History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 21

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


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viii. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 29, 1695.


ix. DANIEL, b. Aug. 29, 1697; m. Elizabeth Whitney.


x. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 4, 1698; m. Hannah Browne.


xi. GERSHOM, b. Sept. 6, 1701; m. Rachel Gale.


xii. ELIEZER, b. Mar. 14, 1705; m. Mary Fiske.


3. JOHN3 BIGELOW (Joshua,2 John1) was born in Watertown, Mass., Dec. 20, 1681; went to Hartford, Conn., bef. 1706. and thence to Colchester, Conn., abt. 1710, where he died Mar. 8, 1770.


He married (1) Hannah -; (2) Nov. 4, 1709, Sarah Bigelow, who d. Oct. 13, 1754; (3) Abigail , who d. Aug. 1, 1760; (4) Hannah Munn. Children:


i. DAVID,4 bapt. Sept. 22, 1706.


ii. JOHN, b. Mar. 25, 1709; m. Anna Bate.


iii. SARAH, b. July 17, 1712; d. Nov. 30, 1744, unm.


iv. JONATHAN, b. May 12, 1714; d. Aug. 14, 1739, unm.


v. ASA, b. Sept. 3, 1720; m. Dorothy Otis.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


4. DAVID" BIGELOW ( John,3 Joshua,2 John1) was bapt. at Hart- ford, Conn., Sept 22, 1706; sett. in the part of Colchester now Marlborough, Conn; died June 2, 1799.


He married (1) Dec. 11, 1729, Editha, dau. John Day, b. Sept. 10, 1705; d. Jan. 19, 1746; (2) Jan. 21, 1747, Mercy, dau. Rev. Judah Lewis, b. Oct. 30, 1709; d. Jan. 5, 1795. Children, born in Colchester, Conn.


i. HANNAH,5 b. Nov. 11, 1730; m. Barrett Phelps.


ii. DAVID, b. May 7, 1732; m. Patience Foote.


5. iii. AMASA, b. Sept. 3, 1733.


iv. EZRA, b. Apr. 10, 1736; m. Hannah Strong.


v. DANIEL, b. May 25, 1738; m. Mary Brainerd.


vi. ELI, b. Aug. 25, 1739; d. Aug. 10, 1751.


vii. AZARIAH, b. Dec. 26, 1741; m. Margaret Foote.


viii. EDITHA, b. Mar. 16, 1744; m. Mar. 2, 1778, -


- Cary.


ix. STEPHEN. b. Oct. 27, 1747; d. Sept. 13, 1748.


X. STEPHEN, b. June 5, 1749; d. Aug. 5, 1751.


xi. MOSES, b. Oct. 4, 1750; d. Dec. 23, 1750.


xii. MERCY, b. Nov. 23, 1753.


5. AMASAS BIGELOW (David,4 John,3 Joshua,2 John1) was born in Colchester, Conn., Sept. 3, 1733. He married, Dec. 31, 1754, Jemima, dau. Josiah Strong, b. Apr. 7, 1738. Children, born in Colchester, Conn .:


i. ELI,6 b. May 29, 1756; in. Annie Freeman.


11. EDITHA, b. Jan. 9, 1759.


iii. TIMOTHY, b. Feb. 4, 1761; m. Elizabeth Arnold.


iv. JEMIMA, b. May 27, 1763; m. Samuel Freeman.


v. CHARITY, b. Mar. 6, 1765; d. Sept. 18, 1784.


vi. Lucy, b. Feb. 13, 1767.


vii. AMASA, b. Jan. 1, 1769; d. Aug. 27, 1770.


viii. AMASA, bapt. Jan. 6, 1771; d. Oct. 17, 1775.


ix. ASAHEL, bapt. May 2, 1773; d. Oct. 25, 1775.


X. MOLLY, bapt. Aug. 27, 1775.


6. xi. SETH G., b. July 5, 1777.


xii. child, bapt. Sept. 19, 1779; d. Jan. 15, 1782. xiii. JUSTIN, bapt. Aug. 18, 1782; sett. in Coventry, Conn. xiv. GILBERT.


6. SETH G.6 BIGELOW (Amasa," David,4 John,3 Joshua, 2 John1) was born in Colchester, Conn., July 5, 1777; went early to Brookfield, Vt., where he died Apr. 21, 1852.


He married, Dec. 26, 1808, Lucy Wheatley, b. in Lebanon, N. H., June 16, 1788; d. Nov. 21, 1833. Children, born in Brookfield, Vt .:


i. CHARLES E.,7 b. Oct. 14, 1810.


ii. GILBERT, b. July 23, 1812; m. Roxinda Whitcomb.


iii. ANDREW W., b. Sept. 14, 1815; m. Electa P. Edson.


iv. LUCY, b. Mar. 22, 1819; d. abt. 1850, unm.


