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MILTON, b. Mid. 12-18-1848. He was employed in Church Bros. store in Factory Village. Later moved to Warren where he was a mer- chant.
Dickson 467
GENEALOGIES
FAM. 6. JOSEPH DICKSON, S. James" and Margaret (Gaston) Dickson, b. East Haddam, about 1759; d. Hartford, N. Y., before 1800. m. 7-2-1789 Abigail, dau. William B. and Amy Whiting, b. 2-4-1759. She m. 2nd 1806 Joshua Jackson and lived in Hinsdale. He signed Pet. Inc. 1781. A road survey of 1792 locates his house on the meadows of Factory Brook southeast of James Taggart's house. Sometime before 1799 he moved to Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y. His widow was living with John Dickson according to cen. 1800.
Children :
LAURA. (Sec Fam. 7). ALEXANDER, b. June 1799. (See DE WITT CLINTON. (See Fam. 8). Fam. 9).
JOSEPH, b. 1796, d. Mid. 4-3-1813.
FAM. 7. LAURA DICKSON, dau. Joseph4 and Abigail (Whiting) Dickson b. -. Uriah Church was appointed her guardian upon the death of her father. m. Peru, 1-1-1816 Lyman, s. Israel and Esther Frink, b. 2-20-1792. He m. 2nd Becket, 11-8-1871 Mrs. Lydia (Gamwell) Dickson Parish. (See Gamwell Family.)
Children b. Windsor, Mass. :
LOMIRA A., b. abt. 1822, d. 1-1-1831, LYMAN V., b. April 1829, d. 11-19- aged 9. 1830.
JOSEPHI DIXON, b. 8-29-1824, d. 12- 18-1838.
SETHI, b. 12-22-1831.
FAM. 8. DE WITT CLINTON DICKSON, S. Joseph+ and Abigail (Whiting) Dickson, lived in Penfield, Loraine Co., Ohio, at one time.
Children :
JOSEPHI HOMER, d. Wellington, Ohio, AMELIA, m. Mr. Ripley, d. Shelbina, 1-13-1895. Was father of Miss Mo.
Edith Dickson of Oberlin, Ohio. JULIA, d. Cleveland, 1904.
FAM. 9. ALEXANDER DICKSON, s. Joseph4 and Abigail (Whit- ing) Dickson, b. June, 1799; d. Pittsfield, 4-12-1875. m. (int) 10-14-1821 Sarah, dau. John and Lucina (Root) Met- calf. (See Metcalf family.) He was a tanner by trade but later became a Methodist minister, riding a circuit serving several charges. He was the last minister of the Bethel church in Mid. where he spent the last years of his life.
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living in the house built for Timothy Root, adjoining Solo- mon Root's store.
FAM. 10. JAMES DCKSON, s. James3 and Margaret (Gaston) Dickson, b. East Haddam, 6-7-1768; d. Mid. 1-16-1844; m. 4-27-1808 Sally, dau. Jonathan and Mary Pease. b. 1785; d. Mid. 3-21-1846. He followed his father on the farm, building in 1827 the large substantial house which was sold to his brother-in-law, Russell Pease, in 1847, and which Or- rin Pease sold to Mr. Birnie of Springfield. He had no' children but adopted a daughter Mary J. who in. 9-22-1830 Sidney Brewster of Worthington.
FAM. 11. ALEXANDER DICKSON, s. James3 and Margaret (Gas- ton) Dickson, b. East Haddam, 10-21-1770; d. 12-17-1841; m. 1st 4-15-1802 Sally Gates, b. 1780; d. 9-20-1838. m. 2nd Lydia, dau. James Gamwell. (See Gamwell Family.) She m. 2nd 8-19-1845 Hiram Parish of West Worthington. They lived first on Lot 1, II Div. E. Prescott's Grant where Henry Lamberton lived. During the first decade of the nineteenth century he had Green Church build for him the house on the highway from Mid. to Hinsdale, where Lyman Meacham lived at a later date. Here Dickson kept tavern from 1822 to 1830. He used to do teaming for the merchants at Mid. Center. No children.
FAM. 12. ELIZABETH DICKSON, dau. James3 and Margaret (Gas- ton) Dickson, b. East Haddam, 6-4-1773; m. 3-26-1794 Rus- sell Gillett, who lived for a few years at the A. D. Pease place where he kept tavern in 1793. (See Gillett Family.)
