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I. Dennis, bat West Stockbridge, Mass., 12 Dec., 1801, by family record, while the town record says 1802 ; married 16 Dec., 1824, with Catharine M. Curtis, who was born 9 March, 1So6, and died 20 Feb., 1851. They settled in Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y., where he was living as late as 18,0.
II. Mindwell, b at Union, N. Y., 16 Nov .. 1804 ; married 9 April, 1830, with Joseph Munsell Merrow, who died 9 Dec., 1859, at Moravia, N. Y., where she still resides.
John Rewey, born at Stockbridge, Mass., 28 Feb., 1778, son of John and Hannah (Neal) Rewey, was apprenticed to his cousin Asa Bement, to learn the trade of blacksmith, and came with him, in 1794. to Brown's Settlement. When of full age he returned to Stockbridge, where he married with Lucy Taylor, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Dewey) Taylor, of Stockbridge, where she was born 12 June, 1779. In October, 1807, they came from Stock- bridge to Newark Valley, and built a log house where Edward Joslin has lately built a house ; and near this place he killed a
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bear. They moved 23 March, ISO8. to a log house which stood where Dr. W. J. Burr now lives, and thence to a small framed house which now forms a part of the house occupied by Mrs. Polly Smith and her sister. He built a framed shop in 1812, with a tenement in the south end of it, where Samuel Markram after- ward built his house. In 1818 he built where A. C. Chapman now lives, a small framed house, which was afterward moved and became the beginning of John Butler's house. In this house he dwelt till about 1821 or 1822, when he moved to the farm on the north half of lot 144, and lived at first in a small house which stood near Bement's mill, and his new house was built a year or two later. She died 22 Sept., 1831. He married (2d) with her sister, Ann Taylor, widow of Adam Waters, of Stockbridge. He died 26 May, 1845. His children were :
I. Lewis, b at Stockbridge, 25 Jan , 1800 ; m 15 Oct., 1823, with Nancy Simons. They settled at Speedsville, where he and his brother, Henry Rewey, had a wool-carding and cloth-dressing shop. He died there 2 March, 1841.
II. Sarah, b at Stockbridge, in Sept., ISO1; married with Francis B. Simons.
III. Oliver, b at Stockbridge, 16 July, 1804; married I Jan., 1826, with Mary Ann Sears, who died 18 March, 1839, in the house now occupied by Mrs. Mary E. Hotchkin. He married (2d) 8 Nov., 1839, with Emeline Allen, who still lives in Newark Valley. He died 19 Jan., 1883.
IV. Henry, b at Stockbridge, 9 July, 1806; married with Mary Wiltse, daughter of James and Nancy Wiltse, of Caroline, N. Y. They dwelt in Speedsville till the latter part of May, 1844, when they moved to one of the western states, and he was still living at Plattsville, Grant Co., Wis., as lately as 1884.
V. Eunice, born at Newark Valley, I Sept., 18o8; married with Alfred Hyde Ford, of Berkshire.
VI. Elbridge Gerry, b 4 Dec., 1809, according to Dr. Waldo's account-book, or 8 Sept., 1810, according to the guess-work on his head-stone; dwelt on the homestead of his father, unmarried, and was cruelly murdered on the evening of 25 June, 1879.
VII. Hannah, b 4 March, IS12; died 30 April, 1840.
VIII. Emily, b about 1814 ; married with Charles Cook Cor- saw.
IX. Phebe, b 6 Oct., 1816 : died 24 Sept., 1877.
Edward Edwards, b at Elizabeth, N. J., 20 Jan., 1763, second child of the Hon. Timothy and Rhoda (Ogden) Edwards, bought .
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of Lemuel Blackman and Lyman Rawson, a farm on the north half of lot 143, on which he dwelt for several years, beginning perhaps about 1807 or 1808. He then moved to Union, and set- tled near the mouth of the Nanticoke creek. He joined the church 14 June, 1812, and was dismissed to Ithaca 12 Jan., 1823. He left Newark Valley in April, 1817. His wife was Mary. Ed- ward Edwards had children as follows :
I. John K., a merchant, lived at Union, N. Y., became demented, and was tenderly cared for at his own cost, in the Broome County Home, until his death.
IT. Robert Ogden, m with Caroline Keeler, and lived and died at Chenango Forks, N. Y.
