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Children all born in Scotland :
1 i. William,2 b. Aug. 28, 1813.
ii. Helen,2 b. Aug. 24, 1816; m. John Sims of Melbourne, P. Q .; d. Feb, 20, 1908; he d. April 10, 1903. Chil. (1) William,3 [Sims] of Richmond, P. Q. (2) John,2 of Windsor, P. Q. (3) Matthew,3 of Melbourne, P. Q. (4) Jennie, 3 m. Charles Rose of Sherbrooke. (5) Thomas,3 lived in Boston.
iii. Nancy.2 b. 1818; lived and d. in Ryegate.
WILLIAM,2 (William,1) b, Scotland, Aug. 28, 1813, m 1st, Jan. 25, 1838, Hannah, dau. Wm. Gray (b. Sept. 2, 1815; d. June 18, 1857). 2d, June 7, 1859, Elizabeth Mclaughlin of Peacham, who d. April 8, 1884 ; he sold his farm in R. and rem. to Peacham where he d. June 26, 1899. Members of the Pres. ch., Barnet Ctr.
Children :
1. William,3 b. July 22, 1839; served in Co. K, 3d Vt., in the Civil war, killed at battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.
ii. Isabel,3 b. June 8, 1841; m. Lowell, Mass., Aug. 2, 1870, J. B. Dickie; d. July 29, 1904.
iii. John,3 b. Sept. 22, 1842; served in Co. K, 3d Vt., wounded in battle of Cold Harhor, June 3, and d. July 6, 1864 at David Island, near New York City.
iv. David Bullions, 3 b. Dec. 23, 1843; d. San Francisco, Cal., July 27, 1862.
v. Jane Gray,3 b. April 11, 1845; m. in Perry, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1875, Thomas Scott; res. Perry.
vi. Andrew,3 b. Oct. 3, 1846; d. Peacham, Vt., Oct. 21, 1901.
vii. Caroline, 3 b. Nov, 11, 1848; d, Nov. 3, 1880; m. N. H. Ricker, q. v.
viii. Hannah,3 b. April 18, 1850; d. March 9, 1874.
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ix. Robert, 3 h. Oct. 11, 1851 ; m. in Peacham, Vt., Jan. 9, 1877, Helen Evans of Peacham.
x. Mary E.,3 b. Nov. 14, 1853; m. Peter Goslant of Peacham and lives on the home farm. No chil ..
xi. Lewis.3 b. Jan. 16, 1856; m. Sept. 6, 1884, Margaret Hayes.
xii. George Fred,8 b. June 11, 1857; d. June 7, 1884.
By 2d marriage :
xiii. Henry,3 b. May 17, 1861 ; d. Oct. 18, 1863.
xiv. Elizabeth,3 b. Oct. 28, 1862 ; d. Feb. 20, 1863.
xv. William J., 3 b. April 29, 1869; farmer in St. Johnsbury; m. March 1, 1892, Florence B Goss of Barnet. Ch. William,4 b. March 26, 1893.
HENRY OR HENDRY.
THOMAS and wife came from Scotland with the Robens, Wallaces and others. They lived at first in Newbury, in a log house which stood where that of John Allison now does. on Wallace Hill. He was a moulder, and worked in Brandon several years, where some of his chil. settled. His w. d. and he m. 2d, Sept. 19, 1811, Mary, dau. Samuel Lindsay of Newbury. They lived on the Wright farin in R. between 1830 and 1840. He rem to Conn. and d. at Forestdale, 1868. Thomas Hen- dry was noted for his skill in the care and management of bees. There were several children; Mr. Mason does not give the names of all. One son served in the Union army in the 1st Vt. Reg. and later as cap- tain in the 7th Vt. A dau. Eliza. m. George Barker of N. ab. 1847. He d. Proctor, Vt., 1881. Jean W., m. John C. Barker, who came from Scotland, and was reared in the family of Col. A. B. W. Tenney of Newbury. He became prominent at Hartford, Conn., where he d July 21, 1907, leaving two sons and a dau. Mrs. Barker is still (1911) living. There were 7 other children.
HILL.
