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iii. PELITIAH, b. Feb. 25, 1775, and d. March 15, 1776.
iv. WILLIAM, JR., b. Feb. S, 1777.
v. DEBORAN, b. Sept. 9, 1780; m. July 10, 1803, Oliver Jackson of Cornish. Two children. She d. Oct. 14, 1806.
vi. ELIZABETH, twin, b. Oct. 17, 1783.
vii. STEPHEN, twin; b. Oct. 17, 1783, d. Oct. 30, 1783.
viii. AMos, b. March 7, 1786.
ix. NAHUM, b. Aug. 25, 1791.
CHURCHILL.
The Churchills are of English descent. John Churchill came in 1643 to Plymouth, Mass. He m. Dec. 18, 1644, Hannah Pontus and had six children. The generations following are: William2, b. in 1657; m. Jan. 17, 1683, Lydia Bryant. Had eight children. Williams, their eldest son, b. Aug. 2, 1685; m. Jan. 4, 1704, Ruth Bryant. Eleven children. Nathaniel4, their son, b. May 11, 1718; m. June 4, 1741, Susannah McFarland. Seven children. Nathaniel5, b. May 10, 1746; m. Dec. 27, 1770, Deborah Wright. Six children. He served in the Revolution.
1. LEWIS6 CHURCHILL, eldest son of Nathaniel, was b. Dec. 12, 1771, in Plympton, Mass. Came to Cornish soon after 1797. A farmer and car- penter, active and agile even to old age. He d. July 15, 1855, aged 83; m. first, Desire Barker Brewster; m. second, Patty, dau. of Stephen and Keziah Thurston, b. in 1784; m. third, in 1826, Ruth Quimby, b. in 1783 and d. Dec. 7, 1860. Children by first wife, all b. in Cornish except the first two, who were b. in Plymouth:
i. DEBORAH, b. Oct. 22, 1794; d. May 3, 1803.
ii. HOSEA, b. Jan. 18, 1797; m. Oct. 18, 1820, Polly Hardy of Grantham. Lived chiefly in New York. No children.
iii. NATHAN BREWSTER, b. April 17, 1799. Lived in Ia.
iv. LOUIS, b. Jan. 15, 1802; m. April 19, 1849, Mrs. Rosamond (Rickard) Jacobs. Two children. Rem. West and lived in Ia.
V. EDNA, b. Aug. 14, 1804.
vi. DEBORAH, b. March 24, 1807; m. June, 1832, Ansel Barnes of Hard- wick, Mass .; lived in Pelham, Mass. Eight children. She d. Feb. 14, 1868.
vii. NATHANIEL, b. April 12, 1809; m. Maria -. Res. in Penn. and Cal. One dau.
2. viii. BARKER BREWSTER, b. Feb. 4, 1815.
ix. LYDIA, b. June 1, 1819; m. March 26, 1844, Ephraim Nelson. Settled in Croydon. Six children, all b. there. She d. Oct. 9, 1881.
x. EMILY, b. in 1821, and d. at 12 years of age.
xi. A child, b. and d. unnamed in 1827.
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Child by third wife:
xii. SARAH, b. Jan. 28, 1830; m. - , Lemuel Benway of Cornish. One child, Arthur L. (See Benway.) She d. May 12, 1874.
NATHANIEL6 CHURCHILL, youngest brother of Lewise, was b. May 13, 1784, and lived in Grantham (now Cornish). He m. a sister of Tristam Hardy. Had one child, Alice, b. in Cornish, Aug. 5, 1808. He was killed by being thrown from a horse while crossing a brook Jan. 4, 1808, but the gravestone record says he d. on the 29th of same month, aged 24. Was buried in Cornish.
