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KNIGHTS, William (s. of Benjamin, Sr.), m. Lydia Roberts, sister of his brother Benjamin's wife, and settled on land north of his brother's, where he remained for a short time, and removed to the State of New York. Child: William, d. April 24, 1823, age 6 weeks.
KNIGHTS, Benjamin, Jr. (s. of Benjamin, Sr.), m. Philena Roberts, Dec. 30, 1802, settled, lived and died on the homestead now owned by Clark Prouty. After his decease, the farm was occupied by his widow and minor children. The house, barns, and out buildings were burned July 28, 1842, in the absence of the family. Before leaving the house, Mrs. Knights went to look for an article in a case of drawers, wherein were some matches, and it was supposed that in her hurried movements they took fire unnoticed, as the fire was first discovered in that part of the house. The loss was the more severe as there was no insurance. Child- ren: Sally, m. Charles Morse, s. of Elijah, Jan. 16, 1821; Isaac; Anna, m. John Collard, and moved to Pittstown, N. Y .; Philena, m. Alonzo Fox, of Wilmington, who keeps
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the public house at "Woodford City"; Clark, m. Clarissa Fox, of Wilmington; Benjamin, Jr., m. Permelia, dau. of Nathan Bridge, of Wilmington; Melvina, m. (1) Welcome Cook, who d., she m. (2) Horatio Bellows; Alfred, m. Eliza Gleason; William; Harriet, m. Hiram Hollister; Esther-Lucinda, m. Simeon-Houghton Adams, s. of Capt. Ira, May 10, 1848.
KNIGHTS, Daniel (s. of Royal), m. Emily, dau. of Jonathan Warren, Jr., July 4, 1837. He was b. Sept. 8, 1805; she was b. Nov. 27, 1816. They settled in Bath, N. Y. Child- ren: Daniel-W., b. Nov. 1, 1840; Jonathan-W., b. June 24, 1844; Lucy-L., b. Dec. 24, 1848; Bernard-A., b. July 14, 1851.
LARIBEE, Clarissa, widow of Timothy, of Guilford, m. (2) Jonas Smith, came to Marlborough in 1805, and brought two children, whom she had by her first husband, viz .: Timothy, Jr., aged 9 years, and Ruth aged 7 years, who lived with her during their minority.
LARIBEE, Timothy, Jr. (s. of Timothy, Sr., of Guilford), m. Cynthia, only dau. of Capt. Thaddeus Olds, Aug. 26, 1821, and settled in Halifax. He d. Feb. 26, 1857. Children : Chipman, b. Dec. 28, 1822, d. March 4, 1823; Harriet- Paddleford, b. Feb. 23, 1824, d. Feb. 25, 1835; Fanny- Hinsdale, b. Nov. 28, 1825, m. Martin Scott, 2nd, s. of James, June 10, 1846; Martha-Helena, b. Oct. 22, 1827, m. Almon Ballou, s. of Asahel, of Halifax, Nov. 25, 1856; Clarissa-Nash, b. Oct. 21, 1829, d. Jan. 26, 1841; Cynthia, b. Aug. 21, 1831; Timothy, Jr., 2nd, b. Nov. 30, 1833; Ira, b. Dec. 25, 1835, m. Mary-Ann, dau. of Andrew-N. Jenks, May 25, 1859; Lucy, b. July 7, 1841, m. Charles Stacy, s. of Eber, March 15, 1859.
LARIBEE, Timothy, Jr., 2nd (s. of Timothy, Jr.), m. Susan- Calista, dau. of Eber Stacy, March 6, 1855. Children: Sarah-Jane, b. Feb. 3, 1856; Emma-Leavett, b. March 13, 1858; Alta-Manora, b. Aug. 11, 1860.
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LAWRENCE, Edmund (s. of Nathaniel, of Winchester, N. H.), m. Sally Stearns, of Chesterfield, N. H., came to this town about 1800, and removed, 1813. Children: Edmund, Jr .; William; Nathaniel; Solomon; Sally; Rubai-Stewart.
