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2. JAMES YOUNG? (John Casper Shana1), b. in R., Ang. 31, 1787; m. Ist Oct. 14, 1810, Phoebe Towne of R. ; m. 2d Mrs. Lorinda (Cooper ) Iloward ; he d. 1845.
Children by Ist wife :
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i. HARRIET,3 b. Feb. 11, 1814; d. Keeseville, N. Y., Apr. 28, 1906 ; unm. JAMES, b. 1815; m. 1838, Roxby Sanders; he d. 1857. Children : I. Mary,+ b. 1841 ; d. 1861. 2. Achsa, b. 1843; m. 1860; d. 1887. 3. James M., b. 1845; m. ; d. 4. Ellen, b. 1847; m. ; d. 1875. 5. Alice, b. 1849; m. 1877. Children : i. Wallace.5 ii. Frank. iii. Eva. 6. John Casper, b. 1851 ; m. July 5, 18So, Almeda J. Smith. Children : i. James Casper,5 b. May 19, 1882 ; m. May 5, 1905, Florence B. Sheldon. ii. Alice Jeannette, b. Nov. 14, 1884. iii. William F., b. Aug. 19, 1887. iv. Daisy B., b. Sept. S, 1889. v. Charles L. b. June 30, 1892. vi. Alma C., b. June 8, 1894. vii. Grace A., b. Sept. 30, 1896. viii. Joshua N., b. Nov. 7. 1898. ix. George M., b. Mar. 30, 1901. x. Moses D., b. Feb. 24, 1904. iii. JOIN CASPER, b. June 4, 1817; m. in 1845, Martha A. Powers ; he d. Nov. 29, 187S. Children : 1. Willard Legrand,4 b. May 23, 1847 ; m. May 28, 1869, Clarissa Winch. Children : i. Lucian,5 b. Aug. 6, 1870; m. May 16, 1898, Nellie Keeler. Child: Eva A.,6 b. Nov. 19, 1902. ii. Kate B.,5 b. Jan. 19, 1873; m. Nov. 18, 1894, Erwin Lawless. Children : 1. Ralph A.6 2. Clyde J. 3. Howard W. iii. Effie,5 b. Apr. 25, 1879. iv. Alma E., b. June 21 1883. 2. Harriet Maria, b. July 11, 1849 ; m. July 4, 1868, George Davis ; she d. June 11, 1869. Child : Harriet M.5
iv. ADELIA, b. 1820; m. William Thompson ; she d. 1SS2. Children : I. Phoebe.4 2. Louisa L. 3. William.
v. PHOEBE, b. 1825; m. Edward Soper; she d. 1860. Children: I. Harriet.4 2. Phoebe. 3. Alida. 4. John. Children by 2d wife :
vi. SARAH.
vii. SOPHIA.
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3. SYLVANUS (John Casper Shana1), b. Sept. 21, 1788; m. ist June 15, 1820, Alta Allen of Alstead, N. 11 .; m. 2d Ilannah Amsden of Grafton, Vt. ; he d. 1869.
Children by Ist wife :
i. MARTHA,3 m. John Capen. Children : 1. James.+ 2. Diadama. 3. Charles. 4. Zeno.
ii. ORREN, d. Worcester, Mass. ; unm.
iii. JAMES, moved to Pa.
Children by 2d wife :
iv. LUCY, b. Mar. 29, 1829: d. Jan. 10, 1847.
V. HIENRY II., b. Feb. 17, 1832 ; was many years teamster for the Fall Mt. Paper Co., and res. in B. F. : m. ist Hannah Jane Bradish ; m. 2d Mar. 2, 1867, Marion P. Wilson ; he d. in B. F., June 13, 1882. Children : 1. Charles Henry, + b. Feb. 15, 1860; d. July 17, 1863. 2. Aurora Janc, b. Apr. 5, 1863; m. Charles II. Dutcher. 3. Charles Henry, b. Feb. 4, 1868; m. Emma Obern. 4. Katy Marion, b. Oct. 7, 1876; m. Charles 11. Wesley ; she d. July 4, 1901.
vi. LUCRETIA, d. in S. R. ; unm.
