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2. SETH, s. of George (1), b. 1736; sett. in Gill; d. Apr. 10, 1794. He m. Experience -; both added to chh. in Gfd. Jan. 2, 1774. Ch .: + Seth Shore, Dec. 7, 1772. Calvin, bap. Aug. 16, 1778; a teamster
Calvin, bap. Jan. 28, 1776; d. Sept. 14, fr. Dfd. to Boston. 1777.
Abigail, -: d. Oct. 3, 1784.
3. GEORGE, S. of George (1), b. 1743; sett. in Gill; d. May 15, 1815. He m. Mary -; she d. Nov. 15, 1776; (2)
Ch .: + Salmon, Aug. 22, 1766. Solomon, Sept. 28, 1779.
Zimri, Dec. 30, 1768; m. Nov. 29, 1792, Abigail, bap. July 21, 1782.
Katherine Cook of Gfd. Chester, June 13, 1783. Mercy, Feb. 28, 1778.
The record of the Howlands is very incomplete and unsatisfactory.
1. HOYT, HOIT, NICHOLAS, of Wind. ; d. 1655. He in. 1647, Susanna Joyce; she d. 1655.
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Ch .: + Samuel, May 1, 1647; d. s. p. ford, Ct. Jonathan, June 7, 1649; m. Sarah, dau. David, Apr. 22, 1651 (2). Samuel Pond of Wind. ; rem. to Guil- Daniel, Apr. 10, 1653; d. 1655.
2. DAVID, S. of Nicholas (1), b. 1651; freeman at Hat., 1678; rem. to Dfd. on the permanent sett .; was dea .; second in command at Dfd. under Lieut. Thomas Wells, as ens, and lieut. under Capt. Jon- athan Wells in King William's and Queen Anne's war; was cap. 1704, and d. of starvation at Coos, N. H., May, 1704. He m. Apr. 3, 1673, Mary, dau. Thomas Wells of Hat .; she d. bef. Sept., 1676; (2) abt. 1678, Sarah Wilson; she d. abt. 1689; (3) abt. 1691, Abigail, dau. Na- thaniel Cook, wid. of Joshua Pomeroy; she was cap. 1704, but ret. and m. (3) Nath'l Rice of Wallingford, Ct.
Ch .: Samuel, June 12,1674; d. bef. 1691. David, abt. 1675 (3).
Mary, 1684; was absent on a visit at Hat., 1704.
Sarah, May 6, 1686; cap. 1704; m. in Can. a fellow captive, Ebenezer Nims. (See ante p. 355.)
Jonathan, Apr. 6, 1688 (4).
Benjamin, Sept. 15, 1691; by a family
tradition, escaped captivity by hid- ing in a bin of grain; sett. in Ridge- field, Ct .; d. bef. 1773, leaving sons Jonathan and David.
Ebenezer, Aug. 21, 1695; cap. 1704 and never came back.
Abigail, May 1, 1701 ; cap. 1704 and k. on the march to Can.
3. DAVID, S. of David (2), b. 1675; was one of the brave men who garrisoned the Benoni Stebbins house, 1704, and who fell in the meadow fight; (see ante p. 308). He m. Aug. 14, 1699, Mary, dau. Joseph Edwards of Nhn .; she was in the Stebbins house with her husband and was wounded; she m. (2) Jan. 10, 1705-6, Samuel Field. Ch .: Sarah, Jan. 16, 1700; d. Apr. 12, I 700.
Mary, Apr. 20, 1703; we must think of her as a 9 months baby in the Steb-
bins house during the assault and de- fense; she m. July 4, 1723, Jonathan Wells, Jr.
4. JONATHAN, S. of David (2), b. 1688; cap 1704; (for the story of his redemption see ante, p. 355); he did good service as a brave and skillful woodsman, scout and officer; was a lieut. in command of the town, at the time of the Bars fight, 1746, and was at the head of the party which went to the relief of Shattuck's fort in 1747; he d. May 23, 1779. He m. June 26, 1712, Mary, dan. Sam'l Field; she d. June 26, 1780, a. 89.
Ch .: Mary, Oct. 5,1714; m. Oct. 24, 1740, Ebenezer Sheldon, who rem. to Ber.
Abigail, Sept. 10, 1716; m. Oct. 18,1743, Mathew Clesson; (2) Mar. 24, 1761, John Nims.
Sarah, July 9, 1719; m. Dec. 6, 1740, Capt. John Burke of Ber.
