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(VII) Robert Augustus, son of Nathan Davis Stanton, was born Sunday, April 29, 1838, at Norwich, and died September 5, 1886. In July, 1861, he was mustered into the Sev- enty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers, and was soon promoted to second lieutenant. He was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, in 1862 ; later was promoted to first lieu- tenant, and soon afterward captain. He was a lawyer. He married August 27, 1868, at Oxford, New York, Elizabeth Packer, born March 4, 1846, died June 9, 1887. Children : Edith, born December 2, 1869; Margaret, born September 5, 1871, married, August 29. 1893. H. W. Clarke ( see Clarke) ; Nathan Pendle- ton, born August 10. 1872; Charles Robert, December 2, 1875.
SWEET John Sweet, the immigrant an- cestor, was doubtless of Welsh origin, and he was the progenitor of the Sweets of Warwick and Kings Town. He came to this country as early as 1632, ac- cording to the records, and in 1637 had a grant of land in Providence, although before then he had lived in Salem, Massachusetts, and after his death in 1637 his widow returned and had a grant of land there. His widow Mary married (second) Ezekiel Holliman. Children : John, mentioned below; James, of Warwick and Kings Town; Meribah, whose name was changed to Renewed by Mr. Holli- man after his marriage to Mrs. Sweet.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Sweet, lived in Warwick in 1648, and in 1655 was a freeman there. In 1660 he was commissioner. In 1675 his grist mill at Potowomut was burned by the Indians, and in 1677 he was in Newport, where he died that year. lle mar- ried Elizabeth Children : John, Dan- iel, James, Henry, mentioned below ; Richard, Benjamin, William, mentioned below : Jere- miah and a daughter.
(III) William, son of John (2) Sweet. lived in West Greenwich, where he settled
after he married Thankful Hamilton. By trade he was a carpenter, and was very suc- cessful in his work. Children: Dorcas, born January 4, 1709; Elizabeth, November 14. 1713; William, February 14, 1715; Priscilla, April 12, 1718; Rachel, May 29, 1720; Alice. February 18, 1722; Caleb, April 17, 1724; Mary, October 23, 1726.
( 111) Henry, son of John (2) Sweet, was born in Warwick, Rhode Island. He married Mary - Children, born in East Green- wich : Henry, March 11, 1682; John, March 24, 1684: Joseph, March 7, 1687; Benjamin, March 29, 1690; Mary, February 10, 1692; Johanna, February 13, 1695; William, August 1. 1698; Wals (Alice ?), July 10, 1700; Eliza- beth, February 25, 1704; Susanna, May 17. 1706; Griffin, mentioned below ; Hannah, Feb- ruary 8, 1711-12.
( I\') Griffin, son of Henry Sweet, was born at East Greenwich, September 15, 1709. He married, October 24. 1736, Priscilla Sweet, mentioned above. Children, born at East Greenwich : Henry, June 25. 1737; William, December 30, 1738; Ruth, November 17, 1740; Griffin, September 17, 1742, was living in Ste- phentown, Albany county, New York, in 1790, and had one son under sixteen and one female in his family: Caleb, mentioned below ; Eben- ezer, January II, 1746-47; Mercy, December 21, 1748; Jesse, August 22, 1750; Mary, April 20. 1752; Asa. August 18, 1754: Thankful, .April 18, 1757.
(\') Dr. Caleb Sweet, son of Griffin Sweet. was born at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, February 7. 1743. He was a surgeon in the revolution, in the regiment of Colonel Goose Van Schaick ( First New York ), 1779-81. In 1700 there were three of this name in New York, according to the first federal census. At Cambridge, Albany county, a Caleb Sweet had two sons under sixteen and one female; a Caleb Sweet at Stephentown in the same county had two females and no sons, and a Caleb Sweet of Canajoharie, in the Mohawk Valley, had four sons under sixteen and one female. The latter was probably Dr. Sweet of this sketch. According to family records, he was a surgeon under Washington.
