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Emerson C., Sept. 29, 1855; m. Dec. 27, 1875, Nellie A. Pierce. Clara Eliza, Apr. 28, 1858; d. Jan. 20. IS71.
18. ELIJAH BARNARD, S. of Samuel ([2), b. abt. 1818. He mi. Charlotte, dau. Horace Scott of What .; she d. Sept. 3, 1858, a. 38; (2) Esther M., dau. Spencer Bardwell of What.
Ch .: + Elizabeth, -; k. by an accident, Ada Sophia. June 20, 1846, a. 7 yrs. Charlotte, -; d. Feb. 18. 1853 a. 6 yrs.
Emily A., -; m. Chas. Parker of Con. Etta Sophia.
Eliza A., -; m. Allen R. Noyes.
HATCH, ISAAC, 1789; had wife Esther.
Ch .: + Richmond, Aseneth, Isaac.
1. HAWKS, JOHN, not, as some claim, s. of Adam of Lynn; was of Wind., 1640, where the name is found as Hake. ; rem. to Had., 1659, as one of her first settlers; was buried there June 30, 1662; his wid. Elizabeth m. bef. 1669, Robert Hinsdale, who was k. with Lothrop; she m. (3) June 25, 1683, Thos. Dibble of Wind .; she d. Sept. 29, 1685.
Ch .: John, Aug. 13, 1643 (2). Turner; he fell with him, May 19, 1676; she m. (2) July 22, 1677, John Evans.
Nathaniel, bap. Feb. 16, 1645; d. young. Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 10, 1647; m. Nov.
24, 1664, Joseph Gillett; he was k. with Lothrop.
Anna, bap. Aug. 4, 1649; m. Oct. 10, 1672, Thomas Hastings.
Isaac, Aug. 15, 1650; drowned June 22, 1659.
Mary, May 23, 1652; m. Oct. 10, 1672, Experience Hinsdale, guide for Capt.
Joanna, Feb. 8, 1654; m. Nov. 21, 1677. Wm. Arms.
Eliezer, Dec. 20, 1655 (3).
Sarah, Sept. 29, 1657; m. Sept. 10. 1677, Philip Mattoon; (2) Daniel Belding. Gershom, Aug. 12, 1659; living unm. Mar. 26, 1681, which is the last heard of him.
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), b. 1643; carpenter; was a sergt. and ac-
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tive in Philip's war; was in the Falls fight and on Hat. meadows, 1676, ( see ante. p. 179); came as a settler bef. Philip's war; on the breaking up he ret. to Had. but was of Branford, Ct., 1680; was back with the first permanent settlers and was a prominent man; was on the committee to build the meetinghouse in 1696, and took the con- tract to finish it off; his last claim for this service was paid in 1714, by a draft on the town lands at Mill River for 24 acres; his family was broken up in 1704, and he retired to Waterbury, Ct., to live with his only surviving child, where he was living in 1721. He m. Dec. 26, 1667, Martha, dau. Joseph Baldwin of Had .; she d. Jan. 7, 1676; (2) Nov. 20, 1696, Alice, wid. of Samuel Allis; she was k. 1704. Ch .: John, June 26,1671 ; d. in infancy. Waterbury. John. 1673 (4).
Hannah, 1675; m. 1694, Jona. Scott of
Elizabeth. Sept. 22, 1697; cap. 1704 and k. on the march.
3. ELIEZER, S. of John (1), b. 1655; deacon; came with the first permanent settlers; was constantly in town office; was with Capt. Turner at Peskeompskut and came out without a scratch; d. Mar. 27, 1727. He m. Apr. 30, 1689, Judith, dau. Wm. Smead, the first m. recorded on town register; she d. Jan. 27, 1718-19, a. 54. Ch .: Elizabeth, Feb. 26, 1689-90; d. Jan. 1, 1690-91.
Thankful, Feb. 26, 1689-90; m. Aug. 31. 1715, Thos. Taylor, who was drowned at Nfd. 1717; she m. (2) 1718, Daniel Ashley of Wfd .; (3) Mar. 6, 1728-9. Capt. Wm. Symes of Keene. Elizabeth, Jan. 26, 1691-2; d. Aug. 11, 1693.
Eliezer, Dec. 26, 1693 (5).
Mary, Dec. 2, 1695; m. July 30, 1712,
Jona. Patterson of Nfd. Elizabeth, Nov. 1, 1697; m. July 12, 1717, Hezekiah Stratton of Nfd. Nathaniel, Oct. 9, 1699 (6)
Sarah, July 26, 1701; m. Nov. 22, 1726, Thos. Wells; an oak "chest and draws," part of her outfir, is in Me- morial Hall.
