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(II) Elisha, second son of William Bassett, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and Salem county, New Jersey, was born about 1682. In 1705 was elected constable to the town of Salem, and continued in that office for eight years. He married Abigail Elizabeth, daughter of John and Dorothea Davis, of Pilesgrove. Their children were: I. Sarah, born 1719; married Thomas Smith, of Mannington, and ( second) Charles Fogg. 2. Elizabeth, May 23, 1720; married Thomas Davis. 3. Josiah, married Ruth Bradway. 4. Elisha, Jr., referred to be- low. 5. Rebecca, married John Page. 6. Will- iam, 1733; married Phebe Cowperthwaite. 7. Rachael, 1736; married Andrew Miller. 8. Isaac, 1738; married Deborah Dunn. Four others.
(III) Elisha (2), the son of Elisha (I) and Abigail Elizabeth (Davis) Bassett, was born December 15, 1722. He married Mary, daugh- ter of Joseph Woodnutt, of Mannington. Chil- dren : I. Joseph, died young. 2. Rachael, died young. 3. Sarah, born August 10, 1759; mar-
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ried Joseph Pettit. 4. Hannah, married John Roberts. 5. Joseph, referred to below. 6. Name unknown.
(IV) Joseph, son of Elisha (2) and Mary (Woodnutt ) Bassett, was born June 26, 1765. He married Mary, daughter of David and Re- becca Allen, of Mannington. Children: I. Elisha, referred to below. 2. Joseph, married (first ) Lydia Freedland ; (second) Sarah Hill; (third ) Ann ( Venicomb) Lippincott. 3. David, married (first) Vashti Davis; (second) Han- nah Pettit ; (third) Ann Packer. 4. Hannah, married Jonathan Cawley. 5. Rebecca, mar- ried Caspar Wistar. 6. Samuel, married Mary Ann Craft. 7. Benjamin, married Mary Acton 8. William, born 1803; married Abigail Hazle- ton. 9. Mary, 1806; married George Craft, Jr.
(V) Elisha (3), eldest son of Joseph and Mary (Allen) Bassett, was born January 26, 1778. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Darkin and Esther Nicholson, of Elsinboro. Children: I. David, married Mary Smith. 2. Josiah, died young. 3. Elizabeth, married Biddle Haines. 4. Elisha, referred to below. 5. Edward Hicks, married Hannah Smith. 6. John Thompson, married Susan Humphreys. 7. Albert, married Sarah Shoemaker. 8. Mary. Elisha married (second) Mary, daughter of Thomas Clark, and widow of Samuel Lippin- cott.
(VI) Elisha (4), fourth child and third son of Elisha (3) and Mary ( Nicholson) Bassett, married Hannah Ann, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca ( Abbott) Thompson. Among their children was Anna, who became the sec- ond wife of William Thomas Hilliard (see Hilliard, VII).
HEADLEY The Headley family is un- doubtedly of English origin although one tradition says they came from Scotland. In the twelfth century the name was spelt De Haddeleigh, and de Hadleins, its signification being "of the woods." In later days the name has passed through various forms and has now crystal- ized into Headley, Hedley, Hedly and Had- ley. The present branch of the family is be- lieved to have originated with one, Leonard Headley, who prior to 1664 came from Eng- land, landed at Boston, went from there to Connecticut, afterwards drifted to Long Island, and in the year 1664 became one of the Elizabethtown associates.
(I) The Leonard Headley referred to above, soon after his coming to Elizabeth-
town, went about five miles west of the town, and settled what for many years was known as Headleytown, which was that part of Union county now known as Unionville. Leonard Headley was a weaver and also the owner of a sawmill. His wife Sarah, who was the administratrix of his estate, after his death married Robert Smith, who according to Hatfield was the first of his name in Eliza- bethtown, being there in 1687 and in 1699 being the high sheriff of the county. Leonard Headley died in February, 1683, and it is sup- posed left two sons, Thomas, referred to below, and Abner.
(II) Thomas, conjectured son of Leonard Headley, was in Elizabethtown from 1700 to 1702, when his name appears on various pa- pers and documents. Of his family nothing is definitely known, but it is conjectured from his being mentioned in the will of John Parker that there was some connection be- tween the families of Headley and Parker, possibly Thomas's wife was a Parker. Janu- ary 17, 1726, letters of administration were granted on the estate of John Clake or Clark to his "father-in-law" Thomas Headley. Thomas is also supposed to have been the father of Samuel Headley Sr., of Headley- town, referred to below.
