History of Royalton, Vermont, with family genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 117

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company
Number of Pages: 1280

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Valuable data pertaining to the Wheelock family was received from C. C. Wheelock, Historian.

WHITCOMB FAMILY.

HENRY HARRISON WHITCOMB, M. D., son of Asa and Elizabeth (Sawyer) of Norwich, b. Sep. 2, 1817, Barre; d. Sep. 16, 1884, Roy .; m. 1849-50, Harriet Elsie, dau. of Willard and Elizabeth (Orcott) Butterfield, b. Oct. 21, 1822, Sutton; d. Oct. 30, 1901, Roy. At the age of fourteen he rem. to Middletown, Conn., where he fitted for college. He was in Nor- wich Univ. two years, and entered the Coll. of Physicians, and Surgeons, New York, but his health failed before graduation. He took his degree from Woodstock Med. Coll. in 1847, and began practice in W. Hartford, removing to S. Roy. in 1851. He was a sufferer many years from chronic diesase. It was said of him at his death that he had strong intellectual powers, good judgment, and great decision of purpose, that he despised shams and pretenses, yet was ever ready to accord praise to due merit. In religious views he was broad and liberal, and in poli- tics a Democrat. He was a kind friend, a good neighbor, a devoted husband and father.

i. Infant, b. and d. same day, Hartford.

*ii. Helen Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1852, Roy .; m. George W. Leonard.

iii. Kate, b. Sep. 21, 1854, Roy .; d. Aug. 4, 1895, St. Albans; m. Feb. 6, 1887, Everett, son Constant and Ellen (Kibbler) Dodge; no ch.

iv. Henry Harrison, b. Dec. 16, 1855, Roy .; m. June 16, 1886, Rand., Nellie May, dau. Charles and Ann (Wilson) White, b. Oct., 1864, Rand .; ch .: (a) Henry Raymond, b. Feb. 26, 1887, Roy .; res. at home; (b) Marjorie Marie, b. Jan. 6, 1894, Roy .; grad. S. Roy. high school, 1910; teacher. Henry H. was a clerk in his father's store for

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some time, then built the store now owned by Mrs. Anna Waterman. He was postmaster under Cleveland; clerk in the P. O. at S. Roy. for the last few years.

WHITNEY FAMILY.

ZABAD WHITNEY, son of Jonathan, b. Dec. 10, 1797, Tunb .; d. Apr. 18, 1830, Roy .; m. Sophia, dau. Ebenezer and Jerusha (Kimball) Dewey, b. Apr. 25, 1797; d. Nov. 19, 1870. Zabad was living in Roy. in 1829, when he with his father and Zebina bought 120 acres in Roy., the James Morrill farm. He was not thirty-three at the time of his death, and left six chil- dren, two of whom, the youngest, were given to the father of Mrs. Whitney. i. Eunice Story, b. Jan. 20, 1822; m. July 6, 1843, North- field, Luther H. Cady, b. Mar. 1, 1821; no ch .; lived in Quechee. ii. Don A., b. Mar. 27, 1824; m. Adeline Bailey, and had Ellen, Addie, and a third; res. Cal.

iii. Ellen Story, b. Feb. 8, 1826, Roy .; d. May 3, 1834.

iv. Ansel Dewey, b. Aug. 2, 1827, Roy .; d. Sep. 28, 1899; m. Jan. 27, 1853, Roy., Jerusha, dau. Tracy and Mehitable (Lyman) Cran- dall, b. Sep. 27, 1831; res., N. Tunb .; his res., Roy., Worcester, Mass .; ch .: (a) Alma T., b. Oct. 20, 1853, Roy .; d. Apr. 12, 1861; (b) Walter Scott, b. Mar. 14, 1858, S. Roy .; d. Dec. 31, 1904, Boston; m. May 28, 1881, Boston, Annie F. Keenan, b. Dec. 25, 1858; a stenographer; no ch .; (c) Helen Gertrude, b. Sep. 14, 1867; m. Nov. 10, 1887, Vinal S. Wright; ch .: Gertrude Isabel, Edwin Walter, Herbert Whiting, Alice; res. Worcester, Mass. Ansel D. opened a cabinet shop in S. Roy. in company . with Chas. D. Crandall. In 1854 he bought of Wesley E. Merrill of Nashua, N. H., his patent for bedstead fasteners covering Windsor Co., paying therefor $1,000. Whitney and Crandall sold their shop to M. S. Adams in 1865. v. Ophelia Louisa, b. Apr. 20, 1829; m. Lyman E. Royce; one ch., Hattie Louise, b. June 9, 1864; m. Dr. Edmund Morse Pond of Rutland, and has Kenneth Royce and Adela Morse; res., Rutland.

