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i. ENos, b. Sept. 18, 1784.
4. ii. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 17, 1787.
iii. WHEELER, b. Oct. 6, 1789; m. - ,a Mr. Dyer.
5. iv. DANIEL, b. Dec. 16, 1792.
V. HANNAH, b. Feb. 28, 1795; m. Jan. 3, 1820, Josiah Spaulding. They lived in Piermont and had eight children.
vi. JOHN, b. July 4, 1797.
3. STEPHEN3 COLE (Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. -; m. - , Mary Whit- ney, who d. Feb. 27, 1814. He d. Feb. 24, 1814. The husband and wife, and also his mother, Edith, all d. within three days of each other .. Their children were:
i. JASON, b. -; m. March 10, 1815, Miriam Plaistridge of Cornish> b. Nov. 15, 1792, and d. Feb. 29, 1888. She was dau. of Caleb and Hannah (Manning) Plaistridge. Mr. Cole was: drowned in Connecticut river, March 12, 1817, aged 29, leaving one son five days old, who took his father's name.
ii. SUSAN, b. -; d. young.
iii. AsA, b. -
6. iv. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 14, 1808.
4. STEPHEN4 COLE (Daniels, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. Oct. 17, 1787; studied medicine with Dr. Roswell Leavitt of Cornish and Dr. Edward E. Phelps of Windsor, Vt., and from them received a license to practice medicine and later received an honorary degree from Dartmouth College. He settled first in Huntsburg, Vt., and then, in 1813, settled in Cornish, where he lived and practiced medicine till 1830. He then rem., first to Windsor, Vt., afterwards to Westford, N. Y., and finally to Peru, N. Y.
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in 1838, where he spent the rest of his life, dying Oet. 14, 1876. He was considered a physician of skill and eminence. He m. Sept. 8, 1811, Joa Holbrook of Stoughton, Mass., dau. of John and Sybil (Lane) Hol- brook, b. Aug. 12, 1778. Five children, the first one b. in Huntsburg, Vt., and the rest in Cornish:
i. SAMANTHA MARIA, b. Aug. 3, 1812; m. - , D. S. Holcomb. She d. in Feb., 1881.
ii. MARTHA JOHNSON, b. Feb. 16, 1815; m. Geo. Howe, lived in Lancas- ter, Wis.
7. iii. FRANK HOLBROOK, b. Oct. 14, 1816.
iv. GEORGE WARREN, b. Jan. 22, 1819; m. Almira Holcomb, lived in Galesburg, IH.
V. SYBIL EDITH, b. Aug. 9, 1820; m. Henry Cochran, lived in Montpelier, Vt.
5. DANIELA COLE (Daniels, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. Dec. 16, 1792, in Plainfield. A prosperous farmer; m. first, Jan. 16, 1815, Martha Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Abel and Sarah E. (Chase) Johnson, b. in 1797, and d. March 2, 1832; m. second, Aug. 27, 1833, Mrs. Lueinda L. (Bryant) Avery, formerly of Cornish, dau. of Israel and Mehitable (Wyman) Bryant, b. in 1805, and d. Oct. 21, 1878. Mr. Cole d. Oct. 17, 1865. Children by Martha Johnson:
i. SARAH C., b. Nov. 24, 1815; m. Feb. 13, 1839, Earl Westgate of Plain- field. Six children. (See Westgate.) She d. Jan. 18, 1876.
ii. MARTHA, b. Dee. 5, 1816; m. Nov. 30, 1836, Laurens A. Grannis of Claremont (second wife). Seven children. Lived several years in Claremont on a farm, then rem. to Guildhall, Vt., where they spent the rest of their lives. She d. July 3, 1898. He d. Oct. 30, 1896.
iii. ABEL JOHNSON, b. Nov. 8, 1819; m. ---- , Marcia Houghton. They lived in Waukesha, Wis.
8. iv. GEORGE L., b. April 16, 1821.
