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9. viii. ROSWELL, b. Nov. 16, 1793, in Stafford, Conn.
ix. RALPH, b. Mar. 10, 1796; d. in Conn., Jan. 17, 1858; had a family.
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X. LAURA, b. Mar. 19, 1799; m. Thomas Sargeant of Warren, Vt RODERICK6 RICHARDSON (Lemuel," Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in Tolland, Conn., Feb. 15, 1779; he was "of Stafford, Conn.," 1806, but came to W. in that year; saddler, harness maker and merchant, and was active in many forms of business; he was instrumental in erecting the present mills in the village and at his death owned the Wait farm; selectman, 1819-20, 1823-24, 1829, 1835-8; Asst. Judge Washington County Court, 1835- 37 ; died June 8, 1844.
He married Anna, dau. Noah Davis of Stafford, b. Aug. Children:
7, 1779; d. Oct. 11, 1857.
i. SOPHIA,7 b. June 3, 1803, in Stafford, Conn .; d. July 18, 1878, unm.
IO. ii. DAN, b. Nov. 12, 1804.
II. iii. RODERICK, b. Aug. 7, 1807.
iv. LOVINA, b. Apr. 1, 1814, in W .; m. Apr. 22, 1841, Nathaniel Graves Joslin.
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FREDERICK6 RICHARDSON (Lemuel,5 Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,? Amos1) was born in Tolland, Conn., Mar. 9, 1781; phy- sician, came to W. about 1802; res. in Waterbury for a few years while he was deputy sheriff, but returned and died in W., Dec. 30, 1860.
He married (1) Lovina, dau. John and Sarah (Cobb) Steele of Tolland, b. Sept. 29, 1782, d. Mar. 29, 1813; (2) Eliza Waldron, b. in Hartland, Vt., May 4, 1789, d. May 25, 1826; (3) Aug. 23, 1829, Betsey (Billings) Jordan, who d. May 24, 1853, ae. 56.
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Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. AHIRA STEELE,7 b. Sept. 25, 1805; m. Ann Bancroft of Wtby . Ch .: Frances A.,8 who m. Guy Smith of Boston, Mass.
12. ii. ELISHA BENTON, b. Mar. 7, 1807.
iii. child, b. July 12, 1809; d. same day.
iv. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS, b. Jan. 23, 1815; d. at Stowe, Vt., Oct. 2, 1852; m. Lucia Wood. Ch .: Frank WV.,8 d. Sept. 26, 1851, ae. I y., 6 mos.
v. SAMUEL HOWLAND, b. May 12, 1816, in Wtby .; d. Sept. 14, 1849, unm.
vi. LOVINA STEELE, b. Sept. 7, 1817; d. Aug. 9, 1827, in Wood- stock, Vt.
13. vii. JOHN WALDRON, b. Jan. 27, 1819.
viii. AMANDA ANN, b. Sept. 23, 1820; m. Oct. 12, 1843, Erastus N. Spaulding of Roxbury, Vt.
ix. ORAMEL, b. Jan. 6, 1824; sett. in Roxbury, Vt., and had a family.
8. IRAS RICHARDSON (Lemuel,5 Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in Tolland, Conn., Jan. 23, 1788; came to W., about 1809; soldier in War of 1812; rem. about 1825 to Fayston, Vt., where he was twice representative and a leading man; died Dec. 16, 1844.
He married, Feb. 13, 1815, Rachel, dau. Andrew and Phebe Durkee of Moretown, Vt., b. Oct. 27, 1795; d. 1884. Children:
14. i. IRA,7 b. Oct. 6, 1816.
ii. ELI BAKER, b. Feb. 13, 1818; m. Mar. 5, 1845, Sylvia A. Sweat; sett. in Burns, Wis. Chn .: Florence Adelia,8 b. Dec. 12, 1845; Eli Augustus, b. July 12, 1848: Sylvia Lovila, b. Sept. 14, 1849; Ira Augustus, b. Mar. 16, 1851; Egbert Orlando and Herbert Fernando, b. Feb. IS, 1854; Rosetta Lucinda, b. Dec. 4, 1855; Arthur Edmund, b. Sept. 14, 1857; Alonzo E., b. Dec. 20, 1858; Eugene Winchester, b. May 28, 1861.
iii. child, b. 1819; d. soon.
iv. RACHEL CORDELIA, b. Mar. 31, 1821; m. Jan. 3, 1841, Lucius S. Griggs of Fayston.
v. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 14, 1824; m. Apr. 11, 1849, Robert Mosher of Wampum, Wis.
vi. LOVILA, b. May 17, 1826; d. Feb. 22, 1847.
vii. DEWITT CLINTON, b. Jan. 31, 1828; m. Apr. 7, 1850, Ann Eliza Giddings; sett. in Eau Clair, Wis.
viii. DUANE MILTON, b. Jan. 31, 1828; m. Jan. 30, 1851, Pamelia Scott; sett. in Leon, Wis.