III. Mary, bap 2 Aug., 1812; married when about forty years old with John McKinney, of Binghamton, N. Y., and after his death with Rev. Mr. Ercambrough.
IV. Timothy Edward, bap 2 Aug., 1812 ; married and had one daughter.
V. Edwin, bap 2 Aug., 1812.
VI. Henry, bap 2 Aug., IS12; settled at Warrensburgh, N. Y.
VII. Alexander Hamilton, bap 2 Aug., 1812 ; died at Ithaca, N. Y., when about twenty or twenty-one years old.
VIII. Charles, bap 2 Aug., 1812; a merchant, lived in Union, N. Y., and married with Jane Morse, daughter of Elias Morse, of Vestal, N. Y.
Jonathan Edwards, b at Elizabeth, N. J., 16 Oct., 1764, third child of the Hon. Timothy and Rhoda (Ogden) Edwards, married at Stockbridge, Mass., with his cousin, Lucy Woodbridge, daugh- ter of Jahleel and Lucy (Edwards) Woodbridge, of Stockbridge, where she was born 14 April, 1769. They came to Brown's Set- tlement about the same time that his brother, Edward Edwards came. They dwelt in a log house at what is now called Moore's Corners, where Daniel Moore afterwards lived, and where Martin Mead now lives. They went from there to Binghamton, N. Y. He joined the church 23 Dec., 1810, and had nine infant children baptized 19 May, 1811, to wit .: Matthias Ogden, Lucy, Cornelia, Jonathan, Timothy, Richard, Rhoda Ogden, Sarah Elizabeth, and Joseph Woodbridge.
Jesse Truesdell, wheelwright, lived on lot 103, a few rods south of where Ransom Gleazen now lives. The house stood just south of the old well which is still in use on that place. He was a witty and companionable little man, fond of the good things of this life, and would work industriously in his little shop on Spring brook
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(which is now owned by Aaron C. Stevens) till he had a wagon load of spinning wheels, reels, etc., and then enjoy the pleasures of travel, till they were sold. He was born at North Salem, N. Y., 23 Dec., 1787, son of Jabish and Bethia (Paddock) Truesdell ; married 5 March, 1812, Dolly Talcott, who was born in Marlbor- ough, Conn .. 23 April, 1789, daughter of Elizur and Dorothy (Lord) Talcott. She died 17 April, 1856. He died 9 March, 1865. Their children were :
I. Eunice Bethia, b at Owego, 9 Nov., 1812, her mother being there on a visit ; m with --- Platt.
II. Charles Augustus, b 21 April, 1815 : died at Kingsbury, Laporte Co., Ind., 5 Sept., 1838, unmarried.
III. Lucy Ann, b 23 March, 1818 : d 10 April, 1818.
IV. Abial, b 17 March, 1819; died 29 March, 1819.
V. Lucy Ann, b 24 April, 1820; m with Lyman F. Chapman, and still lives in Newark Valley.
VI. Mary Elizabeth, b 17 Aug., 1824; died 30 Oct., 1876, un- married.
VII. Sarah Sophia, b 13 July, 1827 : m 29 Jan., 1860, with Lor- ing Hewen. She m (2d) with Joseph Simmons, and lives in New- ark Valley.
VIII. George Lord, b 9 March, 1830 ; died at Candor, N. Y., 18 Feb., 1881.
IX. Lucius Ambrose, b 13 or 14 Feb., 1833, died.
The Rev. Jeremiah Osborn, first pastor of the first church in Berkshire and Newark Valley, was born in Lenox, Mass., 29 Aug., 1778. son of Josiah and Hephzibah Osborn. The church and society voted to call him, 24 Dec., 1805 ; he accepted the call, 1I Jan., 1806; the council called to assist, met 18 Feb., 1806, at the house of widow Dudley, (now in Berkshire) and examined him. They then adjourned to the meeting-house, (now in Newark Valley) 19 Feb., 1806, and he was then ordained. He was dis- missed at his own request, 27 Jan., 1819. He removed to Candor, N. Y., where he was installed 15 Sept., 1819, and dismissed 21 Sept., 1831. He afterward preached in Ohio, till 1839, when he started to visit his mother. at Lenox, and on the way, he fell dead, 20 July, 1839, at the house of his brother, in Fabius, N. Y., and was buried there. His wife was Susanna S. Woodruff, daughter of the Rev. Hezekiah North Woodruff, of Scipio, N. Y. She died, at Girard, Erie Co., Penn., 24 March, 1863, aged seventy five years. Their children were :
I. Hezekiah Woodruff, b 8 Oct., ISO8; m 30 May, 1839, with
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Evelina Lydia Smith ; was installed pastor of the Congregational church at Mesopotamia, Ohio, in Jan., 1840, and died 29 Oct., 1854, leaving three children.
