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Thomas C., b 16 July, 1804.
The others: Lorenzo Dow, Mary,
Angeline, James D., Sarah, Har- riet T.
THOMAS CLARK, son of James, b in Wh 16 July, 1804, m I Jan., 1829, Viana Mann of Richmond, N. H., d 11 Oct., 1880. He d 5 Oct., 1881, res at Hat. Seven ch :
Emeline, C., b 15 April, 1830; Ellen A., b 25 Aug., 1845 ;
George W., b 11 Feb., 1832 ; James A., b 19 Oct., 1835; Calista L., b 18 Sept., 1838; Edwin E., b Feb., 1840;
Florence A., b 31 Oct., 1847, m (1) Ernest A. Allis, (2) Wells Dick- inson of Wh.
1 CRAFTS, GRIFFIN, came prob from Yorkshire, Eng., b abt 1600, came in Winthrop's fleet, on the ship Arbella, the flag ship of Gov. Winthrop's first four ships. The Arbella had a crew of fifty-two men and carried twenty-eight guns, each. male passenger being obliged to drill with pikes and other arms to defend themselves against Spanish pirates. The Arbella anchored in Charles river for some time until houses could be built, and a son, John, was born before they left the ship. He took the Freeman oath 18 May 1631, settled in Roxbury, was elected a Deputy to the Court in 1638 and again in 1665, '66 and '67, was often in various offices of honor and trust, a lieu- tenant in the Ancient Artillery Company and held that office until 1676, when he resigned. After the destruction of the re- cords of Roxbury by fire, he was one of five chosen as a com- mittee to restore them, was one of the selectmen many times, a commissioner to end small cases, administer oaths and solem- nize marriages etc., holding that position from 1659 to 1670,
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He m Alice - -, in England, d 25 March, 1673; m (2) Ursula, wd of William Robinson of Dorchester, dau of Henry Adams of Braintree ; m (3) Dorcas - -, d 30 Dec. 1697, he d 4 Oct. 1689, having been blind several years. Six ch.
Hannah, b in England, m 2 April, 1645, Nathaniel Wilson ;
John, b on board ship, 10 July, 1630; (2)
Mary, b at Roxbury 10 Oct., 1632, m Joseph Griggs;
Abigail, b at Roxbury, 24 March, 1634, m John Ruggles :
Samuel, b at Roxbury 12 Dec., 1637, m Elizabeth Seever ;
Moses, b at. Roxbury, 28 April, 1641, m Rebecca Gardner.
For a more extended history of the above family see the "Crafts Families." In this work we only follow John and his de- scendants.
2 JOHN, son of Lieut. Griffin (1), b on shipboard 10 July, 1630, d at Roxbury 3 Sept., 1685, mn (1) 7 June, 1654, Rebecca, dau of Ralph and Rebecca Wheelock of Dedham and Medfield, prob b in England, d in Roxbury 24 Nov., 1667 ; in (2) 30 March, 1669, Mary Hudson of Lynn; d 3 Jan., 1724. John and wife Rebecca joined the Congregational church. The town granted him land 19 Jan., 1657, "From his barne end and so to the river, to be viewed and staked out by his naibors, &c." Ten ch :
Thomas, b Roxbury 1656. (5) Mary, Joseph, Abigail, Mehit- The other ch were John, Rebecca, able, Sarah, Ephraim, Lydia.
3 SAMUEL, son of Lieut. Griffin (1), b at Roxbury 12 Dec., 1637, d 1691, m 16 Oct., 1661, Elizabeth, dau of Robert and Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver of Roxbury, b 19 Nov., 1643, res with his father on the old homestead, was quite prominent in church and town and much in office. Eleven ch but we do not follow them, as none of our families descend from them.
4 MOSES, son of Lieut. Griffin (1), b at Roxbury 28 April, 1641, m at Roxbury 24 June 1667, Rebecca, dau of Peter and Rebecca Gardner of Roxbury, rem to Dfld in 1674 and thence to Wethersfield, Ct., where he d. Five ch but we do not follow them, as none of our families descend from them.
