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May, 1863;
POTTER, 543 REED.
CHARLES, son of Charles, b 2 Jan., 1838, m Frances, dau of Lyman and Fidelia (Waite) Wrisley of Wh, b 3 March, 1832, res in Wh several years then rem to North Hat. A good citi- zen. Two ch, b in Wh:
Nellie, b 25 May, 1866, d 18 Aug., John L., b 8 March, 1868. 1866, ae 3 m ;
PRATT, AARON, JR., son of Aaron of Dfld, m (1) 29 April, 1781, Rachael, dau of Benjamin and Abigail Smith of Wh, d 8 March, 1793; m (2) Jerusha, widow of Joel Brown, and dau of Jonathan and Abigail (Chauncy) Smith of Wh, bapt 20 Oct., 1771. He was a Revolutionary soldier from Dfld in 1778, rem to Wh, as he and his father had bought the Joseph Belden property, now known as Bartlett's corners. Two ch: Linus, Caroline, m 6 Sept., 1798, Solomon Hubbard, prob others.
CAPT. AMOS, came to Wh abt 1800, m abt 1803, Mary, dau of Isaiah and Mary (Waite) Brown of Wh, b 15 Aug., 1786, res at West Wh. A clothier by trade, captain of the "Whately Rifle Greens", an independent company and served in the war of 1812-'14, rem from town abt 1820. Ch :
Infant, b and d soon, Arnold and Harriet, prob others.
QUINN, EDMUND, son of William, d 23 Dec., 1887, m Mary Donovan, lived in the gambrel-roofed house in the Straits and his widow and ch own the farm. Nine ch :
Margaret, b 14 Jan., 1866 ; Mary Ann, b 1873;
John, b 23 July, 1868, m 9 April, 1893, Elizabeth Riley ;
Edward, b 1 Jan., 1876: Ellen, b 25 Aug., 1879 ;
James, b 13 Jan., 1870; Kate, b 1881 ;
Joseph, b 1871 ;
Anna, b 1883.
ROBINSON, HIRAM, son of Joseph and Submit (Potter) Robinson of Barre, b 8 June, 1801, m 25 Feb., 1829, Sophia, dau of Moses and Abigail (Crafts) Graves of Wh, b 2 April, 1802, d 22 Jan., 1882, ae 80 yrs, res some years on the Quinn farm, rem to Fredonia, O. She wrote the compiler of these records, I Sept., 1879, that death had never entered their famn- ily circle, a wonderful record, they lived together fifty-eight years. Six ch :
Martha A., b 25 Aug., 1830, m 23 Feb., 1851, Oliver Barrows ; Feb., 1873, George Wheeler ;
Eliza P., b 20 March, 1838, m 12
Parthena, b 19 March, 1832, m 19 Sophia G., b 16 March, 1840, m 16 Nov., 1864, James Kellogg ;
March, 1872, Rev. Isaac Winans ; Hiram L., b 15 June, 1834, m 17 Oct., George E., b 23 Sept., 1846, m 11 June, 1866, Maggie Irving.
1871, Hattie Peters of Wake- man, O .;
REED, SIMEON 6, son of Benjamin 5, William 4, William 3, James 2, William 1, b in 1789, d 28 Aug., 1853, came to Wh in 1810, m 2 Aug., 1814, Miranda, dau of Justin and Esther (Harding) Morton of Wh, b abt 1798, res on the west side of Chestnut Plain street. A wagon maker. Six ch :
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ROGERS.
Jeannette, b 10 Jan., 1815, m Alvin Sanderson of Hat ; 1825 ; (8) Elizabeth, b 29 Oct., 1826, m Rufus W. Babcock ;
George Washington, b 23 Feb.,
Martha, b 22 Feb., 1829, m Henry J. Babcock.
