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i. WEBSTER T., twin, b. Oct. 16, 1865; m. Jan. 23, 1893, Mary E. Colby cf Claremont. No children. She d. Aug. 9, 190S. He was asso- ciated with his father in the meat and provision business several years, afterwards by himself as grain dealer, and afterwards as traveling salesman. He is a very prominent mason, having held the highest offices in the Lodge, Chapter and Commandery.
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ii. MABEL, a twin with her brother, b. Oct. 16, 1865; m. Oct. 14, 1891, Sumner H. Lawrence. Four children. Res. in Concord. He is traveling salesman.
iii. LULU JOSEPIIINE, b. Aug. 28, 1875. Unm. in 1904. At that time was employed in the Custom House in Boston, Mass., in telephone offiee.
6. ARTHUR PERRYS THRASHER (Ithamars, Johns, Jacob2, Henry:) b. Jan. 27, 1850; m. Oct. 29, 1874, Susan A. T. Clement of Moultonborough, b. April 26, 1850, dau. of David and Caroline (Spaulding) Clement. Res. So. Cornish. A farmer and dealer in live stock, also agent for sale of farm machinery, carriages, etc. Children, both b. in Cornish:
i. KATIE MAY, b. Jan. 25, 1876; m. Aug. 17, 1898, George W. Hunt, Jr. Merchant on Cornish Flat. Three children (1904). (See Hunt.)
ii. GRATIA CLYDE, b. Feb. 22, 1885.
7. WALLACE P.4 THRASHIER (Samuel P .; , John2, Jacob1) b. May 10, 1850; m. Aug. 21, 1870, Eliza E. Dickinson of Cambridgeport, Mass., dau. of Aaron and Eliza (Marshall) Diekinson, b. Oct. 21, 1850. Res. just over the line in Plainfield. He was a casket maker. A Democrat, actively interested in political and legal affairs. Wrote much for newspapers and magazines. Served with much ability as selectman, town clerk, school board, each several years. He d. Jan. 31, 1902. Children:
i. WESTON M., b. Jan. 18, 1872; m. July 28, 1897, Cecile E. Felt. Res. Lewiston, Me. A cabinet maker.
ii. CARLTON W., b. Oet. 8, 1873; m. June 22, 1899, Nellie H. MeMahon. Res., Windsor, Vt. A shoe dealer.
iii. MANTON J., b. Nov. 11, 1875; m. Oct. 12, 1898, F. Gertrude Seaver. Res., Windsor, Vt., a druggist.
iv. ANNIE M., b. June 13, 1878.
v. NETTIE E., b. June 4, 1881.
vi. HARRY D., b. May 24, 1883.
vii. MORRIS M., b. June 25, 1885.
viii. FLORA H., b. Aug. 23, 1891.
ix. NINA L., b. Feb. 15, 1894.
TRACY.
1. CAPT. ANDREW TRACY, the first of the name to come to Cornish, was b. in Lisbon, Conn., Sept. 17, 1772 .? He was a descendant of Lieut. Thomas Tracy, who emigrated from Eng., in 1636, and whose lineage is traced back to Egbert, one of the Saxon kings of England. Ile m. Anna Bingham, dau. of Lemuel and Hannah (Perkins) Bingham of Windham, Conn., and a descendant, on her mother's side, from Gov. Wm. Bradford, who came over in the Mayflower. She was b. Sept. 12, 1750, and d. Sept. 5, 1827. He d. Dec. 26, 1819, aged 70.
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Capt. Tracy came to Cornish in the winter of 1783-84, bringing his goods and family on an ox-sled. Lived the remainder of the winter in a log-house with another family, and until he could build for himself, on land bought of Daniel Freeman, for which, as the deed says, he paid "three hundred pounds lawful money." Children, the first five b. in Conn., the rest in Cornish:
2. i. LEMUEL, b. July 29, 1773.
ii. RUTH, b. March 30, 1775; d. unm., Oet. 17, 1856.
iii. LUCY, b. Nov. 4, 1777; d. unm. April 20, 1824.
iv. ELIAS, b. Jan. 22, 1780; d. unm. June 20, 1850.
