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Ch .: Samuel, abt. 1625; m. Rebecca, dau. Rev. Henry Smith of Weth .; rem. to Va.
Elizabeth, abt. 1627; m. abt. 1646, Na- than Foote; (2) Wm. Gull of Had. Mary, abt. 1631; m. John Graves, who was k. by Indians at Hat., Oct. 19, 1677.
Philip, abt. 1633 (2).
Chileab, abt. 1635; in. Oct. 2, 1661, Hannah, dau. Luke Hitchcock of Weth .; he d. Mar. 17, 1731.
John, -; m. Nov. 12,1663, Mary, dau. Wm. Partridge; he was k. in the at- tack on Hat., May 30, 1676.
2. PHILIP, S. of Samuel (1), b. 1633; lieut., dea., rep., justice of the Co. Court; d. Jan. 10, 1685, "murdered with an hideous witch- craft," says Cotton Mather. He m. Rebecca, dau. Nathan'l Foote; she m. (2) Oct. 2, 1688, Maj. Aaron Cook of Nhn .; she d. Apr. 6, 1701. Ch .: + Samuel, Jan., 1659; m. Nov. 16, dau. Samuel Bliss of Spfd. 1682, Mary, dau. Sam'l Church; (2) Rebecca, -; m. abt. 1686, Geo. Stillman of Had. and Weth. June, 1701, Mary Smith. Child, - ; d. Jan. 22, 1661.
John, Dec. 18, 1661; m. Nov. 29, 1683, Joanna, dau. Joseph Kellogg. Jonathan, -; m. Nov. 14, 1688, Abi- gail, dau. Joseph Kellogg.
Philip, -; m. July 9, 1687, Mary,
Nathaniel, -; m. Feb. 6, 1696, Mary, dau. Nathan'l Dickinson.
Joseph, -; teacher and minister; m. Esther Parsons. Ichabod, Apr. 11, 1675 (3).
3. ICHABOD, S. of Philip (2), b. 1675; lived at Had .; d. Sept. 6, 1746. He m. July 9, 1698, Elizabeth, dat. Aaron Cook; she d. Oct. 10, 1751, a. 73.
Ch .: Philip, May 2, 1699; m. Sarah White.
Aaron, Sept. 20, 1700 (4).
Nathaniel, Feb. 16, 1702; doct .; sett. in Amh .; in. Nov. 11, 1726, Mehita- ble, dau. John Ingram.
Rebecca, Nov. 9, 1703; m. Oct. 21, 1726, Wm. Smith.
Moses, Apr. 30, 1706 (5).
Bridget, Mar. 15, 1708; m. Nov. 30, 1730, Jona. Moody of Amh.
Miriam, Aug. 22, 1710; m. Nov. 16, 1738. David Moody. Elizabeth, Sept. 10, 1712; m. Dec. 4, 1735, Noadiah Lewis; (2) Aug. 14, 1743, Elisha Ingram. Samuel, Aug. 4, 1715; m. Rebecca --; sett. in Sandisfield.
Experience, Jan. 27, 1717; m. Mercy Eastman; sett. in Granby. Elisha, Jan. 23, 1721; of Amh. 1761; of Had. 1770.
4. AARON, S. of Ichabod (3), b. 1700; res. in Amh. and later in Shutesbury; d. July 5, 1759. He m. Nov. 26, 1724, Mehitable, dau. John Ingraham; (2) Abigail -. Ch .: + Son, Sept. 16, 1725; d. next day. Jemima, Aug. 18, 1726; prob. m. Whiton.
Philip, 1729; d. in Shutesbury, Nov. 21, 1751.
Aaron, 1732; in Maj. Rogers' co. of
Rangers; cap. near Ticonderoga, Mar. 13, 1758, and not heard of afterwards. Abner, bap. Aug. 16, 1747 (6). Rufus, 1749 (7). Samuel, -; prob. Silas, who m. Re- becca Allen, Nov. 17, 1775.
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5. MOSES, s. of Ichabod (3), b. 1706; sett. in Amh. 1735; d. May 12, 1781. He m. Nov. 30, 1732, Hannah, dau. Sam'I Childs; she d. Jan. 26, 1778, a. 67.
Ch .: Moses, Dec. 10, 1733 (8). 1767, Elisha Nash. Amasa, Apr. 30, 1746 (9).
Simon, Aug. 25, 1735; d. in Amh. 1777. Hannah, July 18, 1737; m. Oct. 7, 1774, Dan'l Church.
Catherine, Aug. 13, 1739; m. Rob't Emmons.
Azubah, Sept. 30, 1741 ; d. Oct. 10, 1743. Elizabeth, Sept. 10, 1743; m. Aug. 13.
