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2. ROSWELL, son of Ebenezer (1), m., 1809, Fanny, dau. of Jon- athan Farr (3), and who d. Apr. 15, 1837. Resided in Chfd. He d. Jan. 15, 1839.
Ch .: Electa C., m., 1833, Celatia, son of Leonard Farr (son of Jonathan (3).)-Philip, d. Feb. 5, 1825, in his Sth year .- Ebial, d. Oct. 5, 1819, a. nearly 2 yrs .- Jonathan, d. Oct. 12, 1822, in 3d year .- Eliza C .. d. Mar. 2, 1832, a. 7 yrs.
3. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (1), m., 1809, Dolly, dan. of Wm. Farr (2), and who d. May 18, 1852. Resided in Chfd. He. d. Dec. 29, 1870.
Ch. : Mary T., b. Dec. 3, 1809 ; m., 1833, Wm. Hadley, then of Windsor, Vt., afterwards of Lynn, Mass .- Norman E., b. May 17, 1811. Whereabouts unknown; when last heard from he was at New Orleans .- Lydia P., d. at Man- chester, Mar., 1880 .- Watson (4), b. Feb. 24, 1819 .-- Oliver H. (5), b. Dec. 23, 1820 .- Otis, b. Nov. 13, 1822 ; m., Mar., 1868, Mary Winslow. Res. in Chfd. Has no ch.
4. WATSON, son of Ebenezer (3), m., Sept. 27, 1843, Catharine, dau. of Elijah Hildreth (10), and who d. Mar. 7, 1882. Farm- er in Chfd.
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Ch. : Leavitt W., b. Nov. 10, 1844; m., Mar. 29, 1869, Hattie E., dau. of Corlis Hinds (2). Has 2 ch. : Myrtie E., b. Aug. 21, 1871 ; Fordis E., b Apr. 6, 1873 .- Ellon A., b. Mar. 19, 1849; m., Feb. 14, 1871, Mary R., dan. of Wm. Holman (4). Farmer in Chfd .- Charles W., b. June 25, 1854 .- Frank L., b. July 27, 1857 .- Eddie A., b. Dec. 28, 1861 ; d. Mar. 13, 1869.
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OLIVER H , son of Ebenezer (3), m., Feb. 18, 1841, Mariette, dau. of Eber Hubbard (7). Res. in Chfd. Farmer. He also practices, to some extent, the veterinary art.
Ch. : Norman D., b. Oct. 12, 1842 ; m., Oct. 25, 1865, Eu- genie (Frink) Cressey, wid. of Geo. P. Cressey. Has one son, Bertram N., b. Oct. 25, 1869 .- Ella M., b. Aug. 21, 1845 ; m., Nov. 14, 1865, Chas. M., son of Jona. Davis (6) .- Lizzie M., b. May 20, 1859.
SAFFORD, FREDERICK H., son of Lydia P. Safford, and grandson of Ebenezer Safford (3), m., May 1, 1856, Mary J., dau. of John Towne, of Hardwick, Mass. He d. in Chfd., Aug. 26, 1863, a. 33. Had one dan., Lizzie E., b. Feb. 26, IS57, and m., Aug. 1, 1881, Arthur L. Smith, of Northfield, Mass.
SANDERSON.
I. JOHN SANDERSON was in Chfd. in 1775, which year (Apr. 4) he purchased lot No. 4, in the 8th range. His wife was Sub- mit -- , d. June 27, 1822, a. 93. Soldier 1777. He d. Apr. 28, 1791, in his 60th year.
Ch. : (Order somewhat uncertain) James (2) .- Thomas (3) .- John (4) .- Susanna, m., 1781, Reuben, son of Jona. Hildreth (2) .- Femima, m., 1800, Nathaniel Walton (2) ; d. Dec. 13, 1847, a. 87 .- Hannah, m. Sole .- Submit, m. - Woodcock .- Beulah, d. 1774, in her 8th year .- Sarah d. 1786, in her 17th year .- Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1772.
2. JAMES, son of John (1), m. ist, Arathusa Shattuck, of Towns- hend, Vt., d. July 1, 1818, in her 44th year ; 2d, Polly Hill. Resided in Chfd. He d. probably about 1845.