3. v. STEPHEN, b. July 2, 1782.
vi. ANNA, b. Dec. 27, 1784; d. unm., March 1, 1830.
4. vii. ANDREW, b. Jan. 21, 1789.
5. viii. JESSE, b. March 21, 1792.
2. LEMUEL2 TRACY (Andrew) was b. July 29, 1773; m. first, Phebe Parker, b. in 1780, and d. Oet. 31, 1822.
"Sacred be her memory, for she was a mother." (Inscription on tombstone of Phebe Parker Tracy.)
He m. second, Jan. 15, 1824, Sarah Bryant of Cornish, dau. of Israel and Mehitable Bryant, b. June 3, 1792, and d. Nov. 18, 1862, aged 68. They lived in Claremont, where they both d. He d. April 6, 1855, aged 81. Children by Phebe Parker:
i. LEMUEL, b. Nov. 9, 1800; d. - , at Windsor, Vt.
ii. PHEBE, b. Nov. 16, 1802; d. Oet. 19, 1843.
iii. CALVIN, b. Jan. 2, 1805; grad. Kimball Union Academy 1827; Dart- mouth College 1832. A life long teacher of mathematics. Published four arithmetics; m. first, Aug. 19, 1834, Maria C. Rowell of Cornish, dau. of Rev. Joseph Rowell, b. April 3, 1808, and d. Aug. 2, 1854; m. second, March 1, 1859, IIarriet A. Sessions.
iv. LEVI NELSON, b. Feb. 16, 1807; d. June 13, 1846. Grad. Kimball Union Academy 1830; Dartmouth College 1834; teacher. M. 1836, Isabel Nutting.
v. EDWIN P., b. Dec. 6, 1809; d. Aug. 17, 1841.
vi. SYLVESTER NEWTON, b. July 24, 1812. Kimball Union Academy 1834. A tailor; lived in Johnson, Vt. M. Nov. 9, 1835, Caro- line A. Green of Cornish, dau. of Samuel Green, b. June 18, 1814, and d. Mareh 6, 1857. Three children.
vii. HARRIET N., b. Nov. 23, 1814; d. Nov. 15, 1839.
viii. JULIA A., b. June 3, 1819; d. Sept. 13, 1843; was the wife of David S. Dutton.
Children by Sarah Bryant:
ix. SARAH MARIA, b. Nov. 7, 1825; m. - Watriss; lived in Clare- mont. She d. in Claremont March 22, 1903, aged 77 years, 4 months, 15 days.
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x. MARY S., b. 1831; d. Sept. 16, 1851.
xi. ALFRED, b. 1832; d. 1895. Res. in Manchester.
3. STEPHEN? TRACY (Andrew1) was b. July 2, 1782; m. first, Rebecca Tracy, of Lisbon, Conn., dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Freeman) Tracy, b. Dec. 19, 1777, d. Feb. 20, 1816; m. second, Betsey Boardman, dau. of Dea. Jonas and Elizabeth (Jewett) Boardman, b. - , d. July 17, 1829; m. third, Sarah Alden, dau. of Daniel Alden of Lebanon. She was a direct descendant of John Alden who came over in the Mayflower. She was b. Nov. 1, 1790, and d. Oct. 14, 1867. Mr. Tracy d. Oct. 23, 1865. Children by Rebecca Tracy:
i. VERA ANN, b. Nov. 7, 1806; d. Aug. 27, 1807.
ii. ELIJAH, b. June 10, 1810; d. Oct. 31, 1874; m. - , Sarah Lewis of Townsend, Mass., Nov. 12, 1845. Were both deaf mutes and educated at the Asylum for such at Hartford, Conn.
iii. MARY ANN FREEMAN, b. April 7, 1814; d. unm., Sept. 14, 1884. Children by Betsey Boardman:
iv. REBECCA, b. Aug. 25, 1818; d. Nov. 16, 1893; m. Jan. 1, 1856, Eben- ezer Cole. Had one son : Stephen Tracy Cole.
