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23 ARTHUR M., son of Champion (18), b 25 March, 1861, m Minnie Selleck of Saginaw, Mich., res in Boston where he is in business. One ch :
Hazel, b 7 April, 1889.
24 RALPH H., son of Champion (18), b in Montreal, Canada, 23 June, 1868, m Mary Bizzell of Atlanta, Ga., where he res.
25 EMERY CHESTER, son of Myron (19), b at Wh 20 July, 1863, n1 23 Dec., 1891, Kate May, dau of Reuben A. and Martha M. (Gilbert) Vail, res with his father at his beautiful residence in Sund. One ch :
Dorothy, no dates.
GEORGE BROWN AND WIFE.
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26 CHAMPION MYRON, son of Myron (19), b in Wh 14 March, 1866, m Fannie, dau of N. and Rebecca E. (Isman) Myrick of St. Paul, Minn., where Champion m and his wife res. No ch.
BROWN, JOSEPH, came from Pepperell in 1798. It was said that when the Widow Lois Brown rem to Wh she brought all her effects and two small ch on the back of a horse, Joseph being the oldest of the seven. She m (2) 8 Jan., 1807, Benja- min Scott of Wh, and d at the age of 92 yrs. Joseph lived for many years at Canterbury, twenty or more rods south of the S. W. Allis house, rem late in life to South Dfld where he d in 1842, m Hannah, dau of Eliphas and Miriam (Wright) Arms of South Dfld, pub 6 Aug., 1803. She was b 4 March, 1781, d 1852, ae 71 yrs. A farmer. Ten ch :
Orrin, no dates, m Mary Nims, dau of Daniel Boyden ;
Almira, b 30 Aug., 1806, m 24 April, 1827, George Brown of Wh;
Louisa, b 11 Oct., 1813, m 26 Oct., 1845, Richard B. Hawks;
Mary A. No dates.
Sophia M., b 28 Jan., 1815, m Samuel W. Stedman ;
Harriet M., no dates, m 10 Nov., 1846, Francis H. Barnard;
Charles, no dates, m Sylvia Reming- ton ;
Miriam W., no dates, m 7 Oct., 1841, Stephen Belden of Wh ;
Julia A., b 27 Aug., 1823, m Charles W. Nash of Wh, d 17 Oct., 1884 ; Infant, b 15 May, 1827, d soon.
1 BROWN, GEORGE, son of Amos and Mary (Cummings) Brown of Thompson, Ct., b 3 April, 1803, d in Wh 6 Feb., 1890, ae 86 yrs, 10 m, 28 days, m 24 April, 1827, Almira, dau of Joseph and Hannah (Arms) Brown of Wh, b 30 Aug., 1806, d 25 Nov., 1890, ae 84 yrs and abt 3 ms, living together 63 yrs. He came to Wh abt 1825 or '26. They spent their m life in this town and their names and influence were always found on the side of improvement and progress, laboring diligently to give to their large family every advantage educationally or otherways that their means would allow; they inculcated a high standard of morality. He was an ingenious and practical mechanic and ., could use efficiently the tools of other trades than his own. They were great readers and their aid was always given and voices raised for the best schools and for the increase of our library facilities. He was a great lover of rural life and greatly enjoyed natural scenery, and the collection of trees and shrubs. Their memory of events that had come under their observation was truly wonderful ; their lives were pure, their actions such as their consciences could approve. They had been influential members of the Congregational church in Wh for over sixty years. He was a great lover of music and a good singer. We here present their portraits. Twelve ch :
Martha Cummings, b 22 Dec., 1828, 14 March, 1857, Henry T. Brown .of Charlemont;
Mary Sophia, b 16 Oct., 1830, a famous teacher, unm 1899 ;
Fred Richard, b 30 Oct., 1832; (2)
Theophilus Packard, b 5 Jan., 1835, (3)
Henry Augustus, b 9 March, 1837; (4)
Francis Carlton, b 13 Feb., 1839, m Emma Wells; (5) James Edward, b 28 March, 1841; (6) Hannah Armes, b 3 Sept., 1843, d 25 May, 1845 ;
BROWN.
