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18, 1707, Mary, wid. of David Alexander, dau. Daniel Weld; she m. (3) Nov. 28, 1734, Joseph Younglove.
C'h .: Sarah, Feb. 25, 1700; k. 1704.
William, Dec. 16, 1701; k. 1704.
Mary. Apr. 16, 1708; m. July 25, 1735, Wm. Carr, or Carey.
Sarah, Jan. 22, 1709-10; had dau. Sa-
rah, Apr. 30, 1740. William, June 5, 1712; d. June 25, 1712. Mercy, Aug. 6, 1714; m. Dec. 12, 1735, Ebenezer Nims.
Samuel, Feb. 25, 1718-19 (6).
4. JOHN, S. of William (2), b. 1673; lived at Wapping; selectman, assessor, etc .; in the Meadow fight he received a bullet in his thigh which he carried to his grave; in 1743 his son John presented the Gen. Court a petition with the following certificate, and 200 acres of land were granted him for his father's service: "I was in the Deer- field Meadow fight & see the said Smead kill an Indian. Some of the soldiers took off the Indian's scalp & secured it & I see the said John Smead shoot at another Indian which he gave a mortal wound the Indian died in a short time at the place where he received the wound or very near the place. EBENEZER WARNER." In spite of his wound this brave fighter brought in his gun and all his equip- ments; he d. Apr. 30, 1720. He m. Nov. 22, 1699, Anna, dau. of Dan'l Weld; she d. Oct. 31 , 1712; (2) Dec. 31, 1714, Abigail, dau. James Brown; she was of Enfield, 1749.
Ch .: Submit, June 24, 1701; d. July 3, 1701.
John, Sept. 23, 1702 (7). Mehitable, July 24, 1704; m. Nov. 30, 1732, Benjamin Melvin.
William, Oct. 22, 1706; an early sett. in Keene, N. H. Ann, Mar. 3, 1708-9; m. Dan'l Harris of Wfd.
5. EBENEZER, S. of William (2), b. 1675; was constable, select- man, moderator in town meeting; prob. lived on old homestead; d. July 19, 1753. He m. Esther, dau. John Catlin; she d. Dec. 12, 1733. Ch. : Ebenezer, Dec. 5, 1695 ; d.same day. Esther, Oct. IS, 1696; m. Dec. 4, 1716, Dan'l Arms.
Elizabeth, Dec. 24, 1698; m. Apr. 6, 1720, Joshua Wells.
Thankful, Dec. 23, 1700; m. Nov. 6, 1724, Dan'l Graves.
Ruth, Sept. 5, 1702; m. May 4, 1721,
Edward Martindale of Dfd. Ebenezer, Oct. 12, 1704 (8). Jonathan, Jan. 19, 1706-7 (9). Joseph, Dec. 17, 1709; d. Jan. 31,1712-13. Joseph, Nov. 25, 1713 (10). Abigail, Jan. 29, 1717-18; m. Jan. 16, 1734-5, John Nims.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (3), b. 1719; rem. to Mont. and assisted at the organization of that town in 1751; was a Tory in the Rev .; rem. to Shel .; d. May 25, 1809. He m. Nov. 28, 1743, Rebecca, dau. Joseph Severance; (2) Mindwell -, who d. May 10, 1775, a. 56, buried at Nhn .; (3) Apr. 14, 1779, Mrs. Hannah Scott of Sund., prob. wid. of Absalom Scott.
Ch .: + Ezra, Oct. 28, 1744; m. Mar. 13, 17So, Hannah Billings; d. bef. June 12, 1789.
Samuel, Jan. 7, 1746; d. soon. Samuel, Jan. 18, 1748 (II).
Rebecca, Apr. 20, 1752; m. Mar. 1,1790, Dr. Josiah Frink of Swanzey, N. Il. Nims, Oct. 23, 1754; in. Oct. 23, 1783,
Submit Scott of Swanzey; d. June 12, 1789. Electa, 1756; m. Dec.6, 1791, David Smead. Joseph, June 26, 1759 (12). Polly, -; m. Gad Graves. Rufus, Oct. 21, 1764 (13).
7. JOHN, S. of John (4), b. 1702; one of the five men who began a sett. at Athol, Sept. 17, 1735; rem. his family to Fort Mass., where
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he was a sol. when it was cap. by the French and Indians, Aug. 20, 1746. [ Ante, p. 543.] He, with his wife and five children, fell into their hands and was carried to Canada; he was redeemed and with the three younger children arrived at Boston, Aug. 31, 1747; he was k. by Indians near the mouth of Millers river, just seven weeks later. He mı. Sept. 26, 1723, Mary, dau. Joseph Allis of Hat .; she d. in Canada, Mar. 29, 1747.
