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ii. ELIZA, b. March 9, 1835, m. April 30, 1867, Rev. Henry M. Holmes. Children: (1) KIRK-WILDER HOLMES, b. April 6, 1869, m. Hedwig Lemke, (II) LIZZIE WILDER HOLMES, b. Feb. 25, 1870, m. Frederick Haight and had a daughter Rebecca Haight, (III) REBECCA PRESTON HOLMES, b. June 12, 1871.
iii. THEODORE, b. Dec. 17, 1840, d. June 15, 1842.
iv. ABBY-AUGUSTA, b. Jany. 9, 1843, m. Aug. 6, 1872, Daniel Davis, a daughter, FLORENCE MARGUERITE DAVIS, b. May 18, 1873.
WILDER Elisha son of Gardner and Mary of Leominster, born in Leominster, Dec. 2, 1743, had three children in Princeton, by wife Mehitable (Dresser) Wilder. He died May 2, 1842. Children:
i. HANNAH, b. Nov. 30, 1760.
ii. JOHN, b. April 12, 1762.
iii. LOUISA, b. Dec. 19, 1764.
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WILDER Jonas, was born in Sterling, Mass., May 4, 1791, died Nov. 7, 1868, married Jany. 26, 1820, Arathusa Manning of Townsend, Mass., born Sept. 5, 1796, died March 24, 1875. One child:
i. MARK, b. Feb. 1, 1821, m. at Holden, Mass., May 27, 1847, Nancy Ingalls Goddard, dau. Benjamin and Patty (Holland) Goddard, b. Jany. 25, 1824, in Shrewsbury, Mass., d. June 30, 1875, in Princeton. He d. in Princeton, Jany. 29, 1879. Children: (I) FRANCIS-WAYLAND, b. April 23, 1850, d. Aug. 19, 1851, (II) ELLEN-ARETHUSA, b. Aug. 5, 1852, (III) A .- MARSHALL, b. Oct. 28, 1854, m. June 28, 1882, at Sterling, Mass., Mary A. Davis, dau. Jonathan and Urania Davis, b. Feb. 2, 1858, in Sterling, (IV) ABBY-NANCENA, b. April 19, 1858, d. Aug. 27, 1859, (v) GEORGE-SUMNER, b. March 9, 1860, d. Feb. 4, 1863.
WILLARD.
WILLARD Solomon, with his wife Abigail and six children came to Princeton from Worcester in 1791. A son ABEL was paid in 1790 a bounty for " a full grown Wolf and Wolf's whelp." A son AARON d. May 27, 1797. A son SOLOMON Jr., by wife Lydia had (i) Ira, b. Oct. II, 1790; (ii) Micah, b. April 21, 1792; (iii) Isaac, b. Sept. 7, 1796.
WILSON.
WILSON Dr .- Ephraim, son of Benjamin and Sarah, was born in that part of Westboro, now Northboro, Feb. 15, 1762. He studied medicine in Massachusetts, married by Rev. Peter Whitney, Jany. 18, 1784 to Persis Gaschet, daugh- ter of Henry and Persis Gaschet, resided in Princeton from about 1790 to 1818, living in the west village. He after- wards removed to Bernardstown. He is recorded in the "Service" from Northboro, 1776. A grandson is author- ity for the statement that he, Ephraim, "went aboard a privateer when fourteen or fifteen years old, was taken prisoner and confined in the famous Dartmoor prison near Prince-Town, Devonshire, England, where his sufferings at times were very great." After two years he was exchanged, enlisted in the Continental Army and was at the siege of Yorktown and the capture of Cornwallis and his army in 1781. His wife Persis died March 15, 1795, ae. 35, and he
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married, Nov. 15, 1795, Clarissa Gale. He died in Bernards- ton, Nov. 17, 1839. Death recorded in Barre. Children of first wife were:
1. i. LOVICE, b. April 1, 1784, bapt. Dec. 26, 1784.
ii. JONAS, unmarried.
iii. SALLY, bapt. May 28, 1786, m. (pub.) Feb. 4, 1802, William D. Cheever.
iv. HENRY, b. Jany. 25, 1791.
v. EPHRAIM, b. Jany. 3, 1793, drowned March 5, 1795.
vi. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 25, 1794, m. Sally J. Perry, family in Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y.
