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DANIEL6 ( Constant,5 John,4 Thomas,3 William,2 Sergeant Clement,1 who came to America about 1630), came early to R., and June 9, 1781, pur- chased a farm about two miles north of S. R., on the road to R. village. To this he afterward made additions, and here he spent his entire life. He m. Joanna Preston ; he d. June 25, 1So1, ae. 46 years; buried in the old R. cemetery.
Children all b. in R., except the eldest :
i. ESEK,7 b. Killingly, R. I., Dec. 4, 1776; m. Apr. 14, 1So3, Sally Orr ; he d. Oct. 15, 1849. Children : 1. Harriet,8 b. Sept. 26, 1803; m. Benjamin Smith. (See Smith. ) 2. Constant Preston, b. Feb. 22, 1806. 3. Daniel, b. May 15, 18OS; d. July 24, 1808. 4. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 27, 18II ; in. Nelson Bolles of Cambridgeport. 5. Esek Milton, b. Mar., 1819; d. Aug. 11, 1862 ; unm.
ii. POLLY, b. Oct. 13, 1783.
iii. SALLY, b. Mar. 13, 1787; m. Ist Samuel W. Pulsipher ( See Pulsi- pher) ; m. 2d Isaac Severens, d. Oct. 14, 1863, ae. 90; she d. June 17, 1863. Child by 2d husband : Franklin,8 who was town repre- sentative 1859, 1860, and was the father of Judge Henry F. Severens9 of Kalamazoo, Mich.
iv. JOANNA, b. July 27, 1789; m. ist William Putnam; m. 2d Edward Bellamy.
v. DANIEL, b. Aug. 14, 1791.
vi. RANDILLA, b. Sept. 3, 1793 ; m. John Wiley. (See Wiley.)
vii. JonN, b. Oct. 18, 1795; m. June 12, 1817, Asenath Wiley, d. June 17, 1888; he d. April 5, 1849. Children : 1. George S.8 (D. D.), b. Dec. 24, ISIS; a retired Universalist pastor ; m. Ist Nov. 21, IS48, Susan Staymore ; m. 2d Feb. 7, 1853, Sarah J. Kendall ; res. Canton, N. Y. 2. Frances E., b. Feb. 28, 1821 ; m. John Dickin- son of Alstead, N. HI. ; she d. May 21, 1900. 3. Abby A., b. Oct. 14, 1823 ; m. Paul R. Kendall ; she d. May 2, 1853. 4. John F., b. Aug. 11, 1826 : m. Jane Wales of Alstead ; she d. Alstead, Sept. 6, 1876. 5. Achsak A., b. Jan. 30, 1829; m. J. H. Hartzell, D. D., a Universalist clergyman ; d. Buffalo, N. Y. 6. Helen M., b. June 17, 1831 ; m. J. H. Chapin, a Universalist clergyman, d. Meriden, Conn. ; she d. Alstead, April 12, 1871. 7. Rev. Andrew J., b. Jan. 1, 1834; m. Nov. 1. 1862, Helen Lane of Gloucester. Mass. : res. Whitewater, Wis. S. Oren II., b. Dec. 23, 1836; d. Apr. 4,
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1837. 9. Oren II'., b. Jan. 5, 1840; a prominent statistician of the U. S., connected with the Bureau of Statistics and Labor in Wash- ington under Carroll D Wright ; m. Ellen Stackpole ; he d. Wash- ington, D. C., Apr. 25, 1900; buried at S. R.