Ch .: Bathsheba, Oct. I, 1724.
John, Dec. 18, 1726; d. in Can., Apr. 7, 1747.
Daniel, Apr. 1, 1729; d. in Can., May 13, 1747.
Child, b. and d. Oct. 16, 1731.
Elihu, Oct. 12, 1732.
Reuben, bap. Apr. 13, 1735; cap. and ret. (14).
Simon, -; cap. and ret .; m. Betsey - of Winchester, N. H., 1759.
Mary, abt. 1740; the first night after the capture Mary was wrapped in a blan- ket by a French soldier and soon fell asleep by his side; during the night she awoke and crept out into the dark woods in search of her friends, whom she expected to recognize by feeling the hair of the sleepers; after some search she found two men lying near together, whom she took to be her brothers John and Daniel, and so she
cosily nestled down between them and was soon asleep; the Frenchman, missing her, went out with a blazing torch to find her; who can picture the dismay of the child when, by its light, she saw her companions to be two hid- eous Indian warriors instead of her brothers; she was quite willing to re- turn to the tent. She came back moth- erless and was brought up in the fam- ily of Rev. Timothy Woodbridge of Hlad .; she m. Aaron Willard of Charlestown, N. H.
Captivity, Aug. 22, 1746; on the second day's march another child was added to this captive family ; she was named Captivity, and bap. by Chaplain Nor- ton; a litter was made of poles and bear skins, on which the mother and child were carried; she d. in Can., May 7, 1747.
8. EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer (5), b. 1704; ens. in the Louisburg expedition 1745, in co. of Wm. Williams; sett. in Gfd. dist .; was on first board of selectmen in Gfd. and a leading man there; he d. Oct. 31, 1783. He m. Dec. 8, 1726, Abigail Barnard; they were m. at Dfd. by Parson Williams; the parentage of Abigail does not appear, but she was a niece of Sam'l Barnard of Salem; she d. June 14, 1784. Ch .: Rebecca, Oct. 4, 1727; m. Jan. 15, 1749, Seth Hudson of Fort Mass. Ebenezer, Nov. S, 1728; d. Dec. 6, 1728.
David, Apr. 9, 1732 (15). Abigail, Jan. 23, 1735-6; m. July 1, 1762, Philip Root of Mont.
9. JONATHAN, S. of Ebenezer (5), b. 1707; sett. at Gfd. district; d. Apr. 29, 1783. He m. May 12, 1731, Mehitable, dau. John Nims; she d. Nov. 5, 1782, a. 69.
Ch .: Jonathan, July 21, 1731; d. Nov. 23, 1731.
Elizabeth, Nov. 23, 1732; m. June 18, 1761, Asa Hawks.
Jonathan, Apr. 5, 1735 (16).
Esther, Mar. 6, 1736-7; m. Solomon or Jonathan Hastings of Charl. Lemuel, July 19, 1739 (17).
Submit, Aug. 28, 1741; d. Sept. 5, 1741. Mehitable, Nov. 27, 1742; m. Sept. 7,
1761, Agrippa Wells. Daniel, Mar. 9, 1745 (18).
Philene [bap. Irene], Aug. 3, 1747; m. June, 1771, Ebenezer Bardwell of Mont. John, Dec. 28, 1749 (19).
Abner, Apr. 2, 1752 (20). Amasa, July 6, 1754; m. Aug. 5, 1777, Sarah Deene.
10. JOSEPH, s. of Ebenezer (5), b. 1713; was a maker of snow shoes in French and Indian wars; rem. fr. the Street to Pine Nook abt. 1764; d. abt. 1796. He m. Nov. 14, 1735, Eunice, dau. Sam'l Field; she d. June, 1792.
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Ch .: Mary, Mar. 28, 1737; m. Jan. 22, 1755, Abner Hawks; (2) Nov. 8, 1778, Enos Marsh of Mont.
Eunice, Sept. 28, 1738; m. Nov. 10 or 13, 1760, John Clapp of Mont., who came to live with her father at Pine Nook.
Ebenezer, Mar. 25, 1740 (21).
Joseph, Nov. 28, 1741; Rev. sol. 1778; sergt .; d. bef. 1785.
Oliver, Nov. 10, 1743; d. bef. 1784.
Catherine, June 8, 1745: m. Feb. 11, 1773. Oliver Root of Mont .; she d. Feb. 17, 1804.
Susanna, Nov. 27, 1748; prob. d. bef. 1787.
