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Pray, John, jr., married Elizabeth Bellamy and settled on the farm now owned by Tolman Howe ; he raised a large family of children, as follows: Elijah, John Howard, who married Esther, daughter of Azariah Lathrop, and now resides in Harmony, Chataqua Co., N. Y. ; he for a time followed . the mercantile business, but recently turned his attention to the profession of the law ; studied with the IIon. Abner Lewis. Marcia, Amanda, married James Pearce ; Malinda, married John Fuller ; Betsy, married Orlin H. Miner, brother of the Hon. A. L. Miner, of Manchester ; he went to Ohio in 1833, and died soon after ; Kezia died in 1827 ; Maria, Sally, and David. Mr. Pray was much esteemed and ยท respected as a citizen ; a member of the Episcopal church. He held the office of Selectman many years. Mr. Pray went west in 1835, to Harmony, N. Y., and died in 1844, age 74.
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Pray, Elijah, married Lucinda, daughter of Rufus Glass ; the children were : Alice, who married and resides in Fort Ann, N. Y. ; Rhoda married, Backus H. Stiles, Maria Jane married and lives in Weston, Vt. ; Oliver married Emily, danghter of Clark Lamb, of Poultney ; Orrin, Huldah, who resides in Weston, Vt. ; Amanda, married Warren HIulet, and lives in Marengo, Ill. ; and Franklin, who enlisted in the union service. Mr. Pray died in Fort Ann in 1867, aged 74 ; Mrs. Pray died in 1855.
Reynolds, Joshua, married a Miss Darling ; he built the house that Thomas M. Clemons resides in ; he had three children, Newall, Mary and Palmer.
Reynolds, Palmer, married Polly, daughter of Daniel Cross, and raised a family, viz: Polly, Susan, Harry, Hannah, Olive and Martin. Mr. Reynolds died in 1829.
Reynolds, John, married Polly Merriman and lived in the castern part of the town ; his children were Alavander, who married Jerry IIowe; Laura married Jehial B. Parks, of Middletown ; Betsy married Joshua Howe, and resides in town. Mr. Reynolds died many years ago.
Reynolds, John, sen., resided in town and raised a family ; the children were Kizza, married Ralph Bell; Charity and John.
Reed, Ephriam, married a daughter of Titus Andrews, and lived in the western part of the town on Bodfish Hill ; he had two sons who enlisted in the late war, and both died in the army. He removed to Tinmouth in 1868.
Reed, John, resides in the eastern part of the town, on the farm formerly owned by David Blakely, of Pawlet ; he married Philura Hutchins, of Middletown ; he has two children.
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Rider, Benjamin, from Barnstable, Mass., and settled in town in 1794 ; his wife's name was Anna Jones ; children's names as follows : Benjamin married a Miss Searls, of White- hall, N. Y. ; Nathaniel, both went west ; Desiah married Stephen Paul, jr. ; he died in 1851, age 52; she still lives on the old homestead ; Remembrance, who married Aaron Mosher, jr., and lives in Chataqua Co., N. Y. ; Anna married Epraim Ferguson, of Manchester; she died a few years since, she had two daughters ; one died by her clothes taking fire ; the other, named Elvira married Daniel Lobdail, of Pawlet ; Caroline, Bathsheba, Elvira, and Lodema ; the four last went west where they married. Mr. Rider died in _ 1824, aged 55 ; his wife in 1821, aged 46.
Ripley, Linas, from Tinmouth in 1829; married Mahala, daughter of John Mosher ; he had four children : Jared F., Nicy, Lois and Edson ; Nicy married Douglass Sykes, and . lives in Whitewater, Wis. ; Lois lives in Illinois ; Jared F. went to Wisconsin, entered the Union service, and was killed at the battle of Shiloh ; Edson also enlisted and died in the hospital at Washington City. Mr. Ripley died in 1850, aged 44 ; his wife in 1858, aged 46.