DIX
DIX, ELIJAH (Benjamin+, John2, Edward1), s. Benjamin+ and Mehitable (Sanderson) Dix, b. Leicester, Mass., 3-5-1744 ; m. Margaret Clark of Sturbridge, Mass., being at the time a resident of Worthington, Mass. In 1781 Dix purchased of Aaron Willard, Lot 211, Wor. located across the road from the Skinner farm until recently owned by the late Lester Root. The house stood north of the road some 200 yards east of the Root house, where cellar hole and well are still to be found. He was living there in 1783-4 but sold out to
GENEALOGIES
Eggleston 469
T. McElwain and Thomas Wood, and moved to Williams- town, Mass. About 1793 he moved to Mt. Pleasant, Sus- quehanna Co., Pa.
Children :
BENJAMIN, b. Worth. 12-1-1774.
DANIEL, b. Mid. 10-27-1784.
DANIEL, b. Worth. 5-4-1776. MARGARET, b. Mid. 10-27-1784.
ELIJAH, b. Worth. 1-16-1778.
DAVID, b. Worth. 2-14-1781.
HANNAH, b. Worth. 9-10-1782.
DURANT
DURANT, THOMAS (Edward4, Edward3, Edward2, George1), s. Edward4 and Anne (Jackson) Durant, b. Newton, Mass. 3-18-1746; d. 8-2-1831; m. July 23, 1775, Elizabeth, dau. William and Mary (Marean) Clark. She was b. 5-25-1752, d. 3-17-1853, living to the great age of 100 years. Thomas Durant was a captain in the Rev. War and is said to have been at the battle of Bunker Hill. He moved to Cambridge and later Partridgefield. Shortly before 1790 he was living in Mid. next to his brother-in-law, Samuel Clark, who was living near the Wanzer farm. About 1800 Durant built the house later occupied by Dea. Harry Meacham, now by Mr. Hoskeer. Durant was selectman 1796-98, on School Com- mittee 1790 and 1802.
Children :
WILLIAM, b. Newton, Mass. 9-21- 1775. Settled in Albany. ANNA, b. Newton, 10-21-1777. m. Amasa Blush. (See Blush Fam.) EDWARD, b. Newton, 7-12-1779. Lived in New York.
POLLY, b. 3-5-1784, m. Samuel Wheeler of Lovell, N. Y.
SALLY, b. 6-6-1786, m. Wm. Newton, lived in Albany.
BETSY, b. 10-9-1788, m. Walter Tra- cy of Hinsdale. Lived in Pitts- field.
THOMAS, b. 1-30-1791. m. 3-9-1815, Sybil Wright, lived in Pittsfield. CLARK, b. 3-4-1794. Lived in Albany and New York.
EGGLESTON
EGGLESTON, BIGOT, (Benjamin3, Benjamin2, Bigot1) son of Ben- jamin and Mary (Dibble) Eggleston, was b. Windsor, Conn., 3-12-1724; m. 11-7-1745 Mary Corning, of Enfield, Conn. His name appears on Mur. valuation list for 1768. In 1779
JOHN, b. Williamstown, 6-3-1788.
JESSE, b. Williamstown, 12-19-1790.
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Eggleston HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
he signed petition for setting off land from that town for a new township, and in 1781 he signed the Pet. Inc. In 1776 he took title to Lot 54, I Div., Mur. and the next year Lot 48, which is now near the W. O. Eames farm. He moved to Washington about 1784.
Children :
JEHIEL, b. 2-17-1745-6, Windsor, Conn. Mur., 1768; Westfield, 1799. BENJAMIN, b. 1-2-1747-8. (See Fam. 1). SARAH, b. 1-10-1750. m. John Tag- gart. (See Taggert Fam.)
SAMUEL, b. -. (See Fam. 2).
HANNAH, m. - , Herrin. Bap. Mid. 9-13-1795, "on right of Samuel Gray and wife."'
MARY, m. Washington, Mass. 9-30- 1784, David Wardell, Rensselaer- ville, N. Y. in 1799.
MOSES, (See Fam. 3). AARON, (See Fam. 4).
OLIVER, m. at Washington, 11-19- 1787, Cynthia Skinner.
DARIUS, m. at Washington, 3-14- 1794, Mary Brown. Pew 27, 1794. Was living in Madison Co., N. Y. in 1815.
