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He m. July 12, 1717, Elizabeth, dau. Eleazer Hawks, of Dfd. She d. April 19, 1788, a. 90.
Ch. : Ebenezer, Dec. 1, 1718 (5). Sarah, June 24, 1727, d. Oct. 17, 1736. Samuel, Feb. 8, 1720 (6). Hannah, April 11, 1729, d. Oct. 29, 1729. Asa, Jan. 19, 1731 ; killed with br. John, Sept. 8, 1755.
John, Oct. 28, 1721 ; ensign ; killed on the " bloody morning scout," Sept. 8, 1755. Eliezer, April 30, 1722 (7).
Hezekiah, Jan. 7, 1724 (8).
Mary, Aug. 22, 1725, m. Joseph Stebbins, of Deerfield.
5. EBENEZER, s. of Hezekiah (4), b. 1718; captain ; in command of Fort in Colerain, in 1749; d. Nov. 29, 1801.
He m. June, 1752, Tamer, dau. Caleb Allen. She d. July 23, 1797, a. 73.
Ch. : Hannah, March 17, 1753, m. Samuel Tamer, March 28, 1760, d. Dec. 12, 1762. Ebenezer, Feb. 14, 1762 (9).
Healy. She d. Oct. 29, 1833.
Elizabeth, Oct. 21, 1754, m. Feb. 25, 1778, Nathaniel Stearns, of Warwick.
Aseneth, Aug. 17, 1756, m. Jan. 20, 1791, Selah Norton.
Tamer, March 25, 1758, d. July 17, 1759.
Martha, April 30, 1764, d. Aug. 19, 1767. Calvin, Aug. 9, 1769, m. Sally, dau. of Consider Cushman ; he kept tavern near the mouth of Miller's river; d. Oct. 26, 1825.
6. SAMUEL, s. of Hezekiah (4), b. 1720; lieutenant ; sol. in French and Indian wars; setr. in the north part of the town, now Vernon; d. Sept. 1853. He m. Ruth, dau. Benoni Wright. She d. Dec. 16, 1800, a. 61.
Ch. : John, Jan. 28, 1756 (10).
Ruth Wright, adopted dau., b. 1768, m. 1790, Samuel Mattoon.
7. ELIEZER, s. of Hezekiah (4), b. 1722 ; sol. 1749 ; lived a short time in Enfield, Ct., but ret. to Nfd. about 1754; d. Sept. 24, 1789.
He m. Lydia, dau. Caleb Allen, of Enfield, Ct., and Nfd. She d. April 13, 1783, a. 56.
Ch. : Caleb, Feb. 24, 1753, m. Elizabeth ; Asa Briggs. (2), March 10, 1799, Wm. sett. in Shelburne.
Maltby.
Submit, Sept. 8, 1755, m. May 9, 1797, Asa, Jan. 17, 1758 (11).
Hannah, Sept. 9, 1732, m. Jan. 28, 1762, Philip Mattoon.
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Eliphalet, Jan. 8, 1760, m. Elizabeth, dau. Joseph Stebbins, of Dfd .; Rev. sol., 1779.
Eliezer, Jan. 3, 1762, m. Aug. 31, 1790, Submit Field.
Lydia, Feb. 29, 1764, m. Feb. 21, 1786, James Knox, of Onoynagoh, N. Y.
Sarah, bapt. July 2, 1769, m. before 1789, Elisha H. Pomroy, of Vershire, Vt.
8. HEZEKIAH, S. of Hezekiah (4), b. 1724; d. Jan. 5, 1800.
He m. Molly, dau. Dea. Samuel Smith. She m. (2), Simeon Lyman, and d. Dec. 24, 1824, a. 91.
Ch. : Elijah, July 24, 1751 (12). Rhoda, Oct. 28, 1761, m. Feb. 3, 1783, Henry Field.
Sarah, Dec. 26, 1752, d. Aug. 25, 1770. Rufus, March 19, 1755 (13).
Mary, Sept. 17, 1757, m. March 18, 1783, Eldad Alexander.
