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Ch .: + Mehitable, Dec. 5, 1762; m. June 14, 1781, Levi Wells.
Agrippa, Sept. 30, 1764; drowned Aug. II, 1772.
Mary, bap. June 16, 1771; d. Jan. 3, 1778.
Rufus, bap. June 16, 1771.
Jonathan, bap. June 16, 1771 (40). Abner, bap. June 7, 1772; m. Feb. 15,
1794, Ruth Strickland. Agrippa, bap. July 30, 1774; "d. early." Nimsi, bap. Oct. 13, 1776; also called Zimri; d. Aug. 11, 1777.
Mary, bap. Sept., 1778.
Per. Reuben. Per. Myra, -; d. Dec. 30, 1802, "sud- denly, by the effects of a boil."
21, RUFUS, s. of Thomas (11), b. 1743; grad. H. C. 1764; or- dained pastor at What., Sept. 25, 1771; d. Nov. 8, 1834. He m. Dec. 16, 1776, Sarah, dan. Rev. Nehemiah Porter of Ash .; she d. Apr. 27, 1796, a. 40; (2) Jan. 14, 1802, wid. Temperance Shepard of Sharon, Ct .; she d. Oct. 7, 1830, a. 74.
Ch .: Sarah, Oct. 6, 1777; m. Charles Dickinson.
Rebecca, Nov. 27, 1778; m. John Bak- er.
Son, July 5, 17So. Thomas, Dec. 12, 1781; m. Mary, dau. Col. John Wells of Rowe; she d. Dec. 27, 1820, a. 39; (2) Mar. 21, 1831, Har-
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riet, dau. Salmon White, wid, of Moses Arms of Gfd.
Elizabeth, Mar. 25, 1786; m. Allen Baker.
Luke, Mar. 28, 1783; d. young. Sophia, Sept. 30, 1787; d. young.
Luke, July 4, 1784: m. Mary Cooley.
Dau., Nov. 26, 1789.
For the descendants of Rev. Rufus Wells see History of Whately.
22. JOSHUA, S. of Joshua (12), b. 1721; one of the early settlers of Fall Town. He m. Experience -
Ch .: + Susanna, Feb. 1, 1746-7.
Amos, July 7, 1749; d. Aug. 18. 1749. Martha, July 22, 1750.
Ner, bap. June 28, 1752; sett. in Leyden. Aseneth, 1754. John, 1756.
Asa, of Ber., who m. Jan. 31, 1782, Susanna Crandall.
Emma, of Ber., who m, May 17, 1781, Dan'l Taylor, may have been of this family.
23. EBENEZER, S. of Joshua (12), b. 1723; capt .; a prominent man of Gfd .; d. in Dfd. Jan. 11, 1787. He m. Feb. 14, 1745, Elizabeth, dau. Ebenezer Field; she d. May 17, 1784, a. 61; (2) prob. Feb. 20, 1785, Mary Whipple.
Ch .: Obed, Feb. 5, 1746; d. Sept. 19, 1758.
Elizabeth, Oct. 3. 1748; d. Sept. 15, 1758.
Ebenezer, June 16. 1750 (41).
Dau., Mar. 3. 1752; d. Mar. 4, 1752.
Reuben, May 5, 1753 (42).
Simeon, June 30, 1756; d. Sept. 16, 1758. Levi, July 27, 1758 (43).
Obed, Oct. 16, 1760 (44).
Simeon, Oct. 17. 1762; m. Apr. 26,1790, Abigail, dau, Sam'l Stebbins; lived in Shel. and Leyden; d. at New lla- ven. Aug. 27, 1827.
Consider, Jan. 16, 1765; d. next day. Elizabeth, July 30, 1766; m. Feb 27, 1782, Joseph Symonds.
Seth, Oct. 27, 1768; m. Mai. 9, 1797. Polly Smith.
24. ELISHA, S, of Joshua (12), b. 1731; rem. late in life to Hat. ; d. Oct. 5, 1792. He m. Jan. 9, 1754, Abigail, dau. Nath'l Brooks; she d. Dec. 20, 1772; (2) Sept. 25, 1775, Mehitable, dau. Isaac Mat- toon ; she d. June 29, 1776, a. 38; (3) Dec. 25, 1778, Rhoda Graves of Hat .; she d. Dec. 7, 1817, a. 84. Ch .: Abigail, Dec. 29, 1754; d. Aug. 28, 1758.
Lydia, Jan. 26, 1756; d. Aug. 27, 1758. Mary, Sept. 12, 1757; d. Sept. 1, 1758. Elisha. Jan. 2, 1759 (45).
Abigail, Oct. 25. 1760; m. Mar. 22, 1783, Job Graves.