2. BARKER BREWSTER? CHURCHILL (Lewis6, Nathaniels-4, William3-2, Johni) was b. Feb. 4, 1815, in Cornish. A farmer and carpenter; rem. from the farm to the Flat in 1861. He enlisted in the Civil War. (See Military.) After the war he continued at his trade through life. He m. first, in 1842, Mary A. Angier, b. in 1824, and d. May 26, 1861; m. second, Jan. 21, 1867, Mrs. Mary J. (Westgate) Britton, b. May 2, 1831, and d. Aug. 5, 1907. He d. Oct. 15, 1879, aged 64. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. A child, b. March -, 1843, and d. in Aug. of same year.
ii. EDGAR A., b. Aug. 29, 1847. He enlisted in the Civil War with his father. (See Military.) Like all his immediate ancestors, he is a sturdy Democrat and often nominated on that ticket. Has served the town many years as a selectman. He is a farmer and res. on the farm of John and Hannah (Brown) Davis, of which he came into possession through faithful service as their employee. Unm. in 1910.
iii. MARY E., b. April 20, 1850; m. Aug. 29, 1874, Lovell B. George of Newport. Two children.
iv. JENNIE, b. Dec. 31, 1885; m. July 11, 1876, William F. Waite of Worcester, Mass. Five children. She d. May 25, 1891.
Child by second wife:
v. NETTIE B., b. Feb. 20, 1868; m. Sept. 27, 1896, Marvin B. Lindsay of Cornish. Six children (1909). (See Lindsay.)
WINSTON CHURCHILL (Edwards Spaulding, Edwin7, Jamess, Thomas5-4, Barnabas3, Joseph?, John1) from the same emigrant ancestor as the Cornish Churchills, was b. Nov. 10, 1871, in St. Louis, Mo. His father, Edward Spaulding Churchill, was b. April 2, 1846, in Portland, Me., and m. Jan. 30, 1871, Emma B. Blaine who d. soon after the birth of her little son. He was then taken by an aunt, his mother's sister, who brought him up. (See sketch.)
CLARK.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLARK, the son of Hiram and Adaline (Fisher) Clark of Croydon, was b. June 17, 1832. He spent several years in the West engaged in "ranching." Returning East, he came to Cornish in March, 1886. He m. May 12, 1886, Mrs. Cozella (Borden) Hurd, dau. of Albert and Augusta V. (Allen) Borden, b. Sept. 9, 1861. They settled in Cor-
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nish, first in the "Hempyard" for a few years, and afterwards on Cornish Flat. Children, b. in Cornish:
i. FRANK ALBERT, b. Aug. 18, 1887.
ii. ADIN FISHER, b. Nov. 18, 1889.
BENJAMIN CHESMAN CLARK, a son of Samuel and Bathsheba Clark was b. in Plainfield Sept. 22, 1814; m. March 25, 1841, Maria Pratt Bugbee, dau. of Reuben and Lydia (Marsh) Bugbee, b. April 12, 1817; d. Auburn, R. I., Jan. 22, 1905. They came to town soon after their marriage and settled one-third mile south of the Flat, lived here until 1868, when they rem. to Reading (?), Mass. He d. July 7, 18SS. A farmer and generally useful man. Children :
i. ANGELINA MARIA, b. July 15, 1843; d. May 22, 1846.
ii. FLORINDA MARIA, b. June 11, 1847. Graduated Kimball Union Academy in class 1866; m. Nov. 15, 1866, Andrew Jackson Kendall, a dentist. Residence, Auburn and Providence, R. I. Two children. 1. Ernest Andrew Valentine, b. Providence, R. I., Aug. 14, 1867. 2. Flora Mabel, b. Fall River, Mass., Jan. 7, 1871; m. - , Walter D. Niven.
iii. ALPHONSO CHESMAN, b. June 24, 1853; d. Dee. 2, 1857.
iv. ABBY ADELL, b. March 8, 1859; d. July 26, 1860.
THEODA and POLLY CLARK had the following children b. in town:
i. THEODA, a son, b. Aug. 12, 1802, and d. the same day.
ii. ELIZA, b. Aug. 16, 1803.
iii. MARY, b. Sept. 4, 1809.
iv. RACHEL, b. Aug. 5, 1811.
V. DANIEL, b. Nov. 9, 1813.
vi. GEORGE, b. March 21, 1816. It appears that Polly d. soon after the birth of the last child, and Theoda m. second, -, Betty --- , and had one son.
vii. REUBEN, b. July 14, 1818.
