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28 ABEL, JR., son of Lieut. Abel (13), b in Wh 5 Nov., 1788, d 10 Sept., 1841, in 20 Nov., 1823, Parisates, dau of Abijah and Lydia (Dickinson) Harding of Dfld, 3 May, 1798, res on the homestead of his father and grandfather in Wh. Two ch:
Adaline, b 4 Dec., 1825, m Noah Ambrose, b 10 Dec., 1828. (31) Dickinson ;
29 SELAH, son of Selah (14), bin Wh 16 Feb., 1795, d unm 22 Oct., 1833, ae 39 yrs. He lived with his mother.
30 HORACE, son of Selah (14), b at Wh 30 June, 1799, d 8 Jan., 1865, m 23 Dec., 1819, Matilda, dau of Israel and Anna (Brown) Graves of Wh, b 2 Feb., 1796. Five ch :
Charlotte, b 4 Oct., 1820, m Bernard Harrison G., b 6 July, 1828, m 22
Hastings ; Nov., 1853, Mary E. Lamb; (33) Martha S., b 7 Oct., 1826, m 7 Aug., . Mary Ann, b 15 July, 1833, m George 1849, Trowbridge Smith ; A. Wood. She d 8 Feb., 1884.
Luther G., b 5 July, 1824 ; (32)
31 AMBROSE, son of Abel, Jr. (28), b at Wh Io Dec., 1828, d 8 March, 1895, m 24 April, 1861, Martha Ann, dau of Orrin and Amanda M. (Aldrich) Dickinson of Wh, b 25 June, 1842, d 14 April, 1882, res on the homestead of his great-grand- - father, David Scott. Six ch:
Frank Orrin, b 15 Feb., 1862; (35) Fred Lyman, b 3 May, 1867, d young ;
Martha Maria and Mary Amanda, (twins), b 9 Feb., 1866, both d soon ;
Adaline Amanda, b 26 March, 1869, d soon ; Lewis A., b 9 March, 1874. (36)
32 LUTHER GRAVES, son of Horace (30), b in Wh 5 July, 1824, d 29 May, 1897, ae 72 yrs, m II May, 1858, Mary Isabel, dau of Henry Kenfield of Con, b 10 May, 1838, res in Wh. Four ch :
Charlotte E., b 14 Feb., 1859, d soon; Sarah May, b 23 Jan., 1861, m Chas. A. Powers of Greenwich;
Anna Eliza, b 5 July, 1865, m Arthur L. Atkins ; Carrie Isabel, b 12 Sept., 1871, d sooIl.
32 1-2 ARETAS, son of Abraham (21), b in Wh 16 Aug., 1794, d 17 Feb., 1848, ae 54 yrs, m 21 Nov., 1816, Nancy, dau of Asa and Lucy (Scott) Sanderson of Wh, b 23 May, 1799. A clothier by trade but left that and bought a farm adjoining the Wh south line, now owned by the heirs of Richard T. Mor- ton, Jr. Thirteen ch:
Mortimer, b 1817, d 6 Dec., 1818 ; Artemas, b 18 Nov., 1818, m Susan Morton ;
Lucy, b 14 Nov., 1820, m James Scott ;
Alma, b 30 Nov., 1822, m Franklin Field 24 Nov., 1842 ;
Abraham, b 6 Jan., 1825, d in 1831 ;
Martha, b 8 March, 1827, m George A. Graves 6 Oct., 1847;
Maria and Minerva, (twins), b 15 March, 1829; Maria m Alvin N. Claghorn; Minerva d at the age of 14 yrs ;
Sophia E., b 11 March, 1831, m Geo. W. Bliss ;
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Nancy S., b 25 Sept., 1834, m Horatio O. Rockwood ;
Charles A., b 6 April, 1837; (33})
Edward A., b 3 June, 1839 ; (34) Mary E., b 16 Oct .. 1841, m Henry C. Batchelor.
33 HARRISON G., son of Horace (30), b 6 July, 1828, d at Port Hudson, La., in service in the army, 10 July, 1863, ae 35 yrs, m 22 Nov., 1853, Mary E., dau of Samuel and Maria (Wood) Lamb of Wh, b 12 Nov., 1836, res at Wh. Two ch : Ida Maria, b 9 April, 1857 ; Harry Duane, b 12 Nov., 1859.
