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IV. William, b about 1793, died at Romulus, N. Y., 7 June, 1852, and his wife, Lois, died 10 June, 1838, in her 37th year.
V. John, b about 1795, m with Sophia Ann Collins, who was born 23 July, 1797, built the house opposite the M. E. church, and died there 28 Aug., 1880, in his 86th year, without children.
VI. Sarah Wilkinson, b 5 June, 1797, m with Harvey Hutchin- son, and died 8 June, 1886, aged 89 years and 3 days.
VII. Seth Baldwin, died in Michigan.
VIII. Patty Brown, b about 1801, died in Berkshire, 31 May, ISio, aged 9 years.
IX. Betsey Baldwin, b at Durham, N. Y., 4 Aug., 1804, now resides in Berkshire. .
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Samuel Torry lived on a farm on Strong brook, directly west of that of Luke B. Winship and Henry M. Ball. His wife joined the church in Stockbridge, Mass., in 1807, and at Newark Valley, 6 July, 1817. He joined the church at Newark Valley, 3 April, 1831, and they were dismissed 5 July, 1833, to the new church at Berkshire. Their children were:
I. Julia, bap. 11 March, 1818.
II. Delia, bap. 2 Jan., 1820, m with Asa Witter.
III. Elizabeth Baldwin, b 20 Dec., 1820, bap. I July, 1821.
IV. John, bap. 6 Oct., 1822.
V. David Baldwin, bap. 3 Aug., 1828.
Seth Akins, b at Durham, Conn., 25 July, 1762, and baptized the same day, son of Robert and Sarah Akins, was a mariner, served in the war of the revolution, was wounded and captured on a vessel, confined for some time in a prison-ship in New York harbor, and carried to his grave the scars made by the bayonets of the enemy. For his services he received a pension in the latter years of his life. A fracture of the leg, unskillfully treated, left it an inch shorter than the other. He married S May, 1786, with Content Rossiter, who died 17 May, 1789. He married (2d) 26 Sept., 1790, with Sarah Griswold, who died in Berkshire, 15 Aug., 1843. Hedwelt for a time in Berkshire county, Mass., afterwards in Durham, Greene county, N. Y., and early in the present cen- tury came to the west part of Berkshire, and finally settled in a log house east of the road, a little north of where the cheese fac- tory now stands, on the north half of lot 380, where Stephen H. Boyer now owns. In 1812 he built a framed house near the south- west corner of Mr. Boyer's orchard, and dwelt there till about 1833, when they went to live on a part of the same farm, with his son, Lyman P. Akins, at whose house he died 6 Sept., IS37. His sea-chest, more than a hundred years old, is carefully kept by one of his grandsons. His children were :
I. Sarah, b 13 Dec., 1786, died 9 Jan., 1787.
II. Seth Warner, b 7 July, 1791, died at Berkshire, 15 Aug., 1825, unmarried.
III. Content, b 29 March, 1793, was commonly called Tenty, married with Aaron Livermore, and died in Michigan, about 1868.
IV. Lyman Parmalee, b 3 March, 1795, married in 1821, with Betsey, daughter of Eleazer Lyman. He was several times super- visor ot Berkshire, and twenty-four years in succession justice of the peace. He died without children, 15 Dec., 1884, sixty-three years after marriage. His widow still lives on the Akins home-
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stead. They provided a good home for several children of other people.
V. Sally, b 19 March, 1797, d 6 Oct., 1798.
VI. Robert, b 19 June, 1799, married about 1827, with Olive Leonard Ball, who died at Berkshire, 29 March, 1867, in her 66th vear. He died at Sheldrake, N. Y., in March, 1885.
VII. William Henry, b in Berkshire county, Mass., I March, 1804, married in May, 1827, with Eliza, daughter of Daniel Sur- dam, of Richford. She died at Berkshire, 18 Jan., 1839. He married (2d) with Catharine House, of Dryden, N. Y., who is still living. He was a wheelwright, having learned his trade of Enoch S. Williams, of Newark Valley, and became a prolific inventor, some of his devices proving to be of importance and value, as the table and feeding devices for sewing machines, now in universal use, and the permutation lock for safes and bank vaults .. He died at Ovid, N. Y., 3 Jan., 1877.
