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A sketch of his peculiar and sad experiences is given by Rev. W. L. Chaffin, in his history of Easton. He began life with bright prospects, but they were soon overclouded and his later years were spent in penury and seclusion. He was graduated at Harvard 1761, studied theology and was ordained pastor at Easton 17 Aug., 1763. Matters progressed quietly until toward the close of 1782, when some dissatisfaction arose resulting in his dismissal. "He was forced in his later years to reflect upon the mystery of that Providence which ordains that years of anguish and trouble should follow a youthful folly." Dissatisfaction increased and in April, 1779, he made a public confession and
was forgiven. Other troubles existed, the precise nature of which are unknown, but which are believed to have grown out of the fact that his wife was entirely out of sympathy with him in his life work, and a serious hind- rance to his success. All efforts to harmonize affairs in the Church failed and on 26 May he left the pulpit, and 4th of July asked a dismission, which was consummated by a council on 31 July " on account of disaffection and aliena- tion." Mr. Chaffin says " it is evident that no objections of a serious character had been sustained. . . . He left the town with a good record." He removed from Easton to Charlton, where he was installed 8 Jan., 1783. Here, says our author, "his life was in some respects a repetition of his experience at Easton."
There appear, however, no indications of dissatisfaction until the excite- ment arose concerning the notorious Stephen Burroughs, in which he unwisely took a part as an apologist if not an active partisan for him, and thus brought upon himself the censure of many of his people as well as the public reproof of the Court before which Burroughs was arraigned. As the years passed his children grew up, not to be a source of comfort but to bring dishonor upon the family, and his Charlton ministry proved "one of ten unhappy years." Resigning his pastorate in April, 1793, " too heart-broken and discouraged to seek another parish," he removed to N. H., preached for a time at Cornish and at Putney, Vt., and later found a home at Stockbridge, Vt. Here the town being new there was no Congregational Church, but he preached occa- sionally as a matter of courtesy, and his ministrations are said to have been very acceptable.
Rev. T. S. Hubbard writes :-
" He was esteemed, but the inhabitants were poor and money scarce and it
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is presumable that he had little enough to live on. As he became blind his wants were supplied by his friends, or he was thus helped. . . . I have made many inquiries respecting him and believe he was a good man and strove to live a respectable life."
Concerning his character Mr. Chaffin says: "After the most diligent and patient search, with one exception, I have found no stain upon his record."
He was of full average mental endowments, and of a temperament which no doubt keenly felt the sadness of his fortune. Upon the back of one of his sermons were found a few lines of poetry from his pen, which Mr. Chaffin prints, from which we give a short extract. They doubtless give us his honest estimate of life as viewed from his own stand-point.
"THE VALE OF TEARS.
"A path it is of joys and griefs, Of many hopes and fears; Gladdened at times by sunny smiles, But often dimmed by tears.
" Green leaves there are-they quickly fade, Bright flowers-but soon they die, Its banks are laved by pleasant streams, But soon their bed is dry.
" Fancy is but a phantom found, And Hope a dream appears ; And more and more our hearts confess This life's a vale of tears."
11. JOHN, son of John and grandson of John (1), m. 26 Nov., 1767, Elizabeth, dau. of Uriah Stone of North Gore, settled at Ox., removed soon after the Revolutionary war to New York State and d. there. Ammidown says the Otsego Campbells are descended from him. . . . Children, b. at Ox. : JEREMIAH, b. 15 May, 1770; JOHN, b. 7 Feb., 1772; ABIJAH, b. 1774, d. 1776; ABIJAH, b. 13 Sept., 1778.
WILLIAM, w. Eleanor , blacksmith, was in Ox. 1738, owned 1744- 1749, Sigourney corner, H. 192, d. before 6 Oct., 1758. . . . Children : ELIZABETH, b. 26 Dec., 1738; AGNES, b. 13 April, 1741; LUCY, b. 8 Dec., 1742, all untraced; WILLIAM, b. 23 Sept., 1744, d. 6 Oct., 1768; SARAH, d. 11 Oct., 1768.
JOHN, perhaps son of William, blacksmith in Ox. 1767 to 1786. A John Campbell marched from Ox. as soldier on the Lexington alarm, whether the above or John son of Duncan is uncertain.