LEONARD, Daniel-Green (s. of Elder Daniel, of West Dover), b. Sept. 21, 1833; m. Annette-Minerva, dau. of Capt. Ira Adams, Oct. 17, 1857. Children: George-Henry, b. May 5, 1860; Florence-Annette, b. Feb. 19, 1861.
LEONARD, Rollin-Mallory (s. of Caleb of Dover), m. Lydia- Warren, dau. of Thomas Betterly, Jr., of Newfane, Aug. 15, 1841. He was b. Feb. 24, 1816. She was b. July 26, 1802. Children: Lydia-Warren, b. Aug. 13, 1842; Oscar, b. Jan. 19, 1844; Chloe, b. May 9, 1848.
LUCE, John (s. of William, of New Salem, Mass.), m. Sarah Leonard, Jan. 16, 1803, moved immediately to Marl- borough and cut the first tree on the farm which he occupied till his death. He was b. March 6, 1777, d. March 6, 1862, aged 85 years. She was b. Oct. 1, 1781. He was the oldest man living in town at his death, and they were the oldest married couple, having lived together in the marriage relation 58 years. Children: John Jr., b. Oct. 3, 1803; Almira, b. Oct. 10, 1811, m. John Lazell, and lives in Dover; Anna, b. April 17, 1822, m. Ellis-Griffith Halladay, s. of Calvin, May 24, 1845.
LUCE, John, Jr. (s. of John), m. Fanny Allen, dau. of Lydia Robinson, June 13, 1833. Children: Leonard, b. Feb., 1834, d. Oct. 13, 1838; Semantha, b. Aug. 7, 1835, d. Nov. 28, 1837; John-Dana, b. Aug. 5, 1841.
LUDDEN, William-A., of Northampton, Mass., m. Louisa, dau. of Jonathan Warren, Jr., July 31, 1840. She was b. Sept. 16, 1819. He settled a merchant, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Children: William-A., Jr., b. in Williamsburgh, Mass., May 24, 1843, was a private, a corporal, and a sergeant in Co. H., 14th Brooklyn Regt., N. Y. State Militia, was
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in the first battle of Bull Run, taken prisoner at Falls Church, Nov. 18, 1861, sent to Richmond, Va., and there confined three months, was first Lieutenant in Co. C., 52nd Regt., N. Y. State Militia, and was in a skirmish at Harrisburg, Pa .; Alonzo-B., b. Nov. 4, 1844, in Brooklyn, N. Y., d. May 6, 1860; Mary-L., b. April 18, 1846, in N. Y. City, d. Oct. 9, 1851; Charlie-H., b. July 6, 1848, in Brook- lyn, N. Y., d. Oct. 4, 1848; Alice-Leone, b. Dec. 1, 1849, d. July 15, 1850; Helen-W., b. May 2, 1851, d. Feb. 15, 1852; Albert-W., b. Jan. 29, 1853, d. Oct. 25, 1853; Ida-May, b. Feb. 5, 1856; Minnie-Louisa, b. May 16, 1857; Frank- O., b. June 28, 1858; Ella-Leone, b. Jan. 15, 1860, Effie- Jean, b. May 22, 1861.
LYMAN, Rev. Gershom-Clark, D.D., the first settled Pastor of the Congregational Church in Marlborough, m. Lucy Hubbard, of Hatfield, Mass. He d. April 13, 1813, aged 60, in the 35th year of his ministry. His widow d. in Whitingham, March 16, 1831, aged 78. Children: Elijah, b. Jan. 1781; Henry, b. July, 1782, settled a merchant in Shaftsbury, and removed to Strongsville, O., lived with his sister Esther, and there d. Jan. 12, 1854, aged 71; Esther, b. Feb. 6, 1784, m. (1) Dr. Thomas Smith, of Colerain, settled as physician in Pittstown, N. Y., and had one son named Gershom-Clark-Lyman, after which Dr. Smith moved to Pennsylvania, where he d., and she m. (2) the Rev. Luke Bowen of Strongsville, Ohio, where he d. leaving one son and his widow, who still (1860) survives; Lucy, b. June 3, 1786, m. Solomon Whitney, s. of Nathaniel; William, b. 1788, was chosen and officiated as Deacon of the Con- gregational Church in this place; Infant, d. Dec. 26, 1792; Clark, b. 1795, m. dau. of Capt. Levi Adams, of Halifax, and removed to Strongsville, Ohio.
