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Children :
Margaret,3 John, 3 George,3 Matthew,3 and Walter.3. Margaret m. Mr. Kipp; 4 daus., 1 son. George became a lawyer, and went with his brother Matthew in 1849 to San Francisco. No further record. John and Walter lived and died in New York.
4 MATTHEW,3 (Walter,2 Matthew,1) b. Ryegate, Sept. 1, 1814; student at Newbury Seminary its opening term, the fall of 1834. Went to Ohio, 1835, with Donald, son of Judge Cameron. Teaching, farming, and in trade at West Point. O .; County Recorder of Morrow Co .; County examiner of schools 10 yrs .; ret. to Ryegate on account of ill health, 1865; in trade at Big Rapids, Mich., 1867 till retired. 1881. En- campment mem. I. O. O. F., and a Royal Arch Mason. He in. 1840, Esther Allbaugh (h. Northumberland Co., Pa., 1819; d. Big Rapids, Jan. 14, 1904.) He d. at Big Rapids, April 1, 1894.
Children :
i. Araminta,4 who d. Alt. Gilead, O., 1854.
ii. Isabel.4 who in. Oct. 24. 1882. Washington Miller, contractor and builder. a veteran of the civil war. Res. Big Rapids, Mich. Ch. Esther,5 b. Feb. 24, 1885; grad. Reed City High School, and of the Kindergarten Teacher's Dept. of Ferris Ins. She m. Sept. 18, 1907, Warner McSween, pharmacist; res. Big Rapids.
WALTER ROBEN.
MATTHEW ROBEN.
LIEUT. DOUGLAS ROBEN.
WALTER ROBEN, JR.
DOUGLAS ROBEN.
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iii. Matthew,4 who d. Mt. Gilead, O., 1855.
iv. Douglas,4 b. May 4. 1847, Morrow Co., Ohio. App. Sept. 1862, a cadet in the U. S. Naval Acad. In June, 1863, he was sent with other cadets to the coast of Europe in the U. S. S. Macedonia to join in the pursuit of the Alabama, and intercept rebel cruisers, in which they were engaged till Oct. 1st. Grad. with honors from the Naval Acad., Annapolis, June 12, 1866, with a particularly good record in mathe- matics. While serving on the U. S. S. Ossipee he took part Oct. 1867 in the ceremonies at Sitka by which Alaska was transferred from Rus- sia to the United States, and his name appears as a witness on the protocal of treaty delivered to the Russian commissioners. Served in the navy many years and promoted to the grade of ensign, master and lieutenant. His service was performed on the North and South Pa- cific, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Placed on the retired list and located at Big Rapids, Mich., and prominent in real estate busi- ness and is also an attorney at law. In 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish war, he offered his services and was made executive officer of the U. S. R. S. Richmond, at League Island, holding that position till the end of the war. Promoted on the retired list to the rank of Lieu- tenant-commander. Res. Big Rapids. Member of Pres. ch. and of the Church Session for 20 yrs. He m. Dec. 26, 1876, Stella, dau. Judge Wm. P. Bennett of Cassopolis, Mich., (b. Nov. 30, 1859.) They are prominent in the social, educational and religious life of Big Rapids.
Children :
1. Donald B.,5 b. July 19, 1878; grad. Big Rapids H. S., and the Engineer- ing Dept. of the Univ. of Mich. Civil engineer at Tacoma, Wash. He m. Oct. 1900, Gertrude Cook of Big Rapids. Ch. (a) Howard R., 6 b. Feb. 7. 1904.
2. Pansy.5 b. May 14, 1882 ; d. March 26, 1883.
3. Blanche,5 b. Oct. 3, 1884. College course at Alma, Mich , and Wells College Aurora, N. Y. Was m. Oct. 3. 1906 to Geo. L. Stone, paying teller of Citizens State Bank, Big Rapids. Ch. (a) Helen,6 b. Nov. 11, 1907.
