History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 37

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


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iv. CLARA MARIA, b. Feb. 15, 1869; d. Dec. 20, 1886.


V. CARLIE S., b. Oct. 29, 1871; m. Jan. 28, 1891, Clarence A. Reed.


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vi. LAURA AGNES, b. Oct. 25, 1883; m. May 16, 1903, Walter E. Seeley.


10. WARREN J.& PALMER (Joseph," Joseph,6 Jonathan,5 Jon- atlan4) was born in W., Aug. 5, 1859.


He married (1) Nov. 10, 1881, Abbie L. Andrews of Duxbury, Vt .; (2) Dec. 23, 1896, Delia A. Mehuron. Children, born in Waitsfield:


1. CLAYTON J.,9 b. Nov. 30, 1884; d. Sept. 15, 1888.


ii. CAREY WILLARD, b. Dec. 29, 1900.


iii. HAZEL, b. Jan. 20, 1904.


iv. EVERETT WELLS, b. May 19, 1907.


11. FREDERICK R.& PALMER (Julius I., Jonathan,6 Jonathan,5 Jonathan4) was born in W., Aug. 27, 1864.


He married, Feb. 5, 1891, Jennie M., dau. Don Carlos and Melissa (Wheeler) Barnard, b. Dec. 14, 1868. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GLADYS M.,9 b. June 18, 1895.


ii. HARRY JULIUS, b. June 13, 1902.


PARKER.


DANIEL PARKER, son of Samuel and Abiah (Cook) Parker of Groton, Mass., New Ipswich, N. H., and Jaffrey, N. H., was born, probably, at New Ipswich, N. H., Dec. 18, 1766. He came from Jaffrey to W. in 1803, and settled in that part of the town which was set off to Northfield in 1822.


He married Jennie Cochran of Peterboro, N. H., and had five children among whom were:


i. DANIEL, b. in Jaffrey, N. H .: 1798; U. V. M., 1826; Congre- gational minister; died in Glover, Vt., 1850.


ii. ITHAMAR.


ENOS PARKER was in W. with his family, 1817-18, but no later record appears.


JONAS? PARKER (Elisha,6 Amos,5 Andrew,4 John,3 Hananiah,2 Thomas'), son of Maj. Elisha and Sally (Baker) Parker, was born in Bakersfield, Vt., Sept. 15, 1800; farmer and builder; rem. after.1836 to Moretown, Vt., and thence about 1860 to W., where he died, Sept. 18, 1884.


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He married, at Moretown, Jan. 30, 1825, Lima, dau. Joshua and Joan Freeman, b. at Barnard, Vt., Jan. 13, 1802 ; d. Apr. 29, 1873.


Children:


i. REBECCA ANN.,8 b. Sept. 29, IS25; m. Langdon Marshall of Brookfield, Vt.


ii. JOSHUA FREEMAN, b. Sept. 23, 1827; m. Apr. 7, 1853, Caroline D. Seabury; res. Moretown.


iii. JOHN CORTLAND, b. Mar. 15, 1831; d. May 8, 1864; m. (1) May 5, 1857, Olivia M., dau. Amos Wheeler of Wallingford, d. Oct. 18, 1859; (2) July 8, 1863, Abigail P. Wheeler. Chn .: Frank,9 b. Nov. 30, 1858; Carrie, b. Oct. 7, 1864.


iv. LIMA JOAN, b. Aug. 11, 1836; m. Apr. 26, 1859, Henry Fuller- ton.


1. STEPHEN1 PARKER Was born in New Boston, N. H., 1792, and rem. to Newport, N. H., where he died in 1852. He was a carpenter by trade and served as representative in 1847, was also proprietor of the Independent Democrat.


He married, Betsey, dau. William Millen, b. Mar. 22, 1793; d. July 17, 1858. Children:


2 1. STEPHEN C.,2 b. Nov. 2, 1813.


ii. HENRY, sett. in the West.


iii. DAVID, m. Diantha Wilcox.


iv. CHARLES, m. Laura Powers.


v. MARY, m. Elijah George.


vi. ALFRED, m. Emma J. Wilcox.


2. STEPHEN C.2 PARKER (Stephen1) was born Nov. 2, 1813; sett. soon after 1840 in Fayston, Vt., and rem. later to W., where he died, July 20, 1892; farmer and tanner; selectman, 1858.


He married, Mar., 1837, Angeline, dau. Ezekiel Lock- wood of Springfield, Vt., b. Jan. 14, 1818; d. Dec. 18, 1895.


