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(VIII) Ara (2), youngest child and third son of Ara (I) and Esther (Merrill) Cush- man, was born April 20, 1829. He passed his younger days on the farm. He was educated in the district schools and at Lewiston and Gorham academies. He taught school some years. He began shoe-manufacturing in the town of Minot, on a small scale. The business outgrew the place, and it was removed to Au- burn, Maine. It finally grew to be one of the largest establishments of its kind in New Eng- land. They produced a fine grade of goods. Besides managing this concern, which went under the name of Ara Cushman Shoe Com- pany, he was president of the J. M. Arnold Shoe Company, of Bangor, a director in A. H. Berry Shoe Company, of Portland, and the Auburn Land Company, the Auburn Trust Company, and was president of the Auburn Board of Trade, and the Old Ladies Home. He was one of the organizers of the Shoe and Leather Bank, and served as its president many years. He assisted in building the Elm Street Universalist Church, in Auburn, he be- ing of that faith. He was four years presi- dent of the Universalist State Convention, and was an owner of the denominational paper. He was a very strong temperance man, working in sympathy with those who would suppress the liquor traffic by stringent laws and the rigid enforcement thereof. He was not of those who believed in resubmission. A Re- publican in politics, he had been a delegate to many conventions. In 1873-74 he represented his adopted city in the lower house. He be-
lieved in applying the principles of equity and justice in dealing with his employees, and he was the first in New England to adopt the profit-sharing plan among workmen. He had written and published much on the relation be- tween capital and labor, and was a very good authority on the subject, having given the subject much study and attention, together with his practical experience in hiring and treating with labor. He was a very forceful speaker.
Mr. Cushman married, June 21, 1853, Julia W. Morse, of Gray, Maine, born December 14, 1830, daughter of Thomas and Sally W. (Saw- yer ) Morse. Children : 1. Charles Livingston, born in Minot, May 26, 1856, married, June 20, 1878, Lena Farrington. 2. Ara, born in Auburn, May 26, 1872, married, June 5, 1894, Elizabeth (Osgood) Cornish. 3. Julia, born March 13, 1875, died August, 1876. Mr. Cushman died February 15, 1904.
MORSE This is a name conspicuous in American and English annals, and has been traced with toler- able accuracy to the time of William the Con- queror. The name is inseparably connected with the invention of the electric telegraph and is otherwise distinguished in relation to science, literature and all the influences that make for the betterment of the condition of mankind. Its bearers are to be found in re- motely separated districts of the United States, and they have been noted for their maintenance of the standards set up by their Puritan fathers.
(I) Joseph (1) Morse, with his wife Doro- thy, arrived in New England a year or two after his sons, Joseph and John, had settled there. He lived in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he owned a house and several parcels of land. His will was drawn "The foure and twentieth day of ye second month Ano Dom, 1646," and was "Proven this Court held at Ipswich 29, 7, 1646." The inventory was taken July 28, 1646, and ammounted to eighty- three pounds, one shilling and ten pence. This will gives all that is known of the personal history of Joseph Morse, the ancestor of this line. His name is here written plainly Morse. The date of the death of his wife is not on record. Their children were: Joseph, John and Hannalı.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Dorothy Morse, was born about 1610, probably in England, as is shown by the following en- try: "Joseph Morse, aged twenty-four years, embarked at Ipswich, England, April 1, 1634,
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in the ship Elizabeth." He was made free- man May 6, 1635. He soon after removed to Watertown, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, where he continued to live until his death. He was married in Watertown to Hester, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth Pierce. Children : Joseph, Deacon John, Jonathan, Hester, Sarah, Jeremiah and Isaac.
