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CRAFTS, JOEL FRANKLIN,8 Rufus,7 m. Celia Stowe, March 28, 1849 ; chil. Angelia, b. Aug. 18, 1851, m .. but d. soon after, -July 2, 1869 ; Jas. Franklin, b. Oct. 8, 1851; JJennie Young, b. June 19, 1857 ; Thomas Young. b. June 4, 1869. Hle d. Oct. 14. 1861.
CRAFTS, RUFUS WELLS, S Rufus,7 m. Sabra B. Vincent, Nov. 17, 1850; chil. John Dunbar, b. March 17, 1853: Annie Vincent, b. Sept. 26, 1855 ; Edwin Brinsmade, b. Jan. 2. 1861: Hattie Wells, b. Nov. 20, 1864. Lives in Brooklyn, N. Y., and is sergeant of police.
CRAFTS, CHARLES I., 8 Caleb, 7 m. Almira S. Bowers, July S, 1846, dau. of Thomas Bowers and Betsey T. Conry, of Nashua, N. HI. ; she was b. April 2, 1823; chil. Myra Ann, b. Feb. 19, 1848; Charles Orlando, b. Nov. 30, 1819; Alli Jane, b. Oct. 7, 1851 ; Hattie Louisa. b. Feb. 5, 1861 : Mand Bowers, b. Sept. 30, 1866.
CRAFTS, EDWARD A., 5 Caleb,7 m. Martha L. Harwood, dau. of Justus F. Harwood, Sept. 3. 1851 ; chil. Herbert ; Lizzie Clayton, b. June 26, 1854.
CRAFTS, GEORGE M.," Caleb,7 m. Laura F. Belden, dan. of William, April 23. 1862; chil. George Eben, b. May 6, 1861 ; Harry Caleb, b. Nov. 6, 1865 ; Leon Albert, b. Aug. 24. 1869.
CRAFTS, CHARLES DWIGHT, 8 Israel,7 m. (1) Eliza T. Ilouston : chil. Charles Pierce, b. Oct 15, 1855 ; Minnie II., b. May 10, 1858, d. March 7, 1859 : Eliza T .. d. July 20, 1860, aged 27 : m. (2) Mrs. Mount.
CRAFTS, LUTHER M., 8 Israel, 7 m. Elizabeth Perry, dau. of Allen Perry and Betsey Wright, July 3, 1857; chil. Allen Perry, b. June 6, 1859 ; William Wright, b. Oct. 30, 1861.
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CRAFTS, AUSTIN, 8 Justus,7 m. Mary S. Belden, dau. of Elisha Belden and Abigail Kellogg, Sept. 3, 1840; a farmer; lives in Claverack ; chil. Sumner Wesley, b. Sept. 5, 1841 ; Francis Austin, b. Oct. 18, 1845 ; Ellery Jefferson, b. Jan. 1, 1848; Allen Elisha, b. July 18, 1850 ; Marietta, d. young.
CRAFTS, GRAVES, 8 Justus,7 m. Mary P., dau, of Waldo R. Eastman ; chil. Fred. Alton, b. April 26, 1859; Henry Lorein, b. Nov. 28, 1860 ; Charles Austin, b. Oct. 6, 1864. He moved to Ludlow.
CRAFTS. LUMAN S.,8 Gad,7 m. Lorina T. Anderson, dan. of Herrick, May 29, 1855 ; chil. Lizzie Mary, b. June 22, 1857, d. April 29, 1865; Frank Anderson, b. July 8, 1859 ; Etta Clarissa, b. April 1, 1861 ; Carl- lon Herrick, b. May 11, 1866 ; Edson Stratton, b. April 11, 1868.
CRAFTS, CHESTER GRAVES, 8 Gad,7 m. Jane Graves, dau. of Plina Graves and Lucinda Field, Sept. 17, 1856. Ile built a house near the depot and has for some years been station agent, and a dealer in lumber, fertilizers, &e.
CRAFTS, SYLVANUS, 8 Gad,7 m. Caroline A. Smith, dan. of Henry Smith, Nov. 28, 1867 ; chil. Flora Hill, b. July 7, 1869; Lena Maria, b. Feb. 13, 1871.
CRAFTS, FREEMAN A., 8 Gad,7 m. Martha Edson, dau. of Harris Edson, Oct. 8, 1867. Ile is a carpenter; chil. Charles, b. July 14, 1869 ; Kate Electa, b. May 22, 1871.
CRAFTS, REUBEN,8 Erastus,7 m. (1) Lucinda Graves, dau. of Plyna, May 20, 1846 ; chil. Elizabeth Charlotte, b. March 24, 1847, d. Sept. 7, 1848; Henry Merriam, b. March 31, 1849; Elizabeth Charlotte, b. May 25, 1851, m. Charles R. Crafts. Wife Lucinda d. Sept. 20, 1851, aged 26; m. (2) Sarah Ilill; chil. Franklin ; Alice ; Leon. He has removed to New Bedford.
