History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 28

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, Jan. 15, 1662, Sarah, dau. Austin Kilham.


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Children, born in Wenham, Mass .:


i. WILLIAM,3 b. Jan. 30, 1663; moved to Andover, Mass., where he d. 1745; m. Marah -


ii. SARAH, b. Feb. 5, 1664; m. Sept. 14, 1688, John Cook of Windsor, Conn.


iii. RUTH, b. Mar. 2, 1666; d. before 1725.


iv. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 2, 1667; d. young.


V. MARTHA, b. May 5, 1668. Named in her father's will, 1728.


vi. JOSEPH. b. Feb. 10, 1669; d. young.


vii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 16, 1670; m. Dec. 5, 1699, Elizabeth Browne; sett. in Rehoboth, Mass.


viii. JOSEPH, b. Apr. 14, 1672; sett. in Ipswich, Mass .; d. May 21, 1745; m. (1) Susan Warner; (2) Jan. 7, 1743, Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller.


ix. BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 6, 1674; d. at Wenham, June 6, 1742; m. Mar. 7, 1699, Mary Quarles.


x. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 10, 1677; d. June 7, 1678.


xi. THEOPHILUS, b. July 28, 1678 (?); sett. in Ipswich, and d. Sept. 6, 1759; m. (1) July 18, 1700, Phebe Lamson; (2) July 26, 1756, Mehitable Wilkins


3. xii. EBENEZER, b. Mar. 22, 1679.


xiii. JONATHAN, b. July 22, 1681; d. Feb. 14, 1705.


xiv. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 12, 1684; named in her father's will, 1728.


3. EBENEZER3 FISK (William,2 William1) was born in Wenham, Mass., Mar. 22, 1679; farmer; deacon, 1739-58, and held various local offices; died Sept. 30, 1771.


He married (1) May 24, 1710, Elizabeth, dau. Jacob Fuller, b. 1686; d. Aug. 25, 1732; (2) Dec. 1, 1733, Mrs. Martha Kimball, who d. Mar. 28, 1764.


Children, born in Wenham, Mass .:


i. SARAH,4 b. July 15, 1711; m. Feb. 23, 1733, Samuel Moulton of Ipswich, Mass.


ii. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 11, 1713; d. Sept. 22, 1737, unm.


4. iii. EBENEZER, b. July 2, 1716.


iv. ELIZABETH, bapt. Oct. 12, 1718; m. Dec. 23, 1742, John Bradstreet of Topsfield, Mass.


v. JACOB, b. Dec. 26, 1721; m. Nov. 5, 1743, Elizabeth Lamson.


vi. MARY, b. Jan. 27, 1723; m. Mar. 9, 1742, Nathaniel Lowe.


vii. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 30, 1726; d. in Amherst, N. H., June, 1777; m. 1749, Susannah Batchelder.


viii. MERCY, b. Mar. 9, 1728; m. Mar. 10, 1752, David Perkins of Topsfield, Mass.


ix. Lucy, b. Apr. 22, 1732; m. Jan. 4, 1757, Thomas White.


4. EBENEZER+ FISK (Ebenezer,3 William,2 William1) was born in Wenham, Mass., July 2, 1716; res. in Upton, Grafton, Hardwick and Shelburne, Mass., where he went abt. 1760; was there first constable, 1768, and died in 1804.


He married, Jan. 28, 1739, Dorcas, dau. Robert and Hannah Tyler of Upton, b. Sept. 23, 1722.


Children:


i. DORCAS,5 b. Oct. 17, 1740.


ii. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 28, 1743.


iii. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 17, 1746; m. Jan. 18, 1770, Hannah Rice.


iv. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 9, 1749; d. June 9, 1841; m. Sarah Barn-


ard. He was the father of the foreign missionary, Pliny Fisk


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V: LEVI, b. Dec. 16, 1751.


vi. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 7, 1755; m. Nov. 26, 1782, Samuel Barnard of W.


vii. JOHN, b. Sept. 27, 1757; m. Anna Leland.


viii. SIMEON, b. July 15, 1762; sett. in Goshen, N. Y .; d. 1838; m. Jan. 20, 1784, Dinah Whitcomb.


5. ix. MosEs, b. Sept. 13, 1764.


5. MOSES5 FISK (Ebenezer,4 Ebenezer,3 William,2 William1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Sept. 13, 1764; rem. to W., 1794; he was among the first admitted to the church, and was chosen a deacon at its first election, Dec. 28, 1801; selectman, 1803-4. He died Feb. 5, 1847.


He married, July 2, 1789, Hannah, dau. Perrin and Martha (Fisk) Batchelor, b. at Upton, Mass., May 14, 1770; d. Oct. 21, 1853.


