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Elizabeth; V. Alvin, b. Aug. 20, 1783; m. Hannah Van Wagner; ch .: (a)
(b) Charles Wesley, b. Dec. 8, 1816; m. June 5, 1839, Har- riet Marie Waterbury, b. Nov. 20, 1815; ch .: Alvin, b. Nov. 13, 1848; m. Jan. 14, 1874, Ida Phebe Wood, b. Aug. 2, 1854; ch .: Jennie Harriet, b. May 21, 1876; m. John McAlpine; Alice, b. Nov. 6, 1878; m. Ralph Clement Bryant; Charles Henry, b. Aug. 28, 1880; m. Florence Julia Hustetter; Alvin, b. May 17, 1883; Flora Isabel, b. May 4, 1885. Charles W. Joiner rem. to Mich in 1836, and engaged extensively in the lumber business with his father. Their mills were burned three times, and in 1871 their entire property on the Huron shore was destroyed. They had landed interests also in Fla. Alvin, son of Charles W., was elected Mayor of Polo, Wis., to which place he had removed. Alvin, who was born in Roy., lived in town a number of years after arriving at ma- turity.
vi. Clarissa, b. Dec. 15, 1786; m. (1) Joseph Waterman, and had Clarissa, Storrs, Charlotte, Charles, Harvey, and John.
vii. Sextius, b. Feb. 20, 1788; d. Mar. 28, 1797, Waitsfield. viii. Paulina, b. Aug. 7, 1795, Waitsfield; d. Apr. 4, 1797.
*ix. Paulina, b. Dec. 23, 1800, Waitsfield; m. Joseph Dunham. 2. SALMON JOINER, b. Sep. 26, 1777; d. June 2, 1854, Roy .; m. 1802, ( ?) Mary, dau. Thomas and Mary (Wheaton) Moore, b. Jan. 10, 1783, Winchester, Mass .; d. Aug. 23, 1868, Roy. Mr. Joiner was a member of the church forty-three years and deacon thirty years. He was always present at all meetings. In his obituary it is said that he visited and labored more than deacons are wont to do, that he had an active and fruitful mind, and made the Bible his study. In his last sickness he prayed that no one of his posterity might be left to depart from God. The anecdote of his visit to Judge Collamer illustrates the activ- ity and sincerity of his Christian life. i. Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1804; d. Oct. 7, 1881, unm .; bur. Pleasant Hill Cem.
ii. Edson, b. July 24, 1807; d. Jan. 30, 1808.
iii. Sarah, m. Nov. 2, 1831, Rev. David Belden Lyman. She sailed with him Nov. 26th for Hilo, Sandwich Islands. They were missionaries. Mr. Lyman was principal of the Hilo high school for forty-three years. He was familiarly called "Father Lyman" by the natives. He requested that at his funeral they should say nothing in praise of him, but do what they could to make people better. He spent 53 years in Hilo, his whole life a mission of love. Mrs. Lyman was equally beloved and self-sacrificing. He died in Hilo, Oct. 4, 1884, and she, Dec. 7, 1885. They had two sons, Henry M. Lyman, M. D., now in Chicago, born Nov. 26, 1835, in a bamboo cottage in Hilo, and Francis M. Lyman, a lawyer in Chicago. Dr. Lyman has written a very interesting volume of life in Hawaii, under the title of "Hawaiian Yesterdays." Of his parents' marriage he says, "The snowflakes flew, the winds of Winter wept and wailed among the branches of the maples and elms, as the muddy stage-coach rolled up to the door at two o'clock in the morning, and bore away the young couple from the home and the friends who gave up that sweet bride."
