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i. Lyman [6], b. Aug. 27, 1782; drowned June 22, 1792. ii. Charlotte [6], b. June 17, 1784; d. Dec. 27, 1785. *iii. Lucy [6], b. Aug. 28, 1786; m. Joseph Lee.
iv. Heman [6], b. Oct. 2 or 21, 1789; d. Jan. 9, 1865; m. Sep. 15, 1813, Rebecca Hatch, b. June 5 or 12, 1791, Sharon; d. June 7, 1872, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem .; ch .: (a) Emily [7], b. Oct. 26, 1814, Roy .; m. William Leonard. (See).
v. Daniel [6], b. Aug. 27, 1791, Roy .; m. Apr. 8, 1813, Mary Wright of Norwich; four daughters, Mary, Louisa, Lucy, and Susan; the last two m., but no grandch. living; Daniel went to York, Pa .; law- yer and judge.
vi. Ziba [6], b. Aug. 16, 1793, Roy .; m. Hannah Arlotta Bailes of Randolph; ch .: (a) George [7], m. - Hibbard, and had one dau .; (b) Charles, m. and had a son and two or three daughters; res. of wid., Alden, N. Y.
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vii. Susan [6], b. Nov. 25, 1795; m. Lewis Wheeler, Feb. 23, 1823; rem. from Tunbridge to E. Randolph, and later to Rand. Center. 3. TIMOTHY [5] DURKEE, son of Lieut. Timothy [4], b. Oct. 17, 1762, Woodbury, Conn .; d. Sep. 28, 1816, Richmond, Va .; m. June, 1786, Sybil, dau. Samuel and Mehitable (Ham- mond) Metcalf, b. Nov. 22, 1764, Lebanon, Conn .; d. Apr. 4, 1820, Salem, N. Y. Timothy, Jr., had 100 acres in W. 52 T. P., and other land. He was listed in 1791 and 1792, and probably left town the next year, giving him a residence in town of about sixteen years. He assisted in building Fort Fortitude. i. Polly [6], b. Apr. 10, 1787; d. Greenwich, N. Y .; m. Abel Buck.
ii. Charlotte [6], b. Feb. 28, 1789; d. Salem, N. Y .; m. Reuben Warner.
4. iii. Timothy [6], b. Apr. 20, 1791.
iv. Adin [6], b. Feb. 12, 1793; d. 1855; m. Nancy Henderson; ten ch. v. William Ladd [6], b. Dec. 6, 1795, Montpelier; d. 1832, Natural Bridge, Va.
vi. Laura [6], b. Mar. 11, 1797, Haverhill, N. H .; m. Elijah Hiscock.
vii. Sybil Metcalf [6], b. June 19, 1799, Haverhill.
viii. Matilda [6], b. Salem, N. Y .; m. John L. Hamilton.
ix. George Washington [6], b. July 13, 1804, Salem, N. Y .; m. Nov. 6, 1828, Mary Webster; eleven ch .; son, Lafayette G., killed at Gaines Mills, June 2, 1862, in battle.
x. John Williams [6], b. May 28, 1807, Salem; m. Sep. 25, 1832, Mary Hannah (Buchanan) Anderson; four ch.
4. TIMOTHY [6] DURKEE, son of Timothy [5] Jr., b. Apr. 20, 1791, Roy .; d. Apr. 2, 1867, Northumberland, N. Y .; m. (1) Feb. 24, 1814, Sarah Anne, dau. John Baker, b. Mar. 6, 1796, Moureau, ( ?) N. Y .; d. Sep. 20, 1863; m. (2) Feb., 1864, He was school commissioner in 1838, and wagon maker in Fort Edward in 1850.
i. John [7], b. and d. May 10, 1815.
*ii. Maria Mahitable [7], b. Sep. 22, 1816; m. George Lee.
iii. Harvey B. [7], b. May 18, 1818; d. May 29, 1843.
iv. William Henry [7], b. Sep. 22, 1820.
v. Jane M. [7], b. Oct. 9, 1821; m. Archie Darby.
*vi. Eliza [7], b. Nov. 5, 1823; m. Storrs Howe.
