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MARYAN, b. Spfld. 11-27-1773, d. Becket 7-2-1775.
BETTY, b. . Mid. 2-21-1784. ABNER, b. Mid. 6-4-1786.
RUFUS, b. Becket 6-25-1776.
HENRY, b. Mid. 2-10-1790.
REUBEN, b. Becket 11-10-1778.
LUNA,' bap. 2-10-1793.
JOSIAH, b. Becket 9-22-1779.
DANIEL, b. Becket 10-19-1781.
HERVEY, bap. 2-10-1793. .
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LEONARD, NATHAN, (Samuel3, Samuel2, Solomon1), (See History of Springfield, Mass .- Burt), son of Samuel3 and Lydia (Cook) Leonard, was b. Preston, Conn. 8-22-1717; m. 11-12-1739 Abigail Herrick. Among their children were : NATHAN, b. 6-12-1742. (See Fam. 1) SIMEON, b. 9-17-1765. (See Fam. 4)
FAM. 1. NATHAN LEONARD, son of Nathan4 and Abigail (Her- rick) Leonard, was b. Preston, Conn. 6-17-1742 ; m. 1-12-1764 Hannah Branch. Among their children were:
ANNA, b. Preston, Conn. 1-25-1765, d. 10-12-1850, m. Nov. 1791, Wil- liam Wheeler. (See Wheeler Fam.)
LUCY, b. 9-14-1768.
BERNICE, b. 4-22-1771, m. Abigail dau. Luther and Dorothy (Green) - Torrey, b. Abington 8-16-1769. Had a daughter Abigail, bap. 11- 8-1809, d. 3-29-1894, m. William Hatch, a farmer of Worthington. Among their children was a dau. Ellen, b. 1841. (See Fam. 2).
ESTHER, b. 4-23-1773. SABRA, b. 1-14-1775. BRANCH, b. Aug. 1779. (See Fam. 3).
FAM. 2. ELLEN HATCH, dau. of William and Abigail? (Leon- ard) Hatch, was b. Worthington 1841; m. 1857, Charles Randall. They lived in Huntington, and in Mid. in the "Gulf" at the foot of Mt. Gobble. He served in the Civil War where he contracted disease of which he died in 1865. Children :
CORA, b. Huntington, Nov. 1859, m. Charles Goldthwaite.
CARRIE, E. (Church), b. Huntington, 4-15-1861. When the family was broken up by the death of her parents she was adopted by Mr. James Talmadge Church of Mid. After attending district school on the West Hill and at the Center, and select school, she attended the Worcester High School. She was ยท a special student at Oberlin for
one year in the class of 1884. After living in Worcester and Brooklyn she took special courses at Pratt Institute and Columbia. She taught in a school for moun- tain whites at Blowing Rock, N. C. From 1905 to 1923 she taught sewing at the Kamehameha School for girls, and the Kawaiahao Seni- inary of the Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii.
NELLIE, b. Mid. June 1862, m. Fred- erick A. Clapp.
FAM. 3. BRANCH LEONARD, son of Nathan5 and Hannah (Branch) Leonard, was b. Aug. 1779; d. 1-22-1871; m.
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11-26-1807, Sarah, dau. Isaac and Hannah Follet. He was a carpenter and builder and lived in Cummington, Mid., Rus- sell and Worthington. In Mid. he lived with his son Charles W. Leonard. Among his children were:
TIMOTHY NELSON, bap. 10-18-1810 or 1812.
CHARLES WRIGHT, b. 2-13-1817; m. 1st. Sarepta E. Herring who d. 2-9-1854, ae., 34. He m. 2nd. 5-23- 1855, Lovina J. Burt, who d. 12-10-1882, ae., 62. He was a shoemaker and lived at the center. Moved to Worthington.
EDWIN HOWLAND, bap. 2-15-1819. FRANKLIN BRANCH, b. 5-30-1822, d. 9-26-1847; m. 4-22-1846, Ludy Matilda Loveland. He was adopt- ed by Eli Ely of Mid.
SARAH MELVINA, bap. 8-10-1823.
