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Towle, Col. Isaac and Rebecca, had Charles, d. Sept. 6, 1831, ag. 3; Mary Ann, d. Nov. 10, 1835, ag. 3m .; George, d. Nov. 19, 1836, ag. 6 (a).
Townsend, Ziba, d. Dec. 7, 1856, ag. 90. Nancy, his wife, d. July 4, 1856, ag. 80 (a).
Trowbridge, Cynthia C., wife of James, d. Aug. 31, 1863, ag. 56 (a).
Trussell, Jacob, b. Aug. 2, 1779; d. July 3, 1871 (a). His first wife, Persis E., d. March 26, 1863, ag. 82; m. (2) Mrs. Mary (Eaton) Smith of Manchester, June 18, 1864.
Trussell, Benjamin and Sally, had Charles, b. Jan. 20, 1798; Cyrus, b. March 15, 1799; Sally, b. Aug. 15, 1801; Farnum, b. Oct. 8, 1802; Lorenzo, b. Oct. 2, 1804; John Langdon, b. Aug. 30, 1806; Ira Man, b. May 26, 1808; Albert, b. Feb. 4, 1810; Horatio, b. Sept. 12, 1811; Eliza- beth, b. Feb. 7, 1813; William, b. Oct. 9, 1814; Mary Ann, b. Oct. 21, 1816; Rozina, b. Jan. 10, 1819; Rozelta, b. Jan. 10, 1819.
Tucker, Moses. d. Sept. 1, 1849, ag. 78. Moses, son of Moses and Deborah, d. Oct. 11, 1878, ag. 75y., 6m. Sarah, his wife, d. Sept. 3, 1881, ag. 86y., 6m., 10d. Children: Jonathan K., b. 1834; m., June 4, 1865, Abigail W. Varnum of Dorchester, b. 1843; Eunice, d. Feb. 27, 1869, ag. 75; Marilla D., wife of Moses C., d. Aug. 25, 1874, ag. 39y., 4m .; a dau., Sarah E., d. March 3, 1865, ag. 3y., 3m.
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Tucker, Luzefor, son of David, d. Sept. 2, 1881, ag. 35 (a); m., March 16, 1869, Mary E. Bill; d. Feb. 7, 1905, ag. 51y., 11m., 28d. (a).
Tyler, Rev. Job Coleman, son of Job and Ann (Pike), b. Haverhill, Mass., March 1, 1799; d. Sept. 1, 1879; m., Aug. 5, 1822, Julia Morse; d. July 13, 1863, ag. 65y., 3m., 28d. Children: Eliza Ann, m. Isaac Davis (see him). James, son of Job and Ann, d. Sept. 26, 1879, ag. 78. His first wife, Polly, d. July 27, 1844, ag. 38; second wife, Clara, d. Aug. 12, 1872, ag. 53. Fannie S., dau., b. 1853; m., Nov. 30, 1871, Isaiah E. Emer- son. Rhoda, dau. of Job and wife of David Currier, d. March 31, 1894, ag. 86y., 8m., 26d. Sarah P., dau. of Job and wife of Theophilus Currier, Jr., d. April 20, 1866, ag. 73. Theodore, son of James, d. Aug. 28, 1858, ag. 23; m. Louisa Putnam. Lucy, dau. Job, m. James Morse, Jr. Nabby, dau. Job, m. James Blaisdell (see him). Nancy m. Moses Kelley (see him). Fanny m. Amos Miner.
Underhill, John, d. Feb. 21, 1883, ag. 82 (b); m. (1), Jan. 12, 1823, Hannah Hadley; d. Oct. 2, 1839, ag. 37; second wife d. Aug. 7, 1875, ag. 85; Frank T. m. Susan A., b. 1847; d. 1898 (c); their dau., Addie B., b. 1867; d. 1898; and Anna, a dau., b. 1872; d. 1883.
Underhill, Edgar S., son of Robert, d. July 25, 1909, ag. 58; m. Carrie L. Burnham, dau. of Dea. Silas; d. Oct. 5, 1877, ag. 20; Robert d. Aug. 11, 1892, ag. 82y., 5m., 17d.
Vermont, Thomas, d. April 25, 1902, ag. 55 (c).
Wadley, Washington, son of Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1797.