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Hannah Arms, b 6 Sept., 1845, m 20 Dec .. 1865, Gordon Johnson of Con;
Amos, b 8 March, 1848, d 28 March, 1848;
Elizabeth Almira, b 20 March, 1850, killed at Dfld by the cars, 15 June, 1865 ;
Sybel G., b 29 Jan., 1852, graduated at S Had college 1877, unm 1899.
2 FREDERICK RICHARD, son of George (1), bat Wh 30 Oct., 1832, m Kate Cunningham of Hartford, Ct.,, enlisted in company G 12th Mass. Vols. and d at Culpepper, Va., 17 Jan., 1864. Left two ch :
Frederick R., Nettie. No dates.
3 THEOPHILUS PACKARD, son of George (1) and Almira Brown of Wh, b 5 Jan., 1835, m 17 April, 1861, Frances Anna- belle, dau of Isaac H. and Harriet N. (Mills) Hampton of To- ledo, O., b 1 July, 1839, res at Toledo. He attended the town schools until 16 yrs of age, working summers on the farm; when 19 yrs of age he attended the Dfld academy one year, then went to Chicago where he remained some months, visiting sev- eral places in the West, but settled at Toledo, O., in May, 1858, and engaged in the fire insurance and real estate business which by his judicious management grew to large proportions. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on the outskirts of the city. This he platted into about nine hundred lots, graded the streets, built sidewalks and a street railroad to it from the center of the city. In 1879, two years from purchase, he sold at auction about one-third of the lots, netting over $50,- 000. He has built three street railroads, been the promoter, manager and president of two important steam railroads, bring- ing large accessions to the business and population of Toledo, and is still the efficient president of the Toledo, Findlay and Springfield railroad. He is a Republican and has served acceptably two years in the Ohio senate and aided in the pas- sage of many beneficent laws that favored his city, particularly one for the right to raise money by taxation for the support of a free public library at Toledo. It is perfectly apparent that from his indomitable will and push Toledo owes him much, and his native town is very proud of his successful life and glad to welcome him to his old home. He has purchased the Leonard Loomis place and remodeled it to suit his wishes, a fine picture of which is given facing page 205, and his photo accompanying this sketch.
4 HENRY AUGUSTUS, son of George (I), b at Wh 9 March, 1837, m 22 Feb., 1859, Caroline, dau of Henry and Hannah (Loveland) Belden of Wh, b at Wh 14 April, 1838. He was a lieutenant in the 10th Mass. Regt. and later its adju- tant, res some years at Toledo, O., but has bought the Fergu- son place in Wh where he now res. Four ch :
George Henry, b at Nthn 19 June, 1860;
Jessie, b at Wh, 17 Oct., 1861, d 14 Jan., 1863;
Seth Louis, b at Nthn 16 May, 1865, d 22 April, 1866 : William Herbert, b at Wh 16 Aug., 1866.
HON. T. P. BROWN.
BROWN, 4II CALLAHAN.
5 FRANCIS C., son of George (1), b at Wh 13 Feb., 1839, m Emma Wells, rem to Kansas City, served in the Civil war in an Illinois Regt., prob has a family of ch.
6 JAMES E., son of George (I), b at Wh 29 March, 1841, m Jennie Legg, res in Milwaukee, Wis., served in the Civil war in company C, 93d Regt. Ohio Vols., captured and held, about eighteen months at Florence and at Andersonville from where he made his escape.
BURROUGHS, STEPHEN, (not the fake minister), was here perhaps before 1800, and with his wife Amilla, lived where Rufus Sanderson did afterwards. Four ch:
Amilla ; Polly, b 1804, m 10 April, 1820, Eras- tus Waite of Wh.
