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Ch .: Shepherd, Dec. 6, 1809; d. Apr. 22, 1812.
Elizabeth Richards, Aug. 16, 1817; m. May 27, 1840, Lewis H. Fellows.
William Shepherd, Mar. 22, 1819; m. Maria B., đau. Edwards Clark; she
d. Apr. 23, 1851, a. 33; (2) Mary E. Root. Charles Phelps, Nov. 15, 1822; d. Apr. 14, 1831. James Carlton, Sept. 13, 1826; m. Mary, dau. Leonard Strong, Williamsburg.
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Edwin Hosmer, Sept. 5, 1828; d. Oct. 29, 1831. Charles, Jan. 5, 1831: m. Oct. 8, 1851,
Harriet, dau. Edwards Clark; she d. Jan. 15, 1858, a. 24; (2) Harriet Palin- cr.
62. LEWIS, S. of Eliphaz (29), b. 1796; Bloody Brook; d. Dec. 29, 1852. He m. (pub. Jan. 15, 1829), Betsey Beales of Ash .; she d. Mar., 1844, a. 38; (2) 1846, Mrs. Phebe Williams of Hart .; she d. at Stafford Springs, Ct., 1885, a. over 90.
Ch .: Harry E., Oct. 11, 1831; m. July Sarah A., Sept. 24, 1843; m. Nov. 23, 1864, Alden Briggs.
5, 1852, Mary Look of Mont.
63. JOSIAN, s. of Eliphaz (29), b. 1802; Bloody Brook; d. Mar 26, 1842. He m. (pub. Jan. 1, 1823), Loana Graham of Sund; she d. Sept. 15, 1828, a. 25; (2) Abigail Squires of Ber.
Ch .: Diantha, July 13, 1823; d. Apr. 16, IS25.
Diantha, Feb. 22, 1826; m. Geo. Rem- mington.
Loana, Aug. 26, 1828; in. Orlando Leon- ard.
Obed S., Aug. 13, 1830; m. Nov. 25, 1852, Julia A. Wrisley of Nfd ; she d. Aug. 3, 1860; (2) Oct. 7, 1863, Leeta, dau. William Lovejoy of Augusta, Me .; postmaster at Bloody Brook, 1861-86.
64. JOHN B., s. of Thomas (31), b. 1806; Bloody Brook; d. Feb. 4, 1852. He m. Apr. 17, 1836, Hannah D., dau. Erastus Childs; she d. at So. Had., Aug. 20, 1882, a. 70.
Ch :+ Maria Bacon, -; m. Moses Newton of llolyoke.
Silena Childs, --; m. Prentice E.
Thompson, So. Had. Falls. Arietta, --; m. Amos Adams, So. Had. Falls.
65. LUMAN, S. of Lemuel (32), b. 1796; sett. in Adams, N. Y., alive in 1880, the last of a company of thirty-six emigrants fr. Dfd. in 1804. He m. Caroline, dau. Rufus Arms.
Ch .: + Louisa, 1825; m. Albert Yenders. Julia, 1827; m. Merrick Needham.
William D., Feb. 14, 1829; m. 1855, Loriuda Horton.
Henry, Apr. 14, 1830; m. 1851, Sarah Beardsley. llarrison, IS40; m. Feb. 6, 1862, Lucy Wooley.
66. JONATHAN D., s. of Pliny (35), b. 1823; d. 1885. He m. Har- riet Hitchcock.
Ch .: Mary Theresa, July 31, 1854. Harriet Newell, Dec. 21, 1856. Martha Hitchcock, Nov. 27, 1863.
William Henry, Sept. 22, 1858.
67. JOSIAH LYMAN, S. of Josiah L. (37), and -- French, b. 1811; clergyman of Woodstock, Ct. He m. Aug. 8, 1841, Marcia K. Keith.
Ch .: Clara Adelia, Nov. 5, 1845. Annetta Frances, Mar. 15, 1852. Henry Lyman, May 31, 1854.
Abby Louisa, Mar. 21, 1847; m. Sept. II, 1864, Edwin D. Hosmer, Wood- stock.
Ella Mortimer, Dec. 25, 1849; m. Oct. 26, 1886, Rev. Enoch H. Burt.
William Otis, Feb. 27, 1857. Arza Herbert, Jan. 22, 1860.
Marcia Alice, Jan. IS, 1865.
68. John, s. of John (39), b. 1801; sett. in Gill; d, Mar. 18, 1875. He m. July 4, 1825, Charlotte, dau. Benj. Hosley, Jr., of Gill; b. 1805.
