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Ira Perrin, 1818-1896.
Asa Perrin, 1816-1888.
Greenfield Perrin, 1763-1854.
Oel Perrin, 1805-1897.
Rev. John Perrin, 1803-1896.
1788-1873 POLYDORE WILLIAMS.
RIVIAN CLEVELAND WILLIAMS
1802-1880
1788-1864 DAVID WILLIA
(CRANDALL) WILLIAMS
MRS. EUNICE C R 1788~187)
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xi. Zeruiah [7], b. Aug. 22, 1808, Roy .; d. May 10, 1871; m. Oliver Ware, and had one dau., Eliza Ann, who d. in youth; res., Pots- dam.
Asa Junior's family Bible is preserved at the old family home- stead, Potsdam.
4. GREENFIELD [6] PERRIN, son of Asa [5], b. Nov. 11, 1763, Woodstock, Conn .; d. June 2, 1854, Roy .; m. June 4, 1792, Northfield, Sally, dau. William and Tamasin (Cady) Ashcraft, b. Dec. 3, 1775, Woodstock, Conn .; d. June 18, 1842, Northfield. In 1786 Greenfield bought of Daniel Tullar 7 T. P., which has remained in the hands of his descendants until the present time, a period of 125 years. It is now owned by Mrs. Ellen I. (Perrin) Green. He brought his bride and her outfit on horseback from Northfield. Their twelve children were evenly divided between sons and daughters. A cut of Mr. Perrin in his old age is found in the group of the Perrin family. He had a strong nature, proof against all ordinary temptations and trials of life. He and other members of his family are buried in Perrin lot, No. 1, on the Taggart farm.
i. William [7], b. Feb. 11, 1793; d. Feb. 13, 1865; m. Nancy Morrill of Rand., b. Aug. 5, 1795; d. Mar., 1860; ch .: (a) Fanny [8], b. Nov. 2, 1816; d. 1885; (b) John [8], b. Mar. 20, 1826; d. 1854; (c) Sarahette [8], b. May 26, 1832; d. July 16, 1905; (e) Gilbert [8], b. May 20, 1835; d. 1854.
ii. Sarepta [7], b. Feb. 7, 1795; d. Aug. 20, 1814, unm.
iii. Orinda [7], b. Apr. 6, 1797; d. Jan. 4, 1878, unm.
iv. Daniel [7], b. Feb. 16, 1799; d. July 19, 1855; m. Sarah Peak of Rand .; b. 1797; d. Dec. 3, 1875; ch .: (a) Walker Horace [8], b. Jan. 8, 1826; d. July 29, 1905; (b) Edwin D. [8], b. 1833; d. Oct. 12, 1856.
v. Finelia [7], b. Apr. 1, 1801; d. July 8, 1864; m. May, 1830, Alfred Converse of Rand., b. Apr. 4, 1795; d. Oct. 20, 1855; ch .: (a) Joseph Greenfield [8], b. Feb. 15, 1831; d. June 14, 1909.
vi. John [7], b. Mar. 8, 1803; d. Aug. 3, 1896; m. (1) Elsie Herrick, who d. Aug. 16, 1869; m. (2) Dec., 1869, Mrs. Emily Buswell of Lebanon, N. H., b. June 18, 1813; d. Sep. 15, 1893; no ch .; clergy- man.
vii. Oel [7], b. May 30, 1805; d. Jan. 30, 1897; m. Sabrina Strong; ch. all b. in Roy .; (a) Sarah E. [8], b. June 21, 1838; d. Jan. 23, 1904; m. John C. Pillsbury; (b) Mary E. [8], b. June 8, 1841; m. James A. Fowler; (c) Annette L. [8], b. May 3, 1846; m. (1) Moses H. West; m. (2) Philander Chase House of Bethel; (d) Susan S. [8], b. Nov. 10, 1847; m. Thomas J. Russ (See) ; (e) Ellen I. [8], b. Mar. 25, 1849; m. Fayette J. Green (See).
viii. Eliza [7], b. June 16, 1807; d. Oct. 21, 1826, unm.
ix. Lucretia [7], b. Mar. 7, 1810; d. Feb. 15, 1895; m. Dec. 3, 1835, James Murch of Lebanon, N. H., who d. July, 1868; one ch., James Perrin [8], b. May 10, 1842, Bethel.
