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ix. Elizabeth; m. Nelson Gerry; res., Ware, Mass.
x. Son.
CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY.
BENJAMIN CHAMBERLAIN, b. 1786; d. Sep. 18, 1818, Roy .; bur. Branchview Cem .; m. Dec. 18, 1808, Sharon, Sally, dau. Timothy and Lydia (Dennet) Woodworth, who d. Aug. 23, 1865. After the death of Mr. Chamberlain she m. (2) John Heath. Mr. Chamberlain died suddenly from being overheated in getting in hay. i. Benjamin, b. Nov., 1809, Sharon; d. Jan. 11, 1847; m. Mar. 9, 1837, Mary Childs Chamberlain, dau. Capt. Morse Chamberlain of Bradford, b. Aug. 8, 1813; d. Feb. 6, 1906; ch .: (a) Ellen Amelia, b. Sep. 8, 1838; m. Sep. 26, 1860, Nelson R. Doe; ch .: (i) Fred Everett, b. Sep. 29, 1863; m. Apr. 25, 1888, Sarah L. Hawkins, and has two ch., Nelson Luther and Franklin William; (ii) Lorrison Wesley, b. July 10, 1865; m. June 1, 1887, Euphemia A. Wright; (b) Martha Alice, b. Dec. 29, 1840; d. Feb. 24, 1882; m. Nov. 21, 1866, Benj. F. Pillsbury, who d. Dec. 11, 1905; ch .: (i) Alice Zelinda, b. Jan. 13, 1868; d. Nov. 28, 1894; m. Sep. 17, 1890, Dr. C. B. Wilson, and has Emma Chamberlain and Alice Beryl; (ii) Mary Eliz., b. Aug. 12, 1871; m. Jan. 24, 1895, Warren W. Goodwin, and has Martha Alice; (c) Geo. Franklin, b. Feb. 28, 1843; d. Apr. 1, 1844; (d) Benj. Franklin, b. July 30, 1845; m. Mar. 14, 1887, Mrs. Mary E. Kimball.
ii. Lucius, b. 1811; d. Aug. 21, 1841; m. Aug. 6, 1838, Mary Dimick; d. Sep. 12, 1843; ch .: (a) George Jerome, b. Nov. 21, 1839; d. 1865; (b) John, b. July, 1841, d. 1842.
iii. George W., b. May 30, 1813, Sharon; a dau., Mrs. W. F. Derry; res., Troy, N. Y.
iv. William, b. July 4, 1815, Roy .; two daughters in Bradford, Mrs. C. H. Curtis and Mrs. William Noyes. v. Philo, b. Feb. 24, 1818, Roy .; he and wife d .; m. Selina Dexter, Troy, N. Y .; went to Fon-du-lac, Wis .; six boys.
HENRY CHAMBERLIN, son of Samuel of Dudley, Mass., b. 1796, Unity, N. H .; d. 1851, Roy .; m. 1821, Mary, dau.
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Richard and Lydia Bailey, b. 1799, Plymouth, N. H .; d. 1876, Boston; bur. Montpelier.
i. Henry, b. Jan. 6, 1823, Strafford; d. 1839.
ii. Samuel Newell, b. July 7, 1826, Strafford; d. May, 1890, Boston.
iii. Edward Bingham, b. Jan. 18, 1826, Strafford; m. Dec. 21, 1856, M. J. Moore of Lancaster, N. H.
Rev. E. B. Chamberlin was educated in Royalton and Montpelier academies, graduated from the U. V. M., 1848, and from Andover Theo. Sem., 1854. He taught some years, and was invited by Pres. Wheeler of the U. V. M. to go to Oregon and start a college there. He was ordained as a minister, 1856; preached in Lee and Lancaster, N. H., Ann Arbor, Mich., Green Bay, Wis., and other places, but was longest in his native town, Sharon, his pastorate there being sixteen years. He has been blind since 1895. He has a summer home in Sharon. He has five living children; two sons, Edward and Charles live in Manchester, N. H. Two daughters, Grace and Lottie married ministers. Lottie graduated from Oberlin in 1891. A daughter, Carrie, has taught twenty- two years in Talladega College and Fisk University. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin were greatly beloved by their parishioners.