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iv. Franklin, b. Mar. 1, 1809; d. Feb. 26, 1887, Roy .; m. Apr. 4, 1832, Harriet Wheatley, b. Sep. 20, 1808, Lebanon, N. H .; d. July 22, 1889, Roy. Mr. Joiner lived on the farm to which his father removed some years before death, the Experience Trescott lot. Mr. Joiner always lived in peace with his fellow men, and was a kind husband and father. His wife was noted for her fine cheese, which could not be excelled. Ch .: (a) William Franklin, b. Mar. 8, 1833; d. Dec. 3, 1851, Roy .; (b) Henry Lyman, b. July 18, 1835; d. Feb. 20, 1898, Cando, N. D .; m. Mar. 11, 1858, Sarah Franklin; (c) George Brainard, b. June 30, 1837; d. May 6, 1875, Franklin, N. H .; (d) Charles Whiting, b. Feb. 22, 1845; d. June 4, 1907; m. Frances Maria, dau. Robert and Emily Ann (Dennis) Merrill, b. Dec. 27, 1853, Manchester, N. H .; d. July 1, 1907, Roy .; ch .: Harriet Emily, b. Aug. 10, 1879; d. Jan. 7, 1899, Roy. Mr. Joiner lived on the home farm with his parents. He was a genial man, unusually well informed, and interested in something more of farm life than the gathering of crops. He loved to study nature and enjoy it. Mrs. Joiner was a graduate of a high school in Boston, and taught successfully some time before her marriage. She cheerfully and lovingly assumed the care of the aged parents of her husband, to whom she was a devoted daughter. She took into their home also an aged aunt, Patience Atherton, and ministered to her needs with the same self-forgetfulness ever characteristic of her. Several years before her death she welcomed to their home her helpless mother, making the fourth aged person for whom she had cared. After the death of all except her husband and mother, she began to take her place in the social life of the town, for which she was so well fitted. The death of her beloved daughter was borne with Christian grace and fortitude. She had retained a lively interest in educational matters, and was elected town superintendent in 1905, holding the office until death. She was a valued member of the Woman's Club, and its president for a time. When the monument commemorating the burning of Royalton was dedicated, she presided with dignity, wit, and tact. To Mrs. Joiner more than to any other one person is due the successful inauguration of the work in the History of Royalton. When it seemed doubtful if the voters of the town would give financial support to the project, her eloquence and convincing arguments won a unanimous vote in its favor. She was deeply interested in it, and her death was a distinct loss felt by the whole association. She was a woman of sound judgment, of great decision of character, of a generous, loving nature, a woman whose like, as has been said, may never again be seen in Royalton. (e) Elizabeth Ingalls, b. Sep. 24, 1850; d. June 17, 1871.
v. Lemuel Whiting, m. and had (a) Robert Lucas, who m. Marilla J. Gaige; his ch .: (i) Beulah, m. Edward T. Jones, and has Ruth, Robert, Gordon, Albert, and Helen; (ii) Josephine, m. (1) Wes- ley J. Rogers, and had Wesley; m. (2) David R. Rogers, and had Philip, Harold, Frank, Ruth, Irene, and David; (iii) Ruth; (iv) Gaige, m. Flora Hurd; three ch., Lawrence, Richard, Margaret; (v) Richard, d. at age of two; (vi) Lethe, m. Homer Levoke, and has Ione, Morris, Theodore, Lucile, Homer; (vii) Kezia; (viii) Amy; (ix) Robertine; (b) Sarah Elizabeth, m. Henry P. Sawyer, and had Frank and Eugene,
both m. with one child; Sarah, a widow; (c) Julia C., m. Lewis LaBarre; ch .: (i) Hattie, m. Allan Joy; (ii) Kate, m. Henry Johnson; (iii) Marie; (iv) Charles; (d) Mary E., m. John T. Morris; ch .: (i) Flora, m. Mr. Ogan; (ii) Josephine, m. and had Jessie and Annie; (iii) Harry, m. and has one dau .; (e) Franklin, d. at Vicksburg, 1862, a soldier; (f) Flora, d. at age of sixteen; (g) Martha, m. Clark A. Hickup, and had eleven ch .; two, Robert and Sarah, were in Roy.
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Academy 1851-52, and two others, Frank and Julia, attended the acad- emy 1860-61. Lemuel Whiting was a member of the Wisconsin senate six years, and his son, Robert Lemuel, was a member four years.
vi. Melissa, m. Nov. 6, 1850, Silas Hall of Brookfield, and had Mary and George.
vii. George, m. and had Anna and Bertram.
viii. Elizabeth, m. Mr. Petit, and had Frank.