x. Alzina [7], b. May 6, 1812; d. Apr. 29, 1890; m. Jan. 12, 1837, Chester Green of Berkshire, who d. in the fall of 1901; ch .: (a) Evelyn [8], b. Nov. 8, 1840; d. 1909; (b) Columbus [8], b. Apr. 11, 1843; d. Jan., 1862; (c) Clara L. [8], b. Apr. 3, 1847; (d) Adelia [8], b. Mar. 8, 1851; (e) Elsie [8], b. Nov. 11, 1854.
xi. Asa [7], b. Mar. 20, 1816; d. Nov. 30, 1888; m. (1) Hannah, dau. Asa and Hannah Simonds of Roxbury, b. Apr. 25, 1816; d. Sep.
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14, 1860; m. (2) Mary, dau. Benajah and Polly Strong of Rand., b. Feb. 18, 1816; d. Dec. 20, 1883; ch .: Hannah Halina [8], b. July 10, 1844, Roy .; d. Aug. 17, 1859.
xii. Ira [7], b. Jan. 27, 1818; d. May 31, 1896, Roy .; m. Clar- issa Ellis of Bethel, b. Apr., 1815; d. Oct. 15, 1865; m. (2) 1869, Mrs. Weltha Holden of Roxbury, who d. Mar. 10, 1899; both bur. E. Bethel; one ch., Lilla Clara [8], b. 1856; d. Nov. 14, 1859. Lived on the home farm with Asa most of his life, but spent a few years in Bethel.
PHELPS FAMILY.
JOEL NELSON [4] PHELPS (Alexander Steele [3], Alex. [2], Capt. Bissell [1]), b. Sep. 8, 1845, Waitsfield; m. Feb. 6, 1879, W. Hartford, Alice Phinette, dau. Levi and Mary Ransom (Perry) Hazen, b. Aug. 25, 1854, Pomfret. Mr. Phelps rem. from Sharon to Roy. in 1876, and bought the Alonzo Bur- gess farm where Adrian Hatch had lived. He sold this and pur- chased the Lewis Skinner place, which he sold in 1910, and moved to Roy. village into the Jacob Collamer house. He res. twenty years in Sharon. He was deacon of the Cong'l church there, and was elected deacon of the S. Roy. Cong'l church in 1909. He was deeply interested in the establishment of a graded school at S. Royalton, and worked for its interests. Mrs. Phelps is open-handed and hearted. When interviewed for data, she was found feeding a tramp on the fat of the land.
i. Mary Laura, b. Nov. 21, 1881, Roy .; m. Mar. 18, 1903, Ar- thur, son Luman and Ellen (Bankman) Dings, b. 1871, Middlebury, N. Y .; ch .: (a) Nelson Luman, b. Jan. 1, 1904, Roy .; (b) Minton, b. Jan. 31, 1909, W. Brookfield, Mass .; present res., S. Roy. on a farm; grad. S. Roy. high school, 1899. ii. John Edson, b. July 31, 1883, Roy .; m. Feb. 18, 1909, May Bessie, dau. Oren R. and S. Maria (Whitney) Russ, b. May 6, 1886, Bethel; one ch., Paul Henry, b. May 9, 1910, S. Roy. John E. grad. S. Roy. high school, 1901, his wife, 1905; merchant and plumber in S. Roy.
iii. Edwin Hazen, b. Nov. 3, 1892, Roy .; senior in S. Roy. high school.
PIERCE FAMILY.
1. NATHANIEL [6] PIERCE (Nathaniel [5], Timothy [4], Thomas [3], Thomas [2], Thomas [1]), b. Mar. 19, 1727, Pomfret, Conn .; d. July 13, 1808, Roy .; m. Sep. 24, 1754, Pris- cilla Shepard, b. 1734; d. Nov. 10, 1827, Roy. According to family traditions Nathaniel came to Royalton in 1781. His first deed bears date of Feb. 6, 1783, when he bought M. 5 L. A., 140 acres of Nathan Morgan. Before 1800 he had deeded to Bestor and Isaac each 40 acres of this land, and to Willard, 30 acres. Isaac later had the larger part of the farm, and gave security for support of parents. The ages of the children are not all known.
