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Stonington. 4. James, unmarried. 5. Benja- min, see forward. 6. Philena, married Joseph Minor, of Groton. 7. Sarah, married Benja- min Brown. 8. Abigail, unmarried.
(III) Benjamin, youngest son of John, of Groton, and Sarah ( Holmes) Walworth, was born at Groton, Connecticut, November II, 1746. He was a hatter in early life and worked at that trade at Poughkeepsie and in Minisink, Orange county, New York. He was a merchant later at Nine Partners in com- pany with Philip Hart, of Troy. He also had a store at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer county. He later sold his interest and settled on a farm in Norwich. In 1792 he removed to Hoosick, New York, where he was both farmer and mill owner, and where he was killed by his horse, February 26, 1812. He is buried in Union cemetery, Hoosick Falls. He had a revolutionary career as quartermaster of Colo- nel Nichol's New York regiment. He was engaged at the battle of White Plains, where he served as adjutant to Colonel Nichol. In 1782 he married Apphia Hyde, of Bozrah, Connecticut, widow of Captain Samuel Car- dell, a learned grammarian and author of "Jack Halyard the Sailor Boy." She was a daughter of Rev. Jedediah Hyde, great grand- son of William Hyde, one of the original pro- prietors of Norwich, Connecticut. Her mo- ther was Jerusha, granddaughter of the first John Tracy who married Mary Winslow, daughter of John and Mary (Chilton) Wins- low, who came over in the "Fortune," 1621, the latter in the "Mayflower," 1620. Children of Benjamin and Apphia (Hyde) Walworth : 1. Rosamond, married (first) Oliver Barbour, (second) Benjamin Randall. 2. John, entered the United States army and was captain of the Sixth Regiment United States Infantry and was at the battles of Little York and Fort George in Canada during the war of 1812-14, where he was wounded; General Pike was killed at his side during the first battle; he attained the rank of major ; married (first) Sarah, daughter of Colonel Jonas Si- monds, of the army, no issue; married (sec- ond) Catherine M., daughter of Judge Wil- liam Bailey, of Plattsburgh. 3. James Clinton, removed to Otsego, where for twenty years he was judge of the county court; married (first) Helen Talcott, daughter of Deacon Andrew Sill, of Burlington, New York; (sec- ond) Maria M. Haynes, a descendant in the seventh generation of Jonathan Haynes, the first of Newbury, Massachusetts, who came from England in 1635. 4. Reuben Hyde, of later mention. 5. Sarah Dunn, married Field Dailee. 6. Benjamin, was a physician and surgeon of Hoosick and Fredonia, New York,
and for many years one of the judges of the court of common pleas of Chautauqua county, New York; married Charlotte Eddy, of Hoo- sick. 7. Apphia, married David J. Mattison, of Arlington, Vermont, and later a farmer of Fredonia, New York. 8. Jedediah, a lawyer, unmarried. 9. Hiram, who though a mere boy was in the battle of Plattsburgh in the war of 1812, being one of Captain Allen's com- pany of volunteers. He married Delia Ara- bella, daughter of Judge Jonathan Griffin, of Plattsburgh, New York ; he was assistant reg- ister of the United States court of chancery succeeding his brother, Major John. 10. Ann Eliza, married Charles Theodore Platt, then a midshipman, afterward a master and com- mander in the United States navy ; it was said at his burial service, "Under any other gov- ernment upon the globe an Admiral's insignia instead of a commander's, would have been borne upon his coffin."
