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i. Henry, b. Jan. 16, 1834; m. Sep. 25, 1860, Rochester, Mrs. Mary (Tuttle) Remick, dau. Eli and Phebe (Bennett) Tuttle of Tun- bridge, b. Mar. 22, 1830, Newbury; wid. of Henry Remick, b. in Corinth, and d. in Tunb. Mr. Pierce has moved several times, and at present is living at Havensville, near where his ancestor, William, lived. He and his father have been among the most trustworthy citizens of the town, though not participating actively in its affairs. He had no chil- dren, but adopted one child: (a) Charles Henry, b. Mar. 6, 1877; grad. from Royalton Academy; from the U. V. M. in 1904; professor in the Engineering Dept. of his alma mater for a time; at present surveying a water supply for the U. S. Government in the Hawaiian Islands; m. July 3, 1909, Gertrude Ethel, dau. Matthew Samuel and Mary (Baird) Strong, b. July 4, 1882, Fayston; no ch.
ii. Emeroy Desire, b. May 1, 1838; m. Charles, son of Wil- liam Slack of Norwich, b. 1831; son Clarence, m. and had one ch. and lives in Boston; a dau. who m. a Huntly, lives on the old Slack place in Norwich.
PIKE FAMILY.
JAMES PIKE, the son of James, son of Benjamin, son of Joseph of Newbury, Mass., b. Mar. 30, 1813, Mount Vernon, N. H .; d. Jan. 13, 1890, S. Roy .; m. May 9, 1839, Betsey Bates, dau. George W. and Marzilla (Field) Poole, b. Sep. 12, 1818, Easton, Mass .; living with dau. Edna in Winchendon, Mass. Mr. Pike went to Barre with his parents in 1816, where he lived until 1831, when he rem. to Northfield, and in 1834 to N. Chelms- ford, Mass., to work in a machine shop. He returned to North- field in 1849, and rem. to S. Roy. in 1868. He was a wheel- wright and blacksmith, and had a shop near his residence, on
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the opposite side of the road. He always saw the sunny side of life, and was known by his humorous sayings. His native wit was transmitted in large measure to both daughters, but especially to Harriet, Mrs. Sargent. Mrs. Pike in 1909 rode in one day from Winchendon in an auto to S. Roy., and wondered that the younger members of the party were so tired. She has spent her summers in her old home here until 1910. She is now recovering from a severe illness. Mr. Pike is bur. in Northfield.
i. Frank Mahlon, b. Jan. 28, 1841, N. Chelmsford; d. May 3, 1847. *ji. Harriet Lavinia, b. June 19, 1843, N. Chelmsford; m. Mark J. Sargent. iii. Edna Frances, b. May 30, 1852, Northfield; m. Oct. 28, 1880, Ransom D., son Hoburt K. and Susan L. (Hazeltine) Crain, b. 1848, Andover; one son, Ralph Hoburt, b. Dec. 28, 1887, Winchenden, Mass .; Ransom D. is a cashier in a bank in Winchendon; Edna F. was a teacher in the S. Roy. schools several years, and a member of the Cong'l choir.
iv. James Willard, b. Aug. 18, 1854, Northfield; d. Apr. 10, 1894, Phila .; m. Sep., 1882, Ralphene G. Smyth of Philadelphia; no children. v. Charles Henry, b. Sep. 19, 1861, Northfield; d. Dec. 28, 1861.
James Pike was ninth in descent from John, who came to U. S. in 1635.
PINNEY FAMILY.
1. ISAAC PINNEY, parentage unknown, b. Dec. 18, 1758; d. Feb. 15, 1842, Roy .; m. Nov. 21, 1782, Mary, dau. Tilly and Sarah (Shepard) Parkhurst, b. Mar. 15, 1764, Plainfield, Conn .; d. Apr. 25, 1851, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem. Isaac seems to have settled in Roy. about the time of his marriage, though he did not buy land until 1785, when he took a deed of 34 T. P. of Jabez Parkhurst, his brother-in-law.
i. Susan, b. Nov. 23, 1783; d. Jan. 14, 1851; m. July 7, 1803, Caleb, son Nathan (?) Lathrop, who was listed from 1803 to 1808.