CLEMENT.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLEMENT was b. in 1813. Lived in town many years. He'm. first, -, Keziah Williams, dau. of Abijah and Susanna (White) Williams, b. in 1812, and d. Aug. 2, 1838, aged 26. She left two sons. He m. second, Sarah W. Williams, a sister of his former wife, b. in 1819, and d. Sept. 20, 1860. She had three children. Mr. Clement d. June 3, 1851. Children, by first wife (the order may be imperfect) :
i. HENRY, b. -.
ii. DWIGHT, b. ---.
By second wife:
iii. WILLIAM A., b. in 1840. A soldier in the Civil War who d. in the service, Dec. 24, 1864.
iv. ASA, b. -.
v. EDNA S., b. in 1839; d. Nov. 18, 1857.
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COBB.
This family can easily be traced baek 300 years to Henry Cobb1, b. 1586 in the County of Kent, Eng. He came to America in 1629 and was a prominent man in Barnstable, Mass., where he lived and d. He left sixteen children. His eldest son, John?, b. June 7, 1632, in Plymouth, Mass., had eight children. His fourth son, Ebenezer3, b. Aug. 9, 1671, had a family of twelve children, b. in Kingston and Middleboro, Mass. The eldest son, Ebenezer4, was b. in Kingston in a house still standing (1900). Lived 107 years and 8 months, living in three centuries, having been b. in 1694, and dying in 1801. He had eleven children. His eldest son, also named Ebenezers, was parent of seventeen ehil- dren. Of this family two brothers, Francis6 and Ebenezers, both b. in Plympton, Mass., came to Cornish about 1784. Francis had served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution to its close. They bought a tract of land of Esq. Daniel Chase, whercon they settled and spent the remainder of their lives.
They divided the land between themselves and the farms still bear their names. It was then chiefly a traet of wild woodland, but they cleared a portion, and raised wheat, paying for the land in one year. The yield is said to have been 70 bu. to the acre.
1. FRANCIS6 COBB (Ebenezer5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. Nov. 2, 1753; m. July 28, 1784, Phoebe Hobbs, b. Oct. 1, 1762, and d. Feb. 16, 1853, aged 92. He d. Feb. 5, 1845, aged 92. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. JERUSHA, b. June 30, 1785; m. Feb. 15, 1809, David Huggins; had - children. She d. July 26, 1822.
ii. SILAS, b. June 25, 1786; d. March 14, 1835.
2. iii. FRANCIS, b. March 20, 1789.
iv. PHOEBE, b. Jan. 5, 1791; m. March 30, 1814, Ira Johnson. Three children: 1. Orren, b. June 17, 1815, and d. Aug. 10, 1897, in Lebanon. 2. Clarissa, b. Oet. 18, 1816; m. first, in 1839, James M. Beers, had five children; m. second, Aug. 21, 1855, Amasa Davis, one child. She d. March 16, 1897. 3. Ira, Jr., b. March 18, 1823. Was a soldier in the Civil War and d. in the service. Phoebe d. Dec. 5, 1873.
V. JOEL, b. Dec. 25, 1794; m. - , Betsey Wright, five children. Jerusha Amarilla, Phoebe, and two that d. in infancy. He d. Dec. 25, 1859, in Canada.
vi. MINERVA, b. Aug. 8, 1799; m. Oct. 31, 1819, Samuel Ide of Coventry, Vt. She d. Aug. 22, 1826.
vii. CALVIN CUSHMAN, b. Dee. 12, 1804; m. June 3, 1838, Sophia Mariette Hall, dau. of Moody and Lois (Huntington) Hall, b. Sept. 18, 1806, and d. Jan. 13, 1883. Res. mainly in Homer, N. Y. Had four children. Hle d. Jan. 25, 1883.
