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MOORE, JOHN, son of Grove, 1796, married Aurilla, daughter of Silas Harwood. Children: Silas, Fayette ; Mary, married Oliver Warner; second wife, Mary, daughter of Seth P. Sheldon. A daughter, Maria (Mrs. Titus Coon, Albion, N. Y.); died in Dorset about 187 -.
MOORE, SILAS, married Mary, daughter of Judge Nathan Burton. Children : Laura (died at 10), Charles E .; second wife, a Miss Blakely of Pawlet; died in Wis- consin. His brother, Fayette, also went to Wisconsin and died soon after.
MOORE, CALVIN, son of Seth, married Ruby, daughter of Oliver Harwood. Children : Louisa, married Sherman Weed; Henry O., Albert (died in youth). Mr. Moore died in 1878; Mrs. Moore in 1890.
MOORE, HENRY O., married Kate, daughter of James Rice of Pawlet. Children : Albert W., Berdena. Died in 1883.
MOORE, SETH, son of Seth, brother of Calvin, mar- ried Ruby, daughter of Joseph Harwood. Children : Joseph M., Rhoda, Webster O., Franklin II., Seth M .; Cornelia married Martin W. Smith. Mrs. Moore died in 1856 ; second wife, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Hibbard. Mr. Moore died in 1880.
MOORE, SOLOMON, son of Fairbanks and Judith (Youlen) Moore ; married Lydia, daughter of Timothy
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Flower. Children: Maria, married John W. Beebe ; Horace F. ; Flora married R. G. M. Johnson ; Harry L .; Clara, married John Phillips. Mrs. Moore died in 1873; second wife, Dorcas, daughter of Elisha Smith. Mr. Moore died in 1892.
MOREY, ERASTUS, wife's name unknown. Sons : Alexander, Matthew, Erastus.
MOREY, MATTHEW, married Clarissa, daughter of Herschel Hay. Children: M. G., S. H .; Mattie married George W. Holmes. Mr. Morey died in 1877.
MCCALL, HUGH, married Hannah Button. Children : William, James L .; Mary, married Tisdel Barden ; Eliza married L. A. Bibens; Ellen I., married George A. Mc- Millan ; Esther, married Rufus H. Conant; died in 1879, aged 96; Mrs. McCall in 1864.
MCCALL, JAMES L., married Juliet, daughter . of Jonathan Farrar. Children: Jennie, Wallace (died at 13) ; Byron W., Belle; constable many years; sheriff of Ben- nington County, 1884-8. Mrs. McCall died 1882; second wife, Juliet Stone. Since 1884, has resided in Benning- ton.
MONCRIEF, HUGH, married Lucinda Collins. Chil- dren : Mary, married Ezra Wellman; Adaline, married Ogden P. Fisher ; Carrie, married Aaron T. Clark; Jane, married Wm. H. Kinne.
NELSON, ALMON W., married Lucy, daughter of Seth Harmon, Jr. Children : T. L .; Alta, married J. H. Guild; Medora, married Marshall Howard; P. T .; Celeste, married William Lewis. Died in 1SS5; Mrs. Nelson in 1895.
NELSON, JAMES Y .; to Rupert from Southwick, Mass., 1805, settling on the Colton farm, later known as the Elam Phillips farm. His family consisted of a wife and five children: Ruth, married Thomas K. Beebe; Fanny, married George Beebe; James Y .; Zopher, who settled at Green Bay, Wis .; Mercy. married Titus Shel-
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don. Mr. Nelson died in 1842, aged 77; Ruth, his wife, in 1830, aged 63.
NELSON, JAMES Y., Jr., married Lucinda - -- , who died in 1837. Children: Holden, Edwin, Roland, Younglove; Mercy, married - Moore ; second wife, Mary Dresser, widow of Abner Stearns; third wife, a Miss Clark; fourth wife, a Mrs. Weeks. A soldier of the War of 1812. Died in 1874, aged 81.
PHILLIPS, ELIHU, settled in Kent Hollow, married Elizabeth Spear. Children: Elam, thrice married, last wife, Dianthe Nelson ; Horace, married Susan Weed ; Moses, married Charlotte Ransom; Squire, married Julia Harmon; Betsey, married Seeley Sherman; Cynthia, married Wm. Weed; Thankful, married Ira Weed; Clar- issa, married Timothy Flower; Elihu, married Died in 1799, aged 39.
