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JOHN RECKARD settled in Charlestown in 1798. 'He had previously m. Sally Chamberlain. Ch. I. Sally, m. William Dunsmoor; she d. after having two children. II. Rebecca, became the 2nd wife of Wil- liam Dunsmoor. III. Mary, m. James Carriel (see Carriel). IV. Ro- salinda, m. Sandford Winter (see Winter). V. Orilla, m. Elihu Ran- cesville-lived in Unity, had four children, two sons, and two daugh- ters. VI. Peter, d. in infancy.
WILLIAM REDFIELD. The family may be traced back for five gen- erations. He was son of William and Susannah (Rockwell) Redfield, of Middletown, Conn. His father b. Aug. 9th, 1725, entered very ear- ly upon a seafaring life. He was however, during several years of the Revolutionary war, engaged as a non-commissioned officer in the Con- necticut Militia in which he faithfully served his country, and at the termination of the war was honorably discharged. (His grand-son has in his posession the original warrant creating him a Sergeant.) After
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the war he went to sea again as master of a vessel and was lost near Bermuda while comparatively a young man. He left a widow and two children-Mehitabel, b., in 1781 and who d. in 1804, and William, the subject of this memoir. His widow lived with her son in Charlestown, and died at a very advanced age.
The grandfather of William Redfield, also named William, was b. Dec. 5th, 1727. He too was a sea captain and resident of Middletown, Conn., where he died, at a very advanced age, in the year 1813, leaving four sons, all of whom subsequently followed the seas. He lived on what was then called High Street and his house and garden occupied part of the site of the Wesleyan University. In 1777 he was appoint- ed Commissary of the troops raised by Connecticut for the war. He is said to have been a very genial man, a great reader and cultivator of fine fruit. He had eight brothers and four sisters, all of whom he sur- vived.
William Redfield's great-grandfather was Theophilus Redfield, of Killingworth, Conn., b. in 1632; d. in 1759. He left a family of thir- teen children, nine boys and four girls, all of whom married and left families, and from whom nine-tenths of all the Redfields in the country are descended.
William Redfield's great-great-grandfather was James Redfield, the name in his day often written Redfin. He was probably born in New- London, Conn., about 1646 ; m. in New-Haven, and lived afterwards in both Saybrook and Fairfield. He is supposed to have died about 1723.
William Redfield's great-great-great-grandfather bore the name of William. In his time the surname was variously written Redfin, Red- fyn, and Redfyne and perhaps other ways. He was probably one of the early emigrants from England to the Province of Massachusetts. He first located on Charles River where Cambridge now stands, but after a time removed from there to Brewster's Neck, near New-London, Conn., where he died in 1662, leaving one son and three daughters.
William Redfield, b. in Middletown, Conn., Apr. 19th, 1784; m., Dec. 10th, 1808, Sally Dejean, (dau. of Philip and Sallie (Fosdick) De- jean) b. Jan. 19th, 1789. Her father was a Lieutenant in the French army and held the office of vice-consul at the port of New-London, Conn., a place which then had considerable trade. (See Dr. Pelouse.) Their children were I. Justus Starr, b., in Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 2nd, 1810; m., 1st, 1835, Elizabeth C. Hall, who d. Aug. 13th, 1842, leaving one son, Justus S., b., in New-York City, Aug. 3d, 1842; d. Aug. 30th, 1862. m., 2nd, 1850, Elizabeth Jones, by whom he also had
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one child, Augustus Sidney Doane, b. Jan, 23d, 1852. She died in Lucca, Italy, in 1864, and he m., 3d, in 1871, Susan F. Reed, his present wife. Justus Starr Redfield left Charlestown for Boston in 1823, where he worked four years at stereotyping, then comparatively a new business. At the end of this time he accompanied his employer to New-York City where he remained with him till he was one and twenty. Having thor- oughly learned his business he went into it, in 1831, for himself. This, with printing, bookselling and publishing he pursued in the city for thirty years with varying success, when, in 1861, he was appointed by Mr. Lincoln U. S. Consul to one of the Italian ports, and went to his post Jan. 1st, 1862, where, after remaining four years, he resigned and came home. His residence is now (Jan. 1876) on a fruit farm near Burlington, N. J.
