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6 Archibald
7. Samuel b. Sullivan Feb. 25, 1800.
WHEELOCK. A man of this name came from England and r. Lunenburg, Mass. and had a
son Thomas Wheelock who rem. to Alstead, and from thence in 1796 to Win- chester. His son William b. Alstead Jan. 3, 1791; d. Winchester Sept. 1874; m. Harriet Porter of Onondaga Co., N. Y. Their ch. were John d. inf .: Eliza M. d. unm .; John d. Buffalo, N. Y .; Sarah C. m. Albert G. Hill of Swanzey; Prudence F. m. Alvin T. Willard of Winchester; William d. Winchester; Thomas; Loretta d. unm .; Abby (twin) burned to death. m. Albert A. Fassett of Winchester; Harriet (twin) m. A. A. Fassett; and George Delavan, a marble worker at Keene.
THOMAS WHEELOCK b. Winchester Nov. 29, 1830; d. from barbarities of An- dersonville prison Nov. 22, 1864; m. May 25, 1852 Mary A. McCoy (q. v.); on tax list 1851-2, '55, '60.
1. Herbert Henry b. Swanzey Dec. 14, 1854; m. June 1879 Lula Sollars ; r. Decatur, Ill.
2. Frank Edward b. Swanzey Feb. 19, 1858. 3. Ida Ellen b. Swanzey ? Jan. 1861.
4. Arthur Pennington b. Ap. 29, 1863.
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PHINEHAS WHEELOCK taxed here 1834
JOSEPH MILTON WHITCOMB m. Oct. 23, 1827 Dinah Loveland (q. v.). 1. Melissa.
WHITE. Elder John White is supposed to have come from Chelmsford, Eng. He is known to have sailed from Eng. in the ship Lyon, and Janded at Boston Sept. 16, 1632; s. at Cambridge, Mass .; rem. 1636 to Hartford, Conn .; was selectman at both places. In 1659 he rem. to Hadley, Mass. but returned to Hartford, Conn. 1670, and was appointed elder in the South Church. Hle m. in Eng. Mary - and had six eh., two or three of whom were b. Eng. His second ch., Capt. Nathaniel b. Eng. about 1629; s. at 21 years of age in Middletown, Com .; represented the town 85 times in the State Legislature; d. there Ang. 27, 1711; in. Ist Elizabeth - d. 1690 æt. about 65; m. 2d Mrs. Martha widow of Hugh Mould of New London, Conn. He had eight eh. by first wife, the seventh of whom was Jacob b. Middletown, Conn May 10, 1665; d. there March 29, 1738; m. 1st Feb. 4, 1692 Deborah Shepard, d. there Feb. 8, 1721, æt. 51; m. 2d Dec. 16, 1729 Mrs. Rebeeea ( Willett), widow of Thomas Ranney of Middletown. Conn. Hle had ten eh. by first wife, the sixth of whom, Thomas was b. Middletown, Conn. Aug. 14, 1710; rem. to Lebanon, Conn. 1731, in 1748 to Coventry, Conn .; mı. 1st Dee. 28, 1725 Sarah Miller prob. dau. of William of Glastonbury, Conn. She d. East Middletown, Conn. Aug. 10, 1736, æt 36. He m. 2d Feb. 3, 1737 Hannah Woodward b. July 9, 1710?, dau. of Henry and Hannah (Burrows) Woodward. Had six ch. by first wife, and by second. seven. The second of the latter was Henry.
HENRY WHITE b. Andover, Conn. June 1, 1739; m. Sarah -; rem. to Vt.
1. Simeon b. Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 10, 1765. 3. Henry b. June 9, 1774.
4. Olive b. Oct. 22, 1776. 5. Silas b. June 3, 1779. 6. Thomas b. Ap. 19, 1785.
William White came from England and s. in what is now Warren, Mass. His wife was a Moss from Ireland. Their ch. were Martha, Mary, Jane, Hannah, Sarah, Susie, William, Joseph, and Robert. William Jr. b. Warren, Mass. Jan. 1766; d. Alstead Dec. 12, 1824; m. Ruth Merit b. Charlestown, Mass. Ap. 1767; d. AIstead July 5 or 6, 1840. Their eh. were Samuel; Porter m. Betsey Pratt of Roxbury: Otis m. Naney Delano; Reuben B. m. Catherine Hartshorne and r. Norwood, Mass .; Sarah m. - Reddington and r. Roby's Corner; Wealthy m. - Baneroft, r. Boston, Mass .; Charles; and Ruthena m. 1st Ware Hillard of Sanbornton, m. 2d Samuel Blanehard of Medford, Mass. and r. Sutton
SAMUEL WHITE b. Petersham, Mass. Dec. 28, 1791; d. Surry June 1870; m. Nov. 10, 1818 Abigail Marshall b. Lunenburg, Mass. Jan. 12, 1798, d. Surry Nov. 4, 1871, dau. of David and Sarah (Haskell) Marshall.