7 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, son of Simeon (6), bin Wh 5 Oct., 1819, m 26 Nov., 1845, Sarah W., dau of Deacon David Saunders of Wh. They res in Wh until they separated, when he rem to Atlanta, Ga. Four ch:
Jane Caroline, b 12 Feb., 1846 ; Lucy Amy, b 5 Feb., 1848;
Mary Wheeler, b 17 Sept., 1850., d 3 Nov., 1852;
Albert David, b 17 Oct., 1852, (10)
8 GEORGE WASHINGTON, son of Simeon (6), b in Wh 23 Feb., 1825, m 3 Nov., 1847, Helen M., dau of Jabez Pease of Wh, b 23 Nov., 1827, res in Wh on the Ferguson place. Four ch :
George LeForrest, b 17 Sept., 1848, d Helen Marion, b 15 Aug., 1857, m Frank J. Waite; Curtis Babcock, b Oct., 1865, d soon. soon ;
Merrill Pease, b 4 Sept., 1854 ; (9)
9 MERRILL PEASE, son of George W. (8), b in Wh 4 Sept., 1854, m (1) 29 Nov., 1879, Lillian E., dau of Alonzo G. Miner of Gfld, b 18 April, 1857, d 3 Sept., 1885; m (2) Mar- garet R. McCormick, 11 July, 1890, b in Kansas 21 March, 1867. He res now at Los Angelos, Cal. A carpenter. Six ch:
Merrill Alonzo, b 30 Aug., 1880 ; Helen Margaret, b 4 Aug., 1891 ; Clarence Robert, b 8 Jan., 1882 ; Marion Inez, b 10 June, 1893;
Bessie Beulah, b 25 Aug., 1884 ; Donald Graham, b 2 Nov., 1896.
10 ALBERT DAVID, son of B. Franklin (7), b at Wh 17 Oct., 1852, 1 8 Oct., 1874, Rebecca C., dau of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Clark) Strong of Nthn, b 24 April, 1854, rem to Colorado. One ch :
Albert, b 27 Feb., 1879.
LUTHER H., son of Alonzo of Shutesbury, b I Sept., 1857, m 16 Aug., 1884, Hattie Belle, dau of Leander F. Crafts. He came to Wh abt 1878, but rem to Springfield. Ch:
Lillian Pearl, b 20 Sept., 1884; Bertha Hester, b 26 Aug., 1888;
Bret Lyman, b 28 Feb., 1887, d 17 Leander Dwight, b 23 March, 1890 ; Probably others.
March, 1887 ;
ROOT, FRED J., of Westfield, b in 1844, d 16 April, 1897, m 30 March, 1869, Mary E., dau of Randall Graves of Wh, b II Oct., 1849, res in Wh. She m (2) 21 Dec., 1898, Stephen Cur- tis Kingsley. Three ch:
Bertha E., b 3 July, 1870, m Chas. H. Herbert E., b 26 March, 1872;
Waite, d 8 April, 1897, ae 26 yrs; Arline Isabel, b 11 Aug., 1888.
ROGERS, BENJAMIN, came to Wh in 1779, well advanced in life and settled on the road from Clark place, now owned by Seth B. Crafts, to the Baptist meeting-house. He rem to Ash.
Mary, b 2 Dec., 1817, m Stephen Cur- tis of Hat, d 28 Sept., 1893 ;
Benja. Franklin, b 5 Oct., 1819; (7)
ROGERS, 545 RUDDOCK.
GEORGE, son of Benjamin, b in 1739, d at Wh 29 Oct., 1823, m Ann Brewster. They came to Wh in 1779, his ch were all b before they came to Wh. His wife b in Lebanon, Ct., in 1740, din Wh 21 Feb., 1824, ae 84 yrs. He din Wh 29 Oct., 1823, ae 84 yrs. They prob came from Lebanon, Ct., he was a farmer and shoemaker. For many years he lined or deaconed the hymns at the Baptist church. He bore the nick name of "Pidgeon Rogers." Four ch, b in Connecticut :
George;
Anna, m 7 Sept., 1807, John Starks,
Benjamin, m Mary or Polly Edson ; Jr., of Wh ; Daniel.
DANIEL, son of George, b in Lebanon, Ct., before 1779, in in 1805, Alinda, dau of Joseph Hill, b 26 June, 1780, d 20 Feb., 1841, lived on the old homestead. Four ch :
Matilda, b 21 May, 1806, m Erastus Potter ;
Philena, b 6 May, 1808, m John Mc- Slay and res in Iowa ;
Experience, b 23 May, 1811, m Wm. Judd 11 May, 1836 ; Rebecca, b 10 Oct., 1814, m Frederick Moor.