9. ROSWELL6 RICHARDSON (Lemuel," Lemuel,+ Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in Stafford, Conn., Nov. 16, 1793; soldier in War 1812; settled in Mt. Pleasant, Pa .; where he resided until 1827, when he came to W., and engaged in milling; removed about 1845 to Warren, Vt., and in old age went to Keene, N. H., where he died Dec. 10, 1886.
He married, Nov. 19, 1816, Mara, dau. John and Rebecca (Newell) Huntington, b. in Tolland, Conn .. June 6, 1795; d. at Keene, Oct. 12, 1885.
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Children:
i. LAURA ALMIRA,7 b. Feb. 25, 1821; m. Joseph Barnes of Fitchburg, Mass.
ii. RACHEL REBECCA, b. Nov. 2, 1823; m. George S. Ellis of Keene, N. H.
iii. JOHN LEMUEL, died young.
iv. ELIZABETH PECK, b. Oct. 24, 1830; d. Nov. 7, 1848.
V. PERSIS ROBERTSON, b. May 31, 1832; m. Luke Lukes of Santa Cruz, Cal.
vi. JUDSON WADE, b. Apr. 1, 1834; m. Marilla Goodwin, and settled in Warren, Vt .; priv. Co. H. 6th Vt. Vols. Chn .; Orion F.,8 b. July 24, 1858, d. Aug. 29, 1859; Fred C., b. July 26, 1860; Lizzie M., b. Dec. 18, 1862. d. May 31, 1864; Bell L., b. May 8, 1867; Elwyn H., b. Aug. 16, 1869. vii. ADELBERT, d. young.
10. DAN7 RICHARDSON (Roderick,6 Lemuel,5 Lemuel,4 Amos,? Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in Stafford, Conn., Nov. 12, 1804; for many years owned the old Wait farm in W .; treasurer, 1847-51 and 1856; died Jan. 16, 1865.
He married (1) Jan. 13, 1830, Betsey, dau. Matthias Stone and Betsey (Joslin) Jones, b. Mar. 19, 1810; d. Jan. 28, 1843; (2) Lucy C., dau. Jesse and Harriet (Wait) Carpenter, b. Feb. 28, 1822, m. (2) William M. Pingry. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. son, b. Jan. 13, 1832; d. same day.
ii. JULIA ANN,8 b. Apr. 4, 1833; m. Mar. 2, 1858, Nelson A. Taylor of Barre, Vt.
iii. BETSEY LOVINA, b. Apr. 19, 1840; m. Jan. 16, 1861, Carlos E. Richardson.
iv. DAN CARPENTER, b. May 11, 1852; res. Minneapolis, Minn.
v. son, b. Mar. 7, 1856.
vi. ANNA REBECCA, b. Sept. 20, 1857; m. Frank R. Pingree of Orange, N. J.
vii. Harriet Lucy, b. July 16, 1860; d. July 31, 1879.
viii. Jessie Sophia, b. Jan. 6, 1863 ; d. Aug. 25. 1864.
11. RODERICK7 RICHARDSON (Roderick,8 Lemuel,5 Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in Stafford, Conn., Aug. 7, 1807; engaged in business with his father; merchant, hotel proprietor, farmer; rem., 1855, to Montpelier, Vt., and engaged in banking; in 1869 he rem. to Boston, Mass., and after a few years in the commission business retired; selectman, 1840, 1846, 1850; Rep. from W., 1837-8-9, 1850-1; State Senator, 1844; Treas., 1838-40; Asst. Judge Co. Court, 1848; Pres. Montpelier and Wells River R. R .; died at Newton, Mass., Dec. 13, 1882. He married, Feb. 28, 1839, Harriet Emeline, dau. Elias, Jr., and Content (Erskine) Taylor, b. July 31, ISII. Children:
i. RODERICK JULIUS,8 b. May 31, 1840; m. (1) Jan. 5. 1865, Addie F. Ware of Boston; (2) Ellen Knights; grad. Norwich University, and served in the navy during Civil War: for a time in commission business in Boston, he later removed to Chicago, Ill.
