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3. Milton Stanley, born at Jamestown, New York, January 11, 1886; he received his pre- liminary education at Mercersburg, Pennsyl- vania, and at Jamestown high school, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Bos- ton, Massachusetts, graduating with the class of 1908, with the degree of mining Engineer.
4. Arthur Raymond, born at Jamestown, January 19, 1888; was educated in Jamestown schools, and the Jacob Tome Institute at Port Deposit, Maryland; he is now representing his father in the management of the Clark Hardware Company; he is a member of the Baptist church and a Republican in politics : his club is the Ellicott, of Jamestown.
The name Lewis is derived from
LEWIS the Welsh Leuaws, signifying a multitude. Benjamin Lewis was the first of his name to settle in Wallingford. Connecticut, coming from Stratford in 1670. He did not remain long, but soon returned to
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his old home in Stratford. He married Han- nah, daughter of Sergeant John Curtis, one of the original proprietors of Stratford. She was born February 16, 1654, died October 21, 1728. Benjamin Lewis died about 1700. Children : John, born September, 1672, in Wallingford; Mary, 1674, died young; James, see forward; Edmund, 1679, in Stratford; Joseph, 1683, in Stratford; Hannah, married Joseph Jones ; Mary (2), married Samuel Fairchild; Martha, married James Judson; Benjamin, born 1696; Eunice.
(II) James, son of Benjamin Lewis, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, 1677, died there January 20, 1766, and is buried in the old Episcopal cemetery by his wife, their gravestones being yet in a good state of pres- ervation. He married, November 1I, 1702, Hannah, died July 2, 1756, daughter of James Judson. Children : John, see forward; Mary, married Rev. John Goodsell; James, born Oc- tober 12, 1708; David, June 5, 1711; Abigail, married Nehemiah Beardsley; Ephraim.
(III) John, son of James and Hannah (Judson) Lewis, was born in Stratford, Con- necticut, December 20, 1703. He married, De- cember 7, 1727, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Sherman, son of Samuel Sherman, son of Ed- mund Sherman, born in England, came to America in 1632, settled at Watertown, Mas- sachusetts. Children : Nathan, born Septem- ber 19, 1728; Nathaniel Sherman, see for- ward; Amy, born August 19, 1732; Sarah, January 2, 1734; John, died in infancy; John, died in childhood; Judson, married Elizabeth Whiting; John, born November 5, 1747; Ste- phen, August, 1749.
(IV) Captain Nathaniel Sherman Lewis, second son of John and Sarah (Sherman) Lewis, was born June 3, 1730, died February 14, 1812. Several of the Lewis family by name of Nathaniel served in the revolutionary war from Connecticut, and his title of captain was no doubt a military one. He married, April 11, 1756, Mary Jones, born January 12, 1735, died April 10, 1819, daughter of Sam- uel and Hannah (Dunlap) Jones. Children : Hannah, born September 26, 1757; Philo, mar- ried Charity Curtiss ; David, born July, 1760; Polly, July 11, 1762; Francis, died aged thir- ty-seven years; Sarah Ann, born June, 1768; David, baptized November 4, 1770; Nathan, see forward.
(V) Nathan, youngest son of Captain Na- thaniel Sherman Lewis, was baptized March
27, 1775. He married Charity, daughter of Nathan (2) and Eunice (Birdsey) Booth (see Booth). Children: Le Grand, born Septem- ber 25, 1794; Birdseye, see forward; Cather- ine, September 26, 1798; Mary Ann, Septem- ber 17, 1800; Lucius, April, 1802; Elizabeth Ann, July 24, 1807.
(VI) Birdseye, son of Nathan Lewis, was born at Hoo's Hill, near Bridgeport, Connecti- cut, October, 1796, died at Albion, Michigan, in early manhood. He was a cooper by trade. After leaving Connecticut he lived for a time in Parma, New York, later continuing west to Michigan. He married Sally Beardsley, of Connecticut. Children : Eli Birdseye, see for- ward ; Cyrus, Sarah, John.
