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ii. Samuel Harper, b. Apr. 2, 1846, Malone, N. Y .; m. Dec. 1, 1903, May, only dau. A. E. Kendrick of Randolph; one ch., Kendrick, b. Dec. 20, 1904, Burlington; a railroad man; had the first station on Woodstock R. R .; postal clerk for nearly thirty years; a 32nd degree Mason. He d. 1910, Randolph.
iii. Clara A., b. Feb. 16, 1848, Malone, N. Y .; d. Mar. 10, 1852. iv. Frank W., b., Mar. 13, 1850; d. Mar. 9, 1852, Roy .; he and Clara bur. N. Roy. Cem. v. Clara E., b. Aug. 3, 1852, Roy .; m. Jan. 19, 1874, Henry H. Cole, b. Randolph, Mass .; ch .: (a) Kate Ellen, b. Aug. 26, 1875, Roy .; m. Feb. 25, 1905, Henry P. Munson; ch .: (i) Laura Jessie, b.
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Apr. 11, 1907, White River Junction; (ii) Henry Fayette, b. Nov. 11, 1908, W. R. J .; (b) Guy James, b. Oct. 22, 1877, Bethel; m. June 3, 1905, Ella May Kentfield; ch .: (i) Kenneth Waldo, b. Apr. 7, 1907, White River Junction; (ii) Verne Saxie, b. Feb. 6, 1909, White River Junction; (c) Don Charles, b. Sep. 10, 1879, Bethel; res. White River Junction, unm .; (d) John Saxie, b. Jan. 17, 1883, Bethel; d. Apr. 13, 1908, unm., W. R. J. Mrs. Cole's aged mother lives with her. Mr. Cole lived for a time in Roy.
vi. Caroline E., b. Aug. 7, 1855, Roy .; m. Oct. 15, 1887, Fred. A., son William C. and Mary J. (Moore) Fay, b. 1862; ch .: (a) Hazel Marion, b. July 3, 1888, Everett, Mass., unm .; (b) Earl Claude, b. Jan. 21, 1890, Everett; unm.
vii. Frank L., b. June 7, 1859, Roy .; d. Jan. 5, 1861.
McKENSTRY FAMILY.
ALEXANDER McKENSTRY, b. Dec. 10, 1763; d. Feb. 1, 1817, Roy .; m. (1) Abigail -, b. Sep. 5, 1769; d. Apr. 8, 1804 ( ?), Roy .; m. (2) Nov. 1, 1804, Polly, dau. Wm. and Pau- lina (Tullar) Joiner, b. Sep. 23, 1779; prob. the Polly who m. Nov. 11, 1823, William Chaplain of Bethel. The family wrote the name in early years without the Mc. Alexander rem. from Bethel in 1791, and bought a farm in E. 37 L. A., which he enlarged as he prospered, until he had a fine farm. In 1814 he stood second in the size of his list, which was $293.
i. Betsey, b. Jan. 20, 1794.
ii. Phimona, b. July 22, 1795.
iii. Alice, b. Aug. 13, 1797.
iv. Sophrona, b. May 21, 1801; m. Nov. 11, 1823, Lucius B. Babbitt of Barnard.
v. Alexander, b. July 1, 1803.
vi. Polly, bap. Oct. 18, 1812.
Alexander seems to have joined the church very soon after he came to Royalton.
METCALF FAMILY.
1. SAMUEL [5] METCALF (Jonathan [4], Jona. [3], Jona. [2], Michael [1]), b. 1731; d. Feb. 10, 1814, Roy .; m. Mehitable Hammond, b. 1730-31; d. July 29, 1815, Roy. Sam- uel lived on Pannock Hill, Lebanon, Conn., from whence he rem. to Royalton abt. 1781. He took land in Simpson and near by. The Metcalf cemetery where he and most of the family are buried was a part of the Metcalf farm. He brought a pint bag of apple seeds with him from Conn., and was one of the first to have apples in town. Some of the trees from those seeds are still standing today. There were probably more children than those whose records are given.
*i. Lydia [6], b. 1761; m. Nathaniel Perrin.
2. ii. Samuel [6], b. Apr. 20, 1763.