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ii. LOUIS FERDINAND, d. 1870.
iii. DAN ERSKINE, m. Sept. 28, 1875, Julia Marshall; sett. in Kansas City, Mo.
iv. RODERICK DAVIS, sett. in Chicago, Il1.
12. ELISHA BENTON7 RICHARDSON (Frederick,6 Lemuel, Lem- wel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in W. Mar. 7, 1807, and died there Apr. 4, 1864.
He married, Feb. 23, 1832, Betsey, dau. Ebenezer Cutler, b. Feb. 11, 1808; d. Nov. 10, 1895.
Chn .:
i. LOVINA ANN,8 b. June IS, 1833; m. June 12, 1852, Holland Jones.
15. ii. FREDERICK ALBERT, b. Aug. 8, 1835.
iii. EDWIN R., b. May 13, 1837; priv. Co. H. 6th Vt. Vols .; killed at Charlestown, Va., Aug. 21, 1864.
iv. CARLOS E., b. Feb. 22, 1839; m. Jan. 16, 1861, Betsey Lovina, dau. Dan and Betsey (Jones) Richardson; res. Waterbury, Vt. Ch .: Dan C.,º b. Nov. 20, 1867; res. Chicago, Il1.
v. LAURA W., b. July 31, 1841; m. May 25, 1863, Chandler A. Prentis.
vi. LOREN S., b. Aug. 10, 1843; res. Concord, N. H .; merchant; priv. Co. H. 2nd U. S. S. S .; m. Jan. 23, 1869, Finette, dau. Franklin and Maria (Joslin) Reed. Chn .: Frederick? and Edward, twins, b. Feb. 16, IS71, the former m. Oct. 12, 1898, Frances M. Webster.
vii. JOHN N., b. Aug. 5, 1845; priv. Co. H. 2nd U. S. S. S., 1863-5; res. Richmond, Vt .; m. Feb. 27, 1868, Mary E., dau. Matthew C. and Catherine (Duren) Savage, b. June 2, 1846. Chn .: Carrie S.,9 b. June 27, 1870; Clara E., b. June 27, 1870; Emma S., b. Feb. 9, 1876; Howard L., b. Sept. 23, 1878; son, b. Oct. 28, 1873, d. same day.
viii. AHIRA S., b. Nov. 10, 1847; m. Emma Saules; merchant at Boston, Mass., and later at St. Albans, Vt. Chn .: Jessie,9 Harold.
13. JOHN WALDRON7 RICHARDSON (Frederick," Lemuel," Lemuel,“ Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in W., Jan. 27, 1819, priv. Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols., Aug., 1862-July 1863; died in W., July 20, 1872.
He married (1) July 15, 1846, Calista E., dau. Cyrus and Calista (Campbell) Joslin, b. Dec. 2, 1824; d. Feb. 22, 1862; (2) Nov. 16, 1863, Ascenath, dau. Amos and Lydia Hadley, b. Nov. 14, 1824; d. Aug. 13, 1886.
Children, born in Seneca, Ill., where the family lived for a time:
i. CYRUS FREDERICK,8 b. Feb. 17, 1848; sett. in Duxbury, Vt .; m. Apr. 16, 1873, Ann L., dau. Orson Turner. Chn .: Floraº; also a son, who d. young.
ii. FLORA AMANDA, b. May 22, IS51; m. July 15, 1872, Lester F. Benton of Vergennes, Vt. Chn .: Cecil,9 b. May 28, 1873; Lester F., b. Aug. 5, 1878.
iii. CHARLES WALDEN, b. Aug. 21, 1860; merchant; sett. in Burlington, Vt .; m. Nov. 10, 1885, Carrie B., dau. Richard F. and Emogene (Joslin) Carleton, b. Feb. 7, 1863 ; d. Sept. 5, 1908.
iv. daughter, b. Feb. 18, 1862; d. young.
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14. IRAT RICHARDSON (Ira,6 Lemuel,5 Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen2, Amos1) was born in Waitsfield, Oct. 6, 1816; a successful merchant, tanner, lumber mfgr. and farmer; selectman, 1855-56, 1864-66; Rep., 1856, 1866; Asst. Judge Washington Co. Court 1868-9; State Senator, IS76-7; died Dec. 17, 1877.