Walworth, Amos, was a grantee of the town; was here once. His half brother, Capt. Charles of Colchester, came here in 1768. Betsey Walworth, who m. Joshua Richardson, was a dau. of Amos. Charles came here to look after his brother's lands. His father, William Wal- worth, Jr., lived at Fort Hill, Groton, Conn.
Capt. Charles d. July 12, 1782, ag. 37 (g); m., May 30, 1771, Lucy Harris, dau. of George. Children: Lucy, b. March 13, 1772; m., 1832, a Chase; Emma, b. July 25, 1773; Sally, b. Oct. 30, 1774; Charles, Jr., b. June 1, 1777; m., June 1, 1800, Miriam Pillsbury; lived on South Road, opposite his brother, George. George, b. April 4, 1779, m. Philura Jones, dau. of Jehu. They went West and settled at Anamosa, Iowa, in 1839, with all their family of nine children with the exception of their eldest son, who went to Boston. Their children: James J., m. Elizabeth Nason and had one son, Arthur C .; George d. single in Texas; Clark C., m. Sept. 1, 1845, Mary Ann Eastman, dau. of Phineas, Jr. Children: Ella, Lula, Alice and a son d. young. Eunice m. H. C. George (see him). Mary Ann m. Edmund C. Booth, both deaf and dumb; Emily Jane m. Libius Fifield, a minister; Dennison married twice; William H. H. m. and had two children: Caroline Augusta, m. (1) Rev. Mr. Drummond; m. (2) Rev. Daniel Fiske. Simeon, son of Capt. Charles, b. Jan. 26, 1781; Susannah, b. May 1, 1782; d., ag. 96; lived unm. Her last years, many of them, were spent with Joshua Hall of Rumney, her half brother, her mother having married Henry Hall of Canaan in 1786, by whom she had four children.
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Washburn, Nahum, d. July 23, 1862, ag. 75 (c). His wife, Polly, d. Jan. 30, 1841, ag. 51. Luther B. d. Sept. 17, 1853, ag. 40 (c). His wife, Laurella, d. April 27, 1863, ag. 52. Don Carlos d. Aug. 22, 1863, ag. 24y., 9m., 17d. (c); Charles D., b. Sept. 1, 1819; d. June 13, 1903 (a); m. (1) Harriet N. Richardson, b. Aug. 4, 1815; d. July 5, 1876 (a); m. (2), Feb. 6, 1879, Mary J. Adams. Children (first wife) : Georgie A., b. 1855; m., Nov. 21, 1874, Lewis T. Sanborn.
Waterman, Elisha, d. March 19, 1871, ag. 88. His wife, Lucy, d. Feb. 13, 1878, ag. 92 (c).
Watson, J. S., d. Nov. 22, 1893, ag. 52. His wife, Allie V., d. Nov. 17, 1893, ag. 42 (a).
Webster, Alpheus S., d. Oct. 1, 1853, ag. 48. His wife, Betsey Sawyer, d. Jan. 18, 1849, ag. 35 (c); m., Sept. 12, 1849, Mary F. Jones of Enfield. Child: John S., d. Jan. 12, 1908, ag. 62y., 11m., 10d .; m. Ethel M. Parmenter.
Webster, Harry, d. Dec. 16, 1855, ag. 50y., 11m., 11d .; m. Eliza Little; d. Oct. 21, 1888, ag. 77y., 4m., 24d. Children: Emily F., d. March 24, 1841, ag. 2; Hiram L., d. Dec. 19, 1846, ag. 4y., 6m., 6d.
Weeks, Capt. Brackett, b. Oct. 18, 1775; d. Oct. 26, 1832 (a); m. Sarah Pickering and had: William Pickering, b. Feb. 22, 1803; d. Jan. 8, 1870 (b); his wife, Mary E. Doe, b. Aug. 30, 1812; d. Jan. 14, 1889. Children: Joseph Doe, b. Oct. 27, 1837; d. Dec. 1, 1890; Susan H., b. March 18, 1853; d. April 30, 1881; Mary E. D. Marshal and William B. Elizabeth Pickering, dau. of Capt. Brackett, b. Greenland Sept. 29, 1801; d. Ticonderoga, Vt., March 14, 1872; m., in Canaan by Rev. Amos Foster, about 1830, Gordon Burley, b. Aug. 25, 1795; d. Middleton, Oct. 1, 1864. He was the son of Joseph of Dorchester. He kept store on the Street for a time. Their children: Lucretia Morse, b. Hebron, Sept. 19, 1828; d. Glen Falls, Aug. 24, 1848; m. W. F. Jones; no ch .; Henry Gordon, b. Canaan June 2, 1832; m., Oct. 27, 1870, Jane Richards. Two children: Henry Gordon and Charles Richards. Brackett Weeks, b. Aug. 18, 1834; m., June 20, 1861, Minerva Smith, and had five children. Charles William, b. Concord, March 27, 1836; d. Nov. 16, 1837; Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1841; m., July 10, 1877, John C. Hollenback, a lawyer in Ticonderoga, Vt.
