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ix. LYDIA, b. 1788; d. unm., Dec. 13, 1859.
7. x. RuFus, b. Feb. 3, 1791.
6. SAMUELS BARNARD (John,4 John,3 Joseph,2 Francis1) was born Oct. 12, 1752; Rev. soldier; came from Shelburne, Mass. to W., 1792-3, and died there Nov. 3, 1809. He married, Nov. 26, 1782, at Shelburne, Abigail, dau. Ebenezer and Dorcas Fisk, b. Oct. 7, 1755; d. Mar. 7, 1833. Children:
S. i. EBENEZER," b. in Shelburne, Nov. 30, 1783.
ii. RUTH, b. June 28, 1785; d. Sept. 13, 1789.
iii. JOANNA, b. Apr. 24, 1787; d. Sept. 29, 1803.
iv. PHILENA, b. Feb. 4, 1789; m. Apr. 28, 1811, Rufus Childs.
v. RUTH, b. Apr. 25, 1791; m. Oct. 26, 1817, Ithamar Smith.
9. vi. LINUS, b. Aug. 13, 1793 in Waitsfield.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. IS, 1796; m. abt. 1832, John Hobart of Middlesex, Vt. Chn. : Lucy Irene,1 Ruth Pkilena, James, Mary.
7. RUFUS® BARNARD (John,5 John, John,3 Joseph,2 Francis1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Feb. 3, 1791. . Capt. of Militia Co. in W. Resided on the farm settled by his father. Died Jan. 1, 1874. He married, Dec. 11, 1814, Jemima Kellogg of Brookfield, Vt., who died Feb. 21, IS72, ae. 82 yrs., 6 mos.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MARY SOPHRONIA,7 b. Sept. 12, 1815; d. Mar. 4, 1839.
ii. JOHN WILLIAM, b. Oct. 10, 1816; d. Aug. 15, 1819.
iii. ORLO JUDSON, b. Nov. 3, 1817; d. May 22, 1904.
iv. ELECTA CLARINDA, b. Jan. 24, 1819; m. H. G. Haven; d. at River Falls, Wis., 1873.
v. MILo, b. Aug. 24, 1820; m. Mary, dau. Peter Nourse; rem.
to Bloomingdale, Ill., abt. 1852; res. Geneva Lake, Wis.
vi. LUCINDA ELIZA, b. Mar. 1, 1822; dismissed to ch. in Dover, I11., 1851.
vii. LUCRETIA ALMIRA, b. May 10, 1823; d. Feb. 21, 1839.
IO. viii. RUFUS H., b. Jan. 29, 1825.
ix. Lucius E., b. June 14, 1828; Methodist minister; went West. x. CYNTHIA E., b. July 26, 1831; d. unm., June 17, 1864.
xi. EDGAR W.
8. EBENEZER6 BARNARD (Samuel,5 John,4 John,3 . Joseph,2 Francis1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Nov. 30, 1783. Resided on the paternal farm in W. Died at Waitsfield, Feb. 26, 1862.
He married, Jan. 9, 1808, Experience, dau. Samuel and Mary Childs of Dfd., b. Jan. 27, 1784; d. Sept. 30, 1870. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. SAMUEL,7 b. 1808; d. Nov. 2, 1808, ae. 2 days.
ii. JOANNA, b. Oct. 10, 1810; m. Nov. 24, 1835, Anson Fisk.
iii. LUANA, b. Mar. 12, 1813; m. Mar. 24, 1841, Seth Taylor.
WILLIAM CHILDS, b. Oct. 11, 1815.
v. CAROLINE SAMANTHA, b. Apr. 29, 1819; d. Sept. 30, 1819.
II. iv.
vi. PLINY FISK, b. Nov. 9, 1820; d. at Westminster, Vt., May 28, 1908; Dart. Coll., 1843; Bangor Theological Sem., 1846; Congl. minister; m. Nov. 4, 1846, Julia, dau. Rev. James Hobart 'of Berlin, Vt.
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9. LINUS® BARNARD (Samuel,5 John," John,3 Joseph,2 Francis1) was born in W., Aug. 13, 1793. His house stood in S. E. corner of lot 121. Died Mar. 8, 1875.
He married, Mar. 22, 1825, Lucy Stickney of Berlin, Vt. She died Mar. 27, 1879, ae. 86.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
12. i.
