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He married (1) Dorothy Godfrey; (2) July 4, 1831, Charlotte, dau. Hezekiah Ward of Duxbury, Vt., who d. Apr. 10, 1854, ae. 42; (3) Mrs. Lucy (Grandy) Stockwell. Children:
i. ARDELIA,6 b. Jan. 12, 1819; m. Feb. 2, 1840, Samuel E. Hadley.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 21, 1820; m. William Harris of Lowell, Mass.
iii. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 22, 1822; sett. in Ripon, Wis .; m. Feb. 17, 1852, Lydia M., dau. Hosea and Harriet (Bixby) Newcomb, b. June 30, 1833. Chn .: Alton MI.,7 Lizzie L., Minnie B., Nellie B.
iv. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 9, 1824; m. George Ripley of Montpelier, Vt.
v. ORAMEL, b. Sept. 29, 1826; d. 1898; m. Hannah Rogers; res. Lowell, Mass.
vi. LOVINA RICHARDSON, b. May 20, 1832; m. (1) William McCoy; (2) May 1, 1864, Solomon Smith of Brookfield, Vt.
vii. DANIEL PERRY, b. June 15, 1834; Co. H. 6th Vt. Vols., 1861-5; rem. to Seaside, Oregon; d. June, 1908; m. Nancy Chn .: Gertrude,7 b. July 18, 1866, and 5 others.
viii. SEMIRA ROSINA, b. Apr. 6, 1836; m. Apr. 22, 1861, Alonzo Coggswell.
ix. ALMIRA MEDORA, b. June 9, 1838; m. Sept. 10, 1861, Ephraim Fuller.
x. DENCY MELISSA, b. Dec. 7, 1840; m. Dec. 31, 1861, Hiland G. Campbell.
xi. MASON CHELLIS, b. May 28, 1843; d. June 1, 1800; Co. H. 6th Vt. Vols., 1861-5; m. July 4, 1872, Hattie Flint.
xii. HULSA. WALBRIDGE, b. June 29, 1846: d. Sept. 25, 1854.
xiii. MYRON JOSEPH, b. May 22, 1849; d. Sept. 17, 1854.
xiv. EMMA ANN, b. June 6, 1852; m. Jan. 1, 1875, O. D. Scribner of Montpelier, Vt.
SHERMAN.
REV. JOHN' SHERMAN, third minister of Watertown, Mass., was born in Dedham, Eng., Dec. 26, 1613; A. B., Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1629; came to America in 1635, and went to Water- town; removed soon to New Haven Colony, but returned soon, and died Aug. 8, 1685.
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He married (1) Abigail -; (2) Mary Launce. Of his fourteen children whose names we have, the fifth was Rev. James Sherman, clergyman and physician, second minister of Sudbury, Mass., where he began to preach in 1677, but was deposed July, 1705; removed with wife, Mary (Walker), to Elizabethtown, N. J.
1. JOHN3 SHERMAN (Rev. James,? Rev. John1), son of Rev. James and Mary (Walker) Sherman, was born in Sudbury, Mass., Nov. 20, 1683; rem. to Springfield, Mass., where he became a physician; early settler of Brimfield, Mass., where he was clerk of proprietors and town clerk, 1732-1761.
He married, Nov. 9, 1703, Abigail (Wood) Stone, who d. Mar. 9, 1772.
Children:
2. il.
i. BEZALEEL,4 b. Mar. 31, 1704; m. Feb. 4, 1732, Abigail Graves. BERIAH, b. Sept. 15, 1705.
iii. JOHN, b. Dec. 3, 1708; d. Aug. 20, 1735.
iv. DANIEL, b. June 28, 1711; d. Jan. 9, 1741.
V. MARY, b. July 24, 1713; m. July 13, 1732, Adonijah Russell.
vi. JAMES, b. Aug. 12, 1716; m. July 18. 1749, Mrs. Mary Stebbins. vii. PHINEAS, b. Nov. 10, 1719; m. Dec. 12, 1738, Elizabeth Morgan.
viii. THOMAS, b. Sept. 6, 1722; d. Nov. 22, 1803; m. Sept. 12, 1751, Anna Blodgett.
2. BERIAHA SHERMAN (John,3 Rev. James,? Rev. John1) was born Sept. 15, 1705; settled in Brimfield, Mass., where he died Apr. 1, 1792.
He married Mary, dau. John Crooks of Mendon, Mass., who died July 23, 1786. Children, born in Brimfield, Mass .:
3. i. THOMAS,5 b. Aug. 10, 1745.
