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i. ELIZABETHI STOELL,3 b. Dec. 21, 1779; d. Feb. 24, 18II ; unm.
4. ii. SAMUEL WOOD, b. Jan. 13, 1782 ; m. Sally Weaver.
iii. LUCY, b. Nov. 29, 1784 ; m. June 4, 1829, Edward Darby of R. ; she d. Dec. 11, 1830; no children.
iv. IRENE, b. Dec. 20, 1786; m. Dec. S, 1809, Alpheus Kendall of Cav- endish, Vt. ; she d. May 27, 1810; no children.
v. PIIILENA, b. Aug. 28, 1789; d. at the old homestead in 1860; unm.
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vi. DAVID, b. Dec. 6, 1791 ; m. Rebecca Lane.
6. vii. ELIAS, b. June 20. 1794 ; m. Susan Lane.
viii. PATTY, b. Sept. 5, 1796: d. Feb. 19, 1798.
7. ix. WILLIAM W., b. July 21, 1800; m. Electa Barnes.
3. ELIJAHI3 (John,2 David1), b. May 19, 1791 ; m. Rebecca Kendall, d. Feb. 2, 1871 ; he d. Feb. 2, 1873.
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i. LIVERIA,4 b. Feb. 1, 1815 ; m. Thomas H. Kendall, d. Mar. 10, 1879 ;" she d. Aug. 28, 1894. Children : 1. George Ulmer.5 2. Frances Marion, deceased. 3. Warren, d. in infancy. 4. Rebecca Anna, m. Charles C. Phelps ; res. Athol, Mass. ; no children. 5. Ella, m. Calvin P. Pettengill; res. Boulder, Colo. Children : i. Ber- tha Elizabeth.6 ii. Arthur Byron. iii. Frank Harmon, deceased. iv. Emma Liveria. 6. Emma, twin sister of Ella.
ii. BELANA, b. Dec. 22, 1818; m. Daniel Kendall; she d. Windham, Vt. Children : 1. Harrict,5 m. George Willard; she d. 1902. Children : i. Charles,e res. Manchester, Vt. ii. Helen M., m. Fred Baldwin ; res. Manchester, Vt. 2. Helen (twin sister of llar- riet ), m. Elmer H. Lawrence : she d. 1875. Children : i. Angie,6 m. N. H. Lawrence; res. Townshend, Vt. ii. Edward, m .; Blanche Harrington ; res. Chester, Vt. iii. Helen, m. Osro Clayton ; res. So. Londonderry, Vt. 3. Delia B., m. Henry Willard ; she d. Grafton, Vt., 1904. Children : i. A. II.,6 m. Nellie Williams ; res. Boston, Mass. ii. Rose, m. Arthur J. Pal- matier ; res. Williamsville, Mass. iii. Florence, m. Myron Hawley ; res. Springfield, Mass. 4. Solon, m. Ist Hattie E. Law- rence ; m. 2d Sarah Hawley ; res. Westminster, Vt. 5. Rosalia, m. John B. Lawrence; res. Grafton, Vt. Child : Albert II.,6 m. Eva S. Howard; res. Grafton, Vt.
iii. ROYAL E., b. Jan. 1, 1820; m. Betsey R. Kendall, d. in 1903 ; he d. May 7, 1881. Children : 1. Willliam Royal,5 m. Susan Potter ; res. Fitchburg, Mass. 2. Mary, m. Charles Dartt: res. New Haven, Conn. 3. Archie, deceased. 4. Walter E., m .; res. Fitchburg, Mass.
iv. FIDELIA A., b. May 8, 1822 ; m. Isaac F. Kendall, d. Oct. 31, 1903 . she d. Mar. 20, 1864; res. So. Charlestown, N. H. Children : 1. Isaac Allen,5 d. while in the navy. 2. Royal Earl, d. in infancy.
