History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 29

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


USA > Vermont > Washington County > Waitsfield > History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies > Part 29


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47


xi. FORTUNATUS, bapt. June 7, 1752; res. Westmoreland; m. Esther Beman.


5. ISAAC" GLEASON (Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Framingham, Mass., Aug. 3, 1726; soldier in Crown Point Expedition, 1756; family tradition says he sett. in Shrewsbury, Mass. In any event he went early to Lang- don, N. H., and died there, probably, before 1790 as his name is not in the census list of that year.


He married, Nov. 2, 1752, Mary Nixon.


Children:


i. LUCIA,6 bapt. June 10, 1753; m. John Prouty.


ii. DOLLY, bapt. Apr. 20, 1755; m. (1) Obadiah (?) Sartwell; (2) Jesse Healey.


iii. THADDEUS, sett. in Rockingham, Vt.


6. iv. WINDSOR, b. Feb. 18, 1761-2.


v. BETSEY, b. 1764; m. John Sartwell.


vi. ELIAB, (possibly) b. Nov. 19, 1759, in Shrewsbury, Mass.


6.


WINDSORG GLEASON (Isaac,5 Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Shrewsbury, Mass .. Feb. 18, 1761-2; sett. in Langdon, N. H., and died 1816.


He married (1) his cousin Sally, dau. Joseph and Sarah (Curtis) Gleason of Dana, Mass., who died 1801; (2) Martha Follett.


Children, born in Langdon, N. H.


i. CURTIS,7 m. Randall.


ii. WINDSOR, b. Feb. 15, 1796; res. in Warren, Vt. and Canaan, N. H., where he d. July 10, 1878; m. (1) Apr., 1817, Sophia Clark, b. at Langdon, N. H., Nov. 14, 1799, d. at Warren, Vt., Apr. 3, 1846; (2) 1847, Almira, dau. Job Silsby of Acworth, N. H. Chn .: Emily,8 b. Mar. 13, 1818, d. May 12, 1825; Sarah, b. Apr. 1, 1820, m. Lorenzo D. Smith; Curtis W., b. Dec. 16, 1821, d. in Warren, Jan. 24, 1844, unm .; Laura Parkhurst, b. Dec. 22, 1824, m. Apr. 26, 1846, Schuyler T. Van Deusen; John Clark, b. Aug. 16, 1826, m. Aug. 29, 1853, Susan, dau. Denslow Upham: Chn .: Mary W.,9 Mardis, John, Susan; Windsor, b. Aug. 26, 1828, m. 1850, Mary A. Powers, res. Elkland, Pa .; Emily Sophia, b. Feb. 28, 1830, m. George H. Lathrop; Orrin Scott, b. Mar. 21, 1832, m. Oct. 2, 1855, Mary Amoret Peters; Aaron Rising, b. June 1, 1834, d. Mar. 4, 1904, m. Jan. 19, 1869, Marietta E. Webster, res. Fitzwilliam, N. H.


.


ーーーーー


32I


GENEALOGIES.


iii. MARY, m. David Powers.


iv. LAURA, m. Dr. John Parkhurst.


v. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 23, 1801; colonel; d. at Natick, Mass., May 17, 1879: m. Jan. 1, 1822, Abigail Read.


7. vi. HUZZIAL, b. Feb. 19, 1802.


vii. SALMON, b. July 9, 1804; Methodist minister; d. Sept. 9, 1885; m. Dec. 24, 1828, Jerusha Willard.


viii. HORACE, b. Oct. 19, 1806; d. Apr. 4, 1858; m. Oct. 1I, IS31, Achsah Richardson of Warren, Vt., dau. James and Adah (Hinds) Richardson, b. Mar. 6, ISIo, d. Oct. 20, 1875.


7. HUZZIAL7 GLEASON (Windsor,6 Isaac," Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Langdon, N. H., Feb. 19, 1802; res. in Warren, Vt. and W. where he died, July 3, 1889.


He married, June 27, 1827, Emily H., dau. James and Adah (Hinds) Richardson of Warren, b. Feb. 4, 1804; d. Apr. 1, 1882.


Children:


8. i. RICHARDSON JAMES,8 b. Dec. 28, 1828.


11. JOSLIN CARLISLE, b. Oct. 23, 1831; res. Montpelier, Vt .: d. May 9, 1896; m. Dec. 12, 1860, Ellen J., dau. Oramel H. Smith, b. May 3, 1836.


iii. EMILY MARTHA, b. Feb. 15, 1835; d. Sept. 14, 1897, unm. A successful teacher.


iv. LOUIS POMEROY, b. Sept. 15, 1841; d. Aug. 17, 1907; mer- chant, Montpelier, Vt .; m. Feb. 22, 1870, A. Louise Timothy of Ransomville, N. Y., b. Oct. 5, 1845. Chn .: Carlisle Joyslin,9 b. Oct. 27, 1874; Fred Elijah, b. Mar. 17, 1883.


