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2. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Edward Denison 1 of Rox- bury, and had Thomas, b. 5 Nov. 1677, m. Sarah Beswick 26 June 1707, and d. s. p. 15 Feb. 1729-30; Sarah, bap. 28 Dec. 1679, m. John Ingoldsbury 4 May 1704, and (2d) John Perry 27 May 1707; Joseph, bap. 20 Nov. 1681, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 26 Sep. 1686, d. young ; James, b. 15 Mar. 1689-90. THOMAS the f. inherited a part of the homestead, where he resided; he also inherited from his grandfather Cogan the house and store on the northerly corner of State and Washington streets. He was a cordwainer, and d. - June 1.700 ; his w. Sarah d. in Roxbury 15 Nov. 1710, a. 53.
3. JAMES, s. of Thomas (2), m. Patience, dau. of Capt. Samuel Ruggles 2 of Roxbury, 3 July 1711, and had, in Boston, James, b. 1 Mar. 1711-12; Thomas, b. 15 Sep. 1713, d. young; and in Rochester, Samuel, b. 1 Nov. 1715; Thomas, b. 20 Ap. 1718; Sarah, b. 9 July 1720, m. Ebenezer Spooner of Rochester, pub. 3 Jan. 1745-6; Dorothy, b. 10 Mar. 1722-3, m. David Peckham 27 Oct. 1743, and (2d) Maj. Elnathan Haskell 26 Nov. 1749, and d. at Roch. 25 Sep. 1810 ; Denison, b. 16 July 1725; Joseph, b. 13 Sep. 1727; Hannah, b. 16 Nov. 1730, m. Benjamin Green 31 Aug. 1764.3 JAMES the f. was a housewright; he inherited the homestead on Washington Street, Boston, which he sold 7 Feb. 1711-12, and bought a house on the southerly side of Boylston Street; this also he sold 12 April 1714, and rem. to Rochester, attracted probably by the fact that Rev. Timothy Ruggles, a brother of his wife, was there settled in the ministry. He resided in Roch. until the spring of 1757, when he ex- changed his farm in Roch. for another in Hardwick, where several of his chil. had already settled. Of his eight surviving chil. Dorothy alone remained in Roch .; all the others were in Hardwick and Barre. His res. here was on the road to Ware, about two miles from the Common, at the place marked " Mr. Leonard " on the R. Map. He d. shortly before 11 Mar. 1762 (when his will was approved), a. 72; his w. Patience d. - Jan. 1768, a. 78.
1 Edward Denison was son of William Denison, one of the earliest inhabitants of Roxbury. He had two brothers, - Daniel, the Maj .- General of the Massachusetts Col- ony during "Philip's War," and George, a successful and distinguished captain of Con- necticut troops during the same war ; both also rendered important service as legisla- tors and magistrates. Edward manifested no taste for military affairs ; but he was use- ful as selectman, town clerk, and representa- tive. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Joseph Weld, had eleven children, and d. 26 Ap. 1668; his w. Elizabeth d. 5 Feb. 1716-7, a. 91. One son and five daughters survived him; the son, William, grad. H. C. 1681, m. Dorothy Weld, was a teacher, selectman four years, town clerk fourteen years, and representative of Roxbury twenty years; he d. s. p. 22 Mar. 1717-18, a. 53, and the name became extinct in this branch; of the daugh- ters, Elizabeth m. Jachin Rayner ; Margaret m. Daniel Mason, and from them descended the eminent lawyer Jeremiah Mason ; Mary m. Joseph Tompson ; Hannah m. Ralph Bradhurst; and Sarah m. Thomas Robin- son, as in the text.
2 Capt. Samuel Ruggles m. Martha, dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge, by his wife Mercy, dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley.
