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Concerning another of Bernardston's physicians the stone asserts that he "was born of wealthy and respectable parents at Hart- ford, Ct."
One of the prosperous farmers of the place died in 1840. Read his epitaph !
"His hour had come and angels round him wait To take him to their glorious happy state Where free from sickness, death and every pain He does with God in endless pleasure reign.
Transporting tho't ! dear partner now adieu ! I feel no sorrow but to part with you:
O thou, my comfort, thou't, and only care, In these last words thy kindness I'll declare. The time is short till we shall meet again With Christ to share the glories of his reign."
Upon a stone placed at the grave of a son of the preceding, is this :
"The grave is near the cradle seen, How swift the moments pass between ! Unthinking man, remember this, Though midst of sublunary bliss."
The epitaph placed upon the stone of an aged person is as fol- lows:
" Marbles and urns can never mark the spot where the soul is destined to dwell." "To live and die is the lot of man."
The headstone placed at the grave of the wife who died at the age of twenty-eight years asserts that :
"From sorrow, distress & pain, She soon ran her round of virtues, then
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full of faith, devoted to God, She left us to mourn her early departure."
At the grave of an infant we read that
"When the archangles trump shall blow And souls to bodies join, Millions may wish their days below Had been as few as thine."
As we prepare to retrace our steps, yet one more attracts us:
"Hear O my friends the solemn call Death is pronounced upon you all, Be wise in time your state to see Before your called to follow me."
With this admonition ringing in our ears we depart, having taken but a hasty glance through the yard, picking out here and there a bit, and may we feel none the worse for having spent a half hour in the " city of the dead."
The town farm, or the charity farm as it is oftentimes called, is located on Bald Mountain and is the gift of Hon. Job Goodale, in accordance with the eighth item of his will, which reads as fol- lows :
"I give and bequeath to the town of Bernardston a certain farm in said town which I bought of Hatsel Purple at auction called the Loomis Place, and of the heirs of the late Stephen Webster, containing about 100 acres also about one and one half acres which I bought of Saxton Kingsley ad- joining the same, near the buildings. It is my will that the premises afore- said shall belong to the town under the care and superintendance of the overseers of the poor. for the time being, who shall appropriate and dis- tribute the net income of the same annually among such industrious and deserving poor in said town as shall fall into sickness and distress as they shall judge proper without reference to religious sects or denominations."
Near the depot was a pretty grove, which was, in 1870, purchased by the Connecticut River Railroad Company and fitted up as a pic- nic ground. A considerable sum of money was expended, with the' result that it in times past attracted large numbers of pleasure par- ties. In October, 1900, the timber in "The Grove," also the pavil- ion, was sold by the Boston and Maine railroad to Baxter P. Bur- rows, by whom the fine trees were felled.
To an unusual degree has our town been favored with gifts. The men of the generations past were, as has been seen, of sterling
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integrity and modest worth, who, realizing from their personal youthful struggles the hardships which might beset the path of their successors, have sought to pave the way for all, by contribut- ing generously from their accumulated wealth. As most enduring monuments to the names of some, do we see the Institute, Library, Cushman Hall and Park, the town farm, while to the religious so- cieties much substantial aid has been rendered as noticed in that portion of the work devoted to the ecclesiastical history of the place. It is a fact worthy of note that wherever an old resident of the town is to be found to-day, and Bernardston's sons and daughters are scattered throughout the length and breadth of our grand United States, they all express unanimously their love and vener- ation for the place of their nativity, and their appreciation of the lessons inculcated by the lives of their progenitors.
"Brave men and faithful! It is not necessary that the present generation, now quietly reaping the fruit of your heroic endurance, should see eye to eye with you in respect to all your testimonies and beliefs, in order to recognize your claim to gratitude and ad- miration."
