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Children :
LUCY, b. abt. 1747; d. Hartford, Vt. 4-5-1837; m. 11-19-1767, Shadrach Noble. They lived for awhile in Mid. south of Samuel Taylor's farm. (See Noble Family).
ELNATHAN, b. 8-19-1750. (See Fam. 4). LEWIS, b. 12-19-1751. (See Fam. 5).
WILLIAM, b. 3-25-1753. (Sec. Fam. 9).
ROXYLANA, b. Springfield, 11-5-1755. m. Mr. Sawyer.
HULDA, b. Springfield, 9-7-1757. m. Maj. Morse. Lived in New Hamp- shire.
DANIEL, b. 1-18-1759. (See Fam. 11).
HERMAN or HEMAN, b. 9-3-1761 (See Fam. 12).
MARTIIA, b. Springfield, 4-21-1763. SEVILLE, b. Springfield, 1-16-1765. m. (int) 8-8-1784, Joseph Blush, Jr. (See Blush Fam.) SAMUEL, b. Spg. 6-4-1769. (See Fam. 13).
FAM: 4. ELNATHAN TAYLOR, son of Samuel+ and Martha (Lamb) Taylor, was b. Springfield, 8-19-1750. m. 11-26-1777, Lydia of Simsbury, Conn. In 1774 he bought of his father 60 acres on the west side of lot No. 207, Worth. just west of where the Mid. church stands. Later he acquired nearly the whole of the lot. He signed the Pet. Inc. 1781. He was appointed one of the hog reeves at the first town meeting in 1783. He was among those who signed the petition against calling Mr. Thompson as minister in 1785. About 1786 he moved away. He lived for some years in Royalton, Vt. He was a soldier in the Rev. War.
Children b. Mid. :
CHILD, b. 1-5-1779. d. 1-5-1779.
ELIIIU, b. 4-1-1783.
LYDIA, b. 2-9-1780.
MIRIAM, b. 10-3-1785.
ELNATHAN, b. 7-27-1781.
FAM. 5. LEWIS TAYLOR, son of Samuel+ and Martha (Lamb) Taylor, was b. Springfield, 12-19-1751; d. Mid. 4-27-1831. m. (int) 6-6-1784 Mrs. Jemima Ford, widow of John Ford, of Mid. She was the dau. of Joseph and Phebe (Mack) Cary of Williamsburg, who d. Mid. 11-11-1845. (See Cary Fam.) Lewis Taylor was a soldier in the Rev. War. At the close of the war he married and settled at the Ford place just north of Mid. Center. The house was a story and a half house painted red which stood till 1848. Hiram Taylor, grandson of Lewis, demolished it and rebuilt it into the dwelling he lived in, which is now the main part of the
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"Wayside Lodge." Lewis Taylor was a farmer and ac- quired several adjoining lots which he added to the original Ford farm, purchased of Elnathan Taylor. He was assigned to the Center School District in 1794, and served on the school committee in 1804.
Children b. Mid. :
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 7-9-1787. m.
12-1-1808. Azubah Leonard. Lived in Mid. until 1829.
Children, b. Mid. Amanda, b. 11-7-1809. Harmony, b. 8-25-1812. Almon Milton, b. 5-28-1815.
Augusta, b. 4-7-1818. Edwin Ruthven, b. 4-6-1822.
Orson Trowbridge, b. 12-3-1824. Eunice Rosella, b. 1-18-1829.
LEWIS, b. 4-25-1789. (See Fam. 6). WORCESTER, b. 11-25-1793. (See
Fam. 8).
FAM. 6. LEWIS TAYLOR, son of Lewis5 and Jemima (Cary) Tay- lor, was b. Mid. 4-25-1789 ; m. 5-30-1815, Jeannette, dau. Timothy and Jane (Brown) McElwain of Mid. He lived in Mid, till about 1829 when he moved to Becket where he died 1-23-1867.
