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1 JOHN,2 (Archibald,1) b. Scotland, 1773; d. 1818; m. Martha (called Aunt Patty ) Hunt.
Children :
i. John F.,8 b. Jan. 22, 1792.
ii. William W.,3 b. March 19, 1793.
iii. Elizabeth,3 b. Nov. 24, 1794; m. Walter S. Wright, q. v.
iv. Mary,3 b. June 13, 1798.
v. Archibald,3 b. July 23, 1802.
vi. Robert B.,3 b. Sept. 10, 1808,
2 ARCHIBALD,2 (Archibald,1) b. Scotland, 1773. Came to Ryegate with par- ents; m. Feb. 16, 1802, Janet, dau. Wm. Craig (b. March 26, 1783.) In 1816 they were living near Auburn, N. Y.
Children :
i. Margaret,3 b. Dec. 4, 1802.
ii. Mary,3 h. Feb. 12, 1805; m. 1st, ab. 1827, Moses Emerson b. (in Maine, 1803.) They separated and she m. ab. 1844, Daniel Cash, and d. ab. 1867. Ch. by 1st m. (1) Alma,4 b. 1829; m. Jonathan Randall. (2) Janet,4 b. Sept. 7, 1830; m. March 9, 1852, Win. H. Page. (3) Nancy.4
4 iii. William, 3 b. April 6, 1807.
iv. Catherine.3 b. Nov. 9, 1810; m. William Kendall of Dunstable, Mass. v. Robert,3 b. Aug. 27, 1813.
7 JAMES,2 (Archibald,1) b. Ryegate, 1776, the first male child b. in this town. Lived near Boltonville and was a carpenter. He was quite a char- acter and composed rhymes, also humorous pieces one of which upon a ball at the opening of the factory at Boltonville. is preserved. He m. by Rev. David Sutherland, Feb. 9, 1804, Lydia, dau. Abraham Alexander of Groton. He d. about 1834, and she m. 2d, Enoch Nel- son of Newbury and d. 1857.
Children -
i. Archibald Crawford,& b. Aug. 4, 1806. Never m.
ii. Jean,3 b. Sept. 11, 1809; m. Nathaniel Knight, q. v.
iii. Eliza,3 (twin to Jean) m. John Collins.
iv. David Sutherland, 3 b. Oct. 17, 1811; m. Sarah Ann Hunt.
v. Rose, 3 b. April 22, 1814; m. William Belknap.
vi. Ebenezer,3 b. March 29, 1817; d. Malden, Mass., Feb. 2, 1892; m. Abi- gail Durant.
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vii. Mary Ann,3 b. Sept. 14, 1819; m. Anna Wardwell Chamberlin.
viii. William,3 went to Massachusetts.
ix. George.3 lived in Franklin, N. H.
x. Caroline,3 m. Alvah Banks of Corinth.
4 WILLIAM.3 (Archibald,2 Archibald,1) b. April 6, 1807; d. July 2, 1871 ; m. Mary, dau. Alexander Holmes (b. Sept. 10, 1798; d. Feb. 4, 1860.) Children :
i. Janet,4 b. June 6, 1831.
ii. Mary Jane,4 b. Aug. 3, 1832.
iii. Matthew Holmes, 4 b. Nov. 20, 1834; m. May 22, 1869, Jenny Lind, dau. Josiah and Rachel (Orr) Emery. He d. 1878.
Children :
i. Joseph William,5 b. Nov. 16, 1870; in. March 7, 1900, Margaret McKin- non of Boston. Ch. (1) Jenny Lind,6 b. Sept. 23, 1901. (2) Lauch- lin Mckinnon,6 b. Sept. 14, 1902.
ii. Charles Daniel,5 b. April 27, 1873; learned the stone cutter's trade at St. Johnsbury, and was for the last six yrs. of his life foreman at South Rvegate for M. H. Gibson. He d. May 1, 1904. Ch. (1) William Harold.6 b. July 15, 1902. (2) Charlena Ida,6 b. Jan. 18, 1905
iii. Lillian Belle,5 b. Sept. 22, 1877; d. April 23, 1912; m. William Thomp- son, q. v.
