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He married Nancy Richmond, born in Che- nango county, New York, at Guilford Center, September 27. 1802, died in Coryville. Octo- ber 14, 1887, cousin of the wife of Ira Holmes. She was a Methodist in early life, later an Episcopalian. Her father, Thomas Richmond, was born in Rhode Island, March 12, 1778, died in Smethport, July 2, 1864, a carpenter and farmer. He married Lucy Durand, born in Rhode Island, 1778, died at Latham's NP-9
Bridge, May 12, 1854. Children of Thomas Richmond: 1. Nancy, of previous mention, wife of John Holmes. 2. Seth D., born at Latham's Bridge on the Unadilla road, died at Latham's Corners; married Maria Cornwell ; children: Catherine, married Nelson Green ; Orson; Henry, married Sarah Coon and had : Marion, Leroy, Minnie, Olin and another daughter. 3. Nelson, born at Latham's Bridge ; married Melvina Chapin ; was a busi- ness partner of John Holmes and died in Smethport; children : i. William Henry, mar- ried Nellie Milliken, of Smethport, child, Thomas; ii. Edwin, married Julia Bennett, children : Harry and Rena ; iii. Frank, married Emerett Curtis; iv. George, died young; v. Mary, died young; vi. Emma, married Dr. Myron A. Sprague, deceased ; children : Carl- ton and Rose. Children of John and Nancy Holmes : 1. Lucy, born at Latham's Corners, New York, 1822, died at Coryville, Pennsyl- vania, 1889; married Captain A. C. Cory, an officer of Company I, Fifty-eighth Regiment of Pennsylvania ; he was a printer and published the first newspaper printed in Smethport; later a farmer ; died in Corryville, 1892; chil- dren: i. Orson, born June 13, 1840, married Lucina Tuttle, child, John, born January, 1862; ii. Nancy, died in infancy ; iii. Ella, born April 1, 1858, married Frank Holmes, a farmer of near Rochester, New York, chil- dren : John, Orra, Lucy, Leonard, Homer, de- ceased at age of twelve years. 2. Harriet, born January 7, 1825, at Latham's Corners ; married Byron D. Hamlin, a prominent citizen of Smethport. 3. Ormond A., born July, 1827, at Latham's Corners, a merchant; married Mary A. Scull, both deceased; no issue. 4. Thomas, born 1828, died 1851, unmarried. 5. Maria, of whom further.
(VIII) Maria, youngest daughter of John (2) and Nancy (Richmond) Holmes, was born at Smethport, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1842. She was educated in the public schools, finishing at Smethport Academy, un- der Professor Forest A. Allen. She married (first) January 26, 1859, A. J. Nourse. Chil- dren: 1. Fred H., born in Smethport, Febru- ary 5, 1861, now a farmer and contractor of East Smethport; married Cora, daughter of James H. Stull ; children : Forest, Lavida and Louis. 2. Ormond Grant, born in Smethport, April 15. 1865, a saw mill builder now resid- ing in Tomola, Mississippi; married (first) Mattie Simmons, of Smethport ; child, Aleene.
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born February 6, 1892; married (second) Hannah Conrad, of Grompion Hills, Clear- field county, Pennsylvania, child, Orrene, 1903. 3. Orson Delano, born in Smethport, November 15, 1871, a farmer near Smethport ; married Phoebe Hyde; children: Gladys Marie, born May 30, 1901, and Paul, Septem- ber 9, 1910. Maria Holmes married (second) Egbert P. Carter, born in Victor, Ontario county, New York, April 21, 1826, died in Smethport, April 18, 1904. He was the lead- ing jeweler of Arcade, New York, for thirty- five years, moved to Smethport, October 16, 1882, continuing there in the same business until his death. He was a Democrat in politics and while living in Arcade was prominent in civic affairs. He married (first) Eliza Ann Brooks, who bore him Albert H., deceased, leaving a son Roy, now serving in the United States navy.