Samuel, June 19, 1748; sailor; d. at Kingston, Jamaica. Noadiah, Sept. 26, 1751; sell. in Amh. Oliver, Nov. 7, 1755; Rev. sol .; d. at White Plains, N. Y.
6. ABNER, S. of Aaron (4), b. 1747; lived at Great River; an act- He m. Sibyl ive Whig and sol. in Rev .; d. Feb. 15, 1843, a. 95. Rose of Mont .; she d. Feb. 3, 1830.
Ch .: Lydia, Aug. 20, 1775; prob. m. 1798, Jos. Vaughn.
Silas, Oct. 17, 1776.
Oliver, Jan. 1, 1783; d. Aug., 1786. Miriam, Apr. 15, 1784. Stephen, Aug. 5, 1790 (10).
Filena, Aug. 23, 1778; m. - Mellen; Polly, Mar. 10, 1794.
(2) Sept. 2, 1852, Wm. Thayer. Jonathan, Nov. 22, 1779.
Nathan, May 11, 1797 (II).
7. RUFUS, s. of Aaron (4), b. 1749; lived at Pine Nook; a Whig in the Rev .; d. Nov. 3, 1811. He m. Sarah - of Mont., who out- lived him.
Ch .: Lucretia, Sept. 10, 1777; m. Aug. Sally, Aug. 13, 1783.
5, 1797, Elihu Clary. Elihu, Jan. 19, 1788 (12).
Nathaniel, Oct. 31, 1779; d. 1780.
8. MOSES, s. of Moses (5), b. 1733; wheelwright; sett. in Dfd .; rem. to Shel. 1776; d. Oct. 27, 1781. He m. Apr. 16, 1761, Sarah, dau. John Catlin; she d. Oct. 31, 1826, a. 88.
Ch .: Salah, Jan. 17, 1762 (13).
Azubah, Apr. 18, 1763; m. Sam'l Sev- erance.
Jemima, Sept. 20, 1764; m. (pub. Feb. 21, 1795) Nathan Eames.
Moses, Oct. 19. 1766 (14).
Elijah, Dec. 2, 1768; m. Rachel Kettle;
rem. to Waitsfield, Vt.
Chester, Mar. 2, 1771 (15). Samuel, Mar. 17, 1773 (16). Levi, Oct. 12, 1775; d. in Shel., Sept. 20, 1782. Hannah Childs, Nov. 7, 1777.
9. AMASA, S. of Moses (5), b. 1746; sett. on No. 29; was sergt. in Rev. army; lieut. in artillery co. 1788; hatter; by vote of the town he was allowed in 1761 to set his shop on the Street in front of John Catlin's lot; d. Oct. 7, 1812. He m. Ruth Barnard; she d. Oct. 26, 1781, a. 35; (2) wid. Naomi Dickinson of Shel. ; she d. Oct. 4, 1808, a. 57. Ch .: Nancy, Aug. 26, 1777; d. Aug. 6, > 1778.
Nancy, Feb. 8, 1779. Oliver, Feb. 8, 1781.
Ruth Barnard, Oct. 30, 1784; d. of hy- drophobia, Mar. 24, 1797.
Filany, Aug. 17, 1786; m. Isaac Wells. Sophronia, Jan. 20, 1790; m. Nov. 13, 1816, James Reed.
Fanny, - -; m. May 10, 1814, Clark Houghton.
10. STEPHEN, S. of Abner (6), b. 1790; sett. at Great River; sol. of 1812. He m. Lois -
Ch .: + Silas, Feb. 28, 1812; d. June 1, 1819. Silas, May 18, 1821 (17).
Delia, Nov. 28, 1822; m. Apr., 1844. Joshua C. Ashley.
Parley Holt, Oct. 1, 1824; m. Wealthy,
dau. Joel Keet; enlisted in co. F, 52d Mass. Inf., Oct. 17, 1862; discharged with the reg.
John, Nov. 18, 1826; lived at Great Riv- er; m. Sept. 15, 1850, Angeline S.,
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dau. Ira Keel. Albert, June 13, 1830 (18).
Elijah, Sept. 4, 1834; drowned June 15, 1851.
11. NATHAN, S. of Abner (6), b. 1797; lived at Great River; d. Jan. 1, 1864. He m. Dec. 4, 1817, Bercyle Cobb; she d. Apr. 16, 1869, a. 73.
Ch .: Charles, June 12, ISIS (19). Anderson of Shel .; lives in Gfd.
Edward, Aug. 1, 1824; d. Oct. 12, 1831. Edward, Feb. 4, 1826; d. Apr. 5, 1831. Mary E., July 26, 1828; m. Jan. 5, 1853, Sam'l D. Ball.
