USA > New York > Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume I > Part 62
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96
(VII) Thomas, son of Elijah and Mary Marshall, was born at Nottingham, New Hampshire, or Newburyport, Massachusetts, December 12, 1781, died February 15, 1808. He married, September 4, 1808, Huldah Chase Ayer, born February 6. 1778, died May 21, 1863.
(VIII) Caleb Strong, son of Thomas and Huldah Chase ( Ayer) Marshall, was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts, August 26, 1812, died January 19, 1874. He married, January 1, 1835, Ann Goold Simonds, born June 25, 1813, died March 26, 1877.
(IX) Caroline Augusta, daughter of Caleb Strong and Ann Goold (Simonds) Marshall, born October 31, 1845, married. November 20, 1873, Francis Seaverns (see Severans XI).
(The Chilton Line).
James Chilton, of England, born 1580, came to America with his wife and daughter in the "Mayflower," 1620; signer of the "Compact"; died in Cape Cod Harbor before the landing ; his wife dying a month later.
(II ) Mary, daughter of James Chilton, died May II, 1679. Tradition says that when the "Pilgrims" landed Mary Chilton was the first to step on the shore. She married. 1627. John, brother of Governor Winslow, born April 26. 1597, died 1674. Her will is on file in the probate court of Boston.
(III) Susannah, daughter of John and Mary (Chilton) Winslow, born 1628-29, died 1676-83. Iler father, John Winslow, son of Edward and Magdalen Winslow, was born at Droitwich, Worcestershire, England ; came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the ship "For- tune," 1623: removed to Boston 1657; free- man 1672: brother of Edward Winslow, gov- ernor of the Plymouth Colony (sce Wins- low genealogy in this work). Susannah mar- ried, 1649, Robert Latham, died 1688.
(IV) Sarah, daughter of Robert and Susannah (Winslow) Latham, married John (3) Iloward, born April 20, 1647.
(V) Martha, daughter of John (3) and Sarah (Latham) Howard, died July 14, 1735. She married. February 1, 1688-89, David Per- kins, born 1652, died October 1, 1736. John (3) Howard was a son of John (2) Howard and a grandson of Lieutenant John ( 1) How- ard, born 1625, died 1700.
(VI) Nathan, son of David and Martha (Howard ) Perkins, married. November 9, 1709, Martha, daughter of Soloman Leonard.
granddaughter of Solomon Leonard and great-granddaughter of Samuel Leonard.
(VII) James, son of Nathan and Martha (Leonard) Perkins, was born March 5, 1720. He married. 1742, Berthia Dunhan.
(VIII) Deacon James (2), son of James (1) and Berthia (Dunhan) Perkins, was born April 1, 1746, died August 28, 1827. He married, February 14, 1771, Mary Hooper, born 1744, daughter of James and Mary Johnson Hooper. James was the son of John and grandson of William Hooper, born 1617, died December 5, 1678, and Elizabeth Mar- shall, his wife, a daughter of Captain Thomas and Rebecca Marshall.
(IX) Rufus, son of Deacon James (2) and Mary (Hooper) Perkins, was born Septem- ber 3, 1774. He married, 1797, Rebecca Johnson, born 1778.
(X) Maria Sampson, daughter of Rufus and Rebecca (Johnson) Perkins, was born August 30, 1809, died August 30, 1897. He married, March 4. 1833, Rev. John Dowling (see Dowling II).
(The Cooke Line).
Francis Cooke, born 1582, came from England to America with his son John in the "Mayflower," 1620, having been trans- ferred to her from the "Speedwell," in which he originally set sail. His wife, Esther or Hester, is believed to have been born in Canterbury, England, and from there went to Holland. She came to America in the ship "Ann" in 1623 with three children. They were married June 30, 1603. He died April 7. 1663. she surviving him until June 18, 1666.
(II) Jane, daughter of Francis and Esther or Hester Cooke, married, 1628, Experience Mitchell, born 1606, died September 4, 1689 ; came from England in the "Ann," 1623; settled in Duxbury, 1631, afterwards remov- ing to Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
(III) Elizabeth, daughter of Experience and Jane (Cooke) Mitchell, married, Decem- ber 6, 1645. John (2) Washburn, born in England in 1621, came to America with his mother in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann" in 1635, son of John (1) Washburn, born about 1583, came from Evesham, England, to Plym- outh, Massachusetts, in 1632; settled at Dux- bury and afterwards removed to Bridge- water, and whose wife Margaret came later, coming from London in 1635 with their son Jolın.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) and Eliza- beth Mitchell Washburn, was born at Dux- bury, Massachusetts, 1646; served in King Philips War : married. April 16, 1679, Rebecca
309
HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS
Lapham, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Til- den) Lapham; married March 13, 1637.