JOHN, of Ox., m. 16 Jan., 1777, Patty Stevens of Worcester.
WARREN, of Grafton, and Augusta A., dau. of Ira Cook, m. 3 Nov., 1846.
CANNON, BERNARD (Irish), aged 86, d. 1 March, 1876.
PHILIP, aged 60, d. 11 Jan., 1884.
CATHARINE, widow, aged 48, d. 12 May, 1886.
CAREY, CARY, WILLIAM, from Spencer, residence, west of North Com- mon, H. 84, m. Mary -, she d. 5 July, 1823, aged 69. [The Spy has notice of death of Mary Carey of Ox., 10 July, 1824. ] . . . Children : PHINEHAS, b. 5 Dec., 1778; SALLY, b. 30 Aug., 1780, m. intentions 3 March, 1803, Nathan McIntire of Charlton; POLLY, b. 25 Nov., 1782, m. 27 Aug., 1804, Gideon Walker, Jr., of Croydon, N. H .; HANNAH, b. 5 July, 1785; CHARLES, b. 13
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April, 1788; PATTY, b. 21 Oct., 1790, m. intentions 27 April, 1822, Abner Put- nam of Worcester; WILLIAM, b. 8 May, 1796; GEORGE W., b. 23 Jan., 1799, m. intentions 3 Jan., 1824, Elizabeth H. Caldwell of South Hadley.
CHAD B., b. 17 April, 1813, m. 14 July, 1831, Emily A. Field of Killingly, came before May, 1841, to Ox., tailor, he d. aged 42, 29 March, 1855, family removed to Worcester. . . . Children : GEORGE A., b. 1832, at Killingly, d. 3 Jan., 1858, at Ox., unm .; ALBERT, d. young; CHARLES F., b. 1 April, 1839, at Killingly, m. 10 June, 1862, Emeline J., dau. of Harvey Burnett, he d. 14 Dec., 1865, at Worcester; FRED E., b. 6 April, 1841, d. 5 Oct., 1860, at Worcester; HELEN E., b. 1 Feb., 1843, m. Oct., 1867, Joseph Moore, residence, Concord, N. H. ; EMMA J., b. 3 June, 1845, m. Nov., 1864, George E. Murdock, she d. May, 1868, at Worcester; FRANCES A., b. about 1847, d. April, 1866, at Worcester; EDWARD D., b. about 1849, d. 1 May, 1865, at Worcester; MARIA A.
CARGEL, CARGILL, WILLIAM, probably a descendant of Rev. Donald, of Scotland, and Benjamin, who came 1760 from South Kingston, R. I., to Pom- fret, Conn., bought 500 acres embracing the Great Falls at Putnam, long known as Cargel's mills. WILLIAM was grandson of Joseph Brown, who came with him from Thompson, Conn., to Ox. about 1816, resided near the North Com- mon on the Sutton road, removed 1818 to Woodstock, later lived at various mills in Windham Co., d. about 1847 at Willimantic, he m. Loruma Cunning- ham of Windham, 7 ch. ; JOEL W., his son, b. 7 July, 1814, at Thompson, m. 1840, Olive W. Lindley of Leicester, resided there and at Ox .; d. aged 60, 27 Feb., 1875, she d. 11 Jan., 1877, both at Rochdale; had Albert W., b. 18 June, 1844, m. 12 Dec., 1864, Caroline M. Whiting; had Arthur A., b. 2 Jan., 1866; Clara O., b. 19 March, 1868; assessor, school committee, soldier in the late war; Frank W., b. 16 May, 1860; MARY LUCY, b. 26 May, 1817, at Ox., m. Lucian Chaffee of Ox. ; HANNAH S., unm .; LORUMA C., unm.
CARLTON, CHARLES R., son of Silas of Millbury, b. 16 Sept., 1813, came to Ox. before May, 1838, carpenter, undertaker, removed 1874 to Clinton, m. Mehetable H., dau. of William Larkin, he d. 21 June, 1880, at Worcester. . . . Children : MARY, b. Sept., 1851; CHARLES, b. 1 April, 1853; SARAH E., d. aged 3, 1859.
