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Children :
i. Mary,4 b. March 4, 1800 ; m. 1st a Mr. Hoyt, had a dau. Mary. Mr. H. d. and she m. 2d, Milton Morse of Horse Meadow, Haverhill, and d. there.
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ii. Nancy Johnson,4 b. Nov. 28, 1801; d. un-m. at St. Johnsbury.
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iii. Moses Webster,4 b. Aug. 1, 1803.
2 iv. William Johnson,4 b. Dec. 25, 1804.
v. Abigail Johnson,4 b. April 20, 1806; m. Jared Wells of Wells River ; lived there many yrs .; rem. to Grand Rapids Mich , where he d. She d. at Lowell, Mass.
vi. Asa Peaslee,4 went to Cal. in the early days of gold mining, and was never heard from.
vii. Jane Catherine, 4 d. at 16 in Ryegate.
viii. Abner Bayley Webster,4 b. Feb. 1, 1812; m. Mary Gale of Wells River, where they always lived, and where she d. Jan. 24, 1902.
1 MOSES WEBSTER,4 (Nicholas,3 Wm., 2 Nicholas,1) b. Newbury, Aug. 1, 1803; came to Ryegate, 1807. He m. May 9, 1837, Susan M., dau. Robert Whitelaw (b, Nov. 22. 1812 ; d. April 17, 1899.) Rem. March 1838, to Jacksonville, Ill., then to Exeter, Ill., where he lived 18 yrs., to Griggs- ville, Ill., 1855, where he was in the livestock and grain bus. While at Exeter he had a contraet to furnish all the wooden wedges or fasten- ings for the first railroad built in Ill .. called the Springfield & Jackson- ville R. R. The rails were of wood, and the wedges were used in fas- tening the ends of the rails together. Their journey by stage, canal and steamboat to Naples; Ill, took about two mos in 1837. He moved to Exeter to secure a saw mill with water power to saw lumber for his railroad contract. This line is now part of the Wabash system. He d. Griggsville, May 24, 1885.
Children :
i. Madeline M.,5 b. Dec. 19, 1839; m. at G. Nov. 12, 1863, Theodore E. Wilson. 3 sons. 2 daus.
ii. James H.,5 b. Dec. 21, 1841; m. Jaura E. Chiseldine of Winchester. He d. Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 13, 1909. His wife with a dau. and a son survive him, who res Chicago.
iii. Horace A.,5 b. July 28, 1850: res. N. Y. City.
2 WILLIAM JOHNSON, 4 (Nicholas,3 Wm.,? Nicholas, 1) b. Newbury, Dec. 25, 1804 : farmer on homestead in R. 13 yrs .. selling to Edward Miller in 1856, in Bradford 15 years; in hotel business at W. Concord, Vt., Cole- brook and Lancaster; later in various business. He m. Sept. 8. 1834, by Rev. Wm. Pringle, Abigail J , dau. Robert Whitelaw (b. June 11, 1811 ; d. St. Johnsbury, July 5. 1895.) He d. St. Johnsbury, Sept. 4, 1887. Mrs. White at the age of 16 attended a school for young ladies at Great Barrington, Mass .. the journey by stage and lake Champlain taking a week. She told Mr. Miller that she was the first woman in R. to receive a dollar a week for teaching. She taught her first school in the Park neighborhood ab. 1830, where she had 60 pu- pils. 18 of whom were in letters.
Children :
i. Susan Jane,5 m. Zela Alvin Richardson of St. Johnsbury and res. there. He d. April 18, 1906. aged 64.
!i. Sophia Hale,5 m. Henry W. Hill of Worcester Mass., who d. there Marchi 7, 1886, aged 43. Ch. (1) Julia Ellen.6 (2) Edith Bell,6 who m. Lemuel Hamblin who is dead. Ch. (a) Madeline Jenette.7 (b) Bruce Winfield. 7
GEORGE W., 4 (Samuel,3 Ebenezer,2 Nicholas.1) b. Newbury. April 20, 1822; farmer in R. He m. Lois, dau. Joel Carbee (b. Nov. 22, 1824; d. Nov. 3, 1887.) Hed. June 27; 1903.
