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Children :
BETSY ANNA, b. Mid. 1-23-1810, m. Cato, N. Y. 10-23-1827, Edward Sandborn. Settled in Portland, Mich. in 1843. Seven children. TEMPERENCE SARAH, b. Mid. 11-8- 1812, m. 3-18-1840 Justus S. Sand- born. Two children.
INFANT, b. 4-22-1814, d. 5-9-1814. FANNIE MARIA, b. Mid. 8-24-1816, m. 9-22-1835 Enoch Sandborn. Three children.
INFANT, b. March -, 1818, d. age 2 weeks.
INFANT, b. 2-24-1820, d. same day. LAWRENCE DANIEL, b. Ira, N. Y. 10- 1-1823, d. 8-2-1827.
OSSIAN, b. Cato, N. Y. 1827, d. young. OSCAR SOLOMON, b. Cato, N. Y. 5- 15-1830. MARY LATITIA, b. Cato, N. Y. 2-28- 1833.
FAM. 2. ALEXANDER INGHAM, son of Solomon5 and Mary (Wright) Ingham, b. 1-27-1797, d. Mid. 8-24-1881, m. 1st 12-11-1836, Sarah Foote of Chester, who d. 7-22-1848, aged 39, m. 2nd 10-29-1851, Clarissa M. Barber, who d. 5-24-1861, aged 43 years. He attended school at Westfield Academy and studied in the family of Rev. Mr. Halleck of Plainfield. At the age of 23 he commenced business as a tailor in Mid. He was very active in promoting common school education serving on the school committee for many years and at one time teaching a select school of his own in his tailor shop. He promoted lyceums and debating societies, taught in Sabbath school and greatly increased the town library. He
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served for many years as deacon in the Cong. Ch. He was a believer in the temperance cause, laboring actively for its promotion. Believing in higher education he contributed liberally to the founding of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. He was also a generous contributor to the cause of Foreign Missions. In 1838 after trying in vain to benefit the foreign population, employed in constructing the West- ern Railroad, by direct influence, he initiated a plan of extending public school education to these people. In this work he had great success and succeeded in implanting in these Irish emigrants an interest in the benefits of education for themselves and their children. Deacon Ingham lived in the white house opposite the site of the Baptist meeting- house at Mid. Center where Miss Sarah Chamberlain now lives. Deacon Ingham was representative to the General Court in the year 1843.
Children b. Mid. :
SAMUEL, b. 10-7-1837, d. 12-27-1873, m. Lucinda Phelps at Lockport, N. Y. He was a Cong. Minister. Two children; Paul P. graduated at the University of Mich. Was drowned 1905. Dora m. Mr. Strong, one son Paul Ingham.
SARAH, b. 7-10-1840, m. 4-25-1865 Rev. N. G. Bonney. He was a Cong. minister. She lives in Nor- wich, Conn.
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Children : Thurston of Whitney- ville, Conn. m. 3-9-1900, Eva Hurd of Whitneyville; 2 children, Gladys Gibson and Eva Irene.
Jennie Gibson of Norwichtown, Conn.
JOSEPH A. b. 8-31-1854, killed in an elevator accident at Hotel Wind- sor, Denver, Colo. 7-31-1882.
FAM. 3. ERASTUS INGHAM, S. of Daniel+ and Mehitable (Phelps) Ingham, b. Hebron, Conn., 7-16-1755, d. Mid. 2-19-1827, m. 11-5-1778, Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Sawyer) Hutchinson. She d. 6-28-1834. In 1784 Erastus Ingham of Hebron bought of David Bolton Lot 11 in the I Div. E. Prescott's Grant where he settled about a quarter of a mile west of the Center. After living here for 4 years he purchased Lot 202 Worthington and built his house on Ridgepole Road where two more generations of Inghams lived. He was a prominent man in town affairs being town treasurer from 1785-87, serving on the school committee 1796-99, as selectman 1793-98, 1801-05, 1811-14, a total of
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15 years. He represented the town in the General Court 1809-10. According to the family tradition he was a soldier in the Rev. War. Children :
ERASTUS JONIN, b. Hebron 9-26- 1779. (See Family 4).
