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Eliphalet m. Lucretia Barker in 1831. They came to Jericho about 1835 and purchased a large farm where he lived till his death in 1873. She was b. in 1812; and d. in 1890. They had nine children : Henry, b. in 1834 ; Helen, b. in 1836; George, b. in 1838; Barker, b. in 1840; Olive, b. in 1842; Noah, b. in 1844; Anna E. b. in 1846; Fayette, b. in 1848; Effie J., b. in 1850. Henry, George, Olive, Noah and Anna E. d in 1853, of scarlet fever, within the space of ten days.
Helen m. Julius Bliss in 1859 and has four children: Anna E., Elmer D., Ida and Jesse. They live in Morristown, Vt. The father d. in 1914 and is buried at Jericho. Barker m. Jennie A. Whitcomb in 1868 and lives in Burlington. They have three chil- dren: Frank, Charles and Mabel. Fayette m. Mary Osgood in 1874. They have no children. He purchased his father's farm and occupied the same till his death in 1886. Effie J. m. Dennis E. Rood in 1875. They have three children: Maud, Madge and Helen. Maud m. H. D. Costello in 1901. No children. They live in Milton. Madge is not m.
Helen m. M. H. Whitney in 1904. He d. in 1912. They had three children. Two of them d. Barbara living, was b. in 1908.
Dennis E. Rood has always lived in Jericho and followed in the business of his father as a harness maker. He has been an active man in town, held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years, and represented the town in the Legislature in the years of 1886 and 1887. He has been a long-time member of the Baptist Church of Jericho.
BALLARD FAMILY.
By S. H. Barnum.
Orange G. Ballard never lived in Jericho, but his widow and most of the children have been residents. Orange G. was b. in Milton in 1845. His father was John and his mother d. when the boy was young. Orange m. Sept. 2, 1866, Betsey A. Caswell, dau. of Lucius and Mary Ann (Hewey) Caswell, both of Milton. Betsey A. was b. Sept. 9, 1848. The children were :
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(1) George L., b. Apr. 30, 1868, m. Mina O'Connell in 1899. They live in Underhill and were previously at Loon Lake, N. Y. He is a farmer.
(2) Charles O., b. May 22, 1872, d. May 5, 1910. .
(3) John S., b. Dec. 22, 1874, m. Nettie Monson Dec. 22, 1896. A dau., Ethel, b. 1897. They live in Westford and he is a painter by trade.
(4) Bert E., b. July 1, 1876, m. Mabel Myette. Two chil- dren : George Edward, b. Jan. 1, 1912, and Ramona, b. 1914. They live in Rutland and he is in the painting business.
(5) Irving, b. April 16, 1878, m. Mrs. Anna Walston, widow of W. W. Walston, in 1909. Her children are: Juna, b. 1896; Howard, b. 1898; Raymond, b. 1900 and Abbie, b. 1906. Irving lives at the Center and he also is a painter.
(6) Marvin, b. March 23, 1881, d. 1889.
(7) Henry R., b. July 26, 1883, m. Alice Leonard in 1902. A dau., Mabel, b. 1903. They have been living at Block Island, R. I., but for the winter of 1915 are in Syracuse, N. Y.
Orange Ballard served in the Civil War, being enrolled in Co. A, 17th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, and was honorably dis- charged July 14, 1885. He died in 1895 and the next year his widow moved to Jericho Center. Irving has been in town still longer.
. THE BARBER FAMILY.
By L. F. Wilbur.
Edgar Elbert Lee Barber was b. in East Bolton, Vt., Aug. 28, 1847. He was the son of Gideon and Arrintha (Pierce) Bar- ber. The said Gideon and Arrintha had eleven children, viz .: Maryett, Martin Gideon, Lucy Ann, Palmyra, Elbert Lee, Solo- mon Pierce, Cynthia, Cornelius, Cornelia, Amelia and Edgar El- bert Lee. And Solomon Pierce is the only surviving member of this large family, and he is 82 years old and lives in Wis.
