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1825, m. Sept. 17, 1862, Mary Shaw of Chicopee, d. Apr. 27, 1872; Charles Bruce, b. Oct. 5, 1827, m. Dec. 29, 1862, Kate Learner of Le Compton, Kan .; resides Lexington, Kan .; Charlotte, b. Aug. 7, 1829, d. Mar. 17, 1851; Walter Scott, b. Aug. 18, 1831, m. Sept. 17, 1874, Jenny Pugh of Lexington, Kan .; resides Lexington ; Chauncy Edmands, b. May 27, 1833, d. young ; Alonzo Edmands, b. Oct. 10, 1835, a scout in Kansas First Regiment, died of camp fever at Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 27, 1864; Lucius, b. Feb. 5, 1838, m. Oct. 1, 1858, Fanny Mullet, d. San. Francisco, Cal., Feb. 11, 1870.
11. Luther P., son of Luther 7, d. Brookfield, July 27, 1839, m. Apr. 25, 1833, Marcia Ann Converse, who m. (2) Adolphus Hamilton of West Brookfield. Chil- dren, Rebekah Kittridge, b. Aug. 30, 1835; Susan L., b. Sept. 26, 1837.
12. Edward K., son of Luther 7, d. Reynolds, Minn., July 4, 1883, m. (1) July 3, 1845, Mary Ann Tufts of Brookfield, d. Mar. 17, 1848 ; (2) May 8, 1850, Eliza Ann Rice of Brookfield, d. Apr. 7, 1868. Children, Mary C., b. Sturbridge, Nov. 23, 1846, m. May 6 1867, Thaddeus S. Benson of Sturbridge; resides Hector, Minn .; Susan E., b. Brookfield, June 30, 1851, d. young ; Julia F., b. Mar. 27, 1853, m. Sept. 1873, W. Dwight Bowen of Charlton; Lucy A., b. May 1, 1855, m. Dec. 1874, William A. Caldwell of Rich Valley, Minn .; resides Long Prairie, Minn. ; Charles E., b. Aug. 27, 1857, d. young; William E., b. Aug. 9, 1860; resides Brookfield, Minn.
13. David, son of Luther 6, m. Nov. 6, 1849, Sophronia Nichols of Brookfield, who d. Jan. 28, 1885. Child, Rosella E., b. Nov. 17, 1853, d. June 10, 1865.
PEPPER, Samuel J., b. New Braintree, r830, m. 1854, Sarah L. Torrey. Chil- dren, Frederick, b. 1861, d. Dec. 3, 1872; Frank E., b. June 3, 1870; Bertie, b. Dec. 3, 1873.
PEPPER, Charles A., b. New Braintree, Jan. 31, 1839, m. Aug. 7, 1862, Mercy A. Fay of Hardwick.
PERKINS, George W., b. Lynn, 1815, m. July 5, 1843, Mary E. Mead of North Brookfield. Children, George H., b. Mar. 24, 1844; lieutenant Thirty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers; m. 1868, Lizzie Banfield of Roxbury ; resides Boston ; Newton M., b. Lynn, Sept. 5, 1845; served three years in Fourth Massa- chusetts Cavalry ; m. Oct. 7, 1869, Juliette Batcheller, d. Mar. 25, 1871 ; Medora E., b. May 10, 1847, m. 1867, Sumner Walker; Joseph D., b. Lynn, June 28, 1850, m. 1879, Ida Fahey of Central City, D.T .; resides there ; Ebeneser M., b. Jan. 28, 1853 ; physician; Martha E., b. Feb. 21, 1859.
PERRY, John 1, clothworker, of London, Eng., b. 1613; came to Watertown, where he was living 1674. He m. Johanna Holland, daughter of Joseph of London [see his will, Gen. Reg., Oct. 1883, p. 337], where she d. 1667. Children, John 2; Josiah ; Elizabeth.