SAMUEL, b. Hebron 2-21-1781-2, d. New Orleans 1832-3, m. Anna Root. (See Mack Genealogy, P. 354).
WILLIAM, b. Hebron 2-21-1781-2. (See Family 6).
ELIZABETHI, b. Mid. 5-25-1789, m. 7- 4-1808 Amos Mack. (See Mack Genealogy P. 355 and 489).
LYDIA, b. Mid 10-24-1793, m. 1-20- 1811, Reuben Blossom of Onan- daga, N. Y. (See Mack Genealogy, p. 1736).
FAM. 4. ERASTUS JOHN INGHAM, son of Erastus" and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Ingham, was b. Hebron, 9-26-1779, d. Mid. 7-9-1851, in. 5-21-1807, Vesta Dickson. He carried on the farm where his father had lived. Like his father he was prominent in town affairs. He served as selectman 1831-32, 1835. Children :
JOHN MILTON, b. Mid. 1-20-1808, d. 7-5-1840, m. 11-4-1833 Melita Ballou. She d. 11-8-1860.
Children : Vesta Melita, b. 2-4- 1835, d. 4-12-1835. Mary Elvira, b. 8-5-1837, m. Wait Dwight Har- ris, M.D. Resided in Chicago. (See Mack Genealogy, P. 378). SAMUEL, b. 9-16-1810, m. 3-15-1832 Clarissa Alderman. He lived in the old Alderman house where Daniel Alderman had lived, just South of the dwelling of Mr. Henry S. Pease. He was select- man in 1844, 1846-48, 1851 (See Mack Genealogy, P. 1864).
MARY, b. Mid. 11-20-1814, m. 2-23- 1831 Walter Pease (see Pease Family, also Mack Genealogy, P. 364).
MARIA, b. Mid. 11-20-1814, m. 11- 29-1831 Romeo Alderman. (See Alderman Family: also Mack Genealogy, P. 365).
ANDREW H., b. 6-20-1825, d. 8-19- 1837.
ERASTUS JAMES, b. Mid. 6-10-1828. (See Family 5).
FAM. 5. ERASTUS JAMES INGHAM, son of Erastus John6 and Vesta (Dickson) Ingham, was b. Mid. 6-10-1828, d. W. Spfid., Feb. 1921, m. 2-4-1851. Julia daughter of Daniel and Mary (Root) Pease (See Mack Genealogy, p. 365). Until his last years he was a resident of Mid. keeping up the ancestral farm on Ridgepole Road. He served as selectman 1875,1877-82, 1886. ITe was prominent in the Cong. Ch.
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Children :
ALIDA J., b. 5-1-1852, d. 1-26-1870. LILY C., b. 12-17-1854, m. 2-18-1875 Wayland Smith. Lived at Mit- tineaguc. (See Mack Genealogy, P. 379).
ELNORE, b. 1-26-1859, d. 11-9-1860.
NORA V., b. 10-19-1863, m. 4-28-1885 John T. Bryan s. of Thomas Bryan of Worthington, who was b. 2-17-1859. Mr. Bryan was a prominent man in Mid. and ac- tive in public affairs. Beside serving as town treasurer he was selectman from 1890-93, 1899- 1902. He lived in a house on the site of the old Emmons place 34 mile South of the Center. Children born Mid .:
Alida Bell, b. 7-12-1887, m. Perley Holmes. Irving Edward, b. 7-21-1889. Albert Ingham, b. 9-13-1891. Leon Merwin, b. 8-30-1893.
