History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 24

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


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V. CEPHAS, b. May 13, 1802; m. Oct. 16, 1827, Elvira W., dau. Levi Spaulding. Chn .: Cephas;9 George Washington Irving, b. Sept. 15, 1831, in Hamilton, Canada.


vi. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 18, 1804; m Julia Johnson.


vii. NANCY S., b. Sept. 18, 1807; m. Apr. 26, 1827, Seth L. Newton.


viii. ALFRED, b. Mar. 31, 1810; d. Mar. 31, 1812.


ix. CURTIS, b. Mar. 31, 1812; m. (1) Sabrina Winship; (2) Aug. 17, 1852, Ruth Stowell.


x. BRADFORD, b. July 22, 1815; m. Jan. 19, 1841, Deborah G. Mayo. Rem. to Iowa.


xi. JOHN HUBBARD, b. Jan. 17, 1817; d. June 4, 1876; m. Mar. 22, 1848, Caroline M. Eaton.


9. JASON7 CARPENTER (James,6 Ebenezer," Benjamin,4 William,3 William,2 William1) was born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 15, 1772; lived with and cared for his parents at Sharon, Vt., until their death; rem. in 1818 to W. where he was at once prominent. He purchased the Heaton farm in lots 121, 122; selectman, 1821, '22, '28, '35; treasurer, 1823 to 1834; moderator 28 times, 1821 to 1839 ; Rep., 1829 to 183 1 and 1834 to 1836 inc .; Judge of Probate, 1836; member State Const. Convention, 1828. Died Oct. 1, 1845.


He married, Apr. 4, 1804, Betsey, dau. Jeremiah and Ruth (Bell) Ingraham, b. June 8, 1781 ; d. Mar. 22, 1865. Children, born in Sharon, Vt .:


1. JULIA EMILY,8 b. Apr. 6, 1707; m. Apr. 10, 1845, Nathan B. Smalley.


ii. JOSEPH LYON, b. Dec. 8, 1808. Killed, by the fall of a tree, Nov. 13, 1822.


iii. LUCY PARMELIA, b. Sept. 17, 1810; m. June 6, 1836, Elias Palmer Marsh of Sharon; rem. to Lowell, Mass.


بعمـ


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iv. LAURA LOUISE, b. Oct. 15, 1812; m. Oct. 6, 1835, Hiram Jones. v. CHARLES SMITH, b. Oct. 19, IS14; graduate U. V. M., 1838; teacher; d. July 31, 1846, at Lewiston, Pa .; m. Nov. 2, 1842, Laura M. Aubrey. Ch .: Katherine A.,9 who m. Conklin of N. Y. City.


vi. GEORGE HARVEY, b. Oct. 3, 1817: res. Racine, Wis; d. 1889; m. Sept. 1, 1853, Laura, wid. of his bro., Charles S.


10. NATHANIEL MORSE& CARPENTER (Cephas,7 James,8 Ebenezer,5 Benjamin,4 William,3 William,? William1) was born Nov. 21, 1806, in Moretown, Vt .; res. Middlesex, Vt .; died July 18, 1887.


He married Huldah, dau. Jesse Johnson, Jr., of Middle- sex, b. Apr. 16, 1812; d. July 18, 1894.


Children, born in Middlesex, Vt .:


II. i. JAMES PORTER,º b Dec. 14, 1838.


11. ADELIA MARIA, b. Oct. 23, 1836; m. Feb. 28, 1858, Hartwell L. Taplin of Middlesex.


iii. HARRIET IONE, b. Mar. 14, 1845; m. Jan. 22, 1871, Lucien White of Middlesex.


11. JAMES PORTERA CARPENTER (Nathaniel Morse,8 Cephas,? James, Ebenezer, 5Benjamin. 4William,3 William,2 William1) was born in Middlesex, Vt., Dec. 14, 1838. He married (1) May 18. 1862, Cornelia M .. dau. William and Louise Ober of Middlesex; (2) 1868, Ellen Murray.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. HUGH M., 1º b. Nov. 19, 1868; m. Aug. 22, 1907, Gertrude, dau. Michael and Mary A. (Donahoe) Nerney.


ii. ANNIE, b. Dec. 29, 1871.


iii. NATHANIEL MORSE, b. Feb. 7, 1875; m. Oct. 28, 1899, Flor- ence, dau. John Hurdle of Moretown, Vt.


REV. JOTHAM& CARPENTER (William1, Benjamin," Benjamin,5 Joseph,4 William:,3 William,2 William1) was born Sept. 2, 1760. He was the first settled minister in Fayston, Vt., and also preached in Barre, Vt. Died June 2, 1829. He married (1) Apr. 18, 1782, Molly Patterson, who d. Mar. 12, 1813, ae. 52; (2) Nov. 3, 1814, Lydia (Foster), wid. Thomas Green.