DON CARLOS,7 b. May 19, 1829.
ii. JouN, b. June 11, 1827; res. Clear Lake, Iowa; m. Aug. 7, 1860, Frances M. Vandercook. Chn .: Linus D.,8 Clarence E., Frank, John, Lucy, Don Carlos.
iii. HORACE, b. Dec. 6, 1836; d. Jan. 3, 1839.
10. RUFUS H." BARNARD (Rufus,6 John," John,4 John,3 Joseph,2 Francis1) was born in W., Jan. 29, 1825; died June 4, 1893. Occupied the farm that his father and grandfather did before him.
He married, Sept. 2, 1849, Mehitabel, dau. Benjamin Linfield of Stowe, Vt., b. Aug. 24, 1826.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MARY JANE,8 b. Sept. 4, 1850; d. Apr. 15, 1855.
11. ORLO LINFIELD, b. Aug. 19, 1854; Methodist minister; m. Feb. 10, 1880, Emma A. Blake of Northfield, Vt. Chn .: Orlo Eugene,º b. June 26, 1882; Cynthia E., b. Mar. 19, 1884; d. Feb. 25, 1903; Mary Viola, b. July 2, 1886; Milo Wells, b. Apr. 17, 1888; Pearl Howe, b. Nov. 6, 1889; d. Mar. 30, 1891; Lucy Rose, b. Apr. 12, 1892.
iii. CYNTHIA LUELLA, b. June 10, 1859; m. May 20, 1884, Frank A. Sawyer of Clinton, Mass.
11. WILLIAM CHILDS7 BARNARD (Ebenezer, Samuel,5 John,4 John,' Joseph,2 Francis1) was born in W., Oct. 11, 1815; died Aug. 11, 1871. Occupied the farm settled by his grandfather.
He married, Nov. 4, 1840, Aurilla, dau. Dennis and Polly Hayes of Ferrisburg, Vt., b. 1813; d. Nov. 15, 1886. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. ALBERT D.,8 b. Jan. 27, 1842; enlisted Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols., Aug. 25, 1862; disch. July 21, 1863, and died Aug. 12, 1863.
ii. MARY, b. June 25, 1843; m. Jan. 1, 1867, George W. Olmstead, b. Feb. 22, 1836, son of Harry and Ayer (Spofford) Olmstead of Elmore, Vt.
iii. ALBINA C., b. Mar. 11, 1845; d. Sept. 3, 1847.
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DON CARLOS7 BARNARD (Linus," Samuel,5 John,4 John,3 Joseph,2 Francis1) was born in W., May 19, 1829; died Mar. 6, 1899.
He married, July 8, 1852, Melissa A., dau. William and Sophia (Smith) Wheeler, born Aug. 22, 1829.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LUCY S.,8 b. Sept. 30, 1860; d. Nov. 8, 1863.
ii. ALBERT D., b. Mar. 3, 1865; d. Mar. 5, 1896; m. Oct. 29, 1889, Ida, dau. John Murray of Lincoln, Vt., b. Apr. 10, 1864. She m. (2) Alvaro B. Tucker. Chn .: Arthur Carlos,º b. Oct. 9, 1891; Albert Dennis, b. Jan. 22, 1896.
iii. JENNIE M., b. Dec. 14, 1868; m. Feb. 5, 1891, Frederick R. Palmer.
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BARNS.
JOSEPHS BARNS (perhaps Joseph,' Comfort,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Brookfield, Mass., where a multiplicity of Josephs makes the line doubtful, although probabilities favor the above. If this is correct he was b. Feb. 10, 1771. Housewright. Sold land in Worthington, Mass., Dec. 24, 1793, and purchased land in Conway, Mass., July 5, 1792. Sett. in W. as early as 1795, but was in Moretown, Vt., in 1799, and births of his children are there recorded.
He married, at Conway, Mass., Dec., 1792, Sally Seaver, probably a dau. of Josiah Willis Seaver.
Children:
1. JOSEPH,6 b. in Conway, Mass., Sept. 28, 1794; m. Feb. 8, 1829, Eliza, dau. Encs and Lovina (Minor) Wilder; res. Fayston and Moretown.
ii. SALLY, b. in W., June 27, 1796.
iii. ARD, b. Dec. 20, 1797; m. Oct. 7, 1828, Charlotte, dau. Elisha and Hannah (Corning) Fargo; rem. to Barre, Vt.
iv. STATIRY, b. in Moretown, Vt., Sept. 18, 1799.
V. LYDIA, b. Sept. 15, ISOI.
vi. OLIVE, b. Mar. 31, 1803.
BARRET.
