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(III) John (2), son of John ( I) Seymour, was born June 12, 1668, in Hartford, and mar- ried, December 19, 1683. Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Robert and Susanna (Treat) Webster, and granddaughter of Governor John Webster. Her mother, Susannah Treat, was a sister of Governor Robert Treat. John Seymour own- ed a large estate, and gave to several of his sons farms in New Hartford. He was mod- erator of the meeting of the first proprietors of that town, held at Hartford, December,
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1723. He died May 17, 1748, and is buried in the old burying-ground of the Center Church, Hartford. Child: John, mentioned below.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Seymour, was born at Hartford, December 25, 1694, and married ( first) Lydia, daughter of John and Hannah (Arnold )?Mason, baptized August 2, 1696. He removed to New Hartford about 1750, and died there July 25, 1758. He was buried in the Town Hill burying-ground, it is supposed, though no stone marks the place. He owned a large tract of land on West Hill. Children : Jolin, born at West Ilartford, Au- gust 18, 1728: Uriah, mentioned below ; prob- ably others.
(V) Uriah, son of John (3) Seymour, was born about 1730. Hudson M. Seymour, of New Hartford, a lineal descendant, has in his possession two deeds of Uriah Seymour, ex- ecuted respectively in 1757 and 1758. Uriah was a lieutenant in the revolution from New Hartford, on the Lexington alarm ; captain on the Danbury alarm, in 1777 (pp. 17, 483 and 492, "Conn. Revolutionary Rolls"). He is said to have held the rank of major before the end of the war. His son Uriah was also in the service. In 1790 the first federal census re- ports him from Litchfield, Litchfield county, Connecticut, as head of a family consisting of five males over sixteen, one under that age and four females. Among his children were : Uriah Jr., a soldier in the revolution ; Chaun- cey, born at New Hartford, December 14. 1762, and inherited the homestead on which Hudson M. Seymour now lives, was justice of the peace, represented the town in the general assembly, died July 12, 1839 ; Constantine, who settled in New Haven, Oswego county, New York : Abner, mentioned below.
(VI) Abner, son of Uriah Seymour, was born in New Hartford, May 12, 1771. He married Chloe - . He removed to Whites- town, New York, in the part afterward New Hartford, south of Utica, New York. He was captain of the company which went from New Hartford to Sacketts Harbor in the war of 1812. Children of Abner : Frederick, mention- ed below; Henry, ran away from home and went to sea when a boy, and, though inquiries were made, no word was ever received of him except the information that the ship on which he sailed never returned to port ; Harriet, twin of Henry, removed with her parents from Hartford, Connecticut, to Trenton, New York, where she married Samuel Carr and both died
shortly afterward : Calista, married Angus Tib- bals, and lived nearly all her life in Madison, Connecticut, and had one child, a daughter, who married Thomas Scranton, a dentist, and had four daughters and one son; Uriah, en- gaged in the foundry business, bought a tract of land containing several iron mines in Hast- ings county. Ontario, Canada, and built the first furnace in that county, carrying it on until his death, his only son Frederick dying at Madoc, in 1910; Elisha; Cynthia, married Snyder, a farmer; Mary, married Roger Olmstead, a merchant, who moved to Oxford county, Ontario, where he was exten- sively engaged in the pine lumber trade, and had one daughter ; Horace, was connected with the foundry business and lived in Madoc, On- tario, where he married and had two children, the eldest, William, distinguished as a teacher of music and a musician of note, who died be- fore his father, and a daughter who married Frederick Rollins, a miller in Madoc; Andrew. died young: Clara, married -Haight, and had one son. None of the children are living ( 1911).
(VII) Frederick, son of Abner Seymour, was born in New Hartford, Connecticut, Sep- tember 25. 1799, and came in early childhood to New Hartford, Oneida county, New York, with his parents. He was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of molder, at which he worked in various iron foundries in Vermont, and at Wolcott, Wayne county, New York. In 1827 he came to Fulton, New York, where, in partnership, with his brother- in-law, Angus Tibbals, he built the first iron foundry in the town. A few years later, on account of ill health. he withdrew from the business and bought a farm at Volney, New York, on the Whitaker road, on which he lived until a few years before his death. He mar- ried Maria Gardner, of Cazenovia, Madison county, New York, Children : Lucian C., born February 7, 1827, mentioned below ; Chloe A., May 6, 1829: Achsah M., October 28, 1831 ; Lindley A., September 13, 1836; Francis A., March 23, 1839: Frederick D., October 24, 1844. The eldest daughter, now Mrs. Allan McLean, a widow, resides at Toronto, Canada, and Frederick, unmarried, resides at Fulton. The others are all dead.