vii. MARY, b. Dec. 1, 1834; m. Ist Dec. 8, 1864, Wesley Gilson ; m. 2d June 4, 1901, W. S. Eaton. Child by Ist husband : 1. Corona E.+ vili. AUSTIN II .. b. July 15, 1840: was manager of Flint's peg factory in B. F .; res. in B. F., later rem. to White River Jct., Vt. : m. Nov. 7, 1860, Emma M. Hall; he d. White River Jct., July 9, 1903. Children : 1. Maria.+ b. Jan. 23, 1862; d. May, 1862. 2. Etta M., b. July 9. 1864: in. Oct., 1902, William Lan- guer ; no children. 3. Anna, b. June 18, 1866: d. Nov. 16, 1873. 1. MMinnie E., b. Feb. 8, 1869; m. Ist Dec. 4, 1889, Charles Phil- lips ; m. 2d Nov. 19, 1905, Leon Kidhart. Child : Ralph W.,5 b. Dec. 6, 1894. 5. Cora May, b. May 1, 1872; d. Dec. 3, 1873. 6. Leon, b. Oct. 11, 1874; m. in 1895, Nellie Donahue. Child : Madeline E.,5 b. Nov. 6, 1896.
ix. LUCIAN, b. June 30, 1844 ; d. July 10, 1852.
4. ABEL STOWELL? (John Caspa Shana1), b. Apr. 22, 1804; m. Sarah Minard, d. Dec. 14, 1859, ae. 49 ; he d. Nov. 22, 1874.
Children :
i. ABEL S.,3 d. Oct. 26, 1847, ae. 7 yrs.
ii. BYRON, d. in Ohio.
iii. SARAH O .; m. George W. Read; res. in Kansas. Children : Addic MM.4 2. Augustus G. 3. John E.
iv. SOPIRONIA P. ; m. Erastus Marble ; d. Nashua, N. II. ; no children. V. LYDIA A., b. May 26, 1839; m. George W. Ramsey. Children : I. Fred W.4 2. Nellie G. 3. Mary L .: res. Langdon, N. H.
vi. JOHN C., went to Nevada and has not been heard from since 1866.
vii. WILLIAM FRANKLIN, d. Oet. 10, 1844, ae. 20 yrs.
viii. EDGAR S., b. 1847: m. Feb. 19, 18So, Elizabeth S. Melvin; res. Melrose, Mass. ; no children.
ix. ABEL S .; m. Marietta Putnam ; res. Worcester, Mass. Children : 1. Walter E.,4 b. Waverley, Mass., May 6, 1879; m. Apr. 3, 1901, Effie Maude Eager. Children : i. Herbert Stowell,5 b. Jan. 27, 1902. ii. Walter Rudolph, b. Jan. 26. 1903. 2. Harry P., b. Auburn, Mass., Jan. 20, ISSS.
X. GEORGE F .; m. Annie Barnes; res. in Texas. Children : Frank.4 2. Edgar.
xi. ELEAZER M. ; unm.
xii. FLORA M. : m. Henry Eugene Noyes; res. Malden, Mass. Chil- dren : 1. Emory C.4 2. Herbert. 3. Ralph W. 4. Robert R.
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JOHN W .! (s. of Daniel and Lucy, gr. s. of Josiah, b. Billerica, Mass., about 1750, and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill), b. Grafton, Vt., Aug. 14, 1825 ; lived there until 1873, when he came to B. F .; always followed the occupation of carpenter and house builder; m. Nov. 22, 1851, Lura M. Rhoades of Grafton, b. Sept. 12, 1826; d. Oct. 22, 1897; he res. B. F.
Children :
i. JOIIN SIDNEY,2 b. Feb. 22, 1853; is now city marshal of Holyoke, Mass. ; m. Mar. 2, 1879, Carrie L. Grout of Newport, Vt. Children : 1. May Jeannette,3 b. Nov. 28, 1879; in. Oct. 11, 1905, Ernest Tilly Preston, b. So. Hadley, Mass., Sept. 16, 1877. 2. Daniel Sidney, b. Oct. 16, 18SI ; d. Dec. 31, 1883. 3. Arthur Emerson, b. Oct. 23, 1883 ; d. Feb. 18, 1886.
ii. EUDORA MARIA, b. Jan. 2, 1858; m. Nov. IS, 1880, Henry W. Merriam; res. Athol, Mass. Child : 1. George Wright,3 b. B. F., Sept. 28, 1SS1.
iii. MINNIE JEANNETTE, b. Apr. 23, 1861; unm; res. B. F. with her father.
WRIGHT
(Most of the record given of this family has been furnished by Rodney P. Wright of Cambridge, Mass., who has very complete data of the remaining branches.)
