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Morris, Henry, son of Benjamin, was born in Chester, October 15, 1809, and married Lucy M. Lee. They had but one child, Lucy A., wife of George C. Allen, of Chester. Henry died February 4, 1887.
Perry, Daniel, was born in Sherburne, Mass., January 22, 1767, and married Sally Whitmore. He came to Chester in 1794, where he died March 31, 1855. He had twelve children, viz .: Josiah, died at Northfield, Vt .; Stephen, died in Iowa ; Daniel, died young ; Joel, died in Danby, Vt .; Eusebe, married Ira Kingsbury, died December 26, 1878, at Grafton, Vt .; Eosene, married. Clemons Leland, died September 15, 1852; Irene, widow of Mr. Leland, lives in Iowa ; Daniel, died in Albion, N. Y .; Amos, died in Kansas; Will- iam H., died at seven years of age; George W., died in New York ; and Alonzo.
Perry, Alonzo, son of Daniel, was born in Chester, January 29, 1817, and married Lucy Walker. Their eight children were Mary, wife of George W. Harris, of Melrose, Mass .; Oliver Hazzard, lives in Chester; Rosilla E., died young ; Abbie A. (deceased), married Joseph Clough ; Forest A. and Flora I., twins, died young ; Ida, died young ; and Clinton E. Alonzo died September 11, 1888.
Perry, Clinton E., son of Alonzo, born in Chester, January 1, 1861, married Mary Rob- bins, who also descended from one of Chester's old families. Her great-grandfather, Nathan Robbins, came from Stowe, Mass., to Chester in 1786. He married Lydia Whit- ney, and their children were Amos, Nathan, Ichabod. James, Hezekiah. Mary, and Lydia. Ichabod, son of Nathan, was born in September, 1793, and died in March, 1874. He married Mary Farnsworth. He had two children, Lucy Maria, and Aaron Leland, who was born in Chester, August 31, 1833, and died August 7, 1884. He married Laura A. Divall, and had two children, Mrs. Clinton E. Perry and James Myron.
Richardson, Abiel, was born in Townsend, Mass, May 31, 1783, and died in Chester, March, 1870. He married Rhoda Parkhurst, of Dunstable, Mass. Their children were Thomas, Walter P., Warren B., who died at Poultney, Vt., leaving no issue, Silas, who died without male issue at Madison, Wis. Abiel became a resident of Chester in 1819
Richardson, Walter P., son of Abiel, was born at Londonderry, Vt., June 24, 1810, and came to Chester with his father, where he resided till 1835, when he went to Plymouth, N. H., remaining in the latter place till 1840. when he returned to Chester for two years. He then became a resident of Putney, Vt., where he continued to reside till 1861, since which time he has lived in Chester. He married Dorcas Sawyer, but has no chil- dren.
Robbins, Philemon, was born in Sterling, Mass., in 1783, and came to Chester in 1815. His first wife was Lucy Sawyer. Their children were five: Hannah ; Orrick L., who died single ; Otis, died in Cavendish, left no issue; Lucy (deceased), married D. H. Onion ; Sophia, died young. His second wife was Mrs. Sally Duncan, nee Carter. Their children were Charles, a resident of Chester; James, died single; Philemon, a resident of Chester.
Sargent .- The families of this name are descended from William Sargent, an English- man, who came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1638. His descendants in Chester trace there line of descent through John of the second generation, Joseph of the third, Jabez of the fourth. The latter was the father to Jabez and Ezra, both of whom were early settlers of Chester.
Sargent, Jabez, commonly known as lieutenant, was born January 18, 1720, and mar- ried Abigail Mower and came from Worcester, Mass., to Chester, dying in the latter place August 5, 1788. His children were Abigail and Lydia, both died young; Amos, Samuel and Naham.
Sargent, Samuel, son of Jabez, was born November 6, 1755, and married Abigail Blaney. Their children were Abigail, died single; Jabez, died at Windsor, Vt .; Samuel,
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died single in the West; Phineas Osgood; Benjamin Blaney, died in Chester ninety-six years of age. Samuel died June 2, 1818.