He had 5 children.


JESSE CARPENTER, sett. in W. abt. 1811 and is said to have come from Monkton, Vt., or vicinity; tanner and cordwainer; Capt. of militia company. Died Feb. 12, 1835, ae. 44.


He married, Mar. 5, 1815, Harriet, dau. Gilbert and Rebecca (Seaver) Wait, who d. Feb. 9, 1875, ae. 75.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. HARRIET LUANA, b. Jan. 1, 1816; m. Nov. 18, 1839, Charles E. Bigelow.


ii. LAURA MATILDA, b. Dec. 26, 1819; m. Dec. 1, 1836, George D. Rice.


iii. LUCY CORNELIA, b. Feb. 28, 1822; m. (1) Dan Richardson; (2) Feb. 12, 1868, William Morrill Pingry.


iv. THOMAS ALLEN, b. Nov. 4, 1824: d. Oct. 21, 1826.


v. ELIZA JANE, b. Sept. 2, 1827; m. Oct. 26, 1852, David Carlisle Joyslin.


vi. MARIAN L., d. Mar. 2, 1832, ae. 2 yrs.


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PETER JOHN CARPENTER. Born in France. Resided in W. but a few years. Educated as a Priest of Catholic Ch. Re- moved to Woburn. Mass. He married Elizabeth Dumas. Children, from Waitsfield records:


i. FLYVING, Mar. 17, 1868.


ji. ERIC, b. Apr. 23, 1869; d. Aug. 16, 1869.


iii. DERRICK, b. Mar. 10, 1874.


iv. JOHN, b. May 26, 1862.


v. child, d. Jan. 3, 1863, ae. 3 days.


vi. MOSES, b. Apr. 9, 1860.


vii. MINGE, b. Apr. 13, 1864.


CARROLL, CARYL.


1. BENJAMIN1 CARYL was early in Hopkinton, Mass., where he and George Caryl were lessees from the Trustees of the Hopkins Trust, Feb. 8, 1731. Mar. 21, 1749, Benjamin Caryl deeds to his "grandson Joseph Caryl" reserving the house and garden during his lifetime and that of his wife Mary.


Children:


2. i. BENJAMIN.2


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ii. EDWARD, who m. Ruth and had Amos,3 Oct. 20, 1734, Louisa, Nov. 4, 1736, Lucy, Nov. 24, 1737.


iii. GEORGE, who in. Martha and had Martha,3 b. Nov. 12, 1740.


2. BENJAMIN2 CARYL (Benjamin1). The record of his birth has not been found. He sett. in Hopkinton, Mass., and married Mary


Children, born in Hopkinton, Mass .:


i. JOSEPH,3 b. Feb. 13, 1727-8.


11. JONATHAN, b. Mar. 7, 1729-30.


iii. . BENJAMIN (Rev.), b. Apr. 22, 1732 ; m. Dec. 9, 1762, Mrs. Sarah (Messenger) Kallock.


iv. ASA, b. Mar. 5, 1734-5.


v. MARY, b. Oct. 17, 1737.


3. vi. THOMAS, b. Apr. 18, 1740.


vii. SARAH, b. Apr. 30, 1743.


3. THOMAS3 CARROLL (Benjamin,2 Benjamin1) was born in Hopkinton, Mass., Apr. 18, 1740; called cordwainer in 1770; sett. about 1781 in Chester, Vt., where he died July 24, 1816. He married, Oct. 11, 1769, Esther Wright, b. Sept. 21, 1750; d. Feb. 22, 1823. Children:


i. IRENA,4 b. July 22, 1770; m. Holden of New Hudson, N. Y.


ii. LAWSON, b. July 31, 1772; d. Sept. 5, 1827.


iii. RUFUS, b. Apr. 9, 1774; d. Oct. 31, 1839.


iv. LEONILLA, b. May 10, 1776; d. Sept. 16, 1777.


v. HOLLIS, b. Apr. 28, 1778; d. Jan. 6, 1844.


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4. vi. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 23, 1780.


vii. THOMAS, b. Mar. 7, 1782; d. May 9, 1795.


viii. ESTHER, b. Dec. 29, 1783; d. Apr. 26, 1816.


ix. FANNY, b. Mar. 8, 1786; d. Sept. 26, 1789.


x. HANNAH, b. Feb. 2, 1788.


