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SILVANUS HAYWARD b. Westmoreland (now Surry) May 16, 1757; d. Oct. 1, 1817; m. 1st Ap. 11, 1783 Olive Metcalf b. Wrentham (now Franklin), Mass. Dec. 10, 1756, d. July 19, 1799, dau. of John and Abigail (Fisher) Metcalf.
1. Claudius Drusus b. Franklin, Mass. Nov. 15, 1783 ; d. Saratoga, N. Y. March 20, 1839; m. Oct. 5, 1806 Sally Redding (q. v.) d. Newton, Mass. Oct. 25, 1845.
1. Lucy b. Sept. 30, 1807 ; d. Wrentham, Mass. March 14, 1828; m. Jan. 1, 1826 Charles Crackbon. 1. Maria (Crackbon) b. N. Y. Feb. 2, 1827.
2. Claudius Drusus (Crackbon) b. Wrentham, Mass. March 11, 1828; m. twice; d. in the army ; one son.
2. Livonia b. Concord, Vt. May 6, 1809; m. Jonathan Hall (q. v.).
3. Clarissa Willard b. Concord, Vt. March 10, 1811; m. Feb. 20, 1837 John Hall b. Surry Dec. 6, 1813, son of Jonathan and Phebe (Britton) Hall.
1. Maria Jane (Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. June 10, 1838; d. there unm. Jan. 20, 1859.
2. John Alvin (Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. Dec. 17, 1840; m. Fanny Fay of Springfield, Mass. 1. Clara Fay (Hall) b. Springfield, Mass. 2. Blanche (Hall) b. Springfield, Mass .; d. inf.
3. Lucella Clarissa ( Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. Ap. 15, 1843; d. Westmoreland May 5, 1876; m. Nov. 2, 1874 Charles E., son of Charles and Mrs. Lucinda ( Wilson ) (Pollard) Rawson. [He m. 2d June 8, 1879 Adella Still. ]
4. Sarah (Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. Sept. 28, 1845; m. Nov. 1873 Edward Augustus Deuel.
1. Mabel (Deuel) b. Saratoga, N. Y. 1874. 2. Clara Lucella (Deuel) b. Saratoga, N. Y. 1877.
5. Lewis Hayward (Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. March 1848; m. Jan. 1, 1871 Maria Olive, dau. of Charles and (Greene) Tompkins of Saratoga, N. Y.
1. Cora (Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. Feb. 1872 ; d. there July 1872. 2. Charles Hayward (Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. May 1876. 6. Edwin Lucius (Hall) b. Saratoga, N. Y. May 29, 1851; m. Aug. 1872 Rebecca Wickwire of Lansingburg, N. Y.
4. Marcus Redding b. Mansfield, Mass. May 31, 1813; d. there July 12, 1813.
5. Claudius Redding b. Wrentham, Mass. Aug. 27, 1815; m. Feb. 20, 1837 Caroline Hagar b. Weston, Mass. May 22, 1814.
1. Caroline Elizabeth b. Saratoga, N. Y. March 4, 1838; m. Oct. 30, 1860 Henry Sherwood Hall b. Easton, Conn. May 31, 1832, son of Abel and Polly Jerusha (Sherwood) Hall.
1. Claudius Henry (Hall) b. Bridgeport, Conn. May 19, 1862 ; d. there Dec. 16, 1878.
2. Elizabeth Cleora (Hall) b. Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 2, 1864. 3. Wheeler Hayward (Hall) b. Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 10, 1866. 2. Cleora Maria b. Avon, N. Y. Dec. 15, 1840; d. Newton, Mass. May 5, 1846.
3. Claudius Preston b. Newton, Mass. Dec. 31, 1844.
4. Lucy Maria b. Newton, Mass. Oct. 7, 1847; m. Oct. 20, 1869 Romanzo Ely Snow b. Glastenbury, Conn. Jan. 25, 1844, d. Bridgeport, Conn. Ap. 24, 1875, son of John and Phebe (Emmons) Snow. 1. Willard Romanzo (Snow) b. Bridgeport, Conn. Ap. 24, 1871.
5. Mary Livonia b. Newton, Mass. Jan. 16, 1850; d. unm. Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 24, 1870.
6. Amherst Hurd b. Wrentham, Mass. June 10, 1817; r. Muskegon, Mich.
7. Austin Metcalf b. Wrentham, Mass. Aug. 28, 1819; m. Oct. 16, 1841 Lovina Clother b. Corinth, N. Y. Oct. 23, 1815.
1. Albert C. b. Saratoga, N. Y. Dec. 28, 1842; d. Waltbam, Mass. July 30, 1844.
2. Martha Crawford b. Newton Upper Falls, Mass. June 12, 1844; a teacher.
3. Walter Morris b. Waltham, Mass. May 12, 1846; d. Wilton, N. Y. May 16, 1864.
4. George C. b. Corinth, N. Y. Aug. 31, 1848; m. June 1, 1876 Wilhelmina Knox.
1. Maud C. b. Erie, Penn. March 16, 1877. 2. Mary L. b. Erie, Penn. Nov. 2, 1878.
5. Tabor A. b. Corinth, N. Y. Feb. 17, 1859.
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8. Sarah b. Wrentham, Mass. Nov. 14, 1821; r. Bridgeport, Conn.