FAM. 6. WILLIAM INGHAM, son of Erastus" and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Ingham, was b. Hebron, 2-21-1781-82, d. Cato, N. Y., 12-1-1832, m. 3-3-1806, Betsy Smith of Mid. (See Mack Genealogy, p. 255 and p. 122). He came to Mid. with his father in 1784. He settled on Lot 199 Worthington somewhat east of the Obadiah Smith farm. About 1811-12 he moved away, living for a while at Pittsfield, later Cato, N. Y., where he died.
Children :
WILLIAM SMITH, b. Mid. 8-4-1807. (See Mack Genealogy, P. 366). SAMUEL, b. 2-9-1809, d. 3-30-1809. BETSY, b. 1-15-1810, d. 1-17-1810. BETSY MARIA, b. Pittsfield, 6-21- 1811. (See Mack Genealogy, P. 386).
MARIA, b. 6-21-1813, d. 8-2-1813. ALZINA ANNA, b. 4-22-1822. (See
Mack Genealogy, P. 355 and P. 122).
ALBERT HOYT, b. 2-13-1824, d. 7-25- 1827.
ISHAM
ISHAM, ZEBULON. His name first appears on the valuation list for Mur. of 1778. He occupied the northern half of Lot 47 through which the present boundary line between Mid. and Chester runs. He signed the Mur. petition to have his land set off to form a new town in 1779, and also signed the Pet. Inc. 1781. As no further mention is made of him it
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is probable that his house was located on the Chester side of the line. He m. Rose Ellis of Hebron, Conn. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. In 1790 he was living in Pittsfield.
JENNINGS
JENNINGS, JOSEPH ; d. in Becket, 11-10-1844 ; m. Hannah
He was living in the region of West Hill or "Ashdod" 1810- 20, but moved to Becket before 1830.
Children :
HANNAHI Fox, bp. Mid. 6-25-1811; m. 2-16-1820, Wm. D. Stevens, of Becket.
MARY STROBRIDGE, bp. Mid. 6-25- 1811; m. (int) 10-11-1823, Samuel H. Baird, of Becket.
JOSEPH L., bp. Mid. 6-25-1811; m. (int) 4-29-1838, Emily A Higley, of Becket.
WILLIS TRUMBULL, bp. 6-25-1811.
LYDIA HARMONY, b. Mid. 8-16-1810. BETSY ALLEN, b. Mid. 10-23-1812. MIRIAM AMANDA, b. 3-16-1815.
WILLIAM AUSTIN, b. 5-25-1818; m. Becket, 12-24-1840, Caroline Mes- senger.
SARDIUS MILTON, b. 4-17-1820; m. Becket, 3-24-1846, Sarah F. Aus- tin, of Becket.
MILO JABEZ, b. 5-17-1821.
Mary Jennings, widow, d. 7-31-1813, aged 89 yrs, 11 mos.
JOHNSON
JOHNSON, JESSE, b. 1734; d. Chester, 3-17-1822 ; m. Sarah b. 1737; d. Chester, Nov. 1814. He was an early resident of Chester coming from Southampton. He was a deacon in the church. All his children except the eldest were b. Chester.
Children :
SARAH, b. 10-5-1764. ROXANY, b. 7-14-1777; m. Abner
JESSE, b. 3-5-1767. (See Fam. 1). Cary of Williamsburg.
EUNICE, b. 1-23-1769.
DANIEL, b. 3-22-1779.
ISAAC, b. 3-11-1772.
LOUIS, b. 10-30-1780.
SIBBEL, b. 12-30-1773.
LUCY, b. 5-18-1785.
MABEL, b. 11-3-1775.
FAM. 1. JESSE, JOHNSON, son of Jesse and Sarah Johnson, who was b. Chester, 3-5-1767; d. Becket, 8-7-1854; m. Becket, 2-25-1795, Sarah dau. Benj. and Olive (Shapley) Wads- worth, b. 1776; d. Mid. 7-22-1832. He lived for some years in Mid. on the Warner Lot, so called, at the lower end of Ridgepole Road.
