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(V) John Henry, son of Lyman and Sally (Downs) Gould, was born in Sharon, Connec- ticut, November 13, 1810, died June 4, 1879. at Delhi, New York. At the age of seventeen he removed to Kingston, New York, and be- came clerk to the firm of Smith & Gould, mer- chants of that place, remaining until 1830. In that year he formed a partnership with his brother. the Hon. Herman Day Gould, who afterward represented the district in congress. John Henry Gould was, for a long time, one of the chief merchants in Delhi. In consequence of failing health he was advised to live as much as possible in the open air, and therefore retired from mercantile business, securing con- tracts with the government for mail routes.
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These he sub-let to others. He was a public- spirited citizen, serving as colonel in the state militia. His honesty was never questioned, and he ever maintained a character, in all re- spects, absolutely unimpeachable. He married, 1838, Mary Hassam, daughter of Solon and Mary (Hassam) Lovell, who were married January 18, 1815 (see Hassam IV ). Solon Lovell was the son of John and Martha ( Corey) Lovell. In 1775, when the Green Mountain Boys marched to Ticonderoga, under Colonel Ethan Allen, John Lovell went with them, as captain of a company. He also went with Colonel Allen to Manchester, Massachusetts, and to Bennington, Vermont, in 1777. As a member of Captain Simond's company of Rock- ingham (Vermont ) men he participated in the battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781. John Henry and Mary Hassam ( Lovell ) Gould were the parents of the following children : I. John Henry. 2. Sarah Ann, born February 14, 1840, died March 8, 1861. 3. Herman Hassam, born January 13. 1843, died April 2, 1908. 4. Mary Lovell, married ( first ) Samuel A. Fitch, M. D .; (second) Thomas Webster Browne ; removed to Binghamton, 1888; she is a charter member of Colony 13, Society of New England Women. 5. Lyman, born May 7, 1848, died April 9, 1878. 6. Lillian Ann E., sce forward.
(VI) Lillian Ann E., daughter of John Henry and Mary Hassam (Lovell) Gould, was born at Delhi, New York, educated at Delaware Academy and Elmira College, and moved to Binghamton, New York, in 1888. She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and an original member of Tuscarora Chap- ter, Daughters of the American Revolution, national number 10695, chapter number 29. In May, 1902, she caused to be placed on the south wall of the Broome county courthouse a bronze memorial tablet to the soldiers and sailors of the American revolution, which was unveiled May 16, of that year. In 1902-03 she was a student at the Corcoran School of Art. Washington, District of Columbia, and, in 1906, graduated in a course of nature study at Cor- nell University. For many years she has been chairman of the nature study department of the Monday Afternoon Club, of Binghamton. Miss Gould has, among other family relics, a mahogany dresser, with swell front, inlaid with satin wood, and a large mirror, with gilt frame, once owned by her great-grandfather, Stephen Hassam ; also a banjo clock, made by him.
(The Hassam Line).
Hassam is a corruption of the English sur- name Horsham. In the unsettled orthography of the early records in this country, it appears not only in its proper form "Horsham" but in twenty other ways, namely: Horshom, Har- shom, Horsom, Hassum, Hessam, Horsome. Horsum, Hashom.
(I) William Hassam, progenitor of one branch of this numerous family, settled, prob- ably about the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury, in Manchester, Massachusetts, in that part of the town called Newport, where he had several grants of land. The first was in April. 1684, and the second in 1690. The first grant fell short, and, in 1704, a third was made to supply the deficiency. William Hassam is fre- quently mentioned in the town records, his name appearing in no fewer than thirteen dif- ferent modes of spelling. In 1693 he was con- stable, in 1696 surveyor of highways, and he held other town and public offices. He mar- ried, in Marblehead, December 4, 1684, Sarah. (laughter of Samuel Allen, of Manchester, and died in that town about 1735.
(11) Samuel, son of William and Sarah (Allen) Hassam, married, October 24, 1727. Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Dawes. Children, born in Boston: 1. Samuel, see for- ward. 2. Sarah, born July 15, 1731. Mrs. Hassam survived her husband, and married, about 1738, Andrew Burgher. She died before 1759.
