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ii. MARILYN ESTHER, b. Nov. 18, 1923, Bellows Falls; m. Charles B. Smith, Mar. 26, 1944, b. Jan. 5, 1922, Sheridan, N. Y. Child: Nancy A., b. Mar. 17, 1945, Goshen, N. Y.
iii. RUEL KENNETH, b. Sept. 7, 1926, Bellows Falls; m. Marjorie Jeannotte, Jan. 5, 1951, b. Dec. 22, 1931, Rutland, Vt. Child: Stephen K., b. May 21, 1952, Springfield, Mass.
7. EDRIS HOPE, b. Oct. 10, 1901, Bellows Falls, d. Jan. 3. 1958.
WALES*
STEPHEN ROWE? (Stephen Rowe Bradley1), son of Samuel and Mary (Bradley) Wales.
Children:
1. GEORGE ROWE,3 b. Mar. 12, 1859; d. Nov. 7, 1953; m. Apr. 17, 1884, Clara Orpha, dau. of Dr. Daniel and Julia Campbell, b. Oct. 5, 1861, d. Aug. 7, 1919. Children:
i. CAROLINE JULIA,4 b. Oct. 13, 1886; m. Sept. 13, 1910, William B. Barker, Bellows Falls, Vt.
i. ROWE CAMPBELL,4 b. July 2, 1888; m. July 31, 1921, Helen C. Stack, North Walpole, N. H. Children:
I. PATRICIA,5 b. July 9, 1923, Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Fred- erick G. Doeter, Milwaukee, Wis., July 31, 1945. Children: Paula, b. July 9, 1947, Milwaukee, Wis .; Margaret,6 b. Aug. 29, 1950, Menasha, Wis .; Patricia, b. Feb. 26, 1952, Menasha, Wis.
II. GEORGE R.,5 b. Feb. 3, 1924, Rumford, Me., unm.
III. WILLIAM S.,5 b. May 10, 1925, Rumford, Me., unm.
WEBB*
JOSEPH MERARI8 (Luther,7 Joshua,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Christopher,3 Christopher,2 Richard1), b. Sept. 23, 1803; m. Elizabeth Foster (see Webb*). Child:
1. WILLIAM JOSEPH,9 b. Aug. 29, 1843; d. Jan. 28, 1926, Rockingham, Vt .; m. (1) June 7, 1866, Elizabeth P. Hawkes, Chester, Vt. She d. Sept. 29, 1871. M. (2) Sept. 16, 1873, Arabella D. Fuller, Walpole, N. H., d. July 16, 1891. Children:
i. HENRY BISSELL,10 b. Sept. 8, 1868; d. Dec. 3, 1929; unm.
ii. GEORGE FULLER, b. Sept. 9, 1874; m. Sept. 28, 1921, Marjorie Isabel Baker, Marlboro, Mass., b. Aug. 22, 1880, d. Mar. 13, 1943.
iii. GRACE JULIA, b. May 30, 1876; unm.
iv. DAISY FRANCES, b. Jan. 17, 1878; unm.
v. STELLA HENRIETTA, b. Sept. 5, 1879; unm.
2. EMMA ELIZABETH, b. July 30, 1855; d. Aug. 9, 1938; unm.
WESTON*
J. PAGE3 (Joseph,2 Stephen1), b. May 5, 1838; d. Feb. 26, 1922, Rocking- ham, Vt .; m. Mar. 19, 1862, Sarah M. Bond, b. Mar. 23, 1842, Cavendish, Vt., d. Mareh 23, 1938, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
1. i. WILLIAM BOND,4 b. Mar. 17, 1863.
2. ii. FRED EUGENE,4 b. Jan. 7, 1865.
3. iii. ELMER HERBERT,4 b. Mar. 31, 1869.
4. iv. BERTHA ADELINE,4 b. Nov. 27, 1874.
5. V. LEON ADDISON,4 b. Mar. 19, 1878.
6. vi. CORA MABEL4 b. Dec. 1, 1880.
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1. WILLIAM BOND,4 son of J. Page and Sarah; b. Mar. 17, 1863, Ply- mouth, Vt .; d. Apr. 1, 1936, Santa Barbara, Calif .; m. Hattie Amanda Graves, 1891, b. Jan. 11, 1864, E. Boston, Mass., d. Mar. 8, 1943, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Children:
i. MIRIAM,5 b. June, 1892, Winthrop, Mass .; d. Aug., 1892.
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ii. HILDA,5 b. Sept. 21, 1895, Winthrop, Mass.
2. FRED EUGENE,4 son of J. Page and Sarah; b. Jan. 7, 1865, Rocking- ham, Vt .; m. Sept. 7, 1904, Agnes Jordan, present res. Spokane, Wash., d. Nov. 10, 1954.
Children:
i. MILDRED,5 b. Aug. 5, 1905, Waterville, Wash.