5 THOMAS, son of John (2), b at Roxbury 1656, d at Had 27 Feb., 1692, ae 36 yrs, m 6 Dec., 1683, Abigail, dau of John and Frances (Foot) Dickinson of Had, b abt 1663, d 1714. She had m (2) Samuel Crowfoot or Crawford of Had where she d. Six ch :
John, b 8 Nov., 1684; (6) Mary, b 2 Feb., 1686, m 1709 Thom- as Hovey ;
Abigail, b 29 Sept., 1688, m 3 Feb., 1709, Joseph White;
Thomas, Jr., 27 Feb., 1690, d unm 9 Feb., 1764; Elizabeth, b 17 April, 1691, m Ben-
jamin Smith of North Had; Benoni, b 22 Oct., 1692, m 26 Nov., 1719, Rebecca Edwards. He rem to Northfield, d at Hat 20 May, 1722, ae 29, wife d at Deerfield, 10 Nov., 1720; had one dau, Re- becca, b 1 Nov., 1720, d 20 June, 1721.
6 JOHN, son of Thomas (5), b at Had 8 Nov., 1684 d 2 May, 1730, at Hat. His headstone is still standing in the old
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cemetery on the Hill at Hat ; is a simple old natural stone let- tered in this form
IOHN CRAFTS DYED May ye 2, 1730, IN ye 44 year.
This inscription has been recut by the payment of a dime from each of his great-great-grandchildren in Wh, and reset. The stone is a hard red sandstone, peculiar to the Connecticut Valley. He m 17 May 1716, Martha, dau of John and Sarah (White) Graves of Hat, b at Hat 4 Nov., 1689. She m (2) 14 Nov., 1734, Eleazer Allis of Hat, d 5 June, 1780, ae 92 yrs. John Crafts rem to Hat from 1704 to 1705, as he was taxed in 1705, was an active and esteemed citizen, owned fifty acres in the Gov. Bradstreet farm in Wh. In 1714 he went as the second man in the squad led by his cousin, Martin Kellogg, to secure the release of prisoners captured during the war, known as Queen Anne's war, between England and France. The mis- sion was successful but owing to the weakness of the women and children, Kellogg took them aboard a sloop around to Bos- ton, while Crafts with the rest of the men came from Quebec to Montreal, thence up the Sorrell river into Lake Champlain, thence up Otter Creek as far as they could with canoes, thence overland to the great meadows (Putney, Vt.), thence home in their canoes they had left on the journey up. Prob there was not a house in the then dense forest of Vermont or anywhere after they left Masschusetts until they reached Canada. The trip home consumed twenty-nine days to Putney, or the great meadows. The memorandum book that he kept is yet extant and in possession of the writer, a valued heirloom. Five ch, b at Hat :
Thomas, b 16 Aug., 1717; (7) Gideon Dickinson of Hat; Moses, b 23 Oct., 1719 ; (8) Benoni, b 17 Nov., 1725; (9)
Rebecca, b 12 Oct., 1721, m in 1742,
Gaius, b 22 Dec., 1727. (10)
7 THOMAS, son of John (6), b at Hat 16 Aug., 1717, d at Wh 4 Feb., 1803; ae 85 yrs, m in 1742 Sarah, dau of Joseph and Bridget (Scott) Graves of Hat, b 13 Nov., 1717, d in Wh 13 Jan., 1803, ae 85 yrs, after a union of abt 61 yrs, dying only 24 days apart. He built his house where Seth B. Crafts now lives in 1751. A farmer, a quiet and discreet man and highly esteemed. Nine ch :
John, b at Hat 7 Jan., 1743; (11) Joseph, b at Hat 6 Nov., 1745; (12) Martha, b at Hat 27 Nov., 1748, m 2 Dec., 1798, Jacob Rosevelt. He was a soldier under Burgoyne ; Moses, b at Hat 6 May, 1750; (13) Sarah, b at Wh 16 July, 1752, d young ;
Miriam, b at Wh 10 Dec., 1754, d unm 28 April, 1794;
Rhoda, b at Wh 14 Feb., 1756, m 25 Dec., 1776, Phineas Scott of
Wh, rem to Hawley in the winter or 1782. The snow was so deep that when they reached Shirk- shire in Conway, with their ox team, Mrs. Scott and her child sought refuge for the night at a farmhouse. The next day a score of men and teams from Hawley met them and carried them to their log house in Hawley ; Graves, b 26 Oct., 1859; (14) Seth, b 21 Oct., 1762. (15)
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8 MOSES, son of John (6), b at Hat 23 Oct., 1719. The date of his death is not ascertained, prob never married. Was living in Hat in 1744 and d before 1753.
