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Children :
MOSES, b. Becket 6-23-1815, d. Becket 2-18-1816.
LOUISA ANN, b. Becket 2-1-1818.
JARVIS, b. Becket 12-17-1823, d. Becket 1-3-1911, m. 1st 9-28-1843
Emerancy, dau. Amasa and Sally (Bird) Graves of Mid. ( See Graves Family) m. 2nd Suffield,
Conn. 5-8-1849 Salome C. dau. Orrin Haskins, b. Washington 8- 19-1831.
Child :
Julia, b. 7-16-1846, d. Becket 7-2- 1872, m. Becket 5-6-1869 Edwin, s. of Stewart and Mary Shumway, b. Peru, 1844.
OLDS
OLDS, LEVI, (Samuel+, Samuel?, Hanford2, Robert1-See Olds Genealogy by Edson B. Olds), son of Samuel+ Olds, was b. Southwick, 1776, d. Mid. 2-19-1821. He m. Lucintha She m. 2nd 1-8-1829 Capt. Joseph Smith. Levi Olds came to Mid. between 1800 and 1810, probably about 1802-4. He lived on the West Hill in a house which stood west of the road to Hinsdale, north of the house occupied by Justus Olds which was near where the Becket road turns off to the west. He had two brothers familiarly known as "Jet" and was known as "Mut Orcutt." In the skirmishes of Shays' Baptist Church in 1817 and many of their children joined in later years.
Children :
SUSAN, b. 1-6-1800, d. 10-12-1877. m. Mr. Gaylord.
LEVI, b. Mid. 7-1-1805 (See Fam. 1).
CYNTHIA, m. (int) 10-26-1822 Aaron Whittemore Jr., moved to Fulton N. Y.
EMILY, m. 2-11-1830 Zeba P. Jen- nings of Dalton.
CHANCY, Joined the Mid. Baptist Church 1827.
SAMUEL, m. 12-26-1843 Mary, dau. John and Lucy (Blush) Smith. Went west 1845.
STILLMAN, b. Mid. 8-4-1810 (See Fam. 2).
REUBEN, b. Mid. 9-5-1815, m. (int) 3-11-1837, Elmira Ferguson of Cummington. He was living in Mid. in 1840. He had a son, Granville, who d. in Dalton leav- ing a son, Silas, who was living there in 1918.
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CAROLINE, b. Oct. 1817, d. 12-22- 1848.
SARAHI, b. 4-20-1812.
EUNICE, b. 4-21-1814, d. 3-15-1815. CATHERINE, b. 6-12-1822. d. 8-25- 1823.
FAM. 1. LEVI OLDS, son of Levi" and Lucintha Olds, was b. Mid. 7-1-1805; d. 4-30-1867; m. 10-9-1828, Emily, dau. of Am- brose and Lucy (Rising) Meacham. He moved to Peru where he lived at the "Ziegler Place," so called, which was re- cently burned.
Children :
EMILY CATHERINE, 7-28-1829, d. 10- 4-1869; m. Rufus Hyde. Children : Rufus, Clarence, Levi, David Bliss, Oscar Henry.
LUCY ELVIRA, b. 11-3-1831, d. 12- 12-1864, m. Thomas Rhodes (No children).
NANCY MINERVA, b. 3-19-1834, d. 4-14-1901; m. Artemus Terrell. Children : Flora, Minnie, Louie. JULIA ADELIA, b. 5-6-1836, d. 11-11- 1838.
LEVI FAYETTE, b. 7-25-1838, d. 9-8- 1906 at Springfield, Ohio. m. Sarah Cole. Children : Howard Levi, Mabel.
ELLEN MELISSA, b. 5-11-1840, d. 9- 15-1841.
HELEN SAMANTHA, b. 3-26-1842, d. 11-15-1908; m. John Hamilton, Children : David Levi, Abbie Emily, Homer Willis, Oscar Olin, Laurence Meacham.
ELMA EMILY, b. 1-19-1844, d. at Decatur, Ala. m. William Ramage. Children: Herbert A., Levi J., Edwin Willis, Emily Meacham. HOWARD, b. 2-12-1845, d. 8-17-1845. HENRY MARTIN, b. 9-20-1846, d. 11- 23-1854.
