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MARIA EVERTS, daughter of Henry Everts, born in Hills- dale, and married George Trafford Burton, son of Elijah and Lucy Collin Burton, by whom she has had a daugh- ter, Urvilla.
DAVID L. FARNHAM, of Benson, Vermont, married Han- nah Collin, daughter of David and Lucy Bingham Collin, June 12th 1829 ; died January 17th, 1860. His children were :
Samuel, born December 23d, 1835 ; died July 11th, 1836.
Rosamond D., born July 9th, 1837.
Almina, born September 23d, 1839, and married De- laney Bartlet, January 8th, 1863.
ANDREW FORD, born in Abington, Mass., and married Maria Beal. They had eight children, viz. : Elias, Levi, Eleazar, Andrew, Sarah, Elizabeth, Matilda, and Jerusha. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill.
LEVI FORD, son of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, Mass., and married Desire Whitman, of Chesterfield, Mass.
EBENEZER FORD, son of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, Mass., and married Huldah Otis, of Goshen, Mass.
ANDREW FORD, son of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, and married Olive Baker, of Haw- ley, Mass.
SARAH FORD, daughter of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, and married Freedom Whitman a Baptist clergyman.
ELIZABETH FORD, daughter of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, and married Stephen Worth- ington.
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MATILDA FORD, daughter of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, and married Jason Oles, of Goshen, Mass. He was a Presbyterian clergyman, and settled in Hamilton, N. Y.
JERUSHA FORD, daughter of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, and married and moved to Ohio.
ELIJAH FAY married Margaret Robinson, daughter of James and Jerusha Bartlet Robinson, and settled in Ham- ilton, Madison county, N. Y., and he and his wife died there, leaving a son, James, who remained on the home- stead, and married Maria Nash, by whom he had a num- erous family.
ELIAS FORD, son of Andrew and Maria Beal Ford, born in Cummington, and married Sophia Johnson, daughter of William and Jane Robinson Johnson; died in North Adams, 1838.
His children were : Elias, Sophia, Maria, Polly, Saralı, William C., Jane M., and Clynthia.
ELIAS FORD, son of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, Mass., and married to Ann T. Snyder, of Hillsdale, N. Y., by whom he has two sons : Benjamin and James. He is now dead.
SOPHIA FORD, daughter of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, and married Noah Ford.
MARIA FORD, daughter of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, and married Isaac Atkins.
POLLY FORD, daughter of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, and married to Sherbil Bradford.
SARAH FORD, daughter of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, and married William Temple.
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WILLIAM C. FORD, son of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, and married Delia Demmin, 1838, and lives in Fair Haven, Conn.
JANE M. FORD, daughter of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, and died in early life.
CLYNTHIA FORD, daughter of Elias and Sophia Johnson Ford, born in Hawley, and married Mr. Martin, and set- tled in Minnesota ; died in 1872.
SEYMOUR FOSTER, son of Parla and Phebe Wells Foster, born in Hillsdale, and married Sarah Madeline Truesdell, daughter of the Rev. Harvey and Clynthia Johnson Truesdell, February 20th, 1830 ; died 1871. His children were : Wells, Henrietta, Augusta and Willie. Wells died in boyhood.
HENRIETTA FOSTER, daughter of Seymour and Sarah Madeline Truesdell Foster, born in Hillsdale, and mar- ried Dr. Horace G. Westlake. She has one daughter, Henrietta.
AUGUSTA FOSTER, daughter of Seymour and Sarah Mad- eline Truesdell Foster, born in Hillsdale, and married to Loring Bartlet, of the city of New York.
MOSES FOSTER, son of Parla and Phebe Wells Foster, born in Hillsdale, and married Esther Sherwood, daugh- ter of Squire and Hannah Collin Sherwood, and settled in Unadilla, Otsego county, N. Y., where he died.
ISAAC FOSTER, son of Parla and Phebe Wells Foster, born in Hillsdale, and married Lucy Sherwood, daughter of Squire and Hannah Collin Sherwood, by whom he had one daughter, Adeline. After the decease of his wife, Lucy, he married Polly Pixley, daughter of John and Anna Sturgis Pixley, by whom he had one daughter, Jane,
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After the decease of his wife, Polly, he married Nancy Johnson Gerry, widow of Ebenezer Gerry. After the de- cease of his wife, Nancy, he married Eveline Johnson, daughter of Lemuel Johnson, late of Hillsdale, deceased. He is now dead.
