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NELLIE BELLE, b. 7-6-1856, living in LEWIS DE WITT, b. 1-13-1859. FRANK BENJAMIN, b. 10-29-1865.
Albany, unm.
FAM. 6. CHARLES MILTON COMBS, s. Milton3 and Laura (Meach- am) Combs, b. 4-27-1833 at Mid., d. 9-6-1912, Springfield, Mass. m. 9-15-1858, Susan Sophronia Haskell, b. 2-9-1839 at Peru, Mass. dau. Ebenezer and Lydia (Phillips) Haskell, d. Springfield 3-21-1911. He carried on his father's farm in Mid. for several years, but in later years lived in Chester, and Springfield.
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Children :
ARTHUR PHILETUS, b. 12-12-1859. JOHN CLIFFORD, b. 7-22-1861. CORA BELLE, b. 5-5-1863. WILLIAM ASHLEY, b. 3-21-1865. CHARLES RICHARD, b. 11-4-1869, Mid.
d. 6-19-1915, Berkeley, Cal. m. 12-25-1893 at Springfield, Mass. Marietta French: had dau. Paul- ine Estelle Combs who was at- tending the University of Cal. in 1918.
ADA L., b. 9-11-1872, m. Irwin F. Mills.
FRANK EUGENE, b. 1-12-1878. MABEL ESTELLE, b. 7-2-1880, m. Geo. H. Empsall. Lives in Springfield, Mass.
FAM. 7. JOHN WOODS COMBS, S. Milton" and Laura (Meacham) Combs, b. Mid. 5-13-1834, d. Richmond, Va. 8-20-1862. "He was engaged to be married to the daughter of a Georgia Merchant in whose employ he was when the war broke out, and he enlisted in the Confederate army. He was wounded in the Battle of Gaines' Mills, and was removed to the hos- pital at Richmond where he died."
CONE
CONE, DANIEL, a pioneer of Haddam, Conn., in 1662, was b. in 1642 at Lynn. m. Mehitable Spencer at Hartford, Conn. He d. Haddam, in 1691. Among their children was a son, Na- thaniel. (See Fam. 1.)
FAM. 1. NATHANIEL CONE, son of Daniel1 and Mehitable (Spen- cer) Cone, was b. at Haddam, 1674; d. 1731-32; m. E. Had- dam, Sarah Hungerford, who was b. New London, Conn. 1679 and d. 9-25-1753. Among their children was a son Nathaniel. (See Fam. 2.)
FAM. 2. NATHANIEL CONE, son of Nathaniel2 and Sarah (Hun- gerford) Cone, was b. E. Haddam, 1-19-1712; d. 4-4-1790; m. 12-5-1745, Mary Graves. She was b. 1727 and d. 6-10-1772. Among their children were :
DANIEL, b. 7-7-1759. (See Fam. 3). CYRUS, b. 7-28-1761. (See Fam. 6). FAM. 3. DANIEL CONE, son of Nathaniel3 and Mary (Graves) Cone, was b. E. Haddam, 7-7-1759 ; d. 6-28-1842 ; m. 4-7-1785, Olive Ackley, who d. 9-12-1840. He was a soldier in Rev.
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War. About 1800 he moved to Peru. (See Cone Gen. p. 169.) Among their children were :
ASENATH, b. 7-19-1795. m. 2-8-1818, DANIEL, b. 3-11-1800. (See Fam. 4). Nathan Wright, Jr., of Mid. (See SAMUEL. Lived in Peru. Had a son, Wright Fam.) Moses Leland. (See Fam. 5).
FAM. 4. DANIEL CONE, son of Daniel4 and Olive (Ackley) Cone, was b. 3-11-1800 ; d. 11-10-1832 ; m. 5-22-1827, Lucy Ide, who was b. 9-15-1802; d. Oct. 1859. He was a farmer and lived in Mid. and Peru. Among their children were:
MILO HOYT, b. Peru, 2-25-1829. LUCY ASENATII, b. Peru, 2-16-1832. Lived in Olivet, Mich. m. Barton B. Graves of Mid. (See Graves Family ).