Eunice, June 9, 1760, m. Feb. 8, 1780, Medad Alexander.
Jerusha, June 9, 1760, m. march 2, 1780, Simeon Alexander.
Hezekiah, Jan. 26, 1766 (14).
Samuel, bapt. April 11, 1773, d. Oct. 30, 1776. Cynthia Woods, adopted child, bapt. July 27, 1783.
9. EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer (5), b. 1762; rem. soon after marriage to Brookfield, Vt., where he kept a tavern, which is still kept by his descendants; d. June 4, 1814.
He m. May 28, 1783, Sarah, dau. Reuben Smith. She d. Feb. 20, 1811. Ch. : Patty, July 6, 1784, d. unm. Harriet.
Sally, bapt. Feb. 15, 1789. Alpha, bapt. Feb. 26, 1792, d. 1811. Caleb Allen.
10. JOHN, s. of Samuel (6), b. 1756; drowned in the Conn. river, at Bellows Falls, June 1, 1785. The stone that marks his grave in a cemetery in Vernon, bears the following curious elegiac, and genealogical epitaph, doubtless written by Rev. Bunker Gay :
" MEMENTO MORI.
Here lie intered where Silence reigns Mr. JOHN STRATTON'S Sad Remains Sam'el and Ruth once happy were In Him, Their only Son and Heir. In January, c'er the Sun Had Eight & Twenty Curci'ts run In Seventeen Hundred Fifty Six With Mortals here on Earth to mix, He first began ; but lost his life In Seventeen Hundred Eighty-five. The first of June as in his Tour Where Walpole Rapids foam and roar He to a rock went down too nigh To pierce the Salmon passing by. The Rock's Smooth, Glassy, Sloping Side His Feet betrayed, and let him Slide Plum down into a Watry Tomb, No more to See his native Home His tender Parents, lovely Spouse Or those bright Beauties of his House Three little helpless female heirs Left to bedew his Grave with Tears Alas, who can Their Loss repair, Or ease the Widow's Soul of Care Or furnish adequate Relief To cure the Parents pungent Grief. Father of Mercies, hear our Call,
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Extend Thy Pity to them all. . Let Momentary Ills like this, Issue in Everlasting Bliss."
He m. Roxana, dau. Paul Field. She d. in a fit, in the meeting house in Hinsdale, Aug. 14, 1786, a. 29.
Ch. : Thankful, also called Gratia, May 9, Roxana P., March 11, 1782, d. March 17, 1803.
1776, m. Job Wright.
Electa, April 10, 1779, m. Dr. Cyrus Wash-
burn. She d. Jan. 26, 1806.
11. ASA, s. of Eleazer (7), b. 1758; Rev. sol .; at surrender of Burgoyne; d. March 17, 1818.
He m. Nov. 30, 1780, Lucy Woodbury, of Barre, who d. July 23, 1831. Ch. : Polly, Feb. 18, 1781, m. 1809, Sam- Seth, Aug. 9, 1792, m. Freedom A. Holton ; uel Holton. pub. at Warwick, April 16, 1823.
Charlotte, Sept. 10, 1782, d. April 7, 1788. Charles A., Dec. 1, 1794; noted surgeon Roswell, June 7, 1784 (15). dentist ; d. s. p. at Bratt., Jan. 4, 1869. Alonzo, Dec. 1, 1798 (17).
Asa, Sept. 10, 1786 (16).
Chester, Aug. 3, 1790, d. in Pembroke, April 14, 1815.
Albarto, April 23, 1801 (18).
12. ELIJAH, s. of Hezekiah (8), b. 1751; Rev. sol., 1776-7; d. s. p. May 29, 1819.
He m. April 16, 1778, Abigail, dau. Joseph Stebbins, of Dfd. She d. July 20, 1826.
13. RUFUS, s. of Hezekiah (8), b. 1755 ; d. March 18, 1827.
He.m. Nov. 19, 1778, Aseneth, dau. Capt. Samuel Field. She d. April, 1829, a. 71.
