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Ch .: + Lucy, Oct. 24, 1750. rem. fr. Dfd. abt. 1794: living in Winchester, Conn., IS22.
Jedediah, June 24, 1753 (5).
Lemuel, Mar. 21, 1755; Rev. sol., 1777; m. Oct. 14, 1779, Keziah Hubbard;
Justus, Aug. 10, 1757. Silvanus, May 19, 1760; m. Mary
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Graves.
Sarah, Feb. 19, 1763; m. Sept. 23, 1781,
David Montague.
Lucius.
Abigail, Jan. 2,1776; m. Quarius Smith.
5. JEDEDIAH, S. of Jedediah (4), b. 1753; Sund .; aft. 1791 sett. in Dfd. at Pine Nook; d. Feb. 20, 1840. He m. June 15, 1779, Lucy, dau. Isaac Parsons of Southampton; she d. Feb. 3, 1811, a. 57; (2) (pub. Dec. 26, 1812) wid. Elizabeth Cushman of Williamsburg; she d. Mar. 6, 1825, a. 69.
Ch .: + Electa, June 4, 1780; m. (pub. Oct.20,1798) Benj. Rust of Partridge- field.
Lucy, bap. May 16, 1783; d. Apr. 6, IS.43. Sarah, -; m. Dec. 7, 1820; Samuel
Seymore (?) of Had. Lucretia, 1786; m. Apr., 1813, Elihu Clary.
Rufus, bap. July 29, 1787 (6) Elijah, bap. Mar. 6, 1791; d. Jan. 6, 1816.
6. RUFUS, s. of Jedediah (5), b. 1787; Pine Nook; d. Nov. 6, 1848. He m. (pub. Jan. 21, 1815) Aseneth, dau. Eleazer Sheldon of New Marlboro; she d. 1881, a. 85 yrs., 4 mos., 19 days.
Ch .: Caroline, Sept. 10, ISI9; m. Feb. 27, 1842, Norman M. Smith.
Elijah Sheldon, Apr. 12, 1822; d. Dec. 3, IS22.
Son, Apr. 28, 1824; d. next day.
Tryphosa Butler, Apr. 24, 1825 ; m. Sept. 19, 1848, Chas. B. Anderson. Joseph Sheldon, Sept. 19, 1828; m. Ar- villa E. Bailey; lived on old home- stead.
CLARRICK, WILLIAM, taken in the French war-ship Le Vig- lante, captured off Louisburg during the siege of that place in 1745; was landed in Boston and sent to Dfd. by order of the governor. He lived in the family of Rev. Ebenezer Hinsdale, who some years aft., took him to Boston to join some returning French pris- oners, but being too late he was brought back. After the death of Hinsdale he followed the fortunes of his widow in her two subse- quent marriages, and she left him a legacy of £50 at her death in 1787; after this was exhausted he was supported by the state. Clar- rick's story was that being left an orphan and heir to a large prop- erty in Bordeaux, France, his uncle and guardian, the next heir, sent him off to sea as a cabin boy when ro yrs. old, and that he never saw home again; he d. Dec. 24, 1808, a. 75.
1. CLARY, JOSEPH, s. of Joseph and Sarah (Gunn) and grand- son of Joseph of Nfd., b. Jan. 21, 1737-8; sett. in Leverett, where he d. Aug. 22, 1780. He m. Sarah Ward; she m. (2) - Ball; she was b. Aug. 28, 1738, and d. in Dfd. Sept. 1, 1816.
Ch .: + Isaac, Nov. 30, 1760; seit. at White Creek, N. Y. ; d. at Ridgefield, O., Aug. 11, 1821.
Abel, Apr. 19, 1763. Elijah, Dec. 28, 1765 (2).
Salmon, Apr. 15, 1768.
Elihu, Oct. 7, 1770 (3).
Electa, Aug. 13, 1773; d. Mar. 6, 1776. Resign, Mar. 7, 1776. Joseph, Nov. 16, 1778; d. Sept. 12, 1780,
2. ELIJAH, S. of Joseph (1), b. 1765; Pine Nook; Sept. 7, 1807, he left Dfd. with all his family for Ohio, then the "Far West;" d.
Thomas, Mar. 7, 1766; m. Pamelia Clary.
Esther, Apr. 4, 1769; m. (pub. July 31, 1790) Elijah Rowe.
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Sept. 17, 1817 (?). He in. Sarah Smith of Leverett; she d. June, ISII, a. 46.
Ch .: + Sarah, -; m. May 27, 1813. Eben- ezer Clapp.
Elisha, -: 11. Oct. 9, 1814, Polly Brooks of Mont.
