, 1784, d. Apr. 9, 1852.
JOHN, b. Nov. 22, 1788, d. July 8, 1855.
ORRAH, b. July 16, 1791, d. Feb. 28, 1817.
EBENEZER, b. Aug. 21, 1793, d. Aug. 12, 1803.
HANNAH, b. Nov. 16, 1797, m. Dr. Washington Hamilton.
RUSSELL, b. Jan. 6, 1800, d. Feb. 16, 1820.
CAROLINE, b. Oct. 5, 1804, m. Gardner Dickinson.
ZEEB WELLS (Benjamin, Ebenezer, Thomas, Ebenezer, Thomas, Hugh), b. May 22, 1782, m. Feb. 13, 1809, Lucinda Newhall. She d. Feb. 13, 1867. He d. Nov. 17, 1862.
Children.
CHARLES, b. Feb. 22, 1811, d. Nov., 1864.
EBENEZER, b. May 26, 1813, d. Feb. 25, 1882.
LUCINDA, b. Oct. 22, 1815, m. Dec. 24, 1857, Alvin Dinsmore.
*BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 14, 1822, m. Lucy A. Morse.
MARIETTA, b. June 13, 1824, d. Oct. 10, 1846.
BENJAMIN WELLS (Zeeb, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Thomas, Ebenezer, Thomas, Hugh), b. April 14, 1822, m. June 29, 1848, Lucy A. Morse. He d. June 25, 1876. She d. Jan. 5, 1915. º
Children.
GILBERT M., b. Dec. 8, 1860, d. Apr. 9, 1865.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Sept. 5, 1862, d. Sept. 19, 1878.
FRANCIS CLARY, b. June 19, 1863, m. Nov. 24, 1887, Minnie E. Leonard.
CHRISTOPHER WELLS (Rodolphus), b. 1810, m. Louise M. Dickinson. He d. Oct. 15, 1863.
Children.
CHRISTOPHER GEORGE, b. June 27, 1841, m. Dec. 25, 1870, Emma Seaver. HENRIETTA, b. Aug. 8, 1842, m. Albert Rice. CHARLES, b. Mar. 5, 1844. GERRY SANDERSON, b. Apr. 14, 1846, d. Apr. 6, 1885.
ELLIOT WASHINGTON, b. Aug. 29, 1853, d. Dec. 29, 1861.
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
WHITNEY. John, the first of the name in America, was baptized in England July 20, 1592. Came to this country April, 1635, with his wife, Eleanor, and sons, John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan.
CAPT. JONATHAN WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Milford, July 26, 1737, m. Nov. 7, 1760, Esther Park- hurst. He was one of the first settlers in Conway but removed to Milo, N. Y., in 1791, where he d. Aug. 22, 1792, and she d. Dec. 6, 1812.
Children.
NATHAN, b. Oct. 18, 1761, m. Olive Whitney and Thankful Caldwell.
ABIGAIL, b. Mar. 12, 1764, m. Apr. 2, 1787, Simeon Amsden.
JOEL, b. Nov. 13, 1766, m. Sybil Whitmore.
ESTHER, b. Dec. 16, 1769, m. Aug. 31, 1789, Solomon Gates.
EXPERIENCE, b. June 6, 1772, m. June 25, 1789, Immer Crittenden.
JONAS, b. May 12, 1775, m. Catherine Parker.
AMI, b. Jan. 18, 1781, m. Anna Amsden.
PARKHURST, b. Sept. 15, 1784, m. Celinda Cowing.
ASA, m. Oct. 1, 1786, Lucretia Murphy.
As far as I can learn the sons of Mr. Whitney went with him to Milo, N. Y., the daughters remaining in Conway.
GEN. JAMES S. WHITNEY (Stephen, Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. South Deerfield, May 19, 1811, m. Somers, Conn., Nov. 23, 1836, Laurinda Collins. She d. 1907. He d. Oct. 24, 1878.
Children.
