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Anna, m. a Mr. Brown, and went to Vt.
+Silas. Asuba, went to New York.
SILAS WAKEFIELD, s. of Silas ; lived on the B. B. Hastings place ; was selectman in 1832 and '33 ; was one of those who purchased the Argus, and brought it from Claremont to this town ; m. Polly, dau. of Joel McGregor.
Sylvester E. H., b. Oct. 14, 1815 ; a musician ; m. Louisa A. Rider. Huldah M., b. Jan. 22, 1817 ; m. Orren D. Hall.
Delina, m. Christopher Hartshorn, of Littleton. Aug. 12, 1846. Solenda, m. Simon B. Harris.
WALKER.
LOA WALKER, b. Sept. 30, 1780, in Vermont ; came here from Boscawen in ISI0; lived at the R. Ainger place, on Elm street. He was a joiner, and worked at his trade during his residence in town. He removed to Norfolk, N. Y., where he d. Aug. 18, 1855. M. Sally A. Jones, of Derry, N. H., b. March 30, 1785 ; d. Dec. 12, 1827; m., 2d, Mercy Clark, of Newport.
tMorrill }., b. Jan. 24, 1805.
Willard, b. Oct. 3, 1806; a farmer ; has a family ; r. in Sunapee.
Elvira, b. Jan. 12, 1809; d. April 17, 1831 ; m. J. D. Whittlesey. Sarah A., b. Jan. 13, 1813; m. Ashley Arnold; d. at Keeseville, N. Y. Ruel F., b. April 25, 1818 ; m. Mary Webster, of Lowell, Mass. ; r. at Waltham, Mass.
Emerenza S., b. July 12, 1820; m. S. Smith, of Norfolk, N. Y.
Solon H., b. May 15, 1824; d. June 25, 1848.
Francis S., b. Nov. 22, 1827 ; d. Aug. 25, 1855, in Cal.
MORRILL J. WALKER, S. of Loa Walker; b. Jan. 24, 1805 ;
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when he was five years of age, came with his father to New- port ; was educated at the district school, with a brief term at the academy. At 17 he became a clerk in the store of Col. Wm. Cheney, where he remained seven years, when he went to Thetford, Vt., and, in connection with Thomas W. Gilmore, commenced his mercantile career, Mr. Gilmore assisting him with capital,-a partnership that continued fifteen years ; after which he continued business a part of the time, in connection with a son, until 1876, when he retired from business. He en- joys the confidence of the community in which he resides. Has been a justice, town treasurer, selectman, representative, and a post-master some twenty-six years. M., Feb., 1834, J. S. Russell. His eldest son, a merchant, d. Sept. 10, 1864, aged 28. Has two daughters, one of whom m. Rev. S. L. Bates, of Newbury, Vt. ; the other m. E. S. Whitcomb, a merchant at Underhill, Vt.
WALLING.
SILAS H. WALLING, a granite-worker ; b. April 15, 1816, at Hartford, Vt., came here in IS71, from Lebanon, where he had resided many years. He d. Dec., 1877. M., Dec. 25, 1844, Frances A. Penno, of Hartford, Vt., who d. Sept. 7, I872.
Charles E., a granite-worker; b. Dec. 3, 1847, at Lebanon ; came here with his father.
WALCOTT.
JAMES DEXTER WALCOTT, manufacturer ; b. in Cumberland, R. I., March 10, 1778 ; m., May 26, 1803, Hannah, eldest dau. of Jeremiah and Lucy Jenks, of Newport. In IS12 he moved to Newport with his young family, and purchased a saw-mill and privilege near where the Sugar River Mills now are. In IS13 he built the dam above the upper tannery, and dug a canal, on which he erected a factory for the manufacture of cotton yarn, on the site of the present Eagle Mills,-the first mill of the kind built in town. The machinery placed in this mill was brought from Rhode Island by ox-teams. He operated the factory several years, and sold to Franklin Simonds, late of Warner. He was an enterprising man, and was in trade seve- ral years near the bridge ; owned and carried on the farm since
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owned by Samuel Chellis and Francis Boardman, near the vil- lage. Col. Walcott was seven times elected a selectman, five times town-clerk, and was one of the committee to erect the first court-house and town-hall building. He was colonel of mili- tia, and a member of the first "society for promotion of tem- perance" in Newport. His wife, Hannah, d. Sept. 2, 1823, leav- ing seven children. He m., 2d, May 27, 1829, Zelinda Poor, of Atkinson. In 1837 he removed to Auburn, N. Y., and d. Sept. 8, 1852, at Aurelius (near Auburn) ; she d. July 11, 1865, at Au- burn.