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Children :
MILTON, b. Chester, 3-12-1797, m. 5-18-1820, Esther, dau. Capt. Nathan Wright. Lived in Mid. 1820 near Thos. Ward. Moved to Becket where his children were born.
CHESTER, b. Chester, m. 11-24-1819, Amanda Harris of Becket.
JESSE, b. Mid. 4-5-1803, m. Becket 1-15-1828, Emeline Austin. b. Chester.
WILLIAM PRATT, b. Mid. 4-5-1804, was living in Mid. when he m. 3-22-1835, Betsy Bell of Chester. OLIVE, b. Mid. 12-8-1807, m. (int) 7-4-1843, Seth Stannard of West- field, Mass.
SARAH, b. Mid. 1-14-1810, m. Joseph Barnard of Worthington.
JONES
JONES. One of the Jones' families of Mid. was descendant from Benjamin Jones of Enfield, Conn., through his grandson, Caleb,3 who was a son of one of the four sons, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Eleazer, or Levi.
CALEB JONES, m. 11-10-1730, Miriam Parsons, who d. a widow at Enfield, 9-14-1789. Among their children were :
MIRIAM, b. 2-3-1731. JOHN, b. 6-26-1748 (See Fam. 4).
CALEB, b. 1736. (See Fam. 1). MARY, b. 3-15-1733.
SAMUEL, b. 2-14-1743. (See Fam. 3).
FAM. 1. CALEB JONES, son of Caleb3 and Miriam (Parsons) Jones was b. Enfield, 1736; d. 12-14-1810; m. 12-10-1758, Esther Simons of Enfield, who d. 1-18-1813. Among their children were :
EZRA, b. 8-14-1763. (See Fam. 2).
PHILIP, b. 3-6-1768, d. Enfield, Mar. 1795. He was one of the earliest physicians to practice in Mid. He lived somewhere near the farm of Mr. Henry S. Pease.
FAM. 2. EZRA JONES, son of Caleb4 and Esther (Simons) Jones, was b. Enfield, 8-14-1763; m. 1-18-1787; Mary Booth, who d. Mid. 12-20-1824, ae. 59. He came to Mid. between 1792 and 1793. His wife joined the Cong. Ch. by letter 1793. He served on School Com. He lived at one time in the Gambrel roofed house east of the Center known as "Cran- berry Lodge," where Dr. William Coleman had lived before him. "Jones's Hill" northeast of the Center was probably named for him. He returned to Enfield in 1826.
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Children :
MARY, b. Enfield, 5-4-1790, d. Mid. CALEB, b. Mid. 2-24-1794. 7-18-1826. EZRA, Jr., b. Mid. 5-15-1797.
FAM. 3. SAMUEL JONES, son of Caleb3 and Miriam (Parsons) Jones, was b. Enfield, 2-14-1743; m. 1st Anna, dau. John and Sarah Taylor. She was b. 4-3-1744, d. Mid. 5-14-1788. He m. 2nd 9-6-1788, Rebecca Crane of Becket. He was one of the early settlers in the Murrayfield section. He purchased land in lot 50 I Div. Mur. from Bigot Eggleston in 1776 and later he acquired land in lot 48. His dwelling stood on the site now occupied by the house of W. Ovid Eames. It was the old gambrel roofed house which the older citizens remember as being occupied by Sylvester Smith and later by John L. Bell. As has been told in Chap. VI this house was the scene of the last act of Shays' Rebel- lion, when a company of insurgents was arrested here. Samuel Jones was one of the supporters of the insurrection. He had been one of two delegates chosen in 1786 to represent Mid. at a convention at Hatfield at the time of Shays's Rebellion. His son Samuel was among those who were required to take the Oath of Allegiance in March, 1787. His arms were restored to him. Samuel Jones, Sr., signed the petition to Murrayfield in 1779 to have land set off to form a new town, as well as the Pet. Inc. 1781. He was selectman 1783 and 1789. He was one of a committee appointed to select a site for the meetinghouse. He moved away from Mid. before 1800.