FAM. 5. MOSES LELAND CONE, son of Samuel Cone of Peru, was b. Peru, 2-2-1836 ; m. 5-29-1863, Anna E. dau. of Ambrose O. and Eliza T. Loveland, who was b. Lee. They were mem- bers of the Mid. Cong. Church. (See Cone Gen. p. 182.) 182.)
Children :
ELLA MAY, b. 5-16-1866. m. Arthur Payne. Res. North Troy, N. Y. LELAND, b. 7-22-1867. He is a pho- tographer at Ticonderoga, N. Y. CHIARLES B., b. 2-19-1870. m. Cora B. Parsons. Res. Springfield.
ARCHIE B., b. 2-4-1872, m. Eliz. Thompson. Res. Springfield. EVA A., b. 9-11-1876. Unm. Res. N. Troy, N. Y. HAROLD S., b. 1-3-1884. He was living in Mid. in 1903.
FAM. 6. CYRUS CONE, son of Nathaniel3 and Mary (Graves) Cone, was b. E. Haddam, 7-28-1761; d. Mid. 10-14-1825; m. New London, Conn. 6-4-1778, Rhoda Beebe, b. 1764; d. Mid. 3-12-1822. He moved to Mid. in 1787. His farm was on the West Hill north of the farm of Willis Graves. The cellar of the house can still be seen a short distance south of the site of the Capt Joseph Smith house. Cone's farm was part of Lots 31 and 32 Div. III. Becket, and part of Lot 13 II Div. E. Prescott's Grant. He served on School Com. 1791 and 1794, and as Selectman, 1817-20. He joined Cong. Ch. 1793, and was assigned to Pew 20 in 1792. In Oct. 1789 he was warned as a transient to leave town and was described in the record as from E. Windsor, Conn.
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Children :
RUBY BUCKINGHAM, b. 10-20-1783, d. MARY BIGELOW, b. 6-15-1788. m. 3- 24-1806, Benj. Gillet Moore of Cambridge, N. Y.
12-22-1851. m. 11-8-1810, Joseph Ely.
URIEL, b. 1-21-1785. (See Fam. 7).
LUDY B., b. 4-7-1796. d. 3-8-1867. m. 3-14-1814, Ambrose Loveland.
FAM. 7. URIEL CONE, son of Cyrus+ and Rhoda (Beebe) Cone, was b. 1-21-1785; m. 3-14-1805 Beulah Chapin. He lived in Blush Hollow, in a house formerly known as the "old red boarding-house," which stood west of the road a short distance south of the schoolhouse.
Children b. Mid .:
CYRUS LAWRENCE, b. 6-15-1806. (See Fam. 8).
RHODA B., b. 1-18-1808. d. 1878. m. 1st. 12-19-1826, Patrick O'Brien. m. 2nd. Elliot F. Whitcomb. ALANSON, b. 2-4-1810. d. 7-10-1881. m. Anna McCauley.
JONAS GALUSHA, b. 2-23-1812. d. 1883. m. Clarissa Ferry.
NANCY M. b. 11-17-1813. d. 5-10- 1892. m. Joseph Mason.
ZENO KING, b. 2-22-1816. d. 12-24- 1875. m. Eunice Russell.
MARY ANGELINE, b. 1-8-1819. m. Oliver P. Simonds. Lived Peru, Vt.
LAURA J., b. 9-26-1820. m. Jos. Marsdall.
SAMUEL WILLIS, b. 7-21-1822. d. 3- 31-1891. m. Elvira Hobbs.
PERCY ANN, b. 5-27-1824.
EDWIN ALDEN, b. 3-11-1826. d. 8-17- 1827.
FAM. 8. CYRUS LAWRENCE CONE, son of Uriel" and Beulah (Chapin) Cone, was b. Mid. 6-15-1806; n. Thankful A. Merrifield, b. Mid. 1812. He was a gunsmith by trade, and lived in Mid. (See Cone Gen. p. 216.) Children :
EDWIN LAURENS, b. Mid 12-17-1829. WELCOME F., b. 11-29-1839. Killed
LYMAN NEWTON, b. Mid. 4-14-1832. in Battle of the Wilderness, 1864. PARMA IANTHA, b. Mid 10-20-1834. MARION, b. 5-3-1844. CYRUS B., b. 1837.
