History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 23

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


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IO. vi. MILO ALBERT, b. Jan. 13, 1846.


vii. OSCAR PARDON, b. Feb. 17, 1852; press mfgr. and inventor; York, Pa .; m. Frances Ballou. Chn .: Elva M.,9 b. July 3, 1882; Waldo B., b. Feb. 18, 1891.


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9. HENRY NEWTONS BUSHNELL (Jedediah,7 Doud,6 Gideon, William,' Willian:3 William,? Francis1) was born in W., May 28, 1838; selectman, 1866-69, 1876-77, 1882-83; Rep., 1872-3; Treas., 1905 -; Capt. Co. H, 6th Vt. Vois .; deacon Congl. ch. He married, Jan. 9, 1867, Mary A., dau. Ziba Smith of Waterbury, b. May 23, 1839. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. ALICE MAY,9 b. Jan. 16, 1868.


ii. FRED RAYMOND, b. May 14, 1870; d. May 2, 1891, unm.


10. MILO ALBERTS BUSHNELL (Pardon,7 Doud, Gideon, Wil- liam, William,3 William,2 Francis1) was born in W., Jan. 13, 1846; d. Jan. 29, 1892; merchant.


He married, May 1, 1878, Addie A., dau. William Miner of Duxbury, Vt., b. Sept. 19, 1855. She m. (2) Sept. 6, 1893, Oscar G. Eaton.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. OTTO ASBURY,9 b. Oct. 2, 1880. Wesleyan Univ., 1903; m. June 16, 1908, Emma Allen, dau. John and Sarah (Fifield) Legg of Worcester, Mass.


ii LENA ELMIRA, b. May 25, 1886.


BUTTERFIELD.


1. JOSEPH3 BUTTERFIELD (Joseph? of Chelmsford, Mass., Benjamin1 of Charlestown, Mass., 1638, Woburn, 1640, and Chelmsford, 1654) was a resident of Dunstable, N. H., 1746. His will, dated Feb. 17, 1749, proved Aug. 2, 1750, names wife and children. He married, Jan. 21, 1696-7, Eunice Heald.


Children:


i. SARAH,4


ii. EUNICE.


iii. JOSEPH, b. July 19, 1703; d. 1741; m. Dorothy Heald.


iv. JOHN.


2. V. EPHRAIM, b. abt. 1710. vi. DOROTHY. vii. LYDIA. viii. JOSIAH.


2. EPHRAIM4 BUTTERFIELD (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Benjamin1) was born abt. 1710. He was of Westford, Mass., 1737, Litchfield, N. H., 1739, Dunstable, 1751, Wilton, N. H., 1755; soldier, 1758; selectman, 1765, and was living in Wilton as late as Apr. 1769.


He married at Westford, Mass., Mar. 16, 1732, Elizabeth Davies of Littleton, Mass.


Children:


i. EPHRAIM,5 b. May 23, 1734; m. Mary, dau. Jonathan Snow, and was of Dunstable, 1762.


3. ii. STEPHEN, bapt. at Westford, 1736.


iii. JOSEPH, blacksmith, of Wilton, N. H .; m. Mary Hobbs.


iv. REBECCA.


V. ELIZABETH ANN.


vi. EUNICE.


vii. Avos, signed petn. as resident of Wilton, 1769.


viii. ISAAC.


ix. ABRAHAM.


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3. STEPHENS BUTTERFIELD (Ephraim,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Ben- jamin1) was bapt. in Westford, Mass., 1736; blacksmith; went to Wilton, N. H., with parents and was there 1778, but left before 1783, in which year he sett. in Reading, Vt., being recited in a deed as "of Windsor, Vt." Removed in 1800 to Granville, Vt. He married (1) Hannah, who d. bef. 1771; (2) Sarah Sawyer.


Children:


i. SAMUEL,6 b. Feb. 29, 1760.


ii. STEPHEN, b. May 6, 1762; d. young.


iii. EPHRAIM, b. July 29, 1764; m. Sept. 24, 1789, Dinah Keyes.


iv. HANNAH, b. Apr. 23, 1766.


v. LYDIA, b. Nov. 15, 1768; in. Dec. 2, 1785, Robert Grandy of Reading


4. vi. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 10, 1772.


vii. SARAH, b. July 4, 1774.


viii. ELIZA, b. May 4, 1766.


ix. NUSS SAWYER, b. Mar. 24, 1778.


5. X. BENJAMIN, prob. b. in Windsor, Vt., 1780-1.


xi. JOSIAH, b. in Reading, Oct. 2, 1784.


xii. ABRAHAM, b. July 27, 1788.


Xiii. EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 4, 1789.


