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His moral goodness, his large heart and purposes, particularly dis- tinguished him, and made him an object of respect and favorable notoriety. He had but little inclination for office-holding, and yet would not ignore public responsibility that lay in the way of duty. He never made a profession of religion, and yet maintained a deep reverence for God and his law. A portion of each day was devoted to sacred reading, meditation and prayer. In early life he took a lively interest in the education of Indian youth, and was the leader of a company of woodmen who cleared the grounds in Hanover, N. H., where the venerable Dr. Wheelock established an Indian
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school, from which Dartmouth College took its rise. Of Mr. Chase it may be truly said, "He went down to his grave in peace, and was buried in a good old age." His children were
I. SUSANNA, b. at Sutton, m. John Gould of Lyndeborough, N. H., Oct. 31, 1769. She had eight children :
1. JOHN, was drowned at the age of thirty-nine years.
2. DAVID.
3. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 3, 1772, m. Abigail Phelps, 1797, d. April 22, 1863. He had ten children :
(1.) Lydia. (2.) Jacob Chase. (3.) Nancy N. (4.) Almira.
(5.) William. (6.) Lyman. (7.) Sawyer. (8.) Abigail.
(9.) Dorcas. (10.) Susan Chase.
4. DANIEL. 5. BETSEY. 6. SUSAN, d. young.
7. POLLY, m. David Osgood.
8. SUSAN, m. Levi Longley.
II. WILLIAM, b. at Sutton.
III. JACOB, b. Sept. 12, 1761, was thrice m., (first) to Abigail Hubbard of Groton, (second) to Sally Park of Groton, 1796, she d. at Pepperell, 1811 ; m. (third) Mrs. Elizabeth Fairbanks, 1815 ; she was the widow of John Fairbanks of Harvard, Mass., and d. at Pepperell, Jan. 1, 1851. He also d. at Pepperell, Dec. 5, 1848. He had ten children. His married residence was begun in Shirley, but was mostly passed at Pepperell.
1. MOODY, b. at Groton, Feb. 27, 1786.
2. WILLIAM, b. at Groton, Aug. 14, 1789, was twice m., (first) to Hannah Parker, of Pepperell, April 23, 1815 ; she d. at Ber- nardstown, Ill., March 7, 1847; m. (second) Susan Miller of Bernardstown, Dec. 24, 1857. He died at Bernardstown, Nov. 7, 1869. He had five children :
(I.) William Augustus, b. at Boston, Feb. 1, 1816, m. Mary L. Cook of Baltimore, Md., Oct. 12, 1846. He had six children : I. "Maria Antoinette," b. at Rushville, Ill., July 29, 1847 ; 2. "Mary R.,"" b. at Rushville, Sept. 17, 1849 ; 3. "Emma," b. at Quincy, Ill., Nov. 19, 1851 ; 4. "Cora," b. at Quincy, Sept. 12, 1854 ; 5. "Anna," b. at Rosamond, April 5, 1862, d. March 21, 1864 ; 6. "Carrie Freeman," b. at Rosamond, March 20, 1865.
(2.) Maria Antoinette, b. at Boston, Oct. 12, 1817, m. Charles Rich' of Boston, Nov. 20, 1840. He died in the war of the Rebellion, 1863. She has had three children; I. "Charles Heath," b. at Washington, D. C., Oct., 1842; 2. "Anna Chase," b. at Nantucket, Mass., July 30, 1845 ; 3. "Flora," d. young.
(3.) Edmund Parker, b. at Boston, May 30, 1821, m. Eliza A. D. Scrippe of Rushville, Ill., Oct. 12, 1846. He has had ten
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children, r. Des Moines, Iowa (1875). I. "John," b. at Rushville, Jan. 21, 1848 ; 2. "Anna A.," b. at Rushville, Oct. 14, 1849, d. Nov., 1865 ; 3. "Charles R.," b. at Bernards- town, Ill., Sept. 24, 1851 ; 4. "Mary E.," b. at Rushville, Sept. 13, 1853 ; 5. "Jenny M.," b. at Rushville, April 6, 1856; 6. "Edmund C.," b. at Rushville, April 13, 1858 ; 7. "W. Henry S.," b. at Rushville, Jan. 8, 1860; 8. "Heber F.," b. at Rushville, Jan. 18, 1863, d. Aug. 22, 1865 ; 9. "Howard L.," b. at Rushville, April 5, 1865, d. Sept. 19, 1865 ; 10. "William P.," b. at Rushville, Aug. 6, 1870.