Hannah, July 7, 1703; m. Nov. 3, 1727, Sam'l Allen. John. Dec. 5, 1707 (7).
4. JOHN, S. of John (2), b. 1673; k. 1704. He m. abt. 1695, Thankful, dau. Win. Smead; she was k. 1704.
Ch .: John, June 6, 1696; k. 1704. Martha, Oct. 4, 1699; k. 1704.
Nathaniel, Aug. 3, 1698; d. Aug. 13, 1698.
Thankful, Nov. 18, 1701; k. 1704.
5. ELIEZER, S. of Eliezer (3), b. 1693; [In record of this family we find Eleazar, Eliezer and Eleazer| sett. on the Hawks place at Wapping; in 1743 he bought of John Chickley 500 acres of land at Charl. and lived there abt. 1762 for a few yrs .; ret. and d. May 14, I774. He m. Nov. 24, 1714, Abigail Wells; she d. May 7. 1768, a. 71.
Ch .: Gershom, Feb. 23, 1715-16 (8). Eliezer, Nov. 13, 1717 (9).
Abigail, Oct. 17, 1719; m. June 20, 1742, David Nims.
Joshua, Jan. 25, 1721-2 (10).
Judith, Oct. 1, 1723; m. July 18, 1754, Enos Marsh of Mont.
Sarah, Sept. 5, 1725; an invalid; d. unm.
Mary, Jan. 4. 1727-8; m. May 3, 1747, Sam'l Merriman of Nfd .; d. Aug. 24, 1757.
Seth, ()ct. 5, 1729 (II). Ruth, May 18, 1732; m. Jedediah Clark. (2d wife.)
Dorcas, July 8, 1734; [bap. Mercy] m. Nov. 6, 1761, Moses Stebbins.
Paul, bap. Nov. 7. 1736 (12).
Thankful, Jan. 26, 1738-9; m Jan. I, 1777, John Hawks; (2) pub. Apr. 11, 1786, Dea. Jonathan Flagg; d. July, 1794. Waitstill, bap. Aug. 30, 1741 (13).
6. NATHANIEL, s. of Eliezer (3); b. 1699; served through Father
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Rasle's war under Capt. Joseph Kellogg; d. Sept. 25, 1754 He m. abt. 1727, Hannah, dau. John Belding of Hat. ; she d. Aug. 22, 1736, a. 33; (2) Aug. 10. 1738, Martha, dau. John Wait of Hat .; she was living 1765.
Ch .: Submit, Feb. 10. 1728-9; m. Hil- kiah Grout; cap. by Indians af Fort Bridgman, June 27, 1755; there is some evidence that she had before m. Joshua Wells, who was k. by Indians at Fort Dummer, May 29, 1748-but this is not proved.
Zadock, May 24, 1731 (14).
Asa, Dec. 20, 1732 (15).
Hannah, Oct. 27, 1734; m. Dec. 26, 1752, Gideon Bardwell.
Nathaniel, Aug. 14, 1736; d. the next day.
Experience, Apr. 19. 1740; m. Aug. 17, 1758, Elijah Arms.
Martha, Aug. 16, 1743; d. Sept. 2, 1743. Nathaniel, Oct. 27, 1744; a Tory; was
imprisoned for selling beef to the British army-broke jail and es- caped-prob. to Nova Scotia; was in Dfd. Nov. 1, 1806.
Martha, Apr. 19, 1746; m. Feb. 21, 1765, Jonathan Oaks.
Simeon, Dec. 18, 1750; a Tory; he ab- sconded, leaving word that he should go where the devil couldn't find him ; his success in this effort is not prov- en; in 1785 he was heard from al Jamaica, where he had been for five years overseer of a plantation in St. Elizabeth, called "The Ridge," with 120 slaves; was in the same place in 178S.
