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LOVELL3 TAFT (Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. May 31, 1813; m., 1st, Oct. 29, 1838, Elvira (b. Jan. 8, 1816 ; d. Apr. 5, 1867), daughter of Edward Goddard, 2nd ; m., 2nd, Jan. 29, 1868, Jennie R. (b. Apr .- 12, 1838), daughter of James Wood of Charlestown. Children : Eveline, b. Feb. 22, 1840 ; m. Robert Crofford. Mary, b. 1842 ; d. young. Lois, b. Oct. 5, 1844 ; m. Joseph E. Long. Edward, b. Nov., 1848. Don Carlos, b. Dec. 25, 1850. Fred, b. June, 1852. Lizzie, b. Nov. 22, 1865. James Lee, b. July 6, 1871. Elvira H., b. July 4, 1873. Hattie, b. Jan. 26, 1876.
FARRIS3 TAFT (Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. Aug. 8, 1815; m. daugh- ter of Reuben Bowen of Richmond (b. Nov. 4, 1820; d. March 28, 1862). He d. Oct. 8, 1854. Children : Francis M., b. Sept. 17, 1844. Flavilla M., b. Sept. 10, 1847; m. Joseph Ballou. Farris O. and Farron O. (twins), b. 1849. Carrie L., b. Dec. 31, 1852 ; m. James D. Dexter of Marlborough. Charles Lovell, b. Jan. 23, 1852.
BEZALEEL3 TAFT (Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. Oct. 29, 1822 ; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 1852, Lucy M., daughter of Roswell Bragg; m., 2nd, Harriet Messenger of Stoddard.
GEORGE W.4 TAFT (Giles,3 Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. April 4, 1851 ; m. March 11, 1874, Lovilla R. (b. July 8, 1853), daughter of Chiron Holbrook. Child : Grace M., b. June 14, 1878.
DON CARLOS4 TAFT (Lovell,3 Zadoc L .. 2 Nathan1), b. Dec. 25, 1850 ; m. Feb. 4, 1880, Hattie M. (b. Aug. 15, 1854), daughter of Ebenezer Lane. Children : Eda M., b. June 23, 1881 ; d. Sept. 7, 1882. Mil- dred A., b. Apr. 5, 1884.
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FRANCIS M.4 TAFT (Farris,3 Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. Sept. 17, 1844 ; m. Feb. 9, 1865, Sarah L. (b. Aug. 26, 1848), daughter of Ozial Bal- lou. Children : Frank A., b. Feb. 26, 1867. Edna S., b. May 6, 1868 ; m. William Wallace Lewis.
FARRIS O.4 TAFT (Farris,3 Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. April 22, 1849 ; m. Aug. 26, 1869, Sarah E. Carter of Troy.
CHARLES L.4 TAFT (Farris,3 Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. Jan. 23, 1854 ; m. April 17, 1878, Mary L., daughter of David W. Harris.
FRANK A.5 TAFT (Francis M.,4 Farris,3 Zadoc L.,2 Nathan1), b. Feb. 26, 1867 ; m. June 6, 1888, Nellie (b. March 5, 1870), daugh- ter of Patrick Burke.
PELEG2 TAFT (Peleg1 of Richmond), b. July 30, 1795; m. Jan. 1, 1822, Polly Potter, daughter of John Cass of Richmond ; d. in Swan- zey, March 13, 1884. Children : Cyrenus, b. Aug. 19, 1823. Almira Clarissa, b. Jan. 22, 1828 ; m. Amos G. Bennett.
CYRENUS3 TAFT (Peleg,2 Peleg1), b. Aug. 19, 1823 ; m. Sept. 20, 1849, Lucy A. (b. Apr. 17, 1829) ; killed Feb. 5, 1864, in Rich- mond by a falling limb of a tree. Child : Walton H., b. Sept. 26, 1857.
EPHRAIM2 TAFT (Silas] of Richmond), m., 1st, Abigail Brown ; m., 2nd, March 12, 1807, widow Sarah Taft of Swanzey. Children : David b. March 9, 1776; d. Sept. 15, 1777. Brown, b. Aug. 2, 1778. Hannah, b. Apr. 3, 1781. Rufus, b. Nov. 10, 1783. Zadoc, b. Sept. 12, 1786. Ephraim, b. Feb. 11, 1789 ; d. June 7, 1789. Abi- gail, b. Oct. 11, 1790 ; d. Jan. 29, 1792. George.
BROWN3 TAFT (Ephraim,2 Silas1 of Richmond), b. Aug. 2, 1778 ; In. Jan. 29, 1799, Uranah Aldrich ; d. July 21, 1815, at Westport. Children : Ephraim. Brown S. B. Harrison.
RUFUS3 TAFT of Winchester (Ephraim,2 Silas1 of Richmond), b. Nov. 10, 1783 ; m. Catharine, daughter of Joseph Newell of Rich- mond. Children : Sewell. Rufus, b. Oct. 17, 1823. Ephraim F.
