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medicine in his native town during his life; Joseph Edwin, born 1802, resides in Belvidere, Ill. ; Lucia M., married Rev. J. A. Fitch of Shel- don, Vt. ; Ezra, born 1812, a man of position and wealth. resides in Belvidere ; Samuel H., of the firm of S. H. May & Co. of Montreal ; Miriam C., born 1817; Prudence, married Rev. Wm. Jones of Broome, P. Q. ; Walter, born 1820, died 1857.
Caleb May removed to South Carolina, but nothing further is known.
Shepard Moore, married first, Mary Carpenter, second, Widow Susannah Ames of Buckland, Aug. 22, 1822. Children : Rufus, Ab- ner C .; Betsey, married Enoch Shaw of Buckland, Oct. 25. 1812 ; Polly, married Martin Brackett, same date ; Fanny, married Zephaniah Richmond, March 27, 1819.
Rufus Moore, married Hannah Hosford, Feb. 21, 1813, and had William ; Emery, married Finette Jewett ; Sarah ; Mary, married Capt. Fordyce Rice ; and Stephen, who died young. Rufus Moore and his son Emery removed to Williamstown.
Abner C. Moore, married Luena P. Slack, Sept. 25, 1829, and had Fanny, Ann, Julia P., Edna S., Sarah, Chauncey, David. He removed with his family in 1852, to Benton, Illinois, and died a few years later. Chauncey, enlistel in the 42d Illinois Vols., served nearly three years and was killed at Chattanooga.
Freeborn Mayhew, (not Freeman as incorrectly given on page 71. No. 56) from Martha's Vineyard, was probably a descendant of the missionary family of that name, the early settlers of the island. His son, William, born in this town, became a wealthy merchant of Baltimore, who was greatly respected for his public spirit and private virtues. The family early removed to Charlemont, having sold the farm to Rolon Rogers also from the Vineyard. Robert Rogers, nephew of Rolon, visited his uncle in later years, remained with him till his decease, and inherited the property.
Joseph Bassett, a neighbor of the Rogers family, who had been mate of a vessel, removed here, bringing with him his log-book, which is in possession of Joseph Rogers, one of his descendants. The family have a tradition that bears were quite numerous, and trouble- some to the pioneers. It is said that they infested the woods to such an extent that hunting parties often turned out to destroy them. The
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children in one of these families, on the lookout one evening for the return of the absent father, thought they saw him approach. As they were about to open the door to admit him the mother prevented it. The apparition passed by, and soon after, on the coming of the father, the tracks in the snow indicated that a bear of the largest size had been the visitor.
Robert Rogers married Ruth Bassett, 1830. Children : Joseph, married Eliza, daughter of A. B. Loomis ; Martha, married Joseph Beals ; Maria Rogers, married Wm. S. Allen ; Emeline ; Otis.
Joseph Bassett had Silas, Mayhew, Jane, Mary, Ruth, Cynthia.
Samuel Naramore, from Woodstock, Conn., married Deborah Col- ton, came early to this town, owned No. 4, page 68, died Dec. 9, 1777, at the age of 47. Children : Dr. Nathaniel, married Mary, daughter of Col. Ezra May, Jan. 22, 1789 ; Thaddeus, married Rebecca, sister of Rev. Justin Parsons, Nov. 5, 1788, and removed to Vermont ; Elizabeth, married Dr. John Kittredge, May 12 1791 ; Al- pheus ; Sally, married Thomas Whitcomb, Feb. 7, 1793; Capt. Joseph, married Olive, daughter of Abel Packard, 1786. He died Oct. 3, 1834, aged 75 ; she died Sept 10, 1835, aged 69. Children : Clarissa, born Feb. 3, 1789, married Adam G. Porter, 18c9 ; Olive P., born June 11, 1791, married Solomon Hawks of Shelburne, Dec. 2, 1819 ; Samuel, born Aug. 30, 1793, died Oct. 4, 1829, married Aure- lia, daughter of Elijah Bardwell, and had Sarah Worthington, who married F. W. Lyman ; and Joseph, who removed to the West ; De- borah, born Oct. 24, 1795, married Robert Dawes, Jr., Dec. 4, 1821 ; Abigail, married Dea. I. W. Briggs, Aug. 8, 1826 ; Esther, married 1829, John W. Norton ; Electa, married Eben Parsons, Dec. 7, 1823.
