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2. WILLIAM CUTLER, s. of William B. (1), m. Elizabeth Jones of Gr. 14 June 1840, and had Maria E., b. 29 Mar. 1841, m. John D. Morton of Boston 7 Oct. 1862; Sarah A., b. 6 Mar. 1845, m. George M. Wolcott of Holyoke 5 Nov. 1868. WILLIAM C. the f., a farmer, and for many years proprietor and driver of a mail-coach between Hk. and W. Brk., res. on the homestead.
3. EZEKIEL L. B., s. of William B. (1), m. Martha S. Dow, and had Edwin L., b. 14 Aug. 1852, m. Nellie Dow 23 Sep. 1880; George Mcclellan, b. 13 Oct. 1861; Almon Frank, b. 4 Ap. 1864; William Pliny, b. 21 May 1868; Ellen M., b. 31 Oct. 1870 ; Elizabeth, b. 12 Oct. 1872. EZEKIEL L. B. the f., a farmer and provision dealer, res. near the homestead, at the place marked " Mr. Tupper " on the R. Map.
WESTON ABNER, m. Sally, dau. of Samuel Thurston, 17 Oct. 1788, and had Samuel, b. - 1789, bap. 2 July 1797, a shoemaker and musician, d. 20 Aug. 1838; John Wheeler, b. - , bap. 2 July 1797, res. in Barre. ABNER the f. rem. to Barre, and prob. d. before 1814; his w. Sally d. 13 Mar. 1836, a. 63.
WETHERBEE, SAMPSON, m. Hannah -, and had Jonathan, b. 7 Jan. 1749; Hannah, b. 2 May 1751.
2. CALVIN, m. Betsey, prob. wid. of John Rice and dau. of Benjamin Rug- gles, and had Benjamin Ruggles, b. 24 June 1823; John Stillman, b. 1 June 1825, m. Martha M. Nims of Keene, N. H., pub. 27 Dec. 1851, and d. 31 Mar. 1854; Samuel, b. 17 June 1827, m. Luthera Johnson 27 Dec. 1849; Adin Plum- mer, b. 24 Aug. 1830. CALVIN the f. d. 16 Ap. 1839, a. 36; his w. Betsey m. Benjamin Skinner 19 Jan. 1851.
3. BENJAMIN R., s. of Calvin (2), m. Abigail S. Richards, pub. 3 Feb. 1850, and had Augustus Eugene, b. 23 Jan. 1851.
HANNAH, of Pet., m. James Wing 11 Ap. 1799. Mrs. LYDIA, m. Barnabas Rich of Enf., pub. 26 Nov. 1827. VARNUM, m. Betsey R. Rice 14 Nov. 1831. PHINEAS, d. 21 Ap. 1822, a. 52. GILBERT, d. - Aug. 1825, a. 21. Mrs. WETHERBEE, perhaps w. of Gilbert, d. 26 Aug. 1825, a. 20.
WETHERELL, JOHN B., m. Parnell -, and had Laura Gertrude, b. 25 Aug. 1847, m. Clarence E. Hitchcock of Springf. 23 May 1872; Charlotte Eliza- beth, b. 13 Jan. 1849, m. Charles W. Wood of Worc. 13 June 1872; John Her- vey, b. 10 Sep. 1854.
LUCINDA, m. Samuel Cook, Jr., of Pet., pub. 30 Ap. 1825.
WHEELER, THOMAS, rem. from Acton to Worcester about 1739, was elected, in 1748, deacon of the first church, and remained in Worc. until about 1764, when he rem. to Hardwick, was adm. to the church 8 Nov. 1764, and d. here
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31 Jan. 1769, a. 74. In his will, dated 6 July 1764, he named sons Daniel, Amos, Nathan, Thomas, and grandson Timothy Moore.