Mrs. Maria (Holmes) Carter is very promi- nent in fraternal circles. She is past worthy matron of Phoenix Chapter, No. 15, Order of the Eastern Star ; past noble grand of Ideal Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah; lecturer in the Patrons of Husbandry, belonging to the Mc- Kean county, Pennsylvania, State and National Grange of that order, and is an honorary mem- ber of the Protected Home Circle. She is a writer and speaker of pleasing attainment and a local historian of note. Her history of "Early Days in Mckean County," published in the Bradford Independent in 1911, was val- uable historically and most entertaining. She was baptized in the Episcopal church.
Captain Edward Johnson JOHNSON was born in Canterbury, county Kent, England, son of William (1) Johnson. He came first to Charlestown, Massachusetts, with the first emigrants, returned to England and came again in 1636 or 1637 with wife and seven children. He was an influential man, active in the first church, and captain of the first mili- tary company at Woburn. He married Susan -, and left issue.
(III) William (2), son of Captain Edward Johnson, was baptized at Canterbury, Kent, England, March 22, 1628, or 1629, and came with his parents to New England. He was a military officer of every rank from ensign to major, and prominent in public affairs. He married Esther Wiswall, and had issue.
(IV) William (3), son of William (2)
Johnson, was born February 26, 1656. He married and left issue.
(V) Thomas, son of William (3) Johnson, was born about 1680. He married and had issue including a son, John.
(VI) John, son of Thomas Johnson, born about 1705, married and left issue including a son, Haynes.
(VII) Haynes, son of John Johnson, born about 1743, died in Concord, New Hampshire, September 2, 1775. He was one of the orig- inal grantees of the town of Newbury, Ver- mont. He married Elizabeth Elliot. Chil- dren : Jonathan, married Hannah Sawyer; Jesse, married Elizabeth Sawyer ; Haynes (2), of whom further. Mrs. Elizabeth ( Elliot) Johnson survived her husband, and married (second) Colonel Remembrance Chamberlain, born December 19, 1747, who served in several of the campaigns of the revolution and was colonel of militia. They were the parents of several sons and daughters.
(VIII) Captain Haynes (2) Johnson, son of Haynes (1) Johnson, was born in Newbury, Vermont, August 13, 1775. He moved to Bradford, 1798, where he followed agriculture until his death November 1, 1863. He was a Whig politically, and connected with the Bradford Congregational Church, as was his wife. He married, April 8, 1802, Jane Saw- yer, died May 21, 1869, daughter of Captain Ezekiel Sawyer, born in Rowley, Massachu- setts, May 9, 1743, died January 13, 1817. He settled in Bradford, Vermont, 1795, and mar- ried Mary Payson, who died July 6, 1819. They had three sons and seven daughters, and of the latter: Hannah married Jonathan, Elizabeth married Jesse, and Jane married Haynes (2) Johnson, the three brothers men- tioned above. Children of Captain Haynes (2) Johnson : 1. Ezekiel, of whom further. 2. Mary, born September 26, 1803, twin of Eze- kiel, died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 7, 1844; married, September 2, 1830, William Peters, born December 14, 1803, who married (second) her sister Hannah. Chil- dren : i. William Francis, born 1836, died 1908, a veteran of the civil war, serving four years in a Vermont regiment ; married Mary Burt, who survives him residing in Denver, Colo- rao. ii. Charles Edward, born 1837, died 1902 ; married Lucinda E. Hodgdon, of Pied- mont, New Hampshire, and had: a. Charles Henry, a. real estate agent of Denver, Colo- rado; b. Lily May, a widow since 1905, now
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residing in Burlington, Vermont. iii. Mary Jane, widow of Thomas H. Moore, also resides in Denver. 3. Eliza, born February 18, 1808; married, April 26, 1835, Earl Paine, of Washı- ington, Vermont. Children : i. Haynes J., now a farmer of Vermont. ii. Helen E., died in Washington, Vermont, 1886; married, June 6, 1868, Daniel Grant, died 1874; children : a. Anna Evadne, now of Buffalo, New York; b. Aliza Emma, deceased. 4. Haynes C., born April 4, 1811, died 1882 ; married, February 9, 1843, Harriet, born December 26, 1816, daugh- ter of Captain Israel Willard, of Bradford, Vermont. Children : i. Walter Haynes, born July 15, 1847; married (first) Lizzie Whit- comb, child : a. Mabel Lizzie, born September 7, 1872; married (second) Norton, child: b. Walter. ii. Arthur Franklin, born December 16, 1849; married Carlton ; children: Haynes, a daughter, Carlton and Thomas. 5. Hannah, born October 10, 1813; married William Peters, whose first wife was her sister Mary. Children: i. Henry. now of Boston, Massachusetts. ii. Nellie, deceased at the age of eighteen years. 6. Thomas, born