BROWN S. B.4 TAFT (Brown, 3 Ephraim,2 Silas1), m., 1st, Ruth daughter of Cyrus Bassett of Richmond ; m., 2nd, widow of James Har- ris of Swanzey.
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HARRISONA TAFT (Brown,3 Ephraim,2 Silas1), m. Lois, daughter of Jesse Bishop of Troy.
RUFUSA TAFT (Rufus,3 Ephraim,2 Silas1), b. Oct. 17, 1823 ; m. Eleanor M. (b. Apr. 29, 1834 ; d. Oct. 30, 1865), daughter of Alfred Britton. Children : George M., b. March 14, 1854 ; d. Jan. 22, 1858. Mary Ella, b. Sept. 27, 1856 ; d. Feb. 8, 1865. Ida M., b. Sept. 24, 1858 ; m. Henry W. Capron. Luella, b. May 20, 1861 ; m. Edgar Miles.
EPHRAIM F.4 TAFT (Rufus,3 Ephraim,2 Silas1), m. Juda Ann, daugh- ter of Moses Tyler of Richmond ; lives in Keene. Children : Loren F. Warren. 'Abbie. Maud.
ZINA G.5 TAFT (Sewell,4 Rufus,3 Ephraim,2 Silas1), b. July 5, 1846 ; m. Dec. 8, 1870, Ella H. (b. Feb. 4, 1844), daughter of Wil- lard Gay. Children : Carrie G., b. Apr. 3, 1873. Grace E., b. Apr. 20, 1875. Ann E., b. Jan. 9, 1878.
TAGGARD.
JOHN TAGGARD, of Marlborough, m. Feb. 17, 1852, Fanny A., daugh- ter of Lawson Moore.
TALBOT.
CHARLES2 TALBOT (Enoch1 of Sharon, Mass.), b. Dec. 26, 1812 ; m. Aug. 14, 1836, Clarissa (b. Apr. 4, 1809), daughter of William Gunn. Children : Roxanna, b. Apr. 5, 1837; m., 1st, Edward Hall ; m., 2nd, Joseph Wood of Wrentham, Mass. Lucy, b. Aug. 5, 1838 ; m. Apr., 1860, Ansel Willis of Foxboro, Mass. John D., b. May 7, 1840. Alfred, b. March 18, 1844. Lucinda, b. Nov. 5, 1845; m. Daniel H. Gunn. Wesley, b. Oct. 3, 1847. Lewis S., b. Feb. 23, 1849. Ella M., b. Aug. 17, 1853 ; m., 1st, Roland Knight of Bos- ton, Mass. ; m., 2nd, Charles H. Sawyer. Child : Clara L., b. Feb., 1874, daughter of Roland Knight.
ALFRED3 TALBOT (Charles,2 Enoch1), b. March 18, 1844 ; m. May 14, 1870, Susan M., daughter of William Chamberlain of Ludlow, Vt. Children : Walter, b. Feb. 25, 1871. Loren H., b. May 19, 1873. Mary E., b. Feb. 27, 1876. Etna M., b. May 11, 1877. Ethel M., b. Feb. 20, 1882 ; d. May 11, 1883.
LEWIS3 TALBOT (Charles,2 Enoch1), m. Flora Robbins, daughter of Daniel Robbins of Blackstone, Mass. Child: Walter.
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GEORGE TALBOT, m. Sept. 26, 1839, Eliza Parker (d. Feb. 28, 1877). He d. Feb. 28, 1863.
TAYLOR.
DAVID TAYLOR, b. 1786 ; m. Thankful - (b. 1793; d. March 1, 1869). He d. Apr. 28, 1869. Children : Clarissa, b. 1814 ; d. Dec. 11, 1861. Emily, b. 1822 ; d. Feb. 7, 1842. Samantha M., b. July 14, 1824 ; m. Alanson S. Whitcomb. Ransom O. Jane H., b. Sept. 27, 1836 ; m. James Wilson.
EDMUND TAYLOR, m. Jan. 30, 1800, Sally Millbourn.
CHARLES W.2 TAYLOR (Jonathan W.1 of Chesterfield), b. Oct. 16, 1848 ; m. Jan. 28, 1874, Emma A. (b. Aug. 19, 1849), daughter of Marshall B. Shaw of Chesterfield. Children : Josie E., b. Feb. 1, 1875. Leon E., b. Aug. 7, 1877; d. Sept. 26, 1881. Carl W., b. March 1, 1883.
TEMPLE.
CALEB S. TEMPLE, m. March 13, 1836, Fila Perry (d. April 4, 1847).
