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thers fell heirs to a large estate in England. Mary Miles married (first), December 12, 1654, Jonathan Ince, one of the original pro- prietors of Hartford, by whom she had one son, Jonathan Ince. The widow of Mr. Han- ford died about 1722, and is probably buried under an oblong stone, from which the in- scription has been obliterated by time, in the East Norwalk cemetery. Her mother's head- stone is still legible, however, at Wallingford, where she died in 1683, aged ninety-five years. Children of Rev. Thomas, by his second wife, born at Norwalk: Theophilus, July 2, 1662 ; Mary. November 30, 1663 ; Hannah, June 28, 1665; Elizabeth, June 9, 1666; Thomas, July 18, 1668; Eleazer, September 15, 1670; Elna- than, October 11, 1672; Samuel, April 15, 1674; Eunice, May, 1675; Sarah, May, 1677. (II) Mathew, grandson of Rev. Thomas Hanford, was born about 1735. He was a soldier of the revolution, from Norwalk, May 12 to September 17, 1775, in Captain Matthew Mead's company ; also April 12 to 29, 1776, in Captain Ozias Marvin's company (pp. 67, 456, 490, 515, Connecticut Soldiers in the Revolution). In 1790 the family in Norwalk, Stamford and vicinity had become quite num- erous. The census in that year shows the fol- lowing heads of family in those towns, the census of which is combined: Abraham, Levi,
Mary ( widow), Eliphalet, Ebenezer, Ebe- nezer Jr .. Samuel, Moses, Samuel Jr., and Mary (widow ). all in the same neigh- borhood, and Phineas, Stephen, Eleazer and Levi in another neighborhood. Neither Math- ew nor Lewis were reported in Connecticut.
(III) Lewis, son of Mathew Hanford, was born about 1763, at Norwalk, Connecticut, or vicinity, and after the revolution removed with his family to New York state. He died about 1852, in Lockwood, Tioga county, New York, at the age of eighty-nine years. He married Catherine -. Among their chil- dren was a son Noah.
(IV) Noah, son of Lewis Hanford, was born in Wilton, near Norwalk, Fairfield coun- ty, Connecticut, 1793, according to the family records, and died at Waverly, New York, De- cember 25, 1878. About 1820 or 1821 he came to Groton, Tompkins county, New York, having prior to that time been a mariner on vessels plying between New York and Con- necticut ports. At Groton he was engaged in farming and lumbering. He married Julia Ann Moorehouse. who was born in Wilton,
Connecticut, in 1798, and died at Lockwood, New York, in 1890. Children: Henry, Lewis, Adam Clark, Maurice, Franklin, Enos, and one died in infancy. All but the eldest child were born in New York state.
(V) Henry, son of Noah Hanford, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, September, 1818, and died at Lockwood, New York, in 1883. He was educated in the common schools, and when a youth and young man he followed farming. He came to Tomp- kins county with his parents when he was a young child. He settled at Waverly and en- gaged in the marble business for many years. He lived in the village of Lockwood, in the town of Barton, Tioga county, for a few years before his death, and died there. He served the town of Barton as tax collector. He mar- ried Elizabeth Maria Hedges, who was born in Rhode Island, in 1822, died in Waverly, New York, in 1898, daughter of Forrest and Maria (Newell) Hedges. Children: Maurice F., mentioned below ; Henry Noah ; Edwin S., born August 17, 1858, resides at Waverly ; Robert F., resides in Michigan.
(VI) Maurice Franklin, son of Henry Han- ford, was born in Waverly, April 15, 1849. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town and at the Waverly Institute. After leaving school he was clerk in a store in Waverly until 1899, and since then he has been employed as coach trimmer in the shops of the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Sayre, Pennsylvania. He resides at Sayre. He is a member of Manoca Lodge of Odd Fel- lows, of Waverly, and of Spanish Hill En- campment ; of the Knights of Maccabees, and of the Baptist church. He married, December 13, 1876, Ida Elizabeth Lord, born at Hornby, New York, daughter of Marvin and Maria ( Kniffin) Lord. They have one child, Mabel B., born at Waverly, December 22, 1877, mar- ried, October 4, 1907, Leon C. Slauson, of Lancaster, Ohio, a traveling salesman.
