History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 19

Author: Jones, Matt Bushnell, 1871-1940
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Boston, Mass., G. E. Littlefield
Number of Pages: 1102


USA > Vermont > Washington County > Waitsfield > History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies > Part 19


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47


He had nine children, of whom the sixth was Moses4 Abbott, yeoman and joiner; born Feb. 14, 1698; married in Brookfield, Mass., Feb. 5, 1725, Bathsheba, dau. Capt. Thomas and Martha (Barns) Gilbert. His farm was in that part of Brookfield that became New Braintree, but he later removed to Greenwich, Mass. Of his ten children the fourth was Obed5 Abbott.


1. OBED5 ABBOTT (Moses,4 George,3 George,2 George1), son of Moses' and Bathsheba (Gilbert) Abbott, was born in Brookfield, Mass., May 8, 1730.


He married, Apr. 24, 1755, Elizabeth Edmunds. Children:


i. PHEBE, b. Apr. 12, 1756 in New Braintree, Mass.


2. ii. ELI, b. Mar. 25, 1758.


iii. SARAH, b. Aug. 13, 1760; d. young.


iv. SARAH, b. Apr. 3, 1762.


v. MOSES, b. May 23, 1763.


vi. LYNIUS.


vii. ESQUIER, b. June 19, 1770 in Brookfield, Mass.


viii. HANNAH, b. Aug. 27, 1773.


2. ELI® ABBOTT (Obed, " Moses,4 George,3 George,2 George1) was born in New Braintree, Mass., March 25, 1758; sett. in Shelburne, Mass .; Revolutionary soldier; was in Greenfield, Mass., 1792, and came to W. before March, 1794, having lived for a short time in Kingston, now Granville, Vt .; removed, about 1808, to "Southern Vermont."


He married (1) at Shelburne, Feb. 28, 1788, Eunice Hawks, dau. Abner and Mary Hawks, bapt. Sept. 6, 1761; died May 20, 1788; (2) Sept. 17, 1789, Mary Allen of Gill, Mass.


Children:


i. OBED,7 b. Sept. 14, 1790 in Shelburne; d. Feb. 24, 1797.


ii. EUNICE, b. Apr. 5, 1792 in Greenfield.


iii. EMILY, b. Mar. 24, 1794 in Waitsfield.


iv. DAVID ALLEN, b. June 4, 1796.


v. ELI, b. Mar. 4, 1798.


vi. OBED, b. Feb. 15, 1800.


vii. ANSON, b. Mar. 21, 1802.


-


محمد عقد فيمـ


213


GENEALOGIES.


viii. SALLY, b. Mar. 24, 1804; d. Mar. 29, 1804. ix. AMBROSE, b. June 20, 1805.


X. SAMANTHA, b. Dec. 11, ISO7.


ISOM ABBOTT was summoned to depart the town Jan. 16, ISI3.


ADAMS.


BENJAMIN H. ADAMS, son of Benjamin 2nd and Susan (Hutch- inson) Adams, was born in Tunbridge, Vt., Nov. 17, 1810. He was admitted to the Orange County Bar June 15, 1836, and removed to Waitsfield in January, 1838, where he practiced his profession until his death, Oct. 13, 1849. He married (1) Nov. 4, 1837, Malvina M. Cushman, who married (2) Apr. 14, 1852, Nathaniel Stockwell.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. CATHARINE, b. Nov. 25, 1839; d. Apr. 1, 1842.


ji. BENJAMIN HENRY, b. Feb. 17, 1843.


iii. WALTER FRANCIS, b. Nov. 23, 1844.


iv. MARCELLE F., b. July 20, 1848.


ABRAM S. ADAMS, son of George and Sally Adams, came from Middlesex in 1850 and purchased the chair factory on Carding Machine Brook; rem. after a few years to Fayston, where he married Oct. 30, 1870, Nancy (Templeton) dau. Peter and Eunice Seaver. She was his third wife.


AINSWORTH.


EDWARD1 AINSWORTH, born about 1652, was married at Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 1, 1687-8 to Joanna, dau. Joshua Heming- way, and died at Woodstock, Conn., Mar. 5, 1740. He had thirteen children, of whom the third was Edward? Ainsworth, born in Roxbury, Aug. 18, 1693. He married Apr. 5, 1722, Joanna, dau. Matthew Davis of Pomfret, Conn., and died at Woodstock, Conn., June 16, 1758.