Lucylvia, -; d. Dec. 29, 1795.
Pearley, Mar. 4, 1796; m. Feb. 8, 1820, George Douglass of Elyria, Ohio. he d. Nov. 5, 1829; she m. (2) May 25, 1831, Dr. Moses C. Saunders.
Pamelia, Aug. 22, 1797; m. (pub. Sept. 14, 1822) Zenas Clapp.
Cordelia M., May 25, 1801 ; d. Sept. 27, 1802.
Lyman, Feb. 11, 1803; m. May 30, 1830, Fanny,dau. Orlando Ware; Dr. ; rem. to Syracuse, N. Y.
Maria, Sept. 9, 1805. Lucylvia, Aug. 12, 1808.
3. ELIHU, S. of Joseph (1), b. 1770; Pine Nook; d. Sept. 12, 1848; m. Aug. 5, 1797, Lucretia, dau. Rufus Smith; she d. Apr. 23, 1812, a. 34; (2) Apr. 14, 1813, Lucretia, dau. Jedediah Clark; she d. Aug. 24, 1828, a. 42; (3) Aug. 26, 1829, Esther, dau. Eliakim Arms, wid. of Samuel Wells; she d. June 22, 1853, a. 81.
Ch .: + Apollos, June 27, 1798 (4).
Joseph, Sept. 21, 1800; d. Aug. 24, 1844. Almira, Apr. 26, 1805; d. Nov. 19, 1837. Cephas, Feb. 7, 1812 (5).
Isaac, Dec. 10, 1814; d. Feb. 25, 1815. Elijah W., June 7, 1821; m.(pub. Jan. II,
1847) Lucylvia, dau. Henry Taylor of Mont.
Elihu Clary, 2d, pub. Sept. 17, 1814, to Parley Brooks, "both of this town," may have been of this family.
4. APOLLOS, S. of Elihu (3), b. 1798; lived at Pine Nook, Street and Bars; d. Dec. 11, 1877. He m. Nov. 18, 1829, Alma, dau. John Amsden.
Ch .: Mary Amsden, Sept. 12, 1830; m. Feb. 27, 1854, Hollis C. Graves.
Helen M., Dec. 21, 1831; m. Dec. 24, 1850, Chauncey B. Tilton.
John E., Aug. 26, 1833; m. Sept. 3, 1856,
Helen M., dau. Adna B. Childs Martha A., Sept. 13, 1835; m. Oct., 1862, Wm. Turner of Nho.
Harriet C., Nov. 26, 1842; n1. Dr. John Watkins of St. Louis.
5. CEPHAS, S. of Elihu (3), b. 1812; capt .; sett. at Pine Nook;
Dea. He m. 1842, Rebecca, dau. Rufus Gunn; she d. Oct. 3, 1845, a. 29; (2) Oct 14, 1846, Corinthia E. Sheldon of Marlboro, b. June 30, 1818.
Ch .: Elizabeth, Apr. 15, 1843. Sarah Sheldon, Sept. 3, 1847; m. Oct. 22, 1868, Edward P. Clapp.
Mary Lyman, Oct. 3, 185 -; d. June 18, 1852.
Martha Lyman, Dec. 21, 1852; d. Feb.
27, 1868. Ella Almira, Feb. 19, 1855; d. Feb. S, 1856. Elihu Theodore, Mar. 29, 1857, d. Ocl. 3, 1859.
1. CLESSON, MATTHEW, from Ireland; sett. at Nhn .; took oath of allegiance Feb. 8, 1678; was freeman 1690; made a will 1713, which was proved Nov. 7, 1716. He m. Dec. 22, 1670, Mary, dau. Nath'l Phelps; she d. Apr. 15, 1687; (2) Nov. 21, 1701, Susanna Hedge. Ch .: Mary, Aug. 13, 1672; d. Dec. II, 1672.
Thankful, Sept. 19, 1673; m. Oct. 28, 1695, Sam'l Davis; another entry makes Davis m. at same date Thank- ful Mason;in either event our Thank- ful was named Davis in 1709.
Joseph, Apr. 23, 1675; d. bef. 1683. Elizabeth, Aug., 1677; m. Nov. 30. 1698, John Hannum.
Mary, Nov. 20, 1679; m. Benj. Bartlett. William, Jan. 3, 1680-1; d. bef. 1709. Matthew, Dec. 31, 1681; mortally wounded at Dfd. by Indians, June
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23, 1709, and d. June 27; he was en- gaged to be m. to Sarah Mattoon, and she shared his estate with his brothers and sisters by direction of
the Probate Judge. Joseph, abt. 1683 (2).
