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iv. HESTER, b. July 20, 1660; m. Ben. Adam Gallop.
v. PETER, b. July 31, 1663; d. May 14, 1670.
3. vi. STEPHEN, b. Dec. 26, 1666.
vii. MERCY, b. Dec., 1668; d. 1689.
viii. HANNAH, b. June, 1672; m. Lieut. John Frink of Stonington, Conn.
ix. THOMAS, b. Nov. 6, 1675; d. Feb. 5, 1740-1; m. (1) Jan. 30, 1704-5, Mary Rogers; (2) 1725, Elizabeth Palmer; (3) 1739, Mrs. Bethia Dartt Chapel.
x. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 6, 1675; m. May 23, 1700, Daniel Com- stock.
xi. VALENTINE, b. abt. 16So; sett. in Woodbury, Conn .; m. Abigail Walker.
3. STEPHEN3 PRENTIS (John,2 Valentine1) was born in New London, Conn., Dec. 26, 1666; Lieut. and Capt. ; selectman, 1713-14; Deputy, 1712, 1728, 1729, 1731; lived near Niantic Ferry now Millstone Point; died in 1758.
He married Elizabeth, dau. John Rogers, who d. Apr. 30, 1737. Children, born in New London, Conn .:
i. JOHN,4 b. Dec. 11, 1603; d. Mar. 16, 1773; m. Oct. 15, 1771, Sarah Mosier (probably a second marriage).
ii. child bapt. Dec. 8, 1695.
iii. HANNAH, b. Jan. 5, 1696-7; d. Jan. 7, 1785, unm.
iv. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 23, 1698-9; d. Dec. 7, 1728; m. May 1, 1723, Phebe Harris.
4. V. JOSEPH, b. May 27, 1701.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 7, 1703.
vii. ESTHER, bapt. Dec. 22, 1706.
viii. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 3, 1707 ; d. June 8, 1721.
ix. MERCY, b. Dec. 6, 1710; d. Oct. 20, 1734.
4. JOSEPH4 PRENTIS (Stephen,3 John,2 Valentine1) was born in New London, Conn., May 27, 1701; his will was proved Nov. 9, 1773.
He married, May 2, 1727, Mercy Gilbert, "a doctoress." Children, born in New London, Conn .:
i. ESTHER,5 b. May 7, 1728; m. D. Miner of Lyme, Conn.
ii. ANNA, b. May 4, 1730; m. and rem. to Nova Scotia.
iii. THOMAS, b. Mar. 6, 1731-2; d. at Jamaica abt. 1761, unm.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 13, 1733-4.
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v. JOHN, b. Sept. 9, 1736; rem. to Virginia.
vi. BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 16. 1738; killed at battle of Saratoga.
vii. MERCY, b. Oct. 16, 1740; m. Ralph Caulkins.
viii. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 1. 1743 ; is said to have been killed at Bunker Hill.
ix. JONATHAN, b. July 12, 1750; physician ; sett. in St. Albans, Vt. and d. there, Apr. 3, 1833; m Apr. 8, 1772, Margaret, dau. James Daniels of Groton, Conn.
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5. JOSEPH5 PRENTIS (Joseph,4 Stephen,3 John,? Valentine1) was born in New London, Conn., Feb. 13, 1733-4; sea captain; rem. to Butternuts, Ostego Co., N. Y., late in life and was killed by fall of a tree at Plymouth, N. Y., 1804.
He married Mar., 1759, Margaret Comstock, who d. at Sherburne, N. Y. Children:
6. i. THOMAS,8 b. Jan. 19, 1760.
ii. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 24, 1761-2; d. at Plymouth, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1830; m. Jan. 28, 1810, Rachel Gilbert.
iii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 26, 1764; d. at Munroeville, Ohio, Dec. 26, 1854; m. 1796, Grace Turner.
iv. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 24, 1766; sett. in Chenango Co., N. Y., and had a family.
v. JARED, b. Sept. 12, 1769; d. at Butternuts, N. Y., 1834; m. Mary Douglas.
vi. DANIEL, b. Dec. 17, 1772; d. at Sherburne, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1846; m. (1) Jan., 1804, Betsey Comstock; (2) Dec. 3, 1806, Margaret Bradford.
vii. MARTHA, b. July 29, 1775; m. Stephen Turner of Oxford, N. Y. viii. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 29, 1778; d. at New Milford, I11., July 27, 1845; m. 1806, Sally Arnold.