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xi. GEORGE, b. Dec. 3, 1789. Killed Aug. 14, 1814


xii. AMASA, b. Jan. 23, 1792; d. Sept. 19, 1834.


xiii. CLARICY, b. May 13, 1794.


xiv. MOSES, b. Feb. 20, 1796; d. May 24, 1796.


4. BENJAMIN+ CARROLL (Thomas,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1) was born in Hopkinton, Mass., Mar. 23, 1780. Died at Bolton, Vt., Jan. 20, 1842. He married, at Fayston, Vt., July 3, ISII, Polly, dau. Gershom Brigham. She died Aug. 12, 1862, ae. 75 yrs., 10 mos., 29 days.


Children:


i. ESTHER W.,5 b. Feb. 2, 1812; d. 1891.


5. ii. GEORGE B., b. Oct. 11, 1814.


iii. ALSINA S., b. Feb. 27, 1816; d. Aug. 30, 1816.


iv. SARAH A., b. Aug. 20, 1817.


V. ALMA LUANA, b. May 6, 1820; d. Dec. 17, 1893; m. Nov. 24, 1857, William Wait.


6. vi. LAWSON P., b. Oct. 26, 1822.


vii. LOVINA D., b. Apr. 17, 1825; d. June 30, 1847.


viii. CHARLES L., b. Dec. 3, 1827; d. Oct. 20, 1906.


ix. PLINY F., b. Nov. 7, 1831; res. Warren, Vt .; m. Jan. 1, 1861, Susan C., dau. John S. and Lucy (Dinsmore) Poland, b. Jan. 18, 1839. Chn .: Lovina A.,& b. Apr. 10, 1863, m. Aug. 26, 1891, William Palmer, Louis H., b. Jan. I, IS71, m. Nov. 28, 1893, Mabel E. Fisher. Ch .: Palmer F., b. June 10, 1898.


5. GEORGE B.5 CARROLL (Benjamin,4 Thomas,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1) was born in Moretown, Vt., Oct. 11, 1814; for some years he lived in Richmond, Vt., but came to W. in 1850, and res. there many years, but died in Warren, Vt., Apr. 12, 1886. He married Susan, dau. William L. and Parthenia (Burch) Johnson, b. at Hawkesbury, P. Q., Oct. 12, 1820; d. at Warren, Jan. 4, 1904. Children:


i. GEORGE EADEN,6 b. Oct. 7, 1850; m. Emma Stackhouse; res. Sioux City, Iowa.


ii. HERBERT EUGENE, b. Oct. 12, 1855; res. Clarinda, Iowa.


6. LAWSON P.5 CARROLL (Benjamin,4 . Thomas,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin1) was born in Richmond, Vt., Oct. 26, 1822; died Jan. 4, 1889, in W.


He married, Feb. 9, 1848, Maria, dau. Jacob and Eunice (Farr) Boyce, b. Jan. 24, 1826.


Children:


i. FRED C.,6 b. June 27, 1855; m. May 1, 1902, Myra I., dau. Orvis and Roxa (Prentis) Jones.


ii. GEORGE H., b. Apr. 16, 1864; d. Nov. 16, 1891.


CHANDLER.


1. MOSES5 CHANDLER (Moses of Lancaster and Shrewsbury, Mass., b. at Andover, Mass., William3 of Andover, b. May 28, 1659, Thomas2 of Andover, b. in Eng. abt. 1630, William' of Roxbury, 1637) was born in Lancaster, Mass., July 8, 1731; soldier, 1760; rem. to Deerfield, Mass., and .


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kept a ferry at Pine Hill, where he also had a store in 1775; rem. soon after 1787 to Shelburne, Mass., where he died Jan. 21, 1814. He married (1) June 13, 1754, Persis Harris, who d. Apr. 13, 1799, ae. 64; (2) wid. Susan (May) Bullard, who d. June, 1822, ae. 80.


Children:


i. MOSES,6 b. Oct. 25, 1759; d. Aug. 23, 1821; m. Anna Whitney.


ii. PERSIS, b. Apr. 4, 1762: m. Mar. 4, 1796, Daniel Wilder of Burlington, Vt.


iii. ANNA, b. May 29, 1764; d. Jan. 6, 1767.


iv. DAVID, b. Oct. 14, 1766; d. Nov. 27, 1793, unm.


v. NAOMI, b. Sept. 17, 1768; m. Feb. 18, 1796, Elisha Barnard of Shelburne.


vi. STEPHEN, b. July 23, 1771; m. Jan. 18, 1795, Lydia Nichols.


vii. AMARIAH, b. Aug. 6, 1774; d. Oct. 27, 1775.


viii. EUNICE, b. Mar. 11, 1777; m. Elijah Seaver of Heath, Mass.


