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James N., Aug. 18; 1825, m. Aug. 15, 1854, Harfiet Sawyer.
4. MOSES, s. of John (1), b. 1791; alive 1874. He m. Lucina Fairman, dau. John; alive 1874.
Ch .: Lucinda E., Aug. 25, 1819. Moses S., Sept. 18, 1824, m. Betsey Holton.
Lovina, March 11, 1821, d. Nov. 29, 1821. (2), Anna Green.
Gratia M., Nov. 7, 1822, m. Nahum Ad- ams, of Greenfield.
5. RUFUS, s. of John (1), b. 1797, d. Jan. 17, 1849. He m. Jan , 1828, Lucinda, dau. Ichabod King.
Ch. : Rufus K., April 2, 1829, m. Almeda, Susan M., May 25, 1835, m. Jan. 27, 1857, dau. Henry Bascom. Dwight S. Priest, of Vernon.
Harriet L., Jan. 16, 1831, m. Jan., 1854. Julia A., Nov. 28, 1837, m. Dec., 1859, Dr. E. P. Burton. Charles Willard. Hannah M., Feb. 19, 1833, m. Dec., 1856, John W., April 17, 1841 ; res. in N. York . Henry Parker, of Holden. city.
1. CALLENDER, ELEAZER, Boston.
He m. June 24, 1740, Susanna Hillar, wid. of James Bound. Ch. : Eleazer, March 14, 1741. Joseph, May 6, 1751.
Priscilla, Jan. 22, 1742, d. May, 1752. Thomas, July 1, 1754.
Benjamin, Aug. 27, 1745 (2). Susannah, Nov. 21, 1756.
John, Sepr. 19, 1747. Elisha, Feb. 26, 1759.
Elizabeth, May 23, 1749.
2. BENJAMIN, S. of Eleazer (1), b. 1745; Nfd. 179 -; d. in Boston, March 10, 1828.
He m. Abigail Belcher. (2), Eunice Franklin, of Boston.
Ch. : Benjamin, March 16, 1773 (3). Child, 1776.
Abigail, 1778, d. Sept., 1778.
Eunice, d. 1848.
Joseph, July 9, 1779 (4). Nathaniel.
Richard B., Oct. 10, 1780, d. May 17, 1785.
Abigail, Feb. 3, 1781, d. May, 1840.
William, 1783, d. Nov., 1860.
Susan. George.
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3. BENJAMIN, s. of Benj. (2), b. 1773; rem. to Nfd. 1798 ; merchant and engraver ; prominent in town affairs ; d. Feb. 22, 1856.
He m. Nov. 17, 1798, Sally Laughton ; b. in Boston, d. March 30, 1853, a. 80.
Ch. : Hannah, Oct. 1, 1799, m. Jan. 29, Sarah, Jan. 17, 1806.
1821, Erastus Field. Elizabeth, Jan. 1, 1809, m. Dec. 6, 1830, William Pomeroy.
Daniel L., Nov. 3, 1800 (5).
Charles A., Sept. 5, 1802 (6).
4. JOSEPH, s. of Benjamin (2), b. 1779; seaman ; commanded two of the first regular line of sailing packets, built to run between Boston and Liver- pool, which consisted of the Emerald, the Topaz, and the Sapphire ; he com- manded a privateer in the war of 1812; was for a few years in the custom house at Charleston, S. C .; d. in Boston, March 6, 1839.
He m. June 6, 1818, Ann C. Hippins, of Charlestown, who d. June 5, 1834.
Ch. : Ann Eliza, Feb. 17, 1820, d. June William H., May 25, 1828, d. in Madras, 26, 1821.
India, Feb. 6, 1855.
Ann Eliza, Dec. 27, 1821, m. Charles B. George B., Sept. 18, 1829, d. Aug. 22, Hunting, of Boston. 1831. Joseph B., Aug. 25, 1825 (7). Sarah M., Nov. 3, 1831, m. Charles M. Smith, of Charleston, S. C.
5. DANIEL L., s. of Benj. (3), b. 1800; Nfd .; merchant; P. M .; town clerk; was 4 years in custom house, Boston; d. s. p., Sept. 7, 1864.
He m. 1838, Lucretia F., dau. James O. Janes.