(4.) Mary, b. at New York, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1831, d. Dec. 24, 1832.
(5.) William Prescott, b. at Bernardstown, Feb. 13, 1859, d. at Bernardstown, Jan. 11, 1861.
3. A CHILD, b. at Groton, July 20, 1790, d. in infancy.
4. ABIGAIL, b. at Groton, Nov. 8, 1797, m. Zimri Priest of Harvard. She d. at Pepperell, Oct. 2, 1868, leaving one child :
(1.) Sarah Elizabeth, b. at Harvard, March, 1831, d. at Pep- perell, Nov. 15, 1851.
5. HARVEY, b. at Pepperell, Jan. 18, 1800, m. Charlotte Verry of Norton, Mass., d. at Mount Hope, Ill., May, 1844. He had three children :
(1.) William Harvey, b. at Richmond, N. Y., April 7, 1831, d. at Jacksonville, Ill., July 3, 1849.
(2.) Sarah Elizabeth, b. at Richmond, Nov. 26, 1838, m. Sol- omon Hasbrook Bwihans of Carlisle, N. Y., March 11, 1862.
(3.) Samuel Whipple, b. at Mount Hope, Feb. 13, 1840, d. at Jacksonville, Ill., July 4, 1856.
6. JACOB, b. at Pepperell, Jan. 21, 1802, m. Lucy Richardson of Chelmsford, had one child :
(1.) Charles Harvey, b. Oct., 1835.
7. SALLIE, b. at Pepperell, Feb. 29, 1804, d. March 26, 1812.
8. AMos, b. at Pepperell, March 9, 1806. He was twice m., (first) to Sarah Whitney Stearns of Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 19, 1833 ; m. (second) Mary Bates of Springfield, Mass., Dec. 23, 1843. He had four children :
(I.) Sarah Augusta, b. at Groton, June 30, 1834.
2.) Mary Catharine, b. at Groton, July 1, 1835.
(3.) Elizabeth Antoinette, b. at Springfield.
(4.) Mary Stearns, b. at Springfield.
9. MARY ANN, b. at Pepperell, April 30, 1808, d. Sept. 8, 1813. 10. JOHN, b. at Pepperell, May 21, 1810, d. Dec. 9, 1839.
IV. MARY or MOLLY, b. at Sutton, 1767, d. at Pepperell, July 24, 1843, unm.
V. SAMUEL, b. at Sutton, April 20, 1768, m. Anna Longley of Shirley, April 3, 1795. He lived successively in the towns of Shirley, Groton, and Pepperell, was a tradesman, a farmer and
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trader, at different times, but in each occupation he maintained a reputable standing, was industrious, upright, kind-hearted. He d. at Pepperell, much lamented, Nov. 6, 1808. His wife, Anna, d. at Hollis, N. H., June 6, 1866. He had five children :
1. LYDIA LONGLEY, b. at Groton, Jan. 16, 1796, r. Pepperell (1882), unm.
2. BETSEY, b. at Shirley, Oct. 23, 1798, m. Joseph Tucker of Pep- perell, Oct. 19, 1819. Mr. Tucker was a clothier by trade, and was a man of courteous manners, correct habits, and useful life. He filled the office of deacon in the First Congregationalist Church, and died, much lamented, June 4, 1845. He had ten children :
(1.) Betsey Brooks, b. at Dunstable, Mass., Sept. 15, 1820, m. Joseph Bradley Varnum of Pepperell, June 16, 1842. She has had three children, all born at Pepperell : I. "William Francis," b. Dec. 21, 1847 ; 2. "Charlie," b. Dec. 21, 1847, d. July 21, 1848 ; 3. "Harriet Ann," b. April 19, 1852.