Rowe, Joseph, came into town about the year of 1810. He married widow Lois Forest; her maiden name was Daniels ; - the children were John, who married Esther, daughter of John S. Davis, and went west ; James J., David, who went west ; Sally married Daniel Tooly, and lives in La Crosse, Minnesota ; Hannah married Cyrus Burnham, and resides in Whitewater, Wisconsin ; Betsy and Lucinda, who live at St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Rowe and his wife have been dead several years.
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Rowe, James J., resides on the farm formerly owned by Rufus and Samuel Glass ; he married Laura, daughter of Frederic Pember ; they have three children, Harvey, Wesley, and Emily ; Harvy married Annie, daughter of Jacob Lyon, of Pawlet ; she died soon after leaving one son, named Freddie ; he afterwards married Sarah Cole, and resides in Poultney ; he, in company with Mr. Cole, have built a hardware store, and doing a good business ; Wesley married Emily Lyon, sister of the above, and has two children, viz : Duane and Merrit ; he lives on the Rufus Glass place.
Rust, Aloney, came from Connecticut, and was an early settler on a hill west of the Pond, and is called Rust Hill ; his wife was Esther Doud ; the children were Amasa, who married Charlotte, daughter of David Ward ; he raised a large family and went to Michigan in 1837, and is dead ; .Samuel, Ezra died in 1827, aged 27 ; John married Polly, daughter of Alvin Goodspeed ; Polly married Abner Goff. Mr. Rust, with his sons Samuel and John, went to Ohio and died there.
Sturdivent, Caleb, settled on the place where Calvin Farrar now resides, at an early day ; he married a daughter of Joshua Howe ; the children were David, Anna, Abigail and Emilla ; he moved west in 1813.
Smith, Eliad, from Granville, N. Y., in 1832; he was twice married ; first to Betsy Smith ; she died in 1808, leaving a family of four children ; Henry E., who died when young ; Oliver married Roxana Glass and went West ; Sarah married Arunah Glass ; and Lucretia married Wesley Clemons, Esq., of this town ; his second wife was Phebe, daughter of Joseph Button, Esq., by whom he had the
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following children : Betsy married Wm. Buxton, and died in 1854, aged 44; Lucy married a Mr. Davis and died a few years after, leaving two children, Ellen and Charles ; both are in Marengo, Ill. ; Joseph B. married Lydia Giles, of of Pawlet, and lives in St. Lawrence County, N. Y. Hester, Ann, married James, son of George Lamb, of Granville, N. Y. ; he resided in town several years ; he was in company with Benjamin Lewis, jr., known as the firm of Lewis & Lamb, in the manufacture of woolens ; he moved to Fort Ann, N. Y .; Hannah, M., married David B. Lewis, jr., who went to Illinois, and is dead. Mr. Smith resided on the place that Sylvester Clark now occupies. He died in 1843, aged 73 ; his wife in 1853.
Sprague, Elida, married Charlotte, daughter of Samuel Glass, and resided on the homestead now owned by James J. Rowe ; he had a family of six children ; Ruby married Orin Wheeler; Osker married Julian, daughter of Eliphalet Buxton, and resides in town, and lives on the David B. Lee farm ; he has one son named Hiram ; James married Melissa, daughter of Daniel Van Guilder ; he enlisted in the 7th Vt. Reg., and died near Baton Rouge, in 1863, leaving a widow and three children ; one was burned to death soon after by her clothes taking fire ; Mary Ann, who died in 1838, aged 13; Osro enlisted in the 2d Vt. Reg., and served for a time when he was discharged ; he afterwards re-enlisted in a New York Reg., and was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, from which he soon after died, aged 34 ; Eveline married George Hays, of Rupert, who soon after died ; she is still a widow, and resides with her aged mother in Rupert. Mr. Sprague died in 1860 ; aged 64.