REV. ROBERT ALEXANDER, b. near Buffalo, Armstrong Co., Pa., Feb. 20, 1820; grad. Western Univ. Pa , 1843; attended Ref. Pres. Seminary at Philadelphia ; licensed by Northern Presbytery, May 17, 1847 ; pastor of the Ref. Pres. ch. at South Ryegate, Sept. 4. 1848-April 8, 1851; Ass. Pres. ch. at Paterson. N. J., July 18, 1851-May 30, 1855; mis- sionary to India of the Ass. ch. and later of the United Pres. ch., 1855- '63; pastor at Jersey City, April 10, 1864-May 30, 1870; entered the Gen. Ass. Pres. ch and preached in N. Y., and Pa., as stated supply. He d. at Johnstown, N. Y., June 23. 1902. Mr. Hill was considered a very able man, stedfast in the faith, and of usefulness wherever he went.
HOLMES.
JOHN was a farmer at Kilmalcolin, Renfrew, Scotland. He m. Nellie Laird, and their sons who settled in Ryegate were :
1 JOHN, b. 1760.
2 ALEXANDER, b. June, 1765.
1 JOHN,1 b. Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scot., 1760; came to America and Rye- gate, 1795, and bought Witherspoon land for the Whitehills says Mason; went to New York and stayed 2 years; settled in R. and m. Margaret Galbraith. Cleared and settled the farm now owned and occupied by J. R. Whitehill, building that house, now remodeled. He d. Aug. 11, 1841 ; she d. Nov. 6, 1865, 92; bur. in Walter Harvey cem.
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Children :
i. Margaret,2 b. Feb. 13, 1800; m. James,2 (Abraham,1) Whitehill, q. v.
ii. John,2 b. May 12, 1801 ; went to Illinois.
iii. Helen,2 b. May 2. 1803; d. un-m , June 6, 1878.
iv. Robert,2 b. Dec. 6, 1804; went to Michigan.
v. Janet,2 b. Feb, 18, 1806; m. Abraham,2 (James,1) Whitehill, q. v.
vi. Christian,2 b. Feb. 20, 1808; d. Ang. 15, 1859.
3 vii. James,2 b. April 2, 1811.
viii. Agnes,2 b. Aug. 26, 1813; m. Clark Waters.
ix. Wm. Galbraith.2 b. Aug, 7, 1815; went to Iowa; in. Hannah Pickman.
x. Mary Ann,2 b. Oct. 1817; in. Robert McLam, q. v.
1 2 ALEXANDER,1 s. of John and Nellie (Laird ), b. Kilmalcolm, Scotland, June, 1765; m. there, Agnes, dau. James Whitehill, who settled in Ryegate, June, 1793 (b. Feb. 5, 1776; d. May 5, 1845). He came to Am. in 1795, went back to Scotland, and ret. in the spring of 1798; settled on the farm where his son James afterward lived, now owned by John Gates; he built that house in 1817; he d. Jan. 5, 1831. Mem- bers of Ref. Pres. ch., Barnet.
Children. The two oldest b, in Scotland, the others in R.
i. Mary,2 b. May, 1794; d. May, 1797.
ii. Eleanor,2 b. Nov. 14, 1796; m. John Lang, q. v.
iii. Mary,2 b. Sept. 10, 1798; m. William Taylor, q. v.
iv. Jennet,2 b. May 16, 1800; m. John Gates, q. v.
v. Agnes,2 b. Feb. 14, 1802; m. James Dunn, q. v.
vi. John,2 b. July 25, 1804 ; d. April 26, 1845; un-m.
4 vii. James,2 b. Sept. 15, 1806.
viii. Eliza,2 b. Sept. 17, 1808; d. Oct. 15, 1889; m. 1st, Thomas M. Noyes, q. v. 2d, John Caldwell q. v.
ix. Matthew,2 b. Nov. 11, 1810; badly injured at the raising of Walter Har- vey Meeting House and d. May 11, 1831.
x. William,2 b. Aug. 17, 1812 ; d. Jan. 3. 1833.
xi. Alexander,2 b. July 31, 1814; lived in Barnet.