5. vii. John Baker [7], b. Jan. 11, 1826.
viii. James McNeil [7], b. Sep. 21, 1827; d. Dec. 10, 1833.
ix. Alexander R. [7], b. May 22, 1829; d. Dec. 10, 1833.
x. Sarah M. [7], b. Mar. 8, 1831; d. July 25, 1835.
xi. Ann [7], b. Nov. 5, 1832; d. same day.
xii. Walter S. [7], b. May 18, 1835; res. Fort Edward, N. Y. xiii. George T. [7], b. Oct. 16, 1837; d. Oct. 18, 1837.
5. JOHN BAKER [7] DURKEE, son of Timothy [6], great-grandson of Lieut. Timothy [4], b. Jan. 11, 1826, Green- wich, N. Y .; d. Mar. 16, 1904, Roy .; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1851, Laura Lee, dau. Lewis and Susan (Durkee) Wheeler, b. Mar. 4, 1829, Randolph; d. July 7, 1861, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem .; m. (2)
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Arlotta Durkee Wheeler, sister of first wife, b. Feb. 26, 1837, Rand.
Mr. Durkee removed from Fort Edward, N. Y., in the early part of 1852, and bought the Kent place in S. Royalton, which was then occupied by Joseph Lee. About twenty years after he purchased the house now owned by Mrs. Ida Choate, and at the end of another twenty years he sold this house and his store and bought the William Martin house in S. Royalton, where he died and his widow still lives. He was in the mercantile busi- ness for about thirty years, and left it with an unsullied reputa- tion for honesty and square dealing. He was always to the front on any question affecting the welfare of the community, and was one of the leaders of the S. Royalton Congregational church, being deacon from its organization until his death. The minister always knew where to find him on the evening of mid- week prayer meeting. After he gave up active life, he solaced himself with the study of art, and left to his family some very good amateur paintings. Mrs. Durkee has been one of the most faithful workers in the church. Their faith was sorely tried when they lost all their children, but the affliction was borne with Christian grace and fortitude. i. Fredwin John [8], b. May 10, 1853; d. 1884, Mexico; m. Dec. 19, 1878, Bertha Day of Carroll, N. H .; a railroad employee; no ch. ii. Daniel [8], b. Sep. 1, 1856; m. (1) May 10, 1880, Lebanon, N. H., Anna K., dau. Rev. Charles A. Downs, who d .; m. (2) Mar. 4, 1906, Cal., Lucy F., dau. Rev. J. H. and Martha W. Hale, b. Oct. 1, 1876, Morrisville; res. Colorado Springs, Helena, Mont., San Dimas, Cal. Ch .: (a) Winona Laura [9], b. Aug. 26, 1881, Col. Springs; (b) Daniel Wal- ter [9], b. May 1, 1883, Rincon, Cal .; (c) Edna Katrina [9], b. Sep. 12, 1884, Rincon; (d) May Marian [9], b. Aug. 9, 1886; (e) Clarence Algernon [9], b. Sep. 12, 1890; (f) Walter Downs [9], twin of Clar- ence A., d. 1890; (g) Charles Fredwin [9], b. Nov. 6, 1891; (h) John Baker [9], b. June 26, 1893, Rincon; (i) George Raymond [9], b. May 2, 1896, Corona; d. Aug. 20, 1896. Mr. Durkee has been a very suc- cessful business man.
iii. Lucy Laura [8], b. Nov. 16, 1862; d. Feb. 12, 1866.
iv. Mary Louisa [8], b. Nov. 20, 1865; d. Nov. 3, 1883. She possessed a voice of rare sweetness, and many lovable qualities. v. Walter Louis [8], b. Dec. 31, 1867; d. Oct. 28, 1883. Wal- ter was a general favorite. He and his sister Mary died of diphtheria after a brief illness.
vi. Alice Maria [8], b. Apr. 27, 1872; d. July 16, 1877.
BELA DURKEE, son of Nathan, b. 1798, Lebanon, N. H .; d. May 9, 1863, Randolph; m. Eliza, dau. Dr. Heman and Dorcas (Dimick) Baker of Plainfield, N. H., who d. Apr. 11, 1861, Rand. Mr. Durkee came to Royalton in 1835, and bought the farm now owned by C. H. Robinson. The house on the farm was built in 1834 by John Coy. He removed to Randolph in 1859.