Stephen, bapt 6 July, 1800;
Lyman, bapt 21 Aug., 1803 ;
BUSH, LEVI, son of Levi and Martha, b 31 Aug., 1797, m (1) IO May, 1825, Ann Ayres of North Brookfield, d 28 Oct., 1837, ae 40 yrs ; m (2) 4 July, 1839, Elvira, dau of John White of Wh, b 19 Oct., 1806, d 6 Dec., 1770, ae 64 yrs. He came to Wh in 1823, and kept a general variety store and after 1830 he also kept the hotel, sold out and rem to Westfield where he d. Seven ch :
Martha Ann, b 1 Aug., 1826, m B. F. Parsons ; May, 1833 ; Charity R., b 14 Aug., 1836, m Ethan
Susan H., b 18 Nov., 1830, m a Mr. Miller ;
Charity P., 'b 20 Jan., 1833, d 6
Hannah C., b 4 June, 1828, m Rev. E. P. Smith : C. Ely; Elizabeth White, b 26 Feb., 1842, m Lyman R. Smith ; Harriet Morton, b 2 May, 1844.
BYRAM, LIEUT. JOSEPH, Revolutionary soldier, came in 1783 from Bridgewater, b 1726, m 1745, Mary Bowditch of Braintree. Ch :
Elizabeth, b 1747, m 1768 Winslow There were perhaps others.
Richardson and res at Wh.
CAHILL, WILLIAM, came from Ireland, b 20 Oct., 1830, bought the farm, after the death of J. Pomeroy Dickinson, where Deacon Elisha Belden first settled about 1760 in Wh, Main St., m 10 Nov., 1863, Catherine Healy, b 15 Dec., 1840. A good, careful farmer. No ch.
CALLAHAN, DAVID 3, son of John 2, Daniel 1, b 17 March, 1829, m (1) 10 Oct., 1855, Mary Nolan, d 13 April, 1869 ; m (2) 18 Jan., 1870, Hannah Fitzgerald, res at Wh cen- ter. A farmer. Seven ch :
John, b 22 Oct., 1856 ; David, Jr., b 11 Oct., 1873 ;
Mary Ann, b 1 Dec., 1870, d 12 Nov., 1872;
Johanna, b 21, Aug., 1872, d 26 Oct., 1872 ;
Thomas, b 21 Aug., 1875 ; William, b 14, Dec., 1877; Richard, b 19, Sept., 1880.
THOMAS 3, same ancestry, b 17 June, 1830, m 10 Feb., 1861,
CALLAHAN, 412 CHAPIN.
Margaret Powers. He d 10 Jan., 1872, ae 40 yrs, res at Wh. A farmer. Four ch :
Mary, b 14 Dec., 1861, d young ; John, b 25 Feb., 1867, d 14 Oct., 1872 ;
David, b 25 May, 1864 ;
Thomas, b 13 March, 1868.
CAREY, RICHARD 5, son of Deacon Joseph 4, Jabez 3, - Deacon Joseph 2, John 1, b at Williamsburg 15 Jan., 1759. He was said to have been a soldier about seven years in the Revo- lution, m in 1782 Susannah Ford of Williamsburg, built a house some thirty rods west of the Harvey place, rem to New York state in 1806 or '08. The old house was torn down abt 1825. Eight ch b in Wh, but we only follow Calvin so far as to give a glimpse of his heroic life :
Calvin, b June, 1792 ; (2) Susanna, Lucy, Phebe, Clarissa,
Richard M., Luther H., Relief.
2 CALVIN, the fifth child, b June, 1792, was a soldier in the war of 1812-14, a man of immense size and strength, weigh- ing over three hundred pounds. At the battle of Black Rock he got separated from his company and the Indians tried to cap- ture him. He set his back against a tree and single-handed fought them ; clubbing with his gun, he rained fearful blows on the heads of his assailants. Our men, charging the Indians, found the dead hero still clutching the bent and broken gun barrel and around him heaps of Indians dead from the blows he gave them.
CARLEY, SAMUEL, 1764, son of Job of -- -, d 9 Jan., 1818, m Submit Lyon, d 30 Jan., 1818, res in Wh. Seven ch, b in Wh :
John, b 18 Dec., 1768, d Oct., 1796 ; Dorothy, b 17 Sept., 1771, m 28 Dec., 1790, Lucius Scott of Wh ; N. Y. His son Aaron lives on his homestead ;
Submit, b 17 Aug., 17 1773, m 14 July, 1800, John Granger ; Abigail, b 21 April, 1786, m 13
Samuel, b 15 Nov., 1775, d young ; March, 1808, Joseph Belden, of Wh.