6. THOMAS® PRENTIS (Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Stephen,3 John,2 Val- entine1) was born in Montville, Conn.,. Jan. 19, 1760; Rev. soldier; early settler of Weathersfield, Vt., where he died in 1841.
He married (1) at Weathersfield, Nov. 11, 1784, Mary Spencer, b. Dec. 31, 1766; d. May 29, 1817; (2) Sept. 10, 1818, Susannah White.
Children, born in Weathersfield, Vt .:
7. i. THOMAS,7 b. July 9, 1785.
ii. JOSEPH, b. June 15, 1787; Dart. Coll., 1809; went to California.
iii. MARTHA, b. June 22, 1789; m. Nov. 17, 1808, Dr. Moses Cobb, and sett. in Mich.
iv. MARY, b. Dec. 31; 1791; m. (1) Matthias Stone Jones; (2) Apr. 10, 1853, Artemas Brown.
v. PARSONS, b. Mar. 29, 1794; d. unm. in Canada.
vi. DANIEL, b. Jan. 31, 1796; sett. in Fountain Green, Ill .; m. June 24, 1840, Nancy Hughes.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 27, 1798; m. Feb. 10, 1820, Joseph Kidder. viii. Lucius, b. Aug. 14, 1800; sett. in Independence, O.
ix. LYMAN, b. Feb. 13, 1803 ; d. Feb. 16, 1803.
x. LUCIA, b. Mar. 31, 1804; m. Barnabas Dean.
xi. LYMAN, b. May 13, 1806; d. in Quincy, Ill., July 13, 1844; m. Mrs. Laura M. (Hurlburt) Boynton.
xii. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 20, 1808; sett. in Washington, D. C .; m. 1837, V. R. Boynton.
7. THOMAS7 PRENTIS (Thomas,& Joseph," Joseph,4 Stephen,3 John,2 Valentine1) was born in Weathersfield, Vt., July 9, 1785; came to W. abt. 1829 and died there, Dec. 24, 1877; Rep., 1832-33; selectman, 1832-3.
He married, Jan. 24, 1811, Hannah Cheney of Balti- more, Vt., who d. Nov. 16, 1883, ae. 93.
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Children, all but youngest born in Weathersfield:
8. i. JOSEPH COMSTOCK,8 b. Nov. 1, 1812.
9. ii. CHENEY, b. Nov. 3, 1813.
iii. JAMES WOLF, b. Dec. 5, 1816; sett. in Leroy, Ia .; m. Jane Mason. Chn .: Wade,9 Mary, Thomas.
iv. MARY ELLEN, b. Aug. 10, 1819; d. Nov. 29, 1849, unm.
v. LUCIA, b. Apr. 8, 1821; m. Samuel Noyes of Troy, Mich.
vi. RoxcY, b. Nov. 26, 1823; m. June 15, 1843, Orvis Jones.
vii. SUSAN, b. Dec. 19, 1825; m. Jan. 3, 1882, Rev. Lyman Prindle.
viii. JANE, b. Nov. 7, 1827; d. Apr. 10, 1830.
ix. ANN J., b. Sept. 13, 1831; m. Mar. 6, 1856, Moses E. Hadley.
8. JOSEPH COMSTOCK8 PRENTIS (Thomas,7 Thomas,6 Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Stephen,3 John,2 Valentine1) was born in Weathers- field, Vt., Nov. 1, 1812; came with his father to W .; lived for a time in Mich., but soon retd .; died Apr. 29, 1900.
He married, Aug. 13, 1839, L. Cerintha, dau. Rev. Amariah and Abigail (Whitney) Chandler, b. Jan. 23, 1822; d. Feb. 20, 1900.
Children:
10. i. CHANDLER A.,9 b. Apr. 4, 1842.
ii. THOMAS T., b. June 17, 1845; Co. H. 2nd U. S. S. S., 1863-5: U. S. Consul at Port Louis, Mauritius, where he m. Dec. 25, 1873, Louisa Frye; U. S. Consul at Martinique, where he was destroyed by eruption of Pelee, May 8, 1902. Chn .: May,10 Thomas, James E., Christine.
iji. MARY E., b. Aug. 10, 1847; m. Feb. 5, 1879, Rev. Alden Ladd of Nfd.
iv. CELIA A., b. Aug. 27, 1849; m. Nov. 17, 1869, George L. Walbridge.
v. MARTHA C., b. Jan. 15, 1855; m. Mar. 12, 1884, Rev. Carey H. Watson.
vi. ABBIE SUSAN, b. Aug. 2, 1861; m. Dr. Elliot B. Watson.
