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WAIT, ELIHU, 4 Elisha, 3 bought where Rufus Wait now lives ; d. July 19, 1828. He mn. (1) April 29, 1779, Rebecca Graves, d. Aug. 11, 1821;
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(2) Electa Kellogg, d. Nov. 9, 1838; chil. Lucretia, b. Nov. 5, 1779; Polly, b. April 5, 1784, m. Joel Munson; Catrin, b. May 22, 1785; Demis, b. June 26, 1786, m. Gideon Dickinson ; Salty, b. JJuly 26, 1787, m. Spencer Brown ; Luther, b. Jan. 21, 1788; Roca, b. April 16, 1789, in. John Rice : Rufus, b. July 9, 1790; Chester, b. Dec. 21, 1793, rem. to Leroy, N Y. ; Rebecca, b. Dec. 12, 1795, m. Abner Cooley ; Etihu, b. June 2, 1797, rem. to Leroy, N. Y. ; Sylvester, b. June 12, 1799, rem. to Leroy, N. Y.
WAIT, CONSIDER, 1 Elisha, 3 lived on Poplar hill; d. Dec. 4, 1829. Ile m. (1) Sarah Lull; (2) Elizabeth Weaver, d. July 28, 1822, chil. Nancy. b. Nov. 29, 1788, m. Chester Morton ; Cynthia, b. Jan. 20, 1790, m. Levi Smith ; James, b. March 18, 1791, rem. to Ohio ; Enos, b. April 1, 1792; Henry. b. March 27, 1793; Sally, b. June 16, 1796, m. Justin Brown ; William, b. Nov. 11, 1797, m. Mary Chamberlain ; John, b. May 26, 1799, m. Lucinda Dickinson ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1801, m. Emmons Meekins.
WAIT, JONATHAN, + Elisha,3 lived on Grass hill ; d. April 6, 1835. He m. (1) March 1, 1797, Betsey Brown, b. March 1, 1777, d. Jan. 23, 1817 : (2) Nancy Robinson, b. April 24, 1784, chil. Eliza, b. May 26, 1798, m. Alanson Ring ; Amy, b. Aug. 11, 1800, m. Eri Sanderson ; Horace, b. 1802; Martha, b. Dec. 2, 1803, m. Aretas Train ; Elsie, b. Jan. 14, 1806, m. W. II. Judd; Alpha, b. Dec. 16, 1807 ; Delight, b. April 20, 1810, m. Joel Flagg ; Horace, b. Sept. 29, 1811; Sophia, b. Sept. 10, 1813 ; Spencer, b. Oct. 5, 1814; daughter, b. Jan. 23, 1817; Nancy, b. Oct. 6, 1820; Betsey, b. Sept. 22, 1822; Electa, b. Oct. 26, 1821; Chaun- cey, b. Dec. 5, 1828, d. of wounds, June 27, 1864.
WAIT, LEMUEL, 5 landlord Joel4, lived at Westbrook bridge; d. Sept. 19, 1847. Ile m. Feb. 23, 1795, Roxa Allis, dan. of Russell ; chil. Russell. b. July 29, 1796 ; Dency, b. Dee. 21, 1798, m. Elijah Burnap, of Sutton ; Harris, b Nov. 17, 1800; Lemuel A., b. Jan. 12, 1803; Roxana, b. Feb. 9, 1805, m. Cyrus B. Bardwell ; Fidelia, b. May 10, 1807 ; Allen, b. Nov. 5, 1809, m. Susan Pratt; William, b. March 31, 1812; Electa, b. Ang. 1, 1814, d April 17, 1861 ; Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 22, 1816, m. Rufus Mosher.
WAIT, OBADIAH,5 landlord Joel,4 a cooper; rem. to Chicopee; d. Dec. 10, 1853. He m. Jan. 12, 1804, Salome Swift; chil. Aloristan, b. Dec. 13, 1805, m. Althea Vining ; Alonzo. b. Aug. 4, 1807, m. Ann Adams ; Caroline, b. July 19, 1811, m. Cullen Vining : Fanny, b. July 21, 1813. m. Grosvenor Bowers ; Sanford, m. Clementine Look ; George ; Carlos, b. Oct. 21, 1828, d. May 16, 1851.
WAIT, JOEL,5 landlord Joel, + lived near R. T. Morton's corner ; d. Feb. 15, 1861. He m. Nancy Bartlett, dan. of Daniel ; chil. Aun Eliza, h. March 22, 1824, m. Walter Elder; Lord Nelson, b. Ang. 9, 1825; Daniel Bartlett, b. Aug. 25, 1828, d. April 26, 1867 ; Aaron Elam, b. Ang. 30. 1831 : Henry Morton, b. March 23, 1831 ; Joel Lyman, b. April 3), 1836; Wright Noble, b. July 4, 1838; Arthur Alfred, b. Aug. 30, 1841; Nancy Cornelia, b. Feb. 23, 1843, d. Oct. 11, 1853.
