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vi. Hannah Storrs [7], b. Mar. 14, 1813; d. Jan. 12, 1842-43. vii. Lucy Maria [7], b. Mar. 6, 1815; m. Jan. 5, 1842, John W. Smith of Chelsea.
viii. Elizabeth P. [7], b. July 4, 1817; d. June 5, 1835.
*ix. Sybil [7], b. Oct. 27, 1819; m. Silas Ingraham.
x. Isaac T. [7], b. Nov. 13, 1822; d. May 26, 1859, Bethel ( ?); m. Oct. 28, 1845, Ann Maria, dau. Harry and Anna (Kent) Cheney, b. 1820; d. Oct. 1, 1865; bur. S. Roy. Cem .; an attorney in Bethel; ch .: (a) Percy, b. Apr. 15, 1849; d. Aug. 25, 1850; (b) Edward, b. Apr. 20, 1851; both b. Bethel.
ROSWELL [5] MORGAN (David [4], Isaac [3], etc.), b. July 17, 1737, Preston, Conn., prob .; d. Aug. 26, 1798, Roy .; bur. S. Roy. Cem .; m. Dec. 4, 1760, Martha Downer of Pres- ton, Conn. She may be the Martha Morgan who m. Feb. 23, 1800, Edward Brockway of Leominster, Mass. Mr. Morgan of Norwich bought land in Royalton in 1782, and at other dates. He was a soldier, and does not seem to have lived continuously at any one place for some years. In 1782 he served as Lieut. under Capt. Seelye. He bought a small farm near Havensville in 1797, and rem. to Roy., where he died the next year.
i. Cyprian [6], b. Oct. 2, 1761; m. Dec. 15, 1782, Polly Mur- dock, and had at least one ch., Roswell, b. Oct. 16, 1783. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
BENJAMIN [5] MORGAN (Benjamin [4], Isaac [3], Capt. John [2], James [1]), b. Oct. 25, 1742; d. Apr. 5, 1811, Roy .; m. Nov. 5, 1772, Sarah Park, b. 1749; d. Aug. 9, 1819, Roy .; both bur. Roy. Broad Brook Cem. Benjamin lived on Broad Brook, on the Ichabod Davis farm. He served in the Revolution, and his commission as ensign is shown in one of the cuts. He rem. from Barnard to Roy. about 1795, having bought his farm in 1794.
i. Joseph [6], b. Aug. 20, 1773.
* ii. Mary [6], b. Oct. 26, 1774; prob. the Polly who m. (1) Joseph Parkhurst, and (2) Reuben Spalding.
iii. Isaac [6], b. Apr. 17, 1776; in 1803 he gives his father the use of a sixty-acre farm. He was prob. the Isaac whose estate was administered by Joshua Freeman in 1813.
iv. Hezekiah [6], b. Apr. 29, 1777.
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hood. v. Lucy Brewster [6], b. Dec. 1, 1779; d. in young woman-
vi. Jonathan Park [6], b. July 1, 1781; d. 1803, prob. On Apr. 22 of that year Benjamin, "next of kin to Jona.," was cited to appear and take out letters of administration, which he did.
vii. Anna [6], b. 1784; m. George Gerry, rem. to Barnard, and d. there 1868.
viii. Elisha [6], b. 1794; d. June 18, 1822; bur. near his par- ents; m. July 25, 1819, Bethiah Cheedle, who d. in Barnard with her son, Elisha R., b. 1821, and m. Apr. 30, 1843, Laura Cambell of E. Barnard; he d. Apr. 30, 1902, leaving no ch.
Isaac [5] was the first of the name in town. His mother, Dorothy (Lamb) Morgan-Cady, seems to have res. with him, and her funeral was attended Aug. 26, 1804. Her husband had d. Mar. 24, 1768. She afterwards married a Cady. Her other ch. not named as residing in Roy. were Mary, who m. Nathaniel Morse, Anne and Dorothy. Isaac was one of the committee to build Royalton fort.