9. CHENEY8 PRENTIS (Thomas,7 Thomas,& Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Stephen,3 John,2 Valentine1) was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Nov. 3, 1813; went early to Michigan but returned to W. and lived many years, removing in old age to Northfield, Vt., where he died, May 14, 1900.
He married (1) Nov. 22, 1842, Emeline, dau. Luther and Susan (Leland) Durant, b. 1821; d. Feb. 24, 1886; (2) June 16, 1887, Mrs. Marietta (Young) Hobbs. Child:
i. ALBERT LELAND,9 b. Dec., 1846; sett. in Illinois; went later to Portland, Ore., where he died, 1902. Engaged in R. R. work.
10. CHANDLER A.9 PRENTIS (Joseph C., 8 Thomas,7 Thomas, 6 Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Stephen,3 John,2 Valentine1) was born in Royal Oak, Mich., Apr. 4, 1842, but came as a ch. to W .; selectman, 1901-2.
He married, May 25, 1863, Laura W., dau. Elisha B. and Betsey (Cutler) Richardson; b. July 31, 1841.
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Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. EDWIN RICHARDSON,10 b. Oct. 20, 1865; m. Dec. 30, 1903, Emma E., dau. John Ferris. Ch .: Edna Ferris,11 b. June 8, 190S.
ii. AGNES ESTELLE, b. Apr. 27, 1868.
iii. JESSIE MAUD, b. Jan. 10, 1881; Middlebury Coll., 1904; teacher.
iv. JOSIE MAY, b. Jan. 10, 1881; Middlebury Coll., 1904 ;- teacher.
PRINDLE.
REV. LYMAN PRINDLE was born in Canaan, Conn., Jan. 3, 1809; Wesleyan minister at W. and active in anti-slavery work during the late fifties and early sixties; removed later to other charges but returned in his old age and died in W., Aug. 17, 1888; Rep. 1857-58.
Married (2) Jan. 3, 1882, Susan, dau. Thomas and Hannah (Cheney) Prentis, b. Dec. 19, 1825; d. Jan. 10, 1903.
Children, all by first wife, born in Leicester, Mass .:
i. REMSEN, d. May 23, 1863, ae. 32 yrs., 2 mos., 21 days; m. 1849, Cynthia J. Twitchell. Chn .: Linnie, Lyman.
ii. ELIZA.
QUIMBY.
1. AARON1 QUIMBY was in W. as early as 1805; it is probable that he came from Weare, N. H .; he settled on "Palmer Hill." His wife Polly died Apr. 25, 1817.
Children: F
2. i. PETER2 (probably), b. 1796.
ii. DOROTHY (probably), m. Bezaleel Grandy.
iii. AARON, b. Nov. 6, 1806; d. May 28, 1807.
iv. SETH, b. Nov. 25, 1809.
3 . v. JOHN, b. Aug. 18, 1815.
vi. child, b. Feb. 27, 1813; d. same day.
2.
PETER2 QUIMBY (Aaron1) resided in Fayston, Vt .; died Feb. 3, 1858, ae. 62. He married Cynthia ----- , b. Feb. 2, 1804; d. Aug. 29, 1878. Children:
i. VANESS, d. Nov. 29, 1836.
ii. SELINDA.
iii. ELIZA P., m. July 18, 1858, Judson M. Montgomery.
iv. PETER.
v. HANNAH, m. Mar. 16, 1864, George L. Marble.
3. JOHN2 QUIMBY (Aaron1) was born in W., Aug. 18, 1815, and died there, Oct. 14, 1867.
He married, Sept. 11, 1836, Hortensia, dau. Joseph and Mary (Boyce) Palmer, b. Dec. 9, 1818; d. June 14, 1887. Children:
i. ROXANA H., b. Apr. 28, 18440; m. (1) July 3, 1860, James L. Maynard: (2) Apr. 20, 1868, Thaddeus B. Crossett.
ii. MARY, b. May 9, 1842; m. Oct. 31, 1865, Leonard C. Berry.
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RAMSAY.
1. JAMES? RAMSAY, son of William1 Ramsay, was born in Londonderry, N. H., Nov. 20, 1778, and died at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Aug. 3, 1860.