(VIII) Lucian C., eldest son of Frederick Seymour, was born at Cazenovia, New York, February 7, 1827. His early education was received in the public schools and at Falley
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Seminary. He embarked first in the dry goods business, in partnership with his uncle, D. W. Gardner, and afterwards the same firm built the St. Louis Flouring Mills, where they suc- ceeded in building up a large and profitable trade. Ile was a man of integrity, industry and superior business ability. In politics he was a Republican. He was vice-president of the First National Bank of Fulton for many years ; president of the first Electric Light Company of Fulton, and a promoter and stock- holder of the gas company. He was a promi- rent member of the Presbyterian church and for many years a trustee. In public affairs he was always interested and assisted every worthy public enterprise. He served the town of Ful- ton as a school trustee. Many charities bene- fitted from his liberality, and he was known as a friend of the poor and unfortunate.
He married Mary Helen Mix, the only daughter of Deacon Alfred Mix, of Oswego, New York, who died in 1894. Mr. Seymour died at Fulton, in 1903. Children : Nellie, de- ceased : Alfred, succeeded his father in the St. Louis Mills, and operated them until 1910, re- sides at the Seymour homestead, 309 Cayuga street, Fulton ; Carrie B., resides at 108 South Fourth street, Fulton ; Marie, deceased.
MARSH The name of Marsh has been common in England ever since use of surnames. It is undoubt- edly a place name. Families were numerous in counties Norfolk, Suffolk. Kent, York, and in Wiltshire and Ireland. Sir Thomas Marsh, who lived in 1660, bore these arms, which, with slight variations, were borne by many differ- ent families : Gules, a horse's head conped be- tween three crosses bottonee fitchee argent. At least six immigrants of the name of Marsh came to New England.
(I) John Marsh, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1618, and is said to have come to New England in 1635, going first to Cambridge. He is supposed to have gone with Hooker's company the next year to Hart- ford, where he became one of the first settlers. He had grants of land for himself and for others in 1639-40. His home lot was No. 16, on the north side of the stream that now runs through Bushnell Park, where Temple and Front streets now cross. He had other grants later, and was a proprietor of the common lands. He was a leading citizen of Hartford, one of the five higher magistrates in 1639.
holding office until 1655, when he became deputy governor. After serving as governor in 1656 he resumed the office of magistrate, which he held until 1659. He removed at this time to Hadley, Massachusetts. He was dis- missed from the Hartford church July 11. 1656, on account of church differences. He had lot No. 34 in Hadley, and was one of the selectmen in 1675. He was one of the original members of the Northampton church June 18. 1661. His will was dated March 3. 1687-88, and proved December 4. 1688. He married ( first) Anne, daughter of Governor John Webster and his wife Agnes. She died June 9. 1662, and he married ( second), October 7. 1664. Hepsibah, widow of Richard Lyman. and daughter of Thomas Ford, of Hartford. John Marsh died September 28, 1688. at Wind- sor, Connecticut, probably while on a visit to his daughter, Hannah Loomis. Children of first wife: John, born 1643 ; Samuel, mention- ed below ; Joseph, baptized January 24, 1647 : Isaac, baptized July 15, 1649, died young : Jonathan, born September. 1649: Daniel, about 1653 : Hannah, about 1655: Grace. 1657. Chil- dren of second wife: Lydia. October 9. 1667 : Grace Martin. an adopted daughter, daughter of John Marsh's sister. Lydia ( Marsh) Mar- tin. she married Nathaniel Phelps.
