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ii. JOHN, b. Nov. 14, 1722; m. Mrs. Susannah, dau. Lieut. Moses Willard and wid. Capt. James Johnson.
iij. OLIVER, b. Nov. 22, 1724.
iv. LEMUEL, b. Feb. 5, 1727; m. Elizabeth -.
v. HANNAH, b. July 8, 1729.
vi. LYDIA, b. Aug. 19, 1732; m. Col. William Heywood.
vii. MEHITABLE, b. 1735.
4. SYLVANUS' HASTINGS (John,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Hatfield, Mass., Mar. 22, 1721; sett. in Charlestown, N. H., where he was a substantial man; selectman, 1766-7 and 1772; commissioned Capt. by Gov. Wentworth, Dec. 26, 1767; died Jan. 12, 1806.
He married (1) Jemima, dau. Lieut. Moses Willard, b. June 29, 1728; d. Apr. 14, 1788; (2) Mary, wid. Ebenezer Putnam.
Children, born in Charlestown, N. H .:
i. SUSANNAH,5 b. May 29, 1746.
ii. OLIVER, b. Jan. 3, 1748; d. Sept., 1757.
iii. JEMIMA, b. Jan. 29, 1750; m. Nov. 30, 1783, Jedediah Rice of Charlestown.
iv. SYLVANUS, b. Mar. 23, 1752; m. Betsey
5. V. JOHN, b. June 18, 1754.
vi. MOSES WILLARD, b. Nov. 6, 1756; d. July 31, 1834; m. Apr. 6, 1780, Jerusha Spencer.
vii. OLIVER, b. Mar. 14, 1759; d. Apr. 11, 1759.
viii. ELIZABETH, b. May 21, 1760; d. Aug. 21, 1761.
ix. OLIVER, b. June 10, 1762; physician; d. Oct. 3, 1823; m. Olive Reed.
x. HANNAH, b. Sept. 11, 1764; d. Nov. 16, 1817.
xi. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 1, 1767; d. same day.
xii. PHINEAS, b. Nov. 3, 1769; d. Aug. 23, 1777.
xiii. LAVINIA, b. Aug. 23, 1771; m. 1791, Capt. Joseph Parker.
5. JOHN5 HASTINGS (Sylvanus,4 John,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Charlestown, N. H., June 18, 1754; died Mar. 14, 1813.
He married, Jan. 2, 1776, Miriam, dau. Jonathan
℮ Hammond of Swanzey, N. H., b. Jan. 23, 1755.
Children:
i. SOLEMITH,6 b. June 28, 1776; d. Sept., 1776.
ii. FANNY, b. Oct. 17, 1777; m. Jan. 24, 1799, Elias Olcott of Rockingham, Vt.
6. iii. GARINTER, b. July 25, 1779.
iv. SHELOMA, b. Apr. 13, 1781.
v. AUGUSTA, m. Edward Goddard.
6. GARINTER6 HASTINGS (John,5 Sylvanus,4 John,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Charlestown, N. H., July 25, 1779; res. in Swanzey, N. H., until 1822, when he bought an interest in Green's Mills and sett. in W .; kept a tavern on present D. O. Joslin place for some years; died June 28, 1857.
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He married, Mar. 7, 1802, Hannah, dau. Elias and Sibyl (Dutton) Olcott, b. in Rockingham, Vt., Feb. 13, 1784; d. Mar. 19, 1860.
Children:
7. i. WORTHEY GARINTER, b. Aug. 24, 1803.
ii. ELIZA F., b. Apr. 28, 1805; m. Apr. 27, 1828, Moses Ware of Brattleboro, Vt.
iii. FANNY OLCOTT, b. Nov. 2, 1806; m. Aug. 5, 1828, John Staf- ford Campbell.
8. iv. YORRICK CARLISLE WEST, b. Aug. 7, 180S.
GEORGE HILAND, b. June 14, 1810; m. Nancy Chn.,
V. b. in Fayston, Vt .: Electa, Jan. 3, 1837; Ezekiel, Sept. 10, IS39; Charles H., Apr. 14, 1840; George WV., Oct. 5, 1841; Charles H., Apr. 17, 1842; Charles R., Feb. 11, 1845; John Hammond, Sept. 29, 1847. The family rem. to Sparta, Mich.
vi. MARIAN D., b. July 17, 1812; m. Nov. 29, 1835, Joseph O. Joslin.
vii. SUSAN CARPENTER, b. Nov. 26, 1813; m. Feb. 21, 1836, John Wait.
viii. CLARISSA WEBB., b. May 27, 1816; d. young.
ix. JUSTUS P., b. Apr. 14, 1818; m. Gregg.
