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DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
NICHOLAS DANFORTH,
Of Framlingham, England, and Cambridge, N. E.
(1589 — 1638)
AND
WILLIAM DANFORTH,
Of Newbury, Mass.
(1640—1721)
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.
Compiled by John Joseph May,
Member of New England Historic Genealogical Society, etc..
President Dorchester Historical Society.
BOSTON, Mass.
published by CHARLES H. POPE,
221 Columbus Ave.
1902.
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CONTENTS.
Introduction vii-xvi
Part First. — Nicholas, of Cambridge, and descendants 1-364
English Pedigree ....... 2-4
American Pedigree ' . 13-17
Family Seal; letter of Rev, John Danforth, 1698 31
Revolutionary Soldiers . . . See Index and Appendix.
Part Second. — William, of Newbury, and descendants 365-417
American Pedigree of same 418
Appendix: Unassigned Danforths 421
Unassigned Revolutionary Records . . • 431
Early English Wills ...... 432
Framlingham Parish Registers .... 434
Sketch of Framlingham, Eng 435
Lands of Rev. Samuel Danforth, memoranda, etc. 436
Remarks on Witchcraft 438
Addenda to Nos. 202, 362-7 and 492 .. . 469
Index of Danforths in Part First ..... 443
Danforths in Part Second 452
Other Names and Places . . . ^ , 455
Danforths in Appendix .. 475
ILLUSTRATIONS.
1. Framlingham Castle Frontispiece
2. Framlingham Church 1
3. Autograph Document of Gov. Thomas Danforth . 18
4. Portrait, Samuel Danforth, M.D 48
5. Mrs. Hannah (Danforth) Carpenter . , . 85
6. John Joseph Mat, Mrs. May AND Son . . . 107
7. Adams Earl 132a
8. Edwin Tobias Earl 132b
9. Guy Chaffee Earl , . . . . . . 133
10. Charles Danforth, OF Paterson, N. J. . . . 175
11. Asa Hamilton Danforth and descendants . . 193
12. Asa Danforth, M.D 219
13. Albert Haller Danforth, of Chicago . . . 255
14. William Seaver Danforth 259
15. Frederick Lyman Danforth 272
16. David Danforth, of Champaign, III. . . . 294
17. Joseph Danforth, of Tyngsboro 297
18. Elijah Higby Danforth, D.D.S. .... 303
19. Peter Swart Danforth 307
20. Henry Danforth, op Washington, III. . . . 313
21. Isaac Newton Danforth, M.D 329
22. Eliot Danforth, of New York .... 351
23. Joseph Danforth, of Louisville, Ky., with descendants 411
24. Albert Whitney Danforth 414
25. Joseph Lewis Danforth 416
INTRODUCTIOxN.
It has been well said that the history of a nation is but the ag-
gregate of tlie biographies of its peoples ; and since these are so
interwoven and so dependent each on the othei's, it is evident that
no single biography or set of biographies can be complete without
some understanding of the events occurring in society and in the
world at large during the lifetime of the subjects. A brief review,
therefore, of the condition of aifairs in England will be a needful
preliminary to an account of the coming thence of our immigrant
ancestor.
Two hundred and sixty-eight years ago, to wit, in 1634, in ship
Griffin, came from London to Boston and Cambridge a company of
emigrants who had left their homes in England to seek new homes
in a foreign land, — a land strange and wild, inhabited by fierce and
formidable animals, and by men even fiercer and more formidable.
In that company we believe came Nicholas Danforth, then 48
years old, with his young family of six children, three daughters and
three sons. His wife had died five years before, leaving seven chil-
dren, of which the eldest, Elizabeth, was but 11 years old, the
youngest, Jonathan, an infant of a year.
One daughter had died in their English home, and now they had
left that home, with its comforts and its life-long associations ; had
left the neighbors and friends of their early days ; had left fertile
fields and all the attractions of a rural home in a beautiful part of
that very beautiful land, — near to the sea and not far from the me-
tropolis,— the birthplace and the last resting-place of their ancestors.
They were now voluntary exiles in a land of which little was known
to them, and the most of what was known was of a nature to repel
rather than to attract any but the most courageous and resolute.
What had led them, what was inducing others like them, to
forego the comforts of established homes for the discomforts and
risks that were obviously before them? To answer this question, a
brief glance at the history of the times may be helpful.
Vm DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
The revival of art and literature — the awakening from the stupor
of the Dark Ages — had been in progress for a century, when late
in the 14th century (1383), WyclifFe, a priest of the Romish
church, an ardent opposor of the corruptions that prevailed in that
church, translated the Bible into the English language. Hitherto,
being only in Latin and Greek versions, it had been a sealed book
to the people, in fact it had been exclusively in the keeping of the
clergy. Copies of the English version were now multiplied in
manuscript, and Wycliffe's doctrines of opposition to the arbitrary
dominion of the pope were spread abroad by his disciples.
Here began the attempt for the exercise of private judgment in
religion — a right to be asserted and denied — an exercise to be
striven for with varying success during all later ages ; and even yet
attained and enjoyed by a small part only of tlie so-called Christian
world. But the multiplying of copies was very slow, until, toward
the close of the 15th century (1471), Caxton, a London merchant,
introduced into England the art of printing with movable type,
which 20 years before had been invented in Germany. By this the
work of disseminating copies of scripture was greatly promoted,
and early in the 16th centmy (1524), an improved translation by
Tyndale superseded that of Wycliffe.
Three great events in the world's history were nearly contempo-
raneous : namely, the invention of printing with movable type, by
Guttenberg (about 1450), and its introduction into England 20
years later; next, the discovery of America, by Columbus (1492),
and the exploration of the shores of North America, by the Cabots,
father and son, six years later ; and thirdly, the Protestant Refor-
mation, precipitated by Luther, in 1517. But as "there were
many reformers before the Reformation," so these three great meas-
ures of progress may fairly be compassed in the short space of half a
century. Dr. Palfrey well says that national revolutions, whether
political or religious, are never sudden. If they appear sudden, it
is because the agencies that have been preparing them have been at
work beneath the surface, where, indeed, they are most efficient.
The impulse to religious thought which appeared in the 1(5 th cen-
tury had lain in embryo in the English heart ever since Wycliffe's
time. Henry VIII had gained the special favor of the pope in the
early part of his reign, when he wrote a book denouncing Luther
and his work, and the pope conferred on him the title of " Defender
of the Faith ; " but afterward, a quarrel arose between them when
the holy father opposed the king's matrimonial schemes ; and the
spirit of liberty had so far permeated the land that Parliament was
quite ready to uphold the king, and by enactment disclaimed allegi-
ance to Rome, and declared the king to be the head of the church.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. ix
Although some re-action occurred late in Henry's reign, under
his successor (Edward VI), liberal views prevailed; prisoners for
heresy were set free ; preaching, which had been suppressed, was
revived ; the Bible, in English, was placed in every church ; the
Book of Common Prayer was compiled, and the articles of faith of
the church of England were first drawn up. By this king, too,
general education was greatly promoted by the establishment of free
schools in many places.
Unhappily to this succeeded the baleful reign of Queen Mary,
who renewed allegiance to Rome ; persecuted heretics, — burning
many at the stake, — while her bigoted and cruel husband, Philip II,
of Spain, was doing the like in Holland, torturing and putting to
cruel death thousands of Protestants.
But Mary's reign was short, and when her sister Elizabeth came
to the throne, England was thoroughly divided in its religion.
Many noble families adhered to the church of Rome, but a majority
favored the church of England as organized by Edward. The
creed, formulated by Edward, was revised and reduced to the 39 arti-
cles which still are retained ; the English service book was reinstated,
and an act was passed requiring all clergymen to use that, and that
only, while another act imposed a heavy fine on all who failed to
attend the services of the church on Sundays and holidays.
Elizabeth herself seems to have had no deep-abiding conviction
in these matters. Her tendency was toward Protestantism, but a
crucifix with lighted candles before it was kept suspended in her
private chapel, and she prayed to the virgin mother of Christ as
fervently as her sister Mary had ever done. Thus, really, she rep-
resented the nation — halting between two forms of faith.
There now arose in the Eno-lish church a large and influential
class of thoughtful people who demanded that the church be purified
from Romish forms and doctrines. But the principle was still
maintained that church and state were inseparable ; and whoever
refused to sustain the established form of religion was deemed a
rebel against the government. A special court was established to
try such rebels. Under its jurisdiction many Roman Catholics were
tortured and put to death, and many Puritans were imprisoned, and
some even put to death, for so-called seditious publications.
Following Elizabeth, came James, who had been king of Scot-
land. In the kingdom thus united were three realms, professing
three several religions. Presbyterianism prevailed in Scotland,
Romanism in Ireland, Episcopacy in England.
The new king, feeble in body, mentally weak, a coward, but with
a certain shrewdness, a smattering of learning, and unbounded
conceit, was an unreasoning bigot. One of his earliest acts was a
statute punishing witchcraft with death, and under that law many a
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wretched woman went to the scaffold, whose only crime was that
she was old, ugly and friendless.
James hated the Puritans. When a deputation of ten of these —
men selected for their high position and character — waited upon him
with a petition for some measures of reform, he put them in prison ;
and he affirmed of that people "I will make them conform, or I
will harry them out of the land." He violated the privileges of the
House of Commons, in which were many Puritans, rejecting many
who were legally elected ; and when the House protested, the king
seized the official journal and with his own hands tore out the
record.
He wanted money and was obliged to apply to Parliament to
supply his wants ; but Parliament would grant nothing until certain
specified evils were reformed. He created a new title of rank, that
of baronet, which he granted to any who would pay a high price.
As a last resource, he compelled all persons who had an income of
forty pounds or more derived from landed property to accept knight-
hood (thus incurring feudal obligations and payments) or purchase
exemption by a heavy fine. James's arrogance and extortion
seemed limitless, and when Archbishop Abbott showed disapproval
of the tyranny, he was suspended from his office, and Laud, bishop
of Bath and Wells, who had been a member of the Court of High
Commission for trial of heretics or rebels, became prominent in
administration.
James, dying, was succeeded by his son Charles, who inherited his
father's belief of the divine right of kings. He was perpetually in
conflict with his subjects. Laud was promoted to be Archbishop of
Canterbury and used his almost unlimited power to compel Puritans
and other dissenters to conformity with the church. Macaulay says
that under his direction every corner of the realm, was subject to
constant inspection. Every little congregation of Separatists was
tracked out and broken up, and even the devotions of private fami-
lies could not escape the vigilance of his spies. Nor was this all.
The Convocation compiled a book of canon law, church law,
whereby all who refused to conform were excommunicated and
cast out as heathen ; they were made incapable of bringing an ac-
tion at law for recovery of legal debts, and were liable, by action of
court, to be imprisoned for life, or until they gave satisfaction to the
church. They were, in fact, exposed to indignities of every sort
during life, and denied Chi'istian bui'ial after death.
Such a condition was not to be endured, and the inevitable recoil,
with all who cared for freedom, is the answer to our question of
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. xi
why Nicholas Danforth and such as he should prefer exile to tarry-
ing under such oppression.
Among the many who suffered persecution was Rev, Thomas
Shepard, whose protest against spiritual despotism made him
especially obnoxious to Archbishop Laud, so that he was hunted
from place to place, and finally prohibited fi'om preaching. Thus
distressed, he resolved to escape from England. In this, after
much delay, with many obstructions caused by the government, he
at last succeeded, and with a company of friends, crossed the ocean
and settled at Cambridge.
It was a few years previous to this that from the little village of
Scrooby, in Yorkshire, a company of brave men had escaped with
their families to Holland, where they were kindly and hospitably
treated ; but since the habits and language of that worthy people
were foreign to them, a large part of them preferred the remote
New World, and the story of the Pilgrims, their voyage in the little
craft, the " Mayflower," their landing at Plymouth in December,
1620, their toils, trials, sufferings, their bravery and their triumphs
— these are a tale familiar as household words.
Happily, the spirit of commercial enterprise and adventure was
beginning to furnish means of traversing the ocean. Both James
and Charles had granted charters to companies of merchants, with
right to specified tracts of territory, to trade with the natives, and
with the duty of christianizing the savages.
Our ancestor availed himself of these facilities as did many another
who like him was seeking the freedom that was denied him at home.
No connected history of the families of Danfortli during the
early years of their life in New England is to be found.
With them, as with most others of the early settlers, the strug-
gle for existence engrossed their time and labor. To provide shel-
ter, food and clothing, and to guard themselves and theirs from
assault of Avild animals or hostile tribes was an all eno-rossing^ task.
Along with this duty, they recognized the importance of maintain-
ing the ministry of religion and of instruction for their childi-en.
Within a comparatively few years, volumes of local history have
been compiled and published, first by individuals, often clergymen,
and later by committees appointed by the towns. These have rap-
idly multiplied. They afford important aid to the compilers of the
history and genealogy of families, a fondness for which has happily
been fostered ; and in consequence, family meetings and the organ-
ization of family associations have greatly increased.
xii DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
The first meeting of the Danforth family assembled in Jackson
Hall, Lowell, at the call of Joseph Danforth, Esq., of Tyngsboro,
on Tuesday, October 14, 1879. About fifty persons were present.
The venerable man who had summoned them, welcomed the com-
pany, who, at his suggestion chose for chairman, Hon. Charles
Pinckney Danforth of Nashua, N. H., with Charles H. Danforth
as secretary.
These were afterward elected President and Recording Secretary
of the Danforth Family Association, with sixteen Vice-presidents,
WUliam S. Danforth of Plymouth, Corresponding Secretary, and
Charles C. Danforth of Concoi'd as Treasurer.
After social conversation and interesting remarks by several per-
sons, committees were appointed to prepare Constitution and By-
Laws, to arrange for a second meeting, and to engage an orator
and a poet for the occasion. It was voted to hold the next meeting
at the same place, on the second Tuesday of October, 1880.
At the second meeting, held in accordance with the foregoing,
nearly 100 persons were present. Hon. Charles P. Danforth pre-
sided, and in the absence of the Secretary, Charles C. Danforth
acted as Secretary. The committee on Constitution and By-Laws
reported a concise code, which was adopted. The historical com-
mittee reported progress, and letters were read from friends unable
to be present. Rev. Edward Danforth Curtis read an able histori-
cal paper. Rev. Henry A. Hazen of Billerica, Hon. Joseph White,
Secretary of the Mass. Board of Education, Mrs. Lephe Danforth
of Philadelphia and Mr. Vespasian Danforth of Cambridge made
interesting remarks, and Col. Charles C. Danforth read an appro-
priate poem. Two children, sons of Mr. George D. Danforth of
Tyngsboro, were present, being of the tenth generation of the family
in New England.
The third meeting was held in Jackson Hall, October 11, 1881,
when a letter was read from Mrs. Richard B. Allen of Providence,
enclosing a paper from Mr. William Smith, containing details of
family history ; original notes from George P. Danforth of Scran-
ton, Pa., were also read, and letters from James F. Danforth of
Athens, Alabama, telling of his father, who went from Charles-
town, Mass., sixty years before, and from James B. Danforth of
Rock Island, Illinois. Mrs. A. F. Danforth Raymond of Syra-
cuse read an able historical paper, "showing a great deal of re-
search."
At the fourth meeting, held in Wesleyan Hall, Boston, Septem-
ber 6, 1882, about 140 were present. Hon. Charles Pinckney
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. xiii
Danfortli made an eloquent address on retiring from the presidency
of the association, which he had held from the beginning, and sub-
sequently, on the report of the nominating committee, the following
persons were chosen : Hon. Peter 8. Danforth of Middleburg,
N. Y., President, with twelve Vice-presidents; Col. Charles C.
Danforth of Concord, Recording Secretary and Treasurer ; William
S. Danforth of Plymouth, Corresponding Secretary. The commit-
tee on heraldry reported, describing a coat of arms which had been
furnished, as that of the Danfords, and which they thought was the
coat of arms of the family.
Hon. Peter S. Danforth read an able and interesting historical
paper; Col. Charles C. Danforth read a poem; a committee of five
was appointed " to take action in preparing a history of the Dan-
forth family," viz. : Mr. John J. May, Mrs. Danforth-Raymond of
Syracuse, William S. Danforth of Plymouth, Col. John Danforth
of New York, and Edward Danforth of Elmira, N. Y. Mr. Ves-
pasian Danforth of Cambridge presented a copy of a pedigree from
the College of Arms of England, with " Details of real estate trans-
actions of Thomas and Nicholas Danforth of Framlingham, Eng-
land."
The Association dined together at the Quincy House. After
which, they listened to addresses by Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Mr.
John J. May, Hon. Edward Danforth of Elmira, William C. Dan-
forth, Esq., of Barnard, Vt., Dr. Isaac N. Danforth of Chicago,
and Joseph L. Danforth, Esq., of Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Danforth-
Eaymond and Mrs. Colman of Syracuse responded to an invitation
to address the company and were listened to with interest. Several
letters were read and the exercises were closed with the singing by
the choir of an original ode.
At the fifth meeting, held at the Meionaon, Boston, Sept. 1,
1886, more than 200 were present. In the absence of the presi-
dent, Mr. William S. Danfortli of Plymouth was chosen to preside,
and opened the meeting with a brief address. Rev. Horace M.
Danforth of Oswego, N. Y., offiered an impressive prayer. Mr.
May, as chairman of the committee, made an address of welcome,
and a poem was read by Mr. Samuel May, Jr. The gentleman
who had been appointed to present a historical address, having failed
at the eleventh hour, it fell to the lot of the chairman of the genea-
logical committee to prepare such a paper, and it was read to the
meeting by Rev. Henry A. Hazen. Portions of this paper are
given above.
Interesting addresses were made by Dr. Isaac N. Danforth and
Miss Juliet Danforth of Chicago ; Rev. James Danforth of Tyngs-
boro ; Hon. Herman W. Snow of Kankakee, 111., and others.
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The sixth meeting was held at Chicago, July 20, 1893, Dr. Isaac
N. Danforth presiding, with Miss Sarah Smith King of San Antonio,
Texas, secretary. Mr. May presented the report of the committee,
embodying the principal parts of the historical paper he had given
at the previous meeting. This address was printed in the report of
the meeting, which has been widely circulated in the family. The
committee previously appointed reported the motto : " ITec teniere,
nee timide,'" to be used with the family coat of arms, which was
adopted.
The meeting listened with interest to an address by Hon. Adams
Earl of Lafayette, Ind., who in many ways contributed largely to
the enjoyment and success of the meeting. A very entertaining
speech M'as made by Hialmar H. Stone of Rockford, 111. ; addresses
followed by Royal Richardson of Pleasanton, la. ; George Danforth
Burr of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Elizabeth Skelton Danforth
of Chicago. Many letters of great value were read. After singing
the Doxology, with piano accompaniment by Mr. Solomon Dan-
forth of Lowell, the meeting closed with an exceedingly impressive
prayer by Rev. Otis S. Danforth of Rochester, N. H.
Of the committee appointed for this work, the writer, though
much the older, alone survives.
From the beginning, three of the number — busily engaged in
their respective offices, — were unable to do more than to supply
the details of their immediate families. The work, begun with the
aid of Mrs. Raymond, might have been completed long ago but for
the untimely death* of that excellent lady.
In several visits to Syracuse and one visit of Mrs. Raymond at
my home, the work had far advanced ; then, having no assistant,
and being otherwise fully occupied, I was compelled to lay aside the
work, except that a record was kept of passing events, and replies
made to correspondents. The prevailing fondness for joining the
patriotic Orders has brought many applicants for genealogic details
to which I have tried to give prompt response.
After a long interval, during which I sought in vain to find an-
other to take the duty off my hands, I have been enabled to resume
by the proffered aid of Mrs. Florence (Danforth) Stamp of Ogden
(post office address, Adams Basin), N. Y. With taste and talent
for such work, and experience in the genealogy of the kindred Man-
* This occurred at the family home in Giflford Street, Syracuse, where her elder sis-
ter, Mrs. Lucy Colman, continues, after many years of active philanthropic work, care-
fully attended by her niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Raymond, whose husband, lately candidate
of the labor party for the mayoralty, has been during many years manager of extensive
machine Avorks, and in high position in the Masonic fraternity.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. XV
ning family, Mrs. Stamp has conducted a wide correspondence and
compiled many details, thus rendering very valuable assistance.
Thanks are due to many friends who have supplied details for this
volume. Notably among such are Miss Sarah G. Williams of
Rocky Hill and Hartford, Conn. ; Miss Effie Danfoith of Norwalk,
Ohio ; Mrs. Emma M. Wiley of Colorado Springs, Colo. ; Miss
H. Jane Witherill of Russell, N. Y. ; Miss Sarah S. King of San
Antonio, Texas, and many others, of whose kind assistance recog-
nition will be found in the succeeding pages.
The large amount of material thus accumulated required for its
orderly arrangement an amount of labor for which I had neither
sufficient time, strength nor eyesight, and the aid of the experienced
compiler and publisher. Rev. Charles H. Pope, was happily secured.
His skillful aid in arranging material, indexing and correcting proof
has been of greatest value.
It is on many accounts regrettable that the strict modern method
of compilation rejects much of the detail of collateral branches, of
which a great deal has been gathered. It is intended to preserve
much of this in an interleaved volume which may be finally deposited
with the N. E. Historic Genealogical Society, 18, Somerset Street,
Boston.
Presumably some errors and very many omissions will be found
in our pages. Few similar works are quite free from such faults,
and the long interval between the early and the later periods of work
has inevitably left many spaces which ought to be filled. Informa-
tion on these points will be very welcome, and may be sent during
the current year to my present address (P. O. Box 2348), and
afterward to Mr. Pope, at 221, Columbus Ave., Boston.
As from time to time I have studied the history and recorded the
life and death of these worthy men and women of successive gener-
ations, I have been impressed with the importance of the work which
cherishes their memory.
Extending over more than two and a half centuries, the record
bears the names of many able and influential statesmen ; of many
learned judges ; many honored clergymen, skillful physicians, able
lawyers, enterprising merchants, ingenious workmen and inventors,
pioneers and progressive tillers of the soil, with mothers, wives, sis-
ters, worthy of the best ; to which must be added a vast array of
military* service from the early struggle with assailing red men to
the present conflict which we earnestly hope may be the last.
It is to the writer an interesting thought that his own ancestors,
dwelling since 1640 in Roxbury and Boston, were constantly con-
nected in church and in civil government, and frequently by family
ties, with the great family here commemorated ; and that many of
* There were no fewer than thirteen of the family in the Bnnker Hill fight.
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their dead lie side by side in the old graveyards of Cambridge and
Eoxbury and in the picturesque grounds of Mount Auburn and
Forest Hills cemeteries.
Conscious of many imperfections in his work, the writer can
claim only the merit of having tried to do faithfully the duty laid
upon him years ago, and may cherish the hope that the result may
be acceptable to those for whom he has wrought.
JOHN J. MAY.
987, Dorchester Avenue,
June, 1902.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Nicholas Danforth, the pioneer, is thus described by Rev.
Cotton Mather, the famous scholar and writer, in his account of Rev.
Samuel Danforth, as one of the celebrated ministers of the early
days of Massachusetts :
" Mr. N. Danforth ; a gentleman of such estate and repute in the world
that it cost him a considerable sum to escape the knighthood which K.
Charles I. imposed on all of so much per annum ; and of such fif^ure and
Esteem in the church that he procured tliat famous lecture at Framlint^ham
in Suffolk, where he had a fine mannour ; which lecture was kept by Mr.
Burroughs and many other noted ministers in their turn ; to whom, especi-
ally to Mr. Shepard, he prov'd a Gaius, and especially when the Laudian
fury scorched them. This person had three sons, whereof the second was
our Samuel, born in September in the year 1626, and by the desire of his
mother, who died three years after his birth, earnestly dedicated unto the
' schools of the prophets.' His father brought him to New England in the
year 1 634, and at his death, about four years after his arrival here, he com-
mitted this hopeful son of many prayers unto the paternal oversight of Mr.
Shepherd, who proved a kind patron unto him." [Magnalia, II, 591.
Investigations in the town and county to which the foreo-oino-
account points have been made at various times for a quarter of a
century, and lately completed by the very accurate searcher. Miss
Emma M. Walford, of London. The result is exceedingly grati-
fying. We discover the ancestry of our pioneer to the fourth
generation in Framlingham, with notes of the good standing of the
family. While his Either and maternal grandfather are each styled
" yeoman", the possession of wealth and exhibition of qualities that
made the officer in town and church may well be supposed to have
led the king to make the offer to Nicholas Danforth, which Mather
describes. Although a sympathizer with the Puritan party at the
time of his coming hither, we see that he had been in harmony
with the "standing order" before. His help extended to ministers
of the new movement would naturally lead to his being less accept-
able at home and more inclined to migrate as they had done. We
give here the chain of wills which show the descent of the immigrant ;
reserving for the Appendix a fuller account of the town of Framling-
ham and other English documents.
2 DANTOKTH GENEALOGY.
IPSWICH (England) WILLS. Arch. Suffolk.
Book 5, folio 280.
On the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, 1512, I, William Dern-
ford of Framlingham at the Castle make will, etc. To be buried in
Churchyard of St. Michaels, Framlingham. Legacies for repairs of
churches of Babyngham [Ravyngham] and Cranesford. Isabell my wife
to have my tenement called Gerveys for life and 40 s. yearly out of my
close or tenement called Lyncoines. Powle [Paul] my son at age of 24
to have my said tenement called Lyncoines. James my son at age of 24 to
take profits of my land in Badyngham [Ravyngham] called Senglers ; to
him and his heirs. Reynold my son after death of my wife to have tene-
ment called Gerveys ; to him and heirs of his body ; for default same to
go to my daurs. Isabell & Eliz.
Legacies to Johan Smyth, Margaret Walle & Isabell Ederych. Wife &
John Ederych to be exors., & Sir Thomas Greveson supervisor.
Witness : Sir Thomas Greveson.
Proved 23 Oct. 1512.
Book 13, folio 259.
13 Nov. 1538. I Paul Derneford of Framlingham. To be buried in
ch. of Framlingham. Katheryne my wife to have tenement called Lyn-
coines in F. until Nicholas my son be 21, & then he shall pay her 40 s.
yearly & hold it to him according to will of William Derneford, my
father ; if he die Thomas my son to have the said tenement. My close
called Beetis to be in occupation of my said wife until said Thomas be 21 ;
if he die the same to go to Robert my son & his heirs ; if he die, to Richard
my son & his heirs. Mentions land called Battoftes, meadow called
Brodewater & Metpetmedowe. Dau''^ Isabell, Margaret, Agnes & Olive.
Exors : Wife Katherine & brother James Derneford.
Witnesses : John Lewoode, W™. Nuttell, John Hoberd.
Proved 18 Nov. 1538.
Book 30, folio 606.
12 Nov, 1585. I Nicholas Derneford of Framlingham. To Alice my
wife the half profits of my houses & grounds at Castell, except Baldinges
Close & the house there ; also 1 piece of free ground in Ufford. Son
Thomas to have lease of Baldinges Close. Dau'^^. Anne, Margaret, Eliz.,
Olive Smalledge. Son in law William Smalledge. To Anne Derneford,
dau. of my brother Robert 6^ 8'^. To Anne Derneford dau. of my brother
Richard 5^ Son Thomas to be exor. Brother Robert & bro. in law
W". Jordon, supervisors.
Witnesses : Thomas Riches, Anne Williams.
Proved 17 Feb^. 1585[-6].
Book 40, folio 69 b.
17 July, 1603. I Allice Dranforth of Framlingham at the Castle, wid-
ow. Grandchildren : Roger & W™. Smallhead, Robert Dranforth. Sons
in law Thos. Bacon, Edmund Durrant, John Tokelove. To Mary & Jane
my son's dau''^ Dau''^ Anne, Margery & Elizabeth. Son : Thomas. To
Eliz. & Grace my son's maids, 2/
Witnesses. Toby Sudbury, Edm. Durrant, John Ireland, Sen'^.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY,
Arch. Suff. Original Wills, No. 67.
Thomas Danforth of Framliiighara at castrum, yeoman, 20 April, 1G21 ;
proved 7 Sep 1621. To my sou Robert my best Bible & the desk that it
lyeth on. Daughter Mary, daughter Jane. Laud & 2 little houses called
Bugles I bought of uncle Robert Danforth, deceased. Son Nicholas to be
executor. John Powesse of Framlingham & Roger Smalett of Ike to be
supervisors.
Consistory Court of Norwich, B. Borne, Book 28.
Thomas Sudbury of Kelleshall, Suff. yeoman. 18 Feb. 1606. Proved 10
March, 1 006. Wife Alice ; nephew Tobie Sudbury. Lands & tenements
in Bliborowe. Thomas son of W"'. Sudbury & John, brother of said Thomas.
Lands &c. in Middleton. John & W". S., sons of brother John. Niece
Amye, wife of Robert Appleyarde. Children of niece Susan, wife of Mr.
Tofts, clerk, viz. Susan, John, Roger & Amye. Mary, Jane, Nicholas &
Robert Danforth, children of Jane Danforth, deceased. Anthony Sudbury ;
Frances S. my niece ; Robert Gooch. [See Framlingham Parish Register
entries etc., Appendix A].
Pedigree of Nicholas Danforth, of Framlingham, Eng.
, WILLIAM=Isa^/e/^
d. 1512. I
n. 'PA\JL=^Kaiheryne
d. 1538. I
James. Reynold,
bur. 2 March, 1572.
Isabell.
Elizabeth.
m. NICHOLAS=^^jce
d. 1585.
Thomas. Robert.
I I III
Richard. Isabell. Margaret
Agnes.
Olive.
IV. THOMAS=/aMe, dau. Thomas Sudbury ; Anne.
mar.2'lJan. 1565.
She was bur. 21 March, 1601.
Johane, Margaret,
bapt. 19 March, 1663;
bur. 2 Jan., 1578.
Elizabeth,
bapt. 29 Jan., 1569.
I
Olive,
m. 6 Feb., 1581,
William Smallage.
Nicholas,
bapt. 6 Nov., 15S6;
bur. 6 Feb., 1588.
V. NICHOLAS,
bnpt. 1 March, 1569; mar.
Elizabeth , who was bur.
in Fram., 22 Feb., 1628. He
came with children in 1634
to Cambridge, N. E.
Robert,
bapt. 16 Nov., 1592;
bur. 3 Jan.. 1592-3.
Robert,
bapt. 11 Nov.,
1598.
Mary.
Jane.
The parish registers of Framlingham (where the name is spelled
Danforth, Dauforthe, Danford, Danforde, Daneford, Damford,
Dfirneforde, Dampford, Dampforde, Demford and Derneforth) show-
that Nicholas was one of the leading men, being a "church warden "
4: DANEORTH GENEALOGY.
in 1622 at least. We learn further from the History of the
town (p. 176) that he was a member of the "Com't Baron" or
" Borough Leet Jury " in 1629. He was the son of Thomas and
Jane (Sudbury) Danforth, baptized in F. ''1 Mar. 1589." The
marriage registers are wanting from 1615 to 1620, the period which
inchided his wedding ; the Baptismal registers give us merely the
Christian name of his wife, " Elizabeth " ; nor do any other docu-
ments yet discovered show her family name. The baptisms of the
children are given below in due order. As the burial of " Elizabeth
Darnford," "22 Feb. 1628" corresponds to Mather's statement
that she " died three years after his birtli," tlie list of children may
be presumed to be complete. Thomas Danforth, father of Nicholas,
married "24 Jan^, 1585," Jane, daughter of Thomas Sudbury, of
Kellshall, county Suffolk, and perhaps of his wife Alice who sur-
vived him; his will (see foregoing page) made 18 Feb., proved 10
March, 1606, made bequests to the children of Jane, "deceased,"
she having died five years before. Thomas Danforth made his will
20 April, 1620; proved 7 Sept., 1621; making such mention of
his children as to show conclusively the relationships in both fam-
ilies ; Nicholas was executor.
Mr. Nicholas Danforth is mentioned in the town records of Cam-
bridge as a proprietor in 1635. He bought lands and houses of
John White, John Taylcott, William Spencer, and Edward Steb-
binge, and of Rev. Thomas Hooker, in October, 1635, and May,
1636, these gentlemen all having removed to Connecticut.
One of the houses he thus purchased was described in the Pro-
prietors' Records as follows :
" One Dwelling house with outhouses gardens and backside and plantinge
ground aboute Three Ackers and halfe tlie land late of Autho : Couldbey
southwest late of John Pratt southeast the highway to Wattertown north-
west the highway to the windmill hill on the northeast."
The historian of Cambridge states that he resided on what is now
called Bow street, near Mount Auburn street.
He was chosen a deputy or representative to the General Court in
1635. March 3, 1635-6, he was — with others — "deputed to sett
out the bounds of the newe plantacon above Charles Ryver " [Con-
cord]. The committee reported 13 April, 1636. In September
following he was appointed to a similar duty, " to measure and sett
the bounds of Roxberry " ; and to sett those between Dedham and
Dorchester 15 Nov. 1637. When the important committee to "take
order for a collcdge at Newetowne " was selected, 20 Nov. 1637,
Mr. Danforth was one of those selected. Another land boundary
was submitted to him with associates 6(1)1637-8. He was also
one of the eleven men (one in a town), whom the Court by its vote
DANPORTH GENEALOGY. 5
12 Mnrch, 1637-8, alloAved "to sell wine & strong water," — "no
man else to sell hf retaile w^''out license from the counsell." So
great was the pressure upon the government to provide places
where these articles could be bought, and so many the abuses of the
retail traffic, that they sought to place the traffic in the hands of
their first citizens.
The records of the Court show that 2 May, 1638, another man
was appointed to attend to the Dedliam and Dorchester business
" insteed of Mr. Damford who is dead " ; a subsequent reference to
the matter giving his name in better spelling — "Mr. Danforth."
Soon after the beginning of the new year, 1G38, namely in the
second month, April, this brief, yet highly honorable career closed ;
the day of the month is not known ; the record reads : " Nicholas
Danfbrd dyed (2°) 1638." No minute of the disposition of his
estate remains in any other form than the statement in the Proprie-
tors' Records, among the notes respecting lands purchased by
Nathaniel Sparrowhauke of various persons that a certain parcel was
" bought of the ffeoffi^es of Nicholas Danforth deceased." The entry
is not dated. The son Thomas sold land in 1654, which he stated
he " had inherited from his father, Nicholas Danforth." Cam-
bridge documents do not supply a list of the pioneer's children.
The wills of the sons Thomas and Samuel connect them, and Sam-
uel mentions brothers Thomas and Jonathan ; the latter, unfortu-
nately, left no will. But of other children we have scant tokens, and
cannot avoid a feeling of regret that the brothers failed to refer to
their sisters in their wills or other documents. "Friend Capt. An-
drew Belcher," says Thomas, with no hint of relationship ; andDea.
Trowbridge is also called "friend."
But the Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, in his church record, makes note
that Andrew Belcher and Elizabeth, daughter of the late Nicholas
Danforth, were married Oct. 1, 1639 ; and says that Anna, wife
of Matthew Bridge, was also a daughter.
" Lydia Damforth " is asserted by Hinman in his work on the
founders of Connecticut, to have been the wife of William Beaman
or Beamont of Say brook, Conn. ; but he gives no note of her fam-
ily. Dr. Savage states squarely that she was a daughter of Nicholas
of Cambridge ; but gives no authority for the statement. The fact
that " Lydia " is one of the children of " Nicholas and Elizabeth
Danforthe" baptized at Framlmgham, May 24, 1625, is taken by
some as evidence that she was the Connecticut bride. [See p. 11.]
The wife of our pioneer died, as we have seen, in the year
1628-9. The writer has no means of knowing from whence
the supposition sprang that she was " Elizabeth, daughter of Rev.
William Symmes, of Canterbury, England, and a sister of Rev.
Zachariah Symmes, second minister of the church at Charlestown."
b DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
The entire absence of allusions to relationship between men so promi-
nent as the Danforths and Mr. Symmes in their own writings and
the sketches of them written near their own time is strong sround
for suspecting the error of the guess ; and the distance of Kent
from Suffolk also throws discredit upon the theory. But it is enough
that we have her character so well indicated by Mather, who must
have been in close relations to the grandsons of the lady ; and her
personality needs no name to support it ; she lives in her children
and children's children. Future explorations of wills and parish
registers in old England may reveal, however, what we so much
desire to know, her family history. In the will of Rev. John,
grandson of Nicholas, we shall see a reference to an entailed estate
in England.
Children of Nicholas Danforth, the Immigrant, and his wife
Elizabeth :
i. Elizabeth, baptized at Framlingham, Eng., 3 Aug. 1619, mar-
ried in Cambridge 1 Oct. 1639, Andrew Belcher, "mariner,'*
"trader," "vintner," "painter," who was at that time a pro-
prietor at Sudbury. He gave his age 7 (2) 1658, as 44
years. He removed in 1645 (at least he then sold his house
in Sudbury) and made his home in Cambridge. Here he kept
the " Blue Anchor " tavern, which stood at the N.E. corner of
Brighton and Mount Auburn streets ; it was afterwards kept by
his widow, and from her death by their son Andrew. He was a
member of the church, a member of the artillery company. Ha
was licensed by the Court in .June, 1654, to keep a house of
publique entertainment in Cambridge. He died in 1673; the
inventory of his estate being taken Dec. 25 of that year, and
adminstration granted to the widow Elizabeth. She died June
26, 1680, aged about 61. Her will, dated 10 June, probated 8
July, 1680, bequeathed to daughters Elizabeth Blower, Martha
Remington, and Haunah Ballard ; to the daughters of deceased
daughter Jemimah Scill ; and gave the remainder to her son
Andrew Belcher.
Children of Andrew and Elizabeth (Danforth ) Belcher, " all
baptized in Cambridge."
1. Elizabeth Belcher, b. 17 Aug. 1640; d. Aug. 29, 1709;
mar. March 31, 1668, Capt. Pyam Blowers, a mer-
chant of Boston, freeman 22 March, 1689-90 ; died
1709. Cliildren :
(1) Thomas Blowers, b. and d. in 1669.
(2) Samuel Blowers, b. and d. 1671.
(3) Jouathan Blowers, b. Feb. 8, 1673.
(4) Anna Blowers, b. 1674, d. 1676.
(5) Elizabeth Blowers, b. 19 Aug. 1 675 ; d. 6 April,
1714 ; mar. Rev. Thomas Symmes (II. C.
1698) muiister of Boxford, later of Bradford.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. *
(6) Anna Blowers, b. July 16, 1676.
(7) Thomas Blowers, b. Aug. 1, 1677 (H. C. 1695)
minister of Beverly; his son John hved at
Boston and had son Sampson Salter Blowers
(H. C. 1763) who studied law under Gov.
Hutchinson; defended British soldiers en-
ga<Ted in Boston Massacre in 1770; was a
lovalist ; went to Halifax where he became
legislator and chief justice of Supreme court ;
d.°Oct. 25, 1842, aj 100 years, 7 mos.
(8) Pvam Blowers, b. and d. 1679.
(9) John Blowers, b. Oct. 22, 1680.
(10) Andrew Blowers, b. and d. 1682.
2. Jemima Belcher, b. April 5, 1642 d. 1675 ; m Dec. 5
1660, Joseph Sill (or Scill), of Cambridge (b. about
1635); he was son of John and Joanna, who came
from Newcastle on Tyne, Eng., before May, 1638
when he was made freeman of the colony; Joseph
was distinguished for services in King Philip s war,
especially at Groton, where he had command and at
Dover, where he aided in the surprise of Indians at
Maj. Waldron's. Rem. to Lyme, Conn. ; m. second
wife. Children :
(1) Andrew SHI, b. Feb. 5, 166o.
(2) Joseph Sill, b. March, 1666. „' ^q^
(3) Jemima, b. Sept. 21, 1667; m. Dec, 2 1687,
^ John Hall, of Medf ord : d. 12 Dec, 1/12
(4) Elizabeth, b. Sept. 2, 1668 ; m. Nov. 18, 1685,
Samuel Green ; d. in July, 1690.
(5) Andrew Sm. (6) Thomas SiU.
3. Martha Belcher, b. July 26 1644; d. July 16 1711 ;
m 13 Julv, 1664, Jonathan, son of Jonathan and
Elizabeth Remington, of Rowley and Roxbury b.
about 1639, d. 21 April, 1700. He was a select-
man, town derk, treasurer. Cliiklren of Jonathan
and Martha (Belcher) Remington :
(1) Martha Remington, b. 18 Feb. 1667; d. April,
(2) Jonathan Remington, b. 18 March, d. AprU,
1669. „„, ,-,.
(3) Martha Remington, b. 28 Oct., 1674 ; m. Nic-
holas Rowes (his third wife).
(4) Jonathan Remington, b. 27 July, 1677; d. 2U
^ ^ Sept., 1745 ; (H. C 1696) ; m. LucJ^ grand-
dau. of Gov. Simon and Anne (Dualey)
Bradstreet, b. 31 Oct., 1680, d. 18 April,
t -Tip .qprrpp that drove from their homes the
*Hewas the Judge -'^^^ .P^^^^rto d^ vitrpoet'^ ^^ Longfellow's
unhappy refugees whose sad fate is torn ^wiuu ^
Evangeline.
DANPORTH GENEALOGY.
1743. He was judge of Middlesex Court C.
P. 1729 ; judge of Probate 1731 ; member
governor's council. Plis dau. Ann m. Hon.
William Ellery of Newport, R. I. (H. C.
1747); judge, assistant, dep. governor, one
of the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Their dau. Elizabeth m. Hon.
Francis Dana, whose descendants have been so
eminent in literature, law, statesmanship
and journalism; their dau. Lucy m. William
Channing, and gave to the world that emi-
nent preacher Rev. William Ellery Channing
(H. C. 1798), i^astor, 1803-1840, Federal
St. Church — now Arlington St. Church —
Boston, in which is a marble tablet with elab-
orate inscription to his memory ; one of the
most prominent founders of American Uni-
tarianism.
(5) Samuel Remington, b. 1679, July 11 ; d. 1680.
(6) Ann Remington, b. 30 Jan., 1681.
(7) John Remington, d. April, 1689.
(8) Sarah Bemington, b. 10 May, 1688.
4. Mary Belcher, b. 19 Jan., 1646-7 ; d. 24 June, 1691.
6. Andrew Belcher, Jr., b. 1 Jan., 1647-8 ; d. 31 Oct., 1717 ;
married first, at Hartford, Conn., in July, 1670,
Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Gilbert, marshall of that
colony, b. 25 July, 1651, d. 26 Jan., 1689. He
married second, widow Hannah ( Frary ) Walker, dau.
of Theophilus and Hannah (Eliot) Frary, a deacon
of the Old South Church of Boston. Andrew kept
the tavern at Cambridge after the death of his parents ;
rem. to Boston, and became one of the most opulent
merchants ; member of committee of safety in the
struggle against Andros ; captain ; assistant ; coun-
cillor. Children :
(1) Andrew Belcher, b. in Hartford, Conn., 12
March, 1672 ; d. unm.
