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The Damon family came from Scituate, or perhaps Cohasset, about 1770. Ichabod was the pioneer, and had Ichabod, Jonathan, Wil- liam, and Abner. Abner married Louisa -, and lived on the Olds place. His sons were Jared, father of Marlon ; Ichabod ; Chester ; Abner ; Naomi, married Jacob Lovell ; Louisa married - Bart- lett ; Mary died unmarried. Marlon Damon married Adeline Camp- bell, and had Isabel, who married George Kellogg ; and Elizabeth who married Edward Baker.
Gershom C. Damon was grandson of Gershom Collier of Chester- field, one of the party who threw the tea overboard in Boston harbor.
Reuben Dresser and his brother Moses came from Charlton. Moses lived here several years and built a house on the Simeon Cowles place, but sold out and went back to Charlton, where he kept a hotel for a long time on "Dresser Hill." Reuben and Moses were sons of Richard Dresser, Jr., who was born Sept. 22, 1714; married Dorothy Marcy, Nov. 12, 1741, died 1799. His father, Richard, mar- ried Marcy Peabody, June 29, 1708; died July 31, 1728, aged 50, leaving a widow and ten children. Richard Dresser, Jr., was prob- ably first town clerk of Charlton. In 1771, Jan. 9, "in consideration of the Paternal love and affection and for the service done for him by his son Reuben of Chesterfield, and for the more convenient ac- commodation and settlement in the world, and as his full portion or share" of the father's estate, he gave Reuben a deed of original lot No. 16 ; and also lot No. 73, second division, in what is now Goshen, and is still in possession of the Dresser family.
Reuben Dresser married Mary, daughter of Joseph Burnell, Sen., of Chesterfield. Their children were Reuben, who married Sophia Bardwell for his first wife and Sybil W. Smith of Hadley for his second. Amos, born April 20, 1784, died April 11, 1813; who mcrried Minerva Cushman, parents of Amos, born Dec. 17, 1812 ; one of the leaders in the anti-slavery movement ; Moses, who married
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Vesta Cushman Feb. 3, 1813 ; Aaron, twin brother of Moses ; Han- nah, who married Rev. Abel Farley ; Chloe, who married Dr. Erastus Hawks ; Polly, who married Eleazer Hawks.
The children of Reuben Dresser and Sophia, his wife, were : Hen- ry, who died a young man of much promise ; Francis, who married Corinth Higgins of Worthington, and removed West ; Mary, married Samuel Loveland of Middlefield ; Sophia, married Rev. Samuel Whalley ; Laura, died unmarried.
The children of Reuben Dresser and Sybil W., his second wife, were : Elizabeth, who died at the age of 19 years ; Henry, who re- moved to the West ; and Martha, who married Ezra Carpenter, and died soon after, aged 18.
The children of Moses and Vesta (Cushman) Dresser were : Ca- leb C., born Dec. 19, 1813, married Julia M., daughter of Benja- min White, Esq., Nov. 24, 1842; Levi, born Feb. 28, 1816, married and resides in northern New York ; George, born July 20, 1820, mar- ried Alvey, daughter of Col. Luther Stone, Jan. 14. 1847 ; D. Chloe, born June 1, 1823, married Frederick W. Belding, May 28, 1846; Wealthy, born June 24, 1826, married Calvin A. Packard, Jan. 15, 1852 ; Rufus, born Dec. 4, 1828, married and resides in Easthamp- ton ; Martha, born Oct. 18, 1832, married Miles Farr, and resides in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
Sophia B., daughter of Caleb C. Dresser, married Joseph C. Bridg- man, and removed West ; Helen M., second daughter, married Ed- ward Smith of Sunderland, and died soon after ; Albert B., only son, resides on the Dresser farm with the younger daughter.
Henry, eldest son of George Dresser, married Alice, adopted daughter of F. M. Pierce, and resides in Wisconsin ; George C., teacher, resides with his father ; Vesta C., only daughter, married Edward C. Packard, died 1879, leaving two children.
