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1797. Jan. 2, William Wait pays £65 for three aeres on the west side of Rocky mountain at the river. Was he after hoop poles or building stone ?
1798. Calvin Burt & Co. have removed to " Cheapside
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Landing" and have a large and good stock of goods of all kinds.
1799. John Williams, Jr., opens a store "a few rods below the bridge," where he will sell, wholesale or retail, West In- dia goods, tobacco, etc .; wants "staves, headings and hoop poles ;" will exchange barrels for cidar and salt for flax seed. William Wait wants ten or twelve hundred feet of white oak staves and headings.
Jonathan Hoyt hangs out his sign, a black horse on white ground, and opens the " Black Horse Inn."
1800. John Williams, running boats on the river and per- haps building them, wants "10,000 feet 2-inch white oak plank 18 feet long," also corn, hay and potatoes. He set up this year an establishment for packing beef and pork on the meadow above the bridge. Jan. 15, Jonathan Hoyt sold John Williams, Jr., and Robert Bardwell each a lot of an acre and a half "in our new city (alias) Behind Noon," for $200 an acre. A few weeks later Rev. John Taylor and others are found seeking investments in the same locality, which ap- pears to be about the Philo Temple farm. Jan. 17, a road was laid out "from the bridge up by the Packing house to the Meadows." Jan. 29, Jonathan Hoyt, as agent, sold the David Wells " Meadow land "to Daniel Wells, gent, Benjamin Swan, yeoman, and William Wait, gent, "for 1000 pounds." This lot of forty-four acres was bounded south on Deerfield river and west on Green river. Oct. 2, we find James Mayo here with five hundred bushels of salt to exchange for flax seed. Oct. 8, Samuel Saxton offers to exchange six hundred bushels of the same commodity for cash or white beans ; will pay cash for Indian corn or rye. ` Oct. 13, "Cattle killing be- gan at the slaughter house." "Oct. 29. This day the first boats went up the canal at Montague." The locks were built by Hophni King of Northfield. These were narrower than those at South Hadley, consequently the oak boats could not pass; their trips ended at Cheapside. The pine boats could pass, and the boxes of rafts were adapted to their dimensions. Dec. 27, a bridge over Green river was raised.
1801. John Williams, Jr., offers " a few hhds. of rum at a reduced price," will exchange for barrel beef, pork or Indian corn. He also has " 10 tons ground plaster by the ton, tierce, or single bushel." From this time on " plaster " is one of the
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staples sold at Cheapside. About this time there was a call for ginseng as an article of export and doubtless quantities were shipped from Cheapside. The greatest care was re- quired in gathering this plant " not to break the roots or skin in pulling. Not a ray of sunshine must strike them, not a drop of water touch them."
1804. Dec. 1, we find Robert Bardwell here in a new store with a new stock of goods.
1805. February 7, Capt. John Wells moved up to Willard's tavern in Greenfield. Later he moved to Boston. Feb. 14. Mr. Chandler left the toll bridge and moved to Greenfield. Cruden Alexander became toll gatherer. Capt. Thomas Bardwell moved into the house lately vacated by Samuel Merrill. Both were shoemakers. Apr. 5, a cooper's shop was built in connection with the bridge.
1806. Robert Bardwell offers some fifteen hundred bush- els of salt this season and other merchants were offering large lots. July 7, Daniel Forbes advertises a full assortment of goods, including " fancy crockery and glassware." wants "a few good smooth shipping horses." In November he wants "beef and pork for barreling at Cheapside." He wants " 3000 hhds. hoop poles 10 to 12 feet long." Mar. 3. he offers for sale 100 hhds.No. 1 beef, 2000 lbs. tried tallow and thirteen bush. shag bark walnuts, also his store and land on Greenfield street.
1807. Caleb and Pliny Alvord are here with " wet goods" and groceries. Are running boats for freight. Want flax- seed, beans, butter, cheese, hoop poles, etc.
ISOS. May to the firm dissolve. Caleb goes to Montague; Pliny remains at the old stand. June 3, Samuel E. and Geo. 1. Field, having left their shop at Hoosac. are here making both cut and wrought nails. Oct. 31, Alvord has nine hun- dred bushels salt to exchange for one thousand bushels flax- secd. Same date Bardwell says his "sloop Flying Fish has this day arrived with a cargo of salt and plaster."
1809. Orrin Dole has a shop here for making all kinds of cooperware. July 31, Alvord has a ton of codfish and fifteen hundred bushels salt, and Sept. 29, Bardwell has a boat load of salt. Both want cider and flaxseed. Nov. 14, Alvord "this day received 305 bush. salt with " more on the way." This record might be thus seasoned with salt items to saturation.