LYMAN, Elijah (s. of the Rev. Gershom-Clark), m. Irene, dau. of Deacon Jonas Whitney, and settled on the farm now owned by Clark Warren, from which he removed to Strongs- ville, O., 1817. Children: Harriet; Hollis; Julianne; Elijah, Jr .; Esther; Irene; Lucy-Hubbard.
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LYMAN, Deacon William (s. of the Rev. Gershom-Clark), m .- (1) Electa, dau. of Capt. Samuel Guilford. She d. May 21, 1812, aged 23 years; he m. (2) Betsey, dau. of James Swain, of Halifax, and settled on the homestead with his parents, from which he removed in 1826, to Gaines, N. Y. Children: Electa; Gilbert; Melicent-Swain; Lucy; Betsey; William-Henry; Olive-Wood.
LYNDE, William-Wallace (s. of Daniel, of Guilford), m. Calista- Jane, dau. of Ebenezer Person, Sept. 16, 1852. He was b. Feb. 13, 1827, came to Marlborough Nov. 18, 1854, a merchant. Children: Flora-Isabel, b. Oct. 19, 1853; Ida- Annette, b. Oct. 19, 1856, d. Aug. 31, 1860.
MATHER. In the Spring of 1773, Timothy Mather, Jr., then a lad of sixteen, who was afterwards promoted to the office of Major and familiarly known as Major Mather, came from Suffield, Conn., selected a hundred acres on Right No. 13, in Marlborough and then and there built a log house. He kept bachelor's hall alone in the woods; spent the summer in clearing land, and in the Autumn returned home to Suffield, Conn. In the Spring of 1774, his parents and their family came with him on his return to Marlborough, and secured the title to the 100 acres on which he had commenced improvement. His brother Phinehas, some seven years older than himself, purchased a hundred acres adjoining the other purchase, on the same Right, built a loghouse, kept bachelor's hall, brought his meal from Colerain, Mass., up- on his back, and commenced clearing up his new farm. These two brothers (Phinehas and Timothy) having their lands side by side, and their houses not far apart, assisted each other in their hard work, and so continued sharing equally in each other's profits until 1812, when they divided their property and had separate interests. As will hereafter appear, they both married and had ten children each; nine- teen of whom lived to have families. Timothy prepared a tan yard, and commenced the business of tanner, currier, and shoemaker, which he continued nearly to the close of his life. Two of his own sons, Timothy, Jr. and Dan, and Elihu, the son of Phinehas, were employed as his apprentices.
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In the meantime, his brother Phinehas took charge of the farming interest, and of the boys bred farmers. It is said of him, that, sometimes, he had thirteen boys hoeing with him in the same field at the same time. These two brothers Phinehas and Timothy, obtained the right of cutting a canal from a large natural pond, and there erecting a dam with a gate to draw water when needed. This was done at con- siderable expense and the water was carried through the canal and the natural channel about a mile to their own lands, where there was a natural descent and where it could be used to the best advantage. This mill seat is now un- questionably the best one in town. Here at successive periods they erected a saw mill, grist mill, clothiers' works, and a carding machine, and it became a central point of busi- ness known as "Mathers' Mills." With the clumsy machin- ery of those days, the water power was not sufficiently strong and enduring for permanency through the year. The result of the enterprise proved as accommodating to the citizens as lucrative to the owners, but long since the works have gone into decay, and have been abandoned, with the exception of a sawmill recently built upon the premises which is in good repair for business. This mill was erected and is owned by Dan Mather, Esq. The aforesaid two brothers, Phinehas and Timothy, by their industry and economy, succeeded in enlarging their landed possessions to several hundred acres, until they owned Rights Nos. 13, 5, 4, and 12, with the ex- ception of a few acres, and also the adjoining Granger lot, so called, of about 150 acres, which has since been sold to Fosdic Prouty and Luther W. Snow. Otherwise the whole now remains in the possession and under the improvement of their descendants, viz: Gen. Phinehas, Cotton, Dan, and James P., son of Luther Mather. For further particulars, we refer the reader to the genealogy and memorial of their ancestors and descendants, so far as we have it at our com- mand, as hereafter narrated.
