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i. GEORGE, b. Sept. 16, 1728; m. July 6, 1761, Elizabeth Durfee of Tiverton, R. I.
2. ii. JOHN, b. Feb. 1, 1731.
iii. PRISCILLA, b. Sept. 8, 1732; m. - , Richard Borden, b. April 3, 1733; and d. in 1788.
iv. MARY, b. Jan. 7, 1735.
3. v. EARL, b. Feb. 26, 1736.
2. JOHN' WESTGATE (George?, Robert1) was b. Feb. 1, 1731; m. June 6, 1756, Grace Church of Tiverton, R. I., a lineal descendant of Col. Benjamin
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Church who was distinguished in King Philip's War. They lived in Tiverton and afterwards a few years in Killingsly, Conn., and then came to Plainfield, in the winter of 1777-78. They came with an ox-sled, bringing all their goods and nine children with them. Spent the remain- der of their lives in Plainfield. She d. April 27, 1831. He d. Sept. 5, 1821. Children:
i. BETSEY, b. 1758; m. Thomas Gates. She d. Dec. 19, 1798.
ii. JOHN, b. 1759; m. first, Bethena Coit; m. second, Amy Borden of Tiverton.
iii. LYDIA, b. 1761; m. Joseph Earl, her cousin. She d. July 12, 1814.
4. iv. EARL, b. Nov. 26, 1764.
v. PRISCILLA, b. 1766; m. April 2, 1795, Benj. Borden of Tiverton, R. I. She d. Aug. 6, 1849.
vi. GEORGE, b. -; m. - , Rhoda Borden of Tiverton.
vii. WILLIAM, b. -; m. - , Martha P. Hyde. He, with his brother George, rem. to Marietta, Ohio, where they both d. George left six boys and William left two daus.
viii. MARY, b. 1773; m. March 2, 1797, David Stevens, who was b. Nov. 24, 1763; and d. Nov. 4, 1807. She d. Nov. 3, 1839.
5. ix. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 6, 1774.
x. BENJAMIN, b. -; m. - , Polly Chapman. Rem. west and had several children.
xi. HANNAH, b. 1784; m. Dec. 19, 1827, Turner Peterson. She d. Oct. 4, 1858.
3. EARL3 WESTGATE (George2, Robert1) was b. Feb. 26, 1736; m. -- , Eliza- beth Gifford. He was killed by lightning, but left one son: Joseph Earl Westgate, who with his mother, came to Plainfield with his uncle John and settled near him. This farm he soon sold and then bought the "Slack" place (since called). He m. first, Rebecca Brownell, who d. July 11, 1792, aged 27; m. second, Lydia Westgate, dau. of his Uncle John. She d. July 12, 1814, aged 53. M. third, Polly Beal. After this they rem to Morristown, Vt. Children of Joseph Earl Westgate by Rebecca Brownell:
6. i. EARL, b. -.
ii. BROWNELL, b. -. Went west.
7. iii. DAVID, b. 1790.
iv. POLLY, b. --.
Children by Lydia Westgate, his cousin:
v. REBECCA, b. -; m. - Dodge; lived in Morristown, Vt.
vi. WILLIAM, b. -. Lived and d. in Morristown, Vt.
4. EARLA WESTGATE (Johns, George?, Robert:) was b. Nov. 26, 1764, in Tiver- ton, R. I .; m. June 7, 1796, Elizabeth Waite of Hubbardston, Mass., b. July 7, 1767, and d. Dec. 16, 1825. He d. Jan. 23, 1841. Children:
i. BETSEY, b. March 29, 1797; m. 1827, John Johnson of Enfield. He
d. June 1, 1862. She d. May 28, 1881. Five children,
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ii. JOHN, b. Jan. 29, 1799; m. - , Betscy A. Clough of Enfield, who d. Oct. 28, 1867. He d. July 17, 1884. Seven children.
iii. NATHANIEL WAITE, b. Jan. 26, 1801; m. first, Jane Prentice of Spring- field; m. second, Oct. 14, 1842, Louise Tyler of Claremont, who d. March 6, 1895. He d. Dec. 16, 1890.
iv. ANNA WAITE, b. July, 1803; d. Sept. 13, 1845.
v. GEORGE, b. Dec. 7, 1805; m. first, Elizabeth Sleeper of Hopkinton; m. second, June 16, 1849, Mary Sleeper, sister of his former wife. His first wife d. June 18, 1848. His second wife d. June 14, 1891. He d. Dec. 6, 1884.