Nathan Fuller had Nathan Jr. and John. John married Cynthia Nash, grand-daughter of Capt. Robert Webster, Dec. 2, 1819, and had Chester M., who married Laura, daughter of David Beals ; Eck- ford, who removed to eastern New York ; Elvira, who married Burt ; Aurelia, married Horatio Bassett ; Susan, married Frank Clapp of Williamsburgh.
Capt. John Grant, a man of solid worth, was born, lived and died on the same farm. His great-grandfather came from Scotland, had
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four sons : Benjamin, Joseph, Moses, Ebenezer. Moses went to Bos- ton, and was perhaps ancestor of the late Dea. Moses Grant. John's father was Asa Grant, and came here from Wrentham, 1769. Capt. Grant was long a teacher of schools in this and adjoining towns, often served as a town officer, and was a land surveyor. He died March 11, 1861, at the age of 90. He was born April 25, 1771. He outlived all his near relatives, but died among friends. His sister Ruth, born in Braintree, Jan. 27, 1769, married John Abell and re- moved to Fairfield, Vermont, to which place the father and mother of Capt. John removed. They were living there in 1807.
Christopher Grant, probably a brother of Asa, married Elizabeth Their children were : Daniel, born June 12, 1772, in Chester- field ; Susannah, born July 22, 1777 ; Mary, born June 28, 1782. Christopher died Oct. 12, 1782 ; Mrs. Elizabeth died Aug. 6, 1796.
Samuel Grimes of Brookfield, came in 1769 or 70. He married Mary Hinckley. Their children were : James, born Feb. 7, 1769, in Brookfield ; Samuel, born Sept. 21, 1770, in Goshen ; Mary, born March 8, 1772 ; Charles, born Jan. 17, 1774, removed to Genessee, N. Y. ; Submitt, born Aug. 3, 1775 ; Abigail, born April 2, 1777, re- ceived a letter of dismission from church to Canandagua, N. Y., 1802 ; William, born Jan. 18, 1779 ; Sarah, born Sept. 4, 1780, re- ceived a letter to Poultney, 1812.
The Grover family lived in the northeast part of the town on what is still known as the "Grover Lot." The parents were Stephen and Zipporah. The children were : Barnard, born Aug. 2, 1771, in West- ern ; Robert, born Aug. 15, 1773; Sarah, born Aug. 5, 1775 ; Stephen, born Aug. 24, 1777; Rebecca, born Sept. 29, 1778; Stephen, born Nov. 2, 1780 ; Allen, born Aug. 21, 1782 ; Asaph, born Aug. 6, 1790.
Wm. Hallock, of Brookhaven, L. I., came here about 1766. He was by trade a blacksmith, but investing his money in a small vessel, which was lost by collision with a British ship, he came into the country and engaged in farming. In this pursuit he obtained a com- fortable livelihood, brought up a large family, and lived to the age of 86. On the Sabbath before his death he walked to church, a mile. and a half distant. He had raised quite a large crop of corn during that year, and while engaged in husking it was taken unwell. He
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sent for Esq. White and made his will, and soon after fell into a leth- argy, in which he remained till his death on the following Saturday, Oct. 21, 1815. One of his cotemporaries says of him, "he was a good man and had two good sons." The church record contains this remark of him, "supposed to have been converted at four years of age." His children, Jeremiah, Moses, Polly. Alice, and Bethiah were born on Long Island. Abigail, Martha, Esther and Mercy were born here. Bethiah married Stephen Hosford. They were the parents of Mrs. Rufus Moore and Mrs Selah Bardwell. The application of the name "Halleck Weed," by which it is generally known here, to the plant "Ox.eye Daisy," is said to have been suggested by the fact, that Mrs. Hallock, on their removal to this town, brought with her the seeds of the plant for the beauty of its star-like flower, and partly, perhaps, as a memento of her former home. (See Chapter V. for further details of Hallock family.)
