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1. Lydia, b 22 Dec., 1807, m with Alexander Maples.
II. Mary, b 21 Sept., 1810, m with Fowler Haight.
III. Sylvia, b 6 Aug., 1812, m with Thomas Goldsmith Haight.
IV. Martha, b 9 March, 1815, m with Gideon Sipley.
V. John,b 5 Jan., 1818, m with Amanda Masten, and settled at East Maine, N. Y.
VI. Abner Dewey, b 18 Aug., 1820, went to St. Louis, Mo., in 1844, and has not been heard from since 1847.
VII. Caroline, b 1 Feb., 1823, m with Edward Herrick, of Can- dor, N. Y.
VIII. Daniel D., b 20 Nov., 1825, died 9 Dec., 1846.
IX. Andrew Jackson, b 5 Nov., 1828, m with Jerusha Cortright, and settled in Michigan.
X. Edward Snow, b 15 Aug., 1831, m with Climena Ann Haw- ley, and lives in Ithaca. N. Y.
XI. George, b 19 May, 1834, m with Louisa Freeman; and m (2d) Frances Scott. He settled on his father's homestead.
Samuel Collins, b at Guilford, Conn., II Aug., 1768, son of Samuel and - (Cook) Collins, m 22 Oct., 1793, with Betsey Bishop, who was born at Guilford, 4 Sept., 1774, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Bartlett) Bishop. They came to Berkshire :11 1805, and settled on the north part of lot 376, where Mrs. Albert Collins now lives. He built his new home in ISos. He died 4 fuly, 1840, of consumption, atter having repeatedly foretold that je should die on that day. She died I Aug., 1864, aged nearly sinety years. Children :
1. Semanthe, b at the old Collins homestead in North Guilford, Conn .. 7 Sept., 1794, m with Hon: David Williams.
11. Addison, b at Lenox, Mass., 29 March 1796, m with Sabrina Ball, moved to Rochester, N. Y., where he practiced law ; went hence to Hadley, Will Co., Ill., where he died 27 March, 1867.
III. Horatio, bat Lenox, Mass., 2 July, 1799, m with Emily Ball.
IV. Eliza, b at Lenox, Mass., 25 Jan. 1804, m with Theodore fart, a merchant of Virgil, N. Y., and removed to Canandaigua.
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V. Nathaniel Bishop, b at Berkshire, 8 July, 1806, m with Abby Ball, and (2d) with Candace Harrington, and died in Berk- shire.
VI. Frederick, b 29 June, 1812, m with Nancy Mason White, and settled in Hadley, Ill.
VII. Albert, b 16 July, 1816, m with Mary Ann Rightmire, daughter of James Rightmire, and died in Berkshire, on the homestead of his father.
Noah Lyman, b at Durham, Conn., about Dec., 1773, son of Noah and Eleanor Lyman, married 12 Nov., 1795, with Lucy Bishop, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Bartlett) Bishop, of Richmond. She was born at Guilford, Conn., 4 Sept., 1774. They dwelt in Richmond till the beginning of 1805, when they came to Berkshire, and settled in a log house on the south part of lot 416, of which he owned one hundred acres. This house stood about two rods west of the site afterward occupied by the Brookside Seminary. The following letter, which she wrote in this house, gives such a lively description of the pleasures of her humble home in the wilderness, and such a feeling account of the interest which the settlers felt in the welfare and pleasure of each other, as to make it exceedingly valuable to the reader of the present time :
" Dear Parents :
TIOGA, Feb .. 14th, 1807.
I have this minute put my three children to bed, and you would suppose they were in good health, if you knew how merry they are. Nancy acts like a dunce, and the other two laugh at it-anything if they are but pleasant. I wish you could see the inside of my cottage this evening, it looks quite agreeable, a charming fire, the corners full of wood, a clean hearth, and, to complete the picture, the great Black Dog that Den loves so well is asleep on the floor. We have had a good visit from Brother Nat. and Major Hyde, with their wives; they staid three days and we were all together most of the time, and I do not know when we have spent our time more agreeably. We have also had a visit from Judge Patterson and his wife. You know our manner of visiting, when a friend comes the whole circle is formed, the news soon spread, invitations were sent and in a short time the whole band were at Mr. W's, [Ransom Williams.]
