History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the times when the people by whom it was settled, unsettled and resettled, vol 2, Part 30

Author: Sheldon, George, 1818-1916
Publication date: 1895-96
Publisher: Deerfield, Mass. [Greenfield, Mass., Press of E.A. Hall & co.
Number of Pages: 750


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Ch .: Sarah Crosby, Apr. 5, 1815, in Pel- ham; m. Dec. 4, 1834, at Dfd., Sam'l T. Hallock ; she d. at Meadville, Pa., Oct. 12, 1881.


Hannah Stanwood, June 8, IS17, at Pel- ham; m. June 26, 1842, at N. Y. City, Horatio Nelson Conant.


Martha Grey, Feb. 19, 1819, at Pelham; m. Aug. 19, 1845, at Milwaukee, Wis., Rufus W. Pier; she d. at Pittsburg, Pa., Dec 24, 1888.


Francis Parkman, Nov. 26, 1820, at Pelham (7).


Elizabeth Lee, Nov. 21, IS22, at Pel- ham; m. Oct. 20, 1842.at Jamestown, N. Y., Sam'l Erastus Foote.


Annie Jean, Feb. 12, IS26, at Gfd .; m. J. Warren Fletcher; d. at Washing- ton, D. C., Mar. 4, 1872.


Isabella Perry, Feb. 12, 1828, at Gfd .: d. at Dfd., Nov. 15, 1831.


Mary Duncan, May 23, 1831, at Dfd .; m. May 15, 1852. at Milwaukee, Knute Peterson; she d. at Milwau- kee, July 20, 1886.


7. FRANCIS PARKMAN, S. of Winthrop (6), b. 1820; d. at Erie, Pa., Dec. 17, 1888. He m. Oct. 12, 1847, Caroline Pier of Jamestown, N. Y. ; she d. July 14, 1859; (2) Feb. 7, 1861, Martha Evelyn Pier of Union Mills, Pa. ; she d. May 31, 1890.


Ch. : Everett Haskins, Apr. 10, 1850 (8). Francis Winthrop, July II, 1866, at Erie; living in St. Paul, Minn.


Florence Evelyn, Feb. 11, 1868, at Erie; living at St. Paul, Minn.


8. EVERETT HASKINS, s. of Francis P. (7), b. 1850; cashier of First National Bank of St. Paul, the largest in the Northwest. He m. June 2, 1874, Jennie L. Jones of Clear Creek, Minn.


Ch .: Frederick Stanwood, Oct. 31, 1880.


For the Bailey family I am indebted to Arthur Hoyt Foote of St. Louis, son of Elizabeth L. Bailey.


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GENEALOGIES.


BAKER, JOHN, taxed 1787.


1. BALDWIN, JonN; emigrant; Milford, Ct, 1639, where he d. June, 1681. He m. Mary -; (2) Mary, dau. John Bruen of Staple- ford, Eng. ; she d. Sept. 2, 1670.


Ch .: John, abt. 1640; bap. Mar. 26,1648; m. Oct., 1663, Hannah Bruen.


Josiah, 1642; m. June 25, 1667, Mary Camp.


Samuel, 1645; d. Jan. 16, 1671-2.


Nathaniel, 1648;cooper;sett.in Milford; m. Sarah, dau. Benj. Phippen. Elizabeth, bap. July 19, 1649; m. - Porter.


Joseph, bap. Nov. 9, 1651; m. Elizabeth, dau. Elnathan Botsford.


Mary, bap. Sept. 17, 1654; prob. m. Mar. 20, 1667, Thomas Bascom. Sarah, Dec. 25, 1655.


Abigail, Nov. 15, 1658; m. Samuel Baldwin.


Obadiah, Oct., 1660.


George, abt. 1662 (2).


Hannah, Nov. 20, 1663; m. Jan. 17. 1682, Dr. John Fiske.


Richard, June, 1665.


2. GEORGE, S. of John (1), b. abt. 1662; Dea .; blacksmith; sett. in Branford, Ct .; d. Oct. 26, 1728. He m. Deborah, dau. Dea. Jona. Rose of Branford.


Ch .: John, Jan. 13, 1690 (3).


Phebe, Nov. 7, 1692; m. Oct. 26, 1713, Benj. Bartholomew.


Israel, Dec. 13, 1694; m. Dec. 10, 1718, Dinah Butler.


Elizabeth, Dec. 20, 1697; m. Nov. 20, 1717, Jona. Butler.


Deborah, Dec. 27, 1699; m. Feb. 21, 1722- 3, Edward Johnson.


Martha, Jan. 13, 1702; m. Sept. 29, 1725, Josiah Butler.