4. STEPHENG BUTTERFIELD (Stephen,5 , Ephraim,4 Joseph,3 Josepli? Benjamin1) was born in Wilton, N. H., Oct. 10, 1772 ; sett. in W. abt. 1797 and rem. abt. 1830, it is said, to Vineyard Haven, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Died after IS40.


He married, at Reading, Vt., Feb. 13, 1794, Rachel Spaulding.


Children, first two born in Reading, Vt., and the others in Waitsfield:


i. SALLY,7 b. July 1, 1795.


ji. RACHEL, b. Feb. 20, 1797; m. Sept. 17, 1830, Horatio Rider.


iii. LUCY, b. Dec. 15, 1798.


iv. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 2, 1800.


v. BETSEY, b. Aug. 16, 1802.


vi. ALLEN, b. July 24, 1804.


6. vii. CHESTER, b. July 23, 1806. viii. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 7, 1808.


ix. LAURA, b. May 25, 1810.


X. JULIA, b. Nov. 29, 1812; m. Dec. 1, 1836, Stillman Bass.


xi. LEWIS, b. Apr. 19, 1815.


xii. FANNY, b. Sept. 8, 1818.


5. BENJAMIN& BUTTERFIELD (Stephen,5 Ephraim, Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Benjamin1) was born, probably, in Windsor, Vt., abt. 1780-1; sett. in W. abt. 1805, coming from Granville, Vt .; rem. after a few years to Michigan. His farm was in lot 101. He married Tryphena Children:


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i. DANIEL,7 b. July 2, 1804, in Granville, Vt.


ii. HIRAM, b. Oct. 11, 1805, in W .; d. in Olivet, Mich., Dec. 19, I90I.


iii. Infant, b. Dec. 21, ISO6; d. Dec. 23, 1806.


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iv. Infant. b. June 11. 18c8: d. same day.


v. IRA, grandfather of Pres. Kenyon L. Butterfield of Mass. Agr. Coll.


vi. TRYPHENA.


vii. LUCINDA.


6. CHESTER? BUTTERFIELD (Stephen,6 Stephen," Ephraim,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Benjamin1) was born in W., July 23, 1806. Waitsfield records say he m. Feb. 27, 1827, Lydia Morrison, but it seems certain that he m. Mar. 13, 1827, Lois, dau. Moses and Lois (Foster) Stewart, b. May 9, 1803. They removed about 1850 to Lake Co., Ill., where they were living in 1852.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. STEPHEN,8 b. Mar. 4, 1828; d. Feb. 2, 1829.


ii. LOUISA, b. Feb. 16, 1830.


iii. STEWART, b. July 15, 1832.


iv. JEREMIAH, b. Aug. 23, 1834.


V. LUTHER, b. Aug. 20, 1836; d. July 30, 1837.


vi. LUCINDA, b. Aug. 22, IS38, in Ill.


vii. CHESTER, b. Mar. 17, 1843.


viii. DAVID, b. Apr. 2, 1847.


CADY.


HENRY B. CADY was born in Roxbury, Vt .; photographer; married Laura A. Sterling of Warren.


Children:


1. PARKER, b. Sept. 3, 1861; res. Binghamton, N. Y.


ii. SHERMAN, b. Apr. 25, 1863; d. Jan. 2, 1891.


iii. EVERETT, b. Jan. 6, 1867.


ALONZO I. CADY was a son of I. and S. Cady, born in Granville, Vt., and died in W., Sept. 11, 1883, ae. 42. He married, Jan. 3, 1866, Margaret I., dau. Andrew and Fanny (Palmer) Long, b. 1846. Children:


i. CHARLES ALONZO, b. July 8, 1869; m. Sept. 1, 1894, Mary L. Wheeler. Chn .: Leon George, b. Dec. 13, 1898; Loraine Mattie, b. Feb. 10, 1900.


ji. ELLEN, b. Aug. 14, 1866; d. Aug, 12, 1867.


CAMPBELL.


1. ROBERT1 CAMPBELL of Townsend, Mass., was perhaps a son of Robert Campbell, innkeeper, of Londonderry, N. H., who bot. land in Tyngsboro, Mass., 1736; his will dated Feb. 21, 1792, proved Apr. 21, 1795, names his children. He married Elizabeth, who d. Dec. 5, 1796.


Children, born in Townsend, Mass .:


i. BETTIE,2 b. July 8, 1740; m. Joshua Smith.