Children :
SAMUEL, b. Enfield, 11-9-1768; m. (int) 4-23-1792, Betsy Skinner. Joined Cong. Ch. 1795. His name was on the minister Tax list for 1799. Child, Samuel, bap. 2-8- 1795. (See Skinner Fam.) ANNA, b. Enfield, 11-9-1768, m. 7-24- 1794, John Cobb of Chester. BIDKAR, b. Enfield, 6-4-1772. His name was on the Minister Tax list for 1799. His wife joined Cong. Ch. by letter from Buck- land in 1799.
JOHN, b. Enfield, 5-26-1774, m. 11- 12-1795, Hannah Skinner. (See Skinner Fam.)
MIRIAM, b. 10-5-1776, m. 9-30-1799, Alexander Loomis of Southamp- ton.
TAYLOR, b. Mid. 5-19-1790. CALEB PARSON, b. Mid. 9-14-1791. REBECCA HUCHINSON, b. Mid 11-23- 1792.
MARY ANN, b. Mid. 6-17-1796, d. 1-14-1797.
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FAM. 4. JOHN JONES, son of Caleb3 and Miriam (Parsons) Jones, was b. Enfield, 6-26-1748; d. Mid. 7-30-1793; m. 11-8-1769, Hannah Gleason. His was a new name on the Murrayfield evaluation list as early as 1774. He lived west of his brother Samuel, in a house located somewhere on the old road leading to the Babcock lot. He signed the petition of 1779 and the Pet. Inc. 1781.
Children :
ALFRED, b. Enfield, 8-12-1771. ARBA, b. Mur. 4-24-1775; m. 6-28- 1797, Polly Squire. Was living in Mid. 1800 but had moved away by 1810. Children: Polly, b. Mid. 1-13-1799. Harriet, b. Mid. 1-30-1801.
CYNTHIA, b. Mur. 4-3-1778. m. 11-11- 1798, John Tinker of Worth. HANNAH, b. Mur. 2-10-1781, m. 2-18- 1801, Frederick Allen of Washing- ton.
JONES, BENAJAH, (or Benaiah) was b. Hebron, Conn. 8-12-1755, d. 8-19-1839. m. Feb. 1781 Jemima Skinner of Hebron, b. 1758. Both he and his wife did heroic work during the Rev. War. In 1780 he bought the farm known as the Granger Place, on the road to the Alderman farm. He signed Pet. Inc. 1781. He was on committee to find center of town 1783, and was surveyor of highways that same year. He was on the school committee in 1796. In Sept. 1808, he moved with his family to Painesville, Ohio. His wife d. 1820. He lived during his last years with his son in Jonesville, Mich.
Children :
JEMIMA, b. 1783, d. 11-27-1791. BENAJAH, bap. 9-6-1795.
ALMIRA, bap. 9-22-1793.
ELKANAH JONES, brother of Benajah Jones, was b. Hebron,
. 4-28-1761. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He was living with his brother in Mid. in 1790. He was assigned to Pew 24 in the Meetinghouse in 1792 and 1794. He later lived in Newburg, N. Y., Hamilton and Norwich, N. J., and Paines- ville, Ohio. He never married. Was buried west of Paines- ville in the Blish or Ney cemetery. (See "A Record of the Rev. Soldiers buried in Lake Co., Ohio, New Conn. Chapter D. A. R." Painesville, Ohio.)