He married, Dec., 1805, at Surry, N. H., Hepzibah Adams Crossfield, b. at Woodstock, Vt., Feb. 19, 1782; d. May 26, 1850. Children:
i. ANNIS,3 b. Nov. 3. 1806; m. Oct. 16, 1834, William Robinson of St. Johnsbury.
ii. BETSEY A., b. Aug. 24, 1808; m. Oct., 1834, Elisha Shaw of Prophetstone, III.
iii. CHASTINA C., b. Jan. 21, 1811; d. Sept., 1868.
iv. GEORGE R., b. Mar., 1815; d. at Janesville, O., Feb. 29, ISS4.
v. JAMES R., b. July 10, 1817; d. May 17, 1841, unm.
vi. WILLIAM W., b. May 7, 1823; d. July 30, 1900, at St. Johns- bury.
2. vii. CHARLES F., b. Mar. 24, 1826.
viii. JOHN W., b. May 15, 1830; Lieut. Co. C. 3rd Vt. Vols .; killed at Savage Station, June 29, 1862.
2. CHARLES F.3 RAMSAY (James,2 William1) was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Mar. 24, 1826; sett. in W., where he died, Aug. 9, 1903.
He married, Oct. 18, 1851, Aurilla P., dau. Alexander Benton of Barton, Vt., b. Feb. 18, 1827; d. July 30, 1894. Children:
i. LILLIAN A.,4 b. July 28, 1852; m. Nov. 28, 1876, Edward Anson Fisk.
ii. ATTA DELIGHT, b. June 7, 1860; d. Aug. 7, 1861.
iii. JOHN W., b. Nov. 11, 1864; d. in Barre, Vt., Dec. 2, 1895; editor; m. Sept. 22, 1894, Clara C. Bloomey. No issue.
iv. JESSIE B., b. Dec. 27, 1869; m. Mar. 18, 1889, John Graves.
REED.
ESDRAS1 REED was in Salem, Mass., in 1637; rem. to Wenham, Mass., and thence to Chelmsford, Mass., but is said to have returned to Boston in 1661 and to have died there in 1681.
The Reed Genealogy says he had a son Obadiah2 Reed who married, Aug. 19, 1664, Anna Swift; carpenter; will proved, 1718 ;. also that their eldest son was Thomas3 Reed, b. July, 1665, of Chelmsford, Mass.
The eldest child of Thomas3 Reed was Thomas4 Reed born, 1687; died in Chelmsford, Dec. 24, 1773, ae. 86. He married, Mar. 14, 1709, in Charlestown, Mass., Sarah Fletcher. Of their five children the youngest was Benjamin5 Reed, born Sept. 3, 1732.
1. BENJAMIN5 REED (Thomas,4 Thomas,3 Obadiah,2 Esdras1) was born in Westford, Mass., Sept. 3, 1732; said to have been a Revolutionary soldier; died Apr. 22, 1778.
He married, Jan. 2, 1755, Abigail Fassett, who died May 10, 1787. She was probably dau. of Samuel and Lydia Fassett.
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Children:
i. SYBIL,6 b. Feb. 4, 1755.
ji. ABEL, b. Mar. 22, 1757; m. Nov. 24, 1778, Rebecca Farrar.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 15, 1759.
iv. REBECCA, b. Sept. 3, 1761; m. 1783, Isaac Proctor.
v. THOMAS, b. Mar. 14, 1766; m. Elizabeth, dau. Oliver and Mchitable (Porter) Diggins of Weathersfield, Vt .; sett. in Londonderry, Vt.
2. vi. BENJAMIN, b. June 8, 1768.
2. BENJAMIN6 REED (Benjamin,5 Thomas,4 Thomas,3 Obadiah,2 Esdras1) was born in Westford, Mass., June 8, 1768. He went early to Weathersfield, Vt. (about 1790), and removed thence to W. in 1827, where he died, Sept. 10, 1850.
He married Jerusha, dau. Oliver and Mehitable (Porter) Diggins, who d. Jan. 23, 1834, ae. 61.
Children, born in Weathersfield, Vt.
i. JERUSHA,7 b. Nov. 10, 1793; m. Dec. 31, 1818, John Strow.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 4, 1795; d. Apr. 1, 1831, unm.
iii. ORPHA, b. Jan. 25 or 26, 1798; m. Dec. 27, 1829, James Joslin, Jr.
iv. LUCIA, m. Thomas.