JONAS TEMPLE and his wife Polly came from Shrewsbury, Mass., prior to 1834 and resided many years in Westport where he d. June 8, 1854, aged 75 years. She d. 1856. Children : Jonas, residence un- known. Charles, b. May 13, 1829.
CHARLES2 TEMPLE (Jonas1), b. May 13, 1829 ; m. Jane S. (b. May 27, 1830), daughter of David Wilson; resides in Buffalo, N. Y.
THATCHER.
BENJAMIN2 THATCHER (Benjamin1 of Marlborough), b. March 14, 1788 ; m. Apr. 25, 1812, Betsey Page (d. Sept. 19, 1853) of Rox- bury. He d. in Swanzey, Apr. 23, 1847. Children : A. Melinda, b. Aug. '26, 1813 ; m. Albert Bosworth. George, b. Sept. 8, 1815, in Keene. Eliza Jane, b. Aug. 5, 1817 ; d. Jan. 7, 1825. Mary A., b. May 26, 1819 ; m. Apr., 1840, Daniel H. Bates. Sophronia, b. Apr. 19, 1821 ; m. Daniel B. Gary; d. in Zanesville, O. Sarah A., b. May 9, 1823 ; d. 1823. Charles, b. Aug. 7, 1824. Sumner, b. Jan. 17, 1827. Maria C., b. Sept. 2, 1828 ; d. Oct. 9, 1850. S. Elida, b. Sept. 27, 1830. Rosaline M., b. Sept. 25, 1834. James, b. March 20,1837.
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ELIAS? THATCHER (Benjamin) of Marlborough), b. May 22, 1792; m. Jan. 16, 1811, Cata (d. Feb. 6, 1879), daughter of Daniel Wood- man of Marlborough. He d. Feb. 7, 1879, in Marlborough. Chil- dren : Willard, b. June 20, 1811. Elias A., b. Nov. 20, 1814. Catharine, b. March 20, 1816. David, b. Jan. 11, 1818. Elmira, b. May 10, 1819. Philander, b. June 16, 1821. Esther, b. Dec. 25, 1823. Rhaney J., b. June 22, '1825. Nancy, b. March 7, 1827. Warren, b. May 8, 1831.
THAYER.
EZRA THAYER, and his wife Jemima had children : Moses. Aaron, b. May 27, 1796. Rufus, b. Sept. 16, 1798. Ezra, b. Oct. 5, 1800. Parkman, b. Oct. 17, 1802. Lois, m. Josiah Whitcomb. Elias. Emily, m. George Darling. Jemima. Rachel.
MOSES? THAYER (Ezra1), m. May 9, 1816, Anna, daughter of Seth Pomroy. Children : Alexander, d. in Keene. Priscilla. Eliza. Sarah. Moses.
AARON2 THAYER (Ezra1), b. May 27, 1796; m. Mariam, daughter of Zenas Ware. He d. July 6, 1829. Children : Kezia, b. Jan. 5, 1826 ; m. Alonzo A. Stanley. Flavilla.
JOHN S. THAYER, m. May 13, 1846, Jane A. (b. Nov. 27, 1824), daughter of John Stratton. He d. Oct. 21, 1870. Child : Ella J., b. July 27, 1848 ; m. George Abbott of Keene.
THOMPSON.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON of Smithfield, R. I., m. March 10, 1726, Mary Darling. Children : Benjamin, b. May 10, 1727. Tamer, b. March 10, 1728. Mary and Martha, b. March 10, 1729. Benjamin, b. May 9, 1731. Samuel, b. July 20, 1733. Timothy, b. May 16, 1735. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1737. Joanna, b. Aug. 3, 1739. John, b. June 6, 1741. Roger, b. Dec. 13, 1744. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 27, 1751.
SAMUEL2 THOMPSON (Benjamin1 of Smithfield, R. I.), b. July 20, 1733; m. Rhoda ---; d. about 1803. Children : Ebenezer. Benoni. Josiah, b. June 27, 1775. Jesse, b. March 19, 1777. Tim- othy, b. Dec. 11, 1778. Rhoda. Bulah. Martha. Anna. David and Jonathan (twins), b. June 24, 1796. Mary, b. May 17, 1798. Rufus, b. April 28, 1800. Fanny, b. about 1803.
Rufus Thompson
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JOHN2 THOMPSON (Benjamin1 of Smithfield, R. I.), b. June 6, 1741 ; m., 1st, Dec. 4, 1764, Lucy Sabin ; m., 2nd, 1797, widow Sarah Guild ; d. about 1808. Children : John, b. Sept. 23, 1765. Israel, b. Mar. 3, 1768. Chloe, b. Dec. 16, 1769. Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1772. Lydia, b. Nov. 19, 1774. Lucy, b. Jan. 25, 1778. Benjamin, b. Aug. 17, 1799.