2. FRANCIS7 COBB (Franciss, Ebenezer5-4-3, John?, Henry) b. March 20, 1789; m. first, Feb. 7, 1814, Elizabeth W. Luey of Cornish, who d. Dec. 13, 1814, with her two infant children; m. second, Sept. 26, 1815, Joanna Coburn of Cornish, who d. May 19, 1820, aged 38; m. third, March 7,
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1821, Mrs. Betsey (Bruce) Bugbee, who d. March 6, 1832; m. fourth. Dec. 27, 1832, Jedidah Burnap of Cornish, dau. of Dea. Elijah and Naomi Burnap. She d. Feb. 28, 1862. He d. April 12, 1856, aged 66 years. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. and ii. Twins by Elizabeth W. Luey; d. Dec. 13, 1814.
Children by Joanna Coburn :
iii. CHESTER, b. May 6, 1816; m. Feb. 23, 1844, Juliette Fairbanks. Res. in Homer, N. Y. Three children. He d. April 4, 1859. She d. May 25, 1896.
iv. BETSEY AMELIA, b. Jan. 15, 1819; m. Oct. 4, 1843, John S. Persons. Three children. She d. Feb. 2, 1886.
Child by Betsey (Bruce) Bugbee:
3. v. EDMUND HOOKER, b. Nov. 25, 1822.
Children by Jedidah Burnap:
vi. ORSON W., b. Dec. 5, 1833; d. March 10, 1835.
vii. MINERVA P., b. April 22, 1836. Res., West Lebanon. Unm.
3. EDMUND HOOKERS COBB (Francis7-6, Ebenezers-4-3, John?, Henry1) b. Nov. 25, 1822; m. April 10, 1851, Hannah Penniman of Cornish, b. Nov. 26, 1824, in Hartland, Vt., dau. of Amos and Polly (Mace) Penniman. For some years they res. on the old homestead in Cornish and then rem. to East Plainfield. He d. July 27, 1909. Children:
i. LUCIEN EDMUND, b. Dee. 24, 1851; m. Aug. 2, 1874, Clara Tolbot.
ii. CARLOS EUGENE, b. Nov. 16, 1853; d. March 1, 1855.
iii. ELSIE VELONA, b. July 20, 1855; m. Oct. 9, 1875, Chas. H. Stickney, in Springfield, Vt., where they res. One child.
iv. WESLEY LUEY, b. Dec. 16, 1858; m. March 27, 1879, Sarah Kenniston.
V. ETWELL ELMER, b. July 16, 1860; m. Feb. 28, 1884, Susan Morgan.
vi. MINNIE AMELIA, b. April 1, 1862; m. May 20, 1889, John J. Poole.
vii. MYRA ALICE, b. April 1, 1862; m. Jan. 27, 1883, George H. Clayton. She d. Aug. 30, 1897.
viii. CLARENCE C., b. April 3, 1867; m. July 3, 1889, Agnes Hadley of Plainfield.
ix. LURETTA L., b. Oct. 12, 1869; m. June 8, 1892, Exom Eaton, East Plainfield.
1. EBENEZER6 COBB (Ebenezer5-4-3, John2, Henry1) brother of Francis, b. Sept. 27, 1760; m. Nov. 17, 1790, Mrs. Mary (Harlow) Porter, b. Sept. 7, 1765, and d. Sept. 28, 1839. He d. in Cornish Oct. 15, 1846, aged 86. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 12, 1791; m. first, Ruth Stevens of Plainfield; had a dau., Jerusha, b. in Cornish Jan. 14, 1815, and four other children b. in Morristown, Vt., where he res. He m. second Priscilla Soule. He d. Dec. 31, 1855, in Morristown, Vt.
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ii. MERCY, b. Oct. 18, 1792; m. March 15, 1820, John Claflin of Water- bury, Vt., where they res.
iii. JOSIAH, b. April 9, 1794, and d. April 25, 1795.
2. iv. LEVI, b. March 12, 1795.
V. CLARISSA HARLOW, b. Sept. 18, 1796, and d. April 13, 1835.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 3, 1798; d. March 28, 1825.
vii. ELEANOR, b. May 13, 1800; d. Oct. 16, 1822.
viii. SARAH TRASK, b. Dec. 12, 1801; d. March 31, 1874.
ix. SYLVIA, b. Feb. 20, 1804; m. - , Henry Blanchard of Plainfield. One child which d. young.