2. i. Willard [7], b. Jan. 28, 1762.
* ii. Lucy [7], b. 1763; m. Dr. Phineas Parkhurst.
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iii. Caleb [7], a physician, who lived and died in Canaan,
N. H.
* iv. Priscilla [7], m. Dr. Standish Day.
v. Bestor [7], listed first in 1795; m. (1) May 21, 1795, Lois Stevens, b. 1779; d. Mar. 12, 1796; bur. S. Roy. Cem .; m. (2) abt. 1798, Sally Burroughs. Bestor was among the crowd of land buyers who went to Potsdam, N. Y., in 1804. Ch .: (a) Lois [8], m. John Judd; (b) Caleb [8], b. Aug. 6, 1799, Roy .; d. June 14, 1887, Madrid, N. Y .; grad. of Castleton Med. Coll., 1842; received honorary degree of M. D. from Dartmouth, 1872; (c) Collins [8], b. 1801; d. abt. 1840; (d) Minerva [8], b. 1804, Roy .; d. 1855; m. Silas H. Clark; (e) Laura [8], b. 1806, Potsdam. Bestor m. the third time and had two ch.
vi. Isaac [7], first listed in 1797; m. Dec. 22, 1796, Mary, dau. Asael and Mary (Duty) Smith, b. June 4, 1775. She was sister to Joseph Smith, Sen. He sold the home farm in 1823 to Willis Kins- man of Hanover, N. H., and rem. to Lebanon, N. H. Ch .: (a) Eunice [8], b. Apr. 29, 1799; d. abt. 1826; (b) Miranda [8], b. Jan. 17, 1803; d. abt. 1829; (c) Horace [8], b. June 8, 1805; d. abt. 1877; (d) John Smith, b. Mar. 6, 1807; (e) Susan [8], b. June 20, 1809; (f) Mary M. [8], b. Apr. 25, 1811; (g) Laura [8], b. Feb. 8, 1814; (h) Eliza Ann, [8], b. Sep. 2, 1817-18; d. at about twenty years of age, unm.
2. WILLARD [7] PIERCE, son of Nathaniel [6], b. Jan. 28, 1762, Pomfret, Conn .; d. Nov. 25, 1830, Roy .; m. July 22, 1784, Susannah, dau. Daniel and Lois (Dana) Waldo, b. Mar. 21, 1763, Pomfret, Conn .; d. May 13, 1835, Roy. Willard sold the 30 acres that he had of his father to Isaac, and in 1797 took from him M. 7 L. A., which he sold two years later to Amos Robinson, and may never have lived on it. On May 11, 1811, for $2,000 he purchased of Capt. Gilbert, then in Sharon, what has been known as the Pierce stand and farm of 85 acres, ex- cept the right to dam construction and mill privileges. He had already been living there. He deeded this back to Capt. Gil- bert in 1818, and secured three lots where the store and potash works of Flint had been, which he sold in 1822 to Amasa Dut- ton. He does not again seem to establish a home apart from his son Phineas.
i. Betsey [9], b. Apr. 9, 1785, Roy .; d. Nov. 8, 1786.
3. ii. Phineas [9], b. July 13, 1787.
iii. Albigence [9], b. May 23, 1789; d. Nov. 10, 1873, Roy .; m. (1) June 12, 1813, Lucy Bryant, who d. Feb. 26, 1846; m. (2) Nov. 15, 1848, Mrs. Louise Bryant, b. 1810; d. Sep. 14, 1850; m. (3) Mrs. Ruth Hochstrasser, b. 1810; d. Feb. 28, 1857; m. (4) Mrs. Elizabeth L. (Foster) Bosworth, wid. of David Bosworth of Roy., June 20, 1864; she m. (3) Mar. 23, 1875, Caleb Stevens, son of Caleb and Betsey (Co- burn) Wilson, b. 1806, Pittston, Me .; d. Jan. 12, 1884, Roy .; m. (4) Henry L. Clark; ch .: (a) Nathan Willard [9], b. Aug. 30, 1813; (b) George Bryant [9], b. Aug. 26, 1815; (c) Mary Elizabeth [9], b. Oct. 19, 1819; (d) Albigence Mason, b. Apr. 27, 1823; (e) John Sabin, b. Feb. 2, 1828; grad. from Dartmouth with A. M. degree in 1851; res. 1017 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md .; in business; (f) Lucy Ellen [9], b. June 27, 1831; (g) Maria L. [9], b. July 31, 1850. See Chap. XXVII. for militia service of Dr. Pierce. He practiced his profession in Straf- ford, but returned to S. Roy. and died here.