2. DANIEL, s. of Thomas (1), m. Betty, dau. of Lieut. William Holloway of Marlborough; she d. here 7 Mar. 1774, a. 39, and he m. Mrs. Mary Cleveland of New Marlborough, pub. 2 Ap. 1775. His chil. were John, b. about 1757; Mary, b. about 1759, m. Moses Mandell 28 May 1777, and d. s. p. 20 Ap. 1782, a. 23; if others, they prob. did not live to maturity, as in his will, dated 21 Nov. 1812, the whole estate was given to the chil. of his deceased son John. DANIEL the f. rem. from Worc. to Hk. soon after 15 Sep. 1761, when he bought of Capt. Samuel Robinson the estate on the turnpike, a little more than a mile from the Common, marked "Old House " on the R. Map. His house was con- sumed by fire 15 Aug. 1773. He was a farmer, captain of militia in 1771, and d. 10 Jan. 1813, a. 84; his w. Mary d. 7 Dec. 1810, a. 76, or 77.
3. AMOS, s. of Thomas (1), res. on the homestead in Worcester, which was quitclaimed to him, 14 Ap. 1769, by his brothers, soon after the death of their father. His son Amos settled in Woodstock, Vt., and was father of Amos D., b. 13 Dec. 1803, grad. W. C. 1827, D. D. at Bowd. Coll. 1860, minister at Topsham, Me., and d. 28 June 1876.
4. NATHAN, s. of Thomas (1), m. Hannah, dau. of John Hunt, 1 July 1762, and probably rem. from Brk. to Hk. during the same year. He had Persis, b. 27 Mar. 1763; Lemuel, b. 30 Ap. 1764; m. Anna Ames of Barre 2 May 1793, res. several years on the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked "L. Manly," and d. s. p. 18 Feb. 1837; his w. Anna d. 4 Dec. 1846, a. 80; Nathan, b. 16 June 1767; Hannah, b. 22 Dec. 1768, m. Lewis Abbott of Oakham 2 May 1793 ; Betty, b. 4 May 1773, m. Elihu Wright of Westminster, Vt., 28 Nov. 1799; Polly, b. 5 Ap. 1775, m. Peter Wilder of Oakham, pub. 25 May 1794; Artemas, b. 10 June 1777. NATHAN the f. rem. to Stratham, N. H.
5. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (1), m. Anna, dau. of Jonathan Warner, 8 Sep. 1762, and had Charles, b. 13 Oct. 1763, d. unm. 11 Nov. 1805; Thomas, b. 3 Mar. 1767; Moses, b. 26 May 1769; Daniel, b. about 1771, d. 8 Oct. 1798 ; Sally, b. - 1774, d. unm. 5 July 1793, a. 19. THOMAS the f. was a farmer, and res. several years on the turnpike at or near the place marked "C. Paige " on the R. Map, which he sold to Col. Stephen Rice 19 Nov. 1770, and rem. to Brk., but returned before 31 Aug. 1777, and afterwards res. on the road to Gilbertville at the place marked " L. Manly " on the R. Map. He d. very suddenly 1 10 July 1804, a. 65 ; his w. Anna m. her cousin, Capt. Elijah Warner, 30 Dec. 1807, and d. in Dec. 1837, a. 95.
6. JOHN, S. of Daniel (2), m. Mary, dau. of John Paige, 18 Nov. 1779, and had Betsey, b. 3 June 1780, m. Isaac Davis of Rut., pub. 2 May 1825, and d. 27 July 1849; Fanny, b. 29 Sep. 1781, m. Lemuel Weeks 27 Dec. 1801, rem. to Hardwick, Vt., but d. here (prob. in childbed), 8 July 1807; Daniel, b. 7 Oct. 1783; John, b. 29 Aug. 1785 ; Mary, b. 16 Feb. 1788 ; Holloway Taylor, b. 29 Sep. 1790, res. in Rut., and d. 7 Ap. 1841; a child b. - , d. 2 Dec. 1792. JOHN the f. was a farmer, and res. on the homestead with his father. He was a man of great energy, both physical and mental. He was deeply involved in the Shays Rebellion, and was an aide-de-camp to Shays himself. His contemporaries spoke of him as superior to his chief in military skill and conduct. He was arrested, tried in Hampshire County, at the April term of the Supreme Court in 1787, convicted of treason, and condemned to death. He received full pardon, however, by the Governor 30 April 1787, and on the 1st of September 1789 was commissioned captain of militia,2 - a majority of the company doubtless approving his political opinions. But though thus sustained by his townsmen and by the government, it is said that his mind never regained its former buoyancy. Whether his mortification and chagrin tended to shorten his life is not known; but he d. 8 June 1794, at the early age of 37; his w. Mary d. 5, May 1821, a. 60.
