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2. Elijah Kimball b. 1834; d. Winhall, Vt. July 28, 1840. 3. Ann Eliza b. Winhall, Vt. Aug. 3, 1841.
4. Almon b. Feb. 8, 1802; d. Ap. 1803.
5. Moses b. March 2, 1804; d. Brattleboro', Vt. Ap. 20, 1875; m. Ap. 29, 1827 Eliza Hastings of Swan- zey; a shoemaker.
1. Augusta Maria b. Brattleboro', Vt. June 29, 1829; m. Amandron Cathan of Brattleboro', Vt.
2. Moses Hastings b. Brattleboro', Vt. Oct. 5, 1833 ; m. Lizzie Smith; r. Northampton, Mass.
1. Arthur. 2. Mary.
3. Ann Eliza b. Brattleboro', Vt. Aug. 3, 1841.
6. Eunice b. July 13, 1806; m. Otis G. Hammond (q. v.).
m. 2d Dec. 27, 1808 Patty Withington b. Aslıby, Mass. Jan. 16, 1770 ; d. Aug. 19, 1846, dau. of William and Martha (Locke) Withington.
2. Comfort m. Sept. 11, 1787 Sarah, dau. of Peter and Phebe (Ellis) Rice ; r. Keene, N. Y. 1. George b. Aug. 10, 1788. 2. Sarah b. Sept. 21, 1790. 3. Esther b. Oct. 6, 1792.
4. Comfort b. Ap. 12, 1797. 5. William b. May 17, 1799.
3. Benjamin b. Swanzey ? May 17, 1773; d. Jan. 1, 1858; m. 1st 1794 Huldah Wilcox (q. v.) d. March 29, 1811.
1. Obadiah b. Jan. 2, 1795; d. Butler, Ill. Sept. 24, 1876; m. Aug. 17, 1821 Electa Post b. Addison, Vt. July 17, 1800, d. Butler, Ill. Nov. 15, 1859, dau. of John and Elizabeth Post.
1. Huldah b. Butler, Ill. Sept. 17, 1823; m. May 27, 1845 Thomas E. Harris b. Charlestown, Mass. ? Feb. 28, 1812, son of John and Abigail Harris.
1. Frederick Ware (Harris) b. Ill. March 24, 1846; d. there Feb. 9, 1868.
2. Julia Abigail (Harris) b. IlI. Sept. 15, 1852; m. Oct. 31, 1872 Michael Luther Robertson b. Ill. Sept. 14, 1851, son of Stanford and Ann M. Robertson.
1. William Edwin (Robertson) b. Ill. Sept. 1, 1873. 2. Mary Abigail (Robertson) b. Ill. Ap. 18, 1875.
3. George Obadiah (Robertson) b. Ill. March 1, 1877. 4. Harriet Luceba (Robertson) b. Ill. Nov. 29, 1878.
2. Eliza b. Butler, Ill. Aug. 6, 1825 ; d. there unm. Sept. 14, 1844.
3. Emily b. Butler, Ill. Jan. 23, 1827; d. there unm. Sept. 21, 1844.
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4. Electa b. Butler, Ill. Jan. 2, 1829 ; d. III. Oct. 7, 1861; m. Nov. 25, 1848 Jacob Wagner Scheur b. N. C. May 11, 1826. 1. Sylvester Henry (Scheur) b. Ill. Nov. 15, 1849.
2. David Ware (Scheur) b. Ill. Sept. 20, 1852; m. Feb. 19, 1873 Harriet Peters b. Findlay, Ohio Oct. 14, 1850, dau. of Frederick Henry and Christena Peters.
1. Frederick Obadiah (Scheur) b. unk. Nov. 1, 1875. 2. Gertrude Christena (Scheur) b. unk. Nov. 27, 1876. 3. Jacob Franklin (Scheur) b. unk. Oct. 28, 1878.
3. Laura Lucretia (Scheur) b. Ill. Aug. 31, 1855; m. Aug. 6, 1878 Daniel Curtis.
4. Sophronia Luzetta (Scheur) b. Ill. Sept. 9, 1859.
5. Mariah b. Butler, Ill. May 14, 1831; d. there Sept. 6, 1835. 6. Clara b. Butler, Ill. Aug. 19, 1833; d. there unm. Aug. 8, 1855. 7. Adaline b. Butler, Ill. Feb. 7, 1836; d. there Sept. 16, 1845.
8. Betsey b. Butler, Ill. Aug. 18, 1838; m. Dec. 12, 1861 Charles M. Westcott b. Scituate, R. I. Aug. 7, 1822, son of Thomas and Lydia Westcott.