iv. John Dana [8], b. July 14, 1791; d. Sep. 8, 1872, Strafford; m. abt. 1826, Nancy Fogg of Center Harbor, N. H., who d. June 22,
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1875; ch .: (a) George [9], b. May 4, 1827, Roy .; m. 1856, Sarah Philips of Waterbury, who d. June 23, 1871, Stowe; (b) Lucy Ann [9], b. Jan. 1, 1829, Roy .; m. Ira Morrill of Strafford; (c) Susan [9], b. Feb. 6, 1831; (d) Arthur W. [9], b. Jan. 6, 1833, Hanover, N. H .; m. Jan. 19, 1881, Martha M., dau. James and Merriam (Jackman) Butterfield, b. Sep. 22, 1842, Roxbury; d. July 28, 1897; res. some time in S. Roy .; (e) Susan W. [9], b. Mar. 26, 1836; (f) Arabella B. [9], b. Aug. 20, 1838; (g) Martha M. [9], b. June 15, 1841. John Dana res. in Roy. village for several years, then after an absence of some years returned and lived on a farm in the rear of the Yuran place, then rem. to Strafford. v. Lucy [8], b. Dec. 25, 1793; d. Aug. 30, 1842, New London, N. H .; m. as a third wife, Oct., 1837, Jonathan, son Jona. and Betsey (Sergeant) Herrick, b. Apr. 4, 1786, New London, N. H .; d. May 12, 1847; two daughters and one son.
vi. Betsey [8], b. July 4, 1796; m. (1) Sep. 14, 1824, Car- penter Greenough, who d. 1825; m. (2) May 21, 1829, Joseph L. Dewey, b. Aug. 10, 1789; d. June 30, 1873; ch .: (a) Sarah [9], b. 1831; (b) Joseph W. [9], b. Jan. 14, 1833; a physician, living in Boston in 1882. vii. Priscilla [8], b. Apr. 19, 1799; m. Aug. 25, 1825, Dr. Thomas Whipple of Wentworth, N. H .; ch .: Priscilla, Phebe T., Delia, Celia G., and Edgar; res. Saratoga, N. Y.
viii. Daniel Waldo [8], b. Jan. 20, 1803; d. Feb. 27, 1876, Sharon; m. Dec. 25, 1826, Olive, dau. Timothy and Betsey Hutchinson, b. Dec. 25, 1805, Tunb .; d. Feb. 8, 1876; ch .: (a) Jeannette [9], b. Nov. 18, 1827; (b) Edgar [9], b. Apr. 22, 1830; (c) Helen [9], b. Nov. 22, 1833; (d) Charles [9], b. Apr. 12, 1845. Daniel W. owned different tracts of land in Roy., buying of Lyman Back in 1840. This he sold in 1855, when in Sharon.
Willard Pierce was in the Revolutionary War at the age of sixteen. 3. PHINEAS [8] PIERCE, son of Willard [7], b. July 13, 1787, Roy .; d. Nov. 15, 1875, S. Roy .; m. Sep. 30, 1813, Charlotte Stone, dau. Ebenezer and Charlotte (Stone) Park- hurst, b. May 2, 1792, Roy .; d. Mar. 29, 1869, S. Roy .; both bur. S. Roy. Cem., where his parents and grandparents are buried. His connection with the mills, and his purchase of the Gilbert tavern in 1827 have been noticed. He used machinery for the weaving of fine woolen goods, and his output was of the best quality. He took a more active part in the affairs of the town than his forbears had done. He was selectman in 1835. He was very successful in business, and as early as 1821 he stood fourth in the size of his grand list. His family was character- ized by refinement and intelligence, and highly regarded by all. * i. Charlotte Stone [9], b. Oct. 7, 1814; m. George W. Brad- street.