(III) Samuel, conjectured son of Thomas Headley, of Elizabethtown, was born about 1690, died about 1755. He lived at Headley town, and was the founder of that place. He and his family were members of the Presby- terian church of Connecticut Farms, and they are buried there, but there is nothing to mark. their graves. By his wife Mary, Samuel Headley had eight children : I. Mary, married John Muchmore. 2. Joseph, referred to below. 3. Robert, born in 1718 or 1720, died April 28, 1806; married Susanna -, and Phebe (Baldwin) Gardner. 4. Samuel, who is referred to below. 5. Sarah. 6. Rachel. 7. Phebe. 8. Isaac, married a Miss Piatt, of New Jersey, and was probably the eldest son.
(IV) Joseph, son of Samuel and Mary Headley, was born about 1718, died in Oc- tober, 1785. He was a farmer and at first lived in Headleytown'on land inherited from his father. Later, however, he removed to the Headleytown property known as Vaux Hall, probably erecting the house on the prop- erty and giving it the name it now bears. It was over this property that part of the battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield were fought. The name of Joseph Headley's wife is unknown, but his children were: I. David.
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born about 1745, died 1806; married and had one child, Abner. 2. Elizabeth, born about 1749, married Benjamin Crane. 3. John Thompson, born 1751, died February 4, 1828; married Catharin Smith; was a revolutionary soldier and fought at Connecticut Farms and Springfield. 4. Rachel, married Aaron Hun- ter. 5. Cary, referred to below. 6. Ann, married Eliakim Frazee, but has no issue. 7. Mary, who married but had no issue.
(V) Cary, son of Joseph Headley, of Head- leytown, was born February 14, 1756, died February 1, 1823. He was born in Union township, Union county, where he lived and died, and spent his time farming. He was a man of much enterprise, much esteemed by his fellow-townsmen. He lived on what is now known as Valley street about half a mile south of Wyoming, and owned at least one hundred and fifty acres. When they were married Mrs. Headley was presented with two slaves, a man and a woman. Cary Head- ley was a revolutionary soldier, entertained General Washington and members of his com- mand in Vaux Hall, and in his woods, which afterwards belonged to his grandson, John Stiles, referred to below, the great general and his men knelt down beside a log and prayed for victory for the patriot army. For three days Cary Headley's house was sur- rounded by the British. His wife and serv- ants took the cattle and horses over the Orange mountain and remained there with them until the enemy had left. Before going she threw her silver spoons, pewter plates and platters into the well and also buried a case of silver in the big wall. After the war all was re- covered. After the war Cary Headley furn- ished an ox which was roasted on the Orange mountain and General Washington partook of it. A part of the battle of Springfield was fought on this place.
Cary Headley married, April 1, 1781, Phebe, born March 13, 1762, died about 1830, daugh- ter of William Stiles, of Elizabethtown, who bore him seven children: I. Phebe Stiles, born about 1783 or 1784, married Jonathan Ball. 2. Mary, married Ezekiel Ball. 3. William Stiles, referred to below. 4. Susan, born March 6, 1796, died April 18, 1863; married Thomas Campbell Baker. 5. Timothy, March IO, 1800, died December 24, 1851 ; married Adeline Shaffer. 6. David Cary, February 15, 1802, died November 25, 1863; married Charlotte Halsey Baker. 7. Sarah, born about 1807, died February 18, 1827 ; married
Daniel S. Townley, and moved to Ohio about 1857.
(VI) William Stiles, third child and eldest son of Cary and Phebe (Stiles) Headley, was born January 14, 1791, died December 22, 1850. He lived and died on a part of the old Cary Headley farm. He was a farmer and a Presbyterian. He married Hannah Lockwood, daughter of Davis Headley, re- ferred to below. Their children were: I. Jo- anna Townley, born June 3, 1814, died April 4, 1839 ; married William Sanford Burnett, of Brooklyn. 2. Phebe Stiles, September 12, 1816, married Silas Condit Burnett. 3. Caro- line, July 21, 1819, died March 7, 1889; mar- ried William Courter. 4. John Stiles, referred to below. 5. Jane M., December 31, 1824, married George R. Baker. 6. Wickliff, July 4, 1828, died March, 1902; married Sarah Ann Brown Dawes.