6. CHARLES A., s. of Benj. (3), b. 1802, d. Jan. 7, 1834.
He m. Jan. 21, 1827, Adeline Webb, of Rockingham, N. H. She &. Feb., 1870.
Ch. : Mary A., June 6, 1828, m. Jan. 13, 1864, Charles B. Cook, of Charlotte, Vt.
7. JOSEPH B., s. of Joseph (4), b. 1825; rem. from Boston to Nfd., 1861. He m. June 26, 1850, Elizabeth, dau. Erastus Field.
Ch. : William F., July 11, 1851. Edith, Oct. 19, 1862.
Thomas R., Nov. 19, 1854. Auther D., Sept. 18, 1864.
George B., Oct. 5, 1857.
CAREY, RICHARD, Ber., 1753 ; Gfd., 1759; Nfd., 1760; was at Newbury, N. H., 1765 ; but soon ret. to Nfd .; a sol. on frontier service, 1755-58.
He m. June 19, 1759, Mary Frizzell, of Fall Town.
Ch. : Dorothy, bapt. Aug. 24, 1760. Patience, bapt. Aug. 8, 1773.
Lydia, bapt. Nov. 7, 1763. Huldah, bapt. May 14, 1775.
Patience, bapt. Feb. 15, 1767, d. young.
CAREY, SETH, 1766; from Gfd .; rem. to Brandon, Vt .; d. before 1809.
He m. Nov. 24, 1768, Abigail, dau. Capt. Wm. Holton. She d. in Gill before 1809.
Ch. : Joseph, bapt. Nov. 5, 1769, d. young. Elihu, bapt. Aug. 4, 1771, of Brandon, 1809.
Seth, bapt. Aug. 22, 1773, of Brandon, 1809.
Violet, bapt. April 30, 1775, d. before 1809. Nabby, bapt. May 4, 1777, m. Nathan Big- elow, of Brandon.
Azubah, bapt. Feb. 20, 1780, m. Bela Dudly, of Brandon.
Hannah, bapt. June 17, 1781, d. bef. 1809. Joseph, bapt. Aug. 3, 1783, of Brandon, 1809. Levi, bapt. March 7, 1788, of Brandon, 1809.
Rhoda, bapt. Feb. 9, 1791.
Tarza, m. Samuel Smith, of Brandon.
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CARR, WILLIAM, 1750-54.
CARRIER, PHILIP, 1797-9.
CARTER, BENJAMIN ; set off to Gill, 1795.
CARTER, THOMAS, 1804.
CARVER, JONATHAN ; captain ; b. in Canterbury, Conn., 1730; Nfd. 1753. Moses Field gave him credit for making 20 pairs of shoes in 1754; he was a sol. under Capt. Elijah Williams, 1755, and taken prisoner Aug. 9, at the fall of Fort William Henry ; was serving under Maj. John Hawks, in 1758; a lieutenant under Capt. Selah Barnard, at Crown Point, Oct. 12, 1759; he commanded a company in later expeditions. Soon after the close of the war, he commenced his explorations of the great West, and spent four or five years in examining the country about Lake Superior, and the head waters of the Mississippi. He left Boston for England, in 1768, where his book of travels was published, in 1778. He failed to derive a support from this, and died in poverty, at London, Jan. 31, 1780.
CARVER, RUFUS, b. in Montague, Dec. 13, 1755; a minute man at Nfd., 1775; marched to Lexington under Lieut. Ebenezer Janes, on the news of the fighting there ; in May, he enlisted under Capt Elihu Smith, for eight months; was in the battle of Bunker Hill, under Gen. Putnam; on the alarm from the northern invasion, 1777, he marched under Capt. Wright, to Bennington, where he arrived two days after the battle; the same year served three months at Danbury, Ct., being drafted. After the war, he lived in Mont. and Dfd., and abt. 1797 rem. to Brandon, Vt .; after 1832 he rem. to Sodus, N. Y., where he lived, 1837, with a son and son-in-law.
CASS, SAMUEL, 1808.
CASWELL, JOHN, 1796.
CASWELL, ZEBEDIAH, 1796-7.
1. CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH, a sol. at Had., in Philip's war; sett. in Hatfield, but rem. 10 Colchester, Ct., where he kept a tavern. The general court of Ct. allowed him in March, 1712, "£1 13s. for entertaining the French embassadors in their journey to and from New London, in March, 1711." In 1714, he presented another bill of 14s. 5d., " for Lt. Crocker's expenses, 1712." He d. Aug. 7, 1752, a. 87.
