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LULL, JOHN, 1796, lived on Poplar hill, kept a small store and was in town but a few years. Three ch :
Jesse, David, Hannah, m Seth Field ; sider Waite.
Persis, m 22 Sept., 1778, Con-
LANE, JOHN WILLIAM 7, son of Charles 6, ancestry, Jabez 5, Samuel 4, Joshua 3, William 2, William 1, b at what is now Newfields, N. H., 7 Sept., 1827, m 26 Aug., 1868, Mary, dau of Samuel and Eliza (Spaulding) Haynes of Townsend. He graduated at Amherst college in 1856, and at Andover in 1859, ordained to the Congregational ministry at Wh 17 Oct., 1860, as pastor of the church, remaining seventeen years, rem to North Had in 1877 where he still remains. His pastoral work was very acceptable to his people and to the town at large, and without further allusion to his ministerial labors, we will occupy our space with some account of his service to the town, in his efficient, as well as persistent efforts to improve the condition of our cemeteries. He arranged plans for remodeling the center cemetery. It was overgrown with brush, the headstones were all awry, people had buried their dead wherever they chose with-
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out any plan, there were no walks or means of access but to clamber over other graves. After he had formulated his plans he asked the people to assist, and with coat off he led the work. The town was aroused, appropriated money to carry on the work, and chose a committee with Mr. Lane as chairman. Roads and walks were laid, headstones reset in a proper man- ner, bushes pulled up, grounds leveled, a tomb built, and what was a disgrace to the town has been made a pleasant locality. The town allowed the fence in front to be set out far enough to admit of a driveway in front of the yard, Rufus Dickinson gave a strip of land for a road on the north side and C. K. Waite some on the west side, since then several rods have been added to the south side; and his efforts were also successful for the other cemeteries. He has always been successful as an architect and a planner for the improvement of buildings and public grounds. He also formed plans for remodeling the town house, furnishing rooms for a select school, the town library, etc. Then we must speak of his efforts to enlarge his meeting-house. By his per- sistent efforts the house was enlarged and raised up so as to give room for a nice vestry and church parlors, being a carpenter in his early life much of the work was accomplished by him, accom- panied and assisted by Spencer Bardwell. I should like to say more but our space forbids. Eight ch :
Charles W., b at Wh 16 Nov., 1869, d 26 Oct., 1870 ;
Samuel, b and d 6 March, 1871;
John Edward, b 12 Feb., 1872, grad- uated at Yale 1896 :
Aleck Forbes, b 20 July, 1873, d 18 March, 1875 ;
Amy Sanders, b 31 Oct., 1874, gradu-
ated at Wellesley 1896 ; Wallace Ruthford, b 12 Aug., 1876, two years at Brown, now at Yale law school ;
Wilfred Clary, b at North Had, 23 June, 1878, in Brown university ; Susan Kleine, b at North Had 13 July, 1881, at Hopkins academy.
MARSH, JOHN 1, of Boston, m Sarah three sons, the second was Joseph 2, b 3 Feb., 1670, m Ann Thourogood and had Joseph 3, b 21 Dec., 1694, m 24 Feb., 1717, Sarah Par- tridge and had sons Thomas, Eli and Asa 4, b at Medfield 31 Aug., 1724, m Meliscent Woodstock. They rem to Douglas and thence to Wh, where he was spoken of as "Asa Marsh, the aged", just at the close of the Revolution. A maker of nails. His sons m before they came to Wh. Four ch, b at Douglas : Amos, Asa, Jr., Abijah and Sarah.
4 AMOS, son of Asa, m Elizabeth Jefferson prob of Douglas abt 1777, lived on the plain above the Bartlett brothers. A shoemaker. Thirteen ch, all b in Wh except one :
Benjamin, b in Douglas 9 Oct., 1778 m Polly Whitney ;
Calvin, b 3 Oct., 1780; (9) Thomas, b 24 Nov., 1782 ; (10) Amos, Jr., b 14 Feb., 1785, m Fila Cooley ;
Rufus, b 7 Oct., 1787; (11)
Elizabeth, bapt 27 June, 1792, m Silas Hawley,
Sarah, bapt 21 July, 1793, d soon ; Sophia, bapt 6 Sept., 1789, m Thad- deus Hibbard ;
Electa, b 28 Aug., 1794, m Phineas Smith of Wh;
Asa, bapt 9 June, 1799, m Philomela Stearns ; Meliscent, bapt 30 May, 1802, m Alanson Hildreth ;
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Emerson, bapt 6 Sept., 1804, m Jud- Sarah, bapt 30 Oct., 1796, m Alvah Russell.