FAM. 9. AMOS CONE, (Phineas", Jonathan+, Caleb3, Caleb2, Daniel1), son of Phineas5 and Azuba (Stocking) Cone, was b. E. Haddam, Conn. 11-18-1789; d. 3-25-1860; m. 12-19- 1816, Charlotte, dau. Capt. Elisha and Sarah (Blossom) Mack. Living first at Camillus, N. Y., he moved to Mid. about 1819 and lived on the farm once owned by Gen. David Mack, in the region north of the "Switch" known as Tay- lor's Pasture. He represented Mid. in the General Court at
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Boston in 1847. About 1825 he moved to Hinsdale. (See Mack Gen. p. 490.)
Children :
CHARLOTTE, b. Camillus, N. Y. 1-12- 1818.
MARIE LENORE, b. Mid. 3-7-1820. (See Fam. 10).
LAURA, b. Mid. 8-11-1822. d. 2-6- 1823.
AMOS, b. Mid. 2-10-1824. d. 9-13- 1826.
AMOS SYLVESTER, b. Hinsdale, 8- 25-1826.
MARY ANNE, b. Hinsdale, 3-21-1829. CHARLES CARROLL, b. Hinsdale, 9-23- 1831.
SARAH MACK, b. 2-20-1834.
GEORGE NELSON, b. 12-23-1836. He was Station Agent at Chester many years.
FAM. 10. MARIE LENORE CONE, dau. Amos6 and Charlotte Mack) Cone, was b. Mid. 3-7-1820 ; d. 8-16-1873 ; m. Selden, son of Sylvester and Jedidah (Ackley) Cone, who was b. 8-11-1829; d. Ohio, 1892. He had a brother who lived in Michigan. For a number of years he conducted the store at Mid. Center for Solomon F. Root. He lived in the house at the foot of Town Hill where Lyman Church once lived.
CONVERSE
CONVERSE, BENJAMIN, (John", John4, James", James2, Edward1), son of John5 and Abigail (Baldwin) Converse, b. Leicester, 5-20-1732; d. Mid. 11-20-1813; m. (int) 2-10-1754, Prudence Harrington of Spencer. She d. Mid. 3-30-1809, in her 73rd year. Benjamin Converse was living in the south or south- west part of Mid. according to Census of 1800. He moved from Leicester to Blandford, later to Chester and Mid. (See Converse Family, by W. G. Hill and History of Leicester, Washburn.)
Children : PHINEAS, b. 12-15-1754. ABRIEL, b. 3-26-1756.
ABRAHAM, b. 12-31-1757. Killed in battle, Oct. 1780.
COOLEY
COOLEY, THOMAS. Purchased of his fellow townsman, Timothy Robinson, of Granville, in January, 1788, land in Lot 101, Partridgefield. His wife's name was Mary, and their dau. Polley, was b. Granville 7-26-1775. He was living in Mid. in the north part of the town in 1790, but had left by 1792.
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SENECA COOLEY, of Chester, perhaps a son of Thomas, m. Eliza- beth Mann, "of Prescott's Grant" (int.) 1-23-1798.
COTTRELL
COTTRELL, NICHOLAS, b. abt. 1754; d. Cummington, 6-19-1842. ae. 88. m. Lydia, dau. John and Anna Kinney, who was b. Preston, Conn. 7-3-1755; d. Worth. 11-24-1846. He served in the Rev. War. Had a son Rufus, b. 12-1-1795. See Fam. 1.
ASA COTTRELL, b. abt. 1746; d. Worth. 6-15-1833, ae. 87. m. 12-6-1770, (mar. int. of Salisbury) Mrs. Lucinda Clapp, who d. Worth. 3-23-1836, ae. 82.
Children b. Worth. :
LUCY, b. 4-17-1773. m. 12-22-1795, Zacheus Hanchet, Jr.
GOROM, b. 4-25-1780.
REBECCA, b. 7-23-1782.
DWELLE, b. 4-17-1775. m. 5-31-1798, Peggy Colton.
FORDYCE LELAND, bap. 6-22-1817. JOSEPH, b. 1793, d. 11-25-1812.
NICHOLAS, b. S-3-1777. of Cumming- ton, m. Nabby Warner.
TEMPERANCE, b. ---. d. aged 10 yrs. 11 mo.