Children b. Mid. :
LAURA, b. 4-16-1816. WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. 1-9-1825.
JONATHAN, b. 8-25-1820. m. Amanda (See Fam. 7).
Barnes. (See Barnes Fam.). JANE ELIZABETH CAROLINE, b. 1-3-1829.
HENRY, b. 3-27-1822.
FAM. 7. WILLIAM FRANKLIN TAYLOR, son of Lewis6 and Jean- nette (McElwain) Taylor, was b. Mid. 1-9-1825; d. Becket, 6-8-1893. m. 1848, Isabella D. Ames, b. Becket, 1824; d. Becket, 9-10-1905. Among their children was
GEORGE TAYLOR, b. Becket, 11-24- 1861. d. there, 11-19-1914. m. 5-4- 1887, Minnie A. Raymond. Their dau. Ruby R. Taylor, b. Becket, 4- 17-1895. m. 6-8-1918. Harold Mc- Elwain Pease, son of Arthur and Lura (McElwain) Pease of Mid.
FAM. 8. WORCESTER TAYLOR, son of Lewis5 and Jemima (Cary) Taylor, was b. Mid. 11-25-1793; d. Mid. 6-6-1827 ; m. Mid. 3-7-1816, Phebe, dau. Pain and Phebe (Graves) Loveland, who was b. Mid. 12-15-1798; d. Mid. 6-6-1884. He lived in Mid. carrying on his father's farm.
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Children b. Mid. :
WORCESTER, b. 1-14-1817; d. Becket, 10-15-1893; m. Becket, 11-5-1841, Eliza A. Clark.
he was deacon for several years. He was prominent in local affairs, serving as selectman in 1869-1874 and in 1894. He was representa- tive to the General Court in 1892. LEWIS WILSON, b. 12-19-1820; d. Lowell, 3-9-1885. m. Louisa Hart, b. Kingwood, Eng. Lived in Lowell.
HIRAM, b. 12-16-1818; d. Mid. 3-23- 1896, m. Southampton, 11-1-1888, Clara Ellen Porter, b. Hatfield : d. 4-13-1920. He was a life long resident of Mid. and a prosperous farmer. He made a specialty of raising fat cattle. He lived at his PIIEBE CAROLINE, b. 2-14-1823. d. 10- 2-1824. father's farm and later at the house in the Center built by Dr. ROYAL, b. 1-19-1826, m. Hancock, N. Y. Lucy S. Ellison, b. 9-12- 1835. Lived at Fairbanks, Iowa. Warren. He was a prominent member of the Con. church where FAM. 9. WILLIAM TAYLOR, son of Samuel+ and Martha (Lamb) Taylor, was b. Pontoosac (Pittsfield), 3-25-1753; d. Mid. 4-7-1827; m. Mid. (int) 5-31-1784, Priscilla, dau. Malachi and Priscilla (Norkott) Loveland, who was b. March, 1760; d. Mid. 9-25-1839. He came to Mid. with his father about 1773. In 1781 he purchased for his farm lot 13, I Div. W. Prescott Grant, which is located on the West Hill just north of the south road to Becket. The house he built still stands and was until recently the dwelling of Mr. Bardin. It is one of the oldest houses in town. Taylor was one of the signers of the Pet. Inc. 1781. He was on the school com- mittee, 1792. He was a soldier in the Rev. War.
Children b. Mid. :
GRATA, b. 3-31-1792; d. Mid. 3-3- 1851. m. Mid. 3-31-1813, Lyman Lealand of Hinsdale. She lived in her last years with her brother Joel in Mid.
DUDLEY, b. 5-21-1793. (See Fam. 10).
WILLIAM, b. S-18-1794. He moved to Minnesota where he and his entire family with the exception of one daughter were massacred by Indians.
PRISCILLA, b. 12-26-1795; m. (int) 3- 6-1825, Charles H. Segar of Becket.