4. 11. BERIAH, b. Oct. 7, 1747 or 1748.
iii. JEREMIAH, b. June 12, 1751; m. Nov. 28, 1782, Eunice Lum- bard.
iv. SARAH, b. Oct. 22, 1753; d. Sept. 19, 1757 .
v. TIMOTHY, b. Apr. 30, 1756; m. Sarah
vi. PELATIAH, b. Nov. 27, 1761; d. Mar. II, 1777.
3. THOMAS" SHERMAN (Beriah,4 Jolin,3 Rev. James,2 Rev. John1) was born in Brimfield, Mass., Aug. 10, 1745; Revolu- tionary soldier; was in W. by 1791, but no record of him is found there after 1798. Members of the family say he rem. to N. Y., and the History of Brimfield says he died Nov. 22, 1803.
He married, Mar. 7, 1771, Zerviah Lumbard.
Children, born in Brimfield, Mass .:
i. DANIEL,6 b. Aug. 10, 1771; m. Jan. 21, 1791, Sally Dimmick; was in W., 1797.
ii. MARY, b. Sept. 23, 1772.
iii. THOMAS BURCH, b. Dec. 23, 1774; was in W., 1797.
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4. BERIAH5 SHERMAN (Beriah,4 John,3 Rev. James,2 Rev. John1) was born in Brimfield, Mass., Oct. 7, 1747 or 1748; Revolutionary soldier; farmer, tanner, cordwainer; rem. to Windsor, Vt., abt. 1790, and was in W., by 1791; died Sept., 1832.
He married, 1777, Elizabeth Brown of Boston, who d. Aug. 18, 1807, ae. 49.
Children:
5. i. WILLIAM,6 b. Dec., 1780.
ii. PELATIAH, b. abt. 1778; m. July 26, 1815, Annah, dau. Ezra and Betsey (Chandler) Wait, b. 1789; removed, soon after marriage, to Moriah, N. Y. Chn .: Jane,7 b. Nov. 15, 1815; Jeanette, Juliette, Juvilla, Judson, John, James, Jarvis.
iii. ARAD, (voter in 1812); died Jan. 3, 1853, ae. 68; married late in life, Lois Ashcroft of Nfd., Vt. No issue.
iv. BETSEY, d. unm., Jan. 31, 1853, ae. 74.
5. WILLIAM SHERMAN (Berich,5 Beriah,4 John,3 Rev. James,2 Rev. John1) was born in Brimfield, Mass., Dec., 1780; lived for many years in Fayston, Vt .; died Mar. 17, 1832. He married, Mar. 14, 1804, Lucy, dau. Daniel W. and Elizabeth (Barnard) Wilder, b. Mar. 27, 1785; d. at Ravenswood, Ill., Aug., 1885.
Children:
i. PLUMEA,7 b. Aug. 30, 1804; m. Dec. 14, 1822, Eli Bruce.
6. ii. LANGDON, b. Oct. 16, 1806.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. July 30, 1808; m. Dec. 9, 1827, Bradstreet Gilman of Winooski, Vt.
iv. DANIEL WILDER, b. Nov. 26, 1809; d. Apr. 27, 1811.
7: V. DANIEL BERIAH, b. Oct. 4, 1811.
vi. LUCY ANN, b. July 13, 1813; m. 1843, John Wheelock of Hinesburg, Vt.
vii. WILLIAM WILDER, b. Mar. 19, 1815; m. (1) Nov. 6, 1842, at Bennington, Vt., Iris Rosetta Winslow; (2) Jan. 27, 1903, Elsina M. Wilson; sett. in Lowell, Mass., 1846, but rem. abt. 1904, to Bennington, Vt., where he died Jan. 20, 1908. No issue.
Viii. LUCELIA SERENA, b. May 3, 1821; d. Aug., 1823.
ix. ROSAMOND SAMANTHA, b. Apr. 24, 1824; m. Dec. 4, 1845, Hosea T. Humphrey; sett. in Pipestone, Minn. Chn .: Jerome,8 Leslie; Emma, d. Mar. ,I, 1904.
CHARIAN AMELIA, b. Mar. 12, 1829; d. unm., Apr. 17, 1900. x.
6. LANGDON7 SHERMAN (William," Beriah,5 Beriah,4 John,3 Rev. James,2 Rev. John1) was born Oct. 16, 1806; after many years' residence in W., on the farm settled by his grand- father, he rem. in turn to Barre and Thetford, Vt., where he died Feb. 5, 1864.
He married, 1834, Pamelia P. Smith of Bath, N. H. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MARY ANN,8 b. June 15, 1835.
ii. LUCY JANE, b. Nov. 30, 1836.
iii. WILLIAM EVERETT, b. Sept. 2, 1838; d. while a student at Dart. Coll.
iv. CELIA.
v. EMMA, m. Wilton M. Lindsey of Warren, Pa.