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1810. January, Caleb Alvord, Jr., leaves his store in Green- field to go into company with Pliny at Cheapside. Will bar- rel pork and sell lumber. March, Moses Munson wants to hire four or five millwrights or carpenters six or seven months at Cheapside. Apr. 27, Munson & Swan's sawmill on Green river raised. August 21, Edward Houghton from Northfield raises a large store "at the bridge." Dec. 24, "Edward Houghton & Sons have erected and will occupy a large and convenient store at Cheapside." This was the store occupied by the Abercrombies, which was moved up the hill north when the Vermont and Massachusetts railroad was built. May 9, Jehiel Jones has a blacksmith shop near the bridge. This was probably occupied later by Pardon H. Merrill.
1812. Apr. 12, Edward Houghton retires and the business is continued by Edward, Jr., and Clark, his sons.
1813. Clark Houghton, now alone, is boating and has for sale, " a few bushels hemp seed and Plymouth Beach lottery tickets."
1814. He wants one thousand bushels flaxseed. Oct. 3, William Emmons, fine work cabinet maker, moved his busi- ness here from Deerfield Street. Densmore Dole had a hat- ter's shop here about this time.
1815. May 29, Samuel E. and G. P. Field began the baking business at Houghton's store. Nov. 17, Maj. Erastus Smith from Hadley is in company with Houghton.
1816. June 3, Bardwell is selling patent cast iron stoves and is making nails.
1817. Stockbridge & Wells of Whately go into the boating business on the river from Hartford to Cheapside. Hough- ton is selling iron and steel. Wants two hundred bushels chestnuts. In 1818 he wants " a few smooth shipping horses" and one hundred thousand feet of boards delivered at Cobb's Landing. Offers forty or fifty bushels flaxseed for sowing. Samuel Kentfield moves from Hartford to Cheapside. In 1819 Bardwell gives up his store to Elijah A. Gould, but con- tinues the boating. R. E. Field sets up a carriage shop about this time.
1821. Henry Johnson wants five thousand gray squirrel skins. May 11, Robert R. Field appears here with the inev- itable salt to sell. Loring Thayer has a large cabinet mak- ing business.
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1823. Clark Houghton, being nearly or quite blind, offers to sell his store, "one of the best stands in the country, * where immense quantities of goods are landed in the boating season, which supplies a vast country west and north." Jo- seph H. Wheeler and Charles Howard are selling shad by the barrel at the Houghton store. A tavern was kept by Nathan Henry from Halifax, 1832-38, which was continued for many years after by Asiel Abercrombie. There had been for some years a gradual decline in local trade and business, although stores were kept agoing until the end-the advent of the railroad.
County Scat. Franklin county was incorporated June 24, 1811. For a year or so there was a spirited contest between Cheapside and Greenfield for the location of the county build- ings. I do not know as Deerfield in its corporate capacity took a hand in it. Greenfield did, and raised $500, and doubt- less private subscriptions were added to it. In Deerfield $1900 was raised for Cheapside. For this sum John Williams offered to build a court house as good as that at Northampton, to put up a fire proof building for the clerk of courts and another for the register of deeds, the latter to be on the south side of the river ; to give land for the jail on Taylor's brook, which could be founded on solid rock. John Williams and Jonathan Hoyt were the land barons of Cheapside, but they did not harmonize; they had been rivals in the bridge build- ing and both could not win; a lawsuit had fortified the breach. The best site for county buildings was owned by Hoyt, and to all solicitations to give or exchange land, he said not a foot of his land should be used by the Williams party for that purpose, and intimated that it was a Tory operation ; the Greenfield people took up this cry and made the most of it. For a full and graphic account of the contest see Hon. Whit- ing Griswold's address at the opening of the new Court house, Mar. 18, 1873. The decision to locate the shire at Greenfield, was a wise one. At Cheapside, on the north side of the river, there was scanty room for a single street between the hills and high water mark. On the other side the opportunity for building was still less.
The 8000-Acre Linc. Cheapside has become well known in the annals of the state legislature from the many schemes for bridges, canals and annexations centering there. A vol-
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ume would be required to record the inns and outs of them all. A bare schedule only of the latter can be given.
