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Children :
MINNIE ALLEN, b. 7-28-1862; m. 1-23-1890, Lawrence L. Meacham, of Cato, N. Y. He died 1924.
CLAYTON OLIVER, b. 6-30-1870; m. 10-19-1899, Luella I. Jackson. He graduated from Worcester Poly- technic Institute in 1892. Is with the Baldwin Chain Co. of Wor- cester. FANNY ELECTA, b. 7-26-1875; d. 10-17-1914; m. Theodore H. Nye.
FAM. 22. LORINDA SMITH, dau. of Obadiah and Seviah (Tower) Smith, was b. Mid. 7-6-1825 ; d. 4-6-1885 ; m. 1st Rev. Edward King, a Methodist circuit rider. She m. 2nd, 8-28-1860 Samuel W. Fisher. She was a teacher, maintaining a pri- vate school for many years. Besides four children from her second marriage she had by her first marriage one child, EDWARD SMITH, b. Mid. 9-8-1848; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 3-8-1896. An extended notice of Edward King, a widely known journalist-author in his day, is given in Chapter XV.
FAM. 23. HOWARD SMITH, son of Ebenezer and Sibyl (Pease) Smith, was b. Mid. 11-4-1838; m. 5-31-1871 Maggie E. Ford, of Enfield, Conn. He lived most of his life on his father's farm and was a model agriculturalist. He served on the School Committee and was selectman 1875-77. He removed to Springfield in 1899.
Children :
ROSINA MAGGIE, b. 2-6-1874; Was FLORA LENA, b. 5-13-1876; d. 2-24-
a teacher in Westfield and Mid. 1897.
m. Alden Curtis, of Westfield.
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BERNARD HOWARD, b. 12-16-1878; m. 1-3-1900, Lilla J. Brown, of Amherst. He graduated in 1899 from the Mass. Agricultural Col- lege. He is a chemist and is now
head of the laboratory of the Virginia Dare Extract Co. at Long Island City, N. Y. Children, Lloyd E. and Sibyl.
FAM. 24. WALTER AȘA SMITH, son of George and Julia (Bart- lett) Smith, was b. 12-1-1875. He m. 12-25-1900 Bessie, dau. of Willard Jones, of West Worthington. He carries on the farm of his father and grandfather in Smith Hollow which has been in the family for over one hundred years. Children :
VERNA EVELYN, b. 10-8-1901. RALPH WALTER, b. 4-28-1909. ARTHUR LELAND, b. 3-19-1913.
(Names of children who died young and some other data covering the Smith Families have been omitted but can be found in the Mack Genealogy ).
FAM. 25. JOHN SMITH was b. E. Haddam, Conn., in 1758; d. Mid. 2-18-1827; m. (int) 9-21-1790, Lucy, dau. Joseph and Anne (Fuller) Blush, b. probably at Bolton, Conn., 1771 ; d. Mid. 12-28-1815. They were both buried in the Mack Cem- etery. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He is said to have been of English ancestry. On May 12, 1786, he purchased of David Spencer Lots 10 and 11 in II Div. E. Prescott's Grant. By 1805 he was living on lot 11, I Div. E. Prescott's Grant, where he lived in the house now the dwelling of Mr. Jesse Pelkey. He was a relative of Capt. Joseph Smith who lived on the West Hill.
Children b. Mid. :
REUBEN, b. 12-28-1793. m. 9-18-1817, Laney, dau. Timothy McElwain, (See McElwain Fam.) He moved to Becket, Mass.
JOHN, b. 2-18-1796; m. 9-3-1818, Wealthy, adopted dau. of Oliver and Elizabeth (Cone) Church. b. E. Haddam, Conn. 2-18-1796. He followed his father on the Mid. farm. Moved to Windham, Ohio.