Ch. : " Sarah, Dec. 2, 1779, m. July 21, Rufus, Sept. 12, 1789 (20).
1803, Dr. Stephen Bachilor, of Athol. John, Aug. 8, 1791, d. May 22, 1805. Elijah, Aug. 22, 1793, killed by lightning, Aug. 5, 1809.
Lucy, May 25, 1781, d. Oct. 23, 1781, from a fall into the fire.
Samuel, July 30, 1782, m. March 25, 1307, Livia Ransom, dau. Samuel, of Mont.
Lucy, March 9, 1796, m. May 11, 1820, Allured Benjamin, of Irving's Grant. Lorenzo, Dec. 15, 1798 (21).
Elihu, bapt. Nov. 28, 1784 (19).
John, April 5, 1787, d. Aug. 22, 1790.
14. HEZEKIAH, s. of Hezekiah (8), b. 1766; d. Oct. 24, 1825.
He m. March 5, 1789, Hannah, dau. Reuben Wright. She d. Jan. 5, 1846, a. 81.
Ch. : Charles, May 28, 1790 (22).
Harras, Nov. 24, 1791 (23). Arad, Oct. 19, 1795 (24).
Hannah, April 25, 1801, m. Sept. 15, 1819, Asahel Sawyer. Hezekiah, June 26, 1804 (25). Fanny, Sept. 27, 1811, d. March 31, 1822.
15. ROSWELL, s. of Asa (11), b. 1784; d. Feb. 22, 1842.
He m. Jan. 26, 1815, Rhoda, dau. Eliphaz Wright. She d. Aug. 28, 1857, a. 74.
Ch. : Chester, March 19, 1816; dentist ; sett. in Amherst.
Roswell, Sept. 20, 1818, d. Sept. 20, 1819. Roswell, Sept. 28, 1820, m. Mary Belknap.
George, July 21, 1823 ; sett. in Milbury. Agusta, July 6, 1828 ; a noted teacher at the west.
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16. ASA, s. of Asa (11), b. 1786; d. in Greenfield, April 3, 1870. He m. Dec. 15, 1814, Sophia, dau. Samuel Holton.
Ch. : Sarah, March 4, 1816, d. young. 1873, Fmma E. Mann; res. in Gfd .; a carpenter.
Frederick S., Jan. 31, 1817; dentist ; sett. in Keene, N. H.
Edwin A., Sept. 15, 1819, m. Almira, dau. Roswell Purple. (2), Ellen A. Sawyer ; carpenter ; rem. to Greenfield.
Charles M., July 19, 1823, m. Oct. 30,
Sarah A., Feb. 6, 1827, m. Caleb Buffam, of Keene.
Franklin A., Nov. 30, 1829; captain in late war; in government service as civil engineer, at Washington, D. C. Oscar, Aug. 19, 1832; res. in Greenfield.
17. ALONZO, S. of Asa (11). b. 1798; burned to death at Athol, 1871. He m. Mary, dau. Samuel Wood.
Ch. : Samuel W., March 22, 1827 ; a sailor ; Mary J., March 1, 1834, m. Amos B. Ful- killed by a whale. som. Marshall D., Feb. 25, 1829; sett. in Maine. Lucy M., Jan. 4, 1836, m. Joseph Lord, of Athol.
Francis E., Jan. 27, 1832, m. Elizabeth Putnam.
18. ALBARTO, S. of Asa (11), b. 1801; d. Feb. 28, 1871.
He m. Lucy, dau. Charles Stimpson. She d. March 18, 1874, a. 73.
Ch. : Albert S., Nov, 10, 1823, m. Dec. 4, Lucy A., Jan., 1830, d. June 15, 1846. 1850, Nancy D., dau. Tisdale Drake, of
Warwick.
19. ELIHU, S. of Rufus (13), b. 1784; d. Jan., 1871. He m. May 9, 1810, Electa, dau. Elisha Holton. She d. April 9, 1835, a. 47.
