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(IV) John 2), 5 m of John ( I) Norton. was born March 18. 1740, at Edgartown. Massachusetts. He settled in Worthington. Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution, and had the rank of captain. In 1700 the census shows that he was living in Wortlangton, and had in his family two males over sixteen, one under that age, and two females.
(V) Daniel. son of Captain John (2) Norton, was born at Worthington. Massa- chusetts. He married Mercy -- They removed to Hine-burg. Vermont. Children : Rufus, mentioned below : John; Ansel, killed by an accident while firing a canmen at Fourth of July celebration, and was buried at Rome's Paint. Clinton county. New York : Roxanna.
(VI) Kuips, son of Daniel Norton, wa- b+ 11 December 17. 1795. and died January 3. 1878. Children: 1. Merey B., marrie ! Marvin D. Smith (see Smith ). 2. Amanda. married Russell L .. brother of Marvis Smith : Russell was born May 7. 1824. diel September 9. 1803 : children: Lorenza WV. died July 3. 1801. aged thirty-one years: Louisa A. Perkins, Im July 20. 1850; Ella .A. Hill. December 3. 1853.
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Trumbull Smith, the first of
SMITH the name of whom we have record, was born in Connecti- it. November 29. 1782, died at Constable- ville. New York, March 9, 1802. He was . : English stock. He was a triplet, one of parce sons. General Washington, when barneying through Connecticut on horse- lack, heard of the birth of the triplets, and varied his route to visit them On invita- :: n of the parents he named the children, one after his close friend. Governor Trum- Imill. one after one of his general-, Nathaniel Greene, and the other for himself. George Washington. He presented each with an English gold sovereign. Trumbull Smith received a limited common school education. He spent most of his earlier years of man- Good as a pioneer of northern New York iol Canada, finally settling in Lewis county. New York, where his family was reared. He fought strenuously with the hard con li- tions of early days, rising at two or three Hele ck in the morning to pound out his crop . i grain with the old-style flail. On his farm Here beech. maple, birch. ash. butternut. Lasswood and spruce trees, Trumbull Smith married. December 31. 1807. Betsey Lyman. ighter of Ezekiel Lyman (see Lyman XXX7. She was born November 10, 1,91. iul December 4. 1857. Children: I. Lv- man, see forward. 2. Francis, born Decem- Ter 6. ISHI. died December 14. 1991. 3. Harrison. June 22. 1813. died Febuary. 1802. 4. Eldridge. April 5. INTO. Med Feb- Muy 23. 1004. 5. Isaac. May. ININ, died August 21. INFI. 6. Betsey. April 9. 1820. Med August 14. IN91. 7. Royal .A .. March 15. 1822. died April to. rooo: was a volun- ver soldier from Wisconsin in the heavy artillery at Mexandria, Virginia. 8. Sally Inn. April 28. 1824. died, aged two years. " Julia Ann. June 4. 1827. 10 Sall; M. September 7. 1830, died, aged four years 11. Caroline A., May 24. 1832, died De- rember 3. 1006. 12. Emmeline. April 16. S31 Three of these s, ns and two dough- rs. after their marriages. Ivate! in Vis-
consin, and the remainder of the family set- tled in northern New York. At the family reunion in 1885, at the old homestead. five sons and four daughters were present.
( H ) Lyman, eblest child of Trumbull and Betsey ( Lyman) Smith, was born August 4. ISoo, died January 26, 1802. He fol- lowed agriculture throughout the active years of his life. He married. November 26. 1833. Jerusha. born September 13. 1810. die November 15, 1879, daughter of James and Clarissa ( Burnham) Crofoot. Children : James C .. born November 7. 1835: Perry R. : Willard B .: Clara, born December 15. 1845: John I ... see forward : Isaac L. (q. 1.1. horn February 10. 1851.