(VI) Edwin S. Hanford, brother of Mau- rice Franklin Hanford, was born in Waverly, New York, August 17, 1858. He received his early education in the district schools of his native town and in the Waverly high school. During his boyhood he worked on the farm of his father. For ten years after leaving school he was clerk in the Waverly postoffice, and during four years of that period he was deputy postmaster. Since 1889 lie has had a furniture store in Waverly, and is one of the
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substantial and enterprising merchants of the town. In politics he is a Republican. He was for three years town clerk and for nine years supervisor of the town of Barton. He repre- sented his town for five years in the Tioga Republican county committee. In 1900 he was elected from his district to the state assembly. and was reëlected from term to term, serving five consecutive years. He was a member of the committee on electricity, gas and water supplies, on public health, soldiers' home, in- ternal affairs, public lands and forestry, and during the last two years was chairman of these committees. He is a director and vice- president of the Building and Loan Associa- tion of Waverly. He is a member of Manoca Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Waverly ; of Wa- verly Lodge No. 407, Free Masons; of Ca- yuta Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Wa- verly Council, Royal and Select Masters: of St. Omer Conunandery, Knights Templar ; of Kalurah Temple, Mystic Shrine, and other Masonic bodies, having taken thirty-two de- grees in Scottish Rite Masonry. He is also a member of Owego Lodge, No. 1039, Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks. In religion he is a Presbyterian.
He married, September 10, 1890, Lena Hol- bert, who was born in Chemung, New York, and came with her parents, Joseph Emmet and Kate ( Hanna) Holbert, to Waverly, when she was a child. Her mother was a daughter of George, granddaughter of John Hanna. who came from Scotland and was one of the first settlers of Barton, New York. Mr. Han- ford has one son, Charles Holbert, born June 14, 1894.
Thomas Lord, the immigrant an- LORD cestor, was born in England, as early as 1590, and was one of the early settlers at Hartford, Connecticut. He married, in England, Dorothy , who died at Hartford at the advanced age of eigli- ty-seven years, in 1678. All their eight chil- dren were born in England, and came with them to this country: Richard, born 1611 ; Thomas. 1619, settled at Wethersfield, Con- necticut ; Ann, 1621; William, 1623, died at Saybrook, May 17, 1678; John, 1625 ; Robert, 1627, sea captain : Irene, 1629; Dorothy, 1631.
(I) Timothy Lord, a descendant of Thomas Lord, of Connecticut, settled in Canajoharie. Montgomery county, and was a soldier in the revolution, in the Second Regiment. New
York Line, Colonel Philip Van Cortland ; also on the levies of General Marinus Willett, Tyron county, afterward Montgomery and other counties. He was born about 1750. In 1790 he had six sons under sixteen and one female, according to the first federal census.
(II) Daniel, son of Timothy Lord, was born at Carlisle, Montgomery county, June 13; 1801. Carlisle at that time was part of Cobles- kill and Sharon, and was still earlier part of Canajoharie. He died at Corning, Steuben county, New York, May 27, 1869. He was a farmer at Ovid, Seneca county. New York, and at Catlin, Chemung county. He came to Corning in 1842 and lived there the rest of his days. He married, at Covert, New York, Au- gust 17. 1821, Eleanor Teeple, who was born September 5, 1801, at Charlestown, Montgom- ery county, and died at Corning, New York, November 9, 1876. Children : 1. Matilda Jane, born December 4, 1822, at Ovid, Seneca county, New York; married Alanson Math- ews. 2. Gertrude, born October 11, 1824, at Ovid ; died July 24, 1854, at Big Flats, New York ; married Alfred Brown. 3. Henry, born January 19, 1826. 4. Marvin, mentioned be- low. 5. Mary Elizabeth, born at Catlin, Che- inung county, New York, August 18. 1832, died May 10, 1859; married William Edgar. 6. Tillena, born February 9, 1836: died Sep- tember 10, 1864: married Alfred Brown. 7. Catherine, born August 30, 1838; died Janu- ary 6, 1894 : married Abram Wolverton, who died of disease contracted in service during the civil war. 8. Willard Judson, born Au- gust II, 1840; died July 5, 1841. 9. Sarah, born February 15, 1842 ; now living in Corn- ing, widow of Charles Gorton.