3. Royal Henry, m. and res. in California. 4. Charles Eugene, in. Hattie Wood; one dau., res. Boston. 5. Fred. d. in infancy. 6. Fred, deceased. 7. Etta I., m. Elbridge R. Welch. Child : Elbridge R.,6 res. Melrose, Mass.
v. PAMELIA A., b. Sept. 12, 1824; m. Abner Tolles ; d. Jan. 20, 1893. Children : 1. Sarah A.,5 m. Edgar T. Chamberlain ; deceased. 2. Alice May, d. ae. 6 yrs.
vi. REBECCA, b. Dec. 2, 1827; m. Marshall A. Davis. ( See Davis.)
vii. EMILY J., b. Mar. 18, 1830; m. Edward Holmes. Children : I. Selden Clifford,5 deceased. 2. Herbert Allen, m. Flora B. Rus- sell; res. Langdon, N. H. Children : i. George.6 ii. Russell. iii. Esther. iv. Helen. v. Ashton. 3. George Edward, deceased. 4. Gracia Maria, m. Ernest Knight; res. Langdon, N. H. Child- ren : i. Laforest.6 ii. Selden. iii. Freeman. iv. Emery. 5. Fidelia Holmes, m. Ira M. Russell ; res. Langdon, N. H. Children all deceased.
viii. ELIJAH F., b. Dec. 1, 1833 : m. Sept. 3, 1856, Arvilla E. Bancroft of R .; he d. Lakewood, N. J., May 29, 1879. Children : 1. Lizzic May,5 b. New Haven, Conn., July 21, 1858; m. Oct. 1880, John L. Irons ; they now res. in Winterham, Va. Children: i. William Percival,6 b. Lakewood, N. J., June 13, 1882 ; d. Aug. 11, 1902. ii. Lyndon O., b. Lakewood, May 6, 1884. iii. Herman C., b. Lakewood, Mar. 9, 1886. iv. Vera L., b. Lakewood, Jan. 17, 1888. v. Virgil M., b. Lakewood, Apr. 8, 1890. vi. Jefferson C., b. Lakewood, Sept. 13, 1891. vii. Thelma A., b. Lakewood, Nov. 12, 1895. viii. Arvilla L., b. Lakewood, Oct. 11, 1897. ix. Frank P., b. in Virginia, Dec. 25, 1901 ; d. July 9, 1902. 2. Frank B., b. Lakewood, Oct. 15, 1868; m. Annie Hodges. Children : i.
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Stanley F.,6 b. Nov. 13, 1891 ; res. in Winterham, Va. ii. Norman G., b. Sept. 5. 1893; res. Winterham, Va. iii. Perley E., b. May 4, 1896 ; res. Winterham, Va. iv. Ilelen B., b. June 21, 1897 ; res. Winterham, Va. v. Leather R., b. July 24, ISOS: d. Nov., 1898. vi. Robert 11., b. July 24, 1899. 3. James Perley, b. Lakewood, Nov. 28, 1874; m. Marie L. Lopez; res. Philadelphia, Pa .; no children. 4. Fanny B., b. Sept. 6. 1865 ; d. Lakewood. Nov. 22, 1867.
4. SAMUEL WOOD3 ( David2 David1), b. Jan. 13, 1782; was known as "Lieut. : " selectman 1811-14; m. May 29, 1806, Sally, dau. of Daniel Weaver of R., b. Mar. 13, 1787, d. Oct. 14, 1862 ; he was drowned while repairing his mill dam in R., July 14, 1817.
Children :
i. GEORGE HENRY,4 b. Sept. 29, 1807; m. Abigail A. Bosworth, b. June 17, 1818, d. May 15, 1903; he d. Feb. 11, 1861 ; res. South- port, Ill. Children : 1. Laura ().,5 b. Aug. 25, 1843 ; d. Dec. 16, IS95. 2. Lucia Ann, b. May 20, 1845; in. Ist Nov. 22, 1871, Thomas Edson Horsley, d. Oct, 31, 1896; m. 2d Apr. 22, 1903, Edward 1. Walker; res. Elmwood, Ill. Children : i. Mary Fran- ces,6 b. July 8, 1873; m. John Pearson. Child: 1. Glen,7 res. Elmwood, Ill. ii. George Pulsipher, b. Oct. 26, 1877; res. Elm- wood, Ill. iii. Edward Fred, b. Mar. 2, ISSI ; m. and has one son. iv. Earl. b. Feb. 25, ISSS. 3. Eliza Janc, b. Nov. 6, 1847 ; m. Aug. 10; 1871, Francis L. Cox, d. Mar. 15, 1901 : res. in Kansas. Children : i. Fred.6 ii. Raymond. iii. Abigail. iv. Arthur. v. Carl. vi. Belle ; all res. in Kansas. 4. Fred Bremer, b. July 22, 1851 ; in. Oct. 18, 1876, Mary E. Taylor ; res. Elmwood, Ill. 5. Isabel, b. Sept. 30, 1853 or 1855 ; m. Oct. 3, 1877, George II. Wiley. Children : i. James Earl,6 b. Nov. 12, 1878; m. Nov. 20, 1898, Viola Keefer. ii. Nettie Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1883 ; m. Dec. 21, 1905, Oliver Brown. iii. Mabel Blanch. b. Aug. 7, 1886. iv. Verna Ethel, b. Apr. 3, 1889. v. Nellie F., b. Apr. 13, 1893 ; d. Sept. 13, 1905. 6. Ethel May. b. Apr. S, 1858; res. Southport, Ill.