ASA, b. 8-26-1797; m. (int) 10-22- 1820, Loviey Hoskins of Wash. He lived at his father's farm but moved to Ohio between 1830 and 1840.
Children, b. Mid. Lyman, b. 10-21-1821. Henry, b. 11-3-1823. d. 9-4-1826. Hariot, b. 1-15-1827. Henry Pitt, b. 10-1-1829. Mary Jane, bap. 5-26-1833. ROXANA, b. 5-16-1799.
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JOEL, b. 2-21-1801, d. Mid. 12-29- 1870. m. Mary, dau. William and Martha Cisco. He was for many years a teamster for the Church Bros. at Blush Hollow. (See Mack Gen. p. 648). Children :
Martha Priscilla, b. 12-22-1832. (See Mack Gen. p. 789). Nancy Mariah, b. 7-26-1837. (Sec Mack Gen. p. 789). Harriet Lorana, b. 4-16-1840, m. Chas. Noble. (See Mack Gen. p. 648).
ASHLEY, b. 1-30-1804. m. Eunice Partridge and moved to New York state and later West. A descendant of his is Mrs. Jean- nette Taylor Seelye of Abilene, Kansas.
FAM. 10. DUDLEY TAYLOR, son of William5 and Priscilla (Love- . land) Taylor, was b. Mid. 5-21-1793; m. (int) 4-10-1814, Mary Hamilton of Wash. He was living in Mid. as late as 1830 but moved to New York State. He was granted a letter of dismission from Cong. Church to the church in Walban, N. Y., in 1841. Children b. Mid. : ASENATH, b. 3-23-1815. DUDLEY, b. 12-13-1816. MARY, b. 2-5-1819. d. Mid. 7-25- 1835.
WILLIAM, b. 2-19-1821. ELVIRA, b. 9-27-1823. SAMUEL, b. 8-29-1825. ORPHA, b. 1-31-1828.
FAM. 11. DANIEL TAYLOR, son of Samuel+ and Martha (Lamb) Taylor, was b. Springfield, 1-18-1759; d. Berlin, Vt., or Montpelier, in 1856; m. Dec., 1784, Ruhamah, dau, of Jabez and Mary (Sawyer) Ellis. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. In 1783 he bought of his father land in lot 220. which lies east or southeast of the Fair Grounds in Mid. and is now owned by Mr. H. A. Youtz. He moved away from Mid. before 1790. He was a Colonel in the War of 1812. He was one who enjoyed a "sporting life," was much in- terested in horse racing and even went to England where he was so successful in laying his bets that he came home to America with a pint cup full of gold which he had won. He lived in Vermont in later years.
FAM 12. HEMAN or (HERMAN) TAYLOR, son of Samuel+ and Martha (Lamb) Taylor, was b. Springfield, 9-8-1761; d. Mid. 12-31-1807. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He
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apparently suffered from poor health and was unable to support himself. The burden fell upon Samuel, Jr., who feeling that the town ought to look after its poor sued the town in 1796. The town granted him twenty dollars and costs for his account for supporting his brother when sick at his house. In order not to be caught again the town voted, "that the selectmen take the prudentest steps to se- cure the town against costs which may arise from the slen- der circumstances of Mr. John Rhoads; if any property of his can be found, which they can safely secure for his maintenance, they are to take the same." According to a family tradition Heman lived in Vermont where he died at the advanced age of 104.
FAM. 13. SAMUEL TAYLOR, son of Samuel+ and Martha (Lamb) Taylor. was b. Springfield, 6-4-1769; d. Aurora, 4-10-1813; m. 5-28-1789, Sarah Jagger of Becket, b. 5-21-1768; d. 1853. He came to Mid. as a child. A family tradition tells of his serving as a drummer boy in the Rev. War. He lived after his marriage at first near his father's farm east of the Fair Grounds, but later moved to a house a quarter of a mile west of the Center where David Bolton and. Erastus Ingham . had lived. He was set to the North School District in 1793. In 1807 he moved to Aurora, Ohio, being one of 36 families reaching that place that year. The story goes that they were 45 days on the road from Massachusetts, going via Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pa.