* ji. Susan W. [9], b. Oct. 9, 1816; m. Horace P. Allen.
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iii. Phineas Dana [9], b. Aug. 3, 1818.
iv. Martha Parkhurst [9], b. Jan. 22, 1820; d. Oct. 1, 1847, Troy, N. Y .; m. Apr. 12, 1842, David Bryan Cox of Troy, N. Y., who d. Sep. 23, 1872; ch .: Charles Henry [10], b. Feb. 1, 1843; d. Aug. 14, 1844, Roy .; Fred B. [10], b. June 3, 1846. * v. Priscilla Whipple [9], b. Apr. 19, 1826; m. Silas Henry Clark.
vi. John Henry [9], b. Aug. 8, 1829; d. Aug. 20, 1842.
vii. Frances Caroline [9], b. Nov. 10, 1831; d. Nov. 24, 1903, Roy., unm. She and her sister Ellen had made their home with Mrs.
BRIDGE AT MOUTH OF FIRST BRANCH.
Phineas Pierce, 1787-1875.
Mrs. Charlotte Stone (Parkhurst) Pierce, 1792-1869.
THE PIERCE TAVERN. The Joseph Haven Place in 1780.
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H. P. Allen for some years, and after the death of Mrs. Allen, they rem. to S. Roy. and bought the William Martin house, which they sold to John B. Durkee and erected a fine residence on a part of the Mrs. Hannah Wallace lot, after the old Benson house was burned. She left a legacy to the S. Roy. Cong'l Church. She was a woman of gentle manners and kindly heart, and was devotedly attached to her sister, who survived her.
viii. Ellen Augusta [9], b. Dec. 8, 1833; res. with her sisters, unm., until the death of Frances C. In 1909 she sold her home in S. Roy. to Mrs. Mary E. Clapp, and rem. to Roy. village with an old friend, Mrs. Robert Lyman. She has been much interested in the History of Royalton, and furnished the greater part of the family record of Nathaniel Pierce.
4. PHINEAS DANA [9] PIERCE, son of Phineas, b. Aug. 3, 1818, Roy .; d. Apr. 17, 1891, Roy .; m. Nov. 29, 1842, Eleanor D., dau. Ambrose and Dolly (Follansbee) Kibbee, b. Feb. 13, 1823, E. Randolph; d. Dec. 29, 1907, Portland, Conn. Phineas D. lived on the home place, and well sustained the high reputation of his father. He was one of the directors of the Roy. Nat. Bank, and was a trusted officer of the town, being selectman in 1869-70. His family was connected with the S. Roy. Cong'l church, and his wife was a faithful teacher in the S. S. She possessed a charming personality, which won her many friends, and her true-heartedness retained them. Her daughters were valuable acquisitions to S. Royalton society, not alone in manners, but in the best qualities of mind and heart.
i. Martha Louisa [10], b. Apr. 8, 1848; m. July 20, 1870, George Henry, son of Rev. William, D. D., and Emily Frances (Tra- velli) Tracy, b. Feb. 18, 1842, Tirumangalam, S. India; grad. from Williams Coll. 1866; taught in O .; principal of Bacon Academy, Col- chester, Conn., twelve years; later in Bristol, Waterbury and Port- land, Conn .; ch .: (a) William Pierce, b. Apr. 12, 1871, S. Roy .; (b) Joseph Henry, b. Dec. 23, 1873, Durham, Conn .; m. Jan. 1, 1906, Georgianna E. Jacobs of Bristol, Conn .; grad. from Yale in 1896; no children.
ii. Lucy Ellen [10], b. Oct. 22, 1852, Roy .; m. July 31, 1878, Jo- seph T. Tracy, brother of her sister's husband, b. Aug. 27, 1844, Tiru- mangalam, S. India; grad. from Williams Coll., 1866; teacher by profes- sion; taught in Williston Seminary, E. Hampton, Mass., Holbrook's Military School, Ossining, N. Y .; principal Goshen, N. Y., schools for fourteen years, twelve years in New York City public schools. Ch .: (a) Eleanor Frances, b. Aug. 19, 1881, Rye, N. Y .; (b) Reginald Pierce, b. June 14, 1885, Goshen, N. Y.