(III) Marvin, son of Daniel Lord, was born in Catlin, Chemung county, New York, September II, 1829, and died in Elmira, New York, August 4, 1908. He attended the pub- lic schools at Corning, New York, and learned the trades of carpenter and millwright. About 1869 he came to Waverly, New York. and worked at his trade there until 1877, when he went to Nebraska to execute a contract for building a mill for au eastern concern. He settled in Fremont, Nebraska, and for many years was superintendent of the water works there. About three years before his death he returned to his old home, and at the time of his death was living in Elmira. He married, August 28, 1850, Maria Kniffin, who was born in Hornby. New York, January, 1830.
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and died in Waverly. New York, November 3. 1909, daughter of Lewis and Amanda ( Bird ) Kniffin. Children: I. Lewis Ferris, men- tioned below. 2. William Judson, born March 31. 1854 : conductor on Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, residing at Elmira. 3. Edwin Marvin, born November 25, 1855 ; died in Evansville, Indiana, February 2, 1907. 4. Ida Elizabeth, born September 1, 1857 ; mar- ried Maurice F. Hanford, of Waverly. 5. Esther M., born July 30, 1863 : lives at Omaha, Nebraska; married (first) Doden-
dorff: (second) Johnson : (third ) .A. A. Curtis. 6. Kate E., born August 6, 1873: married Carl Rowley, and lives in Chicago.
(IV) Lewis Ferris Lord, son of Marvin Lord, was born in Corning, New York, Sep- tember 1. 1852, on Knapp Hill. six miles from the village. He attended the public schools of his native town and Waverly, New York. He learned the trade of miller at Elmira, and from 1848 to 1884 was employed in flour mills in Elmira and in Troy, and Knoxville, Penn- sylvania. In 1884 he came to Waverly, New York, and engaged in business as carpenter and contractor. Since that time he has re- sided in Waverly, and continued with unvaried success in this business, ranking among the most prominent and responsible builders in this section. He has had contracts for con- structing many of the brick buildings in the town. notably the silk mill and the Mills-Ely Block, besides many of the finest dwelling houses. He has been honored with various offices of trust in the town. He joined the In- lependent Order of Odd Fellows at Elmira in 1877, and he is also a member of the En- campment and Canton. Since December, 1884. he has been a member of Manoca Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Waverly. In politics he is a Democrat. He married, September 12, 1872, Imogene McKenney, who was born at Che- mung. New York, a daughter of Charles and Emeline (Ogden) McKenney. Her father lived in Orange county. They have one child. William Lewis, mentioned below.
(\') William Lewis, son of Lewis Ferris Lord, was born in Elmira, New York, April 3. 1873. During his youth he lived with his parents in Troy, Pennsylvania, Elmira, New York, and Knoxville, Pennsylvania. In 1884 he came with them to Waverly, New York, and attended school in that town. He supple- mented his public school education with a course in the Elmira Business College. He
began his business career as a bookkeeper for the wholesale grocery house of Guy Sayles, in Elmira, and was employed there from 1889 to 1900. During the next eight years he was engaged in bridge draughting. first with the Elmira Bridge Company and later with the Rochester Bridge Company at Montour Falls. New York, and with Stowell & Cunningham, civil engineers, of Albany, New York. In 1908 he entered into partnership with his fa- ther in the contracting and building business, under the firm name of L. F. Lord & Son, and since then has been active in the manage- ment of the business, with headquarters at Waverly. New York. He has taken an ac- tive part in public affairs, and is clerk of the village of Waverly. In politics he is a Demo- crat. He attends the Presbyterian church.
He married, October 6. 1896, Stella Bald- win, who was born in Jackson, Michigan, daughter of William and Hannah (Crowley ) Baldwin. Children: 1. Luella Imogene, born in Elmira, June 9, 1898. 2. Kenneth McKin- ney, born in Waverly. April 29, 1900. 3. Flor- ence Edith, born April 22, 1902. 4. Irene May. twin of Florence Edith.
