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NATHAN WARREN, b. Mid. 4-15-1811. He was a bachelor and lived for many years at the old Wheeler place.
FAM. 1. WILLIAM WHEELER, son of William2 and Anne (Leon- ard) Wheeler, was b. Worth. 3-18-1793; d. Mid. 11-24-1867 ; m. 12-11-1823, Roxanna Bird, b. 1799; d. 11-6-1844. He lived after his marriage in the house previously occupied by John Green Williams, which stood where is a cellar hole and butternut tree just north of the dwelling of John Ferris on
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the road to Bancroft. In Nov., 1845, Wheeler demolished the old house and built the present house, now occupied by Mr. Ferris, where Orrin Wheeler lived many years.
Children :
WILLIAM PELETIAH, b. Mid. 10-9- 1824. d. Olyphant, Pa. 7-6-1861; m. Henrietta Dewey. He was a skilful and up-to-date tailor. When a young man he moved to Olyphant, Pa. Children :
Mary Emma, m. Seth S. Warner of Florence, Mass. William Henry. Lived in Scranton, Pa.
NANCY ROXANA, b. Mid. 1-26-1827, d. 3-5-1911. Her entire life was spent in Mid. at the Wheeler homestead with her brother Orrin.
ORRIN RODOLPHUS, b. Mid. 7-1-1829 d. 5-14-1907; m. 11-11-1856 Har- riet Electa, dau. Daniel P. and Lois Burt of Southampton. who d. 11-30-1872, ae. 35. He was a lifelong resident of Mid. well known and highly respected. He was a faithful member of the Cong. Ch. Children :
Elma Harriet, b. Mid. 7-26-1859 m. 1-27-1887, George F. Green of Westfield.
MYRA LOIS, b. Mid. 10-29-1862. She lived with her father for years in Mid. Was unm.
WHEELER, JOHN, was living in Mid. at least as early as 1799, when his name appeared on the minister tax list. He was located in the Den region, lot 130, where Joseph Brown later lived, northeast of the Jesse Wright place. He was set to the Northeast School District in 1802. He was living in Mid. as late as 1804, but had moved away by 1810.
WHITE
WHITE, JOHN, In. Concord, 11-26-1707, Prudence Hayward. He was killed by Indians at Brookfield, 7-24-1710. He had a son b. 7-3-1708.
JOHN WHITE, son of John1 and Prudence (Hayward) White, was b. Concord, 7-3-1708; probably the Mr. White, "aged man" who d. Chester, "forepart of 1779." m. Brookfield, 6-20-1732, Thankful, dau. Philip and Judith Goss, b. Brook- field, 12-13-1713; d. Chester 2-9-1780. They had a son, Elijah b. 8-15-1750.
ELIJAH WHITE, son of John and Thankful (Goss) White, was b. Brookfield 8-15-1750; d. Mid. 10-29-1827 ; m. abt. 1773, Beu- lah Walker. He was a soldier in Rev. War. He is probably
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the man of that name who was living in Murrayfield as early as 1774. By 1787 he had moved to Mid., where his farm was on lot 39, II Div. Chester. His house was probably somewhere east of the road near the house built by Samuel H. Little (where Elbert Pease and Mr. Dinsmore have lived in recent years), in which White lived in his last years.
Children :
JOEL, b. 12-25-1774.
LUTHER, b. 4-18-1779. Joined Mid. Cong. church in 1802; was granted letter of dismission to Swanton, Vt. 2-2-1806.
ELIJAH, b. 4-2-1781; prob. the Elijah White of Chester, who m. (int) 6- 16-1798 Jane White of Shelburn.
CALVIN, b. Mid. 12-20-1783. SUBMIT, b. Mid. 5-11-1786. m. 6-2- 1814, Samuel H. Little.
BEULAH, b. 7-20-1789; m. 10-3-1821, Henry Warner.
ACHSAH, b. Mid. 9-26-1791. d. 9-20- 1820.
HERVY, b. Mid. 3-18-1793. m. Sally. Lived in Hinsdale.
A John White united with the Cong. Church in Mid. 1821 and was granted a letter of dismission, 11-4-1825, to Augusta and Smithfield, N. Y.
