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4th Generation. LIEUT. WILLIAM STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and Abigail Stebbins, was married March 15, 1716, to Mercy Knowlton, of Springfield. Their children, as found on record, were-Benjamin, died Dec. 4, 1718. Mercy, died June 11, 1720. Wil- liam, born - -, died March 29, 1725. William, born April 22, 1726, died April 20, 1797. Ruth, born July 26, 1728, died Aug. 16, 1728. Ezra, born Aug. 16, 1731, died Feb. 5, 1796. Zadoch, born Nov. 10, 1732, died Nov. 10, 1732. Mercy died Jan. 15, 1743. Mercy, the mother, died March 3, 1751. Lieut. William Stebbins was married again in 1754 to the widow Thankful Pond, of Northford, a parish in the town of Branford. He died Oct. 30, 1776, and she returned to her children in Connecticut. (The families of William and Ezra, the sons, see in pages 201 and 202.) [ Page 199.]
5th Generation. SAMUEL STEBBINS, of Wilbraham, son of Samuel and Hannah Stebbins, was married March 22, 1734, to Mary Knowl- ton, of Springfield. Their children-Mary, born Aug. 23, 1735, died Aug. 27, 1742. Seth. born Jan. 8, 1739. died Sept. 1, 1742. Thank- ful, born Feb. 14, 1737. Noah, born Oct. 13, 1741. Mary, born March 25, 1744. Mercy, born Feb. 12, 1747. Mary, the mother, died Aug. 22, 1750, at Longmeadow. Samuel Stebbins, the father, was married again Nov. 18, 1750, to the widow Sarah Jones, daughter of Deacon James Wood, of Somers. Their children-Samuel, born Sept. 8, 1751. Seth, born July 17, 1753, died July 27, 1753. Samuel Stebbins, the father, died at Somers Feb. 10, 1754. Thankful was married May 5, 1757, to Paul Langdon, of Wilbraham. Mary was married April 21, 1763, to Enos Stebbins, son of Jonathan Stebbins, of Longmeadow. They settled in Wilbraham.
5th Generation. JONATHAN STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and Hannah Stebbins, was married Dec. 11, 1735, to Margaret Bliss, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bliss. Their children-Jon- athan, born Sept. 28, 1736, died Dec. 7, 1762. Bliss, born May 30, 1738. Enos, born July 26, 1740. Margaret, born Aug. 28, 1741, died
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Oct. 6, 1807. Eunice, born Nov. 25, 1742, died May 2, 1786. Ann, born Feb. 8, 1744, died April 17, 1787. Margaret, the mother, died June 16, 1744. Jonathan Stebbins was married again Oct. 18, 1745, to Sarah Mosley, of Westfield. She had one child still-born, Nov. 14, 1746, and died Nov. 29, 1746. Jonathan Stebbins was married again Nov. 5, 1747, to Abigail Hale, daughter of John and Thankful Hale, of West Springfield. She was born Jan. 18, 1721. Their children- Abigail, born Oct. 29, 1748, died June 4, 1811. Medad, born Feb. 4, 1751, died Sept. 9, 1804. Sarah, born March 22, 1752, died June 2, 1754. Sarah, born Sept. 16, 1754. Rhoda, born July 15, 1756, died Oct. 9, 1756. Lewis, born Jan. 10, 1758, died Oct. 9, 1758. Rhoda, born July 16, 1759. Lewis, born March 22, 1761, died June 15, 1778. The sons Enos and Medad had families. Margaret was married May 12, 1765, to Noah Stebbins. Eunice was married Nov. 27, 1766, to Enoch Burt. Ann was married Feb. 3, 1774, to Thomas Hale. Abigail was married Feb. 15, 1770, to Moses Bartlett, of Wilbraham. Sarah was married May 1, 1781, to Robert Silcock. Rhoda was married Oct. 6, 1784, to John Robinson, of Granville. Jonathan died in New York on his return from Havana, Dec. 7, 1762. Bliss received part of a college education, and died a common stroller. Jonathan Steb- bins, the father, died July 11, 1788. Abigail, the mother, died May I, 1812, age 91 years, Jan. 29 past [ page 200].