(2) Sarah Belcher, b. in Charlestown, 1674; m. (1)
Joseph Lynde; m. (2) William Foye.
(3) Deborah Belcher, b. 1676; d. 1688.
(4) Elizabeth Belcher, b. Cambridge 12 Jan., 1678 ;
d. 21 May, 1736; m. 23 April, 1696, Daniel
Oliver, of Boston, b. 28 Feb., 1664, d. 23
July, 1732, son of Peter and Sarah (Newdi-
gate) Oliver, and grandson of elder Thomas
Oliver, who came to Boston in 1632 and was
a very prominent man.
(5) Mary Belcher; b. Charlestown, 7 March, 1680;
d. 3 Feb., 1700 ; m. George Vaughan.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 9
(6) Jonathan Belcher, b. Cambridge, 28 Jan., 1G82;
d. Elizabethtown, N. J., 31 Aug., 1757; m.
first, 4 Jan., 1706, Mary Partridge, who d.
6 Oct., 1736; he m. second, 9 Sept., 1748,
Mary Louise Amelia Teal, at Burlington, N.
J. He was grad. H. C. 1699; merchant iu
Boston some years ; agent for colony in Eng.
1728 ; Gov. of Mass. and N. II., 1730 ; after-
ward Gov. of New Jersey, and died tliere ;
but, at his own request, was buried in Cam-
bridge. His name was given to Belchertown,
Mass., where he owned land.
(7) Ann Belcher, b. Char., 30 March, 1684; m.
Oliver Noyes, a Boston merchant, rep. to
Gen. Court in 1719.
(8) Martha Belcher, b. Char., 29 March, 1686; d.
18 Feb. 1748 ; m. May, 1705, Anthony
Stoddard.
(9) Deborah Belcher, b. and d. 1689.
6. Anna or Hannah Belcher, b. 1 Jan., 1649-50 ; m. 1 May,
1678, Samuel Ballard, of Charlestowu, (his second
wife) ; he was admitted freeman of the colony in
1680; d. 12 Nov, 1708, a;. 70.
ii. Mart (" Marie"), bapt. at Framlingham, Eng., 3 May, 1621.
iii. Anna, bapt. at Framlingham, Eng., 3 Sept., 1622 ; m. about 1644,
Matthew Bridge, of Cambridge; b. in Eng. about 1615 [Mi.]
d. 28 Dec, 1700. He was a son of Dea. John Bridge, one of
the founders of Cambridge ; was a resident of Cambridge till
about 1668, when he removed to what is now Lexington, where
he became a leading citizen. Memb. Artillery Co. 1643.*
His wife sui-vived him and d. 2 Dec, 1704.
Children of Matthew and Anna (Danforth) Bridge :
1. John Bridge, b. 15 June, 1645 ; d. Boston, Sept. 1672 »
unm. ; his father adm. on his estate.
2. Ann Bridge, b. 1646 ; d. 28 Aug., 1727 ; m. first, 4 June,
1668, Samuel Livermore, of Watertown, son of John
and Grace L,, bapt. 15 Aug., 1641, d. 28 Dec, 1700.
* A sintue (ideal) in bronze stands on the Common, Cambridge, the work of the able
artist (French). This statue, and that of John Harvard, ou the Delta in Cambridge,
also by French, were the gifts of Samuel James Bridge.
Samuel James Bridge, in the fifth generation, was born at Boston 1 June, 1809 ;
was a merchant in Boston ; appointed principal appraiser in the Custom House ; in
1853 or 1854 he was made Appraiser General of the U. S., for the Pacific coast, residing
in San Francisco. He did very valuable service for the government in this position ;
by his fidelity and firmness he increased the revenues of his district and saved the
government from fraud in several conspicuous instances. He was a most entertaining
narrator and had a wide circle of friends. After his retirement he traveled extensively.
He gave to the town of Dresden, Me. (whieh was his home in early childhood) a High
School building; to the city of San Francisco a fund for honorary medals for public
school children; to the city of Cambridge the ideal statue of his pioneer ancestor,
John Bridge ; and to Harvard College the bronze statue of John Harvard, which is the
rallying point of Class Day exercises. In 1880 he received the degree of A.M.
10 DANrORTH GENEALOGY.
His father conveyed to him by deed dated 10 March,
1681, in recognition of his dutiful service, his home-
stead, 31 acres, with 20 acres of woodland. Among
their numerous descendants are many distinguished
persons ; in later years Hon. Anson Burlingame,
bold and brave, distinguished for his services to our
country as member of the National House of Repre-
sentatives and Minister to China; and for his great
service to China in negotiating most important treaties
as special ambassador of that government. He died
at St. Petersburg, Feb. 23, 1870. Ann Bridge m.
second, Oliver Wellington, who died 30 Aug., 1727,
two days later than her own decease.
3. Martha Bridge, b. 19(11)1648-9 ; d. 15(11)1649-50.
4. Matthew Bridge, b. 5 May, 1650; d. 29 May, 1738;
m, 1687, Abigail, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Belcher)
Eussell of Cambridge, b. 12 May, 1668, d. 14 Dec.
1722. Children :
(1) Mary Bridge, b. 1688, m. first William Russell,
second Samuel Whitman.
(2) Ann Bridge, b. 12 Sept., 1691, m. Isaac Wat-
son.
(3) Matthew Bridge, b. 1 March, 1694; d. 25
March, 1761 ; m. 22 March, 1720, Abigail,
dau. of Nathaniel and Ann (Bernard) Bow-
man.
(4) Abigail Bridge, b. 1 April, 1696 ; m. 1730 Ben-
jamin Whitney, of Marlboro.
(5) Joseph Bridge, b. 8 July, 1698 ; d. 21 Nov.,
1778; m. 18 Nov., 1722, Abigail, dau. of
Thomas and Sarah (Stone) Cutler.
(6) John Bridge, b. 1 Sept., 1700 ; d. 7 May, 1776 ;
m. first, 4 Jan., 1730, Ann Herrick, of Wen-
bam ; m. second, 1732, Sarah, dau. of Joseph
and Mary Tidd ; third, Mary Porter, of Wo-
burn. Rev. Wm. Fred Bridge, of Foster, 0.,
H. U. 1846, compiler of the Genealogy of
Bridge Family, is a scion of this branch.
(7) Elizabeth Bridge, b. 30 Nov., 1703 ; d. unm.,
1750.
(8) Samuel Bridge, b. 2 May, 1705; d. 3 June,
1791 ; m. first, Susannah Read, who d. 16
Jan., 1735; m. second, 27 April, 1738,
Martha, dau. of Joseph and Phebe Bowman,
b. 8 Sept., 1718; d. 10 June, 1773. A great
grandson of this couple was the late Hon.
Charles Devens, U. S. Attorney General,
judge of Supreme Judicial Court of Mass,,
&c., whose statue in bronze adorns the grounds
of the State House, Boston.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. H
(9) Martha Bridge, b. 20 Sept., 1707 ; d. Boston,
20 April, 1754, uum.
5. Samuel Bridge, b. 12 Feb., lGo2-3 ; d. 5 Feb., 1673.
6. T/iotnas Bridge, b. 1 June, 1656; d. 28 March, 1673.
7. Elizabeth Bridge, b. 17 Aug., 1659 ; m. first, 19 Jan.,
1678, Capt. iSenjamin Garfield, son of the first of the
name in this country, F^dward Garfield of Water-
town (probably child of his first wife Rebecca, and b.
about 16-13). She was his second wife (the first hav-
ing been Mehetabel Hawkins, by whom he had two
sons, Benjaaiin and Benoni) ; he d. 28 Nov., 1717.
Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield m. second, Daniel Har-
rington (his second wife).
Children of Capt. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bridge)
Garfield :
(1) Elizabeth Garfield, b. 30 June, 1679.
(2) Lieut. Thomas Garfield, b. 12 Dec, 1680; d.
at Weston, 4 Feb., 1752 ; m. Mercy Bigelow ;
their oldest son Thomas was father of Solo-
mon, the father of Thomas, the father of
Abram, the father of James Abram Garfield,
the distinguished statesman and martyr presi-
dent of the United States.
(3) Ann Garfield, b. 2 June, 1683 ; d. 3 Sept., 1737 ;
m. 1703, Dea. Benj. Brown of Weston.
(4) Abigail Garfield, b. 13 July, 1685.
(5) Mehetabel Garfield, b. 7 Dec, 1687; m. 1715,
Dea. John Jones.
(6) Samuel Garfield, b. 3 Sept., 1690.
(7) Mary Garfield, b. 2 Oct., 1695; d. 28 Nov.,
1717.
2. iv. Thomas, bapt. at Framlingham, Eng., 20 Nov., 1623.
V. Ltdia, bapt. at Framlingham, Eng., 24 May, 1625.
On the records of Saybrook, Conn., there is a page devoted to
each of the early settlers, containing a list of his lands and also his
family record. One of these, Avhich seems to have been written by
the proprietor, excepting its last item, relates to "William Beamon."
We are not concerned particularly about his lands, of which he had
a good share. But there is much interest in "the marig of will
beamon" which is thus stated :
. IX A/n n fi <y tlie 9th of desember in
"mariedto ^^^ ^^/ttS"^ the yere 164 "
[the edge of the page has worn off so that the last figure is gone].
Comparing the name of this bride with the other writing on the
page one would naturally read it, Lidea dorford or dorsord. No
one would think it danford, as it has been copied, were it not for
two facts : first, that there is no name among the early settlers of
New England which can be twisted into either of the forms I have
stated ; second, on a page a little earlier in the book one finds an
entry respecting the name " Danforth Clark." whose cattle-marks
are among the interpolated entries of a frugal clerk a century later,
1760-1770. Perhaps this entry led Hmman and others to interpret
12 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
the bride's name " Danford." Lydia, eldest danj^hter of William
and Lj'dia Beainon, m. (1) 3 Feb., 1667, Samuel lioyes; she m. (2)
15 April, 1684, Alexander Pygara, " from Norwich in old England"
[Norwich Conn, record], as his second wife (liis first wife was
Judith, daughter of William Redfin, of N., formerly of Cambridge,
Mass.). July 2, 1698, Andrew Belcher, of Boston (son of Andrew
and Elizabeth (Danf orth) Belcher, of Cambridge, who had married
Sarah Gilbert, of Hartford, Conn.) gave a receipt to Mr. Pygam,
calling him "cozen," v/hich commonly meant nephew at that day.
Lydia (Bearaon) (Boyes) Pygam died July 20, 1734; and the N. E.
Weekly Journal, of Boston, in recording the event, said, " she was
the first female child born in Saybrook ; her mother was a Dan-
forth." [Adams Notes in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th series, Vol. I.]
Whence William Beamon came the records do not tell. He may
be tlie person of that name who came from England to Boston in
the Elizabeth, 15 April, 1627; resided in Salem in 1C37; testified
in court 25 (5) 1644 to an account of R. Saltonstall; but is no more
found iu Massachusetts records. We read in the Saybrook record :
"Lydia Beamont, tlie wife of William Beamont, departed this life
the"l6th day of August, 1686." "William Beamont dyed the 4tli
of ffebruary, 1698-9."
Children of William and Lydia Beamon :
1. Lydia ("lidea") Beamon, born 9 March, 164[5].
2. Mary Beamon, born 12 Nov., 164[7] ; married at Saybrook, 3
Jan., 1671, John Tully.
3. Elizabeth Beamon, born 2 March, 164 [9].
4. Deborah Bearaon, boru 29 Nov., [1652].
6. Abigail Beamon,' boru 20 Feb., [1654]; and died at Saybrook,
29 Sept., 1683.
6. Samuel Beamon, born " the last day of ffebruary" [1656] ; re-
ceived deed of one half his father's lands after attaining his
majority.
7. Rebekah Beamon, born "the 7th of September in the year"
[1659] ; married at Saybrook, 17 Dec, 1684, John Clark, Jr.
" Danf orth Clark" was a grandson of this couple and was bora
about 1735. [C. H. P.]
3. vi. Samuel, bapt, at Framlingham, Eng., 17 Oct., 1626.
4. vii. Jonathan, bapt. at Framlingham, Eng., 2 March, 1627-8.
DAN FORTH
AMERICAN PEDIGREE
1. Nicholas*
2. Thomas^
3.
1
SamucP
1
4. Jonathan'
5. John'
1
6. SamiieP
1
1 1
7. Jonathan' 8. Samuel'
i 1
9. Thomas*
10. Samuel*
11. Ji'mes* ' '
12. Samuel*
13. Thomas*
14. Thomas* ' ' ' 19, Samuel* '
15. Jonathan* 20. Jonathan*
16. Samuel*
17. Jacob*
18. John*
10. .21. Samuel* ..55. Thomas*
11.. 24. James
25. Samuel
12^
26. John
27. Oliver
28. Job
.56. Asa
■ 57. Thomas
58. Samuel
f59. John
I
I 60. Richard
\^6l. Abiezer
f 130. James^
131. Allen
132. George
133. John
f 135, Thomas
1 136. Charles
f 138. Erastus
J 139. Henry
] 140. John
l_141. KoyanV.
J 63.
(64.
Nathaniel
William
Oliver C.
( 65. Ozias
.' 66. Job
I 67. William
[68. Walter R.
.,143.
f 147,
1 148,
..149,
/151,
1 152,
Jarvis
Levi F.
Lemuel L.
Ozias
Charles
Andrew J.
f 261. James A.^
\ 262. William S.
..263. Ephraim S.
.265. Thomas S.
267. Minot L.
268. Daniel B.
269. Henry G.
f 270. Charles J.
-('271. HenrvR.
i 272. Geor?;e
..272a. Oliver C.
.449. William E.^
r450. Ge
1451. Fr
eorge H.
ancis E.
r 452. Virgil C.
1 453. Embert W.
..454. Eugene H.
f 27
\
.29. Elkanah ^ j
69. Jonathan
70. George W.
.153. Henry T.
1. James
^72. Henry
f 154.
\ loo,
( 156.
\ 157.
[lo8,
Lewis
Sylvester A,
Alanson
Lawton
Benjamin F.
273. Walter R.
274. Charles J.
4a. AndaleenM.
('27 o, George W. .
j 276. William H.
I 277. Benjamin F. .
(.278. Daniel C.
..279. Charles L.
..280. Charles A.
..455. James H.
..456. Eugene G.
f 457. J. George
t458. Lewis E.
14
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
73. Thomas«
74. Joseph
f 30. Thomas* ^
13^
31. Elijah
32. Edward
1 33. John
f 35. Thomas
14,}
1,36. Elijah
75. Edward
76. Jonathan
77. William
78. Df^niel
[79. Samuel
f 80. Elijah
81. Thomas
82. Samuel -{
.159. Thomas'
.160. Joseph
161. Edward J.
162. Isaac M.
. 163. Jonathan
164. William
165. Josiah
..166. Samuel
f 167. Henry M.
I 168. Appletou H.
169. Kichard S.
(281. Henry T.^
t 282. Walter W.
f 284. John B.
t 285. Fred. W. R.
f 286. Edward M.
I 287. Nicholas D.
"J, 288. George H.
1,289. James R.
..290. Charles A.
.291. John
83. Asa
1 84. Benjamin
..86. Samuel
f 87. Joseph
88. John
(-172.
'■173.
170. George P.
tl71. AlmonH.
George W.
173. Asa H.
C 174. Henry W.
( 175. Hiram
..176. John
ri78. Joseph H.
[l79. Thomas A.
180. Stearns
292.
293,
294,
..295.
..296.
..297.
/2ft8,
\299,
f 300.
tsOL
r302,
\303.
..304,
Frederic L.
Richard H.
Edgar C.
Isaac M.
William A.
Nathan B.
Charles R.
John S.
Warren H.
Frederic P.
Aim on G.
Henry R.
Lysander B.
..305. Samuel C.
'- 181. Silas
on rrx, r 182. Beniamin F.
89. Thomas | ^gg^ j^^J^
r 184. Jonathan
|-90. Jonathan ^ ^g^^^ Leonard
,.306.
f 307.
308.
J 309.
310.
311.
312.
313.
I 314.
r315.
[316.
.317.
.318.
James D.
Thomas H.
Charles F.
"SVilliam M.
George A.
Edward W.
Edwin S.
Robert H.
Albert H.
Silas L.
Milton E.
Benjamin F.
Charles H.
..459. Henry D.'
..460. Edward H
..461. James R.
f 462. Edward W.
t 463. John H.
..464. Frank L.
f 465. Henry J.
X 466. Almon G.
.467. George C.
.468. Henry F.
["319. Jonathan
! 320. Ebenezer
15
37. Jonathan -
(,91. David
I 185. David
I 186. Luther
1 187. Asa
f 188. Eli
1 189. Israel
1 190. David
321.
322.
r322a,
322b
( 322c,
323.
. 324.
") 325.
(_326.
^327.
James
Calvin
, Leonard
. Albert G.
Harvey B.
Luther W.
Albon J.
Horace M.
Stanley F.
Isaac
Charles
329. Franklin
.469. George M.
f 470. Alfred H.
1471. Charles
..472. Samuels.
..473. Albert L.
.474. Harvey L.
..475. Charles F.
. .476. Frederic
/ 477. George F.
1 478. Edward F.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
15
j 191. Jonathan''
1^192, Isaac
15<
(92. Benjamin* ..192a. Aaron
(193. Jonatha
194. Benjam
195. Francis
92a. Jonathan
J^ 38. Benjamin*'
ri95a. Robert
92b. Samuel <{ 195^. Cyrug
[l95c. David
93. Peter
196. Daniel C.
1^197. David
f 198. Joseph
j 199. Josiah
r9i. Josiah ■<!
39. Joseph \ 1^200. Asa
^^94a. Joseph
40. Samuel
95. Thomas ^ 202. Thomas
201. CjTus
16.
96. Asa
97. John
f330.
j 331.
] 332.
1^333.
f 333a,
J 334.
1 335.
[336.
f 336a
\336b
..336c.
r337,
J 338.
> 339.
(.340.
..341.
..342.
r.343.
j 344.
\ 345.
(.346.
r347.
j 348.
1 349.
1^350,
..351.
..352.
f353.
1 354.
^ 355
I 356
1.357
[204. Joel
41. Thomas "5 r 206. Asa
t207. Adams
f 208. Thomas P.
97a. Jonathan \
i.97b. Rufus [209. George
42. Joha ..93. John
. .211. John
James H.^
George F.
Isaac W.
Charles H.
, Aaron
Charles
George H.
Joseph V.
. Oramol
. Jonathan
, Eben T.
Phinehas A.
Nason
Leander
Pvobert A.
Hiram
Allen
Isaac H.
Elisha L.
David
Willard D.
Bliss
Samuel
Hiram
..480. Henry G.»
.481. George H.
.482. Joseph F.
f 483. Phinehas A.
\ 483 a. Augustus M.
..484. George D.
..485. Daniels.
..486. DanaS.
..487. Philander G.
. , ,, f 488. Thomas C.
Jeremiah M. | ^gg^^ j^^^-^ g.
Joseph
James
William R.
Joseph H.
Francis A.
John
James
.489. George D.
.490. James, Jr.
.491. Ola H.
f 358. Cyrus
J 359. Thomas
"^ 360. George
1.361. Franklin
r362. Loring
1 363. Elijah H.
j 364. Thomas
^ 365. Flavel
j 366. Williston
[^367. Joel
f 368. Levi B.
\ 369. Halsey J.
f 370. Justin
.492. Theodore T.
\ 371.
(.372.
f 373.
1374.
f 375.
\ 376.
(377.
Volney
David B.
Peter S.
George E.
John
Nathaniel B
Henry.
f 493. AsahelB.
^ 494. Van Ness G.
[495. Willard J.
f 495a.
\ 495b,
George L.
Elliott
. 495c. Charles H.
16
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
16
f99. Joshua« ■{
f 212. Josiah^
I 213. Joseph
43. Joshua* ■{
[214. John
100. Benjamin ..215. Benjamin
'101. Joshua /
216. Joshua N.
217. Samuel A.
44. Jonathan^
f 45. William
46. Jacob
17
47. David
102. Jonathan <
103. Coowie
r218. David J.
219. Jonathan R.
220. lienvv K.
221. William
222. E. Porter
1^104. Keyes
..105. William W.
f 106. Jacob
1 107. Jesse
108. David
48. Timothy
Charles
George
Keyes, Jr.
226. Jesse
227. Timothy
<
110. William
111. Asa
112. Jacob
L113. John
f 232. Simeon
1^233. William
( 234. David
1235. George
■378.
379.
Joseph*
Aaron F.
.380. George A.
(381.
382.
383.
('384.
I 385.
^ 386.
1 387.
1^388.
Joshua
Stephen A.
Hawes A.
John M.
Stillman A.
Benjamin L.
Amos B.
Stephen B.
..496. Aaron P.»
("497. Joseph A.
\498. George E.
f 389. Joshua N.
t 390. Cornelius D.
i391. Douglas A.
392. George
393. William
..394. Henry
..395. James H.
..396. Nelson
f500. Henry P.
^501. Byron W.
[502. Lewis J.
f 504. Charles W.
397 Roderick F J ^°^- Montgomery
..6J1. KoaericKJ?. ^ ^^^^ Roderick F.
1^507. JohnB.
.398. Bushnell
f 399. Timothy S.
400. William N.
228. Benjamin P.
1,228a. David
f 229. Solomon
109. Solomon •{ 230. Simeon C
231. Rufus
401. Joel C.
^401a. Charles P.
..402. Benjamin F.
(403. David
} 404. Benjamin P.
( 405. Andrew J.
..406. JohnN.
f407. Charles C.
I 408. Daniel O.
■{ 409. Solomon
I 410. Vespasian
I 411. Simeon C.
1^412. Rufus E.
f 413. Jacob I.
t413a. Calvin H.
..414. Daniel W.
f 415. Edwin.
1 416. Edward T.
) 417. Alonzo
1,418. William
f419. Lewis E.
1 420. Alonzo H.
■j 421. David
1,422. Jacob
, .507a. Jesse C.
^508. Alfred W.
! 509. Frank W.
'.510. Charles C.
..511. Charles B.
,.513. Charles H.
r 514. John M.
1,515. George E.
..516. Clarence
f518. Daniel W.
1519. Williams.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
17
49. James*
50. Samuel ..114. Samuel*
235. Octa^
237. Mollis
.238. Daniel
i'116. Samuel
117. James
IH
239. Jonathan
240. Reuben
241. Oliver
242. Elias
f 243. Nicholas
' 244. Simon
51. Nicholas ^ 118. Isaac ^ 245. Aaron T.
^^246. Jacob
{;
119. Jacob
120. Joseph
121. Francis
f 122. Samuel
,„ X xi. I 123. Lyman
1-52. Jonathan^ ^24. Cyrus
1^125. James
f 247. James
(248. Jacob
f 249. Azel W.
\ 250. Henry
.251. Challen
f 252. William
126. William ^
20.. 53. William i
127. Isaac
f423. Albert^
J 424. Alfred
] 425. Walter
[426. Andrew
. .427. George A.
f428. Abrara
\429. Myron
..430. HiiamD.
..431. James II.
.520. George UJ
^_253. Jonathan
f 254. Isaac E.
255. Joseph B.
256. Albert H.
l_256a. Samuel P.
100 T *v /257. Isaac W.
128. Jonathan <
^ 258. Hosley
,„^ o 1 f 259. Arc
129. Samuel <
•^ 260. Isaac C.
f 521. LoomisLeG.
\522. Floyd La M.
f432. Sylvester
(524. Joseph P.
525. William V.
526. David J.
■\ 433. William B.
1^434. Jonathan F. ..527. Clarence A.
j 435. William
\436. QuincyA.
{437. Joseph B.
438. Charles E.
439. WDUam C.
j 440. Isaac N.
\441. Charles B.
..441a. Samuel P.
( 442. Albert H.
\ 443. William H.
..444. LorristonF.
J 445. Robert S.
\ 446. Horace P.
..447. Albert P.
SECOND GE'N^ERATION.
2.
Thomas, eldest son of Nicholas Danforth, the immigrant, bapt.
at Framlingham, Eng., 20 Nov., 1623, came to New England with
his father in 1634 and made his home at Cambridge. He was ad-
mitted freeman of the colony 10 May, 1643; married 23 (12)
1643, or, as we should say, 23 February, 1643-4, Mary, daughter of
ruling elder Henry Withington, of Dorchester, born in England,
admitted to the church of Dorchester 28(12)1641. He was called
"planter" in a deed of land in 1654, wherein he conveyed to Eich-
ard French land, house, etc., inherited from his father, Nicholas
Danforth. Was appointed recorder of deeds for Middlesex county
at its organization in 1652, and continued in office till 1686 ; treas-
urer of Harvard College from 1650 to 1669, and steward from that
date till 16*^2. Elected deputy or representative to the General
Court in 1657, he was chosen "assistant" or magistrate in 1 659 and
remained in that position until he became deputy governor in 1679.
The Andros chapter of Massachusetts history interrupted his admin-
istration, but again in 1689 he was deputy governor, and continued
till 1692. Meantime he had borne important parts in the afRxii's
of Maine; was appointed president of that district, 4 Feb., 1680,
and in "the summer following, attended by 60 soldiers, sailed for
Casco Bay and assumed his charge." He was discharged from the
office by Dudley and his counselors, May 29, 1686. He took a lead-
ing part in that very important body, the Commissioners of New
England. He also served the town of his residence long years as a
selectman and town clerk. He took his seat as one of the judges
of the Superior Court* which had to consider the perplexing cases
of persons accused of witchcraft, in 1692; "had a chief hand in
putting an end to the troubles under which the country groaned ;
of the 56 indictments true bills were found against 26, and 3 only
were found guilty ; these were liberated by Gov. Sir AVilliam
Pliipps ; and so the delusion came to an end." Gov. Danforth was
a man of wealth ; lived on what is now called Kh'kland street,
Cambridge ; that part of the college grounds formerly known as the
* lu session at Cambridge.
^ 'f^^
h ^
-V)
4..«"^ ^
i
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 19
Foxcroft estate was a portion of his land. He also possessed a tract
of ten thousand acres at Framingham, which was first called " Dan-
forth's Farms."
His wife died 26 March, 1697. He died 5 Nov., 1699, leaving
a will, an abstract of which is here appended.
The will of Mr. Thomas Danforth, made 1 Sept., 1699, probated
16 Nov., 1699, is on file at Cambridge. He bequeathed his estate
to his son-in-law Mr. Joseph Whiteing, pastor of the church at
South Hampton on Long Island ; to kinsman Mr. John Danforth,
pastor of the church at Dorchester, and his brother Mr. Samuel
Danforth, pastor of the church at "Tanton" ; negro man Phillip
ffeild to serve Mr. Foxcroft 4 years, and then be " a free man " "and
have ten pounds in money and 40 acres of land at Cambridge ffarmes ;
at his death, if he leave no lawful issue the land to go toffrancis
fFoxcroft ; grand children Thomas Phipps and John Whiteing ; Solo-
mon Phipps to provide for his lame sister Mary ; to brother Jona-
than Danforth ; to servant Benjamin Bohow ; specifies deeds of gift
he intends to make to Daniel and Thomas fFoxcroft ; to the College
3 tenements at Framingham ; to the grammar school at Cambridge ;
to Dea. James Trowbridge. Grandsons Daniel Champney and
Samuel Sparhawke, executors ; friends Capt. Andrew Belcher and
Dea. James Trovrbridge, overseers. [Original not on file ; copy in
Lib. X, p. 7.]
The Inventory of the Goods etc., of Thomas Danforth, Esquire,
late of Cambridge, was taken 14 Nov., 1699, by Maj. Thomas
Oliver, John Oldham and Josiah Parker. It appears to be in the
handwriting of Francis Foxcroft, who " exhibited " it in court. The
household goods were to be divided to the 21 persons who survived
him as children and grandchildren ; they are specified by Mr. Fox-
croft thus: "Sister Phipps" for herself and her children "Thomas,
Jonathan and four daughters ; Mr. Sparhawk for two ; Mr. Champ-
ney for three ; Sol Phipps for one ; Sam Phipps for one ; John
Whiteing for one; ff. fFoxcroft, six."
Children :
i. Sarah^, b. 16(2)1645 ; d. 29(8)1645.
ii. Sarah, b. 11(9)1646; d. 1723; married Eev. Joseph Whiting,
of Lynn, afterwards of Southampton, Long Island, son of the
Eev. Samuel Whiting, formerly of Skirbeck, near Boston, Eug.,
second minister of Lynn, and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John,
dau. of Right Hon. Oliver and Mrs. Sarah (Bulkley) St. John,
of Bedfordshire, Eng. [See Pioneers of Mass.]
Children of Rev. Joseph and Sarah ( Danforth) Whiting :
1. Samuel Whiting, b. 3 July, 1674,
2. Joseph Whiting, b. and d. 1675.
3. Joseph Whiting, b. and d. 1677,
20 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
i
4. Thomas Whiting, b. and d. 1678.
5. Joseph Whiting, b. and d. 1681.
6. John Whiting, b. 20 Jan., 1682; d. 4 May, 1752 ; m.
Mary, dau. of Rev. John Cotton ; grandson William
Whiting, Esq (1813-1873).*
iii. Mary, b. and d. in (2) April, 1649.
iy, Mary, b. 28(5)1650; m. Solomon Phipps, Jr., of Charlestown,
b. about 1649, son of Solomon Phipps, carpenter, and Eliza-
beth, his wife, early residents and chui'ch members of Char.
He m. first, Hannah Packard, who d. 1 Feb., 1668. Joined
the church with second wife, Mary, 3 April, 1670; freeman
11 May, 1671. He was clerk of courts, representative, etc. ;
d. 1701 ; the widow was living in 1725.
Children of Solomon and Mary (Danforth) Phipps :
1. Solomon Phipps, b. 15 Jan., 1669 ; d. same month.
2. Mary Phipps, b. 29 Jan., 1670 ; d. 1721 ; m. John
Walker.
3. Bethiah Phipps, b. 3 July, 1671 ; m. 2 April, 1702,
Daniel, son of Daniel and Dorcas Bridge Champney.
4. Samuel Phipps, b. 1674.
5. Solomon Phipps, b. 10 Jan., 1675 ; bapt. 10 Feb., 1675 ;
m. Sarah Nowell.
6. Thomas Phipps, b. Char., 22 Nov., 1676 ; (H. C. 1695);
d. 1738; m. 4 May, 1699, Eleanor Cutts, of Ports-
mouth, N. H. Children :
(1) Eleanor Phipps, b. 11 Aug., 1701.
(2) Mary Phipps, b. 7 Sept., 1703.
(3) Danforth Phipps, b. 1711; m. Elizabeth, dau-
of John and Elizabeth Skillins, of Black
Point, Scarboro, Me. A descendant. Miss
Elizabeth Berry Blackstone, of Bangor, Me.,
has been helpfid in gathering records of this
branch. Prof. William Phipps Blake (b.
New York, 1826) also of this line,
7. Mizabeth Phipps, b. 1681, d. 1682.
8. Jonathan Phipps, b. and d. 1683.
9. Mizabeth Phipps, b. 2 Jan., 1683-4; m. 1705, Hopestill
Foster.
10. Jonathan Phipps, lo. 20 Dec, 1685; mariner; admin,
of estate by bro. Solomon 10 Dec, 1705.
« William Whiting (H. U., A.B. 1833; A.M. 1854; LL.B, 1838; LL.D. Colby, 1872;
president of the N. E. Hist. Genealogical Society 1853-1858, and a member of many
other societies; practised law in Boston. Wrote in 1861 a treatise on War Powers
under the Constitution, which passed through forty-three editions in eight years.
President Lincoln called him to Washington as an advisor in 1862 ; in 1863 Congress
created the office of Solicitor of the War Department, to which Mr. Whiting was at
once appointed. Perhaps he did more than any other individual to make clear the
great legal principles involved in the relations of the federal government with States
in rebellion. He relinquished a very profitable law practice for a long period and de-
clined all payment for services rendered the government during the war, content that
if his counsel at such a time was of any value, the country should remain his debtor.
A splendid example ! He was elected to the forty-third Congress, but died before it met.
DANFORTH GENEALOGT. 21
11. SiiraJi Phipps, h. 13 March, 1687-8; m. (1) Caleb
Gardner, Jr., (2) John Winchester.
12. Abi el Phipps, bapt. 11 June, 1690; m. Caleb Gardner,
the elder.
V. Samuel, b. 5(8)1652.
vi. Thomas, b. by one record 6(10) by another 16 Dec, 1654; was
killed in the Swamp fight in the Narragansett war, Dec. 19,
1675.
vii. Jonathan, b. in the last month of 1656 ; d. in the second month
of 1657.
viii. Jonathan, b. 10 Feb., bapt. 13, 1658; H. C. 1679; d. of con-
sumption 13 Nov., 1682.
ix. JosKPH, b. 18 Sept., bapt. 22, 1661 ; d. 2 Oct., 1663.
X. Benjamin, b. 20 May, bapt. 26, d. 23 Aug., 1663. *
xi. Elizabeth, b. 17 Feb., 1365 ; d. 4 July, 1721 ; m. 3 Oct., 1682,
Francis F'oxcroft.
Francis Foxcroft is said, on the authority of , to have
been son of Daniel Foxcroft, mayor of Leeds, Eng., and born
there 13 Nov., 1657. He came to Cambridge, Mass., before
1682, the date of his marriage. He resided in Boston at the
time of the birth of his dau. Martha, in 1688, certainly, and
was still there at the birth of Samuel in 1700. Meantime he
comes into public records only in the way of discharging a
mortgage for Ciiarles Lidgett, of Boston, for whom he acted as
attorney, 27 Jan., 1692-3. [Suff. Deeds, XI, 326]. After the
death of his wife's father he purchased the rights of the other
heirs in the Danforth homestead and resided there. He is men-
tioned in Proprietors' Records of Cambridge, first in 1704, and
thence forward "Col. Francis Foxcroft," and "Francis Fox-
croft, Esquire " occur frequently. He was a man of wealth
and energy ; justice of the peace under Andros, and bore heavy
obloquy at his fall, being imprisoned as an upholder of a bad
ruler. But he was afterward made judge of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas and of Probate, and had large influence. "Greatly
extolled as a man and Christian."
Children of Francis and Elizabeth (Danforth) Foxcroft :
1. Elizabeth Foxcroft, b. date unknown, m. 15 May, 1701,
Christopher Bridge.
2. Daniel Foxcroft, b. about 1686, register of Probate
1710-1714 ; served in the expedition against Canada
1711 ; rem. about 1723 to Yorkshire, Eng., and about
1730 to Plaistow, Sussex, Eng., where he died unm.
1741. His bro. Francis admin, on his estate.
3. Martha Foxcroft, b. in Boston, 26 March, 1688.; d. 14
April, 1736; m. 28 June, 1716, Benjamin Gerrish, of
Boston.
4. Francis Foxcroft, Jr., b. 26 Jan., 1694; H. C. 1712 ;
m. 5 Nov., 1722 (by Hev. Thomas Foxcroft) Mehe-
tabel Coney, dau. of John and Mary (Clark) Couey,
22 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
of Boston, bapt. 16 Jan., 1698 ; merchant; register of
Probate, Middlesex co. 12 years ; reg. of Deeds 45
years ; first justice of Court of Sessions 27 years. He
d. 28 March, 1768. Children:
(1) Mehitabel Foxcroft, b. 19 Aug., 1723.
(2) Francis Foxcroft, b. 11 Aug.,l725 ; d. 1732.
(3) Daniel Foxcroft, b. 11 April, 1726 ; H. C. 1746 ;
d. 3 Jan., 1756, unm.
(4) Elizabeth Foxcroft, b. 27 March, 1729 ; d. 6
April, 1757 ; m. (Int. Boston 13 Dec, 1749)
Benjamin Brandon.
(5) Thomas Foxcroft, b. 18 Jan., 1731 ; d. 1785.
(6) Martha Foxcroft, b. 29 Jan., 1733; d. 1736.
(7) Francis Foxcroft, b. 15 June, 1735 ; d. 24 May,
1736.
(8) George Foxcroft, b. 31 May, 1736 ; d. 1739.
(9) Katharine Foxcroft, b. 20 April, 1737 ; d. 1738.
(10) >Villiam Foxcroft, b. 10 April, 1738, d. 1740.
(11) Layton Foxcroft, b. 10 March, 1739 ; d. 11
April, 1755.
(12) John Foxcroft, b. 26 March, 1740 ; d. 23 Dec,
1802; H. C. 1758; no children; m. Sarah
Whitworth ; she d. 2 July, 1800, 03. 53.
(13) George Foxcroft, b. 4 July, 1741 ; d. 1 May,
1748.
(14) Phebe Foxcroft, b. 12 Aug., 1743; d. 1812;
m. Hon. Samixel Phillips, Jr. Mr. Phillips,
born 7 Feb., 1752, graduated from Harvard
College in 1771, honored with the degree of
LL.D., in 1793, was a member of the Prov-
incial Congress; a state senator after the
Revolution ; judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and a man of extensive business in-
terests. But the greatest achievement of his
life was the planning and founding of Phil-
lips Academy in his native town of Andover,
in which he had the (secondary) cooperation
of his father and his uncle John, the latter
being founder of Phillips Academy at Exe-
ter, N. H. His widow and son gave Phillips
Hall and other gifts to Andover Theolosfical
Seminary. Their daughter Mary Ann Phil-
lips was the mother of the eminent Rev.
Phillips Brooks, D.D., Bishop of Mass.
(15) Francis Foxcroft, b. 15 Nov., 1744; d. 1814.
5. T/iomas Foxcroft, b. 26 Feb., 1696; d. 16 June, 1769;
H. C. 1714 ; ordained colleague pastor of First church,
Boston, 2717; eminent for scholarship. He m. 9
March, 1718-9, Anna, dan. of John Cony, goldsmith,
DAKFORTH GENEALOGiT. 23
b. 23 Jan., 1696; eulogized at her funeral by Rev.
Dr. Chauncy. Children :
(1) Thomas Foxcroft, b. 3 Jan., 1719.
(2) Elizabeth Foxcroft, b. 22 Sept., 1721.
(3) Mary Foxcroft, b. 4 Sept., 1724.
(4) Martha Foxcroft, b. 5 Aug., 1726.
(o) Sarah Foxcroft, b. 13 May, 1728.
(6; Abigail Foxcroft, b. 29 Sept., 1730.
(7) Thomas Foxcroft, b. 31 May, L732.
(8) Kalherine Foxcroft, b. 21 jidy, 1734.
(9) Samuel Foxcroft, b. about 1735; H. C. 1754;
died at N. Gloucester, Me., 2 March, 1807.
(10) Anna Foxcroft, m. Eev. Daniel Rogers, of
Exeter, N. H.
" Rev. Daniel Rogers of Exeter, and Mrs. Anna
Foxcroft " filed their Intention of marriage
in Boston, 28 Sept., 1748.
6. Samuel Foxcroft, b. in Boston, " of Francis and Eliza-
beth," 5 June, 1700.
xii.* Bethia, bapt. 16 June, 1667 ; d. 21 Sept., 1668.
3.
Eev. Samuel, second son of Nicholas Danforth, the immigrant,
was baptized at Framlingham, Eng., Oct. 17, 1626; came to Cam-
bridge with his father in 1632 ; was a member of the second class
graduated from Harvard College, that of 1643. According to
Cotton Mather (see quotation in the article on his father), he was
destined for the ministry in accordance with the expressed desire of
his mother, who died when he was but three years old. The same
authority gives us the interesting piece of history that he was brought
up under the special care of the Cambridge minister, Rev. Thomas
Shepard. He was particularly distinguished for the fervor of his
piety, and the pui'ity of his life. He was ordained assistant to the
noble "Apostle to the Indians," Rev. John Eliot, of Roxbury,
24 Sept., 1650, and continued in office there till his death, 19 Xov.,
1674. Of his death his venerable senior pastor wrote: "1674, 12
(9) My bro. Danforth dyed in the Lord. It pleased the Lord
to brighten his passage to glory. He greatly increased in the
power of his ministry, especially the last summer. He cordially
joined w*'^ me in maintaining the peace of the church. AVe con-
sulted about beautifying the house of God w*^ ruling elders, and to
order the congregation into the primitive way of Collections." He
adds that his funeral was "celebrated w'^ a great confluence."
* Beside these children of Thomas* Danforth recorded at Cambridge, mention must
be made of two entries at Dorchester. " Mehitophel the Daiighter of Thomas Dam-
for' Died 18 of (8 mo.) 1663 " ; and " John, son of Thomas Damfort was born in Dor-
chester, the 20 of the (8 mo.) 1664." These on investigation prove to be the clerk's
careless spellings of Davenpoi't, as baptismal records attest.
24 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
In the regular records of deaths the cause of death is called " putrid
fever." *
Mr. Danforth was an astronomer, and made almanacs, some of
which were extant in the days of the historian Farmer, who says
he had seen them. In the church records he made quite a
complete journal of notable events which came under his notice ;
among the items the following attest to his scientific habit :
" 1652, 9"% 10™. There appeared a comet in the heaven in
Orion, which continued its course toward the zenith for y® space of
a fortnight, till Mr. Cotton's death." "1672.12, 6"^. A great
eclipse of y® sun, w^*^ at y® eastward was total and central, inasmuch
that y® stars appeared about y'^ Sun."
Rev. Samuel Danforth bought the following tracts of land. The
first he purchased from Anthony Stoddard, of Boston, and Chris-
tian, his wife, widow of Capt. Joseph Weld, of Roxbury ; it is thus
described : " One Messuage or Tennem* Scittuate Lying and being
within the Lymitts of the above named Towne Conteyneing one
dwelling house barne and out houses with Garden and Orchard, and
about two Acc*"^ of Land, more or lesse on the west Syde thereof, and
is bounded with m"" Isacke Heath on the South, m"" Edward Denison
on the north and Thomas Lambe on the West, Also fifteene Ace" of
Marsh and upland, being bounded with m"^ Thomas Weld on the
West the high way Leading to gravelly point on the East Thomas
Lambe South, and upon the Marshes of John Polly and John Wat-
son North."
The second tract he purchased of Rev. John Allen, pastor of the
church of Dedham, and Katherine, his wife, widow of Samuel Hag-
journe, for forty five pounds. " All that part and parcell of Land
Lying & being within the bounds of Roxberry aforesaid, being part
of the home lott of the above mentioned Samuell Hagborne deceased,
by Estimacon about Seven Accors more or lesse, and is part thereof
Swampy Meadow and part thereof upland, & bounded by the high
way annent Roxberry burying place on the East, and the Land
Sometime appertaineing unto Leiu' Joshua Hewes on the west the
high way, & Henry ffarneham on the North, and the Land of Dea-
con William Parkes on the South."