9 BENONI, son of John (6), b at Hat 17 Nov., 1725, dat Wh 25 April, 1812, ae 86 yrs, from the inability to swallow food, m 15 Jan., 1758, Abigail, dau of Deacon Isaac and Mary Graves of Hat, b 4 Feb., 1731, d at Wh 25 March, 1774. He lived 38 yrs after the death of his wife. He rem to Wh and in 1760 or '6r built where G. W. and Asa J. now res. The land on the west side of Chestnut Plain St. was prob owned in company with his brother Gaius, as he built a house upon it. Benoni was an upright and respected citizen, a Revolutionary soldier, an expert hunter, by trade a cooper, but a large farmer. His five ch were all b in Wh :
Reuben, b 25 March, 1759; (16) Jerusha, b 16 March, 1762, m 22 Oct., April, 1783, Perez Wells of Wh; 1805, Lieut Abel Scott of Wh; Abigail, b 6 Jan., 1769, m 8 Feb., 1787, Moses Graves of Wh.
Asa, b 6 May, 1765, d unm 2 Sept., 1854, ae 89. A Rev soldier ;
Elizabeth, b 11 Nov .. 1767, m 17
10 GAIUS, son of John (6) b at Hat, 22 Dec., 1727, d at Hat, was in the Revolutionary war. He came to Wh with his brother Thomas 1751; with his brother Benoni they pur- chased land on the west side of C. P. street, and he built a house in readiness for use, but for some reason never married. He sold his possessions in Wh to Israel Graves and then re- turned to Hat, where he d from a fall 30 Sept., 1802, ae 75 yrs.
11 JOHN, son of Thomas (7), b at Hat 7 Jan., 1743, d 3 May, 1826, ae 83 yrs, m 29 April, 1784, Thankful, dau of Solomon and Thankful (Lee) Atkins, b at Middletown, Ct., in 1750, and d at Wh 14 Feb., 1786, ae 36 yrs ; m (2) Martha, dau of Orange Warner of Had, b II Sept., 1756, and d 21 March, 1830, ae 73 yrs. He bought the house built by John Lamson, where after Samuel Lesure built, this for many years was kept as a tavern. He was a large land owner in Wh, a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war. Four ch:
Thankful, b in Wh Feb. 1786, m Calvin Wells of Wh ;
Orange, bin Wh 12 Feb., 1796, d 5 Feb., 1801 ;
Emily, b 13 Feb., 1798, m 3 Jan.,
1822, John Russell of Had, d 29 June, 1836 ; Lydia. b 10 Aug., 1800, m 25 Aug., 1829, Elias Hibbard of North Had.
12 JOSEPH, son of Thomas (7), bat Hat 6 Nov., 1745, d 18 Oct., 1815, ae 70 yrs, m 20 May, 1779, Roxcellany, widow of David White and dau of Gideon and Mary (Parsons) Warner of Had, d in 1830. He was in several campaigns in the Revolu- tionary war, res in Wh. Ten ch, b in Wh:
Mary Paulina, b 8 Jan., 1780, m in 1806, Curtis Root of Columbia, Me. ;
Lucretia, b 9 Dec., 1781, m 29 Dec., 1801, Joseph Waite of Wh ;
Chester, b 9 Dec., 1783 ; (17) Sabra, b 1785, d unm 26 Feb., 1814; Ansel, b Oct., 1787. He was a car- penter and was killed by falling
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from a church roof while working at Westfield, 15 Oct., 1809;
David, b 15 Oct., 1790, d 31 Aug., 1844, ae 53;
Roxcellany, b 3 April, 1793, d soon.
Roswell, b 1794, d unm 25 Sept., 1827;
Parsons, b 1795 ; (18) Josephus, b 1798, d 15 Dec., 1805.