2. ii. ROBERT, b. June 4, 1742.


iii. MARY, b. Feb. 21, 1744; m. John Gordon.


iv. JAMES, b. Oct. 9, 1747.


v. SARAH, b. Apr. 17, 1750; m. Davis.


vi. RACHEL, b. Oct. 16, 1752; m. Waldman (?) Stone.


vii. JOHN, b. Sept. 20, 1755.


viii. DANIEL, b. Nov. 16, 1757; d. bef. 1792, leaving dau. Lucy.


ix. JONAS, b. June 16, 1760.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


2. ROBERT2 CAMPBELL (Robert1) was born in Townsend, Mass., June 4, 1742 ; rem. to New Boston, N. H., abt. 1770; Rev. soldier; died Jan. 18, 1827. He married Dec. 8, 1767, Elizabeth, dau. James and Mary Waugh, b. June 11, 1750; d. IS31.


Children:


i. DANIEL,3 b Oct. 18, 1768; d. Oct. 6, 1795.


ii. JAMES, b. Oct. 15, 1770; sett. in Hartland, Vt .; m. Sally Wead; no issue.


iii. THOMAS, b. Apr. 7, 1773; d. in New Boston, Jan. 7, 1852; m. 1799, Ann Clark.


iv. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 7, 1775; m. 1814, Samuel Christy of Antrim, N. H.


v. ROBERT, b. Mar. 6, 1777; sett. in Hartland, Vt .; m. Huldah Haskell.


3. vi. JOHN, b. Mar. 22, 1779.


vii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 27, 1782; m. Rebecca Kingsbury; sett. in Boston, Mass .; later, Mt. Vernon, N. H.


4. viii. JOSIAH, b. June 3, 1785.


ix. DAVID, b. May 28, 1787; d. Oct. 6, 1795.


5. x. JONATHAN, b. May 28, 1787.


xi. MARY GOVE, b. June 22, 1789.


xii. SARAH, b. Sept. 16, 1792; m. (1) 1822, John McIntire of Goffstown, N. H .; (2) 1844, Dea. John French of Bedford.


3. CAPT. JOHN3 CAMPBELL (Robert2, Robert1) was born in New Boston. N. H., Mar. 22, 1779; res. a few years in Morris- town, Vt., and came to W. in 1802; Capt. of militia; died Mar. 23, 1852; selectman, 1815, 1819-20, 1825, 1830-31, 1833-34, 1840; owned a large farm in lots 97, 98 and 99.


He married, at Morristown in 1801, Lois Whitney, b. at Shutesbury, Mass., Feb. 16, 1782; d. Feb. 10, 1853. Children, all but eldest born in Waitsfield:


i. CALISTA,4 b. Sept. 20, 1801; m. Apr. 20, 1824, Cyrus Joslin.


ii. A daughter, b. Jan. 6, 1803; d. Jan. 7, 1803.


iii. A son, b. Feb. 20, 1804; d. same day.


iv. A son, b. Dec. 6, 1804; d. Dec., 1804.


A son, b. May 17, 1806; d. same day.


vi. A son, b. Feb. 20, 1807; d. same day.


6. vii. JOHN STAFFORD, b. Feb. 9, 1809.


viii. A daughter, b. June 15, 1810; d. same day.


ix. LOUISA M., b. Oct. 22, 1812; d. May 2, 1845; m. June 16, 1829, John Marsh.


x. BETSEY D., b. Mar. 29, 1815: d. in Weathersfield, Vt., Aug. 6, 1842; m. Darius Hatch.


7. Xi. JAMES M., b. Nov. 18, 1816.


xii. LUCRETIA E., b. Mar. 24, 1819; m. Jan. 10, 1843, Lorenzo D. Joslin.


8. xiii. JONATHAN C., b. Mar. 10, 1821.


xiv. MARY G., b. Dec. 22, 1824; d. at Greenfield, Mass., July 29, 1849; m. Jan. 14, 1846, Chauncey L. Spear of Roxbury, Vt. XV. FREDERICK JACKSON, b. Oct. 2, 1826; d. Sept. 16, 1851, unm.


4. JOSIAH3 CAMPBELL (Robert,2 Robert1) was born in New Boston, N. H., June 3, 1785; died at W., Sept. 11, 1863. His farm was located in lots 99 and 100. He resided for some years in Fayston, Vt.


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He married, 1813, Abigail, dau. Ephraim Cary of Hartland, Vt. She died May 25, 1857, ae. 69 yrs., Io mos., 25 d.


Children:


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i. A son, d. Aug. 13, 1813.


ii. ROBERT,4 b. Aug. 15, ISI4; d. at Charlestown, Vt., July 4, 1865; m. (1) Mar. 9, 1841, Betsey, dau. Amos and Lydia (Eastman) Hadley, who d. June 23, 1842; (2) 1844, Cor- delia, dau. Calvin Grandy, of Fayston.


iii. A son, d. Apr. 5, 1815.


iv. A daughter, d. Jan. 17, 1817.