ith Dickinson ;
5 ASA, son of Asa 4, the aged, b at Douglas, came to Wh in 1783. He owned the Levi Morton place and sold it to Rev. Rufus Wells, m 20 May, 1778, Sarah, prob dau of Lemuel Snow. He ram from Wh. Six ch :
Isaac, b 19 May, 1780. (7)
The other ch were David, Olive,
Amanda, Orange (8) and Sally.
6 ABIJAH, son of Asa 4, the aged, m 6 Nov., 1783, Bathsheba, dau of Lemuel Snow. He was a weaver, res in Wh. Five ch :
Lura, b 28 Aug., 1784; Lemuel, b 12 Dec., 1791 ;
Lydia, b 28 Aug., 1786 ; Rebecca, b 23 June, 1794.
Joab, b 27 Feb., 1889, d soon ;
7 ISAAC, son of Asa (5), b at Wh 19 May, 1780, m 6 Aug., 1801, Lucretia, dau of Philo and Lucinda (Smith) Bacon of Wh, bapt 30 Aug., 1785, d 19 June, 1846, res at Con. Eleven ch:
Louisa, b 23 Aug., 1805, m Eli Crafts The other ch were Lucinda, Lucretia, of Wh ; Dwight, Rufus, Horatio, Isaac, Lucretia, b 17 Jan., 1812, m Asaph Jr., Emily, Althea and Edwin A. Crittenden of Con.
8 ORANGE, son of Asa (5), b at Wh 31 May, 1793, m Clarissa, dau of George and Susanna (Washburn) Hibbard of North Had, b abt 1798, res at North Had. Three ch:
Colton, m Eliza Barnum ; Mary S., b 4 Jan., 1824, m Thomas S. Dickinson.
Truman, m Elizabeth Spencer ;
9 CALVIN, son of Amos (4), b at Wh 3 Oct., 1780, m 7 Oct., 1800, Anna, dau of Elihu and Anna (Belden) Smith of Sund, bin Wh, bapt 25 Aug., 1782, rem to North Had. Nine ch: Orsamus, m Harriet Smith ; Olive, bapt 1811; Elizabeth ;
Hiram, bapt 30 Aug., 1804, m Betsey Stockbridge of North Had ;
Anna B., b 26 Oct., 1819, m Justin M.
Chapman, bapt 1806; Cooley of Wh and Springfield, proprietor of the Cooley hotel ;
Calvin B., bapt 1808, m (1) Hannah Belden ; (2) Eliza W., widow of Oliver Graves ;
Elihu ;
Miriam, m Merrick Twiss of Wh.
10 THOMAS, son of Amos (4), b at Wh 24 Nov., 1782, d in consequence of a fall from a meeting-house on which he was employed in Ware, m Annis, dau of Deacon Russell and Sarah (Edson) Allis of Wh, b 18 Jan., 1784, d 8 Nov., 1839. He d 17 July, 1826, ae 44 yrs. A carpenter, res in Wh. Six ch :
Almira, m Moses Graves of Leverett ; Norman, rem to Cleveland, O .;
Sophia, m Moses Graves, his second Margarett, m Obadiah Ingram; Mary Ann, m Ruel Aldrich.
wife, 9 Aug., 1827 ;
Jane, m Jason Stockbridge ;
11 RUFUS, son of Amos (4), b at Wh 7 Oct., 1787, m Camilla C., dau of Dr. Church of Sund. He was a carpenter
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and boat builder, d in Wh 20 April, 1839, Ten ch, b at Sund and Wh :
Lima, Evander, Norman C., Electa, George, Amariah B., Sabra. Amoret, Merrick, Edwin D.,
ISAAC, was in Wh 1782, built a log house where Elihu Waite afterwards lived and he rem to Con. Perhaps the father of Elijah.