DWIGHT H., b. 4-10-1848, m. 1st. Sallie Smith, m. 2nd Cora
No children. Lives at Springfield, Ohio.
HERMAN F., b. 5-11-1849, d. 8-4- 1850.
ELLA I., b. 11-17-1850, d. 3-20-1881, m. William Harwood. Children : Charlie, Ethel.
EDWIN W., b. 9-29-1851, d. at Chi- cago, Ill. m. Emma Develbiss. Children : Herbert, Helen, Edna, Harry, Edwin Levi.
IDA R., b. 10-27-1852, d. 2-22-1854. WILLIAM CLIFFORD, b. 12-5-1856, d. 5-20-1912, m. Ida Longley. One Child: Louie.
FAM. 2. STILLMAN OLDS, son of Levi" and Lucintha Olds, was b. Mid. 8-4-1810; d. Mid. 12-18-1844; m. Chester, 12-14-1835, Wealthy, dau. Isaac Johnson, b. 8-2-1803; d. 1-15-1886. He was a farmer in Mid.
Children :
ZILPHIA, m. Albert Smith of Chester. STILLMAN, d. Aug. 1917; m. 1st. Lucinda Leonard, m. 2nd. Myra Cutting, d. 2-25-1892, m. 3rd. Mrs. Alma Alderman, who was living in 1918. -
OLIN C., b. 2-12-1841 (See Fam. 3).
FRANKLIN SAMUEL, b. Mid. 7-20- 1843, d. 6-11-1908; m. Hunting- ton, 6-24-1874, Louisa Flavilla Meacham, dau. Elijah and Louisa (Warren) Meacham, b. N. Chester, 8-20-1840. No children.
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FAM. 3. OLIN C. OLDS, son of Stillman and Wealthy (Johnson) Olds, was b. 2-12-1841; d. Mid. 12-18-1917; m. May, 1869, Helen M. Prentice. He was a farmer in Mid. for many years, living on the River Road at the foot of Glendale Falls. He was selectman in 1890, 1898-1900.
Children :
MINNIE SARAII, b. 10-12-1870, m. WESLEY A., b. Mid. 2-4-1873, (See Nelson Otis. Children: Loren Ed- Family 4).
CORA W., b. 9-19-1874, d. 12-16-1906,
ward, b. 10-16-1901. Helen Har- riet, b. Apr. 1906, d. Jan. 1907. m. Feb. 1895, Arthur Pierce.
FAM. 4. WESLEY A. OLDS, son of Olin C." and Helen (Prentice) Olds, was b. Mid. 2-4-1873; m. 11-7-1900, Mary Adelaide, dau. George W. and Elsie (Wright) Cottrell. He is a promi- nent farmer in Mid. carrying on his father's farm at the foot of Glendale Falls. He is prominent in the Mid. church and in local affairs. He was selectman in 1906 and 1922-24. Children b. Mid. :
GEORGE WESLEY, b. 12-18-1901.
ELMER OLIN, b. 11-14-1903.
HELEN PRENTICE, b. 9-18-1907. HOWARD ERNEST, b. 7-6-1913.
FAM. 5. JUSTUS OLDS, possibly a son of Samuel+ (Samuel3, Han- ford?, Robert1), was b. Southwick, 1778; d. Mid. 2-5-1847 ; m. Mary, dau. Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Morley) Loomis of Westfield, who was b. 1780; d. Mid. 9-25-1857. He came to Mid. shortly after 1800. He lived on the West Hill in Mid. on the road to Washington just north of the north road to Becket.
Children :
MARY, b. 8-4-1800; d. Becket, 5-9- 1865; m. Mid. 11-29-1821, John Hamilton of Washington. (1792- 1880).
JUSTUS, b. Mid. 5-26-1803; m. 1st. (int) 8-20-1826, Anna, dau. Dan- iel and Anna (Bissell) Leach (See Leach Fam.) She d. 10-4-1830; He m. 2nd. (int) 4-30-1831, Eliz- abeth Granger of Southwick.
ELIZABETH, b. 10-10-1804, d. 11-12- 1853.
MARIA, b. 7-1-1806; m. 11-29-1827, Henry Saunders, Jr. of Dalton. She m. 2nd .. John Johnson of Springfield, Ia.