Amasa, Sept. 20, 1762; m. Mar. II, 1789. Eunice White of Ilat.
Lydia, Jan, 20, 1764; m. June 16, 1791,
Rufus Graves. Elizabeth, Oct. 4, 1765; m. May 25, 1786, Elisha Sheldon. Mary, July 17, 1767; m. Nov. 25, 1786. Mathew Severance. Esther, Aug. 17, 1769; m. -- Dickinson? Moses, July 9, 1771; blacksmith; sent. in Buckland. Abner, Dec. 6, 1772; d. next day.
25. JOEL, S. of Joshua (12), b. 1739; Gfd .; d. Apr. 29, 178.4. He m. Hannah, dau. Joseph Bascom. Ch .: Joel, Apr. 26, 1764; m. July 17, 1788, Abigail, dau. Seth Hawks. Catherine, Mar. 27, 1766; m. Sept. 18. 1783, Beriah Willard; was mother of David, the Historian of Gfd. Ephraim, Aug. 12, 1768; d. July 28, 1769. Hannah, May 10, 1770; m. Apr. 17, 1790, Elijah Lamb.
Ephraim, Oct. 16, 1772; m. Lucinda
-- , who d. Aug. 23, 1814. a. 34; (2) 1816, Sally, dan. Elibu Lyman ; she d. Mar. 30, 1860, a. 87 ; he was a tav- ern keeper in Gfd. Meadows; his tavern sign now hangs in Memorial Hall; he d. Oct. 16, 1818.
Olivia, Apr. 1, 1775; m. Nov. 20, 1794, Warham Hitchcock.
Naomi, May 20, 1777; m. (pub. Dec. 15, 1803) Phineas Goodman.
26. AABNER, S. of Joshua (12), b. 1742; Gfd .; storekeeper; d. Oct.
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31, 1835. He m. Aug. 10, 1775, Elizabeth, dau. Amos Allen; she d. Nov. 7, 1835, a. 78.
Ch .: Jemima, July 14, 1776; m. (pub. May 25. 1794) Oliver Cooley of Dfd. Elizabeth, May 9, 1778; m. Jan. 15, ISoo, Solomon Henderson of Ben- nington. Vt.
Abner, Nov. 22, 1780; d. Feb. 14, 1840. Quartus, Apr. 20, 1783; d. s. p. Oct. 12,
1819. Solomon, Oct. 4, 1785; d. June 7. 1787. Solomon, June 22, 1788; m. Mar. 21, ISOS, Chloe Atherton. Lucinda, Aug. 26, 1790; d. Ang. 26, 1796.
27. SAMUEL, S. of John (13), b. 1729; lieut .; Gfd .; I suppose he built the "Wells house," recently rem. at the west end of Gfd. street; d. May 25, 1801. He m. Nov. 11, 1751, Margaret, dau. John Mc- Crellis of Col. ; she d. Aug. 29, 1802, a. 72.
Ch .: John, Oct. 8, 1754 (46). ard.
Daniel, Oct. 2, 1760 (47).
Samuel, Dec, 3, 1769 (48).
Margaret, Oct. 4, 1766; m. Ruel Will-
28. JOHN, S. of John (13), b. 1734; capt. 1762; sett. in Shel .; was first town clerk; selectman abt. 20 yrs He m. Feb., 1764, Tamar,
dau. Moses Rice of Charl.
Ch .: John, Mar. 9, 1765 (49). Sarah, Oct. 5, 1766; m. Gaius Hitch- cock.
William, Feb. 22, 1768; d. Apr. 18,1773. Eli, Sept. 19, 1769; d. Sept. 13, 1772.
Tamar, Dec. 24. 1771; m. John Bur- dick of Dfd. and Shel.
Experience, June 5, 1774. Deliverance, June 5, 1774; d. June 21, 1 790.
29. THOMAS, s. of John (13), b. 1745; hatter; sett. in Keene, N. H .; living 1830. He m. Dorothy, dau. Benj. Allen of Wind., Ct.
Ch .: Thomas, Jan .. 1768; sett. in Hart. Dorothy. Apr., 1769; m. (pub. Apr., [793) Reuben Hastings.
Abigail, Jan. 7, 1771; m. Dan'l Balch of Keene.
Eunice, May 19, 1773; d. Aug., 1775.
Horatio, Aug. 15, 1777; sett. in La Prairie, Can.
Allen, July, 1779; said to have been drowned at Saybrook. Ct., June I,
1805-supposed to have been mur- dered.
George, Feb. 18, 1781 : a suicide when deranged, July 25. 1803.
William, May 19, 1783; sell. in Caven- dish, Vt.
