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FAM. 5. WILLIS BARTON GRAVES, son of Barton Bisbee9 and Lucy (Cone) Graves, was b. 10-13-1855; m. 10-18-1882,
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Clara, dau. of Henry Ferris, who was b. 2-27-1859. He followed his father on the West Hill, where he still dwells in the fine old gambrel-roofed house built nearly 125 years ago by Eli Crowell.
Children :
WINIFRED MAY, b. 9-19-1883. Lives ETHEL LUCY, b. 8-5-1892. m. Paul in Lee, Mass. Nickerson, 3 children.
AGNES MALINA, b. 3-21-1887. d. 12- AMASA, b. 2-8-1896.
30-1914. m. 10-1-1913, Homer Bush.
OLIVE, b. 3-7-1904.
FAM. 6. COOLEY WING GRAVES, son of Barton Bisbee? and Lucy (Cone) Graves, was b. 9-7-1862; m. 12-28-1887, Katie Helena, dau. Thomas Bryan of Worth., who was b. 9-14- 1865. He lives in Factory Village and is a painter by trade. Children b. Mid. :
ROY EUGENE, b. 1-10-1889. m. 6-28- EDNA ZELL, b. 4-26-1890, m. 2-19- 1919, Dorothy Grey Sampson, of Huntington. 1916, Homer Bush of Westfield. Children: Barbara, b. 12-14-1916. Everett, b. 4-18-1918.
FAM. 7. NELSON GRAVES, son of Amasa and Sally (Bird) Graves, was b. Mid. 6-16-1808; d. Mid. 10-22-1848, m. 1st (int) 3-5-1836, Amanda Ballou of Peru, who d. 9-26-1843, aged 28 yrs., m. 2nd Mary Burghardt, of Stockbridge, (int) 6-14-1845. Lived in Mid.
Children :
JULIA, b. 1839; d. 1840. SARAH, b. 10-15-1846. d. 4-26-1847.
NELSON AMARIAII, b. 6-10-1841. He was a soldier in the Civil War and was incapacitated by wound from a shell.
SELDEN, b. - 1847, d. 1848.
FAM. 8. STEPHEN GRAVES, son of Amasa" and Phebe (Cary) Graves, b. Mid. 8-3-1788; d. 1-1-1876, m. (int) 9-23-1809, Waitie Bird of Whately, who was b. 1788; d. 12-25-1836. He m. 2nd (int) 11-11-1837, Julia Ferguson of Peru, who was b. 1795; d. 3-10-1876. He lived at the old homestead and carried on his father's farm.
Children b. Mid. :
IRENE, b. Sept. 1812, d. 8-3-1894. m. AMBROSE STEPHEN, b. 7-9-1813. d. 9-23-1834, Selden Root. (See Root 11-25-1830. Family).
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PHEBE, b. 6-1-1815, m. 9-30-1839. Nathan Graves of Nelson, N. Y.
ROXANNA, b. June, 1817, m. Steven Peters, d. in Wisconsin.
ENOCH DWIGHT, b. 9-5-1824. (See Family 9).
FAM. 9. ENOCH DWIGHT GRAVES, son of Stephen7 and Waitie (Bird) Graves, was b. Mid. 9-5-1824; d. Mid. 1-21-1885, m. 7-4-1843, Mariette, dau. Selden and Mary (Hubbard) Root. He followed his father at the Graves homestead. He was a man of unusual musical talent, being connected with the Cong. Ch. choir for 40 years, for most of the time as leader and director.
Children b. Mid. :
EDWARD DWIGHT, b. 6-19-1844, m. 11-21-1864, Addie J. Humason of Suffield, Conn. Was a grocer in Worcester. Played the base viol and was a successful teacher of music when singing schools were common in farming communities. HENRY STEPHEN, b. 9-19-1845, m. 1-1-1867, Emma S. Braithwait. Was superintendent of the farm at the Hospital for Insane, Wor- cester.