- (VII) John Stiles, fourth child and eldest son of William Stiles and Hannah Lockwood ( Headley ) Headley, was born in Union town- ship, Union county, March II, 1822, died there April 6, 1893. His boyhood days were spent on the family estate in Union township. After acquiring a practical education he went to Brooklyn, Long Island, and was appren- ticed to David M. Afflick, who taught him the trade of a mason. In 1846 he began business for himself as a builder, and continued with success until 1856, when he returned to Union township, locating upon a portion of the prop- erty of his ancestor, Cary Headley. To this he succeeded partly by inheritance, partly by purchase. He now gave his whole time to farming. He did not care for political life ; his manners were unassuming; and he had many traits of character which are the ex- ponents of success in life and which command the respect of the community. He was a wor- shipper at and a supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church at Springfield.
John Stiles Headley married, February 13, 1849, Sarah Ann, born December 29, 1824. died in 1901, daughter of John E. and Eliza- beth (Cook) Courter, and their children were : I. Will Courter, referred to below. 2. Han- nah Elizabeth, born July 31, 1857, married William S. Wade, of South Orange, New Jersey. 3. Jane Lillian, June 22, 1859, married William H. Harrison, of Irvington.
(VIII) Will Courter, eldest child and only son of John Stiles and Sarah Ann (Courter , Headley, was born in Brooklyn, Long Island, June 25, 1853, and is now living in Newark.
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New Jersey. He was brought up on a part of the old Cary Headley Homestead farm in Union county, south of Wyoming and near the Essex county line. He attended the public schools at Headleytown, Springfield, and St. Stephen's, an Episcopal school at Milburn, Essex county. He then entered the law office of Whitehead & Morrow (John Whitehead and Samuel Morrow Jr.) in October, 1872. was admitted to the New Jersey bar as at- torney at the November term, 1876, and as counsellor November, 1879. Soon after his marriage he removed to Hilton, Essex county, holding while there the office of chairman of the trustees of the public school of that place. In 1883 he removed again to Irvington, New Jersey, where from 1884 to 1889 he held the office of president of the village, and other offices. In 1896 he removed to East Orange, New Jersey, where he continued to reside until about 1906 when he removed to Newark, where he now resides. He has his law offices at 800 Broad street, Newark, and is one of the prom- inent lawyers of that city. In politics Mr. Headley is and always has been an independent with democratic leanings. Since about 1873 he has been a member of the Methodist church, and in 1902 became a member of the official board of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church of East Orange and is now a member of the official board of Somerfield Methodist Episco- pal Church of Newark, which his family now attend.
Will Courter Headley married, June 5, 1878, Rosetta, born at Green Bay, Wisconsin, Sep- tember, 1853, daughter of the Hon. D. Cooper and Sarah Francis (Camp) Ayres, whose two brothers are: James Cooper, married Nellie Rodman; and Francis Camp, married Sally Chamberlain, and has two children: Mar- guerite and Frances. Her father was a mem- ber of the "Iron Brigade" during the civil war. The children of Will Courter and Rosetta (Ayres) Headley are: I. Elroy. 2. William Francis. 3. Harold Wade, all of whom are referred to below.
(IX) Elroy, eldest son of Will Courter and Rosetta (Ayres) Headley, was born on a part of the Cary Headley homestead, April 7, 1879. In June, 1894, he graduated from the Irving- ton public school; from the Newark Academy, with honors, June, 1897, and from Princeton University, 1901, with honors, having taken several prizes while there. In 1902 he gradu- ated from the New York Law School and he is now in his father's office. He married, No- vember 26, 1903, Ethel B., daughter of Henry
Whitman, born February 19, 1884, and has one child, Elroy Whitman, born November 6, 1904.
(IX) William Francis, second child and son of Will Courter and Rosetta (Ayres) Headley, was born March 12, 1881. He graduated from the Irvington grammar school in 1897, from the East Orange high school in 1901, and then went to the New York Law School. He married, April 27, 1906, Etta Mac Courter, born May 5, 1885, and has two chil- dren : I. Francis Ayres, born August 26, 1907. 2. Helen Margaret, January 3, 1909.
