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I. Mary, b. Sept. 30, 1867, at Dalton, Mass.
II. Ellen, b. Oct. 5, 1868, at Adams, Mass.
III. John J., b. Nov. 28, 1870, at Adams, Mass.
IV. Cornelius, b. Aug. 28, 1873, at Ballston, N. Y. V. Annie, b. Jan. 15, 1875, at Ballston, N. Y .; d. Sept. 6, 1876.
VI. Timothy, b. June 15, 1876, at Ballston, N. Y.
VII. Julia A., b. July 28, 1880, at Springfield.
VIII. Rosie E., b. Jan. 31, 1883, at Springfield.
IX. Agnes A., b. March 4, 1884, at Springfield.
NATHAN CALDWELL was one of the early settlers in this town, and lived in school district No. 11, between the houses now occupied by Perez Whit- comb and Lyman Whitcomb, where he built a brick house which was recently torn down. He is said to have been one of the best farmers in that section. He had two wives : 1st, Rebecca Safford. 2d, Polly House, daughter of David House. There was a large family of children, but all died before reaching maturity. The farm was willed to the Congregational Church.
JOHN CARLEY, son of James and Barbara (McGill) Carley, was b. in Canada ; m. Julia Brown. Ch .:
I. John N., b. Sept. 29, 1868.
II. James H., b. Aug. 10, 1871.
III. Julia E., b. April 5, 1874.
IV. Mary A., b. April 18, 1876.
THOMAS CARMODY was b. in Liscannon, Clare County, Ireland, and in child- hood came to Greenwich, Conn., with his father. He came to Springfield in
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1854. In 1860 he bought a tract of land on the west side of Black River, below the falls; built a house there and has done much to improve that part of the village. He served under Col. Veazey, in the 16th Vermont Regiment, in the war of the Rebellion. He is a man of more than average ability, and has been employed as a travelling salesman much of the time for thirty years by P. O. Dougherty & Sons of New York. He m. Kate Spillane, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Pendergrast) Spillane, b. in Ireland. Ch. :
I. James, b. Aug. 14, 1856; m. Maggie Looney.
II. Edward, b. Sept. 18, 1857; m. Annie O'Donnell.
III. Kate, b. May 12, 1859.
IV. Thomas, b. May 17, 1861.
V. Jennie, b. Jan. 2, 1863; m. Patrick Riley.
VI. Arthur, b. May 2, 1875.
HELON M. CARPENTER, son of Orin and Phebe (Mason) Carpenter, was b. at Kirby, Vt., March 31, 1823. A blacksmith by trade; worked for the Vermont Novelty Works Company a number of years; member of Co. F, 4th Regiment Vermont Volunteers; m. July 22, 1847, Sarah Jane Sawtelle, daughter of Kingsley and Thankful (Watkins) Sawtelle of Greenwich, Mass. Ch. :
I. Alfonso H., b. at Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 22, 1850; m. Emma Howard of Philadelphia, Pa.
II. Alice May, b. at Ludlow, Dec. 23, 1854; m. Allen B. Smith; res. in Springfield.
ALBE CHASE FAMILY.
One of the earliest settlements in the northeast part of the town was next to the Haskell farms, then known as the Gov. Wentworth place, now owned and occupied by G. L. Scofield. It is related by early settlers here that "wild beasts were so numerous that the barnyard was sur- rounded by a wall eight feet high with a strong paling upon the top to protect their stock in winter when hunger drove them across the river in search of food."