CAPT. MOSES5 ( Benoni,4 Elcazer,3 Samuel,2 Dea. Samuel,1 an immi- grant from England to Springfield, Mass., ancestry traced to John, Lord of Kelvedon Hall, d. 1551), b. in that part of Northfield, Mass., now Vernon, Vt., Jan. 10, 1727 ; prominent in French and Indian wars; wounded in the attack on Hinsdell's Mill in 1746, when two fingers were shot off by the Indians ; a soldier at Hinsdell's Fort as late as 1751. In 1753, he, with two others, Jonathan Bigelow and Simeon Knight, commenced the settlement at Rockingham, to be "driven back by the Indians within two years;" they were the first white men known to have dwelt within the limits of the town- ship. He was a member of the Crown Point expedition, 1755; on the muster roll (French and Indian war), 1756; first town clerk of R. when the town was organized in 1761 and again in 1765 ; member of the first board of selectmen 1761, and also in the years 1765, 1769, 1771, 1772, 1777; town treasurer in 1762; moderator 1772-1777; chosen on the committee of inspection and correspondence, in 1775; one of those who declared the Independence of Vermont at Westminster Court Hlousc in 1777; chosen captain of the Rockingham Co. of militia, 1778.
There is a tradition that he owned what are now the valuable " Putney Meadows," which he sold for a flint-lock musket. He was a member of the Church of England. His sons, Nathan, Solomon and Moses, were each among the founders of the first Universalist church in Rockingham, in 1791.
He m. Hannah, dau. of Benj. Knight of Hartford, Conn.
Children :
i. ANNA,6 bap. at Northfield, Mass., July 15, 1750.
I. ii. NATHAN, bap. at Northfield, Aug. 21, 1752.
2. iii. SOLOMON, b. in R., bap. at Northfield, Mass., July 21, 1754.
iv. EBENEZER, bap. at Northfield, Mass., May 30, 1756.
3. MOSES, m. Ist Sept. 30, 1791, Mary Adams of R., d. Apr. 25, 1802,
v. ae. 28; m. 2d May 7, 1804, Sally Davis of R. Moses had six
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children in school in 1817. He was lieut. in the Rockingham Co. under Capt. Lovell, 1809.
vi. AMARILLA, b. in R., Feb. 13, 1776; joined the Shaker Community, May 11, 1792 ; d. Enfield, N. Il.
I. NATHAN6 ( Moses,5 Benoni.+ Eleazer3 Samuel,2 Dea. Samuel1), bap. at Northfield, Mass., Aug. 21, 1752; m. Dec. 5. 1779, Thankful Eastman of R .; was a soldier of the Revolution in Ticonderoga campaign ; was one of the eleven chosen on the first school committee at town meeting, Mar. 28, 1792. Children :
i. HANNAN KNIGHT,7 b. R., Dec. 6. 1780; m. Mar. 4, IS13, James Birdit of R.
ii. POLLY EASTMAN, b. R., Aug. 30, 1782: m. Apr. 2, 1809, Simeon Ross of Sterling, Mass.
4. iii. NATHAN FRANKLIN, b. in R., June 3, 1786; m. Polly Lampson.
iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. R., Sept. 2, 1793.
2. SOLOMON6 ( Moses,5 Benoni,A Eleazer,3 Samuel,2 Dca. Samuel!), said to have been the first white child b. in the township of R. ; bap. at North- field, Mass., June 21, 1754; d. July 18, 1827; buried near Bartonsville, in the Wright farm cemetery ; was a soldier of the Revolution; one of those that "marcht to Manchester;" prominent member of the Universalist chh. ; m. Abylene Preston of R., Sept. 26, 1776.
Children :
i. ROSALINDA, 7 b. Apr. 29, 1777 ; m. Ralph Roundy. (See Roundy. )
ii. SALLY, b. May 29, 1779; d. Dec. 28, 1784.
iii. DIADAME, b. June 23, 17SI ; m. Peter Dorand of R. ( Sce Dorand. )
iv. (SON), b. and d. June 26, 1783.
5. v. SOLOMON, b. July 4, 1785; m. Celinda Tarbell.
vi. SALLY, b. June 16, 1788; was teacher in Lawrence Mills dist., 1819; m. Apr. 11, 1820, John M. Gammell of Stockbridge, Mass.
vii. ROCKSENE, b. June 29, 1790; m. John Olcott of R. ( See Olcott.)
viii. LEMUEL, b. June 8, 1793; m. June S. 1812, Hannah Gilson of R. ; d. Aug. 31, 1870. Child : 1. Adeline,8 b. 1812: d .; unm. 6. ix. WALTER, b. July 8, 1799; d. June 22, 1885.