Francis F., Feb. 18, 1836 (20).
12. ELIHU, S. of Rufus (7), b. 1788; lived at Great River and Street; rem. to Lee 1815; ret. and d. Apr. 2, 1827. He m. Jan. 19, 1809, Polly Leonard.
Ch .: Minerva, Nov. 16, 1809; m. Williams.
Frederick A., Mar. 7, 1811.
George Washington, Oct. 20, 1812; car- penter; sett. in Hat.
Mary, Oct. 26, 1814; m. Apr. 5, 1840,
Lewis Loveridge; (2) Apr., 1843, Wm. Briggs; she d. Dec. 7, 1847.
Fanny, Oct. 9. 1816; m. Wm. Briggs. Caroline C., May 7, 1820.
Sarah, Sept. 7, 1822. Edwin, Oct. 11, 1824.
13. SALAH, S. of Moses (8), b. 1762; sett. in Shel .; rem. to Waits- field, Vt., abt. 1795; d. Mar. 23, 1830. He m. Dec. 14, 1786, Mary, dan. John Taylor of Shel .; she d. Sept. 29, 1843, a. 73.
Ch .: Ithamar, June 6, 1787, Joseph, June 17, 1801 ; d. June 20, 1801. Charlotte, Nov. 19, 1788; living 1882. Tryphena, Mar. 1, 1803.
Rodney, Oct. 10, 1790.
Elvira, Apr. 23, 1805.
Zebinor, Nov. 7, 1792.
Orrilla, Oct. 29, 1807.
Earl, Apr. 6, 1795.
Amasa, June 22, 1810.
Julius, Apr. 30, 1797. Chauncey, Aug. 19, 1813; d. June Harriet, June 5, 1799. 15, 1815.
14. MOSES, s. of Moses (8), b. 1766; blacksmith; rem. fr. Dfd. to Waitsfield, Vt., abt. 1800; d. Jan. 31, 1839. He mi. Mary, dau. Sam'l Childs.
Ch .: + Ephraim, Mar. 8, 1791. 27, 1793.
Abigail Catlin, Sept. 5, 1792; d. Apr.
Dorrick, bap. Aug. 3. 1794.
15. CHESTER, S. of Moses (8), b. 1771; shoemaker; Dfd., Shel. and Con. ; d. Mar. 13, 1812. He m. Dec. 15, 1796, Anna, dat. Enoch Jewett; she was alive 1827.
Ch .: + Fanny, July 1, 1798; simple. Noadiah, Dec. 13, 1799.
Allen, -; shoemaker; drowned in Dfd. river, July 16, 1827; he m. Eunice -, who d. Jan. 7, 1829, a. 25.
Elijah, -; sett. in Princeton, Ill .; m. Mar. 31, 1836, Sylvia, dau. David W. Childs.
Eli, -; m. (pub. Mar. 12, 1831) Cla-
rissa, dau. David W. Childs. Almira, --; m. Feb. 19, 1823, Stephen S. Knapp. Louisa, ---; m. Jan. 21, 1833, Elijah A. Graves of What. Anna, 1812; m. Nov. 20, 1830, Ariel Hinsdale. Walter, --; Dfd. 1829.
16. SAMUEL. s. of Moses (8), b. 1773; Shel .; d. Jan. 31, 1839. He m. Jan. 18, 1798, Lucy DeWolf; she d. Jan. 16, 1801, a. 29 or 30; (2) Jan. 20, 1803, Abigail Hosley; she d. Sept. 10, 1864, a. 86.
C'h. : Lucy De Wolf, July 8, 1 804; m. May Col. Lyman Hosley, Apr. 28, 1806; m. Chloe
11, 1837, Clark D. Shearer; living in
Charlotte, Mar. 3,1820; m. Apr. 15, 1847, Henry Osgood; (2) Jan. 4, 1860, Mar- shall Rice.
Cephas, Jan. 2, 1822; m. May 1, IS46, Ferinda Flemming of Winchester, N. H .: (2) Feb.29, 1856, Sarah, dau. James
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Lindsley; (2) Amelia Legate. Laurietta, Feb. 22, 1808; m. John Han- son.
Jemima Catlin, Jan. 17, 1810; m. Dan'l
Thurston; (2) Alfred L. Thurston, a brother.
George, Jan. 24, 1812; m. Louisa Cole.
17. SILAS, s. of Stephen (10), b. 1821; lived at the Street; d. July 2, 1882. He m. Apr. 4, 1844, Eliza, dau. Asa Williams of Had.
Ch .: Emma, May 8, 1846; m. George Cantrell.
George F., Apr. 29, 1848; m. Sept. 2, 1872, Lucy Cornwall of Otis.
