USA > Massachusetts > Hampshire County > Hatfield > History of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts: I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, with personal reminiscences of the men and women who have lived there during the last one hundred years; brief historical accounts of the religious societies and of Smith Academy; statistical tables, etc. III. Genealogies of the families of the first settlers > Part 33
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William, b. Mar. 18, 1740; d. Aug. 10, 1743. Ruth, b. Feb. 10, 1742; m. Oct. 20,
1763, Joseph Ashley, Jr. William, b. July 20, 1744.
Jonathan, b. Sept. 20, 1746.
Elisha, b. Oct. 1, 1749.
Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1751. Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1754; m. Apr. 26, 1829, Elisha Dickinson of Had.
25. WILLIAM, s. of Fellows (24), was b. July 20, 1744; d. Nov. 8, 1812. He was graduated from Yale College, 1765; admitted to the bar; and representative, 1769-70-72. He m. Jerusha, dau. of Col. Israel Williams of Hat. She d. Apr. 30, 1821. He rem. from Sund. to Con. at the time his father did. Two eldest ch. b. in Sund. Ch .: Mary, bap. Nov. 1, 1772; d. Oct. 13, 1776.
Caroline, bap. Oct. 30, 1774; d. Oct. 20, 1776.
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William, bap. Feb. 9, 1777.
Molly Williams, bap. Feb. 21, 1779; m. Feb. 4, 1798, Jonathan Stoddard of Nhn.
Charles Eugene, bap. Dec. 2, 1781.
Israel Williams, bap. Jan. 12, 1784; a lawyer in Hat.
Jerusha, bap. Jan. 4, 1786; d. July 4, 1813.
26. HON. ISRAEL WILLIAMS, s. of William (25), was bap. Jan. 12, 1784 ; rem. from Con. to Hat., where he d. June 4, 1856. He m. Jan. 4, 1816, Hepzibah, dau. of Samuel and Mabel (Dickinson) Partridge. She was b. Dec. 11, 1796; d. Aug. 21, 1865. He was a lawyer and of wide influence in Hat.
Ch .: Israel Williams, b. June 7, 1817 ; m. Dec. 30, 1840, Ruth Hubbard of Hat.
Samuel Partridge, b. Mar. 1, 1819; m. Oct., 1842, Ruby Harding of What. He was much in politics and was called the "Sage of Hamp- shire"; d. Oct. 21, 1902.
Charles W., b. Dec. 18, 1821; m. Sept., 1843, Mary S. Hubbard; d. Apr. 2, 1854.
George D., b. May 2, 1824; m. May 2, 1860, Elizabeth Cowles.
Edward Coke, d. Dec. 1, 1893. He was judge of the U. S. District Court of Louisiana.
THE BROWN FAMILY.
1. AARON BROWN was b. in Heath, Sept. 11, 1776, and rem. to Hat. He m. Feb. 20, 1812, Rebecca, dau. of Daniel Dickinson. She was b. Nov. 29, 1777, and d. Sept. 15, 1866. He d. Aug. 28, 1848.
Ch .: John D., b. Jan. 24, 1816. 30, 1850. She d. June 29, 1901. Louisa D., b. Apr. 12, 1818; m. Hollis Chenery of Montague, who d. Mar. Ch .: Hattie Chenery, b. 1846; d. May 24, 1866.
2. JOHN D., s. of Aaron (1), was b. Jan. 24, 1816; d. Apr. 22, 1888; m. Dec. 14, 1842, Augusta Salome, dau. of Josiah Allis.
Ch .: Alice L., b. Apr. 29, 1848; m. Nov. 4, 1868, Henry F. Bardwell; d. Oct. 29, 1907.
Jane F., b. Sept. 23, 1851 ; m. Sept. 23,
1874, Samuel D. Porter. Harriet A., b. Nov. 2, 1857; m. Nov. 19, 1891, George B. Barnes.
THE COWLES FAMILY.
1. JOHN COWLES (COWLS and COLE) was in Farming- ton in 1652; rem. abt. 1660 to Hat .; freeman, 1666; d. Sept., 1675; m. Hannah -, who made her will at Hart., 1680.
Ch .: John, b. abt. 1641. Elizabeth, m. Richard Lyman. Samuel, m. in 1661, Abigail, dau. of
Hannah, b. abt. 1644; m. Caleb Stan- ley ; d. in 1689. Timothy. Stanley; res. in Farming- ton ; d. Apr. 17, 1691.
Sarah, b. abt. 1647; m. Nathaniel Goodwin; d. in 1676, a. 29.
Mary, m. Nehemiah Dickinson.
Esther, prob. m. Thomas Bull of Farmington.