II. Mehitable Hamlin, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., Nov. 3d, 1811 ; went to Boston in 1832, where she m. Henry A. Sanborn and remained several years-from Boston she removed to New-York and in 1843 to Greensboro, Alabama, where she d. Jan. 22nd, 1870. Mrs. Sanborn so commended herself to the citizens of Greensboro by her care of the sick and general Christian benevolence that when she died all the stores and places of public resort were closed and the whole town turned out, both white and black to follow her remains to the grave. One thing that so attached the people to her was, that she had been one of the kindest and most efficient nurses in the army at Richmond. Her sister, Sarah F., who was next younger than herself, was an equally efficient nurse at Fortress Munroe at the same time .*
Children of Henry A. and Mehitable Sanborn : 1. Achsah Maria French, b. Dec. 19th, 1833 ; d. May 1860; 2. William Henry, b. Jan. 26th, 1836 ; resides at Greensboro, Ala., of which place he is postmast-
After the close of the war Mrs. Mehitable (Redfield) Sanborn, with her daugh- ter Eugenie, visited her friends at North Charlestown, Though much changed, yet still the same genteel and lovely woman that she was when young. She informed the writer of this note that many of the citizens of Greensboro were in the army of the Confederated States, and that there was a great want of good nurses at Rich- mond and that at the earnest solicitation of hier neighbors, she went to Richmond and there cared for the sick and wounded, and gave consolation to the dying --- here are two sisters of charity, from North Charlestown, one in Richmond the oth- er at Fortress Munroe, both engaged in the same humane acts ; the latter still lives ; the former has passed away-a blessing to her neighbors and by her neighbors blessed. It is to be hoped the citizens of Greensboro, Green Co., Ala., will cause the myrtle to twine around her tombstone, the rose bush-red, white and blue-to blend over her grave in age succeeding age. H. METCALF.
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er, (1875): 3. Theodore Augustus, b. Dec. 10th, 1837 ; d. Jan. 26th, 1838; 4. Elizabeth Redfield, b. Nov. 6th, 1839; m. Richard Andrews July, 1860 ; 5. Justus Redfield, b. Jan. 23d, 1841 ; d. March 31st, 1842; 6. Franklin Dejean, b. Sept. 21st, 1844; d. May 12th, 1845 ; 7. Eugenie Mortimer, b. Jan. 9th, 1847; 8. Joseph Gould, b. Feb. 27th, 1849; d. June 28th, 1849.
III. Sarah Fosdick, b., in Charlestown, N. H., Jan! 3d, 1814; educat- ed herself for a school teacher and taught school several terms in town, afterwards followed her older brother and sister to Boston, where, becom- ing acquainted with Osgood Eaton she married him in Sept. 1833. They lived in Boston about twenty years, in which place the following child- ren were born to them: 1. Edward Osgood, b. June 16th, 1835; died 1866. It is said that his musical acquirements were remarkable, but he died before securing any very permanent fame. 2. William Redfield, b. Feb. 3d, 1838 ; d. Apr. 24th, 1859. He d. in South America. 3. Ma- ry Elizabeth, b. March 1st, 1843 ; m. in 1867, at Fortress Munroe, Wm. Boughton, and d. in 1868; 4. Emily Frances, b. July 19th, 1845 ; m. Capt. James Tomkins, U. S. A .; 5. Eliza Buckminster, b. Sept. 18th, 1855.
