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He was a descendant through the branch of Simon, son of Ste- phen, Sen.1, Simon2, Simon3, Simon4 and Asa5. Asa. Jun. 6, was a clothier in Palmer (upper village in Thorndike), afterwards carried on the business at Wilbraham. His son Erasmus B. is a merchant in the same town.
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Erasmus, son of Asa, is a painter and a resident of Monson. Fanny, his sister, married Otis Bradford. Although upwards of 90 years, she will rehearse the events of the past with accuracy and much interest.
Thomas?, the youngest son of Stephen, Sen., was disinherited without a cause, except it being an English custom that impressed the father to do justice in this way. The son left and settled in Connecticut, and his descendants have become numerous. They have a tradition of this account, which may be confirmed by a copy of the will now in possession of Mrs. Fanny Bradford, Monson.
Ephraim Gates of Palmer was a direct descendant of Stephen, Sen., and the branch of Stephen, Jun., who died in Stow, upwards of 100 years of age. John, son of Stephen, Jun., and his wife Mary were among the first inhabitants of that place. John, Jun., was born Oct. 15, 1713. His children were Hezekiah, Ephraim, Samuel and John3. Some of John3's descendants remain in that town at the present time. Hezekiah went to Lancaster, and in 1769, when the colony was interested in the question whether King George III had a legal right to the throne of England, he wrote and circulated through the colony a pamphlet reviewing the history of England from its carliest settlement, showing he was the right- ful heir to the crown. A copy of the book is now in the Young Men's Library of the town.
5, Ephraim1, s. of John, had s. Cyrus, Micah and Ephraim2.
He moved to Palmer, 1:51-2, and had a dau. Mary b. after he came here.
6, Ephraim2, s. of Ephraim1, b. June 25, 1750, m. Mary Hill May 21, 1788; he d. Feb. 8, 1798; she d. Aug. 16, 1845.
7, ch. 1, John, b. Sept. 17, 1789, m. Dolly Root of Ludlow.
8, ch. 2, Samuel, b. Apr. 20, 1791, unm.
9, ch. 3, Ephraim3, b. Sept. 28, 1792, m. Rebecca Barton.
10, ch. 4, Rebecca, b. Sept. 18. 1794, m. Charles Coon, New York.
11, ch. 5, Patience, b. Sept. 17, 1796, d. March 4, 1818, unm.
9, Ephraim3, s. of Ephraim2, m. Rebecca Barton June 26, 1814; he d. Apr. 11, 1872; she d. Jan. 26, 1877.
12, ch. 1, Ephraim B. b. June 8, 1817, m. Sophia W. Stimson.
13, ch. 2, Josiah, b. July 28, 1810, m. Minerva M. Vinton.
14, ch. 3, Mary L., b. July 29, 1822, m. Harrison Shumway, d. Apr. 27, 1840.
15, ch. 4, Sophia C., b. Feb. 27, 1826, m. Charles Walker, d. Sept. 12, 1847.
16, ch. 5. Elijah C., b. Ang. 29, 1828,, d. Nov. 16, 1868.
17, ch. 6. Horace, b. July 7, 1831, d. March 4, 1873.
12, Ephraim, B.4, s. of Ephraim3, m. Sophia W. Stimson Apr. 14, 1841.
18, ch. 1, M. Viola, b. July 21, 1844, m. Erasmus M. Bartlett Apr. 15, 1869; she d. Apr. 29, 1888.
19, ch. 2, Clarence E., b. Sept. 14, 1853, d. Nov. 17, 1857.