PHELPS, WILLIAM, from Connecticut, soon after the Revolution, settling on the present John Leach farm; married Sarah Phelps. Children: William, who settled in Ohio; John, Willis; Betsey, married a Noble, Berk- shire, Vt. Mr. Phelps died at 84.
PHELPS, JOHN, married Theodosia Chil- dren: William, who died in Virginia, aged 18; Ann, died in early womanhood; Mary, married Dr. David Page; John, Albert. Mr. Phelps was Town Representa- tive, 1853-4.
PHELPS, JOHN, son of John, married Fanny, daugh- ter of Judge Nathan Burton; Town Clerk, 1863-66; resided in Manchester, 1866-70 ; removed to Illinois. Died in 1895. A daughter, Ann, married , and resided at Dixon.
PHELPS, ALBERT, son of John, Sr., married Dyer; after her death, Sarah, daughter of Simeon Shel- don. To Illinois about 1870; to California about 1886, where he died.
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PHELPS, WILLIS, son of William and brother of John, Sr., married Emma, daughter of Abram Underhill. Children : William, Charles, Julia (died in 1887), Mer- ritt ; Ellen, married John Eastman; Eliza, George, Leroy (died at 16).
PHELPS, WM. U., son of Willis, married Lophelia, daughter of James Leach. Children: Herbert; Jennie, married George Weston; Fanny, married Henry Slack ; second wife, Mrs. Mary Tobin Scott.
PHELPS, CHARLES, married Dimis Hilliard. Chil- dren : Julia, Merritt, Fred, Nellie.
PHELPS, MERRITT, married Ann Braymer and settled on the Dillingham farm, in Pawlet. A son, Bert, is a physician, Glens Falls.
PHELPS, GEORGE, married Mary, daughter of Aaron Sheldon. He died in 1873; his wife shortly before.
PARKER, JOHN, born in Rhode Island in 1756. Served three years in the Revolutionary war; married Mary Convis and settled in Pownal; removed thence to Rupert, where he resided until his death in 1842. Taught school both in Pownal and Rupert. Children: John, David, Joseph; Lucy, married Jeremiah Youlen; Han- nah, married Simeon Jenkins; Olive, married Howard; Anice, married - Perkins ; Freelove, mar- ried Weed.
PARKER, JOSEPH, 1797-1888, married Mary Mont- gomery. Children: John M., Charles, George; Harriet, married E. B. Safford; Mary, married John M. Whedon ; Convis, David W .; Town Representative, 1834, and held various town offices; a Colonel of militia. His knowledge of the town's history was great, probably exceeding any other individual. His daughter, Harriet (now Mrs. Saf- ford), taught me to read, being my first teacher ; and as I have never forgotten how, think she did her work well.
PARKER, GEORGE, married Margrette Mann. Chil- dren: Will; Minnie (Mrs. Lytle). Died in 1887.
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PARKER, CHARLES, married Ellen Wright. Children : Caleb (died 1877), Charles, Christopher, Cyrus (married Edith Warner), Clarence, Clara (died in 1897).
PERKINS, JOSEPH, son of William, married Jane Beat- tie. Children: Margaret, Grace, Mary, John B., Wil- liam, Ann, Sarah, Joseph, James.
PERKINS, W. H., son of William, married Lucina, daughter of Henry Woodard. Children : Charles, Clar- ence; Sadie, married Clarence Denison.
PRESCOTT, THOMAS J., married Elizabeth, daughter of Seth Harmon, Jr .; Mrs. P. is living at the age of 89.
PHILLIPS, SAMUEL, son of Elkanah, married Mary Monroe. Children: Betsey, George, Chester, William, Charles. Mr. Phillips died 1892; Mrs. Phillips 1890.
PHILLIPS, CHESTER, married Hannahette, daughter of William Towsley. Since 1895, has resided in Pawlet.
ROBERTS, ISAAC, married Betsey Roberts. Children : Betsey, married T. D. Smith; Minerva, married Neville Taylor; Mandy, married Ransford Wood; Mary, married Nathaniel Roberts; Erastus, Myron (died at 19), Miles. Mr. and Mrs Roberts died about 1847.