MORRILL FAMILY. 1
JAMES [5] MORRILL (Paul [4], Isaac [3], Isaac [2], Abraham [1]), b. Oct. 29, 1755, S. Hampton, Mass .; d. Oct. 8, 1822, Roy .; m. (1) Eunice -, b. 1761; d. Feb. 14, 1820, Roy .; both bur. E. Bethel; m. (2) May 13, 1822, Mary Clapp, b. 1759; d. Nov. 12, 1838, Roy .; bur. N. Roy. Cem. James and Eunice joined the church July 10, 1807, from Chichester, N. H .; he was listed from 1807 till death. He owned 13 T. P.
i. James, took freeman's oath in 1808; in Huntington in 1823.
ii. Thomas B., b. Aug. 10, 1796; d. July 28, 1818; bur. with parents.
iii. John, a minor at death of father.
IRA S. MORRILL, son of Ira and Mary Morrill, b. Feb. 26, 1843, Randolph; d. Nov. 17, 1905, Roy .; bur. E. Rand .; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Betsey Eliza, dau. Ira and Betsey Emery, who d. Feb. 2, 1887, Rand. Ira rem. to Roy. in 1888 to the Paul Dar- win place, and res. here until death.
i. Mabel E., b. 1869, Rand .; m. Nov. 30, 1892, Willie L., son John C. and Mary (Russ) Hunt, b. 1869, Rand.
ii. Gertrude, b. Sep. 13, 1871, Rand .; m. Nov. 30, 1892, Geo. H. Batchelder; settled in Rand .; two ch .; res. Lamar, Col.
iii. Bessie May, b. Jan. 19, 1874, Stockbridge; m. Feb. 24, 1897, Charles M. Barber; five ch .; res. Barre.
iv. Alice G., b. Oct. 9, 1876, Bethel; m. Apr. 23, 1896, Royal D. Moxley; res. Tunbridge and Barre.
v. Clara J., b. Jan. 8, 1880, Rand .; d. Sep., 1882.
MORSE FAMILY.
NATHANIEL [6] MORSE (Nathaniel [5], Daniel [4], Dea. William [3], Benjamin [2], Anthony [1]), b. June 24, 1751, Preston, Conn .; d. Oct. 9, 1829, Roy .; m. Molly, dau. Medad Benton, b. 1758, Preston; d. Feb. 23, 1837, Roy .; both bur. Havens Cem. Dr. A. C. Latham is authority for the
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parentage of Molly. Mr. Morse was one of the original grant- ees. He had over 200 acres in 20 and 21 Dutch. He was one of those who assisted in the building of the Bethel fort. He was probably the Nathaniel Morse who went from Preston in the Lexington alarm. In March, 1780, he was chosen one of the road surveyors, and how much earlier he was in Royalton cannot be stated. He gave a life lease to Medad Benton of a part of his farm, and sold considerable of his holdings, so that the land at Havensville was cut up into smaller lots. There may have been other ch. than those here given.
i. Abigail [7], m. (1) Oct. 15, 1793, Christopher, son Abraham and Ann (Brewer) Waterman, who d. before Nov. 14, 1795; m. (2) Mar. 26, 1797, Nathaniel, son James Carpenter of Sharon as his second wife; ch .: (a) Christopher [8], b. Aug. 7, 1798; (b) Susannah [8], b. Aug. 9, 1800; (c) Walter [8], b. Nov. 9, 1802; (d) Nathaniel Morse [8], b. Nov. 21, 1806; (e) Don P. [8], b. Nov., 1808; (f) Heman [8], b. June 18, 1811; (g) Otis [8], b. 1813; (h) Fidelia [8], b. 1815; (i) Albert Von Haller [8], b. 1821. Abigail res. in Middlesex, and her descendants are still living there.
