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5. Frank Price, born March 30, 1876. 6. Fred Byers, twin of Frank Price.
(The King Line).
Elizabeth King, wife of John Dowler, was a descendant of Captain Robert King, one of the pioneers and the first actual settler of Erie county, Pennsylvania. He settled there in 1794, coming west by way of the west branch of the Susquehanna river, and over the mountains, following nearly the present line of the Philadelphia & Erie railroad, to the Tionesta river near Sheffield, in Warren county. He made his first selection of land (also the first entry) in Le Boef township, Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1794. It con- sisted of four hundred acres at the present "Ford Bridge." He then returned to his home in Lycoming county, and in the spring of 1795 came to Erie county with his family and began the erection of a home in the wilderness. His first trip was made with his hired man. When they reached Sheffield they built a canoe and descended the Tionesta and Allegheny rivers to the site of the present city of Franklin, thence overland to the loca- tion of his tract of land in Erie county.
Captain King was an officer of the revolu -. tionary army and rendered his state important service, not only in the field but in the nego- tiation of treaties with the Indians. As a reward for his services the legislature of Pennsylvania voted him four hundred acres of land "west of the Alleghenies." It was to locate this grant that Captain King made his first trip through an unbroken wilderness. His family, consisting of five sons and six daughters, arrived with him on his second trip, May 15, 1795, having come by way of Pittsburg. Captain King lived on his Erie county farm until his death about 1824. He was a hardy, resolute pioneer, as well as a brave soldier and devoted patriot. His mili- tary service is attested by the following rec- ord : Pennsylvania Archives, third series, vol. 23, page 432. "Robert King was a first lieu- tenant Second Battalion, Lancaster county militia, commanded by Colonel James Wat- son, June 20, 1777." His wife was Elizabeth Walker.
Their son Samuel settled with his father in Erie county, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Ann Lattimore (Lattimer), daughter of Major James Lattimer, a soldier of the revolution (see Pennsylvania Archives, Third
Series, vol. 23, page 301). "James Lattimer was an ensign in Rangers, on the Frontiers, 1778-83, from Northampton county." He was born in 1761, died 1827, and is buried at Waterford, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Ann Walker. Children: I. William, married Rhoda Williams. 2. John, died a young man. 3. Robert, married Polly Hood. 4. Margaret, married John Ireland. 5. Nancy, married Moses Nimrod. 6. Mary Ann, mar- ried Samuel King. Their daughter, Elizabeth King, married John Dowler. Their daugh- ter, Angie Lenore Dowler, married Fred H. Wilson (see Wilson IV).
WILSON (III) Robert Wilson, eldest son of John (2) (q. v.) and Rebeckah (Thorp) Wilson, was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, Au- gust 17, 1826, died suddenly at Mayville, Chautauqua county, New York, December 26, 1902. He was eight years of age when the family came to the United States. He was educated in the Jamestown schools, and early in life was taught the trades of carpenter and boat builder by his father. He began boat- ing on the river as his father's assistant and later owned and operated boats and rafts for his own account. He was actively engaged in this business for thirty-five years. Finally quitting the river, he followed his trade and was buyer for his brother, John Thorp Wil- son, who was a large lumber dealer, Robert selecting and buying timber lands for him. He continued in active life up to the moment of his death, having left Jamestown the day previous with his brother, Horace A., for the purpose of measuring some timber. They reached Mayville and were just ready to start for the woods when he suddenly fell and ex- pired. The physician, quickly summoned, pronounced the cause heart disease. For nearly twenty years Jamestown had been his home and he had done much for the improve- ment of that city. He owned considerable real estate and had erected many buildings. For forty years he lived on King street in a house erected by himself. He was greatly interested in Odd Fellowship, was a member of Ellicott Lodge and one of the organizers of Jamestown Lodge. He was prominent in the order and wore with pride his medal showing fifty years' membership. He was one of the oldest Odd Fellows in Jamestown, and his funeral was conducted by his breth-
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ren of the Order, the three lodges of the city attending and participating. He was an ac- tive member of the Baptist church and liberal in his support. He is buried in Lakeview cemetery, Jamestown.
