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22, 1869; Amelia, 1817, died September 10, 1896.
Isaac Slaughter was a soldier in the Third Regiment, New York Line, under Colonel James Clinton. He was in the Ulster County Rangers in 1776, under Colonel Johannes Hardenburgh. His service probably extended from 1775 to 1782 pretty continuously. In 1790 James Slauter was living in Goshen, Or- ange county, New York, and had a family of four. He may have been brother or father of Isaac. In 1790 Henry, John and William Slauter lived at Rye. Westchester county, New York, and were heads of families. There were numerous Slater, and several Slauter families in New York, in 1790, and some of them appear to have been Dutch. The name Sluyter appears among the Dutch in Ulster county early.
( II) DeWitt, son of Isaac Slaughter, was born in Orange county, New York, Septem- ber 3. 1803, died at Waverly, New York. Sep- tember 18, 1875. He was a farmer at Hamp- tonburg. He married. January 9. 1834. Caro- line Mills, born May 4, 1812, died November (), 1861, daughter of Samuel and Esther ( Still ) Mills. Children : Sarah Elizabeth, born May 26, 1835, died July 3. 1841 : Sam- uel Wickham, mentioned below : James De Witt, March 9. 1840, died March 1. 1842 ; An- toinette, July 10, 1846, died March 18, 1868; Mary Caroline, June 22. 1850, died Septem- ber 4, 1854.
(IHF ) Samuel Wickham, son of DeWitt Slaughter, was born at Hamptonburg, Orange county, New York. November 8, 1837. died in Waverly, Tioga county, New York. August 24. 1894. He attended the public schools and Chester and Middletown academies. In 1857, when he was twenty years old, he came with his father's family to Waverly from Orange county and engaged in business as a druggist. For more than thirty years he occupied the corner drug store in Waverly. In 1883, on account of ill health, he retired from active business. During the long period in which he was a merchant in Waverly, he was a leader in the commercial life and lent his as- sistance to every project designed to promote the growth and prosperity of the village. It has been truly said of him: "As a citizen Mr. Slaughter enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence and respect of his fellow towns- men. Naturally of a retiring disposition, lie always refused positions of public honor, yet
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he was ever interested in affairs and with every plan whose purpose was the commercial or spiritual prosperity of the village, his name was closely associated in wise counsel and generous contribution." In the few civil and educational offices that he was persuaded to fill, his promptness, clear judgment and ac- curate intuition, gave evidence of his pre- eminent ability to fill any station with credit and honor. His long connection with the Citi- zens' Bank of Waverly, of which he was vice- president from its organization in 1874 until his death, demonstrated that he possessed the characteristics of a successful financier. His nature was both studious and artistic, and his beautiful home and place of business bore am- ple testimony. His business sagacity and skill in investing his savings brought to him a com- petence, but he was too generous to hoard and he was ever ready to listen to the poor and unfortunate and to give material aid, as well as kindly advice and sympathy. In 1874 he joined the Presbyterian church and for many years served on the board of trustees. To his business ability and generosity this church owes much. He was of few words but of kindly impulses and noble deeds. His piety was deep, but unaffected and cheerful. He was buried at Phillipsburg. Orange county, New York. In politics he was a Republican.
He married, May 13. 1873. Charlotte Wells. born at Goshen. New York, July 13, 1850. youngest daughter of Alfred and Lydia (Nyce ) Wells (see Wells VII). They had one child, Mary Gertrude, born April 26. 1890.
(The Wells Line).
(I) Hon. William Welles, immigrant an- cestor, was born at or near Norwich, Nor- folkshire, England, in 1608. He came to America about 1635, and is said to have been a passenger on the ship "Free Love" of Lon- don, Robert Dennis, master, June 10, 1635, being twenty-seven years of age at the time. He settled at Southold, Suffolk county, Long Island. He was a lawyer in England and served as high sheriff of New Yorkshire on Long Island. Richard Welles, who is thought to have been his brother, came over in the ship "Globe" in 1635, and William doubtless came about the same time, landing at Salem or Boston. He first went to Lynn among the early settlers, where George Wells, also sup- posed to have been his brother, had settled. In 1640 he went from Massachusetts to New
llaven, Connecticut, and from there with other emigrants to Long Island, settling in 1641 at Southold, where he resided the re- mainder of his life. He died November 3. 1671, aged sixty-three years. He was prob- ably son of William Welles, prebendary of Norwich Cathedral and rector of St. Peter's, Mancroft, Norwich. England, from 1598 until his death in 1620. "The tomb of Prebendary Welles is in the church, and near the altar, of St. Peter's, Mancroft at Norwich, Eng- land. and bears the coat Armour of the Ba- rons Welles of Lincolnshire, with a bordure for difference. He was for thirty years a priest of great holiness of life and unwearied diligence in pastoral work in Norwich. He died May 26, 1620, aged 54."
