History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 25

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


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He married (I) Dec. 8, 1715, Abiah, dau. John Hinckley, Jr., b. Mar. 24, 1696; d. July 15, 17.36; (2) May 31, 1739, wid. Mary Green.


Children, born in Barnstable, Mass .:


i. A son, died young.


ii. HANNAH,4 b. July 1, 1719.


iii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 25, 1721; d. Apr. 17, 1791; m. 1746, Ruth Baker; sett. in Groton, Conn.


iv. TIMOTHY, b. Apr. 30, 1723; d. Aug. 24, 1770; m. Jan. 23, 1752, Elizabeth Bassett.


4. V. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 9, 1726.


vi. JOHN, b. June 30, 1728; d. 1764; m. Nov. 9, 1752, Anna Mattocks; sett. in Middletown, and Stratford, Conn.


vii. MARY, b. May 2, 1731; m. 1749, Samuel Jenkins.


viii. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 31, 1732; d. in the army, 1762-3.


ix. JOSEPH, b. May 26, 1740.


4. EBENEZER+ CHIPMAN (Samuel,3 Samuel," John1) was born in Barnstable, Mass., Sept. 9, 1726; sett. in that part of Middletown, now Portland, Conn .; farmer; died Feb. 22,


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1805. He married, 1750, Mehitabel, dau. John Wilcox, b. Oct. 21, 1730.


Children:


i. EBENEZER,5 b. June 10, 1751; Rev. soldier; d. on prison ship, Aug. 14, 1777.


ii. PATIENCE, b. Aug. 10, 1753; m. Joseph Washburn.


iii. JOSEPH, b. July 18, 1755.


iv. JOHN, b. Apr. 9, 1757; Rev. soldier; d. on prison ship, Aug. 9, 1777.


V. RUTH, b. May 9, 1759.


vi. ANNA, b. July 14, 1761; m. David Lathrop.


vii. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 29, 1764; d. Aug. 29, 1839; m. Sarah Arnold. Rem. to Bergen, N. Y.


viii. BARNABAS, b. July 9, 1766; d. Apr. 17, 1814; shipmaster; res. Hartford, Conn. Thrice married.


ix. RUTH, b. Jan. 4, 1768; m. Charles Churchill.


X. PERSIS, b. Jan. 22, 1770; m. Asahel McKee.


5. Xi. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 7, 1772.


5. SAMUEL5 CHIPMAN (Ebenezer,4 Samuel,? Samuel,2 John1) was born in Middletown, Conn., Mar. 7, 1772; sett. in West- minster, Vt., and was for many years a magistrate; died Mar. 21, 1860.


He married, July 2, 1794, Anna, dau. Simon Frazer, b. Sept. 12, 1772; d. Apr. 18, 1845. Children:


i. EBENEZER,6 b. May 21, 1795; rem. to Wisconsin; twice married.


6. ji. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 3, 1796.


iii. JAMES, b. Oct. 1, 1798; res. in Waitsfield, Warren and Spring- field, Vt .; in. Nov. 29, 1826, Almira Harlow. Chn .; Mary,7 b. Sept. 23, 1827; Sarah, b. Feb. 26, 1829; James Riley, b. Sept. 1, 1831; George Lincoln, b. Feb. 15, 1834; Charles Harlow, b. at W., Aug. 19, 1838; Almira Elizabeth, b. Aug. 4, 1840; Julia Ann, b. June 18, 1849.


iv. JOHN, b. Nov. 29, 1800; m. Nov. 10, 1829, Gratia Bates.


V. ANNA, b. Nov. 5, 1802.


vi. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 27, 1805; d. Feb. 8, 1805.


vii. LOUISA, b. July 30, 1806; m. Eben Hodgkin of Putney, Vt. viii. LAURA, b. Feb. 19, 1809; d 1844, unm.


ix. CHARLES, b. Mar. 19, 1811; sett. in Milton, Wis .; m. June 12, 1834, Esther Robinson.


x. FANNY, b. Apr. 24, 1814; d. 1848, unm.


xi. BARNABAS, b. Jan. 18, 1817.


xii. SOPHRONIA, b. Feb. 11, 1820.


6. SAMUEL6 CHIPMAN (Samuel,5 Ebenezer,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 John1) was born in Westminster, Vt., Aug. 3, 1796; res. for a time in Spfld., Vt., and later, 1836, in W., where he died, Aug. 16, 1868; selectman, 1839-41, 1859. Mr. Chipman lived for some years on the John Burdick farm.


