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35 CARLOS WILLIAM,4 (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Wm ,1) b. March 25, 1850; sawyer in lumber mills several yrs .; m. March 25, 1873, Carrie J., dau. Rob- ert Miller; res. McIndoes 3 yrs .: rem. to R. March 25, 1878, bought the farm of James Nelson, where he d. May 5, 1883.
Children :
i, Infant son,5 d. at one one-half days.
ii. Harley Willard,5 b. McIndoes, June 30, 1875; ed. McIndoes Acad., also course in dairying at Burlington ; butter-maker at Bath creamery, 15 yrs , also in livery bus .; merchant at Bath Vill. from Jan. 1912; res. Bath where he has built a house in modern style. He m. July 8, 1896, Mary Paddleford of McIndoes. Ch. (1) Mildred Abbie,6 b. 1897. (2) Harold Guy,6 h. 1898.
iii. Claude Elmer,5 b. Ryegate, May 23, 1880; butter-maker some years at Groton creamery ; rented the home farm 2 yrs .; bought 1912 the Wil- liam Gardner farm in Newbury. He m. June 20. 1907, Birdella C, dau. James H. Gardner of Newbury. Ch. (1) Elmer Madison, 6 b. Sept. 1908. (2) Carrie J.,6 b. Aug. 1910.
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iv. Mabel Julia,5. b. Ryegate May 4, 1881; m. July 19, 1899, Bernest L. Terry, merchant at So. Ryegate, and res. there.
v. Carlos W.,5 b. Ryegate, Dec. 8, 1883; butter-maker at Jersey Hill cream- ery ; bought a farm at Hampstead, N. H., and rem. there April, 1910. He m. Jan. 1, 1908, Florence Edith, dau. Wm. W. Chalmers of Tops- ham.
After Mr. Nelson's death Mrs. Nelson sold the farm to W. H. Symes, car- ried it on 5 yrs., then bought it back, the barn having been doubled in length and the other buildings improved. Mrs. Nelson was very successful in dairying, in one year producing nearly six tons of butter, an average of 329 1bs. per cow, has taken nearly $500 in premiums, including 1st prizes at Vt. Dairyman's Asso., 1892; World's Food Fair, 1894; Vt. State Fair, 1894; Vt. Butter and Cheese Makers Asso. 1898; and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition, 1900. Her work goes to market in half 1b. prints. She has added to the farm and now has 216 acres, and her sons learned butter-making at home. Mrs. Nelson m. 2d, Aug. 1902, John L. Shackford of Lowell, Mass. Res. on the farm.
36 WILLIAM STUART,5 (Edwin,4 John, 3 Wm.,2 Wm.,1) b. Monroe, N. H., June 6, 1861 ; com. sch. edu. Began in a peg factory at Lisbon, while a mere boy, learned the bus. completly and became supt. in 1884. In Cal., Dec, 1887-June, 1890, for the the benefit of wife's health, and was manager of circulation for the Los Angeles Times on the east side. Ret. to Lisbon, June, 1890, and began again the peg business, which had been a complete financial failure there, and with F. J. and Ovid D. Moore, organized the Moore Peg. Co. In 1896 he visited Europe, where most of their product found a market, and in 1897 they built a new mill, and fitted it with machinery designed by him, and which has been very successful. In 1902, Ovid D. Moore died and Mr. Nelson bought the interest of his estate and that of the other partner, contin- uing the bus. alone under the original firm name, shipping his entire product to Europe, Mexico and South America. He m. 1st, Jan. 3, 1886, Genevieve, dau. Ovid and Harriet (Howland) Moore (b. Bristol, N. H., Nov. 10, 1856; d. Lisbon, May 11, 1894.) 2d, Nov. 11, 1903, Eva Dennett, who d. Jan. 21, 1905; 3d, March 20, 1912, Bess M. Wheeler.
37 WILBUR.5 (Wm. R.,4 Robert G.,9 Robert,2 Wm., 1) b. Monroe, N. H., May 8, 1859 ; farmer and in lumber bus .; res. Barnet. He m. 1st, Oct. 15, 1889, Bertha S. Hoyt of Passumpsic (b. Sept. 7, 1867; d. Dec. 5, 1891.) 2d, March 21, 1895, Addie L. Woodard, wid. of A. P. Mc- Larin (b. Jan. 3, 1862; d. Sept. 4, 1904). 3d, Agnes E., dau., Wm. B. Gibson (b. Feb. 11, 1868).
