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20. PELEG WILLIAMS, son of Peleg 19, b. in Providence, R. I., 1740. At the age of fifteen years he served in the French and Indian Wars. About 1762 he settled in Charlestown. He m. Dec. 10, 1765, Sarah Wheeler, b. Sept. 4, 1748, dau. of Moses Wheeler 17 (See). He lived in Charlestown a considerable part of the time until 1781, when he removed to this town. He was a soldier in the Revolution, serving in the siege of Boston, 1775. In his application for a pension it is alleged that he was a quartermaster in Col. Bedel's regiment at Ticonderoga in 1776, but his name does not appear on the regimental rolls. He was commissioned a first lieutenant Nov. 7, 1776, and as- signed to Capt. Jason Wait's company, Col. Joseph Cilley's regiment, of Continental line. The following year he was in this State a short time gathering recruits for the regiment; but in the summer of 1777 he was with the army in the retreat from Ticonderoga, and in the victories over Burgoyne in the autumn of that year. Again he was furloughed on recruiting service, and returning to the army, he resigned at Valley Forge, Pa., May 10, 1778. He was an educated, capable man, and his employment in town affairs is stated in Vol- ume I .; but he was captious and choleric, and often in contention with his neighbors and family. In fact, he did not adjust his do- mestic affairs with sagacity or with a reasonable expectation of serenity. A few years previous to the Revolution he visited his native State, and there, unmindful of his wife and babes at Charles- town, he m. in Johnston, R. I., Feb. 3, 1771, Rhoda Winsor, b. May 13, 1747, dau. of Elder Samuel Winsor. The conditions did not invite the essential elements of domestic felicity. It is tradition that for a few years the two wives were in this town, each having a home with their children. The wife Rhoda returned to Rhode Island, where she d. 1796. The wife Sarah was a resolute, brawny woman, equally steadfast in attack or defence. Lieut. Williams was occasionally absent from town, and if he and the wife Sarah did not always enjoy a peaceful home, they existed in one household in this town nearly forty years. He d. while on a journey to collect his pen- sion, in March, 1821. The wife Sarah obtained a widow's pension, and lived in this town to an advanced age. She d. Dec. 24, 1843. The gravestone asserts that she was 99 years, 3 months, and 9 days of age. The date of her birth is recorded Old Style, and making the required correction of eleven days, her age at death was 95 years, 3 months, 9 days. Of the children there is no satisfactory record. The available evidence establishes the presence of the following, -
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i. PEGGY, m. Caleb Hopkinson (See).
ii. PROVIDENCE, m. July 15, 1789, Abigail Hazeltine; removed about 1810 to Canada.
iii. DAUGHTER, d. unm. in this town.
iv. MARGARET, m. . - Page; m. second, Joseph Du Clarette. One child : Joseph Peter, b. L. May 8, 1799.
v. SMITH, resided in this town several years and by tradition was a son of Lieut. Peleg Williams. In absence of proof there remains only an in- ference that possibly he was a son of Timothy and Hannah (Smith) Williams of Springfield, Vt.
WILLIS.
1. CYRUS WILLIS, son of Samuel, b. in Hanover in 1816. m. Jan. 21, 1851, Sarah Gotham, dau. of Levi Frank Ranlett (See), b. in Lan- caster, July 27, 1831. She m. second, Collins M. Buchanan (See). Cyrus res. in L. from 1849 until he d., Jan. 3, 1860. Stage-driver. Whig. Deputy sheriff, 1858.
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i. FREEMAN CYRUS, b. L. Sept. 20, 1853. 2.
2. FREEMAN CYRUS WILLIS, son of Cyrus 1, b. in L. Sept. 20, 1853. m. May 1, 1873, Lizzie Rogers, dau. of Frank Chase, b. in Plymouth in 1856, d. in Laconia, March 7, 1887. He res. in L. from birth to 1870. Hotel-keeper. Democrat. Ch., -
i. LYMAN CYRUS, b. Plymouth, Dec. 14, 1876.
ii. FRANK BUCHANAN, b. Plymouth, March 11, 1878.
iii. HARRIET ELISE, b. Campton, Dec. 4, 1881.
iv. ALLAN SHELDON, b. Campton, Nov. 8, 1883.
Y. SAMUEL SANFORD, b. Laconia, Jan. 24, 1887.
WILMOT.