FAM. 1. BENJAMIN EGGLESTON, son of Bigot4, b. Windsor, Conn. 1-2-1747-8, m. 10-9-1774 in Mur. Mary Gordon, prob. dau. of Samuel and Margaret (Henry) Gordon. Eggles- ton's name first appears on the Mur. tax-payers list for 1769. He lived near the Mid .- Chester line south of the farm of W. Ovid Eames, selling out to Henry Vadrekin in 1783. In 1790 he bought 9 lots in I and II Div. W. P. G. of Elihu Church and lived in the brick house which stood east of the road on the West Hill some distance north of where Mr. Drozd lives. While living in Mur. he signed the various petitions for forming a new township. That section of the town was known as the "Eggleston District," and he must have been a leader in affairs as he was chosen to summon the first town meeting for Middlefield in 1783. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. About 1807 he moved to Aurora, Ohio. Children b. Murrayfield :
BENJAMIN, b. 9-29-1775. Went to Ohio. Wrote history of Rev. War in verse.
MARTIN, b. 4-11-1777, m. (int.) 9- 27-1802, Mary Kilborn. Moved to Ohio.
JOSEPH, b. 7-6-1779, m. 1st. Parla Leonard; 2nd. Anna Mack Clark. (See Mack Gen. p. 479 .- Moved to Ohio.
BETSEY, b. 12-29-1781. MOSES, b. 2-16-1784, m. Sally Tay- lor. Moved to Ohio. ACHSAH, bap. 11-4-1792. CHIAUNCY, b. -. m. Emma Kent. Moved to Ohio in 1807.
Ely 471
GENEALOGIES
FAM. 2. SAMUEL EGGLESTON, son of Bigot, b. -. m. in Mur. 5-4-1774 Mary Taylor, perhaps dau. of John Taylor. She d. there in May, 1780. He was living in Plainfield, N. Y., in 1799.
FAM. 3. MOSES EGGLESTON, son of Bigot4, m. (int.) 5-24-1784 Mary, dau. of James and Margaret (Gaston) Dickson. Lived first in Mur., signing the Pet. Inc. 1781. In 1784 he was living on West Hill near Wash. line. Cen. 1790. Sch. Com. 1793. His wife joined the Cong'l Church in 1794. He was among those who petitioned against the calling of Rev. Mr. Thompson in 1785. He moved away before 1799 when he was living in Ontario Co., N. Y .; was in East Avon, N. Y., in 1856. He was a soldier in the Rev. War.
Children :
ZILPHA, b. Mid. 3-4-1785. ALEXANDER, bp. 2-17-1794. MOSES, b. 10-4-1785. MARY, bp. 2-17-1794.
FAM. 4. AARON EGGLESTON, son of Bigot4. Was living in Mid. in 1784; m. there 1-6-1785 Hannah Collins, prob. dau. of Ebenezer. Eggleston lived somewhere south of the Henry Pease farm in 1790, but had moved to Chester by 1799. Several children of Aaron and Elizabeth Eggleston b. Ches- ter 1816-1823, may have been his grandchildren.
ELY (or ELA)
ELY (or ELA), JONATHAN, son of John and - - (Cullom) Ela of East Windsor, Conn. (1720-1757, Lebanon, Conn.) was b. about 1750; d. Mid. 3-9-1829. m. 1st, Hannah, dau. of Israel and Hannah Bissell of E. Windsor, b. 1750; d. 7-27-1807 ; m. 2nd Hulda Hatch, 1-4-1808. She d. Mid. 9-29-1823, ae. 66.
Jonathan Ely was living in the Becket Section of Mid. as early as 1789, being warned to leave town that year. He settled first on lot 29, III Div. B. which he sold to Joseph Cary, 1792. By 1805 he had moved to the West Hill to the farm where Mr. Savery now lives. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
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Children :
HANNAH, b. 9-29-1782. d. Mid. 5-16- 1818.
JOSEPH, b. 9-13-1788. (See Fam. 1). ELI, b. 11-14-1791. (See Fam 2).
JONATHAN, b. 11-8-1784. m. 1821,
Lucinda Howard, moved to Geau-
ga Co., Ohio abt. 1815, where he d. March 1852.
FAM. 1. JOSEPH ELY, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Bissell) Ely, b. 9-13-1788, m. Ruby B. dau. of Cyrus and Ludy Cone, Mid. 11-8-1810.