V. BENJAMIN C., d. May 13, ISIg, ae. I y., 6 m.


vi. REBECCA, b. Feb. 6, 1820; m. Mar. 6, 1842, Ira Grandy of Warren, Vt.


vii. ANNIS ALMIRA, b. Nov. 4, 1823; m. Sept. 30, 1849, Joseph Palmer, Jr.


9. viii. EPHRAIM C., b. May 8, 1826.


ix. HANNAH A., b. May 9, 1829; m. Jan. 1, 1850, Chester Stephen Dana.


5. JONATHAN3 CAMPBELL (Robert,2 Robert1) was born in New Boston, N. H., May 28, 1787; sett. in Hartland, Vt., and came later (1809) to W., moving thence to Fayston, Vt. He married, Dec., 1812, Elizabeth Wilson. Children:


i. DAVID, died at Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 16, 1830, ae. 17.


ii. JONATHAN, probably.


6. JOHN STAFFORD! CAMPBELL (John,3 Robert,2 Robert1) was born in W., Feb. 1, 1809; farmer and inn holder; called "Colonel"; selectman, 1849-52; deputy sheriff; died Mar. 12, 1880.


He married, Aug. 5, 1828, Fanny O., dau. Garinter and Hannah (Olcott) Hastings, b. Nov. 2, 1806; d. Nov. 6, 1888.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. HASTINGS STAFFORD,5 b. Jan. 28, 1829; d. Mar. 12, 1829.


ii. FANNY M., died Oct. 14, 1830, ae. 7 weeks.


IO. iii. HASTINGS STAFFORD, b. Oct. 3, 1831.


iv. OLIVER CARLISLE, b. June 5, 1833; m. Aug. 17, 1854, Charlotte F., dau. Joel and Betsey (Richardson) Foster; res. Omaha, Neb.


v. HIRAM C., b. July 4, 1835; d. Mar. 29, 1860, at Cambridge, Mass.


II. vi. HENRY R., b. Apr. 4, 1837.


12. vii. HILAND G., b. Mar. 16, 1839.


viii. CLARISSA L., b. Dec. 2, 1841; d. July 23, 1844.


ix. BERTRAND DELOS, b. Jan. 22, 1844. Co. H. 3rd Vt. Vols., Co. G. 6th Vt. Vols., Co. C. Ist Vt. Cav. Killed at Win- chester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864.


7. JAMES M.4 CAMPBELL (John,3 Robert,2 Robert1) was born in W., Nov. 18, 1816; sett. after some years, in Morristown, Vt., where he died, Mar. 16, 1875. He married, Feb. 22, 1838, Emily, dau. Daniel and Lydia (Holbrook) Thayer, b. Dec. 3, 1819 ; d. Feb. 25, 1858.


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Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. Lois L., b. Dec. 11, 1844; d. May 2, 1857.


ji. JAMES HENRY, b. Dec. 15, 1846: d. Feb. 25, 1907, at Stowe, Vt .; m. Gertrude M. Luce; priv. Co. D. 5th Vt. Vols.


iii. JOHN L. M., b. Oct. 28, 1848; d. Aug. 6, 1902; m. Aug., 1870. Viola Small.


iv. DANIEL J., b. Sept. 12, 1850; d. Apr. 5, 1852.


v. LUCRETIA E. L., b. July 24, 1852; d. Jan. 22, 1854.


vi. JONATHAN F., b. May 8, 1854; sett. in Stowe, Vt .; m. (1) Apr. 22, 1878, Martha Gale, who d. May 15, 1890; (2) Apr. 16, 1892, Maude Warren.


vii. MYRAETTE W., b. Dec. 21, 1855; d. Dec. 14, 1856.


S. JONATHAN C.4 CAMPBELL (John,3 Robert,2 Robert1) was born in W., Mar. 10, 1821. Died Apr. 1, 1852.


He married, Aug. 10, 1845, Harriet I., dau. John and Jerusha (Reed) Strow. She m. (2) Apr. 6, 1863, Rev. C. C. Thornton, and d. Jan. 1, 1892, ae. 69 y., 7 m.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. EVA A.,5 d. Oct. 29, 1847, ae. 2 yrs.


ii. EMMA L., d. Dec. 9, 1860, ae. 10 y., 8 m., 20 d.