The three Hawks brothers, Jared, Eleazer and Dr. Erastus, came from Chariemont. They were sons of Jared Hawke, whose residence was near the bridge over the Deerfield river at the foot of the Haw- ley hill. He was probably a descendent of John Hawks, one of the original settlers of Hadley, coming from Windsor, Conn., with other pioneers. John may have been brother of Adam Hawks of Saugus, who was ancestor of Rev. W. S. Hawks of South Hadley.
Jared Hawks, Jr., married Hannah, daughter of Nehemiah May, Sept. 24, 1799, and had one son who was deaf and dumb. His daughter, Electa M., married Rev. Wm. Boardman, Oct. 4, 1520; another daughter, Julia, was for many years a prominent teacher in Philadelphia, married Henry Gardelle. Maj. Joseph Hawks, adopted son of Jared, married Emeline, daughter of Willard Packard, Oct. 1, 1834. Children : Julia May, married Henry B. Smith ; Fan- nie E., teacher and school committee ; Martha A., married Arthur H. Walkley, and resides in New York.
Eleazer Hawks married Polly Dresser, March 23, 1809, and had Harvey, Sylvia, Elvira, Rodney, Alcander and Amos.
Dr. Erastus Hawks married Chloe Dresser. Their children were : Harriet N., Sophia A., Milo and Newton.
Rev. Roswell-Hawks was another son of Jared, Sen.
John V. Hunt of Plainfield, married Lydia Gloyd of Goshen, March 6, 1800. His oldest son, Jonathan, was probably born in
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Plainfield. The records of Goshen, where the family soon removed, name the following children : Clarissa, born Feb. 7, 1804 ; Charles, born Oct. 31, 1807 ; Lowell, born July 2, 1810.
Jonathan Hunt married Lilly Putney, and had Frederick P., who married Sophia, daughter of Elijah Billings, and removed to the West ; and Arthur P., who married Josephine Plimpton, and soon after died.
Charles Hunt married Mary A. MacFarland of Ashfield.
Lowell Hunt married Electa Putney, and had George, who resides in Northampton ; and Susie P., the teacher, who married Ward D. White.
John James, the pioneer from Cohasset, was a man of good busi- ness capacity and had, for his day, a large property. He died in 1805, and his son Malachi succeeded to his estate. Malachi, known in his maturer years as Captain James, was public spirited, gener- ous and social, and was often in public business. He was born July 9, 1767 ; married Elizabeth, daughter of Elias Lyman of Northamp- ton, Feb. 18, 1790 ; died Aug. 24, 1849. His children were : Sophia, born Nov. 18, 1791, married Dr. Thomas Sears, 1815 ; Enoch, born Dec. 8, 1793 ; married A. R. Dwight, died at Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 28, 1867. Children : Henry L., Lyman D., Martha, Mary, Enoch Dwight. Lyman James, born March 23, 1796, graduate of Williams College in 1818, married Maria C. Goodrich, studied law, died at Bellefontaine, Ala. ; Maria, born July 2, 1799, married Samuel Howes ; Clarissa, born May 18, 1801, married J. D. Whit- ney of Northampton, Oct. 13, 1834, and had James L., graduate of Yale, 1856, Professor in Harvard College ; Harvey M., graduate of Yale, 1864, Prof. in Beloit College ; Luther James, born July 13, 1803, a wealthy and retired business man of Ann Arbor ; Lewis L. James, born May 8, 1805, a New York merchant, married Cerintha Wells ; Elizabeth, married A. L. Babcock ; Rachel L., born 1812, married David Storrs.
The early records of the town give the following list as the chil- dren of Moses and Rebekah James : John, born Aug. 6, 1786; Moses and Aaron, twins, born April 10, 1788 ; Hannah, born July 24, 1790 ; Lois, born Oct. 29, 1792 ; Rebekah, born Aug. 17, 1794; Francis, born May 24, 1796 ; Lurany R., born April 15, 1800.