1. Thomas Knowlton (Westcott) b. Ill. Sept. 20, 1862. 2. Eliza Ware (Westcott) b. Ill. Jan. 14, 1864. 3. Lillie Electa (Westcott) b. Ill. July 22, 1869. 4. Mary Grace (Westcott) b. Ill. Sept. 6, 1872.
9. Mary b. Butler, Ill. Ap. 18, 1841; d. there Jan. 1, 1870; m. Nov. 29, 1866 William Albion Young b. III. Aug. 20, 1836, son of William and Jane Young.
1. Anthony Obadiah (Young) b. Ill. Dec. 25, 1868. 2. William Albion (Young) b. Ill. Nov. 9, 1869.
10. Henry b. Butler, Ill. May 4, 1845; m. Jan. 24, 1867 Louisa Adaline Morrison b. Fort Madison, Iowa March 14, 1846, dau. of Joseph Morri-on.
2. Benjamin b. June 27, 1796; d. Butler, Ill. July 31, 1855; m. March 12, 1827 Sarah Slayback b. Lexing- ton, Ky. Sept. 13, 1805, dau. of David and - - (Voorhees) Slayback.
1. Austin Benjamin b. Butler, Ill. Feb. 20, 1829; d. there Sept. 19, 1829.
2. Justus Hurd b. Butler, Ill. July 11, 1834; m. Sept. 26, 1860 Luceba Augusta Brigham b. Alstead Aug. 25, 1836, dau. of Aaron and Susannah (Proctor) Brigham.
1. Mary Flora b. Butler, Ill. Nov. 29, 1862. 2. Carrie Susan b. Butler, Ill. May 5, 1864 ; d. there Dec. 1, 1866. 3. George Vincent b. Butler, Ill. Sept, 25, 1867. 4. Amy Lillian b. Butler, III. Ap. 24, 1873.
3. David b. Ap. 2, 1798; d. Ap. 15, 1863; m. 1st Mary Smith (q. v.) d. Ap. 6, 1851.
1. David Smith b. Oct. 25, 1828; m. 1st Oct. 23, 1855 Lestina Amanda Brigham b. Alstead May 17, 1832 d. Butler, Il1. Feb. 22, 1872, dau. of Aaron and Susannah (Proctor) Brigham.
1. John b. Butler, Ill. Jan. 7, 1857. 2. Arthur b. Butler, Ill. Nov. 18, 1858. 3. David b. Butler, Ill. Aug. 2, 1860.
4. Theoda b. Butler, Ill. June 5, 1863; d. there Sept. 4, 1864. 5. Lyman Trumbull b. Butler, Ill. Feb. 15, 1865.
6. Beulah b. Butler, Ill. Oct. 8, 1866. 7. Emily b. Butler, Ill. Dec. 5, 1868. d. there Aug. 1, 1872.
8. Clarence Brigham b. Butler, Ill. Feb. 13, 1872; d. there July 26, 1872.
9. Clara Lestina
m. 2d Nov. 28, 1872 Mrs. Catherine (Dryer) Wiley b. Hillsboro' March 7, 1821, dau. of John and - (Museman) Dryer, and widow of Robert Wilev.
2. Theoda b. June 22, 1832; m. George H. Towle (q. v.). 3. Samuel B. b. March 11, 1835; d. unm. Dec. 18. 1856.
m. 2d Ap. 6, 1853 Mrs. Rachel S. Pratt of Northfield, Vt. [After the death of Mr. Ware she rem. to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she resides. Her dau. Hattie A. Pratt b. unk. Dec. 1842; d. Hillsboro', Ill. Oct. 9, 1862; buried in Gilsum.]
4. Huldah b. March 8, 1800; m. Calvin Mack (q. v.). 5. Maria b. May 22, 1802; d. March 21, 1811.
6. Statira h. March 16, 1804: d. Dec. 15, 1810. 7. Elvira b. Dec. 31, 1805; m. Hiram Baldwin (q. v.).
8. Enoch b. Oct. 25, 1807; d. Chester, Vt. March 16, 1875; m. 1st Dec. 26, 1837 Louisa Atwood b. Ches- ter, Vt. July 10, 1810, d. there Jan. 8, 1861.
1. Wesley L. b. Chester, Vt. Sept. 28, 1838 ; m. Jan. 26, 1865.
1. Charlie W. b. Chester, Vt. Ap. 16, 1868. 2. Albert L. b. Chester, Vt. Jan. 26, 1871. 3. Frank E. b. Chester, Vt. Ap. 27, 1874. 2. Mary Louisa b. Chester, Vt. June 17, 1840; m. Jan. 11, 1866 Norris Crane Richmond b. Ohio June 1838, son of Henry and Charlotte (Crane) Richmond.