2. John, son of John 1, tailor ; b. 1644, in England; settled Watertown, where his children were born. Nov. 15, 1701, he received grants of land in Brookfield, viz., twenty acres, and seven and a half acres of upland, and twelve and a half acres of meadow [he appears to have been living in Brookfield, at this date, perhaps on land bequeathed by his father-in-law, Clary]; May 25, 1710, he received additional grant of seven acres "lying near his old cellar " [Brookfield Land Grants, 8, 525]. An autograph letter of his is quoted, ante, p. 161. In 1722, then of Brookfield, he
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gives power of attorney to John Hamilton of Brookfield to dispose of his lands and " rights," who sells in 1729, home lot, etc., to Roger Stevens. He lived on what is known as the "Hair place," northwest of "Perry's pond," which was named for him. He appears to have returned to Watertown after 1722, and d. before Dec. 23, 1724, when his widow sells land [Midd. Deeds, 25, 155]. He m. Dec. 13, 1667, Sarah Clary, daughter of John of Watertown and Hadley [see his will at North- ampton]. She, then a widow of Watertown, made a will, Aug. 2, 1726, giving mov- able estate to son-in-law Thomas Grover of Watertown, he to take care of her through life; she d. Oct. 11, 1730; will probated Nov. 13, 1730. Their children b. in Watertown, John, b. Oct. I, d. Nov. 8, 1668; John, b. Mar. 3, 1669-70, lived Cambridge, m. Sarah Price (perhaps (2) Mercy -); Johanna, b. Nov. 8, 1672; Sarah, b. July 11, 1675, d. young ; Josiah, b. Dec. 7, 1677, d. Nov. 1680; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 168I, m. Thomas Grover of Watertown; Josiah, b. Nov. 28, 1684, lived Watertown, but d. Worcester with son Josiah; m. (1) Bethia -, (2) Elizabeth, widow of Jonathan Harrington, and daughter of Joshua Bigelow; Joseph, b. Jan. 17, 1690-1 3; Sarah, b. Apr. 30, 1694.
3. Joseph, son of John 2, weaver; settled Brookfield. Mar. 8, 1709-10, he received grant of sixty acres in Brookfield, on condition of "living there four years after he is dismissed of being a soldier;" he received other large grants in Brook- field ; he served in Capt. Joseph Kellogg's company, stationed at Northfield, May 19 to Nov. 16, 1725. He m. Mary -. Children, John, b. Nov. 13, 1712; Eliza- beth, b. Nov. 20, 1714, m. Oct. 9, 1735, Isaac White ; Joseph, b. Aug. 8, 1716 4; Mary, b. June 27, 1718.
4. Joseph, son of Joseph 3, m. Jan. 6, 1746, Lois Gilbert. Children, Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1748; Eunice, b. Sept. 25, 1750, d. young.
PERRY, Dexter J., son of Jonah, b. Spencer, Sept. 21, 1815, d. North Brook- field, Aug. 20, 1873, m. Sept. 21, 1840, Mary E. Burgess of Williamstown. Chil- dren (Williamstown), William Sumner, b. Feb. 5, 1842, d. young ; Henry Harrison, b. Oct. 21, 1844, m. 1873, Emma Healey of Worcester; Mary E., b. July 31, 1846, m. 1868, Dwight M. Cook; resides Chicopee ; Emma D., b. Mar. 26, 1850; Florence Idelle, b. North Brookfield, Sept. 5, 1852, m. Oct. 12, 1877, Alfred J. Goodnow of Worcester ; Flora Ida, b. Sept 5, 1852, m. Mar. 1875, George Brown.
PERRY, Elisha P., son of Jonah, b. Spencer, Nov. 14, ISIS, d. North Brookfield, Aug. 24, 1882, m. (1) Apr. 6, 1841, Esther Muzzy of Leicester, d. Nov. 1, 1878; (2) Sept. 22, 1881, Elizabeth J. R. Davis. Children, Charles, b. May 3, 1844, enlisted in Company F, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers; wounded at battle of Antietam ; d. Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 27, 1862; Arthur, b. Oct. 9, 1856, d. young ; John A., b. May 13, 1860.
PERRY, Calvin L., b. 1851, m. 1867, Nellie F. Smith. Child, Lottie Roselle, b. Apr. 26, 1873.
PHELPS, William S., son of John B., b. Boston, Nov. 27, 1833, m. May 17, 1854, Celia Ann Cromwell, b. South Berwick, Me., Nov. 6, 1834; resides South Framingham. Children, William S., b. Malden, Mar. 22, 1855; Charles Herbert, b. Feb. 5, 1857; Edwin James, b. North Brookfield, Oct. 11, 1861 ; Frank Cromwell, b. Mar. 17, 1863.