THOMAS.
WILLIAM 1 Thomas of Rye, N. H., who was a grantee of Ryegate under the Wentworth charter, m. it is believed, Maria Matthews and d. ab. 1794. He never lived in R. but his sons James and John received his land, amounting to 230 to 250 acres.
Mr. Mason says that John and James Thomas came here in 1798, and the latter's name first appears on the Grand List of that year, but the following account in Col. Frye Bayley's account book pre- served in the library at Newbury seems to imply that John was here several years before that time.
NEWBURY, Feb. 2, 1779.
I have this day agreed to let John Thomas of Ryegate have ten ewe sheep and he is to keep them four years and return to me in the month of June an- nually, one pound of washed wool for each sheep, and at the end of four years he is. to return me the sheep if alive, or as many others in good market- able condition, and one-third of their increase.
JAMES,2 (William,1) b). at or near Rye, N. H., June 12, 1764; m. Margaret Clemonds, (b. Aug. 25, 1768) ; came to Ryegate, 1798 and settled on land which he bought of his bro. John. He d. Ryegate, Dec. 6, 1831; she d. in Lunenburg, Oct. 12, 1848.
Children,
i. Polly,3 b. Rye, Feb. 2, 1792; m. Walter Roben q. v.
ii. John,3 b. Rye, Sept. 22, 1793 ; d. un-m. 1867 at Ryegate.
iii. William,3 b. Rye, Jan. 20, 1796: went west in 1819.
iv. Sarah.3 b. Rye, 1798; d. at 23.
v. Anna,3 called Nancy, b. Ryegate, Aug. 26, 1800; m. Daniel McDonald.
1 vi. James.3 b. July 16, 1802. beth, dau. Alexander Cochran.
vii. Archibald,3 b. June 4, 1804 ; d. Dec. 12, 1806.
viii. Margaret,3 b. Oct. 27, 1806; d. Aug. 25, 1815.
ix. Eliza,3 b. July 17, 1809 : d. Aug. 31, 1862; m. John R. Scales. 4 ch., who all d. in Sept. 1853, and are bur. with their mother at Lunenburg. JOHN,2 (William,1) came from Rye, N. H,, before 1795, and bought the farm afterwards owned by his son Joshua. He m. Judith, sister of Moses and aunt to the late Wells Goodwin. Served in the war of 1812, and d. at home of disease contracted in the army.
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Children (dates of birth from town records.)
i. William,3 b. Dec. 1, 1793. Is said to have served in the war of 1812; came home and staid awhile, was taken and shot as a deserter.
ii. John, 3 b. June 1, 1795. Mr. Miller says he m. Eliza McDonald. lived in Sheffield or Wheelock, had twin sons who m. twin sisters, both mar- riages on the same day.
iii. Judith,3 b. Dec. 4, 1796 ; m. James Gray of Sheffield.
iv. Polly, 3 b. Nov. 28, 1798; in. John Berry of Sheffield.
2 v. Joshua, 3 b. March 1, 1801.
vi. Hiram,3 b. June 20, 1803; went to Boston.
vii. Abigail,3 b. March 22, 1805; went to Cal.
viii. Margaret,3 b. Feb. 7, 1807 ; d. in N. Y. City.
ix. Abram, 3 b. May 31, 1809; d. ab. 1883; m. a Miss Kemp of Haverhill.
x. Archibald,3 b. June 16, 1811; went to Montana.
1 JAMES,3 (James,2 William., 1) b. Ryegate, July 16, 1802; farmer, and captain in the old militia. He m. March 1, 1832, Elizabeth A., dau. Alexander Cochran (b. Ryegate, Jan. 27, 1814; d. Lunenburg, Dec. 2, 1898). They rem. to Lunenburg in 1842, buying a large farm on Connecticut river, where they lived hill his death, Nov. 4, 1873. The farm was then sold and she lived with her children, going to the far west in old age to visit her sons. Member of Pres ch. in Ryegate, and of the Cong. ch. at Lunenburg.
Children :
i. Martin W.,4 b. Ryegate, Jan. 9, 1833; d. July 17, 1882, He m. 1st, Anna Green. One son, Odar, who res. Glassport, Penn. 2d, Elizabeth Turner. One s. Fred, who res. in New York City.