(2.) Joseph Augustus, b. at Dunstable, April 2, 1821, m. Ellen Augusta Lewis of Groton, Sept. 16, 1845.
(3.) Clara Butterick, b. at Dunstable, Jan. 26, 1823, m. Andrews Howe of Townsend, Sept. 16, 1845. She has had three children : 1. "Charlie Tucker," b. at Townsend, Dec. 25, 1846, d. at sea, March 13, 1864; 2. "Frank Maynard," b. at West Cambridge, July 20, 1849 ; 3. "Edward Henry," b. at West Cambridge, Jan., 1858.
(4.) Samuel Chase, b. at Dunstable, March 31, 1825, d. at Pepperell, Aug. 30, 1826.
(5.) Lydia Chase, b. at Pepperell, Aug. 9, 1826, m. Addison Hill of West Cambridge, Aug. 10, 1857. She had one child : I. "George Varnum," b. at Pepperell, Oct. 9, 1858.
(6.) Samuel Prescott, b. at Pepperell, Dec. 27, 1828, m. Sarah Elizabeth Parker of Pepperell, April 12, 1865. He has had one child : 1. " Charlie Parker," b. at Hudson, Mass., July 18, 1866.
(7.) Harriet Maria, b. at Pepperell, March 22, 1831, d. March 14, 1852.
(8.) Henry Francis, b. at Pepperell, Dec. 13, 1835, m. Mary Helen Campbell, of Greenfield, N. H., Oct. 7, 1863.
(9.) Elizabeth Hale, b. at Pepperell, Oct. 31, 1837, d. Jan. 9, 1841.
(10.) Elizabeth Helen, b. at Pepperell, Jan. 23, 1842.
3. SAMUEL, b. at Shirley, Feb. 22, 1801, d. at Pepperell, Aug. 7, 1876, unm.
4. MOODY, b. March 7, 1803, d. at Winchester, N. H., Jan. 8, 1828, unm.
5. WILLIAM PRESCOTT, b. at Pepperell, Feb. 22, 1808, m. Emeline White of Easton, Mass., March 24, 1831, d. at Pepperell, Jan. 25, 1867. He had two children :
(I.) William Longley, b. at Brookline, N. H., March 16, 1832. (2.) Samuel.
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VI. BETSEY, b. at Sutton, m. Timothy Sargent of Orford, N. H.
VII. JUDITH, b. at Sutton, 1772, d. at Pepperell, Dec. 30, 1843. She was never married, but passed her life, of over seventy years, in happy companionship with her elder sister, Mary or Molly, also unmarried, both of whom were devout Christians, and like their honored father were "buried in a good old age."
VIII. MARCH, b. at Sutton, 1776, m. Hepsibath Gleason, of Princeton, Mass., 1805, d. at Bolton, Mass., Jan. 17, 1827. His wife d. July 12, 1823. He had five children :
1. ELIZABETH HALE, b. at Shirley, Oct., 1806, d. at Bolton, June 8, 1824.
2. MARY, b. at Shirley, Aug. 19, 1809. She was twice m., (first) to Josiah Brown, m. (second) to Charles Wait. She had four children :
(1.) William. (2.) Josiah. (3.) Charles. (4) Edward.
3. SUSAN MILDRED, b. at Shirley, Oct. 4, 1811, d. Oct. 4, 1815.
4. SELINA, b. at Shirley, Oct. 17, 1813, d. March 28, 1815.
5. WILLIAM MOODY, b. at Bolton, Dec. 1, 1817, m. Susan Parker of Boston.
IX. WILLIAM, b. at Sutton, d. young.
Moody Chase had three other children, all of whom died in in- fancy.
CHILDS.
Childs, Dannah, came from Cambridge to reside at Shirley, Nov. 18, 1771, but was denied legal citizenship by the town author- ities.
COLE.
Cole, Daniel, and his wife, came from Concord, Mass., to reside in Shirley in 1775. How long they remained, or where they were especially located, cannot here be stated.
CONANT.
