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from his will he m. a wid. with daughters; she m. (3) -- Hoyt of Norwalk, Ct.
Ch .: + John, abt. 1641 (2).
Thomas, abt. 1643 (3).
2. JOHN, S. of John (1), b. 1641; capt .; a grantee of Nfd. but sett. in Nhn .; k. while in pursuit of Sieur de Montigney's party aft. the destruction of Pascommuck, May 13, 1704; see ante, p. 318. He m. Nov. 18, 1662, Thankful, dau. Henry Woodward of Nhu.
Ch .: Thankful, Oct. or Mar. 29, 1663; m. Mar. 22, 1680, Capt. Benj. Wright. Johannah, Sept. 27, 1665; m. 1681. Thos. Alvord; (2) 1690, Sam'l King: (3) Nov. 26, 1702, Deliverance Bridg- man, all of Nhn.
John, Oct. 10, 1667 (4).
Rhoda Sept. 26, 1669; m. Sam'l Par- sons of Durham, Ct.
Elizabeth, July 13, 1672; d. June 30, 1681.
Mary, Oct. 13, 1673; m. Joseph Ather-
ton of Nhu.
Jonathan, Sept. 19. 1675: d. per. in N. J. or Del. bef. 1723, leaving heirs. Mindwell, Aug. 19, 1677; m. June 2, 1696, Jonathan Burt.
Lydia, Mar. 18, 1678-9; m. July 24, 1701, Samuel Pomroy. Thomas, Nov. 4, 1680 (5).
Elizabeth, Sept. 17, 1682; m. Feb. 26, 1706-7, Joseph Mygatt. Experience. Oct., 1684; d. young. Samuel, Aug. 30, 1688 (6).
3. THOMAS, S. of John (1), b. 1643; went with his mother to Nor- walk bef. 1656; rem. 1680 to Danbury, Ct., among the first settlers: he d. Jan. 17, 1734-5. He m. Feb. 14, 1668, Rebecca, dau. Edward Ketchum.
Ch .: Thomas, Nov. 26, 1668; m. Abi- gail Benedict; sett. in Danbury; d. at the age of 90.
Deborah, June, 1671; m. Dan'l Betts; lived in Norwalk ; d. at the age of So. Joseph, Dec., 1673; m. Sarah -; lived in Danbury; d. at the age of 90.
John, Dec., 1673; sett. in Norwalk; d. at the age of 70.
Daniel, Oct., 1676; m. - Benedict; (2) - Starr of Danbury; d. a. 94.
Timothy, abt. 1678; m. Mary Davis of Danbury; d. a. 57.
Nathan, Feb. 7, 1682; m. Hannah Ben- edict of Danbury ; d. a. 99.
Rebecca. 1684; m. Daniel Benedict of Danbury; d. a. 99. Theophilus, 1687; m. - Bushnell ; (2) Sarah Gregory of Danbury; d. a. 90.
Eunice, 1689: m. Benj. Start of Dan- bury; d. a. 90.
The longevity of this family is remark- able; the average of the father and ten children is 86.45 years.
Among the descendants of Thomas (3) are Hon. John and Gen. W. T. Sher- man, the Seelyes of Amh. and Nhn .. Barnum, the showman, and many others of note.
4. JOHN, S. of John (2), b. 1667; lieut .; rem. to Norwalk, Ct., abt. 1698; d. Jan. 29, 1744. He m. Wait, dat. Preserved Clapp of Nhn .; she d. Jan. 29, 1722; (2) Sarah -, who survived him.
Ch .: Wait, Mar. 27, 1690; d. Sept., 1692. John, Feb. 20, 1691; d. Mar. 19, 1692. Wait, -; m. Jachin or Larkin Gregory of Norwalk.
John, June 10, 1695 (7). Abner, Sept. 19. 1697.
Noah, Oct. 5. 1699; lieut. in the Cape Breton expedition 1745.
Josiah, Oct. 17, 1701; m. Thankful French.
Reuben, Nov. 21, 1703; sett. in Nor- walk. Sarah, Nov. 22, 1706; m. Nathaniel Bates. Mary, Oct. 2, 1709; m. Asahel Ray- mond.
5. THOMAS, S. of John (2), b. 1680; saddler; sett. in Dfd. ; lieut .; was wounded in De Rouville's second attack on Dfd. June 22, 1707; sergt in 1712, when he went with Lieut. Samuel Williams to convoy French prisoners by land to Can .; rem. to Nfd. 1716; was drowned while crossing the Connecticut abt. Aug. 21. 1717. He m. Aug. 31, 1715, Thankful, dau. Eleizur Hawks; she in. (2) (pub. Nov. 15, 1718)
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Daniel Ashley of Wfd .; (3) Mar. 6, 1728-9, Capt. William Symes; this was the last couple married by Rev. John Williams.