S. vi. EARL, b. Dec. 17, 1808.
5. JOSEPH' WESTGATE (Johns, George?, Robert1) was b. Dec. 6, 1774, in Tiverton, R. I. He came from Killingsly, Conn., to Plainfield with his parents in the winter of 1777-78. He was the youngest of the nine children who came on the ox-team, being then about three years of age. In 1803 he settled in Cornish on the hill road, north of the Capt. Constant Smith farm. Here he spent the rest of his life farming. He m. - , Abigail Luey, dau. of ---- , b. March 10, 1779, and d. Feb. 15, 1863, aged 84. He d. June 21, 1855. Children, all supposed to have been b. in Cornish:
i. HARVEY, b. Aug. 9, 1801; m. Sept. 14, 1836, Sally Tucker who d. March 12, 1878. They lived in Newbury, Vt. He d. Aug. 25, 1876. One son: Thomas H., b. July 8, 1837.
ii. ISAAC STRATTON, b. April 7, 1803; m. Nov. 10, 1830, Mrs. Sarah Shap- ley Keyes. Settled in Newbury, Vt., where he d. March 30, 1873.
9. iii. AHIAL, b. April 4, 1805.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. April 19, 1807; m. Aug. 27, 1827, Benj. Sidney Lewis of Cornish. Eleven children. (Sec Lewis.) She d. April 17, 1872.
" Where the bond is never severed, Where dear families are gathered, Mother! We shall meet and rest, 'Mid the holy and the blest."
(Inscription on tombstone.)
v. LYDIA, b. May 4, 1809; m. June 10, 1828, Aaron Smith White of Cornish. Three children. (See White.) She d. April 30, 1837.
vi. SALLY, b. May 1, 1811; m. 1831, Reuben B. White of Cornish. Four children. (See White.) She d. of smallpox May 14, 1866.
vii. ER1, b. Feb. 24, 1813; m. Sept., 1845, Betsey Hill. No children. He d. Sept. 10, 1846.
viii. MARTHIA, b. Oct. 29, 1815; m. Joseph Mills. No children. She d. Jan. 6, 1844.
ix. BETSEY, b. Feb. 19, 1818; d. June 8, 1848; never m.
10. x. ELZI WARDNER, b. Feb. 14, 1821.
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6. EARLA WESTGATE (Earls, George?, Robert1) was b. - , in Plainfield; m. first, Feb. 13, 1807, Miriam Weld of Cornish, dau. of Moses and Miriam (Harding) Weld, b. Sept. 17, 1784. But little is known of this family except the record of their children. Children:
i. MOSES W., b. Dec. 11, 1808.
ii. JOSEPH EARLE, b. Oct. 2, 1810.
iii. HARRIET R., b. March 24, 1812.
iv. JABEZ H., b. July 10, 1813.
v. ADONIRAM J., b. June 8, 1815.
vi. DAVID G., b. Dec. 28, 1817.
vii. MATILDA JANE, b. Sept. S, 1820.