PARLA FOSTER, born in Connecticut, and married Phebe Wells, and settled in Hillsdale, N. Y., in which place he resided many years, and died at a very advanced age. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was a high- ly esteemed citizen. His children were : Talcott, Anna, Moses, Simeon, Isaac, Ely, Deidama, Sally, Katy, Sey- mour, Judson, and Phebe.
Of the children of Parla Foster, Talcott died early. Emma married Dr. John Esmond, and after his decease she married a Mr. Northrop, and after his decease she married Benjamin Snyder. Moses married Esther Sher- wood; Simeon married Emily Nichols; Isaac married Lucy Sherwood, and after her decease he married Polly Pixley, and after her decease he married Nancy Garry, and after her decease he married Emeline Johnson ; Ely married Polly Bushnell; Deidama married Dr. John Stevens; Sally married Richard Latting ; Katy married Stephen Bos- worth ; Seymour married Sarah Madeline Truesdell; Jud- son married Sabrina Messenger, and Phebe married George Woodin
SYLVESTER C. GARDNER, of Manlius, N. Y., born March 24th, 1811, and married Caroline Collin, daughter of David and Ana Smith Collin, September 25th, 1838. His children are :
Edmund, born June 20th. 1840 ; died June 21st, 1840. Caroline, born January 16th, 1842. Sylvester, born November 18th, 1844. Sarah, born January 21st, 1849. Anna, born December 11th, 1850.
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Miriam, horn September 6th, 1852. William, born March 26th, 1861.
FRANCIS GODFREY was one of the early settlers of Bridgewater, Mass., and lived to an advanced age, and died in 1868. His daughter Elizabeth married John Cary, one of the first proprietors of that town, and by his will he appears to have been the grandson of John Cary, of Somersetshire, England.
JOHN E. GAVIT, born in the city of New York, October 29th, 1817, and was educated in bank note engraving by his step-father, who was one of the firm of Casilear, Du- rand & Edmonds. He went to reside in Albany, October 1836, and on the 28th of November, 1840, married Mar- garet Sophia Robinson, daughter of Dr. Gain and Chloe Bradish Robinson. John E. Gavit has been dead several years. Their children are :
John, born August 4th, 1841; died a few months after.
Joseph, born December 22d, 1842.
Margaret born March 22d, 1845.
William Edmonds, born February 10th, 1848. Helen Elizabeth, born November 26th, 1849.
Clark, born June 27th, 1851.
Julia Niles, born February 22d, 1854.
Chloe, born April 29th, 1856. Pauline, born February 3d, 1859.
JOSEPH GAVIT, son of John E. and Margaret Sophia Robinson Gavit, born in Albany, December 22d, 1842, and married Fannie Palmer, daughter of E. D. Palmer, the celebrated American sculptor. He has one son-John, born in Albany, July 1st, 1868.
MARGARET GAVIT, daughter of John E. and Margaret Sophia Robinson Gavit, born in Albany, March 22d, 1845,
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and married to Charles Prentis Adams, son of Dr. L. S. Adams, of Stockbridge, Mass., October 8th, 1868.
JAMES H. GILRUTH, a clergyman and member of the Iowa Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, married Sarah Adeline Collin, daughter of Henry A. and Sarah An White Collin, of Mount Vernon, Lin county, Iowa, June 20th, 1869. They have several children.
PHILIP GRANDIN, married Amanda Robinson, daughter of Gain and Chloe Bradish Robinson, by whom he has had eleven children, only two of whom are now living. His son William graduated at West Point. Two of his sons were twins, one of whom was named Andrew Jack- son, and the other Martin Van Buren.
WILLIAM HANLEY, born in Virginia, April 17th, 1833, and married Melind T. Wright, daughter of Lewis and Hannah Collin Wright, November 27th, 1857; died August 5th, 1870. His children are :
Marislin, born August 16th, 1858. John Collin, born November 30th, 1861. Louis Wright, born November 20, 1863. William Alonzo, born December 12th, 1855.
EBENEZER HAMLINE, grandfather of the Rev. Leonidas Lent Hamline, was born in Middletown, Conn., 1740, and married Lois Brooks, and settled in Burlington, Conn. : died in 1810. He had six children : Mark, Daniel, Lent, Rosa, Hannah and Lois. He was a soklier in the French war, and an officer in the war of the Revolution.