Children:


i. HOYT,3 b. Dec. 29, IS3S; m. Dec. 31, 1862, Laura M. Mans- field; res. Wakefield, Mass.


ii. £


DEXTER, b. Feb. 7, 1841; res. Newport, N. H .; m. 1869, Maroa Hutchinson. Chn .: Fred,+ Elwin D., George, Ida, Jessie, Angeline L., Ethel.


iii. LUANA, b. Nov. IS, 1842; m. Nov. 24, 1864, Daniel Grandy. ALMA, b. Aug. 17, 1844; m, Dec. 25, 1866, Wesley Green McAl- lister.


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v. ELLA MADORA, b. Nov. 5, 1845; m. Oct. 15, 1865, Harvey Morgan Waite.


vi. PLYNA, b. Aug. 7, IS47; m. May 2, 1872, Julia D. Griggs; res. Warren, Vt. Ch .: Jennie L.,4 b. July IS, 1873.


vii. HENRY CARLTON, b. Aug. 9, 1852; Meadville Theological Sch., 1878; Unitarian minister, Woburn, Mass .; m. Oct. 14, 1886, Clara Hathaway Stetson. Chn .: Rowen Carlton, Clifford Stetson, Kenneth Colburn, Sylvia Ellen.


viii. FRANCIS R., b. Mar. 9, 1854; d. July 13, 1859.


ix. MINNIE, b. May 31, 1856.


X. FREDERICK, b. Dec. 21, 1858.


3. xi. CHARLES A., b. Oct. 17, 1860; m. Apr. 16, 1SS5, Ida L. Kelley.


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3.


FREDERICK3 PARKER (Stephen C.,2 Stephen1) was born in W., Dec. 21, 1858; mill proprietor and farmer; died May 19, 1902.


He married, July 4, 1881, Ida M., dau. Asa Colby of Warren, Vt., b. Nov. 4, 1860.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. EARL,4 b. Nov. 7, 1889.


ii. RUTH, b. Nov. 13, 1892.


PARMINTER.


ISAAC PARMINTER (Palmater) was listed as the head of a family in 1791; probably the son of Solomon and Jane Parminter, born at Rutland, Mass., Mar. 30, 1757; rem. to Oakham, Mass .; Rev. soldier; prisoner at Massacre of Cherry Valley, Nov. 11, 1778.


He married, Oct. 4, 1781, Lydia Furnace of Hardwick, Mass. The family, which included several children, left W. early.


JOSEPH PARMINTER was in W. with his family in 1808, but no further trace is found.


PATTRELL.


JOEL PATTRELL, son of John and Dura (Metcalf) Pattrell, was born in Norwich, Vt., 1818, and died in W., Nov. 18, 1884.


He married, Aug. 8, 1841, Alzina, dau. Eli and Plumea (Sherman) Bruce, b. Nov. 27, 1823. She m. (2) Nov. 2, 1899, E. N. Adams of Stowe, Vt.


No issue.


PETERSON.


TURNER PETERSON Was a voter in 1812.


PERKINS.


CHARLES PERKINS was a resident of W. in 1821-2 and perhaps later.


He married Mary Russell and had a child:


i. ANN PARKER, b. Nov. 15, 1814; m. Aug. 25, 1833, Charles Phelps.


PERSONS (PARSONS).


EDWIN C.2 PERSONS, son of Norman W.1 and Hannah (Gladding) Parsons, was born in Granville, Vt., Dec. 1, 1845; blacksmith; res. for many years in W., but rem., 1906, to Mont- pelier, Vt.


He married (1) Nov. 28, 1868, at Middlesex, Vt., Emma J. McAllister of Middlebury, Vt., b. Sept. 16, 1850; d. Nov. 3, 1883; (2) Sept. 22, 1884, Harriet A., dau. Almon and Sarah (Dumas) Joslin, b. Feb. 16, 1852.


Children:


i. MABEL,3 b. Aug. 26. 1870; m. J. C. Hickens of Manchester, N. H.


ii. ETHEL, b. June 16, 1876; m. A. C. Culver of Manchester, N. H.


iii. HARRIET EVA, b. May 13, 1889.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


PHELPS.