7. DAVID WESTGATE (Joseph Earles, Earls, George?, Robert1) was b. Aug. 20, 1790; m. first, Jan. 1, 1812, Lucy Williams, dau. of Isaac and Rebecca Williams, b. July 6, 1792; d. Dec. 22, 1843; m. second, March 15, 1849, Sarah W. Deming of Cornish, dau of William and Sarah (Hall) Dem- ing, b. March 26, 1794, and d. March 25, 1879. He was a farmer and lived on the Meriden road just north of the Cornish line. He d. Aug. 31, 1854. Children, all by first wife:
11. i. ISAAC WILLIAMS, b. April 2, 1813.
ii. REBECCA W., b. Jan. 14, 1816; m. first, Nov. 18, 1835, Benjamin Comings of Cornish. Two children. (See Comings.) He d. Feb. 16, 1846; m. second, April 22, 1849, Lemuel Martindale of Cornish. No children. He d. Sept. 19, 1894. She d. May 26, 1897.
iii. MARIA L., b. Dec. 10, 1818; m. May, 1847, Oliver Perry Burr of Cornish. One child. (See Burr.) She d. April 21, 1882.
iv. DAVID GIFFORD, b. Nov. 26, 1820; m. Aug. 23, 1847, Rosette E. Rowell of Croydon, dau. of Sherburne B. Rowell. No children. Kept the hotel at the Flat from 1844 to 1858, when he d. Feb. 17, 1858. His wid. afterwards m. Charles French of Plain- field. She d. Oct. 2, 1908.
V. JOSEPH P., b. Jan. 23, 1823; m. Nov. 26, 1850, Abigail Andrews of Plainfield. She d. in 1886. No children. He d. in 1892 in Thetford, Vt.
vi. LUCY ANN, b. Oct. 7, 1826; m. Aug. 16, 1852, W. Page Ryan. No children. They kept the hotel at the Flat a few years before his death, Aug. 10, 1880. Had formerly lived in N. Y. State. She d. March 11, 1897.
vii. MARY JANE, b. May 2, 1831; m. first, April 25, 1850, Winslow W. Britton, and by him had three children: Erbert, Arthur and Nellie. He d. April 2, 1862. She m. second, Jan. 21, 1867, Barker B. Churchill of Cornish and by him had one child. (See Churchill.) She d. Aug. 5, 1907.
8. EARLS WESTGATE (Earls, Johns, George?, Robert) was b. Dec. 17, 1808; m. Feb. 13, 1839, Sarah Chase Cole, b. Nov. 24, 1815, and d. Jan. 18, 1876.
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He d. March 29, 189S. A farmer; Dea. of Baptist Church in Plainfield. Children:
12. i. WILLIAM EARL, b. Dec. 9, 1840.
ii. MARTHA ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 9, 1842; m. June 20, 187S, Freeman J. Holt of Lyme. He was b. May 28, 1826; and d. in 1SS9. No children.
iii. SARAH EDITH, b. June 21, 1846; m. Sept. 16, 1869, Carlos D. Colby, who was b. May 11, 1846. Eight children.
iv. JULIA ANNIE, b. Aug. S, 1848; d. Nov. 18, 1865.
V. MARY EMMA, b. Nov. 1, 1853; d. Feb. 29, 1864.
vi. DANIEL COLE, b. June 4, 1857; m. June 13, 1878, Clara J. Stone, dau. of Solomon and Betsey F. (Reed) Stone, b. March 27, 1855. Two children, daus .: 1. Mary E., b. Nov. 27, 1879; m. - , Harold Chellis of Meriden. 2. Bessie S., b. Oct. 15, 1SS3. Mr. Westgate is a farmer and prominent in grange work in the state.
9. AHIAL5 WESTGATE (Josephs, Johns, George2, Robert1) was b. April 4, 1805; m. 1833, Abigail O. Morse of Cornish, dau. of Luther and Eunice (Smith) Morse, b. March 26, 1802, d. Sept. 13, 1878, in Springfield, Vt. He was a carpenter and builder. He d. Aug. 5, 1880. Children, all b. in town:
i. STRATTON WRIGHT, b. Feb. 28, 1834. For several years after his majority, he preached at times although he was never ordained. A carpenter and builder. M. March 18, 1857, Sophia E. Wyman of Rockingham, Vt. Three children, all b. out of town: 1. Charles E., b. Nov. 17, 1860. 2. Franklin E., b. Nov. 30, 1863. 3. Lena Sophia, b. Jan. 17, 1865. Live in Athens, Vt.
ii. ELIZA J., b. July 4, 1836; m. 1854, George W. Cheney. No children. She d. April 23, 1861.
iii. WILLIAM SYLVANUS, b. April 28, 1841; m. Feb. 7, 1865, Araminta A. Earls of Springfield, Vt., b. Aug. 13, 1839, and d. Dec. 1, 1906. Lived several years in Charlestown and then rem. to Claremont. A carpenter and builder.
iv. MARCIA A., b. Sept. S, 1845; m. Oct. 4, 1864, Henry F. Howe. Nine children. They live in Springfield, Vt.