7. JOHN, S. of Eliezer (3), b. 1707; the Hero of Fort Mass .; he went into the military service early; on the breaking out of the Old French war was stationed at Fort Mass., under Capt. Ephraim Wil- liams, where he was wounded May 9, 1746; in Aug. of 1746 he was a Sergt. in command of the fort, with a garrison of 22 men, when it was assaulted by a force of 700 French and Indians under Rigaud de Vaudreuil-a brother to the Governor of Canada; after a brave defense for 28 hours, he was forced to surrender for lack of ammuni- tion; this was a notable event of that war; for a full account of this affair and of his adventure with the Indians, May 9, see ante, p. 542; in 1748 he was sent to Canada with "Rainbout," a French officer, prisoner of war, to be exchanged for English captives; for a detailed relation of this romantic episode in the life of Pierre Raimbault St. Blein and Hawks's connection with it see ante, p. 554; he served through the Last French war; as sergt. and lieut. he had charge of the Colrain forts, 1754-7; commanded a company at the attack on Old Ti, 1758, under Abercrombie; was under Amherst as maj. in the successful campaign of 1759, and with the army of conquest in 1760 as lieut. colonel; this closed his military career. As a civilian he was prominent and useful; was selectman nine years and held many other offices of trust and honor; he lived on No. 17, which he sold May 5, 1784, to John Williams; he was buried June 26, 1784, Roger Newton of Gfd. preaching a sermon on the occasion. He m1. Dec. 10, 1730, Elizabeth, dau. John Nims; she d. Feb. 27, 1779, a. 67.
Ch .: Abner, June 23, 1732 (16).
John, Oct. 7, 1734; m. Jan. 1, 1777, his cousin Thankful,dau. Eliezer Hawks; he d. Aug. I, 1777; his wid. m. Apr. II, 1786, Dea. Jona. Flagg.
Moses, May 19, 1737 (17).
Elizabeth, Nov. 18, 1739; m. Dec. 22,
1768, Asa Childs. Anne, May 11, 1743; d. June, 1775.
Obed, July 27, 1750 (18).
Rebecca, July 4, 1753; m. Aug. 4. 1785. Eliakim Stebbins of Vernon, VI. Solomon, Dec. 3, 1755 (19).
8. GERSHOM, S. of Eliezer (5), b. 1716; sergt .; served through the
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French wars; sett. at Charl., where his house and that of his brother Seth were set near together and picketed, forming a fort which was garrisoned by the colony and Sergt. Hawks put in command in 1755; he with his brothers, Seth and Joshua, were among the earliest sett. of the plantation; he d. Dec. 28, 1799. He m. May 9, 1744, Thank- ful, dau. James Corse; she d. Dec. 6, 1800, a. 78.
Ch .: Azubah, bap. Feb. 10, 1745. Child, Sept. 15, 1754.
Thankful, Sept. 1, 1746; m. Samuel Hitchcock of Hawley.
Miriam, bap. Jan. 18, 1749.
Gershom, bap. Sept. 30, 1750; m. Jan. 15, 1778, Hannah, dau. Zadock King; d. 1798.
Jared, May 6, 1752.
Jonathan, Mar. 9, 1755; m. (pub. Oct. 15, 1779) Molly Johnson of Col. Elihu, bap. Oct. 27, 1757.
Azubah, bap. May 31, 1761.
Israel, bap. Aug. 12, 1764; m. Feb. 12, 1793, Polly, dau. Abner Mitchell. Sara, bap. Aug. 12, 1764.
9. ELEIZER, S. of Eleizer (5), b. 1717; k. at the Bars Aug. 25, 1746. He m. May 9, 1743, Margaret, dau. Benj. Allen; she m. (2) June 20, 1748, Moses Nims, and d. Aug. 27, 1772.
Ch .: + Judith, bap. Oct. 6, 1745; m. Zilpah, -; m. May 21, 1764, Samuel Allen.
Feb. 4, 1768, Caleb Allen.
10. JOSHUA, s. of Eleizer (5), b. 1722; sol. in the French war; was at Fort Pelham under Capt. Samuel Childs 1747-8; sett. at Charl. 1750; d. 1761. He m. Mar. 5, 1745, Abigail, dau. Benj. Hastings of Gfd.
Ch .: Abigail, Jan. 31, 1745-6; m. Dec., 1766, James Perry of Charl.
Eleizer, Feb. 29, 1747-8; sett. at Ben- nington ; was in the battle there Aug. 16, 1777.
Joshua, bap. July 1, 1750 (20). Jared, bap. Oct. 8, 1752; said by tra-
dition to have been b. at Fort Pelham Mar. 27, 1752; sett. in Chesterfield; m. Hannah, dau. Nehemiah May.
Ruth, bap. Sept. 22, 1754. Asahel, bap. Mar. 9, 1757.
Ichabod, bap. Sept. 13, 1761; posthu- mous.
11. SETH, S. of Eliezer (5), b. 1729; weaver; sett. at Turnip Yard; he esteemed himself very pious and once said, " I have never had a worldly thought of a Sunday for twenty years;" it does not appear when he ret. fr. Charl .; d. Dec., 1808. He in. June 24, 1751, Eliza- beth, dau. Samuel Belding; she d. May 29, 1772, a. 40; (2) Oct. 4, 1773, Esther, dau. Joshua Wells; she d. Nov., 1802, a. 66. Ch .: + Seth, Mar. 26, 1752; d. Oct. 7, 1756.