WILLIAM SELDEN, b. 7-31-1847, m. 9.14-1867, Carrie H. Braithwait, Lived in Worcester.
MARY E. b.
ALBERT NELSON, b. 5-21-1856. Was a butcher in Suffield, Conn. Was prominent in Windsor Locks, Conn., where he was successful in livery and coal business. He dealt in high bred horses; was at one time the largest individual tobacco grower in. New England, having the largest tobacco barn in New England on his farm.
CHARLES COIT, b. 2-13-1859. m. 12- 27-1883, Emma, dau. Francis and Susan Wedemeyer, b. 3-5-1861. Lives in Suffield, Conn. One child : Frank Wedemeyer, b. 10-4-1885. ELMER CLIFTON, b. 5-8-1863. m. 3- 25-1884, Jennie Louisa, dau. Al- fred and Eliza G. Beers, of Wind- sor Locks, Conn. who was b. 4-15- 1862. Lives Hartford, Conn. One child; Frank Elmer, b. Suf- field, 4-1-1885.
GRAY
GRAY, SAMUEL, of Becket appears in Mid. between 1790 and 1792. He was not in town when the census of 1790 was taken but was assigned to Pew 23 in the Mid. meetinghouse two years later. He lived on Lot No. 13, 2nd Div. East Prescott's Grant, which is located in Blush Hollow just north of where Boyer's sawmill now stands. This land
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Gray sold in part to Amasa Blush, and the remainder to Cyrus Cone, in 1800.
Samuel Gray and his wife joined the Cong. Ch. March 16, 1794, by letter from the church in Becket. He was in- cluded in the northwest school district in 1794. He prob- ably left town after selling out in 1800.
Samuel Gray joined the Becket Church in August, 1787. A Merillah Gray joined in 1786. He bought land in Lenox in 1802 and died there 2-25-1825.
HAMILTON
HAMILTON, JAMES, an early resident of Worcester, of Scotch- Irish descent, was perhaps the son of the James Hamilton who settled there in 1718; m. Margaret -, who d. 2-14-1761, aged 35. He m. 2nd 8-20-1761, Margaret Mahan, who was probably the Mrs. Hamilton who d. Chester, 5-20- 1808, aged 83.
Children b. Worcester :
MOSES, b. 8-26-1750.
SAMUEL, b. 3-29-1752; d. young.
JANE b. 11-25-1753; m. John Gam- well. (See Gamwell Fam.). JOHN, b. 4-10-1757. d. 1816; m. 1-27- 1779, Katherine, dau. James and Isabel Quigley, who d. 6-23-1848. Their son, Samuel, m. Harmony Emmons of Mid. (See Emmons Fam.). He bequeathed $2,000 to the Mid. Cong. Church and $1,000 to the Mid. Bap. Church.
SAMUEL, b. 2-11-1759. (See Fam. 1). MARGARET, b. 7-4-1762.
WILLIAM, b. 4-1-1764. (See Fam. 3). DAVID, b. 10-15-1769. He was prob- ably the man of this name whose farm consisted of parts of lots Nos. 116 and 51 (Mur) where he was living in 1793. His name is on Oliver Blush's ledger until 1808.
FAM. 1. SAMUEL HAMILTON, son of James1 and Margaret Hamil- ton, was b. Worcester, 2-11-1759 : d. Mid. 12-15-1826; m. 1st Worcester, 1-20-1785, Elizabeth Kingston, who was b. about 1767, d. Mid. 1-27-1814. He m. 2nd Mid. 1-4-1815, Patty Henry, who was b. 1767; d. Mid. 12-20-1824. He came to Mid. about 1789, settling in the southeastern part of the town in the Murrayfield section. His house stood on the sand knoll where the new cemetery is located on the road to the Den. He served on the School Com. in 1794 and 1799. He was a soldier in Rev. War.
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Children :
WILLIAM, b. -; m. Rachel Marks. d. Cleveland, N. Y. in 1858.
