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8. John, b. October, 1771 ; m., Oct. 22, 1795, Susanna Johnson, and res. in N. L.
9. Molly, twin to John; m., Jan. 7, 1800, Ensign Solomon Adams, son of John and Elizabeth (Kilborn) Adams, b. March 4, 1759, and res. in N. L.
10. Ezekiel, b. November, 1773; m. (1) Sarah Page; m. (2), April 6, 1818, Emily, dau. of Solomon and Molly (Ban- croft) Adams, and res. in N. L.
II. Stephen, b. March 3, 1775 ; m., Oct. 22, 1799, Sarah, dau. of Benjamin and Apphia Perley, and res. in N. L.
12. William, b. Feb. 11, 1778; m., about 1808, Susanna, dau. of Caleb Segur, and res. in N. L.
13. Lois, b. N. L., March, 1781 ; m., June 18, 1805, Nathan, son of Jonathan and Betsey (Sargent) Herrick, b. March 14, 1784, and res. in N. L.
SARGENT, DEA. PETER .- The second son of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent was given his father's name. He was b. in Hopkinton, August, 1766, and came with the family to N. L. in 1781. After his marriage to Elizabeth, dau. of Philip and Hannah (Hadley) Sargent of Kingston, Peter erected the present Benjamin Merrill house in the West Part, and res. there till his death. He was chosen deacon of the N. L. Bap- tist church, April 3, 1812, and served thirteen years. Peter d. July 9, 1851 ; Elizabeth d. March 13, 1856, aged 90 years. Children :
I. Matthew H., b. Aug. 14, 1790 ; m., Feb. 24, 1814, Mary P., dau. of Samuel and Sally (Peaslee) Andrews of Sutton, b. Oct. 12, 1792, and res. in N. L.
2. Daniel, b. Sept. 23, 1793 ; m. (1) Deborah Foss of Charles- town, Mass., b. Aug. 18, 1794 ; m. (2) Sarah Burnap ; m. (3) Mrs. Mary (Harvey) Hope, and res. in N. L.
3. Hannah, b. Sept. 2, 1795 ; m., Dec. 1, 1814, Amos, son of John and Mehitable Page, b. Salem, Feb. 1, 1792, and res. in N. L.
4. Abigail, b. Aug. 26, 1798 ; d. Dec. 13, 1819.
SARGENT, STEPHEN .- Stephen, the seventh son of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent, was b. in Hopkinton, March 3, 1775. He m., Oct. 22, 1799, Sarah, dau. of Benjamin and Apphia Perley, b. May 29, 1779, and res. in a red house which used to sit nearly opposite William S. Messer's present dwelling. Mrs. Apphia Perley d. at the home of her son-in-law, July 15, 1825, aged 80 years. Stephen was a cabinet-maker by trade.
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In the War of 1812 he enlisted in Capt. Silas Call's company, together with Samuel Messer, Zenas Herrick, and Nathan Smith. The company was called out, and ordered to Ports- mouth, and Stephen, who was serving as lieutenant, was placed in full command for a time, owing to the death of Cap- tain Call. Stephen d. Feb. 19, 1856; Sally d. Oct. 2, 1862. Children :
I. Sally, b. July 1, 1800; d. July 2, 1800.
2. Marcus, b. May 30, 1801 ; m., Dec. 27, 1829, Ann Severance of Andover, b. May 11, 1806, and res. in N. L.
3. Dolly, b. May 19, 1803 ; d. Sept. 27, 1804.
4. Amy Snowden, b. Dec. 24, 1806; m., Jan. 17, 1833, Benja- min Low, and res. in Georgetown, Mass. Children : Sarah, John, Matilda (d. young), Charles, Matilda, Benjamin.
5. Charles Seamans, b. March 19, 1817; m., Dec. 30, 1841, Judith T. Severance of Andover, b. March 2, 1818, and res. in N. L.