Welch, Dea. Caleb, d. about 1815. By his wife, Elizabeth Cross, dau. of Jonathan and Molly (Bailey) Cross of Methuen, Mass., he had: Daniel, b. Dec. 12, 1795; m. a Gould; had a dau., Sophronia; d. in Lowell. The records refer to another, Dan, who d. earlier. Caleb, Jr .; Simeon, d. July 29, 1876, ag. 72 (b) ; m. Deborah Richardson, dau. of Ephraim and Sarah; d. April 14, 1884, ag. 79y., 2m. Children: Francis, d. May 2, 1900, ag. 74y., 10m., 12d .; m. (1), Sept. 22, 1862, Elbyne Aldrich, dau. Leonard; m. (2), March 2, 1878, Mrs. Caroline (Digby) Cole; a dau., Emily D., b. 1846, m. (1) Charles H. Isham and had a son, Ferdinand; d. April 19, 1864, ag. 1y., 1m. 10d. She m. (2), June 7, 1866, Carroll M. Couch, b. 1843. William, son of Simeon, d. June 23, 1907, ag. 80y., 7m., 5d .; m., July 16, 1854, Emeline Elliott, dau. Joel. Children: William H.,
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b. 1855; m. (1), Nov. 18, 1876, Almira A. Preston; dau., Ethel, b. Sept. 1, 1880; m. (2), Feb. 5, 1901, Alice M. Rice, b. 1873. Charles, son of Wil- liam, single. Eliza, dau. of Caleb and Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1812; d. April 6, 1904; m. Alfred Richardson (see him). Reuben, son of Caleb and Elizabeth, by his first wife, Zephy, had Mary Ann, b. June 14, 1810; d. Oct. 20, 1826; Lydia Ann, b. Jan. 19, 1813; d. - -; m., June 19, 1834, Benjamin F. Nichols of Enfield; John Noyes, b. Oct. 22, 1815; d. Sept. 22, 1818. Reuben's second wife, Relief, d. July 4, 1818, ag. 28. Caleb had another dau., Sophia, who m., April 17, 1851, Samuel Dow, d. July 28, 1864, ag. 67. Joseph, Luther and Mary.
Welch, Jennie E. wife of James M., b. Aug. 14, 1868; d. Jan. 2, 1905 (b).
Welch, Francis, d. March 6, 1888, ag. 74y., 11m., 18d. (d); by his wife, Abigail Colby, d. June 30, 1874, ag. 56y., 9m., he had Lydia J., b. Aug. 30, 1848, d. Sept. 10, 1890; Carrie E., called Indie, d. May 7, 1905; ag. 64y., 6m., 15d .; m. (1) Charles A. Philbrick, d. July 29, 1858, ag. 28y., 8m., son of Hiram; m. (2), July 4, 1861, Benjamin O. T. Clark, son of Daniel and Dorcas (see him); m. (3) John A. Jewell.