Sargent, Phineas Osgood, son of Samuel, born February 29, 1792, married Mary C. Duncan. Their children are Mary Abby, Lucy Helen, Emma Clara, Ann Duncan, all of whom are single and reside at Elizabeth, N. J., and Charles Osgood. Phineas O. died April 11, 1876.
Sargent, Charles Osgood, son of Phineas O., was born in Chester January 19, 1839, and married Grace G. Darby. They have five children, Osgood Cleveland, Grace Emma, Mary, Edith, and Elizabeth Laurinda.
Walker, Elijah, married for his first wife a Miss Johnson, by whom he had two chil- dren, viz .: John, died at Dorset, Vt., and Leonard, died at Omaha, Neb. His second wife was Dorcas Wyman. Their children were Sally (deceased), married William Hobbs; Atlanta, Fannie, Wyman, all of whom died single; and Charles, born in Chester, Octo- ber 25, 1818, married Olive Newton, and their children are Charles, Ida and Herman.
Williams .- The families of this name in the town of Chester are decended from Roger Williams. Othniel Williams, the first settler in Chester, was a son of Jeremiah, who was a son of Jeremiah, he being a son of Joseph, who was a son of Daniel, a son of Roger Williams. Othniel was born at Providence, R. I., March 3, 1761, and married Dorcas Fields. Their children were Pardon, died at Belleville, N. Y .; Avis, married Ezekiel Davis; Huldah (deceased), married Moses Perkins; Keziah, died young; Soviah (deceased), married Ophir Edson ; Alexander, died at Belleville, N. Y .; Arthur ; Thomas; Rest, died young ; Othniel, resides in Rutland, Vt. ; Alvin, died in Troy, N. Y.
Williams, Thomas, son of Othniel, was born in Chester, August 9, 1798, and married Betsey Sawyer. Their children were, Abigail, who died nineteen years of age; Laurenza (deceased), married Albert Baldwin; Elizabeth, died nineteen years of age ; Henry Olin, died in infancy ; Warren Carlos, died at five years of age ; Warren Carlos; Maria A. (deceased), married Putnam Sargent; George Alvin, died young. Thomas died July 13, 1883, his wife passing away just two days before. They are buried in the same grave.
Williams, Warren Carlos, son of Thomas, was born in Chester, July 6, 1833, and mar- ried Nellie Stevens. Their children are Walter S., a resident of Pipestone, Minn .; John P., a graduate of Brown University, and Professor of Mathematics in Providence High School; Mary I., wife of C. O. Pratt, of St. Paul, Minn .; and Edith L.
Williams, Arthur, son of Othniel, was born in Chester, March 3, 1797, and married Clarissa Dean. Of their three children, one died in infancy. The others were Darius Dean and Myron A., died without issue. Arthur died January 8, 1878.
Williams, Darius Dean, son of Arthur, was born in Chester, December 9, 1824, and mar- ried Elizabeth L. Aiken. Their children were Arthur, a resident of Gardiner, Mass .; Allen L .; and Dean C. Mr. Williams resides on the farm settled by his grandfather in 1788.
LUDLOW.
Adams, Warren, was born at Andover, Vt., August 28, 1815, and was the youngest son of Peter and Lucy (Gibson) Adams. His father's family, besides himself, consisted of Lucy F., who married William Warner; John, died in Andover; Abraham, died in St. Louis, Mo .; Shepherd, died in Rochester, N. Y. Warren received only a common school education, and engaged in mercantile business and farming on East Hill, in his native town. He teamed his merchandise from Boston, and on his downward trips took produce to sell in that city. He came to Ludlow in 1840 and purchased real estate and built a num- ber of dwellings in the village. He also engaged in buying cattle and drove them to the markets at Brighton, Mass, On a journey to Rutland, Vt., he was thrown out of his wagon and killed in the town of Mount Holly, October 24, 1875. He married Lucy Cole-
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man and had four children : Lowell P .; Lucy Jane, wife of Jonas G. Reed, of Burling- ton, Vt .; Lizzie, wife of H. C. Hayward, of New York city ; and Norris, died young.
Adams, Lowell P., son of Warren, was born in Andover, Vt., June 10, 1838, and mar- ried Lavinia Holden, of Mount Holly. They have one child, Willie W., born in Ludlow, July 28, 1865, and married Emma J. Gates, of Bridgewater, Vt. They reside in Ludlow.