V. MARY, b. Aug. 30, 1825; d. abt. 1850, unm.


7. CHARLES E.7 BIGELOW (Seth G.," Amasa,5 David,+ John,3 Joshua,2 Jolin1) was born in Brookfield, Vt., Oct. 14, 1810; harness maker; died at Waitsfield, Nov. 11, 1883.


He married (1) Nov. 18, 1839, Harriet L., dau. Jesse and Harriet (Wait) Carpenter, b. Jan. 1, 1816; d. June 28,


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1848; (2) Sept. 11, 1849, Sarah, dau. Joseph and Anna (Stoddard) Green, b. Aug. 17, 1817; d. June 21, 1888. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. IIARRIET L., b. Nov. 8, 1840; m. Aug. 25, 1863, Perrin Batchelor Fisk.


ii. CHARLES E.,9 b. Nov. 6, 1842; d. Oct. 5, 1868, unm.


8. iii. ANDREW WHEATLEY, b. June 14, 1851.


iv. LYDIA ANN, b. Jan. 12, 1855; res. Lowell, Mass.


V. FLORA LAVONE, b. July 2, 1859; d. Aug. 5, 1864.


8. ANDREW WHEATLEY8 BIGELOW (Charles E.,7 Seth G., 6 Amasa,5 David,4 John,3 Joshua,2 John1) was born in Waitsfield, June 14, 1851; harness maker and livery stable proprietor.


He married, Dec. 31, 1882, Augusta A. Brown, dau. William Miner.


Ch., born in Waitsfield:


i. CHARLES ANDREW,º b. July 13, 1887.


BILLINGS.


1. JOSEPH5 BILLINGS (Joseph' of Hatfield, Mass., m. Jan. 7, 1726, Elizabeth, wid. of Joseph Kellogg; Samuel3 of Hadley, Mass., b. Jan. 8, 1665, in. Nov. 18, 1686, Hannah Wright; Samuel of Hadley, m. Sarah, dau. Richard Fellows; Samuel' m. Margery, Hartford, Conn., 1640, and rem. to Hadley, Mass., 1661) was born in Hatfield, Mass., and settled in Hartland, Vt. He and his father were grantees or proprietors of Swanton, Vt. Children, born in Hartland, Vt .:


2. j. RUFUS,6 b. June 20, 1791.


ii. ESTHER, b. July 20, 1793.


iii. ROGER, b. Oct. 23, 1794.


iv. HENRY, b. Feb. 24, 1798.


v. SALLY, b. Feb. 18, 1800.


vi. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 9, 1802.


2. RUFUS6 BILLINGS (Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Richard1) was born in Hartland, Vt., June 20, 1791; resided in Windsor and Warren, Vt .; married Hannah Jordan. Children (not in order of birth):


i. ETHAN FERDINAND.7


11. LORD NELSON.


iii. DAVID SUMNER.


iv. LYSANDER MILLER.


V. COMMODORE BAINBRIDGE.


7. vi. COUNT D'ESTAING, b. Dec. 31, 1817. vii. WILLIAM RILEY. viii. SILOA.


ix. LUCIA ELIZABETH.


x. LUNA LUCINDA.


xi. LUCASTA SUSAN.


xii. LUCINA ARABELLA.


xiii. LURANDA ROSINA.


xiv. LUTHERA IANTHA.


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3. COUNT D'ESTAING? BILLINGS (Rufus, Joseph,5 Joseph,' Samuel,3 Samuel,? Richard1) was born in Windsor, Vt., Dec. 31, 1817; died at Fayston, Apr. 30, 1894; lumber manufacturer. He married Almina M. Royce, b. Sept. 8, 1824; d. Mar. 11, 1893. Children:


j. CHARLES D.,8 b. Aug. 20, 1843; d. 1862 at Camp Cruise, Va.


ii. JAMES J., b. Nov. 6, 1845; m. Nettie McCall; res. Morrisville, Vt. Ch .: Ernest.º


iii. WILLIAM H., b. June 4, 1848; sett. in Waterbury; m. Nov. 17, 1869, Hattie, dau. John and Nancy Merrisey.


· iv. MYRA J., b. Feb. 25, 1852; m. Oct. 30, 1871, Edwin A. Dumas of Favston.


V. ELLEN E., b. Jan. 30, 1857; d. Dec. 20, 1860.


4.


vi. GEORGE N., b. July 28, 1862.


