History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 31

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


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4. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON ALONZO,7 b. Mar. 29, 1814. .


ii. EMILY ANGELINE, b. Feb. 22, ,1816; m. (1) Mar. 15, 1843, Cyrus Skinner; (2) Calvin Fullerton.


iii. HENRY ALPHONZO, b. Feb. 10, 1819; d. at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 18, 1844; m. Oct. 30, 1840, Frances Cushman.


iv. LORENZO ADAMS, b. July 13, 1821; sett. in Chicago, Ill .; m. Martha Pool.


v. ALFRED WELLS, b. May 5, 1824; sett. in Chicago; m. Roxana Higgins.


vi. JOHN WELLS, b. June 15, 1827; sett. in New Orleans, La. vii. EMELINE JANE, b. Nov. 19, 1832; d. Sept. 2, 1834.


3. STEBBINS® HITCHCOCK (Gaius,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Luke1) was born in Canaan, N. H., Oct. 26, 1793; marched to Plattsburgh in the Waitsfield Co., Sept., 1814; died Feb. 9, 1826.


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He married, Nov. 1, 1820, Betsey, dau. William and Rachel Newcomb, b. June 23, 1793; d. Feb. 25, 1824. Ch., born in Waitsfield:


i. BETSEY EMILIA,7 b. Feb. 3, 1824; d. Aug. 10, 1825.


4. GEORGE WASHINGTON ALONZO7 HITCHCOCK (Wells,6 Gaius,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Luke1) was born in W., Mar. 29, 1814; Methodist minister; later, agent for Meth. Conf. Seminary at Montpelier; died in Northfield, Vt.


He married (1) Jan. 7, 1840, Emily Clark, b. Feb. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 30, 1851; (2) Jan. 9, 1852, Luvia L. Walker, widow of Oliver Burgess, b. Jan. 1, 1821.


Children:


i. CELIA,8 b. Dec. 27, 1842; d. Mar. 13, 1905, in Nfd., unm.


ii. EMILY, b. Nov. 23, 1845; d. Jan. 16, 1854.


iii. MARY, b. May 17, 1847; d. Jan. 3, 1854.


iv. LAURA, b. June 18, 1849; d. Sept. 15, 1852.


ELISHA HITCHCOCK came from Lowell, Vt., about 1842, and rem. to Westfield, Vt., 1848. His wife, Editha, died Nov. 21, IS46, ae. 63 yrs., 9 mos.


Children:


i. EDITHA, b. Nov. 17, 1809, at Westfield, Vt .; m. Feb. 24, 1830, Reuben T. Rust.


ii. LEVI, d. Mar. 17, 1846, ae. 6 mo. Probably others.


HOLDEN.


1. RICHARD1 HOLDEN (Holding) came from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634, ae. 25; he was probably a brother of Justinian Holden; sett. in Watertown, Mass., where his wife, Martha, died Dec. 6, 1681; removed to Groton, Mass., where he died Mar. 1, 1696. See Middlesex County Deeds, Vol. 12, p. 31, for agreement with his son, Stephen, with whom he was then living, for care during his remaining years.


Children:


i. JUSTINIAN,2 of Groton, Mass.


ii. JOHN.


2. iii. STEPHEN, b. July 19, 1642. iv. MARTHA, b. Jan. 15, 1645-6; m. Thomas Boyden.


v. MARY, m. Thomas Williams.


vi. SARAH, m. Gershom Swan.


vii. SAMUEL, of Groton; m. Sarah


viii. ELIZABETH.


ix. THOMAS.


2. STEPHEN2 HOLDEN (Richard1) was born July 19, 1642; sett. in Groton, Mass .; his widow, Hannah, was aptd. admx. of his estate, Sept. 23, 1715. Her estate was probated Dec. 29, I735.


Children, named in settlement of the estate:


i. JOHN,3 d. Dec. 27, 1753, in 69th yr .; m. Nov. 22, 1716, Sarah, dau. John and Mehitable Davis.


ii. £ STEPHEN, d. Sept., 1757; m. Sept. 2, 1719, Hannah Sawtelle.


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iii. NATHANIEL, d. May 15, 1740, in 49th yr .; m. Dec. 11, 1718, Abigail Stone.


3. iv. WILLIAM.


V: SIMON, a blacksmith of Cambridge, Mass., in 1735.


vi. JONATHAN, d. Jan., 1759; adm. to his widow, Jan. 7, 1759; m. Apr. 26, 1743, Deborah Houghton. Chn .: Robert," Johna- than, Deborah, Mary, Hannah.


vii. BENJAMIN, not named in settlement of his mother's est.


viii. RACHEL.


ix. HANNAH.


x. SARAH.


xi. ELIZABETH, bapt. Mar. 2, 1706, but not named in settlement.