FAM. 4. SIMEON LEONARD, youngest son of Nathan+ and Abigail (Herrick) Leonard, was b. Preston, Conn. 9-17-1765; d. Hinsdale, 4-9-1840; m. 1st Espery Collins who d. 1809. He m. 2nd Cynthia Moore, of Southwick or Mid. He was living in Mid. in 1830 at the foot of Glendale Falls. Among their children were :
WILLIAM F., b. Worthington, 2-18- 1801, d. Worth. 6-6-1888. m. 1st. June 1825, Mary S. C. Everett. m. 2nd. 8-12-1853, Mrs. Charlotte (Tyler) Miner. m. 3rd. 6-8-1881, Mrs. Elmira Gorham. He lived for greater part of his life in Worthington, though for 13 years he lived near Glendale Falls.
EDMUND DEXTER, bap. 8-13-1820. m. (int) 10-22-1829, Elizabeth Rem- ington of Hinsdale. He was liv- ing in Mid. 1830 in the region of Glendale Falls.
MILTON D., bap. Worth. 1820, was living in Mid. 1840 and 1850.
LEONARD, SUMNER, son of Jonas and Eunice ( Herrick) Leonard, bap. Worth. 1802. He lived in Mid. 1830. Widow Eunice Leonard probably his mother. d. Mid. 9-2-1831, ae. 71.
LEONARD, WILLIAM W., m. Lucina, dau. Abner and Polly Cary (See Mack Gen. 1639). He came to Mid: between 1810 and 1820 and was living there as late at 1870. His house was southwest of the Center, on the road to the farm of Harry Pease. He was a carpenter and joiner and made a specialty of coffins. He was deacon in the Baptist Church and pre- sented a picturesque appearance when walking to church every Sabbath with an old faded blue cotton umbrella, rain or shine.
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Children :
WILLIAM, b. Mid. 8-11-1817, d. Hins- LUCINA, b. Mid. 1-4-1819. (See
dale 10-25-1846. m. (int) 9-14- Fam. 1).
1839, Mary Lyman of Easthamp- ton
AUSTIN, b. S-17-1820. d. 8-25-1820.
FAM. 1. LUCINA LEONARD, dau. of William W. and Lucina (Cary) Leonard, was b. Mid. 1-4-1819; m. 4-6-1836 Joseph A. Lyman, of Hinsdale. Their son, Edwin Lyman, m. Re- becca Swart, of Richmond, and their children were Charles E., of Becket; Nettie, who m. M. D. Tower, of Becket; and Ellen, who m. Albert C. Andrews.
(See "Descendants of Solomon Leonard," p. 93.)
LITTLE
The ancestry of Barzillai Little of Mid. has been given by some as follows: Judah", William4, John3, Ephraim2, Thomas1.
Others hold that it is: Judah+, Thomas3, unknown2, Thomas1.
Another line gives Barzillai as son of William Little of Bolton, Conn.
Thomas Little of Plymouth had four sons, Thomas, Sam- uel, Ephraim and Isaac. Ephraim had David and John. John had six sons, among which were John who settled in Columbia, Conn., and William who settled in Lebanon, Conn. Judah who lived in Tolland County, Conn., may have been a son of either John or William. The tradition that Barzillai's father was named William may indicate the William son of John, as in the correct line of descent. BARZILLAI, LITTLE, son of Judah and - - (Townsend) Little, was b. Bolton, Conn., 1750, d. Peru 12-31-1835; m. Vernon, Conn. 9-1-1774, Elizabeth, dau. Joseph and Elizabeth (Skin- ner) Blush, who was b. 1756; d. Mid. 5-8-1838. He was a soldier in Rev. War. He lived in Colchester, Conn., but moved to Mid. about 1783 and lived on Lot 22, III Div. Beckett, south of the Elish Mack place on Johnnycake Hill. Between 1807 and 1809 he moved to Peru and lived just over the line from Mid. in the house occupied some years ago by Mr. Newcomb.
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Children :
NIAL (Also written Denial) b. 4-29- 1775. (See Fam. 1).