Daniel, July I, 1705; m. Thankful, who d. Jan. 23, 1754; (2) May 23, 1754, Sa- rah, wid. Joseph llarrison, dau. Jo- seph Foote.


Rebecca, Oct. 28, 1707; m. Jan. 9, 1733-4, Nathan Linsley.


Noah, Mar. 20, 1710; m. Mar. 21, 1732-3, Rebecca Frisbie. Zillah, bap. Jan., 1712; m. Feb. 16, 1736-7, Nathaniel Page.


3. JOHN, S. of George (2), b. 1690; sett. in Branford; d. abt. 1765. He m. Oct. 26, 1713, Hannah Tyler.


Ch .: Hannah, Nov. 7, 1714; m. Mar. 1746, Hannah Hoadley.


9. 1732, Edward Baker. Sarah, Sept. 3, 1728; m. Aug. 20, 1747, Jona. Harrison.


John, May 9, 1717 (4).


Abigail, May 1, 1720. Samuel, bap. Dec. 9, 1725; m. Apr. 15,


James, abt. 1731; m. May 23, 1783, De- sire Parmelee.


4. JOHN, s. of John (3), b. 1717; sett. in Branford. He m. Apr. 20, 1740, Abigail Wardwell.


Ch .: Peter, Nov. 8, 1741; m. Sept. 13, 1767, Anna Johnson ; (2) June 8, 1772, Mary


John, Sept. 13, 1750 (5). Levi, June 30, 1753; m. Dec. 31, 1775. Sarah Olds. Abigail, Sept. 22, 1756.


Simeon, Nov. 24, 1744.


Levi, Sept. 22, 1747; d. June 20, 1750.


5. JOHN, S. of John (4), b. 1750; deacon; lived in Harwinton, Ct .; thence in 1804 he rem. to Dfd .; sett. on the Wright place at Bloody Brook now occupied by J. A. Baldwin; d. June 3, 1817. He m. Oct. 20, 1772, Althea Hobert.


Ch .: Jeremiah, Mar. 4, 1774; lost at sea 1796.


Edward, Oct. 18, 1776; m. Jan. 7, 1797,


Ilannah, dau. Eleazer Stent of Bran- ford. Irene, Mar. 3, 1779; m. Sam'l Frisbie


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BALDWIN.


of Branford.


Statira, Jan. 21, 1782; m. July 20, 1800,


Asher S. Beach of Branford.


Augustus, Apr. 20, 1784 (6).


Nancy, Nov. 28, 1786; m. - Cook.


Maria, Aug. 1, 1787; m. Anson Hun-


gerford of Harwinton.


John, Jan. 18, 1792; m. Martha ----- of Monticello, Ga.


Julia, Oct. 2, 1794; m. abt. 1814. Elisha Nims of Dfd.


Louisa, May 31, 1798; m. Anson Hun- gerford of Harwinton.


6. AUGUSTUS, s. of John (5), b. 1784; came here ISog; sett. at Bloody Brook on the Joseph Wright place; d. Sept. 30, 1836. He m. June 31, 1809, Betsey Goodrich of Branford; she d. Dec. 23, 1860, a. 75.


Ch .: James Goodrich, Nov. 10, 1809; Elizabeth Amelia, Mar. 15, 1817; d. unm. d. in Branford, July 10, 1832, Mar. II, 1837.


Joseph Alonzo, Mar. 27, 1814 (7).


7. JOSEPH A., s. of Augustus (6), b. 1814. He m. Sept. 1, 1841, Mary Porter.


Ch .: James Goodrich, July 27, 1848 (8). ard D. Jewett, Feb. 23, 1870.


Elizabeth Ann, Oct. 23, 1850; m. Ever- Winfred Alonzo, Oct. 8, 1867.


8. JAMES G., s. of Joseph (7), b. 1848. He m. May 20, 1869, Rosina O. Cranson.


Ch .: Erwin W., Mar. 2, 1870. Nettie May, Feb. 26, 1873.


Bessie Goodrich, May 16, 1876.


BALDWIN, JOSEPH; emigrant; prob. s. of Richard of Cholesbury, County Bucks, Eng .; of Milford, Ct., 1639; rem. to Had. 1662-3; d. Nov. 2, 1684. He m. Hannah; she joined the chh. of Milford 1644; (2) Isabella [ Ward?] wid. of John Catlin of Newark, N. J., and James Northam of Dfd. and Colchester; she d. Dec. 8, 1676; (3) Elizabeth (Hitchcock) wid. of Wm. Warriner of Spfd .; she d. Apr. 25, 1696.


Ch .: Joseph, abl. 1640; m. Sarah Coo- ley of Milford: sett. in Had.


Benjamin, abt. 1642; m. Hannah, dau. Jona. Sargent of Branford.


