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5. ICHABOD, S. of John (2), b. 1675; d. July 9, 1747. He m. abt. 1698, Mary, dau. Sam'l Belding; she d. Sept. 9, 1724, a. 45; (2), Nov. 25, 1726, Sarah, dau. Benj. Wait, wid. of John Belding.
Ch .: Abigail, Feb. 28, 1700; m. Nath'I Smith.
Lydia, Jan. 7, 1702; m. Jan. 13, 1736, Daniel Dickinson.
Martha, Nov. 19, 1703; m. - Ham- mond of Hardwick; (2), Nathaniel Kellogg of Had.
Samuel, Dec. 12, 1705 (6).
Sarah, Jan. 11, 1708; m. Nov. 14, 1734, Joseph Miller.
Bathsheba, Jan. 12, 1710;m. 1734, Jona. Warner. Abel, July 21, 1714; m. Dec. 14, 1735, Miriam. dau. Joseph Scott. Elisha, Dec. 3, 1716 (7).
6. SAMUEL, S. of Ichabod (5), b. 1705; grad. H. C. 1724; minister of Somers, Ct., 1724-47; d. 1796. He m. Nov. 4, 1729, Hannah, dau. John Sheldon of Dfd .; she d. July 22, 1779 a. 71.
Ch .: + Julius, Sept. IS, 1732 (S). John and Jabez, Nov. 12, 1734. Samuel, abt. 1735. Lucius, May 19, 1737 (9). Chloe, Nov. 4, 1739.
Abel, Jan. 9, 1742; d. Oct. 3, 1744. Abel, Oct. 22, 1745 (10). Lemuel, June 22, 1747. John, who m Sept. 13, 1764, Sarah, dau. Nathan'l Burt of Longmeadow.
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7. ELISHA, S. of Ichabod (5), b. 1716; Hat., Somers 1751; d. abt.
I779. He m. Dec. 10, 1744, Anna, dau. John Marsh of Had .; (2) Sarah, wid. of Thos. Cutler of Warren; their curious marriage con- tract-too long to insert-was signed Jan. 14, 1765.
Ch .: + Elisha, -; m. Mary (Dickin- son) Ingram; rem. to Brookfield.
Anna, -; m. Dr. Pomroy, a surgeon in the Eng. army; at Montreal 1788. Electa, -; d. in infancy.
Josiah, 1754; Col .; m. Mar. 1, 1774, Anna, dau. Elisha Hubbard. [See His- tory of Whalely. ]
John, Jan. 18. 1756; m. Esther, dau.
Sam'l Partridge of Hat.
Abel, --; m. Sept. 30, 1779, - Allen of Bennington ? or Chapin? or Ba- ker? or Mansfield ? authorities differ- ing-lake your choice.
William, -; m. Sophia Smith; they were the parents of Sarah, b. 1787, who m. Quartus Hawks of Dfd.
8. JULIUS, s. of Samuel (6), b. 1732; of Dfd. 1751; res. at Mill River; in 1782 the town voted that his farm might be set off to Con .; d. at Sullivan, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1817. He m. Nov. 14, 1755, Han- nah, dau. Obadiah Dickinson of Hat .; she d. Sept. 3, 1814, a. 79.
Ch .: Mary, Oct. 4, 1756. Joel. Feb. 12, 1769;m. Sara Lee of Con. Jan. 4. 1797; (2) Sepi. 4, 1799, Nancy Tampling of Ash.
Timothy, July 12, 1759; Rev. sol .; d. Oct. 6, 1776.
Lydia, July 25, 1761; m. Elijah May of Conn.
Hannah, Nov. 9, 1765: m. Nov. 6, 1784, Jona. Smith of What.
Sylvia, Nov. 3, 1767; m. Joseph Frost.
Submit, Sept. 22, 1772; m. Eliphas Hickok.
Rachel, Oct. 11, 1775; d. Apr. 23, 1815. Martha, Apr. 30, 1777; d. Apr. 19, 1803.
9. LUCIUS, s. of Samuel (6), b. 1737; Capt .; sett. in What. 1761; rem. to Con. 1764. He m. Dec. 10, 1761, Jemima Bliss, who d. June 10, 1764; (2) Aug. 14, 1765, Mary, dau. Thos. Wells, Dfd .; she d. July 2, 1776; (3) June 16, 1777, Mehitable Graves, who d. July 31, 1800; (4) May 25, 1801, Lois Graves.
Ch .: Zelinda, Jan. 7, 1763; m. Ang. 10, 1786, Isaac Wing.
Child, b. and d. June 3, 1764. Samuel, June 20, 1767.