CARNEY, MICHAEL, aged 59, d. 17 April, 1884.
CARPENTER, SIMON, of Sutton, and Fanny Rich, m. int. 15 Oct., 1814. CYNTHIA, and Palmer T. Bowen, m. intentions 14 Oct., 1832. NANCY, of Charlton, and Sumner King, m. intentions 1 March, 1841. REBECCA, m. n. Moulton, of Middleboro, aged 75, d. 1 Feb., 1875. JENNIE, m. n. Clark, aged 38, d. 30 April, 1887.
CARROLL, ABIGAIL, of Sutton, and Ebenezer Gould, m. 2 Sept., 1744. SARAH, of Killingly, Conn., and Andrew Walker, m. int. 30 July, 1774. SAMUEL, of Sutton, and Elizabeth Shumway, m. 31 Dec., 1778.
EPHRAIM, w. and ch. SERVIAH, EPHRAIM, ELIZABETH and MARY, resided at Ox., March, 1780.
AARON, of Sutton, and Sally Woodbury, m. 11 May, 1784.
ELIZA, and Daniel Munyan of Dudley, m. intentions 10 June, 1826.
KIRON, of Charlton, and Mary Clark, m. intentions 14 April, 1837, he d. Feb., 1889. [See Collier.]
JOSEPH F., and Susan B. Harrison of Smithfield, R. I., m. intentions 2 Dec., 1837.
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CARTER, DANIEL, granted by the town in 1752 privileges near Samuel Baker's.
MARY, and Elisha Knight, m. intentions 4 Oct., 1800.
MARTHA, and Elisha McKnight, m. 4 July, 1801.
JOSEPH, JR., and Elmira Fenno of Leicester, m. 1 Dec., 1829; they had FRANCIS N., b. 1830.
JOSEPH, and Mrs. Sally Gleason, m. 25 March, 1834. JOEL, and Harriet M. had HELEN M., b. and d. 1840.
CASE, THOMAS, EsQ., aged 61, d. 14 Dec., 1825.
CHADWICK, JAMES, and Zilpah Dunham, m. intentions 12 Oct., 1827. JAMES, and Mary A. Richardson, m. 29 June, 1828.
CHAFFEE, ALPHEUS, b. 9 April, 1789, at Thompson, Conn., son of Chester, m. 5 May, 1813, Nancy Evidon, resided at Thompson, Putnam, Web- ster and Ox., where he d. aged 79, 25 Oct., 1868, carpenter, she d. aged 66, 2 Aug., 1859. . . . Children : SCHUYLER B., b. 25 July, 1815; IRENE M., b. 16 Aug., 1817, m. 30 May, 1841, William, son of Obadiah Stone of Thompson, and had Irene Elizabeth, b. 5 Sept., 1843, m. Danforth L., son of George Miller; PHILO W., b. 5 May, 1819, unm., was deaf and killed by railroad train at Worcester, 11 Oct., 1862; ORRIN W., b. 14 April, 1821; ALAVENA N., b. 17 May, 1824, m. 6 Feb., 1862, Elisha M. Smith, residence, Athol, no ch.
2. SCHUYLER B., son of Alpheus (1), m. Marietta Faulkner b. 10 May, 1816, at Richmond; he cam e to Ox. 1842, where he d. 28 June, 1866, she d. 14 Sept., 1890. . . . Children : ORRIN B., b. 27 March, 1842, m. Sarah Doughty, no ch .; JOHN B., b. 10 Aug., 1845; MARIETTA E., b. 24 April, 1853, m. Frank Bannon of Athol, residence, Orange, had ch .; GEORGE B., b. 1855, d. 1871; MARTHA A., b. 31 Oct., 1857, m. Alonzo Richardson of Athol, no ch .; FRED. A., b. 1859.
3. ORRIN W., son of Alpheus (1), m. April, 1846, Temperance E. Cutler of Thompson, Conn., many years constable and collector at Ox., deputy sheriff from 1855 to 1875. . . . Children : ELLEN S., b. 1848, d. 1851; FRANK E., b. 12 May, 1851; ELLA L., b. 24 Nov., 1854, m. 18 April, 1888, Archibald W. Turner of Willimantic, Conn.