(IV) Reuben Hyde, third son of Benjamin and Apphia (Hyde) Walworth, is known as the last chancellor of the state of New York. He was born at Bozrah, Connecticut, October 26, 1788, where the first four years of his life were passed, and died at Saratoga Springs, New York, November 28, 1867. He re- ceived his early education in the schools of Hoosick, New York, and where the greater part of his childhood was spent. He began his law studies at Troy, New York, in De- cember, 1806, in the office of John Russell, a noted practitioner of his day. In 1810 he was admitted to the New York bar and began practice in Plattsburgh at once. During the next thirteen years he was successively justice of the peace, master in chancery, supreme court commissioner, colonel of militia and member of congress. In April, 1823, he was appointed circuit judge of the fourth judicial district of the state of New York, and in October of that year removed his residence from Plattsburgh to Albany, where he resided several years, when he removed to Saratoga Springs. He held the office of circuit judge for five years, and in April, 1828, was ap- pointed chancellor of the state of New York. During the war of 1812-14 he was in the United States military service. He was aid to Major General Mooers at the invasion of Plattsburgh by the British army in September, 1814, and at the battles of September 6 and II was acting as adjutant general. In 1844- 45 he was appointed by President Tyler to the high office of justice of the supreme court of the United States, but the nomination was opposed by several senators, principally by Henry Clay, and the appointment was recalled, Samuel Nelson being substituted and con-
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firmed. In the general election of 1848 he was the Democratic candidate for governor of New York, but was defeated by the defection of Martin Van Buren and other "Free Soilers" from the party. At the breaking out of the civil war Chancellor Walworth, although strongly loyal to the Union, was an earnest advocate of conciliation and a prominent dele- gate to the so-called peace convention. A speech of his, made on that occasion, was spread throughout the Union. His appeal may have been hopeless and perhaps inopportune, but it was a most touching appeal for peace, and does credit to his humanity and kindliness of spirit. As a jurist he was of the most painstaking and just type as the law reports of his decisions attest. He had literary geni- us of the highest order and left many writings of value to posterity.
He married (first) January 16, 1812, Maria Ketchum Averill, born December 31, 1795, at Plattsburgh, died at Saratoga Springs, April 24, 1847, daughter and eldest child of Nathan and Mary (Ketchum) Averill. She was a descendant of William Averill, the first who came from Milford Haven, Wales, and settled in Topsfield, Massachusetts, through his son, Isaac Averill, of Kent, Connecticut, who was born about 1685. Daniel, son of Isaac Averill, married Lucy Cogswell, of New London, Con- necticut. Children : Nathan, married Rosan- na Noble, of Plattsburgh, New York, maternal aunt of Rev. Jeremiah Day, a president of Yale College. Nathan (2), son of Nathan and Rosanna (Noble) Averill, married, and among his children was Maria 'Ketchum Averill, first wife of Chancellor Walworth. He married (second) April 16, 1851, Sarah Ellen, youngest daughter of Horace Smith, of Locust Grove, Kentucky, and widow of Col- onel John J. Hardin, killed February 23, 1847, at the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico. She survived the chancellor several years, dying at Saratoga Springs, July 15, 1874. Children by first marriage: 1. Mary Elizabeth, mar- ried Edgar Jenkins (see Jenkins IV). 2. Sarah, married John Mason Davison, of Sar- atoga Springs, ex-register of court of chan- cery, president and general superintendent of the Saratoga & Whitehall Railroad Company. 3. Ann Eliza, married Rev. J. Eleazer Trum- bull Backus, D. D., LL. D., a descendant of Lieutenant William Backus, one of the thirty- five organized proprietors of Norwich, Con- necticut. 4. Rev. Clarence A., LL. D., entered the priesthood of the Roman Catholic church and spent seventeen years in "Missions" in England and the United States; in 1866 he became rector of St. Mary's parish, Albany ; he received the degree of LL. D., from the
Regents of the University of the State of New York, July 6, 1887; he is the author of many published works, various sermons and articles contributed to the periodical and daily press ; previous to entering the priesthood he grad- uated from Union College, studied law and was admitted to the New York bar. 5. Mans- field Tracy, graduated from Union College and was a lawyer, as well as a novelist of high repute; his wife, Ellen Hardin, was an active member of the Saratoga board of edu- cation and served for many years as trustee of the Saratoga Monument Association ; to her judgment, zeal and energy the public are in- debted for the many memorial tablets with which the battle ground from Bemis Heights to Schuylerville has been enriched and illus- trated; she is the author of "Battles of Sara- toga," including a guide to the battle ground, with maps and a history of the Monument Association. 6. Frances De Lord, died in childhood. By his second marriage Chancellor Walworth had one child: Reuben Hyde (2), died in infancy. By her marriage with Col- onel Hardin, Mrs. Sarah Ellen (Smith-Har- din) Walworth had : 1. Ellen, married Mans- field Tracy Walworth, fifth child of her step- father. 2. Martin D., graduate of West Point, lieutenant in the United States army, 1860; colonel of volunteers in 1862; was dangerous- ly wounded at Second Bull Run, was in the Peninsula battles of 1862, Gettysburg, 1863, and retired at the end of the war. 3. Lemuel Smith, lawyer and journalist of New York City. 4. Elizabeth, died in infancy.