James, Apr. 3. 1785 ; sett. in Cincinnati. Charles, May 19, 1787; sett. in Boston. Louisa, Feb. 9. 1794; mn. Gilbert Gris- wold.
30. JOHN, s. of Jonathan (14), b. 1756; known 60 years ago as "Bottle John;" lived at "Rocky Mountain" 1775, later in a small house between the Street and Cheapside. He m. (pub. Mar. 3, 1781) Desire Elliot of Gfd .; by another account m. a Burnham; (2) Mar- garet Griffin.
Ch .: + Horace, 1785 (?) m. Nov. 16, 1806, George, -; d. IS16.
Cynthia, dau. Luke Kendall. Sophia, Edward, Joseph, Mary, Re- becca.
Martha, -; in. Geo. Ilaughton. John.
31. WILLIAM, S. of David (16), b. 1767; sett. in Shel. on the old homestead; col. in the militia and a leading man in town affairs; d. July 11, 1848. He m. Dec. 8, 1794, Prudence, dau. Rev. Eleazer May of Haddam, Ct .; she d. May 6, 1862, a. 93.
Prudence, Dec. 31, 1799; m. Nov. IS, 1825, Thos. Nims of Gfd.
Ch .: William, Dec. 22. 1795; lawyer; W. C. 1818; sett. in Walcott, N. Y .; d. Aug. 3, 1825. Sophia, Nov. IS, ISO1; d. unm., May, 1883.
David, Dec. IS, 1797 (50).
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Ralph, Sept. 11, ISO4; m. June 6, 1842,
Mary A., dau. Isaac Dow of Con- cord; she d. June 16, 1873.
Henry, Dec. 27, 1806 (51).
George, or Charles, Oct., 1809; d. Feb. 7, 1810.
Noah, Aug. 7. 1811 (52).
George, Jan. 9, 1814; m. Nov. 9, 1838, Mary M., dau. Thaddeus Coleman of Gfd. ; she d. July 20, IS49; (2) Apr. 15, 1851, Helen, dau. Lucas ]. Van Allen; she d. Sept. 18, 1867; (3) July I, 1869, Jane E., dau. Gardner Stow of Troy.
32. WALTER, S. of David (16), b. 1770; a prominent man in Shel .; P. M. ; d. Nov. 30, 1853. He m. June 6, 1807, Abigail, dau. Dea. Isaac Tirrill of Abington; she d. Apr. 23, 1859, a. 79.
Ch .: Mary, Apr. 3, ISOS. Charles, Dec. 3, IS16 (53).
Abigail, June 6, 1810. Jane, Sept. 19, 1821 ; m. Joseph Stevens
Eunice, Jan. 21, 1813; d. Mar. 2, 1869. of Warwick and Bratt.
Charles, Feb. 8, 1815; d. Oct. S, 1815.
33. THOMAS, S. of Eleazer (17), b. 1758. He m. bef. July 28, 1779, Achsa Judd.
Ch .: + Erastus, Sept. 27, 1779. Clarissa.
Junius, Betsey, Clymena, Sophia,
34, EDWARD HAWKS, S. of Eleazer (17), b. 1771; Gfd. He m. Feb. 21, 1801, Sarah, dau. Elijah Wells.
Ch .: Maria, Oct. 18, 1801. Caroline E., Aug. 8, 1809.
Henry E., Aug. 19, 1803. Catherine A., Mar. 20, ISII: d. Mar. 21. 1812.
Sarah, June 21, 1805.
Mary Elmira, Feb. 18, 1807. Catherine A., June 22, 1815.
35. QUARTUS, S. of Ebenezer (18), b. 1764; farmer; sett. on lot No. 23; house burned 1853; he was a man of untiring industry and inflexible will; with his heart and lungs thoroughly diseased for six years, he continued his usual farm labor until within three weeks of his death, in spite of intense suffering-in spite of friend or doctor. The latter says "nothing but his resolution supported him. Most men in his situation would have been bed-ridden for years." He d. Apr. 27, 1824. He m. Nov. 19, 1791, Rhoda Benjamin of Wendell; she had a fall from a wagon July 15, 1815, and d. the 18th; (2) Aug. 1, 1816, Lucy, dau. Sam'l Barnard; she d. Oct. 12, 1854, a. 74. Ch .: Elmira, Apr. 5, 1792; m. July 19, Catherine, Nov. 15, 1805; m. Feb. I, 1849, Henry King Hoyt. IS21, Horace G. Newcomb of Gfd. Joel Benjamin. May 16, 1795 (54).
Fidelia, Aug. 6, 1797: m. Dec. 5, 1827, Rev. Luther Wilson of Petersham. Twin sister, Aug. 6, 1797; d. same day. Rhoda B., Oct. 14, 1798; m. Sept. 9,1853, Ralph Williams; she d. July 13, 1883. Alonzo, Aug. 14, ISO1 ; d. Sept. 9. 1802. Martha, Aug. 23, 1803; d. Mar. 10, ISOS.