33 1-2 CHARLES A., son of Aretus (32 1-2), b in North Hat 6 April, 1837, m 10 Oct., 1860, Maria Thompson, res in Springfield, where he is in business. Five ch :
Winifred, b 3 Feb., 1862 ; Lucy, b 21 Feb., 1877 ;
Charles, b 17 March, 1864, d soon; Mary, b 4 July, 1880, d soon.
Albert, b 6 Jan., 1868, d soon ;
34 EDWARD A., son of Aretus (32 I-2), b in North Hat 3 June, 1839, m 25 May, 1862, Mary Jane, dau of John C. and Julia A. (Stockbridge) Sanderson, b 24 May, 1840. He d 25 Aug., 1893, res in Wh on the homestead of her father in Can- terbury. Four ch :
Hubert Bachelor, b 25 Aug., 1863 ; Edward Rockwood, b 28 Feb., 1867; Infant, b 2 July, 1876, d soon. (38)
Lucy, Diana, b 26 Jan., 1865, d soon;
35 FRANK O., son Ambrose (31), b in Wh 15 Feb., 1862, in 18 Jan., 1887, Charlotte Fidelia, dau of Henry L. and Jane F. (Torrey) Williams, b 23 Sept., 1869, res on the old home- stead of his great-great-grandfather, David Scott. Seven ch:
Martha Louisa, b 4 Sept., 1887; Ruby Alma, b 18 July, 1894, d soon ;
Leon Ambrose, b 23 April, 1889 ; Ella Adaline, b 24 Jan., 1895 ;
Cora Fidelia, b 21 Jan., 1891; Frank Lyndon, b 13 Feb., 1899.
George Lewis, b 14 Sept., 1892 ;
36 LEWIS ANSON, son of Ambrose (31), b at Wh 9 March, 1874, m 24 May, 1898, Alice, dau of George and Eliza (Cowdrey) Barrell of Yonkers, N. Y., b 19 July, 1878, res in the cottage house on the old homestead. One ch : Alice B., b 22 Feb., 1899.
37 DAVID, son of Capt. David (12), b 23 Feb., 1793, d 17 Sept., 1848, m 9 Jan., 1817, Experience, dau of Col. Nathan Ames of Wh, b 20 Nov., 1797, res in Williamsburg. Nine ch : Sarah and Minerva, (twins), no dates, Minerva, b 6 Dec., 1821, m Erastus Smith Munson ; d soon :
Christina, b 6 June, 1819, d 8 Sept., 1848, m Erastus Smith Munson ; Lyman, b 27 April, 1820, d 10 March, 1850;
John F., b 20 June, 1824, unm 1890; Justin, b 26 Aug., 1826, m (1) Helen Smith ; (2) Lucinda Walton ; Sarah, b 28 Oct., 1830, m Chas. Rice; David, b 28 Aug., 1832. (39)
38 HUBERT BACHELOR, son of Edward A. (35), b in Wh 25 Aug., 1863, m 15 March, 1888, Anna E., dau of David and Fanny (Bardwell) Scott of Wh, b 27 Dec., 1867, d 23 Oct., 1890; m (2) 9 Sept., 1893, Charlena Bemis of Chester.
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39 DAVID, son of David (37), bin Williamsburg 28 Aug., 1832, d 15 Feb , 1875, ae 42 yrs, m Fanny, dau of Spencer and Sophia (Scott) Bardwell of Wh. He and his brother, John F., bought a farm in Wh, where they res. Four ch :
Idalette L., b 30 Jan., 1860, m Her- bert Longley ;
B. Scott ;
John F., b 16 Jan., 1870;
Anna E., b 27 Dec., 1867, m Herbert
Ella Sophia, b 15 Oct., 1872.
SEYMOUR, JAMES DWIGHT, M. D. 4, son of Doctor Levi Dwight 3, Horace 2, Nathan 1, b in Gfld 22 April, 1850, graduated at Harvard in 1868, studied medicine at Harvard and graduated in 1870. He was employed on the Cunard line of steamers as surgeon for some time, mn 2 April, 1874, Anna T., dau of Daniel and Lucretia (Stowe) Ward of Worthington, b 22 July, 1850. He practised his profession several years in Worthington, then rem to Wh in 1878. He has bought the place built by John Lyman Morton. No ch.
REV. CHARLES N., son of Charles of Hartford, b 4 April, 1817, m 9 July, 1844, Henrietta, dau of Sherman Boardman of Hartford. They have had ten ch, three only survive :
Sarah, Kate, Alfred.