WHITTEMORE
WHITTEMORE, AARON, (Jeremiah5, Jeremiah+, John", Daniel2, Thomas1,-See Whittemore Gen. by B. B. Whittemore, p. 78-9), son of Jeremiah" and Mary (Carter) Whittemore, was b. Spencer, 3-1-1762; d. Wash. 10-15-1832 ; m. Spencer, (int) 2-20-1790, Sally Baker, who d. 1800. About 1800 he bought 100 acres of land in Mid. lot 6, in I and II Div. West, Pres- cott's Grant, a farm previously owned by Ebenezer Lealand, and containing several acres of fine meadow land lying along Factory Brook. After some years he moved to Wash. and lived near the deep railroad cut there. His sister Mary, b. Concord, 12-2-1752, m. 10-26-1779, Nathan Wright of Murrayfield. His sister Esther, b. Spencer, 12-28-1764, m. Wm. Ingell of Chester, 9-21-1813.
Children :
AMOS, b. Spencer, 11-8-1793. (See Fam. 1).
AARON,
m.
(int)
10-26-1822
Lucintha Olds. Was living in Mid. in 1820. Moved to Fulton, N. Y.
ISAAC, Lived in Volney, N. Y. ABIGAIL, m. 4-6-1812, James Cross
of Mid. Lived on the West Hill in Mid. (See Cross Fam.).
MARY, m. Almond Barnes. SALLY, m. Robert Eames, of Wash.
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FAM. 1. AMOS WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron" and Sally (Baker) Whittemore, was b. Spencer, 11-8-1793; d. Westfield, 1853, m. Clarissa, dau. John Hamilton of Chester. Came to Mid. with his father but moved with him to Wash. and lived a short distance north of the Dea. Eames place. After his father's death he lived a few years in Hartford, Conn. About 1836 he purchased the farm in Mid. on Factory Brook where his father had lived, and dwelt there for the next decade. About 1846 he moved to Factory Village where he kept the "old boarding house" above Church's Upper Mill for a year or two. About 1848 he moved to Hartford. His last years were spent in Westfield.
Children :
INFANT, d. 12-21-1822.
WILLIAM LOUIS, b. Wash. May, 1824 d. Hartford, Conn. 11-25-1909. Was engaged in the brush manu- facturing business.
FRANK JOHN, b. Wash. 1-15-1828. d. Toledo, Ohio 1-27-1911. m. 1st Oct. 1851, Fallah, dau. Eli Terry, who d. 4-26-1864. m. 2nd. Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Johnson of Terryville, who d. 1890. m. 3d. Alice J. Blackman of
New Haven, Conn. Came to Mid. and lived on Meadow farm; attended school near the Sternagle house where Jno. McElwain, Amos Cross and Samuel Smith, Jr. taught.
Attended "the academy" taught by a Mr. Sears, at the old Center School. Attended Williston Sem- inary. Taught school at Factory Village in 1848. Was clerk for George Lyman at the Center. Studied medicine at Pittsfield in the same class with Dr. James U. Church. Studied in Springfield with Dr. Jefferson Church. Graduated at New York Univer- sity 1851. Practiced medicine in New Haven and Terryville, Conn. for thirty years. In 1888 he moved to Clyde, Ohio, where he lived twenty-five years, where he had a large practice, specializing in chronic diseases.
WING
WING, ABNER, of Hinsdale, m. 10-16-1816 Mehitabel, dau. of Solomon and Mary (Wright) Ingham who was b. in Mid. 12-25-1793; she d. in Genesee, Wis. They lived in Mid. in the southwest part of the town until 1829.
Children b. in Mid. :
MEHITABEL CYNTHIA, b. 9-17-1817. URIAHI, b. 6-1-1824; d. 7-20-1824.
ABNER GRIFFIN, b. 8-6-1819. ADALINE, b. 3-13-1821.
ELISHA COOLEY, b. 10-5-1828.