3 A printed Record, preserved in the old- est branch of this family, and exhibited to me by the widow of Col. Joseph Robinson, shortly before her death, differs from the text in regard to some of the dates, which were copied from the official records of Bos- ton and Rochester. I give it a place here : - "I, JAMES ROBINSON, was born the 15th of March 1689-90.
PATIENCE, my wife, was born November 7th 1690.
My eldest son James was born February 29th 1711-12.
My second son Thomas was born Septem- ber 13th, 1713, and dyed December 16th fol- lowing.
My third son Samuel was born November 1st 1714.
A son, born March 11th 1716-17, and lived 12 hours.
My son Thomas was born April 20th 1718. My daughter Sarah was born July 9th 1720.
My daughter Dorothy was born February 25th 1723-4.
My son Denison was born July 16th 1725. My son Joseph was born September 13th 1727.
My daughter Hannah was born November 16th 1730."
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4. JAMES, S. of James (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Smith, 3 July 1739, and had James, b. 7 Sep. 1740, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 14 Jan. 1742-3, m. Asahel Billings, pub. 29 Ap. 1765, and d. 13 Dec. 1826; Joseph, bap. 7 Ap. 1745; Benjamin, bap. 13 Sep. 1747; Patience, bap. 29 July 1750, m. Joseph Nye, pub. 24 Ap. 1771; Hannah, bap. 2 Aug. 1752, m. Benjamin Jenkins of Barre; Mary, bap. 20 Ap. 1755, m. Nathaniel Ruggles of Pomfret, Conn .; Sarah, bap. 7 May 1758, prob. d. young; Susan, bap. 20 Ap. 1760, prob. d. young. JAMES the f. was one of the very earliest pioneers in what was then a wilderness, and res. on the River road to Barre, at or near the spot marked " Col. Robinson " on the R. Map. His farm, bounded easterly on the river and northerly on the Barre line, was included in New Braintree when that town was incorporated, and was annexed to Hardwick 10 June 1814. He was distinguished for his industry, economy, and strict honesty; and, as a natural result, he accumulated a comparatively large estate. It is related, as one of his peculiarities, that he held corn at a fixed value; that he would never sell his crop at a less nor even at a greater price; that he once rebuked a neighbor for taking what he called an extortionate price, who ex- cused himself saying, that he could not well spare the corn, but the woman in- sisted on having it. " A woman !" said he; "so much the worse !" "But she offered me so much." "Then you should have beaten her 'down." He d. 21 May 1790, a. 78; his w. Elizabeth, who fully equalled him in industry and economy, survived him.
5. SAMUEL, s. of James (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Doty, Jr., of Rochester, 20 Oct. 1737, and had Samuel, b. 22 Nov. 1742; Sarah, b. 31 Oct. 1744, m. Aaron Hunt 24 Oct. 1765 ; Isaac, b. 20 Jan. 1746-7, a physician, settled in Chesterfield about 1771, ret. to Hk. about 1782, and after 1 Mar. 1788 rem. to Stamford, Vt .; Joseph, b. 29 Feb. 1752. SAMUEL the f. was a weaver; he rem. from Rochester to Hardwick before 13 May 1740, at which date he bought a farm on the River road to Barre, adjoining the estate of his brother James, and prob. res. there until 31 Aug. 1762, when he purchased of his sister Hannah their father's homestead on the Ware road. His death does not appear on record; but the widow of his son Joseph informed me, many years ago, that he d. in Mar. 1784, and that his w. Elizabeth rem. to Vermont (prob. to Stamford, where her son Isaac resided), and d. about 1805, a. 88.