SEAMANS, ELDER JOB .- In the annals of the town no name is more honored, no memory is more blessed than that of Elder Job Seamans, the first settled minister, three generations of whose descendants were living in the town in the year 1896. The oldest known ancestor of the Seamans family in New England was the Mr. Seamans who about 1690 came from Maryland to Massachusetts, and settled in Swansea. His son, Charles, b. 1700, was a farmer in Rehoboth, Mass., and a dea- con of the church. In 1726, Dea. Charles m. Hannah Bowen, b. 1709, whose paternal and maternal grandfathers had been followers of Oliver Cromwell. Their youngest son was Job, b. Rehoboth, May 24, 1748. In 1749, Dea. Charles moved to Swansea, then a few years later to Providence, R. I., going from thence to Sackville, N. S., where he d. Aug. 4, 1771. Hannah (Bowen) Seamans survived her husband many years, and in her old age was tenderly cared for in the home of her son Job at N. L., where she d. March 19, 1798.
Job Seamans united with the Baptist church in Sackville when he was twenty years old, and after his father's death gave up the work on the farm and began his ministerial labors with that people. In a few months he received a call to the Baptist church in North Attleboro, Mass., and was ordained as its first pastor, Dec. 15, 1772. Here he remained until he
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accepted the call of the church and town of N. L. This came early in 1788, and he was duly installed as pastor of the little flock Jan. 21, 1789,-the humble beginning of a pastorate of forty years. The true value of the work done by Elder Sea- mans in this connection cannot be measured in a few brief words ; strong and earnest in his devotion to the spiritual inter- ests of his people, exemplifying in his daily walk the gospel truths he so faithfully set forth on the Lord's day, his was an influence permeating and far-reaching in its effects, and broad and deep were laid the foundations on which later generations might rear a superstructure worthy of the Master-builder. Viewed in the light of to-day he had but scant preparation for the calling to which he felt himself set apart, but his diary, covering the greater portion of his ministerial life, in which he outlined his sermons, lectures, etc., shows a wonderful power of research, with its consequent broadening effect in thought and expression. He felt deeply the responsibilities of his posi- tion, and gave himself whole-heartedly to the cause he loved so well.
In his home life Elder Seamans was peculiarly happy, and the strong affection he bore his family is touchingly revealed in his chroniclings of the joys and sorrows that came to the differ- ent members of the household circle. Their home was the Christopher C. Gardner house on Pleasant street, which was built by the Elder, the frame being raised April 23, 1790. He was twice married. The wife of his youth and mature man- hood, and the mother of his children, was Sarah, dau. of Val- entine and Dorcas (Beverly) Easterbrooks of Johnstown, R. I., b. April 14, 1750, whom he m. Aug. 10, 1769. Madam Sea- mans, as she was called, was a fitting helpmeet for her hus- band. Vigorous in mind and body, energetic and purposeful, she ably supplemented his arduous efforts to provide for his loved ones by her own wise administration of the household economics. The earthly termination of her long and useful life came April 27, 1819, after a brief illness, and the tender tribute of a loving husband is her best eulogy :
" My dear companion resigned her soul into the hands of " her dear Redeemer, without a struggle or a groan. She " died at a quarter after 7 o'Clock A. M. Oh ! what a scene of " sorrow and woe-I and her children around her bed,
MADAM AND
ELDER SEAMANS.
From silhouettes in possession of Miss Sarah Seamans Brown.
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" drenched in tears. I kissed her lips just as she drew her last " breath ; and resigned up to God the sweetest earthly comfort " I ever enjoyed. She was 69 years old the 14th day of this " present month, and if we had lived together until the 10th " day of August next we should have lived together 50 years. ... . She and I were both struck under soul-concern at a " baptizing-meeting : and both of us obtained a hope in a few " days, were baptized, and joined the church, and have walked " in Christian union and fellowship until the day of her death. " And in all our temporal and family concerns have lived in " love and in peace. Here her dear remains lay by " me ; and I am almost blinded by tears while I write.
" I miss her everywhere ; especially at family worship ; I never "knew until now how much she encouraged my heart and " strengthened my hand in that duty. She was made for me " as really as Eve was made for Adam."