WILLIAM' PHELPS, son of William and Dorothy, was bapt. at Tewkesbury, Eng., Aug. 19, 1599; sett. in Dorchester, Mass., 1630, and was there prominent but removed with Rev. Mr. Wareham's company to Windsor, Conn., 1635-6, where he was magistrate and deputy. His wife died, 1635, and he m. (2) 1638, wid. Mary Dover. He died July 14, 1672. Of his eight children the seventh was Timothy2 Phelps, born in Windsor, Sept. 1, 1639; Lieutenant; freeman, May 2, 1664; died, 1719; married, Mar. 19, 1661, Mary, dau. Edward Griswold of Killing- worth, Conn. They had twelve children of whom the seventh was Nathaniel? Phelps, born in Windsor, Jan. 7, 1677; rem. to Hebron, Conn., 1690, and died Sept. 23, 1746. He married (1) Mar. 28, 1700, Hannah, dau. Samuel and Abigail (Holcomb) Bissell, b. Sept. 18, 1682, d. Feb. 24, 1717; (2) Nov. 5, 1719, Abigail Pinney. He had seven children of whom the fourth was Solomon+ Phelps, born July 29, 1716; Lieut. under Col. Roger Enos during Revolution; died Apr. 8, 1796. He married, July 10, 1738, Temperance Barber. Of their nine children the seventh was Bissell5 Phelps.


1. BISSELLS PHELPS (Solomon,4 Nathaniel,3 Timothy,2 William1), son of Solomon' and Temperance (Barber) Phelps, was born in Hebron, Conn., Feb. 16, 1754; Rev. soldier; rem. in 1784 to Middlefield, Mass., and in 1796 to W .; charter member of the church, 1796; Rep., 1803 to 1807; town treasurer, 1800-1; selectman, 1802-4, 1807-8; died Oct. 26, 1845.


He married (i) July 12, 1775, Lovina Skinner, perhaps dau. Aaron Skinner, b. Mar. 7, 1757; d. Mar. 29, 1802; (2) Feb. 27, 1803, Sally, dau. Abraham and Anna (Brown) Water- man of Killingly, Conn., b. Jan. 31, 1772; d. Apr. 16, 1871.


Children:


2. i. DAVID,6 b. Nov. 4, 1775.


3. ii. AARON, b. Apr. 15, 1778.


4. iii. ALEXANDER, b. Oct. 6, 1780. iv. LOVINA, b. Mar. 22, 1784; m. Apr. 8, 1802, Thomas Wait.


v. SOLOMON, b. Aug. 15, 1787; d. Dec. 10, 1788. .


vì. son, b. Sept. 28, 1789; d. same day.'


vii. EUNICE, b. June 16, 1791 ; d. Aug. 8, 1791.


viii. son, b. Nov. 30, 1794; d. Dec. 13, 1794.


ix. son, b. Aug. 8, 1804; d. same day.


son, b. June 27, 1805; d. same day.


5. xi. HORACE, b. Aug. 27, 1806.


2. DAVID® PHELPS (Bissell," Solomon,4 Nathaniel,3 Timothy,2 William1) was born in Hebron, Conn., Nov. 4, 1775 ; sett. in W., but rem., 182-, to Antwerp, N. Y., where he died, Sept. 2, 1829. Treasurer of W., 1806-7.


He married, Feb. 23, 1796, at Middlefield, Mass., Lucina, dau. Thomas Wood, b. at Somers, Conn., July 6, 1775.


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Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. LUCINA,7 b. Mar. 20, 1797; m. May 6, 1818, Zebina Smith.


ii. DAVID, b. June 13, 1799; d. in Antwerp, N. Y., Apr. 25, 1825, unm.


iii. THOMAS, b. Mar. 10, 1802; sett. in Wtby, Vt .; d. Nov. 17, 1872; m. Dec. 22, 1833, Sarah Davis of Washington, N. H.


iv. MARTIN, b. Mar. 23, 1805; d. at Antwerp, N. Y., Feb. 2, IS25.


v. son, b. Aug. IS. 1807 ; d. same day.


vi. HIRAM, b. Nov. 27, 1809; sett. in Canada; d. June 20, 1860; m. Hannah Dexter.


vii. ALEXANDER, died Jan: 30, 1813, ae. 8 m., 6 d.


viii. EDMUND, b. Feb. 20, 1815; sett. in Middlesex, Vt .; d. in W. Apr. 24, 1873; m. (1) Jan. 15, 1837, Lucinda, dau. Simon Wood, b. Mar. 24, 1805, d. May, 1857; (2) July 21, 1857, Lucy A., dau. Joel Kilbourn, d. Sept. 23, 1862; (3) Jan. 13, 1863. Harriet M., dau. Benjamin Fish. Chn .: Charles Edward,s b. in W. Jan. 18, 1836, d. Aug. 3, 1860, unm .; Edward Newton, b. in Mx. Oct. 26, 1830; m. Delia A. Drake; Samuel Nelson, b. July 7, 1843, d. May, 1845.


ix. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 29, 1821; m. Mar. 15, 1841, Adam L. Wood of Middlesex, Vt.