And those of the present generation! Do they not deserve a passing notice? Look for a moment into the colder north, the east with its bracing sea breezes, into the south where the balmy air is ever redolent with summer sweetness, or enter the portals of the far reaching west of our country, and can you find a section to which our town has not sent a representative? No! In all the various callings of life, useful and honored in their chosen voca- tions, filling a niche here, a corner there, with varying degrees of prominence in the religious or secular, social or political, profes- sional or mercantile life, do these now resident in our beloved town look for and find those who are bound to them by the ties of early association or a close and abiding kinship.
And no less sincere and deep-rooted is the affection and loving remembrance entertained by these absent ones for those whose privilege it is to maintain the high standard which Bernardston has so long enjoyed. No merely idle assertion is this. Ample substantiation is found by the ever recurring visits to childhood scenes and in more than all else, the feeling that inspires the senti-
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ment of so many that when their earthly lamps are extinguished and their spiritual lamps brightly burning, all which then remains of the body be committed to the dust of that town in which the eye was first opened upon the beautiful world of nature and of God. Could more silent, yet speaking, testimony be adduced !
Those now upon the stage of action, residents of our honored town ! In their lives, in the quiet performance and conscientious discharge of daily recurring duty, in the self-denying, self-develop- ing Christian lives, spent in perfect accordance with nature's handi- work and her manifold designs, can we not trace the spirit of those who have gone before, and who expended the best of their lives that the present might become what it is?
And in the generations to come will not this same latent, inde- pendent, noble and self-sacrificing motive prove dominant, so that, down the ages, those looking backward upon these annals shall be moved as by a common impulse to exclaim with one of our loved Massachusetts poets:
"Sternly faithful to duty, in peril and suffering and self-denial, they wrought out the noblest of historical epics on the rough soil of New Eng- land. They lived a truer poetry than Homer or Virgil wrote."
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LANDSCAPE.
"TO TRACE LINEAGE, TO LOVE AND RECORD THE NAMES AND ACTIONS OF THOSE WITHOUT WHOM WE NEVER COULD HAVE BEEN, WHO MOULDED AND MADE US WHAT WE ARE, AND WHOM THE VERY GREATEST OF US ALL MUST KNOW TO HAVE PROPAGATED INFLUENCES INTO HIS BEING WHICH MUST SUBTLY BUT CERTAINLY ACT UPON HIS WHOLE CONDUCT IN THIS WORLD-ALL THIS IS IMPLIED IN ANCESTRY AND THE LOVE OF IT, AND IS NAT- URAL AND GOOD." Moreover, "HE WHO DOES NOT TAKE AN INTEREST IN HIS ANCESTORS, DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE REMEMBERED BY HIS POSTERITY."
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
Herein will be found the genealogical record and biographical notices of those who first settled our town, also their descendants within reasonable limits, so far as it has been possible to obtain them. To these have been added the names of many who have in later years become prominently identified with town affairs. No work of this kind has ever been or ever can be published with- out errors or omissions, and it is too much to claim perfection for the work herein recorded, but all that painstaking inquiry and re- search can do to obviate omissions or errors has been patiently done and it is hoped that the result will bear the test of close scru- tiny. Many visits have been made, town, church and family rec- ords examined at length and reconciled to each other, and a large correspondence entered into, in the attempt to embody a record which shall be correct.
The plan used by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society is the one here followed.
Succeeding a sketch of the heads of the families, will be found the names of children in the order of birth, so far as ascertained, numbered by Roman numerals. The figures preceding individ- ual names indicate that the record is subsequently continued, and will be found later on, with the corresponding figures the starting point of a new family. If the information is limited, or the person leaves the family by marriage, or, in many cases, if they have re- moved from this locality, their record is given at once. The ances- tors of each head of a family are given, enclosed in parentheses at the beginning of his family record, the generation of the same being indicated by the exponent figures.
The frequent repetition of common words such as born, married, died, baptized, etc., has led to the use of ordinary abbreviations. The interrogation is used to express doubt or uncertainty. Where no state is mentioned, Massachusetts is to be understood.