" Esqr. Patterson came himself and carryd us down in his sleigh. Betsey [her twin sister, Mrs. Collins] is complaining of the Rheu- matism this winter and is quite lame part of the time, but not so as to prevent her doing more than a well woman should. Susa [Susanna Scott] is still with her. My own health has been better and I began to think that I should soon be well, but the last week has convinced me that it is the same crazy frame yet, it is no disap-
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pointment, I have not the promise of good health a moment, nor do I wish it, unless it is His will, who has the power to give it. if best for me. I hope however that I am not wholly unthankful, that I am for the most of the time pretty comfortable and able to take care of my family.
"Our friend Jerusha [the wife of David Williams, who died 2 April, 1807,] is descending the hill. She is evidently in a con- firmed consumption. I do not know what she thinks herself. Her husband is not willing any person should tell her the danger she is in for fear of depressing her spirits-mistaken tenderness I think, and unfriendly kindness tho' well meant; how is it possible that any person can see so near a friend going down to the Grave without warning them of the great change that awaits them ? Will the shock be greater now than at the hour of death? We should not be surprised if she should not live a month, and yet nobody has ever said one word to her with regard to her future state. I asked her husband if he knew her thots respecting her situation, he said he did not, but that he evaded the question when she enquired of him whether he thot she would ever get well. I told him I knew it was a painful task, but it might be the source of great consolation hereafter -- he made no reply, and I said no more, but my mind was not at ease. What if poor Beriah [the writer's brother, Beriah Bishop, who died 17 Aug. 1805, of consumption] had been neglected, how should we have felt? I cannot think but Mr. Williams will soon alter his sentiments, I hope he will."
"It is likely Mrs. Griffing is released from her sufferings and at rest, poor woman, she has lived a life of sorrow. Give our love to our good friends at Richmond, and believe us your affec- tionate children LUCY LYMAN."
' Mother Hovey sends her best Love with many thanks for the fruit."
Superscribed, "Nathaniel Bishop, Esqr., Richmond."
He sold his farm in Berkshire about 1814, to Asahel Royce, and moved to Rawson Hollow, where he died 18 Feb., 1815. His last work had been to make a coffin for one of his neighbors, who had died of the same disease, pleurisy, which seemed then to be epidemic in that place. She married (2d) with Asa Bement. The children of Noah and Lucy (Bishop) Lyman were :
I. Dennis, b at Richmond, Mass., 2 Feb., 1797, died 4 Aug., 1824, unmarried.
II. Ruth Bartlett, b at Richmond, Mass., 26 July, 1799, m with William B. Bement.
III. Nancy Bishop, b at Richmond, Mass., 23 Jan., 1802, m with Sylvester Blair, of Cortland Village, N. Y .; and (2d) with John Judson, of Columbus, Warren Co., Penn., where she died.
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IV. Lavina, b at-Richmond, Mass., 25 Oct., 1804, died at Berk- shire, 2 Aug., 1806.
V. Henry, b at Berkshire, 23 or 25 Feb., 1811, m II Jan., 1837, with Laura Thurston, who still lives in Newark Valley; and died at Harford, N. Y., 17 Sept., 1843.
VI. George, b at Berkshire, 14 Oct., 1813, resides at New Albany, Ind., a hearty, genial, pleasant man who is admired by all.
Capt. Heman Smith lived in Berkshire county, Mass., at one time in Stockbridge, at another in Lenox. He probably came to Berkshire in 1805, as it is known that he was here in January, 1806, where his name appears on John Brown's account book. He settled on the farm now occupied by his great-grandson, Ar- thur E. Smith, on lot 418, and died there about July, 1812. His first wife was Miriam Moody, who died in Massachusetts. His second wife was Lucy Taylor, who also died in Massachusetts. He married (3d) with Almira Messenger, daughter of Martin and Margaret (Woodruff) Messenger. Capt. Smith's children were :
I. Miriam, (by first marriage) m with Clothier, of Sara- toga, N. Y.
II. Samuel (by second marriage).
III. Lucy, m Nathaniel Johnson. ¿
IV. Mercy, m with Daniel Clark, of Danby, N. Y.
V. Sarah. VI. Polly, m with Alden Baker, of Berkshire.
VII: Heman, m with Clarissa Goodale.
VIII. Lydia, m with - Clothier, a brother of Miriam Smith's husband.
IX. Clarissa, (by third marriage) m with Harry Cook, of Berkshire, son of Ephraim Cook.
X. Eunice, b at Lenox, Mass., 16 April, 1800, came to Berk- shire, with her parents, about 1805, and in 1806 was taken into the family of Dr. Joseph Waldo, of Berkshire, and dwelt there till her marriage with Ezekiel Dewey, and still lives in Berk- shire, her good memory having furnished the evidence of many historical facts.