8. RICHARDSON JAMES8 GLEASON (Huzzial,7 Windsor,6 Isaac,5 Isaac,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in W., Dec. 28, 1828; merchant; elected town clerk, June, 1855, he has had that office continuously to this date (1908); treas., 1857 to 1904; Rep., 1890-91.


He married, Mar. 31, 1856, Mary L., dau. Crowell and Almira (Pease) Matthews, b. Aug. 2, 1836.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. HERBERT CARLISLE,º b. Apr. 20, 1857; m. Feb. 23, 1886, Mary P. Timothy; merchant; res. Montpelier, Vt.


ii. MARY EMILIE, b. July 4, 1864.


iii. JENNIE MATTHEWS, b. July 2, 1870; d. July 6, 1908.


iv. LOUISE RICHARDSON, b. Nov. 7, 1872.


1. DARIUS® GLEASON, son of Moses'and Beulah (Houghton, Gleason, was born Dec. 28, 1772. The line is perhaps (Moses,) Moses," Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1). Darius® sett. in Rochester3 Vt., and died there, Aug. 17, 1863.


He married (1) Feb. 10, 1805, Melinda Pierce, b. Oct. 25, 1780; d. Mar. 12, 1812; (2) Oct. 27, 1812, Anna Russell, b. Nov. 3, 1782; d. May 30, 1841. Children:


i. ORILLA,7 b. Nov. 11, 1805.


ii. ACENATH, b. Feb. 6, ISos; m. Frazer.


iii. HORACE, b. Apr. 8, 1809.


iv. NATHANIEL NELSON, b. July 26, 1814.


v. ABIGAIL GLAZIER, b. May 14, 1816; d. Jan. 13, 1869.


322


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


vi. DANIEL WARREN, b. July 25, 18IS; d. June 10, 1819.


vii. DAVID, b. May 11, 1820; for many years a resident of W .; private Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols .; d. in Wtby., Vt., May 26, 1899; m. (1) Nov. 9, 1848, Jane A., dau. Ziba Rice, b. Jan. 18, 1821; d. July 6, 1880; (2) May 8, 1882, Mrs. Adaline A. (Murray) Kennedy, b. Oct. 29, 1836.


Viii. SARAH RUSSELL, b. May 1, 1822; m. Pease.


ix. OLIVE WARREN, b. Mar. 26, 1824; m. C. J. Joslin of Freeman, Kansas.


x. HARRIET ANN, b. Oct. 31, 1826; m. Feb. 3, 1852, James Seymour Newcomb.


xi. LOUISA JANE, b. May 6, 1829; m. May 16, 1847, William F. Newcomb.


SAMUEL GLEASON, JR., was a resident of W., 1847 and later. He married, Parney L., dau. James E. Dow, and rem. to Berlin, Vt.


Children:


i. EMELINE, m. Arthur Stickney of Berlin.


ii. LOUISA, m. Frank Barrett of Wtby.


iii. AUGUSTA.


GOODRICH.


GEORGE GOODRICH, son of Joseph and Sarah (Glidden) Good- rich, was born in Brookfield, Vt., Apr. 10, 1841 ; came to W. as a clerk in the store of Jones & Ward, 1864; rem., Mar. 1872 and sett., 1876, in Chelsea, Vt.


He married, Sept. 21, 1869, Lausanna S., dau. Martin and Sophia D. Paine, b. in Brookfield, Feb. 24, 1842; d. at Chelsea, Nov. 5, 1897.


Children: -


i. MAY L., b. Sept. 21, 1871; m. Dec. 6, 1893, C. P. Dickinson of Chelsea, Vt.


ii. BEN A., b. Dec. 1, 1875; res. Chelsea, Vt.


iii. LOREN J., b. Aug. 19, 1877; res. Stockton, Cal.


iv. CHARLES M., b. July 9, 1879; m. Feb. 22, 1904, Zilla Smith.


GRANDY.


