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iii. Mary Angeline [9], b. Oct. 28, 1864; grad. of Randolph Normal; teacher in Moody School, Mt. Hermon, Mass.
iv. Glenn Taggart [9], b. Apr. 27, 1869; clerk in George Laird's store many years; school director.
CAPT. ASA [6] DEWEY (William [5], Simeon [4], Wil- liam [3], Josiah [2], Thos. [1]), b. Feb. 18, 1775, Hebron, Conn .; d. Mar. 7 or 12, 1850, E. Bethel; m. (1) 1803, Jerusha, dau. Peter and Jerusha Knapp, b. Dec. 31, 1777; d. Jan. 6, 1825; m. (2) May 27, 1825, Anna, dau. David and Hannah (Buck) Brewer, b. Apr. 10, 1793, Tunbridge; d. Jan. 7, 1877, Roy. Capt. Dewey was in Royalton from 1809 to about 1826.
i. Eliza [7], b. 1804; d. Feb. 12, 1813.
ii. Asa [7], b. Mar. 28, 1815, Roy .; d. Apr. 12, 1888, Spring- ville, Pa .; m. Nov. 7, 1844, Elizabeth A. Stevens, who d. Mar. 11, 1883; six ch.
Capt. Asa had four other children.
The ancestors of the Deweys came from Flanders to England with William the Conqueror. Thomas, the American emigrant, came from Sandwich, England, to Dorchester, Mass. He married at Windsor, Conn., in 1639, Frances, widow of Joseph Clark. There are seventeen post-offices in the U. S. bearing the name of Dewey.
DODGE FAMILY.
1. REUBEN [6] DODGE (Ebeneber [5], David [4], An- tipas [3], Samuel [2], Richard [1]), b. Mar. 19, 1793, Croyden, N. H .; d. Nov. 2, 1860, Roy .; m. Jan. 2, 1820, Cornish, N. H., Betsey, dau. Aaron and Huldah (Webb) Smith, b. Oct. 26, 1797, Cornish; d. Dec. 21, 1875, Roy. Most of the Dodge decedents are bur. in Havens Cem.
In 1834 Reuben Dodge removed from Tunbridge to Sharon, on the Baxter farm, the house on which was in Royalton. In 1846 he bought the farm on which his son Chester resides, and where he died. He was captain of the militia in Tunbridge. He was a fine formed man, large and strong. He could lay seven rods of stone wall in a day. He was a member of the M. E. church in S. Tunbridge, of which he was trustee, steward, and class leader. His wife's father was in the Revolutionary War, and her grandfather was Col. Webb. i. Harriet Malvina [7], b. Oct. 13, 1820, Tunb .; d. May 17, 1902, Tunb .; m. Apr. 7, 1850, John Stewart of Claremont, N. H.
ii. Edson Benoni [7], b. May 23, 1822, Tunb .; d. Apr. 28, 1865, Roy.
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*iii. Marcia Louisa [7], b. Mar. 26, 1824, Tunb .; m. Harry
Bingham. iv. Danforth Darius Dana [7], b. Dec. 14, 1825, Tunb .; res. Algona, Ia. v. Dennison Deliveden Delanson [7], b. Dec. 1, 1827, Tunb .; d. Sep. 29, 1898, Roy .; m. (1) Jan. 1 or Apr. 8, 1849, Mary Jane Dean, an orphan reared by Calvin Colburn, b. 1830; d. Jan. 4, 1850, Roy .; m. (2) Mar. 18, 1851, Louisa Sophia, dau. Ira and Mary (Plummer) Fifield, b. Sep. 28, 1826, Chelsea; d. June 23, 1878, Roy. Mr. Dodge was a man of large physique and genial disposition. He resided in Tunbridge and Royalton, his last residence being the Slafter farm. Ch .: (a) Florence Belle [8], b. May 2, 1852; (b) Grace Maria [8], b. May 15, 1867; m. Mar. 18, 1899, Arthur Martin, son Albert S. and Nancy (Osgood) Eaton.
vi. Hiram Silvester Dwinell [7], b. Aug. 10, 1829, Tunb .; d. Oct. 15, 1880, Boston; bur. Branchview Cem .; m. June 17, 1856, Ellen A., dau. Joel Crandall, b. Apr. 30, 1833; d. Oct. 27, 1909.
vii. Albert Leander Rinaldo [7], b. Dec. 6, 1831, Chelsea; m. and has three ch .; res. Somerville, Mass., with business in Boston.