5th Generation. STEPHEN STEBBINS, of Wilbraham, son of Samuel and Hannah Stebbins, was married Oct. 9, 1733, to Sarah Bliss, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bliss. Their children-Sarah, born May 15, 1734, died July 23, 1755. Eunice, born Dec. 15, 1735, died Jan. 21, 1737. Eldad, born Aug. 13, 1737. Phinehas, born May 19, 1739, died April 1, 1807. Zadock, born Aug. 12, 1741. Eunice, born Nov. 15, 1743. Ruth, born Feb. 10, 1746. Hannah, born Aug. 10, 1748. Stephen, born April 28, 1752. Gad, born Feb. 12, 1756. Sarah was married to John Langdon, Feb. 1755. Eunice was married to David Lion, May 17, 1764. Stephen Stebbins, the father, died Feb. 26, 1768.
5th Generation. AARON STEBBINS, of Wilbraham, son of Samuel and Hannah Stebbins, was married Oct. 18, 1744, to Mary Wood, daughter of Dea. James Wood, of Somers. Their children-Mary, born June 19, 1748. Aaron, born March 20, 1750. James, born Dec. 31, 1751, did Sept 14, 1759. Seth, born Sept. 6, 1754. Martha, born Feb. 15, 1757, died Sept. 9, 1759. James, born Oct. 6, 1760. Mary, the daughter, was married to John Sexton, of Somers, Aug. 31, 1768. Aaron Stebbins, the father, removed to Vershire, Vermont, and died May 15, 1808, age 93.
5th Generation. MOSES STEBBINS, of Wilbraham, son of Samuel and Hannah Stebbins, was married June 27, 1749, to Dorcas Hale, of Enfield, daughter of John and Thankful Hale. Their children- Moses, born May 3, 1750. Calvin, born July 30, 1751. Esther, born Jan. 26, 1755. Ambrose, born Oct. 17, 1756. Dorcas, born Feb. 17, 1759, died April 1759. David, born Feb. 29, 1760. Timothy, born April 17, 1762. Gains, born Oct. 5, 1763. Dorcas, born Aug. 2, 1765. Chester, born Jan. 23, 1769.
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5th Generation. LUKE STEBBINS, son of Samuel and Hannah Stebbins [ page 201], was married May 1, 1755, to Sarah Norton, of Kensington, Conn. Their children-Eleanor, born Aug. 3, 1756, died May 4, 1771. Samuel, born Aug. 9, 1758. Parsis, born Nov. 27, 1760. Sarah, the mother, died at Kensington, Feb. 18, 1764, aged 26 years and eight months. Parsis was married to the Rev. Nathaniel Gaylord, of Hartland, Conn. Luke Stebbins, in the former part of his life, lived in Boston as a store-keeper ; from thence he removed to Kensington, Conn., and set up a store, and from thence to Middle- town, where he kept a tavern, and failing in business, he became a schoolmaster. He collected and published an account of the descend- ants of his father to Sept. 19, 1771 : the number of births, 138. He died in the State of New Jersey, not far from the year 1775.
5th Generation. DEA. NEHEMIAH STEBBINS, son of Samuel and Hannah Stebbins, was married Sept. 1750, to Hannah Chandler, daughter of Dea. Henry Chandler and Hannah his wife, of Enfield. She died March 12, 1751. Dea. Nehemiah Stebbins was married again Oct. 3, 1753, to Elizabeth Morgan, of Springfield. Their chil- dren-Hannah, born Jan. 17, 1755. Selah, born April 15, 1756. Lucy, born Aug. 17, 1757, died Aug. 25, 1757. Lucy, born April 9, 1759, died April 20, 1759. Elizabeth, born March 30, 1760, died Nov. 19, 1762. Loice, born Aug. 21, 1762. Samuel, born April 8, 1766. Elizabeth, born Sept. 11, 1768. Achsah, born Aug. 11, 1770. Dea- con Nehemiah Stebbins, with his family, removed from Longmeadow to Greenwich, Mass., and was a deacon of a church in that town, and had the commission of a justice of the peace. His wife dying- and he being subject to hypochondriacal gloominess, drowned himself in a well.