11. SAMUEL, S. of Samuel (6), b. 1748; rem. to Dfd .; was one of the minute men who marched under Capt. Locke on the Lexington alarm; he states that "the day of the news of the conflict at Lexing- ton they marched to Waltham plain, 12 miles from Cambridge;" he served as substitute for Wm. Tryon the next winter; in Aug., 1776, enlisted under Capt. Sam'l 'Taylor, who marched to Dorchester Hights; was in co. of Capt. Sheldon in the Burgoyne campaign as sergt .; rem. to Shel. abt. 1783, whence he rem. to Madison, Ohio, in 1828; was living 1832; little is known of his family. He prob. m. Mary, dau. Abner Hawks.
Ch .: + Oliver, who lived in Shel .; had wife Mary and ch. Rolla and Benja- min.
Abner, Aug. 23, 1778. Samuel, abt. 1785; d. Oct., 1788.
The following were prob. his ch .: Betsey, Oct. 10, 1776.
Samuel, abt. 1791; d. June, 1795. Adeline, Dec. 5, 1792.
12. JOSEPH, S. of Samuel (6), b. 1759; Rev. sol .; rem. to Swan- zey, N. H .; d. Nov. 11, 1834. He m. Nov. 27, 1782, Persis, dau. Simeon Lyman of Nfd .; she d. Aug. 30, 1815; (2) Sept. 22, 1816, wid. Sarah Wetherell, nee Brown; she m. (3) Mar. 22, 1841, Simeon Cook of Richmond, N. H., and d. Nov. 30, 1861, a. 80.
Ch .: + Persis Lyman, Dec. 20. 1817; 16, 1842, Rachel Malvina, dau. Sim- eon Cook.
she d. unm. Jan. 22, 1841.
Joseph Brown, Sept. 20, 1819; m. Nov.
Ephraim Alexander, Feb. 1, 1822.
13. RUFUS, s. of Samuel (6), b. 1764; sett. in Shel .; rem. abt. 1810 to Bolton, N. Y .; ret. to Shel. and in 1834 rem. to Adrian, Mich. ; d. Feb. 20, 1848. He m. Charlotte, dau. Reuben Bardwell; she d. Sept. 25, 1799, a. 21; (2) 1803 (?) Sarah Lothrop; she d. Nov. 7, 1804, at Bolton, N. Y. ; (3) Nov. 19, 1807, Anna, dau. Moses Hawks; she d. at Adrian, Aug. 30, 1868, a. 94. Ch .: Sophia, Jan. 6, 1797; m. Sam'l Anderson.
Charlotte, Feb. 23, 1798; nurse; d. unm. Aug. 26, 1858.
Sarah, Aug. 30, 1804; unm. in 1832.
Moses Hawks, Oct. 21, 1808; k. by a horse in Adrian bef. 1869.
Anna, Sept. 14, IS!0; m. Wm. Knight.
Lovina H., May 21, 1812; m. her cous- in, John Hawks.
Rufus, May 18, 1814; m. in Adrian, - Angell. Elizabeth, Jan. 11, 1817; m. Ebenezer Fisk of Shel. Samuel, Aug. 31, 1819; d. Nov. 14, 1819.
14. REUBEN, S. of John (7), b. 1735; one of the Fort Mass. captives 1746; rem. fr. Mont. to Gfd. abt. 1765. He m. Rebecca -; she was recommended fr. chh. in Gfd. to chh. in Putney, Vt., June 8, 1777; they rem. soon after.
Ch .: + Lucretia, Sept. 20, 1760; d. young. Rebecca, Mar. 1, 1762.
Reuben, Sept. 26, 1764. Elihu, bap. July 3. 1768. Lucretia, bap. July 3. 1768.
15. DAVID, S. of Ebenezer (8), b. 1732; sett. in Gfd .; justice of
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the peace; deacon, and prominent in town affairs; rep. ten yrs .; state senator; d. Dec. 10, 1806. He m. Mary, dau. Benj. Hastings of Gfd .; she d. Feb. 3, 1820, a. 85.
Ch .: Solomon, Sept. 14, 1754 (22). Ebenezer, Mar. 14, 1756; d. May 2, 1782.
David, Aug. 20, 1757; d. Sept. 15, 1758. Chloe, July 1, 1759; in. Dec. 7, 1780, Thaddeus Merrill of Rowe.
David, Mar. 7, 1761 (23).
Mary, Mar. 22, 1763; m. Dec. 15, 1785, Joel Allen.
Eli, Apr. 16, 1766; m. Mar. 11, 1790,
Submit, dau. Asher Corse.
Abigail, Feb. 14, 1768; per. m. Dec. 4, 1786, John Alvord.
Rachel, Apr. 3, 1770; m. Nov. 27, 1791, Reuben Judd.