CRAFTS, ALONZO, 8 Erastus,7 m. Caroline Amanda, dau. of Moses O. Felton and Susan Cummings, Oct. 1, 1864. She was b. Feb. 23, 1827.
CRAFTS, WATER, 8 Erastus,7 m. Luey Alexander, dau. of George Alex- ander, and Mary Lyman, Jan. 1, 1851. She was b. Feb. 28, 1823; lives in the Lane with his father ; child, Lyman Alexander, b. Oct. 28, 1854.
CRAFTS, RODOLPHUS, 8 Erastus, 7 m. Fanny Thayer ; child, Lewis Porter, HIe d. Dec. 7, 1861. Family live in Bernardston.
CRAFTS, CHARLES R., 9 JJames M.,8 m. Elizabeth C. Crafts, dau. of Reuben and Lucinda, June 21, 1870 : child, Cora Louise, b. Aug. 22, 1871.
CRAFTS, IRVING BROWNE, 9 James M.8; m. Minerva Scott Field, dau. of Franklin Field and Alma Scott, Nov. 24, 1868. She was b. June 25, 1845.
CRAFTS, JOHN M.,9 Elbridge G.,8 m. Luanna E. Bardwell, dau. of Chester Bardwell and Lucinda Mather, Nov. 2, 1868; child, infant; d. young ; wife Luanna D. d. April 20, 1871.
CRAFTS, BELA KELLOGG,9 Ralph E., 8 m. Juliet M. Cook, dau. of James Cook and Angeline Kellogg, JJan. 25, 1865 ; chil. Fanny Angeline, b. Mar. 24, 1867 ; two children, b. Jan. 10, 1870, d. Jan. 1870.
CRAFTS, EDWARD C.,9 David,8 m. Mary L. Childs, dau. of Henry
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Childs and Mary Graves, Jan. 28, 1869 ; child, Harry Clinton, b. Feb. 8, 1870.
CRUMP, JAMES A., 1813, born in England, 1819; harness-maker ; rem. to Newark, N. J. He m. Nov. 24, 1814, Julia Bruce, dan. of Chester ; chil. Mari Isabel. b. Aug. 27, 1845; James A., b. Dec. 16, 1816: George IN., b. March 13, 1849, d. young ; Julia Annette, b. Nov. 25, 1850, d. young ; George Harlan, b. Oct. 16, 1852. d. young.
CURTIS, HOSEA, 1770, from New Marlborough. Ct. ; lived west of Pop- lar hill ; wife, Susanna ; chil. Hosea, bap. Aug. 27, 1775; Lucy, bap. Aug. 27, 1775; Dorus. Molly Curtis d. March 28, 1776, aged 13.
CUTLER. JAMES; blacksmith ; rem. to Hatfield. He m. a daughter of Thomas Clark ; chil. Thomas Clark : Lorenzo Dow, m. Pamelia Clapp; Mary ; Angeline ; James Dexter, m. Eliza Billings.
DAUGHERTY, SAMUEL, 1806, a painter; rem. to Belchertown; chil. Angelina, b. Oct. 31, 1806 : Honzo : Caroline.
DICKINSON. - The several families of this name in Whately are descended from Nathaniel Dickinson, of Wethersfield, Ct., who came to Hadley, 1659 ; rem. to Hatfiell, but d. in Hadley, June 16, 1676. Freeman, 1661; deacon ; recorder. Ilis wife was Anne. From his son Samuel are descended Moses, Gideon, and Abner : from his son Nathaniel is de- scended Dr. Benjamin ; and from his son JJoseph is descended Joel. Ilis son, Azariah, was k. in the Swamp Fight in Whately, Aug. 25, 1675.
DICKINSON, MOSES, 4 Samuel,3 Samuel, 2 Nathaniel,1 b. Sept. 28, 1711 ; built a dairy-house in Whately, in the orchard west of wid. Orrin Dick- inson's. Ile m. Oct. 24, 1737, Anna Smith, dau. of Joseph and his wife Canada Wait; she d. March 7, 1804, aged 92; chil. Samuel, b. March 9, 1719 ; Rebecca ; Miriam, m. Silas Billings ; Irena ; Anna, m. John Bullard; Martha, m. William Mather.
DICKINSON, SAMUEL,5 Moses, 4. d. July 21, 1803. Ile m. Feb. 8, 1774, Mary Dickinson, dau. of Salmon, b. Dee. 15, 1754, d. April 15, 1842 ; chil. Charles, b. April 2, 1779, d. Oct. 23, 1858, unm. ; Moses, b. Mar. 2, 1781 : Oliver, b. Oct. 23, 1782.