XI. Horace, went South.
XII. Dolly, m with Thomas Curran, and settled in Caroline, near Slaterville, N. Y.
Henry Griffin, born at Guilford, Conn., about 17So, son of Joseph and Jemima (Vaill) Griffin, a master mariner, came to Berkshire about 1804, or 1805, and settled on the north half of lot 385, which he bought of Azel Hovey. He built on it a small
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framed house, which Deodatus Royce moved across the road to make room for his brick house, and afterward made a wagon house of it. He m about 1808, with Anna Leonard, and after the war of IS12, finding his life in the woods distasteful, he moved his family to New York city, and resumed seafaring. He died on a voyage between San Domingo and Porto Rico, under circumstances which led his friends to believe that he was mur- dered. Her father brought her and her children back to his own house. She afterward went to dwell with her son, at Wood- stock, Ill., where she died 23 Nov., 1850. Their children were : I. Julia Ann Colt, b 2 May, 1809, m with Elijah Wilson, of Newark Valley.
II. George Henry, b 23 March, 1812, m with Mary Butler, of Manlius, N. Y., and settled at Woodstock, Ill., where he died in 1872.
III. Franklin, b 20 Sept., 1814, m Miss Thompson, of ratel Crystal Lane, Ill., went to Colorado, and died there in 1879. IV. Amanda Leonard, b in New York city, 20 Sept., 1817, m Like with -- Dwight.
Osmyn Griffin, brother of Henry, came to Berkshire with him, and afterward went to Canada, where he died.
John Griffin, brother of Henry and Osmyn, came with them to Berkshire, and remained two or three years, then returned to Richmond, Mass., became a Methodist, and married I Oct., 1808, with Lydia Redfield. He afterwards preached for many years in the M. E: church. He returned to Berkshire after his mar- riage, and the first three of his twelve children were born here.
Peleg Randall was in Berkshire, as early as April, 1803. Peleg Randal " of Tioga," bought 120 acres of the south part of lot 418, in 1805, for $360.00, of Levi Chapin and Jerusha, his wife, of Wethersfield, Conn. He settled on the west part of his farm, on the southwest side of the road to Rawson Hollow, opposite the road which now leads north into the town of Richford. He was born 9 May, 1775, and married with Eunice Kimball, who was born in April, 1771, and and died 22 March, 1856, aged eighty- four years, and eleven months. He died 26 March, IS56. Their children were :
I. Eunice, m with Nathaniel Boyer, and moved to Ovid, N. Y. II. Chester, m with Ann Eliza Whitaker, who was born about July, ISIo, and died 30 Dec., 1843, at the birth of her first child, who was buried with her ; and he married (2d) with Hannah Smith, daughter of Samuel and Theodosia (Dewey) Smith. 10*
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III. Nathan Peleg, settled at East Troy, Wis.
IV. David Kimball, died 2 Oct., 1839, aged 29 years and nine months.
Joseph Belcher, b at Preston, Conn., 25 June, 1764, m 2 March, 1786, with Lucy Hall, who was born in 1767, daughter of Capt. John and Jemima (Bell) Hall. Her father, then of Castleton, Vt., was killed by the British, 6 July, 1777, the day before the battle of Hubbardton. They dwelt on his father's homestead in Pres- ton, till the latter part of June, 1805, then moved, passing through Albany 4 July, 1805, reaching Berkshire a few days later, and settled on the north half of lot 297, where they died ; she 9 Sept., 1812, aged forty-five years ; he, 5 Jan., 1819. Their children were :
I. Lydia, b 2 Aug., 1786, m with Alexander Gaston.
II. Jonathan, b 8 Feb., 1788, m in 1808, with Betsey Bement, and settled in Newark Valley, where they died ; she, 12 June, 1845 ; he, 7 Jan., 1853.
III. Abigail, b 31 Jan., 1790, m with Daniel Gilbert.
IV. Lucy, b 28 Dec., 1891, m with John W. Bessac.
V. Joseph, b 10 Jan., 1794.
VI. Frederick, b 2 or 21 May, 1798, m 3 Jan., 1821, with Rebecca Short Brown. They dwelt in Richford till 1844, then moved to Woodstock, III.