1. William Marshall b. Fitchburg, Mass. Sept. 1, 1819; m. Nov. 20, 1842 Sarah Jane. Clark
b. Walpole March 28, 1821, dau. of Richard Clark ; r. Cambridge, N. Y.
1. Celieia Sally b. Shrewsbury, Vt. Ap. 7, 1844; d. unm. Argyle, N. Y. Sept. 16, 1860.
2. Sophia Abigail b. Shrewsbury, Vt. Sept. 14, 1845; m. David, son of Francis and Almira Robeson of Greenwich, N. Y.
1. Etta May (Robeson) b. N. Y. July 12, 1870. 2. Julia Alice (Robeson) b. N. Y. Jan. 26, 1872. 3. Leona Adelia (Robeson) b. N. Y. Sept. 30, 1874.
3. Corinna F. b. Shrewsbury, Vt. Dee. 7, 1846; m. Sept 9, 1866 Hosea A. Pierce b. White Creek, N. Y. June 22, 1844, d. N. Y. June 12, 1869, son of William and Jerusha Pieree.
1. Grace G. (Pierce) b. N. Y. Sept. 11, 1867. 2. Manerna Ann (Pierce) b. N. Y. Feb. 1, 1869.
4. Elsie J. b. Shrewsbury, Vt. Ap. 19, 1848; m. Elbridge W. Britton. (See Ware.)
5. Sabra A. b. Shrewsbury, Vt. Dec. 24, 1849.
6. Hattie A. b. Shrewsbury, Vt. Aug. 21, 1851; m. Nov. 16, 1873 William Riley, son of Charles W. and Sarah Worthington of Bennington, Vt.
1. Etta Adella (Worthington) b. N. Y. March 10, 1876.
7. Louisa C. b. Shrewsbury, Vt. Ap. 29, 1853; d. there Ap. 14, 1854.
8. William Harry b. Somerset, Vt. Aug. 18, 1854. 9. Luman S. b. Somerset, Vt. May 18, 1857.
10. Julia C. b. Argyle, N. Y. June 23, 1860. 11. Horaee Franklin b. Argyle, N. Y. Sept. 24, 1862. 12. Merrill Clark b. White Creek, N. Y. Oct. 19, 1864; d. there Feb. 8, 1865.
2. Abigail b. Acworth Dec. 25, 1820 ; m. May 2, 1838 William Carpenter b. Surry Jan. 26, 1814, son of Ezra and Betsey (Chapin) Carpenter.
1. Luman Marshall (Carpenter) b. Surry \p. 7. 1839; m. March 14, 1860 Mrs. Luey (Cushing) Murdock
b. LeRoy, N. Y. Oet. 7, 1836, dau. of David and Rhoda (Crane) Cushing, and widow of Hiram Murdoek of Hiram, N. Y.
1. Ernest Willie (Carpenter) b. Surry Sept. 7, 1865.
2. Josephine Angeline (Carpenter) b. Surry Dee. 24, 1840; m. George IIenry, son of ' George and (Hill) Joslyn of Surry; r. Walpole.
1. Charles Henry (Joslyn) b. Milibury, Mass. about 1860. 2. Luella (Joslyn) b. Mass. Aug. 1867.
3. Ellen Maria (Carpenter) b. Surry Ap. 23, 1842; m. 1864 Edward Kingsbury, son of Josiah; r. Aeworth. 1. Eddie (Kingsbury ) b. Surry March 1865; d. Acworth March 1879. 2. Lizzie (Kingsbury ) b. Michigan 1866. 3. Frank (Kingsbury ) b. Mich. 1868. 4. Delia (Kingsbury) b. Mich 1870.
5. Mary Daniels (Kingsbury ) b. Acworth 1872; d. there Dec. 28, 1875. 6. Charlie (Kingsbury) b. Acworth 1876.
7. Bessie Carpenter (Kingsbury ) b. Acworth July 1878.
4. Jasper Hazen (Carpenter) b. Surry Ap. 5, 1844; m. Lydia -; r. Bowne, Mich.
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1. Sarah Ann (Carpenter) b. Bowne, Mich. 1868.