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PICKARD, Samuel 1, b. Boxford ; inn-keeper ; m. Mar. 14, 1765, Hannah Ball, d. Feb. 13, 1794; lived at the Ball place, now known as the Ives place.
2. Jonathan, brother of Samuel 1, b. Boxford, d. Brookfield, June 3, 1805, aged about So years ; m. Miriam Bartlett, d. Sept. 27, 1807. Children, Eunice, b. Jan. 4, . 1749, m. Oct. 25, 1769, Charles Knowlton, d. Dec. 20, 1826; Hannah, b. May 31, 1751, d. of smallpox; Lydia, b. June 5, 1752, m. Dec. 12, 1776, Solomon Dewing, d. Jan. 10, 1853; Samuel, b. July 2, 1765 3; Miriam, b. Apr. 28, 1768, m. Dec 23, 1792, Isaac Moore, d. Apr. 30, 1848.
3. Samuel, son of Jonathan 2, d. July 6, 1824, m. Oct. 8, 1797, Vashti Rice, b. July 22, 1777, d. Sept. 17, 1828. Children, Royal, b. May 24, 1799 4 ; Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1804, m. Apr. 18, 1824, Perley Johnson, d. Sept. 3, 1827 ; (2) Nov. 5, 1829, Samuel Stevens, d. Michigan, 1845.
4. Royal, son of Samuel 3, d. Jan. 24, 1885, m. Oct. 13, 1822, Levina Hunter of New Braintree, d. Oakham, June 26, 1877. Children, Lucy Rice, b. Sept. 22, 1823, m. Apr. 1, 1845, Samuel Van Slyke of Manheim, N.Y., d. Clinton, N.Y., Jan. 30, 1875; Samuel DI., b. Mar. 31, 1830 5.
5. Samuel M., son of Royal 4, d. July 4, 1868, m. Mar. 31, 1860, Persis A. Tuttle of Boston. Children, Walter L., b. Jan. 6, 1861, d. young ; Edmund, b. Dec. II, 1862, d. Oct. 5, 1866; Freddie, b. Nov. 11, 1864; George S., b. Apr. 9, 1866.
PIKE, Horace S., b. Charlton, Jan. 19, 1839, m. Sept. 29, 1867, Louise M. Pepper, b. New Braintree, Mar. 4, 1846. Children (North Brookfield), Everett S., b. Apr. 21, 1868 ; Addie L., b. Jan. 5, 1875; Lizzie S., b. Jan. 16, 1877.
PIKE, James M., b. Providence, R.I., 1845, m. (1) 1871, Elmira Thresher, d. July 3, 1876; (2) June 24, 1879, Lucy B. Nye. Children, Charles M., b. Mar. S, I872; Ada Elmira, b. July 25, 1873; Blanche, b. June 25, 1880.
PION, Joseph, b. Canada, 1855, m. Apr. 15, 1879, Melvina Benno. Children (North Brookfield), Melvina, b. Sept. 24, 1879; Lizzie, b. Apr. 6, ISSI.
POLAND, Joseph 1, b. Hamilton, Aug. 13, 1757 ; cabinet-maker and carpenter ; d. Apr. 27, 1844 ; in. Nov. 26, 1782, Rachel Hathaway of West Brookfield, b. Jan. 2, 1758, d. Apr. 17, 1847. Children (b. North Brookfield), Lucy, b. June 2, 1783, m. ( 1) Feb. 4, 1810, Jonathan Dewing of Westford, Vt., d. Apr. 23, 1814 ; (2) July 24, 1817, George Dewing of Westford, and d. Glover, Vt., May 24, 1863; Joseph, b. June 23, 1785, d. young ; Joseph, b. July 27, 1787 2; Luther, b. Mar. II, 1790 3 ; Phebe, b. Dec. 11, 1792, m. Aug. 31, 1817, John H. Tower of North Brookfield, b. Sudbury, Vt., Sept. 5, 1799; they removed to Underhill, Vt., and from there to Towerville, Crawford County, Wis., where Judge Tower d. Apr. 8, 1855, and his widow d. Oct. 7, 1860 ; their children, John, Thomas, and Poland, now reside at Towerville ; Bar- net, b. Apr. 23, 1795 4 ; Achsah, b. Apr. 16, 1798, m. May 27, 1821, Ebenezer Mead, jr., d. Sept. 18, 1865; Azubah, b. Apr. 16, 1798, m. (1) Nov. 23, 1820, Dexter Snow ; (2) Aug. 30, 1836, John Sparks ; (3) Jan. 28, 1853, Deacon Joseph A. Moore, d. Aug. 13, 1878 ; she d. Sept. 4, 1876 ; Aaron or Anson, b. Apr. 10, ISoo, d. young.