Alpheus Naramore married Marcy, daughter of William White, Esq., Nov. 17, 1791. Children : William W., born Jan. 24, 1793, removed to Bridgeport, Conn. ; Ezra, born April 15, 1795 ; Tryphosa, born July 8, 1797, married Willard Parsons ; Franklin, born Feb. 16, 1800, died in Goshen, Aug. 16, 1854; Amos, born April 3, 1802, removed to Conn. ; Alpheus, born Feb. 23, 1805, died, 1808; Alpheus, Sen., died May, 1806, aged 40 years. Mrs. May died Feb. 23, 1813, aged 48 years.
Franklin Naramore married first, Wealthy, daughter of Solomon Parsons, Feb. 27, 1823, and had Lucinda, who married Lorin Barrus ; and Charles L., who died Aug. 1, 1854, aged 23. Mr. Naramore married second, Esther Cowles, daughter of Simeon, and had Henry
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L. ; Wealthy, who married Erastus Brown, March, 1858. Mrs. Esther died May 21, 1840, aged 30 years. Mr. Naramore married third, Caroline J., daughter of Robert Webster, Oct. 3, 1847, and had Mar- tha C, born July 20, 1848, died Aug. 4,1854; Frank, born March 26, 1851, died July 31, 1854 ; Willie, born June 26, 1852, died July 25, 1854. Several other children died young.
Henry L. Naramore, son of Franklin, married first, Mary, daughter of Richmond Jenkins, and had Martha A., born Feb. 22, 1860 ; Elmer E., born July 7, 1861. He married second, - -, and now resides in Sharon, Mass. He was connected for some time with - Ryder of Boston, in the manufacture of organs.
Arvin Nash of Plainfield, married first, Lucinda Vinton, and had Eunice, who married Capt. F. Rice ; Martha, who married Charles Lamb of New York ; Maria ; Jacob S. The mother died Sept. 28, 1835, aged 42, and Mr. Nash married, second, Mrs. Dorothy Covell, 1836. Their children were : James and Mary. The second mother died Sept. 22, 1841, aged 42. Mr. Nash married, third, Miss Lucre- tia Pixley of Plainfield, and a few years later removed to that town.
Mrs. Lamb was born in Plainfield, came here when about five years old, and was a pupil of the school in the north-west district for ten or twelve years. She then taught school here, and afterwards in New Jersey, and wrote occasionally for the press. The following interesting account of her subsequent literary labor is condensed from the New York correspondence of a leading Boston paper. She furnishes another brilliant example of what can be accomplished by faithful effort and study.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 1879.
"I am always at work before eight in the morning." This was said to me by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, the authoress. This means unusually early rising, particu- larly in the winter, and more particularly in New York, where nine o'clock is a fairly early breakfast hour. Mrs. Lamb is known as the writer of "The History of New York." It is being brought out in elegant style by Barnes & Co., one volume having been issued about a year ago. The second and last is nearing completion. These volumes are heavy quartos, and the work, when completed, will form the most extended one ever written by a woman. For thirteen years Mrs. Lamb has been engaged upon this history. The writing was long ago completed, but the labor of revision, elaboration and condensation, far exceeds that of reading, com- piling and putting into manuscript form.
She does not spare herself any labor in this work. If, by re-writing sentences or paragraphs for the tenth time, a subject can be more clearly or concisely presented,
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she conscientiously attacks the work. It is by methods like these that Mrs. Lamb has accomplished so much, for she has done much writing outside of her history. She has published children's stories, countless short stories, a novel called "Spicy," many magazine articles, and still contributes editorials to weekly journals. She was the first person to write a popular descriptive article on the state department at Washington. This was published in Harper's. To the same publication she contributed an article on the "Coast Survey," which has since been made into a text-book for use in collegiate courses. Mrs. Lamb's first books were not pub- lished under her own name. She shielded her identity behind the modest nom de plume of "Aunt Mattie," the little series of play-school stories, published in 1869, became known as "Aunt Mattie's Library." Her latest publication is that beauti- ful holiday work, "The Picturesque Homes of America." Mrs. Lamb's literary in - clination is probably a bent of the mind traceable to inheritance, as one of her an- cestors was Treadway Russel Nash, D.D., the author of a great folio work, entitled "Collections for the History of Worcestershire." She showed this inclination very early in life, writing verses when only ten years of age. Her first printed article appeared when she was thirteen years old. It was called forth by a visit to her mother's birthplace. It was printed in the Hampshire Gazette, Northampton.