Children :
SALLY, b. Mid. 7-27-1791.
ALMIRA, b. 10-10-1803.
SAMUEL, b. Mid. 4-28-1793.
MARCUS, b. 9-22-1805.
REBECCA, b. Mid. 2-11-1795.
MELINDA, b. Aurora, 12-5-1808.
WORTHY, b. Mid. 1-10-1797.
DAUGHTER. b. 6-5-1799. d. young.
ELIAS P., b. Aurora, 11-4-1813. d. 8-26-1816.
ROYAL, b. Mid. 9-1-1801. (See Fam. 14)
FAM. 14. ROYAL TAYLOR, son of Samuel5 and Sarah (Jagger) Taylor, was b. Mid. 9-1-1801; d. Ravenna, Ohio, 11-20-1892. He m. 1st 3-29-1826, Rebecca Saunders. He m. 2nd 3-28-1827, Sarah Ann Richardson, m. 3d 8-28-1866, Mrs. Annette (Waterman) Hatch.
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As a boy he worked in the woods, brickyard, etc., to help support his mother and her family; at 16 he bought land in Solon and sold at a loss in 1820. Taught school, learned the printer's trade, studied law two years. Lived in Twins- burg and Chargrin Falls, O. Helped form the Free Soil Party in 1848. He was a Republican. He was appointed by Gov. Todd to guard the interests of soldiers' widows and orphans, handling over $2,000,000. He came to Ravenna in 1868.
Among his children is Mr. Daniel Richardson Taylor of Cleveland, Ohio, a prosperous Real Estate man. b. 1838. He is unmarried. His sister Ellen Estelle, is a teacher in a school in Cleveland.
TAYLOR, DAVID, of Becket. In 1779 bought of David Bolton Lots 4 and 5 II Div. E. of Prescott's Grant, and lived there until he sold the western halves of lots to Samuel Jones in 1782, and eastern halves to Gideon Russell in 1783. He signed Pet. Inc. 1781. Bought land in West Springfield in 1783. Was not in Mid. in 1790.
THOMAS
THOMAS, BENJAMIN, of Stafford, Conn., who came to Mid. about 1783 was probably the Benjamin Thomas, Jr., who m. En- field, Conn. 5-14-1740, Elizabeth King of Somers, Conn. She d. Mid. 11-15-1790 and he m. 2nd (int) 7-1-1791, Joanna Rhoads. He lived near Glendale Falls and was the senior partner of the firm of "Benjamin Thomas & Co." which operated the grist mill at the head of the Falls, in 1783. In 1787 the firm was called, "Major Thomas, Rider and Tal- cott." He signed the Baptist petition in 1790. He had moved away by 1800.
THOMPSON
THOMPSON, FRANCIS, a resident of Murrayfield signed the Pet. Inc. in 1781.
THOMPSON, JOHN, of E. Windsor, was among the settlers of Mur- rayfield, who petitioned to have their land set off to form a new town in 1779. He was apparently located on Lot 40,
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II Div. Mur., somewhere in the Pease District. He was probably the John Thompson, who d. Mur. "in fall 1779." His wife was named Mary. Had a son, John, Jr., and daus. Margaret and Mary. Mary m. Mr. Gordon.
TUTTLE
TUTTLE, DAVID, m. (int) 9-10-1798, Polly Fisk. He was living in Partridgefield in 1790 and in Worth. in 1800, but had moved to the northeast part of Mid. by 1810. His name is on the minister tax list for 1799. Polly Tuttle joined Mid. Cong. Church by letter from Peru, 1810.
Children :
LUCY, b. S-23-1799.
LEVI, bap. 9-22-1811.
IRA, b. 10-27-1806.