RICE, REV. LORENZO 7, son of Ebenezer 6, Benjamin 5, Ebenezer 4, Ebenezer 3, Benjamin 2, Edmund 1, b at Lanesboro, 9 Sept., 1808, fitted for the ministry at the Hamilton Theolog- ical seminary, was settled as pastor of the First Baptist church in Wh in 1833, m I May, 1837, Abigail Chauncey, dau of Seth and Electa (Billings) Smith of Wh, b I Feb., 1819, and she survives him and res at Rodman. N. Y. He d at Adams, N. Y., II March, 1877. He was highly esteemed while they remained in Wh. Four ch:
Sarah Fuller, b at Wh 20 March, 1838, m 19 Aug., 1862, George Riley Burton of Rodman, N. Y .; Martha Abigail, b 24 March, 1840, m 5 June, 1862, Julian V. Cosley of Rodman, N. Y. :
George Smith, b 4 March, 1842, m 24 Dec., 1874, Adelaide V. Henry.
He d at New York City 25
May, 1898 : Lorenzo D., b 6 July, 1845, m Caro- line A. Decker. Hed at Troy, N. Y., 17 Jan., 1890. For much of the above information I am indebted to George L. Burton of New Haven, Ct.
RICHARDSON, WINSLOW, came in 1778 from Bridge- water, res at West Wh, m (2) Elizabeth Bryam, was here only ten or fifteen years. Six ch :
Joseph Byram, bapt in 1778 ;
Benjamin, Ruth, Holman, Susanna, b before they came to Wh ; Rebecca, bapt 20 Jan., 1780.
ROSEVELT, JACOB, a Hessian soldier, captured with Burgoyne and while on their way to Boston he dropped out. He m for second wife, I Dec., 1798, Martha Crafts, d 28 Aug., 1836, ae 88 yrs. A wheelwright and worked at his trade a number of years in Wh. The name was pronounced as "Rosa- field." No ch.
RUDDOCK, EDWARD, b 24 Feb., 1766, in England, d at Pitcher, N. Y., 4 April, 1855, ae 89 yrs, m 18 March, 1789, Martha, dau of Deacon Thomas Sanderson. In his old age he went to Pitcher, N. Y. Fourteen ch :
RUDDOCK, 546 SANDERSON.
Justus, child, Edward, Jr., child, Miriam N., Asa S., Samuel A.,
Esther, Alvin, Ruth, Lucy W., Martha, Calvin and Mary Ann.
1 SANDERSON, ROBERT, came from Norfolk county, England, prob in the year 1637. In 1638 he went to Hampton, N. H., where he remained until 1642, then rem to Watertown, in 1652 to Boston, where he d 7 Oct., 1696; when he came he was accompanied by his wife Lydia -, she d and he m (2) abt 1640, Mary, widow of John Cross. They came over. in the same ship with him from England. He had a third wife whom he mentioned in his will. By trade he was a silversmith and for many years the "Master of ye Mint." The famous pine tree shillings were made by him. When his second dau was married he gave her as her portion sufficient silver to balance her weight. From Robert we trace our Wh Sander- sons. Among his seven ch, we follow William by his second wife. A deacon.
2 WILLIAM, son of Robert (I), at Hampton, N. H., 1641, m 18 Dec., 1666, Sarah They rem from Watertown after the birth of his seven ch to Groton, but owing to Indian troubles they returned to Watertown. Among his ch was :
3 JOSEPH, son of William (2), b at Watertown 28 Aug., 1680, rem to Groton with his father and had by Bethia Kemp:
4 JOSEPH, son of Joseph (3), b at Groton 30 Aug., 1714, d at Wh 20 March, 1772, m in 1737 Ruth, dau of Isaac Parker, a sister of Abraham Parker, who had settled at Wh between two and three years before Joseph came with eight ch in 1752. They built a log house near Abraham Parker's, perhaps on land of Abraham Parker, about twenty-five rods south of Parker's house. After the times were less troublesome he built on his own land where the old Sanderson house was burned sometime about 1880, where his great-great-grandson, Thomas Sanderson, was then living. In his will he mentions ten of his twelve ch who were m and had families. From Joseph have descended between twelve and fifteen hundred children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, surely there is a legion of them. Mrs. Sanderson d 8 Dec., 1780, ae 64 yrs. Twelve ch :
Ruth, b in Groton 6 Oct., 1737, m Jonthan Spafford; Abraham, b 10 June, 1748 ; (7)
Thomas, b 16 March, 1746 ; (6)
David, b 15 May, 1750 ;
Esther, b 6 April, 1739, m Capt. Abel Dinsmore ; Infant, b 1752, d soon ;
Joseph, Jr., b 8 March, 1741; (5) John, b 11 March, 1754; (9) Anna, b 7 Aug., 1742, m Medad Har- Asa, b 11 April, 1756 ; (10) vey ;
James, b 7 April, 1744 ; (8)
Isaac, b 9 Oct., 1757. (11)
5 JOSEPH, JR., son of Joseph (4), b at Groton 8 March, 1741, m 1769, Lois Fuller of Hat, res at the southwest corner of Dfld, but rem after the birth of his ch to Sangerfield, N. Y., where he d. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars. He sold his farm to his oldest son, Joseph. Twelve ch :
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Joseph, Jr., b in Dfid 4 May, 1772; The other ch were Rhoda, Ruth, Levi, (12) Lois, Paulina, Isaac, Jacob, Reuben, Anna, Terza and Elisha.