RAYMOND ARNOLD,5 b. Feb. 7, 1912; m. Child: Carolyn June, b. Oct. 3, 1943, Ft. Devens, Mass.
3. ELMER HERBERT,4 son of J. Page and Sarah; b. Mar. 31, 1869, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Feb. 29, 1896, Myrtie Alta Ball, b. Nov. 27, 1878, Unity, N. H., d. Mar. 25, 1954, Saxtons River, Vt. He d. Dec. 22, 1953.
Children:
8. i. KATHERINE SARAH,5 b. Feb. 28, 1897.
9. ii. CHARLES JOSEPH,5 b. Feb. 28, 1900.
10. iii . ELMINA ELIZABETH,5 b. Aug. 21, 1901.
11. iv. MIRIAM,5 b. June 26, 1907.
v. ARDELL,5 b. Sept. 14, 1908; m. John Francis Lyons, May 8, 1936, Brattleboro, she d. May 14, 1941.
vi. REBECCA,5 b. May 29, 1911, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Theodore Polidor, Nov. 6, 1937, Springfield, Vt. Child: James Weston, b. June 4, 1946.
vii. HERMAN ELMER,5 b. Dec. 5, 1916, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Mrs. Frances Morrison Rice, June 17, 1939, Saxtons River, Vt. Children: William Wheelock, b. Feb. 15, 1940; Joseph Amory, b. Mar. 9, 1942; Sarah Ann, b. May 24, 1943.
viii. GILBERT BALL,5 b. Dec. 15, 1918; m. Henrietta Lake, Jan. 2, 1941, Rockingham, Vt., divorced. Child: Nancy Virginia, b. Mar. 4, 1942. M. (2) Willoise Dickert, Feb. 27, 1943, Brun- didge, Ala. Children: William Gilbert, b. Aug. 19, 1943; Rachel Ann, b. June 10, 1945; Sarah Beverly, b. July 7, 1946; Rebecca, b. June 15, 1947; Charles Dickert, b. Oct. 7, 1950.
ix. ISABEL FLORENCE,5 b. Nov. 29, 1921, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Frederick L. Hewey, June 8, 1940, Richmond, Vt., present res. Macwahoc, Me. Child: Mary Ann, b. Sept. 1, 1942.
4. BERTHA ADELINE,4 dau. of J. Page and Sarah; b. Nov. 27, 1874, Rockingham, Vt., m. Carleton Everett Hutchinson, Oct. 18, 1899, Methuen, Mass.
Children:
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i. MARION ISABEL,5 b. Dec. 17, 1900, Haverhill, Mass ; m. Theis Roberts, Sept. 17, 1932. He died 1934. Res. Rochester, N. Y. KENNETH WESTON,5 b. Nov. 7, 1901; m. Christine Emanuel, June 4, 1939, N.Y.C. Child: Pamela, b. June 28, 1940.
iii. HAYDEN REYNOLDS,5 b. Nov. 1, 1902, Haverhill, Mass .; m. Sept. 5, 1931, Hilda Weston Ermel, Santa Barbara, Calif .; res. Bloom- field, N. J. Children: James Gordon, b. April 21, 1933, Calif .; Marior Louise, b. Apr. 24, 1935, N. J.
iv. HELEN ELIZABETH,5 b. Nov. 13, 1908, Haverhill, Mass .; m. Nov. 8,. 1940, Hector D. Scull, Brattleboro, Vt .; res. Needham, Mass. Children: Sarah Weston, b. Mar. 23, 1943; Deborah Hutchinson,. b. May 23, 1946; Bruce Carleton, b. Oct. 12, 1949.
V. JOSEPH CARLETON,5 b. May 8, 1916, Haverhill, Mass .; m. Aug. 8,. 1943, Greta Rush, N.Y.C .; res. Oceanside, L.I. Child: Melissa: Gern, b. Feb. 6, 1945.
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5. LEON ADDISON,4 son of J. Page and Sarah; b. Mar. 19, 1878, Rock- ingham, Vt .; m. June 21, 1904 (1) Helen E. Smucker, d. July 1907.
Child:
i. PAGE SMUCKER,5 b. June 5, 1905.
m. (2) Jane Irwin, 1912, d. Sept. 1942. He d. July, 1919. Children:
i. JAMES IRWIN,5 b. July 3, 1913.
ii. LOUISE ADELINE,5 b. May 17, 1915; m. George R. Kinsey, Newark, Ohio.
iii RICHARD ADDISON,5 b. Feb. 10, 1917.
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CORA MABEL,4 dau. of J. Page and Sarah; b. Dec. 1, 1880; m. Apr. 2, 1902, Rockingham, Vt., William Buchanan, d. May 5, 1951; res. Newton, Mass.