Mary, Nov. 7, 1850; m. Dec. 11, 1871, John Porter of Hat.
Frank H., Apr. 22, 1853; m. Jan., 1873, Margaret
Alice W., Dec. 11, 1854; m. May 3, 1875. Henry Sturtevant.
Frederick L., Apr. 2, 1865. Kitty, Feb. 3, 1871; d. Mar. 24, 1872.
18. ALBERT, S. of Stephen (10), b. 1830; sol. in 1862-4, in 10th Mass. Vols. in the Great Rebellion; wounded in the "Wilderness," May 6, 1864; many years ferryman at Turners Falls; known as the "Commodore." He m. Apr. 1, 1854, Cordelia E. Forrow.
Ch .: Hattie, Sept.6, 1855; d. Dec. 2, 1855. Frank W., May 12, 1857.
Henry C., Aug. 6, 1859.
Fannie L., Aug. 3, 1861; d. Aug. 10, 1861. Lizzie H., July 25, 1862; d. Sept. 21, 1862.
Sarah S., May 2, 1865: d. Oct. 6, 1866. Cora E., Oct. 28, 1867; d. Oct. 31, 1867. Lottie Grant, Sept. 4, 1871; drowned May 5, 1877.
Frederick A., Jan. 14, 1876.
19. CHARLES, s. of Nathan (11), b. 1818; lived at Great River. He m. May 19, 1847, Lucylvia Graves of Nashua, N. H.
Ch .: Edward H., Feb. 19, 1853; d. Mar. 5, 1854. Henry Osgood, Feb. 18, 1855.
George P., Feb. 28, 1857; d. Aug. 22, 1858. Alla Mary, Aug. 31, 1859. Martha P., Aug. 5, 1861.
20. FRANCIS F., s. of Nathan (11), b. 1836. He m. Dec., 1864, Mary E. Stratton.
Ch .: Florence Bell, Nov. 12, 1866; d. Mar. 5, 1868.
Della Agnes, June 12, 1869.
F. Russell, July 4, 1872. Grace Stratton, Apr. 1, 1875. Blanche Barber, Nov. 8, 1879.
1. SMITH, SAMUEL, s. of Jedediah; the residence of the father is unknown, but he was in the army opposing Burgoyne; was wound- ed at Saratoga and carried to Albany, where he d. of his wound; Samuel was also a Rev. sol .; lived at Pine Nook; last tax found was in 1799; d. at Pine Nook, June 3, 1825, in consequence of an injury received in moving a barn. He m. Hannah Taylor of Mont .; she d. Apr. 30, 1827.
Ch .: + Levi, 1778 (2). Parsons, Aug. 11, 1786 (3). Roxy, July 22, 1789; m, Feb. 23, 1814, Calvin Marsh of Mont.
Ezekiel, Nov. 4, 1780; m. (pub. Dec. 6, 1806) Lucinda Lawrence.
2. LEVI, s. of Samuel (1), b. 1778; d. Dec. 4, 1814. He m. Mar. 9, 1799, Irene Wright; she d. Nov. 2, 1837, a. 58.
Ch .: Sofia, Dec. 29, 1799; d. Oct. 2, 1802. Rosanna, Mar. 16. 1802.
Leonard, Dec. 17, 1807. Iluldah Wright, July 12, 1810.
Hazel Wright, May 23, 1804; m. Rebec- Winsor, Dec. 26, 1812; went West.
ca, dau. Dexter Frary of What. Levi Darius, July 11, 1815; d. Apr. 5, 1824.
Lovina, Jan. 5, 1806; d. unm.
3. PARSONS, S. of Samuel (1), b. 1786; lived at Great River; d. Mar. 13, 1835. He m. (pub. Nov. 18, 1809) Hannah, dau. - Wright of Mont .; she d. July 13, 1871, a. 86.
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Ch .: Ervin, Feb. 25, 1811; m. Sarah Hubbard ? doct .; sett. at Monticello, Iowa. Abigail Wright, July 4, 1817; d. May Zeri, June 17, 1814 (4). 27, 1838. Rodolphus, June 24, 1823.
Norman M., Feb. 19, 1816; m. Feb. 27, 1842, Caroline, dau. Rufus Clark; a
4. ZERI, S. of Parsons (3), b. 1814; lives at Great River; farmer; assessor; active in civil and agricultural affairs. He m. Jan. 10, 1841, Lovina, dau. Josiah Rice of Con .; she d. Nov. 29, 1858, a. 43; (2) June 21, 1860, Clarrisa Ann Jeffords; she d. Mar. 12, 1879, a. 53; (3) Apr. 24, 1883, Eugenia Cone of Barre.