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Ch .: Oscar B., Apr. 15, 1826; lost at sea 1848.
John H., Apr. 1, 1831; d. July 17, 1853.
Mary M., Mar. 13, 1834;d. Feb. 15, 1855.
Benjamin H., Jan. 10, 1837. Clara M., Mar. 6, 1842.
Joseph C., Jan. 5, 1844; m. Aug. 21, 1873. Abby Harris.
69. CHRISTOPHER T., s. of Christopher T. (43), b. 1813; civil en- gineer. He m. July, 1840, Lucinda Hayden.
Ch .: + Isabella. Christopher T., 1844; d. Jan. 8, 1878. Ilenrietta, 1849. Walter French.
Richard C.
Anna Prague, 1847.
70, GEORGE A., s. of Christopher T., (43), b. 1815; went to Can- ada with his father in 1829, worked three years at clearing the woods; ret. and in 1834, with the customary 25 cents in his pocket, he went to Boston to seek his fortune; was three years clerk in a grocery store; set up a country store in Nfd. in 1837; sold out in 1847; was in trade in Bellows Falls, 1849-53; contractor in Canada, 1853-6; opened and operated a coal mine in Ohio, 1856-8. In 1859 he estab- lished a hardware and agricultural implement business in Gfd., where he now resides, a large holder of real estate. He is a trustee of the Greenfield Savings Bank, and has been a director of the Millers Falls Company since its organization. He m. Apr. 7, 1843, Eunice Strat- ton, dau. Isaiah Moody of Nfd ; she d. in Athens, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1857, a. 41; (2) May 21, 1859, Frances Ward, dau. John F. Stearns of Dum- merston, Vt., and wid. of Jona. R. Childs of Dfd. and Chicopee.
Ch .: Ellen Louisa, Nov. 5. 1847; m. Boston. Oct. 24, 1871, John Sheldon of Dfd. Jennie Maria, July 29, 1852; a promi- nent teacher of Natural Science in
George Lowell, Apr. 18, 1854; d. at Dfd. Aug. 17, 1855.
71, RICHARD C., s. of Christopher T., (43), b. 1818; C. E. and farmer; engaged in locating railroads 1837-50; contractor for bridges, 1851-59; Co. Com. one term. He m. June 21, 1859, Ellen, dau. Apollos Root of Gfd.
Ch .: Winthrop Tyler, Sept. 30. 1861. Richard Herbert, Oct. 12, 1865; H. C. 1 890.
Eleanor Maria, June 10, 1864.
72. OTIS B., s. of Ralph (45), b. 1816; blacksmith, trader and pa- per manufacturer; sett. in Bellows Falls; his three brothers also sett. there, and they have done much to build up the town and develop its natural advantages; he d. Sept. 8, 1886. He m. Aug. 16, 1842, Sarah N. Watkins of Walpole; she d. 1884.
Ch .: Edward A., May 14, 1843; m. May Lizzie Sarah, July 25, 1852; m. May 14, 1872, Josephine Holt of Keene, 29, 1875, Henry F. King.
N. H.
73. JOHN, S. of Ralph (45), b. 1819; blacksmith and trader; sett. at Bellows Falls: d. Apr. 30, 1875. He m. May 6, 1845, Mary Blan- chard Cragin; she d. Sept. 4, 1866, a. 42.
Ch .: Gertrude, May 5, 1849; m. Nov. 9, John Henry, July 19, 1857; d. Sept. 18, 1876, Stephen S. Searle. 1858.
74. DANIEL, s. of Ralph (45), b. 1823, stage driver and conduct-
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or; sett. at Bellows Falls; d. Aug. 1. 1875. He m. Feb. 24, 1857, Su- san Gowdy.
Ch .: Henry Fullerton, June 17, 1860.
75. AARON, S. of Ralph (45), b. 1829; trader; sett. in Bellows Falls He m. Dec. 25, 1855, Jane Towne of Keene.
Ch .: Lillia, Oct. 27, 1856.
Louis Aaron, Jan. 14, 1865; d. Aug. 1, 1866.
76. ELIHU G., s. of Chester (47), b. 1821; Gfd. He m. Jan. 20, 1848, Susan, dau. Rev. Amariah Chandler.
Ch .: Helen Rebecca, Mar. 27, 1849; d. Mary E., July 16, 1859.
July 27, 1871.
Sarah Z., Apr. 4, 1851 ; d. July 6, 1873.
Martha Goodman, Oct. 22, 1862; m. G. H. Kaulback.
Chester, Apr. 8, 1857; d. Feb. 6, 1859.
