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Children :
IRVING HENRY,4 b. Sept. 24, 1878; educated in the schools of Ryegate; is on the home farm and deals in live stock, lumber, etc., has placed many car loads of high bred dairy stock in the middle west.
BAILEY HENDERSON,4 b. April 5, 1881; he was a good scholar and a bright, happy boy ; he was stricken with pneumonia and passed over Jan. 16, 1895. "Our sunshine grew strangely dark."
* WILLIAM,2 (Robert 1) b. Jan. 27, 1795 ; came to America with parents and 1. March 21, 1821, Isabel Morrison (b. Balfron, Scot., July 10, 1797 ; d. March 10, 1880). They lived on the farm now owned by Mr. Trask, in the n. e. corner of Ryegate, where he d. Feb. 21, 1835. She rem. to what is called the Hunt place, now owned by Mr. Bedell, and thence to Barnet, 1849, afterwards making her home with her son James.
Children all b. in Ryegate:
i. Jean.3 b. Jan. 20, 1822; m. 1845, Henry Shepard; rem. to Holderness. N. H. One dau., Sarah; all dead.
ii. Robert,3 b. July 6, 1823 ; d. March 11, 1842.
iii. James, 3 b. Nov. 24, 1824; res. Barnet ; m. Dec. 24, 1857, Jane, dau. Wal- ter Buchanan of Ryegate, (b. Feb. 17, 1825; d. June 12, 1880). Chil. (1) Mary Isabel,4 b. July 21, 1852; m. Daniel E. McClellan; res Can- ada, but ret. to the States, now res. at Middlebury, Vt. Is in the
*By J. C. Gilfillan.
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steam shovel bus. Ch. Jennie Blanche (b. April 26, 1889). (2) John Charles, 4 b. Sept. 25, 1860, res. St. Johnsbury; conected with the firm of Varnum & Gilfillan, contractors. He mn. Calista A. Dole. Chil. (a) Freda Jane 5 b. March 21, 1892. (b) Ross,5 b. May 26, d. Oct. 26, 1896. (c) Lilla Fayalene,5 b. May 8, 1899.
iv. William, 3 b. Aug. 2, 1826; farmer in Peacham and Barnet; in California two years in the early 50's. He m. March 10, 1853 Alma Currier, who d. 1904 on the home place at E. Barnet; later he res. with his dau's at E. Barnet, and Auburndale, Mass., where he d. March 12, 1911; members of Barnet Ctr. ch. Ch. (1) George C.,+ manager of a correspondence school at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (2) Lura M .. 4m. Dr. Hutchinson, a prominent physician of Auburndale, Mass. (3) Carrie B , m. G. E. Corriveau of Barnet ; res. on the home farm.
v. Jemina,3 b. July 15, 1829; m. March 28, 1850, Josiah Varnum; res. in Danville. He d. 1884. Ch. (1) Henry,+ [Varnum] d. y. (2) Harvey WV ,4 connected with the Varnuin-Gilfillan Co .. R. R. Contractors, also in the granite quarry of Milne & Varnum of Barre; res. Jeffersonville, Vt. (3) Byron G., on home farm in Danville. Mrs. Varnum m. 2d. 1886, Fred Green of No. Danville, where he d. and where she still resides.
vi. Helen,3 b. July 17, 1831 ; m. April 3, 1855, Sherman Hoyt; res. in Bar- net. He is d. and she is with her s. Elmer. Ch. (1) Viola J., 4 [Hoyt] m. Charles Lyman of Mass. Rem. to Greenfield, Mass., and there d. leaving one dau. (2) Elmer E.,+ res. Bethel, Vt. (3) Isabel M.,+ d. at 35.
vii. John.3 b. April 15, 1833; d. of scarlet fever, March 13, 1842, two days after his bro. Robert.
viii. Isabel,3 b Nov. 21, 1834; m. 1864, C. Wesley Balch; res. St. Johns- bury, where Mr. B. d. leaving one dau. Daisy E., who res. in Boston. She m. 2d, a Mr. Thayer of Whitefield who is dead, and she res. at Passumpsic, Vt.