BARZILLAI, b. 9-8-1778, d. 4-8-1838; m. 3-28-1810, Hepsebah Howe. (One record says bap. 1-10-1777, Vernon, Conn.) He lived for a while at his father's place but had moved away by 1810.
WARREN, b. 4-16-1780 (bap. Vernon, Conn. 6-11-1780) d. 11-8-1868; m. 1st. Polly Gillette; 2nd Susannah Spencer; 3rd. Mary Kennedy. Lived in Aurora, Ohio, whither he moved with the Spencers about 1812.
RUSSELL, b. 5-9-1782. (See Fam. 2).
CHARLES HENRY, b. 10-3-1784, d .- Mid. 12-24-1846, m. 1st. Sally Watson of Blandford, d. Mid. 1833; m. 2nd. Minerva, -. Lived in Mid. and Otis. He was a physician and studied with Dr. Warren.
BETSY, b. Mid. 12-23-1786, d. 8 -- 15 1851; m. Elijah Alford, Jr., of Becket who d. Windham, Ohio, 1846.
NANCY, b. Mid. 9-5-1791, d. 4-6- 1863, m. 3-14-1815, James, son of Uriah and Phebe ( Dickson) Church. (See Church Family).
SARAH, b. Mid. 1-22-1795, d. 2-5- 1859, m. 10-15-1820, Philip, son of James and Lavina (Kent) Meacham of Peru. (See Meacham Family).
AMASA, b. Mid. 8-17-1800, d. Wind- ham, Ohio, m. 3-17-1825, Achsah, dau. John and Lucy (Blush) Smith. In 1830 they lived in the old John Smith house near Facto- ry Village where Jesse Pelkey now lives. They moved to Windham, Ohio.
FAM. 1. NIAL (Denial) LITTLE, son of Barzillai and Elizabeth (Blush) Little, was b. 4-29-1775 (bap. Vernon, Conn. 7-16-1775) ; d. Becket 2-2-1834; m. 9-4-1803 Rhoda, dau. Thos. and Alice (Pease) Root, b. 3-19-1780. He lived for a while at his father's house on Johnnycake Hill, but later in a house which stood a quarter of a mile southwest of it, on the highway which once skirted the north base of Wal- nut Hill. He moved to Becket.
Children :
ACHSAHI, b. 1806, d. 1-2-1879, m. 10-30-1826, Champion, son of John WALTER, b. , lived in Becket.
and Lucy (Blush) Smith (See Smith Fam.) They lived for a while in Becket but later moved to Windham, Ohio.
WILLIAM, b.
ALMIRE, b. 1808, d. 8-15-1825.
FAM. 2. RUSSELL LITTLE, son of Barzillai and Elizabeth (Blush) Little, was b. 5-9-1782; d. Lenox 5-7-1865; m. 1st 4-2-1804,
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Sally, dau. Elisha and Sarah (Blossom) Mack, b. 9-22-1782; d. 8-25-1850 ; m. 2nd Eliza K. Kendall of Lenox who d. there 9-26-1885. He spent his early years at home on Johnnycake Hill, but moved to Peru where he was a successful farmer. In 1836 he moved to a farm in Lenox where he lived the rest of his life. Like his brothers and sisters he was an ex- cellent singer and was chorister in the Cong. Ch. when Mr. Nash was pastor.
Children :
SALLY, b. Mid. 9-4-1804, d. 12-9- 1826, m. 3-25-1824, Oliver Spencer. He learned the blacksmith trade of Ebenezer Emmons. Moved to Plainfield, and Aurora, Ohio (See Mack Gen. P. 619).
BETSY, b. Peru 10-7-1806, d. 1-19- 1810.
RUSSELL MACK, b. Mid. 12-28-1809, d. Glens Falls, N. Y. 12-11-1891, m. 8-2-1833, Nancy Blair. He settled in Glens Falls where he became the president of the Glens Falls Insurance Co. He was prominent in local and state af- fairs. To his daughter, Mrs. Kate Little Carson we are indebted-for some of this genealogical material. (See Mack Gen. P. 620).
