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Sally, bapt. Aug. 29, 1784, d. Jan. 19, 1795.
Elsworth, bapt. Nov. 5, 1775, m. Dec. 21, Jonathan, bapt. June 4, 1786, m. Betsey 1797, Electa, dau. Zebulon Allen. Trowbridge ; she was a wid. in 1814, and Patty, bapt. Oct. 26, 1777, d. June 26, 1796. m. (2), Horatio G. Newcomb; she d. 1873.
Frederick, bapt. Oct. 10, 1779; D. C., 1800; d. April 18, 1805.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Elisha (5), b. 1772; captain; d. Nov. 29, 1832.
He m. April, 1801, Philomelia Watriss. (2), Oct. 13, 1825, Submit, dau. Samuel Field. She m. (2), S. C. Allen, Jr.
Ch. : Samuel, April 3, 1802, d. unm. John, Feb. 24, 1804.
Frederick, Dec. 10, 1806.
Martha, Sept. 30, 1808, d. July 4, 1813. Elisha, Sept. 15, 1810; sett. in Hinsdale.
Charles, Aug. 10, 1812, d. Oct. 25, 1837. Martha P., July 23, 1815, d. June 5, 1817. Martha P., April 29, 1828, d. unm. Aug. 16, 1861.
1. HURLBUT, or HULBERT, WILLIAM; Dorchester, 1630; freeman, 1632; Wind., 1636; Hart., 1647-50; Nhn., 1655 ; an engager for Nfd., 1672 ; d. April 17, 1694.
He m. (2), Anne, wid. of Samuel Allen, of Hart. She d. Nov. 13, 1687. Ch. : Sarah, July 10, 1647.
Abigail, d. Jan. 5, 1669.
Ann, bapt. March 17, 1650.
Ruth, d. June 12, 1672.
William, m. 1684, Ruth Salmon.
Date or order of b. of the 3 last unknown.
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HURLBURT, CYPERIAN, 1788-97; from Berkshire.
HURLBURT, ETHAN, 1812.
HURLBURT, GABRIEL, 1788-1810.
HURLBURT, ISAAC; doctor; 1775-1806; d. about 1813.
HURLBURT, ISAAC, 1811-16. Ch. : Caroline. Lucretia M., Sept. 5, 1816.
Rebecca C., May 24, 1813.
Simeon H., Sept. 7, 1818.
HURLBURT, SIMEON, 1808-12.
1. HUTCHINSON, RALPH; rem. from Boston to Nhn .; an engager for Nfd., and settler, 1673; did not return at the Second Settlement; d. at Nhn., Oct. 24, 1703.
He m. Aug. 8, 1656, Alice, wid. of Francis Bennet, of Boston. She d. Jan. 10, 1714.
Ch. : John, b. in Boston (2). Judah, April 15, 1664 (3).
Mehitable, d. May 21, 1662. Samuel, 1666 (4).
Mercy, d. April 26, 1662. Eleizer, May 31, 1668, d. May 16, 1689.
Mehitable, July 21, 1662, d. Jan., 1663. Moses, Sept. 8, 1671 (5).
2. JOHN, S. of Ralph (1), Nfd., 1685; rem. to Lebanon, Ct., 1705. He m. Dec. 27, 1682, Hannah, dau. Joseph Root, of Nhn ..
Ch .: John, Feb. 21, 1683-4. Joseph, Nov. 17, 1690.
Jonathan, Feb. 22, 1685-6. Thankful, Aug. 14, 1693. Hezekiah, March 2, 1696.
Hannah, Oct. 1, 1688.
3. JUDAH, s. of Ralph (1), b. 1664; of Nfd. at the Second Settlement; d. June 21, 1741.
He m. 1691, Mary, dau. John Bridgman, of Northampton.
Ch. : Mary, March 31, 1693, d. young. Mary, May 15, 1699, m. June 20, 1717, William Hannum.
Ruth, Jan., 1695.
Ebenezer, Nov. 18, 1696. John, d. May 24, 1730.
Abigail, March 2, 1698.
4. SAMUEL, S. of Ralph (1), b. 1666 ; Nfd., 1685 ; of Lebanon, Ct., 1705.
He m. May, 1691, Sarah, dau. Joseph Root, of Northampton.
Ch. : Samuel, Aug. 6, 1692. Sarah, June 15, 1695.
5. MOSES, s. of Ralph (1), b. 1671 ; Ntd., 1685; killed at Pascomuck, May 13, 1704.
He m. May 27, 1698, Mary, dau. John Clary. They had two ch., one of whom was killed with the father.