In his rapidly declining years and now feeble health, and with his children settled in homes of their own, the Elder was indeed left alone, but, Nov. 30, 1819, his hearthstone was blessed by the advent of a second wife, Mrs. Mary (Messenger) Everett, widow of Jonathan Everett. The remaining years of his life passed peacefully and quietly away, and on Oct. 4, 1830, he "fell asleep,"-his labors ended : his rest begun. Mrs. Mary Seamans d. April 18, 1833, aged 69 years. The children of Elder Job Seamans were :
I. Sarah, b. Sackville, Nov. 12, 1770 ; m. Aug. 15, 1793, Josiah, son of Josiah and Lydia (Stevens) Brown, b. East Newbury, Mass., Feb. 11, 1767, and res. in N. L.
2. Charles, b. Attleboro, Aug. 2, 1773 ; was a school-teacher ; d. June 26, 1793. The following obituary notice appeared in " Hough's Concord Herald," published at Concord, under date of July 4, 1793 : "On Wednesday the 26th ult. at the " raifing of a Meeting-Houfe in Newport, Mr. Charles Sea- " mans, eldeft Son of the Rev. Job. Seamans of New-Lon- " don, unfortunately fell from the plate of the faid Meeting- " Houfe, it being 27 feet high. He was immediately taken "up, appearently dead, a Phyfician being prefent, he was " blooded and in about three minutes he was feen to breathe ; " but on examination all hopes of life were defpaired of, as " his head was found by a number of Phyficians to be greatly " bruifed, one fide of his head was beaten in, fo as to com-
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" prefs the brain, he was carried to a dwelling houfe not far " diftant, where every poffible means was ufed for his recov- "ery, but all proved ineffectual. He lived about four hours " without fpeaking or fhewing any figns of rationality, and " was then called to make his exit from this to the world of " unbodied Spirits. The day following his funeral was " attended at faid Meeting-Houfe, where a large concourfe " of people affembled, a Sermon adapted to the occafion, " was delivered by the Rev. Biel Ledoyt, from the firft Thef. " 4th Chapt. 18th verfe. Wherefore comfort one another " with thefe words. After which the remains of the deceafed " was borne to the grave, by a number of refpectable young " Gentlemen, and decently intered, and every refpect which " human nature is capable of expreffing, was fhewn both to " the mourners and the deceafed. He was about 20 years of " age, of a bright genius, bid fair for a ufeful member of "Society, he was universally beloved by his acquaintance, "and gained the affections of all thofe who were under his "tuition. He has left an affectionate Father and Mother, " three brothers and five fifters, to mourn the lofs of a dutiful " Son and an amiable brother .---
"Now he is gone now he is fled,
" Down to the manfions of the dead,
" With duft he now is cover'd o'er, "To fleep till th' heav'ns shall be no more."
3. Union, b. April 17, 1775 ; d. Nov. 6, 1775.
4. Rhoda, b. Feb. 23, 1777; m., Sept. 9, 1827, Josiah Brown (his second wife), and res. in N. L.
5. Lois, b. April 2, 1779 ; m., Sept. 19, 1799, Jonathan, son of Benjamin and Zillah Woodbury, b. July 23, 1776, and res. in N. L.
6. Job, b. Feb. 11, 1781 ; m. (1), Nov. 19, 1807, Olive, dau. of Benjamin and Zillah Woodbury, b. Salem, Jan. 12, 1783 ; m. (2), Jan. 17, 1827, Nancy Pillsbury of Candia, b. May 26, 1793, and res. in N. L.
7. Thomas Easterbrooks, b. Jan. 7, 1783 ; d. May 1, 1784.
8. Mary, b. Feb. 25, 1785 ; m., March 6, 1806, Capt. Philip S., son of Matthew and Hannah (Sargent) Harvey of Sutton, b. June 7, 1781 ; res. in Sutton ; d. Nov. 24, 1866. Child : (1). Mary R., b. 1808; never m .; d. Feb. 1, 1875.