GOODWIN.
This family disappeared from Ryegate many years ago, but there were sev- eral of the name here in early years, and their descendants are widely scattered. John S. Goodwin of Chicago says that Edward 1 Goodwin of Eng., and Amesbury, Mass., had a son Richard,2 whose 2d son, also named Richard,3 was father of John, + Simeon,4 and Samuel.+
JOHN,4 was a grantee of Newbury ; m. Abigail Wells and was father of three chil. who lived here-Moses, 5 Willoughby,5 and Mary,5 who m. John Thomas, q. v., and three others, one of whom was James who lived here a short time.
WILLOUGHBY,5 m April 19, 1781 (Newbury record), his cousin Mary,5 dau. Simeon,+ Goodwin, and lived here about 14 years, removing to Cole- brook, N. H., ab. 1795. He lived near the Corner, his farm comprising, the west part of the John Nelson farm, and the n. w. part of the W. J. Gibson farm.
MOSES, 5 (John,4) m. Tryphena, dau. James Ladd of Haverhill. Children as given by J. M. Goodwin.
i. Margaret,6 b. Ryegate, May 19, 1792; m. April 18, 1814, Simon Heath.
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ii. Wells,6 b. Ryegate, Nov. 9, 1794.
iii. Timothy, 6 b. April 17, 1796 ; studied for the ministry and d.
iv Moses, 6 b. Feb. 14, 1798.
v. Hannah.6 b. Dec. 12, 1799 ; m. John Chapman of Haverhill.
vi. Laura, 6 b. Jan. 18, 1801.
vii. Abigail,6 b. Nov. 15, 1803; Daniel Fisher of Fairlee, who d. in Haverhill.
vi Lucretia, 6 b. March 24, 1805.
x. George,6 b. Jan. 30, 1807; m. a Miss Simonds of Wentworth, N. H.
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In 1807 Moses Goodwin deserted his family. No one knows what became of him, and his wife m in Piermont, N. H .. 1811, Daniel Heath, by whom she had a son and 3 daus.
1 WELLS, 6 ( Moses,5 John,4) b. Nov. 9, 1794 on the Gray farm ; enlisted Feb. 14, 1813, in Capt. John W. Weeks' Co., of the 11th U. S. Infantry, com- manded by Col. Moody Bedell of Haverhill. This Co. was stationed at Burlington during the winter of 1813-'14. He served in the cam- paign in Canada, was in the battles of Chippewa and Prescott and was wounded in the leg at the battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25, 1814. He drew pay and pension nearly 82 years and at his death was the last enlisted soldier of the war of 1812 in Vt. He m. at Haverhill, Oct. 3, 1819, Lydia. dau. Daniel and Martha [Merrill] Heath, who was one day older than himself, their married life being 68 yrs. 1 mo. 19d., till her death, Dec. 27, 1881. He voted at 20 presidential elec- tions, and retained his memory till within a year or two of his death. They lived on the Robert Whitelaw farm four years, then rem. to the Corner in 1824, and lived on the farm now owned by Wm. H. Nelson, building the kitchen part of that house; rem. to Newbury, 1846, and d. there, Dec. 11, 1894, aged 100 yrs., 2 mo. 2 dys., the only native of this town, so far as known, to pass the century mark. Bur. in Town House Cem., Newbury. Farmer and shoemaker; he was road sur- veyor in the Ryegate Corner dist. 17 years, and it was by him that the main street was widened and turnpiked. It was before called "Scanty Lane."
Children. (For those who lived in Newbury, see History of N.)