Within the recollection of those now living it has changed ownership many times. Consul William Jarvis had it in his possession twice. Edward Newton lived there a number of years. Franklin Haskell owned and occu- pied it awhile, and it was liere that his son, Dudley Chase Haskell, whose portrait may be found in another part of this volume, was born. In the spring of 1857 it was bought by Albe Chase, who with his wife and four children removed there (from Cornish, N. H.) March 12, and the following summer the house was remodelled and the old-fashioned chimney eight feet square was supplanted by one of modern dimensions. Mr. Chase owned and occupied the premises until February, 1869, when his health failing him he sold it to George L. Scofield for $1,600, and purchased of Moses Foster for $1,350 the small piece of six acres next south, and commonly called the Joseph place, where he remained till his death, which occurred Nov. 18, 1874, and he was buried in the family burial plot at Keene, N. H. After the
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death of her husband, Mrs. Chase aud the eldest daughter, Sarah M., super- vised the management of the place until the spring of 1885, when it was sold to O. P. Chase of Andover, Mass. ; Sarah M. Chase going to Claremout, N. H., where she now resides, and Mrs. Chase going to Andover, Mass., where she is still living with her two sons, Omar P. and Herbert F. Chase.
Albe Chase was the son of Stephen aud Betsey (Batchelder) Chase of Keene, N. H., at which place he was b. July 13, 1812.
Miriam Chase, wife of Albe Chase, was the daughter of Moses aud Miriam ('Twitchell) Chase, of Athol, Mass., where she was b. Sept. 1, 1820.
Albe and Miriam Chase were m. in Athol, Mass., Nov. 13, 1838. Five ch. of Albe and Miriam Chase are now living. Miss Sarah M. Chase, as previ- ously mentioned, res. at Claremont, N. H.
Nellie A., wife of W. H. Haskell, a well-to-do and enterprising farmer in the uortheast corner of this town.
Abbie E., wife of Joseph A. Bowman, a successful business man and expressman at Bridgewater, Mass.
Omar P., now engaged in the meat and provision business at Andover, Mass .; and Herbert F., a thorough and practical machinist, who owus a bicycle and sporting-goods store iu Andover, Mass.
HILAND CHANDLER, son of Elkanah aud Mary (Jones) Chaudler, b. at Chester, March 14, 1847; d. Dec. 8, 1877; m. Paulina, daughter of Parker and Martha (Boynton) Tobey.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, son of Heman and Rhoda A. (Lyon) Chapin, b. Oct. 16, 1852; m. Ella C., daughter of Edward aud Emily J. (Randall) Fair- banks.
MELVIN CHAPMAN, son of Herbert and Esther (Bailey) Chapman, b. at Ludlow, June 5, 1838; m. Roxana, daughter of Elijah and Hannah (Spauld- ing) Bemis of Cavendish. Ch .:
I. Hattie C., b. Oct. 5, 1858; m. James -.
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III. Charles H., b. Nov. 16, 1861.
IV. Robert M., b. June 26, 1864.
V. Ruby E., b. Nov. 25, 1870.
CHASE FAMILY.
AQUILA CHASE was b. at Cornwall, England, in 1618, and settled at Hop- kinton, N. H., in 1639. He was a mariner and owned a vessel. It is on record that the provincial government granted him a certain number of acres of laud ou coudition that he would remove to Newburyport, Mass., with his vessel, which he did in 1646. He m. Annie Wheeler of Hampton, N. H., and d. at Newburyport in 1670.
Daniel, the tenth child of Aquila aud Annie (Wheeler) Chase, was b. Dec. 9, 1661. He ın. Martha Kimball.
Their son Daniel was b. Oct. 15, 1702. He was a farmer at Concord and m. Elizabeth Collins.
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Jonathan, their son, b. March 1, 1733, was a farmer at Hopkinton, N. H., and m. Sarah Stickney. He somewhat distinguished himself in the French and Indian War, being a member of the New Hampshire rangers. His great grandsons, Barton W. and Clinton S., have in their possession the sword and scabbard bearing his name, and a large, curiously carved wooden spoon, a trophy captured from an Indian whom he shot.