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7. DANIEL BERIAH7 SHERMAN (William,' Beriah,5 Beriah,4 John,' Rev. James,2 Rev. John1) was born in Fayston, Vt., Oct. 4, IS11; lived at various times in Favston, Middlesex, Barre and Brookfield, Vt., where he died.
He married Malvina Amanda Murray. Children:
i. ADELIA INEZ,8 b. July 4, 1842, in Fayston.
ii. SARAH E., b. Apr. 28, 1845.
iii. CAROLINE ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 19, 1847.
iv. WILLIAM SHERIDAN, b. Feb. 17, 1850.
v. EDWARD E.
AVERY SHERMAN came from Waterbury where he had a family, and died in W., Dec. 23, 1873, ae. 90.
His wife, Mary B., d. Dec. 28, 1873, ae. 82.
SILSBY.
ASAPH SILSBY was in W. around 1830; res. in various Ver- mont towns and finally rem. to Soldier Valley, Ia.
He married (1) Betsey C., who d. in W., Sept. 10, 1829, ae. 27; (2) Feb. 28, 1830, Olive, dau. John W. and Hannah (Cushing) Steele, b. Oct. 18, 1804; d. Oct., 1883.
Children by second wife:
i. ITHEL.
ii. BETSEY.
iii. JANE.
iv. MILTON.
v. JOHN.
SKINNER.
1. JOHN1 SKINNER came in Rev. Mr. Hooker's party to Hartford, Conn., where he was a proprietor; died 1650.
He married Mary, dau. Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn., who m. (2) Nov. 13, 1654, Owen Tudor, and d. Aug. 19, 1680. Children:
i. MARY,2 b. 1637-8; m. Robert Reeve of Hartford, Conn.
ii. ANN, b. 1639; m. John Colt. '
iii. JOHN, b. 1641 ; d. Sept. 15, 1690; m. Mary, dau. Joseph Easton.
iv. JOSEPH, b. 1643; m. Apr. 5, 1666, Mary, dau. William Filley of Windsor, Conn.
2. v. RICHARD, b. 1646.
2. RICHARD2 SKINNER (John1) was born in Hartford, Conn., 1646; in the distribution of his father's estate he was given more than the other children "on account of weak- ness."
Children:
3. i. JOHN,' b. 1675.
ii. RICHARD, m. Nov. 24, 1708, Hannah Pratt; sett. in Colchester, Conn.
iii. EBENEZER.
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3. JOHN' SKINNER (Richard2 John1) was born in Hartford, Conn., 1675; sett. in Colchester, Conn .; deacon; died Aug. 27, 1740.
He married Sarah
Children, born in Colchester, Conn .:
i. SARAH, 4 b. July 17, 1697; m. Aug. 7, 1721, Nathaniel Loomis.
11. ANN, b. Oct. 1, 1700; m. Oct. 29, 1721, Seth Dean.
iii. TOHN, b. Aug. 30, 1703: m. Esther
iv. DANIEL, b. Aug. 30, 1705; in. Elizabeth Hitchcock.
v. JOANNA, b. Jan. 27, 1707: m. Feb. 28, 1728-9, Caleb Loomis.
vi. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 7, 1710: m. (1) Nov., 1733, Elizabeth Williams, who d. Apr. 22, 1754; (2) Apr., 1756, Mary Bliss.
4. vii. AARON, b. June 14, 1713.
4. AARON4 SKINNER (John3. Richard,2 Jolin1) was born in Colchester, Conn., June 14, 1713; deacon; died in Colchester., Nov. 17, 1766.
He married, Aug. 4, 1737, Eunice, dau. Michael Taintor, b. Apr. 13, 1717. Children, born in Colchester, Conn .:
i. EUNICE,5 b. July 22, 1738; m. June 9, 1763, William Matson.
ii. AARON, b. July 12, 1740; sett. in Shelburne, Mass., where he was a leader, member Committee of Correspondence, and held many town offices; died Aug. 6, 1826; married Apr. 12, 1764, Mehitable Worthington, who d. Aug. 16, 1816, ae. 74. Chn .: Aaron,6 b. Jan. 13, 1765; Mchitable, b. Sept. 13, 1767; Asa, b. May 8, 1769: Eunice, b. Feb. 23, 1771; Appleton, b. Jan. 5, 1773; Justin; Elias, bapt. Mar. 24, 1776.
iii. daughter, b. Dec., 1742; d. young.
iv. . DAVID, b. Dec. 22, 1743; m. (1) Dec. 8, 1766, Sarah Lord; (2) Feb. 2S. 1771, Jerusha Lord.
v. MARY, b. Feb. 4, 1745-6.
vi. CHARLES, b. Jan. 3, 1748-9.
