History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 43

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


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5. i. SIMEON,5 b. Mar. 1, 1735.


ii. MAYBEL, b. Sept. 25, 1737.


iii. GIDEON, b. Mar. 24, 1740: d. May 28, 1820, at Jamaica, Vt .; m. Rebecca Hunt.


iv. NATHAN, b. Aug. 8, 1742; m. Eunice Sanford.


V. ELISHA, b. Nov. 11, 1744.


vi. HANNAH, b. Apr. 5, 1747; m. July 12, 1767, James Clark of Danbury, Conn.


vii. OLIVE, b. July 2, 1749; d. young.


viii. JERUSHA, b. July 2, 1749; d. unm.


ix. OLIVE, b. Mar. 29, 1752.


X. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 15, 1754.


xi. CHLOE, b. 1756; m. Eliakim Tyrell.


xii. ANTHONY, b. Apr. 16, 1758.


xiii. RUTH, b. May, 1760; m. Joel Chatfield.


xiv. OLIVER, b. 1762; m. Hannah Mix.


5. REV. SIMEON STODDARD (Gideon,4 Anthony,3 Solomon,2 Anthony1) was born in Woodbury, Conn., Mar. 12, 1735; Vale Coll., 1755; sett. as pastor of North Parish in Say- brook, Conn., where he died Oct. 27, 1765.


He married, Jan., 1761, Sarah Waterhouse of Saybrook. Children, born in Saybrook, Conn .:


6. i. SIMEON,8 b. Dec. 12, 1761.


11. ASHBEL, b. May 16, 1763; d. Oct. 18, 1840; sett. in Hudson N. Y .; m. Patience Bolles of New London, Conn.


iii. SARAH, b. 1766; m. Nicholas Hathaway, who sett. in Hud- son, N. Y.


6. SIMEONE STODDARD (Simeon," Gideon,4 Anthony,3 Solomon,2 Anthony1) was born in Saybrook, Conn., Dec. 12, 1761; physician; sett. in Windsor, Vt., 1783, and rem. to W., in 1794; selectman, 1801, 1807-8; died Dec. 15, 1841. He married at Windsor, Aug. 19, 1784, Abiah, dau. Dea. Hezekiah and Hannah Thompson, d. 1833. Children:


i. SALLY,7 b. May 20, 1785, in Windsor, Vt .; m. Apr. 5, ISIO, Christopher Bartlett.


7. ii. ASHBEL, b. May 1, 1788.


iii. ANNA THOMPSON, b. Mar. 17, 1790; m. Sept. 18, 1814, Joseph Green.


8. iv. ROBERT ORTON, b. Jan. 12, 1792.


V. LATHROP THOMPSON, b. Oct. 6, 1793; d. Dec. 15, 1815.


vi. JULIANA, b. Dec. 6, 1795, in W .; d. Mar. 17, 1797. vii. FRANKLIN, b. Jan. 7, 1798; sett. in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., O .; d. May 23, 1872; m. July 21, 1828, Lydia Hall.


9. viii. HEZEKIAH THOMPSON, b. NOV. 11, 1799.


IO. ix. SIMEON, b. Aug. 8, 1802.


x. ABIAH, b. Aug. S, ISO2; d. Apr. 24, 1875, unm.


xi. LUCIA, b. June 15, 1804; m. Sept. 16, 1832, Seth P. Walker. II. Xii. WILLIAM TELL, b. Aug. 27, 1807.


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7. ASHBEL7 STODDARD (Simeon,8 Simeon,5 Gideon,4 Anthony,3 Solomon,? Anthony1) was born in Windsor, Vt., May I, 1788; removed from W. to Ohio late in life but returned soon to Warren, Vt., where he died July 30, 1862. He married, Feb., 1818, Experience Peters. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. JULIANA,8 b. Jan. 28, 1819; m. (1) 1845, John S. Poland; (2) Jan. 4, 1849, West Roberts, who sett. in Monroe, O. ii. GIDEON, b. Apr. 25, 1820; d. Sept. 5, 1822.


iii. ANTHONY, b. Feb. 1, 1822; m. June 7, 1847, Eunice H. Goodspeed; sett in Conneaut, O. Chn .: Edgar S.,9 b. Aug. 20, 1852; Edwin, b. Aug. 19, 1857; George Merton, b. Apr. 16, 1858.


iv. ORALENNA, b. Aug. 10, 1824; m. Oct. 5, 1854. Mary Ann Randall; sett. in Granville, Vt. Chn .: Frank,9 b. Sept. 3, IS56; Fanny, b. Feb. 28, 1858; Frederick, b. Dec. 27 1861: George Edwin, b. May 31, 1868.


