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i. ANN BALLOU,5 b. Jan. 6, 1931; m. Oct. 2, 1954, Sefton Staltard. Child: Ann Ballou, b. Mar. 7, 1957.
BABBITT*
FREDERICK HERBERT,3 ((George H.,2 Joseph1), b. Keene, N. H., Nov. 23, 1859; m. Sept. 19, 1883, Katharine Ellena Britton, b. Nov. 2, 1860, Harland, Vt., d. Nov. 17, 1954; he d. July 1931; employed Am. Express, Robertson Paper Co .; pres. Babbitt-Kelley Paper Corp. 1921-1927 although retired 1925; 33rd degree Mason; prominent in town and state; defeated for Gov. of Vt. by James Hartness of Spfld. in 1920.
Child:
1. MADELINE, b. May 8, 1885; d. Mar. 7, 1947; m. Apr. 15, 1908, Herbert Thomas, b. Nov. 27, 1880, Putney, Vt., son of Maria Louise (White) and Maurice Kelley, Putney. (see Kelley); d. Jan. 6, 1935; Mass. State Col .; 32nd degree Mason; manager Robertson Paper Co. 1910-1921; sales manager Babbitt-Kelley Paper Co. 1925; owner Kelley Paper Corp. 1931. At his death his wife became manager of this company until sale of mill Jan. 1, 1946. Children:
i. HAROLD FREDERICK, b. Jan. 29, 1909, Cincinnati, O .; d. Jan. 21, 1941; V. A. 1925; Norwich Un. 1930; treas. 1930, gen. manager 1935, Kelley Paper Corp. until his death; m. (1) Aug. 31, 1934, Middletown, Conn., Elaine Willis, Rutland, Vt .; she m. (2) June 8, 1945, Mendon, Vt., C. Mangin Peacock; res., Crescent City, Fla. Children: Herbert Clayton
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b. June 4, 1936, Rutland; Katharine Ann, b. Aug. 23, 1939, Rutland.
ii. KATHARINE LOUISE, b. June 14, 1915, B. F .; Midd. Col .; m. Apr. 23, 1938, B. F., Hart Sumner Hunt, b. Mar. 17, 1908, Spfld., Mass., son of Charles Warren and Eliza Pomfrey Hunt; Northeastern Un .; emp. N. Y. Life Ins., Burlington. Children: Judith Ann, b. Sept. 9, 1939; Nancy Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1942; Allan Sumner, b. Jan. 31, 1947.
iii. HELEN CONTENT, b. Sept. 3, 1917, B. F .; Midd, Col .; m. Oct. 15, 1938, Robert Theodore, son of Bert L. and Mable Strat- ton Stafford, Rutland; Midd. Col. 1935; Boston Law 1938; State's Att., Att. Gen .; Lt. Gov. of Vt. 1958. Children: Madelyn Ann, b. May 18, 1941; Susan Britton, b. Oct. 27, 1945; Barbara Jean, twin b. Jan. 3, 1951; Dianne Louise, twin b. Jan. 3, 1951.
iv. LAWRENCE BABBITT, b. Aug. 31, 1920; m. Jan. 17, 1942, Isa- bella Wanamaker, dau. Isabella Wanamaker and James Howell Cummings, Jr., Phila., Pa .; Un. of Me. 1941; Kelley Paper Corp., B. F. 1944-1947; now pres. A. M. Collins Div. Int. Paper Co., Phila .; res., Chester Springs, Pa. Children: Lawrence Babbitt, Jr., b. Dec. 29, 1943, Phila .; Louise Wana- maker, b. Oct. 22, 1945, Wash., D. C .; Britton Cummings, b. May 29, 1949, Phila.
V. ALLAN HERBERT, b. July 13, 1922; Midd. Co.1 1944; m. June 11, 1948, Mrs. Shirley Stafford Anderson, Rutland, Vt .; emp. A. M. Kidder Co., Rutland. Children: Sandra Karen Anderson, b. Mar. 7, 1939; Joan Tekla Anderson, b. May 1, 1941; Thomas Stratton, b. May 20, 1952, Rutland.
GEORGE HEWES,3 b. Windsor, Vt., Sept. 13, 1861, d. Jan. 23, 1914; m. May 18, 1887, Jennie M. Robertson (see Robertson), b. Putney, Feb. 13, 1886; d. Oct. 31, 1945.
Children:
1. FRANCES ROBERTSON,4 unm.
2. DONALD GEORGE,4 b. Nov. 5, 1891; d. Feb. 23, 1949; m. Kathryn DonLeavy, Sept. 17, 1927, Rutland, Vt. Children:
i. MARY FRANCES, b. July 28, 1929; m. Arthur F. Tuthill, June 6, 1950, Burlington, Vt.
ii. DONALD GEORGE, JR., b. Feb. 24, 1936.
iii. KATHRYN ANN, b. Mar. 28, 1942.