Julia, June 3, 1772 (24).
Benjamin, May 3, 1775; in Memorial Hall there is a sermon published in Bratt. 1797, by "Benjamin Smead." Was this the man?
16. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (9), b. 1735; sol. in Fr. and Ind. war; the curiously carved powder horn he carried is in Memorial Hall, also his cane; sett. in Gfd .; d. Apr. 1, 1814. He m. Jan. 21, 1768, Rosanna Patterson of Col .; she d. Oct. 31, 1802, a. 68. Ch .: Eunice, Sept. 25, 1768; m. Nov. 1811, Ebenezer Goodell of Westmin- ster, VI. 29. 1787, Elijah Allen.
Electa, Nov. 27, 1769; m. (pub. Dec. 14, 1770) Elihu Allen.
Mary, Oct. 24, 1771; d. the next day. Jonathan, bap. Jan. 17, 1773 (25). Submit, Aug. 9, 1774; d. the next day. Elizabeth, June 27, 1775; m. Jan. 8, 1796, Maj. Julia Smead.
Rosanna, Aug. 13, 1777; m. Feb. 20,
Joel, Sept. 26, 1779; d. Sept. 10, 1798. Mehitable, June 19, 1781; d. Oct. 12, 1802.
Lydia, July 27, 1783; d. Aug. 11, 1783. Esther, 1784; d. June 22, 1784.
Clarissa, -; m. Nov. 5, 1812, Ezra Pur- ple of Gill.
17. LEMUEL, s. of Jonathan (9), b. 1739; sett. in Gfd .; d. Jan. 29,
1812. He m. Sept., 1764, Sarah. dau. Thos. Nims; she d. May 14, 1812.
Ch .: Sarah, Sept. 8, 1765; m. Feb., 1790, Elihu Goodman.
Mehitable, Feb. 3,1767; d. Mar. 2, 1780. Thomas, Dec. 12, 1768 (26).
Lemuel, May 23, 1770; d. s. p. Nov.
12, 1818. Keturah, Dec. 2, 1772; d. Sept. 10, 1777. Keturah, June 29, 1779; d. Apr. 26, 1780. Asaph, Mar. 3, 1782 (27). Jesse, 1784 (28).
18. DANIEL, s. of Jonathan (9), b. 1745; sett. in Gfd .; d. Feb. 21, 1815. He m. June 13, 1771, Tirza, dau. Ebenezer Wells; she d. June 8, 1813, a. 62.
Ch .: Seth, Nov. 27, 1772; d. Sept. 14, 1777, a. 5 yrs.
Quartus, Feb. 3, 1774 (29).
Grateful, Sept. 12, 1775; d. Aug. 22, 1777. a. 2 yrs.
Seth, Mar. 24, 1778 (30).
Grateful, Sept. 19, 1780; d. unmn. Nov. 7, 1812.
Tirza, June 3, 1783; m. May 18, 1814, Peter Newcomb of Ber .; (2) Calvin Nash of Gfd.
Daniel, July 25, 1786; grad. W. C. 1809; d. Sept. 1, 1809. Statira, Nov. 28, 1788; m. Salmon Hunt of Wilmington, VI.
19. JOHN, s. of Jonathan (9), b. 1749; rem. to Wilmington, Vt. He m. Sept. 28, 1773, Irena [also called Urania and Joanna], dau. Ebenezer Arms.
Ch .: Orzenda, or Orinda, Dec. 15,1773. John, May 1, 1776; d. s p. in Wil- mington.
Isaac, Dec. 25, 1778; sett. in Wilmington.
Ozias, Apr. 10, 1781; m. -- Plum; (2) Sarah, dau. Urial Hinsdale. Dorothy, Mar. 15, 1784.
20, ABNER, S. of Jonathan (9), b. 1752; tanner; Gfd .; d. Feb. 2,
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I797. He m. Jan. 19, 1774, Hannah Alvord; she d. Sept. 22, 1811, a. 57.
Ch .: Elijah, Oct. 3,1774; d. Sept. 1, 1 777.
Lucinda, Sept. 24, 1776; m. Nov. 22, 1795, Dan'I Clay.
Hannah, Oct. 14, 1778; m. Aug. 26, 1798, Ozias Newton.
Elijah, Aug. 20, 1780.
Son, Dec. 14, 1782; d. same day. Caroline, Nov. 14, 1783; m. Jan. 7, ISOS,
Richard B. Crittenden of Chester, VI. Cyrus, Dec. 13, 1785.
Roxana, Jan., 1788.