Ch .: Henrietta L., Sept. 11, 1843; d. Jan. 8, 1844.
Edgar M., Aug. 12. 1845; m. May 12, 1870, Martha R. Stoddard.
Clarence E., July 5, 1851; m. Nov. 10, 1880, Nellie, dau. Edwin M. Eaton of Sund.
1. SMITH, TITUS; lived at Pine Nook; Rev. sol .; per. d. Dec. 3, 1813. He m. Ziporah -; she d. Dec. 12, 1812.
Ch .: + Order of birth not ascertained. Polly, abt. 1796; d. Sept. 12,1828, a. 32. Phila, abt. 1798; d. Oct. 21, 1821, a. 33. Hibbard, abt. 1790 (2). Martha.
Russell (3).
A child; d. Dec. 12 and another Dec. 19, 1812; [chh. rec'd ]. Zipora -; d. May 11, 1816. Rufus Gunn.
2. HIBBARD, S. of Titus (1), b. 1790. Hem. Mar. 5, 1811, Kata, dau. John Clapp.
Ch .: Alpheus, June 9, 1812; d. June I, IS16.
William Hibbard, Jan. 28, 1816. Erastus Clapp, May 1, 1817.
Alfred, June 9, 1812.
Sarah Clapp, July 1, 1813. Minerva, Sept. 27, 1814.
Fidelia, Oct. 4, 1818. Catherine, May 30, 1820.
3. RUSSELL, s. of Titus (1). He m. May 24. 1825, Mary, dau. John Anderson; she d. Feb. 22, 1831, a. 26; (2) -- Hale of Nfd. Ch .: David Trowbridge, Sept. 24, 1826. IS, 1832.
George Munson, Nov. 20, 1828; d. Feb.
There are many families of Smiths found here since the close of the Revolu- tion which I have not been able to connect with any of the above families.
SOALE, BERZA: taxed 1772.
SOALE, COOMER; taxed 1772.
SOWERBY, THOMAS, 1829; currier; fr. Eng .; a sol. under Sir John Moore in Spain; was at the battle of Waterloo. He m. Mehitable fr. New York.
SPAFFORD, JOHN; had wife Esther.
Ch .: + Samuel, John, James, bap. Sept. 1, 1787.
SPOFFORD, JONATHAN; one of the minute men in Capt. Locke's co. on the Lexington alarm; was out on several other occasions; rem. to What. He m. Ruth, dau. Joseph Sanderson, b. 1737. Ch .: + Edward. Samuel.
Anna, --; m. Apr. 22, 1771, Waitstill Hawks.
Susanna, 1755; m. Feb. 9, 1777, Wil- liam Tryon.
SPRAGUE, EPHRAIM; Bloody Brook 1797; d. June 5, 1848. He m. Feb. 25, 1808, Elizabeth, dau. Azariah Cooley, b. 1789.
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Ch .: Abigail, Sept. 8, 1808.
Harriet Pownell, Sept. 29,1809; m. Dec.
8, 1830, Wyman Stebbins; (2) Sept. 29, 1839, Edwin Ware. Louisa, June 26, 1811; m. Oct. 23, 1828, Thomas G. Ross.
Emily, Jan. 3, 1813; m. Dec. 1, 1831,
Moses Austin of Gfd. Elizabeth, Feb. 16, 1819
Naomi, Nov. 25, 1820; m. James M. Eldridge.
Theodore Lyman, Oct. 23, 1824; m. Azubah G. - Isabel, Mar. 23, 1826.
SPRAGUE, GIDEON L .; pub. Nov. 8, 1812, to Clarissa Slate of Ber.
STANDISH, MILES; 1761-2.
STANHOPE, LEVI; pub. Apr. 12, 1804, to Lucinda Davis of Con.
STANHOPE, SAMUEL; taxed 1788-99; had wife Mary.
Ch .: + Charlotte, Mary, Levi, Luther, Zilpha, Tirzah.
1. STARR, WILLIAM, S. of William of Middletown, Ct., b. Jan. 31, 1757; mariner; rem. to Gfd. abt. 1793, and to Dfd. in 1804; sett. at the Mill; a miller; was a Rev. sol. ; d. June 23, 1831. He m. Dec. 27, 1781, Elizabeth, dau. Samuel Starr of Middletown; she d. July 29, 1829, a. 86.
Ch .: Esther S., Sept. 30. 1782; d. unm. Aug. 7, 1812.
William, Nov. 17, 1783; printer; m. Jan. 18, 1812, Clarissa, dau. Joseph Boy- den of Con., b. Mar. 17, 1789; rem. to Sullivan, N. Y., in 1830; d. July II, 1849; had son, William Franklin Boy- den, b. May 10, 1813.
