History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with family genealogies, Part 44

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


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ii. SOPHIA CATHERINE, b. Mar. 23, 1814; m. . - Smith.


iii. JENET LETITIA, b. Mar. 27, 1817; m. Sept. 27, 1855, Isaac W. Brown, of Nfd., Vt.


iv. LEWIS EDWIN, b. Oct. S, 1822; sett. in Salem, Mass., and d. Apr. 29, 1849, on his way to California; m. Nov. 26, 1848, Celia M., dau. Orson Skinner, b. July 10, 1826.


6. MOSES CHANDLERS TAYLOR (Elias,5 Samuel,+ Samuel,3 John,2 John1) was born in Hartland, Vt., Aug. 5, 1793; died in W., Mar. 27, 1880.


He married (1) Jan. 7, 1820, Sarah L. Barron, who d. Jan. 1, 1854, ae. 66; (2) Mar. 22, 1859, Mrs. Elizabeth (Eastman) Ward, dau. David and Lois Eastman of Starksboro, Vt., b. Dec. 18, 18ro; d. Apr. 14, 1892.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. FRANCES MARIA, b. Sept. 23, 1821; d. Dec. 10, 1858, unm.


ii. MARCY Goss, b. Aug. 21, 1823; m. Sept. 18, 1851, Milo Cornelius Bushnell.


iii. FREDERICK MORTIMER, b. Dec. 26, 1824; d. Apr. 8, 1856; m. June 29, 1852, Abigail, dau. Jedediah and Naomi (Joslin) Bushnell, b. Feb. 15, 1833. No issue.


iv. ELIAS MOSES BARRON, b. Oct. 7, 1826; d. May 17, 1861; m. 1852, Eliza Sheldon of Weathersfield, Vt. Ch .: Sarah,8 b. 1855, m. Stanley Bryant of Windsor. Vt.


SUSAN A., b. Apr. 16, 1829; m. Nov. 6, 1859, Timothy Chase of Fayston, Vt.


IRA C.7 TAYLOR (Daniel,6 Daniel,5 Jolin,4 Samuel,3 John,? John1) came from Warren, Vt.


He married Emily, dau. John C. Griggs of Fayston, Vt., who d. Nov. 7, 1859, ae. 24; m. (2) - (?).


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Children:


1


i. WILBUR MERRILL, b. Aug. 3, 1858, in W.


ii. EMMA ELIZABETH, b. June 14, 1861.


iii. ELMER ELLSWORTH, b. Feb. 5, 1862, ae. 7 mo.


iv. ANNIE, b. in Fayston, Nov. 24, 1866.


TEWKSBURY.


1. ISAAC? TEWKSBURY, son of Isaac Tewksbury who was in Weare, N. H., before 1776 and rem. to Hartland, Vt., in 1793, was born in Weare, N. H., June 12, 1771 (or June 10, 1768, says tombstone), and came to W. as early as 1800, where he died Apr. 18, 1847.


He married (1) Hannah -, who d. Feb. 7, 1807, ae. 37; (2) Apr. 7, 1810, Olive, dau. Jonathan Seaver, b. Aug. 19, 1790; d. Dec. 21, 1869.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


2. i. GEORGE REX,3 b. Jan. 2, 1803.


ii. HANNAH, b. Feb. 3, 1807; m. Joseph Palmer.


iii. ISAAC N., b. 1810; rem. soon after 1835 to Mich .; killed at battle of Pittsburg Landing.


iv. BETSEY M., b. 1834; m. May 17, 1859, Robert J. Horgin of Montpelier, Vt.


2. GEORGE REX3 TEWKSBURY (Isaac,2 Isaac1) was born in W., Jan. 2, 1803; rem. late in life to Forrest, Ill .; died Oct., 1885.


He married, May 3, 1832, Aurilla, dau. Salah and Mary (Taylor) Smith, b. Oct. 29, 1807; d. 1886. Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. SARAH E.,4 b. May 14, 1833; d. Mar. 14, 1868, unm.


ii. CHARLES DWIGHT, d. young.


iii. CHARLES DWIGHT, b. May 16, 1838; sett. in Forrest, Ill .; d. 1898; Co. B, 52nd I11. Vols.


iv. MINA, b. July 4, 1843; m. N. F. Thiss of Minneapolis, Minn. V. MARY MINDWELL, m. Thiers.


vi. JULIA A., b. Nov. 30, 1845; d. Aug. 28, 1862.


vii. MERIBAH H., b. abt. 1849; m. May 10, 1868; Jason P. Spear of Montpelier, Vt.