Despite the facts that Mrs. Lamb has been for a long time a resident of New York, and that her name is connected with the history of that State, she is of New England birth and education. She was born in Plainfield, Mass., not far from the birthplace of William Cullen Bryant, of whom her father was an old friend. Mrs. Lamb's love of historical reading showed itself from the time when she began to read, and she has pursued it with enthusiasm all her life. She never thought, how- ever, of putting her knowledge to practical use until the editor of a New York paper made the suggestion to her. Of course, the magnitude of her work in its present form she had no conception of. It has grown steadily with her own knowl - edge, and by reason of the high standard which just such workers must always have before them. When the history is fairly out of her hands Mrs. Lamb's plans are by no means exhausted. She then contemplates a work on art, or rather she intends to complete and perfect one that is already begun. It is to be a concise history of the rise and progress of art. It is the aim to make it general and accu- rate without tiresome detail.
In social life Mrs. Lamb takes not a little pleasure, Her enjoyment of friendly gatherings is confined largely to 5 o'clock teas and evening receptions. She receives New Year's day, this year, at Washington, with Mrs. Chief Justice Waite. Mrs. Lamb is said to brighten many festivals with her little poems, which often partake of a humorous character, and represent her mental recreations. The fol- lowing is a pretty sentiment, and was written on the occasion of a golden wedding of a friend :
There's no such thing as growing old, Though years on years roll by ; Though silvery white becomes the hair, And dimmed the earnest eye : Though furrows on the brow are cast, As gathering up the threads at last
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Of all the busy, well-spent past, A brief review is anchored fast
Of half a century.
Life is in deeds, not days or years,
In thoughts not breaths, in smiles not tear?,
In loves not hates, in hopes not fears, In labor, which makes pastures sweet, And strew rare flowers beneath the feet ; In generous charities, not dates;
In what this eve commemorates- Works, traced in golden lines above, Of half a century.
Edward Orcutt from Hingham or Cohasset, had Origen, james, Thomas and Thankful. Origen, married Eunice Ripley of Windsor, 1796 ; James, married Clarissa Aims of Deerfield, 1791 ; Thankful, a popular teacher for many years, married Dr. Bildad Curtis of Plainfield, in 1804, and removed to Marietta, Ohio. She died 1861. "A woman of ability and greatly respected," was the testimony of her pastor, Rev. Wmn. Wakefield. Thomas removed to Buckland.
Children of Origen and Eunice Orcutt : Origen, Edward, Luther, Alvan, Sophia, Hudson, Zerviah, Laura. The children of James and Clarissa Orcutt were : Sopbronia, Josiah, Wealthy.
Edward was a well-to-do sort of a man, but had some ways of doing things that were different from the ways of the majority of people. While living at Cohasset his wife desired him to bring in a handful of wood. He went out without hat or coat, or word of dissent or ex- planation, came to Goshen, bought his land, returned home, and car- ried in his wood on his arrival. While clearing his land here he boarded with David Stearns. He went back to Cohasset at one time leaving his coat at his boarding place here. Noticing it quite heavy it was found to contain a pocket full of silver money. He once spent nearly a day in the river towns trying to buy a pig of some one who would trust. At last he found a man ready to accept his terms. He took the pig, paid down, and returned home, satisfied that his credit was good, at least with one man.
James Orr was of Scotch origin, honest clear through, quaint and bluff in manner. At the marriage of one of his daughters, the parson waited for the assent of the disconcerted groom'. The old gentleman saw the dilemma, and at once broke the spell in his direct way, saying : "Nod your head, Hall."
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Friend Orr, married Polly Barney of Savoy, 1812 ; Jerusha, mar- ried Aaron Hall of Cheshire, Nov. 28, 1805 ; Lydia, married Nathan Morgan of Pownal, Vt., July 4, 1793 ; Lucy, married Seth Ford of Plainfield, Jan. 1, 1812 ; John, married Polly, daughter of Stephen Warren. She died in 1814, aged 21.