1. Dora Augusta (Richmond) b. Butler, Ill. Oct. 23, 1866 ; d. there Aug. 13, 1868. 2. An inf. dau. b. Butler, Ill. Aug. 14, 1868; d. there Sept. 1868. 3. Nellie Ware (Richmond) b. Butler, Ill. Sept. 30, 1869.
4. Herbert Wesley (Richmond) b. Butler, Ill. Jan. 9, 1873. 5. Fred Lucius (Richmond) b. Butler, Ill. Ap. 29, 1874.
3. Benjamin M. b. Chester, Vt. Sept. 4, 1842 ; killed at battle of Cold Harbor June 3, 1864.
4. Wilbur Fiske b. Chester, Vt. Dec. 6, 1844; d. of camp disease June 17, 1862. 5. Marion W. b. Chester, Vt. Jan. 12, 1847. 6. George Enoch b. Chester, Vt. Feb. 14, 1849; m. May 1, 1877 Stella Church; r. Townsend, Vt.
7. Lucius Jeremiah b. Chester Vt Aug. 21, 1851; m. March 4, 1873 Hannah A. Mack (q. v.).
1. Walter Obadiah b. Butler, Ill. March 27, 1875; d. there Nov. 22, 1878. 2. Lena May b. Butler, Ill. Ap. 3, 1878.
8. Dora Augusta b. Chester, Vt. Aug. 17, 1855; m. Jan. 31, 1877 Granville Pierce of Litchfield, Il1. 1. Essie May (Pierce) b. Butler, Ill. Aug. 8, 1878.
m. 2d. Dec. 1, 1861 Arvilla Covey.
9. Jennie L. b. Chester, Vt. Feb. 2, 1863. 10. Abraham Lincoln b. Chester, Vt. Jan. 6, 1865.
9. Rebecca b. June 3, 1809; m. John Clarke Kendrick (q. v.).
m. 2d Aug. 14, 1811 Martha Chapin (q. v.) d. Sept. 30, 1849.
10. Maria Taylor b. Oct. 7, 1812; m. June 11, 1840 Rev. Daniel Lee b. Stanstead, C. E. 1806, the second of thirteen ch. of Elias and Rhoda (Morrell) Lee from Willington, Conn.
1. Wilbur Fisk (Lee ) b. Willamette, Oregou 1841; d. Helena, Ark. 1863 ; first Corporal in 126th Reg't Il1. Volunteers. 2. Albert B. (Lee) b. Willamette, Oregon 1842; m. 1865 Mary L. Stout of Dover, Ark. Her father was shot in the midst of his family, by guerillas.
1. Ella (Lee.) 2. Eddie (Lee.) 3. Willie (Lee.) 4. Anna (Lee.) 5. Burtie Daniel (Lee) m. 1874 Rachel Patten of Hillsboro', Ill. 1. Mattie (Lee) b. Hillsboro1. Ill. 1875.
3. Morrell Chapin (Lee) b. Haverhill 1844; d. Mound City, III. on his way home from the army.
4. Sarah Maria (Lee) b. Unity 1847; d. unk. 1862. 5. Mary Amanda (Lee) b. Grantham 1849; d. unk. June 25, 1861. 6. Daniel Harvey (Lee) b. Claremont 1850. 7. Jason Douglas (Lee) b. Wilbraham, Mass. 1853.
8. William Henry (Lee) b. Wilbraham, Mass. 1855.
11. Statira Chapin b. Aug. 11, 1815; d. unm. Ap. 4, 1835.
12. Martha Harriet b. June 9, 1817; d. Butler, Ill. Sept. 27, 1860; m. Oct. 1, 1844 John Clinesmith b. Penn. Dec. 18, 1812, d. unk. Jan. 20, 1876, m. 2d March 4, 1861 Mary Bassett b. New York Sept. 18, 1828, dau. of Ira and Louisa Bassett.
1. Orville Harry (Clinesmith) (adopted) b. unk. May 27, 1862.
13. Betsey Calista b. Sept. 19, 1819; m. 1st Stephen Smith (q. v.); in. 2d Jan. 3, 1849 Bradley Britton b. Westmoreland Aug. 17, 1809, d. Surry Aug. 1864, son of Samuel and Abigail (Walden) Britton.
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1. Elbridge Ware ( Britton) b. Surry Ang. 3, 1849; m. Oct. 19, 1871 Elsie J. White (q. v.). 1. Jennie Betsey (Britton) b. Surry June 12, 1873. 2. Delbert William ( Britton) b. Surry Aug. 17, 1875.