3. V. TIMOTHY, b. Dec. 6, 1800.
vi. LYDIA, b. Sept. 4, 1804.
4. vii. BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 7, 1806.
viii. EZRA, b. Sept. 11, 1808; went West soon after 1836, and sett. in Strawberry Point, Ia .; m. Martha Waterman.
5. ix. FRANKLIN, b. Feb. 16, ISII.
X. CHARLES, b. Sept. 11, 1812.
xi. EMERSON, d. Jan. 17, 1834, ae. 18.
3. TIMOTHY7 REED (Benjamin,6 Benjamin,5 Thomas,4 Thomas,3 Obadiah,2 Esdras1) was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Dec. 6, ISoo; sett. in W., where he was selectman, 1834, 1851-52; died Nov. 29, 1884.
He married, Jan. 22, 1829, Susan Barron of Hartford, Vt., b. Feb. 21, 1802; d. Oct. 13, 1881.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. CULLEN, 8 b. Dec. 11, 1830; d. Feb. 28, 1832.
ii. CHARLES CULLEN, b. Mar. 26, 1834; sett. in Northfield, Vt .; m. Nov. 19, 1857, Zilpha, dau. Thomas and Sarepta (Savage) Tinkham, b. Nov. 23, 1832. Children: (1) Clarence Adel- bert,9 b. Sept. 12, 1860, sett. in Medford, Mass., m. Jan. 28, 1891, Carlie S. Palmer. Chn .: Freda Agnes,1º b. Jan. 27, 1895, Leslie Herbert, b. Aug. 20, 1903, Helen Tinkham, b. Aug. 26, 1904; (2) Herbert E., b. Sept. 12, 1861; (3) Lora J., b. Oct. 19, 1863, d. Nov. 28, 1864; (4) Frank, b. Jan. 11, 1866.
iii. OSCAR CARLISLE, b. Jan. 1, 1839; priv. Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols .; d. at Fairfax, Va., Dec. 25, 1862.
4. BENJAMIN7 REED (Benjamin,8 Benjamin,5 Thomas,4 Thomas,3 Odadialı,? Esdras1) was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Sept. 7, 1806; sett. in W .; Rep., 1848, 1854-55, 1867-68; member Vt. Const. Convention, 1850; died June 14, 1876.
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He married, Nov. 25, 1838, Arathusa, dau. Joseph and Nancy Joslin, b. Feb. 17, 1809; d. Oct. 25, 1880.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LORETTE,8 b. May 23, IS39; m. Apr. 4, 1861, Albert Frederick Richardson.
ii. LOREN B., b. July 1. 1841; Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols .; d. at Wolf Run Shoals, Va., May 30, 1863.
iii. ADALINE J., b. Dec. 3, 1845; d. July 24, 1865.
iv. LESLIE E., b. Jan. 7, 1848; rem. to Minneapolis, Minn., and thence to Seattle, Wash .; m. Oct. 15, 1883, Ella F., dau. James M. and Jeanette (Royce) Van Deusen, who died Apr. 21, 1893.
5. FRANKLIN REED (Benjamin,& Benjamin," Thomas,4 Thomas,3 Obadialı,2 Esdras1) was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Feb. 16, 18II; sett. in W .; died July 19, 1857.
He married, Jan. 23, 1838, Maria, dau. James and Naomi (Diggins) Joslin, b. Aug. 9, 1815; d. Aug. 29, 1886. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. CROYDON,8 b. Aug. 12, 1839; d. Apr., 1873, unm.
ii .. CELESTIA, b. May 15, 1841; d. Feb. 20, 1844.
iii. FINETTE, b. Mar. 20, 1843; d. Feb. 22, 1844.
iv. CELESTIA N., b. Feb. 13, 1845; m. Sept. 28, 1863, Albert Hezekiah Selleck.
v. FINETTE M., b. Oct. 30, 1847; m. Jan. 23, 1869, Loren S. Richardson.
vi. OSMORE F., b. Jan. 4, 1849; d. Mar. 18, 1887; res. Montreal, Canada; m. Aug. 5, 1876, Edith Louise Belaire. Chn .: Frederick W.,9 b. July 12, 1877; Bertha M., b. Nov. 22, 1879; Florence M., b. Sept. 19, 1880; Ida M., b. July 18, 1882; Jennie L., b. Oct. 17, 1884; Osmore F., b. Feb. 10, 1887.
vii. BENJAMIN CLESSON, b. Feb. 1, 1851; d. Jan. 9, 1861.