Conant, William, lived in Shirley at an early period of its organization, on land now owned by Lyman Eaton, situated in the easterly part of the town. He married - Farewell of Shirley, and had one child :
I. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 17, 1765, m. Sarah Phelps of Shirley, Nov. 17, 1796. He was a carpenter by trade, and a very skilful
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workman. He committed suicide by hanging, Aug. 5, 1846. He had six children :
1. WILLIAM, b. May 2, 1797.
2. SALLY, b. Dec. 3, 1798, m. Luke Woodbury of Bolton, Mass., d. Dec. 30, 1832. She had one child :
(1.) May B., b. at Bolton, June 3, 1827, m. Charles F. Sartell of Fitchburg, March 17, 1853, r. Leominster (1877). She had two children : I. "Charles W.," b. Jan. 4, 1854; 2. " Henry F.," b. Nov. 30, 1863.
3. LUCINDA, b. at Shirley, Dec. 23, 1800, d. July 23, 1847.
4. EUNICE, b. at Shirley, March 20, 1802. She was twice mar- ried, (first) to John Farnsworth of Shirley, December, 1823, m. (second) to Luke Woodbury of Bolton, May 21, 1840, d. at Bolton, Nov. 27, 1843.
5. LAVINA, b. at Shirley, July 3, 1803. She was thrice m., (first) to George Spaulding of Shirley, Oct. 3, 1830, he d. at Har- vard, June 13, 1847; m. (second) John Clement of Town- send, Dec. 25, 1856 ; she m. (third) Jonas Parker of Town- send, May 5, 1868.
6. JEFFERSON, b. at Shirley, Aug. 26, 1809.
DAVIS.
The tradition has been very prevalent that the original of the New England families consisted of "three brothers," who were shipped together for the new land, and from whom all of the name have descended. But, though this tradition has been very rarely sus- tained by fact, there were among the early settlers of Shirley, three brothers of the name of Davis, who came from Acton, Mass., from whom a numerous posterity may be traced. They became residents of the town soon after its incorporation, but in the passage of a century most of the race have been scattered abroad.
Dabis, John. His home was the farm now owned by the Wilson's-father and son-and previously by the late Thomas Clark, where the most of his family was born. He served his country as a soldier in the French war, and afterward for a time in the war of American Independence. In 1788 he removed, with that part of his family that had not passed their years of minority, to Reading, Vt. He erected the first saw-mill in that vicinity, and turned a piece of wild forest into a thrifty farm. He fulfilled the mission of life with admirable precision, and went down to his grave, leaving behind an honorable and useful memory. He d. May, 1808. His wife was Hulda (Thayer) Davis, and he had ten children :
I. JOHN, b. at Shirley, m. Anna Holden of Shirley. He removed to Westminster, Vt., where he passed the first ten years of his married life ; he then returned to the maiden home of his wife, in
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Shirley, which proved his home for life. He owned and lived upon the farm, in the western part of the town, now the residence of Andrew Nelson Holden, and late the property of Sylvanus Hol- den, deceased. It is a country retreat of much natural beauty, and this was enlarged by the taste of Mr. Davis, who planted a row of maple trees on the border of the road in the vicinage of his resi- dence, which now stand, as he said he hoped they would, a memento of his existence, when all other traces of him should be obliterated and forgotten. He was in the continental service three years. He had thirteen children, and died Feb. 8, 1827.
1. EMMA, b. Aug. 6, 1781, m. Roger Wheeler of Lunenburg, May 15, 1803. She was removed to some town in Ohio, which became her home, and where she d. April 18, 1853.
2. JOHN, b. at Westminster, Vt., May 17, 1783, m. Sylvia Edger- ton of Shirley, May 4, 1820. He lived in Charlton, and was a lawyer by profession, had three children, and died Aug. 4, 1840.
3. SALLY, b. at Westminster, March 31, 1785, m. Aaron Lyon of Shirley, Aug. 1, 1802. Her family were of the colony that emigrated to Marietta, Ohio.