It is said there were three pairs of twins in town of nearly the
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same age, each named Moses and Aaron-children of Reuben Dresser, Joseph Jepson and Moses James.
The children of John and Betsey Jipson are on record, as follows : Sally, born Feb. 2, 1779 ; Lucretia, born Jah. 15, 1781 ; Forrist, born March 4, 1753 ; twins, born and died Oct. 1754; Betsey, born Sept. 19, 1785 ; John, born Aug. 5, 1757 ; Cyrel, born June 12, 1759 ; Tirza, born May 29, 1791 ; Marcia, born May 22, 1793.
Joseph Jipson, brother of John, married Hannah, daughter of Capt. Robert Webster. They had Joseph, who married Mary Hast- ings, and resided in Goshen ; William ; Moses and Aaron, twins ; Hannah married - Newell ; Theodocia. Aaron married Fanny Hibbard, and resided in Springfield. Joseph's children were : Anson, who removed to the West; Alzadee, who married Elijah Jordan ; Mary Ann, who married Gilson Judd of Northampton ; Francis, who married -- and removed West.
The records give the following list of children of Robert and Eunice King, nearly all born in Half Moon, N. Y. : Eunice, born Nov. 22, 1794 ; John, born Nov. 16, 1795 ; Lucy, born July 29, 1798 ; Polly, born March 9, ISO1 ; Andrew, born June 9, 1803 ; Robert, born Jan. 1, 1807 ; Dolly E., born Oct. 24, 1809 ; James H., born March 23, 1813 ; William H., born Dec. 15, 1815 ; Elisha, born Dec. 13, 1818. The last named two born in Goshen.
The Kingmans came from Bridgewater to Goshen, and were prob- ably descendants of Henry of Weymouth, who came from Wales in 1632. Isaac Kingman married Content, daughter of James Packard, 1768, and removed to this town some years previous to 1780, when he sold his homestead to Maj. Ambrose Stone. The sons of Isaac were Isaac and Levi of Cummington, and Reuben of Goshen ; the daughters were Content, married Lewis Thayer and removed to Conneaught, Ohio ; Jemima, married Asa Bates ; and Parthena, married Seth Ford.
Levi Kingman married Theodocia, daughter of Joshua Packard, 1817. They were the parents of Hon. Richmond P. Kingman, now of Battle Creek, Mich., and also of Augustus F. and Roldan P.
Reuben Kingman married Betsey Clark of Plainfield, 1808, and had Henry ; Harriet, married first, -- Hannum, second, Cyrus Miller ; Fidelia ; Alvan, who married Louisa Sherman ; Samuel,
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married Eliza A. Ranney ; Levi C., married Sarah A. Ranney, David, married Harriet Richards ; Sarah, married James Kinney,
The Lyon families came from Woodstock, Conn., and were descen- dants of William Lyon, who came from London in 1635 to Roxbury in the ship "Hopewell," at the age of fourteen.
Caleb and Margaret of Woodstock had thirteen children : Debo- rah, born 1729, married Allerton Cushman, 1748 ; Benjamin, born 1730, married Sarah May ; Margaret, born 1732, married Col. Ezra May ; Caleb, born 1734; Lieut. Wm., born 1736, married Mary Tufts, 1772, and was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill ; Lieut. Lemuel, born 1738, removed to Goshen ; John and Luther, twins, born 1740, John married Mary Evans, 1767, Luther married Mary Friskelt, 1771 ; Levi, born 1742, married Ruth Fitch ; Molly, born 1745 ; Sylvanus, born 1748, probably removed to Goshen ; Cyrus, born 1750, removed to Goshen ; Susannah, born in 1752.