Welch, Samuel, son of Joseph of Ipswich, b. June 26, 1742; d. Sept. 20, 1817 (a); m. (1) - Cheney, d. 1776; had five children: Lydia, b. 1768; m. David Pearson of Canaan; Abigail, b. 1770; d. Nov. 1846; m., Nov. 30, 1794, Joseph Clark (see him); Polly, b. 1772; m., 1800, Nathan Tucker of Salisbury, Mass .; Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1774; d. 1848; m., 1804, Lydia Gill; Richard, b. 1776; d. Sept., 1817; m. and settled in Hartland, Vt .; Samuel m. (2), 1777, widow Anna (Chase) Cheney, d. May 22, 1795; six children: Daniel, b. 1778; m. Hannah Montgomery of Hampstead; Betsey, b. April 19, 1780; m. - Smith; Anna Chase, b. 1785; m. Jonathan Choate and d. soon after, leaving an infant dau .; Bailey, b. April 18, 1788; d. Aug. 20, 1863 (a) ; m., July 2, 1810, Priscilla B. Barbour, b. March 26, 1782; d. Oct. 9, 1871 (a). Children: Arnold, b. Nov. 27, 1811; d. Feb. 1, 1848; m. (1) Rebecca S. Sargent, dau. of Edward Sargent of Windsor, Vt .; d. Aug. 29, 1836, ag. 25; m. (2) Han- nah A. Pierce, b. April 2, 1812; d. Sept. 10, 1847. Children: Henry Clay, b. July 8, 1839; m. (1), April 8, 1863, Sarah Cushing Lewis, dau. of Rev. James D. and Eunice R. (Jenkins) Lewis of Falmouth, Mass., b. Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1840; d., Cleveland, O., Nov. 4, 1884. Chil- dren: Lewis Chamberlin, b. Falmouth, Mass., June 30, 1864; d. Han- cock, Mich., Oct. 15, 1884; Eunice Jenkins, b. Cleveland, O., Aug. 14, 1866; d. April 23, 1889; Caroline Briggs, b. Cleveland, O., Dec. 2, 1868; George Arnold, b. Cleveland, O., May 29, 1879. Henry C. m. (2), Nov. 23, 1886, Amelia B. Roberts, dau. of James H. and Sarah F. (Reed) Roberts. George Pierce, son of Arnold, b. Oct. 12, 1841; m., June 25, 1873, Marian Howard Oliphant, dau. of James W. and Maria (McAllas- ter) Oliphant. Children: George Oliphant, b. March 25, 1875; d. Aug. 21, 1875; Henry James, b. Dec. 15, 1881; m., Sept. 11, 1907; Alice An- drews, dau. of Upson A. and Harriet B. (Warmington) Andrews, b. Dec. 1, 1886. Child: Henry James, Jr., b. Feb. 5, 1909. Arnold, Jr.,
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son of Arnold, d. July 8, 1846, ag. 14m., 10d. Charles Arnold, b. Sept. 1, 1847; d. April 10, 1848. Willard Choate, son of Bailey, b. Feb. 26, 1814; d. May 12, 1895; m. (1), Oct. 9, 1836, Maria L. Smith, d. March 4, 1847, ag. 37; m. (2), June 9, 1850, Sarah F. Jennings, dau. of Lewis and Abigail Jennings. Children: William H. H., b. May 19, 1841; d. Aug. 30, 1866; Louisa Maria, m., Dec. 12, 1876, J. Alonzo Ford; Emma Rebecca, b. Feb. 9, 1846; m., May 17, 1867, Samuel M. Tucker, son of Samuel and Eliza H. Tucker. Child: Ross Francis, b. March 1, 1868. Arnold S., son of Willard, m., Oct. 21, 1874, Helen Scotchburn. Willard C., Jr., b. May 11, 1854. Alvin Colby, son of Bailey, b. April 28, 1817; d. Oct. 21, 1888, at Williston, Vt .; m., April 27, 1845, Abbie B. Chittenden, b. March 27, 1820; d. Feb. 12, 1877. Children: Jane Maria, b. in Underhill, Vt., Nov. 13, 1847; d. March 11, 1906; m., Sept. 22, 1879, Dr. A. L. Bingham; no children. Mary Abbie, b. May 26, 1851; m., May 11, 1870, Charles A. Murray of Burlington, Vt. Children: Elizabeth E., b. March 28, 1871; m., April 20, 1897, Frank C. Weeks; one child, Charles M., b. in St. Albans, Vt., Aug. 24, 1898. Katherine C., dau. of Charles A. and Mary Abbie, b. Jan. 29, 1874; m., Nov. 20, 1895, Daniel G. Emery; their children: Mary C., b. Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 12, 1897; Gwendolin M., b. Dec. 25, 1898. James Franklin, son of Bailey, b. April 18, 1821; d. Nov. 22, 1850; by his wife, Mary S. Merrill, b. Newbury, N. H., Aug. 6, 1822; d. Nov. 30, 1909, he had May B., d. July 16, 1867, ag. 19; Frank C., b. July 28, 1850; m. (1), April, 1868, Josephine Gilpatrick, d. Jan., 1869; m. (2), May 15, 1871, Mary S. Knapp, d. Nov. 7, 1877; m. (3), May 9, 1879, Martha S. W. Hall. Mary S. m. (2), 1852, Zenas D. Holden, and d. Nov. 30, 1909, ag. 87y., 3m. Charles Austin, son of Bailey, b. Dec. 6, 1824, d. Aug. 20, 1880; m. (1), Sept. 2, 1845, Sarah E. Davis, b. March 24, 1823; d. March 15, 1861; m. (2), Nov. 4, 1862, Elvira A. Boynton, b. Feb. 11, 1825; d. Dec. 24, 1877. Children: Lovena Agnes, b. June 7, 1846; m., Nov. 29, 1866, John K. Reed, son of William C. and Sarah E. Reed. Child: Minnie B., b. 1871. Charles Edward, son of Charles Austin, b. July 14, 1850; d. Aug. 4, 1850. Edward Austin, b. Aug. 9, 1852; m .