2 i. John Merrill,7 b. July 17, 1820.
ii. Helen 7 b Oct. 19, 1821 ; in. George Rhodes, q. v.
iii. Austin,7 b. May 25, 1822 ; drowned at Hooksett,N. H , Dec. 21, 1844.
iv. Jane,7 b. June 18, 1823; d Dec. 21, 1844.
v. Timothy,7 b. Sept. 24, 1827.
vi. Lavinia 7 b. April 5, 1829; d. Dec 18, 1854.
vii. William, 7 b. April 16, 1831 ; d 1910; lived in Newbury.
viii. Daniel W ,7 b. Dec. 31, 1832; d. May 15, 1833.
ix. Annette,7 b. Feb. 7, 1834; res. Derry, N. H.
x. Jane 7 b. Oct. 30, 1835 ; m. J. C Leavitt of Newbury.
xi. Edwin,7 b. July 7, 1838; d. March 12, 1839.
xii. Elizabeth, 7 b. July 7, 1841 ; m. O. C. Temple of Newbury.
2 JOHN MERRILL, 7 ( Wells, 7 Moses, 6) b. in the old house on A. M. Whitelaw's farm. July 17, 1820; served in the Mexican war enlisted April, 1847 in Co. C. 7th U. S. Inf., trans. to Co. H., reaching Vera Cruz in June, was in the battles of Canteras, Cherubusco and Malino del Rey. At the storming of Cherubusco he was the 1st man over the wall, which won him promotion. Prom to rank of Orderly Sergeant dis. at New- port, R. I., Aug. 23, 1848. (For family see Hist of Newbury ). He d. N , Sept. 8, 1910, aged 90 yrs. 1 mo. 24 dys. He was a very active man to the last, and contributed many valuable particulars for this vol- ume. It is remarkable that Wells Goodwin and J. Merrill Goodwin, father and son, both b. in Ryegate, and both d. in Newbury, should have been respectively the last survivors in Vt. of the War of 1812 and the Mexican war.
MOSES. 6 (Moses.5 John,4) b. Ryegate, Feb. 14, 1798; farmer in R. Rem. to Newbury. ab. 1832; he m. Feb. 13, 1823. Elizabeth, dau. Timothy Clark of N. He d. Lisbon N. H., March 28, 1865. His oldest son, Charles, b. R., March 22, 1825, served in the Civil war in Co. A, 20th Mass., killed in the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. His name should be added to the list of veterans of Ryegate. (For family of Moses, 6 Goodwin, see Hist. of Newbury.)
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GRANT.
WILLIAM,1 b. Burochan Mills, Scotland, 1774; came to America ab. 1800; m. Feb. 9, 1804 to Mary, dau. Dea. Andrew Brock, the 1st marriage solemnized in America by Rev. David Sutherland. They settled on the " Milligan Farm," then lived in Cambridge, N. Y., ret. to Ryegate and bonght the farm known as the "Folger place," on Blue Mountain. William Grant was of a roving nature, and late in life went to Cali- fornia and rem. some time. He d. Nov. 8, 1860; she d. Newbury, May 12, 1865 (b. July 26, 1785). Both bur. Ryegate Corner. Children :
i. Jane,2 b. Aug. 2, 1804; m. Robert Hall, Jr., q. v.
ii. William,2 b. Dec. 26, 1806; Charlestown, N. Y., farmer in Newbury ; rem. to E. Corinth, 1845, where he carried on the carriage making business ; m. March 17, 1831, Finett, dau. Stephen P. Nelson of Newbury, who d. July 14, 1877, aged 60. He d. Nov. 17, 1873; 6 chil. (See Newbury History.)
iii. Andrew,2 b. Ryegate or Newbury, May 14, 1808. "Bound out" to James Wallace, and later was a porter at Mt. Holyoke Female Semin- ary when that institution ffrst opened under Mary Lyon; farmer and carpenter in Newbury; member of the Methodist church about 60 years, and justly esteemed one of the excellent of the earth. In per- son he was said to bear a considerable resemblance to Sir Walter Scott. He m. Philena, dau. David Daily, who d. May, 1888. He d. March 10, 1889. No. chil.