THAYER.


THOMAS' THAYER was of Braintree, Mass. His will was proved Sept. 13, 1665. He had three sons of whom the second was Ferdinando2 Thayer, who sett. in Mendon, Mass., where he died Mar. 28, 1713, ae. 88.


He married, Jan. 14, 1652, Huldah Hayward. The eighth of their twelve children was Isaac? Thayer who married (1) Apr. 1, 1691-2, Mercy Rockwood; (2) 1703, Mary He had eleven children of whom the ninth was Samuel4 Thaver, born 1713, called "Ensign"; married (r) Dec. 24, 1739. Keziah Partridge of Franklin, Mass .; (2) Aug. 30, 1759, Sarah Robinson. Of their twelve children the ninth was Daniels Thayer, born 1758; sett. in Westmoreland, N. H .; rem. to Orange, Mass.,


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1780, but retd. before his death in 1835; married Aug. 19, 1777, Beulah Corbit of Milford, Mass. They had twelve children of whom the seventh was Daniel and the ninth Lewis6.


DANIEL6 THAYER (Daniel,5 Samuel,4 Isaac,3 Ferdinando,2 Thomas1), son of Daniels and Beulah (Corbit) Thayer, was born in Orange, Mass., June 22, 1791; sett. first in Winchester, N. H., but was in W. by 1823; drover and a partner in the mills in village; went about 1853 to Littleton, N. H., where he was living in 1874.


He married (1) May 1, 1813, Lydia Holbrook. She died Feb. 19, 1820, and he m. (2) Nov. 13, 1821, Susan Hildreth. Children:


i. LYDIA LOUISE,7 b. July 26, 1814; m. Feb. 17, 1835, Elisha W. Foster.


ii. DANIEL ELLIOT, b. Dec. 15, 1815; m. Oct. 2, 1842, Lucretia West and sett. in Littleton, N. H.


iii. HENRY LOVELL, b. Oct. 10, 1817; m. May 19, 1839, Mary Ann Cox.


iv. EMILY, b. Dec. 3, 1819; m. Feb. 22, 1838, James M. Campbell.


V. SUSAN MAHALA, b. Sept. 29, 1822; m. Oct. 5, 1849, Still- man Cady of Roxbury, Vt.


vi. FRANCES LOVINA, b. Aug. 16, 1824.


vii. ELIZA ANN, b. July 29, 1826.


viii. Lucy O. H., b. Aug. 31, 1828; m. Jan. 2, 1860, William Harriman of Littleton.


LEWIS® THAYER (Daniel,5 Samuel,4 Isaac,3 Ferdinando,2 Thomas1), son of Daniel5 and Beulah (Corbit) Thayer, was born in Orange, Mass., Nov. 5, 1795; was in Westmoreland, N. H., 1826, and came to W. about 1845; died June 19, 1884.


He married, Oct. 5, 1822, Zerviah Carlton, b. Nov. 1, 1795; d. Dec. 4, 1884.


Children:


i. CHARLES G.,7 b. July 21, 1823; sett. in Concord, N. H.


ii. FRANCIS MUNROE, b. Jan. 23, 1825; m. Oct. 4, 1849, Hannah S. Colby of Swanzey, N. H., b. Aug. 17, 1820, d. June 12, 1870. Chn .: Sylvia E.,8 b. May 26, 1860, d. Dec. 26, 1866; Erie Edson, b. Dec. 9, 1862.


iii. ELIZA, b. Nov. 7, 1826; m. Oct. 9, 1856, Joseph Farr.


iv. HORACE, b. 1830; m. Sept. 18, 1864, Sylvia L. Colby; sett. in Zanesville, O.


1. NATHAN6 THAYER (Jeremiah,5 Ebenezer,+ Ebenezer,3 Ferdi- nando,2 Thomas1), son of Jeremiah5 and Alice (Holbrook) Thayer, was born in Richmond, N. H., Oct. 29, 1769; came to W., about 1805, but in a few years removed to Warren, Vt .; died Apr., 1845.


He married, 1793, Sally Abbott, b. Sept. 4, 1765; d. Nov. 9, 1838. Children:


i. JEREMIAH,7 b. July 17, 1794: m. Dec. 19. 1824, Eleanor, dau. Thomas and Betsey Chase, b. Dec. 19, 1797; sett. in Lyndon, Vt.


ii. NATHAN, b. Sept. 4, 1796; d. Oct. 13, 1865; m. Feb. 23, IS23, Betsey Randall.


