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i. Willis Whitney, b. July or Aug. 28, 1845, Roy .; d. Mar. 22, 1888.
ii. William Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1847, Roy .; d. Nov. 11, 1909, Middlebury; m. (1) Maria Mitchell of Providence, R. I., who d. 1900; mr. (2) Mabel A. Kingsley of Middlebury; no ch. Grad. of U. V. M. in 1871; studied law, admitted to the bar in R. I. in 1873; practiced in Rochester, 1877-86; state's attorney for Addison county, 1890-92; judge of probate, Middlebury, 1899 till death; admitted to practice in U. S. supreme court in 1895. He was a poet of much ability.
iii. Daniel Webster, b. 1853, Roy .; m. June 17, 1891, Jessie B., dau. Ira and Lizzie (Diamond) Mudgett of Tunbridge; grad. of Roy. Academy, and a teacher. Mr. Bliss is a progressive farmer, and has owned fine, speedy horses. Resides on the home farm. They have one child, Max Daniel, b. Aug. 19, 1899, Roy.
3. JOHN HUTCHINSON BLISS, b. July 24, 1819, Roy .; d. Oct. 18, 1903; m. Apr. 10, 1853, Harriet Cornelia, dau. Orsa- mus and Hannah (Robinson) Blodgett, b. Aug. 1, 1824, Ran- dolph; d. Apr. 29, 1885.
John Bliss resided on the farm east of his brother, Charles W.
i. Mary Frances, b. Apr. 4, 1854, Roy .; m. Oct. 31, 1888, Ed- ward O., son Sam. Spencer and Charlotte (Winn) Doton, b. Mar. 3, 1844, Pomfret; ch .: Edward Bliss, b. Oct. 30, 1894; res. Springfield, Mass.
ii. George Nathan, b. Dec. 5, 1857, Roy .; m. Nov. 16, 1887, Josephine Eva, dau. Anson and Mary (Mansfield) Brigham, b. Dec. 23, 1866, Stowe; ch .: (a) Clayton Edward, b. June 6, 1890; res. Springfield, Mass.
iii. John Blodgett, b. Sep. 12, 1864, Roy .; unm .; res. Nelson, B. C.
THOMAS BLISS, perhaps the brother of John Bliss, son of Nathan, d. 1856 ( ?) ; m. Olive Horton.
Thomas Bliss came to Royalton in 1799. He lived on the farm recently owned by Mr. Stiles.
i. Polly, b. Dec. 6, 1801, Roy .; m. Mar. 7, 1825, Moses Belden.
ii. Ira, b. Aug. 26, 1806, Roy .; d. Dec. 26, 1871, unm. When he was twenty-one he was given a new suit of blue homespun clothes. It was all wool, and trimmed with brass buttons. He wore it all his life for a best suit, and was laid out in it at death. He lived with his brother Abial and his widowed sister on the home farm.
iii. Abial, b. Nov. 27, 1808, Roy.
iv. Chloe Ann, b. Nov. 10, 1815, Roy .; d. Oct. 9, 1874, Roy .; m. Loren W. Clark.
SYLVANUS BLISS came to Royalton in 1808, and bought a farm of John Bliss in 41 L. A. He kept this until 1824. He had a wife, F-, and a daughter, Joanna, who married Russell Bowen.
BLODGETT FAMILY.
SAMUEL BLODGETT, m. Hannah Converse. Bought the hotel in the village in 1831. Sold out in 1844 and went to Bran- don.
i. Jane Porter, b. Mar. 21, 1818, E. Randolph; d. May 2, 1893, Malone, N. Y .; m. Sep. 24, 1842, Dr. Calvin Skinner.
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ELIJAH D. BLODGETT, son of Eli and Irene, d. June, 1904, St. Johnsbury ; m. Augusta A. M. - , b. 1822; d. Feb. 2, 1855, Roy.
i. Heman M., b. Jan. 24, 1847, Roy. (?); d. Nov. 1, 1852, Roy.
ii. Ann L., b. Mar. 12, 1852, Roy. prob.
iii. Infant son, d. and bur. N. Roy. Cem.
PEARL DAVIS BLODGETT, brother of Elijah D., b. Apr. 7, 1828, Randolph; d. May 15, 1903, Burlington; m. June 16, 1853, Laura A., dau. John and Matilda (Morse) Freeman, who d. Apr. 17, 1908, Minneapolis, Minn.