ROGER2 THOMPSON (Benjamin1 of Smithfield, R. I.), b. Dec. 13, 1744 ; m., 1st, Elizabeth --- (d. July 24, 1771) ; m., 2nd, Aug. 31, 1773, Thankful, daughter of David Belding; m., 3d, widow Rachel Thayer. Children : Zadoc, b. Oct. 9, 1769 ; d. March 15, 1815. Eliz- abeth, b. July 11, 1771 ; m., 2nd, Elijah Osgood. Thankful, b. June 4, 1774 ; m. March 14, 1793, Jonathan Bowles of Richmond. Rufus, b. Feb. 10, 1776. David, b. Jan. 7, 1778. Ezekiel, b. Oct. 2,1779. Olive, b. 1781 ; m. Ezekiel Page. Timothy, b. Jan. 21, 1782. Moses Thayer, b. Sept. 6, 1791.
EBENEZER2 THOMPSON (Benjamin1 of Smithfield, R. I.), b. Oct. 27, 1751 ; m. Jan. 18, 1776, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Applin. Chil- dren : Levi, b. Nov. 26, 1776 ; d. Dec. 22, 1776. Levi. b. Nov. 12, 1777. Darling, b. Jan. 22, 1780. Mabel, b. Aug. 17, 1781. Sarah, b. Nov. 3, 1782. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 25, 1784. Benjamin, b. July 25, 1786. Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1788 ; d. June 21, 1791. Dolly, b. Dec. 23, 1789. Adin, b. Aug. 21, 1791. Zadoc, b. March 16, 1793. Roger and Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1795. Rufus, b. Apr. 19, 1801.
BENONI3 THOMPSON (Samuel,2 Benjamin1), m. Susanna Day, Apr. 10,1786.
JESSE3 THOMPSON (Samuel,2 Benjamin1), b. March 19, 1777 ; m. Oct. 28, 1802, Uranah (b. March 3, 1785 ; d. Aug. 26, 1866), daughter of Amasa Aldrich ; d. March 18, 1853. Children : Mary, b. Dec. 1, 1802 ; m., 1st, Hiram Bennett ; m., 2nd, George Blake of Surry. Rhoda, b. Sept. 6, 1804 ; m. Asa Maynard of Keene. Uranah, b. July 6, 1806 ; m. Chauncy Haven of Athol, Mass. ; d. May 27, 1850, in Girard, Pa. Russell F., b. Dec. 1, 1810. Rachel, b. May 18, 1813 ; m., 1st, Ezekiel Osgood ; m., 2nd, - Smith of Saxton's River, Vt. Jesse, b. Jan. 20, 1816. Angeline, b. March 16, 1818 ; m. Marcena Babbitt. Joshua Chandler, b. Apr. 22, 1821. David F., b. Aug. 10, 1823. Emily, b. Aug. 5, 1825; m. Jedediah Dana Wyman. Lysander, b. Sept. 1, 1828.
TIMOTHY3 THOMPSON (Samuel,2 Benjamin1), b. Dec. 11, 1778 ; m. Sept. 30, 1805, Mary (b. May 27, 1783 ; d. June 18, 1858), daughter
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of Amasa Aldrich ; d. in Oct., 1857. Children : Rufus, b. Dec. 13, 1805. Otis, b. about 1807. Amasa, b. about 1809. Roswell, b. about 1810. Czarina, b. about 1812. Caroline, b. about 1814 ; d. 1882, in Oregon, Wis. Anna, b. about 1815 ; m. Roswell Babbitt of Iowa. Maria, b. about 1817 ; d. in Oregon, Wis. Polly, b. about 1818 ; d. in Wis. 1
JOHN3 THOMPSON (John,2 Benjamin1), b. Sept. 23, 1765 ; m. Dec. 14, 1797, Lydia Goldthwait (d. July 18, 1845), of R. I. ; d. April 21, 1835. Children : Alvah, b. Feb. 23, 1799. Chloe, b. Oct. 6, 1802 ; d. Sept. 1, 1832. Hannah, b. Oct. 26, 1806 ; m. Mowry Sabin of Win- chester, d. Aug. 24, 1832.
SAMUEL3 THOMPSON (John,2 Benjamin1), b. Sept. 6, 1772 ; m. May 22, 1798, Susanna Haskins. Children : Susanna, b. March 12, 1799. Samuel.