John, Apr. 1, 1685; d. bef. 1709. Samuel, Apr., 1687 (3).
2. JOSEPH, S. of Matthew (1), b. abt. 1683; sol. in King William's war; at the age of 15 was in the "Pomeroy pursuit " fr. the Dfd. gar- rison; a resident of Dfd. 1705-9; of Nhn. 1712-24; cap. and taken to Can. while on a scout, by a party of French and Indians under de Rouville, June 22, 1709; was active in Father Rasle's war; lieut., under Capt. Thos. Wells; a capt. in the Last French war and d. in the service, June 4, 1753; was buried in the camp burial ground near Fort William Henry. He m. Hannah, dau. Wm. Arms; she d. Dec. 24, 1767, a. 82.
Ch .: Hannah, July 5, 1705; m. Apr. 4, 1727, Joseph Allen.
Mary, Aug. 5, 1707; m. Oct. 31, 1732, Joseph Severance.
Elizabeth, Oct. 23, 1709; m. July 16, 1747, James Corse, the noted fron- tiersman.
Matthew, Aug. 7, 1713 (4).
Eunice, Apr. 24, 1716; m. Oct. 23, 1769, John Munn of Gill; his 2d wife.
Joseph, Apr. 1, 1720; d. Apr. 18, 1720. Martha, June 9, 1723.
Joseph, Jan. 9, 1724-5; d. Feb. 3,1724-5. Joanna, Feb. 3, 1726-7; d. Oct. 25, 1732. Prob. Sarah, who m. Dec. 5, 1740, Samuel Shattuck.
3. SAMUEL, S. of Matthew (1), b. 1687; d. abt. 1757. He m. May 24, 1716, Abigail Bushrod.
Ch .: + Abigail, Mar. 4, 1716-17; d. bef. I757.
Thankful, July 4, 1718; m. Jan. 2, 1736-
37, Nathaniel Day. Samuel, May 5, 1723; d. Sept. 9, 1740.
4, MATTHEW, S. of Joseph (2), b. 1713; lived on No. 38; was prominent in civil and military affairs; was in the frontier service, under Capt. Kellogg at the age of 19; was one of the party under Sergt. John Hawks which escorted home the French Lieut. Pierre Raimbault St. Blein in 1746. [See ante, p. 556] The next year he led a scout towards Can .; in 1755 was lieut. in command of the forts at Col., and d. on the expedition to Lake George, Oct. 24, 1756. He m. Oct. 18, 1743, Abigail, dau. Jona. Hoyt; she m. (2) 1761, John Nims.
Ch .: Samuel, Aug. 11, 1744; d. July 15, 1813. Samuel, Oct. 23, 1751; d. Oct. 11, 1769.
23, 1746.
Joanna, May 3, 1746; d. Sept. 17, 1756. Abigail, Jan. 18, 1754; d. Jan. 29, 1754.
Matthew, Aug. II, 1748; d. s. p. Feb. > Joseph, May 2, 1756 (5).
5. JOSEPH, s. of Matthew (4), b. 1756; lived on his father's lot; d. 1816. He m. Jan. 8, 1783, Abigail Seekins; she m11. (2) Capt. Eb- enezer Allis of Shel., where she d. Sept. 22, 1838.
Ch .: Samuel, Jan. 15, 1784; a doct. in Abigail, June 27, 1785; m. Oct. 24, 1811, David Sheldon. Joseph, Aug. 1, 1791 (6).
New Salem 1816-18; in Can. 1822; d. s. p.
6. JOSEPH, s. of Joseph (5), b. 1791; rem. to Shel. abt. 1818; ret. abt. 1825, and kept the ferry at Great River many yrs .; abt. 1835 rem. to III. He m. Nov. 10, 1814, Mehitable, dau. Joseph Stebbins.
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Ch .: Samuel A., Aug. 26, 1815. Joseph, Sept. 7, 1816.
Mehitable S., Oct. 17, 1817; m. Feb. 22, IS44, John Field.
Matthew, Feb. 1, 1819.
Jarvis S., Dec. 19, IS20. Albert, Mar. S, IS22. Frederick, Mar. 9, 1824. Derick, Nov. 4, 1827. Caroline, Jan. 9, 1832.
COATS, CHARLES, fr. Nhn. 1741; sol. in both French wars; rem. to Ber. He m. Thankful -. Ch .: Miriam, Feb. 14, 1749. Esther, Mar. 26, 1753. Simeon, bap. Feb. 11, 1759; Dfd. 1788. Charles, Apr. 20, 1751.