9. Manning, b. May 24, 1787 ; m. (1), Aug. 23, 1810, Abigail, dau. of Ebenezer and Sally (Burpee) Shepard, b. Sept. 12, 1795 ; m. (2), Sept. 19, 1839, Mehitable, dau. of John and Mehitable Page, b. Salem, Feb. 14, 1798, and res. in N. L.
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10. Asenath, b. N. L., June 10, 1789 ; m., Aug. 5, 1813, Daniel, son of Jacob and Judith (Cheney) Davis of Sutton, b. Nov. 9, 1790 ; res. in Sutton and Concord. Children : Job S., Mary, Daniel.
II. James E., b. Dec. 19, 1791 ; m., Nov. 3, 1816, Hannah Sharpe of Albany, N. Y., where they res. ; d. April 20, 1 830.
12. Seth, b. May 13, 1794 ; d. April 16, 1813.
SEGUR, CALEB .- One of the signatures to the petition for the town's incorporation was that of Caleb Segur, who had a log cabin on Pleasant street, just below the present George W. Sargent house. When the day of framed dwellings came, he built on the site now occupied by Maj. W. A. Messer's " Red Gables," near the head of Lake Pleasant. He is said to have been of more than the ordinary stature, and his house was higher-posted than any other in town to accommodate his extra inches. His wife's name was Sally Segur. His daughter Susanna m., about 1808, William, youngest son.of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sargent, and res. in N. L. A Ruth Segur was baptized March 8, 1793. Elder Seamans also records the fact that on Sunday, Aug. 24, 1794, twins were born to Brother and Sister Segur, but they both d. in a few days. Beyond these data nothing is known of his family or origin, nor does his name appear on the tax-list after 1808.
SHEPARD, LIEUT. EBENEZER .- To the patient research of Mrs. Alma (Fowler) Houston and Mrs. Katie (Fowler) Cross, great-great-granddaughters of Lieut. Ebenezer Shepard, is due the credit for the very complete genealogy of the Shepard fam- ily, which has been prepared largely from data furnished by them. The town records of Rowley, Mass., make frequent mention of the Shepards,-from " 30 of Appril, 1666," when " Mr. Samuel Shepard and Mrs. Dorothy Flint were joyned in marriage," down to 1730. This Samuel Shepard, who was a minister, was probably the ancestor of the Ebenezer Shepard, b. in 1741, who m. Mrs. Jane McCordy of Dedham, Mass., in 1762. He won his title of lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, being recorded as "Private" on the Lexington alarm roll of Capt. Aaron Fuller's company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Dedham First parish ; was com- missioned second lieutenant of the First Suffolk County regi-
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ment Jan. 26, 1779, and promoted to first lieutenant Sept. 12, 1780. According to the records of the First church (Congre- gational) of Dedham, "July 8, 1764, Ebenezer Shepard and Jane his wife took covenant," and their nine children, b. between 1763 and 1780, received infant baptism into the same church.
Some time prior to 1790, Lieutenant Shepard and his son- in-law, David Smith, removed with their families from Ded- ham to this town, and settled in the Low Plain district. Their early connection with the church in N. L. is attested in the list of baptisms kept by Elder Seamans : June 23, 1790, Ebenezer Shepard; Jan. 17, 1793, Ebenezer Shepard, Jr., John Shepard ; April 24, Hannah, wife of Jesse Shepard ; Oct. 23, Jane, Ebenezer Shepard's wife (her letter from the Ded- ham church is of Jan. 19, 1794) ; July 12, 1794, David Smith, Jesse Shepard ; Oct. 23, 1809, Sarah, wife of Ebenezer, Jr.,- besides several children from the various families. Men of their stamp are not long in gaining influence in a community, and at the March meeting of 1794, Lieut. Ebenezer Shepard was chosen tithing-man and David Smith highway surveyor. Ebenezer was a joiner by trade, but appears as well to have been a large owner of real estate, numerous deeds of parcels of land conveyed by him having been found in the old Hills- borough county records at Nashua. The town record book gives the location of the Shepards in 1794, for on May 5 of that year it was voted " to lay out a road from Levi Everett's land " [the present John Colby farm] on Daniel Smith's [Austin " Morgan's ' old place'] and Ebenezer Shepard's [James E. " Shepard homestead] to Jesse Shepard's land [Frank W. " Todd's]." In December of that same year, Ebenezer Shep- ard was moderator of a meeting called to vote for representa- tive to congress. Thus did the gallant lieutenant lay the foun- dation for the local and political influence which succeeding generations of his descendants were destined to wield in town affairs. Ebenezer d. April 12, 1811, aged 70 years ; Jane d. March 30, 1819, aged 80 years. Their children, all b. in Dedham, were,-