Children :
i. Sarah B.,5 b. Newbury, Jan. 1, 1849; d. Sept. 17, 1850.
ii. Henry C.,5 b. Ryegate. July 31, 1851 ; res. Stowe, Vt.
iii. Willard S.,5 b. July 18, 1857; m. Jennie F. Morrison of Groton. Ch. (1) Wesley W.,6 b. July 26, 1889. (2) Bertha A.,6 b. July 31, 1890.
FRED H.,5 (Ezekiel,4 Jesse, 3 Ebenezer,2 Nicholas,1) b. Topsham, July 30, 1856.
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Farmer with his father in Topsham till rem. to Ryegate Corner, March 1895. Hem. Sept. 12, 1888. Sarah E., dau. James McLam (b. R. May 9, 1854. )
Children b. in Topsham.
i. William D.,6 b. July 19, 1889; m. June 29, 1911, Ethel A. Taplin of Corinth. Ch. William D.,7 b. Ryegate, Aug. 9, 1912,
ii. Robert M.,6 b. July 24, 1892.
WHITE.
WILLIAM 1 White of Inchinnan, Scotland, m. Janet, dau. David Allan, q. y., b. 1762. There is no record that they ever came to America, and the only children who are mentioned are Robert,2 and David,2 who came to America with their gr. mother Allan in 1802. These records are as given by Mr. Mason and Mr. Miller, with additions.
ROBERT, 2 ( William,1) b. Inchinnan, Scotland, Dec. 22, 1789 ; came to America with his grandmother Allan in 1802, and m. ab. 1816, Sarah Perry (b. Royalston, Mass., June 27, 1793) who had been in R. about four years. He bought a farm of James Hall where James Dickey after- ward lived and where Y. D. Nelson now does, where all their children were born. He sold that farm to the widow of Wm. Nelson 2d and bought on the n. side of Blue Mt., where Matthew Taylor afterwards lived, and 18 yrs. later sold it and rem. to Barnet Vill., where he d. Nov. 3, 1864. She d. April 5, 1867. He served in the war of 1812 on the Canadian frontier.
Children :
i. Hannah,3 b. May 24, 1817; m. George Greenbanks, a woolen manufac- turer of Barnet.
ii. William A., 3 b June 30, 1819; d. 1839.
iii. Robert,3 b. July 4, 1821 ; d. 1854.
iv. David Allan,3 b. June 26, 1823; went to Minnesota.
v. Sarah J., 3 b. March 31, 1825.
ri. Margaret,3 b. March 5, 1827.
vii. Eliza Fulton.3 b. Nov. 1, 1831.
DAVID,2 (William,1) b. Inchinnan, 1793; came to America with his brother, and was m. May 31, 1819 by Rev. James Milligan to his cousin Eliza- beth, dau. Alexander Miller (b. March 24, 1798; d. April 7, 1841.) They settled on the Robert White farm in 1820, and built a log cabin about 30 rods n. e. of where the late David Buchanan long lived. Rem. to Newbury and settled on land given his wife by her father, on the east side of Jefferson hill, now owned by Wm. E. Bailey. He d. Feb. 23, 1858.
Children, the 1st born in Ryegate.
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i. William,3 b. Sept. 1, 1819.
ii. James.3 b. Jan. 11, 1821. He was long a prominent and respected citizen of Ryegate, held offices, and was eleven years moderator of town meeting ; merchant and postmaster at South Ryegate from about 1854 to 1868. He m. Jan. 31, 1843, Ann, dau. John Miller (b. Jan. 11, 1820; d. April 22. 1895.) He d. Nov. 5, 1889. No children.
iii. John,3 b. June 21, 1822; lived on Jefferson hill, Newbury, where he d. May 21, 1896. He m. Sarah A. Baker of Westfield, Mass., who d. March 2, 1883. He d. May 21, 1896.
