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GENEALOGIES.
ix. SAMUEL CHILDS, b. Oct. 29, 18OS; sett. in Worcester, Mass .; m. Sept. 29, 1836, Mary Hitchcock. Chn .: Catherine, 8 bapt. 1846; Harvey Hitchcock, bapt. Oct. 15, 1848.
x. MARY NIMS, b. Jan. 27, 1811; m. Aug. 1, 1839, David Wells, who sett. in Lamoille, Ill. She died June 22, 1883.
xi. EPHRAIM WILDER, b. May 11, 1813; sett. in Richmond, I11., where he d., Apr. 3, 1890; m. Apr. 14, 1847, Hannah Lamphere.
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xii. SYLVESTER CHESTER, b. Mar. 2, 1816; sett. in Warren, Vt., where he d. Sept. 4, 1848; m. Dec. 3, 1840, Emily Bowman. ELIJAH& SMITH (Moses,5 Moses,4 Ichabod,3 Philip,? Samuel1) was born in Deerfield, Mass., Dec. 2, 1768; came to W. from Shelburne, Mass., in 1794, and lived on a farm adjoining his bro. Salah; marched for Plattsburgh in W. Company, Sept. 1814; died Aug. 18, 1823, "sudden death" says the record.
He married, Sept. 12, 1794, Rachel Kettle, who d. May 19, 1839, ae. 71. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. LAURA,7 b. July 26, 1795; d. Jan. 2, 1875, unm.
ii. SARAH, b. Dec. 1, 1797; m. Mar. 21, 1830, Apollos Rider.
9. ITHAMART SMITH (Salah,6 Moses, Moses,4 Ichabod,3 Philip,2 Samuel1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., June 6, 1787; purchased the northerly portion of his father's farm in lot 116; a man of scholarly attainments and an advanced thinker; deacon Cong'l ch .; Rep. 1846-7; selectman, 1816; died Feb. 10, 1862, at Geneva, N. Y., to which place he rem. late in life.
He married, Oct. 26, 1817, Ruth, dau. Samuel and Abigail (Fisk) Barnard, b. Apr. 25, 1791; d. Dec. 9, 1868. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. CHAUNCEY,8 b. Jan. 11, 1819; attended U. V. M., 1845-7; A. M., 1852; eminent patent lawyer of Boston and Cam- bridge, Mass .; d. Apr. 5, 1895; m. Dec. 10, 1856, Caroline E. Marshall. Chn .: Elisabeth Leland,º b. Sept. 12, 1858, d. Sept. 10, 1883; Anne Marshall, b. Nov. 10, 1861, d. Oct. 19, 1908, m. June, 1894, Gary N. Calkins; Chauncey, b. Nov. 22, 1865.
ii. SALAH, b. Jan. 13, 1821; d. Aug. 23, 1823.
iii. SALAH, b. Aug. 2, 1823; sett. in California; d. Mar. 15, 1890; m. Mar. 1846, Elizabeth W. Bailey.
iv. LUTHER LELAND, b. June 23, 1825; teacher and mfgr .; d. at Ansonia, Conn., Feb. 3, 1888; m. Apr. 28, 1859, Elvira, dau. Crowell Matthews, b. May 21, 1827; d. Mar. 20, 1882. Chn .: Carrie E.,9 b. Aug. 1, 1861; Edward L., b. Mar. 18, 1863; Harriet E., b. Dec. 10, 1865; Frank MI., b. June 27, 1868; Grace A., b. July 25, 1870; Luther L., b. Oct. 6, 1872; d. Aug., 1873.
v. LUCINDA WRIGHT, b. Oct. 31, 1828; m. Jan. 3, 1853, John B. Taylor of Bellona, N. Y.
vi. ABIGAIL HORTENSIA, b. Jan. 16, 1833: m. Nov. 14, 1859, Rev. Charles Caverno of Lombard, Il1.
vii. FRANCIS BARNARD, b. Sept. 1, IS35: U. V. M., 1863; m. Feb. 19, 1865, Clara Carpenter: civil engineer; died in Oregon, 1907.
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10. RODNEY7 SMITH (Salah,8 Moses," Moses,4 Ichabod,3 Philip,2 Samuel1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Oct. 10, 1790; marched for Plattsburgh in W. Company, Sept., 1814; rem. 183- to Gouverneur, N. Y., where he died in 1867.