(III) Ensign and Deacon John, second son of Joseph (2) and Hester ( Pierce) Morse, was born February 28, 1639, in Groton, Mas- sachusetts, and died in Watertown, July 23, 1702. That he held the grade is proven by the town book of Watertown, where "James Morse being incapable through bodily infirm- ity, his father. Ensign John Morse, was elected to serve as constable in his stead." He was elected commissioner in 1689, and in 1681 both John Morse Senior and Junior were elected tythingmen. "July 16, 1692, alsoe agreed upon by the selectmen that John Morse whoe is out in the Country serves, that his wife shall be allowed two shillings per week out of his wages according to order of Court in 1690.' In 1694 he was elected sealer of leather. He took the place of his son James, May 10, 1697. The name of his first wife is not known, but it was certainly not Ann Smith, as stated by Bond. He was married (second) April 27, 1666, to Abigail, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Barker) Stearns, at Watertown, who died October 15, 1690. He was again married is shown by this extract from Middlesex probate records : "June 1, 1702, Sarah, widow of John Morse, gave bonds on his estate together with Thomas Lord, of Charlestown and Nathaniel Lord of Charlestown," while his son, James Morse, administered the estate of his father, Deacon John Morse, August 4, 1702, and the heir agreed upon the distribution of the same estate August 5, 1702. The following is a list of his children: Lydia. John (died young), John (died young), John, Joseph, Abigail (died young), Abigail, Isaac, Samuel and Nathaniel.
(IV) Joseph (3), son of Ensign and Deacon John and Abigail ( Stearns) Morse, was born August 25, 1671, in Watertown, and died while on a visit to Guilford, Connecticut, June 24, 1709. He was married, according to the town records of Watertown, August 25. 1691, to Elizabeth Sautle. His estate was administered by his widow, Elizabeth, August. 12, 1709, when she gave her second account she signed as "the now wife of Benjamin Nourse of Framingham, Massachusetts," and her second marriage took place February 16, 1713, and they went to his home in Framingham, taking
her children with them. The children of Jo- seph and Elizabeth Morse were: Elizabeth, Joseph, Abigail, Zachariah, Samuel, Jonathan and Elizabeth.
(V) Zachariah, second son of Joseph (3) and Elizabeth ( Sawtell, or Sautle) Morse, was born August 12, 1699, in Watertown. He re- moved to Southboro, Massachusetts, where he was married, November 16, 1724, to Huldah, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth ( Bridges) Whitney. His estate was administered in 1734 at Southboro. Children: Benjamin, Jo- seph, Mary Elizabeth (died young), Elizabeth and Samuel.
(VI) Samuel, youngest son of Zachariah and Huldah ( Whitney) Morse, was born in 1738, in Southboro, and died October 17, 1809. He resided in Southboro, and was married there (first) to -- Twiggs; (second) to Mary Rice, of Marlboro. Children : William, Samuel, Jesse Wood, Anna and Betsey.
(VII) William, eldest son of Samuel Morse, was born March 17, 1777, at Salisbury, Mas- sachusetts, and died at Rumford. Maine, June 21, 1853. He undoubtedly removed to Rum- ford, Maine, quite early in life and perhaps lived in Vermont, as he was married in that state. He was a blacksmith by trade. He was married to Sally Wood, of Pomfret, Ver- mont, who was born in December, 1780, and died February 9, 1865. Children: William Munroe and Zuba.
(VIII) William Munroe, only son of Will- iam and Sally (Wood) Morse, was born in 1816. in Rumford, and died August 8, 1868. His education was obtained at the district school. He was a blacksmith, farmer and drover, and served as deputy sheriff eight years. In politics he was a Republican, and was a member of the Methodist church. He was married to Betsey Elliott, born May 21, 1824, died in 1903. Children : Mary Elizabeth (died young), James Smith, Charles Munroe, Zenas B. (deceased) and Jennie F. (died young ).
(IX) James Smith, eldest son of William Munroe and Betsey ( Elliott) Morse, was born February 28, 1850. He was educated in the schools of Rumford, and attended Dixfield high school one term. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty years of age, then went to Southington, Connecticut, to work for three years, then returned to Rum- ford and bought a farm on which he worked until 1893, when he bought out the grain busi- ness of Atwood & Lowe, of Rumford Falls, and conducted that two years, when, in 1895, he sold out to F. A. Danforth. The same
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year he bought back a half-interest in the busi- ness, and for three years it was known as the firm of Danford & Morse. In 1898 he bought out his partner's interest, and has since carried on the business alone. He is also a director in the Rumford Falls Trust Company. In politics he is a Republican, and was repre- sentative to the legislature in 1890-91, served on committee on Indian affairs and on other committees. He has also served as town clerk and on the board of selectmen. He is a mem- ber of Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Rumford; Rumford Chapter, R. A. M .; Strathglass Commandery, K. T .; also treasurer of Blazing Star Lodge, and of the command- ery. He is a member of Penacook Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Rumford; also a member of the Rebekalı Lodge, and a member of the Rumford Grange. He is a trustee of the Methodist church. He was married in 1870 to Lydia A., daughter of Timothy D. and Hannalı WV. Colby, of Rumford. Children : Walter G., Zenas W. and Timothy C. (died young).