FAM. 1. RUFUS COTTRELL, son of Nicholas and Lydia (Kinney) Cottrell, b. Worth. 12-1-1795. m. 2-20-1819, Sarah Odell. Lived in Worth.
Children b. Worth. :
JAMES H., b. abt. 1820. m. 3-30-1846, NICHOLAS.
Mary, dau. John and Armidda FRANK.
(Combs) Damon. Had a son b. Hinsdale 1848.
GILES. ELIZA.
JOHN, b. -. m. Cordelia Burn- ham of South Egremont.
MARION.
GEORGE W., b. S-31-1830. (See Fam. 2).
FAM. 2. GEORGE W. COTTRELL, b. Worth. 8-31-1830; d. 6-23- 1883. m. Worth. 5-4-1854, Angeline M. dau. Oakes Dyer of Plainfield. She d. April 11, 1915. He served in the Civil War in Co. F. 46th Regt. M.V.M. He came to Middlefield about May 1, 1861 and lived at the George Spencer place, south of the farm of Wesley Chipman.
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Children :
GEORGE W., b. 3-15-1856. (See Fam. 3).
MARY V., b. 3-28-1858. m. 4-7-1881,
Herbert H. Prentice of Mid. who moved to Pittsfield.
CARRIE H., b. 4-2-1863. m. 1st. 9-12- 1883, King Phillips. He d. 1-2- 1897. m. 2nd. 9-19-1898, Ernest Haskell.
JOHN, b. 7-7-1866. d. 3-6-1888.
FAM. 3. GEORGE W. COTTRELL, son of George W. and Angeline (Dyer) Cottrell, was b. Hinsdale, 3-15-1856; d. 9-9-1923; m. 5-8-1879, Elsie, dau. Charles and Sarah (Smith) Wright. For many years he carried on successfully the fine farm on Ridgepole Road formerly owned by Calvin Smith. He was prominent in town affairs, especially as Selectman, being first elected to that office in 1873 and serving in that capacity no fewer than twenty-four years, at various times between that date and 1916, a record unequaled by any other Middle- field citizen during the history of the town.
Children :
MARY ADELAIDE, b. Mid. 2-14-1881. SARAH ELSIE, b. 3-7-1884. (See Fam. m. Wesley A. Olds. (See Olds 5). Fam).
FRANK ARTHUR, b. Mid. 8-8-1882.
JOHN, b. 11-20-1888. d. 7-1-1892. (See Fam. 4).
FAM. 4. FRANK ARTHUR COTTRELL, son of George W. and Elsie (Wright) Cottrell, was b. Mid. 8-8-1882. m. 8-22-1906, Laura E. Waite. He carries on his father's farm on Ridgepole Road.
Children :
ELLA FRANCES, b. 7-29-1907. LEWIS ARTIIUR, b. 8-22-1910. MERTON ASIILEY, b. 1-28-1909. RUTH EVELYN, b. 10-5-1920.
FAM. 5. SARAH ELSIE COTTRELL, dau. George W. and Elsie (Wright) Cottrell, was b. Mid. 3-7-1884 ; m. 2-6-1915, George H. Llewellyn. Lives in Pittsfield. Children :
MARY ELSIE, b. 10-12-1915. CONSTANCE, b. 10-10-1919.
BERTHA ELIZABETII, b. 9-14-1917. ROBERT WARREN, b. 5-22-1921.
CROSS
CROSS, DAVID, b. 1755, s. of David and Grace (Moody) Cairn- Cross, of Shamergate, near Dundee, Scotland. Came with
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British troops to America ; captured at Saratoga, N. Y. Es- caped near Worcester and returned to Chester Hill where he m. Nancy, dau. of James and Mary (Bell) Mulholland, who was b. in Oakham, Mass., in 1762. Lived in Chester until 1803 when he moved to Mid., living on Lot 115, on old cross road which led from the Den to the county highway at the foot of Chester Hill. He was one of the pioneers of Methodism in this community. About 1816 he moved to Wash. where he d. 1-4-1852, a. 96. Nancy, his wife, d. 11-25-1834.
Children :
JAMES, b. 1789. (See Fam. 1).
WILLIAM, b. -. (See Fam. 2).
POLLY, b. 1787, m. John Geer, Jr. (See Geer Fam.)