David, Oct. 26, 1722 (5). Hannah, Apr. 8, 1726; d. Dec. 22, 1728. Jonathan, Feb. 20, 1727-8 (6).
5. DAVID, S. of Jona. (4), b. 1722; innholder and "maker of wiggs and foretops;" lived in the Old Indian House, which his father bought of Ebenezer Sheldon in 1744, which has never since been out of the family; David was an active sol. in the Fr. and Ind. wars; d. Sept. 6, 1814. He m. 1743, Mercy, dau. Ebenezer Sheldon; she d. Sept. 5, 1751, a. 27; (2) Apr. 25, 1754, Silence King of Nhn .; she d. Sept. 18, 1803, a. 71.
Ch .: Hannah, Sept. 6, 1744; m. July 22, 1763, Silas Hamilton. Persis, Feb. 28, 1747; m. June 12, 1769,
John Sheldon. Jonathan, May 15, 1749 (7). Epaphras, June 11, 1751; d. Dec. 28,
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1765.
Mercy, Oct. 24, 1755; m. Nov. 25, 1779, Dea. Justin Hitchcock.
David, Nov. 17. 1757 (8).
Elihu, Apr. 25, 1771 (10).
Mary, June 4, 1760; m. Mar. 1, 1786. Dr. Wm. S. Williams.
Seth, Nov. 4, 1762; d. Nov. 18, 1766. Epaphras, Dec. 31, 1765 (9).
Seth, Aug. 28, 1768; d. May 14, 1797.
Charissa, July 9, 1774; d. Oct. 14, 1775.
6. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (4), b. 1728; lieut .; was a Tory and rem. to Cheapside abt. 1775, where he built the large house over- looking the meadows, now owned by Robert Abercrombie, which he occupied as "the White Horse Tavern;" he d. May 7, 1813. He m. July 11, 1751, Experience, dau. Samuel Childs; she d. Jan. 28, 1814, a. 83.
Ch .: Clement, Dec. 8, 1751; m. Rachel Blanchard; rem. to Waterbury, Vi.
Keturah, Feb. 18, 1753: m. June 20, 1772, Oliver Field.
Experience, Nov. 11, 1754; d. Sept. 19, 1758.
Cephas, Dec. 19, 1756; d. Oct. 19, 1758. Cephas, July 3, 1759 (II).
Experience, May 2, 1761; drowned
Sept. 19, 1762.
Abigail, Sept. II, 1763; m. Nov. 10, 1783, Amos Allen of Gfd. and Shel. Hannah, July 27, 1765; m. Nov. 21. 1785, Solomon Severance of Shel. Experience Fyler, May 1I, 1767; m. Feb. 29, 1796, Joseph Swan.
Sarah, Apr. 26, 1770; m. Dec. 10, 1796, Ichabod Wilkinson.
7. JONATHAN, S. of David (5), b. 1749; sett. in Wisdom; rep. ; d. June 12, 1825. He m. June 8, 1772, Abigail, dau. Dan'l Nash; she d. Dec. 27, 1820, a. 72.
Ch .: Ebenezer, Feb. 22, 1773 (12). Theodore, May 14, 1784; d. June 16, Martha, June 10, 1775; m. Jan. 15, 1795, Robert R. Field. 1784. Theodore B .. May 22, 1786 (15). Gilbert, July 31, 1789 (16).
Elijah, May 31, 1778 (13). Jonathan, July 25, 1781 (14).
8. DAVID, S. of David (5), b. 1757; capt .; lived at Carter's Land, and on No. 17; innholder. 1799; surveyor and farmer; d. Sept. 18, 1803. He m. Feb. 22, 1781, Elizabeth, dau. John P. Bull; she d. Feb. 1, 1840, a. 79.
Ch .: Betsey, Feb. 7, 1783; m. May 4, 1808, Col. John Wilson.
Polly, Sept. 30, 1784; d. Dec. 24, 1807. John Churchill, Mar. 25, 1786; m. Ame- lia C. [Harra ?]
Nancy, June 29, 1788; m. Nov. 9, 1809,
Rev. Rodolphus Dickinson. Horatio, Aug. 1, 1790 (17). Lucretia, ' 9, 1796; m. Sept. 11, 1816, Geo. Colton of Spfd. David, June 29, 1801 (18).