6 THOMAS, son of Joseph (4), b at Groton 16 March, 1746, d 12 March, 1824, ae 78 yrs, m (1) 14 Feb., 1771, Miriam, dau of Dea. S. Waite of Wh, b 5 July, 1747, d 21 Feb., 1772 ; m (2) I Dec., 1774, Lucy, dau of Asahel Wright of Dfld, b 12 Jan., 1751, d 28 Jan., 1824. He was a deacon and very promi- nent in Wh. A tanner and shoemaker and prob owned more land than any other man since the town was organized. A careful business man, was active in working for the annexing of his farm on Indian Hill to Wh from Dfld. He rem from Canterbury to Indian Hill in 1803. Ten ch :
Martha, b 10 Feb., 1772, m Edward Ruddock.
Miriam, b 10 Dec., 1775, m Elihu Russell ;
Thomas, Jr., b 24 Aug., 1777 ; (13) Asa, b 8 Feb., 1779: (14)
Alvin, b 13 Dec., 1780; (15)
Elijah, b 28 Oct., 1782; (16) Lucy, b 8 Nov., 1784, m Edward Porter ;
Chester, b 30 March, 1785; (17) Silas, b 16 July, 1791; ((18) Eli, b 24 March, 1795. (19)
7 ABRAHAM, son of Joseph (4), b in Groton 10 June, 1748, m Jan., 1770, Lydia, dau of Moses Smith of Sund, b 22 April, 1751, res in Sund, d 6 Feb., 1824, ae 76 yrs. Eleven ch, b in Sund :
Eli, twins, Submit, William, Isaac, Abraham, Jr.
Lucius, Eli, Daniel, Moses,
8 JAMES, son of Joseph, (4), b in Groton 7 April, 1744, d 4 Aug., 1818, m Sarah Parker, d in Wh 12 Nov., 1847, a@ 88 yrs, rem to Con, where he died. Ten ch, bin Con:
Elijah, b 16 Aug., 1780. (20)- Sallie, James, Jr., Lucy, Submit, Olive and Roxanna.
The others were David, Polly, child,
9 JOHN, son of Joseph (4), b at Wh II March, 1754, m 2 Oct., 1780, Pheba Snow of Con. He lived on Indian Hill in Wh until 1803, when he rem to Milton, Chittenden county, Vt. Four ch, bin Wh :
Levi, b June, 1782, m Jan., 1806, Sally Bean ; John, b 1784, m Louisa Jackson in 1807;
Hiram, b 24 Oct., 1788, m 4 Oct., 1811, Louisa Owens.
Almeron, b 8 Feb., 1790, m 1815, Nancy Meeker.
10 ASA, son of Joseph (4), b at Wh II April, 1756, d 12 Dec., 1842, ae 86 yrs, m 16 Aug., 1780, Lucy, dau of David and Esther (Belden) Scott of Wh, b 5 May, 1746, d 26 Jan., 1827, res at West Wh. A tanner and shoemaker, always known as "Doctor Sanderson, a seventh son." Ten ch :
Luther, b 4 Sept., 1781; (21) Lucy, b 3 May, 1783, m Levi Moore: Esther, b 25 Feb., 1785, d soon ;
Calvin, b 15 April, 1788, d 28 Feb., 1808 ;
Electa, b 24 May, 1790, m Luther Warner ;
Asa, b 31 May, 1792; (22) Rufus, b 25 March, 1794 ; (23) Esther, b 19 Oct., 1796, d 22 Aug., 1846 ; Nancy, b 23 May, 1799, m Aretas Scott; Patty, b 14 June, 1801, m Chester Brown.