viii. JAMES, b. Mar. 24, 1798; m. ist Oct. 16, 1822, Almira S. Fay, d. Oct. 4, 1834, ae. 31 yrs. ; m. 2d Alice S. Ingraham, d. Sept. 7, 1878, ae. 67 years; he d. Nov. 15, ISSI; res. at S. R. and Cambridge- port. Children : 1. Lucia, 8 b. at S. R. ; m. Aug., 1852, Charles B. Day. wholesale merchant of Peoria, Ill., formerly of R .; she d. Nov. 13, 1895. Children : i. Gertrude ;9 m. Rollin Wiley ; res. Chicago, Ill. ii. Charles ; res. Chicago, Ill. 2. Daniel, b. in S. R., June, 1824 ; d. June 4, 1844; unm. 3. Harriet /1., b. in S. R., Nov. 22, 1832; m. June 7, 1853, Bateman Bowman of Brimfield, Ill. : she d. Brimfield, Jan. 27, 1886. Children: i. Alice ;9 deceased. ii. Charles. iii. Fred. 4. Agnes, b. Cambridgeport. Dec. 3, 1837; m. Mar. 15, 1857, John Wilder of Cambridgeport ; she d. Feb. 17, 1900: he res. Cambridgeport. Child : Willie
Weaver.9 b. Mar. 1. 1862 ; operates a saw mill at Cambridgeport ; m. Dec. 26, 1904, Zadie Abbie Keith. Child : William Ray,10 b. Cambridgeport, May 14, 1906. 5. Julia, b. Cambridgeport, Dec. 14, 1849; m. Ist Aug. 21, 1869, Charles O. Dwinnell, d. Jan. 14, 1892 ; m. 2d Dec. 24, 1892, Fred Smith ; a farmer : res. Cambridge- port ; no children. 6. Solon, b. Cambridgeport, Aug. 2, 1851 ; a farmer; m. Dec. 23, 1879, Amy B. Dimond ; res. Cambridgeport. Children : i. Edward Dimond,9 b. Mar. 16, ISS1 ; res. Cambridge- port ; unm. ii. Alice Mary. b. Mar. 17, 1SS4; res. Cambridge- port ; unm.
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JOSHUAS ( Samuel,5 Samuel,+ Christopher,3 Christopher,2 Richard,1 the emigrant), b. Windham, Conn .. Feb. 19, 1722 : early a merchant in Union, Conn. ; taught the first school in Westminster, Vt, 1765 ; lived on the Church farm south of B. F., 1768 to 1777; came to R. in 1777 and settled on the meadows just north of B. F., and the family has since been a leading one in town. He was a " Liberty man" during the Revolution and took an active part in the formation of the state of Vermont ; represented R. as a member of most of the conventions leading to Vermont's independence, and served upon important committees in each ; represented the town in the legislatures of the first six years, 1778 - 1783 and thus helped frame the first state laws. Ilis epitaph upon the tombstone in the old cemetery at R. village, wholly with- out punctuation, says :
" Ile settled in this town at the early age of it he was honored with many offices of trust in town and state with zeal and fidelity he employed his talents in building up of civil and religious society in town in aiding and promoting the cause of liberty in the revolution of our country and in organizing and building up this state and through a long course in public business was gen- erally accepted as a man of talents and integrity."
llis mother, Hannah Bradford Ripley, was a gr. dan. of Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth Colony. He m. May 28, 1744, Hannah Abbe, b. Sept. 17, 1724, d. Feb. 12, 1815 ; he d. Apr. 17, ISOS.
Children :
1. i. JEMIEL,7 b. Windham, Jan. 23. 1745; m. Mary Eastman.
ii. JOSEPH, b. May 8, 1746: m. Ist Sarah Parker ; m. 2d Rhoda Carroll ; res. in Sharon. N. Y. ; he d. in R., Sept, 25, 1825. while on a visit here.
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iii. AZARIAII, b. Windham, Oct. 11, 1748; a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner ; m. Lucy Andrews; he d. Guildhall, Vt., Apr. IO, 1846.
2. iv. CHARLES, b. Windham, Aug. 19, 1750; m. Chloe Chandler.
V. HANNAH, b. Windham, June 20, 1752; m. Buel Carpenter ; she d. Westminster, Oct., 1817.
vi. EUNICE, b. probably in Windham, Conn., Nov. 28, 1755: d. in R., June 26, I845; unm.
3. vii. CALVIN, b. July 31, 1757 ; d. in R., Nov. 15, 1853.
viii. MARY, b. Jan. 28, 1760; m. Ist Sylvanus Hayward, of Gilsum, N. II. m. 2d Benjamin Hormon ; she d. July 30, 1841.