Ch. : Elijah, Feb. 4, 1811 (26). Edwin, Sept. 17, 1815, m. Jane E. Fuller ; Elihu, Oct. 29, 1812, d. Oct. 15, 1833. sett. in Shelburne. Elisha, Aug. 26, 1818, m. Lucy Sawyer.
20. RUFUS, s. of Rufus (13), b. 1789. He m. Dec. 29, 1819, Henrietta Ruggles.
Ch. : Edward R., July 1, 1820. Stephen B., ) May 6, ) -
Abigail F., Jan. 17, 1822, d. young. Martha B., , 1831, 5 m. - Merrick.
Silas A., Sept. 18, 1824- Calista G., Aug. 6, 1833, m. - Bunker.
Rufus W., Jan. 23, 1827 ; sett. in Amh. Agusta M., May 23, 1836.
Elizabeth G., July 7, 1829, m. - Cowles, Abby S., Oct. 12, 1840, m. - Battles.
of Leominster.
21. LORENZO, s. of Rufus (13), b. 1798 ; d. July 14, 1828.
He m. Feb. 28, 1821, Adeline, dau. Levi Merriman. She m. (2), Simcon . A. Field.
Ch. : William H., Dec. 27, 1821, m. Martha Gage.
22. CHARLES, s. of Hezekiah (14), b. 1790; d. Jan. 22, 1839.
He m. June 1, 1814, Polly, dau. Levi Merriman; d. Sept. 25, 1835, a. 41. Ch. : Almira, Oct. 20, 1815. - Hildreth ; rem. to Swanzey, where he Oratio, Feb. 26, 1817, m. Electa Field, a committed suicide.
suicide by drowning, Aug. 15, 1843. (2), Charles, Oct. 4, 1819; went to California.
23. HARRIS, S. of Hezekiah (14), b. 1791; d. 1872. He m. 1810, Sophia Ruggles.
Ch. : Erastus W., July 30, 1811, d. Aug. Erastus W., Dec. 27, 1815; rem. to Kansas. George W., Sept. 30, 1817, 11. Delia Rice, 22, 1812.
Sarah Starr, Dec. 24, 1812, m. Franklin Lord.
of Deerfield. Henry, June 27, 1819, d. June 29, 1819.
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Nelson, June 23, 1820, m. Shepherd ; res. in London, England.
Wright, March 3, 1822, m. April 10, 1845, Martha Cook. She d. 1856. (2), Nov., 1859, wid. Lois Cook.
Sumner, July 15, 1824, m. Maria Johnson. Sophia M., July 22, 1826, m. Horace E.
Parsons, who shot himself, Oct. 18, 1869. Harris, Sept. 22, 1828 ; lives in Kansas.
24. ARAD, s. of Hezekiah (14), b. 1795.
He m. Oct. 6, 1814, Electa Wells.
Ch .: Chester, Jan. 18, 1815; rem. to Penn. ; m. Martha -.
Eunice W., Sept. 26, 1818, m. Dr. Owen Lieb, M. C .; Penn.
Henry, Sept. 10, 1820.
Mary W., Oct. 9, 1822, m. Oct. 21, 1852, Hon. S. C. Wells, of Mont. She d. March 16, 1854.
Fanny S., Sept. 20, 1824, d. unm. about 1850.
Hannah G., May 3, 1827, m. Harrison F. Root, of Montague.
Arad, Aug. 29, 1829, m. Nancy Brown. Electa, Feb. 7, 1835, d. July 22, 1835. Lemuel, Feb. 27, 1837 ; rem. to Elmira, N. Y .; m. Martha Wells.
25. HEZEKIAH, s. of Hezekiah (14), b. 1804. He m. Mercy Evans, of Hinsdale.
Ch : Hezekiah O., Aug. 28, 1828, m. - Marcellus D., Aug. 7, 1834, m. - Capen. Burt.
26. ELIJAH, s. of Elihu (19), b. 1811; doctor.
He m. Aug. 17, 1835, Mary Turner Bruce, who d. Dec. 31, 1869.