vi. Nancy Maria, b. Oct. 17, 1830; m. Nov. 8, 1848, Smith Griffith, b. May 30, 1825; d. in Sharon; ch .: (a) Carrie Maria, b. June 13, 1861, Roy .; m. Nov. 26, 1878, Fred M., son John and Mary (How- ard) Manly, b. 1857, Springfield, Mass .; ch .: (i) Inez Joyce, b. Aug. 18, 1880, S. Roy .; m. July 22, 1902, Wm. David Atchison, and has one ch., Iris Louise, b. Sep. 3, 1903; res., Westboro, Mass .; supervisor in Insane Hospital; (ii) Ned Griffith, b. Sep. 11, 1889, Sharon; traveling salesman.

ZEBINA WHITNEY, son of Jonathan and Eunice Story, and brother of Zabad, b. Dec. 9, 1799, Tunb .; d. May 16, 1890, Roy .; m. Nov. 3, 1825, Harriet Cozzens, b. Mar. 2, 1800, Tun- bridge, Vt .; d. Mar. 12, 1869. Mr. Whitney lived the greater part of his life in Tunbridge, but spent some years in Bethel and E. Bethel, and the last years of his life in Roy., dying on the farm where George Slack now lives. He was a prominent citizen of Tunb., and represented the town in the legislature, and was justice of the peace. i. Cordelia, b. Aug., 1830; d. Mar. 1, 1910, S. Roy. Miss Whitney tenderly cared for her father in his last long and trying ill- ness. After his death she rem. to S. Roy., where she died. She

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possessed unusual strength of mind, was well-informed, and had all the finer instincts of true womanhood.

ii. Lucius Cornelius, b. Apr. 30, 1833; d. Nov. 28, 1894, E. Bethel; m. Oct. 28, 1855, Sarah Maria, dau. Harvey and Miranda (Mc- Knight) Wight, b. Aug. 1, 1831, Tunb .; d. suddenly Jan. 11, 1889, E. Bethel; one ch., Maria, b. Feb. 17, 1857, Tunb., m. Orrin Russ (See). Mr. Whitney served in the Civil War, enlisting from Roy. according to selectmen's accounts.

iii. Charles Carroll, b. July 30, 1836; d. Oct. 7, 1903; m. Mar. 2, 1862, Hattie, dau. John and Sally (Whitney) Perham of Bethel; ch .: (a) William, b. Jan. 16, 1863; m. Emma Bennett; two ch., Aleck and Carroll; an employee on the Fitchburg R. R .; (b) Charles Per- ham, b. Feb. 12, 1864; m. Elfreda Walker; two ch. living, Athena Grace and a son; (c) George, b. Jan. 12, 1871; professor in Princeton Univ .; unm .; (d) Alice, b. Sep. 15, 1873; m. Jan. 1, 1901, Daniel Par- ker; two ch., Dorothy and a son; (e) Annie, b. Oct. 11, 1881; lives on the old farm where Zebina and her father, Charles, lived. Charles C. was a successful insurance agent.

JAMES H. WHITNEY, son of James M., and grandson of Jonathan, b. Sep. 12, 1849, Bethel; m. Sep. 14, 1872, Augusta A., dau. John and Lucy (Streeter) Diamond, b. Oct. 31, 1851. Mr. Whitney rem. from Tunb. to S. Roy. about eight years ago. He has been town constable and collector for several years, and also truant officer, and is faithful and efficient in both positions. i. Philip Sheridan, b. Feb. 26, 1878; m. 1902, Angeline, dau. Horatio and Ellen (Dickerman) Foss, b. 1879, Tunb .; ch., Nadine, Theron, Achsie, Zema, and Thaddeus; res. Wilder; a railroad em- ployee.

ii. Ned Lewis, b. Oct. 30, 1884; m. 1906, Jennie, dau. Everett and Alice Howard, b. 1891; ch., Vivian, Ned, Vena; res. White River Junction; a railroad employee.