1. ELIJAH2 GRANDY (Robert1) was in W. in Oct., 1793, coming from Reading, Vt. It is probable he was a brother of Robert Grandy of that town, and that both were of the Northfield, Mass., family of that name. Perhaps they were sons of Robert of Salisbury, N. H., Northfield, Mass. and Chesterfield, N. H., and this seems probable as there was a Robert, Sr., in Reading, 1791. Elijah married (I) Elizabeth -, who d. Mar. 8, 1797; (2) July 5, 1798, Bathsheba, dau. Joseph and Anna (Pike) Hamilton, b. Dec. 14, 1779.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GILBERT,3 b. Nov. 10, 1795; went West and had a family.


ii. BETSEY, b. Mar. 4, 1797.


iii. ELIJAH, b. Sept. 15, 1799; m. (1) Sept. 21, 1820, Mary A. Thayer; (2) Jan. 22, 1836, Lucy (Palmer), widow Wm. Wheeler; res. for a time in Warren, and moved to the West, it is said.


323


GENEALOGIES.


iv. PERCIS, b. Feb 16, 1801; m. Jan. 22, 1821, William} Wait 2d.


V. JERUSHA, b. May 24, 1804: m. Moses Palmer.


vi. CHAUNCEY, b. Mar. 15, 1806; went West and had a family.


vii. infant, b. Jan., 1808, and d. same day.


1. ROBERT2 GRANDY (Robert1) of Reading, Vt., 1791, and . Windsor, Vt .; perhaps bro. of Elijah.


He married, Dec. 2, 1785, Lydia, dau. Stephen Butterfield, b. Nov. 15, 1768.


Children, born in Reading, Vt .:


i. LYDIA,3 b. Nov. 14, 1786; m. Stewart Hamilton of W.


ii. ROBERT, b. June 10, 1790.


iii. CALVIN, b. Mar. 17, 1792; d. Apr. 25, 1859; res. in Fayston, Vt., and had chn .: Louisa,4 Lucinda, Lorenzo, Ziba B., Cyrus E., Cordelia.


iv. SALLY, b. June 4, 1794; d. Sept. 8, 1795.


v. SALLY, b.May 11, 1797; m. Feb. 29, 1816, Asahel Rider.


vi. Lucy, b. Dec. 16, 1798; m. (2) Daniel Shepherd.


2. vii. BEZALEEL, b. Feb. 20, ISOI.


3. viii. IRA, b. Jan. 23, 1802.


ix. JASON, sett. in Warren, Vt.


2. BEZALEEL3 GRANDY (Robert,2 Robert1) was born in Reading, Vt., Feb. 20, 1801; res. in W. and Fayston, Vt.


He married Dorothy, prob. dau. Aaron and Polly Quimby. . Children:


i. DANIEL,4 b. 1839; priv. Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols .; cooper; d. June, 1895; m. Nov. 24, 1864, Luana, dau. Stephen C. and Angeline (Lockwood) Parker, b. Nov. 18, 1842. Chn .: Angic,5 b. Mar. 30, 1868; Frank, b. July 21, 1870; George S., b. and d. 1870; Laura M., b. May 3, 1874, d. Sept. 17, 1874.


ii. MELVINA, b. abt. 1843; m. Apr. 5, 1870, George D. Parker of Warren, Vt.


3. IRA3 GRANDY (Robert,2 Robert1) was born Jan. 23, 1802; died Aug. 13, 1871; lived in Warren, Vt.


He married, Mar. 6, 1842, Rebecca, dau. Josiah and Abigail (Cary) Campbell, b. Feb. 6, 1820; d. Jan. 6; 1908. Children:


i. CLARENCE A.,4 bapt. 1844; m. Oct. 22, 1870, Lizzie Ormsbee.


ii. EDWIN M., d. Jan. 9, 1892, ae. 46.


iii. LORA ANN, d. Nov. 17, 1885, ae. 36.


iv. EVA JANE, d. May 4, 1887, ae. 31.


Also three others who d. very young.


GRAVES.


JOHN GRAVES came from St. Johnsbury, Vt., and sett. in W. He married, Mar. 18, 1889, Jessie B., dau. Charles F. and Aurilla P. (Benton) Ramsay, b. in W., Dec. 27, 1869. Children:


i. William.


ii. Elvin Sidney, b. Oct. 20, 1903.


324


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


GREEN.


1. THOMAS' GREEN of Swanzey, N. H .; Rev. soldier, wounded at Bunker Hill, where he fought under Stark; came to W. abt. 1800, perhaps by way of Bennington, Vt .; purchased the Heaton Mills at Irasville which were for many years after known as Green's Mills; resided also for a time in Fayston, Vt .; died Apr. 29, 1813, ae. 60.


He married at Swanzey, Mar. 2, 1780, Lydia, sister of Joel Foster, who m. (2) Nov. 3, 1814, Rev. Jotham Carpenter.