Children :
Oliver Uriah, b. 6-30-1819. d. 9- 4-1821. Wealthy Emaline, b. 4-1-1821. Alvin, b. 11-26-1825. Cordelia Ann, b. 1-21-1830. LUCY, b. 5-29-1798, d. 3-5-1873. m. 10-15-1818, Jonathan McElwain. (See MeElwain Fam. See Mack Gen. p. 1662). OLIVER, . 4-7-1801. (See Fam. 26).
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CHAMPION, b. 5-9-1803. d. 6-6-1881. m. 10-30-1826,Achsah, dau. Nial Little. (See Little Fam.) b. 1806; d. 1-2-1879. He lived for awhile in Becket but moved to Windhanı, Ohio in 1834.
Children; b. Becket.
Nelson C., b. 12-1-1826. Elmira. Martha. Mary. Leona.
ACHSAH, b. 9-3-1805; m. 3-17-1825, Amasa, son of Barzillai and Elizabetlı (Blushı) Little, b. Mid. 8-17-1800. They moved to Wind- ham, Ohio.
MARY, b. 2-3-1810. m. 12-26-1843, Samuel, son of Levi Olds. They lived for awhile in Mid. on the West Hill at the Drozd place and later moved to Freedom, Ohio. SALLY ANGELINE, b. 2-26-1812. m. Wm. Williams. Moved to Freedom, Ohio.
FAM. 26. OLIVER SMITH, son of John1 and Lucy (Blush) Smith, was b. Mid. 4-7-1801; d. 5-12-1854 ; m. 2-26-1826, Abi, dau. Martin and Tabitha (Meacham) Starr, b. 11-6-1805, d. 4-2- 1849. Oliver Smith (referred to in records as "2d" to dis- tinguish him from Oliver Smith of Smith Hollow, son of Calvin Smith), was a man of medium height, slight, straight, with dark hair and eyes. He was a conscientious Christian, very quiet and decided, yet not opinionated. When ten years of age he went to live with his uncle, Oliver Blush, the tavern keeper, who after some years gave the place to his nephew. After the retirement of Mr. Blush, Smith kept the place, having an innkeepers license, "without spirits," 1831-33. After the building of the railroad the tavern was discontinued for lack of patronage. He lived at the tavern until his death. He served for two years as selectman and was a representative to the General Court in 1853. Children b. Mid. :
LUCY, b. 5-27-1828; d. Mid. 1-5- 1890. m. Oliver Church. She was very active in the Cong. Church, and was greatly loved and respected. (See Church Fam. also Mack Gen. p. 592).
NANCY ADELINE, b. 6-23-1830, m. 5-15-1853, William ( Little) Church. Lived in the Blush tavern awhile, later moving to Newton Falls, Ohio. (See Church Fam. also Mack Gen. p. 1377).
JOHN MARTIN, b. 12-26-1833. m. 11- 1-1856, Jane Smith.
SARAH BLUSH, b. 1-4-1838. m. 1st. Dr. James U. Church. m. 2nd. Wm. S. Huntington. She lives in Becket with her daughter, Mary A. Church, (See Church Fam. also Mack Gen. p. 1377). We are in- debted to Mrs. Huntington for much of the information concern- ing the family of John Smith.
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FAM. 27. JOSEPH SMITH, relative of John Smith, of East Had- dam, was b. abt. 1766; d. Mid. 3-26-1845. m. 1st 4-29-1798, Lovisa Pease, who was b. about 1765, d. 8-18-1825. m. 2nd 1-8-1829, Mrs. Lucintha Olds, widow of Levi Olds, who was b. about 1781, d. 2-23-1852. He came to Mid. about 1794 and built the gambrel roofed house on the West Hill which used to stand just south of the south road to Becket, on the high- way leading to the Willis Graves farm. It used to be quite an attractive place especially to the school children who loved the fruit which grew on a long line of cherry trees, fruit, which was usually appropriated by said children some- times with, and more often without, the consent of the owner. Capt. Smith served on the school committee in 1804.
