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PHILIP BECKER, son of Philip and Elizabeth DeGroff Becker, born December 19th, 1843, and married Cynthia Augusta Truesdell, July 15th, 1866. Their children are :
Julia Elizabeth, born April 26th, 1867.
Gordon, born September 9th, 1868.
Ralph Marion. born October 12th, 1880.
DAVID LONSON BECKER, son of John P. and Elizabeth Clum Becker, born January 20th, 1809, and married Sarah Truesdell, daughter of Samuel Truesdell. After her de- cease, he married Ruth A. Tyler, daughter of John Tyler. After her decease, he married Mary Osborn, daughter of Melvin Osborn. He has been dead several years.
By his wife Sarah, he had two children, Alfred and Sarah.
By his wife Ruth, he had two children, Franklin and Lonson.
By his wife Mary, he had one child, Lizzie.
STEPHEN C. BECKER, son of John P. and Elizabeth Clum Becker, born August 4th, 1811, and married Eunice Krum. Their children were : Porter A., John, Mary A., Ellen, Alice, and Lonson J. The last two are dead.
LOVINA BECKER, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Clum Becker, born May 8th, 1813, and married Orville McAlpin, son of John McAlpin, January 1st, 1851. She has been dead several years. Their children were :
Mary C., born November 25th, 1851 ; died September 15th, 1855.
Lucy, born September 3d, 1857.
ELIZABETH BECKER, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth 23*
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Clum Becker, born December 3d, 1815, and married Syl- vanus Smith, and resides in Penn Yan, Yates county, N. Y.
JULIANNE BECKER, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Clum Becker, born May 22d, 1817, and married Samuel Voak, by whom she has one son, Arthur. He now resides in Waukegan, Lake county, Illinois. She died some years since.
CATHARINE BECKER, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Clum Becker, born August 18th, 1820, and married Peter J. Becker, son of Joseph and Betsy Smith Becker, Nov- ember 14th, 1840. Their children were : George W., Gains T., Francis E., Lucy and Charles W. ; the last two of whom have died. She died in 1881.
POLLY BECKER, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Clum Becker, born April 9th, 1807, and married Gains Trues- dell, son of Samuel Truesdell, of Hillsdale. Their chil- dren were : John, Ruth, Stephen, Elizabeth, Juliette.
EDWARD WELLS BLACKINGTON, of Adams, Mass., married Camille Eugenia Van Dusen, daughter of Freeman and Lucretia Tullar Van Dusen, October Ist, 1862, by whom he has had two children.
ISAAC J. BIGELOW was born in Leominster, Worcester county, Mass., February 24th, 1809, and graduated at the medical college at Cincinnati, Ohio, and married Hannah Matthew, widow of Zelotes Matthew, and sister of the Rev. Leonidas Lent Hamlin, December Ist, 1838.
JOHN BRADEN, born August 18th, 1826, and married Pamelia Laurania Collin, daughter of John Francis and Pamelia Jane Tullar Collin, October 16, 1856. Their children were :
Mary Eliza, born August 11th, 1858.
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Francis Collin, born February 20th, 1860 : died July 20th, 1860.
Fannie, born June 23d, 1866 ; died September 18th, 1866.
He graduated at the university in Delaware, Ohio, then under the presidency of Edward Thompson, who subse- quently became a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Having obtained a license to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, he joined the Cincinnati Conference, in which he labored for some years. He is now a member of the Tennessee Conference, is residing in Nashville, and is president of the Central Tennessee College.
JAMES BRADISH, born 1675, died 1763. His wife was born 1688, died 1769. They had one son, John, born 1719, who married Mary Green, who was born 1720 ; died 1784; and he died 1781. They had eight children :
Sarah, born 1744, and married Mr. Nye.
Hannah, born 1748.
John, born 1750.
James, born 1752 ; married Jane Townsend.
Mary, born 1754; married Mr. Green, of Hardwick, Mass.
Dinah, born 1757.
Ruth, born 1760, and married Mr. Palmer. Joseph, born 1762.
JOHN BRADISH, son of John and Mary Green Bradish, born 1750, and married Hannah Warner, of Hardwick, Massachusetts, who was born 1752; died 1828, in Pal- myra, N. Y.
He was a colonel in the militia, and held important offices in church and state, and died 1825, in Palmyra, N. Y. Their children were :
Calvin, born in Hardwick, 1773 ; died in Michigan.