EZEKIEL3 THOMPSON ( Roger,2 Benjamin1), b. Oct. 2, 1779 ; m., 1st, Apr. 11, 1799, Lucy Williams (b. July 23, 1780 ; d. March 20, 1818), of New Ipswich ; m., 2nd, Sept. 18, 1818, Sabrina (b. Dec. 16, 1795), daughter of Thomas Applin, 2nd. He d. in Fitzwilliam in 1858. Children : Czarina, b. Sept. 11, 1799 ; m. Sept. 18, 1818, Charles Bateman of Har- vard, Mass. Seymira, b. Apr. 10, 1801 ; d. young. Isaiah, b. Nov. 13, 1802. Seymira, 2nd, b. Oct. 26, 1804 ; m. Samuel Taylor of Buckland, Mass. Angelia, b. Nov. 4, 1806 ; m. Rev. Ebenezer Greene Brad- ford of Francestown. Alfreda, b. Sept. 2, 1808 ; m. Erastus Brown of Fitzwilliam ; d. Feb. 4, 1873. An infant, d. Aug. 1, 1811. Lucy Wil- liams, b. Aug. 26, 1819 ; d. Oct. 30, 1851. Fanny Maria, b. May 25, 1821 ; m., 1st, George Everett of Fitzwilliam ; m., 2nd, Col. Nelson Con- verse of Marlborough. Polly Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1823 ; d. June 3, 1843. Nancy, b. Nov. 1, 1826 ; d. June 17, 1845. Albert Page b. Jan. 27, 1829. Ezekiel F., b. Jan. 25, 1831; d. Oct. 8, 1849. George Webster, b. Oct. 25, 1833 ; d. Aug. 20, 1840. Harriet M., b. Aug. 24, 1835 ; d. Apr. 18, 1849. Martha Jane, b. Aug. 6, 1839 ; d. Oct., 1840.
TIMOTHY3 THOMPSON (Roger,2 Benjamin1), b. Jan. 21, 1782 ; m. Apr. 26, 1806, Lucy Ward. Child : Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1806.
MOSES T.3 THOMPSON (Roger,2 Benjamin1), b. Sept. 6, 1791 ; m. March 28, 1816, Sally (b. Apr. 16, 1791 ; d. Oct. 26, 1849), daugh- ter of Alpheus Wright. He d. Sept. 9, 1880. Children : Rowena, b. Sept. 13, 1816 ; m. Virgil A. Holbrook. Thayer, b. June 7, 1822.
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RUFUS3 THOMPSON (Timothy,3 Samuel,2 Benjamin1), b. Dec. 13, 1805 ; m., 1st, Aug. 14, 1831, Anner Hathaway Baxter (b. Nov. 20, 1807; d. Jan. 17, 1889) ; m., 2nd, Nov. 29, 1889, widow Sarah A. Walker (b. March 30, 1815). Children : Henry Denman, b Oct. 15, 1833. Melvenah M., b. Jan. 11, 1836 ; m. William Granger of Chicago. Melissa, b .Nov. 10, 1839 ; m. Henry Abbott. T. Elbridge, b. Nov. 28, 1843.
OTIS4 THOMPSON (Timothy,3 Samuel,2 Benjamin1) ; b. 1807; m. Oct. 14, 1829, Polly Hunt.
AMASA4 THOMPSON ( Timothy,3 Samuel,2 Benjamin1), b. April 3, 1809 ; m. March 22, 1833, Hannah Lawrence (b. July 6, 1813) of Winchester. Children : Nancy L., b. May 31, 1835 ; d. July 17, 1878. Almeda J., b. March 20, 1837 ; d. Feb. 26, 1873. Sarah R., b. July 11, 1839 ; d. Aug. 31, 1841. Ann M., b. April 11, 1841; d. July 25, 1864. Alfred S., b. Apr. 29, 1844; d. July 29, 1849. James F., b. Feb. 16, 1846 ; d. Aug. 5, 1849. Sarah R., b. Oct. 11, 1847 ; d. July 29, 1849. Emily C., b. July 20, 1849 ; d. Aug. 31, 1888. Amasa R., b. Jan. 9, 1852.
ROSWELL4 THOMPSON (Timothy,3 Samuel,2 Benjamin1), b. about 1810 ; m. Nov. 28, 1833, Salome Capron.
RUSSELL F.4 THOMPSON (Jesse,3 Samuel,2 Benjamin1), b. Dec. 1, 1810 ; m. Nov. 18, 1830, Hester C., daughter of James Clark, 1st.
ALVAH4THOMPSON (John,3 John,2 Benjamin1), b. Feb. 23, 1799 ; m. Oct. 2, 1828, Arvilla (b. Dec. 24, 1802 ; d. Dec. 28, 1859), daughter of Ezekiel Page. He d. Oct. 13, 1871. Children : Mowry A., b. March 5, 1830. Hannah A., b. Jan. 20, 1832; m. Oct. 3, 1852, George H. Aldrich. Mary A., b. Feb. 13, 1834; d. July 19, 1852. Lydia M., b. Aug. 30, 1836 ; d. July 26, 1839. Elizabeth M., b. Aug., 1838 ; d. July 30, 1839. Maria E., b. Feb. 10, 1840. Emily M., b. July 10, 1842 ; d. July 7, 1876, in Troy.