The Smith families of Wh are descended almost entirely from :
SMITH, LIEUT. SAMUEL, who came from England with his wife Elizabeth and three children, who were, Elizabeth, seven years old, Mary, four years old, and Philip, one year old. They sailed for New England in the good ship, "Elizabeth of Ipswich," 30 April, 1634. He and his wife were each said to be thirty-two years of age. He first settled in Watertown, but. they joined Mr. Hooker's company of emigrants that rem to Wethersfield, Ct., in 1635, see Bond's history of Watertown, pp 935, and Hollister's history of Connecticut, pp 455. He thence rem to Had where he was one of the leading citizens, d in 1680, ae 78 yrs. She d 6 March, 1686, ae 84 yrs. They had three other ch, Samuel, Chileab and John, stated in the order of birth as follows :
Samuel, b abt 1625, went to Virginia; Elizabeth, b abt 1627. m abt 1646, (2) Chileab, b abt 1635, m Hannah Hitch- cock ; John, b abt 1638, m Mary Partridge.
Nathaniel Foote; (2) Wm. Gull; Mary, b abt 1630, m John Graves, the ancestor of the Graves families ;
Philip, b abt 1633, m Rebecca Foote ;
2 PHILIP, son of Lieut. Samuel (1), bin England abt 1633, d 10 Jan., 1685, ae 52 yrs, "murdered with an hideous witchcraft," according to Rev. Cotton Mather, m Rebecca, dau of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield. She m (2) Maj. Aaron Cooke, d 6 April, 1701. He was quite prominent, was indeed one of the leading citizens in Had, a lieutenant, deacon, repre- sentative, as well as many other minor offices. Nine ch:
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Jonathan, b abt 1663. (3) The other ch were Samuel, child,
John. Philip, Rebecca, Nathanie!, Joseph, Ichabod.
3 JONATHAN, son of Philip (2), b at Had abt 1663, d in Oct. or Nov., 1737, ae 74 yrs, res at Hat, in 14 Nov., 1688, Abigail, dau of Joseph Kellogg of Had, b 9 Oct., 1671, she was living in 1742. Ten ch:
Elisha, the seventh ch. (4) dence, Moses, Elizabeth, Ephraim and Aaron.
The other ch were Jonathan, Jr., Daniel, Abigail, Stephen, Pru-
4 ELISHA, son of Jonathan (3), b at Hat 10 July, 1705, d at Wh Nov., 1784, ae 79 yrs, m Sarah, dau of Joseph and.Can- ada ( Waite) Smith of Hat, b 14 Oct., 1707, d 17 Aug., 1795, ae 88 yrs. For her parentage and date of birth we are indebted to Daniel W. Wells of Hat. Mr. Smith was known as "Goodman Smith" and seldom spoken of by any other name. He came to the Straits with other families about 1731 or '32 and built on the west side of the Dfld road. The house stood very near where the house of his great-grandson, Israel S. Smith, now is. The old house was very large and used for many years as a hotel with a store near by which was used for general merchandising. Twelve ch :
Benjamin, b 5 Nov., 1728 ; (5)
Elisha, b 13 Aug., 1740; (9)
Philip, b 2 July, 1730; (6) Jonathan, b 18 Aug., 1742; (10)
Abigail, b 2 July, 1732 ; Eleanor, b 14 Aug., 1744 ;
Paul, b 21 June, 1734; (7) Mary, b 14 July, 1746, m John Waite ;
Silas, b 15 Aug., 1736 ; (8)
Gad, b 23 Jan., 1749; (11)
Sarah, b 6 Aug., 1738 ; Esther, b 8 Dec., 1751, m Joseph Hill.