*iii. Sybil [6], b. Nov. 22, 1764; m. Timothy Durkee, Jr.
2. SAMUEL [6] METCALF, son of Samuel [5], b. Apr. 20, 1763, Lebanon, Conn .; d. Feb. 22, 1855, Roy .; m. (1) Jan.
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4, 1790, Jane Sterling, b. 1764, in Kingston, now Granville; d. Aug. 18, 1814, Roy .; m. (2) Mar. 3, 1816, Mrs. Ruth Crocker of Moretown, from whom he separated in 1822. It is told that he saw Jane Sterling out feeding the pigs, and he thought she was a strong woman and would make a good wife. He had a re- markable physique, being 6 ft. and 10 in. high, and weighing about 185 pounds. His wife Jane was 6 ft. tall and weighed over 300 pounds. Samuel was as strong as he was large. He went to a raising at one time. There was rum, as usual, and two men had enough to pick a quarrel. Samuel took each by the collar with his long arms and whacked them together until they were no longer aching for a fight. He was a saddler by trade, and worked at it to some extent in Royalton. His mother lived and died with him. He died in the edge of Tunbridge at the house of his son George. See "Revolutionary Roll."
i. Sibyl [7], b. Sep. 10, 1790; d. July 10, 1814.
ii. Betsey [7], b. Jan. 14, 1792; d. May 4, 1812.
3. iii. John Hammond [7], b. Feb. 5, 1794.
iv. Daniel Lacy [7], b. Mar. 17, 1796; d. Mar. 28, 1859; m. twice, the second time, Malinda Webster, and had one son. He was captain of a militia company.
v. George Sterling [7], b. Mar. 2, 1798; d. June 22, 1877, Hartford; m. Roxalana, dau. Nicholas Mosher, and had a large family. vi. David Champion [7], b. Mar. 3, 1801; d. Mar. 10, 1872; m. and had ch .; res. Lowell, Mass.
vii. Moses Lewis [7], b. Aug. 3, 1807; d. Mar. 8, 185 -; m. and separated from his wife; no ch.
viii. Samuel Sterling [7], b. Mar. 4, 1810; d. Sep. 29, 1844; m. Nov. 28, 1831, Rhoda, dau. William Howard; one dau., Rachel; di- vorced; she m. (2) Sep. 7, 1843, Pierce Waterman.
Mr. Metcalf raised 39 and 1/4 feet of sons, and 12 and 1/3 feet of daughters as follows: Sibyl, 6 ft. 6 and 14 in .; Betsey, 5 ft. 9 and $4 in .; John, 6 ft. 4 in .; Daniel, 6 ft. 9 and 14 in .; George, 6 ft. 6 in .; David, 6 ft. 7 in .; Moses, 6 ft. 8 in .; Samuel, 6 ft. 5 in.
3. JOHN HAMMOND [7] METCALF, son of Samuel, Jr., b. Feb. 5, 1794, Roy ; d. Sep. 13, 1878, Roy .; m. Sarah, dau. Benoni and Sarah Webster, b. Jan. 7, 1794, Hartland; d. Nov. 3, 1872, Roy. John H. was a farmer and lived on the home place. Sarah was a sister of Malinda, who m. Daniel, the brother of John H.
i. Mary W. [8], b. Oct. 6, 1819; d. May 7, 1857; m. Feb. 3, 1839, James Freeman.
ii. John L. [8], b. Jan. 27, 1822; d. Feb. 10, 1822.
iii. George W. [8], b. Apr. 16, 1826; d. Sep. 11, 1830.
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iv. John Washington [8], b. July 6, 1828.
v. Mark George [8], b. Jan. 30, 1834; d. Aug. 30, 1910, Roy .; bur. Branchview Cem .; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1860, Mary E., dau. Stephen A. and Hannah (Henry) Simmons, b. Nov. 30, 1839, Brighton, Mass .; d. Oct. 24, 1882, Roy .; m. (2) Dec. 8, 1885, Mrs. Jane Helen (Fellows) Cleveland, dau. Darius and Anna (Westeven) Fellows, and wid. of Ronaldo Cleveland, b. Feb. 16, 1836; d. Apr. 2, 1892, Roy. They had no ch., but in 1878 they adopted Minnie, dau. Anson Felton. Mr. Met-
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calf was blind for several years before his death, and was in poor health, but always cheerful, and satisfied with his lot. He was cared for by a niece and his adopted daughter, and the last few years of his life he spent in Royalton village with the family of George Joy, where he had every attention. He was a devout Christian, and a con- stant attendant at prayer-meetings whenever able to attend. He was remarkably gifted in prayer, and those who have heard his fervent exhortations will not easily forget them. He inherited the magnificent physique of the Metcalf family.
