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MILES5 STARKEY (Laban,4 Peter,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. 1815 ; m. 1843, Alzina Bump of Wallingford, Vt. Children : Myron. Laura. George.
LEMUEL5 STARKEY (Laban,4 Peter,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. 1822 ; m. 1843, Ann Knights of Putney, Vt. ; d. Jan. 30, 1863. Child : Emma L.
JOHN W.5 STARKEY (Henry, 4 Joseph,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. Dec. 18, 1818 ; m. Diancy (b. Nov. 18, 1818), daughter of Calvin Bryant of
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Richmond ; d. Jan. 25, 1876, in Keene. Children : Mary E., b. Apr. 28, 1844 ; m. Oscar J. Howard. Emma L., b. May 21, 1850 ; m., 1st, - Emery ; m., 2nd, Charles Fletcher of Bellows Falls. --
ALVIN5 STARKEY (Henry,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. Dec. 27, 1821; m., 1st, Marinda (b. Nov. 10, 1821; d. 1846), daughter of Jacob Sweet of Richmond ; m., 2d, Caroline (b. Sept. 3, 1826), daugh- ter of James Buffum of Richmond. He d. June 27, 1882. Children : Emma M. Marinda.
HENRY5 STARKEY (Henry,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. Jan. 27, 1824 ; m. Nov. 16, 1848, Mary Ann (d. Oct., 1865), daughter of John Scott of Richmond. Children : Frank H., b. Feb. 8, 1850. Ella M., b. in May, 1852. Myrtie B., b. Nov., 1863.
JOSEPH5 STARKEY (Henry,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. June 28, 1826 ; m. Fanny (b. Sept. 15, 1820 ; d. March 24, 1860), daughter of Joseph Buffum of Richmond ; d. Feb. 15, 1865. Children : Lucy F., b. Oct. 22, 1845. Henry M., b. Dec. 27, 1846. Angelia M., b. March 3, 1849. Juliette M., b. Oct. 23, 1850. Georgianna, b. Aug. 31, 1852. Joseph L., b. Oct. 17, 1854. James B., b. May 23, 1857.
WILLIAM W.5 STARKEY (Henry,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. Dec. 12, 1839 ; m. Italy (b. March 10, 1843), daughter of Aquila Rams- dell.
MILAN E.6 STARKEY (Isaac,5 Peter,4 Peter,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. May 22, 1857 ; m. Flora E., daughter of Daniel Gay of Acworth. Children : Elina Daniel, b. Feb. 6, 1882. Carl Milan, b. Apr. 4, 1885.
LEWIS6 STARKEY (Horace,5 Laban,4 Peter,3 John,2 Andrew1), b. in 1844 ; m. Jan. 17, 1880, Eliza M., daughter of George W. Worsley of Marlborough. Child : Walter W., b. Oct. 27, 1885.
JOHN2 STARKEY (Andrew J.,1 of Richmond), b. Jan., 1864 ; m. Anna Wood (b. Oct. 2, 1869). Child : Chester Arthur, b. May 8, 1889.
STEARNS.
ABRAHAM! STEARNS, a native of Milford, Mass., b. in 1757; m. Esther Warren of Milford, daughter of Samuel and Eunice Warren ; came from Mendon, Mass., to Chesterfield about 1780, thence to Swanzey about 1810 and built the hotel and store where Asa S. Ken-
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dall died. He d. in 1825. Children : Abijah, b. Nov. 23, 1781. John, b. Dec. 22, 1783. Asaph, b. Oct. 13, 1786; went to Ohio. Daniel, b. May 26, 1791 ; d. May 11, 1815, in Chesterfield. Abraham, b. March 5, 1793. Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1795. Arba, b. March 29, 1797. Ziba, b. March 3, 1799; d. 1815. Eunice, b. March 4, 1801; 111. Joel Eaton. Priscilla, b. Nov., 1803; d. March 20, 1823.
ABIJAN2 STEARNS (Abraham1), b. Nov. 23, 1781 ; m. Oct. 8, 1806, Sally, daughter of Joseph Cross. Children : Esther, b. in Swanzey. Emily. Ziba. Abraham, b. in Ohio.
JOHN2 STEARNS (Abraham1), b. Dec. 22, 1783; m. Augusta Brad- ley of Boston, Mass. ; d. in Boston. Children : Harriet, b. in Bos- ton ; m. Homer Heaton of Montpelier, Vt. Mary, m. Charles Picker- ing. John, lives in Washington, D. C. ; is a physician. Priscilla and Ellen, live in Boston.