2 David, 3 b. March 3, 1823.
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v. Robert M.,3 b. Aug. 19, 1826; m. 1864 in Mass .. Celia Ranger. He d. May 1, 1884.
vi. Alexander M.,3 b. April 17, 1828 ; lived in Newbury.
vii. Margaret A.,3 b. June 9, 1829 ; d. Oct. 22, 1893.
viii. Eliza Jane.3 b. Aug. 8, 1830; d. Oct. 13, 1891.
ix. Thomas,3 b. Newbury, Aug. 24, 1833; d. Aug. 24, 1835.
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x. Moses,3 b. Newbury, Sept. 19, 1834. Never m. d. in R. June 18, 1908.
1 WILLIAM,3 (David.2 William,1) b. (in the old Aiken house) Sept. 1, 1819. Set- tled in Barnet, and m. there Feb. 23, 1864, Mrs. Jane [Lee] wid. of Jeremiah Abbott (b. Peacham, Sept. 27, 1824; d. Barnet, April 23, 1904.) He d. April 11, 1901 ; bur. at W. Barnet.
Children :
i. Jennie Mae, 4 b. May 1, 1865; m. June 21 1883, Thomas George Hastie of Barnet, farmer at W. Barnet, where he d., bur. Barnet Ctr. Ch. all b. in Barnet. (1) Lulu Jane,5 [Hastie] b. March 23, 1885; d. May 23, 1886. (2) William Guy,5 b. Nov. 28, 1886. (3) Dora May,5 b, March 17, 1891. (4) Jennie Abbott,5 b. Aug. 11, 1898.
ii. Jerry William,+ b. Oct. 23, 1867; m. Dec. 14, 1896. at Barnet Ctr .. Sadie Emily Miles of Inverness, P. Q. Farmer on homestead in Barnet. Ch. all born in Barnet. (1) Cyril Lee,5 b. April 26, 1898. (2) Susie May,5 b. June 14. 1901. (3) Glen Leslie,5 b. July 26, 1904. (4) Edna Louise, 5 b. Nov. 25, 1906. (5) Abbott Wesley,5 b. Oct 10, 1911.
2 DAVID,3 (David,2 William,1) b. March 3, 1823; m. July 24, 1843, Agnes Brown of Newbury (b. June 22, 1815; d. Feb, 16, 1883.) He d. Jan. 6, 1890. They lived in Newbury, near So. Ryegatc.
Children all born in Newbury.
i. William J.,4 b. May 3, 1846: res. So. Ryegate; n1, 1st, Saralı Barber who d. 2d, June 1, 1901, Martha L., dau. of Hugh Dunn, of R.
ii. Elizabeth H.,4 b. Jan. 6. 1850; m. Nov. 6, 1901, Geo. W. Salls of W. Newbury.
iii. Robert J .. 4 b. July 18, 1853; grad. Randolph Normal Sch. Jan. 1887; teacher ; in meat bus. at So. R., ab. 3 yrs; in mercantile bus. at Col- chester, Vt., 14 yrs; in lumber bus. at Winooski, Vt., ab. 9 yrs .; res. Burlington . Vt. Is a director in Winooski Savings Bank ; Supt. of schools in Ryegate and in Colchester ; selectman in C. He m. May, 1881, Edna M. J. Marsh of Winooski. Ch. Clarence R .. 5 b. Col- chester. Nov. 10, 1888; grad. Vt. Univ.1911; now (1913) attending law school at Columbia Univ.
iv. Thomas H.,4 b. June 7, 1855; m, May 26, 1883, Minnie Carpenter of Groton; res. So. R .; carpenter.
Children :
1. Gertrude Eva,5 b. July 21, 1885.
2. Bessie Bell, 5 b. Oct. 21, 1887; m. Nov. 24, 1900, Thaddeus Wheaton o Newbury.
3. Blanche Louise,5. b. Sept. 3, 1889; teaeher.
4. Roy James 5 b. Aug. 16, 1891.
5. Nellie May.5 b. Oct. 2, 1893; m. Oct. 11, 1911, Harley Roberts. Ch. Bernard Arthur,6 [Roberts] b. May 26, 1912.
6. Ida Caroline,5 b. March 19, 1896.
7. Lawrence Jackson.5 b. Sept. 27, 1898.
8. Marion Elizabeth,5 b. May 21, 1901.
9. Aileen Marie.5 b. Aug. 16, 1903.
10. Marjorie Winona,5 b. July 22, 1906.
FRED D.,4 (Margaret.3 David,? William,1) b. Newbury, March 28. 1870; res. Groton : helper at R. R. station. He m. Jan. 16, 1895, Clara B., dau. Phillip Webber of N.