Abner, July 25, 1789; m. Jan., 1814, Lydia Kellogg of Shel .; she d. Sept. 14, 1819, a. 30; (2) Feb. 7, 1821, Julia Kellogg.
Son, b. and d. July 30, 1794.
21. EBENEZER, S. of Joseph (10), b. 1740; rem. fr. Dfd. to Shel. abt. 1773; d. abt. 1777. He m. May 31, 1763, Mary, dau. Joseph Stebbins; she m. (2) Davis Butler.
Ch .: Solomon, Jan. 7. 1764; d. young. Elihu, Oct. 20, 1765 (31).
Mary, Oct. 25, 1767; m. Sam'l Hawks of Charl.
Sarah, Oct. 1, 1769; m. Dec. 30, 1792,
Reuben Bardwell. Sophia, Mar. 21, 1775; m. - Luce of Ash.
Lucretia, Oct. 12, 1776; m. Joseph Al- len of Buckland.
22. SOLOMON, S. of David (15), b. 1754; a leading man in Gfd .; rep. 8 yrs., between 1797 and 1822; member of the Council 1822-3; first judge of probate in the county; d. Apr. 17, 1825. He m. June 10, 1777, Esther Smith; she d. Jan. 2, 1808, a. 51; Mrs. Smead and three of her ch. died within three weeks with the spotted fever; some of these and others in the neighborhood died within a few hours aft. being attacked; (2) Feb. 1, 1809, Larinda, wid. John Burke of Ber. Ch .: Azor, May 27. 1778; d. June 14, 1804.
Chester, Sept. 2, 1780; d. May 6, 1781. Clarissa, Apr. 7, 1782; d. Aug. 18, 1855. Sophia, June 9,1784; m. Robert Wheel- er.
Ebenezer, Aug. 7, 1786; d. Sept. 2,1786. Abigail, Sept. 12, 1787; d. June 5, 1808.
Twin sister, b. and d. same day. Ebenezer, Dec. 6, 1789; d. Apr. 4, 1796. Polly, Mar. 10, 1791; d. Dec. 30, 1807. Solomon, Nov. 21, 1793; d. Mar. S, 1800. Ebenezer, Apr. 10, 1795; d. Jan. 20, ISOS. Esther, Aug. 22, 1798; d. Jan. 13, 1808. Solomon, Oct. 11, 1800; d. Feb. 7, 1809.
23. DAVID, S. of David (15), b. 1761; Gfd. ; d. Jan. 5, 1833. He m. Dec. 6, 1791. Electa, dau. Samuel Smead; she d. Nov. 5, 1828, a. 72.
Ch .: Lydia, Mar. 24, 1792; d. June 17, 1850. Melinda, Mar. 3, 1793; m. Lemuel
Hastings. David, Nov. 24, 1794; m. May 16, 1822, Alcemina Hastings.
24. JULIA, S. of David (15), b. 1772; esq .; maj. of militia; rep. 1833-4; farmer; d. in Gfd. June 24, 1856. He m. Jan. 8, 1796, Eliz- abeth, dau. Jona. Smead; she d. Sept. 16, 1843, a. 68.
Ch .: Child, Oct. 15, 1798; d. same day. Joel, July 20, 1800; d. Aug. 7, 1803. Albert, Aug. 5, 1802 (32).
Minerva, Oct. 29, 1804; m. June 1, 1859, Theodore Nichols of Charl.
Azor, Feb. 27, 1807; d. Mar. 31, 1812. William, Mar. 15, 1809; d. s. p. Nov.
29, 1872.
Julius, Aug. 16, 1812; m. wid. Harriet Pulsifer, nee Amsden.
Edwin, Dec. 11, IS14; m. Isabella. dau. Priestly Newton. Elizabeth,adopted; child of Joel Smith; bap. Aug. 5, 1804.
25. JONATHAN. S. of Jonathan (16), b. 1773; farmer; Gfd .; d. Aug. 25, 1850. He m. Jan. 1, 1800, Lucy, dau. Ezra Purple; she d. July 15, 1846, a. 70.
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Ch. : Charles L., Feb. 16, IS01; m. 1823, Lucy, dau. Asher Corse.
Maria, Feb. 16, 1801; m. (pub. July 6, 1821) Pliny Martindale.
Rosanna, July 17, 1802; m. (pub. Oct.
1, 1824) Theodore Martindale. Mary, Feb. 23, 1804; d. Jan. 24, 1863. Lucy, Aug. 12, 1806; d. Jan. 8, 1811. Louisa, Sept. 14, 1808. Jonathan, Apr. 8, 1812 (33).