*i. Mariette Elizabeth, b. Apr. 25, 1821, Plainfield; m. Sumner Kendall.
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ii. Benjamin Bela, b. July 22, 1822; d. Apr. 20, 1856; m. Sarah Wood of Randolph, and had one son, Charles, who d. at the age of twenty-one; Sarah m. (2) Silas Briggs of Williamstown.
*iii. Phebe Carson, b. Nov. 11, 1827; m. Benjamin Latham. iv. Nathan Dimick, b. Mar. 6, 1830; d. Jan. 1, 1895, Hastings, Neb .; m. Angeline Wood, niece of Mrs. Isaac Howe of Tunbridge; res. with father a few years, then went to Ill., then to Neb .; Angeline d. with dau. in Aurora, Ill. Ch .: (a) George; (b) Minnie, now living in Denver, Col.
v. Henry Oliver, b. Sep. 27, 1833; d. Mar. 16, 1908; d. Hast- ings, Neb .; m. in Ill .; wife and child both dead; teacher.
vi. Lewis Baker, b. Feb. 27, 1843, Roy .; d. Apr. 15, 1861, Ran- dolph.
DUTTON FAMILY.
1. SAMUEL DUTTON, son of Thomas and Abigail Mer- riam, b. Feb. 3, 1737, Washington, Conn .; d. Feb. 22, 1813, Hartford; m. (1) Dec. 6, 1754, Joanna Root, b. Jan. 1, 1737; d. 1772, Woodstock; m. (2) Oct. 7, 1772, Rachel Benedict, b. Apr. 14, 1751; d. July 21, 1828, Hartford. Samuel removed from Woodbury, Conn., to Woodstock in 1778, and to Royalton in 1796. He removed to Hartford about 1802, and later went to Norwich and bought the farm where Otis Metcalf lives. His first six children were all born in Conn. Feb. 19, 1804, he took a letter from the church in Royalton to Hanover, N. H. He had fifteen children: Olive, Abigail, Lois, David, Joanna, Samuel, Daniel, Thaddeus, Matthew, Esther, Rachel, Rachel, Reuben, Asa, Chloe. David married and had son, John, whose daughter, Hattie, married Otis Metcalf. The church records show that Asa, son of Samuel, was baptized Dec. 24, 1797, and David, son of Samuel, was baptized June 16, 1799, and Zabina, son of Sam- uel, was baptized July 5, 1800.
1. AMASA DUTTON, son of Thomas and Abigail Mer- riam, b. July 20 or 31, 1745; d. Sep. 30, 1831, Roy .; m. (1) Oct. 1, 1866, Sarah Parmalee, b. Nov. 25, 1748; d. Sep. 9, 1805; m. (2) Mar. 10, 1806, Ruth, wid. Jeremiah Ingraham, b. 1755; d. Apr. 15, 1826. He was a shoemaker in Roy. village. On Oct. 22, 1790, Amasa Dutton, then of Clarendon, bought 100 acres in W. 52 T. P., which Timothy Durkee, Jr., owned and some land in 2 T. P. He sold this in 1806, and was then in Hartford. He was listed in 1791 and appears in the first census. An ex- change of land was effected with Nathan Kimball, and in 1824 Mr. Dutton secured the farm in 33 and 34 T. P. which has since remained in the hands of the family.
i. Susannah, b. Nov. 25, 1767; d. Mar. 1 or Apr. 18, 1770.
ii. Reuben, b. Feb. 3, 1771; d. young.
iii. Benjamin, b. Dec. 9, 1773; d. Feb. 3, 1866, Brookfield; m. Clarissa Thomas, b. Mar. 15, 1771; d. Oct. 15, 1852; ch .: (a) Abial, b. Mar. 28, 1797; (b) Ira, b. Jan. 1, 1799; a shoemaker in Roy. a few years; d. in Brookfield; became blind, and staid some time with his
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brother Amasa. Benjamin was in Roy. from 1796 to 1812. He leased one of the school lots and owned land near Stevens bridge. He went to Hartford.
iv. Sally, b. Sep. 17, 1776; d. young.
v. Susannah, b. Sep. 27, 1781; m. June 17, 1802.