(II) Samuel, son of John Marsh, was born in Hartford, about 1645, and in 1660 removed with his parents to Hadley. Massachusetts. He married, May 6, 1667. Mary Allison, who died October 13. 1726, aged seventy-eight. He lived in what was then Hadley, but afterwards Hatfield, and was a weaver by trade. He was freeman, 1600: selectman. 1695-97. 1700-05- 06-08-09-11-13 : representative. 1706, and dea- con the same year. He died September 7. 1728. Children: Mary, born February 27, 1668, died young : Samuel, February 11. 1670; John. November 6. 1672: Rachel, October 15. 1674: Grace, January 7. 1677 ; Mary, May 24. 1678; Thomas, Tanvarv 10. 1680; Hannalı. September 18. 1681 : Elizabeth, July 31. 1683 : Ruth, June 16, 1685: Ebenezer, mentioned below ; Sarah. mentioned in her father's will. on record in Northampton, Massachusetts.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Marsh, was born May 1, 1687. in Hatfield, and died Sep- tember 0. 1747. He married. in 1707, Eliza- beth, daughter of Joseph Gillett, born 1689. Her father was born November 2, 1664, and settled in Hatfield. son of Joseph Gillett, of Simsbury, Connecticut. He married (first).
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November 3, 1687, Esther Gull. He removed to West Hartford. Ebenezer Marsh was one of the first settlers of Sunderland, Massachu- setts, about 1714, and received there lot No. 9. After a few years residence he sold his land and removed to Montague, Massachusetts. Children: Elizabeth, June 4, 1710; Ebenezer (twin with Elizabeth), died young; Ephraim, June 12, 1712, died August 1, 1714: Esther, July 15. 1714; Ebenezer, about 1716; Ephraim, 1718; Enos, mentioned below : Dorothy, 1723; Mary, 1725, died 1747; Thankful, 1728; Han- nah, 1733.
(IV) Enos, son of Ebenezer Marsh, was born December 11, 1721, in Sunderland, and died in Montague, February 16, 1810. He married (first), in 1751, Judith Hawkes, who died June 9, 1776; (second), in 1778, widow Mary (Hawkes) Smeed, who died March 27. 1803, sister of his first wife. He was a soldier in the revolution. "In appearance tall, digni- fied and venerable." He was a member of the church in Sunderland, 1749. Children of first wife: Enos and Judith (twins), born May 9, 1755, both died young ; Jonathan, born August 17, 1756; Judith, August II, 1758; Enos, March 18, 1760; Joshua, mentioned below.
(V) Joshua, son of Enos Marsh, was born August 8, 1765, in Montague, and died Febru- ary I, 1855. He married (first), December 30, 1793, Mindwell, daughter of John and Mindwell (Houghton) Crosbee, of Wendell, Massachusetts. She was born October 25, 1769, and died August 25, 1808. He married (second), January 25, 1809, Abigail Clary, of Leverett, Massachusetts, born September 20, 1769, died May 9, 1848. He lived in Leverett from 1812 to 1816. Children : Mindwell, born June 14, 1795; Joshua, April 25, 1797 ; Eliza, September 24, 1798, died February 5, 1800; John Crosbee, born July 9. 1800; Cynthia, March 26, 1802; Orsemus, mentioned below : Dexter, August 22, 1806.
(VI) Orsemus, son of Joshua Marsh, was born August 21, 1804, in Montague, and died at Bowens Corners, Granby, Oswego county, New York. November 30, 1880. He married, November 9, 1826, Lucinda, daughter of Ches- ter Hawley (Zechariah, Samuel, Jolın). She was born at Hadley, October 9, 1807, and died at Bowens Corners, April 15, 1888. He re- moved to the latter place towards the close of the year, 1830. Children : Isaac Warner, born September 25, 1827, married Mary E. Signor ; Edward Crosbee, mentioned below.
(VII) Edward Crosbee, son of Orsemus Marsh, was born July 9, 1829, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and died February 28, 1905. He married, March 25, 1851, in Ira, Cayuga coun- ty, New York, Martha Ann, daughter of Ben- jamin and Mary Ann (Belote) Clay, born in Clay, Onondaga county, New York, May 15, 1835. He was a farmer by occupation, and lived in Granby. He was assessor and justice of the peace there for many years. Children, born in Granby: Mary Olivia, born February 3. 1855, unmarried : Victor Eugene, December 16, 1856, married Alice I. Huggin; Edward Frank, November 14, 1858, a physician in Brooklyn, New York, married Elma T. Ran- dall : Ilomer Preston, mentioned below ; Willis Baxter, May 12, 1871, died October 15, 1882.