2. viii. Chester Baxter Newton [7], b. Sep. 22, 1833, Sharon.
ix. Constant Webb Smith [7], b. Sep. 19, 1835, Roy .; d. Mar. 16, 1905, S. Roy .; m. Oct. 12, 1859, Ellen, dau. James and Catherine Kibbler, b. Sep. 16, 1833, St. Johns, N. B. Mr. Dodge lived for about thirty-seven years on the farm near Havensville, where he died. He was an industrious man, and in his earlier years few could equal him in strength and endurance in a labor contest. He was an exemplary farmer, and maintained an active interest in the welfare of his town. Ch .: (a) Charles [8]; (b) Everett [8]; (c) Alice [8]; m. Dec. 27, 1893, Herman H. Kibbey of Newport, N. H., who has for several years been a teacher in Worcester, Mass., Northfield, Swanton, and Benning- ton. Mr. Kibbey bought the Dodge farm, but sold and purchased a home in S. Roy. x. George Alfred Alonzo [7], b. June 20, 1837, Roy .; killed May 25, 1862, Va .; in Civil War.
xi. Jane Melissa [7], b. May 21, 1839, Roy .; m. - Sawyer; res. Monroe, Wash.
xii. Betsey Ann [7], b. Apr. 11, 1843, Roy .; m. (1) Dec. 12, 1858, George N. Harper; m. (2) Simon Ordway; res., Tunbridge.
2. CHESTER BAXTER NEWTON [7] DODGE, son of Reuben, b. Sep. 22, 1833, Sharon; m. (1) July 19, 1855, Hannah A., dau. Burton and Susannah (Howe) Preston, b. July 19, 1835, Tunb .; d. Apr. 28, 1869, Roy .; bur. Button Cem., Tunb .; m. (2) June 25, 1869, Polly (Howe) Preston, sister of first wife, b. Aug. 11, 1848, Tunb. Mr. Dodge lives on the home farm with his son, Chester, Jr.
i. George Washington [8], b. June 9, 1870; d. Dec. 2, 1874.
ii. Wilbur [8], b. Mar. 25, 1872; d. Nov. 29, 1874.
iii. Delia Susannah [8], b. Jan. 21, 1874; d. Feb. 19, 1875.
iv. Alma Jane [8], b. Dec. 4, 1875; d. Feb. 1, 1876.
v. Sarah Ellen [8], b. Feb. 19, 1877; m. Apr. 20, 1898, Roy., Fred Sisson, son George L. and Adeline (Cutler) Smith, b. Jan. 16, 1877, Roy .; ch .: (a) Hazen Fred [9], b. Aug. 18, 1898; (b) Raymond Chester [9], b. Feb. 7, 1902.
vi. Mabel Agnes [8], b. Jan. 12, 1879; d. Jan. 19, 1907.
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vii. Nathan Preston [8], b. Apr. 28, 1883; m. July 20, 1904, Millie Mae, dau. Alonzo C. and Eliza M. (Downing) Martin, b. June 23, 1875, White River Junction; ch .: (a) Viva Alice [9], b. July 30, 1905; (b) Albert Martin [9], b. May 23, 1907.
viii. Chester Baxter [8], b. May 15, 1885; m. Aug. 20, 1907, Roy., Laura Anne, dau. Henry W. and Laura Anne ( Chapin) Dutton, b. Aug. 2, 1885, Roy .; ch .: (a) Altha [9], b. Sep. 13, 1909; (b) Henry Dutton, b. Apr. 26, 1911. Mrs. Dodge is a graduate of Royalton Acad- emy.
There was a family reunion of the Dodge family at the old home- stead on Aug. 23, 1910, attended by forty-six members of the family. Five of Reuben Dodge's children are living, and all were present ex- cept Capt. Dana D. Dodge of Algona, Ia.
DOUBLEDAY FAMILY.