He married, Mar. 23, 1815, Betsey, dau. Salma and Abigail (Root) Rider, b. Dec. 21, 1793; d. 1895.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. ABIGAIL ROOT,8 b. July 24, 1816; m. Edwin R. Barnes of Gouverneur.
ii. ORANGE ALEXANDER, b. Dec. 3, 1817; d. 1842.
iii. JULIA, b. Mar. 20, 1819; m. 1841, Francis M. Beardslee of Antwerp, N. Y.
iv. BETSEY RIDER, b. Aug. 22, 1823; living in Syracuse, N. Y. in 1905, unm.
v. EARL RODNEY, b. Dec. 7, 1826; d. 1887; m. Amelia Cooper. Chn .: Amelia, Emogene M., Hezekiah R., Orange S.
vi. LUCY M. B., died Mar. 15, 1833, ae. 2 y., 10 m., 7 d. vii. LUCY MEHITABLE BELVIDERA, b. 1834; d. 1841.
11. EARL" SMITH (Salah,6 Moses,5 Moses,4 Ichabod,3 Philip,2 Samuel1) was born in W., Apr. 6, 1795; rem. after 1825 to Williston, Vt., and thence to Willoughby, O., where he died Sept. 21, 1872.
He married (1) Sept. 29, 1818, Frances, dau. Doud and Lucy (Joyce) Bushnell, b. Apr. 25, 1795; (2) Mary Peirson, at Shelburne, Vt .; (3) Sarah Jackson. Children:
i. FRANCES CYLENA,8 b. July 26, 1819; m. (I) Nash;
(2) Cottrell of Vassar, Mich.
ji. JOICE CHAPMAN, b. Dec. 21, 1821; lost his life on a steamer, burned on Lake Michigan.
iii. LUCY AMELIA, m. Dr. --- Heaton of Washington, D. C. Chn .: David and Lucy, both d. unm.
iv. MARY.
v. EMMA F., m. John W. Calkins. Chn .: John Vernon,º Fred- erick Earl, Gary Nathan, Russell A.
vi. NATHAN CUSHMAN.
1. ORANGE7 SMITH (Solomon,8 Josiah," John,4 John,3 Philip,2 Samuel1) was born at Brookfield, Vt., Jan. 27, 1796. He was the son of Solomon® and Eunice (Griswold) Smith. Solomon" was born 1764 in Hadley, Mass., and came with his father Josiah5 to Brookfield at an early day. He was a Rev. soldier and died in Brookfield, Feb. 27, 1846. Orange7 was a physician and about 1824 came to W. where he died, Dec. 6, 1863; town clerk, 1841-2 and 1845; treas. 1843-6; and for twenty years clerk of the Cong'l Society.
He married, Mar. 2, 1825, Lucy, dau. Asshur and Lucy Hatch of Brookfield, b. Nov. 5, 1797; d. Jan. 29, 1873.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
2. i. CHARLES DARWIN,$ b. Mar. 16, 1826.
ii. HARRIET MARIA, b. Aug. 5, 1829: d. Apr. 7, IS46.
iii. LUCY WASHBURN, b. Feb. 17, 1835; m. May 3, 1853, Nathan B. Johnson.
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CHARLES DARWIN8 SMITH (Orange,7 Solomon,8 Josiah,5 Jolin,4 John,3 Philip,? Samuel1) was born in W., Mar. 6, 1826, and died there, Feb. 21, 1904; lived on the old Amasa Russ farm, but late in life moved to the village. He married (1) Jan. 20, 1847, Harriet P., dau. Artemas and Eunice (Dewey) Brown, b. Dec. 13, 1826; d. June 6, 1851; (2) Feb. 2, 1852, Lucy M., dau. Artemas and Eunice (Dewey) Brown, b. May 17, 1824; d. July 30, 1903. Children, born in Waitsfield.
i. CHARLES A.,9 b. Nov. 6, 1848; sett. in Barre, Vt., where he d. June 18, 1908; m. May 25, 1873, Isabelle D. Woodward. Chn .: Eunice Dewey,10 b. Aug. 17, 1875: Albert O., b. Aug. 4, 1877; Edward A., b. Jan. 3, 1893 ; d. June 2, 1894.
ii. £ HARRIET M., b. Oct 27, 1849; m. Sept. 4, 1872, Willis E. Marshall of Waterbury, Vt.
iii. JOSEPH G. S., b. Dec. 15, 1850; m. Mar. 21, 1877, Ellen F. Moulton of Wtby. Chn .: Ray E.,10 b. July 27, 1878; d. Nov. 2, 1882.
iv. ADDIE E., b. May 17, 1853; m. May 1, 1878, James R. Dale.
ZADOC SMITH was born 1803; came to W. before 1829; rem. abt. 1856 to Morristown, Vt., where he died, 1881.