ii. Polly [7], b. 1782, Roy., prob .; d. May 13, 1847, Roy .; bur. Havens Cem. near her parents; m. Apr. 11, 1802, Dr. Ben Adam Denison (George [5], Ben Adam [4], William [3], William [2], George [1],) b. Mar. 31, 1773; d. Montrose, Pa .; divorced in 1816; lived with her father after 1816, and with Charles Button's family. Her father gave her part of the farm where he lived, but she seems to have lost it. Ch .: (a) Ben Adam [8], b. May 10, 1810; m. Mar. 25, 1843, Ade- line B. Blair, who d. Feb. 28, 1857; m. (2) Ruth Ann Graves; res. Binghamton, N. Y .; ch .: (i) Alfred B. [9], b. Apr. 17, 1844; m. Louise Bartholomew; (ii) Joseph M. [9], b. Sep. 4, 1845; m. Millie Willis; (iii) Imogene [9], b. Dec. 27, 1848; m. Eugene Piper; (iv) Virgie [9], b. Dec. 17, 1852; m. Herbert Willis; (v) Ida [9], b. Aug. 4, 1854; (vi) Belle [9], b. Jan. 13, 1861; (vii) Louise [9], b. Sep. 2, 1866; (b) Polly [8], b. Aug. 24, 1805; m. Sloan Hamilton; she and her ch. are all dead; (c) Oliver [8], b. July 16, 1807; m. Nov. 3, 1830, Laura Booth, b. Aug. 14, 1814; a printer; res. Dundee, N. Y .; ch .: (i) William O. [9], b. Mar. 14, 1832; res. Washington, D. C .; (ii) Charles E. [9], b. Mar. 2, 1836; killed in battle at Dallas, Ga .; (iii) Mary [9], b. May 10, 1839; (iv) Edward [9], b. Mar. 2, 1841; (v) Ben Adam [9], b. Sep. 11, 1844; (vi) Helen [9], b. Mar. 27, 1847; (vii) Clara [9], b. Feb. 27, 1850; (viii) George [9], b. Dec. 25, 1852; (ix) Lula [9], b. Aug. 30, 1855. Dr. Ben Adam was married a second time to Eunice Williams, and lived at Montrose, Pa. His ch. by the second marriage were: (d) John W., b. Sep. 4, 1818; a physician; m. twice; five ch .; res. Carney, Pa .; (e) Elizabeth, b. Mar. 11, 1821; m. R. T. Stevens; (f) George M., b. Nov. 22, 1823; m. Sallie M. Crickus; (g) Eunice, b. Dec. 13, 1825; m. R. T. Stevens; (h) Charles G., b. May 23, 1828; m. Martha Laud; merchant of Corning, N. Y .; four times elected mayor of the city; three ch., one Charles L .; (i) Frederic, b. May 7, 1830; m. and res. in Mahanoy, Pa .; (j) Lewis B., b. Aug. 4, 1832; d. Sep. 6, 1850; (k) Ann M., b. Dec. 8, 1834; d. Oct. 27, 1836; (1) Adam B., b. Mar. 9, 1837; m. P. O. Shaucks.
JONATHAN MORSE, son of Dea. Joseph and Abigail (Stevens) Morse, b. Mar. 28, (?) 1813, Rochester; d. Mar. 20, 1888, Roy .; m. Nov. 24, 1840, Emily Rix, dau. A.mos and Jerusha
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(Rix) Hutchinson, b. Mar. 27, 1816, Tunb .; d. Aug. 18, 1894. Mr. Morse came to Roy. from Manchester, N. H. He had repre- sented that town in the N. H. legislature. He had a brother, Dr. David, who lived in Sharon. He and his wife had passed the active period of their lives when they came to Royalton, but they were highly esteemed for their many good qualities. Mrs. Morse remembered the S. Roy. Cong'l church in her will.
i. Infant dau.
ii. Charles H., b. Feb. 6, 1847, Tunbridge; d. Oct. 29, 1876, Roy.
iii. Louisa C., b. 1848; d. Oct. 2, 1852.
THOMAS R. MORSE, son of Norris and Electa (Smith) Morse, b. Dec. 3, 1815, Norwich; d. Apr. 28, 1888, Roy .; m. Chloe A., dau. Eneas Hayward, b. Aug. 15, 1820, Chelsea; d. May 5, 1899, Roy .; both bur. S. Roy. Cem. Mr. Morse came to S. Roy. about 1864, and a few years later bought a small place west of the railroad where he lived and died. He worked for the railroad.
i. Frances, b. abt. 1842; m. William Greenough; one son, William; res. Lebanon, N. H. ii. Henry Enos, b. 1844-45; d. Jan. 17, 1893, Roy .; m. June 14, 1871, Edna Jane, dau. William L. and Lucy (Sanborn) Cilley, b. 1842.
