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Ralph Horton Williams, mentioned above. was educated in Brooklyn, New York, after which he entered a grocery store at Montclair, New Jersey, where he remained for ten years, mastering all the details of the grocery busi- ness. He then accepted a position with the firm of Wood & Selleck, of New York City, wholesale confectioners and dealers in bakers' supplies, which position he still holds. He married, December 16, 1896, Lulu Alberta Legg (see Legg VIII). Children : Olive Es- telle, born September 21, 1897; Robert Hor- ton, June 13, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, after their marriage, settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, resided there eighteen months, and since then have been residents of Binghamton. New York. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of that city, and Mr. Will- iams is a trustee. In politics he is a Repub- lican ; he is a member of Otseningo Lodge, Free Masons, of the Binghamton Club, also a number of fishing clubs, in which sport he takes great pleasure and spends his leisure time. He was formerly a member of the Press Club, of Binghamton.
(The Legg Line).
(1) John Legg, ancestor of this family, was born in England, 1612. The name is also spelled Ligg, Ledg and Legge. John Legg came to New England, May 3, 1631, in the fleet with Winthrop, in the employ of Mr. Humphrey, at Lynn, Massachusetts. He was made a freeman, May 6, 1635, and was a pro- prietor at Marblehead, in 1649. His wife Eliz- abeth was born in 1608. John Legg died in 1674, and his will was proved July 2, 1674. Hle bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth, and chil-
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dren, Samuel, John and Daniel. Children : John Jr., born 1645, died October 18, 1718; Samuel, mentioned below ; Daniel, born about 1650.
(II) Samuel, son of John Legg, was born probably in Lynn, in 1647. He was a mariner. He settled in Boston, and his wife Deliverance joined the Second Church there. Her younger children were baptized there, February 16, 1692. Children, born in Boston: Samuel, March 16, 1669; Synella, September 2, 1672 ; John, March 1, 1673, died young ; Patience, August 20. 1676; Isabella, or Sybella, 1678, baptized February, 1692, aged fourteen ; Dan- iel, born 1682, baptized February, 1692, aged ten years ; John, mentioned below ; Daniel.
(III) John (2), son of Samuel Legg, was born in Boston, January 6, 1683, and baptized February, 1692, aged nine years. He settled in Mendon, Massachusetts, about 1735, and bought his first land, February 6, 1735-36, of Daniel White, adjoining land of Benjamin Wheelock, John Hayward and Abraham Sta- ples. He bought ten acres more of Eleazer Daniels and Thomas White, adjoining land of Thomas Thayer. Under the date, February 9, 1735-36, he had land bought of Philip Lesure and of "his father," Thomas Thayer (prob- ably his wife's father ). He had, December 9. 1742, seven acres of land formerly granted to Thomas Sanford, as well as various other lots. He was on a committee, of which Cap- tain Thomas Thayer was chairman, to build a schoolhouse, in 1751. He was on an im- portant committee to fix the line between the towns of Mendon and Uxbridge, in 1753-54. He was a selectman in 1738 and 1743, and held various other positions of trust and honor there. His will was dated April 7, 1760, and proved March 26, 1761. It mentioned the eight children, who were very likely born in Mendon. Children, order of birth unknown : John, married, May 3, 1747, Patience Thayer ; Thomas; Margaret ; Jemima ; Abigail; Will- iam, born about 1720-30, died before his father : Aaron, twin, mentioned below, and Stephen. twin.
(IV) Aaron, son of John Legg, was born about 1735, died in 1799. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain John Albee's company, the first Mendon company, and marched on the Lexington call, April 19, 1775, to Roxbury. He made his will June 19, 1799. He married Hannah Bacon. Children,
named in will : Moses, Reuben ; Joel, mentioned below : Nathan, and Lydia.