4. Douglas B .. 5 b. Sept. 20, 1891; app. by Senator Burrows to the U. S. Naval Acad., passed ex. and entered the Acad. as midshipman, May 10, 1910.
v. Celeste.4 Artist; res. Grand Rapids. Mich.
vi. Anna.4 Artist ; res. Big Rapids, Mich.
vii. Mary.+ m. Sept. 2. 1878, Allan W. Bennett ; attorney at law., grad. of Law Dept .. Univ. of Mich. Res. Big Rapids. Ch. (1) Alton R., 5 b. Feb. 4, 1882; d. Dec. 12. 1897. (2) Nellie,5 b. June 13. 1885; d. Oct. 24, 1886. (3) May.5 b. Sept. 15, 1887 ; grad. Univ. of Mich. 1909.
5 WALTER,3 (Walter,2 Matthew,1) b. Sept. 26, 1818. Worked one season for Charles Scott, rafting on the river to Hartford, with Andrew Cor- ruth. They worked their way on the canal to Buffalo and to Ohio in 1840. Lumbering, teaching and farming Settled near Decatur, Ill .; finally in DeWitt Co. He m. April 10, 1849, Betsey H. Smallwood of of Decatur, Ill., a former pupil. She d. March 19, 1899; hed. June 5, 1901; bur. in Rose Cem., near Lane, Dewitt Co.
Children :
i. Douglas N:,+ b. Jan. 26, 1850; d. Jan. 1860.
ii. Mary D.,4b. Aug. 22, 1854; m. Oct. 26, 1875, Wilson S. Conn ; they rem. to Sumner Co .. Kan., where he d. Jan. 12, 1892, and she d. Dec. 12, 1907. Ch. Two sons dead, 1 dau. living.
iii. Maggie C.,4 b, June 27, 1862; m. Nov. 7, 1883. 4 sons, 5 daus., all liv- ing.
6 MOSES, 3 (Walter,2 Matthew,1) b. April 30, 1827; went to Ohio. 1846; en- listed in the Mexican war; the reg. was sent through Missouri and Kansas, then a wilderness. They were much molested by the Indians.
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Was in the battle of Chihuahua. After the war he went to St. Louis, visiting Ryegate in 1853; ret. to Ill., thence to Ft. Calhoun, Neb. Enlisted, 1861, in a Co. of cavalry, which lost 83 men out of 97 at the battle of Pea Ridge; trans. to 5th Iowa Cav. In an attack on the Confederate works at Atlanta, only 60 men of the 500 returned. The reg. was surrounded, and only the 60 men fought their way out. Roben made his way alone 122 miles to Cartersville, several times narrowly escaping capture. He m. Julv 3, 1850, Elizabeth Brownlee of Camden. Ill .; d. Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 28, 1906; bur. with military honors.
Children :
i. Rosilla J.,4 b. Dec. 8, 1853, Camden, Ill .; m. Dec. 29, 1872, Prenaldo R. Nichols of Redfield, Iowa; farmer.
Children :
1. Curtis L.,5 b. March 17, 1875; m. Jan. 24, 1904, Inez C. Marden of Des Moines, Ia. Ch. Charles J.6
2. Ray W.,5 b. March 14, 1878; 11. April 4, 1906, Florence M. Hall at At- lanta, Ia.
3. Ernest P.,5 b. July 29, 1882; m. Sept. 3, 1906, Nellie B. Forewell at Greenfield, Ia.
4. C. Ruth,5 b. May 16, 1892.
5. Louise E.,5 b, Oct. 29, 1894.
ii. Isabella,4 b. Sept. 26, 1858, at Fort Calhoun, Neb .; d. July 13, 1880 ; un-m.
iii. Luella,4 b. April 6, 1860, at Ft. Colhoun ; m. John Reighard of Stuart, Iowa.
iv. David,4 b. June 26, 1866, Camden, Il1.