MIRNERVA, b. --. m. 9-23-1813, William Bell, of Chester. NANCY, b. 1796. d. 3-6-1851, in Wash. SAMUEL, b. 1798. (See Fam. 3). JOHN G., b. 1803. d. 3-5-1860, unm.
FAM. 1. JAMES CROSS, son of David & Nancy, b. 1789 in Ches- ter : m. 4-6-1812 Abigail, dau. of Aaron and Sally (Baker) Whittemore, of Mid. They lived on West Hill near the Washington line. He d. in Pittsfield in 1842. She d. 11-26-1859.
Children :
JAMES NELSON, b. 1-17-1813. (See Fam. 4).
WILLIAM SHERMAN, b. 10-31-1815. m. 1-13-1841, Susan, dau. of John & Elizabeth Ferguson of Peru. s. Wm. J. b. Wash. 7-13- 1843, another son, Orville W. m. 9-19-1871, Julia Ann, dau. Jerome Blush, of Mid.
AMOS WHITTEMORE, b. 5-9-1818. Fam. 5).
ESTHER, b. Mid. --. m. 4-3-1844, Alvan Day, s. of Ira and Esther Day, of Hinsdale.
MARY A., b. Mid. -. 1823. d. Hinsdale, 9-15-1845.
SARAH CORINTHI, b. Mid. 9-8-1825. m. Justin Ferguson, of Peru, abt. 1845. JOIIN WESLEY, b. Mid. 12-21-1830. (See Fam. 6).
FAM. 2. WILLIAM CROSS, S. of David & Nancy, b. -. He m. 1st Samantha Dibble. He m. 2nd Waity Ann (Newton) Swan ; lived at one time in Lee, after his second marriage 5-26-1831.
Children b. in Lee : LANEY, b. 4-7-1836. HENRY U., b. 1-9-1841.
JOHN, b. 11-7-1843.
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FAM. 3. SAMUEL CROSS, s. of David & Nancy. b. Chester, 1798; m. at Hinsdale in June, 1823, Nancy Simmons, of Washing- ton. Lived in Mid. in 1830. 4 Children b. Hinsdale.
FAM. 4. JAMES NELSON CROSS, S. of James & Abigail, b. in Mid. 1-17-1813; d. 5-6-1891. m. Jane Bell, dau. of Stephen W. and Betsy (Bell) Newton, in Washington, 4-28-1836; she was b. there 6-20-1814 and d. in Becket 4-19-1897. He lived at one time at "The Switch" where he engaged in making slatted window blinds, probably at John Mann's sawmill.
Children :
EMILY FRANCES, b. 10-24-1837. d. 6-17-1904.
ELLEN MINERVA, b. 7-31-1840. m. John N. Rudd, of Becket, she d. there 12-27-1915.
MARY JANE, b. 10-27-1842. m. 12-31 1864, Martin Pease, of Mid. (See Pease Fam.)
JAMES WITTER, b. 7-21-1845; m. 6-18-1874, Ella Maria Leonard. He d. in Cochituate, Mass. 1-14- 1912.
FAM. 5. AMOS WHITTEMORE CROSS, S. of James & Abigail, b. in Wash. 5-19-1818; m. 1st Clarissa, dau. of Sewall and Aman- da (Cheney) Gamwell, of Mid. 6-6-1843; she d. 10-3-1844 ; he m. 2nd 5-19-1847, Julia Wright, dau. of Jesse & Dorothy (Skinner) Wright, of Mid. Lived on West Hill. Taught school in several districts. Filled out the unexpired term at the General Court of Milton Combs who d. 1855. Moved to Becket where he was a merchant; he d. there 4-14-1873. Children :
(by 1st marriage.)
AMOS GAMWELL, b. 9-23-1844, in Washington. m. 8-3-1871, Lida A. Ford, of Ashfield. Lived with Sewall Gamwell in childhood in Mid. Moved to Becket and later to Spfld. where he became a cloth- ing manufacturer being at one time in business with Oliver U. Church, of Mid., and later con- nected with the Century Mfg. Co.
(by 2nd marriage) IDA LOUISE, b. 9-18-1848. m. Ed- mund W. Ely. She d. Pittsfield 9-20-1914. She was a telegraph operator at Hinsdale for a num- ber of years.