Children of second wife were:
vii. SALOME, b. April 8, 1796, m. Oct. 24, 1813, Jonas Smith of New Braintree.
viii. LEONARD, b. May 14, 1800, d. in Montague.
ix. EPHRAIM (2ª), b. Dec. 6, 1802, m. and d. in Worcester.
x. SOPHIA, b. Nov. II, 1804, m. (Ist) Abijah Mead of Barre, and (2ª) Jonas Smith.
xi. LUTHER, b. Oct. 29, 1806.
xii. CHARLES, b. April 24, 1811, family in Barre.
xiii. WILLIAM, b. March -, 1813.
xiv. CALVIN-G., b. Aug. - , 1815, res. Deadwood, Dak.
1. WILSON Lovice, son of Dr. Ephraim and Persis (Gaschet) Wilson, born April 1, 1784, bapt. Dec. 26, 1784, married Dec. I, 1808, Hannah Parmenter, daughter of Reuben. She died April 10, 1849. He died Feb. 7, 1815. Their children were:
i. SALLY, b. Dec. 20, 1810, m. March 29, 1832, Samuel Davis of Rutland.
ii. LOVICE-H., b. Aug. 19, 1814, d. Jany. 20, 1828.
WILSON Solomon, son of Benjamin and Sarah and a brother of Dr. Ephraim. He also had a brother Benjamin, who lived in Royalston and died in Paxton, also a sister who married a Rexford and another sister Sarah who married Nathaniel Bragg. Solomon was born May 1, 1768, came to Princeton when about twelve years old and lived with his brother Dr. Ephraim Wilson. He married May 26, 1799, Persis How, daughter of Adonijah, born March 28, 1778, and died April 28, 1871, ae. 93. Children of Solomon and Persis were:
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i. PERSIS, b. Nov. 1, 180I.
ii. MARTIN-How, b. Jany. 12, 1803, m. May 1, 1828, Lucy S. Watson. 3 chn .: (I) MARY, (II) THOMAS, and (III) MARTIN.
2. iii. HAMILTON, b. July 29, 1804 (July 24, fam. R.).
iv. LOUISA, b. Dec. 5, 1806, m. Apr. 8, 1830, Ivory Wilder (see Wilder). v. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 8, 1809, m. May 8, 1834, Roxana Partridge. Chn .: (I) MERRICK, b. Nov. 15, 1835, m. Jany. 4, 1865, Eliza W. Holden, dau. of Benjamin and Elmira (Watson) Holden, res. Worcester, Mass., firm of Wilson and Holden, grain dealers; (II) WILLIAM-WALLACE, b. Aug. 1, 1837, d. April 15, 1840; (III) EMILY-W., b. July 24, 1840, m. William A. Hastings, of Worcester, 3 chn .: two died in infancy (iii) Isabelle-M. Hastings, m. Benj. O. Johnson, res. Livingston, Montana, 2 chn .: (i) Fannie M. Johnson, b. Nov. 1, 1903, (ii) Helen E. Johnson, b. Nov. 8, 1908, (IV) FANNIE, b. Nov. 22, 1842, (v) HENRY, b. April 6, 1845, d. March 28, 1869; (VI) ELIZA M., b. Aug. 26, 1848, m. Aaron G. Waite of Hubbardston, (VII) LYMAN-E., m. Emma Pierce of Rutland, 5 chn .; (VIII) LYDIA, m. George Lamb of Rut- land, 3 chn.
vi. ABRAM-How, b. Sept. 20, 1811, m. Oct. 6, 1835, Emily Warren of Hubbardston, he d. Dec. 14, 1876.