6. THOMAS, s. of James (3), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Eleazar Warner, 23 Nov. 1744, and had Denison, b. 18 Sep. 1746 ; Thomas, b. 10 Feb. 1753 ; Mary, b. 3 Dec. 1758, m. Timothy Paige, Esq., 20 Jan. 1780, and d. 29 Mar. 1836. THOMAS the f. came to Hardwick when a young man, and at first engaged in farming. He resided on the River road to Barre, on the farm adjoining that of his brother Samuel. Within a few years, however, he rem. to the Furnace Village, and res. at the place marked " T. Elwell" on the R. Map (now the residence of Mr. Joseph N. Lincoln). Here he kept a store and tavern, and also managed a saw-mill and grist-mill, on Moose Brook. He was prosperous in business, insomuch that only three persons in the town were assessed for a larger property than his in 1776; but of this plentiful estate he sacrificed the larger part, if not absolutely the whole, in the Revolutionary contest, in which he was actively engaged from the beginning to the end. He was one of the grand jurors who refused, 19 Ap. 1774, to be impanelled at Worcester if Peter Oliver, the chief justice, should be present. He was elected lieutenant of an "Alarm List " 9 Jan. 1775, and was afterwards styled captain. He was a selectman five years, a member of the Committee of Correspondence five years, and served on various other important committees during that troublous period. He sold his real estate, consisting of one hundred and fifty acres, in five parcels, in and near the Furnace Village, with the saw-mill and grist-mill, to Capt. Benjamin Convers 19 Oct. 1780, for £20,000, in the de- preciated currency of that period, and subsequently rem. to Windsor, but re- turned again after a few years. About 1799, his mental faculties having be- come impaired, and both of his sons having left the town, he and his aged wife became inmates of their daughter's family, where he d. 4 (or 5) Jan.
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1802, a. nearly 84; his w. Mary d. 7 Aug. 1812, a. 88. Her youngest and last surviving grandchild, while tracing these lines, cherishes a fresh and affec- tionate remembrance of her manifold kindness to him in the days of his child- hood and youth.
7. DENISON, s. of James (3), m. Martha, dau. of Elijah Perry of Sandwich, 12 Oct. 1752, and had at Rochester, Lucy, bap. 5 Aug. 1753, d. young; and at Barre, Lucy, b. 1 Mar. 1755, m. Amos Parker 25 Dec. 1771; Abigail, b. 15 July 1756, m. Abel Haynes; Martha, b. 12 Jan. 1760, m. Ebenezer Haskell 26 May 1779; Elizabeth, b. 28 May 1761; Denison, b. 9 Aug. 1763; Elijah, b. 24 Mar. 1765; Hannah, b. 25 Aug. 1767, m. John Allen 18 Dec. 1788. DENISON the f. rem. to Barre about 1754, res. near the Hardwick line, and d. prob. Nov. 1803, a. 78; his w. Martha d. 28 Oct. 1807, a. 84.
8. JOSEPH, s. of James (3), m. Martha, dau. of Elisha Hedge, pub. 7 July 1753, and had Mary, b. 3 June 1754, m. Abijah Jennison 5 Dec. 1771; Dorothy, b. 23 Feb. 1756, m. Dr. Daniel Rood 27 Mar. 1777; Lemuel, b. 4 Jan. 1758; Martha, b. 23 Nov. 1759, m. Daniel Wentworth; Samuel Hedge, b. 25 Jan. 1761, m. Abigail Ripley 26 Nov. 1786; Elishua, b. 19 Jan. 1763, prob. d. young; besides these six others are named in their father's will, dated 26 Mar. 1814, namely, Levi, b. - , m. Betsey Nye 20 Sep. 1798; James ; Joseph ; Lydia, wife of Benjamin Rice; Elizabeth, wife of Timothy Cooper; Rebecca. JOSEPH the f. removed early to Barre, and res. near his brother James; he d. 16 Dec. 1814, a. 87; his w. Martha was not named in his will, and had probably deceased before its date.