Elizabeth, Sept. 16, 1753; d. May 16, I772.
Seth, Jan. 23, 1757 (21).
Samuel, Feb. 7, 1760 (22).
Mary E., Sept. 26, 1762; m. John Tay-
William, 1774 (23). Esther.
12. PAUL, s. of Eliezer (5), b. 1736; sett. on his father's farm at Wapping; was sol. in French wars; d. Oct. 15, 1814. He m. Lois Wait of Hat .; she d. Oct. 11, 1810.
Ch .: Eleazer, Dec. 22, 1766 (24) .* 13, 1793) Nancy Alvord of Dfd. ; rem. to Buffalo.
Paul, Jan. 17, 1769; d. soon.
Cephas, Nov. 1, 1773 (25).
Paul, Jan. 7, 1770.
Joseph, Jan. 15, 1772; m. (pub. July
Hepzibah, Mar. 13, 1776; m. (pub. Aug.
* In the orthography of this name the variations adopted by the family have been followed.
lor; rem. to Phelps, N. Y. Abigail, Mar. 1, 1767; m. July 11, 1788, Joel Wells.
Sarah, Mar. 26, 1771; m. (pub. Feb. 4, 1804) Daniel Whitmore of Sund.
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28, 1802) Lemuel Russell; (2) David Dennison. Sylvia, Nov. 26, 1782; m. June 22, 1808, Geo. P. Field.
Quartus, Dec. 22, 1778 (26). Mercy, June 1, 1785; m. Jan. 8, 1811, Erastus Childs.
Lois, Jan. 3, 1781; m. Dec. 18, 1800, Dennis Stebbins.
13. WAITSTILL, S. of Eliezer (5), b. 1741; sett. at Turnip Yard; d. Feb. 20, 1811. He m. Dec. 17, 1767, Abigail, dau. David Childs; she d. -; (2) Apr. 22, 1771, Anna Spofford; she d. with son Levi in Canada, Oct., 1838.
Ch .: Anna, June 22, 1772; m. Nov. 17. 1791. Eliezer Lawrence.
Silas, Apr. 26, 1774 (27). Abigail, Mar. 9, 1776; d. unm. in Can- ada, Apr., 1839. Waitstill, Dec. 23. 1777 (28).
Thankful. Dec. 31, 1779; m. Oct. 11, 1798, Joseph Blodgett.
George, Feb. 11, 1782, went to Canada. Elias, June 12, 1784 (29).
Ruth, July 14, 1786; m. -- Nash; rem. Io Canada.
Susanna. Oct. 19, 1788; d. Aug. 16, 1791. Selah, Dec. 11, 1790; m. Jerusha Church; sett. in Canada.
Levi, Apr. 19, 1793: m. Susan Chase; she m.(2) Frederick Boyden; (3) Dan- iel Boyden, and per. (4)- Stearns of Con .; he went West, 1828.
14. ZADOCK, S. of Nathaniel (6), b. 1731; tanner and shoemaker, doing a large business; sett. on No. 36; d. Aug. 2, 1821. He m. July 5, 1758, Mary, dau. Sam'l Bardwell; she d. Feb. 4, 1817, a. 82. Ch .: Milkiah, Feb. 26, 1759 (30). Zadock, Sept. 15, 1770; was of Hawley, ISO1; went West; d. 1866. Zur, Dec. 16, 1760 (31).
Ilannah, Oct. 15, 1762; d. Oct. 18, 1785. Azor, Oct. 13, 1764. Elizabeth, Apr. 22, 1775 ; d. Aug. 4,1775. Elizabeth, Jan. S, 1779; m. Aug. 2. 1814, Elihu Smead of Shel.
Zenas, Aug. 26, 1772 (32).
Mary, May 3, 1766; m. 1788, Lieut.
Joshua Sweel.
Content, Aug. 17, 1768; d. Jan. 4, 1780.
15. Asa, s. of Nathaniel (6), b. 1732; sol in French wars; lived at Mill River; d. May 25, 1801. He m. June 18, 1761, Elizabeth, dau. Jona. Smead; she d. Feb. 19, 1816, a. 84.
Ch : Jonathan, Dec. 10, 1762 (33). Asa, Sepi. 4, 1764 (34).
Zeeb, Apr. 21, 1767 (35).