December 13, 1816; married Harriet Avery, both now deceased. Children: i. Frank, now a lawyer of New York City. ii. Charles, now a furniture dealer in New York. iii. Herbert. T., now a railway mail clerk of Bradford, Vermont. 7. Jane Ann, born February 22, 1819; married Dan W. Shaw, born March 12, 1816, a manufacturer of furniture of North Cambridge, Massachusetts. Children : i. Ella J., born July 19, 1846, died 1902. ii. Emma L., born November 29, 1848, died January 22, 1854. iii. Susie E., born November 30, 1854, died 1905; married, June 4, 1874, George A. Keeler, a hotel proprietor of Boston. iv. Adna B., born December 8, 1858, now a prom- inent business man of Cambridge, Massachu- setts. v. Edward L., born January 24, 1860,
in business with his brother Adna. 8. Clar-
. issa P., born July 18, 1825; married, Novem- ber 10, 1858, John Richardson, of Orford, New Hampshire. Children: i. Clara Alice, died 1897, married Batchelder. ii. John Fred, deceased. iii. Arthur Johnson. 1V. William Martin. v. Emma Louise, married Mr. Batchelder, whose first wife was her deceased sister Clara Alice. 9. Edmund Elliot, born
November 27, 1827; married (first) Mary Smith, child: i. Elizabeth, now living in Penn Yan, New York. He married (second) El- mira -, child : ii. Louise, married Charles
Brook, advertising agent for the Southern Railroad, now living in Washington, D. C. 10. A daughter, died in childhood.
(IX) Ezekiel, son of Captain Haynes (2) Johnson, was born September 26, 1803, died in Bradford, October 9, 1880. He was reared and educated in Bradford, Vermont, and was a farmer all his days, a Republican and an offi- cial member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, February 27, 1827, Nancy Corliss Rogers, born in Newbury, Ver- mont, December 12, 1807, died September 11, 1850 (see Rogers). Children : 1. Mary Eliza- beth, born January 19, 1828, at Bath, New Hampshire; married, at St. Albans, Vermont, December 25, 1849, Hon. Roswell Farnham, born in Boston, Massachusetts, July 28, 1827, an attorney from Bradford, Vermont. He served in the civil war in the First and Twelfth Vermont Regiments, being lieutenant colonel of the latter. In 1868 and 1869 he was state senator, and in 1880 was elected governor of the state of Vermont for two years. Children : i. Charles Cyrus, born May 9, 1864. ii. Flor- ence Mary, October 30, 1866. iii. William Mills, July 5, 1869. 2. Ruth Ann, born Janu- ary 26, 1830, died December 15, 1897; mar- ried, April 11, 1850, Benjamin B. Chadwick, a lumberman of Bradford, who died 1903, no issue. 3. Jane, born January 14, 1832, died February 19, 1834. 4. Nancy Jennie, born April 19, 1835 ; married, March 27, 1856, John H. Ruckel, of Buffalo, New York, their pres- ent home. Children : i. Mary E., born 1859, died January, 1870. ii. Herbert, born 1863, died 1870. iii. Adelaine M., born 1867, died 1907. iv. John B., born in Buffalo, 1868, where he is in business as coppersmith and steam fit- ter, married, but has no children. v. Louise Johnson, born 1872. vi. Ella Shaw, born Oc- tober 31, 1875. vii. Ruth, born 1877; the three last now reside in Buffalo. 5. Harriet, born December 19, 1836, died July 7, 1891 ; married, June 6, 1867, Mortimer Bradley, who died in 1882. Children : i. Jennie Louisa, born June 12, 1868, resides in Kane, Pennsylvania, married - De Golia ; son : Albert Johnson De Golia. ii. Henry Hobart, born April 17, 1870, now a physician on board the English steamer "Verdi" plying between New York and South America; married Nina Tracy, of Buffalo, New York. 6. Ezekiel Thomas, of whom further. 7. William Henry, born at Bradford, Vermont, March 7, 1843; married (first) Virginia, daughter of Dr. W. H. Hart-
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ley, of New York City, child : i. Ann Evadne, born in 1867, married Benjamin L. Love, of Buffalo. He married (second) Mary Adelia Lord, who died at Buffalo, July 27, 1874, leaving an infant son : ii. Harrison Foster. He married (third) Mary Hill, of Buffalo, New York ; children : iii. Roswell Hill, born 1877. iv. Grace Louise, born 1887. v. Paul Rogers, born 1890.