VIII. Charles Frederick, b 26 March, 1807, married 10 Dec., IS30, with Lodema Farnham Ball, who died 12 June, 1838, at Berkshire. He married (2d) with Lucy Semantha Dewey. He died in Berkshire, 17 June, 1842, and his widow married (2d) with John Rightmire, of Caroline, N. Y., and died 18 Jan., 1854.
Elijah William Cobb, b at Canaan, Conn., 24 Sept., 1765, son of Elijah and Amy (Lawrence) Cobb, m at Salisbury, Conn., 17 or 27 Feb, 1786, with Sally Whitney, who was born in Cannan, Conn., about 1770, daughter of Asa Whitney, by his first wife. They dwelt in Canaan till 1802, then moved to Lenox, Mass., and thence, a few years later to Berkshire, settling on the farm now owned by Erasmus Legg, a mile east of Speedsville, where he died 12 Aug., 1815, aged 53 years, according to his grave stone, which makes the age two years too great. She m (2d) with Isaac Goodale. Elijah Cobb's children were :
I. Joshua Whitney, b Nov., 1786, m in June, 1816, with Susan Doty, and died at Elsie, Mich., 2 May, IS51.
II. Permelia, b IS or 20 Jan., 1791, m with Isaiah Gridley Barker, and died at Henrietta, N. Y., 11 Feb., IS30.
III. Charilla Matilda, b 5 Nov., by town record, or 6 Dec., 1793, by family record, m with John Burnett, of Hampton, Conn., and died in Utica, N. Y., in Feb., 1864.
IV. Daniel Johns, b 18 Oct., (or Nov.) 1793, m with Charles Hoyt, and died in Dansville, Mich., 13 Nov., 1857.
V. Lydia Edmunds, b 19 March, 1798, m with Thomas Davis, in 1815, and died at Dryden, N. Y., 22 Oct., 1860.
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VI. Lyman, b IS Sept., 18co, a teacher, m 7 April, 1822, with Harriet Chambers, of Caroline, N. Y., and died at Colesburgh, Penn., 20 Oct., 1864 ; was author of several school-books, which. had a short run, as they were in opposition to the. innovations which Noah Webster was making in the English language.
VII. Nancy, b at Lenox, Mass., 19 Oct., 1802, m at the house of Dea. Elijah Curtis, in Newark Valley, 19 Jan., 1826, with Asahel Jewett, and died at Richford, 27 June, 1836.
VIII. Sarah Whitney, b at Lenox, Mass., .13 Nov., 1804, m with Thomas Preshow, and died at Colesburgh, Penn., in Feb., IS69.
Barnabas Manning, b at Scotland, in Windham, Conn .. 14 Sept., 1769, son of Andrew and - - (Seabury) Manning, married 20 Dec., 1792, with Esther Belcher, who was born at Preston, Conn., 31 March, 1770, daughter of Moses and Esther (Rudd) Belcher. They came to Brown's Settlement about 1810 or ISTI, and he bought seventy-five acres of land east of the road on the south side of lot 336, which had been owned by William Dudley ; and of Daniel Ball, seventy-five acres west of the road on the south side of lot 337 ; and of James Robbins, one hundred acres on the south part of lot 335, so that his farm of 250 acres extended the whole length of the three lots. He built the house on the west side of the road, where his son-in-law, Asa Ball, now dwells. His wife died 30 June, 1819, without children. He married (2d) 17 Feb., 1820, with Phebe Lincoln, who was born at Western, now Warren, Mass., 7 Aug., 1791, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Holbrook) Lincoln. He died HI Feb., 1856, in his 87th year. She died 4 Dec. 1872. Their children were :
I. Esther Maria, b II March, 1821, m with Asa Ball, and died 15 May, 1887.
II. Charles Seabury, b 25 Sept., 1822, m at Union, N. Y., 11 Oct., 1848, with Mary Jane Gray, who was born at Binghamton, N. Y., 21 April, 1826, daughter of Arthur and Ann (Van Nanre) Gray. She died 26 March, 1887.