TUTTLE, JOHN, was one of the signers of the Pet. Inc. 1781. He lived near Tuttle Brook in the Smith Hollow region.
VADRIKIN
VADRIKIN (or VADICAN Or VADERKIN), HENRY, of Enfield, Conn.,
m. Tabitha ---. In 1783 he bought part of lot 48, I Div. Chester of David Allen, and some more land near by in 1784. He was living in Chester in 1790 but was in Mid. in 1800 and 1810, somewhere near the County highway south of the Eames farm near the Chester line.
Children :
HENRY, b. Enfield, 9-10-1783. JAMES, b. Chester, 4-9-1793.
PHILIP, b. Chester, 5-25-1786. EPHRAIM, b. Mid. 7-24-1803.
JOHN, b. Chester, S-S-1790.
VINING
VINING. ELKANAH, bought part of lot 52, V Div. Becket, with house of David and Russell West in 1797. This property appears to have been located on the old highway to Becket, west of Ford's Mill. Vining was living in Mid. in 1800 but moved away within the next two or three years.
ELAM VINING sold his land in East Windsor, Conn., in 1804. He was enumerated in Mid. census 1800. His two children were bap. 5-15-1803.
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ALEXANDER VINING'S name was on minister tax list 1799. He was at one time large landholder in East Windsor, Conn.
WARD
WARD, JOHN, may possibly have been a brother of David Ward of. Worcester, who had a brother John, who moved to New York State. This man, from Enfield, Conn., m. Abigail, dau. of Noah Phelps and sister of Obadiah Phelps, who lived in Mid. He and his brother Samuel served in Rev. War as dispatch bearers. He was in Mid. as early as 1785, and was living in the region of Collins Hill. He moved away be- tween 1796 and 1800 and was living in Partridgefield in 1800.
Children b. Mid. :
JOHN, b. 1-17-1784. m. Sally Dusen- bury.
SAMUEL, b. 5-12-1786, m. 1st. Salome dau. Timothy and Mary (Orton) Loomis, who d. 1857, Jordanville, N. Y. m. 2nd her sister, Persis, (Loomis) Derthrick, who d. 1871, Alden, N. Y.
ABIGAIL, b. 9-24-1788; d. 3-25-1813. m. Timothy, son of Timothy and Mary Loomis, who d. 1871, Syra- cuse, N.Y. NOAH PHELPS, b. 4-27-1791.
ARTEMAS, b. 3-25-1794. GEORGE, b. 4-1-1796. POLLY, m. Joel Lathrop. BENJAMIN.
WARD, DAVID, (Phineas5, Daniel+, Obadiah3, Richard2, William1) (See Gen. Ward Family), son of Phineas5 and Eunice Cut- ting of Worcester, was b. Worcester, 6-20-1762; d. Mid. 2-20-1829. m. Waters, who d. 4-26-1834. Lived in Worth. and Mid. Their children were William, Nahum, Polly, Nancy, Emily, Sally, Eliza Almira.
URIAH WARD, (Daniel4, Obadiah3, Richard2, William1), uncle of David6 and son of Daniel+ and Mary (Stone) Ward, was b. Worcester, 12-8-1745; d. 3-12-1813; m. 12-23-1767, Jemima Harrington of Worcester who d. Mid. 3-25-1807. Among their children was John, b. 12-3-1769.
JOHN WARD, son of Uriah5 and Jemima (Harrington) Ward, was b. Worcester, 12-3-1769; d. Mid. 1-26-1850; m. Spencer, Sarah, dau. Joseph and Sarah Bigelow, who d. 1-14-1854, ae. 83. In 1796 he purchased lot 27, III Div. Becket, of Joseph Cary, and for a while lived in the log cabin
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built by Cary. Later he acquired the farm to the north owned by Benajoh Jones. Here stood the gambrel roofed house which sheltered the large Ward family, and was later the home of James Granger. Standing at the brow of the hill above the Alderman farm, overlooking the valley of the Westfield, it commanded a magnificent view of the valley of the Westfield River and Mt. Gobble beyond. (See Ward Gen. p. 134.)