I. Catharine, b. June 4, 1763 ; m., April 20, 1782, David Smith ; res. in N. L.
2. Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1765 ; m., in 1784, James How, son of Lieut. Samuel and Sarah (How) Messer, and res. in N. L.
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3. Ebenezer, b. 1767; m., Jan. 8, 1793, Sally, dau. of Lieut. Thomas and Joanna (Foster) Burpee, b. Feb. 26, 1775, and res. in N. L.
4. Jesse, b. Nov. 12, 1769 ; m., Feb. 3, 1793, Hannah, dau. of Laban and Hannah (Heath) Paige of Dunbarton, b. Dec. 28, 1770, and res. in N. L.
5. Hannah, b. 1772; m. Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah (Bean) Peaslee of Sutton ; res. in Sutton ; children : John, Elijah, Joel, Eben, Jonathan, Manly, Irene, Jane, and Sal- ly,-from whom the Bradford and Newbury Peaslees are descended.
6. Mary, b. 1773 ; m. Jonathan Greeley of Warner, son of Joseph and Prudence (Clement) Greeley, Sept. 12, 1793, and res. in N. L.
7. Sally, b. 1776; m., June 12, 1804, Jonathan, oldest son of Dea. Ebenezer and Hannah (Ordway) Hunting, b. Jan. 23, 1779, and res. in Sutton.
8. Mindwell, b. 1778 ; m. William Stead, and res. in Albany, N. Y.
9. John, b. Sept. 24, 1780; m., June 18, 1807, Caty Ward ; was a capitalist, and lived in New York city, where he d. May 4, 1867; Caty d. July 4, 1852. They had,-
(1). John, b. April 17, 1808.
(2). Spencer, b. Feb. 16, 1812 ; d. May 2, 1814.
(3). Caty Ann, b. Feb. 14, 1814 ; d. May 12, 1814.
(4). William Stead, b. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1815 ; m., Jan. 1, 1838, Sally Everett of N. L., b. Jan. 11, 1818, dau. of Otis and Mary (Shepard) Everett. William Stead Shepard was a capitalist like his father, and did business in Albany, N. Y., where his two oldest children were born. Later he lived in Watervliet, four miles out from Albany, but for more than twenty years the winter months were passed in Florida, for the benefit of his wife's health. Sally (Everett) Shepard d. at DeLand, Fla., April 2, 1886; William Stead Shepard d. at the home of his son, William Henry, at Bath, N. Y., April 6, 1894. Children : (a) William Henry, b. March 16, 1839; m., Sept. 13, 1865, Adelaide Church, b. Jan. 4, 1842, at Morris (then called Butternuts), Otsego county, N. Y., dau. of Lawrence V. and Rachel S. Church. Children : (a) Edith, b. Nov. 26, 1869. (b) Lawrence Church, b. Dec. 13, 1871 ; d. May 8, 1881. (c) William Stead, b. Aug. 22, 1873. (d) Rachel Ade- laide, b. Oct. 19, 1875. (e) Frederic Henry, b. April 17, 1878. (f) Unnamed dau., b. and d. May 23, 1882. Ade- laide (Church) Shepard d. May 23, 1882. (b) Mary
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Lorena, b. Oct. 13, 1841 ; d. Feb. 10, 1843. (c) Charles Edgar, b. Feb. 10, 1844 ; d. March 18, 1845. (d) Mary Frances, b. July 18, 1846; m., May 25, 1870, Albert S. Gibbs, b. Albany, N. Y., July 8, 1848. Their son (a), William Shepard Gibbs, was b. at Albany, Oct. 5, 1875. (e) Charles Earnest, b. Feb. 23, 1850 ; d. March, 1851. (5). James G., b. Jan. 26, 1819 ; d. June 1, 1889.