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iii. AARON, b. Feb. 14, 1798; d. Oct. 22, 1863; m. Sept. 23, 1824, Esther Field.


iv. OBED, b. May 4, 1799; d. May 25, 1849; m. Oct., 1829, Elizabeth Field.


v. ALPHEUS, b. Nov. 25, 1804; m. Aug. 1834. Lucinda Cram; sett. in Lincoln, Vt.


vi. RUFUS, b. June 14, 1806; d. Nov. 20, 1877; m. June 3, 1834, Patience Pierce.


vii. SARAH, b. Aug. 22, 1807; m. Apr. 2, 1832, Aaron "Palmer. viii. PLYNA, b. Sept. 12, 1809; d. Jan. 31, 1853; m. Sept. 20, 1836, Susan, dau. William and Persis (Grandy) Wait, b. Sept. 22, 1821; d. Apr. 23, 1860. Chn .: William A.,8 b. Nov. 22, 1837, d. young; Nathan, b. Mar. 4, 1839, Co. F, 6th Vt. Vols .; James M., b. Oct. 11, 1840, Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols., d. Nov. 29, 1865; Cyron G., b. Aug. 11, 1842, Co. B, 13th Vt. Vols., d. May 20, 1863; Celinda F., b. Sept. 26, 1843, d. Mar. 11, 1855; Alfred C .. b. June 28, 1846, d. Mar. 25, 1864; Freeman R., b. Nov. 19, 18447; Persis M., b. Sept. 15, 1849, d. Jan. 30, 1853; William, b. Dec. 9, 1852.


SUEL W. THAYER came to W. about 1822 and was there in 1839.


He married, Sept. 22, 1822, Elizabeth, dau. Moses and Hannah (Spaulding) Chase, b. Oct. 7, 1802. They had four children of school age in 1839.


THOMPSON.


1. JAMES B.2 THOMPSON (Alexander1), son of Alexander Thompson, was born in Mosside, County Antrim, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1816; a linen weaver by trade, he came to America in 1855 and settled on a farm in Fayston, Vt .; his later years were spent in W. where he died, Nov. 22, 1904.


He married, 1838, Mary Jane, dau. James and Sarah (Stewart) Baird, b. Aug. 1, 1813; d. Apr. 15, 1905.


Children:


2. i. JOHN B.,3 b. Mar. 10, 1840.


ii. ELLEN, b. Dec. 4, 1842; m. Nov. 12, 1867, James Baird, "Fourth."


iii. SARAH, b. June 10, 1845; d. unm. Dec. 31, 1904.


iv. ROSETTA, b. Aug. 9, 1846; m. Charles Ramsdell of Mont- pelier, Vt.


v. NANCY E., b. Sept. 1, 1850; m. Sept. 30, 1880, Edgar E. Linnell of Lowell, Mass.


vi. JENNIE M., b. Mar. 17, 1853; m. Nov. 1, 1882, Samuel Baird.


2. JOHN B.3 THOMPSON (James B.2 Alexander1) was born in Moycraig, County Antrim, Ireland, Mar. 10, 1840; came to America as a boy in 1852 and settled in Fayston, Vt., where he was a teacher and farmer, also Rep., supt. of schools and held other town offices; removed later to W. where he operates a gristmill.


He married, Dec. 7, 1865, Annie M., dau. Daniel Miller of Island McAllen, County Antrim, who died Nov. 11. 1903.


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Children, born in Fayston:


i. DELLA A.,4 b. Jan. 9, 1867; m. Sabin D. Waterman of Derby Line, Vt.


ii. IDA M., b. Nov. 9, 1868; m. Henry Wood.


iii. JAMES M., b. May 2, 1870; res. Montpelier, Vt .; m. Winifred Foster.


iv. JOHN DANIEL, b. Mar. 8, 1875; sett. in W.


v. LINDUS H., b. Apr. 2, 1877; d. Mar. 3, 1879. .


BENONI THOMPSON was a resident of W. some years between 1843 and 1855.


Children:


i. PAUL.


ii. SUSAN.


TINKHAM.


1. EPHRAIM1 TINKHAM was a resident of Plymouth, Mass., 1643.


He married Mary ---.


