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'Tarrant Sibley graduated at Union College, Schenectady, 1843; is a lawyer, judge, and U. S. Commissioner for Vermont.
Edward Livingston Sibley graduated at Williams College; is studying law.
Clarence Clifford is fitting for college.
Tyler6 (Tarrant5, Jonathan4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1), m. Mary Darling, Sept. 16, 1819. Ch .- 1, Palmer, b. June 4, 1820; 2, Persis, b. Jan. 3, 1822; 3, Ira Tyler, b. Jan. 18, 1825; 4, Mary Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1834.
Nahum6 (Tarrant5, Jonathan4, Joseph8, Joseph2, John1), m. Susan -. Ch .- 1, George Sigourney, b. Feb. 22, 182 -.
John3 (Joseph2, John1), m. Zeruiah Gould. Ch .- 1, John, b. Nov. 13, 1714; 2, Ebenezer, b. Feb. 28, 1717; 3, Stephen, b. Oct. 1, 1720; 4, Bethiah, b. Oct. 2, 1724; m. Samuel Trask, Nov. 3, 1743; 5, Timothy, b. Nov. 2, 1727; d. Dec. 6, 1818.
John4 (John8, Joseph2, John1), m. Abigail Towne of Topsfield, Aug. 28, 1740. Ch .- 1, Stephen, b. July 12, 1741.
Ebenezer4 (John8, Joseph2, John1), m. Abigail Cummings, Aug. 25, 1740. Ch .- 1, Ebenezer, b. Oct. 9, 1745; 2, Abigail, b. June 22, 1747; 3, Mary, b. Aug. 30, 1749.
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Ebenezer5 (Ebenezer4, John3, Joseph2, John1), m. Mary Chase, Oct. 24, 1771. Ch .- 1, Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1772; 2, Lucy, b. Mar. 2, 1775; m. Forbes Bond, Mar. 3, 1796; 3, Eunice, b. Mar. 1, 1777; 4, Elias, b. Aug. 8, 1779; m. Ruth H. Chase, Jan. 31, 1804; 5, Ebenezer, b. Jau. 18, 1782; 6, Zadock, b. Oct. 12, 1785; 7, Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1789.
Ebenezer® (Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, John3, Joseph2, John1), m. Polly B. Whip- ple, Dec. 7, 1809. Ch .- 1, Lorinda, b. July 6, 1810.
Timothy4 (John3, Joseph2, John1), m. Anne Waite, Oct. 16, 1753; m. 2d, Mrs. Hannah Amidon of Mendon; she d. June 5, 1822. Ch .- 1, Timothy, b. June 19, 1754; 2, Joshua, b. Nov. 16, 1755; d. Sept. 29, 1774; 3, John, 4, Stephen, twins, b. May 19, 1757; John m. Betsey Hopkins; he d. 1837; Stephen d. June 20, 1759; 5, Stephen, b. Nov. 10, 1759; d. Apr. 21, 1829; 6, Ebenezer, b. Apr. 7, 1761; d. Sept. 10, 1839; 7, Anne, b. Dec. 15, 1762; d. Apr. 2, 1784; 8, Asa, b. Mar. 29, 1764; d. Feb. 25, 1829; 9, Jonathan, b. May 8, 1766; d. 1823; 10, Benjamin, b. Apr. 29, 1768; d. Oct. 2, 1829; 11, Solo- mon, b. Nov. 17, 1769; 12, Polly, b. Dec. 4, 1771; m. Abner Cummings; 13, Artemas, b. July 9, 1773; d. Aug. 10, 1777; 14, Nahum, b. Sept. 11, 1775; d. Sept. 12, 1796; 15, Sally, b. June 6, 1779; m. Amasa Cummings.
Col. Timothy Sibley was a soldier in the revolutionary war. According to Dea. Leland, the following certificate was found among Col. Sibley's papers :
" In the book of Records of Births and Baptisms in Ipswich, Anne, daughter of Benj. and Elizabeth Waite, bap- tized Oct. 21, 1733, and certified by Samuel Rogers, Town Clerk."
Timothy5 (Timothy4, John3, Joseph2, John1), m. Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Barstow, Nov. 5, 1778. Ch .- 1, Timothy Willard, b. Sept. 11, 1779; d. in Bangor, Me .; 2, Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1780; m. Amariah Scarboro; 3, Anne, b. Jan. 15, 1782; 4, Cyrus, b. Jan. 6, 1784; 5, Artemas, b. Apr. 21, 1786; 6, Salome, b. Apr. 13, 1788; m, Elijah Jenett of Thompson, Ct .; 7, Benjamin Franklin, b. July 19, 1790; 8, Origen, b. in Oxford.