Ch .: Thankful, July 18, 1716; prob. Thomas, Nov. 26, 1717 (S).
m. Oliver Doolittle; (2) David Field.
6. SAMUEL, s. of John (2), b. 1688; sett. on No. 33, where he kept store and tavern; selectman; sergt .; d. Mar. 5, 1733-4. He m. Aug. 17, 1715, Sarah Munn, prob. dau. Nathaniel of Spfd .; she d. Dec. 26, 1716; (2) July 15, 1718, Mary, dau. John Hitchcock of Spfd .; she n. (2) Sept 2, (not 21) 1737, Dan'l Arms; (3) Aug. 20, 1754, Eben- ezer Barnard. (For marriage contract see Barnard, 8.) She d. in Charl. June 17, 1787, a. 87.
Ch .: Samuel, Dec. 19, 1716 (9). John, Jan. 17, 1721-2 (11).
Othniel, Apr. 16, 1719 (10). Jonathan, Feb. 7, 1723-4 (12).
Mary, Jan. 20, 1720-I ; d. Feb. 9, 1720-I.
7. JOHN, S. of John (4), b. 1695; capt. ; of Norwalk 1746. He m. Nov. 6, 1723, Sarah, dau. Daniel Lockwood; she d. Jan. 24, 1725; (2) Jan. 19, 1726, Hannah, dau. James Stewart; she d. May 2, 1774, a. 75; he d. the next day and both were buried in the same grave. [W. O. Taylor ].
Ch .: John, Aug. 20, 1724; d. Nov. 27, 1724.
John, Nov. 29, 1727; sol. in Fr. war; d. in the service near Nfd. Nov. 25, 1757. James, July 12, 1729 (13).
Hannah, Jan. or June 1, 1731; m. Gid- eon Hurlburt of Westport, CI.
Eli, June 5, 1733; m. Nov. 9, 1756, Eu-
nice Hull of Westport.
Seth, Mar. 30, 1735; m. Mar. 7, 1765, Martha, dau. Rev. Wm. Gaylord of Wilton, Ct.
Betty, Mar. 7, 1737; m. Nathan'l Hurl- burt of Hanover, N. Il.
Asher, Sept. 11, 1740.
8. THOMAS, S. of Thomas (5), b. 1717; capt .; kept tavern and made shoes in Nfd .; sergt. in French war; while leading seventeen men fr. Nfd. to Fort Dummer, July 14, 1748, was attacked by a large party of French and Indians; Sergt. Taylor and 10 men were taken captive, 2 were k. and 4 escaped; Taylor was redeemed and arrived home Sept. 27; in Nov., 1748, the Gen. Court voted him £50 "in consideration of his bravery" in that action; to commemorate this event his grandson, Lewis Taylor of Hinsdale, erected a marble monument near the place in 1874; he d. Mar. 25, 1778. The follow- ing is the epitaph on his gravestone in the Hooker burying yard at Hinsdale :
what Christ and conscience taught as good with strictest caution he pursued: yet not on works, but Grace relied and with triumphant courage died.
He m. Sarah, dau. Theophilus Merriman; (2) abt. 1755, Sarah, dau. Joseph Stebbins of Nfd .; as a wid. she continued the tavern on the Charlestown road and made it a famous one; she d. Sept. 11, 1809, a. 82.
Ch .: Thomas, Aug. 4, 1740; prob. d. young.
Thankful, Sept. 6, 1741; m. abt. 1762, Josiah Willard of Keene.
Elijah, May 28, 1756; sol. in Rev. war; m. - Linkfield and sett. in Castleton, V't.
Hollis, Feb. II. 175S (14).
Mindwell, Dec. 1, 1759; m. Dec. 16, 1784, Prentice Willard; (2) Dr. Joseph Goodhue of Dfd. ; he d. Nov. 12, 1849; she d. Sept. 5,. IS37. Sarah, Dec. 20, 1761; m. 1790, Capt. John Metcalf of Dummerston, Vt .;
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(2) Nov. 4, 1800, Maj., John II. Buel, U. S. A.
Thomas, Mar. 4. 1764; m. Clara Bab- cock; sett. at No. 4.
Calvin, Mar. 19, 1766; surgeon U. S. army; d. in the service at Chickasaw
Bluff abt. 1806.