1 " While giving directions to his hired 2 He was 1st lieut. of the same company men respecting his hay, he felt himself 17 Jan. 1784, and seems to have retained faint, fell into their arms, and instantly ex- the office until he was promoted in 1789. pired." Mass. Spy, July 18, 1804.
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7. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (5), m. Anna, dau. of Lieut. Job Dexter, 3 June 1790; she d. 20 Mar. 1804, a. 33, and he m. Mary, dau. of Timothy Paige, Esq., 14 Feb. 1805; she d. at Ticonderoga, N. Y., 18 Sep. 1828, a. nearly 48, and he m. twice afterwards. His chil. were Charles, b. 26 Mar. 1791, m. Luthera, dau. of Elijah Bangs, 2 Mar. 1814, and d. s. p. at Ticon- deroga, N. Y., 30 Sep. 1818; his widow m. Joseph Adams of Shutes. 1 Ap. 1824; a child b. - , d. 2 May 1793; Sally, b. 28 Ap. 1794, m. Daniel Wheeler 3 Nov. 1814; a child d. 12 Sep. 1796, aged eight days ; William Augustus, b. 30 Mar. 1798, m. Almira W., dau. of Capt. Moses Allen, 13 Jan. 1825, was a very energetic and skilful iron-founder and manufacturer in Worcester, where he d. 17 Feb. 1876; a child b. - Nov. 1800, d. 26 Jan. 1801; a child b. - , d. 4 July 1802; Ann Dexter, b. 3 Dec. 1805, d. 18 Jan. 1816; a child b. - -, d. 18 July 1807; Thomas Alonzo, b. 7 Nov. 1808, d. (of spotted fever) 15 Ap. 1811; Charlotte Sophia, b, 8 May 1811, m. William Burnett Cooper, and (2d) Ashley Cooper Bennett, had ten chil., res. in Garden Prairie, Ill., and afterwards in Rothville, Mo .; Mary Emeline, b. 21 June 1813, m. Thomas R. Green of Bel., and d. 20 Feb. 1843; Rebecca Ann, b. 6 Mar. 1816, m. Lyman Burrill, and d. at Dunkirk, N. Y., 10 June 1853; Eliza Jane, b. 15 Ap. 1819, m. Rev. Stephen Lovell, and d. 4 Mar. 1848 ; Juliet Elvira, b. 10 Sep. 1821, d. unm. at Greenwich 19 (or 29) June 1840. THOMAS the f. was a very ingenious blacksmith and iron-founder; he also cultivated a farm. He was long in the military service, being a captain in 1801, major in 1811, and colonel in 1813. He res. on the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " D. Wheeler" on the R. Map, and afterwards near the New Furnace, at the place marked "M. S.," until about 1818, when he re- moved to Ticonderoga, N. Y .; he returned about 1830, and res. a few years at Greenwich, and afterwards at Worcester, where he d. 26 Ap. 1851, a. 84.
8. MOSES, s. of Thomas (5), m. Mehetabel Pearson of Randolph, Vt., in 1798, and had Sophia, b. 11 Dec. 1799, m. John Wheeler, pub. 2 May 1825 ; Daniel, b. 10 July 1801 ; Amanda, b. 6 Dec. 1802, m. Alanson Johnson, pub. 8 May 1826; Sarah Warner, b. 2 Dec. 1804; Moses, b. 2 Sep. 1806, drowned 8 June 1819; Hitty, b. 24 May 1808; Henry Parsons, b. 27 Aug. 1810, d. 15 Mar. 1816; Harriet, b. 24 July 1812. MosEs the f. from about 1790 to 1803 res. at Randolph, Vt., where he was m. and his first three chil. were born. He then ret. to Hk., res. on what is now the Town Farm (on the Pet. road), and d. 14 Aug. 1828, a. 59.