He married, in August, 1852, Mary Louisa Merriam, born in Busti, Chautauqua county, New York, August 21, 1833, died in James- town, February 5, 1904, daughter of Abel and Mary (Foster) Merriam. She was a most kind-hearted and sympathetic woman. Dur- ing the civil war she took charge of two or- phaned children of her sister, cared for them as her own until they grew to adult years. In August, 1902, this aged couple celebrated their golden wedding, an occasion that was properly observed by their many friends and WILSON (III) John Thorp Wilson, fifth child and fourth son of John (2) (q. v.) and Rebeckah (Thorp) Wilson, was born at English Hill, Jamestown, New York, September 18, 1835, and died May 14, 1910. He was the first American born child of his parents, and spent his life in Jamestown, where he became a prominent business man and influential citi- zen. He was educated in the public schools, and spent his early life assisting his father and elder brothers in their various enterprises. relatives. She survived her husband but a little over a year. Children: 1. Elliott S., born August 14, 1853, died February 24, 1855. 2. Ernest Charles, born May 2, 1856, died November 8, 1859. 3. Minnie Etta, born July 6, 1859; was educated in the Jamestown schools, graduating from the high school, class of 1882. She prepared for the profession of teacher and for twenty-three years taught in the Jamestown public schools. She is an active member of the Baptist church; she . His first entrance into business for himself resides at 108 King street, Jamestown.
(III) Horace Allensby, sixth child of John and Rebeckah (Thorp) Wilson, was born in Jamestown, New York, March 2, 1841. He was educated in the public schools, and has always engaged in the lumber business in some capacity. He served three years in the civil war, enlisting in Company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry. He is a Republican in politics. He married Mary Jane Peck, born February 10, 1845, in the town of Ellicott, Chautauqua county, New York, daughter of Ezra and Harriet Peck, of Ellicott. Children : Louie Herbert, of whom further; Gertrude, born June 13, 1879; Stella, June 24, 1883.
(IV) Louie Herbert, only son of Horace A. and Mary Jane (Peck) Wilson, was born in . Kiantone, Chautauqua county, New York, February 25, 1870. He was educated in the Jamestown public schools, and from early life has been closely associated with his father and uncles in the lumber business. He now occupies the position of timber inspector. He is thoroughly qualified for the position, be- ing recognized as an expert in his line. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of
the Sons of Veterans, also of Jamestown Tent, No. 9, Knights of the Maccabees. He married, March 14, 1900, in the town of Car- roll, Chautauqua county, Ruie Harriet, daugh- ter of Robert Ezra and Julia Ann Fuller. Robert E. Fuller served as a private of the Ninth New York Cavalry during the civil war, and was a farmer by occupation. His children : Fred, Earl R., Maude M., Hugh E., Louie H., Ruie H., Bertha M. and Edward J. Children of Louie H. and Ruie H. Wilson : Mary Rebecca, born April 24, 1901; Lois Thorp, September 2, 1903; Sarah Gladys, March 18, 1907.
was in 1860, when he began the drug and book business with W. C. T. Hall, their store on Main street, between Second and Third streets, being opened for business October I, 1860. Following this venture, in 1863, lie began his long career in the lumber business. He formed a partnership with Mr. Corydon Hitchcock in 1873, trading under the firm name Hitchcock & Wilson. In 1877 Mr. Wil- son bought his partner's interest. He de- veloped an immense business, purchased large tracts of timber lands, erected mills for saw- ing and dressing, also extensive lumber yards and planing mill equipped with best modern machinery, and manufactured everything in wood required for the erection of a building. He was a man of great energy and business ability, managing his large business with suc- cess and attaining an influential position in the commercial world. He was highly hon- ored in his home city, and had the distinction of being the only Democrat ever elected su- pervisor of the town of Ellicott, being elected first in 1878 and reëlected in 1879. He lived to be nearly seventy-five years of age and continued in active business until his last brief illness. He was interested in all that per-
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tained to the upbuilding of Jamestown, and supported liberally her various institutions. He held membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Royal Arcanum, and other societies. He was a director of the First National Bank of Jamestown at the time of his death.
Mr. Wilson married (first) November 8. 1860, Mariette Julia Cook, born November 25, 1839, in Jamestown, died April 18, 1903, eldest child of Judge Orsell Cook, of James- town, and his wife, Annie Tew Cook. She was educated at the Old Academy in James- town, and at Miss Wheeler's Seminary. She was a most charitable and benevolent woman, and a tireless worker for the relief of others, doing a great deal of good through the or- ganization as well as through her own private work, of which little was known. She was an active worker and regular attendant of the Unitarian church, which she supported with the same generosity displayed in her charitable work. She was one of the organiz- ers of the Home Relief Society, member of the Liberal Christian Guild of her church, and through her patriotic ancestry held member- ship in the Daughters of the American Revo- lution. Children: Anna M., born May 30, 1863, married Alfred S. Dunham ; Charles C., of further mention; Jennie M., born June 3, 1868, married Frank W. Cadwell. Mr. Wil- son married (second) Elizabeth Detwiller, who survives him.