EUNICE, and Andrew Smith, m. intentions 18 July, 1830.
LORING D., of Thompson, Conn., and Nancy C. Hall, m. 2 Jan., 1845.
LAVINA M., m. n. Moore, aged 66, d. 6 Feb., 1863.
OTIS B., son of Joel of Thompson, Conn., aged 57, d. 4 Nov., 1886. ABEL M., his brother, aged 57, d. 22 Jan., 1888.
CHAMBERLAIN, RICHARD, of Braintree 1642, removed to Roxbury, where he had baptized 4 June, 1665, with others, BENJAMIN and JOSEPH, who both settled at Sudbury. Richard, the father, d. 1673, will proved 15 April. Benjamin and Joseph came to Oxford with the other settlers in 1713, the first being then about 70 years of age, and Joseph a little younger. In 1696 Benjamin sold 80 acres of land on the east side of the Sudbury River, now in Wayland, adjoining land of Joseph, and in 1712 (deed acknowledged 28 March, 1713), Joseph, wife Hannah, sold 60 acres, a dwelling-house, orchard, etc., with " all his rights of land or commonages in the town of Sudbury." DANIEL and JOHN, sons of Benjamin, are all of his children known to have been here, they removed about 1720 to Colchester, Conn., where they had relatives. From the Woodstock Church records we learn that in 1734 John
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Chamberlain of Hebron, Conn., had children Sarah and Ruth baptized at W. on his wife Ruth's account, "as member of the Oxford Church now cohabit- ing with us."
The home lot of Benjamin was on the west side of the main street and included the old tavern property. This he sold in 1723 and we lose trace of him. He may have removed to Conn. with his sons. He was one of the most venerable and honored of the first proprietors and stood with John Town as foremost in influence. In Nov., 1713, he was chosen one of a committee to lay out a minister's lot and a burying-ground, was the chairman of a commit- tee to confirm to the settlers their home lots when surveyed, selectman in 1714, and in 1720 at the organization of the Church was the second on the list, John Town being first. John, his son, was not named with the original settlers, but was voted in on the rights of Edmund Taylor, which included the lot next south of his father's on Main street. In 1716 he was of Wood- stock. Daniel as appears owned no estate here.
2. DANIEL, son of Benjamin (1), m. 15 April, 1718, Elizabeth Brown of Mendon, and had ELIZABETH, b. 18 March, 1720; he was constable in 1720 and soon removed to Colchester, where were b. EASTER, b. 18 Oct., 1722; MEHETABLE, b. 9 April, 1725; DANIEL, b. 2 Nov., 1727; RICHARD, b. 5 July, 1730; WILLIAM, b. 10 March, 1733.
3. JOSEPH, brother of Benjamin (1), chose his home lot on Bondet Hill, including the "great house," H. 38, had with him at least eight ch., of whom NATHANIEL, EBENEZER and JOSEPH, JR., were of age and took up house lots with the first proprietors. He was a member of the first board of selectmen, soldier in the Narragansett war. He d. 8 Aug., 1721, his w. had d. previously. On 22 Feb., 1731, Ebenezer Chamberlain, Joseph Rockett with wife Hannah, Benjamin Chamberlain and Simon Chamberlain conveyed to their brother Joseph of Keekamoochaug, all their rights in their father's lots laid out or to be laid out to " ye soldiers which were in ye Fight com- monly called ye Narragansett or Swamp Fight." His will, dated 4 March, 1721, names his sons Benjamin and Simon as executors. Valuation £304, 19s. 6d. No record of his family has been found. NATHANIEL and JOSEPH are supposed to have been among the eldest ch., EBENEZER, HANNAH m. Joseph Rockett, BENJAMIN, SIMON, REBECCA m. Nathan Kannie.
4. NATHANIEL, son of Joseph (3), m. 31 March, 1714, Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Hunkins, baptized 24 Feb., 1706, at Boxford, being then adult. He took up his house lot adjoining his uncle Benjamin on the north, H. 240, which he sold in 1722 and probably left town. He was a constituent member of the Church. . . . Children : RICHARD, b. 9 July, 1714; MOSES, b. 30 March, 1716; NATHANIEL, b. 3 Jan., 1718; ELIZABETH, b. 30 Aug., 1719; SARAH, b. 31 May, 1721.
5. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (3), m. Patience, took up his home lot adjoin- ing on the west that of his father on Bondet Hill, H. 39, sold in 1717 to Philip Amidown and later was of Keekamoochaug. In 1731 his brother Benjamin had also bought land there, and ten years later we find Joseph settled on Province land in Oxford South Gore, then a wilderness.1 He had chosen a spot of great natural beauty near the Connecticut line, overlooking the lake, and his son Ebenezer and also Josiah Balch, who m. his dau. Patience, were with him, Ebenezer having settled about a half mile northerly from him, and
1 For many years after this date dwellers in
they being nearer to the line of that town than this vicinity were often designated as of Douglas, to any other.
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Balch living with him. On 14 Dec., 1744, a committee of the General Court deeded to Josiah Balch, housewright, and Ebenezer Chamberlain, " living on Province land near a place called New Sherborne" [Douglas], 320 acres of land, "including all the land that hath been improved by the said Balch and Chamberlain, or their father, Joseph Chamberlain, in regular form encom- passed with four lines only . .. bounded on every side by Province land." Of this tract Balch had the southern half, on which he and Joseph Chamber- lain lived, and which Chamberlain quitclaimed to him. Here Chamberlain spent his later years. In 1762, being in want, he petitioned the Court of Sessions for relief, "living between the Government and Douglas District, 80 years old, and wife 64, dependant on charity," on which 60 shillings were granted, to be paid to Edward Davis, Esq., for them. He probably d. before 19 Aug., 1766, as at that date widow Patience was warned against settlement at Ox. The order for appraisal of his estate was 4 Dec., 1783, Sarah Chamber- lain, administratrix. His estate was valued, real, 80 acres, £50, all other effects £8, 8s. 9d.
Only ch. recorded at Ox. : PATIENCE, b. 28 Dec., 1720, m. Josiah Balch ; EBENEZER, m. 14 March, 1749, Abigail Marsh of Thompson, Conn., and d. before June, 1759 [see deed, Josiah Balch to his son Wor. Rec., 42, 105]; Elizabeth, their dau., d. aged 16, said to have been very beautiful. Her grave is on a knoll overlooking the lake, about a fourth of a mile southwest from the site of her father's house, but nothing marks the spot. HANNAH, m. Jonathan Marsh, received land from Josiah Balch for services.
6. BENJAMIN, son of Joseph (3), m. 8 July, 1728, Mary, dau. of Philip Amidown, removed about 1732 to Keekamoochaug, where he had bought 21 Oct., 1731, of William Dudley of Roxbury 255 acres of land, a part of which he sold to Clement Corbin and his own brothers, Joseph and Simon. He died there in 1746. . . . Children, b. at Ox. : JOSEPH, b. 11 Dec., 1728, who 2 Sept., 1746, after the death of his father, chose Joseph Allen of Hardwick as his guardian. Paige in History of Hardwick gives "Joseph Chamberlain of Hardwick m. 1753 Sarah Cook of Douglas." There is a tradition that he d. in the Revolutionary war, she d. 1813; they had Molly, 1756, John, 1757, Sarah, 1759, Asahel, 1762, Phebe, Calvin, Luther, Reuben; ITHAMAR, another son, b. about 1740, was among the pioneers at Chesterfield, N. H. in 1770, where he m. that year Hepsibah Farr, and had Samuel, 1773, and Ben- jamin;1 ICHABOD, probably son of Benjamin, m. 19 March, 1767, Sarah Gale, bought in 1768 the farm in South Gore, lying between Kingsbury's estate and the Roxbury School grant, known as the Leonard grant, 100 acres, sold in 1783; they had Abigail, b. 29 Jan., 1768; Sally, b. 11 Dec., 1770; Henry, b. 6 Oct., 1772; Sabra, b. 10 Sept., 1774; Ichabod, b. 16 April, 1784; Polly, b. 13 May, 1786; Clarissa, b. 3 May, 1788; others b. between 1774 and 1784 perhaps not recorded.