Children : By 1st marriage.
i. and ii. Twins who d. in infancy.
iii. Jennie Bertha.6 b. Oct. 5, 1871.
By 2d marriage.
iv. William James,6 b. June 27, 1897. By 3d marriage.
v. Marion Addie,6 b. Oct. 2, 1906.
vi. Dwight Wilbur,6 b. Aug. 17, 1908.
vii. Pearl Edwin,6 b. Feb. 9, 1910.
The fact that no fewer than 993 descendants of William Nelson are mentioned by name in this volume indicates the large space which this family has held in the life of Ryegate. They have not only been numerous but influential, people of good standing, selectmen in the town and elders in the church. William Nelson was town representative two years, and that office was held by some of his descendants during 26 years more, Each generation has inherited, and has transmitted to its successors, certain traits of energy, enterprise, and foresight which have been
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effective here and in other parts of the country as well. Its members have seldom turned aside from agricultural or business pursuits, and professional life has attracted comparatively few of them. But they have helped to form in every locality where they have gone, that ster- ling, substantial class upon which the prosperity of the country rests.
THE JAMES NELSON FAMILY.
JAMES 1 Nelson, half-brother of William Nelson, was b. at Erskine, Scotland, 1753; came to America with John Waddell and Thomas McKeith, landing at Portsmouth and reaching Ryegate on Oct. 1st. He seems to have come in the same ship as his brother, but having no family, made the journey from the sea-port much quicker. He settled on land north of his brother, afterward owned in part by Wm. J. Gibson, and in part by Robert Symes. In 1797 he bought six lots in the west part of the town from William Houston of Erskine, Scotland (see p. 262) and rem. there clearing the farm long afterward owned by Samuel W. Clark. Here he spent the rest of his life, and was a very industrious man, holding town offices and member of the Associate church. He m. 1st. in 1780, Hannah Davis of Piermont, who d. ab. 1784. 2d, ab. 1785, Janet Montgomery, who came from Scotland with John Ritchie and wife. Mr. Miller thinks she d. 1788, and he m. 3d, in 1789, Elizabeth, sister of Andrew Miller, and niece of the wife of Robert Brock, Sr. James Nelson with his 3d wife and eldest dau. are buried in the west, or "Hall" cemetery, his 1st two wives and one son are buried in the "Old Scotch Cemetery." He d. Nov. 26, 1839, aged 94, and his wife. Nov. 17, 1849.
Children (dates of birth from town rec.) By 1st m.
i. Hannah,2 b, March 26, 1780; d. May 7, 1838. She m. 1st, Henry Buch- anan of Barnet. 2d, William,3 (Win.,2 Win.,1) Nelson, q. v. 3d, Joseph Dickey, q. v.
ii. William,2 b. Dec. 20, 1782; d. 1783. By 2d marriage.
iii. James,2 b. Aug. 20, 1786; went to Canada West, where he reared a fam- ily and d. 1864.
By 3d marriage.
1 iv. George,2 b. Sept. 17, 1787. By another rec. Sept. 14, 1788.
v. Jean,2 b. Feb. 3, 1790; d. April 2, 1880; m. James Renfrew, q. v.
2 vi. William,2 b. Feb. 7, 1792.
vii. Margaret,2 b. Dec. 26, 1794; d. Oct. 14, 1880; m. Hiram Whitcher. 10 ch. of whom 3 d. y. The others were Henry, Abner, Lovinia, who m. Andrew Renfrew; Naomi, who m. Thos. Kasson; Ruth in. Edwin Tuttle ; Julia and Lois who m. bros. named Richardson. (See History of Newbury.)
viii. Elizabeth,2 b. Sept. 19, 1797 ; m. Andrew Renfrew, q. v.
ix. Mary,2 b. May 27, 1800; m. by Rev. Jas. Milligan, April 14, 1825, John Corruth. No record.
x. John,2 b. Dec. 3, 1803; d. 1805.
3 xi. Alexander,2 b. April 1S, 1805.
1 GEORGE,2 (James,1) farmer ; lived a little below where Mrs. McLennan lives, afterward called the Latto place. All his chil. were b. there; bought the Wmn. Nelson farm ab. 1842, but failed in bus. in 1847; captain in the militia ab. 1820; member of Associate Pres. ch. and ord. elder April 16, 1836. He m. by Peter Mclaughlin, July 3, 1816, Mar- garet, dau. Hugh Gardner (b. June 10, 1783; d. Feb. 3,1843).