Cyrus taught school for several years in Albany ; was a fine linguist ; went to South America for purposes of trade, and was arrested as a spy, and imprisoned. On being released, he returned to the United States, and located in Blakeley, Ala., where he engaged in business, taking in his brother Origen as partner.
John, son of Col. Tim, was a physician ; studied with Dr. John Wilson of Hopkinton, and located at Great Barring- ton, where he married a daughter of Rev. Dr. Samuel Hopkins of Newport, R. I., who had removed with his family to Great Barrington on account of the occupancy of Newport by the British army. From Great Barrington he
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went South, and finally settled at Natchitochez, La. He became wealthy and influential. Under Jefferson's admin- istration he was for several years in government employ, as commissioner to make treaties with the Indian tribes living in the territory ceded by Spain to the United States. He was three times married, and left several children.
Stephen, son of Col. Tim, was a goldsmith; lived for a time in Norwich, Ct. ; went from there to Great Barrington, thence to Stockbridge, and finally emigrated to Ohio with his family.
Ebenezer, son of Col. Tim, went to Great Barrington and purchased the farm formerly owned by the Rev. Dr. Hopkins ; from thence he removed with his family to West- ford, Vt. He was the father of ten children.
Asa, son of Col. Tim, was a goldsmith; settled first in Woodstock, Ct., and went thence to Walpole, N. H.
Jonathan, son of Col. Tim, married Miss Mary Davis of Oxford. His marriage is recorded as follows : "Jonathan Sibley of Sutton and Mary Davis of Oxford on the 25 of June 1788 joined themselves to gether in the marriage covenant before Nathan Putnam, Justice of the Peace, and requested that it mite be recorded. (N. B.)"
He went with his wife's father to Edenton, Maine, and settled there.
Benjamin, son of Col. Tim, married Zilpha Davis, sister of the wife of Jonathan, and settled in Adams.
Solomon5 (Timothy4, John8, Joseph2, John1), m. Sally, dau. of Noah Stock- well, Jan. 13, 1792. Ch .- 1, Stephen, b. Dec. 12, 1792; d. young; 2, Nancy, b. Jan. 19, 1797; m. Dea. Nathan Muzzy of Auburn; 3, Heister, b. June 19, 1799; 4, Lewis, b. July 8, 1801; 5, Stephen, b. July 26, 1805; 6, Solomon, b. June 14, 1808; 7, John, b. Feb. 20, 1818.
He had several daughters, the date of whose birth we can not find. He removed with his family to Auburn.
Samuel3 (Joseph2, John1), m. Martha Dike, Aug. 6, 1722. Ch .- 1, Samuel, b. 1724; 2, Nathaniel; 3, Lucy, b. Apr. 26, 1726; m. Jonathan Park; 4, Jere- miah, b. Dec. 31, 1728; 5, Benjamin, b. Feb. 27, 1730; m. Lucy Park, Feb. 6, 1754.
Samnel+ (Samuel3, Joseph2, John1), m. Abigail Park, Mar. 19, 1744. Ch .- 1, Abigail, b. May 30, 1745; m. Bradford Chase, June 21; 1763; 2, Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1750; m. John Burdon, jr .; 3, Samuel, b. Apr. 26, 1756; 4, Judith, b. June 6, 1757; m. Caleb Putnam; 5, Nathan, b. Oct. 26, 1760; 6, Mehetable, b. July 27, 1762; m. John Elliot, May 15, 1781; 7, Job, b. Feb. 12, 1766; m. Polly Hicks, Nov. 16, 1786.
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Samuel5 (Samuel4, Samuel3, Joseph2, John1), m. Sarah Leland, Dec. 10, 1778. Ch .- 1, Charles; 2, Sardius, b. Jan. 11, 1782; d. Dec. 11, 1801; 3, Lyman, b. May 18, 1784; 4, Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1786; 5, Jonathan, b. May 13, 1794. This family removed to Barre.