Lucius, June 19, 1768. Solomon, Apr. 26, 1769; m. Mar. 14.
1794, Anna B. Dickinson. Sarah, Apr. 15, 1771.
Thomas Wells, Aug. 16, 1772.
Elijah, Dec. 5, 1773.
Child, Oct. 7, 1 775.
John, Aug. 3, 1778.
10. ABEL, S. of Samuel (6), b. 1745; lived awhile in Hat .; came to Dfd. 1768; lived afterwards in Ash., Col. and Wilmington, Vt., where he d. 1810? (or in Conway, Feb. 3, 1804,); the Abel Allises are sadly mixed. He m. Sept. 5, 1769, Hannah, dau. James Porter of Hat. ; (2) Lydia, who d. Apr. 15, 1806, a. 64.
Ch .: + Gratia, -; m. John Sherman of Con.
Phebe, (dau. of Lydia) Oct. 19, 1772. John Belden (II). Silas, abt. 1775 (12).
Elijah, -; sett. in Wilmington.
Pliny, -; shot himself by accident.
Henry, -; m. Dolly Bacon; sett. in Con .; had 12 ch, 1806-IS31. Eunice, Apr. 3, 1778; m. Elisha De- Wolf. Lucinda, Mar. 27, 1780; m. Mar. 21, 1798, Reuben Waite of What.
11. JOHN B., s. of Abel (10), b. abt. 1773; d. Feb. 2, 1861, a. 88; he was brought up by his uncle, Dea. John Belding, and was called
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"Belling Allis." He m. Jan. 1, 1800, Lucy, dau. Elisha DeWolf; she d. Feb. 5, 1849, a. 74.
Ch .: + Harriet, -; m. Mar. 22, 1827, Wm. Johnson of Vernon, Vt.
John, abt. 1810 (13).
Mary, Aug. 22, 1814; m. Ralph Arms of Canada; d. at Granby, Canada,
East. Dec. 11, 1876. Jane, Aug. 3. 1818; m. James W. Sprague of Buckland.
An imperfect list of the children.
12. SILAS, s. of Abel (10), b. abt. 1775; rem. fr. Col. to Groton, N. Y., where he d. abt. 1852, a. 77. Amb. ; she d. abt. 1850, a. 73.
Clarissa, May, 1799;m. Josiah Warfield of Heath.
Sally, -; m. Elisha Eldridge of Gro- ton.
Betsey, -; d. at 8 years.
Miriam, -; m. Nath'l Newell? of lleath. Silas, -; m. - Sweet; sett. in Almond,
Lucy, --; m. Leroy Davis of Ando- ver, N. Y. Augusta, -; m. Albert Scribner of Andover, N. Y.
13. JOHN, S. of John B. (11), b. 1810; Wisdom; d. Sept. 10, 1868,
a. 58. He m. Candace Wolcott.
Ch .: William, July 5. 1841. Sarah, Aug. 27, 1844.
Philip W., July 21, 1848.
14. PLINY, s. of Silas (12), b. 1797; sett. in Wisdom; abt. 1830; d. 187 -. He m. (pub. Nov. 1, 1822, ) Sophronia, dau. Miner Frink; she d. Mar. 31, 1870, a. 69; (2) Aug. 10, 1872, wid. Mary Smith of New Haven.
Ch .: Albert, Sept. 14, 1823; d. unm. Aug. 8, 1848.
Charles, Feb. 16, 1825, in Heath; m. Nov. 19, 1855, Melissa E., dau. Geo. Harris.
Lucinda, May 10, 1827, in Andover, N. Y .; m. Simeon Peck. Eliza, Nov. 7, 1829. in Andover, N. Y .; m. Michael Taintor. Martha, Oct. 13, 1831 ; m. Alonzo May.
ALLISON, LAWRENCE, of Wind. 1643; d. bef. 1704; wid. name unk. living at Dfd. Feb. 1704, a. 84.
Ch .: + Richard.
Thomas, -; of Dfd. 1686; shoemaker and trader; constable 1693; lived at Wapping 1710;sold to John Williams a home lot where stands Philo Munn's shop; was taken care of by the town in his old age.
John, -; of Dfd. 1698; d. Jan. 20,
1722 3; m. Aug. 4, 1698. Mary, dau. Geo. Jefferies of Wind. and Suff. ; she d. Dec. 31, 1730, a. 61; they had no ch. in 1704; he was employed in 1712 to sweep the meetinghouse.