(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel ( I) and Sarah (Dawes) Hassam, was born May 15. 1729, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1759 he served under General Amherst, during the campaign in Canada. He married (first ), May 22, 1751, in Boston, Hannah Simpson. She died about 1769, and he married (second). March 20, 1774, in Boston, Mary Finney. Chil- dren, all by first wife: 1. Samuel, died unmar- ried during the revolutionary war. 2. Josiah, was a sea captain; went south and was of Baltimore about 1802-03. 3. Stephen, see for- ward. 4. Jonathan, born about 1764, died March 29, 1845. During the siege of Boston, when permission was given to the inhabitants to leave the town, Mr. Hassam went, with his family, to Grafton, Massachusetts, where he and his wife died before 1790, perhaps in 1777 or 1778.
( IV) Stephen, son of Samuel (2) and Han- nah (Simpson ) Hassam, was born about 1761. the date being inferred from the fact that he
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was between the ages of ten and fifteen when the battle of Bunker Hill was fought. He witnessed the conflict from the steeple of a church, at the North End, and carried water to the soldiers of the Copps Hill battery. He served in the revolutionary war, displaying both courage and patriotism. He went, with his family, to Grafton, afterward removing to Worcester, where he learned the trade of clock-making. A very beautiful specimen of the so-called "banjo" clock. made by him, is now in the possession of his great-grand- daughter, Miss Lillian A. E. Gould, of Bing- hamton, New York, and a clock, made by him, is in the tower of the M. E. Church, in Spring- field, Vermont. He afterward went to Charles- town, New Hampshire, where the remainder of his life was spent. He married ( first ), Sep- tember 27, 1787, at Charlestown, Theodosia, born in 1769, died in Charlestown, March 6, 1841, daughter of John and Susannah Hast- ings (see Willard family). Children, all born in Charlestown, New Hampshire : I. Elizabeth, born May, 1790, died in Delhi, New York; married, about 1815, in Charlestown, James Plumb, of Middletown, Connecticut. 2. Mary, born December 19, 1791, died in Delhi, New York, February 4, 1867 ; married, in Charles- town, 1815, Solon Lovell, of Rockingham, Ver- mont ; had two children : i. Hassam Ovid, mar- ried (first), May 20, 1832, Rebecca Mallory, who died April 2, 1859, they had a son, John Russell, born October 2, 1857; he married (second) Mary Fuller, December 16, 1864. they had one child, Frederick Hassam, born October 3. 1865, he married Jessie Chidsey and resides in California ; ii. Mary Hassam, born February 12, 1820, died December 12, 1883, married John Henry Gould (see Gould V). 3. John Hastings, born 1792, died in Raleigh, North Carolina, about 1822; he mar- ried, in Raleigh, Margaret Nichols, and had one child, who died in infancy. 4. Miranda, married, in Charlestown, Guy Ely, of that town, and died in Delhi, New York, February 15, 1856. 5. Stephen Danforth, see forward. Stephen Hassam married (second), in Spring- field, Vermont, August 19, 1841, Lucy A. Miller, of that town. They had children : 6. John Ferdinand, born about 1843, died in Washington, District of Columbia, July 31, 1863; he served as a private in Company B. Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, dur- ing the civil war. 7. Flora J., born October 5, 1844, died in Springfield, Vermont, February
9, 1868; she married, in that town, March 14. 1866, Charles Burnham. 8. Winfield Scott. born September 19, 1847, in Claremont, New Hampshire, died May, 1907; was in seven hard-fought battles in civil war, and mustered out before seventeen years old. 9. Carrie Phoebe, born September 19. 1849; married, in Springfield, Vermont, August 15, 1868, Eugene A. Randall; she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 10. Emily, born August, 1851, died 1855. Stephen Hassam died in Charlestown, New Hampshire, Febru- ary 4. 1861, aged about one hundred years.