MATHER, Timothy, and William, brothers, came to Marlborough in 1774, from Suffield, Conn., and were said to have des- cended from the branch of the Mather family which settled in the state of New Jersey.
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MATHER, Timothy, b. Aug. 26, 1723, d. Oct. 28, 1802, aged 79. He m. (1) Sarah Fuller, d. in Suffield, Conn., 1757; he m. (2) Widow Kent, d. in Marlborough 1777; he m. (3) Widow Lydia Curtis Allen, d. in Dover. Children by the first mar- riage: Sarah, b. Aug. 1749, who m. Jonathan Howard, May 9, 1776, d. Sept. 5, 1826; Phinehas, b. Jan. 15, 1750, d. Mar. 30, 1838, aged 88, m. Huldah Taylor of Suffield, Conn .; Timothy, b. Mar. 1, 1757, m. Hannah, dau. of Deacon John Church, Sept. 16, 1779, d. Mar. 8, 1818, aged 61 years and 8 days. Children by the second marriage: Erastus, m. Olive, dau. of Elijah Higley; Samuel, m. Olive Cooper of Conn. This second wife d. in Marlborough and was buried in the woods, in a southerly direction from the Phelps bury- ing ground, about the year 1777. By the third marriage was no issue.
MATHER, Lieut. Phinehas (s. of Timothy), m. Huldah, dau. of Gad Taylor of Suffield, Conn. He was b. Jan. 15, 1751, and d. March 30, 1838, aged 88. She was b. Nov. 23, 1758, and d. March 21, 1847, aged 88. He came from Suffield, Conn., in April, 1774, bought and cleared up the same farm which he continued to occupy until his death, now owned and improved by his descendants, Gen. Phinehas, his son, and James-P. Mather, a grandson. Although alone, surrounded by the wildness of the forest, he was not discouraged, but full of ambition in the hope of better scenes in the future, and as a thrifty farmer lived to enjoy a competence in the decline of life. In 1775, he enlisted in the Continental service, went to "No. 4," now Charleston, N. H., travelled through the woods and crossed the Green Mountains to Rutland. He lay in the woods three days without food, was sent to Mt. Independence and Ticonderoga, was drafted to cut road, went to Rutland, and there assisted in building a great bridge across Otter Creek. On his return he went to Springfield, took a canoe, landed above Bellows Falls, and thence found his way homeward. For several years he was placed upon the roll of pensioners, and after his death his widow became entitled to the same.
To them were born ten children: Huldah, b. Nov. 30, 1780, m. Erastus Hall of Halifax, Mar. 20, 1800, d. Oct. 3,
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1842; Elihu, b. July 26, 1782, m. Eunice, dau. of Capt. Abraham Miller; James, b. July 23, 1784, m. Fanny, dau. of Joseph Briant, Feb., 1813, removed to Gaines, N. Y. and there d. Aug. 28, 1855; Phinehas, Jr., b. Nov. 29, 1786; Rufus, b. Oct. 28, 1788; Luther, b. Aug. 28, 1790; infant, b. and d. July 2, 1792; Gad, b. Sept. 6, 1793, m. Polly, dau. of Capt. Oliver Adams, moved to Ellisburgh, N. Y., and d. in Middleport, N. Y., Apr. 24, 1841; Elijah, b. May 9, 1796, m. Minerva Baker; Beda, b. Oct. 27, 1797, m. Abraham Adams 8. of Oliver, July 17, 1816.
