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*i. Sally [7], b. June 25, 1807; m. Ora Osgood.
ii. Chester [7], b. Dec. 31, 1808; d. July 26, 1850, unm.
iii. Sophia [7], b. Aug. 12, 1810; m. Samuel Elliot; son, George F., b. April, 1845; d. Oct. 12, 1846.
iv. Patty [7].
v. Susannah Emeline [7], b. April, 1815 (?); d. an infant.
vi. Susannah Emeline [7], b. Nov. 5, 1817; d. Feb. 19, 1855; m. Stillman Lawton, and had two ch., one Fred [8]. Mr. Lawton d. Mar. 1, 1865; both bur. S. Roy. Cem.
vii. Joseph Henry [7], b. Sep. 3, 1819; d. Newport; son, C. M., res. there; m. June 22, 1847, Sarah R. Bruce, who m. (2) Mr. Smith.
viii. Benjamin [7], b. Mar. 7, 1821; d. Sep. 19, 1900, Roy .; m. May 31, 1854, Jeannette, dau. Chester and Lucy (Mosher) Doubleday, b. Mar. 20, 1836. Mr. Flint was a thrifty farmer, and a man of excel- lent reputation. They had no children of their own, but adopted two: * (a) Hattie Marilla, dau. Amos Fiske Willard, b. Mar. 25, 1854; m. Kendrick Woodward; (b) Charles E., b. 1871, Stockbridge; m. June 30, 1892, Nellie E., dau. M. H. and Mary (Bruce) Ryan, b. 1867, Worcester; ch .: (i) Benjamin Craig, b. June 6, 1896, Roy .; (ii) Marion Gertrude, b. Jan. 12, 1899, Roy.
ix. Charles [7], b. Feb. 10, 1823; m. Mandana Bennett.
*x. Catherine [7], b. Dec. 5, 1824; m. Richard Wills.
xi. Betsey [7], b. Mar. 16, 1828; d. Mar. 19, 1860.
xii. Jonas Keyes [7], b. July 29, 1830, Brookline; d. Jan. 19, 1902, Roy. Mr. Flint lived in S. Royalton, where he had a meat market for some time. He was noted for kindliness of heart. His last illness was long and trying, but he bore it all with patience and submission. Ch .: (a) Ida [8], m. Edward Wilson of Bethel; res., Franklin, N. H., where she has a milliner's shop; (b) Otis H. [8], b. Apr. 6, 1861, Roy .; m. July 7, 1882, Addie M., dau. John and Mary Reynolds, b. Aug. 23,
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1861, Tunbridge; ch .: (i) John Edward [9], b. Apr. 5, 1883, Tunb .; (ii) Harold Otis [9], b. Apr. 4, 1896, Tunb .; Mr. Flint is a mail car- rier; res., S. Roy .; (c) George Edward [8], b. Aug. 21, 1886, Roy .; m. Aug. 22, 1890, Julia Etta, dau. Collamer P. and Ervilla E. (Hackett) Abbott, b. Aug. 29, 1869, Tunb .; d. July 1, 1910, Roy .; ch .: (i) Glenn [9], b. Apr. 10, 1893; shoemaker, S. Roy.
FLYNN FAMILY. 1
RICHARD FLYNN, b. 1746; d. June 14, 1817, Roy .; m. Mary Record, b. 1762; d. June 26, 1835, Roy .; both bur. Havens Cem. Mr. Flynn bought four tracts of land in 1799, located at Havensville. His daughters Polly and Rhoda bought a house in Royalton village in 1856, and spent their last days there.
*i. Betsey, or Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1780; m. Elisha Rix.
ii. Lucretia, m. Aug. 28, 1808, John Nichols of Amherst, N. H.
iii. Lucy, b. 1791; d. Nov. 25, 1831.
iv. Polly, b. Apr. 6, 1794, Dudley, Conn .; d. Aug. 22, 1870, Roy.
v. Sarah, m. Mar. 25, 1810, Benjamin Cushing of Lyndon.
vi. Rhoda, b. Feb. 21, 1799; d. June 4, 1878, Roy.
vii. Charles; in Lyndon in 1822.