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Ephraim B. Gates was born in Indlow, Mass., June 8, 181%, his parents having removed from Palmer the previous year. He left home at the age of ten, since which time he has depended upon his own industry for his success in life. His education was ob- tained in the common schools, and in Wilbraham Academy in 1835- 6. He came to Palmer in 1834 where his ancestors had made a settlement in 1:52, and engaged in teaching. He taught school thirteen successive winters in Palmer, Ware, Greenwich and Hard- wick. Mr. Gates married Sophia W. daughter of Noah Stimson, of Palmer, and settled on a farm in the north part of the town. He has served on the Board of Selectmen, Assessors and School Committee most of the time since 1854, and was chosen Represen- tative to the General Court in 1866, by nearly a unanimous vote of the district. During the last four years he has been interested in the history of the town, and has devoted most of the time to the preparation of these pages, which contain the early grants of the first settlers, with their locations, the organization of the district, with four maps and plans of the town, and a genealogical register of the families of the town, which work he presents as a free offer- ing to his fellow citizens.
13, Josiah+, s. of Ephraim3 m. Minerva M. Vinton Oct. 5, 1848. 20, ch. 1, Emma A., b. Sept. 13, 1849, d. Aug. 25, 1851. 21, ch. 2, Herbert C , Sept. 5, 1859.
7, John3, s. of Ephraim2 m. Dorothy Root Dec. 4, 1814; he d. Aug. 15, 1855; she d. Nov. 20, 1858.
22, ch. 1, George C., b. Feb. 4, 1816, m. Lucy Peabody Oct. 22, 1840.
23, ch. 2, Ann M., b. May 1, 1818, d. Nov. 30, 1840.
24. ch. 3, Sarah J., b. Aug. 15, 1824, d. Jan. 22, 1843.
25, ch. 4, Cyntha J., b. Oct. 20, 1826, m. David Church Dec. 25, 1856. 26, ch. 5, John R., b. Aug. 25, 1829, m. Lucy A. Hill.
26, John R, s. of John3 m. Lucy A. Hill Apr. 12, 1855.
27, ch. 1, George H., b. Dec. 8, 1858, mn. Katie M. Pomeroy May 4, 1887.
28, ch. 2, Charles A., b, Oct. 31, 1862, m. Lovisa F. Bacon Dec. 19, 1883. Micah m. Mary Gates 178-
He was a soldier in the revolution and after the war married his cousin, a daughter of Ephraim Gates.
29, ch. 1, Jesse, b. Feb. 11, 1789. 30. ch. 2, Olive, b. Jan. 28, 1792.
31, ch. 3, Mary Hail, b. March 22, 1795.
32, ch. 4, Daniel, b. May, 1, 1798.
33, ch. 5, Alvira, b. Sept. 15, 1801. 34, ch. 6, Betsey, b. Feb. 24, 1804.
4, Thomas2, s. of Stephen, Sen., b. in Lancaster m. Elisabeth Freeman of Sud- bury July 6, 1670, and settled in Marlborough.
35, John, b. Apr. 9, 1678.
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36, Joseph, b. March 16, 1680; Josiah, b. March 8, 1682; Deborah, b. Feb. 22, 1684.
37, Ann, b. July 18, 1686; Abigail, b. Feb. 18, 1689. About this time he dis- posed of his estate in Mass., and removed to Norwich, Ct.
38, Thomas3 s. of the same family m. 1692, Hannah, daughter of Dea. Daniel Brainard of Haddam. Ct.
39, ch. 1, Thomas; 2, Daniel; 3, Jeremiah; 4, Hannah; 5, Esther; 6, Mary; 7, George; 8, Joshua.
Esther m. Daniel Brainard Aug. 15, 1751. He was representa- tive in the General Assembly, 1225; d. Apr. 26, 1734.
THE GIBSON FAMILY.
Gibson, John, came from Ware in 1270, and located on the lot laid out to William Shearer, and situated south of the ponds.
John and Mary Gibson.
Ch. 1, Hannah, b. July 23, 1769.
Ch. 2, Anna, b. Aug. 27, 1773.
Ch. 3, Polly, b. and d. Oct. 31, 1774.
Ch. 4, Polly 2d, b. Apr. 10, 1777.
Ch. 5, Tryphena, b. Nov. 21, 1779.