X. CLARISSA WEBB, b. July 22, 1820; m. Jan. 8, 1848, Seymour D. Graves of Johnson, Vt.
xi. RODNEY D., b. Dec. 10, 1821; went West.
9. xii. JONATHAN HAMMOND, b. Feb. 12, 1824.
xiii. MARIA A., b. Dec. 2, 1825; m. July 15, 1846, Joshua S. Dartt.
7. WORTHEY GARINTER7 HASTINGS (Garinter,6 John,5 Sylvanus,4 John,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Aug. 24, 1803; came to W. with his father and rem. later to Fayston, Vt., where he died Jan. 8, 1841.
He married, Mar. 21, 1826, Mary, dau. Jonathan Lam- son, b. 1809; d. at West Rutland, Vt., 1873. Children, born in Fayston, Vt .:
i. MARIA,8 b. 1831; m. 1850, L. B. Marshall of Wtby.
ii. HANNAH, b. 1834; m. Feb. 21, 1861, J. W. H. Tift of Ticon- deroga, N. Y.
iii. MARIAN, b. 1836; m. 1854, W. W. Burr of Rutland, Vt.
iv. FANNY, b. 1838; m. 1855, Orin Ramsay of Ticonderoga, N. Y.
v. WORTHEY GARINTER, b. 1840; d. 1867; m. 1859, Anna Culver; res. West Rutland, Vt.
8. YORRICK CARLISLE WEST7 HASTINGS (Garinter,& John,5 Sylvanus,4 Jolin,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Aug. 7, 1808; died at Ayer, Mass., Nov. 19, 1899; for many years a resident of W.
He married (1) 1833, Maria P. Hunt of Warren, Vt., who d. June 28, 1850, ae. 37; (2) Oct. 7, 1850, Sarah H. Thomp- son of Richmond, Vt., d. Aug. 28, 1859, ae. 55; (3) Nov. 7, 1859, Mary J. Jennings of Bristol, Vt., d. Oct. 19, 1895. Children:
i. GEORGE HILAND,8 b. July 29, 1834.
ii. WILLIAM DERRINGTON, b. Jan. 27, 1836: d. Mar. 30, 1862; m. Nov. 3, 1860, Jane S., dau. Aaron B. Thomas of Reading, Vt. Ch .: Louis Cullen,9 b. July 31, 1861.
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iii. A. EDGAR, b. Dec. 27, 1838; res. Brandon, Vt .; m. Mar. 15, 1864, Addie C. Bodfish. Chn .: Albert J.,9 b. Dec. 27, 1865; Cora Belle, b. Jan. 9, 1868; Estella May, Apr. 30, 1870.
iv. HARRIET M., b. Oct. 27, 1839; m. Feb. 1, 1867, Nehemiah Colby of Lyndon, Vt.
v. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 17, 1842; d. July 25, 1844.
vi. ELLA M .. b. Dec. 17, 1843; m. Jan. 3, 1861, J. Monroe Joslin. vii. ESTHER S., b. Feb. 10, 1846; m. Shreve of Denver, Colo.
viii. RODNEY D., b. Mar. 25, IS4S; d. Oct. 16, 1867.
ix. SARAH M., b. June 28, 1850; m. Aug. 20, 1871, Vernon W. Bullock of Chicago, Il1.
x. ELMER W., b. Dec. 22, 1861; m. Mar. 25, ISS3, Jennie E. Bodfish; res. Ayer, Mass .; Chn .: Fordis Lincoln,º b. Mar. 23, 1887; Clarence V., b. Aug. 23, 1884; Gladys, b. Feb. 26, 1889.
9. JONATHAN HAMMOND7 HASTINGS (Garinter,6 John," Sylvanus,4 John,3 Thomas,? Thomas1) was born in W., Feb. 12, 1824; a leader in the town; selectman, 1866-68, 1873; Rep., 1862-3, 1892-3; State Senator, 1870-72; Sheriff of Wash- ington Co., 1857-8; Asst. Co. Judge, 1880-84.