He married, Apr. 6, 1843, Harriet, dau. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Campbell) Chapman, b. Jan. 6, 1818, in Chelsea, Vt .; d. Aug. 8, 1882.
Children:
i. CALVIN CLINTON,8 b. Oct. 6, 1845; m, Jan. 14, 1865, Frances R., dau. Thomas W. and Susan Kelsey ; rem. to Minneapolis, Minn. Chn .: Harriet E., b. Aug. 22, 1866; Oscar Kelsey, b. Dec. 19, 1867; Chester Calvin, b. Feb. 2, 1877.
ii. IRA EDWIN, b. Mar. 7, 1848; m. Aug. 18, 1867, Eleanor Allen; res. New Brighton, Minn. Chn .: Harold, Forest, Carroll. CLARENCE MILTON, b. Nov. 20, 1849.
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iv. ORVILLE HALE, b. July 7, 1852; sett. in Montpelier, Vt .; m. Mar. 13, 1877, Alice M., dau. Orcas C. and Mary (Holden) Wilder. Ch .: Carolyn Mary,9 b. May 16, 1878.
17. V: MERIDEN LEE, b. Sept. 8, 1854.
vi. HARRIET, b. Mar. 8, 1857; d. Sept. 20, 1861.
15. FREDERICK ALBERTS RICHARDSON (Elisha Benton,7 Fred- erick,6 Lemuel," Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,2 Amos1) was born in W., Aug. 8, 1835; farmer and carpenter; selectman, 1874-76; died Mar. 17, 1901.
He married, Apr. 4, 1861, Lorette E., dau. Benjamin, Jr. and Arathusa (Joslin) Reed, b. May 23, 1839. Ch .:
i. WALTER BENJAMIN, 9 b. Dec. 8, 1871, in W .; m. Sept. 10, 1903, Gertrude Bernice, dau. Clarence Milton and Isabelle (Kneeland) Richardson, b. Sept. 18, 1873; res. Mont- pelier, Vt.
16. CLARENCE MILTON& RICHARDSON . (Ira,7 Ira,6 Lemuel,5 Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen,? Amos1) was born in W., Nov. 20, 1849; he res. for a few years in Wheelock, Vt., but soon returned to W., where he was a leading man through- out his life; Rep., 1888-89; selectman, 1889-91, 1903. Asst. Judge of Washington Co. Court, 1908; died Nov. 24, 1908.
He married, Aug. 13, 1868, Isabelle A., dau. Henry and Marie (Sherman) Kneeland, b. Dec. 20, 1850.
Children:
i. IRA,9 b. May 23, 1869, in Wheelock, Vt .; sett. in Minneapolis, Minn .; m. Catherine L. Tobey of Montpelier, Vt.
ii. HENRY KNEELAND, b. Aug. 12, 1871; sett. in Minneapolis, Minn .; m. Oct. 13, 1892, Florence Druckhammer. Chn .: Clarence D.,10 Katherine I.
iii. GERTRUDE BERNICE, b. Sept. IS, 1873; m. Sept. 10, 1003; Walter Benjamin Richardson.
iv. ELIZABETH FANNY, b. July 22, 1876, in Waitsfield.
v. FLORA BELLE, b. Apr. 29, 1879.
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vi. ORVILLE CLARENCE, b. Dec. 8, 1883; m. July 12, 1906, Alice J. Mower, dau. Capt. Albion J. and Relief (Smith) Mower of Calais, Vt. Ch .: Philip M., b. May 10, 1907, d. Sept. 9, 1908.
17. MERIDEN LEES RICHARDSON (Ira,7 Ira," Lemuel," Lemuel,4 Amos,3 Stephen," Amos1) was born in W., Sept. 8, 1854; merchant; Rep., 1896-97; selectman, 1895-96; died Aug. 25, 1904.
He married, Nov. 14, 1874, Flora E., dau. Levi Allen of Warren, Vt.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. Roy,9 b. June 20, 1876; m. Dec. 18, 1907, Cora H. Maxwell.
ii. CLAYTON, b. May 27, 1878.
1. JAMES1 RICHARDSON Was an early settler of Warren, Vt. He married Adah Hinds.
Children:
i. ADAH, m. Denslow Upham.
ii. EMILY, m. June 27, 1827, Huzzial Gleason.
iii. ABIGAIL, m. Dr. L. M. Kent.
iv. ACHSAH, m. Oct. 11, 1831, Horace Gleason.