SILAS H. DOUBLEDAY, son of Asahel and Mary E. (May) Doubleday, b. Jan. 13, 1831, Hartford; d. May 7, 1904, Roy .; m. Emily P., dau. Joel and Betsey (Spear) Gardner, b. July 1, 1831, Hartford; d. Dec. 18, 1904, Roy. Mr. Doubleday first came to town in 1854, and in 1882 he removed to S. Royal- ton, and after the fire of 1886 rebuilt the house now occupied by Mrs. Moses Ellis. i. Frank H., b. 1853, Pomfret; m. Feb. 21, 1876, Nellie, dau. George and Mary Jane Hayward, b. 1858, Roy .; no living issue.
ii. Erwin A., b. 1856, Roy .; m. May 8, 1879, May E., dau. Azro C. and Mariette Moxley, b. 1863, Tunb .; ch .: (a) Glenn, b. Oct. 20, 1882, Roy .; (b) Belle, b. June 27, 1884, Roy .; (c) Don M., b. Oct. 26, 1893, Roy.
iii. Emma Louise, b. Aug. 2, 1864, Roy .; d. Oct. 13, 1866. iv. Ella May, b. Aug. 3, 1867, Roy.
HENRY M. DOUBLEDAY, b. Jan. 25, 1833, Pomfret; d. Feb. 4, 1905, Somerville, Mass .; m. Harriet R. Shaw, b. Oct. 12, 1834; d. Mar. 20, 1900, Somerville, Mass. Mr. Doubleday lived in S. Royalton several years, and built the house now owned by Mrs. Watkins. He was an extensive lumber dealer.
i. Anna Elvira, b. Sep. 2, 1853; d. Aug. 24, 1861, Sharon. ii. Fannie E., b. 1854, Sharon; m. Apr. 2, 1885, Dr. Forest, son W. H. and Rachel (Prescott) Leavitt, b. 1853, Laconia, N. H .; ch .: (a) John Henry, b. June 8, 1888, Roy .; (b) Dau., b. June 12, 1891, Roy. iii. Harriet, b. Apr. 13, 1857, Sharon; m. Nov. 10, 1876, Ches- ter S. Gould, b. July 10, 1851, Northampton, Mass .; d. July 23, 1886, Burlington; one dau. Mr. Gould was superintendent of the Bethel tan- nery.
iv. Ellen L., b. July 16, 1870; d. Mar. 21, 1871, Roy. v. George Henry, b. Aug. 30, 1872, Roy .; m. July 6, 1894, Roy., Cora E., dau. Benj. F. and Helena (Statt) Ayer, b. 1876, Salem, N. H .; ch .: (a) Winona Urline, b. Feb. 10, 1895, Roy.
CHESTER POWELL [7] DOUBLEDAY (Chester [6], Jacob [5], Joseph [4], Elisha [3], Elisha [2], Elisha [1]), b. Jan. 25, 1823, Sharon; d. Feb. 26, 1901, Roy .; m. (1) Sarah A., dau. Jonathan and Hannah Colby of Dunbarton, N. H., b. Dec. 30, 1827; d. -; m. (2) Nov. 30, 1857, Lucy Peasely Colby. ;
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ch .: (a) Sarah C. [8], b. May 19, 1859; teacher in New York City ; (b) Edwin S. [8], b. Feb. 3, 1861. Mrs. Doubleday has a summer residence in Royalton village.
DOWNER FAMILY.
EPHRAIM DOWNER, whose birth and death are un- known, was an early settler in Royalton, being here before 1780. At the time of the Indian raid he and his son Ephraim were taken prisoners, and carried to Canada. The descendants say they never returned. He had a third child, a little girl about three years old at the time he was captured. Her mother was then dead, and she was brought up by Tilly Parkhurst.
i. Ephraim.
ii. Daniel.