NOTE. Mr. Miller understood that William and James Nelson had brothers and sis- ters in Scotland, but the name of only one has come down to us-Archibald who is men- tioned on pp. 95 and 460.
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Children :
i. William James,3 b. April 29, 1817; went to Boston to work ab. 1846, then to Cal., where he d. un-m Nov. 1855.
ii. Hannah Jane,3 b. Sept. 6, 1818; d. March 17, 1874; m. James R. Park, q. v.
iii. John,3 b. Oct. 13, 1819; clerk for Wm. Whitehill, and schoolmaster; went to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he took daguerrotypes; accumulated prop- erty and m. there, where he d. June 20, 1869.
iv. Hugh Gardner,3 b. March 21, 1821; taught school, and studied law in Groton. Went to California in Oct. 1849, reaching there April 2, 1850, where he was one yr. in mining. Started for Australia in fall of 1851. In mining one yr., then in real estate bus. 1853-'69, where he became blind, and his partners swindled him out of all his property, a large amount. At the instance of Hon. L P. Poland, M. C., he was sent to Am. by the Am. consul at Melbourne. Reached Cal. 1876. His bro. Robert went out and brought him home. He d. at So. Rye- gate, Aug. 20, 1890.
4 v. Alexander,3 b. Jan. 5, 1823; d. March 4, 1875.
5 vi. Robert 3 b. Sept. 21, 1824; d. Feb. 22, 1895.
vii. Isabel,3 b. Feb. 18, 1826; d. Dec. 14, 1902; m. Oct. 21, 1847, John Bai- ley of Newbury. (See History of Newbury.)
1 viii. Eliza J.,3 b. Jan. 1, 1828; m. Moses B. Hall, q. v.
ix. Thomas Miller,3 b. June 16, 1830 ; d. Ang. 16, 1831.
x. Margaret,3 b. July 19, 1831; d. June 13, 1832.
6 xi. Thomas Miller,3 b. Dec. 13, 1832.
xii. Mary Ann,3 b. Nov. 2, 1834; m. James T. H. McLure, q. v.
2 WILLIAM,2 (James,1) b. Feb. 7, 1793; m. March 19, 1818, Ruth, dau. Domin- icus Gray, a revolutionary soldier from Maine. Lived in Ryegate till after 1840; rem. to Hardwick where she d. May 30, 1865. He d. Feb. 17, 1872.
Children all born in Ryegate.
i. Sarah G .. 3 b. Dec. 25, 1818 ; d. Hardwick, Aug. 22, 1856.
ii. Elizabeth N., 3 b. Feb. 8, 1821; m. June 15, 1843, Charles N. Shedd. She d. April 19, 1909. 3 chil.
iii. Miles G., h. Aug. 29, 1823 ; m. Jan. 28, 1852, Sarah M. Swett. He d. at H., Sept. 3, 1895. 5 chil.
iv. Margaret A.,3 b. Oct. 21, 1825; in. Feb. 2, 1860, Horace Smith. She d. at H., 1908. One son.
v. Patience W., 3 b. Aug. 8, 1827 : m. Nov. 10, 1858, John Barr; d. Greens- boro Bend, July 22, 1877. 4 chil.
vi. William M., 3 b. Nov. 13, 1831; d. Columbia, Col .. Feb. 22, 1864.
vii. Stephen R.,3 b. Dec. 25, 1837; m. May 4, 1861, Persis Coal. Served in civil war in Co. H, 4th Vt., d. Brandy Station, Va., Feb. 25, 1864. 7 viii. Archibald D.,3 b. July 16, 1840.
3 ALEXANDER,2 (James.1) b. April 18, 1805. Began his education with Rev. James Milligan who taught him the rudiments of Latin, Greek and Hebrew. He entered Newbury Seminary when that institution opened in Sept. 1834 and remained several terms, and there met his wife. Jane Z. Morrison, who had been connected with an academy at New Mar- ket, N. H., and became preceptress of the Seminary in 1836. She was the dau. of Dr. Moses Morrison, who once lived at W. Newbury, but rem. to Bath. Mr. Nelson taught Latin and mathematics in the Seminary and after their marriage they opened a school at Norwalk. O., where he was licensed to preach, and later. ord. to the ministry of the M. E. church. Principal five yrs. and and his wife preceptress of Worthington (O.) Female Seminary ; principal two yrs. of Berea (O.) Institute ; president several yrs., of Iowa Wesleyan Univ., Mt. Pleas- ant Iowa; in the ministry till 1883; presiding elder several years, of the Cleveland dist. of No. Ohio Conference, and delegate to the
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general conference; ret. at Delaware, O., 1883, till d. Jan. 26, 1894. She d. Aug. 10, 1892. He rec'd the degree of D.D., from Iowa Wes. Univ.