On the breaking out of the war with the confederate states, Mr. Os- good Eaton received an appointment of Civil Engineer, at Fortress Monroe, to which he with his family removed in 1861, and died there in 1864. Mrs. Eaton still resides there with her youngest daughter .*
IV. William Dobson (son of William and Sallie (Dejean) Redfield,) b. in Charlestown, July 3d, 1816. When fifteen years of age, he left Charlestown for New York city, to learn the stereotyping business with his brother. This business he continued for several years, when he turned his attention to wood engraving, taking lessons of J. A. Adams, one of the noted engravers of those days. He rose rapidly in the art, and has deft some very fine specimens of his skill. But his early death prevented his reaching that eminence in his profession, to which
* Fortress Monroe, during the war, it will be remembered, was in part occupied as a hospital for sick, wounded and disabled soldiers. Mrs. Eaton living just outside the fort, devoted a great deal of her time to nursing these poor boys, so sadly in need of a mother's care in their dire extremity ; and some are alive and well to-day, who, but for the nursing she gave them, might now be in their graves. Standing by the bedside of many a dying New England boy, ministering to his comfort, she has received the last words and messages, for mothers and friends, at home, all of which were always faithfully transmitted, and Mrs. Eaton has reaped a rich harvest of thanks, from many a broken-hearted mother, for the care and attention, bestowed upon a dying son.
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had he lived, he would have undoubtedly attained. He married in 1837, Mary Cassidy of Brooklyn, N. Y., but died childless in March, 1838. V. Susan Waterman, b. Aug. 15th, 1819; removed with her brother's family from Charlestown to New York city, in 1834; in 1841 m. Capt. Moses Adams, shipmaster of West Tisbury, Martha's Vine- yard. One son was born of this marriage, March 6th, 1842, and Mrs. Adams died in the December following. The son, Edward R. Ad- ams, d. of yellow fever, in a South American Port, in 1873. VI. Ke- zia Converse, b. Sept. 2nd, 1821; m. Oct. 6th, 1841, Augustus D Por- ter, a merchant tailor, of New York city. Their residence is now in (1875) in Brooklyn. Ch. 1. Charles Augustus, b. Aug. 1st, 1843 ; d. July 20th, 1853 ; 2. William Redfield, b. Nov. 15th, 1845 ; 3. Ella Maria, b. July 27th, 1851; 4. Charles Augustus, b. March 10th, 1853. VII. Edward Pelouze, b. Oct. 6th, 1823 ; d. 1831; VIII. Mary Ann, b. May 21st, 1826 ; m. in 1846, Frederick G. Pope, at that time, by trade, a ma- son, Boston, Mass. Ch. 1. Elizabeth C., b. March 10th, 1847 ; 2. Martha Ager, b. March 12th, 1855; 3. William Chipman, time of birth not ascertained. IX. John H., b. March 19th, 1829; d. 1829; X. Eliza H., b. July 2nd, 1831 ; d. 1831; XI. Ellen Maria, b. July 2nd, 1833; m. in 1854, William W. Chipman, a mason of Boston, Mass. Ch. 1. Ella Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13th, 1855 ; 2. William Redfield, b, Jan. 11th, 1860.
WILLIAM REDFIELD, whose children and grandchildren are given above, came to Charlestown, from Weathersfield, Vt., in 1812, with his wife, and two children. Nine other children were born to him in Charlestown, before leaving town for New York, in 1834. He is de- scribed as " an exceedingly amiable and industrious man, and one who was highly respected by all his neighbors." He died in the city of New York, in 1838, aged 54 years. His widow lived till 1872, and died in Boston, where she had lived for many of the later years, of her life. Horace Metcalf, Esq., to whom I am indebted for these records of the Redfield family, says of her, " Mrs. Redfield was a remarkable woman. Her father was French, and her mother American, and she inherited striking peculiarities from both of them. Few women even among New England mothers, can offer a brighter record than the history of her life affords. It might be very well supposed that to bring into the world, feed and clothe the large family she had to work for, would be work enough for one woman ; but, in addition to that, for weeks and months upon a stretch she has done her full day's work at spinning flax or wool, or other woman's work of the time, and
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many and many has been the night that her spinning-wheel has been heard humming at eleven o'clock-hours after all the rest of the fam- ily were in bed and asleep." Nor was she any less diligent and ex- emplary, in her Christian life. She experienced religion when quite young, and united with the church, of which she ever afterwards con- tinued a most active member. Said her minister in Boston, in his ad- dress at her funeral, " For over thirty years, has Mrs. Redfield been a bright and shining light to the younger members of this church to whom she has seemed almost a mother," and then recurring to his personal experience, he continued, "To me she has been equally a spiritual helper; for when I have missed her earnest countenance from her accustomed place in church, I have felt as though some- thing was wanting, and I was not at home, and as though my sermon from the want of her presence, had lost not only a portion of its inspi- ration, but of its power." .