Ch. : James, d. in Chfd., Aug. 11, 1828, a. 32 .- Andrew H., d. in Chfd., Nov. 15, 1829, a. 28 .- Submit, b. Oct. 5,
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1802; m., 1825, Amos K. Bartlett (q. v.)-Nelson, rem. to Western Canada .- Alonzo, d. in Chfd., Mar. 11, 1829, a. 22. -Phebe, m. Harvey Hill (q. v.)
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THOMAS,* son of John (1), ni. Ist, Sarah Hatch, of Wincr., d. 1816, in her 65th year ; 2d, 1821, Mrs. Molly Hamilton, wid. of Samuel Hamilton (1), and who d. Dec. 22, 1842, a. 90. Settled in Chfd., having purchased, Feb. 18, 1780, lot No. 8, in the 7th range, and the southern half of lot No. 9, in the same range. He d. in 1830, in his 76th year.
Ch. : Thomas C., b. Mar. 23, 1786 .- Leonard (5), b. Jan. 9, 1788 .- Sarah, b. July 24, 1790 .- Hubbard, d. 1794, young. -Myra, b. Aug. 26, 1797; m., 1828, Daniel Presho (2) ; d. June 15, 1879.
5. LEONARD, son of Thomas (3), m. Clarissa Bartlett, d. Feb. 22, 1879, a. 92. Resided in Chfd. He d. in 1822.
Ch. : Rhoda, b. Mar. 22, 1811 ; m. Geo. B. Robertson. Res. in Litchfield, Ill .- Clark H., b. Nov. 4, 1814; d. a. 19. -Almira B., b. Nov. 22, 1819; m. James Fillebrown, of Waltham, Mass. Rem. to San Francisco, Cal .- Dwight Ly- man (6), b. May 21, 1822.
6. DWIGHT L., son of Leonard (5), m. Ist, Mar., 1845, Harriet M. Boltwood, of Windsor, Vt., d. Aug. 5, 1847 ; 2d, May 10, 1849, Elvira, dau. of John Stearns, of Hins., where he now res.
Ch. : (First three b. in Chfd.) Harriet C., b. Feb. 8, 1846; d. July 28, 1868 .- Leonard W., b. Sept. 1, 1853 .- John S., b. Oct. 19, 1855 .- Charles C., b. Mar. 29, 1858 .- Nellie F., b. Sept. 28, 1860 .- Edward B., b. Nov. 4, 1868.
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JOHN, son of John (1), m. Ist, Lydia, dau. of Eleazer Jackson (1), and who d. Oct. 17, 1793 ; 2d, Lodema Ingraham (?), d. Nov. 12, 1825, in her 68th year. Resided in Chfd. He d. July 24, 1826, in his 68th year.
Ch. : (By first marriage) Sanford .- Sally, m., 1809, Ma- son Herrick (4) ; d. Aug. 19, 1868, in her 82d year .- farib, b. 1788; m. Ist, Jane, dau. of Capt. Simon Willard (q. v.), and who d. June 3, 1852 ; 2d, Mrs. Cynthia Hildreth, wid. of
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Nathaniel Hildreth (13), and who d. July 6, 1870, in her 81st year. Resided in Chfd. He d. Oct. 6, 1864. Had no ch .- Fohn, m. Betsey Hill, d. 1861, a. 76. He d. about 1840. Had several ch., one of whom, Eleazer, d. in 1836, in his 18th year ; another, Jonathan, d. in 1837, in his 12th year ; a dau., -- , m. Rufus Carter, of Keene.
SANGER, NATHANIEL. was in Chfd. in 1770. His wife was Anna , and he had a dau., Lucy, b. Feb. 15, 1767. His name disappears before 1787.
SARGEANT.
Digory Sargeant, b. in Sudbury, Mass., was in Worcester at the time of its second settlement, in 1685. About 1704, he was killed by the Indians, and his wife and five children were captured and taken to Canada. His children . were as follows: Martha, m. Daniel Shattuck, of Worcester, in 1719; Daniel, who remained with the Indians, and d. in Canada; Mary, who never returned from captivity; John, who was a captive for 12 or 13 years; Thomas. John m., 1727, Abigail Jones, of Springfield, Mass., and had the following chil- dren: Daniel, b. 1728; Abigail, b. 1730, and d. 1736; Jolin, b. Dec. 4, 1732 (supposed to have been the first white child born in Vermont); Thomas, b. Feb. 23, 1735; Abigail, b. 1737; Rufus, b. 1740; Mary, b. 1742. John, the father, was killed near Fort Dummer by the Indians, Mar. 29, 1748, and his son Daniel was captured. His third son, Thomas, m, 1754, Ann, dau. of Joseph Stebbins, of Northfield, Mass., and had the following children: Elihu, b. May 3, 1758; Anna, b. June 18, 1760; Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 1761; Calvin, b. Nov. 9, 1763; Electa, b. Oct. 31, 1765; Luther, b. May 15, 1768; Susanna, b. Jan. 5, 1770; Erastus (1), b. Nov. 16, 1771; Roxana; Roswell, b. Nov. 27, 1776; Henry.