DICKINSON, MOSES,6 Samuel,5 lived on the place now owned by his children ; d. JJuly 29, 1812. He m. Mary Graves, dau. of David, who d. Aug. 20, 1826 ; chil. Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1803; Mary, b. Nov. 9, 1804; Horace, b. May 9, 1806, d. July 10, 1870, unm. ; Louisa, b. Aug. 10, 1808, m. Lemuel A. Wait; Sophia, b. July 18, 1809, m. Dennis Taylor ; Irene, b. Feb. 24, 1811.
DICKINSON, OLIVER, 6 Samuel, 5 built where the wid. of Orrin now lives ; d. Feb. 11, 1852. Hle m. April 19, 1810, Judith Scott, dau. of Abel; chil. Orrin, b. Nov. 20, 1811; Dwight, b. Sept. 12, 1814, d. Dec. 16, 1848 ; Mary Ann, b. Aug. 7, 1816, d. May 25, 1846 ; Oliver.
DICKINSON, ORRIN,7 Oliver ;6 wife, -: chil. Dwight ; Charles ; George.
DICKINSON, GIDEON,5 Gideon,4 Nathaniel,3 Samuel,2 Nathaniel,1 b. Dec. 29, 1744. As early as 1770, he bought the farm known as the Dexter Dickinson place ; seleetman five years ; d. Sept. 2, 1811. Ile m. Lydia
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Diekinson, dan. of Daniel, b. Nov. 21, 1746, d. Aug. 8, 1812 ; chil. Lydia, m. Abijah Harding ; Asa, bap. Feb. 6, 1774; Daniel, b. Aug. 28, 1778; Gideon, bap. Aug. 3, 1781; Ruth, b. 1784, m. William Barnard ; Dexter, b. June 12, 1788 ; Giles, b. July 30, 1790; others d. young.
DICKINSON, ASA, 6 Gideon, 5 d. April 10, 1843. He m. Polly IHopkins, dau. of Seth, of Conway ; chil. infant, b. 1810; Seth, b. 1812; Merrick, b. Jan. 30, 1814 ; Lydia, b. July, 1815 ; Asa, b. Nov. 8, 1818 ; Wells, b. April, 1821 ; Ruth, b. July, 1823, d. young.
DICKINSON, DANIEL, 6 Gideon,5 lived where E. C. Allis now lives : d. Nov. 4, 1830. Hle m. Nov. 9, 1813, Polly Scott, dau. of Selah ; she d. Sept. 7, 1859, aged 75; chil. Dennis, b. 1814; Electa, b. July 30, 1816, m. Jerre Graves ; Elvira, b. May 28, 1818, d. young ; Rufus, b. Aug. 29, 1819 ; Elvira, b. Aug. 28, 1821, m. Elliot C. Allis ; Esther, b. Nov. 7, 1823, m. Thomas L. Allis ; Daniel, b. July 10, 1826.
DICKINSON, GIDEON, 6 Gideon,5 d. 1871. He m. July 1, 1813, Demis Wait, dau. of Elihn ; chil. Champion, m. Julia Osborne ; Clementine, m. Horace Graves ; Hamilton, m. Hepzibah Cook ; Gideon ; Demis ; Sylvester. d. 1871.
DICKINSON, DEXTER,6 Gideon,5 lived on the homestead ; d. March 4, 1868. Ile m. Deney Whitney, dau. of Jonathan, b. Aug. 6, 1796, d. Aug. 23, 1851; chil. Lucy W., b. Nov. 30, 1818, m. Charles B. Stearns, of Conway ; Jonathan IV., b. March 23, 1823: Lorenzo, b. March 14, 1827, d. July 19, 1850.
DICKINSON, GILES, 6 Gideon,5 lived a few rods west of the old home- stead ; d. Oet. 16, 1865. He m. (1) June 1, 1820, Sarah Bardwell, dau. of Chester, who d. April 13, 1826 ; (2) JJulia Bardwell, dau. of Chester, who d. Nov. 2, 1845; chil. Clarissa, b. July 26, 1821, m. Merrick Dickinson ; Calcb, b. July 8, 1823; Levi, b. July 22, 1825, d. Aug. 31, 1847 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 23, 1828, m. D. Foster Bardwell : Juliaette, b. Feb. 3, 1831, m. Frank Bigelow ; Otis, b. June 16, 1833, d. June 14, 1841; Myron, b. Jan. 21, 1836 ; Foster, b. Nov. 15, 1838.
DICKINSON, SETHI,7 Asa, 6 rem. to Peru, Vt. He m. (1) Sarah Stanley, who d. Nov. 9, 1851 ; (2) Feb. 10, 1853, Laura Miner, of Windsor, Mass ; chil. Lydia Anna, b. June 8, 1848 ; Luman Pease, b. July 20, 1855 ; Wells, b. June 17, 1857.