Children b. Mid. :
SEREPTA, b. 2-10-1799, m. 3-1-1821, Artemas Ward. Moved to Ohio.
JOSEPH, b. 5-27-1800.
SOPHIRONIA, b. 2-8-1802.
AZUBAH, b. 6-24-1804.
HARRIET, b. 4-27-1806. m. Oliver Blush
MADISON, b. 12-27-1809. m. (int) 2-6-1841, Eunice Crow of Mont- gomery. He was living in Mid. on the West Hill in 1850.
FAM. 28. RUFUS SMITH, son of Daniel, grandson of John Smith, of Murrayfield, was b. 12-21-1761 ; d. Mid. 1-9-1833 ; m. Sarah Elizabeth Smith, b. 8-6-1763, d. 4-9-1840. He lived in Chester at first but by 1800 had moved to Mid., where he lived on the farm first cleared by Samuel Jones, now the property of Mr. W. Ovid Eames.
Children :
RUFUS, b. Chester, 11-10-1799. m. Catherine Shober.
INCREASE, b. Mid. 2-2-1801.
ALPHEUS, b. Mid. 8-16-1802; m. 4-9- 1828, Mary, dau. John and Lucina (Root) Metcalf. ( See Metcalf Fam.) She lived in Meadville, Pa. to the age of 102 years.
JOHN, b. Mid. 2-15-1806. SYLVESTER, b. 2-19-1811; m. 1832, Julia Ann Stevens, dau. Henry and Clarissa (Taylor) Stevens, of Chester. He was living in Mid. on the Eames farm in 1840 but moved to Chester soon after.
SPENCER
SPENCER, JOHN, (Ebenezer,4 John,3 Samuel,2 David1), son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Gates) Spencer, was b. E. Haddam,
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Conn. 6-21-1750; m. 10-28-1772, Susannah White, b. 10-5- 1749. He was a soldier in Rev. War. He purchased Lots No. 10 in the I and II Div. W. Prescott's Grant in 1773 but the outbreak of the war prevented settlement until a decade later. After winning a lawsuit against Myles Washburn, who had squatted upon some of his land, he built his house west of the highway on the West Hill, a few rods north of the Drozd place where Henry Ferris lived. Mrs. Spencer joined the Cong. Church in 1799 and Mr. Spencer in 1802. He served on the school committee in 1789, 1793 and 1800. In 1812 he moved with his family to Aurora, Ohio. (See Mack Gen. p. 1715-1724.)
Children :
JOHN, b. E. Haddam, Oct. 1773. (See Fam. 1).
MOLLY, b. E. Haddam, 7-23-1775. -
OLIVER, b. E. Haddam, 8-25-1777. d. Mid. 9-24-1798.
SAMUEL WHITE, b. E. Haddam, 10-8- 1779. (See Fam. 2).
SUSANNAH, b. E. Haddam, 9-12- 1781. m. 9-19-1811, Warren Little.
ANNA, b. 8-18-1783. m. 10-2-1803, Epaphroditus Loveland. Moved to Aurora, Ohio. (See Loveland Family).
BRAINARD, b. Mid. 7-2-1785. Moved to Aurora, Ohio, in 1812 with Samuel W. Spencer.
GEORGE, b. Mid. 10-6-1787.
SELDEN, b. 2-10-1790. d. Northamp- ton, 3-24-1827, m. 5-13-1813, Lucy Mack. (See Mack Gen. p. 482). SALLY, b. Mid. 7-20-1795.