3. vii. DAVID, b. Nov. 7, 1813, m. (int.) Jany. 16, 1841, Harriet Ross Carruth of Barre.
viii. JONAS, b. Feb. 18, 1816, d. Feb. 5, 1817 (Feb. 6, fam. R.).
ix. JONAS, b. Jany. 11, 1818, d. Oct. 9, 1858 (g.s., Oct. 8).
x. FANNY-RIPLEY, b. May 3, 1820, m. May 16, 1843, Samuel C. Fiske. 3 chn .: (I) ADELAIDE, (II) GEORGIANNA, (III) ALICE.
xi. LEONARD, b. June 1, 1822, m. Elizabeth Clark, and died in Barre, April 29, 1884. 3 chn .: (I) ABRAM and two others who d. in infancy.
2. WILSON Hamilton, son of the above Solomon and Persis, married April 30, 1829, Elmira Wheeler. He died Nov. 28, 1842, and his family removed to Hubbardston. Their children were:
i. ELMIRA, b. Jany. 16, 1830, m. Levi Pierce, res. Worcester.
ii. GEORGE-H., b. Dec. 17, 1831, res. Chelmsford, Mass.
iii. MOSES-C., b. Dec. 1, 1833.
iv. SUSAN-L., b. June 8, 1835.
v. CHARLES, b. Aug. 3, 1839, d. Aug. 3, 1840.
vi. JOHN L., b. - , d. April 7, 1840.
3. WILSON David, brother of the above Hamilton, born Nov. 7, 1813, published Jany. 16, 1841, Harriet Ross Carruth of Barre. He died Oct. 30, 1855. Their children were
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i. ELLEN-MARIA, b. July 22, 1842, m. Henry L. Murdock.
ii. HARRIET-J., b. - , 1844, m. B. Holden, Jr., and d. Sept. 23, 1865.
iii. JOHN-HAMILTON, b. April 1, 1845, deceased.
iv. ALBERT-W., b. Aug. 1848.
v. ELSIE-E., b. - , m. Charles H. Thompson. (See Thompson, page 278.)
vi. EUDORA, b. June, 1856.
WILSON Ephraim, and wife Esther, with children (I) EPHRAIM, (II) SAMUEL and (III) POLLY, came from Chelmford, Mass., March II, 1788. He enlisted in Chelmsford in 1778 and served until the close of the Revolutionary War as "Ser- gent," Chelmsford records give an Ephraim, son of Samuel and Hannah, born there Dec. 20, 1759; cannot identify this family with that of Dr. Ephraim Wilson.
WINCH.
SAMUEL1 WINCH, the early ancestor of the Princeton family of that name, was born in Sudbury, Mass., and married Hannah Gibbs, Feb. 1I, 1692. Their son John2, had a son David3, who married Naomi Gibbs, and removed to Shrews- bury. Their son John4, born July 17, 1736, married in Holden, Oct. 30, 1758, Kezia Lovell, of Holden, and had twelve children, Francis, John, David, James and eight others.
WINCH John5 (John4, David3, John2, Samuel1), son of John4 and Kezia (Lovell) Winch, of Holden, born March 17, 1768, married in Holden, Jany. 21, 1794, Olive Davis, daughter of Samuel and Olive Davis of Bedford, where both were ad- mitted to the church in 1810, they had no children, but adopted John, a son of his brother Francis, who was called John-2ª. He John5 died Jany. 28, 1852, ae. 83-11-20, and his widow, Oct. 24, 1856, ae. 84.
WINCH John6-2ª (Francis5, John4, David3, John2, Samuel1), son of Francis5 and Judith (McBride) Winch, born in Holden, Aug. 12, 1795, and brought up by his uncle John, in Princeton. He married Oct. 31, 1822, Mary Ann Russell of Hubbardston, and died Dec. 6, 1873, he lived in Weston, and Taunton, and died in Walpole, Mass., as did also his wife. Their children were:
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i. ALVIN, b. in Princeton, m. Mary Carver, Boston.
ii. JOSEPH-R., b. in Princeton, m. Mary Carver, Boston.
iii. ELIZA, b. in Princeton, m. George Hosmer.
iv. Lucy, b. in Princeton, m. Henry Damon.
v. OLIVE, b. in Rutland, m. Dr. A. C. Livermore, Stow, Mass.
vi. MARY, b. in Holden, m. C. H. R. Woodward, Waltham.
vii. JOHN F., b. Acton, m. Kate Rametta, Boston.