He married (1) Nov. 1, 1848, Ellen E. Merriam, b. Aug. 25, 1827; d. Mar. 31, 1891; (2) Sept. 29, 1892, Orris Paddock, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., b. Jan. 15, 1834.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LOUIS EVERETT8, b. Dec. 19, 1849; res. Indianapolis, Ind .; d. Nov. 28, 1891; m. Aug. 13, 1872, Clara W. Webster. Chn .: Marian M.,º Mary E., Paul E.
ii. ABBIE, b. Dec. 14, 1851; m. Jan. 4, 1876, Julius Carlisle Joyslin.
iii. ALBERT J., b. Mar. 10, 1854; d. May 3, 1856.
iv. MARY ELLEN, b. June 28, 1856; d. Mar. 2, 1877.
v. LUCY FRENCH, b. Jan. 4, 1859; m. Sept. 20, 1880, John W. Gregory.
vi. CHARLES HAMMOND, b. July 13, 1862; d. June 24, 1886, unm.
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GEORGE HILANDS HASTINGS (Yorrick C. W.,7 Garinter,6 John,5 Sylvanus,4 John,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born in Fayston, Vt., July 29, 1834; sett. in W .; selectman, 1878-80, 1887-88, 1894-95.
He married, Dec. 20, 1860, Elmina A., dau. Peleg Shepard. Children:
i. IDA F.,9 b. Nov. 2, 1861; m. Sept. 8, 1885, Frank P. Vinton of Somerville, Mass.
ii. CARRIE B., b. May 12, 1865; d. Jan. 3, 1904; m. (1) Nov. 25, 1882, Julian J. Joslin; (2) Holland E. Shepard of Newton, Mass.
HATCH.
WARREN E. HATCH and wife, Phila, had children, baptised July, 1835:
i. CHARLES W.
ii. CONVERS N.
iii. SARAH J.
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HAWLEY.
1. JOSEPH1 HAWLEY was born abt. 1603; Boston, Mass., 1629; Stratford, Conn., abt. 1646, where he was town recorder; Rep., 20 times, 1658-1687; died May 20, 1690.
He married, 1646, Katharine, perhaps dau. Edward Birdseye; she d. June 25, 1692.
Children, born in Stratford, Conn .:
2. i. SAMUEL,2 b. 1647.
ii. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 9, 1649-50; d. June 25, 1691, in Farmington, Conn.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 26, 1651; m. June 7, 1670, John Chapman of Saybrook, Conn.
iv. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 17, 1654; d. 1681; m. 1678, Esther, wid. of William Ward.
v. HANNAH, b. May 26, 1657; m. (1) Dec. 13, 1678, Joseph Nichols; (2) John Wolcott, Jr.
vi. EPHRAIM, b. Aug. 7, 1659; d. Apr. 18, 1690; m. Dec. 4, 1683, Sarah Welles.
vii. JOHN, b. June 14, 1661; d. July 27, 1729; m. (1) Hannah; (2) Apr. 23. 1686, Deborah Pierson.
viii. MARY, b. July 16, 1663; m. Dec. 20, 1682, John Coe.
2. SAMUEL? HAWLEY (Joseph1) was born in 1647; res. Stratford, Conn .; farmer and tanner; died Aug. 24, 1734.
He married (1) May 20, 1673, Mary, dau. Thomas and Anne (Wells) Thompson, bapt. June 7, 1653; d. 1691; (2) Patience
Children, born in Stratford, Conn .:
i. SAMUEL,3 b. May 14, 1674; d. 1754; m. May 14, 1702, Bethia Booth.
3. ii. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 6, 1675.
iii. THOMAS, b. July 30, 1678; d. May 6, 1722; m. Oct., 1701, Mrs. Joanna (Booth) Sherwood.
iv. MATTHEW, b. Nov. 7, 1680.
V. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 25, 1682; sett. in Simsbury, Conn.
vi. JEHIEL, b. Apr. 5, 1685; sett. in Durham, Conn .; d. July 19, 1727; m. Dec. 13, 1708, Hope Stowe.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 30, 1687; m. Dec. 19, 1706, Charles Wol- cott of Windsor, Conn.
viii. EPHRAIM, b. 1692; d. 1771, in New Milford, Conn .; m. Oct. 5, 17II, Sarah or Phebe Curtis.
ix. CATHARINE, b. 1693; d. Feb., 1696.
x. STEPHEN, b. 1695; d. 1790; m. July 21, 1720, Mary De Forest.
xi. BENJAMIN, b. 1697; d. May 8, 1765; m. (1) Feb. 18, 1724, Mary Nichols; (2) Experience Dibble.
xii. MARY, b. 1699; m. Josiah Hubbell.
xiii. NATHANIEL, b. 1701; d. Jan. 7, 1754; m. Dec. 12, 1723, Mary . Ufford.
3. JOSEPH3 HAWLEY (Samuel,2 Joseph1) was born in Stratford, Conn., Jan. 6, 1675; capt .; cordwainer; rem. to Farming- ton, Conn., where he died Nov. 20, 1752.