Their son Moses was b. at Hopkinton, N. H., Oct. 30, 1763. He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army near the end of the war, which was closed with- out his entering active service in the field. He m. Mary Straw, and lived at Unity, N. H. He came to Springfield in 1794, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by H. M. Arms. He d. May 14, 1835. His ch. were :
I. Jonathan, b. at Unity, N. H., Oct. 13, 1789; m. March 11, 1818, Sukey Fisher, daughter of Isaac Fisher of Springfield ; he d. Oct. 4, 1851. Ch. :
1. Moses Fisher, b. Feb. 18, 1819; m. Chloc Ann Clement, b. at Croyden, N. H., Dec. 7, 1818 ; she d. Jan. 7, 1867 ; he d. June 15, 1872. Ch. :
(1). Lucy Maria, b. -; d. May 24, 1870.
(2). James J., b. -; d. Feb. 17, 1865.
2. Mary Elisabeth, b. Dec. 10, 1821; m. Nov. 16, 1837, Edwin P. Whitmore; d. July 12, 1841. Ch. :
(1). Susan Elisabeth, b. May 25, 1839.
(2). Marion Parker, b. Feb. 16, 1841; m. Daniel A. Wheeler; res. in New Jersey.
II. Leonard, b. iu Springfield, July 11, 1797. After leaving the district school he attended academies a short time, and studied Latin with Rev. R. Smiley, who was a graduate of Dartmouth College. Unfitted for active physical work by an accident while skating, which caused temporary lameness, his mind turned to the study of medicine, and he entered the office of Dr. J. P. Batchelder of Charlestown, N. H. He graduated at Middlebury, Vt., in 1821. Excepting a year's practice in Western New York, his entire medi- cal work was done in Springfield. His long and useful career as a physician was due to a good judgment, to his love for his profes- sion, and to the fact that he kept up, in his professional reading, with the progress of the age. He was one of the original members of the Connecticut River Medical Society, of which he was once president.
His taste for the natural sciences and his interest in farming con- tinued through life. Always owning more or less land, he was a progressive farmer. For many years he was half owner of the mills at North Springfield, built by the late Joel Griswold, which have been of great value to that portion of the town. He was interested in the cause of education, and first conceived the idea of establishing the Springfield Wesleyan Seminary. In 1844, when the Methodist denomination built a new church in the village, thus vacating the old building on the hill, he suggested to Rev. Mr. Aspinwall that it be converted into a denominational school. The
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conference which met in Springfield that year indorsed it, and he, with others, raised the money to put the building in repair. This institution was of great value to the town in many ways. Taking great interest in the public library when the seminary closed, he contributed with others to secure a handsome fund from the sale of the seminary property to endow the present fine town library.
As a financier Dr. Chase had the confidence of the public in a high degree, and was one of the commissioners appointed to distribute the stock of the Exchange Bank ; and when the banking system of the country chauged, he was one of those who organized the First National Bank, in which he was a director. He also took an active part in getting a charter for the Savings Bank, and was a member of the investiug board that commenced the plan of sending money West, in the face of prejudice, which has resulted so successfully for that institution. Possessed of quite ample means, by industry, economy, and judicious investment, never by speculation, he has left an example and an encouragement to all young men who commeuce as he did with very little.
Spending the last twelve years of his life with his sons at Detroit, Mich., he returned to Springfield every summer as long as his health allowed him to do so, glad to meet here the few remaining friends of his early years, and taking a deep interest in the pros- perity of his native town. Herc, as was his wish, he lies buried. He d. at Detroit, May 26, 1883, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. In 1825 he m. Eliza, eldest daughter of Leonard and Betsey ( Parker) Walker, who d. in 1869. They had two sons :
1. Barton Walker, b. July 27, 1827. He fitted for college at Spring- field and at Merideu, N. H., and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1847. He graduated in medical studies three years later. After teaching several terms, he practised medicine in Vermont, at Galena, Ills., aud at Eau Claire, Wis., after which he was in the drug business in Springfield, and in Detroit, Mich., where he removed in March, 1871. Since 1879 he has been engaged in the real-estate business and in loaning morey. April 2, 1864, he m. Sarah J. (Sherwin) Barrett, b. Dec. 15, 1836, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Griswold) Sherwin of Weathersfield, Vt. They have two sons:
(1). Charles Sherwin, b. Jan. 8, 1866.