(II) John L., fifth child of Lyman and Jeru-ha ( Crofonto) Smith, was born in West Turin. New York. January 30. 1849. He was educated at Belleville Academy. Jef- ierson county. New York, and at Caze- novia ( New York) Seminary. He began farm life early, and continued a farmer of the town of West Turin until 1004. He then retired to Por Leyden, where he engaged in life and fire insurance business, also fol- lowing the same lives at Lyons Falls. Dur- ing his farmer days he was an active mem- ber of the Patrons of Husbandry, holding the office of master of a grange and officially connected with the county council. He is a Republican, and first entered public life in 1803. when he was chosen overseer of the per. being unanimously renominated in INgo and elected by a handsome majority. He was a delegate to the state convention ci 1806, and in the county convention of Lewis county in ISog he was chosen candi- date for the state legislature over three other aspirants for the office. He was elected the following November, and during the full - ing session , f the house served upon the pub- he lands, forestry, agriculture and claims committees. In ISgo he was again renomi- mitted and electe 1 by a large maiority. At the session of food be was appointed chair- man of the committee on public lands and if i were ant reggel as a member of the
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committees en agriculture, privilege and elections. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with Turin Ledge. N .. 184, and of the Patrons of Ihusbandry. His religious connection is with the Congrega- tional church. Mr. Smith married. Decem- ber 10. 1870, at Turin, New York. Abbie C. Hart. bern February jo. 1845. at Turin. daughter of Sylvester and Abigail Hart. Mr. Hart was a millwright of the county. Children of Mlr. and Mrs. Hart: Helen. Stephen. Dempster, Laura J., Abbie C. Three other children died in infancy. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: 1. Lyman. born August 9. 1872: educated in the Turin public schools and at Ives Seminary. Ant- werp. New York: married ( first ) Florence Edgerton, barn February 17. 1878. died June. 1894. leaving one child. Clarence Ar- thur. Lyman Smith married ( second ). November 2, 1902, Fannie Barrow. 2. Wil- lard II., born January 10, 18 ;; : educated at Turin: is general agent for the Superior Drill Company; married Clara Hills. June 20. 1900; children: Elise M. and Ray- mond W.
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(I) Alfred the Great. King of England. married Ethelbirth, daughter of Earl Ethel- ran. (II ) Edward the Elder was King of England. (III) Edgina, daughter of Ed- ward, married Henry de Vermandois. (I) Hubart was Count de Vermandois. V) Adela, daughter of Hubert, married Hugh Magnus, fifth Count de Vermandois, and son of Henry L. King of France. (VI) Isabel, daughter of Hugh. married Robert. Earl of Millent and Leicester. (VII) Rob- ert was second Earl of Leicester. (VIH> Robert. his son, was third Earl of Leicester. (IN ) Margaret. daughter of Robert. mar- ried Saier de Quincy. (X) Reger was Earl of Winchester. (NI) Elizabeth, daughter of Roger, married Alexander Comyn. (XII) Agnes, daughter of Alexander, married Gil- bert de Umfraville.
(XIII) Gilbert de U'mfiaville was an in- fant at the death of his father. and was
made a ward of Simon de Mountford. Earl of Leicester. He was Earl of Angus, and died in 1307. He married Matilda. Countess of Angus, a lineal descendant of Malcolm III .. King of Scotland. Three of Malcom's sons succeeded & the throne.
(XIV) R. bert de Umfraville. second son of Gilbert. had livery of his lands. He was one of the governors of Scotland, and a member of Parliament under Edward Il., until the eighteenth year of his reign, when he died. He was second Earl of Angus.
( XV) Sir Thomas de U'infraville, son of Robert, was heir to his half-brother Gil- bert, and lived at Harbottle. He married Joan, daughter of Ford Rodam.
( XVI) Sir Thomas de Umfraville, sec- ond son and heir to his brother. Sir Rob- ert, was living at the time of Henry IV. at Kyne. Children: Gilbert, a famous sol- dier in the French wars at the time of Henry IV. and V .. and was slain with Thokas. Duke of Clarence, and others: Joanna, men- tioned below.
( XVID) Joanna, daughter of Sir Thomas de Umfraville, married Sir William Lam- bert, son of Alan Lambert. (XVIII, Rol- ert Lambert, of Owlton, was his son. (XIX ) Henry Lambert. Esq., of Ongar, county Es- sex. was living in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Henry VI. (XX ) Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Lambert, married Thomas Lyman, of Navistoke. (.XXI) Huny Lyman. of Navistoke, was his son. (XXII) Jolin Lyman, son of Henry Lyman. lived at High Ongar. (XXIII) Henry Ly- man, son of John Lyman, lived in High Ongar. He married Elizabeth and had nine children.