* iii. Eliza Jane, b. 1846; m. Elisha Beedle.
iv. Mary; m. (1) Alonzo W. Taggard, who d. Apr. 7, 1876; m. (2) Lyman Wardwell; ch., Fred and Edward; res. New York City. v. John, b. Apr. 7, 1849; m. Julia, dau. Luther B. Washburn, b. Apr. 27, 1848, E. Canaan, N. H .; d. Dec. 6, 1907; ch .: (a) Oscar W., b. Sep. 20, 1871, Roy .; m. Dec. 3, 1896, Mary Josephine, dau. Antoine and Mary B. (Benoit) DeCoste, b. 1877, Can .; one son, b. Jan. 12, 1901, Roy .; (b) Frank Edward, b. July 28, 1873, Roy .; d. June 6, 1881; (c) Mary, b. 1879; m. May 10, 1897, Warren, son Freeman and Eliz. (Leazer) Waterman; ch .: (i) Carlie J., b. Nov. 20, 1903; (ii) Harold Charles, b. Nov. 20, 1904. vi. Charles Frederick, b. 1854; m. June 5, 1875, Zylpha M., dau. Marshall A. and Anna Drake, b. 1856, Braintree; no ch .; res. Springfield, Mass.
vii. Emma V., b. 1855; d. a number of years ago; m. July 17, 1875, Leonard William, son James and Sarah Yerxa; m. (2) Feb. 17, 1877, Wesley C., son George and Irena (Wells) Weeks, b. 1853, Marshfield; three ch., - - -, Minnie, John.
viii. Frank Byron, b. June 26, 1857; m. Aug. 25, 1880, Marion Alice, dau. Gilbert A., and Euphrasia M. (Cooper) Bush, b. June 2, 1862, Springfield, Mass .; no surviving ch.
JAMES E. MORSE, M. D., son of John A. and Sarah (White) Morse, b. Apr. 12, 1824, Craftsbury; d. May 14, 1882, Roy .; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1850, Celeste Angeline, dau. Russell Smith, b. Aug. 30, 1827, Hanover, N. H .; d. Aug. 28, 1865; m. (2) Aug. 25, 1867, Martha Jane, dau. William Eli and Annie (Bridges) Brockway, b. 1846. See "Medical Profession." i. Adelpha Russell, b. Sep., 1851; d. July 2, 1853.
* ii. Emma Lois, b. Mar. 24, 1855, W. Hartford; m. Elba Corbin.
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iii. Annie Sallie, b. Nov. 26, 1868, Roy .; m. Dec. 9, 1896, Charles Lawrence, son John and Mary J. (Randall) Curtis, b. 1870, Freeport, Me .; ch .: (a) Lawrence Morse, b. Oct. 27, 1901; (b) Helen Lucile, b. Feb. 29, 1908; (c) Dorothy Constance, b. Mar. 1, 1909. See "Royalton Academy."
iv. James Frederick, b. Apr. 29, 1870, Roy .; m. Oct. 12, 1901, Minnie Wilhelmina Fink; one ch., Frederick J., b. Aug. 23, 1903; a physician, practicing in the West.
*v. Jennie Isabel, b. Sep. 21, 1873, Roy .; m. John E. Waterman.
ORAMEL MORSE, son of Chester, the son of Charles, son of Jeremiah, b. July 19, 1859, Bethel; m. Mar. 11, 1879, Cora Emma, dau. Henry T. and Sarah Jane (Woodworth) Gifford, b. Dec. 9, 1860, Roy. Mr. Morse lived in Roy. after his mar- riage until 1910, when they rem. to Randolph. They owned the old Fox stand and farm, where they kept up in a measure the traditions of olden time by having occasional parties and other entertainments. Mrs. Morse has written more or less for the press. Children nearly all born in Royalton.
i. Henry Chester, b. May 2, 1880; m. Jan. 18, 1902, Lena May, dau. George and Mary (Johnson) Lombard, b. 1882, Roy .; ch .: (a) Cora Rosalia, b. Dec. 9, 1902, Roy .; (b) Edna Woodworth, b. Dec. 7, 1904; (c) Ruth May, b. Sep. 29, 1906; (d) Laura Jane, b. Sep. 21, 1908.
ii. Harley Ira, b. May 2, 1880, Tunbridge; m. Jan. 15, 1908, Estella M., dau. John D. and Nona (Pratt) Delaney, b. 1890, Wor- cester, Mass .; ch .: (a) George Pratt, b. Aug. 25, 1909, Roy.