He m. June 8, 1688, Mercy, dau. John Dickinson, of Had. She d. June 30, 1755.
Ch. : Prob. Joseph, who m. Dec. 26, 1720, Sarab, March 10, 1693.
Lydia, dau. Joseph Smith, Had .; and was of Northfield, 1731-41.
Prob. Ephraim (3). Prob. Richard (4).
Nathaniel, abt. 1689 (2). John, per. the first sett. of Thetford, Vt.,
Sarah, Nov. 2, 1690, d. young. 1764.
2. NATHANIEL, s. of Joseph (1), b. 1689; sol. at Fort Dum .; was cap. by the Indians Sept. 25, 1725, while on a scout to the westward; was of Nfd.
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1728; of Winch. 1743; Dfd. 1744; Fall Town 1748; Nfd. 1755 ; d. Nov. 7, 1780. " Left a good name behind him." [Ch. Rec.] He m. Elizabeth -. Ch. : Mary, July 13, 1727. Elizabeth ; Richard.
Sarah, m. Moses Belding. Order of birth unknown.
Nathaniel, d. at Dfd., Aug. 22, 1745.
3. EPHRAIM, s. of Joseph (1); blacksmith; Nfd. 1730; d. before 1750. He m. 1733, Anna, dau. Theopolis Merriman. She m. (2), abt. 1750, Benj. Rice. She d. July 7, 1778.
Cx. : Lydia, Feb. 17, 1733-4, m. Alexander Norton.
Anna, m. 1758, Thomas Stebbins. (2), Reuben Frizzell, of Bernardston.
Ephraim, of Southwick, Ct., 1785. Samuel, of Middletown, Ct., 1785.
Theopolis, Oct. 20, 1737; sol. in French war ; of Nova Scotia, 1792.
4. RICHARD, prob. s. of Joseph (1); Nfd. 1731-53; of Hins. 1755; rem. to Newbury, 1762. He m. Abigail -.
CA. : Abigail, Aug. 28, 1736. Nathaniel, May 5, 1746. Benjamin, Dec. 15, 1747. Rebecca, March 13, 1749.
Joseph, March 18, 1737-8; sol. under Capt. John Catlin, 1757-8.
Abiel, Nov. 22, 1739; sett. in Newbery, Vt. Uriah, Feb. 28, 1741-2. Err, June 24, 1744, m. March 10, 1785, Mary Wright ; sett. in Newbery.
Louisa, Dec. 25, 1751.
Silas, Jan. 19, 1754.
Richard, bapt. Nov. 2, 1755.
Martha, bapt. April 16, 1758. Eri, bapt. Feb. 22, 1761.
CHAMPLAIN, SUSANNA ; m. March 22, 1801, Clark Cutler.
CHAMPLAIN, THOMAS, 1706, 1801.
CHAMPNEY, JOSHUA, 1807. He m. Abigail -. Ch. : Joshua, Aug. 11, 1808.
CHAPIN, CALEB, 1749 ; sett. in Bernardston. He m. Jan. 4, 1726-7, Katherine Dickinson.
1. CHAPIN, SAMUEL, Roxbury, 1638; freeman at Boston, 1640; rem. to Spfd. 1642; was appointed a magistrate 1652, on the occasion of the return of William Pynchon to England; one of the com. appointed 1654, to settle the plantation of Norwoutuck ; deacon ; and often "chosen to carry on the work of the Sabbath," in the absence of a minister ; and for a generation was one of the leading spirits in the town ; d. Nov. 11, 1675.
He m. in England, Cicely -, or Sisily, as spelled on record ; d. Feb. 8, 1683.
Ch. : Catherine, m. Nov. 20, 1646, Nathan- iel Bliss. (2), June 30, 1655, Thomas Gilbert. (3), Dec. 8, 1664, Samuel Marshfield ; she d. Feb. 4, 1712. Sarah, m. Apr. 14, 1647, Rowland Thomas. David, m. Aug. 29, 1654, Lydia Crump, at Boston.
Josiah, m. Nov., 1658, Mary King, of Wey- mouth. (2), Sept. 20, 1676, Lydia Brown,
of Ipswich. (3), June 22, 1713, Mehit- able Metcalf, of Dedham. He had 15 ch .; lived in Brain.ree and Mendon.