DICKINSON, MERRICK,7 Asa,6 rem. West; m. Dee. 18, 1841, Clarissa Diekinson ; chil. Otis B., b. Aug. 20, 1842; Arthur D., b. Feb. 10, 1847.
DICKINSON, ASA,7 Asa,s lives on the Lyman Harding place ; m. Fanny Kentfield, dau. of Samuel; child, Arthur, b. Feb. 15, 1848.
DICKINSON, DENNIS,7 Daniel,6 lives on the Dr. Bardwell place ; town clerk ; post-master ; m. June 18, 1851, Elvira Graves, dau. of Levi and Editha ; chil. Daniel, b. May 25, 1852, d. Sept. 28, 1852 ; Ella Scanderlin, adopted, b. 1853, d. July 2, 1864.
DICKINSON, RUFUS,7 Daniel,6 lives on Spruce hill ; m. April 25, 1844, Julia S. Mather, dau. of Joseph ; chil. Mary Jane,' b. April 24, 1845, m. Matthew Farrell : George, b. July 21, 1846 ; Frank, b. Nov. 9, 1850.
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DICKINSON, DANIEL,7 Daniel ; 6 carpenter ; lives on the Graves Crafts place : m. Jan. 1. 1856, Amanda M. Crafts, dau, of Cotton.
DICKINSON, JONATHAN W.,7 Dexter, 6 lives on the old homestead ; m. May 1, 1850, Ophelia E. Bartlett, dan. of Dexter, b. Oct. 27, 1830, d. March 22, 1872; chil. Lucy, b. Jan. 28, 1852; John Wilkie, b. Oct. 11, 1854; Lizzie Josephine, b. May 15, 1859 ; George Sherman, b. July 29, 1863.
DICKINSON, CALEB,? Giles,6 rem. to Hatfield. He m. Jan. 4, 1849, Almaria L. Rice, dau. of Rodolphus, b. June 11, 1827 ; chil. Edgar II., b. Dee .. 15, 1819, m. Jan. 4, 1871, Josephine L. Snow ; Amelia J., b. Mar. 5, 1852 : Charlotte B., b. June 4, 1859; Sarah B., b. May 28, 1862; Alfred M., b. Ang. 21, 1864; Frank C., b. Oct. 15, 1869.
DICKINSON, MYRON,7 Giles,6 rem. to Conway. He m. July 13, 1862, Laura Lee ; chil. Alice 1 .. , b. May 11, 1863, d. Sept. 22, 1865 ; Annie L., b. Nov. 20, 1867 ; Harry Foster, b. June 3, 1870.
DICKINSON, GEORGE," Rufus,7 lives on Spruce hill ; m. April 5, 1871, Myra E. Fairfield, dau. of George W.
DICKINSON, ABNER,4 Ebenezer, 3 Samuel, 2 Nathaniel, 1 b. Jan. 6, 1724. In May, 1772, he built a house south of Lyman Dickinson's; d. Sept. 28, 1799. He m. Sarah Smith, dau. of John and Elizabeth ; she d. May 27, 1813, aged 83: chil. Ebenezer ; Mary; Apphia ; Jehu, b. May 8, 1758; Betsey. m. Joel Smith ; Hannah, m. Abner Nash ; Abner, b. Sept. 8, 1766 ; Alpheus, b. Nov. 10, 1768; Content, b. May, 1773, m. Sept. 12, 1799, Joseph Sanderson.
DICKINSON, JEHU, 5 Abner,4 lived on the homestead ; a blacksmith ; d. Oct. 26. 1814. He m. Eleanor Pomeroy, b. Dee. 11, 1760, d. Nov. 15, 1851; chil. Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1784, m. David Graves ; Eurotas, b. Jan. 21, 1787 ; Adeney, b. April 16, 1790, m. Lewis Morton ; Delia, b. Dec. 6. 1792, m. Luther Gunn ; Lyman, b. June 24, 1795 ; Nouh, b. Jan. 22, 1797, d. Dec. 26, 1814 : Jehu, b. Sept. 22, 1801, d. Sept. 16, 1801.
DICKINSON, ARNER.5 Abner, 1 m. Nov. 14, 1799, Martha Wells ; chil. Samantha, b. Sept. 2, 1800; Jonathan ; Wells ; Eliza.
DICKINSON, ALPHEUS,5 Abner, removed to Preston, N. Y. Ile m. 1795, Martha Murphy, b. May 27, 1775; chil. Rodolphus, b. Jan. 9, 1796, d. April 2, 1797 ; Rodolphus, b. Dec. 28, 1797, grad. at - Coll., M. C. from Sixth Dist., Ohio, 1846-49, d. in Washington, D. C., March 19, 1849; Alexandria, b. April 29, 1800; Alpheus Champion, b. April 16, 1802, d. Aug. 12, 1812; Obed Day, b. June 25, 1801; Martha Electa, b. May 14, 1808; Sarah Smith, b. April 30, 1810; Statira Almira, b. April 12, 1812.