- -. Lincoln R., son of Charles Austin and Elvira A., b. Lowell, Mass., April 19, 1865; m., May 14, 1891, Sarah L. Joyce, dau. of James H. and Alletha (Gibbs) Joyce, b. June 20, 1867. Child: Austin Horace, b. Dec. 2, 1896. Horace Bar- bour, son of Bailey, b. July 23, 1831; d., Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 17, 1882; m. -; Lyman Stanley, b. April 2, 1827; d. Dec. 9, 1903 (a). James, son of Samuel, b. March 12, 1791; d. March, 1841; settled in Hart- land, Vt .; his first wife d. 1841. Uriah, b. July 5, 1793; d. Aug., 1839; m., Jan. 26, 1818, Lois Currier (a), dau. of John (see her). Samuel m. (3), Dec. 19, 1797, Susanna Cheney.
Wells, Thomas, was of Essex, a shire town in England, and resting on the North Sea. Tradition says he fled to America, concealing him- self in an empty cask, stowed among the water casks of an outgoing vessel. He landed in Massachusetts, but passed immediately to Rhode Island. Hugh, his son, was born in Essex, married there and ulti-
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mately came to New England. Thomas, his son, born about 1620, in England, settled at Hadley, Mass., where he died in 1676, aged 56. His wife afterwards married Samuel Belding. The children of Thomas and Mary were: Lieut. Thomas, b. June 10, 1652; m. Hepzibah Buell and d. in 1691. She suffered from an Indian raid, June 6, 1693. Mary, m. (1) Stephen Belding, and (2) Joseph Field. Sarah, b. May 5, 1655, m. David Hoite. Jonathan. John, who was drowned Jan. 20, 1680; and Ephraim, b. about 1674, m., Jan. 23, 1696, Abigail, dau. of John Allis. He lived in Colchester, Conn., where his wife died. He d. Sept. 13, 1748. His son, Ephraim, m., Feb. 2, 1726, or 1727, Lydia Chapman. He was a farmer and kept an inn at Colchester, Conn., where he died in Sept., 1786. He was a grantee of Canaan. Their children, so far as known, were: Ephraim, Jr., also a grantee; Thomas, a sailor, was seized by a press gang, forced on board a British ship, and held there three years. He was in Calais at the date of the great earthquake which destroyed Lisbon in 1755, and was nearly wrecked by the tidal wave that followed it. 'A letter written by him at that time to his brother, Joshua, is still in existence. During the Revolution he was in com- mand of a privateer sailing from Norwich. He was a grantee of Canaan. Joshua, born in 1735, married Mrs. Jerusha Scoville Leeds and died in Canaan Sept. 1, 1804. Ezekiel, b. July 22, 1745; m. Phoebe Meacham, dau. of Samuel Meacham of Canaan, and died here Dec. 7, 1818; she d. Sept. 12, 1856, ag. 92y., 9m. Ephraim, Jr., Joshua and Ezekiel were residents and proprietors in Canaan. Ephraim, Jr., came here but only to dispose of his interests, and then depart. His land was located at the north end of Sawyer Hill. William Richardson, Joshua Richardson and Clark Currier purchased it. Joshua and Ezekiel came to Canaan previous to 1769, evidently to look out for their father's and brothers' interests. They took prominent parts in dividing and surveying the lands. Joshua was good at waiting; the girl of his choice had married Capt. Carey Leeds, a sailor. Capt. Leeds having died, Joshua on March 13, 1786, lost no time in hurrying to Colchester, where he arrived April 20, married the widow the same day and has- tened back with a family of five children. He was kind and tender to her all her days, and he perpetuated her virtues upon the crumbling stone that marked her grave: "Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Jerusha Wells, late consort of Capt. Joshua Wells, who died Nov. 28, 1797, aged 60 years.