5th Generation. WILLIAM STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Wil- liam and Mercy Stebbins, was married May 8, 1753, to Eunice Wil- liams, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Stephen Williams, of Longmeadow. Their children-William, born June 26. 1756, died Feb. 27, 1762. Stephen Williams, born June 26, 1758. Eunice, born Nov. 16, 1760. Stephen Williams, the son, graduated at New Haven, 1781, and settled in the ministry at Stratford. Eunice, the daughter, was married Sept. 1785, to Rev. Joseph Barker, of Middleborough. William Stebbins, the father, died April 20, 1797. Eunice Stebbins, his widow, died Oct. 31, 1805, in Middleborough, at the house of Rev. Barker.
5th Generation. EZRA STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Lieut. William and Mercy Stebbins [page 202], was married Feb. 24, 1757, to Margaret Chapin, daughter of Samuel and Anna Chapin of Lud- low. Their children-Zadock, born Feb. 13, 1758, died Dec. 17, 1803. Ezra, born Aug 19, 1760, died July 25, 1819. Mercy, born March 16, 1763, died Nov. 4, 1807. Anna, born March 27, 1766, died Dec. 8, 1824. William, born June 12, 1768. Ruth, born Jan. 17, 1771, died Sept. 18, 1776. Eber, born March 2, 1773. Knowlton, born Oct. 1774, died Nov. 18, 1774. Knowlton, born Mav 15, 1776. Ezra Stebbins, the father, died Feb. 5, 1796. Margaret, the mother, died
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April 26, 1808. Mercy was married April 26, 1785, to Stephen Cooley. Anna was married March 1, 1787, to Stephen Taylor.
6th Generation. MEDAD STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Jona- than and Abigail Stebbins, was married April 25, 1776, to Sarah Keep, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Keep. She died Nov. 3, 1838, age 86. Their children-Chester, born Sept 1, 1776. Mary, born Nov. 22, 1779, died May 9, 1834. Lewis, born June 6, 1782. Jonathan Chauncy, born Feb. 14, 1787. Samuel, born April 10, 1791. Henry, born Sept. 22, 1793. Medad Stebbins, the father, died Sept. 9, 1804. Sarah, the mother, was married again to Lieut. Noah Stebbins, of Wilbraham, Oct. 13, 1808. Mary, the daughter, was married April 4, 1803, to Stephen Avery.
6th Generation. ZADOCK STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Ezra and Margaret Stebbins [ page 203], was married Jan. 30, 1783, to Urania Burt, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Burt. Their children- Ruth, born June 7, 1784, died June 25. 1814. Urania, born March 22, 1786. Parcas, born Dec. 30, 1787. Rowland, born Aug. 3, 1789. Francis, born Sept. 8, 1791, died April 12, 1809. Peggy, born June 8, 1794, died Oct. 16, 1795. Pamelia, born Sept. 4, 1801. Zadock Stebbins, the father, died Dec. 17, 1803. Urania, the mother, was married again March 5, 1806, to Simeon White, of South Hadleigh. Ruth, the daughter, was married March 25, 1804, to Ethan Colton. Urania was married Dec. 1, 1808, to Ebenezer Smith, of Granby. Parcas was married to Quartus White, of South Hadleigh.
6th Generation. EZRA STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Ezra and Margaret Stebbins, was married March 26, 1799, to Margaret Bliss, daughter of Aaron and Miriam Bliss. Their children-John, born May 22, 1802, died at Boston. Aaron, born Dec. 29, 1804. Ezra Stebbins, the father, died July 25, 1819; his widow was married to Stephen Cooley, and died Oct. 15, 1831.
6th Generation. WILLIAM STEBBINS, of Longmeadow, son of Ezra and Margaret Stebbins, was married Oct. 23, 1788, to Margaret Newel, daughter of Dea. Abijah Newel, of Monson, and Hepsibah his wife. She died Aug. 5, 1825. William, born May 1, 1789. Removed to Roches- ter, N. Y. Cynthia, born Nov. 14, 1791. Jared Newel, born July 10, 1794. Ezra and Peggy, born June 21, 1796. Eber, born Nov. 14, 1798. Anne, born April 25, 1801. Harrison, born April 18, 1803. Eunice, born Aug. 8, 1805. Albert, born June 4, 1808. Cynthia was married Nov. 21, 1811, to Jonathan Bowker. [Vacant to page 206.]