(\'1) Charles N., son of Dr. Caleb Sweet, was born March 14. 1789. He came from the Mohawk Valley to Clay, New York, of which he was one of the pioneers. He was a farmer and also a general merchant. Afterward lie came to the town of Schroeppel, settling in that
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portion which is now Phoenix, where he started the first general store. In politics he was a Democrat, and he was a candidate for the assembly twice, nominated by his party. He married Jemima Rogers, daughter of Jona- than Rogers. Children : Charles S., born Janu- ary 7, 1810: Delia S., November 7, 1811 ; Ann De Witt, February 11, 1814; Van Rensselaer, December 10, 1815; Addison Rogers, Novem- ber 14. 1817; Caroline, December 20, 1819; Gouverneur M., August 7, 1822; Mary R., February 6, 1825; Anthony Wayne, of whom further ; Gerritge Eliza, August 3, 1829: Ange- line Minerva, May 3, 1831.
(VHI) Anthony Wayne, son of Charles N. Sweet, was born in Clay, New York, May 22, 1827. He came with his parents to Phoenix when a boy and was educated there in the public schools. He had a general store and a heading and stave mill. He also manufac- tured furniture, coffins and caskets, and in later years manufactured paper. He was a very successful and enterprising man, an up- right, able and useful citizen. In politics he was a Republican, in religion a Universalist. He died January 24, 1905. He married Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, born February 12, 1844. daughter of James and Sally Ann Campbell. Children : Kirk N., of whom further ; son, born December 16, 1866, died in infancy ; Leah M .. born February 1, 1868: Jemima R., September 25, 1870: Thaddeus C., of whom further.
(VII) Hon. Thaddeus C. Sweet, son of Anthony Wayne Sweet, was born at Phoenix, New York, November 16, 1872. He attended the public schools of his native town. At the age of eighteen years he became a clerk in the clothing store of H. D. Merriam & Brother, at Phoenix. Afterward he was for two years a traveling salesman for Albert H. Thompson. dealer in hats and caps, at Syracuse. In 1895. in partnership with his brother, Kirk N. Sweet, he engaged in business as a paper manufac- turer. under the name of Sweet Brothers l'aper Manufacturing Company. The business has prospered and grown to large proportions. The company makes a specialty of tissue paper, producing more than thirty shades of colored tissue, and controls the special process by which the paper is colored. Mr. Sweet is well known and highly respected in the business world. He has also been active in public life. For four years he was town clerk of Schroep- pel, and member of the town board by virtue of this office. He has represented his party as
delegate to various county, state and other nominating conventions .. In 1910 he was elect- ed from his district to the state assembly, and since then has represented his district in the legislature with ability and fidelity. In the first year he was a member of the committees on insurance, canals, labor and industry ; in the second year, canals, labor and industry ; in the third year, chairman of committees on canals and member of committees on insurance and labor and industry. He is a director of the Oswego County Independent Telephone Com- pany, and treasurer of the Phoenix Water Power Owners' Association. He is a member of Callimachus Lodge, No. 369, Free Masons, of Phoenix; Oswego River Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, No. 270, of Phoenix; Ontario Commandery, Knights Templar, of Oswego; Media Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Watertown, New York. In religion he is a Baptist. Ile married, December 5. 1894, Lena M., daughter of John and Mary Hannah ( Parker) McCar- thy. Children : Richard W .. born October 25. 1895: Vera M., August 25, 1897: Ruth E., August 5. 1900: Barton Wayne. September 6, 1000.
(VIHI) Kirk N., brother of Thaddeus C. Sweet, was born in Phoenix, New York. Sep- tember 6, 1865. He was educated in the pub- lie schools of his native town. As stated above, he is a paper manufacturer in partnership with his brother. under the firm name of Sweet Brothers Paper Manufacturing Company. He is a member of Callimachus Lodge, No. 369, Free Masons: Oswego River Chapter, No. 270. Royal Arch Masons : Ontario Command- ery. Knights Templar, of Oswego; Media Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Watertown, New York. In politics he is a Republican. He married M. Elmina, born September 10, 1863, (laughter of William and Katherine Hess. Chil- dren : Homer Kirk, born February 28, 1891; Gladys E., October 31. 1893.