"She exemplified in life those virtues which adorn the female char- acter. As a companion she was social, loving and sincere. As a parent, tender, affectionate and kind. As a friend, constant and faith- ful. She was beloved and respected in life and much lamented in death.
"An angel's hand can't snatch her from the grave,
Millions of angels can't confine her there.
Cease then to weep, dry up your tears,
She shall arise when Christ appears."
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A daughter by her first husband, Sarah Ann Leeds, d. Aug. 18, 1794 (b).
Three children were born to them: Lydia, b. Nov. 6, 1788; d. Oct. 11, 1848; Joshua, b. Aug. 24, 1792; d. Aug. 23, 1873 (b); m., Jan. 19, 1815, Lucy Colby, b. Feb. 25, 1799; d. Feb. 19, 1876. Children: Lucy, b. Dec. 16, 1819; d. July 25, 1868; m. Edwin B. Miner, March 3, 1840 (see him); Charles H., m. (1), Jan. 3, 1849, Elvira W. Putnam, d. Oct. 13, 1858, ag. 30; m. (2) Lucy Jane Bickford, d. Oct. 8, 1889, ag. 54. Chil- dren: Frank C., b. 1852; m., Sept. 30, 1872, Etta Braley; Allen C., b. 1857; m., Jan. 19, 1878, Melissa L. Westcott, b. 1861; Julia, b. 1862; m., May 10, 1885, Fred W. Lovejoy, b. 1860; three children: Marion, Helen, Wendell. Freddie, son of Charles H., d. Sept. 25, 1858, ag. 3; Mary, dau. of Joshua, b. April 30, 1817; d. Dec. 21, 1897; m., March, 1838, Charles Hutchinson, son of Levi, d. June 26, 1890, ag. 77 (see him).
Hannah, b. April 17, 1794, died Jan. 3, 1795, dau. of Capt. Joshua. Capt. Joshua settled about half a mile above the present Wells house, and planted five hundred apple trees, many of which are standing today. Ezekiel settled near the house where Sylvanus Dow now lives. He was deputy sheriff from 1787 to 1798; proprietors' clerk from 1797 to 1808; selectman in 1787, 1796 to 1798; moderator from 1795 to 1801, 1803 to 1805; treasurer of the town, surveyor of both town and pro- prietary, tithingman, poundkeeper, and was a prominent man in the town. On Nov. 25, 1779, he m. Phoebe Meacham, at that time fifteen and a half years old. He fully obeyed the command to "increase and multiply," for in ten years they had nine children, and in 1809, Mrs. Wells had borne eighteen. They were as follows: Ezekiel, b. Nov. 16, 1779; d. May 25, 1863 (c); m. (1), Nov. 27, 1800, Polly Colby; b. Aug. 7, 1779; d. Nov. 9, 1874; m. (2), July 11, 1822, Octavia Pack- ard, d. Dec. 15, 1844, ag. 40; built and lived in the house S. J. Dow now owns. Children: Ezekiel, 3d, d. Nov. 7, 1882, ag. 79; his wife, Nancy, d. Sept. 26, 1867, ag. 69. Polly, d. Sept. 4, 1882, ag. 81y., Peter 3m., 29d .; m., July 11, 1821, Daniel Campbell (see him). S., b. Sept. 8, 1807; d. Dec. 14, 1887 (c); m., March, 1819, Arvilla: Kimball, b. March 23, 1819; d. March 15, 1893. Caleb, son of Ezekiel and Octavia, d. March 31, 1836, ag. 13y., 4m .; Ezekiel, d. Feb. 28, 1852, ag. 24; Alvin J., d. Feb. 5, 1853, ag. 22; Octavia M., d. March 15, 1854, ag. 19; Alanson, d. Aug. 3, 1840, ag. 1y., 10m .; Polly, d. Oct. 30, 1844, ag. 3. George F., b. 1833; d. 1907 (c); his wife, Mary A., d. Jan 4, 1891, ag. 52y., 11m., 22d .; dau., Ada E., b. 1863; m., May 22, 1887, Arthur E. Mooney, b. 1866. Phoebe, dau. Ezekiel, b. April 15, 1782; m., Sept. 15, 1802, Jacob Dow; she d. Feb. 19, 1867. Ephraim, b. June 29, 1784; m. Nancy Graves, d. July 27, 1846. A second daughter, b. Sept. 25, 1785, d. Oct. 14, 1785. A third son, b. June 12, 1786, and died. A fourth son, b. March 8, 1787, and died. Twins, b. March 8, 1788, one stillborn, the other died a few days after. A seventh son, b. June 1, 1789, and died. Enos, b. Feb. 14, 1791, d. Oct., 1862. Betsey, b. Dec. 26, 1793; d. Jan. 20, 1795. Sally, b. Dec. 6, 1794; d. June 13, 1883; m., Oct. 14, 1810, William Rogers,
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b. Feb. 20, 1788; d. April 11, 1863. They are both buried in a small graveyard at the head of Goose Pond. They lived a short distance above in Hanover, on the road to Lyme. They lived in Canaan where F. B. L. Porter now lives. They had ten children: Sally A., m. Amos Kinne (see him); William M., b. Aug. 30, 1813; d. Jan. 29, 1892; m. Sarah Gibbs, b. Aug. 31, 1821; Nancy G., b. Aug. 24, 1815; d. Oct. 7, 1864; m. Hiram Pressey, b. March 26, 1812; d. - -; Mary D., b. May 8, 1818; d. May 15, 1884; m. Richard Fitts, b. Oct. 10, 1813; d. - -; Hannah W., b. Aug. 23, 1820; m., Oct. 26, 1848, John T. Hurlbutt, b. Aug. 8, 1819; Jane, b. June 24, 1823; d. May 7, 1867; m. Benjamin Piper, b. Oct. 10, 1816; d. Sept. 25, 1878; Wallis L., b. Sept. 23, 1826; d. Oct., 1908; m. Mary J. Mitchell, b. Oct. 4, 1822; Louise M., b. April 25, 1830; d. July 21, 1831; Lafayette W., b. April 18, 1832; d. Feb. 24, 1907; m. Abbie A. Saunders, b. March 6, 1842; George W., b. Jan. 31, 1836; m. (1) Mary E. Dickerson, b. Dec. 4, 1833; d. March 8, 1868; m. (2) Ann Pol- lock, b. June 14, 1834. Hannah, dau. of Ezekiel, b. Jan. 7, 1796, m. a Goodwin and d. June 23, 1831. Polly, b. March 20, 1798; m. John
Flanders of Benton. Caleb Pierce, b. April 15, 1800, died. Betsey Pierce, b. March 4, 1802; d. Sept. 30, 1816. Delia Fayette, b. June 20, 1806; d. July, 1831. Mahala, b. May 1, 1809; m. an Eaton and died.
Wells, Judah, who is often mentioned in the early records of Canaan, was of Colchetser, Conn., where he m. (1), in 1755, Eunice Olcott; m. (2), in 1760, Ann, dau. of Isaac Bigelow; m. (3), Dec. 29, 1791, Ethel- inda Otis, dau. of Richard Otis of Canaan, by William Ayer, justice of the peace. He was a relative of Joshua and Ezekiel Wells. He came to Canaan before 1793, and bought the farm known as the Aldrich farm, west of the Mascoma River on the Enfield line, the farm which Samuel Joslin first settled and sold to him. Ethelinda was b. in Nor- wich, Conn., Aug. 18, 1766. They had two children: Otis, b. Dec. 7, 1792, and Juda b. Jan. 27, 1795.
Westcott, James A., d. Feb. 24, 1883, ag. 64 (a); m. Permelia Chase of Danbury; a dau., Phebe A., m., April 2, 1876, William E. Allard.
