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3d Generation. LIEUT. JOHN COLTON, son of John and Joanna Colton, was married Dec. 22, 1726, to Mercy Stebbins, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Stebbins. Their children-Mercy, born Feb. 13, 1728, died March 4, 1728. John, born Feb. 21, 1729. Mercy, born Sept. 22, 1730, died Oct. 4, 1760. Solomon, born Jan. 8, 1733.
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George, born Jan. 7, 1736, died May 18, 1737, drowned in a tub of water at the well. (Dr. Williams' journal.) Joanna, born ", died Sept. 10, 1788, aged 49. Lucy, born June 24, 1742, died Dec. 7, 1799. Mercy was married to Isaac Colton, son of George and Mary, Nov. 19, 1745. Joanna was married to Gideon Colton, son of Benja- min and Elisabeth, June 18, 1761. Lucy was married to Samuel Col- ton Oct. 16, 1765. John and Solomon had families [see pages 65 and 66]. Lieut. John Colton, the father, died Jan. 5, 1766. Mercy, the mother, was married again June 7, 1768, to William Colton and died Aug. 4, 1780.
3d Generation. CAPT. SIMON COLTON, son of John and Joanna Colton, was married Feb. 5, 1736, to Abigail Burt, daughter of Capt. John Burt and Abigail his wife. Their children were, Abigail, born Jan. 15, 1737, died Jan. 26, 1737. Mary, born Dec. 18, 1737, died July 29, 1800. Abigail, born Dec. 2, 1739, died June 30, 1743. Flavia, born Aug. 31, 1741, died April 6, 1763. Festus, born March 31, 1743, died Jan. 4, 1788. Celia, born May 25, 1745, died Oct. 13, 1746. George, born June 23, 1747, died at Munson. Celia, born Nov. 22, 1749, died April 6, 1807. Stillborn, Aug. 28, 1752. Gad, born March 12, 1754, died Dec. 28, 1831. Luther, born Nov. 15, 1756, died Oct. 14, 1803. Calvin, born Nov. 16, 1758, died Dec. 22, 1758. Mary married Capt. David Burt, March 1, 1758. Flavia mar- ried Samuel Colton, Dec. 26, 1759. Celia married Rev. Abishai Sabin of Monson, June 13, 1770, and after his death she married Col. Gid- eon Burt, Dec. 23, 1783. Festus, George, Gad, and Luther had fam- ilies [ pages 66 and 67 ]. Abigail, the mother, died May 3, 1760. Capt. Simon Colton was married again Jan. 15, 1761, to Rebecca Hale, daughter of Thomas and Experience Hale. [See page 138.] Capt. Simon Colton died May 29, 1796. Rebecca, the last wife, died July, 21, 1803.
4th Generation. TIMOTHY COLTON, son of Capt. George Colton and Mary his wife [ page 58]. was married March 27, 1729, to Mary Ferry. Their children were, Timothy, born Feb. 27, 1730. Charles, born August 2, 1736. Caleb, Stephen, Oliver. Timothy Colton, the father, removed from Longmeadow to Brimfield, in which town his children were born. He removed again to Longmeadow, and, after his father's death some years, he went with his sons Caleb and Stephen, removed to New Grantham, State of New Hampshire, and died in that town May 27, 1787. Mary, the mother, died in Brimfield.
4th Generation. GEORGE COLTON, son of Capt. George and Mary Colton, was married to Experience Burt, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel and Mary Burt. The date of their publishment is April 29, 1731. Their children-Experience. Eunice. George. Mary. Miriam. Experi- ence married Daniel Burt, of Brimfield, Oct. 12, 1757. Miriam, born about 1746, married Capt. Ebenezer Colton, July 2, 1767, died Nov. 13, 1831, age 85. George Colton, the father, removed to Brimfield, where his children were born. He returned to Longmeadow and died March
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10, 1784, in his 76th year. Experience, the mother, died Sept. 22, 1772, in her 69th year.