ABRAHAM2 STEARNS (Abraham1), b. March 5, 1793 ; m. Eliza (b. July 15, 1797), daughter of Elijah Belding; d. Feb. 17, 1887, in Woodstock, Vt. Children : Julia, b. Sept. 20, 1814. Daniel Au- gustns, b. Jan. 20, 1819. Royal Blake, b. in Woodstock, Vt. Mar- garet, b. in Woodstock ; m. Dr. Gray of Nashua.
SAMUEL2 STEARNS (Abraham1), b. Jan. 25, 1795 ; m. Oct. 12, 1819, Nancy (b. July 5, 1797; d. July 7, 1826), daughter of Jotham Whitcomb; d. Apr. 21, 1859. Children: Ziba, b. May 7, 1820. Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1822. Esther Ann, b. Oct. 7, 1825 ; m. Sept. 7, 1852, John A. Taggart of Winchendon, Mass. ; d. June 13, 1876, in Iowa.
ARBA2 STEARNS (Abraham1), b. March 29, 1797 ; m., 1st, Harriet (b. Aug. 21, 1800; d. Feb. 14, 1857), daughter of Jonathan Whit- comb; m., 2d, May 1, 1859, Mrs. Mary A. Howe (b. Dec. 27, 1804), of Brattleborough, Vt. ; d. Nov. 15, 1886. Children : Emily, b. March 10, 1820 ; m. Nathaniel B. Pomroy. Daniel Warren, b. Dec. 31, 1821. Priscilla, b. Jan. 30, 1824; m. Henry Brown of Oregon. Maria, b. Jan. 2, 1826 ; d. young. Jonathan Whitcomb, b. March 31, 1828. Ellen Maria, b. June 17, 1834 ; m. Daniel Holley of Evans- ville, Wis. Mariam Willard, b. Aug. 12, 1836; m. May 29, 1884, George W. Porter of Keene. Martha E., b. Aug. 8, 1838; m. Rev. T. A. Hiland of N. Y. City.
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DANIEL W.3 STEARNS (Arba,2 Abraham1), b. in Chesterfield, Dec. 31, 1821; m. Almira Fay of Belchertown, Mass. Children : George Jones, b. Oct. 26, 1846, in Ware, Mass. Loyal Brown, b. May 1, 1853, in West Swanzey. Arba Fay, b. in Oregon. John Warren, b. in Oregon. Ralphlı L., b. in Oregon.
ZIBA3 STEARNS (Samuel,2 Abraham1), b. May 7, 1820; d. in Bos- ton, Mass.
ABRAHAM3 STEARNS (Samuel,2 Abraham1), b. Jan. 12, 1822 ; m., March 8, 1849, Almira Melissa, daugliter of Hardin Albee.
STEVENSON.
JOHN! STEVENSON, of foreign birth, b. in 1707; d. in Mass., Feb. 28, 1777. Susanna, his wife, b. in 1707; d. March 17, 1791. Chil- dren : Mary, b. July 1, 1738 ; m. Michael Heffron. John, b. in 1740; d. Aug. 20, 1805. Sarah, m. Dec. 27, 1792, Ziba Ware. Hannalı, b. in 1744 ; d. Jan. 22, 1812. William, b. in 1747. Robert, b. in 1749 ; d. May 9, 1777.
WILLIAM2 STEVENSON (John1), b. in 1747 ; m., 1st, --- Kings- bury ; m., 2nd, May 8, 1792, Saralı Cooley ; m., 3d, June 28, 1798, Martha Bigelow ; d. Apr. 16, 1816. Children : Nathan. Sarah, m. Alpheus Battles of Winchester. Enos, b. Dec. 13, 1792. William, b. Sept. 15, 1795. Ephraim, d. young. Silas, d. young. Daniel, d. young. Ira, b. Feb. 16, 1804. Ono, d. at the age of seven. Eli, b. Dec. 17, 1807.
ENOS3 STEVENSON ( William,2 John1), b. Dec. 13, 1792 ; m. Oct. 29, 1817, Polly (b. Apr. 5, 1793 ; d. Dec. 31, 1877, in Brattleboro, Vt.), daughter of Nathan Cross ; d. Jan. 26, 1871, in Swanzey. Children : Hiram, b. Apr. 8, 1826. Polly M., b. May 12, 1829 ; m. in 1851, Edwin B. Graves ; d. March 24, 1854. Leonard L., b. Nov. 20, 1832.
STEPHENSON.