4. GEORGE N.º BILLINGS (Count D'Estaing,7 Rufus,6 Joseph,5 Joseph,' Samuel,3 Samuel,? Richard1) was born in Fayston, Vt., July 28, 1862, but has been for some years a resident of W .; merchant.


He married, Jan. 28, 1885, Emma, dau. John and Margaret (Somerville) Baird, b. May 4, 1864.


Children:


i. ETHEL JESSAMINE, b. May 2, 1889.


ii. CARROLL D., b. Apr. 15, 1893.


iii. ELDON HERBERT, b. Sept. 2, 1907; d. Jan. 28, 1908.


BISBEE


1. THOMAS' BISBEE came from Sandwich, Eng., in ship Hercules, 1634, with wife and six children; sett. in Scituate, Mass., and was there deacon; removed, 1638, to Duxbury, Mass .; Rep. 1643; rem. later to Marshfield, Mass., and again to Sudbury, Mass., where he died Mar. 9, 1674. Name of wife unknown and names of only three children are preserved.


Children:


2. i. ELISHA.2


ii. ALICE, m. John Bourne of Marshfield.


iii. MARY, m. William Brown of Sudbury.


2. ELISHA2 BISBEE (Thomas1) kept a ferry at Scituate, Mass., 1644, and was also tavern keeper. Children:


1. HOPESTILL,3 b. 1645; m. Sarah.


3. ii. JOHN, b. 1647.


iii. MARY, b. 1648; m. Thomas Beals.


iv. ELISHA, b. 1654; m. (1) Sarah King; (2) Mary Bacon. .


V. HANNAH, b. 1655; m. Thomas Brooks.


vi. ; m. John Turner, 1677.


3. JOHN3 BISBEE (Elisha,2 Thomas1) was born 1645; removed from Marshfield to Pembroke, Mass., where he died Sept. 24, 1726.


He married, Sept. 13, 1687, Joanna Brooks of Marshfield, who died Aug. 21, 1726.


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Children:


i. MARTHIA,' b. Oct. 13, 1688.


ii. JOHN, b. Sept. 15, 1690.


iii. ELIJAH, b. Jan. 29, 1692; m. Sarah.


iv. MARY, b. Mar. 28, 1693.


v. MOSES, b. Oct. 20, 1695.


vi. ELISHA, b. May 3, 1698; m. Patience Soames.


vii. AARON, m. Abigail.


viii. HOPESTILL, b. Apr. 16, 1702; m. Hannah Churchill.


4. JOHN' BISBEE (John,3 Elisha,2 Thomas1) was born in Marsh- field, Mass., Sept. 15, 1690; died in Pembroke, Aug. 2, 1772. Bisbee Genealogy says he married Mary Oldham, but Pembroke records give name of the mother of his children as Rebecca, prob. a second wife.


Children, born in Pembroke, Mass .:


5. i. ABNER,5 b. July 31, 1734.


11. MARY, b. Oct. 28, 1736.


iii. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 20, 1741.


iv. SARAH, b. Mar. 9, 1744.


v. JOHN, b. Mar. 23, 1749.


5. ABNER' BISBEE (John,4 John, Elisha,2 Thomas1) was born in Pembroke, Mass., July 31, 1734; soldier in French War and held two commissions in Rev. War; sett. in Spring- field, Vt., 1763; built first tannery in that town and was also a farmer. Died Sept. 28, 1805.


He married, 1767, Mary, dau. of George Hall, who survived him.


Children, born in Springfield, Vt .:


i. ELIZABETH,6 b. Feb. 18, 1769; m. (1) David Tolles of Weathersfield, Vt .; (2) Clark Conant of Windsor, Vt .; (3) Isaac Tower of Spfld.


ii. ABNER, b. Sept. 24, 1773 ; m. Barbara Wilson ; res. in Spfld., Vt.


6. iii. JOHN, b. Sept. 3, 1777.


iv. ELISHA, b. Apr. 25, 1780; d. Aug. 7, 1841; m. May 4, ISoo, Mary Grout.


v. SALLY, b. 1782: m. Benjamin Tolles of Weathersfield, Vt.


vi. ELIJAH, b. 1786; d. 1817; m. Mar. 12, 1809, Cynthia Bates. vii. GAD, b. Jan. 2, 1789; m. Nov. 13, 1808, Lilly Litchfield; sett. in Haverhill, N. H.


6. JOHN" BISBEE (Abner,5 John,4 John,3 Elisha," Thomas1) was born in Springfield, Vt., Sept. 3, 1777 ; sett. in Weathersfield, Vt., but removed to W. about 1836 and lived in south part of town on lot 45. Died Dec. 6, 1853.


He married Dec. 1, 1801, Nancy, dau. Oliver Chamberlain of Windsor or Weathersfield, who died Oct. 28, 1860, ae. 84 yrs., I mo., 18 days.