RUFUS BARRET is said to have come from Mass. Was in Fayston before 1804, and removed in 1820 to W., where he was active in founding the Methodist church. He died May 1, 1850, ae. 74, without issue. Selectman, 1831. His farm lay in lot 138.
He married (1) Abigail, who died Sept. 10, 1842, ae. 82; (2) Jan. 23, 1843, Sybil, dau. Rufus and Sybil (Hodges) Clapp, b. May 4, 1786, at Walpole, Mass .; d. May 3, 1863.
JOHN BARRET was a brother of Rufus. In Waitsfield by 1810. Died May 7, 1848, ae. 66 yrs .. 3 mos. Married Elizabeth, who died Mar. 11, 1873, ae. 94. Children:
i. RUFUS BOND, b. June 20, 1811; d. Mar. 9, 1843. His will, dated Feb. 3, 1843, probated Mar. 16, 1843, names his parents, his wife Anna, and minor son John R.
ii. LAURA, b. 1810; m. June 5, 1833, Jonathan Palmer, Jr.
iii. RUTH ANN, b. in Moretown, Aug. 9, 1814.
BARTLETT.
NATHANIEL BARTLETT was in Waitsfield, 1791, coming from Alexandria, N. H. His name disappears from records in 1807. A child, Truman, died Apr.21, 1808, ae. 3 yrs.
James Bartlett, probably a son, was a voter in 1804.
By family tradition he came originally from Cornish, N. H., and was a Rev. soldier, and is said to have removed to New York.
CHRISTOPHER BARTLETT appears in W., 1809. Marched in the Waitsfield Co. for Plattsburgh, Sept., 1814. Removed to St.
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Clair, Mich. He married, Apr. 5, 1810, Sally, dau. Simeon Stoddard, b. May 20, 1785; d. Apr. 29, 1869.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
. i. ANN ELVIRA, b. Feb. 11, 1811; m. Erastus Babcock.
ji. EMELINE CORDELIA, b. Sept. 4, 1812; d. 1842.
iii. £ THOMPSON STODDARD, b. June 4, 1816; d. 1838.
iv. JULIANA, b. July 24, 1819; m. Alonzo Robbins.
V.
HORACE, b. June 12, 1821; d. abt. 1844.
vi. HARRIET, m. - Wheaton.
vii. CHAUNCEY.
viii. GIDEON.
ix. JUDSON, m. Abigail Smith.
BATES.
1. JOHN1 BATES, cooper and yeoman, of Chelmsford, Mass .; his will, dated July 18, 1716, was proved June 26, 1722; in it he is recited to be "age 74 or thereabouts." Grantee of "Wamesset lands" Dec. 14, 1686.
He married Mary
Children, named in their father's will:
2. 1. JOHN .2
ii. ELIZABETH, m. Jonathan Richardson.
iii. SARAH, m. Butterfield.
iv. MARY, m. Cleaveland.
V. LYDIA, m. Cotton. Not living in 1716.
2. JOHN2 BATES (John1), called "Jr.," of Chelmsford, Mass. His widow, Deborah, was aptd. admx. of his estate Nov. 12, 1722.
Children, born in Chelmsford, Mass .:
3. i. EDWARD,' b. abt. 1696.
ii. DEBORAH, b. abt. 1698; m. Jonathan Fletcher.
iii. HANNAH, b. Nov. 24, 1700; m. William Read.
iv. MARY, b. Feb. 1, 1705.
v. JOHN, b. Nov. 29, 1706; died after his father and before 1725. vi. JONATHAN, b. Mar. 31, 1709; will proved July 31, 1764, names wife Abigail, and sons John,4 b. Apr. 23, 1748 and Jonathan, b. Feb. 13, 1749, d. in 1771 without issue.
vii. ROBERT, b. Jan. 16, 1711. In 1757 he and wife Lydia convey in her right as heir of Ezekiel Fletcher of Dunstable. Chn .: Lydia,4 b. May 2, 1750; Olive, b. Jan. 16, 1752; Betsey, b. Aug. 12, 1755: Sybil, b. Feb. 27, 1759. viii. BETTY, b. May 5, 1713.
3. EDWARD3 BATES (John,? John1) was born in Chelmsford, Mass., 1696. Lived in that part of the town which became Westford. Admn. on his est. granted to his son-in-law, Jonathan Johnson, Feb. 13, 1781.
He married Mary, dau. of John Snow of Nottingham, Mass., the first school mistress of Westford.