' The third he bought of Heniy Farnam who had bought it of Mr.
Hagbourne's son. — His " orchard yards & Gardens in Roxbury .
, on Avhich an Auncient dwelling house & barne Stood v/'^^ was lately
I Consumed by fier since It Came into the possession of the said farnara
all which Said orchard yards & Garden being an acre of Ground
\ more or lesse is bounded w"^ the Ground of the said Samuell Dan-
r *His remains were deposited in the tomb of Governor Dudley in the old cemetery,
corner of Washington and Eustis Streets, Roxburj^, the parish tomb not having then
been built. His children were laid in graves in same cemetery, their gravestones still
, to be seen (1901).
bANFORtH GENEALOGY. 25
forth on the East & South and with the Country high way North
& west." [Suff. Deeds III, pp. 106, 303 and 317.]
He married 5 Nov. 1651, Mary, daughter of Rev. John Wilson,
pastor of the First church of Boston, and of his wife EHzabeth, dau.
of Sir John Mansfield ; she was born in Boston, 12th and bapt.
13th of Sept. 1633; received to the church by her father 19 (9)
1648.
"The last Will & Testament of Samuel Danforth, Pastor of the
church of Christ, of Roxbury, aged ab' 48 years," is on file in Bos-
ton, clearly written by the good man. He bequeaths his whole
estate to his v/ife for her maintenance and the support and educa-
tion of his children during their minority ; books to sons John and
Samuel, except such as Vv^ife owns or may select ; to maid Hannah
Dearing and to Sarah Parker ; conditional bequest to brother Mr.
John Wilson and kinsman Samuel Danforth, son of brother Thomas;
wife executrix ; Joseph Dudley and Thomas Weld with his two
brothers, overseers. " 19.4. 74," probated upon the testimony of
the witnesses, Thomas Danforth and John Wilson, although not
signed "Xber. 24, 1674," i. e., December 24, 1674.
The widow married second (date not found) Mr. Joseph Rock,
of Boston. In a deed of land which had belonged to her father,
Rev. John Wilson, dated 3 Oct., 1693, to her son, Rev. John
Danforth, of Dorchester, she refers to a " Quadripartite Indenture,"
between herself, her husband, Mr. Rock, and her sons and daugh-
ters, on the subject of lands, etc., the date of which was 20 Nov.,
1689. [Suflf. Deeds, XVI., 251] . She died 13 Sept. 1731.
Children :
i. Samuel,^ ''Borne Moneth 11, day 14, 1652, about 9 o'clock at
night and baptised at Boston upon y® Sabbath following, which
was y*^ 16 day of January " ; died "■' moneth 5, day 22."
ii. Mary, borne " y® 24 day of May, 1654 ; baptised moneth S'\ day
28."
iii. Elizabeth, "was borne moneth 5, day 13, 1656, being y® Sab-
bath day, about 6 at night & was baptized y"^ Lords day fol-
lowing, viz., y® 20'^'^ of July."
iv. Sarah, " borne y*^ 30'^ of 8"'. 1658, about 4 in y® morning; bap-
tized moneth 9, day 7."
These three children died in the tenth month [Dec] of the
year 1659, ''in y** faith," says the recorder.
5. V. John, borne " 8*^ day moneth 9*^, about 5 at night ; baptized
day 11."
vi. Mary, " borne y® 13 day moneth 1, 1662-3, about 5 at night;
baptized day 15." She married 4 .Ivme, 1683, Edward Brom-
field, of Boston ; b. 10 Jan. 1649 ; died 7 June, 1734.
From this couple an honorable posterity sprang, both in the
Bromfield name and tlirough the dauojhters. One of the most
26 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
eminent of the descendants of Nicholas Danforth through this
line was Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., born 4 Feb., 1772, died in
1864 (son of the distinguished pre-Revolutionary patriot, Josiah
Quincy, by his wife, Abigail, daughter of Hon. William and
Abigail (Bromfield) Phillips). He was a member of Congress
early in the century and a leading advocate in that body and
everywhere of the abolition of slavery and the amelioration of
the condition of all oppressed and degraded. H. C, 1790.
Mayor of Boston, 1823-29. President of Harvard University,
1829-45. It is the belief of the writer that the town and city
of Boston owed more to him than to any other man that has
lived in it. His statue in bronze stands in front of the City
Hall.
Children of Edward and Mary (Danforth) Bromfield:
1. Edward Bromfield, b. 7 May, 1686.
2. Mary BromfAd, b. 27 Aug., 1687.
3. Mary Bromfield, b. 2 June, 1689.
4. TJiomas Bromfield, b. 2 Sept., 1690.
5. Sarah Bromfield, b. 11 Oct., 1692.
6. Frances Bromfield, b. 8 June, 1694; m. 13 April, 1715,
Rev. John Webb, pastor of the New North church.
7. Edward Bromfield, b. 5 Nov., 1695 ; d. 10 April, 1756 ;
m. 21 Feb., 1722, Abigail Coney, and had ten chil-
dren.
8. Thomas Bromfield, b. 25 July, 1698.
9. Henry Bromfield, b. 13 March, 1700.
vii. Elizabeth, born " about 9 in y® morning, and baptised on y^
Lord's day following, moneth 12, day 9, 1664-5. She died
" of a putrid fever & was buried on y^ 28 day of 8'^'"', 1672."
6. viii. Samuel, "born y^ 18 day of y"' 10 month, 1666, about 1 in y^
morning, and baptised the 30*'^ of 10 m."
ix. Sarah, "born y« 21 of 12'", 1669-1670; baptized moneth 12,
day 27."
X. Thomas, born " on y® 3*^ day of 2'", 1672, being Weddensday in y®
evening ; baptized the seventh and died about noon on y*^ 13'^."
xi. Elizabeth, " born on y® 16*^ day, moneth 8, 1673, being y« 5"^
day of y*^ week, about 11 o'clock in y^ morning." She "died
on y® 30*"^ day, being a fortnight old, on y® b^^ day of y® week
about 3 in y® afternoon."
xii. Abiel, "bom after her father's decease, Moneth 11, day 31^
1674 " ; married in Boston April 12, 1694, Thomas Fitch.
Children of Thomas and Abiel ( Danforth) Fitch :
1. Mary Fitch; d. 11 May, 1695.
2. Thomas Fitch, b. 21 Sept., 1697.
3. Samuel Fitch, b. 31 Aug. 1703.
4. Martha Fitch, b. 25 Sept., 1704.
5. Mary Fitch, b. 28 Oct., 1706.
6. John Fitch, b. 19 Oct. 1709.
DANFORTH GENEALOGT. 27
4.
Captain Jonathan% youngest eon of Mr. Nicholas Danforth,
the immigrant, was born in Framlingham, England, baptized March
2, 1627-8. As a child he came with his father and brothers and
sisters to Cambridge and was there brought up. When he reached
manhood the community was stirred with the plans for building up
a new town, Billerica, whose lands were chiefly owned by Cam-
bridge people. At a very early stage of the movement he seems to
have become interested in it, and he gave to the enterprise his best
planning and executive ability. The house he built and occupied
was extant till 1878. See picture.
He was selectman, town clerk, representative, captain of the mili-
tia company. He became a land surveyor and laid out farms,
towns, highways ; was called to do this service to several other
towns and counties ; transacted a lai'ge amount of business in town
and state. " His descriptions fill 200 pages, in his clear, handsome
writing in the Billerica volume of Land Grants." [Hazen].
A. iLP> 4\ ^-^P c^ "aged 82 years" made his will
ff&njmmiX^^JOitlfi'^iSV 4 23 April, 1712, signing it in
definite though trembling let-
ters ; it was probated 27 Oct. ,1712. In it he bequeathed to his wife
Esther and his seven children, giving a double portion, according to
the custom of the day, to the eldest son ; something to his grand-
children, Mary Parker and Samuel Danforth, who lived with him.
Sons Jonathan and Samuel and son-in-law Oliver Whiting, execu-
tors. An agreement was made between his heirs, 1 Jan., 1713,
signed by Oliver and Anna Whiting, William and Sarah French,
Thomas Danforth, administrator, Mary Parker, Simeon and Eliza-
beth Hayward, and Edward Wright. A list of the lands he deeded
to his children during his life, with a valuation of the same, is in
the probate papers. In the inventory of his estate he is called
"Captain Jonathan Danforth, Gent'"."
Many of his plots are preserved in the State Archives.
He married first, in Boston, "22'^'J-9*'^ month, 1654," "Elizabeth
Powter, the daughter of Good. Powter deceased, of Billerikey ; '*
recorded also in Billerica. The bride's father was John Poulter,
who came from Rayleigh, Eng., about 1651, with wife Mary and
children John and Elizabeth. Ke died soon ; the widow married
second, John Parker of Wobum, and third, on the 16th of April,
1674, Thomas Chamberlain of Chelmsford. It has been stated
that Elizabeth was born in Rayleigh, 1 Sept., 1633. She died in
Billerica, 7 Oct., 1689. Captain Danforth married second, 17
Nov., 1690, Esther, dau. of elder Richard Champney of Cambridge,
and widow of Josiah Converse of Woburn ; she died soon after her
28 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
husband, viz., 5 April, 1713. His grave is in the old cemetery,
BUIerica, marked by a slab on which the letters are quite distinct
(1901) ; the graves of his two wives, on either side of his, are
marked in like manner. A more suitable memorial will probably
soon be erected.
Children :
1. MART,8b. 29 Jan., 1656; m. 4 June, 1678, John Parker of
Chelmsford, b. 30 Oct., 1647 ; d. 14 April, 1699.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 27 May, 1657 ; m. 7 March, 1687, Simeon Hay-
ward [uame often spelled Heywood, but signed Hayward], of
Concord.
Children of Simeon andEhzabeth (Danforth) Hayward:
1. Elizabeth Hayxoard, b. 28 Feb., 1689.
2. Jonathan Hayward, b. 16 Nov., 1690.
3. Simeon Hayward, b. 24 April, 1693 ; m. 23 Oct., 1705,
Eebecca Hartwell of Concord. Child, Simeon Hay-
ward, b. 17 April, 1717, m. 13 March, 1744, Sarah
Hosmer of Concord.
.4. Mary Hayward, b. 19 March, 1696.
7. iii. Jonathan, b. 18 Feb., 1659.
iv. John, b. 23 Jan., d. 7 Feb., 1660-1.
V. John, b. 22 Feb., d. 4 June, 1661-2.
vi. Lydia, b. 1 June, 1664 ; m. Edward Wright of Concord.
8. vii. Samuel, b. 5 Feb., 1665-6.
viii. Anna, b. 8 March, 1667-8 ; m. 22 Jan., 1689-90, Ensign Oliver
Whiting, b. 8 Oct., 1665, d. 22 Dec, 1736. She d.ls Ausr.,
1737. °'
Children of Oliver and Anna (Danforth) Whitmg : ^ «
1. Oliver Whiting, Jr., b. 29 March, 1691. ^' '^^^^*Vi,ll^ ^
2. Dorcas Whiting, b. 31 March, 1693; died 23 DeST^
1765 ; m. Dea. Josiah Abbot.
3. Mary Whifing,h. 4 May, 1695 ; d. 6 Aug., 1701.
4. John Whiting, b. 11 Nov., d. 17 Dec, 1697
5. John Whiting, b. 14 Oct., 1699 ; m. (1) Sarah Hunt,
(2) Anne .
6. Samuel Whiting, b. 6 Sept., 1702; d. 4 Nov 1772-
m. (1) Deborah Hill, m. (2) Eliz. Winchester.
7. Anna Whiting, b. 15 April, 1705 ; d. 26 March, 1749 ;
m. June, 1729, WilHam Stickney.
8. Eleazer V/hiti>.g, b. 12 Feb., 1712 ; m. 1736, Dorothy
Crosby; d. 14 Feb., 1738. ^
ix. Thomas, bom 29 April, died 31 .July, 1670
- Nicholas, born 1 July, 1671 ; died 8 March, 1694.
Sarah, born 23 Dec, 1676; married first, 22 May, 1695,
wT79Q'vf ' ^^^^V^^"'" l^^l' ^«^"ed second, 10
June, 1729, Ebenezer Davis of Concord.
X
xi.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 29
Children of William and Sarah (Danforth) French :
1. Jacob French, b. 16 May, 1696 ; d. 7 March, 1775 ;
m. first, 29 May, 1722, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph
Davis; she d. 3 Feb., 1738 ; he m. (2) Sarah, dau.
of George Brown; she d. 16 Aug., 1765; he m.
(3) 19 Nov., 1766, Mrs. Mary Curtis of Dracut,
who d. 19 Sept., 1769.
2. Joseph French, b. 26 Jan., d. 13 Feb., 1698.
3. Sarah French, b. 29 Dec, 1698 ; m. Nathaniel Whit-
temore ; d. 15 Aug., 1734.
4. William French, b. 25 Jan., 1701 ; m. 22 Jan., 1727,
Joanna Hill ; d. 9 April, 1776.
5. Jonathan French, b. 25 Jan., 1703; d. 9 March, 1728.
6. Elizabeth French, b. 3 April, 1705 ; m. 3 Feb., 1730,
Josiah Crosby ; d. 27 Nov., 1739.
7. Ehenezer French, b. 5 Aug., 1707 ; m. 27 Aug., 1729,
Elizabeth HiU ; d. 31 Dec, 1791.
8. Mary French, b. 7 Oct., 1709 ; m. Benjamin Manning.
9. Nicholas French^ b. 5 Sept., 1711.
10. Lydia French, b'. 26 April, 1714; d. 2 Aug., 1731.
11. Esther French, b. 16 May, 1716 ; d. 7 July, 1736.
12. Samuel French, b. 21 May, 1718; m. 7 July, 1743,
Elizabeth Barron.
THIRD GE]S"ERATION.
5.
Eev. John^ {Samuel ^'^ Nicholas^) , born at Roxbury "8tli day,
moneth 9, (8 November,) 1660, was bapt. on his third day. Grad.
H. C. 1677, and was made a fellow of the college. Was ordained
over the church of Dorchester, as colleague to Rev. Josiah Flint,
28 June, 1682," and preached on that text 2 Kings. 2.14. "where
is y^ Lord God of Elijah." [Dorch. Chh. Rec] In that place he
spent the rest of his life, performing the full duties of the parish
forty-seven years ; and 5 Nov., 1727, he heartily joined with a coun-
cil of churches and ministers in ordaining Rev. Jonathan Bowman
as a colleague. With his own hand he wrote the reports of meet-
ings and ordination, adding : " Sit Gloria Deo in Xto, Nunc, & in
sternum."
He died the following spring, — 26 May, 1730. The church voted
that "forty pounds be allowed out of the church stock towards the
funeral, . . as also twenty pounds to procure mourning for the sur-
viving pastor."
An obituary notice in the N. E. Journal printed soon after Mr.
Danforth's death, says of him :
" He was one greatly qualified by many bright accomplisliments for the
evangelical ministry; eminently a man of God, a man of prayer, a close and
profitable preacher, of sound principles ; a jiattern of all the virtues of the
Christian life, and zealous for the cause of God among us ; greatly beloved
and valued while living, and now lamented at his death. His memory will
always be precious to those who have had the honour and pleasure of his
acquaintance."
Mr. Danforth was generous : in 1691 he voluntarily relinquished
to the town 20 pounds due to him on his (small) salary, "con-
sidering the frowns of providence upon his people here," i.e. the ex-
tremely hard times through which they were passing.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 31
Blake, the Annalist, wrote thus : " 1730, May 2G'\ died y'' Revd.
Mr. John Danforth, who had been Pastour of this church about 48
years ; in y° 70^*^ year of his age. He was sd. to be a man of great
Learning, he understood y° Mathematicks beyond most men of his
function. He was exceedingly charitable, & of a very peaceful
temper. He took much pains to eternize y® names of many of y°
good Christians of his own Flock ; And yet the world is so ungrate-
lull, that he has not a line Written to preserve his memory, no, not
60 much as upon his Tomb ; he being buried in Lt. Govr. Stough-
ton's Tomb that was covered with writing before. And there also
lyeth his Consort Mrs. Elizabeth Danforth." Mr. Danforth was
married 21 Nov., 1682, at Dorchester, by "the Worshipfull Increase
Nowell" to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Hannah (Stoughton)
Minot, bapt. 27(10)1663-4; she died 6 July, 1722, "about the
59"^ year of her age."
Letter of Rev. John Danforth to some Massachusetts friend — ap-
parently a student, in England ; printed in the Winthrop Papers,
Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. 5^^ Series, vol. 1, page 447. :
Dorchester, June 22, 1698.
" "Worthy and Dear Sir ;
. And before I close
if it were not too great a piece of arrogance, I could be willing to improve
your friendship and privacy in one case that concerns our family only.
. . The case is this — We often seal with a single ey humane in a plain
field Argent, only there is a Diamond at y® bottom of y® field. Now for
my own part I know nothing but prtescription and custom to plead for our
use of it ('Tis true that King Charles y*^ First twice sent for my Grand-
father Danforth, offering him y® bono' of knighthood, but he, presenting a
considerable sume of money made atonement for his refusal before he left
y® nation and came over hither)
Now if there be any danger in sealing with what we know not certainly
is our right we should desire to know it. If any old record recognises [this]
to be our right, 'twould also be a satisfaction to be informed ; or if a guinea
or 2 might procure a renewed recognition or a new grant.
As I have communicated this piece of my simplicity to none on this side
of the Atlantick, so I have confidence in yo''. secrecy, and that you will
pleasure me with yo'' prudent information and friendly advice." . . .
Your hearty friend and servant,
John Danforth."
This letter reveals to us these facts : first, that a prominent mem-
ber of the Danforth family in IMassachusetts was in the habit of
sealing part of his documents with a seal which had come to him
from other members of the family ; "We often seal." Second, that
he doubted whether the family had a clear right to use it. Third,
32 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
that lie believed that his grandfather was of such standing in Eng-
land as to possess such right ; and he refers to the oiFer of knight-
hood as a proof of such standing. Meantime he fears that his use of
it may be questioned by authority, — the College of Arms, presuma-
bly, and wishes this friend to probe the matter. But he is not above
a readiness to pay a proper fee to the official for a piece of evidence
which may he available here ; even standing ready to accept an en-
tirely " new grant " of crest and arms ; which would cover all points
of the case.
The lateness of this letter is against its value in a heraldic way ;
1698 was a long time after the settlers came hither ; and a grandson
is not good authority even to-day about the social standing of his
grandfather, in many instances. This letter is worthy of preserva-
tion and its contents may blend with other evidence at some future
time in establishing the facts about the position of the Danforth
family in Framlingham before Nicholas and his children made their
way to this shore in 1634.
The will of Rev. John Danforth was made 7 Sept., 1727, pro-
bated 22 Jan., 1730. Sons Elijah Danforth, Esq., and Mr. Sam-
uel Danforth executors ; bequests to them and to his daughter Eliza-
beth, present wife of Mr. Wm. Lowder, and her son John Lowder;
to her husband Capt. William L. ; to sons John and Stoughton D.
and tlieir several heirs ; to grand daughter Elizabeth, daughter of
his late son Capt. Thomas Danforth an obligation which her father
entered into to pay a certain sum of money ; " The rest of my Estate
(Except my lands in England which belong by Entaile from my
Grandfather Danforth to my Eldest Son) . . to be Divided to my
heirs." Before the final settlement of the estate John had died.
So, 4 Dec, 1733, the executors craved allowance, among other
items "for the heirs of their brother John Danforth, Deed., and for
the like sum for the Heirs of their brother Tho : Danforth, Deced.
due to them from the Estate, being Legacies given them by the
Last Will and Testament of their uncle the Hon'"'*^ W^ Stoughton,
Esq"". Deed." In the division of the real estate after the death of
their mother, 4 Dec, 1733, a lot of woodland was set off "to the
heirs of Thomas Danforth." This was sold later by the daughter
and her husband. See 15, Thomas, on a later page.
Children :
i. Elijah, b. 30 Nov., bapt. 2 Dec, 1683; grad. H. C. 1703, hav-
ing been supported there by a bequest from his honored relative,
Gov. Stoughton. Taught school in Dorchester; studied and
practised medicine ; Blake calls him " a safe physician " ; town
assessor and county justice; died unmarried 8 Oct., 1736, be-
queathing a silver tankard to the church for use at the Com-
munion. He also bequeathed to his " cousin or niece Elizabeth,
DANFORTII GENEALOGY. 33
the daughter of my brother Thomas Danforth, late of Para-
maribo in Surinam, my silver spoon marked T. D. 85."
9. ii. Thomas, b. 3 or 4 Nov., 1 685.
iii. Israel Stoughton, b. 14 Oct., 1GS7; d. 25 March, 1688.
iv. John, b. 26 Jan., 1688-9 ; d. 2 March, 1728-9. Gravestone.
V. Elizabeth, b. 12 Feb., 1692-3; m. 1 Jan., 1718-9, Capt. Wil-
liam Lowder, of Boston.
Children of William and Elizabeth (Danforth) Lowder:
1. Elizabeth Loioder, b. in Boston 13 Aug., 1720.
2. John Lowder, b. in Boston and rec. also at Dorch., 9
Jan., 1720-1.
3. Henry Lotoder, b. in Boston 24 March, 1728.
Capt. Lowder died, and Elizabeth married second, 14
Dec, 1738, Capt. Stephen WUliams, of Roxbury.
10. vi. Samuel, b. 12 Nov., 1696. '
vii. Hannah, b. 3 Nov., 1698 ; d. 1 Sept., 1746 ; m. 22 Oct., 1729,
Rev. Samuel Dunbar, of Stoughton, the ceremony being per-
formed by the bride's father. Mr. Dunbar was " a pupil in the
Latin school of Boston at sdven years of age ; grad. ilarv. Coll.
1723 ; sub-teacher in Latin Sch. while fitting himself for the
ministry ; was ordained over the church in that part of Stough-
ton now Canton, in 1727. A classical scholar, very studious
and diligent ; composed with ease and elegance ; used a steno-
grajihic method of his own invention. During his long minis-
try he wrote more than 8000 sermons ; officiated at 682 funer-
als, 596 marriages and 1703 baptisms, and admitted 482 to the
church." After the death of his first wife (whose gravestone
may be seen at Canton), he m. second, at Dedham, 16 April,
1747, Mrs. Experience Woodward.
Cliildren of Rev. Samuel and Hannah (Danforth) Dunbar:^
1. Samuel Danbar, b. 25 April, 1731 ; d. March, 1732. '
2. Hannah Dunbar, b. 15 July, 1733 ; d. Feb. 1734.
3. John Danforth Dunbar, b. and d. in 1737.
4. Mehetabel Dunbar, b. 11 March, 1739 ; m. 8 Sept.,
1762, John Searle.
5. EUjah Dunbar, b. 24 Aug., 1740; d. Oct., 1814; m.
29 Dec, 1762, Sarah Hunt. He was a man of affairs,
elected repeatedly to the General Court, influential in
town matters, and active in church affairs. Grad.
Harv. Coll. 1760. In 1782 he surveyed and sold the
Danforth lands in the towns of Oxford and Charlton.
Children :
(1) Mercy Dunbar, b. 20 Nov., 1763; d. 3 March,
1795 ; m. John Spurr.
(2) Samuel Dunbar, b. 8 Dec, 1765 ; d. 1817 ; m.
Sarah Davenport.
(3) John Danforth Dunbar, b. 24 Jan., 1768; d.
21 Feb., 1811 ; H. C 1788 ; m. Nancy Crom-
bie, of Plymouth. He was a lawyer.
34 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
(4) Sarah Dunbar, b. Nov., 1769, d. July, 1773.
(5) Elijah Dunbar, b. 7 July, 1773 ; H. C. 1796;
tutor at AVilliams College ; minister at Peter-
boro, N. H. ; m. Nancy, dau. of Rev. Wm.
Peabody, of Milford, N. H. He d. 3 Sept.,
1850.
(6) Thomas Dunbar, b. 26 July, 1775 ; d. 8 Dec,
1855 ; m. Chloe Bent, and had twelve chil-
di-en, of whom Nathaniel, the eldest, became
a prominent manufacturer of pianos and piano
keys, dying 11 July, 1883, greatly respected.
(7) Dorothy Dunbar, b. 3 Feb., 1778 ; d. 21 April,
1807.
(8) William Dunbar, b. 15 Aug., 1780; d. 6 May,
1848.
(9) Hannah Dunbar, b. 11 Aug., 1784; d. June,
1826.
(10) James Dunbar, b. 3 Feb., 1787; d. 19 April,
1867 ; president of the Neponset Bank of
Canton ; a man of influence, much in town
office,
viii. Mart, }^ k \ itaa f d. 4 June, 1701.
ix. Mehitabel, [ ^- ^ ^"S-' 1'^^' I d. 1 May, 1727.
X. Stoughton, b. 24 July, 1702 ; d. 26 Nov., 1735.
xi. George, b. 11, d. 17 Nov., 1704.
6.
Rev. Samuel^ (Samiiel,^ JS['ichoIas^),hovnm'RoxhnYy, 18 Dec. ^
1666 ; grad. Harv. Coll. 1683 ; married Hannah, daughter of Rev.
James Allen, pastor of the First church of Boston, 1668-1710.
The following account of the wedding is recorded by Judije Sewall
in his Diary: "Thursday Oct. 4 [1688]. About 5 P. M.^Mr.Wil-
lard married Mr. Samuel Danforth and Mrs. Hannah Allen. Mr.
Morton [Norton?] began with prayer before Mr. Willard came. . .
... I was at Mr. Danforths wedding being invited by the father."
The bride was born 22 July, 1668 ; died 3 Dec, 1761. Mr. Dan-
forth was ordained 1688 pastor of the church of Taunton, and gave
his life to the welfare of that town in a long and compact service.
He was not only religious teacher but he also practised medicine
and acted as a lawyer in certain cases ; and further taught school for
the parish sometimes.
He died 14 Nov., 1727.
Will of Samuel Danforth of Taunton, clerk, dated 5 May, 1725,
prob. 21 Nov., 1727. He confirmed a deed of his fulling mill, die
house and Comb shop to his son Samuel; mentions dau. Elizabeth,
late deceased, wife of Mr. John Wallev, of Boston ; dau. Sarah,
DANFORTH GENEAOLGT. 35
wife of INIr. William Downes, of Boston ; dau. Mary, wife of Jacob
Barney; daus. Hannah, Bethia, Rachel and Katherine Danforth;
sons James and Thomas Danforth ; father in law Mr. James Allen,
deceased. Speaks of his grist mill and malt house.
Will of Hannah Danforth, widow, relict of the Rev. Samuel Dan-
forth, late of Taunton, dated 26 Feb., 1745, prob. 24 Dec, 1761 :
" I give my gold ring that I had at Madam Osborn's funeral to my
dau. Sarah Down ; to my two daus. viz. Marah & Bethiah my two
other gold rings ; to my gchild Susannah Hodges one of my silver
spoons"; divides her wearing apparell between her four daus. Sarah,
Mary, Bethiah and Katherine ; excepting her " Calico gown that I
had of Madam Osborn, which, with my necklace, I give to my dau.
Katherine"; to sons Samuel and Thomas Danforth and grandson
James Danforth 5 pounds each, and smaller amounts to the others ;
refers to the bond Ephraim Hodges gave her ; " a puter plate " to
each of the daughters and "my silver porringer." Codicil added 17
May, 1750, mentioned in addition her daughter Cobb and grand-
dauohter Abio-ail Danforth, and the three daus. of her dau. Kather-
ine, namely Susannah, Martha and Rachel. In an enfeebled state
of body and mind which came upon the widow, her son in law Sam-
uel Down, of Boston, gentleman, was appointed to look after mat-
ters 26 May, 1758. The son Thomas Danforth, " brazier," Norwich,
Conn., was appointed administrator of her estate, Sept. 27, 1768,
and later Job Smith, the husband of Hannah Barney, a grand-
daugliter, succeeded to the trust.
Children: 1158630
i. Elizabeth,* b. 29 July, 1689; d. 28 Nov., 1721; m. 30 April,
1713, John Walley, of Boston.
u. Maet, I ^^ ^ J ^^ g ^^^ 20 June, 1691.
m. bA3IUEL, J ' '
11. iv. James, b. 11 Nov., 1692.
V. Sarah, b. 18 Nov., 1694; m. 4 July, 1717, William Down
(Downes) of Boston.
Children of William and Sarah Down : —
(1) WilUam Down, b. 16 May, 1719.
(2) Samuel Down, b. 14 Oct., 1721.
(3) Sarah Down, b. 25 Sept., 1724.
(4) Thomas Down, b. 23 Jan., 1726.
(5) Mary Down, b. 25 Jan., 1728.
(6) John Down, b. 2 Sept., 1732.
(7) Sarah Down, b. 10 Sept., 1734.
12. vi. Samuel, b. 4 Jan., 1697.
vii. Mart, b. 5 Dec, 1698; m. first, Jacob Barney, of Taunton. He
was a descendant (probably a grandson) of Jacob Barney, who
settled at Salem, in 1634, and was rep. to Gen. Court in 1635
3^ DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
and 1647, who opposed the harsh measures taken against those
who petitioned for freer franchise ; removed to Rehoboth.
Child of Jacob and Mary (Danforth) Barney,
Hannah Barney, m. 18 Nov., 1742, Job, son of John and
Mary (Godfrey) Smith, a Capt. in the Louisburg army;
commission extant in possession of family.
Children of Job and Hannah (Barney) Smith :
(1) Job Smith, d. in the army in Aug., 1780; m.
8 Sept., 1774, Sarah Padelford.
(2) Mary Smith, b. 1743; d. March, 1800; m.
Ephraim Keith of Bridgewater.
(3) Abial, d. 1816 ; m. 1814, Lydia Otis, of Scitu-
ate.
(4) Eben ; m. Stetson.
(5) Hannah Barney Smith; m. Stephen Fales.
(6) Lucinda Smith ; m. Capt. Thomas Harris, of
Charlestown.
(7) Stephen Smith; d. unm.
(8) John Wilson Smith, b. in Taunton, 1759 ; d.
in Cambridge, 23 April, 1806 ; m. Oct., 1781,
Susan, dau. of Judge Nicholas and Ruth
(Phillips) (Edwards) Tillinghast, b. in Provi-
dence, R. I., 9 July, 1763.
(9) Barney Smith, b. 1763 ; d. Milton, 2 July, 1828;
m. Ann, dau. of Dr. Ephraim Otis, of Scitu-
ate.
(10) Allen Smith ; m. Betsey, dau. of Gen. David
and Eleanor (Bradish) Cobb, of Taunton.
(11) Sarah Smith; m. William Clapp, b. at Scitu-
ate 26 May, 1768; d. in Boston 14 Aug.,
1811, a merchant. [See Clapp Family, p.
168.]
(12) Lydia Smith ; d. 18 Aug., 1779.
Mary (Danforth) Barney gave a deed of land as Mary
(widow Ox Jacob Barney) " of Rehoboth, late of Swansey," 6
Aug., 1736. She married second, 20 May, 1737, Capt. John,
con of John and Hannah (Jackson) Andrews, of Boston, born
20 Sept., 1662, died in Taunton, 25 July, 1742.
viii. Hannah, b. 2 Dec, 1700 ; living at date of her father's will,
1727, but not mentioned in that of her mother. N. B. — Hannah
Danforth m. in Boston 23 Oct., 1729, Bartholomew Gedne^.
13. ix. Thomas, b, 22 May, 1703.
r-. John, b. 21 Feb., 1705 ; d. 15 Aug., 1706.
jd. Maktha, b. 2 Sept., 1707 ; d. 3 Nov., 1708.
xii. Bethiah, b. 13 Aug., 1709 ; m. 21 Jan., 1731, Ephraim, son of
Elder Kenry and Esther (Gallop) Hodges, o:^ Taunton ; rem.
to Norwich, Conn.
xui. Rachel, b. 8 July, 1711. N. B. — Rachel Danforth m. in Bos-
ton 8 May, 1740, James Pitson.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 37
xiv. Katherine, b. 31 May, 1714; d. 5 March, 1770; m. first,
Thomas, son of William and Susannah (Gilbert) Hodges. She
m. second (his second wife) Elijah Cobb.
Child of Thomas and Katherine (Danforth) Hodges :
Susannah Hodges; m. (1) 7 Nov., 1756, John Smith 3d;
she m. (2) Benjamin Hood.
Children of Elijah and Katherine (Danforth) (Hodges) Cobb :
1. Elijah Cobb.
2. Martha Cobb ; m. Benjamin Borden.
Susannah Smith and Martha Cobb, both of Taunton,
and Benjamin Borden, of Tiverton, conveyed 7 May,
1733, to Elijah Cobb, of Taunton, " all our right in
the estate of James Allen, Esq., late of Boston,
deed, which descends to us in right of our Honord.
grandmother Hannah Danforth, deed."
7.
Ensign Jonathan' {Jonathan^^ JSficholas^), born at Billerica,
18 Feb., 1658-9; died 17 Jan., 1710-11; married 27 June,
1682, Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Parker, of Chelmsford, born
29 May, 1661, died 25 March, 1754. She married, second, Jo-
seph Foster (his third wife).
He lived east of Long Street, opposite his father's place. He
gave his personal property to his wife 30 Dec, 1710; this paper
was presented in the settlement of the estate. She and her son
Thomas administered. Guardians were appointed for the younger
children. Jonathan, Samuel and Elizabeth petitioned for the ap-
pointment of their uncles, Samuel Danforth and Oliver Whiting,
to appraise and divide the property. All of the nine children
survived.
Children :
i. RsBECCA,^ b. 30 June, 1683 ; m. 31 Dec., 1702, Thomas Parker,
of Chelmsford, who consented to the settlement of her father's
estate in 1710.
14. ii. Thojias, b. 17 March, 1685-6.
15. iii. Jonathan, b. 22 March, 1688-9.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 31 Aug., 1690; d. 11 Jan., 1766; m. m 1717
Christopher Osgood, of Andover and Billerica.
Children of Christopher and Elizabeth (Danforth) Osgood:
1. Elizabeth Osgood, b. 13 June, d. 5 July, 1718.
2. Joseph Osgood, b. 10 July, 1719.
3. Benjamin Osgood, b. 25 May, 1721 ; d. 1747.
4. David Osgood, b. 3 June, 1724; m. (1) Hannah Davis;
m. (2) his cousin, Sarah Danforth. Had dau. Eliza-
beth Osgood, who m. Elijah Danforth (No. 36).
He d. 2 Feb., 1768.
38 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
5. Elizabeth Osgood, b. 27 Jan., 1726; d. 22 Jan., 1748.
6. Jonathan Osgood, b. 24 Aug., 1727 ; d. 15 May, 1729.
16. V. Samuel, b. 16 Sept., 1692.
vi. Nicholas, b. 17 Aug., 1695; d. at Billerica 10 March, 1748.
Inventory "wholly personal" 9 April, 1749; brother Jacob,
administrator.
17. vii. Jacob, b. 6 Feb., 1698.
viii. Sarah, b. 18 Aug., 1700; d. April, 1785; m. Solomon Keyes,
then of Chelmsford, later of Billerica (at time of the Lovewell
fight in which he took part), afterward of Western, since called
Warren. He was born in Westford (Chelmsford) about 1701 ;
was killed in the battle of Lake George in 1755. Gravestone
at Warren.
Children of Solomon and Sarah (Danforth) Keyes :
1. Sarah Keyes.
2. Danforth Keyes ; and probably others.
18. ix. John, b. 3 June, 1703.
8.
Samuel^ {Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Billerica, 5 Feb.,
1665-6; died there 19 April, 1742; married 8 Jan., 1694-5, by
Hon. Thomas Danforth, Hannah, daughter of Simon Crosby, born
30 March, 1672. She outlived her husband, and accepted of the
"thirds" of his estate, set off to her 1 Jan., 1742. She married
second, Enoch Kidder.
He was a land surveyor ; was employed by the town of Boston
20 Feb., 1720, to help in the survey of the 1000 acre tract, near
Haverhill, granted by the Colony for the use of the Free School of
Boston. [Selectmen's Minutes.]
Children :
i. Elizabeth,* b. 3 Nov., 1695; m. at Boston, 11 April, 1716,
Timothy Thornton, "of Boston," she "of Bilrica."
Children of Timothy and Elizabeth (Danforth) Thornton:
1. Timothy Thornton, b. 5 April, 1717.
2. Danforth Thornton, b. 25 Feb., 1718-19.
3. Samuel Thornton, b. 25 March, 1721.
4. Elizabeth Thornton, b. 1 Oct., 1722.
5. Samuel Thornton, b. 6 Dec, 1724.
6. Hannah Thornton, b. 7 Nov., 1726.
7. Thomas Thornton, b. 13 June, 1729.
8. Samuel Thornton, b. 25 Oct., 1731.
9. Mary Thornton, b. 2 Sept., 1736.
ii. Hannah, b. 20 Aug., 1698.
19. iii. Samuel, b. 15 May, 1701.
iv. Rachel, b. 14 Aug., 1703; d. 15 Sept., 1764; m. 10 May,
1726, Thomas, son of Ephraim (of James) Kidder, b. 3 Aug.,
1700.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 39
Children of Thomas and Rachel (Danforth) Kidder :
1. Jonathan Kidder, b. 20 March, 1728 ; m. Mary Lambert.
2. Francis Danforth Kidder, b. 15 July, 1730; d. 15
Sept., 1748.
3. Rachel Kidder, h. 22 May, 1732; m. John Ilovey, of
Maiden.
4. Alice Kidder, b. 18 May, 1734.
5. Abigail Kidder, b. 10 Jan., 1736.
6. Hannah Kidder, b. 19 Oct., 1738 ; m. "Wm. Bowers, of
Chelmsford.
7. Dorothy Kidder, b. 19 Oct., 1738.
V. Ltdia, b. 26 March, 1706; [m. at Boston, 8 Sept., 1726, Ben-
jamin Barnard.],
vi. Abigail, b. 19 Aug., 1709.
20. vii. Jonathan, b. U Jan., 1712-13.
FOURTH GENERATION.
9.
Thomas* {John^^ Samuel,^ JSFicholas^) ^ born at Dorchester,
3 or 4 Nov., 1685; died 18 Oct., 1714; became a merchant and
removed to Paramaribo, in the colonj of Surinam. Married, and
had one daughter, EHzabeth, who married Abraham Lemmers, of
the same place. She was remembered in the wills of her grand-
father and Uncle Elijah ; and she and her husband made Andrew
Faneuil, of Boston, their attorney for the transaction of business in
connection with these legacies. Feb. 20, 1740, their attorney,
Edward Tothill, of Boston, sold in their name the Dorchester
lands. [Suffolk Deeds LX, 177.]
10.
Hon. Samuel* {John,^ 8amuel,^ Nicholas^), born in Dor-
chester 12 Nov., 1696; died 27 Oct., 1777; married 14 Aug.,
1726, Elizabeth Symmes, born 1708, died 13 Jan., 1775. He
was graduated from Harvard College in 1715; taught school in
Dorchester and in Cambridge, where he established himself in 1724.
He was selectman five years ; representative five years ; member of
the Governor's Council thirty-four years, and its president several,
and of Court of Common Pleas thirty-four years. Being appointed
by the Crown Mandamus Councillor in 1774, he was compelled by
the popular opposition to the royal decrees to relinquish the posi-
tion ; this he did, standing bareheaded in the rain in the presence
of a great concourse of excited citizens before the Court House in
Cambridge ; and he published a statement thereof, adding " It is
my purpose not to be in any way concerned as a member of the
Council at any time hereafter." Retiring from all ofl&ces at the
beginning of the War of the Revolution, he was held in so high
esteem that, although recognized as a Royalist, he was not disturbed
in possession of his property. He died at the house of his son, on
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 41
Hanover Street, in Boston. His wife was a daughter of William
and Ruth (Converse) Syrames, of Medford, and was a direct
descendant of Rev. Zechariah Symmes, an early minister of Char-
lestown. Both were buried at Cambridge. On the tomb was
chiselled a shield, bearing an eye and a lozenge, with the motto :
"Ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis oflPendar maculis."
[Horace.] See letter of his father. ;
Children :
i. Elizabeth,^ b. 24 July, 1729 ; d. young.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 29 July, 1736; d. 5 June, 1816; made her will
8 Aug., 1811 ; it was probated 15 Nov., 1816; desh-ed to be
buried beside her father and mother in Cambridge ; bequeathed
to nephew Thomas, son of Dz-. Samuel ; to Hannah, his sister ;
rest to widow Elizabeth Kneeland, of Cambridge, whom she
appointed co-executor with Mr. Levi Hedge.
21. iii. Samuel, b. 4 Aug., 1740.
iv. Thomas, b. 21 Aug., 1744; d. in London, March 6, 1820.
V. John, b. 17 Sept., 1748.
11.
James" (Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^) , born in Taunton, 11
Nov., 1692; died at Norwich, Conn., 25 Feb., 1759; married
6 Nov., 1720, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Williams)
Dean, of Taunton, born 30 Aug., 1692, died 5 Sept., 1782.
Benjamin was a son of Walter, and Sarah a daughter of Richard,
both these being among the original purchasers of the Titicut tract,
on which the present city of Taunton is situated. Mr. Danforth
was long in ill health, and spent much time with his brother Thomas
at Norwich, although his family remained at Taunton.
Children :
i. Sarah,^ b. 25 Oct., d. 23 Dec, 1721.
ii. Hannah, b. 25 Feb., 1723; m. 3 April, 1746, Joshua Lincoln,
of Taunton.
24. iii. James, b. 16 July, 1724.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 16 July, 1726 ; m. 20 Dec, 1768, Nathan Wil-
liams, of Norton.
V. ( Sarah, b. 4 July, 1729 ; m. 3 Sept., 1765, Ebenezer Stephens ;
-I d. 30 April, 1783.
vi. ( Silence, a twin of Sarah; m. 10 Aug., 1769, Ezra Dean.
12.
Samuel* (Samuel,^ Samuel,^ N'icholas^), born in Taunton
4 Jan., 1697; died 18 Feb., 1755; married 24 Nov., 1730, Be-
thiah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Mirick) []?] Grossman,
born 1 Aug., 1700, died 11 July, 1787.
JJf>.
1.
ii.
iii.
iv.
26.
V.
vi.
vii.
27.
viii.
28.
ix.
X.
29.
xi.
42 DANFOKTH GENEALOGY.
He was a farmer and clothier ; town treasurer some time.