Ch. 6, Jolm, Jun., b. Nov. 15, 1782.
THE GRAVES FAMILY.
Ebenezar, Ebenezar, Jun., and Daniel Graves of Springfield, were some of the first settlers of Brimfield. The Graves family of Palmer settled in that part of Brimfield that is now in the limits of this town. The family have a tradition that shows much sem- blance of fact.
A boy was kidnapped in France about 1720, and brought to Boston, and the parties sold his time from eighteen to twenty-one for passage money and expenses to a man by the name of Graves that was then living in Springfield. At the expiration of the time Mr. Graves gave him an outfit of two suits of clothes, and two axes, and extended his benevolence still farther in giving him his own name (Graves). He, with the others of the family, entered land in Brimfield, when the tide of emigration was then moving from Springfield to the new settled District. Daniel, with the other single men were not allowed the full complement of acres with the proprietors in general, but he became in possession of a large tract of land so that his sons remained with him on this Brimfield addition. He had three sons, Aaron, Simeon, and Daniel ; and some of the descendants still remain in town.
Gideon, son of Daniel, Jun., entered the Continental army at the age of eighteen, and served six years and seven months : he was orderly sergeant of a company of artillery, was wounded twice :
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once with a British cutlass on the wrist, and also a wound from a ball in the hip; he was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
Aaron Graves served in the army and received the rank of major. He kept the hotel on the country road south of Chicopee river ; the , lot is now owned by M. W. French. It was at this place that Gen. Washington and Lafayette stopped, dined and addressed the people under the big elm in 1784 .* Peace had now been declared between the Colonies and the mother country, and L- was received with a triumph of joy on his tour through the country. They presented the Major with a cane that is now in the family of George W., of Illinois. He has it in his possession with the understanding that it will be handed down to the next oldest descendant by the family name of Graves.
2, Maj. Aaron2, s. of Daniel1, Sen., m. Mary Woodbridge Oct. 4, 1764, he d. Jan. 6, 1819.
3, ch. 1, Abijah W., b. Jan. 23, 1772.
4, ch. 2, Sally, b. Aug. 11, 1776, m. Mr. Potter.
5, ch. 3,'Henry, b. 1790. 2d m. Rachel Patridge Oct. 1801.
5, Henry3, s. of Maj. Aaron2, m. Welthy Hovey, lie d. Jan. 30, 1834. 6, ch. 1, Harriett A., m. Jedediah Porine.
3, Simeon Graves2, s. of Daniel1, Sen., m. Catharine Kimball Nov. 10, 1768.
7, ch. 1, Horace, b. Sept. 13, 1769, m. Percy Hamilton July 5, 1792.
8, ch. 2, Catharine, b. Aug. 26, 1781, m. Mr. Cleaveland.
4, Graves, Daniel, Jr.2, m. Joanna
9, ch. 1, Persis, b. Aug. 22, 1756.
10, ch. 2, Gideon, b. Aug. 25, 1758.
11, ch. 3, m. Maria Rodgers Oct. 3, 1786.
12, ch. 4, Sibel, b. Aug. 10, 1761, m. Cosmo Gordon Apr. 1800.
13, ch. 5, Thankful m. Mr. Parsons.
10, Gideon3, s. of Daniel Jr.2, m. Maria Rodgers Oct. 3, 1786 ; 2d m. Hannah Dake.
14, ch. 1, Daniel.
15, ch. 2, Willet, m. Lucy Paine.
16, ch. 3, Joshua, m. Lucina Bliss.
17, ch. 4, Whiting, m. Betsey Woodman.
18, ch. 5, Nancy, m. Eben Whipple.
19, ch. 6, Clarisa, m. Christopher Burr.
20, ch. 7, Hannah, m. Joseph Brown, Agent of the Manufacturing Co. of Three Rivers and Duckville.
21, ch. 8, Mary, m. Noah Davis.