13 MOSES, son of Thomas (7), b at Hat 6 May, 1750, d 8 Jan., 1826, ae 76 yrs, m 21 May, 1778, Abigail, dau of Joel and Johanna (Clark) Kellogg of Had, b 18 Nov., 1757, d 8 Jan., 1833, ae 75 yrs. A farmer, res in Wh, of a genial, pleas- ant temperament and a fine singer. Eleven ch, b in Wh : Sarah, b 27 Dec., 1778, m 6 May, 1798 Jeremiah Waite of Wh;
Thomas, b 10 Sept., 1781; (19)
Joel Kellogg. b 15 Dec., 1782 ; (20) Rufus, b 8 March, 1787; (21)
Abigail, b 20 April, 1789, m Jesse Jewett, 9 April, 1817 ;
Caroline, b 10 June, 1791, m 13 July, 1816, Benjamin Larabee ; Sophronia, b 10 July, 1793, d soon :
Caleb, b 11 April, 1769, d soon ;
Ralph, b 29 May, 1798, d soon ;
Caleb, b 28 July, 1800 ; (22)
Rhoda, b 7 April, 1803, m 14 Sept., 1826, John R. Cushman.
14 GRAVES, son of Thomas (7), b in Wh 26 Oct., 1759, d 29 July, 1847, ae 87 yrs, m (1) 6 Nov., 1782, Eunice, dau of Israel and Eunice (Waite) Graves of Wh, b 12 Jan., 1763, d 9 Dec., 1826, ae 63 yrs ; m (2) I March, 1827, Sarah, widow of Barnabas F. Howell and dau of Capt. Lucius Allis of Con, b 15 April, 1771, d 3 April, 1852. By trade he was a shoemaker, but owned and carried on a large farm in Wh. Served a long while in the Revolutionary army. The night before the execu- tion of Maj. Andre he stood on guard in company with Abel Scott, one of his neighbors, over this famous spy. Mr. Crafts was very companionable, loved a joke, a great rhymester, a splendid singer, -a charming man. Thirteen ch, all b in Wh : Israel, b 21 March, 1783, d 4 April, Miriam, b 24 Feb., 1796, m 30 April, 1840, Justus Graves of Wh; 1787;
Lucy, b 23 Nov., 1784, m 10 April, 1809, Elijah Graves ;
Elijah, b 5 Nov., 1786; (23)
Israel, b 11 Dec., 1788 ; (24)
Justus and Justin, (twins), b 21 Jan., 1791, Justus, (24 1-2) Justin, (25) Gad, b 17 Feb., 1794 ; (26)
Sophia, b 30 Nov., 1797, d unm 4 April, 1868 ;
Eli, b 13 Nov., 1799 ; (27)
Graves, b 7 July, 1803, d 25 April, 1820 ; Infant son, b 10 Feb., 1805, d soon ; Silas, b 24 Jan., 1807. (28)
15 SETH, son of Thomas (7), b at Wh 21 Oct., 1762, d 22 June, 1836, ae 73 yrs, m (1) 21 Dec., 1786, Joanna, dau of David, Jr., and Mary (Smith) Graves of Wh, b 21 May, 1760, d II June, 1814 ; m (2) 18 June, 1815, Mrs. Anna (Brockway) French, dau of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Comstock) Brockway of Southampton, b 20 March, 1774, d in Wh 4 Aug., 1863. A man of good sound sense, a large farmer, res on the homestead of his father, now owned by his grandson, Seth Brockway Crafts. Ten ch :
Dexter, b Feb., 1787, d 22 Aug., 1795 ; Rebecca, b Sept., 1788, d 4 Aug., 1795;
Pamelia, b Oct., 1789, d 16 July, 1795 ;
Matilda, b July, 1792, d 13 July, 1795:
Miriam, b Dec. 1794, d 1 Aug., 1795; The above all died of canker-rash. Dexter, b 19 May, 1796; (29)
THOMAS CRAFTS,
MARTIN CRAFTS,
ELBRIDGE G. CRAFTS,
and his sons
JAMES M. CRAFTS, THOMAS S. CRAFTS.
