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Sept. 19, 1802, a. 69.
Ch .: Anna, Aug. 28, 1761. Eunice, bap. Aug. 9, 1772; d. in in- Moses Miller, Nov. 28, 1763 (8). fancy. Sylvia, Nov. 27, 1765. Lydia, bap. Mar. 9, 1775. Elizabeth, Nov. 28, 1767. William, Sept. 16, 1777 (9).
Elijah, Oct., 1769.
6. JOSEPH, S. of Joseph (4), b. 1727; rem. to Ash .; he and his wife were members of the Cong'l chh. at its organization, Feb. 23, 1763; kept tavern several yrs .; d. abt. 1773. He m. Jan. 29, 1751, Lydia Foster of Meriden, Ct .; she was a wid. Nov. 2, 1773.
Ch .: Lydia, bap. Mar. 22, 1752. Thankful, bap. Sept. 12, 1762; m. May Experience, bap. May 4, 1754; m. July II, 1774, John Fuller of Ash. Ensign, bap. July 1, 1759. 2, 1781, Zadock King. Tryphena, bap. Sept. 17, 1765, at Ash. Joseph, Oct. 23, 1768, at Ash.
7. ABNER, S. of Joseph (4), b. 1738; capt. of militia 1776; lived at Wapping; d. abt. 1795. He m. Abigail, sis. of Neverson Warren; she "drafted a bedquilt for Dr. Williams' wife," Aug. 12, 1774. Ch .: + Abigail, bap. Apr. 24, 1763. Asaph, bap. Sept. 5, 1773 (10).
Consider, bap. May 26, 1765. Martha, bap. Nov. 19, 1775; m. Jan. 21,
Cynthia, bap. Apr. 24, 1768. 1796, Joseph Trask.
Mary, bap. July 29, 1770; m. Feb. 12, 1793, Israel Hawks.
Aphalinda, bap. Mar. 3, 1782; m. Jan. 25, 1798, Zebulon Tuttle.
Abner Warren, bap. May 31, 1772. Abner, bap. Mar. 20, 1786.
8. MOSES MILLER, S. of Elijah (5), b. 1763. He m. , who "died in travail with her infant, Oct. 13, 1790;" (2) June 16, 1791, Bathsheba Smith; (3) May 29, 1793, Lydia Hale of Gfd.
Ch .: Ebenezer, Nov. 13, 1794. Lydia, May 5, 1810; d. at Shel. Sept. Bathsheba, July 8, 1796. 24, 1824. Lucinda, Sept. 27, 1798. Eunice, May 27, 1812.
Moses Miller, Jan. 19, 1800; d. Sept. 8, I 802.
Mercy M., June 19, 1815. Isabella A., Apr. 28, 1818. Lydia R., Aug. 1, 1824.
Elizabeth, Aug. 2, 1803. Alonzo, Mar. 6, 1806.
9. WILLIAM, S. of Elijah (5), b. 1777; lived on Petty's Plain and in Gfd. He m. Dec. 25, 1798, Mercy, dau. Joseph Wise.
Ch .: Anson, 1799. Lyman.
Porter, 1801; d. Aug. 3, 1803. Content, Oct. 1, 1803. Miles, Aug. 21, 1805.
Mary, July 4, 1807. William Miller, Sept. 29, 1809. Willard Moreley, Sept. 29, 1809. Elijah, Nov. 11, IS13; m. Catherine Prentice.
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10. ASAPH, S. of Abner (7), b. 1773. He m. Sept. 9, 1792, Lucy, dau. Timothy Blodgett; he lived on the road then running fr. Tur- nip Yard over the hill to the upper Sund. ferry; as he was going home fr. Bloody Brook abt. 10 o'clock, p. m., Dec. 13, 1805, he was fired upon when near home; Dec. 16, $150 had been raised by sub- scription as a reward for the arrest of the intended assassin; d. Nov. 24, 1827.
Ch .: + Dolphin, -; sett. in Canada. Edwin, -; d. Nov. 28, 1817.
Lucy, July, 1798; living in Turnip Yard, June, 1885.
Louisa. -; m. - Bishop of York State. Lucretia, -; d. unm. in Canada.
Louanna, 1807; m. Jacob Smith; (2) June 7, 1850, Daniel Hilton.
Frederick, -; went West.
Franklin, -; ..
Maria, -; d. unm. in Canada.
MOODY, JONATHAN or JOHN, taxed 1779.