III. Jane, b 17 Feb., 1824, m with Luther Andrews. He died 7 Jan,, 1887.
IV. Eliza, b 7 May, 1828, m 23 June, 1852, with George Henry Akins, and lives at Ovid, N. Y.
V. Catharine Lincoln, b 2 Feb., 1831, m with George Andrews, who died 19 March, 1876. She died 8 Jan., 1881, without children.
Asahel Royce, b at Lanesborough, Mass., 7 May, 1771, son of
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Adonijah and Amy (Brush) Royce, m 22 Jan., 1792, with Sally Betsey Clark, who was born at Lanesborough, 29 June, 1773. About 1801 they moved to Richmond, Mass., where she joined the church, in April, ISOS. They left Richmond 5 Feb., 1814, for Berkshire, and settled on the north half of lot 385, where his son Deodatus afterward built his brick house. He also bought one hundred acres of Noah Lyman, on the south half of lot 416, on which he built the house now occupied by his grandson, J. Tal- cott Leonard, it having been moved to its present site, when he sold the grounds, in 1846, to the Rev. William Bradford, as a site for Brookside Seminary. In this house they settled about IS18, and died there; he, 18 March, 1847; she, 25 April, 1848. Their children were :
I. Deodatus, b at Lanesborough, Mass., 28 Jan., 1793, m 25 Dec., 1817, with Emily Bement, daughter of Asa Bement, of Newark Valley, was for many years a deacon of the Congrega- tional church in Berkshire, built the brick house where his father first settled; and in that house they died ; she, 5 Sept., 1875.
II. John Brush, b at Lanesborough, Mass., 9 June, 1795, a wool- carder and cloth-dresser, taught school in Richmond, Mass., the winter that his father left there, took care of his father's cattle during the winter, and in May, 1814, drove them to Berkshire, where he married, I Jan., 1823, with Amanda Leonard, daughter of Asa and Olive (Churchill) Leonard, began house-keeping on the morning after their marriage, in the log house on the west side of the way, above the bridge, and lived there till 1829, when he built the brick house in which he is yet living, at the age of nincty.two years.
III. Almon, b 15 April, 1797, died 8 Feb., 1799.
IV. Haanah, b 21 Dec., 1799, m with Louis Gigette Leonard. V. Amy, b 10 Jan., 1803, m with Charles West Cook.
VI. -- Royce, a son, b 1 March, 1805, died 2 March, 1805.
VII. Harriet Laminta, b 27 March, 1807, m with William Rus- sell Starr, of Ithaca, N. Y.
VIII. Betsey Ann, b 9 April, 1810, m with Levi Ball.
IX. Phebe Permelia, b 5 Nov., 1813, died 22 May, 1825.
Notes to Census Table .-- The names in the following table marked with a star have already been mentioned ; the others are referred to in the following notes, by corresponding numbers. It may be well to state, also, that there were no unnaturalized foreigners, no blacks, and no one engaged in commerce in the town. The total population was 586.
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CENSUS OF BERKSHIRE, DECEMBER, 1820.
No. MALES AND AGES.
No. FEMALES AND AGES.
NAMES.
Under 10 years.
10 to 16 years.
16 to 18 years.
16 to 26 years.
26 to 45 years.
45 and upwards.
Under 10 years.
10 to 16 years.
16 to 26 years.
26 to 45 years.
45 and upwards.
Agricutturists.
Manufacturers.
1. Roswell H. Brown
3
1
2
2. Jed Chapman.
3. * Daniel Gleazen
3
1 HOH
1
2
2 1 1 HH HO
1
1
3
1
1
2
5. John W. Bessac
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
7. Calvin Jenks
1
1
1
1
1
1
9. Joel Smith and Jesse Smith
3
2
1
2
1
1OH
1
1
1
11. Samnel Osborn
12. Schuyler Legg.
13. Amos Peck
HA 1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
17. * Daniel Carpenter.