I. ERASTUS SARGEANT, son of Thomas, and great-grandson of Digory Sargeant. m. Annas, dau. of Warren Snow (2), and who d. in P. Q., Aug. 10, 1836. In 1792 or '93, he settled in Chfd., and lived many years on Streeter hill. Between 1815 and '19, he rem. to Dum., from which town he rem. to Stuke- ley, P. Q., probably about 1820. He d. in P. Q., Aug. 24, 1847.
Ch .: Edwin, (2), b. Dec. 16, 1793 .- Diana, m. Stebbins Hosley (2) .- Jason, b. Jan. 30, 1796; m. Tirzah P. Stebbins, b. Sept. 26, 1803, and d. 1860. He d. in P. Q., 1862. Had the following ch : Abigail P., b. Jan. 23, 1825 ; Charles J., b. May 2, 1831, and d. 1850; Oscar H., b. June 21, 1840 .-
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Edith, b. Nov. 1, 1797 ; m., 1817, Clark Harris (8) .- War- ren, m., in Dum., Mercy Butler .- Angeline, m. Sewell Fisk ; d. in P. Q .- Alanson, m. Rosamond Cleveland ; d. in P. Q.
EDWIN, son of Erastus (1), m., Dec. 27, 1815, Sally, dau. of David Stoddard (2), and who d. June 24, 1869. He resided the most of his life in Chfd., for a while on the paternal farm, and afterwards on the farm now owned and occupied by his son Oscar E. Representative 1842. He d. Nov. 19, 1871.
Ch. : Louisa, b. Oct. 21, 1816 ; m., Feb. 5, 1839, Philip F. Franklin ; d. in Guilford, Vt., Sept. 22, 1839 .- Emily, b. in Dum., Nov. 30, 1818; unm. Res. at present in Hins .- Croy- den (3), b. Jan. 27, 1821 .- John H. (4), b. Feb. 2, 1823 .-- David W., b. Feb. 14, 1825 ; d. May 1, same year .- Charles R. (5), b. Mar. 11, 1826 .- Fude S. (6), b. June 9, 1828 .- Oscar E. (7), b. July 24, 1833 .- Frederick, b. July 22, 1835 ; d. Dec. 29, same year.
CROYDEN, son of Edwin (2), m., Sept. 22, 1846, in Sutton, Vt., Lucy W. Hutchinson. Res. in Oregon, Wis.
Ch. : (All b. in Oregon) William E., b. Aug. 15, 1848 .- Emma f., b. June 1, 1850 ; d. Aug. 16, 1852 .- Grace A., b. July 23, 1852 .- Charles H., b. Nov. 3, 1860.
3. 4. JOHN H., son of Edwin (2), m., Feb. 3, 1845, in Norton. Mass., Mary E. Tucker, of Chfd. He d. in Chfd., Apr. 16, IS55.
Ch .: John E., b in Chfd. Dec. 6, 1846 .- George H., b. in Chfd., Nov. 6, 1848 ; d. in Oregon, Wis., Nov. 30, 1860.
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CHARLES R., son of Edwin (2), m., Mar. 16, 1852, in Wincr .. Sophia A. Baker. In his earlier years he engaged in school- teaching to a considerable extent, and was afterwards a stone- mason. At the time of his death, which occurred in Hins., where he resided, Apr. 2, 1880, he was one of the commis- sioners of Cheshire county, to which office he had been twice elected.
Ch : (All b. in Hins. except one) Lizzie S., b. Oct. 7, 1853. - Charles F., b. Sept. 28, 1855 .- Etta S., b. June 22, 1858. - Arthur G., b. in Chfd., July 4, 1860 .- Bertha }., b. May 24, 1862 .- Eddie L., b. June 4, 1864 .- Sidney, b. Nov. 28, 1867.