HORACE G. WHITNEY, son of Parker, the son of Aaron, b. Dec. 14, 1858, Tunb .; m. Nov. 26, 1882, Jennie A., dau. Dan- iel W. and Mary Ann Cox, b. Apr. 19, 1862, Vershire. Mr. Whitney rem. from Tunbridge to Roy. in 1891, and bought the Thomas Davis farm.

i. Arlie May, b. July 1, 1885, Vershire; d. Oct. 23, 1902, Roy.

ii. Guy H., b. June 2, 1888, Tunb .; grad. from S. Roy. high school, 1905.

iii. Ray D., b. May 14, 1890, Tunb.

iv. Earl H., b. Nov. 26, 1899, Roy.

The line of descent of Zabad Whitney is Zabad [7] (Jonathan [6], Peter [5], Josiah [4], Josiah [3], Jona. [2], John [1]). Peter rem. from Conn. to Tunbridge after 1784. He was a soldier in the last French and Indian war and in the Revolution. Jonathan was a sur- veyor, and came to Vermont in that capacity. He with his brothers, Zabad and Zebina, and his father Peter, took up several hundred acres of land in Tunbridge and Roy. Lois, the dau. of Peter, married Gen. Lovell Hibbard of Roy., and Zebina's sister Polly married Roswell Dewey of Roy., a music teacher. John with his wife Elinor settled in Yorktown, N. Y., 1635. He claimed that his uncle Sir James was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and his grandfather, Sir Robert, by Queen Mary. The family had an ancestral castle on the banks of the Nye.

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WIGHT FAMILY.

HARVEY WIGHT, son of William and grandson of Josh- ua, b. July 3, 1796, Tunb .; d. Jan. 8, 1872; bur. E. Bethel; m. Sep. 16, 1828, Miranda McKnight, b. Oct. 1, 1804, Ellington, Conn .; d. Feb. 23, 1843. Mr. Wight rem. from Tunb. to Roy. in the early 1830's. He purchased a share in the mills on the Second Branch, and lived in Roy. some years.

*i. Sarah Maria, b. Aug. 1, 1831, Tunb .; m. Lucius C. Whit- ney. ii. George Terry, b. Mar. 25, 1836, Roy .; d. Dec. 26, 1881; m. May 4, 1858, Melissa Russ, b. Dec. 10, 1838; ch .: (a) Albert G., b. Mar. 12, 1870; (b) Mabel M., b. Jan. 6, 1881, Tunb.

iii. Emily Miranda, b. Jan. 22, 1839, Roy .; res., Bay Shore, L. I .; m. Dec. 24, 1863, John Ramsden Broughton, b. Yorkshire Co., Eng.

. William Wight, the father of Harvey, was a soldier and one of the first settlers of Tunbridge. He was born in 1761, and died Nov. 21, 1848; married Esther McKnight, who died Sep. 19, 1842, aged seventy-eight.

WILD FAMILY.

1. ELISHA WILD (Elisha, Randall, Jonathan, John), b. Jan. 10, 1794, W. Fairlee; d. Mar. 9, 1885, Roy .; m. Mar. 23, 1823, Lucinda, dau. Garner and Betsey (Lyman) Rix, b. May 10, 1798, Roy .; d. Nov. 10, 1885, Roy.

Mr. Wild was educated in Roy. Acad., partially fitted for college, and qualified himself for land surveying. He became a farmer in W. Fairlee, from which town he rem. to Roy. in 1833, and settled on the farm on which he lived till death, and which is now owned by his grandson, Rev. Levi Wild. His military ardor led him to run away at night to enlist as a soldier in the war of 1812. He walked to Burlington with his revolu- tionary fowling piece, arriving in season to hear the cannon of Plattsburg. He received his quarter section from the U. S. gov- ernment as soldier's bounty. After he became of age he was employed two seasons in rafting on the St. Lawrence river. He always stuck to his raft in running the rapids, lashing himself to the timbers with withes. He is described as six feet tall, spare, but athletic and wiry, weighing about 160 pounds. He had great endurance, walking often fifty miles a day, day after day over rough and hilly country roads. When sixty years old he walked from Roy. to Fairlee, thirty miles, before noon, to

go fishing in Middle Brook in the afternoon. He was a great reader of the best classical and scientific books. He avoided public life, and it is said that, though a church member, he never spoke in meeting. He did, however, teach school in Roy. village and other districts many winters with success, before he was married, was justice of the peace several years, and selectman 1838-39.