22, ch. 9, Pamelia, and 10 Almira, unm.
15, Willet4, s. of Gideon3, m. Lucy Paine.
23, ch. 1, George W .; 2 Daniel H .; 3 Jason L .; 4 Willet, Jr .; 5 Josephene ; 6 Parmelia.
* Gen. Washington with his aids passed through the town in 1775, and might have made a halt at the same place, as Aaron Graves and Gideon enlisted about that time.
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George, Daniel and Willet were in the War of the Rebellion Daniel was killed at the siege of Vicksburg.
Whiting+, s. of Gideon3, m. Betsey Woodman.
27, ch. 1, Charles, d. aged 25 years.
16, Joshua+, s. of Gideon3, b. March 25, 1805, d. Nov. 17, 1883; m. Lucina Bliss May 31, 1838 ; she d. Jan. 8, 1842; 2d m. Amanda Calkins Aug. 9, 1842.
28, ch. 1, Henry, b. Sept. 21, 1839, m. Sarah E. Dodge.
29, ch. 2, Andrew, b. Jan. 8, 1842, d. May 31, 1865.
30, ch. 3, Lucinda, b. --- d. Jan. 8, 1842.
31, ch. 4, Sarah A., b. July 26, 1844. m. Lewis M. Rand Sept. 2, 1863.
32, ch. 5, Abel, b. Jan. 21, 1846, m. Olive S. Hitchcock.
33, ch. 6, Esther A., b. Oct. 2, 1849.
34, ch. 7, Mary L., b. March 2, 1851, m. David E. Tenney.
35, ch. 8, Daniel b. Sept. 27, 1852.
36, ch. 9, Emily C., b. June 6, 1856.
32, Abel5, s. of Joshua4, m. Olive S. Hitchcock Nov. 1875, d. Feb. 15, 1881. 37, ch. 1, Mabel L., b. Feb. 24, 1877.
38, ch. 2, Edna, b. Apr. 9, 1879.
29, ch. 3, Ida b. July 31, 1881.
28, Henryª s. of Joshua+, m. Sarah E. Dodge June 2, 1864.
40, ch. 1, Bessie E., b. June 18, 1565.
41, ch. 2, William R., b. June 28, 1868.
42, ch. 3, Sarah A., b. Apr. 9, 1872.
43, ch. 4, Lucy P., b. Nov. 24, 1875, and d .; four boys under two years of age.
THE GROVER FAMILY
came from Ware.
Stephen and Margaret Grover.
Ch. 1, Prudy, b. Apr. 27, 1794.
Ch. 2, John, b. Apr. 25, 1796, d. Ang. 2, 1798.
Ch. 3, Samuel, b. Nov. 14, 1797.
Ch. 4, Dolly, b. Aug. 4, 1799.
Robert and Lucy Grover.
Ch. 1, Triphose, b. Feb. 24, 1800. Ch. 2, Barnard, b. Oct. 5, 1801.
THE GALLOP FAMILY.
Amos, s. of Joseph, b. in Guilford, Vt., Oct. 24, 1789, m. Mary Franklin March 10, 1813, he d. Oct. 3, 1847; Mary d. Sept. 14, 1873. They settled in Palmer 1832.
Ch. 1, Catharine E., b. Oct. 31, 1815, m. Joshua D. Sawyer Feb. 28, 1849, of Bradford, N. H., settled in Palmer in 1847, had two ch., d. in infancy.
Ch. 2, Luraney, b. Aug. 13, 1817, d. Nov. 28, 1839, unm.
Ch. 3, Mary A., b. Feb. 10, 1819, m. Elihue Perkins, 2d m. Sumner Hark- ness Feb. 5, 1845.
Ch. Joseph Sumner, b. Jan. 26, 1848; Mary A. d. Dec. 15, 1861.
Ch. 4, Roxania, b. Feb. 11, 1821, d. Jan. 8, 1835.