V. HARRIET, b. May 5, 1823; m. July 4, 1843, Nathan Souther, who was b. July 25, 1816, and d. Jan. 18, 1877. She d. March 2, 1902. They lived in Lowell, Vt. Six children.
9. vi. DAN WHEELER, b. Jan. 18, 1826.
Children by Mrs. Lucinda L. (Bryant) Avery:
10. vii. JOHN MURRAY, b. Aug. 3, 1833.
viii. HOMER FRANCIS, b. Nov. 27, 1837; m. April 15, 1882, Elizabeth Harris. No children. Live in Plainfield.
ix. MARCIA MARIA, b. Aug. 19, 1842; m. Sept. 4, 1873, George Chase, then of Cornish, a brick mason. Two children: 1. Louise. 2. Dana. She d. in Windsor, Vt., Jan. 22, 1882.
11. x. WILBUR WYMAN, b. May 24, 1851.
6. EBENEZERA COLE (Stephens, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. Sept. 14, 1808; m. first, June 2, 1830, Mary Brewster Kimball of Cornish, dau. of
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Eliphalet and Selinda (Ripley) Kimball, b. Dec. 2, 1806, d. Nov. 29, 1854; m. second, Jan. 1, 1856, Rebecca Tracy of Cornish, dau. of Stephen and Betsey (Boardman) Tracy, b. Aug. 25, 18IS, and d. Nov. 16, 1893. Mr. Cole was a prominent man in Cornish; was selectman three years; represented the town in the legislatures of 1848, 1849, 1850 and 1851. He left town soon after he lost his first wife and went to Lebanon, where he spent the rest of his life. He d. April 20, 1892. Children, by first wife and b. in town:
i. EMELIA ANN, b. June 15, 1831 ; d. June 24, 1831.
ii. SUSAN ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 10, 1833; d. Aug. 5, 1834.
iii. HENRY EBENEZER, b. July 22, 1835; m. - , Jane Wells. Living in Conn.
iv. FLORILLA MILLS, b. Oct. 28, 1837; m. Jan. 10, 1859, Sheldon A. Hale. She d. in Wis. about 1903.
v. LOVELL KIMBALL, b. Aug. 8, 1839; m. - , and lives in Col.
Child by second wife:
vi. STEPHEN TRACY, b. Oct. 27, 1856; m. Nov. 8, 1882, Carrie Eudora Towne, dau. of Dr. Charles O. Towne. Mr. Cole lives in Leb- anon. His wife was b. Dec. 11, 1856. Three children: 1. Bessie Blanche, b. Sept. S, 1883. 2. Forest Burnap, b. Sept. 16, 1885. 3. Marion Sabra, b. March 31, 1887.
7. FRANK HOLBROOK5 COLE (Stephens, Daniels, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. Oct. 14, 1816; was the son of Dr. Stephen and Joa (Holbrook) Cole; m. Jan. 17, 1849, Julia C. Persons, b. March 30, 1829. Children, now living in Peru, N. Y .:
i. JENNIE E., b. Nov. 20, 1849; m. Oct. 4, ISSO, Clifton Dawson.
ii. FRANK H., JR., b. Dec. 1, 1851; d. July 17, 1870.
iii. LUCY ELLEN, b. Dec. 17, 1853; m. May 4, 1880, Joseph Lapham.
8. GEORGE L.5 COLE (Daniel4-3, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. April 16, 1821; m. Sept. 14, 1846, Samantha Souther of Plainfield, dau. of David and Mary (Avery) Souther, b. May 11, 1828, d. Jan. 31, 1897. He was a farmer and lived in the north part of the town. He d. Nov. 1, 1893. Children:
12. i. WILLIS GEORGE, b. Nov. 21, 1848.
ii. MARY E., b. June 19, 1854; m. June 19, 1876, Harrison Cook, and lives in Brattleboro, Vt.
iii. EFFIE M., b. Aug. 9, 1856; m. - , William White, formerly of Norwich, Vt. Live in Claremont.
iv. JULIA S., b. Nov. 10, 1857; m. Jan. 7, 1873, Lucian L. Spaulding of Cornish. One child. (See Spaulding.)