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6. JUDE S., son of Edwin (2), m., Apr. 24, 1855, Mary E., dau. of David S. Walton (6). He lived a number of years in Chfd., but now res. in Keene. Carpenter and mechanic.
Ch. : Flora Eliza, b. in Chfd., Sept. 3, 1857 .- Alice S., b. in Chfd., Nov. 24, 1859 ; d. July 25, 1867 .- John W., b. in Chfd., Aug. 5, 1862 ; d. Aug. 5, 1867.
7. OSCAR E., son of Edwin (2), m. Ist, Jan. 5, 1861, Arvilla M., dau. of Calvin and Mary (McColly) Wilson, of Stoddard, and who was b. Feb. 18, 1836, and d. Dec. 9, 1861 ; 2d, June 22. 1864, Julia M., dau. of Joseph Clark (2) For the past IS years he has been a farmer in Chfd.
Ch. : George Wilson, b. in Keene, Nov. 24, 1861. [An adopted dau., Helen A. (Mellish), was b. Oct. 15, 1865.]
SAWYER, THOMAS, m. Sarah -, and had a dau., Rhoda, b.
Oct. 24, 1767. His name disappears before 1787.
SCOTT.
I. EBENEZER SCOTT, b. 1765, probably came from Wincr., and appears to have settled in Chfd. in 1788 or '89. His wife was Rebecca Smith, of Wincr., b 1768, and d. Dec. 25. 1843. He lived in Chfd. many years, but d. in Dum., Sept. 21, 1845.
Ch. : Fames, b. Apr. 28, 1787 ; unm. ; d. 1825 .- Ebenezer, b. Sept. 4, 1788 ; m., 1822, Miranda, dau. of John Darling ( 1) ; d. in Chester, Vt .- Daniel, b. Nov. 7, 1790 ; unm ; d. 1826 .- Elijah (2), b. Mar. 24, 1794 .- Rufus, b. Apr. 21, 1796; d. 1798 .- Polly (or Mary B.) and Sally, b. July 25, 1798. Mary B. m. Herbert Dudley (q. v.), and d. Mar 1, 1875 ; Sally d. 1827, unm .- Rebecca, b. Mar. 17, 1801 ; m. Samuel Stanford ; d. July 21, 1843 .- Betsey, b. May 8, 1804 ; d. 1812 -Rufus, b. Sept. 21, 1807 ; m. Mandana Tyler. Res. in Dum .- Emi- ly, b. Aug. 28, 1810; m. twice. Res. in Hins.
2. ELIJAH, son of Ebenezer (1), m., 1816, Lovica Robertson, d. July 22, 1873. He rem. from Chfd. to Hins. about 1833, where he d. Jan. 22, 1866.
Ch. : Mary S., b. Oct. 19, 1817 ; m., 1834, John Evans, of Hins. ; d. June 10, 1849 .- George R., b. Apr. 2, 1819; d. 1828 .- Fulia R., b. Apr. 12, 1821 ; m., Oct. 10, 1850, Alvin Barrett, of Hins. ; d. July 4, 1854 .- Betsey L., b. Sept. S,
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1823 ; m., Nov. 27, 1843, Alexander Elmore, of Hins .- Sarah A., b. Dec. 28, 1827 ; m., Feb. 27, 1849, Nelson Estey, of Hins .- George R., b. June 6, 1830 ; res. in Hins .- Rufus E., b. Feb. 13, 1832 ; d. Oct. 28, 1843 .- Caroline P., b. July 1, 1835 ; m., Nov. 15, 1855, Alvin Barrett ; d. Jan. 18, 1859. - John A., b. Nov. 11, 1837 ; d. Sept. 10, 1880, unm .- James M., b. Nov. 11, 1837 ; m., Oct. 22. 1875, Susannah J. Swift. . SCOTT, ELIJAH, son of James, of Wincr., and nephew of Eben- ezer Scott (1), m., ISog, Clarissa, dau. of Jona. Farwell (I). After living in Chfd. a number of years, he rem. to Moscow, N. Y., where he d.
Ch. : Willis B., b. May 20, 1810 .- Eunice L., b. June 12, 1812 ; m., 1829, Willard H. Alexander (2) .- Charles C., b. Oct. 31, 1813 ; d. 1828 .- Lucia P., b. Nov. 1, 1815 .- Selina M., b. June 29, 1818 .- Serotia A., b. Mar. 7, 1820; d. 1828. - William P., b. July 3, 1822 ; d. 1823 .- Harriot N., b. Feb. 13, 1824 .- Henry M., b. June 10, 1826 .- Susan A., b. Mar. 17, 1828.