ii. CHARLES WEAVER, b. Sept. 15, ISOS; m. Oct. 10, 1837, Lucy Wilson, b. Chester, Vt., May 20, 1819; he d. Apr. 9, ISSS; res. in R. Children : 1. Susan Ellen,5 b. Sept. 4, 1839; m. Morton C. Roundy. (See Roundy. ) 2. Martin W., b. Mar. 2, 1842 ; d. May 2, 1856. 3. Sarah Isabell, b. in 1846; m. Richard F. Halladay. ( See Halladay. )
iii. IRENE KENDAL, b. Dec. 27, 1810; deceased.
iv. ELIZABETH STOEL, b. Mar. 5, IS13.
V. LAURA, b. July 1, 1815; m. Mar. 29, 1842, Rodney Wiley, b. Peter- boro, N. 11., Mar. 20, 1815, d. in R., Mar. 28, 1904; she d. in R., May 25. ISS7. Children : 1. George Franklin,5 b. Jan. 2, 1845 ; m. Nov. 17, 1870, Frances M. White : res. Springfield, Vt. Child- ren : i. Carrie Louise,6 b. Jan. 11, 1872 ; m. Dec. 10, 1895, Charles F. Bartlett ; no children ; res. in Mass. ii. Flora Frances, b. June 15, 1875; m. Dec. 19, 1901, Thomas E. Hoban. Child : Řuth Frances,7 b. Apr. 9, 1905. iii. Grace Smart, b. Mar. 20, 1878; m. June 14, 1899, Alvin W. Lawrence: no children. iv. Gertrude Olive, b. Feb. 5, 1883 : res. Springfield. Vt. v. Clarence Henry, b. May 1, ISS6 : res. Springfield, Vt. vi. Ilarlan Levi, b. Oct. II, 1894: res. Springfield, Vt. 2. Mary J .. b. Feb. 18, 1850; m. Sept. 29, 1886, Walter C. Stuart : she d. June 9, 1892 ; no children ; res. in R. 3. Sarah Ann, (twin sister of Mary J. ), b. Feb. IS, 1850: m. Morton C. Roundy. ( See Roundy.)
vi. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 15, 1816; m. Franklin Severens, b. in Derby, Vt., Oct., ISII. represented R. in legislature, 1859-60, and was
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prominent in local town affairs, d. in Michigan ; she d. in R., Sept. 28, 1875. Children : 1. Henry F.,5 h. May 11, 1835; is a judge; m. Dec. 1, 1863, Carrie Ryan ; res. Kalamazoo, Mich. Children : i. Mabel,6 b. Nov. 19, 1868. ii. Carrie, b. Oct. 22, 1872. 2. Charles W. P., b. Mar., 1837; m. Harriet McQuaide ; res. in S. R. Children : i. Martin.6 ii. Ida. iii. Jefferson. 3. James M., b. Aug. 25, 1839 ; m. and has children ; res. Montevideo, Minn. 4. Elma May, b. Mar. 26, 1844; m. May 4, 1870, George W. Perham. Child : i. Carrie.6 5. Jefferson, b. May 13, 1849; d. Feb. 3, 1864. 6. Seymour, b. July 26, 1851 ; m. in 1878, Augusta Morse of R. Child: i. Elva,6 m. and has 2 children; res. in Michigan. 7. Fessie F., b. Apr. 25, 1856; m. in 1876, George H. Smith ; d. Sept. 25, 1890; he res. Holland, Mich. Children : i. Eva.6 ii. Linthea iii. Alwyn; m. iv. Lucy ; m. v. Mabel. vii. SAMUEL W., b. Oct. 11, 1817; m. in 1842, Angeline E. Walker, b. July 4, 1825, d. Nov. 9, 1889; he rem. to Brimfield, Ill., in 1838, and d. Feb. 19, 1897. Children : 1. Florence E.,5 b. Ang. 6, 1843; m. May 16, 1871, James E. Wilson, d. Nov. 5, 1902 ; res. Southport, Ill. 2. Francis A., b. Nov. 2, 1845; res. Elmwood, Ill. 3. Edmond C., h. Apr. 7, 1848; m. Jan. 11, 1891, Emma C. Gibbs, b. Feb 4, 1859; res. Elmwood, Ill. Children : i. Irene,6 b. July 21, 1892. ii. Bettie M., b. Aug. 9, 1894. 4. Leslie O., b. Sept. 23, 1850; m. May 1, 1889, Abbie Burt, b. Feb. 19, 1860; res. Elmwood, Ill. Child : i. Ross HI.,6 b. July 17, 1893. 5. Eldon S., b. Mar. 8, 1853 ; m. Oct. 10, 1881, Ella Strain ; res. in South- ern Mich, Child : 1. Eugenia L.,6 b. Sept. 5, 1883.