Thankful, Apr. 5, 1768; m. Apr. 3,1789, Stephen Bradley, Esq., of Westmin- ster, Vi.
Eleazer, May 19, 1772; m. Oct. 6. 1793, Polly, dau. Rev. Abraham Wood.
9. SAMUEL, S. of Samuel (6), b. 1716; ens .; school teacher; con- stable; was called "Landlord" 1752; sol. at Fort Mass. in both Fr. wars; at Hoosac 1756; served through the war; at Charlemont Mar., 1751; of Nfd. Apr. 8, 1758; in 1780 was dismissed fr. chh. in Nfd., to be gathered into a chh. at Hartland, Vt. He m. Sept. 20, 1738, Anne, dau. Ebenezer Alexander of Nfd.
Ch .: Sarah, Sept. 30, 1739.
Anna, Oct. 15, 1741; m. May 5, 1761, Eldad Wright of Winchester, N. Il. Mary, Nov. 19, 1743; m. Zebulon Lee. Asa, June IS, 1746; m. July 5, 1769, Dinah Woods.
Oliver, Oct. 22, 1748; of Nfd. 1771 ; m. Abigail Sprague; rem. to Hartland.
Solomon, July 10, 1751.
Susanna, June 22, 1754, at Fort Mass. Elias, June 27, 1756, at West Hoosac; m. Mary, dau. Philip Goss of Win- chester.
Joanna, Jan. 31, 1760, at Nfd .; m. Jo- seph Evans.
10. OTHNIEL, s. of Samuel (6), b. 1719; cleared land in Charl. 1743, and was one of the earliest settlers; in 1746 was in company with David Field and Joseph Barnard, trading furs and deer leather, fr. N. E. to Albany; was a manufacturer of snow shoes; in the last French war his house with that of his brother Jonathan was enclosed with palisades and he was sergt. in command of a garrison furnished by the colony, [see ante p. 631]. In 1759 he was licensed innholder, "there being no tavern between Deerfield and York government;" he was an active Whig and was Capt. of a co. in the Continental army; tradition says he was near Boston Apr. 19, 1775, and rode homeward 100 miles giving the alarm, without getting off his horse; he d. Dec. 27, 1788. He m. June 27, 1743, his step-sister Martha, dau. Daniel Arms; she had then attained the mature age of 14 yrs., 4 mos. and 26 days; she m. (2) Abner(?) Barnard of Dfd .; she d. in Charl., May 5, 1802, a. 73.
Ch .: Samuel, Sept. 21, 1744 (15). Mary, June 23, 1746; her intended hus- band was drowned and she d. unm. Dec. 21, 1824.
Lemuel, Feb. 11, 1748 (16).
Enos, Feb. 3, 1751 (17).
Othniel, Jan. 10, 1753 (18).
Tertius, July 25, 1754 (19).
Martha, Dec. 21, 1756; m. 1774, Lieut. Josiah Johnson of Buckland.
William, Jan. 27, 1758 (20).
Lydia, Mar. 16, 1760; m. Mar. 16, 1778, her cousin, Zeeb Taylor.
Rufus, Apr. 3, 1763 (21).
Lucinda, Nov. 26, 1765; m. Oct. 8, 1785, Joseph Hawley of Ellisburg, N. Y. Tirza, Jan. 2, 1769; m. Dr. Silas Hol- brook of Gfd.
Dolly, Jan. 7, 1771; m. Jona. Hastings of Pembroke, N. V.
This family of 13 children all lived until the youngest had 17 children.
11. JOHN, S. of Samuel (6), b. 1722; succeeded his father in the old tavern; sol. in the French wars; was sergt. in charge of the min- ister's fort in Col., 1756; went to Can. with John Hawks to return Sieur "Raimbault" in 1748, [see ante. p. 554]. He sold out the tav- ern and lot to Joseph Stebbins in 1754 and rem .; was of Shel. 1760; on the first board of selectmen and often after; a strong Whig and a member of the Provincial Congress at Concord, Oct., 1774; d. Mar. 5, 1799. He m. Dec. 13, 1744, Mary, dau. John Nims; she d. in Dfd. June 21, 1796, a. 67.
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Ch .: Catherine, Dec. 26, 1745; m. Apr. 14, 1778, Artemas Rice of Charl.
Oreb, Aug. 28, 1748; sett. in Shel .; m. Sarah per. Ransom; she m. (2) Apr. II, 1778, Abner Nims; was again a wid. 1780.