ELIJAH, was in Hawley before 1800, was of the sixth gen- eration from John Marsh who came from England and settled in Hartford, Ct., in 1639. Was b in Con 8 Feb., 1777, m Tam- zin Howes 27 May, 1801, and by her had several ch. She d and he m (2) 8 Sept., 1814, Elizabeth Alden, the sixth genera- tion from John Alden, who came in the Mayflower in 1620. Their ch were :
Elijah, Jr., b 23 April, 1817; Jonathan, b 27 July, 1824, m Harriet Emily, b 20 April, 1820, d in 1844 ; L. Miller, rem to Corry, Pa.
Joseph, b 26 May, 1822;
JOSEPH 7, son of Elijah 6, came to Wh abt 1845 with his widowed mother and brother Jonathan, m 20 July, 1848, Mary E., dau of Reuben and Lucinda (Waite) Jenney, b 5 Aug., 1825, d 28 Nov., 1848. They lived in the Straits, but later rem to Nthn ; m (2) June, 1860, Mary C. Parsons. He is en- gaged in the book and stationary business. A man of large ability. No ch.
MASTERSON, JAMES, m Mary-, bought the B. Gil- bert Alden place. A farmer, a quiet, pleasant man. Five ch, b at Wh :
David, 'b 5 March, 1863, d 31 Aug., Daniel, b 19 March, 1866, d 19 June, 1866, ae 3 m ; 1870 ;
James, Jr., b 14 Nov., 1864 ;
David, b 9 Feb .. 1868; Eddie, b 2 Feb., 1870.
MANNING, HORACE, son of Ephraim, b 10 June, 1813, m 6 June, 1866, Almira, dau of Jonathan Colton and Electa (Stockbridge) Loomis of Wh, b 5 June, 1816, d 21 March, 1893, ae 77 yrs, 4 m, a lady of rare excellence. He res in the first house south of the Congregational church, retired from active business a number of years ago. No ch.
1 MATHER, BENJAMIN, a former sea captain, b at Lyme, Ct., 19 Sept., 1731, d 27 Dec., 1821, ae 90 yrs, m Abi- gail - -, b in Colchester, Ct., 23 Feb., 1741, d 12 Feb., 1815, ae 75 yrs. After her death he manifested many peculiarities of character. He owned about three acres of land in Wh south of Thomas Fleming's, where his tobacco barn stands. This land, or a portion of it, he used to use in cultivating corn, pota- toes and garden truck. He built a cabin and summers spent his time there alone. He would plant one hill of corn that he called the "King Hill." Perhaps there may have been 50
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grains of corn in a hill of fully a yard in diameter and elevated a foot or more above the level. He trapped for woodchucks, skunks and snared birds and these furnished his meats. On one occasion he hired a negro to assist him in hoeing, who came bright and early and the captain set him to work while he pre- pared the breakfast, and when the negro came he told him he had a nice skunk for breakfast. The odor of the animal which he had caught near by filled the region. The poor colored brother stared at him in disgust and quietly withdrew, telling the captain that he might hoe his own corn and eat his own skunk, and he left. Ten ch :
Betty Worthing, b 17 Dec., 1763; Joseph and Benjamin, (twins), b 15
Abigail, b 16 April, 1765 ; March, 1776 ; Joseph ; (4)
William, b 31 Dec., 1766; (2) Cotton, b 4 March, 1779, m and lived in Ash;
Rhoda, b 1 Jan., 1768 ;
Elias, b 25 Oct., 1769 ;
Marshfield P., b 26 Jan., 1782.