9. DANIEL, s. of John (6), m. Sally, dau. of Col. Thomas Wheeler, 3 Nov. 1814, and had Sally Ann, b. 2 Nov. 1815, d. unm. 25 Jan. 1833 ; Fanny, b. 15 Sep. 1817, m. Forester B. Aiken 10 May 1837, and d. 23 Dec. 1872; Mary, b. 25 Sep. 1819, m. Levi Adams of Shutes., pub. 3 May 1843; Elizabeth, b. 22 Aug. 1821; Daniel Warner, b. 15 Aug. 1823, m. Delia Jenney of Ware, pub. 28 May 1848; Charlotte, b. 13 Nov. 1825, m. Edwin D. McFarland of Worc. 23 Feb. 1864; Luthera Elmira, b. 19 June 1828, m. Edward Dean 19 June 1851 ; John, b. 17 July 1829; Eliza Ann, b. - 1832, d. 7 Mar. 1833, a. 1 year; William A., bap. 13 Dec. 1835. DANIEL the f. was a farmer, res. on the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " D. Wheeler " on the R. Map, and afterwards on the Moose Brook road, near the Furnace, at the place marked " D. Billings; " late in life he rem. to Worc., where he d. 13 June 1864, a. 80; his w. Sally d. 26 June 1864, a. 70 ; both were buried here in the new cemetery.
10. JOHN, S. of John (6), m. -; she d. - , and he m. Sophia, dau. of Moses Wheeler, pub. 2 May 1825. His chil. were Daniel, b. 9 Ap. 1816, res. in East Boston; John, b. - , m. - , d. -; Mary G., b. 15 July 1820, m. - Bartlett (one other child by first wife d. young) ; Moses P., b. 2 Oct. 1828; Harriet S., b. 16 Feb. 1830, m. George Warner 21 Oct. 1858; Charles A., b. 31 Mar. 1832; Sarah E., b. 3 July 1834, d. unm. 17 May 1866; George F., b. 4 May 1836, res. in the city of New York. JOHN, the f. rem. early to Rut., where all his chil. were born, except the youngest ; about 1835 he re- turned, and for many years res. on the Gilbertville road at the place marked " D. Wheeler." He was a farmer, and d. 7 (or 27) Sep. 1865, a. 80.
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11. DANIEL, s. of Moses (8), m. Mary, dau. of Barnabas Hinkley, pub. 5 Nov. 1826, and had Mary Ann, b. 20 Sep. 1827; Daniel Hinkley, b. 7 June 1829; Susan, b. 11 Nov. 1830. DANIEL the f. rem. to Maine about 1835.
12. MOSES P., s. of John (10), m. Anna Maria Smith of St. Louis 3 Oct. 1861, and had Emma Louisa, b. here 6 June 1868. MOSES P. the f. rem. to Springfield.
13. CHARLES A., s. of John (10), m. Christiana B. Howe of Barre, pub. 7 Mar. 1865, and had Mary Louisa, b. 26 Mar. 1869. CHARLES A. the f., a farmer and deacon, res. on the homestead.
14. EPHRAIM, parentage not ascertained, by w. Anna, had Ephraim, b. 8 Dec. 1764; Anna, b. 4 May 1767 ; Persis, b. 29 Dec. 1769; Rhoda, b. 31 Aug. 1772. EPHRAIM the f. came here from Braintree in 1769.
SARAH, m. Thomas Emmons 30 Ap. 1741. Martha, of Marib., m. David Woods, pub. 11 Feb. 1743-4; Rebecca, m. Daniel Munden 8 Aug. 1771. ELIZABETH, m. Joseph Cleveland 4 May 1772. GEORGE P., of Pet., m. Al- meda Aiken 13 June 1848. WILLIAM A., m. Sarah E. Howe of Shrews., pub. 9 Nov. 1857. FANNY (b. in Pet.), d. unm. 30 Ap. 1861, a. 71.
WHEELOCK, DAVID, by w. Phebe, had Lydia, b. 22 Sep. 1760, m. Ichabod Merritt of Ware, pub. 6 Ap. 1783.
2. CALVIN C., by w. Clarissa E., had Hattie Maria, b. 15 Jan. 1861, d. 24 May 1862; Ellen M., b .- 1863, d. 2 Sep. 1865. a. 2 years.
GIDEON, m. Sarah Forbush 14 Jan. 1771. SALLY, m. James Holland of Gr. 15 Nov. 1792. SARAH, m. Benjamin Merritt of Ware 8 Jan. 1797. JOHN MOORE, s. of Eli, d. 17 May 1835, a. 1 year and 9 months.