V. IRA B. PETERS, b. May 20, 1827; d. Sept. 5, 1829.


vi. ORLEANS, b. Jan. 1, 1829; d. June 2, 1855.


8. ROBERT ORTON7 STODDARD (Simeon,6 Simeon,5 Gideon,4 Anthony,3 Solomon,2 Anthony1) was born in Windsor, Vt., Jan. 12, 1792; marched in the Waitsfield Company for Plattsburgh, Sept., 1814; called captain; select- man, IS32, 1836-37; occupied a portion of his father's farm; removed abt. 1851 to Westfield, Vt., and thence to Johnson, Vt.


He married, May 8, 1821, Betsey Morse. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. ORTON LOREN,8 b. Oct., 1822; sett. in California.


ii. ELIZA ADELIA, b. Sept. 17, 1824; d. Sept. 10, 1830.


iii. HENRY OLIN, b. Sept. 30, 1826; sett. in Westfield, Vt .; m. Mar. 8, 1855, Cornelia Stevens. Chn .: Martha,9 b. Aug. 23, 1858; Hattie C., b. Oct. 20, 1860.


iv. AURORA MARIA, b. July 31, 1828; m. June 12, 1855, Ira C. Bickford of Johnson, Vt.


V. ELIZA CAMELIA, b. June 27, 1830; d. Feb. 22, 1832.


vi. CHARLES CARROLL, b. June 27, 1830; sett. in Westfield, Vt .; m. Mar. 17, 1855, Lucia Hitchcock. Chn .: Frederick Rupert,9 b. Dec. 16, 1855; Charles Perry, b. Nov. 20, 1858; Robert Orton, b. June, 1863; Edwin, b. Jan. 13, 1870; Elwin, b. Jan. 13, 1870.


vii. MARY JANE, . b. Oct. 29, 1833.


viii. MIRANDA ANNETTE, b. Feb. 16, 1837; m. Sept. 1, 1864, Amos N. Warner of Boston, Mass.


9. HEZEKIAH THOMPSON' STODDARD (Simeon,6 Simcon, Gideon,1 Anthony,3 Solomon,2 Anthony1) was born in W., Nov: II, 1799; sett. in Warren, Vt., and died there, Dec. 5, 1886. ' He married, Jan. 30, 1842, Eleanor Brown. Children, born in Warren, Vt.


i. CHARLANA,8 b. Dec. 3, 1842; m. Mar. 5, 1861, Marvin Davis of Andover, Vt.


ii. DANIEL, b. Aug. 14, 1844; priv. Co. D. 6th Vt. Vols .; m. July 3, 1865, Julia Larock. Chn .: Eleanor,9 b. July 5, 1866; Elmer Willis, b. May 19, 1868; Anna Eleanor, b. Oct. 19, 1869.


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iii. FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 6, 1845; priv. Ist Vt. Battery; m. Oct. 3, 1869, Adeline B. Douglass.


iv. LYMAN BROWN, b. Feb. 17, 1847; priv. Co. G, 6th Vt. Vols .; m. Aug. 1867, Rhoda M. Douglass. Ch .: Harry Lyman,9 b. Dec. 24. 1869.


v. ROBERT, b. Aug. 8, 1848; d. Mar. 7, 1864.


vi. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 13, 1851; m. Nov. 28, 1867, George Matthews.


10. SIMEON? STODDARD (Simeon,6 Simeon,5 Gideon,4 Anthony,3 Solomon,2 Anthony1) was born in W., Aug. 8, 1802; sett. on his father's homestead; died Sept. 8, 1863.


He married, Jan. 25, 1831, Clarissa, dau. Moses and Mary (Childs) Smith, b. Aug. 28, 1803; d. July 20, 1869. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GIDEON,8 b. May 3, 1832; sett. in Blooming Prairie, Minn .; m. June 17, 1862, Elvira F. Dodge. Chn .: Helen E.,' b. Feb. 16, 1864; Anson, b. Feb. 10, 1867; Lillie E, b. June 28, 1869; Myrta, b. Mar. 17, 1872.


ii. DORRIC SMITH, b. Oct. 21, 1833; d. at Indianapolis, Ind .; Nov. 7, 1907; color guard, Co. B, 13th Vt. Vols .; resided in W., Fayston and various places in the West; m. Jan. 22, 1860, Diantha M. Dudley. Chn .: Dorrin C.,9 b. Dec. 4, 1860; Dora A., b. Jan. 27, 1862, m. Jan. 4, 1882, Charles F. Eddy; Della M., b. Jan. 27, 1862; d. same day; Dwight L., b. Dec. 23, 1864.