2. Martha Harriet ( Britton) h. Surry March 25, 1851; m. June 19, 1872 Frank De Witt Carpenter. (See White )
3. Jennie ( Britton ) b. Surry 1853; d. inf. 4. Frank Henry ( Britton) b. Surry Jan. 3, 1855; d. there unm. Ang. 11, 1877. 5. Flora Etta (Britton) b. Surry Ap. 18, 1857. 6. Abraham Lincoln (Britton) b. Surry March 26, 1862; d. there Aug. 1864. 14. John Quincy Adams b. Dec. 17 or 19, 1822; d. Surry Aug. 29, 1865; m. Nov. 11, 1851 Emily Ileald b. Nelson Dec. 18, 1823, dau. of Oliver and Patty Heald. She r. Milford.
1. Edwin Chapin b. Marlboro' Oct. 8, 1852. 2. Martha Jane b. Sanbornton Dec. 25, 1853; m. Sept. 13, 1874 Willis K. Emerson. 3. Laura Maria b. Sanbornton July 19, 1855. 4. Walter Henry b. Addison, Vt. Ap. 25, 1859.
5. Mary Francis b. Whiting, Vt. May 30, 1860; d. there March 6, 1862. 6. Mary Emily b. Milford March 6, 1866.
15. Aaron Taylor b. Dec. 27, 1824; d. Aug. 16, 1827. 16. Edmund b. June 12, 1827; d. Nov. 15, 1827. 17. Livonia b. March 27, 1829; m. Davis Carpenter (q. v.).
m. 3d Jan. 1, 1850 Fanny Willis b. Keene Dec. 6, 1798, dau. of Benjamin and Annis ( Briggs) Willis.
4. Moses b. Surry June 1776 ; m. Hannah Hathhorn; rem. to Keene, N. Y .. 1. Daniel Hathhorn b. July 16, 1800.
5. Eunice m. John Ellis (q. v.). 6. Milly. 7. Rebekah b. Surry May 10, 1780.
OTIS WARE worked for Allen Butler Jr. 1833-4.
OSMAN WAY in Chair Factory 1847-9.
WEBSTER. Charles Webster, a blacksmith, rem. from Northfield, Mass. to Alstead and m. Irena, dau. of Oliver Shepherd. Their ch. were Patty m. Eli Wilson of Alstead; Laura m. Levi Dodge of Lempster; Charles Goodrich m. Elmira Dickinson of Walpole, and r. Surry; Oliver Shep- herd m. Ist Mindwell Wentworth, m. 2d Maria Prouty and d. Alstead 1878; Irena m. George Hatch of Bethel, Vt .; Harriet m. Elisha Towne, r. Keene: Kimball D .; Abigail m. Gilman Reed of Alstead; Miranda m. James Mitchell of Rutland, Vt. and r. Springfield, Mass. ; and William d. ch.
KIMBALL DAVID WEBSTER b. Alstead Dec. 16, 1810; m. Ap. 29, 1841 Eliza Ann Hubbard (q. v.) d. Oct. 30, 1878.
1. Marietta Eliza b. March 15, 1842; m. Aaron R. Gleason (q. v.).
TRUE WEBSTER, son of Jonathan, was b. Atkinson Jan. 9, 1768; d. Ap. 3, 1850; m. 1st Feb. 3, 1791 Patty Emery b. unk. July 22, 1770, d. Sept. 8, 1827.
1. Benjamin Emery b. Jan. 9, 1792; m. Ist May 1820 Jane M. Slade of Alstead ; rem. to Westmoreland.
1. Samuel b. Surry 1823; m. Adaline - of Perkinsville, Vt .; r. Saginaw, Mich .; one son.
2. Harriet b. Surry 1825 ; m. Artemas Knight of Westmoreland; r. Kansas. 1. Charles (Knight) r. Westmoreland; two ch. 2. Sarah Jane (Knight) m. - Hall; r. Kansas; two ch.
m. Peter Dixon.
3. Lucy (b. Walpole 1828; m. Martha, dau of Dr. Dunbar of Westmoreland; r. Texas. 4. Lewis S 1. Hattie. 2. George. And two daus.
2. True b. Francestown ? March 10, 1793 ; d. July 21, 1870; m. 1st Nancy Ware (q. v.) d. July 18, 1840.
1. Benjamin Emery b. June 6, 1815; m. 1st June 2, 1841 Emily, dan. of Roswell and Sally (Wilson) Nims of Keene; m. 2d Abby Nims, her sister ; r. Walpole.
1. Daniel. 2. Benjamin Franklin d. inf. 3. Lillie. 4. Benjamin Franklin.
2. Elijah Emerson b. May 25, 1817; d. Aug. 3, 1817. 3. Anna Ware b. May 30, 1820; m. William L. Kingsbury (q. v.). 4. Hannah b. Aug. 30, 1823; d. Ap. 20, 1824.
5. Patty Malvina b. June 18, 1828; m. 1st George Kilburn Smith (q. v.); mn. 2d Joel Cowee, Jr. (q. v.). m. 2d March 4, 1841 Harriet Byron Hill b. Surry June 12, 1800, dau. of Moses and Lucy (Adams) Hill. (See Clement Hill.)
