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vi. JAMES, b. Sept. 4, 1679; d. Sept. 14, 1770; m. Sarah Moore. vii. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1681; m. May 26, 1704, John Warren. viii. ANNA, b. June 28, 1684; m. Dea. Joseph Mixer.
3. ix. JOHN, b. Mar. 19, 1686-7.
x. ISAAC, bapt. May 25, 1690; m. at Colchester, Conn., July 1I, 1717, Hannah Welles; sett. later, in Bolton, Conn., and d. Feb. 15, 1782.
3. JOHN3 JONES (Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in Watertown, Mass., Mar. 19, 1686-7; res. in Weston, Mass .; carpenter; deacon for many years; died Dec. 8, 1773.
He married, Dec. 8, 1714, Mehitable, dau. Capt. Benjamin and Mehitable (Hawkins) Garfield, b. Dec. 7, 1687; d. bef. 1763.
Children, born in Weston, Mass .:
i. JOHN,4 b. Oct. 31, 1716; m. Apr. 7, 1738, Anna Mixer; sett. in Dover, Mass.
ii. EUNICE, b. Sept. 5, 1718; d. Aug., 1719.
iii. EUNICE, b. 1719; m. (int.) July 10, 1754, Caleb Myrick.
iv. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 22, 1720; d. Oct. 11, 1720.
v. BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 22, 1720; m. Jan. 7, 1747-8, Sarah Smith.
vi. ANNA, b. Jan. 1, 1722-3; d. July 10, 1748.
vii. ABRAHAM, b. Feb. 13, 1725-6; m. Dec. 26, 1749, Mercy Gale.
4. viii. EzRA, b. Apr. 13, 1727.
ix. ABIGAIL, b. July 4, 1729.
BEULAH, b. Mar. 24, 1730-1; d. Dec. 15, 1748.
4.
EZRA4 JONES (John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in Weston, Mass., Apr. 13, 1727; rem. abt. 1749 to Barre, Mass., and was prominent in the affairs of that town; on committee which reported resolutions on the circular letter from Boston, 1773; Capt. of Militia Co., 1775; died May 29, 1808.
He married, May 25, 1749, Elizabeth, dau. Nathaniel and Abigail (Mead) Jennison, bapt. May 23, 1731; d. Aug. 25, 1820.
Children, born in Barre, Mass .:
5. i. EZRA,5 b. Apr. 13, 1752.
ii. JOHN, b. Feb. 23, 1754; Dartmouth Coll., 1779; a J. J. of Barre, m. May 29, 1796, Hannah Ruggles of Hardwick.
iii. JOEL, b. May 4, 1756; d. June 21, 1757.
iv. ANNA, b. June 23, 1758; d. Mar. 16, 1759.
v. ABRAHAM, b. Nov. 18, 1760; Dartmouth Coll., 1778; d. June 14, 1790.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. Mar. 30, 1762; perhaps, m. Jan. 23, 1777, Dr. John Williams of Lebanon, N. H.
vii. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 7, 1765; d. Aug. 28, 1832; m. May 5 1788, Arrathusa Gates.
viii. MARY, b. Jan. 5, 1767; d. Oct. 27, 1779.
ix. ELISHA, b. Apr. 19, 1777.
x. ELIZABETH, d. Dec. 28, 1763.
5. EZRA5 JONES (Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in Barre, Mass., Apr. 13, 1752; rem. abt. 1772 to Claremont, N. H. and was there prominent; often moderator; select- man seventeen years, 1788-1809 (14 times first selectman) ; Representative, 1800-1-2 and 1815-16-17; proprietor of Waitsfield; called Major; died at Claremont, Aug. 11, 1841.
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He married (1) Oct. 15, 1772, Susannah, dau. Matthias and Susannah (Chadwick) Stone, b. Sept. 6, 1755; d. Mar. 5, 1780; (2) July 26, 1781, Esther Roys, probably dau. Benedict and Esther Roys, b. Feb., 1760; d. July 2, 1826; (3) May 21, 1828, Mary Farrar Caldwell, b. May 16, 1789; d. Jan. 18, 1879. She was dau. Joseph and Lydia (Stone) Farrar of Barre, Mass.
Children, born in Claremont, N. H .:
i. ELIZABETH,6 b. Feb. 2, 1773; d. Sept. 15, 1855; m. Ezra Glidden of Unity, N. H.
6. ii. EZRA, b. Mar. 23, 1775.
7. il1. JENNISON, b. Jan. 1, 1777.
8. iv. MATTHIAS STONE, b. Apr. 12, 1778.