Children, born in Weathersfield, Vt .:


i. JOHN B.,1 m. May 3, 1838, Aurilla, dau. Luke Joslin, b, Dec. 6, 1811; lived for many years in Canada, but removed to Lansing, Mich., where he died about 1878. Chn .: John B.8; Gertrude, m. - Howey of Newago, Mich .; Julia, m. - Gray of Newago.


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7. ii. ELIJAH WYATT, b. Aug. 17, 1816.


iii. ELIZABETH, d. Aug. 22, 1870, ae. 50; m. Lucius Childs.


iv. NANCY, m. Jesse H. Stebbins; d. Oct. 28, 1860.


v. ARETHUSA, d. 1846.


vi. MARY, in. Erastus B. Bailey.


7. ELIJAH WYATT? BISBEE (John," Abner,5 John,4 John,3 Elisha? Thomas1) was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Aug. 17, 1816; came to W. with his father but removed in 1864 to the old Stephen Pierce farm in Moretown, where he died Feb. 24, 1897.


He married, Jan. 31, 1845, Lydia D., dau. Artemas and Eunice (Dewey) Brown, b. Dec. 23, 1821; d. Nov. 2, 1903. Children, born in Waitsfield and Moretown:


i. EDWARD WYATT,8 b. 1847; d. same year.


ii. LUCY JANE, b. 1849; d. Feb. 14, 1854. .


8. iii. BURTON DEWEY, b. Sept. 10, 1852.


iv. EDWARD WYATT, b. Feb. 27, 1856; m. Jan. 20, 1886, Julia Snow of Montpelier; a successful lawyer of Barre, Vt.


v. ARTHUR BROWN, b. Mar. 22, 1858; m. Alice M. Putnam of Montpelier, Vt .; physician; medical examiner Nat. Life Ins. Co., Montpelier.


vi. JOHN C., b. May 17, 1863; m. Alice Turner; res. Moretown. Chn. : Elliot W.,? Kenneth, Ralph D., Carroli, Joyce, Marion. 9. vii. DANIEL RALPH, b. Sept. 22, 1865.


8. BURTON DEWEYS BISBEE (Elijah Wyatt,1 John,e Abner,5 Jolin,4 John,3 Elisha,2 Thomas1) was born in W., Sept. 10, 1852 ; occupies farm in lots 103 and 105.


He married, Jan. 28, 1883, Lucia R., dau. Cornelius Emerson and Josette (Dumas) Joslin, b. Sept. 4, 1856. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. ELIZABETH JOSETTE,9 b. June 1, 1884.


ii. LUCIA JEAN, b. May 9, 1886.


iii. EVA ANNIE, b. May 27, 1888.


iv. GERTRUDE JOAN, b. July 16, 1890.


v. PHILLIP EMERSON, b. Apr. 3, 1893.


vi. CLARENCE ARTHUR, b. Oct. 14, 1896.


9. DANIEL RALPHS BISBEE (Elijah Wyatt,7 John," Abner,5 John," John,3 Elisha,2, Thomas1) was born in Moretown, Vt., Sept. 22, 1865; owns the old Rufus Child's farm. He married, Sept. 24, 1895, Etta A. Drew of Barre, Vt. Children:


i. HELEN M.,9 b. Feb. 22, 1897.


ii. LYDIA A., b. Oct. 1, 1898.


iii. ALICE M., b. Dec. 2, 1902.


BLAIR.


ANDREW2 BLAIR (Andrew1) was born in Ireland, Dec. 25, 1820, and died in W., May 17, 1902. He married Elizabeth McCann, b. Mar. 2, 1822 ; d. July 8, 1900.


Children:


i. SARAH,3 b. 1844; m. June 27, 1865, James Baird, Jr.


ii. ANDREW, b. 1847; d. in Fayston, Oct. 16, 1901; m. June 28, 1870, Nancy Black. Chn .: Charles,4 b. 1871, d. Dec. 20, 1873.


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iii. LIZZIE H., d. Jan. 22, 1858, ae. 2 yrs., 4 mos.


iv. MARY ANN, b. Mar. 19, 1857; m. William Goodno.


v. WILLIAM.


vi. ELIZA JANE, b. May 31, 1860; d. May 14, 1879.


vii. HARRISON E .. b. May 31, 1862; d. May 6, 1873.


viii. EMMA M., b. Sept. 29, 1866; d. Sept. 22, 1868.