iv. Mary,2 b. May 12, 1810, Ryegate; m. Aug. 2, 1831, Geo. R. Leslie of Wells River, who d. May 10, 1865; she d. Jan. 30, 1895. Chil. (1) George, b. April 24, 1834 ; cashier Jan. 1, 1858, till death, Nov. 21, 1893, of the bank at Wells River. He m. May 25, 1859, Anna D. Smith of Thetford. His son, Roscoe, is connected with the bank. (2) Kate, m. Sept. 25, 1867, J. L. Whitcomb of Savannah, Ga., d. Wells River, Feb. 28, 1906. (3) Harry A., salesman; in. Feb. 18, 1872, Clara Perry of Gardiner, Me. 2 chil. d. 1908. (4) Mary E., d. Aug. 12. 1849. (5) Ella J., m. Dec. 5, 1883, Edgar C. Graves of Wells River. Chil. Arthur L., Katherine J.
v. Nancy,2 b. Oct. 18, 1812; m. James Matthews. settled at Akron, Ohio. Dead many years.
vi. Alexander,2 b. Nov. 18, 1814; d. at 22 yrs.
vii. Janet,2 b. Aug. 22, 1819; d. at 5 yrs.
GRANT.
JAMES DUFFS, 3 gr. son of James.1 who came from Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands to work for for Miss Rose Inness who owned the estate of Nethersole on Deveronside, Banffshire. He m. Elspit Kier, who out- lived him many years and d. ab. 1860, aged 82. Their chil. were: James,2 a farmer ; William,2 a laborer; David,2 and Mary ; 2 the youngest son being the only one who ever married. David,2 m. Ann, dau. James Duffs, who was a crofter in Larthness, Aberdeenshire, laborer and tenant farmer on a farm of 60 acres.
Children :
1 i. James D.,3 b. Jan. 5, 1846.
ii. David, 3 blacksmith at Cullen, Banff. 2 dau's.
iii. William, 3 un-m., farmer and porter in the Royal Infirmary at Aberdeen.
iv. Ann,3 m. John Bremner; d. Aberdeen, 1908. 3 sons.
v. Elsie,3 m. Theodore Milne, stone mason at Toronto. 7 chil.
vi. Mary,3 m. Peter Urquhart, farmer at Waterloo, Newbyth, Aberdeenshire. 7 ch.
1 JAMES DUFFS, 3 (James2, David,1) b, Gask, near Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scot., Jan. 5, 1846; ed. at public sch., at Downies, Inverkeirting, winters,
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"herd-laddie," summers, and at a private school at Turriff, taught by James Ingram; began 1864, to learn mason's trade at Huntley ; ap- prentice 3 yrs. to Anderson & Mckenzie, builders, journeyman mason at Banff, Inverurie, Aboyne and Aberdeen. He m. 1871 by Rev. J. Don- ald, Margaret Stevenson, only dau. James and Jane [Brown] Cash (b. Glasgow, June 2, 1847.) Came to Portland, Me., 1873, on the Allan liner Polynesian; stone cutter at Dix Island for the N. Y. post office building ; at Vinalhaven on stone for the State, War, and Navy De- partment building at Washington, and the Board of Trade building at Chicago. Ret. to Scotland. 1876, with family; in building work In the Turriff dist., and at Aberdeen; ret. to Vinalhaven, Me., 1879, working there and other places ; worked at So. Ryegate for R. F. Car- ter summer of 1883; rem. there, 1884; foreman and letter cutter for M. F. McDonald; first sec'y So. R. branch of Granite Cutter's Union ; sec. and treas. Union Co-operative Granite Co., member of Clan Far. quharson. Was a ruling elder in Ref. Pres. ch. and Supt. S. S. Rem- to St. Johnsbury, 1892; manager there of Club house for Academy students till 1898, the children attending the Academy ; rem. to Barre, 1898, Elder in 1st Pres. ch., Good Templar and Prohibitionist; rem. to Wells River 1906, and res. there. James Grant his grandfather, has many descendants, but James D.,3 is the last bearing the name of Grant.