2 WILLIAM, son of Capt. Benjamin (I), b in Connecticut 31 Dec., 1766, m 4 Nov., 1791, Tirza, dau of Daniel and Esther (Bardwell) Morton of Wh, b 21 Jan., 1771. They rem to Canandaigua, Ontario county, N. Y. Was town clerk nine years ending in 1813, treasurer and assessor eleven years, and held other prominent positions. Eleven ch :
William Worthington, b 2 Sept., 1790;
Electa, b 28 July 1792 ;
Ellis or Alice, b 24 April, 1794, m (1) Osee Allis of Wh; (2) Horace Morton ;
Benjamin Hiram Wolf, b 9 Jan., 1796, d soon ;
Sophia, b 11 March, 1797, m Elisha
Babcock ; Mariah, b 17 March, 1798, m Levi Alexander of Wh ;
Harriet, b 24 April, 1800, d soon ; Hiram Benjamin, b 8 May, 1802; Lewis Morton, b 28 Dec., 1803, d soon ;
Nabbie, b 31 Aug., 1805; Lewis Morton, b 15 April, 1809.
3 SAMUEL, son of Capt. Benjamin (1), b 19 March, 1773, In I Oct., 1797, Mary Anne Emma Hutchins, rem from Wh abt I812. Three ch, b at Wh: Lucinda, Electa and Elizabeth.
4 JOSEPH, son of Capt. Benjamin (1), b in Wh 15 March, 1776, d 13 Aug., 1861, ae 85 yrs, m (1) 25 June, 1801, Lucinda, dau of Deacon Levi and Sarah (Allis) Morton, b 11 Nov., 1779, d 17 May, 1810; m (2) 9 Dec., 1812, Adency, dau of Israel and Anna (Browne) Graves of Wh, b 18 Jan., 1792, res at Wh. Ten ch:
George Washington, b 11 April, 1802, d soon ;
George Washington, b 27 Aug., 1803 ; (5) Frank, b 4 Nov., 1805, d 10 Oct., 1807;
Benjamin, b 3 April 1808, d 5 Aug., 1810; Frank, b 13 May, 1810;
Lucinda, b 29 March, 1813, m Ches- ter Bardwell of Wh;
Benjamin, b 12 Aug., 1815; (6)
Julia S., b 21 Feb., 1819, m Rufus Dickinson ; Joseph, b 6 June, 1821, m Elizabeth Stonemaker; Levi Morton, b 23 June, 1823, m Sarah Hewes.
5 GEORGE WASHINGTON, son of Joseph (4), b at Wh 27
Samuel, b 19 March, 1773 ; (3)
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Aug., 1803, m Sarah, dau of Benjamin and Polly (Mott) Waite of Wh, b 4 July, 1804, rem to South Dfld, where they had some ch and they died.
6 BENJAMIN, son of Joseph (4), b at Wh 12 Aug., 1815, m 14 Sept., 1840, Pamilla C., dau of Capt. Seth and Dency (Cooley) Frary, b 28 Feb., 1819, rem to Breckenridge, Cald- well county, Mo. Six ch, b out West :
Dwight Henry, b 29 March, 1845 ; Frank Cooley, b 8 March, 1851;
Myron Holley, b 31 May, 1846 ; Elam Lesure, b 7 Aug., 1854 ;
Artemas Chapin, b 10 Sept., 1848 ; Ella Frary, b 13 Aug., 1860.
MCCLELLAN, ELIAS B. 4, son of Daniel 3, Robert L. 2, Rev. Daniel 1, b II Oct., 1824, d 23 Aug., 1882, m (1) 28 May, 1851, Mary A. Fellows, b 30 March, 1828, d 23 Oct., 1859; m (2) 25 March, 1863, Esther, dau of James Newton of Gfld, b 23 Oct., 1836, came to Wh abt 1860, res on the J. B. Morton farm. A master carpenter. Four ch :
Ida Amelia, b at Gfld 17 May, 1852, d 7 May, 1853 ;
June, 1886, Henry George Taylor of Westfield ;
George Briggs, b at Gfld 30 July, 1857;
William Bardwell, b at Wh 10 April, 1870.
Mary, b at Wh 13 Sept., 1864, m 23
GEORGE BRIGGS, son of Elias B., b 30 July, 1857, in 27 March, 1883, Mary Elizabeth, adopted dau of Rodolphus and Harriet (Clark) Sanderson, a dau of Henry G. and Jane (Brown) Clark, res on the homestead left by his father. A bright, go-ahead farmer, has remodeled his house and barns. One ch:
Randolph Allen, b 16 Feb., 1885.
