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viii. THANKFUL, b. June 22, 1736; d. Apr. 7, 1756.
ix. ZERVIAH, b. June 22, 1736; "lived two months."
x. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 24, 1738; d. Sept. 10, 1760; "In the King's service."
xi. ZERVIAH, b. Mar. 1, 1739-40; m. Jan. 1, 1767, William Johnson of Southborough, Mass.
xii. JOHN, b. Apr. 26, 1741; d. Oct. 31, 1745.
xiii. NATHANIEL, b. Mar. 13, 1742-3; d. Nov. 12, 1745.
xiv. TIMOTHY, b. Oct. 3, 1744; d. Nov. 6, 1745.
JOHN, b. Mar. 9, 1745-6; d. Sept. 24, 1819; deacon; Rev.
xv. soldier; m. Sept. 22, 1782, Lydia Angier of Southborough. Xvi. NATHANIEL, b. June 18, 1747; m. (int.) Nov. 28, 1770, Sarah Wilson of Northborough, Mass.
xvii. SARAH, b. Dec. 15, 1748; d. Nov. 7, 1751.
xviii. TIMOTHY, b. Jan. 20, 1750-1; d. Feb. 19, 1797, in Worcester, Mass .; m. Jan. 18, 1792, Molly Taylor, of Worcester.
xix. SARAH, b. Apr. 3, 1753; d. Apr. 23, 1832, unm.
xx. MARTHA, b. Jan. 15, 1758; m. (int.) Jan. 10, 1778, Daniel Johnson.
4. MOSES' BRAGG (Ebenezer,3 Timothy,2 Edward1) was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., Aug. 19, 1733; sett. in Brookfield. Mass .; cordwainer; his widow was aptd. admx. of his estate, Feb. 3, 1777. He was probably a soldier for, although not listed in Mass. Archives, his inventory lists "wages recd. from Captain Harwood" and money from clothes "sold in Camp.
He married, Oct. 21, 1755, Sarah, dau. Comfort and Sarah Barns, b. Oct. 21, 1735. She m. (2) Dec. 4, 1793, John Gilbert.
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Children, born in Brookfield, Mass .:
5. i. WILLIAM,5 b. Jan. 8, 1757.
ii. SARAH, b. Aug. 17, 1758; m. Jan. 7, 1781, Jason Walker.
iii. ASENATH, b. Mar. 6, 1761; m. June 13, 1781, Eli Wood.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 14, 1763.
V. MOSES, b. June 8, 1765; Rev. soldier; m. Apr. 6, 1789, Lydia Kimball.
vi. CHLOE, b. June 5, 1767.
vii. MINERVA, b. Feb. 24, 1769; m. Nov. 15, 1792, Luther Walker.
viii. POLLY, b. Apr. 23, 1771; m. Mar. 26, 1789, Samuel Lamson.
ix. JAIRUS, b. May 16, 1773. Gdn. aptd. for him Jan., 1790.
5. WILLIAMS BRAGG (Moses,4 Ebenezer,3 Timothy,? Edward1) was born in Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 8, 1757; cordwainer; was in Sturbridge, Mass., 1787, Charlton, 1796, and Thomp- son, Conn., 1805. He died in Warren, Vt., Jan. 25, 1833, where he had settled in 1816.
He married, Feb. 28, 1782, Betsey Crabtree of Brook- field, perhaps dau. John and Abigail Crabtree. She d. in W., Mar. 31, 1837.
Children:
i. BENJAMIN,6 b. Sept. 12, 1782; d. in Warren, Vt .: m. Jan. 12, ISOS, Amelia Porter, b. in Windsor, Conn., Mar. 23, 1785. Chn .: William Dela,7 b. Sept. 25, 1809, d. in Lake Mills, Wis., June 27, 1883; John Wesley, b. July 20, 1811; Mary Emily, b. Dec. 2, 1813; Benjamin Addison, b. Apr. 29, 1816: Charlotte Amanda, b. Jan. 7, IS19; Stephen Anson, b. Mar. IS, 1821; Daniel Pitkin, (Rev.) b. Aug. 11, 1824; Edwin Hiram, b. Jan. 30, 1829.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 25, 1784; m. Daniel Brown.
iii. SARY, b. Jan. 15, 1786: m. Joseph Hyzer.
iv. MARY, b. July 23, 1788; m. Aaron Rising.
6. v. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 21, 1790.
vi. FREELOVE, b. Nov. 4, 1793; m. Jan. 10, 1819, Jared H. Shep- herd of Woodstock, Conn.
vii. CHARLOTTE, b. May 12, 1796; m. Jan. 14, 1819, Benjamin Buck.