5 BENJAMIN, son of Elisha (4), b at Hat 3 Nov., 1728, d 6 Feb., 1793, ae 64 yrs, m (1) 18 May, 1758, Abigail Smith ; m (2) Elizabeth -, as it appears in the list of baptisms for 1772 that Benjamin and Elizabeth Smith had a son Isaac, bapt 8 March, 1772, and a dau 14 Feb., 1773. Mr. Smith was quite prominent in Wh and a justice of the peace, res in the Straits and I think kept the Red Tavern before 1750. Eleven ch :
Solomon, b abt 1759; (12) 1791, Josiah Gilbert of Wh; Elizabeth, bapt 6 Jan., 1771;
Elihu, b abt 1761 ; (13)
Roswell, b abt 1764; (14) Rachel, b abt 1766, m Aaron Pratt of Dfld 29 April, 1781 ;
Isaac, bapt 8 March, 1772; (16) Rebecca, bapt 14 Feb., 1773:
Lydia, bapt 26 March, 1775;
William Coe, bapt 12 Nov., 1775. (17)
Elijah and Mary, (twins), b abt 1769, Elijah ; (15) Mary m 7 March, 6 PHILIP, son of Elisha (4), b at Hat 22 July, 1730, d 30 Aug., 1806, ae 76 yrs, m 18 April, 1758, Elizabeth, dau of Sam- uel and Grace (Hitchcock) Graves of Sund and Dfld, b in Sund I July, 1734, d II March, 1813, ae 88 yrs, res at Wh. Ten ch : Lucinda, b 10 April, 1759, m Philo Elizabeth, b 28 April, 1768, m (1) Abraham Scott; Bacon ;
Phineas, b 30 Aug., 1760, d 2 Nov., 1777;
Bezaliel, b 10 Feb., 1762; (18)
Zilpah, b 4 Jan., 1764, m Jesse Guild; Philip, Jr., b 3 May, 1766; (19)
Asa, b 8 June. 1770 ; (20)
Amasa, b 30 March, 1772 ;
Mary and Martha, (twins), b 24 March, 1774; Mary m Nathan Rogers; Martha m Joseph Guild.
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7 PAUL, son of Elisha (4), b at Wh 21 June, 1734, d 31 Aug., 1798, ae 64 yrs, m 2 May, 1758, Elizabeth, dau of John and Mary Smith of Hat, b 1740, d 3 July, 1814, ae 74 yrs, res on Grass Hill. He was quite prominent in town. Fifteen ch: Adna, b 1760 ; (21)
Electa, b 1762, d unm 15 March, 1835, ae 73 yrs ;
Rufus, b 1764; (22)
Miriam, b 1766, m Thomas Castwell : John, b 1768; (23)
Clarissa, bapt 25 April, 1775, m Jus- tus Frary ;
Roxa, bapt 31 Oct., 1779, m Daniel Scott ; Betsey, bapt 17 Sept., 1781, m Asa Wells ;
Sarah, bapt 26 April, 1772, m Elihu White of Hat, had six ch;
Calvin, b 1773 ; (24)
Lydia, bapt 28 May, 1783; Hannah, bapt 1784, m Elijah Billings ; Elisha, bapt 11 June, 1786. (25)
8 SILAS, son of Elisha (4), b at Wh 15 Aug., 1736, d 2 Dec., 1805, ae 70 yrs, res in the west part of Wh, m Lavinia Houghton of Sterling, d 17 April, 1818, ae 78 yrs. Seven ch : Lavinia, m Enos Morton of Hat ;
Silas, Jr., m 20 Sept., 1803, Fanny Field of Wh;
Lucretia ;
Emily, m 17 April, 1797, Lucius Graves ;
Levi, bapt 23 June, 1782, m Cynthia Waite of Wh ;
Catherine, bapt 4 June, 1780, m John Nutting ;
Eunice, bapt 23 Dec., 1784, m-(1) Elijah Graves of Hat.
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ELISHA, JR., son of Elisha (4), b in Wh 13 Aug.,
I740. Of Elisha, Jr., I can only say that I can find no record of him except that he served in several campaigns in the Revo- lutionary war. He may have d in the service.
10 JONATHAN, son of Elisha (4), bin Wh 18 Aug., 1742, d 9 Feb., 1809, ae 67 yrs, m (I) Abigail Chauncey, b in Sund, d 7 Aug., 1793, ae 45 yrs; m (2) 6 Nov., 1794, Hannah, dau of Gideon Dickinson of Amh, bapt 22 Jan., 1749, res in West Wh. Ten ch, by first wife:
Jonathan, b in Wh 12 Jan., 1770; (26) Jerusha, b in Wh 6 Oct., 1771, m (1). Joel Brown ; (2) Aaron Pratt; bapt 8 Jan., 1786 ; Experience m 24 Sept., 1804, Obed Dickinson ; Chauncey d soon ;
Chauncey, bapt 8 Aug., 1773, d soon; Martin, bapt 4 June, 1775 ; (27) Eunice, bapt 20 June, 1779, d soon ; David, bapt 29 March, 1782; (28)
Seth, bapt 15 March, 1784; (29)
Experience and Chauncey, (twins),
Infant, b and d 16 June, 1791.