FAM. 1. JOHN SPENCER, son of John5 and Susannah (White) Spencer, was b. E. Haddam, Oct., 1773; d. Mid. 8-18-1831 ; m. 11-23-1800, Sally Root, b. Mar. 1776; d. 11-11-1866. He lived in a house which stood just north of the dwelling of Mr. Henry S. Pease (probably where James Nooney lived), and was rebuilt by Morgan Pease. He was a blacksmith. Children b. Mid. :
NELSON, b. 12-13-1801. m. 12-15- 1825, Sophronia Bennett. (See Mack Gen. p. 1722). From 1826 to 1830 he rented of Oliver Blush for $10. per year the Thomas Blossom house, at Blossom corner. Later he lived in the Timothy Allen house just north 'of the cemetery. He was a blacksmith and had his shop across the road from his house.
Children, b. Mid : Anna, b. 11-24-1826. John Nelson, b. 6-22-1830. Mary, b. 5-22-1836. SALLY, b. 6-28-1805. d. Pittsfield, 3- 29-1847. Unm. ANNA, b. 4-9-1808, d. 9-10-1826. SAMANTHA, b. 6-14-1810, d. 7-10- 1833, m. 6-2-1831, Chas. Smith.
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GEORGE, b. 2-16-1812, d. Mid. 11-12- 1859. m. Emily Chapel, who was b. 1822, d. 12-2-1864. He was a blacksmith and lived on Ridge- pole Road in the "old Cottrell place," so called, which he built, about 1850.
SELDEN, b. 2-16-1812. d. 11-18-1841. m. Polly Foote. He was a black- smith and followed his father on his farm in the Pease District. EMILY, b. 8-6-1814, m. John L. Bell. (See Bell Fam.)
EDMUND, b. 2-27-1817. m. Caroline Tracy. SUSANNAHI, b. 4-18-1821, d. Pitts- field, 6-23-1851. m. Warren Bar- rows.
FAM. 2. SAMUEL WHITE SPENCER, son of John" and Susannah (White) Spencer, was b. E. Haddam, 10-8-1779; d. Mid. June, 1852 ; m. 12-18-1800, Lucy Fiske, of Pittsfield, b. 1780 ; d. 1829. He lived in Mid. first at his father's and later at "the brick house" some distance north of his father's, on the West Hill, where Benjamin Eggleston had lived. He moved to Aurora, Ohio, in 1812.
Children :
OLIVER, b. Mid. 8-25-1801. d. 12-26- 1891. m. (int.) 2-8-1824, Sally Little, of Peru. He was a black- smith and lived in Plainfield, and in Aurora, Ohio. He was a dea- con in the Cong. church for 40 years. (See Mack Gen. p. 619). SAMUEL W. Jr., b. Mid. 2-11-1803. d. March, 1858. (Sce Mack Gen. p. 1723).
OGDEN, b. Mid. 11-14-1804. d. 3-7- 1863, m. Bianca, dau. Robert and Thankful (Cheeseman) Bissel. JUSTIN, b. Mid. 12-15-1806. d. 4-25- 1852. m. Cynthia Lyman. LUCY, b. Mid. 2-7-1809. d. 7-12-1834. m. Thomas Barrett.
SELDEN, b. 8-17-1811, d. 9-8-1900. m. Caroline Lyman.
ELIAS THOMPSON, b. Mid. 8-11-1815. d. Watervliet, Mich. 6-30-1910. He lived in Aurora, Ohio, but moved to Watervliet, Mich. in 1853; m. 1839, Eliza Smith. (See Mack Gen. p. 178).
WILLIAM CHURCH, b. 3-20-1818. m. Dutton.
ARVIN, b. 3-8-1819. d. young.
ARVIN F., b. 6-2-1822; d. 6-1-1871. m. Margaret Burt. NELSON, b. 8-17-1825. d. 2-26-1907. m. Emily Freeman.
STARR
STARR, MARTIN, was b. 1767, in Danbury, Conn .; d. Mid. 1-7- 1830; m. 5-16-1793, Tabitha, dau. John and Lucy (Parsons) Meacham, who d. 4-30-1848. He lived in various parts of Mid., at one time near wildcat ledge in the northwest corner of the town; at another time on the West Hill. He was in
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Blush Hollow in 1810, and still later at the Timothy Allen place, near the cemetery.