Children, born in Westford, Mass .:
i. OLIVER,4 b. Jan. 13, 1720; Capt. of a Company in Col. Prescott's Regt. of Minutemen, and recd. a wound at the Concord Fight, from which he is said to have died July 4, 1775; m. Jan. 16, 1744, Ruth Wright, who survived him; no issue; adm. on his est. Feb. 27, 1776.
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4. ji. JOHN, b. abt. 1722. Evidence tends to place him here.
iii. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 3, 1725; res. in New Ipswich, N. H., in 1776.
iv. SARAH, b. Aug. 29, 1733; in. July 4, 1754, Jonathan Johnson of Hollis, N. H.
V. BETTY, non compos at her father's death in 1781.
4. JOHN' BATES (Edward,3 John,2 John1). The evidence is strong to place this man as a son of Edward3 and Mary (Snow) Bates. He is referred to in the settlement of his bro. Oliver's estate, and was then of Shelburne, Mass .; the names of his children are significant, and careful search reveals no other place for him. Soon after 1750 he rem. from Westford, Mass., to Ashburnham, Mass., where he was charter member of the ch. and an assessor at the first election, 1765. His farm fell within the limits of Ashby, which was set off in 1767. About 1774 he rem. to Shelburne, where, in 1777, he was drowned while crossing the Deerfield River. He married in Westford, June 7, 1744, Martha Foster of Littleton, Mass.
Children, named in probate papers:
i. JONATHAN,5 "eldest son"; m. Mehitable -----; sett. in Ran- dolph, Vt., bef. 1787; estate sett. Oct. 6, 1806.
ii. EDWARD, sett. in Randolph.
5. iii. Mosrs F., b. in Ashburnham, Jan. 6, 1758.
iv. JOHN, perhaps the J. B. of Shelburne, who served in Capt. Kemp's Co., Col. David Wells' Regt., May 10-July 17, 1777, and signed for 3 yrs. bounty in 1782; sett. in Ran- dolph.
V: OLIVER, sett. in Randolph.
vi. SAMPSON.
6. vii. ROBERT, b. Sept. 6, 1766.
viii. MARTHA, bapt. in Lunenburg, Mass., Aug. 6, 1749; m. Blodgett.
ix. MARY, m. Wells.
5. MOSES F.5 BATES (John,4 Edward,3 John,2 John1) was born in Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 6, 1758; went with his father to Shelburne, 1774, and is probably the Rev. soldier of that name from that town; sett. in Randolph, Vt., before 1786, and removed soon after 1801 to Water- bury, thence to Braintree, 1809, and Brookfield, 1811, where he died July 29, 1820. He married in Randolph, Nov. 30, 1786, Miriam Smith.
Children, first six born in Randolph, Vt .:
i. . DORCAS,6 b. Oct., 1787.
ii. SAMPSON, b. Mar. 12, 1789.
iii. ESTHER, b. Aug. 21, 1791.
iv. SIMON P., b. Mar. 12, 1793.
v. LYMAN, b. June 27, 1795; resident in W., 1844, but soon rem. to Brookfield.
7. vi. RHODOLPHUS S., b. Aug. 22, 1801.
vii. EARL, d. young.
viii. EMILY, d. young.
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6. ROBERTS BATES (John:,4 Edward,3 John,2 John1) was born in Ashby, Mass., Sept. 6, 1766; sett. in Randolph, Vt., and came thence to W. about 1823; died Apr. 10, 1844. His farm was in lots 79 and 80, and was occupied after his death by his son, Ira.
He married, Jan. 9, 1797, Abigail, dau. Nathaniel and Mary Webster, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Mar. 13, 1764; d. Mar. 2S, IS50.
Children, born in Randolph, Vt .:
1. LEONARD,º b. Oct. 13, 1797; d. Oct. 13, 1875 in York, Ohio; m. Dec. 11, 1826, Elizabeth Lamb.
8 ii. IRA, b. Nov. 1, 1799.
iii. NATHANIEL W., b. Dec. 7, 1801; m. Nov. 3, 1836, Mary Robins; res. Colchester, Vt., whence he went in 1855 to Ohio, and in 1860 to Indiana.
7. RHODOLPHUS S.6 BATES (Moses F.,5 John," Edward,3 John,? John1) was born in Randolph, Vt., Aug. 22, 1801. Settled in W., Feb., 1823, but removed to Brookfield, Vt. after about ten years.