HOWARD AND CHARLOTTE (MINOR) REED, (Pub. Feb. 28th, 1790.) Ch. I. Hannah, b. May 5th, 1791; II. Charlotte, b. Mar. 18th, 1793.
EDWARD AND SOPHIA (HUBBARD) REED, m. Apr. 8th, 1813; Ch. I. Roswell Hunt, b. April 19th, 1819; II. Edward Loggie, b. Nov. 24th, 1820; III. Horace Hall, b. Sept. 25th, 1822; IV. Lewis Hub- bard, b. March 2nd, 1825. Mr. Reed was from Scotland-removed to Dalton, N. H.
SAMUEL AND ESTHER REMINGTON, Ch. I. William, b. May 14th, 1773; II. Samuel, b. Nov. 30th, 1777; III. Esther, b. Sept. 21st, 1786. (See Soldiers in Rev.)
JEDIDIAH RICE, m. Nov. 30th, 1783, Jemima Hastings, (dau. of Sylvanus and Jemima (Willard) Hastings,) b. Jan. 29th, 1750. (See Hastings. ) Ch. I. Edmund, b. Mar. 22nd, 1784; II. Willard, b. Nov. 18th, 1786-removed to Northfield, Vt., left eight children. Mr. Rice was a soldier in the Revolution, and marched to Quebec, in 1776, under Captain Abel Walker.
The following agreement between Capt. John Willard, Sen., and Je- mima Hastings, afterwards Mrs. Rice, will be interesting not only as showing one trait in the character of Mr. Willard, but as illustrating that a spirit of badinage existed in the days of our fathers, as well as at the present time.
A BOND.
To all persons whom it may concern. That it is agreed between John Willard of Charlestown, in the county of Cheshire and Province of New-Hampshire, Gentleman, and Mrs. Jemima Hastings of the
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town, county and Povince, aforesaid. The conditions of said agree- ment as follows, viz. that if the said Jemima Hastings do actually joyne in wedlock with Mr. Jedidiah Rice of Charlestown, aforesaid by the 24th, day of July next ensuing, the said John Willard doth by these presents, promise to give unto the said Jemima, a good and well made side saddle, to be covered with red or green plush, as a present, and in case of failure, said Jemima Hastings to give unto said John Willard, a good checked linen shirt, or the value thereof to his ac- ceptance, in witness whereof we have set our hands This 24th day of March, Anno Domini, 1777.
JOHN WILLARD. JEMIMA HASTINGS.
Witness, S TIM CURTIS, ABIGAIL FARWELL.
The title Mrs. employed in the bond, was then the style of address- ing grown up unmarried ladies. It appears from the record of her marriage, that Jemima had to give Mr. Willard the " checked linen shirt."