BETSY, b. -; m. 3-23-1809, George Pratt, who d. Mid. 9-30- 1813. He was probably son of Jacob Pratt, who d. Mid. 10-27- 1813, and brother of Thomas Pratt who d. Mid. 8-29-1813.
MARY, b. Mid. 12-2-1789. d. 10-8- 1813.
SAMUEL, b. 3-18-1792. (See Fam. 2).
JOHN, b. 5-23-1794.
DOLLY, b. 2-18-1797; m. 2-12-1816, William Mahanna of Chester.
MOSES, b. 11-14-1799 ; m. 5-9-1822, Peggy Mahanna. Settled in Oswego, N. Y.
JANE, b. 4-3-1802; Taylor. m. Andrew
EZRA, b. 1-10-1805; m. Becket, 11- 29-1827, Melissa Bidwell.
CHRYSTINA, b. 9-15-1807 ; m. Den- nison Gross. Settled in Middle- field, N. Y.
FAM. 2. SAMUEL HAMILTON, probably son of Samuel2 and Eliza- beth (Kingston) Hamilton, was b. 3-18-1792; m. Amanda. Children b. Mid. :
MARY, b. 5-12-1821.
ARIEL, b. 6-14-1824.
ALVIRAS, b. 8-5-1822.
ELECTA, b. 11-14-1825.
FAM. 3. WILLIAM HAMILTON, was probably the son of Samuel2 and Elizabeth (Kingston) Hamilton ,who was b. 4-1-1762; m. Holden, 8-10-1789, Elizabeth Smith of Worcester. He was living in the Worth. section of Mid. in 1800. Two of his children d. in 1799 and 1800. His wife d. Chester, 8-10- 1804. He was of Chester when he m. 2nd in 1807, Tabitha Babcock of Mid.
A SARAH HAMILTON, widow of John, farmer d. Mid. 2-8-1847, aged 85.
HAMILTON
HAMILTON, THOMAS, of Pelham was perhaps brother of James Hamilton Worcester. Probably came with his brother John of Pelham, with their parents from the North of Ireland in 1716. Had a son James. (See Fam. 1.)
FAM. 1. JAMES HAMILTON, son of Thomas1 Hamilton of Pelham, was b. 1729, d. Chester, 7-28-1806 ; m. 1-19-1758, Sarah, prob. dau. John and Margaret Lucor, of Pelham, b. 5-6-1732; d. Chester, 3-26-1813. Moved to Mur. about 1766. Was a soldier in the Rev. War. Had a son John. (See Fam. 2.)
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FAM. 2. JOHN HAMILTON, son of James2 and Sarah (Lucor) Hamilton, b. Pelham, 11-18-1760, d. Mid. 3-4-1847; m. (int) 1-25-1789, Sarah, dau. David and Sarah ( Loughead) Flem- ing, of Palmer, who was b. 12-25-1760; d. Mid. 2-8-1847. They lived in Chester where their children were born. Children :
SALLY, b. 12-25-1789; was perhaps the one who m. George Smith in Becket 8-19-1827.
POLLY, b. 1-21-1791; was probably the Mary, of Wash. who m. 6-2- 1814 Dudley Taylor, of Mid.
PEGGY, b. 1793; d. 1796. SINY, b. 2-11-1795.
JOHN, b. 10-15-1796. The births of Asenath and Justin Orton, chil- dren of John, Jr. and Mary Hamil- ton, are given in Becket records. JAMES, b. 2-20-1798; m. (int) at Wash. 5-19-1825 Mary Simmons, of Hinsdale.
DAVID, b. 1-3-1800; (See Fam. 3). ASA, b. 2-7-1802; m. (int) at Wash. 10-23-1831 Lemina Lamb.
HOUSE OF DAVID HAMILTON
FAM. 3. DAVID HAMILTON, son of John" and Sarah (Fleming) Hamilton, was b. Chester, 1-3-1800; d. Mid. 5-6-1857, m.