(IX) Harold Wade, youngest child and son of Will Courter and Rosetta (Ayres) Headley, was born April 11, 1885. He graduated from the Irvington grammar school, from the Eastern school, East Orange, in 1898, from the East Orange high school, 1902, from Yale University, 1906, and from the New York Law School, 1908.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I) and Mary Headley, was born about 1724, died No- vember 7, 1787. He was twice married, first to Rachel, born 1728, died 1750, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Davis) Ball, who bore him one child: Rachel, married J. Tichenor, of Camptown. His second wife was Rebecca (Bruen) Headley, who died December 26, 1809, aged eighty-two. She bore him eight more children: I. Rhoda, born 1756, died October 27, 1837; married Jonas Wade. 2. Stephen, January 28, 1761, died March 26, 1843 ; mar- ried Hannah Lockwood. 3. Davis, referred to below. 4. Mary, married Moses Wade. 5. Samuel, September 3, 1768, died June 29, 1841 ; married Elizabeth Miller. 6. Rebecca, July 24, 1771, died January 7, 1861 ; married Daniel Baker Jr. 7. Phebe, 1774, died Feb- ruary 7, 1860; married Dr. Hillyer. 8. Es- ther, 1776, died November 1I, 1860; married Benjamin Meeker.
(V) Davis, second child and son of Samuel (2) and Rebecca ( Bruen) Headley, was born in Union township, July 1I, 1763, died Sep- tember 10, 1832. He married three times. His first wife was Joanna, born November 23, 1774, died December 2, 1812, daughter of George and Martha' (Baldwin) Townley. Their children were: I. Phebe, born 1793, died January 2, 1875; married Richard Mer- rill. 2. Hannah Lockwood, referred to below. 3. Samuel, June 28, 1797, died September I, 1832, unmarried. 4. George, died November, 1836, unmarried. 5. Martha Baldwin, 1801, died November 6, 1826; married Caleb S. Miller. 6. Davis Jr., October 10, 1805, died
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May 7, 1881 ; married Susan Ball. 7. Mary, 1808, died September 28, 1827; married Ewel Freman. 8. Moses, who died unmarried. His second wife was Joanna, born October 29, 1764, died October 14, 1816, daughter of John Ogden and the widow of James Cole. Their child was William Ogden, born March 12, 1815, died February 23, 1875; married Maria S. Pierson. His third wife was Fanny Grif- fith, widow of Daniel Burger, who bore him one child, Eleanor Burger, married Lewis W. Lyon.
(VI) Hannah Lockwood, second child and daughter of Davis and Joanna (Townley) Headley, was born June 9, 1795, died in March, 1874. She married William Stiles Headley (see Headley, VI).
MARTIN John Martin, immigrant ances- tor of this branch of the family, died July 5, 1687. He was of Dover, New Hampshire, 1648-1666; Wood- bridge, New Jersey, 1668-1676; and Piscata- way, New Jersey, 1676-1687. He married Esther, born in 1628, died December 12, 1687, daughter of Thomas Roberts, who settled in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1623. and was chosen president of the colony in opposition to John Underhill. Children: 1. Mary, born in 1645; married (first) Hopewell Hull, who died in 1693; (second) April 9, 1696, Justman Hull. 2. John, 1650, died at Piscataway, April, 1704; married (first) June 26, 1677, Dorothy, daugh- ter of Richard Smith, of Woodbridge, New Jersey ; (second) January 19, 1698-99, Anne Brown, who survived him. 3. Joseph, 1652; married, November 25, 1679. Sarah, daughter of William and Catharine Trotter, of Eliza- beth Town. 4. Lydia, 1654; married, October 18, 1676, John Smalley. 5. Benjamin, see for- ward. 6. Thomas, 1659; married, April 28, 1683. Rebecca, daughter of Richard and Mary Higgins. 7. James, 1669, died March 21, 1676- 77. With the exception of James, all these children were born in Dover, New Hampshire. (II) Benjamin, third son and fifth child of John and Esther (Roberts) Martin, was born in 1656. He married (first ) October 24, 1680, Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Renolds. Chil- dren: I. Benjamin, born October 2, 1681, died October, 1682. 2. Esther, August 4, 1683. 3. Benjamin, November 14, 1685. died May, 1757 ; married Philorate Slater. 4. Jonathan, January 12, 1687-88, died August, 1768; married Elizabeth The elder Benjamin married (second) November 10, 1688, Margaret, daughter of Peter Ellstone,
of Woodbridge, New Jersey. Children : 5. Mary, April 21, 1691. 6. Peter, see forward.