Of his five children the third was Edward3 Ainsworth, born in Woodstock, Nov. 21, 1729. He was a physician and farmer, and settled early in Richmond, N. H., but removed to Claremont, N. H., where he died Feb. 10, 1806. He married (1) May 22, 1755, Keziah Corbin; (2) Mar. 15, 1758, Sybil, dau. Thomas Child.


1. EBENEZER AINSWORTH (Edward,3 Edward,? Edward1), son of Edward3 and Sybil (Child) Ainsworth, was born, prob. in Richmond, N. H., Jan., 1762; sett. in Brookfield, Vt., where he kept a tavern; rem. abt. 1835 to Nfd., Vt., where he died Nov. 5, 1846. He married Joanna (or Anna) West of New Haven, Conn., b. at Tolland, Conn., June 23, 1763; d. Aug. 16, 1846.


214


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


Children, born in Brookfield, Vt .:


i. SUSANNA ROWENA, b. June 2, 1786; m. Oct. 7, 1805, Samuel Stow.


2.


ii. MARTHA, b. abt. 1790; d. May 8, 1868, unm.


iii. LUTHER, b. NOV. 17, 1791.


iv. CALVIN, b. July 15, 1794; merchant; d. in Williamstown, Vt., Mar. 25, 1872; m. Jan. 7, 1821, Laura Lynde.


v. ALBAGENCE, b. abt. 1796; merchant; d. in Nfd. Oct. 18, 1831; . m. Dec. 25, IS22, Emily Lyman.


vi. RODOLPHUS, b. Nov. 8, 1800; merchant; d. in Williamstown July 1, 1856; m. Oct. 18, 1835, Hannah Coburn.


vii. MATILDA, b. July 29, 1802; m. Feb. 14, 1828, Lucius Edson. viii. LORENZO, b. Nov. 24, 1808; d. May 4, 1809.


2. LUTHERS AINSWORTH (Ebenezer,4 Edward,3 Edward,2 Ed- ward1) was born in Brookfield, Vt., Nov. 17, 1791; moved from Brookfield to Waitsfield, thence to Warren, where he kept a tavern, and finally to Roxbury, Vt., where he died Jan. 30, 1855.


He married Nov. 13, 1816, Lovina Smith, who married (2) Horatio Smith, and d. Aug. 15, 1870.


Children:


i. ROXANA KINGSBURY,6 b. June 18, 1819; d. abt. 1879 at Waits- field.


ii. ANGELINA TOTTINGHAM, b. Dec. 7, 1820; m. Dec. 1843, Dr. Asahel Kendrick of Randolph, Vt.


iii. LORENZO, b. Apr. 3, 1823; died young.


3. iv. EBENEZER, b. July 27, 1826.


V. LOIS LOVINA, b. 1828; d. Jan. 12, 1832, ae. 3 yrs., 9 mo.


4. vi. LUTHER, b. May 13, 1831.


3. EBENEZER6 AINSWORTH (Luther," Ebenezer,4 Edward,3 Ed- ward,2 Edward1) was born in Waitsfield, Vt., July 27, 1826; farmer and tavern keeper; resided in Fayston and W .; d. Oct. 10, 1882.


He married (1) 1846, Melinda Orcutt, who died Dec., 1850; (2) Aug. 29, 1852, Caroline, dau. Horatio and Sophia (Jefferds) Fullerton, born July 2, 1831. Children:


i. EVELYN MELINDA,7 b. May 25, 1847; m. Mar. 8, 1868, Dr. Charles Hebard.


ii. HENRIETTA, b. Feb. 23, 1849; d. June 20, 1876.


iii. CHARLES FULLERTON, b. May 28, 1854; m. Aug. 29, 1883, Harriet, dau. Ezra O. and Harriet (Matthews) Joslin; res. Minneapolis, Minn.


iv. CARRIE FRANCIS, b. Mar. 2, 1856; d. June 21, 1859.


v. CALVIN FRANKLIN, b. July 7, 1858; res. Minneapolis; m. Mar. 20, 1895, Grace Stuart Meacham. Chn .: Stuart Meacham,8 b. Dec. 12, 1897; Ruth Fullerton, b. Sept. 26, 1899.


vi. GEORGE FERDINAND, b. June 11, 1860; res. Minneapolis; m. May 15, 1886, Harriet E., dau. Azro D. and Anna Bragg. Chn: Caroline Ray,8 b. Mar. 20, 1888; Walter Scott, b. Apr. 7, 1889.


vii. ELIZABETH SOPHIA, b. Jan. 24, 1863.


viii. MARY JEFFERDS, b. Apr. 3, 1865; m. June 6, 1903, Homer O. Brooks.