3. VIRGINIA, m. Daniel Franklin Ryder (see Ryder).
BACON
HENRY COZENS8 (William C.,7 Abner,6 Nchemiah,5 Henry,4 Joseph,3 Thomas,2 George,1 of Hingham, Mass., 1635), b. Haverhill, N. H., Sept. 7, 1845; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1870, Norwich, Vt., Mary Adelaide, dau. of Willard and Nancy (Pierce) Baker, b. Apr. 3, 1845, Thetford, Vt., d. Nov. 12, 1883, B. F .; m. (2) Apr. 7, 1886, Helen Frances, B. F., dau. of Harvey and Roseltha (Fisk) Clark, b. Apr. 5, 1852, Charlestown, N. H., d. June 21, 1921, B. F. He d. Sept. 5, 1932, B. F.
Children:
1. JUSTIN HOMER9, Brown Un. 1896, Prof. of French and German, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1907-1944; b. June 17, 1873, Putney, Vt .; m. Dec. 25, 1900, Hyde Park, Mass., Addie May, dau. of William and Frances A. (Stone) LeBourveau, b. Oct. 3, 1875, Fitzwilliam, N. H. Children:
i. MARJORIE LEBOURVEAU,10 b. Mar. 16, 1906, Terrace Park, Ohio; res. E. Lansing, Mich; unm.
ii. CHARLOTTE ADELAIDE, b. July 21, 1908, Kalamazoo; m. (1) June 23, 1931, Kalamazoo, Burney B. son of William and Anice (Reynolds) Bennett, b. Nov. 18, 1907, Kalamazoo. Divorced 1939; m. (2) Oct. 10, 1943, Kalamazoo, Bert Hildebrand, son of John and Martha (Verhage) Cooper,
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b. Dec. 18, 1889, Kalamazoo. Children: Peter Vance Bennett, b. Oct. 19, 1934, Hancock, Mich .; James Dustin Cooper, b. Mar. 4, 1945; Mark Alfred Cooper, b. Oct. 24, 1946, both Kalamazoo. Res. Kalamazoo.
2. WILLARD HENRY,9 Brown Un. 1900; Supt. Westerly, R. I. schools 1913-1949; b. June 22, 1878, Putney, Vt .; m. June 24, 1908, Provi- dence, R. I., Mary Alice dau. of John W. and Sarah B. (Fuller) Carpenter, b. Sept. 21, 1877, Providence. Child:
i. HENRY CARPENTER (adopted), b. Apr. 28, 1917, Cape Eliza- beth, Me .; m. June 22, 1943, Dorothea dau. of Harry A. and Mary A (Snape) MacKnight, b. June 10, 1917, Provi- dence, R. I .; res. Warwick, R. I. Children: Robert Allen, b. Feb. 8, 1948, Portsmouth, N. H .; Janet Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 1951, Schenectady, N. Y.
3. BERTHA MAY,9 b. Oct. 20, 1880, Putney, Vt .; res. Keene, N. H .; unm.
GEORGE,8 b. Jan. 31, 1847; d. B. F. Nov. 5, 1911; m. (1) Nov. 28, 1871, Mary E. Aldrich, b. Westmoreland, N. H., Sept. 25, 1852; d. B. F. Apr. 6, 1897, dau. of Burton C. Aldrich; m. (2) July 25, 1899, Mary Jackson, b. Liverpool, N. S., Apr. 17, 1851, dau. of George William Jackson. No issue by second wife. She d. June 25, 1954, ae. 103.
Children:
1. LULA MAY (adopted), b. Mar. 5, 1882; m. Leon Marble, B. F., b. Jan. 1, 1879. At his death she m. (2) Elmer Snow of B. F .; res. White River Jct., Vt .; no children.
2. BLANCHE ALMIRA, b. Sept. 3, 1890; prin. Washington School, Keene, N. H. 1920-1928; res. B. F .; unm.
BANCROFT*
JAMES K. (son of Fabius), b. Dec. 21, 1823, Grafton, Vt .; d. Apr. 29, 1907; m. Oct. 11, 1859, Fanny Hall, dau. of Benjamin Smith, Jr., S. R., b. Oct. 27, 1834, S. R., d. July 10, 1931. Child:
1. CARRIE ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 18, 1860; d. Nov. 17, 1938; m. June 27, 1891, Albert Barnes Neill, b. Apr. 13, 1847, Lenox, Mass., d. Mar. 18, 1933. Both buried S. R. Children:
i. ELIZABETH BANCROFT, b. June 27, 1892, S. R .; m. Buffalo, N. Y., Apr. 15, 1920, Dudley Clapp, Cambridge, Mass., b. Mar. 21, 1890, Boston, Mass. Children:
I. FRANCES HARRIET, b. Jan. 27, 1921, Boston; m. June 24, 1950, Cambridge, Mass., Dr. Henry Edward Altenberg of N.Y.C. Child: Elizabeth Ann, b. Jan. 18, 1955, Meriden, Conn.