5. 'vii. JARED, b. Nov. 18, 1751. viii. LYDIA, b. Aug. 5, 1754; m. Jan. 1, 1778, Maj. Benjamin Nash.
ix. LOVINA, b. Mar. 7, 1757.
6. x. ELI, b. July 30, 1760.
7. xi. AMASA, b. Mar. 16, 1762.
5. JARED5 SKINNER (Aaron,4 John.3 Richard,? John1) was born in Colchester, Conn., Nov. 18, 1751; went early to Shelburne, Mass., where he held numerous town offices; Revolutionary soldier; came to W., 1795; charter mem- ber of church, 1796; treas. 1798, 1803; selectman, 1797, 1799, 1800; died Feb. 25, 1838.
He married, Nov. 19, 1779, at Shelburne, Abigail Nims, who d. Mar. 11, 1831, ae. 73. Children, born in Shelburne, Mass .:
i. CLARISSA,6 b. Aug. 26, 1780; d. Mar. 13, 1786.
ii. LOVINA, b. Jan. 31, 1783: m. Sept. 10, ISO1, Levi Wilder.
iii. CLARISSA, b. Feb. 27, 1786; m. Sept. 23, 1815, Levi Wilder.
8. iv. ORSON, b. Oct. 29, 1757.
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6. ELIS SKINNER (Aaron,4 John,3 Richard,2 John1) was born in Colchester, Conn., July 30, 1760; went early to Shel- burne, Mass .; Revolutionary soldier; came to W. as early as 1794; treasurer, 1804-5; rem. abt. 1835 to Gouverneur, N. Y.
He married (1) Sept. 4, 1783, at Shelburne, Lucinda Nims, who d. June 25, 1807, ac. 44; (2) Eleanor Children:
i. CHARLES," b. July 7, 1784; m. July 25, 1814, Lois, dau. Ezra Wait; went abt. 1819, to Antwerp, N. Y., thence to Lagrange, O., and thence to Thornapple, Mich., where he d. Oct. 13, 1862. His wife d. July 11, 1871. Chn .: Thomas Lathrop, Charles S., Eunice, Ezra W., William M., Mary.
a DANIEL, b. Mar. 2, 1786, in Conway, Mass.
ii.
iii. LIXA, b. June 6, 1788, in Shelburne; d. June 19, 1806.
iv. JOEL, b. June 26, 1790; m. Mar. 17, 18IS, Abigail Turner; rem. abt. 1845, to Kishwaukee, McHenry Co., Ill. Chn .: Eli Nims,7 b. Dec. 15, 1818; Laban Turner, b. May 22, 1821; Mary Lucinda, b. Apr. 2, 1824; Joel Harvey, b. Mar. 8, 1827.
V. CHARITY, b. July 19. 1792; m. Apr. 20, 1813, Lathrop Richard- son.
vi. LYDIA, b. June 2, 1795, in Waitsfield.
vii. LUCINDA, b. Aug. 5, 1797; m. Dec. 1, 1825, William Diggins. viii. EUNICE, b. Jan. 2, 1800; m. Andrew Roulston.
ix. DAVID, b. Sept. 30, 1804.
x. OLIVER LOVEJOY, b. Sept. 12, 1809; m. June 10, 1832, Almira Stone, and rem. soon after to Utica, Wis.
7. AMASAS SKINNER (Aaron,4 John,3 Richard,2 John1) was born in Colchester, Conn., Mar. 16, 1762; Revolutionary soldier; came to W. about 1798, from Shelburne, Mass., where he had settled as a boy with his older brothers; in early deeds is called "clothier" but in W. was a farmer; Rep., 1808-10, 1812-13, 1815; selectman, 1809; died Jan. 15, 1833.
He married, Mar. 13, 1788, Salome, dau. Gideon and Temperance (Chapman) Bushnell, who d. Oct. 8, 1850, in Illinois, where she went with her son-in-law, Dr. Frederick T. Minor, in 1833.
Children:
i. HORACE,6 b. Oct. 11, 1789; d. Feb. 29, 1816, in New Haven, Conn.
ii. POLLY, m. Feb. 22, 1815, Andrew B. Minor.
iii. TEMPERANCE, m. Feb. 7, 1820, Moses Chase, Jr.
iv. AMASA, bapt., 1802; m. Dec. 23, 1819, Hannah J. Piper: went to Antwerp, N. Y., 183 -. Ch .: Harriet Lovina,1 bapt. June 7, 1822.