MICHAEL FLYNN, son of Michael and Fanny (Child) Flynn, b. Aug. 1, 1790, Bethel; d. Jan. 17, 1855, Dekalb, Ill .; m. Apr. 29, 1816, Hannah Huntington, dau. Stephen and Han- nah (Huntington) Cleveland, b. Feb. 3, 1796, Bethel; d. Feb. 16, 1865, Dekalb, Ill. In 1817 Michael bought a farm in W. 39 L. A., and lived in Royalton for some years, returning to Bethel. He was in the Bethel Co. of militia that went to Plattsburgh, N. Y., in War of 1812. i. Charles Edward, b. Feb. 8, 1817, Bethel; d. Jan. 13, 1877, Minneapolis, Minn .; m. and had ch .; a druggist.
ii. James William, b. Aug. 31, 1819, Roy .; d. May 16, 1822, Roy. iii. George Johnson, b. Feb. 17, 1822, Roy .; m. Sep. 12, 1843, Matilda Townsend, Coltonville, Ill .; three ch.
iv. Hannah Huntington, b. Mar. 19, 1824, Roy .; unm .; res., Dekalb. v. Susan Cleveland, b. July 8, 1826, Roy .; d. Manson, Ia., July 23, 1881; m. May 13, 1857, Cleveland, O., Samuel Andrews.
vi. Henry Michael, b. Dec. 8, 1828, Roy .; m. Mar. 23, 1876, Union, Wis., Mary Elizabeth Slawson; several ch.
vii. Harriet Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1831, Roy .; m. Dec. 31, 1854, Edward Hamlin, a merchant; two ch.
viii. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 19, 1833, Bethel; m. (1) Feb. 22, 1852, Dr. Thos. Scott Rodman; m. (2) Dr. Jean H. Broadus; no ch.
ix. James William, b. Apr. 24, 1836, Bethel; m. Jan. 23, 1858, Sarahette Lucy Woodworth; several ch.
FOLLETT FAMILY.
MARTIN DEWEY [6] FOLLETT (Martin D. [5], Eli- phalet [4], Lieut. Benjamin, Jr. [3], Benj. [2], Robert [1]), b. July, 1793; d. Sep. 18, 1865, Roy .; m. Feb. 12, 1816, Pomfret, Lurania Winchell, b. May 9, 1797, Granville, Mass. In 1854
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Mr. Follett bought the Linnaeus Bugbee place on Broad Brook. See "War of 1812," for military record.
i. Sally Persis [7], b. Feb. 20, 1817, Enosburg.
ii. Truman [7], b. Mar. 6, 1820, Enosburg; d. 1823.
*iii. Lucy F. [7], b. Feb. 23, 1823, Enosburg; m. Harry Goff.
iv. Ammi [7], b. Feb. 12, 1825, Enosburg; d. Dec. 20, 1898, Somerville, Mass .; m. Apr. 4, 1848, Lydia Arvilla, dau. Phineas Dodge, b. May 20, 1826, Johnson; d. Oct. 7, 1906, Somerville. He res. in Roy. and Sharon. He was a very capable man in settling estates, and held important town offices, representing Sharon in 1880-81. He was also deacon and chorister of the Congregational church in Sharon. He was a dairy farmer. His wife was noted for her sweetness of disposition and gentle courtesy. They are buried in E. Barnard. Ch .: (a) Persis H. [8], b. Mar. 8, 1849; m. Apr. 10, 1902, Levi, son Levi and Laura (Hewitt) Belknap of E. Barnard; res., Pittsburg, Kan .; (b) Dodge [8], b. and d. an infant; (c) Frederick C. [8], b. July 27, 1855, Pomfret; d. Apr. 18, 1857, Roy .; (d) Ammi Ward [8], b. Jan. 27, 1858, Roy .; m. Carrie Belle, dau. Charles S. Gove, b. Mar. 10, 1867, Boston, Mass .; no ch .; grad. from Dartmouth Med. Coll., 1881; general practitioner in Somerville, Mass., since 1888; (e) Lucy Arvilla [8], b. June 15, 1860, Roy .; m. Aug. 17, 1880, Alson C., son Alonzo S. Ralph, b. Apr. 16, 1858, Lincoln; grad. Randolph Normal, 1876; ch .: (i) Marvin E. [9], b. May 24, 1884; (ii) Earle K. [9], b. Dec. 27, 1891; res., Somerville, Mass .; (f) Marian Elizabeth [8], b. May 26, 1866, Sharon; d. Mar,, 1883.