9. EPAPHRAS, s. of David (5), b. 1765; maj. gen. Mass. militia, surveyor, student, antiquary, author, and man of affairs; postmaster, justice of the peace, reg. of deeds for Franklin co. 1811-14, high sheriff 1814-31, member of the constitutional convention 1820; was deeply interested in military science and was offered by Washington an appointment in the U. S. army; he published in 1798 a "Treatise on the Military Art," for the use of the army, which passed through several editions; a more elaborate work on the movement of armies in the field was published in 1816; he was a student of natural science and contributed papers to Silliman's Journal and other publications; in 1813 he published an elaborate paper on astronomy of roo pages, as an introduction to Dickinson's geography; he is best known, how- ever, by his "Antiquarian Researches;" he left an unpublished work on Burgoyne's campaign, and copious notes on the French and In-
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dian wars, of which he made an especial study, which still exist in the MS., if, happily, they have escaped the accidents of time; he d. Feb. 8, 1850. He m. Nov. 4, 1792, Experience, dau. Simeon Har- vey ; she d. Feb. 22, 1833, a. 61.
Isabella, Nov. 10, 1804; m. June 6, 1825,
Ch .: Fanny, May 29, 1794; m. June 1, 1815, David F. Dickinson. Capt. Elijah Williams; (2) June 30, 1841, Col. David M. Bryant.
Adeline, Mar. 26, 1798; m. Oct. S, 1823, Robert Williams of Boston. Arthur Wellesley, Oct. 6, 1811 (19).
Child, Jan. 13, 1803; d. the next day.
10. ELIHU, s. of David (5), b. 1771; col. of militia; an important man in his generation; was in the legislature as rep. or senator or in the council every year save three from 1803 to his death in 1833; in the constitutional con. 1820; was long county commissioner and much employed in minor offices of trust and honor; he was born and lived in the "Old Indian House," and published a Brief History of Dfd., to supply the demand for information fr. the swarms of curious visitors; he d. Sept. 3, 1833. He m. Dec. 10, 1794, Hannah, dau. Rev. James Taylor; she d. Sept. 21, 1864, a. 92.
Ch .: Child, b. and d. Dec. 1, 1796. Julia, Jan. 16, 1798; d. unm. Sept. 2, IS63.
Child, ISO1.
Charles, Aug. 20, 1804; M. D .; d. s. p. in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. IS, 1835. Son, July 17, 1806.
Henry King, Jan. 7, 1810; an able and useful citizen ; member constitution- al con. 1850; much in town office; m. Feb. 1, 1849, Catherine, dau. Quartus Wells; he d. s. p. Apr. 15, 1863.
Son, b. and d. Oct. 20, 1814.
11. CEPHAS, S. of Jonathan (6), b. 1759; lived on father's place at Cheapside, where he d. Mar. 25, 1829. He m. Nov. 21, 1799, Eu- nice Skinner of Shel .; she d. July 28, 1803, a. 32 .; (2) (pub. Oct. 19, 1811) "wid. Anna Childs, alias Anna Howard;" she d. Mar. 24, 1831. Ch .: Dudley Mervin, July 12, 1812; in "a woman affair." Eunice Skinner, June 9, 1814. k. at Richmond, Va., Sept. 26, 1846,
12. EBENEZER, S. of Jona. (7), b. 1773; sett. in Wisdom; d. Jan. 23, 1846. He m. Anna Whipple; she d. Dec. 1, 1848, a. 72.
Ch .: Abigail, Oct. 24, 1797; d. in Can., Jan. 10, 1815.
Lucy, Apr. 10, 1799; m. Jan. 1, 1823, Thomas W. Dickinson, Jr.
George, Apr. 17, 1801 (20).
Henry, July 6, 1804 (21).
Franklin, Aug. 13, 1807; m. (pub. Jan. 28, 1832) Maria, dau. Zebina Bari-
lett of Whal.
Anna, July 13, IS12; d. in Can., Sept. 16, 1833.
Alfred L., Jan. 19, 1817; m. (pub. Oct. 29, 1843), Lucy Wright of Dana. Almira, Dec. 1, 1819; m. Benj. Ellen . wood of Athol.
13. ELIJAH, S. of Jona. (7), b. 1778; rem. from Wisdom to Strong- ville, Ohio. He m. (pub. Apr. 3, 1802) Sophia Denio.
Ch .: Obed Hawks, July 28, 1803; m. Melinda Stebbins of Spfd.
Azor, Dec. 9, 1804 (22).
Martha, Apr. 8, 1806; m. Sam'l Foster.
Pamelia, Nov. 12, 1808; m. May 9, 1831, Caleb A. Wait.
Ralph, July 30, 1810.