(X) Lieut. Ezekiel Thomas Johnson, son of Ezekiel Johnson, was born in Orange county, Vermont, May 19, 1839. He was educated in the public schools of Bradford, Vermont, and while still a minor entered the offices of the Windsor (Vermont) Journal, where he thoroughly mastered the printer's art as then practiced. He continued working there at the printer's trade until the outbreak of the civil war, except a year and a half spent in Bos- ton. He enlisted as a private August 6, 1862, in Company H, Tenth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, soon afterward being promoted to be corporal. On December 28, 1862, he was promoted to be sergeant; March 4, 1864, to be first sergeant; and December 19, 1864, commissioned second lieutenant of Company E, but for some reason was not mus- tered. On March 22, 1865, he was commis- sioned first lieutenant, Company G, and trans- ferred to Company E, Tenth Vermont. He was a good soldier and saw hard service, the Tenth bearing. the brunt of battle in several hard fought battles, and he was highly rated for bravery and efficiency. Out of one hun- dred and one men who enlisted with Lieuten- ant Johnson, but thirty-five returned to their homes. The Tenth Vermont, with the Four- teenth New Jersey, the One Hundred and Sixth and One Hundred and Fifty-first New York, and the Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania, formed the First Brigade of the Third Divi- sion, Sixth Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Lieutenant Johnson was engaged with his regiment in the following engagements with the enemy: Kelley's Ford, November 7; Orange Grove, November 27; Mine Run, No- vember 30, the Wilderness, May 5 to 8; Spott- sylvania, May 10 to 17; North Anna River,
May 23 to 26; Hanover Court House, May 30; Totopatomy Creek, May 31 ; Cold Harbor, June 1: Cold Harbor, June 3, and 6 to 12; Bermuda Hundred, June 17; Weldon Rail- road, June 22 and 23; Monocacy, July 9, 1864; Petersburg, March 25; Petersburg, April 2; Deatonsville Road, April 6; Sailors Creek,
April 6; Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865. At the battle of Monocacy Junction, Maryland, July 9, 1864, he was in charge of the skirmish line on the north bank of the river, under command of Captain George E. Davis, and performing the duties of second lieutenant, a rank for which he had already been named. Here he was severely wounded by a minie ball, which struck the top of his head, cutting through the scalp and scraping the bone, inflicting an ugly wound. He was in the hospital several months, but finally was so far recovered as to rejoin his regiment, yet in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, in Decem- ber, 1864. He did a soldier's duty and was spared to see the final surrender at Appomat- tox and to march in the grand parade of the victorious army down Pennsylvania avenue in the city of Washington. He was mustered out June 22, 1865, and settled in Buffalo, New York. Later he came to Bradford, Pennsyl- vania, where he is heavily and successfully engaged in the oil business, as president of the Test Oil Company, and in other companies. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been treasurer for many years. He is a member of the Union Veteran Legion and maintains a lively interest in all that concerns his old army comrades.
He married, January 31, 1867, Sophia Lou- isa, daughter of Colonel Jeffrey Amherst Bayley (see Bayley VII). Two children, died in infancy.
(The Rogers Line).
Nancy Corliss (Rogers) Johnson, mother of Lieutenant Ezekiel Thomas Johnson, claimed descent from Rev. Thomas Rogers, "the martyr," some of whose children settled in Wales, where a century later Stephen Rogers was born. He came to America, set- tled in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and later in Hampton, New Hampshire. A descendant of his, bearing the same name, married Mary Nichols, from England, whose forbear was high sheriff of Massachusetts colony. This Stephen Rogers died when a young man, leav- ing a son and daughter, the latter marrying a Morrill.
