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JAIRUS2 PERRY (Oliver1), b. June 25, 1804 ; m. March 16, 1829, Susan (b. 1805 ; d. July 16, 1865), daughter of -- Harris. Chil- dren : Esther Jane, b. Dec. 7, 1829 ; d. Nov. 19, 1831. Stephen Potter, b. Nov. 8, 1831. George Taylor, b. Nov. 9, 1833. Daniel Oliver, b. Dec. 5, 1835. Amasa Winter, b. May 25, 1839. Susan Jane, b. May 4, 1841.
MARTIN3 PERRY (John,2 Oliver1), b. Feb. 4, 1807; m. Jan. 1, 1834, Malinda Z. W. (b. July 23, 1807), daughter of Jason Tyler.
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NAHUM3 PERRY (John,2 Oliver1), b. April 21, 1814; m. Dec. 1, 1846, Arethusa (b. March 3, 1821), daughter of George Martin of Richmond. He d. Sept. 18, 1870. Children : George W., b. March 1, 1848. Walter H., b. May 24, 1854. Byron D., b. March 25, 1858. Elmer E., b. Aug. 19, 1862; d. young.
EDWARD3 PERRY (Alpheus,2 Oliver!), b. Oct. 4, 1811 ; m. Feb. 5, 1840, Emeline (b. Apr. 26, 1817; d. Aug. 29, 1856), daughter of Benjamin O. Williams. Children : Esther, b. Jan. 7, 1841 ; m. John F. Edwards of Needham, Mass. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1842; m. Darius E. Chamberlain. Ellen, b. Nov. 17, 1843 ; m., 1st, Daniel W. Trask of Keene; m., 2nd, Charles Barnes. Oliver Boardman, b. Sept. 12, 1847. Sabrina, b. Apr. 8, 1849 ; m. George B. Britton of Surry. Lucy, b. June 2, 1853 ; m. Newell J. Farnham of Keene. Edward B., b. May 29, 1854 ; d. March 29, 1879. Emma Maria, b. July 2, 1856 ; d. Aug. 24, 1856.
WALTER H.4 PERRY (Nahum,3 John,2 Oliver!), b. May 24, 1854 ; m. July 6, 1880, Mary J. (b. Dec. 6, 1861), daughter of Simeon H. Hol- brook. Children : Ora F., b. May 29, 1882. Harmon H., b. Aug. 25, 1883.
BYRON D.4 PERRY (Nahum,3 John,2 Qliver!), b. March 25, 1858; m. Carrie A. Long of Gilboy, N. Y. ; resides in Richmond.
ALEXANDER PERRY, taxed in 1818. Removed from town many years ago. Children : Caroline. Fisher.
PETERS.
JESSE PETERS, m. Celinda - -. Children : James. Clarissa, m. T. Jefferson Thayer. Susan, removed to Mohawk, N. Y. Ann Janette, removed to Mohawk, N. Y.
BARNABAS C. PETERS, b. in Adams, Mass., Feb. 1, 1798 ; m. Aug. 26, 1819, Rebecca P. Willard of Winchester; d. Dec. 30, 1879. Chil- dren : Francis R., b. in Rutland, Vt., Aug. 16, 1821. Jolin Q., b. Aug. 2, 1826 ; d. Oct. 1, 1830. Lawren W., b. Aug. 22, 1828. Mary A., b. May 14, 1836 ; m. Orrin S. Gleason of Keene.
FRANCIS R.2 PETERS (Barnabas C.1), b. Aug. 16, 1821; m. Aug. 30, 1843, Lucy M. Severance of Alstead. Child : Emma F., b. in Alstead, Jan. 7, 1847 ; m. June 20, 1866, Thomas N. Woodward of Keene; d. June 5, 1880.
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LAWREN W.2 PETERS (Barnabas C.1), b. Aug. 22, 1828 ; m. Aug. 9, 1849, Sarah A. Way of Alstead ; d. in Mohawk, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1882.
PLUFF.
MIKE G. PLUFF, b. Nov. 11, 1845 ; m. June 20, 1865, Axalia M. -(b. May 31, 1850). Children : Hattie C., b. April 2, 1870 ; d. Jan. 9, 1885. Freddie M., b. Sept. 11, 1873 Axalia E., b. Feb. 19, 1878. Clara O., b. Jan. 9, 1881. Nettie L., b. July 15, 1882.
PLUMMER.