6. WILLIAM® BRAGG (William,5 Moses,4 Ebenezer,3 Timothy,2 Edward1) was born Mar. 21, 1790; died at Fayston, Vt., Apr. I, 1864; res. for a time in Killingly, Conn., but rem. in 1816 to Warren, Vt., thence :n 1836 to W., and to Fayston in 1849 Served at New London, Conn., June 21-July 15, 1813 in War of 1812.
He married, Jan. 17, 1815, Chloe, dau. Joseph Buck of Killingly, Conn., b. June 26, 1793; d. Aug. 5, 1859.
Children:
i. FRANCES M.,7 b. Mar. 12, 1816; m. 1840, Lucius R. Childs.
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MARY L., b. May 13, 1818; m. 1841, Jehiel H. Stearns of Victory, Vt.
iii. EDWIN AUGUSTINE, b. Oct. 29, 1821; d. Dec. 22, IS21.
iv. EUNICE ADELAIDE, b. Apr. 5, 1823; d. July 23, 1826.
V. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, b. May 20, 1827: d. May 3, 1844.
vi. SIMON BUCK, b. Mar., 1829; d. same day.
vii. ROSETTA, b. Apr. 14, 1831; d. Dec., 1854.
7. viii. AzRO D., b. Nov. 25, 1833.
ix. JOSEPH HENRY, b. July 22, 1839; d. Jan. 9, 1843.
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7. AZRO D.7 BRAGG (William,6 William,5 Moses,4 Ebenezer,3 Timothy,2 Edward1) was born in Warren, Vt., Nov. 25, IS33; sett. in Fayston, Vt.
He married, Jan. 9. 1855, Anna B., dau. J. C. and Lydia Griggs, b. Mar. 17, 1837.
Children:
i. FRANCIS AZRO,8 b. May 13, IS56; m. Sept. 8, 1880, Marana A. Powers.
ii. EMILY A., b. July 14. 1859; m. Dec. 29, 1880, Edward A. Johnson; d. Nov. 13, ISSI.
iii. child, b. Jan. 22, 1862; d. same day.
iv. HARRIFT E., b. Aug. S. 1864; m. May 15, 1886, George Ferdi- nand Ainsworth.
V. WILLIAM C., b. Mar. 22, 1866; m. Mar. 26, 1889, Mary L., dau. Wesley G. and Alma (Parker) McAllister, b. June 14, 1870. Chn .: Roy McAllister,9 b. Oct. 9, 1890; Francis R., b. Feb. 19, 1894.
BROWN.
1. SAMUEL1 BROWN settled early in that part of Rutland, Mass., now Paxton, and is said to have come from Sudbury; moderator and selectman at first town meeting in Paxton, 1765; called ensign 1746 and capt. 1752.
He married, Mar. 18, 1736, Sarah Brigham, at Rutland, Mass. Children, born in Rutland, Mass .:
i. ABEL,2 b. Sept. IS, 1739; m. Dec. 4, 1760, Amminette Howe.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. July 16, 1743; m. Nov. 22, 1764, David Davis.
iii. MARTHA, b. Oct. 16, 1746.
iv. SAMUEL, b. June 17, 1749; d. Sept. 10, 1756.
V. ALPHEUS, b. Mar. 1, 1752; m. Dec. 11, 1803, Polly King.
2 . vi. ABIJAH, b. Oct. 9, 1755.
2. ABIJAH2 BROWN (Samuel1) was born in Rutland, Mass., Oct. 9, 1755. His father deeded to him land in Swanzey, N. H., in 1777, and he sett. there soon; rem. to Fayston, Vt., abt. 1828 and to W., 1833, where he died Jan. 13, 1835; Rev. soldier.
He married (1) Oct. 12, 1775 in Leicester, Mass., Phebe Parsons; (2) Jan. 19, 1834, Bethia, dau. Daniel Bishop and wid. Stephen Squires. She was living in Richmond, Vt., in 1855.
Children, born in Swanzey, N. H .:
i. ELIZABETH,3 b. Oct. 9, 1779; m. June 18, 1803, Stephen Green of Leicester, Mass.
ii. PHEBE, b. July 14, 1781.
iii. SARAH, b. Nov. 17, 1783; m. Oct. 10, 1803, Philemon Whit- comb.
iv. SOLOMON, b. July 23, 1785.
v. DAVID, b. May 18, 1789; d. June 1, 1789.
vi. BRIGHAM, b. May 31, 1790.
vii. JERUSHA, b. Mar. 19, 1792.
viii. HARRIET, b. June 21, 1794.
ix. ORRIN, b. Aug. 3, 1796; m. Dec. 25, 1817, Mehitable Balch.