3. WILLIAM3 HOLDEN (Stephen,2 Richard1) was born in Groton, Mass .; named as 4th son in settlement of his father's estate; admn. granted on his estate, Sept. 13, 1746. He married Elizabeth -- -- , who m. (2) John Darby. Children, born in Groton, Mass .:


i. ELIZABETH,4 b. July 9, 1726; m. Moses Wheeler.


4. ii. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 19, 1728.


iii. JOSHUA, b. Feb. 26, 1729.


iv. JEMIMA, b. July 1, 1732.


V. RICHARD, b. Aug. 25, 1734.


vi. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 25, 1736.


vii. EUNICE, b. Aug. 6, 1738.


viii. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 13, 1741.


ix. LYDIA, b. Mar. 30, 1745.


4. WILLIAM HOLDEN (William,3 Stephen,? Richard1) was born in Groton, Mass., Feb. 19, 1728; sett. in Charlestown, N. H .; Capt. in Bedel's N. H. Regt .; died at Springfield, Vt., Nov. 8, 1807.


He married, Nov. 10, 1747, Annis Nutting, b. May 22, 1728; d. Oct. 25, 1815.


Children:


i. ANNIS,5 b. Aug. 27, 1748, in Groton; d. May 28, 1749.


ii. ANNIS, b. Nov. 6, 1749; d. same day.


iii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 1, 1751; d. Feb. 14, 1755.


iv. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 15, 1753.


5. v. ANNIS, b. July. 6, 1758, in Charlestown, N. H .; m. Joseph Wilson.


vi. POLLY, b. Feb. 15, 1763; m. Aug. 30, 1784, William Henry, Jr.


vii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 29, 1764; d. 1813; m. Hannah Some of his children settled in Middlesex, Vt.


5. NATHANIEL5 HOLDEN (William,4 William," Stephen,2 Richard1) was born in Groton, Mass., Aug. 15, 1753; res. for a time in Springfield, Vt .; died July 21, 1841, at Barre, Vt., where he was an early settler.


He married, June 11, 1778, Lettice Grout, b. May 3, 1763; d. Nov. 7, 1812. Children:


i. JOSIAH, b. Sept. 6, 1778; d. Dec. 15, 1851.


ii. PATTY, b. Jan. 17. 1780; d. May 26, 1783.


iii. XERXES, b. Apr. 26, 1781; d. May 26, 1783.


iv. ZOPHA, b. Mar. 26, 1783.


v. BETSEY, b. Oct. 8, 1784; d. Oct. 27, 1827.


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vi. POLLY, b. July 8, 1786; d. June 7, 1794.


6. vii. ELIJAH, b. July 3, 1788.


viii. JAMES, b. June 27, 1790; d. Feb. 4, 1812.


ix. SOPHIA, b. Aug. 11, 1792.


X. CATHARINE, b. Dec. 5, 1794; d. Aug., 1832.


xi. MATILDA, b. Dec. 10, 1796.


xii. MARY, b. Oct. 3, 1803; d. May 5, 1841.


6. ELIJAH6 HOLDEN (Nathaniel,5 William,4 William,3 Stephen,2 Richard') was born in Springfield, Vt., July 3, 1788; resided in Barre, Vt., for some years, but came to W. about IS40; selectman, 1849; died Aug. 29, 1876.


He married, Feb. 25, 1813, Orpha, dau. Samuel Steele, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., Jan. 7, 1792; d. Aug. 11, 1864. Children:


i. LETTICE ANN,7 b. Nov. 10, 1813; m. Nov. 23, 1837, Edward L. Mayo.


ii. WILLIAM STEELE, b. Dec. 21, 1815; d. Dec. 15, 1839.


iii. HELEN, b. May 18, 1818; m. June 21, 1842, Denison Batchel- der of Barre, Vt.


iv. HARRIET, b. Dec. 3, 1820; m. June 2, 1842, Mark Glidden of Salem, Mass.


v. JOSIAH GROUT, b. May 21, 1825; d. Feb. 12, 1831.


vi. ELIZABETH, b. May 26, 1827; d. Feb. 11, 1831.


vii. JAMES H., b. May 26, 1829; d. Dec. 23, 1888, in Middlesex, Vt .; m. July 16, 1855, Catharine, dau. Eli and Plumea (Sherman) Bruce, b. Oct. 2, 1830.