Zeeb, Aug. 18, 1750; m. Mar. 16, 1778, Lydia,dau. Othniel Taylor; sett. aft. 1790 in Scipio. N. Y.
John. July 20, 1752 (22).
Luke, Aug. 24, 1754 (23).
Daniel, July 7, 1757; m. Betsey Root;
(2) Mary Marsh; (3) Elizabeth Ketch; rem. to Waitsfield, Vt.
Mercy, bap. Apr. 25, 1762; m. Isaac Winter.
Mary, bap. Mar. 30, 1766; m. Dec. 14, 1786, Salah Smith; rem. to Waits- field.
Mindwell, bap. Oct. 23, 1768; m. Nov. II, 1780, Stephen Taylor of Ash., who came with his father fr. Cape Cod; (2) was 2d wife to Stoddard Totman.
12. JONATHAN, S. of Samuel (6), b. 1724; engaged with brother Othniel in clearing land at Charl. 1743, and in the settlement of that town; the houses of both were at East Charl. and enclosed in a stock- ade in 1754; the site of this fort was determined by the writer in 1874 by means of a plan found at the State House; Feb. 17, 1745, he bought of Othniel one-half of a 1000 acre tract lying on both sides of the river; abt. 1760 he rem. to Heath; he carried with him, on horseback, a pig which he got at Dfd., but his porkship did not like the change so ran away and went back home; he d. in Heath, Feb. 22, 1800. He m. Lucy, dau. Thos. Hastings of Hat .; she d. Sept. 28, 1802, a. 78.
Ch .: + Thomas, Oct., 1745; bap. Oct. 21, 1750 (24).
Thankful, bap. Oct. 21, 1750; m. Solo- mon Temple of Heath; the parents joined the chh. the day these two children were baptized.
Huldah, bap. Apr. 2, 1752. Lucy, bap. Oct. 19, 1755.
Jonathan, bap. Oct. 15, 1758; d. young. Jonathan, bap. Nov. 11, 1759; m. Feb. 2, 1789, Nancy, dau. Dr. Phineas Phelps of Lancaster.
13. JAMES, S. of John (7). b. 1729; Yale C. 1754; schoolmaster in Dfd. 1755; studied theology with Parson Ashley; sett. minister at New Fairfield 1758; in 1764 he was tried by the Consociation for holding the doctrines of Sandemanianism and was deposed from the ministry; he soon came back to Dfd. but rem. to Buckland; he held to his new doctrines through life; he was k. by a limb falling from a tree July 7, 1785; said to be the first person buried in Buckland graveyard. He m. Sept. 1, 1755, Mary, dau. Col. David Field; she was 13 years and 9 mos. old; she d. Dec. 29, 1779.
Ch .: + Mary, bap. Oct. 27, 1755; d. young.
Mary, June 29, 1758; m. Jan. 16, 1777, Daniel Trowbridge of New Fairfield, Dfd. and Buckland.
John James Stewart, Jan. 30, 1761; m. 1780, Mary Elizabeth, dau. Seth Hawks; rem. to Phelps, N. Y.
Tirza, Jan. 11, 1764; m. (pub. Jan. 20, 1781) Seth Hawks, Jr.
David Field, Jan. 19, 1767; m. abt. 1792, Rhoda Thompson; rem. aft. 1792 to Phelps and later to Sodus,
N. Y.
Hannah, June 16, 1772; m. Dec. II, (not 10) 1794, Col. Elihu Hoyt.
Betty Filena, July 8, 1774; m. bef. Sept. 14, 1793, Hezekiah Hurlburt of Han- over and Waterford, Vt.
Gratia, June 17, 1777; m. Jan. 10, 1799, David Hurlburt of Hanover.
Sarah Amarilla, Dec. 27, 1779; m. 1798, Zacheriah Dutton of Vt.
Samuel Edwards, : a teacher at Buckland and Conway; d. in Con. Feb. 13, 1793.
14. HOLLIS, s. of Thomas (8), b. 1758; sett. in Hinsdale; d. Sept. 3, 1845. He m. Jan. 4, 1784, Christian, dau. Paul Field; she d. June 1, 1833, a. 72.
Ch .: Harriet. July 26, 1784; m. Mar. John, Jan. 1, 1786; d. Mar. 9, 1846. Alpheus, Aug. 27, 1787; m. Lydia
23, 1802, Randolph Wright.
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Bridges; sett. in Bratt.
William, July 25, 1789; m. Dec. 6, 1820, Delia Hooker.
Thankful, Apr. 20, 1791; m. May 20, [1810?] Jason Evans.