JAMES BLAIR, was in Waitsfield, 1844, and later. Married Nancy


Children:


1. LUCY ANN.


11. JAMES, sett. in Warren, Vt.


iii. GENIET


iv. ELLEN N., d. Nov. 19. 1863, ac. 11 yrs.


v. AURORA, d. Jan. 14, 1849, ae. 1 yr., 10 mo.


vi. MARY E., b. 1842; m. Nov. 25, 1861, Erastus Thayer of Warren.


vii. DAVID, sett. in Warren.


BONNETT.


SIMEON C. BONNETT, son of Chapman D. and Mary Jane (Bean) Bonnett; was b. Oct. 20, 1850; painter; came from St. Johnsbury, Vt., about 1900. He married (1) Dec. 21, 1879, Gertrude Gray; (2) July 7, 1893, Lillian Thayer.


BOWMAN.


SAMUEL BOWMAN, was in W. in 1811; died in Fayston; adm. granted on his estate, Mar. 27, 1850. Lived for a time in Warren whither he removed, 1847.


He married, Nov. 30, 1813, Relief, dau. Ezekiel and Huldah (Spicer) Hawley, b. June 5, 1787.


Children:


i. WILLIAM.


11. EDWIN N., m. Jan. 1, 1857, Mrs. Laurinda Derville of Mont- pelier.


iii. HULDAH, b. 1811; m. Feb. 1, 1841, Asahel Wood. Perhaps --


iv. HENRY.


V. DIANTHA.


BOYCE.


1. PAUL1 BOYCE was possibly a son of Benjamin Boyce, who was a resident of Smithfield, R. I. in 1748. The family were Quakers. Paul Boyce was a carpenter; he removed to Rich- mond, N. H., about 1772 and died there in 1817, ae. 81.


He married (1) Hannah Staples, who died 1803; (2) Nov. 1, 1803, Phillis, dau. Uriah Jillson of Cumberland, R. I. and widow of Nicholas Cook. She died Mar. 21, 1815.


Children, all but youngest born in Smithfield, R. I .:


2. 1. CADIS,2 b. July 27, 1758.


ii. JOHN, b. Apr. 21, 1760; m. Jan. 12, 1787, Lucy Dix; sett. in Vt.


3 . iii. NATHAN, b. Feb. 12, 1762.


iv. NICENE, b. Apr. 17, 1765; m. Samuel Gaskill.


v. JACOB, b. Sept. 29, 1767; m. Jan. 4, 1791, Rhoda Bump.


vi. STEPHEN, b. 1770; d. Nov. 1, 1790; m. Aug. 16, 1790, Joanna Dix.


vii. SILAS, b. Nov., 1779; d. Oct. 1, 1818; m. 1798, Comfort Allen.


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2. CADIS2 BOYCE (Paul') was born in Smithfield, R. I., July 27, 1758; lived for many years in Richmond, N. H., but rem. late in life to Royalston, Mass., where he died Sept., 1837. He married, Nov. 29, 1782, Lavina Bishop. Children, born in Richmond, N. H .:


i: WILLIAM,3 b. Oct. 7, 1783; sett. about 1809 with his uncle Nathan and bro. Paul, in North Fayston, Vt., but rem. after some years to Boston, Mass .; m. Sally, b. Aug. 23, 1786, dau. Jacob and Lydia Sargent of Fitzwilliam, N. H. Chn .: Lydia,4 b. Aug. 29, 1809; Levinah, b. June 26, ISHI ; Alice, b. Apr. 9, 1813: Cadis Barnes, b. Sept. 18, 1815. d. Feb. 5, 1901, in Boston, Mass., where, with his bro. William, he conducted a furniture business for many years under name Boyce Brothers: Jane Sarah, b. Mar. 4, 1818: Jacob Sargent, b. Nov. 21, 1820; William, b. May 14, 1823; d. in Boston, Nov. 13, 1894; Cyrus, b. July 20, 1825.


4. ii. PAUL, b. Apr. 7, 1785.


iii. LAVINA, b. Sept. 2, 1787; m. Zelotes Laws.


iv. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 24, 1789; m. Silas Maynard.


v. IRENE, b. Nov. 22, 1791; m. Russell Wheeler.


vi. CHARLOTTE, b. Apr. 17, 1794; not named in settlement of her father's est.


5. vii. DAVID, b. Oct. 3, 1796.


viii. ROBERT, b. Apr. 30, 1799; d. Apr. 19, 1849; m. (1) Hannah Bowen; (2) Rebecca Boyce.


ix. CALEB, b. June 17, 1802; d. July 13, 1863; m. Louisa Bowen. x. SILAS, b. 1804; sett. about 1830 in Fayston, but rem. after some years; m. Eliza Flagg. Chn .: Nathan,4 b. in Win- chendon, Mass., July 3, 1829, Sidney, Paul, Lucius, Eli, Elihu.