Ilannah, bap. June 23, 1644; m. May 6, 1658, Jeremiah Ilull of N. Haven. Mary, bap. June 23, 1644; m. Sept. 23, 1662, John Catlin, with whom she rem. fr. Newark to Dfd. abt. 1683; their large family were nearly all de-, stroyed Feb. 29, 1704.


Elizabeth, bap. Mar. 1645; m. Mar. 31, 1664, James Warriner of Spfd. Martha, bap. Mar. 1645; m. Dec. 26,


1667, John Hawks at Had. The fate of this family can be learned by ante, p. 305-8.


Jonathan, Feb. 15, 1649; m. Nov. 2, 1667, Hannah, dau. John Ward, rem. to N. J .; she d. 1693; (2) Thankful, dau. Elder John Strong of Wind., he d. Dec. 13, 1739.


David, Oct. 19, 1651; m. Nov. 11, 1674, Mary, dau. John Stream of Milford; she d. May 28, 1712; he d. Sept. 1689. Sarah, Nov. 6, 1653; was 2d wife to Sam'l Bartlett of Nhn. ; had io ch .; a family intimately related to Dfd.


1. BALL, JOHN, b. in Littleton, Dec. 27, 1743; was early in Worcester; came here during the Rev. war; d. Feb. 8, 1814. He m. Aug. 27, 1769, Lydia, dau. Henry Ward of Worcester; she m. (2) Dec. 1, 1820, Asa Conant; she d. Sept. 8, 1851, a. 97y. 6m. 4d.


Ch .: Lydia, Jan. 21, 1770; m. Aug. 12, 1795, Daniel Campbell of Catskill, N. Y .


Faitha, Feb. 15, 1772; m. Ebenezer Bugbec.


llannah, Feb. 11, 1774; m. Jona. Cobb.


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John, Dec. 5, 1775.


Josiah, Sept. 10, 1778;m. Matilda Ilunt of Boston; d. at Georgetown, D. C., 1824.


Isaac, Sept. 10, 1778 (2).


Maria, Mar. 7,1781; m. Emory Wolcott. Son, b. and d. Mar. 3, 1783.


Betsey, Mar. 15, 1784; m. Dec. 22, 1825, Rufus Gunn.


llenry, May 1, 1786 (3). Nabby, Nov. 12, 1788; d. unm. Feb. 13, 1814.


Frederick Augustus, Mar. 13, 1792 (4). Sally, Jan. 4, 1795 ;d. unm. Mar. 14, 1869. Clarissa, Jan. 10, 1798; m. James Ball of Warwick; (2) Harvey Clapp of Mont .; d. Feb. 20, 1872.


2. ISAAC, S. of John (1), b. 1778; cooper; long time town sexton; d. May 23, 1852. He m. Aug. 21, 1799, Huldah Squires; she also was a twin; she d. Mar. 9, 1856, a. 76.


Ch .: Josiah, May 17, 1800; d. Oct. 18, 1802.


Squire Bishop, May 21, 1802; d. July 31, 1803.


Adeline, Nov. 18, 1803; d. unm. Oct. 24, 1881.


Caroline, Sept. 7, 1805; m. June 12, 1828, Aaron Burr Phillips; d. May IS, 1868.


Albert, May 13, 1807; d. Feb. 9. 1814. Nancy, Mar. 31, 1809; m. Mar. 31, 1831, Wm. H. Saxton; d. Nov. 3, 1839.


Isaac, June 6, 1810; m. Mary Ann Ai- ger of Washington, D. C., where he settled; d. Oct. 9, 1869.


Catherine, Nov. 26, 1811; m. James Foster of Warwick; no ch .; d. Sept. 2, 1871.


John, Feb. 20, 1814; m. Oct. 27, 1835, Eunice Pease of Suff .: (2) Harriet Ferry; (3) Mary Thomas.


Abigail, Mar. 19, 1816; m. July 1, 1840, Wm. A. Snow of Lebanon, N. H. Sarah, Dec. 17, 1817; m. Sept. 26, 1844, Philander Dickinson ; d. Oct. 12,1845. Elizabeth Ward, June 27, 1820; d. May 16, 1828. .


Lydia E., Apr. 29, 1823; m. Sept. 26, 1844. Asa C. Ball.


3. HENRY, S. of John (1), b. 1786; lived at Great River; d. July 23, 1867. He m. (pub. Dec. 29, 1804) Hannah Keet; she d. Jan. 22, 1867, a. 81.


Ch .: Rodolphus, Apr. 6, 1804; sett. in Mont.


Sophronia, Sept. 10, 1806; d. May 23, 1813.


Dan Dexter, Sept. 22, 1808; m. (pub. Aug. 26, 1831) Clarissa, dau. Seth Clapp; he d. May 20, 1852.