Pearl D. and Elijah D. were merchants in Royalton village. Pearl removed to Salem, Mass. In the Civil War he enlisted from Randolph. Both brothers resided for many years in St. Johnsbury, where they held the offices of town clerk and treas- urer for about thirty years. i. Pearl Freeman, b. Nov. 27, 1858; m. Clara C. Brainard; res. Montpelier.
ii. Harriet Elizabeth, m. Simeon E. Belknap.
iii. Ernest Andrew, m. Inez Huntington.
iv. William Winthrop, m. Agnes Holden.
v. Eliza Wood, m. James J. Traill.
BLOSS FAMILY.
1. RICHARD [5] BLOSS (Richard [4], Richard [3], Richard [2] (?), Edmund [1]), b. Apr. 19, 1738, Woodstock, Conn .; d. in Roy. before Dec. 9, 1827; m. June 29, 1758, Sarah, dau. Benj. Barrett, b. Nov. 23, 1740; d. in Roy. before Dec. 9, 1827.
Richard Bloss came to Royalton about 1791, in which year he bought one acre in the village. Later he purchased 24 T. P. He and his wife were cared for on the farm by his son Benjamin.
i. Juda [6] (Judith), b. Mar. 15 or 19, 1759.
ii. Martha [6], b. Mar. 24, 1761.
*iii. Zeruiah [6], b. May 22, 1763; m. Asa Perrin.
2. iv. Reuben [6], b. July 22, 1765.
v. Simeon [6], b. Jan. 11, 1768.
vi. Benjamin [6], b. July 10, 1770; prob. d. young. vii. Selah [6], b. Nov. 25, 1773.
3. viii. Perley [6] (?), b. Mar. 6, 1776.
ix. Sally [6], b. July 4, 1778; m. Dec. 9, 1802, Ashbel Tucker of Randolph. Lived to be about eighty-six; ch .: Royal, Ashbel, Lydia, Leonard.
x. ( ?) Polly [6], m. Dec. 3, 1801, Ira Tucker of Randolph. Lived to be almost one hundred; ch .: Mary, James, Phebe, Ira, Han- nah, Richard, Saphronia, Sally, Reuben, Benjamin.
xi. Mabel [6], b. Aug. 21, 1782. xii. Hannah [6], twin of Mabel.
xiii. Benjamin [6], b. Nov. 19, 1784. 4.
2. REUBEN [6] BLOSS, b. July 22, 1765, Killingly, Conn .; d. Sep. 2, or 22, 1822; bur. E. Bethel; m. Phebe Dutton, b. 1769; d. Sep. 6, 1842.
Benjamin Bloss, 1784-1862. Richard Dana Bloss, M. D., 1832-1907.
Richard Bloss, M. D., 1789-1863.
Jabez Parkhurst Bloss, M. D., 1827-1909.
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Storrs Lee Howe, 1820-1907. Norman Francis Howe, 1827-1904.
Mrs. Mary Jacobs (Lyman) Howe, 1784-1877. Lyman Howe, 1812-1909.
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Reuben was probably the first of the Bloss family to remove to Royalton. On Mar. 11, 1789, he bought 23 T. P. His brother- in-law, Asa Perrin, was already a resident of the town. Mr. Perrin recorded the funeral of a child of Reuben's on May 5, 1806.
5. i. Richard [7], b. Apr. 13, 1789.
ii. Dolly [7], b. 1791 ( ?).
iii. Simeon [7], b. 1794; d. Mar. 7, 1821, unm .; bur. E. Bethel.
iv. Judith [7].
v. Polly [7], b. Feb. 2, 1802; m. Hatsel Brewer.
vi. Reuben [7], b. Apr. 12, 1804.
vii. Phebe [7], b. May 4, 1806.
viii. Betsey Phebe [7], b. Jan. 10, 1810; d. Nov. 3, 1857; m. Jan. 21, 1830, Joel B. Fox.
3. PERLEY [6] BLOSS, b. Mar. 6, 1776; m. July 7, 1803, Roy., Anna Caroline Bates ( ?).
Perley Bloss was a lieutenant in the militia of 1809.
i. Hannah [7], b. Apr. 16, 1804, Roy.
ii. Caroline [7], b. Feb. 20, 1805, Roy.
iii. Adin [7], b. Mar. 25, 1806, Roy.
iv. William [7], b. Jan. 28, 1809, Roy.