(V) Rebecca, daughter of John (3) and Rebecca (Lapham) Washburn, married, 1719, Captain David Johnson, son of Captain Isaac Johnson, born 1668, died 1735, married Abi- gail Leavitt.
Captain Isaac Johnson came over from England with his father, Captain John John- son, in 1630, settling at Roxbury; was made a freeman 1635; member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1645; commissioned a captain 1653; captain of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company 1657; was killed December 19, 1675, while leading his company in a charge against the Indians at the Narragansett fort fight. The only entrance to the Indian stronghold was by means of a felled tree, bridging the swamp, over which but one man could pass at a time. Captain Johnson was shot dead on the bridge, while leading his men. His father, Captain John Johnson, came from England with Gov- ernor Winthrop, bringing his wife and son Isaac. He was one of the founders of the first church at Roxbury, 1632; deputy 1634- 48 ; member of Ancient and Honorable Artil- lery Company 1638; held the title of "Sur- veyor General of all ye armies." When Ann Hutchinson was taken into custody, the gen- eral court ordered that the arms of her Rox- bury adherents be delivered to "goodman" Johnson.
(VI) Major Isaac Johnson, son of Captain David and Rebecca (Washburn) Johnson, was born 1721; removed to Hingham and from there to Bridgewater. He was major'of Massachusetts troops, deputy and magistrate. He married, 1744, Mary Willis, born 1725, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Kinsley) Willis, granddaughter of Benjamin and Su- sanna (Whitman) Willis, and great-grand- daughter of Deacon John Willis, born about 1634, an original proprietor and one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, Massachusetts ; held many town offices; deputy or represent- ative from that town for twenty-five years : married Elizabeth Hodgkins.
(VII ) Thomas, son of Major Isaac and Mary (Willis) Johnson, was born in Bridge- water, 1747. He married, 1771, Molly Lathrop, born 1775, a descendant of Mark Lathrop, who settled at Bridgewater as early as 1656. He is supposed to have descended from Rev. John Lathrop. His son, Samuel, born at Bridgewater, died 1724; married, 1682, Sarah Downer. Their son Samuel (2), born 1685, died 1746; married, 1710, Abial Lazell, born 1686. Their son, Major Daniel Lathrop, born 1721, married, 1744, Rhoda
Willis. Their daughter Molly married Thom- as Johnson.
(VIII) Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Molly (Lathrop) Johnson, born 1778, mar- ried, 1797, Rufus Perkins, born 1774.
(IX) Maria Sampson, daughter of Rufus and Rebecca (Johnson) Perkins, married, March 4, 1833, Rev. John Dowling.
(The Bartholomew Line).
Nancy Bartholomew, wife of Francis Seav- erns (see Seaverns X), is a descendant of William (2) Bartholomew, born 1602, died January 18, 1680, son of Willian (1) (1567), son of John (1528), son of John (1506). Wil- liam (2) was born at Burford, Oxfordshire, England. On account of religious persecu- tion he removed to London, where his house became headquarters for all dissenters. He came to Boston, Massachusetts, September 18, 1634, in the ship "Griffith" with Ann Hutchinson and others. He removed to Ips- wich, where he was a special grand juror, 1637, on the jury who tried Ann Hutchinson for heresy. He was representative in 1633- 36-37-38-41-47-50; town clerk 1639; county treasurer 1654-66; established the first public school in Ipswich 1650. The house he built in 1637 was standing until a few years ago. He married Anna Lord, who died January 29, 1682.
(V) Lieutenant William (3), son of Wil- liam (2) and Anna (Lord) Bartholomew, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1640; was at Hatfield, September 19, 1677, and during the Indian raid his daughter, four years of age, was carried off to Canada and was only re- gained by the payment of a ransom of two hundred pounds, May 23, 1678. He removed to Woodstock, Connecticut, 1687 ; was ensign 1689; lieutenant 1691; deputy 1692. He married, December 17, 1663, Mary Johnson, born April 24, 1642, daughter of Captain Isaac Johnson, born 1615, and granddaughter of Captain John Johnson, born 1593, died September 29, 1659.