7. viii. JOSIAH, b. Aug. 16, 1831.


ix. ASHBEL, b. Mar. 4, 1834; d. Feb. 12, 1837.


x. MARY E., b. Apr. 26, 1836; m. Feb. 11, 1855, Orcas C. Wilder


7. JOSIAH7 HOLDEN (Elijah," Nathaniel," William,4 William,3 . Stephen,2 Richard') was born in Barre, Vt., Aug. 16, 1831 ; sett. in W., and died there, Oct. 2, 1898; selectman, 1877- 79, 1883-85.


He married, Sept. 23, 1857, Lovina, dau. Russell and Martha (Farr) Drew, b. Nov. 30, 1835; d. Mar. 2, 1904. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. HELEN M.,8 b. Oct. 7, 1858; m. Mar. 24, 1885, Dix J. Camp of Randolph, Vt.


ii. CHARLES HERBERT, b. Aug. 28, 1860; drowned July 3, ISS3.


iii. FRANCIS WILDER, b. July 28, 1862; Unitarian minister, Mil- ford, N. H .; m. Aug. 18, 1896, Gertrude Lynde.


iv. GEORGE EDWARD, b. June 19, 1864.


v. JENNIE ELIZA, b. May 21, 1866; d. Mar. 9, 1873.


vi. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 17, 1868; d. Mar. 23, 1873.


vii. JESSIE LOVINA, b. May 12, 1870; d. Mar. 16, 1873.


viii. ABBIE HARRIET, b. Feb. 10, 1872; d. Nov. 13, 1885.


1. JUSTINIANI HOLDEN came from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634, ae. 23; sett. in Watertown, Mass .; freeman, May 6, 1657; his will, dated Aug. 12, 1691, was proved Oct. 6, 1691. His wife, Eliza- beth, died in Cambridge, Mar. 18, 1672-3, and he soon married Mary, dau. John Rutter of Sudbury, Mass., who was living in 1716. Children, named in will:


i. SAMUEL,2 b. Apr. 28, 1674; sett. in Cambridge; adm. on his estate, Jan. 9, 1726; m. Susannah. - -. Chn .: Lydia,3 Mercy, Susannah, Mary, Phineas, Abigail, William.


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2. ii. JOHN, b. July 18, 1675.


iii. ISAAC, b. May 28, 1677; sett. in Camb .; gdn. aptd. for his minor chn., Dec. 2, 1732.


iv. MARY, b. Mar. 21, 1679; was unm. and of Marlboro, Mass., in 1702.


v. GRACE, b. Aug. 13, 1681; m. Dec. 7, 1713, Benjamin Eddy.


vi. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 10, 1683; m. Abigail


vii. ELIZABETH, b. May 6, 1686.


2. JOHN' HOLDEN ( Justinian1) was born in Watertown, -Mass., July 18, 1675; rem. bef. Mar. 6, 1715, to Concord, Mass., where he was an innkeeper.


He married, Nov. 7, 1699, Grace, dau. Samuel and Judith (Macomber) Jenison, b. Feb. 11, 1678; d. Jan. 7, 1757.


Children:


i. JOHN,3 b. June 5, 1700; m. Dec. 29, 1725, Mary Wheeler.


ii. DANIEL, b. Apr. 3, 1702; m. Feb. 15, 1725-6, Anne Jones.


iii. PETER, b. Feb. 1, 1705; m. (1) Beulah -, who d. Jan. 22, 1732-3; (2) July 14, 1743, Abigail Jones.


iv. GRACE, b. July 3, 1707; d. Mar. 8, 1724-5.


V. ELIZABETH, b. July 29, 1709; perhaps m. May 31, 1728, Henry Goddin.


vi. JOSIAH, b. Jan. 29, 1712; m. Jan. 27, 1742, Hannah Parker.


vii. JUDITH, b. July 3, 1715. (Sudbury, Mass. Records say Judah, dau. J. and G., b. May 5, 1715.)


viii. MARY, b. Mar. 20, 1718-19; m. Aug. 24, 1741, John How of Sudbury, Mass.


3. ix. JONAS, b. July 8, 1721.


x. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 7, 1723; d. Feb. 27, 1723-4.


3. JONAS3 HOLDEN (John,? Justinian1) was born in Concord, Mass., July 8, 1721; his est. was probated Mar. 9, 1803. Grantee of land on Mill Brook, Sudbury, Apr. 3, 1753.


He married, in Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 28, 1752, Abigail Kendall.