iv. Mary Annette, b. June 15, 1827, Strafford; res., Cambridge, Mass., unm.
v. Lydia Maria, b. Oct. 10, 1828, Sharon; m. George Hinkley,
who died. Mrs. Hinkley has for several years resided in S. Royalton and Royalton village. She is a woman of great vitality, and keen intellect, upon whom age has little effect. She has a married daughter. vi. Julia Louisa, b. Feb. 15, 1830; d. 1833.
vii. George White, b. Apr. 25, 1832, Sharon; m. Carrie Wells of Galesburg, Ill., who died, leaving four daughters; res., Berkeley, Cal. He graduated from the U. V. M., 1854, studied law with Judge Scudder, Boston; licentiate in Tenn .; in the artillery in the Civil War; U. S. Attorney General of Colorado under Pres. Johnson; lawyer in Berkeley, Cal., with office in San Francisco. His wife was a great-granddaughter of Gen. Artemas Ward. Her death was caused by the earthquake.
viii. William Hutchins, b. Sep., 1833, Sharon; d. Dec., 1833.
ix. Horace Everett, b. Dec. 21, 1834, Sharon; m. and res. New York City; no ch. x. Charles Curtis, b. May 7, 1836, Sharon; d. Mar., 1856, Ber-
lin ( ?). xi. David Dean, b. Mar. 7, 1838, Sharon; shot in Montana, 1865. xii. James Linnaeus, b. Dec. 18, 1839, Roy .; d. June, 1860, Shoreham.
xiii. Cornelia Eliza, b. Feb. 26, 1843, Berlin; m. - Averill; no ch .; res. Phila.
ELISHA CHAMBERLAIN, son of Joseph of Barnard, who married Rosamond Gates, widow of Robert; d. May 2, 1859, Barnard; m. (1) Edna Gates, dau. Robert and Rosamond Gates ( ?); m. (2) Jan. 16, 1831, Roy., Elizabeth, dau. Jedediah and Elizabeth (Curtis) Cleveland, b. May 18, 1789, Roy .; m. (3) Susan Cutting.
i. Harteroe, m. Apr. 19, 1829, Roy., Orrin Cox of Barnard. ii. Emmalissa, m. Celin French of Barnard.
iii. Joseph Parker, b. Dec. 5, 1812, Barnard; d. Nov. 1, 1860, Bar .; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Mary Jane, dau. Elias and Pattie (Farnham) Lyman, b. Oct. 5, 1819, Roy .; d. Feb. 14, 1896, Bar .; ch .: (a) Joseph
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E., b. Apr. 7, 1839, Roy .; d. Nov., 1906, Bar .; m. Aug. 25, 1861, Mary Eliz., dau. Warren and Lydia (Howland) Aikens, b. June 27, 1837; m. (2) Nov. 24, 1892, Ellen F., dau. Lyman and - (Gray) Townsend, b. July 10, 1840; ch .: (i) Andrew Joseph, b. Oct. 16, 1862; m. Aug. 11, 1885, Jessie A. Bicknell; (ii) Mabel, b. Mar. 20, 1864; m. Apr. 7, 1897, Charles H. Stone; (iii) Mary Jane, b. May 9, 1866; m. Dec. 24, 1903, Irving C. White; (iv) Hattie Irene, b. Nov. 16, 1868; (v) Emma Gates, b. Oct. 20, 1870; (vi) Edward R., b. Apr. 14, 1879; m. Aug. 11, 1902, Lena King. Joseph E. and his brother, Clarke, both enlisted in the 16th Vt. Vols., Co. G, and again in the 3d Vt. Light Battery for three years, mustered Jan. 1, 1864. (b) Martha Jane, b. July 27, 1841; m. Mar. 7, 1857, Albert R. Aikens; (c) infant dau., b. Jan. 23, 1844, Roy .; d. Mar. 9, 1844; (d) James Clarke, b. May 1, 1846, Roy .; m. Nellie Ford of Granville; (e) Albert Eugene, b. Aug. 13, 1849, Barnard; d. June 19, 1861, Bar .; (f) infant dau., b. Dec. 22, 1855, Bar .; d. same day.
iv. Mary G.
v. Jane, m. Frederic Gilson.
vi. Edna, m. Pascal Green of Barnard.