He married, Nov. 12, 1829, Sally, dau. Amasa and Phebe (Jennings) Russ.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MARIA, b. Sept. 12, 1830; m. Feb. 4, 1850; Edward Pierson of Brooklyn, N. Y.
ii. ALLEN B., b. May 5, 1832; m. Sept. 1, 1853, Roxana Jackson; res. Morristown, Vt.
1. CHARLES2 SMITH (James1), son of James Smith of More- town, Vt., was born May 25, 1826, and died in Fayston, Vt., Sept. 14, 1870.
He married Louise, dau. William Buzzell of Moretown, b. Dec. 4, 1833; d. Mar. 24, 1895.
Children, born in Moretown, Vt .:
i. CHARLOTTE,3 b. June 18, 1851; m. (I) Frank Abbott; (2) James Martin.
ii. CHARLES L., b. Nov. 26, 1853; d. May 19, 1890; m. Viola Davis.
iii. LESTER, b. Aug. 18, 1857; d. Apr. 30, 1858.
2. iv. LESTER K., b. Mar. 20, 1859.
v. GEORGE, b. June 30, 1861; d. Oct. 19, 1871.
2. LESTER K.3 SMITH (Charles,2 James1) was born in Moretown, Mar. 20, 1859; came to W. as a young man and sett. on the old Joseph Joslin farm, in lots 83 and 84.
He married, Oct. 2, 1881, Lois J., dau. Henry R. and Josephine (Tyler) Campbell, b. Dec. 22, 1858. Children, born in Waitsfield:
1. JOSEPHINE L.,4 b. May 28, 1885; d. July 17, 1886.
ii. CASPER L., b. Aug. 8, 1893.
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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.
1. PATRICK1 SMITH was born in Crough, Co. Antrim, Ireland, Mar. 14. 1817; came to America in 1836 and settled in Fayston, Vt., 1840, where he died. Oct. 24, 1901.
He married (1) Mar. 17, 1840, Leah Steele who died, July 11, IS41; (2) Nov. 21. 1843, Isabella, dau. Joseph Somerville, born in Fayston, Oct. 6, 1827.
Children, born in Fayston:
i. LOUISE,2 b. 1845; m. William Kilpatrick.
ii. JAMES, b. 1848; m. Alice Cooley.
iii. LOVINA, b. Mar. 1, 1853; m. Jan. 7, 1877, Warren J. Robinson.
iv. JOSIAH, d. July 10, 1864, ae. 9 yrs., 6 mos.
v. HENRY, d. July 17, 1864, ae. 3 yrs., 5 mos.
vi. HEZEKIAH, b. Feb. 26, 1858; m. Dec. 1, 1903, Mary McKay. Ch .: Harry,3 b. June 20, 1905.
2. vii. JOSIAH A., b. Dec. 29, 1863.
viii. HENRY, b. Sept. 15, 1866.
2. JOSIAH A.2 SMITH (Patrick1) was born in Fayston, Vt., Dec. 29, 1863; sett. in W .; engaged in teaming business and has served often as road commissioner.
He married, Dec. 24, 1888., Harriet, dau. Peter and Lucy (Tromblee) LaBelle, b. Nov. 6, 1868.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. HERBERT,3 b. Feb. 10, 1890.
11. CARL E., b. Sept. 9, 1892; d. Feb. 5, 1897.
iii. ALICE, b. Mar. 6, 1894.
SNIDER.
JOSEPH SNIDER with wife Elizabeth and family was summoned to depart the town, Feb. 1, 1808.
SNOW.
AMOS SNOW and family were summoned to depart the town, Dec. 27, ISIO.
SOMERVILLE.
1. THOMAS2 SOMERVILLE (Samuel1), son of Samuel and Ann Somerville, was born in Tandragee, Co. Armagh, Ireland; sett. in Hinesburg, Vt., and died at Fayston, Vt., Mar. 8, 1859, ae. 68. He married Jane Farley, who d. May 19, 1873, ae. 75. Children:
i. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 12, 1821, in Ireland; d. Apr. 7, 1880.
ii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 5, 1823; d. Aug. 4, 1848.
2. iii. JOHN, b. in Hinesburg, Aug. 29, 1827.
iv. ANN JANE, b. Sept. 5, 1830, in Fayston; m. Mar. 20, 1858, James McGlaflin of Warren, Vt.
2. JOHN3 SOMERVILLE (Thomas," Samuel1) was born in Hines- burg, Vt., Aug. 29, 1827; sett. in W. where he died, Nov. 27, 1904; owned the Leach farm in lots 93 and 147. He married, Jan. 5. 1866, Ann Hoffman of Fayston, Vt.
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GENEALOGIES.
Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. THOMAS J.,4 b. Mar. 4, 1868; d. Oct. 3, 1893, unm.
ii. WILLIAM S., b. Mar. 8, 1872; d. May 29, 1897, unm.
,iii. EMERY G., b. Mar. IS, 1880; m. Bessie M., dau. Samuel Patterson of Warren. Chn .: Floyd Emery,5 b. Mar. 21. 1904; Maud May, b. July 1, 1906.
SPAULDING, SPALDING.
EDWARD' SPAULDING, said to have sett. first in Virginia, 1619, was in Braintree, Mass., 1634; proprietor and early settler of Chelmsford, Mass., (1655); died Feb. 26, 1670; married (1) Margaret, who died in Braintree, Mass., 1640; (2) Rachel
By the latter he had four children of whom the youngest was Andrew2 Spaulding, born Nov. 19, 1652; died May 5, 1713; married Apr. 30, 1674, Hannah, dau. Henry Jefts of Billerica, Mass. Of their nine children the second was Andrew3 Spaulding, born Mar. 25, 1678; died Nov. 7, 1753; married, Feb. 5, 1701, Abigail Warren, who died May 12, 1768. They had twelve children of whom the eldest was Andrew Spaulding, weaver, born Dec. 8, 1701; died July 1, 1768. He sett. in Westford, .Mass., and like his father and gr. father before him was a deacon; married (1) Hannah, who died Feb. 11, 1744; (2) Nov. 26, 1745, Mrs. Mehitable (Chandler) Crosby. He was a grantee of New Ipswich, N. H., and his death is recorded in Townsend, Mass. He had twelve children of whom the eldest was Andrews, born Jan. 6, 1729.
1. ANDREWS SPALDING (Andrew,+ Andrew,3 Andrew,? Edward1) was born in Westford, Mass., Jan. 6, 1729; sett. in New Ipswich, N. H.
He married, Mar. 25-6, 1757, Abigail Martin of Pepperell, Mass.
Children:
i. ANDREW,6 b. May 9, 1758; sett. in Windsor, Vt., d. Apr. 19, IS46; m. Sept. 1, 1782, Sarah Jewett.
ii. HANNAH, b. Mar. 26, 1760; m. Moses Chase.
iii. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 24, 1762; Rev. soldier; sett. in Crafts- bury, Vt .; d. May 11, 1838; m. Mar. 18, 1790, Azubah Gates.
2. iv. ABEL, b. Dec. 28, 1764.
3. V. JONAS, b. Oct. 23, 1767.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. May 27, 1770; m. Dec. 25, 1798, Jonathan Huggins.
vii. NOAH, b. Aug. 27, 1772; physician; d. in Delaware, O., 1836; m. IS10, Parthenia Root.
viii. NATHAN, b. June 20, 1774; d. June 28, 1778.
2. ABEL6 SPALDING (Andrew," Andrew,4 Andrew,3 Andrew,2 Edward1) was born in New Ipswich, N. H., Dec. 28, 1764; Rev. soldier; sett. in W. as early as 1795, coming from Cornish, N. H. He rem. in ISI7 to Middlebury, Vt., and thence in 1819 to Delaware, O., but died at Norton, O., June 16, 1845.
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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.
He married Hannah, dau. Thomas and Mary (Hall) Chase, b. Dec. 27, 1769; d. Mar. 8, 1832, at Delaware, O. Children:
i. MICHA,7 b. June 7, 1791; m. Apr. 6, 1819, Wealthy Pratt; sett. abt. 1830 in Norton, O., where he d. 1875.
ii. PRUDENCE, b. July 7, 1792; m. Feb. 25, 1816, Jeremiah Pearson of Berlin, Vt.
iii. MARY C., b. May 23, 1795; m. Feb. 1, 1815, Ebenezer Baker; sett. in Bradley, Mich.
iv. CHASE, b. Jan. 25, 1798; d. Jan. 8, 1804.
V. MARTHA, b. July 6, 18co; d. Jan. 12, 1804.
vi. PARNEL, b. Nov. 25, 1802; d. Jan. 29, 1810.
vii. CHASE, b. Apr. 13, 1805; d. Feb. 2, 1810.
viii. MARTHA, b. Sept. 11, 1808; m. Sept. 24, 1829, Matthew Thompson; res. Elkader, Ia.
3. JONAS® SPALDING (Andrew,5 Andrew,4 Andrew,3 Andrew,2 .
Edward1) was born in New Ipswich, N. H., Oct. 23. 1767; sett. in Cornish, N. H., and came to W., 1797; removed about 1830 to Delaware, O.