9. Mary Webb b. Wrentham, Mass. May 11, 1824; d. Newton, Mass. Aug. 22, 1825.
2. Clarissa Harlow b. Surry March 17, 1786 ; d. Dublin May 2, 1811; m. Ap. 29, 1807 Levi Willard b. Fitchburg, Mass. Oct. 15, 1781, d. Lynn, Mass. Aug. 17, 1855, son of Abraham and Hannah (Willard) Willard.
1. Mira Howard (Willard) b. Dublin Ap. 12, 1808; d. Keene March 12, 1857; m. March 12, 1828 Caleb, son of David and Azubah (Allen) Carpenter from Ashfield, Conn .; r. Keene.
1. David Willard (Carpenter) b. Keene Jan. 14, 1829; d. there Jan. 18, 1838.
2. Clara Howard (Carpenter) b. Keene Sept. 5, 1832.
3. Mary Miranda (Carpenter) b. Keene July 17, 1834; m. May 9, 1865 Truman J. Wallace of Hoosac Falls, N. Y. 1. Helen Gordon (Wallace) b. Hoosac Falls, N. Y. Oct. 20, 1870.
4. Julia Eliza (Carpenter ) h. Keene Feb. 24, 1839; d. there Jan. 23, 1843.
2. Miranda Clarissa ( Willard) b. Dublin May 28, 1809; m. Sept. 20, 1855 Henry C. Gray, M. D. of Cam- bridge, N. Y.
3. Horace b. Surry May 2, 1787 ; d. Wooster, O. Aug. 3, 1869 ; m. 1st May 12, 1812 Lydia White (q. v ) d. Cincinnati, O. Ap. 24, 1828; wrote his name Howard.
1. Charles b. Winchester Feb. 15, 1813. 2. Harvey b. O. Jan. 19, 1815.
3. Harriet b. O. Sept. 27, 1816; m. Thomas Turner Justis; r. Cincinnati, O.
1. Charles Howard (Justis. ) 2. John Jay (Justis. ) 3. Horace Howard (Justis.) 4. Thomas Turner (Justis.) 5. Henry Egbert (Justis.) 6. Amelia Fullerton (Justis.)
4. Everett b. O. July 26, 1818. 5. Alfred b. Cincinnati, O. Jan. 25, 1823.
6. William b. Cincinnati, O. June 20, 1825.
m 2d March 15, 1831 Mrs. Abigail Weed.
7. Otis George b. Wooster, O. Aug. 15, 1832 ? 8. Lewis b. Wooster, O. Ap. 24, 1841.
4. Amherst b. Surry Nov. 18, 1788 ; d. Jan. 16, 1867 ; m. 1st Feb. 24, 1811 Betsey Cole b. Orange, Mass. Sept. 11, 1792, d. Aug. 9, 1820, dau. of John and Polly (Bemis) Cole.
1. Jonathan Smith b. Rockingham, Vt. Dec. 11, 1811; d. there March 4, 1813.
2. Louisa b. Rockingham, Vt. Aug. 27, 1813; d. there Ang. 10, 1815.
3. Amberst b. Rockingham, Vt. Oct. 23, 1815; d. there Dec. 17, 1815.
4. Nahum Osgood b. Sept. 8, 1817; m. Feb. 21, 1841 Hannah Glover, dau. of Capt. William and Lydia (Devereaux) Bartol of Marblehead, Mass. [Capt. Devereaux was captured by the British and confined in the famous Dartmoor prison.]
1. Mary Elizabeth b. Boston, Mass. Nov. 20, 1842; d. there Jan. 29, 1843.
2. George Nahum b. Boston, Mass. May 7, 1844 ; m. Sept. 25, 1864 Julia Vienna Barrett (q. v.) d. Dec. 23, 1877.
1. Fred Stanton b. May 12, 1865. 2. Charles Edwin b. May 22, 1868. 3. Leon Barrett b. June 4. 1875.
4. Verne b. Dec. 16, 1877. (See Barrett.)
3. Caroline Elizabeth b. Oct. 7, 1846; m John A. Smith (q. v.).
4. Theron h. Oct. 29, 1849 ; m. Sept. 16, 1875 Emilie Eliza Beckley b. Chesterfield Oct. 16, 1854, dau. of Webster and Mary (Chase ) Beckley ; a hardware merchant; r. Keene.