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WAIT, JOHN, 5 landlord Joel, 4 rem. to Wendell ; m. Feb. 24, 1822, Har- riet Coburn ; chil. Sylrester C., b. May 16, 1826.
WAIT, CALVIN,5 Elihu, 4 m. April 4, 1811, Sarah Brown, dan. of John ; chil Louisa, m. Franklin Graves ; Minerva, m. Dwight Boyden ; Dolly ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1824, m. Edward Graves; Sarah, m. Horace Blan- chard ; Ariette, m. William P. Smith.
WAIT, LUTHER, 5 Elihu, 4 a clothier ; d. June 4, 1846. He m. Experience Dickinson, dau. of Aaron.
WAIT, RUFUS, 5 Elihu, 4 lives on the homestead ; m. Abigail Dickinson, dau. of Roger ; she d. Oct. 4, 1853 ; chil. Charles E., b. March 10, 1814 ; George A., b. April 4, 1823; Rebecca G., b. June 6, 1826, d. Sept. 4, 1838; Rufus D., b. April 12, 1853.
WAIT, JAMES, 5 Consider, 4 m. Eliza Ashley ; chil. Semantha J., b. April 25, 1823, d. young ; Hester F., b. June 19, 1825, m. William Ross ; James L., b. Sept. 1, 1827, m. Sarah Ross ; Charles G., b. April 2, 1830; Julius B., b. Sept. 19, 1832, k. at the battle of Stone River, 1863, m. Lovina Francis ; George F., b. Dec. 29, 1835, m. - Martin ; Mary E., b. May 6, 1839, d. June 10, 1855; Enos A., b. July 21, 1841, m. Marion Fuller ; John B., b. March 19, 1844, m. Nancy Wait; Judd, b. Aug. 21, 1848, d. April 21, 1853.
WAIT, ENOS, Capt., 5 Consider,4 rem. to Brunswick, O., d. March 2, 1869. Hle m. Martha Allis, dau. of Daniel ; chil. James Monroe, b. Sept. 4, 1817 ; George, b. Dec. 6, 1819 ; John, b. July 24, 1823; Elisha, b. Nov. 1, 1827.
WAIT, HENRY,5 Consider, 4 m. Sophia Allis, dau. of Daniel ; chil. Fidelia, b. Feb. 3, 1818; Sophia, b. Dec. 12, 1820; Henry, b. Sept. 16, 1822; Dwight, b. June 18, 1828; Lucius, b. Dec. 12, 1835; Nancy, b. Feb. 2, 1838; Angelina, b. July 21, 1844.
WAIT, JOHN,5 Consider, 4 rem. to Athol; d. Jan. 5, 1853. He m. Lucinda Dickinson, dau. of Roger; chil. Samuel Grimes, b. 1827, d. June 2, 1853 ; James; Milton ; Helen.
WAIT, ALPIIA,5 Jonathan, 4 lives at north end of Grass hill ; m. Almira Judd, of Northampton ; chil. Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1838, m. E. E. Sanderson ; Lydia A., b. April 16, 1841 ; Mary E., b. May 22, 1843; Francis E., b. Sept. 6, 1847.
WAIT, HORACE,5 Jonathan, 4 rem. to No. Hatfield ; m. (1) June 30, 1836, Julia Robinson, dau. of Apollos ; (2) Mary Bridgeman ; chil. William R., b. Sept. 6, 1837, k. before Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; Emily J., b. Aug. 5, 1841 ; Julia, b. May 11, 1843, m. Lyman Abbott ; Edward C., b. July 16, 1847.
WAIT, RUSSELL, 6 Lemuel,5 lived at West Brook bridge; m. Nov. 12, 1816, Mary Anna Emma Morton, dau. of Daniel ; chil. Chauncey S. ; Albert A. ; Merana ; Julia Ann, m. Edwin Brainard; Fidelia, m. Hon. Jolın Smith, of Missouri ; Lyman R. ; Emily.
WAIT, HARRIS,6 Lemuel,5 d. May 7, 1868. Ile m. (1) Phebe Hunt, d. Sept. 1, 1830; (2) Louisa Bowman ; chil. Mary Ophelia, b. Feb. 8, 1829, m. George Russell; Laura Louisa, b. Feb. 19, 1839, d. Feb. 2, 1846.
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WAIT, LEMUEL A.,6 Lemuel,5 m. Louisa Dickinson, dau. of Moses ; chil. Almira ; Sophia.
WAIT, WILLIAM, 6 Lemuel,5 rem. to Ludlow ; m. Asenath Dutton ; chil. Lemuel D., b. March 12, 1815, m. Angelia M. Fairbanks ; and others.