DANIEL HAMLINE, son of Ebenezer and Lois Brooks Hamline, married Lucretia Barns, and settled in Sarato- ga county, N. Y. They had a large family of children.
LENT HAMLINE, son of Ebenezer and Lois Brooks Hamline, settled in New London, Conn, and died there.
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ROSA HAMLINE, daughter of Ebenezeer and Lois Brooks Hamline, married and settled in Burlington, Conn., and died there.
HANNAH HAMLINE, daughter of Ebenezer and Lois Brooks Hamline, married Thomas Beckwith, and died in Burlington, Conn.
LOIS HAMLINE, daughter of Ebenezer and Lois Brooks Hamline, died in Canton, Conn., at a very advanced age.
MARK HAMLINE, son of Ebenezer and Lois Brooks Ham- line, born in Burlington, Conn., 1763, and married Rox- ana Moses, daughter of Othneal Moses ; died in 1840. They had ten children, two of whom died in infancy. The survivors were : Philo, Leonidas, Lent, Norman, Roxana, Experience, Saphrona, Harriet and Hannah. His wife Roxana died at Canton, Conn., 1831, and he married Dei- dama Humphry, widow of Judge James Humphry, of Canton.
PHILO HAMLINE, son of Mark and Roxana Moses Ham- line, married Thurza Barber, and settled in New Hartford, Connecticut, and had eleven children. He was born in 1788 ; died, 1857. His wife, Thurza, died in Canton, 1851. One of their daughters (Mariette) married Hiram Foster, a farmer of Mendon, Massachusetts, and had three sons, all of whom volunteered as soldiers in the late civil war, and one of whom died from neglect and ill treatment in the hospital in the city of Washington, D. C.
NORMAN HAMLINE, son of Mark and Roxana Moses Ham- line, died in some of the southern States.
ROXANA HAMLINE, daughter of Mark and Roxana Moses Hamline, married Friend White, of Hartford county, Connecticut, and died leaving several children.
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SAPHRONA HAMLINE, daughter of Mark and Roxana Moses Hamline, married David Humphrey, of Great Bar- rington, Massachusetts, and died in 1847, leaving six children.
EXPERIENCE HAMLINE, daughter of Mark and Roxana Moses Hamline, married Mr. Billings, and died in 1857. Her husband died in Indiana, 1855.
HARRIET HAMLINE, daughter of Mark and Roxana Moses Hamline, married Zelotes Mather, and after his death married Isaac J. Bigelow, December 10th, 1838.
HANNAH HAMLINE, daughter of Mark and Roxana Moses Hamline, married Rev. James Longhead, who settled in Morris, Illinois.
LEONIDAS LENT HAMLINE, son of Mark and Roxana Moses Hamline, born in Hartford county, Connecticut, May 10th, 1797. He was educated for the ministry, but suspended his studies on account of ill health. He sub- sequently studied law. On the 6th of March, 1824, he married Eliza Price, daughter of Jeffrey Price, of Zanes- ville, Ohio. He subsequently became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and joined the Ohio Con- ference in 1832. His wife, Eliza, died in Cincinnati, March 27th, 1835, leaving one son, Leonidas Price. In 1836 he married Melinda Johnson Truesdell, widow of Arnold Truesdell, and daughter of William and Jane Robinson Johnson. In 1836 he was appointed Editor of the Western Christian Advocate, associated with the Rev. Charles Elliot. In 1840 was appointed Editor of the Ladies' Magazine, published at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1844 he was elected a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which capacity he labored till his health failed in 1852, when he resigned that position and died at Mount Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa, March 23d, 1865. He was
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buried at Evanston, Illinois, where a Scotch granite mon- ument is erected to his memory. He had a commanding appearance, a gentlemanly address, and possessed talents and eloquence of a high order.
LEONIDAS PRICE HAMLINE, son of Leonidas Lent and Eliza Price Hamline, born in Zanesville, Ohio, August 13th, 1829. He graduated at the Medical College at Cas- tleton, Vermont, and married Virginia Moore, daughter of Capt. John Moore, of Peoria, Illinois, December 31st, 1850. They have had five children :
Leonidas Moore, born October 5th, 1852. John Henry, born March 23d, 1856.
Eliza, born February 6th, 1859 ; died February 26th, 1859. Theodosia, born June 30th, 1862.
Virginia Malinda, born March 23d, 1866.