Children, born in Sudbury, Mass .:


i. ABEL,4 b. Oct. 2, 1752: m. (1) Aug. 27, 1772, Lois Cutler; (2) Feb. 23, 1777, in Waltham, Mass., Thankful Cutting.


ii. LEVI, b. Jan. 12, 1754; m. Jan. 15, 1778, Mrs. Hannah Plymp- ton.


4. iii. JONAS, b. Aug. 31, 1756.


iv. ASA, b. May 10, 1762.


v. AssA, b. May 10, 1762.


vi. JOEL, b. Dec. 5, 1768; m. Betsey


4. JONAS4 HOLDEN (Jonas,3 John,2 Justinian1) was born in Sudbury, Mass .; Aug. 31, 1756; Rev. soldier; in 1791 he was an innkeeper in Sudbury, and was called "Capt." and "Major"; admr. of his father's est. Mar. 9, 1803; bought land in W., 1805-6, and came there in former year; dealt freely in land, in W. and Fayston; in 1820, he was "of Winchester, N. H.," but retd. to W., and died about 1847.


He married, Dec. 10, 1776, Molly, dau. James and Mary Thompson, b. Jan. 17, 1757.


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Children, born in Sudbury, Mass .:


5. i. LEWIS,5 b. Feb. 21, 1777.


11. daughter, b. Oct. 27, 1778; d. Nov. 20, 1778.


iii. ABIGAIL KENDALL, b. Mar. 1, 1780; m. Sept. 26, 1796, William Mears Dawes.


iv. RUEL, b. Aug. 29, 1781.


V.


JOHN, b. June 12, 1783; he was for some years after 1805 a resident of W.


vi. POLLY, b. Mar. 18, 1785; (perhaps) m. Dec. 1, 1803, Dr. Charles Ulmer.


vii. BETSEY, b. Jan. 28, 1787; m. Oct. 2, 1805, Thomas Ruggles of Plympton, Mass.


viii. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 17, 1789.


ix. SALLY, b. Apr. 21, 1791.


x. NANCY, b. Feb. 8, 1793; d. Apr. 15, 1794.


xi. NANCY, b. Apr. 19, 1795.


xii. FANNY, b. July 2, 1798.


5. LEWIS5 HOLDEN (Jonas,4 Jonas,3 John,2 Justinian1) was born in Sudbury, Mass., Feb. 21, 1777; sett. in W., 1806; kept a store and tavern; town clerk, 1828-1835; selectman, 1833; rem. to Weathersfield, Vt., 1835, but retd., 1839, and d. 1870.


He married (1) Phebe -, who d. Oct. 12, 1811, ae. 33; (2) June 8, 1829, wid. Nancy Johnson, who survived him, and rem. to West Townsend, Vt., 1873. She was a sister of Geo. F. Kidder.


HOLMES.


BENJAMIN? HOLMES, son of Jeremiah1 and Mary (Lucas) Holmes, was born in Plymouth, Mass., and died in W., Oct. 19, 1889, ae. 89 y., 6 mo.


He married (I) Ursula Stetson, who d. Apr. 28, 1872, ae. 71; (2) Jan. II, 1873, Mrs. Lois (Colby) Lewis, b. abt. 1813; d. July 20, 1896.


Children:


i. BENJAMIN A.,3 b. 1833; d. in Barre, Vt .; blacksmith; m. May 12, 1867, Laura C. Gilman. Ch .: Clinton A.,3 b. in W., Sept. 3, 1871; d. unm.


ii. CLARA A., b. Jan. 27, 1839; m. Aug. 27, 1865, George G. Chamberlain of St. Albans, Vt.


iii. SARAH A., b. Jan. 27, 1839; m. Sept. 19, 1858, Reuben Bates.


HOOKER.


EMORY G. HOOKER, son of Liberty Holmes Hooker, was born, Feb. 19, 1839, in Cabot, Vt .; grad. Coll. Physicians and Surgeons, 1865; sett. same year in W .; rem. April, 1881, to Waterbury, Vt., where he died, Aug. 13, 1902.


He married, Dec. 28, 1865, Katherine L., dau. Henry and Marie (Sherman) Kneeland, b. Aug. 14, 1847; d. Feb. 22, 1908. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. HAROLD OLIN, b. Mar. 2, 1868; d. July 31, 1874.


ii. JESSIE MARIA, b. Dec. 28, 1869; m. Burt F. Atherton of Wtby.


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HORR (HOAR).


1. HEZEKIAH1 HORR was early in Scituate, Mass .; he or another of the name was one of the 46 ancient purchasers of Taunton, Mass., 1638; Constable of Taunton, 1657, 1663, 1672 ; died bef. 1693, when his house lot was conveyed by his children. Children:


i. MERCY,2 b. "last" of Jan., 1654.