Henry Ward, Mar. 9, 1811; m. Thank- ful Crozier; d. Dec. 11, 1880.


Charles, Aug. 12, 1813; m. Oct. r838, Betsey C. Carter; (2) Nov. 24, 1875. M. A. Pool of Lowell, Mass. ; sett. in Claremont, N. H. 1838.


Sophronia, Dec. 4, 1815; m. Ira Ashley


of Wfd.


Emory. Jan. 6, ISIS; m. Oct. 23, 1856, Adeline L., dau. James Jones. Clarissa, May 25, 1820; m. Austin Rice. Asa Conant, May 13, 1822; m. Sept. 26, 1844, Lydia E., dau. Isaac Ball. Francis Marion, Aug. 23, 1824; m.Apr. 2, 1847, Abigail, dau. Ralph Arms. Albert Gallatin, Oct. 20, 1826; m. Ilar- riet A. Moore.


Hannah, Sept. 3, 1830; m. Jan. 21, 1852. Thos. G. Clapp. Sarah, Jan. 21, 1834: m. Mar. 23. 1853, Joshua Turner of Canada East.


4, FREDERICK A., s. of John (1), b. 1792; wheelwright; d. Mar. 25, 1856. He m. (pub. Nov. 14, 1820) Mary F. Corthell of Hing- ham; she d. Oct. 18, 1847, a. 46; (2) wid. Mary Temple; she m. (3) Geo. W. Mark of Gfd.


Ch. : Samuel Ward, Nov. 24, 1821 ; m. Jan. 5, 1853, Mary E., dau. Nathan Smith. Frederick A., Nov. 18, 1823; m. Mary D-


Mary, Feb. 5, 1826; d. Feb. 28, 1843. Hannah, Oct. 19, 1827; d. Apr. 4, 1828. Bishop, May 20, 1829; d. July 29, 1829. Jona. G., May 15, 1830; m. Maud Camp-


bell of N. Y. City; d. Mar. 2, 1869. Loring Corthell, Sept. 18, 1832;drowned Aug. 15, 1843.


Abby, Nov. S. 1835; d. Feb. 5, 1836. Benjamin Absalom, Oct. 25, 1836; m. Sarah Barrows of Worcester; res. in Boston. Eunice Kimberly, Sept. 29, 1838; d.


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BARDWELL.


Feb. 23, 1839. Martha Proctor, July 25, 1841 ; adopted by Levi Corthell, her uncle; she m.


May 7, 1868, Geo. W. Beal of Co- lasset.


BALLARD, JEREMIAH, 1752-3.


BANGS, CEPHAS, 1816; at Bloody Brook.


1. BARDWELL, ROBERT, came from London, where he was an apprentice to a hatter in 1667; he learned here a new branch of the business, the making of wool hats; was a soldier in the famous swamp fight when the power of the Narragansets was broken, Dec. 19, 1675; Apr. 7, 1676, he was a sergt. under Capt. Turner, and sta- tioned with 44 men under him at Hat. ; he held the same office in the Falls fight; after the war he sett. in Hat., and set up a hatter's shop; d. Jan. 9, 1726. He m. Nov. 29, 1676, Mary, dau. Williamn Gull; she d. Nov. 12, 1726.


Ch .: Ebenezer, Oct. 19, 1679 (2). Mary, Oct. 15, 1681.


John, Sept. 16, 1683; d. 1685. Samuel, Sept. 26, 1685 (3).


John, Aug. 28, 1687 (4).


Elizabeth, July 30, 1689.


Thomas, Dec. 8, 1691 (5).


Hester, Aug. 8, 1693; m. Oct. 23, 1717,


Joseph Belding. Sarah, -; m. May 19, 1713. Jona. Bar- reti of Hart.


Thankful, -; m. May 23, 1717, Abram Graves. Abigail, abt. 1699; m. June 6, 1720, David Graves; d. 1786.


2. EBENEZER, S. of Robert (1), b. 1679; sett. in What .; had a grant of 500 acres of land in the northwest part of Mont; d. July 13, 1732. He m. Apr. 15, 1706, Mary, dau. Joseph Field of Sund. Ch .: + Ebenezer, Sept. 10, 1707 (6). Jonathan, Jan. 5, 1718; per. d. young.


Joseph, 1711; outlived his father. Remembrance, 1713 (7). Esther, 1715; d. soon.


Hannah, June 24, 1709. Abigail, Oct. 14, 1721; m. Noah Wells of Whal. Esther, Dec. 15, 1722; m. Daniel Mor- ton of What.