iii. Sally, b. Oct. 10, 1777, Roy .; d. Nov. 5, 1854; m. (1) - Copeland; ch .: (a) Emily, m. Isaac Perry, and had ch. Hortense, who m. James Rand; res. Weymouth, Mass .; m. (2) Edward, son Capt. John Hall, b. Dec. 22, 1771, Quincy, Mass .; d. Dec. 5, 1860; served in the war of 1812; (b) Lucy, b. Apr. 23, 1821, Randolph; d. Mar. 20, 1897, Williamsport, Pa .; m. Samuel W. Riford, son Lazarus and Rachel (French) Riford, b. Apr. 5, 1821, Braintree; d. 1875, Rouses Point, N. Y .; ch .: (i) Nellie, who m. Albert Burdette Chapman, and has two ch., Harry and Alberta; (c) Nancy A., m. - Brainerd, and had Nancy, m. A. Olson of Tucson, Arizona; Nancy Hall Brainerd d. in Nashua, N. H., aged 26; (d) William H. Harrison, b. Randolph; m. Sarah Foster of Warren; ch .: (i) S. Ada and Harry Edward Kamm; Edward K. d. 1882, aged fourteen. It is a tradition in the family that Sally named her oldest son by her first husband, Tilly Parkhurst, but no trace of this child has been found.
SOLOMON DOWNER, son of Jason and Esther Downer, b. June 13, 1784, Sharon; m. Dec. 22, 1807, Martha, dau. Asa and Martha (Hubbard) Huntington, b. Jan. 15, 1790, Roxbury ; d. Sep. 16, 1871.
Mr. Downer was a resident of Sharon, living in this town only a brief time, but his capital, perhaps, more than that of any one other person, aided in the development of the town. Men desirous of mortgaging their property turned to him as naturally as a fish turns to the water. Although the word mort- gage means a death grip, he continued to furnish means for business enterprises for many years, and scores of deeds are recorded in his favor. He stood by Daniel Tarbell, Jr., in build- ing up South Royalton, and no one knows just how much money he furnished, but it was many thousands. He was involved in numerous law suits, and lost some of his property in this way. He was probably the richest man in this vicinity for many years, and possibly no one has since equalled him in the influ- ence he wielded in the financial world bounded by his horizon. His son, Chester, also invested much capital in Royalton for a succession of years.
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i. Chester, b. June 29, 1819, Sharon; d. Feb. 18, 1890, Sharon; m. Jan. 6, 1864, Frances E. Shepard, b. Sep. 28, 1832; d. Dec. 31, 1904. ii. Susan, b. July 19, 1821, Sharon; d. Apr. 3, 1900, Sharon.
iii. Wooster, b. Dec. 2, 1809, Sharon; m. Miriam A. - , who d. July 27, 1844, aged twenty-eight.
iv. Jason, b. Sep. 9, 1813, Sharon; m. and had Solomon, Anna, Erastus, and Jason.
DOYLE FAMILY.
JAMES DOYLE, b. Apr. 15, 1824, Kildare, Boughleigh Co., Ireland; d. Mar. 17, 1904, Roy .; m. (1) Sep. 10, 1848, Sarah L., dau. Gideon and Sarah (Atwood) Shurtleff, b. 1827, Bridge- water; d. Oct. 20, 1887, Roy .; m. (2) Mar. 28, 1889, Abbie F., dau. John and Charlotte (Wilson) Marston, b. 1835, Williams- town; d. Aug. 20, 1901. Mr. Doyle came to America with his brother John in 1846, and settled in Bridgewater. He became naturalized in 1851, when he was in Sharon, and later he re- moved to Royalton. He died at the home of his daughter Lucy. He was a Protestant, an upright, industrious man, one of the town's best citizens. His parents were Michael and Anna Mooney Doyle.
i. James Michael, b. Mar. 10, 1850, Roy.
ii. James Edward, b. Aug. 16, 1851; d. June 29, 1861, Roy.
iii. Margaret Jane, b. May 9, 1853; m. Feb. 15, 1875, George Forsyth of Manchester, N. H., and has one ch. iv. Rose Ellen, b. Mar. 6, 1855, Sharon, prob .; m. Feb. 15, 1883, John Calef. v. Elmore Bartlet, b. May 1, 1857; m. Sep. 6, 1890, Elizabeth Gertrude, dau. John and Mary (Hickey) Fleming, b. 1863, Sharon; ch .: (a) Infant dau., b. Nov. 24, 1894; (b) Elmore Fleming, b. Nov. 19, 1896; (c) Mary Kathleen, b. June 7, 1904; (d) Raymond James, b. June 9, 1906; Elmore is one of the owners of the Pierce saw mill.