"Some account of the ancient
SPICER family of Spicers taken from an original manuscript extracted from a chronological description of the county of Devon written by Tristram Risden, gent., of Winscott Devon A. D., 1714 (page 650, appendex II)."
"Three brothers of this name (Spicer) who were of an honorable family in Normandy came over as gentleman volunteers with Wil- liam the Conqueror. The first settled in Dev- onshire, the second in Warwickshire, the third in Kent; the two former still remain in the said country. Of the state of which family an abstract is here given from an original MSS., written in the thirty-sixth year of Queen Eliza- beth's reign (1594), which gives an account of them from their first being officers and magis- trates of the honorable city of Exeter, begin- ning with the first year of Edward I. and con- tinuing down in the same family to the seventh Queen Anne which to the present year, 1714, is Four Hundred and forty-one years, of which time there have been twelve Mayors of the city of Exeter of this name, and the particular time of each as hereafter mentioned. T'is ob- servable that few families can show such a
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precedence of the office of Mayor of so an- cient and honorable city, continuing for so long a course of years, their estate being also equiv- alent to their antiquity-they having also be- stowed a considerable one on the Chamber of Exeter to uphold its grandeur. Their arms are here represented: 'Partie per pale, Mars at Sa- turn; in bende, three turrets of the soune co- tyzed and a border grayley ermyb.' Motto :
'Fortessimus qui se.'" Abstract of a manil- script of 1594 as given by Tristram Risden, 1714: "In the reign of King Edward III. John Spicer by sundry times Mayor of the city of Exeter and in the third year of his Mayoralty, being the thirty-first of the said year of the King's reign anno, 1357, he received private letters from the king and also a commission under the great seal of England dated the 25th of March and directed thus: To our loving the Mayor of our honorable city of Exeter, for three ships to be provided and sent unto him and to be well and thoroughally appointed, to the ears and for the defense of the realm against the French King, who had then a great fleet and navy on the seas of men of war, which thing the Mayor with all celerity performed and in the year following he also being Mayor, the Prince called the Black Prince came from out of France and brought him prisoner. 'King John of France' whom he had taken a little while before at Poicturs. He landed at Ply- mouth and came to this city, whom the Mayor received and the king his prisoner with all the honor he could and entertained him most bounti- fully and after the best manner he might, which the Prince did not only thankfully receive, but he made also his father acquainted with the same, who sendest back his commendation unto the said Mayor." "The family of Spicer in the times of Edward I., II. and III. were officers and magistrates and were then considered for their many and gentlemanly like qualities and virtues, for in those days such men, for their wisdom and not their wealth, were magistrates and governors of the city and in all places of trust."
Mayors of the city of Exeter of the name of Spicer:
John Spicer in the first year of King Edward I., 1273. John Spicer in the twenty-sixth year of King Edward III., 1352. John Spicer in the twenty-seventh year of King Edward III., 1353. John Spicer in the thirtieth year of King Ed- ward III., 1356. John Spicer in the thirty-second year of King Edward III., 1358. John Spicer in the thirty-third year of King Edward III., 1359. Nicholas Spicer in the thirty-fourth year of Queen Elizabeth, 1592. Thomas Spicer in the thirty-fifth year of Queen Elizabeth, 1593. Nicholas Spicer in the forty-fifth year of Queen Elizabeth, 1603. Nicholas Spicer in the fifth year of King Charles I., 1629. Nicholas Spicer in the twentieth year of King Charles I., 1644. Edward Spicer in the seventh year of Queen Anne, 1708.