ii. Isaac, b. Sep. 10, 1786; d. July 3, 1870, Roy .; m. Roxana Richardson, b. June 10, 1793; d. Oct. 11, 1839; ch .: (a) Susan, b. Mar. 12, 1812; d. May 8, 1861; m. a Wheeler; (b) Isaac S., b. Feb. 15, 1814; d. Feb. 14, 1862; m. Elizabeth Tullar, dau. Martin and Fanny, and had Roxana, b. Jan. 27, 1843; (c) Eliza, b. Feb. 4, 1816; d. Nov. 26, 1850; m. Sep. 25, 1837, William H. Williams; (d) Fordyce, b. Dec. 3, 1817; (e) Columbus, b. Jan. 12, 1821; (f) Charles C., b. Jan. 7, 1826; d. Nov. 4, 1851; (g) Sharlott P., b. Oct. 6, 1829; d. Feb. 1, 1830; (h) Jason A., b. Apr. 11, 1831; d. July 11, 1833; (i) Sharlott A., b. July 28, 1833; d. Aug. 22, 1846.
iii. Mary, b. May 22, 1788; d. Nov., 1871; perhaps the Mary who m. Oct. 14, 1811, Edward Bingham, Jr., of Chittenden Co.
iv. Tilly, b. June 28, 1790; d. Jan. 14, 1854; m. a Lathrop.
* v. Sally, b. Mar. 27, 1792; d. Sep., 1878; m. Noah Dunham.
vi. Dan. b. Apr. 3, 1794; in 1819 he and Jabez rent for three years of Stafford Smith his carding and picking outfit and clothier's shop, and in 1829 they are in Greensboro.
vii. Betsey, b. Mar. 22, 1796.
viii. Jabez, b. Jan. 26, 1798.
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ix. Columbus, b. June 7, 1800.
x. Ziba, b. June 5, 1804.
2. FORDYCE PINNEY, son of Isaac, Jr., b. Dec. 2, 1814; d. Nov. 27, 1884, Roy .; m. (1) June 1, 1842, Dorcas N., dau. Philip and Nancy Walker, b. Dec. 1, 1818, Claremont, N. H .; d. May 14, 1869, Roy .; m. (2) Apr. 21, 1880, Mrs. Lucy A., dau. John Whitcomb of Stockbridge, b. May 19, 1832; d. Apr. 10, 1908, Crawford, Neb .; she had m. (1) Nov., 1859, James E. Whitcomb, who d. Sep., 1875, leaving a dau., Lillian, who m. B. G. Pinney, with whom Mrs. Fordyce Pinney died. Mrs. Fordyce went to Neb. in July, 1889, where she made friends and was highly respected, as she was in this town. In 1864 Fordyce assumed the support of his father, who had cared for Isaac, Sen., in his old age. In 1871 Frank bought of his father the home farm. i. Jason W., b. Mar. 9, 1843; d. Feb. 21, 1873; m. Jan. 1, 1864, Mary, dau. Roswell and Mary Dewey, b. Northfield; ch .: (a) George B., b. Oct. 25, 1864; (b) Dora E., b. 1872; d. Sep. 5, 1894. ii. Isabelle S., b. May 28, 1844; m. (1) Dec. 21, 1865, Fred C., son James McCullough; m. (2) Feb. 11, 1880, John P., son John J. and Catherine M. (Barry) Donovan, b. 1850, Ireland.
iii. Frank Fordyce, b. May 7, 1846; m. Dec. 29, 1866, Celestia, dau. Merrill A. Owen, b. 1846, Bethel; ch .: (a) Fred F., b. Apr. 5, 1868, Bethel; (b) E. A. Everett, b. Sept. 7, 1873; (c) son, b. Oct. 5, 1875, Roy.
iv. Charles W., b. Oct. 30, 1852; d. Dec. 4, 1882; m. Aug. 8, 1877, Carrie J. Heath.
Isaac Pinney, Sen., was a Revolutionary soldier.
PIXLEY FAMILY.