-


215


GENEALOGIES.


ix. WINIFRED EBENEZER, b. Oct. 8, 1871; res. Minneapolis; m. Dec. 25, 1893, Grace Myrtle Wilson. Chn .: Marion Vir- ginia,8 b. June 29, 1898; Robert Ebenezer,º b. Aug. 6, 1894.


4. LUTHER6 AINSWORTH (Luther,5 Ebencser,4 Edward,3 Edward,2 Edward') was born May 13, 1831. Enlisted Co. H., 6th Vt. Vols., Aug. 14, 1861; Capt., Sept. 20, 1862; killed at Banks Ford, Va., May 4, 1863, while leading a charge. Ainsworth Post 36, G. A. R., is named for him.


He married July 2, 1851, Betsey P. Silsby, b. Sept. I, IS32; d. Nov. 4, 1857. Children, born in Roxbury, Vt.


i. IDA BETSEY,7 b. June 11, 1852; m. May 4, 1881, Irwin Rowe.


ii. EVERARD LUTHER, b. May 20, 1854; m. Sept. 28, 1879, Ella E. Fuller; rem. to Chippewa Falls, Wis.


iii. FRANK SILSBY, b. May 19, 1856; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1878, Mary D. West; (2) Oct. 8, 1891, Nellie West; res. So. Royalton, Vt.


iv. IDA LOVINA, b. Oct. 22, 1857; m. Aug. 13, 1885, Charles O. Hinckley.


HENRY AINSWORTH came from Claremont, N. H., and bought land on the east side in 1817. After 1822 he was a resident of Northfield.


LEONARD W. AINSWORTH was for a few years a resident of W., but removed soon to Middlesex and thence to Burlington, Vt. Children:


i. MARY.


ii. CHARLES.


iii. GEORGE J., b. 1843; m. Aug. 18, 1865, Addie E., dau. Peter and Ann Drew. Ch: Addie A., b. June 13, 1867.


iv. SARAH.


LORENZO D. AINSWORTH came from Barre, Vt., and was proprietor of the mills in the village from 1855 to 1863.


ALLEN. .


EDWARD' ALLEN, weaver, of Ipswich, Mass., 1658, removed about 1678 to Suffield, Conn., where he died Nov. 21, 1696; married Nov. 24, 1658, Sarah, dau. Richard Kimball of Ipswich. Of their thirteen children the eighth was Benjamin2 Allen, born Sept., 1673, weaver, of Springfield, Mass., 1717-24, after which date he disappears.


He married Oct. 4, 1699, Mercy Towsley. They are given seven children, of whom the third is said to have been Joseph3 Allen, born 1702, although proof fails. He settled in Bernards- ton, Mass., 1759, and died there July 17, 1786, ae. 84; married Apr. 4, 1727, Hannah, dau. Joseph Clesson of Northampton. They had eight children, of whom the eldest was Zebulon' Allen, born Oct. 22, 1727, in Springfield, Mass .; Lieut. in the French War, 1755-8; sett. in Bernardston, Mass., 1756, and died there


216


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


Feb. 15, 1786. He married Nov. 21, 1751, Freedom Cooley of Sunderland. Of their eight children the second was Sem5 Allen, born Apr. 6, 1755, settled in Leyden, Mass., and married Experience


ERASTUS® ALLEN (Sem,5 Zebulon, Joseph,3 Benjamin,2 Ed- ward') son of Sems and Experience Allen of Leyden, Mass., was born, probably, in Shelburne, Mass., May 16, 1782. His father died when he was a child and he was adopted by Jared Skinner, with whose family he came to Waitsfield. About 1830 he removed to Fayston and thence in 1836 to Gouverneur, N. Y., where he died Feb. 6, 1858.


He married Apr. 23, 1806, Paulina, dau. Daniel Witherbee and Elizabeth (Barnard) Wilder, b. Aug. 29, 1788; d. Aug. 3, 1864.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. AURELIA,7 b. Feb. 26, 1807; m. Joseph Russ; res. Stockton, N. Y .; d. Dec. 24, 1887.


ii. ELECTA, b. Dec. 12, 1808; m. Eli Mix of Gouverneur, N. Y .; d. Mar. 20, 1899.


iii. PAULINA, b. Jan. 31, 1811; d. Feb. 6, 1829.


iv. LOVINA, b. May 20, 1813; m. Sept. 6, 1835, Rev. Bela Fancher, who sett. in Homer, Mich .; d. Apr. 30, 1854. Chn: Laura L., Mary P., David B., Lucy L.