Joseph Ely, Jr., with his wife and four children moved to Geauga Co., Ohio, arriving about the last of June, 1817, and living in the house of Enos Kingsley who came from Becket, Mass., in 1816. Ely put up a log house, but there was neither chimney, doors or windows when he moved in in October. Green logs served for the former and blankets for the latter. A severe snow storm which set in gave him rheumatism. In the spring his health improved and he made, with the assistance of his brother Jonathan who had come in 1815, four or five sap troughs and a large quantity of maple sugar which he sold for 25 cents a pound. Maple sugar was one of the principal sources of revenue at the time. Ely was a member of the Methodist Church.
("The Pioneers of Geauga Co., Bainbridge, O. p. 136.") Children b. Mid. :
JOSEPHI ALONZO, b. 4-7-1811. CORDELIA AVELINIA, b. 7-16-1813. RUBY CELESTA. b. 4-4-1812. LEANDER WELLINGTON, b. 4-7-1815. FAM. 2. ELI ELY, son of Jonathan, b. Mid. 11-14-1791; d. 9-4-1847, being instantly killed when a pile of clapboards fell upon him. m. 1st. Nancy, dau. of William and Roxana (Bird) Wheeler, 5-16-1819. She d. 4-9-1827, ae. 34. He m. 2d. 6-7-1832, her sister, Lucy Wheeler. She lived for years at the Ely place with her maiden sister, Wealthy Wheeler.' She d. 11-16-1874.
Franklin Branch Ely, adopted son of Eli Ely, m. Ludy Matilda Loveland, 4-23-1826. He died suddenly, 9-29-1847, aged, 35 years and 4 months.
(See "Israel Ela Family," by D. H. Ela, 1897.)
Emmons 473
GENEALOGIES
EMMONS
EMMONS, DANIEL SPENCER (Ebenezer3, Samuel2, Samuel1) s. Ebenezer3 and Susanna (Spencer) Emmons, was b. 10-19- 1757 ; d. 9-21-1841; m. 1778, Luna Bebee, who was b. April, 1759; d. 10-28-1851. About 1783 Emmons settled in Mid. Mass. on Lots No. 6 in the I and II Divs. West, Prescott's Grant. This farm which was situated at the head of the meadows of Factory Brook once covered by the Reservoir came to be one of the best farms in that part of the town, and was later owned by Amasa Graves, Jr., and Samuel Smith, Jr. In 1790 Emmons sold out to Ebenezer Lealand. In 1793 he sold 130 acres of land in Partridgefield to Joshua Goldthwait. Emmons returned to Connecticut. He is buried at Bashan Pond, E. Haddam.
Children :
ELIZABETH, b. at East Haddam, m. JOHN, b. 1781.
Isaac Starr.
LUNA, b. 1783, m. Thos. W. Swan. EBENEZER EMMONS, s. of Ebenezer3 and Susanna (Spencer) Em- mons, b. E. Haddam, Conn., 4-23-1766. He d. E. Haddam 9-20-1835, m. 1st (int) 6-6-1791 Mary, dau. David and Mary (Talcott) Mack, b. Hebron, Conn. 11-17-1774 ; d. 9-14-1822; m. 2nd 9-28-1824 Olive Adams of Mansfield, Conn., who d. 10-5-1849. Emmons appears to have settled in Mid. about 1790, buying a farm on Lot No. 6, III Div. Becket across the road from his father-in-law. He was a blacksmith by trade and had his shop near a big willow tree north of his house. The house was a large square house painted white which stood on the site now occupied by the dwelling until re- cently occupied by Mr. John Bryan. The Emmons house was burned many years ago while Milton Smith was living there. He was selectman in Middlefield 1806-10. He rep- resented the town in the General Court 1819-20. He served on the School Committee 1799. (See Mack Gen. p. 467.)
Children b. Mid. :
MARY, b. 3-23-1793, d. 9-10-1822. m. 3-30-1817, Justus Browning. (See Mack Gen. p. 550).
AMANDA, b. 1-14-1797, d. Mid. 12- 31-1767. m. 5-14-1818, Timothy Root. (See Root Fam.) (See Mack Gen. p. 468).
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
EBENEZER, b. 5-16-1799. (See Fam. 1). HARRIET, b. 11-26-1812, m. Summer U. Church. (See Mack Gen. p. 563).
JUSTIN, b. 5-18-1802, d. 3-11-1806. HARMONY, b. 10-1-1807, m. Samuel Hamilton. (See Mack Gen. p. 655).