LYDIA HAMLINE, born in Dutchess county, March 30th, 1783, and married James Collin, son of David and Esther Gillett Collin, April 21st, 1804; died November 1st, 1855. Her children were ;
Ely, born February 23d, 1805. James Hamblin, born March 5th, 1808. Lydia Louise, born June 15th, 1810. Julia Ann, born November 17th, 1813. Caroline, born September 21st. 1817. Cordelia, born April 6th, 1820.
Aulia, born April 6th, 1820 ; died April 6th, 1820. David Nelson, born March 17th, 1823 ; died March 3d, 1840.
LEMUEL HILL, born 1751, died August 25th, 1828. His father and two brothers came from Old and settled in New England. Among his children were two sons, Jona- than and Harvey.
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JONATHAN HILL, son of Lemuel Hill, born March 4th, 1775, and married Chastine E. Wilcox, February 25th, 1801. Their children were :
Rodney, born January 27th, 1802.
Sibyl Vilona, born October 24th, 1803.
Pluma A., born December 26th, 1805. Cornelia E., born March 16th, 1808. Alice C., born February 3d, 1810.
John, born May 1st, 1812. Henry L., born February 2d, 1816. Chastine E., born July 22d, 1819.
RODNEY HILL, son of Jonathan and Chastine E. Wilcox Hill, born January 27th, 1802, and married Sarah Amanda Collin, daughter of John and Ruth Holman Johnson Col- lin, February 20th, 1825. He is now dead. Their chil- dren are :
John Henry, born May 10th, 1826. Ruth Maria, born January 23d, 1829.
JOHN HENRY HILL, son of Rodney and Sarah A. Collin Hill, born May 10th, 1826, and married Catharine Augus- ta Hull, June 3d, 1850. Their children are :
Rodney, born November 6th, 1852.
John Henry, born October 28th, 1854. John Edward, born December 13th, 1857.
Frank Albert, born February 8th, 1860.
Fred Augustus, born February 6th, 1861. Charles Pomeroy, born September 1st, 1863.
PLUMA A. HILL, daughter of Jonathan and Chastine E. Wilcox Hill, born December 26th, 1805, and married Albert Winslow, of Hillsdale, and died at Monterey, Mass.
SIBYL VELONA HILL, daughter of Jonathan and Chastine E. Wilcox Hill, born October 24th, 1803, and married
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James Collin, son of John and Ruth Holman Johnson Collin, March 17th, 1828; died August 11th, 1846. Her children are :
Ellen H., born February 20th, 1829.
Charles R., born March 1st, 1832.
Louis E., born August 10th, 1833. John H., born February 25th, 1835. Mary C., born March 15th, 1838.
William M., born March 23d, 1842.
CORNELIA E. HILL, daughter of Jonathan and Chastine E. Wilcox Hill, born March 16th, 1808, and married Henry Williams, of Alford, Mass., and settled in Dayton, Ohio.
ALICE C. HILL, daughter of Jonathan and Chastine E. Wilcox Hill, born February 3d, 1810, and married Collins Hunt, of Lenox, Mass.
JOHN HILL, son of Jonathan and Chastine E. Wilcox Hill, born May 1st, 1812, and married Miss Wilcox, and died in Chicago, Illinois.
HENRY L. HILL, son of Jonathan and Chastine E. Wilcox Hill, born February 2d, 1816, has been twice mar- ried, and is settled in Chicago, Illinois.
CHASTINE E. HILL, daughter of Jonathan and Chastine . E. Wilcox Hill, born July 22d, 1819, and married Mr. Garfield, of Monterey, Mass. She is now dead.
THOMAS HOLMAN and ABIGAIL his wife, resided in Milton, Mass., and had ten children. He was selectman and town clerk.
Abigail, born February 15th, 1665. Nana, born September 15th, 1668. Patience, born February 24th, 1670.
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Sarah, born April 13th, 1673. Mary, born March 8th, 1674 ; died June 4th, 1675 ; and Thomas, born March 8th, 1674; twins. Mary, born August 24, 1677. John, born March 13th, 1679.
Ann. born August 11th, 1680.
Samuel, born June 27th, 1683.
NANA HOLMAN, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Hol- man, born September 15th, 1668, and married Benjamin Beal, of Braintree, June 17th, 1700.
SARAH HOLMAN, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Hol- man, born April 13th, 1673, and married Richard Woods, of Boston, October 9th, 1701.
ANN HOLMAN, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Holman, born August 11th, 1680, and married Samuel Swift, of Milton, Mass., November 6th, 1707.