Sophia, May 1, 1812; m. Sam'1G. Duncan. Gracia, Mar. 24, 1814; m. Henry Steb- bins of Spfd.
Abigail, Apr. 2, 1816; m. Henry Steb- bins of Spfd.
Oscar, Jan. S, 1818; m. Mary Wellman. William, Apr. 3, 1821 ; m. Julia Bassett.
14, JONATHAN, S. of Jona. (7), b. 1781 ; sett. in Wisdom; d. Feb.
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22, 1824. He m. (pub. Jan. 7, 1809) Dolly Bennett of Bratt. ; she d. Nov. 18, 1853, a. 72.
Ch .: Emeline, May 11, 1810; m. Oct. 21, 1830, Lyman Nash of Gfd.
Helian, Dec. 18, 1811; m. Wm. Stead- man of Newfane, Vt.
Marian, Dec. 18, 1811; d. May 28, 1812. Elizabeth, Dec. 5, 1813; d. Oct. 6, 1840. Jane, Oct. 20, 1815; m. A. K. Spooner.
Fanny, June 21, 1817; m. May 2, 1850, Valorus Andrews.
Salmon Bennet, May 17, 1819; m. June 25, 1847, Rebecca Humphrey ; res. in Ber.
Gustavus, July 2, 1822; m. llarriet Mel- len.
15. THEODORE B., s. of Jona. (7), b. 1786; saddler; sett. in Ber. ; d. May 13, 1874. He m. Dec. 7, 1815, Sophia Whipple; she d. June 27, 1868, a. 73.
Ch .: Harriet, Sept. 10, 1816; d. Aug. 6, 1820.
Richard, Dec. 27, 1820; m. Nov. 28, 1844, Adeline H., dau. Lucius Chapin.
Marietta, Sept. 21, 1824; m. Oct. 9, 1844, Thos. W. Ashley.
Jonathan, June 20, 1829; m. Jan. 1, 18-, Harriet V., dau. Benj. Willard.
16. GILBERT, S. of Jona. (7), b. 1789; wheelwright; rem. to Buf- falo after 1817. He m. Prudence, dau. Solomon Sheldon of Ber., b. I790.
Ch .: + Solomon Sheldon, Apr. 15, 1811; sett. at Durham, L. C.
Seth, Feb. 22, 1814. Richard E., Sept. 29, 1817.
Martha Ellen, IS21. Tirza A., -; m. R. M. Conant of Buffalo. Jonathan Gilbert, 1826. Sarah Gilbert, 1827; d. young.
17. HORATIO, S. of David (8), b. 1790; farmer; lived on No. 17; d. July 12, 1877. He m. Oct. 5, 1818, Hannah Starr; she d. Nov. 26, 1877.
Ch .: David Starr, Feb. 17, 1821 (23). 1880, Frederick Hawks of Gfd. Ebenezer Starr, Aug. 19, 1822; d. at Chester, Ill., Oct. 11, 1851. Sylvia Ware, Nov. 24, 1826; m. Nov. 9, 1858, Dr. Wm. F. Hanna. Albert Clarence, Aug. 22, 1829 (24). Horatio, Apr. 22, 1831 (25).
Helen Starr, Sept. 4. 1824; m. Oct. 14, 1852, Abner D. Jones; (2) Feb. 19,
18. DAVID, S. of David (8), b. 1801; capt. of steamboat on Conn. river; innholder at Dfd .; well known as a famous story teller; d. July 27, 1868. He m. Janette Andros of Hart .; she d. Dec. 23, 1870, a. 57. Ch .: Edward, Aug. 17, 1844; enlisted Mary, Aug. 7. 1846; d. July 10, 1874. Nov. 19, 1862. in Co. D, 52d Mass. John Wilson, May 6, 1850; grain broker Inf .; dis. Aug. 14, 1863; in 1886, pur- in Cincinnati, Ohio. chasing agent Pacific R. R. Co.
19. ARTHUR W., s. of Epaphras (9), b. 1811; civil engineer. He m. Jan. 1, 1840, Elizabeth Henry of Halifax, Vt .; she d. Jan. 25, 1863; (2) Aug. 5, 1865, Mary Ann Jones of Templeton.
Ch .: Susan, Sept.9,1840; d. June 2,1843. Charles Arthur, Nov. 22, 1842 (26).
20. GEORGE, s. of Ebenezer (12), b. 1801; M. D .; sett. in Athol. He m. Avalina Witt.
Ch .: + George Witt, -; d. early.