II. CHRISTIANA LUCY, b. Oct. 20, 1922, Boston; m. Oct. 10, 1953, San Francisco, Calif., John Marion Naff, Jr. of San Francisco. Children: Richard Dudley, b. Sept. 22, 1954, San Francisco; Katherine Christiana, b. Oct. 24, 1955, San Francisco.
ii. HUMPHREY BANCROFT (see Neill).
BELKNAP*
i. PAUL CARPENTER, b. Feb. 8, 1899, Bellows Falls; Dartmouth 1921; Pub. Tribune, Albert Lea, Minn .; m. Carli Reddout of Montana, Sept. 20, 1926 at Evanston, Ill.
ii. CAROLINE MAY, b. April 7, 1902, Bellows Falls; m. (1) Glen Noyes, Sept. 1924, Ludlow, Vt. divorced Oct. 1928; m. (2) Francis E. Whitmarsh, Feb. 13, 1931, Burlington, Vt., divorced Feb. 1937; m. (3) John Barbaloc, Aug. 10, 1955,
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Miami, Florida. Children: Kenneth Richard, b. Nov. 5, 1925; Alan Willis, b. Nov. 13, 1936.
iii. MARGARET ARDELL, b. Feb. 1, 1904, Bellows Falls; m. Howard E. Fletcher of Boston, Mass., Sept. 17, 1927 at Ludlow, Vt. Child: Preston Belknap, b. Feb. 10, 1934, Dartmouth 1955.
iv. HILDA FRANCES, b. April 3, 1906, Bellows Falls; m. (1) Rolfe S. Russell of St. Albans, Vt., June 9, 1930, d. March 17, 1935. m. (2) A. MacKay Stoddard of LaSalle, Ill., Oct. 9, 1948 at Windsor, Vt. Children: Joan Margaret, b. Dec. 9, 1932, m. May 1, 1954 at Windsor, Vt., Frederick D. Churchill of Brockton, Mass .; Frances Carolyn, b. Mar. 8, 1935; m. Rob- ert Sprouse of Portland, Oregon, June 22, 1957.
v. ROLAND WARD, b. Feb. 11, 1908, Bellows Falls; Dartmouth 1930; m. Alma Bennett of Spfld, Vt., Sept. 28, 1935; d. 1952. Children: Martha Wright, b. Mar. 8, 1940; John Paul, b. May 28, 1942.
vi. PRESTON DEWEY, b. Oct. 5, 1912, Bellows Falls; Dartmouth 1934; m. Kathryn Hogan of N. Walpole, N. H., June 1935. Children: Susan Kay, b. April 22, 1940; Nancy Lee, b. April 12, 1941; Peter Michael, b. Feb. 28, 1946.
BOLLES*
JOSEPH,1 m. Mary, b. Mar. 1624, dau. of Morgan Howells.
· SAMUEL,2 Rochester, Mass., b. Mar. 12, 1646; m. Mary dau. of William Dyer of Sheepscot, Me.
JONATHAN,3 Rochester, Mass .; b. 1700; d. 1773, Rochester.
JONATHAN,4 Richmond, N. H. and Rockingham; b. Dec. 19, 1732; m. Oct. 4, 1754, Elizabeth Randall. He d. Rockingham, 1824, youngest of five children.
LEMUEL,5 b. 1776, Richmond, N. H .; d. Aug. 26, 1827, Rockingham; m. Aug. 25, 1802, Nancy Chamberlain, Keene, N. H., 10th of 12 children.
ITHAMAR,6 b. 1813, Westminster, Vt .; m. Martha dau. of Hiram Wood, Cambridgeport, Vt. She d. Nov. 29, 1859; he d. Aug. 11, 1882, Rockingham.
FRANCIS ALMON,7 b. Aug. 31, 1843; m. Aug. 25, 1870, Augusta R. dau. of Thomas and Adeline (Richardson) Carleton, Woodstock, Vt .; d. May 5, 1933. He d. May 23, 1909, B. F.
ALMON ITHAMAR,8 b. Mar. 15, 1871, Rockingham; m. Mary Chapin, June 17, 1897, dau. of Albert Frederick and Cynthia M. (Chapin) Nims, b. Oct.[23, 1871, N. Walpole, N. H. He d. Nov. 15, 1953, B. F.