1. Arthur Theron b. Sept. 27, 1877. 2. Guy Beckley b. Aug. 28, 1879.
5. Olive Metcalf b. July 22, 1819; m. Ap. 4, 1839 Jeremiah Abbott b. Springfield, Vt. July 25, 1811, son of Jeremiah and Sally (Farrar) Abbott.
1. Ellen Jane (Abbott) b. Springfield, Vt. Jan. 26, 1842; d. there June 5, 1868; m. March 25, 1867 Tyler, son of Solon and Mary Ann (Rice) Putnam. 1. Gertrude (Putnam) b. Springfield, Vt. June 4, 1868; d. there June 18, 1868.
2. George b. Springfield, Vt. Oct. 9, 1847. 3. Frank b. Springfield, Vt. Oct. 14, 1853.
4. Lizzie Emma b. Springfield, Vt. Sept. 20, 1858. 5. Stella May b. Springfield, Vt. May 20, 1862.
m. 2d June 29, 1821 Polly Cole b. Gardner, Mass. Aug. 28, 1800, d. Nov. 21, 1826, sister to Betsey.
6. Julia Ann b. May 23, 1822; d. Springfield, Vt. July 25, 1866; m. Oct. 18, 1848 Aaron Dean Damon b. Springfield, Vt. Aug. 17, 1825, son of Bartlett and Emma (Adams) Damon.
1. Merrill (Damon) b. Springfield, Vt. Oct. 2, 1849; m. June 3, 1877 Mary Jane Marcy b. Weathersfield, Vt. March 3, 1839, dau. of Stephen and Malinda Marcy.
7. Henry Martin b. Nov. 1, 1823; m. Aug. 23, 1850 Lucinda Taft b. Royalston, Mass. Aug. 18, 1827, dau. of Hervey and Fidelia (Raymond) Taft; r. Winchendon, Mass.
1. George Amherst b. Winchendon, Mass. Jan. 9, 1853. 2. Edwin Dana b. Winchendon, Mass. Jan. 23, 1857.
8. Claudius Buchanan b. Feb. 23, 1825; m. May 27, 1850 Mary Louisa Dort (q. v.).
1. Olive Mary b. Sullivan May 16, 1851; d. there May 17, 1851.
2. Edith Theoda b. July 26, 1852; m. Nov. 26, 1873 Alhert Martin French b. Hollis Nov. 28, 1850, son of Charles Freedom and Aurelia White (Horton ) French; r. Lebanon.
3. Dan Ambrose b. Ap. 24, 1854; d. Marlow March 31, 1876. 4. Julia Antoinette b. Dec. 14, 1855; d. Dec. 18, 1873. 5. Elbridge Thurston b. July 6, 1858; d. May 8, 1860. 6. Harry Martin b. Ap. 25, 1862.
9. Mary Elizabeth b. Nov. 1, 1826; d. May 2, 1827.
m. 3d Dec. 18, 1827 Sarah Fish (q. v.).
10. Silvanus b. Dec. 3, 1828; m. Nov. 23, 1853 Harriot Elvira Eaton b. Middleboro', Mass. Ap. 6, 1829, dau. of Ziba and Jedidah (Washburn) Eaton, a lineal descendant of Francis Eaton of the Mayflower.
1. Arthur Jameson b. Francestown Sept. 14, 1854; d. Middleboro', Mass. Sept. 12, 1855.
2. Bell b. Francestown July 1, 1856. 3. Grace b. Pembroke Aug. 27, 1858.
4. Paul b. Dunbarton Oct. 16, 1863; d. South Berwick, Me. Aug. 28, 1873.
5. John Stark b. South Berwick, Me. Nov. 28, 1866; d. there Aug. 18, 1873.
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11. Ebenezer b. Nov. 15, 1830; d. Nov. 15, 1830. 12. Clarissa b. Aug. 20, 1831; d. Aug. 20, 1831.
13. Betsey b. Ang. 3, 1833; d. Ap. 2, 1835. 14. Sarah Jane b. Oct. 23, 1835.
15. Emily Graham b. Feb. 8, 1838; d. Ap. 16, 1866.
16. Esther White b. Dec. 6, 1841; d. March 5, 1866; m. Nov. 1, 1865 Charles Wesley Hyde b. Hebron, Conn. Dec. 24, 1842; a stair-builder; r. Springfield, Mass.