v. Norman [7], b. June 6, 1827, Berkshire; d. Apr. 18, 1890, Cameron, Mo .; m. June 20, 1850, Roy., Augusta, dau. Howard and Sarah Leonard, b. Aug. 16, 1826, Sharon; d. Mar. 6, 1895, Omaha, Neb .; bur. Cameron, Mo. Both Norman Follett and his brother Ammi were sing- ers. Norman possessed a fund of humor, and was always welcomed in social circles. He lived on Broad Brook. Ch .: (a) Martin Dewey [8], b. Jan. 13, 1852; d. Apr. 16, 1894; m. Feb. 4, 1882, Cameron, Mo., Lizzie Clevenger; ch .: (i) Norman [9], b. Nov. 18, 1882; (ii) Augusta [9], b. July 11, 1885; res. Kansas City; (iii) Martha Lurania [9], b. Nov. 16, 1889; married, as is also Norman, who has a son; (b) Martha Lu- rania [8], twin of Martin; m. Mar. 28, 1872, Cameron, Mo., Charles H. Rollins; ch .: (i) Lura P. [9], b. July 10, 1873; m. Sep. 26, 1894, Samuel W. Norton; res. Kansas City; ch .: Paul Roscoe [10], b. July 17, 1895; Samuel R. [10], b. Jan. 26, 1897; Lura Katherine [10], b. Nov. 26, 1899; the three b. Providence, R. I .; (ii) Ralph Follett [9], b. Nov. 16, 1878; (iii) Leon Follett [9], b. July 4, 1882, Cameron, Mo .; (c) Ella F. [8], b. Jan. 9, 1857; m. Jan. 18, 1881, Cameron, Mo., John R. Cannon; res. Chicago, Ill .; ch .: (i) Lucile F. [9], b. Mar., 1883; (ii) Howard Renwick [9], b. Apr., 1890.
FOLSOM FAMILY.
CHARLES PAINE FOLSOM, son of Eli Stedman, the son of Smith, the son of Stephen, b. May 30, 1869, Tunbridge; m. Dec. 25, 1890, Maud Louise, dau. George W. and Ellen (Bliss) Preston, b. May 13, 1871. Mr. Folsom has been a clerk for many years in the stores of George H. Manchester and George Dewey, attending chiefly to the plumbing business. He is also a musi- cian, and has been a member of the choir in the Congregational church for several years.
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i. Bernice Ellen, b. Oct. 3, 1891; grad. S. Roy. high school;
teacher.
ii. Infant dau., b. Apr. 24, 1894.
iii. Laurence Preston, b. Mar. 11, 1896.
FOSTER FAMILY.
JEREMIAH FOSTER, son of Joshua and Jane (Shaw) Foster, b. May 1, 1805; d. Dec. 1, 1853, Chicago; m. May 23, 1838, Laura Farnham, dau. Amos and Jerusha (Rix) Hutchin- son, b. Aug. 6, 1811, Tunbridge; d. Sep. 16, 1890, Roy. i. Edward, b. Mar. 31, 1839, Tunb .; d. Mar. 10, 1897, Roy .; m. May 16, 1865, Juliette Eliza, dau. John and Eliza (Dutton) McIn- tosh, b. May 7, 1845, Bethel. Mr. Foster was in business in S. Royalton many years, and was a man universally liked for his many genial quali- ties. Ch .: (a) Heber King, b. Feb. 16, 1866, Roy .; flour, grain, and coal dealer; (b) Nellie Maud, b. Dec. 24, 1867, Roy .; m. John C. Shep- ard (See) ; (c) Jessie Mabel, b. Jan. 31, 1870, Roy .; m. Nov. 17, 1891, Archibald J., son Alden and Harriet (McAllister) Slack; ch .: (i) Mar- jorie, b. Sep. 19, 1893; (ii) Dorothy Callahan, b. Aug., 1905; (iii) Norma, b. Sep. 16, 1907; (d) Alice Prentiss, b. Mar. 8, 1872; m. June 19, 1894, Winn W., son Hiram and Emogene (Whitaker) Rogers of Bethel; ch .: (i) Hazel Emogene, b. Mar. 19, 1895; (e) Alma Louise, b. May 8, 1873, Roy .; res. with mother in S. Roy .; (f) Emily Morse, b. Mar. 9, 1878, Roy .; m. June 19, 1898, Edwin Sinclair Harvey; ch .: (i) Harold Foster, b. Apr. 27, 1899; (ii) Walter Clifford, b. Oct. 30, 1900; (iii) Alice St. Clair, b. Oct. 3, 1905; (g) Walter Durkee, b. Jan. 25, 1884; works for brother Heber; (h) Joseph Jones, b. June 30, 1886. ii. Alma, b. Nov. 18, 1846; d. May 23, 1873; m. Duncan G. McPhail.