In 1742, Greenfield, then Green River district, moved to be set off from Deerfield as a town or district by the name of Cheapside, the south bounds to be Deerfield river and Shel- don's brook. The movement continued with varying inten- sity until 1753, when Greenfield district was set off, its south line being the north line of the Dedham grant. This, estab- lished Oct. 11, 1672, has been known ever since as the 8000 Acre Line. For one hundred and fifty years this has been the line of battle between Deerfield and her daughter. Fol- lowing, and in consequence of the setting off of Greenfield, serious disturbances arose about the disposition of the "Se- questered Lands " lying in Cheapside. Pitchforks, rakes and cartstakes were freely used as arguments in the discussion as to whom the hay grown thereon belonged. The courts finally decided in favor of Deerfield. The land in question had been, in 1686, "Sequestered for the use of the ministry in Deerfield forever" by the " Proprietors of Pocumtuck."
In 1836 " Philo Temple and others" petitioned the General Court that Cheapside might be set off to Greenfield. A Leg- islative committee was instructed to have a view and hearing on the premises, and report to the next Legislature. A hear- ing was had at Greenfield in June, 1836, and on the 7th of January, 1837, they made a report in favor of the scheme. Rufus Saxton, the Deerfield representative, wrote the next day that this report "will govern the Legislature. It is be- yond the power of man to change it." And on the 13th he writes, "It is nearly a hopeless case." But his constituents did not hesitate and a hot fight ensued. The House gave Deerfield the victory by a majority of forty-three.
In 1850 the scheme was renewed under a petition of "David R. Wait & others." The committee on towns, to whom the petition was referred, made a report in favor of a committee for a view and hearing, to report at the next Legislature. Deerfield opposed this and the report was recommitted with instructions to hear the case and report at that session. This was a death blow to the scheme and the petition was withdrawn. The Deerfield committee having the case in charge were Jonathan A. Saxton, Pliny Arms and Charles Williams.
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In 1861 another attempt was made under a new petition of " David R. Wait and others," the line of division to be the Deerfield river, thus including Wisdom. In the other cases it had been Deerfield river and Sheldon's brook. A hearing was held before a Legislative committee of seven. Five of these signed a report in favor of setting off Cheapside. A minority of Messrs. Parsons and Banfield reported that "the petitioners have leave to withdraw." George T. Davis from Greenfield was pitted against Ira Abercrombie from Deer- field in the House. Each had been elected with reference to this case. Henry King Hoyt was agent for Deerfield. After a hot contest for weeks the House adopted the minority re- port by a majority of thirty-eight.
In 1887, " Joel De Wolf and others" again started the ball. The petition was referred to the committee on towns, which, after a view and hearing, reported in favor of the petitioners, making Deerfield river the line of division. But Deerfield people had no fear of adverse reports, so they went into the contest the best they knew how, and on the 12th of April, 1888, the House decided in their favor by a majority of fifty- two. In the House, Freeman C. Griswold of Greenfield cham- pioned the report and Henry C. Haskell of Deerfield, opposed it. The 8000 Acre Line still remains the north bound of Deerfield.
PART II.
FAMILY
GENEALOGIES.
GENEALOGIES
OF FAMILIES WHICH CAME BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE REV- OLUTIONARY WAR.
For information concerning the families who laid the foun- dations of our town, the compiler has searched the most ob- scure nooks and corners. Original documents have been consulted in all possible cases. Many controverted points have been put to rest by the evidence found. Some family traditions have been established and others dissipated to the four winds.
No work of this kind was ever printed without mistakes, and it is too much to hope that this will be an exception. But not all its variations from the records of town, church and family, or gravestone inscriptions, are mistakes. In each of these, errors, perpetuated for generations, have been dis- covered, proved such and corrected.
Records of families marked with a + are doubtful, or in- complete.
The dates following the names of children are those of birth, unless otherwise designated. The figures in parenthe- sis following these dates refer to the marginal number, where the child appears as the head of a family, and no son is again noticed without this reference, and no daughter under her maiden name.
Between January Ist and March 25th double dates are given when found. In their absence an element of doubt as to the year must always exist prior to 1752, as the recorders followed no fixed rule.
All dates are Old Style before Sept. 3d, 1752, and New Style after that.
Where persons are said to have been killed or captured "in 1704," they were victims at the destruction of the town, Feb. 29th, 1703-4.
Part II. of the History of Deerfield, as originally published,
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GENEALOGIES.
contained a notice of every family and every man known to have settled here before the close of the Revolutionary war. Their ancestry in America, so far as it could be discovered, was given, and all their descendants remaining here, for a hundred years later. In many cases branches were traced for generations after leaving the mother town.