Capt. Garner Rix, 1769-1854. Taken prisoner by the Indians, Oct. 16. 1780. Dea. John Wild, 1824- Mrs. Lucinda ( Rix) Wild, 1798-1885.

Mrs. Betsey (Lyman) Rix, 1773-1851.

Elisha Wild, 1794-1885.

WILLIAM L. WALDO

LDO 1838~1901

GEORGE W. WALDO

JOSEPH WARREN

MRS. PAMELA (WHEAT) WALDO 1809-1892

RALPH WALDO 1797~1865

HENRY R WALDO

CHARLES F. WALDO

BENJAMIN EWADO

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He and his wife lived together more than sixty-two years, retaining their faculties in an unusual degree. Mrs. Wild had great executive ability, a wonderful constitution and great en- durance, so that she was able to attend well to her household duties, and yet find time to read an hour daily, to entertain friends, and to take long strolls. She was a natural nurse, and the doctor's saddle bags were a stranger in her house.

The facts in this sketch were gleaned from the "Ancestry Book" privately published by their son, D. G. Wild, Esq.

2. i. John, b. June 11, 1824.

ii. Mary, b. Apr. 22, 1827, W. Fairlee; d. Mar. 19, 1909, Ber- lin; m. Jan. 13, 1858, Justus Newton, son of Porter and Lucy (Kinney ) Perrin, b. Nov. 22, 1822, Berlin; he was a farmer in Berlin, and is still living; ch .: (a) Porter, b. Nov. 1, 1858, Berlin; (b) Elisha, twin of Porter; res. at home, unm .; (c) Mary, b. Apr. 25, 1860; at home, unm .; (d) Justin Newton, b. Nov. 23, 1863, Berlin; m. (1) Jan. 17, 1893, Laura, dau. Dea. S. B. and Laura (Bailey) Gale of Plainfield, b. Aug. 25, 1864; d. Sep. 17, 1896; m. (2) Feb. 16, 1898, Gertrude L., dau. Ambrose N. and Ellen M. (Parks) Greeley, b. Dec. 28, 1863; ch .: (i) Porter Gale, b. Sep. 17, 1896; (ii) Greeley Wild, b. Apr. 25, 1900; d. Apr. 28, 1900; (iii) Newell Greeley, b. Aug. 10, 1902; (iv) J. Newton, b. Oct. 20, 1903. Rev. J. N. Perrin grad. from the U. V. M., 1887; Hartford Theo. Sem., 1891; pastorates, Williamstown, 5 yrs .; Sanborn- ton, N. H., 14 yrs. to date; by singular coincidence he and his second wife are both great-grandchildren of captives taken to Canada at the burning of Roy., he of Garner Rix, she of John Parks; (e) Lucinda R., b. July 15, 1867, W. Fairlee; m. Dec. 8, 1887, Arthur George, son George Henry and Adeline (Turner) Crandall, b. Dec. 8, 1858, Dux- bury; a medical publisher; ch .: (i) Charles Newton, b. Feb. 13, 1892, Phila., Pa .; (ii) Edward Burton, b. Dec. 13, 1894, Phila .; (iii) Alfred Arthur, b. Dec. 22, 1901, Phila .; (iv) Lucinda Rix, b. Jan. 22, 1901, Montpelier.

3. iii. Daniel G., b. May 2, 1833, Roy.

2. DEA. JOHN WILD, son of Elisha, b. June 24, 1824, W. Fairlee; m. (1) Aug. 18, 1853, Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. David F. and Emelia (Grow) Slafter, b. June 22, 1827, Norwich; d. Feb. 5, 1871, Roy .; m. (2) Nov. 9, 1871, Lucy Ann, dau. Frank- lin and Abilene (Clapp) Corbin, b. Feb. 18, 1831, Roy .; d. Feb. 5, 1898, Roy.

Mr. Wild was nine years old when his father rem. to Roy. When he was fifteen he united with the church, and thus has probably the longest record for church membership of any one now living in town. He was elected deacon in 1878. He served as Supt. of the S. S. for a long period of time. He is passing his old age with his son, Rev. Levi, on the old home farm.

i. John, b. Nov. 30, 1854, Roy .; m. Jan. 25, 1894, Sarah Jane, dau. Silas F. and Emily (Davis) Hartwell, b. 1838; farmer in Roy.