Children:


i. EPHRAIM,2 b. Aug. 5, 1649.


ii. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 30, 1651; m. Elizabeth Liscom; deacon, 1695; he d. in Middleboro, Mass., Apr. 8, 1718, and his wife d. same day. Chn .: Ebenezer,3 b. Mar. 23, 1679; m. Oct. 28, 1703, Patience Pratt; Shubael; Jeremiah b. Aug. 7, 1681, d. Apr. 5, 1715, ae. 34; m. Joanna who m. (2) Dec. 23, 1720, Robert Mackfun; Joanna, m. June 14, 1709, Thomas Macomber: Elizabeth, d. Mar. 27,


1715; Priscilla, d. Apr. 16, 1715; Peter, b. Apr. 20, 1683.


iii. PETER, b. Dec. 25, 1653.


iv. HEZEKIAH, b. Feb., 1656; m. Ruth -, and had a family in Plymouth.


V: JOHN, b. June 7, 1658; d. young.


vi. MARY, b. Aug. 5, 1661; m. Thompson.


vii. JOHN, b. Nov. 15, 1663.


viii. ISAAC, b. Apr. 11, 1666; m. Sarah King.


2. EPHRAIM2 TINKHAM (Ephraim1) was born in Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 5, 1649; sett. in Middleboro, Mass., where he died, Oct. 13, 1714, leaving a will which names his living children.


He married Esther Wright, who d. May 28, 1717, ae. 68.


Children, born in Middleboro, Mass .:


1. MARTHA,3 m. Dec. 8, 1701, John Soule and d. Feb. 16, 1758, ae. 80.


ii. JOHN, named first in his father's will, b. Aug. 22, 1680.


iii. EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 7, 1682; d. July 11, 1713; m. June 24, 1708, Martha Cobb.


iv. ISAAC, b. "ye last June 1685"; d. in Halifax, Mass., Apr. 7, 1750; m. Dec. 12, 1717, Abijah Wood.


v. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 19, 1687; m. (1) Feb. 20, 1717-18, Patience Cobb, who d. Nov. 4, 1727; (2) Mar. 22, 1730-1, Mrs. Melatiah Eddy.


vi. MARY, m. Dec. 24, 1717, Henry Wood.


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3. JOHN' TINKHAM (Ephraim,2 Ephraim1) was born in Middle- boro, Mass., Aug. 22, 1680, and died there June 14, 1766. His will, dated Feb. 13, 1766, names his living children.


He married, Dec. 11, 1716, Hannah, dau. Isaac and Elizabeth (Vaughn) Howland, b. Oct. 6, 1694; d. May 25, 1792.


Children, born in Middleboro, Mass .:


i. CORNELIUS,4 b. Aug. 31, 1717; not named in his father's will.


ii. JOHN, b. May S, 1719; d. Aug. 22, 1793; m. Jan. 27, 1742-3, Jerusha Vaughn.


iv.


iii. ESTHER, b. Apr. 26, 1721; m. Apr. 4, 1746, Elisha Vaughn. HANNAHI, b. Apr. 10, 1723; m. (1) July 28, 1742, Joseph Vaughn; (2) John Weston; (3) David Sears.


v. SUSANNAH, b. Mar. 19, 1724-5; m. - Cobb.


vi. ABISHA, b. May 23, 1727.


vii. AMos, b. July 10, 1729.


viii. MARY, b. Jan. 17, 1731-2; m. Sept. 11, 1755, Edmund Weston.


ix. SETH, b. Aug. 27, 1734; m. Oct. 22, 1761, Eunice Soule; not named in his father's will.


X. ZILPHA, b. July 25, 1737; m. Sept. 6, 1764, John Miller 3rd.


4. AMOS4 TINKHAM (John,3 Ephraim,2 Ephraim1) was born in Middleboro, Mass., July 10, 1729.


He married, 1752, Sarah, dau. Peter Sr. and Eunice (Thomas) Tinkham, b. Apr. 9, 1735; d. Feb. 13, 1820. Children, born in Middleboro, Mass .:


i. EUNICE,5 b. May 20, 1753; d. May 22, 1756.


ii. SARAH, b. Apr. 4, 1757. Middleboro Records say Sarah 3rd m. July 6, 1775, Ichabod Wood, Jr., and Sarah 2nd m. July 18, 1785, Peter Wood.


iii. ZILPHA, b. Aug. 2, 1759.


iv. SETH, b. Sept. 28, 1761; m. Aug. 15, 1782, Lydia Wood, (or Seth 3rd m. Dec. 19, 1782, Sarah Nichols). He was in Windsor, Vt., 1791 and rem. to Hartland, Vt., bef. 1821. AMos, b. May 21, 1765.


5. V.


vi. SQUIER, b. Oct. 17, 1772; d. Oct. 17, 1851; m. 1797, Anne Wood; sett. in Hartland, Vt.