Elisha lived for several years on the Darwin Boyd farm, and in 1848 removed to Barnard with a son. In 1828 he bought W. 25 ( ?) L. A., and in 1841 he took a bond of Joseph P. for support.
ALDEN CHAMBERLIN, son of Henry and Polly Perry, b. Nov. 12, 1804, Chelsea; d. Nov. 17, 1882, S. Roy .; m. Sep. 5, 1830, Caroline, dau. Benjamin and Phebe Rolfe, b. Aug. 15, 1810, Chelsea ; d. Apr. 14, 1889, Lebanon, N. H.
Mr. Chamberlain moved from Chelsea in 1850 to Gaysville, to take charge of the "Cascadnac House," and after three years went to E. Randolph, running the hotel there for two years, then came to Royalton and bought the "Cascadnac" hotel. His last days were spent in S. Royalton. (See "Hotels.")
*i. Amelia C., b. Apr. 11, 1832, Chelsea; m. Dr. Constant Man- chester. ii. Benjamin Rolfe, b. Feb. 26, 1835, Chelsea; m. Jan. 4, 1864, Sarah E. Barrett; d. Apr. 14, 1879; ch .: Kate, b. Oct. 23, 1835, Beloit, Wis .; m. Dec. 27, 1884, Edward Gove; divorced; m. (2) Jan. 10, 1906, Brooklyn, N. Y., Harold C. Stowe. Benj. Rolfe was recruiting officer in Royalton in the Civil War.
iii. William H., b. Feb. 5, 1840, Chelsea; d. Apr. 7, 1901; m. Sep. 13, 1870, Independence, Ia., Kate Willson; ch .: (a) Willie, d. Apr. 7, 1901.
CHASE FAMILY.
MOSES CHASE, son of Abner and Hannah (Slade) Chase, b Apr. 30, 1821, Rochester; d. Apr. 16, 1894, Riverdale, Neb .; m. Nov. 15, 1846, Lowell, Mass., Rosina, dau. Benj. and Sarah (Scales) Hill, b. Apr. 4, 1823, Sharon. Mr. Chase removed from Pomfret to S. Royalton in 1853. He bought the place now owned by Charles Cowen. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade. He removed from Royalton to Bethel.
i. Moses Roscoe, b. May 10, 1849, Pomfret; m. Eva Graves, and has one ch., Hervey; dentist.
ii. Flora Rosina, b. July 17, 1850; m. Wallace Keyes, and has Jessie F., Ollie Nellie, Nathan Moses; Ollie Nellie d. 1884; res. River- dale, Neb.
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*iii. Fannie, b. Oct. 25, 1851; m. Harry C. Dunham and has Leon C., and Rolla West, who d. 1890. Mrs. Chase resides with her dau. Fannie at Colorado Springs, Col.
iv. Rolla Miner, b. Sep. 4, 1854, S. Roy .; m. June 18, 1879, Susan Elizabeth, dau. Cornelius and Mary (Berry) Newell, b. June 14, 1855, Bethel; ch .: (a) George Berry, b. June 19, 1880; d. Apr. 8, 1910, Winchester, Mass .; m. Feb., 1907, Florence Canniff of Verona, N. J., and had one ch., George Berry; (b) Susie Newell, b. Apr. 15, 1882; d. June 14, 1900.
Dr. Rolla Miner Chase studied dentistry with Dr. F. M. Cilley of Bethel, and received the degree of D. D. S. from Boston Dental College in 1876. He began practice at once in Bethel. He graduated from the Baltimore Medical College with M. D. degree in 1890, and returned to Bethel for general practice of medicine and dentistry. He has invented several useful articles in and outside of his profession. He was one of the organizers of the Vermont Dental Society in 1876, and served as executive committee and president. He was one of five constituting the Board of Dental Examiners when first appointed, and held the posi- tion eighteen years. He served as its secretary and was president in 1894. He is a member of the White River Med. Soc., the Northeastern Dental Association, and was a member of the International Med. Con- gress held at Washington, D. C., 1888. In politics Dr. Chase is a Re- publican, and was one of the vice-presidents of the National Republican League in 1894-95. He represented Bethel in the legislature in 1900. He has been closely identified with the advancement of Bethel village. He was one of the originators of the Bethel Electric Light & Power Co., and served as president and director. He has held various town offices, and been a member of the school board. He is a Mason, and was Master of White River Lodge, No. 90, for two years. He is also a Knight Templar and Shriner, and was one of the delegates from Mt. Sinai to the Imperial Council at Los Angeles in 1907.