COBB, BENJAMIN, of Barre 1801, Hardwick, Dfd. abt. 1808; d. Mar. 30, 1842, a. 64. He m. Sarah G -; she d. May 11, 1854, a. 75.
Ch .: Lucius, June 29, 1801, at Barre. Lucinda, Sept. 5, 1803, at Hardwick. Salome, Mar. 25, 1805, at Hardwick; d. Sept. 13, 1809. Benjamin, July 25, ISOS.
Alfred, Apr. 24, ISIo; d. Oct. 4, 1885; m. Oct. 26, 1852, Ilannah G. Hub- bard; the house he built and lived in
was burnt Apr., 1887. Nathan, Apr. 14, 1812.
Anson, Feb. 8, 1814; M. D .; sett. in Mont. Salome, Mar. 16, 1816; m. Mar. 11, 18.15. John G. Smith of Worcester.
Sarah. Feb. 15, ISIS. Jonathan Fletcher, Jan. 2.4, 1821.
COBB, DANIEL, b. in Hardwick 1782; d. May 22, 1856.
COBB, DAVID, 1783-90.
COBB, ELISHIA, 1766-85, with wife and child.
COBB, JABEZ, 1771; taxed on real estate, 1789.
COBB, JONATHAN; d. June 28, 1837, a. 76. He m. Hannah --; she d. Feb. 20, 1856, a. 92.
COBB, JOSEPH, Dfd. 1817; wife Peggy -. Ch .: | Gratia, May 6, 1800.
COBB, NATHAN, 1789; taxed on real estate 1789-90.
COBB, PEREZ, taxed on real estate 1789-90.
COBB, SVIVANUS, taxed 1771; Rev. sol .; rem. to Con .; thence to Cazenovia, N. Y., where he d. Feb., 1813. He m. Elizabeth, dan. Neverson Warren of Dfd.
Ch .: Daniel, Oct. 7, 1772. Elizabeth, Sept. 27, 1774. Sabra, Sept. 7, 1775. Lydia, Nov. 16, 1776. Sylvanus, Sept. 13, 1779.
Abner Warren, May 10, 1781. John Merrie, Nov. 16, 1782. Lemuel, Mar. 16, 1786. Priscilla, Nov. 13, 17SS. Elisha, Oct. 7. 1789.
COCHRAN, JOHN, of Dfd. 1749-50.
COFFRIN, JOHN, 1747, with ch. John and Jane.
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COLE, JENNY; negro servant of Rev. Jona. Ashley; she fell down the cellar stairs at the house of Col. T. W. Dickinson and broke her neck, Sept. 1, 1808.
Ch .: Cato, bap. Aug. 19, 1739; it may be of interest to note that in Cato was seen the last relic of chattel slav- ery in Dfd. ; he was b. and baptized in slavery, and,although not held legal- ly as a slave after the adoption of the constitution, he remained a servant in the Ashley family until his death, Nov. 12, 1825. The writer, then a boy of six yrs., clearly recalls his kindly
black face with the white wool above it as he sat upon a bench singing "Capt. Kid," his favorite place and his favorite amusement in the last yrs. of his life; he kept time by drum- ming on his seat with his finger nails, which protruded long and thick, and sounded like so many tack ham- mers.
COLFAX, PHINEAS, 1744; sol. in Old French war.
COLLINS, JABEZ, 1762-8.
COLTON, ELIHU, 1782.
COLTON, HANAN, 1784.
COLTRAIN, ELISHA, taxed 1789.
CONGDON, JARIUS, 1787.
CONGDON, JOHN, 1788-9.
Ch .: John, Benoni, Abel, Cromwell, Eunice, Sophia, Lima.
CONNABLE, SAMUEL, 1743-4; rem. to Ber. ; prob. ancestor of the Connable tribe of that vicinity; d. Dec. 3, 1796, a. 97. He m. Mary Ch .: + Mary, May. 1781, at Sund.
COOK, GEORGE, with wife and ch .; fr. Mont. 1784.
COOK, JOSEPH, 1792; fr. Charlestown 1763; d. bef. 1799. He m. Susanna -- , whose first husband was John Cook; she was burned to death Nov., 1799, with the house of Asa Stebbins.
COOLEY, ABNER, came fr. Leverett abt. 1780; sett. at Bloody Brook; selectman three yrs .; d. Oct. 19, 1824, a. 76. He m. June 18, 1771, Martha, dau. Jona. Russell of Sund .; she d. Sept. 18, 1832, a. 84.
Ch .: Stephen, Dec. 20, 1771; d. Sept. 13, 1776.
Zenas, Dec. 20, 1773; d. 1777.