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EPHRAIM C.4 CAMPBELL (Josiah,? Robert,2 Robert') was born in W., May 8, 1826. Died at Sutton, P. Q., Nov. 18, 1899. He married, Dec. 3, 1852, Mary Ann, dau. Seth and Electa Chase, b. Oct. 23, 1831 ; d. 1887.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. IDA I.,3 b. Mar. 31, 1853; m. Jan. 15, 1873, Melvin J. Water- man.


ii. CARY E., b. July 18, 1858; m. Oct. 17, 1889, Bessie Gibbs; res. Three Rivers, P. Q. Ch .: Cary E.,8 b. Mar. 8, 1894.


iii EUGENE S., b. Oct. 8, 1866; res. Chicago, Il1.


10 HASTINGS STAFFORD5 CAMPBELL (John Stafford,4 John,3 Robert,2 Robert1) was born in W., Oct. 3, 1831; merchant; rem. to Hudson, Mass., and died there Oct. 15, 1896.


He married (1) Mellissa G., dau. Lewis Barton of Sutton, Mass., b. Oct. 10, 1831; d. June 24, 1868; (2) July 22, 1891, Laura Fisher.


Children:


i. FRANCES M.,8 b. Sept. 7, 1856; m. Jan. 3, 1875, Chas. W. Locklin of Wakefield, Mass.


ii. FRED H., b. July 8, 1863; m. July 7, 1886, Sadie Russell; res. Worcester, Mass.


iii. MELISSA C., b. June 21, 1867; m. Oct. 3, 1889, Samuel Parker of Brookline, Mass.


11. HENRY R. CAMPBELL (John Stafford,4 John,3 Robert,? Robert1) was born in W., Apr. 4, 1837; died Dec. 21, 1906.


He married, Apr. 1, 1858, Josephine, dau. Merrill Tyler, b. Dec. 30, 1840; d. Apr. 22, 1903. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. LoIs J.,6 b. Dec. 22, 1858; m. Oct. 2, 1881, Lester K. Smith. ii. GERALD H., b. Apr. 26, 1862; m. Apr. 10, 1889, Lela L., dau. J. H. Drew of Warren, Vt.


iii. MERRILL W., b. Sept. 22, 1873; m. Mar. 11, 1897, Grace L. Lamb; res. Randolph, Vt.


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iv. MILDRED H., b. July 14, 1878; m. July 7, 1904, Lynn C. Jones of Brookfield, Vt.


v. ALBERT A., b. Mar. 21, 1880; m. Dec. 3, 1902, Agnes A. Hudson.


vi. DAISY P., b. July 30, 1882; d. June 13, 1907.


12. HILAND G. CAMPBELL ( John Stafford,4 John,3 Robert,? Robert1) was born in W., Mar. 16, 1839; enlisted Sept. 2, 1864 from Warren in 3rd Vt. Battery; died July 17, 1879.


He married (1) Dec. 31, 1861, Dency Melissa, dau. Daniel and Charlotte (Ward) Shepherd, b. Dec. 7, 1840; d. Oct. 16, 1874; (2) June 6, 1875, Abiah, dau. Simeon and Clarissa (Smith) Stoddard, and widow Jonas M. Dudley, b. Nov. 22, 1840. Children:


i. HERBERT H.,6 b. Oct. 5, 1862; d. Oct. 9, 1865.


ii. FERDINAND G., b. July 5, 1867 ; d. July 6, 1884.


iii. FANNIE M., b. Oct. 1, 1869; d. Jan. 30, 1872.


iv. Roy S., b. Aug. 14, 1874; d. Mar. 22, 1875.


WILLIAM2 CAMPBELL (Samuel1) was a son of Samuel and Ruth (Nichols) Campbell, born Dec. 24, 1782. He died in W., July 22, 1850. Lived on the present Gaylord farm in lots 125 and 127.


He married Ann -, who d. Jan. 26, 1863, ae. 77.


Children:


i. HENRY, res. West Rumney, N. H.


ii. SAMUEL, who d. in W., Mar. 28, 1874, ae. 66; m. Feb. 16, 1834, in Duxbury, Vt., Elvira, dau. Isaac Smalley.


iii. LAURA, m. - Carter of Concord, N. H.


iv. LUCINDA, m. Lyman Brown of Concord, N. H.


CARLETON.


HIRAM CARLETON (David,6 Jeremiah," Jeremiah,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Edward1) son of David6 and Huldah (Wheeler) Carleton, was born in Barre, Vt., Aug. 28, 1838; grad. U. V. M., 1860; admitted to the bar 1865 and practiced his profession in W., May, 1866 to Dec., 1875; he was there supt. of schools; Rep., 1869-71; States Atty. for Washington Co., 1870-2; rem. 1875 to Montpelier, Vt .; Judge of Probate for Washington Co. since May, 1883. He married, Oct. 26, 1865, Mary Elizabeth, dau. Lathrop and Mary (Ball) Pope.