CHENEY FAMILY.
ASAHEL CHENEY, b. 1768-69; d. Oct. 31, 1819, Roy .; m. Lucinda -, b. 1770; d. Jan. 16, 1830, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem.
Mr. Cheney was first listed in Royalton in 1806. He bought a store at the village with Mr. Fessenden, but sold out and re- turned to Rochester. He purchased the Gilbert tavern in 1818, and removed with his family again to Royalton. He died sud- denly of apoplexy. He had a Masonic funeral, at which Rev. Samuel Bascomb of Sharon preached. He was spoken of at the time as a valuable citizen.
i. Harry (?), m. Nov. 19, 1817, Anna, dau. Elisha and Alice (Flynn) Kent, b. Feb. 21, 1794, Roy .; d. Jan. 27, 1876; ch .: (a) Anna Maria, who m. Isaac T. Morgan of Bethel. Harry's estate was in pro- bate Oct. 23, 1822. June 8, 1853, Widow Anna and her daughter took letters of dismissal from Royalton church to Bethel.
ii. Horris, b. 1794; d. Dec. 23, 1826, Roy .; seemed to have charge of the tavern, and to be unmarried. They had a store in con- nection with the tavern.
iii. Mervin, b. 1797; d. Mar. 12, 1826, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem.
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CHILD FAMILY.
SIMEON CHILD, m. Betsey -. In 1798 Simeon, then in Sharon, bought W. 7 L. A. He sold one-half to Asahel Davis in 1815, and later, the other half became a part of the Lovejoy farm. Simeon's estate was in probate Jan. 7, 1824. Betsey was in Pomfret in 1828.
i. Sallie, b. Dec. 27, 1798.
ii. Rachel, b. Oct. 10, 1800, Roy.
iii. Polly, b. Aug. 4, 1802, Roy.
iv. Betsey, b. Mar. 8, 1804, Roy.
*v. Serepta, b. Jan. 1, 1808, Roy .; m. Mar. 15, 1833, James M. Culver. She was brought up in the home of Daniel Lovejoy.
vi. Ruth, b. Jan. 14, 1810, Roy.
vii. Simeon, b. Jan. 15, 1812, Roy. In Enfield, N. H., in 1836. viii. Anna, b. Dec. 7, 1815, Roy.
ENOS CHILD, b. Jan. 10, 1783, Cornish, N. H .; d. Jan. 31, 1839, Bethel; m. Aug. 21, 1806, Sarah Bemiss; res. in Cornish, Royalton, Bethel; came to Roy. Jan., 1811. i. Abigail Mary, b. 1807, Cornish.
ii. Dudley Chase, b. Cornish.
iii. Alice Corbet, b. Cornish. iv. Mercy, b. Oct. 11, 1811, Roy .; d. Feb. 27, 1838; m. Apr. 4, 1833, Justin Lillie, b. Oct. 5, 1807, Bethel.
Six other ch., born in Bethel.
CHURCH FAMILY.
EBENEZER CHURCH, b. 1751; d. Sep. 29, 1808, Roy .; m. Abigail Ebenezer Church was one of the original grantees of Royalton. He seems to have lived on 3 Dutch. He is buried in the Dewey cemetery. His widow and Thomas ap- pear to have moved to Tunbridge after the death of Ebenezer. There is no evidence of any children except Thomas, who took freeman's oath in 1800. He died before March, 1813, when his estate was listed.
CLAPP FAMILY.
1. SAMUEL [5] CLAPP (Thomas [4], Sam. [3], Sam. [2], Roger [1]), b. Dec. 23, 1744; d. Aug. 11, 1828, Roy .; m. Anne -; b. 1751 ( ?) ; d. Dec. 9, 1803, Roy. Samuel Clapp was one of the original grantees, but probably did not come to Royalton to reside before 1782. His home was on 39 L. A.