4th Generation. ISAAC COLTON, son of Capt. George Colton, was married to Elisabeth Cooley, daughter of Daniel and Jemima Cooley, published Sept. 5, 1741. Their children-Elijah, born Aug. 23, 1746, died Sept. 7, 1746. Mercy, born June 9, 1748. Elisabeth, born July 8, 1750, died Nov. 11, 1760. Nancy, born May 26, 1752. Temper- ance, Feb. 11, 1754. Mary, Jan., 1757. Jonathan, born Feb. 28, 1758. Ama, born May 2, 1760 [page 59]. Mercy, the second wife of Isaac Colton, died Oct. 4. 1760. Isaac Colton was married a third time to Elisabeth Sears, of Middletown, Ct. Their children-Elisa- beth, born April 2, 1763. James, born Jan. 25, 1765. Elijah. Isaac Colton, the father, after he had parted with his estate and lived a wan- dering life more than twenty years, died at Longmeadow, supported by the town of Springfield as a pauper, Aug. 20, 1800, the day on which he was born, being that day 80 years old. Nancy was married to Capt. Gad Colton, Oct. 21, 1773.
4th Generation. BENJAMIN COLTON, son of Benjamin and Elisabeth Colton, was married to Abiah Cooley, daughter of John and Mercy Cooley, March 24, 1742. Their children-Abiah, born Jan. 26, 1743, died Oct. 27, 1749. Joseph, born Jan. 25, 1744. John, born Oct. 22, 1747. Eli, born July 24, 1750. Abiah. born Dec. 30, 1752, died Feb. 13, 1811, wife of Gad Bliss. Daniel Benjamin Mary Abiah, the mother. died Benjamin, the father, married again to Bond (widow). Their children were : Edward, born June 15. 1779. Moses, Nov. 23, 1781. Bathshuah. Benjamin Colton, the father, died June 20. 1808.
4th Generation. CAPT. CHARLES COLTON, son of Benjamin and Elisabeth, was married to Mary Sikes, Oct. 20, 1748. Their children -Frederick, born July 31, 1749. Nancy, born June 20, 1750. Rox- alane, born Oct. 10, 1752. Charles, born Aug. 8, 1756, died Aug. 8, 1756. Alexander, born June 21, 1757. died June 21, 1757. Margaret, born May 26, 1758. Diamond, born June 18, 1761, died June 11, 1808. Loice, born Feb. 9, 1763. Nancy was married Feb. 28, 1781, to Bela Nichols [ page 60]. Margaret was married Nov. 27, 1781, to Joel Marbel. Roxalane was married to Aaron Morgan, Chicopee. Loice was married April, 1788, to Calvin Stebbins, son of Capt. Thomas Stebbins. Capt. Charles Colton. the father, died March 9, 1809.
4th Generation. GIDEON COLTON, son of Benjamin and Elisabeth, was married to Sarah Burt, daughter of David and Sarah Burt, Feb. 21, 1753. Their children-Simon, born May 17, 1753, died May 24. 1754. Simeon, born Jan. 21, 1755. Sarah, born Feb. 26, 1757. Sarah, the mother, died' March 28, 1759. Gideon Colton, the father. married again June 18, 1761, to Joanna Colton, daughter of Lieut. John Col- ton. Their children-Gideon, born May 10, 1763. Hanon, born Oct. 4, 1764, died Aug. 28, 1828. Zadock, born Feb. 18, 1766, died 1836. Chauncy, born Nov. 4, 1768, died Jan. 6, 1775. Sabra, born
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Nov. 30, 1770. Elisabeth, born Dec. 30, 1774, died July 16, 1851. Chauncy, born Jan. 11. 1779, died Feb. 15, 1789. Joanna, the mother, died Sept. 10, 1788. Sabra was married Jan. 25, 1790, to Harrison Elwell. Sarah was married to Reuben Warriner Feb. 15, 1783. They settled in Vershire, State of Vermont. Gideon, the father, died June 15, 1823, age 95. (The families of the sons see in pages 68 and 69.)