Children :
i. Charles P.,5 b. April 24, 1897; d. Jan. 31, 1998.
ii. Andrew J .. 5 b. Sept. 17, 1898.
iii. Ethel W.,5 b. March 10; d. May 19, 1900.
iv. May M.,5 b. Oct. 18, 1908; d. Jan. 8, 1909.
v. Ruby M.,5 b. March 26, 1910.
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GENEALOGY-WHITEHILL.
WHITEHILL.
JAMES and Abraham Whitehill of Inchinnan, Scotland, purchased in 1798 six lots in the northwest corner of this town which are called the " With- erspoon tract " on which James, son of President Witherspoon had begun a settlement in 1774, where he expected to found an estate. He came there with a number of men, some of whom are said to have been colored slaves, who cleared about 25 acres and erected a house and other buildings. James Witherspoon is said to have inherited much of his distinguished father's ability, and had he remained here, would probably have become one of the prominent men of the state. But he was intensely devoted to the American cause and on the retreat of the army from Canada, joined it, became an aid to Washing- ton with the rank of major. and fell at the battle of Germantown. Upon the land thus partly cleared the wilderness resumed its sway and twenty years later few traces remained of the work of Major Witherspoon. One building or a part of one was standing when James Whitehill came there in 1798, and was hidden in the dense underwood which occupied the place. On the 15th of Feb. 1787, Rev. Dr Witherspoon and Elizabeth his wife. by their attorneys, conveyed to Rev. Alexander Simpson of Pittenweem. then in London, "Lots 1. 2 and 3 in the 1st range. and Lots 1. 2 and 3 in the 2d range, in the northwest corner of Ryegate, on which James Witherspoon had set- tled and cleared a part." for 300 pounds sterling. In 1795 the tract was visited by John Holmes, who returning to Scotland recommended it to James and Abraham Whitehill as a place of settlement. The in- strument by which this tract was conveyed to the Whitehills through their attorney, James McNays, is interesting and is as follows :
James McDougall, Lord Provost and Chief Magistrate of the City of Glasgow, Do hereby certify that on the date hereof, March 12, 1798, per- sonally came and appeared before me James the Deponent named in the affi- davit hereunto annexed. being a person well known and worthy of good credit, and by solemn Oath which he the said deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did solemnly and sincerely de- clare, testify and depone to be true the several matters and things contained in the said annexed affidavit.
Catherine Boston, widow of Alexander Simpson, Minister of the Gospel at Pittenweem, with consent of Wi liam Gillespie of Andenton near Glasgow, Andrew Siebald and Michael Minehead of the first part, and James and Abraham Whitehill of Rashielee, Renfrew. The aforesaid with Robert Corse of Greenlaw, deceased, for Four Hundred Pounds Sterling the tract of Six Hundred Acres upon which James Witherspoon had settled and partly cleared.
The land was divided between the brothers James and Abraham, the former taking the three south lots, and the latter the three north lots. These brothers reared large families and their descendants are very numerous. The Whitehill family is of great antiquity and in the "Church and Parish of Inchinnan" the name is mentioned several times in the annals of four centuries. Prof. N. J. Whitehill of White River Junction visited Scotland a few years ago, and identified the farm of Rashielee from which James and Abraham Whitehill came. In the preparation of these records a large number of persons have aided, family records have been drawn upon, and missing dates sup- plied. as far as possible, froin town and session books and cemetery inscriptions. In this history of Ryegate are mentioned 632 descend- ants of James Whitehill and 184 of Abraham Whitehill.
THE JAMES WHITEHILL FAMILY.