Albert, b. in Attleborough, Mass., Feb. 17, 1804 ; came to Newport with his parents, and afterwards went to Auburn and Rochester, N. Y., where he was in the cotton manufacturing business. Subsequently he removed to Detroit, Mich., and became a manufacturer of steam engines, boilers, and telegraph instruments. He m., Sept. 28, 1828, Martha, dau. of Samuel and Grace (Doolittle) Camp, of Whites- borough, N. Y. Ch., Julia Helen, b. June 6, 1829; George, b. Jan. 11, 1831 ; Cornelia (Mrs. William Cheney), b. Nov. 6, 1832 ; Albert Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1835 ; Grace Minerva (Mrs. C. A. Wheat- on), b. Nov. 8, 1841 ; Martha Hetta, b. March I, 1845, d. in 1852 ; James Chittenden, b. Dec. 2, 1847, d. in 1849; William Herbert. He now r. at St. Peter, Minn.
Horatio Nelson, b. in Attleborough, Mass., Feb. 3, 1806; went from Newport to Texas, and became a farmer and stock-raiser. He d. at Pilot Point, Texas, in 1867.
James Dexter, b. in Cumberland, R. I., Sept. 30, 1807; was a cot- ton manufacturer in Rhode Island, and later in South Carolina. He went to Texas, and entered into the mercantile business. He m., Sept. 7, 1837, Lydia Tillingast, of Lonsdale, R. I., who had four children,-Daniel, James (d. 1876), Horatio Nelson, Hannah Jenks (Mrs. H. E. Bosworth). M., 2d, Oct. 13, 1859, Martha Eddleman, of Pilot Point, Texas, who had five children,-Everet. b. May 26, 1860 ; Loring, b. Feb. 27, 1865; Arthur, b. Mar. 14, 1869; Mattie, b. Oct. 25, 1871 ; Harry, b. July 5, 1874. He r. at Pilot Point. Benjamin S., b. in Cumberland, R. I., Oct. 19, 1809. From Newport he went to Louisiana, in which state, and in Galveston, Texas, he spent several years. He moved to Honey Grove, Texas, where he carried on a large mercantile business, and was an extensive stock- raiser. The brothers were called upon to furnish supplies to the Confederate army during the Rebellion. The proceeds of their transactions were invested in lands, so that they did not materially suffer, in the collapse, from holding Confederate money. Mr. Wal- cott m. Mrs. Gilmor, who had two sons,-Charles H., who m. Jane Fuqua, and Benjamin O., who m. Martha Wilson. He m., 2d, Mrs. Amanda Bugby -, of Honey Grove, where he now r.