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Chloe, born in Hardwick, 1775. Charles, born in Hardwick, 1778. Sarah, born in Cummington, Mass., 1781. Luther, born in Cummington, 1783. Calvin, 2d, born in Cummington.
CHLOE BRADISH, daughter of John and Hannah Warner Bradish, born in Hardwick, Mass., 1775, and married to Gain Robinson, son of James and Jerusha Bartlet Robin- son, of Cummington, Mass., 1796. She died in Stock- bridge, Mass., 1866. Her children were : Amanda, Wil- liam Cullen, Cains Cassius, Abigail Blackman, Clark, Erasmus Darwin, Charles Rollin, Chloe, Hellen Elizabeth, and Margaret Sophia.
SARAH BRADISH, daughter of John and Hannah Warner Bradish, born in Cummington, 1781, and married Bartlet Robinson ; died 1853.
CHARLES BRADISH, son of John and Hannah Warner Bradish, born in Hardwick, Mass., 1778, and died in Mad- ison, Michigan, 1857. He married Bethia Robinson, daughter of James and Jerusha Bartlet Robinson, 1804, and moved from Cummington, Mass., to Palmyra, N. Y., in 1807. He was one of the New York electors at the election of President Harrison. His children were : Alex- ander H., William F., Seth W., Bartlet R., Lucretia E., ‹ and Philander.
LUTHER BRADISH, son of John and Hannah Warner Bradish, born in Cummington, Mass., 1783 ; died in New York, 1863. He was elected Lieut .- Governor of the State of New York in November. 1838. With a splendid per- son and high moral character, he possessed superior tal- ents.
ROWENA BRADISH, daughter of John and Hannah War- ner Bradish, born 1786, and married John Comstock,
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1801, and settled in the town of Rasin, Michigan. Her husband died, 1851. She had ten children : Worrener M., Walter R., Francis A., Hannah W., Luther B., Calvin B., Mary S., Charles B., Lauriston A., and Addis E.
CALVIN BRADISH, son of John and Hannah Warner Brad- ish, born in Cummington, Mass., and married Nancy Post, of Long Island, N. Y., and had twelve children : Martha M., Curran, Nelson, Sarah, Luther, Calvin, John W., Hannah W., Augustus W., Amanda G., Myron H., and Norman F.
He settled in Lenox county, Michigan, and bought a large tract of land, which he divided among his children. He died in 1854. His wife died in 1839.
MARTHA M. BRADISH, daughter of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Norman B. Carter, and settled in Black Creek, Michigan. They had four children : Russell C., Amanda D., Francis N., and Nancy B.
CURRAN BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Roby Cumstock, and set- tled in Adrian, Michigan. Their children are : Hellen E., Thomas A., and Darius C.
NELSON BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Phebe Wilson, 1828, and settled in Adrian, Michigan. Their children are : Myron W., William C., Ann E., Warren C., Lousia, and Mary C.
SARAH BRADISH, daughter of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Paul Jagger, 1827, and settled in East Palmyra, N. Y. Their children are : Luther B., Lucy A., and Charles E.
LUTHER BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Brad- ish, born in Michigan, and married Rachael Moon, June, 1846.
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CALVIN BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Mary Ann Jennings, 1838, and settled in Lenawee county, Michigan. Their children are : Horace C., Orrin H., and Chloe C.
JOHN W. BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Brad- ish, born in Michigan, and married Lydia A. Jeroleman, 1840, and settled in Lenawee county, Michigan. Their children are : Elizabeth F., Mary A., Sarah J., and Martha M.
HANNAH W. BRADISH, daughter of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan.
AUGUSTUS W. BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Eliza M. Apple- by, 1847, and settled in Lenawee county, Michigan. Their children are : Clarence M., Herbert H. and others.
AMANDA G. BRADISH, daughter of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Melvin T. Nickerman, 1844, and settled in Adrian, Michigan. Their children are: Calvin B., Norman F. Therese E., and Francis A.
MYRON H. BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Brad- ish, born in Michigan, and drowned in the ninth year of his age.
NORMAN F. BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and married Caroline M. Ca- ton in 1845, and settled in Lenawee county, Michigan. Their children are : Mintha A., Hellen A., and Nor- man R.
ALEXANDER H. BRADISH, son of Calvin and Nancy Post Bradish, born in Michigan, and died in early childhood.