(IV) Charles C., only son of John Thorp and Mariette Julia (Cook) Wilson, was born in Jamestown, New York, October 3, 1864. He grew up in Jamestown, attending the pub- lic schools, after which he took a course in Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Buf- falo, New York. At the age of twenty he entered the employ of his father and grew up in the business. Upon the death of his father in 1910, he assumed the entire responsibility of that business, which to-day is one of the large industries of Jamestown. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the thirty-second degree. He be- longs to Mt. Moriah Lodge, Western Sun Chapter, Jamestown Commandery, and Ismai- lia Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Buffalo; he is also a member of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks of James- town, Lodge No. 263. He is secretary of the Jamestown Club, and was a member of the Jamestown Volunteer Fire Department for
fifteen years. He is a member of the Grange, and a director of the First National Bank of Jamestown. Mr. Wilson's house on East Fourth street, which he built and was com- pleted in 1911, is one of Jamestown's beauti- ful residences.
He married, January 9, 1890, Mary Cheney Hall, of Jamestown, daughter of Erie L. and Sarah Jane (Marvin) Cheney. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have one child, Marvin Cook Wilson, born April 27, 1897.
Thomas Kent, immigrant ancestor, KENT was born in England, and came with his wife to Gloucester, Massachusetts, before 1643. He had a house and land near the burying ground in the West Parish, sometimes known as Chebacco, and now as Essex. He may have been connected with Richard Kent, of Newbury, who had a grant of land near Chebacco in 1635. Thomas Kent's name is on the list of eighty-two set- tlers, the proprietors of land in Gloucester from the time of settlement until 1650. He was a yeoman or farmer. According to Col- onel Kent, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, he died May I, 1656, and his widow died at Gloucester, October 16, 1671. Children : Thomas, born probably in England; Samuel, mentioned below; Josiah, born probably in England.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Kent, was born probably in England. When the town of Brookfield was destroyed, he moved to Suffield, Connecticut, in 1678, and on Sep- tember 8, 1686, he sold his house lot and rights to John Scott, of Suffield. His will was dated August 17, 1689, with a codicil on January 3, 1690-91, and in it he mentioned his wife and sons Samuel and John. According to the Springfield records he was "taken sick and died Feby. 2, 1690-1." He married twice, for his first wife, Frances, died August 10, 1683, and the inventory of his estate, which amounted to ninety-six pounds, ten shillings, was sworn to by his widow, Mary Ann, soon after his death. He was married, by Rev. Samuel Simonds, January 17, 1654, to Fran- ces Woodall. Children by first wife: Sarah, born August 14, 1657; Mary, December 19, 1658; Samuel, October 26, 1661 ; John, men- tioned below.
(III) John, son of Samuel Kent, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, April 28, 1664. He was in Suffield, Connecticut, in 1680, and
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died there April 11, 1721. He married (first) May 9, 1686, Abigail, born May 24, 1667, daughter of William and Mary (Roe) Dud- ley. He married (second) in 1708-09, Abi- gail, daughter of Captain Joseph Winchell, and she survived him for many years. Chil- dren of first wife: Mary, born January 25, 1687; John, January 26, 1688; Abigail, Sep- tember 28, 1690; Deborah, August 22, 1693 ; Dudley, October 23, 1695; Mary, October 28. 1697; Samuel, December 14, 1698; Abner, June 7, 1701 ; Elisha, mentioned below. Chil- dren of second wife: Joseph, February 26, 1710; Noah, April 28, 1714; Experience, March 4, 1717.
(IV) Elisha, son of John Kent, was born July 9, 1704. He was graduated from Yale College in 1729, and was elected minister of Newtown, Connecticut, at a town meeting held June 30, 1732. On page 37 of vol. II of the town journal, there is a record that he was to be paid first, a deed of the lands held by his predecessor, Mr. Beach, and second, one hundred and ten pounds a year, provided he held to his faith; and if he did not hold his faith, he was to pay over to the church four hundred pounds of lawful money. He died July 17. 1776, at Phillippi, New York. In 1740 he had moved to Dansbury, the northern part of the town of South East in Dutchess, now Putnam county, New York. He estab- lished the first Presbyterian church, over which he was pastor until he died. He mar- ried (first) April 3, 1732, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Joseph Moss, of Derby, Connecticut, whose wife was daughter of Rev. M. Russell, a graduate of Yale College in 1702. She died January, 1751, and he married (second) a sister of Gov. Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk, Connecticut, who survived him. Children of first wife: Moss, born March 25, 1733; Elisha, mentioned below; Abigail, July 6, 1736; Sybil, July 9, 1738; Lucy; Mary, De- cember 10, 1744; Sarah.