(VI) Joseph, son of Lieutenant William (3) and 'Mary (Johnson) Bartholomew, was born 1682, died 1697. He married, Novem- ber 12, 1713, Elizabeth, died October 15, 1724, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Cut- ter) Sanger and granddaughter of Richard and Mary (Reynolds) Sanger.
(VII) Corporal Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Elizabeth (Sanger) Bartholomew, was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, Febru- ary 10, 1715; fought at Louisburg, Canada, in Captain Cheney's company, Coloncl Choat's eighth regiment. He married Mary , born 1716.
310
HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS
(VIII) Samuel, son of Corporal Joseph (2) and Mary Bartholomew, was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, 1749, died 1831. He served in the revolution ; at the siege of Bos- ton ; enlisted in 1775 in Captain Noble's com- pany ; Colonel Eaton's regiment ; December of the same year re-enlisted in Colonel Reed's regiment ; served in New York City; May 8, 1777, to May 26, 1777, in Captain Abraham Foot's company ; Colonel Andrew Ward's regiment ; August 4, 1778, to September 12, 1778, in Captain Matthew Brown's company, Colonel Samuel Chapman's regiment ; was engaged under Brigadier-General John Tyler in the attempt to dislodge the British at New- port and was present at the battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778. From January 18, 1781, to December 31, 1781, in Captain Nehe- miah Rice's company, in Fifth Regiment Connecticut Line, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Isaac Sherman ; wintered at Connec- ticut village and engaged in the Yorktown campaign during the following months. He married Susannah Laughlin, born 1762.
(IX) Jedediah, son of Samuel and Susan- nah (Laughlin) Bartholomew, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, April 9, 1786, died December 25, 1829. He married, January 16, 1809, Sally, born December 24, 1786, died December 26, 1849, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Goslee) Shirtleff, who were married April 14, 1785.
(X) Nancy, daughter of Jedediah and Sally (Shirtleff) Bartholomew, was born October 12, 1817, died January 6, 1901. She married, January 1, 1845, Francis Seaverns (see Seaverns X).
(The Goold Line).
Ann Goold (Simonds) Marshall, wife of Caleb Strong Marshall (see Marshall), was a descendant of Robert Goold, born 1640, came from Devonshire, England, in 1664, settled at Hull, Massachusetts. His cousin, Mrs. John Stone, died that same year, child- less, bequeathing him all her property. He married, 1666, Elizabeth, born November 18, 1638, daughter of Benjamin, born 1616, and granddaughter of Edward Bosworth, born about 1594, came to America from England in 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth and Dorcas," with son Benjamin, who settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, removing to Hull in 1660. Edward Bosworth died shortly after his ar- rival and was buried at Boston.
(II) John, son of Robert and Elizabetlı (Bosworth) Goold, was born 1672, died No- vember 16, 1762. He married, January 17, 1698, Lydia Jacobs, born April 18, 1681, died January 8, 1742.
(III) Jacob, son of John and Lydia (Ja- cobs) Goold, died November 16, 1762; was of Weymouth, Massachusetts, and one of the committee appointed to draft resolutions on "No More Tea." He married, October 4, 1744, Deborah Gardner (Sampson), born 1722, died December, 1795.
(IV) Captain Jacob (2), son of Jacob (1) and Deborah Gardner (Sampson) Goold, was born 1755, died March 7, 1816. He was of Weymouth, Massachusetts, and captain of Lexington Alarm Roll of that town, Colonel Benjamin Lincoln's regiment, march from Weymouth and Braintree, April 19, 1775; served eight days; June 23, 1775, signed re- ceipt as captain for twenty canteens for his company's commissary ; August 1, 1775, cap- tain in Colonel William Heath's regiment (36 Regiment Foot) stationed at fort No. 2, Cambridge; commissioned April 27, 1775 ; en- listed May 20, 1779; discharged September 23, 1780; appears on pay roll employed in quartermaster-general's office, Boston, serving sixteen months. He married, April 13, 1775. Lydia Thayer, born March 29, 1752 (see Thayer VI).
(V) Joanna Thayer, daughter of Captain Jacob (2) and Lydia (Thayer) Goold, was born June 28, 1782. She married, December 10, 1800, Shepherd Simonds, born November 18, 1781, died March 22, 1857 (see Simonds VI).
(The Simonds Line).
William Simonds, born about 1612, mar- ried, January 18, 1644, Judith Phippen, died January 3, 1690.