SUPPLY REED was in W., 1820-1, and later in Northfield. Vt. He died in Lowell, Mass., June 12, 1854. . He was probably the Supply Reed, b. June 2, 1791, son of Supply and Susannah (Byam) Read of Acworth, N. H.
He married, Nov. 20, 181.7, Mercy Streeter and had Leusy I., b. in Northfield, May 24, 1822.
RICE.
EDMUND1 RICE, born about 1594, came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, Eng., to Sudbury, Mass., 1638-39; rem. to Marl- borough, Mass., 1660, and died there, May 3, 1663. His wife Tamazine died June 13, 1654, and he m. (2) Mercie, wid. Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, Mass. He had eleven children of whom the third was Thomas? Rice who m. Mary King and resided in Sudbury and Marlborough, where he died, Nov. 16, 1681. Of his thirteen children the second was Thomas3 Rice, born June 30, 1654, res. in that part of Marlborough which became Westboro and is said to have died at the age of 94. He married (1) Mary ,who died May 13, 1677; (2) Jan. 10, 1681, Anna, dau. Edward Rice. Of his thirteen children the eighth was Ashur' Rice, born July 6, 1694. He with a brother and cousins was
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captured by the Indians, Aug. 8, 1704, and taken to Canada; being redeemed he returned to Westboro where he died, Aug. 20, 1773. He married Tabitha Of their ten children the youngest was Jedediah5 Rice.
1. JEDEDIAHS RICE (Ashur,4 Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Edmund1), son of Ashur and Tabitha Rice, was born in Spencer, Mass., Apr. 2, 1755; settled early in Charlestown, N. H .; Revolutionary soldier. He married, Nov. 30, 1783, Jemima, dau. Sylvanus and Jemima (Willard) Hastings, b. Jan. 29, 1750.
Children, born in Charlestown, N. H .:
2. 1. EDMUND,6 b. Mar. 22, 1784.
ii. MOSES WILLARD, b. Nov. 18, 1786; res. for a time in Walpole, . N. H., but came to W. abt. 1817, and was half owner of grist and sawmills (Green's Mills); d. Sept. 18, 1826. Settlement of his est. names wid., Lucy, and it is said there were children.
2. EDMUND6 RICE (Jedediah,5 Ashur,4 Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Edmund1) was born in Charlestown, N. H.', Mar. 22, 1784; cabinetmaker, merchant, surveyor, etc .; sett. in W. in 1802-3; a man of superior qualities and education; Rep., 1816; town clerk, ISIo to 1815 and 1826; selectman, 1809- 12, 1818; died May 27, 1829.
He married, Apr. 2, 1812, Ellen, dau. Andrew and Phebe Durkee, b. Oct. 7, 1792; d. at Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 8, 1847.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MARTHA HASTINGS,7 b. Feb. 25, 1813; m. Dec. 28, 1834, David Suel Steele.
ii. GEORGE DURKEE, b. Oct. 10, 1814; rem. 1844-5, to Kalama- zoo, Mich .; m. Dec. 1, IS36, Laura M., dau. Jesse and Harriet (Wait) Carpenter, b. Dec. 26, 1819, d. Dec. 12, IS50. Chn .: Martha Helen,8 b. June 2, 1839; Ellen Jane, b. May 12, 1841; Edmund Carpenter, b. Feb. 3, 1843.
iii. HENRY MOWER, b. Nov., 29, 1816; d. at San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 15, 1894; at age of 18 he went to Detroit, Mich., with the family of Justus Burdick, with whom he lived after his father's death; in 1837 he removed with them to Kalamazoo, Mich .; in 1839 he went to St. Louis, Mo., and was engaged to take charge of a trading post at Fort Snelling. In 1842 he engaged in Indian trade, and in 1847 became a partner in the fur trading house of P. Chouteau, J.r. & Co., and settled in St. Paul, Minn. In 1846 to 1848 he took active part in negotiating treaties with the Winnebago Indians, and in 1852 he negotiated the treaty with the Sioux which opened Minnesota to settlement. From 1853 to 1857 he was Delegate in Congress from Minn., and when that terri- tory became a state in 1858, he became U. S. Senator, serving until 1863. He married, Mar. 29, 1849, Matilda, dau. Benjamin G. and Rachel (Newbold) Whital of Rich- mond, Va. Chn .: Henry,8 d. at birth; Lissie, m. Col. John B. Rodman, U. S. A .; Matilda, m. Maurice Auerbach of St. Paul; Henry, d. young; Mary Welch; Robert Toombs; Rachel, m. Luther E. Newport of N. Y .; Margaret, m. Col. R. E. Thompson, U. S. A .; Frederick Durkee, b. Aug. 30, 1870, attorney at law, St. Paul, Minn.