MOORE, BENONI, prob. s. of Joseph and Lydia of Sudbury; at Dfd. 1699; rem. to Hat. 1703; ret. 1705; in 1716 the com. for set- tling Nfd., by a grant of land, induced him to rem. there; prominent in both towns; d. Nov. 18, 1753. He m. Dec. 13, 1698, Mehitable, dau. Sam'l Allis of Hat. ; she d. May 8, 1757, a. 90.
Ch .: Elizabeth, Apr. 29, 1700. 1708. Mehitable, Jan. 2, 1701-2. Hannah, Sept. 22, 1708. Samuel, May 15, 1712.
Samuel, Jan. 2, 1703-4; d. June 17, 1704.
Hezekiah, Jan. 18, 1704-5; d. Feb. 6,
Mercy, Sept. 12, 1713.
1705.
Hannah, Dec. 25, 1706; d. Sept. 12,
Lediah, Feb. 28, 1715-16. Ruth, Jan. 29, 1717.
MOORS, JOHN FARWELL, D. D., b. in Groton, Dec. 10, 1819; H. C. 1842; Cambridge Divinity school, 1845; ordained minister over the First Cong'l society at Dfd., Jan. 28, 1846; dismissed Apr., 1860, and was installed over the Third Cong'l society in Gfd. ; chaplain 52d Regt. Mass. Vols., in Gen. Banks's expedition to Louisana in 1862-3; wrote hist. of the regt .; rep. 1874; senator 1877; d. Jan. 27, 1895. He in. 1847, Esther W. Hastings, Nfd. ; she d. June 18, 1850, a. 24; (2) 1851, Eunice W., dau. Rev. Preserved Smith ; she d. Feb. 1, 1895.
Ch .: Sarah Cordelia, Nov., 1849; d. Amy Farwell (adopted) 1872; d. June Feb. 20, 1850. 13, 1886.
MORSE, CALVIN, taxed 1795.
MOREDOX, SAMUEL, 1773. Had wife Elizabeth and children Leonard and Patience.
MOREY, DAVID, taxed 1778.
MOREY, SILAS, 1793; pub. Oct. 29, 1795, to Lydia Eustace.
MORTON, JOEL, taxed 1779.
MORTON, JOSEPH, s. of Richard of Hat., b. 1672. He in. Mary, prob. dau. Sam'l Marsh; Mar. 6, 1708-9, he sold out lot No. 7, also "the house in the great fort where they lived," and rem. to Hat .; for family and descendants see Judd's Hist. of Had.
MORTON, JUSTIN, taxed 1797-1816.
MOULTON, NATHAN; of Dfd. 1761; "late of N. H."
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MUDGE-MUNN.
MUDGE, EZRA; Rev. sol. ; Dfd. 1776-88. He n. Nov. 18, 1782, Sarah, dau. Samuel Munn (7).
1. MUNN, BENJAMIN; sol. in Pequot war 1637; of Hart. 1639; rem. to Spfd. 1649; was fined ros. in 1663 "for taking tobacco on his hay cock ;" in 1665 "being very aged and weak," was exempted from military service; he was prob. k. by Indians in Nov., 1675. He ni. Apr. 12, or Feb. 2, 1649, Abigail, dau. Henry Burt, wid. of Francis Ball; she m. (3) Dec. 14, 1676, Lieut. Thos. Stebbins of Spfd.
Ch .: + Abigail, June 28, 1650; m. Sept. field.
19, 1672, Thomas Stebbins of Spfd. John, Feb. 8, 1651-2 (2).
James, Feb. 10. 1655-6 (3). Nathaniel, July 20, 1661; m. Mar. 24,
Mary, -; m. Nathaniel Wheeler. 1690, Sarah, dan. Japhet Chapin of Benjamin, Mar. 25, 1654; sett. in Brim- Spfd., where he was living in 1709.
2. JOHN, S. of Benjamin (1), b. 1652; sett. in Wfd .; was in the Falls fight, where he "lost his horse saddle and bridle," for which he asks pay, says he is " under a wasting sickness which he contract- ed at the Falls fight;" in another petition in 1683 he says "he is in a sad condition by reason of a surfiet got at the Falls fight, and it will through him into an incurable consumption;" he d. Sept. 16, 1684. He m. Dec. 23, 1680, Abigail, dau. Benj. Parsons of Spfd. ; she m1. (2) Oct. 7, 1686, John Richards, schoolmaster, who rem. to Dfd. and lived on No. 14.
Ch .: John, Mar. 16, 1681-2; came to Dfd. with his mother; was in Mead.
fight 1704; d. s. p. abt. 1710. Benjamin, 1683 (4).