3 Palmer,4 b. Ryegate, July 16, 1835.
ii.
iii. Lewis.4 b. July 16, 1837; m. Clara Williams of Lyman, N. H. He en- listed 1st, Oct. 29, 1861, in Co. A, 7th N. H., dis. July 28, 1863. 2d, Dec. 1. 1863 in Co. K, 8th Vt .; dis. and ret. home. Hed. in Lunen- burg of disease contracted in the army Aug. 16, 1864.
v. Susan,4 b Ryegate, Feb. 28, 1840; m. 1860, William A. Folsom of Lan- caster, N. H., where she d. May 23, 1899. Ch. (1) Alice E., 4 a stenog- rapher, Nat. Life Ins. Co., Montpelier, Vt. (2) Percy James,4 res. Chicago.
vi. Henry,4 b. Lunenburg, Oct. 7, 1842 ; d. Dec. 31, 1850.
vii. Raymond,4 b. Lunenburg, Aug. 26, 1845; m. Roxy Snow. One dau., Mattie They went to No. Dakota, 1885. In fruit and confectionery bus. at Portland, No. Dak., till d. Jan. 8, 1903. She d. Aug. 1904.
viii. Oscar,4 b. Lunenburg, July 11, 1848; enlisted Dec. 1863 at the age of 15 yrs five mos. in the 8th Vt .; soon prom. corporal and served till the close of the war, having many narrow escapes being in several battles. He m. 1st. Hattie Silsby of Lunenburg, who d. 1874, 2d, Flora Bar- ton of Maiden Rock, Wis., who d, 1888. 3d, Mrs. Maude Wait. He d. ( hinook, Montana, Nov. 23, 1900. Three ch. by first w, of whom only one sur., Mrs. Henry Curtis of Stratford, N. H.
ix. Kate L ,4 b. Lunenburg, Dec. 20, 1851; m. Jan. 1872, Henry F. Warren of L. Merchant. No chil.
x. William,4 b. Lunenburg, April, 19, 1853; now in telephone bus. at Mill- bank, So. Dak. He m. May 3, 1878, Frances A. Hall of Springfield, Mass Chil. George and Donald.
2 JOSHUA,3 (John,2 William,1) b. March 1, 1801 ; m. Sarah Maria, dau. Robert G. Allen.
Children (dates and names from town records.)
i. Eliza Jane, 4 b. June 14, 1832; d. Feb. 25, 1834.
ii. Sarah Jane,4 b. Sept 8, 1834.
iii. Martha Ann, 4 b. June 7, 1836.
iv. Isabel,4 b. May 6, 1838.
v. Lucina.4 b. Aug. 21, 1837.
vi. Arvilla, 4 b. May 30, 1841.
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vii. Frank,4 b. Aug. 3, 1845; killed at the battle of Lee's Mills, April 15 1862. Mem. Co. F, 3d Vt.
3 PALMER,3 (James,2 James,1) b. Ryegate, Jan., 16, 1835; went to Wis. about 1849, and lived at Maiden Rock till he enlisted in 1862, in Co. A, 20th Wis., and served till the end of the war. Began farming in the " Big Woods," then storekeeping some years; then in failing health, kept a small farm till death, He m. 1st, Augusta Snow of Lunenburg, who d. at Ono, Wis., July 11, 1873. He m. 2d, at Ono, Nov. 18, 1874, Etta V., dau. Capt. Robert Gibson (b. Ryegate, Aug. 12, 1838.) He d. at Ono, April 11, 1900, and bur. there.
Children :
i. Elsie,4 b. Nov. 12, 1875; m. at Ono, Nov. 11, 1898, John Carmichael. Ch. Donald, 5 and Lynn.5 The latter d. at six mos. of age.
ii. Brunet,4 b. Feb. 12, 1878; m. March 7, 1898, at Ono, George Martin (b. 1872.) Ch. Richard,5 and Dorothy.5
iii. Kate,4 q. July 12, 1880; m. at Maiden Rock, Wis., May 11, 1903, G. Porter Smith (Sept. 4, 1880 ) Ch. Gilbert P., 5 and R. Maxwell.5
THOMAS.