He married (1) Sept. 7, 1823, Polly, dau. David Belding, b. in Tunbridge, Vt .. Dec. 17, 1802; d. in W., May 29, 1829; (2) Jan. 13, 1830, Hannah Heath of Randolph. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LUNA ARNOLD,7 b. June 8, 1824.
ii. HARLEY FARNHAM, b. Mar. 18, 1826.
iii. DENNIS PETTIBONE, b. Mar. 28, 1828.
iv. SALLY DELISSA, b. May 15, 1829. .
S. IRA® BATES (Robert,5 John," Edward,3 John,2 John1) was born in Randolph, Vt., Nov. 1, 1799; died in W., Feb. 4, 1881. He married, Mar. 30, 1826, Eliza, dau. Jennison and Philena (Holmes) Jones, b. July 3.1, 1806; d. June 5, 1874.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. NAOMI,7 b. Jan. 18, 1827.
ii. EZRA JONES, b. May 10, 1828; physician; d. Jan. 29, 1864; m. Harriet F. Slocum of Dorset, Vt. Chn .: Imogene,8 James B., Edwin J.
iii. JOHN, b. June 10, 1830; res. Chippewa Falls, Wis .; m. Chloe Ann Bartlett of Dorset, Vt. Chn .: Salome M,8 b. Dec. 5, 1857; William B. b. Apr. 8, 1859; Merton B., b. June 14, 1860; Harriet; John P .; Earl Ira.
iv. LAURA, b. Mar. 24, 1832; d. Aug. 31, 1835.
9. REUBEN, b. Dec. 20, 1835.
vi. MOSES, b. Aug. 30, 1837 ; d. Apr. 1, 1839.
vii. JANE, b. Mar. 1, 1834; d. Feb. 5, 1835.
viii. SARAH, b. Dec. 27, 1839; m. Aug. 22, 1862, John Gunnison Lewis.
ix. Lucy A., d. May 2, 1865, ae. 17 yrs., 10 mos., 14 d.
x. CARMI, d. Sept. 2, 1845, ae. 3 yrs., 3 mos.
xi. HARVEY, b. Sept., 1845; m. Sarah Forbes. Ch .: Robert Murray.8
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9. REUBEN BATES (Ira,8 Robert,5 John,' Edward,' John,2 John1) was born in W., Dec. 20, 1835. He married, Sept. 19, 1858, Sarah Ann, dau. Benjamin and Ursula (Stetson) Holmes, b. Jan. 27, 1839.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. URSULA,8 b. July 22, 1860; m. Feb. 24, 1897, J. Henry Holt.
ii. HOLMES A , b. Dec. 7, 1865; m. Mar. 29, 1893, Effie A. Baker of Huntington, Vt .; res. Andover, Mass. Ch .: Gladys,º b. July 7. 1903.
ELIPHALET BATES was born in Middleboro, Mass., Jan., 1770, and sett. in Randolph, Vt., 1790; in 1804 he exchanged farms with Roswell Lee and sett. in W. on lot 99, but in 1810 he exchanged with John English and returned to Randolph, where he d. May 30, 1840; soldier in War of 1812.
He married, about 1790, Mary Story, who d. Apr., 1836. Children:
i. child, b. Apr. 6, 1792; d. Apr. 13, 1792.
ii. ELIAS, b. Apr. 14, 1793; sett. in Hartland, Vt.
iii. JACOB, b. Jan. 11, 1795; sett. in Hartland, Vt.
iv. AsA, b. Apr. 12, 1797; sett. in Bristol, R. I.
v. JAMES, b. Jan. 17, 1799; Dart. Coll., 1822; a minister.
vi. GEORGE, b. Jan. 17, ISO1; d. Feb. 6, 1804.
vii. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 25, 1803; d. Aug. 23, 1806.
viii. GEORGE, b. Aug. IS, 1805.
ix. THOMAS, b. Dec. 30, 1807; sett. in Bloomington, Ill.
x. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 30, 1809; sett. in Normal, Ill.
xi. EZEKIEL, b. June 1, ISIo; d. Feb. 5, 1811.
xii. EZEKIEL, b. Oct. IS, ISII; d. Jan. 19, 1812.
xiii. SYLVANUS, b. Jan. 19, IS13; Middlebury Coll., 1834.
xiv. MARY ABIAH, b. June 21, 1816; m. Otis Parsons.
XV. ELIPHALET S., b. June 10, 1821.
BELDEN.
1. HENRY2 BELDEN (Daniel1) was born in Salisbury, Vt., Feb. 20, ISOS; blacksmith; resided at Pawlet, Vt .; died at Dorset, Vt., Jan. 13, 1875.
He married, Oct., 1832, Mary, dau. Guild Willis, b. in Chester, Vt., Dec. 26, ISII; d. at Pawlet, Mar. 11, 1851.