V. JOEL, b. Dec. 15, 1779; d. Feb. 11, 1781.
vi. CAROLINE, b. Apr. 27, 1782; d. Dec. 1, 1803; m. Isaac Hub- bard, of Claremont.
vii. NATHANIEL, b. July 4, 1783; d. Mar. 29, 1866, at Royalton, Vt. He res. many years at Northfield. Chn .: Roys,? George, Elisha, Henry, Cynthia, Nathaniel, Orena.
viii. Roys, b. Oct. 28, 1784; d. Apr. 16, 1857; m. May 26, 1810, Lydia, dau. Joseph and Lydia (Stone) Farrar of Barre, Mass., b. Mar. 4, 1784 ; res. Claremont.
ix. G. AUGUSTUS, b. Mar. 16, 1786; d. Aug. 4, 1790.
9. x. HENRY, b. Jan. 8, 1788.
xi. ESTHER, b. Mar. 14, 1790; d. Oct. 4, 1791.
xii. FANNY, b. Apr. 3, 1792; d. Sept. 27, 1882; m. David Parker of Vergennes, Vt.
xiii. CHARLES, b. July 1, 1794; d. May 10, 1843; m. Sept., 1817, Ann Cobb.
xiv. ABRAHAM, b. June 5, 1797; d. June 16, 1844, in Lemington, Vt .; m. June 25, 1818, Susan, dau. Capt. Simeon Long of Nantucket.
6. EZRA6 JONES (Ezra," Esra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in Claremont, N. H., Mar. 23, 1775; came to W. in 1797; lived near the Common, lot 106; town clerk, 1804, 1807-9; treasurer, 1802; selectman, 1816-18; died Dec. 12, 1845.
He married, July 16, 1801, Hannah, dau. Elias and Marcy (Goss) Taylor, b. Oct. 2, 1781 ; d. June 3, 1855. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. child, b. Mar. 19, 1802; d. Nov. 15, 1803.
ii. EZRA,7 b. Nov. 16, 1804: Middlebury Coll., 1831; Andover Theol., 1834: Congl. and Presbyterian minister; died at Phelps, N. Y., May, 4, 1888; m. (1) Sept. 18, 1834, Cynthia Richards, dau. Nicholas and Sally, b. at Bakers- field, Vt., Oct. 28, 1806; (2) Apr. 2, 1862, Henrietta S. (Riddle) Harrington.
iii. ELIAS TAYLOR, b. Mar. 9, 1806; d. Feb. 26, 1821.
iv. ESTHER, b. Dec. 26, 1807; m. Edmund Manley of Dorset, Vt. v. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 22, 1809; m. Oct. 13, 1833, Milton Fisher of Cabot, Vt.
vi. MARIA, b. Apr. 8, 1811; d. Nov. 14, 1811.
vii. HORACE SKINNER, b. May 10, 1814; sett. in Coventry, Vt .. 1838, and in Barton, Vt., 1882; died May 19, 1896; rep. from Coventry, 1852; Asst. Judge Co. Court, 1872-76; m. (1) May 27, 1838, Betsey, dau. William Joslin, and wid. of Ginethon Skinner; (2) Harriet S., dau. William Joslin, who d. Dec. 24, 1898.
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viii. child, d. July, 1812, ae. 18 days.
ix. CHARLES, b. Oct. 26, 1815; d. at Barre, Vt., Dec. 24, 1866; m. Sept. 7, 1842, Harriet, dau. Henry and Amelia (Dutton) Dewey, b. Aug. 19, 1818. No issue.
x. LOUISA, b. Jan. 29, 1817; d. at Dorset, Vt., Oct. 6, 1898, unm.
xi. CATHERINE, b. Dec. 31, 1817; m. Nov. 29 1842, Edward Barnard of Barton, Vt.
xii. FOSTER T., d. Feb. 27, 1820, ae. 6 mos.
xiii. HANNAH, b. Nov. 3, 1820; m. Oct. 30, 1861, Homer M. Johnson of Rupert, Vt.
xiv. LUCRETIA, b. Apr. 5, 1824; m. Dec. 9, 1852, Amos Batchelder of Peru, Vt.
XV. HENRY ELIAS, b. Dec. 19, 1826; d. Apr. 25, 1832.
7. JENNISON6 JONES (Ezra,5 Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in Claremont, N. H., Jan. 1, 1777; came to W., 1797, and settled on lot 76; prepared valuable data on early history of the town ; justice of the peace 36 yrs. ; Rep., 1827, 28; town clerk, 1827; treasurer, 1815 to 1822; selectman, 1807-9, 1823-4, 1830, 1838-9; died Dec. 22, 1852.