Children :
i. Maggie,2 d. at Aberdeen, Scot., Sept. 7, 1872.
ii. Annie,2 b. Vinalhaven, Maine, July 22, 1874 ; four yrs. course at St. J. Acad .; m. at Barre, Oct. 25, 1898, Dr. John Thomas, veterinary sur- geon at Wells River, q. v. Ch. James Grant, b. Sept. 7, 1911.
iii. William Dougald,2 b. Vinalhaven, March 12, 1876 ; took four yrs. course at St. J. Acad., where he was a member of Co. D, V. N. G., and became corporal; entered Vt. Univ. Ag, Dept. Enlisted 1898, in the 1st Vt. Reg., in the Spanish-American war; was with the Reg. at Burlington and from May 21, 1898 to August, at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga ; ret. to B. and was mustered out; absent on sick leave when must. out, and never recovered his health. Ret. to Vt. Univ. and grad. 1900 with degree of Bachelor of Ag. Science; entered same year, the veterinary dept., Cornell Univ. Injured by a fall on icy sidewalk and had not strength to recover from an operation. He d. Utica, N. Y., March 12, 1901; bur. Hope Cem , Barre.
iv. Mary Jane,2 b. Turriff, Scot., Feb. 12, 1878; ed. St. J. Acad., teacher at East Montpelier and m. Feb. 27, 1901, Nathan A. Cutler, farmer of that place, who d. 1910.
Two other ch., boys, d. in inf. at Vinalhaven.
GRANT.
HERBERT R,1 b. Winterport, Me., May 15, 1826; d. Feb. 5, 1875; his w. Matilda Dodge, b. Monroe, Me., Nov. 9, 1833 ; d. So. Ryegate, Feb. 15, 1896.
Children :
i. Alvin Dodge,2 b. Winterport, May 22, 1855; came to So. R., August, 1883; blacksmith, and for many yrs. did much of the work for the granite sheds. He m. 1st, June, 1882, Mary Mudgett (b. Jackson, Me., Dec. 13, 1857; d. April 7, 1893). Chil. (1) Daisy, b. Oct. 24, 1883. (2) Lilly, b. July 3, 1889. He m. 2d, Dec. 25, 1896, Janet, dau. Don- ald Beaton of So. R. (b. Aberdeen, Scot., Nov. 5, 1869). Members of U. P. ch., So. R. Ch. (adopted) in 1904, Harold William, b. 1898.
ii. Charles Herbert,2 b. Winterport, June 12, 1873, Two yrs. at Norwich Univ .; stone cutter; came to R. 1890. He m. Ida May, dau. Ira D. and Jane [Heath] Welch; grad. Randolph Normal sch., teacher. Members of U. P. ch., So. R., in which he is an Elder and S. S. Supt.
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Mrs. Grant's mother m. 2d, Dec. 4, 1884, Andrew Buchanan and Mr. G. bought the Buchanan homestead in 1907. Ch. (1) Dorothy Elizabeth,3 b. Feb. 13, 1902. (2) Charles Robert,3 b. June 4, 1904. (3) Beulah,3 b. Aug. 2, 1905.
GRAY.