4. BENJAMIN [6] BLOSS, b. Nov. 19, 1784; d. Sep. 23, 1862, New Haven; bur. Bristol; m. in Stockbridge, Mary, dau. John Durkee, b. Mar. 29, 1791; d. May 28, 1873.
Benjamin came to Royalton in 1807, removing from Stock- bridge. He bought of Richard and Perley land in 24 and 25 T. P., and assumed the care of his parents. After their death, he removed, about 1831, to Hancock, from there to Bristol, and later went to Michigan to live with his daughter Eliza. The climate did not agree with him, and he and his wife returned to Vermont.
i. Eliza D. [7], b. Jan. 19, 1811, Roy .; d. Dec. 30, 1899; m. 1835, Theodore Hoyt of New Haven; res., Silver Creek, Mich. ii. Sally H. [7], b. Feb. 13, 1813, Roy .; d. May 28, 1851; m. Lewis L. Doten of Monkton; rem. to Ill.
iii. John F. [7], b. Feb. 7, 1815, Roy .; d. May 13, 1905; m. June, 1837, Julia Arnold of Bristol, where they lived till her death; rem. with son to Mich.
iv. Mary Ann [7], b. Feb. 28, 1817, Roy .; d. Nov., 1899; m. Dr. George Barrett of Hartland; after death of husband, rem. to Chi- cago to live with a son; died in Monteith, Mich.
v. Justin [7], b. June 28, 1819, Roy .; m. Lorinda Palmer of Lincoln; res. Bristol and New Haven, where Lucinda d., then he rem. to York state.
vi. Ebenezer H. [7], b. Mar. 30, 1821, Roy .; m. Laura Down- ing; living in Northfield, 1908.
vii. Lucretia. [7], b. Jan. 16, 1823, Roy .; d. fall of 1901; m. Artemas Beals of New York.
viii. Luthera [7], twin of Lucretia; d. May 4, 1836.
ix. Emily [7], b. Dec. 30, 1824; d. Apr., 1893; m. fall of 1848, Nathan L. Collins of Westford. Both d. in Waterbury.
x. Harvey D. [7], b. Dec. 9, 1827, Roy .; d. Oct. 23, 1835.
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xi. Harriet G. [7], twin of Harvey; m. May 30, 1847, Henry N. Lee of Lincoln; m. (2) Oliver Ware; m. (3) Harvey Collins; res. Bur- lington.
xii. Jemima [7], called by the family Lamira, b. Jan. 21, 1832, Hancock, prob .; d. Nov. 24, 1855, unm.
5. RICHARD [7] BLOSS, son of Reuben [6], b. Apr. 13, 1789, Roy .; d. Sep. 13, 1863, Troy, N. Y .; m. Jan. 23, 1824, Gratia, dau. Jabez and Lucy (Waldo) Parkhurst, b. Nov. 2, 1796, Roy .; d. Nov. 19, 1890, Troy, N. Y.
For sketch of Richard Bloss, M. D., see "Medical Profes- sion."
i. Jabez Parkhurst [8], b. Jan. 15, 1827, Bethel, N. Y .; d. Aug. 26, 1909, Troy, N. Y .; m. Jan. 6, 1856, Mrs. Katherine (Van Schaik) Fry, widow of Hanford Fry. She d. 1884. Ch .: (a) Frederick Sel- den [9], b. Nov. 17, 1857, Burlington, Ia .; m. Feb. 11, 1903, Helen Louise Murbagh; no ch .; physician; res., Troy, N. Y .; (b) Richard Park- hurst [9], b. Oct. 11, 1859, Burlington, Ia .; m. Aug. 30, 1882, Elizabeth Peard; ch .: (i) Richard [10]; (c) Gratia Lucy [9], b. June 17, 1870, Troy; m. June 9, 1894, Frank Harrison; ch .: (i) George Shaw [10]; (ii) Richard Bloss [10]; (iii) Katherine Gratia [10]; res., Toledo, O. Jabez Bloss was a homeopath physician; prepared for a civil engineer, traveled extensively, and was in Japan when Commodore Perry opened up two ports of that nation to the world in 1854; grad. from Med. Dept. of Columbia Univ. Had patients throughout this coun- try and in Europe. He was a man of high social and professional standing. His son Richard is a civil engineer. Both sons are promi- nent men in the city of Troy.
ii. Richard Dana, b. Mar. 25, 1832, Roy .; d. Nov. 17, 1907; m. Apr. 20, 1881, Ida Wylie; ch .: (a) Richard Hamlin, living at Burden Lake, N. Y., where his mother resides. Richard Dana was also a homeopath physician of repute in Troy, N. Y.
iii. Reuben, b. June 4, 1835, Roy .; d. Aug. 20, 1872, unm .; settled in Rochester, N. Y.