Children, all but first three born in Waitsfield:


i. JOEL,6 b. July 16, 1790; d. July 18, 1795.


ji. PERRIN BATCHELOR, b. July 6, 1792; saddler, and later a Baptist minister; d. Mar. 19, 1846, at Wardsboro, Vt .; m. May 1, 1815, Azubah Blaisdell, at Montpelier, Vt.


iii. Moses, b. July 25, 1794; res. Waterville, Vt .; town clerk; rep .; State Senator; d. Feb. 18, 1853, at Morrisville, Vt .; m. (1) Mary Johnson; (2) Rebecca (Ferrin) Hendee.


iv. JOEL, b. Oct. 26, 1796; Middlebury Coll., 1825; minister; d. at Plainfield, Vt., Dec. 16, 1856; m. Oct. 15, 1826, Clarinda Chapman.


v. HARVEY, b. Apr. 12, 1799; Hamilton Coll., 1826; Princeton Theological Sem .; State Missionary, N. J .; d. Mar. 5, 1831; m. Feb. 15, 1829, Anna Mary Plumb.


6. vi. LYMAN, b. Oct. 15, 1801.


vii. BETSEY, b. May 8, 1804; m. Oct., 1839, Rev. Phineas Bayley of Ticonderoga, N. Y.


7. viii. ANSON, b. Oct. 31, 1806.


ix. JONATHAN, b. May 6, 18cg; res. Trenton and Allentown, N. J .; d. Dec. 5, 1872; m. Jan. 14, 1834, Mary A. Imlay.


x. HORACE ALONZO, b. Aug. 20, 1811 ; d. at Waterville, Vt., Aug. 29, 1851; m. 1841, Clarissa Fuller.


xi. ALMINA ELIZA, b. Aug, 20, ISII; m. Mar. 3, 1840, John R. Whitney of West Point, N. Y.


xi1. EMILY, b. Jan. 12, 1817; d. May 25, 1891, unm.


6. LYMAN® FISK (Moses,5 Ebenezer,4 Ebenezer,3 William,2 Wil- liam1) was born in W. Oct. 15, 1801; farmer and cooper; for 40 years deacon of the ch .; selectman, 1835-37; died Dec. 14, 1884.


He married, Oct. 14, 1828, Mary, dau. Abram and Sarah (Spaulding) Spofford of Moretown, Vt., b. Nov. 14, 1801; d. Mar. 1, 1879.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. NARONA AUGUSTA,7 b. July 5, 1830; d. May 23, 1907; m. July 2, 1854, Hiram Cross of Montpelier, Vt. Ch .: William H.,8 b. Nov. 1, 1857; d. Nov. 15, 1857.


ii. .JONATHAN ALBIN, b. Jan. 10, 1832; d. Mar., 1842.


iii. THERON EZRA, b. May 5, 1834; d. Feb. 9, 1839.


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iv. PERRIN BATCHELOR, b. July 3, 1837; Bangor Theol. Sem., 1863; Congl. minister, now of Plainfield, Vt .; m. Aug. 25, 1863, Harriet L., dau. Charles E. Bigelow, b. Nov. 8, 1840. Chn .: Flora Imlay,8 b. Jan. 4, 1865, m. Jan. 4, 1885, Geo. L. Zimmerman: George Shepard, b. Aug. 10, 1868, d. Sept. 25, 1895, m. Dec. 25, 1894, Alice Morgan; Fidelia, b. June 1, 1870; Grace Harriet, b. Jan. 29, 1876.


V. MARY ELMIRA, b. Apr. 19, 1840; d. Nov. 7, 1906, unm.


vi. BETSEY AMANDA, b. Feb. 5, 1842.


vii. HARRIET CLARINDA, b. Mar. 21, 1845; m. July 25, 1899, Carl E. Gay of Barton, Vt.


7. ANSON® FISK (Moses,5 Ebenezer, Ebenezer,3 William,2 Wil- liam1) was born in W. Oct. 31, 1806; farmer and cooper; died Oct. 2, 1880.


He married, Nov. 24, 1835, Joanna, dau. Ebenezer and Experience (Childs) Barnard, b. Oct. 10, 1810; d. Dec. 21, 1891.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


8. i. EDWARD ANSON,7 b. Feb. 1, 1842.


ii. FIDELIA JOANNA, b. Jan. 14, 1845; d. Oct. 5, 1867.


iii. PLINY BARNARD, b. May 6, 1850; U. V. M., 1877; Yale Divinity Sch., 1881; Congl. minister in Home Missionary work in South Dakota and California; m. Jan. 3, 1888, Caroline Clark, b. Apr. 9, 1841.


iv. CAROLINE SAMANTHA, b. Nov. 22, 1837; m. Sept. 8, 1868, Orrin Hubbard Joslin.