JONES PLUMMER of Guilford, b. March 1, 1807; m. Dec. 7, 1842, Mrs. Eliza S. Calkins (b. Oct. 25, 1817). He d. Feb. 10, 1883. Children : Edward J., b. June 25, 1844 ; d. Aug. 16, 1863, in Gettys- burg hospital. Julius D., b. Dec. 29, 1846; d. Ang. 13, 1849. Amanda M., b. Nov. 27, 1848; d. Aug. 31, 1849. Ella A. M., b. Sept. 25, 1850; m. Dec. 16, 1865, William A. Morey. Sarah E., b. Jan. 29, 1853 ; m. June 28, 1871, Martin D. Bryant. Oscar J., b. July 7, 1856 ; m. Feb. 7, 1878, Lillian E. Pratt.
PIERCE.
JAMES1 PIERCE, b. in 1769 ; m. Feb. 10, 1795, Polly Stacy (b. in 1773 ; d. Aug. 15, 1847) ; d. Feb. 4, 1849. Children : Alvah, b. Jan. 30, 1796. Polly, b. July 20, 1800 ; m. March 22, 1820, Salmon Field of Winchester. Daniel W., b. Oct. 25, 1802. Enoch, b. Dec. 9, 1803 ; d. Nov. 22, 1815. Saralı, b. 1806 ; m. Charles Green. James. Nancy, b. 1809 ; d. June 28, 1853. William. Cummings, d. young.
ALVAH2 PIERCE (James1), b. Jan. 30, 1796 ; m. Leafy - (b. 1805 ; d. Aug. 31, 1876, in Vermont). He d. Jan. 20, 1869.
DANIEL W.2 PIERCE (James1), b. Oct. 25, 1802 ; m. Ursula Cald- well (b. Aug. 24, 1808), of Northfield, Mass.
JAMES2 PIERCE (James1), m. Jan. 1, 1839, Chloe (b. Marclı 20, 1816; d. Oct. 16, 1886), daughter of John Holbrook. Children : James, b. Sept. 23, 1839. Walter and Wallace, b. Oct. 19, 1842.
WILLIAM2 PIERCE (James1), m. Martha, daughter of Job Whitcomb. Children : Job Whitcomb, b. Nov. 25, 1845 ; m., 2d, M. Nellie, daugh- ter of Benjamin Whitcomb ; resides in Missouri.
ANTHONY PIERCE, d. about Aug. 14, 1753 ; may have been brother of John Pierce.
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JOHN PIERCE, b. in 1749 ; in. Mary - ; d. Feb. 27, 1812. Had nine children : Zerue, b. May 17, 1773. Sarah, b. May 8, 1777 ; m. Shubael Seaver. Bathsheba, b. July 25, 1779 ; m., 1st, Dec. 2, 1807, David Ballou of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Seth Pomroy. Mary, b. April 8, 1781 ; m. William H. Seaver. Cynthia, b. March 29, 1782 ; m. Levi Long. Meribah, b. March 27, 1785 ; m. Oct. 21, 1811, Zacha- riah Field, jr., of Winchester. Susannah, b. March 25, 1787 ; m. Bar- nard Wheeler. Sylvia, b. May 13, 1792 ; m. Longley Willard. John, b. July 19, 1794.
POMROY.
SETH POMROY, b. in 1759 ; m. Mary (b. in 1756 ; d. Jan. 11, 1829). He d. in Swanzey in 1810. Children : Seth, b. Feb. 17, 1779, in Suffield, Conn. Anna, b. Dec. 7, 1783 ; m. Nov. 19, 1816, Moses Thayer. Putnam, b. Oct. 2, 1786. Mary, b. June 5, 1788 ; m. April 3, 1808, Joseph Hill of Chesterfield. Lucy, b. Jan. 21, 1792; m. March 5, 1817, Nathan Leonard of New York. Eunice, b. Jan. 20, 1794. Sally, b. July 25, 1797 ; m. Calvin Field. John, b. May 29, 1800.
SETH2 POMROY (Seth1 of Suffield, Ct.), b. Feb. 17, 1779 ; m. in 1804, Hannah Bond (b. April 11, 1780 ; d. March 3, 1832), of Winchester. Hed. in Swanzey Oct. 28, 1852. Children : Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1805. Philinda, b. Nov. 13, 1807. Irena, b. Oct. 19, 1809 ; m. - Dickin- son of Northfield. Benjamin, b. Feb. 11, 1811. Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1815 ; m., 1st, Asa Jackson ; m., 2nd, William Clark. Nathaniel B., b. Feb. 7, 1817. Nancy S., b. Sept. 3, 1819 ; m. Sept. 13, 1842, Charles C. Shepherd of Northfield. David A., b. May 26, 1822.