(XXIV) Richard Lyman, third child of Henry Lyman, was born at High Ongar. county Essex. England. and baptized Oc- teber 30, 1580. In 1629 he sold to John Gower lands and orchards and a garden in Norton Mandeville, parish of Ongar, and in August. 1631, embarked with his wife and five children in the ship "Lion." Wil- liam Pierce, master, for New England. In
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Me slap, which sailed from Bristol, were Martha Winthrop, third wife of Governor Wasthrop, the governor's eldest son and his partly, and also Eliot, the Indian Apostle. ,; landed at Boston, and Richard Ly- Brott settled first in Charlestown, and with in wife united with the church of which Mot was pastor. He was admitted a free- 2 In June 11. 1635, and in October of same Hatt, joining a party of about a hundred persons, went to Connecticut, and became . .. of the first settlers of Hartford. Their erney was beset by many dangers and he rt many of his cattle on the way. He was one of the original proprietors of Hartford :1 1636, receiving thirty parts of the pur- die from the Indians. His house was on the south side of what is now Buckingham greet, the fifth lot from Main street west . i the South church, and was boun led ap- parently on Wadsworth street, either on the east or west. His will was dated . April 22, to, and proved January 27. 1642. to- .. ther with that of his wife, who dal soon after he died. He died in 1640. His name is inscribed on a stone col- "am in the rear of the Centre church of Hartford. erected in memory of the first set- les of the city.
Richard Lyman married Sarah, daugh- 't of Roger Osborne, of Halstead, Kent. hogland. Children: 1. William. buried at High Ongar, August 28, 1615. 2. Phillis. iptized September 12, 1611 : came to New Holand and married William Hills, of Mitford: became deaf. 3. Richard, bap- ed July 18. 1613: died young. 4. Wil- . baptized September 8. 161. 5. Rich- od. baptized February 24, 1617 : menti ned low. 6. Sarah baptized February 6, 1620. : Anne. baptized April 12. 1621 : died wang. 8. John, baptized 1623: came to New England : married Dorcas Plumb : died "gust 20, 1690. 9. Robert. lern Septem- f. 1620: married Hepzibah Bascom.
(XXV) Richard (2), son of Richard ( 1) Lyman, was baptized at High Ongar. Feb- Wy 24. 1617. He and his brothers, John
and Robert, were taxed, in 1655, in Hart- ford for a rate assessed to build a mill. They probably removed the same year to North- ampton, where in December, 1655. Richard was chosen one of the selectmen. He sold his father's homestead in Hartford in 1600. Hle married there Hepsibah, daughter of Thomas Ford, of Windsor. She married ( second , John Marsh, of Hadley. Rich- ard Lyman died June 3. 1662, Children: 1. Hepsibah, married November 6. 1662, Jo- seph Devey. 2. Sarah, married. 1650. John Marsh. 3. Richard, mentioned below. 4. Themas, born 1647. 5. Eliza, married . Au- gust 20, 1072. Joshna Pomeroy. O. John. settled in Hadley. 7. Joanna, bern 1658. 8. Hannah, born ro60; married, June 20, 1677, Jeb Pomeroy.
( XXV) Richard 131, son of Richard ( 2) Lyman, settled in Windsor. Connecticut .. and was a man of large influence and fine character. He was first selectman ot the town. He died there June 3. 1662. He mar- ried (first ) Hepsibah, daughter of Thoma- Ford. She married (second) John Marsh. of Hadley. Children: Hepsibah: Sarah. married John Marsh: Richard. mentioned below : Thomas, of Durham, Connecticut ; Eliza: John, of Hockanum: Joanna, born 1658: Hannah, 166o.
+ XXVI Richard (4). son of Richard (3) Lyman, was born at Windsor. Con- necticut, in 1647. He resided at Northamp- ton until 1696, when he removed to Leba- non, Copsectient, where his descendants have lived to the present time. sending thence many pioneers to Vermont, Canada. and westward, even to the Pacific. He was one of the original proprietors of the Five -: Mile Purchase in Lebanon, and was there at the beginning of the settlement. His house was in the "Crank." now the town of Columbia, and he died there. November 4. 1708. Children, born at Northampton : Sam- uel. April 16. 1676, mentioned below. Rich- ard. April. 1678: John. July 6, 1680: Isaac. February 20. 1681; Lieutenant Jonathan. January 1. 1684: Elizabeth, March 25, 1685;
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David, November 28, 1688; Josiah, Febru- ary 6, 1690: Anne, born at Lebanon.
(XXVII) Samuel, son of Richard (4) Lyman, was born April 16, 1676. He mar- ried. May 9. 1099. Elizabeth Fowler, who died February 21, 1742-43. Children, born at Lebanon: Sammuel, May 22, 1700: Jabez, October 10, 1702: Daniel, February 18, 1704-05; Hannah, June 27, 1707; Child, dlied young.