He married, June 7, 1697, Elizabeth, dau. Timothy and Joanna (Birdseye) Wilcoxson, b. Nov. 1, 1673; d. Sept. 10, 1762.
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Children:
i. MARY,4 b. Sept. 6, 1698; d. Jan. 7, 1699.
ii. ELIZABETHI, b. Jan. 12, 1699-1700; in. Sept. 24, 1719, Capt. John Newell of Farmington.
iii. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 25, 1702; d. Aug. 8, 1779; m. Oct. 30, 1729, Elizabeth Phelps.
iv. TIMOTHY, b. NOV. 25, 1704; d. Sept .. 1785; m. (1) Oct. 15, 1730, Sarah Thompson; (2) Abigail (3) Jan. 5, 1736, Rachel Forward.
V. HANNAH, b. Aug. 25, 1707; m. - Root.
vi. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 29, 1709; d. July 20, 1765; m. Dec. 7, 1736, Elizabeth Gridley.
vii. JEHIEL, b. Feb. 13, 1712; d. Apr. 12, 1761, unm.
viii. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 10, 1713; d. Mar. 3, 1769; m. (1) July 1, 1741, Mary Hart; (2) Oct. 19, 1767, Keziah Smith.
4. ix. ABEL, b. Oct. 20, 1716.
4. ABEL4 HAWLEY (Joseph,3 Samuel,2 Joseph1) was born in Farmington, Conn., Oct. 20, 1716; sett. in Meriden, Conn., and died there, Nov. 11, 1797.
He married (1) Aug. 19, 1742, Mary Gridley of Farming- ton, b. 1721; d. Sept. 4, 1753; (2) Nov. 13, 1755, Abigail, dau. Samuel and Abigail (Cowles) Root, b. Aug. 29, 1721. Children:
i. ELISHA,5 b. Mar. 26, 1744; early settler of Windsor, Vt .; was of Norfolk, Conn., 1788, and Cambridge, Vt., 1794; m. (1) . Azubah Russell; (2) Hannah (Dean) Sales.
ii. RUTH, b. Mar. 12, 1747; m. Parker.
iii. JOSIAH, b. Apr. 13, 1748; cordwainer; early at Windsor, Vt. Prob, the J. H. who d. there, Jan. 31, 1827, and whose wid., Hannah, d. Jan. 22, 1837.
iv. ABEL, b. Oct. 5, 1750; d. at Clinton, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1836; m. Dec. 16, 1772, Elizabeth, dau. Zebulon Peck.
v. OLIVER, b. Oct. 14, 1752; d. young.
5. vi. EZEKIEL, b. Oct. 14, 1752.
vii. MARY, b. Aug., 1755; m.
Merriam.
viii. EBEN ROYCE.
ix. ABIGAIL, m. Samuel Royce of Plymouth, Conn.
x. EBENEZER, sett. in N. Hartford, N. Y.
5. EZEKIEL5 HAWLEY (Abel,4 Joseph,3 Samuel,? Joseph1) was born in Meriden, Conn., Oct. 14, 1752. The Hawley Memorial says he died young; it is clear however that he went early to Windsor, Vt., with his bro., Elisha, and rem. to W., before 1794; sett. on lot 95; deacon; Rev. soldier; died Sept. 25, 1822.
He married (1) Sept. 17, 1778, Huldah Spicer, who d. Aug. 5, 1797, ae. 37; (2) Oct. 30, 1797, Marcy King. Children:
i. EZEKIEL,6 b. Sept. 5, 1779; died in Utica, N. Y.
ii. Lois, b. May 19, 1781.
iii. PERCIVAL, b. May 4, 1783; m. Mar. 20, 1806, Betsey Clapp of Moretown, Vt., where he lived for some years. Rem. to Gouverneur, N. Y. Chn .: Mary Clapp,7 b. Mar. 19, 1808: Bradford Spicer, b. July 21, 1810, d. Apr. 14, 1813; Ezekiel, b. Oct. 15, 1815; Martha Matilda, b. Sept. 26, 1816.
6. iv. ISAAC, b. Mar. 22, 1785.
v. RELIEF, b. June 5, 1787; m. Nov. 30, 1813, Samuel Bowman.
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vi. HULDAH, b. Sept. 16, 1789; m. Nov. 17, 1816, Forrill Staples of Warren, Vt.
vii. Lucy, b. Feb. 19, 1792; m. Mar. 2, 1820, John Leach.
viii. AVERY, b. Apr. 7, 1794.
ix. FREEDOM, b. Apr. 26, 1797; m. Horace Heath of Middlebury, Vt.