7. SIMON, son of Joseph (3), m. 27 Dec., 1735, Abigail Taylor of Sutton, resided near his brothers Joseph and Benjamin at Keekamoochaug. On 14 Dec., 1744, the State's committee deeded to him 160 acres near New Sherburne with all the improvements, lying at the southwest corner of the lot laid out to the first minister of the town .? He d. 1747 in Dudley, order for appraisal of estate 25 Feb. Joseph Chamberlain [his brother?] was administrator. We find no record of his family.
1 Letter of O. E. Randall of Chesterfield, N. H. Douglas about half a mile east from his father's 2 This farm on which Simon lived was in residence in the South Gore.
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8. EBENEZER, son of Joseph (3), of him little is known. He was one of the 30 original proprietors, his home lot being at the northern extremity of Johnson's Plain, adjoining Isaac Larned on the north, and probably including . the Johnson house and meadow in the rear. He sold soon. Richard Moore . later owned his home lot. He d. 1746 at Ox. Joseph Chamberlain [his brother?] administrator. No record of family.
There is reason to believe he m. Sibyl, dau. of Richard Moore. We give extracts from a letter which are of interest in this connection :-
"SIBBEL CHAMBERLAIN OF OXFORD TO JOSEPH STARR OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
"OXFORD, May 25, 1750.
" Louing Son and dafter, these are to inform you that I am yet at Father Moore's and am not well, I have the fever and ague, I have not been well all this Spring if you would come down next fall if I am able I will com up with you, I have sent by the barer hereof som camlet to make you a quilt, and a pair of stokins, I desire above all things that you mind the good of your souls, more than for the things of this world, and I desire the same of your two sisters, and be often thinking of your diing day, and let not the world steal your hearts from God-for I know not that whether I shall ever see you again.
" And hannah I desire that you be very careful that you do not keep bad company, but studdy the word of God, which is able to make you wise to salvation. Do not mis to read a chapter every day, my daughter Star, remem- ber how God has raised you even from the mouth of the grave, and give God the prayes and never forget his mercy to you, and to make thankful returns to God for the same. Son Star I desire that you right to me by Mr. Shadtuck, and tell me how your wife does, my harts desire and prayer is that you may be saved-and Rest your loving
" mother SIBBEL CHAMBERLIN.
" The camlet and stockings is for Routh Mather."
On the same sheet was a letter from Richard Moore, her father, to Mr. Starr, requesting him to urge Abijah, Richard's son, then living at Middle- town, to "com down for Doct Cannady to see if he [could] get any help," for a physical trouble he was experiencing.
EDWARD, and Hannah Edmunds of Dudley, m. 22 Jan., 1746.
MARY, and Joseph Robbins of Douglas, m. 3 Nov., 1748.
The Chamberlains, although the most numerous family at the beginning of the settlement, became nearly or quite extinct here in 40 years.
CHANDLER, WINTHROP, aged 37, d. 9 Feb., 1840.
CHAPMAN, THOMAS W., b. 4 Nov., 1793, in R. I., removed early with his parents to Pomfret factory, at 18 went to Springfield to learn the machin- ists' trade, returned at 21 to Pomfret, remaining until 1826, when he began business at North Ox. as manufacturer and trader, continuing until 1835, removed 1836 to Franklin Mills, now Kent, O., bought water power and made steam engines, d. 21 Feb., 1859, from injuries in his saw-mill. He was a good man, assessor in 1832; his mother was Sally Williams, descendant of Roger, his father a Baptist deacon, and himself a lay preacher. He m. 28 Nov., 1816, Abigail May of Pomfret. . . . Children : ITHAMAR M., b. 10 Jan., 1819, studied at "Manual Labor School," Worcester, teacher in Ohio, studied at Granville College, ordained over Baptist Church, Streetsboro', O., 6 Aug., 1846, remained 12 years, later pastor at Meadville, Pa., three years; at Wil- mington, Lima and Troy, O .; Grand Rapids, Mich., five years; later at Berlin and Dowagiac, Mich., and Bloomsbury, Ont., 1885 at Beamsville, Ont.,
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since has been home missionary two years in northwest of Mich., and agent for American Bible Union for Kentucky and Illinois. He m. (1) 26 March, 1840, Amy A. Holden of Kent, O., she d. 31 March, 1848, m. (2) 10 Jan., 1849, Martha U. Jenkins of Streetsboro', she d. 1 May, 1876, m. (3) 2 May, 1877, Jane DeWitt of Port Rowan, Ont .; ch. W. Scott, b. 1841, d. 1845; Alice A., b. 17 Dec., 1843, at Kent, d. 13 Sept., 1855, at Streetsboro'; Adelbert D. L., b. 21 May, 1846, at Streetsboro', residence, 1888, Cincinnati; ch. by second m. Ella G., b. 19 Nov., 1849, at Streetsboro'; Norman J., b. 1858, d. 1865; SARAH A., b. 11 May, 1820, d. 23 Aug., 1852, unm .; LUCY M., b. 1 Dec., 1821, m. 15 March, 1837, James H. Stoops, she d. 10 March, 1846; THOMAS W., b. 14 Aug., 1823, m. 18 April, 1849, Lucy A. Sawyer, residence, Fort Scott, Kan., farmer; AUGUSTA A., b. 1825, d. 1827; AUGUSTUS R., b. 26 June, 1827, m. 14 May, 1852, Lillie H. Mott, machinist and agricultural imple- ment maker, Wooster, O., and later at Lima, O., d. 14 Nov., 1866; FAITH A., b. 1829, d. 1832, at Ox.