Children b. Mid. :
BETSEY, b. 1-25-1794. m. Matthew Smith. (See Mack Gen. p. 112). ARTEMAS, b. 4-19-1795. m. Sarepta Smith. d. at Richmond, Ohio. LUCY, b. 1-29-1797 ; d. 11-10-1799.
SALLY, b. 11-30-1798; m. Jonathan Baldwin, of Atwater, Ohio. No children.
MARIA, b. 4-13-1800, m. Josiah, son of Elisha and Sarah (Blossom) Mack. (See Mack Gen. p. 491).
REBECCA, b. 11-20-1802. m. Lyman Hinman. (See Ward Gen.)
LUCY, b. 3-20-1805. m. 1st. Nial Bentley. m. 2nd. Mr. Merrell (See Mack Gen p. 1751).
MINERVA, b. 4-23-1807. m. 3-8-1830, Ebenezer Whipple of Chester. JOHN, b. 9-26-1809; m. Phebe dau. James and Nancy (Little) Church. (See Mack Gen. p. 1377). ELMIRA, b. Mar. 20, 1812; d. 10-29- 1834. m. Samuel
Elder of Farmington, Conn.
THOMAS WARD, son of Samuel and Mary (Bickford) Ward, was b. Boston 10-27-1766 ; d. Mid. 1-8-1861; m. 8-28-1794, Sarah, dau. Daniel and Thankful (Griffin) Alderman, of Granby. Conn., who was b. 4-10-1774; d. Mid. 8-17-1861. He is said to have been a sea captain. Early in 1794 he purchased lot 204, Worth. and built the original house on the farm where Wesley Chipman now lives. He is described as a brusque, portly man, with a stentorian voice and looked every inch the sea captain he formerly was. He was for many years an ardent "Exhorter" in the local Methodist "Bethel" So- ciety in the Den.
Children b. Mid. :
SARAH, b. 11-2-1795. m. 3-30-1829, Alpheus Prentice. ELENOR, b. 10-20-1798.
MARY, b. 6-10-1801; m. (int) 9-10- 1820, Walter Metcalf. ORPHA, b. 5-24-1803; d. 9-21-1805. THOMAS, b. 9-1-1805.
BARTHOLOMEW, b. 9-1-1810. He was for a time prominent in the Methodist church, where he was a class leader and familiarly known as "Thol" Ward. He was a strong Democrat, and was Post- master in Mid. 1857-59 when
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Buchanan was President. He de- molished the old house his father built on Ridgepole Road and built the house now occupied by the
Chipman family. He married a Boston woman and moved to California.
WARDWELL
WARDWELL, ELIAKIM, (Samuel+, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1) (See "Thomas Wardwell Family"), son of Samuel4 and Elizabeth (Osborn) Wardwell was b. Somers, Conn. 7-16- 1749. He was soldier in the Rev. War. He was undoubtedly the man of that name who settled in Mid. about 1786, as his neighbors were from Somers and Enfield with some of whom he participated in the insurgent activities incident to Shays' Rebellion. He served on the school committee in 1794. By trade he was a shoemaker and harnessmaker. He had moved away from town before 1810. Among their children were :
DENNIS, m. 11-30-1797, Anne, dau. ELECTA, prob. dau. Eliakim, b. 7-2-
William and Susannah (Hunger- ford) Church of Mid. Moved to Austinburg, Ohio.
1771; d. 11-7-1810 m. Daniel Root of Mid. (See Root family).
Children, b. Mid. Lorin, b. 8-22-1798. Austin, b. 3-10-1800.