'(II) Benjamin, son of William and Judith (Phippen) Simonds, born March 18, 1654, died September 21, 1726. He married, 1678, Rebecca Tidd, died April, 1713.
(III) John, son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Tidd) Simonds, born March 22, 1685, died June 5, 1721. He married Sarah Johnson, died June 5, 1727.
(IV) Joshua, son of John and Sarah (Jolin- son) Simonds, born November 8, 1718. He married, February 1, 1742, Jerusha Waters.
(V) Josiah, son of Joshua and Jerusha (Waters) Simonds, born April 23, 1749. He married Mary Gibson.
(VI) Shepherd, son of Josiah and Mary (Gibson) Simonds, born November 18, 1781, died March 22, 1857. He married, December 10, 1800, Joanna Thayer Goold (see Goold V).
(VII) Ann Goold, daughter of Shepherd and Joanna Thayer (Goold) Simonds, born June 25, 1813, died March 26, 1877. He married, January 1, 1835, Caleb Strong Mar- shall (see Marshall VIII).
3II
HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS
(VIII) Caroline Augusta, daughter of Caleb Strong and Ann Goold Marshall, mar- ried Francis Seaverns (see Seaverns XI).
(The Thayer Line).
Lydia (Thayer) Goold, wife of Captain Jacob Goold, descends through both maternal and paternal lines from Thomas Thayer, born 1596, died June 2, 1665; came to America from England with his wife, Margery Wheel- er, born 1598, died February 11, 1672; mar- ried April 13, 1618, and son Thomas and wife, Anna, settled at Braintree, Massachu- setts, where he was made a freeman in 1647. In St. Mary's Church at Thornbury, Glouces- tershire, England, the place of his birth, there is a tablet erected to John Thayer. The Thayers were land owners from the time of Edward II. Lydia Thayer also descended from Richard Thayer, born 1601, came to America from Thornbury, England, eleven miles north of Bristol. After the death of his wife Dorothy Mortimore (born 1604, died January 17, 1640; married April 5, 1624), he emigrated with his children to America, set- tling at Boston ; made a freeman in 1640. In 1641 he bought a tract of land from Josias Wampatect Sachem, who lived at Squantum and claimed land as far as Marshfield. Josias being under age, the town objected to the transfer. In 1662 Richard Thayer petitioned the king in favor of his claim, under his deed ; removed to Braintree, Massachusetts, where he died.
(II) Richard (2), son of Richard (1) and Dorothy (Mortimore) Thayer, born February IO, 1624, died August 27, 1695. He married, December 24, 1651, Dorothy Pray, born 1624, died December 11, 1705. He came from Eng- land with his father and in 1679 returned there on business. The inscription on his gravestone in Hancock cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts, reads: "Here Lyes ye body of Richard Thayer senior, aged 71 years dec'd August 27, 1695.'
(III) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) and Dorothy (Pray) Thayer, born August 31, 1655, at Braintree, Massachusetts, died De- cember 4, 1705. He married, July 16, 1679, Rebecca Micall (Mycall), born January 22, 1659, died January 28, 1732. He served in King Philips war under Captain Johnson, May 10, 1675.
(IV) Lieutenant Richard (4), son of Rich- ard (3) and Rebecca (Micall) Thayer, was born January 26, 1685. He married, Febru- ary 6, 1711, Mary White, born September 12, 1690, died 1736. He was in the military service of Massachusetts colony, ranking as lieutenant.
(V) Obadiah, son of Lieutenant Richard (4) and Mary (White) Thayer, was born March 29, 1724, at Braintree, Massachusetts. Served in the revolution under Captain Jacob Goold in 1775. He married his cousin, Joanna Thayer, born May 10, 1728, daughter of Cap- tain Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, son of Thom- as, son of Thomas and Margery Wheeler ; thus uniting the lines of Thomas, 1596, and Richard (1) Thayer, 1601.
(VI) Lydia, daughter of Obadiah and Joanna (Thayer) Thayer, was born March 29, 1752. She married, April 13, 1775, Cap- tain Jacob Goold (see Goold IV).
(VII) Joanna Thayer, daughter of Captain Jacob and Lydia (Thayer) Goold, married Shepherd Simonds (see Simonds VI).
(VIII) Ann Goold, daughter of Shepherd and Joanna Thayer (Goold) Simonds, mar- ried Caleb Strong Marshall.