7 DOUGLASS GRAY.3(Walter,2. Matthew, 1.) b. March 7, 1833; went to Ohio, 1850 ; clerk there in his brother's store; clerk 6 yrs. in store of Archibald Park. N. Y. City ; ret. to homestead to care for parents; visited Scot- land, 1858. He m. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 28, 1859, Margaret, dau. George and Margaret (Shedden) Montgomery, b. Dalmner, Renfrew- shire, Scot., whom he met on the steamer returning from Scotland. Lived on homestead till death of parents; in South Ryegate till 1887 ; since in Barre and South Barre, in farming. Became a Mason in 1854. Mr. Roben has collected with great care most of the Roben records in this volume, and some of those of kindred families.
Children :
i. Walter Montgomery,+ b. Dec. 8, 1860; d. April 26, 1871.
ii. Nellie Jane, 4 b. June 4, 1862; teacher in Vt. and Ill. Res. Guthrie, Okla.
iii. Margaret Ann,4 b. Nov. 25, 1864; m. March 14, 1884, Frank Bly of Danvers, Mass. She d. Nov. 10, 1884; Ch. Warren Porter Bly,5 b. 1884, now in B. & M. R. R. office, Boston.
iv. George Henry.4 b. June 14, 1866; in granite business at So. R ; m. Sept. 15, 1889, Margaret J., dau. of Dr. John B. Darling of So. Ryegate (b. Feb. 23, 1869.) Ch. (1) Walter Brock,5 b. Oct. 2, 1897. (2) George Douglass,5 b. July 13, 1905.
v. Jessie Belle,4 b. Dec. 1, 1869; d. Barre, Vt , Nov, 12, 1911; m. June 24, 1889, Thomas Sherriffs of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Children :
1. Douglass M.,5 b. March 24, 1890; d. March 29, 1891.
2. Margarite C.,5 b. Aug. 15, 1891. At school in Barre, Vt.
3. Jane Reid,5. b. June 10, 1893; in Barre. Vt.
4. Evaline Roben,5 b. Sept. 10, 1897; d. Sept. 13, 1900.
vi. Douglass Chapin,4 b. Feb. 24, 1872; m. Nellie Sloan of Montpelier, Vt. Farmer in Barre, Vt.
vii. Lillie May,4 b. Oct. 2, 1875: d. Dec. 8. 1882.
viii. Matthew Roben,4 b. April 18, 1879; res. Barre Vt.
ix. Maud,4 b. Nov. 4. 1883; grad. Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vt., 1904; teacher at Ashland, N. H., where she d. Nov. 30, 1904.
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x. Mabel,4 (twin to above) grad. Goddard Sem., 1903; m. May 10, 1907. James Finley Williams of Columbus, O. Res. Rochester, N. Y. He is one of the hea dsalesinen of the Pittsburgh Steel Co. Ch. (1) Doug- lass Finney,5 b. April 21, 1908. (1) Richard Wesley,5 b. R. June 29, 1912.
RONALDS. 1
GEORGE,1 b. Scotland, 1759. According to Mr. Miller and Mr. Mason he came to America and Ryegate in 1786, in company with Robert Brock, Sr., and family. But by the recollection of his dau , Marion Ronalds Reid, he came about 1774, and that Gen. Whitelaw was his guardian, with whom he lived several years. He ran the grist mill at Bolton- ville for some time for Dea. Brock. He m. ab. 1788, Elizabeth dau. Joseph Smith of Bath, N. H., who lived in R. 1784-'95. He bought the farm afterwards partly owned by Wm. Henderson and now by M. H. Gibson. The buildings stood on the old turnpike. In 1819 his in- ventory shows that he was in comfortable circumstances. The family went to Indiana in 1820, settling on Garrison's Creek, Fayette Co., and the next year the father and youngest son d. in one day, and the mother in 1826, while residing with her youngest daughter.
Children, all born in Ryegate.
i. Janet.2 b. Feb. +, 1790; d. Feb. 3, 1812.
ii. Elizabeth,2 h. Aug. 18, 1791.
iii. Robert,2 b. March 5, 1793; d. Sept. 3, 1798.
iv. Mary,2 b. May 12, 1795; m. John Gray of Fayette Co., Ind., and d. there.
v. Susannah,2 b. March 13, 1797; m. Hugh Gray of Fayette Co., and d. there.