V. HORACE, b. Feb. 24, 1815; m. Philinda Thrall; d. at Gouver- neur, N. Y., July 9, 1895.


vi. KATHERINE, b. Sept. 30, 1818; d. Mar. 24, 1842.


vii. LUCINDA S., b. June 10, 1821; in. Dr. Thaddeus Murdock of Glens Falls, N. Y .; d. July 28, 1876.


viii. LUCRETIA, b. Nov. 26, 1823; m. Erwin S. Barnes, of Gouver- neur, N. Y.


ix. HENRY MARTIN, b. Mar. 7, 1826; d. Feb. 22, 1832.


x. FRANCIS WILDER, b. Mar. 11, 1829; res. Freehold, Pa .; d. Jan. 17, 1894.


WILLIAM ALLEN, a resident in Waitsfield 1798-1801.


DAVID ALLEN had the following children of school age in 1849: Lucy B., Clarinda P. and Oriama E.


CLARENCE JEAN ALLEN (Edwin,8 Jolin,7 Gilbert," Elnathan,5 Ebenezer,4 Samuel,3 Nehemiah,2 Samuel1), son of Edwin and Ruth Lull (Keith) Allen, was born in Pomfret, Vt., July 24, 1853, the eldest of three children; after teaching for some years he took the degree of M. D. at the University of Vermont, 1884, and at once began the practice of his profession at W. In 1889 he removed to Peterboro, N. H., and in 1898 to Winchester, Mass.


He married Aug. 31, 1875, Eva Ophelia, dau. Cornelius Emer- son and Josette (Dumas) Joslin, b. Mar. 5, 1853.


Child, born in Marengo, Ill.


CLARE JEAN,10 b. June 1, 1880; m. June 28, 1905, Arthur E. Joslin. Ch: Jean,11 b. May 6, 1906.


217


GENEALOGIES.


ASHCROFT.


NATHAN B. ASHCROFT, a resident in Waitsfield about 1828, was born Aug. 15, 1787.


He married Dec. 27, 1812, Betsey Lawrence, b. Mar. 26, 1784. Children:


i. HESTER ANN RYDER, b. Oct. 20, 1814.


ii. NATHAN SIAZ, b. Sept. 8, 1816.


iii. JOHN WESLEY, b. Oct. 23, 1823.


iv. A son, b. Feb. 28, 1826.


v. ELIZA ANN, b. Mar. 10 1828.


ASHLEY.


1. PHILEMON2 ASHLEY (James' of Dcerfield, Mass., or vicinity) was born Apr. 18, 1785. Removed from Deerfield to Waterbury, Vt., and thence to Moretown, where he died Feb. 6, 1865.


He married Sylvia Keete, b. Aug. 2, 1789; d. Jan. 29, 1865. Children:


2. i. STEBBINS,3 b. Feb. 24, ISIo, in Waterbury, Vt.


3. ii. IRA, b. Jan. 30, ISII.


iii. SYLVIA, b. Aug. 3, 1812; d. Nov. 17, 1885.


iv. HARRIET, b. May 24, 1813; d. Feb. 17, 1899.


v. DEXTER, b. in Moretown, May 4, 1818; d. at Moretown, July 15, 1892. Had issue.


vi. NANCY, b. Apr. 23, 1821; d. Dec. 2, 1846.


vii. JANE, b. June 16, 1824: d. Oct. 20, 1842.


viii. MALINDA, b. Oct. 14, 1827; m. Solomon Hutchins of More- town; d. May 19, 1896.


2. STEBBINS3 ASHLEY (Philemon,2 James1) was born in Water- bury, Vt., Feb. 24, 1810; cooper; died Nov. 13, 1892, at Waitsfield.


He married (1) Zilla Foster, b. Jan. 25, 1811; d. June, 1872; (2) Aug. 5, 1873, Eunice Montague, dau. Peter W. and Eunice Seaver of Moretown.


Children:


i. SYLVIA K.,4 b. Aug. 1, 1832 ; m. Sept. 26, 1848, Geo. C. Marshall.


ii. ZILLA, b. July 3, 1836; m. Oct. 31, 1857, Henry A. Daniels of Fayston, Vt.


iii. STEBBINS, b. Feb. 18, 1845; m. Aug. 5, 1870, Martha, dau. Nathan B. and Julia E. (Carpenter) Smalley. No issue.


iv. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 20, 1833; resided in Waterbury, where he d. Apr. 28, 1893; m. Ellen F. Moody. Chn: Arthur,5 Jessie.