WILLIAM3 STEPHENSON ( William,2 John1), b. Sept. 15, 1795, in Oakham, Mass. ; m., 1st, Dec. 19, 1816, Polly (b. July 31, 1799 ; d. Oct. 5, 1840), daughter of John Grimes ; m., 2nd, Apr. 23, 1841, Rebecca (widow Emmons), (b. Sept. 28, 1801 ; d. Oct. 24, 1869), daughter of Mr. Doolittle of Hinsdale; d. Feb. 5, 1882, in Erving, Mass. Children : Elias G., b. July 5, 1818. Sumner B., b. March 29, 1821. Infant son, b. July 29, 1823; d. young. Hiram W., b.
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Feb. 15, 1825. Susan Ann, b. Ang. 9, 1827; m. James Graves. Sarah S., b. Jan. 31, 1831 ; m. Marcus Spooner of Barre, Mass. Charles E., b. Jan. 18, 1844. Samuel P., b. Aug. 13, 1846.
IRA3 STEPHENSON ( William,2 John1), b. Feb. 16, 1804 ; m., 1st, Elizabeth (b. Apr. 26, 1812 ; d. Jan. 2, 1854), daughter of William Greene ; m., 20, Jan. 2, 1856, Julia A. Thayer. Children : Louisa, b. Aug. 25, 1836. A son, b. Nov. 1, 1843; d. young.
ELI3 STEPHENSON ( William,2 John1), b. Dec. 17, 1807 ; m. Sophia (b. Aug. 16, 1804), daughter of William Greene. She m., 2nd, Richard Weeks. Children : Martha P., b. Aug. 5, 1832; m. Francis Burtof Winchester ; d. June 10, 1875. Elizabeth G., b. Sept. 17, 1834 ; d. Dec. 7, 1848. Sarah B., b. June 17, 1836. Eunice F., b. Oct. 18, 1838; d. in 1859. Mary J., b. Aug. 23, 1840.
ELIAS G.4 STEPHENSON ( William,3 William,2 John1), b. July 5, 1818; m., 1st, July 3, 1843, Cyrene Elizabeth (b. May 20, 1828 ; d. Nov. 12, 1852), daughter of Thomas Emmons of Hinsdale ; m., 2nd, Feb. 6, 1856, Mary A. Davis (b. May 18, 1835 ; d. Apr. 20, 1882), of Langdon. Children : Mary Cyrene, b. Aug. 3, 1845 ; m. Sept. 24, 1864, Elisha Worden of Hinsdale; d. Feb. 19, 1881. George T., b. Oct. 3, 1847 ; d. Sept. 26, 1849. Jacob S., b. March 7, 1850. Frank, b. Feb. 26, 1852 ; d. March 24, 1852. George H., b. Dec. 3, 1856. An infant, d. young.
SUMNER B.4 STEPHENSON ( William,3 William,2 John1), b. March 29, 1821; m. Lydia (b. Sept. 24, 1823), daughter of Ebenezer Bart- lett of Derby, Vt. Children : William, b. Aug. 4, 1847. Martha D., b. Oct. 29, 1849 ; d. Feb. 17, 1851. Lillian D., b. Oct. 31, 1854. Mattie D., b. July 26, 1856.
HIRAM W.4 STEPHENSON ( William,3 William,2 John1), b. Feb. 15, 1825 ; m., 1st, Dec. 30, 1849, Adaline F. Doolittle (b. Sept. 14, 1832 ; d. Oct. 15, 1858), of Hinsdale ; m., 2nd, March 18, 1860, Minerva Barber (b. Apr. 3, 1821, in Canada East) ; d. Dec. 7, 1888. Children : Chester W., b. Nov. 3, 1855. A son, b. Oct. 9, 1858 ; d. young.
CHARLES E.4 STEPHENSON ( William,3 William,2 John1), b. Jan. 18, 1844 ; m. March 10, 1869, Sarah J. Woodward of Warwick, Mass.
SAMUEL P.4 STEPHENSON ( William3, William2, John1), b. Aug. 13, 1846 ; m. Aug. 20, 1874, Mary E. Williams.
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GEORGE H.5 STEPHENSON ( Elias G., 4 William, 3 William,2 John1), b. Dec. 3, 1856 ; m. July 1, 1882, Leonora M., daughter of Oliver S. Lawrence of Winchester. Children : Carlon L., b. July 1, 1883. Florence M., b. Dec. 28, 1884.
STODDARD.