George Dermont, -
Sarah Clare, Sept. 20, 1834; m. Apr. 22, 1869, Maj. H. M. Burleigh; he d. Mar. 2, 1894.
George Henry, Nov. 25, 1837; lawyer ; sett. in Athol; at the age of 22 he be-
came famous by going to Va. as coun- sel to defend John Brown, on his trial after the Harper's Ferry raid; served in a cavalry regt. under John Brown, Jr., in the war of the rebellion, and for bravery was made brevet brig. gen .; rep., 1872; d. Jan. or Feb., 1877.
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hisher.
21. HENRY, S. of Ebenezer (12), b. 1804; sett. in Boston; a pub- He m. Nov. 22, 1828, Elizabeth Butler.
Ch .: + William, Nov. 5. 1831.
22. AZOR, s. of Elijah (13), b. 1804. He m. 1829, Minerva, dau. Elisha De Wolf.
Ch .: Francis A., Mar. 5, 1832. Orvand HI., Aug., 1844.
Elijah, Jan., IS35. Ella M., Dec., 1846.
Melinda S., May. 1839. Abby M., Feb., 184S.
Charles S., Oct., 1841.
23. DAVID S., s. of Horatio (17), b. 1821, C. E .; served in the Mex- ican war, 1846; in 1849 rem. to Ill .; in 1853 was with Col. Stevens and Lieut. Saxton in surveying a route for a railroad to the Pacific; in Feb., 1856, he started for Kansas; he was k., when unarmed, by the "Border Ruffians," near Lawrence, Aug. 12, 1856. He m. Oct. 4, 1849, Matilda Chester of Chester, Ill.
Ch .: Helen H., abt. 1851: m. July 2, 1878, Howard F. Bartlett.
24. ALBERT C., s. of Horatio (17), b. 1829; lives on No. 29. He m. Oct. 15, 1855, Annie Ashley from England. Ch .: Annie, July 18, 1856; d. the same Frederick C., July 3, 1861 ; d. Aug. 12, day. 1862.
Helen A., Oct. 20, IS57; d. Jan. 2, 1863. Ada Ashley, Jan. 5. 1865.
25. HORATIO, S. of Horatio (17), b. 1831; carpenter; lives on No. 17. He m. Dec. 23, 1860, Henrietta, dau. John Piper of Dub- lin, N. H.
Clarence P., Mar. 20, 1868.
Ch .: Walter G., Aug. 14, 1865; d. Jan. 24, ISS5. Son, Jan. 15, 1875; d. the same day.
26. CHARLES A .. s. of Arthur W. (19), b. 1842; res. in Colorado. He m. May 9, 1870, Josephine Briggs of Albany.
Ch .: Henry Briggs, Nov. 8, 1871. Arthur T., Mar. 19, 1873.
HUBBARD, Spencer; d. Mar. 7, 1832. He m. Sarah Ch .: Clarissa, Apr. 6, 1819. Phila Rebecca, Sept. 27, 1824.
Lucius Gunn, Nov. 7, 1821. May, Sept. 27, 1824; d. Feb. 9. 1825.
HULL, JEREMIAH, prob. s. of Jeremiah and Hannah (Baldwin), of New Haven; if so he was b June 2, 1663; came here abt. 1686; he was granted house lot No. 6, at Green River; d. Dec. 11, 1691. He m. 1688, Mehitable, dau. Wm. Smead; she m. (2) June 27, 1692, Godfrey Nims; she was cap. 1704, and k. on the march.
Ch .: Elizabeth, Dec. 23, 1688; cap. 1704; Jeremiah, Jan. 15, 1690; burned in the was redeemed and m. Dec. 19, 1707, John Nims, s. of her stepfather. house of his father Nims, when that was destroyed by fire, Jan. 4, 1693-4.
1. HUNT, JONATHAN, fr. Nhn., England; b. 1637; was early in New England and rem. fr. Ct. to Nhn. abt. 1660; where he was prom- inent; dea. 1680; rep. 1690, d. Sept. 29, 1691. He m. Sept. 2, 1662, Clemence, dau. Thomas Hosmer of Hart .; she m. (2) John Smith of Milford, Ct .; she d. July 8, 1689. Ch .: Thomas, Jan. 23, 1663 (2). Jonathan, 1664; d. in infancy. Jonathan, Jan. 20, 1665-6 (3).