iii. Elinor, b. Jan. 27, 1844, Tunb .; d. Oct. 11, 1867, Roy., unm. *iv. Laura, b. May 13, 1850; m. William Viall Soper.
FOWLER FAMILY.
JOSEPH [7] FOWLER (Elisha Adams [6], Joseph [5], Jonathan [4], Jona. [3], Capt. William [2], William [1]), b. Dec. 27, 1793; d. Aug. 27, 1849, Roy .; bur. E. Bethel; m. Sep. 29, 1815, Cynthia, dau. John and Cynthia (Kimball) Gifford, b. Oct. 16, 1796; d. July 25, 1870, Roy. Joseph was a farmer and machinist. The members of the Fowler family settled in the part of town near E. Bethel, and the decedents are buried there. None of them lived in town a long period of years.
i. Infant son, b. Jan. 22, 1821.
ii. Infant dau., b. June 16, 1822.
iii. Norman [8], b. July 28, 1823, Hartford; d. Aug. 9, 1899, Bethel; m. May 17, 1849, Roy., Charlotte L., dau. John and Mary (Bach- elder) Marshall, b. June 7, 1828; d. Jan. 19, 1896; ch .: (a) Ella [9], b. Feb. 17, 1850; d. Jan. 13, 1852; (b) Henry [9], b. Dec. 7, 1852, Bethel; d. Oct. 31, 1853; (c) Clarence E. [9], b. June 22, 1855; (d) James M. [9], b. Nov. 6, 1856; (e) Willis [9], b. May 20, 1862, Bethel; (f) Wil- lie [9], twin of Willis; d. May 29, 1862; (g) Norman [9], b. May 28, 1864, Bethel; (h) Ferdinand [9], b. Oct. 18, 1866; (i) Fred Sewall [9], b. Oct. 18, 1866; m. (1). Nov., 1888, Josephine Berry; she d. June 14, 1891; m. (2) Dec. 12, 1895, Julia Pierce Emery; ch .: (i) Florence J.
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[10], b. Apr. 9, 1890; grad. S. Roy. high school, 1909; teacher; (ii) Freda Charlotte [10], b. Jan. 24, 1898.
iv. Lucinda [8], b. July 12, 1825, Hartford; d. June 22, 1904, Lincoln, Neb. V. Alonzo [8], b. Aug. 4, 1827; d. Feb. 17, 1877; m. July 3, 1851, Maria Ainsworth, b. 1829. Mr. Fowler had a fine farm and build- ings in District Six, and an interesting family, but the children all died in youth. Ch .: (a) Eva Maria [9], b. Sep. 3, 1852; d. Mar. 15, 1877, Roy .; (b) William Francis [9]; b. Sep. 15, 1857, Roy .; d. Mar. 28, 1877, Roy .; (c) Burton Alonzo [9], b. Aug. 16, 1859; d. Apr. 22, 1874, Roy .; (d) Anna [9], b. Feb. 9, 1867, Roy .; d. Apr. 8, 1877, Roy.
vi. Henry [8], b. Nov. 25, 1828; d. Sep. 29, 1831.
vii. Edwin [8], b. Dec. 8, 1830, Roy. or Hartford; m. June 24, 1871, Emma J. Cain, b. June 10, 1845; res., Reno, Nev.
viii. George Alphonso [8], b. July 17, 1832, Bethel; m. Ruby Barr; settled in Gaysville.
ix. Carlos G. [8], b. July 12, 1835.
x. Caroline G. [8], twin of Carlos; d. Mar. 5, 1837. xi. Infant dau., b. Oct. 12, 1839.