1. JEDEDIAH PIERCE, parentage not known, b. Feb., 1739, Plainfield, Conn .; d. Dec. 31, 1826; m. Susannah Eaton, b. Aug. 24, 1744. Mr. Pierce settled on 19 Dutch, which he bought in September, 1787. Two years later he sold a part of it to his son Joseph, and in 1799 he sold the rest of it to John Root, and bought 100 acres in 53 T. P. He sold one-half of this to Joseph in 1801. He was listed until after 1821. The lists are lost between that date and 1858, so that it cannot be said whether he died here or not. It is a tradition in the family
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that he returned to Conn. If so, he must have made the hard journey when very old.
i. Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1765, Plainfield, Conn., prob .; d. Aug. 7, 1835; m. Feb. 28, 1792, Roxelana, dau. Asa and Olive (Bellows) Perrin, b. Jan. 3, 1766, 'Woodstock, Conn .; ch .: (a) Betsey, b. July 5, 1793; (b) Olive, b. Dec. 23, 1794; (c) Seth, b. Oct. 19, 1796; (d) Lois, b. Dec. 31, 1798; (e) Eaton, b. June 13, 1800; (f) Parnell, b. May 26, 1802; (g) Joseph, b. June 15, 1804; d. July 31, 1825; bur. S. Roy. Cem .; (h) John, b. Apr. 10, 1806; in the Henry Clay publication, Wood- stock, Aug. 26, 1831, was a notice of the death of Abigail, only ch. of John Pierce of Roy .; (i) Susan, b. Feb. 22, 1808. In Aug., 1819, Joseph, Sen., sold his half of the farm in 53 T. P. to Dr. Denison, and seems to have left town. He was listed, but paid no poll tax in 1821.
ii. Esther, b. Nov. 22, 1766; m. a Mr. Tuckerman, and lived in northern Vermont.
iii. Ruth, b. Aug. 23, 1768; m. Ebenezer Cole, and lived in north part of the state.
2. iv. William, b. Sep. 5, 1770.
* v. Lois, b. Sep. 14, 1772; m. Joseph Safford.
vi. Elisha L., b. Nov. 27, 1774; d. Aug. 20, 1835, Roy .; m. Mary, dau. Lot and Hannah (?) Baker, b. Sep. 8, 1775, Cape Cod, Mass .; d. Mar. 27, 1858; ch .: (a) Archie; (b) Edwin, b. Oct. 27, 1800; d. Mar. 28, 1873, Roy .; m. Susan H., dau. Capt. Nathan and Polly (Gifford) Kimball, b. Aug. 1, 1805; d. May 1, 1884; ch .: (i) Stephen Hubbard, b. Oct. 26, 1827; d. 1865, Saratoga, in Civil War; (ii) Mary Maria, b. Aug. 14, 1830; m. Joseph W. Bailey (See); (iii) George Wash., b. Aug. 21, 1836; d. Sep. 27, 1866, unm .; in Civil War, Co. E., 2d Vt. Inft .; m. Nancy M. Holmes and had DeWitt Clinton, b. May 23, 1857, now dead; (c) Stephen, b. 1802; d. Sep. 15, 1823; (d) Mary Marcia, b. 1804; d. Feb. 28, 1826; (e) Susanna, b. Oct. 31, 1806; m. 1829, Wright, son John and Cynthia (Kimball) Gifford, b. 1805; d. 1882; two sons, two daughters; (f) Emily, m. Mr. Rogers; (g) Orpha, b Mar. 1, 1809.
vii. Lucy, b. Dec. 9, 1776; m. Samuel Cole of Morristown, Jan. 25, 1807.