3. AARON& PHELPS (Bissell," Solomon,4 Nathaniel,3 Timothy,2 William1) was born in Hebron, Conn., Apr. 15, 1778; lived for many years in W., but rem. in old age to Fountain, Wis., where he died Apr. 30, 1856; selectman, 1805-6, 1815.


He married, Dec. 17, 1797, Sarah, dau. Benjamin and Lois (Gilbert) Wait, b. abt. 1779; d. Jan. 29, 1860, at Orange, Wis.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. SOLOMON,7 b. Jan. 7, 1799; d. in Hopkinton, N. H., Nov. 6, 1873; m. Jan. 25, 1829, Betsey Bartlett Gilman.


ii. BENJAMIN WAIT, b. Dec. 1, 1801 ; d. in Durham, Ill .; m. Jan. I, 1832, Matilda, dau. Jonathan Seaver, b. Aug. 16, 1809.


iii. BISSELL, b. Feb. 11, 1804: sett. in Waterloo, Wis .; m. Mar. 6, 1825, Elizabeth Barber of DeKalb, N. Y.


iv. AARON, b. Mar. 2, 1806; d. Apr. 23, 1806.


v. CHARLES, b. June 18, 1807; d. in Lisbon, Wis., Aug. 26, 1875; m. Aug. 25, 1833, Ann Parker, dau. Charles and. Mary (Russell) Perkins.


vi. 'AARON GILBERT, b. Apr. 21, 1809; d. in Portland, Wis .; m. Feb. 11, 1839, Eliza W. Foster.


vii. WATERMAN, b. Mar. 1, 1814; sett. in Hebron, Wis .; m. Oct. 23, 1836, Mary A. Marble.


viii. SOPHRONIA, b. July 13, 1811; m. Oct. 24, 1830, Moses C. Kenyon, of Gouverneur, N. Y., and Portland, Wis.


4. ALEXANDER® PHELPS (Bissell,5 Solomon, Nathaniel,3 Timothy,2 William1) was born in Hebron, Conn., Oct. 6, 1780; sett. in W .. where he died, May 29, 1826.


He married, Mar. 2, 1809, Rachel, dau. John and Sarah (Cobb) Steele of Tolland, Conn., b. June 19, 1780; d. at W. July 8, 1857.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. SOPHRONIA,7 b. May 10, 1810; d. Aug. 10, 1810.


ii. LENA, b. Sept. 30, 1811 ; d. June 8, 1812.


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6. iii. ALEXANDER STEELE, b. Apr. 1, 1813.


iv. LOVINA, b. July 20, 1815; d. Feb. 29, 1876, unm.


v. SOLOMON, b. Nov. 13, 1817 ; d. June 1, 1842, unm.


vi. JOHN NELSON, b. Mar. 6, 1820; d. Mar. 19, 1844, unm.


vii. ARTEMAS GURLEY, b. June 30, IS22; physician; sett. in Jaffrey, N. H .; m. (1) Apr. 10, 1851, Adelia Cutter, who d. June 3, 1852; (2) Nov. 2, 1858, Nancy P. Stoughton. Ch .: Grace M.,8 b. Apr. 12, 1852, m. Nov. 30, 1882, Eugene McCarthy, Jr.


7. viii. DAVID MARTIN, b. Oct. 10, 1824.


5. HORACE® PHELPS (Bissell," Solomon,4 Nathaniel,3 Timothy,? William1) was born in W., Aug. 27, 1806; he rem. around 1840 to Moretown, Vt., where he died, May 23, 1882. He married, June 20, 1832, Lucy, dau. Fisher Stowell. Children, first three born in Waitsfield:


1. HORACE R.,7 b. Feb. 24, 1833; Dartmouth Med. Col., 1862; sett. in Littleton, Mass .; m. Lucy A. Metcalf.


ii. LUCY DELIGHT, b. Mar. 24, 1836; d. Apr. 14, 1836.


iii. JULIA LAVINIA, b. May 22, 1838; m. Charles Morton.


iv. HENRY ADELBERT, b. in Moretown, Dec. 26, 1845; sett. in Sharon and Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Feb. 24, 1867, Araminta C. Parker.


v. FRANCIS BISSELL, b. Dec. 10, 1857; sett. in Bellows Falls, Vt .; m. Harriet G. Young.