4th Generation. WILLIAM COLTON, son of Benjamin and Elisabeth Colton, was married Aug. 13, 1761, to Dorothy Ashley. Their chil- dren-Dorothy, born March 24, 1762. Zealous, born Oct. 18, 1764, died May 14, 1802. Joseph Pyncheon, born Feb. 21, 1767. Noah Ashley, born Feb. 11, 1771. Cephas, born Aug. 15, 1774, died Sept. 1, 1775. Elisabeth, born Jan. 12, 1777.
4th Generation. EPHRAIM COLTON, son of Lieut. Ephraim and Mary Colton [ page 61], was married Nov. 16, 1732, to Sarah Burt, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia Burt. Their children-Asa, born Aug. 28, 1733, died March 18, 1778 [see page 70]. Sarah, born May 23, 1735. Eli, born June 17, 1736. Ephraim, born 1738, died Sept. 30, 1777. Sarah, the mother, died July 14, 1739. Ephraim, the father, was married again July 6, 1742, to the widow Elisabeth Mighills. The father died Sept. 31, 1750, aged 45.
4th Generation. SAMUEL COLTON, son of Lieut. Ephraim and Mary, was married to Mary Hoar, of Brimfield, date of their publish- ment Sept. 12, 1750. Their children-Job, born Jan. 19, 1755. David, born June 3, 1756. Esther, born Oct. 14, 1757. Mary, born Sept. 7, 1759. Jerusha, born Feb. 13, 1761. Reuben, born Nov. 26, 1762. Ephraim, born March 22, 1765. Samuel Colton, the father, with his family, removed to Greenwich, Mass.
4th Generation. SAMUEL COLTON, son of Samuel and Margaret, was married to Flavia Colton, the daughter of Capt. Simon and Abigail Colton, Dec. 26, 1759. They had one child, born Feb. Ist and died the 3d, 1760. She died April 6, 1763. Samuel Colton was married again Oct. 16, 1765, to Lucy Colton, daughter of Lieut. John Colton and Mercy, his wife. Their children-Adna, born Aug. 31, 1767, died Sept. 9, 1767. Stillborn, Nov. 20, 1768. Flavia, born Oct. I, 1769, died Aug. 4, 1815. Margaret, born Nov. 18, 1770, died Dec. 28, 1770. Margaret, born Oct. 19, 1771, died Jan. 7, 1817. Lucy, born June 8, 1773, died Oct. 18, 1804. Samuel, born Sept. 8, 1775, died Aug. 25, 1777. Samuel, born Feb. 4, 1778, died June 17, 1811. Samuel Colton, the father, died Nov. 5, 1784. Lucy, the mother, died Dec. 7, 1799. Flavia was married to Col. Alexander Field Oct. 1I, 1787 [see page 131]. Lucy married Benjamin Stebbins, of Belcher, Jan. 29, 1794. Margaret married David Booth, Sept. 11, 1794.
4th Generation. JOSIAH COLTON, son of Josiah and Margaret Col- ton [page 62], was married Jan. 13, 1743, to Ruth Allen. Their children-Mary, born Dec. 29, 1743. Sarah, born Dec. 26, 1745. Ruth, born Feb. 26, 1748. Elenor, born Oct. 28, 1750. Job, born Oct. 18, 1752. Lemuel Margaret Zibea, born April 5, 1760. Rachel, born March 29, 1762. Josiah, born Aug. 12,
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1764. Josiah Colton, with the greater part of his family, removed from Enfield, where he was, to Plainfield, in the State of Newhamp- shire, in June, 1765 or 1766, in which town he and his wife died. Mary married Henry Colton, son of Ebenezer and Deborah, March 31, 1785, of Longmeadow [see page 63]. Sarah married James Pease. They settled in Somers.