v. WILLIAM NEWTON, b. May 30, 1820; m. - , Harriet T. Kelley of Lawrence, Mass. They both d. in Sacremento, Cal. He d. Aug. 12, 1894.
vi. SABRA SHEPARD, b. May 23, 1822; d. Feb. 6, 1885. She m. Sept. 11, 1855, Rev. James B. Ramsey of Lynchburg, Va. Three children. The two youngest d. young. The oldest, George Jenkins Ramsey, is at present (1904) Pres. of the Silliman Collegiate Institute of Clinton, La.
vii. GEORGE BOARDMAN, b. May 15, 1826; m. - , Sarah Hebard of Lebanon. Enlisted in Co. E, 9th Regt., N. H. Vols .; was wounded by a minnie ball in the ankle at Spottsylvania on May 12, 1864, early in the morning. Lay where he fell that day and night till the night of the 13th when he was brought in on a blanket by his comrades who had obtained permission to go outside the lines for that purpose. He d. in the hospital at Washington, D. C., June 6, 1864.
viii. JONAS BOARDMAN, b. March 25, 1828; m. first, -, Ruth Maria Wood of Emerald Grove, Wis. She d. Aug. 29, 1854; m. second,
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-, Laura A. Stevens. Three children, all by last wife: 1.
Ida May, b. 1857; d. April 22, 1888. 2. Charles A., b. -. 3. Willis B., b. 1863; d. Aug. 28, 1865.
Children of Stephen and Sarah Alden Tracy:
ix. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 10, 1831; d. Oct. 24, 1831.
6. x. STEPHEN ALDEN, b. Oct. 31, 1833.
xi. CAROLINE SARAH, b. Oct. 8, 1835; m. Dec. 11, 1866, Charles S. Cahill of Lowell, Mass. Three children: 1. Charles Tracy, b. Oct. 17, 1867. 2. Annie Alden, b. Dec. 13, 1869. 3. Clarence Eugene, b. Feb. 17, 1876.
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4. ANDREW? TRACY (Andrew1) b. Jan. 21, 1789; m. first, Nov. 9, 1812, Lois Thompson, b. 1788, and d. March 29, 1821; m. second, Lovina Averill, b. Dec. 10, 1790. Children by Lois Thompson:
i. VERA ANN, b. Jan. 3, 1815.
ii. SOPHRONIA SMITH, b. Sept. 13, 1816; d. --.
iii. CHARLES, b. March 15, 1819; d. March 25, 1821.
iv. LOIS THOMPSON, b. March 19, 1821; d. Oct. 3, 1838.
Children by Lovina Averill:
v. ANDREW AVERILL, b. Aug. 17, 1823.
vi. LOVINA ROBINSON, b. Dec. 14, 1824; d. April 27, 1885.
vii. FIDELIA BINGHAM, b. Oct. 5, 1826; d. May 6, 1862.
viii. CHARLES ALONZO, b. April 22, 1829; d. July 14, 1896.
ix. ELIZA MARIA, b. March 14, 1831.
x. ABIGAIL KEZIAH, b. March 13, 1833.
xi. CAROLINE JENNETTE, b. Aug. 7, 1835.
5. JESSE2 TRACY (Andrew1) was b. March 21, 1792; m. Jan. 16, 1814, Sarah H. Thompson of Cornish, dau. of Loring and Elizabeth (Hall) Thomp- son, b. Nov. 26, 1792, d. -. Mr. Tracy d. Aug. 30, 1857. Chil- dren:
i. THOMAS THOMPSON, b. July 22, 1814.
ii. SAMUEL MOREY, b. April 11, 1821; d. Jan. 15, 1875.
iii. TIMOTHY NUTTING, b. Oct. 18, 1823; d. 1873.
iv. ELIZABETH QUINTON, b. May 10, 1825; d. Jan. 21, 1895.
v. LUCY ANN, b. Nov. 28, 1827; d. April 25, 1863.