1. ROSWELL EDWARD WILMOT, son of Harvey J., b. in Wheelock, Vt., Sept. 15, 1856. m. Oct. 15, 1883, Helen Rebecca, dau. of Frederic Hibbard, b. in L. July 5, 1856. He has res. in L. since 1875. Ex- press agent. Republican. Fire ward, 1888-9. I. O. O. F. Ch., -
i. Ross HIBBARD, b. Lisbon, Sept. 7, 1884.
ii. HAROLD DUDLEY, b. L. Feb. 15, 1887.
iii. MERRILL MAGOON, b. L. Dec. 19, 1893.
WILSON.
1. ADAMS BROCK WILSON, son of Adams, b. in Newbury, Vt., March 8, 1842. m. Nov. 18, 1866, Luella Melissa, dau. of William Little (See), b. in Lyman, Feb. 7, 1841. She went to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1870, and taught in the city schools, and was Superintendent. She resigned in 1889 to establish a school for young ladies in Paris, France. She is now teaching in Chicago, Ill., Cong. He was edu- cated in Newbury, Vt., Seminary, and Middletown, Conn., University, and commenced the study of medicine, regular school, in 1863. He attended three courses of lectures at Dart. and Burlington, Vt., Medi-
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cal Coll., grad. from Dart. in the fall of 1866, and commenced practice in L. in 1867, where he continued until he d., Aug. 31, 1869. Cong. A. F. and A. M. No ch.
WILSON.
2. WILLIAM DEXTER WILSON, son of William, b. in Stoddard, Feb. 28, 1816. Grad. of Cambridge Divinity School, 1838. Became an eminent minister, and served the Unitarian society in this town about 1839-40. An address before the Littleton Anti-Slavery Society was published in pamphlet form. In 1842 he took orders in the Epis- copal Church, and, beginning 1850, he was eighteen years Professor of Philosophy in Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y. He was then called to a similar chair in Cornell University. He was subsequently Professor in St. Andrew's School of Divinity, Syracuse, N. Y., where he still resides as Professor Emeritus. He has been a voluminous writer in the field of mathematics, logic, metaphysics, and religion. D.D., LL.D., L.H.D. He married, and a son is Dean of St. Andrew's School of Theology.
WINCH.
1. NATHAN WINCH, son of Thomas and Deborah (Gleason) Winch, b. in Framingham, Mass., Nov. 9, 1737. He m. Thankful Gibbs, of Sudbury ; m. second, Feb. 2, 1769, Abigail Brown. He lived in Framingham, was a lieutenant, and d. Sept. 2, 1803. Thirteen ch., only three of whom need be named in this connection.
x. LUCY, b. 1777; bap. Nov. 2. m. John Palmer (See). xii. ABEL, b. March 15, 1780.
2. xiii. JOEL, b. Nov. 25, 1783.
2. JOEL WINCH, son of Nathan 1, b. in Framingham, Mass., Nov. 25, 1783. m. May 6, 1806, Sally Sessions, of Weymouth. He settled in Bethlehem, 1806, where he d. Oct. 2, 1879. Among his eight children were Dr. Albert Winch, of Whitefield, and other sons suc- cessful in business, only one of whom has resided in L.
3. JOHN C. WINCH, son of Joel ?, b. in Bethlehem, May 16, 1824. m. Aug. 16, 1849, Fannie J., dau. of Roswell Carleton, b. in White- field, April 16, 1830. He owned a summer res. in L., and res. in L. summers from 1882 to 95 inc. Capitalist. Free Baptist. Repub- lican. d. in N. Y. City, March 17, 1896.
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i. MAIE C., b. Bethlehem, July 17, 1850. m. Dec. 12, 1867, Albert L. Thompson, ice-dealer. res. N. Y. City.
ii. CARRIE W., b. Bethlehem, Oct. 25, 1852. m. George Alfred Keyes (See).
iii. JOHN C., b. N. Y. City, Feb. 7, 1870, d. N. Y. City, April 22, 1874.
WINSLOW.
1. JAMES ANCRUM WINSLOW, son of John Ancrum, late Rear Ad- miral U. S. Navy, b. in Boston, Mass., April 29, 1839. unm. He was educated in the Boston public schools, Roxbury Latin School, and grad.