4th Generation. THOMAS COLTON, son of Thomas and Joanna, was married Oct. 18, 1748, to Deborah Dudley, daughter of Daniel and Deborah Dudley, of Seabrook, Conn. She was born March 27, 1724. Their children-Deborah, born July 17, 1749, died March 19, 1751. Mathew, born Jan. 15, 1750, died June 1, 1751. Deborah, born June 2, 1752, died Dec. 20, 1768. Dinah, born Sept. 25, 1754, died March 8, 1784. Daniel, born Sept. 16, 1756, died Sept 29, 1756. Thomas, born Sept. 16, 1757, died Dec. 24, 1824. Thankful, born, Jan. 1, 1762. Joanna, born April 8, 1764. Joanna married John Coomes, son of John and Mindwell Coomes, of Enfield, Feb. 23, 1784 [see page 117]. Thankful had two children-Jeremiah Colton, born Sept. 12, 1791, and Lanson, born Sept. 5, 1798, both born out of wedlock. Thomas, the father, died March 17, 1808. Deborah, the mother, died July 12, 1822, aged 98.
4th Generation. JOSEPH COLTON, son of Thomas and Joanna [ page 63], was married Nov. 23, 1744, to Ruth Colton, daughter of William and Mary Colton. Their children-Ruth, born Sept. 24, 1745. Thankful, born Aug. 16, 1747. Editha, born Aug. 14, 1749. Joseph, born Aug. 4, 1751. Joanna, born Aug. 12, 1753. Joanna, born Aug 14, 1755. Mary, born Sept. 8, 1757. Joseph, born Jan. II, 1759. Lucy, born Nov. 21, 1761. Rachel, born Jan. 20, 1764. Anne, born Feb. 1, 1766, died March 17, 1811. N. B .- The date of the births of the children from Rachel, the daughter, are from her mem- ory, and so may not be entirely correct. Dea. Joseph Colton, the father, died Nov. 5, 1787. Ruth, the mother, died Dec. 11, 1804.
4th Generation. DEA. AARON COLTON, son of William and Mary, was married Nov. 27, 1746, to Mary Ely, the daughter of Dea. Jona- than and Lydia Ely. Their children-Israel, born Sept. 12, 1747, died May 6, 1818, aged 71. Lovice, born Nov. 26, 1749. Mary, born Nov. 10, 1751, drowned May 20, 1753. William, born Jan. 6, 1754, died May 6, 1825. Mary, born Dec. 27, 1755, died Oct. 1, 1757. Aaron, born Dec. 5, 1758. Mary, born Feb. 28, 1761. Walter, born Aug. 25, 1764, died April 28, 1862, aged 98. Lovice married Tilly Merrick, of West Springfield, Dec. 19, 1777. Mary married Simeon Smith, of West Springfield, Jan. 13, 1782. Walter settled in Vermont in a town called Georgia. The sons all had families [see pages 71 and 72]. Dea. Aaron Colton died of the small-pox June 28, 1778, aged 60. Mary, the mother, died of a cancer Nov. 24, 1797. The first Mary was drowned in a tub of water Nov. 20, 1753.
4th Generation. HENRY COLTON, son of Ebenezer and Deborah, was married Jan. 7, 1768, to Mary Burt, daughter of David and Sarah Burt. Their children-Sarah, born April 19, 1769. Henry, born
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Feb. 8, 1771, died Oct. 16, 1831. Mary, born Oct. 5, 1773. Jacob, born Feb. 5, 1776, died Feb. 6, 1845, aged 69. Loice, born June 26, 1778. Ethan, Nov. 18, 1780, died April 9, 1827, aged 47. Mary, the mother died July 17, 1783. Henry, the father, married again March 31, 1785, to Mary Colton, the daughter of Josiah and Ruth Colton, formerly of Enfield, but of Plainfield, New Hampshire, at the time of the marriage [see page 62]. She died Jan. 25, 1821. Henry, the father, died Nov. 11, 1787. Sarah married Mathew Keep, Feb. 20, 1794. Mary married Noah Coomes, Jan. 13, 1799 [see page 117]. Loice married Eliphael Booth, of Enfield, March 3, 1802 [see the fam- ilies of the sons page 73].
