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GEORGE L.3 UNDERWOOD (Hiram,2 James1), b. Aug. 2, 1849 ; m. Eva R. (b. Sept. 13, 1852, in Westminster), daughter of George and Sylvina White of Westminster, Vt. Children : Frank G., b. March 2, 1874. Grace S., b. June 1, 1876. Ernest J., b. Aug. 21, 1883.
VERRY.
DANIEL VERRY, b. in Winchester, April 11, 1786; m. May 19, 1806, Rebecca Cleaveland (b. Nov. 3, 1784 ; d. Feb.24, 1873), of Suf- field, Conn. Hed. April 30, 1865. Children : Horace, b. May 28, 1807, in Winchester. Direxa, b. March 22, 1810 ; m. Abraham Sea- ver. Oratus, b. April 2, 1814. Maria, b. March 2, 1819 ; d. 1844. Sophia, b. Sept. 2, 1821; m. James Hoit of Keene ; d. Jan. 19, 1890. Daniel, b. Jan. 31, 1824 ; m. Diantha Black of Chesterfield, and resides in Winchester.
HORACE2 VERRY (Daniel1), b. May 28, 1807 ; m. May 25, 1829, Nancy M. (b. June 5, 1805), daughter of Samuel Grimes of Chester- field. He d. June 8, 1869. Children : Horace W., b. in Westmore- land, Nov. 11, 1830 ; d. in Calais, Me., July 19, 1837. Charles W., b. Jan. 11, 1836. Nancy S., b. June 10, 1840 ; m. Orrin T. Cross of
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Whitehall, N. Y., where she d. Oratns J., b. May 9, 1842. Mary E., b. Sept. 6, 1846 ; d. Oct. 6, 1846, in Calais, Me.
ORATUS2 VERRY (Daniel1), b. April 2, 1814 ; m. Minerva Buffum of Richmond ; lived in Chesterfield, where he d. June 1, 1863.
CHARLES W.3 VERRY (Horace,2 Daniel'), b. in Calais, Me., Jan. 11, 1836 ; m. Fanny -.
ORATUS J.3 VERRY ( Horace,2 Daniel1), b. May 9, 1842; m. March 19, 1866. Martha A. (b. Oct. 31, 1846), daughter of Robert W. Web- ster. Children : Claude W., b. May 8, 1867; d. July 7, 1867. Susie F., b. July 12, 1869. Horace, b. June 17, 1871; d. Oct. 1, 1874. Marion Harland, b. Aug. 31, 1887.
WARD.
The ancestor of the Swanzey Wards is traceable to England, far back to 1066.
WILLIAMI came to America, and in 1639 settled in Massachusetts ; d. Ang. 10, 1687.
WILLIAM,2 b. Jan. 22, 1640; d. Nov. 25, 1697.
COL. NAHUM,3 b. March 27, 1680 ; d. March 9, 1754.
MAJ. GEN. ARTEMUS4 WARD, b. March 27, 1727; d. Oct. 27, 1800.
ITHAMAR5 WARD, b. April 24, 1754.
NAHUMG WARD, b. April 27, 1781 ; d. March 31, 1838.
ITHAMAR7 WARD, b. May 17, 1808 ; d. in Westmoreland.
HARRISON R.8 WARD, b. Oct. 13, 1836; m. Electa L. Hill; d. Dec. 29, 1885. Children : Charles E., b. July 18, 1858. William H., b. Jan. 26, 1861. George W., b. July 28, 1862.
CHARLES E.9 WARD (Harrison R.,8 Ithamar,7 Nahum,6 Ithamar,5 Artemus,4 Nahum,3 William,2 William1 of England), b. July 18, 1858; m. Feb. 14, 1882, Carrie P. Woodward.
GEORGE W.9 WARD (Harrison R.,8 Ithamar,7 Nahum,6 Ithamar,5 Ar- temus,4 Nahum,3. William,2 William1), b. July 28, 1862 ; m. Dec. 18, 1884, Helen E. (b. April 19, 1865), daughter of Simeon H. Holbrook.
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NAHUM W.2 WARD (Calvin1 of Barre, Mass.), b. May 1, 1808; m. May, 1829, Mary (b. June 28, 1804), daughter of William Fisk of Barre. Children, all born in Troy: Elizabeth W., b. May 29, 1830; m. Orrick L. Haskell. Maria, b. Nov. 24, 1831; d. Oct., 1833. David, b. Dec. 14, 1838; d. 1845. Henry, b. July 13, 1840 ; lives in Keene. Calvin, b. Oct. 15, 1842; d. April 10, 1874.