vi. Maria Lucinda, b. May 1 or 4, 1859; m. in Rutland, Pat- rick O'Horo of Randolph; several ch .; res. Cleveland, O.
vii. Lucy Ann, b. Feb. 28, 1861; m. June 9, 1881, John, son Frank Sherlock of Sharon; ch .: (a) William, b. Jan. 16, 1885, Roy.
viii. Charles Frederick, b. Dec. 9 or 17, 1862; m. (1) Mrs. Car- rie Underhill; m. (2) Hattie Parkhurst; res. Chelsea; five ch.
ix. Flora Augusta, b. Jan. 6, 1863; m. Oct. 18, 1883, Henry Brockway of Pomfret; five ch .; res. Pomfret.
DREW FAMILY.
S. CLEMENT DREW, son of Ezekiel of Tunbridge, b. Aug. 28, 1834, Hardwick; m. Mar. 1, 1857, Helen, dau. Spencer and Eliza (Park) Smith, b. Sep. 29, 1834, Tunbridge. After his marriage Mr. Drew settled in Randolph, and rem. to Royal- ton to the Ezra Waterman farm in 1865. He sold his farm a few years ago, and bought the Tower place in S. Royalton. Mr. and Mrs. Drew are still able to care for themselves, and help their neighbors also. No one can long be gloomy who comes within the influence of Mr. Drew's original humor.
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i. Mina A., b. June 22, 1861, Roy .; m. Apr. 14, 1879, Charles C., son of Edwin G. Southworth of W. Lebanon, N. H., b. May 16, 1857, Vershire; res. S. Roy .; ch .: (a) Forest D., b. June 19, 1881, S. Roy .; m. July 27, 1900, Edith A., dau. Scott and Marian (Fassett) Tower, b. 1882, Rochester; ch .: (i) Marian J., b. Feb. 17, 1901, Roy .; (ii) Walter C., b. May 23, 1902, Roy .; (b) Mabel B., b. Oct. 30, 1882, S. Roy .; m. July 23, 1901, Gordon W., son Albert A. and Wealthy M. (Whitney) Northrop, b. 1872, Tunbridge; ch .: (i) Roland G., b. Aug. 27, 1902, S. Roy .; (ii) Wealthy M., b. Mar. 1, 1906, S. Roy .; (c) Helen A., b. June 14, 1889, S. Roy .; m. Apr. 14, 1909, Pearl L., son Fred and Ida (Chadwick) Culver, b. 1886, E. Barnard; she d. Nov. 27, 1910; ch .: (i) infant, b. and d. Nov. 16, 1910.
ii. Marcia J., b. July 5, 1864; d. Jan. 16, 1907; m. July 23, 1889, Rev. Charles H., son Albert I. and Helen A. (Read) Dutton, b. 1864, Shirley, Mass .; ch .: (a) Philip Drew, b. Apr. 19, 1891; (b) Ruth, b. May 8, 1893, Oberlin, O. Mr. Dutton graduated from Oberlin in 1910; res. E. Cleveland, O.
DUNHAM FAMILY. -
1. JESSE [6] DUNHAM (Ebenezer [5], Israel [4], Elea- zer [3], Joseph [2], John [1]), b. Apr. 21, 1756, Plympton, Mass .; d. Apr. 23, 1845, Roy .; m. (1) Oct. 7, 1779, Lois, dau. Isaiah and Joanna Hatch, b. 1757, Conn .; d. Sep. 13, 1798, Conn .; m. (2) Ruth, sister of Lois; m. (3) Elizabeth Ripley, a widow with two ch .; ch. remained with their grandparents; Elizabeth d. Jan. 22, 1847, Roy.