John, Dec. 22, 1667; d. s. p. Apr. 4,1712. Hannah, Jan. 7, 1669-70; m. Dec. 19, 1691, Ebenezer Wright.
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Clemence, Jan. 8, 1671-2; d. July 8, 1689. Ebenezer, bap. May 3, 1673; d. 1675.
Ebenezer, Feb. 5, 1675; m. May 27, 1698, Hannah Clark.
Mary, Mar. 24, 1679; m. Dec. 6, 1701, Ebenezer Sheldon.
Sarah, July 20, 1682. Samuel, Sept. 15, 1684.
2. THOMAS, S. of Jonathan (1), b. 1663; was here 1684-97, and prominent in town affairs; was of Hart. 1698; helped to organize a chh. at Lebanon, Nov. 9, 1700. He m. Mary - Ch .: Clemence, Feb. 5, 1690. Hannah, Oct. 3, 1702. Elizabeth, Oct. 20. 1692; d. young. Mary, Nov. 17, 1694.
Thomas, Apr. 8, 1697; m. Dec. 17, 1730, Ruth Thatcher.
Gideon, -; m. June 2, 1732, Rebecca Ordway. Jonathan, --; m. May 24, 1732, Ruth Cushman.
Elizabeth, Mar. IS, 1700.
3. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (1), b. 1666; of Dfd. 1684; maltster and cooper; was of Nfd. on its permanent settlement; lieut .; d. in Nhn. July 1, 1738. He m. Martha, dau. Samuel Williams of Pomfret; she d. Mar. 21, 1751, a. So.
Ch. : Theoda or Theodore, Nov. 22, 1694. Jonathan, Apr. 24, 1697; sol. under Capt. Sam'l Barnard in Father Rasle's war; m. Aug. 6, 1724, Thank- ful Strong.
Martha, Apr. 18, 1699; m. June 17, 1725, Rev. Thomas White of Bolton, Ct.
Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1701; m. Apr. 26, 1722, Ebenezer Pomroy.
Samuel, 1703; m. Anna, dau. John Ells-
worth of Hart. ; he sett. in Nfd. where he was a leading man, and d. Feb. 28, 1770; for hist. of his descendants see Temple and Sheldon's Hist. of Nfd.
Mary, Nov. 14, 1705; m. Dec. 14, 1732, Seth Pomroy of Nhn., the famous Col. of the French and Rev. wars. Joseph, July 12, 1708.
John, Aug. 31, 1712.
HUNT, LUTHER, taxed 1792-9.
HUNTER, ROSWELL, taxed 1799.
HUNTER, SAMUEL and WILLIAM, taxed 1768.
HURST, THOMAS; freeman of Had. 1678; came here at the per- manent settlement; d. Feb. 9, 1701-2. He m. Mary Jeffreys; cap. 1704; was redeemed?
Ch .: Sarah, July 26, 1685; cap. 1704; Ebenezer, Oct. 1, 1693; d. Oct. 10, 1693. came back. Hannah, May 26, 1695; cap. 1704; nev- er came back.
Elizabeth, Aug. 15, 1687; cap. 1704; came back?
Ebenezer, May 7, 1698; cap. 1704; nev- er came back.
Thomas, June 12, 1691; cap. 1704; was bap. at the mission of Notre Dame de Lorette, Oct. 19, 1705.
Benoni, Apr. 29, 1702; posthumous; cap. and k. on the route.
In Stephen Williams's list of captives of 1704, Mary and her dau. Elizabeth are marked as of those who came back from Can. By Miss C. Alice Baker's late researches in Can., it appears that wid. Hurst m. William Perkins and was at the wedding when her dau. Elizabeth m. Thomas Becroft, at Montreal, Oct. 3, 1712. Thomas Hurst was a witness at his sister's marriage.
JACKSON, JOSEPH, 1770.
JACKWITH, TIMOTHY. Pub. May 25, 1799, to Esther Baker of Sund.
JEFFRIES, GEORGE, fr. Wind. 1696?
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Ch .: + Sarah, of Dfd. 1714; m. William Parkins.
Mary, June 12, 1669; m. Aug. 9, 1698,
John Allison; d. Dec., 1730. James, of Westerly, R. I., 1707.
JENNINGS, LEBEUS; Rev. sol. 1775.
JEPERSON, AMOS, of Douglass. Ch. : Date and order of birth of ch. unk. Amos, --; taxed 1788-97; m. July 3, 1783, Sarah Derby, both of Gfd. ; rem. to What .; had 4 ch. in 1795.