Children:
i. MARY,3 b. Aug. 2, 1833; d. July 29, 1849.
ii. ADAH ANN, b. Sept. 29, 1834; m. 1855, Benjamin Adams of Pawlet.
iii. TOSIAH D., b. Dec. 29, 1836; d. Mar. 19, 1903; res. Dayton, O.
iv. WILLIAM H., b. June 8, 1839; d. June 24, 1898; m. Cynthia Hammond; res. Granville, N. Y.
v. FRANCES A., b. Aug. 6, 1843; m. 1874, Charles Sampson of Housatonic, Mass.
2. Vi. JEROME ALLEN, b. Nov. 30, 1846.
2. JEROME ALLEN3 BELDEN (Henry,2 Daniel1) was born in Dorset, Vt., Nov. 30, 1846; millwright; res. Pawlet, Vt. and Granville, N. Y.
He married, Oct. 17, 1869, Emogene, dau. Harry Bost- wick of Pawlet, Vt., b. Aug. 17, 1851.
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Children:
i. HARRY W.,' b. Dec. 9, 1872; sett. in W .; creamery proprietor ; mı. Oct. 3. 1900, Georgianna, dau. Delmer E. Gorton of Danby, Vt.
ii. JULIA M., b. Nov. 4, 1876; m. Feb. 4, 1898, Ervin A. Pratt of New York City.
iii. EARL J., b. Mar. 20, 1880; m. Dec. 26, 1906, Bessie Pettingill; sett. in W.
BENEDICT.
MYRON BENEDICT lived in W. but a few years; res. in North- west district.
Children:
i. CHARLES M., enlisted May 7, 1861, Co. F. 2nd Vt. Vols. He m. and had a son George G., who d. Sept. 24, 1864, ae. 4 yrs., 7 mos., 20 days.
ii. CONSTANT, m. Maryette - -, and had Edwin M., b. Mar. 15, 1866.
BENNETT.
FREEDOM BENNETT was born in Victory, Vt., Jan. 22, 1848; died in W., Apr. 29, 1893. He married, Feb. 4, 1872, Abbie C., dau. Chester S. Dana of Fayston, Vt., b. Aug. 23, 1853. She m. (2) Mar. 24, 1897, Ethan Allen Bruce.
Children:
i. HELEN B., b. Sept. 22, 1875; m. Oct. 30, 1894, William Turner of Duxbury, Vt .; d. Nov. 18, 1899. Ch .: Sidney B., b. Jan. S, 1897.
ii. STEPHEN D., b. Feb. 6, 1877.
iii. MARY H., b. Aug. 23, 1878; m. May 28, 1902, John B. Govan of Somerville, Mass.
iv. RoY J., b. Feb. 2, 1885; d. Sept. 7, 1885.
BENTON.
NATHAN BENTON (Deacon) was a son of Nathan Benton who died in Moretown, Vt., Feb. 10, 1813, ae. 70, and his wife Esther, who d. Jan. 22, 1819, ae. 77. He resided in Duxbury, Waitsfield and Moretown, Vt., where he died Dec. 10, 1855, ae. 79 yrs., 5 mos. He married (1) Eunice , who died Apr. 6, 1843, ae. 61 ; (2) June 2, 1845, Sidney, wid. of Dorrick Smith.
Children, births recorded in Moretown, Vt .:
i. CHARLOTTE, b. Aug. 15, 1803; m. Mar. 2, 1825, James Hobbs of Duxbury.
ii. POLLY, b. Jan. 17, 1805.
iii. NANCY, b. Sept. 21, 1806; m. Dec. 3, 1829, Burr Freeman.
iv. NATHAN, b. Jan. 25, 1810; d. Mar. 18, 1813.
v. EUNICE, b. Oct. 10, 1811; d. Mar. 18, 1813.
vi. ROXANA ATILDA, b. Oct. 29, 1814; m. Apr. 1, 1850, Lloyd Wells.
vii. APHIA, m. July 23, 1843, Albert Lockwood.
BERRY.
1. ELISHA1 BERRY was early in East Greenwich, R. I. He married (1) Elizabeth, who died soon after 1690; (2) before 1697, Sarah, who died abt. 1700; (3) before 1706, Ellen.
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Children, born in East Greenwich, R. I .:
i. ALSE,2 b. June 30, 1690.