Polly, b 20 April, 1778, d 16 April, 1795;
Samuel, b 4 Aug., 1781, m twice and rem to Somerset, Niagara Co.,
CASEY, JOHN, m (1) Julia Kelley, d 19 June, 1859 ; m (2) Johanna Driscoll who d 26 June, 1870, res in Wh. Ch : John, Jr., b 12 Nov., 1858. Prob others.
Patrick, b 26 April, 1861.
CASTWELL, THOMAS, 1779, settled on Grass hill, m 20 Dec., 1779, Miriam, dau of Paul Smith of Wh, rem to New York state abt 1805. Nine ch :
Miriam, d soon, Miriam, Pauline, phia, Submit, John, b 13 Nov., Aurelia, Pamelia, Thomas, So- 1801.
CHAPIN, DR. PEREZ 6, 1778, son of Elijah 5, Thomas 4, Thomas 3, Japhet 2, Deacon Samuel 1, b Sept., 1752, a graduate of Middlebury college, settled first at Granby then rem to Wh, built and res on the Calvin Wells place, rem to Vermont, d ae
CHAPIN, 413 CHAFFEE.
86 yrs, m 5 May, 1776, Elizabeth Smith. Was quite prominent in town, serving in various offices. Seven ch :
Roxana, b 9 Oct., 1778 ;
Alpheus, b 24 Oct., 1787;
Giles, b 2 April, 1781 ;
Elizabeth, b 22 May, 1796 ;
Perez, b 29, April, 1783 ;
Horace B., b at Benson, Vt.
Sophia, b 28 Sept., 1785 ;
CHAPMAN, ISAAC, (I can't"give his ancestry) lived on the west side of Mt. Easter, d 10 May, 1864, m 5 Dec., 1805, Hannah, dau of Joel and Mary (Carey) Waite of West Wh, d 7 April, 1865. A farmer and stone mason. Five ch :
Alvah Riley, b in Wh 7 Sept., 1806, m Susanna Fish ;
1839, Martha Was or-
Leantha, b 3 June, 1813. m 5 Dec.,
1833, Barnard Boyden of Con ;
dained as a Baptist preacher in 1842, and afterward settled over a Presbyterian church in Penn- sylvania in 1849.
George Whitfield, b 7 Aug., 1816, m Tabitha Morgan; Harriet Newell, b 10 Jan. 1823, d 26 Feb., 1839.
Lucius W., b 7 Jan., 1820, m 4 Dec.,
CHAUNCEY, RICHARD, son of Rev. Isaac, b 23 Oct., 1703, at Had, res with his son-in-law, Jonathan Smith, d in Wh 31 Dec., 1790, ae 87 yrs. One ch : Elizabeth, m Jonathan Smith of Wh.
CLAGHORN, ALVIN, son of Benjamin and Esther (Sad- dler) Claghorn, b 27 Aug., 1829, m 8 May, 1850, Maria C., dau of Aretas and Nancy (Sanderson) Scott of North Hat, bought a place in the Straits where his ch were b, rem to East Dfld. Was in office as assessor. Three ch :
James Frederick, b 1 March, 1851; Edward A., b March, 1860, d soon. Mary Esther, b 15 Feb., 1855;
CLARY, APOLLUS, son of Elihu, b 27 June, 1798, m 18 Nov., 1828, Alma, dau of Deacon John Amsden of Dfld, b 9 Feb., 1809. He d 10 Dec., 1876, lived at the Priest Wells place. Was in office in Wh. Five ch :
Mary A., b 12 Sept., 1829, m 27 Feb., 1854, Hollis C. Graves of South Dfld ;
Helen M., 21 Dec., 1830, m 24 Dec., 1850, Chauncey B. Tilton ; John E., b 26 Aug., 1832, m 3 Sept.,
1856, Helen M. Childs ; Martha A., b 13 Sept., 1835, m Oct., 1862, (1) William Turner, (2) Dr. Knowlton, both of Nthn ; Harriet C., b 26 Nov., 1842, m Dr. Watkins of St. Louis, Mo.