(2). George Leonard, b. July 12, 1868.
2. Clinton Straw, b. May 25, 1831. He fitted for college at Spring- field Wesleyan Seminary, and graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1852. He studied medicine at Castleton and in New York City, and received his degree of M. D. in 1855. He practised medicine two years, was in the drug business in Eau Claire, Wis., in Springfield, and in Detroit, Mich., until 1879, since which time he has been engaged in loaning money, and in the real-estate business in Detroit, where he has lived
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since 1871. Oct. 28, 1869, he m. Harriet Eliza, b. Jan. 22, 1845, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Griswold) Sherwin of Weathers- field, Vt. Their ch. are :
(1). Annie Sherwin, b. Aug. 23, 1870; d. Nov. 5, 1871.
(2). Alice Sherwin, b. Jan. 6, 1873.
(3). Alfred Walker, b. Feb. 21, 1875.
NATHANIEL COGGSWELL and his wife Susannah (Lakeman) Coggswell were among the early settlers of this town, and lived in the west part of the town, south of the Paul Clark farm.
JOIIN CHASE, son of John and Eliza (Parker) Chase, was b. in Weathers- field, Vt., Dec. 7, 1795. He came to Springfield in 1851 and located in Spencer Hollow, on the farm now owned by his son, John D. Chase, where he d. April 27, 1871. He m. April; 1824, Lucy Sherwin ; she d. Feb. 14, 1872. Ch. :
I. John D., b. Oct, 16, 1825; res. on homestead in Spencer Hollow. He m. Alphleda Benson, Aug. 6, 1849. Ch. :
1. Dwight, b. April 13, 1860. :
EDGAR E., CHATSEY, son of Job and Emily (Oliver) Chatsey, b. at Rich- ford, Dec. 18, 1861; m. Harriet A., daughter of Lucien and Elvira (Bates) Hoisington of Weathersfield. Ch. :
I. Elroy S., b. Dec. 20, 18S5.
II. Malvina Gertrude, b. Oct. 22, 1894.
BALLARD B. CHEDEL, son of George and Polly (Newton) Chedel, was b. at Pomfret, Vt., June 22, 1819; m. May 13, 1845, Louisa Burke, daughter of Sylvester and Esther H. (Shipman) Burke. He is a clergyman, and from 1874 to 1881 was pastor of the Second Advent Church at North Springfield. Ch. :
I. Helen I., b. March 3, 1846.
II. Emma L., b. Sept. 17, 1849; m. Frank L. Keith.
III. · Lizzie E., b. Feb. 15, 1854 ; m. George F. Earle.
JAMES CHIPMAN, son of Samuel Chipman, was b. at Westminster, Vt., Oct. 1, 1798; m. Nov. 29, 1826, Almira Harlow, daughter of Barnum and Susan (Reed) Harlow, b. Feb. 21, 1807. Ch .:
I. Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1827; m. Charles E. Stevens.