(VII) Eli Birdseye, eldest son of Birdseye and Sally (Beardsley) Lewis, was born at Hoo's Hill, Bridgeport, Connecticut, May 25, 1819, died at Lockport, New York, January 21, 1904. He was but a child when his par- ents settled at Parma, New York, and there his early education was obtained. He went with the family to Albion, Michigan, attending school there and remaining until he had at- tained his majority. He then returned to New York state, settling at Hartland, Niagara county. He engaged in fruit and vegetable gardening there until 1866, when he removed to Lockport, where he purchased a tract of seven acres. Here he was engaged in the propagation of small fruits, particularly the Niagara grape. He was an expert in his line and was for many years at the head of the propagating department of the Niagara Grape Company. He was widely known among nur- serymen and fruit-growers all over the United States. The tract of seven acres is now in the most exclusive residence portion of Lockport, and on it is the home of his aged widow, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. Nettie Well- man (Lewis) Oliver. Mr. Lewis was a man of most kindly heart and disposition. He was friendly with all and numbered many warm friends among his townsmen. In politics he was a Republican.
He married, September 24, 1846, at Albion, Michigan, Sarah Ann Bidwell, who survives him at the age of eighty-six (see Bidwell VIII). Children: 1. Frank B., born January 28, 1848; married, November 20, 1873, Flora Olds. 2. Flora. April 2, 1850; married, Jan- uary II, 1877, Charles Clement. 3. Fred B., March 5, 1852; married (first), January 7, 1875, Clara Chrysler ; married (second), Jan-
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uary, 1902, Jane Sackett. 4. Cora, October 21, 1860, died May 25. 1861. 5. Nellie Bid- well, December 24, 1862; married, February 3, 1892, Lamont Brace. 6. Nettie Well- man, June 3, 1864 ; married, February 6, 1895, Robert Bruce Oliver; child, George Ells- worth Oliver, born February 23, 1897.
(The Booth Line).
(I) Richard Booth, born in England. 1607, came to New England and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, about 1640. He married Eliza- beth Hawley.
(II) Joseph,` son of Richard Booth, "the emigrant." was born March 8, 1636, died Au- gust 31, 1703. He married (first) Mary Welles ; (second) Hannah Wilcoxson; (third) Eliza- beth
(III) Zechariah, son of Joseph Booth, mar- ried Anna Curtiss.
(IV) Captain Nathan Booth (revolution- ary ancestor), son of Zechariah and Anna (Curtiss) Booth, was born February 27, 1719- 20. He served in the revolution, appointed December 18. 1775, on committee on observa- tion, then called Captain Nathan Book. He married, April 22, 1742. Comfort Thompson. (V) Nathan (2). son of Captain Nathan (1) Booth, was born November 19, 1748, died 1815. He married, January 28, 1768, Eunice Birdsey. She died in 1815.
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(VI) Charity, daughter of Nathan (2) Booth, was born July 9, 1773. She married Nathan Lewis (see Lewis V).
(The Bidwell Line).
This is an ancient and honorable name in England. It is derived from the Saxon name Biddulph, meaning war wolf. One of the old- est castles is the Biddulph Castle, in Norfolk county, England ; it was built about 1066, and tradition says one of William the Conqueror's generals married the Biddulph heiress of that time and assumed her name. Many names are derived from this Saxon Biddulph, the ones now most used being: Bidwell, Biddle, Bid- dell. Burke gives several coats-of-arms borne by the English families. The record in Amer- ica begins with Richard Bidwell, an early set- tler of Windsor, Connecticut, called in the rec- ords "Goodman Bidwell." He died December 25, 1647. He had children : John, died 1687; Hannah, born October 22, 1644; Joseph ; Sam- uel ; Richard.
(II) John Bidwell may be the son of Rich-
ard Bidwell, whose eldest son was John. The proof is not at hand that shows the relation- ship, neither is there any clear proof that John was not the son of Richard. John Bidwell was an early settler at Hartford, Connecticut. where he had lands granted him in 1639. He owned a tanyard on an island in Little river. in what is now Bushnell's Park, and in 1666 had lands granted him in East Hartford. His name is engraved on a monument erected in memory of the first settlers of Hartford. No- vember 9, 1670, he was "freed from Training. Watching and Wardering by the town of Hartford." From the original records of the Second or Centre Street Church it is shown that both John and his wife Sarah were original members, date February, 1672. He owned a sawmill and "had liberty to take timber out of the common for the improvement of their saw- mill." An inventory of his estate was taken June 4. 1687. His will was signed August 22. 1683. He probably died early in 1687. He married Sarah Wilcox, died June 15, 1690. daughter of John and Mary Wilcox. Chil- dren : John, born i641, died July, 1692; Joseph. died 1692; Samuel, see forward; Sarah ; Han- nah; Mary; Daniel, born 1655, died Novem- ber 29, 1719.