BENJAMIN3 POMROY (Seth,2 Seth1), b. Feb. 11, 1811 ; m. Oct. 14 1834, Hannah, daughter of George Hill ; d. Dec. 6, 1862. Children : Benjamin Preston, b. Dec. 17, 1835 ; d. Oct. 4, 1849. Albert T., b. July 28, 1837. Hannalı Josephine, b. March 17, 1839 ; m. Jan. 29, 1859, John F. Kidder. Nancy Agnes, b. May 1, 1841 ; d. May 12, 1862. Edna Jane, b. Jan. 18, 1843 ; d. Sept. 24, 1849. Emma C., b. May 24, 1847. Edna Jane, b. Oct. 5, 1849 ; m. Frank Mather of Fall River. Frances E., b. April 13, 1852 ; m. Lester Taft. George P., b. Feb. 1, 1856 ; d. April 2, 1859.
NATHANIEL B.3 POMROY (Seth,2 Seth1), b. Feb. 7, 1817 ; m. Emily, (b. March 20, 1820), daughter of Arba Stearns ; resides in West Town send, Vt.
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DAVID A.3 POMROY (Seth,2 Seth1), b. May 26, 1822; m. Jane Starkey (b. 1831 ; d. Aug. 11, 1854), daughter of Mrs. William Clark ; d. in Townsend, Vt., Nov. 28, 1881. Children : Frank E., b. Nov. 5, 1850. Florence. IIe m., 2d, Julia A. Wood ; had Anna Jane. He m., 3d, Elizabeth E., daughter of Loron Eaton formerly of Chester- field ; had Carlos D. Carrie E., b. in Townshend, Vt., June 7, 1860.
ALBERT4 POMROY (Benjamin,3 Seth,2 Seth1), b. July 28, 1837; m. June 28, 1863, Mrs. Emma (Shepherd) McCady (b. Oct. 22, 1842), of Worcester, Mass. Children: Joseph Henry McCady, b. Feb. 8, 1857. George Albert, b. July 5, 1864 ; d. Sept. 21, 1878. Sarah S., b. Feb. 8, 1867. Etta N., b. Aug. 12, 1869 ; d. Dec. 9, 1876. Esther L., b. Oct. 12, 1872; d. July 19, 1874. Benjamin D., b. Jan. 26, 1880.
PORTER.
REUBEN2 PORTER (Asal of Marlborough), b. June 8, 1797 ; m. Apr. 5, 1824, Prudence (b. Feb. 8, 1797), daughter of Moses Hills. Chil- dren : Lovell, b. Feb. 18, 1826. Mary B., b. in 1834 ; d. in Chester- field, Aug. 28, 1853. Sumner W., d. in Chesterfield, 1838.
FRANCIS J.2 PORTER (Noah1 of Marlborough), b. Feb. 9, 1835 ; m. Jan. 1, 1856, Ellen F. (b. July 29, 1839 ; m., 2nd, July 23, 1864, James C. Eames), daughter of Harvey Higgins, Dummerston, Vt. He d. Oct. 26, 1862. Children : Arthur E., b. March 2, 1860 ; d. June 2, 1860. J. Byron, b. Dec. 21, 1861.
J. BYRON3 PORTER (Francis J.,2 Noah1), b. Dec. 21, 1861 ; m. Flo- ra M. (b. May 1, 1868), daughter of Charles L. Ball.
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POTTER.
WILLIAM POTTER, b. 1724 ; d. May 3, 1816.
STEPHEN2 POTTER (William1), b. in 1766 ; m., 1st, - - (b. in 1789 ; d. Nov. 5, 1840) ; m., 2nd, Patty (b. Aug. 6, 1786 ; d. Aug. 4, 1853), daughter of Nathan Aldrich of Richmond ; d.Dec. 16, 1863.
PRENTICE.
ELBRIDGE G. PRENTICE m. Lestina (b. 1820; m., 2nd, John A. Breed of Winchester), daughter of Josiah Read; d. Dec. 14, 1869. Children : Asa M., b. 1850; d. Dec. 22, 1872. John M., b. May 6, 1856.
JOHN M.2 PRENTICE (Elbridge G.1), b. May 6, 1856 ; m. July 15, 1874, Isabel (b. Aug. 15, 1857), daughter of Amasa Ballou. Child : Lula A., b. July 4, 1886.
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PRIME.