He married Philena, dau. Jonathan Phinney and Keziah (Barrows) Holmes of Claremont, b. Mar. 30, 1782; d. Jan. 5, 1858.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. CAROLINE,7 b. Oct. 1, 1803; m. Sept. 3, 1828, Asahel Rider.
ii. WILLIAM, b. June 6, 1805; d. July 7, 1805.
iii. ELIZA, b. July 31, 1806; m. Mar. 30, 1826, Ira Bates.
IO. iv. HARRY, b. Dec. 17, 1808.
v. MARY, b. Feb. 27, ISII; m. Aug. 19, 1835, Elijah Seaver of Moretown, Vt.
vi. ALVIRA, b. Jan. 26, 1815; d. unm.
II. vii. ORVIS, b. Dec. 15, 1817.
viii. RUTH. b. Apr. 4, 1820; d. Sept. 6, 1822.
ix. ANN, b. Aug. 25, 1825; d. Sept. 22, 1825.
8. MATTHIAS STONER JONES (Ezra,5 Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in Claremont, N. H., Apr. 12, 1778: came to W., 1798, and sett. on lot 58 but rem. soon to lots 84 and 86 and late in life built a house in the village; a leader in the town; selectman, 1810-11, 1814, 1822, 1826-27; auditor 14 times; justice 35 yrs .; treas., 1835; town clerk, 1816 to 1825; Rep., 1817 to 1820, 1824 to IS26; delegate to Const. Conventions, 1822 and 1835; Sept., 1814, was captain of a company that marched for Plattsburgh; died June 25, 1851.
He married (1) Aug. 18, 1807, Betsey, dau. Joseph and Dorothy (Osgood) Joslin, b. Feb. 27, 1789; d. Oct. 2, 1835; (2) Mary, dau. Thomas and Mary (Spencer) Prentis, who m. (2) Artemas Brown and d. July 13, 1884.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
12. i. HIRAM,7 b. June 26, 1808.
ii. BETSEY, b. Mar. 19, 1810; m. Jan. 13, 1830, Dan Richardson.
iii. FANNY, b. July 3, 1812; m. Dec. 29, 1836, Harry Jones.
iv. LUCIA, b. July 31, 1815; m. (1) Mar. 1, 1860, Luther M. Martin of Brookfield, Vt .; (2) Uriel Clark of Brookfield.
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13. V: MATTHIAS STONE, b. Aug. 20, 1818.
vi. MARY ANN, b. Aug. 25, 1820; d. Mar. 12, 1832.
vii. ALONZO, b. July 3, IS23; d. Apr. 26, 1825.
viii. EDWIN ALONZO, b. June 3, 1825; physician; d. Oct. 18, 1854, without issue; m. Mary Brown, who m. (2) Rev. Rodney H. Howard.
ix. LOREN WASHBURN, b. July 9, 1827; merchant at W., Mont- pelier, Vt., and Somerville, Mass .; died Sept. 19, 1887; m. (1) Apr. 10, 1850, Mary Jane, dau. Cyrus and Calista (Campbell) Joslin, b. Feb. 20, 1829, d. July 10, 1853; (2) Mar. 30, 1854, Susan C. Tenny of Windsor, Vt., who m. (2) Rev. Rodney H. Howard. Ch .: M. Jennie,8 b. June 25, 1853, m. Sept. 1, 1880, Philip J. McGrath of Somerville, Mass. "
x. MARY ANN, b. Jan. 13, 1832; m. May 20, 1854, Orville M. Tinkham of Pomfret, Vt.
xi. infant, b. Oct. 2, 1835; d. same day.
9. HENRY6 JONES (Ezra," Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in Claremont, N. H., Jan. 8, 1788; res. in W., 1809, until 1829, when he rem. to Cabot, Vt .; minister.
He married Lucy, dau. of Simeon Sartwell of Charles- town, N. H.
Children, first five born in Waitsfield:
i. LUCY SARTWELL,7 b. Oct. 25, 1818; m. - --- Robinson.
ii. MIRANDA, b. Feb. 7, 1820.
iii. CYNTHIA, b. Aug. 11, 1821.
iv. CHARLES, bapt. Oct. 21, 1821.
v. CLARISSA, b. Sept. 22, 1823; d. Aug. 4, 1825.
vi. HENRY, b. in Cabot, Apr. 19, 1832.
· vii. HARRIET, m. Dodd.
viii. CAROLINE, m. Maxwell.