(V) Stephen Danforth, son of Stephen and Theodosia ( Hastings ) Hassam, was born May 14, 1797, died December 29, 1851. He married, in Charlestown, New Hampshire, October 24. 1822, Mary, daughter of Roswell Hunt. Chil- dren, all born in Charlestown: 1. John Hast- ings, born August 12, 1823, died March 21, 1835. 2. Frederick Fitch, see forward. 3. George .\very, born August 20, 1832 ; married, in Manchester, New Hampshire, November 2, 1854. Leonora Babb. 4. Roswell Hunt, born February 16, 1845.
(VI) Frederick Fitch, son of Stephen Dan- forth and Mary (Hunt ) Hassam, was born October 6, 1825. He married, in New York City, January 7, 1851, Rosa Delia, daughter of Peleg and Mary Hathorne, of Bangor, Maine. Children, all born in Dorchester, Massachu- setts: I. Rosa, born March 29, 1852, died March 19, 1855. 2. Lily, born November 28, 1854. 3. Frederick, October 8, 1859. 4. Mary, August 29, 1861. 5. Norval, May 17, 1866.
(The Willard Line).
(I) Richard Willard, the earliest recorded ancestor of the American branch of the family. died at Horsmondon, Kent, England, in 1616, (II) Simon, son of Richard Willard, was baptized April 7, 1605, and, in 1634, emigrated to New England. During King Philip's war he commanded a troop of horse, with the rank of major. He was then living in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and, when that place was de- stroyed by the Indians, he moved to Salem, where he passed the remainder of his life. He married (first) Mary Sharpe ; ( second) Eliza- beth Dunster; (third) Mary Dunster. He was the father of two sons, one of whom was Simon, see forward.
(III) Simon (2), son of Simon (1) Will- ard, made his home at Still River. He had the following sons: Moses, see forward; Henry.
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Hezekiah, John, Joseph, Josiah, Samuel, Jona- than. James.
(IV) Moses, son of Simon (2) Willard, was a clock-maker, and laid the foundation of the fame of the family as manufacturers of time pieces. He was the inventor of the "banjo" and "lyre" clocks.
(\') Susannalı, daughter of Moses Willard, was born in 1730, in Boston, Massachusetts, and, at the age of seventeen, became the wife of James Johnson. Two years after their marriage they removed to Charlestown, New Hampshire, making their home at the fort, until the prospect of peace between Great Britain and France allayed their fears of the Indians (who were allies of the French), and Mr. Johnson deemed it safe to remove to a farm, which he owned, distant about one hun- dred rods from the fort, which was then the uppermost settlement on the Connecticut river. For a few years all was peace and harmony, but, early in 1754, another rupture seemed imminent between England and France. How- ever, as immediate war was not threatened, Mr. Johnsou ventured to make a trading tour of Connecticut. During his absence fearful rumors of Indian hostilities reached the fam- ily at the farm, but, on August 24, their anxiety was relieved by the safe return of Mr. John- son, and, by the news which he brought, that a war was expected in the following spring, but that no immediate danger was anticipated. For a few days they lived in a state of happy security, or fancied security, but, in the early morning of August 30, they were aroused by a band of hostile Indians, who carried them away captive. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, their three children and Mrs. Johnson's sister Miriam.