(V) Joel, son of Aaron Legg, was born May 28, 1757, in Mendon, Massachusetts, ac- cording to the enlistment rolls of the conti- nental army. He was five feet ten inches tall, of dark complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes. He served almost continuously from the Lexington call until 1781. He enlisted as a private in Captain Samuel Warren's com- pany, Colonel Joseph Read's regiment (Twen- tieth ), May 2, 1775, and served three months seven days. He was in Captain Isaac Martin's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, under General Spence, at Rhode Island, from May 4, 1776, to July 4, 1776. He was in Cap- tain Peter Penniman's company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, from August 14, 1777, to November 14, 1777. He was in Captain Nel- son's company, Colonel Wood's regiment, mus- tered with nine months' men for the conti- nental army, by Thomas Newhall, muster mas- ter of Worcester county, in 1778. He was at Fishkill-on-Hudson, June 7, 1778, in Captain Cragin's company, Colonel Ezra Wood's regi- ment. In 1779 he was in Captain Joseph McNall's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Pierce's regiment, at Tiverton, Rhode Island. from May 17, 1779, to July 5, 1779. He en- listed again for nine months, with Seth Wash- burn. superintendent for Worcester county, August 4. 1779, and joined Captain Cragin's company, Colonel Tyler's regiment. He was transferred to Captain Bradford's company, Colonel Bailey's regiment (Second), August 6, 1779, and discharged May 6, 1780, at end of his enlistment. He was corporal in Captain Philip Ammidon's company, Colonel Dean's regiment, in Rhode Island. March 4, 1781 ; dis- charged March 18, 1781. About 1834 he deed- ed his home farm to his son, Peter Legg, for $1,700. It is in the eastern part of Uxbridge. consisting of eighty-four acres and thirty-six rods. He bought the place of Abijah and George Willard, in 1814. He married Sarah -, born May 10, 1763, died February 22, 1844. He died May 7, 1845. Children : Jacob, born December 7, 1781, died July 21, 1808; Judson, August IF, 1783, died September 4. 1803: Stephen, July, 1785, died March 28. 1786; Stephen, April 30, 1787, died October 8, 1813; Leonard, mentioned below ; Peter. May II, 1791, died March 2, 1869: Laton, June II. 1794, died August 1, 1861 ; Sarah,
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September 14, 1796, died February 22, 1828; Elmina. April 9. 1799, died July 31, 1834; Jacob, June 10, 1801, died August 23. 1830; Abigail, May 8, 1803, died December 8, 1839; Judson, June 27, 1806, died October 11, 1828; Margery Ann, December 22, 1809. died De- cember 8, 1828.
(VI) Leonard, son of Joel Legg, was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, August 28, 1789, dicd April 10, 1887, in Speedsville, Tompkins county, New York, where he was one of the pioneer settlers. He was a farmer. He mar- ried ( first ), June 27, 1827, Esther Chidsey, born November 4. 1805. died March 28, 1843. He married ( second ) Eunice Nason, January 17, 1844. She was born August 4. 1795, died January II, 1878. Children, by first wife: I. Judson, born June 18, 1828, died August 31, 1871; married, October 27, 1852, Sabra E. Clark. 2. Lucia A., September 27, 1829, died December 18, 1863 : married W. J. Williams. 3. Sarah A., October 24. 1831. died February 15. 19II : married, February 14. 1859, Epi- netus Howe. 4. Oliver P., September 1, 1833. (lied 1898; married, February 15. 1854, Har- riet M. Noxon. 5. Martha L., May 10, 1835. died March 1, 1800; married E. S. Williams. 6. Martin L., mentioned below. 7. Lucius H .. born November 22, 1840, died May 11, 1841. 8. Julia E., twin of Lucius H., died October 14, 1841.
(VII) Martin Luther, son of Leonard and Esther (Chidsey) Legg, was born at Speeds- ville, New York, May 24, 1837. He was edu- cated in the district schools of Speedsville. He was a farmer for a while, and then went into the carriage manufacturing business. He is making his home at Candor, New York. He is a member of Speedsville Lodge, Free Masons. In religion he is a Methodist, and was, for many years, superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. He married, Octo- ber 15. 1857. Olive Legg, daughter of Lyman and Patience ( Scott) Legg. Children : 1. Fred- erick, born April 2, 1859. at Speedsville ; mar- ried, August 17, 1880, Minnie Cronk, of Ithaca, New York ; children : Ethel, deceased ; Arlene ; Frederick, and Layton. 2. Hettie E., born July 22, 1864: married, February 27, 1889, James H. Ball ; children : Nellie E .; William ; James H. Jr., deceased ; Lester, deceased ; Em- erson ; Howard, deceased : Emily N. 3. Nellie E., born November 7, 1868; married Eugene Price : children : Ralph and Ethel. 4. Lulu Al- berta, mentioned below.