Children:


i. FREDERICK POPE, b. Nov. 3, 1866; lawyer; res. Montpelier; m. June 10, 1897, Molly R. Brisbin.


ii. MARY BALL, b. Sept. 14, 1876.


WILLIAM C. CARLETON, son of William and Nancy - (Cole) Carleton of Stowe, Vt., was b. June 8, 1859. He married, Sept. 15, 1878, Myra C., dau. Dennison and Clarissa (Colby) Boyce. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. RUTH E., b. Aug. 15, 1879.


ii. IRA D., b. June 4, 1882.


iii. FRANK WILLIAM, b. Nov. 25, 1887.


iv. CLARISSA M., b. Feb. 14, 1893.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


CARPENTER.


1. WILLIAM1 CARPENTER, carpenter, came in Ship Bevis, 1638, from Wherwell, Eng., age 62. With him came his son William and family; sett. in Weymouth, Mass., and perhaps did not remain long.


2. WILLIAM2 CARPENTER (William1) was born 1605; came in Ship Bevis, 1638, with his father and his wife and children; farmer; freeman, May 13, 1640; Rep. from Weymouth, 1641, 1643; one of original proprietors of Rehoboth, Mass. and removed there; clerk of Proprietors and town clerk of Rehoboth, 1643-9; Rep., 1645; died Feb. 7, 1659. His wife Abigail d. Feb. 22, 1687.


Children:


i. JOHN,3 b. 1628; d. May 23, 1695; m. prob. Hannah Hope.


3. ii. WILLIAM, b. 1631-2.


iii. JOSEPH, b. 1633; d. May, 1675; m. May 25, 1655, Margaret, dau. John Sutton; one of founders of Baptist Ch. in Mass. iv. HANNAH, b. Apr. 3, 1640; m. Apr. 21, 1659, Joseph Carpenter.


v. ABIAH Or ABIJAH, b. Apr. 9, 1643: mariner; d. bef. 1702.


vi. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 9, 1643; m. (1) John Titus, Jr .; (2) Jonah Palmer.


vii SAMUEL, b. 1644; d. Feb. 20, 1682-3; m. May 25, 1660, Sarah Readaway.


3. WILLIAM3 CARPENTER (William,2 William1) was born 1631-2; came with his father, 1638; farmer ; town clerk of Rehoboth, Mass., 1668, until his death, except 1693; deputy to Ply- mouth Gen. Court, 1656 and 1668; deacon, 1668, until death, which occurred Jan. 26, 1703. He married (1) Oct. 5, 1651, Priscilla, dau. Edward Bennett, who d. Oct. 20, 1663; (2) Dec. 10, 1663, Miriam Searls, who d. May 1, 1722, ae. 93.


Children, born in Rehoboth, Mass .:


i. JOHN,4 b. Oct. 19, 1652; soldier; housewright; d. Oct. 21, 1694, at Woodstock, Conn .; m. (1) Rebecca Readaway; (2) Sarah, wid. Ralph Day.


ii. WILLIAM, b. June 20, 1659; d. Mar. 10, 1718; m. Apr. 8, 1685, Elizabeth Robinson.


iii. PRISCILLA, b. July 24, 1661; m. Richard Sweet.


4. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 20, 1663.


v. JOSIAH, b. Dec. 18, 1664; d. Feb.' 28, 1727; m. Nov. 24, 1692, Elizabeth Read.


vi. NATHANIEL, b. May 12, 1667; m. (1) Sept. 19, 1603, Rachel Cooper; (2) Nov. 17, 1605, Mary Preston; (3) July 8, 1707, wid. Mary Cooper; (4) Mary Bacon.


vii. DANIEL, b. Oct. 8, 1669; m. (1) Apr. 15, 1695, Bethia Bliss; (2) Mar. 30, 1704, Elizabeth Butterworth: (3) Dec. 12, 1710, Margaret Thurston; (+) Oct. 15, 1718: Mary or Margaret Hunt; (5) wid. Mary Hyde. Was with Phillips in expedition vs. Quebec, 1690.


viii. NOAH, b. Mar. 28, 1672; d. Apr., 1756: m. (1) Dec. 3, 1700. Sarah Johnson; (2) May 22, 1727, Ruth Follett Talbot; (3) Tabitha Bishop.


1X. MIRIAM, b. Oct. 16, 1674; m. June 23, 1691, Jonathan Bliss.


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GENEALOGIES.


x. OBADIAH, b. Mar. 12, 1677-8; d. Oct. 25, 1749; m. Nov. 6, 1703, Deliverance Preston.


xi. EPHRAIM, b. Apr. 25, 1681; d. young.


xii. EPHRAIM, b. Apr. 25, 1683-4; d. Apr. 20, 1743; m. (1) Aug. 14, 1704, Hannah Read; (2) Mar. 24, 1719, wid. Martha (Ide) Carpenter.


xiii. HANNAH, b. Apr. 10, 1684-5; m. Nov. 23, 1703, Jonathan Chaffee.


xiv. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 15, 1687; m. Nov. 12, 1706, Daniel Perrin.