Hathorn, Ransom E., was born in Londonderry, November 3, 1843, and is the eldest son of Eleazer and Lydia (Foster) Hathorn. His father being engaged in harness-mak- ing, Ransom learned that trade early in life. On August 11, 1862, he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company G, Eleventh Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, and was discharged June 24, 1865. During the war he was located in Virginia and took part in seventeen battles and skirmishes. After leaving the army Mr. Hathorn came to Ludlow and be- gan work at his trade for George Walker. In 1878 he formed a partnership under the name of Walker & Hathorn, and on account of the death of the former the following year, he purchased the business, which he has since conducted. Mr. Hathorn is one of the justices of the peace of the town; was aid-de-camp on Governor E. J. Ormsbee's staff in 1886-87 ; was for four years commander of O. O. Howard Post, No. 33, G. A. R .; also Senior Vice-Commander of the Department of Vermont, and represented the State at the National Encampment at San Francisco. He has been twice married, his first wife having been Jennie Ward, by whom he had one child, Willie. His second wife was Clara Wright, of Coventry, Vt.
Howe, Elwin A., was born in Londonderry, Vt., September 18, 1843, and was the eldest son of Alva and Julia Ann (Miles) Howe. His early life was spent on his father's farm and he was also engaged in teaching school. On July 30, 1862, he enlisted in Com- pany G, Eleventh Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, as a private, and served in that regiment two years. He was mustered out to receive the appointment of first lieuten- ant in the One Hundred and Eighth United States Colored Infantry. He was connected with the latter regiment until March, 1866, when he was mustered out of service, having been premoted captain. Returning to his native town, Captain Howe remained there till April 1, 1869, when he came to Ludlow and was engaged until November, 1872, in the saddlery and harness business with his brother-in-law, George E. Walker, under the firm name of Walker & Howe. The next business enterprise he was connected with was the Ludlow Toy Manufacturing Co., of which he was superintendent and business manager for fifteen years. He was appointed postmaster at Ludlow, Vt., by President Harrison, taking possession of the office April 1, 1890. He was elected a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1878 from Ludlow, was re-elected in 1880, and was elected Senator from Windsor county in 1884. Captain Howe married Lydia Jane, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia (Harris) Walker, and has nine children, vız .: Eugene E., a graduate of Middlebury College, and now a counselor-at-law at Albany, N. Y .; Henry E., Ella J., Hattie L., Alice M., George W., William H., Donald, and Alva.
Ives, Elihu, called " the Captain," was the fifth settler in Ludlow. He was descended from William Ives, the original settler of that name in America, who sailed from London and arrived in Boston in 1635. He was of the sixth generation, as follows : First, Will- iam ; second, John; third, Nathaniel; fourth, Caleb ; fifth, Charles. He was born in Meriden, Conn., February 28, 1764, and married Phoebe Hall, and had two children : Isaac, who died without issue; Roxanna, widow of Jonathan Atherton, resides in Cav- endish at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Captain Elihu died October 14, 1834. The farm settled by Captain Ives is now in possession of his grandson, Solon Ives Ath- erton.
Stimson, Charles, a native of Maine, came to Ludlow in 1803. His wife was Comfort Walker, and their children were William, who died at Danby, Vt .; Charles; Sally, died single; David, died at Danby, Vt .; Comfort (deceased), married Aaron Rogers; John, died at Lexington, Mass .; Anna (deceased), married George Rogers; Mary, wife of Richard Bradford, North Springfield, Vt .; Anson, lives at Rockport, Mass ; Aaron, a resi- dent of St. Paul, Minn.
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Stimson, Charles, son of Charles, was born in Milford, Mass., January 27, 1799, and lived in Ludlow till May 6, 1887. He married Helena Bassett, and their children were Harriet, wife of John McGowan, of Ludlow ; Elizabeth (deceased), married L. W. Nourse; Emerson, resides at Brownsdale, Minn .; Surry W .; Mary, widow of Nathaniel Reed, re- sides in Adams, Neb .; Sophia, wife of A. W. Thompson, of Glens Falls, N.Y.