FAM. 1. EBENEZER EMMONS, s. of Ebenezer+ and Mary (Mack) Emmons, b. Mid. 5-16-1799; d. 10-1-1863. Brunswick Co. S. C. m. 1819 Maria Abigail Cone, b. 12-28-1801; d. 1884. Prof. Ebenezer Emmons graduated from Williams College 1818, entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y., graduating in 1826. He was especially interested in Natural History and in his earliest boyhood had his room in his Middlefield home decorated with all manner of bugs, and butterflies and mineral specimens. He studied medicine at Berkshire Medical School and settled as a practitioner in Chester, Mass. In 1828 he moved to Williamstown and was appointed lecturer in Chemistry ; was professor of Geology and Mineralogy. He was state geologist for the 2nd District of New York to which position he was appointed by Gov. Marcy in 1836. He was appointed custodian of the collec- tion made by the survey which he held from 1842-48.
In 1843 he began an investigation of the agricultural re- sources of the state and published five reports. In 1848 he was state geologist of North Carolina and published several works on that state. He remained in N. Carolina until after the breaking out of the Civil War. He was not allowed to return north but was obliged to make powder for the Con- federacy. The anxieties and separation from his friends occasioned by it probably hastened his death. His name is borne by one of the Adirondack Peaks and by the highest summit of East Mountain in the Berkshire Hills. (See Mack Gen. p. 550.) Children :
AMANDA, b. 9-1-1819, m. 1836, Elias EBENEZER, b. 3-23-1822, m. Helena V. B. Conklin. (See Mack Gen. Andrews. (See Mack Gen. p. 711).
p. 711). MARY, b. 4-22-1827, m. Chauncey Watson. (See Mack Gen. p. 711).
SYLVESTER EMMONS. s. of Ebenezer3, with his nephew Ichabod Emmons was living with Ebenezer+ in Mid. 1799.
Everett 475
GENEALOGIES
EVERETT
EVERETT, ADDISON (Andrew6, Andrew", Ebenezer4, John3, John2, Richard1) named changed from Andrew Addison to Addison by law, s. of Andrew6 and Betsy Everett, b. 3-2-1805, m. 5-10-1830, Martha White of South Hadley, Mass. b. 10-23- 1807. He settled in Mid. in 1826. 'He was an ingenious man who invented machinery for turning wooden bowls, articles much used in those days, making rapidly and well what had been produced formerly only crudely and by very slow hand methods. He was offered a large price for his invention but declined to sell. His secret was, unfortunately for him, afterward obtained by others, by means rather more private than legal, and Everett never realized any reward for his valuable discovery. He is said to have been a queer man, so wrapped up in his work upon unprofitable inventions that his family and farm sometimes suffered. The queer house in Smith Hollow with four small structures joining the main part at the corners, was "invented" by him. Sta- tistics for 1845 mention the wooden bowl business as con- suming 15,000 feet of lumber valued at $600 and employ- ing one man. No value was given for the product of the plant.
In 1852 Everett moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., where he was during John Brown's raid. He spent a year in col- lecting authentic details of the affair and pictures of the actors, with the intent of publishing a book. In 1861 he moved to West Cunnington, Mass., where he was a ma- chinist.
Children :
LUCAS, b. Mid. 5-17-1831.
CARLOS, b. Mid. 4-16-1834.
EDWARD, b. Mid. 6-20-1836.
ELLEN, b. 6-21-1838.
MIRA, b. 2-8-1840.
CHILD, b. July, 1843. d. 9-6-1843.
LUNA, b. Mid 2-21-1846.
MARY, b. and d. 1846.
MILO, b. 2-21-1847.
MARY SMITH CLAPP EVERETT, sister of Addison Everett, b. Worth. 1-13-1807; m. 1-2-1825 Wm. F. Leonard of Worth- ington and Mid. (See Leonard Fam.) (See Everett Gen.)