JOSHUA JEWETT2 PRIME (Joshua1 of Rowley, Mass.), m. Jan. 1, 1780, Olive (d. March 13, 1826), daughter of Thomas Baker of Keene ; d. March 30, 1796. Children : Sally, b. June 18, 1782 ; m. Ezra Hol- brook. Thomas, b. Jan. 4, 1784; d. March 29, 1786. Thomas, b. Mar. 11, 1786. Olive, b. Oct. 11, 1787 ; d. June 2, 1789. Olive, b. July 1, 1789 ; m. Rev. W. K. Stewart of Illinois ; d. Aug. 17, 1874. Joshua, b. Apr. 13, 1791 ; d. Feb. 5, 1813. David, b. Jan. 7,1793 ; d. July 10, 1814. Abigail, b. Nov. 13, 1794 ; d. Jan. 3, 1795. Jew- ett, b. Dec. 4, 1795.
JOSIAH2 PRIME (Joshua1), m. Hannah Record (m., 2nd, John Hol- brook) of Sutton, Mass. Children : Phebe, b. Apr. 10, 1785. A child, d. Jan. 3, 1786. Josiah, b. May 5, 1788. Rachel, b. Sept. 20, 1790 ; m. Dec. 29, 1816, Artemas Rixford of Winchester.
THOMAS3 PRIME (Joshua J.,2 Joshua1 of Rowley, Mass. ), b. March 11, 1786 ; m. Rachel (d. Sept. 11, 1861, in Parkman, Me.), daughter of Peter Holbrook ; d. Sept. 12, 1871. Children : Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1807 ; m. Joseph Stanley Hammond. Harriet, b. March 4, 1810; m., 1st, Thomas Trowbridge July 3, 1836 ; m., 2nd, Thomas T. Weth- erbee. Olive, b. May 7, 1812 ; m., 1st, Almon Hart ; m., 2nd, Caleb Gorton, East Greenwich, R. I. Rachel, b. Apr. 6, 1815 ; m., 1st, James Carson ; m., 2nd, Aaron Miller.
JOSIAH3 PRIME (Josiah,2 Joshua1), b. 1788 ; m. in 1813, Sophia (b. 1790 ; d. in Boston 1870), daughter of Nathaniel Lawrence; d. in 1845. Children : Madison R., b. 1814 in Winchester ; m. and had three children ; lives in Girard, Penn. Caroline L., b. July 1, 1816 ; m. Danie! H. Holbrook ; d. in Keene, Dec. 5, 1880. Bradley, d. young. Bradley L. Sophia, d. in Girard, Penn., aged fourteen years. Mary P., h. 1830 ; probably m. Gilbert Fosgate of Winchester ; had three children and d. in Winchester, 1872. Emily H., b. 1835 in Girard ; m. Joseph Sawyer of Boston, Mass. ; had one child ; lives in Somer- ville, Mass.
GEORGE H.3 PRIME (Hubbard V.,2 Nathaniel] of Chesterfield), b. May 4, 1851 ; m. April 4, 1874, Jane N. (b. July 2, 1852), daughter of Abel HI. Cook of Winchester. Children : Cora E., b. July 16, 1875 ; d. Oct. 26, 1879. Mabel J., b. March 22, 1878.
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PROUTY.
STEPHEN PROUTY In. March 1, 1792, Judith Divol.
PUFFER.
SIMEON PUFFER In. Dec. 8, 1780, Lydia (b. Jan. 25, 1764), daughter of Joshua Graves. Children : Lydia, b. Oct. 12, 1781. Jemima, b. Feb. 16, 1784. Martha, b. July 25, 1790. Simeon, b. Jan. 5, 1793.
QUINN.
CHARLES A.2 QUINN (Carlos1 of Keene), b. May 4, 1837; m. 1858, Seraph S. (b. Oct. 30, 1837), daughter of Jonathan Hill. Children : Ada I., b. 'Aug. 2, 1859 ; d. Sept. 10, 1878. Charles Elmer, b. Aug. 2,1861.
WILLIAM QUINN, b. in Ireland ; m. Bridget Reardon. Children all born in Keene : Michael, b. Sept. 25, 1865. Mary, b. Jan. 30, 1866. Margaret, b. Feb. 22, 1868. Kate, b. Nov., 1870. William, b. April 15, 1873. John, b. Nov. 1, 1875.
RAMSEY.
WILLIAM RAMSEY m. Aug. 8, 1782, Anna Gilchrist. Children : Charles, b. Nov. 29, 1782. Anna, b. June 5, 1785. Mary, b. in 1787.
RAYMOND.
ALPHEUS RAYMOND, m. Cynthia Daniels, June 25, 1809.
PAUL RAYMOND, b. in 1780; d. July 23, 1814. His widow Sally m., 2d, May 30, 1817, J. Smith, of Orwell, Vt. Children : Lucy, b. Nov. 22, 1808. Paul, b. Oct. 18, 1810.