The biographical notices have been placed in this portion of the work, believing that not only is this their proper place, but also that their interspersion among the genealogical data will enhance the interest of that portion of the work, and incidentally enable the reader to more readily trace out the ancestral connection, than if placed in the first part of the volume.
GENEALOGIES.
ADAMS, BENJAMIN, (Joseph of Hadley), came to town from Hadley in 1882, carrying on a lumber business, and it is a little re- markable that for one hundred and fifty years, his ancestors had engaged in a like business. He m. Luthera Bangs, dau. of Charles H. Wheeler of Hard wick, in 1841. She d. Sept. 19, 1900. A few years before his death, Mr. Adams purchased the J. N. Dewey place, originally the Goodale Academy, which he made his home, as does now his son, Joseph H. He d. Mch. 19, 1900. They are buried in Bernardston. Children :
i. JOSEPH H., b. in Hadley, in 1845, grad. Amherst Col., 1870; was for many years teacher in New York, afterward in the School of Technology, Brooklyn. Since residing in Bernardston he has been correspondent for the local papers. unm.
ii. CHARLES WHEELER, b. in Hadley, in 1848; resides in Putney, Vt., a lumber dealer.
1. ALDRICH, JOSEPH1, according to the records of the Proprietors' book, was of Guilford, Vt. Among the records of marriages returned by Elder Levi Hodge (Baptist) May 29, 1793, is that of Joseph Aldridge, of Guilford, Vt., and Tamar Hale. At this time Tamar Hale was a widow, her husband having been drowned at Turners Falls while fishing. Her maiden name was Scott; her husband's given name is unknown. She had sons by her first husband who either removed to, or at one time resided at Londonderry, N. H., whence they came to visit their mother and relatives in Bernardston. By the Proprietors' records, Joseph Aldrich and Tamer Hale were married Feb. 14, 1793, he then being 21 years, and she 38 years of age. She died June 5, 1823, at the age of 67 years. Mr. Aldrich m. (2) Anna,5 dau. of Israel ‘ Bagg of Bernard- ston. She died Aug. 8, 1847, ae. 69 years. He was born in
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1763, and died May 15, 1850. He lived on the place now owned by George Parmenter on the old road to Northfield, about a mile east of the village. Children :
2. i. HOSEA2, b. Dec. 4, 1793, in Guilford, Vt.
ii. MOSES2, b. Oct. 22, 1795; m. Sept. 14, 1820, Lucy3 dau. of Reu- ben2 Park. She was b. Feb. 7, 1805. They rem. to Vernon, Vt., where he died. She afterwards went to St. Paul, Minn.
iii. RACHAEL2, b. Sept. 17, 1797; m. Loren3 Hale of Gill, Nov. 11, 1819. She d. Oct. 21, 1869.
2. ALDRICH, HOSEA2, (Joseph1) b. Dec. 4, 1793, in Guilford, Vt., m. (1) Betsey3, dau. of Jonathan? Park, Sept. 7, 1815. She was b. Aug. 21, 1797, and d. Sept. 13, 1861; m. (2) April 15, 1864, Harriet Whiting of Northfield. She d. Nov. 19, 1864, ae. 52 years; m. (3) widow of John Potter of Gill; m. (4) Streeter of Vernon, Vt. He died Apr. 25, 1881. · Hè resided east of the iron bridge where the Huckle Hill road branches from the main road. Served in the war of 1812. Children : i. RACHAEL ALMEDA8, b. May 30, 1816; m. Oct. 30, 1834, Asa C. Wheelock of Greenfield; res. Waltham.
ii. ASENATH PAMELA3, b. Apr. 27, 1818; m. Apr. 9, 1840, Warren Randall of Pelham; died in Springfield.
iii. CONSIDER8, b. Aug. 15, 1820; m. Mch. 18, 1846, Caroline, dau. of John Wells; rem. to Plymouth, New York State, where she died. iv. TAMAR CLIMENA3, b. Jan. 21, 1823; m. (1) Aug. 17, 1843, Calvin Field of Leverett; m. (2) Henry Russell; died in Brooklyn, N. Y.