Children, born in Swanzey, N. H .:


i. THOMAS, b. Dec. 16, 1782.


ii. SETH, b. Mar. 17, 1784; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1804, Betsey Batt of Bennington, Vt., from whom he was divorced, 1817 (she d. May 27, 1866, ae. 81), and m. (2) Nov. 28, 1817, Achsah Blaisdell. An infant child, b. May 27, 1805, d. June 9, 1805.


iii. ELISHA, m. Apr. 13, 18og, Abigail Wood.


2. iv. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 6, 1791.


v. ELEANOR, m. Dec. 5, 1816, Henry Dana.


vi. Probably another dau.


2. JOSEPH" GREEN (Thomas1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Mar. 6, 1791 ; iniller; died Mar. 14, 1867.


He married, Sept. 18, 1814, Anna, dau. Dr. Simeon and Abiah (Thompson) Stoddard, b. Mar. 17, 1790; d. July 15, 1867.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. JOSEPH,3 b. Nov. 2, 1815; d. Apr. 13, 1839, unm. .


ii. SARAH, b. Aug. 17, 1817; m. Sept. 11, 1849, Charles E. Bige- low.


ROMEO WADSWORTH, b. Aug. 8, 1819; d. Mar. 29, 1866; m. (1) Helen B. Lewis, d. Mar. 6. 1864; (2) Feb. 11, 1866, Laura C. Wilson.


iv. ANNA LAVONE, b. July 7, 1821; m. Nov. 29, 1846, William McAllister.


v. JEROME WESLEY, b. Nov. 20, 1823; d. Oct. 8, 1842.


vi. THOMAS SHERIDAN, b. Sept. 8, 1827; d. Apr. 20, 1830.


vii. LUCIA A., b. Mar. 12, 1830; m. May 1, 1851, Andrew C. Brown of Montpelier. Chn .: Ella Lavone,4 b. May 28, 1854;


1 Romeo E., b. Sept. 18, 1859, d. July 6, 1860; Rome Green, b. June 15, 1862; Edwin E. C., b. Jan. 22, 1865; Joseph Green, b. Nov. 21, 1866. .


viii. LYDIA A., b. Nov. 10, 1832; d. Apr. 10, 1849.


GREENE.


1. JOHN1 GREENE, son of Richard and Mary (Hooker) Greene, was born in Bowidge Hill, Gillingham, Co. Dorset, Eng., abt. 1590; surgeon; was in Boston, Mass., June 3, 1635; went to Salem, Mass., and soon to Providence, R. I., with Roger Williams of whose ch. he was one of 12 original members. Rem. to Warwick, R. I., where he d. Jan., 1659.


He married (1) Nov. 4, 1619, Joanna Tattershall; (2) wid. Alice Daniels; (3) abt. 1644, Phillippa -, who d. Mar. 11, 1687.


325


GENEALOGIES.


Children:


i. JouN,2 bapt. Aug. 15, 1620; d. Nov. 27, 1708; m. abt. 1648, Anne Almy.


ii. PETER, bapt. Mar. 10, 1621-2; d. 1659; m. Mary Gorton.


iii. RICHARD, bapt. Mar. 25, 1624; d. young.


2. iv. JAMES, bapt. June 21, 1626.


V. THOMAS, bapt. June 4, 1628; d. June 5, 1717; m. June 30, 1659, Elizabeth Barton.


vi. JONE, bapt. Oct. 3, 1630; m. John Hade.


vii. MARY, bapt. May 19, 1633; m. abt. 1654, James Sweet. .


2. JAMES? GREENE (John1) was bapt. at Salisbury, Eng., June 21, 1626, and came with his parents; freeman at. Warwick, R. I., 1647; town clerk, 1661; in Assembly ten years, 1660-75; his house was burned in King Philip's War and he went to Portsmouth, R. I., but retd. to Warwick, and died Apr. 27, 1698.


He married (1) abt. 1658, Deliverance, dau. Robert Potter, b. 1637; d. 1664; (2) Aug. 3, 1665, Elizabeth, dau. John Anthony of Portsmouth, R. I.