(III) Peter, only son of Benjamin and Margaret ( Ellstone) Martin, was born August 19, 1693, died March, 1756. He married (first) 1712, Marie Children: I. Mulford, see forward. 2. Serviah Runyon. 3. Mary, married Isaac Fauret. 4. Pressilla. By the second marriage of Peter Martin he had : 5. Robert, married (first ) November 29. 1758, Mary Bloomfield, ( second) May 4, 1761, Margaret Pattan. 6. Peter, 1743. 7. Sarah, 1745.
(IV) Mulford, eldest child of Peter and Marie Martin, was born September 22, 1713. He married (first) Serviah, born November II, 1716, daughter of Ephraim and Phebe Dunham. Child, Thomas, born 1739, died in October, 1767; married, February 15, 1762, Elizabeth Ayers, of Woodbridge, New Jersey. Mulford Martin married ( second) Rachel Ayers, of Woodbridge, New Jersey. Children : I. Rachel Ayers. 2. Mulford, see forward. 3. Samuel, born in 1743.
(V) Mulford (2), eldest son of Mulford (I) and Rachel ( Ayers) Martin, was born in 1741, died January 28, 1788. He married (first ) Anna - -- , born in 1728, died in 1766. Children: I. Anna, born in 1760, died December 6, 1788, buried in Rahway, New Jersey. 2. Merritt, 1762, died in 1819: mar- ried, May 21, 1783, Rebecca, born in 1766, died August 30, 1801, daughter of Colonel Moses and Zeporah (De Camp) Jaques; they had seven children. 3. Thomas, 1766, died March 20, 1835, buried at Rahway ; married, Septem- ber 21, 1788, Sarah, daughter of John and Martha Ludlum. Mulford Martin married ( second ) Hannah, daughter of Peter and Han- nah Trembley, and widow of John Spinning. Children : 4. Peter. 1771, died June 10, 1804, buried in Rahway, New Jersey : married, De- cember 14, 1794. Sarah Conkling. 5. William, see forward. 6. Anna, February 5, 1781. died February 20, 1817; married Elias Dunham, born February 29, 1766, died July 29, 1815.
(VI) William, second son and child of Mul- ford (2) and Hannah (Trembley) (Spinning) Martin, was born near Rahway, New Jersey, February 12, 1779, died in Rahway, March 13, 1843. He married, October 3, 1801, Ann Loree, born at Long Hill, near Morristown, New Jersey, October 22, 1775, died at Rah- way, April 29, 1867. Children: I. Rebecca, born July 17, 1802, died October 3, 1803. 2. Mulford, January 5. 1809, died the same day. 3. William, January 2, 1811, died August 12,
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1812. 4. William Mulford, see forward. 5. Ann Loree, January 1, 1816, died at Newark, New Jersey, September 21, 1895; married James Audley Calhoun. 6. Albert Gallatin, October 29, 1818, died at Dixon, Illinois, Feb- ruary 14, 1894; married Frances Thompson. (VII) William Mulford, third son and fourth child of William and Ann (Loree) Martin, was born in Rahway, New Jersey, June 29, 1813. He married at Brooklyn, New York, January 10, 1836, Ann Elizabeth Par- menter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Janu- ary II, 1819 died in Woodbridge, New Jersey, October 17, 1885. Children: I. William Wis- ner, born in Rahway, December 18, 1837, died in Brooklyn, New York, October 16, 1865; married, June 23, 1863, Fannie Ludlow Had- den, born in New York City, February 5, 1838. died in Plainfield, New Jersey, January 29, 1890; their child, Louise Hunt Martin, born in Columbia, California, April 6, 1864, mar- ried, August 3, 1893, at Brooklyn, New York, Kneeland Moore, and had a daughter, Anna Louise, born September 13, 1896. 2. Anna Maria, born at Rahway, July 26, 1842, died July 27, 1843. 3. James Parmenter, see for- ward. 4. Ann Elizabeth, born in Rahway, March 21; 1847, died in the same town, July 29, 1849. 5. Joseph Hillyer Thayer, born at. Rahway, January 23, 1850; married at Wood- bridge, New Jersey, June 2. 1874, Lydia Free- man, born in Woodbridge, July 25, 1851 ; chil. dren: Joseph Hillyer Thayer, born March 22, 1875; Lillie Freeman, born January 17, 1878, died July 3, 1892; Elsie Barron, born April 10, 1880; Hilda, born June 11, 1884. 6. Sovereign Edgar, born in Rahway, December 22, 1851, died in Woodbridge, July 28, 1855. (VIII) James Parmenter, second son and third child of William Mulford and Ann Eliza- beth ( Parmenter) Martin, was born in Brook- lyn, New York, October 8, 1844, died June 17, 1908. He married at Lyons, New York, June 12, 1867. Holdena White Bell, born at Simp- sonville, Kentucky, October 19, 1846, and a descendant of James Brown, a sketch of whose descendants will be found forward. Children : I. Wisner Bell, born in Virginia City, Nevada, December 17, 1868; married, June 6, 1894, at Hackensack. New Jersey, Grace Moore. 2. William Parmenter, see forward.
