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IV. William, b 14 Feb., 1803, m 14 Sept., 1840, with Laura Woodruff.
V. Betsey, b 27 Aug., 1804, m 25 Dec. 1821, with Gamaliel Whiting.
VI. Josiah, b 14 Sept., 1806, m with Martha Baird.
John Brown, b at Stockbridge, IS July, 1765, eldest son of Captain Abraham and Beulah (Patterson) Brown, came to Brown's Settlement in Feb. 1796. He settled on lot 296, and built a saw-mill, there. He married 20 Feb., 1800, with Mehitable Wilson, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Curtis) Wilson, of Stock- bridge, where she was born, 19 Dec., 1768. He was one of of the first justices of the peace in the town of Tioga, and was supervisor of that town for four years. He was also supervisor of the new town of Berkshire, in 1808 and 1809, and in Oct., 1809, was appointed a judge of Broome county court of common pleas. which office he held at his death, 14 Oct., 1813. She survived till 3 Aug., 1857. Their children were :
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I. John, b 14 Feb., - 1801, a surveyor, mill-wright, and farmer, died unmarried 12 Nov., 1869.
II. Mary Wilson, b I Aug., 1802, unmarried.
III. Francis Henry, b 6 March 1804, died unmarried.
IV. Charles, b 11 Oct., 1805. married 6 Oct., 1835, with Eliza Ann Ball, daughter of Stephen and Polly (Leonard) Ball, and died 28 March, 1869.
V. Juliana, b 5 July, 1807, died 19 Nov., 1869:
VI. Frances Cornelia, b 19 March, 1809, unmarried.
Asa Leonard, b 30, Jan., 1759, son of Abiel Leonard, of Con- necticut, married 11 Oct., 1781, with Olive Churchill, who was born in Stockbridge, Mass., 20 Feb., 1764, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Curtis) Churchill. They dwelt in Stockbridge, and afterward in West Stockbridge, and started in Feb., 1793, with the Slossons, to settle in Berkshire; but on reaching Cho- conut, now Union, N. Y., they stopped on account of her health, and stayed with her brother, Asahel Churchill, till the next win- ter, and then retuned to Massachusetts. Early in the year 1797, . they made another trial, and reached Berkshire, where they spent the rest of their lives. He died 24 March, 1836; she died 21 Aug., IS44. Their children were :
I. Polly, b 11 Feb., 1783, married with Stephen Ball.
II. Solomon, b 23 Nov. 1784.
III. Lucy, b 3 Jan., 1787, m with Josiah Ball, Jr.
IV. Anna, b 16 Sept., 1788, m with Henry Griffin.
V. Levi, b 5 July 1790, m with Lucia Avery, and d 16 Juiy, 1862.
VI. Nancy, b 26 April, 1792, m with Isaac Hitchcock.
VII. Louis Gigette, b 30 July, 1794, m 28 Feb., 1821, with Han- nah Royce, and died at Berkshire, I Nov. 1830. She was still living there in 1887.
VIII. Henry, b 14 Aug., 1797, at Berkshire, m with Julia White, and settled at Ithaca, N. Y., where he died 7 March, 1863.
IX. George W., b 5 April, 1799, d 23 April, 1799.
X. Sabrina, b 28 Aug., 1800, d 22 Nov. 1809.
XI. Amanda, b 6 Aug., 1802, m with John Brush Royce.
XII. Chester, b 9 Oct., 1805, m 12 Oct. 1826, with Susan Maria Wilson; settled at Newark Valley, where he died 25 Nov., 1841, and she died at Owego.
XIII. Leonard, a son, b 5 June, 1807, d 29 June, 1807.
Solomon Leonard, son of Asa Leonard, came to Berkshire with his father, and on reaching his majority became a partner with him in the business of tanning and currying. He married 30
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Jan., 1813, with Nancy Ann Waldo, and settled on the south side of Leonard street, where their son, Joseph Waldo Leonard, now lives. She died 18 Sept., 1865 ; he died 24 March, 1866. Their children were :
I. Jane, b I Nov., 1813, m 23 July, 1839, with Wm. C. Churchill, and died 23 May, 1851.
II. Theodore, b 13 Feb., 1815, m 15 June, 1842, with Margery Ball.
III. Frederick William, b 8 Oct., 1816.
IV. Mary Elizabeth, b 14 July, 1818, m 6 Oct., 1845, with Charles Mills, of Little Falls, N. Y., who died 3 May, 1849; and she m (2nd) II Nov., 1850, with Melancthon Rogers.