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
18. Isaac Bunnel
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
21. Thomas Keeny
1
2
3
1
1
2
3
1
5
22. * Joseph Gleazen.
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
23. Thomas Bunting.
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
25. William Whiting
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
26. Eleazer Valentine.
3
2
1
2
1
2
1
4
27. William S. Smith
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
31. * Asa Leonard ..
1
1
22
1
1
1
3
32. * Solomon Leonard
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
37. William Moore.
1
2
1
38. Andrew Rees
1
1
1
39. Anna Collins
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
2
1
2 1
1
1
2
45. Moses Stanley
1
1
2
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2 1
49. Cicero Barker .
50. Aaron Livermore.
51. Eleazer Lyman.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
56. Leman Case.
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
58. Levi E. Barker
59. Isaiah G. Barker
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
14. Daniel Jenks
3
1
15. Reuben Legg
16. Larned Legg
1
19. Samuel Haight
3
1
1
1
1 1
1 1 1 1 HH HHH HHH HH
2
1
1
1
3
1
34. Isaac Hitchcock
2
1
1 1
1
1
36. Selick Paine.
2
40. John Avres
41. Lyman Hull.
42. * Jesse Gleazen.
43. * Peleg Randal
1
1
1 1
1
46. Clarissa Smith
47. Samuel Smith.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
52. * Sarah Ide
53. * Seth Akins.
54. Elias Walker
55. Phinehas Case
1
57. * Saminel Ball
5
1
1
3
1
1
4. Jonathan Belcher.
1
1
3
1
1
6. Elisha Jenks .
8. Luther Hamilton
2
10. Ephraim Reniff.
1
1
1
1
1
20. Eleazer Lyman. Jr
1
24. Joseph Belcher 1
28. * Isaac Goodale
1
1
1
2 2
29. Stephen Butler
30. Alden Baker.
2
1
33. John S. Thorp.
2
35. * Anna Griffin
3 1
1
44. * Polly Gardner
1
48. Hooker Bishop
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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CENSUS OF BERKSHIRE, DECEMBER, 1820 .- CONTINUED.
No. MALES AND AGES.
No. FEMALES AND AGES.
Under 10 years.
10 to 16 years.
16 to 18 years.
16 to 26 years.
26 to 45 years.
45 and upwards.
Under 10 years.
10 to 16 years.
16 to 26 years.
26 to 45 years.
45 and upwards.
Agrienlturists.
Manufacturers.
+1 Edmund Barker
1
1
1
1
+ 1. Erastus Benton.
1
1
2
2
1
2. * Consider Lawrence
1
2
4
1
1
1
5
1.1. Lyman Durfee.
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
75. "Samuel Torry
(A. Ezra Landon.
+7. Abraham Hotchkin
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
70. "Deodatus Force
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
72 Thomas Langdon
1
1
1
1
1
73. * Samuel Collins
2
1
2
1
2
1
:
1
74. 'Ebenezer E. Gleazen
$5. Joseph Cook.
76. * Henry Ball.
2
1
3
1
1
77. * Stephen Ball.
4
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
*. * William Ball
1
1
1
1
1
*. * Ransom Williams
1
1
1
1
2
1
>1. "David Williams
1
2
1
1
1
1
>3. * Ichabod Brainerd.
1
2
1
-4. * Samuel Hutchinson
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
2
3
2
1
1
3
.7. John Rounseville
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
>2. * Joseple Waldo
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
90. * Nathaniel. Ford.
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
92. Ralph Manning
2
1
1
1
1
93. * Isaac Ball.
2
1
3
1
1
1
Totals
94
41
: 15 | 65
58
30
102
. 43
65
57
31
113
29
1. Roswell H. Brown lived on lot 417, in the first house south of the present town of Richford ; but little has been remembered of him beyond the fact that when slightly elevated in tone, he wished to be addressed as "Mr. Roswell H. Brown, Esq., Sir." One of his children was born 29 Dec., 1821. Afterward he lived on lot 303, on the west bank of Strong brook, south of the road, near the corner where a road branches off to the north. Among his children were William and Hannah.