2. LEVI? COBB (Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John2, Henry1) b. March 12, 1795; m. Jan. 2, 1823, Calista S. Bugbee of Woodstock, Vt., b. March 12, 1801, and d. Jan. 3, 1861. He d. April 14, 1840, aged 45. A farmer and spent his life on the homestead of his father. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. LIVONA CALISTA, b. Dec. 10, 1823; m. April 20, 1847, Sylvester Marsh Bugbec of Cornish. She d. March 17, 1849. Left one child that d. young. (Sce Bugbee.)
3. ii. LEVI HENRY, b. June 30, 1827.
4. iii. CHARLES VINAL, b. May 18, 1829.
iv. ABIGAIL BUGBEE, b. June 9, 1831; m. Oct. 17, 1854, Thomas Bradford of Francistown., where she d. Nov. 3, 1855.
3. LEVI HENRY& COBB (Levi7, Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John?, Henry1) b. June 30, 1827. He m. Jan. 12, 1858, Harriet J. Herrick at Malone, N. Y., b. in Milton, Vt., Jan. 10, 1827. (See sketch.) Children :
i. MARY ABBIE, b. March 7, 1859; m. - , Rev. E. F. Hunt. Res., Conway, Mass.
ii. HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. March 16, 1860; d. in Oberlin, O., Oct. 2, 1881.
iii. GEORGE HENRY, b. Jan. 20, 1863. Graduated from Amherst College, also from College of Physicians and Surgeons. Res., N. Y. City (1898).
iv. NELLIE MARIA, b. Jan. 18, 1868; d. June 23, 1872, in Springfield, Vt.
4. CHAS. VINAL8 COBB (Levi7, Ebenezer6-5-4-3, John?, Henry!) b. May 18, 1829; m. June 12, 1850, Betsey A. Day of Cornish, dau. of Samuel C. and Mahala (Wood) Day. Res. a short time in Ashland, Mass., then he settled in Lebanon, where he spent the greater part of his life. Here was revealed the true type of his real manhood. Was one of the original members of the Baptist Church in Lebanon, formed in Aug., 1862, and was its first deacon, always serving as a member of the Society com- mittee. Was on the Building committee for the construction of their first chapel, and also for their commodious house of worship. Always a generous giver for the church and for benevolence. He had the respect of all who knew him. Was an honest upright man and a devoted Chris- tian. In 1883 he moved to Shelburne Falls, Mass., where in his new home, near his dau., he d. Jan. 9, 1884. Children:
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i. ABBY FLORETTA, b. Sept. 29, 1853, in Cornish; m. June 12, 1879, Prof. H. S. Cowell of Francistown, Prin. of Cushman Academy at Ashburnham, Mass. Five children, most of whom have received and are receiving (1903) a college education.
ii. ALICE LIVONA, b. Aug. 29, 1860, in Ashland, Mass .; d. Jan. 13, 1866.
iii. ANGIE VIOLA, b. May 11, 1867, in Lebanon; d. June 11, 1873.
iv. CIIAS. HENRY, b. May 10, 1870, in Lebanon; d. Aug. 19, 1870.
V. CARRIE LILLIAN, b. Jan. 12, 1874, in Lebanon. Graduated at Bates College in class 1897. Teacher for several years since in high school, in Conway, Mass.
COBURN.
Three men of this name came from Dracut, Mass., and settled in the northeast part of the town, in that part of Grantham afterwards annexed to Cornish. Their ages, and that of their children, were nearly contempo- raneous, leading us to believe they were brothers. Their names were Dudley, Asa and Merrill. The record of the first is briefly as follows: Children of Dudley and Mehitable (-) Coburn :
i. BENJAMIN, b. March 15, 1785.
ii. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 2, 1789.
iii. LYDIA, b. Aug. 8, 1791.
iv. JOHN, b. June 22, 1793.
V. JOSIAH, b. Aug. 25, 1796.
vi. JOSEPH ROWELL, b. Sept. 22, 1800.
1. ASA COBURN, b. -; m. first, -, Letta -, b. -. She d. in 1789; m. second, -, Mary , b. -; d. Oct. 1, 1807. Children by Letta, b. in Grantham and Cornish :
i. ROBERT, b. April 9, 1783.
ii. DANIEL, b. Feb. 23, 1785; d. young.