ROBERTS, ALLEN, married Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Farrar. Children: Jonathan, Edward, Edwin, Abigail, Charles.
RAYMOND, BERNICE, lived on the farm now E. Haw- ley's. Mr. Raymond was president of the Manchester Bank: married Children : Pierrepont, Shepherd, Melancthon, Frank, Charles, Louisa, Lorette.
RISING, SIMEON, son of Aaron, married Esther Jones. Children : Laura, married John White; Simeon, Jr .; Esther, married Josiah Houghton; Marina, married Seth Sheldon. Built the house now occupied by Charles Rising. Died in 1842, aged 76
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RISING, JOSIAH, brother of Simeon, 1768-1833. Known as Judge Rising, and for years prominent in town and county; Town Representative seven years, between 1804 and 1817; Judge of the County Court. A leading Anti-Mason, and a delegate to the national convention at Baltimore, in 1832; built the house long occupied by Seth Sheldon; married Sally Dewey. Children: Charlotte, married Isaac Sherman ; Hannah, married Samuel Beattie ; Maria, married Albert Masters.
RISING, SIMEON, JR., son of Simeon, married Jane Montgomery. Children: Mary, married M. V. B. Pratt; Sarah, married J. W. Simons; Julia, married M. V. B. Gibbs; Myra, married Sheldon Bliss; Seth H., Simeon M .; Ida, married John Morrow; Town Representative in 1835-36 and '25. Died in 1860, aged 67. Mrs. Rising in 1891.
RISING, SETH H., married Susan Tooper. Children : Sarah, married William Cleveland ; Charles M., Emma, Carrie ; represented Rupert in the Constitutional conven- tion of 1869; held various town offices. Died in 1894. Mrs. Rising in 1898.
RICHEY, WILLIAM A., Charlton, N. Y., 1804, mar- ried Elisheba Farnum. Children : Mary, Sarah, Richard, died in childhood; Alexander N., died in San Francisco in 1862, aged 30; Frances, married Jay Gibbs, and died in Salem 1861, aged 22; George H., Charlotte (Mrs. S. M. Rising), Laura, died 1868, aged 20. Mr. Richey died 1872. Mrs. Richey 1867, aged 59.
SHAW, JESSE. Sons: Samuel, Benjamin, Jesse, Reu- ben, David; Samuel, married Maria Allen. Children : Solon, Eli, Albert, Spencer. Will T. Solon and Eli died in the service, in the Civil War. Spencer died about 1895.
SHAW, JONATHAN, married Betsey Vance. Children : Susan, married Asher Loveland; Robert; Harriet, mar- ried Henry Viets ; William, Myron, Henry; Mary, mar- ried J. E. Austin; Amelia, married Phineas Barker ;
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Ellen, married Oscar Elwell ; John. Mr. Shaw died 1842. Mrs. Shaw 1886. He was an uncle of Samuel.
SHAW, JESSE, married Children : Jesse, Myron, Milo, Ruth; Harriet, married William Hamilton.
SHAW, REUBEN, married Emeline Starks; a numer- ous family.
SHAW, DAVID, married Luther was a son.
SHAW, BENJAMIN, married Mahala .. Children : Lois, married John G. Wright; Lucinda, married Henry Dean; Elijah.
SHELDON, ISAAC, son of Isaac and Mindwell (Phelps) Sheldon, 1784; married Rebecca Spear. Children : Asahel, Isaac, William, Enos, Henry; Marilla, married Daniel Nelson; Lavina, married John Weed. Died in 1864. Mrs. Sheldon in 1861.
SHELDON, ENOS, son of Isaac and Mindwell (Phelps) Sheldon, married Rachel Lamb. Children: Laura, mar- ried William Burch; Betsey; married Dennis Hurd; Darwin, Augustus; Othelia, married Elisha Wade. Mrs. Sheldon died in 1852, and rest of the family removed to Wisconsin.
SHELDON, ENOS P., son of Isaac and Rebecca (Spear) Sheldon, married Lucy, daughter of Sylvester Smith. Children : Emmons D .; Hattie (died in 1867, aged 20); Smith; Town Representative, 1867-68; died in 1892.