HEMAN ALSON, b. 12-31-1807, d. 1846 in U. S. Army.
HARRIET, b. 2-3-1809, m. 1st. 11-25- 1841, James Coleman of Hinsdale, m. 2nd. Wm. Ormsby, LaGrange, Ohio.
AMANDA, b. 4-3-1811, m. Israel Hale. Lived in Ohio.
GENEALOGIES
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LUCY, b. 1-17-1813, m. Leonard Clark. Lived in Fowler, Ohio. EMALINE, b. 7-31-1816, m. (int) 3-9- 1839, Milton D. Leonard. Lived in Danbury, Conn.
ALMIRA, b. 3-12-1820, d. 10-25-1821. SARAH DELIGHT, b. 3-2-1824, d. 11- 21-1899; m. (int) 2-24-1844, Ed- mund Johnson, who d. 2-25-1893, age 74.
FAM. 6. REUBEN OLDS, son of Levi5 and Lucintha Olds, was b. Mid. 9-5-1815; m. (int) 3-11-1837, Elmira Ferguson of Cummington. He was living in Mid. in 1840.
Children :
LEVI J. was a soldier in the Civil HERBERT H., b. 12-13-1856. He was War. Died in service. adopted in infancy by Sylvester Prentice of Worthington.
MADISON was a soldier in the Civil War.
LOUISA, m. Charles Brown, d. W. Worthington.
GRANVILLE, d. Dalton. Had Silas, living in Dalton ( 1918 ) and Myra, m. John Alstine, of Dalton. Living in Holyoke (1923).
The name of JOHN OWLS appears among those of the signers of the Pet. Inc. 1781.
The name of JAMES OWLS is among those of the signers of the Pet. Inc. 1781. A James Olds of Alford, Conn., bought land in Partridgefield in 1786.
OLMSTEAD
OLMSTEAD, ICHABOD, son of Samuel Olmstead, of East Haddam, Conn. b. 9-12-1725; m. 7-23-1747 Dorothy Bates. He pur- chased in 1777 Lots 4, 5, 6 and 9 in the 1st Div. East, Pres- cott's Grant, of Josiah Arnold. He also purchased Lots No. 8 in the 1st and 2nd Divs. West. He never came to Mid. Among his children were:
ASIIBEL, b. 12-18-1750 (See Fam. 1). ICHABOD, b. abt. 1760.
FAM. 1. ASHBEL OLMSTEAD of East Haddam, son of Ichabod and Dorothy (Bates) Olmstead, b. 12-18-1750; m. Ruth, dau. Jared and Ruth (Smith) Cone. She was b. 7-28-1745. (See Mack Gen. p. 93) Their child Samuel was b. in Mid. 7-24-1785. The family had moved away before 1790. He lived in Mid. for a few years soon after the incorporation of the town. He lived on Lot No. 9 1st Div. East, P.G. His land is mentioned in a road survey of 1787.
(See "Loomis Fam. Female Branches.")
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ORCUTT
ORCUTT, MOSES, m. in Tyringham 9-13-1764 Elizabeth Slater. In 1776 he purchased of Samuel Taylor a portion of Lot No. 207, of Worth. where Mid. Center now is. Served in the Revolution in Capt. James Black's Co. for Murrayfield. Sold out to Robert Cochran, of Blandford, and removed to Great Barrington. Saw much service in the Rev. War, and was known as "Mut Orcutt." In the skirmishes of Shay's Rebellion at Great Barrington he was a defender of the gov- ernment, and is remembered to have laid down his pouch and gun, bared his breast, and defiantly and profanely called upon the foe to "fire upon the body of Moses." This they did, and he was wounded, but not severely.
Children b. in Tyringham :
FIANTHY, b. 7-24-1766.
AARON SLATER, b. 7-16-1774.
ELIZABETHI, b. 3-26-1770.
PARKER
PARKER, ABEL, (Nathaniel", Isaac2, Joseph1), s. of Nathaniel Parker, was born probably in Groton 11-24-1745, m. 5-30- 1770 Phebe Longley. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He was living in Deerfield in 1768 and n Whately in 1771. He moved to Hawley 1778-9. In 1785 he was in Mid. appar- ently located near John Jones on a part of Lot 40 II Div. Murrayfield. He sold his farm to John Thompson in 1786. He was living in Partridgefield in 1790, 1800 and 1810.