6. ALEXANDER STEELE7 PHELPS (Alexander,6 Bissell,5 Solomon,4 Nathaniel,3 Timothy,2 William1) was born in W., Apr. I, 1813; rem. abt. 1857 to Royalton, Vt., where he died, Jan. 28, 1880.


He married Laura, dau. Abraham and Mary (Board- man) Waterman, b. Sept. 3, 1810.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. EDWIN ALEXANDER,8 b. Oct. 29, 1841; Dart. Coll., 1870; lawyer; sett. in Newton, Mass., where he d. Oct. 15, 1904; m. Laura E., wid. Erastus J. Smith. No issue.


ii. EMILY LAURA, b. Oct. 29, 1841 ; d. young.


iii. ALBION, b. June 4, 1843; d. Apr. 22, 1844.


iv. SOLOMON, b. June 4, 1843; d. Apr. 15, 1844.


v. JOEL WILSON, b. Sept. 8, 1845; sett. in Royalton; m. Feb. 6, 1879, Alice P. Hazen of Pomfret, Vt.


vi. OLNEY WINDSOR, b. Feb. 11, 1848; Dart. Med. Sch., 1879: sett. in Brattleboro, Vt .; m. Aug. 21, 1879, Mary Draper of Warwick, Mass.


vii. ELROY FINDLEY, b. Oct. 20, 1851; sett. in Lebanon, N. Y .; m. June 21, 1874, Lillie Maria Trow.


7. DAVID MARTIN7 PHELPS (Alexander,6 Bissell," Solomon,+ Nathaniel,3 Timothy,2 William1) was born in W., Oct. 10, 1824; deacon Congl. ch .; Rep. 1864-65; selectman, 1861-5; rem., 1868, to Burlington, Vt., where he died, Sept. IS, 1869.


He married, May 28, 1857, Zilpha Brooks, dau. Henry and Amelia (Dutton) Dewey, b. Jan. 22, 1825; d. Oct. 31, 1894.


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Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. NELSON DEWEY,8 b. Feb. 27, 1859; sett. in Barre, Vt .; mer- chant; m. Sept. 13, 1879, Annie M., dau. Cornelius Emerson and Josette (Dumas) Joslin, b. Aug. 31, 1858. Ch. : Blanche Annic,9 b. Mar. 29, 1880; d. July 8, 1887.


ii. HENRY ALEXANDER, b. Oct. 5, 1861 ; sett. in Barre, Vt .; m. Oct. 29, 1885, Isabelle M., dau. Enoch Darling Putnam of Mont- pelier, Vt., b. June 15, 1862. Chn .: Evelyn Zilpha,? b. May 16, 1887; Mildred Isabelle, b. Oct. 12, ISSS; Mabet, b. Feb. 12, 1892, d. Feb. 13, 1892; Katherine Elizabeth, b. Apr. 5 1894; Alexander Dewey, b. June 9, 1895.


JAMES T.7 PHELPS (Philo,8 Joel,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 Timothy,2 William1) was born in Fairfield, Vt .; came to W. from Chittenden, Vt., about 1845, and conducted a store for several years; rem. later to Chelsea, Mass., and engaged in life insurance.


He married, Lucy J. Mitchel.


Children:


i. WILLIAM WEST.8


ii. CHARLES ALANSON.


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iii. MARY ELIZABETH.


iv. JAMES TURNER, b. May 24, 1845; prominent in life insurance, and Vice Pres. Ntl. Life Ins. Co .; d. in Boston, Dec. 8, 1908.


V. EDWARD LIBERTY.


vi. LUCY JANE.


PIERCE.


STEPHEN PIERCE came from Charlemont, Mass., in 1795, and was a relative of the Heatons. He was probably a grandson of Samuel and Abigail Pierce of Woburn, Mass., and Charlemont. His farm lay largely in Moretown but the buildings were in W., and he was prominent in the early history of the town; selectman, 1797-98, 1800-1; Rep., 1800, 1811, 1814; member Vt. Const. Con- vention, 1814; Asst. Judge Washington Co. Court, 1814; physician. About 1822 he removed to Waterbury, Vt. He died, Feb. 28, 1854, ae. 88, and was buried in Moretown.


He married Elizabeth ,who d. Dec. 22, 1835, ae. 73. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. CHAUNCEY, b. June 24, 1796; m. Dec. 22, 1818, Betsey Corse.


ii. PROSPER ALPINUS, b. Apr. 27, 1798; m. in Moretown, Aug. 7,


1824, Maria Clark. Ch .: Stephen Clark, b. Dec. 11, 1825.


iii. SOPHIA, b. June 15, 1800.


iv. ORESTES, b. Aug. 14, 1802.


v. ARCLAS, d. in Moretown, Sept. 29, 1832, ae. 31.