2. ix. AMARIAH, b. Oct. 27, 1782.


2. REV. AMARIAH6 CHANDLER (Moses,5 Moses,4 William,3 Thomas,2 William1) was born in Deerfield, Mass., Oct. 27, 1782; graduate of U. V. M., 1807; D. D., 1846; sett. as pastor of the ch. in W., Feb. 7, IS10; resigned, Feb. 3, 1830; sett. over First Ch. of Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1832, and d. there Oct. 20, 1864; member Mass. Const. Convention, 1853.


He married (1) Oct. 2, 1808, Abigail Whitney, b. Feb. 13, 1786; d. June 10, 1833; (2) Nov. 17, 1840, Mary, dau. Hull Nimms, and widow of Horace Roberts; she d. Mar. 4, 1852, ae. 65, and he m. (3) Oct. 2, 1855, Elizabeth Gleason, who d. Jan. 11, 1865, ae. 75.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. HENRY SATTERLEE LEWIS,7 b. Aug. 20, 1809; m. Sept. 10, 1833, Meretta, dau. Nathaniel and Charlotte (Grout) Joslin; rem. to Elkhorn, Ill., and later to Fredericksburg, Iowa.


ii. CLARISSA NAOMI, b. Jan. 25, 1811; m. Feb. 15, 1829, George F. Kidder.


iii. MOSES ELIPHALET, b. May 15, 1813; d. Nov. 26, 1857, at Allegan, Mich.


iv. JOSEPH WHITNEY, b. June 20, 1815; res. Shelburne or Green- field, Mass; currier and shoemaker; m. Mar. 3, 1838, Adaline Goodnow.


v. ABIGAIL BARNARD, b. May 16, 1818; m. Apr. 23, 1837, William Lyman of Royalton, Vt.


vi. LYDIA CERINTHA, b. Jan. 23, 1822; m. Aug. 13, 1839, Joseph Comstock Prentis.


vii. AMARIAH, b. Apr. 4, 1824; d. Aug. 10, 1834.


viii. SUSAN BARRON JUBILEE, b. July 4, 1.826; m. Jan. 20, 1848, Elisha G. Arms of Greenfield.


STEPHEN H. CHANDLER was for a few years a resident of W. He married Coolie. Children:


i. WILLIAM, b. Apr. 26, 1869; d. May 14, 1869.


ii. MAGGIE VIOLA, b. Apr. 27, 1870; d. Mar. 16, 1873.


iii. FRANK H., b. July 29, 1873.


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CHASE.


1. AQUILA1 CHASE was born abt. 1618; came from Cornwall, Eng., 1639: sett. in Hampton, N. H., and rem. abt. 1646 to Newbury. Mass., where he died Aug. 29, 1670; his will was probated in Salem, Mass.


He married, abt. 1644, Anna, dau. John Wheeler. She d. May 19, 1688 (or Apr. 21, 1687, says one authority), having m. (2) June 14, 1672, Daniel Musseloway.


Children, born in Newbury, Mass .:


i. SARAH,2 b. 1646 (?); m. May 15, 1666, Charles Annis.


11. ANNA, b. July 6, 1647; m. Apr. 27, 1671, Thomas Barber.


i11. PRISCILLA, b. Mar. 14, 1649; m. Feb. 10, 1670-1, Abel Merrill.


iv. MARY, b. Feb. 3, 1651; m. Apr. 9, 1669-70, John Stephens.


V. AQUILA, b. Sept. 27, 1652; d. July 29, 1720; m. abt. 1673 Esther Bond.


vi. THOMAS, b. July 25, 1654; d. 1733; m. (1) Nov. 27, 1677, Rebecca Folansbee; (2) Aug. 2, 1713, Elizabeth Mowers.


vii. Jou, b. Nov. 2, 1655; d. 1739; m. (1) May 23, 1677, Elizabeth Bingley; (2) Lydia -


viii. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 13, 1657; m. (1) June 27, 1678, Zachariah Aver: (2) Daniel Favor.


ix. RUTH, b. Mar. 18, 1660; d. May 30, 1676.


x. DANIEL, b. Dec. 9, 1661; d. Feb. 8, 1707; m. Aug. 25, 1683, Martha Kimball.


2. xi. MOSES, b. Dec. 24, 1663.


2. MOSES2 CHASE (Aquila1) was born in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 24, 1663; called Ensign; died in Newbury, Sept. 6, 1743. He married (1) Nov. 10, 1684, Ann Folansbee, who d. Apr. 5, 1708; (2) Dec. 13, 1713, Sarah, dau. Thomas Jacobs.