8. EDWARD7 ANSON FISK (Anson,8 Moses,5 Ebenezer,4 Ebenezer,3 William,2 William1) was born in W. Feb. 1, 1842; deacon, 1866 -; selectman, 1873-75, 1888-90; priv. Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols .; resided for a few years in Fayston, but retd. to W .; Rep. Fayston, 1902.


He married, Nov. 28, 1876, Lillian, dau. Charles F. and Aurilla (Benton) Ramsey, b. July 28, 1852. Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. ANNIE LOWISA,8 b. Sept. 2, 1878; m. Sept. 2, 1907, Lewis J. Whitcomb; Ch .: Florence J.,9 b. Oct. 1, 1908.


ii. CHARLES EDWARD, b. Mar. 25, 1880.


iii. ANSON HUBERT, b. Nov. 5, 1882.


iv. HAROLD HAYES, b. Nov. 24, 1890.


FRED W. FISK came from Cabot, Vt., about 1880, and res. in W. ten or twelve years; rem. to Hinsdale, N. H.


He married Elizabeth Sloan.


FOLEY.


MICHAEL FOLEY, son of Timothy and Annie Foley, was born in Co. Cork, Ireland, 1856.


He married, Oct. 13, 1883, Delia, dau. Lawrence and Mary Sployd, b. 1862.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. MARY AGNES, b. Oct. 8, 1884.


ii. JANE ANNIE, b. June 22, 1886.


iii. FRANK RAYMOND, b. Jan. 25, 1890.


iv. JULIA IRENE, b. Apr. 5, 1891.


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FOLSOM.


1. JOHN' FOLSOM was bapt. in Hingham, Eng., 1615; sett. in Hingham, Mass., early; died in Exeter, N. H., Dec. 27, 1681. He married, Oct. 4, 1636, Mary, dau. Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman.


Children:


i. SAMUEL,2 bapt. Oct. 3, 1641; d. 1700; m. Dec. 22, 1663-4, Mary Robie of Hampton, N. H.


2. ii. JOHN, bapt. Oct. 3, 1641.


iii. NATHANIEL, bapt. June 2, 1644; m. (1) June 19, 1674, Hannah Farrow of Ipswich, Mass. (2) Mary


iv. ISRAEL, bapt. Apr. 26, 1646.


v. PETER, bapt. Apr. 8, 1649; d. 1717; m. May 6, 1678, Susannah Cousins or Coffin of Wells, Me.


vi. MARY, bapt. Apr. 13, 1651; m. June 12, 1672, George Marsh of Newbury, Mass.


vii. EPHRAIM, bapt. Feb. 25, 1654; killed by Indians, June 11, 1709; m. Phaltiel Hall.


2. JOHN2 FOLSOM (John1) was born in Hingham, Mass., abt. 1640; bapt. Oct. 3, 1641; deacon; died at Exeter, N. H .; his will, dated Nov., 1715, was probated the following month.


He married, Nov. 10, 1675, Abigail, dau. Abraham Perkins of Hampton, N. H.


Children:


i. ABIGAIL,3 b. Dec. 23, 1676; m. Edward Gilman.


3 . ii. ABRAHAM, b. abt. 1678.


iii. JOHN, b. abt. 1680; d. 1724-5; m. Mary Sewall.


iv. SARAH, m. Nathaniel Stevens.


V. JEREMIAH, m. Elizabeth


vi. JONATHAN, b. abt. 1685; d. 1740; m. Anna Ladd.


vii. MARY, m. Daniel Morison


viii. LYDIA, m. Robert Stockman.


ix. MERCY, m. James Dudley.


3. ABRAHAM3 FOLSOM (John,2 John1) was born in Exeter, N. H., abt. 1678. He died Dec. 7, 1740.


He married (1). 1703, Anna, dau. Aquila Chase of Newbury, Mass .; (2) Elizabeth -, who survived him. Children, born in Exeter, N. H .:


4. i. DANIEL,4 b. abt. 1704.


ii. JONATHAN, sett. in Sheepscot, Me .; d. 1745, unm.


iii. ABRAHAM, b. abt. 1715; d. bef. Aug., 1799; m. Sarah Folsom. iv. MARY, m. James Rundlett.