ALBERT B. [6] PIXLEY (William [5], Benjamin [4], William [3], Alexander [2], William [1]), b. May 12, 1830, Sharon ; d. Jan. 20, 1908, Vineland, N. J .; m. (1) Nov. 16, 1854, Lavinia P., dau. Hervey and Sarah Tracy, b. Sep. 30, 1830, Tunbridge; d. June 26, 1900, Tacoma Park, D. C .; m. (2) July, 1902, Ella M., dau. Robert and Prudence Pond, b. Nov. 14, 1867, Vineland, N. J. Mr. Pixley rem. to S. Roy. in 1865 from E. Randolph, and settled on the Daniel Rix farm, now owned by Dom Blake. While in S. Roy. his father, William, came to live with him, and died here Oct. 12, 1878. Mr. Pixley was actively interested in the Grange movement. He rem. to Vine- land about 1881, where he was engaged in the lumber business. He was a respected townsman of Vineland, and in 1898 came within fifteen votes of being elected mayor.
* i. Della M., b. June 26, 1857; m. George H. Cowdery. ii. Lottie M., b. Aug. 20, 1867; m. J. H. Clark of Washing- ton, D. C.
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PLAISTED FAMILY.
WILLIAM PLAISTED, parentage unknown, m. July 16, 1821, Anna, dau. Nathan and Anstross Leonard, b. 1772, Bar- nard; d. Nov. 10, 1882, reaching a full century. The year be- fore he was married Mr. Plaisted bought some land of David Lamphere in 4 L. A. His son William secured his parents a home on Broad Brook where they died, and here Oliver lived alone after the death of his mother. He had a cancer, and suf- fered greatly. A peculiar strain ran through the family, ap- proaching mild insanity with some of them. Oliver was well educated, and had good talents.
i. Fanny, b. Nov. 1, 1822; d. Mar. 27, 1877, unm.
ii. Oliver, b. Sep. 27, 1823; d. Dec. 30, 1881, Roy., unm. From his autobiography which he left one learns that, as a boy, he lived with William Hunting, Amos Robinson of Roy., and Elisha Nye of Barnard, and Amasa Royce of Sharon; that he went to school to E. P. Stevens, Dan. H. Leonard, Joel Ellis, and Ebenezer Cox of Barnard; taught school at the age of 17; went to Mass. and worked for Gen. Thos. Davis; returned to Vermont and built a house; he speaks of a flood in 1850.
iii. William W., b. Dec. 28, 1824; in Rock Falls, Wis., in 1877.
PRESTON FAMILY.
OLIVER PRESTON, b. 1767; d. Nov. 6, 1861, Roy .; m. . Mar. 19, 1807, Anna, dau. Peter and Mercy (Case) Whitney, b. Sep. 10, 1774, Ashford or Wellington, Conn .; d. Mar. 9, 1858, Roy. At time of marriage Oliver was in Pittsfield. In 1810 he bought the "Cotton" lot of 33 acres, most of which he and Jonathan sold in 1843.
i. Benjamin, b. 1808; d. Oct. 26, 1869.
ii. Jonathan W., m. May 4, 1843, Jerusha Slack of Tunbridge; res., Manchester, N. H.
NATHAN G. PRESTON, son of Burton and grandson of John, b. Oct. 16, 1839; m. Mar. 7, 1866, Electa A., dau. Chaun- cey and Martha (Brewer) Tenney, b. Jan. 16, 1847. Mr. Pres- ton has lived in several places, and several years in Roy.
i. Carrie Ellen, b. May 28, 1869, Quechee; d. Nov. 5, 1886.
ii. Mabel Hannah, b. Nov. 16, 1878, Roy .; m. Apr. 9, 1901, George A., son Albert E. and Hattie M. (Durkee) Emery, b. 1879, Brookfield.
GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESTON, son of Burton, b. Apr. 9, 1845; m. Nov. 26, 1867, Strafford, Ellen Sarah, dau. Albert Gallatin and Almira Brown (Preston) Bliss, b. Dec. 12, 1844, Strafford; living in S. Roy. Mr. Preston lived for a time in Royalton village. * i. Maud Louise, b. May 13, 1871, Tunbridge; m. Chas. P. Folsom.