Children, born in Newbury, Mass .:


i. MOSES,3 b. Sept. 20, 1685; d. young.


ii. DANIEL, b. Sept. 20, 1685; m. Jan. 2, 1706-7, Sarah March; res. Littleton and Sutton, Mass.


3. iii. MOSES, b. Jan. 20, 1687-8.


iv. SAMUEL, b. May 13, 1690; d. July 24, 1743; m. Dec. 8, 1713, Hannah Emory.


V. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 25, 1693; m. Dec. 14, 1708, John Carr.


vi. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 29, 1696-7; d. June 14, 1756; m. Dec., 1717, Sarah Hale.


vii. HANNAH, b. Sept. 13, 1699; m. Apr., 1719, Green Whittier.


viii. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 9, 1703; d. Nov. 27, 1782; m. Sept. 7, 1724. Mary Morse.


ix. BENONI, b. Apr. 5, 1708; d. July 4, 1788; m. Sept. 4, 1728, Mary Rogers.


3. MOSES3 CHASE, (Moses,2 Aquila1) was born in Newbury, Mass., Jan. 20, 1687-8, and died there Sept. 16, 1760.


He married, Oct. 12, 1709, Elizabeth, dau. Thomas Wells (first minister in Amesbury, Mass.), b. Dec. 17, 1688; d. May 31, 1755.


Children, born in Newbury, Mass .:


4. i. WELLS,+ b. Oct. 4, 1710.


ii. MOSES, b. July 1, 1713; m. Dec. 9, 1736, Judith Bartlett. First settler of Cornish, N. H., where he d. Oct. 9, 1789.


GENEALOGIES.


iii. SETH, b. Nov. 27, 1715; d. Sept. 24, 1791; m. (1) May 31, 1738, Elizabeth Bartlett; (2) Mar. 17, 1788, wid. Abigail Marsh.


iv. HUMPHREY, b. Jan. S, 1717-18; d. June 6, 1794; m. Aug. 23, 1744, Abigail Ela.


V. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 29, 1719; m. Sept. 4, 1734, Joshua Bailey. vi. ELEAZER, b. July 25, 1722; m. (1) Jeanette Elder; (2) May 20, 1759, wid. Mary Brown.


vii. ANNE, b. Sept. 11, 1724; d. Nov. 29, 1726.


viii. DANIEL, b. Dec. 31, 1726; m. Oct. 19, 1748, Hannah Somerby.


ix. ANNE, b. Mar. 10, 1729; d. May 27, 1736.


REBECCA, b. July 21, 1731; d. May 10, 1736.


xi. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 7, 1734; d. May 15, 1736.


4. WELLS+ CHASE (Moses,3 Moses,2 Aquila1) was born in New- · bury, Mass., Oct. 4, 1710; sett. in Amesbury, Mass., but rem., after some years, to Concord, N. H., where he died Dec. 2. 1785. He married, Aug. 6, 1734, Mary Morse, b. Nov. 14, 1715. Children:


5. i. THOMAS,5 b. May 14, 1735.


11. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 22, 1736; physician; sett. in No. Yarmouth, Me .; d. July 22, 1798; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1763, Mary Buxton, who d. June 25, 1777; (2) Dec. 11, 1777, Miriam Cole.


iii. MOSES, b. Aug. 20, 1738; d. Feb. 5, 1797; m. Mar. 4, 1762, Elizabeth Whittier.


iv. WELLS, b. Jan. 16, 1740; d. 1788; m. (1) Mar. 4, 1762, Ruth Morse; (2) May 25, 1783, Lydia Whalen; (3) Nov. 24, 1783, Lydia Gould.


v. ANNA, b. Mar. 30, 1743; m. Lowell.


vi. DANIEL, b. Oct. 4, 1744; d. 1802; m. Mary Dow.


vii. MARTHA, b. Oct. 18, 1747; m. Davis. viii. TIMOTHY, b. Aug. 16, 1749.


5. THOMAS5 CHASE (Wells,4 Moses,3 Moses,? Aquila1) was born in Chester, N. H., May 14, 1735; rem. to Salisbury, N. H. bef. 1768 (where he was the first school teacher), and later to Cornish, N. H. Died in Salisbury, Jan. 14, 1807. He married Mary, dau. Henry Hall of Chester, b. Nov. 14, I735.


Children:


6. ii.


1. TIMOTHY,8 b. Jan. 22, 1758; d. July 5, 177-, at Cornish, N. H. MOSES, b. Mar. 23, 1759.


111. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 10, 1760; m. (1) Aug. 24, 1780, Job Stevens; (2) Josiah Stone.