77. WILLIAM F., s. of Hiram P. (57), b. 1831 in Norwich, Ct .; grad. Y. C. 1853; licensed to preach, 1859; missionary to Armenia, pastor at Greenwich and Newton, Ct., Nicholson, Pa., Beemerville, N. J., and now sett. in Sund. He m. Jan. 3, 1860, Emily Meekins of Gfd. ; (2) Mar. 3, 1863, Sarah Phelps of Wilbraham.
Ch .: Emily Meekins, Mar. 20, 1861. 10, 1875.
Catherine Phelps, Sept. 15, 1865. George Albert, Feb. 3, 1874; d. Oct. Sarah Lucy, Mar. 23, 1868. 25, 1875.
William Wells, Feb. 27, 1871; d. Mar.
ARNOLD, WILLIAM, taxed 1798.
1. ASHLEY, ROBERT, one of the founders of Spfd .; he was a juryman Jan. 2, 1639-40; June 25, 1665, the Commissioners of the United Colonies sent orders to Robert Ashley and his wife, keepers of the ordinary, forbidding them to sell any strong waters or wine to the Indians; d. Nov. 29, 1682. He m. Aug. 7, 1641, Mary, wid. of Thomas Horton, who then "had two children, one sucking, the oth- er three years old;" she d. Sept. 19, 1683.
Ch .: David, June 8, 1642 (2). Sarah, Aug. 23, 1648; not named in Mary, Apr. 6, 1644; m. Oct. 18, 1664, John Root of Wfd. father's will; prob. d. bef. 1682. Joseph, July 5, 1652 (4).
Jonathan, Feb. 25, 1645 (3).
2. DAVID, S. of Robert (1), b. 1642; rem. to Wfd. 1674; d. Dec. 8, 1718. He mi. Nov. 24, 1663, Hannah, dau. Henry Glover, New Haven, Ct., b. 1646.
Ch .: Samuel, Oct. 26, 1664 (5). David, Mar. 10, 1667; m. July 11, 16SS, Mary Dewey ; d.in Wfd .. Dec. 13,1751. John, June 27, 1669; m. Sept. S, 1692, Sarah, dau. Jedediah Dewey; she d. May 30, 1708; (2) 1708, Mary, dau. Jo- seph Whiting of Hart., and wid. of Capt. Joseph Sheldon of Suff. ; she d. Mar., 1735; he was a man of note in Wfd., Capt. and Esq .; d. Apr. 17,1759.
Joseph, July 31, 1671; m. Apr. 12, 1699, Abigail, sis. of Sarah Dewey of Wfd .; d. Feb. 25, 1705. Sarah, Sept. 10, 1673; m. July 22, 1692, Thomas Ingersoll of Wfd .; d. bef. I708.
Mary, Dec. 4. 1675; d. young. Ilannah, Dec. 4. 1675; m. Nathaniel Eggleston, brother of James, k. at Dfd., in Philip's war.
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Jonathan, Jan. 21, 1678 (6).
Abigail, Apr. 27, 1681 ; m. Nov. 25, 1699,
Nathaniel Lewis of Farmington.
Mary, Mar. 3, 1683: m. Dec. 21, 1709,
Benj. Stebbins of Nhn. and Belcher- town. Rebecca, May 30, 1685; m. Samuel Dewey.
3. JONATHAN, S. of Robert (1), b. 1645; sett. in Hart., 1682; d. 1705; estate of £1030. He m. Nov., 1669, Sarah, dau. William Wadsworth of Hart., brother to Joseph, of Charter Oak fame; he prob. had a second wife, Mary, for "Jonathan and Mary" sold real estate in Hart. to Edward Stebbins, May 19, 1695.
Ch .: + Jonathan, -; m. May 20, 1703, Samuel, -; sett. in Plainfield, Ct. Elizabeth Olcott. Sarah. Joseph, -; m. Dec. 28, 1709, Mary Rebecca. Mix, Wix or Weeks.
4. JOSEPH, S. of Robert (1), b. 1652; he was in Spfd., 1680, where he was fined £5 for working his team two hours Saturday night; and in 1694, when damages were recovered against him by James Munn, for taking all the hay "on his land which Munn had mowed to halves;" rem. to Weth., where he d. May 18, 1698. He ni. Oct. 16, 1685, Mary, dau. Joseph Parsons of Nhn .; she m. (2) Mar. 2, 1699, Joseph Williston, and d. Aug. 23, 17II.
Ch .: + Mary.
Abigail, ---; m. June 8,1721, Ebenezer Morgan.
Joseph, -; m. (pub. Feb. 18, 1725-6) Martha Leonard.