2. Capt. Jed Chapman, a carpenter and joiner, lived below Mr. Brown, on the east side of the same road, in the second house above Mr. Leonard's tannery. He was born at Saybrook, Conn., 14 Dec., 1781, m 28 Sept., 1803, with Content Canfield, and set- tled at Durham, N Y. In the spring of 1811 they moved to
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2. * Ichabod Brainerd, Jr
2
2
1
-5. Marcus Ford.
2
1
1
1
**. * Mehitable Brown
1
1
3
1
1
2
74. John Durfee.
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
¿", "Jeremiah Campbell.
0). * Asahel Royce.
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
72. Elizabeth Cook
1
1
1
2
6. Luke B. Winship
*. * Barnabas Honning
1
:
i
-
1
1
71. "John Gregory
1
NAMES.
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Berkshire, and thence, in Dec., 1831, to Newark Valley, where they died ; he, 28 Dec., 1852 ; she, 14 Feb., 1861. His mother, Amanda Denison, married with Eleazer Hodges, by whom she had several children. Capt. Chapman's children were as follows :
I. Edward Newton, b 25 July, 1804.
II. Elizur Brown, b 6 Oct., 1806, m with Julia Blackman, and resides at Jackson, Mich.
III. Mary Amanda, b 10 Dec., 1808, m I April, 1834, with Isaac Van Alstein.
IV. William Henry, b 25 Dec., 1810, m 14 Jan., 1835, with Electa Ayres.
V. George Miller, b 24 March, 1813, m 16 Sept., 1835, with Esther Miranda Williams, and now lives at Newark Valley.
VI. Richard Mulford, b 7 Aug., 1815, died at Napierville, Ill., 4 May, 1842.
VII. Aaron Canfield, b 29 April. 1818, resides in Newark Valley.
VIII. Noyes Palmer, b 25 Aug., 1820, now lives in Newark Valley.
IX. Lyman Furry, b 14 Aug., 1822, resides in Newark Valley.
X. Charles Denison, b 15 Oct., 1824, lives in Michigan.
XI. Lucy Elvira, b 12 Feb., 1827, died 16 Sept., 1829.
4. Jonathan Belcher, is undoubtedly a clerical error for Elijah Belcher, already mentioned.
5. John William Bessac lived on lot 297, west of the road which goes over the hill, and west of the creek. He was born in Hud- son, N. Y., 26 April, 1790, a son of Jean Guillaume and Anah (Nichols) Bessac. He married in January, IS13, with Lucy Bel- cher, daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Hall) Belcher. He died 9 Dec., 1868. She died 23 May, 1868. " Mr. Bessac was no ordin- ary man. With a mind of singular brilliancy and power, he combined a temper of unusual sweetness, the keenest wit, and a playful humor that rendered him a most genial and instructive companion." His father was born 4 Feb., 1760, in Mon Valant, France. The children of John William and Lucy (Belcher) Bes- sac were as follows :
I. Joann Frances, b 7 Feb., 1814.
II. Calista Maria, b IS March, 181.6.
III. Henry William, b 6 April, ISIS, m with Emily Hull.
IV. Esther B., b 6 March, 1820.
V. John Bertrand, b 28 July, 1822, d 30 Sept., 1824.
VI. Fayette B., b 12 July, 1824.
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VII. Catharine E., b 7 Dec., 1827.
VIII. Susan, b 13 Nov., 1829.
IX. Frederick Oriel, b 12 March, 1831.
X. Mary Elizabeth, b in Aug., 1834.
6. Elisha Jenks lived on lot 300, east of the creek road, and north of the hill road. It is said that he was a cousin of Michael Jenks, the first settler there. Laban Jenks was his brother. Elisha Jenks was born about 27 June, 1774, and died 13 Nov., 1840. His wife, Anna, was born about 27 Sept., 1771, and died 15 June, 1854.