II. Chauncey, b I Aug., ISIt ; m in 1840, with Susanna Nutting; was installed pastor of the Congregational church as Farmington, Ohio. in 1842, and died at Dearborn, Mich., 30 Nov., 1856, with- out children.
III. Susanna, b 30 May, 1813 ; m in 1832 with the Rev. J. Alden Woodruff, and died in Hartford, Trumbull Co., Ohio, 11 April, 1845. She had eight children.
IV: Sarah Alden, b 27 Jan., 1816 ; m in Monroe, Ohio, 16 Sept., 1834, with Jedediah Chapman, and now resides at South Bend, Indiana. She has three children.
V. Maria Elizabeth, b 12 Sept., 1818 ; was a teacher for many years m 15 Oct., 1873, with Deacon Gervase Spring, and now resides at Claridon, Ohio.
. VI. Clarinda, b at Candor, N. Y., 17 June, 1821 ; m 8 June, 1859, with Orson Warrener, of Claridon, Ohio, where she now lives.
VII, Josiah Olmstead, b at Candor N. Y., 17 Oct., 1823 ; m in April 1846, with Mary Ann Hanchet, and has three children. He has been a preacher in the Methodist church from 1853, till the fall of 1885, when his voice failed. He resides at Mckean, Erie Co., Penn.
Notes to Census Table .- The names in the following table which are marked by a star, have already been noticed or located; the others are referred to in the following notes by corresponding numbers. We would also add that, there were no unnaturalized foreigners in the town, nor any blacks. The total population was 655, living within the present limits of the town.
James Wheeler, and Thankful, his wife, joined the church by letter 6 July, 1817, and were dismissed 5 July, 1833, to the new church at Berkshire. It is remembered that they were the first settlers at Ketchumville. The name does not appear in the census, and possibly their residence was east of the town line.
I. George Sykes, a native of Suffield, Conn., lived on the east side of the road, on the west bank of the creek, on the south half of lot 264. He died 26 Oct., 1825, in his 38th year.
2. Moses Spaulding dwelt on the east side of the way, on the north half of lot 58, where his son Lucius Wells Spaulding now lives.
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CENSUS OF NEWARK VALLEY, DECEMBER, IS20.
NO. MALES AND AGES.
INO. 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.
Agrientturists.
Manufacturers.
1. George Sykes
3
1
1
1
1
2. Moses Spaulding/.
1
2
1
1
1
3. * Abel Lawrence
1
1
3
1
1
2
3
1
1
4
4. Samuel Johnson
5. * Gaylord Harmon
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
6. Elijah Johnson
1
2
1
1
1
9. Jonathan Belcher
1
1
1
3
1
1
12. William Janes
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
14. Alexander McDaniel.
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
15. Elihu McDaniel
3
1
1
1
1
1
16. Simeon Galpin.
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
18. Nathan A. Gates
1
2
1
1
1
3
19. Daniel Mead.
3
1
1
1
21. Seth Stevens ..
1
1
22. John Belden.
1
2
1
1
1
11281 1
1
2
26. Charles Brown.
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
27. Elijah Walter.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
31. Inike MeMaster
32. Teunis Decker. .
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
34. William Richardson.
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
3
35. John Millen
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
37. John Buunel. .
1
1
2
1
1
3
38. John Bunnel. Jr.
39. * Lemuel Blackman
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
40. Zelotes Robinson
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
42. Ebenezer Robbins. 1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
44. * John Harmon
45. Joseph Freeman
1
2
1
3
1
1
46. * John Waldo
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1 1
3
48. Ebenezer Pierce
2
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
51. Lyman Barber
1
52. Levi Branch
2
1
53. Bill Torry
34. * Joseph Waldo, 2nd.
1
55. * Peter Wilson.
1
1
1
57. * Elisha Wilson.
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
58. Marcus Ford.
1
!