(XXVIII) Jabez, son of Samuel Lyman. was born October 10. 1702, at lebanon, and settled there. He married, January 29. 1730. Martha Bliss. Children, born at Lebanon : Jabez, March 21. 1731 : Ezekiel, October 23, 1733. mentioned below : Martha. November 15. 1735 : Israel, November 24, 1737 : Lucy. December 19. 1739; Elisha. September 22. 1742: Elizabeth and Martha etwins, Oc- tober 11. 1745: Jerusha. December 4. 1747: Eunice. May 6. 1752.
(XXIX) Ezekiel, son of Jabez Lyman. was born October 23. 1733. and was bap- tized at Lebanon. October 28. He resided at Canterbury, Connecticut, whence he re- moved to Rovalton, Vermont. about 1782. and died there at a great age. He married. February 10. 1757. Elizabeth Bliss, of Leba- non. Children: Ezekiel, bern August 18. 1760. mentioned below: Daniel: Samuel. 1764: Sally, married Submit Mitchell, and lived at West Turin: William: Bet-ex. mar- ried Garner Rix: Eliphalet, married Mary Lee : Jabez. married January 24. 1779. Lois Johnson. of Middletown.
(XXX , Ezekiel (2), son of Ezekiel (I) Lyman, was born August IS, 1700, and died June 4. 1845. He was a soldier in the reve- Intion. He married Mabel Mitchell. ci Mid- dletown. Connecticut, and she supported the family, by spinning and weaving. while he was away in the service. She was a very pious and exemplary Christian woman, a studious scholar, possessing a cultivated mind and great fondness for poetry. She would, for hours together, repeat the Chris- tian and familiar tunes of former years, even after she had been blind some twenty years.
She became totally blind at the age of sixty- two, and died. aged ninety-one, in April, 1848. Through the long years of darkness she never repined and was always cheer- ful and industrious in her blindness. weav - ing linen handkerchiefs. Children, born at Evans Mill. Jefferson county. New York : Abner. June 12. 1787, lived at Sandusky. Ohio: Eunice, married Luke Lindsey: Bet- sey E .. November 10. 1790. mentioned be- low: Prudence, February 22. 1,95 ; married Margaret Cregy, of Turin. New York: July 12, 1797. married Cynthia Kent: Lydia. January 24. 1Soo. married William Wheeler: Sally, June 12. 1802. married John W. Hathaway : Anne. May 13, 1804. married Elijah Willoughby.
( XXXI Betsey E .. daughter of Ezekiel (2) Lyman, was born at Evan- Mills, No- vember 10. 1791, and died at West Turin, New York, in 1857. She married, Decem- ber 31. 180 ;. Trumbull Smith eq. v.). born in Connectiont, one of the triplet brothers.
Children of Trumbull and Betsey E. Smith : Lyman, born at West Turin. Lewis coun-
ty. August 4. 1809 (see Smith ) : Frances. December 6, 1813 : Harrison, June 22. 1813; Eldridge. April 5. 1816: Isaac. May. 1818. died August 19, 1851. in Wisconsin ; Betsey, horn April 9. 1820; Royal F., March 15. 1822: Sally Ann. April 28. 1824: died Feb- ruary 3. 1827: Julia Ann. June 4. 1827; Emeline. April 16. 1834.
(III) Isaac Lyman Smith.