HURD, THOMAS, 1814.
INGRAHAM, ELISHA, 1818-19.
INGRAHAM, NATHANIEL, 1797. JACOBS, NATHANIEL, 1793-1818.
1. JANES, WILLIAM, b. in England abt. 1610; came to New Eng., 1637; of New Haven, 1639-56 ; of Nhn., 1657, where he was recorder, school
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master, and teaching elder; an engager for Nfd., and there at the First Settle- ment; in his office of teaching elder, he preached to the settlers, congregated under the shelter of the famous old Northfield Oak, at the First Settlement. He did not return at the Second Settlement, but d. at Nhn., April 20, 1690.
He m. in England, Mary, who d. April 4, 1662. (2), Nov. 20, 1662, Hannah, dau. Thomas Bascom, wid. of John Broughton. She d. March, 168 1.
Ch. : Joseph, 1636; of Nhn. and Nfd .; Rebecca, 1656, d. unm.
petr. 1671 ; d. unm. Feb. 26, 1694.
Jeremiah, 1658, d. 1675.
Elisha, 1639, d. Feb. 11, 1662, at Spfd. Ebenezer, 1659, ) killed by Indians at the
Nathaniel, 1641, d. Jan. 22, 1662, at Spfd.
Jonathan, 1661, J attack on Nfd., Sept. 2, Abel, 1646 (2).
Abigail, 1647.
1675. Samuel, Oct. 9, 1663 (3)-
Ruth, Feb. 15, 1650, m. July 3, 1667, John Searl. She d. Nov. 2, 1672.
Hepzibah, Feb. 13, 1666.
Hannah, Oct. 5, 1669.
Jacob, 1652.
Benjamin, Sept. 30, 1672 (4).
William, 1654, m. 1685, Sarah Clark.
2. ABEL, S. of William (1), b. 1646 ; petitioner for Nfd., 1671; a sol. in the Falls fight, 1676 ; rem. from Nhn. to Lebanon, Ct., 1706; d. Dec. 18, 1718.
He m. Nov. 4, 1679, Mary, dau. William Judd. She d. April 24, 1735, a. 80.
Ch. : Mary, Oct. 8, 1680, m. May 16, William ; of Lebanon, Ct., 1737; m. June 5, 1712, Abigail Loomis.
1700, Benjamin King. (2), Jonathan Graves.
Elisha, m. Mindwell -.
Esther, m. Stephen Hunt, of Lebanon.
Noah, Nov. 30, 1697.
Elizabeth, July 22, 1684. Rachael, March 26, 1700.
Sarah, m. Dec. 19, 1701, Waitstill Strong. Bathshaba, April 8, 1703.
3. Samuel, s. of William (1), b. 1663; at Nfd. through the Second Settle- ment ; killed at Pascomuck, by Indians, May 13, 1704.
He m. Feb. 23, 1680, Elizabeth, dau. William Smead, of Nhn. and Dfd., b. May 20, 1663. (2), 1692, Sarah, dau. Samuel Hinsdell; killed with her husband.
Ch. : Samuel, Sept. 30, 1693 ; tomahawked Obadiah, April 21, 1697, d. young. when his father was killed, but recovered. Hepzibah, Jan. 4, 1695. Ebenezer, May 16, 1701, Sarah, May 9, 1703, with parents.
Obadiah, April 3, 1799, killed by Indians,
Jonathan, Jan. 14, 1696 (5).
4. BENJAMIN, S. of William (1), b. 1672 ; deacon ; sett. at Pascomuck, where, in the attack on that hamlet, May 13, 1704, his wife was knocked on the head and scalped, and three children killed ; of Weth., 1707; rem. to Nfd. at the Third Settlement; thence rem., between 1725, and 1729, to Coventry, Ct., and June 9, 173t, was of Lebanon, Ct. At a meeting of the Gen. Court, of Ct., May 8, 1707, "upon petition of Benj. Janes, late of Nhn., now resident in Wethersfield, complaining of his great sufferings by the French and Indian enemies, who rifled his house, killed four of his children, and scalpt his wife, who hath long been, and still is under cure, and himself so impoverisht that he is unable to satisfie the surgeons, in whose hands she hath been, and is long like to be, for their cost and pains therein ; the governor and council, considering his case, and judging him to be an object of charitie,
Ruth, June 5, . 1682, m. Dec. 1, 1702, Ebenezer Chapin, of Springfield.
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order that he shall have a brief, craving the charitie of the good people in the towns of Branford, Guilford, Kilinsworth, and Saybrook, for his relief."