Jeremiah Whipple, b. in Cumberland, R. I., Nov. 27, 1812; came to Newport with his parents, and fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy ; entered Dartmouth college, and graduated in the class of 1839. He went to Auburn, N. Y., and graduated from the Au- burn Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach by the Cay-
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uga Presbytery. He preached at Virgil (Cortland co.), N. Y., from 1844 to 1846; was principal of Munro academy, Elbridge, N. Y., from Jan., 1846 to 1848 ; and was principal of the Auburn Female Seminary from 1848 until the destruction of its buildings by fire in 1850. In 1850 he removed to Wisconsin, and preached at Meno- sha. Then he purchased the Brockway college buildings, at Ripon, Wis., completed them, and in 1853 opened a school for the educa- tion of young ladies and gentlemen. In 1857 he disposed of this property to trustees of the Winnebago Presbyterian and Congrega- tional churches. His labors with this institution continued until 1858, when its name was changed to " Ripon college," furnishing preparatory courses of study to both sexes. Mr. Walcott m., May 21, 1844, Hannah Burton Church, of Bristol, R. I., who d. July 5, 1849, leaving two children,-Zella, b. Mar. 28. 1845, d. Mar. 26, 1852; Thomas Shepard, b. June 9, and d. Aug. 11, 1849. He m., 2d, at Auburn, N. Y., Caroline Cooper, dau. of Isaac and Azuba Cooper, formerly of Croydon, and had two sons,-Dexter Cooper, b. May 24, 1854; Frank Benjamin, b. Mar. 26, 1861. He r. at Ripon (Fond du Lac co.). Wis.
Cornelia, b. in Newport, May 3, 1815; m., Aug. 30, 1856, James Camp, merchant, of Auburn, N. Y., who d. Oct. 27, 1878, leaving a dau., Cornelia. They r. at Auburn.
Bela Whipple, b. in Newport, Aug. 12, 1818; was in trade in Aurelius, N. Y., where he d. April 17, 1842.
LUTHIER WALCOTT, a Universalist clergyman ; while here was superintending school committee in 1860.
WARD.
WILLIAM WARD was for several years a merchant in this town ; m., in 1826, Rebecca Boynton, and the same year re- moved to Plainfield, where he spent his life in trade.
ALFRED WARD, b. Feb. 7, 1807; came here in IS72, from Croydon, where he had been a successful farmer, and where he was a representative in 1853 and 1854. Married Randilla, dau. of Samuel Powers, of Croydon ; m., 2d, Sept. 12, 1876, Mrs. Susan Tenney, of Charlestown.
Elizabeth, b. March 27, 1836; m. Edmund B. Richardson, a merchant in Lempster ; ch., Cleon.
Ermina, b. May 10, 1844.
WATTS.
CHARLES H. WATTS, a harness manufacturer ; b. April 24, IS31, at Boston, Mass. ; came to this town from Sunapee in IS64. He has been chief of the fire department since IS74.
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M., July 18, 1852, Marion H., dau. of Dr. John Hopkins, of Sunapee.
Freddie L., b. May 18, 1859; d. y. Carrie T., b. Feb. 4, 1861.
GEORGE F. WATTS, a livery keeper ; s. of Samuel Watts, of Alstead ; b. May 12, 1839 ; came to this town in Aug., 1871. M., April 8, 1875, Addie, dau. of Sylvester Spaulding, b. 1850. Flora Maud, b. Dec. 12, 1876.
WATKINS.
DAVID W. WATKINS, b. in 1822, at Winchester ; d. Jan. 2, 1862 ; came to this town in 1850, from Walpole ; was appoint- ed post-master in 1860, and held the office until his death ; his widow was appointed to his place in the post-office, and held the same until the time of her death. He m., in 1846, Sarah M. Brown, of Stoddard, b. May 23, 1818, who d. Dec. 20, 1863.
· Henrietta M. Guild, her dau. by a former husband; a music teacher; b. Sept. 13, 1843; m. Richard W. Musgrove, of Bristol, a printer; has four children.
Isa C., b. June 10, 1847, at Walpole; d. Oct. 28, 1865; m., Sept. 6, 1865, Eugene W. Clark, of Woodstock, Vt., a merchant.
Eugene IV., a merchant ; b. Jan. 21, 1849; m. Addie Fogg, of Chester ; r. at Rochester, N. Y.
Frank II., b. Sept. 18, 1852; was for several years a merchant in Bos- ton ; r. at St. Louis, Mo.
GEORGE B. R. WATKINS, railroad station-agent ; b. June 17, 1828, at Malone, N. Y. ; came here from Bradford at the open ing of the railroad in 1872. He was educated, and had been a successful teacher. Married Grace Greeley, of Claremont, b Jan. 17, 1828.