3. JAMES, s. of Benjamin (1), b. 1656; was in the Falls fight and a sol. in King William's war; was one of the original grantees of Colchester, Ct., where he was living in 1718. He m. June 27, 1698, Mary (Moody), wid. of Alexander Panton of Had.
Ch .: + Abigail, Oct. 7. 1700; m. Nov. 16, 1726, Thos. Bridgman of Nhn. James, Feb. 2, 1703.
Hannah, Mar. 26, 1706; m. (pub. Sept. 5, 1730) Edward Baker of Nhn.
Sarah, June 28, 1708.
Per. Anna, who m. Sept. 14, 1737, Roger Clapp of Nhn.
Per. Ebenezer, a sett. of Greenwich in I735.
4. BENJAMIN, S. of John (2), b. 1683; carpenter; he came here with his mother; in 1704 he was living in a half underground house, in the side hill on his father Richards' home lot; Richards' youngest dau. was cap., the rest of the family barely escaped, and his house was burned; Munn's house was so covered with snow that it escaped notice, and he, with his wife and baby, remained undisturbed; select- man; sol. in Fr. war; rem. late in life to Nfd., where he d. Feb. 5, 1774, a. 91. He m. Jan. 15, 1702-3, Thankful, dau. Godfrey Nims; she d. July 11, 1746.
Ch .: Thankful, Jan. 12, 1703-4; m. Aug. 17, 1721, James Corse.
Mary, Dec. 7, 1705; m. June 15, 1727, John Catlin.
Benjamin, May 26, 1708; d. Jan. 11, 1708-9.
Benjamin, July 3. 1709 (5).
John, Mar. 16, 1712 (6).
Rebecca, Dec. 10, 1714; d. Jan. 24, 1715-16.
Abigail, Jan. 9, 1717; m. July 4, 1738, Joseph Richardson of Keene. Samuel, Sept. 14, 1719 (7).
Rebecca, Apr. 14, 1722; m. June 9, 1741, Solomon Richardson of Med- way.
Sarah, Nov. 14, 1724; m. Mar. 19, 1747, Timothy Day of Spfd. Mercy, June 1, 1728; m. Nov. 14, 1750, Gideon Clark of Nhn.
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5. BENJAMIN, S. of. Benjamin (4), b. 1709; carpenter; lived on lot No. 14; d. abt. 1778. He m. Mary, dau. John Wait of Hat., and granddaughter of old Benjamin Wait, "the hero of the Conn. Val- ley;" she d. Jan., 1795, a. 86.
Ch .: Lucy, Apr. 8, 1733; m. May y, 1752, Christopher Tyler of Boston. Phineas, May 10, 1736 (8).
Benjamin, Feb. 1, 1737-8: joiner; was sol. at the battle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755; in the unfortunate attack on "Old Ti" July 8, 1758; was one of Rogers' Rangers and was in the fight near Fort Anne when Maj. Putnam was cap .; in this action he took an Indian's gun and scalp, which he brought home; was a sergt. under Capt. Salah Barnard in the conquest of Can .; soon aft., he m. at Nhn., Patty, prob. Parsons; lived awhile at Nhn., then rem. to Sudbury and kept tavern; being in Cambridge June 16. 1775. he joined a party marching to Bunker Hill and was in the battle; in 1777 he went to Me. and later to Nova Scotia; for abt. 40 yrs. his kindred had lost sight of him
and supposed him dead. when at the age of abt. 80 he landed in Boston and walked to Dfd. ; he fell off an em- bankment in Shel. and was found dead, July 26, 1824; his wife d. in Nhn. bef. his ret.
Mary, Dec. 28, 1740; d. Aug. 23, 1743. Mary, Dec. 26, 1743; m. Nov. 16, 1769, Edward Joiner.
Joel. Oct. 24, 1745; a sailor; d. at Con. 1778 or 9; had been living on lot No. 14; m. Eleanor Hickey of Marble- head; Joel was left there when se- riously ill and Nelly became his nurse, and soon aft. his bride; she m (2) 1782, John Hinsdale; (3) Aug. 14, 1794, Sam'l Eustace; she d. Dec., 1797, a. 55; tradition says Joel was her fifth husband; nothing is learned of their ch., or if they had any.
Lydia, Nov. 30, 1748; m. Sept. 5, 1765, John Saxton.
6. JOHN, S. of Benjamin (4), b. 1712; sol. at Fort Dummer 1730- 6; rem. to Nfd. 1740; d. Apr. 5, 1785. He m. Mary, dau. Wm. Hol- ton of Nfd .; she d. Jan. 8, 1768, a. 54; (2) Oct. 23, 1769, Eunice, dau. Joseph Clesson.