10. ELZI WARDNERS WESTGATE (Josephs, John3, George?, Robert1) was b. Feb. 14, 1821; m. Nov. 22, 1849, Lydia D. Pease of Ellsworth, b. Nov. 19, 1819, and d. Jan. 26, 1893. Farmer and lived on the old homestead till April, 1SS1, when he rem. to Piermont, where he lived till he d. Oct. 7, 1897. Children, both b. in Cornish:
i. ERI KENDALL, b. Aug. 13, 1855. Spent several terms at Kimball Union Academy. A teacher and farmer. Unm. in 1906.
ii. ELZI RANDALL, b. Dec. 5, 1860. A shoe-cutter and lives in West Derry; m. twice: first, Kate Tarbox of Orford; second, Ida Wilcox. Two children.
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11. ISAAC WILLIAMS® WESTGATE (Davids, Joseph Earles, Earls, George?, Robert1) was b. April 2, 1813; m. May 19, 1840, Susanna Jackson of Cornish, dau. of Walter and Elizabeth (Weld) Jackson, b. June 19, 1811, d. May 29, 1890. He was a farmer and butcher. Built the granite stone house on the Meriden road in 1850-54. He d. May 12, 1890. Children:
i. MARION E., b. June 6, 1841. A school teacher for many years. She m. April, 1879, Ozro V. Eastman of Plainfield. They res. in Meriden. One child: Lucy -, b. -. Mr. Eastman d. Feb. 16, 1911.
13. ii. EDWARD JACKSON, b. May 15, 1850.
12. WILLIAM E.6 WESTGATE (Earls-4, John3, George?, Robert1) was b. in Plain- field Dec. 9, 1840; m. Nov. 12, 1861, Charlotte E. Bryant of Cornish, dau. of Daniel and Chloe (Hildreth) Bryant, b. March 27, 1841. In the spring of 1862, they came to Cornish on the deep, hard snow crust and settled on the William R. Kimball farm, where they have since res. Mr. Westgate is a farmer and a successful breeder of throughbred Hol- stein cattle, and has been quite prominent in the affairs of the town and county. Was selectman three years; collector of taxes; represented the town in the legislature of 1895, and has been county commissioner six years. Children, all b. in Cornish:
i. EARLE, b. May 25, 1865; m. Nov. 2, 1892, Angie L. Chadbourne of Cornish, dau. of William E. and Rosella (Stone) Chadbourne, b. Oct. 19, 1862. Rem. to Windsor in 1894, and was butter-maker at Hillside Creamery several years and later in Claremont Creamery and afterwards returned to the home of his wife's parents in Cornish. No children.
ii. MARTHA ELIZABETH, b. March 8, 1869; m. Dec. 14, 1892, Elwin W. Quimby of Cornish. Two children. (See Quimby.)
13. EDWARD J.7 WESTGATE (I. Williams®, Davids, Joseph Earles, Earls, George?, Robert1) was b. May 15, 1850; m. Aug. 28, 1878, Alice Mary Bean, dau. of Henry E. and Livona (Leavitt) Bean of Plainfield, b. Oct. 30, 1855 in Meriden. Mr. Westgate lived on the homestead in same business as his father. He d. April 6, 1908. Children:
i. SUNIE LIVONA, b. Oct. 25, 1880; m. Oct. 30, 1907, Brainard Penni- man of Plainfield.
ii. MARION ALICE, b. Jan. 17, 1882.
iii. GERTRUDE ELIZABETH, b. July 2, 1884; m. March 30, 1909, Junius W. Cole.
iv. WILLIE EDWARD, b. Sept. 7, 1885.
v. FLORENCE MAY, b. April 19, 1894.