ELISHA [7] FOWLER (Elisha Adams [6], Rev. Joseph [5], Jona. [4], etc.), b. Apr. 16, 1796, E. Bethel; d. Dec. 4, 1870; m. (1) May 1, 1821, E. Bethel, Edith, dau. John and Cynthia (Kimball) Gifford, b. Aug. 6, 1798, Randolph; d. Jan. 4, 1842; m, (2) Feb. 27, 1842, Mary, sister of Edith, b. May 31, 1809; d. May 6, 1889. i. Azro [8], b. Apr. 27, 1822, E. Bethel; d. Feb. 9, 1903, Seat- tle, Wash .; m. Louisa Ann Abbott of Syracuse, N. Y., and settled there; rem. to New York City; five ch.
ii. James Gifford [8], b. May 27, 1824, E. Bethel; d. Sep. 3, 1904, E. Bethel; m. Feb. 20, 1850, Laura Ann, dau. Pelatiah and Eleanor Rogers, b. Sep. 6, 1826, Randolph; farmer; ch .: (a) Walter Howard [9], b. July 25, 1851, Randolph; m. Nov. 20, 1878, Eliza A. Paine; three ch., Myron Howard, Abbie Paine, Annie Laura; merchant in E. Bethel; (b) Edith Eleanor [9], b. Dec. 13, 1853, Roy .; (c) Edward Solon [9], b. Apr. 7, 1855, Roy .; d. Feb. 13, 1864, E. Bethel; (d) James Carlton [9], b. Dec. 6, 1861, Roy .; d. Aug. 18, 1874; (e) Elisha Rogers [9], b. Aug. 20, 1870, Randolph; d. Mar. 26, 1871. iii. Charles Edward [8], b. June 3, 1826, E. Bethel; m. Emily Badeau, Catskill, N. Y .; one ch., Arthur B. [9]; m. Lucy Shepard, dau. John F. of Roy.
iv. Elisha Adams [8], b. July 19, 1830; m. Catherine Sinclair McFadden of Milwaukee, Wis., Apr. 30, 1856; res., Fall River, Wis.
v. Solon [8], b. Mar. 11, 1834, Bethel; d. Oct. 11, 1854, Roy.
vi. Emeline Edith [8], b. Oct. 21, 1836, Roy .; m. Nov. 3, 1859, J. Alexander Near of Buffalo, N. Y .; four ch .; res., Newark, O.
vii. John Howard [8], b. Aug. 6, 1840, Roy .; m. Aug. 21, 1862, Eliza Freeman, dau. James and Rebecca Walcott, b. Oct. 22, 1843, Bar- nard; d. July 30, 1901, Dorchester, Mass .; ch .: (a) Albert Elisha [9], b. July 17, 1864, Roy .; m. Josephine Lane of Dorchester, Mass., and has two daughters; (b) Mary Rebecca [9], b. Apr. 3, 1867; m. Herbert Griffin; res. Hudson, Mass .; (c) Solon Edward [9], b. Nov., 1871; d. July 29, 1872, Roy .; (d) Berton Alonzo [9], b. May 22, 1877, Roy .; m. Nellie Hall; four ch.
William [1] came from London to Boston in 1637. He was one of two magistrates for the colony of New Haven, and was one of the "seven pillars" of the Milford church.
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FOX FAMILY.
JACOB FOX, b. 1772; d. Nov. 9, 1853, Roy .; m. (1) Han- nah Smith; divorced abt. 1822, and he m. (2) Jerusha , who d. June 22, 1833, Roy., aged 39; m. (3) Martha -, who d. Aug. 30, 1865, aged 57; bur. N. Roy. Cem. Mr. Fox came to Royalton in 1800. He started with a list of $62, and in 1820 he had raised it to $628, three times as large as that of any other man. He had speculated in land, in mills, and had a hotel. By injudicious investments and law suits, he so reduced his means that he died a poor man. The town found him a hard man to defeat, when it did not wish to accede to his demands. His first wife, Hannah, married for a second husband, Major Roger Wil- liams of Randolph, on Sep. 5, 1827. She secured considerable property from Mr. Fox. He made bitter enemies and warm friends, illustrative of the two sides to his character. He had eight children by Hannah, three by Jerusha, and one by Martha, all born in Royalton. i. Betsey, b. Mar. 30, 1800; m. June 7, 1827, Jacob Bates of Randolph; rem. to Hartland and d. there; ch .: (a) Fred, b. Nov. 26, 1830, Randolph; grad. of Dartmouth, 1855; (b) Elizabeth Hannah, b. Dec. 17, 1832, Rand .; (c) Jacob Fox, b. Oct. 17, 1837, Rand.