WARE.
ELEAZER2 WARE (Eleazer1), b. Nov. 11, 1711 ; m. Hannah Mann ; d. Ang. 16, 1819. Reared seven children, among whom Ziba, b. Dec. 13, 1744, was the fifth and moved from Franklin, Mass., to Winchester, June 16, 1769; m. Keziah Day (b. March 4, 1744) ; reared ten children, of whom was Zenas.
ZENAS4 WARE (Ziba,3 Eleazer,2 Eleazer1), b. Feb. 4, 1771, came from Winchester to Swanzey; m. Feb. 16, 1796, Patience (b. Oct. 22, 1766 ; d. Feb. 19, 1853), daughter of Robert Crossett of Prescott, Mass. He d. April 6, 1817. Children : Jonathan Day, b. Feb. 23, 1797. Robert, b. June 17, 1799 ; d. in Albany, N. Y., July 5, 1835. Miriam, b. Dec. 24, 1801 ; m., 1st, Aaron Thayer ; m., 2nd, George Darling ; m., 3rd, Benjamin Mason ; she d. Jan. 4, 1890. Kezia, b. Oct. 4, 1805; m. Amos Richardson ; d. March 2, 1826. Joel, b. July 23, 1809; m. Lucy Crossett of Prescott, Mass. ; live in Geneseo, Ill. ; have had four children.
JONATHAN D.5 WARE ( Zenas,4 Ziba,3 Eleazer,2 Eleazer1), b. Feb. 23, 1797 ; m. Nov. 30, 1824, Alice (b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; d. Jan. 26, 1873), daughter of Josiah Hamblet. Hed. Oct. 23, 1876. Children : Alonzo A., b. Sept. 1, 1825. Daniel H., b. March 9, 1827; d. Nov. 1, 1857, in Illinois. Alice M., b. May 30, 1829 ; m. Oct. 20, 1858, Rev. E. S. Adams, of Gilsum. Mary L., b. Dec. 4, 1830 ; m. Aug. 31, 1854, Franklin Downing.
ALONZO A.6 WARE (Jonathan D.,5 Zenas,4 Ziba,3 Eleazer,2 Elea- zer1), b. Sept. 1, 1825 ; m. Sept. 1, 1853, Julia A. (b. Feb. 27, 1826), daughter of E. Kingman of Winchester. Children : Arthur K., b. Nov. 23, 1854; d. Jan. 4, 1862. Julia M., b. Jan. 1, 1860 ; d. Jan. 5, 1862.
ZIBA5 WARE (Jacob,4 Ziba,3 Eleazer,2 Eleazer1), b. in Winchester, April 15, 1817 ; m. Jan. 1, 1839, Eliza, daughter of James Olcott. Children : Lucina O., b. July 22, 1840; m. Moses W. Hale of Rindge, N. H. Maria, b. Aug. 16, 1842; m. Marshall Willard of
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Dublin ; d. Jan. 3, 1863. Sarah M., b. Dec. 5, 1846 ; d. Jan. 4, 1863. James R., b. Sept. 18, 1849 ; m. Eugenia Fosgate of Win- chester. Ella E, b. May 11, 1854. Julius H., b. Dec. 7, 1858 ; d. Oct. 9, 1859. Arthur Z., b. Oct. 22, 1860 ; d. Jan. 3, 1863.
PHINEAS A.5 WARE (Jacob,4 Ziba,3 Eleazer,2 Eleazer1), b. Sept. 10, 1819; m. Nov. 1, 1855, Mary (b. Feb. 13, 1835, in Swanzey), daughter of William Read. Children : Emma F., b. Jan. 5, 1857 ; d. March 12, 1863. Walter L., b. Nov. 4, 1861; d. Feb. 27, 1875. Edna L., b. May 22, 1865: Arthur W., b. July 27, 1873.
JOSEPH5 WARE (Jacob,4 Ziba,3 Eleazer,2 Eleazer1), b. March 3, 1822 ; m., Ist, July 17, 1854, Rebecca Willard of Dublin (b. 1833 ; d. March 16, 1855) ; m., 2nd, Nov. 8, 1858, Mary G. (d. Nov. 19, 1858), daughter of Elijah C. Belding ; m., 3rd, Nov. 17, 1859, Sarah Jennie (b. May 17, 1837), daughter of Dea. Joseph Hammond. Child : Mary L., b. July 13, 1862; m. James E. Handy, Oct. 31, 1882.
WARNER.