AMIDON, ELBERT, S. of Solomon and Betsey (Davidson), b. Jan. 25, 1812; rem. from Rowe to Dfd. ; [d. Dec. 1893. ] He m. Nov., 1841, Emerine L. Wilson of Heath; she d. Jan. 31, 1844: (2) Mar. 4, 1846, Martha, dau. Noah Wells of Rowe; she d. May 10, 1866; (3) May 26, 1868, Elizabeth, dau. John Wilson.
Ch .: Emerine L., Jan. 10, 1843; m. Feb, 20, 1864, David Henry.
Jeneatte, Nov. 25, 1848; d. Nov. 27, IS78.
Margaret, Apr. 2, 1850; m. E. C. Se- guin. Sept. 17, 1873; d. Oct. 31, 1882. Royal Wells, Aug. 7. 1853; m. Emma D. F. Field, Nov. 25, 1885.
Hle m. Charlotte Hawley of
Ch .: + Pliny, June 10, 1797 (4). N. Y. Charlotte, -; m. Robert Wiley of Andover, N. Y.
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AMSDEN, ABNER, b. 1790; [often Amsdell, sometimes Amsdale, Amsdill, Embsden]; wife Susanna.
Ch .: + Abigail, Lydia and Robert.
1. AMSDEN, JOHN, of Cambridge; rem. to Hat., where he d. May 29, 1696, leaving an estate of $4, 125, 5d, and debts £57, 7 5. He m. Elizabeth, who d. Aug. 13, 1689.
Ch .: + John, Nov. 24, 1686 (2). Isaac, -; d. Aug. 8, 1692.
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), b. 1686; trumpeter in the troop, wound- ed by Indians; in 1715 he bought one hundred acres at the Bars of Peter Evans for £72; this was the place of residence of the family for one hundred and fifty years; he was drowned at Cheapside July 3, 1742. He m. Mar. 23, 1720, Mary, dau. Sam'l Cowles of Hat .; she d. Jan. 27, 1757, a. 58.
Ch .: John, Feb. 16, 1721 (3). at the Bars fight. Eunice, -; d. Feb. 16, 1737.
Isaac, Sept. 27, 1722; sol. at Louisburg, 1745; sett. in Con. abt. 1770; m. May
Elisha, Oct. 3, 1733 (4).
3. 1770, Hannah, dau. John Carlin, Rev. sol. 1777.
Elizabeth, Sept. 27, 1724; weaver, had shop in Hitchcock Lane 1762-7.
Violet, Sept. 14, 1726; m. Jona. Bard- well.
Oliver, Aug. 13, 1728; k. Aug. 26, 1746,
Asahel, June, 1741; of Ash. 1760, of Dfd. 1765-7.
3. JOHN, S. of John (2), b. 1721; Capt., lived at the Bars; d. Oct. 10, 1794. He m. Lydia, dau. Jona. Field of Sund. and wid. of Thos. Chapin, prob. of Belchertown; she was received by the chh. here on a rec. fr. the chh. at Cold Spring in 1762; she d. Mar. 4, 1814, a. 83. Ch .: + Mary, Aug. II, 1762; m. Feb. 5, Salmon White of What. 1794, John DeWolf.
Thomas.
Lydia, July I8, 1766; m. May 24, 1786,
Elizabeth, Feb. 17, 1768; m. Feb. 23, 1798, Sayward Phelps of Nhn. John, Jan. 23, 1770 (5).
4. ELISHA, S. of John (2), b. 1733; Capt. ; sett. in Con. He m. Sarah -, per. Billings, dau. Jona. and Mary of Sund.
Ch .: Elisha, Jan. IS, 1767. Lydia, Oct. 1775. Amos, Apr. 23, 1778.
Dau., Apr. 22, 1768. John, July 13, 1769. Samuel, June 30, 1771; d. young. Zilpha, Mar. 3, 178 -.
Samuel, June 30, 1780.
Sarah, Apr. 25, 1773. Rufus, Aug. 22, 178 -.
5. JOHN, S. of John (3), b. 1770; Dea. ; lived at the Bars; d. Dec. 24, 1853. He m. (pub. Jan. 6, 1798), Sarah Graves of Palmer; she d. Sept. 25, 1855, a. 79.
Ch .: Mary Pamelia, Dec. 30, 1800; m. Nov. 28, 1819, Edwin Clark of Nhn .; she d. Apr. 9, 1821; her funeral ser- mon was printed.
Erastus, July 4, 1802; d. July 16, 1804, in the great epidemic dysentery.
Sally Maria, Sept. 4, 1804: m. Dec. 14, 1831, John Clary of Con.