3. x. JONATHAN H., b. June 8, 1798.
xi. Perhaps another David.
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3. JONATHAN H.3 BROWN (Abijah2 Samuel') was born in Swanzey, N. H., June 8, 1798; came to W. about 1824, and removed about 1841 to Pamelia, N. Y .; selectman, IS34.
lIe married, Feb. 21, 1821, Emma Jones. Children:
i. LYDIA L., d. Jan. 17, 1831, ae. 9 y., 10 mo., II d.
11. EMME LOVINA, d. Mar. 12, 1825, ae. 4 days.
iii. PHEBE J., d. Apr. 4, 1827, ae Io.mo., 27 d. Perhaps others.
NATHANIEL BROWN was an early settler in Norwich, Vt., to which town he came from Norwich, Conn .; Rev. soldier; came to W. abt. ISoo. Died May 6, 1804, ae. 66. His wife Jerusha d. Apr. 4, 1864, ae. 64.
DANIEL BROWN lived in W. a few years after 1833 but rem. to Middlesex. His sister Betsey E. Brown d. in W., Mar. 13, 1846, ac. 37.
ARTEMAS BROWN. His parents are said to have come from Conn. and settled in Guilford, Vt., where he was born Dec. 31, 1789; sett. in Royalton, Vt., but removed in 1827 to Hanover, N. H., and abt. 1842 to W., where he died Dec. 4, 1877. He married (1) Oct. 21, IS19, Eunice, dau. William Dewey of Hanover, b. Apr. 7, 1784; d. Sept. 27, 1851; (2) Apr. 10, 1853, Mary, dau. Thomas Prentis and wid. Matthias S. Jones, Sr., b. Dec. 31, 1791; d. July 13, 1884.
· Children, born, probably, in Royalton, Vt .:
i. LYDIA, b. Dec. 23, 1821; m. Jan. 31, 1845, Elijah Wyatt Bisbee.
ii. Lucy, b. May 17, 1824; m. Feb. 2, 1852, Charles Darwin Smith.
iii. HARRIET PINEO, b. Dec. 13, 1826; m. Jan. 20, 1848, Charles Darwin Smith.
JOHN PYNE BROWNE, son of R. and Harriet Browne, was born in Ireland, Nov. 30, 1816; came to America and res. for many vears in Fayston, Vt., where he died June 5, 1898. He married Margaret Welch, b. Dec. 22, 1831; d. Jan. 25, 1897.
Children, born in Fayston:
i. ELLEN, b. Sept. 15, 1852; m. Christopher Spaulding.
ii. HATTIE L., b. Aug. 24, 1854; d. 1886; m. John Lee.
iii. RICHARD, b. Mar. 13, 1857; sett. in W .; selectman, 1901-2.
iv. ISABEL F., b. Aug. 6, 1858; d. Nov. 1, 1896, unm.
v. MARY A., b. July 4, 1859; d. Nov. 9, 1896, unm.
vi. CLARA D., b. Aug. 23, 1863 ; m. George R. Miller of Boston, Mass.
vii. JOHN P., b. Apr. 14, 1868; sett. in W.
BRUCE.
1. HEZEKIAH2 BRUCE (Ephraim1) was born in Templeton, Mass., abt. 1769; resided successively in Sharon, Vt., Montpelier. Vt., Moretown, Vt., and Duxbury Vt., where he died June 20, 1846, ae. 77.
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He married, in Sharon, wid. Betsey (Benton) Haskins, who died Jan. 18, 1838, ae. 69.
Children, (order uncertain):
i HEMAN.
ii. HORACE, b. July 13, ISO1.
iii. WRIGHT.
iv. NATHAN BENTON HASKINS.
V. BETSEY, b. May 5, 1803, in Moretown.
vi. CATHARINE.
vii. PERMITTA.
viii. HARRIET.
2. ix. ELI, b. May 17, 1799, in Moretown.
HANNAH, b. Jan. 27, 1795, in Moretown.
2. ELI3 BRUCE (Hezekiah,2 Ephraim1) was born in Moretown, Vt., May 17, 1799, and died in Fayston, Vt., July 31, 1868. He married, Dec. 14, 1822, Plumea, dau. William and Lucy (Wilder) Sherman.
