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(III) Ensign Stephen Kellogg. son of Lieu- tenant Joseph Kellogg, was born April 9, 1668. He was a weaver by trade. In 1697 he re- moved to Westfield, where he died June 5, 1722. His gravestone is still standing in the Westfield cemetery. He married, May 8, 1694. Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia Beklen.
of Wethersfield. Connecticut, born March, 1675, died in Colchester, Connecticut, January 6, 1759. She married (second), as his second wife, Benjamin Lewis, of Colchester. Chil- dren : Stephen, born February 3. 1695 : Lydia, January 24. 1697; Moses, October 20, 1700, died September 15, 1704; Abigail, December 27. 1702; Daniel, December 15, 1704: Epli- raim, July 2, 1707, died March 16, 1728 ; Mer- cy, October 30. 1709: Noah, February 13, 1711 ; Silas, mentioned below : Amos, Septem- ber 30, 1716; Aaron, married Mary Lewis.
(IV ) Deacon Silas Kellogg, son of Ensign Stephen Kellogg, was born in Westfield, Mas- sachusetts, April 7. 1714, died January 24, 1792. Ile was a farmer by occupation, and lived in Sheffield, Massachusetts. He was a man of high social and religious character, deacon of the church, delegate to the conven- tion in Stockbridge. July 6, 1774, to take into consideration the right of the British parlia- ment to tax America, clerk of the land office established by the proprietors of Sheffield and Great Barrington. He married, in Westfield, May 10, 1739, Ruth, born March 25. 1722, died in Sheffield, January 24, 1817, daughter of Joshua and Margaret Root. At the time of their marriage they travelled from West- field to Sheffield on horseback following "blazed trees." Their furniture was packed on horses, and one horse carried a feather-bed on each side. His wife is described as a dig- nified woman of imposing appearance, and possessed of great energy of character. Chil- dren, born in Sheffield: Ephraim. October 5. 1740; Enos, December 24. 1742: Asa. inen- tioned below ; Eleanor, August 31, 1747 : Ruth, October 20, 1749: Rhoda, January 10. 1753 : Miriam, May 24, 1755 ; Silas, August 7. 1757 ; Ann. June 23. 1760.
(V) Deacon Asa Kellogg, son of Deacon Silas Kellogg, was born in Sheffield, Febru- ary 19, 1745, died June 4, 1820. About the time of the revolution he settled in Galway, Saratoga county, New York. He was a farmer by occupation, and a man highly re- spected. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church, captain of the militia, justice of the peace. He served in the revolution, his service as follows: Sergeant. Captain Noble's com- pany, Colonel Brown's regiment, June 29 to July 28, 1777. lle was ordered into service by Brigadier-General Fellows and committee of safety. by desire of Major-General Schuy- ler. He married, February 27, 1766, Lucy
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Powell, of Suffield, born February 27, 1746, died November 9, 1816. Children, born in Sheffield, except the last two, born in Galway : Frederick, mentioned below; Ezra, June 27, 1769; Martin, June 22, 1771 ; Charles, Octo- ber 3, 1773; Warren, August 11, 1775, died April 24, 1782; Asa, November 12, 1777; Lucy, November 11, 1779; Electa, January II, 1782, died May 20, 1782; Warren, June 2, 1783 : Alexander Cyrus, June 22, 1785 ; Electa, May 6, 1788.
(VI) Frederick, son of Deacon Asa Kel- logg, was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, September 27, 1766. He was a farmer by occupation, and lived in Galway and Brutus, New York. He died October 16, 1832, killed by being thrown from a horse. He married ( first ), November 20, 1788, Mary ( Polly ), born October 5, 1768, died March 25, 1813, daughter of Israel Phelps. He married ( sec- ond ), November 28, 1813, Tryphena Ely, born March 25. 1784, died January 27, 1816, daughter of Joseph White, born December 24, 1749, and Phebe Clapp, born December 26, 1752. He married (third) MIrs. Catherine (Demorest ) Brown, who died August 6. 1838, aged sixty-three. Children of first wife, the first eight born in Galway, the others in Bru- tns : Silas, June 6, 1789; Polly, June 6, 1790 ; Lucinda, August 10, 1791 ; Alvan, mentioned below: Wealthy, October 24, 1794; Amanda, August 24, 1796; Frederick, November 26, 1797; Asa, April 26, 1800; Lucy, June 1, 1803; Israel Phelps, October 24, 1808; Har- riet, December 10, 1810 ; child of second wife, born in Brutus : Charles White, May 21, 1815.