JOHN,1 b. Brigg of Johnstone, Elderslie, near Paisley, Scotland, 1748. Came to Ryegate, May, 1774; not a member of the Scotch American Co. Had but one shilling when he arrived ; he selected a lot one-half mile n. of the Corner, built a log cabin and began to clear land, but worked the next winter in Newbury. Was the 2d captain of militia in Rye- gate, was always called "Captain Gray," and kept for some years the only tavern between Newbury and Peacham. During the revolution- ary war he was sometimes molested by Tories and Indians and at one time two companies of Continental troops camped on his farm. He was the father of the Associate Presbyterian church, and in April, 1775, traveled 140 miles on foot through the wilderness to Salem, N. Y., to obtain the services of Rev. Thomas Clark to preach here. John Gray and Andrew Brock were elected the first elders, holding the office till death. The Barnet church records show that he attended session meetings in that town about 40 times. Town rep. 1790,'91,'95, hold- ing other important offices. "John Gray," says Mr. Miller, " was ever the peacemaker of Ryegate, and when men were differed it was he who was usually called upon to reconcile the parties." He was m. June 13, 1777, by Rev. Peter Powers, to Jean, dau. Robert McFarland, q. v. Their acquaintance began thus : She was at work at Mr. Pow- er's and started on horseback to go to her father's in Barnet, and reaching Gray's cabin after dark, and not daring to traverse the wilderness with no guide but spotted trees, asked the privilege of re- maining over night. He told her he had no bed and she would have to sleep on the floor, which she did. They were m. 2 yrs. later. She was a woman of great courage. Her adventure with a bear is else- where related. They were very hard working and industrious people, accumulating a large property. He d. Nov. 20, 1816. She was b. in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 1747, and d. in Ryegate, Dec. 11, 1837. Bur. at Ryegate Corner. She was a member of the Asso- ciate Ch. nearly 60 years.
Children :
i. Agnes,2 b. April 9, 1778 ; m. Robert 2 Nelson, q. v.
ii. John,2 b. June, 1779. In June, 1797, he went to Barnet to attend sacra- ment, was taken sick in meeting, and d. at Mr. McLaren's in a few hours, on the 30th and was bur. near the grave of Rev. Thomas Bev- eridge at Barnet Ctr.
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iii. Robert,2 b. 1781; d. Aug. 20, 1798.
iv. James,2 b. 1783; d. Sept. 2, 1798.
v. Hannah,2 b. 1786 ; d. July 9, 1798.
vi. William,2 b. June 12, 1789.
vii. David,2 b. 1790.
A sister of John Gray, Mrs. Margaret Foyer, came from Scotland in 1801, and lived in the Gray family till her death, June 6, 1833, aged about 77.
1 WILLIAM,2 (John,1) b. June 12, 1789; farmer on homestead; captain in the militia; town clerk 1829-'44, town representative 1827, '28, holding other offices ; member of Associate ch. and a prominent citizen. He m. March 3, 1813, Isabel, dau. Matthew Roben (b. Feb. 3, 1793; d. Nov. 8, 1884). She was a member of the Associate Pres. ch. 71 yrs. and 4 mos.
Children :
i. Jane,3 b. March 27, 1814; m. John 2 Cameron, q. v.
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ii. Hannah,3 b. Sept. 2, 1815; m. William Henderson, q. v.
iii. John,3 b. June 11, 1817 ; d. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1844.
2 iv. William B.,3 b. April 29, 1819.
v. Isabel,3 b. July 27, 1821; m. Wm. L. Somers, q. v.
3 vi. Matthew R.,3 b. April 21, 1823.
vii. Margaret,3 b. May 4, 1825; in. Henry F. Slack, q. v.
viii. Mary,3 b May 30, 1827; m. James Nelson, q. v.
ix. Lois,3 h. Dec. 22, 1829; in. Charles Stuart, q. v.
x. Francis A., 3 b. May 28, 1832 ; m. Pringle Gibson, q. v.
xi. George Benson,3 b. Aug. 9, 1836.
2 WILLIAM B., ( William,2 John,1) b. April 29, 1819; m. Eliza Davis of George- town, D. C.
This family went west and the following is all we can give of them.