William Spicer, born in 1688, will dated 1762, was a master in chancery, died unmar- ried. His sister was his heir-at-law, but he left large fortunes to the two grandsons of his brother Edward, of whom William Spi- cer, of Wear House in the county of Devon, sometime member of parliament for the city
of Exeter and high sheriff for the county in 1764, was baptized in 1733, died 1788. He married Elizabeth, second daughter of and co-heir of Francis Parker, of Blagden, uncle of the first Lord Boringden, ancestor of the present Earl of Morley. Elizabeth Spicer, who married James Bruce, of Kennaird, in 1798, was their third daughter, born in 1783, died in 1876, aged ninety-three years. They had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who suc- ceeded her father in 1810. She had one daugh- ter, Elizabeth Mary, Countess of Elgin and Kencardine, who died June 7, 1843.
(I) The New England ancestor of the Spi- cers came to Connecticut, after having first made settlement in Virginia. He settled in Connecticut, in the town of Groton, in the part now known as Ledyard. He was a land- holder there in 1688. He married, in War- wick, December 15, 1670, Mary Bassaker or, as the records have, Mary Busecot, daughter of Peter and Mary (Geer) Busecot. Peter Busecot was a blacksmith and could make better nails and make them quicker than any smith in the colony. He was rather high- spirited in his youth, without much regard of those in authority, but after the settlement of Warwick, Rhode Island, he seems to have set- tled down and was at one time town sergeant. In 1693 he was granted land for his services to the colony and the town of Warwick. Pe- ter Spicer served with the militia of Connecti- cut, in the Pequot war, and received a grant of land at Voluntown for his services. He had sons: Edward, Samuel, Peter, William, Jabesh; daughters : Abigail, Ruth, Hannah, Jane, Mary and Sarah.
(II) Edward, eldest son of Peter and Mary (Bassaker or Busecot) Spicer, was living in 1731, and is thought to have died in 1732-33. He is mentioned frequently in the records of Groton as surveyor of highways, viewer of fences, juryman and committeeman on school lands. In 1718 it was decided that "Edward Spicer shall take care of the youth on the Lord's day." In 1719 he deeded all his lands to his son, only reserving a living for himself and wife. He married Katherine Stone, his cousin, daughter of Hugh and Abigail ( Buse- cot) Stone. Children: Katherine, born Oc- tober 6, 1696. John, see forward; Mary, May 8, 1701 ; Anne, May 28, 1703; Jerusha, August 2, 1706; Abigail, April 8, 1708; Je- mima, April 14, 1710.
(III) John, only son of Edward and Kath- erine (Stone) Spicer, was born January I, 1698, died August 28, 1753. He is mentioned in the Groton records as selectman, lister and surveyor of highways. His will is recorded in Stonington. He married Mary Geer, born
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May 14, 1701, daughter of Robert and Martha (Tyler) Geer. Children: I. Edward, born April 4, 1721, died about 1742 ; was twice mar- ried. 2. John, see forward. 3. Oliver, born May 28, 1726; married, August 5, 1749, Al- thea Allyn. 4. Abigail, born December 16, 1729; married, May 31, 1750, Daniel Geer. 5. Priscilla. 6. Abel, born March 9, 1736; married January 11, 1762, Sarah Allyn.
(IV) John (2), son of John (I) and Mary (Geer) Spicer, was born February 15, 1724, died June 28, 1769. He married Mercy Chap- man, born October 13, 1723, died September 21, 1812, in her eighty-ninth year, daughter of William and Mercy (Stoddard) Chapman. Children : I. Mercy, born August 4, 1745, died December 7, 1745. 2. Mary, January 24, 1747, died January 10, 1750. 3. John, April 20, 1749, died October 8, 1826; served in the revolution ; married, December 29, 1774, Mary Park. 4. Cyrus, see forward. 5. Molly, Jan- uary 27, 1753. 6. Keziah, March 13, 1755. 7. Solomon, October 6, 1757, died October II, 1757. 8. Abel J., June 1, 1762; married, No- vember 13, 1778, Sarah Park ;. he had three wives; he was the father of Park Spicer. 9. Mercy, August 5, 1764; married Joseph Ran- dall. Mercy (Chapman) Spicer survived her husband; she married (second) Daniel Ellis and was left a widow a second time and in destitute circumstances. Her sons, John and Cyrus, entered into an agreement concerning her support which is on record in Groton.