26. THOMAS, s. of Lemuel (17), b. 1768; Gfd .; capt .; d. Apr. 14, 1837. He m. (pub. Apr., 1794) Rebecca, dau. Ariel Hinsdale; she d. Apr. 30, 1836, a. 62.
Ch .: Ira, Sept., 1794; d. Oct. 8. 1802. Esther, Oct. 9, 1796; m. Wm. Merriam. Sarah, July 22, 1799; m. Nahum Adams. Thomas, Jan. 20, 1803; d. May 4, 1836. Mehitable, July 29, 1805; d. Dec. 18, 1871.
William, abt. Oct. I, 1807; d. Apr. I, 1808. llarriet, Sept. 7, 1809; m. Sept. 23, 1856, Hugh Mcclellan.
Amelia, May 7, 1813; d. Oct. 16, 1833. Warren, Jan. 9, 1815; m. Abigail Sage.
27. ASAPH, s. of Lemuel (17), b. 1782; esq. ; Gfd. He m. Mary, dau. Isaac Newton.
Ch .: Dau., Mar. I, 1807; d. Mar. 8, 1807.
Charles, June 23, 1808; m. Harriet Bar- nard of Worcester; kept the Mansion house in Gfd. and was for many yrs. manager of the Sherman house in
Boston; d. Oct. 30, 1881.
Sarah H., July 17, 1811; m. Dr. Amasa Barrett; rem. to Me.
Mary J., Oct. 10, 1817; m. - Dickin- son of Bratt., Vt.
28. JESSE, s. of Lemuel (17), b. 1784; Gfd .; d. Sept. 20, 1858. He m. Nov. 7, 1810, Martha, dau. Silvanus Allen; she d. Sept. 16, 1822, a. 39; (2) (pub. Sept. 25, 1824) Matilda, sister of Martha; she d. Feb. 6, 1853, a. 63.
Ch .: Charlotte Matilda, Mar. 22, 1816; m. Nov. 2, 1842, Quintus Allen.
Martha A., Oct. 17, 1820; she was sec- ond wife of Quintus Allen.
Silvanus A., Aug. 22, 1825; m. Susan Bolton.
Jesse F., Aug. 28, 1827. Sarah Amelia, Oct. 27, 1833; d. Sept. 5, 1838. Susan Cordelia, Oct. 27, 1833; d. Dec. 15, 1855.
29. QUARTUS, S. of Daniel (18), b. 1774; surveyor; rem. in 1838 to Florence, Ill., where he d. 1839; the next year the family rem. to Pittsfield, Ill .; in 1847, rem. to Peoria, and in 1887 to El Paso. He m. June 21, 1811, Fanny Root, who d. Feb. 12, 1871, a. 84.
Ch .: Daniel Wells, June 7, 1812; m. Narcissa Drake, Aug. 29, 1849; lives at El Paso, 111.
George llenry, Dec. 5, 1814; d. May 2, 1887.
Charles Hunt, Mar. 28, 1824; m. Caro- line Hobs. Feb. 22, 1866; d. May 27, 1866; their posthumous son, Charles
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Daniel, b. Dec. 17, 1866, was adopted by his uncle, Daniel W. Hobs. Horace Root, Apr. S, 1827; d. at Pitts- field, Aug. 26, 1845.
Fanny Sophia, Jan. 30, 1830; m. Hen- ry S. Fuller, May 17, 1849; she d. Feb. 25, 1856.
30. SETH, s. of Daniel (18), b. 1778; capt .; d. at Gfd., May 24, 1838. He m. Nov. 7, 1809, Elizabeth, dau. John Newton; she d. Dec. 25, 1857, a. 73.
Ch .: Elizabeth, Aug. 25, 1810; m. Feb. 6, 1838, Alfred Wells; she d. June 14, 1866.
Grateful, Aug. 15. 1812.
Catherine, Aug. 18, 1814; d. unm. Oct. 15, 1847.
Louisa, Oct. 27, 1816; d. unm. Dec. 17, 1872. Jesse N., Feb. 1, 1819; m. May 6, 1845,
Margaret, dau. Priestly Newton ; she d. May 24, 1854; (2) Julia, dau. John Merrill; he d. Jan. 28, 1870.
William. Dec. 13, 1820; m. June 12, 1867, Charlotte Carpenter; she d. Jan. 4, 1868, a. 38.
Seth, Jan. 20, 1824; m. Oct. 1, 1850, Har- riet F. Ballou; he d. June 29, 1855. George, Oct. 7, 1828 (34).
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31. ELIHU, s. of Ebenezer (21), b. 1765; rem. to Shel. abt. 1789; d. Aug. 31, 1840. He m. Aug. 2, 1787, Mercy, dau. Lieut. John Bardwell; she d. Dec. 2, 1813, a. 44; (2) Aug. 2, 1814, Elizabeth, dau. Zadock Hawks; she d. Nov. 1, 1858.