SHELDON, HENRY I., brother of Enos P., married, Hannah Nelson. Children : William H .; Mary, married William Lewis; Isaac, Herbert (died in 1886). Mr. Shel- don died in 1892. Mrs. Sheldon in 1888.
SHELDON, SETH P., Suffield, Conn., 1762; to Rupert about 1790, and settled on the farm now owned by Em- mons Sheldon; married at Suffield about 1793, Rhoda Pomeroy. Children: Henry, Seth, Simeon; Maria, mar-
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ried Harvey Sykes: Julia, married William Williams; Rhoda, married Alexander Bliss; Louisa; Mary, married John Moore. Mr. Sheldon was a famous singing master. Hollister says he taught in Pawlet in 1782, but that is an error, and must have been '92. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He died in 1827. Mrs. Sheldon in 1863, aged 90.
SHELDON, SETH, son of Seth P., married Marina, daughter of Capt. Simeon Rising. Children: Ann, married Edward Sheldon; Mary, married Dr. D. C. Beebe; Albert P., Henry C., Theodore F .; Town Repre- sentative, 1841-42. Like his father, he was a successful singing master, and as a tenor singer he was unequalled ; died in 1874; Mrs. Sheldon in 1873.
SHELDON, SIMEON, brother of Seth, 1806, married Lois Eastman. Children : Edgar; Maria, married Harvey Sheldon; Seth; Sarah, married Albert Phelps; Kirk, John; Louisa, married Charles Saxton; Corrinne, married Oscar Oliver ; Town Representative, 1852. Mr. Sheldon moved from the homestead to the Dr. Sheldon house in 1865, thence to Illinois in 1872; died about 1890, and Mrs. Sheldon a few years later.
SHELDON, DAVID, eldest son of Judge David, com- monly known as Esq. David, 1780-1864, married Jerusha, daughter of Deacon Stephen Smith. Children : Stephen S., Ira F., David S .; Ann, married H. D. Kitchel; Town Treasurer nearly forty years ; Town Representative, 1829- 30 and 46. Mrs. Sheldon died 1855.
SHELDON, IRA F., married Rosina, daughter of Rufus Harmon. Children: Edward P., Cornelius M., Martha ; Julia, married Albert P. Sheldon; died in 1895; Mrs. Sheldon in 1889.
SHELDON, THOMAS, son of Judge David, married first, Jerusha Hopkins, who died in 1824. Children : William ; Harriet, married Julius Sheldon ; second wife, Mary McCleary, who died in 1857; a son, T. L. Mr. Sheldon, who was known as Capt. Thomas, died in 1865.
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SHELDON, WILLIAM, married Mary, daughter of Eph- raim, Harvey. Children : Ephraim, Harvey, William. Died 1835, aged 26.
SHELDON, T. L., known as Luther, 1827-75, married Clarissa, daughter of Warner Hopkins. Children: Mary, Hattie, Mark L., John F. Early in town affairs and long prominent, especially during the Civil War; Town Repre- sentative, 1859-60; Town Clerk, 1866 to the time of his death, which was caused by a falling tree.
SHELDON, TITUS, son of Judge David, married Mercy, daughter of James Y. Nelson. Children: Ruth, married J. G. Burton; Sarah, married Justus Seeley ; Charlotte, married Stephen Smith; Mary, married George Trumbull ; second wife, Mrs. Lydia Baker Hamlin; third wife, Eliza Baker; deacon of the Congregational Church; died in Dorset, 1876.
SHELDON, JAMES, son of Judge David, 1791-1876; married Abigail, daughter of Roswell Flower, Sr. Chil- dren: Maria, married Dr. George Burns; James A., Cyrus F. Was a soldier in the War of 1812; died in 1876.
SHELDON, INCREASE, married Hannah King. Chil- dren: Artemus; Delia, married White; Julia, married David F. Sheldon ; Rhoda, married John Snell ; Hannah; Harriet, married Stephen Taylor ; Julius, Joseph I., Harmon. Mr. Sheldon died in 1835; his wife, 1839.