*ix. Martha, b. July 24, 1817; m. Asahel Clark.
x. Martin, b. Mar. 9, 1823; d. Sep. 20, 1880, Roy .; m. Sep. 20, 1848, Abbie P. Wells, b. Jan. 29, 1831, Wentworth, N. H. Mr. Joiner and wife were noted for their kind hospitality, and for large hearted- ness. They were consistent members of the Cong'l church. Mrs. Joiner resides with her daughter in Belding, Mich. Ch .: (a) Robert M., b. Nov. 7, 1850; d. Sep. 30, 1894; m. Dec. 25, 1876, Martha Skinner of Diamondale, Mich .; ch .: (i) Martin S., b. May 13, 1878; (ii) Abbie C., b. June 23, 1880; (iii) Robert F., b. Apr. 20, 1884; (iv) Ellen S., b. Jan. 22, 1893; (b) William S., b. Apr. 3, 1854; (c) Ellen L., b. Jan. 29, 1859; m. Dec. 21, 1896, Embree B. Laplane of Belding, Mich .; ch .: Helen J., b. Mar. 16, 1900; (d) Frank A., b. Sep. 17, 1864; d. Sep. 29, 1881.
JONES FAMILY. -
D. ABIEL JONES, M. D., D. D., son of Benjamin, the son of Benj., first settler of Somers, Conn., the son of Thomas of Wales, b. July 24, 1761, Somers, Conn .; d. Feb. 2, 1829, Roy .; m. May 6, 1792, Rebecca, dau. Daniel and Rebecca (Johnson) Rix, b. May 10, 1773; d. Sep., 1838. Dr. Jones preached several months in Royalton, 1791-92. He removed to Chelsea about 1797, where he preached occasionally. He was selectman there, 1803. See "Medical Profession."
i. Abiel, b. Oct. 4, 1797; d. Sep., 1825.
ii. Rebecca, b. Mar. 12, 1800; d. Apr., 1850.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Sep. 30, 1801; d. 1844.
iv. Susan, b. July 10, 1803; d. Sep., 1850.
v. Daniel, b. Sep. 21, 1805; d. Jan. 11, 1871.
vi. Jerusha H., b. Nov. 15, 1808; d. Aug. 2, 1856.
vii. Gardner, b. Sep. 5, 1811; d. young.
viii. Joseph R., b. July 12, 1815; d. Dec. 23, 1883; m. Susan Hazen, dau. Amos and Jerusha (Rix) Hutchinson, b. Apr. 29, 1814, Tunbridge; d. May 6, 1895, Roy .; no living issue. Joseph attended Roy. Academy; grad. from Dartmouth, 1841; began practice in E. Barnard; rem. to Ill. and d. at LaMoille, Dec. 23, 1883; Mrs. Jones ret. to S. Roy. in 1883. She made a handsome bequest to the Cong'l church at her decease.
SETH JONES, son of John, b. May 30, 1839; d. Jan. 3, 1906, Roy .; m. Sarah Webster, b. Jan. 8, 1852. Mr. Jones came to town with his father, who had a blacksmith shop at S. Roy., where Fred Smith lives. He was a farmer. His widow and children have lived in Royalton more or less of the time; Mrs. Jones res. Royalton village.
i. Willie H., b. 1871; m. Feb. 7, 1895, Cora Ada, dau. Samuel H. and Melinda (Pecor) Richards, b. 1878, Braintree; ch .: (a) Mabel Ada, b. June 9, 1901, Roy .; (b) Edith Marjorie, b. June 23, 1898; d. Oct. 20, 1898, Roy.
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ii. Clarence A., b. Mar. 15, 1872, Roy. (See Russ for Bertha).
iii. Carl S., b. Nov. 30, 1883; d. Feb. 8, 1890, Sharon.
iv. Jessie Belle, b. Apr., 1881, Roy .; m. Mar. 18, 1897, Fred H., son Heman D. and Emily (Lee) Bates, b. 1874, Roy.
v. Clayton F., b. June 15, 1887, Roy.
vi. Myrtle May, b. Feb. 28, 1890, Sharon. vii. Lena Ruth, b. Nov. 17, 1891, Roy.
DANIEL C. JONES, son of Merrill, b. 1828, Tunbridge ; d. Jan. 6, 1903, Roy .; m. May 22, 1859, Jane, dau. John H. and Mary Jane (Moore) Woodward, b. June, 1838, Tunb .; ch. : Fred- die, b. Apr. 16, 1863; d. July 19, 1863. Mr. Jones served the town as constable for a long period of years. He was most effi- cient, and it was an uncommonly smart rascal that could get the better of him. He was politic and courageous. He served also as assistant county sheriff.