SMITH son of Lyman Smith (q. v. ). was born at Turin. February 10. 1851, and educated in the public schools of his native town and at Cazenovia. New York. His early life was passed on his father's farm. He left home and spent sev- eral years in the western states. He was then for two years in the produce busi- ness in New York City and Philadelphia In IS-8 he purchased the homestead of his father and followed farming with much suc- cess. He also owned a factory and manu- factured butter. In 1888 he leased the farm
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and removed to his large and beautiful resi- dence in the village of Turin, where he has since made his home. Since leaving the farm he has deve ted his attention exclusively to the produce business, buying and selling all kinds of farm products, especially peta- tres, of which he ships large quantities to the markets of the country. In politics he is a Republican, and he has taken a lively in- terest in public affairs, though never seek- ing public office himself. He was presi- dent of the incorporated village. however. when the water works were installed in Tu- rin, and to his efforts the village is largely indebted for its fine gravity system of do- mestic water supply. He is chairman of the water commissioners at the present time. Hle was for many years president of the board of education of the district, and has been particularly interested in the matter of public education. He attends the Pres- byterian church, and contributes liberally to its benevolence- and support. He belongs to Turin Grange. Patrons of Husbandry. He married. December 18. 1884. at Turin, Estella J. Ives, daughter of Mather S. and Jennie M. (Moshier) Ives. (See Ives. ) Children : 1. Isaac Ives, born at West Turin. April 5. 1886; educated in Turin Union School and Buffalo College of Pharmacy; now traveling sale-man for Gibson Drug Company, of R chester. New York. 2. Al- bert Aubrey, born at West Turin, October 25. 1888: died March 12. 1880. Born in Turin : 3. Sherman Devere, May 14, 1800: educated at Turin Union School and Roches- ter Business College: nowy associated with his father in business. 4. Earl Selden, No- vember 16. 1803. 5. Aubrey, January 28. 1805. 6. Theodore Roosevelt, October 7. IGOI. 7. Kenneth Max. November 13. 1903.
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( III) John Ives, son of Captain Joseph Ives (q. v. ). was born at Wallingford, Con- necticut. November. 1660. and died there in what is now Meriden. in 1738. aged sixty- nine years. He married. December 6, 19)3.
Mary Gillett. Children, born at Walling- ford : John, September 28, 1694, mentioned below; Samuel. January 5, 1690 : Benjamin, November 22. 1699: Abijah, March 14. 1700: Mary. March 10, 1702 : Lazarus, Feb- ruary 5. 1703: Daniel, February 19. 1700; Hannah, February 10, 1708: Abraham, Sep- tember 2. 1700: Bezaleel, July 4, 1712: Bezaleel. 1720.
(IV) John (2). son of John (1) Ives. was born at Wallingford. September 28. 1604. He married. December IS. 1719). Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Royce. She died at Wallingford, November 5, 1770, aged seventy years. Children, born at Wallingford: Eunice. April 20, 1721. died September II. 1727: Ann. April 20. 1725; Eunice. September 11. 1727 : John. July 4. 1720: Titus, February 17, 1732: Levi. January 19. 1733: Joseph and. John «twins 1. April ?. 1733: Levi, July 30, 1736: Jesse. April 2. 1738: Joseph, June, 1745: Jesse. 2nd.
(V) John (3). son of John (2) Ives, was horn at Wallingford. July 4. 1,29, and died there, February, 1816. He was a soklier in the revolution. in Captain Couch's company, Colonel Thaddeus Co ik's regiment. He mar- ried (first) Mary, daughter of Dr. Isaac Hall. She died in February, 1788, and he married (second, Sarah -, who died November 24. 1804. Children, born at Wal- lingford : Lucretia, married Captain Samuel Ives: John. mentioned below : Isaac ; Levi: Freeph: Joel; Othniel. In August IT. 1779: Titus, married Ximena Yale: Eli, died unmarried: Anne: Polly : Mercie.
(VI) Major John (4), son of John ( 3) Ites, was I m in Meriden, formerly Wal- lingford. Hle married Martha Merriman. He was a pioneer settler in Lewis county. New York, whither he removed in 1700. Ilis farm was the present site of the vil- lage of Constableville. After a few years be removed two miles to the north of the village of Turin. New York, where he spent the remainder of his life, and died March 3. 1828. His widow died at the home of
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her son, George S. Ives, at Turin, Febru- ary 12, 1841. He owned eighteen hun- dred acres of land in Turin and gave to each of his children a farm. Children: John. died in California: Samuel, died in Ohio: Eli, died at Great Bend. New York: Isaac. died at Ravenna, Ohio; George, died at Chicago, Illinois: Selden, mentioned below : Julia, married Walter Martin, of Martins- burg, and died in Michigan : Lucretia, mar- ried Horace Clapp, and dich in Martins- burg: Martha, married Enoch Roberts, and died in Meriden: five of the oldest children died young, within five days of each other.
(VII) Selden, son of Major John (4) Ives, was born in Turin, New York, Sep- tember 18, 1806. He married. July 13. 1830. Ineretia Stephens, who was born at Martinsburg. May 18. 1805. Children : Cor- nelia L .. born at Turin. April 3. 1831, mar- ried J. Harvey Smith, of Fort Plain, New York. August 27. 1851, and died at Turin. February 9. 1854: Marcellus H .. born at Turin, June 9. 1839. and died April 8. 1860: Mather S., mentioned below.