2. vi. Amasa, b. Nov. 21, 1783.
vii. Thomas Parmalee, b. Jan. 14, 1787; d. Oct. 3, 1805.
viii. John Gould, b. Nov. 18, 1789, Clarendon; m. Dec. 3, 1812, Abigail Moxley or Morrill of Tunbridge, who d. Apr. 20, 1836, aged forty-five; ch .: (a) Sarah, b. Apr. 13, 1815, Roy .; m. Mar. 14, 1837, Jason Brewer of Tunbridge; (b) Amasa, b. Nov. 21, 1816; (c) John, b. June 24, 1818; (d) Eliza or Elvira, b. Oct. 23, 1819; d. Feb. 23, 1873; (e) Lucinda, b. Nov. 15, 1820; (f) Susannah, b. Sep. 27, 1822; (g) Abigail, b. Oct. 2, 1824; burned to death at house of Mr. Brewer, June 11, 1841; (h) Benjamin, b. Aug. 19, 1826; d. Feb. 11, 1827; (i) Mary Jane, b. Jan. 18, 1827; (j) George, b. Mar. 25, 1830; (k) Alvah, b. Nov. 7, 1831; (1) Alice Janette, bap. Mar. 29, 1836. On Sep. 19, 1831, his children from the fourth to the tenth inclusive were baptized. John Gould removed to Bethel, and died in Northfield.
2. AMASA DUTTON, JR., b. Nov. 21, 1783, Clarendon; d. Apr. 1, 1863, Roy .; m. Nov. 14, 1805, Tamasin, dau. William and Tamasin (Cady) Ashcraft, b. Oct. 12, 1779; d. June or July 11, 1817, Roy .; m. (2) Oct. 26, 1817, Altha, dau. Thomas and Abigail (Hazen) Dutton, b. Sep. 14, 1788, Hartford; d. Sep. 14, 1877, Roy .; Capt. Amasa and two wives bur. N. Roy. Cem.
Capt. Amasa was first listed in 1806. In 1808 he with Daniel Ashcraft bought out John Flint, the store and potash works, probably, at the "Yuran" place. Later he lived with and cared for his parents in their old age. His title of Captain was doubtless derived from his connection with the state militia. He was captain of a company of Independent Infantry. The first day that he lived at the Yuran place he made a hard wood table, and used it at supper time, as they had company. He moved from there to the Lyman Burbank farm. In the War of 1812 Harry Bingham went in his place, as Mr. Bingham said Capt. Dutton had a family, and he had not. Mr. Dutton named a son, Harry Bingham.
i. Harry, b. Aug. 25, 1806; d. Sep. 23, 1806.
ii. Carlos, b. Mar. 8, 1808; d. June 11, 1874; went to N. Y.
iii. Caroline, b. Jan. 14, 1810; m. Dr. James Woodworth of Bethel.
iv. Carlton, b. Jan. 30, 1812; d.
v. Harry B., b. July 14, 1814; d.
*vi. Altha Louisa, b. Jan. 5, 1819; m. Joseph Newcomb Kinney. vii. Amasa Parmalee, b. June 24, 1820; m. Feb., 1845, Mary M., dau. Stephen and Eunice (Hazen) Mason of Hanover, N. H., b. Nov. 15, 1818; he was one of the assistant judges of the Orleans County Court, a highly honored citizen of Craftsbury; four ch .; one a minister. 3. viii. David Hazen, b. Jan. 12, 1822.
ix. Tamasin A., b. Dec. 20 or 12, 1823; m. Nov. 2, 1848, Samuel W., son Samuel and Phebe (Wyatt) McIntosh, b. Mar. 15, 1820; ch .: (a) Edward, b. Dec. 15, 1851; (b) Carlton W., b. May 21, 1857.
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MAAS ALTHA HAZEN DUTTON 1788~1877
CAPT. AMASA DUTTON JA 1783-1863
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DAVID HAZEN
DUTTON 1822 -1908
MRS. ABBIE C. (DUTTON)
HENRY WALBRIDGE DUTTON
MRS. LAURA ANNE DUTTON DODGE
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MAS ALTHA L. DUTTON
S. HARRIET DIANA WALBRIDGE) 1819 ~ 1897
DUTTON.