WILLIAM BARDWELL, son of Elias B., b 10 April, 1870, at Wh, m Marion S., dau of Luther and Susan E. Adams of Wil- mington, Vt., b 2 April, 1871. He is in trade and postmaster at North Hat. One ch:
Adams Newton, b 8 July, 1896.
MEEKINS, EMMONS 6, Joseph5, Thomas 4, John 3, Thomas 2, Thomas 1, b 9 Jan., 1798, d May, 1867, m 4 July, 1820, Elizabeth, dau of Consider Waite of Wh, b 16 Jan., 1801, res in West Wh and Con. Eight ch :
Ashley, b 14 May, 1821, m Chloe A. Pierce ; Clapp ;
Augusta, b 24 Dec., 1828, m James Elvira, b 27 Feb., 1828, m William Foster, b 6 Aug., 1831, m Fannie M. Mason; Lamb; Truman, b 10 Jan., 1825, m Harriet Williams ;
Elizabeth, b 16 Oct., 1826, m Oliver Longley ;
Nancy, b 21 May, 1834, m Lyman Fales ; Jeannette, b 18 March, 1838, m John Smith.
FOSTER, son of Emmons, b 6 Aug., 1831, m 10 June, 1852, Fanny M., dau of Samuel R. Lamb, res in Wh, rem to Amh. A soldier in the Civil war. Two ch, b at Wh :
Mary Immogene, b 14 May, 1855 ;
Charles Allen, b 17 Aug., 1860.
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MERRICK, PEREZ, came in 1794, was here several years. A clothier and run a carding machine, rem from town.
MCCOY, PAUL, and his wife Elizabeth, lived in Wh many years. He was b on the ocean when his parents came to Amer- ica and d 13 July, 1838, she d 19 Jan., 1824, lived for some years in Maine. Five ch :
Samuel, b in Maine in 1793 ; James, lived in Wh some years, went Daniel, b in Maine in 1795 ; West ;
Esther, no dates, m a Mr. Fiske and William, d young.
rem to New York ;
DANIEL, son of Paul, b in Maine in 1795, din Wh 28 Feb., 1877, ae 82 yrs, m 8 May, 1829, Eliza, dau of Samuel and Miriam (Stratton) Lamson, b 18 Oct., 1803 ; m (2) 25 May, 1841, widow Elvira Woodruff, dau of Joseph Smith of Wh. Eleven ch :
Samuel, b in Wh 28 April, 1831;
William, b in Wh 28 Oct., 1833, m Lina A., dau of Albert Partridge; Mary, b 18 Oct., 1835, m George W. Butts :
Elizabeth, b 10 Aug., 1838, m George W. Skiff ;
Henry T., m Etta Benjamin;
Calcina, d at 16 years of age ;
Louisa E., m Charles S. Sanderson ; Amelia, Lura, Alice E.
James, m Lucia Pierce ;
MOORE, NATHANIEL 1, and wife Jane, came in 1792, lived on what is now known as the Elijah Sanderson place at West Wh. He and his son manufactured spinning wheels and a variety of wooden machines, etc. We only know the names of two ch :
John, date of birth unknown ; (2) Euphamie, b 1771, m Orange Bard-
well of Wh.
JOHN 2, son of Nathaniel 1, m 12 Sept., 1793, Alinda, dau of Lieut. Noah Bardwell, b in Wh II March, 1771, d 1851. An expert mechanic, rem after 1800 to Peterboro, N. H. Six ch : Polly, Electa. Jane, Lucy, Alinda, John H. Steele of New Hamp- shire. William, Nancy M., m Gov.
1 LEVI 6, son of Asa 5, Israel 4, Daniel 3, Jacob 2, John 1, m 18 Jan., 1810, Lucy, dau of Asa and Lucy (Scott) Sander- son of Wh, b 3 May, 1783, res several years on Poplar hill, Wh, rem to Leverett. Five ch :
Asa, m, res in Leverett ; Lucy, b 1815, m and rem to Chicago ; James, b 9 Oct., 1811 ; (2) Otis, b 1 Feb., 1817. (4) Harvey, b 19 March, 1813; (3)
2 JAMES, son of Levi (1), b at Wh 9 Oct., 1811, m 3 July, 1834, Fidelia, dau of Cotton and Fanny (Allis) Bardwell, b 23 April, 1814, d 19 Feb., 1896, ae 82 yrs, rem to Nthn after the birth of their ch. Six ch :
Calvin A., b 7 March, 1836 ; Joseph K., b 13 Dec., 1850, d 14 Jan., 1884;
Lincoln B., b 2 Sept., 1837; Emory B., b 10 March, 1845;
Frank B., b 29 March, 1852 ; Lettie, b 25 Feb., 1855.