Ch. 5, Sarah L., b. March 28, 1823, m. Dudley Stebbins, d. Ill. Oct. 24, 1855.
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Ch. 6, Joseph F., b. May 8, 1825, d. Oct. 24, 1842.
Ch. 7, Roana, b. May 6, 1827, d. Aug. 14. 1836.
Ch. 8, Aaron B., b. May 7, 1829. d. Dec. 23, 1887, unm.
Ch. 9, Eunice R., b. Aug. 15, 1831, m. Seth B. Hall.
Ch. 10, Melissa, b. May 3, 1835, mn. James Richard.
THE GOODMAN FAMILY.
William and Mary Goodman.
Ch. 1, Howard, b. Nov. 25, 1795.
Ch. 2, Alvah, b. Feb. 26, 1797.
Ch. 3, Elbridge, b. Aug. 15, 1798.
THE GAMWELL FAMILY.
They were early settlers in the western part of the state. The family register goes back to John Gamwell, born 1769 at Middle- field, Mass. He married and afterwards removed to Chester, and from thence to Palmer in 1804. He settled about two miles east of the Old Centre, on the farm owned by Joshua Parsons. He soon after the first purchase, bought the Benj. Parsons farm, that had been owned previous by the Hamilton family. He then gave to his son James the farm of his first purchase.
He married for his first wife Margaret Hamilton of Middlefield, she d. Oct. 27, 1825, aged 56 years ; 2m. Mrs. Sarah Shearer Dec. 2. 1831. Mr. Gamwell d. July 21, 1855 ; Sarah d.
·Ch. 1, Ansel, b. 1793, d. Aug. 27, 1826.
Ch. 2, James, b. Oct. 24, 1799.
Ch. 3 Samuel, b. 1807, d. Feb. 23, 1826.
Ch. 4, Sarah, b. - , m. John Smith, and settled in Ware ; had fourteen children, and two are now living, Mandane, m. Paschal P. Brown of Palmer; Frank C., m. Lydia, dau. of John Barber.
James, s. of John, m. Mary Ann, dau. of Simeon Hubbard of Brimfield Aug. 30, 1830, Mary Ann, his wife was killed by lightning July 8, 1839; 2d m. Lydia J. Billings of Bakersfield, Vt., July 1, 1840; he d. July 21, 1855; Lydia d. June 4, 1877.
5, ch. 1, Albert A., b. July 6, 1831, m. Emily F., dau. of Horace and Mary Clark Nov. 30, 1854; ch. Walter C., b. July 2, 1856.
6, ch. 2, John H., b. Feb. 22, 1836, m. Susie D. S., dau. of Thos. A. A. Duncan June 6, 1867.
Ch. Charles Frederick, b. May 5, 1868.
7, ch. 3, Mary Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1843, m. Edward B. Sparrow Oct. 11, 1863; 2d m. Emory B. Hastings Oct. 11, 1870, Mary Ann d. Sept. 1, 1879.
S, ch. 4, Charles R., b. Feb 2, 1847, m. Elvira H., dau. of J. W. and Abigail Green of Wilbraham, had two children, d. in infancy.
9, ch. 5, Abbie Jane, b. Apr. 3, 1854, m. Frank B. Lawton Aug. 9, 1876. Ch. Pearle, b. June 28, 1877.
10, ch. 6, Willie C., d. in infancy.
THE GARDNER FAMILY.
One of the early settlers of this town was Humphry Gardner, from the eastern part of the State. After remaining here about
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eight years he traded farms with Seth Shaw of Brimfield (Wales), where his descendants are known at the present time, as several of them married sons and daughters of our townsmen. The late Charles and Dr. Reuben Gardner of Monson were of this family line.