Edgar Elbert Lee is the only one of that family that ever lived in Jericho. He enlisted as a soldier in the War of the Re- bellion of 1861 and served in Co. I Sixth Vt. Vols., and was wounded in his right wrist in the Battle of the Wilderness. He m. Ada Polly Fay of Richmond, Aug. 23, 1868. She was b. at
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Fay's Corners in Richmond, Mar. 23, 1847 and was the dau. of Nathan Murray Fay and Beulah (Thompson) Fay, descendant of the Fays of Revolutionary and Green Mountain fame. Soon after their m. they purchased the farm that Azariah Rood settled upon in 1774 when he came to Jericho as a pioneer, which farm has been known for many years as the "Edgar Barber farm." The said Edgar Elbert Lee and Ada Polly Barber made this farm their home as long as they lived. For more than 25 years they conducted a summer boarding house on this farm and met with great success in the entertainment of guests who were drawn thither by the wide reputation that the house had acquired as a delightful resort.
They had two children, viz. : 1st Agnes L., b. May 3, 1871 in Jericho on this farm. She m. Aug. 23, 1893 Edward Asa Rhoades who was b. in Richmond, Sept. 9, 1861 and was the son of Cor- nelius P. Rhoades, who was a direct descendant of one of the first settlers of Richmond.
2nd Adelbert F., was b. on said farm Oct. 30, 1873, and d. Feb. 18, 1908, at Brooklyn, N. Y. Edgar E. L. Barber, d. Dec. 15, 1909. Mrs. Barber d. Aug. 20, 1913. (See chapter on a Ramble About Town).
THE SIDNEY BARBER FAMILY.
By S. H. Barnum.
Soon after the Civil War Sidney J. Barber came from Rich- mond to Jericho. He was a son of Denslow and Ida Pitts Barber and was b. in Richmond in 1843. In 1868 he m. Ellen Robinson who was b. in Jericho, Jan. 13, 1851, and lived with her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Robinson. There were b. to them six children :
1. Lula M., b. Dec. 11, 1868, now at home.
2. Eugene F., b. Mar. 25, 1871, d. July 23, 1892.
3. . Leroy E., b. Feb. 6, 1873, m. Agnes Wilder in 1894. Two children: Eugenia, b. 1896 and Ethel, b. 1901. Agnes d. Sept. 29, 1902. Leroy is employed on the C. V. R. R ..
4. Sidney J., Jr., b. April 21, 1875, d. Mar. 18, 1905.
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5. Lilla M., b. Feb. 15, 1878, m. Charles R. Bicknell, Aug. 31, 1895. One son, Elmer F., b. in 1897. Lilla d. in 1900 and Charles in 1907.
6. E. Harley, b. April 26, 1879.
Sidney served in the Civil War, being enrolled in Co. K, 5th Reg. Vt. Vols., and was discharged June 29, 1865.
THE BARNEY FAMILY.
By T. B. and Chas. T. Barney.
Captain Thomas Barney was b. in Salisbury, Conn., in 1745, and came to Manchester, Vt., when he was about 25 years old. About the time that Joseph Brown and family settled in Jericho and Gov. Thomas Chittenden in Williston, he also came to Wil- liston. He married Governor Chittenden's daughter, Mabel, and they had twelve children: William, Chloe, Mary, Sarah, Tru- man, Mabel, Ira, Heman, Martin, Abigail, Nancy and Matthew, who all grew up and m., except Mary, who died young. Cap- tain Barney's home was at Williston until 1820, when he came to live with his son, Truman, at Jericho Corners, where he d. Sept. 13, 1828, and his wife, Nov. 7, 1838. The accounts of his heroic deeds, related by his children, establish that he was a brave man and a good citizen. During the Revolutionary War Cap- tain Barney commanded a company of minute men, and was ac- tive and aggressive in protecting the early settlers from Indians, Tories and British soldiers, in that critical period of the history of Vermont, and in establishing the government and independence of that Commonwealth.
Truman Barney, son of Thomas Barney, m. Hannah Bent- ley. He purchased a farm at No. Underhill. While he was clear- ing his farm and building a house, they lived in a log school house; and in this school house their first child was b., Oct. 18, 1797. They had ten children : Lucius S., Horatio B., Martin C., Truman, Harriet, Effigenia, Matthew L., Ira, Albert and Solomon. All except Truman, who d. young, m. and lived to a good old age; and all these left children, except Ira and Solo- mon. Truman lived in Underhill only one year; then returned to Williston for six years, when he bought the saw mill, water privileges and two hundred acres of land, at what is now Jericho
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Corners, and this was his home until his death, January 6, 1857. All who knew him attest that he was a very active and capable business man, and that he and his family had much to do in de- veloping the town of Jericho. They built dwelling houses, stores, a hotel, mills and factories ; and, for many years, carried on all kinds of business, at Jericho Corners. Horatio Barney and his son, Edgar, had a factory for carding wool and manufacturing cloth, at a point on Lee River, about half way between Jericho Corners and Jericho Center. Lucius S., Horatio B., Matthew L. and Solomon carried on the same business at the Corners for many years. Albert had a starch factory where the stone grist mill now stands, and also kept a general store; and Lucius S., Martin C., Albert and Solomon were landlords at the hotel, for more than half a century. Edgar Barney also built and ran a sawmill, on Lee River ; and Henry Oakes, who m. Effigenia Bar- ney, kept a general store, near the Jericho and Underhill town line.