After a toilsome march they halted for the night, and, in the morning, a daughter was born to Mrs. Johnson, and was appropriately named Captive. The hardships and privations of a nine days' journey brought them to Lake Champlain, where they found canoes in readi- ness. Mrs. Johnson speaks of this arrival as one of the happiest hours of her life, knowing. as she did, that a sail of twelve hours would bring them to a settlement of civilized French- men. After a night on the water they landed, and the Indians executed the war dance, after which they reembarked, and, about noon, ar- rived at Crown Point. There they were taken to the residence of the French commander, by whom they were treated with all possible kind- ness. On the fourth day they were again de-
livered to the Indians and taken to the water- side, where they embarked for a three days' journey to St. Johns, where they again experi- enced the kindness of the French. They finally arrived at St. Francis, where the Indians be- longed. All the prisoners, with the exception of Mrs. Johnson, her son, six years old, and her infant daughter, were taken to Montreal, where they were bought by the French. At the end of two months a letter was received from Mr. Johnson requesting the Indians to take his wife to Montreal, as he had made arrangements for her purchase. On their ar- rival at that city Mrs. Johnson found that her fellow-prisoners, with the exception of her eld- est daughter, were kindly treated by their pur- chasers. The day after her arrival Mr. John- son was released on parole, in order that he might go to New England and raise money for the redemption of his family. Mrs. Johnson, during his absence, was purchased by Monsieur Duquesne, who received her into his family to await the return of her husband. Mr. John- son received from Governor Shirley, of Massa- chusetts, ten pounds, with which to defray ex- penses, and from Governor Winthrop, of New Hampshire, one hundred and fifty pounds, for the redemption of the prisoners. He had pro- ceeded as far as Worcester, on his return to Montreal, when a letter was received from Governor Shirley forbidding him to go further, the French having invaded King George's terri- tories, the frontiers of New Hampshire and New York. Not until five months had passed could he obtain from Governor Winthrop per- mission to proceed to Montreal privately, and, meanwhile, the French, thinking he had de- signedly broken his parole, would have nothing to do with his wife, obliging her and her sister to support themselves by the use of the needle. Mr. Johnson, on his arrival, was thrown into prison, and, after a time, was taken, with his wife and two youngest children, to Quebec, where, for three years, they endured all the horrors of a most cruel imprisonment. They were finally permitted to take passage on a vessel bound for England. for the exchange of prisoners. Two weeks after their arrival they embarked for America, and, after a voyage of seven weeks, arrived safely in New England. Mrs. Johnson says, in the account which she has written of her captivity :
I had the extreme felicity of finding myself, sister and two children on my native shore. Mr. Johnson was not released until six months later,
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January, 1758, and joined his family at Charlestown. Sylvanus, my son, was restored to me the following year, but had forgotten the English language, spoke a little French, but was perfect in Indian. My daugh- ter Susannah still remained in Canada, being treated with the greatest kindness by the three sisters who adopted her.
In 1799 a monument was erected to the memory of Mrs. Johnson, with this inscription :
This is near the spot where the Indians encamped the night after they took Mr. Johnson and family. August 30, 1754, and Mrs. Johnson was delivered of her child, half a mile up the hook.
When troubles near the Lord is kind, He hears the captives cry; He can subdue the savage mind, And learn it sympathy.
Another monument was erected, at a little distance, with this inscription :
If mothers e'er should wander here, 'They'll drop a sympathetic tear, For her who in the howling wild Was safe delivered of a child.
Mrs. Johnson wrote instances of longevity in her family, which were truly wonderful. My aged mother, before her death, could say to me, arise, daughter, and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter's daughter has a daughter, a command which few mothers can make and be obeyed.
Mrs. Johnson survived her husband and married (second) John Hastings. Their daugh- ter Theodosia became the wife of Stephen Hassam (see Hassam IV). Mrs. Hastings died in her eighty-first year, having been the mother of fourteen children.
STILSON William Stilson, or Stillson, the immigrant ancestor of all the early colonial families of this name, was born in Herefordshire, England, and settled at Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was a yeoman. He and his wife Elizabeth were admitted to the church at Charlestown. March 22, 1633. He was admitted a freeman, June II, 1633, and was a proprietor of the town in 1635, and a town officer. He was ordained deacon October 16, 1659. He de- posed, December 28, 1658, that he was aged fifty-eight years. His wife Elizabeth died Feb- ruary 16. 1669-70. He married (second), Au- gust 22, 1670, Mary Norton. He died April II, 1691, aged ninety.
(II) Vincent, son of William Stilson, was
born doubtless in Hereford, England, near the border of Wales, and settled in Milford, Con- necticut, in 1646. He lived at Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1668-74, and died at Milford, in 1690. The land records, in the town clerk's office, Milford, show a transfer from Vincent Stilson to George Clark, January 18, 1686. The will of Vincent Stilson, dated September 17, 1687, mentions his wife and children: Vin- cent, who settled in Newtown, Connecticut, be- fore 1731: James: Hugh: Charles; Moses, mentioned below; Agnes Hawkins, wife of George Barlow ( Barley or Bailey).