10. HARRY7 JONES (Jennison,6 Ezra,5 Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in W., Dec. 17, 1808; Capt. Militia Co .; died Jan. 5, 1898.
He married, Dec. 29, 1836, Fanny, dau. Matthias S. and Betsey (Joslin) Jones, b. July 3, 1812; d. Dec. 3, 1893. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. WATSON IRVING,8 b. Jan. 21, 1839; d. Aug. 12, 1840.
ii. EDWARD CARLOS, b. May 16, 1841; res. Sharon, Vt .; m. Dec. 13, 1874, Clara J. Clifford.
iii. ALBERT CARLIE, b. Nov. 8, 1844; m. Oct. 12, 1867, Henrietta A. Sterling. Chn .: Edwin A.,9 b. May 25, 1868, d. Sept. 15, 1868; Flora M., b. Dec. 14, 1869; Mary A., b. Nov. 4. 1871; Fred E., b. Oct. 18, 1873; Fanny B., b. Jan. 12, 1879. iv. BETSEY ANN, b. Apr. 1, 1846; m. Dec. 7, 1870, Ziba Hamilton McAllister.
v. LOREN WATSON, b. Apr. 13, 1848; d. Oct. 10, 1874, unm.
11. ORVIS7 JONES (Jennison,8 Ezra,5 Ezra,4 John,3 Josialı,? Lewis1) was born in W., Dec. 15, 1817; selectman, 1857; died Jan. 22, 1892.
He married, June 15, 1843, Roxcy, dau. Thomas and Hannah (Cheney) Prentis, b. Nov. 26, 1823; d. June 5, 190I.
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Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. ADDIE L.,8 b. July 17, 1855; d. Oct. 17, 1871.
ii. MYRA ISADORE, b July 3, 1860; m. May 1, 1902. Fred C. Carroll.
12. HIRAM7 JONES (Matthias Stone,6 Ezra,5 Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in W., June 26, 1808; selectman, 1841-43, 1846, 1852, 1863-65, 1870; often moderator; chairman of committee that recommended bounties and extra pay for soldiers enlisting from W:, 1862; Rep., 1840, '41, '42; Asst. Judge, Washington Co. Court, 1855-6; died Mar. 9, 1872. His farm lay in lots 114 and 123. About 1865 he removed to the village.
He married, Oct. 6, 1835, Laura Louise, dau. Jason and Betsey (Ingraham) Carpenter, b. Oct. 15, 1812; d. May 17, 1882.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
14. i. CHARLES EDWARD,8 b. May 2, 1838.
15. ii. WALTER ALONZO, b. July 27, 1840.
iii. GEORGE MYRON, b. Dec. 30, 1843; enlisted, Nov. 28, 1863, Co. H. 2nd U. S. S. S .; killed at the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
iv. HIRAM EDGAR, b. Mar. 18, 1849; res. Cedar Rapids, Iowa; furniture mfgr. and merchant; m. (1) Dec. 7, 1876, Elizabeth Obrien, who d. Sept. 25, 1879; (2) May 17, 1884, Alice Ilgenfritz. Ch .: Isabelle C.,9 b. Nov. 2, 1877, m. May 1, 1907, Herbert E. Fleming of Chicago, Il1.
LAURA ELLEN, b. Mar. 18, 1849; d. May 27, 1863.
vi. ALICE L., b. Dec. 26, 1851; d. June 21, 1863.
13. MATTHIAS STONE7 JONES (Matthias Stone,6 Ezra,5 Ezra," John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in W., Aug. 20, 1818; merchant; died Nov. 22, 1859.
He married, Sept. 2, 1846, Lucy P. Huse, who m. (=) Nov. 14, 1866, Isaac H. Alger of Stowe, Vt., and died 1903. Ch .:
i. CLARA A.,8 b. June 4, 1848; m. Feb. 14, 1869, Henry Sargent of Stowe.
14. CHARLES EDWARD8 JONES (Hiram,7 Matthias Stone,6 Ezra,5 Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in W., May 2, 1838; moderator fifteen years, 1878 to 1906 ; selectman, 1873-74, 1881, 1884-86, 1890-92; Asst. Judge Washington Co. Court, 1892-98.
He married, Sept. 17, 1860, Amanda M., dau. Bethuel and Lucy (Bushnell) Joslin, b. July 23, 1840; d. Feb. 9, 1908.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. ABBIE L.,9 b. Jan. 21, 1862; a teacher, Chicago, Il1.
ii. son, b. Apr. 28, 1863; d. May 19, 1863.
iii. LAURA A., b. June 29, 1864; a teacher.