WHIPPLE.
JACOB and RHODA WHIPPLE had the following children, b. in Cornish. No further record of the family is known.
i. BENJAMIN, b. March 10, 1796.
ii. HARVEY, b. April 8, 1798.
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WHITE.
1. THOMAS WHITE, supposed to be the first of the name in Cornish, came from Dublin, N. H., about 1808, about the same time the Williams family came. These two families had intermarried several times before coming to Cornish, so they naturally migrated together. He was b. May 19, 1746; m. Oct. 31, 1772, Mary French of Dublin, who was b. July 24, 1750, and d. in Cornish, Jan. 10, 1826. He m. again Sept. 3, 1827, Wid. Lucy Porter. She was 73, and he 81 years of age at m. She d. Sept. 19, 1830, and he d. Aug. 20, 1831. The inscription on his tombstone says that they (referring to his first wife) "lived together 53 years and had six sons and six daughters." Children:
i. ESTHER, twin, b. 1775; m. - , John E. Riggs.
ii. MARY, twin, b. 1775; m. first, Aug. 23, 1796, Samuel Lewis. He d. July 20, 1823, aged 51. M. second, -, William Freto. She d. July 11, 1827.
iii. SUSANNA, b. 1777; m. June 3, 1799, Abijah Williams, a son of Samuel Williams. Eight children, six girls and two boys. (See Wil- liams.)
iv. ORSON, twin, b. 1779; d. young.
2. v. Oliver, twin, b. 1779.
vi. BETSEY, b. April 11, 1781; m. Feb. 19, 1801, Stephen Williams. Eight children. (See Williams.) She d. Sept. 13, 1859.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. in 1784; m. first, Ethan Smith. He d. soon after and she m. second, Jan. 19, 1814, Henry Holbrook, a soldier of the War of 1812. After the war he stayed in town till the winter of 1816-17, and then went west.
3. viii. AARON, b. Feb. 21, 1787.
ix. MOSES, b. June 17, 1791; m. Nov. 11, 1824, Clara Martindale.
4. x. JOHN, b. July 20, 1793; m. Lucy Davis, dau. of Matthew Davis.
xi. JAMES, b. Aug. 3, 1796; m. Feb. 16, 1819, Mary Wells Belding. Two children, b. in town: 1. Mary Belding, b. Sept. 7, 1819. 2. William, b. July 1, 1821. After this the family moved to Michigan.
xii. Not known. It may have been Fayette.
2. OLIVER2 WHITE (Thomas1) b. in 1779; m. first, in 1804, Hannah Williams, sister of Stephen and Abijah, b. in 1784, and d. -; m. second, May 3, 1824, Hannah Hunter, b. - , d. -. Ile d. Dec. 25, 1848, aged 70. Children, by first wife and b. in Cornish, except the first two who were b. in Dublin:
5. i. NOAH P., b. 1804.
6. ii. REUBEN B., b. Oct. 6, 1807.
iii. HANNAH, b. May 16, 1809; m. - , Amasa Davis. Two children: Mrs. J. P. Small and Mrs. Harriet Blood, of Plainfield.
iv. RoxY, b. Jan. 23, 1813; m. - , Harvey York.
v. LEONARD, b. April 6, 1818; m. - , "a westerner and res. out west."
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Child by second wife.
vi. CALISTA, b. Nov. 21, 1824; m. - , Charles Coats. They had a dau., who m. - , Frank Monroe of Windsor, Vt.