ELISHIA PORTER, b. Mid. 2-15-1812, d. Daytona, Fla. Feb. 1891, m. Luana Foster. (See Mack Gen. P. 622).
SON, b. 7-12-1814, d. 7-17-1814. WARREN, b. 5-15-1818, d. 12-15-1893. m. 1st. Sarah Elizabeth Landers, m. 2nd. Sarah Maria Mack of Lenox. He was a Methodist min-
ister in his early days. Moved to Tama, Iowa in 1866. (See Mack Gen. P. 622).
CHIILD, b. Dec. 1822, d. 2-22-1823.
FAM. 3. LITTLE, EDWARD, a resident of Farmington and Sims- bury, Conn., was b. 1727; d. Mid. 7-2-1808; m. 1st 8-5-1755, Anna, dau. Samuel and Elizabeth (Thompson) Hart of Northington (now Avon) Conn. b. 1-31-1730-31 at Farming- ton, d. 10-12-1774. He m. 2nd 2-23-1775 Rhoda, dau. Capt. Joseph and Abigail (Warner) Ranney, b. 6-27-1738. He moved to Williamsburg, probably about 1775. He is known to have bought land there as early as 1782. In 1795 he moved to Mid. where he bought of William Rhoads the farm on Lot 53, I Div. Chester, and part of Lot 54 of Joseph Rhoads the next year. He lived on the road to the Den at the top of the Churchhill Hill where Eldredge Pease lived later.
The will of Edward Little dated 8-18-1804 bequeathed to
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his son, Joseph Ranney Little, the farm, sawmill and saw- mill lot of land, to his wife Rhoda a good riding horse, and support and home; to Olive, wife of Timothy Kingsly, to Anna, wife of Phineas Lewis, Jr., to Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Spencer, to Martha, wife of Jno. Nash, to Sarah, wife of Moses Nash, one dollar each, and to son Samuel one dollar.
Children :
ANNA, b. 1-8-1757, m. Phineas Lewis, Jr.
HULDA, bap. Wintonbury, Conn. S- 14-1763.
MILLE, bap. Wintonbury, 8-14-1763. Hulda and Mille were twins. ISAAC, b. Simsbury, Conn. 1758, d. Williamsburg 8-11-1822, m. Eliz- abeth -. Children : Elijah, Horace, Harvey, Isaac, Hannah and Henry T.
MARTHA, b. 2-5-1768, d. Williams- burg, 7-25-1805, m. Jno. Nash of Williamsburg.
SARAH, b. Simsbury, Conn. m. Moses Nash (Brother of Jno. Nash (above) who was b. 3-24-1763. SAMUEL H., b. -, m. Rebecca How (See Fam. 4).
JOSEPH RANNEY, b. -, m. Polly Clark (See Fam. 5).
OLIVE, b. ,m. Timothy ELIZABETH, b. -, m. Ebenezer Kingsley.
Spencer.
FAM. 4. SAMUEL H. LITTLE, son of Edward and Anna (Hart) Little, was b. -----; m. 1st 10-16-1800, Rebecca, dau. Amos and Sarah (Blossom) Howes, b. 1777, d. 10-30-1813 ; m. 2nd Mid. 6-2-1814, Submit, dau. Elijah and Beula (Walker) White who was b. 5-11-1786, d. 1-8-1828. He probably came to Mid. with his father in 1795. His name appears upon the highway and school tax lists of Mid. in 1800. He lived for many years on Johnnycake Hill near Elisha Mack, Jr., perhaps in the house where Barzillai Little had lived. Shortly after his marriage to Submit White, he moved to the White place where Elbert Pease lived a few years ago. Little was living here as late as 1820 and was in town as late as 1826. He moved to Peru and was granted a letter of dis- mission from the Cong. Ch. in 1831.
Children b. Mid. :
HULDA, bap. 10-28-1801, d. 10-28- 1801.