SAMUEL4THOMPSON (Samuel,3 John,2 Benjamin1), b. 1805 ; m., 1st, Dec. 2, 1824, Elizabeth (b. April 18, 1802), daughter of Sands Al- drich ; m., 2nd, Margaret Egleston. He d. July 21, 1875. Chil- dren : Susannah Haskins, b. May 21, 1825; d. Feb. 14, 1851. George. Samuel, b. April 9, 1829 ; d. May, 1829. George Mar- cus, b. May 11, 1832 ; d. July 10, 1849. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1835; d. Feb. 10, 1838.
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THAYERA THOMPSON ( Moses T.,3 Roger,2 Benjamin1), b. June 7, 1822; m. May 25, 1852, Olive P. (b. Oct. 25, 1828), daughter of Clark B. Holbrook. Children : Ozro T., b. June 14, 1856. Arthur Foot b. April 29 1861; d. April 14, 1862.
H. DENMANS THOMPSON (Rufus,4 Timothy,3 Samuel,2 Benjamin1), b. Oct. 15, 1833, in Girard, Pa. ; m. in Toronto, Can., July 7, 1860, Maria Bolton of Niagara (b. Nov. 20, 1839). Children : Melvenah, b. Feb. 25, 1863. Annie, b. March 17, 1867. Franklin, b. Aug. 23, 1869.
MOWRY A.5 THOMPSON (Alvah,4 John,3 John,2 Benjamin1), h. March 5, 1830; m. June 17, 1851, Laura Jerusha Newton of West- minster, Vt. (b. June 15, 1832). Child : Mary J., b. Feb. 5, 1859.
OZRO T.5 THOMPSON (Thayer,4 Moses T.,3 Roger,2 Benjamin1), b. June 14, 1856 ; m. Jan. 28, 1880, Etta R. (b. Apr. 20, 1859), daugh- ter of Daniel Twitchell. Children : Lester L., b. Dec. 12, 1880. Don O., b. Aug. 16, 1883 ; d. Sept. 5, 1886. Bert Thayer, b. Apr. 26,1887.
MARTIN THOMPSON, m., 1st, Abigail (d. March 5, 1847), daughter of Abner Smith of Dublin ; m., 2nd, Susan Wetherbee. He d. July 18, 1867, aged 69 years. Children : Hannah F., b. Nov. 10, 1823 ; m. Har- vey W. Cooper; both d. in Keene. Sarah C., b. Jan. 28, 1826 ; m. Solon W. Snow. Caroline, b. March 4, 1828 ; m. Jason S. Knowlton ; resides in Vermont. Abner S., b. June 2, 1830, lives in Hinsdale. Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1832 ; m. Horatio Pickett of Winchester where she d. Mary Jane, b. March 22, 1839 ; m. Mr. Manning and resides in Winchester.
CALEB THOMPSON FAMILY.
The emigrant ancestor of Caleb Thompson, who settled in Swanzey in 1811, was John Thompson who came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1622. The line of descent is John. Jacob. Caleb. Caleb. Caleb.
CALEB6 THOMPSON (Caleb,5 Caleb,4 Caleb,3 Jacob,2 John1), m. Mary Perkins (d. Dec. 9, 1816). He d. Feb. 12, 1821. Children : Gaius. Sylvia. Jonah. Ansel. Nathan. Abigail. Serena. Alfred. Mary. Elizabeth. Caleb. Nathaniel. Joanna. Sabina. Frederick.
CALEB6 THOMPSON (Caleb,6 Caleb,5 Caleb,4 Caleb,3 Jacob,2 John1), - m. 1793, Lydia (d. Jan. 17, 1815).
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NATHANIEL7 THOMPSON (Caleb,6 Caleb,5 Caleb,4 Caleb,3 Jacob,2 John1), b. July 28, 1792; m. Sept. 13, 1818, Annie Field (b. 1796 ; d. Jan. 21, 1866). He d. April 21, 1867. Children : Ambrose, b. May 30, 1819 ; d. July 3, 1829. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 18, 1821; d. March 23, 1822. Julia Ann, b. March 10, 1823; d. May 21, 1849. Frederick M., b. May 19, 1826; d. Feb. 1, 1859. Andrew J., b. Nov. 28, 1828 ; d. May 24, 1829. Eliza, b. June 28, 1831 ; d. Dec. 25, 1850. Mary E., b. Apr. 20, 1834 ; m. Chandler Britton. Al- bert, b. Oct. 18, 1836. Lovina, b. March 31, 1839 ; m. Charles F. Graves of Fond du Lac, Wis.
ALBERT8 THOMPSON (Nathaniel,7 Caleb,6 Caleb,5 Caleb,4 Caleb,3 Ja- cob,2 John1), b. Oct. 18, 1836 ; m. April, 1859, Carrie, daughter of Foster Wight of East Westmoreland. Children : Abbie M., b. Sept., 1860; d. Feb. 2, 1884. Omer G. and Olan A. (twins), b. Nov. 1, 1864 ; Olan A., d. Aug. 31, 1865. Irving W., b. Aug. 9, 1874. Clif- ton A., b. Jan. 31, 1877, lives in E. Westmoreland.