V. MIRANDA, m. Sept. 20, IS21, Frederick T. Minor.
vi. WILLIAM, bapt. 1802; sett. in Coldwater, Mich.
vii. SALOME, b. June 27, 1802.
viii. GINNETHON, b. Nov. 26, 1803; m. Aug. IS, 1833, Betsey, dau. William and Rebecca (Perry) Joslin. She m. (2) 1838 Horace S. Jones.
ix. JERUSHA, bapt. Mar. 3, 1806; was in Lowell, Mass., 1831.
x. ELIXA, bapt. July 9, 1807; m. Enos Wilder Minor.
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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.
8. ORSON6 SKINNER (Jared,5 Aaron, John,3 Richard,2 John1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Oct. 29, 1787; came to W. with his father; Asst. Judge Co. Court, 1840; select- man, 1821, 1825, 1828, 1832, 1838; Colonel in Vermont Militia; marched for Plattsburgh, Sept. 11, 1814; died Feb. 20, IS67.
He married (1) Apr. 3, 1814, Dorothy, dau. Joseph and Dorothy (Osgood) Joslin, b. May 10, 1787; d. Apr. 1, 1849; (2) Aug. 20, 1849, Mrs. Content (Erskine) Taylor.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MELISSA ANGELINE,7 b. Nov. 4, 1815; d. Nov. 13, 1816.
ii. ORVIS JOSLIN, b. Sept. 3, 1817; physician; sett. in Yates Centre, Kan .; colonel in Civil War; d. Feb. 2, 1893; m. Mrs. Sarah P. (Miner) Clark.
iii. CHARLES DENISON, b. May 28, 1819; d. at Junction, O., Jan. 24, 1848, unm.
iv. JULIA EMILY, b. June 10, 1821; d. Apr. 19, 1901.
v. MELISSA JANE, b. July 4, 1823; m. (1) Sept., 1857, Lucius Parker; (2) 1875, Rev. N. Cobb.
vi. CELIA MARIA, b. July 10, 1826; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1848, Lewis E. Taylor; (2) Apr. 27, 1852, Solon F. Davis.
9. DANIEL® SKINNER (Eli," Aaron," John,3 Richard,2 John1) was born in Conway, Mass., Mar. 2, 1786; came to W. as a child and died there Mar. 9, 1877.
He married (1) Jan. 23, 1814, Minerva, dau. Joseph and Dorothy (Osgood) Joslin, b. Jan. 13, 1793; d. Aug. 15, 1817; (2) Marcia, dau. Paul and Belinda (Childs) David- son, b. Apr. 9, 1793; d. Aug. 19, 1863.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LUCIUs,7 b. Nov. 28, 1814; d. Mar. 26, 1815.
ii. Lucius, b. Dec. 29, 1815; sett. in Elk Grove, Ill .; m. Sept. 4, 1839, Juliet Amelia, dau. Andrew B. and Polly Minor.
Io. iii. CYRUS, b. Mar. 13, 1816.
iv. DANIEL, b. July 19, 1820; d. in Marengo, Ill., Jan., 1846; m. Oct., 1845, Orpha Cornelia, dau. Jedediah and Abigail (Taylor) Bushnell, who d. abt. 1867. Ch .: Daniel,8 who d. unm. in 1867.
v. MARCIA MINERVA, b. Nov. 16, 1821; m. Sept. 20, 1847, Joseph Kimball.
vi. SILOAM, b. Apr. 8, 1823; d. Oct. 14, 1866, unm.
vii. WILLIAM JOSLIN, b. Oct. 17, 1825 ; sett. in Wisconsin ; m. Jan. 4, 1853. Lucy Aurora, dau. Salmon and Lucy (Joslin) Rice. Chn .: Myra E.,8 b. Nov. 24, 1855; Cyren, b. Apr. 27, 1857; Cyrus, b. Apr. 27, 1857; Walter William, b. June 30, 1862.
II. viii. HENRY ORLANDO, b. July 17, IS27.
ix. HIRAM C., b. June 5, 1829; d. at Sharon, Mass., Feb. 28, 1877, unm.
x. HARRIET LUCINDA, b. Feb. 9, 1834; m. Jan. 18, 1857, Levi S. Taylor.
xi. JULIET, b. Apr. 12, 1837; d. June 7, 1859.
10 CYRUS7 SKINNER (Daniel," Eli,5 Aaron," John,3 Richard,? John1) was born in W., Mar. 13, 1816: town clerk, 1848- 1855; treasurer, 1854-5; merchant; died June 17, 1855. .