(VII) Alvan, son of Frederick Kellogg. was born in Galway, New York, January 12, 1793. He was a cloth dresser and farmer by occupation, and lived in Brutus, Sempronius and East Scott, New York. He was a mem- ber of the New York assembly in 1851 and held other positions of trust. Millard Fill- more, afterwards president, was a member of his household for many years and learned his trade with him. He married, January 15. 1818, Sylvia, born in Croydon, New Hamp- shire, 1797, died in Friendship, New York, November 11, 1865, daughter of Asaph Stow, of Sempronius. New York, born 1773, and Chloe ( Wakefield ) Stow. Children: Celia, born in Sempronius, November 12, 1819 ; Cy- rus Stow, mentioned below : Thereon, Niles, January 20, 1824; Clarine, East Scott, Octo- ber 30, 1827.
(VIII ) Cyrus Stow, son of Alvan Kellogg, was born in Niles, New York, September 7. 1821, died in Homer, New York, May 16, 1804. He was a farmer and lived in Scott, where he was supervisor for several years. During the trying times of the civil war, when the office was an important and responsible one, large sums of money were handled. He married (first), January 1, 1843, Emeline .A., born in Pitcher, New York, July 17, 1821, died in East Scott, November 24, 1843, daugli- ter of Enoch Eldridge, of Chenango county, New York. He married ( second ), in Scott, January 8. 1846, Amanda Adeline, born Oc- tober 10, 1819, daughter of Nathan Salisbury. born October 10. 1793, and Lucretia A. Bad- cock, born September 30, 1792. Children of second wife, born in Scott: William Alvan, mentioned below : Emeline Amanda, Decem- ber 15, 1852; Charles Leland, November 2, 1855.
(IX) William Alvan, son of Cyrus Stow Kellogg, was born in East Scott, October 14, 1846, died in New York City, March 13, 1908. During the civil war, being too young for mili- tary service, he went to the front as a mem- ber of the Christian commission, in which he served until the close of the war. At the bat- tle of Bull Run he was wounded in his right hand. He was present at the surrender of General Lee, also witnessed the assassina- tion of President Lincoln, often speaking of Laura Keene, the actress, leaving the stage and taking the president's head in her lap, help- ing to care for him until surgical aid came. He was educated in the public schools and for many years was a druggist in New York City and a book publisher. He married, November 18, 1869. Chloe Irene, daughter of Chauncey and Catherine (Merry) Churchill (see Churchill VD). Children : I. Gertrude Amanda. born September 13, 1870; married, June 16, 1900, Orrie Pratt Cummings. 2. Ed- ward Leland, mentioned below. 3. Olive Catherine, born January 20, 1877. 4. Chauncy C., born January 23, 1880, died same date. 5. William Alvan, born April 17. 1885 : a gradu- ate of Columbia University (A. B.) and now a medical student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
(X) Dr. Edward Leland Kellogg, son of William A. Kellogg, was born in Homer, New York, August 1, 1872. He attended the public schools of Cortland county, New York, and graduated from the Homer Academy, being
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valedictorian of his class. After taking a con- mercial course in the Institute of Social Econ- omics in New York City, he entered the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1805, being awarded the Harzen prize for special work, after which he served in Bellevue Hospital and for three years was superintendent of the Minturn Hospital. Since then he has practiced in New York City. His office is at 48 West Fifty-first street.