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iv. EDMUND, b. Feb. 14, 1819; d. July 11, 1889; went early to Kalamazoo, Mich., and in 1849, to St. Paul, Minn., where he practiced law, and from 1855 to 1883 was prominently identified with railroad development. Member of Congress, 1886-8. He married, Nov. 28, 1848, Anna Maria Acker. Children: Ellen,8 b. Aug. 24, 1849; Jessie, b. Apr. 12, 1851; Annie, b. Nov. 14, 1853; Rachel, b. Oct. 28, 1855; Edmund, b. July 30, 1857; Stuart, b. Nov. 14, 1858; Sedgwick, b. Mar. 25, 1860: William Acker, b. July 16, 1862; Maria, b. Jan. 8, 1865; Virginia, b. Dec. S, 1866; Philip Durkee, b. May 4, 1869.
V. CHARLES RODNEY, b. Feb. 27, 1821; d. Sept. 14, 1873; went early to Kalamazoo, later a merchant at St. Paul. He married, Nov. 21, 1852, Ruth Anna Sloan. Chn .: Charles Orrin, 8 Anne, Edmund, John, Emma, Samuel, Sarah, d. young.
vi. SAMUEL AUSTIN, b. Oct. 26, 1822; d. in New York City, Dec. 24, 1846, unmarried.
vii. LAFAYETTE, b. July 14, 1824; d. Feb. 28, 1849, in Michigan ; is said to have married and had one child.
viii. ELLEN, b. Feb. 23, 1826; m. William Hollingshead of St. Paul, Mind. She died Nov., 1904. Children: Henry R.,8 Edmund R., Allen R., Mary C.
ix. SUSANNAH J., b. Jan. 20, 1828; d. Apr. 9, 1830.
x. ORRIN WHEELER, b. Oct. 6, 1829; d. Mar. 9, 1859, in Minne- apolis, Minn .; real estate operator. He married Elizabeth Brown, who d. about 1864. Children: Orrin,8 d. young; Elizabeth, b. 1852, d. 1874; Mary W., d. 1884; Orrin, b. 1859, now of Los Angeles, Cal.
GEORGE RICE married Eliza J., dau. Benjamin and Mary Linfield of Stowe, who d. June 30, 1904, ae. 71 yrs., 8 mos.
Ch .:
i. MARY, m. Frank E. Story.
RICHARDSON.
1. AMOS1 RICHARDSON came to New England before 1640; was in Boston, Mass., 1645; merchant tailor and shipbuilder; freeman, 1665; removed to Stonington, Conn., 1666; Rep., 1676-7; died Aug. 5, 1683.
He married (1) Sarah; (2) Mary.
Children, born in Boston, Mass .:
i. JOHN,2 bapt. Dec. 26, 1647; Harv. Coll., 1666; pastor First Ch. in Newbury, Mass., 1675; d. Apr. 27, 1696.
ii. MARY, m. June, 1663, Jonathan Gatcliffe of Braintree, Mass.
iii. AMos, bapt. Jan. 20, 1650.
2. iv. STEPHEN, b. June 14, 1652.
V. CATHARINE, b. Jan. 6, 1655; m. (1) Sept. 12, 1672, David Anderson of Charlestown, Mass .; (2) May 7, 1679, Capt. Richard Sprague.
vi. SARAH, b. July 19, 1657; m. Timothy Clark of Boston.
vii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 18, 1659-60; m. 1693, Anna
viii. PRUDENCE, b. Jan. 31, 1661; m. (1) Mar. 15, 1683, John Hillam; (2) Mar. 17, 1703, Elnathan Miner.
2. STEPHEN? RICHARDSON (Amos1) was born in Boston, Mass., June 14, 1652; sett. in Stonington, Conn., where he was a man of prominence.
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He married Lydia But little is known of his family.
Children, born in Stonington, Conn .:
i. STEPHEN,3 bapt. June 19, 1681.
ji. MARY, bapt. June 19, 16SI.
iii. AMos, bapt. June 19, 1681.
iv. SAMUEL, bapt. Mar. 18, 1683.