2. i. Thomas [6], b. May 3, 1784.
ii. Samuel [6], b. Dec. 19, 1786; d. July 24, 1808.
iii. Anna [6], b. May 10, 1788; d. Jan. 1, 1873, unm.
iv. Eustasia [6], b. Feb. 28, 1790.
2. THOMAS [6] CLAPP, b. May 3, 1784, Roy .; d. Oct. 22, 1854, Roy .; m. July, 1803, Betsey Young, b. 1785; d. May 23, 1867, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem.
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Thomas seems to have lived on the home farm. In 1853 he made an indenture with James McCullough to support him- self and Betsey.
*i. Abilene [7], b. Aug. 14, 1806; m. Franklin Corbin.
ii. Pauline [7], b. Mar. 29, 1809; m. Chester Griswold; d. in
Cal.
iii. Carlton [7], b. Apr. 18, 1811.
iv. Samuel [7], b. May 16, 1813; m. Louisa Harrington, Jan.,
1837.
V. Clarissa Harlow [7], b. July 23, 1815; d. Dec. 2, 1892, unm.
vi. Caroline [7], b. Nov. 17, 1818; m. Jefferson Fiske, Mar., 1835.
*vii. Betsey Maria [7], b. Apr. 23, 1820; m. James McCullough, under name of Maria Elizabeth.
viii. Mary Louisa [7], b. May 25, 1823; m. Harper Johonnot; res., Buffalo, N. Y.
ix. Janet Standish [7], b. Sep. 23, 1826; m. Roswell Lillie.
x. Annie [7] ( ?).
1. CAPT. DANIEL [5] CLAPP, son of Thomas [4] and brother of Samuel [5], b. Jan. 15, 1746, Hanover, N. H .; d. May 3, 1817, Roy .; m. (1) Betsey Lovejoy, who d. Nov. 29, 1786; m. (2) Apr. 28, 1788, Mary, dau. Benj. and Abigail Day, b. Feb. 29, 1759; d. Nov. 12, 1838; she m. (2) - Morrill.
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Daniel Clapp bought a part of 30 L. A. in 1786, and re- moved from Hanover to Royalton the next year. He was a lieu- tenant in Capt. John House's company of independent volun- teers, formed for assisting Gen. Schuyler in investing St. John's. i. Betsey [6], b. Jan. 12, 1783, Hanover, N. H .; d. Dec. 20, 1870, Roy., unm.
2. ii. Daniel [6], b. Nov. 15, 1784, Hanover.
2. DANIEL [6] CLAPP, b. Nov. 15, 1784, Hanover, N. H .; d. Mar. 7, 1850, Roy .; m. Sep. 22, 1805, Chloe, dau. Benj. and Chloe Clark, b. Oct. 31, 1787; d. Oct. 4, 1867, Roy.
Daniel Clapp, Jr., lived on the home farm, where all his nine children were born. He and his wife died in the new brick house which his son Charles built on what is known as the Sewall place.
3. i. Charles [7], b. July 2, 1806.
ii. £
Orville [7], b. May 12, 1808; d. June 6, 1850; m. Lydia Coburn of Lyme, N. H .; five ch.
iii. Wealthy [7], b. July 27, 1810; d. July 15, 1843; m. John V. Dolbear of Warren; ch .: (a) Mary, m. May 7, 1863, Forest, son Samuel and Mary Ann (Church) Goldsbury; ch .: (i) Fayette, b. Mar. 31, 1864, Warwick, Mass .; d. May 19, 1878, Barre. Mrs. Goldsbury lives with her aunt Laura in Randolph.
iv. George [7], b. Dec. 13, 1812; d. Oct. 16, 1895; went to Lan- caster, N. Y., when twenty-one; m. and d. there.
v. Lewis [7], b. Apr. 10, 1815; d. June 6, 1885; m. Mary Wash- burn; three ch .; went to Lancaster; d. in Irving, Kan.
vi. Mary [7], b. June 26, 1817; d. July 18, 1872; m. John V. Dolbear after death of Wealthy.
vii. Horace [7], b. Jan. 27, 1820; d. Sep. 18, 1880; m. (1) Mary Stickney; m. (2) Ellen Marsh; three boys; lived and d. in Barre.