V. ELMER S., b. May 28, 1865; m. Dec. 25, 1885, Effie Hart. Three children. A policeman, res. in Claremont.
vi. BURT S., b. March 7, 1871; m. Nov. 22, 1899, Carrie E. Bailey of Claremont. A machinist, res. in Claremont.
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9. DAN WHEELERS COLE (Daniel4-3, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. in Plainfield Jan. 18, 1826; m. April 2, 1849, Philena A. Spencer of Plainfield, dau. of Archibald Spencer, b. in 1826 and d. Jan. 23, 1892. They came to Cornish in 1850 and settled on the Thomas Ayers place where they lived many years and then returned to Plainfield where they both d. He d. June 28, 1881. One child, b. in Cornish:
LYDIA ANN, b. Jan. 6, 1852; m. first, Walter Symonds and by him had two children: 1. Lena Spencer, b. June 5, 1871. She m. Hawkins. She d. in Boston April 19, 1909. 2. Junius Wheeler, b. Aug. 13, 1873; m. March 30, 1909, Gertrude E. Westgate of Plainfield, dau. of Edward J. and Mary (Bean) Westgate, b. July 2, 1884. He is mail driver from Cornish Flat to Windsor, 1909 -. The marriage proving unfortunate, a div. was obtained by her, she retaining the custody of the two children, and by act of the legislature, she resumed her maiden name, and the names of her children were changed to Cole. She m. second, May 11, 1881, Melvin Walker of Cornish, and by him had one child, Stella E., b. Feb. 5, 1889. (See Walker.) They live near the town line of Claremont.
10. JOHN MURRAY5 COLE (Daniel4-3, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. Aug. 3, 1836; m. May 5, 1860, Jane M. Bugbee, dau. of George and Eunice (Lamphire) Bugbec, b. Dec. 27, 1836. Have lived several years in Cornish and then rem. to Plainfield. A successful farmer. He d. in Lebanon Nov. 30, 1907. Children:
i. GEORGE, b. March 14, 1863; m. June 27, 1887, Hattie Royce of Woodstock, Vt. One son : Charles E., b. June 7, 18SS.
ii. DAN, b. March 11, 1867; m. Nov. 6, 1901, Lizzie Farrell of White River Junction, Vt. Four children in 1908.
iii. SAMUEL W., b. March 18, 1869; m. Sept. 25, 1894, Ida Jenkins of Attleboro, Mass.
iv. LIZZIE, b. Dec. 23, 1874; m. Sept. 2, 1895, H. E. McCrillis of Straf- ford, Vt.
11. WILBUR WYMANS COLE (Daniels-3, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. May 24, 1851; m. July 1, 1873, Clara Ella Hook of Cornish, dau. of Peter and Lucia (Kendrick) Hook, b. Sept. 9, 1850; a farmer and mechanic. One child, b. in Cornish: Merton Kendrick, b. June 29, 1878. He is an osteopathic physician and res. in Needham, Mass.
12. WILLIS G.6 COLE (Geo. 1.5, Daniels-3, Ebenezer?, Ephraim1) was b. Nov. 21, 1848; m. first, June 9, 1870, Julia Almira Huggins of Cornish, dau. of Geo. W. and Paulina (Pryor) Huggins, b. Oct. 11, 1846, and d. March 11, 1880; m. second, June 29, 1880, Nizaula Bixby of Windsor. Lives on the homestead of his father. Children by Julia A. Huggins:
i. FRANK C., b. June 2, 1871; m. Dec. 11, 1894, Jennie M. Hicks of Claremont.