V. Joseph Waldo, b 27 May, 1820, m 12 Oct., 1852, with Mary Ann Campfield, and resides on his father's homestead.
VI. Henry Griffin, b 27 March, 1822, m 12 Feb., 1850, with Catharine Campfield.
VII. Edwin Dwight, b 25 Feb., 1824.
VIII. Frances, b 25 July, 1826, m with Dr. Frederick A. WValdo, of Cincinatti, Ohio.
IX. Nancy Bliss, b 11 April, 1828, m with George Clark Royce.
X. George Franklin, b 15 Nov., 1829, m 17 Nov., 1850, with Eunice Patch.
XI. Jerome, b 17 Aug., 1830, m I Oct., 1862, with Araminta Boyer.
Ebenezer Cook, b at Stockbridge, Mass., about 1772, married there 3 April, 1793, with Elizabeth Churchill, who was born there 8 Sept., 1774, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Curtis) Churchill. He came to Berkshire early in 1797, in company with his brother-in-law, Asa Leonard, and they began business as tanners and curriers under the name of Leonard & Cook, and according to the custom of that day made shoes also. He settled first in a small log house which stood near where Joseph Waldo Leonard dwelt in 1881, then built a shop on the corner opposite the brick meeting-house, where the brick house now stands; and just north of that, a small framed house, into which he moved his family 25 April, 1804. In this house he died 17 March, 1812. He served for several terms as justice of the peace, was always dignified with the title "'Squire," and was univers- ally respected, although he followed too diligently the fashion of the times. His widow was named in the census of Dec., 1820, and died 23 June, 1825. Their children were:
I. Harriet, b 22 Oct., 1793, m with William Wells Ball.
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II. Auriila, b about Oct., 1795, m with Denis Corsaw ; Clarissa, b about June 1798, d I March, 1815.
III. Charles West, b I Feb., 1800, m 7 Oct., 1823, with Amy Royce, settled in Richford, and moved in 1834 to Chicago, Ill., where she died 24 Aug., 1835; and he married a second wife, and died 19 May, 1845.
IV. Abigail West, b about 1802, d when eighteen months old. V. Abigail West, b 26 April, 1804, m with James Hobart Ford. VI. Henry William, b in 1806, d 3 Aug., 1825, aged 19 years. VII. George West, b 9 Dec., 1808, drowned 15 June, 1810.
VIII. George Churchill, bio March, ISHI, m 10 Nov., 1834, with . Lucy Maria Williams, and settled at Newark Valley ; removed about 1844 to Chicago, Ill., where he died.
Azel Hovey was born 13 Aug., 1741, old style, perhaps, at Lebanon, Conn., m with Jemima Phelps, who was born at Leba- non 4 April, 1745. It is said that they dwelt in New London, Conn., for many years, but their records have not been found there. They came to Berkshire, either with or soon after their son Azel, and lived with him while he dwelt in Berkshire. They afterward went to Newark Valley and were cared for by their son David Hovey. He died 17 June, 1818, in an old log house that stood on the west side of the road nearly opposite the house in which George Dohs now lives. His death was from pleurisy, occasioned by working in the water during a freshet. She died at the house of her son-in-law, John Harmon, 14 July, 1829. Tra- dition says: " They had eleven children." We have the names of nine, viz .:
I. Azel. Il. Abigail, m with William Dudley.
III. Jemima, b about 1775, m with John Harmon.
IV. Eunice, m with Asahel Hatch, of Richmond, Mass.
V. Jedediah, settled in Hartford, Conn. VI. Abel.
VII. Nathan, was living in Berkshire in 1812.
VIII. Zeruiah, died unmarried. IX. David.
Azel Hovey, b at New London, Conn., about 1763, eldest child of Azel and Jemima (Phelps) Hovey, married with Lucy Rock- well, daughter of Abner and Deborah Rockwell, and came to Berkshire as early as the beginning of 1798, and in that year was assessed to work five and a half days on the highway. He set- tled on the east side of the creek, on the north half of lot 3S5, near where the old road crossed the creek. He sold this place to Capt. Henry Griffin, and then lived on the place previously owned by his brother-in-law, William Dudley, and this he sold to
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. Barnabas Manning. They afterward lived in Union, now Maine, N. Y., and then in Newark Valley, where he died 14 Sept., 1838, in his seventy-fifth year, on the place now owned by Clark Wal- worth. Their children were:
I. Julia Rockwell, m with Harlow King.
II. Eliza, b at Berkshire, 11 April, 1798, m with David Coun- cilman.
III. George, settled at Belvidere, Ill.
IV. Azel, died at Rochester, N. Y., unmarried.
· V. Hannah, bat Berkshire, 8 Aug., 1802, m with Allen Watkins, and died 9 May, 1886, at Belvidere, Ill.