16. ABNER, S. of John (7), b. 1732; sett. in Shel .; d. of small-pox, Apr. 17. 1777. He m. Jan. 22, 1755, Mary, dau. Joseph Smead; she m. (2) Nov. 8, 1778, Enos Marsh of Mont.
Ch .: + Esther, Oct. 30, 1756: d. Aug. 23, 1777 ?
Mary, Dec., 1755; per. m. Sam'l Smead. Eunice, bap. Sept. 6, 1761; m. Feb. 25,
1788, Eli Abbot of Dfd. Lydia, Oct. 14, 1763; d. Dec. 27, 1763. Elizabeth, Apr. 11, 1766; d. Aug. 20.1777. Joseph, Sept. 14, 1769; d. Aug. 11, 1777
17. MOSES, s. of John (7), b. 1737; sett. in Shel .; ensign; served under his father in the campaign of 1758; was surveyor and rep .; d. June 16, 1806. He m. Mary -; (2) Oct. 25, 1768, Rhoda, dau. Asa Childs; she d. Jan 20, 1834. a. 86. Ch .: Lydia, Oct. 14, 1763; d. Dec. 14, Elizabeth, Feb. 28, 1773; m. Reuben Smead. 1763.
Elizabeth, Apr. 1I, 1766. Joseph, Sept. 14, 1768.
Rhoda, Aug. 2, 1769; m. Mar. 21, 1792, James Dickinson of Shel.
Moses, Feb. 21, 1771 ; sett. at Caldwell, N. Y.
Anna, Sept. 13, 1774; m. Nov. 9. 1807, Rufus Smead; she d. in Mich. Aug. 30, 1868, a. 94. Aaron, Nov. 20, 1776; had a family in Shel. and rem. to Ridgeway, N. Y .; m. Electa, dau. Abner Sheldon.
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John, Apr. 9, 1779; d. Jan. 30, 1808. Lovina, May 21, 1781; d. unm. Feb. 24, 1828.
Abner, Mar. 24, 1783.
Miranda, Mar. 9, 1785, d. unm. May
22, IS54 or 9. Zerah, Jan. 21, 1788; m. Jan. 4, 1828, Clarissa Terrell of Abington ; a dau., Isabella, was b. Sept. 9, 1828.
18. OBED, s. of John (7), b. 1750; sett. on his father's farm in Wisdom; d. Jan. 25, 1816. He m. Dec. 16, 1781, Abigail Smith, a schoolmarm fr. Belchertown; she d. Oct. 13, 1830, a. 83.
Ch .: John, Mar. 21, 1783 (36). Daniel Smith, June 24, 1784 (37).
Obed, Jan. 6, 1787; d. Feb. 11, 1787. Abigail, Apr. 7, 1791 ; d. July 26, 1794,
19. SOLOMON, S. of John (7), b. 1755; sett. in Shel .; d. Dec. 29, 1834. He m. Huldah Holloway; she d. Jan. 22, 18t6, a. 69.
Ch .: Huldah, Sept. 13, 1786; m. Apr. 26, 1810, Ebenezer Moody of So. Had. Mary, Oct. 11, 1788; d. Jan. 4, 1794. Solomon, Nov. 11, 1790; m. Olive N- of Goshen; d. at Alton, Ill., June, IS77; she d. Jan. 3, 1866, a. 74. Rebecca, May 2S, 1793.
Rhoda, Feb. 28, 1796; d. at Alton, May 3, 1870. Abigail, Feb. 12, 1798; m. May 20, 1824, Eugene Field of Charl. Melinda, Sept. 19, 18ot; d. Sept. 22, ISIS.
20. JOSHUA, s. of Joshua (10), b. 1750; sett. in Charl. He m. Oct. 7, 1778, Mercy, dau. Asahel Wright.
Ch .: + Ruth, bap. Feb. 6, 1780.
Asahel, 1782; was prob. of this family ; was an apprentice to Amasa Smith; ran away 1802.
Joshua.
Abigail, -; m. - Smith of Belcher-
town. Silas, bap. June 24, 1787.
21. SETH, s. of Seth (11), b. 1757; rem. fr. Turnip Yard to Gen- eva, N. Y., on an ox sled in the winter of 1817, being six weeks on the journey; d. at Sodus, Jan. 21, 1821. He m. (pub. Jan. 20, 1781) . Tirza, dau. Rev. James Taylor; she d. at Sodus Centre, Feb. 1, 1823, a. 59
Ch .: + Sylvester, July 26, 1782; d. Sept. 24, 1786.
Tirza, -; m. (pub. Jan. 5, 1805) John Saxton.