* iii. Nina Sarah, b. Sep. 16, 1884; m. Clarence Davis.
iv. Letha May, b. Sep. 24, 1887.
v. Charles Clarence, b. May 30, 1891.
vi. Alyce Ruth, b. Sep. 13, 1894.
vii. Carlton Floyd, b. Oct. 11, 1897.
viii. Joseph Oramel, b. Mar. 13, 1901.
ix. Carrie Emma, b. Feb. 28, 1903.
X. Elizabeth Gifford, b. Feb. 18, 1905.
MOSHER FAMILY.
ZABAD [7] MOSHER (Thomas [6], Nicholas [5], Thos. [4], Nich. [3], Hugh [2], Hugh [1]), b. May 30, 1789, Sharon; d. Feb., 1871; m. Dec. 30, 1813, Rebecca, dau. Joseph and Re- becca (Freeman) Bowman, b. Dec. 7 or 17, 1793, Roy. Mr. Mosher lived for some years on the Stephen Bowman farm. His mother was Irene Carpenter, dau. of James of Sharon. * i. Rebecca Freeman, b. Oct. 4, 1814, Sharon; m. Alba Mar- shall.
ii. Nancy, b. Jan. 11, 1817; d. Apr. 8, 1834; bur. N. Roy. Cem. iii. Alfred, b. Apr. 14, 1819.
iv. Caroline Pamela, b. Apr. 20, 1823; m. Austin Winship of Moretown.
NICHOLAS MOSHER, son of Eber ( ?), b. 1778, or Feb. 2, 1782, Sharon; d. Aug. 26, 1861, Roy .; bur. Branchview Cem .: m. (1) Nov. 30, 1808, Betsey Walbridge; m. (2) Sept. 20, 1819,
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Polly Wilson of Hartford, b. 1798; d. Sep. 4, 1886, Roy. Mr. Mosher was a farmer in District Seventeen.
i. Lydia, b. abt. 1810; d. at age of six.
ii. Roxy, b. abt. 1812; m. George Metcalf.
iii. Loren, b. 1814; d. Sep. 24, 1859; m. Harriet Hall or Hill; ch .: (a) George, b. Nov., 1829; d. May, 1841; (b) Cynthia, b. Feb., 1834; d. Sep. 27, 1855; (c) Harriet, b. Dec., 1838; d. May, 1841; (d) Addie H., b. Nov., 1841; d. Oct. 9, 1875; (e) Henry Edward, m. Helen, dau. John and Sarah (Segar) Hinkley; res. Williston; both dead; (f) Vanlora Effie; (g) Susan Loalla; (h) Eunice S .; (i) Loren E., b. June 12, 1859; adopted by Marcus Holt (See).
iv. Nancy, m. Feb. 15, 1856, Elliot Dickerman of Middlesex, and has Frank, Addie and Allen E.
v. Sarah D.
* vi. Jerusha, m. Henry Mason.
vii. Cynthia; viii. Amanda, m. Mr. Moon.
ix. Charles Eber; res. Lawrence, Mass.
x. Adaline; xi. Chester; xii. George; xiii. Harriet.
MOXLEY FAMILY.
SETH MOXLEY, son of Joseph and Sophia (Waldo) Mox- ley, and grandson of Seth, b. Oct. 12, 1828, Tunbridge; d. Feb. 17, 1900, Roy .; m. Sep. 4, 1849, Anna, dau. Bethabra and Philena (Luce) Cleveland, b. June 15, 1829, Mansfield; d. Nov. 4, 1901, Roy. Mr. Moxley res. in Hyde Park a few years after marriage, then rem. to Roy. and lived for nine years with Cal- vin Davis. He bought the Bradford Cleveland farm in 1861, and the next year moved to the farm where he died.
i. Sarah Anna, b. May 16, 1856; m. (1) Mar. 25, 1878, Byron D. Bickford; one ch., Fred, b. Dec. 12, 1878; m. (2) Apr. 19, 1882, James, son Joseph and Dolly (Hyde) Gould, b. 1826, Brookfield; d. Nov. 14, 1890, Roy .; m. (3) Feb. 8, 1892, Charles, son Samson and Chloe Ann (Preston), b. 1841; res. Sharon.