Children:
i. ALZINA, 4 b. Nov. 27, IS23; m. (1) Aug. 8, 1841, Joel Pattrell; (2) Nov. 2, 1889, E. N. Adams of Stowe, Vt.
ii. ELIZA, b. June 14, 1825; d. Oct. 16, 1826. (Tombstone, Oct. 20, IS26.)
iii. WILLIAM WALLACE, b. Mar. 1, 1827; m. Emily M. Hallock.
iv. ELI, b. July 5, 1829; m. Emeline Meneelev. Chn .: Florence Edna,5 Sept. 15, 1860; Catherine A., Feb. 5, 1862; Nora C., Sept. 16, 1864.
V. CATHARINE, b. Oct. 2, 1831; m. James H. Holden.
vi. OMRI SMALLEY, b. Feb. 23, 1834.
vii. ETHAN ALLEN, b. Apr. 19, 1837: m. (1) Oct. 1, 1861, Jeanette E., dau. Nathan Robinson; (2) Mar. 24, 1897, Abigail C., wid. Freedom Bennett. Ch .: Alice,5 b. Aug. 31, 1862; m. George Martin.
viii. CYREN, b. Aug. 28, 1839; m. Louisa Washburn ; res. Warren Vt.
ix. ORVIS DUANE, b. Apr. 13, 1842; m. Martha Fisher; res. Moretown, Vt.
x. CELIA PAULINE.
BUCKLIN.
1. OTIS BUCKLIN came, probably, from Grafton, N. H .; sett. in Chelsea, Vt., and died in Warren, Vt., Feb. 8, 1843, ae. 67. He married Hannah Lunt, who d. Jan. 2, 1858, ae. 75 yrs., 6 mos.
Children:
i. GEORGE, b. ISO1; d., unm., Feb., 1876, in Warren.
11. MARCY, b. abt. 1803; m. William Carlton of Brookfield.
iii. HANNAH, b. Mar. 10, 1805; m. 1828, Edmund Cardell of Warren.
iv. SALOMA, b. Nov. 10, 1807; m. Jan. 3, 1832, Lewis Cardell of Warren. v. SOPHRONIA, b. June 24, 1810; m. Paschal P. Raymond of Warren.
vi. OTIS, b. IS14; d. 18;5, in Warren; m. 1839, Mary Rice.
2. vii. RUFUS, b. June 3, 1817.
viii. RANSOM, b. 1822; d. 1893; m. Elizabeth Marble, and rem. to Iowa.
ix. HIRAM BRADLEY, b. Sept., 1825; d. in Marshfield, Vt., Oct. 17, 1882-3; m. Carrie Martin.
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2. Rurts BUCKLIN (Otis1), born in Tunbridge, Vt., June 3, 1817; died at W., Aug. 29, 1902; selectman 1872.
He married (1) May 5, 1845, Marcia Davidson Rice, b. Jan. 19, 1819; d. Mar. 11, 1858; (2) Dec. 2, 1858, Emeline (Joslin) Andrews, dau. Joseph Joslin, Jr., b. Nov. 26, 1824. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. HELEN MARION, b. 1847; d. 1847.
ii. CARO MARCIA, b. June 22, 1849.
iii. FRANCES DAVIDSON, b. Mar. 10, 1858.
BURDICK.
1. JOHN' BURDICK was doubtless of the Rhode Island family although our first record of him is in Hartford, Vt., where he sold land Jan., 1769, and at once rem. to Shelburne, Mass., where he held various town offices and was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, 1776, and later; Rev. soldier; rem. 1792-3 to Canaan, N. H., and came to Moretown, Vt., as early as 1795, his farm being located at the confluence of the Winooski and Mad rivers. His will was probated in Chittenden County, Jan. 22, 179S, and names his wife and four chn.
He married (1) -(?); (2) Mehitable, who m. (2) Gen. Benjamin Wait and d. abt. 1827.
Children:
2. i. JOHN,2 b. Oct. 29, 1762.
3. ii. SHUBEL.
iii. LUCINDA.
4. iv. IRA, b. Aug. 13, 1794.
2. JOHN' BURDICK (Jolin1) was born Oct. 29, 1762; sett. in W., 1796, coming from Moretown where he was town clerk, 1795. He leased ministry lot, 127, and was farmer, lawyer, played bass viol in church, selectman 1802, 1810, 1815. Died May 19, 1835.
He married Phebe Freeman, b. Nov. 6, 1764; died Nov. 18, IS2S. Children:
i. EUNICE,3 b. Aug. 12, 1788, in Charlemont, Mass .; m. Jan. 27, 1817, Gideon Bushnell.