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ii. EDITH MAY, b. Dec. 14, 1876; m. July 28, 1897, Clayton L. Bartlett of Cornish.
Children by Nizaula Bixby:
iii. ELMER ELLSWORTH, b. Feb. 28, 1882; m. - , Annie Foley. First child b. Nov. 30, 1902. 2. Annie K., b. March 12, 1905. 3. Francis J., b. May 27, 1908.
iv. FLOSSIE ETHEL, b. Jan. 15, 1886.
ERASTUS O. COLE, b. Sept. 25, 1829, came to Cornish from So. Woodstock, Vt., in 1859. Entered the employ of Mrs. J. F. Sisson, then a wid., whom he m. in 1860. He was of no known relation to others of his name in town, except a brother who came later. He enlisted in the Civil War. (See record.) He d. Jan. 28, 1896, on the Flat. Children, all b. in town :
i. MARY E., b. -; m. Feb. 27, 1886, Oliver A. Barton. One child: Russell, who d. Aug. 17, 1899. She m.
ii. ELMER E., b. -- , 1863; d. Oct. 1, 1867.
iii. Infant, b. and d. in 1868.
JUSTUS O. COLE, a brother of Erastus came to town soon after his brother was m. and settled on the farm, since known as the Dea. Raymond farm. He with his wife remained there a number of years and then returned to Vt. They had two or three children. Had one dau. b. in town Dec. 5, 1861. They lost an infant son in town who d. Aug. 5, 1875.
JOHN and JEMIMA COLE (pedigree unknown) lived in Cornish near the close of the 18th century. There is no trace of the family remaining on tomb- stone, or elsewhere, except the following list of children. The census of 1790 credits the family with three boys and one girl beside the parents. Children :
i. BETSEY, b. Sept. 18, 1783.
ii. JOHN, b. Jan. 8, 1785.
iii. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 23, 1786.
iv. GIDEON, b. Oct. 1, 1788.
v. AsA, b. Aug. 29, 1790.
vi. JUDITH, b. July 21, 1792.
BENJAMIN and EUNICE (PIERCE) COLE were m. in Cornish Aug. 21, 1788. Their pedigree is unknown. They had the following children, b. in Cornish :
i. Amos, b. June 26, 1789.
ii. POLLY, b. June 28, 1791.
iii. DANIEL, b. Feb. 8, 1793.
The census of 1790 records one boy and one girl beside the parents. The above record fails to mention a dau. that was older.
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CAPT. SETH COLE was b. Feb. 4, 1825, in Warren, R. I. He was the son of Elijah and Mary (Esterbrooks) Cole. In 1843 when but 18 years of age he commenced seafaring, which occupation he followed through the remainder of his life, with the exception of five or six years. His first five years on the ocean were spent in the whaling business and the remainder in mercantile services. He first became shipmaster in 1850. During the Civil War his vessel was seized and burned near New Orleans; goods all confiscated and himself taken prisoner; taken to Richmond, Va., and put in Libby Prison, where he remained about a year, or until April, 1864, when he was exchanged for Fitz Hugh Lee, then a prisoner at Point Lookout. His family home had been for many years at Fall River, Mass., but they rein. to Meriden, in 1857. In 1868 he purchased a farm and his family removed to Cornish where he spent three or four years, and then again betook himself to seafaring, until his death, Sept. 11, 1877, which occurred on his homeward passage from Calcutta. He was buried at sea. He had m. July 6, 1848, Maria L. Raynsford, b. March 7, 1825, dau. of David and Maria (Fitch) Raynsford. She d. April 14, 1885. Children :
2. ii.
i. MARY M., b. in Fall River Sept. 4, 1849; d. in Meriden, June 20, 1866. SETH RAYNSFORD, b. in Fall River, Feb. 11, 1851.
iii. LIZZIE M., b. in Meriden Aug. 6, 1857; m. Jan. 25, 1881, Frank D. Wiley. Had six children. (See Wiley.) She d. in Claremont May 30, 1897.