VII. Elijah, b 5 June, 1800, settled in Newark Valley, where he died II. Dec., 1879, having survived three wives.
VIII. Maria, b 15 July, 1802, m with Dr. Joseph Talcott Waldo.
IX. Esther, b 8 Aug., 1804, died at Berkshire, 26 July, 1820.
X. Betsey, b 10 Oct., 1806, m with Orlando Warren, of New York, and still living, July, 1887.
XI. Susan, b 13 June, ISOS, d 10 Feb., 1829.
XII. Harriet, b 2 Sept., 1812, m with Clark Waldo.
Elijah Belcher, b at Preston, Conn., 18 March, 1772, son of Moses and Esther (Rudd) Belcher, m with Lydia Clark, daughter of Pharez and Olive (Jewett) Clark, of Preston. They dwelt for some years at Cherry Valley, N. Y., and she died there. He m (2d) with Eliza Putnam, daughter of the Rev. Aaron Putnam, of Pomfret, Conn. In July, 1805, they settled in Berkshire, on lot 297, about fifty rods west of the road, and midway between his brother, Joseph Belcher, and his brother-in-law, John W. Bessac. She died suddenly, 31 Oct., 1807, in her forty-third year. He married 3d with Lydia Burbank, daughter of Timothy and Han-
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nah (Ripley) Burbank, and sister of Col. Christopher Burbank, of Newark Valley. He died 20 Sept., 1849, aged 77 years. His widow died 28 Sept., 1850, aged sixty-seven years. There is no doubt that his name should have been in the census of Dec., 1820, instead of Jonathan Belcher, which was a clerical error. His children were two by the first wife, two by the second, and one by the third, viz :
I. Olive, married with Dr. David N. Richards, and m (2d) with John Fish, of Augusta, N. Y.
II. Lydia Clark, m 25 Feb., 1821, with Daniel Phillips.
III. Moses, settled and died at Cherry Valley, N. Y.
IV. Aaron Putnam, m with Harriet Ball.
V. Hannah Burbank, b 19 March, 1813, m with Dr. Joseph Talcott Waldo.
Samuel Hutchinson, b in Hebron, Conn., 8 Nov., 1769, m 4 Nov., 1795, with Abigail Brainerd, and dwelt in Canaan, N. Y., till 1805 or 1806, then moved to Berkshire, where he built a log house on the west side of the road, just above the bridge, oppo- site the brick house which Col. John B. Royce has occupied for nearly sixty years. After a few years he moved over the East hills, and settled in the valley of the Wilson creek, near the home of his wife's father and brother, and both died there; she, 18 April, 1843, he, 17 Sept., 1854. Their children were :
I. Harvey, b 13 Oct., 1797, m in 1830 with Sarah Torry.
II. Irena, b 24 Aug., 1799, m with John Clark.
III. Orlando, b 25 July, 1801, d in Berkshire 5 May, IS31.
IV. Polly, b 18 Dec., 1803, m 10 Jan., 1838, with Jedediah Leathe Robinson, who died in Richford, N. Y., 28 Aug., 1842, and she m (and) S Oct., 1843, with his brother, Thomas Ams- dell Robinson.
V. Williams, b in Berkshire, 17 April, 1806, m 24 Dec., 1835, with Rhoda Maria Benton, who was b in Lenox, Mass., 7 Feb., ISIo, daughter of Erastus and Elizabeth (Paul) Benton.
VI. Orrin, b 20 Oct., 1808, d 5 March, 1828.
VII. Lavinia, b 21 Nov., 1810, m with John Hobart Pringle. VIII. John, b 8 Aug., 1814, m with Alzina Heath, and settled at Richford.
Samuel Johnson, b at Preston, Conn., 27 Oct., 1757, son of Joseph and Abigail (Belcher) Johnson, m there 25 Oct., 1781, with Eunice Park, who was born there 20 Aug., 1763, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Brewster) Park. They dwelt at Preston till after the birth of their eldest child, then at New Marlborough,
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Mass., till 1803, and at West Stockbridge, Mass .. till April, 1806, when, with three of his children, Cassandra, Sally and Elijah, he came to Brown's Settlement. His wife and other children left West Stockbridge on Wednesday, 13 June, 1806, two days after "the great eclipse." They dwelt one year in the small framed house which William Dudley's widow had just vacated. In the spring of 1807 he moved to Newark Valley, having bought of Isaac Rawson the place where Egbert Bement now lives, in which he dwelt till 1815, when he bought of Jonas Muzzy a farm of fifty-five acres, on the south part of lot 58, on which they died ; she, 2 Jan., 1833 ; he, I Sept., 1845, in his eighty eighth year. Their children were :