2. Joseph, son of Joseph 1, d. June 24, 1877, m. June 7, 1818, Sarah Smith of West Brookfield, b. Apr. 16, 1798, d. Oct. 3, 1878. Children (North Brookfield), Caroline S., b. Mar. 18, 1819, m. Mar. 30, 1841, Samuel D. Stoddard, d. Mar. 24, IS43; William L., b. July 8, 1820 5; Mary S., b. Apr. 22, 1822, m. Sept. 8, 1846, Calvin W. Nutting of Brimfield ; Joseph Dexter, b. Sept. 14, 1828; clergyman ; m .
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Jan. 1852, Lucy P. Allen of Oakham ; d. North Brookfield, Aug. 1, 1853 ; Sarah C., b. Jan. 19, 1836, m. Apr. 25, 1861, Charles W. Adams.
3. Luther, son of Joseph 1, d. Montpelier, Vt., June 16, 1880, m. (1) Feb. 16, 1813, Nancy Potter, d. Waterville, Vt., May 15, 1841 ; (2) Jan. 19, 1842, Martha . Reed of Rutland, Mass., d. Sept. 3, 1865. Children, Lydia Baker, b. Nov. 10, 1813, m. about 1836, Jefferson Martin of Montgomery, Vt. ; Luke Potter, b. Westford, Vt., Nov. 1, 1815 6; Joseph, b. Underhill, Vt., Mar. 18, 1818 7; Luther, b. West- ford, Vt., Apr. 1, 1826, m. about 1850, Mandana Bennett of Montpelier, Vt. They have one daughter, the wife of Hon. J. L. Thurston, Omaha, Neb.
Luther Poland went to Vermont, Oct. 1814, with an ox-team and load of goods. His older brother Joseph carried his wife and babe with a horse and wagon. He spent the following winter in Westford with Mr. George Dewing, who married his sister Lucy. They lived in a small frame house covered with a single thickness of boards without lath, plaster, clapboards or even battens. In the spring of 1816, he moved into a new house which he had built on a lot of land he had purchased, ad- joining the farm of Mr. Dewing, but lying in the town of Underhill. This year oc- curred the famous " cold season," when there was a heavy snow-fall in June, and an early frost in the fall. The corn was entirely destroyed, and most of the other crops. Two or three seasons following were of similar character, though somewhat milder ; and the wolf actually stood at the door of not a few of the scattered settlers. Mr. Poland said it seemed as if his family must have suffered from hunger but for his mechanical trade (carpenter and joiner) which brought him a scanty income. After living here a few years, he and his neighbors began to think about a school for their children. There was no schoolhouse within a mile and a half ; and a few families living upon the creek road in Underhill, with Mr. Dewing in Westford, petitioned to be set off as a school district, and after a hard struggle their request was granted. All of them being poor they proceeded to build a log schoolhouse fourteen by six- teen feet square, and hired a girl to teach; and here commenced the education of his children and those of several others, nearly all of whom have made worthy men and women.
In the spring of 1821, Mr. Poland removed to Coit's Gore, an unorganized section in Franklin County, and in 1825 was largely instrumental in securing its organiza- tion into the town of Waterville. He was its first representative to the State Legislature, and had repeated re-elections.
For twenty years he was annually elected a justice of the peace, performing nearly all the marriage ceremonies which occurred in the town.
In 1823, he with a few others organized a Congregational Church, of which he was one of the deacons for more than twenty years, until he removed from town. The Vermont Watchman and State Journal of June 23, 1880, announces the death of Deacon Luther Poland in the ninety-first year of his age. It further says : " Father Poland was a great reader, and became a very well informed man, but he was of a very modest and retiring disposition, and always enjoyed the quiet of home and retired life far better than official place, yet in all these he served most faithfully."