2. SETH RAYNSFORD2 COLE (Seth1) b. Feb. 11, 1851; m. first, June 12, 1873, Lettie Eliza Hook, a dau. of Moody and Eliza (Carroll) Hook, b. June 26, 1851; d. June 30, 1878; m. second, Dec. 31, 1884, Georgiana Weld, dau. of Maj. George and Maria (Chase) Weld, b. Dec. 31, 1860, d. April 27, 1896; m. third, April 20, 1898, Vallie L. Smith of Claremont. After leaving Cornish, Mr. Cole res. in Lebanon several years, engaged chiefly as clerk in stores, and then rem. to Claremont, where he is still engaged in the grocery business. Child by Lettie Eliza:
i. CLARENCE S., b. Aug. 12, 1876, in Cornish. A barber. Worked at his trade in Barre, Vt., Claremont, and rem. to Redlands, Cal., in 1910. Hem. - , Mary Wood and they have three children (1910).
Child by Georgiana:
ii. MAX W., b. Aug. 28, 1886, in Cornish.
COLLINS.
EDWARD W. COLLINS was b. in Paris, France, Dee. 25, 1813. No record obtained when he came to America. He came to Cornish from Croydon, in 1857 (?). He m. July 29, 1837, Delilah Forehand of Croydon, dan. of Christopher and Betsey (Walker) Forehand, b. June 11, 1819, and d. on Cornish Flat Sept. 29, 1903. Mr. Collins was a shoemaker and res. on
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the Flat. He enlisted in the Civil War in the 14th Regt. of N. H. Vols. He d. Oct. 7, 1869. Children, all b. in Croydon :
i. EDWARD W., JR., b. Nov. 23, 1838; m. Nov. 27, 1867, Allie S. Glidden. He d. Nov. 30, 1895. No children.
ii. HELEN F., b. Aug. 17, 1841; m. June 17, 1868, William G. Flanders, then a nurseryman of West Lebanon. She d., childless, Aug. 25, 1877.
iii. FRANCES ELLA, 1st, b. May 13, 1844; d. March 23, 1846.
iv. FRANCES ELLA, 2d, b. June 12, 1845; m. Feb. 20, 1870, Daniel E. Carroll, then of Cornish. Two children. (See Carroll.) She d. Oct. 29, 1877.
COMINGS.
The first known record of this name in this country is that of Isaac Comings spelled (Cumings). He came from Eng. or Scotland to this country about 1640. He and his descendants for several generations settled chiefly in the towns of eastern Mass. The direct line of those of his descend- ants who came to Cornish is as follows:
Isaacı, b. in 1601; d. in 1677. John2, b. 1630; m. Sarah Howlet. He d. Dec. 1, 1700. She d. Dec. 7, 1700. John3, b. 1657; m. Sept. 13, 1680, Eliza- beth Kingsley. She was killed by the Indians July 3, 1706. (See Bel- knap, I, 173.) John4, b. July 7, 1682; m. Elizabeth Adams Oct. 3, 1705. He d. April 27, 1759. She d. April 30, 1759.
1. SAMUEL5 COMINGS, their fourth son was b. in Westford, Mass., Sept. 16, 1718; m. Dec. 1, 1741, Sarah Spaulding. She was b. June 9, 1723. They res. in Westford, Mass., several years and rem. to Dunstable, Mass., in 1757 and lived there till 1773, when they rem. to Cornish. He took a deed of land and a mill of Jonathan Chase, Esq., which for more than a century has been called "Comings Mills." Here they spent the remainder of their lives. He d. June 6, 1796, in his 78th year. She d. Nov. 20, 1801, aged 78. Both were buried in the cemetery on the Comings place, near the center of the town. Children:
2. i. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 18, 1742, in Westford, Mass.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. June 23, 1744, in Westford, Mass.
iii. SARAH, b. May 18, 1747, in Westford, Mass.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 28, 1749, in Westford, Mass .; d. Oct. 2, 1759.
v. BETSEY, b. June 28, 1752, in Westford, Mass .; m. - , William Farris. He d. Nov. 22, 1810. She d. June 5, 1776.