Ch .: John, Nov. 16, 1741; sett. in that part of Dfd. now Gill; prob. m. Mar. 28, 1765, llannah Wilson of Palmer. Mary, Nov. 30, 1743.
Noah, Apr. 17. 1746; sett. in Nfd. or Gill.
Oliver, Apr. 24, 1748.
Abigail, Mar. 3, 1750.
Sarah, June 7, 1751; m. Dec. 5, 1774. Sam'l Stoughton of Gill, a lieut. in Rev. war.
Seth, bap. at Nfd. May 5, 1754; m. Dec. 18, 1782, Salina Janes; he d. Feb. 12, ISOS.
Elisha, 1755; m. Eunice Thayer of Mont .; lived in Gill ; d. Sept. 22, 1747.
For descendants of John (6) see Ilist. of Nfd.
7. SAMUEL, S. of Benjamin (4), b. 1719; sol. in Fr. and Indian wars; rem. to Gill abt. 1753; d. Nov. 9, 1777. He m. Mar. 10, 1742- 3, Sarah Collins; she d. Jan. 31, 1752; (2) Mary -, who d. July 4, 1776, a. 42.
Ch .: Francis Collins, Feb. 5, 1743 (9). Annis, Mar. 1, 1744; m. May 12, 1762, Joseph Hastings of Gfd.
Samuel, Jan. S, 1746; d. Feb. 28, 1746. Solomon, Mar. 12, 1748; d. June 24, 1748.
Solomon, Dec. 21, 1749; d. Dec. 27,1749. Sarah, Jan. 17, 1752; m. Nov. 18, 1782, Ezra Mudge of Nfd., a Rev. sol.
Thankful, Feb. 11, 1754; d. July 24, 1761.
Samuel, Aug. 8, 1757; Rev. sol .; m. Mar. 6, 1777, Jemima, dau. John Catlin.
Asa, Aug. 24, 1759 (10).
Thankful, Dec. 5, 1761.
Reuben, Apr. 9, 1764; d. Oct. 20, 1764. Reuben, Nov. 20, 1765.
Simeon, Sept. 29, 1767; m. June 28, 1791, Phebe Cook. Levi, Jan. 20, 1771. Mary, Nov. 25, 1772.
8. PHINEAS, S. of Benjamin (5), b. 1736; cooper, surveyor and storekeeper; lived on No. 20; sol. in French war; was in the " Bloody Morning Scout," when Col. Ephraim Williams was k., Sept. 8, 1755;
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sergt. in co. of Salah Barnard, 1759-60; was a Tory and was mobbed in 1774; in 1777 he fled to Burgoyne and later to Can .; on his ret. he was cap. near Concord, N. H., carried bef. the Mass. Council and sent to Nhn. jail; he appears to have been back here in 1778; he d. Nov. 6, 1820. He m. Dec. 29, 1763, Dorothy, dau. John Catlin; she d. Mar. 18, 1828, a. 85.
Ch .: Christopher, Apr. 25, 1765; d. young.
Child, bap. Oct. 25, 1767.
Dorothy, bap. Oct. 2, 1768; m. Oct. 26, 1793, Ralph Pomroy of Nhn.
Miriam, bap. Sept. 13, 1772; d. young.
Mercy or Mary, bap. Sept. 13, 1772; m. (pub. Dec. 15, 1792) Geo. Tracy.
Robert, bap. Oct. 30, 1774. Miriam, bap. Oct. 5. 1777; m. - Cook of Nhn. Christopher, bap. Sept. 5, 1779 (II). Benjamin, bap. Jan. 9, 1784 (12). Joel, bap. Apr. 11, 1786. Phineas, bap. June 29, 1787.
9. FRANCIS C., s.of Samuel (7), b. 1743, fanning mill maker and joiner; lived on the place now owned by Rufus R. Williams; Rev. sol .; d. Aug. 1, 1818. He m. Jan. 26, 1770, Rebecca, dau. David Childs; she d. May 18, 1775; (2) (pub. Dec., 1780) wid. Elizabeth Smith, nee Hubbard; she d. Nov. 10, 1838, a. 88.
Ch .: David, Nov. 20, 1770; m. Feb. 11. Abigail, Dec. 9, 1774; k. at Wapping by the overturning of a cart, Oct. 4. 1781.
1795, Fila Clark of Gfd. Arad, Oct. 21, 1772 (13).
10. ASA, s. of Samuel (7), b. 1759; tailor; sett. in Gfd .; Rev. sol .; lost a leg in the service; d. Jan. 17, 1792. He m. Rachel
Ch .: + Samuel, Apr. 27, 1782; d. 1787. Miranda, Apr. 15, 1788.