5. DAVID3 ( David,2 David1), b. Dec. 6, 1791 ; early a farmer, res. between R. and S. R. villages, his farm joined that of Elias Pulsipher and the neigh- borhood was known as "Pulsipher Hollow ;" many yrs. a drover, driving cattle and sheep from northern N. H., and Vt. on foot to Boston markets before the Cheshire R. R. was built, and later loading them on the cars at Fitchburg, Winchendon and B. F .; seriously injured early in the '50s by being crushed in a car by unruly cattle and never fully recovered. He was a large man, of great energy, deeply interested in public affairs, in the educa- tion of his children and in the churches of his town. He sold his farm about 1860 and rem. to S. R., and in 1865 to Brimfield, Ill., where he d. in 1867 at the home of his dau. Elizabeth.
Hle m. Mar. 15, 1815, Rebecca, dan. of Ephraim and Elizabeth Lane of Walpole, N. H., b. Apr. 7, 1795. She was the eldest of seven sisters, all remarkable for their superior traits of character.
Children :
i. ELVIRA,4 b. Mar. 7, 1816; m. William Hooper of Walpole, d. June 16, 1881. Children : 1. Franklin William,5 b. Feb. 11, 1851 ; a grad. Harvard college, 1875, A. M., 1897; a prominent educator ; Director of Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, N. Y .; m. in 1876, Martha Holden ; res. Brooklyn, N. Y. Chil- dren : i. Rebecca Lane,6 b. Mar. 24, 1877. ii. Franklin Dana, b. Oct. 30, 1884. 2. George Dana, b. Sept. 4, 1853 ; a farmer ; m. 1st Jan. 1, 1875, Elbra Mabel Dunham, d. Apr. 16, 1896: m. 2d Mar. 1, 1906, Lizzie L. Pease ; res. Walpole, N. II. Children : I. Eleanor,6 b. Feb. 6, 1876; m. Herbert G. Lamb; res. Alstead. N. H. Children : i. Harold George,7 b. Oct. 23, 1897. ii. Grace Hattie, b. Oct. 24, 1898. iii. William Herbert, h. Mar. 31, 1900. iv. Roger Henry, b. May 1, 1902. v. Charles Hooper, b. July 18, 1904. vi. Elbra Eleanor, b. Aug. 17, 1905. 2. George Hayes,6 b.
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Feb. 9, 1877: res. Walpole, N. H .; unm. 3. Grace Emma, b. Oct. 31, 1878; m. Oct. 25, 1904, Robert Maynard Sears; res. Springfield, Mass. ; no children. iv. Elbra Mattic,7 b. Mar. 7, ISSO; m. Jan. 7, 1904, Walter Arnold Johnson ; res. Westminster, Vt. ; no children.
ii. LEWIS, b. Apr. 3, 1817 ; d. June 24, 1825.