He married, Feb. 3, 1828, Nancy, dau. Amos and Elizabeth (Lee) Lockwood, b. May 3, 1806; d. Mar. 31, 1877.


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Children:


i. WILLIAM SAMUEL,7 b. Oct. 23, 1828; d. Oct. 15, 1900; In. July 13, 1856, Zervia, dau. Jacob Boyce of Fayston, Vt., who d. Nov. 24, 1887. Chn .: Ellen Anna,8 b. Oct. II, 1859; Emma, b. Oct. 12, 1862; Frank H., b. Sept. 5, 1866.


ii. GEORGE LINCOLN, b. Dec. 29, 1829; d. 1830.


iii. NANCY ELLEN, b. Dec. 1, 1833; m. Aug. 28, 1853, Gorham A. Matthews.


iv. ABIGAIL LUCETTA, b. July 27, 1836; m. Sept. 8, 1856, Cassius Joslin.


7. V. HENRY LINCOLN, b. Mar. 16, 1840.


vi. LUCIA ANN, b. Feb., 1843; m. (1) Mar. 6, 1864, Thomas Fulton of Boston; (2) John S. Wilkins of Montpelier, Vt.


7. HENRY LINCOLN7 CHIPMAN (Samuel,8 Samuel,5 Ebenezer,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 John1) was born in Waitsfield, Mar. 16, 1840. Blacksmith. He married, Mar. 13, 1863, Martha Brown, b. Nov. 29, 1841.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. ALMA ELLEN,8 b. July 5, 1873.


ii. RoY S., b. Oct. 31, 1878; m. Apr. 4, 1899, Mattie E., dau. Thomas S. Maxwell. Ch. : Beatrice Eveline,º b. Sept. 16, 1900.


CLARK.


EVAN CLARK was a voter in S. E. Dist., 1797; sold his land to Elias Taylor, 1798, and we have no further record.


ELEAZER CLARK came from Claremont, N. H .; sett. in Brook- field, Vt., and in 1816 bot. land on the "East Side" in W.


JOHN G. CLARK came from Brookfield, Vt., abt. 1818 and sett. on "East Side"; later (1830) he rem. to Dist. 6 where he was clerk in 1833. Married Laura , , and had child born in W.


SIMEON, d. Mar. 23, 1832, ae. 2 y., 10 mo.


WILLIAM B. CLARK married Jane M. Jones who was born Mar. 5, 1828 and died Apr. 1, 1898.


Children:


i. CHARLES W., b. June 9, 1853.


ii. IRA W., b. Feb. 15, 1855; m. Aug. 10, 1892, Mary A. Mahew, b. Feb. 18, 1865.


CLAY.


1. MILES1 CLAY went early from Seabrook, N. H., to Platts- burgh, N. Y. Married Polly Rand.


Children:


2. i. WILLIAM.2


ii. SALLY, m. James Meader of Plattsburgh.


iii. HANNAH, m. Anson Whitman.


iv. EMILY, m. Hezekiah Williams.


v. HENRY, m. Maria Sawyer.


2. WILLIAM2 CLAY (Miles1) lived in Plattsburgh, N. Y. He married Esther Holmes.


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Children:


i. GEORGE, sett. in Hazardville, Conn.


ii. CHARLES, b. Mar. 19, 1844, in Plattsburgh, N. Y .; harness maker; sett. in W., 1873; m. Sept. 18, 1868, Mary Halihan of Lawrence, Mass.


iii. MARY, m. Willard Gates of West Pawlet, Vt.


iv. ELIZABETH, m. Alonzo Gates of West Pawlet, Vt.


v. SMITH, sett. in Lebanon, N. H.


vi. AMY, m. Emery Bidgood of Ludlow, Vt.


vii. Lucy, m. Carlos Johnson of Plymouth, Vt.


viii. LEVI, sett. in Felchville, Vt.


COCHRANE.


WILLIAM COCHRANE came from Hanover, N. H., about 1798 and settled on the "East Side" in lot 5. He married Polly Graves.


Children :---- William G .; Lyman; Welthea; Stephen; Washing- ton; Edmund; Polly ; James.


COFFEY.


ROBERT J. COFFEY was proprietor of the hotel for a few years around 1870. Married Burnham.


Ch., born in Waitsfield:


GEORGE BURNHAM, b. Sept. 7, 1872. COLBY.


B. FRANKLIN COLBY, son of John B. Colby of Fayston, Vt., resided at various times in W. He married Jennie


Ch., born in Waitsfield:


HARRY FRANK, b. Dec. 6, 1868.