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from Harvard Coll. in 1859. He studied law in the University of Va. Law School, 1859 to April, 1861, when the outbreak of the war pre- vented his completing the course. He was admitted to the Bar in the Superior Court, Boston, Mass., Sept. 3, 1861. He was located in practice in Boston, Mass., 1862, to Oct. 1867, and a member of the firm of Woodside & Winslow, 1862 ; L., from Oct. 1867, to May, 1868. He was admitted to the N. Y. Bar in Binghamton, N. Y., May 12, 1869, where he practised until he d., June 27, 1892. His published writings comprise frequent contributions on legal, political, critical, and literary topics published in newspapers in Boston, Mass., L., Binghamton, and other places in N. Y. J. P. Private 4th Mass. Battalion when called into service, May, 1862; First Lieut. 2d Regt. Mass. V. M., 1864, to May, 1865. Episcopal. (Bell's Bench and Bar, p. 757.)
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WISE.
1. DANIEL WISE, son of Daniel, b. in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng., Jan. 10, 1813. m. Aug. 1836, Sarah Ann, dau. of Richard Hill, b. in Portsea, Eng., Aug. 1812, d. in Englewood, N. J., Jan. 8, 1890. He was educated in the Portsmouth, Eng., Grammar School, and began study- ing theological books in 1831. He never attended Coll., but has received the honorary degrees of A. M. and D. D. from Wesleyan University. He was licensed as a local Methodist preacher in 1834 ; ordained Deacon by Bishop Waugh in Lynn, Mass., in 1839; Elder by Bishop Morris in Boston, Mass., in 1843. He was located as a Metho- dist clergyman as follows : L., Lyman, and Bath, 1834-5; Haverhill, 1835; Lisbon and Haverhill, 1836; Hingham, Mass., 1837; Quincy, Mass., 1838; Ipswich, Mass., 1840-2; Springfield, Mass., 1843; no charge, 1844; Nantucket, Mass., 1845-6; Providence, R. I., 1846-7 ; Fall River, Mass., 1848-9; New Bedford, Mass., 1850-1. He then took up editorial work and was editor of the "Sunday School Messenger," Boston, 1838 to 44; " Ladies' Pearl,". Lowell, Mass., 1840 to 42; "New England Diadem " (temperance), Providence, R. I., 1846-7; "Zion's Herald," Boston, 1852 to 56; "Sunday School Advocate," New York, 1856 to 72; "Sunday School Teachers' Journal," 1860 to 68; " Good News," 1860 to 72; "Forrester's Boys' and Girls' Magazine," Boston, Mass., 1853 to 56; "The Methodist Review," 1887-8. He was also a frequent contributor to "The Ladies' Repository," Cincinnati, and " The National Repository," New York. Since 1872 he has taken a "supernumerary " position, writing much for various papers, also writing a large number of books, among which may be mentioned: Under the nom de plume of Francis For- rester, Esq., "My Uncle Toby's Library," 12 vols. ; " Glen Morris Stories," 5 vols. ; " Holleyrood Stories," 6 vols. Under the nom de plume of Lawrence Lancewood, Esq., "The Lindendale Stories," 5 vols. His writings include subjects in history, biography, travels, religion, morals, education, literature, advice to youth, and juvenile literature. Between the years 1840 and 91, sixty-nine volumes ·were published of his writings, and the aggregate sale of them was over half a million copies. He res. in L. from 1833 to 37 as teacher and local preacher; d. in Englewood, N. J.
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i. THEODORE DANIEL, b. Quincy, Mass., Aug. 22, 1838, d. Boston, Mass., Aug. 1839.
ii. SARAH LUELLA, b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 1839. res. Englewood, N. J.
iii. JENNIE E., b. Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 17, 1842. m. June 7, 1866, Donald Mackay, banker. res. Englewood, N. J.
iv. CAROLINE LOUISA, b. West Bloomfield, N. J., Aug. 30, 1844, d. N. Y. City, Jan. 18, 1845.
WITHAM.
1. EDWIN ERASTUS WITHAM, son of Isaiah, b. in Bradford, Me., Dec. 22, 1850. m. Nov. 27, 1873, Clara Bonetta, dau. of John B. Horn, b. in Milan, May 31, 1856. He has res. in L. since 1889. Supt. of lumber mills. Democrat.
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i. HARRY HOWARD, b. Feb. 21, 1876. Drew Theo. Seminary, 1899.
ii. ROBERT WILSON, b. July 19, 1881.
iii. GUY CLIFTON, b. Dec. 15, 1883.
WOODRUFF.