WAIT, AARON E.,6 Joel,5 m. Nov. 1, 1853, Naney E. Dane; chil. Willis Edgar, b. Nov. 8, 1854, d. Aug. 16, 1856; Charles E., b. Nov. 6, 1856, d. July 21, 1863; Anna E., b. Nov. 13, 1858, d. June 15, 1863.
WAIT, SYLVESTER C., 6 John,5 m. (1) May 15, 1850, Abby A. Horton, b. July 11. 1832, d. Sept. 20, 1858; (2) Mary A. Thayer, b. Nov. 25, 1842; chil. Julius Edward, b. Jan. 2, 1851, d. Sept. 12, 1853; Herbert Leslie, b. Feb. 7, 1858, d. young ; Anna Leslie, b. Sept. 2, 1861; Abby Amelia, b. April 3, 1865.
WAIT, CHARLES E., 6 Rufus,5 rem. to Bolton ; m. Mary C. Brown ; chil. Charles Atwood, b. Feb. 14, 1844, m. Anna Miller; Edward O., b. Feb. 15, 1847.
WAIT, GEORGE A., 6 Rufus,5 m. Mary S. Batehelder, of Conway ; child, Abby Amelia, b. Oct. 15, 1860, rem. to No. Amherst.
WAIT, RUFUS D., 6 Rufus,5 lives on the old homestead ; m. July 2, 1857, Eunice A. Polley, of Williamsburg; chil. Harriet 31., b. Oct. 18, 1858; Lottie B., b. Sept. 16, 1862; daughter, b. Sept. 3, 1871.
WAIT, JAMES MONROE, 6 Enos,5 m. Olive Miller ; chil. Mary L., h. March 11, 1815, m. William E. Williams ; Wesley P., b. March 11, 1817, m. Clarissa Collier; Chester E., b. March 17, 1851 ; Fremont A., b. Oct. 18, 1855; Oliver G., b. June 17, 1858; Sanford L., b. Oct. 29, 1861. WAIT, GEORGE, 6 m. Sarah Francis ; child, Milton E., b. Dec. 17, 1846, m. Lucy Meacham. WAIT, JOHN, 6 m. Martha Swift ; child, Nancy M., b. Sept. 7, 1845, m. Daniel Mercer. WAIT, ELISHA, 6 m. Harriet Swift ; chil. Morris J .. b. March 13, 1852; Sarak E., b. Oct. 30, 1857.
WAIT, NATHAN,3 Jeremiah,2 Benjamin,1 b. Feb. 15, 1711 ; lived with his son Jeremiah where J. B. Wait now lives ; d. Nov. 25, 1798. 1Ic m. Hannah Billings, dau of Richard ; chil. Mary, b. June 5, 1740; Jeremiah, b. Dec. 16, 1742 ; Elijak, b. Feb. 3, 1744 ; Asa, b. March 23, 1747.
WAIT, SIMEON,3 bro. of Nathan, b. abt. 1716. Before 1764, he settled in the Lane; prob. owned lots No. 36 and 37 in the Second Division of Commons : sold to Abial Bragg and moved to the Straits ; m. Feb. 8, 1739, Martha Dickinson ; chil. Martha, b. Oct. 5, 1714; Miriam, b. July 5, 1747; Gad, b. March 10, 1751, m. Dec. 19, 1771, Hannah Brown.
WAIT, JEREMIAH, ! Nathan, 3 d. March 16, 1817. He m. Rachel Bement, of Ashfield, d. Dec. 23, 1814, aged 72; chil. Oliver, b. April 10, 1763, d. May 25, 1784; Miriam, b. Nov. 7, 1764, d. July 26, 1790; Nathan, b. Sept. 2, 1766; Gad, b. Sept. 8, 1768; Benjamin, b. Sept. 15, 1770; Rachel, b. March 5, 1773, d. young ; Mary, b. June 5, 1775, d. young ; Lois, b. May 30, 1777, d. May 27, 1787; Jeremiah, b. Oct. 15, 1779; Joseph, b. July 17, 1782, m. Lucretia Crafts.
WAIT, NATHAN,5 Jeremiah," lived on the homestead ; m. Lucy Munson, dau. of Reuben ; chil. Putty, b. Dec. 7, 1790; Thomas, b. Oct. 8, 1794; Lois, b. Aug. 25, 1796, m. Harwood Smith; Nancy, b. Nov. 23, 1798,
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m. Amasa Wade; Lucinda, b. Aug. 8, 1800, m. Reuben Jenney, Jr. ; Electa, b. Jan. 9, 1804, d. young ; Nelson, b. Dec. 4, 1805; Electa, b. Dee. 6, 1807, m. Otis Kingsley ; Lucy, b. Feb. 1, 1810; John Bement, b. Aug. 5, 1812 ; Julia, b. Nov. 26, 1815, m. Edward Warner.