WARES
WARES, ELIAS, b. abt. 1754 ; d. Mid. 2-7-1819; m. 1st abt. 1784, Chloe who d. 7-15-1802. m. 2d 10-27-1802, Anna, dau. Ithamar and Asenah Pelton, b. 1770. She m. 2nd Rufus Tinker. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He came from Glastonbury, Conn., to Mid. as early as 1789. He ap- pears to have lived near Blossom Corner. By 1800 he was living in Smith Hollow on the "Owl Lot," so called. In 1813 he bought the Russ Farm near the Robbins place. His wife was granted a letter of dismission from the Cong. Church to the church in Chester in 1822.
Children :
ASA, b. 2-11-1785. NEWMAN, b. 5-1-1787.
ELIAS, b. 5-9-1789.
LUCINDIA, b. 4-18-1792.
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RUSSELL, b. 9-3-1794. GALIUS, b. 10-25-1796. CHLOE, b. 7-11-1802.
ANNA, b. 10-16-1805. ELIZER, b. 8-14-1807. ASHLEY, b. 12-16-1809.
WASHBURN
WASHBURN, MILES, (Ebenezer4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Ebenezer* and Patience (Miles) Washburn, was b. prob. New Milford, Conn. 1-10-1730 ; d. Exeter, N. Y., 1833-4, over 103 years old. m. 10-30-1752, Sarah Lyon. He was a black- smith by trade. With a family of six he came to Murray- field in 1769, when the town had a second boom, and there were twenty-one purchasers of lots besides himself. He was instrumental in founding the town of Norwich. He sold his property in 1778, but "seems to have remained thereabouts until 1783-4. There is a family tradition that he lost most of his property in selling out." The history of Mid. dis- closes that between 1778 and 1783 Washburn was a squatter on the West Hill on a portion of Prescott's Grant between the Ferris and Taylor farms where he improved and laid claim to 227 acres. He probably lived where there is a large cellar hole 300 yards from the highway. He came into con- flict with John Spencer who had purchased the land of Josiah Arnold, and was compelled to leave his improvements. He was enumerated at Saratoga, N. Y., near Exeter, in 1790. Children :
ABRAHAM, b. Kent, Conn. 12-20-1752 m. 1st. Mary Northrup, of Lenox. m. 2nd. 3-16-1802, Mrs. Irene Le- land. m. 3d. Apr. 1806, Olive, dau. Rev. Eben Wright. Was a soldier in Rev. War. where he learned the blacksmith trade. Lived in Part- ridgefield and Lenox. His name is on Pet. Inc. 1782. He lived for awhile in Hinsdale. He and his brother Jacob, in 1784 bought lots. 2 in I and II Div. Prescott's Grant, which they sold to John Coats the following year.
HANNAH, b. 3-15-1756, m. 3-5-1783, Joseph Witter of Wash. RACHEL, b. 6-30-1758.
ISAAC, b. 3-11-1760, m. Sarah Egle- stone. He signed Pet. Inc. 1781. He was a blacksmith in Lenox. JACOB, b. 10-11-1762.
OZIAS, b. 1765. SARAH, b. 7-13-1767. m. Peter Tubbs, in N. Y. State.
MILES, b. 3-14-1771. PATIENCE, b. 12-10-1775.
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WEST
WEST, JOHN, (John3, Samuel2, Francis1), son of John3 and De- borah West, was b. 3-12-1715; d. 1-31-1766; m. 6-16-1738, Rebecca Abel of Lebanon, Conn. Lived in Lebanon, Tol- land and Windham, Conn. Among their children were David (See Fam. 1) and Abel, (See Fam. 2).
FAM. 1. DAVID WEST, son of John4 and Rebecca (Abel) West, was b. 2-4-1744; drowned, Becket, 7-3-1798; m. Bethia Randall, who d. 2-23-1812, in her 67th year. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. He lived for a while in Vernon, Conn., but moved to Mid. by 1791, where he had a farm on lot 52, V Div. Becket, on the old Becket highway.