ETHAN ALLEN JONES, son of Amasa C. and Laura (Lyman) Jones, and grandson of Merrill, the son of Merrill, b. Apr. 20, 1871, Strafford; m. Mar. 23, 1898, Susie M., dau. Seth and Anna (Cleveland) Moxley, b. Nov. 22, 1874, Roy. Mr. Jones lives on the old Seth Moxley farm, sometimes called the Lincoln Elm farm, as it has a tree which Mr. Moxley set out the day the President was assassinated.
i. Albion Lee, b. Nov. 25, 1900.
ii. Anna L., b. Aug. 7, 1902.
iii. Vera Luvan, b. Oct. 12, 1904.
iv. Cecil Allen, b. May 26, 1906.
v. Robert Leonard, b. July 7, 1907.
vi. Rosepha Idella, b. Oct. 27, 1910, Royalton.
JOY FAMILY.
GEORGE WILLIAM JOY, son of Joshua, b. Oct. 19, 1857, Hubbardton; m. Sep. 12, 1880, Carrie Evelyn, dau. Ira Moses and Angeline P. (Chapman) Morrill, b. Aug. 20, 1861, Chitten- den. Mr. Joy is a blacksmith in Roy. village, where he has been located for a considerable number of years. He owns the brick house in the upper part of the village. Mr. and Mrs. Joy kindly cared for Mr. Mark Metcalf in the last years of his life.
*i. Flora Belle, b. Nov. 16, 1881, Chittenden; m. Fred Haynes. ii. Della May, b. Dec. 5, 1883, Pittsford; m. July 3, 1905, Ed- ward Augustus, son of Moses Augustus and Mary L. Eldora (Bray) Daniels, b. July 3, 1884, Rowley, Mass .; ch .: George Augustus, b. Apr. 8, 1910, Roy.
iii. Benjamin Harrison, b. Oct. 26, 1888, Pittsfield; m. July 28, 1909, Christie Estella, dau. William and Annie Doubleday.
iv. Maud Evelyn, b. Apr. 29, 1893, Roy.
v. Beatrice Hills, b. Apr. 1, 1897, Roy.
vi. Raymond Clifton, b. Aug. 27, 1905, Roy.
KENDALL FAMILY.
SUMNER VAN DOORNE KENDALL, son of Samuel and Hannah (Harvey) Kendall, b. May 20, 1815, Sheffield, Can .; d.
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Sep. 30, 1896, Roy .; m. (1) Oct. 6, 1839, Acton, Mass., Louisa S. Mead, b. Apr. 4, 1818, Montpelier; d. Sep. 23, 1862, Roy .; m. (2) Oct. 14, 1863, Elizabeth M., dau. Bela and Eliza (Baker) Durkee, b. Apr. 25, 1821; d. Sep. 23, 1872, Roy .; m. (3) May 4, 1873, Sarah Maria, dau. Timothy and Philena (Burbank) Marsh, b. Oct. 25, 1831, Sharon; d. Aug. 3, 1889, Roy .; all bur. N. Roy. Cem. Mr. Kendall's father died when he was quite young, and his mother with her six children rem. to her father's home in Marlborough, N. H. Mr. Kendall res. in Roy. vil- lage. His first wife was licensed as a teacher in Roy. in 1834. He belonged to the state militia, and was commissioned as 4th sergeant of the 1st Co., Light Infantry, 5th Regt., 1st Brig., 4th Div., in July, 1836; promoted to 1st Lieut. in 1837, and honorably discharged July, 1838. He and his last wife were members of the Cong'l church, and she was a well beloved teacher in the S. S.
i. Annette Louise, b. Feb. 3, 1843, Roy.
ii. Mary Adeline, b. Oct. 24, 1844; d. Feb. 24, 1848.
iii. Luke, b. Oct. 15, 1849, Montpelier; d. Mar. 24, 1890, Chi- cago, Ill .; m. Mar. 24, 1875, Acton, Mass., Sarah Eldora, dau. Joseph and Nancy (Raymond) Estabrook; one ch., Ida Beatrice, b. 1877; m. July 26, 1905, Roy., John Frederick, son George William and Anna Neal, b. 1875, Dover, N. H .; no ch.
iv. Lucy Maria, b. Oct. 6, 1851; d. Feb. 17, 1861, Roy.
KENNEY FAMILY.