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4-26-1827, Abigail, dau. Philip and Nabby (Leland) Mea- cham, who was b. Mid. 5-16-1803, d. Rantoul, III., 10-8-1894. After living awhile in Wash. he moved to Mid. between 1828 and 1830. He was a farmer. He built a house on the road north from the Center near the Peru line, next to his father- in-law, Philip Meacham who lived across the road a short distance further south. Here he made a home for his aged father and mother, who were natives of Pelham and had lived in Chester.
Children :
FRANKLIN DAVID, b. Wash. 6-29- HENRY LELAND, b. Mid. 1-17-1835 1828. (See Fam. 4). (See Fam. 7).
EBENEZER CUTLER, b. Mid. 4-22- JOHN MEACHAM, b. Mid. 3-7-1837. 1830. (See Fam. 5). (See Fam. 8).
THOMAS CLARK, b. Mid. 4-20-1832. CHARLES WESLEY, b. Mid. 10-21- (See Fam. 6).
1839. (See Fam. 9).
FAM. 4. FRANKLIN DAVID HAMILTON, son of David4 and Abigail (Meacham) Hamilton, was b. Wash., 6-29-1828; d. Titus- ville, Pa., 1886, m. 1st 2-22-1856, Mary E. Gray, m. 2nd Hattie Godwine. He spent the most of his life in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, where he is said at one time to have amassed quite a fortune. No children.
FAM. 5. EBENEZER CUTLER HAMILTON, son of David4 and Abi- gail (Meacham) Hamilton, was b. Mid. 4-22-1830; d. 9-14- 1909, Rantoul, Ill., m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 6-16-1858, Cecelia Jane Higgins. He was in mercantile pursuits in Brooklyn many years, going West in 1876. Was manager of a lumber yard in Penfield, Ill., for twelve years. Moved to Rantoul, Ill., where he was for a while engaged in the hardware busi- ness and later in the insurance business.
Children :
CHARLIE, d. young. EDWARD LELAND, b. 12-23-1872. FRANKLIN DAVID, b. 6-24-1861.
FAM. 6. THOMAS CLARK HAMILTON, son of David+ and Abigail (Meacham) Hamilton, was b. Mid. 4-20-1832; d. Hunting- ton, L. I., 9-11-1919, m. Marion Watkins. For many years a prominent physician in Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Children :
BERTIE, b. 1875 d. 1909.
HARRY, b. 1885.
FAM. 7. HENRY LELAND HAMILTON, son of David+ and Abigail (Meacham) Hamilton, was b. Mid. 1-17-1835; d. in Georgia, 10-29-1904, m. in Georgia, 2-13-1867, Cyntha Kennedy. He enlisted in the 22nd Georgia artillery under General John- son. He was an ordained Baptist minister, a large land owner and a man of considerable influence in his community. Ten children: Ada, Anna, Charles, John, Clark, Parsons, Beula, William, Clarence, Vergil.
FAM. 8. JOHN MEACHAM HAMILTON, son of David+ and Abigail (Meacham) Hamilton, was b. Mid. 3-7-1837 ; d. Rantoul, Ill., 9-30-1899, m. Mid. 10-29-1868, Helen Samantha, dau. Levi and Emily (Meacham) Olds. (See Olds Family). He was in the lumber business at Rantoul, Ill., from 1872 to 1892, . part of the time with his brother Charles. He operated yards at Rantoul, Gifford and Penfield. He served as Village trustee, a police constable, as village clerk and in 1894-95 as president of the village board. He helped organize the Baptist Church at Rantoul in 1867; was clerk of the church from its organization until his death, and deacon for over twenty years.
Children :
DAVID, d. young. ABBIE, d. young.
HOMER Willis, b. 7-31-1874. OSCAR OLIN, b. 3-28-1878.
LAWRENCE, d. young.