V. LYDIA, m. Horatio Gates Van Deusen.
2. Vi. JAMES MCDONOUGH, b. Oct. 16, 1814.
vii. JOSEPH BUCKMINSTER, m. Louise Danforth; res. Warren, W. and Nfd., Vt.
2. JAMES MCDONOUGH RICHARDSON, son of James and Adah (Hinds) Richardson, was born Oct. 16, 1814, in Warren, Vt .; merchant, and for many years post master at W .; selectman, 1854; Co. Sheriff, 1854; rem. to Montpelier, Vt., 1859, where he died Feb. 17, 1862. He married Salome Redfield.
Children:
i. JAMES REDFIELD, d. while a student at Dart. Coll.
ii. SALOME, d. unm.
iii. MINNIE, d. unm.
iv. KATHARINE, d. Mar. 22, 1856.
RIDER.
1. JAMES3 RIDER (Daniel,2 William1) was probably son of Daniel2 and Elizabeth (Adams) Rider, and grandson of William1 of Watertown, and was born in Sherborn, Mass., Mar. 9, 1714. He was in Deerfield, Mass., 1735; Sergt. under Capt. Elijah Williams at Fort Pelham, 1749; attempted a settlement in Shel- burne Mass., 1753; soldier in French War, 1756; sett. in the Greenfield district, and died bef. 1766.
He married, May 20, 1742, Mary, dau. Dea. Thomas French, b. Mar. 26, 1719; d. Feb. 15, 1820.
Children, born in Deerfield, Mass .:
1. SUSANNAH,4 b. Apr. 18, 1743; m. Oct. 27, 1767, John Heaton.
ii. MARY, b. Feb. 6. 1744; d. Sept. 13, 1746.
iji. DANIEL, b. Aug. 27, 1747; m. Feb. 28, 17So, Mary Belding.
iv. MARY, bapt. Aug. 5, 1750; m. May 3, 1774, John Barnard
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V. FREEDOM, bapt. Jan. 21, 1753.
vi. SALMON, bapt. May 31, 1755.
2. vii. SALMA, b. Mar. 14, 1758.
viii. DAVID, sett. in Bernardston, Mass.
3. ix. PHINEAS, b. 1760.
x. ELIZABETH, b. 1762.
2. SALMA+ RIDER (James,3 Daniel,2 William1) was born in Deerfield, Mass., Mar. 14, 1758; sett. first in Shelburne, Mass., but went to W., before the summer of 1791; Revolutionary soldier; selectman, 1795; died Nov. 28, 1822.
He married (1) Abigail Root, b. Feb. 14, 1757; d. Feb. 23, 1800; (2). Oct. 5, 1800, Eunice Pierce, b. Dec. 6, 1760; d. May 24, 1841.
Children:
i. LUCY,5 b. May 11, 1789, in Shelburne, Mass .; m. Nov. 21, 1831, Asa Harris of Middlebury, Vt.
ii. MEHITABLE, b. Dec. 19, 1790; d. Aug. 8, 1797.
4. iii. ASAHEL, b. Sept. 4, 1792, in Waitsfield.
iv. BETSEY, b. Dec. 21, 1793; m. Mar. 23, 1815, Rodney Smith.
v. JAMES, b. May 26, 1795; rem. to Westfield, Vt., abt. 1846; m. Nov. 28, 1821, Sarah, dau. John and Esther English. Chn .: Salma Elisha,8 b. Feb. 8, 1825, d. Aug. 16, 1825; Elisha E., Brainerd, Guernsey Harris.
vi. TRUMAN, b. Sept. 16, 1796; d. Aug. 17, 1800.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 4, 1798; d. Nov. 16, 1875, unm.
viii. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 1, 1801; d. Nov. 5, 1879, unm.
3. PHINEAS+ RIDER (James,3 Daniel,2 William1) was born in Deerfield, Mass., 1760; sett. in Shelburne, Mass., 1781, but rem. to W. before the summer of 1791; Revolutionary soldier, and marched for Plattsburgh in the Waitsfield Company, 1814; treas., 1799; selectman, 1796, 1803, 1814; died Mar. 31, 1833, ae. 73. He married (1) Dorcas b. 1763; d. Feb. 4, 1825; (2) Eleanor, who survived him. Children:
i. CLARISSA,5 b. Nov. 22, 1788, in Shelburne, Mass .; d. May 5. 1831, unm.
ii. CHLOE, b. Dec. 1, 1790; m. Jan. 8, 1818, James Selleck of Fayston, Vt.