In the S. Roy. Cem. is a broken stone recording the death of Han- nah, daughter of Richard and Lucy Bloss, Mar. 2, 1797, aged thirteen.
BOARDMAN FAMILY.
JABEZ HUNTINGTON [7] BOARDMAN (Dr. Nath. [6], Capt. Nath. [5], Stephen [4], Sam. [3], Isaac [2], Sam. [1]), b. Sep. 1, 1793, Norwich; d. 1852, Kenosha, Wis .; m. July 12, 1817, Elizabeth Durkee, b. in Burlington, and d. soon after her husband. She was a sister of the Hon. Charles Durkee, U. S. senator from Wis.
Jabez H. Boardman opened a hatter's shop in Royalton vil- lage about 1816, and remained until 1837, when he went to Kenosha, Wis. His father was a doctor and a deacon in the church at Norwich. His grandfather was a captain, serving in the French and Indian War, and with his son, Dr. Boardman, was active in the Revolution. Jabez was brother of the Rev. Eliakim Boardman, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1815. His death was caused by a fall from a loaded team. He was a man of much energy and determination.
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Samuel [1] was born at Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. At the age of twenty-three he emigrated to America and settled at Ipswich, Mass., removing to Weathersfield, Conn. He was for thirty-two sessions a member of the General Court of Conn. i. Mary Ann [8], m. 1855, John Monnhan; one dau., Mrs. L. W. Lycon; res. Grand Forks, N. D. Mary Ann lived on Mackinac Island.
ii. George Washington [8], now dead; printer, editor, pub- lisher, and clerk in land office, Wash., D. C.
iii. Charles S. [8], b. Aug. 20, 1827, Roy. prob .; m. May 4, 1855, Imogene Winters.
iv. Jackson [8], drowned at Kenosha, at the age of fourteen. v. Henry C. [8]. Kept a summer hotel at Mackinaw, Mich., in company with his brother Charles; later lived in Louisville, Ky.
BOSWORTH FAMILY.
1. BENJAMIN [6] BOSWORTH (Amos [5], Jona. [4], Jona. [3], Jona. [2], Edward [1]), b. Feb. 23, 1757, Rehoboth, Mass .; d. Sep. 15, 1848, Roy .; m. Jan. 11, 1784, Rehoboth, Bar- bara, dau. Isaiah and Anna (Channing) Lindley, b. Nov. 26, 1760, Rehoboth; d. Feb. 17, 1830 ( ?), Roy.
i. Benjamin [7], b. Sep. 13, 1784, Rehoboth; d. Aug. 25, 1807. His father advertised him Mar. 23, 1808. Seems to have left home and died without the knowledge of his parents.
2. ii. Jarvis [7], b. Mar. 20, 1786.
iii. Amos [7], d. before Jan. 16, 1841, when his estate was in probate; m. Jan. 17, 1815, Sukey, dau. Peter and Sarah (Graves) Wheelock, b. Feb. 4, 1796, Roy .; d. Nov. 6, 1886, Grand de Tour, Ill. Ch .: (a) Child, b. June 22, 1817, Roy .; (b) Child, b. June 27, 1818, Roy .; (c) Child, b. Apr. 9, 1822, Roy. Names of these not given. Amos was a hotel keeper in Royalton village; rem. to Grand de Tour about 1840, where he soon died.
iv. David [7], b. Feb. 1, 1797, Roy. prob .; d. Jan. 8, 1845, Bethel; m. Jerusha, dau. Cyril Wilson, b. Feb. 24, 1801, Compton, Can .; d. Sep. 17, 1884, Roy .; ch .: Benjamin Franklin, b. Nov. 16, 1826, Roy. (Dr. Denison's record) ; d. Nov. 30, 1908, Roy. (See "The Pound.")