1 vi. John,2 b. July 12. 1799.
vii. Margaret,2 h. March 14, 1801.
viii. Marion,2 b. March 18, 1803 ; m. Robert C. Reid, q. v.
ix. Rosannah.2 b. May 4, 1805; m. Feb. 4. 1824, Rev. Gavin McMillan, (s. of Hugh and Jane [Harvey] McMillan, h. Dewock, Co. Anhim, Ire., Feb. 6. 1847. Came to Am, with parents same yr., settling in the Chester Dist., S. C .; grad. 1817, So. Carolina Coll., Columbia ; stud- ied theology in Philadelphia; ord. by the Pittsburgh Pres., Ref. Pres. ch., and inst. pastor of the Beech Woods congregation, Morning Sun, Preble Co., May 7, 1823, remaining there till d. Jan. 25, 1867. Mod- erator of the General Synod of 1839 and 1861 .- Glasgow's Hist. of the Ref. Pres. ch. in America.)
x. James,2 b. May 30, 1807; d. 1821.
1 JOHN,2 (George.1) b. July 19, 1792; rem. with parents to Fayette Co., Ind., 1820, and settled on land known as Garrison's Creek. He m. in 1822, Martha Killough of Preble Co., Ohio; rem. ab. 1828 to Hancock Co., Ill. and entered land adjoining the city of Nauvoo. Captain in the Black Hawk war and brevetted Colonel; rem. 1836 to Louisa Co., Iowa. Member of the 1st Constitutional Convention of Iowa, and one of three commissioners choserr by the legislature of 1838, to lo- cate the capitol of the territory; rem. 1869, from his farm to Grand- view, where he d. 1873; Covenanter, but after moving to Iowa, joined the Ass. Ref. Pres. ch.
Children :
i. Eliza Jane,3 b. 1823; m. G. H. Crow of Wapello, Louisa Co., Iowa. 8 children.
ii. Martha A., 3. b. 1825; m. J. B. McDill of Wapello, Iowa, where she still lives (Jan. 1910). 5 ch.
NOTE, "The commissioners chosen by the legislature of Iowa to locate the capital of the Territory were Chauncey Swan of Dubuque, John Ronalds of Louisa Co., and Robert Ralston of Des Moines, and they located it on the east bank of the Iowa river, and called it Iowa City."-[Gue's Hist. of Iowa, Vol. I, p. 195.
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iii. Rosanna M.,3 b. 1829; m. D. G. Chambers of Richland, O., who rem. to . Wapello, Iowa. 5 ch.
iv. William J., 3 b. 1835; m. Mary Smith of Grandview, Iowa. 7 ch.
v. Marion E.,3 b. 1836; m. 1863, Dr. S. E. Jones, who d. 1866; and 2d, 1881, John P. Walker of Grandview, Iowa. Res. there.
vi. Margaret C.,3 b. 1845; m. N. W. Lilly. Res. Chicago. 2 ch.
SANDERSON.
GEORGE PLINY, s. o. Robert and Margaret, b. Peacham, Dec. 2, 1858; com- mon school education; res. in Concord. N. H., some years, and there m. by Rev. C. E. Harrington, Sept. 24, 1881, Alice M., dau. Lester and Margaret (Whitehill) Low, b. Oct. 24. 1857. Ret. to Ryegate, 1888, and bought the Hunter farm, 1888, which he sold, 1909; now res. at So. Ryegate; selectman 3 years.
Children :
i. Alice Gertrude. d. in childhood.
ii. George Raymond, d. in childhood.
iii. Nellie Margaret, b. Dec. 8, 1883; grad. Peacham Acad., May 13, 1904; teacher; grad. N. H. State Normal School, Plymouth, N. H., June, 1906 ; teacher in Whitinsville, Mass.
iv. Roy V., b. Dec. 13, 1892 (adopted ).
v. Harry M., b. March 16, 1893 (adopted).