Benjamin, --; m. (pub. Dec. 31, 1726) Jane Shaw, both of Spfd.
Ebenezer, --; m. Nov. 30, 1727, Sarah Miller. [Hinman.]
5. SAMUEL, s. of David (2), b. 1664; sett. in Wfd. He m. Apr. 27, 1686, Sarah, dau. Joseph Kellogg of Farmington, and brother of Martin of Dfd.
Ch .: Mary. Mar. 6, 1687. Aaron, Jan. 1, 1702; m. Mehitable, dau. Edward Taylor, sol. in Capt. Samuel
Samuel, Nov. 3, 1689.
Daniel, Sept. 7, 1691 (7). Barnard's Co. in Father Rasle's war. Sarah, Sept. 11, 1693; m. July 4, 1717, David Bull of Wfd .; d. 1747. Ezekiel, Apr. 27, 1703; lieut. ; m. Han- nah -; sett. in Hart. Rachel, Feb. 14, 1695. Abigail, May 23, 1708. Joseph, Oct. 11, 1709 (S).
Jacob, Sept. 24, 1697. Johanna, Feb. 6, 1699.
6. JONATHAN, S. of David (2), b. 1678; lieut .; sett. in Wfd .; d. Sept. 18, 1749. He m. Feb. 1, 1699, Abigail, of Spfd., prob. dau. of Benj. Stebbins; she d. Apr. 7, 1752 or 3.
Ch .: Abigail, Aug. 15, 1701 ; d. July 21, 1742.
Azariah, Aug. 13,1704; m. June 15, 1727, Abigail, dau. Eleazer Weller of Wfd. Mercy, Apr. S, 1707.
Lydia, June 28, 1710. Jonathan, Nov. 11, 1712 (9).
Benjamin, Feb. 9, 1714-15.
Ebenezer, Mar. 29, 1717.
Phineas, Jan. 16, 1719-20.
7. DANIEL, S. of Samuel (5), b. 1691; sett. in Wfd. ; m. (pub. Nov. 15, 1718) Thankful, dau. of Eleazer Hawks of Dfd., and wid. of Thomas Taylor who was drowned at Nfd. 1717. She m. (3) Mar. 6, 1728-29, Col. William Symes of Keene, N. H.
Ch .: + Samuel, Mar. 20, 1720 (10). Martin, Sept. 17. 1724 (11); prob. others.
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8. JOSEPH, s. of Samuel (5), b. 1709; grad. Y. C. 1730; sett. pas- tor at Winchester, N. H., Nov. 12, 1736; this town was broken up in the Indian wars and he was installed at Sund. in 1747; dismissed in 1784 on account of trouble with his people; doubtless a Tory ; he was a cousin and classmate of Parson Ashley of Dfd. He m. Feb. 16, 1736, Anna Dewey of Wfd. ; she d. July 15, 1791.
Ch .: + Joseph, Apr. 26, 1738; m. Oct. 20, 1763, Ruth Billings; dep. sheriff 1774; wasa Tory; d. in N. Y. during the Revolutionary war.
Stephen, Nov. 27, 1740; m. Nov. 10, 1762, Elizabeth Billings.
Gideon, May 15, 1743; m. Nov. 1, 1770, Mary Russell.
Anna, abt. 1746; m. Jona. Russell. Sarah, Sept. 13, 1750; m. Oct. 21, 1773, Benj. Dickinson.
9. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (6), b. 1712; grad. Y. C. 1730; was for awhile a teacher in Suff .; was settled here in the ministry, Nov. 8, 1732; he took an active and influential part in the Jonathan Ed- wards controversy, being opposed to Edwards, who was his cousin; two of his sermons preached in Edwards' pulpit at Nhn. were pub. ; Edwards describes him at this period as "a young gentleman of lib- eral education and notable abilities; a fluent speaker; a man of lax principles in religion, falling in, in some essential things, with the Armenians, and is very bold and open in it."* Edwards was in a position to judge Mr. Ashley, for he had felt the force of his blows, and had combatted his liberalizing views with all his power. Mr. Ashley d. Aug. 28, 1780. (See ante p. 733 and Rev. chapter.) He m. Dorothy, dau. Rev. William Williams of Hat. ; she d. Sept. 20, 1808, a. 95.
Ch .: William, July 1, 1737; d. Mar. 17, 1737-8.
Jonathan, Jan. 6, 1738-9 (12).
William, Feb. 11, 1740 I; d. Sept. 28, 1742.
Dorothy, Apr. 5, 1743; m. Dec. 21, 1763, William Williams of Hat.