Children:
i. RUTH,5 b. Feb. 20, 1908; m. June, 1928, Albert M. Witwer, Jr. Children: David Buchanan, b. Oct. 1, 1933; Carol Diane, b. Aug. 2, 1936; Joan Sargent, b. Oct. 16, 1945.
ii . RALPH WESTON,5 b. Nov. 28, 1914; m. Dorothea Scott, Feb. 25, 1941. Child: Cynthia Blanche, b. Oct. 23, 1945.
7. HILDA,5 dau. of William and Hattie; b. Sept. 21, 1895, Winthrop, Mass .; m. Sept. 5, 1931, Hayden Reynolds Hutchinson, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
i. JAMES GORDON,6 b. Apr. 21, 1933, Oakland. Calif.
ii. MARION LOUISE,6 b. Apr. 24, 1935, Montclair, N. J .; res. Bloom- field, N. J.
8.7. KATHERINE SARAH,5 dau. of Elmer and Myrtie, b. Feb. 28, 1897, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Feb. 28, 1916, Rockingham, Vt., Fred Harrison Parker.
Children:
i. BEATRICE LOUISE,6 b. June 9, 1919, Rockingham, Vt .; m. June 9, 1939, William Cecil Labadie (now divorced), Westminster, Vt. Children: Katherine Hazel, b. May 10, 1940; Margaret Elaine, b. June 17, 1942; Richard Bruce, b. July 13, 1944.
ii. THEODORE WESTON,6 b. July 15, 1923, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Nov. 18, 1942, Westminster, Judith Irene Currier. Children: Bruce Weston, b. May 24, 1945; Brian Julian, b. Jan. 15, 1948; Debra Sue, b. Jan. 7, 1955.
iii . CHARLES HARRISON,6 b. May 7, 1927, Westminster, Vt .; m. Dec. 25, 1948, Saxtons River, Vt., Margaret Louise Beam.
9. CHARLES JOSEPH,5 son of Elmer and Myrtie, b. Feb. 28, 1900, Rock- ingham, Vt .; m. June 1, 1922, Saxtons River, Vt., Mable Frances Cook; res. Gill, Mass.
Children:
i. ELIZABETH JUNE,6 b. Jan. 16, 1934.
il. JOHN F.,6 b. Sept. 6, 1945.
10. ELMINA ELIZABETH,5 dau. of Elmer and Myrtie; b. Aug. 21, 1901, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Joseph Edward True, Oct. 11, 1924, Greenfield, Mass .; res. Plympton, Mass.
Children:
i. RAYMOND WESTON,6 b. Jan. 19, 1926, Southbridge, Mass .; m. Ruth Wollaston, Sept. 17, 1948. Children: Mary Ann, b. June 15, 1949; Raymond Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1951.
ii. ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE,6 b. Apr. 3, 1927; m. Edmond H. Letender, July 21, 1947. Children: Edmond Joseph, b. Feb. 9, 1949; Linda Marie, b. Apr. 11, 1952.
11. MIRIAM,5 dau. of Elmer and Myrtie; b. June 26, 1907, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Charles T. Murray, Jr., Dec. 26, 1928, Whitehall, N. Y .; res. Park Ridge, Ill.
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Children:
i. PHYLLIS GRACE,6 b. Dec. 17, 1929; m. David J. Simons, July 1, 1947. Children: Donella Joy, b. Apr. 8, 1948; Amy Kathleen, b. Apr. 22, 1950; Charles David, b. Nov. 19, 1953.
ii. CAROLYN BLANCHE,6 b. Mar. 16, 1932; m. Robert P. Benson, Aug. 10, 1947. Children: Edward Robert, b. May 29, 1948; Jack Michael, b. Oct. 2, 1950.
WALLACE WESTON,3 son of Joseph B. and Susanna H. Boynton, Plymouth, Vt .; b. Aug. 29, 1847; d. May 14, 1928, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Jan. 6, 1874, Grafton, Vt., Emma Caroline Parker, b. June 11, 1850, Rock- ingham, Vt., d. Aug. 18, 1927, Rockingham, Vt.
Children:
1. i. CARRIE EMMA,4 b. Feb. 27, 1876.
ii. EUGENE PLINY,4 b. Mar. 17, 1878, Rockingham, Vt .; m. (1) Alice Mary Weaver, Sept. 25, 1907, d. Oct. 5, 1912; m. (2) Nellie Grace Huntoon, Jan. 1, 1919, Rutland, Vt. Child :. Ervin Parker, b. Feb. 14, 1920, Rockingham, Vt.
1. CARRIE EMMA,4 dau. of Wallace and Emma, b. Feb. 27, 1876; d May 15, 1924, Rockingham, Vt .; m. June 17, 1899, George S. Angell, who died May 13, 1918.