6. STEPHEN ALDEN3 TRACY (Stephen?, Andrew1) was b. Oct. 31, 1833. A farmer, yet has received many offices and honors from his townsmen. He m. first, May 26, 1859, Emily Elizabeth Norris of Cornish, dau. of Philo and Angeline (Stone) Norris, b. March 28, 1835, and d. without issue June 19, 1862; m. second, Agnes Bailey of Enfield, b. Feb. 25, 1843; d. April 27, 1904. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. FRANKLIN BLISS, b. Oct. 15, 1866. In trade in Windsor, Vt., in the well-known firm of Stone, Tracy & Co .; m. -- , Ida Stone of Windsor. Have one son : Gordon Stone, b. April 2, 1895.
ii. EMILY NORRIS, b. Sept. 12, 1868. Grad. Kimball Union Academy, class 1855. A teacher of experience and success.
iii. EVELYN AGNES, b. Oct. 2, 1870. Educated at Kimball Union and Colby Academies. Grad. from Bicker's Business College in Worcester, Mass. Has been employed in the office of Sullivan Machine Co., Claremont, since 1900 as business clerk.
iv. CHARLES ALDEN, b. Nov. 16, 1872; grad. Kimball Union Academy, class 1893. Dartmouth College, class -. Supt. of schools of Claremont. M. Jan. 1, 1902, Grace Powell of Hillsborough. One child: Elizabeth Alden, b. Oct. 28, 1902. Became principal Kimball Union Academy, 1905, which position he still holds.
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MRS. STEPHEN A. TRACY,
STEPHEN A. TRACY,
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v. ELLEN NANCY, b. May 8, 1875. Attended Kimball Union Academy. Taught school several years. M., and lives in Charlestown.
vi. WILLIAM BAILY, b. Oct. 24, 1877; m. - , Pearl E. Hadley of Plain- field, dau. of Arthur and Cynthia Hadley. A dau. was b. to them in Cornish, Feb. 21, 1908, also a son b. July 11, 1909.
vii. SARAH ELIZA, b. April 20, 1881. Is a graduate of Windsor (Vt.) High School and of Swarthmore College, Pa. Has been teaching since and she is now (1910) principal of the Templeton High School in Baldwinsville, Mass.
TRUELL.
GEORGE ALBERT TRUELL, son of Wiseman C. and Syrena (Centre) Truell, was b. in No. Grantham Jan. 30, 1841. M. Nov. 29, 1863, Marion Alice Mitchell, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary W. (Allen) Mitchell, b. in Croy- don July 6, 1844. Came to Cornish in March, 1864. Res. several years on the Flat, and finally settled on the David K. Ripley farm south of the Flat. A stone mason. Child:
i. MINNIE MITCHELL, b. in Cornish, Nov. 16, 1864. She m. June 11, 1887, Lewis C. Peaslee of Cornish. They have one dau. : Marion Truell, b. March 1, 1895.
TUCKER.
PERLEY and REBECCA TUCKER, lived in town several years but have left no record except the following list of children, all recorded as b. in Cornish:
i. ABIJAH, b. Oct. 31, 1793.
ii. LUCY, b. Jan. 4, 1795.
iii. ABEGENE (?), b. Jan. 16, 1797.
iv. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 16, 1798.
v. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 24, 1800.
vi. NEWTON, b. Jan. 4, 1802.
vii. SETH SUMNER, b. Feb. 22, 1807.
SILAS H. TUCKER, son of John M. and Betsey N. (Darling) Tucker, was b. in Huntington, Vt., Dee. 24, 1838. He served in the War of the Rebellion, enlisting from Vt. After the war he became a Methodist preacher. Served several churches. M. Dec. 20, 1870, Sarah C. Brown, dau. of Chester and Calista W. (Shepard) Brown, b. Oct. 13, 1846. No children. He came to Cornish in 1896 and preached about two years for the Congregational Society as a supply, till failing health caused him to leave the ministry. He d. Sept. 9, 1900, on the Flat.
TUXBURY.