Lieut. Lemuel Lyon married first, Hannah Dresser of Southbridge, cousin of Reuben Dresser, Sen., and had Joel, born Aug. 17, 1764 ; Cena, born Feb. 26, 1766, married Sylvenas Stone, perhaps brother of Dea. Artemus, and removed to Williamstown. Mrs. Hannah died Nov. 10, 1766, and Lieut. Lyon married second, Mary --. Their children were : Hannah, born August 16, 1773, and Silas, born May 22, 1780. Silas was a graduate of Williams College, became a law- yer, and in a deed given in 1809, describes himself of Boston. Lieut. Lemuel removed to Williamstown, and the church records in Goshen state that he died in New York City-perhaps his son Silas removed there. Silvanus Stone removed to Williamstown, and kept a hotel there for many years. His sons were Silas, who continued the hotel business, Chester and Pomeroy.
Cyrus Lyon, brother of Lieut. Lemuel, married Mary -- , and had Abell, born May 15, 1778 ; Luther, born Aug. 26, 1780 ; Eliza- beth, born Aug. 22, 1782, died 1819 ; Elias, born Sept. 1, 1784.
Abell Lyon, then of Swanton, Vt., married Lucinda Olds, Feb. 20, 1804 ; Elias Lyon married Relief Thayer of Hawley, in 1813, and had Mary and Betsey and perhaps others.
Cyrus Lyon died Feb. 12, 1831 ; Hannah, his second wife, died March 20, 1813, aged 59.
The Lymans on their way to this town had three resting places- Roxbury, Hartford, Northampton. Richard, the pioneer, came to
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New England and settled first in Roxbury with several children : Phillis, Richard, Sarah, John, and probably another. He joined the church there, but we learn from the Apostle Eliot's record of church members, that "when the great removal was made to Connecticut, he also went, undergoing much affliction, for, going toward winter, his cattle were lost in driving, and some never found again." He settled at Hartford, but died in 1640. His son John had John, Jr., who was the father of Gad Lyman of Northampton, who was born Feb. 13, 1713. He married Thankful Pomeroy, daughter of the famous gun- smith, June 22, 1738. He became a large owner of land in Goshen while it was yet a forest, and late in life removed here and resided with his son Timothy. He died Oct. 24, 1791.
Timothy, born in Northampton, July 26, 1746, married in 1770 Hannah Colson, who was brought up in the family of Major Joseph Hawley, and removed to this town the same year. Mrs. Lyman, a relative of Adam Colson, one of the persons engaged in throwing British tea overboard in 1773, came to Northampton, riding the whole distance on horseback behind Major Hawley, on his return from Bos- ton when he represented the town in the Legislature. The old Ly- man mansion here was built in 1797, it is said, by Mrs. Lyman's great uncle, - Colson of Boston. The children of Lieut. Timo- thy and Hannah Lyman, were : Jerusha, born - -, -; Jolin - C., born Jan. 20, 1775 ; William, born Feb. 21, 1778 ; Timothy, born -, 1780 ; Francis, born Feb. 3, 1781 ; Thomas, born Feb. 12, -
1783 ; Abigail, who married Dr. Daniel Pierce.
Jerusha, married George Salmon, Nov. 10, 1796. They united with the church here, Nov. 1798, and were dismissed to Wolcott, N. Y., Feb. 1814. Their children born in this town were : Augusta, May 17, 1795 ; Jerusha, Aug. 6, 1801 ; Mary, May 31, 1803 ; others died young.
John C. Lyman married Susannah, daughter of Dr. Burgess, Nov. 7, 1799 : had Adam Colson, born 1800, died a young man of bril- liant promise, Oct. 9, 1823 ; Benjamin B. ; Christiana. This family removed to Cummington.
William Lyman, born Feb. 21, 1778, removed to Schenectady, N. Y., where he became a prominent and successful business man.
Timothy Lyman, Jr., better known as "Colonel" Lyman, married Hannah, daughter of William White, Esq., Feb. 16, 1804. They had
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no children. Col. Lyman was Justice of the Peace and was often called to serve in important affairs at home and abroad. He died greatly lamented, Dec. 26, 1831. His widow died Nov. 21, 1862.