JOHN ROBERTSON b. June 25th, 1778; m. Dec. 27th, 1798, Polly Clendening, b. Nov. 6th, 1774. Ch. I. Roswell, b. Nov. 16th, 1799; m. 1st, Mary Williams, (dau. of W. H. and Abigail (Robinson) Wil- liams of Newfane, Vt.) Ch. 1. Sarah Elizabeth, b. at Bellows Falls, Dec. 11th, 1831; m. at South Charlestown, Jan. 19th, 1853, Hezekiah Luke Robinson-died at Waterloo, Province of Quebec, April 2nd, 1868. (See Louisa, under Richard Robertson.) Roswell Robertson, m. 2nd, Sarah Williams. Ch. 2. Roswell W., b. Sept. 3d, 1839; m. March 25th, 1862, Helen M. Humphrey (dau. of Royal and Eliza (Morse) Humphrey,) b. May 9th, 1840-He was 3rd selectman in 1872, 2nd in 1873, 1st in 1874-75. Roswell Robertson married 3d, March 8th, 1841, Abby W. Taylor, (dau. of Arad and Hannah L. (Robinson) Taylor), b. in Newfane, Nov. 28th, 1821. II. Betsy, b. May 2nd, 1801; m. William Blake of Bellows Falls-resides in Greenfield, Mass. III. John b. May 1st, 1805 -removed West-not heard from-supposed to have been killed by the Indians. IV. Rus- sell, b. May 6th, 1807, m. Feb. 5th, 1837, Louisa M. Holton, b. Sept. 27th, 1815. Ch. 1. Richard R., b. Nov. 17th, 1836; m. June 20th, 1868, Mary Ann Ward, of North Charlestown. One child, Abbie Mellville, b. Mar. 10th, 1869; 2. Maria L., b. Oct. 15th, 1840; m. J. W. Hodgkins, Aug. 27th, 1867. (See Hodgkins.) Resides in Atlan- tic, Iowa. Ch. (1) Russell, b. June 17th, 1868 ; (2) John Edward, b.
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Oct. 3d, 1871; 3. William Blake b. Apr. 15th, 1842; d. Sept. 17th, 1870; (see soldiers in War of the Rebellion.) 4. Abby F., b. Oct. 8th, 1843 ; m. Aug. 6th, 1861, Thomas R. Melville, (see Melville.) 5. Sa- rah, b. Jan. 20th, 1846; m. Oct. 30th, 1870, Willam H. Voorhies. One child, Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 11th, 1871. 6. George H., b. Feb. 2nd, 1849 ; m. Nov. 27th, 1871, Martha Ann Chatterton, b. May 3d, 1852 ; one child, George Chatterton, b. Sept. 16th, 1872.
V. Richardson, b. May, 14th, 1809; m. Oct. 13th, 1835, Maria Sils- by, (dau. of Isaac and Anna (Langley) Silsby,) b. June 17th, 1812; Ch. 1. Mary, b. Jan. 6th, 1837 ; 2. Emily b. Feb. 14th, 1839; m. Oct. 23d, 1861, John Henry Bradbury, (son of John and Rebecca (Boardman) Bradbury, of Newburyport, Mass.,) b. Dec. 9th, 1827. Ch. (1) Har- riet Rebecca, b. Sept. 11th, 1862 ; (2) Mary Robertson, b. Dec. 22nd, 1864; (3) John Henry, b. March 26th, 1866; (4) Richard Robertson, b. Dec. 6th, 1875 ; 3. Louisa, b. Jan. 25th, 1841 ; m. Hezekiah Luke Robinson, Nov. - , 1874-resided in Montreal, Canada. I give from " The Churchman," the following :
OBITUARY.
Entered into rest, on Friday, March 31st, 1876, in her 35th year, LOUISA ROBINSON, wife of H. Luke Robinson, of Montreal, Canada, and daughter of Richardson and Maria Robertson, of Charlestown, N. H.
The last sad rites of Holy Church took place on the 2nd of April, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, from her own parish church, in Charles- town, which she loved so well.
Endeared to many from her childhood, her memory and influence will long remain fresh in our hearts and lives. Full of life and hope, she had ever a cheering word, winning the love of all, particularly of children. In the duties to which God called her in this life, she was a shining example of faithfulness.
And as we gather round her grave, so dear to all her friends, we can indeed bless God for her example, and pray Him to grant us grace so to follow, that with her we may be partakers of His heavenly king- dom, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
4. Esther, b. Oct. 24th, 1844; 5. John, b. March 22nd, 1847-grad- uated at the Theological Seminary, of Nashotah, Wisconsin, and en- tered the ministry of the Episcopal Church; is now (Sept. 1875,) in Europe. Richardson Robertson Esq., the record of whose family is above given, from 1843 to 1868, was the gentlemanly proprietor and
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landlord, of the Robertson House, in Charlestown-now known as the Eagle Hotel. He still (1875,) continues business in C., as the keeper of an extensive Flour and Grain store.