Lewis, Apr. 12, 1793 (25).
Sereno, Dec. 30, 1794; m. Mary E. Creed; a Baptist minister; sett. in Rockingham, Vt .; rem. to Miss. ; was Chaplain in the rebel army, in which 3 of his sons were officers.
Emily, May 16, 1797; m. Oct. 27, 1815, Pardon H. Merrill.
Calvin, June 30, 1800; d. by accident, Feb. 19, 1803.
Adeline, Aug. 26, 1802; d. May 27, 1803. Edwin H., Aug. 27, 1802; m. - Weav- er of llinsdale; d. in Miss. May 16, 1833.
Calvin, 1804; d. in infancy.
Calvin, Sept. 9. 1805; m. Sept. 14, 1830, Mary A. Bascom; sett. in Miss.
15. SAMUEL, S. of Othniel (10), b. 1744; Rev. sol .; capt. of a co. which marched fr. Dfd., Aug., 1776, and was stationed on Dorches- ter Heights, Oct. 28, 1776; esq .; sett. in Buckland; was first town clerk and held the office 40 yrs .; d. Sept. 15, 1837. He m. (pub. Nov. 28, 1769) Esther, dat. Col. Jona. White of Leominster and Heath; she d. Apr. 21, 1830, a. So. Ch .: Polly, Feb. 21, 1770, in Leomin- Gratia, Aug. 7, 1778; m. Dec. 7, 1808, James Mantor. ster: m. Sept. 26, 1796, Rev. Jona- than Grout, minister at llawley and Henry, June 25. 1780 (27). chaplain in Rev. army.
David White, Aug. 1, 1771; d. at Can- andaigua, N. Y., 1795.
Nancy, June 9, 1773; m. Bidkar Jones; (2) Levi Cook of Ash. Samuel, Aug. 7, 1774 (26).
Esther, Apr. 4, 1776: d. unm. July 26. 1854.
Gratia, Aug. 5, 1777: d. Oct. 7, 1777.
16. LEMUEL, s. of Othniel (10), b. in Dfd. 1748; Rev. sol .; sett. in Buckland, where he d. July 28, 1834. He m. Abigail White, sis- ter of his brother Samuel's wife; she d. Dec. 5, 1834.
Ch .: + Rebecca, -; m. Rev. Jesse Ed- son; (2) Capt. Edward Adams.
Abigail, -; m. Feb. 22, 1797, Zenas Graham.
Lemuel; Capt. 1820; m. Jan. 26, 1804, Lucy Briggs; (2) Mar. 30, 1820, Na- omi Allis.
Tirza, -; m. Dec. 25, 1806, Sylvester Maxwell.
Levi, -; m. Feb. 10, 1816, Betsey Bul- ler.
Erastus, - ; m. May 8, 1816, Lucy Trow. Lucinda, bap. June IS, 1786; m. Jan. I, 1817, Marshall Lazelle.
Minerva, bap. Nov. 16, 1788.
Othniel, -; rem. and m. at the West. Rowena, -; d. young.
17. Exos, s. of Othniel (10), b. 1751; sett. in Buckland; Rev. sol. 1777; d. Mar. 25, 1831. He m. Feb. 25, 1774, Eunice, dau. Edmund Longley of Hawley; she d. Feb. 15, 1840, a. 85.
Ch .: Joseph, Oct. 27, 1774; d. Aug. 15, 1777.
Olive, Apr. 18, 1775; d. Aug. 18, 1777. Olive, June 18, 1778; m. Nov. 21, 1798. Jabez Brooks of Buckland.
Joseph, Dec. 6, 1779; m. Sally Potter. Eunice, Feb. 6, 1781; m. Dec. 5, 1803, Ilenry Taylor.
Asa, Oci. 27, 1782 (28).
Enos, Aug. 3, 1784; m. May 26, 1814, Pamelia Lazelle.
Edmund, Feb. 27, 1786; d. soon.
Edmund, Aug. 27, 1787; m. Sept. 3, 1815, Abiah S. Allen.
Consider, 1790; d. Nov. 2, 1794. Josephus, Jan. 17, 1792; d. in Va. Aug. 27, 1823. Calvin, Aug. 4, 1794; d. young.
18, OTHNIEL, S. of Othniel (10), b. 1753; capt. in Rev. army, serving in the Continental line through the war; abt. 1790 rem. to Canandaigua, N. Y .; served in war of 1812, a general; d. Aug. 5, 1819. He m. Dorothy, dan. Gardner Wilder of Leominster.