Henry, m. Dec. 15, 1664, Bethia, dau. Benjamin Cooley ; sett. in Chicopee. Japhet, Oct. 15, 1642 (2).
Hannah, Dec. 2, 1644, m. Sept. 27, 1666, John Hitchcock.
Sarah, Dec. 17, 1735, m. Ambrose Ward, of New Haven, Ct.
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2. JAPHET, s. of Samuel (1), b. 1642; of Milford, Ct., 1669, but soon rem. to Spfd., and sett. on Chicopee river. The following from an old acct. book in the family is in his hand writing: " I went out volunteare against ingens the 17th of May, 1676, and we ingaged batel the 19th of May in the morning before sunrise and made great Spoil upon the enemy and came off the same day with the Loss of 37 men and the Captin Turner, and came home the 20th of May;" he d. Feb. 20, 1712.
He m. July 22, 1664, Abeline, dau. Benj. Cooley. She d. Nov. 17, 1710. (2), May 31, 1711, Dorothy Root, of Enfield, Ct. She m. (2), 1720, Obadiah Miller, of Enfield.
Ch. : Samuel, July 4, 1665, m. Dec. 24, 1690, Hannah, dau. Isaac Sheldon, of Northampton.
Sarah, March 16, 1668, m. March 24, 1690, Nathaniel Munn.
Thomas, May 10, 1671 (3).
John, May 14, 1674, m. Feb. 15, 1702, Sarah, dau. John Bridgman, of Nhn.
Prob. Mary, m. Jan. 24, 1694-5, Benja- min Wright.
Ebenezer, June 26, 1677, m. Dec. 1, 1702, Ruth, dau. Abel Janes, of Northampton. Hannah, June 21, 1679, d. July 7, 1679. Hannah, July 18, 1680, m. Dec. 3, 1703, John Sheldon, of Dfd. They were living with his father, in the " Old Indian House," when Dfd. was attacked, Feb.
29, 1704. She was cap. and taken to Canada. As far as known, Hannah was the first of the Dfd. captives to be re- deemed. She was at Spfd. June 12, 1705, and was prob. brought back by Ens. John Sheldon, her father-in-law, who is known to have been in Quebec. in April of that year. She m. (2), abt. 1718, Lieut. Timothy Childs, of Deerfield.
David, Nov. 16, 1682, m. Nov. 21, 1705,. Sarah, dau. Joseph Stebbins. (2), Mind- well, wid. of Thomas Holton, dau. of Samuel Allen, of Northampton.
Jonathan, Feb. 20, 1685, d. March 1, 1686. Jonathan, Sept. 23, 1688, m. April 20, 1711, Elizabeth, dau. Jonathan Burt.
3. THOMAS, s. of Japhet (2,) b. 1671; Spfd .; d. Aug. 27, 1755. He m. Sarah Wright. She d. July 26, 1770, a. 98.
Ch. : Thomas, Jan. 2, 1694, m. March 19, 1720, Jerusha Jones, of Sunderland ; sett. in Belchertown.
Japhet, March 16, 1697 (4).
Abel, Jan. 28, 1700, m. Jan. 9, 1720, Hannah, dau. Luther Hitchcock. He kept a hotel in Chicopee street ; d. May 3. 1772.
Shem, Feb. 3, 1702, m. 1753, wid. Anna Clark ; sett. in Ludlow.
Martha, Dec. 5, 1704, m. Oct. 20, 1740, Samuel Wells, of Hfd. She d. July 8, 1801, 3. 97.
Esther, Dec. 5, 1704, m. Oct. 22, 1747,
Noah Cook, of Had. (2), Dea. Nath'l Horton, Somers, Ct.
Sarah, Feb. 18, 1708, m. May 17, 1753, Luke Parsons, of Somers.
Nathaniel, Aug. 9, 1711, m. Sarah, dau. Thomas Abbee, of Enfield, Ct .; he d. in the expedition to Louisburg, 1745.
Bathsheba, Dec. 19, 1713, m. April 2, 1745, Jacob Hitchcock. (2), Dr. Lamberton Cooper, of Agawam.
Jabez, April 3, 1716, d. in four days.
Deborah, Oct. 31, 1719, m. April 30, 1740, Eleazer Frary, of Hatfield.