THORNING.
WILLIAM H.2 THORNING (Frederick A.,1 of Claremont, N. H.), b. March 3, 1839 ; m. Jan. 1, 1864, Hannah E. (b. in Charlestown, Feb. 27, 1845), daughter of Col. Shepley W. Knight. Children : Jennie E., b. Sept. 4, 1865. William B., b. July 2, 1872. Eva R., b. Sept. 15, 1874. Arthur B., b. Nov. 14, 1876. Windsor S. W., b. July 12, 1880. Frank F., b. May 7, 1884.
TOWNE.
EPHRAIM F.2 TOWNE (Ephraim1 of Keene), b. March 1, 1812 ; m., 1st, Sabrina (b. Nov. 8, 1815), daughter of Asa Brown, of Glover, Vt. ; m., 2nd, Sarah R. Hubbard of Rindge. Children : Charles E., b. March 22, 1840 ; d. Feb. 20, 1865. Kimball M., b. Nov. 29, 1842 ; d. July 22, 1864. Francis E., b. May 10, 1847; d. Jan. 24, 1872. Eveline E., b. Dec. 26, 1848 ; m., 1st, Charles H. White of Keene ; m., 2nd, George W. Richardson. Emma Arvilla, b. May 22, 1854 ; d. in Aug., 1856.
TRASK.
NICHOLAS TRASK came from Uxbridge, Mass., about 1790, and set- tled in the southwest part of Swanzey near the home of Marcus Bul- lard ; the old cellar, alone, now marks the site. He d. Feb. 5, 1824, leaving sons among whom were Stephen, who removed to Keene. Nicholas, m. March 15, 1821, Arethusa Smith.
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EZRA TRASK, b. 1770; m. Mrs. Phebe Wood (b. 1780 ; d. Sept. 4, 1849). He d. JJuly 2, 1849. Children : Willard, b. March 5, 1816. David, b. May 20, 1820. Gratia, b. April 16, 1822; d. Feb. 9, 1839.
TROWBRIDGE.
THOMAS1 TROWBRIDGE, from Taunton, Somersetshire, England, came to America as early as 1636 ; settled in Dorchester, Mass.
JAMES,2 b. 1636 ; m. Margaret Jackson, resided in Dorchester. IIe d. May 22, 1717.
THOMAS,3 b. Dec. 9, 1677 ; settled in Newton ; d. 1724.
JOHN, 4 b. about 1702 ; d. May 19, 1762, settled in Framingham as carly as 1725; m. Mchitable (b. Feb. 12, 1707; d. March, 1777), daughter of Jonas Eaton.
THOMAS5 TROWBRIDGE (John,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas,1 of Eng- land), b. April 1, 1734; m. Hannah Perry (b. 1735; d. Dec. 2, 1809). He d. in Swanzey Jan. 12, 1804. Children : Luther, b. June 3, 1756. Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1759 ; m. Nov. 22, 1781, Jona- than Whiting, jr. (d. March 20, 1804). Edmund, b. March 2, 1762 or 3 ; d. Nov. 26, 1766. Mehitable, b. Feb. 6, 1764; m. July 1, 1781, Abijah Wetherbee (d. Feb. 6, 1844). Polly, b. June 6, 1766 ; m. Mr. Page of Ohio: Thomas, b. June 5, 1768. Joseph, b. May 5, 1770; d. Nov., 1808. Margaret, b. April 6, 1774 ; m. Elijah Belding. Martha, b. May 10, 1778 ; m. Jonathan Whitcomb; d. Sept. 3, 1822, in Dummerston, Vt.
THOMAS6 TROWBRIDGE (Thomas,5 John,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1), b. June 5, 1768 ; d. Jan. 30, 1828 ; m. Arethusa (b. May 9, 1773 ; d. Aug. 24, 1829), daughter of Calvin Frink. Children : Belinda, b. March 15, 1793; m. Mr. Holcombe and d. in Wyoming Co., N. Y. Melissa, b. Nov. 1, 1797 ; m. William D. Popple and d. March 24, 1867, in Milton, N. Y. Calvin, b. March 31, 1800. Thomas, b. Dec. 10, 1804. George, b. Jan. 22, 1807. Sarah L., b. Sept. 8, 1808; m. William D. Popple. Adaline, b. Aug. 22, 1812 ; m. William D. Popple and d. in 1843.