(III) Samuel, son of John and Sarah (Wil- cox) Bidwell, was born at Hartford, Connec- ticut. 1650, died April 5, 1715. He settled in Middletown, Connecticut, 1680. He was repre- sentative to the general assembly, 1697-1705. He married (first). November 14, 1672, Eliza- beth, daughter of Thomas Stow, of Roxbury. Massachusetts. He married (second) Sarah Harris, who died 1696, fourth daughter of Captain Daniel Harris. He married (third) Abigail died March 8. 1733. Children. mentioned in his will, by first wife: Sarah. born September 20, 1674; Samuel, see for- ward; Mary; Nathaniel, and Elizabeth. By second wife: Thankful. born December, 1695. By third wife: Moses, born January 9, 1699; Abigail, and Hannah.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) and his first wife, Elizabeth (Stow) ' Bidwell, was born June 10, 1677, died March. 1727. He lived in Middletown, Connecticut, on the east side of the river. He married (first). Novem- ber 1, 1707, Ann Stanbarrow, from Long Is- land. He married (second), December 2, 1714. Mary Barnes, died 1734, daughter of Thomas Barnes, of New Haven. Children of first
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wife: Samuel and Ann. Children of second wife: Daniel, see forward; Sarah.
(V) Daniel, only son of Samuel (2) and his second wife, Mary (Barnes) Bidwell, was born at Middletown, Connecticut, November 18, 1717, died at Chatham, Connecticut, December, 1791. He bought land in Chatham as early as 1768, and subsequently his name figures in many transactions in real estate. He served in the French and Indian war in 1756 as a drum major. He married, December 25, 1740, Agnes Abbe, died August 30, 1765. Children : Daniel, born October 8, 1741 ; Benjamin; Mary ; Hannah ; John, see forward; Sarah; Esther; Samuel ; Josiah, born March 8, 1760.
(VI) Captain John Bidwell, son of Daniel and Agnes (Abbe) Bidwell, was born at Mid- dletown, Connecticut, December 28, 1750, died at Kinderhook, Columbia county, New York, November 8, 1825. He lived at Chatham until after his marriage, when he removed to Kin- derhook. He was a farmer and a cooper. He was executor of his father's estate and figured in many land transfers in Chatham. In Au- gust, 1799, he removed to Kinderhook, where he bought a farm called "Eyke Bouch," of two hundred and forty acres, on which he lived until his death. Kinderhook records quote him as overseer of highways, April, 1807, and Martin Van Buren as fence viewer. He was captain of a company in Colonel Thaddeus Cook's regiment, Connecticut militia, during the revolutionary war. His wife served as a nurse in the war of 1812, and received a pen- sion for her services. They were admitted to the Kinderhook church by certificate, May 8, 1802. Both are buried in the cemetery at Kinderhook. He married, at Chatham, Con- necticut, August 15, 1775, Sarah Penfield, born November 6, 1756, at Chatham, died at Kin- derhook, March 19, 1846. She survived her husband and married (second) when eighty years of age, Colonel William Potter, of War- ren, Rensselaer county, New York. They were a remarkable couple. When Colonel Potter was seventy-five years of age he would take dog and gun and tramp the woods and fields all day and bring in a good bag of game at night. Sarah Penfield was a daughter of John Penfield, appointed major, May 11, 1775. and lieutenant-colonel, March 25, 1778. He was a lawyer and merchant. He was representa- tive in 1776-77-78-79-80-81-87-89. Children of John and Sarah Bidwell: Daniel, born Au-
gust 2, 1776; Sarah; Anne; John; David; Alexander ; Halsey; Anne; Benjamin; Hor- ace, see forward; Joel John, born May 15, 1796.