He was a humble and sincere, but not an ostentatious or bigoted, Christian. Always of limited pecuniary means, but possessed of a liberal spirit, ready to bear his full share of public burdens. Ilis long life was without a stain or blemish.
4. Barnet, son of Joseph 1, d. Feb. 24, 1864, m. Mar. 24, 1819, Sarah Foster of Sudbury, Vt. Children, Albert Loren, b. Sept. 2, 1820 8; Sarah Maria, b. May 2, 1822, m. Sept. 14, 1847, Joel M. Kingsbury, d. Mar. 2, 1879; Lucy R., b. Feb. 8,
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1824, m. May 7, 1844, Benjamin K. De Land, d. Feb. 10, 1868 ; Annis F., b. Mar. 2, 1826, m. Nov. 28, 1843, Isaac M. Boyd, d. Aug. 1, 1871 ; Rachel II., b. Apr. 22, 1828, m. Sept. 19, 1848, Luther W. Woodis; Harriet S., b. Oct. 18, 1830, d. young ; Luther F., b. July 17, 1833 9 ; Anson B., b. Sept. 20, 1835 10; Abigail A., b. Aug. 11, 1837, m Jan. 3, 1855, John L. Hibbard; Phebe K., b. Mar. 3, 1840, m. Apr. 9, 1 862, Albert B. Knight of Irvington, Neb.
5. William L., son of Joseph 2, was appointed postmaster by President Grant, Dec. 22, 1869, and held the office four years; d. May 17, 1884; m. Dec. 21, 1842, IIarriet A. White of Cabotville, now Chicopee. Children, Moses White, b. Aug. 6, 1846, d. young ; Mary A., b. Aug. 22, 1852.
6. Luke Potter, son of Luther 3. Hon. Luke P. Poland read law with IIon. Samuel A. Willard of Morristown, Vt., was admitted to the Bar in Dec. 1836, and practised law in Morristown until elected a judge of the Supreme Court, Nov. 1848. In 1850 he removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he now resides ; a distinguished citizen of Vermont ; member of Congress and United-States senator for several years. He m. (1) June 23, 1838, Martha S. Page of Waterville, Vt., d. St. Johns- bury, Apr. 9, 1853 ; (2) Apr. 11, 1854, Adelia H. Page of St. Johnsbury. Children, Susan, b. Jan. 12, 1840, d. young ; Martin Luther, b. Aug. 1, 1841, graduated West Point, 1864, captain of ordnance, United States Army, d. Fort Yumar, Arizona Territory, Aug. 20, 1878; Mary Frances, b. Sept. 30, 1843, d. St. Johnsbury, Aug. 31, 1865; Isabel Emma, b. Feb. 12, 1848, m. Oct. 6, 1869, Andrew E. Rankin of St. Johnsbury.
7. Joseph, son of Luther 3, editor and proprietor of the Vermont Watchman and State Journal, m. (1) July 7, 1840, Mary Ann Rowell of Waterville, Vt., d. Mont- pelier, June 11, 1862 ; (2) Feb. 8, 1873, Julia M. Harvey of Paterson, N.J. Children, Joseph Monroe, b. Johnson, Apr. 24, 1841, m. Nov. 21, 1866, Josephine Reed of Montpelier ; Clara Adelaide, b. Aug. 5, 1842, d. Feb. 25, 1865 ; (Montpelier), Em- ma Eliza, b. Oct. 6, 1845, d. young ; Charles Torrey, b. Feb. 14, 1847, d. young ; Charles Francis, b. Mar. 26, 1848, m. Nov. 4, 1873, Jennie A. Davey, d. Apr. 22, 1875; Alice Eliza, b. Dec. 2, 1850, d. young ; Edward Randall, b. Mar. 5, 1855.
8. Albert L, son of Barnet 4, d. Oct. 3, 1865 ; m. (1) May 1, 1844, Marianne Knight of Oakham, d. July 24, 1854 ; (2) May 1, 1856, Eliza J. Wood. Children, Clara A., b. Bethel, Vt., Aug. 1, 1846, m. Feb. 1871, Elliot E. Allis of Barre, N.Y .; Albert IV., b. North Brookfield, May 24, 1860.