Consider Arms. July 5, 1782; d. Mar. 7 or 14, 1786. Martha Arms, Feb. 7 or 16, 1784; m. Dec. 20, 1804, Capt. Thomas Long- ley.
Consider Arms, Mar. 31, 1786; d. Apr., 1786.
Harriet. Mar. 4, 1788; m. Dec. 13, 1809. Amos Shepherd of Buckland.
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Ch .: + Dorothy, -; m. Salah Barnard of Dfd.
Minerva, bap. Nov. 16, 1788; m. Wm. Sloan.
Clorinda, Mar. 10, 1790; m. July 16,
1811, Lemuel Barnard; sett. in Can- andaigua.
Othniel J. W., abt. May 20, 1794; d. Nov. 20, 1817.
19. TERTIUS, S. of Othniel (10), b. 1754; served in Continental line; sergt. 1777; ens. Apr. 1, 1779; lieut. Mar. 1, 1780; was at White Plains, Stillwater, Saratoga and the storming of Stony Point; sett. on the old farm at Charl .; one of the founders of the chh. in Buck- land 1785; d. Dec. 22, 1822. He m. Aug. 2, 1781, Elizabeth Carter of Buckland; she d. Jan. 16, 1843.
Ch .: Betsey, Dec. 30, 1781; d. unm. Aug. 2, 1822.
Tertius, Apr. 22, 1783; d. s. p. June, 1851.
Sophia, May 22, 1785; d. May 10, 1794. Elias, July 6, 1788 (29). Amanda, Dec. 21, 1791 ; d. May 13,1794.
Elijah, Apr. 20, 1793; d. Aug. 15, 1796. Sophia, July 1, 1795; d. 64
Elisha, May 27, 1797; d. May 31, 1797. Elijah, May 27, 1797; d. Pardon, July 19, 1799; d. Feb. 1I, 1802. Consider, Feb. 25, 1802; d. Mar. I, 1802.
20. WILLIAM, S. of Othniel (10), b. 1758; rem. across the river to Buckland, carried with him timber fr. the old log fort for a tobacco shed and calf pen, says the walls were about six inches thick; lived on part of the 500-acre lot bought by his father in 1742; was a rope maker; d. Dec. 17, 1826. He m. Dec. 30, 1784, Abigail, dau. Ed- ward Giles of Charl .; she d. July 5, 1802, a. 38; (2) Sept. 19, 1803, wid. Experience Washburn, nee Totman of Col .; she d. Aug. 20, 1830. Ch .: Laura B., Feb. 19, 1786; m. Jan. 25, 1804, Joshua Boyden.
William, Sept. 2, 1787; d. Sept. 6, 1807. Orrin, Sept. 5, 1789 (30).
Abigail, Jan. 12, 1792: m. May 29, 1811, Hezekiah H. Palmer of Wind., Ct. Clarissa, Nov. 30, 1794; m. Aug. 31, 1813, Zerah Graham of Charl.
Dorothy, July 2, 1797; m. Aug. 10, 1815, Horace Wells of Hat. ; he sett. in Charlemont.
Hart, Nov. 3, 1799; m. Apr. 30, 1826, Abigail. Lombard of Col .; rem. to O. Son, June 2, 1802; d. same day. Sophia, Apr. 11, 1805; m. June 27, 1822, Orrin Hawks of Charl.
21. RUFUS, s. of Othniel (10), b. 1763; goldsmith; sett. in Wor- thington; d. Apr. 2, 1834. He m. Abigail Colburn of Leominster; she d. Oct. 14, 1805, a. 41; (2) Feb. 11, 1806, Thankful, dau. Jasher Taylor, wid. of Ebenezer Fuller; she d. Aug. 6, 1834. Ch .: Lydia, Jan. 21, 1789; m. Leonard Partridge: sett. in Pike, N. Y.
Othniel, Dec. 25, 1790; d. Feb. 14, 1791. - Rufus, Ang. 16, 1792; m. Electa, dau. Jasher Taylor of Ash.
Abigail, Sept. 28, 1794; m, 1812, Justin Hillman.
Charles, Jan. 23, 1797. Susan, June 3, 1799; m. 1817, John Putney. Thomas, May 25, ISO1; m. Nov. 10, 1825, Melinda Metcalf. Smith Colburn, Aug. 26, 1803: d. Nov. 25, 1804.
22. JOHN, S. of John (11), b. 1752; of Shel. aft. 1779; d. Apr. 22, 1828. He m. Nov. 6, 1780, Mary Woodward of Had. ; she d. June 22, 1792; (2) Sarah, wid Cephas Briggs; she d. Feb. 10, 1825, a. 80. Ch .: Sarah, July 17, 1782; d. Apr. 8, 1806.