WOODS.
SAMUEL1 WOODS born in England, 1686, came to this country soon after the year 1700. He settled in Chelmsford, where he married in 1717, Mary Parker, daughter of John and Mary Parker. Their son Samuel2, born in Chelmsford, June 19, 1722, resided some years in Rutland and removed to Princeton.
WOODS Samuel2, son of Samuel1 and Mary (Parker) Woods, was born in Chelmsford, June 19, 1722, married (pub.) Aug. . 31, 1751, Tabitha Eveleth, born April 4, 1831, daughter of John, and Hannah (Haynes) Eveleth of Sudbury. After living some years in Rutland, he moved to Princeton, in 1761-2, purchased a tract of land of Gov. Moses Gill, on which he built his house, taught his school (the first school in Prince- ton) and lived during the remainder of his life. While cultivat- ing his farm he did not allow the care of it to interfere with his love of teaching, in which through nearly fifty years' experience, he acquired a wide reputation as a skilful and successful teacher. His first wife Tabitha, died Oct. 20, 1770. He married (2ª) Aug. 26, 1772, Abigail (Whitney) Underwood of Hubbardston, widow of Israel Underwood. He died Nov. 8, 1808, ae. 86. She died Feb. 28, 1826, ae. 81 (g.s. Jany. 31, a. 85). Children of first wife:
i. MOLLY, b. March 3, 1752, in Rutland, d. Nov. 18, 1771.
ii. HANNAH, b. Aug. 13, 1755, in Rutland, d. Dec. 2, 1777.
iii. SAMUEL, b. June 1, 1757, in Rutland.
iv. LYDIA, b. Aug. 4, 1759, in Rutland, m. (int.) May 15, 1777, Daniel Gibbs.
v. ANNA, b. June 30, 1761, in Rutland, m. (int.) June 15, 1782, Capt. Charles Hastings.
vi. SARAH, b. July 6, 1763, in Princeton, m. Col. Joseph Jewett of Ashburnham.
1. vii. REV .- ABEL, b. Aug. 15, 1765, a Baptist Minister, of marked ability.
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viii. - , b. Oct. 28, 1767, d. a few days old (c.R.).
ix. JOHN, b. Dec. 14, 1768, farmer in Ashburnham, d. ae. 95. x. - , b. - , d. in infancy.
Children of second wife:
2. xi. REV .- LEONARD, b. June 19, 1774, well known Clergyman and Educator.
3. xii. AsA, b. April 30, 1776, farmer, m. Pamelia Mirick.
xiii. HANNAH (2d), b. May 13, 1778, m. Oct. 16, 1800, Nahum Wilder. xiv. LUCY, b. Nov. 16, 1780, pub. June 25, 1801, James Brickett of Newbury.
XV. MOLLY (MARY), b. Feb. 15, 1783, m. Thomas Wilder.
1. WOODS Rev .- Abel3 (Samuel2, Samuel1), son of Samuel2 and Tabitha (Eveleth) Woods, born in Princeton, Aug. 15, 1765, ordained as a Baptist Clergyman, in Shoreham, Vt., February, 1795, where he remained as pastor of the Baptist Church in that town, and surrounding region, for fifteen years. He died at Hamilton, N. Y., Aug. II, 1850. His son Rev. Alva Woods, D.D., a prominent educator, President, and Professor, in several universities, including Brown, with which latter he was connected in various capacities, for nearly fifty years.
2. WOODS Rev .- Leonard3 (Samuel2, Samuel1), son of Samuel2 and Abigail (Whitney) Underwood Woods, born June 19, 1774, in Princeton, in 1796, he graduated at Harvard College with the highest honor of his class, in June 1798 was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Newbury, Mass., in 1808, appointed Professor of Theology, in the Andover Theological Seminary, where he labored for thirty-eight years. Of his large family of ten children his son Leonard Woods, born in West Newbury, Oct. 24, 1807, and died in Boston, Dec. 24, 1878, ae. 71, was for twenty-seven years, President of Bowdoin College.