2. JARVIS [7] BOSWORTH, b. Mar. 20, 1786, Reho- both, prob .; d. Dec. 10, 1857, Roy .; m. (1) Barsheba Crowell of Barnard, b. 1794; d. Feb. 4, 1852; m. (2) Betsey Newton of Gaysville, who m. (2) Jan. 4, 1860, William S. Lamphere of Brookfield, and d. Jan. 6, 1873, Brookfield. He d. Oct. 3, 1880, aged 76 yrs. 11 mo.
Jarvis and Amos had farms near their father, bordering on Bethel and Barnard. Jarvis lived with and cared for his parents in their old age.
Dates of birth of his children have been lacking, and the order as given may not be correct.
i. Benjamin [8], b. 1808; d. Aug. 7, 1811, Roy.
ii. Elvira [8], b. Feb. 15, 1810, Roy .; d. Oct. 6, 1843, Barnard; m. Mar. 9, 1831, Albert Danforth of Barnard; ch .: (a) Isaac N., b. 1835, now a physician in Chicago, Ill .; (b) Charles B., b. 1839, living in Dedham, Mass.
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1839.
iii. Charles. Lost in the steamer Lexington, about Dec. 25,
iv. Stephen, b. 1814, Roy .; d. June 2, 1854, Roy .; m. Aug. 30, 1839, Tunbridge, Elizabeth L. Foster of Tunbridge, b. 1820; d. Nov. 19, 1889. She m. (2) Dr. Albigence Pierce (See); m. (3) Caleb Wilson. Ch .: (a) David Greeley Foster, b. Aug. 24, 1842; d. Jan. 10, 1884; m Jan. 6, 1868, Clara A., dau. David and Clarissa (Tarbell) Cowdery, b. Nov. 19, 1848, Tunbridge; d. Nov. 29, 1901; ch .: (i) Lottie B., b. July 2, 1871, S. Roy .; m. June 1, 1897, Edward, son William Thomas and Sarah (Jefford) Martin, and has son, William Bosworth, b. Apr. 13, 1898, Lowell, Mass .; (ii) Thomas, b. July 2, 1879, Holbrook, Mass .; grad. Harvard, 1901; teaching in Chicago Latin School; (b) Charles B., b. Aug., 1847; d. Feb. 8, 1852; (c) Charles.
Stephen had a general merchandise store at N. Royalton in the brick store. Sold out and left town, ret. after a few years, and lived with his father at Havensville. After his mother died moved to S. Roy., where he d. of small pox.
v. Benjamin, d. Mar. 6, 1815, aged six weeks.
vi. Hazard, b. Nov. 6, 1817, Roy .; d. Nov. 25, 1886, Lunenburg, Mass .; m. Apr. 31, 1846, Brookline, N. H., Mary Jane, dau. Alpheus and Clorinda Shattuck, b. June 9, 1823, Brookline; ch .: Bersha Clorinda, b. Jan. 5, 1857, Bethel; d. Sep. 16, 1870, Roy .; (b) Percy Alpheus, b. July 6, 1858, Bethel; d. Oct. 1, 1906, Lunenburg. Hazard lived in Roy- alton village some years, and was by trade a merchant.
vii. Esther, b. Nov. 6, 1819; d. June 23, 1904, Claremont, N. H .; m. Hon. William Clark of Claremont, N. H .; no ch.
viii. Deborah, m. (1) Josiah Dudley; m. (2) A. M. Hitchcock; three daus .; bur. Barnard village cem.
ix. Nathaniel; went to New Orleans during an epidemic of yellow fever about 1850, and never heard of afterwards.
x. George; same history as Nathaniel. Neither married so far as is known.
BOWEN FAMILY.
1. JONATHAN BOWEN, son of Nathan and grandson of Jabez, b. Aug. 13, 1769, Rehoboth, Mass., prob .; d. Jan. 7, 1838, Roy .; m. (1) Mar. 6, 1790, Patience Pierce, b. Mar. 31, 1768; d. 1805; m. (2) Feb. 2, 1806, Esther Stewart, b. May 27, 1785; d. Sep. 8, 1812, Roy .; m. (3) Mrs. Rebecca Foster of Barnard, b. 1774; d. Dec. 13, 1825, Roy .; m. (4) May 23, 1826, Bolton, N. Y., Nancy Perkins, who m. (2) Jan. 26, 1840, Benj. Stewart, and d. at or near Boston, Sep. 15, 1867; then a widow. She was b. Whitehall, N. Y.