KIDDER
Mrs. Susan (Putnam) Bowman. John Lindley Bowman. Phineas Stevens. Asahel Clark.
George Lyman.
John Bliss.
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x. Eleanor Maria, b. Nov. 2, 1827; d. Dec. 3 or 5, 1834.
*xi. Sarah R. Parmalee, b. Aug. 17, 1829; m. May 31, 1852, R. D. Kinney.
xii. Edward Francis, b. May 4, 1832; m. Aug. 30, 1854, Polly G., dau. Dr. Eleazer and Polly (Ladd) Spalding Baldwin, b. Oct. 7, 1833, Strafford; ch .: (a) Altha Louisa, b. July 3, 1855, Roy .; druggist in Barton.
3. DAVID HAZEN DUTTON, son of Amasa, Jr., b. Jan. 12, 1822, Roy .; d. Feb. 29, 1908, Bethel; m. Nov. 4, 1845, Lock- port, N. Y., Harriet Diana, dau. Jewett and Harriet R. Wal- bridge, b. Dec. 14, 1819, Randolph; d. May 5, 1897, Bethel. Both died at the home of their daughter.
Mr. Dutton was one of Royalton's most successful farmers. He held offices of trust in the town and the Congregational church. He was characterized by industry, steadfastness of purpose, and kindliness of heart. He and his wife were well known for their hospitality. They spent the last years of their life with their daughter, Mrs. Kidder, in Bethel.
4. i. Henry Walbridge, b. Apr. 6, 1847, Roy.
ii. Abbie Caroline, b. Mar. 8, 1856; m. Oct. 23, 1883, Roy., Charles, son Reuben and Emma (Porter) Kidder, b. Apr. 27, 1843, Rochester; no ch. Mr. Kidder is a dealer in live stock in Bethel.
4. HENRY WALBRIDGE DUTTON, b. Apr. 6, 1847, Roy .; m. Mar. 17, 1880, Jericho, Laura Anne, dau. Milo and Susan Emily (Smith) Chapin, b. Apr. 24, 1860, Jericho. Mr. Dutton lives on the old homestead, and has in his house all the modern improvements. He was elected deacon of the First Con- gregational church in 1910. Both he and his wife have been very active in church work. Mrs. Dutton has served many times as delegate to different conventions, and held important offices in county organizations. She is president of the Royalton Woman's Club, and also president of the Royalton Historical Association. Their home is rarely without a guest, to whom they give the warmest of welcomes.
i. Altha L., b. Sep. 14, 1884, Roy .; m. Oct. 3, 1905, Frank G., son George and Louise F. Hyde, b. Aug. 22, 1879, W. Stockholm, N. Y .; ch .: (a) Helen Louise, b. Mar. 28, 1911, Jericho.
*ii. Laura Anne, b. Aug. 2, 1885, Roy .; m. Chester B. Dodge.
HENRY DUTTON, son of Henry and Betsey (Brown) Dutton of Braintree, b. July 15, 1844, Randolph; d. June 8, 1908, Roy .; m. Aug. 22, 1864, Braintree, Arethusa, dau. Eben- ezer Lee and Polly Ann (Tullar) Waterman, b. Aug. 6, 1847. Mr. Dutton removed from Tunbridge to Royalton in 1892, and bought the Eben. Waterman farm, where he died.
i. George Lester, b. Sep. 7, 1866, Braintree; m. Sep. 28, 1893, Laura Adaline, dau. Hollis Emmons and Minerva H. (Knapp) Howard, b. Aug. 23, 1877, Roy .; ch .: (a) Mary Edith, b. Sep. 6, 1900, Roy .; (b) Minnie Arethusa, b. Sep. 6, 1907. Mr. Howard lives on the H. Emmons Howard farm. He is prominent in the M. E. church, and was elected selectman in 1908.