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Spaulding, Orin, from Danby, married Libbie ; she died in 18- ; by whom he had three children ; Horace who went west ; Ann, M., who married Lyman Johnson, of Poultney, and now resides in Illinois ; and George, who resides in town. Mr. Spaulding next married Avis, daughter of Samuel Howe, and now resides in town.
Stevens, Peter, from Connecticut in 1786 ; married Lois Glass and raised a large family ; Asa married Olive, daughter of Ogden Mallory, and moved west in 1820, where he died many years since ; James married and went to Potsdam, N. Y., and died there ; Abner, Joshua, Nathan, who left town when young; Rufus, Samuel married Ruth, daughter of Joshua Howe ; he enlisted in the war of 1812, was wounded in the battle of Chippeway, and died soon after from the same, leaving Ada, who died in 1823 of consumption, aged 18 ; Temperance, who married Wm. Johnson, of Poultney, and died in 1836, aged 35 ; Achsah married Chauncy Howe, and lives in Luzerne, N. Y .; Joshua was drowned in Tinmouth in 1826 ; James H., who was a Methodist preacher and now lives in Iowa ; Amos, Luther, married Philinda Cole ; Lydia married Jesse Parsons ; Sally married Frederic Pember ; and Lois, who married Jezeniah Howe. Mr. Howe was a nailer by trade ; he went west in 1820; one of his sons named Chester was a member in the New York Legis- lature in 1838. Mr. Stevens died in 1821; his wife in 1820.
Stevens, Abner, married Jerusha West, and resided on lands now owned by Hiram Francis. The children were Abner, jr., Ithamer married Pamela, daughter of Elijah Herrick, and went to Illinois ; Aaron, John, and Elizabeth,
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who now resides in town at the age of 75. Mr. Stevens and his wife died a few years since.
Stevens, Abner, jr., married Lois Nichols. They had two children, John M., and Melissa M., who married Stephen P. Lamb, and have gone west ; Mrs. Stevens died in ; he next married Calista, step-daughter of Roswell Fuller, by whom he has two children, Perley and Pernie. Mr. Stevens lives in town.
Stevens, Aaron, married Clarissa, daughter of Joel Francis, and has a family of six children : Emmet, Sybil A., Elbert B., Rosina L., Ellison, Ella M. He resides in town.
Stevens, Joshua, lived alternately in this town and Pawlet ; he had a family of children, two sons and three daughters ; Alonso S., married Harriet, daughter of Frederic Pember, and resides in Westminster, Vt. ; another son who went west ; Theodosia married Joseph Howe, jr. ; Caroline married Gamaliel Washburn, of Montpelier, Vt. ; Ann Eliza, married Mr. Smith, who removed to Rutland.
Sumner, Daniel, lived in the eastern part of the town ; he married Delila Reynolds, and reared a family of seven children ; Lucina married John Stevens ; Ollis, Sally, Hannah, Dilla, Joshua and Palmer. They went west at an early day.
Sumner, Shubael, married Lucy Grover, of Granville, N. Y., and resided on the farm now occupied by Theron Howe. He left town in 1814.
Stevens, Harris H., married Caroline Hyde and resided north of the village; the children were John D., married Mary, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Atwell ; Ermina, who died ; Selinda and Phebe D. His wife died in 1851; he next
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married Sylvia, widow of Madison Lamb, and went to Fort Edward, N. Y., where he lately died.
Stiles, Gould, jr., resided in the north part of the town ; he married Alice, daughter of Rufus Glass, by whom he had one son named Andrew ; she died in 1810 ; he next married widow Laura Huntington ; her maiden name was IIaynes, sister of Hezekiah Haynes, of Middletown ; by Mr. Hun- tington she had two daughters, Sally and Laura ; by Mr. Stiles she had five children ; Bacchus K., who married Rhoda, daughter of Elijah Pray ; he left town in 1856, and died in Kansas a year or two since with a cancer ; Sanford went to Michigan and married ; Alice married Lorenzo D. Pember ; she died in 1838 ; Jerusha married George W. Brown, of Middletown, and resides in Poultney ; they have one son named George W., jr. ; Mariam married Lorenzo D. Pember, and resides in Mount Tabor. Mr. Stiles died in 1867, aged 83. His son Andrew is in Illinois.