iii. CLARISSA LUCINA, b. Nov. 15, 1835; m. May 14, IS57, Abel Alonzo Kneeland.


iv. MARY ELIZA MORRILL, b. Mar. 14, 1838; m. Nov. 22, 1860, George S. Kneeland.


v. ABIA LUCELIA, b. Nov. 22, 1840; m. Nov. 22, 1860, Jonas M. Dudley, who d. Sept. 8, 1863, and she m. (2) June 6, 1875, Hiland G. Campbell.


vi. SIMEON, b. Nov. 30, 1842; priv. Co. H, 6th Vt. Vols .; sett. in Sherburne, Vt .; m. Mar. 5, 1865, Susan Grandy. Chn .: Sidney Romeo,º b. Dec. 12, 1865; also others.


vii. LEVI PARSONS, b. July 30, 1845; d. Sept. 24, 1846.


11. WILLIAM TELL? STODDARD (Simeon,6 Simeon, Gideon,4 Anthony,3 Solomon,2 Anthony1) was born in W., Aug .. 27, 1807; died there, June 17, 1891; tanner.


Married, July 3, 1833, Mary, dau. W. and Lucy Porter of Warren, Vt., b. Dec. 22, 1808; d. May 26, 1891. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. HENRY MARTIN,8 b. May 27, 1834; d. Jan. 5, 1842.


11. EMELIA ANN, b. Dec. 4, 1835; d. Feb. 11, 1837.


12. iii. HARLAN PAGE, b. Feb. 8, 1837.


iv. ELIZA MARIA, b. Jan. 13, 1839; m. Jan. 1, 1863, Ransom J. Sabin of Bolton, Vt.


13. v. HIRAM FREEMAN, b. Oct. 13, 1840.


vi. HORACE BARTLETT, b. July 31, 1842; priv. Co. F, and Vt. Vols .; killed at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864.


vii. LATHROP THOMPSON, b. Mar. 3, 1844; priv. Co. B, 13th Vt. Vols .; color bearer, Co. C, 17th Vt. Vols .; wounded and prisoner at Petersburg Mine and died of wound, Aug. 7, 1864.


viii. WILLIAM HENRY, b. May 23, 1847; priv. Co. H, 6th Vt. Vols. ix. ZEBINA HAWLEY, b. May 31, 1850; d. Feb. 1, 1860.


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12. HARLAN PAGES STODDARD (William Tell,7 Simeon,8 Simcon,5 Gideon,' Anthony,3 Solomon,? Anthony1) was born in W., Feb. 8, 1837; private Co. F, 2nd Vt. Vols., May 1, 1861; wounded and prisoner at Savage Station, and disch. because of wound, July 30, 1863.


He married (1) May 19, 1861, Electa Sabin, b. 1841; d. Apr. 23, 1872 ; (2) June 16, 1872, Carrie S., dau. Charles E. Spaulding of Warren, Vt., b. Sept. 6, 1851; d. Sept. 30, 1903; (3) Feb. 1, 1906, Mrs. Laura E. (Sterling) Prosser. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. IDA S.,9 b. Nov. 22, 1863; m. (1) Nov. 19, 1883, Fred G. Wheeler of Huntington, Vt .; (2) Harvey N. Trussell; d. Jan. 6, 1897.


ii. THOMPSON WILLIAM, b. Oct. 14, 1871; d. Sept. 17, 1872.


iii. LENA, b. Apr. 15, 1882; m. Howard Howe.


iv. MARY S., b. 1890; m. July 31, 1905, Clair W. Cady.


13. HIRAM FREEMANS STODDARD (William Tell,7 Simeon,6 Simeon," Gidcon,4 Anthony,3 Solomon,? Anthony1) was born in W., Oct. 14, 1840.


He married, Dec. 24, 1865, Adaline P., dau. Moses and Jerusha (Grandy) Palmer, b. Sept. 18, 1840. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GERTRUDE,9 b. Mar. 19, 1867; m. Oct. 2, 1903, Merville Martin.


ii. CHERRY B., b. Nov. 5, 1873; m. May 18, 1898, Clarence Wells of Montpelier, Vt.


iii. CLINTON H., b. Dec. 16, 1879; d. June 30, 1881.


STORY.


FRANK E. STORY has been for some years a resident of W. He married Mary, dau. George and Eliza J. (Linfield) Rice. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GEORGE EVERETT, b. Oct. 30, 1886.


ii. ARTHUR F., b. 1890.


STOWELL.