DANIEL WARNER, b. 1741 ; m. Susanna (b. 1744 ; d. Feb. 2, 1796). He d. May 9, 1805. Children : Susanna, b. Aug. 19, 1766 ; m. Abijah Whitcomb. Daniel W., b. Oct. 12, 1767; d. Feb., 1803. Lucy, b. May 7, 1769 ; m. John Read. Abel, b. Oct. 21, 1773 ; d. March 22, 1796. Philemon, b. April 15, 1775; d. Aug. 10, 1777. Anna, b. March 26, 1777 ; m. Joseph Kimball.
WARREN.
JONATHAN B. WARREN came from Westmoreland; m. March 31, 1830, Lucy Bolles, daughter of Elijah Bolles of Richmond.
DEXTER WARREN (brother of Jonathan B.), m. Jan. 20, 1830, Ava (b. Dec. 11, 1807 ; d. in Richmond, 1886), daughter of John Grines. He d. in Richmond, 1886. Children : Minerva, b. Aug. 4, 1830. John, b. Aug. 29, 1832. Jane, b. Nov. 29, 1836. Au- gusta, b. April 9, 1838. Eineline, b. July 1, 1842.
WATSON
EDWARD WATSON came from Cleveland, Ohio; b. June 16, 1829 ; m. Oct. 14, 1852, Maria, daughter of Tyler Bisswell. Children : Ella, b. Aug. 8, 1854 ; d. April 8, 1858. Fred A., b. Aug. 29, 1862.
FRED A.2 WATSON (Edward1), b. Aug. 29, 1862; m. Jan. 1, 1889, Minnie J. (b. Nov. 18, 1869), daughter of Haskell Carpenter of Chesterfield. Child : Hattie M., b. Jan. 9, 1890.
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WEEKS.
RICHARD2 WEEKS (Mrs. Daniel Goodhue1), b. Oct. 7, 1793; d. June 9, 1879; m. Mrs. Sophia Stephenson (b. Aug. 16, 1804). Children : Elba, b. March 8, 1844 ; m. John L. Winch. Elsie A., b. Nov. 5, 1845 ; m. David Randall of Keene. Charles R., b. Oct. 25, 1847.
CHARLES R.3 WEEKS (Richard,2 Mrs. D. Goodhue1), b. Oct. 25, 1847; m., 1st, Ellen S. Augustus (b. 1855) ; m., 2nd, June 29, 1884, Mertie E., daughter of Dauphin W. Kendall. Children : Mattie N., b. March 13, 1874. Bertie R., b. Dec. 17, 1876. Mabel S., b. Jan. 19, 1879.
WETHERBEE.
ABIJAHR WETHERBEE (Paul] of Lunenburg, Mass.), b. Ang. 26, 1761; m. Mehitable (b. Feb. 6, 1764 ; d. Feb. 6, 1844), daughter of Thomas Trowbridge. He d. April 20, 1842. Had thirteen children, of whom Thomas T., b. in Surry, was the youngest.
THOMAS T. WETHERBEE, b. April 9, 1808 ; m., 1st, Sarah Wilder (d. June 28, 1850) ; m., 2nd, April 27, 1851, Mrs. Harriet Trow- bridge (d. Aug. 17, 1874), daughter of Thomas Prime. He d. May 31,1887.
DANIEL WETHERBEE, b. in Stow, Mass., Nov., 1785 ; m. 1806, Lucy Hale (b. Jan. or June 24, 1790). He d. Feb. 18, 1834. Children : Elijah, b. Feb., 1807 ; m. 1839, Fannie Monroe ; he d. 1866. Dan- iel D., b. Jan., 1808; m. 1835, Harriet Chaplain ; d. 1881. Sally, b. April, 1810; m. 1832, Ephraim Hale; d. 1885. Lucy, b. 1811; m. 1834, Edwin Buttrick ; d. 1884. Maria, b. Oct., 1813. Calvin H., b. Aug., 1815; m. 1840, Clarissa Cutting; d. 1882, in San Francisco. John W., b. March, 1825 ; m. Angelina Giles, 1846.
WHEELER.
BARNARD WHEELER, m. Sept. 9, 1810, Susanna (b. March 25, 1787), daughter of John Pierce. Had thirteen children : Almond. Gilman. George. Horace. Harriet. Willard. William. Olive. Lorenzo. Marshall. Semira. Albion.
AARON2 WHEELER (Silas1), b. April 3, 1807 ; m. Anna F. New- ell (b. June 22, 1809 ; d. March 30, 1851). He d. Feb. 24, 1850. Children : Eliza Jane, b. March 5, 1836 ; m. Calvin Greenleaf. Or- pha Ann, d. April 9, 1839. Charles, b. March 13, 1840, went into the rebellion and did not return. Amos N., b. Feb. 25, 1843. Noyce G., b. June 29, 1845. Alvin, b. Jan. 8, 1848.