All members of the Baptist church, Groton.
SARGENT.
MILLARD FILLMORE, 1 b. Norwich, Vt., Nov. 23, 1849, son of Eben and Arvilla Sargent, one of a family of 11 ch. Attended Thetford Acad .; carpen- ter. Came to Boltonville and So. R .; in lumber and other business, buying and putting in first class shape. the Darling mill, which does a business of about 500 M per an. Has also built houses, and is inter- ested in the granite business ; has purchased the Darling block which he has put into fine shape. He had the leading part in putting in the electric light plant in 1909, and has done much to build up South Rye- gate. He m. Jan. 1, 1872, Maria P., dau. Dr. John B. Darling (b. Groton, June 20, 1849; edu. McIndoes Acad .; teacher.)
Children :
i. Joanna Belle,2 b. Aug. 15, 1875; grad. St. Johnsbury Acad. 1896; m. Jan. 1, 1897, Frederick J., son of William Allen and Lizzie (Douglas) Tewksbury ; b. Belle Plain, Iowa, Sept. 28, 1871; dentist; res. So. Ryegate. Ch. (1) Marjorie Douglass,3 b. Nov. 3, 1906. (2) Joanna Maria,3 b. Sept. 28, 1910.
SARGENT.
PHINEAS L., s. of Amos and Ann (Cheany) b. Barnet, Vt., Feb. 19, 1828; left home at 14; learned the shoemaker's trade at Hill, N. H .; went to Lowell and became a machinist; shipped from Boston on a whaling voyage, sailing around the world from east to west, and as far north as ice in July would permit. He m. Groton, Vt., Aug. 21, 1853, Abi- gail G. Jones, g. g. dau. of Capt. Ephraim Wesson, (b. Topsham, Vt., Feb, 12, 1835.) Res. Lowell, Mass., some years. Ret. to Vt., and en- listed in Co. D, 1st Vt. Cavalry, and served till the end of the war. Taken prisoner and confined in Richmond two mos. eight days. After the war he rem. to Ryegate where he lived 26 yrs .; rem. to Gro- ton, where he d. June 24, 1907. His wife d. June 11, 1900; both bur. there.
JUDGE ALBERT R. SAVAGE.
HON. JOHN C. STEWART.
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASTER, ENDX AND TIDEN FOUNDATIONS.
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Children :
i. Charles A.,2 went to Cal. when a young man and m. there Oct. 23, 1883, Addie M. Niles. He d. April 18, 1907. Ch. Alonzo P,.3 Richard H., 3 Eva S.3
1 ii. Wesson H.,2 b. Sept. 5, 1857 q. v.
iii. Annetta E.,2 (deceased.)
iv. Linna,2 m. April 18, 1895, James S. Weed of Topsham; rem. to Gro- ton, and there kept the tavern known as Weed's Hotel till his death, March 22, 1903. No ch.
v. David N.,2 m. Nov. 30, 1893, Rosa Belle Eastman of Topsham. Farmer ; res. in Newbury. Ch. (1) Olive S.,3 b. Feb. 7. 1895, d. y. (2) Roy E.,3 b. March 17, 1896. (3) Irene W.,3 b. June 15, 1900. (+) Vera A.,3 b. Dec. 22, 1905. (5) James \V., 3 b. April 26, 1911.
1 WESSON H.,? (Phineas L.,1) b. Lowell, Mass., Sept. 5, 1857. Com. school edu. In Cal., farming and mining, Jan. 1878-Nov. 1893; m. there Nov. 21, 1882 to Salena S. Richards, who d. Oct. 21, 1883. Ret. to Vt., bought his father's farm in Ryegate, known as the Pringle place ; sold it 1899 and bought the Wm. J. Gibson farm. Hem. 2d. by Rev. W. S. Wallace, May 28, 1902, Ida M., dau. David Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan d. July 28, 1912.