(X) Walter G., eldest son of James Smith and Lydia A. (Colby) Morse, was born Jan- uary 31, 1876, in Rumford. He was educated in the schools of Rumford, and at Hebron Academy, and is engaged in the grain business with his father. He is a Republican in poli- tics, served as selectman six years, and as as- sessor of the village, also served on the Re- publican town committee. He is a member of Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Rum- ford Chapter, R. A. M., Strathglass Com- mandery, K. T., Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Lewiston, Maine, Penacook Lodge, I. O. O. F., Rebekah Lodge and Rumford Lodge of Elks. He was married December 9, 1901, to Nellie, daughter of Dr. A. L. and Nel- lie Kimball Stanwood, of Rumford Falls. Chil- dren: Kathleen M., born June 5, 1904, and James S., born February 6, 1907.
(X) Zenas W., second son of James Smith and Lydia A. (Colby) Morse, was born All- gust 28, 1877, in Rumford, and was educated in the schools of Rumford and at Hebron Academy. He is freight agent for the Maine Central railroad at Rumford Falls. He is in politics a Republican, is a member of the Elks at Rumford Falls. He was married to Seva, daughter of John Thatcher, of Portland. Mrs. Morse is now deceased ; she left no children.
Anthony Morse, of Newbury, Massachusetts, emigrated from MORSE Marlboro, Wiltshire, England, and settled in Newbury in 1635 with his brother William, both registering as shoema-
kers. He sailed in the ship "James" from London, England, April 5, 1635. He built a house about one-half mile south of the old cemetery, in what is called Newbury Old Town, on a slight eminence in a field which is called Morse's field. Traces of his house are visible a few rods from the road. His will is on file in Salem, Essex county, Massachusetts. His first wife was named Mary and his second wife Ann. The latter died March 8, 1680, in Newbury, and he died there October 12, 1686. Children: Robert, Peter, Joseph, Anthony, Benjamin, Sarah, Hannah, Lydia (died young), Lydia, Esther and Joshua.
(II) Joseph (I), third son of Anthony and Mary Morse, was born about 1634, probably in Wiltshire, England, as his father set sail for America in the ship "James" from Lon- don, April 5, 1635. He grew up at Newbury, where his people settled. He was a black- smith and land owner in that town, and also at Piscataqua. Inventories of his estate taken after his death showed that he owned a house with adjacent land and two blacksmith shops at Piscataqua, and a smith's shop and tools at Newbury. About 1667 Joseph Morse married Mary, but her surname is unknown ; children : I. Benjamin, born about 1668, married (first) Susanna Merrill, (second) Mercy Bell. 2. Jo- seph. 3. Joshua. 4. Sarah (died young). 5. Mary (died young). Josephi Morse died Jan- uary 15, 1678, aged forty-three.
(III) Joseph (2), second son of Joseph (1) and Mary Morse, was born October 28, 1673, in Newbury, and died between May 19 and September 27, 1741. He was thrice married. His first wife was Lydia ( Plummer) Morse, whom he married at Haverhill, Massachusetts, January 4, 1688. She died in Newbury, No- vember 8, 1689, leaving a six days' old baby, Lydia, who married John Titcomb, in April, 1712. Married (second) Elizabeth, daughter of John Poor, of Newbury, January 30, 1691. The date of her death is unknown, but judg- ing from the births of her children it must have occurred between 1698 and 1702. The five children probably belonging to the second wife were: Joseph, Daniel, John (died young ), John and Mary. He married (third) Joanna, but her maiden name has been lost. She sur- vived him. The six youngest of his children, probably by the third wife, were: Elizabeth, Judith, Edmund, Jonathan, Enoch and Sarah.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Joseph (2) and Joan- na Morse, was born March 14, 1710, in New- bury, and died March 20, 1778, at Falmouth, Maine. He was a member of the First Church of Newbury, now the First Church ( Unitari-
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an) of Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was dismissed from the Third Church of Newbury to the church of Falmouth, Maine, April, 1738. He was married (first) in 1731 to Mary Mer- rill, and (second) to Sarah Sawyer, and she survived him, dying in 1784, aged eighty-five years. Children : Jonathan, Eliphalet, Joseph, Sarah and Stephen.