COLTON.


GEORGE1 COLTON, said to have come from Suttancafield, Eng., sett. first in Windsor, Conn., but was one of the first settlers of that part of Springfield, Mass., called Longmeadow.


He died Feb. 13 1699 ; married (1) Deborah Gardiner of Hartford who died Dec. 28, 1676; (2) Mar. 1, 1692, widow Lydia Lamb. He had nine children of whom the eldest was Isaac2 Colton, born Nov. 21, 1646; died Sept. 3, 1700; married June 30, 1670, Mary, dau. Thomas Cooper, who m. (2) Edward Stebbins. Of their nine children the third was Capt. George3 Colton, born June 16, 1677; died Aug. 5, 1760; married, Feb. 3, 1704, Mary, dau. Luke and Sarah Hitchcock. They had nine children of whom the eldest was Timothy4 Colton.


1. TIMOTHY COLTON (Capt. George,3 Isaac,2 George1) was born in Longmeadow, Mass., Feb. 10, 1706; rem. to Brimfield, Mass., where his children were born, and later went with his sons Caleb and Stephen to Grantham, N. H., where he died, May 27, 1787.


He married, Mar. 27, 1729, Mary Ferry, probably dau. of Mark Ferry. She d. in Brimfield.


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Children, born in Brimfield, Mass .:


i. TIMOTHY,5 b. Feb. 27, 1730.


ii. MARY, b. Sept. 30, 1731.


iii. ABIGAIL, b. June 17, 1734.


iv. CHARLES, b. Aug. 2, 1736; living in Spfld, Mass., 1779.


2. v. CALEB, b. 1742.


vi. STEPHEN, b. May 12, 1744; rem. to Grantham, N. H., soon after 1767.


vii. OLIVER.


viii. REBECCA, b. Feb. 18, 1748.


2. CALEB® COLTON (Timothy," Capt. George,3 Isaac,? George1) was born in Brimfield, Mass., abt. 1742; early settler of Grantham, N. H., to which place he and his brother Stephen removed soon after 1767; Rev. soldier; rem. probably to Cornish, N. H., where he seems to have been in 1790; bought land in W., July 3, 1804, and was then living there; died July 5, 1820, ae. 78. He married Keziah -, who d. Dec. 16, 1820, ae. 74.


Children:


OLIVER,6 settled in Roxbury, Vt., and died, 1821, leaving a son, Oliver, Jr., referred to as his "heir," in probate pro- ceedings.


ii. ELAM.


Probably three daughters.


COOLIDGE.


ELISHA COOLIDGE was residing in town 1844 and had children of school age.


i. ELIZABETH.


ii. AUGUSTUS.


CUTLER.


JOHN1 CUTLER, said to have come from Sprowston, Co. Norfolk, Eng., was in Hingham, Mass., 1637; died Feb., 1638. By wife Mary he had seven children of whom the third was Samuel Cutler, born about 1629 and died 1700; he was of Marblehead, Mass., 1654, Salem, 1655, Topsfield and Hingham, 1671, Gloucester, 1693; married (1) Elizabeth, who d. Mar. 17, 1693; (2) July 2, 1698, Sarah Church. He had five children of whom the youngest was Ebenezer3 Cutler, born 1664 at Salem, Mass., and died about 1729. He married, Mar. 11, 1689, Mary, dau. Zachery and Mary Marsh. Of their six children the third was Ebenezer' Cutler, farmer and bricklayer, born Oct. 1, 1695, will proved Apr. 3, 1779; settled in Sutton, Mass .; married, Oct. 16, 1732, Mary, dau. William Stockwell, by whom he had seven children, of whom the second was Jonathan5 Cutler, bap- tized Oct. 3, 1737. He married, Oct. 20, 1757, Elizabeth, dau. Stephen Holman, and settled in Royalston, Mass., where he died, Aug., 1826. He had nine children of whom the second was Ebenezer® Cutler.


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1. EBENEZER6 CUTLER (Jonathan,5 Ebenezer,4 Ebenezer,3 Samuel? John1) was born in Sutton, Mass., Sept. 9, 1760; Rev. soldier; resided in turn in Fitzwilliam, N. H., Fayston, Vt., Ely, Vt., and Huntington. Vt., where he died, 1843.


He married (1) Phebe Wyman of Woburn, Mass .; (2) Sally, dau. Osman Brewster of Richmond, Vt.