Children:
i. EUGENE WILTON,5 b. June 26, 1900, Somerville, Mass .; m. Oct. 6, 1935, Lottie Holden. Child: Lawrence Weston, b. Apr. 12, 1937.
ii. JOHN WALLACE,5 b. Apr. 7, 1904, Rockingham, Vt .; d. Mar. 10, 1954, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Jan. 4, 1927, Katherine O4Connell Children: (i) Jean Lorraine, b. Feb. 20, 1928, Rockingham; m. Apr. 12, 1949, Dr. Mordecai Dawson Tyson, Hanover, N. H. Children: Mordecai Dawson, Jr., b. Mar. 7, 1951; James Bu- chanan, b. June 24, 1952. (ii) Donald Condon, b. Mar. 11, 1935. (iii) Carol Ann, b. Sept. 15, 1937. (iv) Claire Elaine, b. Apr. 9, 1939.
WETHERBEE
JOHN1 (immigrant ancestor), b. England, 1650. Settled Southboro, Mass, later Stow, Mass. D. 1711 in Stow. M. (1) Sept. 18, 1672 at Marl- boro, Mass., Mary Howe, dau. of John and Mary, b. June 18, 1654, Sudbury, Mass., d. June 5, 1684, Stow, Mass. M. (2) Sept. 16, 1684, Stow, Mass., Lydia Moore, b. Apr. 6, 1660, Lancaster, Mass.
Children :
i. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 18, 1672; m. Elizabeth Johnson.
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ii. JOHN,2 b. Mar. 26, 1675.
iii. THOMAS, b. Jan. 5, 1678; m. Hannah Woods.
1. JOHN,2 son of John and Mary, b. Marlboro, Mass., Mar. 26, 1675; d. 1720; m. 1698, Catherine Whitcomb, Concord, Mass. Children:
i. DANIEL, m. (1) Rachael Hall; m. (2) Mary Stow.
ii. JOHN, m. Elizabeth Whitney.
iii. JOSIAH, m. Sarah Hall.
2. iv. HEZEKIAH3.
v. ISAAC, m. Mary Graves.
vi. MICAH, m. Sarah Hinds.
vii. THOMAS, m. Elizabeth Hale.
viii. CATHERINE, m. Aholiab Wilder.
2. HEZEKIAH,3 son of John and Catherine; b. Stow, Mass .; d. before 1759; m. Apr. 23, 1728, Huldah Martyn, b. Apr. 27, 1711, Marlboro, Mass., dau. Thomas and Mary (Gove) Martyn.
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Children:
3. i. BENJAMIN,4 b. Nov. 3, 1728.
ii. THOMAS, b. Nov. 27, 1730, Lunenburg, Mass.
iii. PHOEBE, b. Feb. 12, 1733, Lunenburg, Mass .; d. 1734.
iv. PHOEBE, b. July 7, 1740, Lunenburg, Mass.
V. SARAH, b. Nov. 17, 1742, Lunenburg, Mass.
vi. JOHN, b. Sept. 14, 1746, Lunenburg, Mass.
vii. ABRAHAM, b. June 5, 1752, Lunenburg, Mass.
3. BENJAMIN,4 son of Hezekiah and Huldah; b. Nov. 3, 1728, Marlboro, Mass .; d. July 12, 1771; m. Sept. 24, 1755, Kezia Munroe, b. Oet. 16, 1731, d. July 12, 1772, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Munroe, Carlisle, Mass. Removed to Rindge, N. H., 1761. Children:
i. BETSEY, b. Jan. 5, 1756, Lunenburg, Mass .; m. Matthew Osborne.
4. il. HEZEKIAH,5 b. June 20, 1757.
iii. RACHAEL, b. Jan. 5, 1759, Lunenburg, Mass .; m. ---- Parker.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 2, 1762, Rindge, N. H., d. Revolutionary War.
v. MARY, b. Aug. 16, 1765, Rindge, N. H.
vi. KEZIA, b. July 4, 1768, Rindge, N. H.
4. HEZEKIAH,5 son of Benjamin and Kezia; b. June 20, 1757, Lunen- burg, Mass .; d. Mar. 31, 1823, Grafton, Vt .; m. June 8, 1783, Lucy Hale, b. Apr. 29, 1766, Rindge, N. H., dau. of Col. Enoch Hale (sce Hale*). Revolutionary soldier. -
WILEY*
JOHN WYLE,1 m. Mary Kineaed; d. 1785; 6 ehildren.
JOHN,2 b. Aug. 20, 1731, Salem, Mass.
SAMUEL3
JOHN,4 b. May 13, 1786; d. Aug. 12, 1860; m. Feb. 25, 1810, Peterboro, N. H., Mary (Polly) Barry. Sold old Peterboro homestead in 1816 and settled in the Leach neighborhood, Roekingham, Vt. She d. Jan. 16, 1865; b. 1792.
Children:
1. SAMUEL,5 b. Nov. 1, 1810, Peterboro, N. H .; d. Apr. 20, 1885; m. Elizabeth G. Miller, b. 1823, d. Feb. 15, 1878. Children: i. JOHN,6 b. Aug. 15, 1862; d. Nov. 28, 1904; unm.