Stimson, Surry W., son of Charles, born in Ludlow, June 26, 1827, married for his first wife Harriet Edgerton, by whom he had one child, Harry P., president of the American National Bank in Kansas City, Mo. His second wife was Mary A. Parker. His third wife was Emma P. Howe, and by this marriage there is a daughter, Margie H. Mr. Stimson was engaged in farming until 1857, when he removed to Ludlow village and kept a livery stable until 1868, when he was elected sheriff. He filled this office until 1880. Since that time he has dealt in real estate, lumber and carried on manufacturing.
Warner, Hiram Lindsay, was born in Mount Holly, Vt., July 4, 1825, and is the young- est son of Aaron and Esther (Pierce) Warner. He was a resident of Mount Holly till 1866, being engaged in farming. In that year he came to work in the hotel at Ludlow. The following year he engaged in hotel business at East Wallingford, Vt., which he car- ried on ten years. From that time till 1882 he was in the hotel business at different places, but in that year he bought the Ludlow House, which he ran till 1887. Since that time he has been engaged in farming. He married Drusilla Priest and has two children, Ina, widow of Eugene Dickerman, resides in Ludlow ; Irvin, who married Mattie Holt, and has two children, William and Arthur.
Warner, Rufus S., was born in Andover, Vt., May 12, 1831, and is the eldest son of Joel and Betsey (Flint) Warner. His father was a blacksmith and removed to Ludlow in 1834, where Rufus attended the local schools and also the Black River Academy. He learned the printer's trade with the Rev. Aaron Angier and has been engaged in that busi- ness in Ludlow ever since, excepting about a year and a half, from 1861 to 1863, when he worked at his trade at Rutland, Vt. He married Ann Walker and has two sons, viz .: Edwin C. and Joel R., the latter a resident of Boston, Mass.
NORWICH.
Blood, Levi, was born in Leominster, Mass., and married, first, Olive Lawton. The chil- dren by this marriage were Levi, died in California; Lucy, widow of Franklin Olds, resides in Norwich ; Henry, died in Norwich; Olive (deceased), married, first, Edwin Bartlett, and second, Frederick Martin. Levi married for his second wife Fanny Smith. Their chil- dren were Abigail, died young; James, died young; Mary (deceased), married Hazen Hopson; George, died at West Lebanon; William; Frances (deceased), married Erastus Olds; Rebecca (deceased), married William P. Burton ; Ellen, wife of Louis E. Burton, of Northampton, Mass. Levi is deceased.
Blood, William, son of Levi, was born in Norwich, January 3, 1831, and married Eliza C. Seaver. Their children are Willie O., born in Norwich, May 13, 1860, married May A. Messer and resides in Norwich; Lizzie A., a resident of Norwich ; and Rebecca F., lives in Boston, Mass.
Burton, Hon. Harvey, of Norwich, was born in Norwich, August 19, 1793. He studied law with George C. West, of Brownington, Vt., and was admitted to the Orleans County Bar in 1825. He began the practice of his profession in the following year at Norwich, which he continued until his death, October 22, 1868. He held many positions of trust, among which was that of State Senator in 1846-47. He married January 1, 1826, Salome, daughter of Pierce and Phœbe (Stoddard) Burton. Their children are Sarah J., a resident of Norwich ; and William P., born in Norwich, December 2, 1828, married, first, Rebecca Blood, by whom he had one child, William Harvey, a resident of Chicago, Ill. He married, second, Emily C. Craft, by whom he had two children : Samuel Craft, a resi- dent of San Francisco, Cal., and Anna Maude. William P. is a resident of West Leb-
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anon, and was for many years engaged in trade at that point, and was over twenty years postmaster. Hon. Harvey Burton married for his second wife, January 26, 1831, Harriet Brooks. Their children were Elizabeth and Laura, both of whom died young ; Charles H., born June 9, 1836, married Charlotte A. Corwin, and has two children, Will- iam Corwin and Mabel Brooks, and is in the employ of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- road, and resides in Milwaukee; Louis E., born July 7, 1838, married Ellen Blood and has one child, Arthur Maurice, and resides at Northampton, Mass .; and Frederick J., born October 12, 1841, married Mary J. Emerson, and is in the employ of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, and resides in St. Paul, Minn.