3. SAMUEL, S. of Robert (1), b. 1685; came to Dfd. 1711; he sett. on the Dennis Stebbins lot, No. 39, where the family continued abt. 90 yrs., keeping a tavern much of the time; d. Mar. 18, 1771. He m. Martha, dau. Edward Allen; she d. Feb. 11, 1778, a. SI. Ch .: Martha, Aug. 3, 1714; d. Aug. S, 1714.


Samuel, Aug. 25, 1715 (8).


Silence, June 20, 1717; d. June 25, 1717. Hannah, "d. June 20, 1717, Sarah, Apr. 3. 1718; d. Apr. 6, 1718. Aaron, Apr. 15, 1719; simple.


Enoch, Feb. 25, 1721-2 (9).


Gideon, July 20, 1724 (10). Eldad, Nov. 6, 1725 (II).


Martha, Jan. 21, 1727-8; m. Sept. 4, 1753, Sam'l Stebbins of Gfd. Medad, Mar. I8, 1729-30; d. Oct. 20, 1736. Joel, Oct. 24, 1732 (12).


Mary, Sept. 12, 1734; m. July 5, 1758, Zadock Hawks. Mercy, May 29, 1737; m. June 20, 1757, Ebenezer Wells.


4. JOHN, S. of Robert (1), b. 1687; d. in Hat. May 25, 1728. He m. Mehitable, dau. Samuel Graves.


Joseph, 1713; sett. in Belchertown.


Ch .: Moses, -; m. Azubah -; she m. (2) Ebenezer Morton of Hat. Sarah, Mar. 23, 1719; d. 1757.


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GENEALOGIES.


Martha, Oct. 27, 1720; m. David Waite. John, Oct. 26, 1722.


Jonathan, 1724; m. Violet, dau. John


Amsden; capt. in Rev. war; sett. in Belchertown, where he was a very prominent citizen.


5. THOMAS, S. of Robert (1), b. 1691; saddler; learned his trade of Lieut. Thomas Taylor at Dfd., and with him rem to Nfd. in 1716; Taylor was drowned the next year, when Bardwell ret. to Dfd .; in 1718 he bought 14 of one of the Dedham Committee's "Farm Lots" in the Neck, and in 1722, No. 37, the homestead of Hannah Bea- man, still in the family, and occupied by Mrs. C. E. B. Allen; his shop stood just north of the house; he was a large farmer as well as saddler; d. Feb. 8, 1781. He m. June 16, 1722, Sarah, dau. John Belding of Hat .; she d. Jan. 12, 1783, a. 82.


Ch .: Reuben, Nov. 2, 1723; m. Lucy, dau. Joseph Waite, and grand dau. of old Benj. Waite of Hat. ; Reuben lived only 3 mos .; she m. (2) Feb. 2, 1750, Asahel Wright.


Lucy, Jan. 28, 1725-6; m. Mar. 19, 1745. Abner Sheldon; she m. (2) Oct. 31, 1770. Maj. Benj. Day of W. Spfd. (?). Sarah, Feb, 22, 1727-S; m. Aug. 3, 1747, Amasa Sheldon of Ber.


John, Oct. 2, 1729; d. Nov. 7, 1731.


Child, twin to John; b. Oct. 4; d. same


day.


Son, b. and d. Nov 5, 1731. Rhoda, bap. Nov. 12, 1732; d.an infant. John, Apr. 7, 1735 (13).


Hannah, Mar. 24, 1736-7; d. in child- hood.


Abigail, July 19, 1739; m. Dec. S, 1757, Dr. Sam'l Mattoon of Nfd.


Eunice, July 28, 1741 ; m. Oct. 5, 1779, Eldad Wright of Nfd.


Thomas, bap. Dec. 16, 1744 (14).


6. EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer (2), b. 1707; Lieut .: sett. in What .; d. Nov. 14, 1789. He m. Elizabeth Gillett.


Ch .: Violet, Dec. 29. 1731. Perez, 1737 (16).


Ebenezer, June 24, 1733 (15). Samuel, 1739.


Elizabeth, Feb. 1735:m. Paul Belding.


7. REMEMBRANCE, S. of Ebenezer (2), b. 1713; Lieut. in French wars; Hat .; d. Mar. 13, 1828. He m. Hannah, dan. Ebenezer Dickin- son.


Ch .: Sarah, Aug. 30, 1743. Seth, Dec. 22, 1752; k. by lightning. Noah, Apr. 28, 174S. June 16, 1794.


Hannah, Aug. 4, 1750.


8. SAMUEL, S. of Samuel (3), b. 1715; he rem. to Mont. abt. 1750; helped to organize the town at the first town meeting, 1751. He m. Oct. 31, 1737, Anna, dau. Joseph Severance; the chair which she oc- cupied in the meetinghouse, in her old age, is now in Memorial Hall.