FULLER cestor, was born in England. John Fuller, the immigrant an-
and died at Ipswich, Massachu- setts, June 4, 1666. He came to Ipswich in 1634, and was one of General Denison's sub- scribers in 1648. He was town surveyor in 1663, and commoner in 1664. He owned land near Rocky Hill. He was in Lynn, Massachu- setts, in 1644, and in 1648 was again in Ips- wich. His will. proved September 25. 1666,
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names sons John and William, daughters Sus- Lucy Hodgekins; Hannah, baptized June 12; anna and Elizabeth, sons Thomas, Nathaniel 1743, married Rev. Elijah Fitch. and Joseph, and daughter Sarah. His wife and son James were executors. His widow filed the inventory September 25, 1666, and March 25, 1673, James Fuller filed an inven- tory of what he received from his mother on her second marriage. John Fuller married Elizabeth Emerson, of Ipswich, daughter of Thomas Emerson, who was ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. His widow married (sec- ond), between 1666 and 1672. Thomas Perrin. Children: John: William; James; Thomas ; Nathaniel, married Mary Jackson: Joseph, mentioned below.
(11) Joseph, son of John Fuller, was born November 1, 1661, and died August 22, 1731, in Ipswich. On April 1. 1680, he was living with Simon Wood. On March 23, 1692-93, he received a grant of land which he sold to his brother Nathaniel. In 1692 he and William Heywood were given permission to build a wharf. lle was a carpenter. He had the title of sergeant. On November 1. 1731, William Fuller was appointed administrator of his estate, and no widow was named; November 8, 1731, an inventory was filed, and again on March 15, 1732-33. The property was divided between William, John, Ebenezer, Jacob and Daniel's heirs, of Gloucester. He married, December 16. 1685, in Ipswich, Mary Hey- wood. Children, born in Ipswich : Joseph, Au- gust 13. 1600, married Elizabeth Hutchins ; Thomas. April 6, 1692: William, March 7. 1693-94, married Sarah Waits ; John, May 16, 1698, died September 29, 1699 : John and Ben- jamin, twins, April 22, 1701, Benjamin died June, 1703. John, mentioned below ; Daniel. June 30, 1702, married Ann Doliver ; Benja- min, August 20, 1705. died 1722: Ebenezer, June 20, 1707, married Mary Gretman : Jacob, June 25, 1711, married Anna Harris.
(III) John (2), son of Joseph Fuller, was born in Ipswich, April 22, 1701, and settled in Ilampton, Connecticut. The intention of his marriage which was January 1, 1727 was given December 10, 1726, to Mary Howard, who died November 28. 1728. He married ( second ), July 29, 1730, Hannah Lord. Chil- dren by second wife: John, baptized May 7. 1732, married Hannah Kimball : Samuel, bap- tized January 20, 1733. married Sarah Reed : Daniel, baptized June 13. 1736, married Pa- tience Steadman ; Joseph, mentioned below : William, baptized January 25, 1740, married
(IV) Joseph (2), son of John (2) Fuller, was born in Ipswich, November 28, 1738, and died in Hampton, Connecticut, June 29, 1805. fle married, November 7, 1771, Mary Holt, who died October 23, 1824, aged seventy-two years. Children : Mary, born October 13, 1772 married Dr. Thomas Fuller ; Chloe, December 11, 1774. married Dr. Trumbull Dorrence ; Elijah, mentioned below: Joseph, January 8, 1779. married Elizabeth Fish; Elisha, Janu- ary 30. 1782, married Phebe Burnham ; Har- vey, September 13, 1784, married Lydia Denni- son ; Daniel, February 14, 1789, married Mary Bird.
(V) Elijah, son of Joseph (2) Fuller, was born in Hampton, Connecticut, April 21, 1777, and died in Sherburne, New York, April 30, 1864. Hle came to New York state about 1805, to the town of Columbus, Chenango county, locating on the farm lately owned by Mr. Ruth- erford. He built the house which is yet stand- ing there, and followed farming during his active life. He spent his last years with his son Fitch, at Columbus Centre, Chenango county, and died there at the age of eighty- seven years. He married, December 5, 1803. Ruth Robinson, who died at the age of sixty- eight years. Children: Laura P., born April 14. 1809, died November 14, 1871, married Rev. Sidney Mills; Thomas A., mentioned below ; Marcia, born June 1, 1815, married Dr. Erastus King, a noted physician and surgeon, of U'nadilla Forks, New York ; Fitch E., born July 12, 1820, married ( first ) Harriet M. Call, ( second) Adelia M. MeFarland.