Sturdivent, Caleb, married a daughter of Joshua Howe ; he settled on the place now owned by Calvin Farrer ; children were David, Anna, Elizabeth, and Emilla. Mr. Sturdivent moved west in 1813.
Taft, Otis, came into town in 1856 ; his wife's name was Charlotte Sprague ; she died in 1802; Mr. Taft had three sons in the army, Lewis, Austin and Cyrus. He next married widow Porter, of Poultney ; she also had three sons in the late war, Edwin A., Albert L., and Lensey O. ; Edwin A. enlisted in Co. G, Vt. Cavalry ; he was taken prisoner in a raid near Richmond, under Kilpatrick, and confined for a while in Libby prison ; Albert L., served in a New York
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regiment of heavy artillery ; Lensey also enlisted in a New York regiment.
Tooly, Amos, came from Poultney about the year of 1815 ; he reared a family ; the names of his children were: Daniel married Sally, daughter of Joseph Rowe; Maria married Eliphalet Buxton ; Anna and Russell, (twins,) Lucy married Elhanan McWayne, of Pawlet, and is dead ; and Sally married Joseph Jennings of Pawlet. Mr. Tooly died in 1822 ; his wife in 1859, aged 90.
Tooly, Cyrus, resides in the western part of the town ; he married Sophrona, daughter of Alvin Lumbard ; the children were William, Horace, Samuel and Norman ; William enlisted in the 123d Reg. N. Y. Vol., and was killed near Goldsborough, in N. C., a short time before Johnson's sur- render to Sherman ; Horace also enlisted in the same regiment and at the same time ; he was wounded at Dallas, in Georgia, and died soon afterwards. They were both good soldiers, and their deaths were heroic. -
Turner, Moses, came into town in 1808, and built over the grist mill formerly owned by Joshua Howe; his wife died in 1810 ; he soon afterwards left town.
Tyler, Jason, from Cheshire, Conn. ; was one of the first settlers in town ; married Rhoda Bellamy, also from Cheshire ; the children were, Aaron B., Lucinda married Benjamin Lumbard ; Polly P. married Raymond Hotch- kiss ; Betsy married Doctor James Mosher, who died in 1816 ; she next married Aaron Mosher, Esq. ; Aaron B. married Amarillus, daughter of Barnabas Lewis, by whom he had four children, Lucinda, Polly P., Aaron B., jr., and Florilla ; Lucinda married George Richardson ; Polly P.
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married William Austin, of Granville, N. Y. Mr. Tyler died in 1819. With the exception of Mrs. Austin the family left town in the spring of 1834. Mr. A. B. Tyler was a Justice several years, and held many town offices besides ; the widow also left town at the same time, and died the following year.
Wales, Elisha, from Whitehall, N. Y. ; married Laura, daughter of Ormund Lamb, and lived on the place formerly owned by the Rev. Shubael Lamb ; he enlisted in the 14th Vt. Reg., was in the battle of Gettysburg, and died on his way home in Vernon, Maryland, and was buried there. Mr. Wales was a good citizen, and respected by his friends. His widow resides in town.
Wales, Russell, brother of the above, married Polly, daughter of Thaddeus Merrils, who soon after died, leaving a son named Vine. He soon after went to Middlebury, where he again married.