THOMAS A search of the records of Berkshire county, Massachu- setts, where this family set- tled, shows that Lemuel Thomas, of Newtown, Connecticut, owned land in No. I township, now Tyringham, Berkshire county, and that he deeded it July 5. 1762, to his son Ephraim, of Tyringham, for £80. Joseph Prindle Jr. and Caleb Baldwin were witnesses. The land was lot 97, one hundred acres. of second divi- sion, drawn as lot No. 23 by Ebenezer IIam- mond, the original proprietor, and also lot No. 182, seventy acres, second division, drawn as lot No. 44. by Josiah Allen, original pro- prietor.
In 1790 none of the name was living at Blandford. Massachusetts, but at Montgomery. an adjoining town in Hampden county, Love- well Thomas resided and had in his family two males over sixteen, two under that age, and four females. Samuel Thomas, of Rus- sell, married at Montgomery, in 1807. Char- lotte Brant. Samuel was probably son of Lovewell. Lovewell Thomas lived on a road laid out in 1786 from Weller's Mill, Westfield, crossing the river by Lovewell Thomas's place and passing Thomas Doolittle's, thence run- ning to Blandford. We have record also of
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Daniel Thomas, born November 21, 1754, re- moved from Lenox, Berkshire county, in 1786, to Milton, Saratoga county, New York. George Thomas lived at Becket, a town ad- joining Blandford, and had a family of chil- dren by wife Rowena after 1810. In 1790 the names Lemuel and Solomon occur at Middle- borough, Massachusetts, and it is from that ancient branch of the family presumably that this family at Blandford came.
(I) Solomon Thomas located in Blandford, Hampshire county, near Berkshire, in western Massachusetts. Children : David Bishop, mentioned below; Elizabeth, Jesse, Electa and others.
(II) David Bishop, son of Solomon Thom- as, was born in Massachusetts, January I, 1799, and died in Nichols, New York, March 15, 1862. He came to New York state from Blandford, Massachusetts, in 1831, and located on a farm in the Hunt Hill school district, in the town of Nichols, where he followed farm- ing the remainder of his life. He married Betsey Herrick, who was born in Massachu- setts, Marchi 10, 1803, and died at Owego, New York, March 5, 1888. Children : I. Moses Herrick, born September 17, 1822, died December 17, 1900. 2. Martha, born March 27, 1824, died in infancy. 3. Mary A., born October 5, 1825; married Henry Ward. 4. Samuel H., mentioned below. 5. Lorenzo C., born February 20, 1829. 6. Martha, June 12, 1831. 7. William O., October 13, 1833. 8. Orlinda, September 6, 1836, married Joseph Smith, of Owego, died August, 1911. 9. Da- vid B., born November 15, 1838. 10. Betsey, December 19, 1840. II. Cordelia, June 22, 1845, died September 30, 1898.
(III) Samuel H., son of David Bishop Thomas, was born in North Blandford, Massa- chusetts, November 14, 1827, and died March, 1906, in Owego, New York. He came to New York state with his parents when he was a child, and received his early education in the district schools. During his youth he fol- lowed farming. When a young man he learned the trade of carpenter, and for a num- ber of years was employed at this trade by the Erie Railroad Company. Afterward he was engaged in the hotel business in Owego, New York. In later years he followed farming. He was a Congregationalist in religion. He mar- ried Charlotte Dinsmore, daughter of Hiran and Rachel (Perrin) Dinsmore. Children: I. Delphine A., born in Owego, July 18, 1854;
married Ralph H. Robertson, of Owego. 2. William Hiram, mentioned below.
(IV) William Hiram, son of Samuel H. Thomas, was born at Owego. New York, No- vember 6, 1856. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of his native town. He learned the trade of carpenter and followed it for sev- eral years. For eight years he conducted a hotel at Owego. Since 1900 he has been in partnership with John F. Snyder, under the firm name of Thomas & Snyder, in the bot- tling business at Owego. Before engaging in this business he was for six years at Albany, New York, in charge of the books and docu- ments of the state senate. He has scored sub- stantial success in his business venture, and the firm has taken a prominent place in the business community. Mr. Thomas has always taken a keen interest in politics, and has con- scientiously discharged the duties of citizen- ship. He is a Republican in politics. He served the incorporated village of Owego for two terms as village trustee. He is a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 153, of Free Masons, Regal Lodge, No. 463, of Odd Fellows, and Granite Rebekah Lodge, No. III, of that or- der ; also of Ahwaga Tribe No. 40, Improved Order of Red Men of Owego.