1
i
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
13. * Parley Simons
1
1
4
1
1
11. Jacob Conklin.
1
17. George Lane ..
2
1
1
1
1
2
23. Jacob Remele.
2
1
1
1
2 3
25. * Enoch S. Williams
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
29. Ethan Brown
80. John Brown.
3
1
1
1
1
33. Alexamler F. Wilmarth.
1
1
36. William Millen.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
43. Loring Fergu-on
2
2
2
1
Q
1
2
1
1
47. Lyman Waldo.
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
1 2 2
2
1 1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
59. Stephen Wells
1
7. * Joel Gaylord.
1
1
2
8. * Sarah Gaylord.
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20. Jabez Stevens
1
24. * Jesse Truesdell.
1
1
1
1
1
41. Lyman Legy
3
1
1 2
49. * Abraham Brown.
2
1
2 1
50. * David S. Farrand
2
1
1
1
1
56. Roswell Livermore.
1
1
28. Benjamin Walter.
2
1
i
1
10. David Bebee.
1
1
1
4
1
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CENSUS OF NEWARK VALLEY, DECEMBER, 1820 .- CONTINUED.
No. MALES AND AGES.
NO. FEMALES AND AGES.
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NAMIES.
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.
Agriculturists.
Manufacturers.
60. Lucius Wells
1
1
2
1
1
61. * Asa Bement.
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
62. * Jason Hedges
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
64. Absalom Baird.
1
1
65. Joseph Prentice
2
1
2
1
1
66. * Uriah Simons
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
67. Duick Whipple.
68. Joseph Allen
1
69. John Watkins
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
70. Mial Dean. Jr.
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
73. Adolphus Pierce
74. William Baird.
1
1
75. Jobn Allen.
3
1
1
1
1
77. * Jonas Muzzy.
1
12
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
79. Elijah Curtis.
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
82. * Solomon Williams
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
84. Otis Lincoln.
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
85. * Abraham Johnson
86. * John Rewey
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
3
87. Horace Jones.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
89. John Gould.
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
92. Ezekiel Rich. .
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
4
93. William Gardner.
91. John Stedman.
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
97. Chester Goodale.
1
1
1
1
1
99. Hart Newell
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
100. William Wilbur
101. Richard Perkins
1
1
102. * Mial Dean.
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
3
1
103. Alanson Dean
1
1
1
2
1
2
105. Hosea Eldredge
1
1
1
1
1
1
Totals
110
57
14
57
67
43 : 96
48
80
59
38 131
25
4. Samuel Johnson, dwelt on the east side of the way, on the south half of lot 58, in the second house below that of Moses Spaulding. [See Early Households of Berkshire, for an account of his household.]
96. Daniel Churchill.
2
1
1
!
1
2
1
1
1
98. Spencer Spaulding.
2
1
1
2
1
90. Stephen Williams, Jr.
91. Henry Williams.
1
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
95. Dexter Parmenter
1
1
1
1
1
81. Elijah Higbe ..
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
83. * Ezbon Slosson
1
1
1
1
76. Harvey Marshall
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
78. * Henry Moore
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
71. Luke Baird ..
1
2
1
2
72. Silas Allen.
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
63. * Jonathan Hedges
1
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
88. Oliver Williams
1
1
1
80. * David Hovey
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
104. Anson Higbe.
6. Elijah Johnson, son of Samuel Johnson, lived in a log house, in the same yard with his father. [See Early Households of Berkshire. ]
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9. Jonathan Belcher, son of Joseph Belcher, dwelt on the west end of lot 23, where Hiram Holden now lives. [See Early Households of Berkshire. ]
IO. David Beebe, had lately sold his farm to Jonathan Belcher, and was temporarily staying in a small house, which stood west of the road near the north line of the Wade farm.
II Jacob Conklin, had lately come from Orange county, and lived on the hill-side east of the road, on the south part of lot 23, where no bouse remains. In 1822 he built the house now oc- cupied by William Wade.
12. William T. Jayne. [See later families of Richford.]
14. Alexander McDaniel, lived on the west end of lot 20. the S. W. corner of Newark Valley, and had built a saw-mill there on the West Owego creek, which then cut about seventy thou- sand feet of lumber each year. Soon after that time he moved to Candor, settling on lot 19, where Henry Richardson now lives; where he died 6 Jan., 1840, aged 70 years, 8 months, and 21 days, according to his grave stone at West Newark, which has his name as " McDonel."