4. JAPHET, s. of Thomas (3), b. 1697; of Nfd. 1722; served through Ralle's war, under Capt. Kellogg: rem. to Chicopee, where he became a lead- ing man in church and town affairs, and was particularly noted for his habits of punctuality ; d. Feb. 8, 1786.
He m. May 26, 1726, Thankful, dau. Nathaniel Dickinson, of Hfd. and Nfd She d. March 17, 1773. (2), Oct. 28, 1778, Lydia (Todd), wid. of Rev. Benj. Doolittle, and Jona. Belding.
The account of this marriage, and the notice of Madam Doolittle, which follow, were furnished by Miss Mary Montague, of Granby, a great-grand- daughter of the youthful pair : "Madam Belding was then living with her dau. Lucy, wife of Simeon Chapin, a son of the bridegroom, who, also, lived in the same family. The children on coming home from school, one day,
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were told that graniher and granny were about to be married; they did not understand what this meant, and as children in those days ' mustn't ask ques- tions,' they proceeded at once 10 make an independent investigation of affairs; they found granny up chamber, where their mother was tying a purple ribbon on 10 her best cap, while granther was found sitting in state in the square room below, where he was soon joined by the minister. The children had a dim idea that to be married the two must be together, so they silently seated themselves near their grand-father, to wait the course of events. In due time they had their reward. As the ceremony proceeded, the minister requested the bride to take off her glove, which, as was then the fashion, reached above the elbow; one of the little girls, about six or eight years old, unexpectedly, but with unconscious grace, stepped forward and took it from her hand. When the proper time came 10 replace the glove, she promptly arose and handed it back. By this means she got the name of ' Little brides-maid.'
" At the date of this marriage, Mr. Chapin was 82 years old, and Mrs. Belding 80. Yet they were so strong that they rode on horse back from Chicopee to Northfield, forty miles, without weariness. She, arrayed in a rich sky-blue camlet riding hood, made for the occasion, by his daughter Kath- erine. Parts of this garment are still in the possession of the writer.
" As an illustration of the sprightliness and forethought of Mrs. Chapin, then about 87, this anecdote is preserved in the family. Her husband in his last sickness, at times became partially delirious, and would then mistake her for Thankful, his first wife, and would so call her, and say he was sure Madam Doolittle was somewhere around, and beg that he might see her. She at once would go out and put on her best clothes, come in and be received as Madam Doolittle. When he was satisfied with the visit, she would resume her usual dress, and appear as Thankful, and hear his account of Madam Doolittle's visit.
"It is said that she possessed great mental, as well as physical ability, that she received an unusually refined culture, before her first marriage, and ever after had the privilege of that class of society, calculated to increase it. My im- pression, from what I have heard through those who were well acquainted with her, is, that her moral and religious character, was fully equal to her other attainments. She had been a school teacher before marriage, and in her old age she devoted much of her time to the instruction of her numerous grand- children, retaining her faculties to the last. Her death, in her 92d year, was occasioned by a fall, while taking one of these children from a table upon which it had climbed."
After the death of Mr. Chapin, his.widow returned to Northfield, where she was alwaya known as " Madam Doolittle," and the notice of her death, June 19, 1790, on the church records, is that of " Madam Doolittle." The matrimonial tastes of Mr. Chapin and Jona. Belding seem to have been much alike; their first wives were sisters, and their second, the same woman, Madam Doolitile.
CA .: Thankful, Feb. 22, 1727, m. Gardner Kellogg, of Hadley.
Japhet, March 14, 1729, d. 1754.
Hapzibah, March 25, 1731, m. John Mil- ler, of West Springfield.
Martha, May 12, 1733, m. Feb. 21, 1754, William Chapin, of Chicopee.
Nathan, Feb. 3, 4735, m. 1758, Mary Smith, of Huntstown, now Ashfield. He was a sergeant in the continental army, and cap.
at Ticonderoga, July 5, 1777. Being sent, with some other prisoners, to cut grass at Crown Point, they got the guard drunk, and concluding they had rather do their haying at home, made their escape, and found their way there through the wilder- ness in safety.
Rhoda, April 19, 1737, m. John Day, of West Springfield.
Simeon, Aug. 20, 1739 (5).