WAIT, BENJAMIN,5 Jeremiah, 4 d. Sept. 28, 1830. Hle m. Polly Mott, of Goshen, d. March 15, 1864, aged 86; chil. Rebecca, b. Nov. 13, 1794, m. William Loomis; Erastus, b. Feb. 17, 1797 ; Sophia, b. Aug. 13, 1799, m. Daniel Nichols ; Charlotte, b. Jan. 2, 1802, d. Feb. 11, 1810; Sally, b. July 4, 1804, m. George W. Mather ; Irena. b. Dec. 8, 1806, m. Charles N. Miner ; Horace, b. July 15, 1809; Charlotte, b. Dec. 6, 1811, d. Oet. 20, 1830 ; Murtha, b. Aug. 8, 1815, m. W. B. McIntire.
WAIT, JEREMIAII,5 Jeremiah, 4 carpenter; d. June 30, 1855. He m. (1) Sarah Crafts, dau. of Moses, d. April 16, 1834; m. (2) Feb. 8, 1835, Clarissa Davis, d. April 30, 1854 ; chil. Pamela, b. Oet. 10, 1798, m Lewis Wells : Bathsheba, b. Sept. 11, 1800, m. Levi Graves ; Hannah, b. Dec. 5, 1802, d. young ; Horace, b. Nov. 17, 1804, d. young ; Darid, b. Aug. 15, 1807, d. Nov. 9, 1822; Sophronia, b. Oct. 14, 1809, m. J. M. Jewett ; Miriam, b. April 2, 1812, m. Nathaniel Hazleton ; Justin, b. Sept. 9, 1814; Eliza z., b. Aug. 11, 1816, d. young ; Eliza A., b. Oct. 16, 1818, m. Lewis Frary.
WAIT. THOMAS,6 Nathan,5 d. Sept. 14, 1856. IIe m. Jan., 1822, Electa Kingsley, dau. of Supply; chil. Cordelia, b. July 14, 1824, m. Daniel F. Morton ; Chester K., b. Aug. 12, 1825 ; Judith W., b. Dec. 15, 1828, m. William Stickney ; Charles D., b. Feb. 5, 1831 ; Mary, b. March 20, 1834, m. George Marks.
WAIT, NELSON,6 Nathan,5 m. Caroline Warner, of Leicester; chil. Horace, d. young ; Alonzo, d. young; George, b. 1840; Eliza Ann, b. July 1, 1842, m. John Avery ; Jenny, b. 1844, m. Charles Andrews ; Alonzo, d. young ; Ellen E. ; Joseph W. ; Thomas.
WAIT, JOHN BEMENT,6 Nathan,5 lives on the old homestead ; m. Dee. 6, 1838, Celia Ford, dau. of John ; chil. Alfred E., b. Sept. 20, 1840; John Edward, b. Dec. 12, 1843; Adelaide, b. Sept. 20, 1845, m. Arthur S. Stephens ; Arthur W., b. Dec. 27, 1847, d. young ; Willis F , b. Mar. 21, 1850; Marah M., b. Nov. 14, 1852; Francis D., b. Aug. 19, 1856, d. June 24, 1869 ; Anna L., b. Feb. 17, 1860.
WAIT, ERASTUS,6 Benjamin,5 m. April 10, 1820, Polly Burroughs, dau. of Stephen ; chil. George A., b. Feb. 24, 1821, m. Elizabeth Williams ; Mary A., b. May 12, 1823, m. JJohn Woolley ; Ella J., b Sept. 15, 1825, m. James B. Parish ; Seth A., b. June 27, 1827 ; Benjamin F., b. Feb. 1, 1830, m. Martha Ferris ; Charles II., b. May 26, 1834, m. Ella Stevens ; Charlotte, b. April 22, 1836, m. Rev. Johnson Wright ; Henrietta E., b. April 12, 1838, m. Frederick Backus; Sarah M., b. Aug. 25, 1840, m. Edwin Wright ; Julia A., b. Aug. 3, 1841, m. Edwin Ifannum ; Frederick P., b. Feb. 7, 1844; Clarence, b. Ang. 8, 1845, d. young.
WAIT, IFORACE, 6 Benj ,5 m. Aug. 15, 1839, Tamer A. Dexter ; chil. Henry M., b. June 28, 1840, m. Helen M. Finch ; Clark B., b. Sept. 14,
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1843, d. Jan. 9, 1856 ; Melancthon D., b. Oct. 1, 1846, d. young ; Herbert B., b. Feb. 7, 1818 ; Willis S., b. Sept. 29, 1851.
WAIT, JUSTIN, 6 Jeremiah, 5 m. Dec. 5, 1839, Mary A. Woolsey, dau. of Jonathan, of Brookline, Vt. ; chil. Edwin E., b. March 8, 1843; John IV., b. Aug. 15, 1846 ; Ellen M , b. Aug. 31, 1848, m. Charles Stowell ; Justin Frank, b. Jan. 25, 1853; Charles F., b. Dee. 24, 1856, d. JJuly 14, 1863.