5 xii. Christian,2 b. June 5, 1818; m. Alexander Dunn, q. v.
JAMES,2 (John,1) b. April 2, 1811; 111. Jan. 7, 1840, Agnes, dau. James Cald- well (b. March 20, 1817; d. Jan. 10, 1860). He d. Feb. 27, 1854.
Children :
i. John Knox,2 b. Dec. 1840; went to Iowa, enlisted in an Iowa reg. in the Civil war and while ill with measles was pressed into the ranks in the battle of Shiloh and d. a few days later in April, 1862.
ii. Margaret Helen,3 b. 1844; m. 1861, Martin V. Blanchard of Barre, Vt .; d. Aug. 24, 1868. Ch. (1) Julia Ann,4 [Blanchard] b. Orange, Vt., May, 24, 1862; in. at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1903, Nicola Zimmes; res. St. Louis, Mo. (2) Alice Adell,4 [Blanchard] b. Orange, June 6, 1864 ; res. Spokane, Wash., but later came to Montana
iii. Eliza Ann,3 b Ryegate, Nov. 1855; d. Sept. 29, 1856.
iv. James Cruden, 3 b. Walden, Vt., April 18, 1850; ed. Peacham Acad., grad. Randolph Normal Sch. 1871; res. Brookfield, Vt., town rep. 1898, '99; clerk and deacon in Cong. ch. many years. He m. March 6, 1872, Lydia Maria Ford of Braintree.
Children :
i. Myrtie Agnes,4 b. Oct. 28, 1873; m1. Dec. 23, 1896, Merton C. Jewell of Everett, Mass .; d. Nov. 20, 1897. Ch. Ralph Holmes [Jewell] b. Nov. 15, d. Dec. 2, 1897.
ii. Fred Ernest,4 b. Sept. 9, 1875; ed. Chelsea High Sch .; farmer at E. Brookfield; m. March 8, 1898, Clara Peabody of B. Ch. Lawrence Winifred. b. Nov. 30, 1898.
iii. William Cruden,4 b. Dec. 23, 1877; ed. Brookfield H. S., and Chelsea Acad .; mem 8 yrs. of firm of Ordway & Holmes, merchants, Chelsea ; rem. to Cal. 1908, merchant there. He m. Mrs. Edna Williams of Granville, Mass.
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iv. Bertha Gladys,+ b. June 15, 1886; ed. Brookfield, grad. Randolph Nor. Sch., 1905; m. Oct. 20, 1907, Arthur C. Lamson of B .; farmer, Ch. (1) Howard,5 [Lamson] b. Sept. 28, 1908. (2) Edith May,5 [Lamson] b. Nov. 29, 1909.
v. Herbert Ira,+ b. June 17, 1892 ; ed. Brookfield and Randolph.
4 JAMES,2 (Alexander,1) b. Sept. 15, 1806; farmer on homestead now owned by John Gates; was a very large man of great strength. He mn. 1st,
1834, Huldah Scales, who d. Feb. 13, 1850; no chil. 2d, Jan. 1, 1852, Sarah, dau. Plummer, who d. Aug. 27, 1855. 3d, Jan. 17, 1856, Achsah, dau. Josiah Emery (b. Ryegate, Jan. 1, 1838; d. June 3, 1876). Hed. June 6, 1871 ; mem. with most of their chil. of the Ref. Pres. Ch. Barnet.
Children all b. in Ryegate. By 2d marriage.
i. Alexander McLeod,3 b. March 23, 1854; m. Oct. 24, 1877, Annie Morri- son of Canada; d. Barre, April 21, 1903. Ch. (1) Fanny M.,4 b. Sept. 15, 1877 ; d. Sept. 3, 1884. (2) Lillian Grace,4 b. March, 1880; m. March 1908, George C. Launderville (b. Ferrisburgh, Vt., 1887). One ch. b. 1910. (3) James S.,4 b. July 10, 1882; d. Sept. 23, 1883. (4) Mary J .. 4 b. 1888; d. 1890. (5) Caroline Belle,4 b. Feb. 2, 1891. (6) Annie M ,4 b. 1895; d. 1900.
ii. James Saurin,3 h. July 24, 1855; farmer in Barnet; m. March 26, 1884, Jennie Arthur of Wells River.