Harriet, Dec. 22. 1806; m. Oct. 8, 1828, Isaac Clark, Jr., of Nhn. Alma, Feb. 8, 1809; m. Nov. 18, 1829, Apollos Clary.
AMSDEN, OLIVER, taxed 1793.
Mary, Sept. 15, 1735; m. Aaron Phelps of Belchertown.
Simeon, July 24, 1737; k. with Oliver. Eunice, July 31, 1739; m. June 7, 1763, Joseph Chamberlain of Sund.
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ANDERSON, JOHN, b. 1721; came here from Lunenburg, Aug. 28, 1767; his wife's name was Jane; he was taxed here in 1768; he may, or may not, be the John who was "seated" in 1785 and d. 1790.
ANDERSON, JOSEPH, fr. Shel. ; Preceptor Dfd. Academy and of New Salem 1831. He m. Mary, dau. Augustus Lyman.
Ch .: Mary Lyman, Aug. 1, IS31; d. at Dfd. a. S weeks.
ANDERSON, THOMAS; taxed 1768. He m. Mary -.
Ch .: + William, bap. 1751; and per. David.
1. ANDERSON, WILLIAM; by family tradition he was from Dum- fermline, Scotland, and came over with Gen. Abercrombie in 1758; served under Gen. Amherst at the cap. of "Old Ti," 1759; sett. abt. 1764 on the Old Anderson place at Bloody Brook; d. Jan. 1810. He m. Abigail Hitchcock of Brimfield.
Ch .: + William, bap. Sept. 4, 1768; d. young.
Solomon, bap. Sept. 4, 1768 (2).
John, bap. Mar. 18, 1770 (3).
Sarah, bap. July 26, 1772; m. June 11,
1792, Lemuel Arms. Fanny, bap. Oct. 6, 1774; d. young. William, bap. Dec. 29, 1776 (4). Fanny, bap. Feb. 3, 1779; m. Sept. 2, 1795, Roswell Russell.
2. SOLOMON, S. of William (1), b. 1768; Bloody Brook; d. Feb. 17, 1843. He m. 1786, Esther Hadassah, dau. Azariah Cooley; she d. Mar. 21, 1809, a. 42; (2) Mar. 24, 1810, wid. Elizabeth (Merrill) Brigham; she d. Apr. 11, 1864, a. 86.
Ch .: Henry, May 31, 1787; m. Naomi, dau. Solomon Graves of What. rem. to Spfd.
Foster. Feb. 6, 1789; went West.
Dau., Jan. 7, 1795; lived but 4 hours. Dexter, Apr. 30, 1796; d. Aug. 5, 1797. Dexter, May 28, 1798; sett. in Keene. Harriet, May 8, ISoo; m. John Gill.
Herrick, Apr. 16, 1802; m. Clarissa Graves or Harriet Bisbee; sett. in What.
Abigail, June S, 1804; m. Dec. 15,1822, Ebenezer Clapp.
Elizabeth, May 21, ISII; m. May 16, IS30, Dennis Cooley.
Esther Cooley, Oct. 8, 1812; m. Mar. 20, 1836, Franklin Bartlett.
Judith Merrill, July 11, 1816; m. Steph- en Hunt. Maria Ann, July 28, 1718. Charles Brigham, May 30, 1821 (5).
3. JOUN, s. of William (1), b. 1770; weaver at Bloody Brook; d. Feb. 23, 1862. He m. Polly Trowbridge of Amh. ; she d. Jan. 23, 1853, a. 79.
Ch .: John, July 20, 1793; d. Ocl. 7, 1795. John, Mar. 3, 1796; m. Jane -; went South.
Sally, Oct. 1, 1798; m. Henry Spear of Thomaston, Me.
Mary, Sept. 2, 1801 ; d. Sept. 23, 1804. David Trowbridge, Mar. 7, 1804; d. Oct. 7, 1804.
Mary, Aug. 22, 1805; m. Nov. 24, 1825,
Russell Smith. Susan, Aug. 8, ISos; m. John Hazelion. Emily, Mch. 29, 1811; m. (pub. Apr. 6, IS33,) G. W. Munson of Gfd. David Trowbridge, Mar. 29, 1811; d. Apr. S, IS11. Maria, July 20, 1813; d. Jan. 3, 1831. William, Mar. 11, 1816 (6). Son, b. and d. Nov. 3, 1818.
4. WILLIAM, S. of William (1), b. 1776, sett. at Bloody Brook; d. Feb. 13, 1828. He m. Oct. 11, 1800, Joanna Clark of Con. ; she d. Apr. 24, 1822, a. 47; (2) (pub. Dec. 20, 1822), wid. Anna Wilson of Col.