Hon. Charles L. Gardner of this town and relatives were of Scotch descent. Their progenitor came to this country from Norfolk County, England, and settled in Hingham, where the families be- came quite numerous in that town and Abington. Jacob Gardner was born in Hingham in the year 1760. He removed to Abington, and left among his children a son bearing his own name, who was born in that town in the year 1787. This son, with others who were descendants from the settlers of Plymouth County, came to this part of the State and located in Ashfield, in the county of Franklin. He married Hannah Cook of Plainfield, and later re- moved to Cummington, where he spent the remainder of his life. He left six sons and one daughter. Among the former was Elisha, born in Ashfield, 1809, and married Elvira A. Sprague of that town. Mr. Gardner passed the greater portion of his life in Cum- mington, and died in Palmer, 1886. He was a mechanic by trade, and his only son, Charles L., labored with him in his occupation in early life. His privileges of an education were in the public and private schools at Cummington and Sanderson Academy in Ash- field. He studied law with Samnel T. Spaulding of Northampton, and was admitted to the Bar, 1867, and from thence he removed to Palmer the same year and formed a copartnership with James G. Allen, Esq .. which was dissolved in the spring of 1870, and since then has been a counsellor in law to the present time. Mr. Gard- ner was appointed Trial Justice, 1869, and served till the District Court was established, 1872; he was also an Assistant United States Assessor from the death of Gamaliel Collins, Esq., till the office was abolished.
Jacob Gardner, Jun., b. 1787 in Abington, settled in Ashfield, m. Hannah Cook of Plainfield.
Ch. 1, Bela, m. Lucy Barber, Ashfield.
Ch. 2, Elisha, b. 1809, m. Elvira A. Sprague.
Ch. 3, Andrew, m. and settled in Indiana.
Ch. 4, Nelson, m. Electa Gilbert, Ashfield.
Ch. 5, Reuben, m. Mary Selden, settled in Ashfield.
Ch. 6, Levi, m. Marvilla Selden, settled in Ashfield.
Ch. 7, Caroline, m. Hiram Robins of Cummington.
Elisha2, s. of Jacob Gardner, Jun., m. Elvira A. Sprague.
Ch. 1, Mary E., b. Aug., 1836, Ashfield, m. Chauncey Hastings; resides in Westfield.
Ch. 2, Charles L., b. May 27, 1839, Cummington.
Ch. 3, Ellen L., b. May, 1842, m. Jacob Reid, Hillsdale, N. Y.
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HIon. Charles L., s. of Elisha, m. Ester E. Gilmore, Monson ..
Ch. 1, Charles G., b. March 30, 1870.
Cli. 2, Edwin S., b. May 1, 1876.
THE GREEN FAMILY.
Solomon Green was a shoemaker by trade and resided in Towns- end, Mass. He married Sally Kilbon and died May 31, 1803, at the age of 39 years. He left a family of nine children, the young- est but one year of age. In early life they became scattered from the homestead. The youngest son, Alvin, settled in Tallahassee, Fla., and died in August, 1841. The eldest son, Simeon, went there to settle the estate and died in December. Solomon, Jun., died in Townsend, Asahel in Lunenburg. Samuel came to Palmer in 1812, when about 20 years of age, and learned the carpenters' trade. He married Delphena Shepard and had one son, Samuel S., that married and resided in Chicago; they had a family of sev- eral daughters.
Mr. Green was successful in business and secured a good prop- erty, comparatively with the circumstances of the place, but as business began to wane at the Old Centre he removed to Spring- field and invested his accumulated funds in real estate, the rise of which enabled him to retire from business with a competency of this world's goods. He considered his only son a wayward man, and he was therefore disinherited, and the Unitarian Church re- ceived the benefit of his will offering.
Ralph, an elder brother of Samuel, came to Palmier two years later. He learned the trade of a cabinet-maker in Watertown, and married Betsey Swinnington of this town and located at Palmer Centre, where he worked at his trade till improved machinery was brought into use, and then his last days were given to farming.
1, Solomon Green m. Sally Hilton; he b. 1764, d. May 31, 1803; Sally b. 1770, d. Sept. 2, 1850.