VI. Clarinda, m with Newell Watkins.
VII. Jedediah, died young.
VIII. Calvin, m with Mary Wheeler, and settled at Belvidere, Ill. IX. Lucy Ann, m with Leander King, of Belvidere, Ill.
X. Sabrina, went to Belvidere, Ill.
XI. Henry, went to Belvidere, Ill.
XII. William, was sheriff at Belvidere, III.
XIII. Amanda, went to Belvidere, Ill.
Jeremiah Campbell, a blacksmith, lived on the east side of the road, in the north part of lot 416, close to the present north line of Berkshire. He married at Stockbridge, Mass., 2 Jan., 1792, with Elizabeth Rockwell. He was taxed to work on the high- ways, in, 1793, three days, and was also in the tax-list of 1802. He still lived in the same place when the census of Dec., 1820, was taken, and moved, a few years later, to Binghamton, N. Y. Among his children was Rachel Campbell, who married with Silas Warren Bradley.
Ephraim Cook was taxed to work three and a half days on the highways, in 1798, and his name was on the tax-list of 1802. His dwelling place at that time has not been ascertained, but later he lived within the present bounds of Richford, on the south part of lot 460, at the angle of the road where Lyman Jewett now lives. He was living as lately as October, 1813, but the date of his death, which was caused by the bite of a rabid dog, has not been found. He was a farmer, and came, it is said, from Preston, Conn. His children were :
I. Polly. II. Althea. III. Harvey, m with Clarissa Smith. IV. Phila, (perhaps Philena).
Josiah Howe was assessed to work three days on the highways, in 1798, and his name was on the tax-list of 1802. He had a child born 8 July, 1808, and another 17 August, 1813, names unknown.
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Benjamin Olney was assessed to work three days on the high- ways, in Berkshire, in 1798.
Josiah Seeley was assessed to work three days on the highways in 1798.
David Williams, b at Richmond, Mass., 3 May, 1775, m there 1 July, 1798, with Jerusha Pierson, who was born at Sag Harbor, L. I., daughter of Zachariah and Sarah (Sanford) Pierson, who afterward settled in Richmond. They came to Berkshire in June, I Soo, and settled on the northwest quarter of lot 345, where his son George now lives. He built a saw-mill and a grist-mill, and the sites are still occupied in the village. His wife died of con- sumption 2 April, 1807, aged thirty two years and six months. He married (2d) 25 Dec., 1811, with Samantha Collins. He died 17 April, 1867, aged nearly ninety-two years. Judge Avery, in 1854, said of him :
" The discharge of many important official duties and trusts has devolved upon Judge Williams in the course of his long and use- ful career. He served upon the Bench of the Court of Common Pleas of Broome county, as one of the Associate Judges, from the year 1815 down to the time when his town was given back to Tioga, in 1822, and with the exception of one year, he held the position continuously, from the first date of his service until 1826 ; having been transferred to the Bench of the Tioga Com- mon Pleas, by appointment, after the change of boundaries. For three years, while his town was within the limits of Broome, and for six years after it had been surrendered to Tioga, he was its Supervisor, and for many years, commencing at an early date, he discharged the duties of many minor offices, with exactness, good judgment, and ability.
" In 1827 and 1831, Judge Williams represented his county in the Legislature, and from the various posts which he has been called upon to fill, he has always retired with the increased re- gard and respect of his constituents.
" Methodical in his habit of thought, firm in his adherence to what he has deemed rules of right, and of uncompromising integ. rity, he will leave to those who are to follow him, an example of moral worth, and an impressive illustration of what may be achieved by fixed purpose, steady effort and well regulated life."