By 3d marriage.
iii. Matthew Cyrus, 3. b. June 3, 1858; farmer on the farm long that of his father-in-law, Edward Miller; he m. Oct. 25, 1905, Maud E. [Lowe] dau. Edward Miller (b. Jan. 20, 1868).
iv. Sarah Isabel,3 b. Feb. 3, 1860; m. Wm. D. Darling, q. y.
v. John Anderson,3 b. April 2, 1862; m. June 24, 1885, Clara C. Frasier (b. Pictou, Nova Scotia. July 15, 1861). Ch. (1) James Everett.4 (2) Christiana.+ (3) Gordon.4,
vi. Jennie Eliza,3 b, June 3, 1863; d. May 23, 1883.
vii. Freemont Thomas,3 b. Feb. 3. 1865; m. in Boston, Julia O. Shay ; d. Jan. 14, 1898. Ch. Joseph Freemont.4
viii. Annie Flora, 8 b. June 27, 1867; grad. from Bellevue Hospital, New York; trained nurse.
ix. Mary Sophronia,3 b. Feb. 2, 1871; m. 1st, Dec. 22. 1892, Charles E. Greene (b. Charlottesville, Tenn., March 17, 1868; d. So. Ryegate, May 26, 1902). 2d. Dec. 12. 1907, Allan Tilton Gay (b. Waldo, Me. Aug. 15, 1863). Graduate of Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
5 ALEXANDER3, (Alexander,2 John,1) b. July 31, 1814; m. March 7, 1850, by Rev. David Merrill, Caroline Griggs (b. New Jersey, Nov. 21, 1820; d. Oct. 27, 1907); rem. to Barnet, 1874; farmer there and d. Jan. 8, 1894; members Cong. ch. Barnet.
Children :
i. Wesson Griggs,4 b. Jan. 15, 1854; grad. Peacham Acad., Supt of Schools and town clerk in Barnet; was obliged to give up a college course because of ill health; mem. Cong. ch. He m. May 21, 1878, Annie M., dau, Edward Miller ; he d. May 8, 1880. Ch. Philip Alexander,5 b. B. April 4, 1879; d. May 7, 1881.
HOLT.
The Holt family has long been extinct here. Daniel Holt was a descendant of Nicholas Holt who came from England in 1635, and settled at New- bury, Mass., but removed to Andover, where he d. Jan. 30, 1685, aged 83. Samuel.2 his son, lived and d. at Andover. Obadiah,3 son of the latter, was b, at Andover in 1700, and was drowned in Kennebec river in 1739. Isaac,2 his son, moved to Amherst, N. H., m. Mary Marble. Their son, Daniel,5 b. Amherst, Feb. 5, 1767; m. 1702, Mar-
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tha, dau. of Capt. Archelaus Town, a captain in the Continental army. They came to Ryegate about 1801; was a blacksmith and lived on the west side of the road between the Corner and the Gray farm. and had his shop on the east side; later they lived on the Josiah Page farm a little n. of W. F. McLam's, but he d. at the house of his son Wm., at Wells River, June 18, 1854; she d. Oct. 5, 1845, in Bath; both bur. at Ryegate Corner.
Children :
i. Nancy,6 b. Concord, Mass., Nov. 18, 1793; m. Sept. 22, 1821, John B. Ross; lived and d. at Middleport, N. Y.
ii. Sophia C.,6 b. Newbury, Mass., Aug. 8, 1795; never m.
iii. Noah,6 b. Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 1, 1797; m. Achsa Walker; lived in Canada.
iv. Loammi,6 b, Haverhill, N. H., Aug. 11, 1799; m. Nov. 18, 1830, Maria Hooker of Danville. Ch. John and Henry. She m. 2d, Alexander S, Miller, q. v.
v. Daniel,6 b. Newbury, Vt., Sept. 2, 1801 ; lived in Bath; in lumber busi- ness; m. 3 times
vi. Martha,6 b. Ryegate, April 19, 1805; m. Benjamin Folger, q. v.
vii. Mary,6 b Ryegate, July 8, 1808; never m., lived at Beebe Plain, P. Q. viii. William,6 twin to Mary.
ix. John,6 b. Ryegate, June 19, 1812; m. Dec. 29, 1836, Lorinda Hooker; lived in Bath, Monroe and Danville. 7 ch. Raftsman on Connecti- cut River 25 yrs.