Alonzo, Oct. 27, 1So8; d. June 30, 1838; suicide
Martha, Feb. 4, 1818; m. 1839, Edward Hubbard Wells of Gfd .; (2) Benj. Sawyer of Gfd.
Sally, Nov. IS, ISI9; d. Nov. 23, 1833. William Johnson, Sept. 7, IS21; d. Apr. 13, IS50; suicide.
36. THOMAS, S. of Ebenezer (18), b. 1770; built a house and lived on No. 16; d. May 7, 1845. He m. Dec. 31, 1795, Fanny, dau. Maj. Seth Catlin; she d. Oct. 29, 1847, a. 79.
Ch .: Frank, Sept. 17, 1796.
Fanny, July 23, 1798; d. July 13, 1803.
Caroline, July 14, ISoo; m. Mar. 9. 1821, Wm. Wait, Jr.
Fanny. Jan. 24, 1805; m. Henry Miles
of Gfd. Thomas, June 17, 1809; m. Dec. 2, 1830, Sophia Jones.
Edwy, July 11, 1812; d. Nov. 2, 1837.
37. SAMUEL, S. of Ebenezer (18), b. 1772; capt .; a man of great
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muscular power; sett. on father's homestead, No. 14; d. Jan. 4, 1816. He m. Oct. 30, 1794, Esther, dau. Eliakim Arms; she m. (2) Aug. 26, 1829, Elihu Clary; she d. Dec. 27, 1853, a. 81.
Ch .: Ebenezer, Aug. 1, 1795; d. July 25, 1803.
Augustus, Jan. 7, 1798 (55). George, June 23, 1800 (56).
William, Apr. 2, 1803; k. by falling fr. a tree, Oct. 23, 1816.
Jane, Apr. 6, 1809; m. Nov. 6, 1833, Seneca Arms; she d. Apr. 2, 1877.
38. DAVID, S. of Ebenezer (18), b. 1774; sett. on lot No. 25; sold out and rem. to Waterbury, Vt., 1811; came back 1815; d. June 29, 1845; suicide. He m. Sept. 4, 1794, Sally Burt of Con. ; she d. Mar. 3, 1856, a. So.
Ch .: Rachel, Apr. 7. 1795; d. Mar. 17, 1856.
Sophia, Dec. 20, 1796; m. Mar. 16, 1820, Alfred Adkins; sett. in Waterbury, VI.
Wyman, Aug. 4, 1798; d. Jan. 25, 1800. Eliza, Oct. 26, 1800; m. Apr. 25, 1822, Charles Childs.
Mary, Sept. 4, 1802; d. Aug. 5, 1803. David, June 24, 1804 (57).
Mary, Nov. 8, 1806; m. Oct. 30, 1833, Jarvis B. Prentice; d. Oct. 27. 1895. Charles, Apr. 15, 1808; went West.
Sarah, Mar. 1, 1810.
Samuel, June 4, 1815; went West. Enos, Sept. 22, 1817 (58).
39. AARON FIELD, S. of Joseph (19), b. 1767; Dfd. and Gfd .; d. Feb. 12, 1826. He m. May 15, 1787, Abigail Burnham of Mont .; she d. Dec. 29, 1844, a. 79.
Ch .: + Luther, Nov. 11, 1788; m. Re- becca -; d. Oct. 29. 1841 ; she d. Sept. 26, 1854, a. 56.
Ibri, bap. Jan. 20, 1805; prob. sett. in Con.
Lucinda, Aug. 18, 179 -; prob. m. Oct. I, 1804, Rob't Smith.
Tamar.
Aaron F., 1794; d. Oct. 11, 1802.
Carolina, abt. Mar., 1796; d. Oct. 30, IS02.
William Russell, Mar. 1I, 1798; d. Oct. 1, ISO1.
Nancy, Apr. 16, 1801; m. Nov. 6, 1826, Albert H. Nims.
William Russell. May 3, 1803 (59).
Aaron Field, bap. Aug. 7, 1806.
Theodore Bliss, bap. May 1, 1807; d. Feb. 21, 1826. Edward Hubbard, bap. Dec. 16, 1810, m. Martha, dau. Quartus Wells; d. May 19, 1849.
40. JONATHAN, S. of Agrippa (20), b. abt. 1771. He m. (pub. May 13, 1796) Irena Guellow.
Ch .: + John, George, Leonard, Abner, all bap. Aug. 28, 1808.
41. EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer (23), b. 1750; Gfd .; record of this family very incomplete. He m. July 13, 1768, Mercy, dau. Ebenezer Arms.