V. JONATHAN JOSEPH3, b. Jan. 12, 1825; m. June 6, 1847, (1) Lucy Arlin; m. (2) Emeline Weatherhead of Guilford, Vt .; res., Nat- ural Bridge, N. Y. He was a vol. in the 37th Reg. Mass. Vol. for three years in the Civil War.
vi. MOSES3, b. Jan. 27, 1827; m. Nov. 26, 1850, Lurancy S.6, dau. of Oliver" Bagg. She was b. Dec 31, 1825, and d. Feb. 16, 1888. He resides with his son about a mile north of the village on the place he purchased of Henry Park. The prior owners were George Tyler, Zebina Newcomb (who came into posses- sion of the property through the Goodale estate) and Amasa Rogers. Is a farmer. Has: 1. Oliver Freemont4, b. Aug. 29, 1856; is unm .; resides with his father.
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vii. IRA8, b. Feb. 14, 1829; m. Aug. 21, 1853, a dau. of Abraham Mil- ler of Southampton; resides in Holyoke.
viii. PATIENCE3 AURILLA, b. Dec. 12, 1834; m. Aug. 21, 1853, Dwight S. Elliott of Southampton.
ix. ELVIRA MARY3, b. Sept. 18, 1836; m. (1) Nov. 6, 1864, Daniel Haney; (2) Edward Twiss; resides Northampton.
x. LEWIS3, b. Oct. 14, 1838; d. Oct. 23, 1900, unm.
xi. PHOEBE3 MELINDA, b. Aug. 23, 1842; m. Horace Bartlett; res. Springfield.
1. ALDRICH, JOEL® (probably Peter®, Peter4, Peter3, Jacob?, George1 from England) b. Feb. 11, 1796, in Guilford, Vt. It is sup. posed that there is a connection between this and the family of Joseph preceding on the Aldrich side. His mother was a sister of Joseph's wife, Tamar Scott Hale Aldrich. Joel m. (1) Feb. 15, 1818, Almeda® dau. Samuel? Hale of Gill. She was b. Feb. 22, 1794, and d. Nov. 11, 1850. He m. (2) Apr. 24, 1852, Mrs. Mary Ann1, widow of Joab Fairman, and dau. of Oliver® Sheldon. She died Feb. 10, 1862. He resided in the south-east part of the town ; died Aug. 13, 1870. A farmer. Children :
i. DIANA ALMEDA7, b. Jan. 22, 1819; m. May 30, 1840, Lorenzo C. Holton of Gill; d. Sept. 18, 1873.
il. LUSINA-ANN7, b. Dec. 19, 1820; m. Nov. 16, 1843, William Wood- ruff of Northfield; she d. 1885. Resided nearly opposite Joel Aldrich's, near Gill line. He and his son George enlisted in Civil War and were both killed in battle of Petersburg. Other children were James and Joel, both of whom reside in Florida, a dau. who d. young, and Joseph who lives in Boston.
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iii. SAMUEL HALE7, b. Feb. 5, 1823; m. May 8, 1862, Martha A.8, dau. of Otis7 Chapin. She was b. Oct. 17, 1834; he d. Mch. 21, 1892. His widow resides in East Bernardston. Had: I. Otis8 J., b. July 4, 1861; res. Milton. 2. George W.8, b. Oct. 24, 1864; res. Bern. on the home place. 3. Dwight Lyman8, b. Dec. 29, 1865; res. Bern. 4. Julia S.8, b. June; d. July 6, 1867. 5. Cora Bell8, b. May 24, 1868; m. -- Sommers; res. Orange.