5. Mason Adams (Carpenter) b. Surry Dec. 5, 1845; m. Mary dau. of Samuel and Susan (Heath) Poole of Concord; r. Surry.
1. Arthur Mason (Carpenter) b. Surry Nov. 23, 1869.
2. Maud Lena (Carpenter) b. Surry Jan. 17, 1871. 3 Gertie (Carpenter) b. Surry Aug. 1, 1874.
6. Frank De Witt (Carpenter) b. Surry Feb. 12, 1848; m. June 19, 1872 Martha Harriet Britton. .
1. Fred Eugene (Carpenter) b. Surry May 1, 1874. 2. Mabel (Carpenter) b. Surry 1878.
7. Eugene Roscoe (Carpenter) (q. v.) b. Surry Sept. 1, 1849; m. Lizzie N. Craig. 8. Harriet Ruth- ena (Carpenter) b. Surry July 25, 1851. 9. Marietta Caroline (Carpenter) b. Surry Ap. 27, 1853; m. Albert Daniels of Lebanon. 10. Abbie Flora (Carpenter) b. Surry July 7, 1855. 11. Merrill Dudley (Carpenter) b. Surry March 24, 1857. 12. John Le Forest (Carpenter) b. Surry July 10, 1859.
13. Freddie Arthur (Carpenter) b. Surry Aug. 14, 1862; d. there Aug. 9, 1863.
14. Myra Ann (Carpenter) b. Surry May 8, 1864. 15. Martha Eva (Carpenter) b. Surry July 19, 1867. 3. Sophia b. Alstead Feb. 9, 1823 ; d. there Feb. 22, 1823.
4. Maryann b. Alstead Sept. 17, 1824; in. Jan. 2, 1842 Sumner C., son of Richard Clark of Walpole ; r. St. James, Minn.
1. Merrill (Clark.) 2. Ella (Clark.) 3. Lillie (Clark.)
5. Caroline b. Marlow Feb. 23, 1828; m. Ap. 28, 1851 Oscar D., son of John Gibson of Graf- ton, Vt. ; r. Palmer, Ill.
1. Alden (Gibson.) 2. Hattie (Gibson.) 3. A son.
6. Harriet Cordelia b. Aug. 7, 1830 ; d. Grafton, Vt. Dec. 19, 1850; m. May 28, 1849 Oscar
D. Gibson. (See 5 above.)
Ebenezer White rem. from Uxbridge, Mass. to Swanzey. His ch. were Milly m. - Thayer, Turner, Phila- delphia m. Jeremiah Cummings, Esq., Stephen, Penelope m. Oct. 23, 1791 Nathan Whitcomb, a dau. who m. - - Thompson of R. I .; and probably Thankful m. John Kingsbury.
TURNER WHITE m. Joanna Holbrook of Alstead.
1. Eunice b. Uxbridge, Mass. Dec. 14, 1774; m. Ebenezer Kilburn (q. v.).
2. Deborah b. Uxbridge, Mass. Aug. 10, 1777 ; m. John Hammond (q. v.).
3. Otis b. Alstead March 18, 1780 ; d. unm. Lynn, Mass. ; a morocco dresser.
4. Betsey b. Alstead Sept. 17, 1781 ; d. unm. Chesterfield.
5. Hannah b. Alstead Feb. 27, 1787 ; m. Aug. 3, 1806 John Durant of Swanzey.
6. Lydia b. Alstead Aug. 11, 1789 ; m. Horace Howard. (See Hayward.)
7. Abigail bapt. Aug. 31, 1806 ; m. Samuel Fairbanks of Winchester
1. Prescott (Fairbanks.) 2. Abigail (Fairbanks) m. Marshall Kingman; r. Dubuque, Iowa. 8. Leonard b. Alstead ? 1794; d. unm. Chesterfield 1815.
m. 2d Feb. 5, 1818 widow Betsey Miles of Winchester.
STEPHEN WHITE, bro. of the preceding, was b. Uxbridge? Mass. May 11, 1761; d. Oct. 20, 1860; m. Jan. 10, 1787 Abigail Kingsbury b. Keene March 5, 1766, d. July 17, 1836, dau. of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Johnson) Kingsbury.
1. Nathan b. Swanzey Dec. : , 1788 ; m. Sally Griffin (q. v.).
1. Sally b. July 1, 1809. 2. Mary b. Nov. 30, 1810. 3. Otis b. Nov. 22, 1812; d. Nashua Dec. 12, 1831; m. and s. in Vermont. 4. Luther. 5. Haunah b. Jan. 2, 1815.