RAMSDELL.
AQUILA RAMSDELL, b. 1757 ; m., 1st, Esther Brown (b. 1750 ; d. April 24, 1828) ; m., 2d, Dec. 31, 1829, Mrs. Lydia Harris; d. April 14, 1844. Children : Nattalla, b. May, 1782; m. Josiah Parsons. Ju- dith, m. James Sibley Taft. Mary, b. in 1785 ; m. Elijah Sawyer. Elisha, b. Dec. 2, 1786. Esther, b. in 1788 ; m. Joseph Woodward. Italy, b. 1789 ; m. Zadock L. Taft. Anna, b. 1792; m. Zadock L. Taft.
ELISHA2 RAMSDELL (Aquila1), b. Dec. 2, 1786 ; m. Dec. 16, 1807, Eunice (b. Aug. 15, 1786 ; d. Sept. 13, 1866), daughter of Matthew
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Robley. He d. Jan. 28, 1834. Children : James Madison, b. Oct. 21, 1808. Mary E., b. Sept. 30, 1810 ; m. John B. Salisbury, of Black- stone, Mass. Aquila, b. Dec. 8, 1812. Esther A., b. Dec. 4, 1814 ; d. Aug. 11, 1816. Esther A., b. March 15, 1817; d. May 10, 1818. Clementine, b. March 23, 1819 ; m. Samuel S. Farris. Charles G., b. March 15, 1821. Italy, b. June 16, 1823 ; d. May 29, 1841. Esther Angeline, b. Jan. 12, 1827 ; d. Apr. 2, 1873. Richard Robley, b. in Richmond, July 10, 1831.
JAMES M.3 RAMSDELL (Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. Oct. 21, 1808; m. Apr. 6, 1834, Lucy, daughter of Joseph Starkey of Richmond.
AQUILA3 RAMSDELL (Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. Dec. 8, 1812; m. Nov. 30, 1837, Lovisa, daughter of Joseph Whitcomb. He d. Aug. 2, 1887. Children : Fostina W., b. Jan. 14, 1838; m. George E. Whitcomb. Clementina, b. July 27, 1840 ; m. Hubbard W. Whitcomb. Italy A., b. March 10, 1843; m. William W. Starkey. Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 21, 1846. Henry A., b. Nov. 5, 1850. Edgar E., b. Sept. 16, 1853.
CHARLES G.3 RAMSDELL (Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. March 15, 1821 ; m. Dec. 2, 1845, Martha E. (b. June 16, 1819 ; d. July 19, 1876), daugh- ter of Joseph Whitcomb; m., 2nd, Mrs. Ellen Blodgett. Children : Charles H., b. Apr. 5, 1849 ; d. Apr. 9, 1849. Eugene C., b. March 15, 1850. Elmer C., b. Feb. 23, 1852; d. Nov. 20, 1864. Georgi- anna, b. Jan. 9, 1854; m. Charles N. Stone.
RICHARD R.3 RAMSDELL (Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. July 10, 1831 ; m., 1st, July 2, 1856, Frances (b. March 28, 1841; d. Nov. 22, 1870), daughter of Philo Applin ; m., 2d, July 12, 1876, Mary Eliza Dodge (b. March 12, 1854, in New Castle, Me.). Children : James Marshall, b. Nov. 17, 1858. Richard Robley, b. Sept. 24, 1861. Lizzie Eu- nice, b. July 12, 1863. Angie Maria, b. May 5, 1869. Ethel May, b. Oct. 26, 1881. Alice Eugena, b. Feb. 25, 1885.
EDGAR E. 4 RAMSDELL ( Aquila,3 Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. Sept. 16, 1853 ; m. Feb. 6, 1884, Grace E. (b. Feb. 14, 1860), daughter of Sumner W. Black.
EUGENE C.4 RAMSDELL (Charles G.,3 Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. March 15, 1850 ; m. Jan. 5, 1876, Amanda L. (b. Feb. 15, 1850), daughter of Jesse W. Graves.
JAMES M.4 RAMSDELL (Richard R.,3 Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. Nov. 17, 1858 ; m. March 24, 1881, Hattie Rebecca (b. Aug. 21, 1859), daugh-
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ter of Calvin Alexander. Children : Blanche Rebecca, b. May 28, 1882. Ruth Frances, b. Sept. 5, 1883.
RICHARD R.4 RAMSDELL ( Richard R.,3 Elisha,2 Aquila1), b. Sept. 24, 1861; m. Oct. 6, 1879, Eva L. (b. Dec. 8, 1862), daughter of Benjamin F. Mead. Children : Edith M., b. July 12, 1880. Carl R., b. March 29, 1884.