Children :
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i. Edward Thompson.3
9 ii. Clara Albertine.3
4 ALEXANDER,3 (George.2 James,1) b. Jan. 5, 1823: went west, 1844; taught school near Pittsburgh, Penn .; settled in Ashland Co., Ohio; farmer.
. He m. 1st, 1848, Nancy Culbertson of New Derry, Penn., who d. March 9, 1852. 2d, June 7, 1853, Jane, dau. Daniel and Lucy Rob- erts of Groton, Vt. He d. in Ashland Co., March 4, 1875.
Children :
i. Margaret Jane.4 b. Aug, 27, 1849; d. Oct. 15, 1880.
ii. Thomas C., 4 b. July 4, 1851.
By 2d marriage.
iii. Nancy J.,4 b. July, 1854; m. Sept. 8, 1880, Joseph K. Boyd of San Jose, Cal. 2 ch. in 1883.
iv. George A.,4 b. April 1856; went to Texas and bought a ranch.
v. Infant,4 b. March; d. June 1858.
vi. Infant,4 b. and d. Sept. 1859.
vii. Hugh W.,4 b. June 26, 1868; went to Oakland, Cal.
5 ROBERT,3 (George,2 James,1) b. Ryegate, Sept. 4, 1824, on the farm owned in 1895 by Mrs. M. J. Hall. Edu. at Danville and Peacham acade- mies; taught school two terms. Sailed from Boston for California Nov. 21, 1849, with his brother Hugh, John Randall and John Peach of Newbury, Medad Welch, Jr., and Daniel Darling of Groton. They were 130 days on the voyage; ret. 1855, via Panama, Farmer in Ryegate and Newbury, owning successively the Hadley farm in New- bury, the Stuart store at South Ryegate, the Abner Chamberlin farm at W. Newbury 1857-'63, the Col. Thomas Johnson farm on the Ox- bow, 1863-'66; the Nicholas White farm in Ryegate, 1866; the James Henderson farm, and in 1869, bought the John Randall farm on Jef- ferson Hill, Newbury, where he d. Feb. 22, 1895. Selectman and lister in Newbury. Hem. April 5, 1855, Judith, dau. John Darling of Gro- ton (b. Jan. 16, 1825).
Children :
i. George Darling,4 b. Ryegate May 1, 1856; res. Davenport, Iowa. He m. Dec. 3, 1879, Clara Matilda Karl (b. Jan. 2, 1856; d. Sept. 9, 1894.)
Children :
1. George William,5 b. Nov. 3, 1880.
2. Robert John,5 b. Nov. 6,, d, Nov. 27, 1881.
3. John Andrew,5 b. Nov. 27, 1882; d. May 18, 1883.
4. Judith M.,5 b. May 21, 1886.
5. Robert H.,5 b. June 18, 1887.
6. James D.,5 b. July 4, 1880 ; d. Aug. 7, 1890.
ii. Hannah F.,4 b. Newbury, Aug. 21, 1858; m. Sept. 8, 1887, Owen E. Kingbury. She d. Ch. Bertha E.,5 b. Jan. 2, 1891.
iii. John.4 b. Newbury. Aug. 9, 1860; m. June 7. 1895, Mamie Louise Smith.
iv. Jennie R.,4 b. Newbury, Nov. 15, 1865; m. Jan. 27, 1886, Albert Wright, q. v.
6 THOMAS M.,3 (George.2 James, 1) b. Ryegate, Dec. 13. 1832; edu. in R .; went to California in 1849 and was gone some yrs., ret. to R. but went back to Cal .; ret. before 1859. He m. Aug. 4, 1860, Mary Jane, dau. David Warden of Bath (b. Jan. 21, 1836; d. July 23.1891). In truck- ing bus. in So. Boston, 3 yrs .; farmer on Jefferson Hill, Newbury, till 1869, when he bought the David Warden farm in a part of Bath now
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annexed to Monroe till 1892, when he sold out; lived with his chil- dren and d. at the home of his dau., Mrs. Turner, at McIndoes, Jan. 29, 1908. A man of broad information, a democrat in politics.