Children:
1. MARGARET CHAPIN,9 b. July 22, 1899, N. Walpole; m. July 19, 1937, John Randall Zehner, b. Feb. 8, 1905, Brooklyn, N. Y. Children:
i. CYNTHIA ANN,10 b. Apr. 5, 1939, Hartford, Conn .; d. Apr. 7, 1939.
ii. ROBERT BOLLES, b. Apr. 24, 1941, Norwalk, Conn.
2. GERTRUDE NIMS, b. June 13, 1901, N. Walpole; unm .; instructor Northfield, Mass. Seminary.
3. ALBERT THOMAS, b. June 25, 1903, N. Walpole; m. July 16, 1930, Elsie E. dau. of Jeremiah and Elsie B. Grogan, Albany, N. Y. Children:
i. ELIZABETH ANN,10 b. Nov. 18, 1932, B. F .; m. Aug. 28, 1954, Robert N. Johnson, Jr., Baldwinsville, N. Y.
ii. THOMAS VINCENT, b. Dec. 15, 1935, B. F.
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iii. ARTHUR FRANCIS, b. Dec. 7, 1936, B. F.
4. FRANCIS ALMON, b. Mar. 26, 1909, B. F .; m. June 23, 1934, Harriet Wadsworth dau. of Francis Wheeler and Alice (Wadsworth) Platt; b. Apr. 21, 1909, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Children:
i. FRANK,10 b. Aug. 22, 1937, B. F.
ii. MARY ALICE, b. Dec. 15, 1940, B. F.
EDMUND CARLETON,8 son of Francis and Augusta; b. Oct. 27, 1872; m. (1) Myrtle Barrus, Keene, N. H., d. Aug. 20, 1925: m. (2) Mrs. Grace Williams Capron dau. of Charles Harvey and Fanny (Lathrop) Williams. He d. Feb. 12, 1952.
Children:
1. CARLETON FRANCIS, 9 b. June 24, 1898, White River Jct., Vt .; m. June 27, 1925, Columbus, N. J., Helen Etta dau. of Robert Newton and Elizabeth Pamela (Draper) Aspinwall, Jr.
FRANCIS RICHARDSON,8 son of Francis and Augusta, b. Sept. 14, 1886; m. (1) June 1, 1916, Margaret Spangler dau. of Harry and Margaret Williams, Pittsburgh, Pa .; d. Jan. 20, 1933; m. (2) June 30, 1934, Harriet Fairbanks dau. of Jack and Mary Paine (Fairbanks) Robinson, Providence, R. I.
Children:
1. MARGARET ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 11, 1918, Phila. Pa .; m. May 24, 1941, William David son of Edward and Ola James. Child:
i. DAVID CARLETON, b. Sept. 19, 1946, Phila., Pa.
BOWEN
GEORGE GILMAN,8 (John Gilman,7 Charles,6 Prentice,5 Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Henry,2 Griffith1 who emigrated from Wales to Boston in 1638.), b. Charlestown, N. H., Feb. 10, 1853. Lumber dealer. Moved to B. F., Dec. 1902; m. Oct. 12, 1878, Mary Eliza dau. of Samuel L. and Catherine M. (Jones) Fletcher of Charlestown, N. H .; d. Oct. 24, 1917, B. F. He d. June 30, 1942, B. F.
Children:
1. ERNEST FLETCHER, 9 son of George and Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1887, Langdon, N. H .; m. June 15, 1912, Ina A. LaMont of Ithaca, N. Y. Children:
i. CONRADENE BOOTH, b. Apr. 1, 1913, Charlestown, N. H .; m. June 15, 1936, Bradley M. Cooper, Lincoln, N. H.
ii. PATRICIA LAMONT, b. Sept. 20, 1917, B. F .; m. June 1, 1940, Leroy W. Davis, Amherst, N. H.
iii. BRUCE FLETCHER, D. Mar. 22, 1924, B. F .; m. July 11, 1948, Margery L. Martin, Falmouth, Me.
2. CARL KENNETH, 9 son of George and Mary b. Feb. 9, 1889, Langdon, N. H .; m. Ruth A. Wells, Mar. 10, 1911, B. F. She d. June 5, 1948. He d. Dec. 31, 1949. Children:
i. CARL KENNETH, b. June 28, 1913, Cleveland, Ohio; d. Aug. 1, 1942.
ii. GILMAN WELLS, b. Apr. 3, 1916, Charlestown, N. H .; m. May 17, 1941, Barbara Michener, Claremont, N. H.
iii. BRADLEIGH, b. Sept. 8, 1918, Charlestown, N. H .; m. Dec. 7, 1941, Emery O. Lewis, Burlington, Vt.
iv. BARBARA, b. May 20, 1922, B. F .; m. June 25, 1945, Thomas Frank Kearns.