Children b. Mid. :
LUCY, m. (int) 1-17-1819, Moses Eggleston, of Lima, N. Y. m. 1824, James Miller.
MARTIN.
DORCAS, b. Mid. 1-9-1803. m. (int) 6-7-1834, Sardis Putman, a shoe- maker, who bought the Blossom house at "Blossom Corner" and
moved it to the Center, where it is now the dwelling of Mr. Mulcay. Putman moved to New York State before 1840.
ABI, b. Mid. 11-6-1805; d. Mid. 4-2- 1849. m. 2-16-1826, Oliver Smith, 2d. (See Smith Family). JOSEPHI WARREN, b. 6-4-1810.
STERNAGLE
STERNAGLE, HENRY, (Steuernagel), b. in Hesse Cassel, Germany, abt. 1835. He m. in Albany, N. Y., Letitia, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Baker, who was b. in Leicestershire, Eng. Came to Mid. about 1870, and purchased the Newton farm in the north part of the town. He d. in 1902. She d. in 1914.
Children :
HENRY, b. 10-20-1862. (See Fam- ANNA ELIZABETHI, b. 12-21-1865. m. ily 1). LETITIA, b. 3-25-1864. Harry E. Pease. (See Pease Family). DOROTHEA, b. 6-8-1868. d. 1869. DORA, b. 2-2-1873. (See Fam. 2).
FAM. 1. HENRY STERNAGLE, b. in Albany 10-20-1862 ; m. 10-18- 1900 Maud Cecil, dau. of George and Harriet Holmes, of Mid. He followed his father on the old Newton farm. Went to the Klondike region during the rush for gold. Carried on farming several winters in North Carolina. Was promi- nent and efficient in town affairs, serving as selectman and road commissioner. He d. 1922.
Children :
ETHEL MAUD, b. 10-4-1901. GRACE GLADYS, b. 11-14-1902; m. 9-12-1922, Harry Knight, of Lud- low. Child : Eleanor, b. Springfield, 2-15- 1924.
Carl Henry, b. 1-22-1904. Alton Murray, b. 7-10-1907.
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FAM. 2. DORA STERNAGLE, dau. of Henry and Letitia (Baker) Sternagle, was b. in Mid. 2-2-1873. She m. 6-28-1899 Arthur L. Cook, of Mid. She d. in Bridgeport, Conn., 6-22-1900. Arthur Cook m. 2nd Nina Waldron in April, 1905, and lived a few years in Mid. keeping store at the Center and running Rock Maples farm in Blush Hollow. He d. 9-8-1922 in Southbridge where he was employed in the optical works. By his first wife he had one son :
ROBERT, b. Bridgeport, 6-12-1900. m. 9-29-1923, Louise Turney, of Needham, granddau. of Mrs. Thomas Mulcay, of Mid. Resi- dence, Boston.
STEWART
STEWART (also STEWARD), BENJAMIN, was living in Chester in 1790. He was warned to leave Mid. in 1791. He is said to have been a blacksmith by trade, carrying on his business in a shop which stood near the town pump at Mid. Center. He is supposed to be the Benjamin Stewart whose wife was 1
Lois - -. They had a son Benjamin, b. about 1788, and a dau. Lois, b. 1782, d. Mid. 2-1-1801.
BENJAMIN STEWART, son of Benjamin and Lois Stewart, was b. abt. 1788, d. Mid. 8-27-1851; m. 11-12-1811, Priscilla, dau. Dea. Zachariah and Priscilla (Crampton) Field, b. 1781, d. Mid. 1876. They lived at Mid. Center in the little house which once stood east of Dea. Ingham's house, now owned by Miss Sarah Chamberlain. Stewart was a blacksmith. Mrs. Steward, "Aunt Steward" as she came to be known to the town, lived to a great age and was beloved for her piety and sweetness of character which she always mani- fested in spite of the many hardships and trials she suffered. Children :
NELSON, b. Chester 9-18-1815, d. Mid. 9-26-1847; m. 11-21-1843, Eliza Chapel. Lived in Hinsdale. EDMUND, b. 1814, d. S-15-1838. Un- married.