2. ii. NATHANIEL, b. "last" of March, 1656.


iii. SARAH, b. "first" of Apr., 1658; m. Feb. 15, 1692, Nicholas Stoughton.


iv. ELIZABETH, b. May 26, 1660.


v. EDWARD, b. Sept. 25, 1663; his name appears on roster of Taunton Company, 1682.


vi. LYDIA, b. Mar. 24, 1665; m. Nov. 16, 1688, John Whipple.


vii. MARY, b. Sept. 22, 1669.


viii. HEZEKIAH, b. Nov. 10, 1678; m. Deborah -; lived in that part of Taunton which became Dighton.


2. NATHANIEL2 HORR (Hezekiah1) was born in Taunton, Mass., March, 1656; member of Taunton Military Co., 1700. He married, Feb. 2, 1681-2, Sarah, dau. John Wilbore. Children, born in Taunton, Mass .:


i. ABIGAIL,3 b. Nov. 2, 1682.


ii. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 22, 1684-5.


iii. WILLIAM, b. Apr. 19, 1687.


iv. HANNAH, b. Mar. 19, 16 -. v. PATIENCE, b. Oct. 12, 16 -.


3. vi. JONATHAN.


3. JONATHAN3 HORR (Nathaniel,2 Hezekiah1) is named as son of Nathaniel in deed, Feb. 17, 1726; resided for a time in Middleborough, Mass., but returned to Taunton, tradition says, and certainly he bought land there in 1742. Children:


4. ii.


i. JONATHAN,4 b. abt. 1739; d. bef. 1800; m. 1764, Anna Smith. ELIJAH, b. Mar., 1741.


iii. ROBERT, b. 1748; m. Jan. 17, 1768, Sarah Reed; sett. in New Salem, Mass.


4. ELIJAH+ HORR (Jonathan,3 Nathaniel,2 Hezekiah1) was born in Middleborough, Mass., Mar., 1741 ; rem. to Ashford, Conn. and thence to Pomfret, Vt., where he died Mar. 1, 1808. He married, Jan., 1763, in Ashford, Ann, dau. Stephen and Eunice (Coffin) Paddock, b. Apr. 27, 1745; d. Sept. 21, 1818. Children:


i. HANNAH,5 b. Sept. 17, 1763, in Pomfret. Conn.


5. ii. JOHN, b. Jan. 21, 1765, in Ashford, Conn.


iii. ELIJAH, b. Aug. 16, 1767; d. Jan., 1828, at Pomfret, Vt.


iv. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 10, 1770; d. July 16, 1791.


v. MARY, b. Oct. 6, 1772, in New Salem, Mass.


vi. ZENAS, b. Jan. 13, 1776, in Pomfret, Vt.


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5. JOHN" HORR (Elijah,4 Jonathan,3 Nathaniel,? Hezekiah1) was born in Ashford, Conn., Jan. 21, 1765; died at Pomfret, Vt., Feb. 3, 1827.


He married, in Pomfret, Sept. 1786, Theodosia, dau. Bartholomew and Ruth (Keyes) Durkee, b. Feb. 19, 1764; d. May 2, 1827.


Children, born in Pomfret, Vt .:


i. SAMUEL,8 b. May 8, 1789; d. 1874, at Trenton, Wis.


ii. ALANSON, b. Jan. 8, 1794; d. Apr. 18, 1838; m. 1817, Fannie Pratt.


iii. RALPH, b. Dec. 10, 1794; d. in Iowa; m. (1) Anna Robinson; (2) Mary B. Angus; (3) Fannie Newton.


6. iv. ROSWELL, b. Jan. 13, 1796.


v. LAURA, b. Oct. 26, 1797; m. 1824, John Lynde of Norridge- wock, Me.


vi. LUCINA, b. July 13, 1799; m. Samuel H. Robinson, at Avon, Ohio.


vii. MARY, b. Apr. 28, 1801; m. Oct. 22, 1835, Joseph B. Jameson, of Avon, Ohio.


viii. PERCES, b. Apr. 1, 1803; d. Mar. 1, 1804.


ix. JOHN, b. Jan, 16, 1805; d. Dec. 30, 1811.


x. HANNAH, b. Jan. 29, 1807; m. Oct. 18, 1826, Benj. Bayley, and rem. to Beaver Dam, Wis.


6. ROSWELL® HORR (John,5 Elijah,4 Jonathan,3 Nathaniel,2 Hezekiah1) was born in Pomfret, Vt., Jan. 13, 1796; sett. in W. abt. 1816; his blacksmith shop stood near the ledge on "old road"; Capt. Militia Co .; during the later years of his stay, owned part of Gaylord farm in lots 127 and 128; rem. abt. 1831, to Avon, Ohio, where he died Apr. 25, 1841.