He m. Hannah
Hepzibah, June 16, 1710.
Mirriam, Jan. 7, 1700,
Nathan, Jan. 18, 1703. 13, 1704 Seth, 1713, m. Jan. 2, 1739, Sarah Hepzibah, Dec. 14, 1706, d. young. Larabee. Elisha, 1715, m. April 20, 1740, wid. Mary Dimock.
Silence, 1708, m. 1725, Henry Curtis, of Northampton.
Hannah, June 16, 1710, m. Nov. 28, 1725, John Brown, of Northfield.
5. JONATHAN, s. of Samuel (3), b. 1696; weaver ; d. Feb. 19, 1776. He m. April 19, 1732, Jemima Graves, who d. June 18, 1790, a. 85.
Ch. : Hannah, Aug. 31, 1734, m. Aug. 3, Sarah, Dec. 26, 1738, m. Ebenezer Harvey. 1752, James Oliver. She d. Nov. 12, 1764.
Ebenezer, July 31, 1736 (6). Jemima, May 11, 1742, d. Oct. 25, 1748.
6. EBENEZER, s. of Jonathan (5), b. 1736 ; deacon ; lieutenant; manufac- turer of grave stones; town clerk 16 years; rep .; delegate to the Provincial Congress, 1775; rep., 1778; d. Jan. 22, 1808.
He m. June 8, 1755, Sarah, dau. Pedajah Field. She d. March 5, 1766, a. 28. (2), March 29, 1770, Mehitable, dau. Simeon Alexander. She d. Sept. 24, 1835, a. 90.
Ch. : Jonathan, Feb. 25, 1756 (7). Samuel, May 11, 1764 (9).
Jemima, ) May 16, ) m. July 6, 1771, John Allen ; she d. Aug. 31, 1786.
Ruth, 1756, J m. June 26, 1777, Calvin Bliss, of Bernardston.
Obadiah, July 9, 1759 (8).
Salima, March 11, 1761, m. Dec. 18, 1782, Seth Munn.
Hannah, Jan. 5, 1763, d. July 13, 1770.
Ebenezer, Jan. 1, 1766, d. Nov. 5, 1766. Ebenezer, Feb. 5, 1771, d. Aug. 27, 1775. Xenophon, Sept. 3, 1772 (10).
Sarah, Oct. 11, 1774, d. Sept. 1, 1775.
Sarah, April 28, 1777, d. Sept. 24, 1779. Ebenezer, Sept. 13, 1779 (11).
James O., July 16, 1782 (12).
Alexander, Oct. 8, 1785, d. June 3, 1787.
7. JONATHAN, s. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1756; Rev. sol .; lieutenant ; d. March 22, 1813.
He m. Dec. 18, 1777, Caroline, dau. Samuel Mattoon. She d. Aug. 15, 1821.
Cx. : Elihu, July 27, 1778 ; sett. in Charles- Jonathan, Jan. 28, 1791 (13). town. Abigail, May 29, 1792, m. Oct. 10, 1813, Richard Lyman.
Onda, Nov. 18, 1780.
Henry, July 29, 1782, drowned April 17, 1805.
Robert, June 7, 1784, d. July 2, 1819.
Caroline, March 23, 1787, m. Noah Perry.
Sally, Jan. 23, 1789, m. May 26, 1812, Arnold Cook, of Charlestown.
Philena, April 5, 1794, m. Jacob New- comb. Cynthia, March 23, 1797, m. Thomas Rus- sell, of Dorchester.
Mary P., June 14, 1799, d. Sept. 25, 1812. William, Sept. 7, 1802.
8. OBADIAH, s. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1759; Rev. sol .; rem. to Ohio. He m. Mary Oliver, who d. Sept. 27, 1783. (2), 1785, Harmony Bingham.
Ch. : Infant, Sept., 1783, d. Feb. 10, 1784- Melenda, May 5, 1591, m. Otis Munn. Infant, d. Feb. 4, 1786. Oliver, Sept. 24, 1793.
Polly, March 20, 1787, m. Joseph Doolittle. Harmony, Sept. 2, 1795, m. Adolphus
Jabez, Jan. 24, 1789, d. Sept. 24, 1813. .
Hosley.
Ch. : Hannah, May 14, 1696, ) killed May Miriam, date of birth unknown.
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Naomi, Aug. 4, 1797, m. William Mitchell. Laura, Aug. 27, 1799, d. March 6, 1833.
Alonzo, Sept. 21, 1802,. m. Mary A. Dis- brow. (2), Harriet Converse.