WHEET, THOMAS, and Abigail Stearns were pub. 17 Jan. 1770.
WHIPPLE, BENJAMIN, b. in Ipswich 1726, by w. Hepzibah, had Nehemiah, b. here 25 Mar. 1750; Hepzibah and Sarah, twins, b. 1 July 1751; Abigail, b. 21 June 1753 ; Benjamin, b. 16 Sep. 1755 ; Prudence, b. 27 July 1757; David, b. 17 Sep. 1759; and at Bennington, Elizabeth, b. 24 Mar. 1763; Persis, b. 14 Mar. 1768. BENJAMIN the f. came here from Westboro' in 1749, was a cor- poral in the French War, and rem. to Bennington about 1761.
2. EBENEZER, rem. to Hk. from Sutton about 1751, and by w. Prudence, had Paul, b. - , d. about 1771; Samuel, b. 7 Dec. 1751 ; John, b. 6 Jan. 1754, perhaps the same who d. 5 July 1777; Prudence (posthumous), b. 17 Mar. 1756, m. George Field 13 Ap. 1775, and d. 15 Dec. 1838. EBENEZER the f. was a "joiner," a sergeant in the French War, and was killed in battle 8 Sep. 1755 ; his w. Prudence m. Deac. James Fay, pub. 13 Sep. 1760.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Ebenezer (2), m. Sarah, dau. of Ezra Leonard, 30 Mar. 1775, and had Rhoda, b. 24 Oct. 1775, m. Solomon Cutter of Rindge, N. H., 3 Jan. 1799 ; Olive, b. 6 June 1778, m. Chiron Penniman 17 Jan. 1797 ; John, b. 5 Feb. 1780; Fanny, b. 27 Feb. 1782; Charles, b. 12 Nov. 1784; Sarah, b. 20 Aug. 1786 ; Samuel Dudley, b. 24 June 1788; Anson, b. 23 Mar. 1790; Sophia, b. 27 Feb. 1792.
4. JAMES (a descendant from MATTHEW,1 who d. at Ipswich 28 Sep. 1647, through JOSEPH,2 who d. at Ips. about 1709, Deacon JAMES,3 of Grafton, who d. 3 Nov. 1766, a. 85, and JACOB 4), was b. at Grafton in 1732, settled in Hardwick, m. Lydia Powers 29 Nov. 1750, and had Lydia, b. - 1753, and d. - 1757; Jacob, b. 4 Nov. 1755; David, b. 12 Sep. 1759 ; James, b. -1765; Moses (posthumous), b. - 1768. JAMES the f. d. in 1767. - 5. JACOB, s. of James (4), m. Edna Forbush 30 Dec. 1777, and had Lydia, b .- 1779, m. Ichabod Towne of Gr., pub. 27 Jan. 1798; Ephraim, b. - 1781, d. at Dana 28 June 1862, a. 81; Sarah, b. - 1782, m. Ezra Thayer ; Mercy, b. - 1784, d. young. (The names and dates of birth are copied from the Whipple Genealogy. JACOB the f. was a deacon and a preacher in the Baptist church in the north part of the town (now Dana), and d. in 1818.
6. DAVID, s. of James (4), m. Elizabeth Davis of Gr. 7 Ap. 1785; she d. 16 Sep. 1826, a. 60, and he m. Martha Thayer, pub. 26 Jan. 1827 ; she d. 27 May 1836, a. 71, and he m. Arathusa Estabrook 1 Dec. 1836. His chil. were Len-
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dall, b. 14 Dec. 1795, d. unm. 21 Nov. 1817, and was the first person buried in the new cemetery (having previously assisted in building the surrounding wall) ; Joel, b. 19 July 1797; Cyrena, b. 28 May 1799, m. Hosea Thayer of Dana, pub. 26 Ap. 1819; Eliza, b. 11 Mar. 1804, m. William Johnson 15 Aug. 1822.