(V) Cyrus, second son and fourth child of John (2) and Mercy (Chapman) Spicer, was born March 13, 1751, died December 1, 1826. He married, July 28, 1771, Mary Eddy, born December 18, 1750, died July 31, 1828, a descendant of Rev. William Eddye, A. M., vicar of Crandpool, England, from 1590 to 1616, through his son, John Eddy, the Ameri- can ancestor, who arrived at Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts, October 29, 1630 (see Eddy V). Children: I. Mary, born March 31, 1773; married Darius Thurber. 2. John, see for- ward. 3. Ruth, born February 28, 1778, died February 18, 1797. 4. Allan, born January I, 1780, died April 10, 1862 ; married, December 31, 1813, Sarah Williams. 5. Cynthia, born March 4, 1782, died May 5, 1811. 6. Cyrus, born June 30, 1784, died January 21, 1853; married Tammie Cross; had eight children. 7. Solomon, born April 5, 1787, died Novem- ber 27, 1820; had a son, Dr. Solomon. 8. Sophia, born January 17, 1792, died January 24, 1854; married Colonel Erastus Geer.
(VI) John (3), eldest son of Cyrus and Mary (Eddy) Spicer, was born June 26, 1775, died April 12, 1842. He married, De- cember 7, 1806, Mary, daughter of Samuel
and Mary (Barnett) Thompson, and grand- daughter of Anthony Thompson. She was. born August 9, 1783, died January 14, 1870. Children, born in Hoosac, New York: I. John Eddy, see forward. 2. Mary Barnett, born March 14, 1809, died August 14, 1863; married Gardner Wood; children: Esther Ann and John G. 3. Caroline Thompson, October 24, 1810, died March 30, 1893; mar- ried Elias Agan; daughter, Lomira, deceased. 4. Louisa Augusta, September 28, 1812, died unmarried February 27, 1870. 5. Cynthia Mi- randa, September 9, 1814, died 1898; married, October 19, 1837, Job Gibbs ; children : Charles N., Mary L., Edmond L., Julia A., Alfred G., Lorenzo J. and James A. 6. Adeline Delia, September 2, 1816, died April 15, 1851 ; mar- ried, 1834, Andrew Wood; children: Clolena Louise, Mary Lovira and Almond. 7. Cor- nelia Thompson, December 21, 1818, died May 4, 1876; married, 1841, Henry Monroe; chil- dren : Marie Antoinette, Anna Mary and Louisa Augusta. 8. Theron Chapman, Au- gust 30, 1820; married, December 12, 1852,. Hannah Anna Robbins ; children : George Al- bert, Mary Isabel, le Grand Theron Chapman,. Victoria Adelaide; he died in Troy, New York, February 14, 1896. 9. Sidney Anthony, January 27, 1822, died May 6, 1877; married Sarah Knibloe; children : Frank Knibloe and Lizzie Sherburn. IO. Alicia Blatchford, March 1, 1824; married (first) September 10, 1849, Bradford K. Hawes; (second) 1874, Abner Durfee.
(VII) John Eddy, eldest child of John (3) and Mary (Thompson) Spicer, was born in Hoosac, New York, September 23, 1807, died in Troy, New York, October 13, 1885. He was for many years engaged in the lumber business, and was a successful man of affairs. He was a Republican in politics, and a Uni- versalist in religious belief. He was the first of his family to settle in Troy, New York. He married, October 20, 1830, Margaret Der- rick, born in Providence, New York, Decem- ber 9, 1806, died in Troy, October 14, 1883, daughter of John Derrick, of Brunswick, New York, and his wife, Sarah (Clawson) Der- rick, born in New York City. Children: I. A son, born 1832, died unnamed. 2. John Derrick; June 26, 1834, died February 17, 1905: married, 1859, Mary Hammond; chil- dren : Lizzie Fitch, born 1858; married George B. Pattison, a lawyer of Troy, New York, and Mary Thompson. 3. Sarah Jane, 1836; unmarried; a resident and highly esteemed® lady of Troy, New York. 4. Mary Louisa,. September 27, 1839, died February 25, 1841. 5. Anna Eliza, March 10, 1846, died March: 22, 1906; unmarried.