3. WOODS Asa3 (Samuel2, Samuel1), son of Samuel2 and Abigail (Whitney) Underwood Woods, born April 30, 1776, married April 16, 1799, Pamelia Mirick. He was a farmer. In 1805 he removed from town, and settled in Ashburnham. Children :
i. LEONARD, b. March 25, 1800.
ii. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 14, 1802.
iii. ADALINE, b. March 25, 1804.
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WOODWARD.
The immigrant ancestor of this family, RICHARD1 WOOD- WARD, with his wife Rose and sons, George and John, embarked at Ipswich, England, April 10, 1634 in the Elizabeth, William Andrews, master.
He was admitted freeman, Sept., 1635 and his name is on the earliest list of proprietors of Watertown. His son George2, admitted a freeman in Watertown, 1646. By his wife Mary -, had a son John3, born March 28, 1649, who married Rebecca Robbins and resided in Newton. Their son Daniel4, born in 1681, married Elizabeth Greely, Daniel5 Jr., had a son Phileman1, who married Mercy Whitney.
WOODWARD Jason7 (Phileman6, Daniel5, Daniel4, John3, George2, Richard1), son of Phileman6 and Mercy (Whitney) Woodward, born in Hubbardston, March 1, 1774, married Sept. 25, 1803, Polly Clark, born Aug. 15, 1779, daughter of Moses and Mary (Child) Clark of Hubbardston. In 1803-4 he removed to Princeton. He died May 15, 1822 and she Nov. 1, 1839. Their children were:
i. CLARISSA C., b. Sept. 29, 1804, m. March 8, 1827, Reuben P. Whit- ney of Westminster, d. Sept. 28, 1862, ae. 58.
ii. MARY, b. Aug. 17, 1806, d. Aug. 28, 1810.
iii. MOSES, b. June 17, 1809, d. Dec. 25, 1891.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 2, 1811, m. May 10, 1833, Francis Wood, d. June 9, 1845.
v. LUCY, b. April 22, 1814, d. May 6, 1874.
vi. MERCY, b. March 14, 1817, m. Feb. 12, 1853, Elijah F. Brooks, res. Worcester.
vii. MARY-M., b. May 29, 1819, m. Dec. 26, 1850, d. May 28, 1867.
WOODWARD Charles-Nelson son of James Nelson and Sarah Lawton (Adams) Woodward, born Aug. 5, 1860 at East Thompson, Conn., married Nov. 15, 1888, Elizabeth Chase Tapley, born Jan. 8, 1867 at West Brookfield, Maine. She was the daughter of Jerome-Perkins and Phebe Parker Tapley. Their children were:
i. EVERETT-MERTON, b. Mar. 5, 1891 at Webster, Mass.
ii. ROBERT-NELSON, b. Sept. 9, 1892, d. Nov. 12, 1892.
iii. PAUL-NELSON, b. Aug. 1, 1900, at Princeton, Mass.
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WOOLSON.
THOMAS1 WOOLSON, of New Cambridge (Newton), married Sarah Hyde, Nov. 20, 1660, and settled at Watertown Farms (Wes- ton). It is probable that the correct orthography of this name is Wilson, and that Thomas Woolson was related to a family of Wilsons, in Newton. In the church records of Weston, it is sometimes written Wilson, and likewise in the Watertown records.
It is on record that Thomas Woolson was "sentenced Dec. 15, 1685 to a fine of 20s. and costs 8s. and one hour in the stocks, for selling drinks without a license." It is also in- teresting to note that he was soon after licensed and kept an Inn from 1686 to 1708. He died about 1713, and his widow died in Sudbury, Sept. II, 1721. Their son Joseph2, born Nov. 16, 1677, by wife Hannah, had Isaac3, born Feby. 17, 1710-II, d. Aug. 13, 1743, who married (int.) March 18, 1738, Sybil Roper, daughter of Ephraim and Sybil of Sudbury. She married (2ª) Thaddeus Bowman whose son Thaddeus subsequently went to Princeton. Isaac and Sybil had two children, Ephraim and Anna.