JAMES,1 Whitehill, b. Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, 1753; m. 1st, 1772, Mary Mitchell who d. in Scotland, and 2d, 1792, Mary Caldwell. They came to America and Ryegate in 1798, and built first a log house and
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ab. 1808 the stone house which is part of the present house of Corwin W. Whitehill. He was the founder of the Reformed Presbyterian church in Ryegate and its first elder, holding that office till his death, and was a church member about 64 years. "He was charitable to the poor. and liberal in the support of the gospel. His habits were those of serenity, industry and piety " From a sketch written by Rev. James Milligan it appears that he was well educated with an extensive knowledge of ecclesiastical history. He d. Aug. 14, 1835, and his wife Nov. 14, 1834. Buried in the Walter Harvey cemetery. The house was re-modeled by Abram Whitehill in 1833.
Children :
i. Elizabeth,2 b. Jan. 1773; d. June 8, 1860; m. John Dunn, q. v.
ii. Agnes,2 b. Feb. 5, 1776; d. May 5, 1845; m. Alexander Holmes q. v.
iii. Mary.2 b. 1779; d. Jan. 18, 1856; m. John Mclaughlin, q. v.
iv. Christian,2 b. ab. 1782; d. April 8, 1819; m. John Caldwell, q. v.
v. John,2 b. April, 1786.
1 By 2d marriage.
2 vi. James,5 b. 1793.
vii. Jean.2 b. 1795; d. 1873; m. William Johnston, q. v.
viii. Janet,2 b. March 11, 1797 ; d. of small pox on the ocean.
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ix. William,2 b. Aug. 28, 1801.
4 Abram,2 b. May 28, 1805.
xi. Margaret,2 m. Dec. 29, 1836; Lewis Page of Groton.
1 JOHN,2 (James.1) b. Inchinnan, Scot., April, 1786. Came to America with parents in 1798; settled on the farm now owned by James E. Crown, a part of the Witherspoon tract next south of his father's. Rem. to Morgan 1844, d. while chopping alone in the woods, Nov. 15. 1849. He was a very large man and called "Big Jock." Buried in Groton- Peacham cem. with his 1st w. Anna Welch, whom he m. 1812. She d. April 14, 1826 and he m. 2d, March 14, 1827, Betsey Emery of Groton, who d. in Morgan.
Children ;
5 i. James,3 b. Oct. 3, 1813.
6 ii. John,3 b. Nov. 8, 1814.
iii. Mary.3 b. Feb 18, 1816; m. Ara Welch, q. v.
iv. William, 3 b. March 25. 1817.
v. Peter.3 b. July 3. 1818; m. 1st, March 9, 1841, Lydia, dau. Dea. Hosea Welch. She d. Sept. 29, 1859, aged 39 yrs. 10 mo. 2 ch. both dead. 2d, Maria Shaw.
vi. Elizabeth, 3 b. Sept. 26, 1819; d. Sept. 22, 1878. On the town record her name is given as Pata Eliza. She m. Peter,2 (Abraham,1) White- hill, q. v.
vii. Anna,3 b. Dec. 22, 1820; d. Feb. 1, 1885; m. Ebenezer Plummer of Gro- ton; 11 ch., 32 gr. ch. in 1891.
8 viii. David,3 b. June 7, 1822.
ix. Nancy,3 b. Oct. 31. 1823; m. Chauncy Aldrich. 2 ch.
x. Hannah,3 h. March 13, 1825; m. George Melvin. 1 ch.
xi. Christian,3 b April 5, 1826; m. Edward Hickson. 1 ch. By 2d marriage.
xii. Sarah,3 b. Feb. 7, 1828; d. March, 1901; m. Feb. 18. 1847, H. K. Moore q. v.
xiii. Lucinda,3 b. Oct. 24, 1829; settled in Canada and m. in 1852, Alonzo Bracy ; lived in Potton, P. Q., and had ch. Horace. Minerva, Charles. xiv. Janet,3 b. July 19, 1831 ; m. Jan. 3. 1859, Ephraim Powers of Newbury (b May 9, 1828; d. Jan. 26, 1898.) 3 ch.
xv. Juliett, 3 b. April 3, 1833; m. Dec. 31, 1859. Moody Powers of Newbury (b. Aug 11, 1830; d. Oct. 31, 1864.) Ch. Edward and Addie (Pow- ers). She res. Central City, Neb.
xvi. Emeline, 3 b. Jan. 14, 1835; m. July 15, 1856, Simeon Marsh; res. Mor-
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gan, Vt. One son, William, who d. Oct. 1904. He m. Dec. 31, 1890, Bertha Preston of Strafford, Vt. Ch. Harry, Emma and Veda (Marsh.)