1814, Irene Smith of Col .; sett. in Col. Dau., b. and d. May 7, 1792.
Elias, June 24, 1785 (31).
Ebenezer, June 2, 1788; m. Dec. 22,
23, LUKE, s. of John (11), b. 1754; Rev. sol .; rem. aft. 1789 to
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Shel., thence to Scipio, N. Y. ; d. Dec. 4, 1841. He in. May 27, 1779, Elizabeth, dau. John Nims; she d. May 10, 1815, a. 60.
Ch .: Cata, Apr. 4, 1780; m. John Mills. Hull, Jan. 1, 1782.
Abner, Mar. 16, 1790; m. Feb. 14, 1813, Clarissa Owen.
Luke, Feb. 23, 1784.
Quartus, May 24, 1786; d. June 10, 1786. Zerah, May 14, 1787; doct .; d. Aug. 21, ISIO.
Esther, July 8, 1794; m. Asa Sawtelle. Mary, Aug. 1, 1796; m. Erastus Car- penter.
24. THOMAS, S. of Jonathan (12), b. 1745; shoemaker; sett. in Gfd .; rem. to Bennington abt. 1780, thence to Fly Creek, N. Y .; d. Oct. 10, 1817. He m. Aug., 1770, Cynthia, dau. Gad Corse; she d. June 22, 1839, a. 87.
Ch .: Erastus, Apr. 25, 1771; m. Anna Edgarton of Bennington.
Lucy, Dec. 27, 1772; m. Feb. 24, 1813, Alanson Higby.
Thomas, Feb. 12, 17So; m. Dec. 21,
1799. Margaret Mccullough. Chester, Jan 26, 1782; m. Oct. 26, 1800, Isabella Mccullough.
Irene, Dec. 21, 1790; m. Feb. 29, 1811, Albert North.
25. LEWIS, S. of Hollis (14), b. 1793; sett. in Hinsdale, N. H. He m. Nov. S, 1820, Lois, dau. Ezekiel Webster of Nfd .; she d. May 1, 1864, a. 66.
Ch .: Prentice, Apr. 25, 1822; m. Dec. I, IS46, Eveline M. Wellman.
Caroline S., Aug. 4, 1823; d. in Oak- land, N. C., July 3, 1847.
Hollis, Mar. 4, 1826; m. May 14, 1847, Mary A. Johnson of Nfd.
William M .. Dec. 1, 1827; m. Dec. II, IS56, Elenor J. Guion.
Susan H., Nov. 26, 1829; m. July 17, 1854, Frederick T. Kemper of Mus-
catine, Iowa.
Emily M., July 30, 1831; m. May 1, IS57, Rev. Moses H. Wells of Hins. Edwin H., Oct. 25, 1833; m. Apr. 23, IS63, Bessie McCarty. Julia E., Sept. 20. 1836; d. Sept. 25, IS63.
Henry M., Apr. 21, 1838; m. Nannie McCarty.
26. SAMUEL, S. of Samuel (15), b. 1774; sett. in Buckland; d. Nov. 25, 1864. He m. Sarah Butler; she d. May 25, 1852, a. 74.
Ch .: David White, May S, 1797; m. Louisa Ballard.
Sarah, Sept. 10, 1798; m. Sept. 28, 1817, Otis Hinckley.
Samuel, Jan. 24, 1800; m. - Simira Thompson.
Augustus, July 3, 1801 ; d. Sept. 25,1801. Julia, Aug. 15, 1802; m. David Wilson. Augustus, Aug. 7, 1804; d. June S, IS07. Nancy, Feb. 4, IS06; m. Edmun D. Sherwin.
Abner, Aug. 5, ISos; d. Sept. 11, 1832. Roswell B., June 2, ISIO; m. Jan. 9,
1834, Celia, dau. Lemuel Taylor. Horace, Sepr. 24, 1812; m. Sarah Gil- key.
James B., Dec. 2, 1814; m. Abigail S. Phillips.
Minerva, Oct. 23, 1816; m. Thos. Or- cult of Buckland.
Delia B., Sept. . 2, ISIS; m. Feb. 23, 1854, John Allis of Conway.
Othniel W., May 25, 1820 (32).
Richard B., Mar. 29, IS22; m. Rachel A. Brodhead; lawyer and editor in Kansas.