CHAFFEE, CHESTER R. 4, son of Calvin 3, Clifford 2, Con- stant 1, b at Westminster, Vt., 3 March, 1828, m (1) 24 April, 1856, Louisa S., dau of Timothy and Sally Bruce of Hardwick, b I March, 1826, d 17 April, 1860; m (2) 5 Jan., 1861, Ellen E., dau of Dr. Myron and Judith (Allis) Harwood, b in Wh 12 Nov., 1834. Was formerly in the book trade at Springfield, rem to Wh abt 1870. Four ch, b at Springfield :
Maud I., b 18 Oct., 1857, m 21 Nov., 1877, Geo. F. Eastman of South Had ;
Charles C, b 17 Feb., 1860, d 17 May, 1860;
Kate Allis, b 12 Oct., 1862, m 1 Aug., 1893, Wm. M. Hall ; Gertrude B., b 1 Aug., 1865.
The last two are graduates of Smiths Academy, Hat.
CLARK, 414 COLEMAN.
CLARK, JUSTUS, 1790, a merchant, remained in town but a few years.
LEMUEL, 1790, in company with Justus. Each had a small family.
DEXTER, 1830, d 6 Jan., 1867, ae 66 yrs, m Amelia, dau of John Hibbard, of North Had, d 10 Nov., 1860, ae 63 yrs. They lived in the Straits. A farmer. No ch.
PETER, 1790, d in Wh 29 May, 1831, ae 73 yrs, m 4 Nov., 1790, Zilpah, dau of Capt. Henry Stiles, b 1771, d 17 Sept., 1834, ae 73 yrs, res on the Capt. Stiles place by the walnut tree in the Lyman Dickinson lot on the east side of Chestnut Plain street, about fifteen rods north from the crossroad. Eight ch : Ruth, b 4 Nov., 1790 ;
Nancy, b 1.Feb., 1791, d 14 Feb, 1870;
Lucinda, b 6 Nov., 1792, m Henry Atkins of Wh ;
Sophia, b 10 Jan., 1795, m Eli San- derson of Wh ;
Baker, b 6 Feb., 1797, m and went to Missouri ; Esther, b 30 April, 1799, m a Mr. Wilson ; Zilpah, b 1801, d 12 Jan., 1808, ae 7 yrs ; Baxter, b 1803, d 14 Sept., 1805, ae 2 yrs.
LEANDER, from Leverett, a blacksmith, a popular man, rep, d 17 July, 1855, ae 53 yrs, m Jan., 1826, Lucinda, dau of Perez Wells, b 3 Aug., 1802, d 22 Aug., 1851, res at Wh. Ch : Beulah, b 1826, d at 2 yrs ; wounds received in battle 23
Wells, 27 Nov., 1844, enlisted for three yrs, Co. G, 31 Regt., Inft., d of
May, 1864, at New Orleans, La.
STEPHEN, came from Ash, son of Silas, b 2 Jan., 1789, d 5 Jan., 1864, m 4 Sept., 1817, Roxa Alden, a lineal descendant of John and Priscilla (Molines) Alden of Plymouth. He lived at first near Grass hill, sold and bought a farm in the Straits where Capt. Fay used to live. Eight ch : Melvin, b 25 Jan., 1818, m (1) Dor- cas Dana. (2) Sophia Browning ; Albert, b 25 Jan., 1820, m Mary Korner ; Charlotte M., b 18 Feb, 1822, m (1) Geo. Sanders, (2) Zenas Allen ; Mandona A., b 14 Sept., 1824;
Harriet, b 8 June, 1826, m (1) Rodol-
phus Sanderson, (2) Milton Carr, (3) Selah W. Fay of Wh; Mary G., b 22 July, 1829 ; Henry G., b 12 April, 1831, m Jane Brown ; Eunice E., b 24 June, 1833, m Eben Goodnough.