George G., b. June 1, 1852.
Charles G., b. Nov. 27, 1860 ; d. July 16, 1877.
WATSON.
JAMES WATSON, b. July 2, 1767 ; came here about 1790, and settled in the west part of the town. His farm was on the old road, and bounded west by the Claremont line. He was an energetic and thriving farmer, and a liberal thinker. He d. Jan. 9, 1856. M., Feb. 16, 1794, Mehitable Keza, b. Nov. 5,
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1773, d. March 12, 1801 ; m., 2d, Oct., ISO1, Mrs. Sally Cut- ting, b. 1770, d. Oct. 27, 1806; m., 3d, Feb. 14, ISOS, Mrs. Mabel Gilbert, b. Sept. 17, 1775, d. Feb. 16, 1861.
Rhoda, b. June 6, 1795 ; d. Aug. 27, 1837; m. Samuel F. Chellis.
t Ebenezer, b. June 20, 1796.
Samuel M., b. Dec. 26, 1797; m. Harriet Jackson; m., 2d, Elizabeth Carter; ch., Emily C.
Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 1799; d. July 6, 1806.
Elam, b. April 9, 1802; d. 1806.
Mehitable, b. Jan. 13, 1804 ; d. Feb. 26, 1870; m., Dec. 3, 1833, Jo- seph Harvey. Ch., Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1834 ; Alfred, b. July 27, 1836; Marietta, b. Jan. 10, 1837 ; Maroa C., b. Aug. 19, 1840; John, b. July 9, 1842.
Miriam, b. June 21, 1805 ; d. April 13, 1840; m., 1828, Joshua Dow; ch., George W.
tAmos A., b. Dec. 17, 1808.
Albert, b. Nov. 10, 1810; d. April 3, 1835.
Gilbert, b. Nov. 13, 1812 ; d. Nov. 6, 1847; m., 1839, Mary A. Rogers; ch., Mary G., Adeline.
Hiram, b. Nov. 13, 1812; a twin of Gilbert ; d. March 22, 1855; m.,
Jan. 6, 1839, Hannah Harvey. Ch., Caroline H., b. Sept. 8, 1841; Susan H., b. April 20, 1845.
Nye, b. June 16, 1817 ; d. Aug. 9, 1822.
Fames M., b. April 23, 1820 ; d. March 22, 1840.
EBENEZER WATSON, S. of James ; b. Jan. 20, 1796 ; m., Oct. 14, IS25, Mrs. Mary A. Barnes, dau. of Dr. James Corbin. He was a popular landlord, and was a captain in the militia. Went to Prairie du Lac, Wis., in 1852, where he d. April 30, IS67, and where his widow now resides.
Mary A., b. Jan., 1827 ; m. Alexander Wyse, of Ableman, Wis. Edward, b. Sept., 1831 ; m. Laura Ableman; r. at Ableman, Wis.
Ellen M., b. March, 1834; m. Simon Dean, of Madison, Wis.
Isabel L., b. Aug. 11, 1836; m. W. H. Wyman, Cincinnati, O. Frances }., b. Jan., 1839; m. E. B. Nelson, Prairie du Lac, Wis.
AMOS ALLEN WATSON, S. of James Watson ; b. Dec. 17, ISOS; r. at Claremont ; is a successful farmer, and an active member in the Universalist Society of that town. M., Feb. 11, IS34, Hitty W. Chase, of Claremont, dau. of Daniel Chase.
Edwin C., b. June 2, 1839; m., March 6, 1823, Charlotte Hendee.
WEBBER.
LUTHIER WEBBER, b. Jan. 15, ISO1 ; came from Hopkinton in IS41, and settled on the J. Roberts farm ; d. in IS76; m. Joan F. Jackman.
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Luther Page, b. March 7, 1825; m. Frances E. Page, of Woodstock, Vt .; ch., George P.
Richard Allen, b. May 12, 1829; m., Julia A. Allen.
Lydia A., b. Oct. 16, 1832 ; m. J. Choate Welch.