DICKINSON, EUROTAS,6 Jehu.5 lived on the homestead ; then bought the brick house built by Reuben Winchell. He m. Sally Allis, dau. of Col. Josiah; chil. Henry 1., b. Oct. 27, 1812, m. Sarah Bartlett, lives in Monticello, Ga. ; Jehu Pomeroy, b. Jan. 17, 1815 ; Mary Ann W., b. Sept. 14, 1816, d. Feb. 7, 1820 ; Thomas S., b. July 24, 1818; Elial Allen, b. Feb. 5, 1820; Salmon White, b. May 7, 1822; Mary Almira, b. April 12,
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1825, d. Aug. 10, 1827; Sarah Ann, b. June 13, 1827 ; George E., b. June 21, 1829 ; Mary A., b. Aug. 4, 1833.
DICKINSON, LYMAN,6 Jehu,5 lives near the old homestead; m. Jan. 14, 1819, Experience Graves, dau. of Moses, who d. Feb. 23, 1850; chil. Noah, b. Sept. 5, 1820; Louisa, b. Dec. 26, 1821; Ashley G., b. March 8, 1824; Julia Ann, b. May 6, 1826, d. July 12, 1832; Lyman M., b. Sept. 25, 1828; Hiram.
DICKINSON, JENU P.,7 Eurotas,6 d. July 14, 1861. He m. (1) March 22, 1840, Fanny Bardwell, of Hatfield, d. Jan. 15, 1846 ; (2) Sept. 15, 18-16, Sarah Amelia Sanderson ; chil. Henry A., b. May 11, 1841, d. in the army ; Dwight L., b. July 2, 1843; Funny S., b. Jan. 9, 1846, m. George A. Smith, of Coleraine; Joseph, b. Jan. 12, 1851; Mary E., b. Oct. 6, 1854; Clara A., b. Jan. 16, 1856.
DICKINSON, THOMAS S.,7 Eurotas,6 rem. to Conway ; in. Jan. 4, 1843, Mary S. Marsh; chil. Alice C., b. Nov. 16, 1843, m. Daniel Burnett ; George B., b. Feb. 14, 1857 ; Frederick D., b. May 6, 1868.
DICKINSON, ELIAL A.,7 Eurotas,6 rem. to So. Hadley; m. Nov. 17, 1842, Sophia A. Bardwell, of Hatfield; chil. Ann Eliza, b. Aug, 22, 1844, d. July 4, 1862 ; Charles A., b. Oct. 12, 1846 ; Sarah S., b. Sept. 16, 1818 ; Clarence B., b. Sept. 17, 1850, d. March 13, 1851; son, b. Feb. 21, 1853, d .; Louisa A., b. April 23, 1856; Clarence S., b. Oct. 4, 1858.
DICKINSON, SALMON W.,7 Eurotas,6 lives in Amherst; m. Nov. 22, 1853, Sarah Hyde, of A .; chil. Jennie Mary, b. June 10, 1856 ; Anna White, b. Sept. 17, 1862.
DICKINSON, GEORGE E.,7 Eurotas,6 lives at Florence ; m. July 8, 1868, Emma A. Hayden.
DICKINSON, NOAH,7 Lyman, 6 m. April 9, 1850, Adaline Scott ; chil. Mary Esther ; Nettie Maria ; Hiram ; Herbert.
DICKINSON, ASHLEY G.,7 Lyman,6 lives in Westfield ; m. Dee. 5, 1855, Jane HI. Stebbins, of Deerfield : chil. Gertrude L., b. Dee. 26, 1856; William A., b. Oct. 8, 1858; Kittie M., b. April 17, 1862; Jennie S., b. Feb. 24, 1864.
DICKINSON, BENJAMIN,5 M. D., 1787-1804, Benjamin, 4 Nathaniel, 3 Nathaniel,2 Nathaniel ;1 from Sunderland; lived in the Lane; rem. to Hudson, N. Y. ; wife, Sarah ; chil. Charles, b. May 10, 1774; Justus, b. Jan. 8, 1780; Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1788; Levinus, b. Sept. 10, 1792.
DICKINSON, CHARLES, 6 Benjamin,5 M. D., a saddler ; kept tavern where Sylvester and Horace Graves now live; rem. to Heath. He m. Oct. 30, 1798, Sarah Wells, dau. of Rev. Rufus; child, Rufus Wells, b. Feb. 15, 1800.