Cloud, Norman, was born in Brooklyn, Conn., in 1767, and came to Norwich in 1786. He married Ruby Wright. They had ten children : Polly, died young; John W .; Daniel, died in Ohio; Polly, died young; Maria (deceased), married Hezekiah Hazen; Emily (deceased), married Lyman Burbank; Eliza, widow of John Wadleigh, resides in Nor- wich; Mary Ann (deceased), married Moses H. West ; Rufus B .; and Fidelia (deceased), married Roland Emerson. John W., son of Norman, was born in Norwich, November 9, 1799, and married Lucinda Strong, of Northampton, Mass. They had two children : Roxanna (deceased), married David Lyman, and Joseph B., born in Norwich, February 10, 1833, married, November 22, 1854, Emiraett Lyman. They have three children, all natives and residents of Norwich, viz .: John L., born February 15, 1856, married Lilla C. Sargent, has two children, Maude E. and Dana B .; Jennie E., wife of Edwin G. Lord; and Joseph H., born January 31, 1865, married Emma E. Snelling.
Cook, Samuel, was a member of the Shakers, and came from Connecticut to Norwich at an early day. He married Lydia Aldrich, and had a large family of children, among whom were John, Frank, Samnel and Lyman.
Cook, Samuel, son of Samuel, married in 1799 Anna Pratt, and had nine children : Henry, died at Mansfield, N. Y .; Leonard, died in Norwich; Clara (deceased), married Harry Babcock ; Lydia (deceased), married Thomas Sargent; Betsey (deceased), married Abel Gillette; Sally (deceased), married Azro Northrup; Anna (deceased), married Ben- son Swift; Fanny (deceased), married Robert Floyd ; Harriet (deceased), married George Parker.
Dutton .- The Duttons, of America, are of Saxon nativity. The original emigrant of the family came to New England about 1630. The families of the name in Norwich and adjoining towns are lineal descendants of Thomas Dutton, of Wallingford, Conn., born March 1, 1707, married May 6, 1729, Abigail Merriam; she died April 6, 1799; he at Royalton, Vt., in 1802. Their children were John, Thomas, Abigail, Samuel, Lois, Mat- hew, John, Nathaniel, Phebe, Amasa, and Asenath; of these the first John and Mathew died young.
Dutton, Samuel, son of Thomas, was born in Washington, Conn., February 3, 1737, and married December 6, 1754, Joanna Root. The children by this marriage were Olive, who married Seth Fuller; Abigail, married Thomas Hazen; Lois, David, Joanna, and Samuel. Mrs. Dutton died in 1772. Samuel married for his second wife, October 7, 1772, Rachel Benedict. Their children were Daniel Benedict, Thaddeus, Mathew, Esther, Rachel died young, Reuben, Asa and Chloe, both died young. Samuel removed from Connecticut to Woodstock, Vt., in 1778. remaining there till 1796, when he removed to Royalton, and in 1802 to Hartford, where he died February 22, 1813. His wife died July 21, 1828.
Dutton, Daniel Benedict, son of Samuel, was born at Washington, Conn., August 22, 1773, and married December 5, 1796, Lorana Smith. He died in Norwich, September 1, 1849; she, September 15, 1857. Their children were Mathew, died at twenty-one years of age; Marvin, died in Kansas; Rachel (deceased), married Moses Thompson ; Louisa, died at eighteen years of age ; Aaron, died at Claremont, N. H., August 19, 1890; Samuel, died in Illinois; Olive, married a Mr. King, and died in Iowa; Norman, died in Kansas ; Esther (deceased), married Morgan L. Crosby ; Thaddeus, died in Hartford, Vt .; Daniel B., resides in Miltonvale, Kan .; John; Louisa A., died single.