2. Ira b. Swanzey March 4, 1790; r. Newbury, Vt. 1. Stephen d. inf.
3. Stephen b. Swanzey Jan. 10, 1791; d. there Nov. 5, 1792.
4. Luther b. Swanzey Oct. 4, 1792; m. Mary, dau. of Dr. Isaac Munroe of Surry.
1. Lowell b. Keene. 2. Otis. 3. Mary. 4. Juliann. 5. Frederick.
6. Harriet r. Kalamazoo, Mich. 7. Cornelia. 8. Sarah.
5. Stephen b. Oct. 1, 1794 ; brought up by Japhet Fisher of Grafton, Vt. ; m. Betsey Conant of that place.
6. Alvin b. Sept. 5, 1796 ; m. Susannah Heath b. Stoddard May 20, 1813, dau. of Reuben and Sarah (Heath) Heath.
1. Rosanna b. Sept. 17, 1837; m. July 4, 1869 Thomas Hill of Grafton, Vt.
2. Leonard b. Sept. 2, 1839; r. New York.
3. Lowell b. July 13, 1841; m. 1872 Rozella V. Miller (q. v.). 1. John Lowell b. Jan. 17, 1873. 2. Marcia Alice b. Ap. 27, 1874. 3. Winnie Ada b. Oct. 24, 1875. 4. Bertie b. Sept. 6, 1878. 5. Frankie b. May 9, 1880.
4. Merrill b. May 8, 1843; m. March 6, 1871 Mary Frances Proctor b. Alstead Sept. 26, 1840, dau. of Ebenezer and Anna (Bird) Proctor; r. Keene.
1. Freddie Everett b. Walpole June 6, 1872.
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5. Phila b. Ap. 28, 1845; r. Langdon. 6. Eliza b. Aug. 22, 1847; d. unm. Walpole March 30, 1864. 7. Juliaetta b. July 8, 1819; m. Edward O. Corey (q. v.). 8. George Nathan b. Sept. 10, 1851; d. Ap. 7, 1852. 9. Ober b. Ang. 22, 1853; m. Dec. 31, 1876 Annie Jane Heald b. Washington Sept. 18, 1859, dau. of Joli Eastabrook and Ann Dawson Heald. 10. Ira b. July 2, 1856. 11. Jehiel b Ap. 2, 1859. 7. Danford b May 28, 1793; d. Dedham, Mass. Sept. 18, 1862; m. Betsey Bullard. 8. Sylva b. July 8, 1800; d. unm. 1819. 9. Syrene b. Feb. 11, 1804; m. Jan. 8, 1834 Ira Myrick Rawson b. Sullivan Ap. 16, 1797, d. Kansas about 1875. 10. Philadelphia b. Jan. 19, 1806 ; m. Benjamin Corey (q. v.). 11. Darius b Aug. 28, 1809; r. Montpelier, Vt. GEORGE WHITE m. Dec. 31, 1845 Lovina L. Ellis " both of Sullivan."
JAMES and JOSEPH WHITELY, bros. from England, worked in Factory 1848.
WHITNEY This name is from parish Whitney in Hexfordshire, England, and is said by some to be derived from Saxon words meaning "white eye," and by others from words meaning "island of the wise men." The ancestry of the Gilsum family has not been traced.
JOSEPH WHITNEY, son of Palmer, was b. Mass. Aug. 8, 1798; d. Thomson, Ill. Nov. 24, 1872; m. Nov. 20, 1823 Sophronia Taylor (q. v.).
1. Joseph Palmer b. May 20, 1824.' 2. Nancy b. Java, N. Y. Oct. 5, 1825. "
3. Alonzo b. Java, N. Y. March 6, 1827. 4. Edward b. Java, N. Y. Aug. 7, 1829.
5. Jasper b. Java, N. Y. Aug. 23, 1831. 6. Susannah Bliss b. Java, N. Y. July 28, 1834 ; d. Mich. Sept. 30, 1837. 7. Elvira b. Mich. ? Aug. 8, 1839. 8. Luther b. Mich. Dec. 7, 1841 ; served in 92d Ill. Reg't ; wounded at Atlanta, Ga., and has a pension.
REUBEN WHITNEY m. Nov. 10, 1845 Jane L. Tubs, both of Winchendon, Mass.
SAMUEL WHITNEY, half bro. of Palmer (see Joseph), was b. Mass. Aug. 5, 1758; d. June 1, 1831; m. Mary Whitney b. unk. June 19, 1761, d. Ap. 27, 1835.
1. Bartholomew b. Oct. 4, 1778 ; d. Sophiasburgh, Canada West.
2. Samuel b. July 14, 1781; d. Chesterfield, N. Y .; m. Nov. 26, 1801 Hope Blish (q. v.) ; five ch. b. Chesterfield, N. Y.