DICKINSON, JOEL,4 Nathaniel,3 Joseph,? Nathaniel,1 1752. (See p. 61.) He was b. March 23, 1716; rem. to Conway ; chil. Elias ; Joel ; Nathaniel ; Reuben ; Mabel ; Rachel ; Betsey.
DOANE, SAMUEL; from Eastham ; son of Samuel; b. June 22. 1808; m. March 17, 1831, Miranda Crafts, dau. of Reuben ; chil. Charlotte MI., b. Sept. 22, 1831, d. July 7, 1813 : Lucius P., b. Sept. 20, 1833 : Levi
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W. L., b. Oct. 2, 1835, m. Mary E. Phillips ; Oscar L., b. Sept. 7, 1838, d. in the army.
DONOVAN, EDMUND, son of John, b. Nov. 1, 1820; lives on the Euro- tas Dickinson place. He m. Catharine Mason, dan. of George ; chil. John, b. Dec. 16, 1846; Eliza. b. July 20, 1848; James, b. July 31, 1850; Catharine, b. Oct. 15, 1852; Mary .1., b. Oct. 15, 1851; Edward, b. Oct. 16, 1859; Peter, b. Nov. 23, 1861.
EATON, ASA, 1788, a cooper; taxed on " faculty," 1789, £ 0 1s.
EATON JESSE, 1788, a brother of Asa and William.
EATON, WILLIAM, 1788, a blacksmith ; lived in the Straits ; chil. Asa, m. 1791, Polly Fisk, of Wendell ; JJoseph ; perhaps others.
EDSON, SAMUEL,' Salem, 1639; rem. to Bridgewater; deacon ; rep .; m. Susanna Orcutt. EDSON, JOSEPH,2 East Bridgewater; m. (1) Experi- ence Field ; (2) Mary Turner. EDSON, TIMOTHY, 3 m. 1719, Mary Alden, dau. of Joseph.
EDSON, JONATHAN,4 1773; b. 1728, Stafford, Ct. ; rem. to Ashfield, thence to Whately ; built a house east of the S. C. school-house ; d. Feb. 13, 1805. He m. Mehitable Lilly ; she d. June 20, 1805, aged 77; chil. Timothy ; JJonathan ; Mehitable, b. May 11, 1751, m. Martin Graves; Hannah, m. Paul Belden, Jr. ; Sarah, b. 1757, m. Russell Allis ; Polly, m. John Bardwell; Olive, m. Thomas Smith; Amasa, b. April 13, 1763; Samuel, m. Miriam Edson.
EDSON, TIMOTHY,5 rem. to Brookfield, Vt., and d. Sept. 30, 1834. Ile m. (1) Dec. 23, 1790, Hannah Bardwell; she d. Sept. 13, 1798; (2) Oct. 24, 1799, Mercy Graves ; she d. March 25, 1811 ; chil. Justus, bap. July 15, 1793, m. (1) Polly Paine ; (2) wid. Chamberlain ; Sarah ; Elijah, m. Dency White ; Hannah, m. Normas Goodale ; Linus ; Electa, m. Edson ; Betsey, m. Hiram Webb ; Chester.
EDSON, JONATHAN ; 5 he and his bro. Amasa lived on Dry hill; rem. to Brookfield, Vt .; m. Rebecca Graves, dau. of Oliver ; chil. Anna, m. Joel Brown ; Salmon, bap. June 25, 1786, m. Mary White ; Jonathan, m. Polly Edson ; Sophia, m. (1) Horatio Crane ; (2) Simon Cotton ; Lucius, m. Matilda Ainsworth ; Betsey.
EDSON, AMASA,5 after the b. of his fourth child rem. to Brookfield, Vt. ; d. Feb. 9, 1853. Ile m. Dec. 14, 1786, Hannah Morton, dau. of Oliver ; chil. Jerah, b. April 11, 1788, m. Sophia Stiles ; Harris, b. Ang. 21, 1791; Polly, b. Sept. 29, 1793, m. Salmon Edson; Oliver, b. Sept. 22, 1796; Lura, b. Sept. 1, 1798, m. Spencer Graves ; Emily, b. Dee. 11, 1800, m. Caleb A. Stratton ; Sophila, b. Nov. 13, 1803, m. Elijah Lyman ; Hannah, b. Oct. 10, 1806, m. Reuben Peck.
EDSON, HARRIS,6 m. (1) Mary Thatcher ; she d. Sept. 8, 1834; (2) Jan. 29, 1835, Emily Thatcher ; she d. Aug. 15, 1867 ; chil. George II., b. Ang. 30, 1826, d. May 1, 1865; Martha M., b. May 26, 1828, d. July 8, 1831; Eliza, b. Feb. 21, 1831, d. Aug. 6, 1857 ; Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1833, d. young ; . Abert E., b. Feb. 10, 1834, d. young; Charles M., b. Jan. 5, 1837, d. June 6, 1838; Catharine T., b. June 11, 1837, d. Oct. 25, 1865;
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Henry, b. Nov. 13, 1838, d. young; Charles A., b. Dec. 14, 1840, d. March 7, 1864; Martha A., b. May 19, 1843, m. Freeman A. Crafts ; Edwin T., b. Aug. 31, 1848, d. Sept. 6, 1856.