Lucius S. Barney twice represented Jericho in the Legisla- ture. He m. Tryphena Brown, daughter of one of Jericho's first settlers, Joseph Brown, Jr., and they had one son, Truman Brown Barney. He finally sold the various kinds of business which he had carried on at the Corners, and bought a farm on Church Street, near where the Browns first settled, where he lived until his death, Sept. 15, 1889, at the age of 92 years.
Truman B. Barney was b. on this farm, Nov. 30, 1833, and lived there until 1900. As a young man, he was a successful teacher for six years, and m. and took charge of the farm. Be- sides the usual agricultural work, he opened up two large sugar orchards, installing modern appliances for the manufacture of maple sugar and syrup, first upon his own farm, and later throughout many of the counties of the State, as General Agent of the Vermont Farm Machine Company; and, for 17 years, bought large quantities of sugar and syrup, for the wholesale and retail trade; thereby greatly increasing the production and raising the standard, as to price and quality, in this important industry. As a surveyor and civil engineer, he was actively engaged in surveying for more than fifty years, and was called to all parts of the state, especially in connection with the important land litigation of recent years. In 1908, upon his 75th birthday, he went
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to Oklahoma, where he has since lived with his son. At the age of 80 years, he is as well and active as many men twenty years younger, and was called to Vermont in 1910, and spent the entire summer in making surveys, plans and in giving testimony in an important land case, then pending in Washington County Court. Truman B. Barney and Ellen E. Byington, daughter of Hon. Stephen Byington, of Hinesburg, were m. Feb. 26, 1856. They had two children : Charles Truman and Elizabeth H. Barney.
Ellen Byington Barney was an ideal New England woman, wife and mother. Endowed with an exceptionally bright mind, cultured, pleasing in manner and appearance, during her life of more than "three score years and ten," she developed a magnifi- cent Christian character, blessing all, but especially dear to her husband and children; and, having celebrated her golden wed- ding a few months before, she "obtained an abundant entrance" to the realm of eternal rest.
Elizabeth H, Barney taught in the schools of Chittenden county seven years, and d. at the early age of 24 years at her father's home in Jericho, Nov. 30, 1886, loved and mourned by all who knew her.
Charles T. Barney was b. in Jericho, January 12, 1859; re- ceived his early education in the public schools; taught in them several terms; and, while teaching, studied law in the office of Hon. L. F. Wilbur, at Jericho ; then took the law course of Union University, receiving his degree of LL. B. at Albany, N. Y., in 1883 ; the same year he was admitted to the Vermont Bar and to the New York bar, and began the practice of law at Hoosick Falls, N. Y., where he was City Attorney two terms. In 1886, he resigned, to become General Attorney for the U. S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., a manufacturing corporation, having its large plant in one of the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, with branch houses, agencies, and business throughout the civilized world. After serving five years, he resigned, to take a similar position with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Residing at Dallas, Texas, he had charge of its extensive business in Texas, Louisiana, Indian Territory, New Mexico and Okla- homa. While living in Texas, he m. Belle McCormick, daughter of U. S. Circuit Judge A. P. McCormick. They have two daugh- ters, Louise Elizabeth and Ellen Belle Barney. He returned to
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Vermont in 1894, and engaged in the general practice of law at Burlington. The Reports of the Decisions of the Vermont Supreme Court record many of the important civil and criminal cases in which he was counsel. As soon after the death of his mother as he could arrange his business interests to leave Ver- mont, he carried out the purpose, which he had cherished for many years, to return to the activity of the great Southwest, and located in the city of Ada, the County Seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, in the spring of 1908, shortly after Statehood came to Oklahoma. Since that date, as a lawyer, banker and progressive citizen, he has been fully identified with the rapid development of that progressive young city, county and state.