Elizabeth, Aug. 17,1785 ; d. Oct. 28.1785. Samuel, Sept. 16, 1786; carpenter; d. al Sullivan, N. Y., Apr. 3. 1843.
Seth, Mar. 8, 1789; m. Jan. 15 or 17, 1822 or 3, Harriet, dau. Zebulon Douglass of Sullivan; rem. to Sullivan 1823, where he d. Apr. 3, 1843. Oliver, Apr. 12, 1791 (2).
Lucy, June 23, 1793; m. June 22, 1824, John Chapman of Sullivan; d. Sept. 8, 1843. Eliza, Sept. 5, 1798; d. May 21, 1813. Beverly, Aug. 11, 1801; d. Aug. 22,1802.
2. OLIVER, S. of William (1), b. 1791; lived at the Mill, where he engaged in milling, and run a carding machine, fulling mill and dye- house; later was a farmer; rem. in 1855 to Laona, Ill .; d. Apr. 26, 1870. He m. May 30, 1821, Lovina, dau. Caleb Allen of the Bars; she d. Feb. 15, 1864, a. 87.
Ch .: Caleb Allen, Mar. 3, 1822 (3).
Eliza Ann, Aug. 29, 1824; sett. in Chi- cago; artist, author, lecturer, teacher; has published several volumes of po-
etry and prose. Eunice Allen, Apr. 5, 1827; m. Dec. 4, 1849, Charles W. W. Wellington. Oliver, Oct. 29, 1830; d. July 19, 1845.
3. CALEB A., s. of Oliver (2), b. 1822; a sailor 1840-45; sett. at Dfd. as a farmer; rem. to Laona 1855; in 1877 left farming for the drug business in Durand, Ill. He m. May 25, 1848, Susan Gates, dau. Samuel Childs, b. Aug. 10, 1821. Ch .: Mary Houghton, Apr. 14, 1849; ar- list; m. Apr. 30, 1884, Charles M. Blaisdell, his second wife.
William Wesley, Jan. 9, 1851 ; sculptor; Chicago and Boston.
Ellen Gates, Mar. 19, 1859; teacher. Albert Childs, May 24, 1861; m. Aug. 3, 1893, Jeanne Josephine, dau. Jo- hann Stulz of Lucerne, Switzerland.
STEARNS, ABEL, 1817.
1. STEBBINS (this name has been written Stibbinge, Stubbing, Stebbing, Stebbynges, in this country, and per. de Stebbing or de
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Stubbing in the old) ROWLAND, b. 1594; sailed in the Francis fr. Ipswich in 1634, with wife, four ch. and Mary Winch; in 1635 rem. fr. Roxbury with William Pynchon to found a colony at Spfd .; rem. fr. there abt. 1656 to Nhn. as one of its first setts .; d. Dec. 14, 1671; his wife Sarah d. Oct. 4, 1649, a. 58. Ch .: + Thomas, abt. 1620 (2).
Sarah, abt. 1623; m. Jan. 14, 1641, Thomas Merrick of Spfd.
John, abt. 1626 (3). Elizabeth, abt. 1628: m. Mar. 2, 1646 -7, John Clark of Spfd.
2. THOMAS, S. of Rowland (1), b. 1620; sett. in Spfd .; was con- stable and lieut .; d. Sept. 12 or 25, 1683. He m. Nov., 1645, Han- nah, dau. Sam'l Wright; she d. Oct. 16, 1660; (2) Dec. 14, 1676, Abigail, dau. Henry Burt, wid. of Francis Ball and of Benj. Munn; she d. June 2, 1707.
Ch : Samuel, Sept. 19, 1646 (4). 1671, Sam'l Bliss. Edward, Apr. 14, 1656 (7).
Thomas, July 31, 1648 (5).
Joseph, May IS, 1650; d. Nov. 29, 1651.
Benjamin, Apr. 11, 1658 (8).
Joseph, Oct. 24, 1652 (6).
Hannah, Oct. 1, 1660; d. 1677.
Sarah, Aug. 6 or 18, 1654; m. June 2, Rowland, Oct. 2, 1660; d. Oct. 24, 1661.
3. JOHN, S. of Rowland (1), b. 1626; was of Roxbury 1651; bought that year a house in Spfd .; he was an original Proprietor of Pocumtuck, owning 20 cow commons, and drew house lot No. 13; if he came here he left no trace; he sett. in Nhn .; he d. Mar. 9, 1679, "in an unusual manner; " there was suspicion of witchcraft and a jury of inquest was called who found "several hundred spots, small ones, as if they had been shot with small shot, which we scraped and under them were holes into his body." An investiga- tion was had, the evidence recorded and laid before the court in Boston, but no prosecution followed. He m. May 14, 1646, Mary, wid. of Abrahanı Munden, prob. dau. of Thos. Munson of Hart .; (2) Nov. 17, 1657, Abigail, dau. Rob't Bartlett of Nhn .; she in. (2) Dec. 28, 1681, Jedediah Strong, and d. July 15, 1689.