(III) Moses, son of Vincent Stilson, was born in 1676, and removed to Newtown, in 1720. where he died in 1760, aged eighty-four years. He and his wife were received into the fellow- ship of the church, May 27, 1753, by letter. signed by J. Judson, pastor. He married Char- ity Gridley, of Boston, who was admitted to the church May 9, 1708.
(IV) Moses (2), son of Moses (1) Stilson, was born in 1705, and died in 1777. He was appointed ensign of the first company of the train band in New Milford, 1775. He married Mary Bennett, born 1708, died 1766. Chil- dren : John, born April 26, 1732, died aged five years ; Anah, born July 26, 1734, died aged three years ; Enoch, born April 27, 1736, mar- ried Freelove , October 31. 1754, who died in 1776: Anah, born July 26, 1738, mar- ried Cyrenus Ruggles, died 1778 : Charity, born May 31, 1740, married Edmund Clark: John. born October 16, 1742, died March 29, 1821. married Hannah Trowbridge, who died March 25. 1795, aged fifty-four ; Riverius, born July 26, 1744, was a deacon many years, married Anne Baldwin, 1767, died 1802, lived on Stilson Hill; Nathan, mentioned below : Abiah, born February 8. 1751. married Hezekiah Tread- well ; Philo, born June 4, 1754, married Mary Bennett. died December 12, 1787.
(V) Nathan, son of Moses (2) Stilson, was born at Milford or Newtown, October 14, 1746. and died May 26, 1826. He lived at New Milford, Connecticut, and married Elizabeth Stewart, born July 13, 1751. died July 26, 1820. Children, born at New Milford : Cyrenus. born 1771, died December 28, 1845, married Sarah Baldwin, who died March 31, 1844; Moses, 1774, married Charlotte Foster. died October 2, 1859; Sally, 1776, died April 8. 1841, married Zadock Noble: Lucinda, 1779, died March 4, 1861, married Ammon Bostwick. of West Meredith; William, 1783, died May
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4, 1862, married Affa Ward; Nathan, men- tioned below. According to the first federal census Nathan, of New Milford, had in his family two sons over sixteen, four under that age and two females. Truman, Riverius and John also had families there.
(VI) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (1) Stil- son, was born in New Milford, March 24. 1785. He removed to West Meredith, New York, where he died March 15, 1858. He married Sophia Ford. Children : Madison, born at West Meredith, May 8, 1811, died September 15, 1877, married ( first) Harriet Beach, mar- ried (second) Anna Church, born 1829: Ansyl Ford, mentioned below ; Lucinda, or Lucy, June 15, 1815, married ( first) a Mr. Seeley, (second) Dr. Seward Smith, who lived in Hartwick, Otsego county, New York, died January 7, 1864; Miranda Bostwick, January 16, 1817, married James Fisher, of Windsor, New York, December 25, 1839, died January 12, 1886; John, July 25, 1819. died February 17, 1889, married ( first ) Christina Fisher, De- cember 22, 1841, and she died January 31. 1850, married (second), January 14, 1861, Eleanor J. Swart, and she died September 1, 1872, married (third) Harriett McKinnon ; Philo, September 27, 1827, died August 4, 1848, aged twenty-one years.
(VII) Ansyl Ford, son of Nathan (2) Stil- son, was born in West Meredith, September 30, 1813, and died February 12, 1857. He married (first), December 30, 1835, Susan Dewey, born October 16, 1813, died December 24, 1841; (second) Lucia Ford. He was a merchant at Meredith. Children of first wife: I. Lyman, born October 2, 1837, died January 19, 1838. 2. Edward, mentioned below. 3. Laura Maria, born in Franklin, New York, November 17, 1841 ; married, October 3, 1863, De Ver Ford, and lived in Algona, Iowa, and Cortland, New York. Children of second wife : 1. Arthur Clark, born February 3, 1845 ; mar- ried, September 3, 1867, Addie Russell Seaton, and their children were: Edward Seaton, born January 5, 1870; Helena, June 13, 1875. 2. Sophia Ellen, born September 23, 1846; mar- ried Dr. Byron Pierce, of Coopers Plains, New York. 3. Lucy, July 1, 1849, died March 4, 1864. 4. Alice Margaret, October 26, 1853; married (first ) Clement Gould, who died Janu- ary 17, 1895, (second) Albert Wheeler, who died Angust 4, 1910.