William Welles, of Southold, Long Island. in 1649, questioned about land bought of In- dians, with Mr. Odell, for which he drew a deed, etc., in the court at New Haven. In 1653 he was a deputy to the New Haven general court, and complained of J. Youngs. In 1653 he petitioned to be free from public services, but was refused the petition. In 1656 the court ordered that his expenses be paid for going to New Haven in 1654. In 1657 he was elected deputy to the New Haven court, but did not attend. He was acting as attorney in 1660 at New Haven, and also as arbitrator of Southold, and in 1660 was re- corder of Southold. In 1661 he was ap- pointed assistant magistrate. He opposed uniting with the Connecticut colony, in Hart- ford, under a new charter, and reported the course taken to the New Haven Colony, in 1663. In 1664-65 Governor Nicoll of the state of New York appointed him sheriff of the east part of Long Island. He was deputy from Southold to the New York colonial as- sembly at Hempstead, Long Island, in 1665. On November 13. 1671, he deeded to his wife Mary all of his property in Southold. On his gravestone in the burying ground at South- old is the following inscription: "William Welles, of Southold. gent., Justice of the Peace and ist Sheriff of New Yorkshire of Long Island, who departed this life Nov. 13. 1671. Ae. 63."
"Yes, here he lies who speaketh yet, though de id : On wings of faith his soul to Heaven has fled His pious deeds and charity was such
That of his praise no pen can write too much As was his life, so was (his) blest decense : Hee lived in love and sweetly dyed in peace."
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He married (first ) about 1646, Bridget, widow of Ilenry Tuthill. She died at South- old about 1652. He married (second ) in 1656, Mary -, born in 1619. died April, 1700, aged ninety. One record says of her : "Family name not traced. She was an ex- traordinary woman." She married ( second ) Thomas Mapes. Children by second wife : Abigail, born about 1657: Patience, October 17, 1658: William, May 5. 1660 ; Mary, about 1661: Bethia, 1663: Joshua, mentioned be- low ; Mehitable, 1666; Anna, about 1668.
(II) Joshua, son of William Welles, was born at Southold, Long Island, in 1664. died there in 1744. In 1683 he was rated on eighty- one pounds. In 1686 he was a witness to a deed made in his family. In 1706 he had a (leed from William Coleman and wife on Rob- ert Island Neck, and in 1706 he had a deed from Jonathan Mapes, and in 1707 a deed from John Rogers, "Commons." In 1712 he received land by deed between Duck Pond and Inlet. He married, at Southold, January. 1684. Hannah, born in 1667, died July 27, 1752, aged eighty-five, daughter of John Tut- hill, of Southold. Children born at Southold : John. mentioned below; Joshua, 1691 ; Ann, Deliverance, Daniel, Deborah, Nathaniel, Abi- gail, William, Samuel, Mehitable, Solomon, Freegift.
( III) John, son of Justice Joshua Welles. was born at Southold, Long Island, January 31. 1689. and died there. He married and among his children was John, mentioned below.
(I\') John (2), son of John ( I) Welles, was born at Southold about 1715, died in Or- ange county, New York, July 4, 1776. He married and among his children was Joshua, mentioned below.
(V) Joshua ( 2), son of John (2) Welles. was born at Goshen, New York, in 1744. died there in June, 1819. He married and among his children was Joshua, mentioned below.
(VI) Joshua (3), son of Joshua ( 2) Welles, was born at Goshen, New York, Sep- tember 6. 1779. died there in 1867. He mar- ried and among his children was Alfred, men- tioned below.