Esther, Feb. 4, 1785; m. 1814, Rufus Rice.
Israel, 1787; rem. to York State; m. - Booth; d. IS59.
Fanny, -; m. Jan. 10, 1814, Amos Batchelor of Con.
Filena, --; m. Oct. 29, 18IS, Samuel Wilson. Polly, -; m. Joseph Brown.
Rufus, -; rem. to N. Y.
Gratia, -; m. Apr. 7, 1831, Luman Pease. Philo.
Lyman. Sarah, Jan. 27, 1799; m. Jonas Ashley.
22. SAMUEL, s. of Seth (11), b. 1760; Turnip Yard; rem. to Charl. aft. 1801; d. Sept. 30, 1847. He m. Mary, dau. Ebenezer Smead, b. 1764.
Ch .: +Elizabeth, Oct. 23, 1786; m. Oct. 19, 1803, Clement French of Díd.
Ebenezer S., Nov. 9, 1788; m. 1815, Huldah Dole of Shel .; sett. in Zoar. Harry, July 23, 1791; d. s. p.
Mary, Dec. 9, 1793; m. Ebenezer Stan- ford of Natick, who sett. in Rowe.
Lucretia, Aug. 3, 1796; m. James Munn.
Samuel, Feb. 1, 1799; m. Roly (?) Jones; rem. to Chenango, N. Y.
Elihu Smead, Feb. 25, 1801 (3S). Edward Dexter, -; m. Philintha Brad- ford; sett. in Zoar.
Louisa, who m. Turner Joy of Plain- field and d. Sept. 6, 1843, may have been of this family.
23, WILLIAM, S. of Seth (11), b. 1774; Turnip Yard; k. by falling fr. a tree, June 6, 1817. He m. Nov. 9, 1794, Abigail Marsh; she d. Nov. 17, 1842, a. 70.
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Ch .: Esther, Jan. 4, 1797; d. Aug. 29, 1797.
Esther, Feb. 25, 1801; m. May 28, 1829. Reuben Wright.
Avis, July 1, 1802; d. Dec. 9, 1806.
Abigail, Mar. 2, 1805; m. Jan., 1833, Roland Anderson.
William, Sept. 22, 1807; sett. in Amh .; m. Almira Smith of Amh.
Lyman, Aug. 11, 1810; d. Jan. 24, 1839. Joseph Wells, Oct. 29, 1813; went South; was in the Rebellion on the staff of "Stonewall" Jackson, whose last words were an order to him.
24. ELEAZER, S. of Paul (12), b. 1766; of Con. 1787; rem. 1798 to Phelps, N. Y. He m. Apr. 15, 1788, Anna, dau. Simeon Stebbins. Ch .: + John Hinsdale, Electa, Louisa, Cassandra, Elvira, Joel Prescott, Benj. Franklin.
25. CEPHAS, S. of Paul (12), b. 1773; rem. to Phelps, and in 1828 to Washtenaw Co., Mich., and in 1836 to Waterford, Ind. He m. Sarah Case.
Ch .: + Franklin, Albert, Eliza, Calista. Mary Jane. These last two families are not warranted.
Cephas, b. in Phelps, Dec. 8, 1812.
Sarah, Harriet, Eleazer, Joel, Dwight,
26. QUARTUS, S. of Paul (12), b. 1778; sett. on the old homestead at Wapping; dea .; prominent in ecclesiastical and civil affairs; d. Oct. 20, 1842. He m. Aug. 11, 1808, Sarah, dau. Wm. Allis of Hat .; she d. Nov. 14, 1873, a. 86.
Ch .: William A., July 6, 1809; d. Sept. 20, ISIO.
Lois Sophia, Aug. 22, 1811; d. Oct. 7. I831.
Sarah, Apr. 6, 1813; in. Apr. 13, 1836, Alvin Lawrence; he d. Oct. 20, 1839, leaving a son William; she d. Dec. 22, 1884.
Elizabeth Hastings, May 22, 1815; m. Dec. 22, 1840, Thomas Arms. Charles, Aug. 12, 1817; d. s. p. at Beau- fort, S. C., Dec. 17, 1864. Horatio, July 22, 1819 (39). Alma, Aug. 22, 1821; d. unm.
Electa Allis, Oct. 3, 1825; d. May 19, 1830.
27. SILAS, S. of Waitstill (13), b. 1774; rem. to Charl., thence to Con. and back to Dfd .; d. Dec. 19, 1831. He m. Feb. 28, 1798, Mary, dau. Timothy Blodgett; she d. May 19, 1840, a. 61.