II. Sarah, b. Feb. 26, 1829; m. Horatio Holmes; deceased.
III. James R., b. Sept. 1, 1831 ; m. Maria Beard ; deceased ; m. 2d, Jennie M. Jones; she d. Oct. 25, 1893.
IV. George L., b. Feb. 15, 1834; m. Marietta Gibson.
V. Charles H., b. Aug. 19, 1838; m. Julia Johnson.
VI. Almira E., b. Aug. 4, 1840; m. W. C. Dingan.
JOHN CHIPMAN, son of Samuel and Anna (Fraser) Chipman, was b. in Westminster, Vt., Nov. 29, 1800. He came to Springfield in 1825, and, in partnership with his brother, Samuel Chipman, engaged in the manufacture of hats and caps. In 1832 he sold his interest in the business and accepted the office of sheriff, which he held for eight years. During six years of this time he was constable, and two years selectman. He afterwards bought back
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his business and changed the shop into a store for the sale of hats, caps, and furs, and continued in trade until 1871. Nov. 10, 1829, he m. Gracia Bates, daughter of Dea. Phineas Bates, and they lived to celebrate their golden wedding, which was largely attended by relatives and friends. Mr. Chipman was one of those longest in trade in town, and strictly upright in all his dealings. To a large circle of friends Mr. and Mrs. Chipman were familiarly known as Uncle John and Aunt Gracia, and their home was a favorite resort for all their relatives, who knew from experience of the well-filled larder and famous cooking of their hostess. He d. Sept. 2, 1881. Mrs. Chipman d. Jan. 17, 1890. Ch. :
I. Gracia Ann, b. Sept. 30, 1830; unm .; res. in Springfield.
II. John Henry, b. June 16, 1832 ; m. Sarah Beckley of Wea- thersfield; res. at Bellows Falls. Two ch. :
1. Frank H., b. in 1864.
2. Fannie M., b. in 1876.
III. Phineas Bates, b. Feb. 25, 1834; d. Sept. 30, 1882.
IV. Samuel Lincoln, b. Sept. 18, 1840 ; has been for many years in the rail- way mail service ; res. in Springfield. JOSEPH R. CHURCH, son of Pliny and Elizabeth (Ripley) Church, was b. at Woodstock, Vt., June 23, 1819. He was a machinist, and worked for Gilman & Son several years. He m. JOHN CHIPMAN. Ist, Luthera Hall; she d. July 14,1862; m. 2d, Sarah E. (Frost) Church, widow of Charles C. Church, and daughter of Rev. Pinckney and Elizabeth (Quimby) Frost. He d. in 1893. Ch. by 1st marriage:
I. Ella L., b. March 3, 1853; m. Frank C. Atwood.
II. Joseph E., d. in infancy. Ch. by 2d marriage :
III. Mary E., b. May 22, 1867.
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CHARLES C. CHURCH m. Sarah E. Frost ; he d. Oct. 4, 1863. Ch. :
'I. Charles A., b. Sept. 5, 1859; graduated from medical department of the University of Vt., and is a physician in Bloomingdale, Essex Co., New York ; m. April 27, 1884, Carrie M. Porter. She d. leaving one ch .: Clara L., b. Dec. 3, 1886; m. 2d, Carrie Noble ; one ch. : Charles Noble, b. Feb. 14, 1893.
THOMAS CLISSOLD, son of Thomas and Catharine (Noon) Clissold, was b. at Oxford, Mass., July 4, 1844; m. Lizzie N. Keyes, daughter of Jonathan and Irena (Harriman) Keyes. Ch. :