9. Luther F., son of Barnet 4, m. Oct. 15, 1862, Charlotte H. Wood, resides Leominster. Children, Fred. A., b. Windsor Locks, Ct., Mar. 4, 1864; Lena E., b. Manchester, N.H., Apr. 25, 1865; Lucy R., b. Millbury, Apr. 22, 1868; Charles A., b. Northboro, Dec. 26, 1871.
10. Anson B., son of Barnet 4, m. Nov. 24, 1857, H. Maria Hill. Child, Frank L., b. Jan. 27, 1860, d. young.
POPE, Edward B., b. New York City, 1830, m. Nov. 5, 1853, Maria L. - , b. Albany, 1831. Children (b. West Woodstock, Ct.), Frank W., b. 1855; George E., b. 1858; Hattie L., b. 1864; Nellie }., b. 1868.
PORTER, Joshua 1, M.D., traces his descent from John of Hingham, through Samuel, John, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Joshua, b. Hamilton, Apr. 1782, m. Hannah Peck. His son Joshua, b. Hamilton, Oct. 20, 1808, settled as a physician in North Brookfield, d. Jan. 6, 1874. He m. May 6, 1835, Martha Lee Smith of Manchester, d. Dec. 8, 1884. Children, Frederick William, b. May 12, 1836 2; Sarah Snell, b.
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Nov. 20, 1837, d. young ; Sarah Louisa, b. May 1, 1840, d. Dec. 6, 1843; Harriet Augusta, b. May 26, 1842, d. Sept. 3, 1858; Charles Austin, b. Dec. 2, 1843 3 ; Ernest, b. Aug. 14, 1846 4; Sarah Matenah Harris, b. Oct. 7, 1848.
2. Frederick W., son of Joshua 1, m. St. Louis, Mo., June 8, 1872, Susie Ellen Ryall of Dublin, Ireland; resides Chicago. Children (Chicago), Henrietta Martha, b. Oct. 27, 1874 ; Frederick E., b. Aug. 4, 1882, d. young ; Kathleen E., b. Jan. 23, ISS7.
3. Charles A., son of Joshua 1, served in United States Navy and Army (see ante, 329), m. (1) Jan. 11, 1871, Mrs. Melissa Eliza De Witt of Windsor Locks, Ct., d. Nov. 23, 18So ; (2) June 17, 1882, Mary A. De Witt of Natick, Mass .; resides Windsor Locks, Ct. Children, Lissa Augusta, b. June 20, 1875, d. young; Grace Denslow, b. Mar. 30, 1879; Henry Joshua, b. Nov. 15, 1880.
4. Ernest, son of Joshua 1, m. Oct. 31, 1872, Jane Eliza Holm of Malden. Child, Emma Ernestine, b. Malden, Nov. 6, 1874.
PORTER, J. Edwards, b. Hadley, Apr. 6, 1815, m. (1) Louisa Clark of Conway, d. Hadley, 1852 ; (2) 1854, Electa S. Montague of Newton, b. Cambridge Vt., 1821, d. North Brookfield, Feb. 22, 1886. Child, Emma L., b. Hadley, 1846, m. Apr. 2, 1884, Rev. S. D. Gammell of Wellington, O.
POTTER, Anthony 1, who m. Elizabeth Whipple, was in Ipswich, 1648. His son -
2. John, was b. Ipswich, 1652, m. Sarah Kimball, and d. Sept. 9, 1718.
3. John, son of John 2, b. Ipswich, May 22, 1680; a cooper ; m. 1710, Lydia Dear, and d. Oct. 13, 1724.
4. Daniel, son of John 3, b. Ipswich, May 13, 1712; cooper ; came to Brookfield 1745, d. Dec. 15, 1779, m. 1745, Abigail Wheelock of Shrewsbury, d. Oct. 5, 1804, aged 84. Children, John, b. Sept. 12, 1746 5; Patience, b. June 27, 1750, m. (1) June 6, 1770, Aaron Putnam, d. Oct. 3, 1777 ; (2) Sept. 30, 1779, Michael Smith of England, who d. at sea ; she d. May 8, 1811 ; Lydia, b. May 27, 1752, d. Oct. 11, 1847 ; Sarah, b. Mar. 6, 1757, d. young.