BARRET STEEL of Longmeadow, was married Dec. 30, 1697, to Mary Brooks, daughter of William and Mary Brooks, of Springfield. Their children, Mary, born Oct. 27, 1698. Hannah, born Feb. 1700, died March 17, 1700. Hannah, born March 14, 1701. Mercy, born March 6, 1703. John, born March 9, 1707, died Feb. 21, 1793. Thankful, born Sept., 1708. Abigail, born Nov. 3, 1710, died Nov. 3, 1713. Samuel, born Oct. 21, 1713. Barret Steel, the father, died Dec. 4, 1713.
JOHN STEEL, of Longmeadow, son of Barret and Mary Steel above,
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was married March 7, 1728, to Abigail Brooks, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Brooks ; she was born Dec. 3, 1706. Their children-John, born Abigail, born Dec. 4, 1731. Rhoda, born
Mary, born Aaron, born July 13, 1739, died Nov. 28, 1777.
Seth, born Dec. 20, 1741. Solomon, born - Ann, born Reuben, born Sept. 14, 1746. Justin, born Aug. 13, 1749. Squire, born Aug. 26, 1752. Abigail, the daughter, was married June 26, 1751, to Amaziah Sanderson. Rhoda was married March 8, 1754, to Robert Sanderson. Mary was married to Stephen Chandler ; pub- lished May 9, 1752. Ann was married April 10, 1758, to Samuel Warner of Wilbraham. N. B .- John Steel, the father, being much abroad in the wars, and his family living in different places, his chil- dren were not recorded regularly. He was maintained for several years as a pauper by the town of Springfield, and died in Longmeadow at the house of Ezra Stebbins, Feb. 21, 1793.
AARON STEEL of Longmeadow, son of John and Abigail Steel above, was married Nov. 15, 1763, to Sarah Rumrill, daughter of John and Abigail Rumrill. Their children-Seth, born Jan. 28, 1765. Abi- gail, born Aug. 22, 1766. Sarah, born July 23, 1768, died Jan. 23, 1858. Aaron, born March 7, 1771. Mary, born, Feb. 17, 1773. (The families of the sons, see in page 207.) Abigail was married June 1, 1785, to Alpheus Hancock. Sarah was married Nov. 20, 1794, to John Kent, of Suffield. Mary was married to Thomas Chandler, of Enfield. Aaron Steel, the father, had a commission of a lieutenant in the army of the United States, and died at Albany Nov. 28, 1777. Sarah, the mother, died at East Hartford, Dec. 11, 1805.
SETH STEEL of Longmeadow, son of Lieut. Aaron Steel and Sarah his wife [page 207], was married Nov. 26, 1787, to Keziah Lewis, daughter of Eleazer and Mary Lewis. Their children-Agustus, born June 4, 1792. Austin Lewis, born Jan. 2, 1795. Clarissa Eddy, born Jan. 1, 1797. Solomon, born Sept. 24, 1799. George, born Jan. 29, 1805.
AARON STEEL, son Lieut. Aaron and Sarah Steel, was married Oct. 19, 1797, to Phebe Bebee. Their children-Reuben, born Nov. 29, 1799. Sarah, born Sept. 22, 1803. Aaron, born Nov. 22, 1805. Phebe, the mother, died Aug. 1, 1806. Aaron Steel, the father, was married again, March 7, 1807, to Ruth Stedman. Their children- Phebe, born Dec. 1, 1807. Mary Jane, born Dec. 20, 1809.