WAIT, CHESTER K., 7 Thomas, 6 lives south of the centre cemetery ; m. Nov. 23, 1851, Miranda Hubbard, dau. of Elijah ; chil. Alice J., b. Nov. 15. 1857 ; Charles H., b. April 15, 1869.
WAIT, CHARLES D., 7 Thomas, 6 m. Nov. 14, 1861, Althea M. Fox, dan. of S. W. Fox.
WAIT, ALFRED EUGENE, 7 John Bement, 6 d. July 1, 1866. He m. Jan. 1, 1863, Elizabeth Franklin, dau. of Ilorace ; chil. Esther, b. Aug., 1864; Nettie, b. 1866. WAIT, JOHN E., 7 lives on the Thomas Wait place ; m. June 19, 1867, Eliza Stoddard, dau. of Nathan, of Templeton ; child, Arthur A .. b. Feb. 4, 1870.
WAIT, EDWIN E , 7 Justin, 6 rem. to Springfield ; m. July 28, 1868, Eliza A. White, dau of Rev. Calvin ; chil. Maude Estelle, b. Aug. 22, 1869. WAIT, JOHN W., 7 m. Oct. 3, 1868, Fanny O. Morgan, dau. of Theodore ; child, son, b. Oct. 24, 1871.
WAIT, JOEL, 1780, lived on Poplar hill, north of the Chester Brown place ; d. July 5, 1820, wife Mary Carey, dau. of Dea. Joseph ; chil. Joel, b. March 30, 1774, m. Leantha Hanks, of Thetford, Vt. ; Submit, b. Dec. 7, 1775; d. young ; Polly, b. Dec. 17, 1776, m. William Brown; Mercy, m. - Chamberlain, of Thetford, Vt. ; Hannah, m. Isaac Chap- man ; Submit, b. Dec. 9, 1780.
WAIT, JOHN, son of John and Mary, of Williamsburg, b. Nov. 4, 1781; m. Catharine Morton, dau. of Samuel Gillett Morton ; chil. Elvira, b. Aug. 8, 1806, m. J. F. Ilarwood ; Martha S., b. June 3, 1808, m. William F. Bardwell; Samuel G., b. Nov. 11. 1811.
WAIT, SAMUEL G.,2 d. April 6, 1861. HIe m. July 23, 1851, wid. Lorinda (Hayden) Frary, d. JJune 18, 1866, aged 44; chil. George ; Sam- uel ; Martha ; Charles H., b. JJuly 1, 1858.
WALKER, JACOB, 1753-87 ; a joiner ; lived on the place now owned by J. Austin Elder. See p. 160.
WARNER, JESSE, lived on Poplar Hill.
WARNER, LUTHER, 1814, wife Electa. WARNER, RALPIL, son of Luther ; b. Aug. 5, 1806, lives near the Baptist meeting-house; m. Almira Bennett, b. May 2, 1808; chil. Phineas, d. young ; Elliott A., b. March 15, 1830; Nancy B., m. Trueman Merritt, of Worcester; Mary L., m. Luther G. Stearns. WARNER, ELLIOTT A., son of Ralph, m. Sept. 22, 1852, Caro- line P. Brooker, dau. of John; chil. Emma A., b. Feb. 2, 1854, m. J. II. Hoar; Era May, b. June 14, 1870.
WARNER, EDWIN, son of Melzar, of Williamsburg; m. Oet. 5, 1848, Almira L. Smith, dau. of Seth; chil. Ella A., b. May 18, 1850; Seth Smith, b. April 25, 1853; Maria E., b. Jan. 6, 1854; Harriet A., b. Sept. 25, 1856 ; Alice E., b. Feb. 2, 1860; Jessie Isabel, b. Dec. 23, 1862, d. Aug. 2, 1865 ; Carrie A., b. June 25, 1870.
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WARNER, FOSTER Y., son of Josiah, of Amherst, b. July 17, 1810; m. March 2, 1837, Achsah Morton, dau. of Sylvester; chil. Emerson Clark, b. Ang. 26, 1839 ; Harriet Emma, b. May 12, 1842, d. Feb. 28, 1816; Osmyn Erwin, b. March 24, 1814; Melvin Eastman, b. Jan. 11, 1847, d. Jan. 4, 1819. WARNER, EMERSON C.,2 lives on the original John Wait place ; m. Nov. 11, 1860, Amanda Hunter, dau. of Abram, of Chester; chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 27, 1863; Minnie Bell, b. May 16, 1870.