[Children of Michael Smith and Patience Potter Putnam, b. in Brookfield : Betsey, b. Mar. 23, 1780, m. Capt. Joseph Wilder of Templeton ; Michael, b. Feb. 6, 1782, m. Betsey Chubb of Templeton; their children, Harriet and Cheney lived in Templeton; Daniel, b. Feb. 6, 1782, removed to New York State; Nancy, b. July 7, 1785, m. Daniel Read of Western, d. Nov. 11, 1848 (their children, Nancy, b. May 2, 1804, m. Thomas Reed of Cambridge, Vt., resides Kankakee, Ill .; Cheney, b. May 1, 1806, m. Sarah Munroe of Worcester, d. Chicago, Aug. 3, 1857 ; Marion, b. June 23, 1808, m. in Chicago; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4, 1810, m. Calvin Shaw of Middleboro, resides Illinois ; Alden, b. May 6, 1813, d. Columbus, O., Sept. 13, 1850; Alanson, b. Nov. 13, 1814, m. Hannah Read of Vermont, resides Chicago; Charlotte Ann, b. July 5, 1818, resides Templeton; Daniel, b. June 16, 1820, d. Chilicothe, O., Mar. 1, 1848 ; Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1821, m. Oct. 18, 1852, John M. Hayden of Hopkinton ; resides West Brookfield; Reuben, b. Aug. 10, 1823, m. Elizabeth Sherburne of Toronto, Can., d. Fon Du Lac, Wis., Mar. 14, 1878) ; Achsah, m. Isaac Skinner ; Harriet, b. 1791, m. Isaac Skinner ; Ulysses, d. 1833; Melinda, d. young.]
5. John, son of Daniel 4, Capt., d. Oct. 20, 1818 ; m. (1) Apr. 1768, Lydia Cut- ting of Paxton, d. Mar. 31, 1781 ; (2) Mar. 30, 1782, Rhoda Burnap of Hopkinton, d. May 11, 1843. Children (b. Brookfield), Daniel, b. June 13, 1769 6; Abigail, b.
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Apr. 4, 1771, m. John Livermore of Jefferson County, N.Y .; Betsey, b. June 15, 1773, d. young ; Lydia, b. Mar. 12, 1775, m. Elisha Warren; John, b. Mar. 27, 1777 7; Benjamin Lincoln, b. Mar. 10, 1780, d. young ; Sally, b. Mar. 15, 1781, m. Nov. 24, 1799, Seth Paine Newell of Honnsfield, N.Y. [their children, Seth Paine, b. Dec. 5, 1800, m. Sarah Francis of Sackett's Harbor, N.Y., d. Sherman, Tex, Sept. 6, 1878; Origen Storrs, b. Oct. 5, 1802, m. (I) Sarah Baker of Honnsfield, (2) Esther Field of Hounsfield, d. Appleton, Wis., 1875; Lucy Harriet, b. Oct. 1, 1804, m. Otis Vaughn of Brownsville ; Sallie, b. June 1, 1810, m. May IS, 1828, Sylvester Piper of Sackett's Harbor; Catherine, b. Sept. 7, 1812, m May, 1841, Michael Clor of Buffalo; d. 1860 ; Daniel Potter, b. June 7, 1815, n. July 1, 1843, Eleanor Norton of Sackett's Har- bor; Benjamin Franklin, b. Aug. 29. 