4. FREDERICK MONTGOMERY, b. at Westminster, March 31, 1787, m. Martha of Deerfield, N. Y., d. 1848.
5. ROSALINDA, . b. at Westminster, March 17, 1790, m. Henry Archer of Salem, Aug. 17, 1818, d. at Shirley, Feb. 7, 1839.
6. ZENAS, b. at Shirley, June 3, 1792, m. Martha Roby of Duns- table, Mass., pub. June 21, 1818. He had seven children :
(1.) Lucy P., b. at Aurelius, Ohio, July 3, 1819.
(2.) Zenas, b. at Aurelius, March 3, 1821.
(3.) Abbot R., b. at Reading, Vt., March 7, 1823.
(4.) Hannah J., b. at Dunstable, N. H., July 20, 1825.
(5.) Martha M., b. at Hollis, N. H., Oct. 4, 1828.
(6.) Fairfield R., b. at Dunstable, N. H., June 24, 1830.
(7.) Francis J., b. at Dunstable, Jan. 19, 1833.
7. SAMUEL, b. at Shirley, Feb. 20, 1794, m. Nancy Hartwell of Lunenburg, and removed to Ware, Mass., and there d. 1832.
8. BERINTHA, b. at Shirley, April 29, 1796, m. Chipman Hinckley Welden of Barnstable, Mass., d. Feb. 23, 1858.
9. CHASTINA, b. at Shirley, April 29, 1798, m. Abijah Sanderson of Lunenburg, Feb. 4, 1819, d. Sept. 27, 1863. She had four children :
(1.) Louisa Ann, b. Sept. 7, 1819.'
(2.) Chastina, b. Feb. 21, 1822.
(3.) Henry, b. Feb. 22, 1824.
(4.) George Edwin, b. May 16, 1826.
10. ANNA, b. at Shirley, Feb. 26, 1800, d. Dec. 3, 1817.
11. LUCY, b. at Shirley, Oct. 23, 1801, d. Oct. 3, 1802.
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12. HIRAM, b. at Shirley, July 3, 1804, m. Nancy Sawyer of Ster- ling, Mass., March 27, 1828, d. at Fitchburg, May 5, 1874. He had six children :
(I.) William Sawyer, b. June 6, 1829, d. April 3, 1837.
(2.) Helen Maria, b. Dec. 17, 1831, m. Jonathan R. Haskell, April 8, 1858.
(3.) Frederick Hiram, b. Nov. 18, 1833, m. Seriza F. Young- love, May 16, 1855.
(4.) William Sawyer, b. Jan. 27, 1838, d. Sept. 22, 1838.
(5.) Isabella Augusta, b. Sept. 22, 1839, m. Emerson W. Harris, May 11, 1859.
(6.) Harriet Elizabeth, b. March 17, 1843, d. Oct. 21, 1843. 13. CALVIN, b. at Shirley, May 12, 1806, m. Susan Kellogg.
II. CORNELIUS, b. at Shirley, 1761. He was in the Continental service for three years, and was afterwards an ensign in Shay's rebel army. In his early married life he removed from Shirley to Cavendish, Vt., which became his home for life. He d. 1816. He had a family of several children, among whom were HIRAM, LUTHER and LUCY, all of whom removed at the death of their father to some home in Upper Canada, where they were lost from the sight and knowledge of their friends and relatives.
III. HULDAH, b. at Shirley, Nov. 3, 1763, m. Philemon Holden, of Shirley, pub. Oct. 19, 1782.
IV. SAMUEL, b. at Shirley, Mar. 13, 1765, has been twice m., (first) to Phebe Spaulding of Westford, Mass., Nov. 8, 1798, m. (second) Mary Cogswell, Nov. 15, 1830. He had two children and died at Chelmsford, Mass., Aug. 14, 1845. His children were
1. LUCY, b. July 4, 1800, r. Chelmsford (1876), unm.
2. SAMUEL SPAULDING, b. at Chelmsford, Sept. 22, 1831. He has been twice m., (first) to Maria Frances Fletcher, Nov. 23, 1854, she died Oct. 18, 1873 ; m. (second) Hattie F. Gullord, Sept. 28, 1874, r. New York (1876), N. Y.