2 .. JOHN, s. of John (1) of Hat., was b. abt. 1641; freeman, 1690; d. May 12, 1711, a. 70; m. Nov. 22, 1668, Deborah, dau. of Robert Bartlett of Hart. She d. Dec. 11, 1711, a. 66.
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Ch .: Hannah, b. Nov. 14, 1670; d. John, b. June 15, 1676. unm. Dec. 16, 1711, a. 41. Mary, b. Nov. 3, 1683; d. unm. 1742. Esther, b. Apr. 14, 1686; m. May 25, 1713, Nathaniel Dickinson.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 26, 1671.
Samuel, b. May 27, 1673.
3. JONATHAN, s. of John (2) of Hat., was b. Jan. 26, 1671; d. Nov. 13, 1756; m. Jan. 21, 1697, Prudence Frary, who d. July 1, 1756, a. 70.
Ch .: Abigail, b. May 24, 1698. Had .; d. abt. 1761 in Belchertown. Eleazer, b. Sept. 18, 1713; m. Dec. 6,
John, b. Dec. 27, 1700.
Jonathan, b. June 30, 1703. 1739, Martha Graves; res. in Hat .; Timothy, b. Apr. 9, 1706. d. Sept. 25, 1797. Keziah, b. Sept. 6, 1708; m. Ebenezer Cowles. Elisha, b. Apr. 19, 1716. Eunice, b. Aug. 18, 1719. Abia, b. Oct. 27, 1722; d. May 10, 1727.
Nathaniel, b. Mar. 21, 1711 ; m. Anna, dau. of Peter Montague of So.
4. SAMUEL, s. of John (2) of Hat., was b. May 27, 1673; d. Aug. 16, 1750, from injuries received by a fall from a cart three days before; m. 1698, Sarah Hubbard.
Ch .: Mary, b. Mar. 16, 1698; m. Mar. 23, 1720, John Amsden.
Sarah, b. abt. Oct. 12, 1703; m. Tim- othy Cowles.
Samuel, b. Mar. 12, 1706; m. Abigail -; d. at Norfolk, Conn., 1762. Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1708; m.
Charles Hoar. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 18, 1710; m. Keziah Cowles; d. in Hat., Oct. 20, 1800. Son and daughter, twins, b. Jan. 21, 1713; s. d. in one week and dau. in one day.
5. TIMOTHY, s. of Jonathan (3), was b. Apr. 9, 1706; d. Mar. 27, 1786; m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Cowles. She d. July 17, 1779. Ch .: Sarah, b. Sept. 7, 1740; m. Peter Timothy, b. Dec. 25, 1741.
Train; d. May 4, 1792.
6. TIMOTHY, s. of Timothy (5), was b. Dec. 25, 1741; d. May 4, 1792 ; m. (1) Rhoda -, who d. Jan. 22, 1777, a. 31; m. (2) Elizabeth Graves, Sept. 11, 1777, who d. Oct. 5, 1816.
Ch. (by Rhoda - -) : Samuel, b. Lucius, b. Jan. 18, 1777. Aug. 21, 1766. Ch. (by Elizabeth Graves) : Betsy, b. Seth, b. May 16, 1768. July 28, 1779.
Sarah, b. July 16, 1770; m. Apr. 29, 1793, David Pond.
Augustus, b. July 13, 1772; m. Sub- mit Wheat; rem. to Heath.
Chester, b. 1786; d. Mar. 25, 1833.
7. DEA. RUFUS, s. of Timothy (6), was b. May 24, 1783 ; d. Feb. 6, 1840; m. Jan. 3, 1804, Lucy Osborn, who was b. Aug. 28, 1784, and d. Dec. 20, 1844.
Ch .: Augustus, b. Oct. 3, 1804; d. Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1812; d. May Oct. 1, 1822. 29, 1831.
Erastus, b. Dec. 22, 1805. Rufus, b. July 9, 1814.
Orsamus, b. Sept. 16, 1807; d. unm. Alpheus, b. Mar. 13, 1820.
Nov. 13, 1822.
8. DEA. ERASTUS, s. of Dea. Rufus (7), was b. Dec. 22, 1805;
Patty, b. Nov. 5, 1780.
Rufus, b. May 24, 1783.
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d. Oct. 31, 1878; m. Mar. 17, 1831, Olive, dau. of Zebina Dickinson. She was b. at Hat. and d. July 17, 1889.
Ch .: Henry Augustus, b. May 29, 1833; d. Aug. 31, 1833.
Augustus, b. July 2, 1836; d. Mar. 31, 1868; member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M .; m. Jane M. Billings.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1839; m. May 2, 1860, George D. Billings; d. May
2, 1900.
George S., b. Dec. 19, 1841; d. unm. June 26, 1868.
Edward C., b. Mar. 27, 1844.