JACOB M. STODDARD, b. Sept. 29, 1818, in Dummerston, Vt., and Eliza A. Emmons, b. March 10, 1822, in Chesterfield, were m. in Chic- opee Falls, Mass., Jan. 2, 1842. Child : Everett M., b. Jan. 9, 1843 ; d. Sept. 20, 1843, in Chicopee Falls.
STONE.
The name of Stone is traceable to Rev. Timothy Stone, a res- ident in the west of England, and among other sons had Gregory2 who, when about forty-five years of age, with his wife and children, embarked for America in ship "Increase" at Ipswich, England, Apr. 15, 1635, and settled in Cambridge, Mass., where he d. Nov. 30, 1672 ; she d. June 24, 1674.
John,3 b. about 1619, in England; d. May 5, 1683. David, 4 b. Oct. 31, 1646 ; d. 1737. Samuel,5 b. May 23, 1685 ; d. 1750. Samu- el,6 b. about 1714 ; m. June 14, 1737, Rebecca Clark. Samuel,7 b. Nov. 13, 1750 ; m. Anna Stacey (b. Dec. 27, 1751), settled in Fitz- william in 1777 ; d. Dec. 12, 1841.
MARTIN8 STONE (Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 David,4 John,3 Greg- ory,2 Timothy1), b. Oct. 19, 1778 ; m. Dec. 27, 1810, Betsey V. (b. Jan. 18, 1789 ; d. Apr. 20, 1873), danghter of Hezekiah Stone of Fitzwilliam ; d. Oct. 1, 1851. Children : Louisa, b. Nov. 15, 1811 ; d. June 13, 1812. Louisa, b. March 9, 1813 ; m. Dec. 4, 1832, Abiel Pevey. Edmund, b. April 5, 1815. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1817 ; m. June 3, 1841, Merrill C. Pevey of Peterborough ; d. March 1, 1890. John, b. Feb. 28, 1819. Ambra and Anna, b. March 6, 1821; Am- bra, m. Edwin F. Read ; Anna, m. Joseph L. Parker. Sarah and So- lon, b. Apr. 25, 1823 ; Sarah, m. Luther S. Lane ; Solon, d. June 20, 1825. Nancy, b. Aug. 6, 1825 ; d. July 17, 1843. Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1827 ; m. Paul F. Aldrich.
SAMUEL8 STONE (Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 David,4 John,3 Greg- ory,2 Timothy1), b. Aug. 31, 1786; m. May 3, 1814, Hannah (b. Sept. 9, 1789 ; d. July 16, 1872), daughter of Joseph Forristall of Fitzwilliam ; d. Dec. 9, 1856. Child : Malinda, b. Aug. 11, 1814 ; m. Samuel Rockwood.
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EDMUNDO STONE ( Martin,8 Samnel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 David, 4 John,3 Gregory,2 Timothy1), b. April 5, 1815 ; m. Feb. 11, 1841, Lucy (b. Mar. 21, 1817), daughter of Davis Healey. Children : Seamon, b. July 15, 1842. Ellen A., b. Oct. 6, 1843 ; m. Feb. 22, 1876, Calvin Davis of Roxbury. Clara I., b. May 16, 1845; d. Sept. 21, 1819. Lyman M., b. Nov. 22, 1846. Martin W., b. Sept. 2, 1849 ; d. Dec. 15, 1850.
JOHN9 STONE (Martin, 8 Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 David, 4 John, 3 Gregory,2 Timothy1), b. Feb. 28, 1819 ; m., 1st, Oct. 26, 1841, Han- nalı S. (b. Nov. 17, 1819; d. March 12, 1875), daughter of Davis Healey ; m., 2nd, Jan. 22, 1876, Jane B. (b. Jan. 7, 1820), daughter of Jacob' Newell of Jaffrey. Children : Ellen Maria, b. Sept. 2, 1843 ; d. April 9, 1864. N. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1844 ; m. May 22, 1867, C. Sylvester Dunklee. Amelia D., b. April 13, 1848 ; m. June 8, 1872, John E. Styles, of Manchester. Lucy A., b. Oct. 28, 1849 ; d. July 26, 1875. Edmund M., b. Oct. 20, 1851 ; d. June 6, 1872.
SEAMON10 STONE (Edmund,9 Martin,8 Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 David,4 John,3 Gregory,2 Timothy1), b. July 15, 1842; m. Molly King of Chicago.
LYMAN M.10 STONE (Edmund,9 Martin,8 Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Sam- uel,5 Duvid,4 John,3 Gregory,2 Timothy1), b. Nov. 22, 1846 ; m. Oct. 4, 1870, Leaffie J. (b. July 5, 1848), daughter of Daniel Greenleaf. Children : Lester L., b. May 13, 1875. Leon E., b. Nov. 10, 1879. Gena E., b. Jan. 17, 1883.