16. iv. GEORGE MYRON, b. Apr. 5, 1866.
v. LUCY CARPENTER, b. Oct. 3, 1868; d. Nov. 8, 1888.
17. vi. EDWARD HIRAM, b. Dec. 11, 1872.
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15. WALTER ALONZOS JONES (Hiram,? Matthias Stone,6 Ezra,5 Ezra," John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in W., July 27, 1840. He was graduated from Barre (Vt.) Academy in 1860 and from the Berkshire Medical College in 1865; practiced his profession at Fabius, N. Y., for a short time but returned to W. about 1867 and in 1869 entered the mercantile business which engrossed his attention until his death, Feb. 9, 1892. He was chairman of town auditors, 1873 to 1890; supt. of schools, 1875 to 1836; Rep. 1880 to 1884; State Senator, 1888 to 1890; delivered historical address at Centennial of the town, 1889.
He married, Nov. 17, 1869, Elvira, dau. Jedediah and Naomi (Joslin) Bushnell, b. Mar. 24, 1840; d. July 2, 1903. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MATT BUSHNELL, b. May 15, 1871.
19. ii. WALTER EDWIN, b. Apr. 15, 1874.
16. GEORGE MYRON9 JONES (Charles Edward,8 Hiram, Matthias · Stone,6 Ezra," Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in W., Apr. 5, 1866; deacon Congl. ch .; frequently on School Board; he owns the old Shubal Burdick farm in lot 129. He married, Mar. 8, 1893, Roena H., dau. Horatio N. Atwood of Woodstock, Vt., b. Jan. 27, 1867. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. EARL ATWOOD, 10 b. Jan. 15, 1896.
ii. MARION ATWOOD, b. Oct. 21, 1899.
17. EDWARD HIRAM9 JONES (Charles Edward,8 Hiram, Matthias Stone,6 Ezra," Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,2 Lewis1) was born in W., Dec. 11, 1872.
He married (1) Mar. 9, 1897, Kate G., dau. William H. and Fannie C. (Davis) Haselton, b. July 8, 1877 ; d. May 16, 1903; (2) Oct. 1, 1908, Myrtie Guptil of Waterbury, Vt. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. CLYDE,10 b. Nov. 10, 1897.
ii. CHARLES K., b. May 16, 1903.
18. MATT BUSHNELL9 JONES (Walter Alonzo,8 Hiram,7 Matthias Stone,6 Ezra,5 Ezra,4 John,3 Josiah,? Lewis1) was born in W., May 15, 1871; graduated at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy, 1890; A. B. Dartmouth Coll., 1894; L. L. B. Harvard Law School, 1897; practices his profession in Boston, Mass .; resides in Newton, Mass.
He married, in Northampton, Mass., Sept. 12, 1899, Grace Angeline, dau. Luther Leland and Elvira (Matthews) Smith, b. July 25, 1870.
Children, born in Newton, Mass .:
i. WALTER LELAND, 10 b. June 11, 1902.
ii. CATHARINE BUSHNELL, b. Nov. 22, 1903.
iii. MATT BUSHNELL, b. Nov. 30, 1906.
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19. WALTER EDWIN9 JONES (Walter Alonso,8 Hiram,7 Matthias Stone,6 Ezra," Ezra,+ John,3 Josiah,? Lewis1) was born in W., Apr. 15, 1874; merchant; St. Johnsbury Academy, 1894.
He married, Sept. 19, 1899, Jessica Maria, dau. Chester M. and Mary (Haley) Baker of St. Johnsbury, Vt., b. Aug. 29. 1875; d. Feb. 24, 1908.
Ch .:
i. RUTH BAKER,10, b. Apr. 9, 1902, in Waitsfield.
SILAS JONES came from Swanzey, N. H., about 1821 and rem. abt. 1840 to Fayston, Vt.
Married Cylena Abernethy, who d. Feb. 8, 1874, ae. 84. Ch .:
i. HENRY C., m. Jan. 28, 1829, Abigail Lamson of Fayston.
JOHN F. JONES was born in Plymouth, Eng., abt. 1815, son of John F. and Mary Ann Jones; private Co. G, 6th Vt. Vols .; tailor; died Nov. 28, 1864, ae. 49.
He married (1) Nov. 21, 1856, Elvira, dau. Daniel Thomas of Fayston, Vt., who d. May 18, 1859, ae. 25; (2) Oct. 19, 1863, Mrs. Sarah J. Hoyt, dau. Samuel Dana.