Samuel, 1784; d. Sept. 27, 1790. Polly, Dec. 20, 1789. Asa, Apr. 24, 1791.
Reuben, Aug. 28, 1786.
11. CHRISTOPHER, S. of Phineas (8), b. 1779; sett. in Shel .; d.
186J. He m. Nov. 2, 1801, Lucy Hinsdale, prob. dau Elisha.
Ch .: Alona, Nov. 6, 1802. Dorothy C., May 5, 1824.
Alonzo, Dec. 15, 1805. Charles, Nov. 12, 1827; d. Dec. 5, 1830.
Lucy Hinsdale, Apr. 14, 1808. Robert O., Aug., 1830.
Huldah A., Mar. 2, 1814.
12. BENJAMIN, S. of Phineas (8), b. 1784; sett. at Bloody Brook ; d. Sept. 24, 1852. He m. Apr. 29, 1819, Nancy, dau. Benj. Parker; she m. (2) Apr. 25, 1853, Martin Wood of What.
Ch .: Almira Sophia, Oct. 22, 1820; d. Oct. 25, 1833.
13. ARAD, s. of Francis C. (9), b. 1772; wheelwright; had a shop near the new cemetery; d. Apr. 25, 1865. He m. Oct. 27, 1803, Syl- via, dau. John Saxton; she d. Apr., 1870, a. 88.
Ch .: Abigail, Aug. 30, 1804; d. Sept. 4, 1806.
Philo, Mar. 18, 1813 (15).
Nancy, Aug. 11, 1815; m. Horace Van Horn of Had.
Abigail, July 20, 1806; d. unm. in Bos- ton, Aug. 8, 1839. Francis, Sept. 5, 1817; d. Aug. 11, 1822. Osburn, Mar. 20, 1809 (14). Francis H., Aug. 10, 1820; m. Apr. 16, 1846, Harriet Edson of Had. Asa B., July 1, 1823 (16).
Ophelia, Mar. 20, 1809; m. Clark llutchins.
Fanny Alcimena, Mar. 24, 1811.
14. OSBURN, S. of Arad (13), b. 1809; sett. in Mont .; d. Nov. 13,
1 866. He m. Jan. 10, 1832, Corrinna L. Crandall; she d. July 26, 1854.
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Ch .: Ophelia M., Oct. 5, 1832. Ardelia F., Feb. 27, 1834.
Benjamin F., Mar. 1, 1837. Eber C., June 13, 1839; m. Ann Eliza Scott; res. in San Jose, Cal.
Angeline F., Sept. 4, 1835.
15. PHILO, s. of Arad (13), b. 1813; shoemaker and shopkeeper; d Mar. 12, 1895. He m. May 16, 1843, Lovilla, dau. Erastus Barrett of Hinsdale, N. H .; she d. three hours aft. her husband, a. 73.
Ch .: Charles Hawks, Apr. 12, 1844; he became a sailor; was drowned or k. by some unk. monster of the deep while bathing in the Irrawadda riv-
er, Burmah, May 10, 1863. Julia J., Apr. 9, 1846; m. May 16, 1867, Joseph A. Ashley ; hed. Feb. 23, 95. Martha, May 7, 1849; d. Oct. 10, 1880.
16. ASA B., s. of Arad (13), b. 1823; rem. to Ill. 1848; enlisted July 19, 1861, in 13th Ill. Inf. as fifer; served four yrs. in the war; army correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and Evening Journal; Provost marshal's clerk; clerk at the headquarters of Gens. Steele, Carr and Gorman; he was commissioned capt. of Co. D, 5ist U. S. colored troops, July 28, 1863; judge advocate of Court Marshal; he was in the battles at Devil's Bend, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Raymond, Mississippi Springs, Jackson, Champion Hill, Black Riv- er Bridge, Vicksburg and Fort Blakley; mustered out for disability, June 25, 1865, and went to Florida, where for six yrs. he led an ac- tive and useful office life; at Pensacola he was two yrs. alderman ; deputy collector of the port; deputy collector of internal revenue for 9 counties; deputy U. S. marshal; was Co. treasurer, commis- sioner of pilotage, assessor and collector of state revenue, superin- tendent of education for Escambia co., maj. and asst. adjutant gen. of state troops; in 1872 he was nominated by both parties for the state senate, but his broken health obliged him to decline; he ret. to Ill .; the fitting inscription on the east side of our soldiers' monu- ment was an emanation fr. his teeming brain. He m. Sept. 1, 1851, Jerusha Adams of Had.