He is Professor of Diseases of the Stomach, and Digestive System, in the New York Poly- clinic Medical School; Professor of Internal Medicine in New York School of Clinical Medicine; chief of clinic in the New York Polyclinic Dispensary ; assistant attending physician in the New York Polyclinic Hospi- tal; chief of clinic and visiting physician in the West Side German Dispensary, assistant attending physician to the Minturn Hospital ; associate surgeon to Gouverneur Hospital. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of New York, of the American Medical Associa- tion, the New York State Medical Society, the Medical Society of the County of New York, the Medical Association of Greater New York, the Clinical Society of the New York Poly- clinic Medical School and Hospital, of the Society for Moral and Social Prophylaxis, the Clinical Society of New York School of Clini- cal Medicine, Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hospital. of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Eastern Medi- cal Society.
He is a Free Mason, a member of Chan- cellor Lodge of New York, and was former- ly associate medical director of the Liberty Life Insurance Company.
He is the author of the following publica- tions : A book of "Instructions for Patients." "Original Experiments in the use of Supra Renal Gland," "Sterilization of Rubber Gloves," "Methods of Disinfection in the Minturn Hospital," "Treatment of Inflamma- tory Conditions of the Throat by Irrigation, and Description of the New Irrigator Tip." "Treatment of Scarlet Fever," "Gastric Anal- ysis," "Statistical Report of Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria Treated in Minturn Hospital," "Delayed Evacuation of the Stomach-Its Causes and Differential Diagnosis," "Hyper- esthesia Gastrica," "Hypersthenic Gastritis with Continuous Secretion," "Treatment of Gastroptosis."
(The Churchill Line )
The history of the English Churchill family dates to the time of the Norman Conquest. The name is derived from the town Council in Lorraine, France. The surname has been spelled Coucelle, Coureil, Curichell, Chercile, Churchil, Churchall and Churchill, the last form being the one generally accepted for many generations in England and America. The Churchill coat-of-arms is: Sable a lion rampant, argent debruised with a bondlet gules. Eight generations of the Churchill family have been dukes of Marlborough. The first duke was John Churchill, born May 24, 1650, at Ashe, Devonshire, son of Sir Winston Churchill, of Wiltshire, whose mother was a Winston. The present duke, the eighth, Rich- ard John Churchill, married Consuelo Vander- bilt, of New York. Winston Churchill, au- thor and member of parliament, is grandson of the seventh duke, and son of Sir Randolph Churchill. It is likely that the American pio- neers of the seventeenth century were of the same stock. Colonel William Churchill came to Virginia about 1673 from Wilton, Middle- sex county ; was member of the Virginia coun- cil in 1705 ; died 1710; and from his son Arm- istead is descended the Virginia Churchills. It is of interest to note that the daughter of Colonel William Churchill married Thomas Randolph in 1710.
(I) Josiah Churchill, ancestor of the Churchills of this sketch, is first found in Wethersfield, Connecticut, on the occasion of his marriage. There is no evidence of his par- entage or birth-place. He was active in public affairs of the Connecticut colony, a juror in 1643-49-51 ; at the Quaker court, 1664-65, and at the county court, 1666-70-75. He was also constable in 1657 and 1670. and one of the town surveyors in 1666 and 1673. He died before January, 1687. He married Elizabeth Dering, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Dering) Foote. She died at Wethersfield, September 8, 1700, aged eighty-four years. Children, born at Wethersfield: Mary, March 24, 1639: Elizabeth, May 15. 1642; Hannalı, November 1. 1644: Ann, 1647: Joseph, men- tioned below : Benjamin. May 16, 1652; Son ; Sarahı, November 11, 1657.
(II) Joseph, son of Josiah Churchill, was born in Wethersfield, December 7, 1649. He lived in the same place, on land inherited from his father, and is styled "Husbandman." The Wethersfield records show him to have been
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a man of ability and influence ; he was town surveyor, assessor, collector of taxes, 1684, constable, 1689, selectman from 1697 until his death, April 1, 1699. He married, at Wethers- field, May 13, 1674, Mary - She died in 1738. Children : Mary, born April 6, 1675 ; Nathaniel, July 9, 1677 ; Elizabeth, 1679; Di- nah, 1680; Samuel, mentioned below ; Joseph, 1690; David, 1692; Jonathan. 1694: Hannah, 1696.