11 GAD, son of Elisha (4), b in Wh 23 Jan., 1749, m I Jan., 1778, Irene, dau of Elisha and Martha (Wells) Waite of Hat, b 3 Jan., 1752, d 8 May, 1842, ae 90 yrs. He was very prominent in town and business affairs, giving employment to many men. He kept a large country store, a hotel, run a large farm, carried on an extensive slaughtering house and coopering works for making beef barrels for shipping beef to the West Indies, etc. Seven ch :
Dolly, b 20 Feb., 1779, m Israel Wells ; Joseph, b 23 Feb., 1781 ; (30)
Paulina, b 20 Sept., 1786, m Samuel Belden ; Gad, Jr., b 19 Dec., 1788 ; (31)
Submit, bapt 8 May, 1774, m Lucius Graves of South Had 18 Dec., 1800. They rem to Preston, N. Y., where they d ;
Mary, b 9 Nov., 1769, mn Elijah White 19 April, 1792, res in Hat and had eleven ch ;
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Sophia, b .30 Oct., 1790, m Samuel Justin, b 28 Sept., 1793 ; (32) Horace, b 23 March, 1795. (33)
Bartlett ;
12 SOLOMON, son of Benjamin (5), b at Wh, m at Dfld, prob to Polly Pratt, rem from town. Of them I know no more.
13 ELIHU, son of Benjamin (5), b in Wh prob in 1761, m 6 March, 1780, Anna, dau of Joshua and Anna (Fitch) Belden of Wh, b 22 July, 1761. After the birth of the first ch they rem to North Had and possibly to Sund. Five ch :
Anna, bapt in Wh 25 Aug., 1782, m Calvin Marsh 7 Oct., 1800 : Lucretia, m David Jones of North Had;
Austin, b 24 Oct., 1790, m 29 March, 1820, Sally Montague and went to Sund in 1819 ;
Elihu, Jr., m Elizabeth Shipman ;
Horace, m Mary, dau of Stephen Bel- den of Wh and Had.
14 ROSWELL, son of Benjamin (5), b at Wh abt 1764, m I May, 1782, Mary Pratt of Dfld, res in Straits for some years, then rem from town. Six ch:
Solomon, bapt in Wh 6 April, 1783, m and res in Canada ;
Melinda, b 1795, m Justin Smith ; Roswell, Jr., res in Ohio ;
Caroline and Rachel, (twins), Caro- line m a Mr. Ackley and rem to Ohio ; Rachel m Chester Porter of Hat ;
Mary, m and res in Ohio.
15 ELIJAH, son of Benjamin (5), bin Wh in 1770, d 27 April, 1806, m 9 April, 1788, Miriam Morton of Hat. They lived in the Straits at the Quinn place. Two ch:
Chester, b 30 Aug., 1794 ;
Alvin, b 14 April, 1800.
16 ISAAC, son of Benjamin (5), bapt at Wh 8 March, 1772, d at the battle of Buffalo, war of 1812-'14, m 26 Oct., 1792, Roxa, dau of Daniel and Esther (Bardwell) Morton of Wh, b 26 July, 1774. After the birth of five ch they rem to Gorham, Ontario county, N. Y., and subsequently to Hanover, Chatauqua county, N. Y. Nine ch :
Henry, b 21 Oct., 1793; (34) Benjamin, b 2 Aug., 1794;
Matilda, b 20 Nov., 1796, m Benja- min Scott ;
Rodney B., b 3 Feb., 1798; (35) Roxa, b 25 Oct., 1801, m Amos Ben- nett ;
Tirzah, b at Gorham, N. Y., m Sid- ney Fresbury ;
Hiram, b at Gorham, N. Y .; (36) Atley, b at Gorham, N. Y., m Chan- dler Scott ; Esther, b at Portland, N. Y., 18 May, 1811, m 27 Jan., 1828, Leonard Howard.
17 WILLIAM COE, son of Benjamin (5), b at Wh 12 Nov., 1776, m 8 Nov., 1797, Mary, dau of Samuel Grimes of Goshen, and sister of Samuel Grimes, one of our merchants. They rem to New York, where they had a family.