WOOLSON Ephraim4 (Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), son of Isaac3 and Sybil (Roper) Woolson, and a cousin of Caleb Mirick, was born in Weston, April II, 1740, graduated at Harvard College, in 1760, in the class with Rev. Timothy Fuller. He was a physician in Groton, 1764-67, married July 29, 1765, Mary Richardson of Sutton, Mass., and (2ª) Anna Bigelow, of Worcester, Feb. 20, 1789 (possibly widow of Samuel Bigelow of Shrewsbury), ceremony performed by Joseph Wheeler, Justice of the Peace. He came to Princeton, as early as 1768, at which time he was a justice and a leading citizen, he also taught school in Princeton, and lived near the Geo. Skinner place. His death is recorded in the "Columbian Centinel," of Feb. 6, 1802. He had a negro servant " Violet," who died May 3, 1769, ae. 25. His children were by first wife, and born in Princeton.
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1. i. LEWIS, b. May 3, 1768, m. Keziah Parkhurst.
4. ii. CHARLES-R., b. March 17, 1770, m. Bancroft.
5. iii. EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 1, 1772, m. - Coon.
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iv. FANNY, b. June 2, 1775, m. - Green, of Buffalo, N. Y.
v. WILLIAM, b. April 7, 1778.
vi. POLLY, b. Feb. 24, 1781, m. - Hurlburt.
1. WOOLSON Lewis5 (Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), son of Ephraim and Sybil (Roper) Woolson, was born May 3, 1768, married March 14, 1788, Keziah Parkhurst. Their children were:
2. i. WILLIAM, b. at Fairfield, N. Y., m. Katharine Sanford.
ii. EPHRAIM, b. -.
iii. POLLY, b. -. There were others.
2. WOOLSON William6 (Lewis5, Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), son of Lewis5, and Keziah (Parkhurst) Woolson, born in Fairfield, N. Y., after 1788, married Katharine San- ford, he died in Arcadia, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1871, she died Dec. 23, following, ae. 77. Children:
3. i. WILLIAM, b. Fairfield, N. Y., about 1812, m. Esther Lincoln.
ii. INFANT, UNNAMED.
iii. JANE, b. about 1818, d. about 1881.
iv. ELIZA, b. about 1821, m. - Evarts.
v. BENJ .- COE, b. about 1826, at Scriba, N. Y., m. Oct. 26, 1866, Mrs. Francis M. Avery, no children.
vi. JAMES, b. about 1829, m. -.
vii. MARY, b. about 18-, d. about 1889.
3. WOOLSON William7 (William6, Lewis5, Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), son of William and Katharine (Sanford) Woolson, born in Fairfield, N. Y., about 1812, married Esther Lincoln of Utica, N. Y., July 3, 1836, age. 16. Children :
i. KATHARINE-LINCOLN, b. Sept. 4, 1838.
ii. SPENCER-LINCOLN, b. April 18, 1844.
iii. FRANK, ( b. May 5, 1858.
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iv. FRED, - ( b. May 5, 1858.
4. WOOLSON Charles5-R. (Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), brother of the above Lewis, born March 17, 1770, married -Bancroft, daughter of Moses Bancroft, of Ward, and settled in Plainfield, Vt. He removed to New York, where he became wealthy. His children were:
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i. EPHRIAM, b. - , who removed with his father from Plainfield, Vt., to New York, "getting homesick" returned and bought back the old homestead, on which he died, Feb. 21, 1869. His daughter, (I) MARY, married S. O. Goodrich and had four children, (II) SARAH, married Joseph Lane, and had three children, one married Geo. L. Kidder, and Hannah married A. J. Worthen. ii. GARDNER, b. - , d. 1863.
iii. ALBINA, b.
iv. LOAMMI, b. -.
v. GEORGE, b. -.
vi. FANNY, b. - -.
vii. MOSES, d. in infancy.
5. WOOLSON Ephraim5 (Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), brother of the above Charles-R., born Oct. I, 1772, m. Coon. Their children were:
i. ROSWELL, b. -.