I. Abigail, b 5 Jan., 1784, died 2 Jan., 1785.
II. Cassandra, b 17 Nov., 1885, m with Isaac Ball.
III. Abigail, b 17 May, 1788, m with Spencer Spaulding.
IV. Sally, b 29 July, 1790, m with Chester Goodale ..
V. Eunice, b 12 June, 1792, m with Moses Spaulding.
VI. Elijah, b 15 June, 1794, m 10 Jan., 1818, with Lucina Hooper, who was born at West Stockbridge, 17 May, 1798, daughter of Capt. Elisha and Ruth (Newell) Hooper. They dwelt for many years at Flemingville, then moved to Flint, Mich., where he died6 Sept., 1847. She married (2nd) with Dea. William B. Bement, and returned to Newark Valley.
VII. Cinderella, b 1 Sept., 1796, married 24 Dec., 1817, with Solomon Jones.
VIII. Nancy, b 31 July, 1798, m with Harvey Rich.
IX. Moses Park, b 6 Aug., 1802, died unmarried at the home- stead of his father probably I June, 1875, as he was found dead in his bed the next morning.
John Gregory, b at Danbury, Conn., about 1765, m with Rachel Benedict, daughter of Josiah and Sarah Benedict, of Danbury, where she was born about 1767. They settled in Lenox, Mass., as early as 1791, and moved to Berkshire in the spring of 1806, arriving there on Friday, 9 May, 1806. They settled on the south half of lot 385, and built the house which has since been occupied by Horatio Collins and his son, Junius Collins. Here they died ; she, 30 Dec., 1838, aged seventy-one years ; he, 14 Dec., 1849, aged eighty-four years. They were buried at Rich- ford, and his grave-stone calls him "John Gregory the 4th," which probably indicates that his father, grandfather and great- grandfather each bore the name of John. [See the Benedict Genealogy, p. 287.] Their children were:
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I. Henry, b at Lenox, Mass., 15 July, 1791, a salesman, mar- ried 10 Feb., 1818, with Abigail Huntington, and settled in Ithaca, N. Y., where they died ; he, in May, 1824, aged thirty- three years, she, 26 April, 1880, after a widowhood of nearly fifty-six years.
II. Electa, b at Lenox, Mass., 21 March, 1793.
III. Lucy, b at Lenox, Mass., in 1795, died at Berkshire in February, 1865, aged seventy-one years, buried at Richford.
IV. Eli Benedict, bat Lenox, Mass., 20 Oct., 1797, a trader, died at Berkshire, unmarried, in March, 1845, aged forty-eight years, and was buried in Richford.
V. Eliza Ann, b at Lenox, Mass., dwelt in Berkshire till the death of her brother, Eli B., and after that with her sister-in-law, and nephew, in Ithaca, N. Y.
Ichabod Brainard was born in Haddam, Conn., 19 Aug., 1749; m in Richmond, Mass., in 1770, with Susanna Williams, who was born in Colchester, Conn., 28 Sept., (old style), 1751. daugh- ter of John and Abigail (Crocker) Williams. He served in the war of the revolution. They settled in Canaan, N. Y., and on a Sunday in the latter part of June, 1773, they went to church, and returning, found their house and all it contained entirely consumed by fire. In 1807 they came to Berkshire, and settled on lot 348-373, in the valley of Wilson creek, arriving at their new home on the eighteenth of June. She died there 8 April, 1813. 'He died at Cortlandville, N. Y., 20 Aug., 1833. Their children were:
I. Abigail, b 8 June, 1771, m with Samuel Hutchinson.
II. Alice, b 26 April, 1773, d 26 Sept., 1797.
III. Susanna, b 15 April, 1775, d 16 Aug., 1797.
IV. James, b 5 June, 1777, m 26 Jan., 1803, with Abigail Welch, and died in Caroline, N. Y., 17 Oct., 1856, and she d at Wells- borough, Pa., 25 July, 1861.
V. Clarissa, b 21 March, 1780, died in Berkshire.
VI. Williams, b in 1783, died in 1787.
VII. Ichabod, b 4 Feb., 1785, m 4 Feb., 1805, with Orpha Cook, who was born in Colebrook, Conn., and they dwelt in Berkshire, in the same place with his father, settling there at the same time, and afterward moved to Cooperstown, N. Y., and he had chil- dren, I. Edward, b 13 Sept., 1807. 2. Jared, b 23 June, 1809. 3. Lewis Nash, b 11 Jan., 1812. 4. William Henry, b 30 Jan., 1816, all in Berkshire.