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3 HARVEY, son of Levi (2), b at Wh 19 March, 1813, d 29 July, 1896, m 3 July, 1834, Sophia, dau of Justin and Esther (Scott) Bardwell, b 10 June, 1814, d 22 Dec., 1885, ae 71 yrs, res on the place formerly owned by Charles Bardwell. He was a millwright, a very worthy man. Four ch:
Lucy, b 19 Oct., 1834, m 24 July, 1856, John W. Field; (2) Theo- dore Beardsley of Springfield ;
Levi, b 25 Oct., 1836; (5) George W., b 10 Feb., 1842, d soon ; George W., b 22 Dec., 1846. (6)
4 OTIS, son of Levi (2), bat Wh I Feb., 1817, m (I) 31 July, 1839, Lauriette, dau of Cotton and Fanny (Allis) nee (Swift) Bardwell, b 5 July, 1816, d; m (2) 28 Sept., 1851, Se- mantha Pratt. Seven ch, b in Wh:
James W., b 4 Nov., 1840, d soon ; Otis W., b 3 June, 1847, d soon ;
Fidelia A., b 28 Aug., 1842, d young ; Sarah S., b 27 July, 1853 ;
Martha E., b 26 April, 1845, m Fran- cis G. Bardwell ;
Lewis S., b 31 March, 1855, d 1877 ; Edwin P., b 3 July, 1860.
5 LEVI, son of Harvey (3), b at Wh 25 Oct., 1856, d 21 April, 1870, m 27 Nov., 1856, Ellen E., dau of Jonathan and Ann T. (Gillett) Howe, b 30 June, 1838, res at West Wh. Two ch :
Nellie Ardelle, b 7 Oct., 1857, m 23 Benjamin F., b 7 Jan., 1859.
Dec., 1876, Erastus S. Strong ;
6 GEORGE W., son of Harvey (3), b at Wh 22 Dec., 1846, m 14 Feb., 1866, Lauriette, dau of Otis and Maria Bard- well, b 5 April, 1841, res on the father's estate in West Wh. A pleasant and useful citizen. Two ch :
John Foster, b 28 Feb., 1868; (7) Levi Foster, b 8 Aug., 1876.
7 JOHN FOSTER, son of George W. (6), b at Wh 28 Feb., 1868, m 30 May, 1888, Lula Theodora, dau of H. W. Johnson of Williamsburg, b 28 Aug., 1867, res at Wh. Three ch : Edwena May, b 1 April, 1889; Harvey Elmer, b 13 Nov., 1895. Nettie Maria, b 27 Aug., 1891 ;
MOREY, JOHN, was in town during the last half of the Revolutionary war, prob on the quota of Wh, m 10 Dec., 1778, Sarah, dau of Abraham Turner, they rem from town after the birth of three ch :
John, Jr., Erastus and Sarah, no dates.
MCHENRY, THOMAS, came to Wh abt 1865 with his wife Ellen. He d 29 Oct., 1883, ae 66 yrs. No ch :
MORRISSY, PATRICK, was in town abt 1870, and abt 1875 bought the C. D. Stockbridge place in Wh, m Ellen Ryan. A man of ability, a good farmer. Nine ch :
Margaret, b 6 Dec .. 1855, m 27 June, 1879, Morris J. Powers ; 1891: Patrick, b 14 Feb., 1874;
Anna W., b 6 Nov., 1872, d 19 March,
James, b 29 Jan., 1859;
Michael, b 11 April, 1863 ; Jerry, b 15 Sept., 1865 ; Ellen, b 28 Nov., 1867 ;
John, b 25 Nov., 1875 ;
Edward, b 23 June, 1879.