RANDALL.
ABRAHAM1 RANDALL, b. Nov. 24, 1731; came to this town from Smithfield about 1786; m. Sarah Lyon. He d. 1804. Children : Freelove, b. Jan. 11, 1754 ; m. Jonathan Wheeler. Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1756 ; m. Ananias Aldrich. Reuben, b. Jan. 27, 1760. Levi, b. Dec. 22, 1761. Wait, b. April 10, 1763. Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1765 ; m. David Twitchell. Rufus, b. Dec. 5, 1768. Asahel, b. April 30, 1770. Stephen, b. Feb. 15, 1774. Abraham, b. Oct. 7, 1778. Wil- liam, b. Sept. 26, 1780.
LEVI2 RANDALL (Abraham1), b. Dec. 22, 1761 ; m. Nov. 12, 1792, Huldah (b. 1774 ; d. May 16, 1861), daughter of Joseph Newell, 1st, of Richmond. He d. July 3, 1843. Children : Mary, b. Jan. 3, 1793 ; d. Feb. 15, 1828. Benjamin, b. July 28, 1794. Joseph, b. Aug. 24, 1796. Levi, b. Aug. 31, 1798. Huldah, b. Aug. 31, 1798 ; d. March 24, 1803. Abraham, b. Aug. 16, 1800; d. Sept. 29, 1873. Lucy, b. July 15, 1802 ; d. Apr. 12, 1803. Reuben, b. July 15, 1804 ; d. July 8, 1818. Elisha, b. Aug. 2, 1806 ; d. Nov. 10, 1809. Stephen, b. March 9, 1808. Lyman, b. Apr. 17, 1810. Jonas, b. Nov. 14, 1811. John, b. Apr. 15, 1814. Silence, b. Apr. 18, 1816 ; m. Edson Starkey of Richmond. David, b. Feb. 14, 1819.
RUFUS2 RANDALL (Abraham1), b. Dec. 5, 1768. Children : Ros- well. Rufus. Mahala.
ASAHEL2 RANDALL (Abraham1), b. Apr. 30, 1770 ; m. March 2, 1797, Damaris, daughter of John Whitcomb. Children : Damaris. Sarah, m. March 11, 1829, Roswell Parker. Asahel. Missouria, m. March 11, 1829, George Howard of Hinsdale. Stephen. Washing- ton. Jefferson. Jonas, b. about 1815.
STEPHEN2 RANDALL (Abraham1), b. Feb. 15, 1774 ; m. 1799, Es- ther (b. Aug. 9, 1780), daughter of Joseph Hammond.7
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WILLIAM2 RANDALL (Abraham1), b. Sept. 26, 1780; m., 1st, Nov. 11, 1802, Sarah (b. Sept. 22, 1783 ; d. June 26, 1834), daughter of Uriah Parmenter ; m., 2nd, Aug. 18, 1835, widow Mahala Kelton (d. Nov. 28, 1865), of Richmond. He d. Apr. 11, 1859, in Richmond. Children : Willard, b. Dec. 24, 1802. Uriah, b. Sept. 30, 1804 ; d. Aug. 9, 1806. Clarissa, b. Dec. 7, 1806; m. Amos Gurnsey. Moses, b. Feb. 23, 1809. William, b. Aug. 7, 1811 ; d. June 18, 1813. Alfreda, b. March 23, 1814; m. Andrew Watrous. Wil- liam, b. Aug. 25, 1816. Rhoda, b. Apr. 11, 1819 ; m. Ahaz Bassett. Asahiel, b. July 26, 1822 ; d. Sept. 27, 1846.
ROSWELL2 RANDALL (Rufus1), b. about 1796 ; m. Miss Page of Dor- set, Vt.
READ.
JOHN! READ, the emigrant ancestor of the Swanzey Reads, came to America in 1630 ; in 1634 he was in Weymouth and in 1638 in Dor- chester ; from Dorchester he went to Braintree ; in 1643 or 4 he set- tled in Rehoboth where he d. Sept. 7, 1685, aged eighty-seven years. The line of descent from him to Timothy Read, who settled in Swan- zey, was Jolin,2 b. in Braintree, Aug. 29, 1640 ; John,3 b. Dec. 8, 1669 ; Timothy,4 b. July 11, 1699.