3. vi. BENJAMIN, 2D, b. March 28, 1755.
vii. MARY, b. Dec. 16, 1757; m. Feb. 5, 1781, Ebenezer Fletcher. She d. Feb. 26, 1812. (See Fletcher.)
viii. ANDREW, b. Feb. 16, 1761, Dunstable, Mass .; d. Oct. 1, 1775.
4. ix. WARREN, b. Oct. 16, 1768.
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2. SAMUEL6 COMINGS (Samuels, John4-3-2, Isaac,) eldest son of Samuels and Sarah (Spaulding) Comings, b. Nov. 18, 1742, in Westford, Mass .; m. first, Oet. 28, 1765, Sarah Butterfield, b. July 4, 1745, d. Aug. 31, 1804. There is nothing to show when he came to Cornish, as he remained away till all their children were born, the last being in 1789. He probably came soon after this, and lived with his father. They carried on their exten- sive farm, beside running the mill a large portion of the time. They also increased the capacity of the latter, and added a carding mill, carpenter shop, and tenement rooms. Thus the little settlement took on the appear- ance of substantial thrift and prosperity. The dense forests that then surrounded, and the waters that propelled the mill, rushing over a rocky precipice down into a densely wooded glen, presented scenery exceed- ingly grand and picturesque. Some of these attractions still remain, but the woodman's ax has despoiled much of the primitive beauty of the surrounding forests, and the old time-honored mills, so useful in their day, have been destroyed by fire. Mr. Comings spent the remainder of his life in Cornish dying Jan. 17, 1826. After the death of his first wife, he m. second, Mrs. Lydia (Marsh) Pollard, and third, some years afterward, Mrs. Lucy Willard. There is no record of the date of mar- riage or death of these wives, except the date of his m. to Mrs. Pollard Jan. 25, 1805, in Croydon. Children, all by Sarah Butterfield:
i. ANDREW, 1ST, b. in 1760; d. Oct. 1, 1775, aged 15.
ii. SALLY (or Sarah), b. July 7, 1766; m. Feb. 19, 1786, Jonathan Morse. She d. Dec. 17, 1842.
5. iii. LEONARD, b. Dec. 6, 1769.
iv. BETTY (or Betsey), b. Feb. 23, 1772; m. Feb. 23, 1794, Rufus Day of Cornish. She had eight children (see Day); d. Aug. 9, 1825, aged 53.
6. v. ANDREW, b. Oct. 9, 1776.
7. vi. EBEN, b. June 24, 1779.
vii. CHARLOTTE, b. Dec. 15, 1782; m. Feb. 4, 1807, Caleb Burke. She d. Sept. 16, 1820.
viii. REBECCA, b. June 18, 1786; m. Nov. 23, 1809, Isaac French; d. Aug. 26, 1834.
ix. SOPHIA, b. April 9, 1789; m. Feb. 24, 1814, Amos Richardson of Cornish. She had eight children (see Richardson); d. Sept. 5, 1853, aged 64.
3. BENJAMIN6 COMINGS (Samuels, John4-3-2, Isaaci) a brother of Samuel, b. March 28, 1755, in Westford, Mass .; m. Sept. 5, 1776, Mary Cooper, dau. of Dea. John and Mary (Sherman) Cooper, b. at Hardwick, Mass., July 20, 1753. Dea. Cooper moved from Hardwick to Cornish in 1769, and the next year to Croydon. Mary Cooper, his wife, was own consin to Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Col. Benjamin Comings bought land and located in the unbroken forest 22 miles northeast of the Comings mills, built a log house, and set about clearing the land for erops, somewhere between 1778 and 1781. That
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place, located the south side of Meeting House Hill near the center of the town, is still called the "Comings Place" and occupied by his de- scendants. A long row of maple trees adorn the roadside. Col. Comings d. April 14, 1813; his wife d. Dec. 13, 1843. Children, all b. in Cornish :
i. PENINNAH, b. June 20, 1777; m. Dec. 14, 1800, Chester Weld. Four children. She d. May 11, 1810. (See Weld.)