(VHI) Lulu Alberta, daughter of Martin Luther and Olive (Legg) Legg, was born February 17, 1872. She married, December 16, 1896, Ralph Horton Williams (see Will- iams ).
WINCHELL out doubt, of early Saxon The name Winchell is, with-
origin, and may have been
(lerived from Winchelsea, England, an an- cient town of much importance in the time of the Romans and still preserving Saxon ruins. "Wincel," in Saxon, signifies "an angle," and "ea," "running water," an illusion, perhaps, to an angle in the river Rother, at the mouth of which the town of Winchelsea was situated. The earliest mention of Winchell, as a proper name, is February 13, 1293, when Robert Win- chelsey was elected archbishop of Canterbury. To him was addressed the celebrated Bull of . Pope Boniface VIII., dated June 27, 1299, in which the latter asserted his own claim to the throne of Scotland, with which Edward I. was then at war, and over which he asserted royal authority. The coat-of-arms of the Winchell family is thus described : Argent, three eagles' wings, sable.
(I) Robert Winchell, immigrant ancestor. was born probably in the south of England, and was in Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early as 1634. He received a home lot there, Janu- ary 4. 1635, and was freeman of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, May 6, 1635, but removed late in the fall of the same year, with others. from Dorchester to Windsor, Connecticut. His third child, Phebe, was baptized at Windsor. March 29, 1638. He received a home lot there, December 25, 1640, and other parcels of land at later dates. He was on the jury August I. 1640, and June, 1646. January 18, 1659-60, he was enumerated among the householders of Windsor, and was rated six shillings for a seat in the church, for himself and his wife. He clied January 21, 1660, and his wife, July 10, 1665. Children : Nathaniel, mentioned below : Jonathan, born at Dorchester before 1635; Phebe, Windsor, baptized March 29, 1638; Mary, Windsor, baptized September 5, 1641. died before 1668; David, Windsor, baptized October 22, 1643: Joseph, Windsor, baptized April 5, 1645, died before 1668; Martha, Wind- sor, baptized June 18, 1648, died July 12, 1655 ; Benjamin, Windsor, baptized July 11, 1652, buried June 24, 1656.
( 11) Nathaniel, son of Robert Winchell,
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was born probably in England before 1635. and came to Dorchester with his parents. His name occurs frequently in the old Windsor land records, in connection with various land transactions. He died at Windsor, March 8, 1699. He married, April 8, 1664, Sarah, daugh- ter of Thomas Porter, of Farmington, Con- necticut, born in 1646, died at Windsor, Octo- ber 7, 1725. She married ( second) Joseph Judd, June 3, 1713. She was admitted to the Windsor church, August, 1671. Children, born at Windsor : Nathaniel, August 7, 1665 : Thomas, May 25, 1669; Sarah, December 26. 1674; Stephen, August 13, 1677; John, 1680; Mary. 1683.
( III ) Stephen, son of Nathaniel Winchell. was born at Windsor, August 13, 1677. He married, March 10. 1698. Abigail Marshfield. She was doubtless descended from Thomas Marshfield, who came from Exeter, England, to Dorchester, 1630, and later to Windsor, whence he removed in 1643. He is supposed to have been the father of Samuel Marshfield, one of the proprietors of Westfield, who died at Springfield, 1692. June 13. 1711, he is call- ed "late of Windsor, now resident of Sims- bury." He died before 1728. Children, born at Windsor : Stephen, November 20, 1698, men- tioned below; Thomas, April 2, 1700; Caleb, December 6, 1701; Dorothy, October 2, 1703 ; Robert, May 28, 1705: Martin, December 23, 1708.