(I) Lieutenant Josiah Rogers, born about 1747, a descendant of Stephen, was one of the pioneers of the town of Newbury, Vermont. He married Hannah Woodman, of Hampton, whose sister married Deacon William Carter. They were descendants of Hilton Woodman,
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who came to America in 1635. Josiah Rogers came to Newbury, Vermont, probably about 1784, but the first recorded mention of him is in 1785. He settled on what was later known as "Rogers' Hill," where with the aid of his sons he cleared and cultivated a fine farm. His mother came to Newbury with him, and de- spite her dread of the wild surroundings lived to the unusual age of ninety-nine years and eight months, dying in 1816, having survived her husband, who died young, eighty years. Josiah Rogers died in 1816, aged eighty-one years. On his tombstone in the old burial ground on Rogers' Hill he is styled "Lieutenant Josiah Rogers." Children of Lieutenant Jo- siah Rogers: 1. Stephen, born February 5, 1771, lived in Topsham, died in Newbury, Vermont, October 7, 1857; married a Miss Carter. 2. Moses, a tanner and currier, moved to Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where he mar- ried a daughter of Colonel O'Neil, of the British army; both died young. 3. Samuel, of whom further. 4. Levi, born October 12, 1776, died September 22, 1839. 5. Lydia, married John True, a plowmaker, and died at North Haverhill, New Hampshire. 6. Han- nah, married Oliver Barrett (2), and died at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1858. 7. Mary, married James Smith. 8. Ruth, died at the great age of ninety-eight years; married (first) Mr. Ferrin, a school master ; (second) Peter I'ow- ers. 9. Josiah (2). 10. Nancy, married (first) Bliss Corliss, of Corinth; (second) Mr. Eastman. 11. Robert, married, March 19, 1812, Mary, daughter of John Johnson, and settled in the south.
(II) Samuel, son of Lieutenant Josiah and Hannah (Woodman) Rogers, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, February 5, 1773, died in Newbury, Vermont, September 8, 1857. He inherited a part at least of the old home- stead on Rogers' Hill, where for a time he kept a tavern and was active in town affairs, being a strong Whig. He married, in 1799, Ruth Stevens, died January 10, 1864, daugh- ter of Daniel Stevens, of Haverhill, New Hampshire. Children. 1. Josiah W., died February 17, 1846. 2. George, died in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, married Eliza Blake. 3. Harriet, married John Bayley, and died in Buffalo, New York, in 1901, aged ninety- eight years. 4. Samuel Frank, lived at West Topsham, married Augusta Sawyer. 5. Nancy Corliss, married Ezekiel Johnson ( see Johnson IX). 6. Oliver B., married Polly Ann Carle-
ton. 7. Horace G., married Lucy Clapp, and lived in Milton, Massachusetts. 8. Lucia, died 1843, married Michael Carleton, of Hav- erhill. 9. Azro B., born March 28, 1823.
(The Bayley Line (also Balley) ).
Sophia Louisa (Bayley) Johnson descends from John Bayley, a weaver of Chippenham, England, and his wife Eleanor Wright. The two Johns, father and son, sailed for America in the ship "Angel Gabriel," from Bristol, England, June 4, 1635, leaving the wife and mother in England, where she died, never ven- turing across the seas to join her husband. He never dared again to trust himself to the fury of the Atlantic, the "Angel Gabriel" having been wrecked on Pemaquid Island in the great storm of August 14 to 18, 1635. John Bayley (I), after spending two years in Newbury, Massachusetts, moved to what is now Salis- bury, where he is said to have been the first settler. He died there November, 1651. He left issue: John (2), of whom further; Jo- anna, married William Huntington; Robert, remained in England with his mother and one or more sisters.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Bayley, and fellow emigrant to America in 1635, was born in Chippenham, England, 1613, died in Newbury, Massachusetts, 1691. He settled at Newbury, 1650. He married Eleanor Emery. Children : Rebecca, married Isaac Brown; John (3), died aged twenty years ; Sarah, mar- ried Daniel Cheney; Joshua, died young ; Jo- seph, married Prescilla Putnam; Rev. James, graduate of Harvard, minister and physician ; Joshua, died aged eleven years; Isaac, of whom further ; Joshua, married Elizabeth Put- nam; Rachel, married Samuel Poor (2) ; Ju- dith, died young.