ISHMAEL TUXBURY was b. March 12, 1782, in Meriden; m. Sept. 6, 1809, Hul- dah Bemis of Cornish, dau. of Benj. B. and Abigail (Hall) Bemis, b. Dec. 24, 1785, and d. in Windsor, Jan. 13, 1870. They lived in Meriden till about 1830. Kept the hotel and boarding house there. Coming from
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Meriden they lived in Cornish about twenty years on the river road near Claremont line. After this they lived in a house in Cornish a mile north of Cornish bridge where he d. June 15, 1867. Both are buried in Windsor. Children:
i. ALBERT, b. Aug. 31, 1810; m. first, April 17, 1837, Harriet M. Gallup; m. second, June 1, 1875, Elizabeth C. Delayfield. He d. Oct. 8, 1882, in Wyoming, Neb.
ii. ALMIRA, b. Sept. 18, 1812; d. Oct. 8, 1812.
iii. EDWARD, b. May 29, 1814; m. Dec. 23, 1840, Sarah Silsby Thorn- dike. He d. Oct. 5, 1849.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. May 7, 1816; d. July 2, 1816.
MR. AND MRS. ISHMAEL TUXBURY.
V. MARY ANN, b. Nov. 22, 1817; m. first, Oct. 15, 1868, Charles Clapp; m. second, in 1888, Edward Rix. She d. July 27, 1897.
vi. DWIGHT, b. July 21, 1821; m. first, Oct. 18, 1849, Sophia A. Gilkey. M. second, Oct. 11, 1866, Eusebia Sabine Williams. Mr. Tux- bury was in trade many years in Windsor, a very popular and successful merchant. Three children. Two sons succeed their father in the same business. He d. April 9, 1898.
vii. ABIGAIL, 2D, b. March 19, 1825; d. Aug. 7, 1850.
viii. SARAH MARIA, b. June 28, 1829; d. Sept. 1, 1834; was buried in Cornish. The oldest of these children was buried in Neb. and all the rest in Windsor, Vt.
TYLER.
The Tylers came from Conn. to Claremont during the early history of that town. The generations preceding were: Willian Tyler of New Haven, Conn .; John 2ª Tyler of Wallingford, Conn .; Benjamin4 who came from Farmington,
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Conn., to Claremont in 1767. He built the first mill in that town, and was the ancestor of the family of this name in Claremont. He was b. Feb. 22, 1733; m. in 1753, Mehitable Andrews, and d. in Claremont March 9, 1814. His wid. d. there Jan. 17, 1823.
EPHRAIM5, son of Benjamin4, was b. in 1759; and m. Abigail Pardee, in 1781; and d. in Claremont Dec. 16, 1823. Abigail d. there March 18, 1814. They had several children.
EPHRAIM6, son of the last, was b. in Claremont Sept. 16, 1783; m. - , Sarah Gookin, b. in 1793, and d. in Claremont Aug. 18, 1820. Ephraim® d. Dec. 12, 1842. Had several children.
CHARLES7 TYLER, son of last, was b. in Claremont July 4, 1816; m. Sept. 22, 1839, Lucy F. Russell of Weathersfield, Vt .; b. Oct. 24, 1819, and d. in Cornish March 20, 1901. Mr. Tyler came first to that part of Gran- tham (now Plainfield) just over the line from Cornish where he lived several years and then came to Cornish Flat where he spent the rest of his life. He run the gristmill above the Flat several years, and was also a carpenter and house-builder. He d. Dec. 31, 1894. Children :
i. GEORGE E., b. May 15, 1841, in Grantham. Enlisted in 1861, in the Second Regt., N. H. Vols., and d. March 4, 1863, in Boston. (See Military.)
ii. RUSSELL, b. May 29, 1844, in Grantham. Enlisted in 1861 in the 6th Regt., N. H. Vols. Also reënlisted in 1863. (See Military.) He m. Nov. 30, 1865, Lucy A. Sisson of Cornish, dau. of John F. and Emily A. (Smith) Sisson, b. Sept. 9, 1848, and d. Nov. 17, 1891, in Westfield. He d. in the same place, Oct. 26, 1896. They had one child: Harry Russell Tyler, b. Jan. 12, 1867; m. in March, 1890, Flora L. Thurston of Springfield, Mass., and d. in Westfield, Mass., Dec. 4, 1895.