6. Harriet Augusta b. Surry Jan. 3, 1843; m. Ira D. Gates (q. v.).
3. Jonathan b. Dec. 4, 1794; d. Penn. May 29, 1823 ; m. Dec. 1, 1814 Milly Blish (q. v.). 1. Lucy m. - Jackson.
4. Rollins b. May 7, 1796; m. Sept. 12, 1822 Margaret Galloway; r. Ogdensburglı, N. Y.
1. John. 2. Jane. 3. Preston King. 4. Margaret. 5. Mary. 6. Louisa.
5. Eliphalet Knight b. Dec. 25, 1798; d. Walpole Feb. 4, 1872; m. 1st June 12, 1823 Har- riet Slade b. Alstead 1801, d. Walpole July 5, 1865, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Thomson) Slade.
1. George b. Aug. 26, 1824; m. Rebecca Brooks of Charlestown; r. Chicago, Ill.
1. Charles Franklin b. Chicago, Ill. Dec. 23, 1858 ; d. there June 26, 1861. 2. Walter.
2. Mary Jane b. March 18, 1831; m. George Bemis. (See Isham.)
m. 2d 1866 Mrs. Harriet Parks.
6. Patty Malvina m. Elijah Ware Jr. (q. v.).
7. Abner
b. Aug. 13, 1800; d. Jan.4,1830 ; m.Sept. 1824 Ruth Woodman of Newtown.
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1. Sarah m. - - Carter.
8. Hezekiah b. Aug. 8, 1802; d. Ap. 13, 1855 ; m. Aug. 25, 1830 Irene Sumner (q. v.) d. Keene Nov. 26, 1879.
1. Hannah Sumner b. Nov. 27, 1830; d. Feb. 23, 1833. 2. Lucy Sumner b. May 18, 1834; m. John S. Towne (q. v.). 3. Warren Hezekiah b. May 18, 1838; d. unm. Keene Jan. 27, 1865.
4. Ellen b. Oct. 20, 1841; m. Benjamin Franklin Allen (q. v.).
5. Mary b. Feb. 5, 1844; d. Keene Dec 1, 1863; m. Sept. 24, 1861 Rodney Griffith b. Swanzey Sept. 24, 1840, son of Barney and Irene (White) Griffith; r. Keene. 6. Daniel b. March 5, 1847 ; r. Rutland, Vt. 9. Mark b. Feb. 29, 1804; d. Walpole Nov. 18, 1876 ; m. 1st Sept. 13, 1823 Eunice Wright
b. Groton May 1805, d. Ap. 13, 1831 : m. 2d Eunice Knowlton b. Walpole March 8, 1803, d. there Feb. 9, 1880, dau. of Luther and Prudence (Dadman) Knowlton.
1. Mary Eliza b May 12, 1833; m. Jan. 24, 1853 Franklin O. Pierce; r. Norwich, Conn. 1. Charles Webster (Pierce) b. Walpole Ap. 4, 1859.
2. Ezra b. June 10, 1835; m. Dec. 27, 1857 Victoria Wilson (q. v.).
1. Herbert Melville b. Alstead Nov. 2. 1866.
3. Edwin Eliphalet b. Walpole Ap. 22, 1837 : m. June 5, 1860 Emily Ellen Upham b. Putney, Vt. Oct. 1, 1841, dau. of Charles and Hannah (Merrill) Upham.
1. Carrie Estella b. Walpole Nov. 1. 1862. 2. Albert Edwin b. Walpole March 29, 1869.
4. Henry Mark b. Walpole Aug. 3, 1839; d. Lebanon, Conn. Jan. 1876; m. 1868 Harriet, adopted dau. of David Farr of Townshend, Vt.
5. Eunice Augusta b. Walpole May 10, 1843; m. Ira Blake; r. Philadelphia, Penn. 1. Lillian Eunice (Blake) b. Walpole May 10, 1863.
6. Franklin Preston b. Walpole Nov. 16, 1848; m. Nov. 16, 1876 Augusta Zimmerman b. Norwich, Conn. 1850; r. Surry.
1. Lewis H. b. Surry 1878.
10. Rebekah b. Feb. 26, 1805; d. March 28, 1814.
11. Polly Emery b. Nov. 24, 1808; m. Calvin Chandler (q. v.).
12. Ezra b. Aug. 13, 1811 ; d March 22, 1864 ; m. Sept. 20, 1840 Sarah Adaline Day (q. v.). 1. Sarah Adeliza b. Sept. 5, 1841; r. Keene.
m. 2d June 10, 1828 Mrs. Mary (Eaton) Wilson b. Pelham Nov. 22, 1766, d. Fran- cestown Ap. 25, 1857, dau. of Moses and Anna Eaton, and widow of James Wilson of Francestown.