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viii. Clark [7], b. June 25, 1822; d. Oct. 12, 1903, Randolph; m. Mary, dau. Oel ( ?) and Anna (Keyes) Cleveland, b. Sep. 1, 1820, Tun- bridge; one son; wife and son in San Francisco, Cal.
*ix. Laura [7], b. Sep. 24, 1825; m. Dea. Asahel Clark.
3. CHARLES [7] CLAPP, son of Daniel [6] Jr., b. July 2, 1806, Roy .; d. Oct. 16, 1874, Roy .; m. (1) Apr. 5, 1831, Leb- anon, N. H., Mary Spear, b. Dec. 11, 1807, Norwich; d. May 25, 1866, Roy .; m. (2) Oct. 15, 1868, Mary, dau. Ishmael and Huldah Hall (Bemis) Tuxbury, b. 1822, Windsor; she m. (2) Edward Rix (See).
Charles Clapp took an active part in the affairs of the town. He was selectman 1841-42. The Clapp family has been classed among the most worthy and respected citizens of the town.
i. Margaret [8], b. Dec. 31, 1831; m. Feb. 9, 1853, Warner Green; rem. Lancaster, N. Y .; four ch.
ii. Elizabeth [8], b. Aug. 2, 1833; m. Jan. 29, 1857, John Pea- body; rem. to Boulder, Col.
iii. Julia [8], b. Aug. 4, 1835; res., Buffalo, N. Y .; unm. iv. Jason [8], b. Dec. 28, 1836; d. Jan. 13, 1840.
*v. Nancy [8], b. Sep. 28, 1838; m. Oliver Atwood.
vi. Infant son, d. Feb. 29, 1840, aged 1 mo.
vii. Eleanor [8], b. Jan. 17, 1841; m. Aug. 5, 1867, Joseph Trask of Royalton; d. Mar. 9, 1883, Boston, Mass .; five ch.
4. viii. Charles [8], b. Jan. 4, 1843.
ix. Daniel W. [8], b. Oct. 15, 1844; d. Dec. 15, 1872, Clinton, Ia .; m. June 6, 1872, Etta M. Morrison of Franklin, N. H .; no ch.
x. Sarah [8], b. May 17, 1846; d. July 29, 1896; proprietor of a book store in Windsor.
xi. Mary L. [8], b. Dec. 7, 1848; d. Nov. 14, 1889, Windsor; m. Oct. 3, 1878, Windsor, George Winn; one son, Max.
4. CHARLES [8] CLAPP, son of Charles, b. Jan. 4, 1843, Roy .; m. Feb. 1, 1873, Mary E. Eastman of Lowell, Mass .; res. S. Roy. Mr. Clapp travels extensively in buying and selling live stock.
i. George E. [9], b. May 31, 1875; m. Apr. 17, 1897, Blanche, dau. Capt. A. V. and Martha Partridge of Sandy Point, Me .; no ch .; Pullman car conductor on N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
ii. Charles Harry [9], b. Dec. 28, 1878; m. Nov. 29, 1898, Cath- erine, dau. Albert and Rose E. Orser of Hartland, N. B .; ch .: (a) Infant; (b) Roger [10], b. Feb. 2, 1903, Lowell, Mass.
BENJAMIN [4] CLAPP (Seth [3], Thos. [2], Thos. [1]), b. Sep. 5, 1774; d. Feb. 13, 1853, Roy. ( ?) ; bur. Royalton Broad Brook Cem. Bought a small place on Broad Brook in 1845. He had a son and two daughters who died young, and two daughters, Sybil and Pamelia, who married.
Roger [1] Clapp, the emigrant ancestor, was born in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England, Apr. 1, 1609. He came to Plymouth, Mass., Mar. 20, 1630. He married Nov. 6, 1633, Johanna, dau. of Thomas Ford of Dorchester, England, who was a fellow passenger. She was but six- teen years and five months old at the time of her marriage.
CLARK FAMILY.
1. PAUL CLARK, son of Stephen, b. Jan. 3, 1757, West- erly, R. I .; d. Aug. 9, 1850, Williston; m. Dec. 14, 1785, Eliza-
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beth Wright, b. Feb. 4, 1762, Mansfield, Conn .; d. Sep. 24, 1843, Williston. Children all born in Hartford except Philena.