Charles L., b. June 21, 1846; d. unm. Sept. 28, 1889.
Rufus H., b. Jan. 16, 1850.
9. RUFUS, s. of Dea. Rufus (7), was b. July 9, 1814; d. Sept. 4, 1896; m. Dec. 4, 1839, Fanny P. Moody of Amh., who was b. July 18, 1816, and d. Sept. 17, 1870.
Ch .: Lucy Osborn, b. Mar. 15, 1846; d. June 20, 1893.
10. DEA. ALPHEUS, s. of Dea. Rufus (7), was b. Mar. 13, 1820; m. Dec. 28, 1842, Sophia, dau. of Elisha Wells of Leyden. She was b. Aug. 8, 1823.
Ch .: Henry H., b. Oct. 20, 1843; d. F. Sampson of No. Adams. He Nov. 9, 1847. was b. June 25, 1846, and served in the 4th Mass. Cavalry and 19th
Isadore H. Kenny (Cowles), brought up by Dea. Alpheus, was b. Dec. 12, U. S. Infantry.
1847, and m. Oct. 22, 1878, Merritt
11. EDWARD C., s. of Erastus (8), was b. Mar. 27, 1844; d. Aug. 17, 1909 ; m. July 14, 1868, Sarah Russell of Boston.
Ch .: Mabel Nickerson, b. Sept. 26, m. Oct. 12, 1904, Herbert O. White.
1869; d. Tune 26, 1886. Edward Russell, b. Dec. 15, 1884.
Mary Dickinson, b. Aug. 23, 1871;
THE CURTIS FAMILY.
1. JOHN DAY CURTIS was of Williamsburg and it is sup- posed his ancestors were from Scituate. He d. July 22, 1835. He m. (1) Rachel -, who d. Mar. 29, 1814; m. (2) Achsah who survived him.
Ch .: Lebbeus, b. July 29, 1784. Dickinson. Edward, b. July 3, 1786. Armena, b. Apr. 11, 1799; d. Sept. 9, 1808.
Elbartus, b. Aug. 24, 1788; m. Clar- issa G. -
Salome, b. Aug. 11, 1801; m. John White.
Doras, b. Jan. 4, 1791.
Harriet, b. Apr. 7, 1793; m. Eri Philips.
Walter, b. May 22, 1795.
Rachel, b. June 6, 1797 ; m. Freeman
Dolly, b. Aug. 15, 1803; m. Erastus Taylor; d. before June, 1835. Juvenelia, b. Mar. 7, 1808; m. Moses Hannum.
2. EDWARD, s. of John D. (1), was b. July 3, 1786; m. Irene Graves of Williamsburg, who was b. June 12, 1788, and d. Mar. 18, 1860. Rem. from Williamsburg to Hat.
Ch .: Stephen G., b. Feb. 22, 1809. Edward, b. Apr. 4, 1815.
William, b. Nov. 13, 1810. Rachel W., b. Oct. 22, 1817.
Lucius, b. Nov. 12, 1812; d. May 17, 1815.
Lucius G., b. Aug. 16, 1819.
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3. STEPHEN G., s. of Edward (2), was b. Feb. 22, 1809 ; d. Jan. 7, 1888; m. Mary Reed of What., who was b. Dec. 2, 1817, and d. Sept. 28, 1893.
Ch .: Martha M., b. Sept. 6, 1859; d. Oct. 2, 1859.
May I., b. Sept. 12, 1860; d. Oct. 1, 1861.
4. WILLIAM, s. of Edward (2), was b. Nov. 13, 1810; d. Dec. 20, 1857 ; m. Lucy Hubbard, who d. Mar. 25, 1838, a. 24.
Ch .: Mary A., d. Mar. 26, 1838, a. 2. Edward W., b. Dec. 30, 1837.
5. EDWARD, s. of Edward (2), was b. Apr. 4, 1815; d. Oct. 4, 1886; m. Aug. 12, 1839, Eleanor Bullard of Williamsburg, who was b. Sept. 20, 1823, and d. Mar. 24, 1879.
Ch .: Charles O., b. Sept. 20, 1840, at Oxford, Ohio; d. Nov. 29, 1904, at Carthage, Ohio:
James B., b. June 5, 1842, at Carthage, Ohio.
Lucius, b. Aug. 26, 1844, at Carthage, Ohio.
Alonzo, b. Nov. 26, 1845, at Lockland,
Ohio; d. Aug. 10, 1907, at Car- thage, Ohio.
Mary M., b. Apr. 12, 1847, at Car-
thage, Ohio; d. Sept. 20, 1849, at Carthage, Ohio.
Irene, b. Oct. 27, 1848, at Carthage, Ohio; d. Sept. 3, 1849, at Carthage, Ohio.