3. Joshua b. June 10, 1784; d. Lawrenceville, N. Y. ; m. Harriet - of Lynn, Mass .; r. mostly at Quebec.
1. Harriet.
4. Polly b. Ap. 10, 1786 ; d. Lawrenceville, N. Y. ; m. David Blish (q. v.).
5. Lois b. Aug. 23, 1788; m. James M. Mark (q. v.).
6. Luther b. Ap. 15, 1791 ; d. Lawrenceville, N. Y. Aug. 30, 1869; m. Sept. 20, 1814 Betsey Dart (q. v.) ; r. Lawrenceville, N. Y.
1. Luther b. July 26, 1815; Post Master at Muskegon, Wisc.
2. Edgar b. June 25, 1818; m. 1st July 1839 Maria Rachel Shepard b. Middletown, Vt 1820, d. Lawrence,
N. Y. Sept. 1850, dau. of Heman and Lorette (Rockswell) Shepard; r. Ogdensburg, N. Y.
1. Helen b. Lawrence, N. Y. May 1844; m. 1865 - Barney. 1. Leon (Barney) b. Lawrence. N. Y. about 1867. 2. Helen (Barney) b. Lawrence, N. Y. about 1869.
2. Luther Heman b. Lawrence, N. Y. Sept. 23, 1849; m. and r. Trenton, Mo .; one ch.
m. 2d Nov. 1853 Sarah Church b. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Ap. 13, 1831, dau. of Harvey and Catherine Church. 3. Harvey Church b. Ottawa, Canada June 17, 1857.
3. Joshua b. June 25, 1820; d. unm. Mobile, Ala.
4. Pascal b. Nov. 4, 1823; m. 1st Lorette Shepherd; m. 2d Amanda Rockwood; r. Osage, Ill.
7. Lydia b. Sept. 6, 1793 ; m. James Locke (q. v.). 8. Daniel b. Sept. 3, 1795 ; d. Green Bay, Wisc. Nov. 4, 1862; m. Emeline or Emily Henshaw of Middlebury, Vt.
9. William Clarke b. Aug. 29, 1797 ; rem. to Canada.
10. Lucy b. Ap. 27, 1800 ; d. Parishville, N. Y. ; m. 1st March 20, 1820 Isaac Coburn ; m. 2d May 27, 1824 John Smith (q. v.).
W HITTEMORE. Asa Whittemore b. Hancock June 21, 1801; d. there May 10, 1851; m.
Nov. 16, 1826 Lucy Brown b. Stoddard Oct. 10, 1803. They had Butler Abram; Lucretia Almina d. unm .; Henry Augustus d. inf. ; Maria Clarissa d. Newport July 8, 1861, m. Jona- than Choate Welch now of Claremont; and Mary Ellen m. George Woodbury Dole, r. Claremont and has two ch. In 1852 Mrs. Lucy B. Whittemore came to Gilsum with her son.
BUTLER ABRAM WHITTEMORE b. Alstead Sept. 17, 1827; d. Marlow Feb. 16, 1863; m. Nov. 13, 1851 Julia A. Isham (q. v.).
JOTHAM WHITTEMORE m. Lucy Bates b. Springfield, Vt. about 1818; d. Win- chester Jan. 1876, dau. of Edward and Polly (Corey) Bates.
RESIDENCE OF C. B. HAYWARD. ( Built by Samuel Whitney, about 1796.)
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ZEBEDEE WHITTEMORE b. Hancock 1755; d. Marlow Feb. 26, 1825; m. Pru- dence Safford b. New Ipswich 1762; d. Marlow Ap. 1, 1848.
1. Prudence b. Hancock Nov. 1784 ; m. Samuel F. Bryant (q. v.).
2. Aaron b. Hancock Oct. 10, 1789; d. Marlow Dec. 15, 1862 ; m. 1st Huldah Comstock b. unk. 1795, d. Marlow Aug. 16, 1846; m. 2d Mrs. Kezia (Peck) Huntington b. Lyman May 6, 1810, dau. of Israel and Mehitabel ( Wheeler) Peck.
1. Lurany m. Charles R. Osborne, r. Dixon Ill. 2. Alonzo m. Nancy M. Fisher, r. Marlow.
3. Lucinda m. Joseph Palmer, r. Dixon, Ill. 4. Winslow m. Nancy M. Richardson, r. Marlow.
5. Lorenzo m. Ellen Miner, r. Newport. 6. Elijah m. and r. Nebraska.
3. Charles b. Hancock 1790 ; d. Alstead Dec. 5, 1866 ; m. 1st Eleanor Tenney b. Hancock 1791, d. Marlow Ap. 4, 1831; m. 2d Esther Miller ; two ch.