3. IRA3 ASHLEY (Philemon,2 James1) was born in Waterbury, Vt., Jan. 30, 1811; he was for some years a resident of W., and died there, Dec. 3, 1889.


He married (1) Nancy Gladding; (2) May 5, 1847, Sophronia, dau. Henry and Hannah (Keete) - Ball of Dfd., Mass., b. Dec. 4, 1815; d. Aug. 27, 1898. Children:


i. EMELINE,4 m. Christopher Spaulding.


ii. JENNIE M., b. May 8, 1843; m. (1) Mar. 8, 1863, Franklin J. Greene; (2) Mar. 22, 1894, Francis A. Boyce.


iii. NANCY G., b. 1851; m. Feb. 8, IS81, David E. Turner of Greenfield, Mass.


..


2 IS


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


ATHERTON.


JOHN B. ATHERTON was born in Canada and died at Waitsfield, Mar. II, ISSS, ae. 46; stone mason; private, 17th Vt. Vols. He married Marcia, dau. Oscar Scribner.


Children:


1. HENRY, m. - - Tubbs; res. Essex, Vt.


ii. JOHN.


iii. ELIZABETH, m. Luther Shattuck of Morristown, Vt.


AVERY.


CHRISTOPHER AVERY and wife Polly had a son, Seth Morse, b. in W., June 13, 1805, but removed within a year.


BABBITT.


REV. JAMES H. BABBITT, pastor Cong'l. Church, Sept. 10, 1868 to Dec. 24, 1876, was a son of James Howard Babbitt, and grandson of Charles Babbitt of Taunton, Mass .; he was born Jan. 13, 1839; Amherst Coll., 1865; Andover Theological Semi- nary, 1868; pastor at Swanton, Vt., Jan., 1877 to Dec., 1887, and at West Brattleboro, Vt., Jan., 1888 to Sept. 10, 1900, when he retired from active work in the ministry and settled at Andover, Mass., where he died Sept. 14, 1903. A leader in the Sunday School work in Vt.


He married Aug. 12, 1868, Mary F., dau. Rev. Sereno and Sarah Abbott of Andover.


Children:


i. JAMES ADDISON, b. Oct. 22, 1869; Yale Univ., 1893; m. Sept. II, 1895, Mary Abigail Adams of Swanton; physician at Philadelphia, Pa. and Haverford Coll.


ii. WINIFRED HOWARD, b. Aug. 4, 1871; Williams Coll., 1895; Supt. Public Instruction, Hawaii, 1906; m. Nov. 28, 1901, Sarah Mitchell Carter.


iii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 15, 1875; d. Aug. 4, 1875. .


iv. HAROLD FRENCH, b. Sept. 21, 1876; m. Sept. 21, 1904, Katharine M. Dexter.


v. THEODORE PERLEY, b. June 27, 1880; m. July 10, 1907, Cora M. James.


vi. ALICE EVELYN, b. Oct. 19, 1882; d. Apr. 19, 1899.


BAILEY.


SAMUEL BAILEY came to Waitsfield about 1795-6 from Windsor, Vt., and had probably lived in Cornish, N. H. at an earlier date. Private in Col. Jonathan Chase's. Regt .; on service at Ticon- deroga June 27-July 11, 1777; selectman, 1799, 1802; charter member of church in W., 1796; dismissed to church in Chazy, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1809.


He married Olive -, who was, on Jan. 6, 1813, aptd. admx. of her husband's estate, but died before Mar. 24 following.


Children, births recorded in Windsor, Vt., and Waitsfield:


i. MARTHA, b. Mar. 11, 1786.


ii. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 19, 1788.


iii. ALICE, b. Feb. 15, 1790; d. Aug. 9, 1795.


219


GENEALOGIES.


iv. SUSANNAH, b. Nov. 1, 1792.


V. JOSHUA, b. Jan. 25, 1795.


vi. MANSON, bapt. Sept. 3, 1800.


vii. OLIVE, bapt. July 4, 1802; m. -- Nott, and went to Antwerp, N. Y.


BAIRD.


1. JAMES2 BAIRD (James1) was born in Ballymoney, county Antrim, Ireland, about 1790; came to America about 1850 and resided in Fayston, Vt., where he died Feb. 28, 1870, ae. 81.