3. RUTH ELLEN, 9 dau. of George and Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1892, Langdon, N. H .; m. Oct. 6, 1913, William C. Jewett,9 B. F. (William,8 Oliver,7 Oliver,6 Ezra,5 Ezra,4 Aquila,3 Joseph,2 Maximillian1 who came to Rowley, Mass. from England 1638.) Child:
i. GEORGE WILLIAM, Northeastern Un., Lt. Commander Bureau of Aeronautics, Wash., D. C .; b. Jan. 16, 1919, B. F .; m. Jan. 7, 1945, Martha Louise, b. Apr. 29, 1919 dau. of Dr. Richard H. and Marie King Smith, Newton, Mass. Chil-
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dren: Annharid, b. Feb. 28, 1946, San Diego, Calif .; Richard Chase, b. June 27, 1947, Annapolis, Md .; George Bowen, b. Jan. 27, 1951, Quonset Pt., R. I .; Nancy Marie, b. Oct. 22, 1953, Bethesda, Md.
4. GEORGENE ESTHER, dau. of George and Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1898.
BROWN*
JOHN, m. Hannah J. Emery.
ALLEN J., b. Feb. 16, 1843, Woodstock, Vt .; d. Oct. 13, 1918; m. Jan. 1, 1867, Mandana C. dau. Harvey and Mandana (Cutler) Wood of Rockingham, b. Dec. 20, 1844; d. Sept. 28, 1913.
WILLIS A., b. Mar. 3, 1871; d. May 13, 1950, B. F .; m. Nov. 28, 1900, Jennie F. Veazey, b. Apr. 13, 1874, Benton, N. H., dau. Charles Addison and Ruth Jane (Eastman) Veazey.
Children:
1. DONALD A., Norwich Un .; taught school Santa Barbara and Clare- mont, Calif .; entered active Army 1940; Adj. Gen. Branch at Pentagon in W. W. II; also Siapan and Guam; res. Ft. Bliss, Tex .; b. July 7, 1902, B. F .; m. Apr. 9, 1927, Thyra Emma Catlin, Santa Barbara. Children:
i. JOHN WILLIS, b. May 22, 1929, Santa Barbara; m. Sept. 23, 1950, Joan Ford, Washı. D. C. (Ft. Myer). Children: Christine Marie, b. Nov. 29, 1951; Suzanne Lea, b. Aug. 29, 1953; Jennifer Lynn, b. Jan. 19, 1958.
ii. MARILYN THYRA, b. Feb. 6, 1933; m. July 31, 1952, Charles Montague Mackey, Jr., Ft. Myer, Va. Children: Terri Lynn, b. Aug. 4, 1954; Carol, b. July 3, 1957.
2. RUTH ARDELLE, b. Apr. 28, 1911, B. F .; Castleton Normal; teacher B. F .; m. Aug. 18,1939, Arthur E. Bemis, Jamaica, Vt., b. Aug. 19, 1910, Jamaica, son of Ernest Udell and May (White) Bemis.
BUSSEY
HENRY EDWARD, son of Henry and Mary (Sherbert) Bussey, b. Jan. 19, 1867, St. Albans, Vt .; d. June 10, 1946; m. (1) 1889, B. F., Lena Angeline dau. of George and Clara (Hyde) Gammon, Torbay, Nova Scotia. She d. 1903, B. F .; m. (2) June 20, 1904, B. F., Annie Laura, b. Jan. 9, 1880, dau. of John and Lucretia Creamer, Phillips Harbor, N. S.
Children:
1. EVA MAY, b. 1890; d. 1890.
2. HARRY, b. 1893; d. 1893.
3. CLARA FRANCES, b. Aug. 6, 1894; m. July, 1924, Everett H. Otis, Andover, Mass .; Res. Springfield, Vt. Child:
i. JOHN HENRY, b. July 1, 1928; m. Loretta Gosselin, 1949,
Springfield, Vt .; res. Levittown, N. Y. Children: Robin John, b. Aug., 1942; Patricia Ann, b. Aug., 1953; Ronald James, b. Nov. 16, 1956; Nancy Jean, b. Oct., 1958.
4. HENRY EDWARD, JR., b. July 13, 1910; m. 1949, Jane, b. July 7, 1918, dau. of Frank L. and Margaret (Fuller) Abbott, Saxtons River (see Fuller). Child:
i. MARY MARGARET (adopted), b. May 6, 1953; Res. Saxtons River.