Paul Clark was a Revolutionary soldier. He enlisted Apr. 28, 1775, at Braintree, Mass., in Capt. Silas Wild's Co. In the Lexington alarm he went with Capt. Eliphalet Sawen's Co., re- maining with it from Jan. 1, 1777, to Jan. 1, 1780. He was sta- tioned at West Point in 1779, where he was mustered out. He returned to Hartford, and removed to Royalton about 1804. He and his wife went to Williston in their old age to live with his son, Wright. He was ninety-one when his picture was taken, which appears in one of the cuts. i. Wright, b. May 18, 1786; d. in Williston; m. (1) Mar. 28, 1811, Lucy, dau. Jabez Hinckley, b. July 12, 1792; d. Aug. 11, 1821, Roy .; m. (2) Feb. 17, 1822, Priscilla Wright. Wright Clark lived on the place known as the Job Bennett farm on Broad Brook. He rem. to Wil- liston about 1830. Ch .: (a) Lucy, b. Jan. 18, 1812, Roy .; d. Aug. 9, 1814; (b) Justin R., b. Jan. 27, 1814; d. Mar. 4, 1814; (c) Justin, b. Apr. 11, 1815; d. Oct. 19, 1816; (d) Philo, b. Sep. 10, 1817; d. June 28, 1859; m. Martha Buckingham; four ch .; (e) Justus, b. Mar. 22, 1819; d. Feb. 17, 1895; m. and res. West; (f) Emily, b. July 7, 1821; d. Nov. 22, 1861; (g) Aurill, b. Nov. 14, 1823; d. Mar. 17, 1894; m. Lute ( ?) Bishop; one adopted son, Rev. Sam. H. Bishop of New York City; (h) Jason, b. Oct. 27, 1828; d. Dec. 22, 1900; m. (1) Mary Watson; m. (2) Julianna McCurd; one ch. by each; (i) Paul, b. May 4, 1831, Williston; d. Feb. 3, 1856, unm .; (j) Mary, b. Oct. 24, 1832; died; m. Daniel Bishop; divorced after twenty-two years; three ch .; (k) Sarah, b. Feb. 7, 1834; d. July 14, 1842; (1) Hiram A., b. Aug. 31, 1836; d. Mar. 27, 1886; m. (1) Marcia Fay; m. (2) Juliette Hines Smith; six ch .: Mar- vin W., Flora May, Ethel A., Belle Aurill, Frank Williston, Jason H .; (m) Marvin W., b. Jan. 2, 1843; d. Aug. 28, 1845.
ii. Stephen, b. July 10, 1788; d. July 12, 1872, bur. Lawrence- ville, N. Y .; m. Sep. 19, 1811, Roy., Charlotte, dau. Daniel and Lorenza (Havens) Lovejoy, b. Feb. 16, 1792, Sharon; d. June 26, 1862, Lawrence- ville; ch .: (a) Mary E., b. July 20, 1814; d. May 24, 1894, Lawrence- ville; (b) Charles W., b. Oct. 6, 1819; d. Dec. 31, 1862, Rockford, Ill .; m. Augusta Rogers; a physician; (c) Eleanor P., b. Jan. 28, 1822; d. Sep. 12, 1864, Cal .; m. George Reed of Williston; rem. to Cal .; (d) Rosa M., b. Mar. 8, 1825; res. with sister Charlotte; (e) Charlotte Philena, b. Oct. 5, 1828; m. Martin Bushnell; res. Lincoln, Neb.
iii. Elisha, b. Sep. 5, 1791; m. twice; went to Cal.