5. AMOS5 TINKHAM (Amos,4 John,3 Ephraim,2 Ephraim1) was born in Middleboro, Mass., May 21, 1765, and went early to Windsor, Vt., where his children were born; it is probable he was the Amos who, was resident in Waits- field, 1819-22; Census of 1791 shows him in Windsor with a family, apparently three sons and a daughter. He married Susan Thomas.


Children, born in Windsor, Vt .:


i. NEHEMIAH,6 sett. in Scranton, Pa.


ii. ASA, m. Betsey Cady of Windsor; sett. in Hartland, Vt.


6. ii1. THOMAS, b. Aug. 4, 1795.


iv. JACOB, came to W. soon after his bro. Thomas and m. there June 12, 1820, Rebecca Nutting, but removed soon.


v. ANNA, m. (1) Lakin; (2) - Emerson of Roches-


ter, Vt.


vi. ANDREW.


vii. ALLEN.


viii. AMOS.


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6. THOMAS® TINKHAM (Amos,5 Amos,4 John,' Ephraim,2 Ephraim1) was born in Windsor, Vt., Aug. 4, 1795; came to W. before 1815 with Thomas Piper; blacksmith and had a shop on the Common and farm in lot 79; died Jan. 17, 1888.


He married, May 2, 1819, Sarepta, dau. Samuel Stow and Anna (Grandy) Savage, b. June 22, 1801; d. Apr. 20, 1862.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. LUANA A. b. Sept. 1, 1819.


ii. RANSOM T., b. July 25, 1821; m. Apr. 19, 1848, Mary Pease; sett. in Adams and Baraboo, Wis.


iii. SAMUEL A., b. Sept. 13, 1828; sett. in Michigan.


iv. ZILPHA S., b. Nov. 23, 1832; m. Nov. 19, 1857, Charles Cullen Reed.


v. MILAN H., b. Oct. 19, 1836; sett. in Baraboo, Wis.


vi. MERRITT M., b. Oct. 29, 1839; d. Mar. 23, 1845.


vii. SUSAN S., b. Oct. 25, 1841; m. June 18, 1861, George Henry Bushnell.


TRASK.


SILAS TRASK came to W. bef. 1795, but his name soon dis- appears.


JOSEPH TRASK was in W. in 1796 but seems to have sold his lands in 1805 and departed.


ISAAC TRASK was "of Charlemont, Mass.," in 1795 and a year later was in W. In 1804 he had removed to Hancock, Vt.


ELMER O. TRASK, son of Horace and Caroline (Fitz) Trask, was born in Warren, Vt .; res. for some years in W. but sett. abt. 1898 in Worcester, Mass.


He married, Mar, 15, 1877, Abbie C., dau. Otis and Cordelia (Wilbur) Wallis, b. Feb. 27, 1857. Children:


i. HARRY W., b. May 12, 1881; physician, Barre, Mass .; m. July 30, 1902, Nina K., dau. Charles Henry Newcomb. Ch .: Dorothy Newcomb, b. July 11, 1903.


ii. PERLEY E., b. July 31, 1886.


TUCKER.


ROBERT1 TUCKER was in Weymouth, Mass., 1635; rem. to Milton, Mass., about 1662 and was its first town recorder; Rep. several years; died Mar. 11, 1682, ae. 78; married Eliza- beth Allen. Their fifth child and third son was Benjamin2 Tucker, born in Weymouth, 1646; settled in Roxbury, Mass., where he died Feb. 27, 1713-4; he married Ann, dau. Edward and Mary (Eliot) Payson of Dorchester. Their first child was Benjamin3 Tucker, born in Roxbury, Mar. 8, 1670. He came into possession of lands owned by his father in Spencer and Leicester, Mass .; died 1728; married (1) Sarah - (2) Elizabeth Williams, whose third child was Benjamin' Tucker


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born, probably in Leicester, Mass., Mar. 15, 1703-4; died Jan. 20, 1761; married Apr. 3, 1729, Mary Warren of Watertown, Mass. Their fourth child was Joshua® Tucker, born in Leicester, Mass., July 3, 1738.


1. JOSHUAS TUCKER (Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,? Robert1) son of Benjamin1 and Mary (Warren) Tucker, was born in Leicester, Mass., July 3, 1738; sett. bef. the Revolution in Strafford, Vt., where he was a justice, 1778, and town clerk, 1782-3; Rev. soldier, 1777 and 1780; rem. to Cherry Valley, N. Y.