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JAMES? WHEELER (Silas]), b. July 26, 1794; m. Feb. 9, 1820, Sally (b. June 3, 1796), daughter of Benjamin Wilson.
SILAS2 WHEELER (Silas,1 formerly of Fitzwilliam), had Lyman, d. April 12, 1832.
JOHN WHEELER, m. April 17, 1831, Mrs. Phila Temple.
WHEELOCK.
PETER WHEELOCK, m. June 1, 1786, Sarah Graves.
THOMAS WHEELOCK, m. Sally -. Children : Mary, b. June 25, 1820. Sally, b. July 12, 1822. Phineas, b. 1825.
WILLIAM2 WHEELOCK ( Thomas' of Winchester), b. Jan. 31, 1793 ; m., 1st, April 19, 1818, Harriet Porter of Oneida, N. Y. (b. June 14, 1798 ; d. June 1, 1853) ; m., 2nd, May 31, 1854, Laura Ann Boorn or Bourn. He d. Aug. 14, 1874. Children : Jolin, b. Jan. 28, 1819 ; d. Feb. 25, 1819. Eliza M., b. Feb. 11, 1820 ; d. Feb. 9, 1845. John, b. July 10, 1821 ; d. March 2, 1874. William, b. Feb. 28, 1823 ; d. Jan. 17, 1854. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1824; d. Jan. 1, 1871. Prudence F., b. Nov. 28, 1826 ; d. April 23, 1883. Lau- retta, b. Oct. 21, 1828 ; d. Oct. 26, 1848. Thomas, b. Nov. 29, 1830; d. Nov. 22, 1864. Abby, and Harriet (twins), b. Oct. 12, 1833 ; Abby, d. April 12, 1860 ; Harriet lives in Winchester. George Dele- van, b. March 26, 1845 ; resides in Keene.
JAMES WHEELOCK, m. June 28, 1774, Lois Starkey (b. 1755; d. 1810). Children : A child, d. Jan. 24, 1776. Another, d. Dec. 20, 1786. James, jr., m. May 17, 1804, Lucy Barker, of Marlboro.
LINCOLN WHEELOCK, h. May 13, 1809, in Orange, Mass. ; m. Nov. 13, 1835, Amy (b. May 4, 1805), daughter of Peter Starkey. He d. March 25, 1876. Children : Mary E., d. Aug. 27, 1837. Mary E., b. Oct. 6, 1841 ; m. Park E. Wright.
WHITCOMB.
JOHN WHITCOMB, presumably from Dorchester, England, settled in Dorchester, Mass., 1632, and d. in Lancaster, Mass., 1662. From his five sons, John, Jonathan, Josiah, Job and Robert, the Whit- combs of Swanzey are traced with Josiah,2 Josialı,3 David.3
JOSIAH4 WHITCOMB, of Leominster (Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John,1 of Eng- land), m. Jan. 29, 1771, Mary Blood of Bolton, Mass., and was one
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of the first settlers of Swanzey. Children : Mercy, b. Oct. 22, 1771. Dolly, b. June 21, 1773. Josiah, b. March 21, 1775 ; d. in infancy. Levi, b. April 9, 1780. Rebecca, b. April3, 1782 ; m. - Adams of Stoddard.
LEVIS WHITCOMB (Josiah, 4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. April 9, 1780; m. March 14, 1804, Esther Lane (b. Feb. 8, 1781), and re- moved to the state of Maine.
CAPT. JOSEPH4 WHITCOMB (Josiah, 3 Josiah,2John1), b. 1700, in Leom- inster, Mass. ; m. Jan. 20, 1725, Damaris Priest (d. Nov. 12, 1770). Children; Abigail, b. April 13, 1728; m. - Derby. Joseph, b. March 5, 1731. Damaris, b. Jan. 7, 1737 ; m. April 3, 1765, Jonathan Carter. Benjamin, b. Sept. 29, 1737. Jonathan Priest, b. 1739. Elisha, b. 1742. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1742. Philemon, b. Oct. 29, 1748. Abijah, b. June 17, 1751. Anna, b. 1755 ; m. June 19, 1775, John Carter, of Leominster, Mass.