4. JOHN WASHINGTON [8] METCALF, son of John H., b. July 6, 1828, Roy .; d. Jan. 5, 1888, Roy .; m. Oct. 25 or 28, 1858, Harriet Victoria, dau. Otis and Lois (Tucker) Bruce, b. Dec. 28, 1836, Sharon; d. Oct. 3, 1897, Roy .; both bur. N. Roy. Cem. John W. was a student at Norwich Univ., 1854-56. He purchased the drug business of E. A. Maxham in Royalton village, and continued it for a number of years. He was a schol- arly man.
i. Sarah Lois [9], b. June 15, 1860, Ironton, O .; d. Mar. 21, 1892, W. Lebanon, N. H .; m. (1) Nov. 13, 1878, Frank Swazey, M. D., b. May 6, 1855, Norwich; d. Dec. 18, 1881; practiced in Truro, Mass .; grad. of Dartmouth Med. Coll. 1879; m. (2) Jan. 10, 1885, Edward Simmons Swazey, a farmer, who d. before she did; no ch.
ii. Abbie Sophia [9], b. May 14 or 30, 1862-63, Ironton, O.
iii. Otis Hammond [9], b. Apr. 28, 1865, Roy .; m. Jan. 23, 1889, Hattie Elizabeth Dutton; three ch .; res. on the old Dutton farm, Norwich.
iv. Mary Emma, [9], b. May 31, 1867, Roy .; m. Nov. 5, 1889, George Henry Adams; no ch .; res. Woodstock; runs a saw mill.
v. Willie Skinner [9], b. Sep. 9, 1869; d. Nov. 3, 1872, Roy. vi. Kate Kendall [9], b. Mar. 11, 1872; d. Nov. 18, 1873, Roy. vii. Susan Eliza [9], b. July 11, 1873; m. June 25, 1902, Clay- ton Elbert Stone; four ch .; res. Lunenburg, Mass.
viii. Joseph Arthur [9], b. Feb. 13, 1876; m. Oct. 27, 1904, Tessa Myrtilla Lancy.
ix. Ernest Bruce [9], b. Apr. 2, 1882, Roy .; m. Aug. 21, 1903, Bertha Mae Hardley; two ch .; res. Albany, N. Y.
MERRILL FAMILY.
ROBERT MERRILL, b. Jan. 7, 1807, Landaff, N. H .; d. Aug. 16, 1845; m. Phebe, dau. Matthew and Jemima (Pelton) Atherton, b. Sep. 3, 1806; d. Feb. 3, 1861; bur. Haverhill, N. H .; she m. (2) Haynes. Robert Merrill is bur. in N. Roy. Cem. He was a blacksmith, and had a shop on the north side of the river at S. Roy.
i. John N., b. May 14, 1828; d. June 11, 1828.
ii. Chester Robert, b. Mar. 12, 1830, Landaff, N. H .; d. Jan. 1, 1889, S. Boston, Mass .; m. Apr. 9, 1849, Emily A. Dennis, b. May 15, 1829, England; d. Nov. 22, 1907, S. Vernon, at home of her dau .; bur. with her husband in Pleasantview Cem., Roy. Ch .: (a) Jose- phine A., b. Nov. 15, 1851; m. Mr. Doolittle of S. Vernon; (b) Frances M., b. Dec. 27, 1853, Manchester, N. H .; m. Charles W. Joiner (See) ; (c) Harriet E., b. June 19, 1855, Haverhill, N. H .; d. May 10, 1890; m. July 25, 1885, Percy E., son Foster F. and Sophia S. (Doolittle) French, b. 1855, Brattleboro; (d) John M., b. May 11, 1857; res. Boston.