He married in Leicester, Feb. 4, 1765, Sarah Davis. He is said to have had nineteen children of whom we know only:


i. CALEB.8


ii. JOSHUA.


iii. JOSEPH, perhaps of Middlesex. Vt., 1791.


2.


iv. BENJAMIN.


v. EZRA.


2. BENJAMIN6 TUCKER (Joshua,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1) was born and resided in Strafford, Vt. He married Lucinda Lane.


Children, born in Strafford, Vt.


3. i.


ELEAZER WELLS,7 b. Jan. 29, 1815.


ii. MILO, b. Feb. 2, 1822; priv. Co. G, 9th Vt. Vols .; d. at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 10, 1863.


iii. CAROLINE.


iv. LUCINDA.


v. BETSEY.


3. ELEAZER WELLS TUCKER (Benjamin,6 Joshua,5 Benjamin,' Benjamin,3 Benjamin,? Robert1) was born in Strafford, Vt., Jan. 29, 1815; sett. in W. on a farm that lay in lot 60, but after some years removed to Fayston, Vt., where he died Feb. 28, 1898; was at one time licensed to preach by the Methodist ch. in W.


He married, Oct. 7, 1841, Jeanette, dau. Joseph and Mary (Boyce) Palmer, b. Nov. 28, 1820; d. Apr. 11, 1898. Children:


1: BENJAMIN W.,8 b. Aug. 12, 1842; d. June 21, 1862.


ii. JOSEPH PALMER, b. Dec. 26, 1845; sett: in Warren, Vt .; m. July 4, 1871, Mary Alice Murray, b. May 3, 1853. Chn .: Hattie Alice,9 b. Sept. 10, 1872; Annice Jeanette, b. Dec. 29, 1873; Mary Ette, b. June 8, 1876; Albert Wells, b. Sept. 20, 1877; Justin Paul, b. Nov. 19, 1882; Ida Jane, b. June 14, 1886; Jessie Edna, b. Apr. 13, 1890.


iii. HIRAM, b. Feb. 20, 1848; d. Jan. 22, 1851.


iv. MARY ANN, b. Feb. 7, 1852; m. Nov. 26, 1891, Charles Bag- ley of Moretown, Vt.


V. JEANETTE MARIA, b. May 21, 1854.


vi. ANNE E., b. Mar. 21, 1860; m. Feb. 2, 1882, Lawrence B. Eaton of Fayston.


vii. HARRY ALVARO, b. Jan. 6, 1862; d. Nov. 5, 1863.


4. viii. ALVARO B., b. Dec. 29, 1863.


5. ix. WESLEY WELLS, b. Feb. 19, 1867.


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4. ALVARO B.8 TUCKER (Elcazer Wells1, Benjamin," Joshua,' . Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1) was born in Fayston, Vt., Dec. 29, 1863; sett. in W.


He married, Nov. 19, 1898, Ida Murray, widow of Albert D. Barnard, b. Apr. 10, 1864.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. CLARENCE MURRAY,9 b. Dec. 29, 1899.


ii. ORMAN ALVARO, b. July 13, 1902.


5. WESLEY WELLS8 TUCKER (Eleazer Wells,7 Benjamin,8 Joshua,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Robert1) was born in Fayston, Feb. 19, 1867; sett. in W.


He married, Apr. 6, 1898, Flora Lovitt.


Children, born in Waitsfield:


i. EDMOND WELLS,9 b. Feb. 15, 1899.


11. ERNEST ARCHIE, b. Jan. 4, 1901.


iii. EDITH ALICE, b. June 13, 1905.


TURNER.


1. JOHN' TURNER was a member of Roxbury, Mass., ch. bef. 1650; perhaps the freeman, May 2, 1649; one of the band who formed the settlement at Medfield, Mass., where he had a house and lot on South St. near Curve St .; selectman; admn. was granted on his est. Nov. 16, 1705, and in the settlement all chn. but Sam'l are named.


He married (1) Deborah -- , who d. 1676; (2) Alice, who d. 1680. Children:


1. ELIZABETH,2 b. Sept. 27, 1647; m. 1669, Samuel Smith; slain by Indians, Feb. 21, 1676.


ii. DEBORAH, bapt. Jan. 14, 1649; m. Nov. 18, 1668, Jabez Tatman.


iii. JOHN, b. Mar. 3, 1651; d. 1710; m. 1677, Sarah Adams.