C. LESTER, son of Charles W. of Montgomery, Vt., b 18 Feb., 1859, m I Sept., 1886, Lizzie R. (Knights) Dickinson, dau of Calvin and Lucretia H. (Damon) Knights of Wh, b 20 March, 1857, res on the Lemuel Waite place in Wh. A car- penter. Five ch :
Jennie Lucretia, b 20 Nov., 1887; Sept., 1893 ; Anna A., b 29 Aug., 1889, d 22 Oct., 1890 ; Leon Harry, b 13 Dec., 1894, d 10 Feb., 18.95; Ella Harriet, 22 March, 1898.
Alvin Lester, b 21 Sept., 1891, d 25
COLEMAN, NATHANIEL, 1765, settled on the place now owned by Jerry Haffey. The old house was torn down and the
COLEMAN, 415
COOLEY.
present one built by R. T. Morton. He d 14 Sept., 1816, ae 74 yrs, m 24 Oct., 1770, Anna, dau of Benoni Dickinson of Hat, d 4 May, 1838, ae 92 yrs. Five ch :
Ruth, h 29 Nov., 1772, d young ; Mehitable, b 14 Nov., 1780, m John
Benoni D., b 14 Nov., 1775, d young ; Graves ; Anna, b 12 May, 1783, m Paul Gibbs.
Ruth, b 24 Feb., 1778, m Francis Belden ;
NILES, brother of Nathaniel, came from Marlborough, Ct., d 3 Feb., 1779, ae 71 yrs, wife Elizabeth d 2 Sept., 1774, ae 66 yrs ; m (2) Dolly Taylor. He was b 1708, res where afterwards lived Ebenezer Bardwell, Asa his son, Horace and Walter W. The farm was given the town by Reuben Belden for school pur- poses, but rejected on account of conditions. Four ch :
Samuel, no dates, m (1) Sybil, (2) Polly, no dates, m Edmond Bird of Esther Belden; North Hat ; Josiah, no dates.
Louden, no dates, m Hannah, dau of Lemuel Snow ;
NOAH, from Hat, son of Nathaniel, b 27 March, 1718, lived on the farm now owned by George B. McClellan at West Brook, d 15 Dec., 1794, m Lydia, dau of John and Mary (Belden) Waite of Hat, b 14 July, 1712. They had no ch, but adopted Capt. Seth Frary who inherited the large estate.
CONNELLY, PATRICK, came from Ireland, m 21 Nov., 1874, Kate Stack of Wh, b in Ireland. He has bought a fine farın formerly owned by Perez Wells, then by his son Lewis, who built the spacious house. A careful farmer. Five ch bat Wh: William, b 26 June, 1875; Mary, b 12 March, 1883, d 29 June, 1884 ;
Edward, b 3 Feb., 1877;
Johanna, b 17 Feb., 1879 ; John, b 20 March, 1885, d. 17 Jan., 1887.
WILLIAM, brother of Patrick, b in Ireland, came to Wh 1874, m 10 Jan., 1877, Nancy, dau of Michael, Handeran, b in Wh 1858, d 22 March, 1892. A farmer. Four ch, b at Wh : Anna, b 1878 ;
Michael, b 2 April, 1880 ;
William, 23 July, 1882 ; Dennis, b 14 Feb., 1886.
CONNERY, MICHAEL, son of Simon, b in Ireland 1833, killed by the cars 12 Dec., 1883, ae 50 yrs, m 1859, Margaret Hayes, d 23 April, 1876, came to Wh in 1855. A broom man- ufacturer and farmer. Seven ch :
Mary Ann, b 4 March, 1860, m Mar- tin Lyons
Simon S., b 13 Oct., 1861, m Hannah L. Cleary of Hat ;
Nellie A., b 9 March, 1863, m 24 May, 1887, Thomas F. Meehan of
Orange ; Maggie E., b 15 Dec., 1864, m John O. Malley ;
Katie, b 16 June, 1868, unm 1899; Alice ; Hattie E., b 10 Sept., 1871.