DR. JOSEPH ROBY, m. 1st, Relief Curtis. Ch. I. Relief Curtis b. April 12th, 1804; d. Aug. 21st, 1813; II. Abigail b. May 24th, 1805 ; d. May 3d, 1817 ; III. Jane, b. Aug. 18th, 1806 ; d. Nov. 14th, 1806. Mrs. Roby, d. Dec. 4th, 1806. He m. 2nd, Oct. 18th, 1807, Lucy Park. Ch. IV. John Swift, b. Aug. 31st, 1808; V. Joseph, b. Nov. 23d, 1810; VI. Jane, b. March 19th, 1813; d. Jan. 4th, 1822; VII. and VIII. Ephraim Curtis and Charles William, twins, b. May 21st, 1815. Dr. Roby, d. Aug. 21st, 1818. (See Physicians.)
ALANSON P. ROCKWOOD, (son of Perley and Prudence (Ward), Rock- wood of Upton, Mass.,) b. Aug. 2nd, 1824; m. Sept. 10th, 1843, Maria Fisk, (dau. of Elisha and Hannah (Forbush) Fisk, also of Upton) ; b. March 9th, 1827. Ch. I. Regina, b. in Upton, Sept. 3d, 1844. II. Lelia A., b. in Upton, Nov. 25th, 1847. The family came to Charles- town, Jan., 1860.
LEMUEL ROGERS, (son of Lemuel and Fanny (Putnam) Rogers) of Claremont, b. April 22nd, 1827; m. July 9th, 1850, Sarah Anu Wil- lard, (dau. of George and Orinda Young (Wolfe) Willard) b. June 28th, 1832 (see Willard). Ch. I. Leland G., b. March 28th, 1852; d. Sept. 24th the same year. II. An infant daughter, b. Aug. 1st, 1856 ; d. Sept. 23d, 1856. III. Alvin Willard, b. Feb. 23d, 1860. IV. An infant son, b. June 29th, 1863 ; d. July 23d, same year.
LEMUEL ROYCE is said to have been the last survivor of the Revo- lutionary soldiers, originally belonging to Charlestown. At the time of the battle of Bennington, he was a member of Capt. Abel Walker's company, but enlisted Feb. 4th, 1778, into Capt. Isaac Farwell's, in which he continued nearly if not quite through the war. He was fond of telling in his advanced age of the battles in which he had been en- gaged, and appears to have been proud of having been selected as one of the guards at the execution of Major Andre, whose gentlemanly bearing and courage filled him with such admiration that he named one of his children after him. I have been unable to obtain a record either of his death or his marriage. I have gathered from aged per- sons the following names of his children. I. Lemuel, jr. II. Lorenzo. III. Andrew. IV. Darius. V. Anna, who m. Zachariah Lawrence, Jan. 23d, 1806. VI. Andre. VII. Anson. The order of births of the above, is not certain. Lemuel jr., m. Eunice Hoadley (Published Dec. 26th, 1802). Ch. 1. Alford, b. March 30th, 1804; 2. Sophia,
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b. May 8th, 1806; m. Ebenezer Pike, Dec. 4th, 1823; 3. Francis, b. Apr. 22nd, 1808; 4. Mary, b. June 6th, 1810; 5. Edwin, b. July 22nd, 1813; 6. Lucretia, b. June 30th, 1815 ; 7. Calvin, b. Aug. 30th, 1817; 8. Ethel; 9. Orville ; 10. Jane.
LORIN HENRY ROYCE, (son of Amasa B. and Alice C. (Spaulding) Royce) b. in Sharon, Vt., July 26th, 1841 ; m. in Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 31st, 1863, Julia Minerva Lull, b. in Pomfret, Vt., Sept. 25th, 1844. Ch. Mark Wallace, b. in Springfield, Vt., Nov. 6th, 1865-set- tled as a merchant in Charlestown, Aug. 1867.