Children:


3. i. JAMES,3 b. June 6, 1659.


ii. MARY, b. Sept. 28, 1660; m. Feb. 19, 1684-5, James Reynolds.


iii. ELISHA, b. Mar. 17, 1662; d. young.


iv. SARAH, b. Aug. 26, 1663-4; m. Henry Reynolds.


v. PETER, b. Aug. 25, 1666; m. Feb. 12, 1695, Elizabeth Slocum.


vi. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 17, 1668; m. Francis Reynolds.


vii. JOHN, b. Feb. 1, 1670: d. young.


viii. JABEZ, b. May 17, 1673; d. Oct. 1, 1741; m. (1) Mar. 17, 1697-8, Mary Barton; (2) Grace Whitman.


ix. DAVID, b. June 24, 1677; d. Jan. 31, 1761-2; m. (1) Mary Slocum; (2) Sarah Barber.


x. THOMAS, b. Nov. 11, 1682, in Portsmouth, R. I .; d. young.


xi. JOHN, b. Sept. 30, 1685; d. Dec. 8, 1757; m. Feb. 16, 1709-10, Mary Allen.


xii. SUSANNAH, b. May 24, 1688; m. Feb. 1, 1712, Joseph Hull, Jr.


3. JAMES3 GREENE (James,2 John1) was born in Warwick, R. I., June 6, 1659; freeman, June 26, 1683 ; Capt. ; deputy, 1696; died Mar. 12, 1712.


He married, Jan. 29, 1688-9, Mary, dau. Capt. John Fones of Newport, R. I., who d. Mar. 20, 1721, ae. 50. Children, born in Warwick, R. I .:


i. FonEs,4 b. Mar. 23, 1689-90; d. July 29, 1758; m. (1) Mar. 15, 1710-II, Dinah Battey; (2) Feb. 5, 1712-13, Rebecca Tibbetts.


ii. JAMES, b. Apr. 2, 1692; d. Apr. 17, 1758; m. (1) Roby Carr; (2) Susannah


iii. MARY, b. Mar. 16, 1695; d. Oct. 21, 1695.


iv. DANIEL, b. Apr. 7, 1696.


4. V. ELISHA, b. Aug. 5, 1698.


vi. DELIVERANCE, b. Feb. 12, 1700-1; m. John Holden.


vii. MARY, b. Sept. 25, 1703; m. Jan. 23, 1724, Resolved Rhodes. viii. JOHN, b. Feb. 26, 1705-6; d. Dec. 8, 1757, unm.


ix. JEREMIAH, b. Dec. 16, 1708; d. Apr. 17, 1758; m. Aug. 13, 1749, Anne Wylis.


x. SAMUEL, b. June 8, 1711; d. Feb. 18, 1788: m. (1) Mary Whitford; (2) May 19, 1752, wid. Elizabeth Stanbrough.


326


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


4. ELISHA" GREENE (James,3 James,2 John1) was born in War- wick, R. I., Aug. 5, 1698; called "Elder"; blacksmith; res. Cranston, R. I .; ordained as Baptist minister, July 30, 1764; died at Gloucester, R. I., 1780.


He married (1) Sept. 26, 1723, Martha, dau. James Brown, b. Oct. 12, 1703; d. July 27, 1725; (2) Mar. 13, 1727, Abigail, wid. Arthur Fenner and dau. John Dexter, b. Apr. 26, 1696; d. Jan. II, 1770. Children:


5. i. JAMES,5 b. Sept. 15, 1724.


ii. ELISHA, b. 1728; d. Mar. 13, 1776; m. 1750, Hannah Gorton. iii. ABIGAIL, m. Mar. 21, 1767, Capt. Solomon Owens.


5. JAMES5 GREENE (Elisha,4 James,3 James,2 John1) was born in Providence, R. I., Sept. 15, 1724; merchant; deacon; died at Gloucester, R. I., soon after 1782.


He married (1) Dec. 12, 1745, Freelove, dau. Elder Thomas Burlingame, b. 1727; d. Mar. 6, 1751; (2) Sept. 4, 1754, Abigail Freeley of Newport who d. bef. 1780; (3) Aug. 19, 1784, Susannah Lynch at Portsmouth. Children:


6. i. DANIEL,6 b. Oct. 10, 1747.


ii. ELISHA, b. abt. 1748.


iii. JOSIAH, b. abt. 1750; his will, dated Dec. 21, 1790, was proved Jan. 28, 1791; m. Susannah Vaughn.


iv. JOHN MORLEY, b. 1760; d. after 1822.


v. THOMAS, b. 1766; m. Susannah Blackmar.


vi. SUSANNAH, m. (1) Nov. 6, 1791, Dr. Nathaniel Richmond; (2) Sept. II, 1795 (?), Benjamin Adams.


6. DANIELE GREENE (James," Elisha,4 James,3 James,2 John1) was born Oct. 10, 1747, prob. in Providence, R. I .; sett. in Claremont, N. H., where he d. 1815.


He married, abt. 1766, Rebecca, dau. Rufus Barton, b. at Warwick, R. I., July 16, 1746. Children:


i. FREELOVE.7


ii. CATHARINE.


iii. PHOEBE.


iv. MARTHA.