1. JOHN E. WOODRUFF, son of George W., b. in Burke, Vt., Aug. 29, 1857. m. Feb. 25, 1891, Hepsy, dau. of Jeremy Bartlett, b. in Westfield, N. Y., Dec. 1860. He has res. in L. since 1895. Meat- dealer. Unitarian. A. F. and A. M. No ch.
2. DWIGHT L. WOODRUFF, son of George W., b. in Burke, Vt., March 14, 1870. m. Oct. 14, 1896, Clara K., dau. of Arthur P. Rowe, b. in Campton, Jan. 31, 1877, Cong. He has res. in L. since 1896. Meat-dealer. Democrat. Ch., -
i. KINGSLEY PHILIP, b. L. Nov. 13, 1897.
WOODS.
1. ANDREW WOODS, an Irish Presbyterian of the race commonly styled Scotch-Irish, with his wife came from the north of Ireland soon after the Revolution and settled in Bath. He was a prosperous farmer and a man of recognized ability and excellent character. James Calhoun (See), who settled in Lyman, came from the same locality in Ireland.
2. ANDREW SALTER WOODS, son of Andrew 1, b. in Bath, June 2, 1803. m. Jan. 7, 1830, Eliza, dau. of James Hutchins, b. in Bath, July 2, 1801, d. in Bath, Jan. 7, 1892. He grad. from Dart. Coll. in 1825, and immediately commenced the study of law with Ira Goodall, and was admitted to the Bar in Oct. 1828. He formed a partnership with Mr. Goodall, which continued until Oct. 1840, when he was appointed As- sociate Justice of the Supreme Court; in March, 1855, he was made Chief Justice, which office he held until the reorganization of the court about a year later, when he resigned, and, forming a partnership with his son Edward (See), and Harry and George A. Bingham (See),
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resumed practice under the firm name of Woods & Bingham, with two offices, one in Bath, the other in L. In June, 1862, he formed a part- nership with his son Edward, which continued until he d. in Bath, June 20, 1863. In 1852 Dart. Coll. gave him the degree of LL.D. Cong. Democrat. (The Bench and Bar of N. H., Bell, p. 97. Child's Grafton Co. Gazetteer, p. 63. Memorial Address by Hon. Harry Bingham, G. and C. Bar Assn., Vol. I. p. 609.)
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i. ELIZA ISABEL, b. Nov. 1, 1830. m. George Azro Bingham (See).
ii. REBECCA NEWELL, b. Feb. 22, 1833. m. Jan. 28, 1868, Thomas James Marsh Smith, printer. He d. Boston, Mass., Feb. 1892.
3. iii. EDWARD, b. Oct. 24, 1835.
iv. CATHERINE JANE, b. Sept. 25, 1837, d. May 7, 1860.
V. HARRIET JAMESON, b. July 5, 1840, d. Sept. 26, 1863.
vi. HELEN ADELAIDE, b. Dec. 22, 1842, d. March 7, 1843.
vii. ANDREW SALTER, b. March 1, 1845, d. Sept. 26, 1847.
3. EDWARD WOODS, son of Andrew Salter 3, b. in Bath, Oct. 24, 1835. m. April 2, 1863, Mary, dau. of John L. Carleton, b. in Bath, Nov. 20, 1843. He was educated in the public schools of Bath, Phillips Exe- ter Academy, and Dart. Coll., from which he grad. in 1856. He com- menced the study of law with his father in 1856, and was admitted to the Bar at Haverhill in 1859, then came to L. as a member of the firm of Woods & Bingham, where he remained until 1862, then re- turned to Bath and formed a partnership with his father, which con- tinued until his father's death in 1863. Since then he has practised alone in Bath. Democrat. Representative from Bath, 1873 4. Col. on Gov. Weston's staff, 1874. Town Treasurer many years. State Senator, 1892. (Book of Biographies, Grafton Co., p. 52.) Ch., b. in Bath, -
i. EDWARD, b. Jan. 15, 1864, d. Aug. 29, 1865.
ii. KATHERINE E., b. Dec. 12, 1865. m. Oct. 14, 1891, Amos N. Blandin, manager of Bath Lumber Co. Ch., Catherine Eliza, b. Dec. 11, 1892.
iii. THOMAS SMITH, b. May 21, 1868. m. Nov. 11, 1891, Isabella Batchelder. Printer. res. Boston, Mass. Ch., Dorothea C., b. July 30, 1893, Thomas Smith, b. Nov. 11, 1896.
iv. ANDREW SALTER, b. Dec. 31, 1874. Clerk. res. Boston, Mass.