5. iii. HORATIO, b. Sept. 23, 1792, in Waitsfield.
iv. APOLLOS, b. July 30, 1794: d. Mar. 3, 1867; m. Mar. 21, 1830, Sarah, dau. Elijah and Rachel (Kettle) Smith, b. Dec. 1, 1797; d. Mar. 1, 1874. No issue.
v. ALMIRA, b. Mar. 23, 1797; m. Mar. 3, 1823, Tertius Heaton. vi. FREEMAN, b. June 17, 1800.
4. " ASAHEL5 RIDER (Salma,4 James,3 Daniel,? William1) was born in W., Sept. 4, 1792, and died there Dec. 2, 1859; had a shop on the old road in lot 130.
He married (1) Feb. 29, 1816, Sally, dau. Robert and Lydia (Butterfield) Grandy, b. May 11, 1797; d. Mar. 26,
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1823; (2) June 11, 1823, Caroline, dau. Joshua and Julianna Pike, who died Mar. 14, 1828, ae. 35; (3) Sept. 3, 1828, Caroline, dau. Jennison and Philena (Holmes) Jones, b. Oct. 1, 1803.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. SOPHIRONIA LUNETTE," b. June 8, 1817; m. Jan. 5, IS41, Church Wallis.
ii. TRUMAN CURTIS, b. Aug. 4, 1818; sett. in Morristown, Vt.
iii. CAROLINE SAMANTHA, b. May 29, 1824.
iv. ASAHEL ORLANDO, b. Oct. 12, 1826; d. June 12, 1827.
v. son, d. 1828, ae. 9 wks.
vi. SUSAN CYNTHIA, b. Aug. 7, 1829; m. -- -- Dumas.
vii. CHARLES.
viii. LUCY ANN, b. Mar. 22, 1833; d. Mar. 30, 1833.
5. HORATIO" RIDER (Phineas,4 James,3 Daniel,2 William1) was born in W., Sept. 23, 1792; rem. to Essex, N. Y., 1835; marched for Plattsburgh in Waitsfield Company, 1814.
He married (1) Mar. ro, ISI8, Emily, dau. Joseph and Dorothy (Osgood) Joslin, b. Jan. 5, 1798; d. Jan. 13, 1830; (2) Sept. 17, 1830, Rachel, dau. Stephen and Rachel (Spalding) Butterfield, b. Feb. 20, 1797.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. HORATIO WATSON,6 bapt. Jan. 10, 1821, sett. in Silver Creek, Mich; m. Oct. 22, 1851, Mary Emma, dau. Joseph B. Amidon of Essex, N. Y .; chn .: Chloe Selleck,7 b. Aug. 28, 1854: Rosabella Norton, b. May 18, 1857.
ii. JOHN BURNAP, b. Dec. 10, 1824; d. Sept. 27, 1849, at Essex, N. Y., unm.
iii. DORCAS EMILY, bapt. Nov. 20, 1831.
Also six other children who died in infancy, all by first wife.
ROBINSON.
1. BENJAMIN" ROBINSON, perhaps son of Benjamin4 (Peter,3 Isaac,2 Rev. John1) of Windham and Lebanon, Conn., was early in Weathersfield, Vt.
He married Ruth
Children:
i. JULIUS,6 b. 1776.
ii. JAIRUS, b. Aug. 7, 1793. perhaps.
iii. JASPER, who m. Abigail
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1803.
2. JULIUS® ROBINSON (Benjamin5) was born 1776; and died in Weathersfield, Vt., Apr. 14, 1816, in his 4Ist year.
He married (1) Oct. 10, 1802, Asenath Fellows, who married (2) Mar. 25, 1822, Samuel Newton.
Children, born in Weathersfield, Vt.
i. ANNA,1 b. Jan. 8, 1803.
ii. NATHAN, b. Oct. 9, ISI2. probably others.
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3. NATHAN ROBINSON (Julius,& Benjamin5) was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Oct. 9, 1812; came to W. abt. 1841; selectman, 1853; died Oct. 1, 1898.
He married, Sept. 20, 1838, Emily, dau. Levi and Mary (Griswold) Boynton of Weathersfield, b. Oct. I, ISI8; d. Apr. 1, 1905. Children:
i. JEANETTE E.,8 b. July 8, 1840; m. Oct. 1, 1861, Ethan Allen Bruce.
ii. NORMAN N., b. Sept. 7, 1841; sett. in Warren, Vt .; m. Feb. 4, 1869, Mary E. Sargeant.
iii EUGENE HORACE, b. Aug. 15, 1844; d. Oct. 16, 1863.
iv. CHARLES N., b. Aug. 14, 1853; d. Apr. 20, 1856.
v. IDA J., b. May 6, 1855; m. Feb. 4, 1880, Foster H. Moore of Warren, Vt.