WILLIAM F. BRADISH, son of Charles and Bethia Robin- son Bradish, born in Palmyra, N. Y., and married Rachael
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F. Warren in 1834, and settled in Medina, Michigan, in 1853. His wife died in 1862, and he married Perris De Forrest. His children are : Emma J., Chloe E., Clark R., and James Q .: the last of whom perished by the blow- ing up of a steamer on the Mississippi river while serv- ing as a soldier in the late civil war.
CHARLES H. BRADISH, son of Charles and Bethia Rob- inson Bradish, born in Palmyra, N. Y., and married Amy Ann Aldrich in 1849, and in 1853, moved to Lenawee county, Michigan. His children are : Zimrhoda J., and Alexander H.
SETH W. BRADISH, son of Charles and Bethia Bradish, born in Palmyra, N. Y. ; died in Michigan in 1837.
BARTLET R. BRADISH, son of Charles and Bethia Robin- son Bradish, born in Palmyra, N. Y., and married Cora M. Philips, in 1857 ; died in Adrian, Michigan, in 1863.
LUCRETIA E. BRADISH, daughter of Charles and Bethia Robinson Bradish, born in Palmyra, N. Y., where she now resides. She has given some valuable assistance in this compilation.
PHILANDER P. BRADISH, son of Charles and Bethia Rob- inson Bradish, born in Palmyra, N. Y,, and married Maria I. Bradley, of Lyons, in 1848, and settled in Batavia, N. Y. Their children are : John H., Edward F., William B., and Francis.
ELIJAH BURTON, born in Dutchess county, N. Y., July 31st, 1769, and married Lucy Collin, daughter of David and Esther Gillett Collin, January 3d, 1796. Their chil- dren were :
Collin, born December 29th, 1797. 1
Ely, born October 30th, 1799; died February 23d, 1860.
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Belinda, born July 23d, 1801 ; died August 20th 1864. Lucinda, born December 1st, 1802; died January 21st, 1863.
Harriet, born January 28th, 1805.
Henry, born March 18th, 1807.
Miranda, born April 10th, 1809.
Benson, born July 17th, 1811; died August 25th 1862,
David, born August 23d, 1813; died October 14th, 1813.
George Trafford, born August 10th, 1814.
Julia A., born June 21st, 1817.
Elijah Burton, died February 7th, 1856.
HARRIET BURTON, daughter of Elijah and Lucy Collin Burton, born in Hillsdale, N. Y., January 28th, 1805, and married to Joshua Dakin, of Dutchess county. Their children are : Jane, Ambrose L., Jennett, Mariett, Ches- ter E.
HENRY BURTON, son of Elijah and Lucy Collin Burton, born in Hillsdale, March 18th, 1807, and married Eliza Doan, October 29th, 1834. Their children are :
Sterling, born October 20th, 1836.
Lucy, born November 30th, 1838 ; died August 3d, 1857.
Henry Collin, born July 11th, 1843 ; died August 24th, 1848.
Henry Burton has been dead several years.
STERLING BURTON, son of Henry and Eliza Doan Burton, born in Hillsdale, October 20th, 1836, and married Mar- tha L. Whiting, July 13th, 1864. Their children are :
Henry Collin, born August 22d, 1865. Charles Whiting, born January 29th, 1868 ; died Feb- ruary 1st, 1868.
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MIRANDA BURTON, daughter of Elijah and Lucy Collin Burton, born April 10th, 1809, and married George W. Bushnell, son of William Bushnell, of Hillsdale. Their children are : Mary Jane ; Josephine, died ; William Henry.
GEORGE TRAFFORD BURTON, son of Elijah and Ley Col- lin Burton, born Angust 10th, 1814, and married Maria Everts, of Hillsdale. They have had one daughter, Urvilla.
JOHN BUSHNELL, son of George Bushnell, born in Hills- dale, September 26th, 1789, and married to Loxey Lay, of Saybrook, Conn., September 20th, 1810; died June 30th, 1842. Their children were :
Julia Ann, born September 18th, 1811. Chloe, born January 1st, 1813. Caroline, born October 21st, 1814. George, born July 10th, 1816. Elisha W., born December 27th, 1818. John and Loxy, twins, born January 5th, 1821. Lay, born February 28th, 1826. Abby, born April 17th, 1828, Ely, born April 3d, 1830.