V. LUCY, m. Nehemiah Estabrook of Medford, pub. Sept. 10, 1785.
VI. EZEKIEL, b. at Shirley, April 2, 1770. He was eighteen years of age when the family of his father removed from Shirley to Read- ing, Vt. He made himself highly useful in assisting to clear away the forest, and reducing the sterile soil to fruitful cultivation. When twenty-one years of age, he m. Bethia Grandy, June 17, 1791. He passed his life in Reading, and there all his children-twelve in number-were b. He d. Sept. 11, 1849.
1. HARRY, b. Aug. 7, 1792 ; d. Aug. 10, 1793.
2. EDMUND, b. Oct. 10, 1793, m. Rebecca Philbrick, Nov. 2, 1816, r. Reading, where all his children-nine in number-were b.
(I.) Sabra G., b. Nov. 20,1817, m. Asa Burnham, Feb. 10, 1840. She had two children, and became a widow May, 1872 : I. "David E.," b. May 4, 1845, m. Hattie L. Mahony, Jan., 1867, and has had two children : 1. George D., b. Aug. 3, 1869 ; 2.
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Harry Abner, b. Jan. 12, 1874 ; 2. "Anna A.," b. April 12, 1848, twice m., (first) to William H. Adams, Jan. 4, 1870, di- vorced April, 1875, m., (second) Vincent R. Griswold.
(2.) Carlos L., b. Mar. 24, 1819, m. Ruth Hapgood, Nov. 9, I 843. He had four children : 1. "Myron ;" 2. "Nelly ;" 3. "Frank ;" 4. "Frederick."
(3.) Amelia E., b. Feb. 8, 1821, twice m., (first) to Hiram Marsh, Dec. 6, 1838 ; m. (second) Jonathan Hapgood. She has had one child : I. "James," m. Isadore Arnold.
(4.) Salome F., b. Aug. 13, 1823, m. Silas A. Robinson, Dec. 8, 1842. She has had three children : I. "Laura A ;" 2. "Nelly," died ; 3. "Melvin."
(5.) Eliza A., b. July 3, 1825, m. Silas W. Pike, April 13, 1849. She has had four children, all of whom have died: I. "Ed- mond D. ; " 2. "Lizzie ;" 3. "Edmund D. ; " 4. "Bertha."
(6.) Charles A., b. Aug. 15, 1827, m. Mrs. Henrietta Dowty, Feb. 26, 1852. He has had six children : I. "Charles H. ; " 2. "Lizzie ;" 3. "Bert ;" 4. "Minnie ;" 5. "Abbie ;" 6. "Cora."
(7.) Frances R., b. Feb. 20, 1830, m. Benjamin Barnard, Feb. 20, 1855. She has had five children : I. "Nettie ;" 2. "Sto- well E .; " 3. "Benjamin ;" 4. "Stowell E. ; " 5. "Lizzie."
(8.) Justin S., b. Mar. 11, 1832, m. Ann Tarbell, Apr. 30, 1857. He has had two children : I. "Ira ;" 2. "Edmund."
(9.) Cornelia A., b. May 8, 1834, d. Oct. 16, 1835.
3. BETSEY, b. Oct. 11, 1795, m. Sewall Shattuck, Apr. 2, 1817. She has had seven children :
(1.) Frederick Sylvester, b. Feb. 5, 1818, m. Emily H. Lambers- ·ton, Nov. 16, 1843. He has had five children : I. "Emery E." b. Aug. 8, 1846, m. C. S. Raymond, July 30, 1874, he has had one child : 1. Berty C., b. Sept. 26, 1875 ; 2. "George W." b. Feb. 7, 1849 ; 3. "Ella J." b. Oct. 7, 1855 ; 4. "Myr- tie" b. Dec. 4, 1860 ; 5. "James F.," b. Oct. 8, 1863.
(2.) Warren Fisk, b. Aug. 9, 1820, d. 1874.
(3.) Sewall Augustus, b. Oct. 29, 1821, m. Rosaline Morgan, Dec. 14, 1844. He has had two children : I. "Merrit"; 2. "Mary."