John, Feb. 4, 1804, d. Oct. 25, 1817.
9. SAMUEL, s. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1764; sett. in Gill. He m. Jan. 9, 1787, Susanna, dau. Capt. Samuel Merriman.
Ch. : Harris, Nov. 23, 1787, m. Harriet W. Hannah C., Aug. 12, 1800, d. March 25, Mason.
Mary, Dec. 18, 1789, m. Alvah Ballard. Sally, July 25, 1794, m. Eliphas Chapin. Susan, March 1, 1797.
1837. Sylvanus M., March 8, 1803, m. Eunice
Moore. Samuel, Dec. 8, 1806. Ebenezer A., Aug. 8, 1809.
10. XENOPHON, s. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1772; deacon ; miller ; town clerk 8 years; d. Oct. 21, 1829.
He m. Jan. 27, 1796, Sarah Patrick, who d. May 3, 1814, a. 39. (2), Jan. 7, 1824, Tirza, dau. Samuel Childs, of Dfd .; d. April 5, 1858, a. 77. Ch. : Mehitable, Oct. 27, 1796, m. Sept." Sarah, June 5, 1804, m. June 11, 1826, 28, 1817, Medad Alexander.
Wright Cannon.
Anna, May 21, 1798.
Isabel, Dec. 20, 1799, m. Sept. 3, 1822, John Howland.
Paschal Peule, April 13, 1801, m. Jane E. Hiller.
Samuel P., March 3, 1803, m. Sarah Par- sons.
Ebenezer, March 4, 1806, m. Martha Bil- lings. She d. Sept. 28, 1846, a .. 36. Frederick, May 6, 1808 (13).
Mary Ann, July 30, 1809, m. Augustine Stebbins.
11. EBENEZER, s. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1779; grad. D. C., 1801; ship master.
He m. March 7, 1811, Lucretia, dau. Joseph Smith, of Petersham. She d. Oct. 30, 1831, a. 51.
Ch. : Juliana, Feb. 27, 1812, d. Sept. 2, Joseph, Nov. 28, 1818, m. Hannah Holton. Edward H., Oct. 3, 1820, m. Jane E. Yates. 1815.
Ebenezer, May 23, 1814, m. Mary Odell. Juliana, Oct. 28, 1822, m. David Sanford.
12. JAMES O., s. of Ebenezer (6), b. 1782, d. Aug. 30, 1829.
He m. Oct. 28, 1807, Roxana, dau, Walter Field. She d. Nov. 5, 1810. (2), before Aug. 3, 1815, Joanna, dau. Samuel Holton. She d. May 2, 1835, a. 52.
Ch. : Lucretia L., Dec. 17, 1808, m. Daniel Roxana, \ Feb. 17, ) d. Aug. 21, 1830.
L. Callender. Joanna, S 1824, Jd. July 6, 1831. Roxana, Sept. 28, 1810, d. March 20, 1811.
13. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (7), b. 1718.
He m. May 14, 1818, Harriet B. Chency.
Ch. : Mary H., April 16, 1819. William, Nov. 1, 1821.
14. FREDERICK, S. of Xenophon (10), b. 1808; ordained as an Evangelist, 1837; preached in North Walton and Colchester, N. Y., 1837-40; sett. in Bernardston, Nov. +, 1840; dis. Nov. 9, 1843; sett. in Pelham, 1844 ; dis., 1845 ; preached a short time in Mich .; has been an agent of a missionary society, and teacher ; was in New York, 1854, editing a religious magazine; author of Genealogy of the Janes Family.
Sophia, June 11, 1806, m. Asbury Sabine. Lucretia, April 13, 18oC, m. 1828, Solomon Dunton.
Harris, June 21, 1810, m. 1834, Julia King.
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He m. Sept. 15, 1833, Paulina Burnell, who d. Nov. 20, 1851. (2), Jan. 18, 1853, Rachael B. Truesdale, who d. 1874.
Ch. : Margaret P., Sept. 17, 1834. William A., Nov. 11, 1856.
Mary S., June 28, 1836. Anna F., April 3, 1858.
John C., July 6, 1839. Isabella, June 10, 1801, d. May 9, 1864.
Lucy A., June 10, 1841, m. Albert Leffer. Charles H., Oct. - 23, 1865.
Josephine A., Dec. 10, 1854.
JARVIS, EDWARD, 1833-34 ; doctor ; H. C., 1826; greatly distinguished in his profession.
JESOP, ADAM, 1806-16; a manufacturer of weavers' reeds.
JOHNSON, FRANCIS.