2. MARY JANE,5 b. Oct. 8, 1813; d. May 16, 1863; m. Tisdill Harlow, Charlestown, N. H., b. Sept. 23, 1808, d. Mar. 4, 1880. Children :
i. HARRIET,6 m. Henry Ellison, Belmont, Mass.
ii. MARY,m. C. Herbert Proetor, Boston, Mass .; res. Roekingham, Vt.
iii. HORACE, m. Dee. 25, 1864, Emily Graves, Bellows Falls, Vt. Children :
I. EDWARD,7 b. Apr. 3, 1866. II. JOSEPH BRIGGS, b. Apr. 3, 1867.
III. HARRIET, m. J. Brink. (3 children died young.)
3. RODNEY,5 b. Mar. 20, 1815, Peterboro, N. H .; d. Mar. 28, 1904, Roekingham, Vt .; m. Mar. 29, 1842, Laura Pulsipher (see Pul- sipher*), d. May 25, 1887. Children:
i. GEORGE FRANKLIN,6 b. Jan. 2, 1884; d. May 10, 1919; m. Nov. 17, 1870, Mary Frances, dau. of Levi R. and Sophronia (Smart) White, Spencer Hollow, Springfield, Vt., b. Apr. 19, 1852, d. Feb. 4, 1929. Children: I. CARRIE LOUISE,7 b. Jan. 11, 1872; d. Aug. 8, 1949; m. Dec. 10, 1895, Charles Frederick Bartlett, Springfield, Mass.
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II. FLORA FRANCES, b. June 15, 1875; m. Dec. 10, 1901, Thomas Edwin Hoban, b. Mar. 29, 1875, d. Feb. 27, 1952. Child:
a. RUTH,8 b. Apr. 9, 1905; d. Nov. 13, 1950.
III. GRACE SMART,7 b. Mar. 20, 1878; m. June 14, 1899. Alvin W. Lawrence, Springfield, Vt., b. Oct. 6, 1875 Children:
a. RAMON WILEY,8 b. Sept. 24, 1908; m. June, 1935, Helen Barnaby, Kingston, N. H .; res. Shelburne, Vt.
b. MERRILL ALVIN, b. Apr, 23, 1914; m. June 19, 1937, Norma Damon, Springfield, Vt .; res. Townshend, Vt. Children: 2.
IV. GERTRUDE OLIVE,7 b. Feb. 5, 1883; m. Oct. 9, 1907, Robert Russell, son of Richard and Mary (Smith) Finn, b. Aug. 12, 1885; res. Springfield, Vt. Children: a. HOWARD,8 b. June 10, 1909; m. Nov. 23, 1940, Hildreth Mary, dau. of Frederick William and Mary (Richmond) Wheeler, Springfield, Vt. 3 Children.
V. CLARENCE HENRY,7 b. May 1, 1886; d. Nov. 8, 1951. VI. HARLAN LEVI, b. Oct. 11, 1894; m. Feb. 15, 1923, Euna Porter; res. Washington, D. C.
ii. MARY JANE,6 b. Feb. 18, 1850; d. June 3, 1892; m. Sept. 29, 1886, Walter C. Stuart, Londonderry, Vt., b. 1857, d. Apr. 1926.
iii. SARAH JANE,6 b. Feb. 18, 1850 (twin sister to Mary); d. Jan. 20, 1931; m. Morton C. Roundy (see Roundy*).
4. CATHERINE,5 b. Oct. 3, 1817; m. Rufus Bosworth; b. 1820, Peter- sham, Mass., son of Samuel and Mehitable (Brown) Bosworth. He d. Sept. 16, 1897. Children:
i. HENRY C.,6 b. Jan. 1844, Springfield, Vt .; d. 1866.
ii. MARY C., b. Aug. 1, 1854; d. 1864.
5. THOMAS WHITE,5 b. Nov. 6, 1819; d. Dec. 11, 1891; m. 1846, Rebecca Richardson, Westminster, Vt., b. Oct. 2, 1826, d. Feb. 22, 1898, Westminster, Vt. Children:
i. DENNY ORLANDO,6 b. Dec. 8, 1846; d. Apr. 14, 1914, Detroit, Mich. Children:
I. LILLIAN,7 m. Edward Milton Evans.
II. NETTIE DEAN, m. Gary Z. Smith.
ii. FRANCES,6 b. Apr. 29, 1852; m. Fred I. Lane, Westminster, Vt .; d. Sept. 19, 1921. She d. Jan. 12, 1927.
iii. KATE E.,6 b. Feb. 23, 1856; d. Feb. 1, 1936, Westminster, Vt .; m. Joel H. Holton, d. 1912, Wesminster.