(V) Elisha (2), son of Elisha (1) Kent, was born October 30, 1734. He moved to Royalton, White River, Vermont, in 1772 or 1773. In 1759 he married Anna , born May 18, 1737, died August 8, 1810. He died March 19, 1811. Children: John, born July 6, 1761, at Windsor, Vermont; Elisha, men- tioned below; Joseph Moss, 1774; Abner, 1781 ; Charles : Samuel ; Lydia ; Polly.
(VI) Elisha (3), son of Elisha (2) Kent, was born in Royalton. Vermont, August 5,
1762. He married, November 30, 1785, Alice Flynn, born at Royalton, July 21, 1763, died March 15, 1837. He died March 10, 1826. Children : Barzillia, born June 3, 1788; Polly, February 10, 1790; Hannah, February 5, 1792 ; Anna, February 21, 1794; Elisha, March I, 1796; Elizabeth, April 12, 1798; Archibald, mentioned below; Alice, May 1, 1802; Sybil, July 8, 1804.
(VII) Archibald, son of Elisha (3) Kent, was born March 28, 1800, at Royalton, Ver- mont. He married, September 7, 1835, Eme- line Morgan, of Royalton. She was born September 2, 1809, died October 3, 1864, at Chelsea, Vermont. He died May 26, 1849, at Royalton, on the old homestead. Children : Archibald Flynn, born March 22, 1837; Ellen Maria, March 20, 1838; Eliza Ann, twin of Ellen Maria; Alba Morgan, mentioned be- low; Alice Flynn, 1843, died 1850; Walter, 1845, died 1846; Gertrude Mary, April 10, 1847; Charles, October, 1849, died 1850.
(VIII) Alba Morgan, son of Archibald Kent, was born at Royalton, Vermont, April 3, 1841. He is one of the leading stock farm- ers and honored citizens of Chautauqua county. He was a member of a Wisconsin regiment in the civil war. On September 2, 1862, at Madison, Wisconsin, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-ninth Wisconsin Volun- teer Infantry, and was made second lieuten- ant of his company when it was mustered into the United States service. At the time of his enlistment he was steward at the Wisconsin State Hospital at Madison. Later he rose to the office of first lieutenant, and during the greater part of the last two years of the war he had command of the company, though he did not receive formal commission as cap- tain. He was never wounded or captured and was absent from his command only during a furlough of sixty days, within which time the regiment was not in action. He was thus a participant in every engagement in which the regiment took part and lived up to the full tension of the sanguinary conflict between the north and south. He took part in the Vicksburg campaign, starting with Port Gibson and after the fall of Vicksburg was with his regiment in the memorable Red River campaign. Subsequently he took part in the siege of Mobile and after the capitulation of that city accompanied his regiment to Shreve- port. Louisiana, where he received his hon- orable discharge in July, 1865.
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After the war Mr. Kent returned to James- town, New York, where he previously resided, and here he is recognized as a liberal, reliable and public-spirited citizen, commanding un- qualified confidence and esteem in the com- munity which has so long been his home. He is a member of the James Brown Post, No. 285, Grand Army of the Republic, at James- town, near which his fine stock farm is lo- cated, and May 7, 1890, he was elected to membership in the New York Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, insignia No. 7,989. He married, June 12, 1873, Mrs. Rose Elena (Hall) Wetmore.
(IX) Morgan Bostwick, son of Alba Mor- gan Kent, was born May 21. 1878, at James- town, New York. He attended the public schools, and St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire, from which he graduated in 1897. He entered the worsted mills of his grandfather to learn the business, and for three years was foreman of a department. Since 1909 he has been distributing agent of the National Insulator Company of 39 Sud- bury street, Boston. He resides at James- town. He is a member of the Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 144, of Jamestown; of Western Sun Chapter, No. 67, Royal Arch Masons ; of Jamestown Council, Royal and Select Masters ;. of Jamestown Commandery, Knights Templar : Buffalo Consistory, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and of the Jamestown Club. In religion he is a Christian Scientist, and in politics a Republican.
He married, at Brookline, Massachusetts, September 30, 1902, Eleanor, born October 4, 1889, daughter of James E. and Juline (Quayee) Rothwell. Her father resides at 153 Sewall avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts. Children : Eleanor Rosalie, born October 7, 1903: Juline, born March 13, 1905.
(The Hall Line).