5. LENA MAY, b. Sept. 19, 1914; m. 1946, B. F., Archie Belway, Mont- pelier, Vt., b. Aug. 25, 1914; res. B. F.
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CADY
HAROLD H.,10 (George E.,9 Joseph C.,8 Caleb B.,7 Jacob,6 Isaac,5 Phineas,4 Daniel,3 Daniel,2 NicholasI who was in Watertown, Mass. about 1630.) b., May 29, 1888, son of George Elmer and Carrie Myrtle (Hutchins) Cady; m. Sept. 14, 1910, W. Swanzey, N. H., Alice May, dau. of Benjamin F. and Mary A. L. (Seaver) Bowen. (See Hutchins *. ) Children:
1. ALICE MYRTLE,11 b. June 20, 1911; m. Dec. 25, 1936, Ann Abor, Mich., Donald John Russell, son of C. Neil and Ethel M. (King) Russell; b. Sept. 3, 1912, St. Joseph, Mich. Child:
i.
DAVID ARTHUR,12 b. Mar. 23, 1947; Bay City, Mich.
2. FRANCIS HAROLD, 11 b. Jan. 5, 1914; m. July 20, 1940, Corinth, Miss., Cora Mozelle McClure; b. Mar. 1, 1913; dau. of John M. and Cora (Sandling) McClure of Corinth. Children:
i. RICHARD HAROLD,12 b. Mar. 25, 1943, Tulsa, Okla.
ii. ROBERT BOWEN, b. Aug. 24, 1948, Denver, Colo.
CAPRON*
GRACE OLIVIA WILLIAMS, (see Farr*), b. Bellows Falls, Vt., Sept. 27, 1885; m. (1) Apr. 22, 1908, Bellows Falls, Vt., Henry Curtis Capron, d. Oct. 20, 1920; m. (2) Feb. 5, 1927, Bellows Falls, Vt., Edmond Carlton Bolles, d. Feb. 12, 1952.
Children:
1. CHARLES WILLIAMS CAPRON, b. Apr. 17, 1909, Lowell, Mass., m. Oct. 25, 1933, Dorothy Colton, Orleans, Vt. Children:
i. NANCY JEAN, b. Dec. 21, 1936.
il. MARY WILLIAMS, b. Mar. 27, 1940.
iii . PATRICIA ANN, b. Aug. 30, 1947.
2. MARION FANNY CAPRON, b. Jan. 23, 1912, m. Sept. 12, 1936, John Desmond Schmidt, New York City, N. Y. Children:
i. HENRY CAPRON, b. Oct. 26, 1937.
11. JOAN ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 25, 1942.
COBB
HENRY,1 Kent, England to Plymouth, Mass., 1629; m. 1631, Patience Hurst; d. 1648; he d. 1679.
JOHN,2 b. June 7, 1632; res. Taunton, Mass.
JOHN,3 res. Taunton; m. Jane Godfrey.
Children:
1. John.
2. Morgan.
3. Samuel.
SAMUEL4
RICHARD,5 b. Taunton 1717; d. Nov. 8, 1772; com. Capt. by King George II in French and Indian Wars.
RICHARD,6 b. Oct. 7, 1751, Taunton; moved to Putney, Vt. 1776; m. Mary Reed.
WILLARD,7 b. July 11, 1793; d. Dec. 27, 1865, S. R .; m. Dorinda --- Sept. 18, 1881.
HENRY WILLARD,8 b. Nov. 26, 1838, S. R.
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CORA,9 b. 1870; d. 1936; m. Fay S. Fuller, S. R. (see Fuller).
DASCOMB
GEORGE ALFRED, d. Sept. 3, 1934; m. Jean Perry, d. Aug. 16, 1938. Children:
1. MABEL VAUGHAN, b. May 16, 1884, Hyde Park, Mass; m. Sept. 15, 1909, Richard W. Arnold of Westminster, Vt .; d. Mar. 28, 1951, Marathon, Tex. Children:
1. JEAN DASCOMB, b. Sept. 24, 1912; m. Oct. 1, 1938, George C. Skevington, Marfa, Tex. Children: Cynthia, b. Jan. 10, 1942, Alpine, Tex .; Katherine, b. Aug. 19, 1943.
ii. KATHARINE WILLARD, b. Aug. 10, 1918, B. F .; m. Jan. 7, 1946, Marathon, Tex., William Eldon McGonagile. Children: Nancy, b. Jan. 12, 1947.
2. JEAN, b. July 23, 1888, Atchinson, Kansas; m. Sept. 29, 1920, Charles D. Higgins, B. F., b. Oct. 11, 1890 son of Daniel Patrick and Cordelia Frances Keane Higgins; d. Dec. 21, 1949. Children: i. JEAN, b. Aug. 9, 1922, B. F.