WEEKS, ROBERT D., Prof., son of Rev. William R. ; rem. to Newark, N. J., m. (1) Sept. 28, 1843, Elvira J. Crafts, dau. of Rufus ; she d. Feb. 18, 1858; m. (2) Mary A. Green ; chil. William Rufus, b. Sept. 3, 1844, d. young ; Rufus Wells, b. Aug. 11, 1816; Lucy Raymond, b. May 26, 1848; Robert Griswold, b. July 16, 1850; George Franklin, b. July 2, 1852 ; John Randall, b. Jan. 18, 1856.
WELLS, HUGH,1 b. in Essex Co., England ; settled in Hartford, Conn., d. about 1645. Wife Frances ; she m. (2) Thomas Coleman ; moved with him to Hadley, and d. 1678. Hugh left sons, John, who settled in IIatfield, and was the ancestor of Noah; Thomas, who settled in Hadley, and was the ancestor of Rev. Rufus.
WELLS, JOHN,2 d. in Hatfield, Oct. 18, 1692; wife Sarah. WELLS, JouN, 3 d. in Hatfield, April 21, 1720, aged 49; wife Rachel Marsh.
WELLS, NOAH, 4 John, 3 b. Jan. 18, 1719; settled in Whately 1758. See p. 61. He m. Abigail Bardwell, dau. of Ebenezer; chil. Lemuel ; Elisha, b. July 30, 1747 ; Daniel ; Abigail, m. Paul Warner ; Simeon ; Perez, b. Nov. 19, 1757 ; Violet, m. Joel Morton ; John.
WELLS, LEMUEL,5 Noah, 4 d. in Hawley. Hle m. Lydia Scott, dau. of David ;3 chil. Israel, b. June 16, 1774 ; Lydia, mn. Israel Graves ; Lemuel ; Quartus, bap. Aug. 22, 1779 ; Noah, bap. Jan. 6, 1782, m. Jenny Fergu- son, d. at Sangersfield, N. Y. ; Gad ; Esther, m. Israel Crafts.
WELLS, ELISHA,5 Noah, 4 lived on the west side of Mount Esther; rem. to Hawley ; m. (1) Rhoda Graves ; (2) Amy -; chil. Amy, b. April 6, 1772, m. Daniel King ; Sarah, b. Nov. 12, 1773, m. - Bates ; Jonathan, b. Oct. 11, 1776 ; Thaddeus, b. Jan. 12, 1779, m. Prudence Blood; Abi- gail, b. Jan. 2, 1782, m. Asher Loomis ; Sabra, b. April 5, 1784, m. Noah Cooley ; Elisha, b. June 19, 1786, m. Rebecca Hull; Emily, b. June 2, 1788, m. Alvan Darby ; Clarissa, b. Dec. 3, 1790, m. Israel Crafts ; Ruth, b. Aug. 4, 1793.
WELLS, DANIEL,5 Noah, 4 m. May 19, 1774, Apphia Dickinson, dau. of Abner.
WELLS, SIMEON,5 Noah, 4 wife Sarah ; chil. Charles ; William, bap. Oct. 2, 1791; Sarah, bap. Nov 30, 1792.
WELLS, PEREZ, 5 Noah, 4 d. Jan. 23, 1852. He m. Elizabeth Crafts, dau. of Benoni, d. JJuly 30, 1848; chil. Chester, b. Dec. 30, 1782; Calvin, b. May 22, 1785 ; Lucinda, b. March 11, 1787, d. Aug. 31, 1794; Luther, b. Oct. 30, 1790; Rhoda ; Lewis ; Isauc, d. young ; Lewis, b. June 3, 1799; Lucinda, b. Aug. 3, 1802, m. Leander Clark ; Rhoda, b. May 17, 1806, d. March 15, 1853 ; Isaae, b. Nov. 27, 1808.
WELLS, ISRAEL,6 Lemuel,5 carpenter and wheelwright; rem. Dec.
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1817, to Bloomsbury, Pa. ; d. Feb. 21, 1853. He m. July 11, 1798, Dolly Smith, dau. of Gad, d. Dec. 27, 1836; chil. Sedgwick, b. Dec. 22, 1801; Theodore, b. April 24, 1804, m. Sept. 24, 1828, Martha Clark ; Laura, b. March 24, 1806, d. Oct. 21, 1814; Clarissa, b. March 7, 1809, d. May 5, 1814; Israel, b. August 8, 1812; Clarissa, b. April 8, 1814, m. William Rupert ; Moseley Dewey, b. April 16, 1817.
WELLS, JONATHAN, 6 Elisha,5 wife, Charlotte; chil. Amy, b. Feb. 6, 1809; Charlotte, b. Mar. 16, 1813; Judith B., b. Aug. 14, 1814 ; Willard, b. Aug. 8, 1816; Wealthy, b. Dec. 6, 1818, m. Newton Pease, of East- hampton ; Sully, b. Sept. 2, 1820.