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WING, ZERI, of Hinsdale, m. 5-15-1817 Tryphena, dau. of Solo- mon and Mary (Wright) Ingham, who was b. in Mid. 3-12- 1795. She d. 12-29-1851 in Hinsdale. Of their many chil- dren b. in Hinsdale, Malina, b. 3-26-1823, m. 12-12-1848 Sherman Geer, of Peru; she m. 2nd 1-24-1860 Dea. Amasa Graves, of Mid .; she m. 3rd Gordyce Bates, of Worth. as his second wife. Her sister, Corinth, b. 11-27-1824, m. Gordyce Bates as his first wife.
WILLIAM
WILLIAM (or WILLIAMS), PRINCE, d. Mid. 1-6-1823 supposed to be 83 years old; m. Springfield (int) Nancy Gardner. His wife Abigail d. Mid. 8-19-1824, aged 85. He was living in Wilbraham in 1790. He moved to Mid. between 1792 and 1794. He was one of the few negro residents of Mid. He lived in the region of Taylor's Pasture, not far from the Amos Cone place. Later he lived in a house just north of the Orrin Wheeler place where John Ferris now lives. He was assigned to the West School District in 1793. Among his large family of children were:
RUFUS, who m. 3-23-1805 . Susannah ยท Starkweather of Becket. Their child, Sally was b. 5-20-1805; d. 8-20-1814.
MERCY.
JOIIN GREEN, m. 1-18-1816, Sally Carter. He lived at the old Wheeler house in Factory Village Mid. where his father once lived.
Children :
Rufus, b. 11-5-1816.
Stephen Lyman, b. 7-24-1818; d. 10-13-1830. James Monroe, b. 11-7-1819. Sophrona, b. 8-5-1821.
Lucy, b. 6-15-1823; d. 9-11-1830. John Austen, b. 3-25-1825; d. 8- 21-1826.
WOOD
WOOD, ARTEMAS, m. 12-10-1794, Betsy Wood. He came to Mid. about 1794. He lived on the road from Blossom's Tavern to the old Cemetery, a short distance north of Mr. Sweeney's house, his farm being part of Lot 209 Worthington, and ad- joining property. He sold his farm to Benjamin Pinney in 1797. He was living in town in 1800 but had moved away by 1810. He was a bricklayer by trade. Children b. Mid.
LYMAN, b. 7-11-1795.
LINDA, b. 6-18-1799. LESTER, b. 9-11-1802.
LORIN, b. 1-25-1797.
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WOODS, JAMES, according to the census of 1790 was living in Mid. on Ridgepole Road, just north of Calvin Smith, and may have built the old house where the Gleason Family later lived, near the Cottrell farm. He had a family of four minor sons, and five girls and women. He had moved away by 1792.
WOODS, SAMUEL, probably belonged to the same family as James Woods, for he was living north of Calvin Smith in 1791. He and his wife joined the Cong. Ch. in 1795 by letter from the church in Worthington. He was selectman in 1792. His farm, which consisted of lots 213 and 200, Worthing- ton, he sold to Isaac Gleason in 1796. He moved away be- fore 1799. A child of his d. 1792. A son, Billy was bap. 1794.
WOOD, SIMEON, m. 1-4-1798, Mrs. Rebecca Flint of Becket, who d. 4-27-1840. He came to Mid. about 1792 when he was as- signed to Pew 2 in the meetinghouse. He made his home in Blush Hollow, a short distance south of Factory Village, building the original house on the farm later occupied by Hiram and Mary Leach. Mr. Wood was a diminutive per- son, going by the title of "Doctor," which was probably given him because of his occupation of peddling essences. He moved away about 1840.
Children b. Mid. :
SAMUEL WATKINS, b. 11-15-1798. ADAM LUMBIRD, b. 11-27-1800. He was living in Mid. 1840. WILLIAM WILMAN, b. 2-11-1803 d. 6-29-1827. LUCINA, b. 3-24-1805.
MARGARET, b. 1-28-1807, d. 2-27-1808.
CHARLOTTE, b. 3-9-1809. CHIARLES, b. 3-10-1809, d. 9-29-1813. EDMUND, b. 11-8-1811, d. 10-4-1813. CHARLES EDMUND, b. 5-2-1815; m. (int) 9-6-1840, Mercy Goodrich of Worthington. He joined the Mid. Cong. Ch. in 1837.