FAM. 9. CHARLES WESLEY HAMILTON, son of David+ and Abigail (Meacham) Hamilton, was b. Mid. 10-21-1839, m. 1st 1-3- 1859, Mrs. Eliza M. (Goldthwaite) Geer, m. 2nd Rantoul, Ill., 6-4-1908, Mrs. Emma (Booth) Luckey. He was in the lumber business with his brother John, at Rantoul, Ill., for ten years, when he moved to Creighton, Neb., where he started a lumber yard. Later engaged in real estate in Garden City, Kan., and McCook, Neb.
Children :
FRANK C., b. 1-7-1860. FRED, b. 3-28-1868 or 1869.
CLINTON, b. 3-26-1873. MAE, b.
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HAWES
HAWES, EBENEZER, m. Celina, dau. Enoch and Celina (Lyon)
Bird, who was b. Cummington, 6-8-1786; d. Mid. 7-19-1849. They lived in Central, N. Y. and Tioga, Pa. He d. at Tioga and his widow moved with her children to Mid. and became second wife of Andrew Meacham, 9-7-1813.
Children :
HENRY, b. March 1807 (See Fam. 1). CHARLES, b. May, 1811; d. Mid. 8-29- JACOB, b. Central, N. Y. 12-25-1808. 1814. (See Fam. 2).
FAM. 1. HENRY HAWES, son of Ebenezer and Celina (Bird) Hawes, was b. March, 1807; d. Mid. 2-1-1880; m. Mid. 10-29-1829, Emerancy, dau. Pain and Phebe (Graves) Love- land, (See Loveland Family.) They first lived at the Love- land farm and later at the Solomon Ingham place, and at one time at the Green Church place west of the Center. By 1860 he had purchased the house built by Dr. Warren at the Center where he lived until his death. He was promi- nent in local affairs. He was selectman 1842, 1849-50; 1852-53 and in 1869. He is remembered as being particu- larly efficient as a moderator at town meeting, and as often filling the position of funeral director most acceptably. He adopted a dau. Lida Belle, b. 6-26-1841; d. April, 1888; m. Myron L. Church. (See Mack Gen. p. 592).
FAM. 2. JACOB HAWES, son of Ebenezer and Celina (Bird) Hawes, was b. Central, N. Y., 12-25-1808; d. Chester, 10-7- 1851; m. Sept. 1837, Sarah Ann Hazelton of Central, N. Y. He moved to Mid. living at the Dyer Place. He managed the farm of Andrew Meacham for 3 years. After living three years in Chester, upon urgent request of his mother he lived at the Andrew Meacham place until her death. Re- tunred to Chester where he died 2 yrs. later. His widow m. 2nd 1-1-1856 Ebenezer Smith (See Mack Gen. p. 142). She m. 3rd 6-4-1873, Harvey Root. (See Root Family ) . Children :
JACOB HENRY, b. Mid. 8-17-1838, m. SARAH JANE, b. Mid. 10-16-1840, m. Laura Bliss of West Stockbridge. 4-29-1863 Daniel Alderman (See Alderman Family).
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SERAPH ANN, b. Mid. 11-18-1842. HELEN AMANDA, b. Chester 8-30- 1844. MARIA SOPHIRONIA, b. Chester 2-14- 1847.
GEORGE HAZELTON, b. Mid. 12-4- 1849. Lived in Mid. until 18 yrs. old. Learned "phonography"' or shorthand of Marvin Robbins. Be- came court stenographer at San Francisco, Calif., where he d. Oct. 1901.
HENRY
HENRY, JONAS, son of Andrew Henry. Bapt. in Rutland bet. 1747-49; m. in Blandford in May, 1771, Margaret Henry and kept tavern there for three years beginning 1782; Bet. 1775 and 1777 he purchased Lots 7, 8, 10 and part of 11 in the n.e. corner of Becket, and perhaps a small parcel in the adjoining Lot 40 in Murrayfield. He is mentioned as one of the creditors in John Ford's will 1783, and it seems likely that he lived here a short while before selling out to Enos Blossom. As he was a tavern-keeper, he may have built the Arthur D. Pease house prior to selling to Blossom who kept tavern here 1780-86. He d. at Martinsburg, N. Y., October 10, 1821, aged 75. (See Henry Genealogy).