Ch. : Robert Bruce, Aug. 8, 1836, d. Feb. Virginia S., Sept. 25, 1842, m. May 23, 2, 1839. 1861, George Hastings.
Mary Turner, March 16, 1838. John Dousman, March 11, 1845.
Thomas Bruce, June 1, 1840, m. May 26, 1867, Elenora A. Pratt.
Child, d. Nov. 5, 1847.
STRATTON, NATHANIEL, 1809 ; from Athol. He m. Esther -. She m. (2), 1831, Asa Robbins.
Ch. : Stephen, April 30, 1805. Harvey, m. Olive Evans.
Melinda, Feb. 9, 1807, d. Nov. 6, 1828. Warren, m. Cynthia Piper. (2), Lucy
Norris, May 30, 1810; sett. in Leyden ; m. Bruce. (3), wid. - Leonard. Willard.
Mary Piper, d. 1875.
STRATTON, HARVEY; from Athol, 1815; br. of Nathaniel. He m. Hannah Foster.
Ch. : Susan F., Sept. 23, 1817. Lucinda H., July 24, 1827, d. April 10, 1831.
Mary F., Dec. 12, 1818.
James H., Oct. 7, 1821. Dudley B., Oct. 7, 1829.
Stephen W., Oct. 14, 1824.
1. STROWBRIDGE, JAMES, 1783; d. Oct. 23, 1811, a. 82. He m. Mary -, who d. March 3, 1817, a. 84.
Ch. : James ; Jr. in 1786 (2). Prob. Peggy ; who m. Jan. 15, 1786, Luther
Henry ; tax in Nfd., 1804-10 ; m. - Ly- Dean, of Taunton. Prob. Gordon, 1773, m. - Leach, and d. man.
Prob. Anna; who m. Sept. 18, 1794, Caleb Dean, of Taunton.
June 4, 1839.
2. JAMES, S. of James (1); of Claremont, N. H., 1790.
He m. Feb. 25, 1790, Sarah, dau. Simeon Lyman. She d. Feb. 16, 1833. Ch. : Order of birth not known. Sarah. Henry. Ellen. Fanny.
Lyman, Jan. 31, 1793. Sophia.
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STUART, ADAM, 1812.
STUTSON, BENJAMIN, 1808. He m. April 22, 1811, Esther Collar.
SUMMERS, JOHN ; from Nhn .; at First Settlement of Winchester. He m. Nov. 15, 1733, Elizabeth, dau. John Alexander.
Ch. : Elizabeth, June 28, 1735, d. Aug. 5, 1739.
1. SWAN, THOMAS; doctor; b. in Scotland ; Educated in England. His mother was a Stuart, and his father near akin to the McDonald family; came to New England and sett. in Roxbury; d. about 1688, a. 40. July 11, 1681, his house was set on fire by Maria, a negro, and "burned with some in it." For this crime, Maria was sentenced to be burned at the stake, and the sentence was executed in Boston, Sept. 22, 1681.
He m. Mary, dau. Thomas Lamb, of Roxbury; she was bapt. Sept. 29, 1648, by the apostle, Eliot.
Ch. : Henry, b. in Boston, May 16, 1665, Peter, and Dorothy, twins, 1674, d. in in- d. young.
Thomas, d. 1668.
Thomas, Feb. 16, 1669 ; H. C., 1689 ; m. Dec. 27, 1692, Prudence Wade ; was sur- geon at Castle William.
Dorothy, Dec. 29, 1672, d. young.
fancy. Henry, March 29, 1678, d. soon. Henry, March 24, 1679; H. C., 1698. Mary, June 4, 168 1.
Peter, June 17, 1684, d. young. Ebenezer, May 12, 1686 (2).
2. EBENEZER, S. of Thomas (1), b. 1686 ; master of a vessel in the London trade; d. at sea, about 1716.
He m. Prudence, dau. Timothy Foster, of Dorchester. She d. July 10, 1765, a. 81.