SPENCER, b. 1810; d. 18SS, m. Mid. 5-4-1840, Rosella Geer of Wor- thington, b. 1817; d. 1899. Lived in Worthington. One son Dr. Lincoln Stewart, living in Maine. A Chloe Stewart, m. (int) 4-20-1790, Nathan Parkhurst. Cornelia D. Stewart, b. 1842; d. 1866. Celia Stewart, b. 1846 ; d. 1849.
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STREATOR
STREATOR, ISAAC HEMINGWAY, (John5, Stephen4, Samuel", Steph- en2, Stephen1) (See Streator Gen. by M. B. Streator), son of Dr. John5 and Margaret (Hemingway), was b. Wood- stock. Conn. 4-18-1758. m. Becket, 11-11-1779, Hannah, dau. of Daniel Alderman. In 1790 and 1800 he was living in Mid. somewhere south of Mr. H. S. Pease's farm, perhaps on the Hubbard lot. He owned part of lot 54, I Div. Murrayfield. He had left town before 1810. He is said to have moved to Mentor, Ohio, in 1817.
Children :
MIRANDA, b. Becket, 8-11-1780. ORILLA, b. Becket, 9-12-1782. ISAAC H., b. Becket, 10-18-1786. d. Dec. 1860. m. Clarinda Plum, of Becket, where he bought land in
1809. He moved to Hamilton, N. Y. and then to Aurora, Ohio in 1870. His son Alpheus, b. Becket, 1805; d. Streetsboro, O. 1-11-1836. m. Aurora, O., 4-9-1829, Emeline Loveland. b. Mid. 10-2- 1805. d. Rootstown, O. 7-7-1845.
MARGARET, b. Mid. 4-12-1790. ALPIIEUS, b. Mid. 9-7-1792. d. 9-22- 1802.
THANKFUL, b. Mid. 10-29-1795. CYRUS, b. 9-19-1802.
STRONG
STRONG, AMOS, son of Amos Strong, was b. Marlboro, Conn. 10-30-1764. m. Chester, 10-9-1788, Betsey, dau. Samuel and Margaret (Henry) Gordon, bap. Rutland, 6-17-1770. He was a blacksmith by trade and was in Mid. as early as 1787. He may have been the first blacksmith in town, the one whom Dea. David Mack is said to have started in business. In the Hampshire Gazette was published the following advertise- ment: "Run away from the subscriber, the 27th inst. an apprentice boy, named Henry Thomas, about 17 years of age, about 5 ft. 10 in. high, well set, short black hair, dark eyes ; wore a butternut colored coat, black lasting breeches, checket linen shirt. Took with him a butternut great coat, and a small bundle of other clothes. Whoever will take up said boy and return him to me shall have four pence reward and no charges paid, By me, Amos Strong, Middlefield, Mass. Nov. 27, 1787."
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SWAIN
SWAIN, THOMAS, appears to have been located in Mid. in the Johnnycake Hill region in 1796, judging from the highway tax lists. He was still in town in 1799, but had moved away before 1800.
TAGGART
TAGGART, SAMUEL, of Hopkinton, bought land in Blandford in 1737. Probably related to James Taggart, the Scotch-Irish emigrant, who landed in Boston in 1718. His wife's name was Jane. In a law suit over title to property in Westfield 1765-70 the following children are mentioned :
NATHANIEL, m. Jane Hamilton. JAMES, (See Fam. 1).
SUSANNAII, m. George McMurray ; she d. before 1768. Their chil- dren were David and Jane.