He married Sarah, dau. Alexander Stewart of Lisan, county Antrim, who died Mar. 11, 1860, ae. 78.


Children, born in Ireland:


i. MARY JANE,3 b. Aug. 1, 1813; m. 1838, James Thompson.


2. ii.


WILLIAM, b. ISI5.


iii. ROSETTA, b. 1817; m. Dec. 15, 1867, Robert Fulton of Fays- ton.


3. iv. JOHN, b. Mar. 17, 1820.


v. NANCY, b. 1826; m. James H. Baird.


vi. JAMES, b. Jan. 3, 1828; d. Sept. 7, 1906; m. June 27, 1865, Sarah, dau. Andrew Blair; came to Fayston 1851, and rem. late in life to W. Chn .: Sarah,4 b. Apr. 27, 1866; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 15, 1868; Frederick J., b. Aug. 27, 1870; Hattie, b. Feb. 28, 1873; Rose Fulton, b. May 11, 1875; Andrew, b. Apr. 10, 1878.


vii. SARAH, b. Nov. 9, 1829; m. May 3, 1853, John Long of Fays- ton.


2. WILLIAM3 BAIRD (James,2 James1) was born in Ireland, 1815; came to America, 1837 and lived for some years in New York City, but removed soon to Fayston where he died, 1861. He married Isabelle McLennon, b. 1814. Children:


4. i. JAMES3 (called 4th), b. Apr. 19, 1840, in New York City.


11. JOHN, b. in Fayston, Vt., Nov. 1, 1841; d. Sept. 19, 1863.


iii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 6, 1843; sett. in Santa Cruz, Cal., where he d. 1906.


iv. ALEXANDER, b. Mar. 15, 1845; Co. I., 9th Vt. Vols., June 20, 1862 to June 13, 1865.


v. SARAH, b. Jan. 3, 1847; m. Andrew McLean of Oneonta, N. Y.


vi. HUGH, b. Apr. 15, 1848; m. Nov. 7, 1883, Elizabeth Patterson. Ch .: Lena,4 b. Aug. 1, 1884.


vii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 16, 1850; m. Nov. 1, 1882, Jennie M., dau. James Thompson, b. Mar, 17, 1853. Ch .: Walter S.,4 b. Aug. 26, 1883; d. June 8, 1903. .


3. JOHN' BAIRD (James2, James1) was born in co. Antrim, Ireland, Mar. 17, 1820; came to America in 1840 and sett. in W., 1844; died Aug. 20, 1894.


He married Mar. 1, 1844, Margaret, dau. Joseph and Jane Somerville, of Hinesburg, Vt., b. June 14, 1825; d. Apr. 19, 1896.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. SARAH4 M., b. May 19, 1845; m. Jan. 1, 1867, William Blair.


ii. HENRY S., b. Nov. 8, 1846; unm., 1908.


iii. LEWIS J., b. June 29, 1848; d. July 1, 1873.


iv. FLORA J., b. Sept. 29, 1855; d. Sept. 20, 1876.


---


220


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


V. LOUISE E., b. Feb. 8, 1857; d. May 11, 1874.


vi. EMMA, b. May 4, 1864; m. Jan. 28, 1885, George N. Billings. vii. EDWARD J., b. Apr. 11, 1866; d. Jan. 4, 1888.


4. JAMES' BAIRD (Fourth) (William,3 James,2 James1) was born Apr. 19, 1840, in New York City; settled in W .; died Sept. 24, 1898.


He married, Nov. 12, 1867, Ellen Thompson, dau. James and Mary (Baird) Thompson of Fayston, Vt.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GERTRUDE, b. Jan. 23, 1869; d. Oct. 2, 1872.


ii. ELMER A., b. May 8, 1871; d. Apr. 26, 1895.


iii. ALICE M., b. 1875; d. Nov. 10, 1898.


1. JAMES H.2 BAIRD (Hugh1) was born in co. Antrim, Ireland, 1825; came to America in 1851; sett. on old Matthias S. Jones farm, lot 86.


He married Nancy, dau. James and Sarah (Stewart) Baird, born 1826; died May 2, 1906.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. ELIZA J.,3 b. Dec. 22, 1858; m. Nov. 1, 1888, Edward E. Neill.


2. 11. JOHN L., b. Jan. 26, 1861.


iii. SADIE I., b. May 8, 1866; m. Mar. 1, 1893, W. D. McGlaflin of Warren, Vt.


iv. WILLIAM J., b. Oct. 31, 1867; m. Jan. 1, 1893, Rose Hilsdorph; res. New Haven, Conn.