SIMON RUMRILL, b. July 1st, 1767, in New Ipswich, N. H., was one of fifteen children; m. Jan. 1790, Joanna Kemp, and removed to Charlestown the April following. Ch. I. Stephen, b. Jan. 14th, 1791 ; m. and settled in Northfield, Vt. II. Abigail, b. May 23d, 1793. III. Lois, b. June 1795; m. Isaac Smith who had been a soldier in the war of 1812, and removed from town. IV. Isaac, b. Sept. 15th, 1797 ; m. Tryphena Hodgman and settled in Springfield, Vt. V. Rachel, scalded and died, aged about 2 years. Simon Rumrill m. 2nd, Jan. 1800, Hannah Perry. Ch. by 2nd wife; I. Benjamin, b. Oct. 6th, 1800. m. Feb. 17th, 1825, Mary Garfield, and removed to Springfield, Vt. II. Hannah, b. June 18th, 1802; m. Cyrus Garfield, Jan. 1825; re- moved in 1827 to Springfield. III. Levi, b. Sept. 29th 1804; m. Jan. 25th, 1826, Ursula Garfield-settled in Charlestown, in 1833. Ch. 1. Anna, b. in Springfield, Vt., Oct. 3d, 1827, died young. 2. Lewis, b. June 13th, 1829 ; m., March 26th, 1866, Mrs. Margaret Ann (Currier) Eggleston, b. in Williamstown, Upper Canada, March 26th, 1828. 3. Ursula Ann, b. in Chester, Vt .; m. Oliver P. Cross. 4. Fan- ny, b. Dec. 8th, 1832, in Chester ; d. aged 21. 5. Levi, b. in Charles- town, Oct. 26th, 1834; m. Lucia B. Rumrill-resides in Springfield, Vt. 6. Lucius, b. in C., March 7th, 1837. 7. Matilda, b. in C., Dec. 28th, 1839. 8. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 5th, 1842.
LEWIS SANDERS, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., March 9th, 1829; m. Dec. 1851, Louise E. Grout (dau. of John Grout) b. in Mendon, Vt., June 11th, 1830. Ch. I. Ida A., b. in Cavendish, Vt., Oct. 12th, 1852; m. Jan. 23d, 1875, Charles Shattuck, of Hartland, Vt .; resides now (1875) in Charlestown. II. Clarence L., b. May 2nd, 1854; m. June, 1875, Ella L. Davis-resides in Worcester, Mass. III. Charles A., b. in Chester, Vt., Sept. 29th, 1855. IV. Georgia A., b. in Bel- lows Falls, Apr. 17th, 1857. V. Elsie M., b. in Bellows Falls, May 16th, 1859. VI. Eugene H., b. in Springfield, Vt., Aug. 8th, 1861. VII. Albert E., b. in Chester, Vt., March 21st, 1864. VIII. Ulysses
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G., b. in Weathersfield, Sept. 20th, 1865; d. Oct. 8th, 1865. IX. Henry R., b. in Charlestown, Jan. 26th, 1867. X. Infant, d. June 28th, 1869. XI. Frederick L., b. Jan. 15th, 1871. Mr. Sanders came to Charlestown, Feb. 1866.
DR. HORACE SAUNDERS, b. in Weathersfield, Vt .; graduated at the Medical department of Dartmouth College, in 1836-settled as a phy- sician in North Charlestown, where he had an extensive practice for over thirty years, when he was obliged to lay aside the duties of his profession on account of ill health. He died Dec. 29th, 1875, in the 67th year of his age. Dr. Saunders m. March 2nd, 1843, Abbie (Abi- gail in town records) (dau. of Moses and Abigail (Hubbard) Judevine) b. Dec. 11th, 1815. Ch. I. Abbie Jenette, b. Aug. 18th, 1844; m. David S. Hamlin (see Hamlin). II. Isabell S., b. May 22nd, 1848; m. Edwin M. Jennison, of Bellows Falls, Vt., where she resides. III. Hattie L., b. Aug. 23d, 1855 ; d. Sept. 22nd, 1873.
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