Jonathan Bowen, according to tradition, was the first of the name to remove from Rehoboth to Royalton. He does not ap- pear in the census of 1790, nor is he listed until 1792. In that year his ear mark and his first deed are recorded. He bought a part of the farm which David had, M. 40 L. A. It is said that he used to sleep in the loft of his log house, and pull the ladder up after him, as a safeguard from the wolves. He cleared his farm, sometimes known as the "Whipple" farm. He planted corn between the stumps, and ground it between two stones. He
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and his son Mark set out the maple grove, some trees of which are still standing.
i. Betsey, d. Aug. 7, 1796, aged 2 yrs. 10 mo .; bur. Howe Cem.
ii. Nathan, b. Apr. 13, 1795, Roy .; d. Sep. 13, 1846; m. Dec. 10, 1815, Aurora Foster, dau. of the third wife of Jonathan; he and wife and dau. all died of malaria in Mich. Aurora d. Aug. 3, 1846.
iii. Lorena, b. Mar. 13, 1797, Roy .; m. June 26, 1815, Samuel Wood of Bethel, and went West.
2. iv. Thomas, b. Nov. 25, 1798, Roy.
v. William Bradford, d. Apr. 2, 1802, Roy., aged 1 yr. 1 mo. 15 d.
vi. William Bradford, b. Mar. 17, 1803, Roy .; m. Mar., 1830, Lucy Chamberlin of Chelsea; ch .: (a) Dexter B., d. May 18, 1881, Roy., aged 48 yrs. 9 mo .; (b) perhaps William B., who July 18, 1868, quit- claimed to grandfather Jonathan's estate; then in Marianna, Ark. Seems also to have had a son, David P.
vii. Martha, b. Sep. 14, 1806, Roy .; m. Oct. 26, 1826, Warren, son of Calvin and Lydia (Chamberlin) Fairbanks of Barnard; res., Wayne, Pa., in 1878.
*viii. Esther, b. May 14, 1808, Roy .; m. Lorenzo Fairbanks.
3. ix. Mark, b. May 23, 1810, Roy.
x. Luke, b. June 7, 1812, Roy .; d. Aug. 13, 1837, Montpelier; ch .: (a) Sophia, b. Sep. 15, 1837, Montpelier.
xi. Jonathan J., b. Apr. 10, 1827, Roy .; d. -; m. (1) Lucy Crosby Cooledge, b. Oct., 1823; d. Dec. 3, 1860; m. (2) Addele P-, who d. Feb. 24, 1898, aged 55 yrs. 2 mo .; ch .: (a) Elisha Cooledge, b. July, 1850, Roy .; d. Jan. 11, 1874; (b) Lucy Helen, b. Oct. 31, 1860, Bethel; m. June 13, 1878, Frank P., son Nath. M. and Harriet D. Houston; res., Northfield.
2. THOMAS BOWEN, son of Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1798, Roy .; d. Apr. 30, 1860; m. Sep. 20, 1826, Mary McCormick of Barnard, b. Oct. 15, 1806; d. Nov. 20, 1891, Barnard.
i. Augusta, b. Apr. 7, 1828, Roy.
ii. Samantha J., b. Aug. 1, 1829, Roy.
iii. Amasa Edgar, b. May 1, 1832, Roy .; d. Oct. 19, 1897; m. (1) widow of Augustus; divorced; no ch .; m. (2) Belle Seaver of Wood- stock, who d. about 1890.
iv. Augustus T., b. Feb. 15, 1834, Roy .; d. June 28, 1869; m. Angelia, adopted dau. of Loren Winslow of Barnard; ch .: (a) Mary J., d. Dec. 9, 1862, aged 3 ( ?) yrs.
v. Thomas H., b. Oct., 1835, Roy .; d. June 12, 1838, Roy. vi. Edward, b. Mar., 1838; d. Aug. 19, Roy.