ABRA AM and Rebecca ( Barker) Thomas came from Andover, Mass,, and set tled in Bath. Their son John. a blacksmith at Bath, m. Jan. 11' 1843 Mary, dau. John Peach of Newbury (b. 1816; d. March 22' 1857). He d. May 2, 1850, and she moved to West Newbury, and is bur. on Jefferson Hill.
Children, Peach and Lydia.
The latter m. Feb. 18, 1867, C. A. Newman of Lunenburg; rem to Austin, Minn., now reside in Orange, Cal. 3 sons, 2 daus.
PEACH, 1 Thomas, b. Bath, Oct. 10, 1843; m. July 15, 1868, Mary Jane, dau. Alden and Irene (Prescott) Tucker of Newbury. Farmer on Jefferson hill; rem. to So. Ryegate; is also dealer in livestock; selectman, 1906-'07. Mrs. Thomas d. Sept. 22, 1905.
Children :
i. John,2 b. Newbury, Feb. 28, 1872; grad. March 25, 1897, from the Am. Vet. Coll., N. Y. City ; practicing veterinarian at Wells River. He m. Oct. 25, 1880, Annie, dau. James D. Grant (b. Vinalhaven, Me., July 22, 1×74.) Ch. James Grant.3 b. Sept. 7, 1911.
i. Horace T.,2 b. Newbury, Aug, 9, 1874 ; grad. in a course of Mechanical Engineering from Mich. State Agri .. Coll Chief engineer and a stock- holder in the R. E. O. Motor Car Co., Lansing, Mich. He m. Oct. 2, 1906, Blanche Elizabeth Freeman of Grand Rapids, Mich. Ch. (1) Mary Josephine,3 b. Dec. 13, 1909. (2) Alden Peach, 3 b. June 17, 1911. iii. Jessie Irene,2 b. Nov. 18, 1877; d. July 20, 1879.
iv. Son,2 b. April 28; d. May 20, 1881.
v. Son,2 (twin to above, ) d. May 14, 1881.
vi. Charles P.,2 b. Rvegate, Oct. 5, 1886; grad. from Mich. State Agri. Coll. (Mechanical Dept.) June 11; emp. by the R. E. O. Motor Car Co., Lansing, Mich.
THOMPSON.
WILLIAM, b. Derby, Vt. Came to R. while young and was foreman on the W. W. Wright farm for several years. Bought the M. R. Gray farm at the Corner, Road commissioner in R. 9 yrs. April 1909, supervisor of roads for Caledonia Co. He m. June 23, 1898, Lillian Belle, dau. Matthew and Jenny (Emery) Taylor (b. Sept. 22, 1877; rem. with her mother after her father's death to St. Johnsbury and grad. at the academy ; teacher; mem. of the U. P. ch. and organist for several years. She d. at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital Hanover, N. H., April 23, 1912. Ch. Raymond Charles. b. Feb. 20, 1904.
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TRASK.
GEORGE S.,1 son of Timothy Trask (b. Brentwood, N. H., 1789; d. July 1' 1856) and Lois [Scott] his wife (b. Machias, Me., Aug. 26, 1784; d. Aug. 23, 1858.) He m. Dec. 15, 1858, Mary E., dau. Reuben Cham- berlin (b. Barnet, 1842.) Lived in Farmington, N. H., Haverhill, Mass., and Dover, N. H. Farmer in Ryegate in the n. e. corner of the town some years. Rem. to Dover, N. H., 1911.
Children :
i. Louis H., 2 b. Farmington, N. H., Nov. 29, 1860.
ii. Alice M.,2 b. Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 19, 1866; d. Aug. 10, 1867.
iii. Winfield S.,2, b. Dover, N. H., May 31, 1874.
TWADDLE.