Samuel Olds married Persis - and was one of the pioneer set- tlers of the town. Children : Elias, born Feb. 23, 1778 ; Abigail, married Daniel Ford, died Feb. S, 1859 ; Lucinda and Cynthia, twins, born March 17, 1784 ; Moses and Aaron, twins, born and died 1788 ; Rev. Jason, married Matilda Ford, 1817.
Daniel Ford had a daughter Lucretia, who removed to Plainfield and married.
The Packard families of this town and vicinity, are descended from Samuel, who sailed from Ipswich, England, and was in Hing- ham in 1638. He removed to West Bridgewater and had thirteen children. His son Zaccheus, had Ist, Israel, father of Seth, who was father of Joshua, Sen., born April 20, 1741, who came to Goshen, and was the father of Caleb, Joshua and Willard. Seth had also Abner, who removed to Conway.
Zaccheus had 2d, James, who married Jemima Keith, and had James, Jr., born 1724, who married Mary Thayer. James and Mary were the parents of Content, born 1747, who married Isaac King- man, 1768-the parents of Levi and Reuben Kingman.
Zaccheus had 3d, John, the father of John and Barnabas of Plain - field ; and of Abel, who married Esther Porter .. Abel and Esther were the parents of Abel, born 1754; Adam, born 1758, father of William and Philo ; Theophilus, born 1769, married Mary Tirrell ; and Olive, born 1767, married Joseph Naramore of Goshen.
Joshua Pachard, Sen., the pioneer, a soldier of the French and Indian, and Revolutionary wars, came from Bridgewater. His eldest daughter, Chloe, married - - Thwing ; Caleb, his son, removed to Plainfield ; Joshua, Jr., married Philena Richmond, Dec. 5, 1793, for first wife; Betsey Ingram, May 14, 1807, for his second ; Willard, married Bathsheba Smith ; Lucinda, married Solomon Parsons ; Lavinia, married Ebenezer Colson ; Hannah, married Versal Ban- ister, Feb .. 19, 1793. Children of Joshua and Philena Packard : Horace, born Sept. 24, 1794 ; Philena, born April 10, 1796, married
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Allen Bassett ; Theodocia, born Jan. 9, 1798, married Levi Kingman; Leonard, born Feb. 21, 1801, married Martha Jenkins, and removed from town ; Wealthy, born Nov. 18, 1802, married Augustine Streeter of Cummington ; Russell, born Jan. 9, 1806, removed to Troy.
Children of Joshua and Betsey Packard : Geo. Austin, born 1809, died May 1, 1832 ; Marinet, married William Dawes ; Almond, removed from town ; Lucinda, married -- Pelton of Plainfield ; Miranda, married William White of Plainfield ; Rodolphus, removed to New Ipswich, N. H.
Capt. Horace Packard, married Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer White. Children : Edwin, born 1818, died Nov. 28, 1837; Frebun W. ; Calvin A., born July 8, 1822 ; Calista, married first, Ezra Car- penter, second, Joseph T. Thayer ; Horace H. ; and two children who died 1830.
Frebun W. Packard, married Hannah, daughter of Rev. Sidney Holman, May 29, 1864. Children : Myra H., born July 9, 1865 ; Frebun Sidney, born Aug. 24, 1867.
Calvin A. Packard, married Wealthy, daughter of Moses Dresser, Jan. 15, 1852. Children : Howard, born Jan. 30, 1853 ; Martha, born July 14, --.
Horace H. Packard, married Julia F., daughter of Nelson M. Hayden, Nov. 28, 1850. Children : Edwin B., born Dec. 2, 1851 ; Festus, born Feb. 24, 1857 ; Willie H., born Jan. 1, 1859 ; Ella T., born Feb. 5, 1861.
Willard Packard, son of Joshua, Sen., married Bathsheba, daugh- ter of John Smith, May 30, 1805. Children : Cordelia, married Noah Hosford, April 9, 1828 ; William S. ; Edmund ; Julia, married Dexter Beals, Nov. 2, 1830 ; Malesta, married Randall Graves, Nov. 7, 1839 ; Willard, Jr., married Lucy Field of Buckland, died Aug. 20, 1852 ; Emeline, married Joseph Hawks ; Hiram ; Freeman, married Ellen Parsons of Ohio, and removed to Kansas.