CLARA J., b. Mid. Sept 1850. d. Becket, 9-30-1856.
FREDRICK W., b. 7-25-1859. m. Eva Ophelia Lathrop, 10-28-1892.
FAM. 6. JOHN WESLEY CROSS. b. in Mid. 12-21-1830; m. 11-22-1856 Elizabeth, dau. of John & Elizabeth Ferguson,
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who was b. in Cummington and d. West Spfld. 8-12-1895. He was a police officer in West Spfld. for many years; d. there 12-30-1883. Lived in Mid. 1850 Cen. Erected a three- story house at the Theodore Coats place on road to Becket. While acting as marshall at Cattleshow he expelled a drunken Frenchman who refused to pay his entrance fee at the gate. The same day the new Cross house was mysteri- ously burned and it was supposed that the Frenchman was the incendiary. Cross then moved to Becket.
CROWELL
CROWELL, ENOCH, (Christopher+, John2, John2, John1, was s. of Christopher+ and Sarah (Matthews) Crowell, b. Yar- mouth, Mass. 5-25-1739; d. Washington 12-7-1820; m. 1st 12-9-1763, Bathsheba Paddock, d. 3-2-1799. Enoch Crowell first appears in Mid. about 1783-4. He lived west of the Center on the road to Harry Pease's farm in the house now occupied by Ralph Pease. His farm was Lot 13, I Div. E. P. G. which he bought of David Bolton in 1783. Pw. 6-1792. Was assigned to West school district 1793, Center school district 1794.
Children :
JOSEPH, b. Yarmouth, 1-4-1764-5. d. Washington, Mass. 7-10-1843, Pw. 7-1792.
ELI, b. Yarmouth, 8-11-1767. (See Fam. 1).
ENOCH, b. 3-11-1770. m. (int) 4-14- 1801, Hannah Hamilton of Lec, Pw. 4-1792 M. T. 1799.
DAVID, b. 7-25-1773, m. Betsey Cro- well, 1799, Pw. 7-1792. KEZIAH, b. 7-23-1775, d. Mid. 4-21-1827, m. 5-25-1796, Theodore Coats. (See Coats Fam.) BETTY, b. 3-28-1778, m. Russell West. (See West Fam.) OLIVE, b. Dec. 1780, d. Mid. 12-25- 1813.
FAM. 1. ELI CROWELL, son of Enoch5 and Bathsheba ( Paddock) Crowell, b. 8-11-1767, d. Mid. 5-22-1859, m. 6-15-1797 Bath- sheba Howes of Ashfield, who d. 12-5-1833. Eli Crowell. soon after his marriage built the gambrel roofed house on the West Hill (now the dwelling of Mr. Willis Graves) where he lived until after 1830. His farm was Lots 59-60 Div. V. Becket. Pw. 6-1792, West School District 1793.
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Children :
CHILD, b. June, 1798, d. 9-14-1798.
URBANE, b. 7-7-1799, lived in Mid.
ARMENIA, b. 5-3-1801.
CLARINDA, b. 3-22-1803, d. 2-3-1823.
PADDOCK, b. 6-28-1805, d. 7-16-1805.
WILLIAM, b. 9-22-1806. Became a Baptist minister and editor of a Baptist paper in Boston.
SARAH, b. 3-13-1809.
EMILY, b. 6-30-1811.
CHILD, b. 9-9-1817, d. 9-14-1817. (See John Crowell Genealogy)
SARAH CROWELL, prob. dau. of Enoch, m. 11-23-1806, Jairus Stebbins of Monson.
DAMON, (DEMON)
DAMON, (also DEMON) JOHN, b. abt. 1748, d. Mid. 10-2-1820. m. Prudence, dau. Israel and Hannah Bissell, of East Wind- sor, Conn. b. 11-30-1757; d. Mid. 9-11-1847. Damon came to Mid. prob. from East Windsor, abt. 1788. He first lived on Lot 208, Wor. south of the farm of Mr. Sweeney. Cong. Church, 1793. By 1797 he had moved to the north part of the town, for he bought of Benja. Blish parts of Lots 214 and 198. His home was prob. the one later occupied by Obadiah Smith, one mile north of Cottrell farm.