ROBERT Twaddle, whose name is spelled Tweedale by Whitelaw, b. 1735, at Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland ; m; Margaret , b. 1741. Came to America 1771, and to Ryegate, Oct. 8, 1774. Did not belong to the Scotch Co. Rem to Barnet ab. 1778, and was one of the first elders in Seceder ch. in Barnet. Settled on the the farm owned in 1860 by W. R. W. Stevenson; afterward bought where Peter Lindsay lived in 1860. Died there, March 18, 1825, in 90th yr. She d. April 11, 1840, at 99. Both bur. at Barnet Centre.
VANCE.
This family originated in the north of Ireland, the emigrant ancestor settling in Connecticut. The first to settle in Vermont was John, who came to Caledonia Co. at an early date.
DAVID,2 (John.1) b. in Conn., 1778, settled in the west part of Groton and became quite wealthy. Captain in the old militia many years; town rep. 14 successive years. Rem. to the east part of the town and d. about 1853.
Children (dates of birth from Groton town records).
i. David,3 b. May 16, 1809; m. Maria Morse.
ii. William, 3 b. Oct. 24, 1810; m. Elizabeth Ricker.
iii. Aaron,3 b. Oct. 14, 1812.
1 iv. Betsey, 3 b. Aug. 23, 1814; in. Marvin Whitcher.
v. Abigail 3 b. Oct 5, 1816; m. McLane Marshall.
vi. Daniel.3 b. Aug. 31, 1818 ; m1 Angeline Clark.
vii. Jane,3 b. Aug. 15, 1820; m. Joseph Crosby.
viii, Stephen, 3 b. Aug. 12, 1822; in. Maria Hall.
ix. Hannah, 3 b. Aug. 6, 1824; m. George Hatch.
x. Nathan, 3 b. Oct. 8, 1826; m. Maria Benjamin.
xi. George,3 b. May 17, 1829; m. Janet Jenkins.
xii. Olive, 3 b. April 12, 1831; m. 1st, Sayer Leet. 2d, Jothan Holland.
1 AARON,1 b. Groton, Oct. 14, 1812; farmer and shoemaker. He m. May 3, 1838, Lucinda Ann, dau. Jonas and Nancy [Jolinston] Tucker (b. Newbury, Nov. 10, 1818; d. Houston, Minn., March 27, 1900.) They were not separated more than one month altogether in their 61 years of married life. Rem. to Barnet, 1840, South Ryegate, 1848, to Minn., 1866. His house and shop stood where the Darling store build- ing is. Hed. Jan, 4, 1906. Members of Baptist ch. in Groton. Children :
i. Geo L .: 2 b. Groton. March 13, 1839; edu. common school and Newbury Seminary. Clerk in Government service, Washington, 1864-'70; grad. Columbia Coll. Law School; in furniture business at Joliet, Ill., till death. Vice President of Will Co. Nat. Bank; deacon in Baptist ch., S. S. Supt. and in charge of lay missions in and about Joliet ; pres.
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of Y. M. C. A. Traveled in Europe and Asia, 1895 ; candidate for Congress against Joseph Cannon, late Speaker. He m. 1st, April 29 1868, Elizabeth K. Fowler of Washington, who d. Joliet, Nov. 6, 1872. 2d, July 19, 1877, Jennie Lewis of Joliet. He d. Aug. 19, 1905. Children :
1. George A.,3 b. April 21, 1869; cashier of Will Co., Nat. Bank; m. June 27, 1894, Helen I. Taxis of Joliet ; d. July 28, 1904, Ch. Margaret, 4 Dorothy,4 b. April 25, 1896 (twins), George,4 b. Jan. 22, 1900.
2. Grace, 3 b. Sept. 1872; m. 1899, John Redding of Houston, Minn. Ch. Elizabeth,+ Allen.4
By 2d marriage.