2. iii. ASA, JR., b. March 2, 1787.
3. iv. DANIEL, b. March 16, 1789.
Children by Mary:
4. v. THOMAS, b. Sept. 9, 1790.
vi. MANLY, b. Aug. 26, 1792; m. March 19, 1818, Sally Follet.
vii. LETTA, b. Aug. 26, 1798.
2. ASA COBURN, JR., b. March 2, 1787; m. Jan. 2, 1810, Sally Page of Cornish, dau. of Joshua and Marjorie (-) Page, b. April 17, 1785. Their children were:
i. ESTHER PAGE, b. Aug. 4, 1810.
ii. CHARLOTTE, b. Feb. 7, 1812.
iii. ALMIRA, b. Dec. 15, 1813.
3. DANIEL? COBURN (Asa1) was b. March 16, 1789; m. first, Oct. 22, 1807, Sabra Follett, b. 1787 (?), d. March 26, 1820, aged 33; m. second, Oct.
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10, 1821, Mrs. Lois Woodbury, wid. of Isaiah Woodbury, who had d. Nov. 16, 1819, aged 33. Children, both by first wife:
i. MELANCY, b. Sept. 17, 1808.
ii. LEVI FOLLETT, b. Feb. 7, 1811.
4. THOMAS? COBURN (Asa1) was b. Sept. 9, 1790; m. Feb. 11, 1817, Almira Stone of Cornish, dau. of Dea. Josiah and Hannah (Weld) Stone, b. Sept. 2, 1792, and d. Jan. 6, 1869. They lived in Potsdam, N. Y. Children :
i. HORATIO NEWTON, b. Oct. 19, 1817; d. May 24, 1820.
ii. HIRAM BREWSTER, b. April 3, 1819.
iii. MARTHA ALMIRA, b. Nov. 7, 1820.
iv. SARAH JOANNA, b. July 22, 1822.
1. MERRILL COBURN came from Dracut, Mass., date uncertain, and settled in that part of Grantham afterwards annexed to Cornish. He was b. May 17, 1753; m. - , Abigail --- , b. July 12, 1751, and d. Jan. 4, 1848. It is said he was a soldier of the Revolution, probably from Mass. He d. in Cornish Nov. 8, 1842. Children:
2. i. PHINEHAS, b. Sept. 6, 1778.
3. ji. SIMON, b. May 25, 1780.
iii. SABRA, b. Jan. 2, 1782; m. Nov. 22, 1809, Edmund Hardy. She d. March 15, 1847.
iv. ANNESS, b. Nov. 28, 1783.
4. v. RICHARD, b. Oct. 21, 1785.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. March 2, 1788; m. March 20, 1809, Daniel Campbell. She d. Dec. 16, 1820.
vii. EUNICE, b. April 23, 1790; m. Oet. 4, 1814, Ira Stowell of Grantham. viii. MERRILL, JR., b. Feb. 29, 1792; m. - . Lived and d. in Watertown, N. Y. It is said that he amassed a large fortune. Left three children.
ix. ELDAD, b. Nov. 13, 1797; m. June 1, 1825, Diantha Aldrich of Chitten- den, Vt., b. in 1798, and d. Aug. 21, 1874. They had one son, Solon, b. in 1826, and d. Aug. 7, 1831. Mr. Coburn owned and operated a carding machine, a fulling and cloth dressing machine. These were situated up the brook east of the Flat. He d. April 15, 1876.
2. PHINEHAS2 COBURN (Merrill1) b. Sept. 6, 1778; m. April 14, 1803, Hannah French of Cornish, dau. of Ephraim and Comfort (York) French, b. June, 1778. It appears that they settled in E. Wallingford, Vt., as several of the family were reared there. The record of their children is deficient in order and in dates, so the arrangement may not be correct. The following has been obtained:
i. PHEBE AMANDA, b. July 28, 1804; m. first -, Ara Bailey and had three children. Ile d. -. She m. second, -, - Pratt and had one dau., Imogene; m. third, April 25, 1848, Dr.