(III) Samuel, son of Joseph Churchill, was born at Wethersfield, 1688. He settled in Newington parish, and was active in public affairs in town and church. His name ap- pears frequently in the records of the New- ington society, and in one of the Wethersfield deeds he is styled "Smith," indicating his trade. In 1746 the general assembly appointed him ensign of the local militia company, and he has been known in the family ever since as "Ensign Smith." He married, June 26, 1717, Martha. born December 19, 1695, died December 14. 1780, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Wright) Boardman, of Wethers- field. He died in Newington parish, July 21, 1769, and is buried in the churchyard there. Children : Giles, born June 11, 1718; Samuel, mentioned below ; Charles, December 31, 1723 ; Jesse, Angust 31. 1726; Benjamin, April 10, 1729 : William, November 6, 1732.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Churchill, was born in the West Parish of Wethersfield, now Newington. April 27, 1721. About 1746 he settled in Sheffield, and married there Thankful (Hewit ) Seager, widow of Joseph Seager, of Newington. He was a farmer by occupation, and also a shoemaker. In 1775 he removed with his family of ten children to Vermont and settled in the town of Hubbardton. He had previously sold his farm in Sheffield and taken a quitclaim deed of 3,000 acres in Hubbardton. He had lived here but little more than two years. when he and his family, with others of the town, were taken prisoners by a party of Tories and In- dians, July 7. 1777. The houses were plun- dered, the cattle killed, the women and chil- dren left to shift for themselves, and the men taken as prisoners to Ticonderoga. Mr. Churchill and another man from Hubbardton. Mr. Hickok, finally escaped, and made their way back to their home, to find the whole town a scene of desolation. The former then proceeded on foot to Sheffield, a distance of one hundred and thirty miles, and there found
his wife and children, who had succeeded in reaching their old home some days before. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, Mr. Churchill removed with his family to Castle- ton, ten miles from Hubbardton, and later back to the latter place, where he remained un- til the close of the war. He then found that his title to the 3,000 acres of land which he owned in Hubbardton was worthless, and was compelled to start anew, building the first frame barn and the second frame house in that locality. He died at the age of eighty. Children: Martha, born January 14. 1748; Joseph, February 14. 1750: Lydia, June 1, 1751 : Lois, May 30, 1753: Thankful, March 7, 1755; Samuel, May 20, 1756: John, men- tioned below; Silas, June 18. 1760; William, February 10, 1763 : Ezekiel, June 24. 1765.
(V) John, son of Samuel (2) Churchill, was born at Sheffield, March 12, 1758. He removed with his parents to Hubbardton in 1775. At the time of the battle there, July 7, 1777. he took part in the fight. He was taken prisoner with his brother Silas and carried to Ticonderoga, where he was kept until Octo- ber. It is possible that he served later in the war in the company of Captain Roger Alden, of Lebanon, Connecticut, January I to Decem- ber 31, 1781. After the war he settled on a farm in Hubbardton, and lived there until 1805, when he removed to Tully, New York. He married Martha Baldwin. Children, all but the youngest born in Hubbardton: John, April 13, 1787; Sylvester, October 7, 1788; Annice, October 14, 1790: Electa, December 19. 1792: Alvin, November 7, 1794: Sylvina. August 25, 1796; Joab, November 10. 1798; Sarah, January 4. 1801: Irena, October 8, 1802: Jotham, December 29, 1804 ; Chauncey, mentioned below.