4th Generation. CAPT. EBENEZER COLTON, son of Ebenezer and Deborah Colton [ page 64], was married July 2, 1767, to Miriam Colton, daughter of George and Experience Colton. Their children-Eunice, born April 14, 1768, died April 24 or 26, 1768. Eunice, born April 27, 1769. Ebenezer Chandler, born May 10, 1771, died Oct. 29, 1846, aged 75. Erastus, born May 1, 1773. Mary, born Jan. 11, 1775. An
infant, born and died Nov. 21, 1777. Melzal, born May 1, 1780. Capt. Ebenezer Colton died Sept. 2, 1793, aged 50. Miriam, his widow, was married to Mathew Keep, June 9, 1797. Eunice was mar- ried Oct. 20, 1792, to Abner Chandler [page 47]. Mary was married Nov. 2, 1800, to Benjamin Newell ; they removed to Pittsfield. Mir- iam, the widow, was married June 9, 1797, to Mathew Keep [see page 159], and died Nov. 13, 1831.
4th Generation. JABEZ COLTON, son of Ebenezer and Deborah, was married Jan. 27, 1784, to Mary Baldwin, daughter of Capt. Eben- ezer and Beltiah Baldwin, of Bozra, Conn. She was born at Norwich, April 1, 1753. Their children -- Simeon, born Jan. 8, 1785, died Dec. 27, 1868, at Ashboro, N. C. Elijah, born Nov. 21, 1786. Mary, born Nov. 18, 1794. Simeon and Elijah were born in Somers, Mary in Longmeadow. (The families of the sons, see page 78.) Jabez, the father, died April 2, 1819, aged 72. Jabez Colton was graduated at Yale College, 1774, and was the compiler of this volume.
4th Generation. ELIHU COLTON, son of Ebenezer and Deborah, was married Dec. 6, 1787, to Abigail Ely, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Ely and Abigail, his second wife! Their children-William, born Aug. 29, 1789, died April 16, 1836. Ebenezer, born Sept. 24, 1793. Elihu, born July 8, 1797, died at Enfield. Abigail, born April 25, 1799, died Oct. 10, 1802. Lydia, born April 1, 1801. Abigail, born April 15, 1804. Elihu, the father, died May, 26, 1825, age 72.
4th Generation. ABNER COLTON, son of Capt. Isaac and Esther Colton [page 65], was married Nov. 12, 1751, to Margaret Burt, daugh- ter of Major Daniel Burt, of Brimfield. She was born Jan. 12, 1728. Their children-Abner, born Feb. 12, 1753, died Sept. 1, 1758. Isaac, born Dec. 13, 1754, died Sept. 11, 1758. Esther, born Dec. 24, 1756, died Feb. 17, 1757. Abner Colton, the father, died July 6, 1797, in his 70th year. Margaret, his widow, died Sept. 2, 1807.
4th Generation. JACOB COLTON, son of Capt. Isaac and Esther
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Colton, was married Nov. 22, 1764, to Rachel Marshfield, daughter of Samuel and Elisabeth Marshfield. Their children-Esther, born Sept. 9, 1765. Elisabeth, born Jan. 8, 1769. Jacob, the father, c"ed March 2, 1769. Rachel, the mother, married again Jan. 10, 1771, to James Ganes, of Enfield. They had five children in Enfield, and removed to the State of Vermont with their children.
4th Generation. CAPT. ANDREW COLTON, son of Capt. Isaac and Esther Colton, was married Jan. 1, 1767, to Hannah Bliss, daughter of Capt Timothy Bliss. Their children-Clarinda, born June 22, 1767. Hannah, born Nov. 21, 1769, died Jan. 20, 1805. Andrew, born May 24, 1772. Isaac, born July 12, 1773, died July 13, 1773. Vespasian, born Jan. 9, 1776, died Oct. 9, 1776. Hannah, the mother, died Aug. 5, 1787. Capt. Andrew, the father, married again to the widow Lydia White, and he died Oct., 1808. Lydia, his last wife, died Aug. 8, 1800.