Children :
i. Christie E.,4 b. Aug. 1, 1863; d. March 15, 1871.
ii. Albert H.,4 b. Newbury, Nov. 30, 1866; m. Sept. 24, 1889, Hattie E. Conant of Concord, N. H .; res. Monroe, N. H. Ch. (1) Alberta J.,5 b. Nov. 14, 1892. (2) Florence M.,5 b. Aug. 5, 1895. (3) Robert A.,5 b. Nov. 14, 1902.
iii. Ida M.,4 b. Newbury, March 24, 1863; m. Oct. 5, 1897, Austin E. Carter of Monroe No ch.
iv. Lizzie B.,+ b. Monroe, May 31, 1874; m. Jan. 1, 1896, Martin E. Turner of Monroe; res. Barnet. No ch.
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ARCHIBALD D., 8 (Willian, 2 James,1) b. July 16, 1840; rem. to Hardwick with parents; served in Co. D, 15th Vt., in the Civil war, after in various business in Baltimore, Boston and Barton, Vt .; res. St. Johnsbury, 1870-'90, in the Fairbanks Scale factory, and became assistant fore- man of the finishing dept. Supervisor 1 yr. over four wards of the State Hospital for the Insane at Taunton, Mass. Supt. 1892, till death, of Mt. Pleasant Cem., at St. J. Member of Eureka Lodge K. of H., Chamberlin Post, No. 1. G. A. R., Passumpsic Lodge, F. and A. M., deacon in South Cong. ch., St. Johnsbury, where he d. Aug. 12, 1896. He m. Aug. 2, 1866, Sarah C. Houston of Hardwick.
Children :
i. Giles Howard,4 b. Jan. 12, 1870; d. Aug. 22, 1871.
11. Harry M.,4 b. Aug. 29, 1872 ; bookkeeper in Citizens' Savings Bank and Trust Co., St. Johnsbury. Ed. at St. J. graded schs. and Acad. He in. June 1, 1897, Flora M. Johnson. Ch. (1) Donald Archibald,5 b. Aug. 22, 1896; d. Feb. 2, 1899. (2) Edwin William,5 b. Apr. 22, 1902.
8 EDWARD THOMPSON,3 (Alexander,2 James,1) b. Worthington, O., Oct. 14, 1846; grad. Ohio Wes. Univ., 1866; post grad. course at Yale Univ., with degree of A. M. and Ph. D., 1869, M. D. from Ohio Med. Univ., 1895; Colonel's orderly in 145th Ohio Vols., 1864, in the civil war. Prof. of Science at Hanover Coll., Ind., 1871-'97; Alumni Prof. of Physiology and Geology, Ohio Wes. Univ., 1877; Fellow of Am. Ass. of Sciences, 1889-'93; member of State Board of Health, 1874 ; presi- dent of same 1892; student of Histology, University Coll .. London, Eng., 1893-'97 ; Prof. of Sanitary Science, Ohio Med. Univ. Published "Moluscan Fauna of the Tertiary of Peru;" "Herbarium and Plant Record "; edited "Fifty Years of Ohio Wesleyan Univ." He m. 1871, Jane L. Wilson of Wheeling, W. Va. He d. Washington. D. C., after a long illness, Feb. 28, 1897. Prof. Nelson was in great demand as a public lecturer, and no man was better known by the public school teachers of Ohio.
Children :
i. Dana Alexander,4 who d. Tacoma, Wash., 1896.
ii. Jeanette, 4 wife of Rev. S. K. Mahon of Delaware, O.
iii. Elbert James,4 civil engineer, Cornell Univ., Utica, N. Y., close of 1909.
iv. Clara Isabel,+ wife of Rev. T. C. Bodley, Lucknow, India.
v. Mary Alice,4 and Edward Thoburn, who are with their mother at Dela- ware, O.
9 CLARA ALBERTINE, 3 (Alexander,2 James,1) b. Tiffin. O., April 4, 1852; grad. Ohio Wes. Univ. Has spent much time abroad. Studied in Friedrich- dorf, Stuttgardt, and Hanover, Ger .. two yrs. Spent three yrs. and many summers in Paris, studying French; has also traveled exten- sively. Twenty-one years at the head of the Dept. of French in Ohio Wes. Univ. and has lectured on Art History.