Nathan5 (Samuel4, Samuel8, Joseph2, John1), m. Rachel Studley, Nov. 21, 1782. Ch .- 1, Isaac, b. June 15, 1783; 2, Dolly, b. Apr. 15, 1785; 3, Luther, b. Sept. 14, 1788; 4, Cynthia, b. July 7, 1795; 5, Harvey, b. May 21, 1797; 6, Dexter, b. Feb. 26, 1803; 7, Russel, b. June 22, 1805.
Nathaniel4 (Samuel8, Joseph2, John1), m. Ruth Bradish, June 26, 1744; d. May 24, 1811. Ch .- 1, Ruth, b. Apr. 5, 1745; m. Reuben Sibley; 2, Martha, b. Apr. 17, 1747; d. young; 3, Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1749; m. Symonds Whipple ; 4, Eunice, b. Feb. 27, 1752; d. young; 5, Nathan, b. June 22, 1754; d. Feb. 22, 1755; 6, Stephen, b. Sept. 21, 1756; 7, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 20, 1759; d. Aug. 25, 1775; 8, Jonas, b. Mar. 7, 1762.
Stephen5 (Nathaniel4, Samuel8, Joseph2, John1), m. Sarah Collins of South- boro, Dec. 9, 1779, Ch .- 1, Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1780; m. a Mr. Chamberlain ; 2, Jones, b. Sept. 6, 1782; 3, Silas, b. July 26, 1784; 4, Stephen, b. Feb. 1787 ; 5, Rebekah, b. Dec. 21, 1789; 6, Mark Collins, b. Dec. 28, 1792; 7, Malinda, b. July 18, 1798.
Stephen Sibley went to Rutland about 1792, and pur- chased the farm owned by Gen. Rufus Putnam. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and was at the taking of Burgoyne in 1777.
Jonas5 (Nathaniel4, Samuel8, Joseph?, John1), m. Lydia, dau. of Asahel Rice, Aug. 18, 1785. Ch .- 1, Susanna, b. June 27, 1786; m. Daniel Hovey ; d. Aug. 11, 1811; 2, Jonas Leonard, b. Jan. 4, 1791; d. Feb. 1, 1852; 3, John Jay, b. Nov. 12, 1792; d. Mar. 10, 1815.
Jonas L.6 (Jonas5, Nathaniel4, Samuel8, Joseph2, John1), m. Margaret N., dau. of Stephen Monroe, Nov. 12, 1817; she was b. Jan. 17, 1795; d. Dec. 27, 1858. Ch .- 1, Susan Maria, b. Aug. 31, 1818; m. John D. McCrate, Esq. ; 2, Joanna LeBaron, b. May 1, 1820; m. John Pierpont, jr .; 3, John Monroe, b. July 7, 1822; 4, Frances Lydia, b. Feb. 22, 1824; 5, Mary LeBaron, b. Mar. 16, 1826; 6, Henry Jonas, b. Apr. 21, 1828; resides in Cal .; 7, Frances Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1830; m. J. W. Stockwell of Sutton, June 26, 1867; 8, Margaret Louisa, b. Oct. 26, 1832.
John M.7 (Jonas L.6, Jonas5, Nathaniel4, Samuel3, Joseph2, John1), m. Experience C. Wheelock. Ch .- 1, John Pierpont, b. July 4, 1849; lives in New London, Ct.
John M. Sibley graduated at Yale College, 1843. He is now residing in San Francisco, Cal.
William8 (Joseph2, John1), m. Sarah Dike, July 4, 1726. Ch .- 1, William, b. May 4, 1727; 2, Elijah, b. Oct. 30, 1728; 3, Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1730; m. John Stone, July 30, 1761; 4, Daniel, b. Jan. 31, 1733; 5, David, b. Oct. 3, 1736.
William4 (William8, Joseph2, John1), m. 1st, Rebekah Southworth of Wal- tham, Dec. 26, 1751; m. 2d, Huldah Kenney, May 1, 1755; m. 3d, Hannah Stockwell, Jan. 24, 1765. Ch .- 1, William, m. a dau. of Jonathan Fay of Westboro; moved to Grafton; 2, Huldah, m. Nahum Tainter; moved to Leicester; 3, David, d. young; 4, Mehitable, d. at the age of 17; 5, Noah, b.
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Sept. 2, 1765; went away; d. unmarried; 6, Hannah, b. May 4, 1767; m. David Dudley, Nov. 17, 1789; 7, Joel, b. May 31, 1774; went with Noah; 8, Rebekah, b. Apr. 29, 1776; d. young.