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iii. Harriet, b. May 10, 1832; d. May 12, 1832.
iv. Henry Matthew, b. Aug. 5, 1833; m. Aug. 24, 1851, Adeline S. Perkins; one son, Richard H., b. June 27, 1855.
ALBERT NELSON MERRILL, son of Alvin I., the son of Nathaniel, b. Oct. 28, 1859, Hanover, N. H .; m. (1) Jennie, dau. James Stevens; m. (2) Jan. 1, 1885, Mary Amna, dau. Lucian and Lucy M. (Bartholomew) Hewitt, b. Oct. 30, 1862, Pomfret. Mr. Merrill rem. from Hanover, N. H., to Roy. about 1889. He has owned a number of different places, and at pres- ent has the James Bingham farm. He has been road commis- sioner several years.
i. Clinton A., b. Aug. 11, 1880, Hanover; m. (1) Bertha Cloud; m. (2) Bessie Hunton; one ch., Evelyn Bessie; res. Barre. ii. Guy Willis, b. July 21, 1882, Hanover; m. May 1, 1906, Jennie Marion, dau. Charles W. and Martha J. (Walker) Cowen, b. 1885, Quechee; one ch., Raymond Albert; in marble shops, Bethel.
iii. Nina Belle, b. July 25, 1888, Barnard; m. Nov. 18, 1903, Everett William, son L. M. and Elsie M. (Prentiss) Corwin, b. 1887, Roy .; ch .: (a) Rita Mae, b. May 12, 1905; (b) Doris Elsie, b. Mar. 26, 1908; (c) Gerald Everett, b. Sep. 30, 1910.
iv. Lottie Etta, b. Jan. 23, 1893, Roy.
v. Olive Esther, b. Mar. 27, 1899, Roy.
MILES FAMILY.
EPHRAIM [6] MILES (Noah [5], John [4], John [3], John [2], John [1]), b. Dec. 6, 1759, Westminster, Mass .; d. Sep. 14, 1838, Potsdam, N. Y .; m. Dec. 12, 1781, Zeruiah Rugg, b. June 12, 1759, Holden, Mass .; d. Sep. 4, 1852, Potsdam, N. Y. Mr. Miles was a Revolutionary soldier. He was at West Point on the Hudson, when Benedict Arnold met Major Andre and negotiated for the surrender of the fort to the British. He was pensioned. In June, 1783, he bought a farm in E. 29 L. A. He seems to have left town about the time he sold out, in 1817, and went to Potsdam, N. Y., where some of his children had emi- grated before him. The list of ch. is not arranged in order of birth.
i. Prudence [7], b. Oct. 17, 1782; m. Jan. 21, 1809, Ira Perrin of Potsdam, N. Y., and had dau., Adeline. ii. Huldah [7], m. Apr. 4, 1813, William H. Washburn; ch .: William H., Stephen M., Ephraim M., Lucy, Elizabeth, Seth, Myra, Lucinda.
iii. Joseph [7], b. Nov. 14, 1786; d. Apr. 11, 1874, Potsdam; m. Feb. 14, 1814, Persis Spafford, b. Dec. 26, 1786; d. Aug. 17, 1872; ch .: (a) Hannah [8], b. Dec. 21, 1814; m. Mar. 8, 1832, Sumner Jarvis; ch .: Harriet, Henry, Edwin, Lydia, Laura, who m. Mr. Tappan and res. in Potsdam, Mary, Emily, who died, Charles, who died, Emily Persis, who is dead; (b) Prudence [8], b. July 15, 1816; d. Jan. 19, 1898; m. Aug. 1, 1840, William H. Hawkins; ch .: Charles, Mary, Emma, all of whom are dead, and William M., lawyer in Potsdam, Watson of Potsdam, Elizabeth and Herbert; Charles served in the Civil War; (c) Mary P. [8], b. Apr. 6, 1821; d. May 2, 1851; m. Sep. 10, 1844,
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Alexander H. Andrews; ch .: Helen M., living in Massena, N. Y., Kate G., and Miles H., who is dead; (d) William F. [8], b. Nov. 6, 1822; m. Apr. 15, 1847, and had George, Mary, Laura, Charles; (e) Ashbel S. [8], b. Apr. 25, 1824; m. Sep. 26, 1856, and had Ralph, Netty and Edna.