Sophia, May 21, 1776; m. Dec. 3, 1801, William Sheldon; (2) Jan. 24, 1810, Elijah Arıns; (3) Feb. 26, 1823, Capt. Eliakim Arms.
Phila, Sept. 23, 1778; m. Elisha Alex- ander of Sund .: his 2d wife.
Russell, July II, 1780; m. Jan. 11, 1808, Betsey, dau. Simeon Cooley ; she d. Apr. 8, 1829, a. 41.
Patty, May 3, 1782; m. May 30, 1805, Elihu Barnard. Dau., Oct. 7, 1784; d. next day. Electa, Sept. 27, 1791; m. (pub. Apr. 22, 1818) Lyman Granger of N. Y.
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1. COOLEY, AZARIAH, b. Mar. 7, 1731; his ancestry is not estab- lished, but there is little doubt he was in the line of Azariah, b. 1704 -Daniel, 1682-Daniel, 1651-Benjamin, the emigrant, of Long- meadow; he sett. at Bloody Brook; d. Feb. 28, 1778. He m. Apr. 19, 1756, Eleanor Warriner; she m. (2) Dec., 1778, Samuel Barnard; (3) Dec. 20, 1789, Nathan Frary; she d. Dec. 7, 1819, a. So.
Ch .: Eleanor, Sept. 4, 1757; m. Heze- kiah Fisk.
Azariah, Jan. 26, 1760 (2).
Eunice, May 23, 1762; m. Dec. 7, 1780, Carmi Wright.
Eli, May 1, 1764 (3).
Esther H., Dec. 10, 1766 (?); m. 1786,
Solomon Anderson.
Hepsebah, Feb. 9, 1769; d. Nov., 1781. Square, Nov. 25, 1771 (4).
Amanda, 1774; d. Dec., 1792.
Fanny, Aug. 16, 1777; m. S. B. John- son of Albany.
2. AZARIAH, S. of Azariah (1), b. 1760 in Brimfield; Rev. sol. ; 3 yrs. in the Mass. Line, regt. of Col. Thos. Nixon; served in the Bur- goyne campaign; was at the battle of Bemis Heights and in several smaller affairs; sett. at Bloody Brook abt. 1780; d. at Washington, D. C., Mar. 9, 1829. He m. Sept. 6, 1781, Mercy, dau. Samuel Bel- ding; she d. July 27, 1831, a. 71.
Ch .: Aaron, Feb. 26, 1782; m. Harriet Pownell.
Charlotte, Nov. 19, 1783; d. May 1, 1796. Levi, Feb. 3, 1785; in. Elizabeth Bates. Daniel, June 11, 1786; disappeared abt. IS11.
Mercy, Oct. 7, 1787; m. 1812, Judah Maynard.
Elizabeth, Feb. 7, 1789; m. Feb. 25, ISOS, Ephraim Sprague of Bloody Brook.
Mary, June 14, 1790; m. (pub. Nov. 4, IS09) Michael Collins of Con.
Amanda, Jan. 29, 1792; m. Perl Cut- ler.
Caroline, Sept. 27, 1793; d. June 26, 1832. Son, Apr. 19, 1795: d. Apr. 22, 1795. Son and dau., Mar. 22, 1796; d. same day. Son, Apr. 21, 1797; d. next day.
Azariah, Nov. 16, 1798.
Charlotte, May 5, 1800; m. Sept. 25, 1825, Charles Lewis.
David, Sept. 27, 1802; m. Jan. 28, 1825, Jeanette E. Severance.
Edward, Jan. 5, 1804; d. Feb. 7, 1827. Sophia, July 22, 1805; m. (pub. Feb. 19, 1831) Israel Boyden.
3. ELI, s. of Azariah (1), b. 1764; Bloody Brook; selectman; d. Dec. 29, 1843. He m. May 15, 1788, Chloe, dau. Caleb Allen; she d. May 26, 1845, a. 76.
Ch .: Dennis, Feb. 18, r789 (5). Phila, Jan. 31, 1790; m. May 28, 1812, Zebediah Graves.
Rhue, Nov. 4, 1791; d. July 9, 1793.
Emily, July 23, 1793; m. 1835, Zebediah Graves.
Hollis, July 25, 1794 (6).
Eli, Jan. 11, 1796; d. July 15, 1797.
Rhue, June 8, 1797; m. (pub. Jan. 22, 1824) Ebenezer Morton of Con. Eli, Oct. 26, 1798 (7).