Children b. Mid .:
JOHN, b. 10-23-1788. (See Fam. 1). BETTY, bap. 7-27-1794. d. 12-23-1817. PRUDENCE, bap. 7-27-1794, m. 7-8-
1817, Lloyd West.
FAM. 1. JOHN DAMON, son of John1 and Prudence (Bissell) Damon, b. Mid. 10-23-1788; d. Mid. 7-15-1872. m. Mid. 7-9-1817, Armitta, dau. Nathaniel and Rhoda Combs; bap. 1794, d. Mid. 1-2-1851. Lived for many years on Ridgepole Road. just north of Cottrell place.
Children b. Mid. :
EMELINE, b. 5-24-1818. d. 4-21-1856. LUCY, b. 8-25-1823. m. 9-24-1846, m. 4-16-1843, Frederick Saunders. James Granger. (See Granger MARY, b. 8-1-1819. m. 3-30-1846, Fam.)
James H. Cottrell.
DICKSON
The Dicksons of Middlefield were descendants of a noted Scotch family which gave vigorous support to the Co- venanters against Charles I, but which suffered dismember-
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
ment after the restoration. The grandfather of Robert, who emigrated from the north of Ireland in 1719, was Dr. David Dickson, a noted divine and Professor of Divinity in Glas- gow University. (B. H. Dickson's "The Border Clans," "The Harvey Book," O. J. Harvey.)
JAMES DICKSON, the Mid. pioneer, seems to be identical with James," Robert,2 Robert1 but may have been the son of Wil- liam2 Robert1 (Harvey Book). He was b. about 1728, d. Mid. 11-18-1815; m. about 1755 Margaret, dau. John and Janet (Thompson) Gaston of Volentown, Conn .; b. 1735; d. Mid. 2-5-1811. He is said to have served as a private in 1755 in the French and Indian War. In 1761 he was living in East Haddam, Conn., answering the Lexington Alarm from that place in 1775. In 1773 he purchased lots 1, 2, 7 and 8 in I Div. E. Prescott's Grant, and moved to his new possessions in the late seventies or in 1780. He was a weaver by trade. His house stood on the west side of the highway from Middlefield Center to Hinsdale, a short dis- tance north of the Birnie house. Finding a fair deposit of clay on his land he began making bricks, and accumulated some wealth in this industry. The remains of the brickyard are still to be seen east of the Birnie house.
Dickson was fifty years old at the time of the incorpora- tion of Middlefield while the majority of the pioneers were younger men. He was therefore a leader in town affairs, serving as selectman and as delegate to represent the town at the county conventions held previous to Shays' Rebellion. He was frequently appointed on committees to carry out important matters in connection with the building of the meetinghouse and procuring preaching. He bore the title of Lieutenant, which showed his activity in military affairs.
Children :
JOHN, b. 8-27-1756. (See Fam. 1). JOSEPH, b. E. Haddam abt. 1759. (Sce Fam. 6).
MARGARET, b. E. Haddam, 6-2-1761. m. Abner Comstock. (See Wm. Comstock Genealogy.)
PHEBE, b. E. Haddam, 11-23-1763. d. Mid. 3-2-1819, m. Uriah Church. (See Church Fam.)
MARY, b. E. Haddam, 10-30-1765. m. Moses Eggleston. (See Eggles- ton Family).
GENEALOGIES
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JAMES, b. E. Haddam, 6-7-1768. (See Fam. 9).
ALEXANDER, b. E. Haddam, 10-21- 1770. (See Fam. 10).
ELIZABETH, b. E. Haddam, 6-4-1773. (See Fam. 11).
NANCY, b. E. Haddam, 11-27-1777. d. 5-13-1854. m. 5-10-1803, Wil- liam Church, Jr. (See Church Family).
SALLY, b. Mid. 10-30-1780. m. 11- 24-1805, Isaac Gleason, Jr. (See Gleason Family).