Capt. Francis Lyman, married first, Helen, daughter of Hugh Mitchell, Esq., of Schenectady, N. Y., and had William, born 1810, who became a physician of extended practice and was surgeon in Gen. Grant's army. He died in 1866. Hugh M., the second son, was born Oct. 21, 1814, married Kingman, and resided in Worthington ; died 1869. The mother died Aug. 26, 1831, and Capt. Francis, married second, Lucinda, daughter of Solomon Parsons, April 10, 1833. Their children were : Timothy P., born Aug. 7, 1834, who married Mrs. Jennie Rice ; Helen ; Mary and Francis died 1844.
Thomas Lyman, married Dorcas Smith, Oct. 5, 1813. Their chil- dren were : Thankful P., born Dec. 12, 1815 ; Frederick W., born March 31, 1817 ; Charlotte Augusta, born Sept. 30, 1818 ; Timothy, born 1820, died 1829 ; Thomas, born 1822, died 1830.
F. W. Lyman, married Sarah W., daughter of Samuel Naramore, March 6, 1844. Their oldest son, Henry Frank, was born June 26, 1845. They removed soon after to Southport, now Kenosha, Wis., their present residence. Their children born there are : Agnes, Liz- zie, Frederick and Richard. Mr. Lyman, since his residence in the West, has been largely engaged in the sale and manufacture of shoes. He has an orange grove in Florida, where of late years he spends his winters. He is a man of extensive and varied information, and has done much for the improvement of the public schools and for other important interests of his adopted state.
Calvin Loomis, born in Springfield, son of Jonathan, was a resi- dent here for about forty years, and died Dec. 13, 1878, at the age of ninety-nine years-one of the oldest persons that ever died in this town-perhaps the oldest. Anna, his wife, died Jan. 9, 1877, aged ninety-four. Children : Lyman A., married Susannah Beals, 1836 ; Alanson, married - Butts ; Almon B .; Maria, married S. Hatha- way, 1836 ; Amanda, married Jackson .Willcutt, 1840.
Almon B., married Hester, daughter of Rev. Wm. Willcutt, 1840, and had : Lucy, married - ---; Eliza, married Joseph Rogers ; Eunice, married Alcander Hawks ; Almond, died Oct. 4, 1864, aged 7 years.
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Samuel Luce, married first, Polly, probably daughter of Reuben Howes, Sept. 9, 1802. Children : Lorin, born 1803, died July 4, 1834 ; Samuel, married Lydia, daughter of Jacob Dyer, Nov. 29, 1836 ; . Sears, married Vashti C. Merritt, 1839.
Samuel Luce, Sen., married second, Cynthia Tilton, Jan. 22, 1840.
Phinehas Manning, from Stafford, Conn., married Abigail Allen of Ashfield, 1790. He died Oct. 22, 1832, aged 77. She died Sept. 22, 1856, aged 94. Children : John, married Betsey Tower, 1817 ; Hannah, married Daniel Williams of Florida, 1820 ; Lydia, married Samuel Lamman of Florida, 1821 ; Abigail, married Leonard Thacher of Florida, 1828 ; George W., married Asenath Beaman, Dec. 3, 1833; Sally died unmarried.
Children of Geo. W. and Asenath Manning : Augustus, Geo. W., Joel, John, William and Abigail.
William Meader came from Nantucket, where his first child, Debo- rah Jr., was born Nov. 14, 1778 ; William Jr. was born in Goshen, Sept. 29, 1781 ; Jonathan, born Dec. 21, 1783.