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MORTON, CAPT. CHARLES, of the U. S. army, has long devoted his time investigating the facts and clews relative to the ancestry of the Morton family in America, and to him I re- fer for the correctness of the subjoined statement. His backers are Gov. Marcus Morton and Rev. H. M. Dexter. "That Richard Morton of Hat (from Wethersfield) was from Dorches- ter, that he was a son of George Morton, who was the son of the first George Morton, who came to Plymouth and died there in 1624. He was bapt 18 Feb., 1598, at Austerfeld, Eng., when in his eighteenth year. He married Juliann Carpenter, a sister of the wife of Gov. William Bradford. At the time of his death he was fully forty-three or forty-four years and his son, George, was fully fifteen years of age. There were several younger children, some of whom Gov. Bradford cared for. The son George drifted to Dorchester and our Richard was his son." So starting on this basis we have :
1 GEORGE, b 1581, m Juliann Carpenter, had several ch among them :
2 GEORGE, b abt 1609 or'Io, rem to Dorchester and among his ch was:
3 RICHARD, and now starting with him we will try to follow consecutively the several families descending from him, so far as they connect with our Mortons. He was a black- smith and came to Hat in 1661 to 1670, as different authorities give dates, m Ruth -, d 31 Dec., 1714. He d 3 April, 1710. Nine ch :
We follow Abraham; (4) Ebenezer ; (5)
Jonathan. (6)
The others were Thomas, Richard, Joseph, John, Elizabeth.
4 ABRAHAM, son of Richard (3), b at Hat May, 1676, m 8 May, 1701, Sarah, dau of John and Sarah (Moody) Kellogg, b 2 May, 1682. Nine ch:
Abraham, Jr., b 2 May, 1703, settled prob in Shutesbury ;
Richard, b 1 Oct., 1704, settled in Athol ;
Sarah, b April, 1707, m Samuel Smith ;
Samuel, b 8 Sept., 1709, m Lydia Smith, settled in Athol ;
Abigail, h 6 Jan., 1711, d 1 Feb., 1715; Moses, no dates, prob d soon ;
Daniel, b 23 Dec., 1720; (7) Abigail, b 1 Feb., 1823, d soon ;
Noah, settled in Athol, m Rhoda Waite.
5 EBENEZER, son of Richard (3), b at Hat II Aug., 1682, d abt 1760, m Sarah Belden, res in Hat. Eight ch :
Dorothy, b 6 Dec., 1712, m John Belden ; Ebenezer, b 8 Dec. 1725, m Azubah
Lydia, b 24 March, 1715, m. Joseph Bardwell; (Graves), widow of Moses Bard- well:
Elisha, b 1 April, 1717 ;
Eunice, b 14 May, 1721, m Elijah Morton ;
Simeon, no dates, b abt 1722; (8) Oliver, no dates, b abt 1724; (9)
Seth, b 6 Sept., 1729.
6 JONATHAN, son of Richard (3), b at Hat 2 Nov., 1684,
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d 23 April, 1767, ae 83 yrs, m in 1710, Sarah, dau of Chileab Smith, d 5 Oct., 1760, ae 73 yrs, res at Hat. Six ch :
David, the fourth ch, b at Hat 12 The others were Martha, Jonathan, Elijah. Sarah and Mary.
Sept., 1721. (10)
7 DANIEL, son of Abraham (4), b at Hat 23 Dec., 1720, d 20 June, 1786, ae 66 yrs, m (1), 1743, Esther, dau of Ebenezer and Mary (Field) Bardwell of Hat, b 16 Dec., 1783, d 27 Oct., 1762 ; m (2) 6 Dec., 1764, Eleanor, dau of John and Submit Waite of Wh, b 4 April, 1730, d I April, 1816, ae 86 yrs. They res on Chestnut Plain street, Wh, where the house of the late Rufus Dickinson now stands. Eleven ch:
Hannah, b 7 Sept., 1744, m Matthew Graves of Wh ;
Tabitha, b 1 July, 1747, m Dr. Chas. Doolittle;
Sarah, b 14 Dec., 1749, m Oliver Smith of Northfield ;
Mercy, b 25 Nov., 1751, m John Lamson of Wh;
Joel, b 22 Dec., 1754; (11)
Daniel, b 12 Feb., 1756 ; (12) Esther, b 3 Nov., 1758, m Dr. Lucius Doolittle of Hardwick ;
Justin, b 25 Sept., 1760 ; (13)
Consider, b 12 Oct., 1762 ; (14)
Tirzah, b 24 Jan., 1771, m William Mather of Wh; Roxa, b 26 July, 1774, m Isaac Smith of Wh.