William S. Packard, married Lucy R., daughter of Reuben Smith, May 21, 1840. Children : William S. ; Cordelia E., born March 2, IS45, died 1846 : Maria A., born March 10, 1847, married T. Ashton Orcutt ; Ralph A. Packard, born June 16, 1850 ; Jennie S., born Aug. 7, 1854, married Charles E. Brooks, Nov. 4, 1875.
Edmund Packard married Mary P., daughter of Levi Eldredge, 1836, removed to Ashfield, afterwards to Easthampton and Boston. Children : Edmund T., born April 3, 1837 ; Henry, born Sept. 8,
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1843, died July 20, 1869, a young man of much promise ; Mary Lil- lian, born May 6, 1852, married L. F. Burrage, Jan. 14, 1875. Mr. Edmund Packard died March 8, 1868. His widow resides with her son, Edmund T., in Boston.
Hiram Packard married Lurane A., daughter of David Carpenter, March 20, 1845. Children : Henry Wright, born July 31, 1846, went to Colorado ; Edward C., born Oct. 13, 1847 ; Charles F., born April 9, 1850.
Edward C. married Vesta C., daughter of George Dresser, Oct. 9, 1875, and had Edward Wallace, born July 23, 1876, and Lawrence A., born Aug. 26, 1878.
When Joshua, Sen., returned from the army, he brought a large powder horn, the gift of a comrade, on which was drawn, in good style, a map of one of the towns connected with Boston, showing the bridges, churches and many of the houses as they probably existed at that time. The horn is still possessed by his great-grandson, Cal- vin A. Packard.
The following is copied from a newspaper of several years ago :
The Packards are a thrifty, well-stocked race. Abel Packard, who settled at Cummington 100 years ago, has now posterity of over 350, scattered in 15 states of the Union. This Abel was a great grandson of Samuel Packard, who settled in Plymouth, 18 years after the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 ; and he is supposed to be ancestor of all the Packards in the country. His posterity is estimated to have multiplied in 236 years beyond 50,000. He had 12 children, all of whom had fami - lies. Several of his sons were soldiers in King Philip's war and aided in the pur- suit and conquest of that celebrated Indian Chief at Mt. Hope in 1676, 200 years ago.
The Parsons family descend from Joseph, supposed to have been, born near Farrington, Eng., in 1617, who was in Springfield in 1636, and in Northampton in 1655, where he served several years as Selectman. His son, Joseph, born 1647, died 1729, had Ebenezer, born 1675, who married Mercy Stebbins, 1703, and had, among other children, Elihu, born 1719, who married Sarah, daughter of Presi dent Edwards ; and Benjamin, born 1723, who married Rebekah Sheldon, and removed to Goshen, 1776. He died 1777.
The children of Benjamin and Rebekah A. Parsons, were : Jerusha, born Sept. 22, 1750, married, first, Artemus Stone, second, Daniel Brown, third, Maj. Josiah Lyman ; Ebenezer, born Dec. 26, 1751, married Eunice Clark; Mercy, born Nov. 29, 1753, married Jed.
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Buckingham; Hannah, born July 1, 1755, married Cyrus Lyon ; Susannah, born Dec. 1, 1757, married Col. Nehemiah May ; Justin, born July 19, 1759, married first, Lucretia Parsons, daughter of Elihu, second, Electa Frary ; Silas, born Sept. 26, 1761, married Sarah Fisk ; Solomon, born Aug. 28, 1763, married Lucinda Pack- ard, daughter of Joshua ; Rebekah, Aug. 4, 1766, married Thad. Naramore ; Benjamin, born Feb. 20, 1769, married - Stebbins of Springfield.
Ebenezer Parsons removed to Hadley. Rev. Justin, besides Levi and Lucretia before named, had a son Ira who removed to Ohio, and a son Calvin, and daughter Electa, who died young, and were buried in this town. In 1817 the family undertook the education of a youth at Bombay, who received the name Calvin, in memory of their departed child.
Silas Parsons married Sarah Fisk of Shelburne, aunt to Pliny Fisk, who went as missionary to Palestine with Rev. Levi Parsons. His children were : Seth : Clarissa; David ; Erastus, who became a preacher ; Austin ; Lina and Theodocia.