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Rebecca, b 28 Jan .. 1798, m 27 Jan., 1831, Justus Ferry of Granby ; Noah, b 28 Sept., 1800 ; (30)
Pamelia, b 2 Dec., 1802, m 6 Sept., 1832, David Wells ;
Luther, b 5 Sept., 1807, d unm 8 April, 1832, at Granville, N. Y.
16 REUBEN, son of Benoni (9), b in Wh 25 March, 1759, d at Wh 14 Feb., 1814, of typhus fever, m pub 17 July, 1783, Henrietta, dau of Matthew and Hannah (Morton) Graves of Wh, Con and Norwich, N. Y., b 6 May, 1764, d at Wh 9 Jan., 1853, ae 88 yrs: Mr. Crafts was a long time a soldier in the Revolution, going first in place of his father who had been drafted at fifty years of age. He was an active, go-ahead man, a farmer, and highly respected. Eight ch, b in Wh :
Charlotte, b 7 June, 1786, m S. F. Bigelow ;
Cotton, b 27 July, 1788 ; (31)
Erastus, b 3 March, 1791 ; (32) Caleb, b 3 Aug., 1793, d 11 Aug., 1793;
Hannah, b 16 March, 1796, m 10 June 1824, Amasa Lamson ; Miranda, b 15 Oct., 1799, m 17 March, 1831, Samuel Daone ; Fanny C., b 8 Oct., 1802, m 9 April, 1832, Warren Pease : Caleb, b 3 Feb., 1805. (33)
17 CHESTER, son of Joseph (12), b at Wh 9 Dec., 1783, d 27 Sept., 1827, nì 16 March, 1809, Phila, dau of Reuben and Electa (Allis) Jewett of South Dfld, b 25 Jan., 1791, d 2 July, 1880, ae 89 yrs. A farmer and res at Wh some years, rem to South Dfld, dying at 43 yrs of age. Nine ch, b in Wh or S. Dfld : Josephus, b 2 March, 1810; (34) Chester, b 6 March, 1812 ; (35)
Mary Ann, b 1 Feb., 1814, m 12 April, 1836, Capt. Enos Parsons ; Parthena, b 17 Feb., 1816, m 7 May, 1840, Elihu S. Stall ;
Sylvia, b 14 Jan., 1818, m 1 Oct., 1840, Alvin Field ;
David White, b 17 Feb., 1820; (36) Roswell Parsons, b 17 Sept., 1822; (37) Albert William, b 17 Feb., 1825 ; (38) Phila Amelia, b 14 Jan., 1827, m 26 Nov., 1846, Henry J. Walker.
18 PARSONS, son of Joseph (12), bat Wh 1795, m 1816, Widow Judith (Chase) Dudley, rem from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Was a blacksmith and engaged in the manufacture of agricul- tural implements, later rem to Illinois and was a contractor upon railroads. He d in 1839, ae 43 yrs, and his wife d in 1833, ae 36 yrs. Eight ch :
Olive, m Levi Joyce and d the next year ;
Sophronia, d soon ; Josephus, b 26 May, 1826 ; (39) James, b 1828 ; (40)
Lydia, d at 7 yrs;
Pamelia, m Thomas Stacy of Cleve- Mary, d young ; land, O. ; David King, b 18 April, 1832. (41)
19 THOMAS, son of Moses (13), b at Wh 10 Sept., 1781, d 7 Oct., 1861, ae 80 yrs, m 5 July, 1804, Mehitable, dau of Martin and Mehitable (Edson) Graves of Wh, b 20 March, 1779, d 29 Dec., 1861. They lived as husband and wife inore than fifty-seven years at Wh. He was often in town office as selectman, assessor, rep two terms, justice of the peace, etc., extensively engaged in business, owned a large farm; a good talker, and a common-sense man. Eight ch :
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Martin, b 15 Sept., 1805, d soon ; Martin, b 4 April, 1807; (42)
Aurelia, b 11 July, 1809, m 2 Dec., 1830, Allen Belden of Wh and d 11 April, 1857, ae 47;
Triphena, b 20 April, 1812, d 24 Sept., 1814;
Elbridge Gerry, b 13 Dec., 1814 ; (43) James Monroe, b 26 Feb., 1817; (44) Triphena, b 22 Aug., 1819, m 10 Nov., 1842, David Belden of Wh, d 21 Dec., 1842, ae 23;
Thomas Spencer, b 21 April, 1825, unm, res in California.