vii. Mary P., b. Dec. 15, 1839, Barnard; d. May 23, 1909, Ran- dolph; m. July 23, 1859, Woodstock, Daniel, son Robert and Rachel Chamberlin of Barnard; ch .: (a) Ned Robert, b. Jan. 13, 1861; m. May 2, 1883, Lizzie Wright; no ch .; (b) Minnie Augusta, b. Nov. 17, 1862, Bar .; m. Sep. 5, 1883, Arthur G. Putnam; ch .: (i) Lyla Gladys, b. June 13, 1889, Bar .; (ii) Maude Inez, b. Sep. 12, 1889, Loyalton, S. D .; (iii) Mollie Chamberlin, b. Aug. 21, 1893, Bar .; (iv) Solon Daniel, b. May 6, 1900, Randolph.
viii. Julia Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1842, Roy .; d. Dec. 14, 1908, Barnard; m. June 29, 1858, Alexander, son Joshua and Rosamond Crowell of Bar., b. Oct. 27, 1832, Bar .; ch .: (a) Ida May, b. Aug. 8, 1859; m. twice; no ch .; (b) Edgar Dorson, b. Jan. 13, 1863; m. Addie, dau. Zebedee Churchill; six ch .; (c) Louise E., b. June 27, 1866; m. Herbert Brownell (See) ; (d) Grant A., b. June 22, 1868; d. June 1, 1892, unm .; (e) Hat-
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tie J., b. May 9, 1873; d. Sep. 5, 1894, unm .; (f) Rollie Browning, b. May 27, 1877; m. Emma Miner of Barnard; four ch., two living; (g) Guy Henry, b. Oct. 15, 1880; m. Dec. 30, 1903, Crystal, dau. Dana and Zeffie (Howland) Walker of Barnard; ch .: (i) Ramona Hattie, b. Feb. 14, 1905.
ix. Albert, b. Apr. 18, 1848, Barnard; d. May 18, 1848.
3. MARK BOWEN, son of Jonathan, b. May 23, 1810, Roy .; d. Aug. 31, 1859, Roy .; m. (1) June 15, 1836, Fanny, dau. David Cummings of Montpelier, b. 1817; d. Jan. 14, 1840, Roy .; m. (2) Feb. 2, 1841, Sarah Louisa, dau. Richard and Hannah (Goodenough) Harris, b. Sep. 25, 1811, Brandon; d. 1899.
i. Solon C., b. May 25, 1837, Roy .; d. Mar. 29, 1839, Roy.
*ii. Fanny Maria, b. Nov. 14, 1841, Roy .; m. Charles F. Waldo.
*iii. Caroline Frances, b. Jan. 16, 1843, Roy .; m. Capt. Luke B. Fairbanks. iv. Sarah Louisa, b. Nov. 13, 1848, Roy .; m. Dec. 25, 1865, David Ellenwood Ballard, b. Mar. 20, 1836, Franklin. Mr. Ballard was a pioneer in Leavenworth, Kan. Settled in Little Blue township, after- wards named for him, Ballard's Falls. Res., Washington, Kan. Ch .: (a) Ernest Freddie, b. Dec. 23, 1866; (b) Mark, b. June, 1868; (c) Frank Crosby, b. July 14, 1869; (d) Mabel, b. Sep. 9, 1872; (e) Miriam, b. Sep. 12, 1874; (f) David Chauncey, b. Nov. 7, 1875; (g) Winniford, b. Nov. 27, 1877; (h) Mark Appleton, b. Dec. 29, 1880; (i) Alice Anna, b. July 21, 1884; (j) Stella Louisa, b. June 20, 1888.
v. Ella Theresa, b. June 3, 1850, Roy .; d. Apr. 27, 1852, Roy. vi. Ella Harris, b. June 16, 1852, Roy .; m. Mar. 28, 1874, Wil- liam McFarland of Windome, Minn .; farmer there twenty-eight years; rem. to Austin, Minn .; ch .: (a) Mark Bowen, b. Dec. 18, 1874; d. Sep. 22, 1886; (b) Albert John, b. Jan. 18, 1878, Nevada, Minn .; (c) Nellie Cora, b. May 26, 1883, Nevada; (d) Sarah Anna, b. Oct. 16, 1889.
vii. Eugene Stewart, b. Mar. 20, 1854, Morristown; d. Aug. 11, 1872, Brandon.
viii. Anna Cora, b. Apr. 7, 1857, Roy .; d. Dec. 6, 1880.