Ch .: + Penelatha, Dec. 16, 1768. Son, -; d. Aug. 11, 1777.
Diantha, Mar. 12, 1771 ; d. Apr. 23, 1771. Mercy, bap. June 8, 1777.
Ebenezer, June 7, 1772; d. Aug. 7, 1777. Diantha, bap. July 18, 1779.
42. REUBEN, S. of Ebenezer (23), b. 1753; Gfd. He m. Oct. 1, 1772, Experience, dau. Jona. Severance.
Ch .: + Dorothy, Apr. 22, 1773; m. 1793. Reuben Hastings.
Caroline Matilda, July 14, 1774; m. Oct. II, 18HI, Jona. Root of Mont .?
Experience, Aug. 28, 1775. Henrietta M., Dec. 17, 1778.
Chester, Sept. 3, 1780.
Alemena, Ang. 14, 1782.
43. LEVI, S. of Ebenezer (23), b. 1758; Gfd. He m. June 14, 1781, Mehitable, dau. Agrippa Wells.
Ch .: + Betsey, Nov. 7, 1781; m. (pub. Nov. 30, 1809) Justin Bull.
Lovinca, Nov. 14, 1783. Ebenezer, Aug. 15, 1785.
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George, Mar. 25, 1787.
Levi, June 19, 1789; d. young.
Mehitable, Aug. 15, 1791.
Polly, Jan. 22, 1794; d. Oct. 6, 1794.
Polly, June 7, 1795; d. July 26, 1815.
Lucy, Aug. 30, 1797; d. Sept. 9, 1802.
Morris, July 22, 1811.
Lucinda, Sept. 25, 1813.
44. OBED, s. of Ebenezer (23), b. 1760; drowned at Gardiner Is- land, Nov. 10, 1809. He m. May 24, 1779, Caroline Grinnell.
Ch .: Patrick, Dec. 17. 1779; prob. m .. ISOS, Amanda, dau. Ruel Willard. Lena. Oct. 21. 1783.
Obed, Apr. 17, 1786; d. Sept. 9, 1802. Harriet, Jan. 4, 1788; m. (pub. Oct. 15, ISOS) Dalton Newcomb.
Lydia, June 6, 1790; d. Aug. 25, 1802. Hart, Sept. 4, 1792; d. Sept. 3. 1802. Russell, Nov. 20, 1794; printer; m. Re-
becca, dau. David Saxton.
Willis West, July 22, 1797.
Elizabeth, bap. Oct. 6, 1799; d. Aug. 21, 1802.
Weston Wise, bap. July 25, 1802; "one of the twins;" d. Sept. 6, 1802.
Warren Field, bap. July 25, 1802; prob. d. Jan., 1810, of bleeding at the nose. Obed llart, bap. Mar. 3, 1805.
45. ELISHA, s. of Elisha (24), b. 1759; d. in Dfd. He m. Apr. 11, 1782, Tirza, dau. Jona. Severance; she d. Sept. 23, 1827, a. 63. Ch .: Clarissa, Aug. 4. 1782. Henry, Nov. 19, 1790. Elisha. Oct. 13, 1792 (61). Abigail, Sept. 12, 1784.
Pamelia, July 30, 1786; m. Nov. 27, ISO8, John Redfield.
Isaac, Aug. 10, 17SS (60).
Tirza, Dec. 5. 1794; d. Sept. 30, 1795. Tirza, July 29. 1796; m. (pub. Sept. 6, IS18) Ezra Chase of Bristol, Vt.
46. JOHN, S. of Samuel (27), b. 1754; sett. in Rowe and many yrs. a leading man there; col. ; esq .; rep., etc .; d. May 21, 1813. He m. Oct. 10, 1778, Mary, dau. Col. David Wells of Shel. ; she d. May 29, 1797, a. 42; (2) July 14, 1798, Elizabeth, dau. Rev. Eleazer May of Haddam, Ct.
Ch .: Patience, July 9, 1779; m. Rev. Festus Foster of Petersham.
Mary, Sept. 22, 1781; m. Capt. Thos. Wells of What.
John H., Jan. 30, 1784: doct .; m. - Allen; sett. in Bellows Fails.
Noah, Feb. 5, 1787 (62).
Samuel, Oct. 31, 1789; d. s. p. Oct. 11,
1815. Elizabeth, Oct. 31, 1799; m. James Ford. Harriet, Apr. 22, 1801 ; m. Philo Wright. Hezekiah, Dec. 14, 1803; doct .; sett. in Ithaca, N. Y .; m. - Kittridge. Eunice Smith, June 6, 1805; m. Solo- mon Dickinson of Heath.