HARRIET, b. 2-24-1808, m. Peru, 12- 5-1832, Thomson Pierce. REBECCA, b. Peru, 4-23-1805, m. 9-6- SAMUEL EDWIN, b. 3-14-1811, d. 1835, Jonah B. Gleason. 4-20-1837, Peru.
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ANNA HOWES, b. 5-30-1813, d. Peru, 8-23-1835.
JULIANA SUBMIT, b. 5-5-1815, m. Peru, 10-21-1834, Othniel E. Han- num.
ACHSAHI WHITE, b. 9-24-1816, d. 6- 18-1824.
ELIJAH LYMAN, b. 12-22-1818. MARTHA EUSEBIA, b. 2-13-1821. JOSEPH RANNEY, b. 5-17-1823. MARY ANN, b. 9-22-1825, d. 2-15 1826.
An adopted child, Chloe, was bap. 10-9-1803.
FAM. 5. JOSEPH RANNEY LITTLE, son of Edward and Rhoda (Ranney) Little, b. - , m. 3-30-1802, Polly Clark. He followed his father on the Mid. farm and lived there until after 1830. In 1838 the Mid. Cong. Ch. granted a letter of dismission to Mrs. Polly Little to the Church at North Wil- braham. Joseph Little served on the School Committee in 1807.
Children b. Mid. :
BETSY, b. 2-15-1805, m. 5-31-1826, Jefferson, son of Green and Alice (Root) Church of Mid. who. d. 11- 8-1846 (See Church Family).
RHODA R., b. 2-20-1808.
LOVELAND
LOVELAND, MALACHI, (Robert3, Robert2, Thomas1), son of Robert? and Dinah ( Andrews) Loveland, was b. Glastonbury, Conn. 5-7-1736; d. Mid. 10-13-1799; m. Hebron, Conn. 8-8-1757, Priscilla Norkott. About 1779 he moved from Hebron to Mid. where he entered the employ of John Ford, and upon the death of the latter became the owner of the sawmill and gristmill on Factory Brook. His house was lo- cated in the Johnnycake Hill region half a mile west of the Capt. Elisha Mack place, on the old road to Becket (Lots 25 & 26, III Div. Becket). He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He signed Pet. Inc. 1781 and was selectman 1785-86, 1790-91. His widow lived with her son Pain Loveland until her death 3-25-1836, ae. 96.
Children b. Hebron, Conn. : EPAPHRODITUS, b. 6-16-1758, , d. Greenfield 6-25-1808, m. Greenfield, Eunice Bascom. Lived at Hebron, Colrain and Greenfield. Among his 11 children was: Epaphrodi- tus, b. 6-1-1783 (See Family 1).
PRISCILLA, b. Hebron, 1759, d. Mid. 9-25-1839, m. Mid. (int) 5-31-1784, William Taylor ( See Taylor Family).
ASENATH, m. Mid. 12-12-1785, Rob- ert Campbell. Moved to Pike, N. Y. (See Campbell Family).
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MALACHII, b. Hebron, 3-15-1762, d. Chester, 12-26-1823, m. Mid. 10- 15-1789, Experience Stowell. Lived in Peru.
PHILIP, m. Chester, 1793, Susanna Campbell, was living in Peru. in 1800.
ANDRUS, b. Hebron, 3-10-1773, d. Salem Tp. Mercer Co., Pa. 9-2- 1869. m. 1st. Mid. 6-20-1793, Rachel, dau. Oliver and Rachel Bates. Moved to Petersboro, N. Y.
PAIN, b. Hebron, Conn. 4-24-1774. (See Family 2).
RACHEL, b. Hebron, m. 12-10-1795, Ebenezer Partridge of Worthing- ton. Moved to Pike, N. Y.
RUTH, b. Hebron, m. 9-5-1793, David Bates. Moved to Pike, N. Y.
ROXANNA, b. Hebron, m. 11-29-1797, John Partridge of Worthington.
FAM. 1. EPAPHRODITUS LOVELAND, s. of Epaphroditus5 and Eunice (Bascom) Loveland, was b. Hebron 6-1-1783; d. Aurora, O. 8-4-1865 ; m. 1st Mid. 10-2-1803 Anna, dau. John and Susanna Spencer. He was a blacksmith by trade and lived for a while in Mid. and Becket, moving to Ohio about 1809-11.