iv. Stephen [7], b. Oct. 19, 1789, Roy .; d. Dec. 13, 1870, E. Camden, Ontario; m. June 22, 1812, Kingston, Ontario, Laura Spafford; ch .: (a) Harvey [8], b. July 16, 1813, Kingston; m. May 27, 1835, Louisa Knox, and had Nathan K., Lucinda D., Laura T., and Lyndon King, who was a member of Co. M, 6th Regt., N. Y., Heavy Artillery; died in hospital, Phila., Nov. 5, 1864; (b) Eliza [8], b. Dec. 10, 1816, Kingston; m. John Shurtleff, and had Stephen M., Augustus, Laura, Mary, Harvey; (c) Elijah [8], b. Apr. 7, 1819, Kingston; m. and had Willie, Laura, Florence and Edith. Stephen [7], migrated to Canada and became a M. E. minister.
v. Noah [7], b. 1784, Roy .; d. Mar. 25, 1843, Potsdam, N. Y .; m. Feb. 5, 1812, Roy., Sarah, dau. Jacob and Esther (Lindley) Hicks, b. 1787, Roy .; d. Apr. 16, 1848, Potsdam. Noah went to Potsdam early in life, as he served in the War of 1812, as a lieutenant in Lt. Col. Stone's Regt., enlisting from Potsdam, N. Y .; ch .: (a) Seneca [8], m. Martha Dunbar, and had Benjamin, Charles, Seneca and Elbertha; (b) Jacob Hicks [8], b. 1822, Potsdam; d. Dec. 30, 1891, Potsdam; m. Mary P., dau. Nathaniel Wing and Lucinda Chandler, b. 1823; d. Aug. 6, 1872; ch .: (i) Ira Chandler [9], b. Jan. 6, 1848, Potsdam; m. Jan. 28, 1874, Calista M. Royce, who d. Jan. 31, 1908; followed the milling business until seven years ago, when he became cashier for the Excise Dept. of N. Y. State; res. Edwards, N. Y .; represented the 1st Assem- bly District in N. Y. legislature, 1896-99; (ii) Esther [9], b. Apr. 19, 1852, Potsdam; m. Andrew Crandall, who died; res. Hannawa Falls, N. Y .; (c) Stephen [8], m. Eliza Crary, and had Ella, who m. Reuben Wells of Canton, N. Y., and Herbert; Stephen served in the Civil War in a Wis. Regt .; (d) Orpha [8], m. Charles Dunbar, and had Noah, Sarah and Lucy; (e) Sarah [8], d. young.
vi. Benjamin, took freeman's oath in 1819; m. Oct. 17, 1819, Martha, dau. Jabez and Hannah (Lindley) Bowen, b. 1796, Roy .; ch .: Marshall, Marcus, Monroe, Morgan; res. Roy., Barnard, Bethel. In Sep., 1817, Benjamin bought 70 acres of his father, and remained in Roy. until 1832 or later.
vii. Lucy, m. Rev. William Brown of Rideau, Ontario, and had one ch., Miles.
It is thought that the emigrant ancestor of the Ephraim Miles family is the same as that of Gen. Miles, Rev. John, a Welsh clergy- man. Ephraim had a brother, Noah, a Lutheran clergyman in Temple, N. H., and a sister, Huldah, who married Samuel Brooks, a relative of Gov. Brooks of Mass. It is not known when John [1] came to America, but the early members of the Miles family seem to be located at Westminster, Mass.
MILLER FAMILY.
JOHN MILLER, b. in Pomfret prob .; d. in Roy. after 1822; his father supposed to be John of Pomfret; m. (1) July 9, 1809, Thankful Keith of Sharon, b. Mar., 1786; d. Oct. 18, 1810, Roy .; m. (2) Sally N., dau. Thomas and Jerusha Noonan, b. Apr., 1782; d. Mar. 3, 1865, Roy .; all bur. Roy. Broad Brook Cem. In June, 1809, Mr. Miller bought the farm in 4 L. A.