Children:


i. HANNAH,7 b. Mar., 1787; m. -


N. H. Fullam of Fitzwilliam,


2. ii. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 22, 1790.


iii. POLLY, In. - Peterson.


iv. DANFORTH, b. before 1800; d. unm., in Moretown, Vt.


V. NANCY, b. June 16, 1803; m. Mar. 8, 1827, William Nelson Smith.


vi. PHOEBE, m. 1840, Wm. Archibald McAllister of Enosburg, Vt. vii. CYRENA.


viii. BETSEY, b. Feb. 11, ISO8; m. Feb. 23, 1832, Elisha Benton Richardson.


ix. ELIZA, m. John Chatfield of Huntington, Vt.


x. CHANDLER, b. June, 1818; soldier in Mex. War; d. unm., in Richmond, Vt.


xi. SALLY EMELINE, bapt. Feb. 18, 1821.


2. EBENEZER7 CUTLER (Ebenezer,6 Jonathan,5 Ebenezer,4 Ebenezer,3 Samuel,? John1) was born in Royalston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1790; sett. in W., 1813; soldier in War of 1812; farmer and miller; died Nov. 26, 1867.


He married at Roxbury, Vt., May, 1816, Zilpha, dau. Enoch and Lydia Cleveland of Randolph, Vt., b. May 22, 1796; d. Apr. 20, 1869.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. MARY ANN,8 b. Apr. 9, 1817; d. unm., Feb. 10, 1890. The village tailoress.


ii. DANFORTH L., b. Oct., 1819; d. Sept., 1850, unm.


iii. FREDERICK L., b. July 22, 1826; m. Oct. 4, 1851, Mary E.


Gifford of Delavan, Wis .: res. Carthage, Mo. Chn .: Frank L.,9 Ella J., Clara L., Mary A., Laura, Cora, Frederick I.


iv. FRANCIS C., b. May 14, 1829; d. Sept. 16, 1852, unm.


v. LOREN S., b. Apr., 1831; m. 1855, Martha Marvin; res. Cold Spring, Iowa.


vi. LAURA C., b. Aug. 19, 1832.


CUTTING.


ABIJAH CUTTING was a resident of Dist. 6, 1812 to 1824. He married Pamelia -, who was dismissed to the church in Hanover, N. H.


DALE.


JAMES1 DALE was born in Ireland and came to W. from Canada abt. 1835. He married Jane Needham, b. 1806; d. Apr. 23, 1876.


Children: i. CHARLES,2 b. Nov., 1831; m. 1853, Elvira Haskins of Bristol, Vt .; res. Moretown and Wtby, Vt. Chn .: George,' Harriet.


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GENEALOGIES.


ii. GEORGE N., b. Feb. 19, 1834, in Fairfax, Vt .; m. Oct. 6, 1865, Helen M., dau. Porter and Mary (Wilder) Hinman of Island Pond, Vt., where he resided and became prominent in practice of law; State Senator, 1866-"o; Lieutenant Gov. of Vt .; Pres. Vt. Bar. Assn., 1886. Died Feb., 1903. Chn .: Porter N.3 of Island Pond, Inez, Mary.


iii. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 25, 1835; unm., 1906.


2. iv. JAMES R., b. July 25, 1837.


v. ELIZA, b. July 9, 1843; unm., 1906.


2. JAMES R.2 DALE (James1) was born in W., July 25,- 1837; shoemaker; died Aug. 23, 1902.


Hle married, May 1, 1878, Addie E., dau. Charles Darwin and Lucy (Brown) Smith, b. May 17, 1853. Ch., born in Waitsfield:


i. ANNIE JANE,3 b. Nov. 13, 1885.


DANA.


1. RICHARD1 DANA was of Cambridge, Mass., abt. 1640; constable, 1661; died Apr. 2, 1690, as a result of a fall from a scaffold in his barn. He married Anne Bullard, who d. July 15, I 7II.


Children, (dates of birth somewhat confused by various authorities):


j. JOHN,2 b. Apr. 15, 1649; d. Oct. 12, 1649.


ii. HANNAH, b. July 8, 1651; m. Jan. 5, 1670-1, Samuel Oldham.


iii. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 13, 1653; d. Nov. 8, 1653.


iv. JACOB, b. Feb. 2, 1654-5; d. Dec., 1698; m. Patience


V. JOSEPH, b. May 21, 1656; d. 1699-1700; m. Mary Gabell.


vi. ABIAH, b. May 21, 1656; d. Oct. 10, 1668.