AMOS ROBINSON was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Oct. 29, 1803, son of Jasper and Abigail Robinson; he died in Fayston, Vt., Mar. 28, 1840, although he lived for several years in W.
He married Rhoda
Children:
i. AMos, d. Dec. 1, 1824, ae. 22 days.
ii. AMos, d. Apr. 25, 1830, ae. 2 yrs.
iii. HELEN, d. Feb. 23, 1832, ae. 5 mos.
iv. HELEN, d. Feb. 14, 1835, ae. 10 m., 14 d.
V. PETER, d. Mar. 12, 1842, ae. 5 yrs.
STEPHEN H. ROBINSON, son of Stephen Henry and Martha L. Robinson, was born in Providence, R. I., Aug. 16, 1845. Pastor of Congl. Ch. in W., June 15, 1877, to Nov. 1, 1884. Res. Dun- barton, N. H.
He married, Feb. 9, 1887, Clara A., dau. Joshua S. Dartt of W. OBED K. ROBINSON was born in Rehoboth, Mass., and came to W. via. Vershire, Vt.
He married (1) Sarah Gilman; (2) Louisa Children:
i. WARREN J., b. May 3, 1852, in Vershire; m. Jan. 7, 1877, Lovina M., dau. Patrick and Isabelle (Somerville) Smith, b. Mar. 1, 1853.
ii. daughter, b. Dec. 30, 1862.
iii. GEORGE H., b. Dec. 2, 1863.
ROULSTON.
ANDREW ROULSTON, son of Samuel Roulston, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and came to America about 1830; he took the oath of allegiance at W., Jan. 20, 1834.
He married Eunice, dau. Eli and Lucinda (Nims) Skinner, b. Jan. 2, 1800.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. ELIZABETH L.
ii. JANE A.
iii. JERUSHA.
iv. SAMUEL ELI.
v. MARTHA.
vi. CHARLES.
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GENEALOGIES.
SAMUEL ROULSTON was born in Ireland 1840, son of John and Elizabeth Roulston and a nephew of Andrew Roulston.
He married (1) Matilda Maxwell, who d. July 19, 1890; (2) Elizabeth C., dau. John and Mary Ray, b. in Ireland, 1861.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. SAMUEL RAY, b. Aug. 23, 1893.
ii. child, b. Dec. 15, 1894.
ROYCE -- ROYS -- RICE.
ROBERT1 ROYCE was of Boston, Mass., 1631-2; freeman, Apr. 1, 1634; removed before 1657 to New London, Conn., where he was Rep., 1661; died 168S. By his wife, Elizabeth, he had, probably, Samuel? Royce, who married, in New London, Jan. 9, 1667, Hannah, dau. Josiah Churchwood of Weathersfield, Conn., and settled in Wallingford, Conn. At this point there is a con- fusion of Samuels and conflicting statements have been made, but a comparison of data indicates at least a probability that it was his son, Samuel3 Royce, born about 1772, who married Dec. 12, 1695, Hannah Benedict and resided in Wallingford, and later in Meriden, Conn., where he died May 14, 1757, ae. 85. His wife died Jan. 12, 1761, ae. 90.
1. ABEL4 ROYCE (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Robert1), son of Samuel3 and Hannah (Benedict) Royce, was born in Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 10, 1700.
He married, Oct. 23, 1723, Joanna Beach.
Children, born in Wallingford, Conn .:
i. RHODA,5 b. Dec. 13, 1725.
ii. HESTER, b. Dec. 21, 1727.
iii. ABEL, b. Mar. 30, 1730.
iv. JOANNA, b. Mar. 30, 1730.
2. V. BENEDICT, b. Feb. 19, 1735.
vi. MEHITABLE, b. Apr. 1, 1737 .
vii. HEZEKIAH, b. Dec. 16, 1739; d. in Claremont, N. H., May 29, 1813; m. (1) Louise , who d. Feb. 27, 1799; (2) Tabitha
viii. HULDAH, b. Nov. 6, 1742; m. Feb. 10, 1768, Ephraim Hough.