ii. Frank Herbert, b. Mar. 1, 1858; m. Nov. 19, 1879, Polly Pern, dau. Nelson and Jane (Green) Hunt, b. Jan. 22, 1859, Randolph; ch .: (a) Minnie A., b. Feb. 14, 1881; m. June 20, 1900, F. E. Wallace, and has dau., Margaret K., b. July 18, 1906; (b) Bernice A., b. Nov. 13, 1884; (c) Howard A., b. July 20, 1891; Frank H., a grocer in Franklin Falls, N. H.
iii. Kate Amelia, b. Aug. 25, 1862; m. May 15, 1891, Leonard Morrill; one ch.
iv. Fred George, b. Mar. 10, 1864; d. June 6, 1872, Roy. * v. Lena Luvan, b. Sep. 15, 1865, Roy .; m. Hiram E. Russ.
vi. Marilo Lee, b. July 11, 1867, Roy .; m. Dec. 14, 1892, Mary M., dau. Thos. and Lucy (Rowell) Moxley, b. 1870, Tunbridge; two ch. vii. Lettie May, b. Mar. 2, 1869, Roy .; m. Sep. 4, 1890, George W., son Charles and Lucia (Robinson) Day, b. 1867, Strafford; one child.
viii. Charles Seth, b. Dec. 1, 1870, Roy .; m. Mar. 26, 1900, Mabel, dau. Amos and Phebe (Jones) Farnham, b. 1877, Tunbridge; three ch.
ix. Laura Winifred, b. May 18, 1872, Roy .; m. Apr. 24, 1902, Mark Burton Drew; two ch. *x. Susie Mercy, b. Nov. 22, 1874, Roy .; m. Ethan Allen Jones.
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NEVENS FAMILY.
EDWARD PEREAR NEVENS, son of Asa, son of Rob- ert, Jr., son of Robert of Ireland, b. Dec. 21, 1807, Northampton, Mass .; d. Apr. 27, 1870, Boston, Mass .; m. Sep. 12, 1831, Roy., Julia P., dau. John Dix, b. Feb. 22, 1805, Reading, Mass .; d. Dec. 24, 1867, Malden, Mass. Mr. Nevens was a wool merchant, and came to Roy. to open a wool depot about 1830. He had a store in Royalton village, and in 1838 he bought a place of John Francis. The next year he sold Forest Adams the old store, and it would seem that he built a store on the west side of the road, between that and the railroad, which he leased to Geo. W. Adams and N. M. Russ in 1857 for eight years. He went to Melrose, Mass., but was in Bethel in 1864, and the next year in Malden. He failed in business in Roy., owing to his indors- ing notes for woolmen. He was P. M. in Roy. and much inter- ested in military affairs. He went to Boston to work for the firm of -Whitten, Burdette & Young. He was one of the select- men in Melrose, Mass. He opened a store in S. Boston.
i. Edward.
ii. Julia Ellen, b. Dec. 21, 1834, Roy .; m. Amos Young.
iii. Martha Louisa, b. Aug. 7, 1846, Roy .; d. Feb. 16, 1905, Beachmont, (Revere), Mass .; m. Aug. 15, 1865, Malden, Mass., George W., son Hiram and Rachel (Church) McClaughlin, b. Feb. 22, 1843, S. Boston, Mass .; d. Feb. 18, 1909, Beachmont; ch .: (a) twins, b. June, 1866; (b) Blanche, b. Feb. 15, 1868; d. Apr. 12, 1887, Beachmont; m. Feb. 15, 1886, Leburton Kimball Blodgett of Somerville, Mass .; ch .: (i) child, b. and d. Nov. 5, 1886; (c) Amos Warren, b. 1873; d. at age of nine months; (d) Maud, b. Jan. 12, 1878; (e) ch. d. at birth; (f) Rubie, b. Dec. 5, 1881; (g) George Edward, b. Mar. 6, 1888, Beach- mont; d. in Sep. of same year; other ch. b. in Malden.
iv. Frank Herbert, b. 1850; d. Mar. 17, 1908.
NOBLE FAMILY.