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ix. ANNA, b Ang. 22, 1761 ; m. Epaphras Ripley ; she d. Feb. 17, 1842. LUTHER, b. Oct. 24, 1763 ; m. Dorothy Wheelock.
xi. DR. JOSHUA RIPLEY, b. July 7, 1768; a prominent physician of R. : res. in a small dwelling a little east of R. village on the south side of the road to B. F., now occupied by William J. Webb ; evidently somewhat in advance of his time in the profession ; lost his life Feb. 23, 1813, during the great epidemic of spotted fever. Ile was attacked suddenly during his rounds among patients and becoming unconscions, his faithful horse brought him to his own door. He survived but a few hours. He m. Sally, dau. of Judge Sabin, b. Putney. Vt., she d. Pike, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1862. Children : I. Henry Britton,8 b. Feb. 21, 1798; m. Emily Carpenter of Potts- dam, N. Y. ; he d. Blissfield, Mich. in 1850; twelve children. 2. Lucius Ripley, b. Dec. 29, 1802; m. Cornelia Grinnell of St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; he d. Ilartford, Vt., Jan., 1860; three children. 3. Edward Augustus, b. July 10, 1805; m. Mary Ann Clarissa Wainwright of Montpelier, Vt. ; he d. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 7, 1884. Children : i. Charles.9 ii. Marcia. iii. Mary, res. Elm- hurst, Ill. ; unm. iv. Alfred. v. Clare. 4. Sarah Aun, b. Dec. 29, 1809; m. Dr. Isaac Minard of Pike, N. Y. ; she d. Rochester, N. Y. ; three children.
1. JEIIIEL? (Joshua,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Christopher ,3 Christopher,2 Rich- ard1), b. Windham, Conn., Jan. 23, 1745; rem. to Westminster, Vt., in 1765 and to R. previons to 1776, as he was that year chosen ist selectman ; from that time was always prominently identified with public affairs of the town, serving almost continuonsly from 1776 to 1797 either as selectman, treasurer, or town clerk ; m. Mary Eastman, d. Oct. 4, ISII, ae. 61 ; he d. in R. Feb. 6, 1813.
Children :
i. CLARISSA,8 hap. in R., Dec. 28, 1777 ; m. Feb. 21, 1791, Ozias Savage.
ii. JEHIEL, bap. in R. Dec. 28, 1777; m. Sibyl, dau. of Elias Olcott of R. ; he d. July 31, 1836. Children : 1. Clarissa,9 b. Mar. 4, 1798; m. Nov. 28, 1819, Joseph Whiting of R. ( See Whiting. ) 2. Otis, b. Sept. IS, ISO0. 3. Caroline, b. Apr. IS, ISOI ; m. John Minard of R. ( See Minard. ) 4 .. Adeline, b. June 26, 1803. 5. Schiel. 6. Mary. 7. Quartus Morgan, b. in R. in ISI0; m. Rosanna IIntchins Gordon, who d. Lowell, Mass., in Nov., 1847; he d. Burlington, Vt., in 1873. A dau., Frances Augusta, 10 m. Dec. 25, 1866, at Lisbon, N. H., Albert E. Richardson, b. Barton, Vt., in IS44 ; res. Burlington.
iii. MARY, bap. in R., Nov. 7, 1779.
iv. IRA, bap. June 3, 17SI ; d. Feb. 9, 1785.
v. HANNAH, bap. Aug. 24, 1783; m. June 28, 1815, Gen. John Nevers of Northfield, Mass.
vi. DORAXA, bap. June 7, 1789; d. Nov. 20, 1871, ae. 86 years and 7 mos. ; unm.
vii. ELVIRA, bap. May 29, 1791 ; m. Judge Horace Baxter. ( See Baxter. )
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2. CHARLES? (Joshua, Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Christopher,3 Christopher,2 Richard'), b. Windham Conn. Aug. 19, 1750; m. Jan. 1, 1777, Chloe Chandler, b. Oct. 3, 1760, d. June 29, 1829; he d. West Bloomfield, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1820.
Children :
i. SAMUEL,8 b. Nov. 1, 1777; m. Mar. 7, 1So7 ; he d. Dec. 5, 1852. Child: 1. Carlton.9
ii. THERON, b. Dec. 12, 1779; m. Nov. 18, 1806.
iii. ASPASIA. b., Mar. 24. 1782 : d. Mar. 29, 178S.
iv. CHARLES, b. Sept. 25, 1784; m. Ist Nov. 9, 1809, Prudence Curtis ; m. 2d May 27, 1851, - Sheldon ; he d. West Bloomfield, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1868. Children by ist wife : 1. Elvira ;9 m. E. B. Sadler of Sandusky. O .; she d. in 1849. 2. Caroline, b. 1820; d. unm. 3. Charles Howard, b. 1823; m. in 1849, Caroline Augusta Bloss ; res. Rochester, N. Y. They had five children. 4. James A., d. Janesville, Wis.