2. vii. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 20, 1660.


viii. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 20, 1662; m. Daniel Woodward.


ix. DANIEL, b. Mar. 20, 1663; d. Oct. 10, 1749; m. Naomi Cros- well.


X. ' DELIVERANCE, b. Mar. 5, 1667; m. Samuel Hyde.


xi. SARAH, b. Jan. 1, 1669; d. Jan. 11, 1669.


2. BENJAMIN2 DANA (Richard1) was born in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 20, 1660-1; resided in that part later called Brighton; owned land in Pomfret, Conn .; died Aug. 13, 1738.


He married, May 24, 1688, Mary Buckminster, who m. (2), July 19, 1742, Joshua Fuller.


Children, born in Cambridge, Mass.


3. i. BENJAMIN,3 b. Apr. 28, 1689.


ii. JONATHAN, b. 1691; owned land in Pomfret, Conn.


iii. MARY, b. 169 -; d. Oct. 21, 1712.


iv. ISAAC, b. Oct. 3, 1697; d. Apr. 21, 1767; m. Sarah Winchester.


JOSEPH, b. Feb. 21, 1699-1700; d. at Lebanon, N. H., 1778:


v. m. (1) Mar. 2, 1725-6, Rebecca Hamblett; (2) 1732, wid., Mary Fulham Moore.


vi. JOHN, b. Aug. 16, 1702; d. Sept. 13, 1702.


vii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 11, 1703; d. May 17, 1770; m. May 20, 1736, Mary Greene.


viii. ANN, b. May 11, 1705; m. Nov. 17, 1726, Matthew Davis of Pomfret, Conn.


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ix. SARAH, b. May 11, 1705; m. Apr. 14, 1726, Gamaliel Rogers.


x. JEDEDIAH, b. Feb. 11, 1708-9; d. Mar. 28, 1787; m. Elizabeth -; res. Pomfret and Ashford, Conn.


3. BENJAMIN3 DANA (Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in Cam- bridge, Mass., Apr. 28, 1689; res. in Brighton, Mass .; shipmaster; died June 5, 1751. He married, July 23-24, 1724, Anna, dau. John and Lydia Francis of Medford, Mass. Children, born in Brighton, Mass .:


i. JOHN,4 b. July 10, 1725; d. Dec. 26, 1793; m. 1748, Abigail Smith.


ii. ANNA, b. Nov. 25, 1726; d. Apr. 20, 1727.


iij. ANNA, b. Mar. 5, 1727-8, m. Mar. 2, 1748, John Kendrick of Newton, Mass.


iv. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 10, 1729-30; d. young.


V: BENJAMIN, b. June 7, 1734; d. young.


vi. MARY, b. July 10, 1735; m. Richard Gridley.


4. vii. FRANCIS, b. Feb. 6, 1737. viii. STEPHEN, b. June 9, 1740; d. Oct. 10, 1822; m. Sept. 16, 1762, Eleanor Brown.


ix. AARON (?).


x. SARAH.


xi. RICHARD.


4. FRANCIS4 DANA (Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in Brighton, Mass., Feb. 6, 1737; rem. to Cornish, N. H., and thence to W., bef. 1791; died Feb. 6, 1813. His farm was in lots 143 and 144 on the hill which bears his name.


He married at Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 14, 1768, Eleanor Foster, who died Oct. 15, 1821.


Children:


i. EUNICE,5 b. Aug. 7, 1768, at Roxbury, Mass .; d. at Rochester, Vt., May 22, 1822; m. Enoch Emerson.


5. ii. HENRY, b. Nov. 12, 1769.


6. iii. FOSTER, b. June 11, 1774, at Cornish, N. H.


iv. STEPHEN, b. Apr. 16, 1778.


V: NATHAN, b. June 7, 1780; d. Mar. 14, 1813, unm.


vi. ELEANOR, b. 1785; m. Job House.


vii. ANNA, m. June 20, 1816, David Randall of Fayston, Vt.


5. HENRY" DANA (Francis, 4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 12, 1769; came to W. from Cornish, N. H., bef. 1793, and settled on a portion of his father's farm. Died Aug. 15, 1851.


He married (1) June 22, 1790, at Cornish, Martha, dau. Samuel and Mehitable Pike, who d. Jan. 27, 1818; (2) Sally Slack, who d. in Warren, Vt., abt. 1861. Children:


i. SALLY,6 b. July 24, 1791, in Cornish, N. H .; d. Nov. 8, 1857, unm.


7. ii. HENRY, b. Sept. 22, 1793.