Children:
i. HERBERT DANIEL,2 b. Sept. 21, 1857; m. Sept. 21, 1881 Jennie A., dau. Alfred Joslin.
ii. HENRY FRANKLIN, b. Apr. 14, 1859; d. Apr. 2, 1890; m. Sarah A. Tunnicliff. Ch .: John E.,3 b. Apr. 23, 1886; d. June 14, 1903.
HOLLAND JONES, son of Abijah and Ivanna (Allen) Jones, was born in Turner, Me., Oct. 16, 1825. He was for many years a resident of W., but returned to Turner, where he died Dec. 2, 1884. He enlisted from W., in Co. H. 2nd U. S. Sharp Shooters.
He married, June 12, 1852, Lovina Ann, dau. Elisha Benton and Betsey (Cutler) Richardson of W., b. June 18, 1833; d. at Orono, Me., Feb. 9, 1900.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. EVA L., b. Mar. 11, 1853; m. Mar. 24, 1874, Wilbur G. Towne of Port Norfolk, Va. Chn .: Etta, May, Bernice. .
ii. FRANK H., b. Aug. 20, 1854.
iii. LAURA Z., b. Apr. 20, 1857.
iv. LILLIAN M., b. Jan. 17, 1860; m, Mellen P. Shaw of Turner Center, Me.
v. RICHARDSON E., b. Feb. 3, 1867.
JOSLIN, JOSLYN.
Various branches of this family have adopted different spellings of the name but in these records the older form of Joslin is used.
1. THOMAS' JOSLIN came from London to Hingham, Mass., in the ship Increase, 1635; proprietor of Hinghanı, 1637; rem. to Marlborough, Mass., and thence to Lancaster, Mass., where he and his son Nathaniel signed the covenant for the formation of the town, Sept. 12, 1654; died Jan. 11, 1660-1.
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He married Rebecca (Marlowe?) b. 1592. She m. (2) May 16, 1664, William Kerley.
Children, born in England:
i. ABRAHAM,2 a sailor; died abt. 1670, at Lancaster, say some authorities, at sea, say others; m. Beatrice - -, who m.
(2) Benj. Bosworth.
ii. REBECCA, b. 1617.
iii. DOROTHY, b. 1624.
2. iv. NATHANIEL, b. 1627.
v. ELIZABETH, b. 1629.
vi. MARY, b. 1634.
2. NATHANIEL2 JOSLIN (Thomas1) was born in Eng., 1627; early settler of Lancaster, Mass., but after its destruction by Indians in 1675 he rem. to Marlborough, Mass .; freeman, 1673; died Apr. 3, 1694.
He married, 1656, Sarah, dau. Thomas King of Marl- borough, who died July 2, 1706.
Children, born in Lancaster, Mass .:
i. child, b. July 15, 1657; d. next day.
ii. NATHANIEL,3 b. June 21, 1658; d. June 8, 1667.
SARAH, b. July 15, 1660.
iv. DOROTHY, b. June 1, 1662.
3. V. PETER, b. Feb. 22, 1665-6.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. June 7, 1667.
vii. REBECCA, b. May 14, 1672.
viii. MARTHA, named in her father's will.
ix. NATHANIEL, named in his father's will
3. PETER3 JOSLIN (Nathaniel,2 Thomas1) was born in Lancaster, Mass., Feb. 22, 1665-6; a man of considerable prominence in the civil, military and religious life of Lancaster; captain; deacon, 1715, until his death, Apr. 8, 1759.
He married (1) Sarah, dau. John Howe. They had a son Peter,4 b. Dec. 8, 1686 and two other chn., all of whom with the mother were massacred by Indians, July 18, 1692, while Capt. Joslin was absent from home. He married (2) Joanna, dau. Josiah Whitcomb, b. Jan. 8, 1673-4; d. Sept. 24, 1717; (3) Hannah, dau. Joseph Farwell and wid. of Sam'l Woods, b. Jan. 20, 1667-8; d. Aug. 14, 1739; (4) Martha, wid. Josiah Wheeler, b. 1679; d. May 21, 1748. Children, born in Lancaster, Mass .:
4. i. PETER,4 b. abt. 1700.
ii. JOANNA, bapt. 1708; prob: the Joanna "of Lancaster," who m. in Concord, Mass., Nov. 22, 1722, Thomas Houghton.
iii. SARAH, bapt. 1708; prob. the Sarah of Lancaster, who m. in Concord, Nov. 22, 1722, John Sawyer.
iv. REBECCA, bapt. 1708.