(VIII) Mather S .. son of Selden Ives. was born on the okl Ives homestead at Tu- rin. March 30. 1833. He was educated in the public schools and the Clinton Liberal Institute and Lowville Academy. For four years he was clerk in the general store at Rome, New York, and at New Albany. In- diana. In 1855 he went to Chicago, Ilii- nois, and entered into a partnership in me! - cantile business with his uncle. George Ive -. and continued there until 1861. when he returned to Turin and followed farming. HIS was a strong and influential citizen. For twelve years he was supervisor of the town. and he became one of the best-known men of the county. He was a staunch Republi- can. He was a charter member of the Twentieth Century Club, and was president in 1902-03. Ile was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church, of which he was a trustee for eighteen years. He command- ed the respect of all his townsmen for his honor and integrity as a man, his gond
works and kindly, generous heart. He die i February 10, 1904. He married ( first), in Chicago, September 15. 1859. Jennie MI. Moshier, born at Lexington, Kentucky, July 8. 1843. died at Turin. April 30, 1890. He married (secondo, March, INOT, Mrs. Pru- ella Whittleser. Children: 1. Cornelia Lu- cretia, born at Chicago, April 6, 1861 ; mar- riad. May 20. 1884. Albert K. Woolworth: children: Mather Clinton. born December IS. 1891 ; Jennie. April, 1903. 2. Estella J., married. December 18. 1884. Isaac Lyman Smith. ( See Smith. )
Tradition has it that near the SMITH close of the seventeenth cen- tury, quite a young man. a lad. was kidnapped in the city of London and taken on board a merchant vessel lying in the river Thames, bound for and ready to sail to the shores of the then British colo nies in America. It is understood that dur- ing the voyage he discharged the duties of cabin box. The passage proving to be a very boisterous one, and not being accus- tomed to that kind of toil or any of its as- sociations, he became so disgusted with tic life of the sailor that. on the arrival of the vessel in New York, he succeeded in escap- ing from the custody and control of the captain. and for a number of days kept him- self secreted to avoid recapture. After re- maining in New York for some time, he eressed the river to what was then know a as East Jersey, where he probably remaire ! as long as he lived. There he married and became the father of four children : Richar '. Samuel, Hiram and Rachel. Of Richard nothing is known. Samuel is mentioned below. Hiram reared four sons and four daughters. Rachel married a Mr. Pierson removed from the "Jersies" and settled upon land which is alleged to have remise! in the family for a number of years. a" ! was subsequently owned and occupied 1 the Hon. Ezra Meech, in Shelburn. Ver- mont.
( IT ) Samuel. eblest child of the afore-
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mentioned family, was born in the then col- ony of New Jersey in the year 1720. He was a shoemaker by trade. He resided at Passipany, Morristown and Boonton. New Jersey, and in the fall of 1770 he and his family commenced their telions journey to the then almost unbroken wilderness of Ver- mont. Their mode of conveyance was the "Jersey wagon," drawn by a yoke of oxen. They journeyed by slow and toilsome stages until they arrived at the head waters of Lake Champlain at a place then called Skeenesboro, now the village of Whitehall. New York. There being no roads thence north in the direction of their route, they were obliged to dispose of their team. They then shipped their effects on board a bat- teau and sailed down the lake and landed. it is supposed, at some point within the pres- ent limits of the town of Panton, where they remained upon lands subsequently owned and occupied by Nathan Spaulding. Esq .. for about three years, when they removed to Bridport, where they erectedl a leg house. cleared and improved the land. remaining until they were driven off by the British and Indians, who also burned the house. Soon after the removal of Mr. Smith and family to Bridport. in 1773. such uncer- tainty, disquietude and unsafety had arisen among the settlers, in consequence of the quarrel between the government of the col- only of New York and the "Hampshire Grant" men, and especially upon the recep- Son of the news of the advance of Bur- . pyne's army in 1777. that most of the fami- Ces, especially those who had settled on, or Hear, the bank of Lake Champlain, left their :"w homes and moved to safer and more quiet localities. Some few. however, re- chained, among whom was the family of 'Tr. Smith, and although frequently an- ved by the impertinent demands and hos- "le demonstrations of the "York State" bien. they succeeded in maintaining full pos- sion of the domicile, living in peaceful " I friendly relations with the Indians, who wittently visited the settlement. until only
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