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WILLIAM SCOTT, 2 (Daniel,1) b. Ryegate, July 8, 1808; m. May 9, 1833, Mar- garet, dau. James Nelson (b. April 28, 1812.) Blacksmith at Wells; River, owning the brick shop where he made axes and other edge tools ; he built and occupied the house where H. T. Baldwin lived in 1908 about 1858 they rem. to Iowa where they d.
Children all born at Wells River.
i. James N., 3 b. May 13, 1834.
ii. William, 3 b. June 21, 1836.
iii. Nancy E., 3 b. Jan. 5, 1839; m. John Rickey of Green Mountain, Iowa.
iv. Mary Jane.3 b. Dec. 7, 1841.
Y. Martha S., 3 b. May 1, 1844.
vi. Margaret J., 3 b. July 20, 1846.
vii. Robert D.,3 b. April 2, 1849.
viii. Alfred T.,3 b. May 28, 1851.
HOSMER.
When James Whitelaw and David Allan first visited Ryegate on their tour of inspection, they found Aaron Hosmer living in a log cabin on the farm now that of A. A. Miller. He had lived there for several years, hunt- ing and fishing. He received from them a grant of land which he sold to William Nelson, and returned to Newbury. Mr. Mason says that he was b. in 1724, was living in Charlestown, N. H., in 1740, and was one of Capt. Noble's Co. when attacked by the Indians; in 1754 he was at Fort Duminer. He was one of the first to come to Newbury, and his marriage to Caroline, dau. Thomas Chamberlain, was the 1st in this part of New England. He seems to have had the pioneer spirit, as he became one of the first settlers in Groton, clearing a farm on Ricker's meadow, which he sold, and lived some years in Barnet; was living in 1797 on the Renfrew farm, and d. suddenly while on a visit to Barnet, Aug. 6, 1803. He served 15 days in Capt. Thos. Johnson's Co. of Minutemen in 1775 and as a scout in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., 8 mo 20 d. 1777-'79. There is no record of the date and place of his wife's death. His descendants are among many families in Groton and other towns.
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Children so far as known.
i. Caroline 2 b. Newbury ; m. Aaron Wesson.
ii. Rufus,2 m. Sally, dau. Jacob Page; went west.
iii. James,2 m. Miss Carter of Peacham.
iv. Aaron,2 b. 1769, in Ryegate, the 1st white child b. in Caledonia Co. He m. July, 1793, Dorothy, sister of Jonathan, Josiah and Robards Dar- ling. Chil. (1) Rufus 3 b. March 7, 1795. (2) Abigail,3 b. July 31, 1787; m. Medad Welch. (3) Phebe.3 b. 1799; m. Josiah Darling. (4) Josiah D.,3 b. Dec. 13, 1801. (5) Phehe,3 b. Jan. 19, 1815.
HOOPER.
1 JOHN J. C.,1 b. Berwick, Me., March 2, 1815; m. 1st Esther Guptill, Feb. 25, 1841, who d. Jan. 6, 1853. He came to Groton, and later to Ryegate and m 2d, Sept. 8, 1860, Rachel, dau. John,2 Orr, and wid. of Isaiah Emery (b. 1816; d. July 6, 1874.) Lived on the Orr farm in the stone house with his son Frank till death, April 27, 1887.
Children by 1st m. all born in Maine.
i. Joseph Albert,2 b. May 11, 1842; res. Groton ; served in the Union army.
ii. Mary Hannah, 2 b. Oct, 26, 1843.
iii. James William, 2 b. May 6, 1845.
iv. Dorcas Emily,2 b. Feb. 27, 1846.
v. Charles F.,2 b. March 4, 1847.
vi. George A.,2 b. May 31, 1849. By 2d marriage.
vii. Frank,2 b.,Ryegate, May 21, 1861; m. Jan. 14, 1885, Madeline Buck- land; farmer on homestead. Ch. Charles E., b. Jan. 11, 1895.