WOOD, STEPHEN, m. 6-21-1795, Lydia, dau. Elisha and Mary (Ellis) Mack of Mid. He joined the Mid. Cong. Ch. in 1809 by letter from the church in Salem, N. Y. In 1800 he was living at the Elisha Mack place at the Combs farm. He moved to Painted Post, N. Y., being given a letter of dis- mission from the Cong. Ch. in 1816. (See Mack Gen. p. 450.) A child adopted by Stephen Wood was bap. 8-27-1815.
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WOOD, THOMAS, (or Woods) of Somers, Conn., d. Mid. 8-8-1822; m. Abigail, dau. Benjamin and Ruth (Horton) Phelps of Mansfield, and Somers, Conn., and Westfield anl Mid., Mass. b. 10-31-1748; d. 4-14-1838. He bought of Elijah Dix in 1786, Lot 211 Worthington, just north of the farm of Frank Chipman. In 1790 Wood was living at the Dix place, just east of the Skinner house where Lester Root used to live. By 1800 he had moved to a house a short distance north of the Ingham farm on Ridgepole Road. He may have been the father of some of the other residents by the name of Wood. Widow Wood used to knit stockings for some of the families of Mid. A dau. Lucinda, b. Somers, Conn. 7-6-1775, m. David Phelps.
WOODWARD
WOODWARD (or WOODARD), JONATHAN, of Spencer, perhaps the one who m. 6-27-1799, Mrs. Rachel Skinner, bought of David Hamilton of Chester in 1796, Lot 1, in II Div. E. Prescott's Grant, which he sold to John Dickson in 1801. This is the lot back of Robbins Hill where Henry Lamberton first lived and where Capt. Alexander Dickson lived before building his house on the road north from the Center. He was living in Mid. in 1800. His wife d. 3-1-1830 at Windsor, Mass. ae. 62 or 63. Among their children were : JONATHAN, JR., b. Windsor, 1801; m. RACHEL, b. 1805 Windsor. Anna Mattoon. Had 4 ch. b. 1828- 35.
WRIGHT
WRIGHT, EDWARD, d. 5-18-1708. He came to Sudbury with his widowed mother, Dorothy. He m. 1-18-1659, Hannah, dau. Thomas Axtel. He had a son, Edward.
EDWARD WRIGHT, son of Edward1 and Hannah (Axtel) Wright, was b. 3-16-1677; m. Hannah Lived in Framing- ham. They had a son Edward.
EDWARD WRIGHT, son of Edward? and Hannah Wright, was b. 3-10-1720-1; d. 12-26-1803; m. Tryphena Hines, who d. Nov. 1820, aged 95 and was buried in Mid. He settled in Spencer in 1753 and in 1770 moved to Murrayfield.
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Children :
JASON, m. Elizabeth Bradshaw
Muzzy.
NATHAN, b. 1749. (See Fam. 1).
BAZALEEL, b. 2-29-1752; m. 8-29- 1776, Sarah Whiting of Waltham; m. 2nd, 11-28-1782, Eunice Hay- wood of Holden. He was a soldier in Rev. War. "Dr. Zela,"' as he was familiarly known, was prob- ably the first physician to practice in Mid. It is thought that he lived at or near John Taylor's Tavern. He was one of the con- stituent members of the Cong. Ch. 1783. He owned Lot 8, III Div. Becket which he sold to David Mack in 1777. He had left Mid. before 1790, and was living in Chester in 1800.
JANE, b. 5-27-1754. JUDE, b. 5-27-1754. (See Fam. 7). JONATHAN, b. 3-13-1756. ANNA, b. 2-23-1758.
JESSE, b. 2-28-1760; m. Mrs. Eliza- beth Streator. He was a soldier in Rev. War.
TRYPHENA, b. 10-2-1761.
MARY, b. 5-21-1763; m. 1782, Solo- mon Ingham of Mid. (See Ingham Family ).
PERSIS, b. 2-27-1765; m. John Bige- low. Lived in Worcester, Spencer and in Chester (1800). JOHN, b. 1-7-1768.