PHINEHAS1 STONE, b. Feb. 23, 1786, in Lancaster, Mass. ; m. Doro- thy Carter (b. in Leominster, Mass. ; d. Feb. 2, 1856, in Winchester, Mass.) ; d. Feb. 11, 1854, in Winchester, Mass. Children : John, b. May 30, 1807 ; d. Aug. 14, 1825. Sylvander, b. Feb. 14, 1809. Phinehas, b. Dec. 20, 1811. Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1815. Dorothy Ann, m. Otis Wetherbee of Boston. Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1821.
SYLVANDER2 STONE (Phinehas1), b. Feb. 14, 1809 ; m. Apr. 18, 1839, Vesta (b. June 26, 1809 ; d. April 3, 1887), daughter of Jona- than Whitcomb. Children : Ellen C., m. Louis Broulett. Demerett, b. July 25, 1844 ; d. June 18, 1863. George D., b. May 14, 1849.
PHINEHAS2 STONE (Phinehas1), b. Dec. 20, 1811 ; m. Jan. 1, 1839, Damaris (b. Dec. 6, 1817), daughter of Silas Parsons ; d. May 28, 1879. Children : John, b. Sept. 26, 1839 ; d. July 3, 1863. Henry, b. Feb. 15, 1841 ; d. Oct. 3, 1869. Marcus C., b. March 10, 1846.
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GEORGE D.3 STONE (Sylvander,2 Phinehas1), b. May 14, 1849 ; m. Jan. 19, 1873, Nettie M. (b. May 17, 1852), daughter of Willard Bal- lou.
MARCUS C.3 STONE (Phinehas,2 Phinehas1), b. March 10, 1846 ; m. May 22, 1867, Emma J., daughter of Sanford Wilber. Children : Solon H., b. Sept. 4, 1868. John W., b. Nov. 16, 1869. Dwight S., b. July 14, 1871. Grace E., b. May 5, 1873. A twin of Grace d. when four days old. Frank W., b. Aug. 12, 1875. Lora, b. Jan. 1, 1880.
EBENEZER STONE m. Tirzah Gunn. Child : Selah, b. March 23, 1791.
SIMON STONE and Betsey his wife, had Nancy Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 1835. Rhoda Ann Melissa, b. May 25, 1840. Olive, b. May 15, 1842.
CHARLES N.5 STONE (Martin P., 4 John,3 James,2 Jonathan' of South- borough, Mass.), b. Dec. 3, 1855 ; m. Aug. 4, 1882, Georgianna (b. June 29, 1854), daughter of Charles G. Ramsdell. Children : Eugene C. and Harry M. (twins), b. April 27, 1883.
STOWELL.
ROSWELL STOWELL, b. in Chesterfield, Nov. 17, 1815 ; m. April 13, 1843, Phebe G. Ryder; d. Dec., 1875 ; came to Swanzey, May 10, 1857. Children : Ellison R., b. Nov. 28, 1844 ; d. April 24, 1846. Ellesie P., b. June 18, 1847 ; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Henry W. Rixford of Winchester. John E., b. March 29, 1849 ; m. July 26, 1877, Hattie Thomas, of Winchester. Elven D., b. March 1, 1851 ; m. Nov. 26, 1877, Emma Aldrich, of Richmond. Edes C., b. May 18, 1853. Elvina G., b. May 19, 1855 ; d. Oct. 30, 1862. Selina S., b. Oct. 5, 1857; d. Nov. 1, 1862. Mary L., b. March 24, 1861 ; m. Ervin M. Bullard. Carlon N., b. Aug. 21, 1863 ; m. Hattie M. Stratton of Winchester. Elver L., b. Nov. 2, 1865 ; d. June 6, 1886.
EDES C.2 STOWELL (Roswell] of Chesterfield), b. May 18, 1853 ; m April 22, 1878, Flora E. (b. July 10, 1857), daughter of George B. Hall of Keene.
STRATTON.
NATHANIEL STRATTON, a native of Cambridge, Mass., b. prior to 1750 ; resided there at the time of the American Revolution ; tradition says, he was of Russian extraction, had several sons, of whom Richard, b.