TIMOTHY5 READ ( Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1 of Rehoboth, Mass.), b. April 24, 1732 ; m. Martha (b. Aug. 11, 1738 ; d. Jan. 24, 1812), daughter of John Pidge; d. March, 1808, in Swanzey. Children : Obadiah, b. July 21, 1761 ; d. Jan. 31, 1762. Joel, b. Dec. 2, 1762. John, b. Feb. 10, 1765. Sabrina, b. June 4, 1767 ; m. Thomas Ap- plin. Rachel, b. May 25, 1769 ; m. Asa Hills. Josiah Pidge, b. Apr. 8, 1772. Benjamin, b. May 3, 1774. Robert, b. March 30, 1776. Martha, b. Oct. 11, 1778 ; m. Jan. 1, 1800, Isaiah Harvey of Chesterfield. Betsey, b. May 24, 1781 ; m. Nov. 13, 1803, Ziba Al- drich of Shrewsbury, Vt.
JOEL6 READ (Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Dec. 2, 1762 ; m. Feb. 14, 1796, Judith Mears (b. Jan. 5, 1765 ; d. Jan. 22, 1829), of Sterling, Mass .; d. Jan. 22, 1812. Children : Sabrina, b. June 12, 1796 ; d. Dec. 9, 1879. Betsey, b. March 7, 1798. Han- nah, b. March 19, 1800. Joel, b. June 28, 1802 ; d. Nov. 17, 1825. Judith, b. July 14, 1805 ; m. Erick Drewrey of Athol, Mass. Lu- cinda, b. Apr. 18, 1808 ; m. Lyman Parker.
JOHN6 READ (Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. in Re- hoboth, Feb. 10, 1765 ; m. March 1, 1795, Lucy (b. May 7, 1769; d.
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Dec. 4, 1844), daughter of Daniel Warner; d. June 3, 1813. Chil- ren : Abel Warner, b. Nov. 4, 1796. Timothy, b. June 17, 1798. John, b. Aug. 3, 1800. Daniel, b. Apr. 1, 1803; d. Nov. 3, 1867. Charles, b. Oct. 23, 1805. Lucy, b. Nov. 5, 1807 ; d. Oct. 16, 1878. Rawson, b. May 12, 1810; d. Oct. 18, 1885.
JOSIAH P.6 READ (Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. April 8, 1772; m. Feb. 10, 1800, Mary (b. Nov. 17, 1782 ; d. July 30, 1866), daughter of William Forbes of Barre, Mass .; d. Aug. 8, 1865. Children : William, b. Oct. 29, 1800. Maria, b. May 29, 1802 ; m., 1st, Joseph Read, of Rutland, Mass. ; m., 2nd, William S. Wilder, of Fitchburg, Mass. Malinda, b. Nov. 26, 1804 ; m. John S. Sargent. Benjamin, d. young. Josiah Miles, b. Apr. 1, 1809. Mary Ann, b. June 12, 1812 ; m. Carlton Parker. Demaris, b. Feb. 13, 1815 ; m. Jolin S. Sargent. Benjamin, b. March 13, 1817. Edwin Forbes, b. March 5, 1819.
BENJAMIN6 READ (Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. May 3, 1774 ; m. Phebe Farnsworth, who d. soon after her marriage. He d. Jan. 30, 1812.
ROBERT6 READ (Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. March 30, 1776 ; m. Silence, daughter of Ananias Aldrich of Richimond.
ABEL W.7 READ (John,6 Timothy,5 Timothy, 4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Nov. 4, 1796 ; m. Nov. 14, 1827, Sylvia (b. Dec. 22, 1796 ; d. Feb. 15, 1872), daughter of Elijah Graves ; d. March 29, 1873. Children : Albert G., b. Oct. 21, 1830. George Henry.
TIMOTHY7 READ (John,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. June 17, 1798 ; m. the widow of Barton Kelly ; d. Feb., 1847 or 8, in Danby, Vt. Children : Timothy. Edward. Lucy. Eunice.
JOHN7 READ (John,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Aug. 3, 1800 ; m. Eliza Baker (b. 1805; d. March 13, 1847) ; d. Jan. 23, 1875. Children : Sarah Jane Leonard, b. 1831 ; d. Feb. 16, 1875. Charles Rawson, b. Dec. 20, 1836 ; d. Aug. 12, 1837. Daniel Henry, b. Nov. 1, 1838 ; d. Jan. 7, 1867. George Elliot, b. Feb. 28, 1841; d. Aug. 19, 1842.
CHARLES7 READ (John,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1),. b. Oct. 23, 1805 ; m. Keziah Ripley of Hartford; d. Apr. 3, 1867, in Hartford, Conn.
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WILLIAM READ (Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Oct. 29, 1800 ; m. Sept. 30, 1828, Susanna (b. Jan. 4, 1807), daughter of Abijah Whitcomb; d. Aug. 17, 1881. Children : Joel, b. Oct. 26, 1829. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1834; m. P. Atwood Ware of Win. chester. Francis, b. Dec. 30, 1837. Martha Malinda, b. Jan. 20, 1840 ; m. Alfred S. Blake.