He married Susannah Simonds of Hartland, Vt. Children:
i. FRANKLIN,7 sett. in Delaware, O .; m. Patience Munson.
ii. IRA, b. Apr. 3, 1794; went to Delaware, O., 1837; m. Mar. 16, 1820, Matilda Ellis.
iii. ABIGAIL, is said to have married and lived in Middlebury, Vt.
iv. LYMAN, b. Apr. 2, 1799; d. Nov., 1886, in Windsor, Vt .; m. Betsey Farwell.
V. child, d. Sept., 1808, ae. 7 yrs.
4. vi. STEPHEN, b. Feb. 15, 1803.
vii. ORINDA, d. Sept., 1808, ae. 2 yrs.
viii. POLLY, d. Mar. 23, 1810, ae. 7 weeks.
ix. MARTHA ALMIRA, b. Sept. 8, 1811; m. Mathing.
x. MARY ALVIRA, b. Sept. 8, 1811; m. Calvin Griffith.
4. STEPHEN SPALDING (Jonas,6 Andrew,5 Andrew,4 Andrew,3 Andrew,? Edward1) was born in W., Feb. 15, 1803, and died there, Oct. 27, 1859. He married Olive , who died May 7, 1863, ae. 60. Children (prob. not in order):
i. EDWIN. 8
ii. WILLIAM WALLIS, d. Dec. 31, 1860, ae. 29.
iii. ABIGAIL.
iv. ALMON.
V. NORMAN.
vi. HENRY M., d. Mar. 31, 1862, ae. 32.
vii. MARY.
viii. SYLVIA L., d. Aug. 17, 1857, ae. 18 yrs., 2 mos., 29 dys.
ix. SOLON S., priv. Co. H, 6th Vt. Vols., 1861-5.
x. LEWIS M., priv. Co. H, 6th Vt. Vois .; killed at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
xi. MARTHA, m. Bagley of Moretown, Vt.
xii. LAURA.
xiii. FRANK E., priv. Co. K, 6th Vt. Vols., 1861-2.
xiv. GEORGE E., priv. Co. G, Ioth N. Y. Vols., 1865; m. Feb. 20, 1867, Emma F. Childs of Moretown.
XV. OLIVE L., m. Oct. 2, 1861, Charles H. Freeman of Moretown. Vt.
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GENEALOGIES.
SOLOMONE SPALDING (Solomons, Andrew,4 Andrew,3 Andrew,2 Edward1), son of Lieut. Solomons and Jemima (Reed) Spalding, was born in Westford, Mass., Oct. 29, 1780; bricklayer; was in W. but a few years, 1809-12.
He married (1) Oct. 29, 1804, in Charlestown, Mass., Polly Peterson, born Apr. 19, 1784; d. July 24, 1814, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y .; (2) Oct. 30, 1814, Sally Peterson, b. Feb. 28, 1795; d. Oct. 4, 1825; (3) May 31, 1827, Mary Boynton, b. July 9, 17SI.
Children:
1. REUXBY PETERSON,7 b. Oct. 11, 1805, in Windsor, Vt.
i1. SOLOMON BAGLEY, b. Jan. 27, ISO8, in Warren, N. H.
iii. HIRAM TURNER, b. June 2, 1810, in W .; d. Dec. 17, 1810.
iv. LAURA MOWRY, b. Dec. 11, 1811, in W.
v. NELSON ODIN, b. Sept. 27, 1814.
vi. HORACE KELLEY, b. May 12, 1816.
vii. POLLY PETERSON, b. Oct. 19, 1817.
viii. HARRIET SUSAN, b. June 17, 1819.
ix. DELIA CAROLINE, b. Nov. 27, 1821.
WRIGHT® SPALDING (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,' Edward,3 Benja- min,2 Edward1), son of Benjamin and Rachel (Crary) Spalding, was born in Plainfield, Conn., Feb. 5, 1757; Rev. soldier; sett. in W. as early as 1792, but rem. about 1797 to Moretown, Vt., where his father had also settled. He died at Saranac, N. Y., May 17, 1830.
He married (1) Feb. 6, 1785, Olive, dau. Samuel and Abigail Warren, b. Dec. 5, 1756; d. Feb. 4, 1807; (2) Aug. 11, 1807, Mrs. Martha (Smith) Reed.
Children:
i. ROYAL, b. in Sharon, Vt., Jan. 3, 1786: had chn. b. in Platts- burgh, N. Y., Royalton, Vt., and Moretown, Vt.
ii. NEWEL, b. July 2, 1787; d. Mar. 3, 1790.
iii. DAVID Warren, b. Feb. 1, 1789.
iv. LURINDA, b. July 2, 1791; d. at Waitsfield, May 23, 1792.
v. Lucy, b. in Waitsfield, Jan. 21, 1794.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. in Moretown, Feb. 10, 1797.
vii. JARED, b. Feb. 3, 1799.
viii. HORACE, b. May 26, 1802.