Irene, b. May 25, 1852, at Carthage,
Ohio; d. Apr. 16, 1854, at Car- thage, Ohio.
Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1854, at Carthage, Ohio ; d. July 30, 1856, at Carthage, Ohio.
MR. AND MRS. LUCIUS G. CURTIS.
6. LUCIUS G., s. of Edward (2), was b. Aug. 16, 1819; d. Apr. 15, 1878; m. Mar. 24, 1846, Maria, dau. of Thomas Frary of Hat. She was b. Oct. 12, 1825, and d. Aug. 4, 1888.
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Ch .: Son, b. Apr. 24, 1846; d. Apr. 27, 1846.
Arthur F., b. July 4, 1847 ; d. Mar. 9, 1891; m. Sept. 18, 1872, Alice F. Miller ; no ch.
Ashley Graves, b. Aug. 7, 1849; d. Dec. 13, 1860.
Samuel Frary, b. Dec. 16, 1851; m. Apr., 1880, Delina Harrington. Ch .: Margaret M., b. Jan. 23, 1881.
William T., b. Nov. 26, 1855 ; d. Dec. 30, 1860.
Maria Irene, b. Sept. 23, 1857; m. Dec. 4, 1879, F. H. Bardwell.
7. RACHEL W., dau. of Edward (2), was b. Oct. 22, 1817 ; d. Aug. 26, 1900; m. Aug. 31, 1837, Moses W. Kingsley of Hat. He was b. May 3, 1815, and d. Jan. 20, 1894.
Ch .: Roswell H. Kingsley, b. Apr. 27, 1840; d. Sept. 5, 1841.
Elbridge Kingsley, b. Sept. 17, 1842, in Carthage, Ohio.
Seth W. Kingsley, b. July 27, 1844, in Hat .; m. Mary E. White of Hat. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war. Stephen C. Kingsley, b. May 5, 1847 ;
m. (1) Harriet Childs of Dfd .; m. (2) Mrs. Mary G. Root of What. Edwin P. Kingsley, b. Nov. 17, 1850; m. Clara
Lewis H. Kingsley, b. Nov. 27, 1853. Louisa C. Kingsley, b. Sept. 9, 1855; d. Mar. 26, 1856. Henry H. Kingsley, b. May 8, 1859.
THE DICKINSON FAMILY.
1. NATHANIEL DICKINSON of Wethersfield, Conn., 1637, was town clerk in 1645 and representative from 1646-56; rem. to Had., 1659; freeman, 1661; deacon and first recorder; res. for a few years in Hat., but d. in Had., June 16, 1676. He m. Anne -. Ch .: Samuel, b. July, 1638. Dorcas, who m. (2) 1676, Jonathan Marsh. Obadiah, b. Apr. 15, 1641.
Nathaniel, b. Aug., 1643.
Nehemiah, b. abt. 1644; m. Mary Cowles( ?) ; d. Sept. 9, 1723.
Hezekiah, b. Feb., 1645; m. Dec. 4, 1679, Abigail Blackman; d. June 14, 1707.
Azariah, b. Oct. 4, 1648; slain in swamp fight, Aug. 25, 1675; m.
Thomas, m. Mar. 7, 1667, Hannah Crow.
Joseph, m. Phebe Bracy. John, m. Frances Foote ; d. 1676.
Anna or Hannah, m. (1) Jan. or June 16, 1670, John Clary; m. (2) Enos Kingsley of Nhn.
2. SAMUEL, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. in July, 1638; freeman, 1690; d. Nov. 30, 1711, a. 73. He m. Jan. 4, 1668, Martha, dau. of James Bridgman of Spfd. and Nhn. She was b. Nov. 20, 1649, and d. July 16, 1711, a. 61.
Ch .: Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1669. Child, b. Dec. 12, 1670. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 10, 1672.
Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1675; d. unm. abt. 1750. Azariah, b. Dec. 4, 1678. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 2, 1681.
Ann, b. Dec. 17, 1683. Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1686; d. in Sund., Sept. 2, 1755, leaving neither wife nor child. Hannah, b. Apr. 4, 1689; m. Thomas Hovey of Sund.
3. OBADIAH, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. Apr. 15, 1641. His house was burned and he and child carried in 1677 to Canada. He returned the next year and rem. from Hat. to Wethersfield, Conn., where he d. June 10, 1698. He m. (1) Jan. 8, 1669, Sarah Beard- sley ; m. (2) Mehitable, prob. dau. of Samuel Hinsdale.
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Ch .: Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1669.
Obadiah, b. Jan. 29, 1672.
Daniel, b. Apr. 26, 1674. Eliphalet.
Sarah. Noadiah, b. 1694. Mehitable, b. 1696.
4. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (1), was b. in Aug., 1643 ; free- man, 1690; d. Oct. 11, 1710; m. (1) Hannah -, who d. Feb. 23, 1679; m. (2) in 1680, wid. Elizabeth Gillett; m. (3) in 1684, Elizabeth, wid. of Samuel Wright of Nhn.
Ch. (by Hannah -) : Nathaniel, b. May 1, 1663. Smith, Feb. 6, 1696; d. Aug. 16,
Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1673; m. Nathaniel
Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1666; m. Samuel 1718. . Kellogg of Colchester, Conn. ; prob. d. Aug. 3, 1745. Daniel, b. Mar. 3, 1675. Rebecca, b. Mar., 1677; m. 1713, Thomas Allen.
John, b. Nov. 1, 1667.
5. JOSEPH, s. of Nathaniel (1), was freeman of Conn., 1657, and res. in Nhn. from 1664 to 1674, and then rem. to Nfd. He was slain with Capt. Beers, Sept. 4, 1675. He m. Phebe Bracy, dau. of Mrs. Martin.
Ch .: Samuel, b. May 24, 1666; d. in Azariah, b. May 15, 1674; prob. m. Hat., 1690 or 1691. (1) Mary -; m. (2) Elizabeth
Joseph, b. Apr. 27, 1668. , and sett. abt. 1704 in Haddam, Nathaniel, b. May 20, 1670. Conn. John, b. May 2, 1672.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (2) of Hat., was b. Aug. 17, 1669; m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Samuel Billings of Hat. She was b. Oct. 18, 1676. He m. (2) in 1706, Rebecca, wid. of Abner Wright.
Ch .: John, b. Sept. 1, 1699. Moses, b. Sept. 28, 1711.
Samuel, perhaps. Elisha, b. Dec. 15, 1708.
Benoni. Martha. 1
7. NATHANIEL, s. of Samuel (2) of Hat., was b. Feb. 10, 1672; d. Nov. 29, 1741 ; m. May 25, 1713, Esther Cole, who d. in 1750. Ch .: Eunice, b. July 17, 1714; m. Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1719; m. Submit Thomas Baker. -; d. 1747.
Gideon, b. Apr. 27, 1716; m. Rebecca Miriam, m. Simeon Morton. ---; d. Apr. 13, 1781.
8. EBENEZER, s. of Samuel (2) of Hat., was b. Feb. 2, 1681; d. Mar. 16, 1730; m. June 27, 1706, Hannah, dau. of Eleazer Frary.
Ch .: Editha, b. Aug. 23, 1707; m. John Field; d. 1740.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1709; m. - Gunn.
Nathan, b. May 30, 1712; m. (1) Thankful Warner; m. (2) Joanna Leonard; d. Aug. 7, 1796.
Hannah, b. Feb. 17, 1715; m. 1742,
Remembrance Bardwell; d. Mar. 16, 1788. Reuben, b. Aug. 2, 1717. Samuel and Mary, twins, b. Oct. 14, 1718. Mary d. unm. 1754. Abner, b. Jan. 5, 1724; m. Sarah -; d. Sept. 28, 1799.
9. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (4) of Hat., was b. May 1, 1663 ; made his will in 1743, which was approved in 1757. He m. (1) Hepzibah Gibbs, who d. in 1713; m. (2) Lydia, wid. of Samuel Wright of Nhn.
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Ch .: Nathaniel, b. Feb. 25, 1685; slain in 1698.
Samuel, b. Dec. 30, 1687; res. in Dfd .; d. abt. 1761. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 7, 1690; res. in Hat .. Daniel, b. Nov. 13, 1693.
Hepzibah, b. Aug. 7, 1696; m. 1720, Jonathan Belding.
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 27, 1698; res. in Nfd. ; d. before 1758.
Benjamin and Thankful, twins, b. Sept. 11, 1702. Benjamin m. Sarah Scott; d. May 18, 1778. Thankful m. 1726, Japhet Chapin of Spfd. Catharine, b. Jan. 8, 1706; m. 1726, Caleb Chapin of Spfd.
10. NATHANIEL, S. of Joseph (5), deacon, of Hat., was b. May 20, 1670, and d. in 1745. He m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel White of Hat. She was b. in Sept., 1679.
Ch .: Jonathan, b. Nov. 7, 1699; m. Mary Smith, Apr. 2, 1724; d. Dec. 31, 1787.
Martha, b. Dec. 25, 1701; m. Mar. 2, 1727, Elnathan Graves; d. Jan. 9, 1756.
Obadiah, b. July 28, 1704; m. (1) May 26, 1726, Mary Belding; m. (2) Martha -; d. June 24, 1788. Nathan, b. Apr., 1707; d. May, 1707.