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ii. Custer E., b. May 31, 1868, Braintree; m. June 20, 1891, Roy., Maggie E., dau. Patrick and Eunice Conley; ch .: (a) Myrtle M., b. May 9, 1892, Roy .; (b) Henry, b. July 15, 1893; (c) Lola Arethusa, b. Jan. 2, 1895.
iii. Luna D., b. Mar. 17, 1870, Braintree; d. June 5, 1874. iv. Mabel A., b. Apr. 1, 1872, Braintree; d. June 13, 1874.
v. John DeWitt, b. Apr. 13, 1874, Braintree; m. Sep. 1, 1897, Pernella K., dau. Alonzo C. and Ellen (Hunt) Porter, b. 1879, Randolph.
vi. Nellie G., b. Aug. 25, 1878, Braintree; m. May 22, 1897, Gideon E. Barker; res. Quechee.
vii. Ila M., b. June 5, 1880, Braintree; stenographer in Al- bany, N. Y., unm.
*viii. Stella A., b. Apr. 26, 1884, Waitsfield; m. Edward A. Smith. ix. Luva Irene, b. Nov. 5, 1886, Roy .; m. Sep. 18, 1906, Perry O. Adams of Barnard.
DYER FAMILY.
JONATHAN DYER, son of Ichabod and Mary Jane Dyer, b. 1771, Braintree, Mass .; d. Feb. 24, 1862, Roy .; m. Apr. 2, 1795, Roy., Betsey, dau. Thomas Bacon, prob., b. Nov. 11, 1779; m. (2) 1804 (published Mar. 11), Lois Adams, b. 1785, Conn .; d. June 26, 1848, Roy .; both bur. Bethel. Mr. Dyer removed from Braintree to Royalton in 1806. He located in the west part of the town, and in 1807 made an agreement to support Thomas Bacon.
i. Ezra, b. Feb. 23, 1800.
*ii. Betsey, b. Jan. 29, 1806; m. Horatio N. Wheat.
iii. Esther, b. Sep. 17, 1807, Roy .; d. Feb. 26, 1890, Brookfield, unm.
*iv. Mary, b. June 25, 1810, Roy .; m. Thomas J. Davis.
v. Hannah, b. May 17, 1812, Roy .; m. Feb. 13, 1837, George Perry of Rutland; son Albert res. Randolph.
vi. Jonathan, b. Feb. 5, 1814, Roy .; d. Oct. 13, 1885; m. Martha M. Church, b. 1824, Charlestown, N. H .; d. Aug. 27, 1889, E. Brookfield. Ch .: (a) Jessie G., b. Oct. 2, 1858-59; d. 1877, E. Brookfield; (b) Frank- lin, b. Mar. 8, 1861, Roy .; m. Lilla Partridge of E. Brookfield; no ch .; res. Barre; (c) Clara Maria, b. Mar. 3, 1863; m. George H. Harvey. (See).
vii. Martha L., b. Feb. 1, 1816, Roy .; d. in Pomfret; m. Mar. 25, 1839, Otis W. Pitkin; two ch., William and Eliza.
viii. Eliza, b. 1821; d. Nov. 2, 1849; m. Levi H. Harris; son, Jonathan, d. Aug. 26, 1849, aged 5 mo.
JOTHAM DYER, brother probably of Jonathan, came to Royalton two years after Jonathan, and bought a small place near Jonathan, which he sold in 1817. He seems to have been in town at the time of his marriage to Sukey Bacon, Mar. 16, 1802.
i. John Bacon, b. Aug. 31, 1806.
ii. Francis Jones, b. Oct. 24, 1809, Roy.
iii. James Alston, b. June 25, 1812, Roy.
iv. Orvil, b. May 9, 1816, Roy.
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EATON FAMILY.
AMOS JOSEPH EATON, son of Timothy A., who was the son of James Kimball, the son of Timothy, b. May 3, 1869, Bar- ton ; m. Aug. 9, 1892, Ida May, dau. John P. and Lucy Ann (Bing- ham) Howe, b. May 25, 1871, Tunbridge. After marriage Mr. Eaton settled on the Stephen Root farm in Royalton, now called Idylwild. He is one of the most advanced farmers in Wind- sor county, and has been very successful in his experiments for improving the methods of cultivating the soil. He raises con- siderable quantities of early fruits. Both Mr. and Mrs. Eaton take an active part in the M. E. church. Mrs. Eaton was edu- cated in Royalton Academy and Montpelier Seminary. She fur- nished the main part of the data for the Dodge and Bingham families.
i. Wendell Howe, b. Jan. 18, 1899, Roy.
ii. Lucy Mary, b. June 16, 1900, Roy.
iii. Robert James, b. Dec. 26, 1909, Roy.