JOHN ROGERS7 SPAULDING (Royal,6 Benjamin,5 Benjamin,' Edward,3 Benjamin,2 Edward'), son of Royal and Lucy (Benton) Spaulding, was born June 24, 1805, in Moretown, Vt., to which town his father had come from Plainfield, Conn .; lived for some years in W. and then rem. to Rutland or Castleton, Vt .; died Mar. 22, 1879.
He married, Nov. 1, 1829, Aveline, dau. Lynde and Lois Wait, b. Sept. 10, 1810.
Children:
i. RICHARD W.,8 d. Sept. 8, 1834, ae. I y., 10 mos.
ii. EMILY.
iii. RICHARD.
iv. COURTLAND.
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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.
V. LOIS.
vì. JOHN.
vii. ETTA C.
viii. AVA.
ix. SOLOMA REDFIELD, b. Jan. 11, 1850. x. EMMA W.
SPERRY.
ELIJAH SPERRY was in W. before 1795 and his name appears on the records until 1802, but not later.
STEELE.
-1. JOHN W.2 STEELE (James1), son of James Steele, was born Apr. 30, 1776; he came to W. from Putney, Vt., abt. 1862 and died here, Nov. 16, 1858.
He married, Oct. 6, 1800, Hannah Cushing, who d. Oct. 13, 1873, ae. 87.
Children:
i. GEORGE W.,3 b. May 25, 1801; d. June, 1801.
ji. RUSSELL, b. Oct. 27, 1802; sett. in Claremont, N. H., abt. 1853 and d. there, July 3, 1892; m. Sarah Nims of Sullivan, N. H. Chn .: Mary Ellen4, b. 1832; d. young; Cynthia Ann, b. 1834, d. 1852; Maranda R., b. 1836.
iii. OLIVE, b. Oct. 18, 1804; m. Feb. 28, 1830, Asaph Silsby.
iv. HORACE, b. Oct. 8, 1806; d. Sept., 1808.
v. HAPPALONA, b. Oct. 31, ISO8; m. Lucius Shaw.
vi. JOHN S., b. Nov. 11, 1810; sett. in Keene, N. H .; d. Jan. 1889; m. Ann Perry.
2. vii. DAVID SUEL, b. Nov. 15, 1812.
viii. CYNTHIA M., b. Mar. 7, 1818; d. Jan. 8, 1833.
ix. HOSEA C., b. Apr. 7, 1823; d. Dec. 5, 1845.
X. PATIENCE JANE, b. Feb. 11, 1827; d. Jan. 18, 1883.
2. DAVID SUEL3 STEELE (John W.,2 James1) was born in Putney, Vt., Nov. 15, 1812, and died in W., Sept. 2, 1863.
He married (1) Dec. 28, 1834, Martha Hastings, dau. Edmund and Ellen (Durkee) Rice, b. Feb. 25, IS13; (2) May 11, 1837, Susan, dau. Nathaniel Foster, b. Sept. 18, ISI6; d. Oct. 12, 1870. Children:
i. ALFRED D.,4 b. 1838; sett. in Randolph, Vt .; m. July 3, 1861, Emma Jane French. Chn .: Cora Stella,5 b. Mar. 2, 1869; Frank, b. Jan. 21, 1865; Fred E., b. Dec. 5, 1866. MARTHA MELVINA, b. 1841.
ii.
iii. son, b. and d. 1843.
iv. GEORGE P., b. 1845; d. 1847.
v. EVA J., b. 1853; m. Dec. 25, 1875, Benjamin F. Warren of Claremont, N. H.
JACOB C. STEELE, son of James and Anna Steele, was born in Warren, Vt., Sept. 15, 1800; was in W. 1819-26, but rem. before 1830 to Middlesex, Vt.
He married June 29, 1826, Mehitable Griggs.
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GENEALOGIES.
STEPHENS.
HIRAM STEPHENS was in W. 1844 and had children of school age:
i. ALMOS.
ii. HIRAM.
iii. MARY JANE.
iv. MANDANE.
v. SARAH.
vi. HARRIET.
STERLING.
1. JOHN3 STERLING (Daniel,? William1), son of Daniel and Mary (Marvin) (Ely) Sterling, was born in Lyme, Conn., Oct. 28, 1704, and died there Oct. 8, 1790.
He married (1) Nov., 1727, Abigail, dau. Joseph and Sarah (Colyer) Pratt of Colchester, Conn., b. Nov. 30, 1702; d. May 10, 1731; (2) Dec. 30, 1731, Jane Ransom.