Joshua, b. Feb. 7, 1709; d. Mar. 2, 1793 ; in. Elijah, b. Feb. 24, 1712; d. June 8, 1714. Elijah, b. Sept. 20, 1714; d. May 28, 1715. Joel, b. Mar. 23, 1716. Lucy, b. Sept. 9, 1718; d. Dec. 24, 1718.
11. MOSES, s. of Samuel (6) of Hat., was b. Sept. 28, 1711 ; d. abt. 1787 ; m. Oct. 24, 1737, Anna, dau. of Joseph Smith. She was b. July 22, 1712.
Ch .: Samuel, res. in What. 1773, Silas Billings; d. Feb. 11, 1837.
Rebecca.
Miriam, b. abt. 1746; m. Nov. 25,
Martha, m. William Mather. Anna, b. abt. 1750; m. John Bullard; . d. Mar. 27, 1806.
12. DANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (9) of Hat., was b. Nov. 13, 1693, and d. Oct. 16, 1768. He m. (1) Jan. 13, 1736, Lydia, dau. of Ichabod Allis of Hat. She was b. Jan. 7, 1702, and d. Oct. 16, 1737. He m. (2) Ruth Bagg in 1744. She d. Dec. 19, 1791, a. 83. Ch. (by Ruth Bagg) : Daniel, b. June Aaron, b. Oct. 9, 1749; d. July 1, 3,- 1745; d. Aug. 28, 1825. 1827. Lydia, b. Nov. 21, 1746; m. Gideon Roger, b. Feb. 23, 1752; d. Aug. 7, 1838. Dickinson.
13. JOHN, s. of Nathaniel (4) of Hat., was b. Nov. 1, 1667 ; d. Dec. 21, 1761. He m. (1) in 1688, Sarah -, who d. in 1707 ; m. (2) Hepzibah, prob. dau. of Lieut. Thomas Wells of Dfd.
Ch .: Sarah, b. Apr. 15, 1689; m. Feb. 15, 1709, John Leonard of Spfd.
Jerusha, b. Mar. 20, 1693; m. (1) Daniel Russell; m. (2) 1744, Simon Cooley of Sund.
Lydia, m. Jan. 12, 1714, Joseph Churchill of Wethersfield, Conn. Eunice, b. 1697; m. Noah Clark of Nhn.
Hannah, m. Feb. 20, 1723, William Murray.
Ruth, m. abt. 1727, Samuel Wells. John, b. Apr. 2, 1707.
Thomas, b. Apr. 6, 1718; m. Pru- dence Smith. David, b. Oct. 5, 1720 ; d. 1726.
Mary, b. June 20, 1722; d. Dec. 10, 1726. Salmon. Abigail. m. Jonathan Wells of Bel- chertown. Dorothy, prob.
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14. COL. JOHN, s. of John (13) of Hat., was b. Apr. 2, 1707 ; d. Feb. 21, 1799; m. abt. 1734, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Coleman. She was b. July 14, 1712, and d. Nov. 28, 1780. .
Ch .: John. Lemuel.
Mary, m. Graves. Sarah, m. Belding.
15. SALMON, s. of John (13) of Hat., was b. abt. 1725; d. Aug. 20, 1781, in his 56th year.
Ch .: Salmon. Hannah, b. abt. 1752; m. Aug. 31, 1773, Seth Bardwell; d. Dec. 31, John.
Mary, m. Feb. 8, 1774, Samuel Dick- 1833.
inson, Jr.
Olive.
16. DEA. OBADIAH, s. of Nathaniel (10) of Hat., was b. July 28, 1704 ; d. June 24, 1788, a. 84. He m. (1) May 26, 1726, Mary, dau. of John and Sarah ( Waite) Belding of Hat. She was b. July 27, 1705, and d. Feb. 10, 1747. He m. (2) Martha, dau. of Joseph and Mary ( Warner ) Waite. She was b. Oct. 7, 1724, and d. Nov. 18, 1785.
Ch. (by Mary Belding) : Elijah, b. July 31, 1727.
Elihu, b. Oct. 11, 1729; d. Aug. 31, 1742.
Lucy, b. Nov. 10, 1731; m. Eleazer Allis of Hat.
Lois, b. Dec. 9, 1733 ; d. Aug. 27, 1742. Israel, b. Feb. 21, 1736; m. Nov. 20, 1764, Mercy Partridge.
Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1738; m. Nov. 14, 1755, Julius Allis of Con.
Obadiah, b. Dec. 6, 1740; d. Aug. 31, 1742.
Submit, b. Oct. 21, 1742; m. 1766, Samuel Gaylord ; d. Oct. 25, 1766.
Lois, b. Aug. 5, 1744; m. Nov. 14, 1770, John C. Williams ; d. Sept. 7, 1787.