7. iv. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 18, 1762.


v. JOANNA, b. July 16, 1764; m. John Hobbs of Andover; d. Apr. 17, 1836.


vi. MARTHA, b. May 17, 1766; m. James Spaulding.


vii. MARY, b. Apr. to, 1768; m. Mar. 14, 1793, Joshua Chase. viii. HANNAH, b. Dec. 27, 1769; m. Abel Spalding.


ix. EMMA, b. Sept. 29, 1772; d. at IS.


X. WELLS, b. Feb. 2, 1778; d., unm.


S. xi. THOMAS, b. Sept. 3, 1779.


6. MOSES6 CHASE (Thomas," Wells,4 Moses,3 Moses,' Aquila1) was born in Salisbury, N. H., Mar. 23, 1759; Rev. soldier ; came to Waitsfield from Cornish, N. H., in 1791, and


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settled on lot 74; selectman, 1794. His will, dated July 30, 1831, was probated Aug. 11, 1831. He married (1) Hannah, dau. Andrew and Abigail (Martin) Spalding, b. Mar. 26, 1760; d. Oct. 15, 1807; (2) Eunice, who died Apr. 23, 1852, ac. 92.


Children:


i. HENRY,7 b. Apr. 27, 1785, in Cornish.


ii. HANNAH, b. Dec. 4, 1786.


iii. MOSES, b. Jan. 11, 1789: m. Feb. 17, 1820, Temperance, dau. Amasa Skinner; rem. to Antwerp, N. Y., thence to Ohio, where he was in 1831, and later to Illinois.


iv. JUDAH, b. Dec. 30, 1791.


v. LENAS, or ZENAS, b. May 14, 1794, in Waitsfield.


vi. ANDREW, b. Jan. 7, 1798; d. Nov. 29, 1834, unm.


vii. EMME, b. May 5, 1800; d. May 28, 1813.


viii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 7, 1802; m. Sept. 22, 1822, Suel Thayer. ix. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 14. 1804; d. July 7, 1813.


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7. WILLIAMG CHASE (Thomas," Wells,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Aquila1) was born Oct. 19, 1762; Rev. soldier; sett. in W. in 1802; but rem. about 1829 to Granville, N. Y., and in 1832 was in Westfield, N. Y .; returned about 1844, and died in Warren, Vt., 1853. He lived for some years on the present Cassius Joslin farm.


He married (1) Martha Tucker; (2) Olive Matthews; (3) Content Woods, who d. the same day as her husband. He had children, but no record is found.


8. THOMAS& CHASE (Thomas,5 Wells,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Aquila1) was born in Cornish, N. H., Sept. 3, 1779 (1777?); sett. in W. about 1807; died July 31, 1828. His wife Betsey, d. Apr. 23, 1852, ae. 89. His farm lay far up on "Dana Hill" in lots 145 and 146.


Children:


9. i. JOSIAH,7 b. abt. 1801.


IO. ii. SETH,


iii. RACHEL, b. abt. 1796; m. Mar. 10, 1818, Silas Wheeler of Fayston, Vt.


iv. BETSEY, m. Dec. 12, 1822, Riley Mansfield of Fayston.


v. ELEANOR, b. Dec. 19, 1797; m. Dec. 19, 1824, Jeremiah Thayer of Warren, Vt.


vi(?)THOMAS.


9. JOSIAH7 CHASE (Thomas,6 Thomas,5 Wells,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Aquila1) was born about 1801; resided in W. and Fayston, Vt .; died Mar. 15, 1879, ae. 78 yrs., 3 mos. He married, Aug. 12, 1823, Polly, dau. Timothy and Ruth E. Chase, b. Nov. 18, 1803; d. Jan. 25, 1890. Children:


1. TIMOTHY,8 b. 1831; m. Nov. 6, 1859, Susan, dau. Chandler and Susan (Barron) Taylor; b. Apr. 16, 1829. Children : (1) Philander R.,9 b. 1861, m. Mar. 31, 1897, Addie E., dau. Jerome Hart of Moretown, Vt., and had Roy Arthur,10 b. Apr. 24, 1899, Glenn Franklin, b. July 25, 1900, Kenneth Ermine, b. Nov. 26, 1902; Bernice Eleanor, Apr. 23, 1906; (2) Sarah; (3) Ida; (4) Seth, b. May 27, 1868, d. young.