iv. JOHN DEXTER,6 b. Mar. 4, 1859; d. June 22, 1944, Westmin- ster, Vt .; m. Apr. 25, 1882, Louise Sophia Safford, West- minster, Vt., d. Aug. 19, 1918. Springfield, Vt. Children:
I. RALPH BENJAMIN,7 b. Mar. 5, 1884; m. Apr. 10, 1909, Agnes Kirkwood Mitchell, Detroit, Mich. Children:
a. JOHN SAFFORD,8 b. June 21, 1912; m. June 13, 1935, Leona Lucille Davis. Children: Mary Kirkwood,9 b. Dec. 29, 1936; John Davis, b. Mar. 15, 1939, Indianapolis, Ind .; Carolyn Mitchell, b. Mar. 19, 1942, New Orleans, La .; Martha Safford, b. June 18, 1944, New Orleans, La.
b. RUTH MITCHELL, 8 b. Oct. 14, 1917; m. June 17, 1939, James Albertine McClintock II, W. La- fayette, Ind. Children: James Albertine III,9 b. Mar. 3, 1941, Chicago, Ill; Margaret Mitchell, b. May 23, 1945, Muncie, Ind .; Edith Ann, b. Jan. 5, 1953, Muncie, Ind.
II. MARION WILEY,7 b. Dec. 20, 1895; m. Apr. 25, 1917,
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Cyril Oulette Langlois, Detroit, Mich. Children: a. JOHN DEXTER,8 b. Dec. 16, 1918.
V. NELLIE M.,6 b. May 22, 1867; m. (1) Frank Nutting, Oct. 15, 1888, Westminster, Vt. Children:
I. FLORENCE,7 b. Aug. 22, 1889; m. Oct. 7, 1908, Daniel Gardner. She d. 1947. Children:
a. AUDRIA LOUISE,8 m. Rev. James Cady. Children: Daniel,9 and Katherine.
b. ELSIE,8 m. Frederick Becker. Children: Larry,9 Gardner, Barbara.
M. (2) Nov. 17, 1898, Westminster, Vt. George Burton Hall. Children:
I. HELEN MADELINE,7 m. Joseph Williams. Children: (adopted):
a. FLOYD,8 b. 1936
b. NANCY, b. Nov. 10, 1940.
6. FREDERICK,5 b. Dec. 7, 1821; d. July 5, 1894; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1847, Angeline P., dau. of Lines Tower, Westminster. She d. Oct. 17, 1861. M. (2) Clarrissa Smith, Athens, Vt. Children:
i. MARY ELLEN,6 b. Nov. 10, 1848, Westminster, Vt .; d. Jan. 11, 1927; m. Sept. 22, 1873, Edwin A. Elwell, Fitchburg, Mass., b. Mar. 22, 1846, Bristol, Conn., d. Apr. 30, 1918, Worcester, Mass. Children:
I. FRED A.,7 b. Dec. 3, 1875, Worcester, Mass .; d. July 4, 1921; m. Lillian Smith, Apr. 26, 1904, Worcester, Mass. Children:
a. FRED EDWIN,8 b. July 10, 1910.
b. DORIS MARJORIE, b. Dec. 1, 1911.
II. GEORGE HARRISON,7 b. Dec. 31, 1879, Worcester, Mass .; m. Jan. 31, 1904, Hazel Irene Pierce. Children:
a. HARRISON PIERCE,8 b. June 27, 1911. Children: George Harrison,9 b. May 27, 1943, Harrisburg, Pa .; Ann Pierce, b. Dec. 5, 1947, Ridley Pk, Pa.
7. HAMILTON L.,5 b. Feb. 10, 1824; d. Sept. 16, 1855; unm.
8. SARAH,5 (Sally), b. Dec. 26, 1826; d. Dec. 29, 1855. Children: ELIZA6 (see Wales*).
9. GEORGE,5 b. Apr. 3, 1828; d. Jan. 10, 1904; m. Cynthia H. Tower, Westminster, Vt., b. Nov. 21, 1832; d. Dec. 9, 1922, dau. of Lines Tower. Res. Rockingham, Vt. Children:
i. OSCAR GEORGE,6 b. Nov. 24, 1856, Westminster, Vt .; d. Oct. 10, 1923; m. Sept. 1, 1887, Anna Blanche Lake, b. Dec. 27, 1862, Danvers, Mass., d. Apr. 17, 1938, Kansas City, Mo. Children:
I. MARTHA GERTRUDE,7 b. Aug. 28, 1890, Chicago, Ill .; m. (1) Feb. 20, 1922, Clarence Nathaniel Lindberg, Kokato, Minn., b. Oct. 26, 1886, divorced; m. (2) Aug. 28, 1935, Samuel Joseph Brown, b. May 8, 1865, Kansas City, Mo., d. July 11, 1946. Children:
a. CHRISTINE ANN,8 b. Jan. 10, 1926, Kansas City, Mo .; m. Jan. 15, 1945, Santa Monica, Calif., Thomas Edwin Jordan, b. Apr. 9, 1922, Bella- fontaine, Ohio. Children- Cynthia Ann,9 b. Jan. 7, 1947, Santa Monica, Calif .; Mark Evan b. May 14, 1949, Santa Monica, Calif.