(VII) AAlfred, son of Joshua ( 3) Welles. was born at Goshen .. Orange county, New York, November 17, 1805. He was a farmer by occupation. He married, at Wheat Plains. Pike county, Pennsylvania, about 1831, Lydia. daughter of John Nyce, of Wheat Plains.
Children: Jerome, born March 30, 1832 : James E., January 1, 1834: John N .. Janu- ary 25, 1836: Mary F., September 7, 1837 ; Katherine R., August 5, 1839: George W., June 5. 1841: Moses A., July 16, 1844: Eugene F., June 16, 1846: Lewis A., April 30, 1848, died October 11, 1870; Charlotte, July 13. 1850. married Samuel Wickham Slaughter (see Slaughter III) : Charles S., April 2, 1852.
The Ford family was prominent FORD in Devonshire, England, and con- nected with the Drakes of Ashe. Sir Henry Ford, born 1520. only son of John Ford, of Bagtor, by wife Catherine, daugh- ter and heir of George Drake, of Sprattsbays. was lieutenant-colonel under his kinsman, Sir John Drake, of Ashe.
Timothy Ford, believed to be of the Devon- shire family, was born in England, and came in 1637 to Charlestown, Massachusetts, re- moved two years later to New Haven, Con- necticut, where he died August 28, 1684: his wife died July 25, 1681. He was one of the original proprietors of New Haven ; his will dated, August 11. 1682, bequeathed to chil- dren, Samuel, Mary, Bethia, Elizabeth, Mat- thew, John, Joshua Culver and Mathew Bel- lany. His son Mathew, born about 1650. lived in New Haven and had a son Matthew. born October 31. 1675.
Another Connecticut pioneer was Thomas Ford, of Milford, who married, in 1646, Eliz- abeth Knowles, of Fairfield, daughter of Alexander Knowles ; his widow married Eli- ezer Rogers; children: Elizabeth, born 1652: John, November 14, 1654: Thomas, February 14. 1656: Mary. December, 1658: Lydia. 1660. The children of John, son of Thomas, were born after the father was forty years old. and it is possible that Matthew. men- tioned below, was son by a first wife, not known.
(I) Matthew Ford was born in 1689, prob- ably in Connecticut. From the names of chil- dren there is reason to believe that he was related to Matthew mentioned above, but he may be a grandson of Thomas, mentioned above. Corydon L. Ford, who collected data of all the known Ford family and whose manuscript. after his death, was deposited in the library of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society in Boston, says that as yet there had been found no clue to his origin.
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It appears that all possible sources of infor- mation had been searched. Matthew Ford settled in Lebanon, Connecticut, as early as May 24, 1717, however, when he bought land at Lebanon. He married Mary -- , who died February 16, 1770, aged seventy-nine years, at Hebron, Connecticut. The family moved from Lebanon to Hebron in 1724 and he died there October 8, 1709. Children, born at Lebanon : I. Matthew, born June 25, 1717 ; married, December 5, 1736, Elizabeth Rolls. 2. Jacob, mentioned below. 3. John, born Feb- ruary 5, 1721 ; married, January 1, 1746, Lucy Mack. 4. Isaac, born November 15, 1722; married Catherine Mack. Born at Hebron : 5. Mary, born March 17, 1726, died January II, 1741. 6. Lydia, born August 26, 1727, died January 8, 1741. 7. Benjamin, born October 13, 1729, died December 31, 1740. 8. Josiah, born August 20, 1731, died January 2, 1741.
( II) Jacob, son of Matthew Ford, was born in Lebanon, February 19. 1710, died there before 1763. Ile married, April 14, 1743, Mary Mann. Children, born at Hebron : 1. Jacob, mentioned below. 2. Zadock, born December, 1746. 3. Benjamin, mentioned be- low. 4. Mary, March 11, 1750. 5. Abijah. 6. Benoni, ancestor of Elijah Ford, of Buf- falo, New York. 7. Rachel.
(III) Benjamin Ford, son of Jacob Ford. was born at Hebron, Connecticut, May 7, 1848 (old style ) or May 18 (new style ). He settled with his brother. Colonel Jacob Ford, in what is now Austerlitz, Columbia county, New York. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, an ensign in the Seventeenth New York Regiment (p. 132, New York Revolutionary Rolls ) of Albany county and had land bounty on account of his service (p. 230). He mar- ried Mary Lee, born March 18, 1751. Chil- dren: William, born September 10, 1775: Polly, March 11, 1776: Benjamin, March 12, 1779; Daniel, mentioned below : Clarissa, July 1, 1783: Ira, April 24, 1786; Lydia, Oc- tober 16, 1788; Polly, April 25, 1791 ; Lydia, January 12, 1794.