3. Beulah,3 b. Aug. 7, 1881; m. June 20, 1905, Raymond C. Cummins of Chicago. Ch. Vance Stuart.4 b. Nov. 3, 1906.
ii. David Elmore,2 b. W. Barnet, Jan. 6, 1841; taught school on Wallace Hill and Jefferson Hill, Newbury ; enlisted June 13, 1862 in the 9th Vt., in the civil war; must. out June 17, 1865; in Chicago in grocery store of Oscar Blake formerly of Newbury ; teacher at Money Creek. Minn., 1866-'77; studied law at Winona, ad. to the bar June 1879; in partnership there with A. N. Bentley and later with J. A. Tawney, now member of Congress; elected Judge of Probate Nov. 1900, still in office. Has held responsible positions in societies and fraternities. He m. at Winona, by Rev. William Mckinley, Nov. 20, 1879, Alice May- bury of W. Ch. (1) Jessie Marion.3 b. Aug. 6, 1880; d. July 30, . 1904. (2) Mary Alice,3 b. Sept. 2, 1881. (3) Albert Elmore, 3 b. May 11, 1883. (5) Stanley Maybury, b. Aug. 10, 1885.
iii. William A.,2 h. Barnet. April 5, 1843; farmer at Houston. Minn. He m. 1st, March 13, 1872. Mary Gray who d. Nov. 1872. 2d, Jan. 12, 1875, Abigail, dau. Robert Synes (b. Ryegate, Dec. 6, 1840.) Ch. (1) Hattie Bell,3, b. Jan. 29, 1876; m. Charles Metcalf of Spring Grove, Minn. Ch. Charles.4 (2) Ethel May,3 b. July 25, 1877; m. Abe Abrahamson of Rushford, Minn. Ch. Marion Isabel.4 (3) Minnie Gray, 3 b. April 11, 1879; m. E. O. Abramson, Houston.
iv. Albert N.,2 b. Barnet, June 9, 1845; grocer at Decorah, Iowa; m. May 12, 1874, lda Dunbar. Ch. (1) Louisa.3 (2) Albert.2 (3) Austin.3 v. Nancy Jane,2 b. Barnet, Aug. 13, 1847; m. Houston, Minn., Oct. 2, 1871, Dewitt C. Dyer (b. Florence, N. Y. Oct 2, 1841.) He served three yrs. in the civil war; merchant at Houston, Minn. She has been blind since 1881.
Children all born Houston, Minn.
1. Mabel Lucinda, 3 [Dyer] b. July 12, 1872; m. July 9, 1892, Alfred C. Abramson; res. LaCrosse, Wis. Ch. (a) Merrill Dyer.4 (b) Amy Gertrude.4 (c) Marjorie N.4 .
2. Dewitt C., 3 [Dyer] b. April 22, 1874; in bus. Houston, Minn .; m. Jan. 6, 1896. Marie G. Case Chi. Daphne M,4
3. George Elmore.3. [Dyer] b. Sept. 8, 1876; grad, Minnesota Univ., after- wards the Law School, three yrs. course. In practice Caledonia, Minn.
4. Maud Gertrude, 3 [Dyer] b. June 21, 1878; d. May 19, 1885.
5. Arthur Grant, 3 [Dyer] b. Ang. 6, 1880; merchant at Sheldon, Minn .; m. June 20, 1907. Jessamine C. Raymond. Ch. Jane Elizabeth.
6. Genevieve B., 3 [Dver] b. Dec. 7. 1882; m. May 17, 1898, David Lowe Stine; lawyer at Minneapolis.
7. Dana Leslie,2 [Dyer] b. July 11, 1886; farmer.
vi. Nicholas White,2 b. So, Ryegate, Oct. 31, 1849; went to Minn. with par- ents; in firming and teaching, then in mercantile and banking bus. Now member of the firm of Eaton, Vance & Co., Aberdeen, So. Dak., builders of dwellings for sale or rent. He m. Aug. 14, 1879, Eliza- beth J. Burns of Caledonia, Minn .b. there Nov. 6. 1856; edu. at C. and grad. at Winona, Minn. High School. Ch. (1) Macha L., 3 b. Alinn Lake, Feb. 6, 1881; m. Nov. 28, 1907, D. L. Grannis, a lawyer
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in So. St. Paul, Minn. Ch. (1) Vance,4 b. Sept. 3, 1908. (2) David L .; 4 b. June 24, 1910. (3) Marjorie E.,4 b. Wolsey, So. Dak., Aug. 19, 1885.
vii. Abigail,2 b. So. Ryegate, Nov. 23, 1851 ; m. Oct. 13, 1873, Calvin Clark Vance, son of William Vance, (b. Groton, 1851.) Res. Money Creek, Minn.