Ch. : Ebenezer, m. - Lamb, of Roxbury ; as wid. with three children, she rem. to · Bristol, R. I.
Josiah ; H. C., 1733 ; minister at Dunsta- ble ; m. - Blanchard.
Thomas ; capt. of a vessel in the W. I. trade ; lost at sea ; age about 37. William, 1716 (3).
3. WILLIAM, S. of Ebenezer (2), b. 1716; goldsmith ; rem. from Boston to Marlboro, about 1752; thence, about 1754, to Worcester; d. April 12, 1774.
He m. Livina, dau. Gershom Keyes; after the death of her husband, she rem. to Nfd., where she d. March 19, 1813, a. 87.
Ch. : Sarah, March 7, 1743, d. Sept. 3, 1745.
William, March 18, 1745, m. Mercy Porter, of Weymouth ; merchant in Groton.
Thomas, Nov. 10, 1747, d. Dec. 3, 1748.
Livina, Aug. 1, 1749, m. July 15, 1779, Jona. Hunt.
Thomas, Aug. 7, 1751, m. Sally Speakman. Edward, Feb. 8, 1754; sol. of '76; d. in the service, 1779.
Catherine, April 12, 1756, m. Oct. 5, 1774, Caleb Lyman, of Nfd.
Timothy, July 23, 1758 (4).
Henry, Oct. 10, 1760; Methodist minister ; resided in Rome, N. Y.
Benjamin, Nov. 12, 1762.
Lucretia, Feb. 14, 1764, m. about 1785, John Webster, a first sett. of Huntsburg, Vt. Elizabeth, Feb. 14, 1764, m. March 5, 1791, John, s. of Rev. John Hubbard, who sett. in Huntsburg, Vt.
Child, b. and d. April 9, 1770.
4. TIMOTHY, s. of William (3), b. 1758; composer ; author of " China," " Poland," and other pieces of sacred music. He published " New England Harmony," 1801 ; was clerk in country store 7 years ; came to Nfd. with his
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mother about 1775; here he learned the trade of hatter; left Nfd. for Sfd., Ct., about 178z, where he lived about 25 years ; he returned to Nfd., and con- tinued working at his trade, with his nephews, "Tomy and Harry," Lyman. His house was on the lot now occupied by Winsor L. Fay. He had a remarkable love for the poplar, and the lilac; and with these trees his house and door yard were surrounded, forming a hedge so dense, that he was entirely secluded from street or neighbor; this hedge was occupied by flocks of black- birds, which were his pets, and which he guarded with zealous care. One who knew him says he was " poor, proud, and indolent." Another, that he was a " fine looking old gentleman ;" suffering much, but always seeing the bright side ; a niece says of him, "my personal recollections are always pleas- ant. He had a well stored mind, a retentive memory, and a genial tempera- ment, that made him a most agreeable companion." All agree that he was a
very peculiar man. One of his musical compositions was written one night, while a child was dying ; and the famous " China," it is said, was composed while recovering from a fit of intoxication, and was written with his finger, in the sand, on Beers's Plain. Although his oddities did not amount to mania, his life may have been tinged and shadowed by a taint from his mother's blood. She was insane for many years. He was a contributor to the Poet's corner of local newspapers, but none of his effusions are known to us. He was in charge of the library, for a long time.
The following anecdote is told, as illustrating some characteristics of Swan, as well as the caustic wit of a neighbor. Swan had received from his friends in Conn., a new Camlet cloak, of which he was quite proud. Not long after, while walking up and down the street in front of his house, airing his cloak and his vanity, he was espied by Parson Mason, who accosted him with a "good morning, Mr. Swan." "Good morning, sir," returned Swan. "Fine morning. I see you have got a new cloak," continued Mr. Mason. " Yes, a present." "Ah ! a cloak of charity ; and is it like the other cloak of char- ity ?" queried Mason. In a fury, Swan exclaimed, " Get into the house, you old devil, you."
He d. at Nfd., July 23, 1842, upon his 85th birth day.