5. Juliet Harcourt b. March 21, 1790; d. March 23, 1816.
6. Olive Metcalf b. Surry July 19, 1791; d. Newton, Mass. Oct. 30, 1858; m. March 12, 1812 Levi Willard. (See 2 above.)
1. Preston Greenleaf (Willard) b. Swanzey Ap. 1, 1816; m. Sept. 1839 Sarah Bradford of Providence,
R. I .; r. Utica, Mo.
1. Frederic Bradford ( Willard ) b. Utica, Mo. July 1841.
2. Elisa Greenleaf (Willard) b. Swanzey Ap. 30, 1818; m. July 6, 1841 Rev. W. C. Richards; r. Newton, Mass.
3. Curtis Elliot (Willard) (twin) b. Swanzey May 22, 1823; d. Keene Oct. 13, 1874; m. 1st Nov. 28, 1844 Catherine C. Ilolt of Milford; m. 2d Oct. 20, 1846 Frances A. Dyer of Central Falls, R. I.
1. Annette Mason ( Willard) b. Providence, R. I. Dec. 24, 1849; d. Keene Feb. 17, 1866. 2. Kate J. (Willard) b. Swanzey May 24, 1853.
m. 3d July 8, 1863 Aurelia A., dau. of Thomas Thompson of Keene.
4. Lucius Addison (Willard) (twin) b. Swanzey May 22, 1823; m. July 8, 1845 Mary Ann T. Sawyer of Boscawen; r. Chicago, Ill.
5. Annette Mason (Willard) b. Swanzey Jan. 14, 1828; d. there May 5, 1845.
7. Emily b. Surry Sept. 9, 1792; d. unm. Rockingham, Vt. Fcb. 22, 1813.
8. Rachel b. Dec. 10, 1794; d. Swanzey 1830; m. Courtenay, son of Harris and Phebe (Rogers) Bingham of Lempster.
1. Mary (Bingham) b. Charlestown Aug. 4, 1819. 2. Solon (Bingham) b. Charlestown Aug. 24, 1820.
9. Huldah b. Feb. 25, 1798 ; d. Providence, R. I. Sept. 3, 1859; m. Thomas Simpkins b. Paris, France 1783, the youngest of 21 ch., d. Providence, R. I. Jan. 24, 1835, a seaman.
1. Olive Metcalf (Simpkins) d. inf. 2. Olive Metcalf (Simpkins) d. inf. 3. Juliet (Simpkins) d. inf.
4. Thomas Henry (Simpkins) b. Providence, R. I. 1828; killed on R. R. between Reading and Philadel- phia, Penn. July 15, 1849.
5. Elizabeth Sharp (Simpkins) b. Providence, R. I. June 5, 1829; d. there June 19, 1871; m. March 1856 John T. McLeod.
1. Edward (McLeod) b. Phillipsburg, N. J. Oct. 1858; d. there Sept. 1859. 2. Lillian Leroy (McLeod) b. Phillipsburg, N. J. Aug. 1859. 3. Everett Burnside (McLeod) b. Phillipsburg, N. J. Oct. 1861.
6. Clarissa Willard (Simpkins) b. Providence, R. I. July 12, 1831; m. Oct. 15, 1856 Charles Wilson Jen- nings Jr. b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Oct. 15, 1828, d. N. Y. July 15, 1859.
1. Clara Willard (Jennings) b. N. Y. Feb. 6, 1859; d. there March 28, 1859.
10. Theron b. July 12, 1799; d. St. Johnsbury, Vt. May 7, 1875; m. 1st Dec. 6, 1827 Calista Webster b. Vt. Dec. 9, 1806, d. St. Johnsbury, Vt. Nov. 20, 1863, dau. of Stephen and Mary (Fuller) Webster ; wrote his name Howard.
1. Theron Metcalf b. Cabot, Vt. Aug. 28, 1828; m. Oct. 25, 1853 Olive Washburn Wood b. Montpelier, Vt. Nov. 3, 1828, dau. of Zenas and Olive (Washburn) Wood.
2. Charles Webb b. Cabot, Vt. Jan. 23, 1831; m. Dec. 22, 1861 Emma Lovell Shafter b. Wilmington, Vt. Aug. 26, 1842, dau. of Oscar L. and Sarah (Riddel) Shafter; r. California.
1. Oscar Shafter b. San Francisco, Cal. Feb. 2, 1863. 2. Theron b. San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 23, 1864; d. there Feb. 17, 1866. 3. Maud b. Oakland, Cal. Feb. 10, 1867. 4. Charles Webb b. Oakland, Cal. Dec. 13, 1868.