4. DANIEL4 FOLSOM (Abraham,3 John,2 John1) was born in Exeter, N. H., abt. 1704; rem. 1749, to Epping, N. H., and died there, 1756. He married (1) -; (2) Aug. 17, 1742, Huldah, dau. John Eastman. Children:


5. i. DANIEL,5 b. Aug. 27, 1739.


ii. ANN, b. Apr. 2, 1741.


iii. ABRAHAM, b. Apr. 2, 1741; d. in Gilmanton, N. H., 1785; m. Nov. 10, 1772, Elizabeth Moody.


GENEALOGIES.


iv. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 27, 1742.


V. BETSEY, m. Aug. 25, 1774, Joseph Hoyt.


vi. MERCY.


vii. JONATHAN, b. abt. 1750; res. Wheelock, Vt .; m. Joanna Willey of Exeter.


viii. HULDAH, b. June 10, 1753; m. Mar. 24, 1774, George Wey- mouth.


ix. JOHN, b. abt. 1755; m. Aug. 27, 1778, Mary Conner.


5. DANIEL5 FOLSOM (Daniel,4 Abraham,3 John,2 John1) was born in Exeter, N. H., Aug. 27, 1739; res. Gilmanton and Grafton, N. H., and Tunbridge, Vt., where he sett. abt. IS00; died Mar. 2, 1817.


He married abt. 1764, Mary, dau. John Moody of Kingston, N. H. She died Apr. 4, 1833. Children:


0 i. DANIEL,6 b. 1766.


ii. JOHN, b. 1768 (?); d. in Tunbridge, Vt., Apr. 29, IS13; m. Anna Fifield.


iii. DAVID, b. 1770; d. in Tunbridge, Jan. 4, 1815; m. Apr., 1791, Mary Weeks.


iv. STEPHEN, b. abt. 1773; d. 1815; m. Abiah Fifield.


v. PETER Rev. b. July 5, 1775; d. Feb. 14, 1832; m. Oct. 21, IS00, Hannah Weymouth.


vi. JEREMIAH Rev. b. abt. 1781; d. at Boston, N. Y., June, 1824; m. Nov. 16, 1803, Abigail Bean.


vii. ABRAHAM Rev., b. Aug. 9, 1784; d. at Waterloo, Wis., Mar. 19, 1858; m. IS13, Miriam Bean.


viii. MARY, m. Andrew Bennett of Tunbridge, Vt.


ix. ANNA, m. John Bean.


6. DANIEL® FOLSOM (Daniel,5 Daniel,4 Abraham,3 John,2 John1) was born in Epping, N. H., 1766. He died in Tunbridge, Vt., Oct. 6, 1839.


He married Phebe Fifield, who d. Aug. 24, 1826, ae. 583 yrs. Children:


i. MARY,7 b. Mar. 20, 1793; d. Aug. 16, 1838; m. Mar. 26, 1811, George Weymouth.


ii. CYNTHIA, b. July 2, 1798; m. Mar. 12, 1739, George Wey- mouth.


iii. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 28, 1801; m. Arad Benson of Ludlow, Vt.


7. iv. JOHN. b. July 13, 1804.


Possibly, there was another John who d. Mar. 24, 1800, ae. 4 y., 4 m.


7. JOHN7 FOLSOM (Daniel,6 Daniel,5 Daniel,4 Abraham,3 John,2 Jolin1) was born in Tunbridge, Vt., July 13, 1804, and died in Fayston, Vt., Aug. 1, 1873.


He married, Mar. 11, 1828, Clarissa, dau. Ichabod and Polly Peck of Montpelier, Vt., b. Oct. 5, 1805; d. Aug. 12, 1887.


Children:


i. PHEBE MARIA,8 b. June 29, 1830.


ii. MARY JANE, b. Dec. 10, 1833; for many years a school teacher.


iii. DANIEL, b. Oct. 1, 1837; d. at Detroit, Mich., May 28, 1862.


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iv. ELLEN MARCELLA, b. Jan. 16, 1839; m. Jan. 1, 1864, J. Austin Paine of East Montpelier, Vt.


8. v. GEORGE WEYMOUTH, b. Oct. 1, 1841.


S. GEORGE WEYMOUTH8 FOLSOM (John,7 Daniel,6 Daniel,5 Daniel,' Abraham,3 John,? John1) was born in Middlesex, Vt., Oct. 1, 1841; occupies the old Jason Carpenter farm; selectman, 1887, 1904-6.