47. DANIEL, S. of Samuel (27), b. 1760; col .; of Gfd .; was of Guilford, Vt., 1788; d. July 26, 1815. He m. Oct. 26, 1781, Rhoda Newton of Durham, Ct.
Ch .: Sarah, July 11, 1783. Daniel, Jan. 14, 1791 (63). Sabra, Feb. 3. 1785; m. Nov. 12, 1805, Elijah Alvord. Franklin, June 10, 1792; m. Mary Sib- ley. Rhoda Adeline, Mar. 14, 1798; m. (pub. Apr. II, ISIS, Justus Preston.
Calvin, Apr. 22, 1787, m. 1808, Betsey Taggart.
48. SAMUEL, S. of Samuel (27), b. 1769; col .; Gfd .; d. May 16, 1838. He m. Sept. 8, 1792, Electa, dau. Ezekiel Bascom; d. Jan. 29, 1836, a. 64.
Ch .. + Samuel, Dec. 21, 1792 (64). Ezekiel B., May 16, 1794 (65). Horatio, Apr. 10, 1796 (66). Ozias, Mar. 22, 1798; d. unm. Dec. IS,
IS63. Alfred, Mar. 27, 1800 (67).
John, Mar. 2, 1802 (68). George II., Jan. 21, 1804; m. Sept. 13,
Marcia, or Maria, -; m. Sam'l Hem- ingway.
Agrippa, Aug. 11, 1800; d. Oct. 24, IS04.
llerod, Apr. 24, 1804.
Agrippa, bap. Sept. 28, 1806.
Lucy. Jan. 1, 1809.
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1834, Eunice Kimball, she d. Jan. 28, 1844: (2) Feb. 25, 1845, Rebecca J.
. Moore.
William Eaton, Feb. 6, 1806 (69).
Electa Louisa, July 7, 1807; m. Oct. II, 1842, Otis Braman.
Harriet, Sept. 29, 1809; m. James J.
Person.
Joseph Warren, Apr. 8, 1812; m. Apr. 25, 1839. Lucina Ball.
Edward, Apr. 15, 1814; d. Apr. 18, 1815.
Amelia, Mar. 30, 1816; m. Oct. 11, 1842, Moses Clark.
49, JOHN, S. of John (28), b. 1765; Shel .; lieut. 1807; rem. to Bos- ton and kept a tavern; came back and d. Mar. 2, 1827. He m. Me- hitable, dau. Dea. Aaron Skinner.
Ch .: Prudence, -; in Boston in 1812. Dency, Dec. 19, 1786; this may be the child bap. Prudence.
Mehitable, Apr. 27, 1788; d. Oct. 3, ISI7.
Emelia, Mar. 3, 1790.
John, Jan. 23, 1792; sett. in Boston.
Deliverance, June 8, 1794; d. Aug. 17, I794.
Theodore, Feb. 4, 1796. Keziah, bap. Nov. 13, 1807.
Clarissa. Sept. 24, 1799.
Jane, abt. 1802; d. in Shel. Dec. 26, 1836, a. 34. Julia, bap. Nov. 13, 1807. Orne, -; d. Nov. 26, 1804. William, -; d. Nov. 15, 1806. Child, -; d. July 3. 1808, a. 3 mos.
50, DAVID, S. of William (31), b. 1797; col .; of Shel .; Col. Wellses have been as thick as blackberries in this county; lived on the old ancestral home; d. Jan. 19, 1891. He m July 20, 1831, Helina Frances, dau. Amariah Thwing of Con .; she d. Aug. 12, 1879, a. 74. Ch .: Ellen, Sept. 7, 1833; m. Nov. 17, William, Apr. 22, 1838 (70). 1852, Francis W. Stebbins.
Emily, Apr. 18, 1836; m. Oct. 12, 1858, Sylvester B. Smith.
Catherine, Nov. 4, 1843: d. May 25, 1853.
Frances Cornelia, Feb. 27, 1847.
51. HENRY, S. of William (31), b. 1806; sett. on the old ancestral acres, which he cultivated in common with his br. David; a skillful horticulturist; Pres. Franklin Co. Ag'l So .; d. June 8, 1878. Hem. Dec. 19, 1843, Arabella S., dau. Seth Sheldon; she d. at Plymouth, Aug. 25, 1874, a. 62.
Ch .: Henry, Jan. 1, 1845; d. Nov. 29, 1891
Caroline May, Oct. 5, 1850; d. Oct. 25, I876.