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NELSON .*
THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM NELSON, 2D.
The third Nelson family is that of William, 2d, called "Sugar Will," to distin- guish him from the other, and numerous William Nelsons. Nothing regarding his ancestry appears, other than that he was b, in Balfron, Stirlingshire, in 1763. His father's name was Alexander, he had brothers and sisters, none of whom came to this country. One of the former was also named Alexander and was a lawyer at Port Glasgow. His church certificate is as follows:
This is to certify that the bearer hereof, William Neilson, hath resided for the most part of liis life in this parish and behaved himself soberly and free from public scandal or church censure, and has been in full communion with us. Given at the Manse of Balfron, Stirling County, this twelfth day of March, sev- enteen hundred and ninety-fourth year. The above person 1 JAMES JAFFREY, Min'r JOHN ZWILL, Elder WVM. HALEY, Ses. Clerk. is unmarried at this date. f
He sailed from Port Glasgow in 1794, with Robert Gilfillan, came to Ryegate where many of his townspeople had settled, and began on the farm where he spent the rest of his life, afterward owned by his sons, John and Alex , and built a log house about one-fourth of a mile n. of the present house. He m. 1st, in 1801, Jean, dau. James Henderson (b. Oct. 10, 1777 ; d. Oct. 1816). Their oldest ch. was b. in the log house, and the present house was built soon afterward, but it is not known whether any of the younger ones were b. in the log house. He m. 2d, 1817, Jean Arbuckle, who came from Scotland in 1801, with the Robens, Wallaces, Robert Fulton and others. She m. 1st, John Bachop of Barnet (see Bachop fam.) They had 5 daus., and when she m. Win. Nelson she brought hier five girls to live with his six ch., and they had four more, 15 in all-three families in one family. Mr. Nelson was a man of medium size and very muscular. He had his foot crushed in 1814, in a saw mill at So. R., and was lame ever after, He was very successful as a farmer. and owned one of the most productive farms in town, high up on the south slope of Blue Mt., commanding a fine view of the country around. To this he added by purchase from the Scotch Co., 124 acres in 1812 ; from Wmn. Nelson of N. Y., in 1814, 108 acres ; and from the Scotch Co., again in 1819, 100 acres. He also bought the " Ben Folger place," further up the mountain, which was after- wards sold to Jas. and Alex. Park for pasture. After his death his sons bought the Geo. Corruth place, south of the home place, in 1863, which they sold to Oliver Boardway. At one time the two sons owned about 600 acres near Blue Mountain. The granite quarries are mostly on this farm. William Nelson was a worthy and respected citizen, a man of marked traits, and peculiarities. He d. Jan. 10, 1847, and his wife d. Nov. 15, 1857; bur. in the West cemetery. Children by 1st marriage.
i. Alexander,2 b. July 18, 1802; farmer on homestead with his bro .; never m. He was six ft. four in. in height and of immense strength. He d. Aug. 11, 1883.
ii. Agnes,2 [Nancy] b. May 10, 1804; d. Oct. 13, 1874; m. Wm. Blair, q. v. [On p. 289 she is incorrectly given as the dau. of Alexander Nelson.]
iii. Margaret,2 b. July 6, 1806; d. 1875; m. John Brock of Barnet.
iv. Jane,2 b. Nov. 24, 1808; d. Jan. 9, 1826.
v. Elizabeth,2 b. Nov. 2, 1812; d. Oct. 7, 1891; m. Andrew Gilfillan, q. v.
vi. Helen,2 b. Sept. 1, 1814. d. un m. Dec. 8, 1882.
* Prepared in part by Mrs. Mary Nelson.
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By 2d marriage.
vii. Abigail,2 b. Feb. 17, 1818; d. Jan. 14, 1906; m. Hugh G. Gibson, q. v. viii. Marion,2 b. Jan. 8, 1820 ; crushed in a cider mill and d. Nov. 3, 1825.
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ix. John Bachop,2 b. Sept. 30, 1821.
x. Janet Wallace,2 b. May 1, 1825; d. 1888; m. Robert Cochran, q. v., as 2d wife.