iv. JULIA SALMIRA7, .b. Dec. 30, 1825; m. Jan. 29, 1846, John B. Slate of Ware; res. Battle Creek, Mich.
v. STEPHEN JOEL7, b. June 4, 1828; m. Jan. 24, 1853, Abigail B. Jones of Brattleboro, Vt. He died Oct. 6, 1867. She purchased in
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1901, the Alvan Alexander place on South st. Had: I. Em- ma J8. b. July 21, 1853; res. Bern. Unm. 2. Herbert J8. b. Dec. 21, 1854; d. Oct. 15, 1885, in North Adams. 3. Susie A8. b. July 22, 1856; d. July 2, 1877. 4. Minnie B8. b. July 2, 1858; m. (1) John Bemis, m. (2) Nelson W. Simons; res. Gill.
vi. WILLARD LYMAN7, b. July 30, 1830; m. May 29, 1851, Salmira Jones of Brattleboro, Vt. He resides in Greenfield. Had: I. Ella E8. b. Apr. 28, 1852; m. Dec. 21, 1870, Charles L. Frink of Greenfield; d. Feb., 1872. 2. Etta M8. b. July 4, 1854; m. Aug. 16, 1883, Lyman W. Cooley; res. Greenfield.
vii. JAMES PROCTOR7, b. Nov. 12, 1832; m. in the West; resides now in West Northfield; has several children.
1. ALEXANDER GEORGE®, traces his ancestry through Thomas", Ebenezer4, John3, George2, to John1 who came to this country from Scotland, according to a family tradition, before the year 1644, and settled in Windsor, Ct. George® Alexander was b. May 26, 1769; m. (1) Feb. 14, 1795, Sophronia', dau. of Dr. Polycarpus® Cushman of Bernardston. She was b. May 7, 1775 ; d. Aug. 3, 1814; m. (2) Apr. 13, 1815, Mary, dau. of Seth Lyman of Northfield. She was b. June 2, 1783. Mr. Alexander was a clothier by trade, residing on the "Green." He was ensign and lieutenant of a militia company in town; served as selectmen and assessor in 1809 and 1810, as repre- sentative in 1809 and 1812. He d. Oct. 12, 1829. Children :
i. POLYCARPUS CUSHMAN1. b. May 7, 1802; m. Sophronia6, dau. of David® Severance Sept. 22, 1829; she d. May 6, 1844, ae. 39. He resided in the house north of the Institute. By trade, a machinist. "A highly intelligent and respected man;" d. No- vember 1, 1870. Had: I. Ralph Cushman8, b. Oct. 10, 1834; d. Sept. 7, 1835. 2. Seth S.8 d. ae. I yr. 8 mos. 3. Loring C. m. and resides in Holyoke.
ii. GEORGE AUSTIN7, b. Mch. 27, 1809; m. Tryphenas, dau. of Thomas L.2 Edwards, Mch. 27, 1832. She was b. Jan. 29, 1815; d. Sept. 9, 1836. Mr. Alexander was by trade a brick-mason, re- siding on the Field place on Huckle Hill. His residence (1897) was Northfield. Had: 1. Sylvia Tryphena, 8 b. Mch. 19, 1834. 2. Maria Edwards8, b. Aug. 29, 1836; d. July 24, 1837. By second wife :
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MR. ALONZO ALFORD.
THE ALFORD RESIDENCE.
MRS. ALFORD.
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iii. SOPHRONIA C.7, b. Jan. 9, 1816; m. 1835, Stephen W. Kenney.
iv. Lucy7, b. Oct. 4, 1817; d. Apr. 20, 1818.
v. SETH LYMAN", b. Jan. 11, 1819; d. in Erie, Pa., Mch. 27, 1851.
vi. ELIAS7, b. Apr. 23, 1821.
"Luther Skinner of the family of Mr. Alexander, b. Jan. 13, 1801."