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He married, Mar. 15, 1843, Emily A., dau. Wells and Polly (Newcomb) Hitchcock, b. Feb. 22, 1816. She m. (2) Nov., 1866, Calvin Fullerton.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. HENRY HITCHCOCK,6 b. Jan. 13, 1845; sett. in Santa Cruz, Cal .; d. Oct. 26, 1887; m. Sarah D. Parcher. Chn .: Cora Emily,9 b. Sept. 29, 1871; Caroline George, b. May 25, 1877. ii. Lucius, b. Sept. 19, 1846; d. Sept. 16, 1849.
11. HENRY ORLANDO7 SKINNER (Daniel,6 Eli,5 Aaron,4 John,3 Richard,2 John1) was born in W., July 16, 1827; died Apr. 7, 1879; owned the old Dr. Wm. Joslin farm upon which his son has succeeded him.
He married Sept. 23, 1857, Mary E., dau. Harry and Lydia (Dow) Hawley, b. Aug. 24, 1835.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LUCIUS H.,8 b. Aug. 3, 1858; d. Jan. 22, 1867.
ii. CARLOS L., b. Apr. 17, 1861; d. Feb. 14, 1863.
12. iii. DANIEL H., b. Sept. 1, 1866.
iv. ANGELINE M., b. May 16, 1870; m. Aug. 14, 1901, William L. Ellis of Natick, Mass.
12. DANIEL H.8 SKINNER (Henry Orlando,7 Daniel,® Eli,5 Aaron,4 John,3 Richard,? John1) was born in W., Sept. I, 1866.
He married, June 5, 1889, Ella L., dau. Wesley Green and Alma (Parker) McAllister, b. Jan. 4, 1868.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LUTIE,9 b. Mar., 1800.
ii. LYDIA LAVONE, b. Feb. 2, 1892.
iii. ESTHER, b. June 27, 1894.
SLOAN.
JOHN SLOAN was born in Ireland.
He married Sarah, dau. of John and Margaret Long. Children:
i. CARRIE M., m. Nov. 9, 1868, Joseph F. Heustis of Brattleboro, Vt.
ii. JAMES A., m. Dec. 24, 1877, Millie A. Foster.
iii. MARGARET.
iv. MARY.
v. RACHEL.
vi. LUCINDA.
vii. JOHN FRANKLIN, b. June 18, 1859.
SMALLEY.
NATHAN B. SMALLEY, son of Isaac and Charlotte Smalley, was born in Duxbury, Vt., Mar. 10, 1813, and came as a young man to W. where he died, Nov. 20, 1892.
He married, Apr. 10, 1845, Julia Emily, dau. Jason and Betsey (Ingraham) Carpenter, b. Apr. 16, 1807; d. July 28, 1891. Child, born in Waitsfield:
i. MARTHA, bapt. Mar. 5, 1854; d. Apr. 27, 1898; m. Aug. 5. 1870, Stebbins Ashley.
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SMITH.
1. SAMUEL1 SMITH (Lieut.) came from Ipswich, Eng., in the ship Elisabeth, in 1634; sett. in Weathersfield, Conn., and rem. to Hadley, Mass., 1659, where he was a leading man, and in charge of military affairs until his son Philip succeeded him in 1678; Rep. 8 times, 1661-73; died about 1680, ae. abt. 78. He married in England, Elizabeth -, who died Mar. 16, 1686, ae. 84.
Children:
i. SAMUEL,2 b. abt. 1625; m. Rebecca, dau. Rev. Henry Smith, and rem. to Virginia.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. abt. 1627; m. (1) abt. 1646, Nathan Foote; (2) William Gull.
iii. MARY, b. abt. 1631; m. John Graves.
2. iv. PHILIP, b. abt. 1633.
v. CHILEAB, b. abt. 1635; d. Mar. 17, 1731; m. Oct. 2, 1661, Hannah Hitchcock.
vi. JOHN, killed at attack on Hatfield, May 30, 1676; m. Nov. 12, 1663, Mary Partridge.
2. PHILIPP SMITH (Samuel1) was born in Eng. abt. 1633; sett. in Hadley, Mass .; Rep. 6 times, 1677-1684; deacon; Lieutenant; Justice of the County Court; died Jan. 10, 1685, "murdered", says Cotton Mather, "with an hideous witchcraft."
He married Rebecca, dau. Nathaniel Foote. She m. (2) Oct. 2, 1688, Aaron Cook of Northampton, and d. Apr. 6, 1701.