Elizabeth, June 9, 1745; m. Jan. 29, 1783, Maj. David Dickinson.
Solomon, Sept. 13, 1747; d. June 23, 1748.
Elihu, Aug. 12, 1750 (13).
Solomon, May 25, 1754; potter and gravestone cutter; had shop on Boy- den lot, and on the Catlin lol now owned by Cyrus Brown; in 1774 he was living in Hinsdale, N. Il .; he never married and was drowned at Great River, Jan. 14, 1823.
Clarissa, Dec. 1. 1757; m. Feb. 8, 1791, Rev. Moses Cook Welch of Mans- field, Ct .; "The Weddingers" are heard of at Sund., Feb. 10, prob. en route for home.
10. SAMUEL, s. of Daniel (7), b. 1720; lieut .; sett. at Winchester abt. 1754. He m. Eunice, dau. Rev. Benjamin Doolittle of Nfd.
Ch .: Oliver, Oct. 20, 1743.
Tirza, Dec. 24, 1745.
Samuel, Sept. 29, 1747; Col .; m. Aug. 9, 1770, Lydia, dau. Lucius Doolittle of Nfd.
Thankful, Nov. IO. 1749; m. Oct. 7. 1771, John Alexander; he d. Dec. 16, 1806; there is a tradition in the family that six months after his death he ap-
peared and had a long talk with his wid .; there is an acct. of the event in Thomas's Alınanac of 1812. Eunice, Dec. 17, 1751.
Daniel, Jan. 15, 1754.
Luther, Apr. 27, 1762. Luther, Aug. 19, 1764 (14).
Susanna, Dec. 16, 1766.
11. MARTIN, S. of Daniel (7), b. 1724; of Dfd. 1769-72; m. Sa- rah
* By some these remarks are said to have been applied to Joseph Hawley.
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Ch .: + Rhoda, July 15, 1750.
Deziah, Feb. 21, 1752.
Sarah, Nov. 29, 1755.
12. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (9), b. 1739; grad. Y. C. 1758; lawyer, with large practice; was a Tory, in consequence of which he got into trouble. [See ante, p. 741-45.] After the Rev. he lived in Shel .; was there in 1785-6; sold his house here in 1786; d. May 30, 1787. He m. Nov. 28, 1771, Tirza, dau. Col. David Field; she m. (2) Aug. 27, 1792, Rev. Jonathan Leavitt of Heath ; she d. Nov. 22, 1797, a. 48.
Ch .: William, Sept. 28, 1772; d. Oct. 7, 1772.
Harriet, bap. Oct. 24, 1773; m. June 21, 1793, Eliel Gilbert.
Tirza, Nov. 19, (bap. 201h,) 1774; m. Oct. 28, 1791, Rufus Saxton.
Dorothy, Mar. 3, 1776; m. (pub. July
19, 1798) Dr. Roswell Leavitt of Cor- nish, N. H.
Abigail, Sept. 7, 1777; m. David White of Heath.
Elizabeth Matilda, bap. May 1, 1780; d. on the Dark Day, May 19, 1780.
13. ELIHU, s. of Jonathan (9), b. 1750; studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Williams at Dfd .; practiced in Worthington 1774-5; on the death of Dr. Williams he ret. and succeeded to his office and prac- tice; res. later on the old homestead; d. Mar. 14, 1817. He m. Nov. 2, 1775, Mary Cook, dau. Dr. Thomas Williams; she d. Jan. 2, 1831, a. 78.
Ch .: Thomas Williams, Aug. 16, 1776 (15).
Nancy, July 4, 1778; smothered in a turn-up bed, Jan. 6, 1779.
Robert Williams, Apr. 25, 1782 (16). Mary, Dec. 2, 1789; m. William Tip- pits of Geneva, N. Y.
14. LUTHER, S. of Samuel (10), b. 1764; rem. fr. Shutesbury to Dfd, 1804; m. Eunice - Ch .: Gilbert, Dec. 24, 1801. Dennis, Jan. 30, 1810. Harriet, Mar. 13, 1813. Emily, Jan. 6, 1816.
Nancy, Jan. 17, 1803. Dexter, Oct. 13, 1804. Louisa, Dec. 5, 1806.
15. THOMAS W., s. of Elihu (13), b. 1776; Col. of cavalry in Mass. militia; lived on the old homestead; d. Jan. 6, 1848. He m. Sept. 30, 1814, Lydia, dau. Rev. Joshua Crosby of Enfd .; she d. Nov. 25, 1861, a. 67.