8 SIMEON, son of Ebenezer (5), b at Hat 26 Sept., 1723, m I Jan., 1749, Miriam, dau of Nathaniel and Esther (Cole) Dickinson of Hat. They res at Hat, where he d 3 Nov., 1798, ae 75 yrs, had seven ch, whose names I append but do not know the order of birth only as far as Simeon, Jr., is concerned. Simeon, b 16 Feb., 1750. (15) Benjamin, Rebecca, Miriam and Gideon. The other ch are Elizabeth, Martha,
9 OLIVER, son of Ebenezer (5), b at Hat abt 1724, d 16 Sept., 1789, ae 67 yrs, m (1) 10 Nov., 1757, Hannah Gillett; m (2) widow Eleanor (Lyman) Pomeroy, b 29 Oct., 1736, d 8 Sept., 1825. In 1761 he built a house on Chestnut Plain street next south of the center cemetery. Eight ch:
Samuel Gillett, b 12 Aug., 1758; (16) Katherine, b 20 March, 1760, d unm 27 Nov., 1777, ae 18 yrs ;
Hannah, b 12 March, 1762, m Amasa Edson, rem to Brookfield, Vt .; Clarissa, b 5 July, 1764, m Lemuel
Train of Wh; Lemuel, b 24 July, 1766; (17) Sarah, b 8 Dec., 1768, m William White ; Oliver, b 2 April, 1777 ; (18) Stephen b 4 Feb., 1779. (19)
10 DAVID, son of Jonathan (6), b at Hat 12 Sept., 1721, m Christian Smith, res at Hat, d 1798. Five ch :
David, b 12 May, 1751 ; Ruth, b 14 April, 1756; Lucretia, b abt 1758, m Fred Chapin.
Levi, b 26 Oct., 1753; (20) Benjamin, b 1755 ;
11 JOEL, son of Daniel (7), b at Wh 22 Dec., 1754, d 25 May, 1849, ae 95 yrs, m 5 April, 1781, Violet, dau of Noah Wells of Wh, b abt 1759. A Revolutionary soldier. They rem from Wh abt 1795 prob to Brookfield, Vt. Five ch, bapt at Wh.
Anna, bapt 27 Jan., 1782; Francis, bapt 7 Jan., 1789 ; Spencer, bapt 24 June, 1791.
Polly, bapt 10 Oct., 1784 ; Ransel, bapt 24 Dec., 1786;
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12 DANIEL, son of Daniel (7), b at Wh 12 Feb., 1756, d 16 March, 1827, ae 71 yrs, m 4 April, 1793, Sophronia Smith of South Had, b I March, 1775, d 26 Jan., 1842. Built in 1800, the house where James M. Crafts lived. A Revolutionary sol- dier. Eight ch :
Erastus, b 4 Jan., 1794; (21) Justus, b 18 April, 1801 ; (22) Abram, b 4 July, 1804 ; (23)
Justus, b 28 Aug., 1795, d young ;
Mary A. E., b 11 Feb., 1797, m Rus- sell Waite;
Julia A., b 22 July, 1799, m Sanford S. Perry 8 Feb., 1821 ;
Sophronia, b 18 March, 1806, m Col. Caleb Crafts ; Isaac, b 16 Jan., 1809. (24)
13 JUSTIN, son of Daniel (7), b in Wh 25 Sept., 1760, d 25 Aug., 1855, ae 95 yrs, m 1783, Esther, dau of Samuel Hard- ing of Dfld, b in 1764, d 4 May, 1850, ae 86 yrs. They lived as husband and wife 67 years, part of the time they lived on the farm with Samuel Harding, then came to Wh where they both died. He was a kindly, genial man. Seven ch :
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