9 xvii. Matthew,3 b. Feb. 16, 1837.
xviii. Moses,3 b. July 9, 1839; enlisted Feb. 9, 1864, Co. G, 17th Vt .; killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865, at the very close of the war.
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Aaron.3 (twin to above) d. in infancy.
xx.
Hugh.3 b. Sept. 12, 1841 ; d April 5, 1911.
All were living in 1863 except Aaron.
2 JAMES,2 (James,1) b. May 1793; farmer. Elder and deacon in the Ref. Pres ch. and always called Deacon Whitehill. He m. Jan. 30, 1817, Janet daughter Hugh Gardner (b. May 30, 1796; d. March 20, 1873.) He d. Oct. 27, 1867 ; bur. in Walter Harvey cem.
Children :
10 ;i. James,& b. Oct. 25, 1818,
"ii. Mary Jane,3 b. Feb. 18, 1819; m. April 24, 1848, James Patterson of Cabot (b. Scotland; d. Aug. 1893.) She d. March 14, 1879. No chil.
11 iii. Hugh Gardner,3 b. May 16, 1821.
12 iv. William,3 b. April 3, 1823.
13 v. Abram M.,3 b. Oct. 22, 1826.
14 vi. Archibald.3 b. Nov. 7, 1828.
vii. Janet,3 b. July 3, 1831 ; d. March 3, 1862; m. William McLaughlin, q. v. viii. Margaret,3 b. July 31, 1833; d. June 2, 1867 ; m. Wesson Crown, q. v.
ix. Isabel,3 b. Jan. 13, 1835 : d. April 14, 1867 ; m. Moses 2 Hunter, q. v. x. Hannah,3 b. May 3, 1837; d. Oct. 27, 1861.
xi. John N.,3 b. July 10, 1840 ; d. Sept. 18, 1864 ; m. Mrs. Mary Batchelder.
3 WILLIAM,2 (James,1) b. Ryegate, Aug. 28, 1801; m. about 1832, Mary, dau. Hugh Gardner (b. Nov. 27, 1802; d Feb. 21, 1886.) He kept store in Groton village about 10 years; in West Barnet two yrs. Went to western Penn., in June, 1841 and to Harlan, Page Co., Iowa, about 1854, where he d. Sept. 22, 1878.
Children ;
15 i. Thomas R.,3 b. Oct. 27, 1834.
16 11. Sarah G.,3 b. Feb. 9, 1837.
17 iii. Mary Abigail,3 b. Aug. 12, 1843, James Taggart. 6 chil.
4 ABRAM,2 (James,1) b. May 28, 1805; farmer on the homestead; m. April 17. 1834, Janet, dau. John Holmes (b. Feb. 18, 1806; d. May 13, 1890.) He d. June 16, 1881. Both were life-long residents of the n. w. part of Ryegate. Bur. in Walter Harvey cem. She was a member of the Ref. Pres. ch. ab. 66 years.
Children :
18 i. Peden Cargill,3 b. Feb. 2, 1835.
ii. Calvin Knox,3 b. April 21, 18371 m. Nov. 9, 1858, Phebe Jane Cox. En- listed Jan. 5, 1864, in Co. E, 7th Vt. Vols ; d. Barrancas, Fla .. Sept. 16, 1864. Ch. (1) Alvina L.,4 m. A. D. Hood, Topsham. 4 ch. (2) Cal- vin Ellsworth,+ manager of creamery at Barnet. 4 ch.
iii. Mary Caldwell.3 b. July 27. 1838; m. Wm. N. Gibson, q. v.
iv. Milton Franklin,3 b. Aug. 22. 1842; d. Oct. 18, 1876.
v. Martha Ellen.3 (twin to above). d. May 27, 1864.
vi. Corwin W .. 3 b. July 2. 1847; farmer on homestead of James. Never m. Has been selectman, treasurer of creamery, etc.