VIII. David Williams, b 28 May, 1787, m 10 Aug., 1811, at
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Lisle, N. Y., with Laura Parsons, and they dwelt for five years at Lisle, then settled at Cortlandville, N. Y., where they died, she 26 Dec., 1836, he 9 Oct., 1848.
IX. Lydia, b 20 Aug., 1789, died in Berkshire, unmarried.
X. Jireh, b 10 Aug., 1792, died 15 Nov., 1793.
Isaac Goodale, b in Amherst, Mass., 16 Nov., 1755, son of Isaac and Ellen Goodale, m at Northampton, Mass,, 26 Aug., 1779, with Jemima Warner. They dwelt in Northampton and West- hampton till about 1797, and at Pittsfield, Mass., till 1808, then settled on Berkshire hill, on lot 378, at the angle of the road on the place now owned by Henry Payne, where she died 29 April, 1819, aged 62 years. He m (2d) with Sally (Whitney) Cobb, widow of Elijah William Cobb, and daughter of Asa Whitney. She was b about 1770, and died at Berkshire 13 June, 1825, aged 60 years, according to her grave-stone; but her age was proba- bly four or five years less than that. He m (3d) with Electa An- drews, who died in Richford, at the house of Joseph Belcher. He died on his farm at Berkshire, 23 Nov., 1834, aged 79 years. His children were :
I. Isaac, b at Northampton, Mass., 1 Oct., 1780, was living in Richford in Dec., 1820, and afterward settled in Michigan.
II. Huldah, born at Westhampton, Mass., 26 March, 1782, m with Samuel Smith, of Berkshire, and died there 5 July, 1811.
III. Susanna, b 26 July, 1784, m with Moses Stanley.
IV. Eli, b 17 April, 1786, died in Ohio.
V. Chester, b 7 Dec., 1787, m with Sally, daughter of Sam- uel Johnson, settled on his father's homestead, and moved about 1842 to Genesee, Mich.
VI. Electa, b 22 Jan., 1790, m with John Ayres.
VII. Clarissa, b 19 April, 1792, m with Heman Smith, and, after his death, with Nathaniel Johnson.
VIII. Spencer, b 20 July, 1794, m with Mary Gorsline, and dwelt for some years in Newark Valley, afterward near Buffalo, N. Y., where he died.
IX. Moses, b 2 Aug., 1796, settled in Michigan.
X. Naomi, b 4 Aug., 1793, at Pittsfield, Mass., and two years later, on the death of her aunt, her name was changed to Abigail Goodale. She m with Asa Curtis, of Maine, N. Y., and (2d) with Stephen Butler.
XI. Maria, name changed to Sally, b 8 Jan., ISor, m with Eber Johnson, of Richford, and settled in Michigan.
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XII. William Warner, b I Dec., 1801, settled in Missouri. He m with Rachel Goodale.
Capt. Bill Torry and his household came from Durham, Greene county, N. Y. It is said that he was a soldier of the revolution- ary war. He dwelt for some years in the log house which Noah Lyman built, about two rods west of where the Brookside Semi- nary afterward stood. In 1820 he lived on lot 224, where Capt. Edward N. Chapman afterward lived, in Newark Valley. He went back to Berkshire and lived where Dr. J. Talcott Waldo built his new house. It is remembered that the neighbors " made a bee " one winter and drew about forty loads of green wood for him. At night he said, "Well, now! you have brought me a great lot of green wood, and I wish you would go to the creek and catch a load of suckers for me to kindle it with ;" and after that he bought his wood. He was born in Durham, Conn., 6 Oct., 1761, baptized there, 28 Feb., 1762, son of Sarah Torry, who owned the covenant at Durham, 6 Aug., 1758, and afterward mar- ried with Samuel Wilkinson. She moved, with her son, to Dur- ham, N. Y., and died there. He married with Mehitabel Bald- win, of Durham, Conn. They came to Berkshire 13 May, 1808, and for a few months dwelt in a log house just above where Sam- uel Collins was then building his new house, then moved to the large log house (where Nathaniel Bishop Collins afterward built his brick house) which Samuel Collins had first occupied on com- ing to town. He died in Berkshire, 15 April, 1852, in his gIst year. Their children were :
I. Samuel, b in Durham, Conn., 15 Aug., 1787, m II Dec., 1816, with Sarah Durfee, who died 25 Aug., 1870.
II. Delie, b about 1789, died I May, 1830, aged 40 years.
III. Rhoda, b about 1791, died 3 Jan., 1854, in her 63d year.
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