FRANK L. WEBSTER in Factory 1873; rem. to Swanzey.
WILLIAM N. WEBSTER, bro. of preceding, on tax list 1873.
JOSHUA WEDGEWOOD from Bethel, Vt. carried on Factory 1853-4.
AMOS WEEKS b. unk. 1822; m. Minerva - b. unk. 1821; a blacksmith 1850-1.
1. A dau. b. Ap. 28, 1851 ; d. May 5, 1851.
JOHN URSALL WEEKS m. Polly Clark (q. v.).
1. An inf. d. 2. Francis Ursall b. Oct. 10, 1837 ; d. in army.
WELCH. Morris Welch, whose grandfather came from Wales, r. Hinsdale and m. Beulah Smith. Their grandson, son of Louisa, was Larkin.
LARKIN WELCH b. Sullivan Sept. 10, 1830; m. Ap. 3, 1862 Sarah H. Bridge (q. v.).
ALBERT WELCH, son of George and Relief (Phillips) Welch, was b. Rutland, Mass .; m. - Bosworth; r. Baldwinsville, Mass .; taxed here 1872-4.
1. A son b Baldwinsville, Mass. 1880
JAMES WELCH b. Waterbury, Vt. 1843; thrown from horse and killed Nov. 25, 1870; m. Nov. 30, 1868 Jennie M. Chapin (q. v.).
1. Ida Willett b. July 2, 1869.
WELLINGTON. Three bros. of this name emigrated from England, one of whom returned, and the others reared very large families from whom all the American Wel- lingtons have descended. The name of one was Pilgrove Wellington. One of his descendants named Oliver s. at Ashby. Mass .; served in the Revolutionary army: in. Ist Anna Gregory ; m. 2d Rachel March; m. 3d Anna Hosey. By the first wife he had Isaac and Oliver; by the second, Ezekiel. There were also three daus. Nabby. Sally. and Lydia, of which mother is uncertain. Ezekiel m. Susan llaskell and had Oliver r. Phillipston, Mass .; Susan m. George W. Tottenham of Westminster, Mass .; George r. Boston, Mass .; John d. ch .; Joseph H. r. Keene; Sam-
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uel M. r. Orange, Mass .; Elmira m. Nehemiah Dunton of Phillipston, Mass .; Mary d. ch .; Incy m. Charles W. Hatch of Wardsboro', Vt .; Sumner; and Mary in. George Chamberlain of Westminster, Mass.
SUMNER WELLINGTON b. Ashby, Mass. Aug. 9, 1837; m. Aug. 12, 1866 Eliza Starkey (see Thompson); on tax list 1867; r. Keene.
1. Frank Waldo b. Keene Dec. 14, 1867.
WETHERBEE or WETHERBY. First written Witherby, also found
Witherbye, Witherbee, Witherbe, &c. John Witherby, said to have emigrated from North England, found on early records of Marlboro' and Sudbury, Mass .; d. Stow, Mass. about 1711; m. 1st Sept. 18, 1672 Mary Howe b. June 18, 1658, d. Stow, Mass. June 5, 1684, dau. of John and Mary Howe; and had Joseph, Mary, John, and Thomas; m. 2d Sept. 16, 1684 Lydia Moore who had Ephraim, Jonathan, David, Anne, and Lydia. [As the date of Ephraim's birth is not found, it is some- what uncertain whether he was the son of Mary or Lydia.] Capt. Ephraim d. Boston, Mass. Nov 7, 1745; m. Ist 1721 Elizabeth Hall d. June 12, 1732. Her ch. were Ruth, Ephraim, Paul, Mary, and Betsey Ile m. 2d Sept. 18. 1732 Joanna Bellows who had Rachel, Jonathan, Abigail, Susannah, Abijah, Joanna, and Samuel. Paul b. Stow, Mass .; rem. to Lunenburg, Mass., where he d. Jan. 6, 1768; m. June 11, 1746 Hannah Pierce. Their ch. were Ephraim, Paul, Hannah, Betsey, David, Joah, Abijah, Esther, and Daniel.
ABIJAH WETHERBEE b. Lunenburg, Mass. Aug. 26, 1761; d. Sullivan Ap. 20, 1840; m. Mchitable Trowbridge b. Lunenburg? Mass. Feb. 6, 1764, d. Sullivan Feb. 6, 1844. He was a Revolutionary pensioner, and r. Nelson, Swanzey, Sul- livan, Gilsum, and Surry.