ii. Lucy, b. June 7, 1856, Roy .; res. with her brother, Levi. iii. Rev. Levi Rix, b. June 29, 1859, Roy .; m. Nov. 4, 1891, Emily E., dau. David and Emily H. Baker, b. Jan. 16, 1870, W. Glover. Mr. Wild fitted for college in Roy. Acad .; grad. from Dartmouth in 1883; from Union Theo. Sem. in 1886; ordained to the ministry, 1893; has held the following pastorates: Vershire, 1890-91; Ferrisburg, 1891-

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94; Franklin, 1895-1900; Hartland, 1900-01. He has supplied the pul- pits of the Roy. and S. Roy. Cong'l churches at different periods of time. His diligent study of the classics has given him a ready flow of pure English, and his deep devotional spirit unites to make his ser- mons and other public utterances pleasing and effective. For several years he has been carrying on his father's farm, and he and his capable wife are loyally striving to make the last days of his father comfortable and peaceful. Mr. Wild is one of the trustees of Roy. Acad. and a school director. He has only one surviving child, David B., b. May 9, 1894; educated in Roy. Acad., now in Kimball Union Acad., Meriden, N. H.

iv. Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1862, Roy .; m. Nov. 30, 1893, Nathan I., son of Rev. Israel and Fanny A. Hale, b. July 22, 1845, Morristown; no ch. Mr. Hale's father was a M. E. minister. Mr. Hale lived on a farm in Roy. some time, but sold two years ago, and rem. to the vil- lage of S. Roy. He is a member of the M. E. church.

v. Eben, b. Oct. 1, 1864, Roy .; m. Oct. 15, 1890, Anna Cad- wallada of Granville, N. Y., b. Oct. 15, 1868; no ch.

3. DANIEL G. WILD, son of Elisha, b. May 2, 1833, Roy .; m. Dec. 24, 1862, Mary S., dau. Rev. J. F. and Sophia C. Griswold, b. Mar. 30, 1839, Newfane.

Mr. Wild was born in the old home of his father, a house standing directly in front of the house now occupied by the Rev. Levi Wild. He fitted for college in Roy. Acad., and gradu- ated from Dartmouth in July, 1857. During school vacations he worked on the farm, varying this occupation in 1851 by can- vassing for the "Northern Enquirer," published at Bradford. In speaking of his experiences in canvassing for this paper, he has said, "I went on foot over the hill roads, often wading through deep and drifted snow, in all weather, staying at farm- ers' houses, whenever night overtook me, sleeping in cold rooms, mercury sometimes 30° below zero, and stopping for neither rain nor snow. It was a novel, but pleasant and profitable experi- ence. I learned more in those few weeks that has been of real value to me, than in double the time in any other period of my life. At the same time my earnings, about $3.00 per day, were not to be despised in those days."

During his college course he was principal of the academy in Washington, N. H., for several terms, and after graduating from college he taught in the academy at Canaan, N. H., one term, clearing $138, and with this, his only capital, he went to New York in Dec., 1857, where he at once began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession the following year. He continued in the practice of law with marked success until Jan. 1, 1899, when he retired from active business, and has since then occupied himself with his own personal business affairs, spending some of his winters in the South, and the summer and early fall in Bernardston, Mass. In the practice of law he was distinguished for the exercise of a peculiarly sound judgment and great business sagacity. The following expression of his seems to give the key to his philoso-

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phy of life: "I count among my most fortunate inheritances, a rather fastidious digestion, conducive to moderation and regu- lar habits, fondness for the 'simple life,' a total indifference to political and social ambitions, which usually bring only apples of Sodom and vexation of spirit, and, best of all, a contented mind."

Mrs. Wild's father, a Cong'l minister, was located at one time in Hartland, later in Washington, N. H., and then at Ber- nardston, Mass. She was well educated in the seminaries of the day, and is proficient in music, a refined gentlewoman in the truest sense.

As noted elsewhere, Mr. Wild is the native son to whom all lovers of Royalton are first of all indebted for the idea that a history of Royalton ought to be printed, and who made it pos- sible, by a liberal donation. i. Frank G., b. Jan. 10, 1865, Washington, N. H .; m. Aug. 20, 1891, Maylou Elizabeth, dau. Sanford A. and Helen L. Atherton, b. Dec. 4, 1867, Dubuque, Ia .; ch .: Infant boy, b. June 20, 1892; lived three days; (b) Eleanor E., b. June 24, 1894; (c) Madeleine E., b. Oct. 9, 1898; all b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Frank G. grad. from Amherst Coll. in 1886, and from the Law School at Columbia Coll., N. Y., in 1888, and was admitted to the bar the same year. He formed a part- nership with his father in 1890, which continued until his father re- tired from practice in 1899. He is a very successful lawyer in New York City. His wife grad. from the Dubuque Acad. of Music in 1885, continued her studies in the N. E. Conservatory of Music, and under William Mason.