(III) Isaac, son of John (2) Bayley, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, July 22, 1654, died April 26, 1740. He married (first) January 13, 1683, Sarah, died April 1, 1694, daughter of John Emory. He married (sec- ond) September 5, 1700, Rebecca Bartlett. Children, all by first wife : Isaac, married Sara Tilcomb, who survived him and married ( sec- ond) Richard Bartlett ; Joshua, of whom fur- ther ; David, married Experience Putnam ; Judith, married James Ordway; Sarah, mar- ried (first) Benjamin Chase, ( second) Richard Carr, as his second wife.
(IV) Joshua, son of Isaac Bayley, was born October 30, 1685, died October 6, 1760, a
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farmer of Newbury, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Sarah, died November 27, 1768, daughter of Stephen and Sarah ( Atkinson) Coffin. Chil- dren: I. Stephen, born March 1, 1708, died July 2, 1797, married Hannah Kelley. 2. Joshua, born 1712, died September 29, 1786, married Elizabeth Morse. 3. Abner, born Jan- uary 15, 1715, died March 10, 1798, married Mary Baldwin. 4. Enoch, born September 10, 1719, died 1757. 5. Sarah, born February 15, 1721, married Edward Tapham. 6. Judith, born February 13, 1724, married Stephen Lit- tle. 7. Abigail, twin of Judith, died February 6, 1815, married Colonel Moses Tuttle. 8. Jacob, of whom further. 9. John, born May 4, 1729, died July 13, 1819.
(V) General Jacob Bayley, son of Joshua Bayley, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, July 1, 1726, died at Newbury, Vermont, March 1, 1816. He settled in Hampstead, New Hampshire, where he raised a company, of which he was captain at the commencement of the French and Indian war in 1756. He was at the capture of Fort William Henry, but escaped massacre and safely reached Fort Edward. He was made colonel by General Amherst, and accompanied him at the taking of Crown Point and Ticonderoga in 1759. In 1763 he obtained a charter for a township of land in Vermont, where he moved 1764. He was there appointed brigadier general by the state of New York ; and by General Washing- ton commissary general of the northern de- partment, a position involving great responsi- bilities and subjecting him to great danger. A reward of five hundred guineas was offered for him dead or alive by the British, and it required constant vigilance to escape the scouts and enemies sent against him. He made a treaty with the St. Francis tribe of Indians, and was held in great respect by them and by the other friendly Indians. By means of these friends and spies he acquired important in- telligence concerning the movements of the British, and rendered great service to his country with purse, pen and sword. He was a factor in the movements that finally penned in Burgoyne, and compelled him to battle at Saratoga and finally to surrender to the vic- torious Americans. Several of his sons also served with him against the English. He held important public offices, besides military. He was delegate to the continental congress of 1777, member of the constitutional convention that drafted a constitution for Vermont in
1777, member of the first council in 1778, member of constitutional convention 1793, judge of probate for Newbury district 1778, and judge of Orange county, Vermont, from 1781 to 1791, excepting the years 1783 and 1784. He has been most justly called the "Father of Newbury," as he was not only an original grantee but a prime factor in its de- velopment. He married, October 16, 1745, Prudence, born April 10, 1725, daughter of Ephraim and Prudence (Stickney) Noyes. Children : 1. Ephraim, born October 5, 1746, dicd July 7, 1825, a revolutionary soldier. 2. Abigail, born January 16, 1749, died young. 3. Noyes, February 16, 1751, died young. 4. Joshua, June II, 1753, died July 3, 1841, a revolutionary officer. 5. Captain Jacob, Oc- tober 2, 1755, died June 28, 1837, a revolu- tionary officer. 6. James, October 1, 1757, died April 19, 1784, a revolutionary soldier, taken prisoner by a party sent to capture his father, carried to Canada and kept until the close of the war. 7. Amherst, January 16, 1760, died January 6, 1783. 8. Abner, Decem- ber 10, 1763, died 1783. 9. John, of whom fur- ther. 10. Isaac, June 28, 1767, died August 30, 1850.
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