HERRICK
HERRICK, ISAAC, of Worthington, m. Prudence (Avery) Stark- weather. Among their children were:
AVERY, b. 11-21-1785. (See Fam. 1).
FAM. 1. AVERY HERRICK, son of Isaac1 and Prudence (Avery) Starkweather, b. 11-21-1785, d. Westfield, 7-12-1860, m. 6-11-1812, Mary Chapin of Springfield, who d. 1863. He was living in Mid. in 1820 and 1830. His home was located in what has been called "Taylor's Pasture, " the region north of the railroad at Mid. "Switch" where the cellar of the house stands west of Factory brook, some distance from the tracks. Children : MOSES, b. S-23-1817. WILLIAM AVERY, b. 3-2-1820. LUCINA, b. Mid. 1-28-1822. HENRY DWIGHT, b. Mid. 12-13-1823. GEORGE, b. Mid. 11-26-1825.
EDWARD MERCER, b. Mid. 1-19-1828, d. Chester, 6-30-1898, m. Sarah Mack Cone, 1-30-1854. Lived in Westfield many years (Mack Gen. page 639). ESTHER MARIA, b. Mid. 4-10-1830. ALONZO CHIAPIN, b. Mid. 8-15-1832. d. 8-2-1833.
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ELIJAH HERRICK was living on Ridgepole Road in 1790 probably north of the farm now owned by Mr. Cottrell. He was assigned to Pew 1 in the gallery of the meetinghouse in 1792. He was a soldier in the Rev. War.
ELISHA HERRICK bought part of lot No. 134 Worthington of Nathaniel Paine in 1802. He also bought a part of lot 128 of Isaac Herrick in 1803. He may have lived in the Den region where these lots are located.
EZRA HERRICK, who may have been the Ezra who was a son of Ebenezer Herrick of Preston, Conn. (brother of Isaac Her- rick of Worthington) was living in the Den region of Mid. in 1820 probably on the River Road at the foot of Glendale Falls. Ezra Herrick, m. 11-6-1806, Nancy, dau. David Ward of Worcester.
Children :
WARD, b. Worthington, 6-21-1807. ALONZO, b. Middlefield, 6-2-1818.
WANT, b. 1808, d. 1-21-1816. EUNICE, b. Mid. 8-17-1820.
ALMIRA, b. Worthington, 6-24-1810. OLIVE, b. Mid. 1-12-1823.
WILLIAM, b. Worthington, 11-30- NATHAN, b. Mid. 3-2-1825. 1814.
JOSEPH HERRICK's lot line is mentioned in a survey of Ridgepole Road in Mid. in 1788, located north of Simon Huntington. Herrick was assigned to Pew 1 in the gallery of the meeting- house in 1792.
MOSES HERRICK, (Jonathan," Edward, Stephen,3 Ephraim,2 Henry1-See Herrick Gen.), son of Jonathan" and Elizabeth (Clark) Herrick, was b. Preston, Conn., 4-7-1774; d. Norwich, 1819, m. abt. 1792, Polly - -. About 1792, at the age of 18, Moses Herrick moved to Mid. where he engaged in woolen manufacture. He may have learned the fulling business there under William Church, and later erected a fulling mill on Factory Brook, which was located somewhere east of where the Blush Hollow Schoolhouse now stands. In 1794 he purchased land in Lot 30, Becket sec- tion. In 1799 he sold his land and plant to Amasa Blush, who operated the mill for some years. Herrick was assigned to Pew 27 in the meetinghouse in 1794 and was included in the West School District in that year. He served on the
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School Committee in 1798. As his name is not on the Minister Tax List for 1799 he probably left Mid. that year. He moved to Huntington, Mass. In 1802 he purchased Isaac Mixer's house, mill yard and dam near Norwich Bridge. The grist mill may have been the plant he after- ward operated as a clothing and carding works. Herrick was living in Norwich in 1810 where he continued to live until his death in 1819. The clothing works passed into the hands of Samuel Henry, 2nd, an heir-at-law, and afterward was owned by Clapp and Taylor. A Moses Herrick, m. (int) 3-4-1820, Electa Thomas.