MATHER, Elihu (s. of Lieut. Phinehas), m. Eunice, dau. of Ab- raham Miller. She d. Aug. 13, 1818. Children: Mary-Ann, b. Jan. 9, 1808; David-Miller, b. Sept. 19, 1809, m. Malona, dau. of David Mather, Esq., settled in Lockport, N. Y .; Joseph-Lathrop, b. May 4, 1814.
MATHER, Phinehas, Jr. (s. of Lieut. Phinehas), Brig. General, J. P., m. (1) Sept. 28, 1831, Mary, dau. of Elder Benjamin Cole, Baptist Minister. She was b. June 25, 1787, and d. Oct. 11, 1855. He m. (2) Dec. 22, 1858, Eliza, dau. of Sewell Gould, of Jaffery, N. H. She was b. Apr. 8, 1805.
MATHER, Capt. Rufus (s. of Lieut. Phinehas), m. Lucy, dau. of Capt. Oliver Adams, Oct. 31, 1815. Children: Henry- Taylor, b. March 15, 1816; Lucy-Maria, b. June 5, 1820, m. Aaron Bagg of West Springfield, Mass .; Franklin, b. Nov. 20, 1823, b. May 12, 1829; Eliza-Jane, b. May 19, 1825, m. John Taylor of Suffield, Conn., May 19, 1845; Huldah, b. Dec. 22, 1827, m. Benjamin-O. Tyler, of Trenton N. J .; Annah-Annette, b. Aug. 3, 1830, m. Erastus White of Brattleboro.
MATHER, Luther (s. of Lieut. Phinehas), m. Clarissa, dau. of John Thomas, of Ellisburgh, N. Y. She was b. June 29, 1795. He d. in Indiana, Sept. 7, 1846. Children: Clarissa, b. July 15, 1818; Huldah, b. Jan. 12, 1821; Luther, Jr., b. July 12, 1823; Minerva, b. Mar. 23, 1826; James-Phinehas, b. Nov. 13, 1828; Charlotte-A., b. May 2, 1833.
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BRIG. GEN. PHINEHAS MATHER
MATHER, James-Phinehas (s. of Luther), m. (1) Sarah-Town, dau. of Capt. Bradley Houghton, Jan. 1, 1850, who d. June 20, 1860. Children: Lucy-Minerva, b. Dec. 5, 1850; Mary- Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1854; Luther-Thomas, b. Dec. 15, 1857. He m. (2) Nov. 8, 1860, Lucinda, b. Nov. 10, 1834, dau. of William Hadley, of Westminster, Mass.
MATHER, Henry-Taylor (s. of Capt. Rufus), m. Lucy, dau. of Deacon Jonathan Ingram, Oct. 12, 1841. He d. Apr. 29, 1854. Children: Lucy-Emma, b. Feb. 26, 1847; Infant, b. and d. July 30, 1848; William-Henry, b. Mar. 23, 1850, d. Dec. 22, 1850; Henry-Franklin, b. Oct. 31, 1852. Henry- Taylor Mather's widow m. Dan Mather, Esq., s. of Maj. Timothy, Dec. 7, 1858.