iii. DANA, b. Sept. 9, 1818; m. May 12, 1848, Martha J. Law, b. May 12, 1826; rem. to Illinois in 1852; she d. Aug. 16, 1896; he d. Elmwood, Ill., Nov. 21, 1878. Children : 1. Henry Dana,5 b. Sept. 20, 1849; m. Apr. 14, 1872, Cynthia Adams. b. Mar. 8, 1853 ; he d. Peoria, Ill., July 31, 1894. Children : i. William Henry,6 b. June 18, 1873: m. Nov. 2, 1892, Carrie O. Byrum; res. near Elmwood, Ill. Children : 1. William Edward.7 b. Apr. 4, 1894 ; d. July 9, 1894. 2. Ilenry W., b. Sept. 24, 1896. 3. Julia G., b. Apr. 5, 1900; d. Oct. 5, 1905. 4. Lester H., b. Mar. 24, 1902. ii. Gertrude May,6 b. Aug. 29, 1878; d. Aug. 25, 1897. iii. Mary Janc. b. Sept. 19, 1882 ; m. Aug. 4. 1903, Clarence A. Merrick. iv. Harry, b. June 25, 1884. 2. Ella Rebecca, b. Dec. 27, 1855 ; m. Mar. 23, ISS2, Edson Fayette Walton. b. Feb. 22, 1852 ; res. Elm- wood, Ill. Children : i. Neva Elbra," b. Nov. 22, 1883 ; d. Ang. 22, 1903. ii. Robert Dana, b. June 26, 1886. iii. Florence Eliza- beth, b. May 14, 1889. iv. Mildred Eleanor, b. Jan. 2, 1894; d. Aug. 5. 1895. 3. Arthur C., b. Sept. 9, 1859; m. Apr., 1885, Mary Looley; d. Sept. 30, 1899: res. Peoria, Ill. Children : Clarence,6 b. Mar. 1, 1886. ii. Charles, b. Apr., ISSS. iii. Flor- ence, h. June, 1891. 4. Lizzie Alice, b. Sept. 30, 1868 ; res. Peoria, Ill. ; unm.
iv. MARY, b. Apr. 30, 1820; d. in infancy.
V. MARY. b. Nov. 13, 1821 ; d. in infancy.
vi. SOPHIA, b. Feb. 18, 1823 ; d. 1876; unm.
vii. GEORGE, b. July 9, 1824 ; deceased ; unm.
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viii. ELIZABETHI D)., b. July 26, 1826; m. Robert W. Wiley. ( Sec Wiley. ) LEWIS, b. Oct. 5, 1828; m. Nov. 18, 1855, Chloe Chilson ; went west in 1857; he d. Weston, Ill. Children : 1. Flora E.,5 h. Nov. 1, 1856; m. Miller Ilotaling ; d. Dec. 25, 1886; res. Weston.
Children : i. Lewis,6 m. ii. Philip, m. iii. Leah, m.
iv. Clodie. m. 2. Clara E., b. Apr. 25, 1859; m. Charles Anderson ; d. Sept. 10, 1901 ; res. Fairbury, Il1. 3. Jennie May, b. Oct. 14, 1862 ; m. Charles Anderson ; d. Dec. 25, 1892 ; res. Fairbury. Children : i. Jessie.6 ii. Beatrice (twins). 4. George A., b. Jan. 14, 1866; res. Weston. 5. Nellie S., b. Jan. 13, 1871 ; d. Mar. 18, 1874; res. Fairbury. 6. Nettie A., b. Oct. 27, 1874: m. C. W. Compton ; res. Fairbury.
6. ELIAS3 ( David2 David!), b. June 20, 1794; m. Susan, dan. of Ephraim and Elizabeth Lanc, b. Walpole, N. II., Oct. 1, 1796, d. in S. R. in 1880; he d. in S. R., June 22, 1858. He was a farmer in Pulsipher Hollow, his farm joining his brother David's. Sold his farm in the 50's and removed to S. R., to a house standing on the lot now occupied by the res. of his gr. s., Starks Edson. The house now stands on the west side of the highway opp. to its former site. Ile was a drover, a man of splendid build and distinguished appearance. In character resembled his brother David.
Children :
i. GEORGE F., + b. IS21 ; d. 1821.
ii. MARTHA A., b. 1823: m. in 1842, Othniel W. Edson, b. in R. in 1818, d. Albany, N. Y., in 1861 ; she d. in Troy, N. Y., in 1859. Children : 1. Catherine Z.,5 b. in 1843; m. in 1871, Francis A. Davis of Boston, d. in 1896; she d. Newton, Mass., in 1898. 2.