Children :
ANNA, b. Becket, 1-20-1804, d. Auro- ra, 9-15-1834, m. at Aurora, 1-20- 1825, Geo. D. Crooks.
EMELINE, b. Becket, 10-2-1805, m. 1st. Aurora, O. 4-9-1829, Alpheus Streator d. Rootstown, O., 7-7- 1845.
AMANDA MELVINA, b. 11-25-1807, d. 3-25-1808.
AMANDA MELVINA, b. 5-28-1809, d. Twinsburg, O. 6-6-1889, m. Aurora, David Bissell, b. Mid. 7-4-1803.
ALMEDA EUNICE, b. Mid. 11-24-1811.
FAM. 2. PAIN LOVELAND, S. of Malachi+ and Priscilla (Norkott) Loveland, was b. Hebron 4-24-1774; d. Mid. 2-2-1858; m. Mid. 11-12-1795, Phebe, dau. Amasa and Phebe (Carey) Graves, b. 10-6-1776, d. Mid. 9-12-1834. He was a farmer and followed his father at the homestead two miles south of the Center.
Children b. Mid .:
AMBROSE, b. 8-23-1796, (See Fam. 3).
PHEBE, b. 12-15-1798, d. Mid. 6-6- 1884, m. 3-7-1816, Worcester Tay- lor (See Taylor Fam. )
AMASA GRAVES, b. 2-14-1801, (See Fam. 4).
SAMUEL, b. 1-14-1803 (See Fam. 5). EMERANCY, b. 12-21-1805, d. Mid.
11-15-1885, m. 10-29-1829, Henry Hawes. (See Hawes Fam.) JOHN, b. 4-9-1809, d. Mid. 10-17- 1811.
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FAM. 3. AMBROSE LOVELAND, s. of Pain" and Phebe (Graves) Loveland, was b. Mid. 8-23-1796; d. Mid. 12-10-1880; m. Mid. 3-14-1814 Ludy B. dau. Cyrus and Ludy Cone (See Cone Fam.). He was known as "Capt. Loveland." He was a farmer and also proficient as a singing master. For a while he lived at Blush Hollow, probably at the Uriel Cone place. He lived at another time at the Capt. Elisha Mack place on Johnnycake Hill.
Children :
LUDY MATILDA, b. Mid. 8-16-1814, d. Mid. 3-30-1886, m. 1st. Mid. 4-22-1846, Franklin Ely, who d. 9-29-1847. m. 2nd. 12-13-1853, Lansing S. Ferguson, b. Newark, N. Y. 6-30-1822, d. Mid. 4-4-1897. He lived at the Loveland farm on Johnnycake Hill.
AMBROSE O., b. Mid. 8-25-1816, m. Worthington, Nov. 1840, Eliza Webster Turner. He lived at Lee, Worthington and Hinsdale, at Beaverdam, Wis. and Marys- ville, Mo.
JOHN PAIN, b. Mid. 10-19-1819, m. West Hampton, 4-30-1845, Mariah Ingram, b. Indian Orchard, 1828. Children: Lewis Clark, Franklin E., Eliza Jeannette, John Willis, James Willard, Mary M., Wells Uriel, Nellie Amelia,.
CYRUS PORTER, b. Mid. 5-2-1824, m. Worthington, 11-13-1845, Abigail F. Prentiss, b. Worthington, 10- 17-1826, d. 8-22-1858. He m. 2nd. 7-4-1859, Harriet E. Johnson, b. Pittsfield, 8-28-1839. He lived at Blush Hollow where Fred Boyer now lives. Later he entered the employ of the Boston & Albany Rd. and lived in Becket. Children :
Abbie, M., b. 1-3-1849. Ida Jane, b. 8-14-1858, d. 9-16-1858.
AMASA WINCHESTER, b. Mid. 11-4- 1826, d. 8-11-1828.