WOODS.
4. FRANCIS WOODS, son of Francis, b. in Canada, Aug. 20, 1853. m. Oct. 13, 1883, Celia, dau. of Alfred Thompson, b. in Lunenburg, Vt., June 4, 1869. He has res. in L. since 1889. Farmer. Democrat. Ch., -
i. MAMIE, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., June, 1885, d. May, 1886.
WOODWARD.
1. GEORGE F. WOODWARD, son of Nicholas, b. in Sutton, Mass., June, 1836. m. Ellen, dau. of Peter Garey, b. in Stanbridge, P. Q., June 7, 1838. He res. in L. from 1874 until he d., Jan. 23, 1892. Axe-maker. Ch., b. in East Douglas, Mass., -
i. ELLA M., b. April 23, 1858. m. Robert Morrison Dow (See).
ii. NETTIE F., b. Jan. 12, 1862. m. John W. Kelley (See).
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WOODWARD.
2. JOHN WOODWARD, son of William, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 26, 1842. m. Oct. 18, 1866, Malvina Augusta, dau. of John C. Putnam, b. in Amherst, Aug. 15, 1846. He has res. in L. since 1881. Board sawyer. Republican. Co. D, 1st Vt. Cav., and Co. F, 2d N. H. Inf. Private. G. A. R. I. O. O. F.
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i. MARY JANE, b. Berlin, Aug. 1, 1869. m. Luther Joseph Crane (See).
ii. GERTRUDE BELL, b. Carroll, March 20, 1871. m. Sept. 20, 1892, George G. Prescott, sign-painter. res. Concord.
iii. EMELY ELIZABETH, b. Berlin, May 19, 1874.
iv. JOHN PUTNAM, b. Gorham, Oct. 10, 1877, d. L. July 11, 1895.
WOOLSON.
1. THOMAS WOOLSON, b. 1626 or 7, of Newton, Mass. m. Nov. 20, 1660, Sarah Hyde, h. May 19, 1644, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Temper- ance Hyde, of Newton. He settled in the part of Watertown, Mass., now Weston; was the owner of considerable land, and an innholder, 1686 to 1708. Selectman, 1699, 1700, 1702, 1703. He d. in Sudbury, Mass., April 5, 1713; she d. Sept. 11, 1721. Both are buried in Weston.
2. JOSEPH WOOLSON, son of Thomas 1, b. Nov. 16, 1667. He was a farmer in Weston, and had care of the meeting-house there. His wife Hannah d. April 30, 1721. He d. May 16, 1755. Six ch.
3. JOSEPH WOOLSON, son of Joseph ?, b. Dec. 13, 1699. m. 1726 (pub. March 19), Elizabeth Upham, dau. of Thomas Upham, of Read- ing, Mass. m. second, Nov. 3, 1761, Grace (Harrington) Gregory, b. Aug. 1, 1714, dau. of Benjamin and Grace (Allen) Harrington and widow of Isaac Gregory of Weston. He was constable of Weston, 1761. He d. Oct. 15, 1766.
4. ASA WOOLSON, son of Joseph ', b. in Weston, Mass., Aug. 2, 1727. m. June 1, 1762, Elizabeth Knight, b. in Woburn, Mass., July 3, 1736. He lived a few years in Weston, and removed to Townsend, 1766, and two years later to the adjoining town of Lunenburg, Mass., where he d. April 18, 1789.
5. ELIJAH WOOLSON, son of Asa ", b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 1, 1769. m. Sept. 7, 1797, Rebecca Batchellor, b. Nov. 12, 1776, dau. of Lieut. Nehemiah and Lucy (Hayward) Batchellor, and a sister of Isaac Batchellor of Bethlehem (See). She d. Oct. 10, 1814. He m. second, Sept. 1, 1815, Nancy Little, of Lyman, b. Aug. 9, 1783. He lived in Bethlehem and in Lisbon. Late in life he lived with his only daughter in Massena and Hogansburg, N. Y., where he d. April, 1836. Among his eight sons were (1) Elijah S., named below; (2) Amos, who m. Hannah D. Temple, dau. of Enos Temple; these are the parents of Hon. Augustus A. Woolson and Charles D. Woolson, of Lisbon ; (3) Silas B. Woolson, of Newark, Ohio; (4) Ira K. Woolson, of Ohio.