viii. Aaron,2 b, So. Ryegate. April 2, 1854; went to Minn. with parents ; edu. at Winona, Minn. Has been in the furniture bus. at Joliet, Ill., for 33 yrs. He m. March 24, 1878, at Huron, So. Dak., Clara M. Birdsell b. Riceford, Minn. 1860. Ch. (1) Cecile,3 b. Nov. 2, 1879, at Hous- ton. Minn .; m. July 3, 1905, Charles A. Clement of Joliet. Ch. Ruth, 4 b. at J. Oct.16. 1908. (2) Bernice.3 b. July 21, 1887 at Joliet. (3) Richard V,3 b. May 3, 1894 at J.
WADDELL.
JOHN,1 b. Erskine, Scotland, 1732. His grandfather, William Waddell lived in Galloway, in 1656 and was one of those who were persecuted for non- conformity in the reign of Charles II, was sentenced to be banished to Botany Bay. They were put on board a vessel at Leith, and after sailing were driven by contrary winds into the northern isles, where they were abandoned by the captain and the seamen, who left the ship in the long boat, after fastening down the hatchways by order of the captain, leaving the prisoners to perish in the midst of the storm. While they were being secured one of the sailors threw down into the hold an adz and a broad axe. With these tools William Waddell cut a hole through the vessel's side, between wind and water through which 75 persons got upon the rocks, while the ship was being broken up by the violence of the waves. They eventually reached the mainland, where they were kept in hiding till after the persecution. When Wil- liam Waddell had settled in Erskine and before the end of the persecu- tion he was frequently pursued by the King's troops, and would have been shot had he been found. James, his son, was father to John who came to America in 1774, having bought land of the Inchinan Co. be- fore he left Scotland. He built a house in what was intended to be the "city " in R., where he lived about S yrs., then sold to Peter Lang, and rem. to Barnet where he bought land of Willard Stevens ( the farm was owned by W. R. W. Stevenson in 1860). He m.1761. Rebecca Allison. b. 1739. He lived R. 10 years, before he sent for his family, who came in 1784 and they all went to Barnet and settled therc. He d. Sept. 26, 1822, aged 90. She d. March 23, 1795, aged 56. Children all born Erskine.
i. Jane, b. Dec. 1761 ; m. John McLaren.
ii. Jennet, b. July 19, 1763; in. Wm. Gilfillan, q. v,
iii. Margaret,2 b. May 7, 1735 ; m. Robert Laird of Newburyport.
1 iv. John,2 b. July, 1767.
v. Rebecca,2 b. April 25 1770; m. John Brown of Newbury.
vi. Helen,2 b. July 23, 1772 ; d. un-m.
vii. Marion,2 b. July 6, 1774 ; m. John Hunter, q. v.
1 JOHN, 2 (John.1) b. July, 1767 ; farmer in Barnet; rem. to Jefferson Hill, New- bury, 1815 ; m. about 1795, Susanna Patten of Candia, N. H. He d. Nov. 12, 1858; she d. March 22, 1849; bur. on Jefferson Hill. Children :
i. Elizabeth,3 b. Barnet, 1796; d. Dec. 3, 1862; m. Andrew Lackie of Bar- net.
ii. John,3 b. Jan. 26, 1798; m. Feb. 12, 1832, Mary Wheeler. Mechanic at Boltonville. He d. Feb. 26, 1860 ; she d. Nov. 22, 1880. 5 ch.
iii. Jane, 3 b. Feb. 1798; never m. Lived on Jefferson Hill and d. Aug. 13, 1896; 92 yrs., 6 mo,
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iv. Rebecca,3 m. as 2d w. Samuel Gibson of Newbury.
v. William, 3 farmer on the line between Bath and Haverhill.
vi. Robert.3 never m. Lived on Jefferson Hill; d. Dec. 18, 1880.
vii. Janet, 3. b. Aug. 3, 1808; m. May 22, 1848, as 2d w. James Halley of Newbury ; d. July 9, 1877.
viii. James.3 b. 1812; mechanic in Groton; m. Angeline George of Topsham ; d. Groton, July 18, 1846 ; she d. Dec. 2, 1848.