Hannah, -; m. Aug. 14, 1788, Martin Graves.
Wife unk.
Solomon, -; taxed 1788-97; m. Jaha- niah -. Susanna, -; m. Mar. 11, 1795, Rob't Hazzard.
Joseph, Silence, Anna.
JEWETT, BENJAMIN, 1753.
1. JEWETT, ENOCH, taxed 1786; prob. fr. Templeton; d. at Con. June 16, 1813, a. 97; the following are prob. his ch.
Ch .: + Enoch, -; in 1806 had a 20-yr .- old dau. who had been an invalid 13 yrs.
Reuben, 1761 (2).
Jonathan, -; m. Nov. 25, 1790, Abigail Gibbs (?) of Greenwich.
Abigail, -; pub. Aug. 13, 1791, to Da- vid Durfee.
Elizabeth, -; m. Nov. 17, 1791, Eben- ezer Eams.
Lucinda, -; m. Nov. 17, 1791, Miner Frink.
Anna, --; m. Dec. 15, 1796, Chester Smith.
Samuel, -; cooper 1792; pub. Sept. 4, 1802, to Hepzibah Andrews of Sund .; sett. in Con .; had to ch .; he "was lost in the woods in Deerfield, War- ren Co., Penn .; supposed to have been murdered."
William, taxed 1790.
James, taxed 1797; m. Mar. 20, 1799, Lavina Willis; had ch. Prudency, b. Jan. 4, 1Soo.
2. REUBEN, S. of Enoch (1), b. 1761; taxed 1786; lived at Bloody Brook; d. Dec. 4, 1850, a. S9. He m. 1790, Electa, dau. John Allis; she d. Oct. 15, 1835, a. 67.
Ch .: Phila, Jan. 25, 1791 ; m. Mar. 10, ISog, Chester Crafts of What.
Sally, Nov. 23, 1793; m. Mar. 8, 1821, Horace Morse.
Anna, Apr. 6, 1795; pub. Jan. 4, 1816, Daniel D. McCloud.
Reuben, Apr. 3, 1797 (3).
Electa, Oct. 15, 1799; d. Aug. 26, 1803. Triphena, Feb. 10, 1802; d. Aug. 31,
1803. Daniel Allis, July 14. 1804; d. Mar. 18, 1805. James Munroe, Jan. 22, 1806 (4). Triphena, Apr. 28, 1808; m. Jan. I, 1829, Chester S. Hastings. Dwight, Dec. 17, IS12 (5).
Electa Maria, Mar. 15, 1815; d. June 11, IS25.
3. REUBEN, S. of Reuben (2), b. 1797; rem. to N. Y. He m. Record --; per. d. Mar. 29, 1832.
Ch .: + Catherine, Jan. 7. 1823; m. Ste- phen Bates. James M., Mar. 26, 1824.
Electa Maria, Apr. 2, 1825; d. July, IS27. Electa Maria, Oct. 18, 1826.
4. JAMES M., s. of Reuben (2), b. 1806; Bloody Brook; d. Nov. 8, 1856. He m. Apr. 16, 1829, Sophronia, dau. Jeremiah Waite of What. ; she d. June 21, 1871.
Ch .: Martin C., Feb. 26. 1830; m. June 25, 1857, Margaret Hunter.
Sarah E., Oct. 11, 1831; d. Apr. 8, 1856. Nathan Frary, Sept. 27, 1833; d. Sept. 8, 1854.
Inf., b. and d. Aug. 29, 1835. Alvord Austin, Oct. 15, 1837; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Julia Kentfield; served three yrs. in the Mass. 10th in the war of the Rebellion.
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Gilbert L., Dec. 22, 1839; three yrs. in Mass. 21st; m. Arvilla Wood; rem. to No. Adams.
Charles Elwin, Sept. 18, 1841; three yrs. in the Mass. 10th; m. Julia Rice of Buckland; she d. Dec. 23, 1871; (2) Lizzie M. Wellman ; res. at Orange.
Mary F., Aug. 6, 1843; m. Apr. 28, 1868, Israel S. Smith of What.
Samuel, Dec. 25, 1845; d. Jan. 15, 1846. Edward Everett, Dec. 2, 1846; d. Jan. 31, 1848. James Dwight, May 8, 1850.
5. DWIGHT, S. of Reuben (2), b. 1812; rem. from Mill River to the top of Sugar Loaf, where he has a house for summer visitors, and from which there is a most charming prospect of the Conn. val- ley. He m. Emma W. Orcutt; she d. July 5, 1867, a. 59. Ch .: + Ellen.