FAM. 1. JAMES TAGGART. Moved from Blandford to Murray- field about 1763, taking up land near the present Norwich Bridge, selling out in 1769, to take up Province land in the meadows of Factory Brook. The Prescotts to whom this land was granted sued Taggart but the latter was not dis- possessed, and "Taggarts' Possessions" were excluded in the transfer of lots laid out by Josiah Arnold. Taggart was probably the first settler in Middlefield territory, as Fac- tory Brook was known as "Taggart's Brook," and the com- munity on Prescott's Grant was called "Taggartstown." James Taggart seems to have d. before 1792 as widow Tag- gart and James, Jr., are mentioned in the list of pew-holders in the Mid. meetinghouse. They moved away the same year. The following were probably James's children :
JOHN TAGGART, (See Fam. 2). BENJAMIN, m. (int) 4-30-1787, Mary, dau. of Gideon Russell, JAMES.
SARAH.
of Mid.
MOLLY, m. in Wash. 1-7-1781, James
McKnight.
FAM. 2. JOHN TAGGART. Came to Mid. territory with James Taggart. Was a soldier in Rev. War. His house was 160 r. southeast of house of Daniel S. Emmons (where Samuel Smith, Jr., lived). With James, Sr., and James, Jr., he signed the Pet. Inc. and the remonstrance against calling of
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Rev. Mr. Thompson in 1785. He had moved to Partridge- field by 1790. A Lucinda, dau. of John Taggart, d. in Wash. 5-14-1831, aged 31. John Taggart m. Sarah Eggleston, prob. dau. of Bigot, in 1777. The Taggarts by the names of John. Jr., Samuel, William and Nathaniel who were living in Washington in 1815 were probably his sons.
TALCOTT
TALCOTT, JOSEPH, (Elizur5, Samuel4, Samuel", Samuel2, John1), son of Elizur and Mary (King) Talcott, was b. prob. En- field, Conn., 1752; d. 1826. m. Mary Thomas, b. 1764; d. N. Madison, Ohio, 10-17-1837. After living in Dalton he came to Mid. where he was living in 1790. He was on the school committee for the East District in 1789, and was among the signers of the Baptist petition in 1790. He was for a time a partner in the firm of "Maj. Thomas, Rider and Talcott," which operated the grist mill at the head of Glendale Falls. He owned one-third of lot No. 131, Worth- ington, which he sold with one-third share in the mill to James Nooney in 1793, and moved to Dalton where he was living in 1800. He lived for a time at Housatonic Falls, be- fore going to Conneaut, Ohio, in 1816. From there he went to Bristol, O., where he died.
Children :
JOSEPII, b. Dalton, 4-9-1777 ; d. Mad- ison, O. 1858. m. (int) 5-17-1800, Rebecca, dau. Ezra and Rebecca Warren, of Windsor. They had 11 children.
DANIEL, b. Mid. 6-6-1786; d. Madi- son, O. 1843. m. Abigail Stearns. DOLLY, b. Mid. 6-29-1791. m. Grin- dle Rawson of Windsor. Went to Madison, Ohio. 9 children.
SAMUEL, b. Dalton, 1785. d. Mad- BETSEY, b. Mid. 3-1-1794. m. Sal- ison, Ohio. m. 1810 Hannah Reed. 10 children. mon Swetland of Bolton, Conn. Went to Bristol, O. 5 children.
TAYLOR
TAYLOR, JOHN, d. Mid. 7-16-1786; m. Sarah who was b. about 1704; d. Mid. 8-14-1799. He appears to have come from Enfield or Windsor, Conn., to Murrayfield where he was a tax payer as early as 1773. In 1779 that town voted a road "out to Landlord John Taylor's to Partridgefield,"
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
from which it appears that he kept a tavern in the extreme northwest corner of the town, now the "Pease District" in Mid. He may have lived at or near the Blossom Tavern. A John Taylor and his wife were admitted to the Murray -.. field church in 1770, and John Taylor and Sarah . Taylor were among the constituent members of the Mid. Cong'l. Church, in 1783. He is said to have been a soldier in the Rev. War. Ann Taylor, b. Bolton, Conn., was probably their dau. and doubtless the same Ann Taylor who m. Sam- uel Jones of Enfield, Conn., in 1767; d. Mid. 5-14-1788.