V. DEBORAH, bapt. 1708; m. July 4, 1733, Joseph Wilder.
vi. JOHN, bapt. Dec. 10, 1710.
vii. ABIGAIL, bapt. Aug. 2, 1713.
viii. DOROTHY, bapt. Dec. 26, 1714; d. Apr. 20, 1732.
4. PETER4 JOSLIN (Peter,3 Nathaniel,? Thomas1) was born in Lancaster, Mass., abt. 1700; died 1771.
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He married, Apr. 30, 1724, Alice, dau. Samuel and Hannah (Farwell) Woods, b. Sept. 26, 1700; d. Sept. 23, 1784.
Children, born in Lancaster, Mass .:
i. PETER,5 b. Dec. 7, 1724; m. Dec. 10, 1748, Elizabeth Greenleaf of Bolton, Mass.
ii. ALICE, b. Sept. 25, 1726; m. (int.) Mar., 1746, Abijah Hough- ton.
5. iii. NATHANIEL, b. Nov. 11, 1729.
iv. HESTER, b. Sept. 11, 1731.
v. JOSEPII, b. May 19, 1733.
vi. SAMUEL, b. May 19, 1738; m. Oct. 1, 1767, Abigail Wilder.
5. NATHANIEL5 JOSLIN (Peter,4 Peter,3 Nathaniel," Thomas1) was born in Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 11, 1729; died May 26, 1806.
He married (1) Nov. 30, 1752, Martha, dau. Jonas and Thankful (Wheeler) Fairbanks, b. Jan. 13, 1732; d. Feb. 13, 1768; (2) September 5, 1770, Sarah Bennett; perhaps m. (3) Mary "relict of Nathaniel Joslin, died at house of Cyrus Fairbank, Feb. 18, 1825, ae. 88."
Children, born in Lancaster, Mass .:
6. i. JOSEPH,6 b. Mar. 18, 1753.
ii. NATHANIEL, bapt. July 15, 1755.
iii. REBECCA, bapt. Dec. 4, 1757; perhaps the ch. of N. J., who d. Dec. 26, 1757.
iv. SARAH, b. June 15, 1760; m. Feb. 5, 1782, John Bennett of Weathersfield, Vt.
v. MARY, bapt. Apr. 10, 1763; m. Dec. 11, 1782, Asa Carter.
vi. MARTHA, bapt. Sept. 8, 1765; m. Aug. 23 (or 30), 1786, Ben- jamin Wyman.
vii. ELIZABETH, bapt. Apr. 26, 1772; m. July 17, 1793, Samuel Wilder 3rd.
viii. JONAS, bapt. Apr. 10, 1774; d. Aug. 5, 1838; m. Jan. 27, 1796, Betsey Beaman.
ix. PETER, bapt. Mar. 31, 1776; d. June 20, 1802, unm.
6. JOSEPH6 JOSLIN (Nathaniel,5 Peter,4 Peter,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1) was born in Lancaster, Mass., Mar. 18, 1753; rem. abt. 1781 to Weathersfield, Vt., and followed his sons to W., abt. 1806; died Mar. 7, 1819.
He married, July 20, 1775, Dorothy, dau. Joseph and Elizabeth (Carter) Osgood, b. Sept. 22, 1754; d. Nov. 30, 1844.
Children:
7. i. JOSEPH,7 b. Jan. 23, 1776, in Lancaster, Mass.
8. ii. JAMES, b. Mar. 22, 1777.
9. iii. LUKE, b. Dec. 10, 1778.
IO. iv. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 27, 1780.
v. EZRA, b. Feb. 10, 1783, in Weathersfield, Vt .; res. Bethel, Vt .; died at W., June, 1811; m. 1808, Sarah Ainsworth, who d. 1862. Chn .: Edward,8 Elvira, Ezra.
JI. vi. NATHANIEL, b. Apr. 15, 1785.
vii. DOROTHY, b. May 10, 1787; m. Apr. 3, 1814, Orson Skinner. viii. BETSEY, b. Feb. 27, 1789; m. Aug. 18, 1807, Matthias Stone Jones.
12. ix. HOOKER, b. Apr. 21, 1791.
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x. MINERVA, b. Jan. 13, 1793; m. Jan. 23, 1814, Daniel Skinner.
13. xi. CYRUS, b. May 23, 1795.
xii. EMILY, b. Jan. 5, 1798; m. Mar. 10, 1818, Horatio Rider.