Ch .: Hugh, -; d. Apr. 22, 1857. James Abbott, Mar. 19, 1861; m. Jan.
Edward Adams, Nov. 9, 1859; m. Sept. II, 1887, Nellie P. Stockwell.
26, 1885, Eleanor J. Putnam.
MURDOX, SAMUEL, admitted to chh. 1766.
MURPHY, JAMES, taxed 1789.
1. MURRY, WILLIAM, fr. Scotland; of Had. 1720. He m. Feb. 20, 1723, Mary, dau. John Dickinson; she d. 1784.
Ch .: + Elijah, Nov. 28, 1723; d. Mar., 1742.
David, Nov. 3, 1733. Seth, May 21. 1736 (3).
William, July 30, 1726 (2). llannah, abt. 1744; m. Nov. 28, 1764,
Dorothy, Aug. 4, 1729; m. May 9, 1754, Abner Adamıs.
Timothy Abbot.
2. WILLIAM, S. of William (1), b. 1726; d. abt. 1762. He m. Mercy or Hannah Scott of Sund. ; (2) - Marshall.
Ch .: Elihu, Oct. 12, 1753; Dfd. 1783; Elijah, June, 1756.
m. May 7, 1782, Lydia, wid. of Sam'l McCall, dau. Ezra Strong.
Prob. Hannah, who m. abi. 1779, Eli-
hu McCall; she d. July 4, 1812, a. 56.
Mercy, Sept. 16, 1758; m. Jehiel Smith of Orwell, Vt. Martha, July 14. 1760; m. Joel Day of llat.
3. SETH, S. of William (1), b. 1736; Dfd. 1773; Rev. sol .; lieut.
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Col. 1780; col. soon aft .; gen. of Mass. militia; sett. in Hat. ; d. while on a journey at Canandaigua, Sept. 26, 1795, and was buried there. He m. Dec. 22, 1768, Elizabeth, dau. Daniel White; she d. Feb. 4, 1814, a. 77.
Ch .: Lucinda, Dec. 9, 1773; m. Nov. 10, 1790, Brig. Gen. Isaac Maltby.
NASH, DANIEL; sol. in old French war; was armorer in co. of Capt. Israel Williams 1755-6; rem. to Gfd .; d. July 1, 1790. He m. Nov. II, 1741, Abigail, dau. John Stebbins; she d. Nov. 26, 1749; (2) Mar. 6, 1750, Martha, dau. Joshua Wells; she d. Aug. 9, 1798, a. 73. Ch .: Daniel, Nov. 4, 1742; m. Nov. 25, 6, 1776. 1773, Anne Atherton; she d. June 7, 1804.
Experience, June 29. 1745; m. Apr. 10, 1762, Mathew Severance.
Sylvanus, Feb. 18, 1747; m. Nov. 25, 1773, Tryphena Hudson. Abigail, Jan. 22, 1748; m. June 8, 1772, Jona. Hoyt.
Onessimus, Dec. 27, 1751; d. Feb. 28, 1752.
Onessimus, Feb. 10, 1753: d. s. p. Jan.
Tubal, Oct. 31, 1754; m. Sept. 17, 1778, Mary Corse; sett. in Canton, N. Y. Simeon, May 5, 1756; m. and sett. at Stockholm, N. Y.
Joseph, Jan. 6, 1758; d. Sept. 27, 1762. Zenas, Jan. 1, 1760; d. Sept. 20, 1762. Quartus, Aug. 16, 1761; d. Oct. 3, 1762. Joseph, May 28, 1763; m. (pub. Dec. II, 1778) Rebecca Bascom; sett. in Pembroke, N. Y.
Martha, Oct. 29, 1764; d. Nov. 3, 1764.
NASH, JOSEPH, with wife Lucy, here 1790.
NASH, MOSES, S. of John of Had., b. 1696; lived on No. 2; select- man 1725; schoolmaster; sold out in May, 1726, and rem. to West Hart., Ct .; d. Jan. 26, 1760. He m. Rebecca Graves, prob. dau. Nathaniel of Hat .; (2) Oct. 30, 1744, Mary, dau. Moses Cook, wid. Stephen Kellogg: she d. Sept. 21, 1775.
Ch .: Rebecca, Jan. S, 1722-3; m. Alex- ander Porter.
Abigail, Dec. 12, 1733; m. Elisha Still- man. Joseph, Dec. 30, 1735.
Moses, Mar. 25, 1725; d. July, 1736.
John, Dec. 1, 1728.
Sarah, Apr. 26, 1738; m. John Marsh.
Sarah, July 30, 1731; d. Jan., 1736.