3. DR. EBENEZER6 ( Moses,5 Benoni,+ Eleazer,3 Samuel,2 Dca. Samuel1), b. Apr. 11, 1756; m. Ist Martha, dau. of James Wellman, D. D., Mar. 27, 1781, at Cornish, N. II .; she m. 2d Barney Tynsdale. Dr. Wright was surgeon in the army and afterward physician in Plainfield, N. II. ; d. Plain- field, Oct. 28. 1798.
Children :
i. EBENEZER,7 b. Dec. 22, 1781.
ii. LEMUEL, settled in Gloucestershire, Eng., where he became distinguished as a scientific mechanician. Among his inventions were the solid pin-head now in daily use; the art of bleaching cloth, and the magnetic telegraph, which was afterward perfected by Prof. Morse.
7. iii. JOHN STRATTON, b. June 30, 1788; m. Mary R. Wellman.
iv. SAMUEL BRADLEE.
v. MOSES FRANKLIN.
vi. BARNIBAS, M. D. ; m. Annis Brown, Dec. 29, 1813.
vii. SARAII B. ; m. Asa Tynsdale.
viii. MARTHA; m. Barney Tynsdale.
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4. NATHAN FRANKLIN? ( Nathan,6 Moses,5 Benoni,+ Eleazer,3 Samuel,2 Dea. SamuelI), b. in R., June 3, 1786; m. Polly, dau. of Ephraim and Mary ( Stevens ) Lampson.
Children :
i. HARRIET MASON,8 b. Aug. S, 1809; res. Alma, Mich.
ii. MARY, b. Sept. 27, 1812.
iii. FANNIE, b. Jan. 23, 1814.
iv. JONATHAN S., b. Feb. 6, 1816.
v. JOHN S., b. July 25, ISIS. Child: 1. William S.ยบ res. in East Tawson, Mich.
vi. BRADLEY, b. July 8, 1820; d. June 12, 1840.
8. vii. AMMI W., b. Grafton, Vt., July 5, 1822.
viii. HUGH H., b. Feb. 6, 1824.
9. ix. WILLIAM H., b. July 13, 1827 ; d. Dec. 12, 1893.
x. ROBERT F., b. June 17, 1830.
5. SOLOMON? (Solomon,6 Moses,5 Benoni,4 Eleazer,3 Samuel,2 Dea. Samuel1), b. July 4, 1785; m. Celinda Tarbell, d. Apr. 7, 1854, ae. 66; he d. Jan. 17, 1851.
Children :
i. ELIZA,8 b. Dec. 31, ISI0; d. May 22, 1816.
ii. JUSTIN E., b. June 1, 1812 ; d. Dec. 14, 1883.
iii. CELINDA, b. Apr. 29, 1814 ; m. - - Clark ; she d. Nov. 18, ISS7.
iv. SOLOMON, b. May 23, 1816.
v. SETII, b. June 30, 1818 ; d. Oct. 13, 1894.
vi. ELIZABETII, b. Aug. 10, 1820; m. - Walker ; she d. Nov. 12, 1897.
vii. LUCIAN, b. July 23, 1822 ; d. Feb. 27, 1891.
viii. MARSHALL W., b. May 28, 1824; m. Frances C. Tenney ; res. Graf- ton, Vt. Child: 1. Adin Marshall,9 b. Oct. 3, 1859; m. Cather- ine Leonard of Brattleboro, Vt. Child : i. Leonard Marshall, 10 b. July 4, 1891.
ix. AzRo, b. Aug. 7, 1826 ; d. Aug. 23, 1877.
6. WALTER7 (Solomon,6 Moses,5 Benoni,+ Eleazer,3 Samuel,2 Dea. Samuel1), b. July 8, 1799; m. Sept. 23, 1827, Mary C. Gowing of R., d. July 26, 1874 ; he d. June 22, ISS5.
Children :
i. ELIZA A.,8 b. Feb. 19, 1828; m. Dec. 13, 1852, John McRae; she d. Mar. 11, 1900; no children.
ii. EMELINE, b. Aug. 1, 1831 ; d. Jan. 25, 1855 ; unm.
IO. iii. HENRY O., b. May 23, 1835; m. Mary Pierce.
iv. MARY E., b. Feb. 23, 1838; d. Jan. 23, 1853.
v. ALBERT, b. June 16, 1847 ; d. Aug. 20, 1894; unm.