(IX) Caroline Augusta, daughter of Caleb Strong and Ann (Goold) Marshall, married Francis Seaverns.
(X) Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Fran- cis and Caroline Augusta (Marshall) Seav- erns, married Dr. Joseph Ivimey Dowling. Children : Francis Seaverns, born October 9, 1902, at Albany, New York; Elizabeth Thay- er, born September 26, 1909.
SPALDING
The first known authentic record of the Spalding fam- ily in America appears in a
Virginia state document (senate report) en- titled "Virginia Colonial Records, 1619-1680," published by authority of the state of Vir- ginia. The documents there presented were printed from copies obtained from the public record office of Great Britain and include an account of the history of the Virginia colony. It was in the year 1607 that the first emi- grants to successfully form a permanent colony landed in Virginia. The colony was ruled during the earlier years by laws written in blood, and the colonists suffered an extremity of distress too horrible to be described. Of the thousands of emigrants who had been sent to Virginia at great cost, not one in twenty remained alive in April, 1619, when Sir George Yeardley arrived with commis- sions and instructions "for the better estab- lishment of a commonwealth lieere." The first meeting was held July 30, 1619, more than a year before the "Mayflower," with the Pilgrims on board, sailed on her historic voy- age. Conclusive evidence proves that Edward Spalding came over from England with Sir George Yeardley in 1619 or about that time. There is documentary evidence that Edward Spalding and his family were fully established
312
HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS
in the Virginia colony in 1623, as his name appears in these "Virginia colony records" in "Lists of the Living and the Dead in Vir- ginia February 16, 1623"; under the caption "All James Citie" in list of the living is "Ed- ward Spalding, uxor (wife) Spalding, puer (boy) Spalding, puella (girl) Spalding. The supposition is that Edward and Edmund Spalding, whose names also appear on same lists later, emigrated together from England about 1619; that some years later Edward went to the Massachusetts colony, while Ed- mund joined the Maryland colony under Lord Baltimore and was the progenitor of the "Maryland branch."
Powhatan, the friend of the English, died and on March 22, 1622, the Indians fell upon the settlement and in one hour three hundred and forty-seven persons were massacred. A census was ordered after the massacre and it is in this list that the name of Edward Spald- ing and his family appear. Prior to emigrat- ing to Massachusetts, Edward may have lived a number of years in the Bermuda Islands (then called the Summer Islands), as there seems to be some evidence. The date of his settlement in Braintree, Massachusetts, was about 1634. Here his first wife, Margaret, and his child. Grace, died, and one of his children, Benjamin, was born. He was made a freeman, May 13, 1640, and is named in a petition, October 1, 1645. He is next of men- tion as one of the first proprietors of the town of Chelmsford, as is his son Edward, Junior, and John Spalding. He removed there in 1653, and at the first town meeting held No- vember 22. 1654, was chosen selectman and again in 1656-60-61. He held other offices of trust in the town, and is recorded as one of the proprietors of "Newford," March 12, 1667.
He died February 26, 1670. He married (first) Margaret -, died August 1, 1640. Her children were: John, Edward and Grace. He married (second) Rachel , named in his will. Her children were: Benja- min, of further mention; Joseph, Dinah and Andrew.
(II) Benjamin, son of Edward and Rachel Spalding, was born April 7, 1643, in Brain- tree, Massachusetts, died before 1708. He is not mentioned in his father's will, having al- ready received his share. He purchased a large tract of land in Canterbury, Windham county, Connecticut, later known as Brooklyn. He was made a freeman in 1689. He mar- ried, October 30, 1668, Olive, daughter of Henry Farwell. Children: Sarah, married John Miriam; Edward, of further mention ; Benjamin, married Sarah Hall; Elizabeth,
married Ephraim Wheeler; Mary, married' Isaac Morgan.
(III) Edward (2), son of Benjamin and Olive (Farwell) Spalding, was born June 18, 1672, died November 29, 1740. He inherited the Canterbury homestead of his father, and according to Miss Larned "was the third settler within the present limits of Brook- lyn" and that he bought land there in 1707. He was a member of the first committee of the Religious Society organized in 1731. He married Mary Adams, died September 20, 1754, aged seventy-eight years. His first child was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the others in Canterbury, Connecticut, where he died. Children : Benjamin, married (first) Abigail Wright; (second) Deborah Wheeler ; Elizabeth, married William Darbe; Ephraim, of further mention : Jonathan, mar- ried Eunice Woodward; Ezekiel, married Martha Kimball; Ruth, married John Bacon; Abigail, married Benjamin Douglass ; Eben- ezer, married Mary Fassett; Thomas, mar- ried Abigail Brown; John, served in the war of the revolution as surgeon in Colonel John Durkee's regiment, Twentieth Continental Line, 1776.