52. NOAH, S. of William (31), b. 1811; attended Dfd. Academy; entered W. C. in the class of 1835; left the third year on acct. of weak eyes; studied medicine at Bowdoin C. and at the Medical In- stitute at Pittsfield; practiced at Attica, N. Y .; rem. to Gfd. abt. 1850; was town clerk there 20 yrs. ; treas. 18 yrs., and asst. clerk of courts 32 yrs .; he d. Jan. 6, 1887. He m. Nov. 1, 1837, Esther N., dau. Thaddeus Coleman of Gfd. .
Ch .: Mary Prudence, July 23, 1840; m. Apr. 14, 1875, Fayette Smith of Cincinnati; she is the well-known
writer of juvenile works. Thaddeus Coleman, Feb. 9, 1843; d. Mar. 14, 1865.
53. CHARLES, s. of Walter (32), b. 1816; farmer of Shel. on his father's homestead. He m. Sept. 14, 1842, Mary E., dau. Elihu Smead.
Ch .: Walter Wells, Oct. 27, 1844. 1850. Edward Smead, Jan. 4, 1851; d. Mar.
Elizabeth Hawks, Dec. 9, 1845; m. Dec. IS, 1872, Geo. M. Wells.
Abbie Tirrell, July 3, 1848; d. Feb. 25,
3. 1875. Mary Smead, Nov. 27, 1853; d. 1894.
54. JOEL B., s. of Quartus (35), b. 1795; farmer; lived on No. 22, d. May 5, 1841. He m. Jan. 1, 1825, Sarah Mirick of Con.
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Ch .: Edward, May, 1829; m. Dec. 12, Spfd. 1860, Laura Lee, dau. Francis G. Baker of Granville. Helen M., Dec., 1836; m. Feb. 27, 1869, Chandler A. Field of Con. George M., Dec. 12, 1838 (71).
Curtis B .. June, 1834; printer; lives in
55. AAugustus, s. of Samuel (37), b. 1798; farmer on old home- Stead; d. Jan. 4, 1861. He m. June 15, 1826, Miranda, dau. Harry Arms.
Ch .: Amelia Eliza, Mar. 30, 1827; d. Nov. 14, 1830.
Samuel F., Sept. 21, 1828 (72).
Jane Amelia, July 7, 1831; m. Feb. 1.4, IS74, John 11. Stebbins.
Esther Maria, May 28, 1835; m. Dec. 23, 1858, Dwight Fish of Sund .; she d. Nov. 10, 1860. Henry Augustus, Nov. 24, 1839; sim- ple; d. Mar. 23, 1865.
56. GEORGE, S. of Samuel (37), b. 1800; tailor; lived in Pittsfield and Troy, N. Y., and Nhn .; rem. to Ber., where he d. July 7. 1887. He m. Jan. 28, 1828, Sophia, dau. Warren Reed of Chester; she d. Oct., 1887.
Ch .: William S., Jan. 9. 1833; sol. 271h Mass. Cav. in War of Reb. ; d. in the service.
Child, Apr. 8, 1838; d. soon.
George A., Nov. 30, 1839; m. May 14, 1862, Isabella, dau. Jeremiah D. Wells of Nhn. Child. July 15, 1845; d. soon.
57. DAVID, S. of David (38), b. 1804; sett. in Mich .? He m. Sept. 6, 1832, Pamelia, dau. Seth Crafts of What. ; (2) May 1, 1839, Mary, dau. Amasa Smith of What.
Ch .: Sarah A., Oct. 8, 1833. Parmelia C., June 16, 1840. Ephraim W., Dec. 18, 1841.
Jarvis P., July 22, 1844. Marion C., Mar. 31, 1847. Catherine C., Mar. 19, 1852.
58. ENos, s. of David (38), b. 1817; sett. in Worcester, where he is known as the veteran hackman, he having established the first carriage for railroad passengers. He m. Sept. 6, 1842, Nancy A. Garfield.
Ch .: Mary S., Oct. 21, 1843: m. Apr. 3, 1873, Gilman Gould.
Charles, Sept. 28, 1845; m. Feb. 8, 1871, Fanny Benjamin.
Alice A., Aug. 30, 1850.
William, July 10, 1852; m. May 1, 1873. Ada Bowen.
Ilenry B, Oct. 30, 1854. George P., Oct. 30, 1860.
59. WILLIAM R., s. of Aaron F. (39), b. 1803; sett. in Danbury, Vt .; cabinet maker; rem. to Wisconsin 1855; d. May 25, 1864. He m. 1834, Esther, dau. Jesse Arms.
Ch .: William Russell, Nov. 12, 1834, deaf mute.
Herbert, ()ct. 28. 1836; d. Jan. 21,1840. Rollin. July, 1838; deaf mule.
Esther Ann, July 18, 1840; d. Sept. S. IS43.
Hlerbert, June 6, 1842; d. Aug. 27, 1843.