SAMUEL1 STOWELL, born in England, married at Hingham, Mass., Oct. 25, 1649, Mary Farrow. Their tenth child was Israel2 Stowell, born at Hingham, Mass., Aug. 10, 1670, died at Newton, Mass., Aug. 7, 1725. He married Abigail Their fourth child was David3 Stowell who married at Newton, Dec. 1, 1724, Mary Dilloway. Their fourth child was Isaac' Stowell, born at Pomfret, Conn., Oct. 6, 1739; married at Willington, Conn., Feb. 9, 1758, Phoebe Root. Their first child was Nathan5 Stowell, bapt. at Walpole, N. H., Sept. 20, 1772.


NATHAN' STOWELL (Isaac,4 David,3 Israel,2 Samuel1) baptised at Walpole, N. H., Sept. 20, 1772; came to W. from Windsor, Vt., in 1797; rem. to Granville, Vt., ISo2, but returned, 1807;


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selectman, 1826; his farm was in lots 92 and 89. The family went to Kishwaukee, McHenry Co., Ill., abt. 1842.


He married Sarah


Children:


i. HANNAH,8 b. July 30, 1796; m. Feb. 13, 1817, Joseph Kimball.


11. SARAH, b. Aug. 23, 1797; m. Jan. 22, 1823, Robert Leach.


iii. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 27, 1798; m. Rachel Chn .: Dorcas Angelina, b. May 15, 1825; Adelia Miranda, b. Nov. 30, 1826; Fanny Amelia, b. Sept. 14, 1828, m. Jan. 1, 1854, Alanson Kimball.


iv. FANNY, b. Apr. 4, 1800.


v. OLIVE, b. Mar. 19, 1801.


vi. SALU, b. Apr. 18, 1802.


vii. NATHAN, b. Feb. 8, 1804; had a family in 1839.


viii. JEREMIAH, b. Feb. 27, 1807.


ix. CYNTHIA, b. Feb. 14, 1809.


x. PASCHAL, b. Apr. 6, ISII; m. Dec. 15, 1836, Minerva, dau. Hooker Joslin; went to Kishwaukee, Ill. Chn .: a daughter, b. Nov. 25, 1837; Caroline,7 b. Jan. 24, 1839: Edmund O. J., b. July 13, 1841; Lucia M., b. May 23, 1844; Ophelia M., b. Sept. 27, 1851; Harriet E., b. Jan. 14, 1859; Herbert E., b. Jan. 14, 1859.


xi. RHODA, b. July 15, 1812.


xii. KEZIAH, b. Dec. 13, 1814; m. Feb. 13, 1839, Ahira Joslin. xiii. AUGUSTA, b. June 23, 1816.


ISAAC3 STOWELL (Israel,2 Samuel') was the sixth child of Israel2 and Abigail Stowell.


He married, at Newton, Mass., Feb. 17, 1732, Abigail Hyde. Their eighth child was Lemuel+ Stowell, born at Dedham, Mass., March 25, 1747; died March 29. 1832. He married at Boston, Mass., Dec. 24, 1767, Rebecca Fisher of Dedham. Their third child was Fisher' Stowell, born at Dedham, Mass., July 30, 1776.


FISHERS STOWELL (Lemuel,4 Isaac,3 Israel,? Samuel'), son of Lemuel+ and Rebecca (Fisher) Stowell, was born at Dedham, Mass., July 30, 1775. He was resident in W. a few years arcund 1816 and lived on lot 92; removed to West Windsor, Vt., where he died.


He married, at Dedham, Mass., Apr. 1, 1798, Mary Bailey, b. Feb. 9, 178; d. at Brownsville, Vt., July. 4, 1864.


Children:


i. POLLY, b. Aug. 12, 1798; m. at Moretown, Vt., Feb. 15, 1816; John Howes of Middlesex, Vt.


ii. SALLY, b. Aug. 20, 1800.


iii. ADALINE, b. Nov. 5, 1802; m. July, 1824; Allen Cole Savage of Windsor, Vt.


iv. REBECCA, b. Feb. 11, 1805.


v. CHARLES, b. May 11, 1807.


vi. HORACE, b. Oct. 29, 1808;


d. in Mexican War.


vii. HIRAM, b. Sept. 7, 1813; m. Oct. 21, 1835, Orpha C., dau. Samuel Stow Savage: rem. to Keene, N. H.


viii. Lucy S., b. Feb. 21, 1816, in W .; m. June 20, 1832, Horace Phelps.


ix. EMELINE MARIA, b. Oct. 6, 1817; m. - -- Woods and d. in Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 6, 1906.


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STRICKLAND.


JONAH STRICKLAND was in W. as early as 1794; lived on Dana Ilill, lot 141; removed in 1815; had a family, among whom were:


i. JOSEPH, first assessed in ISII.


ii. RICHARD, first assessed in 1812.