(IV) Stephen (2), son of Stephen ( 1) Winchell, was born at Windsor, November 20, 1698, and married, about 1744, Mary Rouse. of Nine Partners, Dutchess county, New York, born 1705. Her father was one of the "Great Nine Partners." Stephen lived first in Sims- bury, where he was assigned, January 3, 1732- 33, a lot of thirty acres. March 14, 1734. he received land from the town of Torrington, Connecticut, and, on the same date, with his four brothers, divided the hundred-acre lot, bequeathed to them by their father, and situated at Turkey Hills, in Simsbury. May 31, 1743. he sold land in Windsor, and after that appears no more in Connecticut. It is probable that about this time he settled on the estate of the "Great Nine Partners," in Dutchess county, New York. He died in Dutchess county. Chil- dren, born at Nine Partners: Lemuel, 1745 ; James, March 18, 1753; John, married Rachel Avery : Rebecca, married Asa Bishop.
(V) James, son of Stephen (2) Winchell. was born on the "Great Nine Partners" patent,
Dutchess county, New York, March 18, 1753. He married Mary Ferguson, born March 29. 1761, died June 17, 1839. She was aunt to Bishop Elijah Hedding, and possessed some poetical talent. James Winchell removed from Dutchess county, in 1772, to L'Ister county. He was a soldier and non-commissioned officer in the revolution, and, after much delay, suc- ceeded in securing a pension. He died at Olive. Ulster county, May 4. 1840. Children, born at Olive : Mary, May 13. 1779; Ruth, July 22. 1782; Henry, September 9, 1784, mentioned below : Lewis, married Billichy Ladieu ; James. July 7, 1790; Stephen, married Jane North : Rebecca, born February 1, 1795 : Elijah. 1797 : John, March 27. 1800.
(VI) Henry, son of James Winchell, was born at Olive, Ulster county, New York, Sep- tember 9. 1784. He was a farmer and also conducted a sawmill and gristmill in Olive. He married Rebecca Ladieu. He died at Olive Bridge. L'Ister county, May 27, 1860. Chil- (Iren : Abram; Mary, married Boice : Josiah, married Phebe Boice : Katherine, mar- ried Antony Shurter; Stephen, married Re- becca Merrihew ; William, 1820, mentioned below : Hannah, married Cornelius Bishop, her second cousin ; Aaron, married Brown, daughter of Lemuel Brown.
(VII) William, son of Henry Winchell, was born in Olive, Ulster county, New York, No- vember 28, 1820, died in Caroline Center. Tompkins county, January 6, 1882. He had a common school education in his native town. 111 1865 he removed to Tompkins county, where he followed farming the remainder of his active life. In early life he was a Whig, and later a Republican. In religion he was a Methodist. active in the church, and, for many years, superintendent of the Sunday school. He mar- ried ( first ) Julia Barton, born in Greene conn- ty, New York, June 22, 1825, died in Wells. Vermont, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. E. R. Pember, July 22, 1910. She was daugh- ter of l'liny Barton. Children : 1. Carrie, born November 2, 1846; married Emmett R. Pem- ber, farmer and lumberman, Wells, Vermont. 2. Alfred H., mentioned below. 3. Henry P .. born October 11, 1853. farmer in Caroline, Tompkins county, New York. 4. Wesley Bar- ton, born May 22, 1858, druggist in Brooklyn, New York. 5. Ernest A., born January 20. 1861, commercial traveler, living at Fayette- ville, New York. 6. May C., born August 5. 1865, died November 1, 1874.
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(VIII) Alfred H., son of William Winchell, was born in Ulster county, New York, Feb- ruary 26, 1850, and educated in the district schools of Ulster and Tompkins counties. Dur- ing his boyhood he worked at farming. At the age of fifteen he came to Tompkins county, with the family, and, in 1875, came to Cort- land, where he has lived since then. His busi- ness has been that of a dealer in live stock, buy- ing, selling and slaughtering cattle. He mar- ried, April 2, 1871, Mary Ella Finch, born at Dryden, New York, September 13, 1845. daughter of Bryan Finch, who was born in Dutchess county, New York, April 23, 1814, died December 1, 1852 ; married Mary Thorne, who was born September 24, 1818, died De- cember 5. 1893. Children of Alfred H. and Mary Ella ( Finch) Winchell: 1. Bryant Col- lins, mentioned below. 2. Edith May, born July 8, 1876; married Mark A. Thompson, of Syracuse, New York ; their son, Edward Mar- cus, was born November 7, 1909. 3. Annie E., May 2, 1879: married G. Henry Garrison, of Cortland. 4. Cora Louise, born February 10, 1883. 5. Lewis William, born February I, 1886; married Fredericka Dawson, of Syra- cuse.