27. HENRY, S. of Samuel (15), b. 1780; sett. in Buckland; d. July 27, 1862. He m. 1804(?), Eunice, dau. Enos Taylor (a cousin); she d. Dec. 9, 1855, a. 75.
Ch .: Consider, Jan. 12, 1805. Gustavus, Apr. 13, 1807; d. July 27, IS74.
Henry, Feb. 1, ISog; m. Polly Wilder of Buckland.
Dau., Oct. 10, ISI0; d. young.
Eunice, Aug. 12, 1812; d. unm. Apr. 26, 1872.
Olive, Feb. 7, 1816.
Abiah S., Feb. 26, ISIS; m. 1852, Asa- hel Pomroy. Thomas L. Lawrence, Nov. S. IS21.
28. ASA, s. of Enos (17), b. 1782; sett. in Col .; d. Oct. 26, 1863. He m. Feb. 11, 1813, Margaret Wilson; she d. Nov. 9, 1866, a. 84.
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Ch .: David Wilson, Dec. 10, ISI3; m. July 20, 1845, Deborah W. Taylor.
Jonathan M., Dec. 15, 1815; m. Sept. 5, 1844, Mary Clark.
Margaret Thompson, Nov. 4, 1819; m. Oct. 15, 1844, Milnor W. Taylor. Asa Longley, Mar. 6, 1823; d. May 30, IS29.
29. ELIAS, s. of Tertius (19), b. 1788; Charl. ; d. Mar. 16, 1856. He m. Dec., 1811, Deborah West; she d. Feb. 5, 1831.
Ch .: Milnor West, July 3, IS12; m. Margaret T. Taylor.
Ashmun H., June 16, IS15; m. Julia Spencer; (2) Mary Nash; d. Apr. 30, ISSO.
Frederick W., Aug. 22, 1817; m. Lucy Chase.
Deborah W., Mar. 11, 1821; m July 20, 1845, David W. Taylor.
Calista W., Dec. 9, 1822; d. Mar. II, IS23. Goodlow Il., May 22, 1824; m. Susan Bovey of Bath, Me. Tertius, Nov. 21, 1826; d. Aug. 26, 1828.
30, ORRIN, S. of William (20), b. 1789; sett. in Charl .; rem. 1831, to Northfield, O., and in 1850 to Pike, O .; d. Feb. 23, 1876. He m. Oct., 1812, Anna Street, dau. Joel Hall of Charlemont; she d. Jan. 28, 1882, a. 88.
Ch .: Dau., b. and d. Jan. 5, 1814. William Orville, Dec. 31, IS14 (33). Lucius Palmer, Aug. 15, 1817 (34). Emeline Hall, Apr. 19, 1820; m. Oct.
5, 1856, Robert M. Conkling. Orrin Thadeus, Oct. 9. IS22 (35). Mary Ann, Feb. 5, 1825; m. Feb. 19,
1845, John G. Stanley. Jesse Street, Jan. 18, 1828 (36). James Augustus, July 31, 1830 (37). Lucretia, Jan. 27. 1834; d. Aug. 4, 1884; was insane. Luther Hall, Mar. 28, 1835 (38).
31. ELIAS, s. of John (22), b. 1785; sett. in Shel. on the ances- tral farm; d. Jan. 10, 1849. He m. Jan. 11, 1814, Lorinda Moody of South Had. ; she d. Sept. 29, 1865.
Ch .: Mary Woodward, Nov. 6, 1814; m. Oct. 2, 1862, Reuben Hatfield.
John Stoughton, May 6, 1817; m. Dec. IS, 1851, Sibyl, dau. Elijah Nims. Lorinda, Mar. 1, 1820; d. Mar. 13, 1835.
Harriet L., Jan. 29, 1825; m. Nov., 1856, Marcus Barton of Belchertown. George E., Aug. 12. 1832; m. Victoria Green; a famous stockbreeder on the old homestead.
32. OTHNIEL WHITE, S. of Samuel (26), b. 1820; rem. to Canan- daigua, where he d. Apr. 29, 1862. He m. Sept. 6, 1843, Fidelia Phillips, dau. Zephaniah Richmond of Buckland; she d. in Bratt., Ang. 12, 1866.
Ch .: Sarah Frances, June 12, 1845; m. Aug. 4. 1867, Francis S. Phillips; she d. Feb. S, 1884.
Charles Richmond, Nov. 20, IS46; en- listed July 22, 1864, into Co. K, 60th > Mass. Inf. ; m. July 1, 1872, Elizabeth, dau. Wm. Alcott; res. at Shel. Falls; has two ch. Edward C. and William L
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