His children were :
I. Lucinda, b 3 May, 1805, m 22 July, 1829, with Alfred John Piggatt Evans, of Binghamton.
Il. John Chamberlin, b 16 March, ISIS, m with Emily Win- ship, who died 1 March, 1853, and (2d) 30 Oct., 1855, with Susan Elizabeth Goodrich, and now lives at Farmerville, in Covert N. Y.
III. George, b 31 May, 1829, m 27 Feb., 1851, with Louisa Janette Barnes, and resides on his father's homestead.
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Ransom Williams, born in Richmond, 9 March, 1778, brother of David Williams, came to Berkshire about the same time. He married 13 Dec., 1801, with Olive Collins, of Richmond, who was b 29 Feb., 1780, daughter of Dan and Amy (Bristol) Collins. They settled on the south half of lot 345, on the west side of the road, nearly opposite the street which leads to the railway station. He was a very worthy, useful, and intelligent man, much interested in the cultivation of vocal music, and his home was always the seat of a generous hospitality. They died without children; he 17 June, 1839; she 31 Jan., 1845.
Heman Williams, b at Richmond, Mass., 9 Jan., 1788, (brother of David and Ransom) came to Berkshire, perhaps some years later than they, and was accidentally killed 17 Sept., 1816, while raising a bridge, near the residence of Col. John B. Royce. Judge Nathaniel Bishop, of Richmond, wrote to his daughter, Mrs. Lucy Bement, on Sunday 6 Oct., 1816: " I have felt unable, since the news of Heman Williams's terrible death, to visit his father, but shall improve the first time that I can prudently do it, for I feel a painful sympathy for him."
Miss Wealthy Collins should be named in connection with the household of Ransom Williams, of which she was an honored member for many years. She was a sister of Mrs. Olive Williams. She left Richmond 15 Nov., 1803, and was two weeks on the road to Berkshire. She married, 25 June, 1835, with Judge Calvin McKnight, of Watertown, N. Y. He died at Guilford, Conn., 25 Nov., 1855, aged seventy-two years and three months. She died at Newark Valley, 12 Jan., 1869, aged eighty-two years and nine months. Her retentive memory yielded many interesting traditions of the early settlers. She was born at Richmond, Mass., 3 April, 1786.
The second marriage recorded by the Hon. John Brown was of " Mr. George Vicory to Miss Susana Paine," in Dec., 1800. If at any time they dwelt in Berkshire they soon removed to Caro- line N. Y., and settled on the N. M. Toby farm. He wrote his name Vickery.
Edward Paine lived in Berkshire, or its vicinity, as early as Sept., 1802, and had a brother here who, it is supposed was Thomas Paine, who, with his wife bought goods of Joseph Waldo, 2d., as early as 16 June, to be paid for in " cash or tow cloth." Their home has not been ascertained.
Artemas Ward, b at Charlton, Mass., 23 April, 1757, son of Benjamin and Mary (Oaks) Ward, m with Hannah Perry, of
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Sturbridge, Mass., and dwelt at Charlton till after two of their children, and possibly more, were born, "then removed to the state of New York." (See the Ward Genealogy, pp. 53 and 96). He was a hatter, and before the 4th of July, 1800, had . settled on the east side of the road, opposite where Dea. Asa Ball now lives, on seventy-five acres of land, in the west part of lot 336, which he soon afterward sold, with a log house thereon, to Wil- liam Dudley. He then moved to the northwest quarter of lot 265, now in Newark Valley, and built a small house just where . the railway now lies, as the road then was nearly twenty rods further east than it is now, and his house was on the west side of the road. This.place he sold, as early as 18os, to the Rev. Jere- miah Osborn, who added to the small house then on it, the house of two stories which James Williams afterward moved to its present site, west of the present road, where Dwight Waldo afterward lived. He then lived for a time in Bement and Wil- son's mill-house, after which he returned to Massachusetts with his family, and settled near Spencer, perhaps at Charlton. It has been impossible to find a full account of his children, as follows :
I. Lydia, b at Charlton, Mass., 4 Nov., 1789.
II. Ruth, b at Charlton, Mass., 24 March, 1791.
III. Daniel. IV. Delia. V. - Ward, who was deformed by spinal disease ; and this may have been the child who died 20 Aug., 1807.