* ii. Ruth Lillian, b. Sep. 9, 1874, Tunb .; m. Albert Fay Lyman.
iii. Alice May, b. Sep. 4, 1876, Tunb .; m. Fred J. Shepard.
iv. Burton Leroy, b. Jan. 11, 1887, Tunbridge.
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* v. Delia Susannah, b. Jan. 11, 1887, Quechee; m. Leon Skinner.
LUTHER D. PRESTON, b. June 10, 1803; d. Sep. 25, 1867, Roy .; m. Sarah B. Colcord, b. Sep. 20, 1798; d. Sep. 2, 1878 ; Mr. Preston rem. from Northfield to S. Roy. in 1859. Some time after his death his widow removed to Lebanon, N. H. He bought the ell part of Mrs. Wallace's house and moved it across the street and converted it into a dwelling house, now occupied by James M. Shepard.
The emigrant ancestor of the Prestons was Roger, who came from England to Ipswich, Mass., in 1635.
RAY FAMILY.
1. CALEB HARRIMAN RAY, son of William and Ruth of New London, N. H., b. Feb. 28, 1807, Henniker, N. H .; d. Sep. 24, 1878, Roy .; m. Sarah G., dau. John and Hannah (Gree- ly) Sewall, b. Oct. 1, 1808, Wilmot or Guilford, N. H .; d. Mar. 5, 1889, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem .; Mr. Ray rem. from New London, N. H., in 1845, and settled on "Royalton Hill," in the Bosworth district. His land bordered Barnard in 25 L. A. Here he and his wife lived and died, and his father William, who came to him in his old age, and died in 1857.
2. i. Anthony Colby, b. Aug. 19, 1833.
* ji. Pamelia A., b. Sep. 15, 1840; m. Darwin Boyd.
2. ANTHONY COLBY RAY, son of Caleb, b. Aug. 19, 1833, New London, N. H .; m. (1) Mar. 10, 1861, Ellen M., dau. Bela and Hannah (Young) Spaulding, b. June 8, 1835, Cor- nish, N. H .; d. Aug. 1, 1869, Roy .; m. (2) Oct. or Nov. 28, 1869, Julia Ann, dau. Billy and Sarah (Gass or Goss) Batchel- der, b. Jan. 5, 1850, Enfield, N. H .; d. July 11, 1878, Roy .; m. (3) Oct. 10, 1881, Ellen Maria, dau. Lorenzo and Hannah (Tewksbury) Trescott, b. Aug. 16, 1845, Hartford; d. Oct. 13, 1906, Hartford. Anthony came to Roy. with his father. After marriage he lived with his father-in-law in Barnard one year and a half, at which time he enlisted in Co. G, 16th Vt. Vols., and served the full nine months, when he returned to Roy. and bought a small farm near his father's, where he lived until 1881, when he rem. to Hartford, where he now resides.
i. Fred Eugene, b. June 29, 1865, Roy .; d. Dec. 13, 1894, Bethel; m. Sep. 26, 1885, Amy Adella Chamberlain, b. and d. in Bethel; ch .: (a) Ellen Mabel, b. Mar. 28, 1887; m. Aug. 25, 1906, Sidney Hub- bard, son Francis F. and Clara (Hallock) Russell, b. 1880, Spring Val- ley, Col .; (b) George Tecumseh, b. Apr. 7, 1891; d. Jan. 22, 1895; (c) Christie Adella, b. Aug. 4, 1892. In his boyhood Fred E. lived with his grandfather Ray and George Ellis.
ii. Willie Anthony, b. July 20, 1869, Roy .; d. Aug. 27, 1869.
iii. Hugh DeLisle, b. Jan. 30, 1871, Roy.
iv. Nellie Maria, b. Nov. 29, 1874, Roy.
v. Ned Caleb, b. Oct. 20, 1876, Roy.
vi. Mary Ann, b. June 16, 1878, Roy.
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REYNOLDS FAMILY.