11. DANIEL PATRICK, b. Dec. 8, 1924, B. F .; m. Aug. 23, 1950, Janet L. Akeson, Winchester, Mass. Children: Kathleen, b. July 5, 1951; Deborah, b. Jan. 14, 1954; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1956; Daniel Patrick, b. Apr. 18, 1958, all b. B. F.
3. GEORGE ALFRED, JR., b. Feb. 11, 1899, San Antonio, Tex .; m. Dec. 14, 1922, Margaret Rivers of Thompsonville, Ala .; res. Houston, Tex. Children:
i. DOROTHY RIVERS, b. Aug. 19, 1923, Marathon, Tex .; m. July 26, 1946, James Marvin Childs, Jr., Houston, Tex. Child: Carol Diana, b. July 25, 1951, Houston.
ii. GEORGE ALFRED, 3RD., b. Dec. 24, 1933, Los Angeles, Calif .; m. Dec. 22, 1956, Betty Margaret Hart, Houston, Tex. Child: Gregory Allen, b. Dec. 17, 1957.
CHARLES EDMOND, d. Dec. 25, 1892, San Antonio, Tex.
HARRY NUTTING, d. May 25, 1924, Casper, Wyoming. 3 children. (see L. S. H.).
MARY STELLA, d. Feb. 4, 1958, B. F.
ARTHUR STEELE, d. Aug. 18, 1918, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex. Child:
1. EDMUND BROOKS, d. Oct. 1934; grad. Annapolis; U. S. photographer, making complete record of assassination of Alexander of Yugoslavia in Paris, France, dying suddenly four days later.
ALICE STEELE, d. June 9, 1956, B. F.
DAVIS*
DOLOR,1 b. 1593; d. 1673; m. Margery Willard, b. about 1602, dau. of Richard and Margery Willard.
SAMUEL,2 b. 1639; d. 1720; m. Jan. 11, 1666, Lynn, Mass., Mary Medow; d. Oct. 3, 1710.
DANIEL,3 b. 1673; d. 1741; m. 1698, Mary Hubbard,4 (Jonathan,3 John,2 George1), b. 1682; d. 1769.
NATHANIEL,4 b. 1715; d. Oct. 26, 1802; m. 1741, Susanna Lane,4 (John,3 Col. John,2 Job1), b. 1720; d. July 30, 1795.
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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM
NATHANIEL,5 b. 1754; d. June 10, 1835, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Aug. 14, 1780, Lydia Harwood6 (John,5 John,4 James,3 Nicholas,2 Andrew1), b. 1761; d. Mar. 10, 1836 (see Harwood).
CHARLOTTE,6 m. Manasseh Divoll (see Divoll).
DIVOLL*
JOHN,1 b. England; m. Jan. 23, 1663, Hannah White dau. of John, Lancaster, Mass. Came to America on the Speedwell, Feb. 27, 1657 with John Martin of Tedsbury, Eng. and Martha White of Michaell (sic) Deane, Eng. who were in his employ. Ensign John was killed by Indians Feb. 10, 1675 while in charge of Rowlandson Garrison House, Lancaster. His wife was taken prisoner with the children, some of whom were killed. Mrs. Divoll was ransomed May 12, 1676. Her son William was 3 years old when taken prisoner with his sister but was ransomed at Portsmouth, N. H. with his cousin Joseph, son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (White) Rowlandson.
WILLIAM,2 b. Apr. 8, 1672; d. Sept. 1731; m. 1695, Ruth Whitcomb3 (John,2 John1), b. June 27, 1672, Lancaster.
JOHN,3 b. 1696, Lancaster; m. Mar. 31, 1747, Lunenburg, Mass., Mrs. Susannah (Stearns) Smith4 (Isaac,3 Samuel,2 Isaac1.)
MANASSEH,4 b. Nov. 17, 1753, Lunenburg; d. May 1789; m. Sept. 7, 1779, Lunenburg, Sarah Wood5 (David,4 David,3 Solomon,2 Thomas1), b. June 10, 1754 see Wood).
MANASSEH,5 b. Oct. 16, 1787, Lunenburg; d. Jan. 25, 1864, Rock; m. Charlotte Davis, June 23, 1817, Rock. (see Davis).
JOHN,6 b. Dec. 2, 1830, Rock .; d. Dec. 6, 1908, Rock .; m. Feb. 5, 1862, Flora Olcott, Rock. (see Olcott*).
NATT LINCOLN,7 b. Sept. 1, 1864, Rock .; d. Apr. 16, 1943; m. June 23, 1909, Louie B. Jamieson of Cabot, Vt., b. Oct. 20, 1888; she m. (2) Edward Reisner, Ph.D., Feb. 2, 1952 who d. May 30, 1958.