Ch .: Medad, Aug. 4, 1739; Mont. 1779, Moses Arms of Gfd. Son, 1741; d. in infancy. Tama, Sept. 14, 1751; m. Mar. 28, 1776, Elisha Nims.


Anna, Feb. 28, 1744: m. Moses Root of Mont.


Job, Mar. 30, 1746 (17).


Catherine, Oct. 25, 1748; m. Nov. 1I,


Reuben, Mar. 30, 1754 (IS). Submit, Aug. 9, 1759; m. Oct. 3, 1792, A sahel Gunn.


9, ENOCH, S. of Samuel (3), b. 1722; rem. early to Mont. and as- sisted at the first town meeting in 1751; rem. to "Foxtown," Shel., before the Rev .; d. Sept. 22, 1817. He m. Dec. 5, 1745, Experience,


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dau. John Stebbins; (2) Dec. 24, 1793, Martha (Root) wid. of Moses Field of Nfd .; she d. Mar. 3, 1813, a. 89.


Ch .: + Ebenezer, Aug. 23, 1746 (19). dosia Wolcott; disabled by being Enoch, Dec. 1, 1748 (20). thrown fr. his horse, he spent a se- vere winter night in the snow; he survived a few days and d. Jan. 26, I S06.


Experience, May 11, 1750; m. Mar. 21, 1771, Seth Howland of Gill; (2) Seth Lyman. Moses, 175- (21).


Elijah, 1760; m. Mar. 10, 17So, Theo-


Consider, Nov. 13, 1763 (22).


10. GIDEON, S. of Samuel (3), b. 1724; rem. to Mont. 1759; d. Jan.


10, 1814. He m. Dec. 26, 1752, Hannah, dau. Nath'l Hawks; she d. June 1, 1799, a. 64.


Ch .: Lydia, Apr. 27, 1753; d. 1776. 1789. Gideon, Dec. 15, 1754 (23). Hannah. Nov. IS, 1760; m. Mar. 15, 1781, Sam'l Gunn of Mont.


Samuel, June 18, 1757 (24).


Lois, Dec. 13, 1758; m. Mar. 15, 17SI, Solomon Clapp of Mont. ; d. June 13,


Elias, Feb. 9, 1763 (25). Joel, June 25, 1765; d. 1776.


11. ELDAD, s. of Samuel (3), b. 1725; succeeded his father on the old homestead and kept tavern; d. 1795. He m. Feb. 16, 1760, Ruth Oaks, prob. sis. Jona. of Sund .; she d. Aug. 13, 1813.


Ch .: Eldad, Jan. 28, 1761 ; d. next day. Levina, Sept. 22, 1764; d, unm. Apr. Levina, Apr. 9, 1762; d. sanie day. 24, 1784.


Eldad, Apr. 2, 1763 (26). Ruth, Apr. 4, 1766; d. the same day.


12. JOEL, S. of Samuel (3), b. 1732; grad. Y. C. 1756; studied for the ministry; sett. pastor at Kent, Ct., Oct. 28, 1758; was an ardent, out-spoken Whig, and thereby gave offence to his more conservative friends; Joel changed the family name to Bordwell, and for some generations it was usually pronounced Baudle and written Bordwell, Bordell, or Bordle; d. in office, Dec. 1811, after a pastorate of 53 yrs. He m. Sept. 6, 1768, Jane, dau. of Rev. Samuel J. Mills of Tor- ringford, Ct.


Ch .: Sarah Day, Oct. 6, 1769. Samuel, Oct. 23, 17So; d. July 17,1783. Martha, Aug. S, 1771. Betsey, June 4, 1782; d. Nov. 15, 1791. Lavina, July 2, 1784,


Jane Mills, bap. May 2, 1773. Mills, a son, Sept. 1, 1775. Mary, Dec. 27, 1777.


Samuel, bap. Sept. 1786.


13. JOHN, S. of Thomas (5), b. 1735; a prominent man in town; lived on the old homestead; trader and farmer; Rep. 1778-9; lieut. in Capt. Joseph Stebbins's company, which marched to assist in the capture of Burgoyne; d. Feb. 5, 1814. He m. Jan. 17, 1765, Mercy, dau. John Sheldon; she d. Oct. 30, 1798, a. 62; she was buried in the old burying ground, but rem. to the new, which was opened 1800.


Ch .: Reuben, Apr. IS, 1766 (27). Andrew, Sept. 23, 1770 (29). Henry, Sept. 2, 1767 (28). Robert, Apr. 9, (16?) 1772 (30). Rhoda, Oct. S, 1777; m. Dec. 4, 1803, Zenas Hawks.


Mercy, Mar. 25, 1769; m. Ang. 2, 1787, Elihu Smead; rem. to Shel.