(4.) Cornelius Davis, b. Apr. 9, 1823, m. Clarinda Miller, Nov. 12, 1844. He has had three children : I. "Elroy J." b. Mar. 17, 1846, m. Lucy Tuell, Mar. 23, 1866, had one child : Claud b. May 9, 1871 ; 2. "Frederick W.," b. May 1, 1853 ; 3. "Ada L.," b. Jan. 1, 1856.
(5.) Charles Edwin, b. Aug. 9, 1826, m. Mary Batchelder. He has had two children : I. "Charley," b. July, 1853 ; 2. "Lot- tie," b. Jan. 17, 1856.
(6.) James Albert, b. Dec. 4, 1832. He has been twice m. (first) to Clara Lockwood, m. (second) to Lottie Edwards.
(7.) Almond Wentworth, b. Aug. 20, 1834.
4. SOLOMON, b. Apr. 3, 1797, m. Fanny Grandy, May, 1824. He has had five children :
(1.) George. (2.) Alpha, died. (3.) Fanny.
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(4.) Alpha E., b. Sept. 2, 1829. He has been twice m., (first) to Jane E. Withey, 1852, she died 1852 ; m. (second) Frances Withey. He has had one child. I. "Clarence J.," b. Feb. 19, 1854, m. Sarah D. Cowan, Sept. 28, 1875.
(5.) Benjamin W., b. June 5, 1831, m. Abbie Withey, 1854. He has had five children : I. "Jenny J.," b. Aug. 3, 1857; 2. "George A.," b. July 13, 1862 ; 3. "Frank B.," b. Oct. 28, 1863 ; 4. "Fanny L.," b. Jan. 20, 1866 ; 5. "George H.," b. Nov. 8, 1868.
5. ALMOND, b. Mar. 24, 1799. He has been thrice m., (first) to, Semira Pratt, Mar. 18, 1823, she died ; m. (second) Susan Pratt, Feb. 18, 1832, she died ; m. (third) Grace Stearns. He d. Sept. 30, 1855 ; had seven children :
(I.) Semira Pratt, b. Aug. 3, 1824, d. Aug. 3, 1844.
(2.) Almond, b. June 17, 1826, d. June 21, 1826.
(3.) Wentworth A., b. Aug. 15, 1829, d. July 5, 1830.
(4.) Susan Maria.
(5.) David P., b. Nov. 26, 1835, m. Lucinda Fletcher, Nov. 28, 1858. He had one child : 1. "Gracie L.," b. Oct. 14, 1865.
Victoria, b. Feb. 28, 1843, d. Sept. 16, 1843.
Aurora, b. Feb. 28, 1843, d. May 15, 1844.
6. CLARISSA, b. July 7, 1801, m. America Amsden, Feb. 15, 1823. She had one child, and d. March 6, 1826.
(I.) Rosalie M., b. Oct. 17, 1823, d. June 17, 1825.
7. SOPHIA, b. Nov. 5, 1803, m. Henry Megrath, Feb. 15, 1822. She had eleven children :
(1.) Lovintha, b. Oct. 8, 1823, m. Winslow B. Parmenter, Oct. 2, 1849. She had four children : I. "Atlanta L.," b. June 27, 1850 ; 2. "Henry W.," b. March 22, 1852, d. May . II, 1853; 3. "Elizabeth L.," b. Jan. 6, 1854, d. Aug. 12, 1854 ; 4. "Henry W.," b. Nov. 4, 1861, d. March 13, 1863.
(2.) John Q. Adams, b. March 4, 1825, m. Elizabeth E. Guernsley, May 31, 1848. He has had three children : I. "Henry N.," b. April 11, 1857 ; 2. "Mary E.," b. Jan. 16, 1859 ; 3. "Edward J.," b. Sept. 18, 1866.
(3.) Alfred, b. Dec. 29, 1826, m. Mary Bartlett, May 8, 1859.
(4.) Clarissa A., b. Nov. 8, 1828, m. Henry Muzzey, Aug. I, 1847. She has had two children: I. "Wayland L.," b. Sept. 19, 1849, m. M. D. Hall, Sept. 26, 1876 ; 2. "E. A.," b. Feb. 1, 1853, m. G. H. Blake, Feb. 15, 1874.