v. BELAC, b. May 17, 1786; d. Mar. 5, 1787.
vi. IRA CHANDLER, b. Feb. 9, 1789; m. ist. Aug. 14, 1806, Mary Judson ; m. 2d Laura Hurd ; he d. Le Roy, N. Y. in 1859. Children : 1. Alfred.9 2. Mary. 3. Ira Chandler. 4. Laura: m. - Pearce. Children : Dau ; 10 m. Gilbert Hall ; and a son. 5. Harriet. 6. Chloe; m. Thomas Morgan.
vii. ALFRED, b. Mar. 30, 1791 ; d. Oct. 6, 1815.
viii. ZERAII. b. Jan. 18, 1794; m. about 1822, Orinda Moore, b. 1802, d. Davenport, Jowa; he d. Davenport, June 21, 1866. Children : 1. William Henry ? d. ; unm. 2. Charles T .; m. Charlotte Lansing. They have children. 3. Jera S. ; d. unm. 4. Elvira; m. George D. Baun. 5. Frances : in. E. S. Ballard of Davenport, la. Children : i. Katherine Augusta ; 10 m. - Allen. ii. Bessie.
iii. Belle ; m. - Richardson. iv. John Gilman. v. Webb Rysee. 6. Axcie : unm. 7. Helen ; unm. S. Adelaide ; d. unm.
3. CALVIN? (Joshua,6 Samuel5 Samuel,4 Christopher,3 Christopher,2 Richard1), b. July 31, 1757 ; always lived, and d. on the Meadows just north of B. F .; held many town offices, among them that of selectman, 1807-8; prominent in the affairs of Immanuel chb. ; his story of the Westminster massacre is told on page 209; m. Ist Mary Porter, d. Nov. 8, 1806; m. 2d in Westminster. Vt., May 4. 1815, Mehitable Cross of Westminster; he d. in R .. Nov. 15, 1853.
Children :
5. i. ETHAN BRADFORD,8 m. Fanny Burnham.
ii. ELIZA BETSEY, b. Mar. 13, 1782; m. Ist Apr. 12, 1807, Luke Lin- coln, d. Nov. 19, 1809; in. 2d Feb. 22, 1814, Israel Keyes; res. Putney ; she d. Putney, Vt., Mar. 20, ISSo. Children : 1. Rollin, 9 res. and d. in Somerville, Mass., buried in Putney. 2. Calvin, living in Des Moines, la.
iii. MARY, b. Nov. 1, 1786; m. Aug. 26, 1810, Eliakim Rice of West- minster ; she d. Sept. 1, 1843. Children : 1. Merial,9 m. Chas. Hall; res. Walpole, N. H. Children : i. Mary, 10 m. J. D. Rich- ardson ; res. Charlestown, N. H. ii. Charles. iii. George. 2. Porter, b. Apr. 21, 1812; m. Louisa Darling of Westminster ; he d. Aug. 18, 1906. Child : Charles ; 10 res. Westminster. 3. Mary. 4. Luseba, d. young, buried in Putney. 5. Mary Eveline, b. Apr. 23, 1820; m. Samuel C. Morse 2d of Westminster, d. May II, I871; she d. Nov. 11. 1894; res. Westminster. Children: i. Lydia Eveline, 10 b. Aug. 25, 1846; m. Ist Ithamar Richardson ; m.
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2d Geo. N. Banks. ii. Mary Ella, b. Apr. 4, 1849; m. James Miller ; res. Westminster. iii. Alice Merial, b. Nov. 6, 1853; m. Ned Pierce. ( See Pierce.) 6. Luke, b. Apr. 30, 1823 ; m. Helen Johnson of Westminster, d. July 28, 1901 ; he d. May 9, 1906. Children : i. William ; 10 d. young. ii. Edward. iii. John.