2. il. RICHARD, b. Jan. 26, 1697.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. July 29, 1699; m. Dec. 27, 1722, Jabez Renolds.
iv. SARAH, b. Oct. 5, 1706; m. Apr. 8, 1733, Thomas Greene.
v. ELISHA, b. Sept. 22, 1708.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 7, 1710.
vii. RUTH, b. May 3, 1713.
2 RICHARD BERRY (Elisha1) was born in East Greenwich, R. I., Jan. 26, 1697; married at Kingston, R. I., Jan. 14, 1726, Susannah Saunders. He sett. in Westerly, R. I.
Children:
i. ELIZABETH,3 b. in So. Kingston, R. I., Aug. IS, 1727.
ii. BRIDGET, b. in Westerly, R. I., Sept. 17, 1729.
iii. ELISHA, b. Sept. 6, 1730.
iv. SARAH, b. Mar. 11, 1732; m. Jan. 10. 1754, Joshua Babcock.
V. ELIJAH, b. Feb. 23, 1734-5; m. Oct. 24, 1764, Dinah Saunders. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 7 (or 11), 1737.
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vii. JOHN, b. Nov. 27, 1738.
viii. SIMEON, b. May 26, 1741.
ix. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 27, 1744; d. May 29, ISII; m. Molly
x. PELEG, b. May 30, 1746; m. Apr. 17, 1774, Mary Kenyon; perhaps the P. B. who m. at Westerly, Jan. 21, 1798, Hannah Chapman.
3. ELISHA3 BERRY (Richard,2 Elisha1) was born in Westerly, R. I., Sept. 6, 1730; married at East Greenwich, Jan. 8, 1756, Dinah Spencer.
Children, born in Westerly, R. I .:
i. MARY, 4 b. Apr. 22, 1763; m. Feb. 25, 1790, Pardon Lamphere
ii. HANNAH, b. May 20, 1765.
iii. SEXTON PALMER, b. May 8, 1767; m. Feb. 25, 1798, Grace Pendleton.
1V .. LYDIA, b. Mar. 9, 1769; m. Mar. 21, 1793, Oliver Thurston.
4. V. PELEG, b. July 23, 1772.
vi. SARAH, b. June 20, 1776.
vii. LYMAN, b. May 20, 1779.
viii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 27, 1781.
ix. SUSANNAH, b. May 21, 1784; m. Jan. 29. 1807, Enoch Lam- phere.
4. PELEG4 BERRY (Elisha,3 Richard,2 Elisha1) was born in Westerly, R. I., July 23, 1772; sett. in Fairlee, Vt., soon after 1800, and died there June 16, 1832. He married, Oct. 20, 1793, Betsey Woodworth, b. Apr. 27, 1773; d. June 9, 1863 (or 1865). Children:
i. JABEZ,5 b. Mar. 19, 1795.
ii. LYMAN, b. Oct. 1, 1796.
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iii. LYDIA, b. Oct. 5, 1798; m. (1) Johnson of Waitsfield.
iv. WELTHEA, b. June 23, 1800.
v. RICHARD, b. July 9, 1802.
5. vi. ELIJAH, b. Sept. 27, 1805.
vii. JOHN GORTON, b. Aug. 28, 1809.
viii. LEONARD C., b. Feb. 15, 1811.
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ix. SANFORD, b. July 4, 1813.
x. SUSAN, b. Apr. 27, 1815.
xi. MARTHA, b. Feb. 19, 1817.
xii. WILLIAM D., b. Mar. 20, 1819.
5. ELIJAHS BERRY (Peleg,4 Elisha," Richard,2 Elisha1) was born in Fairlee, Vt., Sept. 27, 1805; sett. about 1835 in More- town, Vt., and came some years later to W., where he died July 17, 1883.
He married, 1832, Clarissa, dau. Bulkley Holton of Thetford, Vt., b. July 14, 1811; d. Aug. 8, 1901. Children:
i. JOHN G.,6 b. in Thetford, June IS, 1834; m. (1) July 4, 1861, Addie Buckman; (2) Dec. 25, 1864, Maria Guptil; res. Everett, Mass.
ii. HENRY W., b. in Moretown, Sept., 1837; d. about 1848.
iii. GEORGE A., b. Jan. 3, 1841; m. Sept. 16, 1884, Alice Mosher of St. Albans, Vt., b. Sept. 17, 1860, d. June 20, 1889. No issue.
6. iv. LEONARD C., b. Jan. 13, 1843.
V. HORACE S., b. Apr. 25, 1845; d. Oct. 18, 1849.
vi. ELLEN A., b. Oct. 9, 1847; m. Dec. 24, 1874, John McGregor of Malden, Mass.
vii. ROSALINE A., b. Dec. 29, 1849; m. Dec. 12, 1880, Frank J. Rowe of Boston, Mass.