7. JAMES, s. of James (4), m. Electa Johnson 21 Ap. 1785, and had James, b. - 1785, m. Sybil Sturtevant of Ware, pub. 20 Feb. 1808; Cynthia, b. 1788, m. Ephraim Thayer; Bathsheba, b. - 1791, m. Apollos Johnson ; Seth, b. - 1793, m. Deborah Stephens, pub. 22 Mar. 1819, and d. at Otsego, N. Y., in 1846 ; Catherine, b. - 1796, m. Thomas Jenkins of Otsego, and d. in 1841; Almira, b .- 1778, m. Ira Haskell of Gr .; Almond, b. - 1800, res. in Howell, Mich., and was clerk of the Judicial Court ; Sophronia, b. - 1802, m. Oliver N. Shipman of Springf., N. Y .; Squire, b. 1804, grad. U. C. 1830, a civil engineer in Utica, N. Y. JAMES the f. rem. in 1817 to Otsego, N. Y., and thence to Springf., N. Y. See Gen. of Whipple Family.
8. MOSES, s. of James (4), m. Sarah Thayer 31 Dec. 1789, and had Rebecca, b. 9 Oct. 1790, m. Daniel Stephens, pub. 14 Ap. 1811; Sarah, b. 16 Ap. 1792, m. Joel Gleason, pub. 24 June 1811; Lydia, b. 17 Feb. 1795, m. Holland Randall of Barre, pub. 7 Ap. 1817; Moses, b. 22 Sep. 1796 ; Polly, b. - 1799, d. - 1802; Joseph, b. 30 Ap. 1801 ; Hannah, b. 11 June 1803, d. unm. at Dana 17 Ap. 1858 ; Susanna, b. 9 Sep. 1805, m. Stephen N. Johnson, pub. 3 Feb. 1823 ; Selinda, b. 1 May 1809, m. Cyrus Doubleday of Dana ; Ruby, b. 10 Nov. 1811, m. Erastus Thayer 26 May 1830. MOSES the f. d. - 1842.
9. JOEL, s. of David (6), m. Eunice Richardson 2 Sep. 1821, and had Charles L., b. about 1830, d. unm. 25 Mar. 1879, a. 48; Eliza E., b. about 1840, m. Peebles Johnson 21 May 1861. JOEL the f. d. 28 or 29 Jan. 1864; his w. Eunice d. at N. Brk. 9 Oct. 1869, a. 68, and was buried here.
10. MOSES, s. of Moses (8), m. Eunice Knowles 6 Ap. 1823, and had Har- riet K., b. about 1824, m. S. Osborn Brown of Fitchburg 1 May 1845 ; Mary Maria, b. about 1827, m. S. Osborn Brown, then of Springf., 5 June 1850; also Moses K., Susan, Albert, and Charles.
11. JOSEPH, S. of Moses (8), m. Deborah, dau. of George Haskell, 15 Ap. 1824, and had Emily R., b. about 1825, m. John Haven, and d. at Boston 8 June 1856. JOSEPH the f. was a colonel of militia, and deacon of the church. He rem. to Springfield about 1842.
LUCY, of Westborough, m. Moses Pratt 16 Nov. 1747. MOSES, brother of James (4), m. Catherine Forbush 25 May 1758. SARAH, m. Shearjashub Spooner of Pet. 21 May 1760. MARY, m. Joseph Warner 14 Nov. 1764. LYDIA, m. Ephraim Cleveland, Jr., 15 Nov. 1770. HANNAH, m. David Leonard of "No. 5" (Cummington) 15 Feb. 1773. RACHEL, m. Joshua Johnson 12 Aug. 1798. LEVI, m. Betsey Warner 21 Aug. 1803. BETSEY of Grafton m. James W. Jenkins, pub. 1 Jan. 1804. MARIA A., m. James H. Sturtevant, pub. 1 July 1853. CHARLOTTE S., m. William E. Dart, pub. 30 Mar. 1858.
WHITAKER, FRANKLIN, a clergyman, m. Mary, dau. of Franklin Ruggles, 1 June 1843, and had Mary, b. here 19 Ap. 1844, d. 16 Dec. 1850 ; Helen, b. in Janesville, Wis., 2 Mar. 1848, d. 17 Aug. 1850; Franklin, b. in Janesville 11 Jan. 1850, d. 20 July 1857; Willie, b. here 19 Aug. 1851, d. 26 Nov. 1853; Ellen, b. in Janesville 16 Sep. 1853, d. 28 Jan. 1854.