RHODES B., student from South Ox., 1831-34 at Brown University.
CHARIVAN, HENRIETTE (Canadian), aged 46, d. 20 Sept., 1876.
CHASE, ESEK, and Ruth Hill of Dudley, m. 27 March, 1805. ELIZA S., and Miletus S. S. Taft of Mendon, m. 16 Aug., 1831. ADALINE F., and William F. Willis, m. intentions 28 April, 1833. THOMAS, w. -- , had EMELINE, b. 31 May, 1844.
CHATTERTON, JOSEPH (English), aged 64, d. 7 Oct., 1881.
CHENEY, ASA, and Lois Dispau of Ward, m. intentions 22 July, 1815. HANNAH, of Charlton, and Thomas Sweet, m. intentions 21 July, 1832.
CHESTER, ORLANDO, in 1834 succeeded Richard C. Stone as principal of select school, remaining two years, of good abilities and acquirements, but did not sustain the reputation of the school. He m. Mrs. Susan Black, m. n. Osborn, of Edgartown. . . . Children : ELLEN, GEORGE C., both baptized 3 April, 1836. On 3 July, 1836, Mr. and Mrs. C. were dismissed and recom- mended to the Church at Haverhill.
CHILDS, JOSEPH, b. at Watertown, came to Ox. from Sutton, settled at North Ox., H. 120, he m. 20 Dec., 1810, Mary, dau. of Timothy Sparhawk, he d. 26 Oct., 1848, aged 60, she d. 22 May, 1840, aged 54. . . . Children : LUCY A., b. 1811, m. Franklin F. Ryder; DANIEL V .; MARY, m. Andrew Adams of Worcester, she d. at Auburn, 3 ch .; Rurus, residence, Leicester, d. 19 Jan., 1846, aged 28; MARTHA, b. 15 May, 1815, m. James Brown; MOSES, b. 1822(?), d. 7 July, 1842.
2. DANIEL V., son of Joseph (1), m. 22 Dec., 1834, Polly, dau. of Joseph Brown, he d. aged 41, 3 Sept., 1854, she m. (2) Russell Arnold. . . . Children : MARY, b. and d. 1835; MARTHA L., b. 15 Nov., 1836, at Worcester, m. 2 Jan., 1855, Frank White of Worcester, she d. 13 June, 1864; DANIEL V., b. 23 Feb., 1839, at Ox., m. 1 Jan., 1857, Frances M. Bond; had Harry D., b. 1860, m. 1880, Carrie L. Stoddard, residence, North Brookfield; Daniel V. was a soldier in the late war, killed 6 May, 1864, at the Wilderness; JACOB L., b. 24 Oct., 1845, soldier, d. in hospital, Covington, Ky., 4 April, 1864; HENRY A., b. and d. 1849; POLLY H., b. 1850, d. 1857; ANN J., b. 21 Oct., 1853, m. 25 March, 1875, J. Clinton Nichols of West Thompson, Conn.
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