8. iii. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 3, 1795, in Waitsfield.


9. iv. HARVEY, b. June 18, 1797.


IO. V. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 26, 1799.


vi. FRANCIS, b. Apr. 28, 1803; m. Feb. 16, 1826, Harriet Nutting.


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Chn .: Ann Elvira,7 b. Apr. 19, 1828, Eliza, Orman, Adaline, Azro, Byron, Harriet.


vii. MARTHA, b. 1819; d. June 16, 1826.


viii. MARY, b. May 9, 1820; m. Dec. 7, 1841, Thomas Pierce of Warren, Vt.


6. FOSTER5 DANA (Francis,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in Cornish, N. H., June 11, 1774; rem. to W. bef. 1796 and died in Warren, Vt., Aug. 6, 1851. He married (1) Priscilla -, who d. May 2, 1809, ae. 32; (2) July 7, 1809, Priscilla Dutton of Barnard, Vt., who d. Feb. 1, 1852. Children, born in Waitsfield: 1


i. ELEANOR,6 b. May 21, ISIo; m. Joshua Davis.


11. BETSEY P., b. Feb. 3, 1812; d. Dec. 4, 1870; m. Levi Allen.


iii. SUSAN D., b. Feb. 12, 1814: d. Nov. 21, 1852; m. Feb. 7, 1836, Thomas W. Kelsey of Warren.


iv. HARRIET N., b. Mar. 2, 1818; d. Dec. 28, 1881; m. Christopher Moore.


V. FOSTER, b. Feb. 24, 1821; d. June 19, 1833.


vi. EUNICE, b. Dec. 18, 1822; m. Dec. 3, 1846, Moses Davis.


vii. STILLMAN E., b. May 6, 1827.


7. HENRY6 DANA (Henry,5 Francis,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in Cornish, N. H., Sept. 22, 1793; soldier in War of 1812; rem. to Jefferson, N. Y., and thence to Flint, Mich., where he died, 1850. He married, Dec. 5, 1816, Eleanor, dau. Thomas and Lydia (Foster) Green. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. Infant, b. Mar., 1818, died soon.


11. Infant, b. 1819, died soon.


iii. DAN,1 died June 16, 1826, ae. 7 yrs.


iv. MARTHA PIKE, bapt. June 11, 1820.


v. LOREN, b. July 5, 1821.


vi. Daughter, d. Aug. 22, 1825, ae. 15 mo.


vii. CHAUNCEY.


viii. ELEANOR.


ix. DE FOLSOM.


x. ANNETTE.


8. STEPHENS DANA (Henry," Francis,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 . Richard1) was born in W., Oct. 3, 1795; resided in Fayston, Vt .; died Mar. 29, 1826. He married, Oct. 13, 1817 Hannah, dau. Job Tyler.


Children, born in Fayston:


i. CHARLES,7 m. - McAuley, and went west.


11. RANSOM.


iii. HIRAM.


iv. LOUISA M., b. June, 1824; d. Oct. 31, 1826.


9. HARVEY6 DANA (Henry," Francis,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) born in W., June 18, 1797; rem. to Russell, N. Y., where he died, Nov. 4, 1869.


He married, Apr. 21, 1819, Sally, dau. Joel and Patty (Whitcomb) Foster, who d. Apr. 20, 1870.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


Children:


i. JOEL,7 b. Aug. 27, 1820; d. Mar. 26, 1894, unm.


ii. STEPHEN, b. 1822; d. 1896; m. 1850, Ruth Lamb.


iii. MARTHA, b. IS24; d. 1837.


iv. ELMIRA, b. 1826; d. 1838.


V. CHARLES, b. 1828; m. Mary J. Lane.


vi. SARAH, b. 1830; d. 1831.


vii. JULIA, b. 1834; d. Jan. 3, 1905.


viii. MARY, b. 1837: m. Henry Brogham.


ix. WILLIAM, b. 1840; d. Mar. 26, 1867; m. Feb. 11, 1863. Eliza- beth Cobb.


x. HARVEY, b. Sept. 7, 1842; m. Feb. 11, 1863, Elmira Parttow.


10. SAMUEL® DANA (Henry,5 Francis,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in W., Oct. 26, 1799; carpenter; resided in Warren, Fayston and W .; died June 5, 1888. He married Calista, dau. William and Clarissa Porter, b. Oct. 10, 1806; d. July 13, 1884.