(VI) Chauncey, son of John Churchill, was born at Tully, New York, October 3. 1808, died March 23, 1897. He was a farmer by occupation, and lived at East Scott, Cortland county. New York. He married, March 17. 1834. Catherine, daughter of John and Cla- rinda (Davis) Merry. Children, born at Scott: 1. Sylvester C., December 20, 1834; married Helen Dowd, March 28, 1866. 2. John W., August 13, 1836; married Alice P. Martinie ; his home was at Long View, Illi- nois; at the beginning of the civil war he joined the Illinois State Volunteers and served during the entire war. He was captured and was confined for six months in Andersonville
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prison before he was exchanged; after recu- perating he went into service again until the close of the war, then returned to his home and family, consisting of his wife and three children. 3. Olive C., February 16, 1838, died May 11, 1838. 4. Sylvanus A., November 26, 1839 ; married (first) Caroline Eadie, Novem- ber 21, 1867; (second) Sarah E. Woodworth, September 7, 1892. 5. Oliver Clinton, born March 22, 1841 ; married Delphine Roe, Octo- ber 26, 1865 ; at the beginning of civil war he joined the New York State Volunteers, serving until the close of the war. 6. Martha Asenath, November 24, 1842; married James Shawhan, November 8, 1871. 7. Olive C., August 6, 1844; married William S. Kellogg, November 10, 1864. 8. La Fayette, March 17, 1846; married Eliza Pratt, November 18, 1869. 9. Chloe Irene, October 4, 1847: married, No- vember 18, 1869, William A. Kellogg (see Kellogg IX). 10. Catherine Helen, April 10, 1849 ; married George Burroughs. II. Caleb W., November 27, 1850; married (first) Ach- sie Eadie, March 28, 1881; (second) Minnie Brown, November 6, 1884. 12. Benjamin F., July 30, 1852; married, May 21, 1878, Carrie, daughter of James Churchill, of Spafford, New York. 13. Jason M., April 2, 1855 ; married Jennie French, September 25, 1878.
RINDGE (IX) Raymond Arthur, second son of Rowley Eugene (q. v.) and Lucy A. (Davis) Rindge, was born November 13, 1873, in Nor- wich, New York, where he attended school, graduating from the high school in 1894. Following this he pursued a course at the Albany Business School, from which he was graduated in 1895. Until 1901 he was associated with his father in business, and then became agent for the United States Ex- press Company, at Norwich. He continued in this position two years and then resigned in order to engage with the Borden Con- densed Milk Company, with which he has ever since been associated. For several years he was secretary to the general superintendent of the Borden Condensed Milk Company and is now chief clerk of the engineering depart- ment. Mr. Rindge is a member of the Nor- wich Club, and was for nine and one-half years a member of the Alert Hose Company of Norwich. Politically he is Independent, though sympathizing with the Republican party on general principles. He married, Sep-
tember 14, 1898, Grace, daughter of E. Spen- cer Baker, of Norwich.
(The Davis Line).
Before the general adoption of surnames in Great Britain, the Welsh people were accus- tomed to distinguish those bearing the same Christian name from one another by adding the father's name with a possessive, as "Har- ry's," "David's," and these were in time short- ened and slightly varied, thus forming the very frequent names among those people of Williams, Jones, Harris and Davis. Numer- ous representatives of this family were set- tled in Essex county, Massachusetts, at an early date, and their descendants are now scattered throughout the Nation, bearing a worthy part in the spread of intelligence and moral development.
The family whose history is herein out- lined was among those early planted in New York, and has furnished citizens to other states, who have been noted for energy, pro- bity, ability and high moral character. The family tradition brings in the famous "Three Brothers" story, which carries little weight with genealogists.
(I) Foulk Davis, who has been described as a Singing Quaker, was the founder of a Long Island family which has sent out representa- tives to all parts of this state, as well as to others. He had a grant of land in South- ampton, October 9, 1642, and resided in East Hampton in 1655. In 1660 he appears to have been in Jamaica. He married, in East Hampton (probably a second wife), Mary, widow of Ralph Dayton, who had previously been the wife of James Haines, Mr. Davis being her third husband. She bore him sons : John, Samuel, Benjamin, and probably Jo- seph, of Brookhaven, and presumably some daughters.
(II) Benjamin, son of Foulk and Mary Davis, was born in 1640 in Southampton, died there in 1726 at the age of eighty-six years. His wife, Rebecca (family name unknown) was born in 1644, died at the age of seventy- eight years. They had children: Benjamin, Richard, Samuel, Joseph, Saralı, married George Tooker.
(III) Benjamin (2), eldest son of Benja- min (I) and Rebecca Davis, was born in 1678 in Southampton, died in 1771 in Brookhaven. He sold his land in Southampton in 1698, and about that time settled in Brookhaven. He
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had sons: David, Eliakim. Obadiah, Gillom, Isaac. James, Silas.