ASA W. KENNEY, son of Zurishaddai and Rachel (Beld- ing) Kenney, was born in Barnard, Sep. 22, 1819; m. Dec. 24, 1873, Mrs. Cornelia A. Gladding of Waterbury, Conn., who died June 28, 1906, Lakewood, N. J. Mr. Kenney resides in Lake- wood, where they went from Royalton in October, 1893, on ac- count of the health of Mrs. Kenney.
Mr. Kenney worked on his father's farm in early life, was edu- cated in the academies of Randolph, Royalton and Montpelier, and taught for a time in Stockbridge, Middlesex and Montpelier. He then studied law with Geo. B. Manser and Ferrand F. Merrill in Mont- pelier, and was admitted to the Washington County Bar in 1840. Gov. Paine appointed him State Librarian in 1839, which office he held three years. He did not practice law, but engaged in mercantile business several years. His connection with the Royalton Bank will be found under that head. During the War of the Rebellion he was president of the Royalton Society in aid of the U. S. Christian Commission in its work for the benefit of the Union Army, which society became quite noted for its large accomplishment. During the war and for some time thereafter, he carried on in connection with the bank busi- ness, the business of U. S. claim agent, and a great many wounded soldiers, widows and orphans of deceased soldiers obtained bounties and pensions through his agency. Since 1882 he has been engaged in making western loans.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenney were active members of the Congregational Church in Royalton village, and were members of the First Pres-
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byterian Church in Lakewood, in which Mrs. Kenney took an active part in the missionary and other benevolent work. While in Royal- ton, Mr. Kenney became a life member of the Congregational Home Miss. Soc., of the American Missionary Association, and of the A. B. C. F. M. He contributed, July 1, 1903, $30,000 to the A. B. C. F. M. to constitute a permanent fund of that amount, and Jan. 1, 1904, he gave a like sum to the C. H. M. S., and July 1, 1906, the same amount to the A. M. A. A part of the income is to be paid to him during his life, and after his decease, the whole except certain provisions made for a niece and sister-in-law, is to be at the disposal of the respective societies for the purposes for which they are established. His other benefactions are $10,000 to the American Bible Society for a perma- nent fund, $500 to Yankton College, S. D., to establish a free scholar- ship therein, $1,750 to Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute of Hampton, Va., for a free scholarship. He has also pledged $5,000 to the trustees of Mt. Hermon Boys' School of E. Northfield, Mass., for a free scholarship, all of which scholarships are in memory of his wife. Mrs. Kenney was a woman of rare refinement and intellectual ability, and was much attached to her friends in Royalton. On her death bed her last request was, "Give my love to everybody." Although so ad- vanced in age Mr. Kenney continues to transact business, and last summer made a visit to Royalton.
KENT FAMILY.
1. ELISHA [5] KENT (Elisha [4], John [3], Samuel [2], John [1]), b. Oct. 30, 1734, Newton, Conn., prob .; d. Mar. 19, 1811, Roy .; m. 1759, Anna b. May 18, 1737; d. Aug. 8, 1810, Roy .; both bur. S. Roy. Cem. Mr. Kent was in Wind- sor before coming to Royalton. Our earliest town record that mentions him is March, 1779, when he was chosen tythingman. He is said to have come to Royalton as early as 1772-73. He had one of the finest locations on the river, and in 1807 was among the heaviest taxpayers. See "Earliest Settlers." i. John [6], b. July, 1761; d. Aug. 11, 1834, Gowanda, N. Y .; m. July 12, 1787, Mary (Polly), dau. High Sheriff Whipple of N. Y., b. Feb. 15, 1767; published July 1, Roy .; both then in Roy .; six ch. In 1780 his father deeded him 100 acres of land, and five months later he was captured by the Indians. He was in Granville, N. Y., in 1789, and must have gone there between Jan. and March of that year. He res. in Windsor, Vt., and Villenova, N. Y. He was pensioned.