5. Frederic Paxson b. Oakland, Cal. Oct. 8, 1871. 6. Harold Shafter b. Oakland, Cal. Jan. 25, 1878.
3. Stephen Webster b. Danville, Vt. Sept. 27, 1833; d. there unm. Ap. 30, 1851.
4. Mary Fuller b. Danville, Vt. Sept. 29, 1836; d. St. Johnsbury, Vt. Oct. 8, 1878.
5. Martha Calista b. Danville, Vt. Aug. 7, 1841; d. there Jan. 13, 1843.
m. 2d Dec. 1, 1864 Ann W. Farman b. Haverhill Oct. 13, 1824.
m. 2d Feb. 19, 1801 Lucinda Lee Champlin b. Lyme, Conn. Ap. 13, 1769, d. Sept. 2, 1808.
11. William b. May 21, 1802; m. Jan. 13, 1831 Hannah Davis b. Dublin Dec. 4, 1812, d. Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 3, 1866, dau. of William and Betsey (Jones) Davis.
12. Harriet b. Aug. 1, 1804 ; d. Dec. 30, 1875 ; m. Daniel Deets b. Fairview, Penn. March 17, 1788, d. Uxbridge, Mass. Nov. 5, 1849.
1. Harriet Augusta (Deets) b. Uxbridge, Mass. Nov. 30, 1837; m. Oct. 17, 1860 Lyman G. Pierce (q. v.).
2. Lucretia Sibley (Deets) b. Uxbridge, Mass. Sept. 1839; d. unm. Bridgeport, Conn. Ap. 5, 1872.
3. Silvanus Hayward (Deets) b. Uxbridge, Mass. Jan. 7, 1841; drowned Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 20, 1871. 4. George Champlin Hayward (Deets) b. Uxbridge, Mass. March 11, 1844.
13. George Champlin b. Dec. 20, 1806 ; m. June 29, 1834 Esther Patten Wilkins b. Bradford Aug. 10, 1812, d. Dansville, N. Y. Jan. 2, 1855, dau. of David and Abigail (Patten) Wilkins.
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1. Theron b. Honeoye Falls, N. Y. Ap. 16, 1835; wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862 and d. in hospital at Washington, D. C. Jan. 2, 1863; m. Mary E. Carman of Towanda, Penn., where she now resides. 1. Lizzie b. Auburn, N. Y. Jan. 6, 1862.
2. Emily b. Honeoye Falls, N. Y. Oct. 9, 1836; d. there Feb. 21, 1840.
3. Emily Miranda b. Honeoye Falls, N. Y. Feb. 21, 1844.
4. Esther Amelia b. Honeoye Falls, N. Y. Dec. 17, 1845; m. Aug. 20, 1867 George Alfred Mills b. Mar- cellus, N. Y. Ap. 20, 1845, son of Stillman and Joanna Mills. 1. Berton Hayward (Mills) b. Reading, Mich. Oct. 15, 1873.
5. Mary Frances b. Dansville, N. Y. Jan. 13, 1848; m. Nov. 12, 1867 Robert Edwin son of David and Orrilla Nisbet of Syracuse, N. Y .; r. Terre Haute, Ind.
6. Mira Eliza b. Dansville, N. Y. Aug. 10, 1852; d. N. Y. Sept. 2, 1860.
m. 3d Aug. 10, 1810 Mary Webb b. Rockingham, Vt. Jan. 28, 1760. (See Hosmer.)
Thomas Hayward emigrated from England to Duxbury, Mass. before 1638; was an original Proprietor and early settler of Bridgewater, Mass. His son Nathaniel m. Hannah, dau. of Dea. John Willis. Their son Benjamin m. Sarah Aldrich and had Dea. Jacob m. Martha, dau. of Nehemiah Allen. Their son Jacob b. Bridgewater, Mass. 1738; m. Joanna Snell; s. at Acworth about 1788; d. 1816 leaving nine ch. of whom the sixth was John b. Acworth; m. Mary Kemp and had eleven ch. the oldest of whom was Allen.
ALLEN HAYWARD b. Acworth Dec. 5, 1797; d. Jan. 4, 1866; m. Jan. 17, 1823 Lavina Silsby b. Acworth Jan. 16, 1804, d. Jan. 2, 1879, dau. of Nathaniel and Polly (Montgomery) Silsby.
1. Laura b. Acworth Ap. 20, 1824 ; m. Thomas T. Clark (q. v.).
2. Bethiah Bailey b. Acworth Feb. 18, 1826; m. Hervey E. Rawson (q. v.).
3. Allen b. Acworth Dec. 6, 1828; m. Nov. 13, 1851 Harriet O. Isham (q. v.).
1. Hattie Ella b. March 22, 1853; m. July 22, 1878 John Perry Willey b. Cleveland, O. May 14, 1851, son of Charles Newton and Patience (Perry) Willey; a lawyer; r. Cleveland, O. 2. Mary Estelle b. Oct. 27, 1856; m. Lowell H. Stearns (q. v.).