ii. WALTER PERCIVAL,6 b. Sept. 26, 1858; d. Nov. 3, 1921, Welles- ley Hills, Mass .; m. Dec. 3, 1879, Bessie Jennie Moriarty, b. May 11, 1862, Westmoreland, N. H., d. Sept. 12, 1953, Rockingham, Vt. Children:
I. MORTON GEORGE,7 b. Mar. 25, 1882, Rockingham, Vt .; m. Aug. 12, 1911, Marion Gertrude Blake, b. Mar. 9, 1887, Bellows Falls, Vt. Children:
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a. GLADYS IRENE,8 b. June 11, 1913, River Forest, Ill .; m. Sept. 2, 1933, William Hale Holman, b. Mar 13, 1914, Everton, Mo. Children: Elizabeth Ann,9 b. Oct. 16, 1934, Oak Pk., Ill .; Mary Kathleen, b. Jan. 31, 1939, York, Neb .; Hale Blake, b. July 15, 1945, Davenport, Iowa.
b. DOROTHY BLAKE,8 b. Feb. 16, 1917, Chicago, Ill .; m. Sept. 2, 1938, John Lester Williams, b. June 30, 1916, Bellows Falls, Vt .; res. Vernon, Vt. Children: Jill,9 b. Nov. 1, 1939, Providence, R. I .; Pamela M., b. Sept. 11, 1944, Bellows Falls, Vt .; Richard Hale, b. July 13, 1946, Brattleboro, Vt .; Sandra, b. Sept. 10, 1948, Brattleboro, Vt.
c. BARBARA,8 b. Apr. 12, 1921, Oak Park, Ill .; d. May 26, 1926.
II. Į IRENE ANGIE,7 b. Mar. 15, 1888, Rockingham, Vt .; d. May 28, 1951; m. Nov. 18, 1911, Wellesley, Mass., James Robert Bancroft, b. May 1, 1887, Newton Lower Falls, Mass., d. May 7, 1949, St. Petersburg, Fla; res. Waban, Mass. and Ascutney, Vt. Children:
a. BARBARA ANN8 (adopted), b. May 30, 1930; m. Alton Ernest Fontaine; res. Ascutney, Vt.
iii. JAMES OTIS,6 b. Oct. 20, 1862, Charlestown, N. H .; d. July 9, 1938, Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Aug. 20, 1892, Gertie E. Richardson, Westminster, Vt., b. Dec. 5, 1869, d. Feb. 11, 1949, Bellows Falls, Vt. Children:
I. CLARENCE ITHAMER,7 b. May 5, 1898, Westminster, Vt .; m. June 1, 1935, Greta Eastman, Littleton, N. H., b Aug. 21, 1900, Littleton, N. H. Children:
a. BERTHA JENNIE8 (adopted), b. June 1, 1928, Little- ton, N. H .; m. Sept. 1, 1950, Frederick T. Com- stock, Jr., Children: Janet Ruth,9 b. Aug. 15, 1951, Concord, N. H .; Sandra Jean, b. Mar. 22, 1953, Concord, N. H.
iv. ANGELINE,6 b. Dec. 21, 1864; m. Oct. 16, 1889, Worcester, Mass., Edgar Adams Williams, b. Apr. 17, 1862, Worcester, Mass .; he d. Oct. 9, 1934. Children:
I. CARROLL EDGAR,7 b. Aug. 1890, Fitchburg, Mass .; d. May 26, 1953, Westminster, Vt .; m. (1) July 20, 1914, Margaret Elizabeth Taylor, d. Feb. 26, 1930, West- minster, Vt .; m. (2) July 27, 1934, Lelia Dela- plane, b. Dec. 23, 1896. Children:
a. MARY ALBERTA,8 b. July 30, 1915, Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Aug. 1952, Anthony Brackett.
b. JOHN LESTER, b. June 30, 1916, Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Aug. 31, 1946, Dorothy Blake Wiley (see Morton George Wiley).
c. RICHARD EDGAR, b. May 25, 1921; m. Aug. 31, 1946, Mary Jane Cline, b. Dec. 12, 1924.
II. RUSSELL WILEY,7 b. July 5, 1892; d. May 30, 1893.
III. RUTH ALBERTA,7 b. Jan. 21, 1895; m. July 26, 1924, Charles Wilbur Platt. Children:
a. GORDON WILLIAMS,8 b. July 6, 1925; m. Oct. 1 1945, Rita Schirmer.
b. CHARLES WILBUR, JR., b. Dec. 26, 1928.
c. MARILYN RUTH, b. Aug. 12, 1933.