Children :
SILAS, b. (or bap.) 6-28-1772, m. ADAH, b. 10-1-1775. Sarah -, 1788. ABEL, b. 2-1-1778, d. young. ASA, b. 2-14-1773.
An Abel Parker, Jr., m. (int) 1803 Sally Scovell.
(See Whately History p. 540-Also Sheldon's Deerfield, Vol. II, p. 259.)
PARKHURST
PARKHURST, NATHAN, m. Chloe Stewart (int) 4-20-1790. A widow of Nathan Parkhurst, named Elizabeth d. Norwich, 1833. He was living in the Murrayfield section in 1790 near
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Isaac Streator and Jude Wright, probably near the farm of Mr. Ovid Eames. He was not in town in 1800.
PEASE
PEASE, ISRAEL, (Israel4, Isaac3, John2, Robert1), s. of Israel4 and Alice (Root) Pease, was b. Enfield Conn. 1726; d. Mid. 3-2-1802 ; m. Ann -. He came to Mid. about 1789 and settled on Ridgepole Road on Lot 203 Worth. and built a small house. This was demolished when the present house, known as the Harvey Root place, was built north of the first dwelling.
Children b. Enfield, Conn. :
SIMEON, b. 2-7-1758. Lived in En- field. Bought Lot 203, Worthing- ton, 1781.
ASENATH, b. 10-19-1761, m. Stone Pease of Enfield.
LOVISA, b. 10-8-1763, m. Alexander Vining of E. Windsor. ISRAEL, b. 2-27-1766 (See Fam. 1). ABIGAIL, b. 3-27-1768. GAD, b. 1-10-1771 (See Fam. 3). DAN, b. 4-25-1773 (See Fam. 4).
FAM. 1. ISRAEL PEASE, s. of Israel and Ann Pease was b. En- field 2-27-1766; d. Mid. 9-26-1844; m. 1st 1-10-1789 Mary, dau. Dea. Jonathan Pease of Ellington, Conn. (See Fam. 14), b. about 1768, d. Mid. 1-10-1827. He m. 2nd 6-6-1827 Polly, widow of his brother Gad Pease. He settled in Mid. about 1789 and followed his father on the farm later owned by Harvey Root. He lived for some years in the small house across from the large house where his son Horace lived at the time.
Children b. Mid .:
MARY, b. 1-10-1790, m. 12-29-1813, Chauncy Coats of Mid. Moved to Oswego, N. Y.
ISRAEL, b. 9-28-1791, m. 1st. (int) 4-27-1817, Nancy Gillette who d. 12-18-1824, m. 2nd. 3-21-1825, Charity Peardun. Moved to Hec- tor (Reynoldsville) N. Y. in 1818-9 where he d. 9-28-1847.
DANIEL, b. 4-19-1793, d. Oswego, N. Y. 12-26-1847, m. 1816, Miriam Rice. Lived in Oswego, N. Y.
HARVEY, b. 10-29-1794, moved t Walnut Grove, Scott Co. Iowa. NANCY, b. 5-28-1796, d. Hinsdale, 10-24-1864, m. 5-18-1820, Alvah Benjamin of Worth. Had a s. James Dickson, bap. 9-2-1821, m. 2nd. Salmon Loomis of Hinsdale. HORACE, b. 3-2-1798 (See Fam. 2). NIAL, b. 7-6-1801, d. 1868, unm. He was an insurance agent and was living in Mid. in 1850.
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OLIVER, b. 12-29-1802, m. Delia Jones. Lived in Bloomington, Ill. No children.
AUSTIN, b. 12-23-1806, d. Charle- mont, 2-20-1857, m. 1st 10-15- 1829, Emily Fisk of Chesterfield,
m. 2nd Martha Barry of Lee. He was a manufacturer and lived in Chesterfield, Hawley and Charle- mont. 3 children. ABIEL, b. 2-28-1808, d. 9-18-1816.
FAM. 2. HORACE PEASE, s. of Israel" and Mary (Pease) Pease, was b. Mid. 3-2-1798; m. 1829 Ann Vining of E. Windsor. He settled first in Mid. where he was a farmer living on Ridgepole Road. He was selectman in 1841. He moved to Somers, Conn., Meadville, Pa., and lastly to E. Hartford, Conn.