Children, born in Hadley, Mass .:
i. SAMUEL,3 b. Jan., 1659; m. (1) Nov. 16, 1682, Mary Church; (2) June, 1701, Mary Smith.
ii. child, d. Jan. 22, 1661.
iii. JOHN, b. Dec. 18, 1661; d. Apr. 16, 1727; m. Nov. 29, 1683, Joanna, dau. Joseph Kellogg.
iv. JONATHAN, m. Nov. 14, 1688, Abigail Kellogg.
v. PHILIP, m. July 9, 1687, Mary Bliss.
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vi. REBECCA, m. abt. 1686, George Stillman of Hadley. vii. NATHANIEL, m. Feb. 6, 1696, Mary Dickinson.
viii. JOSEPH, teacher and minister; m. Esther Parsons.
3. ix. ICHABOD, b. Apr. 11, 1675.
3. ICHABOD3 SMITH (Philip,2 Samuel1) was born in Hadley, Mass., Apr. 11, 1675, and died there Sept. 6, 1746.
He married, July 9, 1698, Elizabeth, dau. Aaron and Sarah (Westwood) Cook, who died Oct. 10, 1751. _
Children, born in Hadley, Mass .:
i. PHILIP,4 b. May 2, 1699; m. Sarah White.
ii. AARON, b. Sept. 20, 1700; d. July 5, 1759; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1724, Mehitable Ingraham; (2) Abigail
iii. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 16, 1702; physician; res. Amherst, Mass.
iv. REBECCA, b. Nov. 9, 1703; in. Oct. 21, 1726, William Smith.
4. v. MOSES, b. Apr. 30, 1706.
vi. BRIDGET, b. Mar. 15, 1708; m. Nov. 30, 1730, Jona. Moody of Amherst.
vii. MIRIAM, b. Aug. 22, 1710; m. Nov. 16, 1738, David Moody.
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viii. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 10, 1712; m. (1) Dec. 4, 1735, Noadiah Lewis; (2) 1743, Elisha Ingraham.
ix. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 4, 1715; m. Rebecca -, and sett. in Sandisfield, Mass.
x. EXPERIENCE, b. Jan. 27, 1717; m. Mercy Eastman, and sett. in Granby, Mass.
xi. ELISHA, b. Jan. 23, 1721; of Amherst, 1761, and Hadley, 1770.
4. MOSES4 SMITH (Ichabod,3 Philip,2 Samuel1) was born in Hadley, Mass., Apr. 30, 1706; rem. to Amherst, Mass., 1735, where he died, May 12, 1781.
He married, Nov. 30, 1732, Hannah, dau. Samuel and Hannah (Barnard) Childs, b. July 18, 1710; d. Jan. 26, 1778. Children:
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MOSES,5 b. Dec. 10, 1733.
ii. SIMON, b. Aug. 25, 1735; d. in Amherst, 1777.
iii. HANNAH, b. July 18, 1737; m. Oct. 7, 1774, Daniel Church.
iv. CATHARINE, b. Aug. 13, 1739; m. Robert Emmons.
v: AZUBAH, b. Sept. 30, 1741; d. Oct. 10, 1743.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 10, 1743; m. Aug. 13, 1767, Elisha Nash.
vii. AMASA, b. Apr. 30, 1746; d. Oct. 7, 1812; m. (1) Ruth, dau. John and Ruth (Catlin) Barnard; (2) wid. Naomi Dickinson.
viii. SAMUEL, b. June 19, 1748; sailor; d. at Kingston, Jamaica. ix. NOADIAH, b. Sept. 26, 1751.
X. OLIVER, b. Nov. 7, 1755; Rev. soldier; d. at White Plains, N. Y.
5. MOSES5 SMITH (Moses,4 Ichabod,3 Philip,2 Samuel1) was born in Hadley, Mass., Dec. 10, 1733; sett. first in Deer- field, Mass., but rem. about 1776 to Shelburne, Mass .; wheelwright; Shelburne Committee of Safety, 1777; died Oct. 27, 1781.
He married, Apr. 16, 1761, Sarah, dau. John and Jemima (Allen) Catlin, b. Apr. 25, 1738; d. Oct. 31, 1826.
Children:
6. i. SALAH,6 b. Jan. 17, 1762.
ii. AZUBAH, b. Apr. 18, 1763; m. Samuel Severance.
iii. JEMIMA, b. Sept. 20, 1764; m. Nathan Eames.
7. iv. MOSES, b. Oct. 19, 1766.
8. v. ELIJAH, b. Dec. 2, 1768.
vi. CHESTER, b: Mar. 2, 1771; shoemaker; res. in Deerfield, Shelburne and Conway; d. Mar. 13, 1812; m. Dec. 15, 1796, Anna Jewett.
vii. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 17, 1773; d. Jan. 31, 1839; m. (1) Jan. 18, 1798, Lucy DeWolf; (2) Jan. 20, 1803, Abigail Hosley.
viii. LEVI, b. Oct. 12, 1775; d. Sept. 20, 1782.
ix. HANNAH CHILDS, b. Nov. 7, 1777.