Children, born in Lyme, Conn .:
i. ELIZABETH,4 b. July 15, 1729.
i1. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 25, 1730-1; d. Apr., 1734.
iii. JOHN, b. Dec. 10, 1732.
2. iv. NATHAN, b. Dec. 12, 1736.
v. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 3, 1739.
V1. DANIEL, b. June, 1740.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. May 12, 1742.
viii. JACOB, b. Mar. 3, 1744.
ix. JANE, b. Apr. 23, 1746.
x. SIMON, b. July 25, 1749.
xi. ESTHER, b. July 4, 1751.
xii. LUCIA, b. Mar. 13, 1753.
xiii. MIRIAM, b. May 8, 1755.
xiv. MARY, b. Sept. 18, 1757.
2. NATHAN+ STERLING (John,3 Daniel,? William1) was born in Lyme, Conn., Dec. 12, 1736; died probably in 1778 at East Haddam, Conn.
He married Elizabeth Morgan. She received, Sept. 28, 1784, a grant of 100 acres of land for settling with her family in Kingston, (now Granville) Vt.
Children:
i. LUCRETIA,5 b. Nov. 23, 1753.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 6, 1755; m. William R. Hyde.
iii. SABRA, b. Aug. 22, 1757.
iv. STEPHEN, b. Apr. 10, 1759.
v. ANNA, b. Sept. 13, 1761; m. Oliver Cone.
3. vi. NATHAN, b. June 3, 1763.
vii. SUSANNAH, b. Feb. 13, 1765. viii. JANE, b. Mar. 18, 1767.
ix. NAOMI, b. Nov. 1, 1770; m. Jeduthan Wait.
3. NATHAN STERLING (Nathan,4 John,3 Daniel,2 William1) was born (probably) in East Haddam, Conn., June 3, 1763; Revolutionary soldier; came from Kingston. Vt., to W. before Dec., 1794; removed about 1814 to Moriah, N. Y.
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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.
He married Mary Wade. Children:
i. ELISHA,8 b. Oct. 14, 1788, in Kingston, Vt.
ii. PHERE, b. Jan. 31, 1790, in Walpole, N. H.
113. SIMON, b. Jan. 10, 1792.
iv. JACOB, b. Feb. 2, 1794, in Rockingham, Vt., d. young.
V. MARY, b. Feb. 5, 1796, in W.
vi. Josy, b. Mar. 12, 1798.
vii. ROXANA, b. Mar. 1, ISOo.
viii. CALVIN, b. Aug. 16, 1802.
ix. LAURA, b. June 17, 1804.
x. JACOB, b. Jan. 3, 1805; sett. in Weybridge, Vt., it is said; d. June 10, 1899.
STEWART.
MOSES STEWART came to W. from Barnard, Vt., about 1797; settled on lot 91 and owned a sawmill; died Jan. 22, 1818, ae. 47.
He married Lois Foster, who m. (2) July 21, 1822, Job Dow. Children, born in Waitsfield:
i. MOSES, b. Apr. 26, 1799; d. Nov. 6, 1802.
ii. LYDIA, b. Sept. 3, 1801; d. Nov. 9, 1802.
iii. Lois, b. May 9, 1803; m. Mar. 13, 1827. Chester Butterfield.
iv. LYDIA, b. May 9, 1803; m. Mar. 18, 1822, Lyman Nutting.
V. LOVINA, b. Feb. 7, 1805; m. May 2, 1824, James Dow.
vi. OREN, b. May 26, 1807; d. Jan. 9, 1818.
vii. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 22, 1809; m. May 24, 1825, Chester Sawyer. viii. POLLY, b. May 12, 18TI; m. (1) Aug. 28, 1828, Luther Fair- banks; (2) Nov. 5, 1836, Rev. Israel D. Rust.
ix. PARNEY, b. May 29, 1814; d. Oct. 13, 1814.
x. MOSES, b. Feb. 12, IS16; m. Sarah and had Chn .: Moses, Silas, Gordon, Augustus, Lorenzo, Sarah.
STILL.
DURIN STILL was a resident of W. in 1797 but removed soon to Orange County.
STODDARD.
1. ANTHONY! STODDARD was in Boston, Mass., 1639; free- man, May 13, 1640; linen draper; constable, 1641; recorder, 1650; Deputy to Genl. Court, 1659-60 and 1665-84; died Mar. 16, 1687, "the Ancientist Shopkeeper in Town" says Sewall.