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in 1766, went to Watertown, Mass. ; there m., 1st, Hannah Wheat; later removed to West Swanzey ; m., 2nd, Nov. 13, 1794, Desire Nor- ton ; d. March 9, 1827. Children : Hannah, b. Dec. 23, 1786; m. Tilly Marvin. John, b. April 2, 1788. Lucy, b. Nov., 1795 ; m., 1st, Abijah Whitcomb; m., 2nd, Seth Belding. Richard, b. Nov. 10, 1798.
JOIIN3 STRATTON (Richard,2 Nathaniel) of Cambridge, Mass.), b. April 2, 1788; m., 1st, Jan. 29, 1807, Susannah (b. July 15, 1788 ; d. Aug. 1, 1857) ; daughter of Jonathan Whitcomb ; m., 2nd, Nancy Peas, of Hartford, Conn. He d. June 16, 1871, Children : Isaac, b. May 25, 1807. William, b. Dec. 21, 1808. Alfred, b. Dec. 3, 1810. Lovilla, b. Nov. 3, 1812; m. Amos F. Fish. Susannah, b. March 9, 1815 ; m. Jonathan W. Capron. Marium, b. June 9, 1817 ; m. Phile- mon W. Foster. Harriet, b. Apr. 5, 1819 ; m. George W. Alexander. John, b. March 20, 1821. Julia Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1823; m., 1st, Jotham W. Frink ; m., 2nd, Homer Stratton. Jane A., b. Nov. 27, 1824; m. John S. Thayer. George, b. Jan. 9, 1827; d. Feb. 10, 1827. Eleanor, b. Sept. 27, 1829 ; m., 1st, Elliot W. Lane ; m., 2nd, Charles Wardner. Oscar, b. Apr. 24, 1833.
RICHARD3 STRATTON (Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Nov. 10, 1798 ; m. · Dec. 25, 1828, Clarissa (b. June 27, 1800 ; d. Apr. 3, 1853), daugh- ter of Clement A. Sumner ; d. July 8, 1847. Children : Andrew J., d. Dec. 8, 1853. Lovina, d. July 28, 1840.
ISAAC4 STRATTON (John,3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. May 25, 1807 ; m., 1st, March 31, 1831, Betsey (b. 1812 ; d. Dec. 28, 1862), daugh- ter of Calvin Wright; m., 2nd, July 2, 1883, Mrs. Lucy E. Frink (b. Jan. 8, 1837). Children : Menzies E., b. Jan. 28, 1832. Edwin W., b. Dec. 20, 1833; d. in Titusville, Pa. Isaac Edgar, b. Apr. 28, 1836 ; d. Nov. 18, 1865. Josephine, b. Nov. 7, 1839 ; m. Lloyd D. Richardson. Emery W., b. Nov. 22, 1843. An infant daughter d. Aug. 11, 1847. Jennie, b. Apr. 6, 1852 ; d. Nov. 25, 1862.
WILLIAM4 STRATTON (John,3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Dec. 21, 1808 ; m., 1st, Sept. 13, 1827, Mary F., daughter of Aaron Lombard ; m., 2nd, Adaline Johnson of Lowell, Mass. ; d. March 31, 1873. Children : Juliette, b. Mar. 19, 1828. George W., b. Aug. 1, 1830. John F., b. Sept. 13, 1832. Aldis H., b. Oct. 14, 1834 ; d. in Swan- zey. Addie. Aldis, b. in 1847. Eddie. Willie.
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ALFRED4 STRATTON (John,3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Dec. 3, 1810 ; m. Julina (b. Dec. 19, 1848), daughter of Ivory Snow ; d. Sept. 15, 1871.
JOHN4 STRATTON (John,3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Mar. 20, 1821; m. Jan. 5, 1842, Lora, daughter of Clark Dodge of Keene; d. in Boston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1870. Children : Loraette, b. Mar. 31, 1843 ; m. Edwin Ward; d. Jan. 5, 1866. Abbie J., b. Dec. 10, 1844. Florence L., b. Nov. 3, 1850 ; m. H. S. Martin ; resides in Keene. John C., b. July 26, 1853. Byron F., b. Jan. 27, 1854.
OSCAR4 STRATTON (John, 3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Apr. 24, 1833 ; went to Sterling, Mass. ; m. Ellen Estabrooks. Child : Mellen.
MENZIES E.5 STRATTON (Isaac,4 John,3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Jan. 28, 1832 ; m., 1st, Dec. 25, 1853, Clarena E. (b. April 15, 1832 ; d. June 9, 1859), daughter of David Whitcomb; m., 2nd, Apr. 30, 1861, Rexaville, daughter of Charles Green. Children : Mabel, b. June 17, 1863 ; buried in Keene. Wallace E., b. Nov. 26, 1875.