20 JOEL KELLOGG, son of Moses (13), b in Wh 15 Dec., 1782, d at Had 7 April, 1823, mn I Feb., 1809, Elizabeth, dau of Solomon and Triphena (Newton) Cook of Had, b 4 May, 1792. She m (2) Stephen Gates, d I Feb., 1869 at Medina, O., ae 76 yrs. A farmer. Six ch :
Eleazer Parsons, b 28 Nov., 1811; (45)
Triphena Cook, b 8 Dec., 1812, d 3 Sept., 1827 ;
Sophronia, b 22 March, 1814, m 22 April, 1834, John Hilliard;
Solomon Cook, b 13 Sept., 1815; (46)
Elizabeth Newton, b 15 Sept., 1817, m 25 Feb., 1839, Enoch L. Reed ; Lois Lavinia, b 1 Nov., 1819, m 30 Nov., 1835, Solomon Lovejoy.
21 RUFUS, son of Moses (13), b at Wh 8 March, 1787, d 14 Nov., 1843, ae 56 yrs, m 26 Feb., 1810, Lucy, dau of Joseph and Jerusha (Ingram) Kellogg of Amh, b 25 Oct., 1788, d 2 Sept., 1869. By trade a potter, owned a farm and the last years of his life were devoted to farming, res in Wh where his ten ch were b :
Ralph Erskine, b 26 Jan., 1812; (47) Chapman, b 24 March, 1813; (48) George Washington, b 30 Nov., 1814; (49)
Myron Harwood, b 11 Aug., 1816; (50)
Elvira Jerusha, b 22 Aug., 1818, m 28 Sept., 1843, Prof. Robert D. Weeks of Newark, N. J., d 18
Feb., 1858, ae 40; Joseph Kellogg, b 7 June, 1821; (51) Joel Franklin, b 19 Sept,, 1823, d at 2 yrs of age ; Joel Franklin, b 29 May, 1825; (52) Rufus Wells, b 7 July, 1828; (53) Lemuel Bates, b 16 Oct., 1830, d 30 June, 1831.
22 COL. CALEB, son of Moses (13), b at Wh 29 July, 1800, d I Jan., 1854, at Wh, m 18 May, 1823, Sophronia, dau of Daniel and Sophronia (Smith) Morton of Wh, b 18 March, 1806, d 18 Feb., 1866. By trade a potter and worked at his trade in West Troy, N. Y., and also in Portland Me., and at Nashua, N. H., but returned to Wh where he d. He was above the average in culture and mental ability. Seven ch :
Harriet Cornelia, b at Wh 8 Sept., 1823, m 28 Nov., 1842, Dexter Daniels of Portland, Me .; Maria Louisa, b at Wh 13 July, 1825, m (1) 6 Oct., 1844, Thomas G. Bowers of Nashua, (2) 28 May, 1851, S. D. Kellogg, of North Amh ; Charles Perry, b at Wh 14 Oct., 1827; (54)
Edward Alonzo, b at Wh 28 Jan., 1830 ; (55)
George Morton, b West Troy, N. Y., 16 May, 1835; (56) Thomas Hart Benton, b Portland, Me., 13 Dec., 1837; (57) Sophronia Morton, b at Wh 19 April, 1851, m 22 April, 1868, George Keit of North Amh.
23 ELIJAH, son of Graves (14), b at Wh 5 Nov., 1786, d 12 Aug., 1874, ae 87 yrs, m 18 Dec., 1810, Dolly, dau of John
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Trescott of Wilmington, Vt., b 3 April, 1788, d 5 Feb., 1833, ae 45 yrs. They rem in 1816 to Plattsburg, Steuben county, N. Y. Eight ch :
Sarah, b in Wh 7 April, 1812, d 18 Aug., 1817 ;
Eunice Maria, b in Wh 18 Aug., 1813, m 14 March, 1832, Geo. W. Stanford of Schenectady, N. Y. : Lucy, b at Wh 21 Dec., 1815, m 10 Feb., 1835, Amasa Noble of Mid- dlesex, N. Y. ;
Myron, b 5 Feb., 1819, m 11 Oct., 1852, Mary A. Clemens ; Nancy, b 22 Oct., 1820, d young; Sophia, b 12 July, 1822, m 10 June, 1843, Philander Perry ; Clymenia, b 3 Feb., 1827, m 24 Oct., 1855, John V. Stevens;
Norman, b 3 April, 1829, m 23 Nov., 1858, Jenette E. Waggoner. 3 ch.