IV. LESTER ADAMS,7 b. Mar. 6, 1899, Somerville, Mass .; d. Feb. 12, 1945; m. July 3, 1920, Annaliese Taylor, b. Feb. 12, 1896. Children:
a. JANE MARGARET,8 b. Aug. 27, 1923, Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Mar. 6, 1947, Norris Roger Hammond. Children: Jay Lester,9 b. Dec. 29, 1947, Bellows
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Falls, Vt .; Margaret, b. Nov. 18, 1949, Bellows Falls, Vt.
10. HARRIET,5 b. Aug. 10, 1831; d. Feb. 10, 1833.
11. CAROLINE,5 b. Jan. 30, 1832; d. June 19, 1910; m. Feb. 3, 1857, Stephen R. Wales, Bellows Falls, Vt. Caroline was sister of first wife of Wales-Sarah Wiley. (see Wales*).
12. JOHN,5 b. Oct. 7, 1835; d. Feb. 9, 1909, Fitchburg, Mass .; m. Dec. 19, 1860, Mary, dau. of Horace and Achsah (Wiley) Slade; b. Nov. 7, 1835, d. Apr. 13, 1920. Children:
i. BERTHA,6 b. Nov. 16, 1869; d. July 2, 1900.
ii. Infant, born and died.
WILSON
BENJAMIN,1 Charlestown, Mass., 1655; b. England; d. 1666-7 at sea; m. Ann
JEREMIAH,2 b. Oct. 22, 1665; d. 1743; m. Hannah ---
JOSEPH,3 m. Sept. 21, 1726, Lancaster, Mass., Rebecca b. 1690, dau. of Edward and Ruth (Andrews) Phelps, of Andover, Mass.
SOLOMON,4 b. Nov. 1, 1725; m. Dec. 19, 1751, Petersham, Mass., Priscilla, b. Oct. 22, 1735; d. May 7, 1815, Chester, Vt., dau. of David and Priscilla (Boynton) Paige.
SOLOMON,5 b. Sept. 26, 1760, Petersham, Mass .; d. Sept. 20, 1840, Chester, Vt .; m. Feb. 3, 1789, Petersham, Mass., Lucy Chandler, b. June, 1774, d. Jan. 27, 1803, Chester, Vt., dau. of Benjamin5 (William,4 William,3 Capt. Thomas,2 William1) and Hannah Dutton (see Dutton*).
SOLOMON,6 b. 1790, Chester, Vt .; d. July 3, 1870, Westmoreland, N. H. Res. Bartonsville, where he lost his home in the flood of 1869; m. Jan. 17, 1818, Chester, Vt., Phila Earle (see Earle*).
Children:
1. LUCY,7 b. May 21, 1819; m. Oct. 10, 1836, Charles W. Pulsipher (see Pulsipher*).
2. LOUISA MARIA, b. Apr. 17, 1820; m. Oct. 15, 1840, Lewis Christopher Lovell (see Lovell*).
3. EMILY, b. Dec. 1, 1821; m. Warren Leonard, Westmoreland, N. H. 4. MARTIN, b. Dec. 2, 1823; m. Elvira
5. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 19, 1825; m. J. Edward Wiley (see Wiley*).
6, CHARLES F., b. Mar. 1831.
WOOD
THOMAS,1 b. England; d. Sept. 12, 1687; m. Apr. 7, 1654, Rowley, Mass, Ann Hunt.
SOLOMON,2 b. May 17, 1669; d. Jan. 13, 1752; m. Oct. 15, 1690, Rowley, Mass, Mary, dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth (Langhorns) Hazeltine, b. Apr. 30, 1672, d. Feb. 21, 1749, Uxbridge, Mass.
DAVID,3 b. July 31, 1691, Bradford, Mass .; d. Feb. 25, 1756, Bradford, Mass .; m. Nov. 18, 1714, Andover, Mass., Elizabeth, b. Dec. 10,1689, d. Jan. 3, 1743, Bradford, Mass., dau. of Edward and Martha (Browne) Farrington.
DAVID,4 b. Sept. 30, 1719, Bradford, Mass .; d. 1796, Lunenburg, Mass .; m. Feb. 19, 1745, Boxford, Mass., Mary Hovey4 (John,3 John,2 John1), b. June 7, 1726. Revolutionary soldier.
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SARAH,5 b. June 10, 1754, Lunenburg, Mass .; d. Rockingham, Vt .; m. Sept. 7, 1779, Lunenburg, Mass., Manasseh Divoll (see Divoll*).
DAVID,5 b. Dec. 6, 1756, Lunenburg, Mass.
WOODFORD
THOMAS,8 sailed from Lincolnshire, England, Mar. 7, 1632 on the "William and Frances," arrived at Plymouth, Mass., June 5; went to Dor- chester, was made a freeman the same year; one of original settlers of Hart- ford, Conn .; moved to Northampton, 1654 and lived on lot afterwards occu- pied by Jonathan Edwards, famous theologian; d. Mar. 6, 1667; m. Mary Blott, dau. Robert and Susanna Blott of Charlestown, Mass; 4 children.
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