Children :
i. Richard D., 3 b. Aug. 3, 1903.
ii. Roland D.,3 b. March 29, 1905.
iii. Martha Abigail,3 b. Aug. 24, 1908. Mr. Sargent bought in 1910 the original William Nelson farm and res. there.
SAVAGE.
CHARLES WESLEY,1 b. Lancaster, N. H., July 12. 1819; m. in Ryegate, by Rev. J. M. Beattie, March 9, 1847, Eliza McLaren, dau. Asa Clough (b. Oct. 21, 1829; d. Spring Brook, Wis., June 18, 1891). Farmer on river road till 1856, when they rem. to Lancaster, N. H., and in 1879, to Spring Brook, Wis., where he d. Oct. 4, 1880.
. Children :
1
i. Albert Russell,2 b. Ryegate, Dec. 8, 1847.
11. Ella May,2 b. Ryegate. June 29, 1852; m. Oct. 27, 1877, John Dickson of Spring Brook, . Wis. Res. Eau Claire, Wis. 6 chil.
iii. Georgia Elizabeth,2 b. Lancaster, N. H .; Aug. 17, 1861 ; m. Dec. 7, 1882, Allen H. Frye of Spring Brook, Wis. Res. Eau Claire, Wis. 6 chil.
1 iv. Anna Lucy,2 b. Lancaster, June 6, 1868; d. Sept. 2. 1869.
ALBERT RUSSELL,2 (Charles W., 1) b. Ryegate, Dec. 8, 1847 ; fitted for college at Lancaster Acad., grad. Dartmouth, 1871 ; taught 1871, '72, North- wood( N. H.) Seminary ; 1872 -. 75; Northfield (\t.) graded and high school, studying law meanwhile in the office of Carpenter and Plum ley at N. . Ad. to the bar at Montpelier, March 1874; rem. to Auburn, Me., 1875 and entered into partnership with Hon. L. H. Hutchinson, a lawyer of marked ability, who d. 1882. County Attorney (An -- droscoggin Co.,) 1881-'85; Judge of Probate, 1885-'89; Mayor of Auburn, 1889-'91; Member of the Maine House of Representatives 1891, 1893; Speaker of the House, 1893; member of the Maine Sen- ate, 1895-1897; appointed May 15, 1907 Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine; re-appointed 1894 and 1911, and still in office. Trustee of People's Savings Bank at Lewiston, director Na- tional Shoe and Leather Bank, Auburn, and director or officer in many other local enterprises. Has published "An Index-Digest of the Maine Reports," 1897; has contributed largely to the legal press. Res. Auburn, Me. He m. at Lunenburg, Vt., Aug. 17, 1871, by Rev. L. W. Harris, Nellie M. Hale (b. Barnet, Oct. 8, 1847; d. Aug. 24, 1912.)
Children :
i. Charles H.,3 b. Northfield, Vt., Oct. 11, 1872 ; d. Millboro, Va., April 23, 1896.
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ii. Anna Mary,3 b. Northfield, Vt., March 22, 1874; d. Auburn, Me., Dec. 17, 1875.
iii. Mary Anna, 3 b. Auburn, Me., Nov. 14, 1876; d. Auburn, June 8, 1911.
SCOT.
In the Bond of Association John Scot is given as a "Bleacher in Hillshead- holm." Mr. Mason says that he was b. Woodside, near Glasgow. Came to America, 1773, with William Stevenson and James Andrew, and to R. in 1775. He must have been a man of good business judg- ment and experience as Mr. Mason says that he was employed as pur- chasing agent or commissary by Gen. Bayley during part of the revolutionary war. He cleared part of the "common land," now owned by W. T. McLam, but after some years lived at So. Newbury, settling finally on the "Glebe Land" in Newbury, near So. Rye- gate afterward owned by Hon. Peter Burbank and called by him 'The Hermitage," and now by the heirs of William Nelson. He cleared that farm, built that house, and a saw mill on the stream still called "Scot's Brook." He m. ab. 1784, Sarah, dau. Col. Robert Johnston of N. sister to the wife of Gen. Whitelaw (b. Hampstead, N. H., April 3, 1762; d. July 25, 1836.) Hed. June 29, 1828. Their descendants spell the name Scott.