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11 ISAAC, son of Joseph (4), b in Wh 9 Oct., 1757, d 10 Feb., 1849, ae 91 yrs, m ( I) II July, 1781, Submit Montague, d 18 Jan., 1793 ; m (2) Mercy, dau of Lieut. Samuel Allen of Dfld, b in 1767, d in Wh 17 Jan., 1848, ae 81 yrs, m in 1794, res at West Wh. A cooper by trade, a Revolutionary soldier. Thirteen ch, b at Wh:
Stephen, b 18 Jan., 1782 ; (23})
Diadoma, b 26 Jan., 1784 ;
Obed, b 30 April, 1786 ;
Tryphena, b 14 Sept., 1788, m Dr. John Pulsifer ;
Zilpah, b 25 Nov., 1800 ;
Horace, b 1803 ; (27)
Alpheus, b 8 Dec., 1790 ;
Submit, b 4 Feb., 1795, m Elihu Harvey ;
Lydia, b 1807, m Lathrop Smith ; Sophronia, b abt 1810, m Franklin Brown.
12 JOSEPH, JR., son of Joseph (5), b in Wh prob 4 May, 1772, d I Dec., 1848, ae 76 yrs, m 12 Sept., 1799, Content, dau of Abner and Sarah (Smith) Dickinson of Wh, b Aug., 1773, d IO May, 1867, ae 93 yrs, 9 m. He bought his father's farm in the southwest corner of Dfld. Eight ch :
Dwight, b 25 Feb., 1800 ; Fidelia, b 21 Dec., 1810, m 16 May, 1833, Otis Sikes ;
Joseph, Jr., b 29 Dec., 1801 ;
Eliza, b 26 Feb., 1805, n Stalham Allis of Wh ;
Sarah A., b 30 April, 1813, m J. Pomeroy Dickinson ;
Electa, b 23 June, 1806, m March, 1849, Oliver Field;
Content, b 1 Nov., 1816, m 5 Nov., 1840, Thomas C. Field.
Alonzo, b 24 June, 1808 ;
13 MAJOR THOMAS, son of Deacon Thomas (6), b at Wh 24 Aug., 1777, lived on the homestead of his father and grand- father, d 2 Jan., 1815, m 19 Jan., 1804, Lucy, dau of Col. Josiah and Anna (Hubbard) Allis of Wh, b 7 Dec., 1782, d 16 May, 1870. He was a tanner, shoemaker and farmer. Five ch :
John Chapman, b 5 Nov., 1804; (28) Rodolphus, b 19 Jan., 1807 ; (29) Thomas, b 14 April, 1809, killed in Ohio by the falling of a tree in
March, 1836, ae 27 yrs ; Almira, b 14 May, 1811, d soon ; Dianna, b 24 April, 1813, d 20 Aug., 1847.
14 ASA, son of Deacon Thomas (6), b at Wh 8 Feb., 1779, d 28 Oct., 1862, m Rebecca W., dau of Lemuel Childs of Dfld, d 26 Aug., 1867. This family rem to Ash. Eight ch :
Louisa, b 19 March, 1804 ; Asa W., b 7 July, 1814, m Mary C.
Nancy, b 9 Nov., 1806; Moore ; Theodosia, b 10 Oct., 1816;
Lemuel C., b 12 June, 1809, m Orpha Goodwin ; Alvan, b 20 Sept., 1817 ;
Rebecca S., b 31 Jan., 1812, m Dr. Sidney Brooks ;
Lucy W., b 18 March, 1820.
Allen, b 25 Feb., 1796; (24) Eri, b 6 Nov., 1797 ; (25) Samuel, b 15 Oct., 1799 ; (26)
15 REV. ALVIN, son of Deacon Thomas (6), bin Wh 13 Dec., 1780. For some years was a preacher, then a teacher at Ash, and left his property to found the Sanderson academy at Ash, d 23 June, 1817. He was the colleague of Rev. Mr. Por- ter. His failing health led him to ask for a dismission, and then he soon commenced to teach. By his will he left as a fund for the academy $3000.