(IX ) William Parmenter, second and young- est son and child of James Parmenter and Holdena White (Bell) Martin, was born in Virginia City, Nevada, October 8, 1871. He is an attorney and counsellor at law, with offices in the Equitable building, No. 120 Broad-
way, New York City, and is a member of the Lawyers' Club. He and his wife are members of the Roseville Avenue Presbyterian Church. He married at Geneva, New York, June 10, 1896, Margaret, born January 19, 1872, only daughter of Archibald Bostwick and Alvira (Peek) Morrison, and sister of Harry and Archibald Bostwick, Jr., the latter of whom is married to Sade Rutherford.
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(I) James Brown, who resided in Hatfield, Massachusetts, in 1669, removed to Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1683, and went thence to Colchester, Connecticut. He married in Springfield, Massachusetts, January 7, 1674, Remembrance Brooks. Children: I. Mary, born May 26, 1677. 2. Abigail, September 8, 1678. 3. Thankful, June 1, 1682. 4. Sarah 1683. 5. James, 1685. 6. Mindwell, 1686. 7. Hannah, 1688. 8. Mercy, 1690. 9. Eliza- beth, 1693. 10. John, see forward.
(II) John, youngest child of James and Remembrance ( Brooks) Brown, was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, February 10, 1695. He was a soldier at one time and tradition says that he was captured by the Indians during the French and Indians war, taken to Canada. where he was exchanged and released after having been kept a prisoner for some time. He married at Northfield, Massachusetts, No- vember 28, 1725, Hannah Janes, born at North- ampton, Massachusetts, June 16, 1710. Chil- dren : 1. John, born April 5, 1726. 2. Benja- min, October 14, 1727. 3. Silas, see forward. 4. Eunice, December 15, 1730. 5. Hannah, November 2, 1732. 6. Lois, August 14, 1734; married Gideon Shattuck. 7. Rufus, July 5, 1736; died at East Hampton, Massachusetts, November 8, 1801.
( III) Silas, third son and child of John and Hannah ( Janes) Brown, was born in North- field, Massachusetts, June 21, 1729, died at East Hampton, Massachusetts, August 4, 1804. He was a lieutenant in Captain Jonathan Waite's company, Colonel Ezra Meigs' regi- ment, and was present at the battle of Sara- toga and the surrender of Burgoyne, took part in the expedition to Stillwater and Saratoga during the revolutionary war, and conducted a part of the prisoners then captured to Hart- ford, Connecticut. He married Catharine Searle, born about 1735, died February II, 1813. Children : I. Sarah, married Storey. 2. Silas, Jr., see forward. 3. Eli, born about 1765, died March 15, 1795. 4. Arad, born about 1768, died January 2, 1795. 5.
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Zenas, married, January 27, 1791,
died in West Hampton, Massachusetts. 6. Joel, born in Northampton, Massachusetts, about 1773, died there in 1862. 7. Dorcas, married Elam Clark; died at East Hampton, Massachusetts, aged ninety.
(IV) Silas (2), eldest son and second child of Silas (I) and Catharine (Searle) Brown, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, June, 1762, died at East Hampton, Massachu- setts, April 6, 1826. He married at North- ampton, January 25, 1786, Jemima Clark, born in that town, July 25, 1763, died at West Bloomfield, New York, April 22, 1840. Chil- dren: I. Theodore, born March II, 1787. 2. Sophia, see forward. 3. A child, born No- vember 28, 1789, died the following day. 4. Aroa, April 23, 1792. 5. Aseaneth, June 6, 1795. 6. Silas Clark, September 2, 1797. 7. Fanny, April 15, 1800. 8. Cecil, March 2, 1804. 9. Minerva E., October 17, 1806.
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