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which his son Carlos tilled and his grandson, John Miller, the place now occupied by Fred Allen. It had been owned by Elna- than Taylor.
i. James Alexander, b. Roy .; d. 1896, Concord, N. H .; m. (1) Ann Gibson, who d. in Ohio; m. (2) Oct. 11, 1840, Lydia M. Mckellips, who d. July 14, 1849, Concord, N. H .; m. (3) Lydian Osborn; ch .: (a) dau., b. Nov. 21, 1843, Bradford; d. Oct. 17, 1844; (b) Alma Frances, b. July 17, 1847, Charlestown, Mass .; m. Nov. 21, 1874, Charles Leland Smalley; ch .: (i) Leland Frederick, b. Apr. 2, 1877, Bradford; m. Dec. 25, 1902, Mary Sargent of Norwich, and had dau., b. July 17, 1904; d. July 28, 1905; (c) Adda Florence, b. May 11, 1849, Concord, N. H .; d. Nov. 19, 1851, Concord; (d) infant son; (e) Frederick Osborn, b. 1852; d. Dec. 10, 1875. James A. went to Bradford as a young man to learn carriage painting of John B. Woodward. He married his first wife there, then went to Ohio; and after the death of his wife returned to Bradford, where he married the second time; rem. to Charlestown, N. H., and later to Concord, where he died. His last wife survived him several years. She is buried with him in the old cemetery on State Street. He was called the veteran painter at the carriage fac- tory of Abbott & Dennings. He was over eighty when he died, and his last wife was about twenty years younger.
ii. Miranda, d. in Roy. in young womanhood.
iii. John, rem. to Hartford, Conn., m. and d. there.
iv. Spencer, b. Feb. 2, 1812; d. May 13, 1886, Roy .; m. Oct. 28, 1860, Mary "Fute," dau. Abel and Lydia (Smalley) Morse, b. Jan., 1810; d. Feb. 2, 1894, Roy .; no ch. In 1859, Spencer bought a small place of Elisha Wild. The buildings have now decayed. In 1850 he was in Canton, Mass.
v. Alanson, b. Nov., 1819; d. Sept. 18, 1822, Roy.
vi. Carlos, b. Sep. 4, 1821; d. June 24, 1872, Roy .; m. Jan. 8, 1852, Calista, dau. Martin D. and Lurania (Winchell) Follett, b. Feb. 17, 1829; d. Mar. 25, 1909, E. Barnard; ch .: (a) John Martin, b. Feb. 1, 1853; d. Apr. 19, 1885, Roy .; m. Oct. 3, 1878, Randolph, Ada Dodge, dau. Charles Dodge and Laura Jane (Wood) Lovejoy, b. May 17, 1856, Roy .; no ch .; res. on the home farm, with his mother and sister until death. He was one of the largest men Royalton has ever produced, measuring 6 ft. 3 and 1/2 in. in his stockings, and weighing 225 pounds. Mrs. Miller has done some very fine work in amateur photography, a dozen or more of her photographs appearing in this volume, the winter scene being one of them; (b) Dodge, b. May 10, 1856; d. Feb. 19, 1864; (c) Jennie Miranda, b. May 9, 1861; d. May 1, 1905, Roy .; (d) Carlos Dodge, b. Mar. 12, 1870; d. July 10, 1874, Roy.
MILLS FAMILY.
ROSWELL PORTER [6] MILLS (Philo [5], Roswell [4], Peter [3], Peter [2], Peter [1]), b. Mar. 17, 1812, Stockbridge; d. Feb. 10, 1875; m. (1) Martha Jane Rodgers; m. (2) Dec. 9, 1851, Martha Jane, dau. Ruel and Hannah (Gardner) Man- ning, b. Apr. 9, 1829; d. May 4, 1875; bur. N. Roy. Cem. Mr. Mills lived for some years in Roy. at different periods of time.
i. Ruel [7], b. Jan. 31, 1853, Bethel; m. Aug. 30, 1897, Junie F., dau. Andrew J. and Sally G. (Green) Woodworth, b. Dec. 21, 1854, Roy .; no ch .; res. on Woodworth farm near E. Bethel.
ii. Hannah [7], b. Oct. 10, 1856; m. Mar. 24, 1886, Bradley I. Skinner of E. Windsor; no ch.