(V) Eliphalet, second son of Jonathan and Mary (Merrill) Morse, was born May II, 1734, at Falmouth, Maine. He married, No- vember 19, 1756, Martha Mayo, probably of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We have no record of their children, except one son, Reuben.
(VI) Reuben, son of Eliphalet and Martha (Mayo) Morse, was born January 6, 1776, at Falmouth, Maine, and settled in New Boston, now Gray, Maine. He married, August 3, 1797, Huldah, daughter of Mark and Sarah ( Sweetser) Morse, who was born February 25, 1778, in Gray, and died there November 3, 1876. Children: Mark, Thomas, Reuben, Moses, Judith and Alvah.
(II) Lieutenant Anthony (2), fourth son of Anthony (1) and Mary Morse, was born in England. He lived in Newbury, and served as lieutenant in the militia. His will was made before that of his father and caused some con- fusion as to the identity of the two. He mar- ried (first), May 8, 1659, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Agnes (Coffey) Knight, who died July 29, 1667, and he married (second), November 11, 1669, Mary, daughter of Thom- as and Eleanor Barnard. She was born Sep- tember 27, 1645. He died February 22, 1677, in Newbury, and his widow subsequently mar- ried Phillip Eastman, of Salisbury, Massachu- setts, and removed with her husband and chil- dren to Woodstock, Connecticut. Mr. Morse's children were offspring of his first wife, name- ly : Ruth, Anthony, Elizabeth, John, Peter, Jo- seph and Sarah.
(III) Ensign Anthony, eldest son of Lieu- tenant Anthony (2) and Elizabeth (Knight) Morse, was born December 31, 1662. He was always known as Ensign Morse. His will was drawn March 5, 1705, and by its provisions his wife Sarah was to enjoy the whole of his estate until his eldest son became of age. He married, February 4, 1685, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Susannah ( Kingsbury) Pike. She was born October 12, 1666, and died in 1717. His death is recorded in the town book as occurring May 16, 1710. Children: Sarah (died young), Sarah (died one year old), Dea- con Joseph, Anthony, Sarah, Stephen, Eliza- beth, Timothy, Thomas, Mary and John.
(IV) Deacon Joseph (3), eldest son of En-
sign Anthony and Sarah ( Pike) Morse, was born April 3, 1694, at Newbury. He married (first), December 22, 1721, Rebecca, daughter of Robert and Rebecca (Knight) Adams, of Newbury, who was born June 18, 1689, died August 26, 1737. He married (second), July 17, 1738, Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Morse) Jackman, who was born Sep- tember 15, 1719. Children : Anthony, Joseph, Rebecca, Sarah, Lydia and Eliphalet.
(V) Anthony (3), eldest son of Deacon Jo- seph (3) and Rebecca (Adams) Morse, was born September 22, 1722, in Newbury, and died in Falmouth, Maine, in 1806. Early in life he removed to Falmouth, Maine, where he was a farmer, weaver and doctor, as well as deacon in the First Church. "Six months be- fore he died he mounted a horse which was thirty-two years old and rode twenty-four miles." His first marriage intention was pub- lished in Falmouth, on February 26, 1743, to Hannah Merrill, who died. His second mar- riage intention was published May 12, 1761, to Mrs. Susannah ( Wallace), widow of Ephraim Jones. On July 1, 1794, he gave a deed of land to his sons, Ephraim and Thomas Morse, then signing as a weaver, on condition that they should support him and his wife Susannah, to a bond given at a given date, granting them as tenants in common and not as joint tenants "of my farm where I now dwell," of ninety- five acres which "I bought from Benjamin Waite in 1770, and of John and Hannah Waite in 1789." Children by his wife Han- nah were: Joseph, John, Anthony, Mark, Mary, Ann, Hannah, Eliphalet, Sarah, Reuben and Patience. By his second wife: Thomas, Ephraim and Lucy.