Children b. Mid. :
HORACE ALLEN, b. 1-4-1830. Moved ABIEL, b. 11-12-1831. Lived in E. to Winchester, Va. after Civil Hartford, Conn. War. JULIA ANN, b. 8-13-1834. HARRIET MARIA, b. 10-21-1837, d. aged 7.
FAM. 3. GAD PEASE, S. of Israel and Ann Pease, was b. Enfield, Conn. 1-10-1771; d. before June, 1827; m. Polly- -. He came to Mid. with his father about 1789. After his marriage he moved into the Johnnycake Hill region and lived at least from 1796-1810 on Lot 23 III Div. Becket. His house was the one previously occupied by Oliver Bates located a quarter of a mile south of the Elisha Mack place where the old highway turned west toward Walnut Hill. Between 1810 and 1820 he moved to Meredith, Delaware Co., N. Y.
Children b. Mid. :
POLLY, b. 9-22-1795.
CHIARLANE, b. 3-29-1804.
ABIGAIL, b. 4-11-1796. GAD, b. 2-7-1806.
ARNOLD, b. 2-26-1798, d. 8-21-1809. ZALMUNA, b. 2-25-1808.
LYDIA, b. 11-28-1799.
LOVISA, b. 4-27-1811, d. 4-27-1811.
AGNES, b. 4-14-1802, d. 4-14-1802.
FAM. 4. DAN PEASE, s. of Israel" and Ann Pease, was b. En- field, Conn. 4-25-1773 ; d. Mid. 5-25-1854 ; m. 1-27-1802 Sally, dau. Nathan and Mary (Whittemore) Wright who d. 3-6- 1848, ae. 66. In 1801 he purchased of Asa Benjamin a part of Lot 215 North in the Worthington section and lived until
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1821 in the house later occupied by Herbert Prentice. In that year he bought of Chester Alderman the old Enos Blossom Farm now owned by Arthur Pease.
Children b. Mid. :
DAN, b. 10-21-1802 (See Fam. 5). SALLY, b. 12-10-1803, d. 11-26-1871, m. 1-24-1822, Harvey Root (See Root Family).
MARY, b. 11-19-1805, d. 1-20-1837. WALTER, b. 9-12-1807 (See Family 9).
SYBIL, b. 1-27-1810, d. 7-20-1855, m. 11-5-1829, Ebenezer Smith (See Smith Fam.)
ELDREDGE, b. 3-14-1812 (See Family 10).
MORGAN, b. 9-25-1814 (See Family 11).
AMANDA, b. 2-12-1817, d. 9-11-1852, m. 10-20-1841, George Crane of Washington, b. 4-17-1808, d. 11- 30-1893. Their son Geo. P. Crane was b. 12-16-1842, d. 8-7-1851. ARNOLD, b. 4-19-1819 (See Family 12). HARRIET, b. 3-6-1822, m. 10-26-1846, Hezekiah Taylor of Westfield. LAURA A., b. 4-4-1824, d. 6-23-1863, m. 6-15-1848, Wm. Stevens of Chester.
FAM. 5. DAN PEASE, S. of DanG and Sally (Wright) Pease, was b. Mid. 10-21-1802; m. 3-16-1825 Mary dau. Solomon and Mary (Selden) Root. He followed his father on the farm on Ridgepole Road. He was selectman 1841-43. He was a member of the Baptist Ch. He moved to Worthington in 1855.
Children b. Mid. :
DAN F., b. 12-30-1826, m. 8-7-1860, Rachel Russel; moved to Illinois. MARY CAROLINE, b. 12-17-1827, m. Daniel Corey. Lived in Illinois. JULIA, b. 3-28-1830, m. 2-4-1851, Erastus James Ingham (See Ing- ham Family). d. Mid. Sept. 1912.
ASHER, b. 7-10-1831 (See Family 6). MARIA, b. 9-4-1834, m. Charles F. Cole; moved to Illinois. HENRY, b. 3-9-1836, m. Lydia B. Stanton. Lived in Huntington. JAMES, b. 8-7-1839, m. Eliza Cole of Chesterfield. Lived in Worth- ington.