JULIA ANN BUSHNELL, daughter of John and Loxey Lay Bushnell, born in Hillsdale, September 28th, 1811, and married to Solomon B. Collin, son of David and Lucy Bingham Collin, October 13th, 1835 ; died December 6th, 1865. Their children are :
Martha, born December 5th, 1836. James Lee, born July 1st, 1838. John Bingham, born April 4th, 1840. Julia Ann, born July 16th, 1843. Mary Louise, born July 21st, 1846, Abby, born April 25th, 1850 ; died April 5th, 1854. 24*
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Lois Ann, born February 12th, 1853. Viola, born May 26th, 1855; died March 17th, 1871.
CHLOE BUSHNELL, daughter of John and Loxey Lay Bushnell, born in Hillsdale, January 1st, 1813, and mar- ried to Arnold Fletcher Truesdell, son of Harvey and Clynthia Johnson Truesdell. Her children are : Morania Julia, Emma, and Madeline. Chloe Bushnell Truesdell is now dead.
ELISHA W. BUSHNELL, son of John and Loxey Lay Bushnell, born in Hillsdale, December 27th, 1818, and married to Emma House, daughter of Benjamin and Phebe Vanderburgh House, September 1st, 1840, by whom he had five children :
Sarah, born November 7th, 1841, and married Arthur Park, November 20th, 1861.
George, born August 14th, 1843; died March 7th, 1845.
Mary Vanderburgh, born April 20th, 1847 ; died May 3d, 1848
George Vanderburgh, born September 11th, 1851.
Clayton, born October 23d, 1857; died November 21st, 1859.
His wife, Emma House Bushnell, died November 16th, 1859, and on the 12th day of February, 1862, he married Frances L. Orton, who died August 1st, 1865, and after her death he married Catharine Martin Roe.
GEORGE W. BUSHNELL, son of William Bushnell, born in Hillsdale, and married Miranda Burton, daughter of Elijah and Lucy Collin Burton, and now resides in the State of Illinois. His children were : Mary Jane; Jose- phine, died ; William Henry.
JOHN CARY, born in Somersetshire, England, emigrated to this country in 1639, and settled in Duxbury, Mass.,
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and married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Godfrey, 1644. He subsequently became an original proprietor, and among the first settlers, of West Bridgewater, Mass., and was the first town clerk. He died in 1681, and his wife died in 1680. Their children were :
John, born at Duxbury, 1645.
Francis, born at Duxbury, 1647.
Elizabeth, born at Duxbury, 1649. James, born at Braintree, 1652. Mary, born at Bridgewater, 1654. Jonathan, born at Bridgewater, 1856. David, born at Bridgewater, 1658. Hannah, born at Bridgewater, 1661. Joseph, born at Bridgewater, 1663. Rebecca, born at Bridgewater, 1665. Sarah, born at Bridgewater; 1667. Mehitabel, born at Bridgewater, 1670.
EZRA CARY, the grandson of Francis Cary, and great grandson of John and Elizabeth Godfrey Cary, married Mary, daughter of Col. John Holman, and great aunt of Ruth Holman Collin, in 1737. He settled in New Jersey, and had two children : Sarah, born 1738, and Shepherd, born 1742.
EPHRAIM CARY, great grandson of John Cary, married Jane, danghter of Capt. John Holman, 1771. Their chil- dred were : Salome, born 1774; Jane, 1773 ; Cyrus, 1777; William Holman, 1779; Ephraim, 1782, Shepherd, 1784; Susanna, 1787; Francis, 1789; Jason, 1791; Adenith, 1793; Harmony, 1796. His wife Jane, died, 1809, and he died, 1828.
JOSEPH CARY, son of John and Elizabeth Godfrey Cary, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., 1663, and moved to Windham, Conn., and is the ancestor of the distinguished writers of poetry, Phebe and Alice Cary, and also of Gen. S. F. Cary, of College Hill, Ohio.