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6. ELIJAH SABIN WOOLSON, son of Elijah 5, b. in Bethlehem, Aug. 8, 1801. m. Sept. 16. 1824, Hannah, dau. of Rev. Ozias Savage (See), b. in Lisbon, Jan. 27, 1804, Cong. He res. in L. from 1832 to 38, and from 1840 until he d., May 22, 1874. Merchant tailor. Demo- crat. Town Clerk, 1842-3 4-5. Fire ward, 1844. J. P. A. F. and A. M. I. O. O. F. Mrs. Woolson resides with her daughter, Mrs. Brown, in Springfield, Vt.
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7. i. SABIN CLARK, b. Lisbon, July 3, 1825.
ii. REBECCAH, b. Lisbon, April 19. 1827, d. Nov. 25, 1832.
iii. WILLIAM COOLEDGE, b. Sandwich, Feb. 13, 1829. Jeweller. d. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 28, 1854.
8. iv. GEORGE STORRS, b. Sandwich, Jan. 10, 1831.
v. OZIAS SAVAGE, b. L. Nov. 10, 1833, d. L. Jan. 13, 1852.
vi. FANNIE SAVAGE, b. Lisbon, March 10, 1839. m. Feb. 4, 1863, Adna Brown, manufr. res. Springfield, Vt.
vii. LLEWELLA, b. L. Sept. 22, 1841. m. Francis Fletcher Hodgman (See).
9. viii. HARRY HIBBARD, b. L. June 23, 1848.
7. SABIN CLARK WOOLSON, son of Elijah Sabin ", b. in Lisbon, July 3, 1825. m. Sept. 18, 1848, Lydia, dau. of Dudley Burnside, b. in Northumberland, Nov. 25, 1827, Cong. He res. in L. from 1838 to 1856. Merchant tailor. He removed to Montpelier, Vt., where he was successful in business and esteemed as a citizen. He d. Aug. 27, 1900. Democrat. A. F. and A. M. K. P. I. O.O. F. Ch., -
i. CLEMENTINE B., b. Lancaster, Feb. 10, 1850. m. May 15, 1878, George E. Taplin, merchant. Shed. Montpelier, Vt., June 26, 1894.
ii. HELEN R., b. Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 22, 1865. m. July 9, 1889, Joseph G. Brown, insurance agent. res. Montpelier, Vt.
8. GEORGE STORRS WOOLSON, son of Elijah Sabin ®, b. in Sandwich, Jan. 10, 1831. m. Sept. 14, 1853, Emma Mary, dau. of Henry Hall, b. in Guildhall, Vt., March 24, 1833, Cong. She m. second, John Farr (See). He res. in L. from 1832 until he d., Oct. 22, 1855. Merchant tailor. Universalist. Democrat. Town Clerk, 1854. I. O. O. F. Ch., -
i. GEORGE SPARKS, b. L. April 6, 1856.
9. HARRY HIBBARD WOOLSON, son of Elijah Sabin ", b. in L. June 23, 1848. m. Feb. 9, 1883, Rose, dau. of Patrick Lynch, b. in More- town, Vt., April 17, 1855. He res. in L. from birth to 1869. Now resides in Boston. Merchant tailor. Democrat. Ch., -
i. MAUD J., b. Wellington, Mass., Jan. 14, 1887.
WOOSTER.
1. JOHN WOOSTER, son of David and Roxana (Willey), b. in Camp- ton, May 23, 1798. m. first, Oct. 10, 1822, Charlotte Babcock, b. March 7, 1807, d. in Blendon, Ohio, Aug. 1, 1829. m. second, in 1832, Fannie Reed, dau. of Brainerd Stebbins, b. in Williamstown, Vt., Aug. 20, 1804, d. in Sutton, Vt., Feb. 26, 1888. He was admitted on trial to the N. H. Methodist Conference in 1830; was ordained Dea. by Bishop Roberts, in Lyndon, Vt., Aug. 12, 1832; and Elder by Bishop Hedding, in
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West Windsor, Vt., Aug. 31, 1834. He was located as a Methodist minister as follows: Sandwich. 1830 ; Milton, 1831; Epping, 1832; Pembroke, 1833; Cabot and Walden, Vt., 1834; Barre, Vt., 1835 ; located, 1836. He was, Oct. 14, 1839, licensed to preach by the Cale- donia, Vt., Cong. Association, and was located as follows : Kirby, Vt., 1839-40; Concord, Vt., 1840-1-2; Granby, Vt., 1843 to 58. From 1858 to 1872 he res. in L. supplying pulpits as his strength per- mitted. Rep. and Postmaster, Granby, Vt. He d. in Sutton, Vt., Dec. 4, 1873.