9. JOSEPH, s. of James (4), m. Lucy, dau. of Samuel Ruggles of Barre, 16 Feb. 1780, and had William, b. 24 Oct. 1781; Sarah, b. 25 May 1788, m. Lewis Howe, pub. 21 Aug. 1808, and (2d) Hon. John M. Niles of Hartford 17 June 1824; James, b. 7 Ap. 1792; Joseph, b. 20 June 1796; Lucy, b. 23 Oct. 1802, d. 25 Mar. 1803. JOSEPH the f. was a thrifty farmer, res. on the very pro- ductive homestead, and d. 23 Ap. 1836, a. 91; his w. Lucy d. 4 Aug. 1826, a. 68.
10. BENJAMIN, s. of James (4), res. in Barre ; his will, dated 3 Sep. 1793, with a codicil, 3 Sep. 1799, was proved 1 Oct. 1799. In it are named wife Hannah, and chil. Anna Gates; Susanna Henry ; James ; Benjamin ; Hannah, wife of Orin Trow ; Joseph ; John; Josiah ; Moses ; Cushman ; Ebenezer ; and Daniel Foster.
11. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (5), m. Abigail, prob. dau. of Edward Doty (and sister of Zurishaddai), pub. 10 Ap. 1762, and had James, b. 1 Ap. 1764; Betsey, b. 25 July 1766, m. David Weeks 22 May 1783; Isaac, b. 14 July 1769; Sam- uel, b. 12 Sep. 1771.
12. JOSEPH, s. of Samuel (5), m. Sarah, dau. of Isaac Clark, 30 Sep. 1773, and had Cinderilla, b. 10 Feb. 1780, m. Zenas Cobb 1 Dec. 1803, and d. 9 May 1804; Joseph, b. 21 June 1782; Thomas Holt, b. - Mar. 1791, d. 13 Jan. 1792; Arminda, bap. 31 Mar. 1793. JOSEPH the f. was a miller, and res. on the road to Gilbertville, a few rods north of the spot marked " Wid. Howard " on the R. Map, having charge of the grist-mill at that place. He d. 6 June 1799, a. 47; his w. Sarah m. James Blair of Western (now Warren) 26 Mar. 1805; after his death she returned to Hk., res. with her son Joseph, and d. 16 Dec. 1844, a. 87.
13. DENISON, s. of Thomas (6), m. Millecent, dau. of Rev. Robert Cutler of Gr., pub. 10 Ap. 1769; she d. 5 July 1798, and he m. Elizabeth Hyde of Lenox about 1801. His chil. were Mary, b. 18 Oct. 1769, m. Alpheus Prince, and d. s. p. 11 Sep. 1829; Alice, b. 1 July 1771, m. Daniel Felshaw, and d. 1 Feb. 1792; Hannah, b. 10 June 1773, d. unm. 7 July 1796; Josiah Quincy, b. 31 July 1775; Sophia, b. 19 Aug. 1778, d. unm. 12 May 1855; Denison, b. 29 Dec. 1780 ; Robert Cutler, b. 12 Mar. 1785 ; Thomas, b. 20 Dec. 1787. DENISON the f. was a farmer; he was sergeant of Capt. Simeon Hazeltine's company of minute-men which marched to Cambridge on the "Lexington alarm " in April 1775, and was commissioned captain of the second company of militia in Hk. 11 June 1778 ; he was a member also of the important Committee of Corre- spondence in 1778. About 1780 he rem. to Windsor, and res. there for several
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years; late in life he followed his sons to Adams, where he d. 17 Nov. 1827, a. 81; his w. Elizabeth d. about 1829.
14. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (6), m. Rebecca, dau. of John Paige, 11 Ap. 1776, and had Prudence, b. 4 Oct. 1778, d. unm. 20 Aug. 1832; Mary, b. 6 Oct. 1780, m. Giles Bronson, and d. 15 May 1842; Thomas, b. 23 Nov. 1782; a son b. 30 Dec. 1784, lived only one day ; John Paige, b. 7 Jan. 1786; Rebecca, b. 3 Nov. 1787, m. William Cobb, and (2d) Eliphaz Case; she d. 4 July 1872; David, b. 7 Oct. 1790; Alice, b. 2 Nov. 1792, m. Giles Case, Jr., and d. 13 May 1844; Millecent, b. 7 Mar. 1795, d. unm. 7 Sep. 1814; Warner, b. 11 May 1797, a lawyer, d. unm. at Alexander, N. Y., 22 Jan. 1827; Denison, b. 2 June 1800. THOMAS the f. was a farmer. He was one of the " minute-men " who marched to Cambridge at the commencement of hostilities, 19 Ap. 1775, and was a sergeant in Capt. Samuel Dexter's company, at the Roxbury Camp, in Jan. 1776, and also sergeant in the company of Capt. Timothy Paige, which marched "to Bennington in an alarm," in Aug. 1777. He rem. from Hk. to Windsor about 1785, returned about 1791, and in 1799 rem. to Onondaga, N. Y., then nearly on the western frontier of civilization. He res. in that part of the town now known as Howlett Hill, on a productive farm, and in a re- markably harmonious neighborhood. His nearest neighbor was Giles Case, an emigrant from Connecticut; four children of each family intermarried with each other, and many of their posterity still remain in Onondaga and the region round about. He d. 31 Aug. 1815, a. 62; his w. Rebecca d. 3 Oct. 1828, a. nearly 71.
15. DENISON, s. of Denison (7), m. Dorcas Allen 30 Dec. 1790, and had Hannah, b. 28 May 1792; Daniel, b. 2 May 1795; Harriet, b. 4 Oct. 1798; Denison Allen, b. 17 Aug. 1800, res. in Barre, where he d. 6 Nov. 1880; Eunice Putnam, b. 23 Jan. 1803; Nabby, b. 15 July 1804; Louisa, b. 17 Sep. 1806. DENISON the f., a farmer, res. on the homestead in Barre, near the Hardwick line, and d. 14 Ap. 1858, a. nearly 95; his w. Dorcas d. 21 May 1838, a. 70.
16. ELIJAH, s. of Denison (7), m. Bathsheba Nye, pub. 31 May 1786, and had Samuel Ruggles, b. 14 Oct. 1788 ; Nancy, b. 15 Aug. 1790 ; Denison, b. 25 Jan. 1796.
17. WILLIAM, s. of Joseph (9), m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Warner 28 Nov. 1809, and had William, b. 30 Sep. 1810, m. Harriet N. Bemis 7 Nov. 1839; Mary, b. 20 Feb. 1813, m. Harrison Harwood 22 Nov. 1832 ; Sally, b. 21 Nov. 1815, m. Samuel Smith, 17 Aug. 1841, and d. 29 Aug. 1863 ; Maria, b. 5 Dec. 1818, m. Moses Ruggles 26 May 1841, devoted a portion of her time and attention to the practice of medicine; Lucy, b. 27 Ap. 1822, m. Charles Bacon 31 Oct. 1844; Hannah, b. 10 Jan. 1827, m. Alexander W. Ellsworth 6 Ap. 1853 ; James, b. 2 Dec. 1830, d. 25 Nov. 1832; Charles, b. 29 July 1834, m. Mary Henry 21 May 1860. WILLIAM the f. early settled in Barre, and for several years kept a tavern on the Common. He d. 21 Aug. 1862, a. nearly 81 ; his w. Mary d. 13 Oct. 1866, a. about 77.