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Dutton, John, son of Daniel Benedict, commonly known as "Deacon," was born in Stowe, Vt., August 23, 1818, and married June 14, 1848, Harriet Lord. They had six children, viz .: Louisa Augusta, died at eleven years of age; George Albinus, born Sep- tember 15. 1854, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1880, and from the Hartford The- ological Seminary in 1883, was ordained a Congregational minister at Norwich in 1884, and assigned by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions as a mission- ary to northern Mexico, where he died June 6, 1885; Charles Sumner, born in Norwich, December 9, 1857, a graduate of Dartmouth College in Class of '80, married Ella Frances Lyman, has two children, Mabel Frances and Alice Lyman, resides on the old homestead in Norwich; Henry Allen, died at seven years of age; Harriet Elizabeth, wife of Otis Metcalf, of Hartford Vt .; and Mary Lorana, died young. Deacon John Dutton died Jan- uary 16, 1888.
Goodrich, Horace Burton, the only child of Levi and Mary (Burton) Goodrich, was born in Norwich, September 7, 1826, and married Harriet Pennock. They have five chil- dren : Carlos Eugene, married Flora Tarbell, has three children, Arthur, Edward and Oscar, resides in Waltham, Mass .; Christina Priscilla, wife of George Carr, of Boston, Mass., has one daughter, Hattie May; Horace Juan, married Lizzie Tarbell, has two chil- dren, Clarence and Conrad, and resides in Norwich; Anstin B., resides in Norwich un- married ; John K., married Inez Underwood, has no children and lives in Waltham, Mass.
Hammond, Samuel .- Currier M. Day, of Norwich, was born in Norwich, Vt., June 7, 1835, and is the second son of Samuel Quimby and Mahala (Blaisdell) Currier. After attending the local schools he became a student at the Thetford Academy, and took a classical course at the Norwich University. He studied medicine with Dr. Shubael Converse, of Norwich, and Dr. Thomas Crosby, of Hanover, N. H. After attending a course of lectures at the Dartmouth Medical College he was graduated in June, 1857, from the University of Vermont. He began the practice of his profession at Shelburne, Vt., in 1857, and remained there between three and four years. In 1862 he became Regi- mental Hospital Steward in the Eighth Vermont Infantry, but in about three months was promoted Assistant Surgeon of the regiment. Resigning the latter position in 1863, he returned to Norwich and began the practice of his profession, in which he is still engaged. Dr. Currier married, first, Abby K. Hersey, by whom he had one child, William H., a graduate of Dartmouth, who practiced medicine in Hartford, Vt., but since 1889 has re- sided at Pittsfield, Mass., and is engaged in the drug business. Dr. Currier married, second, Emily Hersey, a sister of his first wife.
Hutchinson .- This is an old and numerous family in Norwich, as well as in other parts of the county. They were among the early settlers of Massachusetts, and were in Lynn and Salem in that colony as early as 1628 or 1629. A descendant of these early colo- nists named Abijah, who was a tailor, removed from Salem to Windham early in the eighteenth century. His son, Samuel, born about 1719, in company with his son, John, came to Norwich in 1765. They cleared an island in the Connecticut River, opposite the present residence of John W. Loveland, and planted it with corn. In the fall of that year they returned to Connecticut, and in company with a younger son, Samuel, re- turned in the spring of 1766, and made a permanent settlement. The elder Samuel spent the remainder of his life in the town, and died February 8, 1809. His wife was Jemina Dunham; she died January 12, 1798. Besides the two sons named above, he had three daughters: Sarah, married Francis Smalley ; Tabitha, married Jonathan Delano; Jeru- sha, married Nathan Roberts. They all died young, soon after marriage.
Hutchinson, John, son of Samuel, was born in 1741, in Windham, Conn., and married Mary Wilson, who was born in Ashford, Conn., in August, 1744. He enlisted in the Continental Army, and died at Philadelphia, June 22, 1778. His widow afterwards mar- ried Solomon Strong. His children were Jerome ; John, removed to New York State, where he died; Lydia, who was probably the first child born in Norwich, married D. Hammond, of Thetford; and Abigail, married Hon. John Strong, of Woodstock, Vt.
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Hutchinson, Jerome, son of John, was born in Ashford, Conn., March 2, 1763, and married Content Smith. Their children were John, who emigrated to New York State, where he died ; Fanny, died single; Sarah (deceased), married William Loveland ; Cyn- thia (deceased), married Asaph Allen : Sophia (deceased), married Andrew J. Williams; Mary Ann (deceased), married Milo Marsh; and William. Jerome died in 1849.
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