1. Nelly b. Nelson? Dec. 19, 1781; m. Asa Wilcox. (See Loveland.)
2. Edmund b. unk. Sept. 28, 1783; d. unk. July 12, 1785.
3. Edmund b. unk. Aug. 3, 1785; d. Tioga Co. Penn. June 17, 1842; m. 1st Sept. 22, 1805 Theodosia Crane of Surry ; m. 2d Abigail Wright, dau. of Phinehas and Zilpha (Cooper) Wright of Walpole.
1. Edmund
2. Moses Wright bapt. Sorry Jan. 30, 1815.
3. Abigail
4. Ambrose
5. George Phinehas bapt. Surry July 11, 1816.
4. Abijah b. unk. Sept. 3, 1787 ; m. Esthier Kimball b. Nelson Sept. 30, 1789, d. Springfield, Vt. Ap. 26, 1872.
1. Almore b. Ferrisburg, Vt. Sept. 7, 1810; killed at Harlow bridge disaster at Northfield, Vt. Dec. 11, 1867 ; m. Dec. 30, 1833 Betsey Brigham b. Acworth Oct. 30, 1808, dau. of John and Lydia (Howe) Brig- ham; a bridge builder by trade.
1. Mary Matilda b. Weathersfield, Vt. June 20, 1836; d. Montgomery, Ala. Aug. 11, 1867; m. Dec. 6, 1857 John W. Nichols.
2. Angeline Angnsta b. Burlington, Vt. July 8, 1839; m. Oct. 21, 1862 Albert S. Brownell, r. Elmhurst, III. 1. Harry G. (Brownell) b. Elmhurst ? Il1. Aug. 9, 1866. 2. Helen A. (Brownell) b. Elmhurst ? Il1. Jan. 1, 1872.
3. Lydia Malancie b. Moretown, Vt. Sept. 14, 1844 ; m. Oct. 17, 1866 CharIton R. Badger d. Northfield, Vt. Ang. 26, 1871. 1. Angie E. (Badger) b. Northfield, Vt. July 27, 1867. 2. Georgie K. (Badger) b. Northfield, Vt. Aug. 18, 1869.
2. Luther b. Nelson Sept. 12, 1812; r. Westmoreland. 3. Theodosia b. Nelson March 6, 1814; d. Alstead March 13, 1826. 4. Lucinda b. Alstead March 15, 1816; m. Elbridge Knights; r. Chester, Vt.
5. Lois Maria b. Alstead Ap. 24, 1818; r. Chicago, Ill. 6. James Solon b. Surry Aug. 26, 1820.
7. Philo Gilman b. Surry Feb. 14, 1822; m. Nov. 2, 1842 Alzina, dau. Lewis and Betsey Lockwood of Springfield, Vt., where they r.
1. Rose A. b. Springfield, Vt. Sept. 4, 1844; d. unm. Weathersfield, Vt. Jan. 21, 1874. 2. Lizzie M. b. Springfield, Vt. July 18, 1846 ; d. Anoka, Minn. Nov. 18, 1872; m. March 19, 1867 Henry B. Foster. 3. Horace E. b. Springfield, Vt. Ap. 9, 1849; m. Nov. 1, 1877 Mary Doby of Holyoke, Mass. 4. Hattie E. b. Springfield, Vt. June 20, 1851; m. 1873 Edward N. Davis. 5. Ethel J. b. Weathersfield, Vt. Ap. 30, 1855; d. there Oct. 3, 1873. 6. Emeline E. b. Weathers- field, Vt. Feb. 16, 1857; d. there Feb. 13, 1863. 7. Louise B. b. Weathersfield, Vt. Ap. 6, 1861; d. there Ap. 23, 1873. 8. Katie A. b. Weathersfield, Vt. Aug. 1, 1863.
8. Harriet Christiana b. Alstead 1826; d. Ludlow, Vt. July 26, 1851; m. - - Kneeland. 9. Charles b. Alstead March 4, 1828. 10. Emeline Elvira b. Dec. 17, 1829; m. - Ingalls; r. Windsor, Vt. 11. Abijah Horace b. Aug. 23, 1832 ; d. Dec. 17, 1838.
5. Joshua b. Sullivan Nov. 29, 1789; d. Ferrisburg, Vt. Sept. 2, 1861; m. - - Barnes. 1. Amos r. Vergennes, Vt.
6. Lucinda b. Sullivan July 29, 1792; d. unm. Surry Aug. 22, 1812. 7. Mehitable b. Surry June 21, 1794 ; d. Nashua Nov. 25, 1845 ; m. Feb. 1, 1814 Artemas Lovejoy of Nelson ; two daus. and six sons. 8. Thomas Trowbridge b. Surry Feb. 27, 1797; d. there Jan. 5, 1807. 9. William b. March 26, 1799 ; d. Amherst May 18, 1878 ; m. Mary Sheldon of Wilton. 10. Francis b. June 3, 1801 ; m. and r. Minn. 11. Paul b. Surry Sept. 17, 1803 ; m. Lovisa Hubbell of New Haven, Vt., where he r. ; five ch.