WILLIAMS FAMILY.

1. SILAS WILLIAMS, son of David and grandson of John, b. Feb. 4, 1750, Pomfret, Conn .; d. Oct. 20, 1843, Roy .; m. Mary H., dau. Richard Flynn, b. Jan. 29, 1749, Pomfret, Conn .; d. Mar. 13, 1835, Roy. In 1909 Charles G. Williams wrote as follows regarding Silas Williams: "My grandfather came to Royalton in 1780, and located a lot of land and partly erected a log house. In April, 1781, he moved from Pomfret, Conn., to Roy. with his family (wife and two children). His outfit consisted of one yoke of oxen and sled, a small quantity of household utensils and farming tools. Grandmother and the two children rode on the sled when not walking, grandfather on horseback and drove the oxen. They followed the Connecticut river up to the mouth of White river, and then up that on the south side to where he had located his land, about one and one- half miles from what is now N. Royalton, where he lived and reared quite a family, and where my father, mother, one brother and two sisters of mine lived and died, and all were buried in the old cemetery near the old Rix place." Silas had land in 27, 30 and 31 L. A. He served the town as surveyor, lister,

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moderator, and was sent to the legislature as representative in 1784.

2. i. Polydore, b. July 16, 1778, Pomfret, Conn.

ii. Thomas, b. Aug. 12, 1780, Woodstock, Conn .; d. Nov. 5, 1858, Middlesex; m. Dec. 5, 1805, Roy., Dolly Sophia Belding, who d. Jan. 6, 1846, Middlesex; ch .: (a) Mary Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1807, Roy .; (b) Ira Hayes, b. May 21, 1814, Roy .; (c) Elijah Dana, b. May 13, 1819, Plainfield; d. Aug. 2, 1906, Moretown, at the home of his nephew, Frank Belding; unm.

iii. Silas, b. Feb. 16, 1783, Roy .; lived to be over ninety years of age.

iv. Mary (Polly on town records), b. Oct. 19, 1785; d. Jan. 30, 1868, Roy., unm.

3. v. David, b. Feb. 3, 1788, Roy.

2. POLYDORE WILLIAMS, son of Silas, b. July 16, 1778, Pomfret, Conn .; d. Mar. 30, 1873, Roy .; m. Mar. 5, 1804, Hanover, N. H., Percia Davis; d. Apr. 14, 1846 ; settled in Barn- ston, Can .; ret. to Roy .; m. (2) Zurviah, dau. Squire and Pa- melia (Green) Cleveland, b. June, 1802; d. Apr. 23, 1880. Poly- dore settled in Barnston, Can., and when he ret. to Roy. he bought a part of M. 31 L. A., a portion of his father's farm.

i. Adeline, b. Feb. 18, 1805, Barnston, Can .; d. Mar. 21, 1870, Gaysville; m. Nov. 25, 1824, Roy., Roswell Paige, who d. Sep. 2, 1852; one son, Edwin Francis, b. abt. 1826; d. Feb. 1, 1865, Texas.

ii. Isabel, b. Sep. 14, 1807, Barnston; d. Mar. 22, 1894, Gays- ville; m. Feb. 25, 1846, William Wight; ch .: (a) William Francis, b. July 5, 1847; d. 1911, Bethel; m. Sarah, dau. Jacob Smith, who d. 1891; no ch .; (b) Howard Ryland, b. Sep. 12, 1850; m. Ellen Gifford; one son, Clayton.