Jesse Dunham came to Vermont in the 1780's. At the time he bought M. 33 L. A. in 1784, his residence was Barnard. He completed a commodious house in 1797. He was a shoemaker by trade. His fine physique, ability, and training all contrib- uted to his success. His wife was delicate in health, and re- turned to her home, and died while there. He took his four- months-old boy in his arms and brought him on horseback to his home in Royalton. His second wife is said to have been a woman of education, wide experience, and excellence. Mr. Dunham made it a custom to give a farm to each of his children who married and wished to settle near him. Lois received such a wedding present, and Norman had the farm known now as the Charles Waldo place, where the house was built in 1800. Henry C. was given the home farm. i. Nathaniel [7], b. Dec. 18, 1780, Hardwick, Mass .; d. Aug. 2, 1848; m. May 3, 1808, Betsey Wills; in Troy, N. Y., in 1845.
ii. Asa [7], b. Dec. 25, 1783; d. an infant in Barnard.
iii. Noah [7], b. Nov. 5, 1784, Roy .; d. Aug. 29, 1853, Lima, N. Y .; m. Nov. 2, 1813, Sarah Pinney; in Watertown, N. Y., 1845.
iv. Hannah [7], b. Mar. 19, 1787; d. Jan., 1857, Roy .; m. June 11, 1809, Oliver Wills of Roy. v. Lydia [7], b. Nov. 1, 1789; m. Sep. 2 or 27, Rev. Haskell Wheelock.
vi. Lucy [7], b. Apr. 8, 1792; m. Elias Barlow of Bakersfield. vii. Jesse [7], b. Dec. 19, 1794, Bakersfield; m. Dec. 8, 1859, Lucy Davison; five ch .; rem. to Minn. 49
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viii. Joseph [7], b. Oct. 13, 1796; d. Oct., 1864, Almoral, Ia .; m. Nov. 11, 1823, Pauline, dau. William and Paulina (Tullar) Joiner, b. Dec. 23, 1800, Roy .; d. 1871, Almoral. Ch .: (a) Lois Hatch [8], b. Oct. 16, 1824, Roy .; d. 1825, Bakersfield; (b) Laura Allen [8], b. Aug. 31, 1826, Roy .; d. 1827, Bakersfield; (c) Joseph Albert [8], b. Apr. 18, 1827, Roy .; d. 1831, Bakersfield; (d) Francis Willis [8], b. July 20, 1830; d. 1868; m. Ann Mary Start; (e) James Harvey [8], b. Mar. 27, 1833; d. 1842, Bakersfield; (f) Joseph Bicknell [8], b. May 3, 1835; m. Lucy Bridges; (g) Abbie Eliza [8], b. Apr. 22, 1839; d. 1866, Al- moral, Ia .; (h) Buell Goodsell Pier [8], b. Sep. 1, 1842; d. 1864, Al- moral; regimental bugler.
ix. Harvey [7], b. May 11, 1800.
2. x. Harrison [7], b. Dec. 31, 1803, Roy.
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xi. Ezra [7], twin of Harrison; d. an infant.
*xii. Lois H. [7], b. Mar. 3, 1805, Roy .; m. Ira Belding.
xiii. Norman [7], b. Nov. 3, 1809; m. - Ayers, and had son, Washington; rem. to Ware, Mass.
2. HARRISON [7] DUNHAM, son of Jesse [6], b. Dec. 31, 1803, Roy .; d. Jan. 24, 1886, Bethel; m. Fanny, dau. George and Betsey Paige, b. Mar. 10, 1805, Barnard; d. Jan. 6, 1884, Roy.
i. Charles [8], b. May 21, 1831; d. May 21, 1832.
ii. Harrison [8], b. 1834; d. July 16, 1854.
iii. Infant son, b. and d. Apr. 25, 1836.