3. AARON? WHITE (Thomas1) b. Feb. 21, 1787, in Dublin; m. first, in 1806, Rebecca Williams, sister of his brother Oliver's wife, b. March 30, 1788, and d. Nov. 21, 1846; m. second, Oct. 18, 1847, Abigail Kendrick of Cornish, dau. of Eld. Ariel and Penelope (Cotton) Kendrick, b. Jan. 19, 1796, and d. April 11, 1852; m. third, -, Ruth Follensby. Mr. White d. April 2, 1880. Children, all by first wife and all b. in Cornish except the first:
7. i. AARON SMITH, b. May 18, 1806, in Dublin.
ii. REBECCA, b. Nov. 15, 1810; m. - , Beniah Colby.
iii. ACHSA, b. Feb. 9, 1812; d. May, 1837.
iv. Lors, b. Oct. 1, 1815; m. - , Charles Williams, then of Cornish. Six children. (See Williams.) She d. Aug. 13, 1867.
S. v. JOHN, b. July 19, 1817.
9. vi. STILLMAN B., b. March 18, 1820.
vii. LAVINIA, b. April 28, 1823; m. first, Caleph Austin; m. second, April 15, 1880, Moses Walker of Cornish. She d. April 7, 1904, in · Claremont. Several children by first marriage. viii. CAROLINE E., b. Feb. 23, 1826; m. Sept. 3, 1843, George P. Williams of Cornish. One child. (See Williams.) She d. Feb. 14, 1909. ix. ESTHER E., b. July 16, 1828; d. Jan. 11, 1843.
4. JOHN2 WHITE (Thomas1) was b. July 20, 1793; m. first, -, Luey Davis, dau. of Matthew Davis, b. in 1798, and d. Nov. 1, 1829, aged 31; m. second, -, Patience Morse, dau. of Luther and Eunice (Smith) Morse, b. Aug. 21, 1799, and d. Nov. 3, 1865. He d. March 10, 1865. Children :
i. FREEMAN, b. -.
ii. LUCY E., b. -; m. - , Charles Judd of Claremont.
iii. SAREPTA, b. - -.
iv. BENJAMIN, b.
v. ACHSA, b. - -.
vi. ELLEN, b. -
5. NOAH P.3 WHITE (Oliver?, Thomas1) was b. 1804; m. first, Dec. 19, 1830, Submit Rounds of -, b. 1806 (?), d. Jan. 7, 1846; m. second, Charlotte Abbott; m. third, May 5, 1855, Eliza M. Johnson, one son: Edd. Mr. White d. Aug. 11, 1877. Children.
6. REUBEN B.3 WHITE (Oliver?, Thomas1) b. Oet. 6, 1807; m. 1831, Sarah Westgate of Cornish, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Luey) Westgate, b. May 1, 1811. They both d. of smallpox, he dying May 10, 1866, and she on the 14th following. Children, all b. in Cornish:
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i. CHESTER H., b. Feb. 11, 1833; m. Jan. 3, 1854, Lucy Jane Harlow, dau. of Elias and Abigail (Herrick) Harlow, b. April 30, 1831, in Windsor, Vt., and d. Aug. 25, 1880. He has spent most of his life in Windsor, as a machinist, also a dealer in hardware. Two children: 1. Frank M., b. Oct. 5, 1856, in Cornish, d. Jan. 4, 1884. 2. Abby Jane, b. Nov. 17, 1859, in Cornish; m. May 1, 1883, Samuel A. Read of Windsor.
ii. NEWELL DELEVAN, b. Feb. 18, 1834; m. March 24, 1856, Harriet Harlow, sister of his brother's wife, b. Feb. 12, 1829, in Wind- sor, and d. in 1908. Lived in Windsor, Vt .; occupation, machin- ist. He d. in Windsor, Vt., Nov. 30, 1910.
iii. ELIZA WARDNER, b. Feb. 29, 1836; m. Sept. 9, 1863, Francis Fletcher of Claremont. Five children. She d. Aug., 1881.
iv. FRANK LORENZO, b. Oct. 14, 1852; m. 1875, in Lawrence, Mass., Mary Southwick. One child. Present res., 1910, Claremont.