15. Elihu McDaniel lived also on lot 20.
16. Simeon Galpin, lived on the N. W. quarter of lot 60, east side of the creek road, just north of that road which crosses the creek to Weltonville, where Henry Blewer now lives. He owned no land, but had abundance of pine timber. He crossed the creek on a foot bridge, near the site of Blewer's mill. In 1812 a Mr. Sullivan, also a squatter, lived in the next house below him. 17. George Lane, lived north of Simeon Galpin, probably on lot 61.
IS. Nathan A. Gates, lived east of the road, on the S. W. quar- ter of lot 60, where Charles Blewer now lives. He was son of Nathan Gates who settled in Candor. He probably settled here in 1817. " the year after the cold summer." He afterwards moved to Penn Yan, N. Y., where he died about Feb., 1860. His only child is the wife of Cornelius Hover.
19. Daniel Mead, lived on the east side of the road, on lot 100.
20. Jabez Stevens and wife, each over forty-five years old, were living on the southeast quarter of lot 65, where Henry Zim- mer afterward dwelt for many years. He probably came from Knox, N. Y., in ISI9, with his son, Seth Stevens. He was not of sound mind, and after the death of his son Seth, he went west with his wife and other children. His son Elisha married with Lucretia Higbe, youngest child of Elijah Higbe.
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21. Seth Stevens, son of Jabez Stevens, above, was the first one of the settlers from Albany and Schoharie counties to come into the "east settlement" in Newark Valley. He left Knox, N. Y., in a sleigh, 19 March, 1819, the day on which Van Alstine was hung at Schoharie, and settled in the house at the corner of the roads on lot 56, which was built and occupied by Capt. Eli- sha Hooper, and was afterward kept as a public house for many years, by Joseph Cookson. His land was the south part of lot 65, and on this, at the top of the hill, he had cleared a few acres, had a cellar dug and partly stoned, and timber for the frame of a house, when, about the first of October, 1820, he became ill. and died about the 15th of October, 1821. His wife and two young children went back to live with her parents, and his clear- ing was covered with a thick growth of thrifty young white pine trees, which were not cleared off till after 1840. Stevens and his father were the only householders living, in 1820, on the road that leads east from G. B. Sutton's, within the present town of Newark Valley.
22. John Belden lived in a log house on the southeast corner of lot 102, very near the remains of a small house in which Joel Shaw once lived. He left town in a few years, and little is known of his family. One of his children was born 28 April, 1820.
23. Jacob Remele, a shoemaker, lived on the east bank of the creek, south of Silk street, in the plank house which Solomon Williams built, east of the site of the grist-mill, and which was burned 5 Jan., 1871, then the home of Sarah Jones and her sister, Susanna Jones. He was son of Jacob Remele, of Stockbridge, Mass., where he was baptized 6 July, 1785. It is not known when he left town, nor to what place he went. One of his chil- dren was born 25 Jan., 1814; one was drowned 10, May, 1815, (a young girl having tried to cross the creek on a single pole with the child on her back); two were pupils, in the summer of 1818, in the school at the head of Silk street; another was born 10 Nov., 1820 ; while the census seems to show two sons and three daughters, all under ten years of age, in Dec., 1820, yet no one has yet been found to remember any name of wife or child.
26. Charles Brown lived on the west side of the road, on the northwest quarter of lot 140, a little north of the end of the hill road. He died there, 23 July, 1827, aged 46 years. His wife. Sally S. Brown, died there 22 May, 1826, aged 43 years. It is said that he was not akin to the Browns who dwelt further up
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the creek. They had two sons and a daughter, who went west after their parents died.
27. Elijah Walter lived on the east side of the road, on lot 140. northwest quarter, where Elton Cortright now dwells. He had formerly lived in Norfolk, Conn. He married with Mary Scran- ton Field. He was a deacon of the Congregational church of West Newark. He died 10 Nov., 1836, aged 79. She died 29 Dec., 1841, aged 78 years.
28. Benjamin Walter lived on the west side of the road, a little above his father, Elijah Walter, on the same lot. He mar- ried with Almira Brown, daughter of John Brown. She died 4 Jan., 1844, in her 47th year. He married (2d) with Repina Rich, daughter of David Rich, of Caroline. She died 22 March, I849, aged 54 years. He married (3d) 17 July, 1851, with Nancy Seymour, who was born at Whitney's Point, N. Y., 7 April, 1803. daughter of John and Sarah (Stoddard) Seymour. Previous to his third marriage he removed to the village of Newark Valley; and in 1866, went to Pulkton. Ottawa Co., Mich., where he died 22 Feb., 1868, in his 73d year. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, with piety of such a high order that no church could be found sufficiently sound on the questions of slavery and temperance, to warrant him in becoming one of its members. He had by his first wife one daughter, Mary.