viii. Ebenezer, twin of Lucy; d. Sep. 18, 1853, Roy .; m. Dec. 3, 1801, Roy., Mary Fales (?), b. 1784; d. Mar. 23, 1839; ch .: (a) Hosea, b. Apr. 26, 1808; m. Mar. 18, 1834, Charity Russell; bought the Oel Buck farm in 1830, and sold it to Harry Bingham in 1839, then in Tunb .; later went to Salt Lake City and joined the Mormons; (b) Ebenezer Fales, b. Oct. 16, 1805; d. Jan. 13, 1887, Roy .; m. Betsey Jane, dau. Levi Luce of Stowe, b. Jan. 5, 1822, Rumney, N. H .; d. July 5, 1859; ch .: (i) infant, b. Oct. 21, 1841; (ii) Mary Jane, b. 1847; m. June 25, 1877, Lyman A., son Alvah and Dorothy (Hathaway) Peck, b. 1833, Jay, N. Y .; (iii) Levi Luce, b. 1848; m. May 13, 1871, Sarah, dau. John and Lucy Doyle of Sharon, b. Mar. 14, 1852; d. Jan. 6, 1894, at the hotel in S. Roy .; ch .: Kate, b. Oct. 14, 1873; Lena, b. July 29, 1871; d. Nov. 5, 1875; Jennie L., b. Oct. 1, 1875; (iv) Elbridge Isaac, b. May 9, 1850; d. Mar. 25, 1898, Bethel; m. Dec. 24, 1874, Josephine J., dau. Joseph W. and Mandana (Roberts) Waldo, b. Apr. 1, 1856, Roy .; she m. (2) 1900, John S., son John and Harriet Ryan of Bethel; no ch. that lived; one adopted, Dec. 1, 1886, Lena Ann, b. Apr. 9, 1884; (v) Franklin Ebenezer, b. 1851; m. Jan. 31, 1873, Addie J., dau. Arunah K. and Julia (Kenworthy) Woodward, b. Feb. 24, 1852; d. Feb. 2, 1896; ch .: infant, b. Dec. 7, 1880; Walter Arunah, b. May 15, 1882, Roy .; Eunice, b. Ill .; (c) Hiram, b. Apr. 12, 1816; living in Ala. at time of Civil War; m. and had ch .; (d) Mary Maria, b. Feb. 5, 1821; m. Mr. Tracy; res., Lowell, Mass., at one time; one dau., Belle.
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ix. Jedediah, b. Feb. 4, 1779; d. Sep. 2 or 3, 1798.
x. Eaton, b. Apr. 22, 1781; d. Aug. 9, 1798.
xi. Susannah, b. Mar. 29, 1783; d. June 23, 1831.
xii. Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1787.
2. WILLIAM PIERCE, son of Jedediah, b. Sep. 5, 1770, Plainfield, Conn., prob .; d. July 18, 1854, Roy .; m. Dec. 27, 1796, Hannah, dau. Lot and Hannah Baker, b. Mar. 7, 1777; d. Oct. 3, 1863, Roy .; both bur. Havens Cem. William lived at Havensville, where he had a tannery on the south side of the road, near the brook. His ch. were all b. in Roy. He erected the buildings on the Ransom Roberts farm, and d. there; a Mason and Universalist.
* i. Esther Eaton, b. Jan. 23, 1798; m. Asaph French.
ii. Desire Webster, b. July 6, 1799; d. Oct. 4, 1876, Roy .; unm.
iii. William, Jr., b. Apr. 15, 1801; d. May 27, 1892; m. (1) Orpha B., dau. prob. of Elisha L. and Mary (Baker) Pierce, b. 1809; d. May 8, 1839; m. (2) May 21, 1840, Hartford, Hannah, dau. William Ely and Annie (Briggs) Brockway, b. Nov. 7, 1819, Hartford; d. Nov. 5, 1907, Roy. William and Hannah both bur. Pleasant Hill Cem. Mr. Pierce was an upright man, meriting and receiving the respect of his fellowmen. Ch .: (a) Louis Augustus, b. Aug. 1, 1834, Tunb .; (b) Charles, b. June 4, 1837, Sharon; (c) Perry Fuller, b. Apr. 17, 1841, Roy .; d. May 18, 1864, Fredericksburg, Va .; in Co. K, 4th Regt., Vt. Vols .; (d) Harriet Brockway, b. Aug. 22, 1843, Roy .; m. Nelson M. Grant; res., Stockbridge; (e) William Lyman, b. June 14, 1846, Tunb .; res., Hartford; (f) Orpha Baker, b. Jan. 14, 1849, Hartford; m. E. J. Bent; res., Stockbridge; (g) Esther Eaton, b. Dec. 5, 1851, Hartford; m. Ezra S. Burnham; res., Gaysville; (h) Jennie L., b. May 18, 1853, Hartford; m. Otis L. Abbott; res., Gaysville; (i) Elnora, b. Feb. 14, 1856, Hartford; m. Alva Larned; res., Rutland.