(VIII) Homer Preston, son of Edward Crosbee Marsh, was born in Granby, New York, June 17, 1867. He attended the district school until he was sixteen, and then went to" Fulton Academy, from which he graduated in 1887. The following year he taught school and read medicine in the office of Dr. Edward F. Marsh and Dr. C. M. Lee. In the autumn of 1888 he entered the University of the City of New York, and graduated from the medical department in 1891. He travelled on the road for a medical firm until October of that year, when he settled in Fulton, New York. He is to-day one of the leading physicians and sur- geons there. He is a member of the Fulton Academy of Medicine, Oswego County Med- ical Society, and State Medical Society. He is also on the staff of the Albert Lee Memorial Hospital. In 1906 he was elected coroner, and reelected in 1909. He has been a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 144, Free and Accepted Masons, since 1893, and also of the Knights of Pythias. He married, July II, 1891, Bertha Agnes, daughter of J. N. Paddock. Children : Robert Paddock, born April 25, 1893; Olive Lucretia, January 27, 1898; John Hawley, March 8, 1904: Elizabeth Crosbee, November 1, 1909.
The surname Burleigh is an BURLEIGH ancient English family name. The most common spellings of this name in the early records are Burleigh, Burley, Burly, Birle, Birley, Birdley and Burd- ley. No less than nineteen branches of this family in England had or have coats-of-arms.
(1) Giles Burleigh, the immigrant ancestor, was an inhabitant of Ipswich, Massachusetts,
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as early as 1648, and was born in England about 1634. He was a commoner at Ipswich in 1664. He was a planter, living eight years on what was later called Brooke street, and owned also division lot No. 105, situate on Great Hill, Hogg Island. His name was spell- ed Birdley, Burdley and Budly, in the Ipswich records, and his name as signed by mark to his will is given Gails Berdly. He bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth, called elsewhere Re- becca ; his sons Andrew, James and John, and an uncle whose name is not given. Theophilus Wilson was executor, Deacon Knowlton and Jacob Foster, overseers; Thomas Knowlton Sr. and Jacob Foster the witnesses. Soon after his death, in 1668, his widow was granted trees for a hundred rails and a hundred posts, June 13, 1668. She married ( second ). Febru- ary 23, 1669, Abraham Fitts, of Ipswich. Chil- dren : Andrew, born at Ipswich, September 5, 1657; James, mentioned below ; Giles, July 13, 1662; John, July 13, 1662, died February 27, 1681 ( ?).
(II) James, son of Giles Burleigh, was born in Ipswich, February 10, 1659, and died in Exeter, New Hampshire, about 1721 ; married (first), May 25, 1685, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Susannah ( Worcester ) Stacy. She died October 21, 1686. Her mother was a daughter of Rev. Witham Worcester, of Sal- isbury, Massachusetts. His sons Joseph, Giles, Josiah and James made a written agreement in 1723. Children: William, born in Ipswich, February 27. 1692-93, was at Newmarket in 1746; Joseph, born April 6, 1695; Thomas, April 5, 1697 ; James, 1699; Josiah, mentioned below ; Giles, 1703.
(III) Josiah, son of James Burleigh, was born in Ipswich, in 1701, and died in New- market, New Hampshire, in 1756. He mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Hon. Andrew Wig- gin, judge of probate, son of Andrew Wiggin and his wife Hannah Bradstreet. Andrew Wiggin was son of Thomas Wiggin, the immi- grant, and came over in 1631 as an agent for the proprietors of New Hampshire. Hannah Bradstreet was daughter of Governor Simon and Ann (Dudley) Bradstreet, and grand- daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. Thirty acres of land at Exeter was set aside for him by the committee in 1718. He signed a peti- tion for a bridge at Newmarket in 1746. Chil- dren : Josiah, married Judith Tuttle, died at Newmarket ; Thomas ( see forward) ; Samuel.