MARY A., b. South Deerfield, Sept. 16, 1837.
HENRY M., b. Conway, Oct. 22, 1839, m. Oct. 3, 1878, Margaret Foster Green. WILLIAM COLLINS, b. July 5, 1841, m. Flora Payne.
SUSAN C., b. Mar. 24, 1845, m. Henry F. Dimock.
HENRIETTA B., b. Apr. 6, 1847.
LAURINDA C., b. July 4, 1852, m. Charles T. Barney.
WILDER. Thomas Wilder was made a Freeman at Charlestown in 1651. He was admitted to the church in 1640, and was the American ancestor of the Conway family.
SAMUEL WILDER (Aholiab, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Thomas), b. June 20, 1752, m. 1772, Rebecca Nims. He d. July 21, 1819.
Children.
EPHRAIM, b. Feb. 12, 1773, d. May 26, 1775. ERASTUS, b. Mar. 3, 1775.
CLARISSA, b. Jan. 27, 1777, m. Samuel Truesdell. REBECCA, b. Mar. 12, 1779, m. Richard Sheldon. CONSIDER, b. Oct. 1, 1787, d. July 12, 1817. *ISRAEL, b. Oct. 16, 1789, m. Mary Childs.
ELECTA, b. Apr. 10, 1792, m. Silas Bigelow. SAMUEL, b. July 25, 1797, m. Sally Merrill. JOSHUA, b. Sept. 7, 1799, m. Lovina Long.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
ISRAEL WILDER (Samuel, Aholiab, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Thomas), b. Oct. 16, 1789, m. 1827, Mary Childs. She d. July 6, 1852. He d. Nov. 26, 1875.
Children.
*WILLIAM C., b. June 25, 1828, m. Jane E. Warren and Sarah D. Fiske. *SAMUEL C., b. Apr. 17, 1830, m. Mary Partridge Allis.
MARY S., b. Nov. 1, 1835, m. Sept. 9, 1852, Henry S. Swan.
FRANCIS E., b. Sept. 6, 1837.
ISRAEL HENRY, b. Apr. 27, 1840, m. Mar. 7, 1864, Maria E. M. Graves.
WILLIAM C. WILDER (Israel, Samuel, Aholiab, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Thomas), b. June 25, 1828, m. Sept. 9, 1852, Eliza- beth J. Warren. She d. Nov. 18, 1881. He m. (2) Dec. 31, 1885, Sarah D. Fiske. He d. March 16, 1910.
Children.
*ARTHUR WILLIAM, b. May 28, 1855, m. Dec. 7, 1886, Minnie J. Bradford, m. (2) Ida V. Thayer.
NELLIE MARIA, b. Aug. 10, 1860, m. Mar. 12, 1901, Edward H. Howland.
LOTTIE E., b. May 2, 1864, m. Mar. 19, 1885, Frederick A. Davis.
LUCY ELLEN, b. Nov. 8, 1889, m. Frank Leonard.
LILLIAN GRACE, b. Nov. 8, 1889, d. Nov. 14, 1889.
ARTHUR WILLIAM WILDER (William C., Israel, Samuel, Aholiab, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Thomas), b. May 28, 1855, m. Dec. 7, 1886, Minnie J. Bradford. She d. Feb. 17, 1889. He m. (2) July 24, 1901, Ida V. Thayer.
Children.
EVELYN L., b. Feb. 13, 1889.
DEACON SAMUEL C. WILDER (Israel, Samuel, Aholiab, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Thomas), b. April 17, 1830, m. March 3, 1853, Mary Partridge Allis. He d. Feb. 14, 1917. She d. Oct., 1899.
Children.
LAURA ALICE, b. Sept. 8, 1855. CHARLES S.
HENRY A., b. Apr. 12, 1867, m. Jessie M. Farrington.
WING. Widow Deborah and four sons, Daniel, John, Stephen, and Mathew, were the first Wings to appear in America, landing in Boston June 5, 1632, from the ship "William Fran- cis." From the second son, John, came the Conway branch. The first to come was John, who was born in Harwich, May 8, 1732, moved to Conway in 1774.