(VI) John, second son of Anthony (3) and Hannah (Merrill) Morse, was born August 3, 1746, in Falmouth, and settled in Gray, Maine, where he died June 20, 1829. He was mar- ried (first), in 1769, to Sarah Saunders, who died in 1805, and he was married (second) to Leonice Riggs, who died in Gray, July 21, 1858, aged ninety years. His children by his first wife were: John, Enoch, Sarah, Anthony, David, Hannah, Susannah, Abigail, Joseph, Benjamin, Mary (died young), and Mary. By second wife : Leonice.
(VII) John Junior, eldest son of John (1) and Sarah (Saunders) Morse, was born June 25, 1770, in Gray, and died April 21, 1837. He was married in 1796, to Rebecca Young, and were the parents of the following chil- dren : Captain John, Benjamin, Joseph, Su- san, Joel, Thomas E., Phebe, Rebecca and Lipha W.
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(VIII) Thomas E., fifth son of John Junior and Rebecca (Young) Morse, was born June 8, 1808, in Gray, Maine. He married Sally W. Sawyer, of Gray.
(IX) Julia W., daughter of Thomas E. and Sally W. (Sawyer) Morse, was married June 21. 1853. to Ara Cushman, of Auburn. (See Cushman, VIII. )
GRAY The surname Grey (or Gray), of the same class as Black, White, Green, etc., has been in use from the earliest times as a surname in Scotland and England. The Scotch family is of reputed Anglo-Norman stock, and has been settled in Perthshire since about 1300. The family pos- sesses the lordship of Gray. Numerous are the Grays in the Protestant section of Ireland. The Scotch family settled early in the seven- teenth century in Ulster, and at the present time are numerous in the counties of London- derry, Antrim and Down. The births of this surname in Ireland in 1890 numbered 117, of whom seventy were in the counties named.
(I) John Gray, the immigrant ancestor of this family, progenitor of such famous men as Professor Asa Gray, the noted botanist, of Harvard University, and Professor Arthur Latham Perry, of Amherst College, was born in Londonderry, Ireland. He was one of the signers of the petition to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, signed by men of Londonderry and vicinity in 1718 asking for land to make a home in America. Most of these men came to New England in 1718 or soon afterward. The first and largest settlement was made at Notfield, later called Londonderry, New Hampshire. About this Scotch-Irish settle- ment a group of new towns came into existence through the energy and enterprise of the Scotch. Gray came to Worcester, Massachu- setts, with a colony of his people. They were not welcomed in that town, and many of them removed after a few years to found the town of Pelham, Massachusetts, and settle in that vicinity. Gray remained in Worcester, but some of his sons went to western Massachu- setts and to New Hampshire. He bought land in Worcester in 1718 and 1722-23. He died early.
His sons were: 1. John Jr. 2. Mathew. 3. Samuel. 4. Hugh. 5. William. 6. Robert, mentioned below.