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12. Luther b. Surry Jan. 16, 1806 ; d. there Ap. 16, 1807.
13. Thomas Trowbridge b. Surry Ap. 9, 1808; m. 1st Jan. 8, 1833 Sarah Wilder b. Surry Aug. 27, 1805. d. Sullivan June 28. 1850, dau. of Luther and Phebe (Merrill) Wilder ; m. 2d Ap. 27, 1851 Mrs. Harriet (Prinie) Trowbridge b. Swanzey March 4, 1810, d. there Aug. 17. 1874, dau. of Thomas and Rachel (Holbrook ) Prime, and widow of Thomas Trowbridge ; served as Captain in the militia ; r. Westmoreland.
Ephraim Wetherby, son of Paul and Hannah, was b. Lunenburg, Mass. Aug. 24, 1747. [The identity of this man with the following is not fully established. He may have been his father. ] Ephraim Wetherby from Lunen- burg, Mass. m. Eliza, dau. of Elisha and Eliza (Wilson) Chamberlain, and had Charles T .; Eliza m. Charles Dearth of Sherborn, Mass .; Henry; Susan B. m Ist Dea. Thompson of Swanzey, m. 2d Asa Healey of Swanzey ; Epliraim Dexter, a physician at Worcester, Mass .; and Jolin C. r. Philadelphia, Penn.
CHARLES THOMAS WETHERBY b. Fitchburg, Mass. March 4, 1807; d. Lowell, Ohio, June 3, 1871; m. 1st May 5, 1831 Nancy Hyde b. Winchendon, Mass. March 22, 1809. d. Acworth Sept. 6, 1849, dau. of John and Abigail (Hyde) Hyde.
1. Charles b. Walpole June 10, 1832; m. Aug. 19, 1856 Cornelia Antoinette Chapin b. New Haven, Vt. Feb. 24, 1834, dau. of Myron and Olive ( Benedict ) Chapin.
1. Etta Chapin b. Cornwall, Conn. Oct. 21, 1863. 2. Addie Augusta b. Cornwall, Conn. Aug. 19, 1865 ; d. Winsted, Conn. Nov. 6, 1866. 3. Charles Burton b. Winsted, Conn. Nov. 13, 1867.
2. Eliza Ann b. Walpole Aug. 16, 1833 ; m. Harrison Gray Otis ; an editor; r. Santa Bar- bara, Cal.
1. Lillian (Otis) h. Marietta, Ohio. 2. Miriam (Otis) b. Washington, D. C.
3. Mabel (Otis) b. Washington, D. C.
3. Mary Jane b. Walpole Ap. 2, 1835 ; d. Lawrence, Mass. Aug. 1855; m. June 1855 Frank Chapin.
4. William b. Walpole Sept. 4, 1836 ; m. Aug. 28, 1857, Jennie, dau. of Waite and Ama Lawrence of Westport, N. Y. ; r. Antioch, Ohio.
1. Juliaetta b. Lowell, Ohio July 15, 1859. 2. Imogene b. Lowell, Ohio Sept. 5, 1861; d. there Ap. 28, 1866. 3. Charles T. b. Lowell, Ohio June 28, 1866. 4. Ida Chipman b. Lowell, Ohio June 9, 1868. 5. William Foster b. Lowell, Ohio Feb. 18, 1871.
5. Edwin b. Walpole Jan 22, 1840 ; sewing-machine agent in Pennsylvania.
6. Ellen Augusta b. Walpole March 15, 1842; m. Nov. 18, 1877 Andrew Hanson b. Norway Ap. 25, 1859, son of Edmund and Lena Hanson ; r. Adrian, Minn.
1. Ellen (Hanson) b. Adrian, Minn. Aug. 23, 1878; d. there Sept. 14, 1878.
2. A dau. b. Adrian, Minn. Feb. 27, 1880.
7. Julietta b. Feb. 14, 1844; d. March 1, 1854. 8. Austin b. Aug. 11, 1845; d. Dec. 26, 1848. 9. Baxter b. Sept. 8, 1847 ; d. June 3, 1851. .
10. Thomas b. Acworth May 7, 1849; d. there June 15, 1849.
m. 2d Ap. 1, 1850 Martha P. Fish (q. v.).
JESSE WHEELER m. Sept. 14, 1782 Hannah Dwinel.
1. Jesse b. Keene May 17, 1783. 2. Aaron Eastee b. May 29, 1785. 3. Hannah b. March 27, 1787. 4. Abraham b. March 13, 1792. 5. Dolly b. Sullivan July 5, 1797.
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