EDWIN W.5 STRATTON (Isaac,4 John,3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Dec. 20, 1833 ; m. May 5, 1870, at Titusville, Emily E. Roberts of Edinburgh, Scotland ; d. Nov. 30, 1873, at Titusville, Pa. Child : Edwin Isaac William, b. July 27, 1871, at Titusville.
EMERY W.5 STRATTON (Isaac,4 John,3 Richard,2 Nathaniel1), b. Nov. 22, 1843 ; m. Nov. 24, 1872, Charlotte E. (b. Dec. 8, 1853) ; daugliter of Asa S. Kendall ; he d. May 19, 1887. Child : Bessie K., b. Sept. 23, 1873. She lives in Springfield, Mass.
HOMER4 STRATTON (Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 Jonathan1 of Weston, Mass.), b. Feb. 3, 1815, in Phillipston, Mass. ; came to this town from Mobile, Alabama, in 1872 ; m. Dec. 13, 1872, Mrs. Julia A. Frink (d. July 9, 1883), daughter of John Stratton.
STREETER.
BARZILLAI2 STREETER (Joseph1), b. May 1, 1759, in Cumberland, R. I. ; m. Nancy Brown (b. in 1757 ; d. July 22, 1847), of Cumberland ; d. Apr. 6, 1839. Children : Laura, b. in 1779 ; m., 1st, a Mr. Bishop of Richmond ; m., 2nd, Salmon Peck of Royalston, Mass. Katie, b. 1780 ; m. Mr. Aldrich; d. in Pa. Sebastian, b. Apr. 15, 1783. Joseph, b. March 25, 1787, in Conn. Mary, b. 1788; m. Jan. 16, 1837, a
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Mr. Bagley. Russell, b. Apr. 15, 1791, in Chesterfield. Barzillai, b. Apr. 16, 1795. Judith, b. 1798; m. Nathaniel Fish. Nancy, b. June 11, 1804 ; m. Calvin Richardson.
SEBASTIAN3 STREETER (Barzillai,2 Joseph1), b. Apr. 15, 1783, in North Adams, Mass .; m. Apr. 15, 1807, Ruth (b. Sept. 18, 1787 ; buried Sept. 18, 1877), daughter of Wyman Richardson ; d. June 3, 1867.
RUSSELL3 STREETER (Barzillai,2 Joseph1), b. Apr. 15, 1791 ; m., 1st, Clarinda (b. July 9, 1794), daughter of Simeon Cook ; m., 2nd, Fos- tina, daughter of Simeon Cook.
JOIN HI.2 STREETER (John A.1 of Fitzwilliam), b. May 4, 1837 ; m. Dec. 29, 1859, Susan A., daughter of Clark Cheney, of Chesterfield. Children : Walter H., b. March 14, 1868. Charles C., b. Oct. 24, 1872.
STEPHEN STREETER, b. March 17, 1837, in Dunham, P. Q. ; m. Oct. 25, 1865, Ellen H. (b. June 30, 1837, widow of Henry O. Coolidge), daughter of Thomas Trowbridge. Child : George T., b. Aug. 9, 1871.
SUMNER.
CLEMENT2 SUMNER ( William1 of Boston, Conn.), b. July 15, 1731 ; m. Elizabeth (d. May 20, 1818, in West Swanzey), daughter of Col. Samuel Gilbert of Hebron, Conn .; d. March 29, 1795, in Keene. Children : Clement Augustus, b. July 6, 1767. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 1777 ; m. Elijah Jackson of Chesterfield. Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1780; m. William Carpenter. Patience, m. - Lincoln of Peru, Vt. William. Samuel.
CLEMENT A.3 SUMNER (Clement,2 William1), b. July 6, 1767, in Keene; m. Jan. 11, 1798, Lucy Stratton (b. Oct. 11, 1775 ; d. Aug. 16, 1836), of Watertown, Mass .; d. March 11, 1829. Children : Clarissa, b. June 27, 1800 ; m. Richard Stratton. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 9, 1802 ; d. Apr. 19, 1835. William A., b. Apr. 22, 1803. Susanna P., b. Jan. 22, 1805 ; d. Jan. 20, 1834. Mary S., b. Sept. 26, 1808 ; m. Powers Crossett. John G., b. July 22, 1809; d. July 24; 1833. Lucy E., b. May 11, 1811 ; m. -- Butler. Randolph C., b. April 8, 1814 ; d. May 5, 1864. Aaron H., b. Dec. 23, 1815.