4. BENJAMIN' CARPENTER (William,3 William,? William1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., Oct. 20, 1663; rein. 1708 to Northampton, Mass., and soon after to Coventry, Conn. Died, Apr. 18, 1738.


He married, Mar. 14, 1691, Hannah, dau. Jedediah and Freedom (Woodward) Strong, b. Feb. 3, 1671; d. Mar. 20, 1762.


Children:


i. PRUDENCE,5 b. July 13, 1692.


ji. FREEDOM, b. July 13, 1692.


iii. AMos, b. Nov. 6, 1693; d. 1793, ae. 100; m. Oct. 23, 1718 Deborah Long.


iv. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 3, 1695; m. Apr. 12, 1726-7, Rebecca Smith.


v. JEDEDIAH, b. Oct. 1, 1697; d. Dec. 15, 1731, at Rehoboth; m. May 24, 1725, Mary Brown.


vi. HANNAH, b. Aug. 15, 1699.


vii. ELIPHALET, b. Oct. 16, 1701; d. Aug. 28, 1702.


viii. ELIPHALET, b. Nov. 29, 1703; d. Feb. 22, 1792; m. (1) Nov. i, 1727, Elizabeth Andrews: (2) Oct. 26, 1773, Abigail Ladd.


ix. NOAH, b. Dec. 24, 1705; m. (1) Keziah ~; (2) Sept. 1, 17+, wid. Elizabeth Curtis.


x. ELIZABETH, b. June 15, 1707.


5. xi. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 9, 1709.


xii. REBECCA, b. Nov. 23, 17II.


5. EBENEZER5 CARPENTER (Benjamin,4 William,3 William,? William 1) was born in Coventry, Conn. (first white child born there), Nov. 9, 1709; farmer and trader; rem. late in life to Hartford, Vt., where he died Jan. 30, 1777.


He married, June 19, 1739, Eunice, dau. John Thomp- son, b. Feb. 14, 1722; d. Jan. 21, 1777. Children, born in Coventry, Conn .:


i. ASA,6 b. Dec. 18, 1739; d. at Sharon, Vt., July 10, 1801; m. (1) Dunham; (2) Eunice Parker.


6. ii. JAMES, b. Apr. 4, 1741.


iji. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 16, 1742; d. Dec. 24, 1814; m. Feb. 19, 1767, Rachel Badger.


iv. BRIDGET, b. Feb. 22, 1743-4.


V: JOSIAH, b. Apr. 16, 1745; m. Dec. 20, 1770, Phebe Porter.


vi. CATHERINE, b. Mar. 24, 1747; m. Solomon West.


vii. EUNICE, b. Oct. 5, 1748; m. Joshua Tilden of Enosburg, Vt.


viii. PHEBE, b. Dec. 2, 1749; m. Bentley.


ix. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 30, 1751; d. 1830, at Lebanon, Conn .; m. (1) Isabel Wheelock; (2) Duval.


x. AMos, b. July 31, 1755; d. May 24, 1813, at Ghent, N. Y .; m. (1) Jan. 27, 1780, Hannah Hunt; (2) June 1, 1796, Ann Macy.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


xi. BETSEY.


xii. PAMELA, b. May 7, 1787; 11 .- Smith of Whitehall, N. Y.


xiii. HARVEY WARNER, b. Feb. 22, 1790; m. (1) Sept. 12, 1818, Hannah Shurtleff; (2) July 11, 1822, Jane Campbell; (3) Nov. 9, 1831, Sophronia Steel. Res. at Moretown and Montpelier, Vt. Chn .: William Shurtlejj,7 b. Mar. 31, 1818; Cornelius James, b. Apr. 11, 1824; Cornelia Irene, b. Apr. II, IS24.


xiv. CAROLINE.


XV. STEPHEN.


xvi. HENRY.


6. JAMESĀ® CARPENTER (Ebenezer," Benjamin,4 William3, Wil- liam,2 William1) was born in Coventry, Conn., Apr. 4, 1741; rem. to Sharon, Vt., 1779-80; Rev. soldier; Rep., 1786-7; a grantee of the town of Chittenden, Vt. ; died Nov. 4, 1813. He married, Apr. 5, 1761, Irene, dau. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Rust) Ladd, b. May 20, 1744; d. June 19, 1817. Children, first nine born in Coventry, Conn .:


i. JAMES, b. Apr. 4, 1763; Rev. soldier; d. at Sharon, Jan. 30, 1830. Was resident in W. a short time around 1802; m. Nov. 8, 1787, Eunice Mosher.


ii. IRENE, b. Apr. 4, 1764-5; m. Thomas Mosher of Sharon, Vt.