ELDER, WILLIAM.1 ELDER, JOHN,2 b. April 15, 1791; m. Jan. 13, 1814, Anna Chamberlain ; chil. William C., b. July 15, 1815; Abigail F., b. Sept. 27, 1817, m. Silas Crafts ; Roswell, b. Oct. 17, 1819; Walter, b. June 18, 1822 ; John, b. Oct. 11, 1825 ; Nathan, b. Nov. 22, 1828 ; Austin, b. April 18, 1830; Julia Ann, b. March 4, 1832, m. Charles Dyer ; James Austin, b. July 17, 1833 ; Charles M., b. Nov. 5, 1837.
ELDER, WALTER, 3 m. (1) Dec. 5, 1844, Maria Stanley ; she d. May 13, 1863; (2) July 24, 1865, Ann Eliza Wait, dau. of Joel and Nancy ; chil. Clarence, b. Sept. 24, 1846, d. Feb. 16, 1851 ; Clinton DeWitt, b. June 14, 1849, d. Sept. 6, 1860 ; Nellie M., b. Aug. 4, 1857.
ELDER, JAMES AUSTIN, 3 m. March 31, 1857, Ruth S. Crafts, dau. of Eli and Louisa ; chil. George A., b. May 13, 1858; Annie L., b. Feb. 24, 1860; Henry Clinton, b. Feb. 17, 1864.
EMMONS, RICHARD, M. D., 1812-15; teacher in S. W. District ; prac- ticed medicine ; rem. to Washington, D. C.
FAIRCHILD, EDWARD BAXTER, Rev. ; grad. Meadville, Pa. ; settled at Sterling ; chap. 34th Reg. Inf: M. V. ; enl. Aug. 8, '62, resigned July 3, '63; in Whately, 1865-68; rem. to Stoneham ; b. in Sunderland ; m. - Smith, of Meadville.
FARRELL, MATTHEW, b. 1837 ; son of John and Julia ; m. Mary Jane Diekinson, dau. of Rufus and Julia ; she d. Feb. 13, 1866 .; child, Emma, b. July 16, 1865.
FAXON, THOMAS; perhaps from Braintree, through Leicester ; lived on Staddle hill ; rem. to Deerfield ; wife; -; chil. Thomas ; Jacob Allen, m. Lydia -; Reuben ; Calvin ; Samnel ; Bathsheba ; Ruth.
FAY, WILLIAM, Capt., 1809-31 ; from Mason Village, N. H. ; carpen- ter; lived in the Straits ; rem. to the West ; wife, -; chil. Augustus ; Julia Ann ; and others.
FERGUSON, JOIN, Rev., b. Dunse, Scotland, Dec. 9, 1788; d. Nov. 11, 1858. Ile m. (1) Mary V. Hammet, Newport, R. I. ; (2) Margaret S. Eddy, of Providence, R. I. ; she d. May 6, 1871; chil. John, b. Jan. 1, 1815, m. Sarah Moore ; Margaret, b. Nov. 11, 1816, d. Dec. 19, 1819; Mary H., b. Feb. 25, 1820, m. Charles D. Stockbridge ; Peter, b. Dec. 13, 1821, d. Oct. 14, 1822 ; Peter, b. July 20, 1823, m. M. J. Bixby, of Keene, N. II .; William E., b. April 1, 1825, m. Lizzie Sawtelle, d. June 6, 1854; George R., b. March 19, 1829, m. Susan Pratt, of Andover ; Margaret E., b. Dec. 9, 1830, m. H. B. Allen, of New Haven, Ct. ; James A., b. Nov. 17, 1832, m. Claudia Churchill, of New Orleans, La. ; Anna B., b. May 3, 1835, d. Aug. 6, 1840 ; Abby Park, b. April 4, 1837.
FIELD, ZECHARIA11,1 in Hartford, Ct., 1639; rem. 1659 to Northamp- ton ; rem. 1663, to Hatfield. FIELD, JonN.2 m. Dec. 17, 1670, Mary Edwards, of Northampton. FIELD, JOHN,3 b. May 11, 1672, m. Sarah Coleman, of Hatfield. FIELD, ELIAKIM,4 b. Nov. 27, 1711, m. Esther
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Graves, dau. of David and Abigail ; chil. Zenas, b. Aug. 10, 1753; Sarah, b. April 22, 1755, m. David Scott; Zilpah, b. Nov. 13, 1756, m. Abner Loomis ; Rhoda, b. Oct. 26, 1758, m. Elisha Wait ; John, b. Aug. 25, 1760 ; Abigail, b. July 21, 1762, m. Roger Dickinson ; Dacid, b. April 11, 1764; Esther, b. Apr. 4, 1767; Hannah, b. June 21, 1769, m. (1) Samuel Grimes ; (2) Oliver Cooley.