WILLIAM A.4 SUMNER (Clement A.,3 Clement,2 William1), b. Apr. 22, 1803 ; m. Jan. 2, 1837, Mary Ann (d. in Keene), daughter of Abel Worcester; d. March 11, 1860. Children : Lucy, b. July 5, 1837 ; m. Oct. 2, 1854, Amasa Bennett. Louisa, b. in May, 1849.
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AARON H.4 SUMNER (Clement A.,3 Clement,2 William1), b. Dec. 23, 1815, in Keene; m., 1st, Sarah Fisher (b. March 27, 1849; d. March 20, 1868), of Hinsdale ; m., 2nd, Apr. 8, 1869, Martha J. Noyce of Pembroke ; lives in Hinsdale.
TAFT.
NATHAN! TAFT removed from Richmond to Swanzey and near West- port previous to 1793. Children : James Sibley, b. 1782. Daniel. Alpheus. Zadoc L. Farnum. Bezaleel. Betsey, m. William Parks of Woodford, Vt. Sally.
JAMES SIBLEY2 TAFT (Nathan1), b. in 1782; m., 1st, March 12, 1801, Judith, daughter of Aquila Ramsdell; m., 2nd, Feb. 12, 1829, Susan (b. July 13, 1800), daughter of Israel Stanley. He d. in Oneida, N. Y., March 15, 1854. Children : Thomas Jefferson, b. Jan. 12, 1803. Ira, b. Jan. 8, 1805. Sophia, b. Oct. 26, 1807; m. July 5, 1830, Lewis Bigelow of Fitzwilliam. Aquila Ramsdell, b. Dec. 3, 1809. Judith, m. Nov. 16, 1834, Lewis Bigelow. James, b. about 1813. Lynda, b. July 1, 1817; m. Anthony S. Starkey. Ellen Augusta, b. Jan. 30, 1830; m. Sept. 29, 1862, William R. Morse of Orange, Mass. Charlotte Susan, b. Dec. 15, 1832. Jane Sophia, b. Dec. 14, 1833; m. Eli Thomas. Ada Lois, b. Nov. 13, 1835 ; m. Nov. 20, 1856, William F. Young.
ZADOC L.2 TAFT (Nathan1), b. 1786; m., 1st, March 29, 1810, Italy (b. 1789 ; d. Nov. 21, 1818), daughter of Aquila Ramsdell ; m., 2nd, Aug. 26, 1819, Anna (b. 1792), daughter of Aquila Ramsdell ; he d. Nov. 30, 1866. Children : Giles, b. Nov. 14, 1811. Lovell, b. May 31, 1813. Farris, b. Aug., 1815. Eveline, b. Aug. 30, 1817; d. May- 30, -. Italy Ann, b. May 17, 1820; d. May 30, 1828. Bezaleel, b. Oct. 29, 1822. Caroline A., b. Feb. 23, 1825 ; m. James R. Willard of Keene. Don Carlos, b. June 19, 1827. Samantha M., b. June 17, 1829 ; d. June 2, 1848. Esther Ann, b. Nov. 4, 1831 ; m. Alfred Marble.
THOMAS JEFFERSON3 TAFT (James,2 Nathan1), b. Jan. 12, 1803; m. Jan. 1, 1827, Fanny, daughter of Josiah Woodward. Children : Daniel, b. March 19, 1829. Mary Jane, b. June 11, 1830.
IRA3 TAFT (James S.,2 Nathan1), b. Jan. 8, 1805 ; m. Feb. 7, 1827, Polly, daughter of Elijah Graves. Children: Sylvia Sophia, b. June 22, 1827; m. Mr. Chamberlain. Esther Ann, b. Sept. 14, 1829 ; m. Mr. Kimball. Walter. Offie. Preston. Judith. Lewis.
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AQUILA R.3 TAFT (James S.,2 Nathan1), b. Dec. 3, 1809 ; m., 1st, Jan. 27, 1834, Ruhamah Whitcomb (b. 1811; d. Aug. 30, 1853), daughter of widow Betsey Goodhue and granddaughter of John Whit- comb 1st; m., 2nd, Martha, a daughter of Abijah Wilder of Keene. Child : Wallace W., b. May 31, 1836.
GILES3 TAFT ( Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. Nov. 14, 1811; m. Nov. 17, 1834, Fanny (b. Nov. 2, 1811), daughter of Ephraim Whitcomb. Children : Hollis D., b. 1836; d. 1837. Louisa M., b. March 30, 1843 ; m. Charles M. Norwood of Winchester. George W., b. Apr. 4,1851.
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