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
FALLEY
FALLEY, DANIEL, s. of Lieut. Richard and Margaret (Hitchcock) Falley, was b. Westfield 11-15-1773. Was owner of Lot No. 137 Worth. Sec. on the River Road in 1794; prob. lived where Jesse Wright later lived, selling this farm to Nathan Wright about 1800. He was one of the leaders in founding a class in Methodism in Mid. Moved to Norwich where he kept store for a few years with Jesse Farnham near what is now Huntington village, but then known as Falley's X Roads. By 1810 he had moved to Fulton, N. Y., where he founded a flourishing Methodist Seminary which bears his name. His sister, Margaret, who lived in Worth. a short time, m. William Cleveland, who was grandfather of Presi- dent Grover Cleveland. Daniel Falley m. (int) 11-5-1795 Betsey, dau. of James and Mary (Bell) Mulholland, of Chester. Daniel d. in Fulton, N. Y., aged 80.
Children :
WILLIAM, b. Chester 9-1-1796. LEWIS, b. Norwich 1-6-1800. GEORGE, FREDERICK, b. Chester 1-31-
1798.
FELLOWS
FELLOWS, JACOB, b. 1734 or 1735, m. Phebe . d. Chester, Mass. 10-17-1803.
Children b. Woodstock, Conn. :
PRISCILLA, b. S-17-1760. ABIGAIL, b. 3-7-1764, m. Chester, 4- PARKER, b. 10-13-1762. (See Fam. 1). 17-17SS, Thomas Elder. Jacob Jr., Olive, and Stephen Fellows whose marriages are recorded in Chester, Mass. were probably other children of Jacob.
FAM. 1. PARKER FELLOWS, s. of Jacob and Phebe Fellows, b. 10-13-1762 ; d. Chester, Ohio, 5-9-1820 ; m. 5-29-1793, Dorcas, dau. John and Lucy (Parsons) Meacham, who d. 11-22-1813. Parker Fellows was a soldier in Rev. War. He settled in Mid. 1793, living in the northwest corner of the township, probably in one of the houses west of Factory Brook near "Wild Cat Ledge." Pw. 23, 1794. He joined Cong. Church 1808. He moved about 1818 to "New Connecticut," Geauga
Ferris 477
GENEALOGIES
County, Ohio, in which year he received a pension for war services in the Mass. Line.
Children b. in Middlefield :
ELIZABETH, b. 6-1-1794 ; m. - Odle; d. 1827. Their dau. Laura m. Dr. Henry. She d. Virden, Ill.
PARKER, b. 1-25-1796; d. 3-3-1807. LAURA, b. 9-7-1797; m. Orrin Blos- som, 8-20-1818. (See Blossom Fam.)
ABIGAIL, b. 3-20-1799; m. John M. Burk. She d. on a journey to Missouri. He d. at Ogden, Utah. Children: Abi Salina and Charles A, the latter born in Kirtland, Ohio.
JOHN, b. 2-20-1801; d. in Youngs- town, Ohio, 10-31-1869.
ISAAC, bapt. 8-16-1808, m. Elonia Bliss; lived in Youngstown, Ohio. Had a dau. Emily Louise who m. Thomas H. Wilson, of Brown- helm, Ohio.
ALICE, b. 1806; d. 1807.
TABITHA, bap. 8-16-1808; m. - , Roberts; d. at Painesville, Ohio, Mar. 14, 1829. Had Harriet, who m. Mahlon Ross, of Virden, Ill., and Cutler of Colton, Ohio.
(The Fellows data collected from letters from Chas. A. Burk to Dea. Harry Meacham; D.A.R. pedigree of Mrs. Emily Fellows Wilson; Mack Genealogy; Chester and Mid- dlefield V. R .; Woodstock, Conn. V. R.
FERRIS
FERRIS, HENRY, s. of John & Catharine (Hamilton) Ferris, was b. in New Milford, Conn., in 1818. He m. there Aug. 22, 1841, Celina Hall, who was b. there in 1823. He moved to Becket, Mass., about 1850, and to Mid. about 1864. He was a "waller," and many of the stone walls in town were made by him. He lived in the William Church, Jr., house which still occupies a sightly spot on West Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary in Chester in 1901. He d. Oct. 3, 1908; she d. 2-22-1904.
Children :
MARY JANE, b. 5-18-1842 in New Milford, Conn. She m. in Becket 12-14-1863, Willard S. Smith. She d. in Chester 3-5-1897.
JOHN HENRY, b. New Fairfield, Conn., 8-6-1845; d. Becket, 11-2- 1860.
CHARLES D., b. 1846; d. 6-19-1857. GEORGE HALL, b. Becket 2-12-1851; d. Chester 10-21-1877; bur. in Becket.
CLARA L., b. Becket 2-27-1859; m. 10-18-1882, Willis B. Graves, of Mid. (See Graves Fam.)