(IV) Daniel. son of Benjamin Ford, was born May 8, 1781. died February 22, 1863. He married Elizabeth, born June 7, 1788, died July 22, 1864, daughter of Moses and Betsey ( Slate ) Scott. Children : 1. Philander A., born March 7, 1800, died October 3, 1878. 2. Eliza A., June 24. 1811, died January 21, 1866; married - Whitman. 3. Philanda B., May 11, 1813. died November 22, 1895.
4. Mary Ann, July 26, 1815, died June 1, 1877: married - Davis. 5. Rodney A., May 16, 1817, died June 16, 1902; married Adeline Whitney. 6. William L., mentioned below. 7. Ann Marie, May 22, 1822, died September 15, 1904: married Graham. 8. S. Augusta, March 11, 1829. died Febru- ary 2, 1905.
(V) William L., son of Daniel Ford, was born in Middleville, Herkimer county, New York, March 12, 1820, died at Deposit, Janu- ary 14, 1903. He was educated in the com- mon schools of his native county, and at the age of sixteen began his business career as a clerk in a general store in Oneida county, New York. In 1841 went to Binghamton, New York, where during the next five years he was employed as a clerk. He then went to Deposit, New York, where he engaged in business as a general merchant on his own account, and continued for a period of fifty years with marked success. He was elected to the state assembly in 1852 and again in 1872-73. For many years he was a leader of the Republican party in Broome county. He married ( first ) Sarah, daughter of Major A. Morgan.
Mr. Ford married ( second ) Sarah C., daughter of Charles Ward, in June, 1859. Children by first wife: Augustus Morgan and a daughter. Children by second wife: Sarah Elizabeth, Anna Ward, married Dr. Charles Austin Ward; A. Ward, mentioned below.
(VI) A. Ward, son of William L. Ford, was born at Deposit, New York, March 13. 1864. He was educated there in the public and high schools. He was in the employ of his father in the general store for a time. In 1888 he moved to Binghamton to enter the employ of the Bundy Manufacturing Com- pany, now the Time Recording Company, of which he has been and is now secretary. In religion he is a Congregationalist, and in poli- tics a Republican. He is a member of the Binghamton Club, serving on its board of di- rectors : Binghamton Country Club, of which he is president and member of the board of governors : Dobson Club, of which he is treas- urer and member of the board of governors.
He married, June 24, 1886, Julia Ada, born September 22, 1863, daughter of DeWitt and Caroline M. ( Fairchild) Ford ( see Ford VI). Children : William L., born August 27, 1888; Elizabeth, October 30, 1889; Florence Ward.
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August 2, 1891 : Edward Emmons. April 23, 1894: Harriet Stewart, May 27, 1904.
(III) Colonel Jacob (2) Ford,
FORD son of Jacob (I) Ford (q. v.). was born at Hebron, Connec- ticut. April 22, 1744. died July 24. 1837, aged ninety-four years. He removed from Hebron to the town of Austerlitz, Co- lumbia county, New York, in the year 1766. bought land there and lived there the re- mainder of his days. He was a soldier in the revolution and took part in the battle of Sara- toga. The state archives show that he was an officer of Colonel Peter Van Ness' regiment. He was commissioned captain in the Fourth Company. Ninth Regiment (Second Clava- rack Battalion) Albany County Militia, Octo- ber 20, 1775: major of the same regiment in October. 1775: lieutenant-colonel, May 28, 1778, under Colonel Peter Van Ness. He re- signed November 4, 1778. He was elected member of the state assembly in 1781-82-83- 84-85-92; and was appointed judge of the court of common pleas and general sessions. March 12, 1796, and sat on the bench until 1804.