FAM. 1. NATHAN WRIGHT, son of Edward3 and Tryphena (Hines) Wright, was b. Spencer, 1749; d. Mid. 5-14-1816; m. 10-26-1779, Mary, dau. Jeremiah and Mary (Carter) Whittemore of Spencer, who d. Mid. 12-13-1841. He was a soldier in Rev. War. He lived for a while in Spencer, then moved to Murrayfield, where he lived until about 1798 when he bought of James Nooney the farm on the meadows of Den Stream, first cultivated by the Rhoads family, and now (1924) known as "Glendale Farm," owned by his grand- son, Clark B. Wright. He joined the Methodist congregation in the region which worshipped at the Bethel meetinghouse.
Children :
SALLY, b. 2-13-1782; m. 1-27-1802, Dan Pease. (See Pease Family). POLLY, b. 4-8-1784; m. (int) 10-7- 1802, Job Robbins. (See Robbins Family).
NATHAN. b. 8-26-1786. (See Fam. 2).
SYBIL, b. 10-6-1788; m. 3-9-1815, Thomas Durant, Jr.
Amos, b. 2-17-1791; d. 7-5-1810. JESSE, b. 7-18-1793. (See Fam. 6). ESTHER WHITTEMORE, b. 12-26- 1795; m. 5-18-1820, Milton John- son.
FAM. 2. NATHAN WRIGHT, son of Nathan4 and Mary (Whitte- more) Wright, was b. Chester, 8-26-1786; d. Mid. 12-20- 1875 ; m. 2-8-1816, Asenath dau. Daniel and Olive (Ackley)
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Cone of Peru, b. 7-19-1795; d. Mid. 9-2-1879. He followed his father at the Glendale farm. He was active in the Methodist denomination in Mid. and assisted in building the Bethel meetinghouse.
Children b. Mid. :
NATIIAN ALMOND, b. 2-27-1818; d. 9-11-1872: m. 4-12-1843, Adeline Vandewater. Moved to Prairie du Chien, Wis. between 1830 and 1840.
AMOS, b. 12-5-1819; d. Athens, Pa. 5-20-1895; m. 2-14-1845, Sabrina Meeker. Lived in Ithaca, N. Y. ASENATHI HARRIET, b. 12-12-1821; d. 3-5-1870; m. Reuben Washburn, a Methodist minister.
MARY CELEMNA, b. 9-20-1823; d. 2-5- 1880; m. 5-20-1846, John M. Crane of Washington.
LOUISA, b. 3-23-1826; d. 9-12-1899 at Huntington; m. 11-25-1852, Lawrence Smith. Lived in Mid. and Cummington. (See Smith Fam).
EMORY, b. S-2-1828; murdered 1-21- 1869. Lived in Prairie du Chien, Wis.
CHARLES, b. 12-8-1830. (See Fam. 3). FIDELIA, b. 12-30-1832; d. 8-9-1856. m. 5-25-1851, Isaac W. Doten. MATILDA, b. Dec. 1835, d. Mid. 6-21- 1863. OLIN FISK, b. 12-25-1839; d. 6-1- 1860.
CLARK BRAINARD, b. 7-20-1842. (See Fam. 5).
FAM. 3. CHARLES WRIGHT, son of Nathan5 and Asenath (Cone) Wright, was b. Mid. 12-8-1830; d. Mid. 9-20-1889 ; m. 11-9- 1854, Sarah, dau. Matthew and Betsy (Ward) Smith of Mid. who was b. 4-18-1830; d. Mid. 2-19-1916. He lived . north of Mid. Center, where his son-in-law, G. E. Cook, now lives (1924). He was selectman in 1880. He was a promi- nent member of the Baptist Church.
Children b. Mid. :
ELSIE ADELAIDE, b. 8-19-1855; m. 5-8-1879, George W. Cottrell. Lives in Mid. (See Cottrell Fam.)
WILLIAM SMITH, b. 6-13-1859. He is a merchant in Dalton. HELEN MARIA, b. 2-9-1873. (See Family 4).