Children :
POLLY, b. Mid. 3-14-1793; m. Mark Sacket.
ANNA, b. Mid. 9-25-1794; m. Samuel Henry.
MARTHA, b. Mid. 12-18-1796; m. (int) 11-8-1817, James, son of James and Sarah Wright, b. Mont- gomery, 1793.
DAPHNA, b. Mid. 9-27-1798; m.
Montgomery, (int) 8-18-1818, Marvin Wright, brother of James Wright. He was b. in Mont- gomery, 1792.
BETSY, b. m. David Thomas.
MOSES, b. 1807.
AARON, b.
HENRY, .b.
EUNICE, b. 1818.
HOLLAND
HOLLAND, JAMES MULHOLLAND, b. 1733, probably in Ballygauley, county Tyrone, north of Ireland, d. Oswego, N. Y., 1820. Came to America .and settled at Oakham, m. Oakham, 6-19- 1755, Mary, dau. James and Martha (Crawford) Bell, (See Bell Family), who d. 12-25-1809, ae. 72. About 1769 he moved to Murrayfield, settling on Holcomb Hill. He was a soldier in Rev. War. He was a man of strong religious and political convictions and was accustomed to speak his mind freely. After the death of his wife he moved to Oswego, N. Y., with his son-in-law, Daniel Falley. Children, b. Oakham and Murrayfield :
SIMON ELIOT, b. - m. (int) 12- 25-1783, Olive Fellows, served in Rev. War. Became a merchant in Albany.
JAMES, b. 1762, d. Westfield 6-18- 1840, m. (int) 9-26-1798, Lydia Stone of Blandford. Studied medicine with Dr. Brewster of Becket and practiced in Hunting- ton, Worthington and Westfield
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and became a famous physician and surgeon. He was probably the James Holland living in Mid. 1800. Had ten children, four of whom became physicians.
WILLIAM, b. - , m. 2-24-1791 Polly Moore. Was a physician and practiced in Belchertown. Moved to Canandaigua, N. Y. in 1832 where he died.
NANCY, m. David Cross (See Cross Family).
POLLY, b. 1768, d. 5-18-1828, m. 6- 12-1789 Hugh Quigley, ancestor of the Chester Quigleys.
THANKFUL, b. -- , m. 6-21-1792, Orindatus Snow.
GEORGE, b. 1774; d. Warren, 10-3- 1809, m. 3-1-1798 Nancy Culver. She m. 2nd. 11-23-1813, Col. Wm. Taylor. He was living in Mid. 1800 in the Den region. He was a physician in Warren.
BETSY, b. -- , m. (int) 1-5-1795. Daniel Falley. Moved to Oswego, N. Y.
AARON, b. 1778, d. Chester 4-13- 1813, m. Sally Kendall of Suffield, Conn. d. Warren 1-26-1811. He was a physician in Warren. ABRAHAM, b. 1782, d. 5-23-1806.
Holcomb Hill, so called from George Holcomb who lived upon its summit, was first settled by James Mulholland. All the family dropped the "Mul" from their names. James was the progenitor of Dr. James Holland who was surgeon in the Spanish War; also of Henry Holland, a prominent druggist of Westfield.
HOLMES
HOLMES, JOSEPH, of Chester, was b. abt. 1780, m. there 10-5-1808, Polly, dau. of Reuben and Rachel Wharfield who was b. in Blandford, 1-22-1782. After living in Worth. they came to Mid. about 1820, locating apparently in the Pease District, but possibly on the River Road where they were sub- sequently living. He d. in Mid. 10-13-1839, aged 59.