2. JOHN L.3 BAIRD (James H.,2 Hugh1) was born in W. Jan. 26, 1861; selectman, 1898-1900.


He married, Nov. 1, 1888, Belle F., dau. John C. McLearnon, b. 1866.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. PAUL RAYMOND,4 Nov. 29, 1889.


ii. RAYMOND B., Jan. 7, 1891.


iii. EARL WENDALL, May 3, 1892.


iv. CLYDE L., Feb. 28, 1895.


v. MARK CECIL, May 2, 1899.


BALDWIN.


JAMES BALDWIN married, July 28, 1814, Betsey, dau. Ezra and Betsey (Chandler) Wait, b. abt. 1795. He resided in Dist. 6, 1814-23, and school meetings were held in his house, which was probably on old road north of the village. Removed to Stowe, and later to Burlington, Vt. Merchant and tavern keeper.


BARBER.


JOHN BARBER, son of Andrew and Julienne (Lanctot) Barber, was born at St. Remi, P. Q., Dec., 1841; blacksmith; rem. to Waterbury, Vt.


He married, July 31, 1863, Emily, dau. Julian and Adeline (Brooks) Dumas, b. June 12, 1843.


Child:


i. VERNON A., b. June 18, 1864; m. Mar. 9, 1886, Nellie J. Blanchard. Ch .: Gladys Louisa, b. Feb. 26, 1888


221


GENEALOGIES.


BARNARD.


1. FRANCIS' BARNARD, maltster, Hartford, Conn., 1644; early settler of Hadley, Mass., 1659; freeman 1666; Deerfield, 1673, but retd. to Hadley during King Philip's War, and died there Feb. 3, 1698, ae. 81. He married (1) Aug. 15, 1644, Hannah Marvin, says Savage and other writers, but later investi- gators say her name was Merrills or Merrell; (2) Aug. 21, 1677, Frances, dau. Nathaniel Foote and wid. John Dickinson.


Children:


2. i. JOSEPH2, b. 1645.


ii. HANNAH, b. 1646; m. (1) Oct. 17, 1669, Dr. John Westcarr of Hadley; (2) Oct. 9, 16So, Simon Beaman. She was the school dame of Deerfield.


iii. THOMAS, Harvard Coll., 1679; colleague pastor at Andover, Mass., 1682; died Oct. 13, 1718; m. (1) Dec. 14, 1686, Elizabeth Price; (2) May 28, 1696, Abigail Bull; (3) July 20, 1704, Lydia Goff.


iv. SAMUEL, b. 1654; d. Oct. 11, 1678; m. Oct. 3, 1678, Mary Colton.


v. JOHN, killed during King Philip's War.


vi. SARAH, (probably) who died 1676.


2. JOSEPH2 BARNARD (Francis1) was born abt. 1645; tailor, surveyor, farmer, one of the foremost men in settlement of Deerfield, Mass., recorder for the Proprietors, first town clerk and clerk of writs. He was wounded by Indians at Indian Bridge while on his way to mill, Aug. 18, 1695, and died from the wound Sept. 18, 1695.


He married, Jan. 13, 1675, Sarah, dau. Elder John Strong of Northampton. She m. (2) Sept. 23, 1698, Capt. Jona. Wells, and died Feb. 10, 1733-4, ae. 77. Children:


3. i.


JOHN,3 b. Nov. 19, 1676.


ii. SARAH, b. Dec. 30, 1677; m. Mar. 29, 1700, Thomas Wells.


iii. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 13, 1679; d. Aug. 8, 1681.


iv. JOSEPH, b. June 20, 1681; sett. in Windsor, Conn.


v. THOMAS, b. Mar. 13, 1683; sett. in Lebanon, Conn., and d. bef. Sept., 1717.


vi. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 1, 1684; sett. in Salem, Mass .; soldier in Ind. Wars; died Nov. 21, 1762; m. (1) May 22, 1718, Sarah Williams; (2) May 29, 1723, wid. Rachel Barnard; (3) Elizabeth Williams; (4) wid. Katharine Dexter.


vii. HANNAH, b. 1685; m. July 7, 1709, Samuel Childs.


viii. REBECCA, b. 1686; m. Mar. 13, 1718, Jona. Wells, Jr.


ix. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 3, 1691; m. May 6, 1720, Ebenezer Welis.