6. ii. WILLIAM, b. April 7, 1778, m. Nancy Darrer. (There were other children).
6. WOOLSON William6 (Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), son of Ephraim5 and - (Coon) Woolson, married Nancy Darrer, Jany. 16, 1800, he died Aug. 28, 1831, and she July 25, 1854. William enlisted in the army in the War of 1812, and took his eldest son Roswell O., with him. The lad serving as a drummer boy two and a half years. Children of William and Nancy were:
7. i. ROSWELL-OLCUTT, b. July 24, 1803, at Hanover, N. H., m. Ann M. Corey.
ii. ANNETTA, b. Dec. 25, 1804, d. April 28, 1807.
8. iii. WILLARD-PAUL, b. June 20, 18II, m. Caroline Baldwin.
9. iv. ANN-ELIZA, b. Feb. 4, 1815, m. Edward L. PROCTOR.
7. WOOLSON Roswell-Olcutt7 (William6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), son of William6 and Nancy (Darrer) Woolson, born at Hanover, N. H., July 24, 1803, died at Carthage, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1882, about 1824, married Ann M. Corey, she born, 1802, died in Carthage, N. Y., Jany. 15, 1870. Their children were:
i. JULIA-ANN, b. Sept. 7, 1828, d. April 22, 1886.
ii. NANCY-DARRER, b. July 6, 1830, d. July 25, 1854.
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8. WOOLSON Willard-Paul7 (William6, Ephriam5, Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), brother of the above Roswell- Olcutt, born June 20, 1811, died 1865, about 1840, married Caroline Baldwin of Antwerp, N. Y., born 1823, at Water- town, N. Y., she married a second time 1877, to Fitz Miller, at St. Peter, Minn. Children of Willard-Paul and Caroline (Baldwin) Woolson, were:
i. ADALAIDE, b. about 1841, m. Burr Simmonds of Kenosha, Wis.
ii. ALBERT, b. -- , 1849, at Fitts Mills, Jefferson Co., N. Y., member of Battery C. Ist Minn. Heavy Artillery.
iii. FRANK, b. - , 1852, at Antwerp, N. Y., d. 1868, at St. Peter, Minn., 1868.
9. WOOLSON Ann-Eliza7 (William6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, Isaac3, Joseph2, Thomas1), sister of the above Willard-Paul, born Feb. 4, 1815, died March 4, 1853, married Edward L. Proctor, Sept. 20, 1837, he born July 21, 1815, died Feb. 12, 1886. Their children were:
i. JEROME-BONAPART-PROCTOR, b. July 26, 1838, d. Oct. 23, 1886, married Nov. 16, 1871, Pauline Shoemaker (three children) : (I) ANN ELIZA, b. May 15, 1875, d. March 25, 1877, (II) CARRIE AMELIA, b. Aug. 18, 1878, (III) JEROME LAWRENCE, b. Feb. 21, 1879, d. Aug. 4, 1879.
ii. ANNETTA-E. PROCTOR, b. May 8, 1840, d. Apr. 15, 1845.
iii. CAROLINE-P. PROCTOR, b. Feb. 5, 1842, m. Oct. 10, 1865, Theodore Nott (six children).
iv. EDWARD-E. PROCTOR, b. Oct. 29, 1843.
v. HELEN-I. PROCTOR, b. Jany. 4, 1846, m. Oct. 31, 1865, S. H. Kimball (no children).
vi. HENRY-W. PROCTOR, b. Jany. 13, 1848, m. Julia Beardesly (no children).
vii. ANN-ELIZA PROCTOR, b. April 5, 1850, m. Nahum C. Goodwin, of Maine, Jany. 16, 1872, their children were: (I) EDWARD P. GOODWIN, b. March 2, 1873, and (II) HARRY C. GOODWIN b. Aug. 7, 1877.
WORK.