V. NANCY.


vi. MARY.


vii. REBECCA.


7. viii. JAMES, b. Mar. 20, 1779.


ix. ELISHA BARTON, b. Apr. 7, 1786; soldier, 1812; d. in Lawrence Co., Ohio, Sept. 30, 1845; m. 1807, Lydia Mclaughlin.


x. CYRUS DANIEL, b. 1789; d. Aug. 12, 1824.


xi. MANDANA, b. 1789.


7. JAMES7 GREENE (Daniel,8 James,5 Elisha,4 James,3 James,2 John1) was born in Claremont, N. H., Mar. 20, 1779; Capt. in 24th U. S. Inf., War 1812; died Feb. 7, 1817.


He married, Jan. 2, 1802, Mercy Nelson, b. Mar. 2, 1780; d. Oct., 1866.


327


GENEALOGIES.


Children:


i. EpAMINONDAS,8 b. 1803; d. 1844, unm.


ii. CONTENT, b. 1805; d. 1862, unm.


8. iii. DANIEL, b. 1807.


iv. HANNAH, b. 1809; m. 1834, George Ray.


v. JAMES, b. IS10; in. Mehitable Shattuck.


vi. ALBERT G., b. 1812; m. 1836, Charlotte S. Blush.


vii. REBECCA M., b. 1815; m. Capt. Milton G. Bostwick.


8. DANIELS GREENE (James,7 Daniel,6 James,5 Elisha,4 James,3 James,2 John1) was born in Claremont, N. H., 1807; sett.


in Waterbury, Vt., and died in 1882. He married, 1832, Katharine Parker. Children, born in Waterbury, Vt .:


i. JULIA S.,9 m. Harvey H. Collins.


9. ii. FRANKLIN J., b. Dec. 11, 1834.


iii. ERASTUS P.


iv. WELTHEA R.


v. CHARLES J ..


9. FRANKLIN J.º GREENE (Daniel,8 James,7 Daniel,6 James,5 Elisha,' James,3 James,? John1) was born in Waterbury, Vt., Dec. 11, 1834; sett. in W. and operated a starch factory and lumber mills; died Jan. 30, 1892.


He married (1) Carrie, dau. Elijah and Anne Smith of Nfd., who d. June 16, 1860; (2) Mar. 8, 1863, Jennie M., dau. Ira and Nancy (Gladding) Ashley, b. May 8, 1843. She m. (2) Francis A. Boyce.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. FRANK,10 b. June 16, 1860; d. young.


11. CARRIE, b. June 16, 1860; d. young.


iii. CARRIE M., b. Aug. 22, 1866; m. May 14, 1908, James Thallon of Green Cove Springs, Florida.


IO. iv. CHARLES J., b. Nov. 6, 1870. v. FRANK J., b. Jan. 16, 1876; m. Aug. 27, 1907, Jessie B. Wheeler of Wtby.


10. CHARLES J.10 GREENE (Franklin J.,9 Daniel,8 James,7 Daniel,6 James," Elisha,4 James,3 James,2 John1) was born in Waitsfield, Nov. 6, 1870; merchant.


He married, Mar. 3, 1903, Luna B., dau. Allen S. Howe of Fayston, Vt.


Ch .:


i. CLIFTON FRANK,11 b. Apr. 1, 1908, in W.


GREGORY.


1. JOHN2 GREGORY, son of Samuel,1 was born at Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 18, 1810; painter, Universalist minister, editor, farmer; died at Northfield, Vt., Sept. 25, 1881.


He married (1) Ellen Bantan; (2) Marie, dau Jesse Averill. Children:


2. i. JOSEPH D.,3 b. Mar. 21, 1832.


ii. MARIE, m. Charles Tilden of Northfield.


iii. MINA, m. Slayton of Chicago, Il1.


ーレー


-


328


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


2. JOSEPH D.3 GREGORY (John,2 Samuel1) was born in Coopers- town, N. Y., Mar. 21, 1832; sett. in Nfd .; ry. engineer; farmer, after 1865; soldier in Civil War, 1861-5.


He married,. Apr. 23, 1853, Laura L., dau. James and Ellen (Eaton) Cutting of Haverhill, N. H., b. June 29, 1834.