FIELD, ZENAS, 5 settled where Paul W. Field now lives : d. July 3, 1819. He m. (1) March 12, 1778, Sarah Burroughs ; she d. Sept. 10, 1810, aged 53; m. (2) June 2, 1811, Lydia Catheart ; she d. May 2, 1850, aged 85 ; chil. Lydia, b. Sept. 17, 1782, d. June 12, 1787 ; Orange, b. Dee. 2, 1781, d. June 14, 1787; John, b. Sept. 10, 1786, d. May 27, 1787 ; Lydia, b. June 8, 1788, m. Eli Judd ; Orange, b. Feb. 22, 1790; John, b. Oct. 10, 1792; Rhoda, b. Nov. 21, 1794, m. Joel Burroughs ; Zenas, b. Sept. 22, 1796, m. - Drake; Sarah, b. Nov. 11, 1798, m. Heber Eggleston ; Esther, b. Sept. 21, 1800, m. John Bridgeman.
FIELD, ORANGE, 6 m. April 8, 1811, Rhoda Graves, dau. of John.
FIELD, JOHN, 6 m. Nov. 17, 1816, Abigail Warner ; chil. Clymena, b. May 26, 1817, m. Cornelius Pomeroy, of Southampton ; Paul Warner, b. May 30, 1819, d. March 26, 1821 ; infant, b. Sept. 3, 1821 ; Paul Warner, b. Dec. 19, 1823; infant, b. Nov. 29, 1827 ; John Wright, b. April 12, 1830, d. March 16, 1832; Lemuel Bates, b. July 28, 1832 ; John Wright, b. March 16, 1835.
FIELD, PAUL W.,7 lives on the old homestead ; in. Aug. 22, 1847, Julia M. Damon ; chil. Salma Watson, b. July 27, 1851 ; Frank Warner, b. Feb. 15, 1853 ; Charles Henry, b. Nov. 15, 1855; Effie Rosella, b. Feb. 28, 1858.
FIELD, NOAH.5 Moses,4 Ebenezer,3 Samuel,? Zechariah.1 1773; from Conway ; d. July 8, 1797, aged 46. He m. Aug. 19, 1773, Mary Brown ; chil. Noah, b. Aug. 13, 1775, d. July 19, 1813; Edward, b. Feb. 6, 1780; Obed, joined the Shakers, Shelby, N. Y. ; Polly, m. John Clark, of N. Y. ; Charity ; Fanny, m. Silas Smith; Lucinda, b. May 11, 1790, m. Plyna Graves : Content, mn. Sylvanus Clark ; Lucy, m. M. Ware, of Buckland.
FIELD, WILLIAM WALTER, 6 Walter, 5 Jonathan,4 Joseph, 3 Joseph 2 Zechariah,1 m. Dec. 23, 1852, Sarah (Sanderson) Frary, wid. of Silas B .; chil. George Dwight, b. Sept. 16, 1853; Ida Clary, b. Jan. 28, 1858.
FISHER, BENJAMIN, 1816 ; wife, Delight ; rem. to Brattleboro', Vt.
FLEMING, THOMAS, son of William ; b. 1836, m. May 21, 1862, Johanna Hafey; chil. Katy, b. March 6, 1863; Anne. b. Oct. 31, 1864 ; Margaret, b. April 25, 1866 ; Nicholas, b. July 10, 1868.
FOOTE, ALDEN A., son of David, of Conway ; b. 1821, d. June 2, 1858. He m. Jan. 5, 1848, Julia E. Wells, dan. of Calvin ; she d. Aug. 31. 1858; chil. Lucy Ellen, b. June 24, 1850; Frances Ermina, b. Aug. 6, 1855 ; daughter, b. July 28, 1858.
FORD, LEVI,3 Orrin,2 Lebbeus, 1 b. Aug. 2, 1832 : m. (1) April 2, 1856, Nettie Utley ; she d. Jan. 8, 1861 ; (2) June 11, 1870, Eliza Bassett ; chil. Fred Lucius, b. March 25, 1857; Mary Alice, b. Feb. 28, 1860.
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Fox, HORACE B.,3 Jared,2 William,1 1834 ; from Bernardston ; black- smith ; lives on the Oliver Morton place ; b. May 1, 1813, m. July 2, 1835, Hannah S. Sanderson, dau. of Elijah ; chil. Albert S., b. Aug. 11, 1837 ; W. Irving, b. Dec. 24, 1841.
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