X1. PHILA, b. 1806; m. Allen Bowen. In 1838 they resided in McDonough, Chenango Co., N. Y.


3. NATHAN2 BOYCE (Paul') was born in Smithfield, R. I., Feb. 12, 1762; lived for a time in Richmond, N. H., but removed in 1808 to Fayston, Vt., where he died Sept. 28, 1847.


He married, Feb. 13, 1787, Zerviah Greene of Royalston, Mass., who died Feb. 27, 1856:


Children, born, probably, in Richmond, N. H .:


i. MARY,3 b. 1787; m. Mar. 11, 1817, Joseph Palmer.


ii. DORCAS.


iii. DAN.


iv. NICENE.


v. PHEBE.


vi. ARTEMAS, m. Sept. 8, 1819, Lucinda McCloud of Duxbury. Chn. Nathan,4 George O.


IO.


vii. SARAH.


6. viii. JACOB, b. July 12, 1799.


4. PAUL3 BOYCE (Cadis,? Paul') was born in Richmond, N. H., Apr. 7, 1785 ; came early to Favston and sett. on Shepherd's Brook, he and his bro., William, being the first settlers in that locality. Died Jan. 4, 1857. He married, Jan. I, 1812, Rhoda, dau. Jonathan and Betsey (Quimby) Palmer, who d. Mar. 25, 1859, ae. 71.


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Children, born in Fayston:


i. ZIBA WENTWORTH,4 b. Oct. 1, 1812; d. June 27, 1877; m. Nov. 24, 1839, Sarah Morgan. Chn .: Sarah Minerva,5 b. May 14, 1842; Emogene Moina, b. Nov. 17. 1848.


ii. MOSES J., b. Dec. 9, 1815; m. Nov. 27, 1845, Caroline A. Morgan.


iii. son, b. Mar. 11, ISI9; d. June 17, 1819.


iv. ESTHER, b. May 23, 1820; d. May 27, 1864, unm.


v. AARON V., b. Jan. 16, 1823; d. Aug. 13, 1848, unm.


vi. John J., b. Feb. 20, 1826; d. Oct. 7, 1847, unm.


vii. CLARK STEPHENS, b. Dec. 16, 1828; d. Sept. 7, 1831.


5. DAVID3 BOYCE (Cadis,2 Paul1) was born in Richmond, N. H.,


Oct. 3, 1796; sett. in Fayston, where he died July 15, 1860.


He married Diana, dau. Solomon and Anna Peck, b. Aug. 8, 1800; d. Jan. 29, 1879.


Children, born in Fayston:


i. son, b. Mar. 24, 1819; d. Mar. 27, 1819.


7. 11. JAMES PECK,4 b. Feb. 20, 1820.


iii. CALEB, b. Apr. 24, 1822; d. Dec. 10, 1836.


iv. CATHARINE LOUISA, b. Aug. 31, 1824; m. Nov. 27, 1843, Charles Wheeler.


S. v.


DENNISON, b. June 27, 1827.


vi. NELSON J., b. Mar. 4, 1830; d. Nov. 28, 1884; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Sophrona Jane Ingalls.


vii. MASON, W., b. Mar. 3, 1832; m. Jan. 15, 1860, Mary L., dau. John B. and Lucy Shonio.


viii. SOPHRONA EMELINE, b. Apr. 27, 1834; m. (1) Aug. 16, 1853, Jonathan Nelson; (2) Proctor; (3) Mar. 5, 1867, Francis Story.


ix. ADALINE, b. Aug. 25, 1836; d. Sept. 10, 1849.


x. GEORGE, ; killed in battle May 6, 1864.


xi. ROBERT, d. Jan. 10, 1845, ae. 4 weeks.


6. JACOB3 BOYCE (Nathan,2 Paul1) was born in Richmond, N. H., July 12, 1799, and came with his parents to Fayston, Vt., where he lived until his death, Apr. 27, 1865.


He married, Mar. 5, 1822, Eunice, dau. William and Charisse (Wilder) Farr, b. Aug. 3, 1798; d. Sept. 2, 1890. Children, born in Fayston:


i. DAN,4 b. Nov. 29, 1822: m. Clara F. Chn .: Eugene Harvey,5 b. Aug. 8, 1843; Sarah Eunice, b. May 12, 1849; Annie C., b. Jan. 24, 1859.


ii. HARRIET, b. June 17, 1824; d. 'Apr. 21, 1825.


iii. MARIA, b. Jan. 24, 1826; m. Feb. 9, 1848, Lawson P. Carroll


iv. MARY, b. Dec. 3, 1827; m. May 12, 1844, James Peck Boyce.