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Ferris
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KATE, b. 4-10-1862; m. George CHARLES H., b. 4-5-1864; (See Fam. Bardin, of Mid. She nı. 2nd. Mr. 1).
Kelley.
FAM. 1. CHARLES H. FERRIS, b. 4-5-1864; m. 11-10-1886, Mary A., dau. of James M. and Martha A. Shaw, of Mid., who was b. 6-13-1868. He lived many years with his father on the West Hill farm, where he raised pure bred Hereford cattle. In 1912 he moved to Wyben, near Westfield.
Children b. in Mid. :
NORA LEONA, m. Thomas L. Stepen- son.
JOHN WALTER, m. Helen Drozd, of Mid. Lives on the farm formerly owned by Orrin Wheeler. Chil- dren: John Walter, Mildred, Ralph Henry.
VIOLETTE ADELL, m. Charles H. Karnes.
W. E. RUSSELL, m. Nellie M. Hay- den.
MABEL JANE
GERTRUDE MARTILA
CHARLES EDWARD
ISABEL SELINA
CLYDE ERNEST.
FIELD
FIELD, ZECHARIAH, (Samuel", David+, Ebenezer", Zechariah2, Zechariah1), s. Samuel5 and Mary (Dickinson) Field, b. E. Guilford, Conn. 6-6-1755; d. Mid. 10-30-1843; m. 6-3-1779 Priscilla, dau. Benjamin Crampton. He first moved to Par- tridgefield, but in 1804 he bought of Abner Clapp the farm in Lot 40, Div. II, Murrayfield, located just north of the homestead of Mr. Arthur D. Pease, at Middlefield, and now a part of the Pease farm. The cellar hole can be faintly traced on the right hand side of the highway from Mr. Pease's to Mr. Sweeney's, a short distance beyond Mr. Pease's barn. In 1823 he is said to have moved to Jericho, Vt., but he returned to Middlefield and spent his last days at the Center. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church. He was a first cousin of Rev. David Dudley Field. Zechariah Field was soldier in Rev. War. (See Field Genealogy.)
Children :
HEPSIBAH, b. 8-6-1780.
PRISCILLA, b. 1781; m. 11-12-1811, Benjamin Stewart. (See Stewart Fam.)
MARY, b. Feb. 1783; d. 10-28-1872; m. 12-20-1820, Oliver Blush. (See Blush Family).
Ford 479
GENEALOGIES
CHARLOTTE, b. -; d. -. She d. unm. in Mid., Mass.
RUTH, b. 11-27-1784; d. - 1819; m. (int) 8-4-1803, Joel, son of Ithamar Pelton. (See Pelton Fam.)
THANKFUL, b. -- 1788; d. Mid. 2-13- 1811.
FORD
FORD, JOIIN, (John3, Matthew2, Matthew1) was son of John" and Lucy (Mack) Ford. b. Hebron, Conn. 10-13-1749; d. 1782 ; m. 12-6-1773 Jemima, dau. Joseph and Phebe (Mack) Cary of Williamsburg. (See Cary Fam.) She m. 2nd Lewis Taylor of Mid. 6-6-1784, d. 1849. John Ford of Hebron purchased Lot No. 19 in the 3rd Div. Becket in 1777. This land lies on top of Johnny Cake Hill. Just what year he moved to this region we are not certain. We know that in 1780 he sold this lot to Benjamin Blish of Bolton, Conn., and by March of that year had established on Factory Brook, where later the old Becket road was built, the first sawmill in Middlefield. Later a grist mill was built there. In 1781 he bought of Elnathan Taylor the portion of Lot 207, which occupied the southwest corner of Worthington and built a house on or near the site of the 'Wayside Lodge" at Middle- field Center. He was a signer of the Petition for incorpora- tion in 1781. Dying in 1782 at the early age of 32, he left his widow with four little children. Widow Ford is men- tioned in the town records of Middlefield in 1783, for a site for the meetinghouse was proposed on the highway between her house and that of her next-door neighbor, Joseph Blush. The Ford farm came into the Taylor farm again when Lewis Taylor, son of Samuel, married Mrs. Ford and went to live at the new house Ford had built. This was probably the old red house demolished by Hiram Taylor about 1848 and rebuilt into the original part of the "Wayside Lodge." (See Mack Gen. p. 859.)
Children, first marriage :
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