JOHN REYNOLDS, son of John and Elizabeth (Pickett) Reynolds, b. Dec. 5, 1773, Marblehead, Mass. ( ?) ; d. July 13, 1849, Tunbridge; m. Mary (Polly) Burroughs, b. Mar. 22, 1779, Mass .; d. June 22, 1866, Tunbridge. i. John P., b. Oct. 30, 1797, Greenfield, N. H .; d. Sep. 11, 1825, Tunbridge. Shoemaker.
ii. Benjamin, b. Oct. 22, 1799, Greenfield; d. May 17, 1869, Tunbridge; m. Aug. 10, 1826, Mary, dau. Daniel and Polly (Kent) Sumner. Children: Martha Ann, George, Charles, Mariette.
iii. Polly, b. Feb. 13, 1802, Greenfield; d. July 18, 1866, Tunb. iv. Louisa, b. Apr. 26, 1804, Greenfield; d. May 13, 1870, Royal- ton, unm. v. Lucinda, b. Apr. 26, 1804, Greenfield; d. Jan. 6, 1859, Tun- bridge, unm.
vi. Hooper Andrew, b. Oct. 18, 1806, Tunbridge; d. Apr. 29, 1861, Tunbridge; m. Mary Farnham, and had four children, all dead. 2. vii. Joseph Warner, b. Apr. 25, 1809, Tunbridge.
3. viii. Ransom, b. Oct. 10, 1812, Tunbridge.
4. ix. Harvey, b. Apr. 5, 1815, Tunbridge.
5. x. James Adams, b. Apr. 25, 1818, Tunbridge.
2. JOSEPH WARNER REYNOLDS, son of John and Mary Burroughs, b. Apr. 25, 1809; d. Oct. 9, 1884, Royalton ; m. Oct. 20, 1834, Eliza, dau. Chester and Mary (Hibbard) Cleveland, b. Feb. 28, 1809, E. Bethel; d. July 27, 1886, Roy- alton. Joseph W. rem. from Tunbridge to So. Royalton village about 1872.
i. Edgar Fudge, b. Dec. 31, 1835; d. May 19, 1906, So. Roy.
ii. Azro Hibbard, b. Dec. 14, 1838, Tunbridge; d. Mar. 6, 1908, Tunbridge; m. 1869, Emily Tryphena, dau. Daniel and Dadama Allen. Children: (a) Zoe Emily, b. Dec., 1870; (b) Josie Dadama, b. Mar., 1873. Azro H. grad. from Dart. Med. in 1863. Practiced in Barnston, Quebec, 1864-77. Farmer, doctor and musician in Tunbridge. His two daughters are violinists of repute. Camilla Urso when in New Eng- land sent for them, and showed them much attention.
iii. Elizur Cleveland, b. Mar. 25, 1840; d. June 24, 1866.
iv. Laura Ellen, b. June 18, 1849, Tunbridge; living in So. Royalton; unm.
3. RANSOM REYNOLDS, son of John and Mary Bur- roughs, b. Oct. 10, 1812; d. Sep. 2, 1884, Royalton; m. Mar. 15, 1840, Tunbridge, Mary Hibbard, dau. Chester and Mary (Hib- bard) Cleveland, b. Mar. 15, 1811, E. Bethel; d. Dec. 14, 1891, Royalton. Ransom was a farmer, and rem. from Tunbridge to Royalton about 1855.
i. Albert, b. Feb. 11, 1841, Tunbridge; d. Mar. 17, 1841.
ii. Arabella Amanda, b. Jan. 21, 1843, Tunbridge; d. Apr. 18, 1876, Chelsea; m. Charles Lasell, and had five children: Emma, Alice, Wilbur, Laura, Eva; all dead except Laura, who lives in Ever- ett, Wash .; m. a Waterman. Alice m. and left one dau.
iii. Francis Frederick, b. Nov. 19, 1844, Tunbridge; d. Oct. 3, 1881; m. 1867, Emma E. Bliss. Served in Civil War, 1865, Co. F, Frontier Cavalry.
iv. Alma Louisa, b. July 19, 1849; m. (1) Nov. 15, 1870, Clark Leander, son Leander and Polly (Blanchard) Turner, b. Nov. 15, 1847;
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d. Feb. 23, 1909, Royalton; m. (2) Nov. 9, 1910, Warren Leonard, son Leonard and Sarah (Wellington) French, b. Aug. 24, 1835, Bethel; res. in So. Royalton; no ch.