FAM. 6. ASHER PEASE, S. of Dan7 and Mary (Root) Pease, was b. Mid. 7-10-1831; d. Mid. 10-12-1905 ; m. 7-14-1856 Cynthia C. dau. Peleg and Rachel (Bisbce) Stanton of Huntington, b. Huntington 11-12-1834, d. Mid. 2-28-1899. He was a suc- cessful farmer and lifelong resident of Mid. He was promi- nent in town affairs, serving as selectman 1883-1889. He was a member of the Baptist Ch.
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Children b. Mid. :
EMMA C., b. 4-3-1857, m. Wm. H. Robbins of Becket. 4 children. L. BLANCH, b. 9-12-1858, m. Wm. A. Lyman of Chester. 6 children. FLORENCE, b. 8-20-1860, d. 8-8-1886. ELBERT, A., b. 4-3-1863 (See Family 7). CORA A., b. 3-21-1865, m. Willard Jones of Worthington.
GEORGIANNA, b. 4-14-1867, m. Lyman E. Smith of West Springfield. HENRY S., b. 4-12-1870 (Sce Fam- ily 8). ERNEST, b. 3-20-1874, m. Edith M. Bates of Belchertown. Lived in Westfield.
F. MAUDE, b. 5-22-1876. Lives in Westfield.
FAM. 7. ELBERT A. PEASE, son of Ashers and Cynthia (Stan- ton) Pease, was b. Mid. 4-3-1863 ; d. Mid. 3-26-1907, m. Ger- trude L. Jones of Worthington. He was a farmer and lived in Mid. Mrs. Pease has been prominent in church and social circles and served as town librarian and postmistress at the Center.
Children :
of Chester High School. He is a Rural Delivery mail carrier.
WILLARD A., b. 12-12-1899. Graduate MAURICE STANLEY, b. 8-11-1904. Ho was graduated from the Bay Path Institute.
FAM. 8. HENRY S. PEASE, S. of Ashers and Cynthia (Stanton) Pease, was b. Mid. 4-12-1870, m. 9-26-1900 Grace A. Higgins of Chester. He followed his father at the Morgan Pease farm. He is one of the most progressive and successful farmers in Mid. Like his father he is prominent in local affairs, being treasurer of the church. Also town clerk and town treasurer. He served as selectman 1901-4. He is prominent in the Highland Agricultural Society.
Children b. Mid. :
ETHEL MAE, b. 7-28-1901. She was HOWARD FRANCIS, b. 1-4-1906. graduated from Oberlin College, DONALD ELBERT, b. 7-18-1909.
1923, and is now (1924) teaching in the High School at Bolton's Landing, N. Y.
FAM. 9. WALTER PEASE, S. of Dans and Sally (Wright) Pease, was b. Mid. 9-12-1807, m. 2-23-1831, Mary, dau. Erastus John and Vesta (Dickson) Ingham. He was a farmer. Moved to Stephentown, N. Y.
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Children b. Mid. :
WALTER LESTER, b. 1-14-1833, m. 4-3-1856, Mary A. Barnes of Beck- et. Lived at Stephentown, N. Y. CHARLES, b. 6-22-1835, d. 4-9-1839. MARY, b. 11-26-1837.
MARIA, b. 10-30-1840, m. 11-11-1863, Joseph Ely. Lived in Westfield, Mass.
HENRY, b. 3-7-1843, d. 4-9-1843. MYRON, b. 3-15-1845, d. 3-15-1845. EMMA J., b. 2-1-1856. EUGENE M., b. 2-15-1858.
FAM. 10. ELDREDGE PEASE, s. of DanG and Sally (Wright) Pease, was b. Mid. 3-14-1812; d. Mid. 1-23-1861; m. 5-7-1834 Persis Ballou of Peru, b. 1816, d. 1903. He was a farmer. He lived for a while in a house which stood east of the high- way to Chester Center, some rods south of the road leading to the Den. He later lived on the road to the Den at the top of Churchill Hill. He was a member of the Baptist Ch. and was elected deacon in 1856.
Children b. Mid. :
MARTIN, b. 4-19-1837, m. 12-31-1864, Mary J. Cross. Lives in Spring- field.