Children : From town record.
i. Eliza Jane,4 b. Aug. 17, 1856.
ii. Eveline,+ b. Sept. 18, 1857.
iii. Nelson Davis,4 b. Feb. 25, 1859.
iv. Isabel Roben,4 b. Oct. 29, 1860.
v. Lois,+ b. Nov. 9, 1864.
3 MATTHEW ROBEN,3 (William,2 John,1) b. April 21, 1823; farmer, owning first, the farm now that of William Whitehill. In 1866 he bought the Judge Cameron farm at the Corner on which he lived afterward; town clerk, 1890-'96, holding other offices; whig, then republican in politics. He m. Sept. 21, 1848 by Rev. Thos. Goodwillie, Parnel, dau. Cloud Harvey (b. Barnet, Jan. 23 1827; d. Jan. 29, 1896). He d. Jan. 25, 1896.
Children all born in Ryegate.
i. Ella Margaret,+ b. Oct. 7, 1849 ; m. Rev. Geo. M. Wiley, q. v.
4 ii. John Cameron,+ b. April 22, 1851.
5 iii. William Harvey,4 b. Oct. 1, 1854
iv. Emily, + b. . April 24, 1856; m. John R. Miller ; d. Aug. 1902.
v. Infant dau. b Sept. 1; d. Sept. 24, 1859.
6 vi. George Matt,4 b. Jan. 26, 1864.
vii. Isabel,+ b July 24, 1865; m. 1st, James Buchanan, q. v. 2nd, Jan. 1, 1907, Geo. F. Hemey of Springfield, Vt., where she d. 1910.
viii. Frank F.,+ b. April 14, 1868.
JOIIN CAMERON,4 (M. R., 3 William,2 John,1) b. April 22, 1851. Fitted for college, Peacham Acad., grad. Dartmouth, 1878; went to Kansas the same year, teacher LeRoy, Kan., Sept. 1878-Jan. 1, 1881; County Supt. of Schools, Coffrey Co., Kan., Jan. 1881-Dec. 1885; taught in various places in Kan., Jan. 1, 1881-July, 1896, being Supt. of schools at Abilene 1892-'96. Came to Mass., 1896, Supt. of schools at Adams. Sept. 1896-Sept. 1901; also at Chicopee Sept. 1901 to date. He m. by Rev. Joel Harper at Richmond, Kan., May 16, 1882, Isabella Elizabeth, dau. A. G. Jamison (b. Lumber City, Penn., June 4, 1859.) Children :
i. Harry Matt,5 h. Burlington, Kan., April 8, 1892; grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1907; Thayer School of Civ. Eng .. 1908.
ii. John Harvey,5 b. Burlington, Kan., March 24, 1885; grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1908; Tuck School of Administration and Finance, class of 1909.
iii. Mabel Elizabeth,5 b. Abilene, Kan., Nov. 3, 1892.
iv. Elmer Jamison,5 b. Abilene, Kan., March 16, 1894.
WILLIAM HARVEY, 4 (M. R.,3 Wm.,2 John,1) b. Oct. 1, 1854; com. school ed. Went to Burlington. Kan., 1885; farming, since 1892 in Insurance, Real Estate and Loan business. He m. in Newbury, at home of Dun- can Ritchie. Oct. 31, 1893, Marion, dau. Robert McLeod (b. Balla- rat, Australia.)
Children :
i. Matthew Robert,5 b. Dec. 9, 1894.
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WILLIAM GRAY.
MRS. ISABEL ROBEN GRAY.
M. R. GRAY.
MRS. PARNEL HARVEY GRAY.
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ii. Harvey Douglas,5 b. June 13, 1898.
Wm. H. Gray. possesses the "old family clock" of John Gray, an heir- loom of several generations.