Rev. RICHARD SALTER STORRS, of Longmeadow, son of Rev. John Storrs and Eunice, his wife [ page 208], was born Aug. 30, 1763; was graduated at Yale College, 1783 ; was married Oct. 12, 1785, to Sarah Williston, daughter of Rev. Noah Williston, of West Haven, and Hannah his wife. She was born June 14, 1765, and he was ordained over the church in Longmeadow Dec. 7, 1785 ; he died Oct. 3, 1819, age 56. Children-Richard Salter, born Feb. 6, 1787, died Aug. 11, 1873. Sally, born Nov. 28, 1788, died Jan. 4, 1864. David and Jona- than, born March 27, 1792. David died May 25, 1848. Jonathan died Jan. 4, 1855. Charles Backus, born May 15, 1794, died in Ohio
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Sept. 15, 1833 ; was President of West. Res. Coll. John Newton, born Feb. 16, 1796, died April 10, 1798. Eleazer Williams, born Dec. 8, 1797, died Jan. 10, 1798. Sarah, the mother, died Jan. 27, 1798. The Rev. Richard S. Storrs was married again Oct. 8, 1798, to Sarah Williams, daughter of Ensign Samuel Williams, who was born May 7, 1765, and died Feb. 7, 1846. Their children-Eleazer Williams, born July 7, 1799, married Lucy Colton June 19, 1828, died April 6, 1880. Eunice Conant, born Aug. 22, 1801. Lucy Burt, born Sept. 10, 1804, died Jan. 4, 1833, in Illinois; married Butler Denham. Sally, the daughter, was married Nov. 9, 1808, to Charles Billings, of Con- way. Richard Salter Storrs studied at Williams College and at An- dover, and was settled in the ministry at Braintree. [Vacant to page 210].
THEOPHILUS SWETLAND of Longmeadow, son of Israel and Dor- cas Swetland, was married May 8, 1779, to Zilpha Sprague of Coven- try. He was born Jan. 17, 1757, died May 17, 1822. Their children- Ira, born Nov. 20, 1780. Israel, born March 23, 1783, died May, 1785. Alma, born March 5, 1785. Sally, born July 23, 1787. Clarissa, born Jan. 5, 1790. Silas, born June 1, 1792. Polly, born Sept. 21, 1794, died May 27, 1795. Sprague, born May 8, 1796, died March 17, 1801. Polly, born May 7, 1798. Zilpha, the mother, died Aug. 17, 1799. Theophilus Swetland, the father, was married again Jan. 1800, to Anne Brown, daughter of Ephraim and Aphia Brown, of Long- meadow. Their children-Eleazer, born Feb. 22, 1801. Joseph, born Nov. 25, 1802. Eli, born Feb. 7, 1805. Anne, born Jan. 14, 1807. Irena, born March 2, 1809, died Oct. 2, 1813, age 4. Asenath, born April 5, 1811, died Oct. 5, 1813, age 2. Almira was married July 12, 1804, to Samuel Wright. Sally was married July 12, 1808, to Anthony Wright.
NATHANIEL TAYLOR, of West Springfield, son of Samuel and Sarah Taylor [ page 211], was married May 1, 1760, to Cloe Brooks, daughter of Joseph and Mary Brooks. She was born Aug. 6, 1740. Their children-Er, born Oct. 17, 1760. Stephen, born Jan. 29, 1762. Jerusha, born Lovice, born Moses, born
Nathaniel, born March 27, 1769. Solomon, born- -. Anne, born
Jonathan, born David, born- -. Cloe, born Jerusha was married to Daniel Babcock. Anne was married to Edward Stebbins, Jr. He dying, she was married Aug. 9, 1810, to Jonathan Sikes, of Ludlow. Lovice was married to Darius Wright, son of George Wright, of Springfield. Cloe was married to Seth Otis. (The families of the sons, see hereafter in this and the following page). Nathaniel, the father, died Oct. 1801, in his 66th year. Cloe Taylor died Nov. 5, 1835.
ER TAYLOR, of Longmeadow, son of Nathaniel and Cloe Taylor above, was married April 13, 1784, to Joanna Cooley, daughter of Stephen and Mary Cooley. Their children-Seth, born April 21, 1785, died May 28, 1835. Ethan, born June 10, 1790. Eunice, born
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June 7, 1792. Ithamar, born Oct. 11, 1797, died Oct. 15, 1802. Joanna, the mother, died June 14, 1823, aged 64.
STEPHEN TAYLOR, of Longmeadow, son of Nathaniel and C'e Taylor above, was married March 1, 1787, to Anna Stebbins, daughter of Ezra and Margaret Stebbins. Their children-John, born Nov. 24, 1787, died April 22, 1828. Olive, born Sept. 21, 1790. Orin, born April 20, 1793. Eunicia, born April 20, 1795, died Sept. 1800. Anne, born Sept. 6, 1797, died Sept. 13, 1800. Eunicia, born Sept. 22, 1801. Olive was married to Elijah Colton May 19, 1811. Anna, the mother, died Dec. 8, 1824, age 59. The father died Dec. 27, 1843.