7. JOHN STRATTON7 (Ebenezer,6 Moses,5 Benoni,+ Eleazer,3 Samuel,2 Dea. Samuel1), b. Plainfield, N. H., June 30, 1788; started in business when quite young at Thetford, Vt., associated with George Peabody (the philan- thropist ), and afterward removed to Haverhill, N. II. In 1824, he went to Boston and engaged in the management of one of the Boston banks. "He possessed the highest qualifications for success with the finest sense of intergrity and honorable dealing." He m. Oct. 14, 1812, Mary Russell, dau. of Lemuel Wellman, M. D. of Piermont, N. II., she d. Brookline, Mass., June 29, 1874.
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Children :
I. CHARLES,8 d. young.
ii. DR. JOHN HARVEY; surgeon in U. S. Navy. "He was a noted connoisseur of art, and a famous bibliographer. lle possessed the finest private library in the country, which was destroyed by the great fire in Boston."
iii. JOSEPH BELL, d. in New Orleans, 1859.
iv. EBENEZER.
V. MARY ELIZABETH.
vi. GEORGE WELLMAN, b. Boston, Aug. 22, 1824; m. Georgenna Buck- ham of New York city, Oct. 12, IS58; he d. Mar. 6, 1897.
vii. LEMUEL WELLMAN.
viii. ESTHER FIDELIA.
S. AMMI W.8 (Nathan Franklin,7 Nathan,6 Moses,5 Benoni,4 Eleazer,3 Samuel2 Dea. SamuelE), b. Grafton, Vt., July 5, 1822 ; is at the head of the A. W. Wright Lumber Co., which owns large areas of pine lands, together with large saw-mills and salt blocks at Saginaw, Mich. In 1886, he settled in Alma, Mich .; built the Wright House, one of the finest hotels in the state ; the Alma Sanitorium, one of the largest and best equipped remedial institu- tions in the country, and other large and substantial structures ; donated the land and buildings which secured the establishment of Alma college. He m. Ist Harriet Barton (dau. of Jeremiah Barton, founder of Bartonsville), b. Sept. 20, 1824. d. June 30, 1884 ; m. 2d in IS85, Anna Case of Ontario.
Children :
i. AMMI BARTON,? b. Apr. 16, 1849; d. Aug. 15, 1870.
ji. SARAH CAROLINE, b. June 9, 1851 ; d. Apr. 30, 1856.
iii. ARTHUR PAINE, b. Nov. 10, 1857; d. May 23, 1861.
iv. SARAH HALE, b. Feb. S, 1862; m. Oct. 4, 1883, James Henry Lancashire of Saratoga Springs, N. Y .; res. Alma, Mich. Children: 1. Harriet Wright,10 b. Aug. 27, 1884. 2. Ammi Wright, b. June 28, 1887. 3. Helen, b. Nov. 21, 1890. 4. Lila, b. Sept. 14, 1896.
v. GEORGE NATHAN, b. Aug. 7. 1868; d. Oct. 6, 1892.
9. WILLIAM H.8 (Nathan Franklin,7 Nathan,6 Moses,5 Benoni,+ Eleazer,3 Samuel, Dea. Samuel1), b. Grafton, Vt., July 13, 1827; was a prominent lumberman of Saginaw, Mich. ; m. Ist June S, 1850, Elizabeth Schoonmaker of Detroit, Mich. (a descendant of Johanne Schoonmaker, the noted Dutch trader of New Amsterdam ), b. 1816, d. about 1848; m. 2d Jane C. Beardslee of New Jersey ; he d. Dec. 12, 1893.
Children :
i. MARY CATHERINE,9 b. Apr. 25, 1851 ; is an artist. Interior decora- tions a specialty ; res. at 96 Fifth avenue, N. Y.
ii. EMMA, d. young.
iii. HARRIET, b. Jan. 28. 1859.
iv. ROBERT F., b. Mar. 13, 1860.
V. ERNEST F., b. Oct 22, 1862 ; d. Oct. 23, 1879.
vi. JESSIE R., b. Jan. 17, 1867; m. Sept. 23. 1892, Gardner Stewart Williams of Saginaw, Mich., a professor in a college at Ithaca, N. Y. Children : I. Harriet Ripley,1 b. May 7, 1894; res. Detroit, Mich. 2. William Wright, b. May 7, 1896; res. Detroit.
vii ELLEN, b. Oct. 15, 1892 : m. Henry N. Geer.