Ch .: Jonathan, May 17, 1816 (7). Harriet, Mar. 31, 1827; d. Dec. 21, Joshua Crosby, Mar. ISIS (S). 1831.
Mary, Mar. 24, 1820; d. Jan. 5, 1842. Elihu Clinton, Mar. 19, 1830; d. Jan.
Thomas Williams, Jan. 18, 1822 (9). 5, 1832. De Witt Clinton, Apr. 2, 1825; d. Oct. Joseph Abbot, Mar. 3, 1835; m. May 16, 1867. Julia, dau. Philo Munn.
15, 1826.
16. ROBERT W., s. of Elihu (13), b. 1782; Doctor; Pres. Dfd. Musical Association, 1803; sett. in Lyons, N. Y .; wife unk.
Ch .: + Mary Williams, Mar. 18, 1813; of Phelps and Lyons; had 12 ch.
m. Jan. 3, 1833, Hiram G. Ilotchkiss
17. JONATHAN, S. of Thomas W. (15), b. 1816; selectman; farmer,
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living on the old homestead. He m. Oct. 9, 1844, Mary, dau. Asa Smith of What.
Ch .: Elihu, Oct. 2, 1851; d. Jan. 12, 1859.
18. JOSHUA C., s. of Thomas W. (15), b. 1818; rem. abt. 1853-4 to Chickasaw Co., Iowa, with his brother, Thomas W., and other Dfd. people; the township on which they settled was named Dfd. Ile m. Apr., 1844, Delia, dau. Stephen Smith; she d. Jan. 4, 1845. a. 25; (2) Aug. 14, 1850, Eliza, dau. Asa Smith.
Ch .: Son, Dec. 1844; d. at io days. Austin Crosby, Nov. 13, 1853; and others b. at the West.
Delia Eliza, May 9, 1851.
Franklin Kendrick, Aug. 31, 1852.
19. THOMAS W., s. of Thomas W. (15), b. 1822; rem. abt. 1854 to Iowa; Esq. He m. Oct. 9, 1844, Marietta, dau. Theodore B. Hoyt of Ber. : she d. Aug. 18, 1849, a. 25; (2) Nov. 13, 1850, Lucinda, dau. Hart Larrabee of Gfd.
Ch .: + Marietta Hoyt, (recorded Lydia Sophia) Dec. 6, 1847; d. June 3, 1850. Son, b. and d. Aug. 6, 1849. Marietta, Jan. 7, 1852.
Fanny, Nov. 8, 1853; all at Dfd. Charles HI., Feb. 1860, and others b. in Iowa.
1. ATHERTON, HUMPHREY; Maj. Gen. Mass. Militia; Capt. of Ancient and Hon. Artillery, 1650; res. at Dorchester; rep. 9 years; assistant 1654 to his death; Sept. 16, 1661, he was thrown from his horse by riding over a cow and d. the next day. He m. Mary -; order or date of birth of several ch. unk.
Ch .: + Jonathan; sol. in Philip's war; sentenced July 30, 1675, to lose two weeks'pay for breaking the Sabbath; the offence was cutting up an old hat and putting pieces in his shoes which had galled his feet in marching.
Elizabeth; m. 1650, Timothy Mather. Consider; m. Dec. 19, 1661, Ann Au- able.
Isabel; m. Nathaniel Wales, Jr.
Margaret; m. Dec. 30, 1659, Jas. Trow- bridge. Rest, (bap. May 26, 1639); m. Mar. 15,
1661, Obadiah Swift. Increase, Jan. 2, 1641-2; lost at sea abt. 1675,
Thankful, Apr. 29, 1644; m. Feb. 2, 1665, Thos. Bird of Dorchester.
Hope, bap. Aug. 30, 1646 (2).
Mary, abt. 1647; m. Apr. 9, 1667, Jo- seph Weeks.
Watching, bap. Aug. 24, 1651; m. Jan. 23, 1677, Elizabeth, dau. Sam'l Rig- by. Patience, Apr. 2, 1654; m. July 7, 1685, Isaac Ilumphreys.
2. HOPE, s. of Humphrey (1), b. 1646; grad. H. C. 1665; sett. minister in Hat. abt. Oct. 1669; he was released from a school in Dorchester, Sept. 29, that he might accept this office; was chaplain under Capt. Turner in the expedition against Peskeompskut, May 18, 1676. (See ante, p. 166.) In consequence of the fears, privations and hardships experienced on that occasion, his constitution became shattered; he never recovered from the shock, and d. June 8, 1677. He m. 1674, Sarah, dau. Lieut. Joseph Hollister of Weth. ; she m. (2) after 1680, Timothy Baker of Nhn., and d. Dec. 8, 1691.