Ch .: John, Jan. 28, 1647 (9). Thomas, --; d. Apr. 24, 1649.
Ann, Apr. 10, 1651; d. 1653.
Edward, July 12, 1653; d. Oct. 16, 1653.
Benoni, June 23, 1655 (10).
Samuel, Jan. 21, 1658-9 (II).
Abigail, Sept. 24, 1660; m. May 30, 1678, Wm. Phelps of Nhn. Thomas, May 6, 1662 (12).
Hannah, July S, 1664; m. Nov. 15, 1679- when 15-John Sheldon ; k.in the Old Indian House, Feb. 29, 1704.
Mary, Sept. 10, 1666; m. Nov. 17, 1683, Thos. Strong of Nhn.
Sarah, June 4, 1668; m. 1687, Wm. Southwell of Nhn.
Joseph, Jan. 17,1670-1; d. June S, 16SI. Deborah, Mar. 5, 1672; m. 1690, Benj. Alvord.
Benjamin, bap. May 3, 1674 (13).
Rebecca, bap. Feb. 26, 1676; m. 1697, Nath'l Strong of Nhn. Thankful, May 11, 1678; m. July 18, 1700, Jeriah Strong of Nhn.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Thomas (2), b. 1646; sett. in Spfd .; d. July 13, 1708. He m. July 22, 1669, Joanna, dau. John Lamb; she d. Aug. 8, 1683; (2) Dec. 10, 1685, Abigail, dau. Wm. Brooks, who d. 1720. Ch .: Son, b. and d. 1680.
Thomas, Dec. 26, 16SI; d. young.
William, July 27, 1693. Abigail, Nov. 30, 1695.
Samuel, May 13,1683; m. June 30, 1707, Hannah, dau. Luke Hitchcock.
John, Feb 13, 1687. Ebenezer, Nov. 3, 1688.
Joanna, Mar. 21, 1697. Thomas, Aug. 10, 169S. Benjamin, Dec. 10, 1700. Mercy, June 19, 1705.
5. THOMAS, S. of Thomas (2), b. 1648; d. Dec. 7, 1695. He m.
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Sept. 19, 1672, Abigail, dau. of Benj. Munn; she d. Feb. 5, 1692-3; (2) Apr. 12, 1694, Mary, wid. of Sam'l Ely; she m. Dec. 11, 1696, John Coleman.
Ch .: Thomas, Jan. 28, 1674; d. young. Dau, b. and d. 1685. Abigail, May 27, 1675; d. young. Sarah, Apr. 17, 1686; m. 1707, David Parsons.
Hannah, Dec. 29, 1677;
Hannah, Dec. 22, 1680.
Mary, Nov. 1, 1688.
Thomas, Nov. 13, 1682; d. young.
Abigail, b. and d. 1692.
6. JOSEPH, S. of Thomas (2), b. 1652; took the oath of fidelity 1678; sett. at Spfd .; freeman 1681; constable 1694; rep. 1698; d. Oct. 15, 1728. He m. Nov. 27, 1673, Sarah, dau. Anthony Dorchester; she d. Aug. 18, 1746, a. 92.
Ch .: Joseph, Oct. 4, 1674.
Benjamin, Jan. 23,1677; m. May 8, 1701, Martha (Blackman), wid. of Francis Ball.
Thomas, July 13, 1679; m. Sarah, dau. Elder Eb'r Strong.
John, Sept. 22, 1681; k. by accident, 1686.
Mehitable, Nov. 27, 1683; m. -- Strong, ancestor of Gov. Strong. John, June 8, 1686; d. soon. Sarah, June 8, 1688.
John, Nov. 8, 1690.
Hannah, Nov. 9, 1692.
Martha, June 28, 1697.
7. EDWARD, S. of Thomas (2), b. 1656; of Spfd .; d. Oct. 1, 1712. He m. Apr., 1679, Sarah Graves; (2) Oct. 18, 1701, Mary, wid. of Isaac Colton.
Ch .: Sarah, Feb. 20, 1682. Mary, Sept. 11, 1689; d. young. Thomas, Oct., 1685; d. young. Thomas, Mar. 7. 1687. John, Jan. 10, 1693. Mary, Jan. 2, 1696; d. 1698.