He married, Oct. 24, 1866, Lucina M., dau. Charles W. and Mary (Wheeler) Kellogg, b. Dec. 18, 1845. Children:


i. ELLEN L., b. Sept. 26, 1867; m. Place.


ji. EDNA A., b. June 21, 1869; m. Feb. 5, 1896, Clarence Strong of Fayston, Vt.


iii. CLARA M., b. Mar. 4, 1871; m. Nov. 29, 1894, Romeo W. McAllister.


iv. MARY, b. Jan. 11, 1873; d. Oct. 24, 1874.


v. JOHN, b. Aug. 26, 1874; m. Dec. 24, 1900, Rose E., dau. Benj. Smith of Winooski, Vt. :


vi. CHARLES K., b. Sept. 4, 1876; m. Dec. 25, 1907, May, dau .. Orrin Oscar Boyce of Fayston.


vii. DANIEL, b. Aug. 9, 1878.


viii. JULIA A., b. Sept. 7, 1880; m. Dec. 23, 1902, Thomas A. Mehuron.


ix. ALICE E., b. Apr. 15, 1882.


X. MABEL G., b. June 24, 1883.


xi. LOUISE M., b. Oct. 14, 1885.


xii. GEORGIA ANNA, b. Sept. 3, 1888.


FORD.


1. ALVIN1 FORD of Pomfret, Conn. married Sally --. Children, born in Pomfret, Conn .:


i. ALVIN,2 b. Dec. 8, 1790.


11. WARREN, b. Aug. 2, 1792.


2. iii. MILTON, b. Apr. 10, 1794.


iv. SALLY, b. Jan. 1I, 1796.


v. ALTHEAH, b. Jan. 26, 1798.


2. MILTON2 . FORD (Alvin1) was born in Pomfret, Conn., Apr. 10, 1794; carpenter and foundryman; died at Jericho, Vt. He married (1) Dec. 12, 1820, Amanda, dau. Amos Bliss, b. at Essex, Vt., Nov. 13, 1797; d. Nov. 4, 1833; (2) Mar. 31, 1835, Marie Ingalls.


Children, born in Jericho, Vt .:


i. EMILY,3 b. Oct. 24, 1821; m. Oct. 15, 1845, John Woodruff of Underhill, Vt.


ii. EVALINE, b. July 28, 1823; m. Mar. 28, 1848, Thomas Rhodes of Burlington, Vt.


iii. MARY, b. Feb. 26, 1826; m. Jan. 12, 1853, Jason Rogers of Eden, Vt.


iv. ADDISON, b. July 16, 1828; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Julia Mansfield; res. Jericho.


3. V. CLARK, b. May 29, 1830.


vi. NORMAN, b. Feb. 20, 1832; d. May 12, 1871, at Jericho.


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3. CLARK3 FORD (Milton,2 Alvin1) was born in Jericho, Vt., May 29, 1830; sett. in W., where he died Nov. 23, 1901.


He married, Apr. 7, 1852, Adeline, dau. Elmore and Ruama (Smith) Hapgood, b. in Jericho, Oct. 25, 1828. Children:


j. CHARLES,4 b. Feb. 1, 1853; m. Jan. 20, 1886, Kittie O. Mor- rison; res. Bristol. Vt.


ii. GEORGE, b. Jan. 8, 1861, in Jericho; sett. in W .; m. June 19, 1888, Hattie, dau. Pierce and Augusta (Miller) Spaulding b. Sept. 28, 1863, in Warren, Vt.


FOSTER.


1. JOEL' FOSTER was born abt. 1763, probably in Swanzey or Keene, N. H. Amos and David Foster were early settlers in Keene, and while Jocl seems not to have been of their families, it is possible that he was a grandson of their bro. Jeremiah of Boxford, Mass., and he was, without much doubt, a member of that branch of the Foster family. It is said his parents died when he was a child. His sister Lydia married Thomas Green of Swanzey and W., and Nathaniel Foster of Swanzey, who d. in Fayston, Vt., 1828, was probably his brother. He came to W. about 1818, and died there in Nov., 1850, ae. 87.


He married, Jan. 24, 1793, Martha, dau. Philemon and Martha Whitcomb, b. Apr. 17, 1771; d. Oct. 23, 1850.


Children:


i. NATHANIEL,2 b. 1794; d. 1847 ; married and had a dau. Susan,3 who m. David Suel Steele.


ii. SALLY, m. Apr. 21, 1819, Harvey Dana.


iii. SUSANNAH, b. 1798; m. Feb. 2, 1816, Benjamin Cross of Swanzey, N. H.


iv. PATTY, m. Willard Whitcomb.


v. RUTH A., m. June 26, 1826, Amos Richardson of Swanzey.


2. vi. JOEL, b. Jan. 19, 1805.


vii. PHILEMON, is said to have settled in Brownington, Vt.


viii. LYDIA, b. Sept. 22, 1796; m. Barzillai Richardson of Keene, N. H.