ELIJAH D. SANDERSON. Biography on page 552.
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16 ELIJAH, son of Deacon Thomas (6), b at Wh 28 Oct., 1782, d 28 Aug., 1823, m 16 Jan., 1806, Abigail, dau of Eliakim Arms of Dfld, b 12 Dec., 1780, d 12 Jan., 1864, ae 84 yrs. He was an ensign in command of the eleven men drafted from Wh in the war of 1812-'14, res on the farm now owned by his grand- son, Walter W. Sanderson, in Canterbury. Seven ch:
Elijah Dwight, b 10 Feb., 1807; (30) Austin, b 16 Nov., 1808; (31)
Mary Arms, b 8 Nov., 1810, m Col. Hart Leavitt of Charlemont ;
Esther B., b 29 Dec., 1812, d 21 Aug., 1853, ae 40 yrs ;
Alvan, b 18 March, 1815 ; William W., b 15 July, 1816; (32) George W., b 2 July, 1818. (33)
17 CHESTER, son of Deacon Thomas (6), b at Wh 30 March, 1785, m I March, 1811, Anna, dau of Col. Josiah and Anna (Hubbard) Allis of Wh, b 3 Dec., 1780, rem to Ash, where he was quite prominent. Six ch:
Sarah Ann, b 11 Nov., 1811, m Alvin Perry ;
Elon, b 29 June, 1818 ;
Thomas W., b 22 Sept., 1819, m Alcy Cross :
Electa Allen, b 30 Jan., 1822, m Hon. Henry L. Dawes.
18 SILAS, son of Deacon Thomas (6), b at Wh 16 July, 1791, d 25 Jan., 1863, m 6 Dec., 1816, Mehitable, dau of Josiah Wing of Con, d 8 April, 1879, ae 88 yrs, res on the homestead on Indian Hill. Six ch:
Zelinda, b 20 Aug., 1817, m 25 April, 1839, Otis Turner of Wh;
Oliver Bliss, b 22 July, 1819, d soon ; Charles Bliss, b 19 Nov., 1820; (33})
Isaiah Thomas, b 16 Nov., 1823, d 8 Oct., 1846 :
Elon Chester, b 3 Dec., 1825; (34) Silas Wright, b 3 June, 1828, d soon.
19 ELI, son of Deacon Thomas (6), b in Wh 2 March, 1795, d 20 Oct., 1823, m. 16 Dec., 1817, Sophia, dau of Peter and Zilpah (Stiles) Clark of Wh, b 10 Jan., 1795, d 13 Dec., 1870, They lived on Indian Hill. Three cl :
Clymenia Sophia, b 28 Nov., 1818, m Eleazer Judd;
Asahel W., b 8 Feb., 1821; (35) Eli Wilson, b 9 Feb., 1823. (36)
20 ELIJAH, son of James (8), b at Con 16 Aug., 1780, d 24 March, 1850, ae 70 yrs, m Sally, dau of Abner and Zilpalı (Field) Loomis of Wh, b 24 Aug., 1783, d 27 Nov., 1854, res at West Wh. Eight ch :
Samantha, b 26 Nov., 1805, m Aus- tin Allis of Wh;
Luther, b 31 May, 1808, d 9 July, 1829. ae 21 yrs, wounded by the bursting of a gun the 4th of July; Louisa, b 8 July, 1810, m Seth Wil- liams ;
Hannah G., b 2 Sept., 1812, m Horace B. Fox;
Calvin, b 2 Feb., 1814, d unm abt 1838 : Mary, b 31 Aug., 1815, m Elnathan Graves :
Electa S., b 25 Dec 1816, m Zebina Hunt ; James Merrick, b 11 Jan., 1824, drowned 4 July, 1871.
21 LUTHER, son of Asa (10), b in Wh 4 Sept., 1781, d 20 Dec., 1856, ae 75 yrs, m Abigail, dau of Nathan and Lucy (Williams) Starks of Wh, b 5 June, 1784, res at West Wh. A shoemaker. No ch.