2. ii. Elisha [6], b. Aug. 5, 1762.
iii. Samuel [6]; in June, 1788, he bought W. 6 L. A., which he sold in 1791 and bought 40 and a part of 39 Dutch; does not appear on record after 1792. Rem. to Aurora, N. Y .; three sons, one Enos, one, Alfred.
iv. Joseph Moss [6], b. 1774, Roy., prob .; m. 1799-1800, Patty Bugbee of Woodstock, Conn. His name does not appear on the grand list of the town, and he probably settled elsewhere. He was in Cherry Creek, N. Y., about 1815. Ch .: (a) Nancy [7], b. 1800; d. Apr. 24, 1873; m. Eliphalet Wilcox; (b) George [7], b. 1804; d. Mar. 12, 1834, Cherry Creek; m. Phebe King; (c) Dolly [7], b. Oct. 4, 1805; m. Ward King of Cherry Creek, and had ten ch .; (d) Polly [7], b. 1808; d. Girard, Pa .; m. (1) John S. Smith; m. (2) Pearly Hines; (e) Elisha [7], b. 1810; m. Lydia Ann Bentley; res. Lexington, Ill .; (f) Samuel
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Barzilla [7], b. Jan. 24, 1812; d. Apr. 12, 1879, Cherry Creek; m. Char- lotte T. Green; no ch .; (g) Joseph [7], b. Jan. 22, 1814; called the "Lumber King of the Upper Conewango," N. Y .; (h) Lydia [7], b. Sep. 1, 1818; d. Oct. 2, 1862; m. Charles B. Green; (i) Asa or Ira William [7], b. July 19, 1821. v. Charles [6], res. Middlebury, N. Y.
3. vi. Abner [6], b. Mar. 15, 1780.
vii. Lydia [6], m. Benjamin Still.
viii. Polly [6], m. Daniel Sumner, and lived in Roy. some time; ch .; Amasa, Sophia, Eleanor, who d. in Roy .; Lucretia, who m. Mr. Corliss, and res. in northern N. Y .; Clarissa, who m. Hiram Sher- burne of Pomfret, and had Calvin, Mary, Edmund and Sumner; Aaron, who became a doctor, and Polly or Mary who m. Aug. 10, 1826, Roy., Benjamin Reynolds, and had a dau., Maryette, who m. Mr. Moxley.
2. ELISHA [6] KENT, son of Elisha [5] and Anna, b. Aug. 5, 1762; d. Mar. 10, 1826, Roy .; m. Nov. 31, 1785, Alice Flynn, b. 1764; d. Mar. 15, 1837, Roy. Mr. Kent was a loyal citizen, a true-hearted man, a worthy descendant of good stock. i. Barzilla [7], b. June 3, 1788; d. May 7, 1814.
ii. Polly [7], b. Feb. 10, 1790; m. Thomas Hinkley; rem. to Mich .; ch .: Hiram, Charles, Henry, Laura, Alice.
iii. Hannah [7], b. Feb. 5, 1792; m. Jan. 18, 1820, Tracy Bingham of Pomfret; (on Roy. records as Isaac Bingham) ; ch .: Flynn, Willard, Tracy Flynn.
* iv. Anna [7], b. Feb. 21, 1794; m. Harry Cheney; b. Mar. 10, 1791; d. Oct. 13, 1822.
v. Elisha [7], b. Mar. 1, 1796; d. Mar. 11, 1831, unm.
vi. Elizabeth [7], b. Apr. 12, 1798; d. July 19, 1813, unm.
vii. Archibald [7], b. Mar. 28, 1800; d. May 26, 1849, Roy .; m. Sep. 7, 1835, Emeline, dau. Isaac and Hannah (Woodward) Morgan, b. Sep. 2, 1809, Roy .; d. Oct. 3, 1864, Chelsea; Mr. George Harvey, who lived neighbor to Mr. Kent, thus describes him: "He was a man nearly six feet tall, straight and well proportioned-would have been called good looking but for a broken nose, caused by a fall when a baby. The bridge was crushed even with his face and otherwise misshapen. He had strong, sound common sense, but illiterate, staunch and loyal to the church and his religious convictions. There were Sunday evening meetings held in the school house below S. Royalton, conducted mainly by him and Dea. Joseph Parkhurst." Ch .: (a) Archibald Flynn [8], b. Mar. 22, 1837; (b) Ellen Maria [8], b. Mar. 20, 1838; m. Sep. 7, 1858, John Phillips Clement of Andover, Mass., b. Mar. 2, 1826; d. June 20, 1873; ch .: Gertrude, Eliza and Edith Phillips; (c) Eliza Ann [8], twin of Ellen M., res. Jamestown, N. Y .; (d) Alba Morgan [8], b. Apr. 3, 1841; m. June 12, 1873, Rose Hall Wetmore, and has one ch., b. in Jamestown; (e) Alice Flynn [8], b. Jan. 9, 1843; d. Aug. 30, 1850; (f) Walter [8], b. 1845; d. June 2, 1845; (g) Gertrude May [8], b. Apr. 10, 1847; m. Jan. 20, or 22, Emmett H. Bemis, b. Oct. 12, 1846; res., Jamestown, N. Y .; (h) Charles [8], b. Oct., 1849; d. 1850. Emeline, widow of Archibald, m. (2) John W. Smith of Chelsea; bur. beside her first husband, S. Roy. Cem.
viii. Alice [7], b. May 1, 1802; d. Feb. 28, 1851; m. Oramel Skinner.
ix. Sybil [7], b. July 8, 1804; d. Aug. 23, 1850, unm.