v. GEORGE, b. Feb. 26, 1830; d. July 13, 1832.


vi. SETH, b. Feb: 11, 1832; m. Feb. 19, 1856, Caroline Hills.


vii. CLARISSA, b. Feb. 10, 1834; m. Nov. 28, 1854, Walter S. Porter.


viii. ZERVIAH, b. Mar. 9, 1836; m. July 13, 1856, William S. Chipman. ix. HIRAM, b. July 24, 1838; m. Aug. 10, 1860, Betsey, dau. Jairus Eaton. Chn .: Willard Jarvis,5 b. Nov. 10, 1861; Lester G., b. Feb. 16, 1863, d. Oct. 28, 1865; Edward and Ellen, b. Dec. 3, 1864; Mabel H., b. May 31, 1867; Guy H., b. Aug. 6, 1869.


x. Guy, b. Sept. 30, 1840; m. Mar. 15, 1863, Tamar S. Porter.


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7. JAMES PECK' BOYCE (David," Cadis,2 Paul') was born in Fayston, Vt., Feb. 20, 1820.


He married, May 12, 1844, Mary, dau. Jacob and Eunice (Farr) Boyce, b. Dec. 3, 1827; d. May 5, 1906.


Children, born in Fayston:


i. MARY ANN,5 b. Dec. 9, 1845; m. Oct. 27 (Nov. 15), 1863, Charles H. Hathaway of Moretown, Vt.


ii. JANET MARIA, b. Apr. 12, 1847; m. Mar. 2, 1863, Stephen Johnson of Fayston.


iii. ORRIN OSCAR, b. Jan. 30, 1849; m. Nov. 6, 1870, Ellen, dau. Abram S. and Harriet Adams.


iv. JOHN CALEB, b. Sept. 30, IS51; m. Aug. 20, 1871, Bertha, dau. William and Phobe Crossett.


v. ELIZA ADELINE, b. Jan. 17, 1853; m. June 23, 1869, Nathaniel J. Thomas.


9. vi. LEVI HILLS, b. Apr. 7, 1855.


vii. JACOB STANLEY, b. Jan. 27, 1862; m. Jan. 27, 1895, Nellie, dau. Mark and Ellen (Kibby) Willey.


8. DENNISON4 BOYCE (David,3 Cadis,2 Paul') was born in Fayston, Vt., June 27, 1827 ; sett. in W., where he lived for many years. Died July 30, 1901. (Ae. 76 yrs., I mo., 2 days, says t. s.)


He married, Mar. 22, 1850, Clarissa, dau. John B. Colby, b. in Tunbridge, Vt .; d. May 14, 1903, ae. 81 yrs., 6 m., 12 d.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. FRED DENNISON,5 b. Mar. 28, 1851.


ii. MYRA COLBY, b. Oct. 14, 1853; m. Sept. 15, 1878, William C. Carleton.


iii. FRANK BURDETT, b. Mar. 7, 1858; m. Alma Adams; res. Williamstown, Vt. Chn .: Sadie,6 Harold.


9. LEVI HILLS5 BOYCE (James Peck,4 David,3 Cadis,2 Paul1) was born in Fayston, Vt., April 7, 1855; sett., in W .; rural mail carrier. He married, Aug. 17, 1878, Mary Jane, dau. John and Phila (Goss) Somerville. Children:


i. BESSIE E.,8 b. Nov. 28, 1881; m. Feb. 20, 1904, George Coty. Ch .: Paul.7


ii. SETH, b. June 18, 1887; m. Aug. 31, 1908, Amy E. Wilbur.


iii. Guy, b. May 28, 1889.


iv. FLORA C., b. Apr. 26, 1892.


v: SHERIDAN G., b. Sept. 24, 1893.


vi. EDNA OLIVE, b. Oct. 19, 1897.


vii. EDMUND LEVI, b. Aug. 14, 1901.


10. NATHAN BOYCE (Artemas,3 Nathan,? Paul') was born in Fayston, Vt., March 31, 1836; mill owner and farmer; sett. in W. on old Moses Chase farm. Died Feb. 11, 1907. He married, Jan. 29, 1860, S. Minerva, dau. Ziba Went- worth and Sarah (Morgan) Boyce, b. May 14, 1842. Children, born in Fayston:


i. ZIBA WENTWORTH,5 b. Mar. 4, 1864; d. Apr. 18, 1883.


ii. EUGENIA L., b. Aug. 3, 1866; m. Nov. 28, 1895, Jesse B. Norton.


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iii. FLORENCE JOSEPHINE, b. Oct. 5, 1873; m. Sept. 22, 1903, .