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HISTORY OF CONWAY.
JOHN WING (John, Ananias, John, John, Mathew, Godfriedus, Theodore), b. Harwich, May 8, 1732, m. 1773, Abigail Snow. She d. 1775. He m. (2) Abigail Isham. She d. He m. (3) Jane Truscott. He d. Dec. 7, 1822.
Children.
PETER. JAMES. ELI. *ISAIAH. BANI.
NATHAN. ENOCH.
JOHN.
PETER. WILLIAM.
OLIVER. FREEMAN.
There were daughters in the family but their names are not mentioned.
ISAIAH WING (John, John, Ananias, John, John), b. Harwich, July 26, 1761, m. Aug. 21, 1786, Zelanda Allis. She d. April 3, 1797. He m. (2) Sept. 6, 1798, Ruth Wood. She d. Dec. 26, 1807. He m. (3) Esther Clark. They removed to Oswego County, N. Y., and d. there.
Children.
WALTER S., b. June 10, 1787. Was a physician.
*LUCIUS B., b. Jan. 30, 1789, m. Elizabeth Page and Abigail Wilson.
MEHITABLE, b. Dec. 4, 1790, m. Silas Sanderson.
ACHSAH, b. Dec. 25, 1794.
ZELANDA, b. Mar. 28, 1797, m. W. Smith.
RUTH, b. July, 1799, d. 1816.
SOLOMOM, b. June 5, 1801, d. Aug. 5, 1803.
ESTHER, b. Dec. 26, 1807, m. Isaac Miller.
LUCIUS BLISS WING (Isaiah, John, John, Ananias, John, John), b. Jan. 30, 1789, m. Oct. 10, 1819, Elizabeth Page. She d. March 20, 1822. He m. (2) March 10, 1824, Abigail Wilson. He d. April 1, 1871. She d. June 28, 1867. He was the only child who remained in Conway.
Children.
FRANCIS WILSON, b. Feb. 7, 1825, m. Dec. 16, 1852, Mary Catherine Fry of Elkins Mills, S. C.
ELIZABETH PAGE, b. Jan. 7, 1827, d. Apr. 15, 1835.
SARAH FISH, b. Oct. 10, 1828, d. Aug. 6, 1851.
LAURA ANN, b. Sept. 17, 1830, d. Dec. 11, 1856.
*GEORGE BLISS, b. Oct. 1, 1832, m. Oct. 24, 1860, Nannie Boyden. ESTHER CLARK, b. Aug. 29, 1834, d. Sept. 16, 1862.
ELIZABETH PAGE, b. Nov. 29, 1839, d. May 2, 1885.
*EDWARD EVERETT, b. Aug. 10, 1836, m. Helen J. Newman.
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FAMILY GENEALOGIES.
GEORGE BLISS WING (Lucius, Isaiah, John, John, Ananias, John, John), b. Oct. 1, 1832, m. Oct. 24, 1860, Nannie Boyden. He removed to Tacoma, Wash., in 1892, where he now resides. His wife d. in 1910.
Children.
GEORGE. WALTER. GRACE.
EDWARD EVERETT WING (Lucius, Isaiah, John, John, Ananias, John, John), b. Aug. 10, 1836, m. June 1, 1859, Helen J. Newman. He d. Aug. 15, 1911.
Children.
FREDERICK LUCIUS, b. Aug. 8, 1861, m. Jan. 19, 1887, Fannie L. Hopkins. He d. June 13, 1890. She d. June 17, 1916.
FRANK EDWARD, b. June 27, 1865, m. Sept. 28, 1892, Edith May Smith, Athol. LAURA WILSON, b. July 24, 1868, m. Oct. 18, 1893, Charles Lyman Parsons. GEORGE HOMER, b. Apr. 9, 1870, m. Feb. 28, 1900, Laura Josephine Snell.
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