Children:


i. WILLIAM HENRY,7 b. Apr. 26, 1827; res. Lowell, Mass. and Megog, Canada, where he d. Jan. 6, 1900; m. May 29, 1853, Hester A., dau. Elijah Knapp, b. Apr. 25, 1824. Chn .: Florence M.,8 b. Mar. 4, 1855, d. Dec. 25, 1879; William H. b. Oct. 25, 1858; George R., b. Feb. 21, 1860.


II. ii. CHESTER STEPHEN, b. Apr. 24, 1829.


12. iii. EDWIN HARVEY, b. May 7, 1831.


13. iv. JACKSON SAMUEL, b. May 18, 1833.


V. SARAH J., b. June 30, 1835; m. (I) Hoyt; (2) Oct. 19, 1863, John F. Jones; (3) Nov. 3, 1868, John Hines.


14. vi. HENRY F., b. Sept. 27, 1837.


vii. MARY CALISTA, b. May 30, 1841; m. May 30, 1864, Royal F. Martin of Fayston, Vt.


15. viii. STILLMAN FOSTER, b. Dec. 8, 1843.


ix. WESLEY E., b. May 16, 1846; Co. F. 17th Vt. Vols .; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1867, Mary, dau. Hiram Pratt of Warren; (2) May 14, 1892, Alice, dau. Oscar Martin. Chn .: Arthur H.,8 b. Sept. 7, 1870; Glennis M., b. Sept. 3, 1899, d. Jan. 11, 1901.


11. CHESTER STEPHEN7 DANA (Samuel, Henry,5 Francis,4 Ben- jamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in W., Apr. 24, 1829; Co. B., roth Vt. Vols. First Sergt., July 18, 1862 to May 22, 1865 ; resided in Fayston, Vt. and W., where he died Aug. 18, 1896.


He married, Dec. 31, 1850, Hannah A., dau. Josiah and Abigail Campbell, b. Mar. 9, 1829.


Children, born in Fayston:


i. WILLIAM,8 b. Oct. 2, 1851; m. Apr. 9, 1874, Emma A. Allen; res. Fayston, Vt.


ii. ABIGAIL C., b. Aug. 23, 1853; m. (1) Feb. 6, 1873, Freedom Bennett; (2) Mar. 24, 1897, Ethan Allen Bruce.


iii. LEWIS C., b. Sept. 22, 1855; d. Jan. 15, 1856.


iv. A son, b. Apr. 8, 1857; d. Apr. 10, 1857.


v. JAMES B., b. Oct. 1, 1858; d. July 26, 1864.


vi. A son, b. Mar. 21, 1861; d. Apr. 4, 1861.


vii. CHESTER S., b. Aug. 11, 1862; d. Nov. 20, 1864.


viii. FLORA, b. Mar. 13, 1867; m. June 1, 1890, Charles E. Moriarty.


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GENEALOGIES.


ix. SAMUEL J., b. Jan. 10, 1870; m. Mar. 22, 1902, Bessie J. Woodward; res. Waterbury, Vt.


x. JESSIE M., b. Feb. 13, 1874; m. Mar. 31, 1900, Charles H. Ferris.


12. EDWIN HARVEY7 DANA (Samuel,8 Henry,5 Francis,4 Ben- jamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in W., May 7, 1831; enlisted from Wtby. in Co. B, 10th Vt. Vols., Dec. 23, 1863, serving until June 27, 1865. Rem. to Middlesex, Vt.


He married, May 10, 1853, Sarah Ann, dau. George and Cynthia Benton, b. at Weathersfield, Vt., June 3, 1837; d. July 28, 1905.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GEORGE S.,8 b. Apr. 10, 1854; d. June 24, 1884; m. Mar. 9, 1872, Victoria Battles.


ii. FANNY H., b. Mar. 7, 1856; m. Dec. 7, 1875, Moses Shettle of Middlesex, Vt.


iii. MARY A., b. Oct. 30, 1857; m. June 11, 1879, William Wash- burn of Randolph, Vt.


iv. EDWIN S., b. June 18, 1859; m. Oct. 1, 1890, Ella C. Burell of Middlesex.


V: ELLEN J., b. Jan. 20, 1861 ; d. Feb. 17, 1875.


vi. MINNIE C., b. Feb. 20, 1872; d. Jan. 23, 1894.


vii. BERTHA E., b. Aug. 10, 1882; m. May 5, 1897, Munroe Backus of Moretown, Vt.