He m. May 17, 1825, Fanny S., dau. Theodore Holton.
Ch. : Mary A., Nov. 13, 1827. Fanny M., Dec. 25, 1844. Julia M., March 1, 1836. Alice G., Dec. 3, 1846. Charles E., March 16, 1848.
George F., Sept. 1, 1838.
Albert O., Oct. 21, 1842.
JOHNSON, HENRY, s. of Calvin ; res. in South Hadley Falls.
He m., 1831, Fanny, dau. Abijah Fisher. She d. Feb. 1, 1838, a. 30. (2), 1839, Martha Wright, who d. April 12, 1871. (3), Oct. 8, 1872, Ellen Tenney.
Ch. : Henry H., Oct. 22, 1832, m. Almira Watson W., Apr. 8, 1841, m. Electa Wright; Wright. res. in Keene, N. H.
Marshall M., Jan. 25, 1834, m. Kezia P. Dudley D., Sept. 8, 1843, m. Mary E. Mat- Johnson.
Frances E., Nov. 5, 1835, d. Nov. 8, 1841. Sarah E., Aug. 8, 1837, m. Alonzo Billings. Watson W., Oct. 14, 1839, d. Oct. 9, 1840.
toon ; res. at Holyoke. Anna M., April 2, 1845, m. T. H. Brown- ing, of Westerly, R. I. Charles G., July 4, 1848. Roger S., June 10, 1851.
JOHNSON, ISAAC ; a Rev. sol.
JOHNSON, ISAAC. He m. Thankful - Sarah, 1814- Arad, May 7, 1815. Susan, July 13, 1817.
Ch. : Maria, April 7, 1805. Thomas, July 6, 1806. Caleb, Jan. 7, 1809. Lucretia, March 7, 1812.
JOHNSON, JOSEPH, 1793. JOHNSON, THOMAS, 1797.
KEENY, DANIEL, 1808. KEENY, HENRY, 1749-51.
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KEITH, OWEN S., from Framingham, 1829; H. C., 1826; first preceptor of Northfield Academy; rem. to Cambridge.
He m. June 5, 1833, Lucretia, dau. William Pomroy.
1. KEMPLAND, WILLIAM, from Athol, about 1780; d. Aug. 11, 1806. He m. Jemima -. Ch. : Jesse, Jan. 22, 1760. William, 1763 (2). . Samuel, May 2, 1761.
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2. WILLIAM, s. of William (1), b. 1763; a miller; d. Feb. 14, 1853.
He m. May 31, 1801, Elizabeth, dau. Isaac Kendall. She d. Oct. 6, 1869, a. 90.
Ch. : Polly, Aug. 14, 1801, m. Oct. 19, Charlotte, Aug. 9, 1806.
1817, Silas Stewart. William, Feb. 2, 1811.
Jesse, July 2, 1803, m. Charlotte -. Harriet, July 13, 1813.
KENDALL, DAVID, 1793.
1. KENDALL, ISAAC, b. 1752; from Sterling ; Rev. sol .; drowned July 14, 1821.
He m. Catherine Dunkley. Order of children's birth unknown.
Ch. : Elizabeth, 1779, m. May 31, 1801, William Kempland.
Isaac ; d. in the U. S. army. Elisha. Levi, m. Hannah Gibbons.
Robert (2).
George (3). John ; a sailor ; lost at sea.
Jesse ; a sol. in war of 1812; d. in the army.
Tirza, m. Isaac Russell. Mary A., Oct. 5, 1804, m. Guilford Pratt.
2. ROBERT, S. of Isaac (1), b. 1786 ; d. Dec. 18, 1837.
He m. May 2, 1825, Hannah Thayer, Putney, Vt., who d. April 2, 1866, a. 72.
Ch .: Orrissa W., May 6, 1829, m. July 4, Arethusa B., July 10, 1831, m. July 21, 1851, Horace McKenney. (2), Lyman O. Smith. 1852, George R. Stebbins. Lydia E., April 10, 1835, m. March, 1853, Benj. A. Gaines, of Guilford, Vt.
3. GEORGE, s. of Isaac (I).
He m. Electa Cowing, of Cummington. Order of birth of children uncertain.
Ch. : Dwight, b. at Cummington, Oct. 23, 1823.
William, 1835. Isaac. Edwin, d. young.
Charles, April 18, 1825.
Ardelusia, July 19, 1827, d. Jan. 16, 1829. Cynthia.
George S., June 29, 1829; sett. in Wor- Mary E. Ella. Arthur. Job S.
cester. James, 1831. Lucy, 1833.