7. Calvin Jenks lived on the east end of lot 300. He was a son of Elisha Jenks. He married with Anna Brown, daughter of Capt. Brown, and died on the same place, about 1886,
S. Luther Hamilton lived in the first house southwest of Daniel Carpenter, on lot 302. He m at Stockbridge, Mass., 2 Nov., 1815, with Sylvia Carpenter, who was born there 14 March, 1782. She died 10 June, 1832.
9. Joel Smith and Jesse Smith had no settled residence in 1820. They were carpenters and not married. Joel Smith was killed in Owego, as early as 1866, by the fall of a building which he was moving. Jesse Smith, b at Lee, Mass., 5 May, 1792, served as a soldier in the war of 1812. He married with Betsey Legg, and settled on the north half of lot 419, where Newell Robinson now lives. They had four children, viz. :
I. Deborah Williams. b about 1826. II. Daniel B., b about 1828. III. Miranda M., b about 1830. IV. James R., b about 1832.
Their house was burned on 21 Dec., 1840, after the family had gone to bed, and all were consumed in the fire except the eldest daughter, who was away from home attending school. She mar- ried with Russel W. Freeland, and now resides at Ouaquaga, N. Y. It was long supposed that the fire was accidental ; but years after it a story was in the papers that a murderer, under sentance of death, confessed that he saw Mr. Smith receive some money at Richford, followed him home, asked to be kept over night, and when the family were sleeping rose to get the money, and Smith and his wife being roused by the noise, he killed them in their bed with an axe, set the house on fire, and escaped with seventeen dollars, his whole booty.
10. Ephraim Reniff's residence has not been ascertained.
11. Samuel Osborn lived on the west side . of the road, next above Elisha Jenks, and about a quarter of a mile from him. He had eight or nine children, one of whom, Betsey, m with Lyman Legg. Samuel Osborn was born about 3 Sept., 1762, and died
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19 April, 1840. Mary, his wife, was born about 11 Nov., 1770, and died IS March, 1832.
12. Schuyler Legg lived on the hill, on the southeast quarter of lot 301, where his son, Layton J. Legg, has since lived. His farm joined on the west end of Luther Hamilton's farm. He was a son of Reuben Legg, and grandson of David. He had children b 19 July, ISI1; 24 Oct., 1812; and 28 Aug., 1820. His wife, Hannah, died 11 Oct., 1860, aged 74 years.
13. Amos Peck, a shoemaker, lived on the road above Samuel Osborn. At a later time he lived on the hill, half a mile west of Schuyler Legg. His child, probably the second, was born 20 Feb., 1822.
14. Daniel Jenks lived above Amos Peck. He had previously lived on the east end of lot 300, which he sold to Calvin Jenks. He was the eldest son of Elisha Jenks. He married with --- , a daughter of Thomas Keeny.
15. Reuben Legg's residence has not been ascertained.
16. Larned Legg, youngest son of Reuben Legg, m with Whiteley.
18. Isaac Bunnel lived north of Carpenter, where Charles Scott now lives, on the southeast quarter of lot 339. He was son of Dea. John and Hannah Bunnel. His wife, Rachel, died 5 Sept., 1842, aged 43 years, I month and II days. Their daughter, Eliza, died 14 Aug., 1841, aged 5 years, 7 months and 14 days.
19. Samuel Haight lived in the hollow, away from the road, west of Isaac Bunnel,
20. Eleazer Lyman, Jr., lived on Berkshire East Hill, near Samuel Haight, and was then a farmer and teacher. He was born at Peru, Mass., 18 August, 1802, (see Note 51), married there 18 Sept., 1819, and in the following month came to Berk- shire ; and after five or six years moved to Belfast, Allegany Co., N. Y., and thence, in October, 1829, to Friendship, N. Y., where he began the study of medicine, and received his diploma in 1832, while living at Bolivar, N. Y., to which place he moved in March, 1832. He returned to Berkshire in April, 1834, and moved again in April, 1835, to Great Bend, Pa., where his wife died 13 Oct., 1838. He married (2d) about 1842, with Sally Clark, of Great Bend, and was killed there by a vicious horse, 6 January, 1845. . His children were :
I. Chauncey Almeron, bat Berkshire, 19 July, 1820, a lawyer, served in the war of 1861, reaching the rank of Lieut .- Colonel, and resides at Lock Haven, Pa.