Mary, b. Jan., 1746; d. the next year. Ch. (by Martha Waite) : Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1748; m. Jan. 27, 1774, Elisha Allis of What.
Obadiah, b. Mar. 27, 1751 ; d. Oct. 11, 1755.
Infant, b. Apr. 12, 1753 ; d. same day. Elihu, b. Sept. 4, 1755.
Obadiah, b. Aug. 31, 1757; m. June 28, 1787, Sophia Pomeroy of Nfd. Martha, b. Sept. 14, 1759; d. same day.
Martha, b. Oct. 26, 1761; m. Oct. 29, 1790, John Barret of Nfd.
Silas, b. Apr. 3, 1764; d. Aug. 26, 1775.
Sylvia, b. May 6, 1766; d. in 6 weeks, June 27, 1766.
17. ENSIGN ELIJAH, s. of Obadiah (16), was b. at Hat., July 31, 1727 ; d. Jan. 26, 1813, a. 86. He m. (1) Sybil, dau. of Zech- ariah Billings. She was b. Feb. 10, 1732, and d. Mar. 30, 1767, a. 36. He m. (2) Aug. 24, 1769, Mary Smith, who d. Oct. 14, 1798, a. 62.
Ch. (by Sybil Billings) : Elijah, b. Sept., 1756; d. Sept., 1756.
Electa, b. Oct. 15, 1757.
Elijah, b. Apr., 1760.
Clarissa, b. July 27, 1762; m. Childs.
Ruth, b. Feb. 25, 1765; m. John Hubbard ; d. Nov. 24, 1837.
Submit, b. Mar. 26, 1767 ; m. Augus- tus Dickinson of Con .; d. Mar. 15, 1813.
Ch. (by Mary Smith) : Sybil, b. June
18, 1770; m. Feb. 1, 1790, Dr. Hastings; d. July 9, 1843.
Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1772; m. Ebenezer White; d. May 11, 1850. Lois, b. Sept. 2, 1774; m. July 11, 1793, Moses Wells; d. Dec. 30, 1793. Silas, b. Nov. 7, 1776; d. Mar. 28, 1785. Sophia, b. May 17, 1779; d. Aug. 8, 1793.
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HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
18. ELIJAH, s. of Ensign Elijah (17), was b. in Apr., 1760; d. May 27, 1817, a. 58. He m. (1) Apr. 24, 1794, Bathsheba Waite, who was b. Oct. 25, 1768, and d. Apr. 1, 1806; m. (2) Apr. 23, 1807, Lydia Wells, who d. Apr. 10, 1812, a. 52; m. (3) Apr. 22, 1813, Nancy Dickinson, who was b. July 18, 1775, and d. Nov. 22, 1867.
Ch. (by Bathsheba Waite) : Twin daughters, d. Oct. 27, 1794, a. one day.
Twins, s. and dau., b. Jan. 24, 1795; d. June 24, 1795.
Obadiah, b. Oct. 23, 1796; d. in N. Y. state, Apr. 23, 1879.
Norman, b. Feb. 19, 1801; d. Jan. 21,
1803. Norman, b. May 6, 1803; d. June 21, 1818. Child, b. Jan. 12, 1806; d. same day. Ch. (by Nancy Dickinson) : Elijah,
b. July 25, 1814; d. June 5, 1893. Nancy, b. Mar. 9, 1816; m. Joseph D. Billings ; d. Nov. 22, 1867.
19. ELIHU, s. of Dea. Obadiah (16), was b. in Hat., Sept. 4, 1755; d. Aug. 8, 1809; m. 1779, Mary, dau. of John and Mary Smith of Hat. She was b. 1751 and d. May 23, 1820, a. 69. He was a farmer and a resident of Hat.
Ch .: Cotton, b. Sept. 13, 1779; d. Sept. 27, 1799.
Israel, b. Sept. 23, 1781; m. Polly Dickinson.
William, b. June 13, 1783.
Pamelia, b. June 21, 1785; m. Joseph Longley of Shirley.
Silas, b. Oct. 20, 1786; d. unm. Oct.
7, 1873. Clarissa, b. Apr. 11, 1788; m. Ed- mund Longley of Boston. Son, b. May 19, 1791; d. May 24, 1791. Daughter, b. Jan. 11, 1792; d. same day.
20. WILLIAM, s. of Elihu (19), was b. at Hat., June 13, 1783 ; d. Dec. 29, 1870, a. 87. He m. Fanny, dau. of Lieut. Samuel and Sarah (White) Smith. She was b. in Hat., 1787, and d. Feb. 21, 1853. He was a farmer by occupation and lived on the old Dea. Obadiah Dickinson homestead in Hat.