V. RACHEL, bapt. May 30, 1686.
vi. LEMUEL, bapt. Aug. 12, 1686; d. before May 10, 1713; m. Dec .. 15, 1708, Mehitable, dau. John Chapman of Saybrook, Conn.
vii. PRUDENCE.
· viii. JEMIMA, bapt. June 19, 1692.
3. AMOS3 RICHARDSON (Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in Stoning- ton, Conn., (bapt. June 19. 1681). It is claimed that he is the Amos who sett. in Coventry, Conn., but this seems uncertain, although that Amos was probably identical with him or was his descendant. Amos of Coventry married Rachel Yarrington.
Children, born in Coventry, Conn .:
i. NATHAN,4 b. Mar. 20, 1725; m. Nov. 8, 1748, Phebe Crocker.
.f. ii. LEMUEL, b. Sept. 19, 1726.
iii. AMos, b. Mar. 5, 1728; m. June 5, 1751, Ruth Stiles.
iv. RACHEL, b. May 16, 1729.
v. JONATHAN, b. July 24, 1731.
vi. STEPHEN, b. July 14, 1732.
vii. ANN, b. Jan. 4, 1734; m. May 28, 1754, Uriah Brigham. .
viii. ZEBULON, b. Mar. 7, 1735.
ix. HUMPHREY, b. Mar. 19, 1737.
X. ABIGAIL, b. July 23, 1739.
xi. Louis, b. July 18, 1741.
xii. JusTus, b. Sept. 30, 1743; m. Nov. 16, 1769, Submit Throop.
xiii. EUNICE, b. Aug. 7, 1746; m. May 19, 1768, Elam Jewett
xiv. ABIGAIL, b. Mar. 18, 1749-50.
4. LEMUEL4 RICHARDSON (Amos,3 Stephen,? Amos1) was born in Coventry, Conn., Sept. 19, 1726, and died there Apr. 22, 1777.
He married, Aug. 30, 1747, Anne, dau. Samuel and Sarah (Hockings) Rust, b. May 17, 1720.
Children, born in Coventry, Conn .:
i. MERCY,5 b. Jan. 7, 1747-8.
ii. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 25, 17.49.
iii. NATHANIEL, b. Apr. 5, 1750.
iv. ZEBULON, b. July 31, 1751.
LEMUEL, b. Dec. 13, 1752.
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vi. MABEL, b. Oct. 13, 1754.
vii. RICHARD, b. Sept. 29, 1755.
viii. child, b. Feb. 17, 1757; d. Feb. 22, 1757.
ix. daughter, b. Dec. 26, 175 -.
STEPHEN, b. May 25, 1760; d. young.
xi. ANNE, b. Oct. 19, 1761.
xii. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 27, 1763; d. Nov. 4, 1765. .
xiii. DAN, b. Oct. 21, 1764.
xiv. MURIEL, (a son) b. Oct. 18, 176 -.
XV. HUMPHREY, b. Feb. 22, 1767.
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5. LEMUEL5 RICHARDSON (Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in Coventry, Conn., Dec. 24, 1752; saddler and harness maker; sett. in Tolland, Conn., but rem. to W., abt. 1812, where he died Sept. 16, 1826.
He married, June 2, 1774, Rachel Lathrop of Tolland, probably dau. of Jonathan and Rachel (Ladd) Lathrop, b. Oct. 22, 1754; d. Aug. 27, 1811.
Children:
i. ACHSAH,6 b. Aug. 27, 1776, in Tolland, Conn .; m. Abbott.
6. ii. RODERICK, b. Feb. 15, 1779.
7. iii. FREDERICK, b. Mar. 9, 1781.
iv. PERSIS, b. Mar. 19, 1783; m. Samuel Robinson of Roxbury, Vt., and died Nov. 27, 1859.
V. VINA, b. Oct. 31, 1785; m. Eli Baker of Somers, Conn.
S. vi. IRA, b. Jan. 23, 1788.
vii. LATHROP, b. Aug. 27, 1790: m. in W., Apr. 20, 1813, Charity, dau. Eli and Lucinda (Nims) Skinner, b. July 19, 1792. he retd. to Coventry, and d. there July 15, 1850. Chn .: Charles Eli, Harriet, Vina, and an infant which d. in W., Feb. 21, 1814.
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