CAPT. NEHEMIAH NOBLE, son of James and Mrs. Ann (Leffingwell) Vibber Noble, and grandson of John, b. June 6, 1756, New London, Conn .; d. Oct. 21 or 31, 1826, Bethel; m. Nov. 9, 1783, Roy., Sabra, dau. Dea. William and Thankful (Mascraft) Skinner, b. June 2 or 7, 1756, Woodstock, Cunn .; d. Dec. 14, 1831, Bethel. Mr. Noble came to Royalton in 1783 probably, as he bought a small farm on the river of Comfort Sever in February of 1784, which he kept until April, 1895,- when he sold it to Nathan Stone. He was not listed after 1794, and must have gone to Bethel about that time. It has been said that his father and mother came to Roy. and died here, but it is probably a mistake, and they doubtless lived with him in Bethel, especially as they are said to have come to Vermont in 1799, when he was in Bethel. They are buried in Bethel, where Nehe- miah and his wife are buried. James, the son of Nehemiah, was
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the first burial in the Lunt Cemetery. Capt. Noble was captain of a company that went from Bethel to Plattsburg in the War of 1812. He was a tanner, shoemaker, cordwainer, and farmer. He represented Bethel in the General Assembly six years. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
i. William, b. May 16, 1784, Roy .; d. Dec. 11, 1874, Chicago, Ill .; m. Apr. 25, 1819, Ann Bouton, b. Sep. 13, 1797, Charlotte; d. Dec. 13, 1889, Chicago; had six ch .; one, Jane, m. Homer Nash Hibbard, b. E. Bethel, a grad. of the U. V. M .; lawyer in Hyde Park, Ill .; William Noble grad. from the U. V. M. in 1810; read law with Hon. Bates Turner, Fairfield; admitted to the bar in 1812; rem. to Charlotteville and practiced until 1835; P. M. under Van Buren; represented the town in 1826-27; clerk of county and supreme court and court of chancery; in 1837 rem. to Burlington; P. M. there, but resigned in 1849; rem. to Chicago in 1864.
ii. Bethesda, b. July 26, 1785, Roy.
iii. James, b. July 21, 1786, Roy .; d. Jan. 13, 1796, Bethel.
iv. Calvin, b. Apr. 1, 1788, Roy .; d. Sep. 3, 1804, Bethel.
v. Nehemiah, b. Sep. 6, 1789, Roy .; d. Sep. 6, 1804, Bethel.
vi. John, b. Sep. 11, 1791, Roy .; d. Jan. 31, 1880; m. Jan. 5, 1843, Amanda Sophia Shedd, b. Jan. 22, 1825, Bethel; d. Nov. 5, 1896; ch .: (a) Franklin Wyllis, b. Oct. 10, 1843, Roy .; d. Oct. 17, 1856, Bethel.
vii. Perez Bradford, b. Mar. 17, 1793, Roy .; d. 1890, West- field, N. Y .; m. Nov. 19, 1829, Abigail Williams; nine ch .; one, Charles H., of Westfield, N. Y.
viii. James, b. Oct. 18, 1795, Bethel; d. Apr. 27, 1842, in Galena, Ill .; unm .; engaged in trade with Indians and lead mining.
ix. Sabra, b. Sep. 1, 1797, Bethel; d. Sep. 2, 1797.
Alden Crafts, b. Mar. 9, 1800; d. Sep. 7 or 8, 1837, Cleve- land, O .; m. June 20, 1832, Sarah, dau. Jacob and Martha (Olcott) Smith, b. Feb. 12, 1805; d. Apr. 25, 1833; bur. N. Roy. Cem. See "Legal Profession." Ch .: (a) James Jacob, b. Apr. 22, 1833, Roy .; d. Mar. 14, 1885, Chicago; m. twice; one ch., Mary, b. 1868; grad. of U. V. M. in 1855; studied in Albany Law School; lawyer in Chicago; taught some years in Haven school there; res. Kenwood, where his widow res., 4,744 Kenwood Avenue.
Nehemiah Noble is said to have gone out in a privateer in the time of the Revolution and to have received $1,500 as his share of the booty in Continental money. He paid $750 for a horse to come up into the newer country.
NORTHROP FAMILY.