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(The Eddy Line).
(I) Rev. William Eddye, A. M., vicar of the church of St. Demstan, of the town of Cranbrook, county of Kent, England, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Eng- land. He married, November 20, 1757, Mary Posten, who died July, 1611. He married (second) in 1614, a widow, Elizabeth Taylor. He had ten children by first marriage and one by second marriage.
(II) John, son of Rev. William Eddye, was born March, 1597, died 1684. He came to America with his brother Samuel in the ship "Handmaid," John Grant, master, arriving at Plymouth, Massachusetts, October 29, 1630, after a stormy voyage of twelve weeks. Prior to 1631-32 he settled at Watertown, Massa- chusetts ; was admitted freeman, September 3, 1634; elected selectman, 1635-36-37. He married (first) Amy ,the mother of his nine children. Married (second) Joan- 11a -, who died August 25. 1683.
(II) Samuel, son of Rev. William Eddye, was born May, 1608, died 1685. He and John Eddy left London, August 16, 1630, and ar- rived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, twelve weeks later. He settled at Plymouth where he became one of the largest landowners, own- ing land also in other towns. In 1631 his as- sessment was one-half that of Captain Stand- ish. On January 1, 1631, he was admitted a freeman and took the oath. His wife Eliza- beth was fined ten shillings for "wringing out" clothes on the Lord's day, which fine was afterwards remitted. In 1660 she was again summoned before the court to answer to the charge of travelling on Sunday from Ply- mouth to Boston. She proved her visit was one of mercy, to visit a sick friend, and the court excused her but she was admonished. Samuel and Elizabeth Eddy had five chil- dren.
(III) Zechariah, son of Samuel and Eliza- beth Eddy, was born 1639, died September 4, 1718. He was a farmer. He resided in Ply- mouth, Middleboro and Swansea. He also learned the trade of shipwright. He married (first) Alice Paddock, May 7, 1663; she was born March 7, 1640, died September 24, 1692; married (second) a widow, Abigail Smith, whose daughter, Bethiah, afterward married Caleb Eddy, son of Zechariah Eddy. He had nine children, all by first wife.
(IV) Obadiah, son of Zechariah and Alice (Paddock) Eddy, was born September 2, 1683. He lived in Swansea, Massachusetts. Married, December 9, 1709, Abigail Devo- tion ; eight children.
(V) Constant, eldest child of Obadiah and Abigail (Devotion) Eddy, was born Septem-
ber 7. 1710, died November 16, 1784. He married, December 16, 1733, Mary Wenslow, born April 26, 1716, died September 7, 1784. Children: I. Devotion, born September 8, 1734, died June 9, 1813, at Partition, New York; he owned privateers in the revolution- ary war; he married Mary Sherman, who lived to be ninety-five years of age; his son Gilbert was a revolutionary soldier and was a general of division in the war of 1812 in New York state; a grandson of Devotion Eddy, Russell, son of Gilbert, was paymaster in the army in 1812; Devotion Eddy was the father of eight children. 2. Silva, February 27, 1736; married, June 4, 1753, Jacob Avery, of Groton; eleven children. 3. Jemima, Oc- tober 13, 1737; married, April 10, 1755, John Slade; five children. 4. Abigail, November 19, 1739; married, August 26, 1762, Rev. Ed- ward Thenber. 5. Tisdall, January 16, 1743; married and had five children. 6. Ruth, July II, 1744; married Simeon Button. 7. Eliza- beth, October 25, 1745; married Ebenezer Winslow. 8. Obadiah, March 21, 1746; mar- ried, June 15, 1769, Lois Palmer ; four chil- dren. 9. Mary, December 16, 1750; married, July 28, 1771, Cyrus Spicer (see Spicer V).
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