Caleb A., Mar. 28, 1800 (8). Orrin, (recorded Oraendo) Aug. 18,
ISO1; grad. Union C. 1827; studied theology at N. H. ; licensed to preach ; was a "Taylorite" and was not or- dained, aft. 2 yrs. became a teacher at the West; d. abt. 1855.
Almond. Mar. 27, 1803; d. Sept. 16. 1804. Sedgwick, Aug. 8, 1804 (9).
Son, b. and d. Apr. 1, 1806.
Chloe, July 31, 1808; in. May 9, 1833, Alvin Lawrence. Almond, Feb. 7, 1810; known as Al- merin (10).
4. SQUARE, s. of Azariah (1), b. 1771; rem. to New Salem. He m. Feb. 3, 1798, Avice Morse, b. July 16, 1772.
Ch .: Almira, July 16, 1798; d. Feb. 22, 1799.
Almira, Dec. 22, 1799. Theodore, Sept. 19, 1800.
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Merric B. Feb. 22, 1803; m. Jan. 2, - Elizabeth Little. Mary, Sept. 16, 1804. Proctor, Sept. 28, 1806.
Avice, Mar. 29, 1808.
Fanny, Mar. 23, 1810. Squire, 1812; d. 1813. Eleanor, Sept. 24, 1815. Squire, Dec. 9, 1818.
5. DENNIS, s. of Eli (3), b. 1789; doctor, Bloody Brook; studied medicine with Dr. S. W. Williams, went West abt. 1826; d. Sept. 8, 1860. He m. May 16, 1830, Elizabeth, dau. Solomon Anderson; she d. Oct. 19, 1834, a. 23; (2) May 13, 1836, Clarissa Andrews, b. July 27, 1812.
Ch .: Ette, Sept. 26, 1831. Emily G., Jan. 20, 1840; an adopted niece.
Belle, Feb. 6, 1834.
6. HOLLIS, s. of Eli (3), b. 1794: clerk in store of Clark Hough- ton at Cheapside; was in trade in Ga .; d. at Monticello, Ga., Mar. 26, 1858. He m. June 18, 1827, Martha Harper, b. 1800.
Ch .: John Alexander, Apr. 26, 1828; Martha Harper, July 23, 1832.
went to sea and never heard fr. Georgia Elizabeth, Aug. 31, 1834. Milton Allen, Mar. 4, 1830.
7. ELI, s. of Eli (3), b. 1798; capt .; kept store in Bloody Brook; selectman; built the house now held by A. D. Sprout; d. Sept. 12, 1860. In the diary of Rufus Rice, 1815-40, is this entry, of which I find no explanation, " 1822 Nov 7, Capt Cooleys wife died." He m. May 4, 1826, Maria, dau. Daniel Forbes of Gfd. ; she d. June 29, 1827, a. 22; (2) Feb. 16, 1829, Tryphena W., dau. Benj. W. Childs of Barre; she d. May 28, 1847, a. 43; (3) Jan. 22, 1849, Wealthy H. Shepherd of Chicopee.
Ch .: Maria Forbes, Feb. 27, 1827; d. Sept. 10, 1827.
Dennis, Dec. 15, 1829; m. May 11, 1855, Celestina M. Hawks.
Maria F., Sept. 4, 1832; m. Aug. 7, 1852, Alphonso C. Graves, sol. fr. Gfd .; wounded at Ball's Bluff, came back and d. in Gfd. Dec., 1861.
Charles, Nov. 13, 1834; lives in Sacra- mento, Cal.
Tertius C., Oct. 24, 1837; m. May 19, 1868, Mary A. Bates.
Emily G., Jan. 20, 1840; adopted by her uncle, Dennis Cooley, M. D., of Mich.
she m. Ormar D. Thompson. Harriet N., May 9, 1843; m. Jan. 21, 1869, Geo. W. Clark of Easthamp- lon; she d. Nov. 27, 1874. Martha E .. Nov. 30, 1849; m. Henry R. Sanderson of What .; she d. Feb. 17, 1873. Amos Shepherd, Mar. 20, 1852; ni. Oct. 9, 1883, Ada M. Hubbard.
Hollis, Nov. 22, 1857; d. Oct. 10, 1859. Hollis Eli, (adopted) May 7, 1859; m. July 3, 1883, E. Lillie Wallace of Spfd.
8, CALEB A., s. of Eli (3), b. 1800; d. Sept. 29, 1845; Bloody Brook. He m. Nov. 8, 1832, Selima Riddle; she d. Mar. 2, 1837, a. 29; (2) Esther, dau. Rev. Theophilus Packard; she d. Mar. 15, 1858.
Ch .: + Eli, Dec. 24, 1833. Alfred A., -; m. 1864, Charlotte M., dau. Cephas Clapp.