EDWARD, b. 9-13-1838. Was a sol- dier in Civil War. Was a mer- chant. Lived in Huntington. SARAH A., b. 9-22-1840, m. 4-19- 1860, George Alderman. Lived in Springfield.
ALBERT, b. 8-20-1843, d. 5-21-1866, m. Maria S. Hawes. Lived in Mid.
MARIETTA, b. 5-21-1848, m. 5-2-1866, Asahel Raymond. Lived in Hins- dale.
GEORGE, b. 8-9-1849, d. Mar. 1907. Lived in Chester where he was a prominent merchant. For one sea- son he conducted a branch store at Mid. Center.
ELMER, b. 1-27-1856. Lived in Hunt- ington.
FAM. 11. MORGAN PEASE, S. of Dan6 and Sally (Wright) Pease, was b. Mid. 9-25-1814 d. 3-16-1882 ; m. 1st 4-15-1839 Harriet, dau. John and Lucina (Root) Metcalf, b. 2-6-1815. He m. 2nd 5-18-1852 Rowena Fay, who d. 3-17-1872, m. 3rd Fanny R -- who d. 5-9-1876. He was a farmer living in Mid. in the Pease District. He rebuilt about 1840 the old house Selden Spencer lived in into the dwelling later occupied by Asher and Henry S. Pease. He was selectman 1857-62, 1864-8 and 1873. He was a member of the Baptist Ch. of which he was chosen a deacon in 1875.
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Children :
EDSON M., b. 5-3-1853, d. Provi- dence, R. I.
HARRIET R., 11-19-1855, m. Heury Barnes. Lived in Ware. No Chil- dren.
CHARLES E., b. 11-5-1852, d. 2-18- 1858.
FRANK W., b. 4-18-1859, d. 6-23- 1859.
LIZZIE BELL, b. 8-22-1860, m. Wm. Kelly. Lived in Pittsfield. They had a dau. Eila (See Fam. 17). CHARLES S., b. 10-29-1862. He is a minister. Lives in Conway. Has daus. Dorothy W. and Elizabeth F.
FAM. 12. ARNOLD PEASE, S. of Dan" and Sally (Wright) Pease, was b. Mid. 4-19-1819 ; d. 4-15-1897 ; m. 6-15-1848 Charlotte B. Stevens, b. 3-21-1822, d. 11-27-1901. He lived for many years on the farm now owned by his s. Arthur. He and his wife were members of the Baptist Ch. Mrs. Pease's Bible class was a flourishing institution in its day. He was a rep- resentative to the General Court in 1866.
Children :
IDELLA A., b. 3-30-1849, d. 11-14- 1867.
WALLACE A., b. 1-18-1851, d. 11-22- 1923, m. 6-2-1881, Laura L. Trask. He lived for sixteen years in Springfield, where he was janitor, first at the Y.M.C.A., and later at the Y.W.C.A. Two children : Everett Arnold, of Cleveland, Ohio. Harland Tarsk, of Spring- field, Mass.
ALICE N., b. 6-29-1857, m. 11-19- 1891, Richard H. Rockwood. They live in Worcester where he is a machinist.
ARTHUR DAN, b. 10-17-1862. (See Family 13).
FAM. 13. ARTHUR DAN PEASE, s. of Arnold? and Charlotte (Stevens) Pease, was b. Mid. 10-17-1862, in. 11-19-1891 Lura V. dau. Jonathan and Mary (Smith) McElwain, b. Mid. 4-20-1862. He is a prominent citizen and successful farmer of Mid. carrying on his father's farm and living in the old Blossom Tavern house. The farm is now called "Hessel- wood," and has been in the family for over a century. He was a member of the Baptist Ch. and he and Mrs. Pease are now prominent in the Mid. Ch. and in all local affairs.
Children :
BRYCE ARTHUR, b. 1-21-1893, d. 1-16- 1907.
HAROLD MCELWAIN, b. 2-25-1894, m. 1st 11-19-1914, Emily, dau. Theo.
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GENEALOGIES
A. Kingsley who d. 9-16-1916. He m. 2nd 6-8-1918, Ruby R. dau. Geo. and Minnie (Raymond) Taylor of Becket. She is a 3-14-1924.
descendant of Samuel Taylor a pioneer of Mid. 1773.