6. ISAAC® HAWLEY (Esckiel,5 Abel,4 Joseph,3 Samuel,2 Joseph1) was born in Windsor, Vt., Mar. 22, 1785; came to W. with his father; rem. to Vergennes, Vt., abt. 1848.
He married (1) Phebe -- -- , who d. Jan. 24, 1813, ac. 25; (2) Mary Children, born in Waitsfield:
7. i.
HARRY,7 b. Dec. 9, 1809.
ii. WILLIAM, b. May 29, 1811; d. Jan. 23, 1813.
iii. CHARLOTTE, b. Nov. 17, 1815; m. Oct. 8, 1834, John Dow.
iv. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 25, 1817; d. Feb. 5, 1817.
V. ISAAC, b. Jan. 4, 1818; d. Jan. 15, 1818.
vi. JOSEPH NEHEMIAH, b. Dec. 10, 1818; d. at Vergennes, May 2, 1884; m. Belinda Wood of Montpelier, Vt.
vii. AVERY STONE, b. Oct. 5, 1820; d. Aug. 10, 1838.
viii. PHEBE MELINDA, b. Dec. 22, 1822; m. Samuel Hurlbert of Vergennes.
ix. FREEDOM MELINDA, b. Dec. 12, 1825; m. Rollin B. Benton of Waltham, Vt.
7. HARRY HAWLEY (Isaac,6 Ezekiel," Abel,+ Joseph,3 Samuel,2 Joseph1) was born in W. Dec. 9, 1809; died Mar. 17, 1888. He married, June 7, 1832, Lydia B., dau. Job and Elizabeth (Colony) Dow, b. Dec. 24, 1807; d. May 31, 1897.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MARY E.,8 b. Aug. 23, 1835; m. Sept. 23, 1857, Henry O. Skinner.
ii. AVERY N., b. June 2, 1839; m. Oct. 1, 1861, Emily R., dau. Otis and Mary Bucklin of Warren, Vt., b. 1840; sett. in Yakima, Wash., where he d. Jan. 21, 1907.
HAZELTON-HASELTON.
ROBERT1 HAZELTON was in Salem, Mass., 1637, and of Rowley, Mass., the same year. He and his brother John were the first settlers of Bradford, Mass., in 1649. He died Aug. 27, 1674, having married, Oct. 23, 1639, Ann They had ten children, of whom the fifth, Abraham2 Hazelton, was born in Rowley, Mar. 31, 1648. He was town clerk of Bradford, Mass., and died Apr. 28, 171I.
He married, Oct. 4, 1671, Elizabeth, dau. Richard Langhorne. Among their eight children was Richard3 Hazelton, born in Bradford, Mass., Nov. 13, 1679. He was a proprietor of Chester, N. H., but spent his life in Bradford, where he married, Jan. 14, 1702-3, Abigail Chadwick.
1. AMOS4 HAZELTON (Richard,3 Abraham,2 Robert1), son of Richard3 and Abigail (Chadwick) Hazelton, was born in Bradford, Mass., abt. 1717. By his father's will, he was given land in
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Chester, N. H., and he perhaps sett. there late, although his children were born in Lunenburg, Mass.
He married, at Lunenburg, Mass., Nov. 5, 1746, Eunice, dau. Jonas and Hannah Gilson, b. Mar. 18, 1731.
Children:
i. AMos,5 b. June 22, 1748.
2. ii. THOMAS, b. Dec. 1, 1750.
iii. JONAS, b. Feb. 7, 1753; sett. in Rockingham, Vt., 1783, and d. there Oct. 18, 1838; m. Rachel Wood.
iv. WILLIAM, b. May 8, 1755; in Rockingham, Vt., 1791; married Eunice Chn .: Thomas,6 Dolly, Chauncy, Sally, Lucetta.
v. RICHARD, b. Apr. 28, 1757; sett. early, in Rockingham, Vt., and d. Aug. 20, 1810; m. Nov. 14, 1787, Jennie, dau. James Campbell.
vi. JOSEPH, b. July 1, 1759; sett. in Moretown, Vt., where he d. Apr. 10, 1828; m. Martha Knapp. Chn .: Phila,6 b. Nov. II, 1797; Joseph H., b. Mar. 9, 1800; Martha, b. May 22, ISO3, m. Samuel E. Knapp: Bathsheba, b. May 27, 1809, m. John A. Warner; Jerusha, b. June 28, 1812, m. Andrew B. C. Davis.
vii. JOHN, b. Mar. 26, 1762.