Ch .: Polly, Apr. IS, 1788; d. next day. Solomon, June 20, 1789; d. al 2 days. Polly, Sept. 21, 1790; d. July 29, 1803. Solomon, Aug. 13, 1792 (35). Sophia, Oct. 10, 1794; d. Aug. 21, 1813. Elihu, Nov. 18, 1796; d. Apr. 28, 1814. Mercy Bardwell, Dec. 3, 1798; m. Sept., 1824, Sam'l Fisk of Shel.
Ralph, Sept. 24, 1800; d. Sept. 1, 1803. Louisa, Nov. 1, ISO2; d. Aug. 5, 1803.
Polly, May 25, 1804; d. Jan. 23, 1807. Louisa L., Oct. 30, 1806-also called Sophia; d. Aug. 5, 1810.
Edward, Mar. 16, 1815; m. Oct. 10,1844, Laura, dau. Ambrose Boyden of Dfd. Amelia, Nov. 15, 1816; d. Mar. 2, 1817. Mary, Oct. 30, 1818; m. Sept. 14, IS42, Charles Wells of Shel.
Chauncey, Dec. 18, 1820; d. Feb. 22, IS22.
32. ALBERT, s. of Julia (24), b. 1802; Gfd .; a leading man in his generation; d. Oct. 3, 1871. He m. Oct., 1833, Lydia, dau. John Merrill.
Ch .: Helen, Oct. 11, 1836; d. Jan. 9, 1841.
William, July 16, 1843; m. Dec. 12, 1874, Eleanor, dau. John Ward.
Sophia E., Jan. 6, 1840.
33. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (25), b. 1812. He m. Oct. 25, 1835, Lucy B. Adams of West Haven, Vt.
Ch .: Jonathan H., Dec. 28, 1839; m. Dec. IS, 1869, Sarah, dau. Priestly Newton, wid. of Willard Powers; lives in New Bedford.
Horace Adams, Feb. 6, 1842; m. 1868, Anna Fisher.
Sarah Pynchon, Dec. 16, 1844; teacher
in Gfd. Edwin Billings, Jan. 19, 1849; m. Nov. 26, 1874, Annie Whitney; lives in Baltimore, Md. Charles S., Jan. 16, 1851; d. Apr. 21, 1873.
34, GEORGE, s. of Seth (30), b. 1828; res. in Hart., Ct. He m. Feb. 10, 1858, Martha, dau. Edward Wakefield of Newark, N. J. Ch .: Ella Louisa, Sept. 10, 1862. George Herbert, Dec. 1, 1870.
Frank Robert, Dec. 12, 1863; d. June 17, 1865.
Ethel Annette, Nov. 12, 1874; d. OcI. 30, 1875.
35. SOLOMON, S. of Elihu (31), b. 1792; Shel .; d. Apr. 25, 1869. He m. Sept. 29, 1825, Dorinda Dole, b. Mar. 27, 1805.
Ch .: Infant, b. and d. Apr. 26, 1826. school board at Newton.
Elihu, June 4. 1829: lives in Newton; m. Elnora Garafilia Wright.
Jane W., July 17, 1838; m. - Pierce of Worcester.
Amelia, July 3, 1833; many yrs. on the
SMITH, ASA. He m. Sept. 16, 1782, Submit, dau. Martin Sever- ance.
SMITH, EDWARD. He m. Apr. 26, 1708, Hepzibah Cackbred, both of Dfd.
SMITH, ELIJAH, b. abt. 1751; Rev. sol .; rem. to Shel .; per. d. in Dfd. Aug. 21, 1812. He m. Jan. 1, 1784, Mary, dau. Sam'l Stebbins of Gfd.
Ch .: Obed, May 10, 1784; d. 1785. Obed, 1791; d. 1792.
Obed, Nov. 2, 1785; d. 1786. Martha, Mar. 1, 1793.
Robert, Sept. 8, 1787. Elijah, Apr. 15, 1795. Orrin, June 4, 1796.
Mary, June 11, 1789.
SMITH, ELISHA; Rev. sol., 1776.
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SMITH, ISAAC; corporal in Capt. Locke's co. of minute men; marched on the Lexington alarm.
SMITH, JACOB. Had wife Lucy -.
Ch .: + Amilia, Nov. 30, 1800.
SMITH, JOEL, b. 1757; Rev. sol. 1777-80; d. 1840. Had wife Sibyl -; she d. July 4, 1840, a. 71.
SMITH, JONATHAN; "trader 1792."