Julius D. Davis, son of Myron M. and Laura (Palmer) Davis, b. Oct. 9, 1866, d. June 24, 1908.


iv. NATHAN LEROY, b. Feb. 7, 1879.


v. MAUDE BELLE, b. Sept. 21, ISS2.


REV. JACOB BOYCE was born in W., Apr. 23, 1819; Methodist minister and later in life a merchant; died Aug. 15, 1878.


He married Marian Batchelder, who d. July 5, 1901, ae. 80. Children:


i. FRANCIS A., b. Feb. 12, 1841; merchant; d. June 12, 1903; m. Mar. 22, 1894, Mrs. Jennie (Ashley) Greene. No issue.


ii. ANGENETTE B., b. Jan., 1845; d. July 12, 1846.


BOYNTON.


LUTHER BOYNTON, born Mar. 3, 1812; died at Weathersfield, Vt., May 5, ISS9. Was of the Weathersfield family and lived in W. but a few years.


He married (1) Olive Durant; (2) Phebe M. Manship. Children:


i. EDWIN L., d. ae. 17.


11. DURANT J., b. Dec. 8, 1841; res. Weathersfield.


iii. CYRUS C., res. Pasadena, Cal.


BRAGG.


1. EDWARD1 BRAGG, Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 30, 1642, when he is mentioned as servant of Mr. Symonds; commoner, 1664, and voter in town affairs, 1679; in 1680 he is called 64 years old; bought a house lot, Feb. 28, 1643; Jan. 16, 1700 a seat at the table in the new meeting-house was assigned to "old good" Bragg"; his will dated Jan. 14, 1706 and proved Aug. 23, 1708, mentions wife, Sarah, and daughters; in it he gave 3f to the church for a piece of plate and the First Ch. of Ipswich now has a silver cup bearing his initials.


He married (1) Elizabeth -, who died May 28, 1691; (2) Oct. 28, 1691, Sarah (Redington?) widow of John Witt, Sr., of Lynn (see her will dated Dec. 19, 1711, allowed in Boston, Mar. 2, 1713-14).


Children, born in Ipswich, Mass .:


i. MARY,2 m. probably, Jan. 1, 1669, John Eveleth.


ii. THOMAS, fined Mar. 29, 1670, for fighting in the meeting-house


on the Lord's Day; d. Sept. 24, 1675.


iii. DEBORAH, b. Dec. 22, 1658; m. Searls.


2. iv. TIMOTHY, "probably," says Hammatt.


2. TIMOTHY2 BRAGG (Edward1), surveyor in Ipswich, 1695-6; subscribed Io s. towards the bell in 1699; his inventory, dated Feb. 3, 1706-7, names his widow. He married, Feb. 24, 1685, Lidia Gott.


Children, born in Ipswich, Mass .:


i. TIMOTHY,3 b. June 5, 1690; signed covenant to form South Parish, Dec. 2, 1746; m. Dec. 23, 1714, in Hamilton, Mass., Martha Killom.


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ii. £ EDWARD, b. July 10, 1692.


iii. THOMAS, b. Sept. 1, 1696.


3. iv. EBENEZER, b. NOV. 13, 1699.


3.


V. ABIEL, burned to death in Shrewsbury, Mass., Aug. 7, 1723,ae. 17 . EBENEZER3 BRAGG (Timothy,2 Edward1) was born in Ipswich, Mass., Nov. 13, 1699; house carpenter; went early to Marlborough, Mass., but in 1723 removed to Shrewsbury ; during the night of Aug. 7, 1723, the house on which he was working burned and he alone escaped, his brother, Abiel, being among the victims, says Ward's Hist. of Shrewsbury; admitted to ch. Feb. 6, 1726; died Sept. 4, 1766. His will names widow and living children.


He married (1) in Marlborough, Mass., Mar. 16, 1724, Zerviah, dau. Jonathan and Mary (Fay) Brigham, b. Oct. 9, 1698; d. July 1, 1736; (2) Jan. 27, 1738, Sarah Burnap of Hopkinton, Mass.


Children, born in Shrewsbury, Mass .:


i. EBENEZER,4 b. Mar. 17, 1724-5; m. Oct. 18, 1751, Sibilla, dau. Asa and Martha Boucker.


ii. ZERVIAH, b. June 29, 1727; d. Aug. 26, 1736.


iii. LIDIAH, b. Jan. 27, 1729; m. Briant.


iv. ABIEL, b. June 25, 1730; m. Jan. 29, 1753, Abigail Wilson.


V. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 10, 1731-2; m. Gates.


4. vi. MOSES, b. Aug. 19, 1733.


vii. MARY, b. Jan. 4, 1735; m. Brigham.




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