KENDALL, THOMAS. He m. Nov. 30, 1814, Onda Tiffany. Ch. : Abigail, Aug. 16, 1816. Frederick, April 28, 1821.
Onda, Sept. 18, 1818.
KENDRICK, BARTHOLOMEW, 1808.
KENDRICK, OLIVER, 1775-1814.
KEYES, SUBMIT. She m. Oct. 27, 1763, John Eastman, of Hadley.
KILBOURNE, JOHN, Nfd., 1741, thence rem. to Walpole, where he was the first settler. He is celebrated for the heroic defense of his cabin, against the attack of 400 Indians, Aug. 17, 1755 ; his garrison consisted of his son John, aged 17, John Peak, and son, and, not the least efficient, his wife and daughter. To commemorate this brave defense, the mountain, east of Bellows Falls, bears the name of Mount Kilbourne. He d. April 8, 1789, a. 84.
He m. Ruth -. Ch. : John, 1738.
Hetty.
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KILBOURN, MARY. She m. July 13, 1756, Noah Smith, of Hadley. KING, ASAHEL.
He m. Feb. 14, 1788, Lydia, dau. Capt. Thomas Alexander.
KING, HOPHNI; capt., 1763; Rev. sol .; carpenter and joiner ; " the first in town who worked by square rule, and was considered a very wonderful man to be able to frame a house in the woods." So says Dea. Phineas Field. He m. Dec. 10, 1767, Joanna, dau. Samuel Holton.
Ch. : Asahel, Feb. 7, 1769, m. Feb. 14, Lucy, Dec. 15, 1776. 1788, Lydia Alexander. Rhoda, May 1, 1779. Joseph, March 26, 1785.
Lucy, May 28, 1771, d. Jan. 31, 1775.
Rhoda, Jan. 5, 1774, d. Oct. 19, 1775.
The two next above "dyed suddenly with
rattles." [Cb. rec.]
KING, JAMES, 1808 ; from Dummerston, Vt. He m. 1806, Keziah, dau. Ebenezer Field. She d. in Boston.
1. KING, JOHN, b. 1629 ; captain; from Nhn., Eng .; of Hart., 1645; Nhn., 1654; rep., 1679-89 ; grantee of Nfd., and one of the com- mittee for settling that town, 1683; military com. for Nhn., 1692; d. Dec. 3, 1703.
He m. Nov. 18, 1656, Sarah, dau. William Holion. She d. May 8, 1683. (2), Nov. 1683, Sarah, wid. of Jacob Mygatt, dau. . of Wm. Whiting. She d. at Winds., 1705.
Ch. : John, July, 1657 (2). Benjamin, March 1, 1675 (7)>
William, March 28, 1660 (3).
Thomas, July 14, 1662 (4).
Thankful, Sept., 1679, m. Sept. 15, 1704, Samuel Clapp.
Samuel, Jan. 6, 1664-5 (5).
David, 1681 ; in Capt. Benj. Wright's scout,
Eleazer, March 26, 1667, d. unm. 1699. 1709 ; Sheffield ; d. 1730 ; his son, Benj., Joseph, March 23, 1668-9, d. young. b. 1710, was killed at Fort Mass., June 7, Sarah, May 3, 1671, m. Dec. 22, 1692, Ebenezer Pomroy. 1756. Jonathan, April 25, 1683 (8).
Joseph, May 8, 1673 (6).
Prob. Daniel, who d. June 24, 1775, 2. 85.
2. JOHN, s. of John (1), b. 1657; lieutenant; Nhn .; in the Falls fight, 1676 ; freeman, 1690 ; in Capt. Benj. Wright's scout, 1709; d. March 20, 1720.
He m. Nov. 4, 1686, Mehitable, dau. Medad Pomroy. She d. Nov. 8, 1755, a. 89.
Ch. : Mehitable, March 13, 1690, m. April (2), Nathaniel Phelps. (3), Gideon Lyman.
13, 1712, Eliakim Strong.
Experience, April 17, 1693, m. Aug. 16, 1716, Timothy Dwight.
John, April 1, 1704; sol. at Fort Dummer, 1724.
Medad, March 26, 1699; had his father's Twins, June 1, 1706, d. in infancy. share in the Falls fight township, 1736. Thankful, Feb. 18, 1709, d. young.
Catherine, Aug. 17, 1701, m. - Hickock.
3. WILLIAM, s. of John (1), b. 1660; sergeant; sol. at Dfd., 1708 ; d. Sept. 20, 1728.
He m. 1686, Elizabeth, dau. Henry Denslow, of Winds. She d. May 27, 1746, a. 80.