(VII) Horace, son of Captain John and Sarah (Penfield) Bidwell, was born in Chat- ham, Connecticut, March 3. 1793. died at Hastings. Michigan, June 15, 1849. He mar- ried Rhoda Wellman.
(VIII) Sarah Ann, daughter of Horace and Rhoda (Wellman) Bidwell, was born Febru- ary 16, 1825. She married, September 24, 1846, Eli Birdseye Lewis, son of Birdseye and Sally Beardsley Lewis (see Lewis VII).
The Campbell family has
CAMPBELL for many centuries been among the most prominent
families of Scotland and is found in both the Highlands and the Lowlands and in the Scotch province of Ulster, in Ireland, especially in counties Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Londonderry and Donegal. The family was seated at Perthshire before the year 1300. The house of Argyle, head of the Scottish clan Campbell, have an authenticated history dat- ing back to the great Diarmid MacDwibhne, who was contemporary with the seventy-ninth king of Scots, Anno Domini. 977. From him through lyric odes of the bards and tradition they trace thirteen generations back into an- tiquity to Constantine, who came over from France in the year 404. In the seventeenth generation from Constantine the whole clan O'Dwibhne, in Argylshire, assumed the sur- name Campbell in courtesy to their chief, Archibald, whose name or title was translated in the Latin, Campus Bellers, and Campbell the name has since been. The family were noble for ten generations to Archibald, the tenth earl, who in 1701 was created by Will- iam the Third, Duke of Argyle. He was of the fortieth generation. The present Duke of Argyle is the thirty-first Campbell in direct line to hold the title. The Campbells of coun- ty Armagh, Ireland, descend from the Scotch clan and have been prominent in that and sur- rounding counties for many generations.
The family in Portland, Chautauqua coun- ty. New York, descends from Patrick Camp- bell, born in the parish of Lislie, county of Ar- magh, Ireland, April 23, 1830, died in Port- land, New York, August 2, 1909. When a young man of twenty-four he came to the
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United States in the latter part of the year 1854, settling first in Dunkirk, New York, later moving to Chautauqua county, settling in the town of Portland. He married Catherine McConnell, born near Lislie, Armagh county, Ireland, July 20, 1833, died in Portland, New York, March 5, 1899, daughter of Bernard and Margaret (Smith) McConnell. Her par- ents died in Ireland and after their death she came to the United States and was married to Mr. Campbell, in Dunkirk, New York. Chil- dren : I. Margaret B., unmarried. 2. Kate, married James Tanner and resides on the old Campbell homestead in Portland. 3. Mary J., unmarried. 4. Elizabeth E., unmarried; a teacher in the high schools of Chicago, Illi- nois. 5. Sarah, unmarried. 6. Richard L., married Lena (or Lera) Crain; children : Margaret and Maud. He is a physician and surgeon, located in East St. Louis, Missouri. 7. John L., of whom further. 8. Thomas C., married Kate Curtin ; child, Thomas. He is county judge of Tillman county, Oklahoma.
(II) John L., son of Patrick and Catherine (McConnell) Campbell, was born in Portland, Chautauqua county, New York, February 1, 1872. His preparatory education was obtain- ed in the public schools, after which he enter- ed Fredonia State Normal School, pursuing a classical course and being graduated June 18, 1895. Deciding upon the profession of law he began legal study with Albert E. Nugent (now city judge) and Arthur Moore, of Dunkirk, New York. He next entered the law school of Cornell University, whence he was graduated, LL. B., class of 1897 (June 17). He was ad- mitted to the New York bar, February 14, 1899. and at once began the practice of his profession, locating in the village of Brocton, Chautauqua county, New York, where he has gained a good practice and an excellent repu- tation as a lawyer and citizen. He was for- merly a Democrat, but since 1898 has been actively affiliated with the Republican party. He has held many village and town offices, in- cluding police justice of Brocton eight years, resigning in August, 1911 ; member and presi- dent of the Portland board of education two years ; in 1910 supervisor of the United States census for the twentieth New York district, and is now president of the Chautauqua coun- ty board of elections. He is a member of Lake Shore Lodge, No. 851, Free and Accepted Masons ; Royal Arch Masons ; and of Dunkirk
Commandery, No. 40, Knights Templar. He also is a Knight of Pythias.