4. Julia Ann b. Acworth June 12, 1830 ; d. there June 7, 1831.
5. Nathaniel Silsby b. Acworth July 30, 1832; d. there March 13, 1864 ; m. Sept. 28, 1856 Mary Louisa Collier of Worcester, Vt.
1. Herbert Allen b. Acworth Aug. 1859.
6. Julia Ann b. Acworth July 17, 1836 ; m. George A. Ellis (q. v.).
7. Francis Eugene b. Acworth Dec. 13, 1838 ; d. May 5, 1868.
8. Josephine b. Acworth Oct. 20, 1840 ; d. there July 22, 1857.
9. George Dayton b. Acworth May 22, 1849; m. Feb. 3, 1873 Ida Leslie Semple b. Laconia, Sept. 26, 1847, dau. of John and Susan C. (Leslie) Semple.
1. Bertie Eugene b. Sept. 13, 1874.
JONATHAN HEATON b. unk. 1750; d. Sullivan July 17, 1837; m. Oct. 1780 Mrs. Thankful (Sawyer) Clark of Lancaster, Mass. d. Sullivan Aug. 19, 1835, æt. 83. [She had a son, Isaac Clark r. Rutland, Vt.]
1. Polly b. May 13, 1781 ; m. Asahel Nims.
1. Edmund (Nims) b. Sullivan March 1805; d. Keene May 1864; m. Amy Butler of Chesterfield. 1. Charles (Nims.) 2. Martha (Nims.) 3. Mary (Nims.) 4. Susan (Nims.) 5. Emogene (Nims.)
2. Mary (Nims) b. Sullivan Oct. 5, 1806; m. James Rawson (q. v.).
3. Roxy (Nims) b. Sullivan Dec. 1808; m. Ashley, son of Joseph and Asenath (Thurston) Mason of Sul- livan; r. Keene.
1. Crosby (Mason.) 2. Jemima Fiske (Mason.) 3. Josephine (Mason.) 4. Hattie Lestina (Mason.)
4. Lanman (Nims) b. Sullivan Feb. 1811; m. 1st Feb. 1837 Lydia Locke b. Sullivan Feb. 4, 1814, d. Keene Feb. 2, 1851, dau. of Samuel and Lydia (Fay) Locke.
1. Samuel (Nims) b. Sullivan Dec. 3, 1837. 2. Sarah Maria (Nims) b. Keene Oct. 31, 1842.
3. Lydia Ann (Nims) b. Keene Aug. 30, 1844. 4. Jenny (Nims) b. Keene Dec. 29, 1850.
m. 2d Oct. 28, 1851 Elizabeth Hodgkins b. St. Anstell, Eng. Dec. 28, 1826.
5. Alice Elizabeth (Nims.) 6. Grace (Nims.) 7. Freddie (Nims) d. y. 8. Willie (Nims) d. y. 9. Frankie (Nims) d. y. 10. Mary (Nims.) 11. Katie Lanman (Nims.)
5. Asahel (Nims) b. Sullivan May 1813; d. Keene Aug. 1871; m. Roxana, dau. of James and Betsey (Wilson) Osgood of Sullivan.
1. Emma O. (Nims.) 2. Asahel Elmore (Nims.) 3. Willie (Nims.) 4. Henry (Nims.) 5. Frank (Nims.)
6. William (Nims) b. Sullivan June 1815; d. Keene 1858; m. Mary, dau. of Parell and Mary (Wright) Evely.
1. Harriet (Nims.) 2. William (Nims.) 3. Lucy (Nims.) 4. Ella (Nims.)
7. Harriet (Nims) b. Sullivan Dec. 1816; d. there 1846; in. John Dow of Stoddard.
8. Nancy Maria (Nims) b. Sullivan Feb. 1819; d. there March 1821.
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9. Seth (Nhus) b. Sullivan July 1821; d. there unm. 1856.
10. Jemima (Nims) b. Sullivan Aug. 1823; m. Nelson Sawyer d. Concord 1871.
1. Charles (Sawyer) accidentally killed in firing a cannon at Holyoke, Mass. July 4, 1876.
2. Elizabeth (Sawyer.) 3. Mary (Sawyer.) 4. Frank (Sawyer) d. y. 5. George (Sawyer) d. y.
2. Seth b. Feb. 28, 1783 ; d. y. 3. Thankful m. Isaac Newton of Middlebury, Vt.
4. Nancy b. Sullivan Dec. 9, 1787 ; d. Sullivan Aug. 2, 1838; m. Nov. 12, 1811 Joseph Seward b. June 30, 1787, d. Sullivan Feb. 12, 1872, son of Samuel and Olive (Adams) Seward.