3. ix. ELISHA W., b. Sept. 10, 1814. .


2. JOEL2 FOSTER (Joel1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Jan. 19, 1805; sett. in W. and died there, Mar. 14, 1883. He married Betsey, dau. Amos Richardson of Swanzey, N. H.,


b. May 19, 1806, d. Apr. 11, 1890. Children:


i. JOEL,3 b. June 27, 1825; d. in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 19, 1903; civil engineer and a leading man in Montpelier; m. Apr. 3, 1855, Mary Ware, b. Mar. 23, 1825. Chn .: Joel Ware,4 b. Mar. 11, 1860; George Hyde, b. Sept. 2, 1861. -


ii. BETSEY, b. 1826; d. 1843.


iii. CHARLOTTE F., b. Sept., 1829; m. Aug. 17, 1854, Oliver Carlisle Campbell.


iv. Amos, d. 1828, an infant.


3. ELISHA W.2 FOSTER (Joel1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Sept. 10, 1814; kept a tavern at Irasville; died in Middle- sex, Vt.


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He married, Feb. 17, 1835, Lydia L., dau. Daniel Thayer, who d. Aug. 15, 1852, aged 38.


Children:


i. HIRAM F.,3 d. Feb. 24, 1854, ae. 18 y., 2 m., 14 d.


ii. LYDIA, d. in Northfield, Vt.


iii. HENRY, sett. in Derby Line, Vt., where he was an official in the Custom House.


iv. DANIEL, enlisted as Sergt. Co. B. 10th Vt., and became Capt., Mar. 25, 1865; m. Lovila, dau. John and Sarah (Durkee) Walton; sett. in Bloomington, Ill.


v. JAMES M., d. Aug. 26, 1846, ae. 4 y., 11 d.


LOT FOSTER was assessed, 1809, and voted, 1810.


"WIDOW" RUTH FOSTER died Apr. 11, 1813, ae. 76.


DAVID FOSTER died Dec. 28, 1849, ae. 67 yrs., 9 mos., 18 days; married (1) Abigail, who died Mar. 13, 1823, ae. 35; (2) Priscilla, d. Sept. 27, 182-, ae. 36 y., 25 d. His son, Augustus, died Jan. I, 1824, ae. 9 m.


S. VAN RENSSELAER FOSTER was in W., 1856, and had ch., William and Emily.


HERMAN R. FOSTER died Oct. 28, 1890, ae. 72.


He married (1) Jemima Smith, who d. May 17, 1864, ae. 46; (2) Laura Marshall.


Children:


i. ELLEN F., died July 15, 1864, ae. 16.


ii. MARY E., died Aug. 6, 1864, ae. 15.


iii. ELLA J., died May 27, 1864, ae. 5.


iv. EMMA, m. Nichols.


v. ELSIE.


vi. ORAMEL, res. Lowell, Mass.


vii. ELLA.


FREEMAN.


ELIJAH FREEMAN was in W. before 1794, and resided in N. W. Dist. in 1797, and as late as 1801, but left before 1802; he had a son, Joseph Foster, b. in Moretown, June 9, 1802; m. May 4, 1826, Sarah Spofford.


ALPHEUS FREEMAN was in W. by 1794; bot. lot 86, voted in 1800, but left town before 1804.


CONSTANT FREEMAN was a resident, 1808-9, but removed soon to Moretown, Vt., where he died abt. 1822. Selectman, 1812.


HIRAM FREEMAN. Ch. records show he was dismissed to a ch. in Wisconsin, 1841, and died June 27, 1896. A Congl. minister.


FRENCH.


LEVI FRENCH was for several years a resident of the town. Children:


1. HEMAN R., priv. Co. I. 9th Vt. Vols.


ii. MARY, m. Harlan Newcomb.


iii. EMMA JANE, m. July 3, 1861, Alfred D. Steele.


iv. AUGUSTA.


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GENEALOGIES.


FULLER.


ROYAL I. FULLER, carriage builder; resided for some years in the village.


He married Emily (Schlagel?).


Children:


i. son. b. May 18, 1853; d. Aug. 31, 1858.


ji. EMERY SCHLAGEL, b. July 24, 1858.


iii. FRANKLIN SCHLAGEL, b. July 27, 1859.


iv. WESLEY, b. Dec. 1, 1863.


FULLERTON.


1. EDWARD1 FULLERTON was born in England abt. 1750; resided in Putney, Vt. (where he settled about 1786), Williams- town and Northfield, Vt. He died in Waitsfield, about 1850, ae. 99 yrs., 6 mos.


He married Sophia Mccullough, who was born in North of Ireland.