AMOS PIERCE was a resident of W., 1814-1822, and rem. later to Warren, Vt.


GEORGE H. PIERCE, son of Thomas Pierce of Warren, resided many years in Fayston, but finally rem. to W.


He married, July 4, 1870, Elizabeth, dau. John and Susan (Lanktree) Carr.


Children:


i. FLORA, b. Apr. 11. 1871; m. L. M. Chandler.


ii. VICTORIA N., b. Oct. 21, 1872; m. Herbert Eastman.


iii. VERNON C., b. Jan. 14, 1876; m. Ethel Bingham.


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PIKE.


1. SAMUEL1 PIKE came from Brookfield, Mass., probably by way of Windsor, Vt., or Cornish, N. H., and was in W., 1791, although his family, it would seem, came a little later; Rev. soldier; died Feb. 25, 1814, ae. 78.


He married Mehitable who survived him.


Children, born in Brookfield, Mass .:


i. ANNA,2 b. Oct. 20, 1757 ; m. Sept. 2, 1779, Joseph Hamilton.


ii. MARTHA, b. Sept. 9, 1760; m. at Cornish, N. H., June 22, 1790, Henry Dana


iii. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 1, 1762.


2. iv. JONAS N., b. Mar. 17, 1765.


V. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 2, 1767; m. Nov. 28, 1790, Polly Hamilton.


3. vi. JOSHUA, b. June 17, 1769.


vii. JABEZ, b. Feb. 14, 1772.


viii. MEHITABLE, b. Aug. 30, 1774.


ix. RUTH, b. Oct. 28, 1777.


X. MOLLY, b. June 27, 1780.


2. JONAS N.2 PIKE (Samuel') was born in Brookfield, Mass., Mar. 17, 1765; came early to W. and died there, Aug. 16, 1817.


He married, at Brookfield, Mass., Feb. 20, 1792, Lydia Young. Children:


j. NANCY,3 d. Oct. 8, 1815, ae. 17.


ii. HEPZIBAH, d. June 22, 1817, ae. 16. perhaps others.


3. JOSHUA? PIKE (Samuel') was born in Brookfield, Mass., June 17, 1769; came early to W .; died May 6, 1848. He married (1) Julianna -, who d. May 2, 1831,


ae. 57; (2) Hannah - -, who rem. to Bethel, Vt., in 1848. Children:


i. CAROLINE,3 b. abt. 1793; m. June 11, 1823, Asahel Rider.


ii. JULIANNA, b. Oct. 31, 1796; d. Nov. 5, 1802.


iii. CYNTHIA, b. May 1, 1798; d. Oct. 31, 1802.


iv. LEWIS, b. June 12, 1800; d. Nov. 4, 1802.


v. HARRIS, b. Mar. 4, 1802; rem. to Bethel, Vt., Nov., 1865; m. Rosilla - Chn .: Lydia Alsina,4 George, William.


vi. HARRIET, b. Jan. 13, 1805; m. Sept. 4, 1836, Philo Lewis.


4. vii. NELSON.


viii. JOHN (minor in 1836), m. Aug. 24, 1841, Laura Stearns.


ix. LYDIA F., (probably) who m. Jan. 18, 1827, William Lamson.


4. NELSON3 PIKE (Joshua,2 Samuel1) resided for many years in W. but only the names of his children can be given. . Children:


i. CHARLES.


ii. LAURA L., m. Feb. 21, 1856, B. H. Campbell of Roxbury, It.


iii. WILLIAM.


iv. CYRUS.


v. RUTH.


vi. MARIETTA.


vii. ALBERT,


viii. ALFRED, triplets, b. May 29, 1849.


ix. ALMA


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PINGRY.


WILLIAM MORRILL6 PINGRY (William," Stephen,4 Aaron,3 Aaron,2 Moses1), son of William5 and Mary (Morrill) Pingry, was born in Salisbury, N. H., May 28, 1806; lawyer; began the practice of his profession at W. soon after his admission to the bar in 1832, and continued there 9 years; was town clerk, 1836 to 1840; treasurer, 1836-7, and selectman, 1839; Asst. Judge Washington Co. Court, 1838; rem. to Weathersfield, Vt .; there he was member of Vt. Const. Convention, 1850; Rep., 1860, '61, '68; Senator from Windsor Co., 1869, '70, '71; Asst. Judge Wind- sor Co. Court; A. M. Dartmouth Coll., 1860; died May, 1885.