(IV) David, eldest son of Benjamin (2) Davis, was born in 1714 in Brookhaven, died there in 1761. His descendants now reside upon the same farm, on which the third resi- dence has been built, the first having been constructed about 1707 by his father. His wife, Abigail, was born in 1716. They had children : Phoebe, died young ; David. William, Stephen, Phoebe, Abigail, Henry, Elisha, Spi- cer. Johannah, Elizabeth, and tradition says there was one more.
(V) David (2). eldest son of David (1) and Abigail Davis, was born in 1737 at Stony Brook in Brookhaven, and removed to Broome county, New York, soon after the war of 1812. He was a wealthy man for his time and pur- chased a large tract of land in the town of Lisle which he cleared up and developed into farming land. He was a man of strong re- ligious principles and was long an active mem- ber and deacon of the Baptist church in Lisle. He married, in Brookhaven, Elizabeth Ham- mond, born about 1742 in Coram, Long Island, daughter of Rev. Noah Hammond and his first wife. Anna ( Baker) Hammond. Children : Noah, Hammond, Seth, Charles, Maria, mar- ried Captain Kinner : John C., Ezra Fountain, Lucy, wife of Lorenzo Cadwell: David.
(VI) John C., fifth son of David (2) and Elizabeth (Hammond) Davis, was born in Brookhaven, and was a small boy when taken by his parents to Broome county. He en- gaged in farming at Killawog, where his life was passed. He married Julia Terry, of that town, and they had children: Leander A., who died in Binghamton; Mary, wife of Henry Kennedy, resides in Cortland ; George, went west in 1849 and his whereabouts are unknown; David, a soldier of the civil war, now residing in Coffeyville, Kansas: Lucy A.
(\'II) Lucy A., daughter of John C. and Julia A. ( Terry ) Davis, was born August 10, 1847. in Killawog, and was married. Septem- ber 7, 1869. to Rowley Eugene Rindge, of that place ( see Rindge VIII ).
CROSS There is a tradition in every branch of the Cross family that the name was of French Hugue- not origin and was originally De la Croix. The immigrant ancestor of the family herein traced frequently spelled his name Crosse and sometimes la Cross. A record has been found
of the will of Jonas De Piester, of London, formerly of Ghent, Belgium, which shows that William Crosse, of London, was his fath- er-in-law, and that the latter had sons Peter and Josias. This Jonas De Piester died in London, December 5, 1618. It seems prob- able that Jonas De Piester, who came to New York in 1651, and was mayor of that city, was a nephew of Jonas, of London. William and Peter Crosse were made executors of the will of Jonas De Piester, and all seem to have belonged to aristocratic Huguenot families, which were driven to England by the massa- cre of St. Bartholomew. The history of the Huguenots in France shows that the family of De la Croix, of Rouen, was prominent in France, and included a minister who sat in the ecclesiastical council of La Rochelle.
(I) William Cross, of Wethersfield. Con- necticut, and later of Windsor, same colony, was the founder of a noted family. He was a soldier from Wethersfield in the Pequot war in 1637, was the owner of land there in 1644, and soon after removed to Windsor. He appears to have been a seafaring man and died in Fairfield. Connecticut, about 1655, leaving a wife and sons: Peter, Captain Sam- uel, John. Nathaniel.
(II) Peter, son of William Cross, was born in England and was apparently an adult when he came to America with his father. He mar- ried Children : Peter, mentioned be- low : Mary, born June 3, 1659.
(III) Peter (2), son of Peter (I) Cross, was born June 3, 1650, in Windsor. He re- sided in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1672, and was there in 1696. He was among the first settlers or planters of Windham, Connecticut. in 1690, coming thither from Norwich, and was among the grantees of land there to or- ganize the town, in association with Jonathan Crane and others. The fact that his name appears first in this grant indicates that he was a man of standing and this is further attested by the fact that he stood at the head of the company which was authorized to and did organize the town of Mansfield. Connecti- cut, from territory belonging to Windham in 1693. The general court appointed him one of the administrators of the Wade estate and from the fact that one of his sons was named Wade, it is presumed that he was connected by marriage or otherwise with that family. In 1698 he was a leading citizen of Windham and the head of a body engaged in building there
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