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Ch .: Roland, Sept. 25, 1801 (7). son. Jane, Sept. 16, 1809.
Eliza, Apr. 23, 1804; d. Sept. 1, 1805.
Eliza, July 19, 1806: m. Hervey John-
William Wilson, Sept. 18, 1827.
5. CHARLES B., s. of Solomon (2), b. 1821; at Bloody Brook; d. Mar. 1874. He m. Apr. 19, 1848, Tryphosa, dau. Rufus Clark, she d. Mar. 2, 1876, a. 50.
Ch .: George R., June 28, 1850.
Mary Aseneth, Sept. 9, 1858.
6. WILLIAM, S. of John (3), b. 1816; living at Bloody Brook. He m. May 26, 1839, Harriet S., dau. Ebenezer Dickinson of Ash.
Ch .: Susan M., Jan. 6, 1851; m. Aug. 1, 1877, Elias C. Terry of Chicopee.
7. ROLAND, S. of William (4), b. 1801; at Bloody Brook; d. Jan. 6, 1853. He m. Jan. 1833, Abigail, dau. Wm. Hawks.
Ch .: + Eliza, -; m. Everett Taft of Others d. in infancy.
Mont.
APPLEBEE, MICHAEL, b. 1778. He m. 1782, Mary Taylor.
1. ARMS, WILLIAM, b. abt. 1654; first heard of as a sol under Capt. Turner at Had., Apr. 6, 1676; was in the Falls fight May 19, 1676; at Hat. 1677, where he speculated largely in real estate; he also owned real estate in Hartford; he came to Dfd. abt. 1698, and sett. at the south end of the Street on "Arms Corner," now in the. possession of his descendants Geo. A. and Richard C. Arms, for which he exchanged with Thos. Hunt a house and land in Hartford; he rem. to Sund. 1713; came back in three or four years and d. Aug. 25, 1731, a. 77. He m. Nov. 21, 1677, Joanna, dau. John Hawks of Had .; she d. Nov. 22, 1729, a. 76.
Ch .: William, Feb. 14, 1678; d. at Hat., Sept. 18, 1690.
John, Dec. 25, 1679 (2).
Sarah, Nov. 21, 1681; m. May 2, 1700, Zebediah Williams.
Margaret, Oct. 6, 1683; m. May 2, 1700, Wm. Belding.
Hannah, 1685; m. abt. 1704, Joseph Clesson of Nhn. and Dfd.
Daniel, Sept. II, 1687 (3).
Ebenezer, Aug 26, 1689; d. Sept. 25, 1690.
William, Oct. 26, 1692 (4).
Elizabeth, 1695; m. Ebenezer Field, blacksmith, who rem. to Nfd., where, being mistaken for an Indian, he was shot by a sentinel; being brought to Dfd., he d. under the hands of the surgeon, Sept. 12, 1723. She m. (2) Jan. 27, 1726-7, Azariah Wright of Nfd .; it is said of her in the Hist. of Nfd. that "she was the first teacher in town of whom a record exists; in 1721 she taught a class of young ch. at her own house, for 22 weeks of the
warm season, and charged four pence each per week ; she educated her own ch. well; heroldest dau., Joanna, was the noted schoolma'am of the next generation. Mrs. Field was a woman of great energy and versatility; we get but two glimpses of her life, the "first when she iskeeping school, mak- ing shirts for the Indians at 8 pence each, making breeches for Ensign Field, her husband's brother, at one shilling, sixpence per pr., besides managing her household with four young ch. ; we next see her, ten years later, as Mrs. Azariah Wright, with S children, the youngest but a year old, and leisure to work at tailoring, as formerly; leisure to spin and weave tow cloth, to be exchanged with the traders for crockery and a few luxuries; to spin and weave a web of 26 yds. of linen sheeting for Sam'l Smith, for which she receives 24 shillings. Taking these as sam- ples of other years, her life was a use-
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ful, productive and beneficent one; she had in all 14 ch., the youngest twins." She d. Oct. 1. 1772. In the annals of our town little can be learned of our foremothers, and Eliz- abeth Arms must stand as one of their best representatives; the above
sketch of her industrial life was gleaned fr. old acc. books, now in Memorial Hall; one of her sons, Az- ariah Wright, was "the Ethan Allen of Westminster," Vt., during the Hampshire Grant troubles. (See Hall's Eastern Vermont.)