HUNT.
The Hunts are long gone from Ryegate, but were active people in the pioneer days. Daniel Hunt was descended from one of the early settlers of Amesbury, Mass., the line of ancestry being :
i. EDWARD, 1650-1727 ; m. Ann Weed.
ii. SAMUEL, 1690-
m. Elizabeth Clough.
iii. DANIEL, 1723 at Kingston, N. H .; m, Mary Trussell of K .; came first to Newbury, 1772, but returned to K. and served in the rev. war; was in the Battle of Bunker Hill; came to R. about 1779 with part of his family, and began to clear the farm owned in 1860 by A. B. Pringle, nnd built a house there; later he bought land of Hugh Gammell, what is now East Ryegate, and built, Mr. Mason says, the house in which the late Major Nelson lived, now that of Clarence Bedell. He d. 1807; she d. 1795; both bur. in the "Old Scotch Cemetery," and he is the only rev. soldier bur. there. Their descendants are numerous in all northern Vermont and New Hampshire. Their chil. all b. Kingston, N. H., were Joshua, Samuel, Nehemiah, Henry, Daniel, Zebulon, Moses and Mary, who m. Abner Hunt,
* JOSHUA, 2 (Daniel,1) b. 1759 ; came with parents to Ryegate, served in the rev. war in the Upper Coös, and succeeded his father on the Thos. Nelson tarm. He mn. 1787, Elizabeth Whittlesey of Newbury, who d. 1823; he d. 1815.
Children all born in Ryegate.
1 i. Mehitable,3 b. Oct. 13, 1788; m. Nathaniel F. Annis.
ii. Joshua, 3 b. Nov, 25, 1790; m. Emma, dau. Er Chamberlin.
iii. Chapin, 3 b. March 1, 1794; m. Susan Ladd of Haverhill.
iv. Eli,3 b. July 28, 1797; m. Mary Upham.
*(From sketch by Mason, dates of birth from town records).
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v. Worcester,3 b. Aug. 14, 1799; m. Jan. 3, 1822, Charlotte Sherburne of McIndoe Falls. Chil. (1) Solomon S ,4 b. Aug. 24, 1825. (2) Chester L.,4 b. June 16, 1830 (3) Charlotte S.4, b. Feb. 22, 1832.
vi. Leonard 3 b. May 14, 1801 : d. Nov. 30, 1911; m. Luthera Clark.
vii. William,3 b. May 31, 1804; m. May 12, 1825, Lucy Sherburne.
viii. James, 3 b. Dec 19, 1807 ; m. Lucy Pike.
ix. Mitchell.3 b. July 20, 1812.
1 MEHITABEL, 3 (Joshua,2 Daniel,1) b. Oct. 13, 1788; m. Nathaniel F. Annis; they lived in R. several yrs. 7 ch. of whom one at least, Abiathar W., was b. in R. Dec. 3, 1815; physician ; grad. Vt. Med. Coll ; Wood- stock, 1840; settled in Westfield, Vt., where he d. Jan. 13, 1876.
HUNTER.
JOHN, b. Lockwinnock, Scotland, 1776; came to Am. 1797; bought of John Hunter of New York, the land on which his son Moses afterward lived ; in 1822 he bought of Timothy Upham, Lot 6, Range 2, No. Div., on which he built a saw mill; he was a carpenter, and erected houses and barns in Ryegate and Barnet, and the Walter Harvey Meeting House in 1831. He m. 1802, Marion, dau. John Waddell (b. Scotland, July 6, 1774 ; d. July 5, 1845.) He d. Jan. 9, 1849; bur. Walter Harvey cem. Members of Ref. Pres. ch.
Children all born in Ryegate. (Dates of birth from Family Bible which differ from those in town record).