FAM. 4. HELEN MARIA WRIGHT, dau. Charles" and Sarah (Smith) Wright, was b. Mid. 2-9-1873; m. 10-6-1898, George Edward, son of Angevine and Helen Cook, b. Sharon, Conn. 9-10-1873. Mr. Cook is one of the prominent farmers of Mid. Mrs. Cook has taught school in Mid. and is prominent
NATHAN WRIGHT, JR. CHARLES WRIGIIT
MRS. ASENATHI (CONE) WRIGHIT CLARK BRAINARD WRIGHT
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in the Mid. Church. She was one of the first women in the state to be elected selectman of a town.
Children b. Mid. :
FLORENCE MARION, b. 7-7-1899. She GRACE HELEN, b. 6-11-1904. She is
is now a teacher in the Junior a teacher in Middlefield, in the Smith Hollow district.
High School, Bradford.
CHARLES EDWARD, b. 9-19-1901. WILLIAM ARTHUR, b. 8-2-1910.
FAM. 5. CLARK BRAINARD WRIGHT, son of Nathan" and Asenath (Cone) Wright, was b. Mid. 7-20-1842; m. 1st 3-1-1864 Ann D., dau. Sylvester and Louisa (Williams) Prentice, b. 2-6- 1844; d. 10-8-1893. He m. 2nd 6-2-1896, Mrs. Mary J. (Mc- Elwain) Babson. (See McElwain Fam.) He followed his father at the Glendale Farm which he has made one of the best farms in Mid. He has for many years made a specialty of raising fine stock, his Durham shorthorn bulls, of which "Glendale Duke" among others, is remembered as a magni- ficent specimen, always taking prizes at the annual Cattle Show of the Highland Agricultural Society. Child :
MARTHA, b. 11-5-1899: d. 1-24-1900.
FAM. 6. JESSE WRIGHT, son of Nathan4 and Mary (Whitte- more) Wright, was b. Chester, 7-18-1793; d. 5-21-1849; m. 5-29-1817, Dorothy Skinner. He settled in the Den region of Mid. building the house since called the Howe place. He was active in the Methodist Society at the Bethel meeting- house which was built across the road from his house.
Children b. Mid. :
FRANCIS RANSOME, b. 3-17-1818: drowned 9-24-1819.
JESSE FRANKLIN, b. 12-29-1819 ; m. (int) 8-30-1845, Mrs. Polly Foote Spencer of Pittsfield. He lived on the cross road leading from the Bethel church to the county high- way to Chester, and later north of Mid. Center where Pastor Nash first lived.
ELIZA CHURCII, b. 2-6-1822; m. Wil- liam Fay of Chester.
JULIA, b. 12-22-1823; m. Amos Cross of Becket.
CLARISSA, b. 12-31-1826. d. Mid. NATIIAN, b. 3-1-1829 : m. Augusta J. Winchell: d. Mid.
GEORGE W., b. 4-9-1831: m. 1st Maria -: m. 2nd. Jennie Hitch- cock. Lived in Chester.
FREEBORN GOODSELL (or Garretson), b. 7-17-1834: d. Springfield, 1916: m. 1st Jennie Williams: m. 2nd Mrs. Mira (Fay) Dexter. Lived in Chester.
GENEALOGIES
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WILLIAM MINAGH, b. 3-1-1836: m. Battle of Chickamauga, and later to Andersonville prison where he died.
Alida Porter. He was a soldier in Civil War, taken prisoner in FAM. 7. JUDE or JUDAH WRIGHT, son of Edward3 and Tryphena (Hines) Wright, was b. Spencer, 5-27-1754; d. Montgomery, 11-29-1834; m. (int) 11-17-1781, Roxana, dau. Nathaniel and Tabitha (Kingsley) Loomis, b. 8-17-1763; d. Mont- gomery, 1-5-1845. He was a soldier in the Rev. War. His name appears on the valuation lists for Murrayfield in 1782. In 1796 he purchased of Isaac Streator part of Lot 54 I Div. Murrayfield, located near the farm of W. Ovid Eames (1924). Wright was living in Mid. as late as 1810 but had moved away by 1820. He was granted a letter of dismission from the Cong. Ch. to the church in Peru, 5-24-1825.