Albert Arms, June 19, 1843; d. Oct. 19, 1888. Edward Hubbard, Sept. 8, 1844.
Charles Carrol, Mar. 6, 1846. Curtis Newton, Mar. 12, 1848: d. June 3, 1886.
60. ISAAC, S. of Elisha (45). b. 1788; rem. to Pittsfield abt. 1820, where the family founded the Maplewood Institute; he d. June, 1867. He m. Filana, dau. Amasa Smith.
Ch .: | Eliza Butler, June 9, 1814. Nancy Smith, June 4, 1816. Clara, -; at the head of the school, 1852.
Pamelia Redfield. June 6, 1818.
61. ELisHA, s. of Elisha (45), b. 1792; blacksmith; lived on No.
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29; rem. to Leyden; d. Dec. 27, 1866. He m. Nov. 8, 1820, Mary. dau. Wm. Allis of Hat .; she d. Nov. 30, 1832; (2) (pub. Jan. 16, 1834) wid. Achsah Eudy, b. 1796.
Ch .: Elisha, Aug. 25, 1821 (73). Henry, Feb. 23, 1827.
Sophia W., Aug. 8, 1823; m. Alpheus Cowles of Hat.
Mark, Dec. 29. 1828.
William Allis, Nov. 27, 1832 (74).
Mary, Aug. 27, 1825; m. James Billings of Hat.
Arthur ?
62. NOAH, S. of John (46), b. 1787; col .: state senator; rep .; co. commissioner; sett. in Rowe; selectman 5 yrs .; town clerk 8 yrs. ; a useful man in co. and town affairs; d. Aug. 13, 1857. He m. Sarah, dan. Solomon Reed of Petersham; she d. July 2, 1844, a. 56.
Ch .: Catherine, 1812; m. Horace Browning.
Martha, Mar. 4, 1815; m. Mai. 4, 1846, Elbert Amidon; d. 1866.
John, Feb. 17, 1819; m. Sophia, dau. Edmund Dwight; was a grad. of W. C., 1838; aft. a yr. or two as teacher he studied law in Gfd. with Geo. T. Davis and Dan'l Wells, and later in the law school at Cambridge; add. to the Bar IS41 ; he sett. in Chicopee in company with Geo. M. Stearns; rep. 4 yrs. ; pres. Cabot bank ; judge of probate and insolvency 1858-64;
rem. his law office to Spfd. and was in company with A. L. Soule; Pres. Elector, 1864, and gave his voice for Lincoln; appointed judge of the su- preme judicial court 1866; rem. 10 Brookline; L. L. D. 1870; Pres. of the American Unitarian Ass'n and of the alumni of W. C .; he d. at Sa- lem, where he had gone on official business, Nov. 23, 1875.
Royal Smith, Sept .. 1820; d. Dec. 19, 1853.
Robert, 1825: m. Laura Ballou; res. in Rowe.
63. DANIEL, S. of Daniel (47), b. 1791; of Gfd .; grad. at Dart. C. 1810; studied law with Elijah Alvord in Gfd .; add. to the Bar 1813; principal of Dfd. academy; state, senator; dist. attorney for Western Mass .; chief justice of court of common pleas, 1844, to his death in 1854. He m. Mary Duncan ; she d. at Cambridge, May 26, 1882.
Ch .: George Duncan, abt. 1827; W. C. Inf. May 22, 1861 ; col. 34th Mass. Inf. 1846; Harvard Law School 1848; add. July II, 1862; brevet brig. gen. U. S. Vols. ; k. at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 13, 1864; buried in Gfd. to Bar 1849; judge police court, Bos- ton, 1859; lieut. col. Ist Mass. Vols.
64. SAMUEL, S. of Samuel (48); b. 1792; grad. at D. C. 1813; stud- ied law with Jonathan Leavitt; add. to the Bar 1816: sett. in Nhn .; was clerk of the court for over 30 yrs .; d. Oct. 4, 1864. He in. Mar. 9, 1820, Sarah H. Leavitt; she d. Jan. 29, 1837, a. 40; (2) May 15, 1851, Maria, dau. Eliakim Arms, wid. of Cyrus Carlton; she d. Feb. 3, 1885, a. 75.
Ch .: Sarah L., Dec. 17, 1820; m. Moses Deleno. Clark. Maria L., Jan. 3, 1833; m. Eben Peck. Samuel H. M., Jan. 20, 1835.
Jonathan L., Aug. 27, 1827; m. Delia
65. EZEKIEL, S. of Samuel (48), b. 1794; d. Mar. 17, 1861. He m. July 30, 1816, Clarissa, dau. Benj. Swan.
Ch .: Benjamin S., Apr. 28, 1817; d. Clarissa L., Aug. 28, 1822.
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