Children :
ALVIN, b. Worth. 9-2-1809. (Sce EMELINE, b. Worth. 10-14-1817; d. Fam. 1). Mid. 3-24-1847, aged 29. SANFORD, b. Worth. 2-25-1812. LOREN, b. - prob. son of Joseph. MARY, b. Worth. 3-25-1815. She was perhaps the Maria who m. (See Fam. 2). WILLIAM, b. prob. son of Joseph. Was living in Smith Hollow in 1850.
Mid. (int) Oct. 1837, Diodate Dickson, of Mid.
FAM. 1. ALVIN HOLMES, son of Joseph and Polly (Wharfield) Holmes, b. in Worth. 9-2-1809; m. (int) 11-27-1831, Rox- anna Geer of Worth. He was living in Smith Hollow by 1840, but had moved away before 1870.
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Children :
MARIAH DELIGIIT, b. Becket 2-2-1832. ISAAC LEVI, b. Mid. 7-3-1836. MATILDA JOANNA, b. Becket 7-1- JULIA ROXANNA, b. Mid. 10-6-1840. 1835. DOLLY ANN, b. Mid. 1-5-1845.
FAM. 2. LOREN HOLMES, probably son of Joseph and Polly (Wharfield) Holmes. He m. (int) 5-3-1845, Clarisa M. dau. of Alanson and Mary Knox, of Blandford. She d. 6-29-1846, aged 19 yrs. He m. 2nd Letitia Caroline of Blandford. He was living in Smith Hollow in 1850, but had moved away before 1860.
Children :
EUGENE LOREN, b. Mid. 6-27-1846. JOSEPIL ALANSON, b. Mid. 10-10- 1849.
HUNTINGTON
HUNTINGTON, SIMON, (Jonathan," Nathaniel,4 Joseph," Simon,2 Simon1-See Huntington Gen.) son of Jonathan," the first pastor of Worthington, was b. Windham, Conn., 4-15-1762, d. 1836; m. 11-6-1783, Priscilla Benjamin of Worthington. Moved to Mid. where he was living in 1788 on Ridgepole Road 100 yards north of Rufus Marsh's house, which was somewhere north of the present Cottrell farm. Moved away before 1790 and became a substantial farmer and useful citizen in Hinsdale. He represented that town in the General Court.
INGHAM
INGHAM, SOLOMON (Daniel,4 Ebenezer,3 Joseph,2 Joseph1) son of Daniel+ and Mehitable (Phelps) Ingham, b. Hebron, Conn., 11-1-1751, d. Hinsdale, 11-9-1837, m. about 1782, Mary Wright of Chester. He moved to Mid. in 1776 and bought of Asa Brown Lot 13, 3rd Division, Becket where he built his house. He signed the Pet. for Inc. 1781 and served as town clerk 1783-84, 1786-88, 1796-1807. He was selectman 1785, 1799-1805, 1817. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He was a home man, had strong intellectual powers, plain in person and manners, well informed, strong in argument and positive in his religious and political opinions. He made no profession of religion until near middle life after
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GENEALOGIES
which he became well read in theology and strong religious literature of the past. (See Mack Gen. p. 1565-7).
Children b. Mid. :
TRYPIENA, b. 3-12-1795, d. Hinsdale
SOLOMON, b. 8-20-1782, d. Indiana about 1820. 12-29-1851, m. 5-15-1817 Zeri
MARY, b. 7-30-1783, d. Salem, Pa. Wing.
DANIEL, b. 12-7-1784, d 1-8-1785. ALEXANDER, b. 1-27-1797. (See
DANIEL, b. 6-12-1787. (See Family 1).
Fam. 2).
MEHITABLE, b. 12-25-1793, d. Gene- see, Wis., m. 10-16-1816, Abner Wing.
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FAM. 1. DANIEL INGHAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Wright) Ingham, was b. Mid. 6-12-1787, d. Portland, Mich., 12-24- 1859, m. 9-8-1808, Anna, daughter of Calvin and Anna (Anable) Smith, who d. 6-23-1869. (See Smith Family). (See Mack Genealogy, p. 132).
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