Elijah4 (William3, Joseph2, John1), m. Mary Carriel, Dec. 12, 1751; she d. 1777; m. 2d, Mrs. Abigail Stone, Feb. 9, 1778. Ch .- 1, Rebekah, b. Aug. 19, 1752; d. in infancy; 2, Mary, b. June 10, 1754; m. Timothy Leland; d. Oct. 23, 1812; 3, Rebekah, b. Aug. 14, 1755; m. John Couse of Boston, July 11, 1776; 4, Daniel, b. Apr. 14, 1757; d. June 25, 1840; 5, Elijah, b. Dec. 26, 1758; d. Apr. 9, 1812; 6, Azubah, b. Dec. 18, 1761; m. Ebenezer Mulinday of Uxbridge, June 29, 1780; 7, Lois, b. Jan. 4, 1763; m. Paul Wheelock of Graf- ton; 8, Simeon, b. June 8, 1764; 9, Dorcas, b. Feb. 11, 1769; d. unmarried ; 10, Sime, b. Sept. 1780; m. Daniel Batcheller, Apr. 11, 1805; 11, Eli, b. Sept. 8, 1786.
Daniel5 (Elijah4, William3, Joseph2, John1), m. Phoebe Prince, Apr. 14, 1779. Ch .- 1, Phœbe, b. Mar. 12, 1780; m. Stephen, son of Tarrant Sibley ; 2, Jerusha, b. May 3, 1781; m. Jasper, son of Andrew Adams of Grafton; 3, Jonathan, b. Feb. 4, 1783; m. a sister of Jaspar Adams; 4, Daniel, b. July 15, 1785; d. Mar. 23, 1840; 5, Salmon, b. Apr. 11, 1788; went to Southboro; 6, Rufus, b. Apr. 22, 1790; m. Alvah, dau. of Benj. Fisk of Upton; 7, Prudence, b. Feb. 12, 1794; m. a Maynard of Southboro; 8, Fanny, b. June 10, 1797; m. Charles, son of Aaron Putnam.
Daniel6 (Daniel5, Elijah4, William8, Joseph2, John1), m. Anna Morse, Nov. 20, 1808; d. Jan. 16, 1847; he d. Mar. 29, 1849. Ch .- 1, Warren, b. June 17, 1810, d. Sept. 23, 1842; 2, Azubah, b. June 7, 1812; d. Mar. 3, 1846; 3, Rufus, b. May 5, 1814; d. June 18, 1870; 4, Emory, b. Oct. 13, 1816; d. Dec. 6, 1864 ; 5, Pliny Merrick, b. June 27, 1818; d. Oct. 26, 1844; 6, Elijah, b. May 25, 1820; 7, Alden Wheeler, b. May 18, 1822; d. June 10, 1858; 8, Lucy Ann, b. Apr. 27, 1824; d. Sept. 12, 1848; 9, Fanny, b. Dec. 16, 1825; d. July 14, 1845 ; 10, Nancy White, b. Dec. 17, 1827; d. Nov. 7, 1844; 11, Simon Daniel, b. Mar. 19, 1831.
Elijah7 (Daniel6, Daniel5, Elijah4, William3, Joseph2, John1), m. Pamelia Jones, Nov. 14, 1842. Ch .- 1, Almira Esther, b. Aug. 7, 1843; 2, Mary Euge- uia, b. Dec. 14, 1845; 3, George E., b. Jan. 13, 1848; d. Sept. 24, 1848; 4, Ellen Pamelia, b. Aug. 17, 1850.
Alden W.7 (Daniel6, Daniel5, Elijah4, William3, Joseph2, John1), m. Sarah M. Fuller, Mar. 26, 1846; she d. Oct. 11, 1865. Ch .- 1, Julia Clara, b. Apr. 13, 1849; d. Aug. 12, 1849; 2, Thurston Wheeler, b. Sept. 6, 1852; 3, Florine Emery, b. Aug. 18, 1855; d. Aug. 23, 1855; 4, Ida Velura, b. Sept. 29, 1857.
Simon D.7 (Daniel6, Daniel5, Elijah4, William3, Joseph2, John1), m. -. Ch .- 1, Scott D., b. Nov. 30, 1855; 2, Charles G., b. Sept. 3, 1858; 3, Sarah E., b. Mar. 6, 1860; 4, Clifford D., b. Oct. 12, 1862; 5, Anna L., b. Apr. 1, 1867; 6, Willie E., b. June 5, 1870; 7, Maud M., b. June 25, 1872; 8, Freddie J., b. Mar. 25, 1874.