DAVID BOWEN, son of Nathan and grandson of Jabez, d. 1833, in Bethel; m. Betsey Cushing of Putney, sister of Wil- lard Cushing of Bethel.
David was probably the first of the Bowen family to come to Royalton, being here as early as 1789. He and Jabez and Jonathan were near each other on what was called "Robinson Hill." David was fond of his cups, and he is said to have once ridden his horse into the schoolhouse and jumped it through the window. Though lacking proper self-control, he certainly pos- sessed a sense of honor, for he is found complaining of himself on May 18, 1796, for breach of the peace, and paid his fine like a man.
*i. Patience, b. Rehoboth; m. Stewart Banister.
ii. Lettice, b. Oct. 26, 1791, in the Bowen homestead, Roy .; d. Nov. 8, 1891, Gaysville. She became an expert tailoress, and was employed for miles around in the different homes. The people of Gaysville gave her a reception on her 100th birthday, when her big shears and "goose" were on exhibition. She never married.
*iii. Olive, b. Dec., 1793, Roy .; m. Timothy Robinson.
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HISTORY OF ROYALTON, VERMONT
iv. Russell, b. June 5, 1796, Roy .; d. Oct. 31, 1881, Bethel; m. Joanna, dau. Sylvanus and F- Bliss, b. Mar. 11, 1800, Royalston, Mass .; d. Jan. 12, 1873, Bethel; ch .: (a) Jonathan, b. Aug. 26, 1822; m. Lovetta Goff; ch .: (i) Ida M .; m. (2) Jane Granger; ch .: (ii) Lora; (b) Francis Hague, b. June 11, 1826; m. Sabra Granger; ch .: (i) Frank; (c) William Carlos, b. Dec. 26, 1829; m. (1) Harriet Beckley; m. (2) Sophia Muriam (?); ch .: (i) Florence, (ii) Archie; m. (3) Jane Barrett; ch .: (iii) Guy; (iv) Geo. Russell; (d) Elizabeth Free- love, b. Dec. 25, 1832; d. Jan. 21, 1906, Bethel; m. Feb. 2, 1852, Elyria, O., Myron Burnett, who was killed in Bethel at the burning of the Congregational church, Apr. 14, 1892; ch .: (i) Edwin Averill, b. Dec. 31, 1852; (ii) Kate Josephine, b. Oct. 17, 1854; d. Apr. 24, 1908; (iii) Frank Russell, b. May 2, 1857; (iv) John Myron, b. Sep. 11, 1863; (v) Laura May, b. Apr. 23, 1865; (vi) Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1868; all born in Bethel; (e) Charles, b. Mar. 7, 1839; (f) Laura Jane, b. Oct. 1, 1841; d. Jan. 6, 1865. Russell's ch., except Elizabeth F., all lived and died West. v. Cromwell, b. 1798; m. Delana Sessions; settled in Roy .; rem. to Mich .; four ch.
*vi. Adeline, b. 1805; m. Israel Waller.
*vii. Lucy, b. 1807 (?); m. James Riggs.
viii. Orville, b. Mar. 23, 1810; d. May, 1903, Bethel; m. Dec. 25, 1833, Sarah Ann, dau. Stephen and Esther Fisk of Bethel. Orville was a carpenter and joiner in Bethel over fifty years. Ch .: (a) Roselle, b. Oct. 23, 1834; d. Mar. 10, 1885; (b) Orson O., b. May 13, 1837, Stock- bridge; m. (1) Mary Spencer; m. (2) July 30, 1874, Marian F., dau. William F. and Rachel Williams, b. 1845, Providence, R. I .; ch .: (i) Eva, (ii) Howard C .; (c) Solon, b. 1840 (?); d. Apr. 3, 1846; (d) Zenas C., b. Apr. 23, 1843; m. May 26, 1874, Harriet L., dau. Addison and Eliz. Clark of Roy., b. 1842; ch .: (i) Ella L., b. May 10, 1875, Bethel; (e) Mariette, b. Apr. 16, 1844; m. June 14, 1869, Lieut. Edmund Cushman of Windsor; (f) Julia A., b. May 16, 1845; m. Edwin A. Henry (See) ; (g) Albert, b. Nov. 17, 1847; m. Jan. 1, 1878, Annie J., dau. Michael and Jane Moriarty, b. 1858, Waitsfield; carpenter in Bethel.
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