1 i. John, b. Feb. 10, 1803.
ii. Rebecca,2 b. Feb. 13, 1805; d. July 31, 1881.
iii. Janet,2 b. March 31, 1807; d. April 20, 1893.
2 iv. William,2 b. Feb. 11, 1809.
v. Mary,2 b. Feb. 14, 1811; d. y.
vi. Marion,2 b. Oct, 3, 1813; d. Nov. 13, 1865.
3 vii. Moses,2 b. April 16, 1816.
4 viii. James,2 b. March 14, 1823.
1 JOHN,2 (John,1) b, Feb. 13, 1803; farmer in Ryegate till about 1842, when he rem. to Glover. He m. by Rev. Thos. Goodwillie, Feb. 27, 1829, Doro- thy Scales (b. Peacham, Jan. 15, 1803; d. in Glover, Aug. 3, 1874). He d. in Glover. July 15, 1869.
Children, the first five born in Ryegate.
i. William,8 b. May 21. 1832 ; m. Mary Ann Bartlett.
ii. Helen M., 3 b. Sept. 26, 1834.
iii. John,3 b. July 15, 1836; d. July 15, 1859.
iv. Eliza, 3 b. Sept. 4, 1838; m. Nov. 26, 1875, Wm. French.
v. Sarah S., 3 b. June 24, 1841 ; m. Jan. 29, 1865, Alvah D. Marckle.
vi. Thomas M.,3 b. Glover, Oct. 5, 1843; m. in Groton, Nov. 26, 1875, Re- becca Marsh,
2 WILLIAM,2 (John,1) b. Feb. 11, 1809; m. March 12, 1835, Catherine, dau. John McLam (b. Scotland, Nov. 2, 1815; d. April 4, 1882); farmer in Ryegate; bought of his father Lot No. 6, Range 1, No. Div. 1835; in 1878 he bought the original Hunter farm of his brother Moses, on which he d. suddenly Nov. 11, 1887; members of the Ref. Pres. church. Bur. Walter Harvey cem.
Children :
i. Catherine B.,3 b. Feb. 7, 1836; d. July 12, 1865.
ii. John Knox, 3 b. Oct. 31, 1837 ; district school ed .; worked for Maj. Thos. Nelson while he was in the army; teamster for a lumber company, Worcester; rem. to Ono, Pierce Co,. Wis .; farmer. He m. Oct. 12, 1869, Susan M. Elliott; members of Methodist ch. He d. March 12, 1908; she d. Feb. 13, 1901. One dau. m. R. Richardson; lives on homestead.
5 iii. James Renwick, 3 b. Jan. 5, 1840.
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iv. Moses Roney,3 b. Dec. 6, 1842; enlisted in Co. F, 15th Vt., Sept. 1862; taken down with measles in June, 1863; went with his regiment to the battle of Gettysburg; being weak from illness he received a sun- stroke which caused the loss of his mind from which he has never re- covered ; receives a pension of $72 per mo. for total disability.
v.
Marion,3 b, Dec. 6, 1844; d. Dec. 9, 1911; m. Peter M. Abbott, q. v.
6 vi. William M.,3 b. May 12, 1847.
vii. Robert Andrew,3 b. April 20, 1850; m. Nov. 1878, Sylvia Inman ; he d. April 27. 1883 ; she d. 1887-90. Chil. (1) Joseph.4 (2) Robert.4
viii. Mary Ann,2 b. April 14, 1853; m. 1st, Lee Somers, q. v. 2d, Cloud Brock, q. v.
ix. Walter Alexander,3 b. July 10, 1856; m. Jennie Davis; res. Worcester, Mass. Ch. Robert D., Grace and Lillian L.
3 MOSES,2 (John,1) b. April 16, 1816, farmer in R .; m. Sept. 21, 1859, Isabel, dau. James,2 Whitehill (b. Jan. 13, 1835; d. April 14, 1867.) He d. March 12, 1879; bur. Walter Harvey cem .; members of Ref. Pres. ch. Their farm was afterwards owned by J. J. Hunter, then by Peter Abbott and now by Clinton K. Page.
Children :
7 i. James J.,3 b. April 15, 1863.