24 ISRAEL, son of Graves (14), bat Wh II Dec., 1788, d 4 April, 1855, ae 66 yrs, m (1) 30 Jan., 1817, Esther, dau of Lemuel and Lydia (Scott) Wells of Wh, b 9 Feb., 1785, d 29 Jan., 1823 ; m (2) Clarissa, widow of Asa Scott and dau of Elisha and Rhoda (Graves) Wells of Hawley, b at Wh 3 Dec., 1790, d at Wh 5 Sept., 1858, ae 67 yrs. He lived on the home- stead of his father. An honest, upright man. Four ch :
Infant, b and d 27 Jan., 1823 ; Nov., 1854, Edward Lyman
Charles Dwight, b 2 July, 1827; (60)
Smith ; Luther M., b 15 June, 1832. (61)
Esther Wells, b 25 July, 1829, m 30
24 1-2 JUSTUS, son of Graves (14), b at Wh 21 Aug., 1791,. 13 Dec., 1869, m 22 Feb., 1815, Spiddy, dau of Asa and Mary (Belden) Bardwell, b in Wh 19 Nov., 1792, d 4 Aug., 1842. He was by trade a potter, res in Wh. A pleasant man, and loved to joke in some rhyme made up on the spur of the mo- ment. Eight ch :
Mary, b 25 Jan., 1816, m 9 Feb., Lucia Ann, b 2 April, 1826, m 11 1876, Joseph Dunn ; Dec., 1859, Frank Rice ;
Austin, b 9 March, 1818; (62) Eunice, b 13 Nov., 1830, m 13 Nov.,
Graves, b 1820, d soon ; 1861, Justus Smith ;
Infant, b 1822, d soon ; John Wesley, b 14 March, 1836, d soon.
Graves, b 4 April, 1823 ; (63)
25 JUSTIN, son of Graves (14), b at Wh 21 Jan., 1791, d in 1850, while crossing the plains to California, m April, 1820, Catherine, dau of Jonathan and Lydia (Wright) Cressy of Chesterfield, N. H., b 19 April, 1788, d 14 Sept., 1844. He rem early to Berlin, Vt., and later to Sycamore, DeKalb county, I11. No ch.
26 GAD, son of Graves (14), bin Wh 17 Feb., 1794, d II Aug., 1864, ae 70 yrs, m I May, 1828, Electa, dau of Oliver and Abigail Graves of Wh, b 24 Jan., 1799, d 10 Dec., 1885, ae 87 yrs, resin Wh. A carpenter and farmer ; a genial, kind-hearted man, always ready to lend the helping hand. Sixch, b in Wh : Luman Spencer, b 28 May, 1829; Almeron, b 16 Aug., 1835; (67)
(64) Freeman Atkins, b 12 Oct., 1838;
Chester Graves, b 19 Sept., 1831; (68)
Thomas, b 16 Aug., 1840.
(65) Sylvanus, b 17 April, 1833; (66)
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27 ELI, son of Graves (14), b in Wh 13 Nov., 1799, dat Wh 22 May, 1871, ae 70 yrs, m 29 Oct., 1829, Louisa, dau of Isaac and Lucretia (Bacon) Marsh of Dfld, b in Wh 23 Aug., 1805, d 25 Jan., 1864, ae 58 yrs, after a long and distressing ill- ness of rheumatism ; a noble-hearted woman. He was for many years the sexton and undertaker in Wh; by trade a carpenter. A genial, pleasant man. Four ch :
Infant, b 21 June, 1831, d same day; Sarah Allis, b 7 Aug., 1832, m 26 Jan., 1870, Luther Townsend ;
Leander Francis, b 21 Nov., 1834; (69) Ruth Scott, b 1 March, 1838, m 31 March, 1857, James A. Elder.