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Chloe, Dec. 27, 1741, d. July 29, 1771. Sarah, Jan. 14, 1747, m. Rev. Peletiah Katherine, Jan. 22, 1745, m. Daniel Sexton, Chapin, of Windsor, Vt.
of Somers, Ct.
5. SIMEON, S. of Japhet (4), b. 1739; Chicopee; lieutenant in the Rev. army; d. May 20, 1799.
He m. Aug. 20, 1765, Lucy, dau. Rev. Benj. Doolittle. She d. Sept. 2, 1824.
" She was a lady of cultivated mind, having good opportunity for improve- ment, both in her parents' and her husband's house. She taught school before marriage, became hopefully pious at 16, and acquired extensive religious knowledge. She was very useful in society, and especially among the sick; at her funeral her pastor said 'a mother in Israel had indeed fallen.'" [Mary Montague. ]
Ch. : Roswell, April 16, 1767, m. Aseneth Chapin. Lydia, March 31, 1778, m. Robert Wright ; they rem. from Chicopee to Jerico, Vt. Sarah, June, 1779, d. 1780.
Lucy, Nov., 1768, m. 1787, Joseph Allen, of East Windsor, Ct.
Melinda, Oct. 2, 1770, m. John Montague, of Granby.
Simeon, Aug., 1772, d. 1776.
Thankful, Oct. 12, 1774, m. Bezaleel Cha- pin. (2), Elijah Torry.
Aseph, June, 1776, d. 1777.
Simeon, June 22, 1781 ; captain'; of Oswego, N. Y. ; m. Dorcas Strong.
Sarah, Dec. 3, 1784, m. Towers Franklin. (2), Samuel Pomeroy, of Somers, Ct.
CHAPIN, SIMEON, 1800.
CHASE, JAMES, 1779-97.
CHASE, JOHN, 1800.
CHENEY, ASAHEL, 1796-7; clock maker.
CHILDS, EBENEZER; soldier, 1812.
He m. Jan. 13, 1819, Hannah M., dau. Edward Nettleton.
Ch. : Joseph P., Sept. 18, 1823. Ebenezer M., Aug. 23, 1827. Nelson H., Sept. 8, 1825. Marshal M., Jan. 24, 1829.
CHILDS, JONATHAN, 1781-97; set off to Gill, 1795.
CHILDS, OLIVER, 1788; set off to Gill, 1795.
CHILDS, WILLIAM; tanner; from Gardner or Winchendon. He m. Sally -.
Ch. : Rebecca, Oct. 31, 1800, d. Jan. 20, Caroline, Sept. 27, 1807.
1802. Axah Fisk, Oct. 29, 1809.
William, Dec. 20, 1801, d. Dec. 30, 1801.
1. CHINERY, GINERY, LAMBERT; Watertown; b. 1593; rem. Ded- ham, 1636; he d. Jan. 30, 1673-4. He m. May 14, 1656, Thomasin Hews, who d. Jan. 2, 1669-70.
Ch. : Mary, Dec. 24, 1659. John (2).
2. JOHN, S. of Lambert (1), wounded at Nfd., Sept. 4, 1675, while serv- ing under Capt. Beers ; d. the next day. [See ante, p. 76.]
He m. March 12, 1655-6, Sarah Boylston, wid. of Thomas, of Wa- tertown. She d. Sept. 14, 1704.
Ch. : John, Dec. 7, 1657.
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3. JOHN, s. of John (2); freeman; 1690. He m. June 4, 1684, Elizabeth Stratton.
CLARK, DEXTER, 1806.
CLARK, HOSEA, 1814.
CLARK, JOSEPH, 1781.
CLARK, SAMUEL, 1796.
1. CLARY, JOHN; rem. from Watertown to Had .; d. Feb. 10, 1690. He m. Feb. 5, 1644, Sarah Caddet, [Judd] ; Cady, [Savage]; Mary Cassell, [Bond].
In his will, presented to court Sept. 30, 1690, Clary makes a bequest to Mary Whitney, his wife's daughter, and to each of her children. Mrs. Clary d. Dec. 23, 1681.
Ch. : John (2). Gershom, Sept. 7, 1650, d. before 1690.
Sarah, Oct. 4, 1649, m. Dec. 13, 1667, John Perry, of Watertown.
2. JOHN, s. of John (1); miller; from Hat .; a grantee of Nfd., 1682; came at the Second Settlement. Built a mill on the Cowas, in 1685. He was one of the "6 Christians, killed by the Indians, Aug. 16, 1688." [See ante, p. 115.]