JOSEPHS WHITCOMB (Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. March 5, 1731; m. Dec. 18, 1754, Elizabeth Wheelock Whitcomb, both of Leominster, Mass. Children : Relief, b. Oct. 1, 1757. Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1760. Damaris, b. June 19, 1762. Joseph, b. June 12, 1766; m. Oct., 1785, Mary Wilson. Abigail, b. May 13, 1768; d. Oct. 21, 1770. Peter, b. April 1, 1770.
COL. JONATHAN P.5 WHITCOMB (Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 .John1), b. 1739 ; m. Sept. 5, 1764, Dorothy Carter, of Lancaster, Mass. (b. 1745 ; d. Oct. 22, 1827). He d. June 13, 1792. Children : Doro- thy, b. March 3, 1765 ; m. Nathan Capron ; d. May 2, 1825. Jonathan, b. Sept. 20, 1766. John, b. March 22, 1768; d. Oct. 17, 1770. Nathan, b. May 14, 1770. John, b. March 9, 1772. Ephraim, b. June 9, 1774 ; d. Aug. 15, 1777. Damaris, b. April 29, 1777; d. June, 1784. Anna, b. April 9, 1779 ; d. June 17, 1784. Ephraim, b. Feb. 26, 1782. Salome, b. April 25, 1786; m. Sept. 16, 1810, Amos Bailey.
ELISHA5 WHITCOMB (Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. 1742; m. Oct. 7, 1764, Joanna (b. 1744 ; d. Dec. 27, 1835), daughter of Ben- jamin Whitcomb, of Leominster, Mass. He d. Sept. 17, 1814. Chil- dren : Elisha, b. Feb. 25, 1765. Benjamin, b. July 28, 1766 ; Joan- na, b. Feb. 21; 1767 ; m. Feb. 19, 1795, Nathaniel Wilson, of Putney, Vt. Phebe, b. March 21, 1769 ; . d. 1786. David, b. Oct. 29, 1770. Asa, b. Nov. 10, 1772. Lucy, b. May 10, 1774; m., 1st, Isaac
Roswell Whitcomb
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Woodward; m., 2nd, Ziba Nason. Salmon, b. March 19, 1776. Josiah, b. Nov. 10, 1777. Mary, m. Nov. 28, 1805, Stephen Hol- brook. Abigail, m. Josiah Wilson (b. 1785). Joseph, b. Sept. 18, 1788.
PHILEMON5 WHITCOMB (Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Oct. 29, 1748 ; m., 1st, Martha (b. 1755 ; d. Dec. 17, 1816) ; m., 2nd, June 3, 1818, Mrs. Amasa Aldrich. He d. Jan. 10, 1824. Children : Martha, b. April 17, 1771. Jotham, b. Feb. 18, 1772. Silence, b. Dec. 3, 1772 ; m. Nathaniel Foster. Susanna, b. Dec. 11, 1777. Philemon, b. July 18, 1780. Benjamin, b. Aug. 28, 1781. Elisha, b. Nov. 27, 1783. Damaris, b. 1786; m. Samuel Frink. Abijah, b. 1788. Fanny, b. May 29, 1790; m. Amos Hunt, of Winchester ; d. June 2, 1851. Betsey, b. Dec. 27, 1792 ; m. Henry Twichell ; d. Dec. 28, 1867. Job, b. 1797.
ABIJAH5 WHITCOMB (Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. June, 1751; m., 1st, Nov. 6, 1786, Mary (b. Nov. 8, 1764 ; d. Aug. 25, 1789), daughter of Shubal Seaver; m., 2nd, Feb. 6, 1791, Susanna (b. Aug. 19, 1766 ; d. Dec. 10, 1825), daughter of Daniel Warner. He d. May 17, 1847. Children : Abijalı, b. Oct. 25, 1791. Joseph, b. Jan. 31, 1800. Susanna, b. Jan. 4, 1807; m. William Read.
JONATHAN6 WHITCOMB (Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Sept. 20, 1766 ; m. May 11, 1786, Miriam Willard. He d. Dec. 13, 1844. Children : Polly, b. Sept. 4, 1786 ; m. Aaron Dick- inson. Susanna, b. July 15, 1788 ; m. John Stratton. Dorothy, b. June 3, 1791 ; m. John Seaver. Mariam, b. Dec. 31, 1793 ; m. Jo- seph Cross. Willard, b. Feb. 27, 1796 ; d. in Westfield, N. Y. Mila, b. April 8, 1798 ; m. John Cross. Harriet, b. Aug. 21, 1800 ; m. Arba Stearns. Jonathan, b. Oct. 28, 1803. Aaron, b. April 19, 1805 ; d. Jan. 1, 1860. Hiram, b. May 1, 1807. Vesta, b. June 26, 1809 ; m. Sylvander Stone. Roswell, b. April 6, 1814.