ALEXANDER, ALVAN1, b. 1807 ; m. Martha Houghton, who d. No- vember 13, 1900. He came to this place from Brattleboro, Vt., locating on South street, where for many years he car- ried on the shoe-making business. He died Jan. 26, 1891. Children :
i. MARTHA HENRIETTA2, b. Dec. 10, 1843; m. (1) July 5, 1865, Leroy M. Stearns of Readsboro, Vt .; m. (2) in 1876, Walter Gould; res. Minneapolis, Minn.
ALFORD, ALONZO A., was born near Burlington, Vt. ; was for many years a resident in Brooklyn, N. Y. Upon his removal to Bernardston he purchased and refitted the place formerly owned by N. S. Cutler, and earlier by S. N. Brooks and his father, Dr. John Brooks. This is now known as Cedar Lawn. He m. Feb. 1, 1860, Chloe Cornelia®, dau. of Dea. Henry® Slate. She was b. Feb. 18, 1842. She has been and is a prominent worker in charitable and temperance societies, . she was president of the Non-Partisan National Branch of the W. C. T. U. Mr. Alford is interested in the civil affairs of the place, and a member of the firm of E. S. Hurlbert & Co. No children.
ALGER, JAMES, b. about 1760. The dates of birth would indicate that he and Roger might both have been brothers of Simeon mentioned below. He enlisted for Revolutionary service No- vember 14, 1776, at which time his residence was given as Fall Town, ae. 21 years. His term of enlistment was " dur- ing the War." He seems to have been in various commands, serving as private; he also "reported on command with sap- pers and miners." He was twice recorded as having deserted, the first time being gone two, and the second, six months. He enlisted into the Continental army from Capt. Amasa Sheldon's company.
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ALGER, ROGER, b. about 1758-9 ; residence Bernardston; enlisted for the town of Hadley May 28, 1777 ; term of enlistment, three years; ae. 27 years. His record likewise reads " De- serted July, 1779."
ALGER SIMEON, b. 1762. In 1790 there was warned from town Sim- eon Alger and Simeon Jr., both from Connecticut. He lived northeast of the Torrey farm, at the end of a now abandoned road. This location was east of Dry Brook; died Aug. 4, 1822, ae. 60. A Lucinda Alger was pub. to' Jona. Shndrefs of Northfield, June 14, 1801, probably of this family. Among the children of the family was :
i. SIMEON2, JR.
ii. Roxy2, who m. Horace Thompson.
iii. REUBEN2, b. 1787; m. Mch. 24, 1810, Rhoda' Allen of Greenfield. She d. in Vernon, Vt., Nov. 22, 1853, ae. 68 years. He died Jan. 1, 1849, ae. 62. He resided on Huckle Hill. A daughter Alice3, m. Israel5 Bagg.
1. ALLEN, JOSEPH®, Sgt., (Benjamin,? Edward1, a weaver of Ipswich, Mass., in 1658. According to a family tradition, came from Scotland, where he was a soldier under Cromwell, upon the Restoration, and was probably one of the first settlers in . Suffield, Ct.) was b. in Suffield, Ct., 1701 ; removed to Ber- nardston in 1757 or 1759 from Deerfield, settling on place later known as Dalton Newcomb place, now owned by W. Wight. He m. Apr. 24, 1727, Hannah, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Arms) Clesson. She was b. at Deerfield, July 5, . 1705, and d. at Bern. May 13, 1790. Sgt. Allen became a prominent man in town, holding a number of town offices. He d. in Bern. July 17, 1785, and is buried in the old ceme- tery. Children :
2. i. ZEBULON4, b. Oct. or Nov. 22, 1727, at Deerfield.
ii. SIMEON4, b. 1728, at Deerfield, where he died in infancy.
iii. SEM4, b. Feb. 9, 1730-1; d. July 24, 1754.
iv. MARY4, b. Nov. 5, 1732; d. of the "Throat Distemper," May 15, 1744, ae. II years.
v. SEBA4, b. Sept. 16, 1736; d. May 20, 1744.