Ch .: John S., b. Oct. 11, 1814; d. Jan. Sept. 21, 1838.
23, 1853. William Henry, b. Mar. 4, 1820.
Mary Smith, b. Aug. 26, 1816; d.
21. WILLIAM HENRY, s. of William (20), was b. at Hat., Mar. 4, 1820 ; d. July 6, 1905 ; m. Nov. 30, 1842, Angelina, dau. of Justin and Olive (Cooley) Waite of Hat. She was b. at Hat., Oct. 14, 1822. He was a farmer, bank director, and prominent in town and county.
Ch .: James Waite, b. Oct. 24, 1844. Dec. 13, 1871, Elijah Ashley Bard- well; d. Aug. 10, 1876.
Mary Smith, b. Oct. 14, 1847; d. Aug. 13, 1849. William Cooley, b. Sept. 18, 1853.
Sarah Emma, b. Nov. 23, 1851; m.
22. JAMES WAITE, s. of William Henry (21), was b. at Hat., Oct. 24, 1844 ; d. Nov. 10, 1868 ; m. Nov. 14, 1867, Avie M., dau. of Eliphas H. and Sarah (Bartlett) Wood of What. She was b. Sept. 5, 1844.
Ch .: Mary J., b. Sept. 26, 1868; m Burt L. Sims of Holyoke.
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GENEALOGIES .- DICKINSON.
23. WILLIAM COOLEY, s. of William Henry (21), was b. at Hat., Sept. 18, 1853 ; d. Feb. 5, 1898; m. Nov. 4, 1891, Clara L., dau. of Thaddeus Graves of Hat.
Ch .: William H., b. Aug. 14, 1892. Mary Graves, b. Dec. 31, 1893.
24. AARON, s. of Daniel (12), was b. at Hat., Oct. 9, 1749; d. July 1, 1827 ; m. (1) Dec. 14, 1780, Hannah, dau. of Remembrance Bardwell of Hat. She was b. Aug. 4, 1750; d. May 13, 1785. He m. (2) July 27, 1786, Experience, wid. of Caleb Cooley and dau. of Charles Phelps of Had. She d. June 7, 1847, a. 86. He kept for many years a tavern at Westbrook.
Ch. (by Hannah Bardwell) : Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1781; m. Silas Frary of What.
Walter, b. Mar. 2, 1783; d. Aug. 8, 1798.
Hannah, b. May 13, 1785; d. soon.
Ch. (by Experience Phelps Cooley) : Henry, b. June 9, 1787; d. Jan. 1, 1823.
David, b. Oct. 25, 1788.
Hannah, b. July 30, 1791. Aaron, b. Apr. 5, 1793; m. Harriet Arms of Dfd. ; d. Dec. 11, 1867.
Experience, b. Sept. 30, 1795.
Walter, b. Aug. 9, 1800; d. unm. abt. 1855. 1
Caleb Cooley, b. Nov. 25, 1804; d. unm. Sept. 16, 1882, and left his fortune to found Dickinson Hos- pital at Nhn.
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM DICKINSON.
25. DAVID, s. of Aaron (24), was b. Oct. 25, 1788; d. June 9, 1872; m. Jan. 29, 1817, Dorothy, dau. of Lieut. John Brown of What. She was b. Nov. 14, 1800, and d. Sept. 27, 1866.
Ch .: Champion Brown, b. Dec. 21, 1818.
Harriet, b. 1820; m. Joseph Milling- ton of Catskill, N. Y.
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HISTORY OF HATFIELD.
26. CHAMPION BROWN, s. of David (25), was b. at What., Dec. 21, 1818; d. Dec. 23, 1895; m. May 15, 1855, Martha Richtmyre, who was b. at Durham, Greene County, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1837, and d. Nov. 28, 1897. They were residents of No. Hat.
Ch .: Cooley Brown, b. June 10, 1858. delphia, Penn.
Hattie C., b. Feb. 24, 1859; m. Nov. Edward Nelson, b. Apr. 3, 1862.
10, 1881, John W. Darr of Phila-
27. COOLEY BROWN, S. of Champion B. (26), was b. at Durham, Greene County, N. Y., June 10, 1828; m. Jan. 14, 1885, Myra L., dau. of Micajah and Pamelia A. ( Parker) Howes. She was b. June 13, 1862.
Ch .: Myra Emily, b. June 14, 1887. Pauline Howes, b. May 5, 1893. Champion Ryland, b. Aug. 25, 1895; d. Jan. 25, 1897.
28. EDWARD NELSON, s. of Champion B. (26), was b. at Dur- ham, Greene County, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1862; m. Jan. 31, 1895, Elvira McKenan, who was b. Dec. 21, 1872. They reside at No. Hat.
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