VI. - Ward, b 31 Aug., ISO8.
Elijah H. Saltmarsh began to board with John Brown, 15 April, ISoo. He kept a little store just below the Isaac Brown house, and made potash on the bank of the creek just west of where Mr. Brown's widow and children have lived. Among Mr. Brown's charges was one, 10 June, 1800, for boarding Mr. Moore, Ball, and others. As he was not in the tax-list for 1802, he prob- ably made a short stay in town, and probably was never a house- holder there.
John Saltmarsh appears in John Brown's book, 4 Dec., 1800; and brought a suit against " Jincks Angell, and B. Andrus," in Aug., 1801.
William Gardner came from Connecticut about 1800. At one time he attended the grist-mill of Bement & Wilson, in Newark Valley, and he sometimes extracted teeth. Hem with Polly Gas- ton, and settled on the north side of the road, on the northeast quarter of lot 419, where he died in June, 1816. She joined the church at Newark Valley, 6 July, 1817, was dismissed 12 Jan.,
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1823, with several others, and two days later, was one of the con- stituent members of the church at Richford. She died at the house of her son William, 11 Sept., 1848. Their children were :
I. William. II. Polly, m with Jacob Burghardt. .
III. Achsah, m with John Rees Burghardt.
IV. Miriam, m with Ransom Rich, and second with Edward Newton Chapman.
V. John Gaston, VI. Lucy Butler.
Joseph Waldo was born at Windham, Conn., 5 Oct., 1755, son of Zacheus and Talitha (Kingsbury) Waldo ; was a physician and surgeon, served in that capacity for some time in the revolution- ary war; married 17 July, 1788, with Ann Bliss, who was born in Springfield, Mass., in April, 1769. She was familiarly known as Nancy. They dwelt for a few years in West Stockbridge, Mass., then moved to Richmond, Mass., where he joined the Congre- gational church, in Aug., 1794. He afterward moved to Lisle, N. Y., and thence, in October, 1800, to Berkshire, where he settled on the south 173 acres of lot 304, which he bought 8 Nov., 1802, and built thereon, in 1806, an elegant house for the time, in which he spent the remainder of his life. He dwelt previously on the west side of the road, a little south of where the school-house now stands, in a small framed house, which he sold for fifty dol- lars, 23 May, 1808, to Henry Ball, who moved it up to Berkshire village. He was, for many years, the only physician in the val- ley, north of Owego, and had a very large practice. He was one of the founders of the "First Church in Tioga," 17 Nov., 1803, and was dismissed 5 July, 1833, to become one of the constituent members of the Congregational church in Berkshire. He en- joyed in a remarkable degree, the esteem and confidence of the community. She died 14 Sept., 1836. He died 13 Feb., 1840. Their children were :
I. Mary, b 10 March, 1790, m with Joseph Waldo, 2d.
II. Nancy Ann, b at West Stockbridge, Mass., 10 Dec., 1791, m with' Solomon Leonard.
III. Joseph Talcott, b at Richmond, Mass., 28 Aug., 1794, a physician and surgeon, m in Jan., 1827, with Maria Belcher, who died 23 Feb., 1830, and he m (2d), 19 Sept., 1833, with Hannah B. Belcher, and d in Berkshire, 4 March, 1857.
Nathaniel Ford, b 30 March, 1768, son of James and Rachel (Backus) Ford, married 23 April, 1795, with Caroline Rees, who was born 24 Jan., 1777. They settled in Richmond, Mass., and joined the church there in Jan., 1796. They came to Berkshire
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in February, 1801, and settled on the north half of lot 304, on the same spot now occupied by Mr. Ball. They were constituent members of the First Church of Tioga 17 Nov., 1803, and he was elected its first deacon 4 April, 1805. They were dismissed 21 June, 1833, and were among the founders of the Congregational Church of Berkshire. He died 22 March, 1858, aged ninety years ; she died 23 June, 1859. "Their lives and examples are their best eulogies." Their children were :
I. Caroline, b at Richmond, Mass., 1 May, 1796, m with Wil- liam Henry Moore.
II. Nancy, b at Richmond, Mass., 21 Aug., 1797, m with Eldad Post.
III. Maria, b at Richmond, Mass., 23 July, 1800, died at Cata- tonk, N. Y., unmarried, 10 June, 1861.
IV. Rachel, b at Berkshire, 5 June, 1803, died in Lenox, Mass. V. Lucinda, b at Berkshire, 27 Aug., 1805, m with Harris Jewett, and died at Catatonk, N. Y., in July, 1868.