Children:


i. EDWARD, sett. in New York State.


ii. HARRIET, In. Buck of Brookfield, Vt.


2. iii. HORATIO, b. May 29, 1799.


iv. SOPHIA, b. 1801; m. Dr. Benjamin Porter of Northfield, Vt.


v. CALVIN, b. 1804; res. in Favston and W .; was a leading man


in both towns; Asst. Judge Co. Court, 1863-64; Senator, 1861; treas., 1852-3. He died Sept. 11, 1871. Married (I) Elizabeth Campbell of Oxford, Mass., who d. Apr. 13, 1866, ae. 71; (2) Nov., 1866, Angeline, dau. Wells Hitchcock and wid. of Cyrus Skinner. No issue.


vi. JOHN, b. 1806; sett. in Putney, Vt. or vicinity.


vii. MARY, b. 1808; m. Colburn of Montpelier, Vt. - viii. Lucius, b. 1810. ix. HANSON, b. 1813.


2. HORATIO2 FULLERTON (Edward1) was born in Putney, Vt.,


May 29, 1799; for many years he was a resident of W., where he settled in 1837; selectman, 1856-57; died Mar. 7, 1885.


He married, June 19, 1825, Sophia, dau. Moses and Mary Jefferds, b. Oct. 6, 1800, d. June 5, 1881.


Children:


j. MARY ANN.,3 b. Feb. 11, 1827; m. Aug. 13, 1848, Albert L. Babcock of New Haven, Conn.


ii. CAROLINE M., b. July 2, 1831; m. Aug. 29, 1852, Ebenezer Ainsworth.


iii. HENRY, b. May 28, 1829: res. Montpelier, Vt .; m. Apr. 26, 1859, Lima J., dau. Jonas Parker.


iv. GEORGE HORATIO, b. Mar. 23, 1834; d. July 4, 1905, unm.


v. JAMES KENDALL, b. Jan. 2, 1837 ; res. Waterbury, Vt .; m. 1863, Sophia Burnham. Chn .: James Burnham,4 Nov. 2, 1869; Henry Horatio, Aug. 23, 1872; Lena S., June 28, 1875; Dean S., Dec. 23, 1884.


vi. CHARLES F., b. Sept. 25, 1839; d. Mar. 15, 1842.


vii. CALVIN FRANKLIN, b. Feb. 5, 1842; d. Dec. 22, 1895; res. Minneapolis, Minn .; m. Ellen P., dau. Dr. Charles Clark of Montpelier, Vt. Chn .: Mary4; Caroline; Ellen.


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GALE.


1. RICHARD L.1 GALE, blacksmith, called "Captain," was in W., 1823, and later. He died in Fayston, Vt., Apr. 21, 1843, ae. 81.


He married Lucy -, who d. in W., Dec. 28, 1842, ae. 57. Children:


i. EMILY,2 m. Feb. 27, 1828, Marquis Carpenter.


2. ii. JOSEPH M.


iii. NOAH.


2. JOSEPH M.2 GALE (Richard L.1) after some years' residence in W. went to Coulton, N. Y., and died about 1865.


He married Fannie Pierce, who d. in W., Nov. 14, 1867, ae. 46. Children:


3. i. ORANGE J.,3 b. July 12, 1851.


11. ORVILLE, b. Aug. 17, 1853; m. Nov. 6, 1890, Clara Waterman; res. Williamstown, Vt.


iii. EMMA, b. May, 1860; m. May, 1892, Frank Croy.


3. ORANGE J.3 GALE (Joseph M.,2 Richard L.1) was born July 12, 1851 and died in W., Feb. 14, 1898.


He married June 26, 1879, Ida Florence, dau. Sylvanus and Lois Nye, b. Feb. 21, 1848.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. EMORY L.,4 b. May 31, 1880.


ii. ORVILLE C., b. Nov. 10, 1881.


iii. child, b. Apr. 1, 1883; d. Jan. 1, 1884.


iv. EDNA M., b. Aug. 19, 1885.


GAYLORD.


1. BARNA1 GAYLORD, born 1795, died at Randolph, Vt., Nov. 17, 1830.


He married Martha Blodgett, b. 1795; d. Nov. 22, 1849. Children:


i. LoIs,2 m. William Buck of Brookfield, Vt.


ii. LEWIS.


2. 111 MARSHALL B., b. Aug. 25, 1824.