1 COOLEY, BENJAMIN, son of Barnas and Hannah (Shat- tuck) Cooley, b at Dfld 10 Aug., 1773, d 30 June, 1836, at Brown Hill, O., whither he had rem abt 1835, m (1) 13 Oct , 1799, Elizabeth, dau of Noadiah Lewis, b 1771, d 18 Sept.,
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1812, ae 41 yrs ; m (2) Rachel, dau of Moses Hastings of Amh, b 20 Nov., 1777, d 1864, ae 87 yrs. His parents died when he was small and he was brought up by Benjamin Scott, Jr. · An ingenious mechanic, a civil engineer and highly respected. He made the survey and map of the town in 1830, by order of the state law. Nine ch :
Frederick, b 12 Nov., 1800, d 30 Dec., 1800 ; Moses Hastings, b 19 March, 1814; Benjamin Lewis and Betsey Shat- (2) tuck, (twins), b 19 Feb., 1804. Benjamin m Aurelia Carr, d. 1853 ; Betsey d 28 Feb., 1827 ; Eli Parker, b 31 July, 1815; (3) Lucy, b 16 May, 1817, m Seth G. Morse ; Fannie, b 29 Aug., 1820, d.26 March, 1822.
James, b 5 Jan., 1807, d 12 Jan., 1807; Frederick, b 13 April, 1808, d unm
30 July, 1831 ;
2 MOSES HASTINGS, son of Benjamin (1), b at Wh 19 March, 1814, m ( 1) I Aug., 1848, Salina C. Hammond of Cedar, Ia., d I May, 1849; m (2) April, 1850, Eliza J. Thorne of Farmington, Ia., d July, 1851 ; m (3) Sept., 1854, Mary, a sis- ter of Judge McCreary. A lawyer and often in office. Two ch: Lynda. Ann Hastings, b 10 June, 1856 ; Clara Ida, b 15 Aug., 1858.
3 ELI PARKER, son of Benjamin (1), b in Wh 31 July, 1815, m Elizabeth Kelly of Schenectady, N. Y., res in New York city. A broom manufacturer. One ch :
Child, b and d same day, May, 1838.
WALTER F., son of Lyman and Elizabeth (Dunakin) Cooley of Sund, b 15 May, 1858, m 22 April, 1886, Miriam S., dau of Stephen Belden. She lived with her aunt, Mrs. Charles Nash, after the death of her mother, res at Wh. Two ch : Charles Walter, b 12 Feb., 1887 ; Julia, b 30 Nov., 1890.
4 LEMUEL 6, son of Martin 5, Simeon 4, Simeon 3, Daniel 2, Ensign Benjamin 1 of Springfield, the fifth child of Martin, b 4 March 1788, d 4 Aug., 1875, m 12 Feb., 1811, Esther, dau of Capt. Seth and Esther (Scott) Frary of Wh, b 6 July, 1789, res many years where R. M. Swift now lives, bought a farm in North Hat after the birth of their ch. A very active and gen- erous hearted man. Six ch :
Leander, b 12 Nov., 1811; (6) Dwight Bartlett of North Hat;
Lysander, b 10 Sept., 1813; (7) Clarissa, b 1 March, 1821, m Daniel Dennis, b 12 Oct., 1815; (8) Vining of North Hat ;
Louisa, b 5 Dec., 1818, m Samuel Eleazer Frary, b 5 June, 1823. (9)
5 Dennis 6, son of Martin 5, b 4 Aug., 1789, d 19 Oct., 1847, m 2 Aug., 1814, Phila, dau of Justin and Esther (Hard- ing) Morton of Wh, b 9 Feb., 1788, res in Wh, for a number of years ran an express to Nthn. A generous hearted and good citizen. One ch :
Justin Morton, b 12 May, 1815. (12)
6 LEANDER, son of Lemuel (4), b at Wh 12 Nov., 1811,
COOLEY, 417 COOK.
d 13 June, 1886, m Louisa Beebee, res at North Hat. A farmer. Six ch :
L. Milton, b 12 March, 1839, d Imogene L., b 20 Oct., 1846;
soon ;
George L., b 18 Jan., 1849, d young ;
Esther J., b 8 April, 1841, m Henry C. Newcomb;
Harriet A., b 14 Aug., 1844;
Elbert L., b 1 April, 1852, d 15 March, 1868.
7 LYSANDER, son of Lemuel (4), b 10 Sept., 1813, d 1886, m (1) 10 Sept., 1837, Rhoda Dennis of Woodstock, Vt., b 2 June 1817 ; m (2) Ruana Strong, res at North Hat. No ch.