iii. MARY READ, b. June 7, 1852, in Grantham; m. July 21, 1SS1, Austin Tyler who was b. in Claremont Jan. 16, 1847. They had two daughters, both b. in N. Y. City: 1. Mary Lucy, b. Feb. 6, ISS3. 2. Sarah Emily, b. Feb. 24, 1885. Mr. Tyler was a --- and res. in N. Y. City where he d. April 21, 1901, aged 53 years, 3 months.
iv. CHARLES WILLIS, b. in Cornish, Jan. S, 1857. Was educated in the schools of Cornish. In 1875, entered the employ of Webster, Russell & Co., of Plymouth, as clerk in a general store, serving five years. In 1SSO, entered the employ of J. P. Pitman & Co., at Laconia. In 1882, entered the employ of Laconia National Bank as elerk. In 1889 he was elected assistant cashier and cashier in 1900 which position he still holds. Was one of the incorporators of the Laconia Building and Loan Association in 1SSS and has held the office of treasurer since. One of the organ- izers of the Winnepesaukee Lake Transportation Co., and holds the position of mamager and treasurer of the same. Has always
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C. W. TYLER.
had the welfare of the city of his adoption at heart. M. in Oct., 1882, Florence L. Jackman, who d. Oct. 18, 1893. He is a Republican, a Congregationalist and a Mason of the 32d degree.
VINCENT.
REV. SAMUEL L. VINCENT, son of Ishmael and Caroline (Green) Vincent, was b. in Moretown, Vt., March 26, 1851. Grad. Bangor Theological Sem. in 1878. Served as pastor in Pembroke, Me., Peru, Braintree, Hartford, Bridgewater, Jamaica and Glover, Vt., and came to Cornish in May, 1904.
He m. first, Nov. 27, 1878, Hannah Jones of Dennisville, Me. She d. Der. 26, 1893, leaving six children. M. second, in Jamaica, Vt., Nov. 20, 1894, Mary Wheeler. Children by last wife:
i. ETHEL B., b. April 30, 1899, in Glover, Vt.
ii. EARL A., b. April 7, 1903, in Glover, Vt.
iii. ARCHER W., b. July 5, 1905, in Cornish.
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VINTON.
The Vintons originally came from France. There is no documentary proof of it, but traditions both in England and America all point that way.
1. MAJ. JOHNS VINTON (Johns, Joseph3, John2-1) was b. in Dudley, Mass., Feb. 24, 1760; m. Jan., 1784, Susanna Manning of Woodstock, Conn., a sister of Hannah, wife of Caleb Plaistridge, b. March, 1765. Enlisting at the age of 16, he served in the War of the Revolution from 1777 to 1780. Settled in Cornish in Jan. or Feb., 1787. Came in winter, him- self, wife and two children, with all their household goods on a sled drawn by oxen, and were two weeks on the road. Lived first on the farm where Mrs. Beal now lives, and about 1795 rem. to the farm where J. W. Pierce lives, and built the brick house there in 1809. Was a black- smith by occupation, also a prosperous farmer. A man of note in town, energetic, industrious and intelligent; a Maj. in the militia and seven years Deputy Sheriff, also a Free Mason, being one of the charter mem- bers of Hiram Lodge, No. 9, Claremont. A man of uncommon bulk and portliness, weighing 350 lbs. and some accounts give his actual weight at one time 456 lbs. He d. in Cornish March 19, 1838. His wife d. April 10, 1847. Children, all b. in Cornish except the two oldest, who were b. in Dudley, Mass.
i. ALICE, b. June 6, 1784; m. June 3, 1806, Thomas Gustin of Cornish. She had eleven children. Her youngest dau., Elizabeth D., b. June 22, 1823; m. April 30, 1846, Henry Breek, Jr. Res. in Newtonville, Mass., till her death Aug. 26, 1897.