2. MARSHALL B.2 GAYLORD (Barna1) was born in Randolph, Vt., Aug. 25, 1824 and died at Brookfield, Vt., May 5, 1891. He married, May 7, 1847, Louisa, dau. Dea. Phineas Kellogg of Brookfield, b. Oct. 18, 1826; d. Apr. 29, 1902. Children, born in Brookfield, Vt .:


i. ANN,3 b. 1849; d. 1850.


ii. M. HAYDEN, b. Jan. 4, 1853.


iii. M. ALICE, b. Aug. 15, 1855; m. Cassius Peck of Burlington, Vt.


iv. EMMA C., b. Apr. 22, 1859; d. June, 1889.


v. MARY A., b. June 2, 1861.


3. vi. PEARL B., b. Apr. 15, 1864.


vii. EARL A., b. Apr. 15, 1864; m. Luna Partridge; res. Brook- field, Vt.


viii. LAURA L., b. Oct. 5, 1865; m. Herbert Allen of Randolph, Vt.


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GENEALOGIES.


3. PEARL B.3 GAYLORD (Marshall B.,2 Barna1) was born in Brookfield, Vt., Apr. 15, 1864, and sett. in W.


He married, June 4, 1890, Lucia, dau. Moses E. and Ann J. (Prentis) Hadley, b. June 5, 1864.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. WALTER M.,4 b. Dec. 1, 1894.


ii. RICHARD HADLEY, b. Nov. 15, 1899.


iii. MARSHALL B., b. Aug. 27, 1902.


ELIJAH GAYLORD was a resident of W. in 1817, but no further record is found.


GLAZIER.


AARON E. GLAZIER was a resident in W. from 1843 to 1854, and had children, Nancy and Laura.


GLEASON.


1. THOMAS1 GLEASON Was in Watertown, Mass., 1652, Charles- town, 1662, died at Cambridge, Mass., abt. 1684.


He married Susannah


Children:


2. i. THOMAS,2 b. abt. 1637.


ii. JOSEPH, sett. in Sudbury, Mass., and had a family.


iii. JOHN, d. in Sudbury about 1690; m. Mary, dau. Thomas Ross.


iv. MARY, b. in Camb., Oct. 31, 1657.


v. SUSANNAH (?).


2. THOMAS" GLEASON (Thomas1) was born abt. 1637; of Sud- bury, Mass., 1665; recd. as an inhabitant of Sherburne, Mass., Oct. 5, 1678; died in Framingham, Mass., July 25, 1705.


He married Sarah -- , who d. July 8, 1703. Children:


i. SARAH,3 b. Feb. 6, 1665; m. Jeremiah Morse.


ii. ANNA, m. 1688, John Gibbs.


iii. THOMAS, d. at Oxford, Mass., abt. 1732; m. Dec. 6, 1695, Mary Mullen.


3. iv. ISAAC.


v. PATIENCE.


vi. MARY, b. June 19, 16So.


vii. JOHN, m. Abigail ; sett. in Sherburne, Mass. .


3.


ISAAC3 GLEASON (Thomas,2 Thomas1) resided in Sherburne and Framingham, Mass. ; constable, 1714; died Dec. 5, 1737. He married, Dec. 11, 1700, Deborah Leland. Children:


i. DEBORAH,1 b. Apr. 27, 1703; m. Oct. 23, 1718, Thomas Winch.


4. ii. ISAAC, b. May 17, 1706.


iii. PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 3, 1708.


iv. FINICS, b. Aug. 23, 1711; m. Elizabeth


4. ISAAC* GLEASON (Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Sherburne, Mass., May 17, 1706; sett. in Framingham, Mass., and rem. to Petersham, Mass., where he died, abt. 1777.


He married, Dec. 9, 1725, Thankful, dau. Nathaniel Wilson of Westmoreland, N. H. She d. abt. 1800, ae. abt. 94.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


Children:


5. i. ISAAC,5 b. Aug. 3, 1726.


ii. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 20, 1728-9; m. Mar. 28, 1751, John Baker of Littleton, Mass.


iii. DEBORAH, b. June 24, 1731; m. Oct. 29, 1759, John Wheeler of Nichewaug, Mass.


iv. SIMEON, b. Aug. 19, 1733; m. 1764, Martha Dudley.


v. THANKFUL, b. Mar. 5, 1737; d. Sept. 11, 1737.


vi. THANKFUL, b. June 17, 1738; m. Dec. 27, 1759, William Daggett.


vii. JAMES, res. Westmoreland, N. H.


viii. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 3, 1743; d. in Petershamn, 1814; m. Aug. 14, 1766, Sarah Curtis.


ix. NATHANIEL, bapt. Sept. 14, 1746; d. in Hardwick, Mass .; m. Sarah Johnson.


x. BENJAMIN, bapt. May 7, 1749; res. Westmoreland.




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