Children :
RUSSELL, b. Bolton, Conn. 7-25-1769, m. Betty, dau. Enoch and Bath- sheba (Paddock) Crowell, of Mid. He lived for a while in Mid. at his father's farm. He lived for a while in Wash. Had an account with Oliver Blush 1799-1814.
ERASTUS, b. Bolton, 3-7-1772. Sup- posed to have moved to Warren, N. Y.
RANDALL.
PERSIS, b. Bolton, 11-10-1774, m. 7- 11-1822, Cyrus Cone.
HORACE, m. 1-30-1817, Jemima Tor- rey of Wilbraham. He was living in Mid. in 1820, on the road to Harry Pease's farm, where Asa
Brown had lived, in 1783, but had moved away by 1825. His wife joined the Cong. church by letter from Wilbraham, North Parish, in 1817.
Children :
David, b. 7-25-1818. Elijah, b. 7-25-1818.
Marcus, b. 1-16-1822. m. 12-4- 1845, Thankful S. David of Becket. Mary, b. 1-16-1822.
LLOYD, bap. Bolton, 8-9-1789 m. 7-8- 1817, Prudence Damon. He lived for awhile in Mid., joining Cong. Church 1818. He had left town by 1825.
FAM. 2. ABEL WEST, son of John4 and Rebecca (Abel) West, was b. 5-11-1747 ; d. 1-12-1836 ; m. Vernon, Conn. 4-21-1773, Hannah Chapman. He impoverished himself purchasing supplies for the Patriot army in the Rev. War. He came to Mid. about 1792 and was assigned to Southwest School Dis- trict in 1793. He sold lot 31, III Div. Becket, to Wm. Church in 1793. He was granted a letter of dismission from Cong. Church to church in Wash. in 1797, where he was liv- ing in 1800.
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
Children :
JOHN CHAPMAN, d. young.
ABEL, b. 11-26-1780. m. Matilda Thompson.
RHODA, m. Charles Cooley.
HANNAH.
ALMINA, m. Wm. Nichols. ELIZABETHI, m. Alva Ames.
LAURA, m. Asa Cone.
WHEELER
WHEELER, SAMUEL, of Preston, Conn. m. Rachel Herrick. They had a son, William, b. 1-5-1765.
WILLIAM WHEELER, son of Samuel1 and Rachel (Herrick) Wheeler, was b. Preston, Conn. 1-5-1765; d. Mid. 9-8-1826 ; m. Nov., 1791, Anne, dau. of Nathan, Jr., and Hannah (Branch) Leonard, of Worth. (See Leonard family). He lived for a while in Worth. but moved to Mid. between 1802 and 1810, and lived on a farm just east of the Eli Crowell farm where Willis Graves now lives. The Wheeler place was later occupied by Dea. Moses Gamwell.
Children :
WILLIAM, b. 3-18-1793. (See Fam. 1).
NANCY, (baptized Anna), b. Worth. 3-18-1793; d. 4-9-1827. m. 5-6- 1819, Eli, son of Jonathan and Hannah Ely. (See Ely Family). WEALTHY, b. Worth. 3-1-1795. d. Mid. 9-5-1872. She lived most of her life with her sister Lucy at the Ely place.
LUCY, b. Worth. 11-27-1796. d. Mid. 11-16-1874. m. 6-7-1832, Eli Ely. ELBRIDGE GERRY, b. Worth. 12-4- 1802. d. Mid. 12-9-1893. m. 3-2 or 3-1830, Sarah Bristol Seymore, of Lanesboro. In company with Dr. Asa Newton and Mr. Milton
Nash he began the study of med- icine in the house of Dr. Joseph Warren at Mid. Center. He en- tered the medical profession and practiced in New York City, for awhile in partnership with Dr. James U. Church. He moved to Becket where he practiced for some years, finally retiring to Factory Village. He delivered an address upon the Medical Pro- fession in Mid. at the Centennial in 1883.
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