Matthew Barney, son of Capt. Thomas Barney, m. Sophia Adams, and lived and d. in New York. His widow and children afterwards came to live at Jericho Corners. All are now dead except his son and daughter, Rodney and Ann Barney. For many years Rodney Barney was actively connected with the mills at Jericho.
Of the large Barney family, b. and raised in Jericho, and closely identified with its progress, Rodney and Anna Barney are the only survivors, who bear the Barney name and now live at Jericho.
Martin C. Barney, above mentioned, d. in 1886 at the age of 84 years and is buried in the cemetery at Jericho. He was a genial landlord and kept the hotel at Jericho for many years, whose burning in 1904 removed a prominent landmark from Jericho village. He m. Anna Maria Young. She was a woman of great executive ability that made it possible to run their hotel with success. She d. in 1873 at the age of 67 years. They had two children : (1) Cornelia B., who m. Julius Ransom, and had two children, Albert and Charles; and (2) Beulah S., who m. Henry J. Parker and had one son, Ned.
Matthew Barney was b. in 1789 and d. in 1837, and his wife, Sophia Adams, b. 1796, d. 1866.
Matthew L. Barney, the son of Truman, was b. in 1810 and d. in 1864, and his wife, Lucia Severance, b. in 1810, d. in 1882. Lucia Ann, their daughter m .- Smith and they had one son, Matt. B., b. 1863, and d. 1901.
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Albert Barney, the son of Truman, was b. in 1815 and d. in 1886. He m. Ellen, daughter of David Hutchinson of Jericho. They had one child, Lucia, who m. - Downing.
Martin T. Barney, the son of Matthew Barney and brother of Rodney Barney, was b. in 1824 and d. in 1865. He m. Minerva Butler, who d. in 1889 at the age of 63 years. They had no children.
The said Rodney was b. in 1833 and his sister, Jane Ann, was b. in 1836. They had a sister, Mabel Barney, who m. Smith B. Hatch. She was b. 1820, and d. 1867; he was b. 1804 and d. 1881.
Truman B., d. at Ada, Okl., June 21, 1915, and was buried at Jericho.
REV. SAMUEL HORACE BARNUM.
By C. H. Hayden.
Samuel Horace Barnum, was b. April 7, 1852 at West Spring- field, Mass., being a son of Rev. Samuel W. and Charlotte (Betts) Barnum. His father was a Congregational minister and author, and a graduate of Yale, in the class of 1841.
Samuel Horace Barnum was educated in New Haven, Conn., graduating at Yale in 1875 and from Yale Theological Seminary in 1879. He was ordained to the Christian (Congregational) Ministry, April 25, 1883. He has been pastor at Salisbury and Durham, N. H., and at Cornwall and Jericho Center, Vt.
Mr. Barnum m. July 13, 1882, Miss S. Pauline Little, dau. of Dea. Thos. D. and Susan Smith Little of Salisbury, N. H., a graduate of New Hampton Institute in 1877.
To them have been b. six children : Charles G., b. at Durham, N. H., Aug. 2, 1883, graduated at Middlebury College 1905 and Yale Medical 1911, and is now practicing medicine in Groton, Conn.
Walter L., b. Durham, N. H., Oct. 1, 1885, graduated at Middlebury College in 1907. Has taught in Randolph, Vt., Con- cord, N. H., Chicago and Evanston, Ill., where he is holding a position in the high school. He m. June 30, 1914, Miss Florence D. Webster of Waltham, Mass., a teacher in Chicago. They have a dau., Marion.
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Alice W., b. in Durham, N. H., Nov. 24, 1888, graduated at Middlebury College in 1912. She has taught in the high school in Stowe, Vt., and is now for the third year the principal of Shel- don High School.
Gertrude E., b. at Cornwall, Vt., Dec. 23, 1890, studied at Mount Holyoke College two years, and was in her second year at Teachers' College, N. Y., when she d., Feb. 17, 1914.
Clara P., b. at Cornwall, Vt., Nov. 13, 1894, and is taking a course in Middlebury College.
Horace L., b. at Cornwall, Vt., Sept. 2, 1903, and is attending grammar school at Jericho Center.
THE BARRETT AND MATTIMORE FAMILIES.