TAYLOR. While considerable difficulty has been encountered. in tracing the ancestry of Samuel Taylor of Mid., and one author has connected the line with that of Samuel Taylor of Hadley, (See History and Genealogies of Twinsburg, O., -Cross.) we are not convinced concerning this relation, and believe the pedigree given below is the correct one.
STEPHEN TAYLOR, d. Sept., 1668; m. 1st 11-1-1642, Sarah Hos- ford ; m. 2nd 10-25-1649, Elizabeth Newel, who d. 12-14-1717. Lived in Windsor, Conn .; among their children were : STEPHEN, b. 1644. JOIN, b. 1652. (See Fam. 1). SAMUEL, b. 1647.
FAM. 1. JOHN TAYLOR, son of Stephen1 and Elizabeth (Newel) Taylor was b. 3-22-1652; m. 1st 9-25-1682, Sarah Younglove, who d. 6-17-1683. m. 2nd Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Spencer, of Suffield, Conn.
Children :
JOHN, b. 1687. ELIZABETH.
NATHAN, b. Suffield, 1688. EBENEZER.
SAMUEL, b. Windsor, 4-11-1691. (See Fam. 2).
ZEBULON.
FAM. 2. SAMUEL TAYLOR, son of John2 and Elizabeth (Spen- cer) Taylor, was b. 4-11-1691. It appears probable that he was the Samuel Taylor who d. 12-18-1774 in his 84th year and was buried in the cemetery in W. Springfield, and who m. 1-17-1716-17, Sarah dau. John and Mercy Bagg, who d. 2-2-1776, in her 82d year.
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GENEALOGIES
Children b. Spfld. :
SARAH, b. 1717.
SARAII, b. 1721.
SAMUEL, b. 12-26-1718. (See Fam. JOHN, b. 1724. NATHANIEL, bap. 1736.
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FAM. 3. SAMUEL TAYLOR, probably son of Samuel3 and Sarah (Bagg) Taylor, was b. Springfield, 12-26-1718; d. Mid. 1-22- 1798. m. 1st (int) 4-19-1743 Sarah, dau. Samuel and Han- nah (Hitchcock) Stebbins, who was b. 11-8-1725, and d. within a few years after her marriage for he m. 2nd 5-25- 1749, Martha Lamb, who d. Mid. 12-21-1803, in 79th or 81st year. They were both buried in the Mack cemetery.
Samuel Taylor became one of the first settlers of Pittsfield about 1747, being influential in obtaining the incorporation of that town. He was chosen collector at the first town meet- ing in 1753. About 1757 he moved to "Tattum" West Springfield where he lived until 1771 when he sold out and bought two lots, Nos. 207 and 220, in the southwest corner of Worthington where Middlefield Center now stands.
The story of the Taylor family's experience with the In- dians has been related in the text. This event has been cited as the reason for Taylor's removal to Mid. region where there were no Indians, but it must have occurred many years before the Worthington plantation was established. Tay- lor no doubt learned of the Worthington land through John Worthington and the other proprietors who were his fellow townsmen in Springfield, though he may possibly have passed through the region on his trips back and forth when a resident of Pittsfield. He appears to have settled on Lot 220, Worth. by 1773, building his house a short distance south of Blossom Corner on the east side of the cross road leading to the David Mack house. The barn which stood west of the road was a landmark for years and is remem- bered by the oldest inhabitants as the "Taylor barn." David Mack boarded with Mr. Taylor while clearing his own farm in 1774. Taylor signed the Pet. Inc. in 1781. He was surveyor in Worthington, 1779.
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