3. ABNER [6] KENT, son of Elisha [5] and Anna, b. Mar. 15, 1780, Roy .; d. Sep. 17, 1860, Roy .; m. Jane Hunter,
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who d. Sep. 12, 1854. Mr. Kent lived on Broad Brook. He was a devout Methodist.
i. Sarah [7], b. 1807; d. Dec. 11, 1850, unm.
« ii. Lavinia [7], b. 1813; m. Mitchell Clark.
iii. Alonzo [7], b. Sep. 8, 1810; d. May 25, 1888; a well-known banker and business man in Jamestown, N. Y .; m. Jan. 23, 1834, Mercy Rice, b. Dec. 26, 1814; d. June 8, 1886; ch .: (a) Emogene [8], b. 1838; d. 1842; (b) Edward [8], b. June 29, 1842; d. young; (c) Ellen Gene- vieve [8], twin of Edward; m. Spoor Mackey, and had two ch .; (d) Alonzo Francis [8], b. Jan. 23, 1846; m. Aug. 29, 1878, Maggie Cook; (e) Lilla Augusta [8], b. Oct. 12, 1852. Mr. Kent built the first modern house in Jamestown, and celebrated his golden wedding there.
iv. Lewis [7], b. Aug., 1811; d. Apr. 7, 1833; bur. S. Roy. Cem. John [1], came from England to Dedham, Mass., in 1645. Elisha [4], was a grad. of Yale in 1729. He rem. from Newton, Conn., to Dan- bury, N. Y., and established the first Presbyterian Church there, and remained its pastor until death. He married (1) Abigail, dau. Rev. Joseph Moss of Derby, Conn., and (2) a sister of Gov. Thos. Fitch of Norwalk, Conn. He had seven children. Sybil, one dau., married John Kane, from whom Kane, the Arctic explorer, was descended, U. S. senator, Elisha Kent Kane, and others of note. He was the min- ister who preached the first sermon in Royalton.
KENWORTHY FAMILY.
THOMAS KENWORTHY, b. 1768; d. 1846; m. (1) Mary Chandler; m. (2) Mrs. Mary (Lawrence) Merriam, b. 1778; d. 1856 in western N. Y. She had a son John by Mr. Merriam. Thomas came from England to Mass. when he was forty; rem. to Bethel, then to Royalton. He claimed to have started the first machine factory for making woolen rolls in the U. S. It was started in Conn. The English tried to prevent mechanics from coming to America. When a vessel was leaving the har- bor where he was, he said to a boatman, "I must see that cap- tain on business. I'll give you - to row me out." The man took the money and rowed him to the vessel. When he boarded it he said to the boatman, "I am through with you. You can go back to the shore." In 1816 he removed from Bethel to Royalton and purchased a lot of Alpheus Howe at the "Mills," and the use of the shop with carding machines. He and his son James held this property and ran the machines for a long period of years, finally selling to Phineas Pierce.
i. Thomas Chandler, b. Dec. 21, 1810; went West and d. , there. He was an evangelist of the Christian denomination. * ii. Mary C., b. July 4, 1817; m. Jeremiah Russ.
* iii. Julia Ann, b. May, 1819; m. Arunah Woodward.
iv. Martha, b. Feb. 3, 1821; m. (1) Sep. 5, 1844, William Brown of Tunbridge; m. (2) William Carpenter; no living ch .; went West and d. in Mich.
v. James Benoni, b. Oct. 13, 1824, Roy .; d. Jan. 13, 1906, Tunb .; m. Oct. 12, 1851, Mary Jane, dau. Sylvester and Caroline Howe, b. Dec. 30, 1832, Tunb. Mrs. Kenworthy has lived with Mrs. Corwin and friends since the death of her husband. She is very well, and
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