5 JAMES,3 (John.2 James.1) b. Oct. 3, 1813 on the w. side of what is now J. E. Crown's farm. Lived and d where Roger Eastman lives in Groton. Not a ch. member. He m. 1st. Nov. 15 1838, by John Darling, Esq., Susan, dau. Capt. Edmund Morse (b. about 1801; d. July 25, 1843.) 2d. Sept. 26, 1844, by Hugh Dunn. Esq., Margaret, dau. John McLam (b. Scotland, Nov. 13, 1813; d. May 20, 1848.) 3d, July 3, 1848,
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Hannah Bingham (b. Jan. 25, 1811; d. Aug. 19, 1883.) 4th, Dec. 25, 1883, Dilly, wid. of David Welch, who d. Nov. 4, 1891. He d. Dec. 15, 1889; bur. in Groton-Peacham cem.
Children all born in Groton. By 1st marriage.
i. Aaron,4 b. Jan. 25, 1841 ; d. in the west un-m. Nov. 22, 1870.
ii. Susan,4 b. July 11, 1843; m. James Patten ; d. Feb. 1882.
By 2d marriage.
iii. Walter S.,+ b. June 15, 1846. Served in the civil war; m. Susan, widow of Geo. W. Whitehill. Res. Groton. 3 chil.
19 iv. James R,,4 b. May 14, 1848.
By 3d marriage.
v. Jane,4 b. April 9, 1849; m. 1st, Fred Symes. 2d. Geo. Bond. Res. Tops- ham1.
vi. Sarah,4 b. March 11, 1851 ; in. Moses Jennison of Peacham.
6 JOHN,3 (John,2 James.1) b. Nov. 8, 1814; m. 1837, Susan, dau. Thomas Gil- kerson (b. March 1805; d.) Lived in Barnet, on the farm formerly owned by Bartholemew Somers and afterward by Thos. Gilkerson. Went to Ill., 1864 and d. there.
Children :
Thomas G ,+ b. 1838; m. 1st, Belle Strobridge in Ill. 4 ch. 2d, Mrs. Huldah Sargent of Peacham. He d. in Barre, Vt.
ii. Marion Amborn,4 b. Barnet, Jan. 26, 1840; m. 1863. Bradley W. Morri- son of Groton, who d. in Minneapolis, Minn., where she res. 10 ch, 3 living.
iii. Allison Jennett,4 b. Barnet, Jan. 3, 1842; m, 1st. Alex Strobridge of Monteno, Ill. 3 sons, 1 living. 2d, Charles Stickney of Minneapolis. 3 daus. all d. in inf. She d. July 4, 1896.
iv. John,4 b. Barnet. ab. 1844; rem. with parents to Ill. Went to Cal., thence to Australia.
v. Margaret H.,4 b. Barnet ab. 1847; m. in Manteno, Ill., Geo. W. Fiske. Ch. Geo. W., and Mercy Lonisa [Fiske] who res. in Robbinsdale, Minn.
7 WILLIAM, 3 (John,2 James,1) b. March 25, 1817; lived in Topsham and the extreme n. part of Groton. He m. Dee. 30, 1838, Anna, dau. John Mc- Lam (b. April 9, 1818; d. Feb. 18, 1901.) He d. Sept. 13, 1884.
Children :
i. Mary Ann,4 b. Oct, 15, 1839. No record.
ii. Margaret,4 b. Feb. 21, 1842 ; 111. Amos Powers ; d. in Kansas, Oct. 13, 1878.
iii. Lydia Maria,+ b. Feb. 10, 1843; m. 1st, March 17, 1864, Abram White- hill, q. v. 2d, Henry Richardson.
iv. Albert P.,4 b. Feb. 26, 1846; m. 1870, Emma Whitcher ; res. Groton.
v. Victoria A.,+ b. April 23, 1848; m. John Dunn, q. v. 2d, Wm. Hunter, q. v.
vi. Josephine E.,4 b. Jan. 3, 1850; m. 1871, Burton Bailey.
vii. Sarah V.,4 b. March 22, 1852; m. Dec. 1876, Harvey Orr, q. v.
viii. Nancy E., 4 b. 1855; d. April 7, 1872.