Ware, Ziba, married Rachel Dart, by whom he had one son named Lyman ; he was a blacksmith by trade ; his wife died about 40 years since ; he next married a widow Richards of Poultney ; he died nearly 20 years since; no record of his age ; Lyman married Hannah, daughter of Samuel S. Merriam, by whom he had four sons and one daughter ; George, who married Sarah, daughter of Stephen Atwater ; William married Eliza Wilson, of Granville, N. Y. ; Sidney married Calista Pratt ; Merritt married Sarah, daughter of Roswel Fuller, and Rachel ; the three last reside in town. George went to Illinois ; Lyman Ware died in 1839 ; his widow still resides in town.
Ward, David, was an early settler in town on the place
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where Seth Cook now lives ; he married Charlotte Pray ; his children were Samuel, Eber, Zael, married Susan Page, they went to Michigan ; Kezia married Amos Lewis and went west ; Rhoda married Elijah Button and lives in Harmony, Chatauqua Co., N. Y. ; John died young; Char- lotte married Amasa Rust, who went to Michigan in 1887; and David was a physician, and lives in Green Bay in Michigan.
Wells, Russell S., from Poultney, first married Delia Shumway, of Poultney, by whom he had three sons, Henry S., Albert and John S., who married IIelen, daughter of Alfred Munson, and resides in Rutland ; he next married Lucy, daughter of John Clark, by whom he had two daughters, Delia, who died young, and Fanny. Mrs. Wells died in 1860, aged 49. Mr. Wells still resides in town.
Williams, Abijah, settled in the western part of the town ; his children were, Albemarle, married Ruth, daughter of Daniel Goodrich ; he was a physician, and died in Dorset in 1830 ; Abijah, jr., resided in Poultney, where he died ; Amos married a Miss Andrews, of Poultney ; Ambrose, Cogswell, and Josiah, and one daughter named Eunice, who married George Davis, of Poultney. Mr. Williams moved to Poultney in 1810, where he died in 1829, aged 75.
Woods, Samuel, from Poultney in 1833 ; married Minerva, widow of Jacob Sykes, jr., of Pawlet; by Mr. Sykes she had six children, Oliver married Jane Parkhurst and moved to Cavendish, Vt. ; Josiah, who is in Kansas ; Jacob married Martha Wilson, of Granville, N. Y., where he now resides; Sidney married a Miss Perry, of Middletown, and went to Wisconsin ; Douglas married Nicy, daughter of Linas Ripley,
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and lives in Whitewater, Wisconsin ; and Susan. By Mr. Woods she had four children ; Merrit married Ellen, daughter of Clalvin Farrer, and has three children; Iliram, who is unmarried ; Caroline married Alex. Ayott, and has three children ; Emily married Pherrin Barden. The children reside in town.
Woodworth, Roswel, married Amanda, daughter of Nathan Francis, and settled on the farm now owned by Nelson Lewis ; the children were Betsy, married Daniel IIulet, of Pawlet ; Harmony married Joshua Hulet, also of Pawlet ; Josiah, Downer, Roswell, jr., Sally, Sophronia married James, son of Joel Francis; Loisa, Patty, Samuel, Charles and Socrates. Mr. Woodworth went west about the year of 1816.
Woodworth, Philo, stepson of William Fisk, and resided in town till he was of age. IIe was a studious scholar, and by close application acquired a good education. He became a minister of the Methodist order, and is now Presiding Elder in Rochester, N. Y.
Wolcot, John, lived on the place that Tolman Howe now owns ; he had two sons named John, and Chauncey, who mar- ried Lydia, daughter of Gould Stiles of Middletown, and went to Michigan at an early day. Mr. Wolcot died of the cancer.
Wyman, Daniel, settled on the place that Alva Mitchell now occupies. IIe had four sons : Daniel, John, Jacob who married and went to West Haven, and William, who married Mechitalel, daughter of Andrew Clark, by whom he had four children ; Lois, who died in 1821, aged 18 ; Cemantha, who resides in Panama, Chatauqua Co., N. Y. ; William and Franklin, who also went west. Mr. Wyman died in 1787. being the first person interred in the village burying ground.
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