LARISSA MARIETTE, b. Mid. 9-10- 1829, d. Yonkers, N. Y. 12-19- 1883, m. Oct. 1854, W. D. Car- penter.
LAVERNIA MARIA, b. Washington, 4- 23-1836. Lived for a while in Mid. with Mrs. Ferguson.
FAM. 4. AMASA GRAVES LOVELAND, s. of Pain" and Phebe (Graves) Loveland, was b. Mid. 2-14-1801; d. Mid. 10-2- 1843; m. Mid. 10-3-1827 Sophronia dau. Andrew and Sala (Wood) Meacham, b. Mid. 6-5-1803. He was a farmer and lived on the site of "The Berkshire House." His original house rebuilt by his son Harlow, was the structure recently remodeled as a summer hotel. He was selectman 1839-40. Had 1 child.
HARLOW, b. Mid. 11-22-1831; d. 1- 3-29-1838, d. Mid. 2-3-1890. He 12-1908; m. Martha (Wright) Churchill, 6-6-1866. b. Chester, was a farmer. He was a Deacon in the Mid. Baptist Church.
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FAM. 5. SAMUEL LOVELAND, s. of Pain" and Phebe (Graves) Loveland, was b. Mid. 1-14-1803; d. Hinsdale 7-16-1872 ; m. 1st Goshen, 11-8-1838 Mary B. Dresser. She d. Hinsdale 9-5-1851. He m. 2nd Washington 6-15-1852 Sarah M. Dem- ing, b. Washington 1-16-1816. He lived for a while at the Pain Loveland house, demolishing the old house which Ma- lachi Loveland had built and erected an attractive dwelling. The homestead was beautified by a fine row of maple trees on each side of the highway leading to the place. The isola- tion of the farm and the severity of the winters there caused them to move to Hinsdale leaving the farm to Edward F. Loveland. The house was burned. Samuel Loveland was selectman 1843 and 1847.
Children :
SOPIIIA B., b. Mid. 6-23-1840, d. Hinsdale, 3-30-1862.
EDWARD FRANCIS, b. Mid. 3-7-1842, m. 1st. Peru, 5-26-1861, Rosetta M. Stowell. m. 2nd. 2-15-1868, Julia Caroline Stowell. Six chil- dren.
MARY D., b. Mid. Jan. 1844, d. Hinsdale, 5-2-1862.
JENNY SARAH, b. Hinsdale, 5-20- 1853. m. Rev. Henry E. Eldridge.
MACK
If we should ask what emigrant from Great Britain to this country has had among his countless descendants the largest number of Middlefield citizens, the answer would probably be John Mack of Lyme, Conn., who came from In- verness, Scotland, in 1669. From no fewer than five of his twelve children came pioneer families, many of which were permanent residents of prominence in Mid. For the great bulk of details regarding this family the reader is referred to the two volumes of the Mack Genealogy compiled by the late Mrs. Sophia (Smith) Martin, a native of Middlefield, but this important family can not be passed over without mention of the elementary facts, and such other material as may be of general interest.
That one may easily grasp the connections and relations of the various families of this sturdy tree of the Macks there is given on page 531 a chart showing whence came the earlier generations of the various descendants which have
GENEALOGIES
Mack
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MIDDLEFIELD DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACK (The names of those who lived in Middlefield underlined)
SARAII MACK
MATTHEW SMITH m.
MATTIIEW SMITH
m.
MATTHEW SMITH
SARAII CHURCH
ELIZABETH MACK
HANNAII SAWYER
m.
m.
ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON
(Mrs. Erastus Ingham)
DAVID MACK
ELISHA MACK
MARY MACK
(Mrs. Abel Cheeseman)
JOSIAH MACK
ELISHA MACK
m.
m.
ABIGAIL PETERSON
MARY ELLIS
SARAH MACK
(Mrs. Oliver Blush)
LYDIA MACK
(Mrs. Stephen Wood) JOHN MACK
ORLANDO MACK m.
LUCY MACK m.
JOHN FORD
DAMARIS DUTTON
JOHN FORD
PHEBE CARY
(Mrs. Amasa Graves)
JEMIMA CARY
EBENEZER MACK m.