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The ancestors of John Cary were Norman French, one of whom was an officer in the army of William the Con- queror, who cantoned out the country to his men, and Mr. Cary thereby became an extensive land owner in Sommersetshire. In the subsequent civil wars the owner of the Cary property took sides in behalf of Richard Second, against Henry Fourth, and the property, in con- sequence, became confiscated to the Crown. In the be- ginning of the reign of Henry Fifth, an Arragonian Knight, after having passed triumphantly through divers countries, went to England and challenged any man of his rank and quality to make trial of his valor in arms. Sir Robert Cary accepted the challenge, and the combat was waged in Smithfield, London. The contest was long and doubtful, but finally terminated in favor of Sir Robert Cary, and the king, in consequence, restored to him a large part of the confiscated lands and authorized him to bear the coat of arms of the Knights of Arragon. Gen. S. F. Cary has supplied me with a pictorial representa- tion of that coat of arms, and he and Miss Phebe Cary have kindly given me much valuable information in res- pect to their kindred.
DOUGLASS CLARK, of Dutchess county, N. Y., married Sally Collin, daughter of David and Esther Gillett Collin, and settled in the town of North East. Their children are :
Perry, who married Caroline Winchell.
Henry, who married Betsey Ann Wheeler. Olive.
Sally, who married Alexander Trowbridge.
Caroline, who married Caleb D. Barrett.
Emmeline, who married Hampton Wheeler.
AMBROSE CLARK, of Dutchess county, N. Y., married Jula Ann Collin, daughter of James and Lydia Hamblin Collin. Their children are :
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Edward, born July 6th, 1835 ; died July 30th, 1835. Julia Ann, born May 7th, 1840.
Ambrose, born September 17th, 1842. James M., born December 12th, 1844.
Howard, born September 24th, 1849; died, March, 1850 Hattie L., born Jannary 13th, 1852.
Seward, born December 24th, 1854; died Jannary 2d, 1867.
ALICE CARY, a descendant of John Cary, one of the or- iginal proprietors of Bridgewater, Mass., was born in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, 1822; died in New York, February, 2d, 1871, while in poetic talent she ranked high among her contemporaries. She was equally distinguished for her social qualifications.
PHEBE CARY, a daughter of John Cary, of Bridgewater, Mass., sister of Alice Cary, and piece of Gen. S. F. Cary, of College Hill, Ohio, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1825; died in Newport, Rhode Island, August 1st, 1871. Like her sister, she was social, amiable and res- pected by all, and the following birth-day tribute to her friend, Miss Susan B. Anthony, indicates the good-na- tured poetic talent with which she was endowed :
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We touch our caps, and place to-night The victor's wreath upon her, The woman who outrauks us all In courage and in honor.
While others in domestic broils, Have proved by word and carriage, That one of the United States Is not the state of marriage.
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The caring not the loss of men, Nor for the world's confusion. Has carried on a civil war And made a revolution.
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True, other women have been brave When banded or husbanded ; But she has bravely fought her way Alone and single handed.
And think of her unselfish strength, Her generous disposition, Who never made a lasting prop Out of a proposition.
She might have chosen an honored name, And none have scorned or hissed it ; Have written Mrs. Jones or Smith, But strange to say she missed it.
For fifty years to come may she Grow rich and ripe and mellow, Be quoted even above par, Or any other fellow.
And speak the truth from pole to pole, And keep her light a-burning, Before she cuts her stick to go The way there's no returning
Because her motto grand has been, The right of every human ; And first and last, and right or wrong, She takes the side of woman.
A perfect woman, nobly planned, To aid, not to amuse one ; Take her for all and all, we ne'er Shall see the match for Susan.
ISAAC COON, born May 22d, 1824, and married Almira Becker, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Ann Becker, September 28th, 1850. Their children are :
Edwin Allworth, born October 13th, 1863. John Henry, born September 22d, 1855. Eugene Smith, born July 5th, 1864. Orrin M., born October 4th, 1865. Sidney N., born February 18th, 1869.
MR. CORBETT, of Plymouth, Mass., married Betty,
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daughter of Gain and Margaret Watson Robinson, and had one daughter, Betsey.
BETSEY CORBETT, daughter of Mr. and Betty Robin- son Corbett, born in Cummington, Mass., and married David Orr, of Hillsdale, N. Y. ; and upon the death of David Orr, she married John Van Dusen, of Hillsdale.
LORENZO L. CROWNS, of Washington, D. C., married Mary Collin, daughter of James and Velona Hill Collin, December 27th, 1859, by whom he has two sons. He is now dead.
LUCRETIA E. CHURCH, born May 1st, 1825, and married Charles A. Tullar, son of Seneca C. and Mary A. Gordon Tullar, November 10th, 1844.