2. BENEDICT5 ROYCE (Abel,4 Samuel,3 Samitel,2 Robert1) was born in Wallingford, Conn., Feb. 19, 1735; sett. in Clare- mont, N. H., where he built the first frame house; his death, July 19, 1769, is the first recorded in that town. He married Esther who probably m. (2).
Spencer, as she is referred to as Esther Spencer in Children:
a deed of 1808.
i. ESTHER," b. Feb., 1760; m. July 26, 1781, Ezra Jones.
3. ii. SILAS, b. 1757; called "eldest son" in his father's will.
iii. DIMON, m. June 17, 1792, Lydia Bradley.
iv. BENEDICT, m. Eliza
v. ANNE.
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3. SILAS ROYCE (Benedict,5 Abel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Robert1) was born 1757, probably in. Wallingford, Conn .; Revolu- tionary soldier, served from Claremont, N. H., at Ben- nington, Aug. 16, 1777; settled in Rockingham, Vt., where his children were born, but in 1808, he removed to W., where he settled on the east side of the mountain on a lot set to Northfield in 1822. He died July 30, 1850, ae. 93.
He married Lois Graves at Weathersfield, Vt. Children, born in Rockingham, Vt .:
i. SILAS,1 b. July 18, 1786; res. for a time in W., but rem. to N. H., it is said.
ji. DANIEL.
iii. JONES, b. Aug. 7, 1788.
iv. ESTHER, b. Mar. 15, 1791; m. Sept. 2, 1818, William Joyce Bushnell.
4. v. ZIBA, b. Nov. 5, 1793; adopted the name of Rice.
5. vi. SALMON, b. June 7, 1796; adopted the name of Rice.
6. vii. TITus, b. Aug. 2, 1798.
viii. GEORGE, b. Nov. 10, 1800; d. in Burlington, Vt., Sept., 1860. ix. Amos, b. Sept. 18, 1803; m. Mary Leland and sett. in Weathersfield, Vt., where he died Sept., 1873.
x. WARREN, b. Dec. 24, 1794; sett. in Nfd., where he d. Nov. 29, 1845; m. Judith Johnson, b. in Cornish, N. H., May 19, ISOI. Chn .: Ruhannah P., 8 Almira T., Ariel K., Willard A.
xi. HENRY, b. Dec. 6, 1809; res. in Claremont; d. in Fitchburg, Mass., Sept. 21, 1888; m. (1) Sept. 18, 1834, Belinda Tuttle; (2) Mary Louisa Pratt.
xii. IRA, b. 1813; sett. in Roxbury, Vt., where he d. 1895; m. Caroline Sampson.
4. ZIBA7 RICE (Silas,6 Benedict,5 Abel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,? Robert1) was born in Rockingham, Vt., Nov. 5, 1793; died in W., Apr. 31, 1871; cabinet maker.
He married, Nov. 25, 1819, Sophia, dau. Elias and Azubah (Chandler) Taylor, b. Sept. 26, 1800; d. Mar. 24, 1883.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. JANE AUGUSTA,8 b. Jan. 18, 1821; m. Nov. 9, 1848, David Gleason.
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ii. CAROLINE SOPHIA, b. Nov. 17, 1822; d. Apr. 5, 1841.
iii. AZUBAH TAYLOR, b. Feb. 24, 1825; d. July 21, 1834.
iv. SILAS JONES, b. May 14, 1827; d. July 4, 1847.
v. MARIA ANTOINETTE, b. July 1, 1829; d. Mar. 23, 1848.
vi. HENRY LEWIS, b. July 9, 1832; d. Oct. 11, 1853.
vii. MARY AZUBAH, b. Jan. 24, 1834; m. July 13, 1861, A. V. Spaulding of Burlington, Vt.
viii. EDMUND L., b. Nov. 15, 1841; d. Mar. 21, 1866.
ix. ZIBA E., b. Jan. 28, 1844; d. Feb. 17, 1844.
5. SALMON? RICE (Silas," Benedict,5 Abel,4 Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Robert1) was born in Rockingham, Vt., June 5, 1796; came to W. with his father in 1808, and was throughout his life a carpenter and cabinet maker; died Sept. 11, 1887.
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He married, Dec. 11, 1823, Lucy, dau. James and Naomi (Diggins) Joslin, b. Apr. 22, 1803; d. May 25, 1883. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. ESTHER ANN, 8 b. Dec. 10, 1824; m. May 4, 1847, Alfred Joslin.
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