13. JACKSON SAMUEL? DANA (Samuel,6 Henry," Francis,4 Ben- jamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born May 18, 1833; enlisted from Fayston, Vt., in Co. B, 13th Vt. Vols .; was for many years town clerk of Fayston; Asst. Judge Washington Co. Court, 1902-3.


He married (1) Oct. 5, 1853, Adaline W., dau. George and Cynthia Benton, b. Dec. 13, 1834; d. Aug. 25, 1886; (2) Jan. 10, 1888, wid. Marandie W. Davis, dau. Calvin Whittlesey, b. Nov. 24, 1846; d. Apr. 24, 1889; (3) Feb. 27, 1894, Mary J. Fisher, b. June 8, 1884. Children, born in Fayston:


i. PLINY J.,8 b. Oct. 28, 1854; m. Feb. 19, 1881, Martha A. Willey; res. Fayston.


ii. CLARENCE W., b. Dec. 11, 1856; m. Oct. 22, 1882, Melville Patterson; res. Lowell, Mass.


iii. FRED A., b. May 12, 1859; m. Nov. 10, 1888, Jennie M. Warden; res. Rochester, N. Y.


iv. CHARLES H., b. Nov. 4, 1861; d. Sept. 11, 1863.


v. HARRY C., b. July 7, 1864; m. Nov. 28, 1894, Lucy Forbes ; res. Loweil, Mass.


vi. HENRY W., b. May 27, 1867; m. Apr. 30, 1896, Bertha Mccullough; res. Fayston.


vii. WINFIELD R., b. Aug. 27, 1870; m. Apr. 16, 1893, Ida Shettle.


14. HENRY F.7 DANA (Samuel, Henry,5 Francis,+ Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in Warren, Vt., Sept. 27, 1837; jeweller; private Co. H, 3rd Vt. Vols., June 1, 1861- July 2, 1864. Died at W., Jan. 22, 1889.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


He married (1) Aug. 16, 1864, Sarah, dau. Thomas and Ann Reeves of Duxbury, Vt., b. Dec. 9, 1846; d. at Richmond, Vt., Dec. 10, 1876; (2) Aug. 16, 1877, Ella Atwood of Bristol, Vt.


Children:


i. ALICE M.,8 b. June 8, 1865; m. Dec. 6, 1884, Fred Wright of Bristol.


ii. CHARLES R., b. Feb. 15, 1867; m. June 1, 1892, Sarah H. Phillips; res. Bristol, Vt.


iii. ULYSSES S., b. Nov. 23, 1869; d. May 6, 1873.


iv. ANNA A., b. Sept. 26, 1871; m. Feb. 29, 1892, Francis W. Rice of Rutland, Vt.


V. MABEL E., b. Sept. 17, 1873; m. June 27, 1892, Levi W. Bates of Bristol, Vt.


vi. FLORENCE A., b. June 11, 1875.


15. STILLMAN FOSTER7 DANA (Samuel,6 Henry, Francis,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Richard1) was born in W., Dec. 8, 1843; private Co. H, 3rd Vt. Vols., July 2, 1861-July 27, 1864. He married, Nov. 21, 1869, Nettie C., dau. Hiram Pratt, b. in Warren, Vt., Apr. 5, 1848; d. Dec. 16, 1881. Children:


i. CLARA E.,8 b. Aug. 18, 1871; m. Jan. 1, 1900, Sherman Somerville of Fayston.


ii. MABEL L .. b. Sept. 20, 1873; m. May 11, 1893, Frank Hardi- gan of Montpelier, Vt.


iii. EDNA B., b. May 7, 1878; d. May 28, 1894.


iv. NETTIE E., b. Dec. 15, 1880; m. Jan. 1, 1902, Julius C. Moriarty.


DARTT.


1. DANIEL3 DARTT (Daniel,? Richard') was born in New London or Montville, Conn., Aug. 31, 1691; rem. with his father's family to Bolton, Conn., and died there before 1777. He owned land in Gilsum, N. H. He married, perhaps, Betsey Delaney. Children, born in Bolton, Conn .:


2. i. JOSHUA.4


ii. NATHANIEL, m. (1) Sept. 1, 1766, Deborah, dau. Peter Hay- ward, who d. Mar. 22, 1773; (2) Jan. 25, 1774, Sarah Thayer. He had a family in Surry, N. H., in 1790.


iii. ELIPHALET, b. Feb. 20, 1741; d. in Surry, N. H., Nov. 9, 1821; m. (1) May 15, 1764, Anna Field; (2) Sarah


iv. LUCY, m. Joseph Spencer of Surry, N. H.




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