Three sons d. inf. 4. Nancy Mariah (Seward) b. Sullivan Aug. 2, 1815; m. Lyman Petts (q. v.).
5. A son d. inf. 6. A dau. d. inf.
7. Amanda (Seward) b. Sullivan Dec. 21, 1819; d. there Dec. 24, 1857; m. March 1841 Charles, son of Rufus and Prudence (Woods) Mason.
1. Ann Amanda (Mason) b. Sullivan July 20, 1843; d. there Aug. 10, 1859. 2. Charles Henry (Mason) b. Sullivan Ap. 24, 1847; d. there March 4, 1868.
8. Joseph Bradley (Seward) b. Sullivan May 31, 1822; m. JJuly 4, 1854 Lydia Jefts b. Townshend, Vt. Dec. 8, 1823, dau. of Zebulon and Hannah ( Howe) Jefts.
1. Ellen Amanda (Seward) b. Sullivan May 9, 1855; m. Sidney E. Barrett (q. v.).
9. Henry (Seward) b. Sullivan June 25, 1824; d. there Nov. 9, 1824.
10. George Henry (Seward) b. Sullivan Feb. 22, 1827; d. Boston, Mass. July 1, 1846.
11. Quincy Adams (Seward) b. Sullivan Oct. 10, 1829; a merchant at Greenfield, Mass.
5. Relief d. unm. Westmoreland.
6. Oliver d. Keene ; m. Lovisa Seward b. Sullivan 1798, d. Kcene, Dec. 23, 1843, dau. of Samuel and Olive (Adams) Seward.
1. Ellen b. Keene about 1829; d. there Aug. 1847. 2. Mary d. inf. 3. Mary Eliza b. Keene Dec. 1832; d. there June 29, 1837. 4. George Seward b. Keene June 15, 1841; r. Portsmouth.
7. Nathaniel b. Sullivan Oct. 10, 1795 ; d. Keene Feb. 9, 1870; m. March 20, 1824 Harriet Nims b. Sullivan Ap. 3, 1800, dau. of Zadok and Elizabeth (Brown) Nims of Leominster, Mass.
1. Nancy Elizabeth b. Sullivan Sept. 14, 1826; m. Aug. 5, 1859 Robert Shelley b. Westmoreland May 1802; r. Keene.
2. George Sparhawk b. Sullivan Aug. 12, 1828; m. Aug. 1872 Lestina Parker of Brattleboro', Vt .; r. Som- erville, Mass.
3. Maria Roxana b. Sullivan Ap. 21, 1831; m. 1858 George, son of Oliver and - (Hardy) Pratt of Nelson; r. Keene.
1. Frank Gustine (Pratt) b. Keene July 8, 1860.
4. Henry Frederick b. Sullivan Nov. 19, 1834; r. Keene.
r. Boston, Mass.
5. Harriet Helen
6. Sarah Pamelia b. Sullivan Aug. 5, 1836; r. Keene.
7. Albert Wilber b. Sullivan May 1, 1840; d. Fortress Monroe, Va. May 25, 1862 of wounds received at battle of Williamsburg.
DANIEL HEATH from Vt. worked for W. A. Wilder 1850-1.
ELIAS HEATH bro. of preceding, worked for W. A. Wilder 1850; r. Roxbury.
JUSTUS HEATH son of Reuben and Sarah (Heath) Heath, was b. Stoddard June 10, 1818; d. in army, New Orleans, La. June 3, 1863; m. Lovisa J. Nash (q. v.).
1. Sarah Ann b. Washington Nov. 12, 1844; m. 1st May 24, 1859 Samuel Willis ; four ch. ;
m. again and r. Ludlow, Vt.
2. Esther b. Stoddard Feb. 7, 1852 ; m. Edward Tarbox of Jaffrey.
3. Martha Susanna b. Stoddard Jan. 14, 1854; m. Silvanus Guillow (q. v.).
4. Isaac Levi b. Stoddard March 17, 1856 ; d. Nov. 8, 1864.
5. Hattie Elizabeth b. Stoddard Nov. 5, 1858. 6. Andrew Justus b. Stoddard Feb. 3, 1861. 7. Justus b. Stoddard May 30, 1863.
NATHANIEL HEATH bro. of preceding, was b. Stoddard Jan. 21, 1815; m. Eunice M. Bliss (q. v.).