iv. Arunah, b. June 3, 1793; d. May 10, 1875, Dekalb, Ill .; m. (1) June 3, 1817, Betsey, dau. Joseph and Betsey Robinson, b. Oct. 1, 1796, Hartford; d. July 26, 1823, Roy .; bur. Broad Brook Cem .; m. (2) Oct. 21, 1824, Clarissa, sister of first wife, b. Jan. 10, 1801; d. June 18, 1876. Arunah lived near his brothers on Broad Brook, and bought of Wright the original Paul Clark farm in 1838. Ch .: (a) Horace, b. Feb. 14, 1818, Roy .; m. (1) Mar. 19, 1845, Flavia Green; m. (2) Oct. 12, 1856, Lucy Snow; one son, Henry, who m. Agnes Green of Battle Creek, Mich., where they live, and have a dau., Lucy; (b) Carlos, b. Nov. 29, 1819; d. Jan. 27, 1907, Osage City, Kan .; m. Dec. 23, 1849, Julia Dow; ch .: (i) Mrs. Fannie Umdenstock, who has Florence, who m. David McCreight, and has two daughters, and Myrtle; (ii) Ernest, who has two ch .; (iii) Carlton, who m. Ida Hill, and has Eugene, Bird, Elton; (iv) Willie D., who m. Mary Lumisch, and has Pearl, Elton and
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Coral; (c) Betsey, b. July 22, 1823; d. Sep. 26, 1823; (d) Infant, b. Aug. 7, 1825; lived six days; (e) Fanny Robinson, b. May 31, 1827; d. Oct. 13, 1846; m. Feb. 22, 1846, George Lyon; (f) George, b. Dec. 16, 1832; d. Feb. 5, 1907; m. Feb. 18, 1858, Sarah Cartwright; ch .: James A., b. Mar. 20, 1861, Dekalb, Ill .; m. Jennie Brookins, and has one dau., Mrs. Florence Clark Kolb; (ii) Florence J., b. Sep. 7, 1862, Dekalb; a teacher; James A. is a physician; (g) Diantha, b. Mar. 5, 1834; d. Aug. 9, 1847; (h) Elizabeth, b. Mar. 6, 1836; d. Aug. 23, 1909; m. May 1, 1856, W. S. Harrington, D. D., a M. E. minister, res. Seattle; ch .: (i) Ella, m. C. W. Whipple, Chicago; five ch .: Eleanor, Bernice, Vernon, Winifred, Harold; (ii) Mary, m. John Carr, and has one son, Will Kenney; Mary d. several years ago; (iii) Susie, m. Philip Cousland, a missionary in China; has Kenneth, Jessie, Clyde; (iv) Ruth, m. Ed- ward Stafford of Seattle, and has Elizabeth and Margaret; (i) Ellen Philena, b. Jan. 24, 1840; m. (1) Dec. 16, 1859, Silas Albert Whitmore, who was killed in the Civil War; m. (2) Mar. 4, 1869, John Wright; res. with a dau. in Leadville, Col .; ch. by (1) Hattie, who m. C. A. Heaton and has son Earle; by (2) Fred and John.
v. Mitchell, b. Feb. 29, 1796; d. Aug. 16, 1882, Pomfret, bur. Roy .; m. (1) Mar. 19, 1822, Maria, dau. Dr. Thos. and Bethiah (Tuttle) Vail, b. Aug., 1803; d. Feb. 17, 1837, Roy., bur. Broad Brook Cem .; m. (2) Oct. 11, 1837, Lavinia, dau. Abner and Mrs. Jane (Luther) Cole Kent, b. 1813; d. Oct. 27, 1871, Roy. Mitchell Clark lived on the Hor- ace Royce place, Broad Brook. Ch .: (a) Mary Ann, b. Aug. 19, 1823; d. Nov. 12, 1823; (b) Marvin, b. Oct. 29, 1824; d. Nov. 24, 1826; (c) Joseph Adam Denison, b. Aug. 11, 1826; m. Mary F. Sprague of N. Adams, Mass .; four ch .: Clara, Ida, Cora, Perley; (d) Elvira Vail, b. Sep. 23, 1829; m. James Talcott of Williston; two ch., Mary, who m. Marvin Whipple of Pomfret, and Edward; (e) Harriet Maria, b. June 22, 1832; m. Mar. 13, 1851, Clement Whipple of Pomfret, who d. Jan. 18, 1901, after a long illness; a soldier of the Civil War; ch .: Marvin, b. Feb. 9, 1852, Pomfret, with whom she lives; (f) Infant, d. Aug. 1, 1836; (g) Martha Jane, b. July 16, 1839; res. Enfield, N. H .; unm .; (h) Henry Clay, b. Dec. 5, 1845; d. Oct. 20, 1863, Sharon; (i) Alonzo Kent, twin of Henry Clay; d. 1906 in the West; went to Spokane, Wash.
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