2. JOHN, s. of William (1), b. 1679; he was in the Meadow fight, 1704, and saw much service in the Indian wars; was wounded and cap. in an attack near Dfd. June 22, 1709 (ante, p. 372); from his wounds and hardships he was made a cripple and received a pension from the Colony during the latter years of his life; he d. Sept. 20, 1753. He m. Nov. 27, 1712, Hannah, dau. Thos. Nash of Hat .; she d. Oct. 20, 1751, a. 62.
Ch .: Hannah, Sept. 21, 1713; m. Nov. 14, 1735. Johh Hinsdale.
Mercy, July 26, 1718; m. Mar. 12, 1735,
John Sheldon; she d. 1768. John, Apr. 30, 1722 (5).
3. DANIEL, S. of William (1), b. 1687; lived on old homestead; d. Sept. 28, 1753. He m. Dec. 4, 1716, Esther, dau. Ebenezer Smead; she d. Dec. 17, 1736, a. 40; (2) Sept. 21, 1737, wid. Mary (Hitchcock) Taylor; she m. (3) Ang. 20, 1754, Ebenezer Barnard; she d. June 17, 1781, a. 86.
Ch .: Submit, July 19, 1718, lived but ten days.
Daniel, Dec. 10, 1719 (6).
Ebenezer, Jan. 9, 1720-21 (7).
Moses, June 12, 1722; d. Nov. 13, 1731.
Esther, Nov. 12, 1723; m. Mar. 15, 1742, John Severance.
Aaron, Nov. 6, 1725; d. Sept. 23, 1735. Martha, Feb. 3, 1728-9; m. June 27, 1743, Othniel Taylor of Charl.
Abner, Apr. 3, 1731 (8). Moses, July 2, 1733; d. Oct. 5, 1733. Seth, Mar. 10, 1734; d. Dec. 8, 1736. Consider, Oct. 14, 1736 (9).
4. WILLIAM, S. of William (1), b. 1692; d. at Bloody Brook, Sept. 27, 1774. He m. Oct. 28, 1720, Rebecca, dau. Thos. Nash of Hat .; they lived at the South End, on the other "Arms Corner,"- the old Saxton place, -and she lost her life when their house was burned, May 12, 1768; the tradition is that she was buried under an avalanche of grain from the upper story, so that only her hands were burned.
Ch .: Rebecca, Mar. 21, 1722; m. Feb. 28, 1744. David Childs; (2) Nath'l Phelps; d. Nov., 1793.
William, June 24, 1724 (10).
Elijah, Apr. 1, 1727 (II). Thomas, June 22, 1729 (12).
Phineas, Oct. 4, 1731; k. at Charl., June II, 1755 (see ante. p. 635.). David, Jan. 27, 1734-5 (13). Jonathan, " (14). Eliakim, May 9, 1737 (15).
5. JOHN, S. of John (2), b. 1722; major, 1766; sett. in Bratt. on the Fairbanks Moore farm; first P. M. of Bratt .; for a long time he kept a famous tavern, where Ethan Allen and the Green Moun- tain Boys often resorted; sheriff, 1756-69; k. by the kick of a horse, Mar. 6, 1770. He m. Dec., 1743, Susannah, dau. Col. Josiah Wil- lard; she d. Mar. 7, 1793, a. 73.
Ch .: Willard, Sept. 6, 1744; d. June 20, 1751.
Susanna, May 2, 1747; m. - Willard. Josiah, Mar. 17, 1750 (16).
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Hannah, Apr. 24, 1753; m. Ebenezer Fox; d. June 13, 1820.
Lucinda, Nov. 6, 1757; m. Dr. Lemuel
Dickerman; d. June 17, 1813. John Willard, May 6, 1759; d. s. p. Jan. 21, 1783.
6. DANIEL, s. of Daniel (3), b. 1719; lived on the old homestead ; d. May 7, 1784; funeral sermon by Mr. Emerson. He m. Oct. 18, 1743, Mary, dau. John Stebbins; she d. Mar. 20, 1798, a. 77.
Ch .: Submit, Dec. 30, 1744; d. Jan. 9, 1745.
Daniel, Feb. 7, 1745-6; d. the next day. Mary, Mar. 26, 1747; m. June 29, 1768, Simeon Harvey.
Aaron, Jan. 25, 1749 (17).
Esther, June 25, 1754; m. Mar. 20, 1775,
Thos. Mighills; (2) 1797, Elijah Wilder.
Experience, July 16, 1757; m. Dec. 29, 1782, Peter Gates of Did. and Con. Martha. Apr. 14, 1762; m. abl. 1785 Zur Hawks.