By S. H. Barnum.
Michael and Elizabeth (Breen) Barrett came from Ireland, m. and lived in Underhill. Their children were:
(1) John, who lived in Underhill and d. a few years ago.
(2) Lizzie, who m. Moses Leary. They lived in town four or five years after their marriage. Moses has d. and she has re- sided here the last three years. Their children were:
(a) Michael, b. in Underhill, m. Mary O'Grady of Willis- ton. They now live in Jericho and have two children : James and Irene.
(b) Moses, b. in Jericho 1886 and lives in Burlington.
(c). Bessie, b. in Jericho 1888 and lives with Michael.
(3) Luke, lives in Shelburne.
(4) Michael, d. 1915 in Burlington.
(5) Mary, wife of James Fitzsimonds of Underhill.
(6) Patrick L., b. 1867 in Underhill, m. 1894 Mary Matti- more, dau. of Barney B. and Mary (Eagan) Mattimpre. 3 She was b. 1873. . The children of Patrick and Mary have been :
(a) Loretta, b. 1895.
(b) Coletta, b. 1896. Is in U. V. M.
(c) Marcelline, b. 1898 and d. the same year.
(d) Izetta, b. 1900.
(e) Euretta, b. 1903.
Patrick L. came to town in 1894 and has been a school teacher and farmer.
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Barney B. Mattimore's father, Patrick, came from Ireland to Vermont. Barney B. was b. in Grand Isle 1835, and in 1865 m. Mary Eagan, who came from Ireland in 1845 at four years of age. They came to Jericho in 1881 and lived here 27 years, moving to Underhill in 1908 and thence to Essex. Their chil- dren have been :
(a) Charles, b. 1866, d. 1875.
(b) Mary, b. 1873, m. Patrick L. Barrett. (See above).
(c) Nora, b. 1875 and d. in infancy.
(d) Augustine and Augusta, twins, b. 1878, the former now in N. Y., the latter in Essex.
(e) Bernadette, b. 1884 and lives in Essex.
Barney B. Mattimore had a brother James, who m. Ellen Howley and their son, Barney, b. 1878 at Milton, has lived in town most of his life.
THE BARTLETT FAMILY.
By Sophia B. Harmon and L. F. Wilbur.
Billy Bartlett was b. 1769 and d. 1809. About 1794 he, his wife Salina Blatchley, Capt. Ben Bartlett, Eben Bartlett, Mind- well Bartlett, wife of Moses Billings, and the latter came from Guilford, Conn., or thereabouts, and took up land in Jericho.
Billy Bartlett and his wife Salina Blatchley were m. in that same year in Connecticut, and to them were b. the following children, viz .: Elias, b. Feb. 5, 1795, d. July 27, 1865; Joel B., b. Oct. 13, 1796; d. 1819; Maria, b. June 10, 1799, d. Oct. 26, 1853; Martin, b. August 19, 1801, d. -; Ann, b. Feb. 28, 1804, d. 1807 ; Mindwell, b. April 6, 1805, d. 1807 ; Mindwell Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1808, d.
Elias Bartlett m. March 14, 1822, Eliza Wheelock, who was b. in Williamstown, Mass., April 22, 1801, and d. Nov. 9, 1860. To them were b. five children, viz .: Lucinda, b. Dec. 3, 1822, d. Nov. 12, 1884; Joel Blatchley, b. June 15, 1824, d. 1914 at Shelburne ; Betsy Maria, b. Jan. 12, 1826, d. Jan. 30, 1847 ; Homer Lyman, b. Oct. 17, 1830, d. 1905; Edwin Wilcox, b. Dec. 10, 1839, d. Sept. 11, 1913. (See Physicians).
Elias Bartlett was a man who took a watchful interest in the Congregational Church at the Center and his religious
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views were strictly orthodox. Rev. Edwin Wheelock preached there one Sabbath in exchange and Bartlett thought the sermon was tinctured with too liberal ideas. He met Mr. Wheelock the next day and said to him, "You have come down here and preached a Universalist sermon, and I want you to come down again and preach an antidote to it." He was a man well read and of a strong mind and an excellent citizen. He was town clerk of the town of Jericho three years.
Martin Bartlett, the brother of Elias Bartlett, m. Nancy Lee. They had no children and after her death he m. 2 Mrs. Lucy (Barber) Bingham. He was a man of good ability and did quite an extensive business in surveying land in Jericho and the neighboring towns. He was an able farmer and lived in the northern part of the village at Jericho Center.