(VI) Thomas A., son of Elijah Fuller, was born in Columbus, Chenango county, New York, September 6, 1812, and died at Sher- burne, New York, in 1875. He was brought up on his father's farm and educated in the public schools. For some years he had the management of his father's farm. In 1842 he became a general merchant, buying the store of 1 .. D. Newton, at Sherburne, New York. lle died April 25, 1875. aged sixty-three years, at his home in the village of Sherburne. He was a Whig in early life, later a Republican. He was an active member of the Congrega- tional church. IIe married, January 21, 1840, Harriet DeForest, born in Edmeston, Otsego county, New York, July 28, 1813. died Janu- ary I. 1899, daughter of Gideon and Hannalı ( Birdseye ) DeForest ( see DeForest). Chil-
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dren : Charles Augustus, mentioned below ; Antoinette DeForest, born August 3. 1849, died June 15, 1862.
(VII) Charles Augustus, son of Thomas A. Fuller, was born at Edmeston, New York, August 17, 1841. He attended the common schools of Sherburne village, and spent two terms at Madison University, Hamilton, New York. In the spring of 1861 he entered the law office of Boardman & Ingersoll, of Cleve- land, Ohio, but he left his studies to enlist when the civil war broke out. He was muster- ed in as a private in Company C. Sixty-first New York Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, Sep- tember 1, 1861, and served two years, being mustered out in December, 1863. He hekl the rank of second lieutenant, being promoted in 1863, after serving for a time as a non-com- missioned officer. He took part in all the bat- tles of the Army of the Potomac in which his regiment was engaged, including Fair Oaks. Peach Orchard. Savage's Station, Glen Dale. White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettys- burg. He was wounded at the battle of Mal- vern Hill, and at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. when he was shot in the left shoulder, from which a piece of bone three inches long was taken out, and also shot in the left leg, which was amputated eight inches from the body while he was on the field of battle. He was incapacitated for further service, and nothing but his good constitution permitted him to re- cover from these injuries. In 1864 he began to study law in the offices of Alfred Nichols and E. H. Risley, at Sherburne, New York, and later in the year became a student in the Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1865, and formed a partnership with E. H. Risely, with offices at Hamilton, New York. In the spring of 1866, Mr. Fuller re- turned to Sherburne village and opened a law office. From 1871 to 1873 he was in partner- ship with Stephen Holden, and then practiced alone until 1906, when he became a partner in the firm of Fuller & Triesdall. Ilis partner is Ward N. Truesdall.
Mr. Fuller has had a notable public career. In politics he is a strong and earnest Repub- lican. From 1867 to 1887 he was postmaster of Sherburne; in 1888 he represented his dis- trict in the state assembly, and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1894. He has been trustee of the incorporated village and president for several terms. He has been
a member of the board of education for many years and president for several years. He has also been justice of the peace of the town, and holds a commission from the governor as not- ary public. He is a member of Weaver Post. Grand Army of the Republic, of Smyrna, and is past commander of Plumb Post. He is a faithful member of the Congregational church.
He married, June 23, 1869. Mary E. Mathew- son, born at Norwich, New York, May 8, 1845. daughter of Albert T. and Mary ( Blair ) Mathewson. Children: 1. Addie Louise, born September 9. 1870; married March 13, 1895. Charles L. Carrier, of Sherburne, New York : children: Harriet DeForest, born September 12, 1898: Rush Fuller, born January 24, 1000. 2. Mary Antoinette DeForest, born August 21. 1873. died May 16, 1875. 3. Marion DeForest, born Mav 10, 1882: married, October 16, 1906. Ward N. Truesdall, law partner of Mr. Fuller : child. Robert Fuller Truesdall, born Novem- ber 7. 1907.
(The DeForest Line).
The DeForest family first appears in Aves nes. France, but they were driven from their home on account of their religious belief. A part of them removed to Leyden, where four brothers of the name were living in 1606.