7. JOSEPH7 JOSLIN (Joseph, Nathaniel,5 Peter,4 Peter,3 Nathan- iel,2 Thomas1) was born in Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 23, 1776; sett. in W., abt. 1798, and occupied a farm in lots 75 and 77; died July 17, 1865.
He married (1) in Weathersfield, Vt., Feb. 13, 1800, Betsey Chamberlain, who d. Mar. 24, 1807, ae. 27; (2) 1808, Nancy , who d. Mar. 13, 1813, a.e. 33; (3) July 8, 1817, Abigail Taylor, who d. Apr. 28, 1865, ae. 74 yrs., I mo.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
14. i. JENNISON,8 b. Jan. 27, 1801.
15. ii. LUKE, b. Mar. 12, 1803.
iii. HIRAM, b. Aug. 3, 1805; d. July 21, 1888; m. Dec. 25, 1836, Harriet McAulay; rem, abt. 1846, to Berlin, Wis.
iv. BETSEY, b. Jan. 21, 1807; m. Dec. 20, 1829, Francis Wilder.
v. ARATHUSA, b. Feb. 17, 1809; m. Nov. 25, 1838, Benjamin Reed, Jr.
vi. CALISTA, b. Feb. 13, 1810; m. Jan. 2, 1838, James Selleck.
vii. FLORILLA, b. Jan. 9, 1812; m. Nov. 16, 1840, Siloam S. Spaulding of Roxbury, Vt.
16. viii. EZRA OSGOOD, b. Feb. 18, 1818.
17. ix. ALMON, b. July 31, 1819.
x. a daughter, b. Nov. 27, 1821; d. Jan. 23, 1822.
18. xi. ALFRED, b. Oct. 23, 1822.
xii. MELISSA EMELINE, b. Nov. 26, 1824; m. (1) Nov. 9, 1847, John Andrews of Lowell, Mass .; (2) Dec. 2, 1858, Rufus Bucklin.
xiii. EDWIN, b. Mar. 16, 1827; d. Mar. 2, 1834.
8. JAMES7 JOSLIN (Joseph,6 Nathaniel,5 Peter,4 Peter,3 Nathan- iel,2 Thomas1) was born in Lancaster, Mass., Mar. 22, 1777; came to W. about 1797; selectman, 1813-14, 1820, 1827- 28, 1841; died Apr. 7, 1845; marched in Waitsfield Co. to Plattsburgh, Sept., 1814.
He married in Weathersfield, Vt., 1796, Naomi, dau. Oliver and Mehitable (Porter) Diggins (Dickens), b. June 20, 1779; d. Jan. 13, 1845.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
19. i. JAMES,8 b. Feb. 24, 1797.
ii. TIMOTHY, b. June 10, 1799: m. Jan. 14, 1828, Melona, dau Levi Wilder, b. Oct. 30, 1803 ; rem. early to Brownington, Vt. Chn .: Lucelia L.,9 b. Nov. 23, 1828; Ann E., b. Feb. 7, 1830; Celestia E., b. Dec. 6, 1831, d. Mar. 31, 1832; Charles H., b. Jan. 29, 1833, d. July 19, 1834; Wilder T., b. May 13, 1835; Charles E., b. Apr. 14, 1837; Sophia M .. b. Feb. 21, 1839; Ahira O., b. June 17, 1842; Jared A., b. Dec. 1, 1844. NAOMI, b. Dec. 29, 1801; m. July 2, 1829, Jedediah Bushnell. Lucy, b. Apr. 22, 1803; m. Dec. 11, 1823, Salmon Rice.
v: BETHUEL, b. Mar. 25, 1805.
vi. MATTHIAS, b. Aug. 19, 1807; a missionary among the Missis- sippi Indians; died Nov. 21, 1833, at Dwight, Cherokee Nation, Miss .; m. Oct. 4, 1832, Sophia M. Palmer of Thet- ford, Vt. Ch .: Maria Jane,9 b. July 28, 1833.
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vii. ELVIRA, b. Aug. 20, 1809; d. June 19, 1810.
viii. ELVIRA, b. Aug. 21, 1811; d. Feb. 9, 1832.
ix. AHIRA, b. June 17, 1813; d. at Belvidere, Ill., Mar., 1842; m. Feb. 13. 1839, Keziah, dau. Nathan Stowell.
x. MARIA, b. Aug. 9. 1815; m. Jan. 30, 1832, Franklin Reed.
xi. MIRANDA, b. June 28, 1816; d. July 29, 1821.
xii. child, died Mar. 20, 1820.
21. Xiii. CYREN, b. Feb. 11, 1820.
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