He m. Jan. or June 16, 1670, Ann, dau. Nathaniel Dickinson. She m. (2), Enos Kingsley, of Nhn .; d. July 16, 1723.
Ch. : John, April 3, 1671 ; killed at Brook- Mary, m. May 27, 1698, Moses Hutchinson. field by Indians, 1709. Joseph, Nov. 30, 1677 (3).
Sarah, March 19, 1673 ; killed with her father.
3. JOSEPH, s. of John (2), b. 1672 ; sett. in Sunderland, June 8, 1748. He m. Nov. 19, 1702, Hannah, dau. Samuel Belding. ;
Ch. : Joseph, Sept. 3, 1705, m. Sarah Gunn ; Sarah, d. June 2, 1715. Sett. in Leverett. Sarah, 1717, m. Jonathan Root.
Samuel, 1707.
Hannah, 1719.
Martha, 1712, prob. 2d wife of Josiah Al- Per. John, who m. 1749, Rachael Eastman, and rem. to Conway. [H. W. T.]
vord. [H. W. Taft.]
CLENDENEN, ARCHIBALD; sol. in the Burgoyne campaign; enlisted for six months June, 1780; d. Aug. 9, 1780. a. 45. Ch. : Thomas, 1771, d. April 6, 1789. Polly, m. Dec. 27, 1798, John Robbinson. Rebecca, 1783, m. Feb. 1, 1803, Elijah Merriman.
I. COLLAR, HEZEKIAH B .; farmer ; blacksmith ; Methodist preacher. He m. May 21, 1818, Rhoda, dau. Asa Robbins.
Ch. : Emily R., Jan. 17, 1819. Albert, Oct. 25, 1829. Martha A., Dec. 23, 1832.
Livonia, Oct. 2, 1820.
Asa R., Jan. 5, 1823, d. April 24, 1825. Amos M., June 27, 1835.
- Albert, June 29, 1825,~1. Sept. 12, 1826. Asa R., June 26, 1827.
Philinda R., Sept. 29, 1837. Adeline M., Nov. 27, 1840.
2. LEMUEL, br. of Hezekiah, from Warwick.
He m. Sept. 5, 1820, Susan Hurd.
Ch. : Harriet H., March 30, 1821. Samuel, Dec. 24, 1822.
Phebe C., Nov. 25, 1824. Leonard, Sept. 28, 1828, m. - Greenleaf.
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History of Northfield.
1. COLLAR, MOSES, from Warwick.
He m. Mary Greenleaf, who d. Dec. 27, 1860, a. 64.
Ch. : Moses G., Nov. 19, 1828, m. - Mary G., Aug. 10, 1831, m. Alexander Houghton. Holton.
Catherine, Jan. 10, 1830, m. - Sikes. Judith, m. Wm. H. Holton.
2. RUEL, prob. br. Moses (1).
He m. April 25, 1825, Hannah Chapin, of Northfield.
Ch. : Mary, Jan. 30, 1826. Leonard, Sept. 8, 1832. Emerson, April 16, 1828, m. - Chapin. James D., Aug. 19, 1836.
3. SAMUEL, br. of Moses, (1); from Warwick, 1808.
He m. Jan. 26, 1808, Abigail Bridge.
Ch. : Hannah, Aug. 14, 1809, d. unm. Charles W., Feb. 25, 1816, sett. in Boston. William, Sept. 19, 1811, d. Sept. 21, 1813.
COLTON, ABISHA; rec'd from ch. in Longmeadow, July 3, 1785; dis. " to the ch. in Southboro, or any other ch. where he shall settle in the min- istry."
COLTON, DANIEL. He m. March 30, 1830, Mira Miller.
COLTON, RICHARD, 1811 from Spfd .; wagon and plow maker; surveyor; dep. sheriff; d. Aug. 6, 1872.
He m. Betsey Hale, of Enfield, Ct., who d. Nov. 2, 1865.
Ch. : Eli, Feb. 21, 1809, m. Cynthia Terry, son, m. Jan. 28, 1852, Sophronia Brews- of Enfield. ter.
Eliza, at Spid., Jan. 12, 1811, m. George Alexander.
Edward Wells, Feb. 15, 1831, m. Susa M. Hurd.