(1) Jesse DeForest, one of the brothers, and the immigrant, endeavored to found a "Walloon Protestant Colony" in Virginia in 1621, but his terms were rejected by the Vir- ginia Company, so he applied to the Dutch governor, and August 27, 1622, he was com- missioned to enroll colonists and families for settlement in America. The first ship sailed in March, 1623, and reached New Amsterdam later in the same year. The second ship brought Marie, daughter of Nicane de Cloux, whom Jesse DeForest had married at Leyden, Sep- tember 23. 1601. He died in New Nether- lands about 1625. Children: Jean; Henry : Rachel : Jesse : Isaac, mentioned below : Israel : Phillippe.
( II ) Isaac, son of Jesse DeForest, was born at Leyden, Holland, July 10. 1616, and came to America, October 1, 1636, with his ekdler brother, llenry. He married, June 9. 1641. Sarah, daughter of Philip and Susannah de (Chiney) Trieux, at New Amsterdam. Chil- dren: Jessen: Susannah; Gorrit: Marie and Michael, twins: Jan: Philip: Isaac; Hend- rick : David : David : Marie : David, mentioned below.
( III) David, son of Isaac DeForest, was
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baptized September, 1669, at New York. He married, 1796, Martha, daughter of Samuel and Mary Blagge. They moved to Stratford, Connecticut, 1693-96, and there his wife died, February 7, 1740-41. He died April 20, 1721. Children : Mary, born January 27, 1696; Sarah, November 9. 1607; Martha, born April 13, 1700; David, born April 24, 1702; Samuel, mentioned below; Isaac, April 14, 1706; Ed- ward, July 25. 1708; Henry, July 4, 1710; Elizabeth, June 4. 1714; Benjamin, May 8, 1716.
(IV) Samuel, son of David DeForest, was born April 4, 1704. He married Abigail Peat, December 30, 1725. Children: Martha, born November 24, 1726; Mary, baptized February 3, 1728-29; Joseph, mentioned below ; Hep- ziba, May 29, 1734; Elizabeth, March 28, 1737 ; Samuel, November 18, 1739; Nehemiah, Jant- ary 24, 1743: David, July 9, 1745; Josiah, died young.
(V) Joseph, son of Samnel DeForest, was born November 17, 1731. He married, Att- gust 18, 1757, Susanna Mills. Children : Sam- uel, born July 15, 1758: Abel, April 28. 1761 ; Mills, May 24, 1763 : Gideon, mentioned below ; Sally, October 3, 1767: Elihu, February 6, 1771.
(VI) Gideon, son of Joseph DeForest, was born September 14, 1765. He married, about 1794, Hannah Birdseye, and during 1795 he settled in Otsego county, New York. He, with Samuel, Abel and Mills, his three brothers, served in the revolutionary war. Children : Abel Birdseye, born December 30, 1795; Lec, August 7, 1798; Sally, March 9. 1800, mar- ried Alonzo S. Campbell, of Columbus, Ohio ; Cyrus Hawley, March 30, 1804. died March 7, 1888, lived in Buffalo: Maria, born July 20, 1806, married Rev. Henry Snyder ; Charles Augustus, October 25, 1808, lived in Albany ; Tracy Robinson, February 2, 1811, of Cleve- land, Ohio; Harriet, July 28, 1813. married Thomas A. Fuller ( see Fuller).
SMITH Robert Smith, the immigrant an- cestor, born in 1623-26, probably in England, was an early settler of Boxford, Massachusetts. He owned land there as early as 1661, and died there August 30, 1693, intestate. His inventory amounted to £200. His son Samuel was appointed ad- ministrator October 3. 1698. He married Mary Children : P'hebe, born August 26. 1661 : Ephraim, mentioned below : Samuel,
January 26, 1666, lived in Boxford, married Phebe Howe and Rebecca Curtis, was progeni- tor of Elder Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Days Saints ( Morman church) ; Amy, August 16, 1668; Sarah, June 25, 1670, died August 28, 1673; Nathaniel, September 7, 1672; Jacob, January 26, 1674, has descendants in Boxford; Maria, December 18, 1677.