MATHER, Major Timothy, Jr. (s. of Timothy), in 1773, at the age of 16 years, came to Marlborough from Suffield, Conn., selected a hundred acres on Right No. 13, and in April, 1774, was instrumental in the removal of his parents and their family to this town, where he established himself as a per- manent settler. The Colonies were at that time in a high state of agitation, caused by the oppressive measures of the government of Great Britain, with threatening aspects of an appeal to arms for redress, which soon broke out into open hostilities. In the great struggle for American Liberty, the Green Mountain Boys were appealed to for help, and they did noble service in their Country's Cause. Young Timothy was among the number of volunteers and although not long in service, yet, for the time, bore his share of toil and suffering, being for days in the woods without food. But he was amply rewarded by the gratification of being placed as a guard over prisoners of war taken in the battle of Bennington. He d. Mar. 18, 1818, in the 62nd year of his age. He m. Hannah, dau. of Deacon John Church, Sept. 16, 1779. Children: Lucy, b. Feb. 26, 1780, m. Simeon Adams; Hannah, b. July 1, 1781, m. Rev. Ruel Kimball, went to Leyden, N. Y., d. Mar. 9, 1860; David, b. Aug. 6, 1783; Timothy, Jr., b. July 24, 1785; Lois, b. June 10, 1787, m. Artemas Houghton; William, b. Aug. 15, 1789, d. June 1859; Cotton, b. March 25, 1791; Enos, b. Mar. 15, 1793;
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Dan b. May 6, 1795; Phila, b. June 23, 1797, m. Samuel Brown, s. of Lyman, Jan. 28, 1819. Mrs. Hannah Mather, widow of Major Timothy, b. Nov. 26, 1756, d. Oct. 27, 1827.
In the family of Major Mather we have a remarkable instance of the preservation of life, in which all of the ten children lived until the eldest was 78 and the youngest 63, before their number was diminished by death.
MATHER, Cotton, J. P. (s. of Major Timothy), m. Betsey, dau. of Benajer Carpenter, June 7, 1827. She was b. May 15, 1807. Children: George-W., b. Jan. 28, 1828, d. May 13, 1832; Andrew-J., b. April 18, 1829, d. Oct. 29, 1829; Infant son, b. Dec. 15, 1830, d. Dec. 17, 1830; Stella-E., b. Aug. 16, 1832, m. Joseph Meriam of Palmer, Mass., May 27, 1857; Cotton, Jr., b. June 15, 1834; Georgiana, b. Mar. 27, 1836, m. Willard-N. Whitney, s. of Emory, May 15, 1855, and settled in Brattleboro; Olive-R., b. May 7, 1838, m. Carley- P. Whitney, s. of Stephen, Dec. 3, 1857, and settled on the homestead with his parents; Samuel, b. Dec. 29, 1840, d. April 2, 1841; Helen-V., b. Aug. 23, 1842; Rosamond- Senora, b. Oct. 29, 1844; Charles-E., b. Mar. 10, 1846; George, b. Oct. 10, 1850.
MATHER, Cotton, Jr., (s. of Cotton, Esq.), m. Emmeline, dau. of Elisha Ingram, May 7, 1856, and settled on the Amos Prouty farm. Child: Carietta, b. April 23, 1859.
MATHER, Enos (s. of Maj. Timothy), m. Tamar, dau. of Capt. Nahum Houghton, Dec. 31, 1818.
MATHER, David (s. of Maj. Timothy), m. Olive, dau. of Zoath Smith, Jan. 14, 1810. She was b. June 13, 1783, d. Jan. 10, 1857; Children: Samuel-F., b. Dec. 13, 1810, d. Mar. 2, 1811; Malona, b. Aug. 24, 1812, m. David-Miller Mather, s. of Elihu, and settled in Lockport, N. Y .; Joseph-F., b. May 4, 1815, d. Feb. 23, 1816; Hannah, b. Sept. 12, 1818, m. Aaron Bagg of West Springfield, Mass., Nov. 17, 1834, d. Sept. 5, 1836, leaving a dau., Hannah, b. May 9, 1836; Harriet, b. Sept. 29, 1820, m. Roswell Barber of Colerain, Mass., Mar. 6, 1844, d. Dec. 25, 1848, and left one son,
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David-Mather Barber; Charlotte, b. Feb. 26, 1823, m. Leander-Clark Adams, s. of Zebina, Apr. 29, 1844; Marietta- Anville, b. Sept. 20, 1825, m. Luther-Winchester Snow, s. of Willard, Oct. 2, 1845.