jj. T. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 3, 1778; d. Oet. 10, 1866, at Waldo, Sheboygan Co., Wis. He was thrice married. Settled in Berkshire, Vt., and in Waldo, Wis.
iii. POLLY, b. Feb. 17, 1781; m. March 1, 1801, Luther Bingham of Cornish and res. in Morristown, Vt. Nine children. He d. Dec. 10, 1846. She d. Aug. 30, 1847.
iv. SHERMAN, b. Jan. 9, 1783; m. Jan. 25, 1803, Betsey Smart of Croydon, dau. of Caleb and Catharine (Black) Smart, b. in Croydon Sept. 13, 1782. He was a tanner and currier, and carried on the busi- ness in Cornish and Plainfield, and Berlin, Vt. Finally rem. to Galesburg, Mich., where he d. April 22, 1845. His wife d. Dec. 16, 1834. They had eleven children. Two of these were b. in Cornish: 1. Orilla, b. March 13, 1804, and d. in Cornish Dec. 11, 1806. 2. Harriet, b. Aug. 22, 1805.
v. ANDREW, b. May 6, 1785; m. Sept. 10, 1809, Mrs. Betsey (Jewett) Parker, b. Feb. 28, 1784, and d. April 6, 1864. He was a farmer and lived in Berkshire, Vt. Seven children. He d. March 4, 1854. He was a sergeant in the War of 1812.
vi. DEA. FENNO, b. March 21, 1787; m. Nov. 22, 1810, Rebecca Smart of Croydon, a sister of his brother Sherman's wife. He was asso- ciated with his brother in the tanning and currying business many years in Cornish, Plainfield and in Berlin, Vt., where he d. Jan. 24, 1830. Fourteen children. The first two were b. in Cornish and d. in infancy. The fourth, William Free- man, b. in Cornish Jan. 18, 1814; m. May 7, 1835, Adeline Tenny of Hanover and had five children. The eighth, Ursula Francis, b. Nov. 15, 1818; m. March 9, 1837, Oliver Dewey. These were the parents of Laura Frances, the wife of Charles W. Comings. The twelfth, Erasmus Darwin, was a noted sing- ing teacher, who lived and d. in Croydon.
S. vii. DEA. BENJAMIN, b. April 15, 1789.
viii. BETTY, b. April 3, 1791; m. Feb. 26, 1818, Moody Smith. Res. in Cornish. No children. She d. Aug. 17, 1869. Mr. Smith d. July 6, 1856.
ix. SUKEY, b. April 4, 1793; m. June 25, 1829, James Sperry of Clare- mont (his second wife). She had three children. She d. in Dec., 1863. She, with two of her children, were buried in Claremont. x. and xi. were twins sons, b. Oct. 13, 1795, and d. the same day. xii. JULIA D. ROBIGNE, b. April 12, 1799; m. Dec. 27, 1815, Jacob Newell. She had seven children. (See Newell.) They lived in Lyme, where she d. May 2, 1858. Mr. Newell d. in Cornish Aug. 16, 1869.