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IO. HENRY O.8 ( Walter,7 Solomon,6 Moses,5 Benoni,+ Eleazer,3 Samuel,2 Dea. Samuel1), b. May 23, 1835; m. Feb. 14, 1863, Mary Pierce of Spring. field, Vt. ; d. Nov. 5, 1899 ; he d. Nov. 11, 1882.
Children :
i. WALTER M.,9 b. May 12, 1863; m. Ella V. Foster of Weston, Vt. Children : 1. Leslie WV., 10 b. June 17, ISSS. 2. Pearl F., b. Oct- IO, IS96.
ii. CLINTON, b. Feb. 22, 1865; m. Dec. 22, 1895, Mary E. Gilmore of Weston, Vt. ; res. Rutland, Vt. Children : 1. Malcolm G., 1 b. Oct. 25, 1897. 2. Jennie L., b. Apr. 30, 1900.
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AMASA5 (was probably a brother of Moses Wright, the first settler), came to R. from Northfield, Mass., previous to 1763. He was b. 1729; was wounded by the Indians at Winchester, Mass., Aug. 6, 1746; was chosen constable of R., Mar. 30, 1763.
The following from Mrs. Hemenway's Gazetteer of Windham county, in the history of the town of Vernon, evidently refers to this man :
"Amasa Wright, one of the early settlers, lived in the west part of Vernon. He was a tall, athletic man. The Indians had many times chased him, with the hope of getting him alive to torture, according to their custom. While men were picketing Fort Hinsdale, in 1755, they were attacked by the Indians ; one man was captured and two killed and scalped, and two reached the fort, and Mr. Wright and his companions saved themselves by flight. At another time Mr. Wright was surprised by the Indians while at work in Pe Chague meadows. Both running at full speed, the foremost Indian said, ' Me got you this time.' Mr. Wright reaching the gate, placed his hand on the top and cleared it at one leap, but the Indians could not do it."
Children :
i. MARY,6 bap. June 10, 1750.
ii. JONATHAN, bap. June 21, 1752 : m. Abigail Rockwood, 1782.
iii. ASENATH, bap. Aug. 25, 1754.
iv. AMASA, bap. June 28, 1756.
v. HANNAH, bap. July 8, 1759.
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CAPT. AZARIAH7 (Salmou,6 Capt. Azariah,5 Azariah,+ Eleazur,3 Samuel,2 Dea. Samuel1), b. Westminster, Vt., Mar. 20, 1812 ; was a gr. s. of the noted citizen of Westminster of the same name during the Revolution ; m. Dec. 25, 1838, Nancy Augusta, dau. of John Rogers of B. F., b. at B. F., Dec. 25, ISIS; rem. to Coventry, Vt., of which town he was selectman in 1852, 1854 and 1856; he d. Coventry, Nov. 6, 1880; she d. Coventry, Mar. 5, 1905 ; both buried in Coventry.
Children :
i. ELLEN A.,8 b. Westminster, Oct. 24, 1839; m. Feb. IS, IS61, Charles Ide of Coventry. Children : 1. Edwin,9 b. Oct. 6, 1862; m. Laura A. Alexander of Newport, Vt. Child : Katherine M.,10 b. Apr. 29, 1889. 2. Ilarry C., b. May 14, 1873; m. Sept. 1, 1897, Lottie Cushman of Charlestown, N. H.
ii. WILLIAM A., b. Westminster, Nov. 7, 1841 ; deceased.
iii. CHARLES O., b. Westminster, Sept. 1, 1845; in. Aug. 30, IS78, Ella Magoon. Child : 1. Mark Allison,9 b. Aug. 28, 1879.
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iv. EMMA L., b. Coventry, July 2, 1851 ; m. Feb. 6, 1879, J. H. Hathorn of Londonderry, Vt. Child: 1. Florence Emma,9 b. Jan. 4, ISSO ; m. Aug. 19, 1903, Ernest G. Fisher of Londonderry.
V. CLARA A., b. Coventry, Sept. 10, 1853 ; m. Jan. 12, 1875, Col. Ran- som E. Hathorn, b. Londonderry, Vt., Nov. 3, 1843, now a promi- nent business man of Ludlow, Vt., who has been Department Commander of Vermont, G. A. R. ; no children.
vi. GERTRUDE C., b. Coventry, Feb. 16, 1856; m. Jan. 1, 1883, George WV. Corrow of Coventry, Vt. Child : 1. Florence W.,9 b. Oct. 11, ISS4; m. Aug. 27, 1902, George Trudeau of Coventry.
vii. FLORENCE M., b. Coventry, Jan. 7, 1861; m. Oct. 10, 1SSI, Freder- ick Harmon of Irasburg, Vt. Children ; 1. Leland W.,9 b. Oct. 28, 1886. 2. Clyde R., b. Apr. 5, ISS9 ; d. Aug. 17, 1889.