Elijah5 (Elijah4, William8, Joseph2, John1), m. Lillies Bartlett, Nov. 28, 1783. Ch .- 1, Lillies, d. young; 2, Elijah, d. young; 3, Almon; 4, Lowell ; 5, Polly, m. Amos Pierce; 6, Sally.
Almon6 (Elijah5, Elijah4, William8, Joseph2, John1), m. Nancy Fuller, Nov. 30, 1817. Ch .- 1, Nancy, b. Feb. 28, 1820; 2, Mary Ann, b. Apr. 4, 1823; 3, Sumner, b. Jan. 1, 1829; 4, Franklin, b, Oct. 12, 1832.
Sumner7 (Almon6, Elijah5, Elijah4, William8, Joseph2, John1), m. 1st, Maria -; m. 2d, -. Ch .- 1, Hattie Minerva, b. Oct. 10, 1863.
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Franklin7 (Almon6, Elijah5, Elijah4, William3, Joseph2, John1), m. Sarah M. Putnam. Ch .- 1, Mary Estella; 2. Mildred E .; 3, Inez Frances, b. Oct. 8, 1862; 4, George Franklin, b. Nov. 25, 1864; d. 1877; 5, Sarah Jane, b. Oct. 5, 1866.
Francis7 (Francis6, Tarrant5, Jonathan4, Joseph8, Joseph2, John1), m. 1st, Jan. 15, 1857, Mary M. Richardson; m. 2d, Nov. 23, 1864, Mrs. Harriet Putnam. Ch .- 1, Kate R., b. Jan. 19, 1858; 2, Edward, b. Jan. 11, 1860.
Benjamin8 (Joseph2, John1), m. Priscilla Rich. Ch .- 1, Priscilla, b. Aug. 5, 1725; 2, Benjamin, b. Aug. 17, 1727; 3, Joseph; 4, Ezekiel; 5, Samuel; 6, Jonathan.
Only the first two of the above names are found on record. Very little is known of Benjamin or of his descendants. He probably left town very soon after the birth of his son Ben- jamin. According to Dea. Leland, "It appears by Sibley papers in the hands of Nathaniel Sibley, 2d, that he was, at one time, of Ellington, Ct. The following scrap is found in the handwriting of Mr. Baldwin : 'Benjamin Sibley was one of the original brothers and lived in Sutton a few years when he went to Union, Ct., and died there or at Ashford.'"
Aaron Sibley, his grandson, was a representative of West- field in 1827 or 1828.
Of Jonathan, one of the original six brothers, very little is known. His name is entered as one of the thirty propri- etors of the four thousand acres. He was the owner of " lot 7" in the "eight lots." He probably left town at an early date.
Martha Sibley married Samuel Dagget, April 10, 1740. There is no means of ascertaining whose daughter she was.
Mary Sibley (parentage unknown), married Rogers Dud- ley, May 31, 1743.
SINGLETARY.
John Singletary and his wife, Mary Greele, came from Haverhill. She died March 8, 1735.
He m. 2d, wid. Mary Kenney, July 15, 1735. Ch .- 1, Nathaniel; 2, Joseph, m. - Harwood; had no children; 3, Mary, m. Ebenezer Stockwell, Nov. 10, 1727; 4, Richard, m. Thankful Goodell; had no children; 5, Martha, m. Robert Dunkley of Brimfield, Oct. 22, 1750; 6, Amos, b. Sept. 1721; d. Oct. 30, 1806.
Amos2 (John1), m. Mary Curtis of Topsfield, Sept. 6, 1742; she d. June 28, 1798. Ch .- 1, Greely, b. Aug. 15, 1743; m. Dea. Joseph Allen of Hardwick, Jan. 15, 1772; 2, John, b. Mar. 17, 1745; m. Sarah Jennison, Apr. 15, 1767; 3, Mary, b. June 10, 1747; m. Elisha Gale, Apr. 8, 1767, and has fourteen
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children; 4, Mehetabel, b. Mar. 13, 1749; m. Peter Jennison, Mar. 31, 1769; 5, Hannah, b. Mar. 15, 1753; m. 1st, Jonathan Gould, Jan. 30, 1770; m. 2d, Solomon Dwinel, Apr. 1, 1783; 6, Azubah, b. Dec. 9, 1754; d. at 20, unm. ; 7, Amos, b. Mar. 11, 1757; m. Betsey Johnson and had twelve ch .; 8, Richard, b. Nov. 9, 1760; 9, Thankful, b. Oct. 30, 1762; m. Ebenezer Burnap.