Children, born in Northfield, Vt .:


i. JOHN W.,4 b. July 13, 1854; lawyer in W. from 1879; died Sept. 14, 1907; married (1) Sept. 20, 1880, Lucy F. dau. Jonathan H. and Ellen (Merriam) Hastings, b. Jan. 4, 1859, d. Aug. 1, 1896; (2) June 7, 1904, Mrs. Ida J. (Miller) LaDue, dau. Edmund W. Miller. No issue.


ii. JAMES E., b. June 16, 1859; in. Emma Tuttle; res. Williams- town, Vt.


iii. HATTIE M., b. May 26, 1862; m. Frank Godfrey of Williams- town.


HADLEY.


1. AMOS1 HADLEY was born Dec. 24, 1788. His children were born in Pomfret, Vt., but he came later to W. where he died, Jan. 22, 1877. He settled first on German Flats, Fayston, and gave the place its name from his own nationality, it is said.


He married Lydia Eastman, who d. Apr. 13, 1857, ae. 77. Children:


i. GEORGE L., b. Apr. 4, 1815; m. Emily Newton; sett. in Morristown, Vt.


2. ii. SAMUEL E., b. Mar. 31, 1818.


iii. BETSEY E., b. Feb. 14, 1821; m. Mar. 9, 1841, Robert Camp- bell.


iv. ASCENATH E., b. Nov. 14, 1824; m. (1) Mar. 23, 1840, Joseph Farr; soon divorced, and m. (2) Nov. 16, 1863, John W. Richardson.


3. v. MOSES E., b. Mar. 26, 1826.


2. SAMUEL E.2 HADLEY (Amos1) was born in Pomfret, Vt., Mar. 31, 1818, and died at Holyoke, Mass., Mar. 25, 1850. He married, Feb. 2, 1840, Ardelia E., dau. Daniel and Dorothy (Godfrey) Shepherd, b. Jan. 12, 1819; d. Dec. 1I, 1860.


Children:


i. LANGDON SAMUEL, b. Nov. 6, 1840; d. Dec. 30, 1863; priv. Co. C. 32nd Wis. Vols.


ii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 17, 1842; d. Aug. 13, 1844.


iii. MYRON N., d. Mar. 4, 1845, ae. 4 weeks.


iv. CHARLES M., d. Jan. 8, 1851, ae. 4 yrs., 10 m., 28 days.


3. MOSES E.2 HADLEY (Amos1) was born in Pomfret, Vt., Mar. 26, 1826; died at W., Oct. 28, 1892; Rep., 1874-5; selectman, 1867. His farm was in lots 127 and 128.


He married (1) Mar. 6, 1856, Ann J., dau. Thomas and Hannah (Cheney) Prentis, b. Sept. 13, 1831; d. July 3, 1875; (2) June 30, 1877, Mrs. Belinda E. McAllister, b. at Coventry, N. H., Oct. 31, 1824, dau. Benj. R. and Betsey Davis. She d. Feb. 2, 1898.


Child, born in Waitsfield:


i. LUCIA A., b. June 5, 1864; m. June 4, 1890, Pearl B. Gaylord.


329


GENEALOGIES.


HAMILTON


1. JOSEPH1 HAMILTON was a Rev. soldier from Brookfield, Mass., but it is doubtful to which one of the several branches of the Hamilton family in that town he belongs. He went to Cornish, N. H., bef. 1792, and came to W. bef. Oct., 1795. He died Mar. 18, 1828, his tombstone says aged 79, but U. S. . Pension records show that in IS21 he gave his age as 70.


He married, Sept. 2, 1779, Anna, dau. Samuel and Mehitable Pike, b. in Brookfield, Oct. 20, 1757.


Children:


i. BATHSHEBA,2 b. Dec. 14, 1779, in Brookfield, Mass .; m. July 5, 1798, Elijah Grandy.


ii. ELISHA, b. Dec. 8, 1781; bot. land in Fayston, Vt., 1805.


111. MARY, b. Feb 4, 1784; d. July 15, 1806.


2. iv. STEWART, b. June 12, 1786.


v. NEWELL, b. Apr. 29, 1789; his father was aptd. adm. of his est. June 30, 1814.


vi. GEORGE, b. in Cornish, N. H., Dec. 14, 1792.


3. vii. JOSEPH, b. in W., Oct. 5, 1795.


viii. ANNA, b. Mar. 10, 1798; d. June 16, 1816, "Snow from morning till night," says ch. record.


ix. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 23, 1800; m. Oct. 17, 1836, James Corning Fargo.


2. STEWART? HAMILTON (Joseph1) was born in Brookfield, Mass., June 12, 1786; sett. in W. on lot 79; died Sept. 28, IS51.


He married Lydia, dau. Robert and Lydia (Butterfield) Grandy, who was born Nov. 14, 1786, and d. Mar. 13, 1873. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. child,3 d. 1822.


ii. LYDIA, b. June 25, 1824; m. Oct. 27, 1840, Samuel Long.