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Starks, b. Chester, Vt., in 1848; res. in Troy, Albany and N. Y. city from 1867 to 1886, during which period he was engaged in the grain commission business, in partnership with his uncle, Frank- lin Edson. In 1886 he rem. to S. R., and in 1890 engaged in the manufacture of paints. . In 1905 was one of the first board of trustees of S. R. village. IIe m. in 1870, Nellie S. Childs of S. R. ; res. S. R. ; no children.
iii. IRA A., b. 1826: m. in 1861, Ruth B. Pollard of Ludlow, Vt., a well- known teacher in Vt. Academy, b. in 1833, d. Concordia, Kan., in 1899; he d. in S. R., in 1865. Child : I. Park B.,5 b. in 1862 ; m. in 1899, Mary (Howard) Burnett, b. Windsor, Vt., in 1864: is a lawyer at Concordia, Kan. ; no children.
7. WILLIAM W.3 ( David,2 David1), b. July 21, 1800; always lived on the old homestead in R. where the first log " Inn " stood. Like his broth- ers, David and Elias, was a drover, and resembled them in physical size and energy of character ; m. Jan. 5, 1830. Electa Barnes of Weathersfield, Vt., b. Jan. 25, 1807, d. Springfield, Vt., June 26, 1891 ; he d. in R. Sept. 26, 1 870.
Children :
i. ZADA P.,4 b. May 29, 1831 ; d. July 31, 1833.
ii. LUCY ANN, b. Nov. 23, 1834 ; d. Springfield, Vt., July 17, 1893 ; unm.
iii. ELI P. B., b. Jan. 18, 1839; a prominent hardware merchant with W. H. II. Putnam, in Springfield, Vt., later liveryman ; m. Ist Sept. 2, 1873, Emma ( Smalley ) Divoll, d. in 1885 ; m. 2d May 2, 1890, Nancy (White ) Beard ; res. Springfield. Child : (adopted) Frank E.,5 b. July 25. 1876 ; m. Nov. 1, 1899, Winnie Merrill ; res. Springfield. Children : i. Ruth W.,6 b. Nov. 10, 1900; res. Springfield. ii. Josephine M., b. July 18, 1902 ; res. Springfield.
iv. SARAII REBECCA, b. Apr. 4, 1848; m. May 26, 1874, William H. II. Putnam, b. Grafton, Vt., Sept. 14, 1840, was sergeant major dur- ing the Civil war and since 1873 a prominent business man, mer- chant and town official of Springfield. Children : 1. May Emma,5 b. Aug. 22, 1875; m. Sept. 21, 1898, Elmer S. Baldwin ; res. Springfield. Children : i. Clyde Putnam,6 b. Aug. 11, 1899. ii. Alice May, b. July 27, 1901. iii. William Joseph, b. Mar. 9, 1904. 2. John Charles, b. Feb. 11, 1877; unm. 3. William El, b. Feb. 15, 1879; m. in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 20, 1904, Edith H. Ellison ; res. Birmingham, Ala. Child : i. William H. HI. (2d)6, b. July 15, 1905. 4. Edwin Garfield, b. Dec. 14, ISSI ; d. Sept. 26, 1900. 5. Howard Eaton, b. Sept. 19, 1883 ; res. Bir- mingham, Ala., unm. 6. Harry Barnes, b. Apr. 25, 1887 ; res. Springfield, Vt., unm. 7. Russell, b. Feb. 18, 1889; d. Feb. 22, 1889. 8. Sarah Louisa, b. April 8, 1891; res. Springfield. 9. Carrie Lucy, b. Mar. 25, 1893 ; res. Springfield.
RAND
FRED C.I (s. of Theodore Cyrus, gr. s. of Gen. Denzel Davis Rand of the Vermont militia), b. Windham, Vt., May 31, 1854; rem. from Town- shend, Vt., to S. R., Aug., 1886; conducted livery business there until June. 1905 ; has since res. on a farm just west of S. R. village ; has been constable and deputy sheriff ; m. Nov. 26, 1877, Emma Lemira, dau. of Josiah and Mary Jane ( Farnum ) Goddard, b. Londonderry, Vt .. Nov. 26, 1856.