4. Prentiss b. Hancock March 8, 1805 ; d. Marlow Dec. 16, 1841; m. Dec. 16, 1824 Mary Guillow (q. v.).
1. Mary Pierce b. Nov. 17, 1825; m. May 29, 1858 Jasper Newton Thompson b. Thomaston, Me. 1822, son of John and Mehitable (Lawrence) Thompson. 2. George Washington b. Marlow March 4, 1829; d. in army at New Orleans, La. Nov. 7, 1862. 3. Elvira b. Marlow Jan. 12, 1831; d. there unm. July 28, 1874.
ELI WIGGLESWORTH b. unk. 1835; in Gilsum 1870.
JONATHAN WILBUR on tax list 1842-3.
EDWARD WILCOTT in Factory 1855.
OBADIAH WILCOX, said to be of Scotch origin, was b. Conn. July 1724; d. Surry Feb. 20, 1810; m. Sarah - - b. Conn. March 1734, d. Surry Sept. 21, 1809; r. Surry and had many descendants.
1. Mary Lovisa b. Ap. 3, 1767 ; d. Surry July 20, 1798. And others.
OBADIAH WILCOX, cousin of the preceding, was b. Guilford, Conn. 1717; d. Aug. 26, 1780; m. his cousin Lydia Wilcox b. Guilford, Conn. 1716; d. Jan. 16, 1796. 1. Obadiah b. Guilford, Conn. about 1743 ; d. Dec. 12, 1776 ; m. Feb. 18, 1773 Huldah Hurd (q. v.).
1. Huldah b. Dec. 30, 1776 ; m. Benjamin Ware (q. v.).
2. Lydia b. Guilford. Conn. 1745; d. Surry Ap. 12, 1830 ; m. Sept. 3, 1767 Ichabod Smith
b. Conn. Sept. 3, 1742, d. Surry Sept. 20, 1807, son of Jonathan Smith.
3. Eleazer b. Guilford, Conn. Ap. 1749; d. Nov. 7, 1823 ; m. Nov. 5, 1775 Mary Mack b. Gilead, Conn. 1760, d. Jan. 23, 1830, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Porter) Mack.
1. Obadiah b. Aug. 6, 1779; d. unm. May 24, 1812. 2. Beulah b. March 16, 1782; m Daniel Blish (q. v.).
3. Jerusha b. Sept. 27, 1785; m. her cousin Elihu, son of Jehiel and Lydia (Mack) Wilcox; r. Jay, N. Y.
4. Mary b. March 9, 1788; m. Elisha S. Fish (q. v.).
5. Eleazer b. March 22, 1790; d. Ap. 13, 1855; m. Ist Nov. 12, 1817 Esther Field b. Surry Aug. 10, 1798, d. Aug. 31, 1843, dau. of Moses Dickinson and Molly (Hayward) Field.
1. Mary Field b. Sept. 29, 1818; m. Oct. 2, 1855 Perry Edmund Kemp b. Sullivan July 12, 1821, son of Eliakim and Susannah (Osgood) Kemp; r. Sullivan. 2. Harriet Newell b. Sept. 19, 1820; d Nov. 16, 1825. 3. Philistia b. Jan. 5, 1823; d. unm. Dec. 3, 1839. 4. Esther b. Feb. 1, 1825; d. Dec. 29, 1825. 5. Moses Field b. Nov. 22, 1826; d. March 15, 1864; m. May 1861 Elizabeth Ann Kemp b. Sullivan Aug. 10, 1815, dau. of Erastus and Fanny (Hubbard) Kemp. 6. Esther Mack b. March 30, 1830; d. Aug. 22, 1831.
7. Beulah Rizpah b. Dec. 8, 1832; m. July 5, 1854 Horatio Josiah Kemp b. Sullivan Dec. 15, 1832, son of David and Fanny Robinson Kemp.
1. Almon Horatio b. Charlestown, Mass. Feb. 19, 1858.
2. Hattie Beulah b. Winchendon, Mass. June 3, 1860. 3. Elwell b. Winchendon, Mass. May 25, 1863; d. there March 20, 1864. 4. Lettie Ellen b. Winchendon, Mass. July 26, 1866. 5. Fannie Bell b. Winchendon, Mass. July 27, 1868.
6. Amy Theoda b. Winchendon, Mass. Feb. 19, 1870. 7. Alice May b. Winchendon, Mass. June 3, 1875.
8. Eleazer Henry b. June 24, 1835; d. Jan. 25, 1864; m. 1858 Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia (Pierce) Wilson. 1. Calvin Eleazer b. Templeton, Mass. Dec. 1858. 2. Sarah Nellie b. Winchendon, Mass. March 1861.