iv. CALVIN OSMAN, b. Mar. 22, 1789; m. Aug. 23, 1812, Lucy Platt of R., d. Apr. 18, 18So; he d. Nov. 26, 1868. Children : 1. Calvin,9 b. Oct. 31, 1813; m. in 1841 Sarah Gould of Weathersfield, Vt., d. Jan. 20, 1899; he d. Jan. 21, 1906. Children : i. Frank.1º ii. Mary Vell ( both deceased). 2. George O., b. Mar. 28, 1815; m. Florinda Tiscomb of Claremont, N. Il .; d. July 1, 1887 ; he d. in the U. S. service, Fair Oaks, Va., June 15, 1862. Children : i. Lucius C.10 ii. Loren M. iii. George S. 3. Mary Amelia, b. Sept. 11, 1818; m. Jan. S, 1840, Sylvanus Blanchard in Weathers- field, Vt. ; he d. Mar. 5, 1855. Children : i. Henry S.,1º b. July 18, 1843 ; d. Dec. 19, 1867. ii. Edmund W., d. July 27, 1848 iii. Mary Elizabeth ; m. Geo. Edwards; res. Manchester, N. II. 4. Bradford E., b. Jan. 7, 1823 ; m. Mary Bradley of Dracut, Mass., d. Mar. 31, 1895 ; he d. July 28, 1894. Child: i. Geo. Evans. 10 5. Alonzo C., b. Mar. 10, 1827; m. Ist Nov., 1854, Martha J. Hutchinson of Claremont, d. Sept. 20, 1882 ; m. 2d Dec. 8, 1891, Ifattie Holman of Springfield, Vt .; res. Springfield. Children : i. Ilenry A.10 ii. Alice E.
V. LUSEBA, b. July 18, 1793; m. Nov. 14, 1816, Isaac Grout of West- minster ; she d. Dec. 15, 1857 ; no children.
vi. HERMAN CHANDLER, b. Mar. 27, 1796; d. Feb. 7, 1823; unm.
vii. EDWARD HELON, b. June 4, 1797 ; m. June 13, 1838, Abigail Howe, b. July 30, 1816; hed. Oct. 25, 1879. Children : 1. Henry Samuel,9 b. Mar. 24, 1839 ; m. Nov. 24, 1870, Ann Maria Blanchard, b. May 9, 1839; res. Lancaster, N. H. Children : i. John Blanchard, 10 b. Nov. 1, 1871 ; d. Apr. 21, 1874. ii. Rollin Edward, b. May 22, 1875; a physician in Lancaster, Pa .; unm. iii. Mary Ella, b. July 3, 1879; unm. 2. Luseba Grout, b. Aug. 21, 1841 ; m. Dec. 20, 1866, Loring Blanchard Porter, b. Nov. 30, 1839, d. Feb. 26, 1905 ; he res. Lancaster, N. H. Children : i. Jennie Abigail,10 b. Nov. 2, 1867; m. James Leon Dow; she res. Lancaster, N. H. Child : Dorothy Porter,11 b. Mar. 31, 1897; d. Feb. 2, 1898. ii. Edward Loring, 10 b. Sept. 10, 1870. 3. Alice Maria, b. Jan. 21, 1858; res. Lancaster, N. H. ; unm.
4. LUTHER? (Joshua,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Christopher,3 Christopher,2 Richard1), b. Oct. 24, 1763; served in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Holton's Rockingham Co. ; m. Feb. 9, 1792, Dorothy Wheelock, b. Mar. 21, 1769, d. Dec. 10, 1856; he d. Aug. 2, 1860. They resided a mile north of B. F., on the Joseph M. Webb farm ; house recently burned. Children :
i. LUCINDA DOROTHY,8 b. May 2, 1793 ; d. July 29, 1886; unm.
ii. ELMIRA E., b. Jan. 15, 1795 ; m. Warren Felt of R. ( See Felt.)
iii. CANDACE, b. Oct. 25, 1796; m. Apr. 25, 1824, Eleazer Bancroft ; she d. Oct. 1, 1829. Children : 1. Joseph Webb,9 b. May 24, 1825 : m. Oct. 26, 1852, Sarah A. Kimball of Elkhart, Ind. ; res. in Hastings, Mich. where he was the first rector of Immanuel chh. and named it after the chh. in B. F. that he attended when a boy ; was also state missionary in Western Mich. several years ; he d. Feb. 25. 1903; no children. 2. Albert Carlton, b. Nov. 27, 1826; m. Aug. 24, 1854, Jane Eliza Hare; he d. Alden, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1893. Child : i. Sarah Jane, 10 b. Aug. 11, 1858; m. Sept. 23, 1885, William Alband. Children : 1. Gertrude J.,11 b. Apr. 4, 1887. 2. William C., b. Aug. 17, 1888. 3. Alonzo Clinton, b. Nov. 27,
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1826; m. Sept. 2, 1849, Jane A. Sleeper at Lancaster, N. Y. ; spent most of their lives in Elma, Erie Co., N. Y., where he d. Feb. 10, 1904. Children : i. Jennie, 10 b. May, 1851; d. Aug., 1853. ii. Eliza. b. Aug., 1853; m. May 24, 1876, Myron Clark, a lawyer in Buffalo, N. Y. Children : 1. Russell Bancroft,11 b. July 12, 1877 ; studied law; m. June 3, 1903, May Bancroft. 2. Elon Bancroft, b. Aug. 21, 1883. 3. Myron Alonzo, b. Oct. 15, ISS6. 4. Ruth, b. Mar. 22, 1893. iii. Charles, 10 b. Mar., 1855; d. Mar., 1856. iv. Susie, b. Sept .. 1862 ; d. Mar., 1869.