SCOTT.
I. WAITSTILL SCOTT was of Wmd. at the time of the Revolution, and commanded the company that marched from that town on the occasion of the alarm at Ticonderoga. (See p. 92.) He probably came to Chfd., with his son Lyman, between 1815 ' and '19, and lived where Rodney Fletcher now resides, at Fac- tory Village. His wife was Lydia -, d. Jan. 22, 1826, in her Soth year. He d. Mar. 6, 1824, a. S2.
Ch. : Eunice, b. Aug. 21, 1762 .- Lydia, b. Jan. S, 1772 .- Waitstill, b. Apr. 16, 1774; m. Hephzibah Daggett. Rem. to Western N. Y .-- Rufus, b. Jan. 12, 1778 ; m. Mercy (or Marcia) Hackett. Rem. to Western N. Y .- Rhodolphus (2), b. Jan. 7, 1780 .-- Lucy, b. Feb. 10, 1782 ; m. Wm. Amsbury, of Wind .- Lyman (3), b. Feb. 2, 1784 .-- Chester, b. Sept. 20, 1786 .-- Justus, b. Jan. 7, 1791.
2. RHODOLPHUS, son of Waitstill (1), m. Ist, Lydia, dau. of Abel Haven, and who d. Jan. 27, 1839, in her 54th year ; 2d, Mrs. Diantha Hopkins, wid. of Thornton Hopkins (3), and dau. of Wm. Farr (6). He d. in Chfd., June 14, 1851.
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Ch. : Noyes (4), b. in Acton, Vt., Oct. 7, 1803 .-- Horace (5) .-- Alonzo, b. 1807 ; d. about 1819 .-- Cordelia, b. Aug. 9, 1809 : m., Oct. 1, 1828, Alfred Farwell (4) .- Rhodolphus, d . in infancy .- Otis H. (6), b. May 14, 1826 .- (By 2d marriage) Romanzo f., b. July 9, 1841 ; m., May 15, 1870, Sarah M., dau. of Benj. B. Faulkner (2). Mechanic in Chfd .- George D., b. Aug. 20, 1842 ; m., Apr. 27, 1873, Nancy A. Burns, of Walpole. Res. at present in Chfd. Has 3 ch. : Geo. Burton, b. Aug. 4, 1874 ; Ida B., b. Feb. 7. 1877 : Agnes D., b. Nov. 2, 1879.
4. NOYES, son of Rhodolphus (2), m. Thirza L., dau. of Elijah Walton (3), and who d. July 9, 1848. He d. in Ill., Nov. 27, 1838.
Ch .: Thirza C., b. Apr. 5, 1828 ; m., 1848, Daniel E. Burt (4) .- Noyes R., b. Apr. 25, 1830 ; d. May 8, 1855 .- Otis M., b. May 27, 1833 .- Mary Ann S., b. Jan. 10, 1836; m. Winslow Myers Res in Cal.
5. HORACE, son of Rhodolphus' (2) m .. ist, Miranda, dau. of Silas Herrick (2), and who d. Oct. 10, 1849; 2d, Jane Mar- meir, of Wmd., d. Feb. 8, 1877, a. 80. Resided in Chfd. He d. Mar. 8, 1860.
Ch. : Persis M., b. Sept. 12, 1827 ; m. Alonzo Wilson, now of Chfd .- Horace P. (7), b. Jan. 18, 1830 .-. Fames W. (8), b. Sept. 19, 1834 .- Cordelia L., b. June 3, 1836; m. Henry N. Stone, of Keene .- Sarah A., b. Aug. 2, 1838 ; m. John L. Houghton, of Walpole .- Elizabeth A., b. Mar. 21, 1841 ; m. John H., son of John P. Henry (3) .- Marcia A., b. Nov. I, 1843 ; m. Selden S. Aldrich. of Keene .- George F., b. Oct. 27, 1847; m., ist, Eva Stone, of Boston Highlands, Mass. ; 2d, Viola Hobart, of Hartford, Conn. Provisions-dealer in Boston.
HORACE P., son of Horace (5), m., July 4, 1852, Syrena, dau. of Ebenezer Perry, of Keene. Farmer in Chfd.