2. IRA W., by w. - , had Charles Eastman, b. 11 Aug. 1845; a son b. 7 Feb. 1848 ; Lucy Maria, b. 11 June 1850.
WHITCOMB, JAMES, S. of Robert and grandson of John, was b. at Scituate about 1668, where he m. Mary Parker in 1694, and had James, b. 31 Aug. 1695, d. young; Nathaniel and James, twins, b. the former on the 19th and the latter on the 21st of August 1697, as the Scituate Records distinctly show; Mary and Joanna, twins, b. 22 Mar. 1900 (of whom Mary m. Davis, and Joanna m. - Chapman) ; Robert, b. -, named in his father's will 22 Sep. 1727. JAMES the f. was a " set-work cooper," rem. from Scitu- ate to Rochester, where he d. 26 June 1728, a. 60 ; his w. Mary d. 30 Nov. 1729, a. 62.
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2. NATHANIEL, s. of James (1), m. Rosilla Coombs 21 Jan. 1722-3; she d. 8 Mar. 1737-8, and. he m. Phebe Blackman 27 July 1738. His chil. were Joanna, b. 6 June 1725, m. Silas Dean 13 Sep. 1744; Mary, b. 9 Oct. 1727, m. Paul Dean 4 Dec. 1745, and (2d) Deac. Daniel Spooner 16 Oct. 1780, and d. 9 May 1822; Dorcas, b. 8 Mar. 1729-30, m. Solomon Aiken 8 Feb. 1749- 50, and d. 10 Dec. 1803; Nathaniel, b. 26 May 1732 ; Rosilla, b. 19 Feb. 1733-4, m. George Paige 4 June 1752, and (2d) Capt. William Breckenridge of Ware 17 Mar. 1790, and d. 29 Oct. 1807; Asa, b. 29 Feb. 1735-6; John, b. 14 Feb. 1737-8, prob. d. young; Lot, b. 2 May 1739 ; Content, b. 27 Oct. 1740, m. Solomon Bush of Ware 27 Nov. 1767. NATHANIEL the f. was a cooper, rem. with his family from Rochester to Hardwick about 1742, was selectman five years between 1745 and 1759, assessor three years, and d. 18 Mar. 1772, a. 74 ; his head-stone remains standing in the old cemetery.
3. JAMES, S. of James (1), m. Mercy, dau. of Deac. Samuel Winslow of Roch., 15 Aug. 1721 ; she d. 20 Sep. 1726, a. 21, and he m. Joanna, dau. of William Spooner of Dartm., 12 July 1727 ; she d. - , and he m. Mercy, dau. of Capt. Josiah Winslow of Freetown, pub. 15 Nov. 1728; she d. 20 Ap. 1729, a. 28, and he m. Sarah, widow of Thomas Lincoln and dau. of Major Edward Winslow of Roch., 31 May 1731 (three of these wives were cousins to each other). His chil., all by his last wife, were James, b. 3 Mar. 1731-2, a soldier in the French War, killed at Gaspereau, N. S., 24 July 1755; 1 Thomas, b. 2
Dec. 1733, d. at Western - 1770; Sarah, b. 26 Oct. 1735; Mercy, b. 26 Aug. 1737 ; Scottoway, b. 1 June 1739 ; Robert, b. 1 May 1741; Nathan, bap. 25 Sep. 1743 ; also Edward and Mary, named in their father's will. JAMES the f. owned land in Hk., and seems to have res. here a short time ; he rem. from Roch. to Western (now Warren) about 1743, where he d. between 30 Aug. and 16 Dec. 1763 ; his w. Sarah was living 28 Feb. 1771, when her dower was assigned.
4. ROBERT, s. of James (1), m. Joanna Lawrence 13 Jan. 1731-2, and had Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1732, m. William Powers of Hk. 16 Nov. 1758; Joshua, b. 19 Nov. 1734 ; Joanna, b. 29 May 1737, m. Isaiah Hatch 31 Jan. 1756, and rem. to Hk .; and prob. others. ROBERT the f. res. at Rochester.
5. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Margaret Aiken 19 June 1755; she d. - , and he m. Mrs. Mary Freeman 17 Oct. 1779. His chil. were Dorcas, b. 16 June 1756, d. unm. 3 Jan. 1777; Lucy, b. 18 Mar. 1758 ; Margaret, bap. 8 June 1760; Phebe, bap. 24 Oct. 1762; Abigail, bap. 9 Dec. 1764. NA- THANIEL the f. rem. to Gr. before 1779.
6. ASA, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Joanna, dau. of Benjamin Raymond, 15 Mar. 1759, and had Rhoda, b. 22 July 1760, m. Ephraim Briggs at Barnard, Vt., 18 Ap. 1780; John, b. 17 Sep. 1761; Chapman, b. 5 Mar. 1765; Anthony, b. 17 June 1766; Asa Barnard, b. 23 Aug. 1770; Joanna, b. 11 July 1773; Benjamin, b. about 1775 (the four last named d. before 1809, and their names are inscribed together on a head-stone at Barnard); Philocles, b. in Barnard 27 June 1776, and the record describes him as " the first child that was born in this town." , ASA the f. was a very active man, and the principal leader in the settlement of Barnard. He was the agent of the proprietors for the sale of their land, and induced a large number of his relatives and neighbors to remove thither; so many, indeed, that on the organization of that town all the principal town officers, with perhaps a single exception, were Hardwick men. He was selectman, 1778, the first justice of the peace, 1778, representa- tive, 1779, and a leading spirit through life. He d. 31 Mar. 1812, a. 76. On his head-stone it is inscribed that "he was one of the framers of the Constitu- tion of this State, one of the first settlers of this town, and a main pillar of its infant settlement; and during the struggle for independence was a firm sup- porter of the cause of his country." 2
1 July 25, 1755. "Lieut. Wilson came from Gaspereau; brings an account that one of Capt. Cobb's men were killed passing from the fort to the village on his horse ; he and his horse were both killed ; his name was Whiteum; he came from Hardwike."
"Diary of Dr. John Thomas," N. E. Gen. Reg., xxxiii. 390.
2 I remember Mr. Whitcomb as a mus- cular man, with features indicating great energy of character. He had also a fund of humor, and sometimes expressed his
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7. Lor, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Lydia Nye of N. Br. 9 Dec. 1762, and had Betty, b. 28 Sep. 1763 ; Mehetabel, b. 2 Ap. 1765, d. 13 Ap. 1765; Branch, bap. 6 Dec. 1767; Nathaniel, bap. 26 July 1772; Lot, bap. 5 Mar. 1775 ; Justus and Lydia, bap. 15 Aug. 1779 ; James, bap. 9 Dec. 1781. LOT the f. rem. to Barnard, and was a member of the "Committee of Safety " (by which the first town meeting was called) in 1778. Perhaps he did not re- move his family so early.
8. MOSES, prob. s. of Robert (4), m. Sarah Powers 4 Nov. 1762, and had Judith, b. 10 Aug. 1763; Charles, b. 23 Sep. 1765; Joshua, b. 18 May 1768 ; Calvin, bap. 17 Nov. 1776; Luther, bap. 16 Aug. 1778; Moses, bap. 18 Feb. 1781.
9. BENJAMIN F., by w. Sarah H., had Maria, b. 2 Nov. 1874.
OLIVE, m. Rufus Carpenter of Woodstock 27 Feb. 1777. NATHANIEL, JR., of Gr., perhaps the same as NATHANIEL (5), m. Salome Snow, pub. 26 Ap. 1789. CHARLES, recommended to the church in Rochester, Vt., 5 Feb. 1797.
WHITE, JOHN (s. of John who was buried at Hatfield 15 Sep. 1665, and grandson of John, who came to N. E. in 1632, res. at Cambridge, Hartford, and Hadley, was elder of the church in Hartford, and d. there between 17 Dec. 1683 and 23 Jan. 1684), was b. in Hatfield 1663, m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas Wells, 7 July 1687, and had John, b. 26 Sep. 1689, and d. in West Springfield 1759 ; Mary, b. 3 Jan. 1692, d. young; Hannah, b. 26 Mar. 1695,
m. John Hastings 14 July 1720 ; Mary, b. - - 1697, prob. d. young ; Jona-
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