iv. LUTHER HHIRAM, b. Nov. 12, 1799; m. Dee. 15, 1823, Martha Bellows Bates ; they lived in a house that he built on the R. road about two miles from B. F., now owned by W. II. Griswold. In 1834 he and his wife and five children went to Ill. in a covered wagon drawn by a pair of horses. He took up land in Sangamon county about nine miles from Springfield, where two of his children are still living. He d. Oct. 21, 1847. Children : 1. Martha Bellows,9 b. Dec. 6, 1824; unm. 2. Harriett Josephine, b. Feb. 26, 1827 ; m. Aug. 9, 1848. J. E. Cobbey of Ohio ; five children, two d. in infancy. Children : i. Joseph Elliott. 10 b. Nov. 5, 1853; m. July 30, 1879. Lottie Schell ; settled in Beatrice, Neb., where they have since res. : he is a lawyer and for some years has spent much time in writing law books and compiling Nebraska's statutes. Children : I. Josephine E.11 2. Lucile ; m. J. Will Thomas; res. Kansas City,
Kan. 3. Charles E. 4. Jean A. 5. Martha. 6. Paul S. 7. Luther W. S. Theodore S. ii. Thomas Dick, 10 b. Mar. 27, 1857, a lawyer, has res. many years in Denver, Col. ; m. Abbie E. Stone. Children : 1. Myrtle F.,11 b. Mar. 22, 1883. 2. Ilattie L., b. Oct. 4, 1884. 3. Inez W., b. Feb. 2, 1892. iii. James Webb, 10 b. May 19, 1865 ; is one of the assayers in U. S. mint, Denver, Col. ; m. Aug. ISSo, Allie Miller. Children : 1. Lloyd E., 11 b. Oct. 31, 1892 ; d. May 22, 1901. 2. Lillian W., b. Apr. 9, 1900. 3. Laurene E., b. May 17. 1902. 3. Jane Gray, b. Feb. 18, 1829; m. Jan. 1, 1857, Edgar Kincaid in Sangamon county, Ill., where they have since res. ; she d. Apr. 12. 1891. Children : i. Fred, 10 res. Beatrice, Neb. ii. Martha A .; m. J. Campbell; res. Durango, Col. One child. iii. Albert E. iv. Dick Peter. 4. John Wells, b. Nov. 24, 1830; d. Oct. 22, 1847. 5. James, b. Jan. 12, 1833; unm. 6. Joseph Luther, b. Aug., 1837 ; a physician in Beatrice, Neb .; m. Oct. 2, 1873, Katie Louisa Sheppard. Children : i. Hiram Luther, 10 b. July 29, 1874. ii. James Edgar, b. Oct. 29, 1877; d. in infancy. iii. Joseph Louis, b. Jan. 25, 1884; m. Aug. 12, 1905, Iva Gamble. iv. Katie Louisa, b. Mar. 27, 1886. 7. Hiram Peter, b. Mar., 1842; studied law but became a minister in the M. E. chh. in Oregon, where he d. Aug. 23, 1895; he m. Oct. 21, 1873, Jennett Maxfield ; no children.