He married, November 21. 1900, in Colum- bus, Chenango county, New York, Cora B., daughter of John and Mary (Campbell) Ruth- erford. Her mother, Mary (Campbell) Ruth- erford, was a daughter of Alonzo Campbell, and granddaughter of Peter Campbell, a sol- dier of the revolution, through whose patriotic services Mrs. John L. Campbell obtains her membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Children of John L. and Cora B. Campbell : John R., born November 16, 1901 ; Thomas R., December 24, 1904; Catherine M., November 6, 1907.
The Shearers of Buffalo de-
SHEARER scend in paternal line from English ancestors, and on the maternal side from the old New England fam- ilies of Ash and Maxim.
(II) The first of this family of whom there is an American record is Donald, son of James and Marguerite (Cresswell) Shearer, who was a resident of Montreal, Canada, later removing to Buffalo, New York, where he died. He was a sergeant of the Troxienne regiment. He married, March 9, 1812, Isabel. daughter of Joseph and Angeline (Fontaine) Briand.
(III) Daniel, son of Donald and Isabel (Briand) Shearer, died in Buffalo, New York, June 26, 1884. He married, November 17, 1855, Patience daughter of Thomas and Pa- tience Maxim. Thomas Maxim died at South Carver, near Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Maxims were prominent for many years, being an old Cape Cod family. Patience Maxim died June 26, 1893. Children : 1. Mary, Elizabeth, married, April 3, 1879, Abner Chap- man (2) Adams, born in Buffalo, May 15, 1857; children : i. Mary Eloise, married Har- old Delancy Keeler ; ii. Abner Chapman (3), born March 7, 1887, died February 21, 1907. Abner Chapman (1) Adams was of Norwich. Connecticut ; he married Anna Maria Corris. 2. Marie Antoinette Valentine, died July 14. 1871. 3. Daniel Cresswell (see forward).
(IV) Daniel Cresswell, only son of Daniel and Patience (Maxim) Shearer, was born in Buffalo, October 11, 1861. He was educated in the public schools, and began business life as a bookkeeper for the Leacock Lumber Company, of Buffalo, continuing in their em-
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ploy about eight years. He next was with the Jackson Lumber Company, of Tonawanda, for three years. About 1891 he established in business for himself, opening a coal and wood yard in Buffalo. About 1899 he entered the employ of the Fairbanks Scale Company, as office manager of the Buffalo branch, and so continues. He is a member of the Church of the Nativity (Roman Catholic), and a Repub- lican in politics. He is a member of the Buf- falo Motor Boat Club and interested in all out-door recreation.
He married, June 10, 1885, at Holy Angel's Church, Buffalo, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of James Ash, of Buffalo, and granddaughter of Robert Ash. James Ash was a prominent resident of Buffalo for many years. He mar- ried Mary Finn. This branch of the Ash fam- ily descends from Colonel Ash, a revolutionary officer, who was born in 1750, married three times, and was the father of twenty-four chil- dren. Mary Elizabeth Ash was born in Buf- falo, educated at Mrs. Warden's Academy and Holy Angel's Academy, now D'Janville Col- lege. Children of Daniel C. and Mary E. Shearer : 1. James Cresswell, born in Buffalo, April 23, 1888, died June 12, 1890. 2. John Irving, born in Buffalo, May 5, 1892 ; educated in Holy Angel's Academy, Holy Angel's Col- lege, now a junior at Conesus College, class of 1912.