INDEX OF NAMES
A
Abbe, H. A., 232, 254 Mrs. H. A., 152, 254 Richard, 362 Thomas, 362 Acksdel, Asa, 284
Adams, Samuel, 363, 364
Alden, Alonzo P., 185
Alderman, Charles H., 329 Clarence E., 330 Daniel, 294 Edwin H., 229, 242
Family, V George D., 330 Helen L., 336 Mrs. Rosie May (Jones), 213 Mrs. Sarah Jane ( Hawes), X, 229 Allen, Ethan, 23 Rev. Thomas, 56 Timothy, 43
Allison, Sarah, 284
Anderson, James, 236 Andrews, E. Benjamin, 287 Rev. Erastus, 287 Archibald, Rev. Henry, 287
Arms, Thomas, 362 Arnold, Ephraim, 352 Josiah, 21, 24, 348, 349, 350
Ashford, Conn., 43, 60 Ashfield, Mass., 56, 63 Ashley, Moses, 53 Aurora, Ohio, 112 Avery, John, 363
B
Babcock, A. Rowley, X Daniel, 58, 362 Ebenezer, 31, 78, 282, 362 Nathaniel, 58 Bacon, Jabez, 352, 353
Bainbridge, Ohio, 112, Baldwin, Col., 74 Ballou, Amariah, 284 David, 284 Mary, 284 Polley, 284
Bancroft, P. O., 157 Baptist Church, 110, 155, 181, 182, 183, 188, 198, 218, 273, 281, 283 Baptists, 70, 78, 82, 83, 108, 110, 183, 245, 274, 276, 277, 282 Barnard, Major, 19 Barnes, Asa, 363 Miss, 296
Bartholomew, Elijah, 96 Bartlett, Isaac, 98 Sylvester, 187, 280 Bartley, Rev. William T., X, 245, 277 Bates, Oliver, 41, 69, 256 Becket Land Co., 112 Becket, Mass., 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 35, 38, 53, 54, 55, 360, 361
Beebee, Rev. Albert G., 272 Bell, Mrs. Eila (Pease-Kelley), 229 Bell, George S., 214, 227, 279, 281 Mrs. Harriet (Quigley), 227 John L., 180, 297, 325 Ralph, 229 Benjamin, Asa, 58 Salah B., 58 Bernard, Sir Francis, 51, 53
Bestor, Rev. Foranda, 288
Bidwell, Dr. Edwin C., 181, 339
Billings, Barnabas, 106
Bills, Charles, 175, 179
Birchard, James, 361, 363
Birnie, Judge, 232 William, 232, 254 Bisbee, Rev. John H., 184, 268, 264, 300 Bissell, Israel, 43, 60 Justus, 43, 60, 112, 117 Robert, 112 ,331 Rev. Samuel, 330, 331
Blandford, Mass., 17, 18, 22
Blodget, Rev. Joseph, 257
Blossom Corner, 47
Blossom, Enos, 39, 362 Thomas, 47, 362 Blossom's Tavern, 39, 94. 96
Blish (Blush) Benjamin, 36, 61, 67, 112, 362 Blush (Blish) Amasa, 92, 105, 106, 107, 142, 143, 358
Elizabeth, 256 Mrs. Harriet (Smith), 210
Jerome, 210 Joseph, 32, 47, 69, 70, 256
O. Blush & Co., 144 Oliver, 75, 94, 95, 97, 104, 207, 319
Oliver, 2nd, 143, 183, 208, 211
William Blush & Co., 144
William C., 181 William D., 143, 144, 148, 149, 179, 208, 211, 310 Blush, Hollow, 144, 163, 189, 220 Boise, Smith & Root, 154, 159 Enos, 171 Lewis D., 148 Watson, 171 Bolton, Conn., 26
Bolton, David, 44, 47, 58. 256, 351, 351. 358, 362 Bonney, Mrs. Sarah (Ingham), X, 336
Booth, Simeon, 43, 60
Boston & Albany R. R., 211. 212, 223 Bowden, Rev. Henry M., 245, 246, 250, 274, 276 Boxley, Rev. Mr., 297 Boyer, Ernest L., 249 Fred L., 238 Harold A., 249 Hazel, 243 Marshall, 238 Peter, 238, 248 Mrs. Peter, 250