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GENEALOGIES.


ii. HARRIET, b. Mar. 3. 1822; in. Jan. 11, 1847, Benjamin Poland.


iii. MARIAH N., b. 1833; in. Sept. 25, 1859, S. A. Stowell of Lawrence, Mass.


iv. GEORGE HENRY, b. 1834; d. Mar. 12, 1841, ae. 6 y., 6 mo.


v. JOHN J., b. 1840; m. Mar. 20, 1866, Mrs. Lucy (Mehuron) Chase. Res. Fayston.


vi. DAN, d. Apr. 8, 1843, ae. 2 yrs., 4 m., 8 d.


vii. SAMUEL, d. Mar. 30, 1843, ae. 7 mo.


viii. LUTHER.


ix. LAUREN.


10. SETH7 CHASE (Thomas,6 Thomas," Wells,4 Moses,3 Moses,2 Aquila1). Place and date of birth not ascertained. He resided for many years in W. and Fayston, but removed to a western state soon after the Civil War. He married Electa Children:


1. MARY A.,8 b. Oct. 23, 1831; m. Dec. 3, 1852, Ephraim C. Campbell.


ii. MARK, private Co. H. 6th Vt. Vols .; d. in Andersonville prison, July 3, 1864, ae. 30.


iii. DAVID, d. Oct. 2, 1856, ae. 15.


iv. LUTHER P., private Co. H. 6th Vt. Vols .; d. at Camp Griffin, Va., Jan. 30, 1862, ae. 18. Married, Aug. 27, 1861, Lucy A., dau. Jonathan Mehuron; she m. (2) John J. Chase.


CHILD.


HARBAS CHILD (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 Benjamin1), son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Weld) Child, was born in Woodstock, Conn., Apr. 28, 1764; rem. to Hartland, Vt., and thence to W., 1797, but seems to have returned soon to Hartland. He rem. abt. 1805, to Barnston, Canada, and thence to Rome, N. Y., where he died abt. 1814. He married, Sept. 6, 1786, Mary (Polly) Lee of Pomfret, Conn.


Children, born in Hartland, Vt .:


i. SAMUEL,6 b. Feb. 27, 1787.


ii. POLLY, b. Mar. 28, 1789; d. June 24, 1791.


iii. SALLY, b. Feb. 17, 1791; m. Jonathan Waterman.


iv. Lucy, b. Feb. 12, 1793.


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v. CHARLES, b. May 11, 1794.


vi. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 7, 1795.


vii. BETSEY, b. 1802.


viii. SETH, b. Apr. 4, 1811, at Barnston, Canada.


CHILDS.


RICHARD1 CHILDS was an early settler of Barnstable, Mass., where he married, Oct. 15, 1649, Mary, dau. Robert Linnell. Of his children the eldest is supposed to have been Richard2 Childs who lived in Barnstable, West Parish. He married Elizabeth, dau. of John Crocker and they had eleven children of whom the eldest was Samuel3 Childs, born Nov. 6, 1679. He was a black- smith and settled early in Deerfield, Mass., where he was promi- nent; died Mar. 28, 1756. He was thrice married, first July 7, 1709, to Hannah, dau. Joseph Barnard. Their second child


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


was Samuel+ Childs, born Sept. 20, 1712; a tailor; Lieut. in command of Fort Pelham, 1647-8; died Jan. 15, 1786. He married, Dec. 13, 1739, Sarah, dau. Judah Wright.


1. SAMUELS CHILDS (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Richard,2 Richard1), son of Samuel+ and Sarah (Wright) Childs, was born in Deerfield, Mass., Oct. 28, 1745; called "Brigadier"; died Oct. 27, 1808. He married, Nov. 29. 1770, Mary, dau. Jeremiah Nims, b. Jan. 16, 1748-9; d. Jan. 7, 1821.


Children, born in Deerfield, Mass .:


1. MARY,6 b. Sept. 22, 1771; m. Nov. 7, 1787, Moses Smith.


ii. ISRAEL, b. Jan. 17, 1773; d. Aug. 8, 1777.


iii. EXPERIENCE, b. June 3, 1775; d. Aug. 2, 1777.


iv. SAMUEL, b. July 1, 1777; d. in Hoosac, Mass., May 24, 1830.


V. ISRAEL, b. July 25, 1779: d. in Shelburne, Mass., May 5, 1821. vi. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 12, 1781; d. Jan. 5, 1812; m. Dec. 18, 1806, Fanny Smith.


vii. EXPERIENCE, b. Jan. 27, 1784; m. Jan. 9, 1808, Ebenezer Barnard.


2. viii. RUFUS, b. Feb. 28, 1786.


ix. SOPHIA, b. July 21, 1788; m. Quartus Marsh of Heath, Mass. X. CLARISSA, b. July 21, 1788; m. Oct. 23, 1810, Shubal Atherton of Henderson, N. Y.


xi. SARAH, b. May 4, 1791; m. Shubal Atherton.