Child :
i. RAY JAMES,2 b. in S. R., Nov. 14, 1885 ; grad. B. F. H. S., 1905.
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MYRON HI.5 (John C.,5 Paul,+ Jonathan,3 Amos,2 Abel1), b. Henniker, N. H., Aug. 30, 1855 : came to R. in 1886 : has been ist selectman the last five years : a farmer and dealer in lumber : a member of the fraternities of Masons, Odd Fellows and Patrons of Husbandry ; representative in legislature, 1906.
Hlis ancestor, Abel,1 lived in Marlborough, Mass., at the commencement of the 18th century, was in the French and Indian war in 1754, and also a soldier of the Revolution, although at that time an old man.
Myron II.," m. Oct. 15, 1884, S. Grace Pickard, b. Canterbury, N. H., Aug. 8. 1863 ; res. B. F.
Children :
i. FLORENCE M.,7 b. May 11. ISSS.
ii. EDITH L., b. Feb. 25, 1891.
iii. GWENDOLIN F., b. Feb. 19, 1899.
READ
LAVANT MURRAYI (s. of Charles and Olive C. ( Willard ) Read). b. Wardsboro, Vt .. Dec. 26, 1842 ; educated in common schools of his native town. later attended Leland & Gray seminary, Townshend, Vt. : enlisted Co. 11., 2d Vt. Vol. in '63, took part in numerous battles, severely wounded in the Wilderness. honorably discharged Aug. 20, '65: entered law office of Hlon. Hoyt H. Wheeler, then of Jamaica, Vt. : admitted to Windham county bar in '69: began to practise in Jamaica as a partner of his old preceptor, Judge Wheeler ; rem. to B. F. in 1872, practising his profession until his death ; state's attorney 18So-2 : elected judge of probate in 1886 which office he retained until his last illness; town representative in 1892 and again in 1894, chairman of committee on railroads and of the committee upon revision of laws in the latter year, to which arduous duty was probaby due the physical breakdown resulting in death; president of the Vt. Bar association; first commander of E. H. Stoughton Post No. 34, G. A. R., and twice re-elected ; member of the Masonic fraternity including the degrees to that of Knight Templar : a number of years grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Vt., and served as grand master of the same body from 1878 to ISSI ; first dictator of the subordinate lodge of Knights of Honor, and also grand dictator of the grand lodge ; an eminent and gifted lawyer, a leading citizen, exerting large influence in his town and state.
lle m. Dec. 13, 1876, Sarah A., dau. of Jared D. and Sarah (Amadon ) Perkins of B. F., b. Fitzwilliam, N. H., Mar. 25, 1844. Ile d. B. F., June 17, 1902 ; she res. B. F.
Child :
i.
MARY ALICE,2 b. B. F., Jan. 25, 1878; graduate of Smith college,
1901 ; res. B. F. ; unm.
RICHARDS
LIEUT. CHARLES2 (4th . of Charles of Scotland, Marblehead and Lunenburg, Mass., and his wife Janet Mitchell), b. Wenham. Mass., May 27, 1735 ; rem. to R. from Groton, Mass., about 1762 ; prominent in military and
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civic affairs during the Revolution ; town treasurer 1765, 1779, 1780; select- man 1770, 1778; elected lieut. of town militia Co. in town meeting, 1775 ; " marcht for Ticonderogue." 1777, and in the same year commanded a detachment of R. militia, as lieut., on an expedition to Bennington ; con- tributed to expense of the R. delegate to the historic Dorset convention, 1777 ; one of four men to present the town with the land for first meeting-house and the burying ground in 1782 ; member of the Ist Univer. chh. of R. on Parker Hill in 1793 ; rem. late in life to Townsend, Mass. He m. Anna Craig.