In this large family there were only two sons, and William Nelson 2d had only two gr. sons .- W. N. Gilfillan in the 1st family and A. H. Gibson in the 2d. The daughters of the family naturally did more work out of doors than most girls of their time. It is said that two of them dug and put into the "potato hole," 500 bush. of potatoes in one sea- son. They were skilled in all household arts, expert with the "big wheel," the "little wheel," and the loom. They were glad to be real helpers in the home and they made good homes for others. It was not all work either, for huskings, paring-bees, quiltings and social parties, made merry the hearts of young and old. New Years was the great occasion for Scotchmen generally, and this large family, children and grandchildren, gathered annually, till the farm was sold, and the glad day was but a memory. School privileges were few, books were scarce, but the education given was a very practical one, and the children of the pioneers were the best citizens of their time, for they knew how and had the courage to do things.
1 JOHN BACHOP,2 b. Sept. 30, 1821 ; farmer on homestead with his bro. Alex- ander, and a vaiued citizen. He m. Dec. 3, 1872, Mary, dau. James Arthur (b. Scotland, Dec. 20, 1842). The home farm was sold Oct. 30, 1895, to Geo. Gray. It had been in the family 101 yrs. The fam- ily moved to So. Ryegate, where John B. Nelson d. March 30, 1900. Bur. West cem.
Children :
i. Jean Arbuckle,3 b. May 27, 1877. She is an accomplished musician and the only descendant of Win. Nelson 2d, bearing the name Mattie Jean Arbuckle.3 In 1906 Mrs. Nelson and her dau. rem. to Turlock, Cal., where they reside.
NELSON.
YEATON D.,1 b. Palermo, Maine, Dec. 26, 1862, son of Erastus Foot Nelson (b. Palermo, Feb. 22, 1825; d. May 22, 1885. Farmer; enlisted Aug. 2, 1862 in Co. G, 18th Maine; pro. corporal; must. out. 1865. He m. Eliza F., dau. Caleb and Alice Thurston, b. Windsor, Me., July 3, 1834. Members of Baptist ch. Nine ch., all lived to man and womanhood. The father of Erastus F., was John Nelson a native of Scotland.) Came to Ryegate, 1883; m. Nov. 12, 1887, Ida May, dau. Matthew Renfrew (b. May 4, 1863; d. March 16, 1892.) 2d, March 13, 1894, Estelline, dau. Wm. N. Gibson (b. Jan. 10, 1871.) Owns the James Dickey farm and part of the Roben farm.
Children : By 1st marriage.
i. Eva Meroe,2 b. July 28, 1888; grad. Wells River High School. A success- ful teacher.
By 2d marriage.
ii. Forest Prince,2 b. Jan. 20, 1895.
iii. Edith May,2 b. Sept. 9, 1896.
iv. Ethel Eliza,2 b. Dec. 26, 1898.
v. Miles Renwick, b. Dec. 16, 1900.
vi. Clyde Gibson,2 b. Jan. 22, 1903.
vii. Waldo Yeaton,2 b. Dec. 2, 1904.
viii. Adine Estelline,2 b. Aug. 3, 1907.
ix. William Erastus,2 b. Aug. 11. 1909.
x. Margaret Ella,2 b. Jan. 21, 1912.
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HISTORY OF RYEGATE, VERMONT.
NOYES.
The Noyes family, long extinct in Ryegate, is a branch of one of the oldest families in New England. Rev. James Noyes and his brother Nicholas came to Newbury, Mass., in 1635.
I. NICHOLAS, b, England, 1614; m. Mary Cutting.
II. JAMES, b. May 15, 1657; m. Hannah, dau. John Knight.
III. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 20, 1686 ; m. Johannah Hale.
IV. STEPHEN, m. Lydia Eaton.
V. MOSES, mn. Sally Lunt, and came to Coventry (now Benton), N. H., before 1790, and settled on what is called High Street, s. w. of Moosilauke.
vi. AMos,1 b. Coventry, N. H., Aug. 15, 1791; came to Ryegate, ab. 1811, and bought what was later called the Alexander Holmes place, in the w. part of the town, where all his chil. were b., but afterward owned and d. on the farm where his son Thos. M., lived and d. He m. 1st, Betsey Mussey, who d. May 16, 1841. Not ch. members but Mr. Mason says that "he was a well read and respected man, a strong upholder of religion and good order." He m. 2d, Betsey Strobridge of Barnet, who d, Feb. 1907, aged 96. Member of Baptist ch. Gro- ton. Amos Noyes d. July 10, 1856, being thrown from a horse; bur. in West cemetery.
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