Lucy S., Dec. 29, 1836. William.
9. SEDGWICK, S. of Eli (3), b. 1804; Bloody Brook. He m. May 29, 1833, Lucretia S., dau. Thos. Longley of Hawley; d. in Cal.
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Ch .: + Edmunds L., May 29, 1834; m. - Phelps of Nfd. ; went West.
George S., Dec. 23, 1836; went to Cal. Mary, -; became insane.
Son, 1842; d. May 20, 1845, a. 3 yrs.
Allen W., Dec. 21, 1845; sett. in Cal .;
m. May 14, 1871, Christina S. Rud- duck.
Henrietta, Jan. 14, 1851. Eva, Feb. 22, 1853; d. Mar. 14, 1853. Ella,
10. ALMOND, S. of Eli (3), b. 1810; Bloody Brook. He m. Oct. 28, 1835, Sarah Orcutt of Cummington; she d. Aug., 1863; (2) Oct. 22, 1865, Sarah, dau. Ebenezer Clapp.
Ch .: + Sarah Jane. Edwin Almerin, Sept. 17,1853; m. Mar. Orin, -; A. C. 1865; doctor; sett. in IS, 1871, Lizzie M. Fulton.
Chicago.
1. COOLEY, BARNAS, Dfd., 1769; bap. and admitted to chh. July 21, 1771; had brother, Aaron; rem. to Nfd., 1773. He m. July 18, 1771, Hannah, dau. Samuel Shattuck; she d. Sept. 30, 1776, a. 30. Ch .: + Benjamin, bap. Aug. 10, 1773(2). Tirza, bap. Jan. 7, 1776.
2. BENJAMIN, S. of Barnas (1), b. 1772; rem. to Brown Hill, O., 1836; d. June 30, 1836. He m. Oct. 13, 1799, Elizabeth, dau. Noa- diah Lewis; she d. Sept. 18, 1812; (2) Mar., 1813, Rachel Hastings of Amh .; she d. 1864, a. 87.
Ch .: + Frederick. Nov. 12, 1800; d. young.
Benjamin Lewis, Feb. 19, 1804. Betsey Shattuck, d. Feb. 28, 1827.
James, Jan. 5, 1807; d. young.
Frederick, Apr. 13, 1808. Moses Hastings, Mar. 19, 1814. Eli Parker, July 31, 1815. Lucy, May 16, 1817; m. S. G. Morse of Oberlin, Ohio. Fanny, Aug. 29, 1820; d. Mar. 26, 1822.
COOLEY, DANIEL, Dfd., 1772.
1. COOLEY, MARTIN, S. of Simon of Sund .; b. abt. 1750; Rev. sol .; sett. at Wapping; d. Mar. 15, 1797. He m. Oct. 9, 1777, Irena, clau. Caleb Montague; she d. July 24, 1784, a. 25; (2) Dec. 15, 1784, Rebecca, wid. of Lemuel Childs, dau. Alexander Smith of Amh .; she d. Aug. 29, 1809, a. 55.
Ch .: Lucy Jay, May 21, 1779. Isaac, Sept. 7, 1781; d. Feb. S, 1784.
Rufus Montague, June 29, 1784; m. Betsey -; ran away, 1813, leaving her with three small ch. in Sund. Irena, Dec. 3, 1786.
Lemuel, Mar. 6, 17SS (2). Dennis, Aug. 4, 1789 (3).
Fanny, May 2, 1791; d. Jan. 29, 1792. Pamelia, Oct. 22, 1792. Dency, Aug. 10, 1794.
2. LEMUEL, S. of Martin (1), b. 1788. He m. Feb. 21, 1811, Esther, dau. Seth Frary and sett. in Whately.
Ch .: Leander, Nov. 12, 1811 ; m. Louisa Beebee.
Lysander, Sept. 10, 1813; m. Sept. 10, 1837, Rhoda Dennis of Woodstock, VI.
Dennis, Oct. 12, 1815; prob. m. June 5, 1844, Minerva Moore of Col.
Louisa, Dec. 5, 1818; m. Sam'l D. Bartlett. Clarissa, Mar. 1, IS21; m. Daniel A. Vining. Eleazer F., June 5, 1823; m. Dec. I, I845, Harriet P. Anderson.
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3. DENNIS, s. of Martin (1), b. 1789; sett. in Whately; d. Oct. 19, 1847. He m. Aug. 2, 1814, Phila, dau. Justin Morton of What.
Ch .: + Justin Morton, May 12, 1815 ; he was owner of the famous Cooley
hotel at Spfd .; he m. Anna B., dau. Calvin Marsh of Hat.