(6). Lorena, b. Nov. 19, 1822 ; d. Aug. 19, 1886.
(7). George W., b. May 2S, 1825 ; d. Dec. 6, 1894.
(8). Charles H., b. March 23, 1828 ; d. Feb. 2, 1857.
SHEPARD, EBENEZER, JR .- The eldest son of Lieut. Eben- ezer and Jane (McCordy ) Shepard was Ebenezer, Jr., b. Ded- ham, Mass., in 1767. Instead of coming to N. L. with his father, he appears to have gone to Vermont, for he was " of Brookfield," that state, at the time of his marriage, Jan. 8, 1793, to Sally, dau. of Lieut. Thomas and Joanna (Foster) Burpee, b. Rowley, Mass., Feb. 26, 1775. His first location in this town was on the James P. Dixon farm, near the old orchard. June 12, 1800, he moved his house to the site of the present Alvin F. Messer house, on the opposite side of the road ; and at this moving James, the eight-year-old son of Elder Seamans, " had his leg crushed in a most dreadful man- ner." Mrs. Lucina (Shepard) Fowler distinctly remembers hearing her grandmother, Sally (Burpee) Shepard, tell that in the winter when Samuel Shepard (b. Dec. 9, 1802) was six weeks old, her husband, Ebenezer, Jr., exchanged his farm (now the Alvin F. Messer farm) with Jonathan Greeley for wild land on Low Plain (the present James E. Shepard home- stead), which he cleared; and that they moved earlier that spring than they otherwise would have chosen to, on account of setting their goose. Ebenezer, Jr., was a man of untiring industry and great physical vigor, and was more than ordi- narily successful as a farmer and trader. He d. at Wilmot Flat, Dec. 7, 1849 ; Sally d. April 25, 1850. Their children were,-
I. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1793 ; m., Nov. 5, 1815, Otis, son of Penuel and Hannah (Slack) Everett, b. Feb. IS, 1789, and res. in N. L.
2. Abigail, b. Sept. 12, 1795 ; m., Aug. 23, 1810, Manning, son of Elder Job and Sarah (Easterbrooks) Seamans, b. May 24, 1787, and res. in N. L.
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3. Daniel Woodbury, b. June 21, 1798; m., April 28, 1838, Jane Hamilton Robinson, dau. of Joseph Robinson, b. Jan. 15, 1815. He was a merchant, and res. in Albany, N. Y. Jane d. at Albany, May 25, 1860; Daniel Woodbury d. at San Francisco, Cal., in 1870. Children :
(1). Joseph Robinson, b. Brockport, N. Y., March 10, 1839 ; m., Sept. 8, 1863, Maria Bulson, dau. of David Allen Bul- son, b. Feb. 14, 1842 ; res. Rochester, N. Y. Their chil- dren were,-(a) Edgar Townsend, b. Aug. 8, 1864 ; (b) William Stead, b. Sept. 2, 1866 ; (c) Joseph Robinson, Jr., b. Nov. 11, 1868, d. Sept. 5, 1869.
(2). Mary Jane, b. Brockport, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1841 ; m., about 1858, Col. William Edgar Townsend of Brooklyn, N. Y., where for the past 30 years they res. at 21 S. Elliott place. Their children were,-(a) William Edgar, Jr. ; (b) Jessie, now Mrs. Mortimer H. Wagor ; (c) Clarence Sands ; (d) Edith.
(3). Edward Britton, b. Albany, Dec. 4, 1846; m., in 1870, Adelia Cole, b. about 1845 ; was a merchant, and lived in Muscatine, Ia., where he d. in 1876. Their children were,-(a) Jennie Elizabeth, b. 1872, now Mrs. Fred Remwel, Corning, N. Y .; (b) Ella, b. 1874, res. with her mother at San Diego, Cal.