(1V) Thomas, son of Josiah Burleigh, was
born about 1730. He was an inhabitant of Deerfield, New Hampshire, in 1766, and was appointed on a committee to locate the meeting house. In 1775 he settled at Sandwich, New Hampshire, on what is now known as Burleigh Hill. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Mercy Norris. Children: Deacon Thomas, married (first), April 6, 1779, Han- lah Etheridge, (second) Susan, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Hanson ) Watson, widow of Colonel Lewis Wentworth, of Dover, New Hampshire; Mercy, married, March 5, 1784, Eliphalet, son of Colonel Jacob and Dolly (Ladd) Smith; Benjamin, born about 1755; Samuel, mentioned below; Josiah, died at Sandwich, August 31, 1845, married, Febru- ary 27, 1788, Rosamund Watson, of Moulton- borough, New Hampshire ; Dolly.
(V) Samuel, son of Thomas Burleigh, mar- ried March 7, 1785, Ruth, daughter of Joshua and Ruth (Carr) Prescott, born December 7, 1767, died December 15, 1843. He died at Sandwich. Children: Molly, born at Sand- wich, August 11, 1785 ; Sally, July, 1788; Ste- phen, 1791 ; Samuel Norris, August 9, 1793; Benjamin, 1795 ; Hannah, July 22, 1796; John, August 13, 1798; Ruth, August, 1800; Mercy, May, 1802; Thomas, June 4, 1804 : Polly, Feb- ruary, 1807 : Joshua Prescott, mentioned below.
(VI) Joshua Prescott, son of Samuel Bur- leigh, was born August 10, 1810, and died in 1889. He was a lumberman and farmer by occupation, He removed to Schroeppel, Os- wego county, New York, in 1854. He was a soldier in the civil war, in Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment, United States Regular Army. He was a Baptist in religion, a deacon in that church, and very active in all church and school matters. He married (first) Betsey Bowker, daughter of David and Lydia (Greig) Silsby, born at Aurora, Maine, November 19, 1819, died at Schroeppel, April 14, 1866. He married (sec- ond), at West Amboy, New York, October 21, 1866, Nancy Jane Tisdale, born at Columbia, New York, April 27, 1824. Children of first wife: 1. Laura Amanda, born at Sandwich, September 18, 1839: married John T. Nanus, of Clay, New York ; child, Nellie. 2. Horace Webber, January 19, 1841 ; served in civil war, Eighteenth Maine Heavy Artillery, was wound- ed and died at Campbell Hospital, Washington, July 15, 1864. 3. Charles Lewis, born at Aurora, Maine, June 4, 1844 ; served for three years in the civil war, Eighty-first New York
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Regiment, and was honorably discharged : mar- ried Ann Gates. 4. John Henry, August I, 1845 ; served ten months in the civil war ; mar- ried Mary Mccarthy ; lived at Schroeppel. 5. Frances Elizabeth, January 26, 1847 ; married Robert Parker, of Pennellville, New York. 6. Maria Langdon, May 29, 1849 ; married Cyrus Pierce, and lived at Brewer, Maine : deceased. 7. David Silsby, mentioned below. 8. Samuel Melvin, September 20, 1852 ; married Aurelia Foster, and lives at Corunna, Michigan. 9. Clarence Edwin, born at Clay, March 6, 1854. died February 7, 1873. 10. Ernest Erwin, born at Schroeppel, March 29, 1858. II. Brainard Willis, November 19, 1861.
(VII) David Silsby, son of Joshua Prescott Burleigh, was born at Aurora, Maine, Febru- ary 8, 1851. He came with his parents to Oswego county, New York, in 1854, and was educated in the public schools. When thirteen years old he ran away from home, and for three summers was a driver on a canal. For five summers following he was steersman on a canal boat. At the age of twenty he took charge of his father's farm at Pennellville, and remained there for four years. In the spring of 1878 he removed to Phoenix and worked on a farm for a year. During the summer of 1879 he was again steersman on a" canal boat. In the spring of 1880 he bought a freight packet, and ran it between Oswego and Utica for sixteen years. He was appointed superin- tendent of Section No. 2 on the Oswego canal, March 1, 1900, and held that position for seven years. In 1907 he was made superin- tendent of the whole canal, and the latter posi- tion he held until April 23, 1911. He was col- lector of the town of Schroeppel for one year, and a trustee of the village of Phoenix. He is a member of Calimachus Lodge, No. 369, Free and Accepted Masons ; Oswego River Chapter, No. 270, Royal Arch Masons; Lake Ontario Commandery, No. 32, Knights Templar. He married, 1876, Flora, daughter of Robert Parker, of Pennellville. Children: Clarence, born July 6, 1877; Guy, July 7, 1878; Eva, July 10, 1885 ; Robert, July 18, 1892; Joshna, died at the age of two years.