SHELDON, JOSEPH I., married Fanny Read. Chil- dren : Marson, Charles; Orlena, married Evi Hurd; Frances, married Aaron Covey. Removed to Manchester about 1855.
SHELDON, JULIUS, son of Increase, married Harriet, daughter of Thomas Sheldon. A daughter, Mary, mar- ried Edgar, son of Simeon Sheldon.
SHELDON, DAVID F., 1785-1842, son of Joel and Mary (Hanchett) Sheldon, married Sarah Dunton. Chil-
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dren : Joel H., William B., Thadeus D. ; second wife, Julia Sheldon, died 1874. Children : Chauncey, Sarah, Delia, Mary, Julia; Chauncey and Sarah, deceased. Delia is Mrs. N. McWain.
SHELDON, ABRAH C .; Town Representative in 1825- 26.
SHAW, WILLIAM, son of Jonathan, was many years a farmer in Hebron. From about 1880, resided in this town, where he died in 1896. Kept the Loveland store the last years of his life; unmarried.
SHERMAN, ENOCH, 1762-1849; a Revolutionary sol. dier; to Rupert from Sandgate, 1807; born in Connecti- cut; married Catharine Seeley, Children: Seeley, Evi, Sterling, -- , Isaac, and three daughters, one of whom married Dr. Jacob K. Drew.
SHERMAN, SEELEY, married Betsey Phillips. Chil- dren: Morehouse, Enoch, Josiah, Squire, Dolphus, Bet- sey, Thankful, Catharine.
SHERMAN, STERLING, married Jane Noble. Chil- dren : Samuel S., Charles A., Henry O .; Catharine, married Stephen Murdock; William M., Omer B., Enoch, Jesse S., Mary; Martha, married Asa McNitt. Mr. Sherman was prominent in the affairs of the town, and its representative, 1837-8; died in 1865.
SHERMAN, ENOCH, son of Seley; second wife, Miranda Warner. Children: Lucy (Mrs. Clark), Moses H .; Charles W., married Margaret McKee; and Kate, a graduate of Albany Normal. Mr. Sherman was a suc- cessful teacher in this and other towns. For a few years Postmaster and R. R. station agent at West Rupert. Died in Salem.
SHERMAN, DOLPHUS, son of Seeley, married Cordelia Price. Children: Julia (Mrs. Joseph Perkins), Ralph, Rupert (died in 1893), Fanny (died in 1890), Flora (Mrs. A. B. Otwell), Porter.
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SHERMAN, SILAS, son of Evi, married Thankful, daughter of Timothy Flower. A daughter, Flora, married Harry G. Clark, and resides in Cambridge. Children of H. G. and Flora Clark: Lilla, married C. O. Pratt; Eva.
SHERMAN, CHAS. A., son of Sterling, married Laura, daughter of Judge Nathan Burton. Children: Chas. H., Fanny; Mary, married F. W. Carpenter; Jennie, Elijah B. Mr. Sherman was a substantial citizen; but contrary to the general rule, refused office. Died in 1889.
SHERMAN WILLIAM M., son of Sterling, married Hannah, daughter of Amos Lewis. Children: Lewis, Mary. Was prominent in town affairs; Town Representa- tive in 1863-64; about 1865, removed to Greenwich, N. Y., and soon after to Milwaukee, where he engaged in manu- facturing ; died in Thomasville, Ga., in 1891.
SHERMAN, JOSIAH, son of Isaac, married Lydia Wal- ker; a son, Merritt.
SHERMAN, JOHN S., son of Isaac, married Frances, daughter of Nathan Wilson. Children: Frances, mar- ried Robert Beattie; Arthur, William D.
SHERMAN, ALBERT M., son of Isaac, married Char- lotte, daughter of Josiah G. Burton. Children: Edwin, Laura, Schuyler.
SCOTT, WILLIAM, married Mrs. Laura Towsley Per- rin. Children: Libbie, married Merritt Farrar; Will H. Died in 1898.
SCOTT, WILL H., married Helen, daughter of D. A. Hawkins; a daughter Hattie; second wife, Kate, sister of the preceding. Now reside in Tinmouth.
SCOTT, THOMAS J., married Charlotte, daughter of David Towsley. Children : Ira H., Laura, Kate, Hor- ace D., Julia (Mrs. Rich),Mary (Mrs. Thomas), Ella. Died in 1898.