VI. James Hobart, b at Berkshire, 26 Sept., 1807, m 29 April, 1835, with Abigail Weeks Cook. He died 29 May, 1854. without children, and she died at Chicago, Ill., 24 Nov., 1874, and was buried in Berkshire.
VII. Nathaniel, b at Berkshire, II Sept., 1809, died 4 Dec., 1809.
VIII .. Katharine, bat Berkshire, 30 March, 1812, m with Dr. Levi Farr, of Greene, N. Y., and m (and) with William Anner, of Harlem, and afterward lived at Binghamton, N. Y.
Col. Absalom Ford, b 8 Dec., 1760, elder brother of Dea. Nathaniel Ford, dwelt also in Berkshire. He died HI Feb., 1845, aged eighty-four years. His wife, Zeriah, died 19 March, 1826, aged sixty-nine years. They were probably not here earlier than 1820.
William Dudley was probably in Berkshire as early as 1801. His name is in the tax list for 1802. He bought of Artemas Ward seventy-five acres of land in the south third of lot 336, and settled in a log house, near the west end of the lot, on the west bank of the creek, directly east of where Dea. Asa Ball now lives. He afterward built a small framed house opposite where Dea. Asa Ball now lives. . His first wife was Abigail Hovey, daughter of Azel and Jemima (Phelps) Hovey. Some people have thought that she died in Connecticut, but Mrs. Jerusha (Harmon) Watson, who was her niece, testified that she died in Berkshire, and was the first woman who was buried in the
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Brown cemetery. . He went back to Connecticut, and married a second wife, whose name has not been found. His name appears in John Brown's account book 13 Dec., 1805, and about that time he left home with a drove of mules, and died away from home. The council that ordained the Rev. Jeremiah Osborn, the first pastor of the First Church in Tioga, now Newark Valley, met at the house of the Widow Dudley 18 Feb., 1806, and she returned to Connecticut between that time and April, 1806. The children of William and Abigail (Hovey) Dudley were :
I. Ruth, who kept her father's house after the death of her mother, till his second marriage, after which she taught school.
II. Doddridge, settled in the Genesee county. III. Alanson.
IV. Chester, went South with his father to drive mules, and died away from home, about the same time that his father died.
Joseph Freeman was brought up in Richmond, Mass., by Vine · Branch, his father having died before his birth. He married with Eunice Gaston, daughter of John and Miriam (Northrop) Gaston, of Richmond, and came to Berkshire early in ISo2, but owned no land till IS14, when he bought a small place west of where Joseph Talcott Leonard lived in ISSI. He had, in the meantime, spent one year in Sullivan, Madison Co., N. Y. He hung himself in July, 1832, while in a delirious state. She died at Covert, N. Y. Their children were :
I. Eunice Maria, died unmarried.
II. Rufus Branch, died in Illinois about 1847.
III. Gilbert Gaston, b 23 Aug., ISos, and lives at Berkshire with his daughter, Mrs. William T. Shaw.
IV. Lucy Ann, baptized at Newark Valley, 24 Dec., 1828, m with Elmon Daniels, and died at Trumansburgh, N. Y.
V. Henry Barnes, b at Sullivan, N. Y., about 1812, was living at Galt, Ill., in 1877.
VI. Harriet Elizabeth, b at Berkshire, m with Willis D. Hor- ton, of Covert, N. Y., and died there.
VII. Ruth Matilda, b at Berkshire, died there when about two years old.
Nathan Ide married at Berkshire, 21 Oct., 1802, with Mrs. Sally Doud. She was a daughter of Joseph Gleazen. One of their children was born 4 Feb., ISto. Mr. Ide died before Dec., 1820, at which time his widow was living on lot 380. just south of the house of Eleazer Lyman.
Daniel Carpenter was born at Stockbridge, Mass., 7 Jan., 1778,
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son of Abner and Lydia, (Brown) Carpenter; was in Berkshire as early as April, 1803, and possibly a year earlier, and settled near the centre of lot 302, which his deceased brother, John Car- penter, had selected for his home. He went back to Massachu- fetts, and married at Becket, 10 March, 1So7, with Ruth Snow, Ålaughter of Levi and Lydia (Rudd) Snow. He came again to Berkshire that spring alone, and she joined him in October, 1807. le died on this farm 2 June, 1855. His children were :
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