Children :
Samuel,^ b. 29 Aug., 1731.
Abigail, b. 14 Feb., 1732 ; died unm. 30 May, 1803.
A Son, twin of the above ; d. same day.
Nathaniel, b. 26 Sept., 1734; d. in the expedition to Crown
Point in Sept., 1755.
John, b. 11 Feb., 1736.
Bethiah, b. 29 April, 1740.
Molly, b. 3 Dec, 1741 ; d. unm. 27 Nov., 1828.
Oliver, b. 6 July, 1743.
Job, b. 10 April, 1745.
Hannah, b. 14 March, 1746.
Elkanah, b. 5 Aug., 1750.
13.
Thomas* (Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JSTicholas^) , born in Taunton,
22 May, 1703; died at Norwich, Conn., about 1786; married
11 June, 1730, Sarah, daughter of Capt. James and Hannah
(Walley) (Stone) Leonard, of Taunton; she died 22 May, 1742.
He married second, 29 Aug., 1742, Hannah Hall, of Norwich,
Conn.
He established the "forge," or blacksmith shop, where anchors
have ever since been made, then in Taunton, now in Raynham
(recently discontinued). He was a brazier and pewterer by trade.
Removed about 1733 to Norwich, Conn.
Children :
Thomas,® b. at Taunton, 2 June, 1731.
Elijah, b. at Taunton, 20 March, 1733.
John, b. at Norwich, Conn., 5 Oct., 1735 ; d. 5 May, 1739.
Edward, b. 26 March, 1738.
John, b. 12 March, 1740-1.
Sarah, b. at Norwich, 3 July, d. in Aug., 1743.
Jonathan, b. 16 June, 1744; d. 2 July, 1751.
Elizabeth, b. 9 Sept., 1745 ; d. 29 Aug., 1753.
Daniel, b. 8 Jan., d. 28 Dec, 1747.
Daniel, b. 14 Feb., 1748; d. 15 July, 1751.
Samuel, b. 31 May, 1749 ; d. 8 July, 1751.
ELiPHALET,b. 8 Nov., 1750; d. 12 July, 1751.
Joanna, b. 5 Nov., 1752.
Bethiah, b. 7 Jan., 1754.
14.
Thomas* (Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVtckolas^) , born in Billerica,
17 March, 1685-6; died there, 31 Oct., 1737; inventory of his
30.
i.
31.
ii.
iii.
32.
iv.
33.
V.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
X.
xi.
xii.
xiii,
xiv.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 43
estate made, 13 Dec, 1737 ; after the death of his widow the prop-
erty was set off, Jan. 7, 1759, to the sons Thomas and Elijah
("Joseph having died in his sixteenth year, after his father and
mother"), "they being the only children living." [Middlesex
Probate.]
He married, 19 Sept., 1734, Rebecca Simonds, of Bedford, who
survived him, and married second, 29 Nov., 1739, Josiah Brown.
Children :
35. i. Thomas,^ b. 8 July, 1735.
ii. Joseph, twin with Thomas ; d. about 1754.
36. iii. Elijah, b. 8 Aug., 1737.
15.
Lieut. Jonathan^ {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,' N^icholas^), born
in Billerica, 22 March, 1G88-9 ; died 23 March, 1761-2 ; married
18 Nov., 1713, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Manning, and
widow of Peter Fassett, of Cambridge ; she was born 14 March,
1689-90, and died 8 April, 1772. Oct. 20, 1772, Samuel Dan-
forth, Esq., judge of Probate, ordered the real estate of the late
Lieut. Jonathan Danforth, of Billerica, set off to his daughters
Rebecca, Mary and Abigail Danforth ; they to pay certain sums of
money to their brothers and sisters as follows : To their eldest
brother Jonathan, to sister Elizabeth Manning, to the heirs of their
deceased sister Sarah Danforth, and to their brother Benjamin.
The order to appraise the estate had been duly issued after the
father's death, 23 May, 1762.
The widow Elizabeth made will 28 July, 1763 ; prob. 23 June,
1772 ; beq. to dau. Elizabeth Manning; the 3 children of dec. son
Jonathan; son Benjamin and daus. Rebecca, Mary and Abigail.
The last made her will 2 May, 1769, prob. 25 June, 1774; beq. to
sisters Elizabeth, Rebekah and Mary.
Children :
37. i. Jonathan,^ b. 10 Nov., 1714.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 4 May, 1717; d. 23 March, 1790; m. 1 Nov.,
1742, William Manning, Jr., of Billerica, b. 28 Feb., 1708;
d. 11 Aug., 1776.
Children of AVilliam, Jr., and Elizabeth (Danforth) Manning :
1. Elizabetli Manning, b. 2 July, 1745 ; m. Solomon Carl-
ton (son of John and Hannah). Children:
(1) Elizabeth Carlton, b. 30 Aug., 1770.
(2) Solomon Carlton, b. 3 Nov., 1773.
(3) Eri Carlton, b. 23 June, 1777.
(4) Rebecca Carlton, b. 3 Jan., 1779.
(5) Alice Carlton, b. 3 Oct., 1780.
44 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
2. William Manning, b. 21 May, 1747.
3. Jonathan Manning, b. 16 July, 1749.
4. Jonathan Manning, b. 15 Sept., 1750.
5. Timothy Manning, b. 17 Sept., 1751.
6. Solomon Manning, b. 15 May, 1753.
iii. Sarah, b. 6 March, 1719-1720; d. 17 Nov., 1762.
iv. Rebecca, b. 29 May, 1722 ; d. unm. after 1800.
38. V. Benjamin, b. 8 Dec, 1724.
vi. Mary, b. 20 April, 1727 ; d. 16 March, 1793.
vii. Anna, b. 28 Feb., 1729-30 ; m. 14 July, 1757, Braviter Gray;
d. 10 Aug., 1757.
viii. Abigail, b. 16 Aug., 1733 ; d. 27 May, 1774.
16.
Saimuel* {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JV^icholas^), born in Billerica,
16 Sept., 1692 ; married 5 Aug., 1714, Dorothy, daughter of John
and Sarah (Chamberlain) Shed, born 14 Jan., 1691-2.
He died about 1749. The estate of Samuel Danforth, of Biller-
ica, yeoman, administration was granted 17 Aug., 1749, to Samuel
Danforth, Jr. Tlie inventory included "one right in a township
granted to the soldiers that weare in the Narraganset wars." The
property was set off to the widow and second son, Samuel, 3 Nov.
following ; and these persons signed a paper, agreeing to the ar-
rangement for paying the other heirs their portions : " Dority Dan-
forth, widow ; Joseph Danforth ; Walter Pollard ; Thomas Danforth ;
Benjamin Danforth, and Benjamin Shed and Jeremiah Abbot, as
guardians to younger children Sarah, John, Joshua, Lucy and
Jonathan. Joshua was "now of Woburn" 22 May, 1749, and his
guardian at that time was Jonathan Poole.
Children :
i. Dorothy,^ b. 27 June, 1715 ; m. 9 Sept., 1735, "Walter Pollard,
b. 28 Dec, 1709.
ii. Eebecca, b. 15 March, 1716-7; m. 21 March, 1737, Ephraim
Davis, of Bedford.
Samuel, b. 29 March, d. 5 May, 1719.
Joseph, b. 30 June, 1720.
Samuel, b. 24 June, 1722.
Thomas, b. 11 May, 1724.
Benjamin, b. 1 July, 1726; living in 1749,
viii. Sarah, b. 14 April, 1728 ; m. her cousin David, son of Chris-
topher and Elizabeth (Danforth) Osgood.
John, b. -14 Feb., 1729-30.
Joshua, b. 24 Feb., 1731-2.
Lucy, b. 5 April, 1734; m. 25 June, 1752, Joseph, son of Seth
and Mary Ross of Billerica.
Children of Joseph and Lucy (Danforth) Ross:
1. Sarah Hoss, bapt. 19 Nov., 1752.
ni.
39.
iv.
40.
v.
41.
vi.
vii.
viii
42.
ix.
43.
X.
xi.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 45
2. Lucy Ross, bapt. 19 May, 1754.
3. Joseph Ross, bapt. 30 May, 1756.
4. Benjamin Ross, bapt. 20 Aug., 1758.
5. Thomas Ross, bapt. 31 Aug., 1760.
6. Josiah Ross, bapt. 22 Aug., 1762.
44. xii. Jonathan, b. 14 June, 1736.
17.
Captain Jacob* (Jonathan,^ Jonathan,' ^icholas^), born in
Billerica 6 Feb., 1697-8; died 2 Jan., 1754; married 6 Oct.,
1719, Rebecca, daughter of Dea. William Patten, born 18 April,
1699; she died 27 Jan., 1773.
His will, dated 1 Jan., prob. 21 Jan., 1754, beq. to wife Rebecca ;
shop and tools " and the remainding part of Elijah Danforth's time
.... to learn the smith trade," to son David; "horse and saddle
and its furniture" to son Timothy ; lands to be equally divided between
them; Abigail, dau. of dec. son William ; Jacob and Jesse, sons
of dec. son Jacob ; daus. Rebecca Whiting and Mary and Hannah D.
Children :
45. i. William,^ b. 25 Aug., 1720.
ii. Jacob, b. 13 Aug., 1723.
46. ill. Rebecca, b. 8 Nov., 1725 ; m. 14 Dec, 1749, Jonathan Whit-
ing ; b in Billerica, removed to Bedford.
Children of Jonathan and Rebecca (Danforth) Whitiug :
1. Jonathan Whiting, b. 13 Sept., 1750.
2. Ifavid Whiting, b. 30 Dec, 1751.
3. William Whiting, b. 28 Nov., 1753. i
4. Rebecca Whiting, b. 22 Oct., 1755. '-
5. Oliver Whiting, b. Sept., 1758. ,.
6. Fatti/ Whiting, b. 6 June, 1760. ^a^^ijC^n-^^ ^OuO^**'
7. Jacob Whiting, b. 1 June, 1762. ''^ ' '^■^■^^'^^^
8. Ziha Whiting, b. 25 May, 1764.
47. iv. David, b. 21 Dec, 1727.
48. V. Timothy, b. 11 Nov., 1729.
vi. Mart, b. 9 July, 1733 ; m. 12 July, 1763, Ebenezer Jaquith, of
Wilmington.
vii. Hannah, b. 22 Jan., 1736-7; m. 11 Dec, 1755, Capt. Solomon
Pollard.
Children of Solomon and Hannah (Danforth) Pollard :
1. Hannah Pollard, b. 30 Oct., 1756 ; m. 21 Feb., 1774,
Samuel Russ.
2. Solomon Pollard, b. 15 July, 1758.
3. Alice Pollard, b. 3 May, 1760; m. 12 March, 1780,
Samuel Bridge.
4. Isaac Pollard, b. 31 May, 1763.
46 DANFOKTH GENEALOGY.
5. Mary Pollard, b. 13 May, 1766 ; m. 10 Jan., 1790, An-
drew Bowers.
6. William Pollard, b. 14 July, 1768 ; m. Aretliusa Man-
ning.
7. Isaac Pollard, b. 27 June, 1770; m. Abigail, dau. of
Josiah Richardson.
8. Francis Pollard, b. 12 Dec, 1772 ; m. Judith Ricbard-
son.
viii. Mehetabel, b. 9, d. 13 July, 1739.
ix. Patty, b. 18 July, 1742 ; d. 3 April, 1750.
18.
John* {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVicholas^), born in Billerica,
3 June, 1703 ; receipted 7 July, 1724, to his brother Thomas for
his portion of their father's estate. He removed to Westborough.
He married Tabitha [Johnson] who called John Johnson, of An-
dover, "brother" in a deed of land. He seems to have died about
Feb. 1735; for 15 March, 1735, Joseph Loring vras appointed
guardian to his daughter Hannah; and 13 Sept., 1642, the widow,
who had removed to Andover, petitioned to have Jacob Danforth
" of Billerica, blacksmith," appointed guardian of John Danforth, of
Westborough, under 14 years of age, a minor son of John Danforth,
late of the same place ; he was afterward chosen guardian by Lydia,
aged 14, another child. The widow survived until about 1762.
[See Essex records of Deeds and Probate].
Children :
i. IIannah,^ b. about 1723.
ii. Lydia, b. about 1728 ; m. Uriah Ballard, Jr.
48a. iii. John, b. about 1730.
19.
Samuel* {Samuel,'^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas'^) ^ born in Billerica,
15 May, 1701 ; died June 28, 1749 ; married Elizabeth, daughter
of James and Maria Hosley, born 18 Jan., 1699-1700, died 3 July,
1756.
The inventory of his estate was taken Nov., 1750. The "thirds'*
which the widow had possessed during her life, were divided 11
April, 1757, to "her third son Nicholas, he to pay to his brothers
and sisters, James, Samuel, Jonathan and Elizabeth " their due por-
tions. 27 Sept., 1756, her son James was appointed administrator
of her estate.
Children :
49. i. James,^ b. 10 Jan., 1729-30.
ii. Isaac, b. 9 Jan., 1731-2 ; d. 10 May, 1756; estate administered
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 47
first hj brother Samuel, 11 April, 1758, then by brother Nich-
olas, 22 Jan., 1759.
50. iii. Samuel, b. 8 Dec, 1734. " Samuel Danforth of Billerica, 23
years old " made his will 18 April, 1758, "bound out into his
Majesty's service in Canada." Bequeathed to his brother Nich-
olas Danforth certain effects, the rest to be divided between
his brothers James, Nicholas and Jonathan and his sister Eliza-
beth.
51. iv. Nicholas, b. 8 Dec, 1734, twin with the above.
V. Elizabeth, b. 10 May, 1736 ; d. 28 March, 1817 ; m. William
Danforth, (forward, No. 53.)
52. vi. Jonathan, b. 26 Feb., 1742.
20.
Jonathan* {Samuel,^ JonatJtan,^ JVicholas^), born in Biller-
ica, 11 Jan., 1712-3; died Sept., 1738; married Sarah, daughter
of William and Elizabeth (French) Manning; born 8 Feb., 1711;
she died 11 Dec, 1745.
"Jonathan Danforth of Billerica, husbandman," made will 10
Aug., 1738; it was proved 9 Dec, 1738. He bequeathed to his
wife what estate she brought with her and something more ; the
rest to his son William Danforth; wife and Wm. Manning, Jr.,
executors. Nov. 18, 1751, Mr. Manning was appointed guardian
to William, at his request, he being " in his 18th year."
Child :
53. William,^ b. 7 Nov., 1737.
FIFTH GENEKATION".
21.
Doctor Samuel* {Samuel,^ JoJin,^ Samuel,^ JVicholas^) , born
in Cambridge, 4 Aug., 1740; died in Boston, 16 Nov., 1827;
married first (intention 29 Nov., 1770), Hannah, daughter of Sam-
uel Watts, of Chelsea ; she died in Boston, 10 Sept., 1780. He
married second, Margaret, daughter of Capt. John Billings ; she
died 27 Feb., 1782. He married third, Martha Hall Gray.
He was graduated from Harvard College in 1758 ; studied medi-
cine with the renowned Dr. Isaac Rand, Sen. (1718-1790). Prac-
tised in Boston ; his loyalty to the British Crown brought him into
disrepute and caused him some harsh treatment ; he resided two
years at Newport, R. I., and returning, enjoyed the esteem of the
community until after his 80th year. " In difficult cases his opinion
was valued as the utmost of human skill " \_sic'] . His chemical ap-
paratus was perhaps the best in the country. Very decided in his
opinions and distinct in expression thereof, but kindly and reason-
able. Fellow of the Am. Acad, of Arts and Sciences ; pres. 1794-
1798 of the Mass. Med. Society; Cor. Memb. London Med. So-
ciety. A stroke of paralysis was the immediate cause of death. An
excellent portrait by Stuart, is in the possession of the Mass. Medi-
cal Society. He bequeathed his estate (will dated 9 Aug., 1820,
prob. 26 Nov., 1827) to the children of his deceased son "Doctor
Thomas Danforth," viz. : Ehzabeth, Samuel, Mary, Sherburn and
Blowers Danforth, and to his two daughters Hannah Cunningham
and Caroline Danforth.
Children :
i. Samuel,^ b. about 1772; "7 years old in 1780 " [Catalogue of
the Latin School] ; d. 29 Feb., 1784, a;. 12.
55. ii. Thomas, b. about 1774.
iii. Hannah, m. 9 July, 1806, George Cunningham.
iv. Margaret.
Dr. Samuel Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 49
V. Caroline ; singlewoman, " of Boston," she made will at the
house of Mrs. Mary Ann Fales, at Brunswick, Me., 18 June,
1832 ; prob. at Boston 10 Sept., 1832 ; beq. to Mrs. Fales and
Caroline Danforth Fales, Edward Gray F., Mary Turrell F.,
and Jane Minot F. ; to INIaria Margaretta and Henrietta Simp-
son, of Boston ; to Anna Howard Spooner, of Surry, Me. ; to
"Mrs. Drew of Boston, widow, a cousin of my late father " ;
to "my cousin Dr. Thomas Gray, Junior, of Boston "; rest to
Frederick T. Gray, of Boston. She died in Brunswick, Me. ;
was buried iu the Granary burying ground in Boston, in June,
1832.
24.
. James* {James,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JSTicholas^), horn \Q JvlXj^
1724 ; died 15 April, 1777 ; married Mehetabel, daughter of Sam-
uel Baker, of Ravnham, born 4 Feb., 1739 ; died 22 Aug., 1823. j
Children: ' ^
56. i. AsA,6 b. 9 Jan., 1766.
ii. James, b. 8 June, 1769 ; d. 24 April, 1778.
iu. Polly, b. 26 Nov., 1774 ; d. 19 April, 1777.
25.
Samuel* {Samuel,* Samuel,'^ Samuel,'* JVicholas^), born at
Taunton, 29 Aug., 1731 ; died 10 Feb., 1808; married 15 Nov.,
1757, Eunice Gibbs, of Easton. Removed to Norton. He was a
farmer and also a clothier, finishing home-made cloth.
Children :
57. i. Thomas,® b. about 1760.
58. ii. Samuel, b. about 1762.
iii. Eunice, b. about 1764; m. 6 Aug., 1788, Samuel Copeland.
Children of Samuel and Eunice (Danforth) Copeland :
1. Samuel Copeland, b. 22 Aug., 1789 ; d. 15 April, 1859 ;
m. Sept., 1811, Mercy Rich Titus, of Hardwick ; b.
22 Aug., 1793 ; d. at Hulberton, N. Y., 31 Jan., 1876.
Their son Samuel Danforth Copeland, of Hulberton,
N. Y., 81 years of age, wrote a very interesting letter
to the Family Meeting at Chicago in 1893 ; his son
John B. Copeland, Supt. of the Great Northern R. R.,
also wrote a welcome letter.
2. Benjamin Copeland, b. 14 May, 1791 ; d. 15 Jan.,
1879 ; m. Ann M. Sturges.
3. Betsey Copeland, b. 1793 ; d. young?
4. John Copeland, b. 1796 ; m. and lived and d. at Norton.
iv. Hannah, b. about 1766; m. at Taunton, April 12, 1807, Jona-
than Newland, of Norton. He d. in 1840, leaving no children ;
bequeathed his property to Henry Newcomb, who had been
living with him from an early age.
50 DANFOHTH GENEALOGY.
26.
John* (Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ N'icholas^), born at Taun-
ton 11 Feb., 1736 ; died ; married Rlioda, daughter of Israel
and Sarah (Richmond) Dean, of Taunton. He was owner of a large
tract of land in Norton, near what is now called Crane's Depot. " He
was a loyalist,* and the land was confiscated." He afterwards lived
in Taunton in a small house on the Dean property, near his wife's
relatives. The Dean Street Station house now occupies the spot.
He removed to Whitehall, near Lake Champlain, N. Y., and later
lived with his son John in Athol, Mass. His wife Rhoda was a di-
rect descendant of John and Alice Dean, who came to New Eng-
land about 1637. Rhoda's mother was descended from Richard and
Frances Williams, who came from the vicinity of Essington and
Whetenhurst, in the county of Gloucester, Eng., to Dorchester, in
1633, and settled at Taunton about 1646.
Children :
i. Polly/ b. 3 Nov., 1763 ; m. Isaac Briggs, of Phillipston, many
years settled in the Baptist ministry at Athol. He was b. about
1762 ; d. 12 July, 1837 ; she d. 9 July, 184-.
Children of Isaac and Polly (Danfortb) Briggs :
1. Polly Briggs. b. 3 Nov., 1786; d. 7 Dec, 1854. m.
Noah Stockwell of Athol.
2. Sally Briggs, i). 2 April, 1788; d. 27 March, 1816.
3. Isaac Briggs, b. 6 Feb., 1790; d. Oct., 1849 ; m. Bet-
sey Andrews.
4. Bhoda Briggs, b. 16 Feb., 1792 ; d. 20 July, 1815.
5. N^a7icy Briggs, b. 10 Oct., 1793; d. about 1870; m.
Stephen Fairbanks, of Athol.
6. Betsey Briggs, b. 28 Nov., 1794 ; d. 8 Jan., 1873 ; m.
John Stockwell.
7. John Briggs, b. 9 March, 1797 ; m. Hannah Mann.
* Who then was the following?
John (Danford), Taunton, Sergeant, Capt. Josiah King's co. ; marched Sept. 29,
1777; discharged Oct. 29, 1777; service 1 month and 2 da}'s at Rhode Island; co.
marched from Taunton under command of Col. George Williams on a secret expedi-
tion,
John, Taunton. Private, Capt.Ichabod Leonard's co.. Col. John Hathaway's regt. ;
eervice, 20 days, at Rhode Island ; company marched from Taunton to Tiverton, R.I.,
in April, 1777, by order of Brig. Gen. George Godfi'ey.
John, Taunton. Sergeant, Capt. Joshua Wilbore's co.. Col. Josiah Whitney's regt. ;
service, 1 mo. 23 days, at Rhode Island ; company marched from Taunton to Provi-
dence, R. I., agreeable to resolve of April, 1777 ; roll sworn to at Taunton, Sept. 23,
1777 ; also, Capt. Jacob Haskins's co., Col. Abiel Mitchel's regt. ; entered service July
27, 1780 ; discharged Oct. 31, 1780; service, 3 mos. 6 days ; company raised to rein-
force Continental Army for 3 months.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 51
8. David Briggs, b. 8 April, 1799 ; d. 20 May, 1841 ; m.
and d. at the South.
9. Sophronia Briggs, b. 19 May, 1800 ; d. 17 June, 1870 ;
m. Daniel L. Holt, of Hardwick.
10. Levi Briggs, b. 19 Jidy, 1803 ; d. 20 Jan., 1835.
11. Moses Briggs, b. 23 Dec, 1805 ; d. 14 Nov., 1874 ; m.
(1) Adeline Gray, (2) Eunice Ball, of Warwick.
12. Esther Briggs, b. 21 July, 1808 ; d. 15 May, 1871 ; m.
5 Oct., 1835, Samuel Bancroft, of Athol.
ii. Rhoda, b. 18 Dec, 1766 ; m. 23 Oct., 1787, Samuel Blake, of
Taunton. Rem. to Glenns Falls, N. Y.
59. iii. John, b. 18 July, 1768.
iv. Joshua, b. 25 June, 1771 ; unm.
V. Richmond, b. 3 March. 1775 ; m. 3 July, 1800, Katberine, daugh-
ter of Elkanah Woodward, b. 22 Oct., 1782.
vi. Abiezer, b. 13 Dec, 1776. Went to Albany, N. Y.
vii. Sally Richmond, b. 18 July, 1780; m. Troop Barney ; rem. to
Glenns Falls.
viii. LuciNDA, b. 1 Oct., 1782; m. Kinsley, of Whitehall.
ix. Lewis, b. 5 Sept., 1784; unm.
27.
Oliver* {Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ WicJiolas^), born at
Taunton, 6 July, 1743; died 27 Nov., 1828; married 19 May,
1767, Hannah, daughter of Lemuel and Hannah (Leonard) Pratt.
He was a farmer at Taunton. He had a fine Revolutionary record.*
Children :
i. Bethiah,« b. 4 Oct., 1767 ; d. 10 Dec, 1864; m. Edward Phil-
lips, of Taunton, b. 26 June, 1763, d. 19 Sept., 1856.
Children of Edward and Bethiah ( Danforth) Phillips :
1. Edward Pidllips, b. 25 July, 1790; d. 25 Sept., 1857;
m. Mary Abbott ; was an artist.
2. Rebecca PhiUips, b. 10 March, 1792; m. Ira Dean.
3. Nathaniel Phillips, b. 23 Dec, 1793 ; d. 4 Feb., 1876 ;
m. (1) Nancy Baker, (2) Martha Hawley.
4. Mary Phillips, b. 3 Nov., 1795 ; d. 1 Aug., 1886.
5. Hannah Phillips, b. 15 Sept., 1798; d. 8 Sept., 1882.
6. John Phillips, b. Nov., 1800 ; d. unm. 25 Sept., 1856.
* He was sergeant in Capt. Elisha Barney's CO. (lOtli), Col. Geo. Williams' (3d)
Bristol County regt. ; service, 25 days ; co. marched to Warren, R. I., via Rehoboth
on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776 ; also, in Capt. Ebenezer Dean's co., Col. Thos. Carpen-
ter's regt. ; service, 1 mo., 4 days ; co. marched from Taunton via Rehoboth and
Bristol, to Providence, R. I., and thence home; roll dated Nov. 5, 1777; also, 2d
Lieutenant in Capt. Pelatiah Eddy's co., 3d Bristol County regt.; list oiofHcersof
Mass. militia commissioned July 27, 1778 ; also, 2d Lieut., Capt. Ichabod Leonard's
CO., same regt. and date; discharged Sept. 9, 1778 ; service, 1 mo., 15 days, on expe-
dition to Rhode Island. [Mass. Arch.] He was engaged in some way, it is said, in
the suppression of Shay's Rebellion.
52 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
7. Lucretia Phillips, b. 29 Oct, 1802; d. 14 Dec, 1844
8. Almira Phillips, b. 11 Aug., 1804; m. Jeremiah Hack
Townsend ; resided at Bridgewater. He d. 28 July,
1875. Children of Jeremiah Hack and Almira
(Danforth) Townsend:
(1) Almira Augusta Townsend, b. July, 1834 ; m.
Samuel Shaw.
{2) John Townsend, b. 1836; m. Olive Soule.
(3) Mary Elizabeth Townsend, b. 1840; d. 1842.
(4) Edward Francis Townsend, b. 1841 ; d. 1842.
62. ii. Nathaniel, b. 31 March, 1769.
63. iii. William, b. 16 Dec, 1770.
iv. Hannah, b. 30 March, 1773; d. at Russell, N. Y., 26 Sept.,
1859 ; m. in Taunton, 7 Oct., 1792, Darius Wetherell, b. at
Easton, 29 Jan., 1768; d. at Russell, N. Y., 30 Nov., 1854.
• Children of Darius and Hannah (Danforth) Wetherell :
1. Nancy Wetherell, b. at Easton, 8 Oct., 1793 ; m. Martin
Norton.
2. Ira Wetherell, b. 8 May, 1794, "carpenter" ; d. Ohio,
11 Sept., 1819.
3. Jarvis Wetherell, b. 22 Aug., 1799 ; d. Russell, 2 April,
1881 ; m. 2 Oct., 1825, Vesta Blackmer, b. 6 Aug.,
1803, d. 25 May, 1876.
4. Bradford Wetherell, b. 28 May, 1803 ; d. Russell,
16 Oct., 1887; m. 1 Oct., 1828, Sophronia Randall,
b. 18 Feb., 1809, d. 17 Nov., 1892.
V. Abigail, b. 10 Sept., 1775 ; d. 27 May, 1871 ; m. 17 April,
1796, Benjamin Horton, of Norton (son of James, of Reho-
both).
Children of Benjamin and Abigail (Danforth) Horton :
1. Elizabeth Horton, b. 6 Dec, 1796; d. 31 Dec, 1821;
m. 15 Feb., 1818, Ichabod Perry.
2. Abigail Danforth Horton, b. 18 July, 1798; m. L.
Walker.
3. Lucinda Horton, b. 30 Jan., 1800 ; m. 15 Feb., 1818,
William Coddington Verry.
4. Mary Newcomb Horton, b. 22 Aug., 1801 ; m. William
Day ; res. Troy, N. Y.
5. Benjamin Everett Horton, b. 3 July, 1803 ; m. 18 March,
1827, Eunice, dau. of Danforth. Children :
(!) Eliza Eunice Horton.
(2) Nancy Danforth Horton.
(3) Helen Mar Horton.
(4) Mary Everett Horton.
6. Almira Horton, b. 18 Dec, 1804.
7. Leiois Horton, b. 18 Dec, 1804 ; m. Charlotte Ting-
sley. Children :
(1) Solomon Horton. (3) Oliver Horton.
(2) Francis Horton. (4) Lewis Horton.
DANTORTH GENEALOGYT. 53
8. Gideon Horton, b. 10 Nov., 1806; m. Almira Harvey.
Children :
(1) Francis E. Horton. (4) Martha Horton.
(2) Mary A. Horton. (5) Eunice Horton.
(3) William Horton.
9. James Babbit Horton, b. 4 Feb., 1809 ; m. Eoxanna,
dau. of Samuel and Anne (Woodward) Lincoln, of
Norton, b. 13 Dec, 1817. Children:
(1) Lucinda V. Horton. (3) J, Oliver Horton.
(2) Henry W. Horton. (4) Abigail A, Horton.
10. Oliver Danforth Horton, b. 4 Nov., 1810; d. 4 July,
1833.
11. Hannah Jane Horton, b. 14 Feb., 1813 j m. Silas R.
Goff. Children :
(1) Abby Jane Goff.
(2) Mary E. Goff.
12. Charles B. Horton ; m. Katrina Simonds. Children :
(1) J. Oliver Horton.
(2) Louisa Horton.
(3) Elizabeth Horton.
(4) Charles E. Horton.
vi. Sally, b. 4 Feb., 1778 ; d. 26 Nov., 1863 ; her daughter, Al-
mira, called '• the barking woman," from a strange affection of
the voice, inherited her grandfather's property.
vii. AsENATH, b. 25 Nov., 1780 ; d. Aug., 1828 ; m. James Westcott.
Children of James and Asenath (Danforth) Westcott:
1. Jane Westcott.
2. George Westcott.
viii. Ltdia, b. 4 Dec, 1783 ; d. 20 Sept., 1859.
ix. Nanct, b. 15 Nov., 1786 ; d. 2 May, 1868 ; m. Otis Stanley, of
Norton and Attleboro.
Children of Otis and Nancy (Danforth) Stanley :
1. Nancy Danforth Stanley ; m. Edward T. Richardson.
2. Oliver Cromwell Stanley ; m. Ann M. Ellis.
3. William A. Stanley ; m. Olive A. Shaw.
4. Otis T. Stanley, b. 6 Sept., 1812; m. (1) 18 Jan.,
1835, Abigail W. Drake; m. (2) 24 Dec, 1853,
Louisa Lincoln.
5. Maria Stanley ; m. 11 Dec, 1842, Enos Richardson.
6. Ira N. Stanley ; m. (1) Abby A. Carpenter; m. (2)
Ann Turnley.
7. Mary Ann Stanley ; m. 1 Jan., 1852, Nathaniel Walden.
8. Juliet Danforth Stanley ; m. James Goss.
9. John B. Stanley; m. 3 Aug., 1856, Nelly M. Went-
worth.
10. Betsey Emeline Stanley ; m. Benjamin W. Dawley.
64. X. Oliver Ckomwell, b. 27 Feb., 1790.
1.
65.
ii.
6Q.
iii.
iv.
67.
V.
vi.
vii.
68.
viii.
54 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
28.
Job* (^Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,- Nicholas^) , born at Taun-
ton, 10 April, 1745; died in Providence, R. I., 23 Nov., 1838;
married 5 Nov., 1769, Sarah, daughter of Peter and Sarah Coy,
of Bristol, R. I., born in 1753, died 26 Aug., 1812. He served
in the Revolution* ; called aftervs^ard " ensign " j name on pension
roll, 1831; %10 per annum.
Children :
Samuel,« b. 7 Sept., 1770; d. unm. 5 Oct., 1795.
OziAs, b. 20 Oct., 1772.
Job, b. 9 Sept., 1774.
Oliver, b. 4 Sept., 1776 ; unm.
William, b. 26 Aug., 1777.
Horatio, b. 28 April, 1780; lost at sea; d, unm. 1807.
Catherine, b. 20 April, 1785 ; d. unm. 20 April, 1833.
Walter Kaleigh, b. 1 April, 1787.
29.
Elkanah* {Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,' ITicholas^), born in
Taunton, 5 Aug., 1750; resided many years, and died at Wood-
ford, Vt., 16 Feb., 1813; married 25 Nov., 1773, Sibyl Tisdale
(born about 1755, died 31 May, 1818) . He was a very prominent
citizen, chairman of the board of selectmen, etc.
An ancient pocket memorandum-book, once the property of Rev.
Samuel Danforth, of Taunton (subsequently the property of Elkanah
Danforth, and now of his great-grandson, B. Franklin Danforth, Che-
topa, Labette County, Kansas), contains many memoranda of pur-
chases of land by said Rev. Samuel Danforth ; also these memoranda :
"May 20, 1774, Ebenezer Severs & Elkanah Danforth hired the
Decon Luscomb's pu (pew) taking one half to myselvef"; also,
"Nov. 25, 1773, Elkanah Danforth maried to Sibble Tisdel";
also, "my son Georg Washington died June the 23, 1799, in the
avanna on a Spanish Hon in the West Inges."
Elkanah Danforthf was a corporal in Capt. Jonathan Shaw's
CO., Col. John Daggett's regt., enlisted Aug. 21, 1778, discharged
Sept. 1, 1778 ; service, 12 days, travel included, at Rhode Island.
[Mass. Arch.]
Children :
69. i. Jonathan,^ b. 1 Oct., 1775.
70. ii. George Washington, b. 29 Jan., 1776.
* He was in Captain Esek Eddy's company of arrificera, acting as boatman ; service,
from Aug. 8, 1778, 25 days, on an expedition to Rhode Island. [Mass. Arch.]
t Elkanah Danford or Danforth, of Tamworth, N. H., descendant of "William of
Newbury, was also a Revolutionary soldier. See his record in Part Second.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 55
71. iii. James, b. 26 Jan., 1779.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 13 April, 1782; m. Sylvester Armstrong, son of
John Armstrong, of Norwich, Conn., b. at Bennington, Vt.,
14 Dec, 1780; d. Kirkland, N. Y., 29 March, 1851 ; m. at
Woodford, Vt., 22 Dec, 1803. He was a farmer. Res.
at Kirkland, N. Y.
Children of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Dauforth) Armstrong :
1. Harriet Armstrong, b. at Bennington, 16 Oct., 1804;
m. 23 March, 1826, Silas Spencer. Child :
Renben Danforth Spencer.
2. Elkanah Dcwfortli Armstrong, b. at Bennington, 3 Aug.,
1807 ; m. 13 March, 1834, Eliza White, b. at Rowe,
Mass., 6 May, 1815. Children of Elkanah D. and
Eliza (White) Armstrong :
(1) Caroline Elizabeth Armstrong, b. 7 June,
1835 ; d. 1 March, 1839.
(2) Liiman Danforth Armstrong, b. 6 June, 1837;
d. at Exeter, N. Y., 5 July, 1860.
(3) Chester White Armstrong, b. 2 Sept., 1840;
d. 4 April, 1875 ; m. at Verona, N. Y., 10
April, 1870, Eliza Satterlee, b. at Verona,
7 Dec, 1849.
(4) Emeline Mehetabel Armstrong, b. 19 June,
1845 ; m. Fayette Nelson Satterlee.
(5) Andalusia Melissa Armstrong, b. 31 May, 1853.
3. Sylvester Armstrong, Jr., b. 14 Dec, 1809 ; d. 7 Nov.,
1885 ; m. 10 Dec, 1835, Olive Curtis, dau. of Levi
and Elizabeth (Parmalee) Munger, b. 22 July, 1813.
Children of Sylvester and Olive C. (Munger) Arm-
strong :
(1) Ellen Rosalie Armstrong, b. 8 Oct., 1836;
m. George Henry Spencer.
(2) Amos Parmalee Armstrong, b. 10 Oct., 1838 ;
m. Catherine, dau. of James and Lydia
House.
(3) Harriet Elizabeth Armstrong, b. 25 Sept.,
1840 ; m. Sabine Lloyd.
(4) Betsey Olive Armstrong, b. 27 June, 1843 ;
d. 12 May, 1880 ; m. David Perry Stafford.
(5) Sarah Anna Armstrong, b. 17 Oct., 1847 ;
d. 16 Dec, 1890 ; m. George Nichols.
(6) Elvira Munger Armstrong, b. 9 June, 1850;
m. 1871, William Mercer. Child: Edith
May Mercer, b. 3 July, 1872, m. Albert
Luther, Franklin Iron Works, Oneida, N. Y.
(7) Lillie Cecilia Armstrong, b. 22 Oct., 1857 ;
m. Albert Luther.
4. Alden Armstrong, b. 5 July, 1814; res. DeansviUe,
N. Y.
56 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
6. Henry Armstrong, b. 23 Feb., 1817 ; school teacher
and farmer ; d. 27 Nov., 1846 ; m. 1842, Anna, dau.
of and Nancy (Burdick) Coon, b. De Ruyter,
N. Y., 5 May, 1816, d. 10 Nov., 1888. After Mr.
Armstrong's death she m. (2) John S. Parslow, and
(3) Micah Jepson. Child of Henry and Anna (Coon)
Ai'mstrong :
Cornelia Amanda Armstrong, b. at Lincklaen,
N. Y., 19 Oct., 1842 ; m. 13 Sept., 1865, Henry
Deloss, son of Henry Clark and Martha (Coon)
Burdick, b. at Lincklaen, N. Y., 18 April, 1833.
Res. New Woodstock, Madison County, N. Y.
V. Benjamin, b. 2 April, 1785 ; d. unm. 7 Feb., 1809.
72. vi. Henry, b. 13 July, 1793.
30.
Thomas* {Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JSTicholas^), born at
Taunton, 2 June, 1731; died 8 Aug., 1782; married by Shu bael
Conant, justice of the peace, 20 Feb., 1755, Martha Jacobs, of
Mansfield, born in 1732, died 12 May, 1792. He resided at
Middletown, Conn.
Children :
73. i. Thomas,^ b. 2 June, 1756.
74. ii. Joseph, b. 17 Aug., 1758.
iii. Sarah, b. 27 Feb., 1761 ; d. 28 Dec, 1827 ; m. 1 May, 1781,
Oliver Boardman, fourth child of Timothy and Jemima (John-
son) Boardmau, of Middletown, Ct. ; b. 2 Aug., 1758 ; d. 28
July, 1826.
Children of Oliver and Sarah (Danforth) Boardman :
1. Sarah or Sally Boardman, b. 21 Feb., 1782 ; d. at Wa-
watosa, Wis., 10 Feb., 1853 ; m. at Hartford, Ct., 24
Nov., 1808, Simeon Stedman, b. at Stm-bridge, Mass.,
25 May, 1782, settled in Springfield, deacon Cong.
Church (now Chicopee) ; he d. 5 Oct., 1842. It was
during a temporary residence in Hartford that his
dau. Harriet Priscilla (afterward wife of Rev. Luther
Clapp) was born, on the day when the first mission-
aries to the Sandwich Islands were ordained there.
Children of Simeon and Sally (Boardman) Stedman :
(1) Isaac Watts Stedman, b. 6 Feb., 1810 ; d. 28
Jan., 1827.
(2) Elizabeth Rowe Stedman, b. 1812 ; d. 23 Aug.,
1850.
(3) Mary Boardman Stedman, b. 6 Dec, 1814 ; d.
25 June, 1835.
(4) Harriet Priscilla Stedman, b. 29 Sept., 1819 ;
m. 29 June, 1845, Rev. Luther Clapp (son
DANFORTH GENEAOLGT. 57
of Ansel and Eunice (Wright) Clapp ; b.
Westhamptou, 19 Oct., 1819); and had
among other children, a dau. Sarah Board-
man Clapp who went as a missionary to
China, and there m. Rev. Chauncey Goodrich.
(5) Simeon Boardman Stedman, b. July, 1822,
drowned 13 March, 1832.
(6) Timothy Boardman Stedman, b. 21 April,
182G ; m. Eliza Jane Belcher ; d. 28 Nov.,
1892.
.2. Thomas Danforth Boardman, b. 21 Jan., 1784 ; d. Hart-
ford, Sept., 1873 ; m. 28 May, 1812, Elizabeth B.
Lewis, b. in May, 1788.
3. Oliver Boardman, b. 26 Aug., 1785 ; d. unm., 21 Feb.,
1811.
4. Sherman Boardman, b. 10 July, 1787; d. 20 March,
1861 ; m. 29 May, 1817, Henrietta, dau. of Col. Wil-
liam Richards, of New London ; b. 22 Sept., 1788.
5. Mary Frothingham Boardman, b. 28 March, 1790 ; d.
unm., 11 May, 1822.
6. Daniel Boardman, b. 1 Feb., 1792 ; d. 23 Sept., 1799.
7. Martha Danforth Boardman, b. 19 Dec, 1793 ; d. 3
Nov., 1860.
8. Jerusha Boardman, b. 16 April, 1796; d. Elizabeth,
N. J., 23 July, 1861.
9. Timothy Boardman, b. 20 April, 1798 ; d. N. Y., 25
Feb., 1825.
10. Fanny Boardman,h. 20 April, 1800; d. 2 May, 1853 ;
m. 6 April, 1831, Job Chandler, in business in N. Y. ;
daus. Fanny, Sarah and Elizabeth Chandler, recently
living in Elizabeth, N. J., 46 West Grant St.
11. Daniel Elisha Boardman,h. 5 Sept., 1802 ; d. 26 Aug.,
1803.
iv. Samuel, b. 17 May, 1763 ; d. 30 July, 1764.
75. V. Edward, b. 20 March, 1765.
76. vi. Jonathan, b. 14 Dec, 1766.
77. vii. William, b. 7 Feb., 1769.
78. viii. Daniel, b. 25 Jan., 1771.
79. ix. Samuel, b. 10 April, 1774.
31.
Elijah" {Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ N'icholas^), born at
Taunton, 20 March, 1733; died at Norton, 12 Feb., 1809; mar-
ried 1 Oct., 1761, Susannah, daughter of Dea. Benjamin and Sarah
(Allen) Copeland* of Norton, born 1 April, 1740; died 12 March,
1816.
* Benjamin Copeland was son of William Copeland and Mary, dau. of John and
Ruth (Alden) Bass, Ruth being a dau. of the Mayflower passengers John Alden and
Priscilla, dau. of Mr. William MuUins.