In the present edition, this scheme has been enlarged to some extent, and many later coming families included. As stated in the preface, this added matter has been mainly the result of contributions from interested parties instead of orig- inal research by the author. Hence it follows that of this class, families the most fully represented are those whose members showed the most interest in this undertaking by furnishing material.
a., aged.
dau., daughter.
Dfd., Deerfield.
fr., from.
s., son.
Ash., Ashfield. b., born.
Had., Hadley.
Shel., Shelburne.
bap., baptized.
Ilart., Hartford, Ct.
s. p., without issue.
bef., before.
llat., Hatfield.
Spfd., Springfield.
Ber., Bernardston.
k., killed.
Suff., Suffield, Ct.
Bratt., Brattleboro.
m., married.
Sund., Sunderland.
cap., captured.
Mont .. Montague.
unk., unknown. unm., unmarried.
Charl., Charlemont.
Nhn., Northampton.
Weth., Wethersfield, Ct.
Wid., Westfield.
What., Whately. wid., widow.
pub., published. rem., removed.
rep., representative. res., resided.
abt., about.
Amh., Amherst.
Gfd , Greenfield.
sett., settler or settled.
ch., children.
Nfd., Northfield.
per., perhaps.
prob., probably.
chh., church. Col., Colrain. Con., Conway. d., died.
ABBREVIATIONS.
Wind., Windsor, Ct.
GENEALOGIES.
ABEL, John, of Dfd. 1765. He m. Elizabeth Wilton. Ch .: + Eleanor.
1. ABERCROMBIE, Robert, b. 1712; grad. of the University of Edinburgh; came here from Scotland, and sett. at Stoddard's Town, now Pelham, in 1742; he preached there until Aug. 30, 1744, when he was ordained as their first minister; twenty-two men recorded their protest against his settlement; this lack of harmony continued and he was dismissed in about ten years ; his subsequent career cannot be given; he died in Pelham, March 7, 1786. He m. Margaret Stevenson, who d. Nov. 2, 1765.
Ch .: + David. Andrew. Margaret. Samuel. John. William.
James, 1754. Sarah, Oct. 11, 1756. Robert. Isaac, Sept. 30, 1759. (2) Mehitable, July 4, 1762 ?
2. ISAAC, s. of Robert, (1), b. 1759; sett. in Pelham; Justice of the Peace 1800; rep. 1819; rem. to Cheapside abt. 1830; d. Dec. 4, 1847. He m. Jan. 26, 1790, Martha McCullock, who d. Apr. 15, 1837. Ch .: William Hyslop, Aug. 4. 1791; Otis, June 25, 1802; grad. W. C. 1823; m. June 16, 1835, Dorothy L. Put- nam; sett. a doctor in Lunenburg; d. Jan. 24, 1851. grad. W. C. ISII; d. Oct. 20, 1811. Isaac, July 20, 1793; merchant, farmer, dep. sheriff; d. s. p. Sept. 10, 1872. Ira, Sept. 25, 1795; d. Apr. 13, 1796. Sally, May 12, 1797; m. Apr. 20, 1824, Waterman Fuller of Ludlow; d. Jan. 28, 1866; she was mother of Geo. W. Fuller of the "brick house."
Lucinda, May 13, 1798; d. July 23, 1798.
Ira, Jan. 28, 1805; trader, banker, rep .; prom. in town affairs many years; selectman; d. s. p. July 14, 1870. .Asiel, Oct. 21, 1807. (3) Lucinda, Apr. 20, 1809; d. unm. May 17, 1856.
3. ASIEL, s. of Isaac, (2), b. 1807; farmer and tavern keeper at Cheapside; d. Mch. 10, 1874. He m. June 19, 1845, Elizabeth B.,
dau. Aaron Fuller.
Ch .: Robert, Apr. 24, 1846. (4) Elizabeth, Sept. 26, 1848.
William H., Sept. 23, 1851. Hattie F., July 11, 1860.
4. ROBERT, S. of Asiel, (3), b. 1846; farmer at Cheapside; pres. Greenfield Savings Bank. He m. Dec. 30, 1873, Ellen M., dau. Robert Crawford, D. D. ; she d. June 6, 1892.
Ch .: Robert Crawford, Nov. 9, 1874. James Douglas, Aug. 29, 1878.
Elizabeth Brooks, Dec. 31, 1876; d. Dec. 11, 1890.
Harold Francis, Sept. 7, 1880.
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William Huntington, Sept. 6, 1885. Edward Marion, May 26, 1892.