(IX) Bryant Collins, son of Alfred H. Win- chell, was born at Harford, Cortland county, New York, March 23, 1872, and came, when he was three years old, with his parents to Cortland, where he attended the public schools and the State Normal School. In 1889 he be- came general manager of the Cortland Beef Company, and has continued in that position to the present time. He is a director of the Cortland National Bank and of the Cortland board of trade, member of the board of water commissioners of the town. A prominent Free Mason, he belongs to the Cortlandville Lodge : Cortland Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Cortland Commandery, Knights Templar ; Central City Consistory, of Syracuse : Katurah Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Binghamton, and he has taken the thirty-second degree in Masonry. He married, March, 1891, Harriet Tracy, daughter of George W. Wey- nant, of Geneva, New York. They have one child. Carl Alfred, born January 3, 1892.
CROSLEY Moses Crosley, immigrant an- cestor, was born in France about 1782, died in Allegany county, New York, about 1858. He came to America with his two brothers, Elijah and
Francis, and settled in New Jersey. At the time of the war of 1812 the two latter returned to England, where both became wealthy in the manufacture of carpets and rugs. Francis was knighted and known as Sir Francis. His son John became a well-known carpet manu- facturer, and made what is known as the Cros- ley rug. Moses Crosley removed from New Jersey to New York, and spent the greater part of his life in the latter state, in Allegany county, near the line between that county and Steuben county. He was a weaver by trade, and continued that occupation after coming to America. He also carried on a farm. He served in the war of 1812, and was honor- ably discharged. He married Catherine Ayer, of New Jersey, of the same family as J. C. Ayer, of Lowell, Massachusetts, of Ayer's Sar- saparilla fame. Children : James A., Edmund D., Moses, Amasa J., Nathan, Richard, Mary Ann, another daughter married ยท Pal- mer.
(II) James Ayer, son of Moses Crosley. was born in New Jersey, February 18, 1808, died in Scott, New York, August 20, 1890. He came to New York, with his parents, when a child, and spent the greater part of his life in Scott. He was a farmer by occupation. In politics he was a strong Abolitionist. He mar- ried, August 4, 1832, Paulina, born in Scott, May 3, 1813, died May 20, 1874, daughter of John and Lina ( Burdick) Barber. Children : Maria A., born June 1, 1833, married Clark H. Sweet, died in Kansas; Edmund D., men- tioned below; Francelia, February 28, 1844. died young ; Amelia F., born March 13, 1850, married Ambrose Sweet, died in Kansas.
(III) Edmund D., son of James Ayer Cros- ley, was born in Scott. December II. 1835, died March 22, 1911. He was educated in the dis- trict schools and at Homer Academy. As a young man he carried on a farm and studied law, in his leisure moments, in the office of Judge Duell. He was admitted to the bar. November 21, 1879, and practiced his pro- fession in llomer, Scott and Syracuse. Part of this time he continued with Judge Duell. Owing to ill health he was obliged to abandon the practice of law in 1894, and, at that time, took up the cultivation of ginseng. He was one of the first in the state to set out a gin- seng garden, and was very successful with it. He had also large farming interests in Tully, Homer and Scott. In 1902 he removed from Scott and purchased a comfortable home, on
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Cayuga street, Homer, where his death oc- curred. In politics he was a Republican, and, for twenty-five years, was actively identified with the political affairs of the county. He took a prominent part in the Fremont cam- paign, in 1856. At one time he served as supervisor in Scott. He was a soldier in the civil war ; enlisted December 25, 1863. in Bat- tery H, Sixteenth New York Heavy Artillery, and served for two years ; discharged for dis- ability January 30, 1865; was stationed at Fort Pocahontas, Virginia. and was largely in skirmish duty.