MOSES TAYLOR, of Longmeadow, son of Nathaniel and Cloe Taylor [ page 212], was married to Mary Cooley, daughter of Stephen and Mary Cooley. Their children-Loran, born March 11, 1788. Mary, born May 30, 1789. Abigail, born July 3, 1793. Mary, the daughter, was married Nov. 1811, to Elijah Green, of West Springfield. Abigail was married Feb., 1811, to David Wellman.
NATHANIEL TAYLOR, of Longmeadow, son of Nathaniel and Cloe Taylor, was married to Jerusha Ely, daughter of Capt. Levi Ely, of West Springfield. Their children-Levi Ely, born Nov. 17, 1795. Amelia, born June 4, 1798, died Oct. 24, 1801. Newton, born Aug. II, 1800, died Oct. 29, 1801. Nathaniel Taylor, the father, died Oct. 24, 1802. Jerusha, the mother, was married again to Oliver Bagg, of West Springfield.
SETH TAYLOR, of Longmeadow, was married Sept. 21, 1806, to Mary Silcock, daughter of Robert Silcock. He was the son of Er and Joanna Taylor. Their children-Loisa, born Aug. 21, 1811. Alford, born June 30, 1817. [Vacant to page 215.]
NATHANIEL WATERHOUS, of Longmeadow, son of Nathaniel and Mercy Waterhous, was born June 24, 1766, was married to Olive Cleveland. He died March 27, 1841, age 77. She died June 23, 1840, age 70. Their children-Olive, born Nov. 2, 1784. Sarah, born Jan. 29, 1794. Nathaniel, born July 29, 1795, died Dec. 20, 1834. Jeramiah, born Sept. 17, 1797. Isaac, born Aug. 17, 1801.
PRESERVED WHITE, of Springfield, son of Daniel and Hannah White [ page 216], was married to Rachel Kilborn ; published Nov. 29, 1740. Their children-Rachel, born April 18, 1742. Preserved, born Nov. 23, 1743. David, born Jan. 30, 1747, died Oct. 2, 1823, age 77. Hannah, born Aug. 20, 1750. Lewis, born Feb. 25, 1753. Persia, born Aug. 29, 1755. Zervia, born March 19, 1758. Lewis, born June 20, 1760. Walter, born June 13, 1765, died July 14, 1819. Rachel, the daughter, was married Jan. 1, 1767, to Ambrose Collins. (The families of the sons, see hereafter.) Hannah was married July 9, 1780, to William Stephenson. They removed to Thetford, Vermont. Zervia was married to Stoughton Bliss, son of Reuben Bliss. They lived in East Windsor, Dec. 7, 1780. Rachel, the mother, died June, 1777. Preserved, the father, died July 16, 1802.
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White above, was married Aug. 20, 1767, to Mary Terry. Their children-Martin, born June 4, 1770. Luther, born April 7, 1772.
DAVID WHITE, of Longmeadow, son of Preserved and Rachel White [ page 217], was married Jan. 30, 1777, to Lydia Ely, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Ely and Mary his wife. He died Oct. 2, 1823, age 77. Their children-Sarah, born Nov. 23, 1778, died Jan. 28, 1850. David, born Oct. 2, 1780, died Jan. 30, 1781. Lydia, the mother, died Feb. 9, 1781. David White was married again, Dec. 5, 1782, to Sarah Pyncheon, daughter of William and Sarah Pyncheon. She died July 26, 1826, age 75. Their children-David, born Jan. 30, 1786. William, born June 25, 1789. Lydia, born Sept. 15, 1791.
LEWIS WHITE, of Longmeadow, son of Preserved and Rachel White, was married Sept. 20, 1787, to Susannah King, daughter of Parmenas and Hannah King, of Wilbraham. She was born Nov. 7, 1756. Their children-Lewis, born Aug. 21, 1788, died June 4, 1818, at Sacket's Harbor. Susannah, born Aug. 3, 1790. Harry, born Jan. 4, 1792. Persis, born June 21, 1795. Sylvia, born Feb. 13, 1797, died Oct. 9, 1803. Lewis White, the father, died Jan. 24, 1844.