4. HARVEY REYNOLDS, son of John and Mary Bur- roughs, b. Apr. 5, 1815; d. Feb. 16, 1894, Royalton; m. Maria, dau. Samuel Thorne, b. July 10, 1822, Washington ; d. 1907 ( ?), Mechanicsville, N. Y. Harvey Reynolds rem. to Royalton from Tunbridge about 1854. Farmer.
i. Agnes Maria, b. 1846, Royalton; d. Oct. 2, 1863.
ii. Edwin Frank, b. 1851, Tunb .; d. several years ago; m. Dec. 13, 1873, Isie Edna, dau. William and Lavinia (Tenney) Welling- ton, b. 1853, Hinsdale, N. H .; d. some years ago; one ch., Roland Wellington, b. May 5, 1875, Roy.
iii. Samuel Thorne, b. May 26, 1861, Royalton; res., Mechanics- ville, N. Y., and Williamstown, Mass.
5. JAMES ADAMS REYNOLDS, son of John, b. Apr. 25, 1818, Tunb .; d. Apr. 26, 1896, Roy .; m. (1) Mehitable Ann, dau. Cyrus and Rachel (Cheney) Chapman, b. Aug. 13, 1819, Tunb .; d. Jan. 7, 1854, Brookfield; m. (2) Olive Cham- berlain, dau. John and Mary (Graham) Calder, b. July 16, 1830, Barnet; d. Mar. 5, 1887. Mr. Reynolds rem. from Tunb. to Roy. in 1861. He owned several places, but his last resi- dence was below S. Roy., a farm which he purchased of Sheldon Tenney. The first five ch. were b. in Tunb., the others in Roy. * i. Marcia Amanda, b. Aug. 1, 1844; m. Robert Waterman. ii. Edward Smith, b. May 13, 1848; d. Oct. 26, 1851, Tunb.
iii. Susan Adelaide, b. Feb. 20, 1850; m. James H. Waterman.
iv. Marcus Wesley, b. June 3, 1853; d. Feb. 5, 1892, Sharon; m. Apr. 2, 1885, Emma E., dau. James and Samantha Freeland, b. 1850, Moriah, N. Y .; one ch., b. Dec. 12, 1886; d. in a few weeks.
v. John Willie, b. July 16, 1857; m. June 6, 1881, Eva A., dau. Orison Adelbert and Melvina (Hudson) Bartlett, b. Dec. 9, 1860, Bridgewater; d. Mar. 16, 1905; ch .: (a) Bernice Eva, b. June 7, 1883, Bar .; m. June 6, 1901, Edward E. Corey of Gilsum, N. H .; res. 782 Summer St., Manchester, N. H .; (b) Bertha May, b. Aug. 6, 1884; m. Mar. 14, 1903, Carlton M. Cross of Hartford; res. Reading; (c) Goldie Olive, b. Feb. 19, 1888, Roy .; m. Mar. 4, 1908, William Albert Harlow of Bar .; res., Woodstock.
vi. Luella Jane, b. June 14, 1862; m. Sep. 2, 1891, Elmer Broughton of Bridport; d. Aug. 8, 1899; ch .: (a) Carrie Olive, b. Jan. 19, 1894; res. Moriah, N. Y .; (b) James Loren, b. Jan. 25, 1898; d. Sep. 23, 1899.
vii. Fred Hooper, b. July 3, 1865; res. Paonia, Col .; unm. viii. Frank Leslie, b. Nov. 25, 1867; res. Los Angeles, Cal .; m. but no ch.
RICE FAMILY.