PHEBE MACK m.
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(Mrs. Lewis Taylor)
ABNER CARY
HANNAH HUNTLEY | JOSEPH CARY
ELIZABETH CARY
(Mrs. Anson Cheeseman)
JOHN MACK of Lyme, Conn. m.
WARREN MACK
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SARAH BAGLEY
CALVIN SMITH
EDWARD SAWYER
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
been among our citizens. This means that practically all the descendants indicated in the following summary are Mack descendants and more or less closely related ; descendants of Matthew Smith, who lived on the old farm on Windsor Street ; of Calvin Smith on the Cottrell farm and his sons in Smith Hollow and elsewhere; of Erastus Ingham and his line, of Walter Pease and Romeo Alderman; of various Macks, Emmonses, Churches and Roots; of Abel and Anson Cheeseman, of Amasa Graves, of Pain Loveland, Lewis and Worcester Taylor, of William Leonard, of Edwin S. Mc -. Elwain.
MACK, ELISHA, (Josiah2, John1) son of Josiah2 and Abigail (Pe- terson) Mack, was b. Hebron, Conn. 5-25-1728; d. Mid. 5-24-1783; m. Hebron, 3-1-1750, Mary Ellis, b. Plymouth, 9-27-1733; d. Mid. 6-25-1819. She m. 2nd 1-25-1787, Eb- enezer Selden. (See Mack Gen. p. 412.) He inherited a portion of his father's farm and dwelling where he lived for over twenty-five years. About 1776 he followed his son David to Mid. where he settled on lot 17 III Div. Becket, later known as the farm of Milton and Charles Combs. Elisha Mack became a prominent citizen among the resi- dents in the "North-east Corner" of Becket and was chosen selectman in 1780 and surveyor in 1782. His name heads the list of signers of the Pet. Inc. 1781. He served on a committee to find the center of the town and on a committee to procure preaching. His career was brought to a sudden and violent end when he was gored to death by an ox in May, 1783. That he was a worthy man and a good father is shown by the tribute of affection paid him by his son, David, who attributed his own success to his father's careful training of him. He was a soldier in the Rev. War and had the title of Ensign.
Children who grew to maturity : DAVID, b. 12-10-1750. (See Fam. 1). ABIGAIL, b. 8-17-1756. m. David Tar- box. (See Mack Gen. p. 445). ELISHA, b. 5-13-1759. (See Fam. 3). MARY, b. 6-2-1761. m. Abel Cheese- man. (See Cheeseman Fam .; also Mack Gen. p. 446-9).
WARREN, b. 6-16-1763. (See Fam. 4).
SARAH, b. 7-6-1767. m. Oliver Blush, (See Blush Fam .; also Mack Gen. p. 413).
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LYDIA, b. 6-12-1773. m. Stephen Wood. (See Wood Fam .; also Mack Gen. p. 450). They lived at the farm of Elisha Mack, Sr. before moving to Salem, N. Y. before 1816.
JOHN, b. Mid. 4-27-1779. m. Sarah Richards. Lived in Plainfield. (See Mack Gen. p. 450).
FAM. 1. DAVID MACK, son of Elisha3 and Mary (Ellis) Mack, was b. Hebron, Conn. 12-10-1750; d. Mid. 3-24-1845; m. 4-24-1774, Mary Talcott, b. Hebron 9-21-1757; d. Mid. 7-11-1827. Making his first purchase of land in Mid. in 1773, (Lot 5, III Div. Becket) he cleared two acres the next year and sowed them to wheat and built a log cabin to which he brought his wife and baby in the spring of 1775. How he was leader in the movement to organize the town of Mid., becoming one of its first selectmen, and its first merchant, a maker of potash, a pillar in the church and a man of con- siderable wealth and influence noted for his integrity and generosity, has all been told in the foregoing chapters. His long and useful life and his earnest Christian character won for him the title of "The Faithful Steward." (See Mack Gen. p. 422-445.) He was a soldier in the Rev. War.
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