The family of Buell is very an- BUELL cient, and branches exist in Eng- land, France, Spain and Germany. There are some thirty-eight different ways in which the name is spelled. In Spain it is spell- ed Buil and Bueil; in France, Bual and Buel ;
in England, Bowelle, Bevile, Bevill and Beville ; in Germany, Buchal, Buhle, etc. In New Eng- land, Buel, Buell and Bewell are all used. The coat-of-arms of the English family is: Azure, sowed with fleurs de lys, argent, with lion couchant, gules. The family of Bovilles in England is very ancient. Robert Beville was knight of the shire for Huntingdonshire in 1410. It is supposed that William Buell, the American immigrant, was a descendant of this family.
( 1) William Buell, the immigrant ancestor. was born at Chesterton, in Huntingdonshire, England, about 1610, and came to America about 1630. He settled first in Dorchester and removed to Windsor, Connecticut, about 1635- 36, where he died November 23, 1681. He had land in the first division, in Windsor. He married there, November 18, 1640, Mary -, who died September 2, 1684. Chil- dren, born at Windsor: Samuel, mentioned below : Mary, September 3, 1642: Peter, Au- gust 19, 1644 ; Hannah, January 8, 1647 ; Hep- sibah, December II, 1649; Sarah, March 21, 1654; Abigail, February 12, 1656.
(II) Samuel, son of William Buell, was born at Windsor, September 2, 1641. He set- tled, in 1684, in Killingsworth, Connecticut, where he died, July II, 1720. He was one of the founders of Killingsworth, and lived in that part afterwards called Clinton. He was a large landowner and held many positions of honor and trust. He married, at Windsor, November 13 or 18, 1662, Deborah, daughter of Richard Griswold, of Windsor. She was born June 26, 1646, died February 7, 1719. Children, the eldest born at Windsor, the others at Killingsworth : Samuel, July 20, 1663 ; Deborah, October 18, 1665; Hannah, Septem- ber 6, 1667, died young ; Mary, November 28, 1669: John, February 17, 1671 ; Hannah, May 4. 1674; William, mentioned below; Major David, February 18, 1679; Josiah, March 17, 1681, died young ; Mehitable, August 22, 1682 ; Peter, December 3, 1684; Benjamin, 1686.
(III) Ensign William (2) Buell, son of Samuel Buell, was born at Killingsworth, Oc- tober 18, 1676, and died at Lebanon, Connecti- cut, April 7, 1763. On his tombstone he is called "one of the Fathers of the Town." He married (first), at Hartford, Connecticut, about 1705, Elizabeth, who died at Lebanon, De- cember, 1729, aged fifty-four years, daughter of Joseph Collins. He married (second), at Lebanon, April 23, 1730, Martha, who died
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May 25, 1751, at Lebanon, aged fifty-eight. He married (third), at Stonington. Connecticut, November 12, 1751, Mrs. Jerusha Dean, of that town. She probably survived her hus- band. About 1698 he removed to Lebanon, where he spent the rest of his life. Children, born at Lebanon : William, September 5, 1706; Samuel, November 5, 1708: Timothy, mention- ed below : Abel, June 5, 1714 : Elizabeth, March 27, 1716: Deborah, July 23. 1718: Mehitable, April 25, 1721, died August 14, 1726.
(IV) Timothy, son of Ensign William (2) Buell, was born at Lebanon, October 24, 1711, and died at Hebron, Connecticut. He married, at Hebron, January 20, 1730, Hannah Brad- ford, and moved to that town, now Marl- borough, about 1730. Children, born at Heb- ron : Timothy, November 20, 1732; Elijah and Hannah ( twins), November 9. 1735 : Deborah. September 13, 1738; Ichabod, February 15, 1741 ; Oliver, mentioned below ; Joseph, May 29, 1749.
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