He married (1) Dec. 27, 1818, Lucinda, dau. Ebenezer Wheeler of Fayston, Vt., b. in Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 3, 1796; d. Jan. 2, 1829; (2) Oct. 25, 1829, Caroline, dau. Ralph and Lucy (Carpenter) Turner, b. Jan. 21, 1805; d. Oct. 2, 1894.


Children, first four born in Waitsfield:


i. LUCINDA,7 b. May 11, 1821; m. Oct. 7, 1841, Barlow G. Car- penter of Wellington, Ohio.


ii. LUCINA, b. July 9, 1823; m. Mar. 18, 1842, William S. Carpen- ter of Oberlin, Ohio.


iii. ROLLIN A., b. Nov. 26, 1830; d. Dec. 31, 1894; m. June 13, 1853, Sarah Ames; res. Wellington, Ohio.


iv. ROSWELL G., b. Nov. 26, 1830; d. Dec. 10, 1896; res. Saginaw, Mich; for many years Member of Congress from that dist .; m. Apr. 14, 1859, Carrie M. Pinney.


v. JAMES C., b. Jan. 17, 1832; d. Mar. 11, 1898, at Olympia, Wash .; m. Lizzie Upton.


vi. JOHN, b. June 2, 1833; was living, 1906, in New Zealand.


vii. RALPH T., b. Jan. 2, 1835; d. Jan. 31, 1882, in Cleveland, Ohio; m. Oct. 5, 1856, Martha W. Barker.


viii. CHARLES W., b. Jan. 25, 1837; d. Oct. 3, 1894, at Wellington, Ohio; m. Aug. 12, 1860, Esther A. Lang.


ix. HENRY H., b. Sept. 10, 1838; d. Aug. 23, 1854. x. FRANK, b. June 7, 1840; d. Sept. 8, 1854.


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HOUSE.


1. SAMUEL4 HOUSE (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Samuel'). It seems probable that Samuel House of Hanover, Mass., is identical with the son of Samuel3 and Sarah (Pincin) House, born at Scituate, Mass., Dec. 20, 1706.


He married, at Hanover, Dec. 25, 1731-2, Deborah Barstow, who d. July 3, 1769.


Children, born in Hanover, Mass .:


i. HULDAH,5 b. Oct. 13, 1734-5; m. Jan. 27, 1757, James Barstow of Pembroke, Mass.


ii. ELISHA, b. Feb. 18, 1737-8; prob. the E. H. who m. Orphan


iii. DEBORAH, b. Apr., 1739-40; d. May 7, 1739-40.


iv. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 14, 1740-I.


V. JAMES, bapt. July 28, 1744-5; d. June 4, 1753.


vi. MARY, bapt. May 6, 1749-50.


2. vii. JOB, bapt. Apr. 8, 1753. viii. BETTY, bapt. Mar. 10, 1755.


ix. DEBORAH, d. July 23, 1762.


2. JOB5 HOUSE (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Samuel1) was bapt. at Hanover, Mass., Apr. 8, 1753; sett. in Abington, Mass. He married (pub. Sept. 11, 1773) Sarah, dau. Samuel and Mary Norton of Abington, b. June 14, 1754. Children, born in Abington, Mass .:


i. SAMUEL,6 b. May 31, 1776.


3. ii. JOB, b. Nov. 30, 1779.


iii. SARAH, b. Dec. 7, 1781.


iv. JAMES, b. Jan. 13, 1784.


v. DEBORAH, b. Dec. 3, 1785.


vi. MARY, b. Jan. 29, 1787.


vii. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 13, 1789.


viii. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 27, 1790; prob. the "child of J. H.," who d. May 20, 1792.


ix. ANNA, b, May 19, 1793.


X. LUCY, b. Aug. 8, 1796.


3. JOBB HOUSE (Job," Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,? Samuel1) was born in Abington, Mass., Nov. 30, 1779; came to W. in 1797, and worked for Gen. Wait; rem. after some years to Moriah, N. Y., but retd. in 1813; died Mar. 15, 1874.


He married Eleanor, dau. Francis and Eleanor (Foster) Dana, who d. July 25, 1859, ae. 74. Children:


i. JASON,7 b. May 15, 1805; d. Sept. 2, 1891, unm.


ii. ANNA, b. Mar. 24, 1810; m. David Wheeler.


4. iii. NATHAN DANA, b. July 13, ISI3.


iv. child, d. Nov. 3, 1817.