NASH, PHINEAS; rem. to Sund. 1747.
NASH, TIMOTHY, S. of Timothy of Had., b. abt. 1665; had lot No. 41 bef. 1686; d. abt. 1708.
NELSON, ISAAC. Had wife Sarah. Ch .: Isaac, Apr. 24, 1773.
Jacob, Apr. 22, 1775.
1. NELSON, JEREMIAH, fr. Suff. Ct., aft. 1806; b. 1767; d. June 2, 1846. He m. Sarah Spencer of Suff. ; she d. Dec. 12, 1853, a. 86. Ch .: + Sarah, -; m. May 2, 1816, Les- dan. Henry Arms of Con. ley Kent. Columbus, Aug. 22, 1803 (2). Socrates. Cynthia.
Ichabod, -; m. May 30, 1832, Eliza,
2. COLUMBUS, S. of Jeremiah (1), b. 1803; Mill River. He m. Dec. 25, 1828, Louisa, dau. Josiah Boyden; she d. July 8, 1848, a. 42 ; (2) Nov. 19, 1851, Lucinda, dau. Horace Williams; she d. Apr. 4, 1852, a. 33; (3) Apr. 22, 1856, Mary A. Moran of Suff.
Ch .: Lorenzo Willard, June 17, 1830; m. June, 1855, Marcia S. Redfield.
Henry Clay, Oct. 6, 1832; d. Feb. 6, 1860.
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GENEALOGIES.
Elizabeth Amelia, June 2, 1834; m. Feb. 14, 1855. Charles Williams. Helen Sophia, Dec. 3, 1837; m. Oct. 10, 1866, Geo. H. Robbins. Ann Louisa, Sept. 5, 1840.
Margarett Viola, Sept. 19, 1843; m. Oct.
31, 1872, Melvin M. Redfield. Christopher Columbus, June 19, 1846; k by railroad accident, Mar. 1, 1872. Eugene Clarence, June 28, 1848; d at Spfd. Mar. 4. 1880.
NEWCOMB, CHARLES JARVIS. Ch .: + Charlotte Augusta, June 12, 1818.
Had wife Philena.
1, NEWCOMB, EBENEZER, 1792; fr. Shel. ; sett. in Wisdom ; d. Feb. 1-3, 1829, a. 74. He m. Wealthy --: she d. May 8, 1818, a. 60; (2) 1826, wid. Mary Villis.
Ch .: + Wealthy, -; m. Mar. 3, 1802, Rowanna, Aug. 22, 1795; d. unm. Phineas Newhall of Shel. Prob. Cynthia, who was pub. July 21,
Sylvester Sage, May 6, 1791 (2). 1814, to Oren Smith of Truxton, N.
Fanny, July 1, 1793; unm. 1829. Y.
2. SYLVESTER S., s. of Ebenezer (1), b. 1791. He m. Mar. 12, 1817, Abigail H., dau. Robert R. Field; she d. at Walnut Lake Grove, Minn., Feb. 8, 1878, a. 79.
Ch .: Robert Field, Dec. 22, 1817. Everett, Oct. 20, 1819.
Martha, Aug. 19, 1824.
Sylvester, June 30, 1821.
Ann, Mar. 25, 1826; d. May 5, 1831. Antonette, Nov. 18, 1827.
NEWTON, the records of this family are fragmentary, imperfect and may not always be relied upon if questioned.
NEWTON, ABNER, 1768.
1. NEWTON, ALPHEUS, b. Aug. 18, 1734; fr. Sutton ? Dfd. 1778; d. Dec. 24, 1818. He m. Elizabeth Clafflin; she d. in 1814, a. 82.
Ch .: + Elizabeth, -; m. John Adams. Lydia, -; d. young. Susan, -; m. Ephraim Clafflin. Alpheus, -; d. s. p. Lucy, -; m. Reuben Wells. Sylvanus, -; m. Elizabeth Stacy.
Sally, -; m. - Baker.
Agur, -; d. s. p.
Reccord, -: m. Joel Wheeler.
Walter, May 21, 1779 (2).
Bathsheba, -; m. Luther Newton. Abigail, -; m. Oct. 17, 1795, Sylves- Ier Richmond.
Prudence, -; m. Aaron Day.
2. WALTER, S. of Alpheus (1), b. 1779; lived at Great River; d. Aug. 29, 1854. He m. Feb. 8, 1801, Gratia, dau. Amos Alexander; she d. Nov. 22, 1849, a. 65.
Ch .: + Gratia, May 9, 1801; m. Sept. I, 1825, Job Hunt of New Salem.