Harriet Fane, b. May 21, 1836; m. Marcene H. Whitcomb ; ch., Eu- gene.
Charles C., b. April 5, 1838; m. Adelia A. Chase. Ch., Ella Bell, b. July 10, 1858, who m. Waldo Young, of Brattleborough, Vt. ; Frank C., b. Sept. 2, 1862.
Susan A.
MAXIMILIAN J. WEBBER, a brother of Luther ; came from Hopkinton. He went to Windsor, N. H., shortly before his death, in 1873, where he was a representative in 1871 and '72. He m. Clarissa Swett, of Concord. His son, Brooks K., a law- yer, came to this town with his father. After being admitted to the bar, practised here for a while, when he went to Hills- borough, where he was a representative two years, and where he now resides [see Lawyers].
WEBSTER.
SAMUEL WEBSTER, b. Feb. 15, 1757, at Chester ; came here from Goffstown, in 1795 ; r. in the west part of the town, on the farm now occupied by Samuel Crowell. He was a lieuten- ant in the Revolutionary War. Married Anna Roby, of Ches- ter, b. Oct., 1757.
Hannah, b. June 23, 1776. Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1778. t Fohn, b. April 14, 1781. Anna, b. Sept. 25, 1783.
Ebenezer, b. March 30, 1786. Fesse, b. June 26, 1788.
Thomas, b. Oct. 31, 1790. Sally, b. May 12, 1793.
Wingate, b. July 23, 1796. Asa, b. March 30, 1799.
JOHN WEBSTER, S. of Samuel ; b. April 14, 1781 ; was a farmer, and lived in the north-west part of the town ; d. Oct. I, 1839. M., July 26, 1807, Deborah Dow, who d. Feb. 25, 1833, aged 50 years.
Elizabeth Ann, b. May 2, 1808; m., 1826, Capt. Obed Stanard; lived on the A. Hall farm, on the Croydon road; is the mother of Hon. E. O. Stanard, of St. Louis, Mo., with whom she now resides.
Samuel C., b. Sept. 11, 1809; d. 1841 ; m., 1838, Elizabeth Tilton, of Mass .; had one son.
Fesse, b. June 7, 1811 ; is a tailor; has spent the most of his maturer life at his trade in Henniker, in this state, where he now resides ; m., July, 1834, Susan C., a sister of David S. Newell. His eldest son,
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Newell H., was the third American in Montana territory; built the first frame house in Helena ; resides there ; had a daughter.
Sally DI., b. Dec. 13, 1813. Almeda, b. Nov. 8, 1815.
Melissa, b. May 21, 1817. Emeline P., b. Feb. 24, 1819.
John R., b. Feb. 17, 1822; was captain during the Rebellion; wounded at Antietam ; d. at Fredericksburg.
Elutheria D., b. July 29, 1825; m. Rufus Churchill, of Nashua ; has three children; r. at Billerica, Mass.
Zeviah K., m. Prof. I. S. Whitney, of Henniker; r. at Manchester; has one child.
Muriett, m., 1835, Sherburne Lakeman, of Goshen ; has four children ; one of them is Hon. Daniel W. Lakeman, of Nashua.
WELCH.
DANIEL WELCH, a hatter ; came from Plaistow. Married Hannah Montgomery, of Haverhill, Mass.
Charles.
Horatio N., m. Agnes Wilson.
Susan, b. Oct. 31, ISII.
Angeline, d. at 18.
Fane.
Jonathan C., b. Feb. 18, 1821; m. Lydia A. Webber; m., 2d, Maria Whittemore; m., 3d, Augusta N. Webster.
Charles A., d. July 4, 1817, aged 10 years.
Ann, m. James Welch, of Lowell, Mass.
WELLCOME.
JACOB WELLCOME, a sea-captain ; b. Dec. 26, 1791, at Minot, Me. ; came to this town May 1, 1861. Married Hannah Paine, of Paris, Me.