GEORGE M.,4 (M. R.,3 William,2 John,1) b. Ryegate, Jan. 21, 1864; grad. St. Johnsbury Acad., 1882; studied law with Belden & Ide, and A. E. Rankin, 1882-84; went to Gray, Iowa, as bookkeeper and grain buyer for Geo. Gray. In real estate and loan business two years at Yates Center. Kansas. In St. Johnsbury, Feb. 1888, in employ of E. T. and H. K. Ide till present time being secretary of the Ide corporation. He m. Oct. 24, 1887, Katie D. Ide of St. Johnsbury, who was edu- cated at St. J , and Bradford. Mass. Academies.
Prof. J. C. Gray has prepared two text-books on mathematical subjects.
GREGG.
ROBERT, 1 and Christian [Wallace] had among their chil. Robert,2 and May who settled in Newbury. The latter (b. July 2, 1792; d. Jan. 1, 1862;) In. in Scotland, Alexander Laing, who came to Newbury in 1834.
ROBERT,2 (Robert,1) b. Weymas, Fife, Scotland, Sept. 1, 1795; m. Nov. 12, 1824. Euphemia Mackie of Markinch, Fife. They came to Am. and Newbury, 1850; farmer ; members of Ref. Pres. ch., So. Ryegate. He d. Dec. 2, 1858 ; she d. Brattleboro, June 30, 1878; bur. Town House cem., Newbury.
Children all born in Scotland.
i. Nancy,3 b. Aug. 14, 1825; m. Thomas Wright of Bradford; 4 chil.
ii. Robert,3 b. May 11, 1828; d. 1845.
iii. Andrew R.,3 b. July 5, 1834; machinist; m. Nov. 14, 1861, Clara Pow- ers; he d. Brattleboro, Nov. 7, 1900.
iv. James W.,3 b. March 20, 1843; attended school in Newbury ; began to teach before he was 18; attended Eastman's Business College, 1860, '61; student at Newbury Seminary and teacher of penmanship; stud- ied medicine with Dr. Watson of Newbury and Dr. Flanders of E. Corinth; attended lectures at Burlington and grad. Dartmouth Med. Coll , 1866; in practice, E. Corinth one year; at So. Ryegate, 1867- 75, where he was twice elected Supt. of Schools; druggist, and in practice at Brattleboro, 1875-'84; took post graduate course in medicine in New York; in practice at Brattleboro since ; has made a specialty of blood pressure, and invented in 1911 a new instrument for testing it. He mn. at Ryegate, April 30, 1867, Luthera, dau. Rob- ert Cochran (b. Ryegate May 14, 1843.) Ch. (1) Emma J .4 b. Ryegate, Nov. 14, 1868; teacher of vocal music in the public schools of Brattleboro, and member of several church choirs (2) Lewis A.,4 b. Ryegate, Dec. 2, 1870 ; manager of the Charles Hall china store, Springfield, Mass .; m. Eleanor Burke of Brooklyn, N. Y. (3) Mad- die A.,4 b. Ryegate, Aug. 2, 1872; teacher at New Bedford, Mass. (4) Robert C.,4 b. Brattleboro, Feb. 24, 1877 ; farmer in B.
GUTHRIE.
WILLIAM,1 m. March 16, 1835, Agnes Hastie and lived in Barnet. Children :
i. Elizabeth Jean,2 b. Jan. 11, 1836; m. Bruce Mclellan, and is d.
ii. Robert William,2 b. May 31, 1837; m. March 10, 1864 Janet Liddle ; d. Turlock, Cal., Nov. 5, 1911.
2 iii. James Hastie,2 b. Feb. 28, 1839.
iv. Agnes Matilda,2 b. March 11, 1841 ; in. Wm. Hunter, q. v.
v. Thomas B.,2 b. July 14. 1843; served in Co. H, 4th Vt., in the Civil war, and d. in service 1862.
vi. Archibald F.,2 b. July 17, 1845; served in Co. E, 6th Vt., and d. in ser- vice at Camp Griffin, Va., Jan. 10, 1862.
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vii. Elizabeth Mary Nimo,2 b. June 17, 1847 ; m. James Wilson ; not living.
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