1. SMITH, JOSEPH, S. of Hugh; lived at Mill River; Rev. sol. He m. Dec. 11, 1783, Sally, dau. David Cooley, b. Apr. 20, 1763. Ch .: Henry B., Aug. 16, 1784; drowned Martyn, Aug. 23, 1797; m. Saradatha Loomis. Jan. 19, 1803.
Chauncey, Nov. 16, 1785; m. Theodo- sia Lilly.
Rufus, Oct. 19. 1787.
Sally, Oct. 16, 1790; m. Chester Hast- ings of Palmer.
Orrel, June 7, 1793; m. Medad Warren of Hardwick.
Eldridge, Jan. 17. 1800; m. Harriet Shumway of Belchertown.
Clarissa, Dec. 2, 1802; m. abt. 1822, James B. Arms.
Olive, -; m. Sept. 24, 1822, Oramel Arms.
Henry, Oct. 12, 1805 (2).
2. HENRY, S. of Joseph (1), b. 1805; lived at Bloody Brook. He m. Jan. 1, 1828, Patty, dau. Erastus Clapp.
Ch .: Adeline Williams, Oct. 27, 1828; m. Joshua Cranson of Buckland. Harriet Pamelia, July 27, 1830; m. John Doyle of Nhn.
Erastus Clapp, Aug. 8, 1832; m. Aug. 8. 1852, Catherine D. Clark.
Catherine E., Aug. 19, 1834; m. Nov. 8, 1852, Elijah A. Smith.
Caroline A., Feb. 19, 1837; m. Sylva-
nus Crafts. Martha E., Mar. 9, 1839; m. May 2, 1861 , Rawsom King of New Salem. Sarah J., Mar. 28, 1841.
Henry M., Sept. 21, 1844; m. Jan. 6, 1863, Emma Van Horne.
Henrietta L., May 24, 1847.
Emory W., Oct. 1, 1850.
SMITH, MARTIN, was of Pocumtuck Mar. 31, 1674, when he was fined 20s, "for trying to kiss the wife of Jedediah Strong on the street;" took the oath of allegiance at Nhn. 1678; had home lot granted him here in 1682 and sett. on it; was taken captive by In- dians at Wapping, Oct. 13, 1693; had "new returned out of captivity" Dec. 27, 1698; perished in the cellar of John Hawks, Feb. 29, 1704. He m. Dec. 25, 1684, Mary Phelps of Nhn .; she d. abt. 1692; (2) Sarah - who was executed for murder of her illegitimate child, Aug. 25, 1698; see ante p. 263.
1. SMITH, PHILIP, b. 1730; fr. What. or Hat .; taxed 1789; d. Aug. 30, 1806. He m. Elizabeth, dau. Samuel Graves.
Ch .: Lucinda, Apr. 10, 1759; m. Phila Bacon.
Phineas, Aug. 30, 1760; d. Nov. 2, 1777. Barzaleel, Feb. 10, 1762; m. Aug. 13, 1787, Levina Munson.
Zilpah, Jan. 4, 1764; m. Jesse Guild. Philip, May 3, 1766 (2).
Elizabeth, Apr. 28, 1768; m. Abraham
Scott; (2) Mar. 22,1809, Abijah Hard- ing.
Asa, June 8, 1770; m. Judith Graves; he d. Dec. 28, 1835.
Amasa, Mar. 30, 1772.
Mary, Mar. 24,1774; m. Nathan Rogers. Martha, Mar. 24, 1774: m. Joseph Guild.
2. PHILIP, S. of Philip (1), b. 1766; sett. at Bloody Brook bef. 1788. He in. Rebecca Tower of Hat .; she d. Dec. 28, 1842.
Ch .: Clara, Sept. 9, 1792; d. abt. 1809.
Michael, Feb. 1, 1794; drowned at Ware-
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house Point, Ct., May 17, 1821 ; sol. in war of 1812.
Alvin, Nov. 7, 1795; sol. in war of 1812; d. in the service.
Reuben, Aug. 12, 1797. Melzar, Sept. 15, 1799.
Ambrose, May 28, 1801. Erotas (?)
SMITH, PRESERVED; Rev. sol. from Dfd. 1776-7.
1. SMITH, SAMUEL; sailed in the "Elizabeth" fr. Ipswich to New Eng. Apr. 30, 1634; sett. in Weth .; rem. to Had. 1659; he at once became a leading man in the settlement; as lieut., was in charge of military affairs until 1678, when he retired to be succeeded by his son, Philip; d. abt. 1680, a. abt. 78. He m. in Eng. Elizabeth , who d. Mar. 16, 1686, a. 84.
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