viii. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 19, 1764; sett. in Moretown, Vt .; m. Abigail Knapp. Chn .: Cerrif,8 b. July 24, 1796; Jude, b. Sept. 10, 1799; Abigail, b. Mar. 9, 1802; Gilson, b. Feb. 15, 1805; Eunice, b. July 26, 1807; Welthea, b. Jan. 15, 1810; Ebenezer, b. July 21, 1813.
ix. DAVID, b. Feb. 7, 1767.
x. EUNICE, b. July 11, 1769.
xi. EPHRAIM, b. Mar. 29, 1772. Probably the E. H. who, with wife, Nancy, sett. in Rockingham, Vt., in 1808.
xii. ABRAHAM, b. Oct. 15, 1775; sett. in Moretown, Vt .; estate probated, Jan. 22, 1840; m. Juda Knapp.
2. THOMAS' HASELTON (Amos,4 Richard,3 Abraham,2 Robert1) was born in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 1, 1750; res. in Westmoreland, N. H., also in Strafford, Vt., where he probably died.
He married Sally George.
Children:
i. THOMAS,6 b. in Westmoreland, N. H., Aug. 24, 1790; sett. in Strafford, Vt. .
ii. SALLY, b. Jan. 1, 1792; m. Enoch Brown of Strafford.
iii. POLLY, b. May 1, 1793.
iv. MANSEL, b. Feb. 14, 1795; soldier, 1812; d. in Strafford.
JOSEPH, b. in Strafford, Sept. 6, 1798-9.
3. v.
vi. HIRAM, b. Aug. 19, 1800.
vii. LORAIN, b. Oct. 22, 1804.
viii. BETSEY, b. Mar. 9, 1806; prob. m. Nathan Bundy of Lyndon, Vt.
3. JOSEPH® HAZELTON (Thomas,5 Amos,4 Richard,3 Abraham,2 Robert1) was born in Strafford, Vt., Sept. 6, 1798 (say Strafford Records, Sept. 7, 1799, says his tombstone) ; sett. in Moretown, Vt., and died in W., Feb. 18, 1878.
He married Susan, dau. William Hopkins of Tunbridge, Vt., b. May 8, 1803; d. May 16, 1875.
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Children:
i. CAROLINE E.,7 b. Nov. 23, 1827; m. Feb. 19, 1873, Silas O. Mead of Moretown.
ii. CARLOS, b. Feb. 23, 1830; d. June 3, 1850.
4. iii. WILLIAM H., b. Aug. 21, 1837.
4. WILLIAM H.7 HASELTON (Joseph,6 Thomas,5 Amos,4 Richard,3 Abraham,2 Robert1) was born Aug. 21, 1837; for many years a resident of W .; now of Hanson, Mass. -
He married, Dec. 22, 1868, Fanny C., dau. Andrew B. C. and Jerusha J. (Hazelton) Davis, b. Aug. 12, 1843. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. GRACE E.,8 b. Jan. 18, 1870; m. June 28, 1893, Arthur Gorham. Ch .: Grace Hazel,º b. Sept. 25, 1895, d. Jan. 19, 1898.
ii. KATE G., b. July 8, 1877; m. Mar. 9, 1897, Edward Hiram Jones.
iii. CARLOS J., b. July 15, 1880; m. Sept. 28, 1905, Anna R. Zellar; res. Bridgeport, Conn.
HEALD.
THOMAS HEALD, merchant, resided in W. for a few years after 1814.
HEATH.
BENJAMIN HEATH had children of school age, in 1850:
i. CAROLINE.
ii. CARLOS.
iii. SOPHRONIA.
LYMAN HEATH was a resident of District 3, in 1844.
GEORGE R. HEATH resided in W. for some years after 1880, rem. to Bethel, Vt.
HEATON.
1. NATHANIEL2 HEATON was perhaps the son of Nathaniel' and Elizabeth Heaton of Boston, Mass., and if so, born Sept. 1, 1639. He was in Dedham, Mass., 1660, and admitted to church there, Feb., 1667; sett. later, in Wrentham, Mass. Admn. was granted on his estate Apr. 17, 1714.
He married Mary
Children:
i. NATHANIEL,3 b. May 9, 1675, in Dedham; d. prob. Mar. 7, 1756; m. Dec. 17, 1706, Meriah Morse.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 7, 1679, in Dedham.
iii. MARY (perhaps), who m. Sept. 13, 1705, Daniel Maccand.
iv. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 28, 1681-2; m. Dec. 10, 1706, Sarah Hawes.
v. SARAH, b. June 14, 1687.