29. Ethan Brown lived on lot 14r, on the west side of the road, where Joshua Carpenter now lives. He was born about 1791, son of John Brown. He married with Nancy M. Wilmarth, daughter of Benjamin and Susanna (Capron) Wilmarth. She died I May, 1868, aged 79 years ; he died 30 May, 1873, aged 82 years. Their children were: John, George, Maria, Susan, Caroline.
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30. John Brown lived on the west side of the road a little above his son John Brown, and on the same lot. He came there from Stockbridge about ISIS, with his wife Esther and a few of his fourteen children. His wife died on that place. He was a stone-cutter, and in the latter part of his life, not always quite sound mentally, spent much of his time away from home. He is said to have died at. Palmyra, N. Y., where he was cutting stone to be used in building locks on the Erie canal, and was buried there by the Free Masons, of which order he was an enthusiastic member : and it is further said that they protected his grave by an iron railing. Several of his children died in New England : some married and remained there ; among others were :
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Ethan, mentioned above, No. 29. John.
Almira, m with Benjamin Walter, No. 28.
Henrietta, the youngest, b 25 June. 1806, m with Horace Rich. ardson, and died in Candor, 22 May, IS81.
31. Luke McMaster, a laborer, married with Lucinda Williams. a half-sister of Enoch Slosson Williams, and had several children. There is no evidence yet found that he ever owned a home ; and his house at this time has not been identified, though he probably worked for one of the Browns, and lived in one of their log houses. A few years later he lived in the old house of Enoch S. Williams. on top of the hill, south of the present home of Frank- lin G. Dean. Some of his children were born, --- , S Aug., 1820. which probably died young ; --- , 15 Sept., 1821, and this may have been Miriam, who is said to have died of whooping- cough, about 1828 or 1829.
32. Teunis Decker lived on the cast side of the road, on lot 180. about twenty rods north of where William Watkins now lives. He was a blacksmith, and probably came there about 1818. He married with Susanna (Capron) Wilmarth, widow of Benjamin. Wilmarth, and daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Foster) Capron, of Attleborough, Mass., where she was born 29 June, 1765. He died IS Dec., 1839, in his 74th year. She died 6 Oct., IS52.
33. Alexander Foster Wilmarth lived in the same framed house with his mother and step-father, Teunis Decker, on lot 18o. They had built this house since they settled on the lot in 1816, which had then no building except a log cabin which had been built for a shop for " shingle. weaving." He was born at Stockbridge, Mass., 4 Sept., 1793, son of Benjamin and Susanna (Capron) Wil- marth, and married with Electa Tracy. He died 5 May, 1822. His children were :
I. James Otis, b 2 Nov., 1820, died [ July, 1821.
II. Nancy M., b 31 Dec., 1821, m with William Watkins, and still lives on her father's homestead. Mr. Wilmarth had two sisters, Susanna, who m with Charles DeLand, a clergyman of the Bap- tist church, and settled at Lodi, N. Y., and Nancy M., who mar- ried with Ethan Brown, and his elder half-brother, Benjamin, afterward lived in Newark Valley.
34. William Richardson lived on the west side of the road, on lot 18t, where Monroe Barrett now lives. He was born in Attle- borough, Mass., 6 April, 1770, son of Vinton and Abigail (White) Richardson; not as stated in the Richardson memorial, p. 294.
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He married 23 March, 1797, with Milla Capron, who was born in Attleborough,. 23 April, 1779; daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Foster) Capron. See the Capron Genealogy, p. 135. Her name was, perhaps, a contraction of Melicent. She died I Nov., 1848, in her 70th year. He died 17 Sept., 1861, aged 91 years and 5 months. Their children were all born in Attleborough, except the youngest.
I. William, b 4 June, 1798, ; died 13 July, 1854.
11. Milla Capron, b 29 Nov., 1799, m with William Solomon Lawrence, and died 25 Jan., 1835. One of her daughters, Mrs. ยท D. J. Borthwick, still resides in West Newark.
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