Lucinda Bartlett m. Edgar A. Barney in 1843 and they had seven children, viz .: Albert, George, Bessie, Homer, Annis, Clara, and Charles.
Joel Blatchley Bartlett m. Asenath Taylor in 1854, and they had a daughter, Sophia Asenath, b. in 1855 who m. Frank Harmon of Shelburne in June, 1882.
Betsey Maria Bartlett m. Jesse Thompson in 1844 and to them was b. Annie Eliza in 1845.
Homer Lyman Bartlett m. Maggie S. Scott in 1859 and to them were b. five children, viz .: Harry, Eliza, James, Fred- erick and Kate.
Edwin Wilcox Bartlett m. Helen F. Ball in 1874 and to them were b. five children, viz. : Eliza, Mabel, Edwin, Ferdinand and Walter.
Captain Ben Bartlett m. and his children were Eben, Amanda, who m. Eli Peck, Delana, who m. John Chambers, Chloe, who m. Joseph Hatch, and Christiana, who m. William Rouse. (See Hatch Family).
Eben m. Polly Woodworth and they had several children, William, Samuel and a daughter, who m. Zenas Nash, are remembered. William m. Mahala -, and their oldest daughter, Catherine m. Charles Leclair, their 2nd daughter, Delia m. -, and their 3rd daughter m. Edwin Tracy.
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CARROLL LYNN BARTLETT.
By C. H. Hayden.
Carroll Lynn Bartlett, son of Earl and Brush Bartlett, was b. in Cambridge, Vt., Jan. 3, 1876. He was m. Nov. 6, 1901 to Clara Ann Burns, dau. of Royce D. and Edna L. Burns. She was b. in Westford, Vt., Sept. 12, 1883. Their children are Edna Maria b. Sept. 16, 1905, and Earl Royce, b. April 6, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett purchased the Edward Whitcomb farm Nov. 3, 1910, which they still own.
THE BASS FAMILY.
By Mary B. W. Day.
Josiah Bass and Harriet Newell Bass Whitcomb came to Jericho in 1842. They trace their ancestry to Samuel Bass, who emigrated from England and settled in Roxbury, Mass., about 1630, being one of the first settlers of Massachusetts Colony ; about 1640 he moved to Braintree, (now Quincy) Mass., was there chosen the first deacon of the church, which office he held for about 50 years. In 1641 and subsequently, he represented the town in the state legislature twelve years. Dea. Bass had a strong and vigorous mind, and was one of the leading men in town for many years. He d. Jan. 10, 1695, aged 94; his wife, Anna, d. Sept. 16, 1693, aged 93.
John, son of Samuel, b. about 1632, m. Dec. 14, 1657, Ruth, dau. of John Alden of Duxbury, Mass., who came over in the Mayflower, d. Sept. 23, 1716. From his two eldest sons, John and Samuel, sprang the different families of Bass that have lived in Vermont. From the time of the first Samuel Bass, 1640, until nearly the present, there has been a Samuel in direct line of descent.
Note .- John and Ruth (Alden) Bass had seven children whose posterity in part it may be interesting to trace: 1, John, Jr., is the ancestor of Samuel and Edward Bass; 2, Samuel, of Jonathan Bass; 3, Ruth; 4, Joseph of the Right Rev. Edward Bass, D. D., who d. Sept. 10, 1803; 5, Hannah, of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, two Presidents of the U. S .; 6, Mary,
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of Zion and Willard Copeland; 7, Sarah, of Dr. Samuel Thayer (of Burlington) and Samuel Belcher.
The above note and all the earlier dates are taken from the History of the Town of Braintree, Vt., to which so many of the early Vermont settlers came from Massachusetts, compiled 34 years ago at their one hundredth anniversary of the town.
Samuel Bass, Jr., was b. in Braintree, Mass., Jan. 2, 1777, m. Apr. 29, 1802, Polly Belcher, b. in Randolph, Mass., Apr. 29, 1785, and d. Jan. 2, 1864; he d. Nov. 24, 1850. They spent their winters in Jericho with their children as long as they lived, and were devout Christians, not only by precept, but by example in the old Puritan ideas of right living. Sunday after- noons they gathered about the grandmother to hear her tell in her interesting way Bible stories.
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