iii. Erastus P., b. June 26, 1809, Barnston; d. Nov. 8 or 11, 1844, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem .; m. Feb. 24, 1835, Charlotte, dau. Nathan and Anna (Hopson) Safford, b. Mar. 10, 1808, Roy .; d. Mar. 19, 1892, Northfield. Erastus P. prob. came to Roy. with his father. In 1835 he bought the farm where George Slack now lives. Ch .: (a) Persis Anna, b. May 25, 1836; m. May 11, 1881, Franklin Alexander, son John and Eunice (Carpenter) Preston, b. Feb. 27, 1818; d. Dec. 16, 1900, Northfield; no ch .; she res. in Burlington; (b) Cyrus Safford, b. Aug. 8, 1838; d. Oct. 15, 1838; (c) Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1839; d. Oct. 16, 1887; m. Apr. 17, 1873, Jasper H., son Samuel M. and Mary B. Orcutt, b. Feb. 25, 1824, Roxbury; d. May 21, 1896; ch .: (i) Carlos Jasper, b. Aug. 24, 1874; d. Aug. 26, 1874; (ii) Mary Charlotte, b. Dec. 2, 1875; (d) Laura Charlotte, b. Dec. 11, 1841; d. Jan. 19, 1901, Northfield, unm .; (e) Carlos Dutton, b. Sep. 29, 1843; m. (1) Dec. 8, 1869, Mary Elizabeth, dau. William Crosby and Cornelia (Stebbins) Woodbury, b. May 28, 1848, Marlowe, N. H .; d. Mar. 29, 1876; m. (2) Jan. 15, 1879, Ellen Maria, dau. James Carey Burrell and Martha Jane (Pratt) Thayer, b. Mar. 9, 1852, Northfield; ch .: (i) Charlotte Cor- nelia, b. Mar. 23, 1872; (ii) George Carlos, b. Oct. 8, 1874; (iii) Carey Persia, b. May 11, 1880.

iv. Henrietta A., b. Aug. 18, 1811, Barnston, Can .; d. in How- ell, Mich .; m. May 8, 1838, Patrick McAnany of Bridgewater, Mich .; ch .: Mary Isabel, Patrick Henry, John Bird; the name of the ch. was changed to Williams after the death of the father.

3. v. James H., b. Sep. 3, 1813, Plainfield.

vi. John Ryland, b. Sep. 4, 1815; d. Sep. 8, 1850, unm.

vii. Harriet Augusta, b. Nov. 2, 1819; d. Apr. 4, 1874, Bethel, unm.

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3. JAMES H. WILLIAMS, son of Polydore, b. Sep. 3, 1813, Plainfield; d. Nov. 28, 1893, Roy .; m. Dec. 3, 1840, Re- becca M., dau. Timothy and Lucy D. Bancroft, b. Apr. 22, 1817, Barnard; d. Nov. 1, 1884, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem. Mr. Williams was a resident of Roy. nearly all his life. In 1870 he bought the Tilly Parkhurst farm, where he lived and died. He and his wife were warm supporters of the M. E. church, honoring their profession by lives of good works. i. Abbie G., b. Jan. 12, 1844; m. Nov. 22, 1885, Wilber N., son Geo. and Melinda Thurston, b. Feb. 11, 1847, Sharon; d. Nov. 27, 1901, Roy .; no ch .; lived in different places in town; they were burned out in 1888, while living in the James Williams house; she res. near S. Roy.

ii. Isabel A., b. Dec. 5 or 6, 1845; d. Sep. 8, 1864. iii. Arthur Herbert, b. Nov. 10, 1853; m. (1) Apr. 18, 1888, Mary S., dau. William and Emily (Durkee) Leonard, b. Sep. 10, 1854, Roy .; d. Feb. 15, 1900, Bethel; m. (2) Oct. 17, 1902, Sybil Eva, dau. Orville Orvis and Sybil Amanda Wilson, b. 1867, Bethel; no ch .; res., Bethel.

iv. George R., b. Dec. 7, 1855; d. Dec. or Sep. 17, 1865.

3. DAVID WILLIAMS, son of Silas, b. Feb. 3, 1788, Roy. ; d. May 9, 1864, Roy .; m. Dec. 3, 1812, Eunice, dau. Gid- eon and Esther (Rix) Crandall, b. Oct. 6, 1788, Roy .; d. Mar. 2, 1871, Roy. David was a life-long resident of Roy. In 1811 he contracted to care for his parents. At that time Thomas had a house on the farm. In 1818 David bought the farm which Thomas owned, and Thomas prob. left town about that time. He was not listed after 1817. None of the sons of Silas Wil- liams seemed to care to participate actively in the affairs of the town, but they acted well their part in supporting all efforts for the best interests of the community in which they lived.

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History of Royalton, Vermont, with family genealogies, 1769-1911, Part 117

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847- Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company Number of Pages: 1280

Author: Lovejoy, Mary Evelyn Wood, 1847-
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Burlington, Vt., Free press printing company
Number of Pages: 1280