I. Walter K., b. at Litchfield, Me., Dec. 13, 1870.
II. Irena, b. at Springfield, Jan. 26, 1872.
HENRY CLOSSON was b. in Springfield, Vt., Feb. 1, 1799, and was the youngest son of a family of nine children. His father, Ichabod Closson, was a farmer, having bought his land on Parker's Hill of Isaac Parker in 1794. He d. May 8, 1808. At his father's death Henry Closson was taken in charge by his maternal uncle, Noah Safford, likewise of Springfield, and under him, much against his own will, he learned the carpenter's trade. In the summer of 1817 Mr. Safford went to Rochester, N. Y., to fulfil a contract he had obtained, taking his "'prentice" with him. At the end of the summer, however, he finally yielded to the requests of his nephew, and bestowed upon him his freedom and ten dollars besides. With this amount, the accumulated wages of eleven years' service, Henry Closson set out on foot from Rochester for Springfield. The last day's journey brought him from Manchester, Vt., to Springfield, with his capital stock reduced to $1.50. He studied during the rest of the fall in Isaac Holton's law office, over W. H. Wheeler's drug store, the same now occupied by J. W. Pierce, and in the winter taught school, as he did for several years after, the ordinary pay for a twelve weeks' term being $36; ouce he received $40. In 1818 lie attended Chester Academy for three terms. In his twentieth year he began the study of law in the office of Judge Asa Keyes, then of Putney, Vt., and continued with him until ad- mitted to the bar at Newfane, Vt., March term, 1824. The same year he began practice at Mt. Clemens, Mich., and remained till 1826, when he moved to Lodi, N. Y., where he practised two years. He then went to Whitingham, Vt., where he remained five years. In 1835 he returned to Springfield, and remained through life in the practice of his profession. He was town clerk from 1836 to 1844, and State's attorney for the county in 1840-42. In July, 1856, at the death of Judge Dutton, he was appointed by Gov. Fletcher probate judge for the district of Windsor, and was aunually elected to the office for twelve years thereafter, till 1868. He was a member of the Legisla- ture in 1839 and 1840, a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1870, and a delegate to different nominating conventions of his party. For many years previous to his death was clerk of the Cong. Society. He d. April 24, 1880.
In 1867 or 1868 Judge Closson wrote a brief history of Springfield. It was not printed, but to him and his work the compilers of this volume are in- debted for many facts with which he was familiar, and for much information. contained in his manuscript. He m. June 1, 1830, Emily Whitney of Marl- boro, Vt .; she d. Nov. 16, 1896. Ch. :
I .. Henry Whitney, b. June 6, 1832. He graduated at West Point, and at the outbreak of the Rebellion was a captain in the First United
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States Artillery, and served with eminent distinction during the war. He was in no less than twenty engagements, from the bom- bardment of Fort Pickens, Fla., in 1861, to the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., Oet. 19, 1864. He was brevetted major, July 8, 1863, and lieutenant colonel, Aug. 23, 1864, for gallantry at Port Hud- son, Miss., and at the capture of Fort Morgan, Ala. He is now (1894) colonel of the Fifth Regiment, United States Ileavy Artil- lery. He m. Oet. 16, 1857, Olivia A. Burke, daughter of Udney and Mary (Mckinstry) Burke of Springfield. She d. at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., June 21, 1866. Two ch.
II. Emily Safford, b. Sept. 26, 1833 ; m. Dr. A. M. Fellows ; res. at Parsons, Kan.
III. Gershom Lyman, b. April 20, 1838; was for some years engaged in mer- cantile business in Springfield, and later with George W. Smith of White
River Junction. Heis at the present time (1894) cashier of the First Na- tional Bank of Springfield. He m. May 21, 1862, Lina W. Loveland of Springfield. Ch .:
1. John Henry, b. Aug. 14, 1866.
2. Gershom Love- land, b. April 14, 1873; m. Addie Parker daughter of
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Nelson Parker of Springfield. He is teller in First National Bank, Springfield.
IV. Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 26, 1844; m. May 31, 1865, Henry M. Arms. (See Arms family.)
V. Frank Hubbard, b. Feb. 19, 1848; d. Aug. 26, 1848.
COBB. FAMILY.
Dr. Samuel Cobb, who was b. in 1716, is supposed to have been a native of Wales in Great Britain. He came to Barnstable, Mass., and thence to
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Tolland, Ct. Aug. 25, 1743, he m. Mary, daughter of Ichabod Hinkley, who bore him a daughter, Sarah, afterwards the wife of John Steele, and a son, Samuel, and d. Dec. 9, 1746. April 11, 1749, he m. Hannah Bicknel of Ashford, and they had twelve children. He d. April 6, 1781 ; his wife Hannah d. Dec. 2, 1794.