Children, some of them b. in Ryegate.
i. Abigail,2 m. Ira Mann of Orford, N. H.
ii. James,2 m. Rhoda Gillett of Hartford, Vt.
iii. Isabel,2 in. July 11, 1812 by Rev. Wm. Gibson, Andrew L. Smith, a stran- ger who went off and left her. They had ch., Eliza, who m. Charles Brigham and Sidney.
iv. Robert.2
v. William,2 m. Dec. 4, 1812 by Robert Whitelaw, Lucy Strong. 2d, Tama Hibbard of Bath.
vi. John.2
vii. Mary.2 b. 1795; d. Newbury, June 18, 1872.
viii. Whitelaw.2
ix. Sally,2 b. 1799; d. Newbury, 1886.
x. Charles J.,2 b. Oct. 12, 1802; in. 1st. Sarah Clark of Landaff, N. H. 2d, Sophronia L. Bayley (b. May 18. 1815; d. Feb. 20, 1888.) He d. Aug. 2, 1878. One son, Sidney W.
xi. Cyrus J.,2 b. 1806; m. Dec. 15, 1840, Susan M., dau. Timothy Shedd (b. Sept. 14, 1821 ; d. Jan. 21, 1881.)
The two last named were long in the lumber business in and near Wells River and brought the first steam saw mill into Newbury.
SCOTT, JOHN N. M. (See Whittaker Family. )
SHAW.
JOHN,1 b. 1720, was a son of Rev. John Shaw of Greenock, Scotland, a noted clergyman of his time, who was associated with the Erskines and others in the formation of the Associate Presbyterian church. He came to Barnet with his son John, in 1784, and was an elder in the Associate church. He d. Nov. 16, 1801 and his wife, whose maiden name was Crawford, in 1807 or 1808; bur. at Barnet Centre. Children :
John and James, perhaps others.
JOHN,2 (John,1) b. Greenock, Scot., 1749; came to America, 1765, and to Ryegate in May, 1774, and rem. here during the rev. war; went back to Scotland, 1783 and ret. in the next year with his parents and brother William. He m. a dau. of Peter Lang of Barnet and settled
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on the meadow n. of Barnet village. Agreat reader and well informed. He d. 1831 having survived his wife and children of whom there were three: Janet, who m. Dr. John McNab as 1st w. and a son and dau. who d. un-m.
WILLIAM,2 (James,1) b. Scot., 1758; m. there Isabel Orr. Came to Barnet Oct. 1784 and settled where George Nutter now lives; captain in the old inilitia; member of the Asso. Pres. ch. He d. Jnne 11, 1825; she d. Feb. 22, 1839; bur. at Barnet Center.
Children :
i. Daniel.3 b. Greenock, Scotland; m. Janet Stewart, and was the first mer- chant in Barnet, and for some years the only trader between Newbury and Stanstead. 2 daus. (Mrs. John C. Kent and Mrs. Johnson.)
ii. Margaret,3 b. Barnet; m. William Ross.
iii. William, 3 lived at Monroe Plain ; m. Elizabeth Batchelder.
iv. John, 3 town clerk in Barnet ; m. Betsey Harriman.
v. Peter 3 became a Presbyterian minister (General Assenibly); m. a Miss King of New York.
vi. Robert,3 became an Episcopal minister; m. Sarah Hooker of Hartford, Conn.
1 vii. James, 3 b. June 3, 1800.
viii. Isabel.3 m. Robert Stevenson.