2, ch. 1 Simeon, b. Aug. 18, 1788, d. Dec., 1841.
3, ch. 2, Solomon, Jun., b. Feb. 16, 1790, d. Apr. 6, 1868.
4, ch. 3, Ralph, b. Sept. 25, 1791, d. May 23, 1858.
5, ch. 4, Samuel, b. May 24, 1793, d. Oct. 3, 1879
6, ch. 5, Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1795.
7, ch. 6, Asahel, b. July 27, 1797, d. July 19, 1878.
S, ch. S, Asher, b. Sept. 29. 1799.
9, ch. 8, Rebecca, b. March 5, 1801.
10, ch. 9, Alvin, b, July 26, 1802, d. Sept. 25, 1841.
4, Ralph, s. of Solomon1, 1st m. Betsey Swinnington Nov. 7, 1820, she b. May 28, 1796, d. Aug. 8, 1829; 2d m. Harriett Maynard May 6, 1830; he d. May 23, 1858.
11, ch. 1, Elisabeth, b. May 24, 1822, d. May 25, 1822.
12. ch. 2, Elisabeth2, b. Apr. 1. 1824, m. Edward Shaw; she d. Oct. 23, 1880.
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13, ch. 2, Susan M., b. June 25, 1831, d. Apr. 13, 1850.
14, ch. 4, Ralph, Jun., b. Dec. 3, 1834, m. Sophia E. Shaw.
15, ch. 5, Walter M., b. June 18, 1836, m. Julia A. Butler.
16, ch. 6, Harriett E., b. Oct. 1, 1839, d. May 21, 1842.
17, ch. 7, Alvin S., b. Sept. 8, 1842, d. June 25, 1862.
14, Ralph8, Jun., s. of Ralph2, m. Sophia E. Shaw Apr. 27, 1859.
18, ch. 1, Frank L., b. July 12, 1861.
19, ch. 2, William A., b. Feb. 13, 1863.
15, Walter3 M., s. of Ralph2, m. Julia A. Butler Apr. 15, 1858.
20, ch. 1, Fred W., b. Feb. 10, 1859, m. Mary M. Robbins Apr. 6, 1882.
21, ch. 2, Ella A., b. July 9, 1861, m. Leroy Warner Sept. 30, 1885.
22, ch. 3, Benjamin B., b. May 27, 1863.
23, ch. 4. Julia M., b. March 6, 1866, m. Arthur W. Lyman Jan. 18, 18SS. 24, ch. 5, Henry M., b. Feb. 16, 1868, m. Lora M. Ringe Feb. 15, 1888.
25, ch. 6, Lydia A., b. Aug. 23, 1873.
Avery W., s. of Stephen, b. in Griswold, Ct.
Their ancestors date back to the early settlement of the New England colony. His father and mother were the same name (Green), but no known relation. The grandfather on the mother's side was David; he served the country during the revolutionary war.
Mr. Green. when a young man, came to Ludlow, Mass., and manufactured reeds with Jefferson Alden; and from thence went into the same business in Palmer with C. M. Kendall as partner some eight years, and for thirty-five years he has been manager and proprietor.
Stephen and Rebecca Green.
Ch. 1, Alexander, b. -, m. Lucy Barber, Canterbury, Ct.
Ch. 2, Mary, b. - , m. William Green.
Ch. 3, Avery W., b. Dec. 31, 1816.
Ch. 4, Julia, b. - -, d. unm.
Cli. 5, Henry W., b. , m. Sally Barber.
Ch. 6, John P. L., b. -, d. in the rebellion, unni.
Ch. 7, Charles, b. -, d. in the rebellion, unm.
Avery H., s. of Stephen, m. Susan A. Putnam of Ludlow May 1, 1844.
Ch. 1, Maria S., b. July 21, 1845, d. Dec. 22, 1845.
Ch. 2, Wilber A., b. March 30, 1847, d. Feb. 8, 1849.