18 BEZALIEL, son of Philip (6), bin Wh 10 Feb., 1762, d 3 March, 1848, ae 86 yrs, m (1) Lydia (perhaps) Allis, date of marriage not obtained, d 16 Dec., 1785, ae 20 yrs, of child- bed fever and her ch d 14 Dec., 1785; m (2) 13 Aug., 1787, Levina, dau of Moses Munson, d 9 March, 1837. They res in Con and then on his father's homestead in Canterbury. He was an exemplary citizen. Eleven ch :
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Phineas, b 17 Oct., 1788; (37) Osee, b 3 Oct., 1790 ; (38)
Lydia, b 25 Jan., 1793, d young ; Adah, b 3 June, 1795, m Francis Ball; Spencer, b 24 Nov., 1796; (39) Lyman, b 16 Dec., 1798; (40)
Sarah M., b 3 Feb., 1801, m T. Wells Allis ; Oliver, b 26 Feb., 1803; (41) Lydia, b 29 Dec., 1804, m John Allis; Patterson, b 24 Dec., 1806; (42) Lathrop, b 24 March, 1809. (43)
19 PHILIP, JR., son of Philip (6), b at Wh 3 May, 1766, 1 7 March, 1792, Rebecca Tower of Goshen, rem to South Dfld, where he d Jan., 1821. His two sons enlisted in the regular army, war of 1812-'14. One went to Amh where there was a recruiting office and after a few drinks his patriotism was raised to fever heat and he enlisted. As he failed to come home as was expected the brother went to see what the trouble was and after trying in vain to get his brother off and some high. words had passed, the officer proposed to take a drink and then talk the matter over, and so they drank together until he became as patriotic as his brother and he too would go and help whip the British. The next day the father came to the rescue of his sons. After raging for awhile the officer proposed that they take some- thing, to which the old man consented and drank several times, finally enlisting himself. The recruiting officer kept him over night, but let him go on his consenting to have the boys remain. Two ch :
Michael, d unm, drowned while boat- ing in the Connecticut river near Ware House Point 17 May, 1821;
Alvin, no dates.
Both were in the army 1812-'14 and were good soldiers.
20 ASA, son of Philip (6), b in Wh 8 June, 1770, d 28 Dec .. 1835, m1 4 Feb., 1797, Judith, dau of Deacon Oliver and Rebecca (Smith) Graves, b 27 Dec., 1775, d 9 Sept., 1855. He built the Ferguson house. A carpenter. Ten ch:
Alanson, b 9 Nov., 1797; (44) Fidelia, b 11 Nov., 1799, m Joel At- kins ;
Martha, b 12 Sept., 1801, m Selah Graves :
Matilda. b 16 Oct., 1803, m James Graham;
Mary, b 24 Aug., 1805, d young ;
Asa, Jr., b 14 Aug., 1809 ; (45) Oliver Graves, b 26 Nov., 1810; (46) Salmon Edson, b 8 Oct., 1812 ; Eliza, b 12 Jan., 1814, m Joshua C. Ashley ; Mary, b 20 Dec., 1817, m 9 Oct., 1844, Jonathan Ashley.
21 ADNA, son of Paul (7), b in Wh in 1760, mn Keziah Hume of Williamsburg II Jan., 1780, rem after a few years to Hat, where he kept a hotel some years. He drew a prize of $2500 in a lottery and soon rem to Churchville, N. Y., where they d. A bright, wide-awake man. Four ch :
Sarah, bapt in Wh 28 May, 1783 ; Carleton, bapt in Wh 28 May, 1783;
Lydia, bapt in Wh 8 Oct., 1785; Adna J., no dates, m Clarissa Frary.
22 CAPT. RUFUS, son of Paul (7), b in Wh 1764, d 17 Oct., 1837, ae 73 yrs, m (1) Anna Munson. She d 7 Aug., 1816, and he m (2) Abi Atkins, d 30 Oct., 1849, res until after his ch were all b on Grass hill, then he and his son, Henry, bought the Daniel Allis farm. He was an excellent citizen, genial and pleasant. Thirteen ch :
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Euphamie, b 3 Dec,. 1794, m John Munson ; Ashley, b 19 April, 1796 ; (47)
Henry, b 26 March, 1798; (48)
Hiram, b 4 April, 1800; (49)
Rufus, Jr., b 11 Feb., 1802 ; (50)
William, b 20 Dec., 1803; (51,
Alonzo, b 24 Sept., 1805 ;
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Nancy, b 25 March, 1807, m Abel Perry ; James Madison, b 16 May, 1809 ; (53) Louisa, b 16 July, 1811, m Austin Kingsley; Lucy M., b 15 Feb., 1814, m Freder- ick Stone 30 April, 1834;
Mary Ann and Elizabeth. (twins), b 7 Aug., 1816; Mary Ann d unm.