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JUDD
JUDD, SAMUEL, (Daniel4, Jonathan2, Benjamin2, Thomas1) son of Daniel+ and Lydia (Jones) Judd, was b. Colchester, Conn. 8-1-1754; d. Mid. 9-22-1785. m. E. Haddam, Conn. 11-11- 1776, Phebe Beebe. She m. 2nd Halifax, Vt. 1-25-1787, Oliver Waters. Samuel Judd was among the early settlers, dwelling on Lot 1- III Div. Becket, somewhere east of the Parsonage Lot. In 1784 he was appointed "grave digger," since he lived near the first burying ground, the Mack ceme- tery. He died the following year and was probably the first person to be buried in the Mack cemetery after his appoint- ment as "grave digger." (See Judd Gen.)
Children b. Colchester :
SAMUEL, b. 7-1-1777. ISAAC, b. 3-20-1779.
RUSSEL, b. 12-3-1780. d. DAUGHTER, b.
KELLY
KELLY, JAMES, of Colchester, Conn., probably a descendant of Scotch-Irish emigrants of the early eighteenth century bought of Elizabeth Dwight Lot 212 in the Worthington section as early as 1780. He also owned Lot No. 224 which he sold in 1782 to Matthew Smith of East Haddam, Conn., who established the Smith farm and one branch of the Smith Family in Mid. In 1783 Kelley was appointed one of the committee selected to choose a site for the meetinghouse. His wife was Anna Kelly's house was near the farm of Mr. George W. Cottrell. In 1788 Kelly sold his farm at the Cottrell place to Calvin Smith. Kelly is sup- posed to have moved to Worthington.
KIBBEY
KIBBEY, BILDAD, son of James and Anna Kibbe, was b. Enfield, Conn. 10-3-1745; d. Mid. 8-12-1816; m. Somers, Conn. 9-9-1784 Azubah Pease. According to the census of 1790 he was living at that time in Somers, Conn. In 1792 he bought of Josiah Leonard Lot 2, III Div. Becket, which is located just a short distance south of Mid. Center, a part of which is known as the "Parsonage Lot." Kibbey was set to the
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southeast school district in 1793 and to the Center district in 1794. He was assigned to Pew 4 in the meetinghouse in 1794. In 1802 he bought Lots No. 7 in the I and II Divs. West, Prescott's Grant. In 1804 he sold his house and lot south of the Center to David Mack, Jr., and probably moved to his Prescott's Grant farm which was located on the West Hill where James Cross lived later.
LAMBERTON
LAMBERTON, HENRY, of Palmer, purchased in 1779, of David Bolton Lot 1, II Div. E. P.G. where he lived for a few years, his house being some distance east of the road north from the Center and north of Dickson Hill. He signed the Pet. Inc. 1781. His farm was a desolate wind swept region and he apparently soon tired of his property for he sold it to Malachi Nichols for one third of the purchase price, and had moved away before 1794. His wife was Pain-
Children b. Mid. :
SOLOMON, b. 7-25-1781.
ASHER, b. 3-20-1784.
JOHN MERRICK, b. 4-12-1786. LUCINA, b. 6-12-1788.
LEACH
LEACH, GILES, of Bridgewater, Mass., who came from Weymouth, Mass., 1665, m. Ann Nokes. They had a son Benjamin.
BENJAMIN LEACH, son of Giles1 and Ann Leach, m. Hepzibah Washburn. They had a son Benanuel, b. 5-4-1718.
BENANUEL LEACH, son of Benjamin2 and Hepzebah (Washburn) Leach, was b. 5-4-1718; m. 6-6-1745, Elizabeth, dau. Samuel Edson, who was b. 12-16-1722 and d. Wilbraham, 5-7-1821. They had a son Benanuel.
BENANUEL LEACH, son of Benanuelª and Elizabeth (Edson) Leach, was b. -; d. Wilbraham 12-30-1826. m. Lucy b. 1754; d. Wilbraham 2-20-1824. He came from Shutesbury to Amherst, where he was on the evaluation list of 1776. He served for Amherst in the Rev. War. In 1787 he bought land in Wilbraham containing about 38 acres to- gether with gristmills and house and barn.