Elon, b Dec., 1814, d soon;
Almira W., b 22 Feb., 1816, m Daniel Williams ;
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22 ASA, son of Asa (10), b at Wh 31 May, 1792, d 28 Sept., 1869, ae 77 yrs, m 22 Dec., 1819, Naomi, dau of Roger Dickinson, b in 1794, d 23 Jan., 1853, res on the homestead of his father. Nine ch :
Abigail, b 8 Oct., 1820, m William .E. Graves :
Lucy A., b 10 Feb., 1827, m Lucius Meekins ;
Lucinda, b 7 April, 1822, m William Ruth D., b 26 April, 1829, d soon : Austin Brown ; George D., b 28 Nov., 1831, d soon;
George D., b 5 Dec. 1823, d soon ;
Nancy M., b 16 Jan., 1825, m 30
Nov., 1848, Alvin Moody ;
Asa Thomas, b 30 Aug., 1835; (37) Ruth Emma, b 18 Feb., 1838, d soon.
23 RUFUS, son of Asa (10), b at Wh 25 March, 1794, d 12 April, 1876, ae 82 yrs, m 21 Jan., 1824, Lucy, dau of Deacon Levi and Sarah (Allis) Morton of Wh, b 28 Dec., 1798, d 8 Nov., 1867, lived on the Peter Train place. An excellent citizen. Eight ch :
Moses Munson, b 5 Feb., 1825 ; (38) Rufus D., b 7 May, 1832, d soon ;
Sarah, b 2 Sept., 1826, m (1) Silas Charles, b 5 April, 1834, d soon ;
B. Frary ; (2) William W. Field ; Rufus D., b 22 Sept., 1837 ; (40) Alvan, b 5 June, 1828; (39) Charles S., b 15 March, 1839. (41) Luther, b 16 March, 1830;
23 1-2 STEPHEN, son of Isaac (II), b in Wh 18 Jan., 1782, in June, 1815, Polixanna, dau of David and Clarissa (Dickinson) Sanderson of Hat, b 2 Jan., 1785. They rem . from town and I think they went to Ohio. Eight ch in all, but I can only give the names of the three oldest :
Charles, Austin, Mary.
The others b West.
24 ALLEN, son of Isaac (II), b in Wh 25 Feb., 1796, m 8 Oct., 1815, Betsey, dau of Moses Frary of Ash, b in Ash II April, 1798, d [ Feb., 1876. He was living in Wisconsin in 1882. He was quite an athlete. I wrote him in 1882 for the family records and in his reply he invited me to come out and wrestle with him. He was then in his 86th year. Of course I gave it up. Eight ch, all but one b in Wh:
Flavia, b 28 Dec., 1815, m 1 June, 1834, Orrin H. Dawes;
Ashley, b 12 April. 1818, d 31 Jan., 1821 ; Nathaniel F., b 25 April, 1822, m Harriet Gilbert;
Julia S., b 14 Feb., 1829, m Orrin Oatman;
Cynthia F., b 29 April, 1831, m 28 June, 1852, John T. Akers ; Sumner F., b 15 Nov., 1833; Samuel A., b 4 Sept., 1837, m Lovinia Travers ;
James H., b 7 Oct., 1841, killed 6 May, 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness.
25 ERI, son of Isaac (II), b at Wh 6 Nov., 1797, m 5 Dec .. 1819, Amy, dau of Jonathan and Betsey (Brown) Waite of Wh, b II Aug., 1800, rem to Ohio sometime after 1830. Eight ch, b in Wh:
Samuel, b 25 Feb., 1820 ; Delight, b 15 Dec., 1828;
Jeremiah, b 19 July, 1830 ;
Aretas T., b 26 July, 1822 ; Betsey, b 30 July, 1824 ; John, b in Ohio 6 March, 1835 ; Juliaette, b 7 May, 1839.
Lovinia, b 28 Nov., 1826;
26 SAMUEL, son of Isaac (II), b in Wh 15 Oct., 1799, d
JOHN C. SANDERSON.