Ch .: Hope, Jan. 7, 1675; d. soon. Joseph, (3). Sarah, Oct. 26, 1676; m. Nov. 23, 1696; lohn Parsons of Nhn.
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3. JOSEPH, s. of Hope (2), b. 1675; sett. in Dfd., 1712; d. Oct. 13, 1753. He m. Mary, dau. Capt. John Taylor of Nhn .; she d. 1709; (2) Aug. 4, 1713, Mindwell, dau. James Brown of Dfd. ; she d. Mar. 1, 1776.
Ch .: + Jonathan, 1705;res. in Norwalk, Ct., 1741.
Experience, 1708; d. 1709.
Prob. David, who was a sol. 1754.
Mindwell, Oct. II, 1713; d. Nov. 21, I733.
Adonijah, Mar. 27, 1716 (4).
Abigail, Sept. 6, 1719; d. Sept. 23, 1751. Shubel, Aug. 11, 1720 (5).
Eber, Sept. 30, (724; Shel .; d. Apr. 17, ISO4. Joseph, Sept. 5, 1729; d. Apr. 30, 1730, [town record.]
4. ADONIJAH, S. of Joseph (3), b. 1716; a sol. in the French wars and d. at Fort Mass., Nov. 7, 1748. He m. June 6, 1736, Anna Barnard, prob. dau. of Joseph of Wind .; she was a niece of Samuel Barnard of Salem, and she with many other relatives received lega- cies from him; she d. in Gfd. Feb. 19, 1798, a. 86.
Ch .: + Joseph, Jan. 10, 1737; d. May 6, 1750. Oliver, Apr. 28, 1738 (6).
Jonathan, Nov. 14, 1743; Warwick 1779. Per. Anna, who m. Nov. 25, 1773, Daniel Nash of Gfd.
5. SHUBEL, s. of Joseph (3), b. 1720; sett. in Gfd .; k. by Indians at the Country Farms, Aug. 23, 1756. (See ante, p. 646. ) He m. Dec. 24, 1741, Sarah, dau. John Allen, she d. May 1, 1797, a. 73. Ch .: Mindwell, Sept. 7, 1742; d. Oct. 5, 1743 or 48.
Son, b. and d. Oct. 1749. Adonijah, Aug. 7, 1750 (7).
Asahel, May 11, 1744; d. Aug. 11, 1745. Joseph, Apr. 9, 1752; d. 1752. Sarah, Apr. 17, 1746; m. Feb. 1764, Elisha llinsdale. Abigail, “ m. July 1769, Tim- othy Bascom. Asahel, Nov. 9, 1747; Rev. sol. fr. Gfd. 1775; of Shel. 1778; m. Dec. 1782, Martha Mcclellan of Col. Elihu, Feb. 18, 1754; d. Aug. 7, 1763. Mindwell, July 3, 1756; d. Sept. 17, 175S.
6. OLIVER, S. of Adonijah (4), b. 1738; Gfd .; sol., 1757; Sergt. in Capt. Agrippa Wells's Co., which marched on the Lexington alarm; d. Sept. 29, 1820. He m. Aug. 16, 1756, Mary, dau. Joseph Severance; she was alive 1800.
Ch .: Joseph, Apr. 28, 1758 (S). sider Shattuck; (2) Elihu Goodsell. Mary, May 7, 1760; m. June 3, 1779, Zebediah Slate. Adonijah; b. and d. Oct. 19, 1773. Adonijah, Apr. 5, 1775.
Oliver, Mar. 23, 1762 (9).
Elihu, Apr. 29, 1764.
Mindwell, Nov. 4, 1766; m. Apr. 24, 17SS, John Foster.
Lydia, Jan. 4, 1769; m. Aug. 29, 1793, Rufus Chamberlain.
Anna, May 4, 1771 ; m. Jan. 1, 1794, Con-
Sarah, Oct. 17, 1777; m. Dec. 31, 1795, John Corse. Mary, Aug. 10, 1780; m. Apr. 12, 1806, Enos H. Burt of Gfd. Chloe, Aug. 15, 1783; m. May 21, ISOS, Solomon Wells.
7. ADONIJAH, S. of Shubel (5), b. 1750; sett. in Shel. He m. May 9, 1777, Elenora, dau. John Severance of Ber. ; she d. Aug. 31, 1777, a. 25; (2) Temperance -.
Ch .: + Shubel, 1780; d. May 6, 1784.