Amanda, March 10, 1814, m. Charles Al- Edwin Williams, Feb. 15, 1831, m. Mary exander. S. Newton ; he d. May 24, 1862.
Alonzo, Jan. 28, 1816 ; sett. in South Han-
COLTON, URIAL, 1800; of Orange 1791, and earlier from Natick.
COMBS, SAMUEL, 1786.
COOK, CALEB; shoemaker ; from Warwick, 1801. He m. Dec. 4, 1811, Mabel, dau. Dr. Samuel Mattoon.
Ch. : Edward F., Sept. 1, 1814, m. Mary Mary M., July 4, 1817. .
A. Bardwell ; sett. in Walpole, N. H. Josephine, Feb. 27, 1820.
COOK, JOSEPH, 1780; Rev. sol. 3 years; enlisted from Orange ; came from Cambridge ; d. s. p. April 24, 1825, a. 64.
COOK, ROBERT G., b. April 2, 1790; Nfd., 1818; from Charlestown; d. July 23, 1846, a. 56.
He m. June 3, 1819, Sarah M., dau. Isaac Mattoon, d. Oct. 5, 1835, a. 36. (2), Feb. 21, 1839, Lucinda W. Goodrich, of Gill.
Ch. : Isaac M., Jan. 29, 1820, m. Lois Robert G., Sept. 15, 1827, d. Feb. 13, Fairbanks ; he d. Aug. 1, 1857. 1873. Robert G., Feb. 3, 1822, d. March 9, 1822. Mary Jane, Jan .. 1, 1830, m. Oct., 1847,
Martha S., March 27, 1823, m. April 10, Homer Sanders. She d. March 19, 1859. 1845, Wright Stratton. She d. April 26, 1858. Eliza Ann, May 31, 1832, d. Dec. 23, 1832.
Lucretia, April 23, 1825.
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Family Genealogies.
COOLEY, BARNES, 1776; wife d. Sept. 30, 1776, a. 30. Ch. : Tirza, bapt. Jan. 7, 1776.
COOLEY, EPHRAIM, 1807.
COOPER, ROBERT, b. 1678 ; sergeant ; rem. from Dfd. to Nfd. at the Third Settlement. In 1740 he bought about 50 acres of land of Eb. Alexan- der, on Cooper's Point, where he settled. He served and suffered much, in the Indian wars. In a petition to the General Court, April 5, 1749, he says : " I served as a soldier in Queen Anne's war, some considerable time, where I was wounded by the enemy in my right arm, whereby I lost the use of my elbow joint, and my arm greatly withered, to my unspeakable damage. And in the last Indian war, [1722-6,] I was again called forth, and did devoie myself to the service of my country, thro' the course of that war, encoun- tering, with great difficulty and hardship, much to my detriment, and future disadvantage ; and in the late war, [1744-8,] being settled in an exposed front- ier place, often exerting myself to my utmost to maintain my ground and not encourage the enemy by giving way to them. Expending considerable in fortify- ing, and otherwise, and risking my life in great peril, was obliged to draw off, and leave my inhabitance, to my great loss. Then being again employed as a soldier by order the Hon. Col. Stoddard. I was again wounded, [July 14, 1748; see ante, p. 267,] both in my left arm and side, by which means, and other difficulties, I am became a cripple, and my son, [Moses,] on whom I depended to be the stay of my family, was the last year slain by the enemy. So that I am reduced to really distressing circumstances, and unable to support myself." This old battered and worn out veteran, of 75 years, the hero of three wars, was munificently rewarded by a grant of £12! He died in Hins., Jan. 9, 1760. " Robert Cooper's Plain," "Cooper's Meadow," "Cooper's Cave," and "Cooper's Point," still keep his memory green. His wife was Sarah -, who d. Jan. 5, 1769, a.63. Ch. : Moses, April 23, 1730; was killed by Elijah and ) Aug. 5, { d. Aug. 26, 1736. Abigail, Joshua, Jan. 4, 1737-8 ; sol. at Ft. Dum- mer, 1756. J 1735. 5 Indians March 29, 1748, near Ft. Dum- mer, while cutting timber for oars. Lt. John Sargeant, and Joshua Wells were killed at the same time. [See ante, p. Sarah, June 10, 1741. 257.] Ebenezer, March 10, 1744 ; sett. in Hins.
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