4th Generation. JOHN COLTON, son of Lieut. John and Mercy Colton, was married Nov. 22, 1749, to Pelelope Woolcut, daughter of Henry and Abigail Woolcut. Their children-George, born Aug. 25, 1752. John, born Jan. 9, 1755. Mercy, born April 11, 1764. Oliver, born March 23, 1766. Eleanor. John Colton, with his fam- ily, removed to Vermont to a town called Fairlee.
4th Generation. SOLOMON COLTON, son of Lieut. John and Mercy Colton [ page 66], was married April 10, 1755, to Lucy Cooley, daugh- ter of John and Mercy Cooley. Their children-Asahel, born Jan. 14, 1756. Lucy, born April 16, 1758. Elisabeth, born May 10, 1761, died May 27, 1838, aged 77. Sally and Roxey, born Feb. 27, 1766. Martha, born July 28, 1770, died June 29, 1819, aged 49. Lucy mar- ried Solomon Lomis Feb. 22, 1784 [page 166]. Elisabeth married Simeon Colton Dec. 11, 1783 [page 68]. Roxey was married to Chauncy Cooley Jan. 28, 1790. Sally married Enoch Colton, son of Asa and Sarah. They settled in Vershire, State of Vermont. Mar- tha married Stephen Keep Nov. 27, 1791 [page 159]. Lucy. the mother, died May 13, 1802, aged 72 years.
4th Generation. LIEUT. FESTUS COLTON, son of Capt. Simon and Abigail Colton, was married Dec. 22, 1768, to Eunice Keep, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Keep. Their children-Martin, born Feb. 22, 1770, died Aug. 24, 1828. Flavia, born Oct. 11, 1771, died Aug. 16. 1799. Lucinda, born Oct. 18, 1774, died Oct. 18, 1776. Submit. born Feb. 22, 1777, died Oct. 22. 1777. Lucinda, born Jan. 3, 1779. Abigail, born Sept. 18, 1780. Festus, born Aug. 17, 1783. Festus Colton, the father, died Jan. 14, 1788. Flavia married Walter Coomes Jan. 6, 1790. Lucinda married John Sabin April 28, 1805.
Eunice. the mother, died Oct. 4, 1807.
4th Generation. GEORGE COLTON, son of Capt. Simon and Abigail, was married Sept. 22, 1769, to Caroline Willard. Their children- Abigail, stillborn. Caroline, the mother, died. George Colton, the father, was married again to Tabitha Cooley, daughter of David Cooley, of Palmer. Their children-Caroline, born April 9, 1772.
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died Oct. 1, 1797. Simon, born April 6, 1774. Celia, born March 18, 1776, died Jan. 29, 1778. David and Jonathan, born March 30, 1778. Jonathan died Feb. 26, 1803. George Colton, the father, died July, 1812.
4th Generation. CAPT. GAD COLTON, son of Capt. Simon and Abi- gail [ page 67], was married Oct. 21, 1773, to Nancy Colton, daughter of Isaac and Mercy Colton. Their children-Justin, born Jan. 31,
1774, lived in Monson, Maine. Stoddard, born May 12, 1775, lived in Monson, Maine. Elisabeth, born Sept. 15, 1776, died Dec. 14, 1777. Chauncy, born July 8, 1778, died Aug. 18, 1799. Elis- abeth, born Feb. 3, 1779, died Sept. 14, 1779. Nancy, born May 8, 1780, died Oct. 1781. Betsey and Nancy, born Feb. 27, 1783. Bet- sey died Feb. 25, 1801. Cynthia, born Oct. 2, 1784. Celia, born Calvin, born March 14, 1788, went Oct. 12, 1786, died at Wilbraham.
to Monson, Maine. Persis, born Sept. 20, 1789, married Mr. Shaw. Polly, born March 15, 1791, married Francis Fellowes, died March 29.