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Children :
DANIEL, b. 1779. (See Fam. 1). ISAAC, m. Wilbraham, 9-6-1801 Eliz- abeth Banton, b. abt. 1778; d. 1-18-1845. Several children. He d. 1-10-1835.
JOSEPH, m. Wilbraham (int) 5-6- 1804, Pimela Walker. Moved to Bainbridge, Ohio and later to Michigan.
ISAIAH, m. Cloe, dau. Stephen Steb- bins of Wilbraham, who was b. 5-7-1790. He was killed at Wil- braham by a log rolling from a sled, 1-31-1816.
IRA, b. 8-11-1789; m. 4-3-1817, Chloe (Stebbins) Leach, widow of his brother Isaiah. Ira Leach was liv- ing in Mid. in 1819 and joined Cong. Ch. with his wife in 1820. He lived on Johnny Cake Hill probably at the Barzillai Little place between 1817 and 1836. He bought land in Wilbraham, 1831, and probably left Mid. not long after. His will was probated in 1838.
PHILINDA, b. Wilbraham, 7-19-1791, m. 4-3-1817, Roswell Root.
FAM. 1. DANIEL LEACH, son of Benanuel+ and Lucy Leach, was b. 1779 ; d. Mid. 7-10-1836 ; m. 1st Mid. 12-7-1803 Anna, dau. Justus and Ann (Blodget) Bissell, who was b. E. Windsor, Conn. 11-18-1780 ; d. Mid. 3-1-1829 ; m. 2nd 3-18-1830, Fanny, dau. William and Esther (Stevens) Wolcott of Rutland, Vt., b. 7-23-1788; d. Mid. 6-4-1864. Daniel Leach came to Mid. abt. 1802. He bought of William Graham the gristmill and sawmill plant in Factory Brook first established by John Ford. By 1806 this plant was familiarly known as Leach's mill. He lived in the old house which stood south of the mill on the east side of the brook. Mr. Leach, so the story goes, was a victim of consumption but was determined not to die. But one day he succumbed, no doubt to his surprise, after a ride through the street at Jehu-like speed, a daily practice which he fancied would lengthen his days.
Children b. Mid. :
ANNA, b. 1-30-1806; d. 10-4-1830, m. (int) 8-20-1826, Justus Olds, (See Olds Family).
DANIEL, b. 10-18-1807, d. 8-8-1836, m. 1833, Alta Hurd, of Tinmouth, Vt. moved to Aurora, Ohio, 1830, and to Bainbridge, Ohio, 1832. His widow m. a Mr. Marsh. dan. Lucinda, b. Apr. 1835.
ELVIRA, b. 5-12-1810, m. 1835, Amasa N. Parish. Moved to Bain- bridge, Ohio Dec. 1833.
JUSTUS, b. 4-11-1812, m. Mercy Moved to Aurora, Ohio 1832 and to Solon, O. 1833. Chil- dren Mercy Amelia, b. Sept. 1835. Lydia Ann, b. - ---. Ransom Spears, h.
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HIRAM, b. 10-24-1814, d. Mid. 3-12- 1885. He followed his father in operating the mills. Lived at the old Simeon Wood place where his sister Mary lived later. An old diary found in this house, prob- ably belonging to Hiram, men- tions a visit to Wilbraham, 1845 where he saw Aunt Chloe, Isaac and Uncle Roswell.
ISAIAH, b. 12-11-1816 was probably the man of that name who lived in Chesterfield.
ORRIS, b. 10-18-1818. d. Twinsburg, Ohio, 1-24-1899, m. 4-28-1850, Sal- lie Maria Blair (1819-1888) He moved to Westfield, and later to Aurora, Ohio about 1841, moving to Twinsburg 1851. LUCINDA, b. 4-27-1821.
MARY, b. 3-11-1831, d. Mid. 7-31- 1905, she demolished the old Simeon Wood house where she and Hiram had lived and built the present structure on the same site. She was a tailoress by trade. She lived alone many years.