AMOS SINGLETARY, EsQ.
Amos Singletary was the son of John, who settled on the mill lot at the outlet of Singletary pond.
He was the first male child born in town. It is said that he never attended school a day in his life. The rudiments of reading, writing and arithmetic, were taught him at home. He made the most of his opportunities, and by patient application, became a well informed man.
He was of quick perception, sound judgment and sterling integrity. For four years, during the revolutionary war, he represented the town in the provincial Congress, and after the formation of the State government, he was for four years in the house of representatives and several years in the senate.
He was also a justice of the peace, and a justice of the quorum, of which there were two in the county. One of the duties of the latter office was to administer the debtor's oath to men put in jail for debt.
Esq. Singletary was often sent for to perform that service, as his colleague, who resided in Worcester, refused to do it without the fee in hand. Often in the evening, after his day's work was done, did he ride to Worcester, moved with compassion for the poor debtor, and administer the oath, taking for his pay promises which were seldom fulfilled.
Mr. Singletary was an earnest Christian. His grandson, Rev. S. A. Dwinnel, says his conversion was brought about through the influence of a young lady, Mary Curtis, to whom he was engaged. She was one of the subjects of the relig- ious interest which attended the preaching of Jonathan Edwards, of Northhampton, who visited Sutton in February 1742. They both united with Dr. Hall's church at the same time, and were dismissed with others, to form the church in the north parish, in which they are spoken of as pillars.
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The following anecdote, furnished by Rev. Geo. Allen, Worcester, who knew both the persons referred to, illus- trates Mr. Singletary's quick insight into character, and his concise method of making its defects manifest.
" During a season of revival in the north parish, Mr. Samuel Waters, a manufacturer of hoes in what is now Millbury, being under concern of mind, and seeing Mr. Singletary approaching, rushed out of his shop, and i called out, 'O Squire ! O Squire ! what shall I do to be saved ?' The Squire scarcely stopped the horse he was riding as he replied, ' Put more steel in your hoes.'"
He had a family of nine children, all girls but two. All sustained honored positions in life and the church, except his youngest son, who was a profligate, and brought much trouble to his parents. After having a large family, which grew up and left him, his son Amos became a town pauper of Millbury. For twenty or thirty years he never took a bible in his hand or heard a prayer if he could avoid it. Mr. Dwinnel says :
" When I was at home on a visit, from Philips academy, Andover, in 1833, I visited him for the purpose of religious conversation. He was living in an irreligious family, and was then about eighty years of age. I found abundant evidence, from talking with him, that God had met him there and changed his heart. He showed me a bible that he had obtained and read in every day. He lived some years afterward, giving evidence of the great change. , God does indeed remember his covenant with his people. How pre- cious the truth !"
SLOCOMB.
William Slocomb m. Jerusha Richardson of Franklin, and removed to Sut- ton about 1776; he d. 1842; she d. 1830. Ch .- 1, Lewis, b. Feb. 7, 1777; d. Nov. 21, 1789; 2, Julia, b. Sept. 2, 1779; m. Noah White; d. Apr. 30, 1834 ; 3, Philo, b. Dec. 18, 1780; settled in Shrewsbury; 4, William, b. Feb. 5, 1783; settled in Marietta, O .; 5, Abigail, b. Apr. 7, 1785; m. Edmund T. Hall, Jan. 1, 1807; 6, Electa, b. Sept. 9, 1787; m. Ebenezer Hall, Dec. 15, 1807; d. Jan. 20, 1817; 7, Pliny, b. Dec. 5, 1791; d. Nov. 18, 1862; 8, John Wilkes, b. Dec. 1, 1793; m. Sarepta Adams, Apr. 21, 1813; 9, Horatio, b. Oct. 12, 1795; d. June 1870; 10, Silas, b. Jan. 24, 1799; settled in Marietta, O .; 11, Theron, b. May 11, 1801; d. July 5, 1801.