MATHER, Capt. Dan, J. P., (s. of Maj. Timothy), m. (1) Almira, dau. of Capt. Abraham Miller, Jan. 19, 1819. She was b. Mar. 10, 1800, d. June 12, 1848. Children: Eunice, b. Oct. 24, 1819, m. Maj. Luke-Y. Higley, s. of Capt. Pliny, Nov. 24, 1849; Almira, b. Feb. 11, 1821, m. Charles-R. Hale of Halifax, s. of Joseph, Apr. 15, 1844, and d. Feb. 25, 1847; Heliann, b. July 24, 1822, m. Henry Clisbee, s. of Joel, Oct. 8, 1845; Mariette, b. Sept. 20, 1823, scalded and died Dec. 4, 1824; Mary-Minerva, b. June 24, 1825, d. Feb. 28, 1847; Hannah, b. Nov. 11, 1827, m. Ezra Ames, s. of Ezra, May 17, 1855, and lives in Brattleboro; Susan-Jane, b. Dec. 11, 1828, m. Flint-W. Snow, s. of Willard, April 5, 1854; Dan- Miller, b. Aug. 17, 1831, m. Jennett-E., dau. of Clark Warren July 12, 1855; William, b. Nov. 22, 1833; David, b. Mar. 6, 1836. Dan Mather m. (2) Mrs. Lucy I. Mather, widow of Henry-Taylor Mather, Dec. 7, 1858.
MATHER, David (s. of Capt. Dan), m. Hannah, dau. of Simeon Adams, Mar. 16, 1859. Child: Lucius.
MATHER, William (s. of Capt. Dan), m. Damaris, dau. of George Kelley, May 17, 1856. Children: George-William, b. Dec. 26, 1858, d. Dec. 19, 1859; Ida, b. July 10, 1860.
MATHER, Timothy, Jr. (s. of Maj. Timothy), m. (1) Harriet-M. Adams of Colerain, Feb. 6, 1812. Children: Amanda-Spear, b. Nov. 3, 1812, d. Oct. 17, 1815; Lemuel-Adams, b. Dec. 5, 1813, d. Oct. 15, 1815; Frederick-William, b. Oct. 13, 1816, m. Betsey-Mather, dau. of Martin Winchester, Mar. 14, 1844; Timothy-Hiram, b. 1818, d. Nov. 18, 1846; David, b. July 13, 1819, d. aged 8 mos .; Joseph-Emerson, b. Jan. 10, 1821, d. at Springfield, Mass., Sept. 19, 1843; John-Adams, b. July 15, 1822, m. Mary Bedient, of Lockport N. Y., Sept. 1847; Harriet-Elvira, b. Oct. 19, 1824, m. Noah-Webster Dunklee, s. of Jacob, Mar. 10, 1846; Infant, b. and d. Mar.
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2, 1828. Mrs. Harriet Adams Mather, wife of Timothy, Jr., d. July 15, 1828, aged 41, and he m. (2) Miss Harriet Winslow of Colerain, Mass., Sept. 28, 1828. She was b. June 22, 1802. He d. Feb. 28, 1858. Children: Lucina-Maria, b. June 29, 1829, m. Ozro Wright, June 11, 1851; Abigail- Adams, b. June 3, 1831, m. Joseph-Henry Hamilton, Feb. 24, 1852; Cotton 2nd, b. Mar. 19, 1833, m. Seraph-P. Whittaker, June 1, 1858; Dwight-Miller, b. June 20, 1835; Amasa-Winslow, b. April 29, 1837, d. Feb. 19, 1839; Samuel- Adams, b. Feb. 27, 1839, d. Dec. 30, 1844; Alonzo-Winslow b. Sept. 9, 1841, d. Mar. 15, 1845.