DR. SAMUEL COBB, JR., son of Dr. Samuel and Mary (Hinkley) Cobb, was b. in Tolland, Ct., Aug. 2, 1746. He came to Springfield in 1781, and bought of John Griswold the farm in Eureka, now owned by A. C. Miller, and known as the France place. He was the first physician in town, and liad a large practice. He was one of the leading men of the town. He was active in building the meeting-house and settling the first minister; was called to various offices of trust, serving as town clerk and justice of the peace. Court was held at his house as often as every week. Returning from church he fell from his horse in a fit of apoplexy, and was carried into Father Smiley's house, where he d. March 15, 1806. He m. 1st, Esther Grant, who d. in 1771. He m. 2d, Dec. 16, 1773, Ann Steele, daughter of Eleazer and Ruth (Chap- man) Steele, and sister of Samuel Steele, one of the early settlers in Weathersfield. She was b. April 30, 1755; d. June 23, 1821. Ch. :
I. Samuel, b. Jan. 30, 1771; m. Oct. 25, 1798, Polly Oakes. 'Two ch. who settled in Waterford, Vt. He d. September, 1838.
II. Jeduthan, b. Jan. 29, 1776; m. Martha Stoughton. Ch. :
1. Samuel Hinkley, b. Nov. 26, 1806; m. Oct. 8, 1836, Elizabeth A. Sears. Ch .:
(1). Silas J., b. July 31, 1839 ; m. Sept. 16, 1868, Mary A. Going, daughter of Abijah Going of Weathersfield. Ch. :
[1]. Lizzie. M., b. May 8, 1872.
(2). William N.
(3). Martha.
2. James S., d. in infancy.
3. Jeduthan S., d. in infancy.
4. Jeduthan Stoughton, b. Aug. 11, 1811; d. March 3, 1813.
5. Daniel Stoughton, b. Feb. 20, 1816.
6. Lydia Abigail, {
7. Sarah Ann, twins, b. May 5, 1818.
8. Nomlas William, b. Nov. 28, 1820; res. in Ripton.
9. James, res. in Boston.
10. Philemon, res. in Cornwall.
III. Amos, b. Jan. 2, 1778; d. Feb. 10, 1803.
IV. Esther, b. July 4, 1779; d. Oct. 27, 1838.
V. Ruth, b. Feb. 5, 1781 ; m. Dcc. 17, 1805, Isaac Hubbard of Claremont, N. H. Ch. :
1. Amos, who was for many years in nursery business in Detroit, Mich., where he died.
2. Sarah, m. Rev. Joel Clapp, D. D., rector of Christ's Church, Bel- lows Falls.
3. Isaac G., an Episcopal clergyman, preached at Vergennes, Vt., Concord, and Claremont, N. H., where he d. in 1879.
4. Charles Hatch, d. in infancy.
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VI. Dr. Moses, b. Aug. 28, 1784. Was a physician in Springfield, where he practised many years, and lived in the house now owned by Robert M. Colburn. He m. Martha Prentiss, and late in life went to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he and his wife d. Ch. :
1 Mary Ann.
2. Prentiss.
3. Moses Rush.
4. Elizabeth.
5. Thomas.
6. Stephen.
7. Charles.
8. Sarah.
VII. Salmon, b. July 25, 1786; d. July 27, 1789.
VIII. Nomlas, b. Jan. 14, 1790; m. Nov. 14, 1813, Merill Bates. He was a lawyer, and practised in Springfield; a prominent man in his time.
IX. Ann, b. May 18,1792; m. Charles Jones of Claremont, N. H. Nine ch .; she d. March 16, 1857. x. Marilla, b. Feb. 22, 1794; d. March 28, 1808.
WILLIAM H. COBB was WILLIAM H. COBB. b. in Randolph, Vt., July 14, 1834. Engaged in farm- ing until twenty-one years of age; was then three years in Illinois; afterwards engaged in trade in a country store at Ascutneyville, Vt., and in 1868 came to Springfield, where he has been continuously in business since. (See Cobb & Derby.) He. m. Ellen M. Diggins (deceased) of Weathersfield. Ch. :
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