7. AARON SMITH3 WHITE (Aaron2, Thomas1) was b. May 18, 1806; m. first, June 10, 1828, Lydia Westgate of Cornish, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Luey) Westgate, b. May 4, 1809, d. April 30, 1837; m. second, 1839, Prudence Farrington of Cornish, dau. of Benjamin and Theda (Bart- lett) Farrington, b. March 16, 1814, and d. April 6, 1881. He d. in Croydon Sept. 29, 1859. Children by Lydia Westgate:
i. MARSYLVIA A., b. July 3, 1831; m. May 11, 1854, William W. Kelsey of Windsor, Vt., iron foundryman. Two children. She d. April 30, 1886.
ii. FRANKLIN F., b. -; m. -; lived in Brookfield, Mass. Four children. D. -.
iii. BETSEY L., b. -; m. (or pub.) May 11, 1851, Elijah Jacobs of Croydon. Three children; m. second, April, 1866, William H. Bartlett of Croydon. She d. -.
Children by Prudence Farrington:
iv. SARAH E., b. June 3, 1841, in Cornish; m. Sept. 2, 1858, Clarence F. Pike. Live in Newport. Four children.
v. HANNAH A., b. April 3, 1843, in Cornish; m. 1865, Radolphus Eddy of Wallingford, Vt. Two children. She d. May 1, 1882.
vi. PHEBE EVELINE, b. March 19, 1845, in Croydon; m. July 4, 1862, Hiram K. Darling of Croydon. Four children. Live in New- port.
vii. VIOLA M., b. April 10, 1848, in Croydon; m. June 16, 1869, Ezra G. Ryder of Sunapee. Res., Newport. No children.
viii. LIZZIE S., b. April 1, 1851, in Croydon; d. 1855.
8. JOHN& WHITE (Aaron2, Thomas1) was b. July 19, 1817; m. first, Sept. 6, 1842, Lucinda Hastings of Windsor, Vt., dau. of Harvey and Betsey (Huggins) Hastings, b. Dec. 22, 1819, and d. March 30, 1876; m. sec- ond, June 19, 1878, Helen S. Spears of Ascutneyville, Vt., b. March 10, 1827, in Woodstock, Conn., and d. in Cornish May 5, 1889; m. third,
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June 20, 1894, Arabell G. Fifield, formerly of Plainfield, dau. of Edward S. and Rosarah (Spaulding) Fifield, b. Oct. 29, 1848. No children by either of last two wives. Arabell d. May 2, 1906. Mr. White d. Oct. 16, 1909, aged 92 years, 2 months, 27 days. Child by first wife:
i. ESTHER E., b. Aug. 25, 1845; m. Oct. 29, 1864, Arthur L. Wood of Cornish. Two children. (See Wood.) She d. Dec. 14, 1895.
9. STILMAN B.3 WHITE (Aaron?, Thomas1) was b. March 18, 1820; m. March 20, 1840, Nancy M. Farrington of Cornish, dau. of Benjamin and Theda (Bartlett) Farrington, b. Feb. 28, 1823, and d. June 2, 1897. About 1852, they left Cornish for Thetford, Vt., where they remained till 1862, when they settled in Norwich, Vt., where they spent the rest of their lives. He d. Nov. 18, 1898. Children:
i. SAMUEL L., b. Feb. 11, 1841, in Cornish; m. July 19, 1863, Maria M. Emery. Ten children. A soldier of the Civil War, and at one time an inmate of Libby Prison. Settled in New Ipswich, where his children were all b. Living (1903) in Gardner, Mass. ii. ACHSA M., b. Jan. 18, 1842, in Cornish; m. first, Ozro Austin. One child: Frances; m. second, March 18, 1868, Jedediah Hunt- ington. Two children. (See Huntington.) He d. Dec. 15, 1875, by accident. (See Casualties.) After this she lived in Norwich till she m. third, Aug. 18, 1896, H. K. Worthly, and in 1903, lives in Bradford, Vt.
iii. LOUISA L., b. Dec. 12, 1844, in Cornish; m. Sept., 1862, Andrew Robinson of No. Thetford, She d. Dec. 14, 1862.