Ch .: Lucy, Feb. 25, 1799; m. Dec. 7, 1820, Daniel Jucket.
Mary, Sept. 25, 1801. George, Nov. 4, 1803; d. s. p. out West.
Silas, Jan. 8, 1806 (40).
Richard, -; d. Mar., 1809, a. 6 weeks.
Richard, Feb. 15, 1810 (41).
Child, Mar. 9, 1812; d. next day.
Franklin, July 4, 1813; m. Mary -;
went West.
Henry, June 15, 1815; drowned in Ct. river, July 13, 1834. Emily A., Nov. 5, 1817.
James Austin, June 3, 1820; m. abt. 1843, Ruth Peeso.
Joseph Blodgett, Nov. 23. IS23; m. Dec. 16, 1845, Jerusha R. lloward of Amh .; (2) wid. Adeline Johnson.
28. WAITSTILL, S. of Waitstill (13), b. 1777; sett. at Bloody Brook; d. June 29, 1842. He m. Feb. 25, 1801, Mellicent, dau. Tim- othy Blodgett; she d. Sept. 9, 1831, a. 50.
Ch .: Sophia, Dec. 7, 1801; m. 1835, W. H. Pelton.
Mellicent, Oct. 6, 1803; a teacher; d. unm. in Mich.
Waitstill, Sept. 7, 1805; m. - Hager; sett. in Nhn.
Charles Phelps, Sept. 8, 1807; m. Louisa Woorks; sett. in Mich.
Miranda Billings, Aug. 24, 1809; m. Hubbard Delano of Sund.
Samuel Russell, May 2, 1811; m. and sett. in York state. Abigail Childs, Nov. 26, 1813; d. in infancy.
Abigail Childs, Apr. 2, 1816; m. Aug. 31, 1836, D. S. Winslow of Charl. Harriet Atwood, July 26, 1820. Ruth, Feb. 16, 1823; d. at Sund. Mar. 26, 1837.
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HAWKS.
29. ELIAS, s. of Waitstill (13), b. 1784; sett. in Mill River; d. June 14, 1856. He m. Eunice, dau. Nathan Frary, b. 1785.
Ch .: Eunice, Nov. 27, 1811; m. Mar. Anna, July 29, 1816; d. 1868.
15, 1832; Silas Hawks. Elias, Aug. 9, 1818 (42).
Richard B., July 18, 1814; m. Oct. 26, Thankful, July 4, 1824; m. Mar. 16, 1864, Phineas Warren.
1845, Lois Brown.
30. HILKIAH, S. of Zadock (14), b. 1759; Wisdom; d. suddenly, Dec. 29, 1805. He m. Apr. 28, 1783, Joanna Brooks of Dfd .; she d. June, 1847, a. 84.
Ch .: Content, Sept. 20, 1784; m. Mar. Dolly, Jan. 22, 1795; m. Feb. 9, 1824,
3. 1808, John Andrews of Shel. Olin Bardwell of Shel.
Orlando, Oct. 23, 1787 (43). Hilkiah, Nov. 24, 1797 (44).
Miranda, Apr. 25, 1790; d. Jan. 10, 1796.
31. ZUR, s. of Zadock (14), b. 1760; lived on north half of No. 36, his father's home lot; tanner, currier and farmer; 4 yrs. select- man; d. June 24, 1844. He m. abt. 1785, Martha, dau. Daniel Arms; she d. Jan. 22, 1831.
Ch .: Laura, May 8, 1786; m. Dec. 3, IS05, Joseph Stebbins, Jr.
Nancy, Mar. 7, 1788; m. July 18, 1811, Thos. Williams.
Dau., July 13, 1793; d. in 3 days. Wyman, Apr. 7, 1795 : d. July 10, 1796.
Martha, May 14, 1797; m. Baxter Steb- bins.
Mary, Apr. 5, 1799; a dwarf; "Little Mary" d. Mar. 31, 1876. Alvah, May 15. 1801 (45).
32. ZENAS, S. of Zadock (14), b. 1772; lived on south half of No. 36; his house, now occupied by his son Francis, was built in 1805; tanner, shoemaker and farmer; d. Feb. 25, 1847. He m. Dec. 4, 1803, Rhoda, dau. John Bardwell; she d. Apr. 4, 1848.
Ch .: Dau., Aug. 31, 1804; d. Sept.2, 1804. Amelia, June 22, 1805; d. Jan. 4, 1817 Henry, Nov. 15, 1810; simple; d. Apr. 22, 1842.