14. THOMAS, S. of Thomas (5), b. 1744; was ist lieut. of the com- pany of minute men led by Capt. Jonas Locke to Cambridge, on the Lexington alarm; moved to Cheapside 1805; d. Sept. 20, 1826. He


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11. 1790, Catherine Seekins of Pelham, a famous spinner of flax; she d. Nov. 21, 1855, a. 86.


Ch .: Thomas, July 12, 1791 ; d. unm. at Walpole, N. II., Nov. 3, 1870; buried in Dfd.


Otis. Oct. 17, 1792 (31).


Caroline, May 19, 1794; m. 1816, Ralph Arms.


Pamelia, Nov. 11, 1795; m. Dec. 2, 18IS, Geo. P. Field of Nfd.


Miranda, Mar. 24, 1797; d. unm. at Lynn, Dec. 24, 1876.


Son, b. and d. Feb. 4, 1798.


Catherine, Apr. 4, 1800; m. John Mat- toon of Nfd.


Sarah, Jan. 27, 1802; m. John Poole of Walpole. Dau., b. and d. July 11, 1804.


Geo. Townsden, June 11, 1805; simple ; d. June 14, 1816.


Son, b. and d. Apr. 25, 1807. Dau., b. and d. Feb. 20, 1810.


15, EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1733; lieut. 1798; lived on the tract set off fr. What. to Dfd. 1810; known as "Capt. George;" d. Dec. 31, 1818. He m. Apr. 24, 1760, Sarah, dau. James Tute of Dfd .; she d. Dec. 11, 1821, a. 87.


Ch .: John, Feb. 16,1761;m. Feb. 5, 1792, Mary Rogers; rem. to N. Y. 1802. Harriet, Oct. 16, 1762; d. young.


Moses, Oct. 16, 1764; went to Vernon, Vt., where his grandfather Tute res. Asa, Nov. 1, 1766; m. May 17,1791, Ma- ry, dau. Elisha Belding.


Hannah, 1768; d. in infancy, or bap. 1771, as below.


Consider, 1769; rem. to Hartford, Vt. Hannah, bap. June 1, 1771; m. Timo- thy Edson. Daniel, bap. Oct. 31, 1773; rem. to Tun bridge, Vt.


16, PEREZ, s. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1737; lieut. in Rev. war; active in the mob which rescued Sam Ely and one of the hostages for his release, (ante, p. 754) lived near What. line, uncertain which side; rem. to Wayne Co. N. Y., abt. 1790. He m. Tabitha Hastings (?) of Hat.


Ch .: + Quartus, -; a sol. in the War of IS12; d. in the army. Eunice Gillet; sett. in Geneseo, N. Y .; had a large family.


Waitstill, bap. May 28, 1775; m. 1797,


Perez, -; sett. in York state.


Polly, bap. May 16, 1773. Joel, bap. Oct. 19, 1779; & prob.others.


17. Jon, s. of Samuel (8), b. 1746; rem. to Foxtown, thence to Zoar, and later to Otter Creek (?), N. Y .; "Aunt Sylvia" character- ized him as a "man who made soap every washing day," and he pros- pered accordingly. He m. Sarah, dau. Jona. Root of Sund., b. 1751. Ch .: + Salmatius, Elihu, Sarah, Polly, Rufus, Job, Patty, Dorcas.


18. REUBEN, S. of Samuel (8), b. 1754; bef. 1781 rem. to Shel .; d. Sept. 13, 1840. He m. May 7, 1778, Susanna, dan. Wm. Wilson of Mont. ; she d. Jan. 10, 1828, a. 73.


Ch .: + Charlotte, Mar. 28, 1779;m. Sept. 25, 1799, (?) Rufus Smead; d. Sept. 25, 1799.


Clarissa, June 4. 1781; m. Mar. 1800, Ebenezer Marsh.


Lovina, June 9, 1783; m. Oct. 20, 1813, Joel Nims.


Anna, Oct. 15, 1784; m. Jan. 16, 1809, Ira Barnard.


Samuel, Mar. 1, 1791 (32).


Medad, Mar. 2, 1791; m. 1815, Myra Crosby of Shel.


In the records in connection with this family appear three ch., supposed to be grandch., viz.


Lucy, dau. Clarissa Marsh, Dec. 27, 1801. Lyndon A. Marsh, Feb. 6, 180 -. Rollo Marsh, Apr. 6, 1806.


19, EBENEZER, S. of Enoch (9), b. 1746; rem. to Shel. bef. the


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Rev .; sett. at Foxtown; d. Nov. 29, 1798. He m. Sept., 1771, Phi- lena, dau. Jona. Smead; she d. Oct. 4, 1805, a. 58.