iv. MARCIA M., b. Dec. 19, 1846, in Cornish. M. Feb. 27, 1866, Horace C. Carbee of Bath. Three children. Lived (1903) in Norwich, Vt. She d. Nov. 28, 1907.
v. SABRA ELLA, b. Jan. 11, 1853, in Thetford, Vt .; d. Feb. 16, 1863.
vi. GEORGE A., b. Aug. 6, 1857, in Thetford, Vt .; m. Nov. 7, 1882, Ada Judd of Claremont. Two children. Live in West Clare- mont.
vii. NELLIE A., b. Feb. 19, 1861, in Thetford, Vt .; m. Nov. 18, 1885, Sumner G. Tyrrell of Woodstock, Vt. Lived several years in Hinsdale where he d. March 1, 1894. One son: Oscar S., b. Sept. 11, 1887. In Rockland Military Academy (1903). She m. second, Dec. 19, 1906, Curtis H. Powers, and lives in Wilder, Vt.
viii. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 3, 1862, in Norwich, Vt .; m. - , Effie M. Cole of Cornish, dau. of George and Samantha (Souther) Cole, b. Aug. 9, 1856. They live in Claremont (1903).
WHITING.
NATHAN and PHEBE WHITING with their family were residents of the town several years near the close of the 18th century. As they left no tomb- stone record, it is probable they left town soon after unless they were -
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buried in graves that were never marked by any tablets. In 1790, the family consisted of six members: three males and three females. The town record, in part at least, thus makes mention of their children:
i. NATHAN, JR., b. Oct. 31, 1782.
ii. SALLY, b. July 3, 1787.
iii. ELIJAH, b. Sept. 21, 1789.
WHITTAKER.
JOHN WHITTAKER was the son of Elias and Betsey (Clark) Whittaker, b. in Grantham, Sept. 17, 1826; m. Dec. 31, 1847, Delia Hanks, b. in Norwich, Vt., April 3, 1828, and d. Nov. 3, 1890. About the year 1857, he rem. to New- ton, Wis., where they remained about six years and then returned east. While in Wis. he enlisted in the Civil War in a Wis. Regt. Was honorably discharged by reason of sickness. Came to Cornish May 28, 1878, and purchased the Gil- man Chase (afterwards Leslie, also Lull) farm. Here they lived until March 23, 1882, when they rem. to Weathersfield, Vt., where he d. Jan. 19, 1893. No children.
JONATHAN CLARK WHITTAKER, a brother of John, was b. in Grantham Aug. 26, 1834; m. April 10, 1856, Luthera M. Hanks of Norwich, Vt., a sis- ter of his brother's wife, b. Dec. 30, 1833. They accompanied his brother John to Newton, Wis., where they remained about six years, then came east, living in Cornish and Grantham. In 1870 he came to Cor- nish and purchased the Moses Chase farm and mill. Here they lived till he d. June 28, 1893. Children:
i. MARY LILLIAN, b. March 9, 1857, in Wis .; m. Nov. 17, 1883, Willie W. Hanks, her cousin. They res. in Weathersfield, Vt., a few years, then rem. to Cal. Three children.
ii. ADALINE GLADYS, b. in Cornish, Dec. 9, 1864; m. Oct. 30, 1883, Arthur A. Penniman of Cornish. They res. a few years in Weathersfield, Vt., then joined the rest of the family and rem. to Cal. Mrs. Whittaker also emigrated with her daughters to the same place. Adaline G. had two children. (See Pen- niman.)
WHITTEN.
JOHN WHITTEN, with Anna his wife, came from Portsmouth and settled in town about 1772. It is said their family at last were thirteen children, but only the names of six are found on the records of the town; the rest are veiled in uncertainty. It is also said to be a fact that his wife had four children at one birth. They were named: Wonderful, Strange, Marvelous and True. They lived but a short time. The spot where they were buried is marked by a stone and has been witnessed by many. In the census of 1790 the family consisted of Mr. Whitten and one large boy and two small boys, also his wife and eight girls. Mr. Whitten was a very strong man, counted almost a giant in those days. The names of children on record in town are:
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