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Pamelia, born Oct. 5, 1792, married Rowland Taylor, Dec. 19,
1826. Sophrona, born Nov. 1, 1795, married Joseph Booth Jan. 22,
1829. Chauncy. born Aug. 31, 1800, graduated at Amherst College and lived in Cincinnati. Gad Colton was married to Miriam Hale, April 3, 1816, widow of Hezekiah Hale, and died Dec. 28, 1831. She died July 8, 1831, aged 73.
4th Generation. MAJOR LUTHER COLTON, Son of Capt. Simon and Abigail, was married Nov. 30, 1780, to Thankful Woolworth, daugh- ter of Richard and Naomy Woolworth. Their children-Sabin, born Aug. 18, 1783. Amanda. born Feb. 22, 1786, died Feb. 4. 1843, aged 57. Luther, born Oct. 20. 1787. Calvin, Sept. 14, 1789. Oren, born Oct. 23, 1791. Simon, born Sept. 14, 1793. Naomy, Jan. 21, 1795. Amelia. June 17, 1796. Thankful, the mother, died Oct. 25, 1797. Major Luther Colton was married again April 2, 1799, to Mehittable Deming, of Wethersfield. Their children-Chauncy, born Jan. 5, 1800, died April 29, 1820. Laurinda, born Oct. 4, 1801. Major Colton, the father, died Oct. 14, 1803. Amanda was married April 30, 18II, to Dea. Ebenezer Burt. (The families of the sons, see page -).
5th Generation. CHARLES COLTON, son of Timothy and Mary [page 68], was married June, 1757, to Lucy Parsons, daughter of Moses and Hannah Parsons, of Enfield. Their children-Timothy, born Jan. 18, 1759, died Oct. 6, 1800. Charles, born Oct. 22, 1760. Levi, born Oct. 13, 1762, died July 12, 1828, aged 66. Mary, born July 29, 1764, married Elias Goodwel, of Athens, Vermont. Jonathan, born March 2, 1767. Lucy, born Sept. 20, 1769. Solomon, born March 8, 1772, died Dec. 31, 1838. Abigail, born Dec. 22, 1773, mar- ried Stephen Moltrop, of Westminster. Chauncy, born Dec. 2, 1775, lived in Stafford. Seth, born Sept. 26, 1777. Removed to the Town Cate, New York. Lucy, the mother, died April 29, 1811, in her 75th year.
5th Generation. GEORGE COLTON, son of George and Experience,
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was married Nov, 2, 1757, to Sarah Colton, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Colton. Their children-Nathan, born Oct. 26, 1758, died Oct. 9, 1797. Abishai, born May 4, 1761, died 1823. Julius, born March 4, 1763, died Jan. 3, 1830. Alpheus, born Dec. 1765. Demas, born Nov. 26, 1767. Sarah, born June 14, 1770, died June 23, 1823. Ex- perience, born Nov. 30, 1773. Sarah, the mother, died in Vershire. George, the father, married again March 9, 1796, to Elenor Cane, daughter of Eli and Mary Cooley [ page 104]. Elenor Colton died Dec. 20, 1844, age 83. (Sons, pages 81 and 82.)
5th Generation. SIMEON COLTON, son of Gideon and Sarah, was married Dec. 11, 1783, to Elizabeth Colton, daughter of Solomon and Lucy Colton. Their children-Dimon, born Oct. 11, 1784. Betsey, born March 6, 1786, died April 1, 1860. Patty, born Jan. 30, 1790, died about 1835. Almira, born Aug. 18, 1796, died Dec. 1, 1797. Almira, born Oct. 12, 1798. Patty, was married May 3, 1810, to David C. King, son of Thomas and Eunice King. Simeon Colton died Jan. 5, 1834, aged 75 years.
5th Generation. GIDEON COLTON, son of Gideon and Joanna [page 69], was married July 23, 1788, to Lucretia Woodworth, daugh- ter of Richard and Loice. Their children-Lucretia, born Dec. 29, 1788. Gideon, born Jan. 10, 1794, died March 9, 1795. Delia, born Nov. 23, 1796. Lucretia was married Sept. 3. 1812, to the Rev. Simeon Colton, of Palmer.