58 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Elijah Danforth,® born in Taunton, went with his father's family
to Norwich, Ct. ; learned blacksmith's trade ; settled in Norton,
Mass. All their children were born in Norton.
"The news of the Ba,ttle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, reached
Norton the same day, and before sunrise of the 20th, two compa-
nies left town for the scene of action. In one of these, commanded
by Capt. Seth Gilbert, was Elijah Danforth. He continued in ser-
vice during the war.*
Children :
80. i. Elijah,^ b. 12 Sept., 1762.
ii. Susannah, b. 8 June, 1764 ; d. in Mercer, Me., 5 Jan., 1838 ;
m. Daniel Burr, who removed from North Oxford to Mercer,
Me., about 1801.
Children of Daniel and Susannah (Danforth) Burr:
1. Letitia Burr, b. at N. Oxford, Me., 1799 ; m. John
Gates, of Worcester.
2. Daniel Burr, b. at N. Oxford, Me., 31 Jan., 1795 ; d.
at Hingham, 15 Sept., 1874 ; m. Lucy Lane Andrews.
Children: (i.) Daniel Horace, b. 19 Feb., 1838;
killed at Gettysburg, 2 July, 1863. (ii.) Anna Cath-
erine, b. 5 Feb., 1842.
3. Anna Palmer Burr, m. Rev. Sewell Paine, son of Wm.
and Relief (Ward) Paine, b. at Leicester, 1 Nov.,
1806; Bowd. ColL 1835 ; Bangor Theo. Sem. 1838;
ord. Montgomery, Vt., 1842 ; afterwards at Rumford
and Monson, Me., Quechee, Vt, and Granville, N. Y.;
d. 4 March, 1877.
4. Polly Burr, ni. Rev. Mr. Simpson, of Craftsbury, Vt.
5. Experience Burr, d. unm., at AVorcester, at her sister
Gates'.
6. John Burr, b. 1777-8; d. 10 May, 1843.
81. iii. Thomas, b. 17 May, 1766.
iv. Sarah, b. 21 Jan., 1768 ; d. 5 Nov., 1831 ; m. 3 Aug., 1790,
Jonathan Hodges, son of Joua. and Abigail (Sanford) Hodges,
b. 18 April, 1763. d. 28 March, 1814,''in Norton. Jonathan
Hodges at the age of 17 years served in the American Army in
the Revolution. He was stationed at West Point at the time
of the treachery of Benedict Arnold. He served also later in
Rhode Island. After the war he followed the occupations of
* Following is the official abstract of his service : " Private, Capt. Seth Gilbert's (2d
Norton) compnny, Col, John Daggett's regt., which marched on the alarm of April
19th, 177-5; service, 5 days"; he was also in " Capt. Isaac Hodges' co., Col. George
Williams' regt.; service from Sept. 25, 1777, to Oct. 31, 1777, 1 mo., 6 days, on a
secret expedition" ; also in " Capt. Samuel White's co.. Col. Thos. Carpenter's regt.;
enlisted Aug. 18, 1778; discharged Sept. 9, 1778; service, 23 days, on expedition to
Pvhode Island" ; also in " Capt. Israel Trow's co., Col. Isaac Dean's (Bristol County)
regt.; enlisted Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 9 days, at Hhode
Island on the Alarm of Aug. 1, 1780." [Mass. Arch.]
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 59
his father, being a farmer and also running a fulling-mill. He
■was assessor and also selectman of Norton for a number of
years, and was captain of one of the Norton militia companies.
Children of Jonathan and Sarah (Danforth) Hodges :
1. Sarah Hodges, b. 1 March, 1794 ; d. at Augusta, Me.,
3 Aug., 1865.
2. Siisaxnah Hodges, b. 5 Oct., 1796 ; d. 7 Jan., 1880.
3. Jonathan Eodges,h.M-Avch.,\l^^ ; d. at Taunton, 10
Nov., 1866. Jonathan Hodges, Jr., was quite a me-
chanical genius and a number of his inventions of im-
proved details of steam locomotives came into general
use. He had a decided taste for music and belonged
to the " Old Taunton Band," and to a double quartette
of vocalists, both locally quite celebrated.
4. Almon Danforth Hodges, b. 25 Jan., 1801 ; d. at Ports-
mouth, R. L, 27 Sept., 1878 ; m. 5 Oct., 1827, Mar-
tha, dau. of Samuel and Sally (Brown) Comstock,
b. 1807, d. 29 Aug., 1849. He m. (2) 17 Dec,
1850, Jane Hudson (Glazier) Leonard. She died in
Eoxbury 3 Nov., 1901.
In 1816 he became clerk in a grocery store m
Providence, R. I. ; from 1818 to 1823 he was in the
service of John D. and Moses AYiUiams, of Boston;
after which, in the firm of Stimson & Hodges, he
conducted successfully the grocery business in Provi-
dence during 22 years. Returning to Boston in 1845,
he entered upon the wholesale grocery trade, and with
several partners, one of whom was James H, Dan-
forth (No. 330), continued until 1850, when he be-
came president of the Washington Bank of Boston,
His financial ability, strict integrity and pleasant man-
■ ners led to his being chosen to many positions of
trust ; director of the Weybosset and National banks
of Providence; president of the Roxbury Institution
for Savings; one of the organizers of the Boston
Clearing House. Always interested in military mat-
ters, he was prominent in militia in Boston and Prov-
idence. In the Dorr war of 1842 he did important
service; after which he organized the Providence
Horse Guards, of which he became colonel, and rep-
resented the city of Providence in the Rhode Island
legislature.
On the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion, though
too old to enter active service, he organized and com-
manded the Roxbury Horse Guards, and used his in-
fluence and means in upholding the government
With a good voice and musical capability, he belonged
to several musical societies. He was president of
the N. E. Historic Genealogical Society, and compiled
at his own expense a second edition of the Gene-
60 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
alogical Record of the Hodges Family in New
England.
Children of Almon Danforth Hodges :
(1) Danforth Comstock Hodges, b. 15 Sept., 1831 ;
m. 1 July, 1863, Mary Ives, dau. of Henry
Augustus and Julia Ann (Haughton) Rich-
ards, b. 28 Ajiril, 1840. A member of the
firm of Geo. Blackburn & Co. ; trustee of the
Roxbury Institution for Savings ; clerk of
St. James Episcopal Church. Children : (i.)
Almon Danforth Hodges, b. 17 Feb., 1865 ;
.H. U., A.B. 1889; il.D. 1893; res. Rox-
bury. (ii.) Martha Comstock Hodges, b. 12
June, 1860 ; m. John F. F. Brewster, (iii.)
Mary Ivers Richards Hodges, b. 22 May,
1874. (iv.) Jennie Leonard Hodges, b. 29
July, 1876 ; m. Rev. Victor Menet Haughton.
(v.) Anne Chester Hodges, b. 1 June, 1878.
(2) WUliam Townsend Hodges, b. 21 Oct., 1833 ;
d. 6 April, 1865 ; fell while leading his
squadron in the battle of Bm-ksville, Va.
(3) George Foster Hodges, b. 12 Jan., 1837 ; d. of
camp fever, at Hall's Hill, Va., 31 Jan., 1862.
(4) Frederick Stimson Hodges, b. 29 Sept., 1839 ;
d. in 27 days.
(5) Frederick Stimpson Hodges, b. 15 Oct., 1840.
He was civil engineer in the construction of
several Western railroads. He held a com-
mission as lieutenant from the State of Iowa
for brief service in 1861, and was for a year
in service in the U. S. gunboat Daylight in
the Atlantic blockading squadron.
(6) Almon Danforth Hodges, Jr., b. 16 July, 1843 ;
H. C. 1864; Freiberg, Saxony, 1865-8 ; has
performed a succession of remarkable investi-
gations, developments, inventions and explo-
rations in Mining Engineering and Metal-
lurgy, which have enrolled his name in the
highest rank of his profession. California,
Nevada, Peru, Arizona, Mexico and other
regions have been in turn the scenes of his
diligent and brilliant operations. He is a
member of various societies and clubs, tech-
nical and social, has written several valuable
reports, translated some text books from the
German, etc. [See article in N. Y. Eng. and
Min. Jour., 18 July, 1891]. He m. 10 July,
1882, Bertha Louisa Bernard, of Oakland,
Cal., b. 12 Aug., 1863, d. in 1884. Child:
Frederic Stimson Hodges, b. 16 June, 1883.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 61
(7) Francis Olney Hodges, b. 16 May, 1846; d.
18 May, 1852.
(8) Carroll Hodges, b. 4 Oct., 1848; d. 4 Sept.,
1849.
(9) Amory Glazier Hodges, b. 19 Dec, 1852 ; m.
Alice, dau. of Robt. T. and Harriet (Davis)
Woodward, b. 15 Jan., 1855.
(10) Edward Carroll Hodges, b. 24 Dec, 1855.
5. Neivton Sanford Hodges, b. 25 Oct., 1802 ; d. 7 Jan.,
1861 ; m. Susannah W. Lane.
Children of Newton and Susannah W. (Lane) Hodges :
(1) Emily Hodges, b. 1831 ; m. Seneca Sanford
(firm of Estes and Lauriat, booksellers, Bos-
ton).
2) Charles Hodges, b. and d. in 1834.
(3) Frank Newton Hodges, b. 1835.
(4) Sarah Hodges, b. 1838.
(5) David L. Hodges, b. 1841.
T. Anna (Nancy), b. 19 March, 1770 ; d. 8 Sept., 1851 ; m. 1 Oct.,
1794, George, son of Rev. Joseph and Sarah (Eames) Palmer,
of Norton; he was b. 27 April, 1771, and d. at Sunkhays, Me.,
26 Dec, 1809.
vi. Eunice, b. 6 Dec, 1771 ; d. 15 Aug., 1852; m. 12 Nov., 1794,
her cousin, Dea. Daniel Lane ; b. 22 April, 1771 ; d. 1 Nov.,
1857. •
Children of Daniel and Anna (Danforth) Lane :
1. Eunice Lane, b. 18 July, 1796 ; d. unm., 24 Jan., 1825.
2. Daniel Lane, \). 4 Sept., 1797; m, Hannah (Bassett)
Edson.
3. Bradford Lane, b. 19 April, 1799 ; d. 7 Dec, 1834.
4. Lttvinia Lane, b. 14 March, 1801 ; m. 30 Jan., 1826,
James Waterman Perry.
5. Thomas Danforth Lane, b. 14 March, 1803.
6. Clarissa Lane, b. 26 Sept., 1804; d. 7 Feb., 1825.
7. Albert Lane, b. 27 Sept., 1806 ; m. Elmira, dau. of
James Godfrey, of Taunton.
8. Ephraim Lane, b. 1 April, 1809 ; m. 22 Sept., 1834,
Almyra A. Chase.
9. Harrison Lane, b. 2Q March, 1811 ; m. Mary Augusta
Babbitt. Dau. Julia Babbitt Lane.
10. Benjamin Copeland Lane, b. 22 Dec, 1812.
82. vii. Samuel, b. 16 Oct., 1773.
viii. Margaket, b. 5 Nov., 1775; d. 22 June, 1844; m. Hon. Sam-
uel Metcalf Pond, of Bucksport, Me., judge of probate, Han-
cock CO.
Childi'en of Samuel M. and Margaret (Danforth) Pond:
1. Orella Ann Pond, b. 26 July, 1807 ; d. at Curacoa, 12
Feb., 1837 ; m. Dr. Thomas Thompson, son of Dr.
Abraham R. T., of Charlestown.
62 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
2. Elijah Danforth Pond, b. 26 Feb., 1809 ; d. at San Di-
ego, Cal., Dec, 1849.
3. George Pond, M.D., b. 24 Oct., 1810 ; d. at Bucks-
port, Me., 24 March, 1858 ; m. 24 June, 1846, Sarah,
dau. of John Lee, Esq., of Bucksport. Grad. Bowd.
Coll.
4. Stephen Decatur Pond, h. 12 Feb., 1813; d. 10 Oct.,
1841.
5. Samuel Metcalf Pond, b. 3 Feb., 1815; d. N. Y., 18
April, 1875; m. 16 Dec, 1840, Harriet L. Pond,
dau. of Dr. Oliver Pond, of New York.
6. Margaret Pond, b. 28 July, 1817 ; m. Joseph L. Stone,
of Boston ; d. 29 Feb., 1844.
83. ix. Asa, b. 6 April, 1779.
84. X. Benjamin, b. 27 Nov., 1782.
xi. Charles, b. 13 June, 1784; m. Susan Mansfield; d. in Norton,
at the house of his brother Thomas, 12 Oct., 1821.
33.
JOHN^ {Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,"^ JVicJiolas^) , born at
Norwich, Conn., 12 March, 1740-1; died at Ellsworth, O., 31
Jan., 1799; married 10 Sept., 1767, Elizabeth Hartshorn, born
25 May, 1746. Eesided at Norwich.
Children :
i. JoHN,^ b. 5 Nov., 1768 ; became a j)hysician; d. of consumption,
in Norwich, 30 Oct., 1791.
86. ii. Samuel, b. 25 June, 1770.
iii. Elizabeth, b. 22 Sept., 1771; son George H. Danforth, b. 29
May, 1806, was residing in 1866 with his aunt Sally.
iv. Sarah (Sally), b. 12 March, 1783; m. first, Baker; m.
second, Converse, and resided in 1866 with stepson Wil-
liam Converse.
V. Ltdia, b. 18 Feb., 1786 ; d. 15 May, 1848 ; m. Joseph Tift,
b. in 1798, at Ivingston, R. I., d. at Ellsworth, O., 1873.
Children of Joseph and Lydia (Danforth) Tift :
1. Lydta G. H. Tift, b. at Ellsworth, O., in 1822 ; d. in
Wisconsin in 1875 ; m. Amos Ives, of Wisconsin.
2. Jose-ph A. Tift, b. 17 March, 1827 ; d. at Southington,
O., 16 Jan., 1890; m. (1) Fanny Morton; m. (2)
Lucena E. Chalkers.
vi. Mary, b. 7 Aug., 1788 ; m. John Nichols, of Norwich.
35.
Thomas* {Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born
in Billerica, 8 July, 1735; died 1771; married 5 Aug., 1758,
Abigail Fox; she died in 1772.
1.
ii.
87.
iii,
[88.
iv.
V.
89.
\i.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 63
Children :
Rebecca,^ b. 25 April, 1759.
Hanxah, b. 26 March, 1761.
Joseph, b. 6 May, 17G3.
John ; went to Enfield.]
Sibyl, b. 9 July, 1767.
Thojias, b. 28'Dec., 1771.
36.
Capt. Elijah* {Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^),
born in Billerica, 8 Aug., 1737; died about Nov., 1792; married
24 Nov., 1768, Elizabeth, daughter of David and Sarah (Dan-
forth) Osgood, born 14 Feb., 1750. [See 16, Samuel.]
He was on the enlistment committee of the town ; was a lieu-
tenant in Capt. Jonathan Stickuey's company, and with it at
Bunker Hill.* Is said to have served in French and Indian war at
Fort William Henry, in 1758. His estate was administered on
15 Nov., 1792, by Joseph Brown, of Tewksbury.
Children :
i. Elizabeth^ (" Betty "), b. 6 Dec, 1769.
ii. Elijah, born and died in 1772.
iii. Maky (" Molly "), b. 14 Oct., 1773.
iv. Elijah, b. 23 Oct., 1776.
V. TniOTHY, b. 16 May, 1780.
vi. Fraxcis, b. 3 Oct.,"l782.
vii. Charles (posthumous), b. 9 May, 1793.
* His full service is thus officially indicated : Private, Capt. Jonathan Stickney's
company, Col. Bridge's regt. of minute men, -u-hich marched an the alarm of April
19, 1775; service, 6 days ; also Lieutenant, same co. ; list of officers to be
commissioned ; ordered in Provincial Congress May 27, 1775, that commissions be de-
livered said officers; also 1st Lieutenant same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug.
1, 1775 ; engaged April 25, 1775 ; service, 3 months, 14 days ; also company return,
dated Cambridge, Sept. 25, 1775 ; also 1st Lieut. Capt. Abishai Brown's co. ; list of
officers granted beating orders by Provincial Congress April 11, 1776, for enlisting
men to serve in a regiment to be raised to fortify the tOAvn and harbor of Boston ; said
Danforth granted orders for Middlesex Co.; also Captain, Col. Thos. Nixon's (6th)
reg. ; Continental Army, pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Feb. 1, 1779 ;
reported retired as a supernumerary Peb. 1, 1779 ; also, 8th co. Col. Nixon's (4tli)
regt. ; muster roll dated Van Schaick's Island, Sept. 2, 1777, and sworn to in camp
near Stillwater ; appointed Jan. 1, 1777; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for
Nov. and Dec, 1777, dated Albany; also, same regt.; pay abstracts for rations from
July 1, 1777, to Jan. 1, 177S, dated Albany; also, 8th co., Col. Nixon's regt.; muster
roll made up from Jan. 3, 1778, to May 4, 1778 ; also, same regt. ; return of officers for
clothing; receipt for said clothing dated Boston, April 30, 1778 ; also, same regt; re-
turn of officers for clothing dated Boston, Nov. 24, 1778 ; reported deranged Nov. 17;
177S ; also, same regt. ; return of men in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, certified in
camp near Peekskill, Feb. 16, 1779; also, order for gratuity, payable to William
Stickney, Esqr., signed by said Danforth, dated Billerica, Sept. 26, 1779.
64 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
37.
Jonathan* (^Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan^^ Nicholas^ ^ ^
born in Billerica, 10 Nov., 1714; died in Hollis, N. H., 3 March,
1747; married in Hollis, 24 May, 1743, Anna (was she not a
daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Abbot?) Blanchard, born 22 Nov.,
1722 ?) He was a selectman of Hollis, 1746 ; a town officer at its
first town meeting.
Children :
i. ANNA,«b. 7 Feb., 1744; m. 7 Feb., 1765, James Laws, b. 12
March, 1742.
Children of James and Anna (Danforth) Laws :
1. Elizabeth Laws, b. 28 July, 1766.
2. Anna Laws, h. 18 Feb., 1768.
90. ii. Jonathan, b. 20 July, 1745.
91. ill. David, b. 24 Jan., 1747.
38.
Benjamin' (Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,' I^icholas^') ^ .
born in Billerica, 8 Dec, 1724 ; died at Hillsboro, N. H., 10 Oct.,
1816; married 7 April, 1750, Mary, daughter of Benjamin and
Mary (Stearns) Frost, born 20 April, 1727. He was a black-
smith. Tradition says he was at Lexington with his son Jonathan ;
that his wife and another son sat up all night running bullets.* He
was one of the first settlers of Hillsboro, N. H.
Children ;
* The entries in Mass. Archives relating to Benjamin Danforth and Benjamin, Jr.,
all seem to belong to No. 38 and his son, No. 92 ; only one contains the definite term
" Jr." ; they are presented in order of time, without any attempt at dividing the
honors. "Tewksbury. Private in a company commanded by Lieut. Thomas Clark,
Col. Green's regiment, -which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 2 days."
"Private, Capt. Solomon Pollard's co. of Minute Men, Col. Green's regt., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 8 days." «' Benjamin, Jr. Private,
detachment from Lexington militia company under command of John Bridge ;
service, from May 11 to May 15, 1775, 5 days, at Cambridge, by order of the
Committee of Safety." " BiUerica. Private, Capt. Solomon Kidder's co., Col,
Brooks' regt. ; return of men in service at White Plains, endorsed ' 1776 ';" " Lexing-
ton. List of men drafted from militia to march to Horse Neck under command of
Col. Brooks [year not given], but who failed to join regt. ; reported drafted into Capt.
Hunt's CO." " Private, Capt. Abishai Brown's co.. Col. John Robinson's regt. ; enlisted
Aug. 1, 1777 ; service, 5 months, 4 days, at Rhode Island." " Private, Capt. Joseph
Bradley Varnura's co.. Col. Mcintosh's regt.. Brig. Gen. Lovell's brigade; enlisted
July 29, 1778; discharged Sept. 11, 1778; service, 1 month, 18 days, travel included,
on expedition to Rhode Island ; roll dated Dracut."
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 65
92. i. Benjamin," b. 23 May, 1751.
ii. Mary, b. 21 Sept., 1*752 ; m. 28 March, 1775, Timothy Levi-
stone, son of Seth and Mary (Sprake) Levistone, of Billerica,
b. 13 Feb., 1750.
Children of Timothy and Mary (Danforth) Levistone :
1. Mary Levistone, b. 23 Dec., 1777 ; m. 7 Jan., 1798,
John Lane, and had children George and Timothy
Lane.
2. Timothy Levistone, b. 9 Oct., 1779.
3. Alice Levistone, b. .Jan., 1783.
4. Julia Levistone, b. 9 May, 1785 ; m. William Kittredge.
5. Jepthah Levistone, b. Nov., 1787.
92a. iii. Jonathan, b. 20 July, 1754.
92b. iv. Samuel, b. 24 Aug., 1756.
V. Elizabeth, born same day.
vi. Abel, b. 13 March, 1758 ; d. unm. in the army, at Crown Point,
of small pox, 14 July, 1776.
vii. Anna, b. 7 Sept., 1759 ; m, Thomas Levistone.
93. viii. Peter, b. 25 May, 1761.
ix. Aaron, b. 4 March, 1763 ; d. 20 Sept., 1765.
X. Abigail, born and died in 1766.
xi. Abial, b. 16 May, 1767 ; d. 5 April, 1792.
xii. Aaron, b. 6 Oct., 1768; d. 3 Sept., 1775.
[xiii. Rebecca.]
39.
Lieut. Joseph' (Sa7nuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,' ITicholas^),
born in Billerica, 30 June, 1720; died 30 March, 1795; married
Mary A., daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Jeffs) Richardson,
born 26 May, 1722, died 1 Dec, 1789. He removed to Dunstable,
the part now Tyngsborough, where he became a leading citizen.
"Joseph Danforth, of Tyngsborough, gent," made will 20 Dec,
1794; prob. 21 April, 1795; bequeathed to "my children being
five in number," viz.: "Mary Taylor, Abigail Farwell, Hannah
Taylor, Lucy Lund and Josiah Danforth " ; mentions deceased chil-
dren Rebecca Whitney ("who left no child"); Rhoda, wife of
Theodore French, whose portion had been paid ; and bequeathed to
daughter-in-law Sarah and grandchildren Joseph and Josiah D. (to
each of whom he gave a "firelock fowling piece," adding his "desk"
to Joseph's portion), and Mary D.
Children :
i. Mart,« b. 5 Feb., 1745 ; d. 5 Dec, 1813 ; m. 8 Jan., 1766, Jonas
Taylor, b. at Dunstable, 30 Nov., 1739, d. 15 Dec, 1823.
Chad:
Danforth Taylor, b. 30 Oct., 1769 ; d. at Stoddard, N. H.,
4 Jan., 1858.
66 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
H. Abigail, b. 10 Aug., 1748 ; m. Farwell.
iii. Hannah, b. 20 Aug., 1751 ; m. 15 May, 1778, Jacob Taylor,
iv. Joseph, b. 19 May, 1754. "Joseph Uanforth, Jr., of Dunsta-
ble," was a "private in Capt. Leonard Butterfield's co.. Col.
Eben. Bridges' regt. of Minute Men, which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge ; left place of ren-
dezvous April 28, 1775 ; service 10 days." [Mass, Arch,]
94. V. JosiAH, b. 8 Jan., 1757.
vi. Rebecca, b. 5 March, 1759; d. 12 Feb., 1794; m. 23 June,
1779, Lieut. Benjamin Whitney,
vii. Lucy, b. 6 Jan., 1766 ; m. 25 Aug., 1785, Stephen Lund. He
d. 20 May, 1821.
viii. Rhoda, b. 22 April, 1769 ; d. 20 May, 1790 ; m. 4 Oct., 1781
(sic), Theodore French, of Dunstable.
Children of Theodore and Rhoda (Danforth) French :
1. Rhoda French, b. 9 July, 1782.
2. Joseph French, b. 22 Nov., 1783.
3. Rebecca French, b. 4 June, 1785.
4. Theodore French, b. 19 Dec, 1786.
5. Jacob French, b. 24 Oct., 1789 ; d. 15 April, 1790.
40.
Samuel* (^Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonaihauy^ Nicholas^) , bom
in Billerica, 24 June, 1722; married 11 Feb., 1747-8, Mary,
daughter of Seth Ross, of Billerica, born 1 Oct., 1726. Resided
in Billerica.
Children :
i. Mart,* b. 15 June, 1749.
94-l.ii. Samuel, b. 28 Sept., 1752.
iii. Sarah, b. 5 Jan., 1755.
iv. Sarah, b. 30 April, 1757.
V. Rebecca, b. 3 Dec, 1759.
vi. Seth,* b. 3 June, 1762; m. Judith Dunkin. Was a Revolution-
ary soldier.
• Seth. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continenta] Army for the terra
of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely,
Commissioner, by Maj. Peter Harwood of 6th Mass. regt., at Springfield, July 3, 1780 ;
age, 19 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, light; engaged for town of Billerica;
marched to camp July 3, 1780, under command of Lieut. Daniel Frye of the artificers ;
also, pay roU for 6 months men raised by the town of Billerica for service in the Con-
tinental Army during 1780 ; marched June 29, 1780 ; discharged July 18, 1780 ; ser-
vice, 1 mo.; reported 220 miles from home; also, receipt dated Billerica, June 18,
1781, for bounties paid said Danforth and others, on behalf of several classes of the
town of Billerica, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years ; also
descriptive list of men raised in Middlesex Co., agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780,
as returned by Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for the said county ; age, 18 yrs. ;
stature, 5 ft. | in.; complexion, light; hair, light; eyes, blue; occupation, farmer;
engaged for town of Billerica; engaged March 29, 1781 ; term, 3 years.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 67
94-2.vii. JosiAH, b. 4 July, 1765 ; baptismal record calls him "Isaac."
94a. viii. Joseph, b. 3 June, 1767.
ix. Zadoc, b. 26 Aug., 1770 ; was owner of certain books or pamph-
lets which had come down in the Danforth family, now in
possession of A. M. Dorrs, of Lowell, in one of which is
written :
" Zadock Danforth, his book 1781.
Mary Danforth her book 1787.
John Piper is to have this book when he comes to be
a man that is 21 yrs of age.
John Piper left Zadock Danforth.
Sarah Danforth her book 1794
Polly Danforth."
41.
Thomas* {Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVichoIas^), born
in Billerica, 11 May, 1724; removed to Dunstable, and later to
Tyringham; married 16 Oct., 1744, Sarah Butterfield, of Chelms-
ford. He was a Revolutionary soldier.*
Children :
95. i. Thomas,* b. 20 Feb., 1744-5.
96. ii. Asa, b. 25 July, 1746.
97. iii. John, b. 17 Feb., 1748.
iv. Sarah, b. 18 June, 1749 ; m. 11 June, 1772, Daniel Dodge, b.
in Salem, 23 May, 1743, d. 1805 ; private in battle of Lexing-
ton, according to Hist. Palmer. Resided at Palmer.
Children of Daniel and Sarah (Danforth) Dodge :
1. Sarah Dodge, b. 18 Sept., 1773.
2. Betsey Dodge, b. 9 July, 1775 ; m. Dec, 1794, Philip
Reynolds, b. at Fonda, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1767 ; d. 7
July, 1837 ; she d. 18 April, 1859.
•Thomas (Danford). Corporal, Capt. Noah Lankton's co., Col. Mark Hopkin's (1st
Berkshire County) regt. ; entered service July 15, 1776; discharged July 31, 1776;
Bervice, 17 days, on expedition to the Highlands, N. Y., by order of Brig. Gen. John
Fellows.
Thomas. [In] (Late) Capt. George King's co., Col. Benjamin Simond's detachment of
Berkshire Co. militia ; enlisted Dec. 16, 1776 ; discharged March 24, 1777 ; service, 98
days at Ticonderoga ; also. Corporal, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated Ticonde-
roga, Feb. 25, 1777; enlistment to expire March 15, 1777; also. Corporal, Capt.
Ezekiel Hearick's co.. Col. John Ashley's regt., Brig. Gen. Fellows' (Berkshire Co.)
brigade; entered service Sept. 22, 1777; discharged Oct. 10, 1777; service, 19 days;
company ordered out by Maj. Gen. Gates to reinforce Northern Army; roll certified
at Tyringham ; also, private, Capt. Hearick's co., Col. Ashley's regt. ; enlisted Oct. 13,
1781 ; discharged Oct. 20, 1781 ; service. 12 days, travel included; company marched
from Berkshire Co. under command of Lieut. Col. John Collar, by order of Col. John
Ashley, Jr., on an alarm.
68 ^ DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children of PhUip and Betsey (Dodge) Reynolds :
(1) Philip Reynolds, Jr., b. 16 Sept., 1797; m.
Louise Richard ; was a lawyer in New York
city.
(2) Clara Reynolds, b. 2 Nov., 1803 ; m. Samuel
Maverick.
(3) Sarah Reynolds, b. 1 Oct., 1805; m. Jacob
Burke.
(4) Elizabeth Reynolds, b. 2 March, 1808; m.
Richard John Everett ; whose gr. dau. Mrs.
Helen Elizabeth (Townsend) Yard, has con-
tributed valuable information of this branch.
(5) Peter Reynolds, b. 4 June, 1810; m. Louisa
Churchill.
(6) Mary Reynolds, b. 10 Aug., 1812; m. Dr.
Abram Ten Eyck Hilton.
(7) Nancy Reynolds, b. 24 Sept., 1814.
(8) Alexander Reynolds, b. 22 Nov., 1817.
(9) Jane D. Reynolds, b. 20 Sept., 1819 ; m. Al-
fred Wheeler.
3. Fanny Dodge, b. 8 July, 1776.
4. Lucy Dodge, b. 4 Feb., 1778.
5. Daniel Danforth Dodge, b. 14 June, 1779.
6. Nahby Dodge, b. 28 Aug., 1780.
7. John Dodge, b. 19 March, 1784.
8. Francis Dodge, b. 25 Sept., 1785.
V. Samuel, b. at Dunstable, 20 July, 1751.
97a. vi. Jonathan, b. 21 Dec, 1752.
97i. vii. RuFus, b. date unknown.
42.
John* {Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ ITicholas^), born at
Billerica, 14 Feb., 1730; removed to Andover ; married 6 March,
1755, by Rev. Samuel Phillips, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and
Sarah Wilson, of Bill., born 10 Oct., 1732. [Compare vs^ith Nos.
48a and 98.]
Child :
98. John, Jr.," b. 23 July, 1756.
43.
Joshua' {SamueU* Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), horn at
Billerica, 24 Feb., 1732; removed to Woburn ; married 25 July,
1754, in W., Kezia, daughter of John and Kezia (Wyman) Reed,
born 8 Jan., 1736.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY, 69
Children :
99. i. Joshua,' b. 14 Dec, 1754.
ii. Kezia, b. 11 Aug., 1757.
iii. Lucy, b. 23 Feb., 1759 ; d. 14 June, 1853 ; m. in 1782, William,
60U of William and Lydia Sweetser, b. 9 April, 1759 ; d. 23
une, 1847.
Children of William and Lucy (Danforth) Sweetser :
1. Lucy Sweetser, b. 10 Jan., 1783: m. 9 April, 1805,
Joseph, sou of Benj. Bullard and Anne (Mansfield)
Raddin.
2. Nancy Sioeetser, b. 15 Jan., 1785 ; d. 10 Jan., 1805 ; m.
24 April, 1803, Samuel, son of Samuel and Hannah
Copp, b. in 1782, d. 8 March, 1844.
3. Sophia Sweetser, b. 19 Jan., 1787 ; d. Dec, 1825; m.
3 April. 1806, Samuel Copp, above (second wife).
4. William Sweetser, b. 29 May, 1789 ; d. 17 Nov., 1858;
m. 1813, Judith, dau. of Jona. and Abby (Rogers)
Bond.
5. Henry Sweetser, b. 12 Aug., d. 3 Oct., 1791.
6. Charles Sweetser, b. 12 May, 1793 ; d. 24 July, 18G5 ;
m. 29 Aug., 1815, Nancy, dau. of Richard and Eliza
Mansfield, b. in 1792, d. 3 Oct., 1835 ; m. (2) 28 Feb.,
183G, Sally (Raddin) Bond, b. 19 Feb., 1797 ; d. 2
May, 1873 ; widow of Jona. Bond.
7. Sully Sweetser,h. 1 Sept., 1795 ; d. 1 Dec, 1882 ; m. 19
Nov., 1818, Milton, son of Jona. and Abby (Rogers)
Bond, b. 17 April, 1798, d. 12 May, 1884.
8. John Sweetser, b. 30 Sept., 1797 ; m. 1816, Lydia, dau.
of Jona. and Abby (Rogers) Bond, b. 1802, d. 15
Feb., 1865.
iv. Polly, b. 1761 ; m. 2 May, 1784, in Salem, Ebenezer Symonds.
V. Dorothy, b. 1763 ; d. 8 May, 1819 ; m. 23 Jan., 1783, Benjamin
Sweetser, b. 1761, d. 8 May, 1819.
vi. Elizabeth.
yii. Peesis, b. 1766 ; m. Benjamin, son of Lt. John and Ruth (Rich-
ardson) Gerry, b. Stoneham, 1 Sept., 1767 ; d. about 1847.
[Richardson Genealogy.]
viii. Sarah (Sally), b. at Lynn, 8 Aug., 1768 ; m. in Boston, 26 Feb.,
1788, William, son of Dr. AYm. and Catherine (Nichols) Stimp-
son.
Children of William and Sarah (Danforth) Stimpson :
1. Sarah Ann Stimpson, b. 6 May, 1790 ; m. James Sherck.
Children of James and Sarah A. (Stimpson) Sherck :
(1) William Sherck. (3) Augustus Sherck.
(2) Adeline Sherck. (4) Eliza Sherck.
2. William Danforth Stimpson, b. 1792 j d. unm., 22 Oct.,
1816.
70 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
3. George Washington Stimpsoyi, b. 20 Feb., 1794; d. at
Wakefield, 13 Dec, 1876; m. 9 Feb., 1818, Susan
Johnson.
Children of Geo. W. and Susan (Johnson) Stimpson:
(1) Susan Munroe Stimpson, b. 7 Aug., 1818; d.
19 June, 1864; m. Elbridge M. Stowell.
(2) George Stimpson, b. 20 Jan., 1820; m. Martha
A. Abby,
(3) Sarah Danforth Stimpson, b. 14 Feb., 1822;
d. in June, 1834.
(4) Catherine Nichols Stimpson, b. 16 March, 1824.
(5) Mary Jane Stimpson, b. 3 Feb., 1826.
(6) William Wheeler Stimpson, b. 10 June, 1828;
d. 1834.
(7) Eliza J. Stimpson, b. 27 Feb., 1830 ; m. 1 Nov.,
1856, Solomon Smith.
(8) David Johnson Stimpson, b. 10 April, 1832;
d. 1834.
(9) Joseph Boynton Stimpson, b. 10 Sept., 1834;
m. Emily F. Lord.
(10) Harriet Adeline Stimpson, b. 22 Aug., 1836.
(11) James William Stimpson, b. 19 June, 1840;
served in U. S. army ; taken prisoner at
Gettysburg ; d. in prison.
(12) Sarah Abby Bates Stimpson, b. 1 Feb., 1843.
ix. Joseph, b. at Lynn, 25 May, 1771.
100. X. Benjamin b. at L-nn. 21 Feb., 1773.
44.
Jonathan* (Smmiel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan," JV^icholas^), born
at Billerica, 14 June, 1736; died at Williamstov^^n, Feb., 1802;
married first, at Warren, 22 April, 1759, Lydia, daughter of Na-
thaniel andPhebe (Lamb) Reed, born 13 March, 1736, died 9 Aug.,
1769. (Her father was born in Sudbury, 6 Oct., 1702, and died
at Warren, 9 June, 1785.) He removed to Western (now War-
ren) and resided there and in Williamstown. The following official
memoranda of Kevolutionary service are of great interest :
Jonathan, Western. Sergeant, Capt. Reuben Read's co. of minute-men, Col.
Jonathan Warner's regt., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of
April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; service, 17 days; also, Captain, Col. David Brewer's
regt. ; list of officers in camp at Roxbury ; recommended in Committee of Safety June
12 and June 17, 1775, that said officers be commissioned by Congress; also, Captain,
Col. Brewer's (9th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 2'4< 1775;
service, 3 mos. 15 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1773 ; also, Captain, 8th
CO., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt. ; muster roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27,
1776 ; appointed Jan. 1, 1775 ; reported re-engaged Nov. 14, 1776, as Captain in Col.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 71
Wiggles worth's regt., but to continue in Col. Whitcomb's regt. until Dee. 31, 1776;
also, list of Captains in Col. Whitcomb's regt. from ■whose companies articles were
stolen on the evening of Dec. 25, 1776.
Jonathan (Danthrop), Capt., Col. Whitcomb's regt.; return of sentences by a
court-martial, Lt. Col. Brown president, appearing in a general order dated Head-
quarters, Ticonderoga, Sept. 11, 1776, taken from Col. Wheelock's Orderly Book;
said Danthrop tried on charge of disobedience, neglect of duty, failure to join regt.
when he marched from Boston to No. 4, and for keeping privates belonging to the
regt. without leave from the commanding officer ; found not guilty and acquitted with
honor.
He married second, 13 Sept., 1 770^ Miriam, daughter of [Andrew ?]
Coowie, of Western.
Children :
101. i. Joshua,* b. 26 Nov., 1759.
102. ii. Jonathan, b. 2 March, 1761.
ill. Lydia, b. 17 Dec, 1762 ; d. at Keeseville, N. Y.,5 June, 1847;
m. at AVilliamstown, 8 Dec, 1783, William, son of Jonathan
and Delight (Williams) Woodward ; b. at Plainfield, Conn., 29
Aug., 1760; d. 30 April, 1833.
Children of William and Lydia (Danforth) Woodward :
1. Sarah Woodward, b. 2 July, 1784 ; d. at Fairfax, Vt.,
10 Oct., 1811; m. at Rutland, Sept., 1801, James,
son of Capt. Joseph Farnsworth, of Middletown,
Conn.
2. Lydia Read Woodward, b. 2 July, 1786; d. 12 April,
1802.
3. Charlotte Woodward, b. 27 March, 1788 ; m. at Fairfax,
29 Dec, 1807, Hiram, son of Josiah Safford, of Nor-
wich, Conn., b. 1 June, 1786.
4. Abigail Woodward, b. at Hebron, N. Y., 28 March,
1790; d. 2 Sept., 1791.
5. William Danforth Woodward, b. 12 Aug., 1792.
6. Eliza Woodward, b. at Castleton, Vt., 4 July, 1794;
m. Almon, son of Zalmon Wheeler, who rem. about
1778, from Fairfield, Conn., to Fairfield, Vt., of which
he was first settler, and there died.
7. George Douglas Woodward, b. 16 May, 1796; d. 11
Aug., 1798.
8. Cornelia,') d. 7 Oct., 1798.
9. Delia, )- Woodward, b. 28 July, 1798 ; d,
10. Marilla, ) d-
11. George Clinton Woodtvard, b. 18 March, 1801.
12. Jonathan Douglas Woodward, b. Granville, N. Y., 4
June, 1804.
iv. Dolly, b. 17 April, 1765 ; d. 22 Oct., 1841 ; m. Ebenezer Bill-
ings, who rem. from Montague, Mass., to Cambridge, N. Y. ;
• farmer. House still standing in 1892.
72 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Children of Ebenezer and Dolly (Danf orth ) Billings :
1. Laura Billings, b. 3 March, 1788 ; d. 10 March, 1844 ;
m. Robert Simpson.
2. Sophia Billi7igs, b. 1790; d. 11 July, 1853 ; m. about
1837, Luther Smead.
3. Danforth Billings, b. 1793; d. 12 Aug., 1795.
4. Danforth Billings, b. 29 June, 1796 ; studied for the
ministry ; was lie. (Episc.) in Jan., 1824 ; detained in
N. Y., for opening of river navigation, took varioloid,
d. and was bur. 3 weeks before parents knew ; d. 29
June, 1824.
5. Selina Billings, b. 23 Oct., 1801 ; d. 1 Sept., 1886 ; m.
6 March, 1823, Thomas Rice, b. in Wellington, Ct.,
27 July, 1795; d. Cambridge, N. Y., 8 Feb., 1859.
Children of Thomas and Selina (Billings) Rice :
(1) Mary Nye Rice, b. 24 Jan., 1824; m. 19 Oct.,
1853, Martin D. Hubbard (his second wife).
(2) Sophia Billings Rice, b. 24 June, 1826 ; d. 2
Dec, 1848; m. 10 May, 1847, Martin D.
Hubbard.
(3) George Rice, b. 1830, d. 1831.
(4) Henry Danforth Rice, b. 17 Aug., 1832 ; m. 17
Aug., 1859, Sarah E. Barton ; hotel at Doon,
Lyon CO., la.
V. Phebe, b. 15 Aug., 1767; d. at Medway, 8 Sept., 1843; m.
Barnabas Carey, Jr., b. in Attleboro, 1760; a blacksmith;
made springs for weavers' shuttles ; removed several times in
Mass., N. Y., and N. H., returning to Mass. about 1818. He
d. at Medway, 24 Feb., 1838.
Cliildren of Barnabas and Phebe (Danforth) Cary :
1. Pamela Gary, b. Williamstown, 2 Aug., 1788; d. N.
Wrentham, 10 June, 1865 ; m. 20 May, 1814, Darius
(Josiah, Josiah, Nathaniel, Robert) Ware, b. 21 Aug.,
1789; d. 18 March, 1857.
2. Betsey Cary, b. Sunderland, 22 Aug., 1790 ; d. 16 May,
1874; m. 5 May, 1811, William (Benjamin, Nathan-
iel, Nathaniel, Robert) Ware, b. at Wrentham, 20
Oct., 1784; d. 3 Dec, 1856. [See Ware Genealogy].
3. John Cary, b. Greenfield, Vt., 22 Nov., 1793; d. Par-
ishville, N. J., 11 Jan., 1885 ; m. 16 Oct., 1819, Han-
nah Hale, b. at Warren, R. I. ; d. at P., 25 Aug.,
1881.
4. Lydia Reed Gary, b. Milltown, N. Y,, 11 March, 1796 ;
d. Medway, 22 June, 1856; m. Benjamin Cummings,
b. at Wrentham, 16 Nov., 1795; d. Medway, 21
March, 1863.