JOHN6 WHITCOMB (Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. March 9, 1772 ; m. May 7, 1795, Esther Morse, daughter of Henry Morse.
NATHAN6 WHITCOMB (Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. May 14, 1770; m. Oct. 23, 1791, Penelope White, of Milford, Mass. (b. 1771 ; d. March 15, 1850). Children : Leonard, b. Jan. 26, 1792. Carter, b. Feb. 9, 1794. Otis, b. Sept., 1796. Alva. Nathan, d. in Fitchburg. Lyman, d. in New Worcester, Mass. Eliza, m. May 12, 1839, Rev. James W. Bailey, of Whiteville, N. Y.
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EPHRAIMG WHITCOMB (Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Feb. 26, 1782; m., 1st, Dorothy Chamberlain ; m., 2nd, Aug. 22, 1804, Charlotte Chamberlain. He d. March, 1869. Children : Jarvice, b. Feb. 16, 1799. Dorothy, b. Dec. 5, 1804; d. March 5, 1857. Esther, b. Nov. 9, 1806. George, b. March 10, 1809. Fanny, b. Nov. 2, 1811; m. Giles Taft. Ephraim, b. Oct. 27, 1814. Char- lotte, b. March 24, 1818; d. April 11, 1828. Damaris, b. Aug. 16, 1820; m. 1854, George H. Allen, of Walpole. Jane, b. July 13, 1823 ; d. April 28, 1825.
ELISHA6 WHITCOMB (Elisha,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Feb. 25, 1765 ; m. widow Anna Parker, d. 1843. He d. June 5, 1829. Had Elisha, b. 1795.
DAVID6 WHITCOMB (Elisha,5 Joseph, 4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Oct. 29, 1770 ; m. Feb. 11, 1794, Orra Richardson (b. Aug. 8, 1772), daughter of Wyman Richardson.
ASA6 WHITCOMB (Elisha,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Nov. 10, 1772; m. March 9, 1802, Elizabeth Sawyer.
JOSIAH6 WHITCOMB ( Elisha,5 Joseph, 4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Nov. 10, 1777 ; m. Feb. 23, 1807, Lois Thayer ; who m., 2nd, Elisha Smith of Vermont. He d. Dec. 9, 1814. Child: Serepta, b. Oct. 13, 1807.
JOSEPH6 WHITCOMB (Elisha,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Sept. 18, 1788 ; m., 1st, Apr. 20, 1811, Sally (b. Oct. 24, 1792), daugh- ter of Silas Whitcomb. Hed. May 11, 1853. She m., 2nd, Stephen Har- ris, and d. Jan. 7, 1875. Children : Semira, b. Sept. 15, 1811 ; m. George W. Lane. Elmer, b. Sept. 5, 1813; d. Aug. 21, 1879. Lo- visa, b. May 16, 1815; m. Aquila Ramsdell. Anliza, b. Nov. 12, 1816 ; m. William Tenney ; d. Jan. 2, 1875. Nancy, b. March 10, 1818 ; m. Willard Hall, of Worcester, Mass .; d. Apr. 14, 1878. Martha C., b. June 16, 1819 ; m. Charles G. Ramsdell. Calvin, b. Nov. 2, 1821 ; d. May 13, 1833. Joseph, b June 15, 1824. Sarah E., b. Sept. 30, 1826. Fostina M., b. July 20, 1830 ; m., 1st, Wes- ley Ballou ; m., 2nd, Henry Dawson, of Worcester. John S., b. Feb. 19, 1833; d. Aug. 8, 1854. Calvin M., b. May 29, 1835, lives in Worcester. Mary C., b. March 10, 1839 ; m. Edwin H. Hill, of Wor- cester.
JOTHAMS WHITCOMB ( Philemon,5 Joseph,1 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1) , b. Feb. 18, 1772; m. Jan. 9, 1797, Anna (b. 1776; d. Jan. 11,
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1815), daughter of Benjamin Olcott. He d. Sept. 22, 1815. Chil- dren : Nancy, b. July 5, 1797 ; m. Oct. 12, 1819, Samuel Stearns. Joel, b. Aug. 27, 1804. Roxanna, m. Jan. 31, 1819, Jonathan Hol- brook.
PHILEMON6 WHITCOMB (Philemon,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. July 18, 1780; m. Oct. 10, 1803, Sarah, daughter of Abijah Brown, and removed to Vermont.