Children :
i. CHIARLES,3 b. Sept. 5, 1757; took an active part in the Revolution from this town ; was one of the company that "marcht to Man- chester " in 1777, and was with the " expedition to Bennington" in Sept., 1777; a drummer in the company raised in the "alarm" caused by the burning of Royalton in Oct., 1780; and a member of the company sent from this town to quell the riot in Guilford, 1782. He m. Sept. 8, 1778, Molly Arwin of R. Children : I. .John,4 bap. July 18, 1784. 2. Molly. bap. July 18, 1784. 3. Heman and 4. Matilda, twins, bap. Aug. 7, 1785.
ii. DANIEL, b. Aug. 23, 1761 ; was also active during the Revolution ; in the Saratoga campaign in 1777; in the "expedition to Benning- ton " in 1778; corporal of local company, 1780 ; on the " freemen's role; " went to Guilford and assisted in subduing the Tories as a member of Capt. Simonds' Rockingham company, 1782. Ile m. June 30, 1782, Sally Field of R. Children : 1. Manor,4 bap. July 18, 1784. 2. Sally, bap. Sept. 11, 1785.
iii. MARY.
iv. EDWARD, b. Oct. 4, 1763 ; said to have been the third white child b. in the new township of R .; m. Eunice Locke of R .; rem. to Charlestown, N. H., later to Perry, N. Y., where he d. ae. nearly 90. Children : 1. Eunice,4 b. Oct. 15, 1787; m. Ist Jan. 1, ISII, James Blake ; m. 2d in 1833 Uriah Gilson of Unity, N. H. 2. John Locke, b. Apr. 14, 1789; m. Mar. 10, 1813, Abigail Gilman of Unity, N. H .; res. Marietta, O. Children : i. John Locke,5 b. Apr. 23, 1815 ; m. Mar. 10, 1850, Ellen Mariah, dau. of Asa Hibbard of Concord, Vt., b. Oct. 11, 1830. ii. Edward Gilman, b. Aug. 27, 1817 ; d. Aug. 22, 1829; unm. iii. Urania Stoughton, b. Nov. 28, 1819; m. George II. Wells ; d. July 29, 1858. iv. Luman, b. July 28, 1822 ; d. July 31, 1843; unm. v. Anna, b. Oct. 16, 1829; d. Jan. 24, 1833. 3. Nancy, b. May 13, 1791; m. Mar. 18, 1812, Samuel B. Spear of Cavendish, Vt., and they were living in R. in Oct. of that year. 4. Urania Barrett, b. Mar. 8, 1794; m. Ira Stoughton of Gill, Mass. 5. Edward, b. 1796; m. Feb. 14, 1820, Sally Densmore ; res. Rochester, N. Y. 6. Perry Nelson, b. May 16, 1799 ; m. Oct. 16, 1822, Emily Griswold ; res. Sunderland, Mass. v. PERRIN, b. in R. ; m. Sarah
vi BETSEY, b. in R., about 1770; m. Wallace.
vii. MOSES, b. in R., Sept. S, 1773; m. Sally Stoughton.
ROBBINS
DR. ARTEMAS1 (s. of Nathaniel and Mary ( Coolidge) Robbins), b. Newton. Mass., Jan. 8, 1776; a physician of B. F. for more than 30 yrs. pre- vious to his death, May 16. 1857; lived in a large dwelling where the opera house now stands and had his office in a small building on the same lot : later lived on the north side of School street; invested in silk worm culture and railroad construction, losing heavily in both ; "a stern, dignificd
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inan, very proud, a great temperance man, fighting rum in every form, and a skilled practitioner in medicine."
He m. Ist Eva Tull of Saratoga, N. Y. ; m. 2d Aznbah Fisk of Chester, Vt. Child by Ist wife :
i. LouisA,2 b Saratoga. N. Y .. July 17, 1804; m. Daniel Brown Johon- not in B. F .. Oct. 1, 1829: d. Nov. 15, 1869. Child : 1. Artemas Robbins,3 b. Hanover, N. Il., June 25. 1832 ; m. Apr. 25, 1859, Mary E., dan. of William Bill and Betsey (Robertson ) Blake of B. F. ; he d. Ilolyoke. Mass., Jan. 7, 1874. ( See Blake, p. 600.)
ROBERTSON
JOHN2 (s. of William,I gr. s. of George), b. near Halifax, N. S., Oct. 4. 1824 : always a paper maker, as were both his father and gr. father. His gr. father followed the business in Scotland and never came to America. Ilis father learned the business in Scotland, emigrated to America, purchased a mill in Putney, Vt., about 1824 and continued the manufacture there and at Ilinsdale, N. H. during the remainder of his life. The Robertson clan in Scotland dates as far back as 1391. It is not known there was relationship between this John and the John Robertson who was tavern keeper of B. F., IS21 to 1834, except possibly in the earlier generations in Scotland.
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