STRONG.


1. RICHARD2 STRONG (William1) son of William and Margaret Strong, was born in Co. Armagh, Ireland; sett. in Fayston, Vt., with his brother Samuel about 1830 and late in life rem. to W .; died Apr. 4, 1881, ae. So, (78 says his tombstone).


He married, Feb. 22. 1828, Mary Ann, dau. Joseph Somerville. She died Apr. 17, 1882, ae. 75 (73 says her tombstone).


Children:


2. i. JOSEPH HENRY,3 b. Dec. 9, 1829, in Middlebury, Vt.


ii. ELIZABETH JANE, b. Apr. 27, 1831, in Fayston; m. Alexander McAllister.


iii. WILLIAM MITCHELL, b. Mar. 27, 1833; d. Sept. 10, 1836.


iv. SARAH ANN, b. Jan. 16, 1835; d. Sept. 26, 1836.


v. SARAH ANN, b. Nov. 7, 1836; m. Aug. 29, 1860, John Thayer of Warren, Vt. Ch .: Frank WV.,4 b. July 2, 1865, lawyer, Boston, Mass. She m. (2) Mar. 26, 1878, Calvin L. Hewitt of Warren.


vi. WILLIAM MITCHELL, b. Dec. 5, 1839; d. young.


3. vii. WILLIAM MITCHELL, b. Nov. 12, 1843.


viii. MARY L., died Dec. 16, 1860, ae. 12 yrs., II mos.'


JOSEPH HENRY3 STRONG (Richard,2 William1) was born in Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 9, 1829; sett. in W. where he died, June 26, 1903.


He married, Mar. 11, 1856, P. Louise, dau. Francis and Margaret (Bouville) Tromblee of Keeseville, N. Y., b. Jan. 25, 1835. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. CHARLES HARRY, 4 b. Oct. 11, 1859; d. Nov. 12, 1860.


ii. FRED WILLIAM, b. June 11, 1862; res. Montpelier, Vt .; m. Dec. 15, 1886, Fannie, dau. Austin D. and Fannie (Dodge) Arms. Chn .: Sarah A.,5 Carol F.


iii. ERNEST HENRY, b. May 20, 1871; m. June 19, 1898, Lilla V., dau. Frederick C. and Flora (Dodge) Clark of Calais, Vt., b. Dec. 4, ISSO. Ch .: Richard Frederick,5 b. in W ., Aug. 22, 1899.


3. WILLIAM MITCHELL3 STRONG (Richard,? William1) was born in Fayston, Vt., Nov. 12, 1843; carpenter; rem. abt. 1900 to Waterbury, Vt .; priv. Co. G., 6th Vt. L'ols .. Sept. 23, 1861-Oct. 28, 1864.


He married, Dec. 23, 1865, Zaphira L., dau. Abijah Brown and Laurena C. (Partridge) Whitcomb, b. Feb. 26, I847.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. ALBERT W.,4 b. Jan. 19, 1867; m. Minnie Phillips. Ch : Delta Y .5


ii. MARY ANNETTA, b. Oct. 29, 1872; m. Jesse Foster of Wtby .; d. Mar. 25, 1907.


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STROW.


DEWITT C. STROW was the son of John and Jerusha (Reed) Strow; res. some years in W. but rem. to New Hampshire.


He married (1) June 8, 1843, Laura J., dau. Salmon and Lucy (Joslin) Rice, b. Feb. IS, 1826; d. June 10, 1845; (2) Sept. 2, 1846, Julia Wells, dau. Julian and Relief (Hitchcock) Dumas, b. Sept. 4, 1823.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. GERRITT SMITH, b. Nov. 25, 1857.


ii. son, b. Dcc. IS, 1855.


SYMONDS.


1. SAMUEL? SYMONDS sett. in Boxford, Mass., 1663; free- man, Mar. 18, 1689-90; died Aug. 14, 1722, ae. 84 yrs., 7 mos. He married Elizabeth, dau. Robert and Grace Andrews, who d. Mar. 17, 1725, ae. 83.


Children:


i. ELIZABETH,3 b. July 12, 1663.


ii. HANNAH, b. Dec. 25, 1664.


iii. GRACE, b. Oct. 14, 1667; m. bef. 1691, Zerubbabel Endicott.


iv. MARY, b. Feb. 26, 1669; m. Mar. 1693-4, Joseph Peabody.