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Samuel Hardy of Cornish (his third wife). One child. (See Hardy.) She d. April 4, 1882.
ii. SYLVESTER, b. Oct. 22, 1805; m. March 7, 1833, Lucy A. Davis, b. Oct. 21, 1803. Rem. to Springfield, Vt., in 1882. Lucy A. d. Aug. 30, 1884. He d. Jan. 4, 1891. Seven children.
iii. ORLANDO, b. - , lived in Meadville, Pa.
iv. ORPHEUS, b. - , lived in Reading, Vt .; m. - , Salome Goddard.
v. PRUDENTIA B., b. Feb. 6, 1813; m. Nov. 12, 1838, Dr. Samuel Hardy of Cornish (his second wife). Four children. (See Hardy.) She d. Dec. 16, 1847.
vi. ALVAH, lived in Enosburg, Vt .; m. - , Hannah Walbridge. A son of his (Horace) came to town, in 1907, to live, purchasing the Henry Gould place up east of the Flat.
3. SIMON? COBURN (Merrill1) was b. May 25, 1780; m. - , Ruth Eaton, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 24, 1781, and d. in Cornish April 8, 1857. He was a farmer and d. Dec. 19, 1863. They lived many years in Salem and afterwards in Pelham and settled in Cornish about 1820. Children, all except the last one b. before coming to town:
i. ABIGAIL, b. in Salem, Aug. 22, 1803; m. Feb. 14, 1826, Amos Kelley. Eleven children. (See Kelley.) She d. Feb. 15, 1878.
ii. MARY, b. July 8, 1805, in Salem; m. Nov. 28, 1825, Moses Austin, Jr.
iii. SABRA, b. July 20, 1807, in Salem.
iv. NANCY, b. Feb. 22, 1810, in Salem; m. Jan. 21, 1833, Alvah Hall.
SARAH E., b. April 22, 1812, in Salem; m. Jan. 25, 1839, Rev. Charles
V. H. Green. Four children. (See Green.) She d. in Boston May 24, 1888.
vi. LOUISA, b. Jan. 28, 1815, in Salem; m. Feb. 12, 1839, Oliver Hall.
vii. SIMON BRADFORD, b. Jan. 21, 1817, in Pelham; m. Nov. 8, 1840, Lucy M. Bean of - ---- , dau. of -, b. -; d .-. He d. - , in children. They had three children die in Cornish: Alivah O., June 27, 1846, aged 4; Albah B., Jan. 27, 1854; Abby R., Oct. 16, 1855.
viii. RUTH, b. Oct. 9, 1819, in Pelham; m. Feb. 11, 1846, Francis Lyman Bugbee of Cornish. Five children. (See Bugbee.) She d. in No. Londonderry March 22, 1881.
ix. HIRAM, b. in Cornish May 11, 1824. Never m. He d. Dec. 11, 1853, by drowning in ---- , N. Y.
4. RICHARD2 COBURN (Merrill1) was b. Oct. 21, 1785; m. first, Nov. 4, 1809, Sally French of Wallingford, Vt., b. in 1786, and d. May 11, 1849; m. second, Nov. 20, 1849, Lucy Mathews of Cornish, b. April 22, 1813. After Mr. Coburn's death, she m. June 8, 1870, Dea. Arunah Burnap of Cornish and d. June 4, 1893. Mr. Coburn was a farmer and lived east of the Flat; a devoted Baptist. He d. Sept. 17, 1863. Children, all by first wife:
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HISTORY OF CORNISH.
j. NELSON, b. Dec. 27, 1810; m. -; studied medicine; prac- ticed some years in Croydon; afterwards rem. to N. Y. state where he spent the rest of his life. Three children.
ii. NOVILLA, b. May 2, 1812; m. - , Stephen Russell of Claremont. Settled in Bethel, Vt. Five children.
iii. HARRISON, b. Jan. 12, 1814; m. - , Rosina Newton and settled in Fairlee, Vt.
5. iv. STILLMAN, b. Feb. 15, 1816.