He m. Mary, dau. Ebenezer Gay, D. D., of Suffield, Ct., niece of Rev. Bunker Gay, of Hinsdale. She d. Sept. 19, 1841.
Ch. : Mary Gay, m. Jan. 20, 1808, Charles John Adams. Dana, of Woodstock, Vt. William Henry, 1800, m. Margaret Bradley, d. in Mich., Oct. 11, 1843.
Elizabeth Eager, d. young.
Betty Lauretta, m. Oct. 5, 1809, Amos Al- Ebenezer Gay, 1801 ; sett. in Ohio; d. Aug. exander, of ,Winchester.
George Washington. Emily Cordelia, 1793, d. Oct. 8, 1856. Harriet Cushing, 1794, d. 1849.
3, 1850. Charles Pinckney, d. 1803. William Cushing, 1805; sett. in Dayton, Ohio; d. Feb. 8, 1844- Lucy Aglivin, d. in infancy.
Sally Cotton, d. young. Charlotte Keyes.
SWEET, JONATHAN; doctor; 1806. SWEETLAND, ASA, 1811. SWEETLAND, BENJAMIN, 1807-19. SWEETLAND, BENJAMIN, JR., 1813. SYKES, NATHAN, 1775-1781.
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Family Genealogies.
SYMES, WILLIAM; colonel ; had home lot and out lands granted him in Nfd., 1721, on condition he sett. there ; was sol. in Capt. Kellogg's co., 1722; of Nfd., owning home lot, and buying land there, 1723-4; of Dfd., (ct. 31, 1725 ; at Nfd. again, 1731 ; when he received a grant of 3 acres on Pomroy's Island; was in command of the garrison at No. 4, Jan. 3, to Feb. 13, 1747, and was allowed by the Gen. Court of Mass. £140 18s. 6d. to . pay for stores, and wages; of Winch., 1743-52; in Nov. of that year, was prominently engaged in the project of raising a body of 500 men to form a military colony on the Conn. river, at Cowas; the St. Francis Indians, claiming the territory, it was found the plan could be carried out, only at the expense of an Indian war, and was abandoned. In June, 1755, Capt. Symes commanded a fort in Keene, which was successfully defended against an attack by the enemy ; Oct. 13, 1755, he was at the head of his co., scouting near Lake George, when he was met by a large party of Indians; in the skirmish which followed, he lost his lieutenant, and a large part of his men; was in the service, 1756, and sent home an invalid, in Nov .; was Esq., of Hins., 1764, and col., of Nfd., 1768.
1. TAYLOR, JOHN, was at Winds., 1640; prob. went there with Rev. Ephraim Huit, or Hewett, Aug. 17, 1639, directly from England; juror, 1641 and 44; Nov. 24, 1645, being " fully intended and prepared for a voyage for England," he made a will, leaving his " daughters in-law," equally to be divided among them, " all my land that lyes on the east of ye great river in lieu of my engagement with them upon my marriage and that my wife shall trayne them up until they come to the age of eighteen years and my said wife to have the ben- efit of ye sd. land until yt time." He gives to his wife and two sons, his house and all the residue of his lands in the town of Windsor, and all his personal property ; his wife to have the use of it until she marry, or the sons come of age. In 1694, this will was presented for probate by John, son of the testa- tor, who was appointed administrator on the estate, with the will annexed. There is a tradition in the family that, soon after making this will, John Taylor sailed for England in the New Haven "Phantom ship," the vessel never heard from, except in the manner narrated below : Rev. James Pierpont, a graduate of Harvard, 1681; minister at New Haven, 1684 to 1714, writes to Cotton Mather, giving an account of a wonderful vision seen there, some half a century before. This letter was incorporated in Mather's " Magnalia," written 1695-6; Pierpont says, the ship sailed in January, 1647; a date accepted, so far as we know, by all subsequent historians; but recent investiga- tions show that the date of departure was certainly Jan., 1645-6. " In com- pliance with your desire," writes Pierpont, "I now give you the relation of that apparition of a ship in the air, which I have received from the most