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vi. JOSEPH4, b. Mch. 14, 1739-40; d. Apr. 30, 1744.
vii. ASAPH4, b. Sept. 16, 1742; d. June 24. 1744.
viii. MARAH4, b. June 12, 1747; d. June 30, 1747.
The fifth, sixth and seventh children died at about the same time as their sister, Mary, and of the same disease.
2. ALLEN ZEBULON4, (Sgt. Joseph3, Benjamin2, Edward',) b. at Deer- field, Oct. or Nov. 22, 1727 ; m. Nov. 21, 1751, by Rev. Jona. Ashley to Freedom Cooley of Sunderland. She was born at Sunderland, Mch. 12, 1734, and died at her son Simeon's in Leyden, Sept. 16, 1801. Mr. Allen probably came to Ber- nardston about 1756, and as did his father, made his home on the present Wight place near the railroad crossing. He was always prominently connected with military affairs, serv- ing as corporal and lieutenant in the French and Indian War of 1755-8. Oct. 19, 1756, to Jan. 23, 1757, he was stationed at Colrain in Capt. Israel William's regiment, about which time he saw much service in scouting in the westward. Earlier, from Dec. 11, 1755, to Oct. 18, 1756, he was sentinel. His name appears on John Burk's enlistment roll ending Nov. 30, 1758, at which time he held the rank of sergeant. He was engaged in several sharp skirmishes, among others, Hobbs Fight, and at which one of the Indians, Sackett, boasted that he "knew old Zeb Allen and that he had killed him at the first shot," but the truth of this statement Mr. Allen's safe return to town disproved. He took his part in the civil affairs of the day, serving for the years 1763, 1764, 1784, as selectman. Was also one of the early school teach- ers of the place. (See ante 228.) He died at Bernardston, Feb. 15, 1786. Children :
3. i. ASAPH5, b. in the fort at Deerfield Oct. 22, 1752. (T. R.)
4. ii. SIMEON5, b. Apr. 6, 1755.
5. iii. JOSEPH5, b. in Burk Fort, Mch. 29, 1757.
6. iv. SEBA5, b. in Bern. Aug. 16, 1759.
v. MARY5, b. Feb. 2, 1762; m. Thaddeus Wright of Waterbury, Vt. where she d. Mch. 5, 1801.
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vi. JONATHAN5, b. Apr. 20, 1766.
8. vii. SAMUEL CLESSON5, b. Jan. 5, 1772.
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viii. ELECTA5, b. Feb. 26, 1775; she d. at Derry, N. H., at her dau. Mrs. Ordways. She m. Dec. 21, 1797, Ellsworth, son of Capt. Hunt and brother of Samuel C. Allen's second wife. They had two children.
3. ALLEN, ASAPH®, Deacon, (Zebulon4, Sgt. Joseph3, Benjamin2, Ed- ward',) b. in the fort at Deerfield, Oct. 22, 1752 ; m. about 1773 or 1774, Persis®, dau. of Remembrance® Sheldon of Bern. She was b. in Bern. in 1757, and d. Feb. 13, 1852. Mr. Allen served in the Revolution, going out as corporal in Capt. A. Wells' Co. vol., Saml. William's reg., which marched Apr. 20, 1775 ; service 10 days, and again as first corporal May 1, 1775, in Capt. Agrippa Wells' Co., Col. Whitcomb's regiment ; was discharged Sept. 23, 1775 ; the latter part of his life he drew a pension. Served 1786 and 1794 as selectman and town treasurer. In Feb., 1796, he removed to Waterbury, Vt., where he died Mch. 19, 1841. He was a man much respected, and for many years officiated as deacon in the church, being first appointed to that office in Bern. when 19 years old. His children were, most of them, born in Bern., and their births are there recorded. Children :
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