5. ii. ASAPH, b. Mar. 15, 1790, in Shelburne, Mass.
iii. LUCY, b. Oct. 15, 1791; d. Jan. 29, 1866; m. Roswell Cook.
6. iv. JUSTUS, b. Sept. 10, 1793, in Canaan, N. H.
v. CYREN, b. Feb. 26, 1796, in Moretown, Vt .; d. Mar. 9, 1796. vi. DIANTHA, b. July 4, 1798, in W .; d. Feb. 4, 1822.
7. vii. CYREN, b. June 25, 1800.
viii. AMANDA, b. Feb. 26, 1804; m. Abram Cahill; d. Feb. 1-2, 1840. ix. Sons. "twin son of J. & P. Burdick died Feb. 17, 1807, ae. 2 wks.'
3. SHUBEL2 BURDICK (John1) was born abt. 1768; settled in W., 1798, with his father-in-law, John Wells, on a farm in lot 129; rem. abt. 1806 to Chazy, N. Y.
He married Tamar, dau. John Wells, b. Dec. 24, 1771.
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Children:
i SHUBEL,3 bapt. Aug. 4, 1793; m. (1) Phelps; (2) Feb. 19, 1833, Harriet, dau. Septa and Eunice Fellmore, b. Feb. 22, 18Io. He was then of Plattsburgh, N. Y.
ii. CLARISSA, bapt. Aug. 4, 1793.
iii. ACUSAH, b. Jan. 27, 1796; d. Mar. 17, 1863; m. 1822, John Havens of Belmont, N. Y.
iv. JOHN.
v. LUCINDA, m. Henry Moore.
vi. ROXANA, m. Sept. 3, 1829, Lorenzo Kellogg of Champlain,
vii. THEODORE, d. at 18.
viii. MELANCTHON S., b. Feb. 1, 1815; d. Feb. 1, 1895, at Sorocco, N. M .; m. Feb. 1, 1844, Maria A. Moore.
ix. MINERVA, m. Charles Bugbee.
x. HARRIET, m. Horace Boardman.
xi. LURA, m. David Frost.
xii. MIRANDA, d. unm.
4. IRA2 BURDICK (John1) was born Aug. 13, 1794, either in Canaan, N. H., or Moretown, Vt .; his mother married (2) Gen. Benj. Wait and he lived for some years on a part of the General's farm, but rem. abt. 1825 to some town in New York not far from Rutland, Vt. In 1833 he rem. to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he died July 12, 1866.
He married (1) Aug. 20, 1815, Olive, dau. Royal S. Spaulding of Moretown, b. Oct. 28, 1793; d. Apr. 20, 1821; (2) Nov. 2, 1823, Betsey Mansfield, b. Oct. II, 1796; d. Jan. 7, 1865. Children:
i. EDWIN, b. Sept. 18, 1816: d. at Kalamazoo, Feb. 18, 1899; m. May 10, 1853, at Chicago, Ill., Honora Kennedy.
ii. ROYAL SPAULDING, b. Dec. 6, 1817; physician; d. at Milford, Del., Nov. 1, 1895; m. at Dover, Del., June 6, 1854, Mary E. Raughly.
iii. CHARLES M., b. Oct. 21, 1827; d. Nov. 26, 1861; m. Dec. 25, 1852, Johanah Carigan.
5. ASAPH3 BURDICK (John,? Jolin1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Mar. 15, 1790; res. a few yrs. in W. and in Fayston; selectman, 1821 ; rem. 1836 to Wilna, N. Y., and thence to Moira, N. Y., where he died Jan. 17, 1863.
He married, Feb. IS, 1823, Irene, dau. David Symonds, b. Sept. 24, 1801; d. Nov. 18, 1885. Children, all but youngest born in Waitsfield:
i. ALBERT O.,4 b. May 24, 1824; d. Aug. 1, 1826.
ii. CELIA J., d. young.
iii. SUSAN DIANTHA, b. Jan. 2, 1827; m. Feb. 2, 1847, S. D. Stevens of Moira, N. Y.
iv. OTHNIEL M., b. Apr. 5, 1829; d. Dec. 2, 1850, unm.
V. CYREN A., b. May 25, 1834; m. Feb. 1, 1860, Persis L. Sawyer.
vi. CELIA J., b. Apr. 8, 1838; m. Sept. 5, 1867, George Plumb of Bangor, N. Y.