WALLACE.
The Wallace family of East Ryegate is of Scotch descent, the emigrant ances" tor coming to Connecticut, the family removing to Leicester, Mass., where one James Wallace is understood to have been born and where he lived in 1732. John, one of his children, b. 1736, m. at Pelham, Mass., Oct. 31, 1761, Agnes Lindsey, and they settled at Colerain, Mass., where four ch. were b. to them. He was a soldier in the revo- lutionary war his name appearing on the roll of Capt. Hugh McClel- lan's Co. of Col. David Wells' regiment. After the war he is under- stood to have become one of the first settlers of Franconia, N. H. His 3d son David, b. Colerain, Mass., April, 1770, m. Nancy Palmer, Sept. 15, 1799. They res. at Franconia and he became a proprietor of Littleton, N. H. Fight ch., the 5th Hiram,1 b at L., Nov. 27, 1808; in. at Northfield, Vt., by Rev. Calvin Granger, March, 1836, Lovina dau. James and Rhoda (Jones) Pike. They settled at Con- cord, Vt .. where he held several town offices and was a captain in the old militia. Universalist. He d. at Rochester, N. H., March 12, 1889 ; she d. at Ryegate. Nov. 2, 1897, aged 80 yrs., 7 mos., 8 days.
Children, all h. in Concord, Vt.
i. James Bradford,2 b. Dec. 12, 1838; farmer in Concord; m, Mary J. Ken- yon. Ch. (1) Hiram 3 of Malden, Mass. (2) William,3 of Hanover, N. H. (3) Jennie, (Mrs. Freeman Hutchinson of Kirby, Vt.)
1 ii. Charles M.,2 b. Oct. 24, 1844.
iii. Richardson Jones,2 b. Oct. 10, 1846; settled in Rochester, N. H. 2 daus. one d. y. Gertrude 4 m. Herbert Bumford.
iv. Frank Edward,2 b. June 28, 1851; res. in Rochester, N. H .; m. Alice Mooney of St. Johnsbury. Ch. Inez, 3 d. y. Edith, 3, and Fred. 3 v. George William,2 b. April 5, 1856; res. Salem, Mass .; m. Josie Nelson. Ch. Norman,3 Harry,3 Edna,3 Hazel 3
1 CHARLES MARRELL,2 (Hiram.1) b, Oct 24, 1844. Edu. at public schools and Essex Co. Grammar School; served in the civil war one and one-half vrs., in Co. G, 17th Vt , Reg., was wounded May 6, 1864, and April 2, 1865; mustered out at close of the war; member of G. A. R., and has been commander of Col Preston Post; member of I O. O. F. Came to Ryegate, 1870; station agent at E. Ryegate 30 yrs .; postmaster 18 yrs .; has held various town offices and was town representative in 1908. He m. 1st, at St. Johnsbury, Feb. 7, 1867, by Rev. L. O. Brastow, Amanda, dau Capt. Wm., and Amanda [Fletcher] Buck (b. Concord, Aug. 5. 1840; d R., April 6, 1896.) 2d, Aug. 17, 1909. Mrs. Delia D. [Gilbert] Quimby.
Children :
i. Mary A.,3 b. Feb. 1, 1869; teacher ; in. July 27, 1836, Ervin M. Willis.
ii. Mabel L.,3 b. July 24, 1872; m. Dec. 26, 1893, Charles W. H. Wilson.
Ch. Louise Ellen,4 Belinda Amanda,4 Winifred G,4 Charles W. H.,4 Gordon E., 4 Eleanor Mabel.4
iii. Winifred E., b. Nov. 8 1874; m. 1st, Walter D. Gilchrist (p. 476.) 2d, July 28, 1903, Frank H. Powers (p. 500).
iv. Blanche Amanda,3 b. Feb. 17, 1877; m. July 27, 1889, Walter A. Ren- frew, q. v.
v. George Buck,3 b. April 11, 1879; merchant at E. Ryegate. He m. June 21, 1910, Sara Helen Hall. Ch. Ruth.4
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HISTORY OF RYEGATE, VERMONT.
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