(4). William James, b. Albany, March 23, 1849 ; m. in 1870, and res. in Rochester, N. Y., where he had one child, (a) Jennie Belle, b. Aug. 18, 1872, now Mrs. Wm. B. Phinney, Silver Creek, N. Y.
4. Amial, b. Sept. 6, 1800 ; m. Elizabeth Connor of Andover ; res. in N. L. for a short time, and built the first house on the Fred Fowler farm, but soon went to Peoria, Ill., and afterwards to California, where he d. at Los Angeles, July 20, 1856; Elizabeth d. at Kickapoo, Ill., Aug. 9, 1845. They had,-
(1). Elizabeth Ann, b. Dec. 20,. 1836 ; m., May 24, 1854, Henry Lee, a farmer, and res. in Newton, Mich. Their children were,-(a) Mary Ann, b. Dec. 20, 1855 ; m., June 24, 1883, James P. Palmer, an artist, and res. in Union City, Mich. They have,-(a) Nina E., b. June 22, 1884 ; (b) Amial, b. Feb. 12, 1887 ; (c) Kate Louisa, b. Aug. 16, 1890. (b) Lewis Henry, b. July 8, 1859 ; m., Jan. 22, 1891, Gertrude Fimple ; is principal of a school, and res. in Elkton, S. D. (c) Ella Rose, b. Jan. 5, 1862 ; m., Sept. 7, 1887, John McDonald, conductor of freights on railroad, and res. in Revanna, Neb. They have,-(a) Ora
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Blanch, b. Nov. 5, 1888 ; (b) Archibald Claud, b. Oct. 25, IS91. (d) Emma Jane, b. Oct. 9, 1864; m., Aug. 2, 1883, Jesse Steingham, a workman, and res. in Valley City, N. D. They have,-(a) Leo E., b. June 15, 1885 ; (b) Olive E., b. Aug. 23, 1886, d. Aug. 2, 1887 ; (c) Troy J., b. Sept. 5, 1888 ; (d) Eva E., b. Jan. 16, 1892. (e) Lena Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1866 ; d. Aug. 23, 1868 ; (f) Laura Elizabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1871 ; m , Feb. 25, 1892, Sidney P. Ellis, a farmer, and res. in Valley City, N. D. They have one child, (a) Margaret, b. March 16, 1894. (g) Edward Steven, b. Oct. 20, 1874 ; d. March 31, 1883. 5. Samuel, b. Dec. 9, 1802 ; m. Phebe, dau. of Eli and Rhoda (Drake) Hoskins, and res. in Grafton and N. L.
6. Jeremiah B., b. March 19, :805 ; m. (1), Oct. 6, 1830, Mary, dau. of George and Hetty Everett, b. June 26, 1812. He d., May 30, 1875, at Smith's Creek, Mich. ; she d., March 12, 1864, at Chicago, Ill. Their children were,-
(1). George Everett, b. July 24, 1831 , m., Feb. 17, 1859, Bar- bara Ann Lorinson, b. July 25, 1838 ; d. July 24, 1873, at Charlotte, Mich. They had,-(a) Gertrude Corinne, b. Dec. 4, 1860, d. at Chicago, July 3, 1861 ; (b) Franklin Lorinson, b. April 21, 1867.
(2). Helen Mar, b. Nov. 29, 1837 ; m., Aug. 22, 1860, Charles Bradford Barnes, b. July 11, 1837. Their children were,- (a) Everett Shepard, b. July 28, 1864 ; d. at Chicago, Feb. 9, 1866. (b) Edith Maud, b. Jan. 11, 1867. (c) Howard Emerson, b. June 2, 1870; m., June 8, 1892, Emma Frances Locke, b. Nov. 29, 1863. Children : (a) Clifford Locke, b. April 18, 1893 ; d. at Eden Centre, N. Y., March 27, 1894. (b) Clyde Emerson, b. Oct. 8, 1894. Jeremiah Burpee Shepard m. (2), March 31, 1869, Lavinia Aus- tin ; no children.
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