ii. Nancy, d. Sep., 1803.
*iii. Nancy, b. Apr. 28, 1804; m. Dr. Daniel L. Lyman.
iv. Jacob, b. May 14, 1806; m. and had at least one son, Duane; settled in Little Rock, Ill., and rem. to Big Rock, where he was in 1865. He seems to have been a man of more than ordinary mental power, as shown by letters written to his sister, Mrs. Lyman. The Hon. Lucius B. Peck was an old friend of his, Judge Collamer his S. S. teacher, Hon. George P. Marsh his instructor at Norwich Univ. He thought that had it not been for the Civil War furnishing so many heroes, Judge Collamer would have stood a good chance of being Presi- dent, and says, "Would not little Vermont have been beside herself!" He relates that the first time Judge Collamer came to Royalton was when he was called to defend Morrill Magew, charged with robbing a trunk of its specie, taken from the stage at their hotel, up at the old tanyard. He recalls, also, that in 1816 there was frost every month, and snow June 5, the day he came from Boston. Referring to the drowning of Jerusha Gould, Aug. 15, 1815, at N. Royalton, while the bridge was being built, he said she came very near taking his sister Betsey with her, and continued, "I with fighting cousin Bill Smith had just started for the cows, when the air resounded with the cries of those who were on the spot, but too cowardly to make any attempt to rescue her, and not till Uncle Ben Parkhurst arrived did any one seem to know what they were about. He like a human creature, showed his good will, although his attempts to find the lost were ineffectual." We learn, also, that Nancy lost the end of a finger in striving for blocks, as "Uncle John" sawed them.
v. Louisa, b. Apr. 1, 1808.
vi. Charles, b. Mar. 23, 1810; d. Apr. 29, 1810.
vii. Mary Ann, b. Sep. 5, 1813; m. May 20, 1839, Sylvanus Bates, Principal of Royalton Academy. (See.)
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viii. Julia Ann, b. June 8, 1817; m. May 20, 1839, Charles D. Parkhurst of Otsego, Mich.
ix. Charles, b. Aug. 20, 1823; educated in Norwich Univ.
x. Infant, b. 1825.
xi. George, b. Oct. 12, 1826; left town 1860; in St. Albans, 1865.
xii. Martha D., b. Dec. 2, 1834; d. Aug. 30, 1865.
FRANCIS FAMILY.
JOHN FRANCIS, son of Asa, b. Dec. 1, 1785, Hartford, Conn .; d. Dec. 1, 1843, Roy .; m. (1) Oct. 12, 1815, Lucy Dyer, b. Jan. 15, 1795, Windham, Conn. ( ?) ; d. Feb. 27, 1822, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem .; m. (2) Apr. 21, 1823, Rebekah, dau. John B. Wheeler, b. Apr. 25, 1800, Grafton; d. July 6, 1876, Burling- ton. See "Legal Profession" and "The General Militia." The children of Gen. Francis were all born in Royalton. In 1844 Mrs. Francis removed to Burlington.
i. George, b. Oct. 22, 1816; d. Dec. 3, 1881, Bethel; m. Sep. 28, 1841, Mary M. Pease; seven ch., two of them: Sarah H., b. Aug. 31, 1842; Mary P., b. Apr. 10, 1845, Bethel; George settled in Bethel.
ii. Mary Dyer, b. June 15, 1818; d. Oct. 17, 1873; m. May 30, 1837, Roland Mather; two ch. Settled in Hartford, Conn.
iii. Henry, b. July 21, 1821; d. Dec. 18, 1851.