Lucretia.
Everard D., Nov. 11, 1845 (6).
Darwin, Dec. 13. 1849.
Joseph, 1851. Adison, Feb. 23, 1853. Frederick, Aug. 18. 1855. William H., Apr. 18, 1858.
6. EVERARD D., s. of Dwight (5), b. 1845. He m. Feb. 23, 1870, Elizabeth A., dan. Joseph A. Baldwin.
Ch .: Minnie Eunice, Feb. 9, 1871. Dwight, Nov. 15th, IS72.
Mary Elizabeth, Nov. 11, 1883. Pauline Baldwin, Jan. 31, 1885.
Ellen Maria, Sept. 2, 1874.
Percy Raymond, Dec. 14, 1887.
Lucretia Orcutt, Oct. 26, 1877. Edwina Harriet, Nov. 6, 1889.
Clarence Alonzo, Dec. 10, 1879. Everard Carlyle, Jan. 16, 1892.
JOHNS, JOEL, 1787.
JOHNSON, ASA, s. of Nathaniel of Ct., b. 1767; sett. at Turnip Yard abt. 1797; d. Aug. 29, 1833.
He m. Apr. 24, 1794, Clarissa Carver of Bolton, Ct. ; she d. Aug. 29, 1847, a. 76.
Ch .: Clarissa, Jan. 25, 1796; m. Capl. Asa Lawrence.
Mary, Sept. 24, 1798; d. unm. Sept. 18, 1874.
Pamelia, June 23, 1800; d. unm. Dec. 31, 1858.
Asa, Feb. 13, 1802; m. July 4, 1830, Ju- lia W. Sadd; grad. of Union C. 1827; Auburn Theol. Sem. 1830; sett. min-
ister in seven towns in N. Y., Mo., Ind., and Iowa.
Carver, June 30, 1804; d. Apr. 9, 1868. Harvey Childs, Sept. 29, 1806; d. Mar. 15, 1858. Nathaniel Trumbull, Nov. 17, 1808; m. Dec., 1832, Olive Clark; lived at Turnip Yard. Ebenezer, Apr. 10, ISII.
JOHNSON, GORDON, taxed 1789. JOHNSON, JOHN, taxed 1787.
1. JOINER, EDWARD; may have been a Welchman or a Jersey- man; was of Sudbury 1740; of Charlestown 1746; of Leominster 1762; of Dfd. 1766; he was a mechanic and had a shop on the Street 1774; d. May, 1796. Name of wife unk .; she d. June 8, 1803, a. 93. Ch .: + Edward (2).
Elizabeth, 1740; m. 1758, Caleb Ball
of Worcester; she d. in Dfd. William (3).
2. EDWARD, S. of Edward (1), Rev. sol .; d. May, 1814. He m. Nov. 16, 1769, Mary, dau. Benj. Munn; she d. June 1, 1833, a. 90. Ch .: William, Aug. 10, 1770 (4). Anna, Jan. 17, 1772; d. July, 1796. Elias, Nov. 2, 1777; Dfd. 1791. Sam'l Ilayden of Shel. Eleanor, bap. May 2, 1782. Submit, bap. Oct. 23, 1785.
Susanna, bap. Sept. 5, 1779; prob. m.
3. WILLIAM, S. of Edward (1), Rev. sol .; lived in Wisdom; d. Feb.
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24, 1799. He m. June 24, 1785, Judith, dau. Edward Hart of Lu- nenburg and Shel .; she m. (2) Sam'l Parker.
Ch .: + William, Nov. 8, 1795. Susan, -; m. -- Upton.
Eli Hart, Oct. 15, 1798.
4. WILLIAM, S. of Edward (2), b. 1770; lived in Wisdom and Shel. He m. July 9, 1795, Content, dau. Ebenezer Bardwell; she d. Oct. 15, 1838, a. 65.
Ch .: + Harriet, Sept. 25. 1795.
Ozias, July 20, 1797.
Dwight, Mar. 14, 1800; drowned July
4, 1824. George, Aug. 20, 1802. Ralph, July 28, 1804.
JOINER, JOHN, taxed 1779.
1. JONES, JABEZ, of Colchester, Ct .; prob. s. of Thomas of Col- chester and grandson of Thomas of New London, Ct .; he is said by descendants to have had fourteen sons and several daughters; enough of these can be given to make a reasonably sized family, but not a complete list. He m. Anna Ransom.
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