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UZZIAHI+ ( Thomas,3 Jasher,2 Sergt. John,1 supposed to have emigrated from Eng. to Woburn, Mass., about 1679), b. Townsend, Mass., May IS, 1764; enlisted at age 16 as a cook during Revolutionary war; in 1787, rem. to Walpole, N. H., and in ISII settled in R. not far from the present village of Cambridgeport. He was the first person interred in the cemetery at Cambridgeport. He m. in 1787, Lydia Nutting ; he d. Mar. 29, 1836.
Children all b. Walpole except the youngest :
I. i. LYDIA,5 b. May 7, 1787 : m. Robert Wyman ; d. 1862.
ii. UZZIANI, b. Apr. 28, 1789; m. Orpha Britton and lived to be over 90. Children : 1. Elmira,6 b. Nov. 25, 1SOS; m. George Wyman ; d. IS43. 2. Oren, for several years a resident of Walpole and mem- ber of the "Walpole Band." 3. Elliott, a farmer and a writer of some prominence; res. Westmoreland, N. II. 4. . 5. Loring, b. July 17, 1824. 6. Harriet E., b. Feb. 6, 1827; d. Feb. 9, ISOS. 7. Emily S., m. Ist John Thompson; m. 2d Stephen Streeter. Children by ist husband : i. Herbert.7 ii. Newell. iii. Nettie.
2. iii. THOMAS, b. Feb. 17, 1791 ; m. Huldah Gilbert.
iv. JOSEPH ; d. young.
v. OLINE ; d. young.
vi. SYBIL, b. July 23, 1799; m. Nathan Shelley ; d. Aug. 14, 1845.
vii. LAVINIA, b. 1800; d. young.
viii. RICHARD, b. Jan. 11, ISO1 ; d. ae. 11 yrs.
ix. JOIIN, b. Oct. 3, 1804; in. Betsey Eastman ; res. many years at Cambridgeport.
x. RHODA, b. Mar. 31, ISII ; m. Ist William Howard; m. 2d Philemon Holden.
1. LYDIA5 ( Uzziah,+ Thomas.3 Jasher,2 Sergt. John1), b. May 7, 1787; m. Robert Wyman ; she d. 1862. Children :
i. GEORGE,6 b. Apr. 2, ISOS; m. May 10, 1843, Almira Wyman. Children : 1. Caroline.7 2. Mary. 3. George. 4. John. 5. Esther (m. James Smith). 6. Nancy ( m. Levi Tenney, soldier in Civil war).
ji. AMASA, b. May 24, 1813 ; m. Sophronia Shelley ; d. Grafton, Aug. 20, 1863. Children : 1. Elsie ;7 m. Richard Richardson. 2. Rose : in. Eugene Clark. 3. Hollis, soldier in Civil war ; m. Lucy Moultrop. Children : i. Hollis.8 ii. Fremont. iii. Blanchie. iv. Elroy. v. Amy. vi. John.
iii. FREEMAN; m. Lorena Cummins. Child : 1. Fred.7
iv. THOMAS ; d. ae. 2 yrs.
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v. FANNY ; m. Leverett Aiken. Children : I. Charles.7 2. William.
3. Annie. 4. Edward. 5. Frank.
vi. LINDA ; m. Hollis Shelley. Children : 1. Mary Ann.7 2. Demaris. vii. CLARA ; d. young.
viii. WASHINGTON; m. Ist Harriet Forrester ; m. 2d Catherine Forrester. Children : 1. Moses.7 2. Edmund. 3. Henry.