iv. Rebekah Wheeler, b. Apr. 28, 1824; d. Mar. 15, 1893; m. Douglas, son of Col. Stafford and Betsey (Peak) Smith; res., Mobile, Ala., Burlington.
v. Julia, b. May 14, 1826; d. June 2, 1900; m. James W. Hickok; three ch. Settled in Burlington.
vi. Lucia, b. Sep. 23, 1828; d. Apr. 25, 1833.
vii. Hannah Hills, b. Mar. 29, 1831; d. Sep. 26, 1833.
viii. Amelia, b. Nov. 10, 1834; d. Nov. 7, 1860, Burlington; m. Leverett B. Englesby of Burlington; two ch.
ix. Lewis, b. Sep. 14, 1836; m. Sep. 14, 1864, Elizabeth V. Wetherbee; ch .: (a) Lewis Wetherbee, b. July 21, 1865; m. Sarah D. Chapman, and has three ch .; (b) Arthur Wheeler, b. June 27, 1868; m. Helen C. Page, and has two ch .; (c) Katherine, b. Jan. 28, 1870; d. Apr. 24, 1877; (d) Walter Hemenway, b. Nov. 26, 1871; d. Apr. 25, 1877; (e) Elizabeth Rebekah, b. Aug. 18, 1876; m. Ralph E. Rogers; has one ch.
For a sketch of Lewis Francis, D. D., see "Royalton Academy." John Francis was sixth in line of descent from the emigrant ancestor, Rob- ert, who came to Weathersfield, Conn., in 1645. His brother Asa was listed and paid poll tax in 1821, and took freeman's oath in 1822. He settled in Middlebury. The line of descent is John [6], Asa [5], Josiah [4], Thomas [3], John [2], Robert [1].
FREEMAN FAMILY.
EDMUND FREEMAN [1], b. in 1590, (supposedly) in England, came in the ship, Abigail, to Saugus, now Lynn, Mass., in 1635. He subsequently joined the Plymouth Colony. He obtained leave of the Colonial Government in 1637 to begin the establishment of the first English town on the Cape, and about two years later, the first successful settlement within what came
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to be known as Barnstable County, was legally incorporated as the town of Sandwich. Of the fifty-eight grantees of the land, he was apportioned the largest amount.
His position in the colony is evidenced by successive elec- tions, as assistant to the Governor in the direction of public af- fairs. He was early appointed the head of a Court of Three to hear and determine controversies and causes within the several contiguous townships. When, after many years' residence in the colony, select courts were established in each county, he was one of the selected, and was always prominent, active and influ- ential.
There can be found no blemish in his protracted and event- ful life, no dark 'spot in his whole history. Preeminently re- spected, a counselor and leader without ambitious ends in view, he furnished an example that is a rich legacy to his descendants. He died in 1682, and was buried on the hill, in the rear of his own dwelling. This is the oldest burying place known in Sand- wich. His remains, with those of his wife, still rest there under the rustic monuments familiarly known as "The Saddle and Pil- lion."
His wife, Elizabeth, died Feb. 14, 1675, and soon after, he summoned the aid of his two sons and grandson, to a neighbor- ing field, and hauled a huge stone resembling in form a pillion, and placed it on her grave. He then had another boulder placed close by to mark the spot where he was to be laid. This second stone resembled a saddle, hence the name of the monuments, "Saddle and Pillion," emblems of the conveniences, on which in the prime of life to old age he and his wife had traveled.
1. STEPHEN [6] FREEMAN (Thomas [5], William [4], Edmund [3], Edmund [2], Edmund [1]), b. Dec. 11, 1768, Hardwick, Mass .; d. Oct. 6, 1853, Royalton; m. Dec. 3, 1791, Sarah, dau. John and Hannah (Tupper) Jones, b. July 27, 1766, Sandwich, Mass .; d. Feb. 12, 1860, Royalton.
Stephen, youngest child of Thomas and Phebe (Hall) Free- man, came with his parents from Hardwick, Mass., to Barnard in 1775. In 1790 he bought a part of E. 25 L. A., and the next year he purchased of his brother the south part of this lot, and became a permanent resident of the town. This is the farm now occupied by Merville Waldo. The house is yet standing where he lived and died, and near it is the historic spring, into which, Mrs. Freeman said, all her children fell, but fortunately were all rescued from its depths.