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4. WARREN COMINGSS (Samuels, John 4-3-2, Isaac1) youngest son of Samuels and Sarah (Spaulding) Comings, b. Oet. 16, 1768, in Dunstable, Mass. Came to Cornish with his father; m. May 28, 1789, Mary Taylor of Cornish, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth (Sumner) Taylor, b. Sept. 18, 1767, and d. Nov. 6, 1849, aged 82. He d. Dec. 12, 1853, aged 85. A mechanic and farmer. Children born in Cornish:
i. SALLY, b. July 10, 1791; m. William Dailey of Bridgewater, Vt., d. Nov. 19, 1872. He d. Jan. 1, 1861. No issue.
ii. WILLIAM SUMNER, b. April S, 1793; m. March 23, 1822 (or Nov. 19, 1821), Susan Gates, b. July 10, 1791. He d. March 2, 1875. No issue.
iii. BETSEY, b. April 6, 1795; m. Nov. 19, 1821, David Smith. She d. May 10, 1863. Lived at Sparta, Sussex Co., N. J. He d. March 20, 1859. Seven children.
iv. WARREN SPAULDING, b. June 15, 1797; d. Dee. 1, 1818. Unm.
V. TAYLOR GILMAN, b. May 15, 1799; d. Aug. 18, 1803.
vi. JOSEPHI SIDNEY, b. April 22, 1801; m. Jan. 22, 1834, Lydia Delilah Comings of Cornish, dan. of Andrew and Lydia (Jackson) Comings, b. Jan. 19, 1807, and d. Sept. 19, 1872. He d. Oct. 21, 1884.
vii. HEMAN HUNT, b. April 9, 1803. Was a very prominent military man; was Col. of the 15th Regt. of N. II. State Militia for several years. A man of marked ability. He never married; d. June 30, 1870. viii. GILMAN TAYLOR, b. July 30, 1805; m. first, May 26, 1832, Amy A. Lockwood who d. Sept. 29, 1833; m. second, Sept. 1, 1834, Rhoda Worthington. He d. Dec. 16, 1876. He was also a Col. and res. in Metuchen, N. J.
ix. MARIA, b. March 8, 1808; m. Nov. 30, 1831, Joshua W. Bryant of Cornish, b. March 20, 1795. Had five children. (See Bryant.) Res., Bridgewater, Vt., where he d. April 26, 1872. She d. March 25, 1876.
.Y. DANIEL MORRIS, b. May 16, 1810; m. Nov. 30, 1836, Emily Maria Hamilton, b. June 17, 1814, d. Feb. 11, 1895. This family decided to so change their name as to spell the surname, Cummings, by which name it is now recognized. They had ten children. Res., Woodstock, Vt., Lebanon, Canaan and Enfield, where, at the latter place, he d. March 1, 1885. He was possessed of an unusual amount of mechanical ingenuity. He constructed several shops, both for wood and iron. Secured several patents on various inventions.
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ALBERT GALLATIN, b. March 19, 1812; m. June 10, 1838, Cynthia J. Robbins, b. July 28, 1820, and d. July 8, 1900. He d. June 8, 1887. Had nine children. Res. in Mason and Lee and in Bos- ton and Freetown, Mass. He was a minister of the gospel, was earnest in all movements to free the slaves. His two oldest sons entered the Northern army in the great Rebellion, one of them dying there. He also fought the evil of intemperance, and was twice candidate for governor on the temperanee ticket.
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5. LEONARD7 COMINGS (Samuel6-5, John4-3-2, Isaac1) b. Dec. 6, 1769, eldest son of Samuels and Sarah Butterfield; m. Sept. 20, 1791, Nelly Winch, b. Dec. 15, 1768, and d. Dec. 30, 1860, aged 92. He continued in the same business as his father and grandfather, in the mill and on the farm, lead- ing a quiet and useful life. He d. Oct. 25, 1832, aged 63. Children, both b. in Cornish.
9. i. URIEL, b. Feb. 28, 1793.
ii. CYNTHIA, b. March 18, 1795; m. Feb. 10, 1814, Obed Powers, for- merly of Croydon. Had five children. (See Powers.) She lived over twenty years after the celebration of their golden wedding in 1864. She d. Sept. 6, 1884.
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