Ch. : Charles M., b. July 21, 1853 .- Frank E., b. Oct. 27, 1854 .- Andrew, d. a. 5 .- Martha f., b, Feb. 28, 1862 .-- Addie H., b. Mar. 8, 1865 .- William W., b. Jan. 5, 1868 .- Emma M., b. Jan. 4, 1870.
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8. JAMES W., son of Horace (5), m., Nov. 9, 1856, Widow Lydia (Perry) Field. Farmer in Chfd.
Ch. : Ella M., b. Sept. 7, 1857 ; m. Horace S., son of Wm. Lincoln (q. v )-Annie D., b. Oct. 4, 1859 ; m., Feb. 2, 1877, Ellis D., son of Lyman Royce (q. v.) ; d. Aug. 2, 1877 .-- Flora M., b. Apr. 28, 1862 .- Alice A., b. Apr. 24, 1864 .- Hattie E., b. May 12, 1866 .- Edgar f., b. Oct. 13, 1868.
6. OTIS H., son of Rhodolphus (2), m., Nov. 13, 1848, Maria N., dau. of Jona. Hill, of Swzy., and who was b. Aug., 1826. Res. in Chfd.
Ch. : Stella M., b. June 6, 1850 ; d. June 16, 1868 .- Frank O , b. Sept. 14, 1852 .- Lilla G., b. Feb. 12, 1857 ; d. Feb. 23, 1864 .- Herbert W., b. Jan. 18, 1859; d. Dec. 18, 1862. -Mary E., b. Jan. 28, 1864 ; m., Mar. 18, 1882, Elias E., son of Jona. F. Wheeler (7) .- Alice G., b. Oct. 20, 1865 .- Emma A., b. Nov. 3, 1867 .- Nora C., b. Sept. 16, 1869.
3. LYMAN, son of Waitstill (1), m. Betsey Mason. He is said to have rem , after his father's death, to one of the Western States.
Ch .: Fanny, m. Rufus, son of Richard Hopkins (1) .- Betsey, m., 1821, James Thompson .- Harriet, m., 1822, Josiah, son of Ebenezer Cheney (q. v.)-Roxana .- Maria, m. Benj. Gorton .- Lyman.
SCOVILL, EBENEZER, was in Chfd. in 1789. His wife was Mersilve -. His name disappears about 1799. Two ch. were recorded : Ebenezer, b. Aug 29, 1789 .- Maria b. May 1, 1791.
SECOMBE, WILLIS, was here in 1785. His wife was Mary -, d. July 24, 1816, in her 65th year. He d. Dec. 15, 1790, in his 50th year.
Ch. : Polly, b. July 12, 1778 ; d. Mar. 15, 1808 .- Betsey, b. Sept. 23, 1784 ; d. Apr. 20, 1850.
SHATTUCK, JONATHAN, m. Mehitable -, and had a dau., Harriet, b. July 31, 1797.
SHAW, MARSHALL B., son of Ansil and Lydia Shaw, b. in New Salem, Mass., Aug. 3, 1815, m., Ist, Sept. 21, 1837, Al- menia, dau. of John and Rhoda Howard, of Wincr., and who
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was b. Nov. 16, 1813, and d. Aug. 23, 1856; 2d, Apr. 28, 1857, Lenora P., dau. of Elam and Elizabeth Russell, of Green- wich, Mass., and who was b. Dec. 24, 1822. He has been a farmer in Chfd. for about 45 years.
Ch. : Mary A., b. June 20, 1838 ; m., Nov., 1862, Zenas W. Perry, of Putney, Vt .- John M., b. May 5, 1840; m. ist, Mary J., dau. of Amos Willard, of Wincr. ; 2d, - Bol- ton, of Wincr .- Rhoda M., b. July 24, 1842 ; m., Nov. 26, 1872, Chas. B., son of Amherst Lewis (2) .- Elvira H , b. June 14, 1845 ; m., Nov. 12, 1869, Charles L., son of Jabez . Puffer (q. v.)-Emma A., b. Aug. 19, 1849; m., Jan. 28, IS74, Chas. W., son of Jonathan W. Taylor (2) .- Ansil, b. Sept. 30, 1847 ; d. Aug. 8, 1848 .- Elsie E., b. Sept. 9, 1852 ; m., Apr., 1875, Geo. L. Kinne, of Brownington, Vt .- Fennie L., b. Mar. 21, 1855 ; m., Jan., 1875, Benj. C. Snow, of Swzy. -- Della L., b. Feb. 10, 1858 .- Ira A., b. Nov. 30, 1859.