2. iv. ISAAC, b. Aug. 25, 1654; named as "second son".


v. MARY, b. Nov. 18, 1658; m. May 4, 1687, Isaac Parker of Newton, Mass.


vi. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 15, 1661; d. July 14, 1685.


vii. SARAH, b. Nov, 18, 1663; m. (1) Feb: 28, 1696, John Plimpton : (2) Dec. 30, 1708, John Metcalf.


viii. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 24, 1667; m. (1) Samuel Smith; (2) Joseph Clark.


ix. HANNAH, b. 1670, unm. in 1708.


2. ISAAC2 TURNER (John1) was born in Medfield, Mass., Aug. 25, 1654; apparently lived on a part of his father's homestead, in settlement of whose est. he is called "second son" and is said to have recd. his share before his father's death; died May 29, 1694.


He married, 1682, Rebecca Crafts, who m. (2) in 1708, John Rockwood.


Children, born in Medfield, Mass .:


i. REBECCA,3 b. Jan. 3, 1682-3, m. James Allen.


ii. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 16, 1684.


iii. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 13, 1686; d. 1755; m. 1711, Mary Rockwood.


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3. iv. ISAAC, b. Mar. 15, 1687-8.


v. PHILIP, b. Feb. 5, 1689; sett. in Mansfield, Conn., 1711; m. (1) Anna - ; (2) Nov. 9, 1719, Elizabeth -; (3) May 7, 1732, widow Mary Jackson.


3. ISAAC3 (Isaac,2 John1) was born in Medfield, Mass., Mar. 15, 1687-8; sett. in Mansfield, Conn., about 1711; died Dec. 5, 1769.


He married, Apr. 30, 1713, Marcy Abbott. Children, born in Mansfield, Conn .:


i. ISAAC,4 b. Feb. 16, 1714; d. July 5, 1776; m. June 8, 1737, Elizabeth, dau. John Rood of Windham, Conn .; she d. May 17, 1749, and he m. (2) Oct. 12, 1749, Susannah, dau. John Mayo.


· ii. JOHN, b. June 13, 1716; d. July 15, 1776; m. Apr. 4, 1738, Mary, đau. John Rood.


4. iii. STEPHEN, b. June 20, 1718.


iv. MARCY, b. Oct. 1, 1720; d. Oct. 10, 1748, unm.


v. REBECCA, b. Dec. 6, 1723.


vi. SARAH, b. Nov. 26, 1728.


4. STEPHEN4 TURNER (Isaac,3 Isaac,2 John1) was born in Mans- field, Conn., June 20, 1718.


He married, Nov. 23, 1738, Mary, dau. Thomas Jennings of Willington, Conn., who d. Oct. 21, 1801, in her 84th year.


Children, born in Mansfield, Conn .:


i. EUNICE,5 b. Apr. 11, 1740.


ii. SARAH, b. Oct. 7, 1741.


iii. PHEBE, b. Jan. 9. 1743-4.


iv. ELEAZER, b. Oct. 3, 1746; d. Jan. 10, 1768.


v. NATHAN, b. Jan. 19, 1748; d. Sept. 17, 1757.


vi. MERCY, b. Oct. 27, 1750.


5. vii. TIMOTHY, b. Aug. 18, 1757.


5. TIMOTHY5 TURNER (Stephen,4 Isaac,3 Isaac,2 John1) was born in Mansfield, Conn., Aug. 18, 1757; perhaps the Timothy who was assessed in W. in 1808 for poll only.


He married, Aug. 20, 1776, Rachel, dau. Abial and Charity (Allen) Carpenter of Willington, Conn., b. Feb. 9, 1759; d. June 22, 1799; a niece of Ethan Allen. Children, born in Mansfield, Conn .:


i. OLIVE,6 b. Jan. 3, 1778.


ii. VELLEDA, b. Sept. 6, 1779.


6. iii. RALPH, b. July 2, 1781. iv. HORACE, b. July 26, 1783. .


V. POLLY, b. Sept. 14, 1785.


vi. STEPHEN, b. Dec. 10, 1787.


vii. EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 28, 1789.


viii. RILEY, b. Jan. 2, 1792.


ix. TURMUS, b. Sept. 27, 1793; seems to have been in W. or Moretown, Vt., 1812.


6. RALPH® TURNER (Timothy,5 Stephen," Isaac,3 Isaac,? Jolin1) was born in Mansfield, Conn., July 2, 1781; sett. early in Moretown, Vt., and came to W. about 1805-6; constable and held other town offices; Rep., 1821-1823; selectman,


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1825-26; rem. to Preble Co., N. Y., about 1832, and later to LaGrange, O., where he died, Oct. 8, 1854.