He married (1) May 26, 1836, Lucy G., dau. Enos and Hannah (Griswold) Brown, b. Nov. 20, 1815; d. Aug. 23, 1865; (2) Feb. 12, 1868, Mrs. Lucy Carpenter Richardson, dau. Jesse and Harriet (Wait) Carpenter and wid. Dan Richardson, b. Feb. 28, 1822; d. 1902.


Children:


i. MARY HELEN,7 b. May 15, 1837, at W.


ii. GRATIA MARIA, b. Jan. 18, 1848, at Weathersfield.


PIPER.


THOMAS PIPER, Jr., was a resident of W. as early as 1815-16; a hatter; came probably from Windsor, Vt. His wife Hepzibah (who is stated in the church records to have come from Rindge, N. H.), was dismissed to Ohio. An Arethusa Piper was dis- missed to the ch. in Essex, N. Y., and an infant child of T. P. Jr. d. in W., Feb., 1817, ae. 6 mo.


POLAND.


1. BENJAMIN1 POLAND is said to have come from New Boston, N. H., and settled in Acworth, N. H.


He married Anna Smith.


Children:


i. BENJAMIN,2 b. 1790; came from Langdon, N. H., to W. abt. 1820; his infant ch. d. Jan. 8, 1828, but nothing more is known of him.


ii. THOMAS, b. 1793.


2. iii. JOHN S., b. Oct. 12, 1796.


2. JOHN S.2 POLAND (Benjamin1) was born Oct. 12, 1796; came from Langdon, N. H., about 1820; owned farm and small mill in lots 94 and 143; died Jan. 28, 1848.


He married (1) Mar. 8, 1819, Lucy Dinsmore of Alstead, N. H., b. Apr. 23, 1795; d. Mar. 17, 1844; (2) 1845, Juliana (dau. Ashbel and Experience) Stoddard, who m. (2) Jan. 4, 1849, West Roberts.


Children, all but eldest born in Waitsfield:


3. i. JOHN S.,3 b. June 13, 1820.


4. ii. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 3, IS22.


5. iii. THOMAS D., b. Aug. 19, IS23.


6. iv. HORACE, b. Aug. 28, 1825.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


v. LUCY ANN, b. Apr. 22, 1827; d. Aug. 12, 1859.


vi. SALON, b. June IS, IS29; d. Sept. 3, 1863.


vii. SEMIRA, b. Dec. 1, 1831 ; d. Mar. 3, 1841.


viii. ROLAND, b. Sept. 16, 1833 ; d. July 14, 1834.


ix. HOLAND, b. June 1, 1835; d. Feb. 25, 1835.


x. SUSAN C., b. Jan. 18, 1838; m. Jan. 1, 1861, Pliny F. Carroll. xi. HARRIET ELMIRA, b. May 26, 1846; m. July 19, 1862, Cyrus H. Ferguson.


xii. NATHANIEL GEORGE, b. Feb. 9, 1848.


3. JOHN S.3 POLAND (John S.,2 Benjamin1) was born in Alstead, N. H., June 13, 1820, and died in W., Mar. 27, 1896. He married, Mar. 3, 1851, Elvira S., dau. Jedediah Cramm of Lincoln, Vt., b. Oct. 6, 1823; d. May 9, 1882. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GEORGE J.,4 b. Feb. 27, 1853; res. Lebanon, N. H .; m. Aug., 1880, Flora Bliss.


ii. ORVILLE C., b. July 3, 1859 ; res. Niagara, N. Y .; m. Apr., 1888, Helen Swett.


iii. MARY A., b. May 9, 1863; m. Nov. 8, 1884, Fred D. Roys. Ch .: Marion,5 b. Mar. 6, ISSS.


iv. HERBERT D., b. June 29, 1868; res. Granville, Vt .; m. Feb., 1889, Amanda Dow.


4. BENJAMIN3 POLAND (John S.,2 Benjamin1) was born in W., Mar. 3, 1822; res. many years in Fayston, Vt., but rem. late in life to WV .. where he died, Jan. 7, 1906; private Co. G. 6th Vt. Vols., Sept., 1864, to June, 1865.