Martha, Dec. 1, 1812; m. Nov. 30, 1834 or 5, Geo. Wright. John, Apr. 9, 1816; d. Nov. 18, 1826. Francis, Dec. 16, 1819 (46).
33. JONATHAN, S. of Asa (15), b. 1762; Mill River; d. Apr. 11, 1792. He m. (pub. Oct. 28, 1786) Mercy French of Gfd .; she m. (2) (pub. Feb. 1. 1800) Bethel Benton of Seneca, N. Y.
Ch .: Chester, Nov 7, 1787; d. 1796. Elizabeth, July 1.1, 1792; posthumous. Elizabeth, June 4, 1790; d. Aug. 25,1791.
34. ASA, S. of Asa (15), b. 1764; of Mill River; d. Oct. 24, 1839. He m. Hannah Cathcart of Con .; she d. Aug. 27, 1849, a. 88. Ch .: Jonathan, Sept. 26, 1794 (47). 14, 1870, a. 74; he d. s. p., July 23,
Austin, Nov. 7, 1797; m. Dec. 7, 1820, 1 840.
Martha, dau. Elijah Arıns; she d. Oct. Asa, Dec. 5. 1801; d. Jan. 24, 1802.
35. ZEEB, S. of Asa (15), b. 1767; Mill River. He m. Rebecca, dau. Daniel Saxton; she d. Jan. 16, 1830, a. 64.
Ch .: Stata, Jan. IS, 1792; m. (pub. Oct. 14, 1816) Dr. Wmn. Bartlett of Homer. N. Y.
Dares, Apr. 3. 1795; d. in Gfd., Nov. IO, IS4S.
Chester, May 5, 1797; went to Ga. ; ret. and d. in Dfd., July 16, 1849.
Emma, May 7, 1799; m. (pub. Jan. 11, 1825) Dr. Joseph Ballard of Homer. Norman, June 26, 1802; sett. in 111. Daniel, Sept. 3, 1804; preceptor of Dfd. Academy; was of Cortland, N. Y., 1827. Orrin, Feb. 4, 1809; d. unm., Oct. 2, 1836.
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GENEALOGIES.
36. JOHN, S. of Obed (18), b. 1783; of Wisdom; farmer; d. Oct. 24, 1866. He m. Jan. 25, 1814, Emily, dau. John Eastman of Amh. Ch .: Charles, Feb. 14. 1815 (48). Frederick, Sept. 26, 1817 (49).
llarriet, Mar. 16, 1816; m Jan. 1, 18441, Emily, Jan. 28, IS19.
Wm. Hall of Blecker, N. Y. ; (2) Dan- iel Hawks.
John, Jan. 22, 1823 (50).
37. DANIEL, s. of Obed (18), b. 1784; rem. from Wisdom to Con. abt. 1823, where he d. May 3, 1824. He m. (pub. Aug. 27, 1808) Mary, dau. Oliver Clary of Con.
Ch .: + Abigail Smith, Mar. 20, 1810; m. - Telles of Ill. Electa, Mar. 1. 1812; m. - Leach of 111.
Jane, Feb. 19, 1814; m. - Gaston of
Cecelia, May 31, 1816: m. Bayles Coulter of Hennepin, I11.
38. ELIHU S., s. of Samuel (22), b. 1801; attended Deerfield and Sanderson academies; was in a store in Rowe, 1818-21, when he be- gan the study of medicine; attended medical courses at Pittsfield and Cambridge; graduated as M. D. from W. C., in 1826; after some practice in Rowe, he settled in North Adams in 1829; was an active man of affairs, forward in every good work; was rep. in the legisla- ture of 1855; was deeply interested in the Troy & Greenfield rail- road, and on its first board of directors; was on the first train which went through the Tunnel, Feb. 9, 1875; he was a surgeon in the Wilderness campaign, in the War of the Rebellion; d. May 17, 1879. He m. in 1826, Adeline, dau. Dr. Haynes of Rowe; she d. June, 1829; (2) Nov. 4, 1831, Sophia E. Abby of Natchez, Miss .; she d. Mar 4, 1876, a. 63.
Ch .: Adeline Haynes, June 19, 1829; Louisa Sophia, Aug. 17, 1839. m. George Bliss Cook of Sheffield. Edward Smead, Jan. 15, 1833; d. June 30, IS38. Ellen Maria, July 21, 1842; m. Oct. 24, 1861, John Le Roy Harrison of Al- bany. Edward Smead, Apr. 21, 1846; m. Nov. 25, 1866, Emma L. Darling; he d. s. p., in North Adams, Dec. 23, 1867.
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