5. v. EDWIN, b. Apr. 10, 1819.


vi. LUCETTE, b. Apr. 27, 1821; d. Dec. 30, 1846, unm.


vii. SOLON, b. Aug. 6, 1824; d. Oct., 1825.


viii. Lucy M., b. May 13, 1827; d. Jan. 6, 1898, unm.


ix. I.AURETTA, b. Aug. 7, 1829: d. Jan. 13, 1850, unm.


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4. NATHAN DANA7 HOUSE (Job,6 Job,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Sam- uel,2 Samuel1) was born in Moriah, N. Y., July 13, 1813, but came to W., as an infant; shoemaker and farmer; died Dec. 29, 1900.


He married Philena H., dau. Robert and Harriet (Norris) Carr, b. in Washington, Vt., June II, 1822; d. May 2, 1866.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. NORTON DANA,8 b. Dec. 5, 1855.


ii. son, d. Apr. 19, 1863.


5. EDWIN7 HOUSE (Job,6 Job,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,? Samuel') was born in W., Apr. 10, 1819; farmer; died Apr. 6, 1903.


He married, Apr. 26, 1853, Abba H., dau. Ebenezer Hoyt of Alexandria, N. H., b. Jan. 10, 1820; d. Oct. 15, 1886.


Ch .:


i. EDWIN M.,3 b. Oct. 8, 1856, in Waitsfield.


HOWE.


1. ARA H .? HOWE, son of Ara1 Howe, settled in Northfield, Vt., whither he came from West Boylston, Mass.


He married Matilda Jenness.


Children, born in Northfield, Vt .:


2. i. HENRY T. J.,3 b. July 24, 1850.


ii. OLIVE A., b. Apr. 11, 1854; m. Chester Niles of Pasadena, Cal.


iii. IDA J., b. June 11, 1859; d. 1875.


2. HENRY T. J.3 HOWE (Ara H.,2 Ara1) was born in Northfield, Vt., July 24, 1850; graduated from Medical Department, U. V. M., in 1876, and at once commenced the practice of his profession in Moretown, Vt., but rem. to W., in 1882. He married, Sept. 5, 1876, Lucy, dau. George and Lucinda (Smith) Bailey.


Children:


i. GEORGE,4 b. Jan. 31, 1878; res. Derry, N. H.


ii. IDA, b. Mar. 15, 1882, d. Dec. 16, 1883.


iii. EDITH OLIVE, b. Feb. 12, 1887.


HUSE.


THEOPHILUS N. HUSE was in W., 1842-8, but was of Duxbury, Vt., in 1851. Resided on the Wells Hitchcock farm in lots 136 and 14I.


He married Polly


-. Children:


i. RHODA.


ii. EUNICE.


iii. JOSEPH.


iv. JOEL.


v. MARIAN.


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GENEALOGIES.


INGALLS.


CHESTER INGALLS was a resident of W., 1824-30; called "Capt."; rem. to Hanover, N. H.


IRWIN.


JAMES R.1 IRWIN was born, 1825, in Ireland, sett. in W., and died, 1900.


He married Rachel Anderson, b. 1827; d. June 21, 1898. Children:


i. JAMES ANDERSON,2 b. May 1, 1850; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1871, Mary E., dau. Thomas Pierce of Warren, b. 1851; (2) Jan. 5, 1903, Nancy Black. Ch .: George,1 b. Mar. 3, 1873.


ii. JOHN R., b. abt. 1853; d. June 26, 1894; m. Jan. 16, 1878, Mary A. Moriarty.


iii. ANNIE, b. abt. 1862; d. Jan. 5, 1873.


iv. WILLIAM R., b. abt. 1864; d. Dec. 28, 1872.


v. CHARLES FRANK, b. July 3, 1868; d. Sept. 19, 1872.


JACKSON.


ALVIN N. JACKSON, shoemaker, resided in W. some years be- tween 1855 and 1865.


He married, June 1, 1857, Polly Schlagel.


Child:


ARTHUR SCHLAGEL, b. June 29, 1858. JACOBS.


JAMES THOMPSON2 JACOBS, son of Jonathan1 Jacobs of Suffolk Eng., who is said to have been a Rev. soldier, was born in Ward, Mass., abt. 1777; shoemaker; came to W., about 1822, and died there, Oct. 24, 1839.


He married Judith Stone, who d. at Morristown, Vt., 1872, ae. 93.


Children:


i. CARTER,3 m. Elmira Wright.