BENJAMIN RICE, son of Stephen and Matilda Rice, b. Mar. 16, 1804, Woodstock; d. May 2, 1867, Roy .; m. Jan. 18, 1829, Abigail Mary, dau. Enos and Sarah (Bemis) Child, b. May 24, 1807, Cornish, N. H .; d. Apr. 25, 1868, Roy .; both bur. N. R. Cem. Benjamin Rice went to Northfield to work in Paine's factory when he was eleven, and remained until of age,
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when he went to Boston. He returned to Bethel in two years, married and rem. to Warren. He had been there about two years when on the 6th day of July, 1830, there was a terrible freshet which destroyed all their property. It was at this time that he rem. to Roy., and started a woolen factory near the Thacher place, as later known. His mill was burned in Feb., 1850, and he then devoted his time to farming, which was not so likely to prove disastrous through the operation of the ele- ments. He had no children so far as known. His father, Ste- phen, was born in Lancaster, Mass., 1767; rem. to Vermont in 1790, and to Wis. fifty years later. In 1792 he m. Matilda Allen of Woodstock. He d. May 21, 1857, Oakland, Wis. After becoming a farmer, Benjamin gave some attention to the raising of hops, and in 1864 he leased to Crayton Belknap 1,200 hop hills.
RICHARDSON FAMILY.
GODFREY M. RICHARDSON, b. 1859-60, Brighton, Mass .; d. Apr. 1, 1854, E. Bethel; m. (1) abt. 1781, Anna b. 1763; d. Feb. 1, 1825, Roy .; m. (2) Mar. 12, 1830, Patty, dau. William and Patty (Randall) Flint, and wid. Samuel Vinton, b. Feb. 1, 1801, Hampton, Conn .; d. Dec. 28, 1895, E. Bethel; all bur. E. Bethel. Patty m. (1) Sep. 1, 1820, Sam- uel Vinton, who d. Feb. 25, 1826. She had no ch. by Mr. Richardson. Godfrey rem. to Roy. in the spring of 1781, and settled on the Fowler-Benson farm, 32 T. P., near E. Bethel. His first house was of logs, fourteen feet square, located near the Second Branch, opposite the present Dearing house. The trail up the branch then ran on the west side, and access to his house was by a ford. He brought his wife and household goods from Windsor on horseback. In making the ford to reach his house, his wife with the household goods was nearly swept away, as the stream was swollen with heavy rains. As illus- trative of her courage, it is told that once when her husband was away, hearing a commotion among the pigs, she went out to investigate, and found a bear, which she drove away with a fire brand. Mr. Richardson cleared this land where he settled. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, judgment, and executive ability. He erected a good house and other build- ings, about half way from the present buildings to the branch. When he was ninety years old he was present at a public gath- ering, and supported on either side he made a speech. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and at the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted Apr. 30, 1775, in the 7th Co., N. H. troops, the men composing which were mostly from Rindge and Jaffrey. He was pensioned, and his widow continued to draw a pension. They left the farm and rem. to E. Bethel in 1836, where they
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were cared for by Philander Chase House, whose wife was a daughter of Mrs. Richardson. He had eight ch. by his first wife.
i. Israel, b. June 19, 1783, Roy.
ii. Abial, b. May 20, 1785, Roy.
iii. Converse, took freeman's oath in 1815.
iv. Abigail; perhaps the one who m. June 3, 1810, Ezra Gould of Bethel; at time of her father's death she was called Abigail Durfee.
v. Ira, took freeman's oath in 1818.
vi. Anna, m. Dec. 14, 1817, Orlan Palmer of Bethel.
vii. Godfrey.
viii. Timothy, took freeman's oath in 1822.
By her first husband Patty had (a) Samuel N., b. Mar. 25, 1821, Braintree; d. 1832; (b) Zopher, b. July 5, 1822; d. May 6, 1889, Elm, N. J .; (c) Harvey, b. Sep. 13, 1823; d. in rebel prison in Civil War; (d) Althera M., b. Nov. 9, 1825; d. Jan. 14, 1887, E. Bethel; m. Oct. 13, 1846, Philander C. House; ch .: (i) Harvey P., b. Mar. 12, 1849; d. 1909; (ii) Clayton P., b. Aug. 18, 1857; see "Medical Profession." Patty retained her bodily and mental powers to a remarkable degree. At the time of her death she was the oldest person living in Bethel.