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HISTORY OF MIDDLEFIELD
Brackett, Pascal P., 321
Bradford, Alden, 107
Brainard, Amasa, 351
Brewster, Dea. Jonathan, 77
Bridgeman, Rev. Lewis, 180, 183, 265, 269 Brigham, Joseph, 17 Brown, Alfred, 210 Asa, 36, 69, 256, 362 Ebenezer, 330
Elizabeth, 256 George, 208
Jesse, 295 Mrs. Jesse, 295 John, 180, 268, 269 Samuel, 295 Mrs. Samuel, 295 Sumner J., 248
Bryan, John T., 232, 247, 248 Leon M., 249 Mrs. Nora (Ingham), 247, 250 Thomas, 227
Mrs. Thomas, 227
Bryant, Rev. Seelye, 245, 276, 277 William Cullen, 307
Burk, Rev. John B., 290
Bulkley, Dunton & Co., 159, 212, 223
Burt, Mrs. Sophia (Smith), 336
Bush, Silas, 359
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Cable, George W., 334
Carpenter, Mrs. Lorissa (Loveland), 336 Carrier, David, 41, 75
Carter, Homer, 280 John, 362 W. W., 220
Cary, Joseph, 41, 60, 362 Chamberlain, Family, 208 Sarah E., 208, 230 Chandler, John, 19, 51, 52, 53
Chapel, Joshua, 352
Chapman, Daniel, 47, 67, 69, 70, 256, 279, 362, 367 Mrs. Lucy, 256
Cheeseman, Abel, 41, 60, 108, 362 Anson, 41, 60, 256, 362 Benjamin, 41, 60, 362 Thankful, 331 Uriah F., 180
Chester, Mass., 16, 19, 212, 223
Child, Rev. Isaac, 260, 284, 285, 286 Childs, Jones, 361, 363 Chipman, Frank, 229 Mrs. Laura (Root), 229 Wesley J., 229, 242
Church, Alice B., X, 230, 243, 254, 281 Ambrose, 105, 116, 121, 143, 151 Mrs. Amanda (Meacham), 294 Dr. Austin, 336 Carolyn E., 187 Elihu, 45, 61, 351, 359
Green H., 107, 116, 124, 125 Henry F., V, X
Tra, 351 Jabez, 351 James, 197
James Talmadge, 145, 149, 208. 214. 271, 279, 281 Dr. James Uriah, 176, 339 Dr. Jefferson, 180, 269, 337 John, 351
John, Jr., 351 Joseph, 351 Laura L., 281 Mrs. Lucy (Smith), 281 Lyman, 145, 214, 279
Mary E., 227, 281, 336 Myron L., 149, 187, 216 Oliver, X, 139, 154, 157, 218, 227, 271, 273, 279, 281, 325 Mrs. Phebe (Mack), 279, 312 Sumner U., 148, 149, 218, 271, 279 S. U. Church & Bros., 148, 149, 183, 205, 211, 214, 298, 310, 325 Uriah, 45, 60, 88, 353, 357 Uriah, Jr., 106, 107, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148, 197, 279, 312, 326
U. Church & Sons, 154
Rev. Volney, 290
Warren, 107, 358
William, 45, 47, 87, 92, 107, 116, 139, 351, 352, 354, 358 William, Jr., 260 William F., 335
Churchill, Mrs. Eleanor (Nooney), 295 Elijah, 23, 60, 92, 117, 295 Giles, 23, 117 Clark, Rev. Edward, 180, 265, 279 Rev. Homer, 290 James, 56 Jonathan, 362 Rev. John Brittan, 232, 251, 254
Coan, Rev. Titus, 267
Coats, John, 60, 358 Theodore, 92, 368
Cobb, Rev. Mr. 297
Cochran, Robert, 32, 37, 362
Cody, Bridget, 243 James, 230 John, 230 Mrs. John, 228, 230
John F., 250, Nellie, 243
Coe, David C., 236, 254
Colchester, Conn., 26, 45, 60
Coleman, Mr., 188, 290 Rev. Lyman, 89, 330 Dr. William, 47, 92, 100, 338
Combs, Charles, 219, 216
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