MATHER, Frederick-William, J. P. (s. of Timothy, Jr.), m. Betsey- Mather, dau. of Martin Winchester, Mar. 14, 1844. Child- ren: Betsey-Alice, b. Feb. 3, 1847; Mary-E., b. Aug. 1, 1849, d. June 21, 1858; Harriet-Lelia, b. Feb. 1, 1852; Frederick-Emerson, b. Nov. 24, 1855; Hiram-Frank, b. Aug. 1, 1859.
MATHER, Enos (s. of Maj. Timothy), m. Tamar, dau. of Capt. Nahum Houghton, Dec. 31, 1818. Children: Sidney- Houghton; Enos, Jr .; Maria-Tamar; Lovicy; George; Lucy-Edna; David.
MATHER, Erastus (s. of Timothy, Sr.), m. Olive, dau. of Elijah Higley. Children: Olive; Seba; Horace; Lodice; Harlow; Anna; Erastus, Jr., d. in Halifax. He removed his family to Greenfield, Ohio, and there died.
MATHER, William, brother of Timothy, came from Suffield, Conn., settled in Marlborough, 1774, and resided on the premises where T .- Mather Adams now lives. He opened his house for the ordination of the Rev. Gershom-C. Lyman D. D., the first Congregational Minister of the place; was chosen the first Church Clerk, and the first Town Clerk, and took an active part in the business transactions of the town. He removed to Bennington and then went west where he spent the residue of his life, and d. at an advanced age. He moved into Marlborough when there were but six famil- ies in town. He m. (1) Helena-Talcot Allen. She was b.
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1724. He was b. 1733. He d. May 22, 1800. She d. Dec. 7, 1770. He m. (2) Martha Dickinson, who was b. 1743. Children by the first marriage: Helena, b. Mar. 24, 1765, m. Capt. Thaddeus Olds, s. of Benjamin, Esq., Feb. 17, 1783; Aurelia, b. Nov. 15, 1766, m. Samuel Safford of Bennington, and d. Feb. 13, 1818. Children by the second marriage: Moses, b. Feb. 1, 1774, d. Dec. 22, 1832; Anna, b. Nov. 5, 1776, m. Nathan Smith, and settled in Fairfield, N. Y.
MATHER, Moses (s. of William), m. Sally Dresser of Thompson, Conn., June 23, 1799. She d. at Fairfield, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1863, a member of the Presbyterian Church. Children: William, b. Apr. 28, 1802; Jacob-Dresser, b. Mar. 12, 1806, d. Aug. 23, 1815; Martha-Ann, b. July 31, 1813, m. Benedict Satterly of Elmira N. Y., Jan. 24, 1836, d. at Liberty Mission, Apr. 30, 1836, while on the route with her husband to the Pawnee Mission Station; Jairus, b. Aug. 23, 1819.
MATHER, William (s. of Moses), m. Mary-Ann Buell of Fairfield, N. Y., May 24, 1836. Children: William-Alexander, b. Feb. 17, 1807; Martha-Ann, b. May 10, 1840; John-Alonzo- Clark, b. Apr. 22, 1848.
MATHER, Jairus (s. of Moses), m. Eliza Jones of Fairfield N. Y., July 30, 1844. Children: Albert-Barnes, b. July 13, 1845; Charles-Jairus, b. Oct. 22, 1847; Laura-Maria, b. Feb. 7, 1850; Frederick-Dresser, b. June 20, 1860.
MAY, Amos, was an early settler on part of Rights No. 49 and 57, which he occupied during life and is retained in the posses- sion of his descendants. On the morning of the 29th of Feb. 1820, supposedly from some ashes which he had taken up and not properly secured from their dangerous effects, his house took fire and was wholly consumed with much of its contents, and the loss fell heavily upon him, as there was no insurance. In 1828 when at work on his farm and standing upon the butt of a fallen tree, another tree fell across the top of the one on which he stood, which bounded up, throwing him several feet in the air. In his fall, his lower jaw bone was broken into three pieces, from which injury he did not recover,
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