8 DENNIS, son of Lemuel (4), bin Wh 12 Oct., 1815, m (1) 1843, Minerva Moor of Wilmington, Vt .; m (2) Rosilla Howes, rem to Springfield. Three ch :
Snsan A., b 23 March, 1844, d 23 Nov., 1855; Irving J., b 6 Aug., 1858 ;
9 ELEAZER FRARY, son of Lemuel (4), b at Wh 5 June, 1823, m (1) 31 Dec., 1845, Harriet P., dau of Herrick Ander- son of North Hat, d ; m (2) 3 May, 1876, Melissa J. Stoddard of Templeton, res at North Hat. A farmer. Four ch :
Fidelia A., b 26 April, 1847, m Henry W. Bardwell of Wh ;
Briggs ;
William C., b 9 July, 1854; (10)
Eva J., b 6 Aug., 1850, m Edward Ashley L., b 10 June, 1859. (11)
10 WILLIAM C., son of Eleazer F. (9), b at North Hat 9 July, 1854, m 15 Jan., 1877, Jennie A., dau of Cotton and Mar- tha (Damon) Munson of Wh, b 13 June, 1854, d 1I May, 1880, ae 25 yrs ; m (2) 29 Dec., 1887, Jennie E. Lyons of Suffield, Ct.
11 ASHLEY L., son of Eleazer F. (9), b at North Hat 10 June, 1859, m (1) 7 Sept., 1881, Alice Lestina, dau of Charles D. and Lovina (Langdon) Bartlett of North Hat, b 24 April, 1854, d at Orange 20 May, 1896 ; m (2) 20 Sept., 1898, Kate Alma, dau of William T. and Elizabeth (Goucher) Stephenson of Malden, b 16 July, 1869, res on Summer St., Orange. One ch : Edna Louise, b at Orange 9 Oct., 1887.
12 JUSTIN MORTON, son of Dennis (5), b 12 May, 1815, m Ann B., dau of Calvin Marsh, bought the store that had been occupied by Morton & White and moved it to just south of the present Congregational church and remodeled it for a house, now owned by Horace Manning. He was then in the broom business, but sold and rem to Springfield and built the now fa- mous Cooley hotel and has grown up with that section of the city and is among Springfield's best citizens. One ch : Ann Eliza, b 19 March, 1838.
COOK, JAMES P. from Dedham, b May, 1790, d in Wh 14 Nov., 1863, m Electa, dau of Israel and Anna (Brown) Graves of Wh, b 3 Dec, 1800, d 21 Nov., 1880, ae 79 yrs, res in Wh. Two ch :
Myron D., b 26 Aug., 1846 ;
COOK, 418 CRAFTS.
Nancy P., m 17 June, 1845, Wm. O. Sylvia, m Wm. Cross. Way of Wallingford, Ct .;
CONE, WIILIAM, 1788, from Middletown, Ct., m Abia, dau of Solomon and Thankful (Lee) Atkins, res in Christian lane. Three ch :
Sally, bapt 17 Oct., 1790;
Etta, bapt 13 Jan., 1793;
Eppa, bapt 3 May, 1795.
COVELL, CHARLES ADDISON, son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Marsh) Covell of Hat, b 12 July, 1849, m 26 Aug., 1868, Harriet S., dau of Calvin Knight of Wh, b 12 Oct., 1846, bought the Luther Warner house and shop, runs a sawmill and manufactures basket rims. Two ch:
Edward Lewis, b 28 Jan., 1870;
Nellie Elizabeth, b 28 March, 1875.
CUTTER, JAMES, b 27 March, 1781, m Sarah Clark, b 31 Jan., 1783, d 8 Nov., 1856, ae 73 yrs. He d 28 Aug., 1843, ae 62 yrs. A blacksmith and lived at West Wh a good many years, and is identified as running a trip hammer by water power. This shop he sold in 1816 to Reuben Jenney, then had another at power No. 5 on the south side of the brook, sold all out, including his house, to Jenney and moved to Hat abt 1820. Seven ch :
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