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Pliny2 (William1), m. 1st, Rachel Fisher ; Apr. 16, 1819; m. 2d, Mrs. Emily C. Moody, June 24, 1840. Ch .- 1, Rachel Fisher, b. June 22, 1820; m. Augustus Adams, June 4, 1845 ; d. Aug. 27; 1864 ; 2, Edwin Pliny, b. Mar. 7, 1823; m. Wil- helmina Todd of Wilmington, Del. ; 3, Harriet Amelia, b. Mar. 5, 1825; m. John Parker; 4, Cordelia, b. May 6, 1829; m. Charles Rice; 5, Martha I. b. July 24, 1831; m. Willard O. Ferry, June 26, 1851; 6, Ellen Jane; m. George C. Crane, Oct. 1, 1878; 7, Charles Fisher, b. Sept. 1839; m. Ann Dyer; d. Mar. 1864; 8, Mary Emily, b. Aug. 28, 1841; d. Mar. 28, 1844; 9, Emma Florence, b. May 7, 1845; m. Walter P. Chase, Nov. 26, 1872; d. Aug. 26, 1877.
Horatio2 (William1), m. Roxellana Wheelock of Grafton, Nov. 21, 1820. Ch .- 1, Lucretia Wheelock, b. Nov. 19, 1821; m. Sylvester F. Morse, Dec. 8, 1843; 2, Erastus Horatio, b. Feb. 8, 1823; 3, Maria Roxana, b. Oct. 25, 1824 ; m. Dr. Wm. Terry, May 10, 1848; 4, Clarissa Loraine, b. Nov. 30, 1827; in. John B. Wheeler, Nov. 8, 1853; 5, William Henry, b. Aug. 22, 1829; resides in Philadelphia; 6, Jerusha Richardson, b. Nov. 14, 1831; m. Rev. A. L. Frisbie, Aug. 23, 1859; 7, Silas Austin, b. June 10, 1834; resides in Phila- delphia; S, Albert Haven, b. Dec. 16, 1836; graduated at Amherst College, resides in Fayetteville, N .. C.
Erastus H.8 (Horatio2, William1) in. Sarah A. Stowe of Lowell, May 9, 1854. Ch .- 1, Clara I., b. Apr. 30, 1855; d. Mar. 29, 1864; 2, Kate R., b. Aug. 30, 1857; 3, Edgar E., b. Sept. 27, 1859; 4, Annie C., b. Jan. 24, 1861 ; 5, Albert F., b. Feb. 29, 1864; 6, Arthur H., b. Mar. 14, 1866.
STOCKWELL.
It is a tradition among the Stockwells in this country, that the ancester of those who bear the name came from Scotland ; and, that he was enticed on board a vessel about to sail, and on his arrival, in accordance with the law of the time, was apprenticed for the payment of his passage. After serving his time, he followed for a few years a sea-faring life, and finally settled in Ipswich; married, and had five sons : William, John, Jonathan, Ebenezer and David.
All these sons came to Sutton. William located on land . adjoining Benjamin Marsh on the west, known later as the Graves' place. There is no record of his children. He had, however, William, and Elizabeth, who married Daniel Ken- ney, August 28, 1727.
William2 (William1), m. -. Ch .- 1, Absalom; 2, William; 3, Jona- than; 4, Israel; 5, Peter; 6, Phebe.
Absalom8 (William2, William1), m. -. Ch .- 1, Anna; m. Jonathan Putnam, Nov. 3, 1843; 2, Lucy; 3, Israel; 4, Absalom; a soldier in the revolution; drowned at Albany, N. Y .; 5, Silas; 6, Daniel.
Israel4 (Absalom3, William2, William1), m. Diadama Burrill. Ch .- 1, Abel; d. young; 2, Matilda; 3, Diadama; 4, Israel; 5, Nancy; 6, Simeon, b. Mar. 3, 1799; 7, Patty; d. young; 8, James; 9, Augustus; 10, Mary; m. Daniel Bugbee.
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Simeon5 (Israel4, Absalom8, William2, William1), m. Delia Maria Holbrook, Mar. 18, 1822. Ch .- 1, Stephen H., b. Aug. 14, 1823; 2, Harriet M., b. Jan. 15, 1825; m. Lawson Warfield, Apr. 23, 1846; 3, Lucy P., b. May 9, 1826; m. Adoniram J. White, Sept. 6, 1842; 4, Mary Ann, b. Dec. 20, 1828; m. Levi F. Bemis, Sept. 9, 1851; 5, Henry Simeon, b. Apr. 9, 1833; 6, George Payson, b. Sept. 4, 1835; 7, James Willard, b. Dec. 6, 1838; m. Frances M. Sibley, June 26, 1867; 8, Lewis Franklin, b. Aug. 2, 1842; 9, Frederick Augustus, b. Oct. 4, 1844; m. Eveline King, Sept. 6, 1870.