WORK Robert came from Upton, Mass., in 1754 and lived in the " East Wing " near the Rutland line; by wife Jane had six children:
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i. ROBERT, m. May 26, 1760, Susanna Rice, dau. Aaron and Hannah.
ii. JAMES, of Royalston.
iii. SAMUEL, b. June 15, 1754.
iv. MARY, b. 1755, m. William Graham.
v. SARAH, b. - -, m. (int.) Jany. 6, 1775.
vi. RACHEL, b. -.
WYMAN.
WYMAN Thomas, and wife Sarah (Stanley) Wyman, came from Lunenburg, in 1791, and resided in Princeton for about ten years, both were dismissed to the Church in Peru, Vt., Feb. 26, 1809. Their children were:
i. WARREN, b. Oct. 1, 1790.
ii. PARKER, b. Dec. 20, 1792.
iii. OLIVER, b. Oct. 7, 1794.
iv. SALLY, b. Jany. 7, 1797.
v. DANA, b. April 20, 1799.
WYMAN Joseph, son of John, and Rebecca, b. Oct. 27, 1734, married Sarah Carlton, and said to have resided in Princeton, and Rindge, N. H., was taxed for his son Timothy, in 1796. Their children were:
i. TIMOTHY, b. Aug. 6, 1778, m. March 10, 1803, Nancy Parker, dau., Philemon and resided in Lancaster, where he died, Sept. 22, 1849.
ii. MARY, b. - , m. John Chandler.
iii. WILLIAM, b. -.
iv. ALVAN-C., b. -.
INDEX
This Index includes only those names which are not in strict alphabetical order. The arrangement of the families is from A to Z.
ABBOT, Edward E., 112. Elizabeth, 114.
AMMIDON, Ephraim, 237. Hannah, 237.
BACHELLOR,
Deborah,
Hannah, 53.
Helen B., 112.
Marion E., 112. Martha, 179. Moses, II4. ABRAHAMS, Mary, 30. ADAMS, Ame, 140. Benjamin, 95. Harriet, 128.
Mary, 77, 128, 158.
Nathan S., 20, 77, 158.
Sarah Amanda, 158.
Sarah Lawton, 300.
Susan, 106.
Susan Arminda, 77. ALBEE, George F., 161. ALDEN, Luther, 232. Sarah, 14. Sarah M., 62.
ALLARD, Florence V., 69. ALLCHIN, George, Rev., 271.
ALLEN, Abbie G., 201.
Abner, 259.
Betsey, 127.
Candace, 216.
Elisha, Capt., 106. Flora, 121.
AYER, Thomas, 286. Hannah, 90. AYERS, Mary, 6, 199.
Lorinda, 283. Louisa, 105.
Maria Putman, 137.
Martha E., 226.
Mary, 272.
Reuben, 226.
Polly, 197. Sarah, 270.
Betsey, 77. Betsey Gardner, 77.
Erastus, Dr., 88.
Stephen, 12I.
Mary, 201. Stephen, 201.
Tryphosa, 201. William, 206. BABSON, Adeline S., 112. Ella M., 112. Isaac, 112.
BALL, Aaron, 56. Amos, 41. Becca, 286.
David, 93.
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24. Nathaniel, 24. Ruth, 23. BACON, Leonard, 242. Michael, 242.
BAGG, Harriet, 123. Henry, Dr., 123, 138. Mary Augusta, 123.
APPLETON, Dorothy, 95.
BAILEY, Abigail, 50. Betsey, 147.
Jonathan, 153.
Joseph P., 12, 121.
Schubal, 147.
ARBUCKLE, Fern, 37. J. C., Rev., 37. ARMSTRONG, Alice
Hyatt, 161.
Silas, 44. BAIRD, George W., 97, 99. Mary Ann, 97, 99.
BAKER, Anne, 246.
Daniel, 283.
Edward, 272.
E. Wilson, 232.
ATWATER, Rebecca
Frank, 258. Frank H., III.
George C., III.
Irving Russell, 258.
Joseph, 175.
Katherine, 162.
Grace, 126.
Joanna, 99. Jonas B., 24. Jonathan, 154.
BABCOCK, Abigail, 261. Amos, 77.
Asenath K., 266, 267.
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