ABNER P. WELLCOME, S. of Jacob ; b. May 1, 1817, at Buck- field, Me. ; came to this town in 1858, from Randolph, Mass., where he had been a sheriff, and held other offices, and where he had been engaged in mercantile business ; since his settle- ment here he has been a farmer, a merchant, and expressman. Married Sarah E. Tucker.
Jacob E., b. Jan. 22, 1840 ; d. young.
Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 12, 1841; m. George E. Little.
Prentice H., b. March 6, 1845; m. Olive Reed. Ch., Nettie A., b. May 30, 1871 ; Ella, b. 1875.
Abner Paine, b. March 6, 1849; m. Dora Taylor, of Hartford, Conn.
Clark Paine, b. Oct. 4, 1853; m., March 4, 1877, Josephine R., dau.
of George E. Wilmarth, b. Aug. 9, 1860.
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WHEELER.
The Wheelers came from Sutton, Mass., and settled mainly in what is now the Northville school-district, in Feb., 1793. Abel, the father, m. Rebecca, a sister of Silas Wakefield, Sen. Ch., David, Abel, Jonathan, Rebecca (m. Samuel Williams, of Sutton, Mass.), Abigail (m. Nathaniel Brown, of Croydon), and Amos (m. Betsey Hall, of Croydon, and went to Vermont).
DAVID WHEELER, S. of Abel, Sen. ; b. in Sutton, Mass., Feb. 12, 1762 ; d. Sept., 1850. M., June, 1784, Eunice Marsh, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 18, 1763, who d. in Clarendon, Vt., April 22, 1838.
Zadock, b. at Sutton, Mass .. April 17, 1785; d. at Wallingford, Vt., Sept. 10, 1846; m. Betsey Benson.
+David, b. at Sutton, June 1, 1786.
Olive, b. at Sutton, Feb. 14, 1788; d. at Bee, Iowa, Aug. 24, 1846 ; m. Jesse Benson.
Daniel, b. at Sutton, Jan. 21, 1790; d. at Mt. Holly, Vt., Feb. 16, 1811. Aaron, b. at Newport, June 4, 1793; d. at Potsdam, N. Y., Oct. I, 1859; m. Rhoda Fisher.
Amos, b. June 4, 1793 ; d. at Hampton, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1871 ; m. Sophia Edwards.
Jason, b. April 14, 1795; d. at Lyon, N. Y., June 25, 1858; m. Eliza- beth Sedgewick.
Charlotte, b. Oct. 22, 1796; d. at Mt. Holly, Vt., Sept. 18, 1822.
+Hosea, b. March 25, 1798.
Edmund, b. May 15, 1800; d. at Sylvester, Wis., Dec. 28, 1858 ; m. Phebe Carpenter.
Willis, b. June 14, 1802 ; unmarried.
Ruby, b. Feb. 2, 1804; d. at Mt. Holly, Vt., Mar. 31, 1865 ; m. Chaun- cy Cook.
Huldah, b. Feb. 19, 1806; now with the Shakers.
DAVID WHEELER, S. of David ; was a boot and shoe manu- facturer and farmer at Northville ; m. Electa Mores, of Chester, Mass. He d. Sept. 7, 1847 ; she d. Oct. 1, 1858, at Mt. Holly, Vt., where they had resided for several years.
Corinth E., b. Oct. 11, 1820; m., April, 1849, L. W. Darling.
Mariett, b. June 17, 1822 ; m., Dec., 1850, Samuel Ross, of Ludlow, Vt.
Arvilla L., b. Sept. 16, 1824; m., March, 1849, Francis L. Crary, of Wallingford, Vt.
Sophia E., b. July 14, 1826; m., March, 1854, Augustus Wylie, of Clar- endon, Vt. ; now r. in this town.
Fane M., b. April 7, 1828 ; m., May, 1854, Granville Miller, of Lemp- ster.
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Mason, b. at Mt. Holly, Vt., Aug. 10, 1831 ; m., March, 1853, Huldah W. Wheeler; r. at Northfield, Minn., where he is a sheriff.