7. viii. JULIUS E., b. Oct. 6, 1852.
6. LEONARD C.6 BERRY (Elijah,5 Peleg,4 Elisha,3 Richard,2 Elisha1) was born in Moretown, Vt., Jan. 13, 1843, and died at W., Jan. 12, 1903. Enlisted Dec. 14, 1863, Co. H, 2nd U. S. S. S .; transferred Feb. 25, 1865 to Co. H, 4th Vt. Vols. His farm was in lot 91.
He married, Oct. 31, 1865, Mary, dau. John and Hortensia Quimby, b. May 9, 1842. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. CHARLES J.,7 b. Dec. 18, 1866; m. Sept. 12, 1894, Abbie Foster; res. Montpelier, Vt.
ii. EUGENE C., b. July 9, 1868; d. Apr. 19, 1904; m. Mar. 9, 1898, Jennie, dau. Henry Kew, b. 1878. Chn .: Florence Arline,8 b. Feb. 18, 1899; Leonard Clayton, Feb. 27, 1902.
7. JULIUS E.6 BERRY (Elijah,5 Peleg,4 Elisha,3 Richard,2 Elisha1) was born in Moretown, Vt., Oct. 6, 1852 ; selectman 1895-97; lives on the old Ezekiel Hawley farm, lot 95.
He married (1) Apr. 17, 1877, Lucy M., dau. Aaron and Sarah (Thayer) Palmer, b. May 9, 1852; d. June 30, 1884; (2) Feb. 2, 1886, Alice O., dau. Schuyler Pierce of More- town, b. 1862.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. BERT J.,7 b. June 19, 1887.
ii. OLLIE MAY, b. Dec. 5, 1889; d. Aug. 31, 1894.
iii. CLARA BELLE, b. Dec. 23, 1897.
iv. SCHUYLER PIERCE, b. Aug. 30, 1899.
v. THEODORE MAX, b. Sept. 3, 1901. .
vi. CHESTER M., b. Sept. 20, 1903; d. Dec. 28, 1903.
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GENEALOGIES.
BIGELOW.
1. JOHN' BIGELOW, Watertown, 1642; freeinan Apr. 18, 1690; soldier, 1675; blacksmith; died July 14, 1703, ae. 86.
He married (1) Oct. 30, 1642, Mary Warren, who d. Oct. 19, 1691 ; (2) Oct. 2,1694, Sarah Bemis.
Children, born in Watertown, Mass.
1. JOHN,2 b. Oct. 27, 1643; m. Rebecca Olmstead.
ii. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 11, 1646; m. Rebecca Shepard.
iii. MARY, b. Mar. 14. 1648; m. June 3, 1674, Michael Flagg.
iv. DANIEL, b. Dec. 1, 1650: m. Abigail Pratt.
v. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 28, 1653; m. Mary Flagg.
2. vi. JOSHUA, b. Nov. 5, 1655.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. June 15, 1657: m. Lt. John Stearns.
viii. SARAH, b. Sept. 29, 1659; m. July 23, 1679, Isaac Learned.
ix. JAMES.
x. MARTHA, b. Apr. 1, 1662; m. (1) - ; (2) Obadiah Woods.
xi. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 4, 1664; m. Dec. 10, 1684, Benjamin Harring- ton.
xii. HANNAH, b. Mar. 4, 1666; d. Mar. 8, 1666.
xiii. A son, b. Dec. 18, 1667 ; d. same day.
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2. JOSHUA2 BIGELOW (John1) was born in Watertown, Mass., Nov. 5. 1655; soldier in King Philip's War; was granted land in Narragansett No. 2, now Westminster, Mass., and sett. there 1742; died Feb. 1, 1745.
He married, Oct. 20, 1676, Elizabeth, dau. Thomas Flagg, b. Mar. 22, 1657; d. Aug. 9, 1729. Children, born in Watertown, Mass.
i. JOSHUA,3 b. Nov. 25, 1677; m. Hannah Fiske.
11. JONATHAN, b. Mar. 22, 1679; m. Elizabeth Bemis.
3. iii. JOHN, b. Dec. 20, 16SI.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 20, 1683; d. Oct. 27, 1709.
v. JABEZ (?).
vi. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 3, 1687; m. Feb. 28, 1724, Jonathan Harrington.
vii. DAVID, b. Apr. 30, 1694.
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