He married, Jan. 11, 1847, Harriet, dau. Josiah and Polly Chase, b. Mar. 3, 1822; d. Mar. 24, 1906. Children:


i. WILLARD BENJAMIN,4 b. May 24, IS4S; d. Apr. 2, 1896; m. May 27, 1833, Sarah Winona Whitcomb. Chn .: Lauren .A.,5 b. June 30, 1886: Mabel E., b. Jan. 16, 1888.


ii. THOMAS D., b. Mar. 28, 1850; res. Williamstown, Vt .; m. Martha Bruce.


iii. HARRIET MARIA, b. Mar. 11, 1852; m. Luther Russell of Warren, Vt.


7. iv. OSCAR A., b. May 8, 1857.


v. AUSTIN S., b. Dec. 16, 1859; res. Lawrence, Mass.


vi. POLLY JANE, b. Nov. 11, 1862 ; m. Howland Russell of Fayston. vii. ARTHUR N., b. Jan. 26, 1868; m. May 30, 1892, Louise, dau. John McCaughin of Fayston.


5. THOMAS D.3 POLAND (John S.,2 Benjamin1) was born in W., Aug. 19, 1823 ; selectman, 1861-62, 1875-76; died Feb. 21, 1896.


He married, Oct. 30, 1851, Lucetta P., dau. Gideon and Sarah (Charles) Dimick of Warren, Vt., b. Jan. 25, 1828. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. EMMA C.,4 b. Dec. 17, 1855; m. Oct. 23, 1888, J. D. Clough of Kansas City, Mo.


ii. ALICE M., b. June 29, 1859; m. Oct. 27, 1891, William C. Kelsey.


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GENEALOGIES.


6.


HORACE3 POLAND (John S.,? Benjamin1) was born in W., Aug. 28, 1825; sett. in Warren, Vt .; died Nov. 23, 1871. He married Phebe, dau. Jerome and Hannah Lavanway of Crown Point, N. Y., b. July 4, 1834; d. Mar. 31, 1887. Children:


i. GALON,4 b. Oct. 4, 1854; m. Helen Crosier.


ii. FRANK, b. Feb. 10, 1856; d. 1895.


iii. GEORGE, b. 1858; d. Oct. 5, 1902.


iv. HORACE, b. Feb., 1861; m. Ursula Hanks.


V. WILLIAM, b. Apr., 1863.


vi. LUCETTA, b. Apr. 18, 1865; m. Albert Miller of Warren.


7. OSCAR A.4 POLAND (Benjamin,3 John S.,2 Benjamin1) was born May 11, 1857.


He married Laurenza E. Whitcomb, b. in Stockbridge, Vt.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. LILLA MAY, b. Oct. 1, 1387.


ii. child, b. Feb. 4, 1884; d. Feb. 7, 1884.


iii. ALLEN O., b. Feb. 9, 1896.


POND.


HIRAM W. POND was a voter in 1824.


PRATT.


SIMEON PRATT was in W. as early as 1812; died Nov. 29, 1878, ae. 87 yrs., 6 mos.


He married, Jan 25, 1816, Mary, dau. Elias and Azubah Taylor, b. Aug. 22, 1794; d. Nov. 6, 1834.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. MARY LOUISA, b. Nov. 11, 1816; m. Henry Royce of Clare- mont, N. H.


ii. LEWIS TAYLOR, b. Dec. 29, 1819; d. at Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 1, 1851.


iii. son, d. Apr. 22, 1821, ae. II mo.


iv. MARTHA ANN, b. June 13, 1823; m. Sept. 21, 1841, Davis H. Hiser.


v. AZUBAH MALVINA, b. July 22, 1825.


vi. ABIGAIL MELISSA, b. Nov. 15, 1829.


vii. HARRIET EMELINE, b. Jan. 27, 1833.


PRENTIS.


1. VALENTINE1 PRENTIS came to Roxbury, Mass., with wife, Alice, in 1631; freeman, Aug. 7, 1632; died 1633; his widow married John Watson.


Children:


2. i. JOHN.2


ii. A child which died during the voyage from Eng.


2. JOHN2 PRENTIS (Valentine1) came to New England with his parents in 1631; admitted to ch. in Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 24, 1665; blacksmith; was invited to settle in New London, Conn., where he went abt. 1652; followed the sea after 1670 and commanded vessels in European trade; Deputy, 1668; died 1691.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


He married Hester -- , who died Jan. 6, 1679-80. Children:


i. JOHN,3 b. Aug. 6, 1652; d. Mar. 21, 1715; m. Nov. 23, 1675, Sarah Jones.


ii. JOSEPH, b. Apr. 2, 1655; d. June, 1676.


iii. JONATHAN, b. July 15, 1657 ; d. July 28, 1727; m. Elizabeth Latimer.




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