23 JOHN, son of Paul (7), b at Wh in 1768, m 31 Oct., 1785, Jane Issom of Con, rem from Wh to Kentucky soon after his marriage, where he had a family born but we have no names.
24 CALVIN, son of Paul (7), b at Wh in 1773, m 19 Dec., 1799, Martha, dau of John and Lydia (Frary) Smith of Wh. They rem to Barre, Orleans county, N. Y., where he d in 1841. Six ch, bin Wh :
Mason, m a Miss Sherwood ; Triphena, b 1815, m James Madison Climena, m Sylvanus Rice ; Smith ; Lydia, m Dr. Libbey ; Patrick Henry, m Margaret Edwards.
Giles Frary, m Mary Ann Smith ;
25 ELISHA, son of Paul (7), b at Wh 11 June, 1786, m at Barre, N. Y., Sophia, dau of Abial and Olive (Smith) Hard- ing of that place, where they lived later. She was bapt 26 July, 1789. We have no dates of birth of the eight ch :
Laura, m a Mr. Bush ; Jay, m in Michigan ; DeWitt C., m in Michigan ;
Clesson, m a Miss Barr ;
Horace, m in Michigan ;
Charles, m in Michigan ; Mary Ann, m Giles F. Smith ; Olive, d unm.
26 JONATHAN, son of Jonathan (10), b in Wh 12 Jan., 1770, m 6 Nov., 1794, Hannah, dau of Julius Allis of Con. Mr. Smith was quite prominent, an early member of Jerusalem Lodge, F. and A. M. He rem to New York abt 1820, where he and Mrs. Smith d. Six ch, b in Wh:
Abigail, b 15 May, 1795, m 15 May, 1816, Erastus Tyler ; Ball ;
Eliakim, b 19 Oct., 1797, m Deborah Carey ;
Orson, b 20 Aug., 1800; (54)
Hannah, b 18 Feb., 1803, m Silas
Columbus, b 10 Oct., 1805 ; Alvil, b 7 Sept., 1807, m three times and d in 1875, left ch.
27 MARTIN, son of Jonathan (10), b in Wh 4 June, 1775, m Betsey Crittenden of Con. A physician, rem to Ohio, where he d abt 1825. Ch :
Austin, no dates ; Chauncey, no dates.
Perhaps others.
28 DAVID, son of Jonathan (10), b in Wh 29 March, 1782, m 24 Jan., 1811, Elizabeth, dau of Joseph and Esther (Smith) Hill of Wh, b 6 Feb., 1778, d 13 Sept., 1850. He d 2 July, 1823, res in West Wh. Three ch, b in Wh :
Obed, b 1814; (54) Martin, b 29 July, 1818; (55)
Miranda, b 1820.
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29 SETH, son of Jonathan (10), b at Wh 19 Jan., 1784, d IO July, 1837, ae 53 yrs, m 26 Nov., 1806, Electa, dau of Lieut. Abraham and Lydia (Morton) Billings 4 of Hat, (ancestry Stephen 3, Roger 2, Roger 1,) b 17 Aug., 1787, d 2 June, 1750, ae 62 yrs. They res on the old homestead, a half mile east of the Baptist meeting house. He was a justice of the peace and often in town office. A worthy man. Thirteen ch :
Infant, b 4 Sept., 1807, d same day ; Jonathan Dwight, b 6 Aug., 1808; (55})
Elbridge, b 17 Nov., 1810; (56) Abigail Chauncey, b 11 Sept., 1812, d soon :
Seth, Jr., b 11 Dec., 1814; (57) Abraham Billings, b 19 Oct., 1816 ; (58)
Abigail Chauncey, b 1 Feb., 1819, m Rev. Lorenzo Rice ;
Electa Billings, b 10 June, 1821, m Zebina W. Bartlett;
Samuel Stillman, b 12 June, 1823 ; (59) Richard Chauncey, b 7 June, 1825; (60)
Almira Lee, b 27 May, 1828, m Edwin Warner 5 Oct., 1848 ;
Lucy Morton, b 20 July, 1830, d 30 July, 1831 ; Charles Butler, b 9 Aug., 1832. (61)
30 JOSEPH, son of Gad (II), bin Wh 23 Feb., 1781, d 14 Feb., 1813, m 17 July, 1800, Lura, dau of Deacon Russell Allis of Wh, b 29 Feb., 1780, res in Wh. Seven ch :
Dexter, b 1801, d 24 Nov., 1802 ; Irene, b 4 Nov., 1802, m Levi Morton, Jr. : Orrin, b 24 Sept., 1804 ; (62)