2. vi. JAMES, b. Mar. 25, 1690.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. May 3, 1695; m. May 4, 1726, Samuel Hills.
2. JAMES3 HEATON (Nathaniel,2 Nathaniel1) was born in Wren- tham, Mass., Mar. 25, 1690; rem. to Rutland, Mass. bef. 1723, and bought a sawmill there in 1737; enrolled from Rutland in Capt. Eleazer Wheelock's Provincial Company, as pilot, Oct. 11-31, 1723.
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He married, July 21, 1713, Eleoni, dau. John and Sarah (Deering) Hawes of Dedham, Mass.
Children:
i. JouN.º b. Apr. 16, 1714; d. in Rutland, Mass., Apr. 14, 1741.
ii. JAMES, b. Nov. 17, 1715; d. young.
iii. ELEANY, b. Apr. 30, 1717.
3. iv. JAMES, b. Nov. 9, 1719.
V. PELATIAH, b. Nov. 26, 1721.
vi. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 14, 1722-3.
vii. WILLIAM, bapt. in Rutland, July 1, 1732. viii. MARY, d. Jan. 29, 1740-I.
3. JAMES4 HEATON (James,3 Nathaniel,? Nathaniel') was born in Wrentham, Mass., Nov. 9, 1719; rem. to Keene, N. H., where he was aptd. on a committee, 1745, and then called "Capt."; was in Capt. Josiah Willard's Co. at Ashuelot, June 21, 1747 to Feb. 10, 1748; sett. soon in Swanzey, N. H., where he died Aug. 14, 1753.
He married, at Rutland, Mass., Apr. 11, 1743, Abigail, dau. Moses and Sarah (King) Rice of Worcester, Mass., b. Feb. 20, 1722-3. After her husband's death she removed to the home of her father in Charlemont, Mass. Children, born in Swanzey, N. H .:
4. i. JOHN,5 b, Nov. 20, 1744.
5. ii. MOSES, b. Dec. 2, 1747.
iii. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 25, 1750: married, and had in Charlemont Mass., chn .: Esther,8 b. Sept. 27, 1778; Moses Rice, b. Jan. IO, 1782; Nabby, b. Mar. 10, 1784. He was in Buckland, Mass., Apr. 10, 1784, but prob. rem. to Vt.
6. iv. JAMES, b. May 30, 1752.
4. JOHN5 HEATON ( James,+ James,3 Nathaniel,? Nathaniel1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Nov. 20, 1744; went with his mother, as a child, to Charlemont, Mass .; sett. in Shel- burne, Mass., where he was chosen surveyor at the organization of the town in 1768; constable, 1779; com- missioned 2nd Lieut. in 8th Co., 5th. Hampshire Regt., Aug. 14, 1780; called "landlord," 1778; rem. as early as 1791 to Moretown, Vt., where he was prominent; went, late in life, to Chazy, N. Y., with the family of Benj. Wait, Jr., but died in W., while on a visit, May 7, 1813. Married, Oct. 27, 1767, Susannah, dau. James and Mary (French) Rider, b. Apr. 18, 1743. Children, born in Shelburne, Mass .:
i. LOVINA,8 bapt. 1775; m. Benjamin Wait, Jr.
11. RUFUS, bapt. May 11, 1777; was in Moretown, Vt., 1802, and later of Champlain, N. Y.
iii. JOHN, bapt. May 28, 1780.
iv. ELIJAH. v. SUSANNAH, m. David Symonds.
5. MOSES5 HEATON (James," James,? Nathaniel,? Nathaniel1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Dec. 2, 1747; physician; minuteman from Charlemont, Mass., 1775; rem. to W., 1793, and was its first town clerk, 1794-5. Last record
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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.
of him is in 1795, when he sold his land in lot 123, altho he kept the town records until Feb. 10, 1796. He married Deborah
Children, born in Charlemont, Mass .:
i. MOSES,6 b. Jan. 5, 1774: m. July 6, 1795, Molly Boyd, at Shelburne: assessed in W., 1795, but not in 1796.
ii. JAMES, b. Feb. 26, 1778.
iii. SARAH, b. Mar. 9, 1780.
iv. JOSEPH, b. June 7, 1782.
V .. ROBERT, b. Aug. 27, 1784.
vi .. HENRY, b. Oct. 12, 1789.
6. JAMES' HEATON (James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Nathaniel1) was born in Swanzey, N. H., May 30, 1752; joined ch. in Shelburne, Mass., 1779; rem. to W., 1793, and owned a large farm in N. W. corner of the town; selectman, 1794, 1798.