ADAMS, DANIEL, taxed 1798.
ADAMS, SAMUEL, taxed 1811.
1. ALEXANDER, John, came from Scotland bef. 1640 and sett. at Wind. Wife unk.
John. (3)
Ch .: + George. (2) Thomas, per. k. with Lothrop, Sept. 18, 1675.
2. GEORGE, S. of John, (1), rem. to Nhn. 1655; a first sett. there and also in Nfd. 1673; ret. to Nhn. ; d. May 5, 1703. He m. March 18, 1644, Susanna -; she d. May, 1684.
Ch .: John, July 25, 1645. (4) Daniel, Jan. 12, 1650; wounded in Abigail, m. June 16, 1663, Thomas Webster of Had. Philip's war; d. at Suff. Oct., 1684. Nathaniel, Dec. 29, 1652. (5)
Child, 1647, d. young.
Sarah, Dec. 8, 1654; m. July 6, 1678, Samuel Curtice of Nhn.
Mary, Oct. 20, 1648; m. Sept. 23, 1670, Micah Mudge.
Child, Nov. 4, 1656; d. same day.
3. JOHN, S. of John, (1), sett. in Newton; d. 1696. Wife, Bea- trice, was alive in 1690.
Ch .: John, abt. 1653; at Dfd. 1704; d. s. p. at Groton.
Dorothy, abt. 1660; m. abt. 1684, John Stebbins of Dfd.
David. (6)
Mary -, m. Benjamin Barrett, (2d), Feb. 25, 1691, Henry White.
Robert, of Boston 1684; a house lot at Wapping was granted him in 1686;
lost in the expedition to Schenecta- dy, 1690.
Martha, July 16, 1668; m. Samuel Friz- zell of Roxbury.
Deliverance, Jan. 7, 1672; m. Jonathan Parker of Needham.
Elizabeth, Sept. 16, 1674; m. Joseph Parker of Needham. Per. Joseph, who was at Dfd. 1684.
4. JOHN, s. of George, (2), b. 1645; one of our first sett .; ret. to Nhn. 1675; d. Dec. 31, 1733. He m. Nov. 18, 1671, Sarah, dau. Sam- uel Gaylord of Wind. ; she d. Nov. 3, 1732, a. 81.
Ch .: John, Jan. 24, 1673; d. s. p. Jan. 24, 1748-9.
Nathaniel, April 6, 1676; m. Dec. 3, 1707, Abigail Searle; d. Nov. 28,1725. Samuel, Nov. 6, 1678; d. s. p. 1763. Joseph, Oct. 16, 1681. (7)
Ebenezer, Oct. 17, 1684; m. Oct. 10. 1709, Mehitable, dau. Henry Buck of Weth. She d. a. 83, after a union of 57 yrs. For their descendants see
Hist. of Nfd.
Elizabeth, d. Jan. 8, 1701.
Sarah, Feb. 7, 1688; m. June 26, 1716, Eleazer Holton of Nfd.
Thankful, March 29, 1691; m. Jan. 2, 1734-5, Gideon Hale of Winchester, N. H.
Elizabeth, Oct. 5, 1694; m. Nov. 15, 1733, John Summers of Arlington & Nhn.
5. NATHANIEL, s. of George, (2), b. 1652; rem. to Nfd. and later in life to Had. ; was a soldier at the Falls Fight, 1676, and was one of the few who lived to receive a share in the township of Falltown, granted to the soldiers or their heirs in 1736; he d. Oct. 29, 1742. He m. June 19, 1679, Hannah, dau. Samuel Allen of Nhn.
Ch .: Hannah, Oct. -; d. Oct. 27, 1680. Hannah, Sept. 26, 1681; m. May Io, 1703, Samuel Boltwood of Had.
Mindwell-m. Feb. 11, 1706-7, Daniel Porter. Sarah-m. Nov. 10, 1715, Jos. Smith of Had.
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Abigail, -; m. July 24, 1718, Jona. Smith of Had.
Ruth, Feb. 22, 1691. Thankful, Jan. 9, 1693-4.
Thomas, Apr. 9, 1696; drowned Apr.
25, 1725, a little below the mouth of Millers river when returning from a scout up the Conn. under Capt. Thos. Wells of Dfd.
Daniel. Jan. 14, 1699;d. Jan. 15, 1701-2.