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6. JUSTUS3 BURDICK (John,? Jolin1) was born in Canaan, N. H., Sept. 10, 1793; went abt. 1814 to Woodstock, Vt., and engaged in mercantile pursuits, becoming a partner of Lyman Mower; rem. 1831 to Burlington, Vt., and thence IS33 to Detroit, Mich .; early settler of Kalamazoo, Mich., where he died, July 6, 1849. Brig. Gen. of Militia.
He married at Woodstock, Vt., May 24, 1824, Adeline, dau. Henry and Hannah (Haile) Mower, b. Aug. 26, 1802; d. Sept. 4, 1849.
Children:
i. HENRY MOWER,1 b. Aug. 18, 1825; d. Dec. 15, 1825.
ii. ELEANOR ELIZA, b. Jan. 28, 1827; m. Nov. 10, 1850, Burgess Goodridge. .
iii. EDWARD FREEMAN, b. Mar. 6, 1829; d. at San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 11, 1891; m. Oct. 23, 1855, Harriet Goodridge.
iv. GEORGE RICE, b. July 6, 1833; m. June 6, 1855, Carrie (Curtis) Chandler; living, 1907, in Boston, Mass., with his son, Dr. Allens Burdick.
V. JusTus, b. Nov. 12, 1836.
vi. FRANCIS MOWER, b. Nov. 3, 1842.
7. CYREN3 BURDICK (John,2 John1) was born in W., June 25, I Soo; res. there until abt. 1833, when he went to Kalama- zoo, Mich., with his bro., Justus, and uncle, Ira. Died Oct. 26, 1837.
He married Mary Ann Gilman, who d. in Boston, 1879. Children:
i. RODERICK CARLISLE, 4 b. July 17, 1834; d. at St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 13, 1902; m. July 26, 1857, at St. Cloud, Minn., Catharine Becker.
ii. EDGAR T., b. Aug. 4, 1836; d. 1868.
iii. CYREN, b. 1837-8; d. 1845.
BUSHNELL.
1. FRANCIS1 BUSHNELL. born 1576-8; came, probably, from Horsfield, Co. Essex, Eng .; was third signer of Plantation Cove- nant at Guilford, Conn., 1639; will proved Oct. 13, 1646. He married Rebecca -
Some uncertainty exists as to names of his children but weight of authority seems to favor:
i. FRANCIS,2 b. abt. 1609; d. 1681; perhaps of Salem, 1635; at Guilford, 1639; deacon; millwright or carpenter; early settler of Saybrook, Conn., where he built the first mill.
ii. JOHN, b. abt. 1614; possibly the glazier of Salem and Boston. REBECCA.
iii. iv. WILLIAM, b. abt. 1623.
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V. SARAH, bapt. 1626, at Horsfield, Eng; said to have m. Rev. John Hoadley and returned to Rolvenden, Eng., where she died July 28, 1668.
vi. RICHARD, b. abt. 1620; d. 1657-8; of Saybrook and Norwich, Conn .; m. Oct. 11, 1648, Marie, dau. Matthew and Elizabeth Marvin.
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2. WILLIAMª BUSHNELL (Francis1) was born abt. 1623; early proprietor and settler of Saybrook, Conn., where he was before 1648; carpenter and millwright; Lieut. in Colonial Militia ; freeman, 1667-8; Deputy to Gen. Court, 1670; as a leading man of the town his name is constantly linked with Robert Chapman whose sister, Rebecca, he married. He died Nov. 12, 1683.
Children, born in Saybrook, Conn .:
i. JOSHUA,3 b. May 6, 1644.
ii. SAMUEL, b. Sept., 1645.
iii. REBECCA, b. Oct. 5, 1646.
3. iv. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 15, 1648-9.
V. FRANCIS, b. Jan. 6, 1649-50.
vi. THOMAS, b. Jan. 4, 1653-4.
vii. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 4. 1653-4.
viii. JUDITH, b. Jan., 1655-6.
ix. ABIGAIL, b. Feb., 1659-60.
3. WILLIAM3 BUSHNELL (William,? Francis') was born in Saybrook, Conn., Feb. 15, 1648-9; farmer and carpenter and had a gristmill at Pochauge; his est. was settled by written agreement, Feb. 11, 1711-12. He married (1) Rebecca - , who died May 14, 1703; (2) June 7, 1705, widow Sarah Bull.
Children, born in Saybrook, Conn .:
i. SARAH,4 b. Mar. 1, 1673-4.
ii. EPHRAIM, b. Feb. 14, 1675; m. Nov. 9, 1697, Mary Long.
4. iii. WILLIAM, b. Apr. 3, 16So.
iv. ESTHER, b. Nov. 2, 1683.