(VIII) Edward, son of Ansyl Ford Stilson, was born in Franklin, New York, July 21, 1839,
and died October 23, 1868. He was a tin- smith by trade, and was a hardware mer- chant at Franklin. He married, September 18, 1861, Mary C. Wickwire, born February 13, 1841, died October 11, 1900, daughter of Ray- mond Wickwire (see Wickwire). Children : Arthur Ford and Edward, both mentioned below.
(IX) Arthur Ford, son of Edward Stilson, was born at Franklin, Delaware county, New York, December 9, 1864. He attended the public schools, the State Normal School, and Eastman's Business College, at Poughkeepsie. He is superintendent of the plant of Wickwire Brothers, and has worked for this concern since he graduated from school. He has been active in public affairs. He was a member of the board of education for nine years, presi- dent for six years, and president of the incor- porated village. Under his administration the main street was paved, and other public im- provements carried on. He is a director of the Second National Bank of Cortland. In relig- ion he is a Presbyterian, and is a trustee of the church. In politics he is a Republican. He mar- ried, January 22, 1890, Carrie Louise, daugh- ter of Henry F. and Caroline ( Putnam) Ben- ton, of Cortland; she uses for her name, Louisa B. Children : Raymond Putnam, born October 16, 1892, died December 22, 1893: Chester Benton, January 16, 1896.
(IX) Edward (2), son of Edward ( 1) Stil- son, was born in Cortland, March 9, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive town, and at the State Normal School, at Cortland. He has been employed all his active life in the plant of Wickwire Brothers, and is at present treasurer of the corporation. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Republican. He married, March 4, 1891, Mar- tha, born in Moravia, New York, June 12, 1871, daughter of Frank W. and Georgia ( Petrie) Collins. Children, born at Cortland : Georgia Jennette, July 22, 1892 ; Mary Wickwire, July 15, 1804; Laura Ford, November 15, 1895 ; Edward, November 18, 1899.
GREENMAN
John Greenman, immigrant ancestor of all the colonial families of Greenman, was
born in England. He was admitted an in- habitant of Newport, and his name is on the list dated May 20, 1638. He soon died, or left the colony, as nothing more appears about him in the records. Austin assumes that he is the
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father of the three named David, Edward and Content, but says he may have been an elder brother. Children: 1. David, was a free- man at Newport, in 1655, and appears to have left no descendants. 2. Edward, mentioned below. 3. Content, born 1636, died March 27, 1666; married Walter Clarke, son of Jeremiah and Frances (Latham) Clarke.
(Il) Edward, son of John Greenman, set- tled in Newport, Rhode Island, where he died about 1688. He married Mary IIe was a wheelwright, and he and his brother David sold to John Green twenty-two acres of land, near the village called Green End, on the highway from Portsmouth to Newport, Febru- ary 20, 1647. He was a freeman in 1655; commissioner in 1657 ; had a quarter share of land in Westerly assigned to him September 9, 1661 ; was deputy to the general assembly, 1668-69-70-82; juror in 1671, and grand jury foreman in 1688. Children: 1. Edward, born 1663, died 1749, lived at Kingston and Charles- town, Rhode Island; was deputy, assistant, speaker of the house of deputies. 2. John, born 1666, died September 30, 1727, leaving Eunice, Jerusha and Leah. 3. William, men- tioned below. 4. Thomas, born 1669, died 1728: married Mary Weeden ; was a tailor by trade, at South Kingston ; children : Sylvanus, another son and two daughters, who were not mentioned by name in his will. 5. Mary, mar- ried, March 8, 1706, Adam Casey, born about 1667, died April, 1765.
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