Henry S.6 (Simeon5, Israel4, Absalom8, William2, William1), m. 1st, Margaret L. Griggs, Aug. 30, 1859; she d. June 7, 1868; m. 2d, Mary Louisa Griggs, Nov. 17, 1869. Ch .- 1, Anna Louisa, b. July 29, 1860; d. Aug. 30, 1860; 2, Harry Griggs, b. Oct. 3, 1872; 3, Thomas Thurston, b. June 22, 1875.
John Stockwell - Capt. John, as he was called-m. Mary Lombard or Lambert, 1717; d. Mar. 29, 1778, aged ninety-one. Ch .- 1, John; 2, Daniel; 3, Ichabod; 4, Mary; d. unmarried; 5, Sarah; d. unmarried; 6, Nathaniel, b. Feb. 5, 1720; 7, Jane; m. Ebenezer Stearns, Jan. 15, 1741.
John2 (John1), m. 1st, Margaret Smith of Andover, Oct. 21, 1730; m. 2d, Lydia Elliot, Dec. 12, 1737; m. 3d, Lydia King, July 13, 1749. Ch .- 1, Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1732; m. William Kenney, Aug. 13, 1752; 2, Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1735; m. William Sibley, Jan. 24, 1765; 3, Lydia, b. Sept. 28, 1738; m. Gershom Bigelow; 4, John, b. Mar. 9, 1740; d. at Crown Point unmar- ried; 5, Amos, b. May 2, 1742; m. Phebe Wright; 6, Rebekah, b. June 11. 1744; m. John Fitts, Jan. 15, 1771; 7, Noah, b. Apr. 25, 1746; 8, Ruth, b, Mar. 15, 1752; m. Capt. FreeCummings, June 16, 1774.
Noah3 (John2, John1), m. 1st, Marcy Wright, Dec. 11, 1769; m. 2d, Jemi- ma Towne, July 15, 1779. Ch .- 1, Simon, b. Feb. 24, 1772; m. Dolly Stock- well, Dec. 29, 1799; 2, Sally, b. Jan. 21, 1774; m. Solomon Sibley, Jan. 13, 1792; 3, Peter, b. Mar. 24, 1777; 4, Rebekah, b. Nov. 28, 1782; d. young; 5, Noah, b. July 10, 1784; m. a dau. of Elder Briggs of Athol; 6, Polly, b. Feb. 12, 1790; d. young; 7, Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1791.
Ichabod8 (John2, John1), m. Experience Gleason, Feb. 2, 1748. Ch .- 1, Ichabod, b. Apr. 6, 1749.
Nathaniel8 (John2, John1), m. Anne, dau. of Philip Chase; he d. Apr. 2, 1741. Ch .- 1, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 1, 1741.
Nathaniel4 (Nathaniel3, John2, John1), m. Abigail Dodge, Mar. 31, 1763; she d. Oct. 24, 1798. Ch .- 1, Nancy, b. Oct. 3, 1763; m. 1st, Joshua Mer- riam; m. 2d, William Parmenter; 2, John, b. Nov. 6, 1764; 3, Nathaniel, b. Oct. 20, 1766; 4, Polly, b. Sept. 28, 1768; m. Benj. Sadler, June 5, 1788; 5, Simeon, b. Sept. 29, 1770; 6, Nabby, b. May 18, 1772; d. Sept. 13, 1788; 7, Prudence, b. May 30, 1774; m. Elijah Rixford, May 28, 1793; 8, Sally, b. Apr. 20, 1776; m. Stephen Kenny, May 23, 1796; 9, Chloe, b. Mar. 8, 1778 ;. d. Oct. 22, 1782; 10, Calvin, b. May 17, 1780; drowned June 4, 1794, in Col. Holman's mill-pond; 11, Luther, b. July 14, 1782; 12, Marvine, b. Oct. 23, 1784; 13, Lucina, b. Oct. 7, 1786; m. 1st, Sylvanus Perham, Jan. 27, 1805; m. 2d, Solomon Parmenter.
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