iv. Henry Clay [8], b. Aug. 24, 1840; living; m. (1) Sep. 29, 1863, Lucy Ann, dau. Levi and Olive Gove of Hartland, b. 1843; d. June 23, 1884, Bethel; m. (2) Mar. 17, 1885, Fannie, dau. Moses and Roxana Chase; ch .: (a) Julia Ellen [9], b. Sep. 20, 1864, Roy .; m. Mar. 2, 1886, Chester Elwin, son Kendall B. and Hannah E. Foster, b. Sep. 23, 1858, Ripton; ch .: (i) Julian Chester [10], b. Feb. 3, 1887; (ii) Vera Lillian [10], b. Apr. 10, 1890; res., Butler, Pa .; a successful osteopath physician; (b) Carrie Hannibal [9], b. May 28, 1866, Roy .; m. Dec. 19, 1901, Robert Howland, son Henry M. and Sarah A. Willson, b. Dec. 26, 1861, Hinesburg; ch .: (i) Ruth [10], b. July 4, 1905; res., Castleton; (c) Harry Albert [9], b. Aug. 8, 1870, Roy .; m. Aug. 17, 1892, Ella J., dau. George W. and Mary J. Haven, b. W. Fairlee; res., Asheville, N. C .; no ch .; (d) Maud Olive, b. Jan. 22, 1872; res., Ashe- ville, N. C .; unm .; (e) Perry C., b. Dec. 21, 1873, Roy .; d. Mar. 3, 1898, Bethel, unm .; (f) Frank Henry, b. Feb. 5, 1875, Roy .; d. Sep. 19, 1875; (g) Jesse Harvey, b. Mar. 18, 1876, Roy .; d. 1897; (h) Levi Gove, b. Apr. 5, 1880, Roy .; res., Brattleboro; (i) Robert Henry, b. Sep. 9, 1881; after death of his mother was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Horace Church; m. Apr. 14, 1903, Lily May, dau. Richard Harris and Mary (Booker) Guyatt, b. Binbrooke, Can .; ch .: (i) Robert Alexander, b. June 6, 1904; (ii) Esther Louise, b. July 29, 1905; (iii) Alice Lucy, b. Oct. 12, 1906; res., Rochester, N. Y .; (j) Leon Chase, b. June 17, 1886, Bethel; d. 19 -; (k) Rolla West, b. Mar. 31, 1888, Bethel; d. July 2, 1890.
The emigrant ancestor, John [1], was the son of Dea. John and Abigail Wood. Dea. John was born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, Eng., 1588-89. His son John was married in Leyden, Holland, but left his bride behind when he came to America. He was active in the settle- ment of Plymouth Colony. He was a weaver by trade. His second child, Abigail, was the first child born in Plymouth, 1623, and married Stephen Wood.
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DURKEE FAMILY.
1. LIEUT. TIMOTHY [4] DURKEE (Nathaniel [3], John [2], William [1]), b. May, 1737, bap. the 15th, Woodbury, Conn .; d. Mar. 22, 1797, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem .; m. May 3, 1758, Pomfret, Conn., Lucy Anna Smalley. His mother was Mary Baker, and his father captain of the 5th Co. in Woodbury.
Timothy Durkee was one of the original grantees of the town. He was in Hanover, N. H., in 1773, when he served as pound keeper, and in 1775 Lieut. Timothy Durkee was one of a committee to procure arms and ammunition. He was a Revolu- tionary soldier. He came to Royalton between 1775 and 1779, when he appears on record Mar. 23, as grand juryman. He and his wife appear on the earliest records of the church. They were more liberal in doctrine than the generality of members of that time, and Mr. Durkee afterwards joined a Bethel church. He settled on his 260 acres in 53 T. P., one of the finest lots in town. His house stood on the other side of the road from the present house, known as the Edward Rix place. He must have been a stirring, enterprising man. He seems to have given a portion of his land for a burial ground, before the town took any action in the purchase of the N. Royalton cemetery. He was selectman in 1779, but after that date seems to have es- chewed politics, though the town meetings were often held at his house. His attention was probably given to improving his land, for in 1792 he had seventy acres of improved land, con- siderably more than any other man in town.