7. iii. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 20, 1766.


iv. JERUSHA, b. June 24, 1768; m. June 21, 1785, Reuben Spauld- ing.


S. v. CEPIIAS, b. July 8, 1770.


9. vi. JASON, b. Aug. 15, 1772.


vii. EUNICE, b. Sept. 14, 1774; m. Israel Noble of Moretown, Vt. Viii. ALPHEUS, b. Aug. 17, 1776; d. May 18, 1799.


ix. EBER, b. Aug. 8, 1778; d. at Alsted, N. H., May 23, 1841; m. Feb. 22, 1803, Judith Green.


x. ACHSAH, b. Aug. 16, 1780; m. Jan. 23, 1800, Abner Childs of Moretown.


xi. ALANSON, b. Aug. 26, 1782; d. young.


xii. LUCY, b. Dec. 27, 1783-4; m. Mar. 21, 1802, Ralph Turner.


7. NATHANIEL7 CARPENTER (James,6 Ebenezer,5 Benjamin,4 William.3 William,2 William1) was born in Coventry, Conn., Sept. 20, 1766; soldier, 1812 ; sett. in Middlesex, Vt., where he died. He married (1) 1787, Susannah Sheperd, who d. May 29, 1794; (2) Mar. 26, 1797, Abigail, dau. Nathaniel Morse of Royalton, Vt. Children:


1. LAVINIA,8 b. June 21, 1788; m. in Moretown, Vt .; Sept: 9 1806, Waitstill Johnson.


ii. STEPHEN, b. May 23, 1790; d. Dec. 30, 1803.


iii. ALANSON, b. Aug. 26, 1791; d. young.


iv. ALANSON, b. Jan. 30, 1793; d. at Chatauqua, N. Y., May 13, 1882; m. Julia E. Nichols.


v. CHRISTOPHER, b. Aug. 7, 1798; d. Feb. 11, 1863, at Bangor, N. Y .; physician; m. Belicent Mazuzen.


vi. SUSAN, b. Aug. 9, 1800; m. John Taplin.


vii. WOOSTER, b. Mar. 22, 1802; d. June 25. 1871, at Lisbon, N. Y .; physician; m. Joan Riter.


IO. viii. NATHANIEL MORSE, b. Nov. 21, 1806.


ix. DON PEDRO, b. Dec. 10, 1808; d. Jan. 28, 1881, at St. Johns- bury, Vt .; m. Oct. 30, 1838, Hannah C. Hutchins.


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GENEALOGIES.


x. HEMAN, b. July 10, 1811; d. Jan. 16, 1884, at Northfield, Vt .. lawyer; m. (1) Feb. 13, 1838, Harriet S. Gilchrist; (2) Oct. 16, 1866. Mrs. Betsey S. Edgerton.


xi. OTIS HAMILTON, b. Apr. 9, 1813; res. Perrysburg, Ohio: m. Catherine Platt.


xii. FIDELIA, b. Mar. 21, 1815; d. Mar. 27, 1830.


xiii. ALBERT VAN HOLLER, b. Nov. 1, 1822; res. Milwaukee, Wis .; lawyer; m. Sept. 8, 1868, Catherine Burnham.


8. CEPHAS7 CARPENTER (James, 6 Ebenezer,5 Benjamin,4 William,3 William,2 William1) was born in Coventry, Conn., July 8, 1770; sett. in W., 1797, and rem. soon to Moretown, Vt., where he died Apr. 1, 1860; a trial justice of considerable local reputation and a leading man in his town. He married (1) Anne Benton, b. Aug. 9, 1773; d. Mar. 23, 1845; (2) Oct. 29, 1846, Mrs. Mary Day. Children:


i. ESTHER,8 b. 1795; m. Jan. 7, IS19, Frederick A. Johnson.


ii. LUCINDA, m. Nov. 23, 1825, Jesse Thornton.


iii. IRA, b. Apr. 29, 1798, in W .: res. in Moretown and Warren, Vt .; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1823, Esther Ann Luce, who d. Feb. I, 1835: (2) Dec. 16, 1835, Rhoda Spofford. His son, Mat- thew Hale,9 b. Jan. 25, 1824, was U. S. Senator from Wis- consin.


iv. SOPHIA AUGUSTA, b. Mar. 15, 1800, in Moretown; m. Jan. 25, IS27, Ziba Mosher of Troy, N. Y.




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