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iii. Mason [7], b. Jan. 10, 1859, Roy .; m. Dec. 27, 1881, Marion Scott, b. Aug. 11, 1854; res. Woodstock; ch .: (a) Maude Louise [8], b. Apr. 4, 1883; d. Aug. 24, 1910, Brattleboro; (b) Anna Mae [8], b. Sep. 22, 1884; m. Stephen Harry Burroughs; P. O. Vergennes.
iv. Roswell, b. Apr. 2, 1861, Roy .; d. Feb. 14, 1871, Roy. v. Jennie, b. Mar. 28, 1864, Roy .; unm .; res., Hartford, Conn. vi. Kate, b. May 2, 1867, Roy .; unm.
vii. May, b. July 29, 1870, Roy .; m. 1901, Frank B. Rockwell, b. Nov. 22, 1854; one ch., Edward Charlton, b. Apr. 25, 1902.
The Mills family coat of arms was granted to Sir Peter Van der Meulen of Amsterdam, Holland, who was knighted for distinguished services to the public in the improvement of dikes and canals. His eldest son, Peter, was born in Holland in 1822, and emigrated to America from Leyden, where he was studying for the ministry in that university. By joining the refugees he incurred the displeasure of his father, who disinherited him. He had his name changed to Mills, the English equivalent. A Peter Mills from Bethel res. in Roy. from 1793 to 1799.
MOORE FAMILY.
1. JAMES SPENCER MOORE, son of Joshua and Dor- othy (Moody) Moore, b. Oct. 23, 1805, Strafford; d. Feb. 11, 1870, Roy .; m. Feb. 23, 1830, Julia Ann Comstock, b. Feb. 20, 1809; d. Nov. 25, 1892, Pawtucket, R. I. Mr. Moore was promi- nently connected with the S. Roy. Bank, much to his injury financially and otherwise. He was a man of gentle nature and well performed his private and public duties. Through industry and economy he amassed a competence. He rem. from Strafford to S. Roy.
i. John, b. June 21, 1831; d. Apr. 7, 1832.
2. ii. David Comstock, b. May 15, 1834.
iii. John Harris, b. Aug. 18, 1836; d. Jan. 8, 1907; m., 1860, Elizabeth Carpenter of Strafford; ch .: George M., b. Oct. 19, 1861.
iv. Carrie Asenath, b. Feb. 21, 1841; d. Aug. 17, 1865, Straf- ford.
2. DAVID COMSTOCK MOORE, M. D., b. May 15, 1834, Strafford; d. Oct. 9, 1876, S. Roy .; bur. Strafford; m. Jan. 1, 1860, Hannah A., dau. Richard and Dorcas Estabrook, b. Oct. 10, 1834, Sherburne; res. E. Providence, R. I., with sons. See "Medical Profession." Dr. Moore lived in the house now occu- pied by Dr. Fish. He and his sympathetic, well-informed wife were counted among the most reliable supporters of all that per- tains to a sound civic and religious life in the community. i. Elmer Ellsworth, b. Oct. 10, 1861, Hartford; m. June, 1887, Annie R. Pierce of E. Providence, R. I .; grad. from Dartmouth Med. Coll., 1886; attended lectures in Berlin, Germany, 1897-98; practicing in E. Providence, R. I .; women's diseases a specialty; ch .: (a) Roger, b. July 17, 1900; (b) Robert, b. July 12, 1904; (c) Marjorie, b. Mar. 17, 1906; d. May 7, 1907.
ii. James Spencer, b. Mar. 3, 1871; m. Sep. 7, 1900, Alice Ide of Creston, Ia .; one ch., Dorothea, b. Oct. 8, 1908; grad. from Brown, 1894, from Harvard Med. Coll., 1898; practicing in E. Providence, R. I.
The Moore family are of Scotch Irish descent. The emigrant an- cestor came to America soon after the Mayflower.
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HISTORY OF ROYALTON, VERMONT
MOREY FAMILY.