BENJAMIN6 WHITCOMB (Philemon,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Ang. 28, 1781 ; m. June 10, 1805, Sarah (b. April 18, 1784 ; d. April 3, 1853), daughter of Benjamin Hammond. He d. June 21, 1866. Children : Eliza, b. April 17, 1806 ; d. May 1, 1811. Sa- rah, b. Sept. 28, 1808 ; d. May 31, 1811. Eliza, b. Oct. 19, 1811 ; m. Lyman Leach. Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1813; m. George Hamblet ; d. at her home in Rochester, N. Y., July 26, 1883. Fanny, b. Dec. 9, 1816; m. Benj. F. Lombard. Philemon. b. July 27, 1819 ; d. Dec. 13, 1819. Benjamin, b. May 23, 1821. Philenion, b. May 21, 1824 ; d. March 6, 1825. Betsey, b. Dec. 11, 1827; m. B. Howard Rich- ardson.
ABIJAH6 WHITCOMB (Philemon,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. about 1788 ; m., 1st, Nov. 22, 1810, Joanna (d. March 11, 1811) ; m., 2nd, Dec. 1, 1814, Lucy (b. Nov. 23, 1796 ; d. March 31, 1869), daughter of Richard Stratton. He d. about 1848. Children : Jo- nas H., b. March, 1811. Emery, b. 1815, drowned at West Swanzey. Elbridge G., b. Oct. 3, 1817. Parmelia, b. Oct. 12, 1818 ; m. Leon- ard W. Holbrook. Emery, b. Oct. 30, 1819 ; resides in Idalio. Jo- anna, b. Aug. 13, 1821 ; m. Joseph Wilson, of Keene ; d. June 5, 1857. Charles A., b. Aug. 6, 1826 ; resides in the city of New York.
JOB6 WHITCOMB ( Philemon,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. 1797; m. March 1, 1818, Nellie, dangliter of Nehemiah Bennett. He d. July 16, 1840. Children : Martha, m. William Pierce and lives in Missouri. Vilroy, m. April 4, 1844, Jacob Boyce, of Rich- mond. Maria, m. Nov. 27, 1847, Elisha Bassett, of Richmond.
ABIJAH6 WHITCOMB (Abijah,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Oct. 25, 1791 ; m. Nov. 24, 1815, Susanna (b. 1790 ; d. Nov., 1845), daughter of Elijalı Graves. He d. Oct. 10, 1872. Children : Car- oline M , b. Jan. 7, 1818 ; d. April 29, 1864. Benjamin F., b. Sept. 7, 1820 ; lives in Claremont.
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HISTORY OF SWANZEY.
JOSEPH6 WHITCOMB ( Abijah,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Jan. 31, 1800; m. Betsey Page (b. 1799 ; d. Aug. 9, 1873). He d. May 8, 1842. Children : Chastina, b. April 21, 1829 ; m. Sept. 23, 1853, James E. Underwood, of Lawrence. J. Page, b. April 29, 1831. Irvin A., b. April 9, 1839.
ROSWELL7 WHITCOMB. (Jonathan,6 Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. April 6, 1814 ; m., 1st, March, 1838, Rhoda (b. May 14, 1814 ; d. March 8, 1852), daughter of Fisher Bullard ; m., 2nd, March, 1853, Mary A. (d. March 12, 1866), daughter of I. H. Gunn; in., 3rd, May 4, 1868, Anna A. (b. Sept. 5, 1819; d. Oct. 12, 1888), widow of Hardin Albee ; m., 4th, June 19, 1889, Maria A. (b. April 22, 1824), daughter of Laban Starkey. Children : HIi- ram R., b. Feb. 17, 1840. George E., b. July 1, 1841. Mary Se- lina, b. June 19, 1843 ; m. Orlow E. Parsons ; d. Feb. 19, 1880. Ar- thur H., b. March 5, 1865.
LEONARD7 WHITCOMB (Nathan,6 Jonathan P.,5 Joseph, 4 Josiah,3 Jo- siah,2 John1), b. Jan. 26, 1792; m. Feb. 9, 1819, Betsey (d. Aug. 12, 1872), daughter of Josiah Woodward. He d. Oct. 19, 1867. Cliil- dren : Eliza, b. Jan. 17, 1820 ; lives in Palmer, Mass. Alanson S., b. Nov. 17, 1822. Maria, b. March 21, 1824; m. Jan. 20, 1846, Solomon R. Lawrence. Albert B., b. Aug. 29, 1829 ; d. Nov. 13, 1836.