THOMAS7 TROWBRIDGE (Thomas,6 Thomas,5 John,4 Thomas,3 James,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 10, 1804 ; m. July 3, 1836, Harriet (b. March 4, 1810 ; d. Aug. 17, 1874), daughter of Thomas Prime. He
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d. April 26, 1842. She m., 2nd, April 27, 1851, Thomas T. Wether- bee. Children : Ellen H., b. June 30, 1837 ; m. July 9, 1860, Henry O. Coolidge of Keene, who d. June 3, 1863 ; she m., 2nd, Oct. 25, 1865, Stephen Streeter. Sarah L., b. Dec. 24, 1838; m. George T. Elliot. George T., b. Dec. 23, 1840.
SARAH L. TROWBRIDGE, daughter of Thomas Trowbridge, 3rd, b. Dec. 24, 1838 ; m. March 12, 1856, George T. Elliot of Warsaw, N. Y. She d. Dec. 27, 1879, in Maine Prairie, Cal. Children : Hattie E., b. Aug. 12, 1857 ; m. James E. Wilson. George A., b. June 15, 1860 ; d. June 25, 1876. John T., b. Feb. 25, 1863, in Maine Prai- rie, Cal. Charles R., b. Sept. 6, 1866. Joseph D., b. May 20, 1870 ; d. July 10, 1870. Harold E. R., b. Oct. 18, 1874. Mary L., b. July 7, 1879.
TUCKER.
ASAHEL TUCKER m. Jan. 17, '1804, Mary, daughter of Matthew Robley.
TWITCHEL.
JONAS TWITCHEL, b. 1744 ; came from Richmond ; m., 1st, Joanna (b. 1744 ; d. April 28, 1820), daughter of John Bennett ; m., 2nd, Sept. 6, 1822, Mrs. Elizabeth Aldrich of Richmond (d. June 10, 1852). He d. May 29, 1829. Child : David, b. 1769.
DAVID2 TWITCHEL (Jonas1), m., 1st, Sarah Randall (b. Aug. 20, 1765 ; d. Nov. 15, 1820) ; m., 2nd, July 18, 1821, Persis, daughter of Silas Wheeler of Troy. Children : Joanna, b. June 6, 1822 ; m. Alanson Martin ; d. Sept. 2, 1859. Saralı, b. Oct. 21, 1824. Da- vid N., b. July 8, 1825. Persis, b. Sept. 26, 1827; m. Mr. Martin of Chesterfield. Daniel, b. April 19, 1830.
HENRY TWITCHEL, m. Apr. 13, 1815, Betsey, daughter of Philemon Whitcomb. Children : Daniel Whitcomb, b. Sept. 3, 1815. Har- vey, b. March 25, 1819.
DANIEL3 TWITCHEL (Daniel,2 Daniel,1 of Richmond), b. May 28, 1822 ; m. May 6, 1855, Minerva L., daughter of Daniel Freeman, of Hartland, Vt. Children : Jennie D., b. March 31, 1856 ; m. George Harris. Nettie B., b. Oct. 4, 1857 ; d. Nov. 4, 1869. Etta R., b. Apr. 20, 1859 ; m. Ozro T. Thompson. Orison D., b. July 4, 1861. Wilber J., b. May 26, 1864. Lucy M., b. July 24, 1869. Forest J., b. Aug. 4, 1871.
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UNDERWOOD.
JAMES' UNDERWOOD, b. 1772 ; m. widow Sebastian ; d. Feb. 4, 1832. Children : Harriet, m. Dec. 31, 1818, Chauncey Bryant. Hiram, b Sept. 25, 1805. James, b. 1807 ; d. April 4, 1819.
ILIRAM2 UNDERWOOD (James1), b. Sept. 25, 1805 ; m., 1st, Feb. 6, 1825, Marilla (b. March 6, 1806), daughter of Calvin Wright; m., 2nd, Sept., 1846, Margaret Spraker of Spraker Basin. He d. March 8, 1875. Children : Eliza J., b. May 7, 1825 ; m. Joseph O. Gary. James E., b. Sept. 25, 1828; m. Sept. 23, 1852, Chastina, daughter of Jo- seph Whitcomb. Oscar H., b. Feb. 18, 1831 ; d. Dec. 20, 1831. Os- car HI., b. Nov. 2, 1833 ; d. 1877, in Ohio. Edna A., b. April 11, 1835 ; m. Clinton White ; resides in Lawrence, Mass. Harriet Newell, b. April 13, 1837 ; d. Oct. 15, 1843. William W., b. May 10, 1839 ; d. March, 1858. Helen M., b. March 2, 1841; m. Timothy Sher- man of Keene. Ella C., b. April 3, 1843. George L., b. Aug. 2, 1849. Hattie, b. Feb. 2, 1851 ; m. Leonard Greenwood ; lives in Som- erville, Mass. Alma C., b. Jan. 17, 1853 ; m. George Knight of Keene. Elmer A., b. May 11, 1855. Angie, b. April 3, 1857 ; m. Henry Houghton of Keene.
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