(VII) Chapin Hall, son of Samuel (q. v.) and Susanna (Davis) Hall, was born July 12, 1816, died September 12, 1879. The fol- lowing is taken from "Early History of Elli- cott, Chautauqua County, New York," edited by Gilbert W. Hazelton, M. D., who was a lifelong friend of Mr. Hall :
"Chapin Hall was born in the wilderness July 12. 1816, in the wilderness which in after life he was so active in subduing and from which he derived his great wealth. Chapin Hall was a man of great activity and bodily endurance; his mind was a mathematical one, always filled with
figures, and finance and ideas of great wealth, to the attainment of which he bent all his best energies. Early in life, and for many years, his home was mostly at mills and on fleets of lum- ber on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. Warren, Pennsylvania, claims him, we are informed, as a resident of that place, and Louisville, Kentucky, ranked him among her prominent citizens. The claim of Warren, Pennsylvania, must be allowed, for it was from the Congressional district of which it is a part that he was elected to Con- gress; nevertheless he was born in Ellicott, re- ceived his education in her log school houses, and a short time before his death purchased of his brother the old homestead on which he was born and upon which his son-in-law now (1887) exhibits the choicest herds of cattle in western New York-and he departed this life in Ellicott, at the home of his brother, John A. Hall. Sep- tember 12, 1879. His remains are interred in Lake View Cemetery. Chapin Hall married, November 2, 1837, Susan Bostwick, born July 16, 1817, daughter of one of the early pioneer set- tlers. To him was born a daughter, Rose Elena, married Alba Morgan Kent." (See Kent VIII).
There are many distinct families PIERCE bearing this name in the United States, and several distinct spellings are employed. In the earlier colonial records of Massachusetts the name of the same individual is found under numerous spellings. The founder of the family herein recorded is referred to in the early records as Pearse and Pierce.
(I) Abraham Pierce (or Pearse) came from England between 1620 and 1623. and is early found in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he is on record in 1623, and is re- corded as a purchaser of lands in 1663. In 1627 it is recorded that he exchanged with Captain Miles Standish two shares in the famous "red Cow" for two ewe lambs. He owned several tracts of land, selling one to John Winslow. In 1643 he served as a soldier under Captain Miles Standish, and died about 1673. There is no record found of his mar- riage or death. His wife was Rebecca, and had children : Abraham, born 1638; Rebecca, Mary, Alice and Isaac. Abraham, the foun- der, removed from Plymouth to Duxbury, and was an original proprietor of Bridgewater in 1645.
( II) Isaac, son of Abraham and Rebecca Pierce, born 1661, married Alice -, and had: Isaac, married Judith Booth, of Scit- uate; Thomas, of whom further; Mary; Lydia, married John Heyford, of Bridge- water ; Mercy, married Joseph Trovant : Sarah Rebecca, married Samuel Hoar. He served
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in the Narragansett war, receiving a grant of land for his services. He died at Middleboro (Lakeville), Massachusetts, February 28, 1732, while sitting in a chair.
(III) Thomas, son of Isaac and Alice Pierce, married, April 16, 1714, Naomi Booth, of Middleboro, Massachusetts. Children : Thomas, married Rebecca Jones, of Yar- mouth; Shadrach, of whom further; Naomi, born 1719, married Josiah Jones; Jonathan, 1723; Richard, 1725; Hilkiah, 1727, married Hannah Briggs.
(IV) Shadrach, son of Thomas and Naomi (Booth) Pierce, was born July 8, 1717. He married, August 16, 1737, Abigail Haskins, of Taunton, Massachusetts. Children: Naomi, born October 1, 1719, married Josiah Jones ; Jonathan, born March 23, 1723; Richard, born April 15, 1725, married Mary Simnon; Hel- kiah, born October 19, 1727, married Mrs. Hannah Briggs; Levi, of whom further, and others.
(V) Levi, son of Shadrach and Abigail (Haskins) Pierce, was born in Middleboro. Massachusetts, February 26, 1739. He served for a brief time in a company of local militia sent from Middleboro in 1757 to reinforce Fort William Henry, but the danger being over before they had proceeded far, they soon returned. In an expedition to Crown Point he served as a private soldier from April 26 to December 16, 1759, his' wages amounting to fifteen pounds two shillings two pence. He is said to have served in the revolution under three enlistments. After the war his love of the chase led him to settle in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, then abounding in deer, bears, wolves and foxes. At Peru, Berk- shire county, he opened a tavern on the high road from Boston to Bennington, Vermont. He retained his physical and mental vigor, dying at the age of eighty-seven, from acci- dent. Before settling in the Berkshires he lived for a time at Spencer, Massachusetts. He married, February 11, 1761, Bathsheba Babbett, of Berkley, Massachusetts. Chil- dren : Abner, George, Benjamin, Eli, Liberty, Henry, Levi, Shadrach, Daniel, Isaac and Sarah Ann.
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