(IV) Ephraim, son of Edward (2) and Mary (Adams) Spalding, was born April 3, 1700, in Canterbury, Connecticut, died 1776. He removed to Plainfield, Connecticut, where all his children were born. He married Abi- gail Bullard, of Plainfield, died July, 1789, aged over ninety years. Children: 1. John, married Elizabeth Sanger. 2. Phineas, born March 25, 1726. 3. Reuben, of further men- tion. 4. Lieutenant Josiah, married Priscilla Paine; he was a soldier and a pensioner of the revolution. 5. Sergeant Ezekiel, married Sarah Morgan; served four years in the revolution. 6. Palabah, died at the age of sixteen years. 7. Abigail, married Captain Samuel Hall. 8. Oliver, married (first) Mary Witter; (second) Rebecca Bottom; was a soldier in the "Old French war," and his order book is still preserved; also served in the revolution and was a pensioner. 9. Mary, married John Larabee. 10. Ephraim, mar- ried (first) Esther Snow; (second) Hannah Stowell : was a revolutionary soldier.
(V) Reuben, son of Ephraim and Abigail (Bullard) Spalding, was born in Plainfield, Connecticut, February 26, 1728, died January, 1765, in Tyringham, Massachusetts. After his marriage he settled in Plainfield, Connec- ticut, where he taught school for several years. Then he bought a farm in Tyring- ham, where he died. He married, October 1, 1747, Mary Pierce, born November 15, 1728, died 1826 in Sharon, Vermont, daughter of
313
HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS
Timothy and Mary Pierce. Children : I. Mary, married Ebenezer Parkhurst and re- sided in Sharon, Vermont. 2. Azel, left col- lege to join the revolutionary army, was taken prisoner by the Indians and kept in Canada over a year; finally he made his es- cape and came to Plainfield, Connecticut, where he married Alice Cole, and later moved to Sharon, Vermont. 3. Reuben, of further mention. 4. Pedew, a daughter, died at the age of four years. 5. Phineas, died aged four years.
(VI) Deacon Reuben (2), son of Reuben (1) and Mary (Pierce) Spalding, was born in Tyringham, Massachusetts, December 15, 1758, died September 15, 1849, in Sharon, Vermont. He settled in Sharon when eleven years of age, and took up his residence on the farm that was his home for eighty years. He was a member of the Congregational church sixty-one years, holding the office of deacon forty-two years. For over half a cen- tury he was justice of the peace, and was often called to fill various offices of trust. He had nine sons and three daughters, a circle remaining unbroken until two years before his own death, when his son, Dr. Jason C. Spalding, died. That event called together under the paternal roof the whole family and presented a sight rarely seen. The venerable father stood by the casket and urged upon the living with great fervor of spirit faith- fulness in the service of that God in whom he trusted. He served in the revolution as sergeant of Captain Jesse Safford's company and in Captain Wetherly's company, Colonel Wyman's regiment, Ticonderoga alarm, 1777, serving nine days, also in Captain Lee's com- pany, Rhode Island expedition, 1778. He married, June 21, 1785. Jerusha Carpenter, of Sharon, Vermont, born in Coventry, Connec- ticut, June 24, 1768, died December 7, 1827. Children, all born in Sharon, Vermont: I. Pierce, February 9, 1787, died September 10, 1852 ; married, March 16, 1809, Serepta Vail; children : Caroline, Horatio, Pierce, Charles E. 2. Polly, August 12, 1788; married (first) Benjamin Vail; (second) Oliver Fales. 3. Jolın, January 16, 1790, died April 24, 1870 ; he was a successful merchant of Montpelier, Vermont, until 1840; was seven years treas- urer of the state of Vermont ; was president of the Bank of Montpelier ; president of the Vermont Mutual Insurance Company and as- sistant judge of Washington county court ; he died at Montpelier ; he married Sarah, daugh- ter of Judge Collins ; children: Maria W., Ann E., Charles C., Sarah R., John. 4. James, of further mention. 5. Eunice, Sep- tember 24, 1794, died January 26, 1879; mar-
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.