He married, Mar. 21, 1802, Lucy, dau. James and Eunice (Mosher) Carpenter of Sharon, Vt., b. Dec. 27, 1783-4; d. at Trempealeau, Wis., Mar. 26, 1867. Children:


i. HARVEY CARPENTER,7 b. Dec. 25, 1802, in Moretown; d. Sept. 30, 1811.


ii. CAROLINE, b. Jan. 21, 1805; m. Oct. 25, 1829, Roswell Horr.


iii. ALPHEUS RODNEY, b. Jan. 8, 1808, in W .; d. July 12, 1871, in Brooklyn, N. Y.


iv. CHARITY, b. Nov. 18, ISII; m. Hezekiah Gorham of Brook- lyn, N. Y.


v. MINERVA, b. Feb. 14, 1814; m. D. A. Segur of Trempealeau, Wis.


vi. TIMOTHY GILMAN, b. Aug. 31, 1817; m. Laura Morrill.


vi1. CYRUS ERASTUS, b. June 17, 1819; m. Jane Gay.


viii. LUCY JANE, b. Aug. 7, 1823; m. Riley Heaton of Quincy, Mich.


ix. RALPH DEMONTHAMER. b. Nov. 8, 1825; m. Sarah Mudge; sett. in Quincy, Mich.


x. JAMES RILEY, b. July 5, 1827; d. at Preble, N. Y., Mar. 1832. DAVID TURNER was in W., 1821-2; rem. to Mass. Married Sarah -, of Whateley, Mass. Children:


i. MORTON, bapt. Sept. 15, 1822.


ii. HIRAM, bapt. Sept. 15, 1822.


TYLER.


1. JOB1 TYLER was early in Roxbury, Mass., and Andover, Mass., 1650; grantee of Mendon, Mass., 1662; Roxbury again, 1665; Mendon, 1669, and probably removed to Boxford, Mass., after the destruction of Mendon, 1675, but returned to the latter town by 1700, and prob. died soon after.


He married Mary Children:


2. i. MOSES,2 b. 1641-2.


ii. MARY, b. 1643-4, perhaps the M. T. who m. John Farnham, 1693.


iii. HOPESTILL, b. 1646; d. at Preston, Conn., Jan. 20, 1734, in 89th yr .; m. Mary


iv. JOHN, d. at Andover, Mass., Dec. 28, 1652.


v. JOHN, b. Apr. 16, 1653; d. at Mendon, May 4, 1742; m. (1) Sept. 14, 1682, Hannah, dau. Nathan Parker; (2) Anna


vi. SAMUEL, b. May 24, 1655; d. Dec. 17, 1695; m. Hannah


2. MOSES2 TYLER (Job1) was born 1641-2; sett. early in that part of Rowley, Mass., now Boxford, but was of Andover, Mass., in 1700; called "Quartermaster"; died Oct. 2, 1727, ae. 85 or 86.


He married (1) July 6, 1666, Prudence, dau. George Blake, of Gloucester, who died Mar. 9, 1689, ae. 41 y., 10 m., 20 d .; (2) Sarah -; (3) July 25, 1718, Mrs. Martha Fisk.


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Children:


i. MOSES,3 b. Feb. 16, 1667; d. Oct. 11, 1732, in Boxford.


ii. JOHN, b. Sept. 14, 1669; d. Jan. 15, 1756, in Boxford.


iii. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 18, 1671: d. 1699 in Salem, Mass.


iv. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 17, 1673; d. Dec. 1, 1743. in Boxford.


3. v. JOB, b. Dec. 16, 1675.


vi. SAMUEL, b. May 2, 1678.


vii. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 14, 1680.


viii. JONATHAN, b. Mar. 8, 1683.


ix. JAMES, b. Dec. 7, 1685.


X. JOSHUA, b. July 4, 1688; d. 1735 in Salem.


xi. JACOB, b. Jan. 9, 169 -; d. Oct. 11, 1732.


xii. MARTHA,


xiii. KATHERINE, named in their father's will.


xiv. SARAH,


3. JOB3 TYLER (Moses,2 Job1) was born in Boxford, Mass., Dec. 16, 1675.


He married Margaret, dau. John and Sarah Bradstreet of Topsfield, Mass., and gr. dau. of Gov. Simon Bradstreet. Children:


4. i. WILLIAM,4 b. July 4, 1701.


ii. MARGARET, b. Mar. 24, 1703.


jii. JOB, (probably) b. Feb. 28, 1705; d. at Rindge, N. H.


iv. MOSES, (probably) b. Apr. 15, 1708.




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