1 JAMES, 3 (William,2 John.1) b. Barnet, June 3, 1800; farmer on homestead. He m. 1st, by Rev. Thos. Goodwillie, March 16, 1826, Jane, dau. Wm. McPhee (b. Jan. 9, 1806; d. Feb. 11, 1861.) 2d, Feb. 4, 1864, Mrs. Agnes, dau. Robert,2 Nelson, and widow of Truman Bailey of Littleton, N. H., (b. Aug. 26, 1809 ; d. Peacham, June 8, 1890.) He d. Barnet, July 18, 1890; bur. at Barnet Center.
Thirteen chil. by 1st m. of whom:
ii. Margaret,4 b. June 29, 1828; m. Dr. John B. Darling of Ryegate, q. v. viii. Jane Elizabeth,4 b. April 21, 1840; m. Alexander Renfrew, q. v.
SLYE.
JOHN, 1 b. Smithfield, R. I., 1748; served six weeks on a privateer in the revo lutionary war, making three captures. One was a vessel loaded with ivory. which they sold. taking their pay in Continental money, which becoming worthless they lost their prize. He m. Ruth Brown, whose father built the first woolen factory in America. Came to Newbury ab. 1786. and was a blacksmith there several years; rem. to Wells River where he put in the first trip-hammer in use there; came to R. and bought of the Scotch Co., land on which Daniel Heath had begun, now a pasture owned by Hermon Miller, where his wife d. 1824, and he d, in March, 1831; bur. in the Whitelaw cemetery.
Children, probably not in regular order. The 1st four were born in Rhode Island,
i. Nancy,2 m. Joseph Williams. a blacksmith at Wells River.
ii. Betsey,2 b. 1777; m. Eri Chamberlin.
iii. Mercy,2 m. James Heath.
1 Stephen,2 b. ab. 1783.
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v. Susanna,2 b. 1785; m. John Ewens.
vi. Ruth.2 b. Newbury; m. Samuel Clough, Jr., q. v.
vii. Vodica, 2 b. 1788; m. 1st, Thomas Heath. 2d, James Bailey of Newbury.
2 viii. John,2 b. Newbury, July 23, 1791.
ix. Sally,2 m. a Mr. Sturtevant.
ENOTE. The earlier records of this family are from Mr. Mason, the later ones from Mr. Miller and others.
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HISTORY OF RYEGATE, VERMONT.
1 STEPHEN,2 (John,1) b. in Rhode Island, ab. 1783; m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. Wm. Abbott (b. June 18, 1783; d. Sept. 30, 1840.) 2d, Jane, dau. John Moore. Lived in Haverhill, Newbury and Ryegate; rem. to Danville. he d.
Children :
i. Eliza,3 b. Haverhill, June 5, 1802.
ii. William A , 3 b. April 17, 1805; d. y.
iii. Charity,3 b. Newbury, Jan. 1, 1808; m. June 8, 1830, John Franklin, a schoolmaster, who became a physician. (See p. 159.)
iv. Israel,3 b. Newbury, Oct. 4, 1809; blacksmith at Boltonville. (See His- tory of Newbury.)
v. Lois, 3 b. July 24, 1811 ; m. William Buck of Bath.
vi. Mabel,3 b. Nov. 21, 1815; m. Moses Brown.
vii. Ann, 3 b. 1817 ; m. a Mr. Hutchins of Haverhill.
viii. Amos,3 b. 1819; m. a Miss Stalker.
ix. Harriet,3 b. 1821 ; never m.
3 x. Austin. 3 b. 1822.
xi. Timothy,3 b. 1825; lived in Worcester, Mass.
4 xii. Reuben Muzzey,3 b July 8, 1828.
By 2d marriage.
xiii. William,3 b. Ryegate: served in the Union army and was killed near the close of the war.
JOHN,2 (John,1) b. Newbury, July 23, 1791 ; served six weeks in Capt. Mor- rill's Co., in the war of 1812; farmer on the homestead. He m. by Robert Whitelaw, Feb. 20, 1815, Roxalana, dau. Jabez Bigelow (b. Oct. 15, 1794; d. Dec. 20, 1863.) He d. March 15, 1873.
Children :
5 i. George Ronalds,3 b. Nov. 19, 1815.
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