2. ii. DANIEL H., b. Oct. 30, 1785.
iii. DOROTHY C., b. June 29, 1787. Always lived in Cornish and d. there, Feb. 1, 1867, unm.
iv. HANNAH, b. June 12, 1789; m. 1824, Joseph Lamberton of Claremont where they lived many years. Afterwards they came to the old Vinton homestead in Cornish where they spent the rest of their lives. Four children. (See Lamberton.) She d. July 14, 1876.
V. BETSEY, b. Jan. 22, 1791; m. Jan. 15, 1826, Bela W. Jeneks of New- port, where they lived and d. Four children. He d. March 28, 1860. She d. 1880.
vi. NANCY, b. Feb. 29, 1792; m. Sept. 5, 1818, Chester W. Stone of Sturbridge, Mass. Three children. A farmer and d. May 8, 1849. She d. 1885.
vii. JOHN, b. Dec. 20, 1793; m. -- , Phebe Wallace, of Pownal, Vt. He was a blacksmith; and d. Nov., 1829, in Newburgh, Ohio. No children.
3. viii. DANFORD, b. Oct. 10, 1795.
ix. JAMES, b. Dec., 1797; d. Dec. 25, 1797.
x. SUSAN M., b. Jan. 26, 1799; in. April, 1831, Cranston Gates. Rem. to Wilna, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Seven children.
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xi. HARVEY, b. Oct. 4, 1800. Grad. Medical School at Castleton, Vt. Practiced medicine several years in Mass .; d. in Portsmouth, Aug. 27, 1849. Never m.
xii. MARY SUSAN, b. March 23, 1802; m. Oct. 30, 1829, Stephen Newell of Sturbridge, Mass., where they lived. Six children. She d. 1882 or 83.
xiii. MARIA THERESA, b. Jan. 18, 1803; m. Sept. 19, 1831, Capt. Oliver Mason of Southbridge, Mass., where they res. A farmer. Six children. D. 1885.
xiv. HENRY, b. March, 1806; d. Oct. 31, 1807.
XV. JULIA VICTORIA, b. July 3, 1808; m. 1835, Charles Kimball of Haver- hill, Mass. Rem. to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where they spent their lives. Five children, d. May, 1835.
2. DANIEL H.6 VINTON (Johns-4, Joseph3, John2-1) b. Oct. 30, 1785, in Dudley, Mass. Came to Cornish with his parents when two years of age. M. Feb. 19, 1809, Huldah Smith of Cornish, dau. of Aaron and Huldah (Webb) Smith. A farmer. Always res. in Cornish. He d. Feb. 22, 1831. His wid. afterwards m. Asa Kingsbury of Plainfield. She d. April 30, 1861. By Mr. Vinton she had nine children:
i. SUSANNA LOUISA, b. Oct. 27, 1808; m. Feb. 26, 1834, Samuel Mace of Hartland, Vt., afterwards of Cornish. Thirteen children. (See Mace.) She d. in Cornish April 14, 1893, aged 84.
ii. HULDAH ALMIRA, b. Feb. 19, 1810; m. - , Benj. J. Burpee. Res. New London. Two children. She d. 1890.
in. SYLVIA J., b. Sept., 1814; m. - , Geo. Whittaker. Res., Franklin Falls. Six children. She d. 1892.
iv. ADALINE J., b. March 17, 1817; m. Sept., 1849, Charles Nye; res. Dudley, Mass. One child. She d. Feb. 26, 1885. He d. in Nov., 1892.
V. ALONZO R., b. July, 1819. Res. Harlan, Iowa; d. May 1, 1880, unm. vi. HELEN V., b. Feb., 1821. M. in 1846, James Brown of Wilmot. Res. in Southbridge, Mass. Three children. She d. May, 1867. vii. MARY ANN, b. May, 1824. M. about 1847, Joseph Brown (a brother of James). Res. Wilmot. Three children. She d. 188S.
viii. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, b. Aug. 27, 1826. A farmer. Res. in Cor- nish till 1864, and then rem. to Avoca, Iowa. Was Supt. of schools while in Cornish several years. Living in 1910. Never m.
ix. PHEBE ANN, b. Nov., 1828. Res. Southbridge, Mass. Living in 1908. Never m.