Ch. : William, Sept. 7, 1687. stead ; clerk of Capt. Kellogg's co., 1724. Daniel, Oct. 17, 1689. . John, June 11, 1697.
Josiah, Aug. 27, 1693 ; cordwainer ; Nid., 1725, where he bo't Benoni Craft's home-
Eleazer, Dec., 1701.
Elizabeth, June 15, 1707.
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4. THOMAS, S. of John (1), b. 1662 ; rem. to Hfd., 1686; to Hart. abt. 1694; d. Dec. 26, 1711.
He m. Nov. 17, 1683, Abigail, dau. Jedediah Strong. She d. 1689, a. 23. (2), Nov., 1690, Mary, dau. Robert Webster, of Hart. She d. Sept. 27, 1706. A third wife, died Jan. 2, 1712; name unknown.
Ch. : Thomas, Dec. 3, 1684, d. young. Mary, Oct. 5, 1691, m. April 4, 1711, Thomas Clapp.
Abigail, Jan. 31, 1687.
Thomas and Robert.
5. SAMUEL, S. of John (1), b. 1665 ; Nhn .; grantee of Nfd., 1682; d. Oct. 3, 1701.
He m. 1690, Joanna, wid. of Thomas Alvord, dau. John Taylor. She m. (2), Nov. 26, 1702, Deliverance Bridgman.
Ch. : Eliakim, Feb. 19, 1692, m. Dec. 2, Hannah Stebbins, who d. Feb. 13, 1733,
1719, Hannah Strong, who d. Oct. 10, a. 39. Jemima, m. Dec. 19, 1717, Samuel Wright. Twins, July 31, 1699, d. in infancy.
6. JOSEPH, S. of John (1), b. 1673 ; lieutenant ; Nhn .; d. Dec. 3, 1734. He m. June 3, 1696, Mindwell, dau. Medad Pomroy. She d. Nov. 21, 1732. (2), Aug. 30, 1733, Mindwell Porter.
Ch. : Sarah, March 10, 1697, m. Aug. 18, Joseph, Nov. 24, 1709 ; accidentally killed 1718, James Brown (?) while hunting, by Samuel Burt.
Esther, Jan. 1, 1700, d. young. Thankful, Feb. 9, 1712.
Eunice, March 12, 1703. Simeon, Oct. 28, 1714, m. 1737, Mindwell,
Mindwell, March 15, 1705. dau. Noah Parsons ; in Capt. John Burk's
Phineas, Sept. 27, 1707, d. at Southampton, Jan. 10, 1768.
rangers, 1756.
7. BENJAMIN, S. of John (1), b. 1675; garrison sol. at Dfd., and in the Pomroy pursuit, 1698 ; d. Jan. 20, 1718.
He m. May 16, 1700, Mary, dau. Abel Janes. She m. (2), 1721, Jona. Graves.
Ch. : Elisha, Nov. 11, 1717, m. May 20, 1753, Jemima Graves. He d. 1786. .
8. JONATHAN, S. of John (1), b. 1683; rem. to Bolton, Ct., 1724; d. June 10, 1774.
He m. April 18, 1711, Mary, dau. Thomas French, of Dfd. She d. March 24, 1758, a. 71.
Ch. : Jonathan, Jan. 25, 1712, m. Feb. 16, Beriah, Oct. 2, 1721, d. April 10, 1722.
1743, Martha Woodward ; sett. in Co- Seth, April 18, 1723, m. April 23, 1747, ventry, Ct. Mary Smith ; sett. in Bolton, now Vernon, Ct .; d. 1780.
Abigail, Dec. 1, 1713, m. Nov. 8, 1733, Isaac Bronson. She d. Feb. 27, 1799.
Oliver, April 20, 1726.
Charles, July 3, 1716, m. Sept. 5, 1739, Sarah King.
Gideon, Aug. 24, 1729, m. and sett. in New Hartford, Ct. ; d. 1802.
Mary, May 31, 1718.
KNAPP, DANIEL, 1760-71. He m. Hannah -. Ch. : Sale, Feb. 7, 1769, d. July 15, 1770.
KNIGHTS, AMAZIAH, 1766-9.
He m. Jan. 29, 1767, Lydia Wright, of Granby. Ch. : Phineas, bapt. Sept. 3, 1767.
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Samuel, Nov. 19, 1693, m. Jan. 10, 1717,
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I. KNIGHTS, BENJAMIN; Hfd., 1725; sol. at Fort Dummer, from Nfd., 1730; rem. to Nhn before 1758.