credi- ble, judicious, and curious surviving observers of it. In the year 1647, besides much other lading, a far more rich treasure of passengers, (five or six of which were persons of chief note and worth in New Haven, ) put them- selves on board a new sbip, built at Rhode Island, of about 150 tuns ; but so walty, that the master, (Lamberton, ) often said she would prove their grave. In the month of January, cutting their way through much ice, on which they were accompanied with the Rev. Mr. Davenport, besides many other friends, with many fears, as well as prayers and tears, they set sail." " In June next ensuing a great thunder storm arose out of the north-west ; after which, (the bemispbere being serene, ) about an hour before sun-set, a sHir of like dimen- sions with the aforesaid, with her canvas and colours abroad (though the wind
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northerly) appeared in the air coming up from our harbour's mouth, which lves southward from the town, seemingly with her sails filled under a fresh gale holding her course north, and continuing under observation, sailing against the wind, for the space of half an hour. Many were drawn to behold this great work of God ; yea, the very children cryed out, 'There's a brave sbip.' At length, crowding up as far as there is usually water suficient for such a ves- sel, and so near some of the spectators, as they imagined a man might hurl a stone on board her, her main-top seemed to be blown off, but left hanging in the shrouds ; then her missen-top; then all her masting seemed blown away by the board; quickly after the bulk brought into a careen, she overset, and so vanished into a smoaky cloud, which in some time dissipated, leaving, as every- where else, a clear air. The admiring spectators, could distinguish the several colours of each part, the principal rigging and such proportions, as caused not only the generality of persons to say, This was the mould of their ship, and thus was ber tragick end, but Mr. Davenport also in public declared to this effect, That God had condescended, for the quieting of their afflicted spirits, this extra- ordinary account of bis sovereign disposal of those for whom so many fervent prayers were made continually."
Mr. Taylor married a widow, who had daughters. She m. (3), - Hoyt, at Norwalk, Ct.
Ch. : John, 1641 (2).
Thomas, 1643 (3).
2 JOHN, S. of John of Windsor, b. 1641; captain ; grantee at Nfd., 1683; sett. at Nhn., where he was killed May 13, 1704, while in pursuit of a party of Indians which had destroyed the Hamlet of Pascomuck.
He m. Dec. 18, 1662, Thankful, dau. Henry Woodward.
Ch. : Thankful, Oct. 27, 1663, m. March 22, 1680, Capt. Benjamin Wright. Jonathan, Sept. 19, 1675, d. before 1723,
Johannah, Sept. 27, 1665, m. 1681, Thomas Alvord, and (2), 1690, Samuel King.
(3), Nov. 26, 1702, Deliverance Bridgman, all of Nhn.
John, Oct. 10, 1667 ; sett. in Norwalk, Ct. ; alive 1723.
Rhoda, Sept. 26, 1669, m. Samuel Parsons, of Durham, Ct.
Elizabeth, July 13, 1672, d. 1681.
Mary, Oct. 13, 1673, m. Joseph Atherton.
leaving heirs.
Mindwell, Aug. 19, 1677, m. June 2, 1696, Jonathan Burt.
Lydia, March 18, 1678, m. Samuel Pomroy.
Thomas, Nov. 4, 1680 (4).
Elizabeth, Sept. 17, 1682.
Experience, Oct., 1684, d. young.
Samuel, Aug. 30, 1688 (5).
3. THOMAS, s. of John (1), b. 1643 ; went with his mother to Norwalk, Ct., about 1666; but was one of the earliest settlers of Danbury, Ct., where he d. Jan. 7, 1734-5.
He mı. Feb. 14, 1668, Rebecca, dau. Edward Ketchum; their ch. lived to a remarkable age.
Ch. : Thomas, Nov. 26, 1668, died at the age of 90.
Deborah, June, 1671, died at the age of 80. Joseph, June, 1672, died at the age of 90. John, June, 1674, died at the age of 70.
Daniel, June, 1676, d. Aug. 12, 1770, aged 94.
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