11. SARAH, m. Apr. 2, 1826, Orace Emerson of Chelsea, Vt.


iii. JONATHAN, d. 1839, ae. 30.


iv. HANNAH, m. Aug. 12, 1828, John Flanders.


v. THOMPSON, d. 1839, ae. 26; m. Caroline Field of Nfd.


vi. ALFRED, b. Jan. 2, 1814; d. in Rebel Prison, Oct. 6, 1864; m. Mary Stiles.


vii. DORINDA, b. Oct. 6, 1818; unm., 1908.


viii. PHEBE, b. Sept., 1821; m. John Holley of Orangeville, N. Y


JOHNSON.


ANDREW JOHNSON was for some years a resident of W .; blacksmith; died Oct. 5, 1880, ae. 80. He married, Lydia, dau. Peleg and Betsey (Woodworth) Berry, b. Oct. 5, 1798.


Ch .:


i. NATHAN B., b. 1827; blacksmith; d. Mar. 4, 1864, ae. 37 y., 2 m .; m. May 3, 1853, Lucy W., dau. Dr. Orange and Lucy (Hatch) Smith, b. Feb. 17, 1835, d. Sept. 20, 1863. Child- ren: Edward A., b. 1854, m. Dec. 29, ISSo, Emma L., dau. Azro Bragg; Frederick Griswold, b. Feb. 14, 1857, d. Oct. 28, 1858; Charles Orange, d. May 7, 1860, ae. I yr., I m., 27 d,; Don Carlos, b. July 26, 1862.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


JOINER.


WILLIAM JOINER, son of Lieut. William Joiner of Egremont, Mass., and grandson of William and Elizabeth (Eads) Joyner of East Haddam, Conn., came from Royalton, Vt., before 1794; rem. to Randolph, Vt., abt. ISog, and to Moriah, N. Y., in 1810; had farm in lot 103 and bought Gen. Wait's sawmill in lot 133.


He married (1) in Egremont, Mass., Pauline Tullar, who d. July 18, 1785; (2) Mar. 19. 1786, Jerusha Storrs.


Children, births recorded in Royalton, Vt .:


i. EXPERIENCE, b. Aug. 17, 1775.


ii. SALMON, b. Sept. 26, 1777.


iii. POLLY, b. Sept. 27, 1779.


iv. ITHAMAR, b. Sept. 21, 1781.


V. ALVIN, b. Sept. 20, 1783.


vi. CLARISSA, b. Dec. 15, 1786.


vii. PAULINA, b. Feb. 20, 1788.


JONES.


1. LEWIS' JONES is first heard of in Roxbury, Mass., 1640, when he and wife joined Elliot's church; freeman, May 29, 1644; rem. abt. 1650 to Watertown, Mass., living at what is now the corner of Belmont and Grove Streets in the present town of Belmont; aptd. shepherd on E. side Beaver Brook, 1680; died Apr. 11, 1684.


He married Ann, probably dau. Simon and Joan Stone, who d. May 1, 1680, "aged 78 years" says her tombstone, but this is error if she was the dau. of Simon.


Children:


i. LYDIA,2 m. Oct. 30, 1656, Jonathan Whitney of Sherborn, Mass.


2. ii. JOSIAH, b. 1643.


iii. PHEBE, b. Jan. 21, 1645-6; d. July 6, 1650, "by a scald."


iv. SHUBAEL, b. July 1, 1651.


2. JOSIAH2 JONES (Lewis1) was born in Roxbury, Mass., 1643; Lieut. and Capt. of Watertown, Mass., Militia; selectman 6 times, 1685-1709; freeman, Apr. 18, 1690; lived in that part of the town of Watertown which is now Weston and was first deacon of the Weston Church; had an interest in mills on Stony Brook and a farm near the Sudbury line; died Oct. 9, 1714.


He married, Oct. 2, 1667, Lydia, dau. Nathaniel and Sufferance (Haynes) Treadway, who d. Sept. 17, 1743, ae. 95.


Children, born in Watertown:


i. LYDIA,3 b. Sept. 25, 1668; m. Jan. 2, 1687-8, Nathaniel Cool- idge, Jr.


ii. JOSIAH, b. Oct. 20, 1670; d. Dec. 21, 1734: m. abt. 1693, Abigail Barnes.


iii. MARY, b. Dec. 10, 1672; m. July 3, 1693, Lieut. John Brewer of Sudbury, Mass.


iv. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 31, 1674; m. (1) Mary ---- , and sett. in Worcester, Mass .; m. (2) Flagg.


v. SAMUEL, b. July 9, 1677; d. Jan. 6, 1717-18; m. May 9, 1700, Mary Woolson.




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