He m. Dec. 14, 1723, Esther, dau. Joseph Burt; and (2), Hannah --. Ch. : Simeon, May 23, 1725 (2). Hannah, Nov. 24, 1729. Benjamin (3).
Esther, June 8, 1728.
2. SIMEON, S. of Benjamin (1), b. 1725; rem., in 1752, to Westminster, Vt., where he was one of the three first sett .; driven thence by the Indians, he ret. to Nfd .; was in Capt. John Burk's co. of rangers, and cap. at the fall of Fort William Henry, Aug., 1757. He was alive in Canada, Sept. 20, 1758, but d. before April 15, 1759. It is supposed he d. in captivity.
He m. Sarah, dau. of John Harwood, of Ware River, to which place she rem. after the death of her husband.
Ch. : Eunice, July 24, 1751. Lois, Feb. 4, 1753.
Elisha, Dec. 29, 1754. Elijah, Dec. 27, 1756.
3. BENJAMIN, S. of Benjamin (1), sett. in Hfd., but rem. to Cold Spring; was a sol. in the French and Indian wars.
He m. Mary -, who d. June 2, 1754.
Ch. : Catherine, May 11, 1748. Lucius, May 30, 1750.
KNIGHTS, JESSE, 1815; from Dummerston, Vt .; d. June 8, 1851, a. 67. He m. Betsey Dickinson, b. 1787.
Ch. : Orrilla. William O., Nov. 11, 1821, m. Sarah Mar-
Serepta, m. Francis Snow, of Bernardston. vell.
Jane D., Nov. 27, 1815, m. Franklin Bar- ber.
Sally, Jan. 7, 1824, m. July 6, 1848, Ste- phen G. Wilds.
Bethany, May 25, 1818, m. June 5, 1843, Elijah Stebbins.
Sylvester, about 1832.
LAMB, GEORGE, 1786. LAMB, ISAAC, 1781-97.
LAMB, LEVI, 1781-1805. He m. Feb. 1, 1803, Effie Carter.
LANE, SAMUEL, 1740.
I. LANE, SAMUEL., s. of Elkanah, of Taunton, b. Jan. 9, 1759; Rev. sol .; rem. from Winch. to Nfd., 1807; d. Jan. 26, 1845.
He m. June 15, 1785, Eunice Scott, who d. Nov. 28, 1825, a. 59.
m. Fanny Scott, of Ezekiel, m. Rachael Fisk ; sett. in Swanzey, Ck. : Elijab, ) Oct. 2, ) Winchester. N. H. Elisha, 1789, ) (2). Ebenezer, sett. in Penn. Samuel, m. Maria Parker, of Fitzwilliam, N. H. Lucy, m. Hale Mason.
ELISHA, s. of Samuel (1), b. 1789 ; res. in Winch., and Swanzey, N. H .; d. June 20, 1859.
He m. June 28, 1859, Electa Healy, who d. May, 11, 1817, a. 27. (2), April 9, 1834, Aseneth, dau. Selah Norton. She d. April 6, 1873, a. 77. Ch .: Eliza A., March 27, 1810; d. 1813. Samuel, Sept. 27, 1812 (3).
Ephraim, Jan. 6, 1815, m. April 6, 1845, Caroline E. Wakeman, of N. Haven, Ct.
Elkanah, Feb. 11, 1837, m. Oct. 29, 1868, Susan G. Ellis. Frederick A., May 3, 1838, m. June 1, 1859, Ellen Worsley. (2), Nov. 28, 1866, Frances S. Willard.
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3. SAMUEL, S. of Elisha (2), b. 1812; rem. from Winch. to Nfd., 1845; seaman ; was master of a whaleship; d. May 8, 1864 ..
He m. Sept. 25, 1845, Charlotte O., dau. Calvin Stearns. She d. March 2, 1874, a. 51.
Ch. : Cara Marie, Nov. 6, 1851, d. March Flora, Feb. 14, 1853. 5, 1854.
LARABEE, JOHN; from Swanzey, about 1764 ; rem. to Guilford, Vt., 1778.
He m. Alvira -, from Swanzey.
Ch. : John, bapt. Dec. 29, 1765. Mary, bapt. Sept. 22, 1771, m. - Peabody.
James, bapt. June 30, 1767. (2), Calvin Doolittle.
Bethsheba, bapt. May 7, 1769; " 4th child." Samuel, bapt. Sept. 5, 1773. .
LATHAM, JAMES, 1773.
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