He married, March 7. 1765, Abigail Curtis. born February 14. 1746. Children: I. Abi- gail, born October 29. 1765, at Hebron. Born at Austerlitz: 2. Jacob, July 25, 1767. died May 30, 1809. 3. Lavinia. January 24. 1769. died December 10, 1822, at Fairfield ; married Abijah Mann. 4. Sylvester, men- tioned below. 5. Ansel or Ansyl, June I. 1772 ; married Esther Fitch, of Franklin, New York. 6. Elijah, March 22, 1774: lived at Salisbury ; married Rebecca Smith. 7. Olive. June 2. 1776, died at Unadilla, New York. August 26, 1823: married Squire Sherwood. 8. Isaac. May 23. 1778. died December 5. 1855, at Hulberton, New York : married Polly Leland. 9. Aaron, February 24, 1780, died July 24. 1844, at Newark ; married Anna Da- vidson. 10. Sally, May 26. 1782. died Janu- ary, 1856, at Hulberton ; married Reed.
(IV) Sylvester, son of Colonel Jacob (2) Ford. was born at Austerlitz, New York, No- vember 8. 1770, died at Oneonta, New York, January 20, 1846: married, November 17. 1791, Lydia Reed. Children, born at Auster- litz: I. Vina. October 26, 1792, died Decem- ber 12, 1845 ; married Dr. Cuyler Tanned. 2. Sally. April 19, 1794, died July 25. 1799. 3.
Harriet. February 5. 1796. died September 29, 1865: married Allen Wass. 4. Eliakim R., mentioned below. 5. Jacob. December 22, 1799, died August II, 1867 ; married Eunice Clark. 6. Samantha, August 30, 1801, died October 15, 1875: married James Slade. 7. Lydia. March 12, 1803, died November 2, 1888; married Isaac S. Ford. 8. Sylvester, December 26, 1804. died December 17, 1882 ; married Pamelia Hand. 9. Alexander Ham- ilton, October 23. 1806, died in 1875; mar- ried Julia Atkins. 10. Caroline, January 8, 1809, died February 7 following. 11. Julia, March 25, 1810, died August II, 1814. 12. George, December 18. 1811, died November 14. 1880; married ( first ) Maria Atkins; (sec- ond) Rachel Whitman. 13. Aaron, October 14. 1815, died January 15, 1895: married Nancy Fairchild.
(V) Eliakim R., son of Sylvester Ford, was born at Westerlo, Albany county, New York, November 9, 1797, died at Oneonta, New York, July 21, 1873. He married, July 24. 1823. Harriet Emmons, who died November 30. 1890. Children: I. Jane, born Septem- ber 20, 1824 : married. October 9, 1849, E. D. Saunders. 2. DeWitt, mentioned below. 3. Annette, January 17. 1829, died June, 1911 ; married, June 5, 1851, Timothy D. Watkins. 4. Ellen. November 23. 1831, died October 7, 1832. 5. Helen W .. September 15. 1833, died June 4. 1863. 6. Raymond L., June 14, 1836; married (first ) October 9. 1859. De Ette Hop- kins : (second ) March 2, 1871. Cylinda War- ner. 7. Sylvester, August 11, 1838. 8. Imo- gen, August 4. 1840, died February 4. 1864; married. December 31. 1855. Erastus W. Hop- kins. 9. Clinton E., November 11, 1842 ; mar- ried. September 30, 1875. Helen M. Wales. IO. Julia Ada, August 18, 1845 : married. January 25, 1882, Clifford S. Arms. II. Elia- kim R. Jr .. February 26, 1851 ; married, Sep- tember 3. 1874, Hannah Mears.
(VI) DeWitt, son of Eliakim R. Ford, was born December 24, 1826, died May 17, 1909. He married, February 22, 1848, Caro- line M. Fairchild. Children: 1. Annie Caro- line, born April 23. 1849: married, in 1868, Judge Alvin Mccrary, son of Abner and Nar- cissa (Mangam) Mccrary; children: Grace, married Llewellyn A. Hamill and has two children, Margaret and Harriet Hamill. 2. Edward Emmons, married Winifred Parsons ; one son, DeWitt, born December, 1897. 3. Harriet, married James Stewart : children :
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William, Hugh Ford and Caroline Stewart. 4. Helen, married Herman Stutzer; children : Helen and Marjorie (twins), born October 31, 1886, and Elise Stutzer, February 9, 1890. 5. Julia C., mentioned below. 6. J. Ada, Sep- tember 22, 1863 : married A. Ward Ford (see Ford VI).