(II) Ephraim, son of Robert Smith, was born in Boxford, October 29, 1663. He set- tled in Boxford, and married, September 6, 1694, Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Perkins) Ramsdell, of Boxford. Children, born in Boxford : Elizabeth and Hannah, twins, March 1, 1696; Ephraim, mentioned below ; Lydia, September 8, 1699 (?); Hepsibah, March 25, 170 -: John, November 18, 170 -; Priscilla, August 14, 1702 ; Nathan, baptized July 1, 1710; Daniel, baptized August 31, 1712 ; Abijah, baptized October 24, 1714.
(III) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (1) Smith, was born January 30, 1698-99. It is possible that there were two Ephraims in the family, and that the first died young. This Ephraim married. in Shrewsbury, Massachu- setts, Hannah, daughter of Daniel Rice, Att- gust 16, 1733. They owned the covenant May 10, 1736. His death is not found on the rec- ords. In 1790, his widow, aged seventy-seven, married Jedediah Tucker, aged seventy-eight. Children : Daniel, mentioned below ; Ephraim and Aaron, twins, born June 22, 1736; Moses, January 25, 1739: William, January 30, 1742 ; Asa, October 5. 1741; Elizabeth, February 17, 1748.
(1\') Daniel, son of Ephraim (2) Smith, was born in 1733, and baptized May 10, 1736. He married Lucy, daughter of Captain Dan- iel Howe, January 19, 1758: she died July 31, 1802. aged sixty-six years. They lived in Shrewsbury. Ile married ( second), 1803, Abi- gail Putnam, a widow of Sutton. He died December 12, 1811, aged seventy-eight. Chil- dren of first wife: Lewis, born March 2, 1758; Asher, mentioned below: Stephen, born Au- gust 24, 1761 ; Thaddeus, September 30, 1763; Catharine, February 7, 1765; Daniel, Decem- ber 28, 1766; Mary, November 23, 1768; Lucy, November 14, 1770; probably Bridget, who married Abijah Shumway. perhaps of Oxford, September 21, 1800; William.
(V) Asher, son of Daniel Smith, was born in Shrewsbury, October 4, 1759. He married Anna, daughter of Jedediah Tucker Jr., Octo- ber 19. 1791. The Shrewsbury history states
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that they removed to New Salem, Massachu- setts, and died there. He was a soldier in the revolution, from Shrewsbury, in Captain John Maynard's company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, in August, 1777; also in Captain Ebenezer Ingalsbee's company. Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, in 1777, and in Captain Daniel Bowker's company, Colonel Webb's regiment, August 30 to December 4. 1781. He was also in Captain Isaac Martin's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, March 4 to July 4, 1777, in Rhode Island; in Captain Asa Rice's company, Colonel Cushing's regi- ment, nine months in 1778, when records state that he was eighteen years old, five feet ten inches tall, of dark complexion; also in Captain William Warner's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's regiment. 1778-79 : also six months in 1780, when he was reported as twen- ty years old, five feet eleven inches tall, of ruddy complexion. In the census of 1790 he was reported from Litchfield county, Connecti- cut, possibly in what is now Massachusetts, and as having two males over sixteen, two under sixteen, and three females in his family. According to family tradition he lived in Salem, Connecticut, but that town is in New London county, and was not incorporated until after 1820. New Salem, Massachusetts, is doubt- less the town of his residence before 1790 and
after 1805. According to family tradition he was taken prisoner during the revolution and held at Quebec. He is said to have had a grant of land in Vermont from the govern- ment on account of his services in the revolti- tion, but it is not known that he ever settled there. Among the children of his first wife, prob- ably born at New Salem, the records of which are lost, was Samuel Asher, mentioned below. Children of second wife, Anna, born at Shrews- bury : Nahum, December 5. 1791 ; Joanna, May 17. 1794. died 1797; Gilbert, February 18. 1796, died 1798; Mary, April 18, 1798; Gil- bert. December 18, 1799: Lyman, April 14, 1801 ; Jubal, April 17, 1803: Amos, May I. 1805.
(VI) Samuel Asher, son of Asher Smith, was born at New Salem, February 22, 1782, and died at Guilford, Chenango county, New York, March 23. 1863. He came to Guilford in 1805. and was one of the pioneers of that town. He took an active part in public affairs : was member of the New York assembly, and sheriff of Chenango county. Until the Re- publican party was organized he was a Demo-
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