ISAAC NORTHROP, son of Azor, b. June 21, 1814, Straf- ford; d. Dec. 7, 1889, S. Roy .; bur. Sharon; m. Oct. 29, 1841, Jerusha, dau. Moses George, b. Sep. 12, 1813, Walden; d. May 6, 1906, Billerica, Mass. Mr. Northrop came to S. Roy. from Tunbridge in 1871, and bought a place on the new road to Broad Brook.
i. Albert A., b. Sep. 27, 1842, Strafford; m. (1) Feb. 6, 1867, Wealthy A. Whitney of Tunb., who d. July 2, 1888; m. (2) Jan. 1, 1890, Mrs. Jennie George of Barre; settled in Tunb. and rem. to Barre.
ii. Luvia A., b. Sep. 30, 1843; m. Sep. 30, 1882, Grovenor A. Page of Lexington, Mass.
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iii. Ella L., b. May 3, 1845; m. July 2, 1873, John Arlin of Lowell, Mass., who d. July 6, 1904.
iv. Georgianna, b. Apr. 8, 1848; d. Apr. 22, 1852.
v. Etta M., b. June 2, 1851.
vi. Ellen J., b. Nov. 14, 1853; m. Nov. 28, 1879, Francis M. Paine of Lexington, Mass .; rem. to Garvanza, Cal.
vii. Abbie E., b. Mar. 19, 1856; d. Apr. 17, 1891; m. June 15, 1882, Allison J. Parker of Bellows Falls.
OSGOOD FAMILY.
ORA OSGOOD, b. 1805; d. Mar. 19, 1848; m. Sally, dau. Elisha and Patty (Wood) Flint, b. June 25, 1807; d. May 25, 1895; both bur. S. Roy. Cem. i. Irene, m. Mr. Kidd; five ch .; res. N. Y.
ii. Elisha, b. Sep., 1832, Brattleboro; d. Aug. 6, 1885, Roy .; m. Dec. 24, 1862, Nashua, N. H., Rebecca Glines, dau. Reuben and Susan (Dickinson) Hedlock of Monroe, N. H., b. Mar. 12, 1836. Mr. Osgood spent his last years on the H. K. Blake place in S. Roy. Ch .: (a) George E., b. Jan. 25, 1864; d. Nov. 25, 1865; (b) Henry, b. Mar. 10, 1868, Clinton, Mass .; m. May 31, 1895, Helen F., dau. Charles Car- roll and Eleanor (Livingston) Southgate, b. 1865, Roy .; rem. to New York; no ch.
iii. Henry, m. and res. in Chicago; merchant; d. some years ago; two daughters.
iv. Sarah, m. Charles Whitaker of Bethel; three ch., one, Hugh, in Bethel.
v. Otis, m. Saraphina Hastings of Monroe, N. H .; one son, and one dau., who m. in Texas.
vi. Persis L., b. Feb. 23, 1840; d. Nov. 23, 1861.
vii. Jeannette, m. George Poor of Haverhill, Mass., who d .; one son, George Osgood, b. Aug. 7, 1867; d. June 23, 1907, S. Roy .; bur. S. Roy. Cem.
viii. Charles; farmer in Bethel.
PACKARD FAMILY.
LIEUT. BENJAMIN PACKARD, b. 1760; d. Sep. 19, 1823, Roy .; m. (1) Mehitable b. Mar. 9, 1768; d. June 26, 1808, Roy .; m. (2) June 21, 1809, Abigail Bowman of Barn- ard, b. 1779; d. Jan. 31, 1858; she m. (2) Oct. 21, 1824, Am- brose Kibby of Randolph. Lieut. Packard rem. from Barnard to Roy. in 1797. He settled on Broad Brook, and owned the place where A. J. B. Robinson later lived. He had 106 acres in 2 L. A., and later bought over 100 acres in the same lot. His son Silas seems to have lived on the A. J. B. Robinson place. Mr. Packard sold small farms to Wright Clark and Isaac Park- hurst. On Aug. 1, 1808, he advertised two sons, Benjamin and Silas, who had run away, and offered one cent reward. He de- scribed Benjamin as tall, slim, and apt to stammer, Silas as hav- in black eyes, dark brown hair, and as being small of his age, then fifteen. Silas seems to have returned to the fold, and prob- ably Benjamin also, as he married three years later in Royalton. See "Revolutionary Roll."
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