He married, November 6, 1876, Jane E. Jones, of Cameron, New York, born June 6, 1858, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Jones. Children: 1. Fannie J., born August II, 1877 ; died August 24, 1891. 2. Lulu E., born July 14, 1879 ; married Owen C. Pauff. 3. Margaret A., born September 14, 1880; married Lewis B. Stiles, of Owego ; children : Margaret, Benjamin, William and Julia Reese Stiles. 4. Samuel H. (2d), born February 23, 1882 ; married Lulu Lull ; children : George, Fannie, Charlotte, William, Ruth. 5. Sarah N., born February 25, 1887 ; died September 27, 1887. 6. Benjamin R., born July 10, 1888, died September 27, 1889. 7. Frederick G., born April 27, 1893. 8. John E .. born De- cember 27, 1897, died May 10, 1898. 9. Ed- ward B., twin of John E.
ELLIS Israel Ellis, the first member of
this family of whom we have defi- nite information, was born per- haps in England, about 1735, and died at Bar- ton, Tioga county, New York. To this town he had come from Pennsylvania before 1800. Children : I. Ebenezer, born in 1765, died November 5. 1837, married Betsy
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born in 1760, died March 10, 1842; he came from Forty Fort, Luzerne county, Pennsyl- vania, to Nichols, Tioga county, New York, in 1787, and four years later to Barton ; he built the first sawmill in Barton; one of his thir- teen children, Alexander, was the first white child born in the town. 2. Jesse. 3. William, referred to below. 4. Samuel. 5. Cornie and others.
(II) William, son of Israel and Betsy El- lis, was born June 12, 1787, and died in Ellis- town, Tioga county, New York, September 26, 1848. From him and his father this part of the town of Barton received the name El- listown; they were the pioneers, clearing the land which is occupied by their descendants to-day. He married Lydia, daughter of Israel Seeley, of Orange county, New York, who was born in 1789, and died at Ellistown, March 26, 1874. Children : William Tappan, referred to below; Fanny, died in infancy ; Jolını, of Geneva, Illinois ; Sela ; Amanda, mar- ried Charles Pemberton ; Sally, married Henry Swartwood, of Kansas; Ransom; Lydia ; Charlotte, married James Parker ; Elizabetlı ; two others, died in infancy.
(III) William Tappan, son of William and Lydia (Seeley ) Ellis, was born at Ellistown, February 22, 1804, and died at Ellistown, Au- gust 27, 1897. He was a successful farmer, and served as tax collector of the town. He married Mary, daughter of John and Deborah (Hyatt ) Hanna, who was born at Barton, in 1813, and died there in 1872. Children : Ran- som, born in 1832, died in 1838; Lydia, born in 1834, died in 1836; Thaddeus Walker, re- ferred to below; Portia, married John V. Westfall, a farmer at Barton ; child, William Ellis.
(IV) Thaddeus Walker, son of William Tappan and Mary (Hanna) Ellis, was born at Ellistown, July 14, 1842. He lives in the village of Waverly, Tioga county, New York. He received a common school education, and has always been a farmer. Although he has lived at Waverly since 1895, he still retains his farm. He married, September 30, 1868, Estella, daughter of William and Jane (Ray- mond) Hanna, who was born at Ellistown, March 17, 1845. Her grandfather. John Hanna, was born in Scotland, in 1744, and died at Barton in 1845; he was one of the earliest settlers of Barton; he married Mar- garet McCullum. Children of Thaddeus Walker and Estella ( Hanna) Ellis: I. Will-
iam Hanna, born November 28, 1869, married Mary Bingham ; he is a farmer at Ellistown; children : Estella J., Howard Charles. 2. Ilarry Arthur, referred to below.