28 SILAS, son of Graves (14), b in Wh 24 Jan., 1807, d I Oct., 1879, m 30 April, 1846, Abigail, dau of John and Anna (Chamberlain) Elder, b 27 Sept., 1817, d in Wh 1890. A farmer, res in Wh. Three ch :
Twins, b 20 Dec., 1846, both' d in a
Clarence Elder, b 30 Dec., 1858. (70) few days ;
29 DEXTER, son of Seth (15), b in Wh 19 May, 1796, d 15 May, 1861, ae 65 yrs, for many years a prominent man in his native town. He and his brother Noah occupied the old home- stead where their grandfather settled in 1751. Their farming interests were extensive. He held many offices of honor and trust and was often called upon to act in arbitrations. A man of sound judgment and held in high esteem. Never married.
30 NOAH, son of Seth (15), b in Wh 28 Sept., 1800, d 28 Oct., 1878, ae 78 yrs, m 3 Jan., 1839, Nancy, dau of Calvin and Thankful (Crafts) Wells of Wh, b 6 May, 1809, d 8 Nov., 1891, ae 82 yrs. He with his brother Dexter carried on extensive farming operations, prob owning more land than any other farmer in Wh. A man of kindly instincts ; a member of the Congregational church. Three ch, b in Wh :
Ellen P., b 5 May, 1839, m 27 April, 1859, William, son of Edmond Hubbard, of Windsor, Mass., res at South Dfld, where she d
2 Sept. 1866, ae 27 yrs ; Seth Brockway, b 28 Aug., 1840; (71) Diana Mary, b 8 June, 1842, d unm 20 June, 1877.
31 COTTON, son of Reuben (16), b in Wh 27 July, 1788, d 29 May, 1843, ae 55 yrs, m 23 Dec., 1819, Sarah, dau of Selah and Mary (Dickinson) Scott of Wh, b 29 Sept., 1791, d 27 July, 1883, ae 91 yrs. She was blind for the last six or eight years of her life. An excellent wife and mother. He was a farmer, of stalwart build, possessing rare strength and agility. Four ch, b in Wh :
George Washington, b 2 June, 1821 ; (72) m 1 Jan., 1856, Daniel Dick- inson ;
Amanda Malvina, b 18 March, 1826,
Henry Clinton, b 20 Nov., 1823, d 24 May 1831 ;
Asa Jackson, b 30 Aug., 1829. (73)
32 ERASTUS, son of Reuben (16), b in Wh 3 March, 1791, d 27 April, 1881, in his gist year, m (1) 22 Nov., 1814, Char- lotte, dau of Selah and Mary (Dickinson) Scott, b 22 April,
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1786, d 25 Sept., 1815, ae 29 yrs ; m (2) 4 Nov., 1817, Marion, dau of Samuel and Miriam (Stratton) Lamson of Western, now Warren, where she was b 15 April, 1791, d I April, 1872, ae 81 yrs. A true-hearted, noble woman. He was of a genial, jovial turn of mind, had an excellent memory and rendered valuable assistance in collecting much of historic value to the town; a strong man, a great lover of fox and coon hunting. On his ninetieth birthday he visited his granddaughter, Lizzie C. Crafts, and ate dinner with his great-grandchild, Cora L. Crafts, walk- ing a mile for that purpose ; told many stories and sang several old-time songs, then declining to ride he walked a mile to his home. Eight ch :
Charlotte, b Aug., 1815, d 10 Oct., 1815 ;
Reuben, b 30 Dec., 1818; (74)
Alonzo, b 17 May, 1821; (75)
Walter, b 16 Aug., 1823 ; (76)
Rodolphus, b 22 Sept., 1825, d 15 June, 1831 ;
Louisa, b 9 Aug., 1827, m 6 Nov., 1851, Joseph Porter of Green- field ; Fidelia, b 5 May, 1831, m 25 Dec., 1863, Prof. Dodge Hayward, who d 25 July, 1875. She d 13 Aug., 1878 ; Rodolphus, b 28 June, 1833. (77)
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