SHURTLEFF.
1. WILLIAM SHURTLEFF, son of John and Sarah (Carver) Shurt- leff, b. Apr. 7, 1730, m., 1755, Hannah Cady, d. in Chfd., June 21, 1803. He was a descendant of William Shurtleff, who, in 1643, was a resident of Plymouth, Mass. He came to Chfd. from Ellington, Conn., in 1787. He d Dec. 25, ISOI. Two of his nine ch. were Asahel (2). b May 25, 1757, and Roswell, b. Aug. 29, 1773.
At the age of about 19 years, Roswell entered Chesterfield Academy, where he studied Latin, going through Ross's gram- mar in just two weeks. One of his mates at the Academy was Levi Jackson, who was afterwards his classmate and room- mate at Dartmouth College. After a while he took up the study of Greek, and went through the "Westminster Greek Grammar" in one week. In 1797, he and Jackson entered Dartmouth two years in advance, and graduated in 1799. From 1800 to '04, he was tutor in that college ; from '04 to '27, pro- fessor of divinity ; from '27 to '38, professor of moral philoso- phy and political economy. For nearly twenty years he was also college preacher, and pastor of the church on Hanover Plain. He was a man of great intellectual force, an excellent
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teacher, and a devoted friend to all young men who were striv- ing to obtain an education. He d. at Hanover, Feb. 4, 1861, in his 88th year.
2. ASAHEL, son of William (1), m. Sarah Dewey, and lived a while in Ellington, Conn., but came to Chfd. in 1789 or '90. He rem. to Rindge probably between 1806 and '12, where he d. Mar. 24, 1830. Selectman 1795, 1800, 1801.
Ch. : Anna, b. Jan. 17, 1784 .- Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1786 ; unm .- Asahel D., b. Sept. 8, 1789 ; m., 1823, Eliza M. Morse. of Winchendon, Mass. He was a physician in Rindge. He d. Nov. 8, 1843 .- Sophia, b. May 17, 1792 ; m. Thomas In- galls, of Rindge .- Miranda, b. Nov. 6, 1794; unm .; d. in Rindge, Oct. 9, 1873 .- Roswell, b. Aug. 15, 1797 .- Maria, b. June 4, ISoo ; m. Joel Raymond, of Rindge.
SIMONDS, WILLIAM, 1770-about 1800; WILLIAM, Second (or Junior), 1797 -- about 1800 ; GUSTAVUS, about 1800-'36.
SKINNER, ALANSON, son of Timothy Skinner, of Wmd., came to Chfd. between 1815 and '19, and remained here till about 1826. His wife was Polly -, and the following ch. were b. in this town : Horace, b. Sept. 27, 1820; Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1822 ; James, b. Nov. 19, 1824.
SKINNER, BARTON, son of Timothy Skinner, of Wmd .; b. Dec. 19, ISO1, resided in Chfd. from IS53 till Apr., 1863. Manu- facturer at Factory Village. (See p. 159). Representative 1857, '58. He d. in Keene, to which place he rem. from Chfd., Feb. 11, 1865.
SMITH.
I. MOSES SMITH, from whom nearly all the Smiths of Chfd. have descended, may have been a descendant of Rev. Henry Smith who came to America probably in 1635, and was settled in the ministry at Weathersfield, Conn., in 1640. In the "His- tory of Northfield, Mass.," by Messrs. Temple and Sheldon, one of the descendants of Rev. Henry Smith, namely, Moses Smith, is thus described : "Of Ashfield 1753 ; ens. ; of Hins- dale 1761-64; had sons, Moses and Aaron." This descrip- tion answers very well, in some respects, to that of the Moses Smith who settled in Chfd. ; but the genealogy from which the
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above quotation is taken contains discrepancies of so serious a nature (assuming that the Moses Smith of Chfd. was identical with the one described above) that the question of identity may be regarded as still open.
Moses Smith, the first settler of Chfd., was of Leicester, Mass., in 1738, where he owned land purchased of John Nobles, of Norwich, Conn. In 1761, he was of Hins., as was stated in the deed of the land which he purchased in Chfd. that year. (For an account of the first settlement made by him and Wm. Thomas in the month of November, 1761, see pp. 36, 37). His wife was Elizabeth -, d. July 20, 1777, in her 61st year. Selectman 1771, '72. The inscription on his gravestone is as follows: "In memory of Ensign Moses Smith, the first settler in Chesterfield, who departed this life Dec. ye 30th, 1785, in ye 75th year of his age."