4. WILLIAM+ BUSHNELL (William,3 William,? Francis1) was born in Saybrook, Conn., Apr. 3, 1680; farmer and miller, having taken his father's mill in the division of the est .; died May 30, 1733; will allowed June 26, 1733. He married, Apr. 10, 1701, Catherine, dau. John and Catherine (Chalker) Jordan, who d. Oct., 1751.
Children, born in Saybrook, Conn .:
i. WILLIAM,5 b. Oct. 26, 1703; d. Mar. 17, 1762; m. May 4, 1730 Mary Bates.
ii. STEPHEN, b. Apr. 29, 1708; d. young.
iii. NEHEMIAH, b. Apr. 22, 1710; m. Nov. 28, 1739, Sarah Ingham.
iv. LYDIA, b. July 16, 1712; m. Sept, 2, 1733, John Post.
v. STEPHEN, b. abt. 1714.
vi. HEZEKIAH, b. abt. 1717; was living at Saybrook, 1786. 5. vii. GIDEON, b. abt. 1720.
5. GIDEON5 BUSHNELL (William,4 William,3 William,2 Francis1) was born in Saybrook, Conn., abt. 1720 and died June, 1777; will proved July, 1777. He married Temperance. dau. Jedediah Chapman, who outlived him. Children, born in Saybrook, Conn .:
i. GIDEON.º Named as eldest son in his father's will; Rev. soldier; left Saybrook bef. 1786.
6. ii. Dorn, b. May 15, 1762.
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jii. JEDEDIAH. b. Nov. 26, 1767; learned trade of tanner and cordwainer: grad. Williams Coll., 1797; Minister, doing mis- sionary work in Vt .: preached in W. occasionally prior to the installation of Mr. Salisbury; res. in Cornwall, Vt., where he was settled pastor, 1803-1836, and where he died Aug. 25, 1846. Married, abt. 1803, Elizabeth, dau. Ezra Smith of Richmond, Vt., who d. Mar. 26, 1847.
iv. TEMPERANCE, m. Jan. 27, 1785, Nathaniel Allis or Ellis of Guilford, Conn.
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V. LUCINDA, In. Sept. 16, 1773, Howes Higgins of Haddam, Conn. SALOME, m. Amasa Skinner of W.
6. DOUDe BUSHNELL (Gideon, William, William,3 William,? Francis1) was born in Saybrook, Conn., May 15, 1762; Rev. soldier and served on Privateer Brig Thetis; farmer and cordwainer ; rem. abt. 1786 to Buckland, Mass., thence to Cambridge, N. Y., and came to W. abt. June, 1798; sett. on lot 73; died Aug. 12, 1845. He married at Buck- land, Nov. 17, 1789, Lucy, dau. William and Eunice (Bishop) Joyce of Middletown, Conn., b. Nov. 10, 1767; d. Oct. 9, 1841.
Children:
j. GIDEON,7 b. May 4, 1790, in Buckland, Mass .; m. Jan. 27, 1817, Eunice, dau. John Burdick, and at once rem. to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he d. 1852. Chn .: Justus Carlos,8 Theresa.
ii. WILLIAM JOYCE, b. Jan. 22, 1793, in Cambridge, N. Y .; cord- wainer; m. Sept. 21, ISIS, Esther, dau. Silas Royce, and rem. to Ashtabula. O., where he d. 1864.' But one ch. reached maturity, Fyann.8
iii. FANNY, b. Apr. 25, 1795: m. Sept. 29, 1818, Earl Smith.
7. iv. JEDEDIAH, b. Aug. 21, 1797.
v. IRA, b. Apr. 3, 1799; blacksmith; d. Aug. 5, 1872; went early to Starksboro, Vt., where he m. Dec. 4, 1823, Lucinda Ferguson. Chn .: Nancy,8 Julia, Lucy, Ira, Sidney, Delia.
vi. NILE, b. Aug. 5, 1801; blacksmith; went early to Keeseville, N. Y., and there m. Orpha; (2) Sophia Brigham. Chn .: Lovina,8 Edgar, Charles Horace, Orpha, Mary, Salome, Emeline.
vii. DANIEL, SPENCER, b. Apr. 5, 1803 ; rem. abt. 1830 to Gouverneur, N. Y., and thence to Wyocena, Wis., where he d. 1886. m. (1) Ann Rogers; (2) Mary Brown. Chn .: Ann,8 Charles Rogers, Ophelia, Maroa, Clovis, Munroe, Maryette, Ella.
viii. LEONARD, b. Jan. 17, 1805; blacksmith; rem. to Keeseville, N. Y., and thence to Galva, Ill., where he d. 1880; m. Martha Husted of Starksboro, Vt. Chn .: Cynthia,8 Mattie, Samuel.
ix. Lucy, b. Mar. 26, 1807; m. May 16, 1837, Bethuel Joslin.