Children of Solomon and Lucinda Parsons : Theodore, born Sept. 14, 1791, died Jan. 19, 1865, married Pamela Partridge daugh- ter of Asa ; Jerusha, born June 23, 1793, died Feb. 15, 1823, married Cyrus Joy ; Willard, born July 20, 1795, married Tryphosa Naramore, June 6, 1820, daughter of Alpheus ; Eben'r, born Jan. 24, 1798, mar- ried Electa Naramore, daughter of Joseph ; Wealthy, born Feb. 25, 1800, died Sept. 18, 1832, married Franklin Naramore ; Lucinda, born April 12, 1802, married Francis Lyman ; Lyman, born May I, 1804, died Aug. 28, 1831.
Benjamin Parsons, before entering the ministry, appears to have been a lawyer in Boston from 1809 to 1834.
Children of Theodore and Pamela Parsons : Mary P., born March 14, 1819, married R. F. Webster, Nov. 28, 1844 ; Lewis S., born Jan. 21, 182 1, married Harriet N. Fuller, April, 1843 ; Levi, born April 8, 1823, married Harriet Luce, Jan., 1850 ; Henry, born May 2, 1825 ; Frederick E., born June 17, 1827, died Dec. 14, 1851.
Levi Parsons, son of Theodore, removed to Haydenville about 1840, and became connected with Hon. Joel Hayden in the manu. facture of buttons. When the business was removed to Easthampton a few years later, he went with it, and held an important position in
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the company, under Hon. Samuel Williston. His health declining, he went South for its recovery in the winter of 1866, but, rapidly failing, he died on the passage homeward, March 28, 1866.
He was a man of unimpeachable integrity, kind hearted, unassum- ing, full of good works and universally respected and beloved. His eldest daughter, Alice Carey, born June 22, 1851, graduate of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, 1873, married Dr. W. O. Ballantine, missionary to India, Jan. 6, 1875. They sailed from New York, Jan. 23 ; arrived at Bombay, April 18. She died at Rahuri, Western India, Sept. 9, 1878, and was buried in the English cemetery at Ahmednuggar. She was an estimable young lady, and secured the love and high respect of all the mission circle. Hattie, the only sur- viving daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, resides with her mother at Easthampton.
Dr. Ballantine was born in India, came to the United States when fifteen years of age to be educated, and graduated at Amherst College.
Jerusha married Cyrus Joy, Esq., a lawyer of Northampton, and afterwards for a long period a teacher and resident of Philadelphia, where several of his family now reside. He died Dec. 14, 1870, in Goshen, where he spent the later years of his life.
The children of Cyrus and Jerusha Joy were : Julia Ann of Phila- delphia who has a summer residence in Goshen-the parsonage built for Rev. J. C. Thompson ; Emily, married Charles C. Grugan, a merchant of Philadelphia, died Feb. 3, 1849, leaving several chil- dren ; Henry, married Harriet Brown, resides near Rochester, N. Y. ; Charles ; Cyrus, Jr., died 1850. After the death of Mrs. Jerusha, Mr. Joy married again, and had several children who reside in Philad'a.
Children of Willard and Tryphosa Parsons ; Sophia N., born April 15, 1821, married Amos. H. Stone ; Alpheus N., born July 2, 1823, died April 29, 1851 ; Franklin, born Nov. 7, 1827, mar- ried Leonora Bartlett ; Julia, born Dec. 8, 1831, died March 29, 1863, married M. N. Hubbard ; Helen, born May 19, 1834, married Wm. Wells ; Lyman, born March 1, 1839, married Octavia French ; Edward, born Sept. 5, 1842, died Sept. 17, 1845.
Ebenezer Parsons, son of Solomon, removed to Pittsfield, Ohio. He had Electa, born Sept. 21, 1824, who married S. D. Whitney. Eben- ezer married, second, Louisa Kingsbury, and had George, Charles, Frank, Ellen (born 1837, married Freeman Packard), Annette, Julia, Emma, Helen.
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Elihu Parsons, Jr., was son of Elihu, who was born in Northamp- ton, married Sarah, the eldest daughter of President Edwards, and removed to Stockbridge. Elihu, Jr., married Rhoda Hinsdale, said to have been the first person born in Lenox, and removed to Goshen probably about 1796. His mother, Sarah Edwards, resided with him here till her death, May 15, 18c5.
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