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SCOTT, WILLIAM, known as Deacon Scott; had a son, a physician, Dr. John B. Scott. His daughter was the first wife of Wm. Stearns; died about 1860.
SMITH, STEPHEN, son of Martin and an early settler, married Anna Munson. Children: Sylvester; Luther, . who married and settled at Richland, N. Y. ; Jerusha, married David Sheldon ; Anna (died 1811, aged 18) ; was a deacon of the Congregational Church; died at Richland.
SMITH, TRUMAN, son of Martin, married Lucy Smith, Children : Hiram, Philo, Truman; Rhoda, married Hanna; Fidelia, married Edward Baldrige; Eliza, mar- ried Lyman Smith; Harriet (died at 22). Mr. Smith died, 1835, aged 67.
SMITH, SYLVESTER, son of Stephen, married Nancy, daughter of Seth Harmon. Children: Anne, married William Sheldon; Stephen; Lucy, married Enos P. Shel- don; Henry, T. D .; Harriet, married John Bartlett; Esther, married David Farrar; David R .; Mary, married Squire Sherman. Died in 1859. Mrs. Smith in 1878.
SMITH, PHILO, son of Truman, 1799-1873. Unmar- ried and known as " Uncle Philo;" an eccentric charac- ter, bright and capable, but soured and dimmed by disap- pointment and intemperance. His caustic sayings of razor sharpness, will be remembered by those of his day.
SMITH, THADDEUS, son of Enoch, married Deborah, daughter of Phineas Sheldon. Children: Mary, Hiram S., Dorothy, David; Delight, married Homer Johnson ; Louisa, married Amos Sheldon. Mr. Smith was a sur- veyor, as well as farmer; died, 1857, aged 88. Mrs. Smith, 1864, aged 82.
SMITH, HIRAM S., son of Thaddeus, married Adaline Warren. Children : Maria, married Edmund Loomis; Emily, married Sheldon Taylor; Ann Eliza, Albert, Henry W. ; Mary, married -. Like his father, Mr. Smith was a surveyor; died at Brunswick, N. Y.
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SMITH, ELISHA, married Lydia Spear, sister of Mrs. Seth Moore. Children: John, Jerusha ; Dorcas, married Solomon Moore; second wife, Dorcas Pratt; a son, Almon F.
SMITH, JOHN, son of Elisha, married Sarah Hatch. Children : DeWitt, Spencer; Martha, married John Har- wood. DeWitt and Spencer reside in St. Paul. Mr. Smith lived ten years in Virginia.
SMITH, ALMON, married Emma, daughter of Orange Frary. Children : Willis O .; Chauncey F. (died at 18). Resided at Rupert 14 years ; now at Manchester Center. Mrs. Smith has long been prominent in the W. C. T. U.
STEARNS, WILLIAM, married Ann, daughter of Deacon William Scott, and after her death, Mary, daughter of Joseph Flower. A daughter of the second marriage, Julia. Mr. Stearns died in 1874. Mrs. Stearns now re- sides in Washington, D. C.
SYKES, MILTON, 1796-1886, married Lucy Towsley ; second wife, Henrietta Guernsey. Children: Augustus K., 1832-98, married Helen Cranston; Horace S., Henry C., Byron H. ; Lucy, married Walter Eaton.
SYKES, HARRY, married Children : Ellsworth, De Forrest, Skiff, Albert; Jane, married John D. Ellsworth; Frances, married Aaron Whitcomb. Ells- worth and Jane are dead. Mr. Sykes was a soldier of the War of 1812. Skiff, married Frances Whitcomb; lives in Manchester; Albert in Wells; De Forrest in Dorset.
TAYLOR, JOEL, was a soldier of the Revolution. He married Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Farrar. Children : Joel, Stephen, Elbridge : Polly, married Austin Johnson ; Hannah, married Robert Wilson. Joel and Elbridge set- tled in the western part of New York. Mr. Taylor died in 1846, aged 82. Mrs. Taylor in 1825.