He married (1) Mary, dau. Emanuel Downing of Salem, Mass., who d. June 16, 1647; (2) Barbara, wid. Capt. Joseph Weld, who d. Apr. 15, 1655; (3) Christian
Children, born in Boston, Mass .:
i. BENJAMIN,2 bapt. Aug. 23, 1640.
2. ii. SOLOMON, bapt. Oct. 1, 1643.
iii. SAMSON, b. Dec. 3, 1645; d. Nov. 4, 1698.
iv. SAMUEL, bapt. Jan. 20, 1650.
v. SIMEON, bapt. May 25, 1651.
vi. SARAH, b. Oct. 21, 1652.
vii. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 6, 1654.
viii. ANTHONY, b. June 16, 1656.
ix. CHRISTIAN, b. Mar. 22, 1658.
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GENEALOGIES.
x. LYDIA, b. Mar. 27, 1660.
xi. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 1, 1661; d. 1662.
xii. JOHN, b. Apr. 22, 1663.
xiii. EBENEZER, b. July 1, 1664.
xiv. DOROTHY, b. Nov. 24, 1665.
XV. MARY, b. Mar. 25, 1668.
Xvi. JANE, b. July 29, 1669.
2. REV. SOLOMON' STODDARD (Anthony1) was born in Boston, Mass., bapt. Oct. 1, 1643; Harvard Coll., 1662, and its first librarian, 1667-74; sett. as pastor in Northampton, Mass., Sept. 11, 1672, where his grandson, Jonathan Edwards, later became his colleague. He died Feb. II, I729.
He married, Mar. 8, 1670, Mrs. Esther (Wareham) Mather, wid. of his predecessor, Rev. Eleazer Mather. She d. Feb. 10, 1736, ae. 92.
Children, born in Northampton, Mass .:
i. MARY,3 b. Jan. 9, 1671; m. Oct. 2, 1695, Rev. Stephen Mix of Weathersfield, Conn.
ii. ESTHER, b. June 2, 1672; m. Nov. 6, 1694, Rev. Timothy Edwards of Windsor, Conn.
iii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 5, 1674; d. Mar. 22, 1674.
iv. ANTHONY, b. June 6, 1675; d. June 7, 1675.
V. AARON, b. Aug. 23, 1676; d. same day.
vi. CHRISTIAN, b. Aug. 23, 1676; m. Rev. William Williams of Hatfield, Mass.
3. vii. ANTHONY, b. Aug. 9, 1678.
viii. SARAH, b. Apr. 1, 1680; m. Mar. 19, 1707, Rev. Samuel Whitman of Farmington, Conn.
ix. JOHN, b. Feb. 17, 1682; d. June 19, 1748; Harv. Coll., 1701; m. Dec. 13, 1731, Prudence Chester.
x. ISRAEL, b. Apr. 10, 1684.
xi. REBECCA, b., 1686; m. Nov. 16, 1722, Joseph Hawley.
xii. HANNAH, b. Apr. 21, 1688; m. Rev. William Williams of Weston, Mass.
3. REV. ANTHONY3 STODDARD (Solomon,3 Anthony1) was born in Northampton, Mass., Aug. 9, 1678; Harvard Coll., 1697; settled over the church in Woodbury, Conn., and remained there 60 yrs .; died Sept. 6, 1760.
He married (1) Oct. 20, 1700, Prudence, dau. Robert and Elizabeth (Goodrich) Wells who d. May, 1714, ae. 32; (2) Jan. 31, 1715, Mary, dau. Edmond and Susannah Sherman, who d. Jan. 12, 1720, ae. 29.
Children, born in Woodbury, Conn .:
i. MARY,4 b. June 19, 1702.
ii. SOLOMON, b. Oct. 12, 1703; d. May 23, 1727.
iii. ELIAKIM, b. Apr. 3, 1705; m. 1729, Joanna Curtis.
iv. ELISHA, b. Nov. 24, 1706; d. 1766; m. Rebecca Sherman.
v. ISRAEL, b. Aug. 7, 1708; d. May 30, 1727.
vi. JOHN, b. Mar. 2, 1710.
vii. PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 12, 1711; m. Joseph Curtis.
4. viii. GIDEON, b. May 27, 1714.
ix. ESTHER, b. Oct. 11, 1716, m. Preserved Strong.
X. ABIJAH, b. Feb. 28, 1718; m. Apr. 4, 1739, Eunice Curtis ..
xi. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 15, 1719; m. Daniel Munn.
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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.
4.
GIDEON4 STODDARD (Anthony,3 Solomon,2 Anthony1) was born in Woodbury, Conn., May 27, 1714; deacon; captain. He married, Jan. 24, 1733-4, Olive, dau. Peter Curtis, b. May 6, 1713. Children:
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