3. JOSEPH2 HAMILTON (Joseph1) was born in W., Oct. 5, 1795; res. on Palmer Hill and moved away about 1835.


He married Miranda


Children, born in Waitsfield:


-


i. ALONZO,3 b. Oct. 28, 1821.


ii. LORINDA, b. Oct. 23, 1822.


iii. ADELAID, b. May 18, 1824.


iv. MARIA, b. Sept. 29, 1825.


v. CAROLINE, b. Mar. 5, 1827.


vi. GEORGE, b. Dec. 24, 1828.


vii. JOSEPH NEWELL, b. Jan. 11, 1831.


HAND.


ANSON HAND was a voter in 1815-16, but during the latter year sold his land and rem. to Albany, Vt.


HARRIS.


JARVIS C. HARRIS, son of Daniel and Nancy Harris, was born in Moretown, Vt .; carpenter; at various times a resident of W.


He married (1) Aug. 10, 1863, Mary A., dau. William Somer- ville; (2) Anna Donnelly.


330


HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


$


Children:


1. LETTIE.


ii. MARY A., b. Apr. 18, 1877.


iii. LUCY ELLEN, b. May 14, 1882.


iv. WILLIAM LESTER, b. Aug. Jo, 1886.


v. FREDERICK JOHN, b. Aug. 10, 1886.


HASTINGS.


1. THOMAS' HASTINGS came from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634; sett. in Watertown, Mass .; Rep., 1673; deacon; died 1685. He married (1) Susan , who d. Jan. 20, 1651; (2) Apr., 1651, Margaret, dau. William Cheney.


Children, born in Watertown, Mass .:


2. i. THOMAS,2 b. July 1, 1652.


ii. JOHN, b. Mar. 1, 1654; m. June 18, 1679, Abigail Hammond.


iii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 8, 1655; drowned, 1669.


iv. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 12, 1657; m. Nov. 21, 1682, Ruth Rice.


v. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 9, 1659; m. Elizabeth Graves; (2) Mary


vi. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 25, 1661; m. Mary Neverson.


vii. HEPZIBAH, b. Jan. 31, 1663; m. June 21, 1680 (?), William Bond of Watertown.


viii. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 12, 1665; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1687, Lydia Church; (2) Apr. 24, 1694, Elizabeth Neverson; (3) July 10, 1701, Sarah Coolidge.


2. THOMAS2 HASTINGS (Thomas1) was born in Watertown, Mass., July 1, 1652; sett. in Deerfield, Mass., bef. King Philip's War, but rem. to Hatfield, Mass. after the War; physician and teacher of the first school in Hatfield; died July 23, 1712.


He married (1) Oct. 10, 1672, Anna, dau. John Hawks, who d. Oct. 25, 1705; (2) Feb. 14, 1706, Mary, dau. of Daniel Burt, who m. (2) May 17, 1713, Samuel Belding, and d. Apr. 13, 1754.


Children:


i. MARGARET,3 b. July 7, 1674; m. May 7, 1707, Nathaniel Evarts of Guilford, Conn.


ii. HANNAH, b. Jan. 19, 1677; m. Samuel Gillett.


iii. THOMAS, b. Sept. 24, 1679; physician; m. Mar. 16, 1701, Mary Field.


iv. HEPZIBAH, b. Apr. 16, 1682; m. Apr. 5, 1705, Jonathan Curtis of Northampton, Mass. .


v. MEHITABLE, b. Jan. 23, 1685; m. Nov. 25, 1714, John Burke.


3. vi. JOHN, b. Sept. 17, 1689.


vii. SILENCE, b. Feb. 26, 1707; m. Josiah Hadlock of Williamsburg, Mass.


viii. THANKFUL, b. May 5, 1711; d. July 15, 1711.


ix. SYLVANUS, b. Sept. 10, 1712; d. Feb. 21, 1713.


3. JOHN3 HASTINGS (Thomas,? Thomas1) was born in Hatfield Mass., Sept. 17, 1689; physician; at Fort Dummer, 1735; grantee and early settler of Number Four (Charlestown, N. H.).


He married (1) Lydia -, who d. June 21, 1716. He is said to have had by her, two daughters, both of


.


331


GENEALOGIES.


whom died young. He married (2) July 4, 1720, Hannah, dau. Dea. John White, b. Mar. 26, 1695; d. Aug. 13, 1774. Children, born in Hatfield, Mass .:


4. i. SYLVANUS,4 b. Mar. 22, 1721.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.