5. Charlotte Gary, b. 16 Aug., 1798; d. Attleboro, 29
April, 1802.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 73
6. Bamiahas Gary, b. Pawtucket, R. I., 10 Aug., 1800;
m. Kezia Green ; d. en route to California, Sept.,
1850.
7. Clarissa Danforth Cary, b. Attleboro, 6 March, 1803;
d. Norfolk, Mass., 29 JMay, 1872; m. 10 May, 1823,
Judson, son of Elias and Hannah (Baker) Harding,
b. Medfield, 11 Jan., 1800, d. o Nov., 1847.
8. William Hiram Cary, b. 29 March, 1805 ; d. 23 June,
1888; m. (1) Lydia Daniels Lovell, b. E. Medway,
27 Feb., 1810, d. 1 Sept., 1883. He m. (2) Mrs.
Harriet (Baker) AVhite, b. 29 May, 1810, d. 20 April,
1892.
9. Samuel Danforth Cary, b. 20 June, 1807 ; d. 7 Sept.,
1810.
10. Charlotte Ann Cary,h. 28 May, 1810; d. 25 March,
1812.
11. 3Iary Ann Short Cary, b. Rindge, N. H.,-9 Jan., 1813 ;
m. 9 April, 1837, Charles Barnes, son of Jonathan
Whitney, b. 16 April, 1814.
vi. Hannah, b. 1 March, 1772 ; d. of consumption about 1786.
vii. CoowiE, b. in Williamstown, 24 April, 1774; d. 10 May, 1775.
103. viii. CoowiE, b. in A\llliamstown, 19 Jan., 1776.
104. ix. Keyes, b. 6 June, 1778.
X. Clarissa, b. 12 Jan., 1783 ; d. at Stafford, N. Y., 18 Nov., 1830 ;
m. 25 Nov., 1800, John Hickox, of Williamstown, who rem. to
Stafford ; b. 26 May, 1781 ; d. 10 Sept., 1843.
Children of John and Clarissa^^ Danforth] Hickox :
1. Miriam Hickox, b. 15 July, 1801.
2. Harriet Hickox, b. 16 Feb., 1803; m. 18 May, 1825,
Rev. Milton Huxley, of New Marlborough, Mass. ;
rem. to Neenah, Winnebago Co. Wis. ; he was b. 29
July, 1794 ; Mrs. Huxley, in her 80th year, supplied
information of her father's family.
3. Clarissa Danforth Hickox, b. 15 May, 1805 ; d. 31 July,
1881 ; m. 2 March, 1826, Albert Huxley, of New
Marlboro ; b. 24 Dec, 1802 ; d. at Neenah, 20 Aug.,
1880.
4. Eliza Abigail Hickox, b. 20 June, 1808 ; d. 25 Oct.,
1827 ; m. 12 Sept., 1826, Alfred Monroe, of Williams-
town.
5. John Robinson Hickox, b. 24 Sept., 1810 ; d. 15 March,
1876 ; m. 1 Sept., 1835, Emma Porter, of Syracuse.
Res. Chicago, 111.
6. Almira Hickox, b. 16 Oct., 1812 ; m. Thomas Humph-
rey, of Michigan ; res. California.
7. Catherine Jane Hickox, b. 4 June, 1814; m. 13 Jan.,
1836, Edwm Hodges, of Torrington, Conn., b. 1810,
d. 23 July, 1884, of heart disease. Res. Winterset,
la. ; many years cashier of Wood's Bank.
74 DANrORTH GENEALOGY.
8. Wells Gridley Hlchox, b. 1 2 Sept., 1817 ; m. 1 Jan., 1838,
Elizabeth Brooks ; res. Adams, Hillsdale Co., Mich.
9. George Hickox, b. and d. 1819.
10. Hannah Hickox, b. 17 Oct., 1821 ; m. 11 March, 1840,
Robert Winegar, of Rowe ; res. Lowell, Mich.
11. Frances Amelia Hickox, b. 10 Feb., 1824; d. 20 Feb.,
1877 ; m. 22 Aug., 1844, Le Grand Rockwell ; res.
Elkhorn, Wis.
12. Danforth Billings Hickox, b. 1 May, 1826 ; d. 4 Sept.,
1830.
105. xi. William Woodwabd, b. 13 June, 1787.
45.
William* (Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born at
Billerica, 25 Aug., 1720; died 5 March, 1743-4; married 17 Feb.,
1742, Abigail, daughter of Benjamin and Susanna (Baldwin)
Walker, of Billerica, born 23 April, 1724. After his death she
married second, 30 Jan., 1745-6, Peter Hill, and had eight children.
Child :
Abigail,® b. 12 Jxine, 1743 ; [married Jonas Gleason, of Bedford].
46.
Jacob' {Jacoh,*^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Wicholas^), born at Bil-
lerica, 13 Aug., 1723; died 9 Nov., 1748; married 26 Dec, 1745,
Martha, daughter of William and Hannah (Ross) Crosby, born 12
Jan., 1725. She survived her husband and married second, 23 Jan.,
1754, Matthew Mead, of Lexington.
The estate of Jacob Danforth, late of Billerica, blacksmith, was
administered upon 2 Jan., 1748, by his widow Martha; the Inven-
tory was taken 20 Dec, account rendered 19 Nov., 1753. She was
allowed for " bringing up the children till the eldest arrived at the
age of 7 years." She asked to have Nathaniel Davidson appointed
guardian to Jacob and Jesse, both under 14 years of age, 5 Jan.,
1753-4. In Davidson's account there is an allowance for " Cash
paid Lt. Wm. Manning for their part of the maintenance of old Mrs.
Foster, their Grandmother ; for taking care of Jesse and finding a
place for him ; £3 : 10 for 1 pair shirts for Jacob " ; etc., for " sett-
ling with Ephraim Crosby, Jacob's master " ; cash paid Doctor Dan-
forth their late guardian, etc This refers to their uncle Timothy
Danforth, physician, who was appointed their guardian 14 Jan.,
1762.
Children :
106. i. Jacob,® b. 17 Aug., 1746.
107. ii. Jesse, b. 26 May, 1748.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. T-S
47.
David* (Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^'), born at
Billerica, 21 Dec, 1727; married May 17, 1750, Joanna, daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Abiah Shed. Resided at Billerica.*
Children :
i, Patty,^ b. 26 May, 1751; m. 29 Oct., 1771, Zaccheus Walker
[Chelmsford records].
108. ii. David, b. 26 Nov., 1752.
iii. Joanna, b. 31 March, 1754.
109. iv. Solomon, b. 12 Jan., 1756.
110. V. William, b. 31 July, 1757.
111. vi. Asa, b. 15 Dec, 1759.
vii. Rachel, b. 15 Dec, 1761 ; m. 24 Nov., 1784, John, son of John
and Martha Shed, b. 7 March, 1760.
Children of John and Rachel (Danforth) Shed :
1. Rachel Shed, b. 24 Jan., 1786.
2. Esther Shed,h. 26 Nov., 1787.
3. Martha Shed, b. 3 June, 1788.
4. Lucy Shed, b. 23 Nov., 1789.
viii. Rebecca, b. 20 July, 1764; m. 18 Dec, 1783, Wm. McCluer.
Children of Wm. and Rebecca (Danforth) McCluer :
1. Martha McCluer, b. 13 April, 1784.
2. William McCluer, b. 9 July, 1786 ; m. Mary Danforth,
dau. of Solomon, 109.
3. Samuel McCluer, b. 11 Dec, 1789.
4. Elizabeth McCluer, b. 23 Nov., 1791.
5. Mary McCluer, b. 28 Sept., 1795.
6. Francis McCluer, b. 18 Aug., 1799.
112. ix. Jacob, b. 27 Feb., 1766.
113. X. John, b. 27 Oct., 1768.
xi, Hannah, b, 10 Nov., 1770; d. 24 Oct., 1857; m, 23 Feb.,
1790, John McCluer, b. about 1756, d, 12 Sept., 1834,
Children of John and Hannah (Danforth) McCluer.
1. John McCluer, b. 1 May, 1790; d. 21 March, 1857;
m. Mary Boutwell.
2. Thomas McQuer, b. 14 Oct., 1791 ; d. 15 Oct., 1851;
m. Sally Brown, of Townshend, Vt.
3. Asa McCluer, b. 28 Aug., 1793; d. 1886; m. Mary
(Polly) Allen, of Charlestown. N. H. Child, Mary
Ann McCluer, m. Enoch S. Rand, and res. in Lowell.
4. David McCluer, b. 18 Oct., 1795 ; d. Feb., 1837.
5. Hannah McCluer, b. 22 Nov., 1797 ; ,d. 16 Aug., 1837 ;
m. Jesse Crosby (his first wife).
• David, Billerica. Private, Capt. Moses Barns's eo., Lieut. Col. Peirce's regt. ; en-
listed May 17, 1779 ; service to July 1, 1779, 1 mo. 14 days, at Rhode Island; enlist-
ment, 2 months. [See also No. 108.]
76 DAiSFOKTH GENEALOGY.
6. Cynthia McGlmr, b. 9 Feb., 1800; d. in Medford,
Mass., 1840 ; m. Capt. John T. White, of M.
7. Loh McCluer, b. 17 June, 1802 ; d. 25 Dec, 1831 ; m.
Thomas P. Hart.
8. Joanna McCluer, \i. 3 Ap"il. 1804; d. at Tewksbury,
2 Feb., 1871 ; m. Henry Eaton.
9. Rachel McCluer, h. 26 Feb., 1806; d. 7 Sept., 1880;
m. Henry Wier, of Medford.
10. Martha McCluer, b. 30 April, 1808; m. Sept., 1837;
Samuel F. Tufts, of Charlestown ; he d. in May, 1869.
11. Mary McCluer, b. 23 May, 1810 ; d. in Cincinnati, 0.,
May, 1873; m. Jacob Dreisbach, of C.
12. Fanny McCluer, b. 25 Oct., 1812 ; m. Jesse Crosby, of
Nashua, N. H. (his second wife).
13. Benjamin McCluer, b. 8 May, 18U ; d. in 1836.
48.
Timothy, M.D.* {Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Wicholas^),
born at Billerica, 11 Nov., 1729 ; died 21 June, 1792; married 5
June, 1755, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Miriam (Stearns)
Patten, born 24 Aug., 1735. He was appointed guardian to Jacob
and Jesse, children of" his deceased brother Jacob, 14 Jan., 1762.
He wrote a poem in 1792 on the death of Rebecca Farmer. [Far-
mer Genealogy, in Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, page 29.]
He made will 6 Feb., presented for probate 30 Nov., 1792 ; beq. to
wife ; daughters Sarah Danforth, Orpha Whiting and Julia Spauld-
ing; to the latter a "desk which I had of Dr. Kneeland"; a Bible
to each grandchild. Will ruled out by judge of Probate, because
the testator had had a single word altered after the formal signing
of the will.
Children :
i. Sarah,« b. 20 Feb., 1756; m. 13 Sept., 1778, Nathan Russ.
ii. Orpha, b. 7 June, 1758 ; d. 10 March, 1837 ; m. 24 May, 1785,
John Whiting, of Lancaster, Mass., b. 24 Feb., 1760; d. at
Washington, D. C, 3 Sept., 1810. He was an officer in the
Revolutionary army Lieut. Col. of 4th Infantry, 1808; Col.
5th Inf., 1809.
Children of Col. John and Orpha (Danforth) Whiting :
1. Timothy Danforth Whiting, b. 8 Dec, 1785 ; d. 1851.
2. Julia Whiting, b. 9 May, 1787 ; d. 1817.
3. Henry Whiting, b. 28 Nov., 1788 ; d. at St. Louis, Mo.,
16 Sept., 1851; after a brief clerkship in the dry
goods store of Amos Lawrence in Boston, he was ap'
pointed Cornet of dragoons, 1808 ; was distinguished
at the capture of Fort George, May, 1813 ; after re-
peated promotions was laade Brevet Brig. General for
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 77
service at Bucna Vista, Feb., 1847, and Quartermaster
General of Gen. Taylor's army in Mexico. Was the
author of several literary works.
4. Sophia Whiting,h. 26 April, 1790; d. 1853.
5. Fabius Whiting, b. 10 ]\Iay, 1792 ; d. 1842.
6. 31aria Whiting, b. 29 March, 1794.
7. Solon Whiting, b. 1797.
8. Caroline Lee Whiting, b. 1800; m. N. M. Hentz, a
French literateur, who came to this country and was
associated with ])romiuent savants ; was j^rofessor at
Chapel Hill, N. C, etc. " Caroline Lee (Danforth)
Hentz, at the age of 13 was the author of a jioem, a
novel and a tragedy in 5 acts " ; established a semin-
ary for young ladies at Florence, Ala., in 1833 ; res.
afterwards at Columbus, Ga. ; d. at the residence of
her son Charles A. Hentz, in Marianna, Fla. " on the
very day that her last work, Ernest Linwood, was an-
nounced by the publishers."
iii. Julia, b. 26 April, 1764 ; d. at Greenfield, Mass., 24 Feb., 1812 ;
m. first, Asa Si^alding, from whom she obtained a divorce for
cause; she was m. second, 3 May, 1797, to Reuben, son of
Thomas and Elizabeth Bryant, b. in Concord, 14 March, 1769,
d. at Bennington, Vt, 28 June, 1846. Mr. Fred. S. Bryant,
of St. Paul, Minn., is a descendant of the latter couple.
48a.
John* {John^* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ N'icholas^), born in West-
borough about 1730; removed with his mother to Andover ; mar-
ried Elizabeth ; (she married second, 12 June, 1760, Eben-
ezer Dow, Jr., who assisted her in the care of Mr. Danforth's estate
and children) . He was a farmer ; had lands in Andover and Tewks-
bury. He died in 1758 ; in his will dated 3 May, probated 13 Nov.,
1758, he bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth ; his mother Tabatha; his
eldest child Elizabeth, his daughter Hannah and his "kinswoman"
Lydia, daughter of his sister Lydia, wife of Uriah Ballard, Jr.
Guardians were appointed for his children, Elizabeth, "aged about
19," and Hannah, aged about 17 years, 5 July, 1774. Hannah
sold her half of the farm in 1781. [Compare with Nos. 42 and 98.]
JoHX, Lynn. Capt. Ezra Newhall's co., Col. John Mansfield's regt. ; order for ad-
vance pay for 1 month dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also, Private, same co. and
regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted May 6, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 2 days ;
also, Capt. Newhall's co., Col. Mansfield's (19th) regt. commanded by Lieut. Col.
Israel Hutchinson; company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat
or its equivalent in money dated Camp at AVinter Hill, Nov. 4, 1775; also, Capt.
Joseph Killer's co., Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regt. ; arrived at destination May 5, 1777 ;
discharged July 5, 1777 ; service 2 mos. 6 days, travel included, at Rhode Island ; roll
dated Camp at Providence.
78 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
John. Statement dated Boston, Sept, 22, 1776, signed by said Danforth and others,
in Col. Craft's regt., declaring their refusal to leave Boston unless their bounty or
•wages, or both, were made equivalent to those allowed the soldiers of the Continental
train of artillery ; also, Sergeant (late) Capt. Jonathan Warner's (3) co., corps of
artillery lately commanded by Lieut. Col. Paul Revere; service from Jan. 1, 1780, to
May 8, 1780, 4 mos. 8 days.
John (Danford), Sergeant, Capt. Warner's co.. Col. Revere' s regt. ; Continental
army pay accounts for service from July 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also corporal,
Capt. John Gill's (4th) co., Col. Thomas Crafts' Artillery regt. ; pay rolls for July —
September, 1777 ; also same co. and regt. ; list of men who received bounty from
April 30, 1777, to Dec. 30, 1777, 8 months; also same co. and regt.; list of men en-
titled to bounty, dated Boston, Jan. 12, 1778.
Children :
i. Elizabeth,® b. about 1755.
ii. Hannah, b. about 1757.
49.
James* (Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,' Nicholas^), born in
Billerica, 10 Jan., 1730; died 22 Nov., 1758 ; marriedLydia .
She survived him and married second, 6 Dec, 1770, Ebenezer
Richardson ; being the third of his seven wives. His will, signed 16
Nov., 1758, probated 11 June, 1759, bequeathed to wife Lydia, son
Josiah " my first born," daughters Lydia and Hannah and an expec-
ted child.
Children :
i. JosiAH,® b. 5 Dec, 1753. Being "above 14 years of age," he
chose Joshua Abbot as guardian, 8 Dec, 1768. [See No. 94-2. j
ii. Lydia, b. 8 June, 1755 ; m. 1 April, 1778, Ziba Lane,
iii. Hannah, b. 20 Feb., 1757.
iv. Elizabeth, or Betty (posthumous), bapt. 15 April, 1759.-
50.
Samuel' (Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ^,* horn in
Cambridge, 8 Dec, 1734; resided at Sudbury; married Sarah
Parraenter, of Sudbury. [See Revolutionary Rolls in Appendix.]
Children :
i. Sally,® m. William Garfield.
114. ii. Samuel.
51.
Nicholas* (Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born
in Billerica, 8 Dec, 1734; died about 1800; married 30 March,
* This pedigree cannot be altogether correct; see No. 19,
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 79
1758, by Rev. John Chandler, Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham and
Hannah (Farley) Jaquith, born 26 Feb., 1740; died 1815. She
survived and married second, Wood.
It seems probable that he removed to Fitchburg, and later to Still-
water, N Y., where he died. He and his sons seem to have done
good Revolutionary service.
Nicholas, Fitchburg. Private, Capt. Ebenezer Bridge's co., Col. John "Whetcomb's
regt. of minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; left place of
rendezvous May 2, 1775 ; service 13 days.
Children :
116. i. Samuel,^ b. 11 May, 1759.
117. ii. James, b. 28 Dec, 1760.
iii. Elizabeth, bapt. 10 April, 1763 ; m. 4 Dec, 1791, Gardner
Marcy, of Hartland, Vt. ; b. 11 June, 1762, d. 8 Oct., 1837.
He was b. at Belchertown, 11 June, 1762 ; "at 18 entered the
army iu place of his father who had been drafted," according
to tradition.
Children of Gardner and Elizabeth (Dauforth) Marcy:
1. Sullivan Marcy, b. 21 Nov., 1792 ; d. 5 Nov., 1871 ;
m. Sarah Waldron.
2. Gardner Marcy, h. 5 Nov., 1794; d. 23 Dec, 1848;
m. Matilda Walker.
3. Betsey Marcy, b. 1 Nov., 1797 ; d. 28 May, 1877 ; m.
Zenas Hopkins.
4. Lucinda Marcy, b. 27 June, 1800; d. 13 Feb., 1811.
5. Squire Marcy, (Hon.) b. 12 March, 1803 ; m. Eliza
Bradstreet ; Judge, Hartland, Vt.
118. iv. Isaac, b. date unknown.
119. V. Jacob, b. 1771.
vi. Abraham ; followed the sea ; d. in 1805, on board ship of Capt.
Gardner, off quarantine, Philadelphia ; buried at an island.
vii. Joshua, '• lived in Georgia." [?]
viii. Susannah, m. first, Henry Crouch, of Saratoga, N. Y. ; had 5
children ; m. secoud, Elnathan Wing ; had 3 children.
120. ix. Joseph.
121. X. Francis.
52.
Jonathan' {Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ N'icholas^') , bom
in Billerica, 26 Feb., 1742; removed to Hardwick ; died 15 Sept.,
1833; married in Hardwick, 19 April, 1770, Susanna, daughter
of Rev. David White ; she died 14 Nov., 1779. He married sec-
ond, 1 Oct., 1780, Anna, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Cush-
man) Ruggles, a niece of Brig.-Gen. Rugglee, born in 1755, died
4 March, 1824.
80 DANPORTH GENEALOGY.
Jonathan Danforth was keeper of a country store in Hardwick, and
incurred public displeasure by dealing in tea when it was contraband, in
1776. He was a Tory, and many stories are told of his contumacy, de-
nouncing the cause of the people, and obstructing their efforts. He was
confined in Worcester jail, and subsequently in his own house, beiug for-
bidden to leave it, except to go to church or to attend funerals. AVhen he
brought suit against magistrates for thus coufiuing him, they applied to the
General Court, which ordered the writs to be discharged. Being a con-
stable, he refused to give up monies in his hands to the order of the Pro-
vincial Congress. The patriotic people rose en masse, and would have
lynched him, but that Thomas Robinson, one of the town committee, seized
and thrust him into the pound, and being a powerful man kept the people
at bay, and finally conducted him to a place of safety.
He continued for a half century after the war a citizen of the town, and
won respect and good will, serving as selectman, assessor and collector of
taxes. In 1831, when he was 88 years old. Col. Stephen Rice, a member
of the Revolutionary Committee, died at the age of 95. Soon after, to his
pastor, Mr. Coldsbury, he recounted some of his early trials, and added:
" One day, when attending a funeral, I told one of the Committee that I
liked to go to funerals, and hoped to live to attend the funerals of the whole
Committee; and I've done it; I've seen every divil of them under ground.
Rice was the last of them."
His second wife, Anna Ruggles, was daughter of Joseph, a prominent
loyalist, and was niece of Brigadier Timothy Ruggles, who had previously
been a useful and much respected citizen, but now, by accepting the ap-
pointment under the crown of Mandamus Councillor, forfeited his position,
and was obliged to flee the country, never to return.
After his second marriage he resided half a mile south of the Common,
at the homestead of his father.
[See Paige's History of Hardwick for this and more.]
Children :
122. i. Samuel,^ b. 19 March, 1771.
ii. Jonathan, b. 25 Feb., 1773 ; d. unm. 3 April, 1797.
iii. David White, born and died in 1774.
iv. Pajiela, b. 8 Nov., 1777 ; d. unm. at Rupert, Vt, 16 Dec, 1802.
V. Susanna White, b. 28 Dec, 1781 ; m. 22 May, 1828, Capt.
Moses Gray, of Prescott.
vi. Joseph Ruggles, b. 20 March, 1784; d. unm. 23 April, 1803.
vii. Hannah, b. 8 June, 1786; d. unm. 13 June, 1811.
123. viii. Lyman, b. 22 Oct., 1788.
ix. Ann Ruggles, b. 2 March, 1791 ; d. unm. 29 Nov., 1873.
124. X. Cyrus, b. 29 Sept., 1793.
125. xi. James, b. 1796.
53.
William* {Jonathan,* Samuel,'^ Jonathan,^ Kicholas^^, born
at Billerica, 7 Nov., 1737 ; died in Hartland, Vt., 17 Oct., 1813;
married 3 Jan., 1760, his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 81
(19) and Elizabeth (Hoslcy) Danforth, born 10 May, 1736, died
in Pomfret, Vt., 28 March, 1817. Lived in Hartland, Vt.
Children :
Willi AM,« b. 31 July, 1761.
Isaac, b. 29 Sept., 1763.
Elizabeth, b. 29 June, 1765; m. Stanley; resided at
Saudy Hill, N. Y.
Jonathan, bapt. March, 17 68.
Jonathan, b. 23 Feb., 1769.
Samuel, b. 31 Aug., 1772.
vii. Burnet, b. 2 Oct., 1774; d. uum. 11 Oct., 1813.
viii. James, b. 8 Nov., 1776 ; unm.
ix. Sally, b. 9 Dec, 1777 ; unm.
X. HosLEY, b. 4 Dec, 1779 ; unm.
126.
127.
ii.
ill.
iv.
128.
V.
129.
vi.
SIXTH GENERATIOK.
55.
Thomas^ (Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ John,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^),
born in Boston 31 July, 1774 ; died at Dorchester, 13 July, 1817 ;
married in Taunton, 3 April, 1800, Elizabeth Sherburne, daughter
of Jerathmael and Mary (Sherburne) Bowers, of Somerset, Mass.,
died 3 Sept., 1850. He was graduated from Harvard College,
A.B. 1792, A.M. and M.D. later. Practised medicine in Boston
and Dorchester ; fellow and recording secretary of Mass. Medical
Society ; in 1804 " delivered the Fourth of July oration before the
Town Authorities and citizens." Was buried in Gov. Stoughton's
tomb. The daughters Elizabeth and Maiy lived together at 112
Marlboro St. "in the discharge of duties of benevolence and the
culture of literary tastes " till their death at advanced ages ; and
were laid in their grandfather's tomb at Mt. Auburn.
Children :
i. Elizabeth Shekburne Bowers,'' b. 2 July, 1801 ; d. 22 Nov.,
1885. She bequeathed her grandfather's portrait to Almou
Hodges.
ii. Samuel, b. 27 March, 1804 ; d. 13 Sept., 1826.
iii. Mary Sherburne, b. 9 May, 1806 ; d. 1889.
iv. Blowers, — name changed by act of legislature in 1832 to
Bowers, — b. March 4, 18U8 ; d. in San Francisco, Cal., in
1851. As " Blowers Danforth, a minor of above 14 years,"
he had a guardian appointed after his grandfather's death ; and
later, as a " spendthrift " under the name of " Bowers Dan-
forth," he had another guardian appointed. He made a will
in San Francisco (probated here), in which he bequeathed his
property to his sisters, and a legacy to his " guardian, Alfred
A. WeUington."
V. Thomas, b. 1 Nov., 1813 ; d. 27 Sept., 1814.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 83
56.
Asa® (James^^ James,* ScvmueL^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^ ), born in
Taunton, 9 Jan., 1766 ; died in the Insane Asylum at Worcester,
15 July, 1841 ; married Sept., 1788, Deborah Thayer, born at
Taunton, 16 May, 1766, died 15 Feb., 1847. He was a cooper
by trade ; was town clerk, justice of the peace, constable, auctioneer,
treasurer of the Congregational church, and filled many minor
offices.
Children :
i. Polly,' b. 14 April, 1789 ; d. unm. 7 April, 1877.
130. ii. James, b. 24 March, 1791 ; query, did he marry Sarah Dean,
and die s. p. ?
iii. Hannah, b. 20 July, 1793 ; d. unm. 9 Feb., 1838.
131. iv. Allen, b. 18 Jan.,"l796.
V. Sally, b. 3 March, 1798 ; d. unm. 14 Sept., 1876.
132. vi. George, b. 1 April, 1800.
138. vii. John, b. 1 April, 1802.
viii. Fanny, b. 20 May, 1804 ; d. 11 March, 1848 ; m. 8 Sept., 1842,
Loring Lincoln.
ix. Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb., 1807; d. 2 May, 1855; m. 25 Dec,
1831, James Thurber, of Plymouth, b. at Warren, R. I., 11
Nov., 1800, d. 20 Maj-, 1857; a printer, editor; a prudent,
kindly man and useful citizen ; selectman, representative, etc.
Chddi-en of James and Elizabeth (Danforth) Thurber:
1. Elizabeth Tlmrher, b. 2 Nov., 1832.
2. James Danforth Thurber, b. 21 Feb., 1839 ; m. 12 Aug.,
1862, Mary Ann Bartlett. Children :
(1) Elizabeth Thurber, b. 5 Nov., 1866.
(2) William Bartlett Thurber, b. 27 March, 1868.
(3) Mary Tyler Thurber, b. 11 Jidy, 1874.
X. Nicholas, b. 7 June, 1809; d. 11 March, 1837.
57.
Thomas® {Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JSficliolas^),
born probably in Norton, about 1760; died at Norton, in 1845;
married fii^st, Nancy Wood, of Bridgewater, born in 1767, died in
1784. He married second, Betsey, daughter of Capt. Jacob and
Mercy (Pitts) Haskins, of Taunton, "a soldier in the French and
Indian War"; she died 23 Jan., 1831. He married third, in 1833,
Mary Ann Perkins, aged about 25 years, he being at the time in his
74th year. She survived him and drew her pension duly. He
was a farmer and clothier as his father and grandfather had been.
84 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Served in the Revolutionary War,* as "major fifer," at 18 years of
age ; was with Washington at Long Island and at New York.
Taught school after the war several years. Drew a pension from
the government till his death at the age of 84. His first wife died
at Woodstock, Conn., at the early age of 18, of scarlet fever which
was very prevalent, so extensively that the infant son was carried by
his father on horseback a distance of several miles to escape the con-
tagion. Under the fostering care of a good stepmother he grew to
manhood.
Children :
135. i. Thomas,^ b. 20 Jan., 1784.
ii. Betsey, b. at Taunton, 9 Aug., 1788 ; d. uum. in Hopewell,
Taunton, 7 Feb., 1860.
iii. George Pitts, b. at Rehoboth, 29 March, 1791 ; became an in-
ventor, associated with his brother Charles ; was ingenious in
mechanics ; representative to Mass. Legislature ; d. during his
term of otfice, at Taunton, 1 Sept., 1838.
iv. Mercy, b. at Norton, 5 Feb., 1793 ; d. in 1872 ; m. 20 June,
1814, Alanson Cobb, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Lathrop)
Cobb, of Norton.
Children of Alanson and Mercy (Danforth) Cobb :
1. Maso7i Cobb, b. 1815.
2. Eliza Cobb, b. 1817; m. Edward Warren ; their dau.
Emma Cobb, m. Arnold Sanford.
3. Harriet Cobb, b. 1819.
4. Henry Cobb, b. 1821.
5. Walter Cobb, b. 1823.
6. Charles Cobb, b. 1825.
V. Eunice, b. 5 Dec, 1795 ; d. 28 Sept., 1882 ; m. 18 May, 1827,
Everett llortou, of Norton, sou of Benjamin and Abigail (Dan-
forth) Horton ; [see No. 27, ante].
* Thomas, Mansfield. Drummer, Capt. Macey Williams' co.. Col. Timothy Walker's
regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted May 2, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., 7 days ;
also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Roxbury, Dec.
12, 1775; also, Capt. Abiel Clapp's co., Col. Carpenter's (Bristol Co.) regt.; service,
34 days; company marched to Rhode Island, July 24, 1777; also, receipt for equip-
ments dated Springfield, Aug. 22, 1779, given to Capt. James Tisdale ; also, descrip-
tive list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months from
the time of their arrival at Springfield, agreeably to resolve of June 9, 1779, returned
as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Capt. James Tisdale, at Springfield, Aug.
23, 1779 ; Capt. White's (also given 3d) co.,. Col. Dean's regt. ; age 19 years ; stature,
5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, light; hair, brown; eyes, dark; engaged for the town of
Mansfield ; reported mustered by James Leonard, Muster Master for Bristol Co. ;
also, fife Major (also given Drum Major) ; Col. Abiel Mitchel's regt.; appointed July
28, 1780; discharged Oct. 31, 1780; service, 3 months, 6 days, at Rhode Island ; regt.
detached from militia of Bristol Co. to reinforce Continental Army.
Mrs. Hannah Danforth Carpenter.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 85
Children of Everett and Eunice (Danforth) Horton:
1. Eliza Eunice Horlon, b. 25 Dec, 1827; m. George
Green ; res. Providence, R. I. Had one son, Fred-
erick Green, killed in N. Y. city, by the falling of a
sign.
2. Nancy Danforth Horton ; many years a successful teacher
at Taunton.
3. Helen M. HoHon, living, unm., 1893.
136. vi. Charles, b. 30 Aug., 1797.
vii. Hannah, b. 9 March, 1800; d. Nov., 1900; m. in 1821, Daniel
Carpenter, of Norton, who d. in 1868. She lived out a round
century, her 100th birthday being appropriately noticed by fam-
ily, neighbors and the public press. Among the things then
said about her we note the following : " Her cheerful disposition,
the beauty of her life as unfolded, has made her honored and
beloved by hosts of friends." The town, at its annual meeting,
March 5th, passed these resolutions :
'' Whereas, IVIrs. Carpenter, a native and resident of this town, the daugh-
ter of a soldier of the Revolutionary War and a granddaughter of a soldier
of French Indian Wars, is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of her birth
on Friday next, March 9,
Resolved, that the citizens of Norton extend to her assurance of their
cordial regard and wishes for her continual health and happiness."
Cliildren of Daniel and Hannah (Danforth) Carpenter :
1. Hannah Danforth Carpenter, b. 1822 ; m. her cousin,
Wm. Carpenter.
2. Caroline Nancy Carpenter, b. 1824.
3. George Franklin Carpenter, b. 1826 ; for many years a
member of the firm of Carpenter & Plimpton, whole-
sale dealers in Millinery, Boston.
4. Elizabeth Haskins Carpenter, b. 1830 ; m. William
Shepard.
5. Charles Carpenter, b. 1833.
6. Ellen Maria Carpenter, b. 1841 ; d. y.
7. Ellen Fidelia Carpenter, b. 1843.
viii. Harriet, d. 31 March, 1802 ; m. in 1842, David Taylor ; he d.
in 1874.
ix. Nancy Wood, b. 4 Feb., 1804 ; kept house for her father till
his third marriage ; d. at Mrs. Horton's, 26 Feb., 1865.
137. x. James M., b. 20 Dec, 1807.
xi. Fidelia, b. 8 Feb., 1810 ; d. 24 April, 1837 ; m. David, son of
Jonathan and Lydia (Walker) Knowles, of Norton.
Children of David and Fidelia (Danforth) Knowles :
1. Eliza Hale Knowles, b. 31 Jan., 1834 ; m. 2o Oct., 1860,
George, son of Joseph and Sally (Adams) Brabrook,
b. in Acton, 9 Nov., 1828 ; rem. to Taunton 1850 ;
jiartner of Reed & Barton, 1859 ; treasurer of co.
since 1888. Sons Carleton Knowles Brabrook, b. 10
86 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Feb., 1863, H. U. 1885, Col. Law Sch. 1890 ; and
George Hale Brabrook, b. 21 Aug., 1871, H. U.
1893.
2. Lydia Knowles.
3. Andrew Knowles.
xii. Mart Ann, b. 6 Aug., 1834.
xiii. Augusta, b. 29 Dec, 1836 ; d. in 1860.
xiv. Charlotte, b. 19 Nov., 1838 ; d. young.
58.
Samuel® (^Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,'^ 8aimiel,^ Nicholas^),
born at Norton, about 1762 ; married Margaret Mather Ball, sister
of Samuel R. Mather, and widow of Thaddeus Ball; he died 24 Aug.,
1845. He removed from Norton, to Salina, N. Y., where he was
deputy sheriff. Was he not the soldier mentioned below ?*
Children :
i. Hannah,' m. James Scott ; removed to Battle Creek, Mich. ; d.
about 1874.
ii. Margaret, m. , and rem. to Texas, where she died.
59.
John® {Oolin,^ 8amuel,* 8amuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born
at Norton, 18 July, 1768 ; died 1803 ; married in 1789, Hannah
Fitch, a niece of Gov. Thomas Fitch, of Conn., and also of Gov.
Jonathan Trumbull. She was born 3 Oct., 1768; survived her
husband ; married second, in 1809, Simeon Potter, who died 17 Jan.,
1810 (dau. Sarah Potter, born 19 Sept., 1810, married Lawson
Bloodf) ; she married third, in 1821, Samuel Andrews, of Stock-
bridge; she died 29 April, 1859. He removed to Athol; was the
village smith, industrious and respected.
Children :
138. i. Erastus,' b. 10 Dec, 1791.
ii. Sophia, b. at Westmoreland, 21 June, 1793 ; d. 27 Feb., 1874 ;
* Samuel. Petition dated Mansfield, May 22, 1777, signedbylstLieut. John Dean,
stating that said Danforth and others, who marched in a company commanded by
Lieut. Dean on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776, for the defence of Rhode Island, were
omitted on the pay roll, and asking for wages due for 2 days service ; also, Private,
Capt. John Dean's co., Col. Isaac Dean's (4th Bristol Co.) regt. ; enlisted Aug. 1,
1780 ; discharged Aug. 7, 1780 ; service, 9 days, at Rhode Island on the alarm of Aug.
1, 1780; roll dated Mansfield.
+ Lawson and Sarah (Potter) Blood had a son Charles Lawson Blood, born 20 March,
1836, died 4 Sept., 1888, who married 24 Nov., 1859, Lucy Ann, dau. of Asa and Lucy
Williams; their son Harrie Lawson Blood, born 11 Feb., 1868, a pattern maker, resides
in the bouse No. 219 Weir St., Taunton, which Royal Danforth built about 1830, and
sold to Lawson Blood in 1835.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 87
m. 24 Feb.; 1819, James, son of Pierson Richardson, of Phil-
lipston, b. 7 Oct., 1793, d. 12 June, 1869. He was a farmer
occupying the farm of his father, one of the original settlers of
Gerry (now Phillipston), in the north part of the town. He
removed in 1865 to Pleasanton, Iowa, where he died 12 June,
1869.
Children of James and Sophia (Danforth) Richardson :
1. John Pierson Richardson, b. 22 Jan., 1820 ; m. Rhoda,
dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Foskett ; d. 21 Jan., 1864.
Children of John P. and Rhoda (Foskett) Richard-
son :
(1) Martin Wallace Richardson, b. 19 April, 1844 ;
m. (1) Amelia Cummings; m. (2) 5 May,
1874, Emma Augusta Adams.
(2) Alonzo Pierson Richardson, b. 4 March, 1850 ;
m. 15 June, 1880, Martha A. Chaflfee.
(3) Janette Madora Richardson, b. 23 Feb., 1854 ;
m. James Edward Hill.
(4) Adeline Lunette Richardson, b. 24 July, 1857 ;
m. Edwin Truman Hanson.
(5) John Clayton Richardson, b. 19 July, 1860;
m. Mary Ann Macaulay.
2. James Hanson Richardson* b. 19 Sept., 1823; m. (1)
Sarah, dau. of James and Hannah Foskett; m. (2)
after 1860, Martha Jane Pond ; d. 4 January, 1894
Residence, Orange. Children :
(1) Ella J. Richardson, b. 1851 ; d. 1852.
(2) Walter L. Richardson, b. 8 July, 1853 ; d
19 May, 1862.
(3) George Warren Richardson, b. 27 Oct., 1855
m. 4 April, 1880, Alice M. Connell.
(4) Emma E. Richardson, b. 13 June, 1858 ; d
25 Aug., 1860.
(5) Walter James Richardson, b. 26 Jan., 1867
m. 17 April, 1898, Louette B. Glazier.
(6) Jenny Ida Richardson, b. 2 Oct., 1868; m
Edgar O. Hunt.
(7) Arthur Burton Richardson, b. 28 Feb., 1871
m. Carrie Donnelly.
3. Royal Danforth Richardson, b. 12 Feb., 1827 ; m. Mar
tha Johnson, of Dover, Vt., b. 5 June, 1829 ; res. at
Pleasanton, la.
4. Sophia Richardson, b. 3 Oct., 1828 ; m. Lorenzo Damon,
son of Rufus and Mary (Cleveland) Barnes ; res.
Oakham; d. 27 July, 1873.
* He served in the 27th Mass. V. I. from Sept. 19, 1861 ; was in the Roanoke Island
expedition ; had charge of a force in the Engineers department ; participated in 18 or
more battles, and received no wound ; wasted in Rebel prisons from 180 to 75 pounds
weight; paroled Nov. 26, 1864, discharged March 20, 1865.
88 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Child of Lorenzo D. and Sophia (Richardson) Bar-
nes:
Mary Sophia Barnes, b. 11 Sept., 1861 ; m. (1)
John Wesley Pierce, b. 3 Dec, 1859 ; she
m. (2) WiUiam B. Cady.
5. Susannah Richardson, b. 10 March, 1832 ; m. in May,
1858, Otis Henry Horton ; res. New Albany, Mo. ;
d. 23 Oct., 1900.
Children of Otis H. and Susannah (Richardson)
Horton :
(1) Henry Ernest Horton, b. 22 July, 1859 ; d.
11 Nov., 1879.
(2) Luella Richardson Horton, b. 9 July, 1865 ;
d. 6 Nov., 1879.
(3) Elizabeth Mabel Horton, b. 7 Oct., 1867; m.
Benoni F. Harden.
6. Elizabeth Eichardson,h. 10 Nov., 1833 ; m. John Green-
leaf, son of Greenleaf and Hannah (Frost) Lamb, b.
in Westminster, 3 May, 1828 ; d. there 9 Sept., 1872 ;
child Henry Waldo Lamb, b. 27 June, 1859 ; resi-
dence Boston.
7. Sarah Richardson, b. 2 Sept., 1835 ; m. Asa B., son of
Emery and Mary (Bigelow) Bates ; res. Phillipston.
Children of Asa B. and Sarah (Richardson) Bates :
(1) Clarence Walter Bates, b. 8 Jan., 1856 ; m.
Ellen Baldwin.
(2) Eunice Abby Bates, b. 11 June, 1859; m.
Louis Maynard.
(3) John Asa Bates, b. 20 Aug., 1861 ; m. Clara
Baker.
(4) Sarah Elizabeth Bates, b. 3 Sept., 1867.
(5) Minnie Minette Bates, b. 8 Aug., 1870.
(6) Ida May Bates, b. 24 Dec, 1873 ; m. Emery
Slasson.
iii. Sallt, b. 13 July, 1795 ; d. 1803.
139. iv. Henry, b. 15 July, 1797.
140. V. John, b. 19 April, 1799.
vi. Sylvester, b. 5 April, 1801 : d. Oct., 1855 ; unm. ; served in
the Mexican War ; res. afterwards at Union Village, 0. ; death
caused by being thrown from a wagon.
141. vii. Royal William, b. 1 Dec, 1802.
62.
Nathaniel® {Oliver,^ Samuel,* Sarmcel,^ Samuel, '^JVzcholas^),
born at Taunton, 31 March, 1769 ; married first, Sally Chase. Re-
moved to Bennington, Vt. ; "married there a second wife."
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 89
Children :
i. Sally; " died in Taunton."
ii. Nathaniel; " went to Virginia ; tauglit dancing."
63.
"William* {Oliver,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^) ^
born at Taunton, 16 Dec, 1770; died 20 Jan., 1830; man-ied 21
June, 1791, Sally Leonard, of Taunton, born in 1773 ; died 12
Feb., 1834.
He was superintendent of the Hopeville Rolling Mill ; acquired a
competency through his diligence and hard work. Some years after
his death his son Leonard sold a tract which had descended to him
from Rev. Samuel Danforth, on which the Asylum for the Insane
now stands (in part) ; called " Captain."
Children :
i. Eunice,'' b. 13 June, 1792 ; long insane ; d. 21 Aug., 1858.
ii. Priscilla, b. 20 Oct., 1794; d. 23 Sept., 1830.
iii. Charles, b. 19 Sept., 1796 ; d. 23 Nov., 1797.
143. iv. Jarvis, b. 21 Aug., 1798.