iv. Bestor, b. Jan. 20, 1803; d. Mar. 22, 1887, DeKalb, Ill .; m. June 13, 1839, Sarah Maria, dau. Titus and Irene Shepard of Sharon; ch. all born in Roy .; ch .: (a) Josephine Irene, b. Aug. 12, 1840; (b) Washington Fayette, b. Feb. or Mar. 23, 1843; d. recently; m. and had son, George, who res. DeKalb, and dau., Lena, res. in Chicago; (c) Andrew J., b. Feb. 23, 1845; (d) Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 13, 1848; ch. all m. and all d. except Andrew Jackson; girls left no issue.
3. v. Ira, b. Jan. 20, 1805.
vi. Son, b. Feb. 26, 1807; d. Mar. 8, 1807.
vii. Levi W., b. June 14, 1808, Roy .; d. Aug. 7, 1891, New York; m. (1) Apr. 10, 1836, Maria Bundock; m. (2) name not known; m. (3) 1858, Celia M. -, b. abt. 1820; survived her husband. He had five ch. by his first wife, four dying young; one, Harriet, m. Mr. Patterson, who was connected with the N. Y. Tribune; no ch. by (2); one, Charles, by (3), who d. not long after his father. Levi W. went to New York when a young man; appointed on the city police in 1849; retired on half pay, 1869; noted for courage and faithfulness; keeper in the Tombs; in the Astor place riots he was in charge of a platoon, and was shot twice; prominent in the draft riots; weighed 250 pounds; a noted Whig.
viii. George, b. Apr. 26, 1810; d. July 31, 1846; a mute.
ix. Hannah, b. Apr. 2, 1812; d. Sep. 10, 1847; m. May 22, 1837, Arnold Welch; ch., Henry and George, both in Cleveland, O. X. Charles, b. Apr. 30, 1814; d. West; m. but no ch.
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Harriet Baker, b. Oct. 6, 1816; m. Harvey F. Havens.
xii. Harry, twin of Harriet; d. in Barre; m. Mar. 22, 1838, Abigail M. Parish of Randolph; res. Randolph and Barre; ch .: (a) 58
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infant, b. Oct. 8 or 11, 1839, Rand .; d. Nov. 1, 1839; (Oct. 29, Rand. record) ; (b) Parish, b. May 29, 1841; d. Aug. 12, 1847; (c) Arthur L., b. Oct. 2, 1843; m. and res. St. Louis, Mo .; (d) Harry, b. Sep. 16 or Oct. 8, 1845; d. Aug. 10, 1847; (e) Harry P., b. Jan. 29, 1848; (f) Walter, b. Jan. 21, 1850; (g) Abby, b. Feb. 12, 1852; (h) Agnes, m. and res. in Boston.
xiii. Chester, b. Jan. 2, 1819; d. Oct. 5, 1896, Rochester; m. (1) Oct. 26, 1842, Caroline, dau. Hon. E. D. Briggs of Rochester, who d. 1869; m. (2) Dec. 18, 1883, Ellen L. Ashley; one son by (1), Edward, who has two sons, Leslie and Chester. As a boy he clerked for Geo. Lyman; went to Bethel and entered into partnership with a firm there; sold out and went into business with his father-in-law, and later ran the business alone; sold to his son, Edward. He was active in edu- cational matters, and promoted the graded school system in Rochester; served as town representative and state senator.
3. IRA PIERCE, son of William, b. Jan. 20, 1805, Roy .; d. June 22, 1879, Roy .; m. (1) Oct. 25, 1832, Emily, dau. Titus and Irene Shepard of Sharon, b. Feb. 19, 1809; d. Mar. 20, 1873, Roy .; both bur. Havens Cem .; m. (2) Apr. 25 or 27, 1874, Mrs. Hannah (Jewett) Ashley, dau. Jonathan and Abigail (Bar- low) Jewett of Pittsfield, and wid. of James Madison Ashley, b. 1820. Mr. Pierce was a farmer and carpenter and joiner ; lived in different parts of the town, in 30 Dutch a part of the time; spent his last days with his son Henry.
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