7. EBENEZER, S. of Daniel (3), b. 1721; Capt .; sett. in Gfd .; d. June 13, 1788. He m. Jan. 25, 1747-8, Elizabeth, dau. Edward Al- len; she d. Mar. 16, 1775.
Ch .: Mercy, Mar. 25, 1748; m. July 13, 1768, Ebenezer Wells.
Moses, Oct. 12, 1749 (18).
Ebenezer, Nov. 28, 1751;d. Sept.8, 1758.
Irena, Sept. 12, 1753; per. m. John Smead, Sept. 28, 1783.
Elizabeth, Aug. 16, 1755; m. Nov. 5, 1776, John Newton.
Ebenezer, Apr. 21, 1760 (19).
Dorothy, Jan. 14, 1762; per. m. Benj. Sinith of What.
Jesse, Aug. 2, 1771 (20).
8. . ABNER, s. of Daniel (3), b. 1731; sett. in Gfd .; d. Jan. 16, 1793. He m. Tabitha, dau. Edward Allen; she d. Jan. 3, 1784, a. 52; (2) Oct. 26, 1786, Mary, (Miller) wid. of Battis Denio; she d. Nov. 7, 1826, a. 77.
Ch .: Seth, Feb. 7, 1756; d. Sept. 14, 1758. Abner, Sept. 9, 1757; d. Aug. 28, 1758. Seth, Aug. 7, 1759 (21).
Tabitha, May 20, 1761 ; m. Dec. 27, 1787, Reuben Ingram.
Lydia, Mar. 30, 1763 (?); m. John Bush, May 16, 1782.
Abner, Dec. 24, 1764; d. Aug. 24, 1777. Solomon, Oct. 1, 1766 (22).
Tirza, July 25, 1768; one of the same name m. abi. Feb. 15, 1806, Capt. Locke of Had.
Anna, June 24, 1770; m. Jan. 30, 1789. John Wells of Bratt.
John, Mar. 20, 1772; d. Aug. 30, 1777. Guy, Feb. 12, 1778; d. unm. in Albany or Troy.
Esther, Dec. 8, 1789; m. Abner Newton.
9. CONSIDER, S. of Daniel (3), b. 1736; sett. in Con., where he was a very large landholder; member of the Constitutional Conven- tion, 1788; d. June 19, 1792. He m. Dec. 11, 1765, Mercy, dau. John Catlin; she d. Feb. 12, 1822, a. 80.
Ch .: Daniel, July 23, 1766; m. Aug. II, 1792, Luana Crosby; rem. to Sodus,
N. Y .; m. (2) Jan. 26, 1814, Nancy Thompson.
Israel, Oct. 24, 1767; d. s. p. Sept. 25, I795.
Henry, July 10, 1769 (23).
Sophia, Dec. 1, 1770; m. Apr. 21, 1791, David Ashley; rem. to Miss.
Dorothy, Oct. 31, 1772; m. Jan. 10, 1792, Elisha Wright.
John, Feb. 20, 1774 (24).
Polly, Nov. 17, 1775; m. Feb. 10, 1799,
Enoch Bennet.
Mercy, Dec. 1, 1776; d. unm. 1826. Christopher, Oct. 7, 1777 (25).
Louisa, June 17, 1779;d. Aug. 30, 1782. Oliver, June 26, 1780; m. 1822, Sarah Hale; (2) Nancy Williams; rem. to N. Y.
Abner, Aug. 16, 1781; m. 1812, Electa, dau. John Boyden.
Louisa. Dec. 18, 1783; m. Oct. 1808, Job Wrisley; rem. to llebron, Ct.
Clarissa, Dec. 17, 1786; m. July 1812, Jona. Allen of Pittsfield.
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10. WILLIAM, S. of William (4), b. 1724; lived at Wapping; d. May IO, 1794. He m. Elizabeth, dau. Sam'l Belding of Hat. ; she d. Feb. 24, 1804, a. 81.
Ch .: Elizabeth, July 18, 1750; d. unm. at Croyden, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1815.
Noah, Mar. 27, 1753; d. Sept. 25, 1756.
Phineas, May 1, 1756; d. 1757.
Phineas, May 8, 1759 (26).
Submit, Dec. 9,1760;m. Consider Scont. Joanna, Oct. 25, 1762; m. Jan. 1, 1789,
Daniel Chapin; rem. to Newport, N. H1.
Aseneth, July 24, 1764: m. Rev. Jacob Ilaven, Croyden; d. Dec. 5, 1822.
Huldah, Apr.28, 1766;m. Amos Fisher. William, Dec. 8, 1769 (27).