18. JOSEPH, S. of Joseph (9), m. Ann Maria, dau. of Nathan Ruggles of Hartford, Conn., 11 Dec. 1821; she d. 14 Dec. 1822, and he m. Caroline C., dau. of Capt. Seth Banister of Brookfield, 2 Feb. 1826. His chil. were Catherine Maria, b. 18 Nov. 1822, m. James Gallier, at Charleston, S. C., 23 June 1850; both she and her husband were lost on their passage from New York to New Orleans on board the steamer Evening Star, which foundered at sea 3 Oct. 1866; Joseph Ruggles, b. 16 Jan. 1827; Seth Banister, b. 14 Mar. 1828, m. Carrie M. Lee of New York 12 June 1860; Lewis Howe, b. 7 Oct. 1829, d. 7 Oct. 1848; John Niles, b. 29 Mar. 1833, m. Elizabeth Brown of Brimfield 17 May 1859; Eliza A., b. 7 May 1842; William A., b. 18 Jan. 1847, d. 27 Aug. 1848. JOSEPH the f. was a farmer, and res. on the home- stead in Hk. until about 1840, when he rem. to Barre. » He was a selectman 1827, 1828, and 1830, and colonel of a regiment of cavalry. He d. 10 July 1877, a. 81; his w. Caroline C. (b. 6 Jan. 1806) d. 11 July 1879.
19. JOSEPH, s. of Joseph (12), m. Rachel, dau. of Capt. Elijah Warner, 2 Ap. 1811, and had Joseph Warner, b. 1 Sep. 1814; Elijah Warner, b. 31 Jan. 1821, m. Elizabeth Eunice, dau. of Asa Clark, 23 Oct. 1855; she d. 19
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Mar. 1881 ; Jason Mixter, b. 6 Oct. 1822, res. on the homestead ; Harriet Jane, b. 6 Ap. 1831, m. William Browning 5 Ap. 1849 ; he d. 16 Mar. 1858, and she m. Albert E. Knight 5 Ap. 1866, and d. 16 Sep. 1869 ; Sarah M., b. - 1834, m. Joseph R. Robinson 20 June 1854. JOSEPH the f. was a farmer, and for several years cultivated the General Warner farm in the centre of the town (now owned by Mr. Frazier Paige), where also he kept a tavern ; he afterwards bought the Jenney farm, on the road to Ware, about two miles and three quarters from the Common, marked " J. Robinson " on the R. Map, where he res. during the remainder of his life. He was a select- man three years, and d. 23 Oct. 1854, a. 72; his w. Rachel d. 6 Oct. 1863, a. 75.
20. JOSIAH QUINCY, s. of Denison (13), m. Sally Brown 23 July 1797, and had Daniel Denison, b. 29 Ap. 1798, a lawyer in Adams, m. Amelia Bowles, had son Josiah Quincy, and d. 14 Oct. 1827; Benjamin Franklin, b. 3 Dec. 1801, m. Eliza B. Whitmore, a merchant and civil magistrate, res. in Adams (now North Adams). JOSIAH QUINCY the f., born in Hardwick, was carried with the family to Windsor, and there worked on the farm until he attained manhood. He was afterwards a successful merchant and civil mag- istrate in Adams, and still later in North Adams, where he d. 29 Aug. 1856, a. 80; his w. Sally d. 14 Mar. 1856.
21. DENISON, s. of Denison (13), m. Lydia Jenks, and had Robert Jenks, b. - -, who settled in Vermont. DENISON the f. commenced business, with a fair prospect of success, but died prematurely 27 Nov. 1807, a. not quite 27 years.
22. ROBERT CUTLER, s. of Denison (13), m. Sophia, dau. of Rev. James Briggs of Cummington, and had Albert Denison, b. 5 Sep. 1809, m. Amy Kelley 12 Feb. 1833; Clara Anne, b. 10 July 1812, m. James E. Marshall, of Bradford, England, 11 Sep. 1839, res. in Sandusky, O .; Harriet S., b. 17 Jan. 1820, m. Joseph P. Merriam 31 Oct. 1846; Robert Henry, b. 24 July 1824, m. Mary Cone 27 June 1849; Mary Elizabeth, b. 14 Oct. 1826, m. George P. Dickinson 27 June 1849; George, b. 10 June 1830, d. (drowned) 17 June 1851. ROBERT CUTLER the f. was a skilful physician in Adams, Cummington, and North Adams; he d. 10 May 1846, a. 61; his w. Sophia d. 25 Sep. 1874, a. 86.