6. SALAH® SMITH (Moses," Moses," Ichabod,3 Philip,2 Samuel1) was born in Deerfield, Mass., Jan. 17, 1762; Rev. soldier; sett. first in Shelburne, Mass., and rem. to W. in 1793: where he became a leader; town clerk, 1802, 1805-6; treasurer, 1808-14; selectman, 1813; taught the first
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school in W., winter 1797-8; marched for Plattsburgh in the Waitsfield Company, Sept., 1814; died Mar. 23, 1830.
He married, Dec. 14, 1786, Mary, dau. John and Mary (Nims) Taylor, bapt. Mar. 30, 1766; d. Sept. 29, 1843. Children:
9. i. ITHAMAR,7 b. June 6, 1787, in Shelburne.
ii. CHARLOTTE, b. Nov. 19, 1788; d. Jan. 23, 1882, unm.
IO. iii. RODNEY, b. Oct. 10, 1790.
iv. ZEBINA, b. Nov. 7, 1792; rem. to Gouverneur, N. Y., 183 -; d. Mar. 17, 1874; m. May 6, 1818, Lucinda, dau. David and Lucinda Phelps, b. Mar. 20, 1797. Chn .: Edward Warren,9 Clarissa Malinda, Pliny Fisk, Sarah Lucinda.
II. V. EARL, b. Apr. 6, 1795, in W.
vi. JULIUS, b. Apr. 3, 1797; d. Aug. 15, 1842, in Painsville, O .; m. Harriet Chn .: Washington Irving,8 Elvira.
vii. HARRIET, b. June 5, 1799; m. (1) Joseph Silsby. Ch .: Riverius Vriling8; m. (2) Philip Tambling. Chn .: Mary,8 Corydon, Cyrus.
viii. JOSEPH, b. June 17, 1801; d. June 20, 1801.
ix. TRYPHENA, b. Mar. 1, 1803; m. Dec. 14, 1841, Silas Wheeler of Fayston, Vt.
x. ELVIRA, b. Apr. 23, 1805; m. Gilbert Arnott Knight. Ch. Juliuss.
xi. ORILLA, b. Oct. 29, 1807; m. May 3, 1832, George Rex Tewks- bury.
xii. AMASA, b. June 22, 1810; sett. in Willoughby, O., but rem. to Penn Yan, N. Y., where he d. 1878; m. Julia Ann Lester. Chn .: Charles Harrison8, b. 1841; Eugene Lester, b. 1842; Henry Julius, b. 1844; Mary Anna, b. 1846; Charlotte Elvira, b. 1853; Horatio Seymour, b. 1862.
xiii. CHAUNCEY, b. Aug. 19, 1813; d. June 18, 1815.
7. MOSES6 SMITH (Moses,5 Moses,4 Ichabod,3 Philip,? Samuel1) was born in Deerfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1766; res. in Shelburne, Mass., until 1794, then rem. to Deerfield, and came to W. about 1797; blacksmith; his shop was on present Chipman place, lot 121; died Dec. 12. 1820. He married, Nov. 7, 1787, Mary, dau. Samuel and Mary (Nims) Childs, b. Sept. 22, 1771; d. Sept. 25, 1853. Children:
i. EPHRAIM WILDER,7 b. Mar. 8, 1791, in Shelburne; d. Mar. 22, 1800.
ii. ABIGAIL CATLIN, b. Aug. 5, 1792; d. Apr. 29, 1793.
iii. DORRICK, b. June 23, 1794, in Deerfield; d. Nov. 5, 1832; m. Feb. 21, 1828, Mrs. Sidney (Hawks) Childs, wid. of Israel Childs.
iv. LEVI, b. July 1, 1796; rem. to Woodstock, Ill., and d. there, Apr. 21, 1854; m. Aug. 23, 1818, Aurelia West. Chn .: Sarah J.8 and others.
v. ABIGAIL CATLIN, b. in W., Nov. 15, 1799: d. Feb. 12, 1814.
vi. SOPHIA, b. Sept. 16, 1801; m. Aug. 17, 1818, William Wheeler of Fayston, Vt.
vii. CLARISSA, b. Aug. 28, 1803 ; m. Jan. 25, 1831, Simeon Stoddard, Jr. viii. LOUISA, b. Sept. 20, 1805; m. May 3, 1830, William Bixby of Fayston.
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