Ch .: Content, Mar. 14, 1773; m. July 9, 1795, William Joiner. sons of Mont., where he sett.


Ebenezer, July 28, 1775 (33). Jona. Smead, Apr. 7, 1784 (35).


Zenas, Jan. 30, 1777 (34).


Experience, May 10, 1789; m. May IS,


Philena, Aug. 31, 1779: m. Jona. Eg-


gleston of Waterbury, Vt.


1820, Andrew Andrews of Dfd .; d. 1885.


20. ENOCH, S. of Enoch (9), b. 1748; rem. to Foxtown during the Rev. ; d. Dec. 18, 1789. He m. Nov. 21, 1771, Abigail, dau. Jona. Wells; she prob. m. (2) Nov. 30, 1809, Jeremiah Foster.


Ch .: Chester, Oct. 6, 1772 (36).


Robert, Oct. 21, 1774; d. May 5, 1847; wife Hannah, d. Sept. 8, 1808, a. 24. Enoch, Aug. 24,1775; m. June 23, 1799, Roxana, dau. Elisha Nims.


Abigail, Jan. 24, 1777; m. Luther New- hall of Con.


Arad, Sept. 26, 1778; m. Julia Leland; shed. June 1808; (2) wid. Ruth (Ban-


nister) Whitney; she d. Aug. 13, 1813. Jonathan, Feb. 13, 1780.


Aseneth, Jan. 14, 1782; m. John Fellows of Shel.


Consider, Feb. 12, 1784; went West. Elijah, Jan. 11, 1786; d. s. p. Dec. 9, 1883.


Solomon, Apr. 27, 1788 (37).


21. MOSES, s. of Enoch (9), b. 175 -; kept a boatmen's tavern at Mont. City. He m. Sept. 9, 1785, Sarah Ransom of Shel.


Ch .: + Elijah; Guy; Moses and Sarah, twins; Experience, Hiram, Ralph,


Enoch, Erastus, Fidelia.


22. CONSIDER, S. of Enoch (9), b. 1763; sett. in Leyden; d. May 25, 1819. He m. Nov. 17, 1791, Anna Benjamin; she d. Jan. 23, 1851.


Ch .: Apollos, Jan. 13, 1792 (38).


Hubbard B., Nov. 4, 1795; m. Lucretia Bliss; went South.


Fanny F., June 27, 1799; m. Peter Bliss. Jarvis B., Jan. 1, 1802; m. Sept. 27, 1832, Emily Merrill; she d. Aug. 30, 1843, a. 34; (2) Oct. 10, 1844, Betsey Long; she d. Sept. 14, 1852; Pres. Shel. Falls Bank.


Ralph B., June 9, 1804; m. Amy Rice;


d. at Florence, May 5, 1879. Consider Stebbins, Apr. 28, 1807; m. Sept. 27, 1832, Mahala Willis; (2) Sarah, her sis ; (3) Minerva Kenney. Martha, Aug. 25, 1809; m. Joseph Mer- rill of Shel .; d. Aug. 18, 1864.


Samuel L., July 19, 1815; banker at Belle Plain. Iowa; m, Ellen Tousley ; (2) Samantha Snow; (3) Laura Smith.


23. GIDEON, S. of Gideon (10), b. 1754; sett. at Bardwell's Ferry; d. Sept. 11, 1828. He m. Feb. 11, 1779, Keziah Foster.


Ch .: Joel, Aug. 8, 1780 (39).


Son, d. Feb. 11, 1782.


Meliscent, July 9, 1783; m. Simeon Steb- bins; went West.


Aaron, Nov. 8, 1785; simple; d. Mar. 14, 1855.


Sarah, May 6, 1789; d. Dec. 25, 1789.


William E., Sept. 17, 1791 (40). Loraine, Oct. 18, 1794; d. Aug. 14, 1797. Son, Dec. 29, 1797; d. same day. Hannah, -6, 1799; m. Horace Hawks. Sally, Aug. 12, 1804; m. Jan. 22, 1824, (?)Solomon Bardwell;(2) Lewis Long.


24. SAMUEL, S. of Gideon (10), b. 1757; he was but two years old when his father rem. to Mont., but he always retained a distinct rec- ollection of this event; a large cupboard, he said, was laid back down in an ox cart, the doors opened, and the children were put into one


Amasa, Sept. 2, 1781 ; m. Rebecca Par-


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end between the shelves, and the pigs into the other, and the jour- ney was made harmoniously; the cupboard has been handed down with the tradition, and will confirm the tale any day; Samuel was a prominent citizen of Mont., and d. Mar. 13, 1848. He m. Mar. 8, 1781, Editha Gunn; she d. May 30, 1847, a. 84.




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