HOSEA WHEELER, S. of David Wheeler, Sen. ; b. March 25, 1798 ; studied medicine with Dr. Grinnell, of Mt. Holly, Vt., and with Dr. Fletcher, of Cavendish. in the same state, and graduated at Castleton ; he commenced practice at Sturbridge, Mass., but removed to Springville, Penn., and from thence to Chicago, Ill., where he d. Aug. S, 1860. Married Laura Tar- bell.
ABEL WHEELER, S. of Abel ; settled on the B. Pillsbury farm at Northville ; was an active deacon in the F. W. Baptist church ; m. Prudence Warren. He d. at 7S.
Vashti, m. Ansel Dunbar, of Croydon.
+Abel, b. March 13, 1793.
Prudence, b. June 17, 1794; m. Ira Wakefield.
Luke, b. Nov., 1795 ; d. at 20. +Cyril, b. Feb. 15, 1797.
tAlbira, b. Dec., 1799. t Lovell, b. April 24, 1800.
Diploma, b. March 25, 1802; m. Nathan White.
Asahel, b. Jan. 27, 1805 ; m. Adaline King; went to Bath.
Miranda, b. Sept. 9, 1806; m. Frederick Powers.
Warren W., b. June 4, 1808; d. at 28.
Laura, b. May 2, 1813.
ABEL WHEELER, S. of Abel, Jr .; b. March 13, 1793 ; was a dea- con in the F. W. Baptist church ; a leading singer ; was a colo- nel in the militia ; lived at the L. Fitch place at Northville. Married Zilpha Wakefield ; m., 2d, Mehitable Calif, of Gran- tham.
Zilpha, b. Jan. 28, 1818 ; m. Eliab Metcalf; went to Boston. Albert C., b. Nov. 27, 1819.
CYRIL WHEELER, S. of Abel and Prudence (Warren) Wheel- er ; b. Feb. 15, 1797 ; lived on the R. C. Everett farm, on Oak hill. Married Azuba Stow, cousin of Baron Stow, D. D., of Boston.
tPaul Jacobs, b. Dec. 8, 1820.
Morrill S., b. Dec. 7, 1824; was a merchant in Boston.
Prudence S., b. Feb. 4, 1827; m. Peter Sargent.
Chloe A., b. Sept. 20, 1828 ; m. Joseph Cummings ; ch., Aline. Charles E., a joiner and merchant ; b. Aug. 17, 1830 : m. Sarah A. Kid- der, an adopted daughter of Hon. Nathan Mudget.
Huldah II'., b. Dec. 5, 1833; m. Mason Wheeler, of Northfield, Minn. Ch., Henry, Marion, George.
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Martha, b. June 25, 1836; m. William B. Kibbey. Azuba, b. Aug. 25, 1838 ; m. George F. Whitney.
ALBIRA WHEELER, s. of Abel and Prudence (Warren) Wheeler ; b. Dec., 1799; was a deacon in the F. W. Baptist church ; spent most of his life at the homestead, at the B. Pills- bury place at Northville ; removed to Royalton, Vt., and from thence to Chelsea, in the same state, where he d., Jan., 1856, aged 57 years. Married Melita, dau. of Samuel Metcalf, of Croydon.
Samuel Metcalf, b. Aug. 9, 1823. [See Lawyers.] Lucy M., m. James G. Slafter, of Royalton, Vt.
LOVELL WHEELER, s. of Abel and Prudence (Warren) Wheeler ; b. April 24, 1800; a Free Will Baptist clergyman ; was ordained in 1831, and has labored in this state, in New York, and in the West, but has spent most of his active life in Vermont. M., April 22, 1822, Anna Brown. Ch., May A., Thomas B., Willard C., David P., John F.
PAUL JACOBS WHEELER, s. of Cyril ; b. Dec. 8, 1820; was educated to the mercantile business, which he followed at Croy- don until 1853, when he became cashier of the Sugar River Bank, which position he occupied until his death in 1862. He was moderator from 1858 until his death, representative in 1859 to 1862, candidate for speaker of the house in 1860, and candidate for governor in 1862. Married Sarah Humphrey, of Croydon ; m., 2d, Sarah M. Larned, of Buffalo, N. Y.