He married, Nov. 26, 1778, Freedom , who was dismissed to ch. in "Western N. Y.," 181 -.
Children:
i. JAMES,6 b. June 1, 1779: proprietor of the mills built by his cousin, John, Jr., and in ISog had the largest "list" of any man in town except Benj. Wait; died Nov. 30, 18II. Married Lydia
ii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 4, 1781; res. in Moretown, Vt .; m. Martha and had Horace,7 who d. Mar. 30, 1813, ae 7 yrs. In 1812 he was "of Chazy, N. Y."
iii. CLARISSA, b. Oct. 1, 1783; d. Oct. 28, 1783.
iv. HARRIS, or HORACE, b. July 15, 1785; was in Wtby., Vt., 1830.
V. TERTIUS, b. Aug. 14, 1787; was of Bousie, N. Y., 1823, and Wtby., Vt., 1838; m. (1) Mar. 3, 1823, Almyra, dau. Phineas and Dorcas Rider; (2) Oct. 23, 1843, Fatima Perkins of Moretown, Vt.
vi. OLIVE, b. Apr. 7, 1789.
vii. CHARLES, b. July 7, 1791.
viii. ELECTA, b. May 27, 1793.
ix. LEWIS, bapt. June, 1797.
HIGH.
RUE HIGH came, probably, from Sharon, Vt., with wife Fanny, abt. 1824. The family stayed but a few years.
Children:
i. SAMUEL, m. Dec. 31, 1827, Louisa, dau. Lynde Wait.
ii. RUE.
iii. PHEBE, m. Harris Barnard Wilder.
iv. JOSEPH, minor in 1826.
HITCHCOCK.
LUKE1 HITCHCOCK was in New Haven, Conn., 1644, but soon removed to Weathersfield, Conn., where he died Nov., 1659.
He married Elizabeth Gibbons. They had three children, of whom the second was John2 Hitchcock, who sett. in Springfield, Mass. He was soldier in the Turners Falls fight, 1672; died Feb. 9, 1711-12; married, Sept. 27, 1666, Hannah, dau. Samuel
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Chapin of Spfd. They had nine children, of whom the third was John3 Hitchcock, born Apr. 13, 1670, died, probably at Spfd., July 4, 1751; married, Sept. 24, 1691, Mary Ball. Of their ten children, the youngest was Samuel+ Hitchcock, born June 9, 1717; died at Spfd., Apr. 27, 1777; married, June 11, 1738, Ruth Stebbins.
1. GAIUS HITCHCOCK (Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Luke1), son of Samuel4 and Ruth (Stebbins) Hitchcock, was born in Springfield, Mass., Apr. 3, 1764; Rev. soldier; rem. to Shelburne, Mass., abt. 1786, to Canaan, N. H., abt. 1793, and to W., abt. 1795; lived for a time in Montpelier, Vt., but retd. to W., and died there, Aug. 12, 1843. His farm was in lots 129 and 130.
He married Sarah, dau. Capt. John and Tamar (Rice) Wells, b. Oct. 5, 1766; d. Apr. 2, 1830.
Children:
i. SALLY,8 b. Aug. 17, 1786, in Shelburne; d. June 5, 1818, unm.
2. ii. WELLS, b. Mar. 2, 1788.
iii. RELIEF, b. May 25, 1789; d. July 1, 1790.
iv. RELIEF, b. June 7, 1791; m. Jan. 5, 1815, Julian Dumas.
3. v. STEBBINS, b. Oct. 26, 1793, in Canaan, N. H.
vi. ELI, b. at W., Oct. 5, 1795; d. Mar. 28, 1872, unm. He was crippled by the fall of a tree. 6
vii. EMILIA, b. Feb. 17, 1798; m. Dec. 2, 1819, Jacob Sargent of Fayston, Vt.
viii. a son, b. Dec. 4, 1799; d. Dec. 8, 1799.
ix. FANNY, b. Nov. 25, 1800; m. Nov. 13, 1823, Charles Newcomb.
x. a daughter, b. June 11, 1803; d. June 22, 1803.
xi. ALONZO, b. Jan. 24, 1805; d. Mar. 29, 1809.
xii. MARIAH, b. ISO8; d. June 25, 1839, ae. 31.
2. WELLS6 HITCHCOCK (Gaius," Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Luke1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Mar. 2, 1788; died in W., June 13, 1838; cabinet maker, music teacher, soldier, War 1812.
He married, Mar. 18, 1813, Polly, dau. William and Rachel Newcomb, b. May 11, 1791; d. Oct. 31, 1865. Children, born in Waitsfield:
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