WELLS, CHESTER, 6 Perez,5 blacksmith ; town clerk; d. June 8, 1854. Ile m. March 9, 1814, Hannah Bardwell, dau. of Moses, d. June 9, 1844; chil. Phila, b. July 25, 1815, d. young ; Phila, b. Oct. 27, 1817, d. April 4, 1851; Eurotas, b. June 26, 1819; Lucinda, b. March 5, 1824, d. Feb. 16, 1862; Almira, b. Aug. 8, 1825, m. Sept. 8, 1861, M. W. JJewett ; infant, b. and d. Jan. 5, 1828 ; Mary Jerusha, b. Nov. 10, 1829, d. April 25, 1836.
WELLS, CALVIN,6 Perez,5 selectman ; town treasurer ; rep. ; d. March 19, 1866. He m. Feb. 27, 1806, Thankful Crafts, dau. of John, d. May 19, 1863 : chil. John, b. Nov. 15, 1806; Nancy, b. May 6, 1809, m. Noah Crafts ; Porter, b. Jan. 5, 1813; Calvin, b. Oct. 18, 1821; Julia E., b. Sept. 15. 1824, m. Alden A. Foote.
WELLS, LUTHER,6 Perez,5 wheelwright; town treasurer; d. Sept. 22, 1866. He m. May 13, 1818, Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Joel, d. Jan. 7, 1862 ; chil. Charles, b. July 8, 1819 ; Joel Smith, b. Dec. 30, 1820; Ange- line. b. Aug. 15, 1823; Luther, and Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1827 : Perez MI., b. March 28, 1829; George, b. Dec. 24, 1831; Augusta, b. April 19, 1833.
WELLS, LEWIS, 6 Perez,5 d. March 19, 1854. Ile m. Dec. 3, 1821, Pamela Wait, dau. of Jeremiah; chil. Darid Dwight, b. Oct. 1, 1822; Warren E., b. March 22, 1825, d. young ; Warren E., b. Dee. 19, 1828; Isaac N., b. Dec. 21, 1830, d. July 17, 1860 ; Beulah C., b. Oct. 21, 1832, 1. Willard N. Beals. WELLS, ISAAC, 6 Perez,5 m. -; lives in III.
WELLS, SEDGWICK, 7 Israel, 6 m. July 24, 1825, Hannah A. Drehr ; chil. son, b. May 14, 1826; William E., b. March 3, 1828, d. Sept. 24, 1841; Julia P., b. April 8, 1830, m. P. MelInling ; Clarissa R., b. Feb. 5, 1834; Amelia E., b. July 19, 1836, m. Dr. Joseph P. Webb.
WELLS, ISRAEL, 7 Israel,6 lives at. Muncy, Pa. ; m. Nov. 14, 1835, Catharine F. Ilodge, b. June 14, 1814 ; chil. Theodore Clark, b. July 21, 1837 ; Thomas S., b. Jan. 29, 1839; Harvey S., b. Oct. 10, 1840 ; Clarissa, b. May 10, 1841, m. Joseph Fulmer; James B. C., b. Dec. 5, 1852. WELLS, MOSELY D., 7 Israel, 6 m. JJan. 9, 1814, Harriet Hawley, b. April 1, 1822; child, Mary Dolly, b. April 1, 1866.
WELLS, EUROTAS,7 Chester, 6 d. March 15, 1855. IIe m. Sept. 12, 1850, Sarah H. Forbes ; child, Mary Eunice, b. Feb. 27, 1853.
WELLS, PORTER,? Calvin,6 mm. April 30, 1810, Marietta Foote ; chil. John, b. May 17, 1841; Darid F., b. Feb. 11, 1815, d. Aug. 11, 1846;
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David P., b. Oct. 23, 1848; Calvin D., b. May 5, 1856, d. June 12, 1857.
WELLS, CALVIN,7 Calvin, 6 lives at Saratoga, N. Y. ; m. Jan. 31, 1848, Hannah M. Waterbury ; chil. Francis IV., b. Dee. 23, 1848 ; Allen B., b. Ang. 19, 1850; Cynthia A., b. Jan. 15, 1854; Fanny T., b. June 6, 1857, Charles M., b. Aug. 31, 1862.
WELLS, JOEL SMITH,7 Luther,6 rem. to Ohio; d. Sept. 26, 1868. He m. Ann E. Bailey, of Hampton, Can. ; chil. Letitia E., b. March 1, 1853 ; Tryphena, b. April 22, 1856, d. young.
WELLS, PEREZ M.,7 Luther,6 m. Dec. 25, 1861, Lucretia H. Whitman ; chil. George H., b. Oct. 31, 1862; Carrie J., b. March 8, 1864; Kate, b. Aug. 4, 1866.
WELLS, DAVID D.,7 Lewis,6 m. Oet. 25, 1846, Irena M. Cushman, dau. of Ezra, d. April 17, 1870; chil. Inez Gertrude, b. May 19, 1847, m. Rufus M. Swift; Mary Lucinda, b. Feb. 16, 1851; Nellie Julia, b. Mar. 6, 1853; Anna Cora, b. March 6, 1855. WELLS, WARREN E.,7 Lewis,6 m. Julia M. Coats, of Northampton.