11. ELIJAH, S. of William (4), b. 1727; Lieut .; lived on lot No. 20, at the south end; rem. to Mill River, where he d. Oct. 5, 1802. He in. Aug. 17, 1758, Experience, dau. Nathaniel Hawks; she d. Dec. 28, 1771, a. 31; (2) Nov. 24, 1774, Naomi, dau. Elijah Lyman of Nhn. She d. Dec. 28, 1818, a. 79.
Ch .: Elijah, Jan. 18, 1760 (28). Experience, Jan. 27, 1770; m. Jan. 30, 1794, Salmon Graves of What. Lucinda, Dec. 12, 1771 ; d. Feb. 25, 1772.
12. THOMAS, S. of William (4), b. 1729; sett. at Bloody Brook; d. Aug. 7, 1808. He m. July 12, 1753, Lydia Alvord of Sund; she d. Nov. 15, 1802, a. 69.
Ch .: Eliphaz, Feb. 22, 1754 (29).
Seth, July 7, 1757 (30).
Thomas, Aug. 3. 1759 (31).
Lydia, Oct. 14, 1762; m. Apr. 24, 1816, Josiah Hadlock of Con.
Josiah, Aug. 2, 1764.
Clarissa, May, 13, 1766. Rufus, Apr. 12, 1768;m. Sarah Hallock. Lemuel, Nov. 22, 1769 (32). Lucy, bap. Oct. 17, 1773; d. in infancy. Lucy, Oct. 12, 1774; d. unm. Dec. 2, 1856.
13. DAVID, S. of William (4), b. 1735; Joiner of Bloody Brook, 1774; rem. to Chatham, N. Y. Ile m. Sarah Bodman.
Ch .: + Sarah, bap. Nov.9,1762;m. Elias Stone.
Sylvester, bap. Nov. 6, 1774. John.
Pamelia, bap. Mar. 2, 1766; m. Mar. 4, 1790, Levi Graves of Sund.
David, bap. Oct. 4, 1767. Samuel, bap. Dec. 17, 1769 (33).
Rebecca, per. 2d wife to Moses Nims, after 1814. Mary.
14. JONATHAN, S. of William (4), b. 1735; Dea. 1785; blacksmith and trader; house, shop and store on lot No. 30; d. Feb. 13, 1819. He m. July 3, 1760, Rebecca, dau. Samuel Hinsdale of Gfd .; she d. Nov. 16, 1773, a. 30; (2), Dec. 7, 1774, Eunice, dau. Aaron Lyman of Belchertown; she d. May 3, 1838, a. 94.
Ch .: Rebecca, Aug. 29, 1761; m. Oct. 12, 1783, Edward Billings of Gfd .; d. of small pox, 1785.
Miranda, Oct. 12, 1764; m. Solomon Williams. Jonathan, Jan. 23, 1766 (34). Sophia, Mar. 10, 1769; m. May 4, 1788, Cotton Partridge of llal.
Miriam, Aug. 7, 1771; d. Apr. 4, 1794. Lucinda, Feb. 16, 1773; d. July 7, 1783. Eunice, Sept. 10, 1775; m. (pub. Oct.
3, 1795), Augustus Lyman. Pliny, Feb. 17, 1778 (35). Dorothy, Aug. 14, 1779; lived two weeks.
George, Aug. 16. 1781 (36). Dorothy, June 9, 1783; m. (pub. June 24, 1810), Jacob Smith; she was k. as she was crossing the railroad in front of the cemetery gate, Aug. 20, 1869, a. 79; she was quite deaf. Josiah Lyman, May 25, 1788 (37)-
Electa, Feb.9, 1763; m. Dea. Seth Nims. Dau., b. and d. Sept. 15, 1765.
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15. ELIAKIM, S. of William (4), b. 1737; being the seventh son, he was always called "Doctor;" Bloody Brook; sol. in expedition to Canada, 1758; he d. Apr. 26, 1810. He m. Esther Bridgman of Belchertown; she d. Mar. 20, 1818, a. 77.
Ch .: Eliakim, Dec. 1, 1767 (38). 1795, Judah Wright.
Mary, Dec. 17, 1769; d. unm., Oct. 21, 1816.
Esther, Oct. 13, 1772; m. Oct. 30, 1794, Samuel Wells; (2) Aug. 26, 1829, Eli-
hu Clary ; she d. June 22,1853, a. 81. Charlotte, June 23, 1774; m. Dec. 31,
Susanna, also called Thankful, June 29, 1776; d. Apr. 26, 1778.
Susanna, Sept. 3, 1778; m. Feb. 3, 1803, Dr. Willard Arms of Brall.
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