4 JAMES,2 (John,1) b. March 14, 1823; rem. to Rutland, Mass., 1858; lived in Worcester some years; farmer in Rutland; m. Sept. 7, 1863, Mrs. Abbie (Davis) Green. He d. Feb. 21, 1904 ; Walter Harvey cem.
Children :
i. William J.,3 b. 1865; res. Waltham, Mass .; m. Feb. 8, 1899, Estella A. Browning of Lincoln, Mass. Chil. Geo. E., Milton J.
ii. Abigail,3 b. 1867; m. 1st. Edwin Prescott. 2d, Fred Tucker.
5 JAMES R.,3 (William,2 John,1) b. Jan. 5, 1840; com. school edu .; peddled tin ware for Smith Bros., Templeton, Mass. In 1858, went to St. An- thony Falls, now Minneapolis; the village then was on the east side of the Falls; where Minneapolis now stands was then a farm. In that year he went down the Mississippi as a raftsman, the raft con- taining about a million feet in "cribs" of about 4 M each; they met with accidents caused by their unwieldy raft, which they took to Han- nibal, Mo. Rem. there till the spring of 1860, and started with two brothers by name of England, and one ox team with tools and a year's provisions, for the Colorado gold diggings, reaching Denver June 15; there were but seven houses in Denver at that time; he dis- covered the Colorado lode in Gambrel gulch, near Central City, and worked it two yrs. It is still being worked. In the spring of 1862, he enlisted in Co. F. 2d Colorado Cavalry ; went with the reg. to New Mexico ; wounded in a skirmish near Los Vegas, N. M. When the reg. was ordered to the states, he was left in hospital at Santa Fe; crossed the Plains in the winter of 1863 to Kansas City, joining the Co. at Independence. At that time the army mail from Kansas City to the front was carried by mounted men, two being sent with every mail, as the bush whackers destroyed the regular mail. In June the carriers from Kansas City to Independence were killed, and Hunter volun- teered to carry the mail alone which he did till July, 1864, and was only molested once, when he was ambushed by Dick Yager's band, but escaped ; was with his company in several attacks upon guerilla bands, and with his reg. when Gen. Price invaded Missouri in 1864 with 30,000 men, and was in six battles, till Price was driven out. The reg. was then re-mounted, and ordered to the Plains to guard the Santa Fe mail through the Kaw, Comanche and Sioux tribes of In- dians, from Walnut Creek to Ft. Lyon, 250 miles, 50 mounted men being sent with every coach. Hunter was on two of these escorts. On the last trip they ran through a large party of Sioux Indians, at the crossing of the Arkansas, but escaped without harm, only to be entangled in a stampede of an immense herd of buffaloes. The reg.
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was mustered out at Ft. Riley, June 15, 1865. On their way to Law- rence, the Blue River was swollen by a freshet; he with two others rode in a skiff to Lawrence, 140 miles. Reached home June 29, 1865, having been gone over 7 yrs. In 1866 he bought the Alex McDonald place of his father, in Ryegate, which he sold 1911, to A. E. Roy. In 1880 he built a mill for making apple jelly, etc., which turns out each year 5 to 7 tons of jelly, and other products. In 1899 he built the Vermont House at York Beach. Maine, which he runs through the summer season. He m. Feb, 5, 1868, Flora, dau. Walter Abbott, (b. March 5, 1839.) Mem. Ref. Pres. ch.
Children :
i. Mabel J.,4 b. Feb. 3, 1869 ; teacher.
ii. Margaret S.,4 b. Dec. 8, 1871 ; teacher.
6 WILLIAM McLAM.3 (William,2 John,1) b. R. May 12, 1847; ed. Peacham Acad .; in Cal. 1872, one yr .; in Joplin, Mo., two yrs., in mining ; ret. to R. 1876; farmer; elected 1884, elder in the Ret. Pres. ch. in Barnet. He in. 1st, Jan. 1, 1879, by Rev. D. C. Faris, Agnes M. Guthrie of Peacham, who d. July 18, 1896. 2d, Nov. 14, 1898, by Rev. D. C. Faris, Mrs. Victoria Whitehill Dunn.
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