3. DANFORD6 VINTON (Johns-4, Joseph3, John2-1) b. Oct. 10, 1795; m. Jan. 27, 1831, Rebecca Bryant of Cornish, dau. of Sears and Martha (Luther) Bryant, b. Aug. 12, 1808, and d. Oct. 21, 1858. They lived in Gran- tham many years and some in Cornish. He d. Sept. 22, 1878. Chil- dren:
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i. HENRY C., b. Feb., 1832.
ii. MARIA R., b. Jan. 2, 1834; m. - , Dennis Taylor and lived in Claremont. Two children. She d. Dec. 2, 1898.
iii. MARTHA JANE, b. May 27, 1836; m. - , Charles H. Parmlee. One son, Fred M. She d. June S, 1909. Mr. Parmlee enlisted in the Civil War. He d. April 2, 1896. They lived in Claremont.
iv. JOHN, b. Feb., 1839; m. Oct. 18, 1861, Minnie Velona Ripley, of Cornish, dau. of David K. and Rosilla (Clark) Ripley, b. Aug. 29, 1843. They had a son, John M., b. July 15, 1863; d. April 9, 1871. He enlisted in the Civil War, and d. in the service, June 16, 1863. (See Military.) His wid. afterwards m. (Oct. 16, 1866) Eli B. Davis of Plainfield. She d. Aug. 8, 1892.
V. SUSAN, b. Jan., 1842; m. Goodspeed and live (1909) in Laconia.
vi. NANCY E., b. Dec., 1843; m. - , James Brocklebank. No chil- dren. She d. Sept. 14, 1901. He d. Sept. 25, 1903.
VINTON (OR VINSEN).
There is a gravestone record of a family of this name in Cornish, as fol- lows:
Richard Vinton, d. April 15, 1794, aged 74.
Rebecca, his first wife, d. Nov. 20, 1774, aged 53.
Abigail, his second wife, d. Sept. 17, 1783, aged 59.
Phebe, dau. of Richard and Rebecca, d. March 23, 179S, aged 43.
Moses, son of Richard and Rebecca, d. June 21, 1789, aged 34.
Aaron, son of Richard and Rebecca, d. Nov. 30, 1775.
The further record of this family is unknown.
WAKEFIELD.
The name Wakefield is found among the earliest Anglo-Saxon records and figures extensively in history of places and persons, and in every grade of social life, and every department of Government, Science, Literature and In- dustry.
JONATHANI WAKEFIELD came from Yorkshire, Eng., to America about 1640, landing at Martha's Vineyard. His son, Jonathan2, settled in Sutton, Mass., where his son, Jonathan3, was born, who was killed at Dorchester Heights, March 5, 1776. His son, Jonathan4, came and settled in New- port, in 1779, and spent the rest of his life there. He m. first, Sarah Fletcher; second, Elizabeth Goodwin. Had eight children.
JONATHAN& WAKEFIELD, his second child and eldest son, born in No. New- port, July 8, 1787, came and settled in Cornish in 1813, near the bound- ary line of Newport. Soon after he rem. to the farm on the hill south of Cornish Flat, now (1908) owned by M. B. Lindsay. Here he lived many years or until about 1850, when he rem. to Elizabethtown, N. Y.,
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and afterwards to No. Hudson, N. Y., where he d. Oct. 27, 1868, aged 81. He m. Feb. 8, 1813, Rebecca Haven of Newport, dau. of William and Rebecca (Jacobs) Haven, b. Nov. 23, 1786, d. at No. Hudson Feb. 12,1897, aged 92. Mr. Wakefield and wife were Baptists and he was Dea. of the church on the Flat many years, establishing a high reputation for character and industry. Children, all b. in Cornish;
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