Ch. 3, William A., b. twin, d. Aug. 26, 1847.
Ch. 4, Fred L., b. June 12, 1852, d. Feb. 21, 1864.
Bolivar L. Green, b. Dec. 2, 1825, in Bridgewater, N. Y., m. 2d. Laura Hutch- ins Sept 24, 1877.
Ile settled in Palmer in 1848, and been in the employ of the New London and B. & A. railroad since 1852.
His brother, Horatio D., came to Palmer in 1861, enlisted in the war of the rebellion in 1862 at the age of 16, and served two years in the 1st Mass. Cavalry, Co. L, for Palmer quota. Since that time he has been overseer in manufacturing at Indian Orchard
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and Palmer. They were descendants of Jonathan Green of Rhode Island that settled in Berlin, N. Y., when the country was in its primeval state, with few inhabitants. Their private burial lot represents the resting place of three generations of their ances- tors, Jonathan, Samuel and Daniel B., a teacher for twenty years and later in life a trial justice.
3, Daniel3, B., s. of Samuel2, b. March 19, 1801, m. Anna - -, b. May 3, 1804; he d. May 31, 1853: Anna d. Apr. 20, 1863.
4, ch. 1, Nancy M., b. Sept. 19, 1823, d. Aug. 13, 1842, unm.
5, ch. 2, Bolivar L., b. Dec. 2, 1825, m. Susan Jones.
6, ch. 3, Angerona M., b. Oct. 30, 1827, m. Archibald Chase, Troy, N. Y.
7, ch. 4, Hannah G., b. Dec. 2, 1830, d. May 7, 1844.
8, ch. 5, Angeline L., b. Feb. 12, 1832, d. Aug. 13, 1850.
9, ch. 6, Samuel B., b. Jan. 22, 1834, d. Dec. 1, 1865.
10, ch. 7, Delancy L., b. Aug. 4, 1836, m. Thomas L. Nichols, Petersburg, N. Y.
11, ch. 8, Ancelia M., b. Feb. 16, 1838, d. Sept. 30, 1856.
12, ch. 9, Robert E., b. Jan. 12, 1842, d. April 27, 1843.
13, ch. 10, William C., b. Aug. 17, 1844. m. Alice Calkins.
14, ch. 11, Horatio D., b. June 9, 1847, m. Mary L. Stimson Sept. 26, 1868.
5, Bolivar+ L., s. of Daniel3 B., m. Susan Jones of Berlin, N. Y., March 26, 1850, d. Apr. 13, 1877 ; he 2d m. Laura P. Hutchins Sept. 24, 1877, Palmer.
15, ch. 1, Charles W., b. Jan. 28, 1852, d. March 25, 1878.
16, ch. 2, Ettie Jane, b. June 26, 1853, m. Charles B. Page Nov. 25, 1875.
17, ch. 3, George Lee, b. July 17, 1853, m., went west and settled.
THE GALLIGER FAMILY.
Barney, s. of John, b. in Sligo County, Ireland.
He came to Quebec, and from thence to Springfield, and worked on the Railroad while it was building through Russell, and from thence he settled in Palmer. He has been employed by the Boston and Albany and New London and Northern Railroad to the present time. John, his son, is master of transportation at New London. James his brother, is under his charge. Charles is a locomotive engineer at Windsor, Vt. Daniel, a salesman for Meekins & Packard, Springfield. Mr. Galliger married Margaret Keefe of this town.
Ch. 1, William, b. Apr. 28, 1853, d. Dec. 1870.
Ch. 2, John H., b. March 23, 1856, m. Sarah King, Springfield.
Ch. 3, Charles, b. May 18, 1861.
Ch. 4, Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1865.
Ch. 5, James, b. March 3, 1869.
THE HUNTER FAMILY.
Robert Hunter was made freeholder after the first division of land by the proprietors about 1740. He purchased Steward
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