Mr. Freeman had a marked personality; tall, slim, erect, with clear-cut features, black hair, and flashing black eyes. He took an active part in the affairs of the town, was a number of years selectman, and overseer of the poor. As justice of the
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peace he married his son Horatio and daughter Phebe. He was a zealous Mason in the days when Masonry was unpopular in Vermont, and an uncompromising Democrat all his life. He was straightforward and upright in his dealings, and aggressive toward evil and error.
In his early life he was an avowed unbeliever, but when about thirty-two, he became a devout and staunch Methodist, one of the "Pillars of the church." He was steward of the Methodist church in Barnard over thirty years, and a constant attendant as long as he was able. He was very proud of his bonnie Scotch wife, a capable, energetic little woman, well fitted to keep step with her husband. The Christian graces adorned her life and made her old age beautiful.
i. Hannah [7], b. Nov. 22, 1792, Roy .; d. Mar. 28, 1865, Hart- ford; m. Jan. 14, 1819, Solomon Paddock of Hartford, b. Dec. 7, 1785, Pomfret; d. Hartford. Ch .: (a) Elizabeth, b. Sep. 17, 1832; m. Enos Dole, and had Kate [8], Merrill P., and Lizzie.
ii. John [7], b. Mar. 14, 1794, Roy .; d. Aug. 20, 1800, Roy.
iii. Phebe [7], b. Sep. 25, 1795, Roy .; d. Sep. 24, 1843, Wood- stock; m. Mar. 14, 1816, Warren Blanchard of Barnard, b. Aug. 19, 1783, Ackworth, N. H .; d. Apr. 17, 1852, Woodstock. Children: (a) Thomas [8], b. Dec. 17, 1816, Roy .; d. Jan. 5, 1817, Roy .; (b) Sarah Freeman [8], b. Oct. 27, 1818, Roy .; d. Dec. 3, 1903, Taftsville; m. Feb. 26, 1838, Chester Collins, b. Mar. 31, 1807, Salisbury, Conn .; d. Apr. 17, 1863, Woodstock. Ch .: (i) Julia [9], b. Aug. 13, 1839, Hartford; d. July 6, 1843, Woodstock; (ii) Lyman C. [9], b. Apr. 20, 1841, Wood- stock; m. (1) M. S. Shurtleff; m. (2) E. L. Osmer; one child, Hugh Donald [10], b. Dec. 29, 1891; (iii) Julia A. [9], b. Feb. 14, 1845, Wood- stock; m. Edward C. Emmons; (iv) Elbert Horace [9], b. June 3, 1858, Woodstock; d. Nov. 28, 1858; (c) Elizabeth E. [8], b. Jan. 27, 1821, Pomfret; d. Dec. 24, 1902, Bethel; m. June 26, 1838, Lyman Child, b. July 31, 1816, Rochester; d. Nov. 23, 1893, Bethel; ch .: (i) Elizabeth Janette [9], b. July 1, 1840, Bethel; m. Aug. 6, 1903, Daniel B. Freeman, a dentist; she graduated from the University of Michigan in 1889 with M. D. degree, and has been practicing physician in Bethel; (ii) Daniel Lyman [9], b. June 26, 1852; m. Apr. 17, 1883, Josie M. Clark, b. Oct. 22, 1855, Bethel; ice dealer in Bethel; (iii) Mary [9], b. Feb. 3, 1856, Bethel; d. Feb. 17, 1856; (d) Calvin [8], b. Jan. 13, 1823, Pomfret; d. Sep. 15, 1825, Pomfret; (e) Lydia Ann [8], b. Mar. 18, 1825, Pom- fret; d. Dec. 14, 1871, Bethel; (f) Hannah [8], b. Mar. 16, 1827, Pom- fret; d. Apr. 10, 1841, Pomfret; (g) Calvin [8], b. Mar. 11, 1830, Pom- fret; m. Apr. 12, 1859, Laura Ann Chandler, b. July 14, 1839, Piermont, N. H .; res. Rumney, N., H .; ch .: (i) Nellie Alida [9], who m. Barron Kinne, and d. 1891, N. Groton, N. H.
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