ELLIS FAMILY.
1. ENOCH ELLIS, son of Moses and Catherine (Boyden) Ellis, b. June 30, 1804, Barnard; d. June 27, 1879, Roy .; m. (1) Eliza Smith; m. (2) Marcia, dau. Bela and Atlanta (Dickens) Spaulding, b. Aug. 16, -, Cornish, N. H .; d. Aug. 4, 1902, Roy. Mr. Ellis rem. from Barnard to Royalton about 1839, and bought the Curtis Cleveland farm. His father came from Wal- pole, N. H., to Barnard about 1785.
i. Moses, b. Aug. 22, 1833, Barnard; d. Oct. 6, 1890; m. (1) Emma Ferrin of Boston; m. (2) Jan. 13, 1880, Mrs. Elizabeth (Holt) Spaulding, dau. of Marcus Holt and wid. of Justin Spaulding, b. July 6, 1842, Stockbridge; ch. by (2) Jessie Martha, b. Nov. 22, 1880; d. Sep. 25, 1883. Mr. Ellis had an iron foundry in Keene, N. H.
ii. Martha Eliza, b. July, 1836; d. Feb. 26, 1871, Roy.
iii. Marcus, b. Sep. 1, 1845, Roy .; m. Kate Greenough of Keene, N. H., and had five ch .; a florist in Keene. 2. iv. George, b. Dec. 4, 1847, Roy.
v. Albert, b. Feb. 11, 1850, Roy .; m. Ella Weed of Jericho; three ch .; res., Wichita, Kan.
vi. Abbie A., b. Oct., 1853; d. Dec. 30, 1863.
2. GEORGE ELLIS, b. Dec. 4, 1847, Roy .; m. Sep. 9, 1880, Florence, dau. Justin and Elizabeth C. (Holt) Spaulding, b. Sep. 21, 1861, Pittsfield. Mr. Ellis has held different town offices, and twice represented the town in the legislature, 1886-87 and 1910-11. He has settled a number of estates, and has been trustee of Royalton Academy for several years. He lives on the home farm.
i. Oliver Justin, b. July 21, 1881, Roy .; m. Oct. 10, 1905, Blanche Alice, dau. Austin V. and Edna (Ellis) Adams, b. Dec. 23, 1878, Barnard; no ch. See "Medical Profession."
ii. Jessie Abbie, b. Nov. 18, 1885, Roy.
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iii Clifford E., b. Sep. 6, 1889, Roy.
iv. Zaida, b. Aug. 10, 1893, Roy.
V. George Murray, b. Mar. 28, 1898, Roy.
EMERSON FAMILY.
BENJAMIN EMERSON, b. 1735; d. Feb. 17, 1805, Roy., bur. Howe Cem .; m. Elizabeth, dau. Isaiah and Anna (Chan- ning) Lindley, b. Dec. 17, 1756, Rehoboth, Mass .; she m. (2) Sep. 10, 1812, Jonas Clark of Warwick, Mass. Mr. Emerson settled in Royalton in 17.97 on M. 41 L. A. His son Isaiah had a part of the farm on the death of his father, but sold and left town, and in 1828 was in Holland, Vt. In Benjamin's will he states that David left home without his father's consent in 1792. He had sold a farm in Nova Scotia to Sybil's husband and one in. Rehoboth to Molly's husband. Benjamin had been gone about three years when the will was made, 1799. The order of the birth of the children is not known.
i. Sybil; m. Isaac Bradshaw.
ii. Barbara.
iii. Isaac Bradshaw; took freeman's oath in 1816.
iv. Molly; m. Bliss.
v. Dan.
vi. Rhoda; m. Charles Dickerson.
vii. David.
viii. Benjamin.
ix. Isaiah; took freeman's oath, 1803.
x. Betsey, b. Sep., 1784; d. Apr. 11, 1867.
xi. Nancy, m. Dec. 22, 1809, Darius Horton.