V. Horatio Leonard, b, 7 April, 1801 ; Brown Univ., 1825 ; be-
came a lawyer ; county treasurer 12 years ; high slieriff 7 years ;
unmarried ; d. 21 July, 1859.
vi. Eliza, b. 13 Sept., 1803 ; d. 15 June, 1833.
vii. Harriet, b. 31 July, 1806 ; d. 3 June, 1866 ; m. David Clark,
of Medway.
viii. William, b. 23 Feb., 1810 ; d. 29 April, 1833 ; m. Thirza
Thayer ; children : 1. Thirza Maria^ ; William A., d. 9 May,
1833, ae 3 months.
ix. Mary Williams, b. m Sept., 1812 : d. 18 Oct., 1836 m. 26,
Oct., 1834, Abel Buss, of Belleville, Canada.
His grandson Edwin Alexander Danforth, b. in Medway, 14 Nov., 1830,
m. Lucy Cordelia, dau. of Timothy and Betsey (Allen) Ide ; b. at No.
Wrentham, 9 Jan., 1825 ; d. Dec, 1864. Children: 1. Harriet Cora, b.
20 July, 1855; d. 10 July, 1883: 2. Edwin Irving, b. 5 Nov., 1859.
64.
Oliver Cromavell® (Olivet^^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,''
Nicholas'), born at Taunton, 27 Feb., 1790; died 29 Nov., 1826 ;
married 27 Sept., 1818, Eliza, daughter of Levi and Cynthia (Frank-
lin) Lincoln, born 23 Oct., 1797, died 1 Aug., 1847. Resided at
Norton.
Children :
i. George Cromwell,'^ b. 25 Sept., 1819 ; d. at Providence, R. I. ;
m. 15 Jan., 1854, Laura A. Hibbard, b. at Lyme, N. H., in
1823. No children.
90 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
ii. Oliver Lincoln, b. 18 Sept., 1821.
147. iii. Levi Franklin, b. 5 June, 1825.
148. iv. Lemuel Leonard, b. 26 Feb., 1827.
65.
OziAS® (Job,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,'^ Nicholas^) , born
20 Oct., 1772; died 1840; married Desire Cole.
Children :
i. Katharine,'^ m. John Vaughan.
ii. Adeline, m. Cyrus W. Johnson.
149. iii. OziAS.
iv. Sarah.
Job® (Job,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born
9 Sept., 1774; died 5 Sept., 1801 ; marriedin Boston ("JobDan-
forth, Jr., of Providence," int. 4 Oct., 1798, "Sally Burs, of Bos-
ton").
Children :
i. Samuel.'
ii. Mary Ann.
67.
William® (Job,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^),
born 26 Aug., 1777; married 27 Dec, 1801, Desire Bury.
Children :
i. Louisa,'' m. Theodore Hilton.
Children of Theodore and Louisa (Danforth) Hilton :
1. William M. Hilton.
2. Samuel Hilton.
ii. Maria, m. Briggs.
68.
Walter Raleigh® {Job,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicho-
las^), born 1 April, 1787 ; died 11 August, 1861 ; married 12 June,
1811, Elizabeth Ann Carter. Resided at Providence, R.I. [Brown
Univ. 1805.] Read law in the office of Hon. James Burrill ; in
1807 clerk of Supreme Judicial Court, and in 1811 of Court of Com-
mon Pleas. From 1818 to 1828 member of Town Council, pro-
nounced several Fourth of July orations before the city authorities,
and in 1822 an address before the Mechanics and Manufacturers
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 91
Association. These were printed. From 1820 to 1824 associate ed-
itor of the Prov. Gazette, and in 1825 established a weekly paper,
The Microcosm. Though previously of the old Federal party he
advocated the election of Jackson to the presidency, and thenceforth
acted with the Democrats. He was collector of the port of Provi-
dence from 1829 to 1841. In 1842 he was editor of the Express,
the organ of the Suffrage party that instituted what was known as
"the Dorr War." [His house on Federal Hill was the headquarters
of that party, and was fortified to repel attack.] In 1853 he was
mayor of the city, and in 1855 representative to the General
Assembly.
His wife, daughter of John and Carter, a lady renowned
for her beauty and accomplishments, was directly descended from
Gideon Crawford, of Lanarck, Scotland, who settled in Providence
in 1687.
Mr. Danforth was specially interested in studies of genealogy and
local history, and in a series of lectures gave reminiscences of
Providence, and he also furnished for Emery's " History of Taunton
Ministry " the memoranda respecting this family. A portrait of
Gen. Jackson, a gift from the original, is in possession of his
younger son ; one of himself belongs to Miss Allen, and another is
in the City Council Chamber, Providence.
Children :
i. Francis Lippitt,'' b. 18 March, 1812; d. unm. 29 April, 1867.
ii. Walter Raleigh, b. 17 June, 1813; d. 6 Oct., 1826.
151. iii. Charles, b. 1 Aug., 1815.
iv. James, b. 1 May, 1818 ; d. unm. 18 Oct., 1862.
V. George, b. 1 June, 1820; d. 12 Nov., 1821.
vi. Maria Elizabeth, b. 9 Sept., 1821 ; d. 31 Oct., 1832.
vii. William Carter, b. 23 Feb., 1824 ; d. unm. 27 Sept., 1876.
viii. Sophia Barnes, b. 16 Aug., 1826; m. 1 June, 1852, Richard
Bowen, son of Howard and Patience Allen, of Fall River,
b. 11 Feb., 1823. Son, Crawford Carter Allen, b. 20 Jime,
1861 ; Harv. Law School. Res. Cambridge.
152. ix. Andrew Jackson, b. 30 Dec, 1828.
X. Sarah, b. 16 April, 1831 ; d. 24 Nov., 1834.
69.
Jonathan® {ElJcanah^^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Samuel^^ Nich-
olas^), born at Taunton, 1 Oct., 1775; died at Morrison, White-
sides Co., 111., about 1 July, 1854; married Hannah Lyon, of
Woodford, Vt. He went from Taunton to Woodford, with his
father, as a child ; resided there many years ; was constable, etc.
Removed to Illinois with his son, Henry Tisdale.
92 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Clara/ m. Roswell, son of Josiah and Betsey (Allen) Cutler,
of Woodford. He died Feb., 1900.
Children of Roswell and Clara ( Danf orth) Cutler :
1. Sibyl Danforth Cutler, h. 27 March, 1822 ; d. 10 June,
1857 ; m. 27 Aug., 1840, Martin Canary Talcott (his
second wife), son of Joseph and Rebecca (Warren)
Talcott, b. at Windsor, Conn., 7 April, 1806, d. at
Dow City, la., 3 July, 1874. Children of Martin C.
and Sibyl D. (Cutler) Talcott :
(1) Vivaldo Talcott, b. 7 June, 1841 ; m. Maggie
Butler.
(2) Florence Gertrude Talcott, b. 30 April, 1843
m. Silas K. Huffman.
(3) Alphonso Martin Talcott, b. 24 April, 1845
m. Martha A. McCoU.
(4y Benjamin West Talcott, b. 10 Feb., 1847
m. Maggie Wilson ; d. 2 May, 1877.
(5) Charles Roswell Talcott, b. 29 Sept., 1849
m. Ella Grace.
(6) Jesse Newcomb Talcott, b. 19 Aug., 1850
d. 26 Nov., 1852.
(7) Riley Albert Talcott, b. 6 Sept., 1852; m.
Mary E. Adams.
(8) Ammi Myron Talcott, b. 16 Sept., 1854; d. 3
Oct., 1864.
(9) Ezra Warren Talcott, b. 22 March, 1857;
m. Sarah J. Bolton.
All these reside near Dow City, la.
2. Clarissa Cutler, m. James Lambert, of Lansingburg,
N. Y. ; had two sons, viz., James Gordon Lambert
and Charles R. Lambert.
3. Roswell Danforth Cutler, b. 27 March, 1827.
ii. Sibyl, d. 1821 ; m. Allen Cutler, a brother of Roswell, above.
iii. Mart, b. 15 April, 1807; d. 4 Dec, 1854; m. 29 Oct., 1826,
at Hoosac 4 Corners, John De Groodt, shoemaker and farmer,
b. 12 Jan., 1802, d. 27 Dec, 1891. Resided successively at
Fredonia, N. Y. ; Springfield, Pa. ; Madison, O. ; Rockford,
Geneseo and Morison, 111., and Louisiana, Mo. Died at
Morison.
Children of John and Mary (Danforth) De Groodt :
1. George Washington De Groodt, b. 19 Sept., 1827; res.
Kansas City, Mo.
2. Myron Henry De Groodt, b. 2 March, 1829 ; d. May,
1830.
3. Orville Henry De Groodt, b. 25 March, 1831 ; went to
California.
DANFORTH GENEALOGif. 93
4. Myron Cornelius De Groodt, b. 1 March, 1833 ; acci-
dentally killed by a gun, 19 July, 1862.
5. Orphelia Lovina De Groodt, b. 17 April, 1835 ; m. 19
Sept., 1866, Watson R. Agard, of Montrose, Colo.
Children of Watson R. and Orphelia L. Agard :
(1) Cora Nettie Agard, b. 9 July, 1867; m. 15
Aug., 1885, Clarence Knight. Children :
William Agard Knight, b. 1 April, 1888,
and Dora Gertrude Knight, b. 26 Nov.,
1891.
(2) Dora Belle Agard, b. 8 April, 1872; m. 30
July, 1887, Oliver F. Weeks. Child:
George Agard Weeks, b. 15 May, 1889.
6. John Murray De Groodt, b. 13 Aug., 1838 ; m. twice ;
two daus. by first wife. Res. Anada, Pike Co., Mo.
7. Lafayette M. De Groodt, b. 30 July, 1840; served in
War of the Rebellion ; d. 20 Dec, 1862.
8. Clement L. De Groodt, b. 29 Aug., 1843 ; res. Louisi-
ana, Mo.
9. Francis Marion De Groodt, b. 26 Oct., 1845 ; farmer
and painter ; Kansas.
10. Mary Lovisa De Groodt, b. 15 Feb., 1849 ; m. George
Edgar Goodenough ; res. Morrison, Whitesides Co.,
111. Children :
(1) Minnie Josephine Goodenough, b. 31 Oct.,
1870.
(2) John Willard Goodenough, b. 17 April, 1876.
(3) Arthur Lewis Goodenough, b. 7 Dec, 1878.
(4) Bertie Elmer Goodenough, b. 20 July, 1880.
iv. George, b. at Woodford, Vt., d. before 1820, unm.
153. V. Henry Tisdale, b. 1 April, 1813.
70.
George Washington® {Elhanah,^ 8amuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'
Mcholas'), born at Taunton, 29 Jan., 1776 ; died 25 July, 1799 ;
he accompanied hie w^ife's brother to the West Indies and died in
Havana; married Charlotte Jennings, of Norwalk, Conn. She sur-
vived her husband and married second, Dr. Fenton, of Conneaut, O.
Child :
Betsey Ann Washington,"' m. Samuel Sterrett, a merchant, of Spring-
field, O.
Child of Samuel and Betsey A. W. (Danforth) Sterrett:
Mary Adeline Sterrett.
94 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
71.
James* {Elhanah^^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JVicholas^)
bom at Taunton, 26 Jan., 1779 ; died at Laona, Chautauqua Co.,
N. Y., 22 March, 1858; married at Bennington, 1798, Martha
Trapwell, born 1783, died 26 Oct., 1859.
James Danforth, residing in Pomfret, Chau. Co., N. Y., by a bill
of sale signed " by his attorney Patty Danforth " [i.e. Martha] con-
veyed to one Hall, of Bennington, all his interest in the real and
personal estate of his deceased father in Woodford.
Children :
i. EmilV b. 8 Oct., 1800; d. 9 Dec, 1887 ; m. Isaac K. Thomp-
son.
Children of Isaac K. and Emily (Danforth) Thompson :
1. Edgar Spragtie Thompson, m. Sarah Maria Danforth.
2. James Danforth Thompson, b. Sept., 1832; m. Dorinda
Clough ; res. Salina, Calif.
3. George Wash. Thompson, b. 12 April, 1834 ; m. (1) Ann
Maria Wilcox, (2) Sophia Bruce Hulbert; res. Oska-
loosa, la.
4. Ellen Eliza Thompson, b. 3 Jan., 1836 ; m. Capt. El-
kanah S. Foster.
ii. Lorain, b. 1802 ; d. at Chautauqua^ 1873 ; m. David Davis.
154. iii. Lewis, b. 1804.
155. iv. Sylvester Armstrong, b. 4 March, 1807.
V. LucRETiA, b. about 1819 ; m. Sheldon Smith ; d. at Laoua, N. Y,,
between 1860 and 1870. Children : 1. George Danforth Smith;
2. Mdton Smith.
72. '
Henry® {Elkanah,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^),
born at Woodford, Vt., 13 July, 1793 ; died 13 April, 1861 ; mar-
ried at Bennington, 1 Jan., 1815, Zilpah, daughter of Amos and
Rachel (Ammidon) Cummings.
Children :
i. Harriet Hannah,^ b. Woodford, 22 Nov., 1815 ; m. 4 Nov.,
1833, Alfred, son of Christopher Burlingame ; b. 5 May, 1809 ;
d. at Crete, Neb., 9 June, 1882 (his first wife) ; she d. at Janes-
ville, Wis., 31 Jan., 1853.
Children of Alfred and Harriet H. (Danforth) Burlingame :
1 Amelia Burlingame, b. 18 June, 1836 ; m. 9 June, 1857,
Hu-am Conra Rider, b. Tioga co., N. Y., 21 July, 1833.
2. W. H. Harrison Burlingame, b. 18 Jan., 1838 ; d. 21
May, 1881 ; m. Elizabeth Stockman.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 95
3. Florilla Adeline Burlingame, b. 12 March, 1840; d. 10
May, 1849, at Lockport, O.
4. Mary Malvina Burlingame, b. 28 May, 1842 ; m. John
Wesley Cadwell.
5. Gilbert Motier de La Fayette Burlingame, b. 1 Aug.,
1844 ; d. 26 Sept., 1847.
6. Harriet Adelia Burlingame, b. 3 Dec, 1847 ; m. Daniel
Wheeler.
7. Malret Aveline Burlingame, b. 23 Feb., 1850 ; d. 20
Jan.. 1877 ; m. Joshua Lemon Warfield.
156. ii. Alanson, b. 22 Nov., 1815.
157. iii. Lawton, b. 1 Aug., 1818.
iv. Florilla, b. at Brookfield, N. Y., 25 March, 1821 ; d. at Akron,
O., 16 July, 1856.
158. V. Benjamin Franklin, b. 10 April, 1823.
vi. Henry Tisdale, b. Bridgewater, Oneida co., N. Y., 2 March,
1825 ; was a soldier in the Mexican War ; served 7 1-2 years
in the regular army ; at beginning of the Rebellion raised a
company of volimteers in Lancaster, Pa. ; was Lieut. Col. of
a regiment of Heavy ArtUlery ; killed before Richmond, Va.,
30 June, 1862. He m. at Wheeling, Va., Mary Root ; no
children.
vii. Sarah Maria, b. at Sangerfield, N. Y., 22 Aug., 1827 ; m. Ed-
gar Sprague, son of Isaac and Emily (Danforth) Thompson ;
res. Fairplay, Colo.
Children of Edgar S. and Sarah M. (Danforth) Thompson :
1. Hem-y Thompson, b. 1847 ; a cripple ; d. 1891.
2. Harriet Thompson, b, 1849 ; m. 1875, Bryon Bower-
man.
3. George Thompson.
4. James Tliompson.
5. Ellen Loraine Tliompson, b. Eldora, la., 22 Sept., 1862 ;
m. at Fairplay, 2 Oct., 1890, Rollo H. Wright.
viii. Mary Adeline, b. at Pomfret, N. Y., 22 March, 1837 : d. at
Lockport, 0., 17 Feb., 1840.
73
Thoivias® {Tliomas^^ Thomas,* Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ JSficholas^),
born at Middletown, Conn., 2 June, 1756 ; died at Rocky Hill, 13
Jan., 1840; married 11 Jan., 1775, Elizabeth Tallman, of New
London, Conn., born 19 Sept., 1754, died 30 Dec., 1826.
He removed to Rocky Hill, Conn., in 1778, where he established
and maintained a large business in tin ware, britannia, copper,
brass wares and hardware, sending goods far and wide by his pedlars'
wagons. He established a branch factory at Philadelphia, and some-
times dwelt there with his family in the winter season. In 1783
he built at Rocky HiU, an elegant mansion in which he entertained
96 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
numerous kinsfolk and other friends. His son-in-law, Richard Wil-
liams, was a partner with him for several years.
Children :
i. Hannah,' b. at Middletown, 16 Oct., 1775 ; d. at E. H., 3 Jan.,
1815 ; m. 28 Sept., 1794, Richard, third son of Othniel and
Hannah Runnels [Reynolds] "Williams, b. at Wethersfield, Ct.,
3 Dec, 1771 ; d. at Hartford, 1 Nov., 1812.
Children of Richard and Hannah (Danforth) Williams :
1. Richard Williams, b. 10 Nov., 1796 ; d. 31 Jan., 1797.
2. Richard Williams, b. 12 Dec, 1797 ; d. 4 Jan., 1798.
3. Otis Williams, b. 13 March, 1799 ; d. at Buffalo, N. Y.,
unm., 12 May, 1831.
4. Caroline Danforth Williams, b. 20 July, 1801 ; d. at
Cuyahoga Falls, O., 26 May, 1847 ; m. 26 March,
1832, George, son of Roswell and Betsey (Humphrey)
Taylor, b. in Hartford, 13 June, 1798 ; d. at Spring-
field, 18 Sept., 1873.
Children of George and Caroline Danforth (Wil-
hams) Taylor :
(1) George Henry Taylor, b. Kent, Conn., 5
Oct., 1834 ; d. C. Falls, O., 20 May, 1842.
(2) Caroline Elizabeth Taylor, b. 6 June, 1837
d. Solon, O., 27 Jan., 1864.
5. Almira Williams, b. 31 July, 1803; d. 18 Feb., 1835
m. 18 June, 1823, Archibald Robbins, b. 19 Nov.
1792, d. 27 Dec, 1860.
Children of Archibald and Almira (Williams) Rob'
bins:
(1) William Riley Robbms, b. 16 Aug., 1826
m. Annie Elizabeth Smith. Their son
Arthur William Robbins, m. 18 Sept.
1899, Annie Bertha Cofer, of Bedford co.
Va., b. 28 Jan., 1874.
(2) Caroline Sophia Robbins, b. 14 Aug., 1827
m. (1) Charles D. Sill, (2) James Brush
Smith.
(3) Charles WilUams Robbms, b. 19 Sept., 1829;
m. Matilda Ellen Mitchell.
(4) Archibald Reynolds Robbms, b. 3 Jan., 1832;
d. in May, 1890, at Clmton, la.
6. Elizaheth Tallman Williams, b. 3 Dec, 1808 ; d. in
Clinton, la., 3 Aug., 1883 ; m. 3 May, 1836 (second
vdfe) Archibald Robbins.
Children of Archibald and Elizabeth Tallman (Wil-
liams) Robbins :
(1) Alfred Danforth Robbins, b. 12 April, 1837 ;
m. Margaret A. Price.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 97
(2) Richard Otis Robbius, b. 25 Aug., 1838; d.
22 July, 1860.
(3) Almira (" Myni ") Elizabeth Robbins, b. 23
Dec, 1839 ; m. James McNabb, Jr. Resi-
dence Washington, D. C.
(4) Francis Augustus Robbins, b. 22 Feb., 1841 ;
d. 23 Feb., 1843.
(5) Francis Wiltshire Robbins, b. 11 Sept., 1844 ;
d. in N. Y. city, 26 June, 1895.
ii. Martha, b. at M., 4 Aug., 1777 ; d. near Hartford, 19 June,
1850; m. 7 July, 1796, Simeon Robbius, son of Simeon and
Sarah (Rose) Robbins, b. at Rocky Hill, 2 April, 1774 ; d. at
Frasersburg, O., 1 Sept., 1833.
Children of Simeon and Martha (Danforth) Robbins :
1. Eliza RohUvs, bapt. 29 July, 1798 ; d. 12 Dec, 1802.
2. Martha bobbins, b. 10 April, 1801 ; m. in Kirkland,
N. Y., in 1821, Horace, son of Nathan and Malinda
Marsh, b. in 1798, d. 14 Sept., 1854, at Esraen, 111.
Children of Horace and Martha (Robbins) Marsh :
(1) Myra Frances Marsh, b. Kirkland, N. Y.,
12 March, 1827; m. William Rogers Bab-
cock, b. at Hartford, N. Y., 10 April, 1816 ;
d. at Esmen, 111., 11 Sept., 1866.
Children of William R. and Myra F.
(Marsh) Babcock:
(1) Mary Babcock, b. 6 Jan., 1848;
m. John Hossack, of Ottawa, Can.
(2) Charles Babcock, b. 21 March,
1851 ; d. at Esmen, HI., 14 Oct.,
1855.
(3) Helen Marsh Babcock, b. 14 Sept.,
1856; d. 30 Nov.. 1859.
(4) Ella Babcock, b. 25 April, 1860 ;
m. Fred. N. Hossack.
(5) William Jeffers Babcock, b. 2
March, 1863 ; d. 21 Oct., 1866.
(2) Henry Danforth Marsh, b. 2 March, 1834;
d. at Courtland, Neb., 18 Dec, 1886 ; m.
Esmen, EL, 25 Dec, 1855, Sarah Camp,
b. Naugatuck, Conn., 18 Jan., 1835.
3. Eliza Bobbins, b. 29 .June, 1803 ; m. 12 Oct., 1832,
Horatio Nelson Byington, son of Jonah B., b. at
Hartford.
4. Ehiora L. Bobbins, bapt. 20 April, 1806 ; d. 14 Jan.,
1809.
5. Almira A. Bobbins, b. 14 June, 1808; d. 14 Aug.,
1888 ; m. 8 March, 1830, at New Hartford, N. Y.,
98 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Gates Warren, son of Dea. Warren and Hannah
(Gates) Chapman, b. 3 Aug., 1801, d. 12 Feb., 1877.
Children of Gates W. and Almira A. (Robbins)
Chapman :
(1) Edward Tallman Chapman, b. 26 April,
1834.
(2) Frederick Robbins Chapman, b. 23 Jan.,
1836; m. (1) 19 March, 1862, Samantha
Louisa, dau. of Darius Beebe, b. Brook-
field, N. Y., 20 July, 1839, d. 2 Nov.,
1869 ; he m. (2) 26 June, 1877, Mary
Jane, dau. of John and Eliz. ( Bott) Joyce,
of Scotland, b. N. Hartford, N. Y., 6 Sept.,
1851.
(3) William Henry Chapman, b. 19 April,
1842 : did good service in the War of the
Rebellion ; m. 2 Jan., 1867, Mary Eliza-
beth, dau. of Stephen and Lucinda (White)
Johnson, b. Norwich, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1848.
Child : Elnora Chapman, b. 10 June,
1874; d. 6 May, 1875.
6. Mnora L. Robbins, bapt. 5 May, 1811 ; d. 4 June, 1879 ;
m. 1857, Samuel Holden Parsons Hall, son of Dr.
Wm. Brentou Hall (Yale Coll. 1786) and Mehitabel
(dau. of S. Holden Parsons, Maj. Gen. commanding
the Conn, line of the Continental army), a merchant
in Bingharaton, N. Y. Mr. Hall was b. at Middle-
town, 23 June, 1804; d. at Binghamton, Feb., 1877.
iii. Sarah, b. at Rocky Hill, 17 Sept., 1779 ; d. Jan. 5, 1861 ; m.
16 Nov., 1797, Luther Goodrich, who commanded the sloop
Almira, in the coasting trade, b. at Westfield, Conn., 16 July,
1776, d. 12 Nov., 1832; he was son of Peter and Bathsheba
(Miller) Goodrich, of East Haddam.
Cliildren of Luther and Sarah (Danforth) Goodrich :
1. Sarah Goodrich, b. E. Haddam, 1 July, 1800 ; d. 10
July, 1825.
2. Miranda Goodrich, b. 8 Aug., 1803 ; d. 25 Feb., 1828.
3. George Goodnch, b. 8 Sept., 1805 ; d. Water bury. Conn.,
29 Dec, 1879 ; m. (1) Bristol, Conn., 21 May, 1828,
Charlotte Lucinda, dau. of Ira and Cynthia (Shaler)
Ives, b. Oct., 1809, d. 29 Oct., 1848. He m. (2) 27
March, 1861, Mrs. Charlotte (Upson) Birge, b. Water-
bury, 4 Sept., 1814, d. 6 June, 1880.
Children of George and Charlotte L. (Ives) Good-
rich .
(1) Almira Mranda Goodrich, b. 29 Dec, 1829.
(2) Augustus Ives Goodrich, b. 16 Sept., 1833;
m. Helen T. Corbett. Children : Frederic
Samuel Goodrich, b. 9 Sep., 1865 ; Charles
Gurley Goodrich, b. 19 Sep., 1869.
DANFORTH GENEAOLQY. 99
(3) George Luther Goodrich, b. 10 May, 1836 ;
res. Bristol, Conn.
(4) Samuel Root Goodrich, b. 8 Oct., 1839 ; m.
(1) 28 May, 1862, Anna Eliza, dau. of
Lucas and Clarinda (Tousey) Barnes, b. at
Newtown, Conn., 11 Oct., 1839; d. at
Greenwich, Conn., 7 May, 1893. He m.
(2) Almira Caroline Watts, b. in Maine,
13 Sept., 1852. Ch. : Charles Augustus
Goodrich, b. 22 Nov. 1867 ; Horace Barnes
Goodrich, b. 22 Sept., 1874.
4. Hepsey Penfield Goodrich^ b. 24 Jan., 1809; d. 12 May,
1871 ; m. 6 May, 1846, William P. Dorrance, b. 14
Nov., 1812, d. at Andover, Conn., 6 Dec, 1879;
representative, state senator, postmaster ; had the
entire confidence of the community.
Children of William P. and Hepsey P. (Goodrich)
Dorrance :
(1) William .Gershom Dorrance, b. 4 April,
1847; d. 20 Feb., 1877.
(2) Henry George Dorrance, b. 10 Dec, 1849 ;
res. Andover, Conn. ; m. 30 May, 1888,
Elizabeth M. Thompson.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 23 Aug., 1789 ; d. 29 March, 1852 ; m. 25 March,
1819, Merriam Williams, b. at Rocky Hill, 3 July, 1785, d.
there 10 May, 1857 ; he was son of Corporal Eliel and Com-
fort (Morton) Williams, the father having been a member of
the local Committee of Safety, at the opening of the Revolution,
and a soldier in the war, a public spirited citizen. Merriam
was a tanner and currier and master shoemaker ; also a far-
mer. His brother. Rev. Comfort Williams, was the first minis-
ter of Rochester, N. Y.
Children of Merriam and Elizabeth (Danforth) Williams:
1. Thomas Danforth Williams, b. 4 Dec, 1819 ; d. 4 Dec,
1881 ; m. Mary Jane Boardman, b. 26 March, 1820,
d. 7 Aug,, 1888. Chil, : Luther Boardman Williams,
b. 7 June, 1844 ; Caroline Elizabeth Williams, b, 6
Nov., 1847 ; Charles Merriam Williams, b. 13 Nov.,
1851; Anne Jane Williams, b. 17 Sept., 1858.
2. Martha Tallman Williams, b. 21 Dec, 1821 ; d. 27 Aug.,
1871.
3. Mary Elizabeth Williams, b. 2 Feb., 1826; d. 12 Dec,
1829.
4. Elizabeth Morton Williams, b. 31 Dec, 1830 ; d. 2 March,
1891.
5. Sarah Goodrich Williams, h. 16 Aug., 1834; a valuable
contributor to this book. Residence, Hartford, Conn.
159. V. Thomas, b. 6 July, 1792.
vi. Almira, b. 7 Nov., 1794; d. 12 Dec, 1801.
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74.
Joseph® {Thomas,^ Thomas,'^ 8amuel,^ Scwmel,' JSficholas^),
born at Middletown, Conn., 17 Aug., 1758; died at Hartford, 17
Dec, 1788; married 12 April, 1781, Sarah King.*
Children :
i. Sallt,^ h. 3 Feb., d. 3 April, 1782.
160. ii. Joseph, b. 14 March, 1783.
iii. A twin of Joseph, died same day.
iv. Sally, b. 1 July, 1785 ; d. 17 Julj^, 1815 ; m. Ranney.
Children of and Sally (Danforth) Ranney :
1. Roderick H. Ranney.
2. Jacob Ranney.
3. Sally Ranney.
4. Martha Ranney.
V. Edward, b. 12 Jan., d. 1 Dec, 1787.
vi. Patty, b. 6 Feb., 1789 ; m. N. M. Lane ; res. Troy, N. Y.
Children of N. M. and Patty (Danforth) Lane :
1. Mary Ann Lane, b. 5 Feb., 1813 ; m. 9 Jan., 1833, An
son Atwood, of Troy, N. Y. Cliild : Mary Atwood.
2. Sarah Danforth Lane,\). 10 March, 1815 ; d. 10 April,
1850 ; m. 30 April, 1834, Francis J. Kerney.
75.
Edward* {Thomas,^ Tliomas,'^ Samuel,^ Samuel," WicJiolas^)^
bom at Middletown, Conn., 20 March, 1765 ; died at Hartford, 24
April, 1830; married Jerusha, only child of Isaac Moseley, M.D.,
of Glastonbmy, Conn. ; she died 16 Jan., 1853.
Children :
i. Mary Taber,'^ b. 1793 ; d. 22 June, 1827 ; m. Nov., 1816, John
Beach,
ii. Jerusha, m. Sept., 1828, John Beach, formerly husband of her
sister Mary; d. 8 Aug., 1859.
John Beach had children Edward D. Beach, of Hartford ;
John T. Beach, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; George Beach, d.
young ; a daughter who m. Knapp, and res. at Chi-
cago, 111,
iii. Eliza, b. 8 Feb., 1897 ; d. at res. of J. T. Beach, 12 July, 1887.
161. iv. Edward John, b. 19 Feb., 1799.
162. V. Isaac Moseley, b. 11 Dec, 1800.
vi. John, b. and d. in 1802.
vii. George Merrick, d. at Hartford, Conn,, 5 Nov., 1852.
viii. Julia, d. at Jersey City, N. J., July, 1855.
ix. LuciNDA LucRETiA, d. at Hartford, Sept., 1855.
• After her husband's death, Mrs. Sarah (King) Danforth mariried second, 30 Sept.,
1793, Ambrose Seymour. Children : (1) Edward H. Seymour, b. 20 Dec, 1794, d. 18
June, 1796; (2) Mary Hartshorne Seymour, b. 28 Dec., 1798.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 101
76.
Jonathan^ {Thomas,^ Thomas*, Samuel,'' Samuel,^ JSfich-
olas^), born at Middletown, Conn., 14 Dec, 1766; died at sea,
Sept., 1804; married at Guilford, Conn., 27 Oct., 1793, Lucy
Ward, of Ashford, Conn., born 19 Feb., 1774, died at Rartford,
Conn., 25 May, 1858. (Her father cared for the women and chil-
dren of Ashford, when men had gone to the war (Revolution), till
he was drafted ; died on the march to New York ; his widow mar-
ried (2) a Mr. Bullock.)
Children :
i. Lucy,'' b. 29 Aug., 1794; d. 9 Jan., 1868; m. Benjamin Cramp-
ton, b. 1783, d. at the South, 1819.
ii. Maria, b. 25 Sept., 1795 ; d. 1827 ; m. 10 Sept., 1817, Nathan-
iel Spencer, b. 1788, d. at Hartford, 16 Jan., 1823.
Child of Nathaniel and Maria (Danforth) Spencer :
Maria Burdell Spencer, b. 1 Aug., 1818; m. 10 Sept.,
1839, Simeon Palmer, Jr., M. D., sou of Simeon and
Mary (Caldwell) Palmer, b. at Boston, 2 July, 1813,
d. at Dorchester, 9 May, 1890; Yale Univ., 1833;
Harvard Med. ; res. 30 years at Milton, where the chil-
dren were born ; then rem. to Fairhaven, afterward to
Dorchester. Mrs. Palmer d. 23 June, 1895.
Children of Simeon and Maria B.( Spencer) Palmer:
(1) Maria Caldwell Palmer, b. 27 Oct., 1840 ;
m. at Fairhaven, 18 Sept., 1873, Francis
Walter Houghton, son of Elijah and Eliza-
beth Stoddard (Hathaway) Houghton, b.
in N. Y. city, 22 April, 1835.
(2) Simeon Palmer, b. 29 May, 1842 ; d. 16
Jan., 1877, killed by Indians or outlaws in
Texas.
(3) Alice Caroline Palmer, b. 12 July, 1844 ;
d. at Milton,, 17 Dec, 1870.
(4) Lucy Dauforth Palmer, b. 1 Oct., 1845 ; d.
April, 1847.
(5) Lucy Danforth Palmer, b. 26 Dec, 1848.
(6) Caldwell Palmer, b. 15 March, 1851 ; m. at
San Antonio, Tex,, 25 Dec, 1888, Mrs.
Annie Louise (Hough) Carter,
(7) Sophia French Palmer, b. 26 May, 1853;
sometime supt. City Hospital, Rociiester,
N. Y. • editor Am. Journal of Nursing,
(8) Francis Richmond Palmer, b. 25 Nov., 1855 ;
m. 15 Aug., 1880, Mary Sffie North.
(9) Edward Dudley Palmer, b. 7 June, 1859 ;
m. 13 April, 1886, Irene, dau. of Augustus
and Virginia (Noch) Kaye.
(10) Ida Russell Palmer, b. 8 Feb., 1861.
102
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Amelia, b. 27 May, 1800 ; d. 10 June, 1876 ; m. first, 12 Sept.,
1819, Orin, son of Benjamin Webster, b. 4 Sept., 1797, d. at
Litchfield, Conn., 1830.
Children of Orin and Amelia (Danforth) Webster :
1. Benjamin Crampton Webster, b. 8 Oct., 1821 ; d. 14
Jan., 1893 ; m. in N. Y. city, 6 Feb., 1847, Elizabeth
Wilbur.
Children of Benj. C. and Elizabeth (WUbur) Web-
ster :
(1) Marcus Wilbur Webster, b. 1850, d. 1854.
(2) Eliza Campbell Webster, b. 18 Jan., 1852.
(3) Benjamin Webster, b. 25 March, 1857.
(4) Albert Webster, b. 3 Ang., 1859.
(5) Joseph Wilbur Webster, b. and d. in 1864.
2. Orin Webster.
3. Jonathan Danforth Webster.
Amelia married second, 21 Nov., 1837, Solomon Olmstead ;
resided at Minneapolis, Minn.
Child of^Solomon and Amelia (Danforth) (Webster) Olm-
stead :
4. Atnelia Electa Olmstead, d. at Hartford ; m. Tuck-
er.
Caroline, b. 3 May, 1802 ; d. 29 Aug., 1829 ; m. 25 Dec, 1822,
Norman (son of Norman and Mary (Boardman) Smith), b.
11 Nov., 1800 ; d. Oct., 1833 ; he is spoken of as a "gener-
ous philanthropist, a devoted Christian, as well as a man of
eminent business ability." A memorial of his life was written
by Rev. Joel Hawes, D.D., of Hartford, Conn. The Conn.
Observer (Hartford, 16 Dec, 1833) gives a list of Ms bequests :
Board of Missions, $3000, Home Miss. Soc, $2000, Bible
Soc, $1000, Tract Soc, $1000, Education Soc, $1000, Sun-
day School Union, $1000, and many private bequests. It adds:
"He was a mechanic, acquired his money by his own industry,
was amiable in disposition, upright in his dealings, and was
universally respected."
Children of Norman, Jr. and Caroline (Danforth) Smith :
1. Mary Boardman Smith, b. 31 July, 1824 ; d. 11 Nov.,
1880 ; m. Rev. William Weston Fatten, D.D., son of
Rev. William and Mary (Weston) Patton, D.D., and
grandson of Col. Robert Patton, first postmaster of
Philadelphia, b. in N. Y. city, 19 Oct., 1821 ; d. at
Westfield, N. J., 31 Dec, 1889. Dr. Patton was one
of the foremost ministei'S (Congregational) of Chicago,
111., for many years ; Hartford, Conn., 22 years ; one
of the founders and long editor of " The Advance " ;
later, president of Howard University.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 103
Children of William W. and Mary B. (Smith) Pat-
ton :
(1) Norman Smith Patton, b. 10 July, 1852.
(2) Robert Weston Patton, b. 29 May, 1854.
(3) Caroline Roberts Patton, b. 30 March, 1856;
m. 26 Oct., 18H6, Rev. Da\ad P. Hatch ;
d. 19 June, 1893.
(4) Horace Bnshnell Patton, b. 8 Sept.. 1858.
(5) Rev. Cornelius Howard Patton, b. 25 Dec,
1860.
(6) Mary Amelia Patton, b. 22 Sept., 1864 ; m.
Martin Welles.
2. Caroline Danforth Smith, b. 28 Sept., 1827 ; d. 13 Dec.
1874 ; m. 17 Nov., 1847, Marshall Owen Roberts, b
N. Y. city, 22 March, 1814 ; d. 11 Sept., 1880; son
of Dr. Owen (b. Wales) and Newell (b. Birming-
ham, Eng.) Roberts, who came to N. Y., in 1798.
He was one of the foremost business men of his day ;
leader in gigantic railroad and steamship systems,
coal mining companies, banks, etc. ; president of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Co., a grand helper of our
government during the War of the Rebellion.
She was a remarkable woman, holding a position
in the highest social scale and having large wealth at
her command ; she founded no less than four impor-
tant benevolent societies for local usefulness in New
York city, beside aiding numerous others. A personal
friend of President Lincoln and other leaders of the
nation ; very efficient in movements for soldiers' re-
lief and other patriotic movements. She was very ac-
tive in religious work, too. She died of cancer, in
London ; among her latest words were these : " Bless
God for all He has done and for all that is to come."
Child of Marshall 0. and Caroline D. (Smith) Rob-
erts :
Caroline Marshall Roberts, b. 26 Dec, 1849 ; d.
at London, Eng., 24 June, 1893 ; m. 13 AprO,
1867, Ames Van Wart (a grandson of Henry
Van Wart, a native of New York, but resident
and mercliant in Birmingham, Eng. ; at whose
house his brother-in-law Washington L'ving,
wrote Bracebridge Hall, and part of the Sketch
Book. Child Evelyn Van Wart, b. in New
York, in April, 1870.
3. Amelia Smith, b. 1 Jan., 1830 ; d. 19 April, 1893; m.
24 July, 1861, Oliver Grant Terry, many years presi.
dent of the ^tna Bank of Hartford ; he d. 7 Feb.,
1873. Child: Mary Amelia Terry, b. 19 Oct., 1863.
163. V. Jonathan, b. 23 June, 1804.
104 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
77.
William® (Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ J)ficholas^),
born at Middletown, Conn., 7 Feb., 1769 ; died there 9 Dec, 1820 ;
married 2 May, 1793, Huldah Scovell, born in 1770, died 3 Jan.,
1854, aged 84 years. He is said to have been a carpenter and
builder.
Children :
164. i. William/ b. 30 Jan., 1794.
ii. Mary, b. 31 Aug., 1795 ; d. 13 Dec, 1815.
ill. Huldah, b. 14 Julv, 1797 ; d. 2 Sept., 1835.
iv. JoHN,b. 23 July, 1799 ; d. 5 Dec, 1811.
165. V. JosiAH, b. 18 July, 1803.
vi. Emily, b. 20 Aug., 1805 ; d. 20 April, 1869.
vii. Frances, b. 16 Jan., 1808; d. 15 June, 1817.
78
Daniel® {Thomas,'' Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^),
born at Middletown, Conn, 25 Jan., 1771; settled at Hartford,
Conn. ; died 3 Dec., 1808 ; mai-ried 2 Jan., 1799, Lucinda, daugh-
ter of Lieut. John and Sibyl (Hall) Montague, born 6 June, 1777;
died 3 July, 1853 ; she survived her husband and married second,
3 Dec, 1817, Major Timothy Hatch.* She was descended from
the pioneers, Richard and Abigail Montague, of Boston, 1646;
Wethersfield, Conn., 1651 ; Hadley, Mass., later; through their son
John and his wife Hannah (Smith) ; John and Abigail (Smith) ;
John and Thankful (Sheldon).
Children :
i. Lucinda,'' b. 7 Oct., 1799 ; d, 14 Sept., 1803.
ii. Daniel, b. 22 Nov., 1801 ; d. 6 Nov., 1820.
iii. John Montague, b. 19 Jan., 1804; became a printer in N. Y.
city; d. at Hartford, 31 Dec, 1834 [or 29 .Jan., 1835].
79.
Samuel* {Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^),
born at Middletown, Conn., 10 April, 1774; died at Hartford,
Conn., 11 April, 1816; married Melinda Seymour, of Hartford,
born 1774; died April, 1826, aged 52.
* Children of Timothy and (his third wife) Lucinda (Montague) (Danforth) Hatch :
) Henrr Hatch, b. 22 Oct., 1818. d. Pierpont, N. Y., 31 March, 1874; (2) Lucinda
nn Hatch, b. 29 March, 1821 ; (3) Frances Hatch, b. 16 Aug., 1823.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 105
Children :
i. Carolixk,'' bapt. March, 1801 ; died young,
ii. Elizabeth, bapt. Dec, 1802; m. Edwin Benjamin; child Mary
Elizabeth Benjamin, m. Frank E. Wiggin, then of Washing-
ton, now of San Francisco, Calif,
iii. Melixda Amelia, bapt. July, 1805 ; d. March, 1826.
iv. Catherixe, bapt. July, 1807 ; d. 1864.
T. Martha Jacobs, bapt. Nov., 1808 ; d. Feb., 1813.
vi. Harriet, bapt. June, 1810; d. 21 March, 1886.
vii. Philura, bapt. July, 1812; d. 15 Oct., 1886.
viii. Sophia, bapt. April, 1814.
166. ix. Samuel, b. 8 June, 1816.
The four sisters, Catherine, Harriet, Philura and Sophia, con-
ducted for many years a Select School in New York city ; re-
sided about 1892 at 134 East Fiftieth st., and later at Old
Ladies' Home, in Hartford, Conn.
80.
Elijah^ {Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,'^ Samuel," JVicholas^),
bom at Norton, 12 Sept., 1762; died at Pelham, 29 Oct., 1814 ;
married Sarah Curtis. " Daughters married Newcomb, Blair, Crozier
and (Belinda) Courier," says a descendant.
Children :
166a. i. Nahum," b. 20 Oct., 1791.
ii. Sarah.
iii. Belinda, m. Courier.
iv. Susa-NNAH.
V. LuCINDA.
vi. Elijah, '' married and resided at Indianapolis, Ind."
81.