2. RUFUS6 CHILDS (Samuel,5 Samuel,1 Samuel,3 Richard,? Richard1) was born in Deerfield, Mass., Feb. 28, 1786; sett. in W., 1809, on a farm in lots 118 and 119; rem. abt. 1857 to River Falls, Wis., where he died, Sept. 26, 1861.


He married, Apr. 29, 1811, Philena, dau. Samuel and Abigail (Fiske) Barnard, b. Feb. 4, 1789. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. SAMUEL BARNARD,7 b. Jan. 21, 1812; d. Apr. 1, 1813.


ii. SOPHRONIA HORTENSIA, b. Aug. 22, 1813; sett. in River Falls, Wis., and d., unm.


iii. PHILENA EMELINE, b. Oct. 13, 1816; never married.


iv. SARAH, b. Apr. 17, 1819; d. Aug. 30, 1845, unm.


V. SAMUEL BARNARD, b. June 9, 1821; m. Laura


vi. MARIAN, b. July 11, 1823; d. Oct. 13, 1896, at Alexandria, Minn., unm.


vii. EDWIN RUTHVEN, b. Oct. 25, 1827; never married.


viii. JANE DORCAS, b. 1830; d. 1863, unm.


ix. ISRAEL, b. 1834; sett. in Wis .; priv. 30th Wis. Vols .: m. Delia Miles. Chn .: Walter,8 Edward.


CHIPMAN.


1. JOHN' CHIPMAN, b. abt. 1614, came from Barnstable, Co. Devon, Eng., July, 1631, and sett. in Barnstable, Mass., where he was selectman, deputy and elder; he died Apr. 7, 1708. He married (1) 1646, Hope, dau. John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, b. 1629; d. 1683; (2) 1684, Ruth, dau. William Sargent and wid. Jonathan Winslow, b. Oct. 25, 1642; d. Oct. 4, 1713. Children, born in Barnstable, Mass .:


i. ELIZABETH,2 b. June 24, 1647; m. Hosea Joyce.


ii. HOPE, b. Aug. 31, 1652; m. (1) Jno. Huckins; (2) Jonathan Cobb.


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GENEALOGIES.


iii. LYDIA, b. Dec. 25, 1654: m. John Sargent of Malden, Mass.


iv. HANNAH, b. Jan. 14, 1658; m. 1680, Thomas Huckins.


2. V. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 15, 1661.


vi. RUTH, b. Dec. 31, 1663; m. 1682, Eleazer Crocker.


vii. BETHIA, b. July 1, 1666; m. Shubael Dimock.


viii. MERCY, b. Feb. 6, 1668; m. 1699, Nathan Skiff.


ix. JOHN, b. Mar. 3. 1670; rem. to R. I .; thrice married; d. Jan. 4, 1756.


x. DESIRE, b. Feb. 26, 1673; m. 1695, Col. Melatiah Bourne.


2. SAMUEL2 CHIPMAN (John1) was born in Barnstable, Mass., Apr. 15, 1661; innholder; deacon; died, 1723. He married, Dec. 27, 1686, Sarah, dau. elder Henry Cobb, b. Mar. 10, 1663; d. Jan. 8, 1743.


Children, born in Barnstable, Mass .:


i. THOMAS,3 b. Nov. 17, 1687; d. Aug. 5, 1752; m. 1711, Abigail Lathrop; sett. in Groton, Conn.


3. ii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 6, 1689.


iii. JOHN, b. Feb. 16, 1691; d. Mar. 23, 1775; Harv. Coll., 1711; twice married.


iv. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 15, 1692; m. 1713, Nathaniel Jackson of Barnstable.


v. MERCY, b. Jan. 10, 1694.


vi. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 10, 1694:


vii. JACOB, b. Aug. 30, 1695; d. 1741, while a soldier; m. (1) Abigail Fuller; (2) Bethia Thomas; sett. in Halifax, Mass. viii. SETH, b. Feb. 24, 1697; d. 1766; m. Sept. 17, 1721, Priscilla Bradford; sett. in Kingston, Mass.


ix. HANNAH, b. Sept. 24, 1699; m. Barnabas Lathrop of Barn- stable.


x. SARAH, b. Nov. 1, 1701.


xi. BARNABAS, b. Mar. 24, 1702; d. 1759; m. (1) 1727, Elizabeth Hamblen; (2) Oct. 31, 1751, Mary Chipman; (3) Sept. 13, 1753, Alice Howland.


3. SAMUEL3 CHIPMAN (Samuel,2 John1) was born in Barnstable. Mass., Aug. 6, 1689; followed in his father's footsteps both as innholder and deacon; died 1753.




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