8. PARDON, b. Sept. 24, 1808.
xi. AMANDA, b. July 12, 1810; m. Henry Sherman of Keeseville, N. Y.
7. JEDEDIAH7 BUSHNELL (Doud,6 Gideon," William,4 William,3 William," Francis1) was born in Cambridge, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1797; selectman, 1831, 1847-48; deacon Congl. Ch. Died Feb. 22, 1866. His farm lay in lot III.
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He married (1) Feb. 27, 1822, Abigail, dau. Daniel and Elizabeth (Kettle) Taylor, b. Apr. 6, 1797 ; d. Jan. 10, 1829; (2) July 2. 1829, Naomi, dau. James and Naomi (Diggins) Joslin, b. Dec. 29, ISO1 ; d. Nov. 6, 1881.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. ORPHA CORNELIA,8 b. Nov. 15, 1822; m. Oct., 1845, Daniel Skinner, Jr.
ii. MILO CORNELIUS, b. May 2, IS24; rem. to Omro, Wis., IS45; d. Dec. 14, IS97; In. (1) Sept. 18, 1851, Marcy Goss, dau. Chandler Taylor, d. 1852; (2) May 4, 1853, Salome Bidwell; (3) May 4, 1867, Mary Jane Bradish. Chn .: Almeron,9 b. Oct. 15, 1854, d. Sept., 1856; Abbie, b. May 19, 1857, m. James Caswell, d. 1881; Linnie, b. May 25, 1859, d. Jan. 12, 1899; Ernest, d. young; Milo C., b. Jan., 1866, d. Feb., 1866.
iii. IRA, b. June 11, 1826; graduate U. V. M., 1856; d. June 16, 1858, unm.
iv. JOSIAH MEIGS, b. Jan. 1, 1829; d. Feb. 7, 1829.
v. JAMES DOUD, b. July 25, 1831; drowned July 4, 1850.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 15, 1833; m. June 29, 1852, Frederick M. Taylor.
vii. MATTHIAS JOSLIN, b. Oct. 15, 1834; rem. to Omro, Wis .; private, Co. B. Ist Wis. Cav .; killed near Madison, Ark., Aug. 3, 1862, unm.
9. viii. HENRY NEWTON, b. May 28, 1838.
ix. ELVIRA, b. Mar. 24, 1840; m. Nov. 17, 1869, Walter Alonzo Jones.
x. GORDON JEDEDIAH, b. June 17, 1847; d. Jan. 26, 1893; m. Feb. 9, 1875, Lizzie A., dau. James Seymour and Harriet (Gleason) Newcomb, b. Oct. 27, 1852; d. Mar. 2, 1895.
8. PARDON7 BUSHNELL (Doud, Gideon," William,4 William,ª William,2 Francis1) was born in W., Sept. 24, 1808; farmer and cooper; Rep., 1859-60; selectman, 1855-56; lived for a time on lot 108 but in later years resided in the village. Died Mar. 29, 1890.
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He married, Mar. 1, 1834, Elmira, dau. John and Betsey (Davis) Woodbury, b. in Baltimore, Vt., Aug. 20, 1807; d. Apr. 18, 1898.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. GINATHON ORLANDO,8 b. Dec. 26, 1834; d. Mar. 13, 1835.
ii. GEORGE HENRY, b. June 2, 1836; press mfgr. of Worcester, Mass., and Thompsonville, Conn., where he d. Dec. 12, 1901; m. June 16, 1861, Susan S., dau .. Thomas and Sarepta (Savage) Tinkham, b. Oct. 25, 1841 ; d. Dec. 14, 1901. Chn .: Leon P.,9 b. Sept. 5, 1868; Edith S., b. May 14, 1869, d. Oct. 1, 1888.
iii. FORDIS ORASMUS, b. Oct. 20, 1839; res. Worcester, Mass .; Co. B., 13th Vt. Vols .; m. Oct. 20, 1868, Mary Ballou of Gardiner, Mass. Chn .: Fordis O.,9 b. Oct. 31, 1873; Alice M., b. Oct. 28, 1877.
iv. ORLANDO, b. 1841; d. June 30, 1852.
v. A daughter, b. 1844; d. same year.
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