EMERY FAMILY.
AMOS EMERY, son of Jonathan and Nancy (Eaton) Em- ery, and grandson of Amos of Salem, Mass., b. Mar. 27, 1820, Chester, N. H .; m. (1) Mar. 7, 1843, Almira, dau. Oliver and Abigail Hibbard, b. Jan. 13, 1821, Brookfield; d. Nov. 24, 1856; m. (2) Sarah M., sister of first wife, b. Sep. 23, 1826; d. Jan. 24, 1883, Brookfield; m. (3) July 23, 1899, Mrs. Mary E. (Hoyt) Jones, dau. Granville and Lovisa (Willey) Hoyt, wid. Charles Jones, b. July 4, 1841. Mr. Emery has lived in Royalton about twenty years, owning the Dr. Drake residence. He is wonder- fully active for a man of his age. In his young days he was a fine singer, and taught singing school.
i. George Amos, b. Oct. 6, 1844, Brookfield. He m. and has ch .; has a wholesale and retail grocery in Boston; member of the 10th Vt. Vols., Co. G.
ii. Albert Eugene, b. Aug. 11, 1848; m. Hattie M. Durkee; a son, George A., m. Apr. 9, 1901, Mabel H., dau. Nathan Preston.
iii. Curtis Stanton, b. Nov. 6, 1861, Brookfield; a lawyer and collector of customs at Newport; county clerk for many years, and cashier of Chelsea Bank; on Gov. Smith's staff. iv. Wilson Seward, b. Nov. 9, 1863; m. and has ch .; collector in Boston.
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EVANS FAMILY.
1. JOHN EVANS, an original grantee of Royalton, was here as early as 1778, Nov. 4, when he sold 100 acres of land in Norwich. He was highway surveyor in 1782. In 1788 he was in Randolph, when he sold one of his Royalton lots. He was en- rolled in Capt. Joseph Parkhurst's company of militia. He is thought to have been the father of Cotton Evans, but the line of descent has not yet been positively established.
2. i. Cotton, b. Feb. 22, 1752, Killingly, Conn.
2. COTTON EVANS, b. Feb. 22, 1752, Killingly, Conn. ; m. (1) Elizabeth
(thought to be Lyon), who d. Nov. 25, 1795, Roy .; bur. S. Roy. Cem .; m. (2) Mar. 5, 1797, Roy., La- vina Danes. Cotton Evans is found in the first census. He lived at the Yuran place, and may have had potash works there. He also owned a place in Royalton village. He was last listed in 1808, and two years later he was in Sharon. He sold his pew there in 1812, and probably left town. He was pensioned in 1823, then a resident of Townshend. His pension application stated that he was in Woodstock, Conn., when he first enlisted Nov., 1775, in the Co. of Capt. Converse for five months; enlisted Oct., 1776, for six months; again May, 1778, seven months under Capt. John McGregor; again Mar., 1780, and was captured Oct. 16, 1780, and carried to Montreal, and kept a prisoner thirteen months and three days. He had also other service. In 1823 his wife Lavina was forty-eight years old, and he was seventy- one.
3. i. Nathaniel (?), b. Jan. 17, 1773.
ii. Roswell, b .- 1809.
iii. Hannah, b. 1811.
iv. Willard, b. 1813. v. Eliza, b. 1818, and vi. Jane, b. 1820. He had eleven chil- dren in all.
3. NATHANIEL EVANS, thought to be the son of Cotton, b. Jan. 17, 1773; d. June 26, 1825, Middlebury, O .; m. Sep. 8, 1799, Nancy, dau. Daniel and Mary (Paige) Fay, b. Mar. 15, 1781; d. July 12, 1825, Middlebury, O .; a granddau. of Col. Timothy Paige of Hardwick, Mass. Nathaniel was first listed and took the freeman's oath in 1796. He was last listed in 1811. He owned a fulling mill at the old Morgan Mills, and sold this, or at least the land, in 1811, and went to Bethel. Dr. Denison in his charges spoke of him as Capt. Evans. He is found in Tunbridge in 1813 and 1815. He was in Ohio as early as 1820, and lived in Hiram in 1823, and later in Middlebury.
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