20 ix. Wm. Alexander,4 b. Aug. 13, 1857.
x. Kate,4 b. 1862; m. March 1, 1882, Newton Whitehill, q. v.
8 DAVID,3 (John.2 James.1) b. Ryegate, June 7, 1822 ; m. Mary C., dau. James Orr of Groton and lived there. He d. Nov. 15, 1866.
Children :
i. William Harvey,4 b. April 26, 1853; farmer and ice dealer at Groton, Mass., also selectman and road commissioner. He m. Hannah A. Hall. Two ch., a son who grad. from Lowell Textile Coll., now in- structor there; and a dau. who grad. Boston Univ., q. v.
ii. Margaret Ann,4 b. April 3, 1855; m. Robert N. Wormwood of R .; d. Jan. 20, 1903. 2 ch., son and dau.
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iii. Elizabeth,4 b. Oct. 20, 1856; m. A. T. Gay of South Ryegate; d. Sept. 8, 1905. 2 ch., son and dau.
iv. Nelson James, 4 b Sept. 8 1858. Fitted for college at Peacham Acad .; grad. Dartmouth college. 1883; teacher in Vt. Principal Randolph Acad. 14 yrs. At Montpelier three yrs. and is in his 10th as principal of the high school at White River Junction. Has been prominent in educational work in this state. County examiner of teachers for Windsor Co. 6 yrs. Founder of the Whitehill library at No. Ryegate. He m. Ellen S. Strobridge of Peacham. No ch.
v. George Ellsworth,4 b. Sept. 15, 1861; m Elizabeth Miller of R. and set- tled in Groton, where he d. Dec 6, 1888. Cl. son and dau.
vi. Charles Sheridan,4 b. Aug 6, 1864; res. Oakland, Cal .; is m. with one dau.
vii. Jennie Etta,4 b. May 1, 1866; m. Frank Miller; lived in Topsham ; d. Dec. 6, 1895. 1 son senior in Norwich Univ.
9 MATTHEW,3 ( Jolin,2 James,1) b. Feb. 16, 1837; was 13 when his father d. and carried on the farm in Morgan, \'t., with the help of his younger brother. Enlisted July, 1862. in the 15th Vt., and served his time out. Farmer and lumberman; justice of the peace, many yrs .; town Rep. 1878. He nı. June 8, 1864, Ellen Marsh of Holland. She d. Jan. 18, 1905.
Children :
21 i. Ellsworth,4 b. June 12, 1865.
10 JAMES, 3, ( James,2 James.1) b. Oct. 25, 1818. Went to Walden 1837, and cleared land which he exchanged for a farm; rem. to Groton, 1864. He m. Dec. 6, 1837, Mehitabel Hatch of Groton, b. Aug. 29, 1813, with whom he lived 56 years. Members of the M. E. church in Gro- ton. He d. March 24, 1894.
Children :
i. James,4 b. March 4, 1839; res. in Marshfield ; m. ab. 1861, Asenath Si- monds. She'd. April 1876, aged 26.
ii. Martha,4 b. Nov. 2, 1841. Res. in Montpelier; m. 1st. May 25, 1865, Roland Edwards of Montpelier, who d. March 29, 1875. 2d, March 2, 1876, Wmn. Chapin of Calais.
iii. John F.,4 b. July 25, 1844; served in the war of the rebellion. Res. So. Ryegate. Twice m., 1st, Mary Taisey, who d. Sept. 18, 1881. He d. May, 1912.
iv. Moses.4 b. June 16, 1845; res. in Groton ; m. July 3, 1875, Ella Ricker, b. Dec. 6, 1858. Ch. Harry,5 b. May 9, 1875.
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