6. DAVID, S. of John (3); came here from Nhn. abt. 1700; k. 1704. Hem. after 1683, Elizabeth (Coply), wid. of Praisever Turner, who was k. in Philip's war, and also of Sam'l Langton; she d. abt. 1701; (2) July 31, 1701, Mary, dau. Daniel Weld; she was cap. 1704, but came back and m. (2) April 18, 1707, Samuel Smead, and (3) Nov. 28, 1734, Joseph Younglove.
Ch .: Mary, April 11, 1702; k. 1704.
7. JOSEPH, s. of John (4), b. 1681; was cap. at Dfd., 1704, but made his escape the first night. Mr. Williams was notified that if another ran away the rest should be killed. He was allowed for his losses £4, 14s, by the General Court; rem. to Nfd. abt. 1716; was at Arlington 1737-43, Nfd. again 1748-58; abt. the latter date he rem. to Had .; d. Sept. 30, 1761. He m. May 28, 1705, Margaret, dau. Philip Mattoon.
Ch .: Joseph, Sept. 18, 1705 (8). child born in Putney. Margaret, Jan. 25, 1706-7. Sarah, June 7, 17c8. Aaron, Feb. 12, 1714. Rachel. Oct. 24, 1715. John, Nov. 15, 1709 (9). Elizabeth, Feb. 8, 1717. Thankful, Oct. 11, 1719; m. 1753. Joseph Hawley of Amh., his 2d wife.
Philip. Sept. 29, 1712; lived awhile in Arlington,and was a first sett. of Put- ney, Vt .; m. Abigail -. Their son Aaron is said to be the first white
Experience, Feb. 3, 1721. Amos, April 5, 1724.
8. JOSEPH, S. of Joseph (7), b. 1705; many years soldier at Fort Dummer; rem. to Hadley, where he was living in 1775. He m. 1736, Mary Mighills; (2) Experience -, who died in Whately, Jan. 27, 1799, a. 72.
Ch .: + Miles, b. 1739 (10).
9. JOHN, S. of Joseph (7), b. 1709; a tailor; was soldier under Capt. Kellogg at Fort Dummer; his family lived for safety in Hins- dale and Nfd. ; he was k. by Indians near Fort Hinsdale, July 22, 1755. He m. Ruth -; she was alive in Nfd, 1763.
Ch .: + John, b. at Fort Dummer, 1738; Amos, -; (11). was one of the first sett. of Bratt .: a Philip, -; (12).
Joel, 1741; sol. in Canada campaigns, 1758-9.
Rev. sol ; d. in Marlboro, July 8. 1828. Dau, -; m. - Butler, (2) - Hubbard of Hinsdale, N. H. Medad.
10. MILES, S. of Joseph (8), b. 1739; Lt. ; sett. ; d. in Sund., Apr. 10, 1806. He m. Nov. 21, 1771, wid. Mary Warner of Sund. ; she d. Feb. 21, 1820, a. 85.
Ch .: + Elisha. Jan. 25, 1775 (13). Prob. Joseph (14).
11. AMos, s. of John (9); rem. from Sund. to Dfd. abt. 1772;
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GENEALOGIES.
lived later in Gfd. ; d. 1814. He m. Elizabeth Marsh of Mont .; she d. Apr., 1828.
Ch .: + John .--; m. Prudence McHard; rem. to St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Consider .-; m. - Carpenter of Ley- den; went to N. Y.
Amos, -; m. Eunice Thomas of Hins- dale, N. H .; drowned in crossing Conn. river.
Philip, --; m. Electa Thomas of Hins. Cruden, -; (15).
Bathsheba, -; m. Luther Newton;
lived at Great River; rem. West abl. 1817.
Betsey, 1780; m. 1804, Joel Kellogg of Amh.
Gratia, Mch. 2, 1784; m. Feb. 8, 1801, Walter Newton; rem. to Mont. abt. 1831.
Sally, --; m. Nov. 27, 1806, Oliver Potter of Gfd.
Rebecca, -; m. 1819, Jos. Cobb of Gfd.
12. PHILIP, S. of John (9); rem. from Dfd. to Gfd. abt. 1812; later, being sickly, was supported by the town of Nfd. His widow, Electa, m. Asa Atwood of Warwick.
Ch .: + Martha, Harriet, Miranda, - -; Luther, who are all lost sight of.
Thomas, abt. 1809; Octavia, Mary,
13. ELISHA, S. of Miles (10), b. 1775. He m. Cynthia -; she d. Sept. 15, 1809; (2) prob. Phila, dau. Abner Cooley, Nov. 3, 1810.
Ch .: + Fordyce, May 9, 1798. Hadassa, Aug. 16, 1806.
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