WELLS, AMELIA E ,8 Sedgwick,7 m. (1) Dr. Joseph P. Webb, of Pitts- burg, Pa .; (2) Dec. 17, 1868, George W. Mingor ; ehil. Wells D., b. Oct. 18, 1858; Jennie P., b. June 6, 1861; Kate A., b. Sept. 19, 1863; Mary J., b. Dec. 5, 1865 ; Robert Walter, b. Aug. 23, 1869, d. Dec. 18, 1870; George W., b. April 1, 1871.
WELLS, THEODORE CLARK,8 Israel,7 m. Feb. 27, 1862, Mary Jane Johnson ; chil. Kate Lulu, b. May 23, 1863; Harvey Swaby, b. Nov. 20, 1865, d. Dec. 12, 1866 ; Israel Boyd, b. Nov., 1869.
WELLS, JOHN,8 Porter,7 m. Nov. 18, 1863, Sarah J. Root, of Westfield ; chil. Etta M., b. May 1, 1865, d. May 9, 1865; Ella L., b. July 25, 1866 ; Harry E., b. Aug. 10, 1868. WELLS, DAVID P.,& Porter,7 m. Nov. 15, 1871, Mary Jane Foster, dau. of Rev. John P. Foster.
WELLS, THOMAS,2 Hugh,1 b. about 1620; d. 1676; wife, Mary ; she m. (2) Samuel Belding. WELLS, EBENEZER,3 b. July 20, 1669 ; m. (1) Sarah Wait, dau. of Sergeant Benjamin ; (2) Sarah, widow of John Lawrence. WELLS, THOMAS, M. D., 4 of Deerfield, b. Sept. 25, 1693, d. 1744. He m. Sarah Hawks, who d. in Whately, Oet. 10, 1783, aged 82.
WELLS, RUFUS, Rev.,5 Thomas, M. D.,4 b. in Deerfield, Sept. 29, 1743; d. Nov. 8, 1834. Ile m. (1) Dec. 16, 1776, Sarah Porter, dau. of Rev. Nehemiah Porter, of Ashfield ; she d. April 27, 1796, aged 40; (2) Jan. 14, 1802, wid. Temperance Shepard, of Sharon, Conn., d. Oct. 7, 1830, aged 74; chil. Sarah, b. Oet. 6, 1777, m. Charles Dickinson ; Rebecca, b. Nov. 27, 1778, m. John Baker; son, b. July 5, 1780 ; Thomas, b. Dec. 12, 1781 ; Luke, b. March 28, 1783, d. young ; Luke, b. July 4, 1784; Elizabeth, b. March 25, 1786, m. Allen Baker ; Sophia, b. Sept. 30, 1787, d. young ; daughter, b. Nov. 26, 1789.
WELLS, THOMAS,6 Rev. Rufus,5 d. Sept. 25, 1849. He m. (1) Mary Wells, b. Sept. 22, 1781, d. Dec. 27, 1820; (2) Harriet (White) Arms, dau. of Salmon White, Jr., and wid. of Moses Arms ; [Mary Wells was dan. of Col. John, of Rowe, who was son of Lieut. Samuel, of Greenfield,
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who was son of John, of Deerfield, who was bro. of Thomas, M. D. ; }] chil. Mary Sophia, b. Feb. 8, 1812, m. Leonard Strong ; John Hawks, b. Nov. 26, 1813; Samuel Smead, b. Dec. 8, 1815; Rufus Porter, b. Feb. 4, 1818:
WELLS, LUKE, Capt., 6 Rev. Rufus,5 d. March 27, 1818. He m. Mary Cooley, b. Sept. 6, 1784, d. Dec. 4, 1863; chil. Sarah, b. Jan. 27, 1808, m. Silas Rice ; Mary b. May 7, 1810, m. Luke B. White; Caleb Cooley, b. Sept. 8, 1812; Elizabeth, b. May 4, 1815, d. Aug. 26, 1833; Almira, b. Sept. 23, 1817, d. Oct. 21, 1836; Silas F., b. Aug. 30, 1819, d. Feb. 10, 1820; Experience P., b. Nov. 23, 1822, m. Samuel B. White ; Charles Phelps, b. March 20, 1827.
WELLS, MARY SOPHIA, 7 Thomas, 6 d. JJuly 3, 1836. She m. May 21, 1833, Leonard Strong, of Williamsburg, b. Feb. 4, 1807, d. Aug. 23, 1870; chil. Eliza Jane, b. March 17, 1831, m. April 28, 1868, Edwin Whitney Merritt; Mary Sophia Wells, b. Nov. 4, 1835, m. Sept. 8. 1857, James Carlton Arms.
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