Wheat, Elder Joseph, d. Oct. 28, 1836, ag. 77 (a); his wife, Bridget, d. Nov. 9, 1845, ag. 99. Children: Capt. Joseph, d. Sept. 9, 1855, ag. 69y., 10m .; his wife, Lydia Bullock, d. Oct. 18, 1868. Children: Lafay- ette; Dr. Ara, d. Sept. 18, 1896, ag. 80y., 6m .; m., Oct. 28, 1846, Isabelle M. George, dau. of William W., d. Aug. 25, 1872, ag. 42y., 17d. Children: William G .; m. and has Harold and Isabelle. Allen, son of Ara, b. June 14, 1863. Elzina, dau. Capt. Joseph, d. Oct. 15, 1864, ag. 33; m. George C. Bradbury (see him). Solomon, d. Oct. 4, 1848, ag. 29; m., Nov. 9, 1845, Emily Mackey of Thetford, Vt. Children: Elizabeth A., d. May 9, 1848, ag. 10m .; Jane E., b. 1846; m., Jan. 18, 1866, Allen H. George (see him). Lydia, dau. of Elder Joseph, d. Sept. 5, 1832, ag. 37; m., Nov. 14, 1816, Samuel Gilman (see him). Elvira H., d. Nov. 27, 1836, ag. 25; m., Dec. 20, 1835, Smith Rowe of Grafton. Capt. Alvah, d. Sept. 29, 1852, ag. 39; m., Feb. 10, 1841, Sarah King of Orange. Lois, who m. a Caswell; Sally who m. a Smith; Benjamin; Nathaniel.
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Whitmore, Norman, d. May 31, 1863, ag. 70y., 1m.
Whitney, Silas, d. April 21, 1866, ag. 75; m. Sally Butler, d. March 31, 1871, ag. 83. Children: Moses S., d. May 8, 1863, ag. 37; Bela B, b. Oct. 21, 1819; d. May 24, 1897; his first wife, Louisa Jameson, d. Sept. 2, 1856, ag. 34. Children: Emma, m. - Heath, had a dau., Lora, who m. and had a son. His second wife, Sarah H. Burley, dau. of Benjamin, d. Aug. 11, 1879, ag. 57y., 2m .; had Flora M., d. Aug. 3, 1862, ag. 9m .; Albert, d. Sept. 15, 1863, ag. 7m .; Flora M., b. Nov. 6, 1860; d. -; m. and had a dau. Fred, m. and has a son Philip and dau. Harriet. Bela B., m. (3), May 2, 1880, Mrs. Melinda (Colby) Darling, dau. of Sargent and Ruth, d -; and m. (4), Feb. 20, 1889, Emeline B. (Colby) Bell.
Whitney, Isaac, and his wife, Lydia Taylor, who d. March 24, 1843, ag. 91 (e), had Esther, b. June 12, 1775; d. Nov. 2, 1847 (e); Isaac, b. March 17, 1784; d. March 15, 1866; m., Feb. 8, 1819, Abigail Greeley, dau. of Mathew, b. Feb. 7, 1796; d. May 30, 1891. Four children: Al- bert W., b. Jan. 11, 1822; d. March 31, 1897 (e); m., Oct. 17, 1842, Sarah W. Towle, dau. of John and Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1822; d. Oct. 1, 1907. Children: Charles A. O., b. June 16, 1849; d. July 18, 1857; Clara A., b. April 16, 1852; d. 1909; m., Aug. 11, 1870, Joseph Tucker. Children: Albert W., d. Aug. 5, 1878, ag. 5y., 10m. (a); Arthur, Leon, Carrie. Mina W., dau. Albert W., b. Nov. 12, 1858; m. Henry C. Me- lendy. Alice M., b. Nov. 21, 1860; m. Alden Hardy. Hollis B., son of Isaac, b. May 22, 1824; m., Dec. 17, 1843, Elsina A. Towle, dau. of John, d. June 8, 1896, ag. 70 y., 8m., 4d. (d). Children: Henry O., b. Nov. 12, 1845; m. Susie E. Ames. Children: James H., b. 1885; m., Oct. 20, 1908, Lettie M. Austin; James M., b. Oct. 8, 1849; d. Aug. 24, 1874; m. Ellen M. Butman. Louisa A., dau. of Isaac, b. Sept. 12, 1828; m., Nov. 25, 1847, Franklin S. Smith. Lucy J., b. May 24, 1835; m., June 6, 1852, Edwin E. Shattuck, b. July 8, 1830. Children: Frank E., b. Feb. 17, 1853; d. June 21, 1857. Malvena L., b. Nov. 6, 1854; m. Leonard Clark. Children: Mary B., Carrie C., George L. Burlingame, Emma. Isaac W., son of Edwin, b. May 11, 1856; m. - -; Frank E., b. Nov. 2, 1858; m. Jennie Robinson. Child: Frank E. Edwin H., b. May 11, 1856; d. 1909; m. Fannie Dowling. Hattie J., b. March 7, 1864; m. Henry W. Clark (see him). Lodena A., b. Oct. 19, 1870; m. John E. Smith; child: Perley E.
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