8. BENJAMIN, S. of Thomas (2), b. 1658; Spfd .; d. Oct. 12, 1698. He m. Oct. 9, 1682, Abigail Denton, who d. Aug., 1689; (2) Apr. 11, 1690, Mary, wid. of Samuel Ball; she m. Dec. 29, 1704, James Warriner.
Ch .: Abigail, Aug. 13, 1683; prob. m. Mercy, Oct. 29, 1685; m. Dec. 15, Feb. 1, 1699, Jona. Ashley. 1703, Capt. Ebenezer Parsons.
9. JOHN, S. of John (3), b. 1647; carpenter; a sol. under Capt. Lothrop and the only man known to have come out whole from the Bloody Brook massacre; he is soon after found under Capt. Samuel Moseley, and was serving with him in Mar., 1676, and prob. contin- ued through the war. He came to Dfd. at the permanent sett. and lived on lot No. 35, where his house was burned and his entire fam- ily cap., Feb. 29, 1704; of them all only himself, wife, and son John are known to have come back; in the list of captives made by Steph- en Williams in 1731, and published in an appendix to the "Redeemed Captive, " Samuel, the second son, is marked as having returned; but in the will of his father, made in 1723, he is named as among those still in Canada; he may have returned between those dates, but he is not heard of in New England; the eventful life of John closed Dec. 19, 1724. He m. Dorothy, dau. John Alexander of Newton; she was alive at Newton, 1733.
Ch .: John, abt. 1685 (14).
Abigail, abt. 1687; m. Feb. 3, 1703-4, by Rev. John Williams, "James De- nyo," one of the "three Frenchmen from Canada"in Mr. Williams's list of captives, Feb. 29, 1704; Abigail was
taken with her husband; their son, Aaron. b. in Canada, Dec. 14, 1704, came back to Dfd., and was the founder of the N. E. "Denio" fam- ily; Miss C. Alice Baker, in a paper read before the P. V. M. Ass'n, Feb.
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28, 1888, gave the real name of Abi- gail's husband; it was Jacques De- Noyan, and she discovered at Bouch- erville a record of his ancestors and descendants; she found also that Abigail was baptized at Montreal, May 17-28, 1708, by the name of Marguerite ; her sponsors were Vaudreil, governor of Canada, and "Marguerite Bonat Pascaud," the
wife of one of his generals: the noted "Father Meriel" was one of the witnesses.
Samuel, Dec. 25, 1688; alive in Can- ada, 1723.
Thankful, Sept. 5, 1691; m. a French- man in Canada.
Ebenezer, Dec. 5, 1694; in Canada 1723. Joseph, Apr. 12, 1699 (15).
10. BENONI, S. of John (3). b. 1655; sergt .; in 1667, when 12 years old, he conspired with other "lads of Northampton" to "run away to the French" in Canada; they stole "24 shillings in silver and 7 shillings in wampum" to pay Quanquelatt, an Indian, for help- ing them carry out the plan; the theft and plot were discovered; Quanquelatt was whipped and forced to give up the money, and "Nims, the ringleader in these villianes," got 15 lashes on the naked back, and Stebbins and the other 11 each; in 1677 he attempted to settle on his father's home lot in Dfd., but was cap. in the Ashpelon raid that year; he came again at the resettlement and was a promi- nent man-selectman, assessor and constable; he built on his father's lot the house so successfully defended by seven men and a few women against a horde of the enemy, Feb. 29. 1704; he alone of the party fell in its defense. He m., 1677, Mary, dau. John Broughton, wid. of James Bennet, who was k. at the Falls fight; early an orphan, and with her short life hedged in by fearful tragedy, Mary carried a brave heart and a high spirit. The following, fr. the court records of Mar. 26, 1678, gives a glimpse of her life and that of the times, worth preserving: "Mary Stebbins, wife of Benoni Stebbins, being presented to this Court for wearing silk contrary to Law, & for that she Agravated it, by persisting in it when as she was once presented before: This Considering the agravation, & how unfit such things are in this day of trouble, did adjudge her to pay a fine to the County of 10 shillings: As also, Benoni Stebbins openly affronting the Court in saying he would not pay the money due for fees to the Clerk of the court, it being a rising up against the Law of the country; this Court adjudged hini to pay as a fine to the County 10 sh forthwith & Committed him to the constable for the payment of the aforesaid fines." It is to be feared that poor Benoni, between his indignation towards the court and his loyalty to his bride, and his liability to in- creased taxation, may have had a hard time; but it was constitution- al with Mary, for had she not been "admonished" by the court years before for the same offense! She d. Apr. 2, 1689. He mn. (2) 1691, Hannah, wid. of Joseph Edwards; she n1. (3) Feb. 16, 1709, Dea. Thos. French, whose wife was k. on the march to Canada, 1704; she d. Sept. 7, 1735.
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