1818, m. May 1, 1844, Lorina Skinner of Antwerp] ; Cheney, b. Apr. 5, 1783 8; Rhoda, b. June 10, 1785, d. Poultney, Vt., Mar. 26, 1856, m. Dec. 1, 1808, Warner Brown, b. Ware, June 17, 1776, d. Poultney, Vt., Apr. 23, 1858 [their children (b. in Ware), Caroline, b. Nov. 8, 1809, d. Jan. 21, 1813; Moses B., b. July 23, 1811, m. (1) Jan. 1, 1834, Laura M. Hotchkiss of Poult- ney, Vt .; (2) Dec. 19, 1854, Catherine E. Ross of Clarendon, Vt .; Catherine B., b. Apr. 2, 1813, resides Poultney ; Harriet N., b. Feb. 7, 1815, d. young ; Betsey P., b. Dec. 25, 1816, m. Feb 26, 1857, Daniel Platt of Clarendon, Vt., b. Nov. 1807, d. Nov. 18, 1874; John P., b. Aug. 17, 1818, m. Dec. 28, 1843, Helen S. Spencer of Malone, N.Y., resides Elizabeth, N.J .; Lorenzo D., b. Apr. 27, 1820, m. Apr. 10, IS59, Laura E. Eddy of Poultney, Vt., resides Hubbardton, Vt .; Rhoda, b. Oct. 17, I822, m. Sept. 27, 1843, Noah P. Beach of Poultney, b. Hardwick, Mass., Oct. 20, IS15, resides Clarendon, Vt .; Esther, b. Feb. 17, 1826, d. Nov. 5, 1852; Sarah A., b. Sept. 22, 1828, m. Jan. 2, 1849, Charles A. Rann of Poultney] ; Betsey, b. May 4, 1787, m. Oct. 17, 1809, Dr. Nicholas Jenks, d. Middleboro, Aug. 7, 1859 ; George Washington, b. June 5, 1789, d. Nov. 2, 1830; Benjamin Franklin, b. Apr. 27, 1791 9; Jerusha, b. July 8, 1793, d. young ; Luther, b. July 2, 1795 10; Frederick A., b. Mar. 14, ISoo, d. young. Daniel, Lydia, John, and Sally emigrated to Honnsfield, Jefferson County, N.Y., between 1791 and ISIO.
6. Daniel, son of Capt. John 5, d. Lebanon, Ill., July 15, 1839 ; m. Feb. 27, 1791, Lydia Warren of Brookfield, b. May 25, 1773. d. Bellevue, la., Nov. 12, 1845. Chil- dren (b. Litchfield, N.Y.), Elbridge Gerry, b. Dec. 17, 1791, m. June 10, 1818, Lu- cretia Thompson of Sackett's Harbor, N.Y., d. Bellevue, Ia., May 19, 1875 [their son Byron, b. Sackett's Harbor, May 4, 1820, resides at Bellevue]; Lydia, b. Dec. 19, 1793, m. May 11, 1820, Horace Payne of Sackett's IIarbor, d. Dec. 16, 1845; Deborah, b. May 28, 1795, m. May 4, 1822, John Panell of Sackett's Harbor, d. Bellevue, Ia., 1865; Sally, b. Aug. 4, 1797, m. July 20, 1821, John Tuell of Sackett's Harbor, d. Bellevue, Ia., 1862; Maria, b. Sept. 11, 1799, m. Aug. 5, IS22, John McDowell, d. Sackett's Harbor, Dec. 30, 1824; Daniel, b. Oct. 19, 1801, m. Sept. 12, 1823, Jeru- sha Holt of Sackett's Harbor, resides Bellevue, Ia .; Levi Warren, b. Aug. 10, 1803, d. Lebanon, Ill., July 15, 1840. He m. Apr. 24, 1828, Betsey Burns Mills of Watertown, N.Y., b. Feb. 15, 1809, d. Arrow Rock, Mo., Dec. 13, 1879 [their chil- dren, Oscar Fitzland, b. Watertown, N.Y., Oct.'13, 1829; a physician; resides St. Louis, Mo .; Marcella L., b. Sackett's Harbor, May 2, 1831, d. young ; Tasso Dyton, b. Lebanon, Ill., Dec. 15, 1835, resides Slater, Mo .; Jay Marcellus, b. Apr. 9, 1838, d. Arrow Rock, Mo., Sept. 10, 1873]; Lucy, b. Sackett's Harbor, May 16, 1805, m. May 10, 1822, John Hyler of Sackett's Harbor, d. Bellevue, Ia., Sept. 2, 1842 ; Augustus Sackett, b. June 24, 1807, d. Apr. 5, 1812; Delia Ann, b May 6, 1809, m. June 10, 1829, Calvin Case, resides Sedalia, Mo. ; Philo Junius, b. Aug. 3, 1815, m. May 10, 1841, Sophia Trumbull of St. Louis, d. Bellevue, Ia., Aug. 3, 1852.
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