Col. Ezra May was an important man in the early settlement here in municipal and ecclesiastica) matters. He was one of the first dea- cons of the church in Chesterfield, and almost constantly employed in public service. He was commissioned Colonel of the 2d Hamp- shire Regiment, Feb. 8, 1776. Pay rolls at the State House show that he was sent on an expedition to Stillwater and Saratoga in 1777. Dexter May, his son, was with him. . One company in his regiment was commanded by Capt. Christopher Banister. Nehemiah May, son of Ezra, was in Banister's company which marched to Benning- ton on alarm, by request, Aug. 17, 1777, to re-inforce the army near that place. The oldest brother of Ezra, Nehemiah of Brimfield,"was a captain in the 14th Hampshire Regiment under Col. Pyncheon. This Nehemiah had four sous in the service : Rev. William served as chaplain, Chester, Ezra and Rufus. Col. Ezra had nine other near relatives in the army, of whom two were Colonels, one Major, one Captain and two Corporals.
The Goshen Mays were probably descendants of John of Roxbury, where the Mays and Lyons were early residents and land-owners There were many of the name in Woodstock, whence several of the early settlers of Goshen came. Lieut. Nehemiah May, born in Rox-
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bury, June, 1701, died in Woodstock, May 1, 1753, married Mehitable Holbrook, Nov. 30, 1726.
Children : Mary, born Oct. 23, 1727 ; Capt. Nehemiah, born Jan. 31, 1729, died Dec. 27, 1793, married Annah, daughter of Wm. Lyon ; Col. Ezra, born Dec. 16, 1731, died Jan. 11, 1778, married Margaret Lyon ; Sarah, born Oct. 22, 1733, died March, 1818, married Benja- min Lyon ; Hannah, born 1736, died 1744 ; Prudence, born May 25, 1740, died Dec. 19, 1810, married Daniel Lyon ; Eliakim, born 1742, died March 27, 1816, married Martha Lyon.
Capt. Nehemiah removed from Woodstock to Brimfield in 1752, and bought of his father-in-law, Wm. Lyon, the farm now owned by Henry A. May of Boston, to whom we are indebted for much infor- mation in regard to the May and Lyon families.
The children of Col. Ezra and Margaret May, were : Col. Nehe- miah, born 1754, died Sept. 20, 1813 ; Dexter ; Prudence ; Mary ; Sarah, born Dec. 27, 1763, died 1804 ; Calvin, born April 15, 1765, died Jan. 23, 1842 ; Caleb, born Sept. 18, 1770 ; Eleanor, born Sept. 15, 1773, died 1777 ; Hannah, born 1776, died 1777.
Col. Nehemiah married Susannah, sister of Justin Parsons, Nov. 27, 1777, a woman of rare piety, who died Sept. 10, 1817. The chil- dren of Col. Nehemiah and Susannah May, were : Hannah, born Oct. 25, 1778, married Jared Hawks; and Electa, born March 12, 1781, married Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, missionary to the Indians, who graduated at Brown University 1812, Andover 1815, died 1870.
Dexter May married Mary Paine of Williamsburgh, and had Dea. Ezra, born Oct. 22, 1780, died near Belvidere, Ill. ; Clarissa, born July 2, 1782, married Dea. Oliver Nash of Williamsburgh ; Mary, born Nov. 13, 1784.
Prudence May married Rev. Isaac Babbitt, of Charlemont ; Mary May married Dr. Nathaniel Naramore ; Sarah, the first person born in Goshen, married Elisha Morton of Williamsburgh, died May 19, 1804. He died 1839.
Children of Sarah and Elisha Morton : Sarah, born Dec. 6, 1793, died 1801 ; Mary, born 1795, died 1802 ; Elisha, born Jan. 18, 1797, died 1872 ; Nehemiah May, born April 4, 1799, died July 8, 1878 ; Consider, born Nov. 18, 1801, died Dec. 29, 1872.
Dr. Calvin May, graduate of Yale College, 1786, married Mary Hyatt in the year 1800, in Highgate, Vt. Children : Dr. Horatio N., born in St. Armand, Canada, died 1848, having successfully practiced
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