Children:
1. FAIRE JAMIESON,8 b. July 2, 1910, Rock .; m. Harold Potter, Green- field, Mass .; res. Bolton, Mass. Children:
i. BARRY, b. Nov. 6, 1938.
ii. MARY LEE, b. Jan. 1, 1942.
iii. SARAH JANE, b. Sept. 19, 1946.
2. FLORA ISABELLE, b. Sept. 24, 1911, Rock .; m. Richard B. Sampson, Worcester, Mass. Children:
i. ROBERT JOHN, b. Jan. 16, 1935.
ii. CAROL, b. Nov. 21, 1938.
iii . DEBORAH PAGE, b. Dec. 19, 1950.
3. NATT LINCOLN, JR., b. Sept. 22, 1913, Rock .; m. June 26, 1937, Josephine Knox, b. Aug. 15, 1914, Richfield Park, N. J. Children:
i. NATT LINCOLN, 3RD, b. Jan. 13, 1939.
ii. KNOX D., b. Aug. 23, 1940.
iii. SCOTT J., b. July 5, 1946.
iv. MARCIA, b. Aug. 24, 1947.
4. LOUIE ADELLA, b. Jan. 11, 1917; m. William J. Harkins, Worcester, Mass., Dec. 20, 1942; res. Bolton, Mass. Children:
i. SUSAN, b. Sept. 20, 1943.
ii. STEVEN, b. Aug. 31, 1944.
iii . JOHN, b. Feb. 10, 1950.
iv. JAMIESON EDWARD, twin, b. Aug. 20, 1953.
v. WILLIAM JEROME, 3RD, twin, b. Aug. 20, 1953.
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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM
5. JOHN WILLIAM, b. Sept. 5, 1918; m. Mary O'Brien, Williamstown, Mass., June 23, 1951 Children:
i. GEARY KEVIN, b. Oct. 28, 1952.
ii. ALICIA, b. 1954.
6. THOMAS MCDOWELL, b. Mar. 16, 1928; m. Janet Swan, Worcester, Mass .; res. Littleton, Mass. Child:
i. VICKY, b. Mar. 26, 1951.
SUSAN F.,6 b. Feb. 5, 1853; d. Apr. 30, 1893, Chester, Vt .; m. Apr. 5, 1853, Judge William Rounds, Chester, Vt.
Child:
1. DR. WILLIAM,7 b. Mar. 11, 1863, Chester, Vt .; d. May 22, 1933, Ft. Worth, Texas; m. Oct. 24, 1897, Ft. Worth, Faith, dau. of Rev. A. P. Morrison, b. May 5, 1877, Litchfield, Ill .; d. Apr. 27, 1952. Child:
i. WILLIAM ARTHUR,8 b. Jan. 8, 1902; m. June 18, 1926, Dallas, Tex., Marie, b. Dec. 14, 1902, Stephens, Okla. dau. Allison Scott. Child: Margaret Lu, b. July 15, 1938, Houston, Tex.
MARY O.,7 d. Nov. 3, 1935; unm.
OSCAR,7 m. Kate Soule; d. Sept. 6, 1936.
DOWLIN (sec Eddy*)
CLARENCE E., b. Apr. 5, 1866, Claremont, N. H., son of Elbridge and Sarah Hart Dowlin; m. June 16, 1886, Clara May Eddy (see Eddy); d. Aug. 6, 1948.
Children:
1. ETHEL CLARA, b. Feb. 6, 1887; m. July 17, 1907, Edward Albert Pierce, Bellows Falls, Vt. Children:
1. DOROTHY ETHEL, b. July 25, 1911; m. (1) Albert H. License, Nov. 27, 1930, Alstead, N. H .; m. (2) Carleton L. Thurston, Feb. 22, 1946, Bellows Falls, Vt. Children: Edward Albert License, b. May 22, 1931; Robert Erwin License, b. Nov. 10, 1932; Barbara Virginia License, b. Oct. 12, 1934; Richard Gordon License, b. Mar. 12, 1937; Carleton Leon Thurston, b. June 4, 1947.
ii. ROBERT EDWARD, b. Aug. 31, 1913, Keene, N. H., m. Ger- trude Elizabeth Morrison, July 5, 1936, Saxtons River, Vt. Children: Elizabeth Jean, b. Feb. 2, 1938, d. Feb. 3, 1938; Brian Robert, b. Mar. 8, 1940; Ethelyn Gertrude, b. July 17, 1944; Kathleen Morrison, b. Dec. 13, 1945.
iii. RICHARD DARBY, b. Mar. 1, 1920; d. Jan. 10, 1934.
iv. DONALD EDDY, b. Mar. 30, 1925; m. Evelyn Marston, June 8, 1947; res. Gresham, Ore. Child: Donna Marie, b. Dec. 3, 1949, Rockingham, Vt.
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