2. V. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 6, 1672.


vi. JOHN, b. Mar. 29, 1674; m. Feb. 13, 1705-6, Hannah Hazen. vii. RUTH, b. Dec. 24, 1676; m. July 19, 170-, Andrew Elliot. viii. REBECCA, b. May 31, 1679: m. Jacob Smith.


ix. PHEBE, b. Oct. 2, 1682; m. Jan. 22, 1703 or 170S, John Fuller.


x. JOSEPH, b. May 24, 1685; d. Mar. 15, 1755; m. Jan. 31, 1711, Mary Peabody.


xi. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 26, 1687; d. unm.


2.


DEA. SAMUEL3 SYMONDS (Samuel2) was born in Boxford, Mass., Aug. 6, 1672; resided in that part of Boxford now Middleton; deacon; died July 7, 1755 ..


He married (1) June 8, 1698, Abigail Porter of Salem, Mass., who d. Nov. 12, 1716; (2) Mary -, and is said to have married a third time.


Children, born in Boxford or Middleton, Mass .:


i. ABIGAIL,4 b. May 17, 1699; m. Feb. 3, 1724-5, John Killam.


ii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 15, 1702; m. Jan. 15, 1728-9, Daniel Robinson.


iii. ANNA, b. Apr. 9, 1705; d. May 6, 1713.


iv. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 9, 1707; d. May 9, 1713.


v. RUTH, b. Jan. 8, 1710-II.


vi. ANNAH, b. Nov. 20, 1713.


vii. MARCY, b. 1716; d. Nov. 21, 1716.


viii MARY, b. Nov. 13, 1718; m. (prob.) Sept. 22, 1750, Nathaniel Peabody.


ix. REBECCA, b. Nov. 17, 1722; m. May 11, 1741, Nathaniel Rogers.


x. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 26, 1724: d. Feb. 22, 1792; m. July S, 1746, Lydia Perkins.


xi. SUSANNAH, b. May 8, 1727.


3. xii. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 11, 1732.


هـ حسيد بحر قد


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3. JOSEPH' SYMONDS (Dea. Samuel,3 Samuel2) was born in Middleton, Mass., Aug. 11, 1732; sett. in Hillsborough, N. H., 1772-4; deacon and captain; died Mar. 30, 1809; He married, Oct. 31, 1754, Lucy Kimball, who d. Aug. 21, 1So3, ae. 69.


Children, born in Middleton, Mass., and Hillsborough, N. H.


1


i. SAMUEL,5 b. Feb. 6, 1755; d. Oct, 2, 1788, prob. without issue.


ii. WILLIAM, b. June 3, 1756; m. Sept. 23, 1792, Mary Fuller.


iii. REBECCA, b. Oct. 20, 1757; m. Maj. Isaac Andrews.


iv. Lucy, b. Apr. 20, 1760; m. Perkins Andrews.


V. RUTH, b. Oct. 15, 1761; m. Dr. William Little.


vi. NATHANIEL, b. Oct. 12, 1763; m. Betsey


vii. SARAH, b. Sept. 28, 1765; d. Oct. 25, 1765.


4. viii. DAVID, b. Sept. 3, 1766.


ix. ELIPHALET, b. Aug. 28, 1768; m. Tamar (?) Tilton. RHODA, b. Aug. 28, 1768; m. William Howard.


xi. SARAH, b. Jan. 28, 1772; d. Sept. 17, 1777.


xii. MARY, b. Feb. 3, 1773: m. Simeon Cummings.


xiii. MEHITABEL, b. Oct. 30, 1775; m. Dr. Benjamin Stearns.


4. DAVID SYMONDS (Joseph,4 Dea. Samuel,3 Samuel2) was born in Middleton, Mass., Sept. 3, 1766; sett. in W. as early as 1791; selectman, 1805-6, 1817; owned lots 125 and 126; rem. to Moriah, N. Y., where he died, Aug. 25, IS50.


He married Susannah, dau. John and Susannah (Rider) Heaton, who d. July 14, 1857, ae. 79.


Children, born in Waitsfield.


i. IRENE,6 b. Sept. 24, 1801; m. Feb. IS, 1823, Asaph Burdick.


ii. LUCY, b. Dec. 6, 1803; m. Day.


iii. ADALINE, b. Jan. 14, 1807; m. Jan. 22, 1832, her cousin, Seth Symonds. He was in W., as early as 1823 and rem., 1836-8, to North Wilna, N. Y. They had two chn.


iv. LUCINDA, m. Day, who sett. abt. 1860 in Minn.


V. HARY, d. Apr. 8, 1813, ae. 10 mos.


vi. JEANETTE, b. 1814; m. Stevens of Moira, N. Y.


vii. SUSAN, d. Sept. 22, 1821, ae. 1 yr.


viii. daughter, d. 1825.


TABER.