23. THOMAS, s. of Denison (13), b. in Windsor, m. Nancy Wells 13 May 1812; she d. - Mar. 1827, and he m. Catherine McLeod - Sep. 1829. His chil. were Millecent Cutler, b. 12 Ap. 1813, m. F. O. Sayles, Esq., and d. 31 Jan. 1852; Ann Eliza, b. 29 Ap. 1815, m. Dr. Nathan Snell Babbitt; Mary Sophia, b. 16 May 1817, m. Jackson Mason of Richmond, Vt .; James Thomas, b. 6 Sep. 1822, a lawyer, a senator, clerk of the Constitutional Convention, 1853, and judge of probate for Berkshire County; received from W. C. the honorary degree of A. M. in 1855; he m. Clara Briggs, and his only surviv- ing son, Arthur, b. 15 Mar. 1847, grad. W. C. 1870, is associated with him in the publication of the Adams Transcript ; Nancy W., b. 20 June 1826, d. 13 Oct. 1826; Alexander McLeod, b. 8 Sep. 1830; Margaret Maria, b. 14 Mar. 1833, m. Lyndon Smith of Terre Haute, Ind .; Elizabeth Rupalee, b. 5 Aug. 1836, m. Albert R. Smith; John Cutler, b. 4 Oct. 1839, a captain of volunteers in the War of the Rebellion; Charles Henry, b. 2 Sep. 1841; William Deni- son, b. 1 Aug. 1844. THOMAS the f. was a lawyer, and held a high rank at the Berkshire Bar; he received from W. C. the honorary degree of A. M. in 1828; he res. in Adams, and afterwards in North Adams, where he d. 3 Oct. 1867, a. nearly 80; his w. Catherine S. d. - July 1853.
24. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (14), m. Abigail, dau. of Giles Case, 28 May 1809, and had. Thomas Newton, b. 24 May 1810, d. 7 June 1811; Abigail Tamma, b. 28 June 1812, m. Samuel E. Barker 25 Jan. 1832, res. in Geddes, N. Y .; Emily Millecent, b. 14 Ap. 1814, d. unm. 7 Sep. 1856; Thomas, b. 2 Sep. 1816, m. Celestia S. Howlett 5 Oct. 1841, res. in Geddes, N. Y. THOMAS the f. was a distiller and trader, res. in Onondaga, where he d. 25 June 1817, a. 34; his w. Abigail d. 20 Oct. 1854, a. 66.
25. JOHN PAIGE, s. of Thomas (14), m. Lucy Matteson 7 Sep. 1812, and
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had Lydia Louisa, b. 5 Aug. 1813, d. 7 Sep. 1815; John Quincy, b. 18 Ap. 1815, m. Eliza Smiley 10 Sep. 1836; she d. 10 Jan. 1845, and he m. Philenda B. Smiley - Sep. 1845; she d. 2 July 1851, and he m. Helen Cornelia Ball - Nov. 1851; he d. in 1865, having had eight children, of whom only one sur- vived him; Lucy, b. 18 July 1817; Eunice, b. 17 Jan. 1820, m. William C. Butler 22 Nov. 1842, res. in Syracuse; Evelina, b. 9 Sep. 1822, d. unm. 24 July 1844; Denison, b. 24 Ap. 1825, m. Sarah J. Hart 18 Nov. 1847, a farmer, res. in Onondaga. JOHN P. the f. was a farmer, res. on a part of the home- stead, d. 7 Sep. 1870, a 84.1
26. DAVID, s. of Thomas (14) m. Dorcas, dau. of Giles Case, 24 Nov. 1816, and had Lurancy D., b. 25 Oct. 1817, m. Cephas J. Strickland, and d. 18 Dec. 1856; Lucius David, b. 20 Mar. 1820, m. Alzira Johnson 13 July 1852, a farmer, res. near the homestead until 1879, when he rem. to Middleport, N. Y .; Giles Case, b. 26 Feb. 1822, d. unm. 28 June 1863; Cornelia L., b. 2 Mar. 1825, m. Philander S. White of Geddes; Elishaba, b. 28 Ap. 1827, m. Horace Knowles of Marcellus, N. Y .; Rebecca Paige, b. 15 July 1829; Thomas, b. 26 Mar. 1832, m. Louisa Plumb, a farmer, res. on the homestead. DAVID the f. was a farmer, res. on a part of the homestead in Onondaga, and d. 30 Oct. 1866, a. 76; his w. Dorcas d. 10 May 1874, a. nearly 83.