V. SOPHRONIA, b. June 11, 1818; m. - , Sylvanus Packard, a painter. Settled first in Meriden and afterwards in Enfield. Eight children.
6. vi. MERRILL, b. Feb. 12, 1820.
vii. MITCHELL, twin bro. with last, b. Feb. 12, 1820; m. Feb. 11, 1851, Esther York of Cornish, dau. of Uriah and Betsey (Williams) York, b. Sept. 13, 1821, and d. Jan. 1, 1895. One son, Willis, b. Feb. 2, 1852, a prof. in music. Res. in Claremont. Mr. Coburn d. in Cornish April 3, 1889.
viii. PHINEHAS R., b. April 8, 1826. Never m. He d. June 18, 1847.
5. STILLMAN3 COBURN (Richard?, Merrilli) was b. Feb. 15, 1816; m. May 20, 1840, Martha W. Mathews, b. Nov. S, 1818, d. Aug. 29, 1889. Always res. on or near the Flat. He was a blacksmith. He d. March 17, 1875. Children, all b. on the Flat:
i. MARTIN VAN BUREN, b. June 11, 1841 ; m. Dec. 24, 1863, Julia Sander- son of Weathersfield, Vt. Four children. He d. July 29, 1900.
ii. ESTELLE H., b. May 30, 1843; m. Sept. 5, 1865, Barney Barker, then of Hanover. Res., Rutland, Vt. Three children.
iii. LUETTE L., b. July 28, 1845; m. first, Aug. 30, 1862, Sylvester Tasker of Cornish, a soldier of the Civil War who d. in service Sept. 19, 1864. (See Military.) He m. second, June 6, 1866, Wilbur F. Howard of Cornish. Five children. (See Howard.) She res. in Lebanon (1910).
iv. CLARA M., b. Feb. 18, 1848; m. Oct. 3, 1869, Rev. Henry Davis, a Baptist preacher. - children.
v. JOHN S., b. Sept. 10, 1850; d. Jan. 3, 1852.
vi. EDITH MAY (adopted), b. Aug. 14, 1860. She m. Jan. 17, 1884, Edwin Davis. - children.
6. MERRILL3 COBURN (Richard2, Merrill1) was b. Feb. 12, 1820, a twin brother of Mitchell; m. Nov. 9, 1847, Susan S. Fellows of Cornish, dau. of John and Temperance (York) Fellows, b. Aug. 14, 1821, and d. March 12, 1908, in Reading, Vt. He d. July 5, 1882. Children :
i. A child, b. and d. same day, July 9, 1849.
ji. JOHN M., b. Dec. 9, 1850; d. Feb. 10, 1852.
iii. ELLEN A., b. Oct. 2, 1853; d. July, 1882.
iv. RICHARD P., b. Oct. 2, 1855.
v. FRANK F., b. Feb. 11, 1860; d. March 3, 1860.
vi. HIRAM D., b. March 11, 1866; d. Sept. 17, 1866.
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GENEALOGIES.
COLE.
1. EPHRAIM1 COLE was b. June 14, 1688; m. - , Sarah -. She d. July 27, 1799, aged 93. They had several children, Ebenezer? being one of them. He was b. in 1732, and d. Nov. 2, 1808. He m. Elizabeth Wheeler, b. in 1730 and d. Feb. 27, 1814. Their children were:
2. i. DANIEL, b. Sept. 19, 1758.
3. ii. STEPHEN, b. -.
iii. JOHN, b. -; m. Jan. 3, 1825, Lucy M. Pike of Cornish, dau. of Ebenezer and Salome (Marley) Pike. They lived in Morristown, Vt. One son, Jason Cole.
iv. ASA, b. -; m. - , Sally Gerald (or Jirauld) who d. in 1832. He d. in 1852.
2. DANIEL3 COLE (Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. in Plainfield, Conn., Sept. 19, 1758; m. Feb. 23, 1783, Edith Wilbur of R. I., b. June 15, 1760, and d. July 19, 1850. He served in the Revolutionary War, was in the battles of Trenton and Bemis Heights. Removed to Plainfield in 1784 where he d. June 20, 1842. Children, all b. in Plainfield:
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