FAM. 1. JOHN DICKSON, son of James3 and Margaret (Gaston) Dickson was b. E. Haddam, 8-27-1756; d. in Mid. 3-18-1850. m. 11-2-1778, Vesta Williams of East Haddam, Conn., who was b. Colchester, 7-2-1758, and d. Mid. 5-26-1846. He bought two lots in the northeast corner of Prescott's Grant and built a substantial house which stood until a score of years ago on "Windsor Street" some distance south of the Robbins place. John Dickson was prominent in public af- fairs being selectman for fourteen years, town clerk and treasurer 1789-95, and representative to the General Court 1813-15. He was very vigorous in body and mind and lived to an advanced age. His distinguished descendant, Andrew Dickson White, states that, when on a visit to Middlefield, he saw that his great-grandfather, at the age of 82, had mowed a broad field the day before and the following day walked four miles to church. John Dickson is said to have served in the Revolutionary War.
Children :
JOHN, b. 1779. m. 1st. Patty Glea- son. 2nd. Martha -. Lived in Liverpool, N. Y.
GASTON, b. 11-27-1781. (See Fam. 2).
ANDREW, b. Mid. 9-4-1784. (See. Famı. 3).
VESTA, b. Mid. 2-25-1787. d. Mid. 2-28-1862. m. 5-21-1807, Erastus John Ingham. (See Ingham
Fam.) (See Mack Gen. p. 354). HORATIO NEISON, b. Mid Jan. 1799. (See Fam. 4).
DIODATE, b. Mid. 5-1-1810. (See Fam. 5).
FAM. 2. GASTON DICKSON, S. John4 and Vesta (Williams) Dick- son, b. 11-27-1781; d. 5-10-1868; m. 5-26-1811 Esther Wol- cott. Lived at the Alderman and Cook farms, and for a while at his father's farm.
Children :
LAURA, b. Mid. 12-24-1811. m. 2-28- 1842, Merrick Cole of Worth.
FANNY, b. 6-28-1813. d. 7-13-1813.
MARIA, b. 8-8-1814. d. 5-14-1838. JAMES, b. 7-13-1816. d. 3-30-1838, in Long Island.
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HENRY ELLSWORTH, b. 4-20-1818. d. 7-6-1838.
MARGARET, d. young.
VESTA, b. 9-30-1819. m. 3-8-1848, Jacob S. Cook of Athol, Mass. She was a tailoress.
JOHN, b. 11-3-1821, d. 1-27-1823. MAY, b. 2-15-1823. d. 2-17-1823. ABRAIIAM, b. 5-20-1824. d. 7-21-
1854. CAROLINE, b. 7-16-1826. m. 4-17-1849, Lewis M. Drew, teacher at Hunt- ington, N. Y.
FAM. 3. ANDREW DICKSON, S. John4 and Vesta ( Williams) Dick- son, b. Mid. 9-4-1784, emigrated to New York state and be- came a prosperous business man. He represented his coun- ty in the state legislature, and was known as "Colonel" and "Squire" Dickson. He was one of the founders of Cortland Academy. His daughter, Clara, married Horace White, and their son, Andrew Dickson White, b. at Homer. N. Y., 11-7-1832 was the well known author and educator, who was the first president of Cornell University, and one time United States minister to Berlin.
FAM. 4. HORATIO NELSON DICKSON, S. of John4 and Vesta (Wil- liams) Dickson, b. Mid. Jan. 1799; d. 11-1-1867; m. (int) 4-18-1839, Olive Fay, b. Chester 1808; d. Poquonock, Conn. 1891. He followed his father on the farm and rebuilt the house.
Children :
JAMES NELSON, b. 12-1-1842. Moved CLARA AMELIA, b. 11-1-1847. to Sheffield, Mass.
FAM. 5. DIODATE DICKSON, S. John4 and Vesta (Williams) Dick- son, b. 5-1-1810 ; d. Mid. 9-17-1869. m. (int) Oct. 1837 Maria Holmes b. 1814; d. 1-5-1886. He lived in the house built by Joseph Russ, north of the Robbins place in the road to Peru. Children :
HENRY, b. Mid. 5-9-1840. d. in Civil War at Plymouth, N. C. 4-3-1863. Co. F. 46 Reg. M. V. M.
NANCY MARIA, b. 1-18-1842. Moved to Dalton, Mass. JOHN ANDREW, b. Mid. 12-6-1845. m. Alice M. Geer, b. Peru, 3-17- 1851. Moved to Dalton, Mass. Children: Clifford, b. 3-2-1875. Lyman, b. S-14-1878.
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