27. DENISON, s. of Thomas (14), m. Saviah Mason, and had a dau. b .- , d. young; Mary Elizabeth, b. - -, m. -; William, b. - , a lawyer in St. Louis ; Denison, b. - , d. young. DENISON the f. was a lawyer, res. at Port Byron, N. Y., and d. 4 May 1852.
28. JOSEPH R., s. of Joseph (18), m. Sarah M., dau. of Joseph Robinson, 20 June 1854; and had Joseph, b. 6 June 1858; William Albert, b. 4 June 1860 ; Carrie Warner, b. 16 Dec. 1862. JOSEPH R. the f. res. several years on the homestead, and afterwards at the north end of the Common.
29. WILLIAM D., s. of George W. of Barre, m. Susan S. Davis 5 Ap. 1871, and had here Walter M., b. 18 Oct. 1872; Alice Etta, b. 8 Ap. 1878; Alfred Edwin, b. 3 Ap. 1880, d. 17 Sep. 1880; Fanny E. S., b. 5 Aug. 1881.
SECTION III.
ROBINSON, JONATHAN, of Raynham, m. Phebe Williams of Norton, and had Phebe, b. about 1779, m. Stephen Haskell 27 Dec. 1801; Jonathan, b. 17 July 1781; Williams, b. about 1783, d. 15 Mar. 1811, a. 27. JONATHAN the f. d. at Raynham while yet a young man, prob. about 1787. His w. Phebe " was a woman of great energy and enterprise. Left in early life a widow with three young children, and having but small means, and the support of her family depending mainly upon her own exertions, she took her children and went to Dana, where a brother lived. While there she had an opportu- nity to purchase a farm in the north part of Hardwick; and by her own skil- ful management not only paid for it, but added much to its buildings." 2 Her house was on the road to Petersham, three miles and a quarter from the Com- mon, at the place marked " J. Robinson " on the R. Map. She d. 19 Feb. 1831, a. 76.
2. JONATHAN, s. of Jonathan (1), m. Huldah Woodward of Pet., pub. 30 Oct. 1808, and had John Fay, b. 13 Feb. 1809; Almeda, twin, b. 6 Oct. 1810, d. 14 Mar. 1816; Samantha, twin, b. 6 Oct. 1810, m. Rev. William B. Stone of W. Brk .; Phebe Williams, b. 12 Mar. 1813, m. Rev. William B. Stone of W. Brk. 16 Feb. 1842, and d. 12 Nov. 1852; Martha, b. 25 Nov. 1814; Cyrus Anson, b. 10 Sep. 1816; Charles, b. 21 July 1818; Jonathan Edwards, b. 23 Aug. 1820, d. 18 May 1824; William W., b. 26 Mar. 1822; Alfred, b. 26 Dec. 1824, m. Julia A. Powers, pub. 27 July 1852, res. at Fitchburg, and at Sinclair, Kan .; d. at W. Brk. 22 Aug. 1878, and was buried here. JONATHAN the f. was a farmer, and res. on his mother's homestead until 1855, when he rem. to Spencer, where he d. 10 Oct. 1858, a. 77; his w. Huldah d. at W. Brk. 24 Jan. 1870, a. 88.
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