LEALAND
LEALAND, EBENEZER, (John3, Hopestill2, Henry1) son of John3 and Abigail Babcock, was b. Holliston, 1737; d. Hinsdale, 1806; m. 1st Abigail Cutler; m. 2nd Rhoda Fisher. He was living in Partridgefield according to census 1790, but by 1792 was living in Mid. on the West Hill near the Washing- ton line. In 1790 he bought the fine farm on the meadows of Factory Brook of Daniel Spencer Emmons, where Samuel Smith, Jr., once lived. (Lots 6 in I & II Div. W. P.G.) Was living there in 1800 but soon after moved away.
Children :
LEMUEL, b. 1763; d. Mid. 4-9-1801. m. Irene Corbon. Bought part of Lot 16 Wash. section 1796. LUTHER, b. 1766, d. 3-28-1828, m. 1st. (int) 6-9-1800, Mrs Olive Bul- lard of Holliston. m. 2nd. 5-4- 1803, Lois, dau. John & Mehitable Coats who d. Mid. 11-29-1827. He was living in Mid. on West Hill as late as 1810.
EBENEZER, b. 1768; d. 1838, m. Su- sannah Wilson. He was a tinware manufacturer at Pepperill, Mass.
JAMES, b. 1769. d. Pendleton, N. Y. m. Nancy Holmes.
CHLOE, b. 1771; d. Peru 1808; m. Wmn. Stevens.
ABIGAIL, b. 1773; d. 1816, m. 11-20- 1794, Philip Meacham. (See Meac- ham Family).
RIODA, b. 1787, m. John Cone, a farmer of Wallingford, Vt.
ELECTA, b. 1790; m. Eli Pierce, a farmer of Peru.
SAMUEL LEALAND was living on the West Hill in 1800 next house north of Luther Lealand. He may have been Samuel Lea- land of Grafton, Mass.
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Leonard
HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
LEONARD
LEONARD, JOHN, of Springfield was killed by Indians 1676. m. 11-12-1640 Sarah Heith (or Heald). Had a son Josiah.
JOSIAH LEONARD, son of John1 and Sarah (Heith) Leonard, was b. 5-20-1644, d. 2-15-1688; m. 12-19-1678, Sarah, dau. John and Mercy Dumbleton. Had a son Josiah.
JOSIAH LEONARD, son of Josiah2 and Sarah (Dumbleton) Leonard was b. 10-21-1680; m. (int) 11-21-1702 Ruth Allen of Northampton. Had a son Reuben.
REUBEN LEONARD, son of Josiah3 and Ruth (Allen) Leonard, was b. Springfield, 11-25-1716; m . (Int) 12-22-1739, Miriam Day of Springfield.
JOSIAH LEONARD, son of Reuben4 and Miriam (Day) Leonard, was b. Springfield, 3-27-1750; m. (int) 5-1-1772 Elizabeth Hillyard of Spfld. He came to the "North East Corner" of Becket in 1774 or early in 1775 and settled on what is now known as the "Parsonage Lot" (Lot 2 III Div. Becket) his house standing on the site later occupied by the dwelling of David Mack, Jr., three quarters of a mile south of the Center. Leonard was prominent among the dwellers in the "North East Corner" heading the movement to have a high- way laid along the Becket portion of the hill-top trail. He was one of the surveyors for Becket in 1780. He signed Pet. Inc. 1781. He was appointed "Grave Digger" in 1783, the first burying ground in Mid. having been established on a small parcel of land owned by him and containing the grave of his daughter Maryan who had died shortly after he came to town. Her grave is the oldest in Mid. so far as is known. Leonard was living in Mid. as late as 1790 but sold his farm to Bildad Kibbey in 1792, and moved away. He may have been the Josiah Leonard who was living in Johnstown, N. Y., a few years later. Children :
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