Ch .: Elizabeth, m. (probably) Abel Emmons (q. v.)- Mary, b. about 1736; m. William Thomas (q. v.) ; d. Feb. 4, 1813 .- Aaron (2), b. about 1740 .- Moses (3), b. about 1743 .- Amos (4), b. about 1749 .- Joseph (5), b. Mar. 26, 1752 .- Benjamin (6), b. May 25, 1754 .- Reuben (7), b. about 1758.
2. AARON, son of Moses (1), m. Bathsheba -- , d. Apr. 22. IS15, in her 69th year. He came to Chfd. with his father, and settled in the north-west corner of the town, on the farm lately owned and occupied by Eli Taft. He was a soldier of the Revolution. He d. June 6, 1819.
Ch. : Sarah, b. May 10, 1765 ; m. Benjamin Kingsbury .- Aaron (S), b. Aug. 4, 1771 .- Polly, m. Abel, son of Abraham Farr (1) .- Maner (9).
S. AARON, son of Aaron (2), m. Elizabethi, dau. of Thomas Dun- ham (1), and who d. Jan. 26, 1863. Resided in Chfd. He d. July 8, 1837.
Ch. : Betsey, m. Russell Farr (3) ; d. Sept 20, 1836, in her 44th year .- Fanny, m. 1814, Waldo Chency, son of Perley Harris (3) : d. in Geneva, Ohio, Oct. 30, ISSI, a. nearly 86. -Roxana, b. July 24, 1797 ; m., 1819, Pardon Davis (11) ; d. Oct. 9, 1876 .- Aaron (10) .- Asa (11), b. May 14, 1804 .-
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Maner (12), b. Nov. 11, 1810 .- Elmira, b. Mar. 25, 1817 ; m. George Smith (14). [Two others, Thomas and Clarinda, d. in infancy. ]
IO. AARON, son of Aaron (S), m., 1826, Nancy Tyler. Rem. to Sutton, Vt., about 1830, but d. in Westmore, Vt.
Ch. : Elmira, m. Edwin Abbott .- Moses, unm .- Melissa, m. Wm. Dunsire .- Martha, m. Henry Newton .- Eliza, m. John Pierce.
II. ASA, son of Aaron (S), m., Nov. 2, 1825, Jerusha, dau. of James Snow (4). Resided in Chfd. Stone-mason and farm- er. Selectman 1854. He d. Apr. 25, 18SI.
Ch. : Laura f., b. Mar. 20, 1826; m., May 7, 1845, Ora F. Snow (10) .- Fanny Melissa, b. Aug. 12, 1827 ; m., May 10, 1855, Geo. W. Johnson (3) .- Elizabeth D., b. July 20, 1831 ; m. Ist., Feb. 29, 1852, Moses N. Smith (25) ; 2d, Sept. 28, 1871, Dwight W. Stearns, of Hins .- Oscar F., b. July 12, 1837 ; d. Mar. 26, 1841 .- fay A., b. Aug. 5, 1842 ; unm. Farmer in Chfd.
12. MANER, son of Aaron (S), m., Mar. 27, 1830, Lynda, dau. of Samuel Dutton, Jr., of Dum., and who was b. Feb. 27, 1812. Res. in Dum.
Ch. : Caroline M., b. Sept. 9, 1831 ; m., Mar. 29, 1853, Horace D. Smith (26) .- Helen A., b. Mar. 22, 1833 ; m., May 28, 1862, George Bemis, of Paxton, Mass. Res. in Northampton, Mass .- Emily A., b. Dec. 22, 1839 ; m., July 12, 1862, Camden M. Smith, a native of Georgia. Res. in Brat. -Fred G., b. May 3, 1843 ; m., Dec. 30, 1880, Jennie (Park- er) Tasconer, of Pownal, Vt. Engineer on the Troy and Boston railroad, between North Adams, Mass., and Troy, N. Y .- Frank M., b. Sept. 16, 1846; m., Ist, May 1, 1872, Laurett M. Harrington, d. Mar. 20, 1873 ; 2d, Nov. 12, 1879, Marcie A. Whipple, d. Dec. II, ISSI. Res. in Marlboro, Mass .- Charles D., b. June 6, 1849; m., May 18, 1876, Lucia M. Huntington. Res. in Brat.
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