9. Calvin Hayward b. Aug. 19, 1838; d. Winchendon, Mass. March 24, 1867 ; m. 1864 Mrs. Lucinda (Shedet) Bateman b. Sharon, d. Westminster, Mass. 1870, dau. of Solomon and Phebe Shedel.
1. Elwyn Whiton b. Winchendon, Mass. Dec. 6, 1874. 2. Nellie b. Winchendon, Mass. Oct. 1876.
10. Ellen Maria b. Jan. 30, 1842; d. unm. June 13, 1862.
m. 2d July 2, 1844 Sally Kemp b. Sullivan 1793; d. Peterboro' Sept. 1875. [She m. 2d May 28, 1856 Artemas Edmunds of Winchendon, Mass .; m. 3d Feb. 14, 1860 William Harris of Ashburnham, Mass.] 6. Edmund b. May 25, 1793; d. Aug. 17, 1825; m. May 25, 1817 Abigail Willey Sanger (q. v.) d. Swan- zey Nov. 23, 1878.
1. Valeria b. May 9, 1819; m. Artemas P. Hemenway (q. v.).
2. Sarah h. March 17, 1821; m. Jan. 9, 1844 George Farrington Lane b. Swanzey Feb. 21, 1818, son of Ezekiel and Rachel Thayer (Fish) Lane.
1. Abbie Florence (Lane) b. Swanzey June 27, 1848 ; d. there May 27, 1862.
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2. Cleon Marcellus (Lane) b. Swanzey July 22, 1849 ; m. Dec. 25, 1868 Rosanna Slyfield b. Keene Feb. 1850, dau, of Charles and Martha (Norton) Slyfield.
1. Charlotte Marion (Lane) b. Swanzey Nov. 5, 1869. 2. Mildred Elizabeth (Lane) b. Swanxey Dec. 19, 1873.
3. Rachet Lestina (Lane) b. Swanzey Jan. 29, 1876. 4. Mary Emeline (Lane) b. Swanzey Oct. 16, 1878.
3. Emeline (Lane) b. Swanzey May 8, 1852; d. there Sept. 10, 1852.
4. George Edward (Lane) b. Swanzey Oct. 31, 1853; m. June 20, 1876 Clara Marinda Paige b. Swanzcy Aug. 20, 1856, dau. of Leander and Hannah (Brown) Paige.
1. Lester Morris (Lane) b. Swanzey May 8, 1877.
5. Lucy Mabel (Lane) b. Swanzey July 17, 1856 ; m. Nov. 10, 1878 Henry C. Lane of Swanzey.
6. Lester Leverett (Lane) b. Swanzey Aug. 24, 1858; d. there Nov. 7, 1861.
7. Sarah Lestina (Lane) b. Swanzey Oet. 16, 1862; d. there Sept. 1, 1863. 8. Leonard Loring (Lane) b. Swanxey Nov. 1, 1870. 3. Leonard b. Nov. 29, 1822; m. Jan. 25, 1850 Rhoda Ellen Lewis b. Royalston, Mass. March 5, 1829, dau. of Levi and Rhoda (Underwood) Lewis; r. Westmoreland.
1. Albert Sidney b. Ludlow, Vt. Nov. 10, 1851; d. there Feb. 27, 1858. 2. Ferdinand Fremont b. Ludlow, Vt. Dec. 28, 1858. 3. Sanford Gideon b. Ludlow, Vt. Aug. 19, 1861. 4. Herbert Bertrand b. Ludlow, Vt. Aug. 14, 1869.
4. Edward b. Dec. 31, 1824; m. 1847 Eliza Ann Hayward b. Swanzey March 1830, dau. of Thomas P. and Irene (Law- rence ) Hayward.
1. Rosalie Eliza b. Swanzey Ap. 29, 1848 ; d. there Feb. 27, 1863.
2. Clara Ellen b. Keene Jan. 10, 1850 ; m. Sept. 30, 1874 Solon Herbert Lane b. Swanzey July 21, 1847, son of Luther Scott and Sarah (Stone) Lane. 1. Cart Soton (Lane) b. Swanzey Feb. 18, 1877.
3. Flora Eulalie b. Swanzey Sept. 3, 1853 ; m. Nov. 28, 1878 Martin L. Lane of Swanzey.
4. Valeria Abbie b. Swanzey May 9, 1857 ; d. there Mareh 1859. 5. Allen Clarence b. Swanzey Jan. 9, 1860.
6. Mary Helen b. Swanzey Aug. 6, 1864 ; d. there Ap. 1873.
7. Lumund b. June 20, 1795; d. Ill. Jan. 11, 1872; m. Oct. 26, 1824 Elizabeth Clement Bliss b. Piermont Aug. 18, 1804, dau. of Rev. Enos Bliss.