Porter, b 21 Sept., 1806; (63) Lewis, b Sept., 1808, d soon : Elvira, m Daniel McCoy; Joseph Leonard, b 17 May, 1812. (64)
31 GAD, JR., son of Gad (II), bin Wh 19 Dec., 1788, m 18 Aug., 1808, Rhoda Bartlett, perhaps a sister of Zebina. So far as I know he lived in Wh, but rem to North Adams. Eight ch :
Tirzah, b 22 Jan., 1809, m Eli Gould; Maria, b 30 Jan., 1811, m Stillman Gould ;
Dexter, b 1 Jan., 1813, m Philinda Morgan ;
William A., b 13 April, 1815, m Lydia Hathaway ;
Mehitable B., b 26 July, 1817, m David J. Whitney ;
Joseph, b 22 Feb., 1820, m Abigail Halsey ; Benjamin, b 13 April, 1822, m Emily A. Hall ; Jerusha E., b 29 June, 1824.
32 JUSTIN, son of Gad (II), b at Wh 28 Sept., 1893, d 13 Aug., 1858, ae 65 yrs, m (1) 23 May, 1816, Alinda, dau of Roswell and Mary (Pratt) Smith of Wh, b 1795, d 21 Feb., 1830; m (2) 8 July, 1830, Julia, dau of Nelson and Betsey (Til- ton) Wing of Savoy, b 4 July, 1810, d I Sept., 1896, ae 86 yrs. A blacksmith by trade, a very ingenious workman and a valu- able citizen. Thirteen ch :
Chapman, b 5 June, 1817; (65) Mary, b 25 Oct., 1820, m John B. Graves; Rufus, b 13 July 1822 ; (66)
Caroline, b 22 Feb., 1825, m Jonathan S. Graves ; Julia, b 25 May, 1827, m Ephraim Hastings;
Melinda, b 1 Feb., 1830, m Wells Dickinson of Amh ;
George N., b 17 May, 1831 ; (67)
Horace W., b 11 Oct., 1833, d 23 Dec., 1860 ; Wells Theodore, b 30 Nov., 1835,. unm ; (67) Israel S., b 30 Jan., 1837; (68) Emma Jane, b 18 Feb., 1842, d 1 Sept., 1860 ;
John W., b 30 July, 1846, d 8 Dec., 1860 ; Charles J., b 10 Nov., 1849. (69)
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33 HORACE, son of Gad (II), b at Wh 23 March, 1795, m Alice, dau of Israel and Alice (Sampson) Scott of Wh, b 23 Nov., 1795. In a few years after his marriage they rem to Wis- consin and we have only the names of three of their ch :
Adaline, m Rufus P. Hibbard ;
Rufus and Aaron, no dates.
34 HENRY, son of Isaac (16), b in Wh 21 Oct., 1793, d 25 Feb., 1864, ae. 71 yrs, m 19 Oct., 1815, Beulah Blodgett, d I March, 1838, res at Hanover, Chatauqua county, N. Y. He was in the army in 1812-'14 and was present in the battle of Buffalo, where his father died. After the death of his parents he took his youngest sister and her clothing and food for his journey and carried her in his arms over one hundred miles to the home of his aunt, Mrs. William Mather, then living at Gor- ham, N. Y., to have her taken care of. When she was about three years old the Mathers gave her to a gentleman and lady from New York City. When she was twelve years old the parties rem to Buffalo and Rodney, her brother, sought her out and took her home to what is now Smithville, where he and Henry had erected saw and flouring mills, a large tannery, a store and many dwellings. The village takes its name from them. It is proper to add that the young girl, Esther, married at a suitable age and bore her husband fourteen ch, seven sons and seven daughters, and the story was related to me by Esther's oldest child, Mrs. Sarah A. (Howard) Bunker of St. Charles, Ill. She said there were no roads most of the journey, only blazed trees to mark the way. The Smith brothers were wide-awake, progressive men, exercising much influence in social and po- litical fields. Six ch :
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