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16 May, 1862, m Anna R. Kingsley, b 14 Jan., 1807, d 24 April, 1887, ae 80 yrs, res in West Wh. A farmer, a man of quick thought, intelligent, a good citizen. Thirteen ch:
Stephen M., b 1 July, 1829; (42) Eliza J., b 19 Jan., 1835, m Miron Brown :
Pliny K., b Aug., 1832; (43)
Susan K., b 15 Oct., 1834 ;
Edward E., b 16 Sept., 1836; (44)
Henry W., b 16 Sept., 1838 ;
Amelia J., b 11 Feb., 1840, d 15 Jan., 1850 ;
Laura. A., b 18 March, 1842, d, no date; Samuel E., b 25 June, 1844, soldier in the 37th Regt. Mass. Vols. ;
Kate L., b 25 July, 1846, d 1846;
Ida E., b 21 Jan., 1848;
Jennie A., b 1 Sept., 1851, m Horace Dill ; Wellington H., b 1 Dec., 1853, d soon.
27 HORACE, son of Isaac (II), b in Wh in 1805, d II Aug., 1852, m Aurilla, dau of Col. Nathan Ames of Wh, d 18 March, 1847. The records of the family are lost so we cannot give dates of birth, res in West Wh. Six ch :
Alpheus, b 3 June, 1827; Nov., 1854, Charles H. Thayer ; Fanny, b 19 June, 1839, m 31 March, 1869, Frances E. Hartwell;
Jemima, b 12 Aug., 1828, m Richard C. Smith ;
Sumner R., b 23 Nov., 1833 ;
Experience, b 6 June, 1836, m 27
Henry, b 3 Oct., 1844, m 4 July, 1868, Ella Wing.
28 JOHN CHAPMAN, son of Major Thomas (13), b at Wh 5 Nov., 1804, d 9 May, 1896, ae 81 yrs, m 6 Oct., 1830, Julia Ann, dau of David and Sarah (Allis) Stockbridge of Wh, b I Aug., 1806, d 16 Feb., 1878, ae 71 yrs. They res at Canterbury where their dau, Mrs. Edward A. Scott, now lives. The farm includes the land formerly owned by Joseph Sanderson, who came to Wh in 1752, and has always been in the hands of the descendants, six generations in all. Mr. Sanderson was a tan- ner and shoemaker, learning the trade of his father and grand- father, also had the care of a large and fertile meadow farm. He was a liberal-minded man, quite popular in his town, was often elected as one of the assessors for which his education and excel- lent judgment admirably fitted him ; then he was also one of the selectmen five years, giving him a continuous service to the town that was in every way creditable to him. He was always pleasant and courteous, and he retained his popularity to the last. A kind and indulgent father, always speaking for im- proved educational methods, for better roads and bridges. His memory still lingers with our people. Seven ch :
Sarah A., b 16 July, 1831, m 19 Jan., 1853, Harrison D. Strong ; May, 1862, Edward A. Scott ;
Edward C., b 24 Dec., 1833; (45) Abby D., b 17 June, 1844, d 13 June, 1860 ;
Lucy A., b 13 April, 1835, m 17 April, 1861, Alfred S. Belden ;
Thomas, b 13 Nov., 1837; (45)
Mary Jennie, b 24 May, 1840, m 25
Henry R., b 7 Jan., 1847. (47)
29 RODOLPHUS, son of Major Thomas (13), bin Wh 19 Jan., 1807, d 4 Dec., 1867, killed by a train on the railroad at South Dfld, m 13 Jan., 1853, Harriet, dau of Stephen and Roxy (Alden) Clark, b 8 June, 1826. She m. (2) a Mr. Carr of Nthn, and (3) Selah W. Fox of Wh. One adopted dau m George B. McClellan of Wh.
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30 ELIJAH DWIGHT, son of Elijah (16), b at Wh 10 Feb., 1807, d 15 Sept., 1886, ae 79 yrs, m 4 Sept., 1837, Zelinda, dau of Dr. Walter Wing of Morris, N. Y., b 12 Sept., 1816, d 14 Nov., 1878, ae 61 yrs. They have res on the homestead of his father at Canterbury. He was a progressive man, a skillful farmer, most always ahead of the time, carefully weighed the probabilities, cool as well as careful, frugal yet avoiding any- thing like parsimony or the appearance of stinginess, always in favor of liberal expenditure of money for the useful, for the pro- motion of a higher and better education, for the uplifting of the social qualities of our farming community, always living a moral, upright life, his influence went out for its promotion in our midst. His life was quiet and unostentatious, a good neighbor, a successful farmer. We take pleasure in presenting his portrait. Three ch :
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