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i. Heman, b. June 17, 1759, Woodbury, Conn.
ii. Timothy, b. Oct. 17, 1762, Woodbury.
iii. Lucy Anne [5], b. Feb. 20, 1767, Woodbury; m. Jireh Tucker.
iv. Andrew [5], b. Apr. 25, 1769, Pomfret, Conn; he was cap- tured by the Indians in 1780, and released at the intercession of Mrs. Handy. His name is not in the first census, but is in the first grand list, 1791, and is found that year only. He had a wife Phebe, and is thought to have moved to Moretown, but no proof of this has been found.
v. Lorene [5], b. 1776; d. Dec. 27, 1779, Roy.
vi. Sheldon [5], b. abt. 1774, Roy. He was captured by the Indians and released like his brother. He was first listed in 1795, but there is no record of his taking freeman's oath. He was listed again in 1816.
vii. Harvey [5], b. Aug. 4, 1775 (?) Roy .; first listed in 1796, and continued to be until 1806; d. Feb. 20, 1827, Burlington; m. (1) Mar. 9, 1797, Patta Robinson, b. June 4, 1778; d. Nov. 4, 1809; m. (2) Dec. 31, 1809, Dolly Sabin, b. Sep. 12, 1774; d. Dec. 11, 1857; ch .: (a) Elizabeth [6], b. Jan. 9, 1799; d. 1852, Kenosha, Wis .; m. J. H. Board- man; (b) Miranda [6], b. Aug. 12, 1800; d. abt. 1830; m. Jan. 30, 1820, Joel B. Fox; (c) Martin Robinson [6], b. May 6, 1803, Chelsea; m. Abigail Miller, b. Apr. 23, 1807, Putney; thirteen ch .; res. Burke, N. Y .; (d) Harry [6], b. June 28, 1804; went West and never heard from;
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HISTORY OF ROYALTON, VERMONT
(e) Charles [6], b. Dec. 10, 1805, Roy .; d. Jan. 18, 1870, in Omaha; m. twice; no ch .; rem. to Kenosha, Wis .; a member of Congress 1849- 53; U. S. senator, 1855-61; governor of Utah, 1865-70; (f) Paoli [6], b. Feb. 1, 1807, Enosburgh; d. Feb. 4, 1880, Saratoga Springs; m. Lydia Stoddard, who d. July 1, 1889, Saratoga; two ch .; (g) Mary [6], b. Apr. 9, 1808, Enosburgh; m. Charles M. Eldridge; (h) Patta [6], b. Sep. 27, 1810, Enosburgh; d. Jan. 3, 1812; (i) Harrison [6], b. Oct. 11, 1812, Enosburgh; d. 1886; m. Apr. 25, 1837, Mary Amelia Hart of Troy, N. Y., b. Nov. 17, 1816; six ch .; (j) Harvey [6], b. Feb. 9, 1815, Bur- lington; d. Apr. 6, 1887, Kenosha, Wis .; m. Sep. 3, 1839, Cabot, Martha E. Dana, b. Mar. 23, 1818; d. June 22, 1891; eight ch., four boys. Har- vey, Sr., was high sheriff of Chittenden county in 1812.
viii. Jireh [5], b. abt. 1780; took freeman's oath and was first listed in 1801, and continued to be until 1813, and again in 1815. He went to Bethel. He had a wife Phebe, and a child Rodney, born Dec. 13, 1801. That year he gave a life lease to his mother. He had an interest in grist and saw mills, and in 1811 was one of the firm, Dur- kee & Egerton. In 1821 he deeded from Burlington. He returned to Royalton and bought or built the brick store, but in 1828 was again in Burlington.
ix. Lorena [5]. Date of birth unknown, but she is mentioned in the father's will. She is probably the Lorena who married Apr. 26, 1797, William "Bales," listed in Royalton 1797-98. x. Adan [5], b. 1768; d. Dec. 19, 1788. Taken prisoner, and carried to Canada, where he died in prison.
2. HEMAN [5] DURKEE, son of Lieut. Timothy [4], b. June 17, 1759, Woodbury, Conn .; d. Oct. 5, 1797, Roy .; m. Sep. 19, 1781, Susannah, dau. Daniel and Rebecca (Johnson) Rix, b. June 30, 1765, Preston, Conn .; d. Sep. 9, 1852; she married (2) Hezekiah Hutchinson of Tunbridge.
Heman was one of the original grantees of the town. He owned 100 acres joining his father's farm, and speculated con- siderably in land. He held important town offices, and was con- stable for a term of years. He was sent as delegate to the Con- stitutional Convention held at Bennington, Jan. 10, 1791. He was called Colonel, but his right to the title has not been ascer- tained. It was probably derived from his connection with the militia.
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