The first person of whom any ALLEN account has been handed down, who bore the name of Alen or Alawy, is the Bard of Britain, uncle of Carac- tacus, who had for ancestors a long line of British kings, and who must have been born at the very dawn of the Christian era. The next historic personage of the name is "Alana, Chieftain," who was slain on the field of Cam- lon, A. D., 542. The third of the name is "Alan, a saint," who was born in Amoricer (Brittany, a fertile province of France). He left his native country and became a member of the College of Illyd in Glamorganshire. He had three sons who became members of the same college and distinguished ornaments of the Welsh church. Alan "Sergeant," com- manded a division or wing of the army of William at the battle of Hastings and con- tributed largely to the result of that battle which gave to William the title of "the Con- queror." Alan was fully rewarded by gifts of
immense tracts of land from the king, becom- ing, next to the king, the richest person in England. He had four brothers, all of whom received lands and titles and founded families. Miss Yonge, in her history of Christian names, says that one of the Alans located in Scotland and there married an heiress, whose grand- son Alan married Eva, daughter of Lord of Toppermur, and became high steward of Scot- land and was both the progenitor of the race of Stewart and the original ancestor of the hosts of Alens and Allens who have ever since filled Scotland. From the earliest days of heraldry the Allens have borne arms. No less than sixty-two families have had this honor bestowed upon them in the last six centuries. The name has always been prominent in New England and throughout the United States. Nearly twenty Allens are named among the early emigrants to New England. The name was variously spelled Alline, Allyn, Alein and Allen, but the latter is the form almost invari- ably used in the present day.
The earliest ancestor found in the lineage traced in the following sketch was John Allen, a record of whom is found in Marblehead, Mas- sachusetts, under date of 1685, when four of his children were baptized at the First Church, June 21. This would seem to indicate that he was an emigrant at that time and settled in Marblehead, although it is possible that he may have removed from some other town in New England. His occupation is given in a later record as that of a weaver. The name of his wife is unknown, although a "Mary Allen, wife of John," is recorded as having died at Marblehead in January, 1726-27, but it cannot be determined whether she was the wife of this John. Children of John Allen, the first four baptized June 21, 1685: I. John. 2. Thomas. 3. Miriam. 4. Nicholas. The others with baptismal dates : 5. Richard, August 21, 1687; married, November 20, 1709, at Marblehead, Elizabeth Clifford. 6. Abraham, see forward. 7. Ebenezer, January 1, 1692-93. 8. John, October 13, 1700. 9. Mary, December 13, 1702. 10. Miriam, April 13, 1707. 1I. Sam- uel, February 26, 1709-10. 12. Hannah, Au- gust 15, 1714.
(II) Abraham, son of John Allen, was bap- tized at Marblehead, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 15, 1689. He married, at Lynn, Massa- chusetts, January 6, 1713, Ruth Bassett, born at Lynn, March 16, 1689-90, daughter of Wil-
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iam Jr. and Sarah (Hood) Bassett, of Lynn. At that time his vocation was given as fisher- man. He soon afterward removed to Mendon, Massachusetts, where he passed the remainder of his life, his occupation there being given as that of a tanner. He was evidently a follower of the Quaker faith as all his children were married by the ceremony of the Friends. Children born at Mendon : 1. Joseph, see for- ward. 2. Sarah, married, November 22, 1738, William Graves, of Lynn, born December 8, 1716, son of Crispus and Rebecca (Alley) Graves. 3. Abigail, married, December 13, 1739, William Phillips, born at Lynn, January 14, 1715, son of Walter and Lydia ( Howland) Phillips, of Lynn. She died at Lynn, March 5, 1793, and he died there February 2, 1808. 4. Ruth, born October 17, 1724, died at Lynn. April 11, 1811 ; married, at Mendon, Novem- ber 27, 1747, Benjamin Breed, of Lynn, born there July 4, 1715, died there June 7, 1798, son of Samuel and Anne (Hood) Breed.
(III) Joseph, son of Abraham Allen, was born at Mendon, Massachusetts, June 17, 1719, died there March 21, 1802. He was selectman of Mendon, 1763-64, and a member of Captain Phineas Lovett's military company. He mar- ried Lydia, daughter of Moses Aldrich ( Men- don's celebrated Quaker preacher ) and Hannah (White) Aldrich. She was born at Mendon, October 28, 1721, died September, 1805. Moses was the son of Jacob and Huldah (Thayer) Aldrich, and grandson of George Aldrich, one of the first settlers of Mendon. Children of Joseph Allen, all born in Mendon: An in- fant son, died September 30, 1743: Hannah, died in infancy; Moses, born November 30, 1745; Ezra, October 18, 1747; Tamar, March 9, 1750; Abraham, died young; Joseph, July 29, 1754; Alvan, October 21, 1756; Caleb, see forward; Daniel, died young; Lydia, died young ; Ahaz, born July 23, 1765.
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