(VII ) Julia C., daughter of De Witt Ford. married Harlow E. Bundy. They reside at Endicott, Broome county, New York. Chil- dren, born at Endicott: Helen Fairchild Bundy, February 26, 1886; Bruce Ford Bundy, January 27, 1893: Margaret Bundy. January 5. 1895.
KINNEY Numerous pioneers of the sur- name Kenney or Kinney eame to Massachusetts with the Scotch-Irish immigration that began in 1718. There was also a branch of the family, gen- erally spelling the name Kinne in the early clays, tracing their ancestry to Henry Kinne, born 1624. coming from Holland to Salem. Massachusetts ; his grandsons came to Pres- ton, Connecticut. In Windham and New Lon- don counties, Connecticut, there settled vari- ous branches of the Scotch-Irish families and in the adjacent county of Worcester, Massa- chusetts. Daniel Kenney or Kinney came with brothers, Jonathan and Theophilus, from Ul- ster province, Ireland, August 4, 1718, and after living a time in Salem and Danvers, came to Sutton, Worcester county, in 1720. and his descendants have been nummerous and distinguished in this section. The brothers are said to have settled also in this section.
(I) Joseph Kinney doubtless a relative of Daniel Kenney or Kinney, as it is known that he was son of a Scotch-Irish pioneer, was born at Plainfield. Windham county, Connec- ticut, in 1755. died June 3, 1841, in Sheshe- quin, Pennsylvania. He was a soldier in the revolution and his record appears in "Kulp's Families of Wyoming Valley." Unless his name is misspelled. however, his service is not recorded in the revolutionary archives of Connecticut. He was at Dorchester Heights during the siege of Boston in March, 1776. and earlier. He was in the Long Island cam- paign under Washington in the following summer, was wounded in the leg and taken prisoner, serving three months in the old pri- son ship "Jersey," suffering greatly. H limped home on foot and afterward enlisted again in the northern army, taking part in the
battle of Saratoga. when Burgoyne surren- dered, October 17, 1777. He returned to his home in Plainfield. and in 1778 went with other Connecticut men to the Wyoming Val- ley, where he married Sarah. eldest daughter of General Simon Spalding. With his father- in-law and others, he removed to Sheshequin. Luzerne county, now Bradford, in 1783, and made his home there permanently. His farm there descended to his great-grandson, Hon. O. D. Kinney. In Wyoming he had been a school teacher. but in later life he followed farming. He built and occupied the second frame house built in the Valley.
He was appointed justice of the peace in 1791 for the Tioga district, and was one of the first county commissioners, being elected on the Federalist ticket in 1812. He was a well-to-do and influential citizen, progressive in his methods of agriculture. He was a life- long student, sound in judgment, logical in reasoning, and possessed of a remarkable memory. He had a profound knowledge of the Bible and delighted in the theological con- troversy. His home was the stopping place of all itinerant preachers. "Josepli Kinney," says Timothy Pickering in a letter to Gover- nor Mifflin, dated August 16. 1791, "was pretty early appointed a judge of the com- mon pleas, but fully expecting to remove to the state of New York, he sent to the court a letter of resignation, but I do not know that his resignation was ever declared to the execu- tive council. I believe it was not. He lived near Tioga, where Esquire Hollenback was sometimes present, and to which neighbor- hood Esquire Murray moved up from Shaw- nee. Mr. Kinney was disappointed in respect to the lands in York state to which he meant to go, and has remained in Luzerne." He sat as judge, June 2, 1789. for the first time.
He married. June 22, 1781, Sarah, daugh- ter of Captain Simon Spalding. "It was an occasion of unusual festivity and joy." She died June 4. 1840, aged seventy-seven years. Children: 1. Ruth, drowned in childhood. 2. Simon, born August 26. 1784. died in In- diantown. Illinois, September 11, 1859: was one of the first two children born in Sheshe- quin. 3. Ruth, married Warren Brown. 4. George, born May 13, 1788, died April 29. 1862. 5. Charles. 6. Sarah, died in Sheshe- quin, March 14, 1856, aged sixty-four : mar- ried Lockwood Smith. 7. Lucy, died in 1868, aged seventy-two years: married Thomas
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