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i. CHARLOTTE LUCRETIA, b. April 30, 1826. m. May 3, 1846, Norman Alvah Harris, painter. He d. Milford, Mass., May 23, 1885.
ii. DAVID, b. May 25, 1828, d. June 20, 1829.
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iii. FANNIE REED, b. London, Oct. 11, 1833. m. May 11, 1851, George Ashley Appleton, farmer. res. Victory, Vt.
iv. ELLEN MARGARET, b. Marshfield, Vt., Sept. 5, 1836. m. William W. Thompson, farmer. res. West Burke, Vt.
V. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, b. Walden, Vt., Sept. 4, 1839. m. Catherine Lamb. Farmer. res. Wooster, Texas.
2. vi. THEODORE FREELINGHUYSEN, b. Granby, Vt., July 24, 1844.
2. THEODORE FREELINGHUYSEN WOOSTER, son of John1, b. in Granby, Vt., July 24, 1844. m. May 2, 1871, Emiletta Ruby, dau. of Eben Howe, b. in Dalton, Sept. 18, 1851. He res. in L. from 1859 to 1871. Farmer. Co. D, 13th N. H. Inf. Private.
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i. DAN FRANK, b. Nov. 21, 1871, d. Mapleton, Iowa, July 2, 1882.
ii. HARRY FREELINGHUYSEN, b. Aug. 24, 1874. m. March 31, 1894, Addie May Dickerson. Farmer. res. Mapleton, Iowa.
iii. ELLEN MAY, b. Dec. 14, 1876, d. Jan. 18, 1882.
iv. LILLA ESTELLA, b. June 29, 1882. res. Mapleton, Iowa.
WORCESTER.
1. WILLIAM WORCESTER, b. in Eng. m. first, Sarah -, d. in Salisbury, Mass., April 23, 1650. m. second, July 22, 1650, Mrs. Rebecca (Swayne) (Biley) Hall, b. in Eng. about 1616, dau. of Ben- nett Swayne and widow of Henry Biley and of John Hall. She d. in Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 21, 1695. He emigrated to America, and was the first minister of Salisbury, Mass., where he d., Oct. 28, 1662. Cotton Mather, in the "Magnalia," enrolls his name in the list of the . "reverend, learned, and holy divines arriving such from Europe to America, by whose evangelical ministry the churches in America have been illuminated." The General Court say, in an order in ref- erence to the payment of his support, that "they of New Town (now Amesbury) should forbear to content themselves with private help, whilst the Lord pleases to continue so bright a star in their candle- stick." Ten ch. (The Worcester Family, by J. F. Worcester.)
2. SAMUEL WORCESTER, son of William 1, b. in Eng. m. Nov. 29, 1659, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Parrott of Rowley, Mass., b. May 1, 1640. He was a large land-owner in that part of Rowley afterward .
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Bradford, and later incorporated under the name of Groveland. Rep- resentative in Bradford, 1679 to 1681. d., on the way from his home to Boston, in that part of Saugus now Lynn, Mass., Feb. 20, 1680/1. Eleven ch. She m. second, Oct. 29, 1686, Onesiphorus Marsh, son of George Marsh. She d. May 9, 1690.
3. FRANCIS WORCESTER, son of Samuel ?, b. in Rowley. m. Jan. 29, 1690/1, Mary, dau. of Peter Cheney of Newbury, Mass., b. Sept. 2, 1671. She m. second, Dec. 8, 1726, Joseph Eaton of Salisbury. She d. aged 85, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother of 138 chil- dren. Francis d. Dec. 17, 1717. Ten ch.
4. FRANCIS WORCESTER, son of Francis , b. in Bradford, Mass., June 7, 1698. m. first, April 18, 1720, Abigail Carlton of Rowley, Mass., d. July 25, 1774, aged 78. m. second, Mrs. Martin. He was ordained a Cong. minister in Sandwich, Mass., June 18, 1735. d. in Hollis, Oct. 14, 1783. Five ch.
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