JOHN HOLMAN, son of Thomas and Abigail Holman, born in Milton, Mass., March 13th, 1679, graduated at the Harvard University, 1700, and married Ann, the daughter of Daniel Quincy, of Boston, and sister of John Quincy, of Braintree, Mass. ; died 1759. He was a colonel in the State militia, and a Representative in the Massa- chusetts Legislature in the years 1734-1737 and 1744, in which capacity, as well as in all others, he was highly respected. His children were: John, Ann, Peggy, Ruth and Mary.
JOHN HOLMAN, son of John and Ann Quincy Holman, born in Bridgewater, Mass., and married Ann, daughter of Isaac Harris, 1734 ; died 1755. His wife died 1757, aged 45 years. He was a captain in the State militia. His children were :
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Ann, born 1738. William, born 1740. Abigail, born 1743. Isaac and Jane.
ANN HOLMAN, daughter of John and Ann Quincy Hol- man, married Joseph Billings, of Stoughton, Mass., 1730.
PEGGY HOLMAN, daughter of John and Ann Quincy Hol- man, married John Johnson, son of Isaac and Abigail Johnson, 1731.
RUTH HOLMAN, daughter of Jolin and Ann Quincy Hol- man, married Benjamin Johnson, 6th son of Isaac John- son, and grandfather of Ruth Holman Johnson Collin, 1732.
MARY HOLMAN, daughter of John and Ann Quincy Hol- man, married Ezra Cary, 1737. Their children were ;
Sarah, born 1738, and Shepherd, born 1742.
JANE HOLMAN, daughter of John and Ann Harris Hol- man, married Ephraim Cary, 1771. Their children were:
Jane, born 1773. Salome, born 1774.
Cyrus, born 1777.
William Holman, born 1779.
Ephraim, born 1782. Shepard, born 1784. Susanna, born 1787. Francis, born 1789. Jason, born 1791,
Asnath, born 1793. Harmony, born 1796.
EDWARD B. HUNT, son of Samuel and Sally Bagley Hunt, born in Hillsdale, February 15, 1814, and married
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Susan Burtis, daughter of Thomas Burtis, February 2d, 1857. After the death of his wife, Susan, he married Eliza Esmond, daughter of Spencer and Sally Sherwood Esmond, September 19th, 1866.
EMMA HOUSE, daughter of Benjamin and Phebe Vander- burgh House, born in Hillsdale, November 7th, 1820, and married Elisha W. Bushnell, son of John and Loxey Lay Bushnell, September 1st, 1840; died November 16th, 1859. Her children were :
Sarah, born November 7th, 1841.
George House, 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 23, 1857 ; died November 21st, 1859.
JANE B. HUNT, daughter of Benjamin Hunt, of Lenox, Mass., born June 22d, 1801, and married James Collin, son of John and Ruth Holman Johnson Collin, May 5th, 1822 ; died February 25th, 1827. Her children were :
James H., born March 21st, 1823. Jane S., born November 27th, 1824. John Francis, born February 15th, 1827 ; died April 29th, 1828.
RHODA How, of Connecticut, married Bentley White, March 3d, 1819 ; died April 14th, 1841. Her children were :
Sarah Ann, born January 14th, 1820. Sibyl M., born May 29th, 1822 ; died December 18th, 1824. Stephen, born March 17th, 1826. Jane M., born October 20th, 1832 ; died October 20th, 1834.
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EDWARD JOHNSON, born, Horn Hill, Kent, England, 1599 ; died at Woburn, Mass., April 23d, 1672. He came to this country with Gov. Winthrop, 1630, and was prom- inent in the organization of the town and church of Woburn, 1642. Was a captain of its military company ; was chosen its representative in 1643, and annually re- elected until 1671 ; was speaker of the house, 1665, and was on the committee with Broadstreet, Danforth and others, to meet the Commissioners Nicolls, Carr, etc., who had been sent from England. He was recorder of the town from its incorporation till his death. Some of his writings were published in London, in 1654, and reprint- ed in the Massachusetts Historical Collections, and again with notes, by W. F. Poole, in 1867.
ISAAC JOHNSON, one of the founders of Massachusetts, born in Clipsham, Rutlandshire, England ; died in Bos- ton, September 30th, 1630. He came over with Gov. Winthrop, arriving at Salem, June 12th, 1630. He was one of the four who founded the first church at Charles- town, July 30th and September 7th ; he conducted the first settlement of Boston. He was a good and a wise man, and was the wealthiest of the colonists. Arabella, his wife, was the daughter of Thomas, the fourteenth Earl of Lincoln. She accompanied her husband to New England, and died in Salem, August 30th, 1630. In honor of her, the name of the Eagle, Winthrop's ship, was changed to the Arabella.