V. JOSEPH MERARI, b. Sept. 23, 1803; m. Sept. 23, 1839, Elizabeth Foster of Whitestown, N. Y. ; he d. Dec. 9, 1884. Children : 1. Charles Milton,9 b. Feb. 14, 1841 ; d. Feb. 20, 1842. 2. William Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1843; m. Ist June 7, 1866, Elizabeth P. Ilawkes of Chester, Vt. ; d. Sept. 29, 1871 ; m. 2d Sept. 16. 1873, Arabella D. Fuller of Walpole, N. 11., d. July 16, 1891. Ile res. R. village. Children : i. Henry Bissell, 10 b. Sept. 8, 1868; res. Rockingham. ii. George Fuller, b. Sept. 9, 1874; R. R. express agent ; res. Winchendon, Mass. iii. Grace Julia, b. May 30, 1876; res. Winch- endon. iv. Daisy Frances, b. Jan. 17. 1878; res. Rockingham. v. Stella Henrietta, b. Sept. 5, 1879; teacher in high school on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. 3. Emma Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1855; res. B. F. ; unm.
vi. JANE GRAY, b. Oct. 11, ISO7; d. May 31, 1871; unm.
vii. JAMES WARREN, b. Oct. 14, ISHI; m. Nov. 20, 1834, Nancy Farr .
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he d. Sept. 1, 1867. Children : 1. Samuel HIeber,9 b. Dec. 10, 1835; an Episcopal rector; m. Dec. 25. 1861, Persis A. Follett ; res. Providence, R. I. Children : i. Mary Estelle, 10 h. Apr. 21, 1863; d. Feb. 17, 1872. ii. Annie Pierce, b. Apr. 9, 1866; m. June 20, 1893, Frederick Miller Rhodes, sec'y. and treas. of Guide Pub. Co. of Providence, R. I. Children : 1. Elisha Hunt, 11 b. Dec. 26, 1894. 2. Frederick, b. Feb. 21, 1899. 3. James Webb, b. Aug. 12, 1903. iii. George Heber, 10 b. Sept. 2, 1867; president and general manager of the Guide Pub. Co., Providence, and colonel on the governor's staff ; m. June 1, 1893, Mary Phebe Fahnestock of Baltimore, Md. Child : George Ileber, Il b. Feb. 25, 1900. iv. Clara Persis, 10 b. Feb. 13, 1871 ; d. Jan. 29, 1872. v. Olive Sawin, b. Nov. 2, 1878; unm. 2. Joshua Hobart, b. Dec. 9, 1837 ; many years vestryman and lay reader in Immanuel chh. ; a highly respected citizen of B. F. ; m. Dec. 10, 1863, Jane Adaline Phippen ; he d. B. F., Dec. 11, 1903; she res. B. F. Child : Blanche Adaline,10 b. July 30, 1878; res. B. F. ; unm. 3. Candace Eliza, b. Sept. 14, 1839; d. Nov. 5, 1857; unm. 4. Mary Elmira, b. Dec. 5, 1841 ; d. May 10, 1864; unm. 5. James Alfred, b. July 24, 1843 : d. Jan. 28, 1868; unm. 6. Charles Milton, b. Oct. 22, 1848; m. ist May 28, 1868, Lucy Hawkes, d. Feb. 23, 1SS5 ; m. 2d Sept. 5, 1887, Elizabeth Piper Stewart. Children : i. Mary Freelove, 10 b. May 3, 1869; m. Aug. 12, 1891, Frederick Leland of Chester, Vt. Children : 1. Nellie Lucy, 11 b. June 10. 1892. 2. Edith Electa, b. Nov. 24, 1893. ii. Gertrude Lizzie, b. Feb. 25, 1874; m. Apr. 12, 1898, Erwin Hanley ; res. B. F. Children : 1. Dorothy Webb,11 b. Nov. 29, 1899. 2. Ruth Gertrude, b. Nov. 29, 1899; d. Sept. 11, 1900. 3. Marjorie Esther, b. Oct. 25, 1902.
5. COL. ETHAN BRADFORD8 ( Calvin," Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Christopher,3 Christopher,2 Richard1), as a young man learned the harness-maker's trade at Walpole; was a colonel in the Vt. militia and prominent in affairs of B. F. ; a Mason before and after the anti-Masonic craze ; built the first tavern on the site of Hotel Windham, in connection with Solomon Snow ; in 1859 he "had not missed a freeman's meeting for 40 yrs. ; " m. Oct. 22, 1816, Fanny Burn- ham ; he d. Mar. 15, 1872, ae. 88 yrs.