(5.) Lewis, b. March 10, 1830, has been twice m., (first) Sarah Luce, Nov. 11, 18.50, she d. Feb. 11, 1871, m. (second) Mrs. Augusta Perkins, Dec. 31, 1874. He had one child : I. "Ju- liette'," b. Nov. 11, 1851, d. Aug. 14, 1854.
(6.) Edward, b. June 6, 1832, m. Elizabeth Adams.
(7.) Rosalia, b. March, 1834, died.
(8.) Francis, b. Aug. 22, 1836, m. Laura C. Brown, May 16, 1857. He has had seven children : I. "Willie," b. Feb. 18, 1858; 2. "Marrette," b. June, 1862 ; 3. "Joseph," b. March 5, 1864 ; 4. "Lillian," b. Nov., 1865 ; 5. "Arthur," b. May
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10, 1867; 6. "Ellen," b. May 8, 1869 ; 7. "George E.," b. Sept. 4, 1871.
(9.) Lucy, b. March 8, 1838, m. Henry M. Darling, Dec. 30, 1856. She has had two children : I. "Robert F.," b. Feb. 20, 1868 ; 2. "Atlanta L.," b. Aug. 25, 1871.
(10.) Francelia, b. April 8, 1846, m. George Reynolds. She d. June 13, 1875.
(II.) Jane G., b. June 22, 1848, m. George W. Shed, May I, ; .1872. She has had two children : I. "Winnie," b. Sept. 27, 1874; 2. "Lottie L.," b. March 23, 1876.
8. CYNTHIA, b. Jan. 28, 1806, m. George Clyde, May, 1824. She had seven children :
(I.) George. (2.) Solomon. (3.) Almond. (4.) William.
(5.) Edward P. (6.) Lucy D. (7.) James.
9. JOHN, b. April 15, 1808, m. Lydia Pratt, Jan. 24, 1834, r. Cav- endish, Vt. He has had four children :
(1.) Nathan Forest, b. Jan. 26, 1837.
(2.) Julia A., b. June 25, 1842.
(3.) Semira L., b. Oct. 1, 1844, d. March 13, 1847.
(4.) Celia A., b. Sept. 16, 1849.
10. CHRISTOPHER C., b. July 15, 1810. He was thrice m., (first) to Elvira Wheeler, she d. 1857, m. (second) Fannie H. White, Sept., 1858, she d. Feb., 1872, m. (third) Polly Morey, 1874. He d. Feb. 23, 1875. Had five children : . (1.) Marietta E., b. April 21, 1833, m. Martin J. Housel, and d. 1860.
(2.) Wallace C., b. July 21, 1834, m. Maria Brelie.
(3.) Frederick W., b. Aug. 20, 1835, m. Louisa Richards. He has had six children : I. "Clarence E. ; " 2. "Ida J. ; " 3. " Hattie L. ; " 4. "Alice ;" 5. "Sherman ;" 6. "Sheridan."
(4.) Caroline S., b. April 13, 1837. She has been twice m., (first) Dr. L. B. Garber, who d., m. (second) Hinsdale Rich- ards, and has had six children'; I. "Frank W. ; " 2. "Min- nie E. ; " 3. "Ralph C. ; " 4, "Carrie B. ; " 5. "Maud J. ; " 6. "Mary L."
(5.) Solomon P., b. Sept. 24, 1843, died.
11. LORINTHA, b. Sept. 29, 1812, m. Francis Curtis, Jan. 19, 1836. She has had ten children :
(1.) Francis, b. July 11, 1836. Has been twice m., (first) Lilla Bryant, May 27, 1858, she d. Jan. 25, 1873, m. (second) Mrs. Julia Bickford. He has had five children : I: "Nelly ;" 2. "George ;" 3. "Alice ;" 4. "Maud ;" 5. "Oscar."
(2:) George W., b. Sept. 28, 1837, m. Mary Drew, June 10, 1866. He has had three children : I. "Albert ;" 2. "George ;" 3. "Oscar."
(3.) Oscar F., b. Jan. 2, 1839, d. June 8, 1864, from wounds received in the battle of Spottsylvania.
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