1. Luman C. b. Lorraine, N. Y. Aug. 1826; d. New Stockbridge, N. Y. 1829. 2. Samuel J. Mills b. Russia, N. Y. Nov.
28, 1827. 3. Henry Martyn b. New Stockbridge. N. Y. Sept. 16, 1829. 4. Elizabeth C. b. West Hartwick, N. Y. Ap.
28, 1831. 5. George Whitefield b. Springfield, N. Y. Sept. 30, 1833. 6. Mary Mack b. Hamilton, N. Y .; d. inf.
4. Deborah b. Guilford, Conn. about 1751 ; m. Jehiel Holdridge (q. v.).
WILDER. In old English records Wylder. Nicholas Wilder is supposed to have come from France to England with the Earl of Richmond, and was at the battle of Bosworth in 1485. In 1497 Henry VII. bestowed upon him a landed estate, still owned by the family, and a coat-of-arms. He had one son John who In. Agnes - -. Their son John Wilder, Esq. m. Alice, dau. of Thomas Keats, Esq. Their ch. were John, Nicholas, William, Thomas, Eleanor, Joan, and Alice. Thomas d. Shiplake, Berks Co. England 1634. His widow Martha and five ch. emigrated to America about 1638 and s. Charlestown, Mass. The ch. were John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Edward and Mary. Thomas b. England 1618; made a freeman at Charlestown, Mass. 1640; rem. to Lancaster, Mass. 1654, where he was Selectman, and where he d. Oct. 23, 1667; m. 1641 Anna d. Lancaster, Mass. June 10, 1692. Their ch. were Mary, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, and Nathanael b. Charlestown, Mass. Nov. 3, 1650; killed by the Indians July 1704; m. 1673 Mary Sawyer b. Lancaster? Mass. July 4, 1652, dau. of Thomas and Mary Sawyer. Their ch. were Nathanael, Ephraim, Mary, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Dorothy, and Oliver b. Lancaster, Mass. 1694; d. there March 8, 1765; m. 1713 Mary Fairbank b. Lancaster ? Mass. 1692, d. there June 12, 1745. He was Col. in the militia, and r. South Lancaster, Mass. They had Hannah, Mary, Oliver, Tilley, Keziah, Tamar, Phinehas, Lois, Moses, and Abigail. Oliver was Justice of Peace, and Captain in the militia. He was b. South Lancaster, Mass. May 17, 1720; m. 1st June 6, 1739 Sarah Townsend, who d. there 1743. Her ch. were Ezra, and Oliver and Sarah (twins.) He m. 2d 1745 Ruth -, who had Samuel and Tamar m. Dea. Abijah Wilder of Keene. Ezra b. Lancaster, Mass. May 27, 1741; rem. to Jaffrey, where he d. 1816; m. 1762 Betty Welch and had Ezra r. Jaffrey, Silas r. Keene, Betsey, Mary, and Oliver b. Jaffrey 1777; rem. to Sulli- van, where he d. Jan. 4, 1859; m. 1804 Betsey Hodges b. Jaffrey 1779, d. Sullivan 1857. Their ch. were Oliver r. Sullivan, Joseph Addison, Sally m. Gilman Miller, Ezra r. Nelson, Betsey m. Gilman Miller, William d. ch., and Louisa m. John Scott of Clinton, Mass.
JOSEPH ADDISON WILDER b. Sullivan June 2, 1807; d. March 13, 1853; m. June 21, 1837 Lydia Powers (q. v.) ..
1. William Addison b. Sullivan Jan. 24, 1839; m. Ap. 29, 1870 Lucetta Amelia Brooks b. Hancock 1850.
2. Austin Putnam b. Sullivan Ap. 26, 1840; m. March 1872 Jennie Moot of Stockbridge, N. Y. ; r. Callao, Mo.
1. Emma, and another.
3. Lansing William b. Sullivan Ap. 29, 1842; m. June 3, 1863 Mary A. Harris. (See Wood.) 1. Alice Ella b. Feb. 27, 1864. 2. Ida May b. Aug. 16, 1867. 3. Charles Grant b. July 14, 1870.
4. Lydia Ann b. Aug. 29, 1844; m. March 1868 William Harvey Horton b. 1842, son of Allen Horton of Orford.
1. Fred Allen (Horton) b. Orford Ap. 1869. 2. Martha (Horton) b. Orford Ap. 1871.
5. Almaria b. Dec. 17, 1846 ; m. March 12, 1872 Charles Barton Reed b. Greenwich, N. S. Sept. 4, 1849, son of John and Sarah (Caldwell) Reed ; r. Sullivan.
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