DEA. WALTER WHITE, of Longmeadow, son of Preserved and Rachel White, was married March 22, 1792, to Sabina Keep, daugh- ter of Samuel and Sabina Keep. He died July 14, 1819. Their children-Franklin, born Jan. 14, 1793, died April 13, 1813. Walter, born March 31, 1795. Cynthia, born March 13, 1797. Sabina, born Nov. 19, 1800. John, born Sept. 22, 1804. Eliza, born Nov. 1, 1807. Samuel, born Sept. 8, 1810.
WILLIAM WHITE, of Longmeadow, son of David and Sarah White [ page 218], was married Nov. 12, 1820, to Lois Cooley, daughter of Calvin and Eunice Cooley. Their children-Mary Cooley, born Sept. 23: 1821. William Pyncheon, born Feb. 24, 1824. Jeannette Chit- tenden, born Dec. 27, 1827. James Cooley, born Feb. 9, 1838. [Vacant to page 220.]
Ist Generation. ROBERT WILLIAMS [ page 220], great-grandfather of the Rev. Dr. Stephen Williams, of Longmeadow, came from Nor- wich in England, and settled in Roxbury near Boston. His sons were-Samuel, Isaac, and Stephen.
2d Generation. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, of Roxbury, son of Robert Williams, was married to a woman whose maiden name was Park. His sons were-Samuel, John, Ebenezer, and Park. His daughters were-Mary, Deborah, Martha, and Abigail.
3d Generation. REV. JOHN WILLIAMS, of Deerfield, son of Samuel Williams, of Roxbury, was born Dec. 10, 1664. He is said to have received a public education by the assistance of his grandfather Park. He was graduated at Harvard College in the year 1683 ; was ordained the first Pastor of the church in Deerfield, May 1686, and was married to Miss Eunice Mather, daughter of the Rev. Eleazer Mather, first Pastor of the church in Northampton, and Esther his wife. Their children were-Eleazer, died Sept. 21, 1742. Samuel. Esther,
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died March 12, 1751. Stephen, born May 14, 1693, died June 10, 1782. Eliakim. Jerusha. Eunice. Jemima. Warham, died June 22, 1751. John, and Jerusha. Eleazer, Stephen, and Warham had public educations, at Harvard College. Eleazer graduated 1708, and was settled at Mansfield, in Conn., in the ministry. Steven graduated 1713 [see the following page]. Wareham gradu- ated 1719, and was ordained at Waltham, June 11, 1723. The Rev. John Williams, with his family, excepting Eleazer, was cap- tured by the French and Indians Feb. 29, 1704 ; his two youngest children were killed on the day in which they were taken; his wife was killed the day following; he was carried to Canada with his children Samuel, Esther, Stephen, Eunice, and War- ham. He returned from Canada Nov. 21, 1706; his children all returned excepting Eunice, who remained in Canada and was married to an Indian, had children, and died an aged woman. The Rev. John Williams was married again to Mrs. Abigail Allen, of Windsor, grand- daughter of the Rev. Mr. Warham, of Windsor, and a cousin of his former wife. Their children-John. Eliakim. Elijah, died July 10, 1771. Abigail. Sarah, died Jan. 1737. Elijah and Abigail [ page 221] only of the last children have families. Elijah gradu- ated at Harvard College 1732, was married to Dwight.
Removed to Enfield in time of the war, and his wife died in that town Jan. 25, 1749. He was married again Jan. 1, 1750, to Margaret Pyncheon, daughter of Col. William Pyncheon. He died July 10, 1771, and she died April 1772. Abigail was married to Col. Hinsdell, who died Jan. 1763. She was married again Oct. 1764, to Col. Benja- min Hall, of Cheshire, who died Jan. 1773. She was married again, July, 1773, to Col. E. Silliman, who dying Oct. 17, 1775, she removed to Deerfield, and died in that town. The Rev. John Williams, the father of the foregoing families, was seized with a fit of apoplexy on the night of the 8th of June and died on the morning of the 12th, 1729. Abigail, his last wife, died July, 1754. Esther, the daughter, was married to the Rev. Joseph Meacham, of Coventry, and she died March 12, 1751, and he died Sept. 24, 1752.
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