SANFORD RICHARDSON, d. June 7, 1818, Bethel; m. Roxalana He bought 32 Dutch on June 30, 1783. He was listed until 1806. He rem. to Bethel and died there.
i. Margaret, b. Feb. 15, 1781.
ii. Roxy, b. Aug. 11, 1783.
iii. Harper, b. Oct. 1, 1786, Roy. prob.
iv. Eunice, b. Jan. 5, 1789.
v. Sanford, b. May 7, 1791.
vi. Roxy, b. June 13, 1793; prob. the Roxy who m. Israel
Pinney of Roy., Nov. 5, 1811.
vii. Eunice, b. Sep. 24, 1797.
RIGGS FAMILY.
JAMES RIGGS, b. Sep. 30, 1770; d. Dec. 1, 1857, Bethel; m. (1) 1793, Rhoda Pond, b. 1774; d. Oct. 31, 1806, Roy .; bur. Metcalf Cem .; m. (2) 1808, Mrs. Sally, wid. of Isaac Buck (See'). James was first listed in 1798. In 1801 he took a lease of a college lot, one-half of which he leased to John G. Riggs, who was probably his brother. John G. sold his half in 1805, and seems to have left town. The year when James rem. to Bethel has not been ascertained, but he was here as late as 1822. He was a shoemaker in Bethel.
i. John L., b. Jan. 27, 1794; went to Ohio, m. and had a son, a doctor, living in Bryan, O.
ii. Polly, b. Sep. 16, 1795; d. 1843, Chelsea.
iii. Rhoda, b. June 27, 1797; d. 1828, Conn. iv. Milly, b. Mar. 20, 1799, Roy .; d. Sep. 28, 1880, Potsdam, N. Y.
v. James, b. Dec. 22, 1800, Roy .; d. June 16, 1885, Parishville, N. Y .; m. Jan. 23, 1825, Lucy, dau. David and Betsey (Cushing) Bowen, b. 1807 (?], Roy .; d. Oct. 15, 1874, Parishville, N. Y .; one ch., at least, Volney, who m. and res. Parishville.
vi. Jehiel, b. Sep. 30, 1802, Roy .; d. Sep. 7, 1877, Stockholm, N. Y .; m. Betsey E., dau. Samuel Newton, b. Nov. 20, 1809, Canada;
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HISTORY OF ROYALTON, VERMONT
d. July 28, 1900, Stockholm; ch .: (a) Harmina, b. June 5, 1831; d. May 17, 1905; (b) Eli, b. Apr. 8, 1833; d. Nov. 20, 1902; (c) Harriet A., b. Aug. 16, 1836; m. a Seaver, and res. Winthrop, N. Y .; (d) Simon, b. June 30, 1839; d. Oct. 10, 1841; (e) Lucy M., b. Jan. 31, 1841; d. Apr. 4, 1844; (f) Lucia H., b. June 9, 1843; d. Dec. 25, 1907; (g) Silas W., b. Sep. 9, 1845; d. Oct. 20, 1863, Va .; (h) Calvin T., b. Aug. 12, 1849.
vii. Betsey, b. Oct. 20, 1804; d. Aug. 11, 1877, Bethel; m. Averill, son Johnathan and Abigail (Parish) Burnett, b. Jan. 16, 1798, Bethel; d. July 22, 1847, Bethel; ch .: (a) Myron, b. Apr. 22, 1830; m. Elizabeth Bowen (See Bowen); a lumber dealer and promi- nent man in Bethel; (b) James, b. July 9, 1837, Bethel; d. Aug. 22, 1900, Bethel; m. (1) Jan. 16, 1859, Annette A. Warren, b. Mar. 23, 1840, Bethel; d. July 27, 1872, Bethel; m. (2) Adeline Lillie of Aurora, Ill., Apr. 10, 1878, b. Dec. 1, 1837, Bethel; ch .: (i) Daniel L., b. Jan. 12, 1866; m. Nellie Grace Martin (See Martin); (ii) Bertha A., b. Apr. 3, 1868; (iii) Robert E., b. Mar. 7, 1879; m. June 12, 1903, Ethel M. Twitchell; no ch .; (c) Hayden, b. May 17, 1840; m. Sarah Kelsey; res. Huntington, O .; (d) Mary, b. June 2, 1842, Bethel; m. Matthew Hussey; res., Rutland.
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