Vashti, Feb. 14. 1803; d. 1807.
Agur, Feb. 27, 1805; blacksmith; rem. 1826, to Le Roy, N. Y. ; m. 1862, Lucy Pratt.
Walter, Mar. 26, 1807 (3).
Melinda, July 16, 1809; m. Nov., 1828, Hiram Stevens of Mont.
Dwight, Aug. 18, 1811; rem to Kan.
Elvira, Apr. 7, 1814; m. Jan. 4, 1832, Almon DeWolf.
Alvin, Feb. 8, 1817; m. Caroline M. Jenkins; res. in Kansas.
Alpheus, Sept. 2, 1819; Mont. Child, May 2, 1822.
George, July 21, 1823; m. Caroline M. Death. Martha, Apr. 13, 1827; m. James M. Durgee; res. in Ill.
3. WALTER, S. of Walter (2), b. 1807; rem. to Ill. He m. Apr. 5, 1831, Tirza B., dau. Joel DeWolf. Ch .: Charles A., May 7, 1832. Sept., 1855. James W., Feb. 7. 1838; d. in Shel. Edward, Mar. 11, 1842.
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NEWTON.
Alma, May 31, 1848; d. in Shel. Oct. Aurilla, Sept. 8, IS51; d. in Shel. Aug. 8, 1850.
31, 1853.
NEWTON, CALVIN; on the train band list, 1788.
NEWTON, JOHN, 1774. He m. Sept. 25, 1776, Abigail Bardwell of Mont .; she d. Aug., 1806, a. 60.
NEWTON, JOHN, b. in Mont., Jan. 27, 1755; was of Dfd. 1775; one of the Minute Men under Capt. Locke on the Lexington alarm; in 1776 served a short time under Capt. Timothy Childs; in 1777 was in the company of Capt. Joseph Stebbins which marched to Ben- nington, reaching there aft. the battle; at the capture of Burgoyne; was out at other times; was ist sergt. in the "Alarm List and Train Band," 1787-92; had rem. to Cherry Valley, N. Y, 1794, and lived later in Ohio and Kentucky; was of St. Omar, Ind., 1835; d. there Sept. 20, 1839. He m. Jan. 29, 1789, Abigail Parker of Dfd .; she was alive in Rush Co., Ind., 1850, a. 82.
Ch .: + Calvin, -: with his mother, in 1850.
NEWTON, LEVI; came fr. Mont. to Dfd. 1753; Rev. sol. under Capt. Joseph Stebbins in the Burgoyne campaign; d. May, 1803, a. 76 ? He m. Aug. 2, 1759, Lucy, dau. John Billings of Sund .; she d. Nov. 20, 1802, a. 73.
Ch .: + John. Luther, -; m. Bathsheba, dau. Amos Alexander; no children.
Eunice, -; m. Nov. 26, 1778, Thomas Rose.
Lucy.
Levi, -; m. Feb.27, 1793, Eunice Smith.
Calvin, 1771; d. Nov. 28, 1791.
1. NEWTON, SOLOMON, 1757; d. June 5, 1803, a. 71. He m. Mary, dau. Sam'l Taylor of Mont. ; she d. Feb. 9, 1813?
Ch .: + Jeremiah, Dec. 18. 1756 (2).
Elijah (4).
Moses, Jan. 18, 1758 (3).
Per. Ann, who m., 1781, Moses Allis of Mont.
Sally, -; m. Oct. 6, 1791, David Griffin. Rodolphus, -; m. Nov. 27, 1803, Lau - ra Nash; she d. Jan. 12, 1823; (2) Esther Hart, who d. May 30, 1836.
David, -; taxed 1784.
Polly, -; m. - Nichols of Ber.
2. JEREMIAH, S. of Solomon (1), b. 1756; Rev. sol .; Minute Man under Capt. Locke on Lexington alarm; went out for 3 mos. under Capt. Childs in Feb., 1777, and again in July under Capt. Sheldon, and in Sept., with Capt. Stebbins in the Burgoyne campaign; arrived at Bennington aft. the battle and saw the Hessian prisoners confined in the meetinghouse; marched to Fort Edward, where under Capt. Stebbins he was with a small party which surprised a British outpost across the river, capturing soldiers and stores; was soon aft. with a party which ambushed an Indian path and cap. eight Indians, from one of which he took a silver broach, which he had in 1832; was dis- charged on the cap. of Burgoyne; lived at Great River; d. Jan. 24. 1841. He m. Prudence Case, who survived him Ch .: Nabby, May 6, 1794. Harry, Apr. 19, 1796 (5).
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