JOSIAH MILES7 READ (Josiah P., 6 Timothy, 5 Timothy, 4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. April 1, 1809 ; m., 1st, June 10, 1834, Martha Carter (d. March 27, 1841) ; m., 2nd, June 26, 1842, Eliza S. Newman. Chil- dren : Ann Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1837. Helen Maria, b. March 14, 1840. Josiah Clark, b. Dec. 21, 1845. Georgianna, b. Dec. 10, 1847. Emma Forbes, b. July 5, 1849. Melville Whitton, b. Oct. 5, 1854.
BENJAMIN7 READ (Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. March 13, 1817 ; m. Dec. 20, 1842, Deziah Carpenter (b. in Smithfield, R. I., March 20, 1821 ; d. Nov. 10, 1882), daughter of Moses Ballou of Troy. Children : Albert Benjamin, b. Apr. 27, 1846. William Forbes, b. July 6, 1849. Edwin Moses, b. Feb. 10, 1854. Jo- sialı Warren, b. Oct. 7, 1857.
EDWIN F.7 READ (Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. March 5, 1819 ; m. June 24, 1841, Ambre (b. March 6, 1821), daughter of Martin Stone. Children : Josephine, b. July 6, 1845 ; d. March 13, 1854. Emma F., b. Apr. 22, 1851 ; m. Irvin A. Whitcomb. Arthur C., an adopted son, b. Apr. 28, 1862.
ALBERT G.8 READ (Abel W.,7 John,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Oct. 21, 1830 ; m. Nov. 23, 1853, Hannah, daughter of Marcus J. March of Hardwick, Mass. Have two adopted children : Lilla F., b. July 21, 1862 ; m. Herbert E. Lane, June 15, 1881. Sam- uel A., b. Dec. 31, 1867.
JOEL8 READ ( William,7 Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John!), b. Oct. 26, 1829 ; m., Sept. 4, 1851, Helen M. (b. Nov. 23, 1828), daughter of William Wright. Child : William H., b. 1852.
FRANCIS8 READ ( William,7 Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Dec. 30, 1837 ; m. Mary Etta Caswell of Winchen- don, Mass.
ALBERT B.8 READ (Benjamin,7 Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Apr. 27, 1846 ; m. June 26, 1867, Thankful
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Burnham (b. Dec. 29, 1846), daughter of Burnham Perkins of Mor- ristown, Vt. Child : Beatrice Martha, b. Nov. 19, 1888.
WILLIAM F.8 READ (Benjamin,7 Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy, 4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. July 6, 1849 ; m. Feb. 21, 1872, Ella C. (b. May 1, 1852), daughter of Edwin Mann of Troy. Children : Elmer C., b. Oct. 6, 1873. Burton L., b. June 7, 1879.
EDWIN M.8 READ (Benjamin,7 Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy, 4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Feb. 10, 1854 ; m. May 22, 1879, Octavia (h. May 1, 1859), daughter of John Henry Tuttle of Newfield, Me. Chil- dren : Winnifred Deziah, b. March 30, 1885. Helen Octavia, b. Feb., 1889.
JOSIAH W.8 READ (Benjamin,7 Josiah P.,6 Timothy,5 Timothy, 4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Oct. 7, 1857 ; m. March 29, 1882, Ida May (b. March 26, 1859), daughter of Burnham Perkins of Fitzwilliam. Child : Madeline R., b. Jan. 17, 1885.
WESTPORT READS.
The emigrant ancestor of David Read who settled in Swanzey was John1 Read of Rehoboth.
DAVID15 READ (David, 14 Ebenezer, 13 Samuel, 12 John,11 William, 10 Matthew,9 William, 8 Sir William,7 William,6 Edward,5 John, 4 John,3 Thomas,2 Brianus de Rede1), b. Nov. 14, 1744, in Uxbridge, Mass. ; m. Lydia Sabin (d. July 21, 1805) ; he d. March 23, 1827. Chil- dren : Rufus, b. May 31, 1778. Amy, b. May 26, 1780 ; m. Peter Holbrook. Louis, b. 1782. Josiah, b. Feb. 24, 1784. Lucy, b. Feb. 22, 1787. Lydia, b. Dec. 24, 1789. Candace, b. Aug. 7, 1792. Charlotte, b. Sept. 27, 1795; m. Otis Cross. Eunice, b. June 21, 1799 ; m. Benjamin Kidder, 1822; she d. 1844.
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