ISAAC JOHNSON, of Hingham, Mass., born 1668, and married Abigail, widow of Isaac Lazell, and daughter of John Leavitt ; died 1730. He was a captain, a magistrate and four years a representative in the Massachutts Legis- lature. It is a well authenticated tradition that his grand- father emigrated to this country with Gov. Winthrop in 1630 ; and it is therefore a fair conclusion that his grand-
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father was either Edward or Isaac Johnson, who did ac- company Gov. Winthrop. His children were :
David, Solomon, Daniel, James, Deborah.
Sarah, born 1702. John, born 1705. Joseph, born 1707. Benjamin, born 1711, and Mary, born 1716.
CAPTAIN DAVID JOHNSON, son of Isaac and Abigail John- son, married Rebecca, daughter of John Washburn, 1719. Their children were :
Isaac, born 1721. David, born 1724. Mary, born 1729, Sarah, born 1732, and Rebecca, born 1734.
SOLOMON JOHNSON, son of Isaac and Abigail Johnson, married Susanna, daughter of Joseph Edson, 1723 ; died 1771. Their children were :
Susanna, born 1723. Seth, born 1733. Josiah, born 1735. Nathan, born 1738. Mary, born 1740.
JUDGE DANIEL JOHNSON, son of Isaac and Abigail John- son, married Betty, daughter of James Latham, 1720; died 1741. His children were :
James, born 1728. Jeremiah, born 1734. Leavitt, born 1736.
The great grandmother of Betty Latham was the famous Mary Chilton, who was the first female that set foot on Plymouth shore in 1620.
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DANIEL JOHNSON, son of Judge Daniel and Betty Latham Johnson, graduated at the Harvard University 1767, and settled in the ministry at Harvard 1769, and died there September 23d, 1777.
JOSIAH JOHNSON, son of Judge Daniel and Betty Latham Johnson, married Ruth, daughter of Eliphalet Leonard, 1757. Their children were, James, Daniel, Cyrus, Ruth and Betty.
James married Sally Washburn, and settled in Easton, Maine. Daniel married Mary Barker, and settled in the city of New York as an attorney. Cyrus was a physician, and married Henrietta, daughter of Deacon Isaac Lazell.
JOSIAH JOHNSON, son of Solomon and Susannah Edson Johnson, married Azuba, daughter of Ephraim Cary ; died 1812. She died 1816. They had only one child, Solo- mon, who married Sally, daughter of Gain Robinson, and settled in Rhode Island.
MAJOR JOHN JOHNSON, son of Isaac and Abigail John- son, married Peggy, daughter of John and Ann Quincy Holman, 1731 ; died 1770. She died 1757. Their chil- dren were :
Sarah, born 1733. Abial, born 1735. Lewis, born 1738. Patience, born 1744. Joseph, born 1747. Content, born 1748. Calvin, born 1751.
BENJAMIN JOHNSON, son of Isaac and Abigail Johnson, married Ruth, daughter of John and Ann Quincy Hol- man, 1732; died 1768. She died 1764. Their children were :
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Ruth, born 1736. Benjamin, born 1739. Rhoda, born 1743. William, born 1753.
Ruth married Stephen Richardson. Benjamin died in the army. Rhoda married Winslow Richardson.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, son of Benjamin and Ruth Holman Johnson, born in Bridgewater, Mass., 1753, and married Jane Robinson, daughter of James and Jerusha Bartlet Robinson, 1779 ; died at Hillsdale, April, 1818. His chil- dren were :
Ruth Holman, born September 16th, 1780.
Sophia, born January 7th, 1784.
Melinda, born December 7th, 1785 ; died March 9th, 1792.
Clynthia, born April 7th, 1788.
Quincy, born April 5th, 1791. Melinda, born September 29th, 1801.
RUTH HOLMAN JOHNSON, daughter of William and Jane Robinson Johnson, born in Bridgewater, Mass., Septem- ber 16th, 1780, and married Joli Collin, son of John and Sarah Arnold Collin, of Hillsdale, N. Y., October 23d, 1798 ; died in Hillsdale, December 2d, 1868. Her child- ren were :
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