ROBERT STANLEY, b. 2-26-1897. d.
FAM. 14. JONATHAN PEASE (Joseph4, John3, John2, Robert1), s. of John4 and Mary (Spencer) Pease, was b. Enfield, Conn., 1732 (one record says 9-11-1740) ; d. Ellington, Conn., 1824; m. Mary -. Lived in Glastonbury and Ellington, Conn.
Children :
JONATHAN, b. Glastonbury, 1766, moved to New York State.
MARY, b. Glastonbury, 1769, d. Mid. 1-10-1827, m. 1-10-1789, Israel Pease and settled in Mid. (See Fam. 1).
DAVID, b. Glastonbury, 1771 or 1772. DARIUS, b. Glastonbury, 1773, m. and went West.
HANNAH, b. Glastonbury, 1776, m. Sylvester Emmons.
GEORGE, b. Ellington, Conn. 1782, m. and went to N. Y. State with Jonathan.
SARAH, b. Ellington, 1785, d. Mid. 3-21-1846, m. 4-27-1808, James Dickson, Jr. of Mid. (See Dick- son Fam.)
JOSEPH, b. Ellington, 1787. LEVI, b. Ellington, 1789. Went West and married. RUSSELL, b. Ellington, 1788 or 1789. (See Fam. 15).
FAM. 15. RUSSELL PEASE, s. of Jonathan5 and Mary Pease, was b. Ellington, Conn. 1788 (or 11-30-1789), d. Mid. 8-30-1864, m. Margaret Carpenter who d. 1888. He settled first in Turin, N. Y., where all his children were born. About 1842 he moved to Mid. and lived on the farm first cleared by James Dickson, Sr., which later belonged to James Dickson, Jr., his brother-in-law.
Children b. Turin, N. Y. :
SARAII, b. 2-1-1823, m. Alonzo Mes- senger and lived in Hinsdale. JAMES, b. 10-22-1825, d. 1875, m. 4-27-1857, Martha Baldwin. He was a farmer and lived in Wind- sor, Dalton and Hinsdale. Chil- dren: Margaret, b. Windsor, 1-14- 1859, d. young. Clarence b. Wind- sor, 4-10-1860, Harry b. Windsor, 6-18-1862 (See Family 16). JOEL, b. 10-22-1827, d. Becket, 12- 30-1897, m. Becket 11-12-1858,
Sarah, dau. Silas and Almira (Childs) Barnes, b. Becket, 4-1- 1837, d. 5-9-1917. Had a child, Jennie, b. 1-1-1862.
GEORGE, b. 4-28-1829, d. 9-27-1906. He made his home at George Hol- comb's where he worked for 30 years.
JANE, b. 4-24-1832, d. Mid. 1911. Lived with her brother Orrin in Mid.
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
ESTHER, b. 12-10-1835, d. 1863 un- married.
HIRAM, b. 4-4-1837, d. 1858 unm. ORRIN, b. 6-14-1839, d. Mid. 7-9- 1918. He lived for many years on his father's farm in Mid. At one time he burned charcoal for the powder mills in Hazardville, Conn. He never married. After selling his farm to Mr. Birnie he lived with his nephew, Harry Pease, until his death.
LUCY, b. 2-19-1842, m. George Hol- comb of Chester Center, who lived on the farm cleared by James Mulholland, until his death 12-22- 1913. She was famous for her flowers which she used to exhibit every fall at Cattle Show.
FAM. 16. HARRY E. PEASE, s. of James7 and Martha (Baldwin) Pease, was b. Windsor 6-18-1862, m. 3-20-1893 Anna E. Sternagle. He lives on the farm in Mid. originally cleared by Amasa Graves about 1783 and his dwelling is the original Graves homestead built not long after and now at least a century and a quarter old. He is a farmer and teamster and has often had the strongest draft horses in town, which have frequently carried off first money at Cattle Show.
Children b. Mid. :
RALPH HENRY, b. 4-9-1894, m. Mrs. Lulu (Eaton) Verge. Lives in Middlefield. Three children. LUCY MILDRED, b. 1-17-1896.
ROLAND STERNAGLE, b. 10-10-1897. MARTHA DOROTHY, b. 10-5-1899, m. William Leadwell of Chester. One child.
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