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RUSSELL, b. R., Apr. 20, 1830; was a soldier in the Civil war, serving in Co. D, 16th Regt. Vt. Vol .; wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg ; an active man, honest and upright in all his dealings and respected by all ; a devoted Christian, interested in the welfare of the church and a regular attendant at all church services; m. May 21, 1855, Charlotte W. Bontin of Windham, Vt., d. 1881 ; he d. Mar. 14, 1905. Children : 1. Charles Robert,7 b. Windham, Sept. 3, 1856; m. Sept. 6, 1881, Mary P. Edwards ; he d. Apr. 17, 1902. Child : i. Harry C.,8 b. Sept. 10, 1883. 2. Winfield Alonzo, b. Windham, Nov. 12, 1858; m. May 1, 1883, Sarah M. Edwards. Children : i. Ned W., 8 b. Nov. S, 1885. ii. Ina M., b. Mar. 5, 1890. 3. Martha Lydia, b. Windham, Nov. 15, 1860; m. Nov. 23, 1877, F. O. Penniman. Children : i. Fred G.,8 b. Nov. 6, 1880. ii. Helen E., b. Aug. 14, 1883 ; m. Sabin Morris. iii. Frank L., b. Nov. 3, 1885. iv. Hattie M., b. Aug. 29, 1887. v. Perley R., b. Sept. 28, 1893. vi. Grace M., b. Sept. 20, 1896. vii. Eunice I., b. Dec. 4, 1898. 4. Marinda May, b. Grafton, Vt., Oct. 30, 1864; m. May 20, 1882, Henry J. Landfear. Children : i. Hattie,8 b. Dec. 11, 1884; m. Nelson Smith. ii. Della, b. Nov. 26, ISSS; m. Nov. 26, 1903, Hermon Howe. iii. Emma, b. Sept. 27, 1890. iv. May, b. Aug. 15, 1892. v. Albert, b. Sept. 8, 1896. 5. Lottie Emma, b. Grafton, Dec. 15, 1872; m. June 22, 1890, Edwin Moultroup. Children : i. Mary C.,8 b. May 20, 1894. ii. Ida. iii. Willard R. iv. Charlie W.
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2. THOMAS5 ( Uzziak,4 Thomas,3 Jasher,2 Sergt. John1), b. Feb. 17, 1791 ; enlisted during the War of 1812 at Walpole, N. H., taking the place of a drafted man who had a large family. His company marched from Walpole to Portsmouth while he was in the service. Was pensioned in 1871. He moved early to a farm near Cambridgeport which he cleared, and where he res. many years ; he was one of the most ardent advocates of the cause of temperance of any in this section of New England, and his influence in this direction was greatly felt. A barn built by him was one of the first in this vicinity " raised " without the usual distribution of rum, a supposed necessity upon all such occasions. Plenty of good food had been provided and the neighbors had gathered from miles around, but when the time came they refused to lift the frame without the rum. The owner of the property would not sacrifice his principles, and the raising was postponed to another day after much talk uncomplimentary to the host. A few days later more than a sufficient number of temperance men, who honored the integrity of Mr. Wyman, were on hand to assist, and the barn went up. In a prominent posi- tion, on the barn adjoining the house in which he last lived, a short distance from his earlier home, many remember the large and well executed motto, " Anti Rum and Tobacco." This sign was a reminder to the passers by for many years of a strong and good man. He m. Huldah, dau. of Ebenezer Gilbert of Walpole, N. H. ; he d. Sept. 17, 1879. The stone which marks his resting place is inscribed : "An Advocate of Temperance and a Friend of the Laboring Man."
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Children :
i. CYRUS WARREN,6 b. Dec. IS, 1823; for a long time a prominent citizen of Brattleboro; once candidate for Governor on Prohibi- tion ticket ; m. Jan. 1, 1848, Charlotte M. Bruce ; he d. Feb. 23, 1904. Children : 1. Emma,7 b. Jan. 1, 1849; m. Edward Crosby of Brattleboro, Vt. Children : i. Henry Hall,8 b. Mar. 4, 1870; a business man of Brattleboro; m. Bessie Van Dorn. ii. Frank Wyman, b. Mar. 26, 1871 ; architect ; m. Nellie Leabe; res. New Orleans. Child : Dorothy.9 iii. Fred Chandler,8 b. Dec. 17, 1872 ; studied medicine; m. Agnes Crosgrove; he d. Apr. 25, 1900. iv. Allyn Jones, b. Feb. 7, 1874; grad. Dartmouth college ; m. Maude Condray. One child : Alene Maud.9 v. Edward Burt,8 b. Jan. 28, ISSI ; d. Nov. 6, 1SS3. vi. Helen Frances, b. Aug. 2, 1882 ; a musician. vii. Edna Sylvia, b. Oct. 19, 1884. viii. Thomas Warren ; b. Nov. 27, 1889. 2. Helen, b. Oct. 8, 1851. 3. Annie, b. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. Frederick Condray. Children : i. Wyman.8 ii. Charlotte.
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