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11. Charles Eleazer, b at Richford, 27 Nov., 1824, a lawyer ; served in the war of 1861, reaching the rank of Captain ; and resides at Great Bend, Pa.
III Betsey Jane, b at Belfast, N. Y., 21 Dec., 1828, died in infancy.
IV. James Wellman, b at. Friendship, N. Y., 6 March, 1830; served as a surgeon in the war of 1861, and finally as Lieut .- Col. of 203d Pa. Volunteers, and was killed at Fort Fisher, 15 Janu- ary, 1865.
V. Betsey Keziah, b at Bolivar, N. Y., 24 May, 1832 ; m with J. F. Nice, and lives at Williamsport, Pa.
VI. Alice Elvira, b at Berkshire, 9 June, 1834 ; m with Elijah Cobb, and lives at Little Sioux, Iowa.
VII. Vincent Page, b at Great Bend, Pa., 15 June, 1836,; re- sides at Portland, Oregon.
VIII. Clara Janet, b at Great Bend, Pa., 10 Feb., 1844; m with J. C. Scott, and lives at Waverly, N. Y.
21. Thomas Keeny lived near the center of lot 339, where Alfred Hyde Ford lived at a later time.
23. Thomas Bunting lived in a log house east of the road, above Joseph Gleazen, near the corner of the roads. He had moved to that place in April, 1820, when he sold his former home to Mr. Gleazen. Tradition says that he soon went back to New Jersey, from whence he came.
24. Joseph Belcher lived on the northwest quarter of lot 343, at the angle of the roads. He was a son of Joseph and Lucy (Hall) Belcher. and m about 1815 with Wealthy Whiting, widow of - Judd, and daughter of William Whiting. They removed to Richford, where she died 6 Oct., 1859, aged 70 years. He. married (2d) with Laura A. Appleton. He died at Richford, 16 March, 1868, aged 74 years. His children were :
I. Lucy, m with Whiting Valentine, and m (2d) with Rev. Timothy Dwight Walker. She died broken hearted, 13 March, 1868, three days before her father's death.
11. Horatio, m with Amanda Hungerford, of Caroline, and was killed while sitting on his horse before Petersburgh, Va., seven balls having entered his body.
III. Galitzin, died in California.
IV. Flavel, served in the rebel army in the war of 1861.
V. Marietta, m with John Deming.
VI. Joseph, b 7 Jan., 1828, died young.
VII. Useria, b 5 April, 1829; died 27 Jan., 1830. 11*
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25. William Whiting, lived on the east side of the road on the crown of the hill, on the south half of lot 343, south of Joseph Belcher, and east of Joseph Gleazen.
26. Eleazer Valentine lived near the south line of the southeast quarter of lot 379, on the south side of the road, where George Rich Ford afterward lived. He had a child born 5 Nov., 1820.
27. William Sterry Smith, a shoemaker, lived a little north- west from Eleazer Valentine, near the middle of the south half of lot 379, afterward the Charles Nixon place.
29. Stephen Butler lived next north or northwest of Isaac Goodale, on the old road, long since discontinued, which led from Isaac Goodale's to the Berkshire and Rawson Hollow road. He married 18 Aug,, 1815, with Olive Baker, who d 18 Jan., 1851. She was born at Cheshire, Mass., 10 Nov., 1788, eldest child of Waterman and Mercy (Bowen) Baker. He married (2d} with Abigail Goodale, widow of Asa Curtis, of Maine, N. Y. She was born at Pittsfield, Mass., 4 Aug., 1799, tenth child of Isaac and Jemima (Warner) Goodale. He died at Newark Valley. He had a child born 8 March, 1822
30. Alden Baker lived on the same old road, north of Stephen Butler, and probably on the southwest quarter of lot 383. He was born in Cheshire, Mass., 10 Sept .. 1790, second child of Water- man and Mercy (Bowen) Baker, and m 19 Dec., IS16, with Polly Smith, daughter of Heman and Miriam (Moody) Smith.
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