(II) Robert (1), son of John Gray, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1697. He learned the trade of blacksmith. He came to Massachusetts with the early Scotch-Irish immigration, with his father and brothers, and
located at Worcester. In a deed dated March 6, 1726-27, Robert Gray, who is called "hus- bandman" of Worcester, sold to Henry Lee of Worcester, yeoman, for thirty pounds, "the two-thirds part of all after divisions of land yet to be laid out in the northerly half part of Worcester and drawn by virtue of a three ten- acre right originally granted to Thomas Gle- zen (Gleason) the first and second divisions of land with the meadows already out upon the said right excepted and not sold in this present deed." Deed witnessed by his brother William Gray and neighbor Benjamin Flagg, and recorded at Cambridge, July 21, 1730 (v. 31, p. 456). This was probably a right owned by his father. In a deed dated February, 1733- 34. Gray was called of Brookfield, but he must have returned to Worcester in a short time. In a deed dated June 5, 1734, of house and land at Worcester of Joshua Rice. He owned a half lot bought September 8, 1732, seventy- seven acres on both sides of the French River of Worcester, adjoining land of Eleazer How and Gershom Rice, formerly owned by James and Jonathan Stinson (Stevenson ), of Weston. He was called a blacksmith in that deed. He married Sarah Willey, also of Scotch-Irish family, in 1718, and she was living in 1758. From the fact that a son was named Moses WVilley Gray, her father was, it is thought, Moses Willey. Gray's will, dated August 10, 1762, in Worcester, bequeathed to wife Sarah, children Molly Boyd, Sarah, Experience, Moses Willey, Samuel, Robert. The consent to probate this will, with an apparently im- perfect codicil, was signed by Joseph, Robert, Moses, Andrew and Sarah Gray. The wit- nesses are John Young, William Young and Martha Young. Robert Gray is called an "em- igrant" in the early records of Worcester and achieved a position of prominence, owning a considerable estate, and living, as his inventory shows, as well as the best of the English set- tlers of that period. He was buried on the common near the Old South Church. The gravestone is buried over his grave and turf covers this stone as well as all others in this ancient burial place, to the disgrace of the city that turned the old graveyard into a loafing ground for tramps and a forum for socialistic and crack-brained Sunday orators. The in- scription reads : "Here lyes buried the body of Mr. Robert Gray, who died January 16, 1766, aged 69 years." Children, born and re- corded in Worcester : I. Experience, August 12, 1730; married Thomas Cowdin. 2. Jo- seph, November 18, 1732. 3. Robert, Decem- ber 23, 1734, mentioned below. 4. Molly, Oc-
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tober 23, 1737, married Andrew Boyd. 5.
John, September 17, 1739-40. 6. Sarah, March 30, 1742. 7. William, June 17, 1743. 8. Moses Willey, November 30 or December 31, 1745; son Moses, born 1785, was father of Prof. Asa Gray, the eminent botanist. 9. Samuel, born April 23, 1748. 10. Thomas, born August 10, 1750.
(III) Robert (2), son of Robert (1) Gray, was born in Worcester, December 23, 1734. He married Margaret He settled in Worcester, where his father gave him land and to this he added by purchase. He was a sub- stantial and respected citizen. He was a mem- ber of the Old South ( First) Church. Chil- dren, born in Worcester: 1. Experience, Au- gust 16, 1761. 2. John, August 16, 1763 ; men- tioned below. 3. Molly, January 23, 1766. 4. Thomas, April 7, 1768, baptized April 17, 1768. 5. Sarah, February 18, 1770. 6. Robert, March 29, 1772. 7. Betty, January 4, 1774. 8. Anna, baptized at Old South Church, March 24, 1776. 9. Lucy, baptized September 6, 1778.
(IV) John (2), son of Robert (2) Gray, was born in Worcester, August 16, 1763. He removed to Paris, Maine, where he settled on a farm and where he died August 30, 1841. His house was on Lot 4, owned in later years by Ebenezer Tuell. He married, January II, 1790, Rhoda Andrews, daughter of David An- drews. She died at Paris, November 10, 1841. She was the mother of these fifteen children, born at Paris: 1. John, April 16, 1791 ; mar- ried Susan Austin. 2. Levi, February 15, 1793; married Betsey Harlow. 3. Lavinia, Novem- ber 24, 1794: married Stephen Chandler. 4. Abiezer, September 13, 1796; married Char- lotte Austin. 5. Naomi, October 12, 1798; married Ira Gardiner. 6. Orren, July 4, 1800; married Sarah E. Young. 7. Robert, April 6, 1802 ; married Betsey Ellis. 8. Ruell, February 2, 1804: married - Crockett. 9. Sewall, April 12, 1806; settled in Mt. Vernon. IO. Arvilla, January 4, 1808 ; married Albert Fish- er. 11. Alonzo, October 2, 1810; accompanied Fremont to California. 12. Learned, February 13, 1813. 13. Olivia, October 15, 1814; mar- ried Sullivan Andrews. 14. Elbridge, Janu- ary 28, 1817 ; mentioned below. 15. Columbus, an attorney, April 4, 1819; married Rebecca Gay; resided at Wilton. All fifteen children grew to maturity.
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