COOLEY, OLIVER, trader and innholder; he was fr. Ber., 1806, when he bought the old tavern lot No. 29; was storekeeper on the south part of the same in a shop in front of the Salah Bar- nard tavern; it is now (1889) a lean-to in the rear. He m. (pub. May, 1794) Jemima, dau. Eleazer Wells; she d. June 5, 1820, a. 44; (2) (pub. Apr. 25, 1823) Hannah, dau. Eliakim Field, wid. of Sam'l Grimes of What.
Ch .: + Harriet, -; m. May 24, 1814, Cyrus W. Clark of Turner, Me. Lucinda, abt. 1799; m. Sept. 5, 1825, George Dickinson.
Jackson Dickinson; (2) Feb. 26, 1829, Judge Frederick Allen of Boston. Rodney.
Charlotte Augusta, -; m. June 5, 1828,
George, July 28, 1810; lawyer in Me. Mary, June 6, 1818.
COOLIDGE, ISAAC, taxed 1786.
COOMBS, JOHN; sol. fr. Dfd. in Father Rasle's war.
COREY, ELISHA, taxed 1771.
CORLISS, JESSE, Dfd., 1773; one of her minute men who marched to Cambridge under Capt. Locke on the Lexington alarm; enlisted under Capt. Hugh Maxwell and was k. at Bunker Hill.
1. CORSE, JAMES, of unk. antecedents; the first of his name so far as known and ancestor of all the tribe in New England; he ap- pears here abt. 1690 and d. May 15, 1696; estate valued at £79, 145, 6d. He m. abt. 1690, Elizabeth, dau. John Catlin; she was cap. 1704 and k. on the march to Canada.
Ch .: Ebenezer, Apr. 7, 1692 (2). Elizabeth, Feb. 4. 1696; cap. 1704; alive in Canada 1716; never ret.
James, Mar. 20, 1694 (3).
2. EBENEZER, S. of James (1), b. 1692; was of Nhn. 1717; first sett. at Southampton, where he had a house, May 25, 1730; d. May 14, 1776; m. Nov. 2, 1715, Sarah French of Nhn .; she d. June 11, 1768, a. 74.
Ch .: + Lemuel, -; d. Mar. 13, 1734. Elizabeth ?
Ebenezer, -; d. July 24, 1746. Reuben, -; m. Sarah
Benoni, -; d. Sept. 9, 1748.
3. JAMES, S. of James (1), b. 1694; a noted hunter and scout; was of Wallingford, Ct., 1717: Dfd., 1719; served through Father Rasle's war under Capt. Joseph Kellogg and also through the French and Indian wars, 1743-63. In 1730, with a passport from Gov. Dummer he made a journey to Canada in search of his sister, via Fort Dummer, Otter Creek and Lake Champlain; see his Jour- nal, ante, p. 518; he died Sept. 20, 1783. He m. Aug. 17, 1721, Thank -
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ful, dau. Benj. Munn; she d. June 22, 1746, a. 42; (2) July 16, 1747, Elizabeth, dau. Joseph Clesson; she d. July 4, 1773, a. 63.
Ch .: + Thankful, May 9, 1722; m. May 9, 1744, Gershom Hawks.
Gad, Sept. 1I or 13, 1723 (4).
Elizabeth, Aug. 24, 1725; m. June 24, 1751, Aaron Scott.
Mary, Aug. 2, 1727; m. Feb. 8, 1753, Thomas Train of Fort Massachu- setis.
Hannah, -; m. Apr. 11, 1760, Eleazer Wells.
Abigail, July 9, 1732-3; she m. between
July 6, 1757, and June 22. 1758, - -. Sarah, May 21, 1735; m. (pub. Mar. 9, 1753), Oliver Atherton.
Asher, Sept. 10, 1737 (5).
Dan, Dec. 10, 1739 (6).
Rebecca, Nov. 28, 1742.
John, May 31, 1746; d. June 6, 1746. Joseph, Aug. 22, 1748; d. Sept. 11, 1748. Joanna, Mar. 25, 1750, d. unm. Feb. IS, 1781.
4. GAD, S. of James (3), b. 1723; a tanner, sol. in French wars, was much employed in transporting military stores, driving cat- tle to the frontier armies and riding post for the commanders; rem. to Nfd. abt. 1774 and prob. later to Wilmington, Vt .; d. July 31, 1788. He m. Dec., 1747, Mary, dau. Azariah Wright of Nfd.
Ch .: Thankful, Nov. 27. 1747; d. unm. in York State.
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