JONATHAN WHEELER, a drover and farmer ; s. of Abel, Sen. ; b. at Sutton, Mass., in 1799 ; lived at Northville. M., Oct. 7, ISoo, Thankful Cutting, b. Nov. 9, 1780, who d. 1875. He d. Nov. 27, 1851.
Willard, b. Mar., 1802 ; m. Susan Eastman.
Jonathan, b. Oct. 12, 1806; m. Anna Sherman, of Croydon ; ch., Ma- rietta; r. at Croydon.
Betsey, b. Sept., 1809; d. July 23, 1873; m. Hiram Austin.
Nancy, b. June 1, 1811 ; m. John Sherman; m., 2d, Nathan Gould ; m., 3d, Silas Kempton.
¿Briant, b. Dec. 25, 1814; d. Jan. 5, 1876.
Polly, d. Sept. 25, 1855; m. Samuel Sherman. Ch., Anna, Marcia, Zil- pha, Martin.
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Lucy, b. March 26, 1818; d. 1868; m. Amos Latimer; m., 2d, Daniel Severance.
Francis, b. 1820; d. Dec. 27, 1847; married Fanny Bryant; ch., Hi- ram.
Louisa, b. Aug. 23, 1823 ; m. Frederick S. Lewis ; m., 2d, Timothy Dun- ham.
BRIANT WHEELER, S. of Jonathan, senior ; b. Dec. 25, 1814 ; a farmer ; lived in the north-west part of the town, where he d. Jan. 5, 1876 ; m. Mary, dau. of Chauncy Wakefield.
Anna, m. W. F. Brown; m., 2d, Otis F. Carr.
Nancy. Calvin. Isabel E., m. Alonzo Chapin.
William, m. Nancy Remington.
Mary, m. Daniel Bartlett.
Edna, m. Byron Evans.
Ida M. Francis R. Emertine C.
JAMES H. WHEELER, b. May 4, 1817 ; a farmer and trader ; came from Goshen in IS58; r. at Northville; m. Sarah J. Waite, of Norwich, Vt.
F. Dean, b. Dec. 25, 1842; m. Lucy J. Hamblet, of Keene. Ch., Fred- erick A., Bertha.
Frederick H., b. Nov. 10, 1844; m. Lucinda Sawyer, of N. Y.
Mattie F., b. May 19, 1851 ; a musician.
SIMEON WHEELER, S. of Dea. Nathaniel and Mehitable (Haven) Wheeler, of Croydon ; b. Sept. 29, 1782 ; d. April 27, IS48 ; came to this town in 1812, and settled on the S. Kemp- ton place. He was a tidy farmer, and planted the maple trees, the branches of which now overhang the road. M., April 9, IS12, Lucy, dau. of Dea. David Putnam, of Croydon, b. Sept. 26, 1786 ; d. Oct. IS, IS21 ; m., 2d, March 2, 1827, Hannah, dau. of Rev. Jacob Haven, of Croydon, b. April 28, 1795 ; d. Dec. 20, 1842.
Harrison, b. Oct. 23, 1813 ; d. at the West.
t Simcon, b. Aug. 30, 1815. Phebe, b. June 10, 1820 ; d. young. Jacob Whipple, b. March 8, 1828; d. July 5, 1853 [see Literature]. Lucy Putnam, b. Dec. 27, 1830; was educated at Kimball Union
Academy, and was a successful teacher ; m., Nov. 11, 1853. Fred- erick Johnson Stevens, son of Samuel Stevens, b. June 22, 1827, in Springfield. He was educated at Kimball Union Academy ; was five years in trade in Meriden; one year in the flouring business at Davenport, Iowa ; and for a number of years at Meriden, Minn., to which town he gave the name; after which he returned to N. E., and settled at Southborough, Mass., where he now resides. engaged in farming, and is a negotiator of Western farm loans. Wherever
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