Abigail, Apr. 6, 1782; prob. m. Dec. 5, 1805, Elias Skinner. Adonijah, Sept. 17, 1783; m. Dec. 11,
1806, Esther Long. Temperance, Mar. 3, 1785. Elenora, Oct. 12, 1786; d. Nov. 18, 1802. Shubel, Mar. 28, 1788.
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Lucy, Dec. 8, 1790; m. May 6, 1811, Sam- Mina, Jan. 11, 1793. uel Bardwell of Shel .; suicide, 1837. Pliny, Aug., 1797; d. Oct. 10, 1797.
8. JOSEPH, S. of Oliver (6), 1758; Rev. sol .; in 1800 was in Gfd. with wife, three boys and three girls, prob. those named below.
Ch .: + Henry, -; d. Mar. 27, 1821; m. Horace.
Oct. 26,1820, Henrietta M. Corse; she Daughter, who m. - Burl.
m. (2) Feb. 24, 1824, Dolphus Prati; she d. Mar. 23, 1829
Hepsibah 1794; d. unm. in Ber., Apr 11, 1877, a. 83. Infant; d. Mar. 15. 1799.
Mary. Joseph.
9. OLIVER, S. of Oliver (6), b. 1762. He m. May 13, 1787, Mary, dau. Moses Bascom.
Ch .: + Elenora, bap. June 17, 1795. Charlotte, bap. June 17, 1795.
Tamer,
The following families were probably of this stock, but I do not connect them :-
ATHERTON, ALLEN; Gfd. ; d. abt. 1845. He m. Ruth Ch .: Benjamin G., Sept. 21, 1810. llepsibah E., June 11, 1817.
Horace B., June 30, 1812. (?) Lydia A. M., Apr. 2, 1829.
Sarah S., Jan. 31, 1815.
ATHERTON, EBER; d. at Whitingham, Jan. 25, 1871, a. 84.
ATHERTON, JONATHAN; d. in Gfd., Oct. 2, 1813. He m. Apr. 12, 1792, Huldah Chamberlain.
Ch .: + Martha, Feb. 22, 1795. Ralph, Apr. 1, 1803.
Almeda, Mar. 27, 1797. Pamelia, Oct. 6, 1806.
Alva, Mar. 6, 1799. Jonathan A., Apr. 19, 1809.
Maria, Oct. 22, 1801.
AVERY, OLIVER; pub. to Sarah Corse, Mar. 9, 1753, both of Dfd. ; rem. to Charl.
AVERY, STEPHEN; carpenter; Dfd., 1788-93.
AYERS, EBENEZER; Dfd., 1761-71.
BAILEY, CÆSAR; one of the minute men who went to Cambridge, on the Lexington alarm; enlisted for the war in 1777, under Capt. Joseph Stebbins; he d. in the service; he was sometimes called Cæsar Dickinson. He m. abt. 1776, Hager -; she was living in Pitts- field, Mass., in 1842, a. abt. 88.
1. BAILEY, THOMAS, b. 1644; of Lancastershire, Eng .; Doctor; wife unk.
Ch .: + John (2).
2. JOHN, s. of Thomas (1), of Scituate abt. 1678. He m. Jan. 25, 1672, Sarah White; (2) Dec. 9, 1699, Ruth Clothire.
Ch .: + Benjamin, 1682 (3).
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3. BENJAMIN, S. of John (2), b. 1682; d. 1726. He m. 1710, Deb- orah Howe.
Ch .: + Benjamin, 1713 (4).
4. BENJAMIN, S. of Benjamin (3), b. 1713; d. Feb. 14, 1790. He m. Apr, 4, 1738, Sibella, dau. James Howe of Westboro.
Ch .: + Stephen, Sept. 29, 1753 (5).
5. STEPHEN, S. of Benjamin (4), b. 1753; of Berlin; was one of the minute men in Co. of Artemus Ward at Lexington; d. Feb. 12, 1815. He m. July 8, 1779, Sarah Crosby.
Ch .: + Algernon Sidney. Clarissa.
Emma. Horace.
Winthrop, May 7, 1784, at Berlin (6). Stephen. Myra.
Eusebia.
6. WINTHROP, S. of Stephen (5), b. 1784; was grad. at H. C. 1807; ttttor at Bowdoin C. abt. ISI0; sett. pastor at Brunswick, Me., over the Orthodox Cong'l chh. 1811-14; pastor of Othodox chh. in Pelham 1814-24; May, 1825, was installed over the Unitarian chh. in Gfd .; for five or six years he lived in Dfd. and was principal of Dfd. Acad- emy; he d. in office here Mar. 16, 1835. He m. Jan. 6, 1814, Mar- tha Stanwood of Brunswick.
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