CHARLES J. TABER was born May 1, 1846, and has for some years resided in Waitsfield.


He married, June, 1874, Sylvia Higgins who d. Feb. 5. 1885, ae. 31; m. (2) Martha E. Cameron, b. Aug. 16, 1850. Children:


i. WALTER, b. Oct. 14, 1876; m. Martha Tombson.


ii. CLAUD, b. Mar. 23, 1880; d. July 16, 1900.


iii. CARLETON C., b. May 22, 1887; m. Sept. 21, 1908, Sylvia Emerson.


iv: JAMES H., b. Nov. 13, 1888; m. Aug. 27, 190S, Ida Jennett.


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HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD.


TAYLOR.


JOHN TAYLOR, of Windsor, Conn., 1640, made his will, Nov. 24, 1645, and, according to family tradition, soon sailed for England and was lost at sea. His son, John2 Taylor, was born about 1641 and was a grantee of Northampton, Mass., where he settled.


He married, Nov. 18, 1662, Thankful, dau. Henry Wood- ward. Of their thirteen children the youngest, Samuel3 Taylor, was born Aug. 30, 1688; settled in Deerfield, Mass., where he kept a store and tavern; died Mar. 5, 1733-4. He married (1) Aug. 17, 1715, Sarah Munn; (2) July 15, 1718, Mary, dau. John Hitchcock of Springfield, Mass.


1. SAMUEL TAYLOR (Samuel,3 John,2 John1) son of Samuel3 and Sarah (Munn) Taylor, was born in Deerfield, Mass., Dec. 19, 1716; school teacher; called "landlord" in 1752; constable; soldier in last two French Wars; was in Charlemont, Mass., 1751, Northfield, Mass., 1758, and in 1780 was dismissed to the church in Hartland, Vt.


He married, Sept. 20, 1738, Anne, dau. Ebenezer Alexander of Northfield, Mass.


Children:


i. SARAH,5 b. Sept. 30, 1739.


ii. ANNA, b. Oct. 15, 1741; m. May 5, 1761, Eldad Wright of Winchester, N. H.


iii. MARY, b. Nov. 19, 1743; m. Zebulon Lee of Hartland, It.


iv. ASA, b. June 18, 1746; m. July 5, 1769, Dinah Woods.


V. OLIVER, b. Oct. 22, 1748; m. Abigail Sprague and sett. in Hartland, Vt.


vi. SOLOMON, b. July 10, 1751.


vii. SUSANNAH, b. June 22, 1754.


3. viii. ELIAS, b. June 27, 1756.


ix. JOANNA, b. Jan. 31, 1760; m. Joseph Evans.


2. JOHN TAYLOR (Samuel,3 John,2 John1) son of Samuel3 Taylor and his second wife, Mary (Hitchcock), was born in Deerfield, Mass., Jan .. 17, 1721-2; succeeded his father in the Deerfield tavern; soldier in French Wars, and sergt. in charge of Fort Coleraine, 1756; was in Shelburne, Mass., 1760, and became a leader there; mem- ber of Provincial Congress at Concord, 1774; Committee of Correspondence, 1776; died Mar. 5, 1799.


He married, Dec. 13, 1744, Mary, dau. John Nims, who d. June 21, 1792, 2e. 67. Children:


i. CATHERINE,5 b. Dec. 26, 1745; m. Apr. 14, 1778, Artemas Rice of Charlemont, Mass.


ii. OREB, b. Aug. 28, 1748; sett. in Shelburne.


iii. ZEEB, b. Aug. IS, 1750: m. Mar. 16, 1778, Lydia Taylor; rem. after 1790 to Scipio, N. Y.


iv. JOHN, b. July 20, 1752; d. Apr. 22, 1828; m. Mary Woodward.


v. LUKE, b. Aug. 24, 1754; Rev. soldier; m. Elizabeth Nims; rem. to. Scipio, N. Y.


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4. vi. DANIEL, b. July 7, 1757.


vii. MERCY, bapt. Apr. 25, 1762; m. Isaac Winter.


viii. MARY, bapt. Mar. 30, 1766; m. Dec. 14, 1786, Salah Smith. ix. MINDWELL, bapt. Oct. 23, 1768; m. (1) Nov. 11, 1780, Stephen Taylor; (2) Stoddard Tatman.


3. ELIAS5 TAYLOR (Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 John1) was born in West Hoosac, Mass., June 27, 1756; sett. early in Winchester, N. H .; rem. abt. 1781 to Hartland, Vt., and thence abt. 1798 to W .; Revolutionary soldier; died May 26, 1829.