1. Almeda Ann b. Stoddard March 18, 1852; d. there Jan. 28, 1854.
2. Abby Jane b. Stoddard Oct. 4, 1854 ; m. Solon, son of Prime Wheeler of Northboro', Mass. ; r. Hudson, Mass.
1. Jane (Wheeler) b. Marlow Feb. 1871. 2. Lewis (Wheeler) b. Mass. June 2, 1873.
3. Nathaniel (Wheeler) b. Mass. Oct. 23, 1874. 4. George Ervin (Wheeler) b. Mass. Nov. 9, 1877.
3. Reuben b. Marlow Jan. 9, 1856. 4. Annah Maria b. Stoddard Aug. 8, 1861.
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5. Amanda Ellen b. Washington Ap. 10, 1865.
6. George Nathaniel Reed b. Marlow July 31, 1868 ; d. there Ap. 7, 1869.
7. Susannah Rozelva b. Marlow Sept. 11, 1870; d. there Sept. 19, 1870.
PETER HEBARD son of Alexis and Teudsil (Leblanc) Hebard, was b. Canada 1855; came to Gilsum 1879; a wood chopper.
JAMES HEENAN son of James and Mary, was b. Greenwich, Eng. Sept. 4, 1845; emigrated to Quebec 1847; came to Gilsum 1873.
HEFFLON. Silas Nichols Hefflon rem. from R. I. to Franklin, Vt. His wife was Polly Knapp by whom he had eleven children, the oldest of whom was
HIRAM HEFFLON b. R. I. Oct. 22, 1804; d. Lowell, Mich. Dec. 1874; m. July 5, 1829 Fanny Wright b. Surry Ap. 24, 1805, d. Keene Jan. 14, 1879, dau. of Elizur and Eleanor (Dassance) Wright; rem. to Chesterfield.
1. Charles Leonard b. Franklin, Vt. Oet. 12, 1830 ; d. there Feb. 24, 1831.
2. Eleazer Tibbs b. Franklin, Vt. May 31, 1832; d. there Aug. 24, 1834.
3. Sessions Leland b. Surry Ap. 4, 1835 ; d. Walpole Jan. 16, 1860 ; a painter.
4. Diana Valeria b. Mareh 17, 1837 ; m. March 2, 1866 Oscar H. Whittier ; r. Denver, Colo.
5. George Washington b. Ap. 11, 1839 ; m. Mary
-; r. Australia ; six eh.
6. Daniel Abbot b. June 28, 1841 ; d. June 28, 1843.
7. Diansa Rawson b. Aug. 22, 1845 ; m. Aug. 1869 Kirk Earle Cutler of Albany, Vt .; r. Stoughton, Wisc.
HEMENWAY. This name is written also Hemingway, Hemmenway, Hiningway, and Hene- way. Ebenezer Hemenway m. May 17, 1711 Hannah Winch b. Framingham, Mass. Jan. 16, 1685, d. there Ap. 27, 1737, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Gibbs) Winch. He was by trade a weaver and rem. from Dorchester, Mass. to Framingham, Mass. Their ch. were Ebenezer, Hannah, Keziah, Daniel, Jacob, Samuel, and Elizabeth. Ebenezer b. Framingham, Oct. 24, 1712; m. Mary Eve of Roxbury, Mass and had Mary, Hannah, Ebenezer, Adam, Samuel, and Jacob m. Abigail Eaton bapt. Framingham, Mass. Nov. 20, 1757, dau. of Noah and Hannah (Hunt) Eaton. Their ch. were Luke, Molly, Aseneth, Luther, Hannah, and Nabby. He m. 2d Sybilla Walker by whom he had Ebenezer, Ruhamah, and Cynthia, and d. Dec. 19, 1822.
LUTHER HEMENWAY b. Framingham, Mass. May 21, 1780; d. Springfield, Vt. May 2, 1870 ; m. 1st July 10, 1803 Finis Patterson b. Framingham, Mass. Sept. 1, 1784, d. Dec. 22, 1857, dau. of David and Beulah (Clark) Patterson.
1. Luke b. Boylston, Mass. Dec. 12, 1804; d. New York Feb. 1870; m. June 25, 1828 Mary Cummings b. Sullivan Aug. 22, 1807, dau. of Rev. Charles and Mary (Hemenway) Cummings.
1. Rosalie b. New York Oct. 1830; d. there Ap. 1832.
2. Pauline b. New York Oct. 1832; m. Dominica Altrochi; r. Florence, Italy. 1. Nicola (Altrochi.) 2. Minnie ( Altrochi.) 3. Lucia (Altrochi) d. y. 4. Rodolfe (Altrochi.)
2. Julia Franklin b. Boylston, Mass. Aug. 22, 1806 ; m. Luke Taylor (q. v.).
3. Lucy Barker b. Boylston, Mass. Oet. 15, 1808; m. David M. Smith (q. v.).
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