Children :
i. MARTHIA ELIZA,9 b. Aug. 21, 1817; m. June 6, 1839, John Rowe Morse of Westminster, who d. Mar. 28, 1887. Children : 1. John Bradford, 10 b. Jan. 27, 1842 ; m. Oct. 18, 1876, Mary E. Ilanks of Amherst, Mass; res. B. F. ; no children. ii. Henry Tyler, b. Apr. 5, 1844; attended Kimball Union academy and Amherst college, where, in 1867, received injuries in a "cane-rush" from which he never recovered, and d. Sept. 18, 1870; unm.
ii. MARY PORTER, b. Apr. 5, 1820; res. B. F .; d. Feb. 7, 1854; nnm. iii. SARAH HAVEN, b. Aug. 18, 1824 ; m. Apr. 8, 1845, John L. Johnson, a farmer ; res. two miles north of B. F. ; he d. Mar. 19, 1906. Child : 1. Sarah Louise,10 b. May 19, 1849; m. Aug. 18, 1869, Edwin P. Gay, and res. on a farm two miles north of B. F. ; he d. May 17, 1903 ; she res. in B. F. ; no children.
iv. FANNY MARIA, b. May 7, 1826; m. Mar. 20, 1849, Geo. Henry Sparhawk of Walpole, N. H., b. Keene, N. H., Feb. 1, 1825, d. Walpole, Feb. 1, 1873; she res. Walpole. Children all b. in R. I. Arthur George,10 b. June 21, IS50; d. in Walpole, Feb. 26, 1871. 2. Rollin Webb, b. June 15, 1852 ; d. Walpole, May 6, 1879. 3. Thomas Clifton, b. Aug. 2, 1859; a merchant, res. Winchendon, Mass. ; m. Dec. 25, 1884, Della G. Witt of Drewsville, N. H., b. Charlestown, N. H. Mar. 24, 1863; no children. 5. Carlton
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Edward, b. July 14, 1861: postmaster of Walpole; m. July 23, 1902, Margaret A. MacGillivray, b. in McCrimmon, Ont., May S, 1872. Child : i. Carline Emily, Il b. Feb. 18, 1906.
CARLTON EDWARD, b. Sept. 3. 1828; always res. on the first farm north of B. F. village ; held many public offices and represented the town in the legislature of 1874-5 ; m. Dec. 13, 1852; Jane Webb, dau. of Samuel Allbee of R., b. Aug. 16, 1828; d. Nov. 29, 1904; he d. May 22, 1903 ; no children.
vi. EMILY ANNA, b. Sept. 24, 1837; m. Nov. 16, 1865. George G. Bid- well, formerly res. Swanzey, N. Il., who d. Mar. 20, 1889; no children ; she res. B. F.
WELCH
GEORGE E.I (s. of James S.), b. Lowell, Mass., Jan. 2, 1850: came to B. F., in 1882; engaged in mercantile business and undertaking in 1890; m. ist Gertrude A. Messinger, Oct. 30, 1877, b. Springfield, Vt., 1858, d. Mar. 12. 18So; m. 2d Mary E. Russell, May 27, 1885 ; res. B. F.
Child :
i. GERALD M.,2 b. Springfield, Vt., Oct. 27, 187S; admitted to partner- ship in his father's furniture trade, Geo. E. Welch & Son, in 1902 ; m. Theresa Robertson, Aug. 19, 1902 ; res. B. F. ; no children.
WENTWORTHI
ASA (Asa,5 Moses,4 Aaron,3 Paul,2 Elder William1), b. Alstead, N. II., Apr. 4, 1797 ; came to B. F. between 1832 and 1838 and occupied a prominent place in the business, fraternal, church and social life of B. F, until his death in 1882 ; represented Alstead in N. H. legislature 1828-9 and 1832; repre- sented R. in Vt. legislatures 1838-9. 1840, 1848, 1849, 1852, IS53 and IS56; senator from Windham county 1851-2; an incorporator of the B. F. Sav- ings Institution in 1847, its trustee and vice-president until 1866; a director of the Bellows Falls Bank and of the National Bank of Bellows Falls many years until 1879; treasurer of the town 1846 to 1879; treasurer of the B. F. school district ; president of the Connecticut River Mutual Fire Ins. Co. dur- ing all its existence; member of Immanuel church, elected vestryman in 1839, held this and offices of warden and clerk many years ; member of build- ing committee when present church was erected ; a prominent officer of King Solomon's Lodge F. & A. M .; many years engaged in mercantile business in B. F., in company with Osman A. Bingham, later with his brother, Merrick, and still later with his son, James H. The firms early owned flat boats that did freighting between B. F. and Hartford, Conn.
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