He married (1) in Winchester, Mary or Marcy, dau. Philip Goss, d. May 9, 1791; (2) Dec. 27, 1791, at Wood- stock, Conn., Azubah, dau. Samuel Child and wid. Moses Chandler, b. Jan. 10, 1763. She d. at W., May 2, 1825, and he m. (3) Jan. 15, 1827, at Hartland, wid. Abigail Petrie, who d. May 29, 1829.


Children:


i. ANNA,6 b. Mar. 22, 1780, in Winchester, N. H.


ii. HANNAH, b. Oct. 2, 1781; in Hartland; m. July 16, 1801, '. Ezra Jones.


5. iii.


ELIAS, b. Apr. 18, 1783.


iv. FOSTER, b. Nov. 4, 1784.


v. SUSANNAH, b. Apr. 3, 1786.


vi. MARCY, b. June 4, 1788; d. at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Apr. 5, 1804.


vii. SOLOMON, b. Aug. 14, 1789; d. May 30, 1848; m. Abigail, who d. Sept. 10, 1850, ae. 63. Chn .: Asa Smith, Abigail, b. Sept. 2, 1822, m. Heath, and d. July 16, 1861; Susannah Goss, m. Dec. 5, 1850, Pardin N. Rockwood of Upton, Mass.


6. viii. MOSES CHANDLER, b. Aug. 5, 1793.


ix. MARY, b. Aug. 22, 1794; m. Jan. 25, 1816, Simeon Pratt.


x. LEWIS, b. Nov. 16, 1795; d. Feb. 28, 1796.


xi. Lewis, b. Apr. 18, 1797; drowned Oct. 6, 1807.


xii. SOPHIA, b. Sept. 26, 1800, in W .; m. Nov. 25, 1819, Ziba Royce (Rice).


Xiii. SAMUEL CHILD, b. Jan. 21, 1803. .


4. DANIEL" TAYLOR (John,4 Samuel,3 John,2 John1) was born in Shelburne, Mass., July 7, 1757; came to W. in 1792; Revolutionary soldier; charter member of church, 1796; selectman, 1811-12; died Feb. 27, 1843.


He married (1) Betsey Root; (2) Mary Marsh who d. Oct. 22, 1795; (3) Jan: 28, 1796, Elizabeth Kettle who d. May 18, 1838, ae. 71. Children:


i. EUNICE,6 b. in Shelburne, Apr. 3, 1786; m. Apr. 23, 1807, Valentine Strow of Waterbury, Vt.


ii. MELINDA, b. Aug. 28, 1787; m. (as his second wife) Truman Murray of Waterbury.


iii. OBADIAH, b. June 11, 1790.


iv. POLLY, b. Sept. 25, 1791; m. June 3, 1812, as his first wife, Truman Murray.


v. MARCY, b. in W., May 10, 1793; m. David Ingraham.


vi. DANIEL, b. Oct. 9, 1795; d. in Fayston, Vt., Nov. 14, 1867 ; m. Rachel C., who d. Mar. 21, 1862, ae. 63. Chn .: Ira C.,? Elizabeth.


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vii. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 6, 1797; m. Feb. 27, 1822, Jedediah Bushnell. viii. BETSEY, b. Apr. 19, 1799.


ix. JOHN, b. Apr. 12, 1801; rem. to Lowell, Mass., 1832; m. - Sept. 13, 1827; Betsey Spofford of Moretown, Vt. Ch .: Levi S., b. May 1, 1830: d. at Lowell, May 20, 1863; m. Jan. 18, 1857, Harriet Lucinda, dau. Daniel Skinner.


X. SETH, b. June 7, 1809: sett. in Fayston but rem. in 1846 to Lamoille, Ill .; m. Mar. 24, 1841, Luana, dau. Ebenezer Barnard, b. Mar. 12, 1813; d. Nov. 21, 1860. Chn .: Alma Elizabeth, bapt. Jan. 15, 1843; Sarah Childs, bapt. Jan., 1846; Abigail L., b. abt. 1851; m. Dec. 27, 1876, Levi S. Connor of Henniker, N. H.


5. ELIAS6 TAYLOR (Elias,5 Samuel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 John1) was born in Hartland, Vt., Apr. 18, 1783; sett. in W .; selectman, 1827; rem. after 1829 to Syracuse, N. Y., where he died Apr., 1854.


He married, Nov. 23, 1809, Content, dau. John and Freelove (Green) Erskine, b. in Claremont, N. H., May 23, 1789. She was divorced from him and m. (2) Aug. 20, 1849, Orson Skinner.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


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i. HARRIET EMELINE,7 b. July 31, 1811; m. Feb. 28, 1839, Roderick Richardson, Jr.




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