X. THANKFUL, b. 1694; m. Dec. 3, 1714, Ebenezer Sheldon.


xi. EBENEZER, b. Mar. 13, 1696 (posthumous); clothier; died at Dfd., July 20, 1764; m. (1) Sept. 29, 1715, Elizabeth Foster; (2) Aug. 20, 1754, wid., Mary Arms. -


3. JOHN3 BARNARD (Joseph,2 Francis1) was born Nov. 19, 1676; physician; of Lebanon, Conn., in 1706, and later resided in Hadley, Mass., where he died Mar. 6, 1726.


He married, Oct. 23, 1706, Bridget, dau. Capt. Aaron Cook of Hadley. She m. (2) Sept. 24, 1730, Dea. Samuel Dickinson of Shutesbury, Mass., and died Aug. 31, 1762.


222


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


Children:


i. THOMAS,4 b. 1707; a physician in Tolland, Conn.


11. BRIDGET, b. Sept. 30, 1708; m. 1729, Jonathan Burt of Dfd.


iii. SARAH, b. Feb. 2, 1710; m. Aug. 12, 1730, Thomas Temple.


iv. ABIGAIL, b. Mar. 14, 1712; m. May, 1740, Aaron Cook of Hadley.


4. V. JOHN, b. Dec. 12, 1713.


vi. JOANNA, b. Oct. 1, 1715; m. 1735, Enos Nash of Sunderland. vii. FRANCIS, b. Nov. 1, 1717; d. Jan. 5, 1719.


viii. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 1, 1720; d. Dec., 1800-1 in Whateley, Mass .; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1749, Esther Church; (2) Jan. 11, 1780, wid. Sarah Cummings.


ix. FRANCIS, b. Oct. 6, 1721; of Windsor, Conn., and Simsbury, Conn.


X. REBECCA, b. May 18, 1724; d. unm., 1763. xi. EDWARD (?).


4. JOHN4 BARNARD (John,3 Joseph,? Francis1) was born Dec. 12, 1713; soldier in French Wars; early settler of Road- town, Mass., but removed to Shelburne, Mass. about the time of the Revolution; died Dec. 8, 1785. He married Oct. 9, 1743, Ruth, dau. John Catlin of Dfd. She died Dec. . 19, 1785, ae. 64. Children:


5. i. JOHN,5 b. Oct. 31, 1744.


il. RUTH, b. Apr. 29, 1746; m. Amasa Smith; d. Oct. 26, 1781.


jii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 22, 1748; m. 1770, Daniel Witherbee . Wilder of Shelburne and Waitsfield.


iv. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 6, 1751; d. Dec., 1813.


6. V. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 12, 1752.


vi. SARAH, b. July 5, 1754.


vii. DAVID, b. Oct. 2, 1756; d. June 6, 1834; in. (1) Mar. 4, 1773, Rhoda Allen; (2) May 12, 1818, Keziah Allen.


viii. JOANNA, died Oct. 7, 1768.


ix. FRANCIS, b. Dec. 6, 1758.


x. ELISHA, b. July 28, 1763; d. Sept. 17, 1845; m. (1) Feb. 18 1790, Naomi Chandler; (2) Prudence Hunt; (3) Dec. 25 1834, Dorcas White.


5. JOHNS BARNARD (John,4 John,3 Joseph,2 Francis1) was born Oct. 31, 1744; sett. in Shelburne, Mass .; deacon; member of Committee of Safety, 1777. Removed to W., 1792-3, and settled on farm in lots 119 and 120. Was the leader in formation of church there, 1796, and its deacon until his death, Apr. 30, 1813. First treasurer of the town, 1794; selectman, 1795. He married, Jan. 5, 1774, Mary, dau. of James Rider. She died May 16, 1834, ae. 83 yrs., 9 mos.


Children, born in Shelburne, Mass .:


i. JOANNA,6 b. Nov. 18, 1774; d. July 23, 1777.


ii. MARY, b. Feb. 6, 1777; d. July 30, 1777.


iii. MARY, b. June 14, 1778.


iv. CLARISSA, b. Sept. 3, 1780; d. July 28, 1782.


v. MOSES, b. July 14, 1782; d. July 29, 1782.


vi. AARON, b. July 14, 1782; d. same day.


vii. JOHN, b. Oct. 3, 1783; d. July 26, 1785.


---


-


செக்கு


223


GENEALOGIES.


viii. JOHN, b. Aug. 12, 1786; d. Feb. 10, 1788.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.