5th Generation. HANAN COLTON, son of Gideon and Joanna, was married to Eunice Cooley, daughter of George and Mabel, June, 1788. He died Aug. 28, 1828, aged 64. Their children-Chauncy, born March 3, 1789. James, born April 19, 1791. Jerry, born Jan. 5, 1794. Julia, born Feb. 11, 1797. Eliza, born Sept. 30, 1804. Eunice, the mother, died 1806, and Hanan Colton was married to Esther - Gideon, born April 6, 1809. Esther, born Nov. 20, 1810. William, born Sept. 2, 1812. Calvin Murray, born Oct. 1814. Harriet Angeline Colton, born Aug. 8, 1814. Samuel H. Chauncy, born Dec. 28, 1815.
5th Generation. ZADOCK COLTON, son of Gideon and Joanna, was married Nov. 5, 1794, to Hulda Lancton, daughter of John, born Aug. 7, 1797. Hulda, born Sept. 28, 1801. Chauncy, born Jan. 29, 1800.
DIMON COLTON, of Springfield, son of Capt. Charles and Mercy, was married, 1790, to Thankful Bliss, daughter of Timothy and Thank- ful. Their children-Lucinda, born July 7, 1791. Roderick Merrick, born Oct. 12, 1793. Nancy, born Aug. 29, 1795. Lucy Bliss, born Nov. 17, 1797. George Agustus, born June 23, 1800. Almira, born April 24, 1803. Francis, born Jan. 3, 1805. Charles and William, born Jan. 19, 1808. Dimon Colton, the father, died June 11, 1818.
5th Generation. ASA COLTON, son of Ephraim and Sarah [page 70], was married to Margaret Stiles, daughter of -, born Nov. 1, 1757. Their children - Margaret, born June 18, 1758, died Nov. 13, 1806. Margaret. the mother, died June 18, 1758. Asa Colton, the father, married again April 20, 1761, to Sarah Warri-
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ner, widow of Reuben Warriner. Their children - Enoch, born Nov. 30, 1761. Asa, born Sept 5, 1763, died May 7, 1847. Daniel, born April 13, 1765. Lucius, born April 5, 1767. Lucina, born Jan. 31, 1769. Willard, born Sept. 27, 1770. Electa, born July 22, 1772. Chloe, born Nov. 24, 1774, died Jan. 11, 1775. Simeon, born March 31, 1776, died July 16, 1777. Simeon, born Jan. 7, 1778, died Aug. 23, 1778. Margaret, the daughter, was married March 27, 1780, to Lemuel Parsons. Asa Colton, the father, died March 18, 1778. Lucina was married to Elijah Walker, of Vershire. Electa was mar- ried to Oliver Eno, of Wintonburg, Conn., Sept. 15, 1791. Sarah, the mother, died April 3, 1816. She was the daughter of Simon Willard.
5th Generation. SAMUEL COLTON, son of Samuel and Lucy, was married to Anne Gregory Warriner, daughter of Dea. Noah and Grace Warriner, of Wilbraham, March 6, 1799. Their children-Lucy, born Dec. 16, 1799, died April 20, 1883. Samuel, born April 20, 1801, died Oct. 31, 1881. Mary Anne, born Dec. 11, 1802, died Jan. 5, 1880. Emeline, born June 30, 1804, died March 6, 1863. Flavia, born Aug. 18, 1805. Samuel Colton, the father, died June 17, 1811. Anne, the mother, married Rev. Gideon Burt, March 12, 1816, died Nov. 9, 1853. Lucy married E. W. Storrs, then of Amherst, June 19, 1828. Mary Anne married Sandford Lawton, of Dudley, Dec. 4, 1828. Flavia married John Hall Brockway, of Ellington, Conn., Jan. 22, 1829. Emeline married Luthert Wright, of Easthampton, Mass., Oct. 8, 1829. Anne, the mother, was married to Rev. Gideon Burt, Nov. 12, 1816.
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