He was possessed of a strong and vigorous intellect, was particularly firm in his decisions as regards right and wrong, was possessed of a warm and generous heart, and his sympathies were favorable to those who were in need. He has been particularly interested in the Chil- dren's Home, in Cortland, and has given very material aid to that institution, not only of his means, but, when special days have been set apart as donation days for the home, he has several times made a personal canvass of the village in its interests. In the summer of 1910 he conceived the idea of placing a public drink- ing fountain at the corner of the park, as a gift to the village from himself and Mrs. Cros- ley. He stated to one of our local ministers, that he considered it would be of more benefit to the community generally than all of the temperance addresses which might be delivered from his pulpit. In the early autumn he said to a Standard reporter, that he had ordered the fountain some time before, but that its coming had been long delayed. He felt very anxious to have it placed in position before cold weather came on, because he was here then, but what might happen before the com- ing of spring no one could conjecture. After many weeks of watching and waiting the foun- tain arrived and was installed at the corner of Main and Cayuga streets, under his direct supervision, where it will remain in the years to come, as a monument to his memory. Many a thirsty traveler will stop and quench his thirst and will remember, with feeling of heartfelt gratitude, the donor, by whose generosity the fountain was established.
He married, May 16, 1858, Mary, daughter of Eri and Mary (Catrell) Pickett. Chil- dren : Myron H., born June 4, 1859, mentioned below; Fred Ayer, February 14, 1861, married Emma Cottrell, of Scott, children-Mary S.,
married Eadie Churchill; Dorr E., Ralph C., Orris J.
(IV) Myron Henry, son of Edmund D. Crosley, was born in Scott, June 4, 1859. He was educated in the district schools and at Homer Academy. He taught school for three winters afterwards, and, in 1884, in company with his father and brother, built the Cortland Overall Factory, and ran it for about a year. During this time he traveled on the road and sold the product of the factory. Later he sold out, and, together with his brother, carried on a large farming business in Scott. They raised a large quantity of hops, and kept a large dairy. In 1888 he removed to Truxton, where he lived for sixteen years, twelve of which he spent on a farm and the last four in the village proper, where he bought and sold livestock. In 1902 he entered the employ of the D. N. Os- born Company, and remained with them for four years, during which time he sold farm machinery. When they sold out to the Inter- national Harvester Company he went with the latter firm, and has remained with them since. He has the control and supervision of five counties in Central New York for the sale of their goods. In 1904 he removed to Cortland, New York, and has made his home there since. He has served on the board of assessors in the town of Scott. He is a member of Cort- landville Lodge, No. 470, Free and Accepted Masons.
He married ( first ). 1877, Frances Gertrude, daughter of Almeron and Persis ( Heaton) Barber, of Moravia. She died September, 1885, and he married ( second), 1886, May M .. daughter of Henry Clinton and Clemena J. ( Ingersoll ) Babcock, of Scott. Child of first wife: Carl E., born September 20, 1878, runs an express business between Cortland and Homer : married M. Gertrude McDermott : one child, Frances, born March, 1906.
BROWN Benjamin Brown was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, in 1767, and died in Cuyler, New York, October 9, 1857, aged ninety years. He came to Cuyler, Cortland county, New York, in 1795, and settled near Keeney's Settlement, where he remained the rest of his life, and followed farming. He bought a tract of un- cleared government land, and, in the course of time, transformed it into a productive farm. He was a member of the Baptist church, and
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one of the prime movers in building its house of worship at Keeney's Settlement. For many years he was deacon of that church. He mar- ried, in Connecticut, in 1785. Dorinda Web- ster, of the same family as Governor Webster, of Connecticut. She was born in 1767, and died July 25, 1853, aged eighty-four years. Children : Seabury, mentioned below ; Abner ; Hiram; Achsah; Edmund, born September. 1799 ; Alvin, December 2, 1803 ; Wesley, April 21, 1805.
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