SILAS L. CHURCH, born September 22d, 1820, and mar- ried Pamelia Jane Tullar, daughter of Seneca C. and Mary A. Gordon Tullar, December 26th, 1851. Their children are :
Minnesota, born April 19th, 1853.
Virginia, born June 27th, 1859.
ELIZABETH CHURCH, born July 24th, 1823, and married William Frederick Tullar, son of Charles and Rebecca Race Tullar, November 25th, 1841; died July 6th, 1842.
OLIVER DAVIDSON, of Canterbury, Conn., born 1754, and married to Deidama Morse, 1779; died 1787. Their chil- dren were :
Oliver, born in Canterbury, 1781. Joseph, born in Canterbury, 1783. Anna, born in Canterbury, 1785.
OLIVER DAVIDSON, son of Oliver and Deidama Morse Davidson, born in Canterbury, Conn., 1781, and married to Mary Miller, of Dutchess county, N. Y. They had sev-
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eral children, among whom were Lucretia Maria and Margaret Miller Davidson, who, though dying at an early age, had poetic talent which has procured their names places in Appleton's Cyclopedia of Biography, and Drake's Dictionary of American Biography. He was a physician, and died in Plattsburgh, N. Y.
JOSEPH DAVIDSON, son of Oliver and Deidama Morse Davidson, born in Canterbury, Conn., 1783, and married and had several children ; but he and all his children are dead, except one son, Erastus, who resides in Lansing- burgh, N. Y.
ANNA DAVIDSON, daughter of Oliver and Deidama Morse Davidson, born in Canterbury, Conn., 1785, and married to Aaron Ford, of Hillsdale, N. Y. ; died May 5th, 1839. She had no children.
LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON, daughter of Oliver and Mary Miller Davidson, and granddaughter of Deidama Morse Collin, born in Plattsburgh, N. Y., September 27th, 1808; died August 27th, 1825. In October, 1824, a gentle- man who knew her intense desire for education, placed her at a female seminary in Troy, N. Y., where her inces- sant application soon destroyed her constitution, previ- ously debilitated by disease, and she died before complet- ing her 17th year. A biographical sketch, with a collec- tion of her poems, was published by S. F. B. Morse, in 1829, entitled "Amir Khan, and other poems," the re- mains of L. M. Davidson. Although a great part of her compositions were destroyed, 278 remain. Her biography has been written by Catharine M. Sedgwick, in 1843.
MARGARET MILLER DAVIDSON, sister of Lucretia Maria Davidson and granddaughter of Deidama Morse Collin, born March 26th, 1823; died November 25th, 1837. Sharing her sister's precocity, she began to write at six years of age. At ten she wrote and acted in a passionate
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drama in society, in New York, and, notwithstanding the warning of her sister's fate, her intellectual activity was not restrained. Margaret's poems were issued under the auspices of Washington Irving, and the works of both sisters were published together, in 1850. A volume of selections from the writings of Miss Margaret M. David- son, with a preface by Miss C. M. Sedgwick, appeared in 1843. Lieutenant L. P. Davidson, U. S. A., the brother of Margaret and Lucretia, who also died young, wrote verses with elegance and ease.
ROSWELL DERBYSHIRE, of Lenox, Mass., married Ellen H. Collin, daughter of James and Velona Hill Collin, May 9th, 1849 : died on the Isthmus of Darien.
SPENCER ESMOND, son of Isaiah Esmond, of Hillsdale, married Sally Sherwood, daughter of Squire and Hannah Collin Sherwood. They had a daughter, Eliza, born June 30th, 1816.
ANNA ESMOND, daughter of Isaiah Esmond, was born in Hillsdale, and married John W. Truesdell, son of Thomas and Hannah Collin Truesdell, July 25th, 1804. Her children were :
Beebe, born June 5th, 1805; died April 1811. John W., born November 13th, 1806.
After the death of her husband, she married Refine Latting, by whom she had one daughter, Henrietta, who married Owen Bixby.
Mrs. Anna Latting died in 1870.
ELIZA ESMOND, daughter of Spencer and Sally Sher- wood Esmond and granddaughter of Squire and Hannah Collin Sherwood, was born in Hillsdale, June 30th, 1816, and married Edward B. Hunt, son of Samuel and Sally Bagley Hunt, September 19th, 1866. 25*
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