CARTER7 WHITCOMB (Nathan,6 Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Jo- siah,2 John1), b. Feb. 9, 1794; m. Dec. 26, 1815, Lucy Baker (b. Feb. 4, 1794 ; d. Oct. 3, 1890), of Marlboro. He d. May 1, 1879. Children : Alonzo, b. April 30, 1818; m. Sybel H. Clary. Carter, b. May 27, 1820; m. Emily A. Spring; d. in Worcester, Dec. 1, 1880. J. Baker, b. Oct. 2, 1823 ; m. Cynthia A. Cutter, of Graf- ton, Vt. ; lives in California. Byron, b. April 17, 1826; m. Eliza V. Lott, of Flatland, N. Y. Clement G., b. Dec. 12, 1828; resides. in Nevada. Lucy Jane, b. March 9, 1834; m. George Carpenter. Henry Homer, b. May 13, 1837 ; lives in New Haven, Conn.
OTIS7 WHITCOMB ( Nathan,6 Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Jo- siah,2 John1), b. Sept., 1796 ; m. July 22, 1818, Esther (b. Oct. 17, 1799 : d. April 20, 1867), daughter of Ezekiel Osgood. He d. March 18, 1882. Children : Sylvander L., b. Dec. 18, 1818. A daughter, b. April 8, 1820 ; d. same day. Nathan, b. March 17, 1821. Otis, b. Aug. 16, 1822. Lucius, b. Jan. 16, 1824. Charles, b. July 22,
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GENEALOGICAL RECORDS.
1825. Esther E., b. March 14, 1827 ; d. March 18, 1851. Frances J., b. Oct. 1, 1828 ; m. William Merriam, of Palmer. Truman C., b. Nov. 29, 1830. Lyman, b. May 3, 1832. Andrew J., b. Aug. 14, 1833. Czarina, b. April 25, 1835 ; m. Norman Hunt. Almira A., b. Feb. 2, 1837. Dona Maria, b. Sept. 7, 1838; d. young. Seleck, b. June 7, 1840. Leonard, b. April 29, 1842. Clarence.
ALVA7 WHITCOMB (Nathan,6 Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Jo- siah,2 John1), m. Sept. 21, 1820, Almira (b. July 30, 1802), daugh- ter of Ezekiel Osgood. Children : Nehemiah C., b. May 20, 1821. Phila, b. Oct. 30, 1824 ; m. Levi Starkey. Orrilla, b. July 1, 1834. Lester, b. Jan. 21, 1838.
LYMAN7 WHITCOMB ( Nathan,6 Jonathan P.,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Jo- siah,2 John1), b. April 22, 1807; m. Sept. 26, 1837, Eliza Curtis (b. Oct. 21, 1803), daughter of Oliver Curtis of Sharon, Mass. He d. in Worcester, Mass., Jan. 14, 1873. Children : Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1838. Lyman A., b. May 22, 1841.
GEORGE7 WHITCOMB (Ephraim,6 Jonathan P.,5 Joseph, 4 Josiah,3 Jo- siah,2 John1), b. March 10, 1809 ; m. April 13, 1836, Aurelia (b. 1813; d. April 22, 1887), daughter of Edward Goddard. He d. Feb. 21, 1889. Children: Oliver C., b. Feb. 25, 1844. Jane A., b. 1855 ; d. July 18, 1863.
ELISHA7 WHITCOMB (Elisha,6 Elisha,5 Joseph, 4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. 1795 ; m. April 17, 1817, Olive Bodwell (d. June 30, 1858). He d. March 31, 1834. Children : Mary Alnette, m. George Marsh. Olive, b. 1826 ; d. April 19, 1827. Persis, m. Justice R. Rogers ; d. March 14, 1849.
JOEL7 WHITCOMB (Jotham,6 Philemon,5 Joseph,4 Josiah,3 Josiah,2 John1), b. Aug. 27, 1804 ; m. May 5, 1824, Sarah H. (b. July 14, 1808), daughter of Ezekiel Osgood; d. Dec. 22, 1841. Children : Esther P. S., b. Nov. 6, 1824 ; d. Aug. 31, 1826. Jotliam, b. Aug. 30, 1826 ; m. Cata Bancroft of Rockingham, Vt., resides at Saxtons River. Esther P., b. Dec. 18, 1827 ; m. William Ransdon of Bridge- water, Mass. Nancy A., b. Nov. 10, 1829 ; m. Nathaniel N. Chase of Northfield, Vt. George W., b. Feb. 22, 1832, lives in Dakota. Ezekiel O., b. Feb. 17, 1835. Royal F., b. April 23, 1839 ; d. Oct. 15, 1855.
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