REUBEN [7] MOREY, JR. (Reuben [6], Zenas [5], Eph- raim [4], John [3], George [2], George [1]), b. Dec. 2, 1809, Vershire; d. Mar. 13, 1868, W. Lebanon, N. H .; m. (1) Feb., 1834, Mary Blaisdell; m. (2) May 11, 1848, Rosetta Morse, dau. Jeremiah and Mary Brown, b. Aug. 24, 1817, Tunbridge; d. June 7, 1877, W. Lebanon, N. H. Mr. Morey res. in Strafford, Tunbridge, Royalton village, S. Roy., coming to the last place in 1854. He formed a partnership with Eben Winslow, and continued in trade for ten years.
i. Joanna, b. Oct. 19, 1834; m. William W. Culver.
ii. Harriet Sturtevant, b. May 18, 1836; d. Dec. 24, 1889; m. Aug., 1865, David Adams.
iii. Charles Carroll, b. May 25, 1840; d. Apr. 2, 1865. In Civil War.
iv. Mary Emma, b. Mar. 14, 1849; m. Milton S. Woodman; res. W. Lebanon, N. H. v. Reuben Wilbur, b. July 8, 1855, Roy .; d. Oct. 17, 1858, Roy. The family burial lot is in S. Roy. Cem.
MORGAN FAMILY.
1. ISAAC [5] MORGAN (David [4], Isaac [3], Capt. John [2], James [1]), b. Apr. 26, 1730-31, Preston, Conn .; d. Nov. 2, 1815, Roy .; m. (1) Oct. 31, 1751, Zilpha Meech of Ston- ington, Conn., who d. Jan. 19, 1763; m. (2) May 27, 1764, Eliza- beth W. Tracy of Preston, b. 1745; d. June 17, 1823, Roy .; bur. S. Roy. Cem. Mr. Morgan was one of the original grantees of the town. See "Earliest Settlers."
i. Nathan [6], b. Sep. 15, 1753; one of the original grantees; so far as known not married; not listed after 1792.
ii. Mary [6], b. Dec. 10, 1755; m. Nov. 2, 1775, James Marsh of Sharon.
iii. Anna [6], b. Mar. 1, 1758; d. before 1773, prob.
iv. Sybil [6], b. Dec. 30, 1765.
v. Esther [6], b. Mar. 12, 1769.
vi. Joseph [6], b. May 17, 1771.
vii. Anna [6], b. July 1, 1773.
2. viii. Isaac [6], b. Feb. 3, 1776, Roy., prob.
ix. Daniel [6], b. - - 18, 1778, Roy. x. Elizabeth [6], b. Sep. 15, 1780; prob. the Betsey who d. Sep. 30, 1848.
xi. Eunice [6], b. Jan. 6, 1783, Roy .; m. Mar. 18, 1806, Ben- jamin Burroughs of Tunbridge.
xii. David [6], b. May 25, 1785, Roy. He m. Nov. 23, 1809, Matilda Green of Woodstock; ch .: (a) Isaac, b. Nov. 26, 1910, Roy .; (b) Roswell, b. Oct. 9, 1811, Roy .; (c) Dolly, b. Nov. 28, 1813, Roy. In 1810 he bought of Benj. Dutton some small lots of land near Ste- vens' bridge, and sold them in 1813, and does not appear as paying poll tax after that date.
2. ISAAC [6] MORGAN, son of Isaac [5], b. Feb. 3, 1776, Roy .; d. Mar. 29, 1851, Roy .; m. Apr. 24, 1802, Hannah, 56
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HISTORY OF ROYALTON, VERMONT
dau. Ebenezer and Patience (Orms) Woodward, b. 1780; d. Dec. 19, 1843, Roy. On May 20, 1802, Isaac, Jr., made an in- denture with his father to care for his parents, and was deeded one-half the farm.
i. Eunice [7], b. July 17, 1803; d. July 2, 1837.
ii. Daniel [7], b. July 2, 1805; d. Nov. 27, 1840; m. May 30, 1836, Lois C. Ingraham; he was then in Oberlin, O.
iii. Alba W. [7], b. June 16, 1807; d. Feb. 22, 1840.
* iv. Emeline [7], b. Sep. 2, 1809; m. Archibald Kent.
v. Tracy [7], b. June 9, 1811; he had a farm near Jireh Tucker's; sold out in 1852, and left town; m. July 3, 1838, Sarah H. Woodward of Chelsea; one ch., George Tracy, b. June 25, 1839; d. July 3, 1840.
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