TAYLOR, STEPHEN, married Harriet, daughter of In- crease Sheldon. Children : Dwight, Emmons, Sheldon,
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James B. ; second wife, Olive Wakely. Mr. Taylor died at North Rupert in 1884, aged 88.
TAYLOR, DWIGHT, married Aurora, daughter of Elisha Eastman. A daughter, Hattie, married O. P. Black. For years Mr. Taylor's farming operations were on a scale surpassing any others in town; died about 1892.
TAYLOR, SHELDON, married Emily, daughter of Hiram S. Smith; died 1874.
TOWSLEY, NATHANIEL,, was in the French and Indian war, 1754-63. Came to Rupert in 1787, and lived here till his death ; married a Miss Warters. Children : Seven sons and one daughter. David, son of Nathaniel, mar- ried Janet Bigelow. Children: Orange, David, Moses, William, Charlotte, Clarissa, Lucy, Horace. Orange went west; no further known. David, married Laura Norton. Children : Laura, married William Scott; Char- lotte, married T. J. Scott; Henry D., married Emma Vail; Moses, married Ann Phillips. Children : Charles, George, Albert, -; William, married Electa, daughter of Seth Harmon, Jr. Children: Jerome, Webster, Han- nahette; Charlotte, unmarried; Clarissa, married Joseph Sexton; Lucy, married Milton Sykes; Horace, married Louisa Crandall.
THOMPSON, DAVID, married Amy Tennant. Chil- dren : William, married Martha Cory; David; Sherman, married Eliza Meade ; Ann, married Asa Terrill; Pauline, married Giles Monroe ; Elvira, married Charles Conkey ; Emma, married William T. Meade.
THOMPSON, DAVID, son of David, married Lucy, daughter of Harvey Lincoln. Children : Sherman (died in 1874); Laura, married Grant Morey; Ann, married Sheldon Morey; died in 1872. Mrs. Thompson, 1886.
TRUMBULL, HORACE, Hartford County, Conn., in 1775. He and two brothers, supposed to have been Alex- ander and Nathaniel, emigrated to Johnsburg, N. Y.
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Horace soon left, and settled in Rupert, married in 1798, Dorothy Spear. Children : Horace S., Sherman, George F. ; Permelia, married Abner Wright; Dorothy, married . Alexander Trumbull; Fanny, married David Fisher ; Phlinda, married John Taylor; died about 18 -; wife in 1861.
TRUMBULL, SHERMAN, son of Horace, married Han- . ยท nah, daughter of Austin Johnson; removed to Lake County, Il1., about 1855. Both are dead. Their daughter, Mariatta, lived a year or more in Rupert in 1864-5. Two sons died in service, in the Civil War.
TRUMBULL, GEORGE F., son of Horace, married Mary, daughter of Titus Sheldon; removed to. Glens Falls, thence to Greenwich; was a member of the 7th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, 1864-5; died in 1897, aged 75. Chil- dren : Titus S., George E., Arthur S., and Eliza (Mrs. Wheelwright), Kewanee, I11.
TRUMBULL, ALEXANDER, brother of Horace, married Mary Sheldon. Sons: Alexander, Smith, Edwin.
TRUMBULL, ALEXANDER, son of Alexander, Rupert, 1804; to Johnsburg with his father's family; married Per- melia Kenyon. Children: Minerva (Mrs. Loveland) ; Alexander, married Ella . Randall; John H., Charles, Helen; second wife, Dorothy Trumbull, to Rupert in 1858; died, 1891.
TRUMBULL, NATHANIEL, is believed to have been cap- tured by the British in the Patriot War, and died a prisoner on Van Diemen's Land.
WOOD, E. T., married Cecelia Palmer. Children : Clara, married Henry Hadaway; Gustavus, Edward D. ; Emma, married Newton Clark.
WOOD, GUSTAVUS P., married Mary Hadaway, and resides in Tinmouth ; a son, Roscoe.
WILDER, JONAS, resided in Rupert, from about 1857 to'S0; was engaged a short time in the merchantile busi-
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ness, and Postmaster at West Rupert. His residence was that now occupied by A. P. Sheldon. He was for a short time Superintendent of the Congregational Sunday School ; and the West Rupert fair was instituted by him. Fred W., and Arthur B. Wilder of Woodstock are his sons.
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