(V) Harry Arthur, son of Thaddeus Wal- ker and Estella (Hanna) Ellis, was born at Ellistown, October 26, 1878. He received his education in the common school and the Wa- verly high school. For a while he worked in the postoffice. He has worked in railroad offices at Sayre, Pennsylvania, and has been a travelling salesman, and also has been engaged in the insurance business. In 1903 he became assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Waverly, in whichi position he has contin- ued to the present time. He was one of the organizers of the bank at Nichols, and took an active part in its management at first, until it was running smoothly. He is a thirty- second degree Mason, and a member of these Masonic bodies: Waverly Lodge, Cayuta Royal Arch Chapter, St. Omer Commandery, Knights Templar, at Elmira: the Consistory at Corning : Katurah Temple. Mystic Shrine, at Binghamton. He is a past master of the blue lodge, and past high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Presbyterian in religion.
He married, December 25, 1902, Lena, daughter of Adolphus Mead and Elizabeth ( Westcott) Bouton, who was born at Ossin- ing, Westchester county, New York. Her grandfather, Sperry Bouton, married Rhoda Mead; her great-grandfather, John Bouton, married Conklin. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis: Harry Arthur, born March 12, 1905 : Ruth Elizabeth, November 13, 1907.
Miles Moore, the immigrant an-
MOORE cestor, was an early settler in Milford, Connecticut. He mar- ried Widow Isabel Joyner, about 1650. He was living as late as 1680. Children : Abel, mentioned below ; Mary, baptized November 8, 1653; and Elnathan, baptized September, 1655.
(II) Abel, son of Miles Moore, was bap- tized February 15, 1652. He died July 9, 1689, from sunstroke, while traveling through Dedham, Massachusetts. He was constable of New London in 1689. He married, Sep- tember 22, 1670, Hannah, daughter of Robert Hempstead. His widow married Samuel Wal- ler. Children, born at New London: Miles,
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September 24, 1671: Abel, July 14. 1074: Mary, 1678; John, 1680: Joshua, 168 -.
(III ) One of these, probably Abel or Miles. had children, Abel, Miles and John.
( IV) One of these, probably Jolin, had chil- dren, one of whom was Ezra, mentioned be- low.
The records for the third and fourth generations are not available ; but inherited property and family traditions leave no doubt of the descent of Ezra from Miles Moore. the Settler and from his son, Abel.
(\') Ezra, son of John Moore, married Elizabeth, a French woman. They lived in Lyme or East Lyme, Connecticut. Chil- dren: Edward: Joshua; Esther; Waitstill : Phoebe : and Ezra, mentioned below.
(VI) Ezra (2), son of Ezra (I) Moore, was born in Lyme, Connecticut, December 9. 1782, and died in East Lyme, Connecticut, March 15, 1865. He was a farmer, and lived in Lyme during his whole life. He married, in Montville, Connectient, December 22, 1804, Betsey Steward, who was born March 19, 1788, and died Oc- tober 6. 1858, daughter of Elisha and Mary (Calkins) Steward. Mary Calkins was daugh- ter of Captain Jonathan and Lydia (Smith) Calkins. He was a revolutionary soldier, and son of Thomas and Mary ( Rogers) Calkins. His father was Lieutenant Jonathan, who married Sarah Turner, daughter of Ezekiel and Susanna ( Keeney ) Turner : Ezekiel Tur- ner was son of John and Mary ( Brewster ) Turner, of Scituate; John Turner was son of Humphrey, born 1628, and Lydia (Gamer or Garner) Turner. Mary Brewster, wife of John Turner. was daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster : Jonathan Brewster was son of Elder William Brewster and Mary Brewster, of the "Mayflower." Lieutenant Jonathan Calkins was son of Da- vid and Mary ( Bliss ) Calkins, and David was son of Hugh and Ann Calkins, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1640.
Children of Ezra and Betsey Moore: Es- ther, married Abel Comestock, of Norwich, New York : Betsey, married Welcome Brown- ing, of Allegany county, New York: Sally, married Amos B. Packer, of Norwich, New York: Mary, married LeRoy Shattuck, of Norwich, New York : Emeline, married John Comstock, of East Lyme, Connecticut : Ezra. mentioned below: Loretta, married Eleazer Watrons, of East Lyme, Connecticut : Har-
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