Thomas® {Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JSFicholas^) ,
born at Norton, 17 May, 1766 ; died in Boston 27 Jan., 1836 ; mar-
ried at Fi'amingham 26 April, 1804, Mary Jones, daughter of Gil-
bert and Jane (Jones) Marshall, of Framingham, born 9 Jan., 1786,
died 7 Jan., 1866.
He kept the country store at Norton, which was the central gather-
ing place of the people of that rural town. He was town treasurer,
town clerk, captain of the military company ; a magistrate of recog-
nized ability ; his advice was sought and his aid freely given in many
cases. He was a helpful friend of his pastor, Rev. Pitt Clarke, and
with skill and fondness for music he was leader of the church choir,
in which his children, inheriting his taste and talent, took part. Rev.
Joseph W. Cross now writes of him, after an interval of more than
seventy years : " He was a wise, just and good man, a valuable citi-
106 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
zen, a true friend and consistent Christian." Of Mrs. Danforth he
writes : " One of the excellent of earth." She was well educated and
of refined tastes, and a notable housewife. While ffivins: careful
attention to the details of a large household she found time for read-
ing, and always of the best. She survived her husband many years,
the latest of which she passed in the family of her youngest daughter.
Children :
i. Thomas Marshall," b. 9 Jan., 1805 ; d. 22 Jan., 1828, unm.
ii. Mart Jane, b. 10 May, 1807 ; from childhood she v/as noted for
her beauty and winning manners. She early became engaged
to Joseph W. Cross, then a student with Rev. Pitt Clarke, and
became his wife on his graduating at Harvard. They resided
in Chatham where Mr. Cross was engaged in teaching. She died
soon — in Sept. 1830 — and was buried in the family burial place
of Richard Sears, Esq. Her infant child died a little later.
Rev. Joseph Warren Cross was b. in East Bridgewater, 16
June, 1808 ; H. U. 1828 ; was ordained 1 Oct., 1834 ; six years
pastor of Congregational church in Boxboro ; removed to West
Boylston, where he was minister for twenty years and continued
to reside (with brief services elsew^here) till he had completed
a residence of fifty years. After three years in Worcester he
now (1902) resides with two daughters in Lawrence, enjoying
at the advanced age of 94, the distinction of being the oldest
living graduate of Hai'vard University, with comfortable health,
and the respect due to a long and useful life.
iii. Edward Richmond, b. 17 April, 1809 ; d. 25 April, 1840, unm.
iv. Louisa Appleton, b. 8 April, 1812 ; d. 27 May, 1892 ; was mar-
ried by Rev. John Pierpont, 27 Sept., 1838, to George Drake
Grossman, b. in Brighton, 5 April, 1813. Losing both parents,
he was, at eight years of age, adopted by Judge, afterwards Gov.
Marcus Morton, of Taunton. Educated in public schools, he
removed in 1837 to Michigan; was in dry goods trade in De-
troit till 1849 ; returned to Boston and New York, continuing
his Western trade. Resided in Dorchester ; died 13 July, 1890.
Mrs. Grossman, notable for quick intelligence, and for a voice
of very unusual compass and sympathetic, musical quality, joined
with her sister and a few select associates in church choir and in
musical club to the delight of those privileged to hear. Fond of
home, which she managed most skillfully, her winning and hos-
pitable ways attracted many friends. She resided during her
latest years in Dorchester ; was interred near her parents, sister
and many of their families, in a beautiful family-lot near the
tower in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Children of George Drake and Louisa A. (Danforth) Cross-
man :
1. Mary Louisa Grossman, b. 12 Aug., 1840 ; m. 15
June, 1865, Henry Martyn Aiken ; d. 27 April,
1869.
Mr. John Joseph May,
Mrs. Caroline S. (Danforth) May,
William Chance May.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 107
Child of Henry M. and Mary L. (Grossman)
Aiken :
Mary Danforth Aiken, b. June, 18GG ; d. 7
April, 1868.
2. Winia7n Coffin Grossman, b. 1 Aug., 1844 ; d. 9 Sept.,
1846.
3. Caroline May Crossman, b. 7 July, 1847 ; m. 12 Sept.,
1866, William Barnard, son of John A. and Eliza-
beth (Winsor) Bird, b. in Brookline, 22 Dec, 1844 ;
entered the drug and drysaltery establishment of
which his father had been the head, and has con-
tinued in it. Residence, Boston and Crow-point,
Hingham.
Children of Wm. B. and Caroline M. (Crossman)
Bird :
(1) Marion Bird, b. 7 Jan., 1868.
(2) Reginald William Bird, b. 22 June, 1872 ;
a partner with his father in the old firm
of J. A. and W. Bird & Co.
(3) Elizabeth Winsor Bird, b. 1 April, 1883.
Caroline Sijipkins, b. 20 Jan., 1817; d. 29 June, 1900; m. 20
July, 1837, John Joseph, son of Samuel and Mary (Goddard)
May, b. in Boston, 15 Oct., 1813. He was a pupil of Dea.
Greele, of the Pub. Latin and Eng. High Schools, and of Gid-
eon F. Thayer, afterwards founder of Chauncy-Hall School ;
partner with his father and Calvin W. Clark, in the hardware
and metals business, established by the former, for many years;
afterward continuing the business with other partners. Retired ;
resides 987 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester ; many years a mem-
ber and officer of the First Parish church of Roxbury. In Sep-
tember, 1874, in company with his cousin. Rev. Joseph May,
visited Mayfield, in Sussex, England, where many of the name
formerly lived, and from the vicinity of w^hich it has been sup-
posed the immigrant ancestor of the May family of America
came. Was one of the committee to prepare and publish the
volume of May Genealogy ; with others he has compiled the
present volume. Mrs. May, a model mother and housewife,
was noted among her friends for her musical talent, inherited
from her father, which she has also transmitted to her children.
Visited Europe in 1874, California in 1875, and made other
wide journeyings. She was spared to a ripe age, presiding with
sweet grace in her home till more than eighty-three years were
rounded out. In 1887 they celebrated theii- golden wedding.
Mrs. Carolme S. (Danforth) May traced her lineage from
celebrated Mayflower passengers, as shown below :
John Aid en — Priscilla MuUins
Euth Aldeu — John Bass
Mary Bass — William Copeland
Benjamin Copeland — Sarah Allen
Susannah Copeland — Elijah Danforth
108 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Thomas Danforth — Mary Jones Marshall
Caroline Simpkins Danforth.
Children of Jolm J. and Caroline S. (Danforth) May :
1. Augustus Edward May, b. 26 June, 1838; d. 28 Feb.,
1846.
2. Caroline May, b. 21 June, 1840; m. 15 Oct., 1868,
Alexander Henry Davis, b. 20 Oct., 1839. Residence,
London, Eng.
Children of Alexander H. and Caroline (May) Davis :
(1) Mary May Davis, b. in Dorchester, U. S. A.,
10 Feb., 1870 ; m. in the family winter home,
Floridiana, Naples, 20 May, 1901, John
Fletcher Moulton, Esq., K.C., M.P., F.R.S,
He was senior wrangler and first Smith's
prize man at Cambridge in mathematics :
is eminent authority in Patent Law on both
sides of the Atlantic.
(2) Ethel Davis, b. 26 Oct., 1873 ; m. m St. Paul's
Knightsbridge, London, 25 Oct., 1894, Ma-
jor William Harrison, an officer in the British
army, late lltli Hussars, Prince Albert's
Own ; now serves in 3d Loyal North Lan-
caster Reserves, as Major ; has done distin-
guished service in the Soudan, and is now
(1902) on duty in South Africa. Residence
West Hill, Staleybridge, Lancashire, and
London. Children :
[i] George Herbert Harrison, b. 12 Oct.,
1895.
[ii] Cecil Alexander Harrison, b. 8 Mar.,
1899,
3. Samuel May, b. 29 March, 1842; m. 10 Jan., 1871,
Helen McClees, b. 28 Nov., 1848. He was in the 44th
Mass. Vol. Inf., in the Civil War. Partner with his
father in the firm of May & Co. Resides in Dorches-
ter. Children :
(1) Helen Goddard May, b. 29 Nov., 1871.
(2) Edith May, b. 16 Oct., 1873.
4. Mary Louisa May, b. 10 Jime, 1844; m. 10 June, 1867,
Gershom Ci'ayton Winsor, b. in Duxbury, 19 Feb.,
1840 ; adjutant in the 45th Mass. Vol. Inf., and on
the staff of Gen. Amory, in the Civil War. Children :
(1) Mary May Winsor, b. 30 Aug., 1869.
(2) Florence May Winsor, b. 11 Nov., 1873 ; m. 15
June, 1898, John Maitland Brewer Church-
ill, b. in Dorchester, 18 Jan., 1858, mem-
ber of the law firm of Churchill & Chm-ch-
ill, Boston ; d. 29 July, 1900. Child : John
Maitland Brewer Churchill, b. 20 June,
1899.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 109
5. John Pierpont May, b. 24 Feb., 1846; m. (1) 30 Oct.,
1873, Rebecca Clymer, dau. of Nicholas Hoppin and
Susan "Ward (Clvmer) Bradford, of Providence, R. I.,
b. 9 Sept., 1848,\L 2 June, 1889. Hem. (2) IG June,
1897, Annie Bradford, a sister of the former wife, b.
5 April, 1860. Chilckeu :
(1) Margaret Bradford May, b. 30 Oct., 1874.
(2) Josephine May, b. 18 Aug., 1878.
(3) Nicholas Bradford May, b. 'lb Nov., 1883.
6. George Putnam May, b. 24 Feb., 1846 (twin with John
Pierpont) ; d. 16 Nov., 1889 ; m. 23 Oct., 1879, Alice
Drummond, dau. of Caleb Clark and Mary Ann (East-
man) Walworth, b. 27 July, 1857 ; she survived Mr.
May, and m. (2) J, Russell May, of Boston; she d.
7 July, 1901. Children:
(1) Leslie Walker May, b. 18 Sept., 1880; m.
18 April, 1901, in Emanuel church, Boston,
Howard Coonley, of Chicago and New York.
(2) Dorothy May, b. 7 Sept., 1884.
7. William Chance May, b. 27 Sept., 1853 ; grad. 1873,
Mass. Inst. Technology ; would have accepted appoint-
ment as asst. prof, of Chemistry therein after a year
in Berlin, but impaired health forbade. Medical aid
here and in Europe failed to an-est the progress of dis-
ease, and he died 11 March, 1878.
8. Josephine May, b. 16 Jan., 1856 ; a favorite with teach-
ers and loved by all for her cultivated intellect, refined .
and gentle manners and thoughtf ulness for others, had
just finished the course of study in Sir. N. L. Hooper's
school, when she died, in her seventeenth year, 9 Sept.,
1872.
vi, Joseph Mortox, b. 12 May, 1824 ; d. unm., 10 May, 1878 ; he
served in the 44th Mass. V. L, in the War of the Rebellion ;
was for years engaged in the Dry Goods and Clothing trade.
82.
Deacon Samuel® {Elijah,^ Thomas,'^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,'^
Nicholas^), born at Norton, 16 Oct., 1773 ; died at Bristol, N. H.,
29 Jan., 1860; married 12 April, 1808, Mehitabel, daughter of
Gilbert and Jane (Jones) Marshall, born in Framingham, Mass., 30
Jan., 1788, died 8 Feb., 1868. Removed to Pelham, then to Dana.
In 1844 removed to Bristol, X. H. He was warmly attached to
the church, of which he was many years a deacon, both in Dana and
in Bristol ; his eldest son became a minister, and his youngest son
was for twelve years a foreign missionary.
Their closing years were passed in the family of their daughter,
Mrs. White.
110 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Richard Sears/ b. 26 Jan., 1809 ; d. 4 Aug., 1818.
167. ii. Henry Marshall, b., at Norton, 10 Aug., 1810.
iii. Abigail Stimson, b. 4 Nov., 1811; d. 8 June, 1885; m, 14
Sept., 1830, Waj'ren White, many years a successful tanner at
Bristol, N. H. ; he was born 3 May, 1803, and d. 12 May, 1874.
Children of Warren and Abigail S. (Danforth) White :
1. Marshall Warren White, b. 21 Aug., 1832, m. 30 Sept.,
1849, Eliza Reynolds, dau. of Rev. McCurdy, of
Pelham, b. 14 March, 1830.
Children of MarshaU W. and Eliza R. (McCurdy)
White :
(1) Clara D'Alba White, b. 21 Aug., 1850;
m. Homer Roby ; d. 7 April, 1872.
(2) Charles Henry White, b. 15 Nov., 1854; a
dentist in Danvers ; m. Etta Bella Buck-
lin.
(3) Edward Warren White, b. 11 Jan., 1857;
a dentist at Cambridge ; m. Kate Mc-
Question, of Plymouth.
(4) Helen Marion White, b. 12 Oct., 1863 ; m.
Arthur W. Prescott.
(5) William Converse White, b. 31 May, 1865 ;
cashier Bristol Savings Bank.
(6) Karl Marshall White, b. 22 Feb., 1870.
2. Anna Maria White, b. 23 June, 1833 ; d. 28 Aug., 1869 ;
m. 22 July, 1852, David Porter Prescott, b. at Bris-
tol, N. H.", 14 July, 1828, and there d. 3 Jan., 1895.
Children of David P. and Anna M. Prescott :
(1) Abby Louisa Prescott, b. 10 Oct., 1853;
d. 27 Sept,, 1876 ; m. Charles Edgar
Fowler; he d. 1889.
(2) Ida May Prescott, b. 28 Nov., 1855 ; d.
15 March, 1856.
(3) Katharine White Prescott, b. 19 Aug.,
1865 ; m. 17 June, 1895, at the Con-
gregational Church in Bristol, William
Howard Crafts.
3. George Hudson White, b. 13 Nov., 1841 ; m. 2 Nov.,
1862, Roxy DollofE Locke. Children :
(1) Annette May White, b. 22 May, 1863; m-
Walter F. Prince.
(2) Warren White, b. 1 April, 1867 ; m. Catherine
Burns of Lowell.
(3) Henry White, b. 21 July, 1869 ; d. 24 April,
1870.
(4) Frederick White, b. 2 May, 1872.
(5) Walter White.
IV.
V.
168.
vi.
169.
vii.
170.
viii,
ix.
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. Ill
4. Helen Abby White, b. 25 Jan., 1846; m. (1) Henry Ar-
thur Taylor, b. 18 June, 1847 ; d. 25 Sept., 1877 ;
she m. (2) Farrar; she d. in 1895.
Benjamin, b. 24 Jan., d. 9 March, 1814.
Nancy Marshall, b. 24 Jan., 1815; d. 1 Nov., 1864; m. 5
May, 1842, Theodore N. Patterson. Child : Henry Newell
Patterson, b. in July, 1845,
Appleton Howe, b. 8 July, 1817.
Richard Sears, b. 26 June, 1819.
George Palmer, b. 18 Oct., 1821.
Almon Hodges, b. 24 June, 1824; m. 9 Nov., 1848, Hannah
Rowe.
X. Jane Marshall, b. 12 June, 1831 ; d. at Henderson, N. Y., 13
March, 1854 ; m. 12 June, 1831, Rev. Oliver Pritchard.
83.
Asa® {Elijah,^ Thomas,* 8armiel,^ Samuel,'^ JSficholas^), born
in Norton, 6 April, 1779 ; died there, 22 July, 1830; married first,
27 Nov., 1806, Hannah, daughter of Eleazer and Catherine (" Caty ")
(Carpenter) Walker, of" Norton, born 12 June, 1785, died 3 June,
1823. He married second, 21 May, 1826, Phebe, daughter of
Michael and Phebe (French) Sweet, of Norton, born Sept., 1795,
died 22 April, 1867.
Children :
172. i. George Walker,'^ b. 5 Sept., 1807.
ii. Content Walker, b. 6 June, 1809 ; d. at Winthrop, Me., 28
July, 1856; m. fii-st, Walter Haines, of Winthrop, Me. ; he d.
15 May, 1840. She m. second, 15 July, 1843, John May, of
Winthrop, b. 11 July, 1813.
Children of Walter and Content W. (Danforth) Haines:
1. Mary Jane Lewis Haines, b. 22 April, 1831 ; d. 30 Aug.,
1878.
2. Angeline Elizabeth Haines, b. 13 April, 1833 ; d. 4 May,
1857 ; m. 21 Feb., 1853, Wm. G. Sargent, of Rock-
land, Me.
3. Ellen Content Haines, b. 6 June, 1835 ; d. March, 1863 ;
m. 17 Dec, 1854, Edward R., son of Elkanah and
Maria S. Spear, of Rockland, b. 1 Jan., 1833. Chil-
dren : Edward Spear and Ellen Maria Spear.
4. Edward Danforth Haines ; res. Rockland, Me.
Children of John and Content W. (Danforth) May:
1. Charlotte Brooks May, b. 3 July, 1845 ; m. 15 March,
1865, Edward R. Spear (his 2d wife). Children :
Walter May Spear and Wm. Winthroi) Spear.
2. John Danforth May, b. 17 Oct., 1848; m. 15 Jan.,
1871, Clara M., dau. of Oscar F. and Elizabeth
Healy. Children :
112 DANEORTH GENEALOGY.
(1) Edward Spear May, b. 18 Nov., 1873.
(2) Martha Blair May, b. 26 June, 1876.
(3) John May.
3. Ezra Whitman May, b. 1 July, 1851.
iii. Emily SxnrsON, b. 17 April, 1811 ; d. at Winthrop, 1836.
173. iv. Asa Hamilton, b. 4 June, 1813.
V. Hannah Jane, b. 15 Nov., 1815 ; d. June 1, 1901. From her
tenth year she attended school in Providence, residing with
her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Almon D. Hodges ; then for twelve
years with her aunt, Mrs. Margaret Pond, at Bucksport, Maine ;
after which she was, during tif ty-five years, a helpful and much
loved member of the family of her cousin, Mrs. Caroline Maj^,
in Dorchester.
vi. Sarah Hodges, b. 5 March, 1818; d. at Washington, 111., 1852;
m. Charles Davis Elmes, son of Eliphalet and Lavinia (Ma-
comber) Elmes, of Middleboro and Taunton, b. at Middleboro,
16 Sept., 1817, d. at Taunton, 14 March, 1853.
Children of Charles D. and Sarah H. (Danforth) Elmes :
1. DanfoHh Hodges Elmes, b. Sept., 1842 ; d. 17 April,
1848.
2. Sai-ah 0. Elmes, b. 17 Feb., 1844 ; d. of cholera, at
Washington, 111., summer of 1852.
3. Charles R. Elmes, b. 20 June, 1846 ; d. same time.
4. Helen Augusta Elmes, b. 3 Jan., 1848; ra. 20 April,
1876, Matthew Shepard Bolles, b. 21 May, 1844, of
the well known firm of Matthew Bolles & Co.,
bankers and brokers, Boston ; he d. 1 Feb., 1902.
Childi-en of M. Shepard and Helen A. Bolles :
(1) Reginald Fairfax Bolles, b. 27 Feb., 1877 ;
H. U. 1900.
(2) Matthew Bolles, b. 19 May, 1881 ; student at
II. U. 1902.
5. Ada Jane Elmes, b. 9 Nov., 1849.
vii. Cordelia Enfield, b. 1 July, 1820; m. Bradford Weeks,
viii. Orilla Haines, b. 24 Feb., 1829 ; m. 30 Sept., 1850, Napoleon
Bonaparte Huntoon, son of Peter and Betsey (Turner) Himj
toon, of Readfield, Me., b. 23 Sept., 1816.
Child of Napoleon B. and Orilla H. (Danforth) Huntoon :
lifary 0. Huntoon, b. 19 Sept., 1852; m. 11 Jan., 1874,
George, son of Holman and Sarah (Gordon) Johnson,
of Wayne, Me., woolen manufacturer. Children :
(1) Sadie 0. Johnson, b. 25 Dec, 1875.
(2) Philip Leslie Johnson, b. 27 Dec, 1876.
(3) Merle Huntoon Johnson, b. 22 Feb., 1880.
ix. Mary Cross, b. 13 Sept., 1830 ; m. at San Mateo, Cal., David
Springer McLellan, b. at Litchfield, Me., 10 June, 1825 ; she
d. 7 Jan., 1900.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 113
Children of David S. and Mary C. (Danforth) McLellan :
1. Mary Orilla McLellan, m. in 1872, Calvin A. Murray ;
she d. in 1887.
2. Charles David McLellan, m, Clara Turner; d. 16 Jan.,
1901.
3. Mary Phoebe McLellan.
4. Mary Belle McLellan.
5. George Br ice McLellan.
6. William Sweet McLellan, m. Mary Bates.
7. Edgar Wakeman McL^ellan, m. Mary Garratt.
8. Leonard Everett McLellan.
9. Mary Grace McLellan.
10. Theodore Murray McLellan., d. in childhood.
11. Frank Lloyd McLellan.
12. Asa Danforth McLellan.
84.
BENJAivnN* {Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ IsTicholas^) ,
born in Norton, 27 Nov., 1782; died at Lansingburgh, N. Y.,
11 Feb., 1834; married Tryphena, daughter of Otis and Sarah
(Goddard) Bates, of Coos, N. H., born in Troy, N. Y., 20 April,
1796, died at Troy, N. Y., 3 Feb., 1846.
Children :
i. Thomas,'' b. 20 Oct., 1817 ; resided at Nassau, N. Y. ; d. in Dec,
1886.
ii. Mart, b. 26 Sept., 1820; d. 30 Nov., 1843.
174. iii. Henry W., b. 14 Jan., 1823.
iv. Hiram, b. 20 July, 1826 ; m. Mrs. Louisa Lawton ; no children ;
he d. 11 May, 1866.
V. Sarah, b. 17 Oct., 1828 ; m. John Peck ; no children,
vi. Susan, b. 2 Feb., 1831 ; d. 28 Aug., 1848.
86.
Samuel^ (^John,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,"^ JVicholas^),
born at Norwich, Conn., 25 June, 1770; died at Ellsworth, O.,
5 Aug., 1827 ; married at Mansfield, 25 Dec, 1797, Lucy Harts-
horn, of Mansfield.
Children, all born at Norwich, Conn. :
176. i. John,'' b. 15 Nov., 1798.
ii. Harriet, b. 23 Jan., 1800 ; d. at Norwich, 3 Nov., 1802.
iii. Samuel, b. 26 Feb., 1801 ; d. 9 Aug., 1839 ; m. in 1837 Electa
Parmalee. No children.
87.
Joseph^ (^Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JS'ich-
olas^), born in Billerica, 6 May, 1763; died 12 Feb., 1833, or
114 DAKFORTH GENEALOGY.
21 Oct., 1835; married Lydia Cox. He removed to Jaffrey,
N. H., then to Chester, Vt., and afterward to Wethersfield, Vt.,
about 1790.
Children :
178. i. Joseph H.,' b. at Jaffrey, N. H., 19 Nov., 1787.
179. ii. Thomas, b. 20 Oct., 1788.
ill. Levi, d. in New York state.
iv. Clarissa, m. Danford Richardson.
V. Ann, m. John Snowden.
vi. Betsey, m. Asa Brown,
vii. Hannah, m. Samuel Lloyd,
viii. Emeline, m. Rev. William Lane,
ix. Louisa, unm.
179a. X. John Warren, b. at Wethersfield, Vt., 6 May, 1811.
xi. William H., d. in New York state.
John* (^Thomas,^ Thoinas^'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVicholas^)^
born at Billerica about 1765, and resided there sometime. " Went
to Enfield"?
Children :
i.
John.''
ii.
David.
180. iii.
Stearns, b. about 1798,
181. iv.
Silas, b. 8 Feb., 1800.
v.
Lydia.
89.
Thomas* {Thomas,^ Thomas^* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nich-
olas'), born at Bdlerica, 28 Dec., 1771; died in Rindge, N. H.,
24 March, 1841 ; married in 1794, Abigail, daughter of Josiah and
Abigail (Hubbard) Davis, of New Ipswich, N. H., born 4 Dec,
1774, died 17 April, 1833. Removed to Rindge in 1810.
Children :
i. Thomas,^ b. and d. 18 Sept., 1797.
ii. Thomas, b. and d. 3 May, 1798.
iii. Thomas Marshall, b. 11 May, 1799 ; d. 21 Dec, 1800.
182. iv. Benjamin Franklin, b. 11 April, 1801.
V. Abigail Fox, b. 3 Sept., 1803 ; d. 5 Oct., 1809.
183. vi. John, b. 3 March, 1806.
vii. Thomas Davis, b. 1 Sept., 1810; d. at sea, unm., Sept., 1835.
viii. George, b. 7 Feb., d. 7 March, 1816.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 115
90.
Jonathan® (^Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
j^icholas^'), born in Hollis, N. H., 20 July, 1745; died at Dan-
ville, Vt., about 1840; married Hannah [Leman?].
Children :
i. HannahJ b. 5 May, 1770; m. 10 Feb., 1791, Jona. Bowers,
of Hollis.
184. ii. Jonathan, b. 27 Juh^, 1772.
iii. Elizabeth, b. 10 May, 1774; m. [William] Clark.
184rt. iv. Leonard, b. 9 April, 1777.
185. V. David, b. 15 May, 1779.
186. vi. Luther, b. 23 Oct., 1781.
vii. Anna, b. 19 July, 1783.
187. viii. Asa, b. 14 Oct., 1785.
ix. Rebecca, b. 23 March, 1788; m. Samuel Henry.
X. Nancy.
xi. Calvin.
xii. Sophia, imm.
91.
David® {^Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVich-
olas'), born in Hollis, N. H., 24 Jan., 1747 ; died 1 March, 1815 ;
married in 1770 Hannah, daughter of Israel and Sarah (Raymond)
Proctor, born in Chelmsford, 2 Feb., 1748, died 12 Jan., 1842.
He removed to Washington, N. H., and lived near the Eastern
shore of Mellen Pond ; died there ; all his children were born there.
He was selectman several years, and held other offices.
He was a private in Capt. Jonathan Brockaway's co., Enoch Hale's regt.,
" that marched on the Ticonderoga alarms the 6th and 13th of July, 1777 " ;
also in Capt. Canfield's (Marlow) co. of Col. Bellows's regt., in Sept. and
Oct., 1777 ; and in Capt. Samuel Twitchel's co. of Col. Hale's regt., " who
marched from X. H. to Rhode Island and joined the Continental army in
August, 1778." [N. H. Rev. Rolls.]
Children :
188. i. Eli,'' b. 27 Oct., 1773 ; (first birth recorded in town book).
189. ii. Israel, b. 25 June, 1775.
hi. Hannah, b. 21 March, 1777: d. 15 Nov., 1843; m. Reuben
Farnsworth. Child : Isaac Danforth Farnsivorth. Two daugh-
ters died young.
190. iv. David, b. 25 April, 1779.
191. V. Jonathan, b. 13 Feb., 1783.
192. vi. Isaac, b. 10 Sept., 1785.
92.
Benjamin^ (^Be7ijamin,' Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), bom at Billerica, 23 May, 1751 ; resided some time at
116 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Tewksbury and at Salisbury ; died in Bristol, N. H. ; married,* 10
July, 1771, by Rev. Henry Cummings, Esther, daughter of James
and Elizabeth (Frost) Saunders, of Billerica, born 6 May, 1748.
For the record of his Revolutionary service, see the article upon
his father. No. 38.
Children :
i. Esther,'' b. at Billerica, 17 Sept., 1772.
ii. Sarah, b. at Tewksbury, 28 March, 1774; d. 22 July, 18G7 ;
m. Laban Brown.
Children of Laban and Sarah (Danforth) Brown :
1. Joseph H. Brown; res. South Danbury, N. H.
2. Iddo S. Brown; served in the war of 1812; res.
Danbury.
3. Joanna Brown, b. 1800; unm. ; res. Danbury, N. H.
4. Surah Brown, b. 1802 ; m. Jonathan Sleeper ; d. 18
Feb., 1879.
5. Judith Brown.
6. Abel Brown ; lost at sea.
7. Mary Danforth Brown; m. (1) Horace Buswell ; m.
(2) George Gamble (parents of Mrs. Nichols) ; d.
16 Dec, 1863.
8. Esther Brown; m. Samuel Keyser ; d. 10 Feb., 1868.
9. Moses Brown, d. in infancy.
10. Moses T. Brown; res. West Andover, N. H.
iii. Abel, b. 18 Jan., 1777 ; d. 5 Sept., 1851 ; m. Rebecca >
b. in 1778, d. 20 Aug., 1867.
192a. iv. Aaron, b. 10 Dec, 1779 ; m. 5 Feb., 1805, Sarah, daughter
of Timothy Crosby.
V. f Benajah (Benaiah) ) , iqqo . f d. 27 Jan., 1873.
Vi. I MiCAJAH. 3 * '^ ' (
vii. Timothy.
92a.
Jonathan* {Benjamin,^ Joiiathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born at Billerica, 20 July, 1754; died at Hillsboro,
N. H., 10 Oct., 1816 ; married first, 19 Jan., 1786, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Thomas Chandler of Tewksbury, born 20 April, 1756; she
died 18 Dec, 1794. He married second, Mrs. Elizabeth Twist, of
Danvers ; she died 24 April, 1824. Tradition describes his adven-
tures as a soldier f in the fight at Lexington in company with his
father. He resided for the most of his life at Hillsboro.
♦Married at Fitchburg, 14 Nov., 1789, Benj. Danforth. Jr., and Mrs. Margaret Fisk.
t See other Jonathans, Nos. 44, 97a, and 102, and compare records. Possibly some
items are incorrectly assigned.
Jonathan, Chelmsford. List of men raised in Middlesex Co. to serve in the Con-
tinental Army [year not given] ; residence, Chelmsford ; reported " in the works at
Springfield."
193.
ii.
194.
iii,
195.
iv.
V.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 117
Children :
i. Sarah/ b. 12 Oct., 1786 ; d. 3 March, 1847 ; m. in April, 1809,
John Allen.
Children of John and Sarah (Danforth) Allen:
1. John Allen, b. 30 May, 1811 ; d. 21 Jan., 1880 ; m. (1)
Susan Gleason ; m. (2) Susan Teel, of Medford.
2. Jonathan Allen, b. 27 May, 1813; d. 24 Aug., 1818.
3. William Allen, b. 19 April, d. Oct., 1819.
4. Abigail Allen, b. 24 July, 1820 ; res. at Hillsboro.
Jonathan, b. 5 May, 1788.
Benjamin, b. 30 Aug., 1789.
Francis, b. 28 Feb., 1793.
Elizabeth, b. 15 Dec, 1794 ; d. 28 May, 1871 ; m. 20 March,
1819, David Woodward, of Lyndeboro, N. H. ; he d. 15 March,
1852.
Children of David and Elizabeth (Danforth) Woodward :
. 1. George Dexter Woodward, b. 5 Oct., 1823 ; m. 30 Oct.,
1850, Mary E. Prentice, b. at Lyndeboro, N. H.
2. Willard F. Woodward, b. 5 Oct., 1828 ; d. at Jasper, N.
Y., 25 June, 1864; m. 13 Jan., 1852, Sai'ah C.Ever-
ett.
8. Eliza Jane Woodward, b. 19 July, 1830; m. 23 April,
1857, David C. Ilollenbeck, b. Jasper, N. Y., 2 July,
1822.
926.
Samuel® (^Benjami7i,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan^^
JSTicholas^), born in Billerica, 24 Aug., 1756; died 6 April, 1815;
married 30 March, 1780 (by Rev. Sampson Spaulding), Anna,
daughter of David and Mary Trull, of Tewksbury, born 26 June,
1761; died 22 Nov., 1851.
He was a farmer. Removed to Hillsboro, N. H., and about 1790
to Fletcher, Franklin co., Vt. Was injured by the falling of a tree
so that he soon afterward died. The widow abode with their son
Cyrus till her death.
Children :
i. Samuel,'' b. at Billerica, 1 Oct., 1780 ; was a farmer somewhere
in New Hampshire, Said to have m. and had one daughter ;
but search for him at the time of his brother Levi's death, was
unavailing.
195a. ii. Robert, b. 6 May, 1782.
iii. Anna, b. 25 July, 1784 ; d. 10 March, 1860 ; m. her cousin
David, son of Peter Danforth (No.. 197).
iv. Betsey, b. 22 July, 1786; d. 27 Dec, 1862; m. 6 Dec, 1810,
Willis Leach, of Fan-field, Vt., b. 19 Aug., 1787, d. at Fahfax,
Vt., 19 March, 1875.
118 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
Children of Willis and Betsey (Daniorth) Leach :
1. Julianna Leach, b. 30 March, 1812 ; d. at Bemis, Wis.,
14 May, 1894; m. 18 April, 1841, Philander Bassett,
b. at Sutton, Ontario, d. at Fairfax, Vt., 31 May,
1862. Res. Johnson, Vt., in 1891.
2. Ahira Leach, b. 10 March, 1814 ; m. 13 March, 1838,
Paulina Holmes, of Johnson, Vt. ; he d. 25 Sept., 1893.
3. Betsey Leach, b. 15 March, 1816; d. 20 Dec, 1834.
4. Roxanna Leach, b. 19 March, 1818 ; d. 19 Nov., 1831.
5. Willis D. Leach, b. 22 June, 1820 ; d. at Irosburg, Vt.,
17 July, 1889 ; m. (1) 6 June, 1844, Almira Carpen-
ter, of Fletcher; m. (2) 6 Nov., 1883, Marmda Car-
penter, of Irosburg, b. 20 April, 1827, d. 18 Jan.
1894.
6. Cyrus Leach, b. 2 Feb., 1825 ; m. 9 May, 1849, Mary
Hawley. Res. Fairfax, Vt.
1955. V. Cyrus, b. 21 Feb., 1792.
vi. Levi, b. 20 April, 1794; d. 17 April, 1868; m. first, Cynthia
Holmes; she d. 31 Jan., 1863, fe. 68; he m. second, 17 Nov.,
1863, Mrs. Lucy (Ripley) Bliss, of Brockport, widow of Elijah
W. Bliss, b. at Windham, Conn., 10 May, 1794, d. 14 Dec,
1888. No children.
195c. vii. David, b. 6 Sept., 1797.
viii. Polly, b. at Fletcher, 20 June, 1795 ; d. 6 June, 1881.
ix. Clarissa, b. 27 June, 1805 ; d. 16 April, 1869 [?] ; m. 10 Nov.,
1843, Volney P. Boyce, of Ogden, Munroe Co., N. Y.
93.
Peter' (Benjamin,^ Jonathan^^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nich-
olas^), born in Billerica, 25 May, 1761 ; died in Liberty, Ohio, 12
Jan., 1843 ; married Elizabeth Stephens, born 15 Aug., 1771, died
in Fredonia, O., 24 Feb., 1835. Served in the Revolutionary vfox ;
was a pensioner ; received $96 per annum 1818-1820. Resided some
time at Fletcher, Vt.
Children :
196. i. Daniel Chase, b. at Fletcher, Vt., 19 May, 1787.
197. ii. David, b. at Fletcher, Vt., 28 Dec, 1788.
Peter, Billerica. Private, Capt. Solomon Pollard's co., Col. Samuel Denny's regt. ;
enlisted Oct. 23, 1779; discharged Dec. 4, 1779; service, 1 mo. 12 days, travel in-
cluded ; company detached to march to Claverack and join Continental Army for 3
months ; roll dated Billerica ; also, descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Conti-
nental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned
as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Maj. Peter Harwood of 6th Mass. regt.,
at Springfield, July 3, 1780; age, 19 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; en-
gaged for town of Billerica; marched to camp July 3, 1780, under command of Lieut.
Daniel Frye of the artificers : also, list of men raised for the 6 months service and
retm-ned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. X19
Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of
Billerica for service in the Continental Army during 1780 ; marched June 29, 1780 ;
discharged Jan. 3, 1781 ; service, 6 mos. 16 days ; also, receipt dated Billerica, June
18, 1781, for bounties paid said Danforth and others, on behalf of several classes of
the town of Billerica, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years ; also,
descriptive list of men raised in Middlesex Co., agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780,
as returned by Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for said county ; age, 20 yrs. ; stature,
6 ft. 6 in. ; complexion, dark ; hair, dark ; eyes, dark ; occupation, farmer ; engaged
for town of Billerica; engaged April 17, 1781; term, 3 years; also. Private, Capt.
Matthew Chambers's co., Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's (6th) regt. ; wages allowed from
April 17, 1781, 14 mos. 14 days ; reported transferred to light infantry July -, 1782 ;
also, Capt. Peter Clayes's (Light Infantry) co., Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's regt. ; wages
allowed for July-Dec, 1782, 6 months; also, order dated Billerica, March 30, 1784,
payable to Jonathan Pollard, signed by said Danforth, for wages for service in the
years 1781 and 1782 in the 6th Mass. regt.
94.
JosiAH® (Joseph,^ Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ J^icholas^) ,
born at Dunstable (Tyngsboro) 8 Jan., 1757 ; died there 8 May,
1838 ; married 10 Nov., 1777, Sarah Blodgett, born in 1755, died
in 1842.
He was a prominent man in the aiFairs of the town ; an esquire
(justice of the peace) many years; resided on the old homestead.
Children :
Sarah,^ K ^^ „ , , f 3 March, 1778.
JosiAH, I ^' ^^ ^^^'^ "*• I 27 May, 1778.
Joseph, b. 16 Aug., 1779.
Sarah, b. 15 May, 1782 ; d. 22 Sept., 1834 ; m. Simon Thomp-
son,
Hannah, b. 22 Oct., 1784; d. 14 Feb., 1785.
JosiAH, b. 15 Jau., 1786.
Catherine, b. 22 Nov., 1787 ; d. 6 Jan., 1788.
John, b. 11 May, 1789 ; d. 18 Nov., 1811.
Asa, b. 18 Aug., 1795.
James, b. 1 Aug., 1797 ; d. 18 Sept., 1812.
94-1.
Samuel^ [Samuel,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las'), born in Billerica, 28 Sept., 1752; died 23 Sept., 1816;
married 28 April, 1774, Sarah, daughter of Roger Toothaker,
M. D., of Billerica, born 5 June, 1759, died 13 June, 1797. He
resided at Tewksbury,* on lands which his father deeded 6 Sept.,
1793, to "Sarah and Mary, the only children of his son Samuel."
* Samuel, Jr. Private, Capt. Solomon Pollard's co. of minute-men. Col. Green's
regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 2 days.
Samuel (Dahford), Tewkesbury, Private, Capt. Haffield White's co., Col. Rufus
1.
ii.
198.
iii.
iv.
V.
199.
vi.
vii.
viii.
200.
ix.
X.
120 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Sarah,'' b. 18 June, 1775.
ii. Mart (" Polly") b. 1 March, 1780 ; m. in 1799 (his first wife)
John, son of Obediah and Mary Hannah (Ballard) Foster, b.
in Andover, 3 March, 1770, d. at Warner, N. H., 13 April,
1846,
Children of John and Mary (Danforth) Foster :
1. Herman Foster, b. in Andover, 31 Oct., 1800; became
a lawyer ; settled at Manchester, N. H., ; was many
terms a member of the legislature ; president of the
senate in 1861 ; reed, degree of A.M. from Dart. Coll.
in 1861 ; m. 8 Nov., 1826, Harriet Mary Ann Whit-
temore, of Cambridge. No children.
2. Sahra Foster, b. in Andover, 31 May, 1802 ; d. at Law-
rence, 25 Nov., 1858 ; m. at Hudson, N. H., 25 Dec,
1822, Isaac Tewksbury, M. D., tenth child of Jona-
than and Elizabeth (Merrill) Tewksbury, b. at West
Newbui-y, 13 Jan., 1795, d. at Ham2)8tead, N. H., 25
Jan., 1885. He taught school several years ; grad.
Dart. Med. Coll., and practised medicine at Hampstead
from 1817 till 1847. Rem. to Lawrence, Mass., and
had a large practice till old age compelled him to re-
tire.
Children of Dr. Isaac and Sabra (Foster) Tewks-
bury :
(1) Herman Foster, b. 15 May, 1824 ; m. Emma
Stevens, of lUinois; d. in Federal service
in Mississippi in 1862. Children: Herman
and Sabra Foster.
(2) Isaac Adolphus Foster, b. 15 Dec, 1825 ;
m. in 1847, Elvira Pratt, d. at Elgin, 111.,
13 Aug., 1885. Children : Arthur and
Adah Foster.
(3) Sabra Frances Foster, b. 15 Nov., 1827 : m.
24 July, 1850, at Lawrence, Charles A.
Colby;' d. at New York, 28 July, 1891.
Children : Elizabeth W. Colby, d. March
1861 ; Charles Edwards Colby, d. 18 Oct.,
1889, prof. Org. Chem. Columbia Coll.,
N. Y.
(4) Jerome Danforth Foster, b. 5 Oct., 1829 ; d.
19 April, 1831.
(5) Harriet Mary Foster, b. 18 May, 1831 ; d.
18 Aug., 1847.
Putnam's regt. ; Continental army pay accounts for service from Feb. 15, 1777, to
June 8, 1779; reported discharged June 8, 1779; also muster return dated Albany,
Feb. 9, 1778 ; residence Tewksbury ; enlisted for town of Tewksbury ; mustered by
Col. Barrett ; also Capt. White's co., Col. Putnam's (4th) regt. ; return of men enti-
tled to State gratuity raised by lottery.
See also Rev. Rolls in Appendix.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 121
(6) Albion Danforth Foster, b. 19 May, d. in
Sept., 1833.
(7) Elizabeth Merrill Foster, b. 16 Jiily, 1834;
m. (1) Dec, 1851, P. H. Colby, of Law-
rence ; Children : Alice Colby, John F.
Colby. Shem. (2) in Chicago, Dec, 1867,
L. Ostrom ; child : Laura Annette Ostrom,
m. in Paris, France, Fernand A. Azeredo.
She m. (3) at Chicago, May, 1875, Francis
W. Coaker. Residence (1902) Brookline.
(8) Ellen Danforth Foster, b. at Hampstead, N.
H., 16 May, 1836 ; m. at Manchester, N.
H., 13 Nov., 1855, Joseph Huntington
White, b. at Goshen, Mass., 28 Jan., 1824,
son of Joseph and Sophia (Huntington)
White. He was educated at Easthampton
Academy ; became an importer of dry goods
and commission merchant in Boston ; re-
tired ; is president of Eliot National Bank ;
resides in Brookline. Children : (i.) Jo-
seph Foster White; (ii.) Harriet Foster
White, m. Arthur E. Smith, of Omaha,
Neb. ; (iii.) Helen Huntington White, m.
George J. Putnam ; (iv.) Grace Sabra
White, m. John L. Batchelder, Jr.
(9) Sarah Abigail Foster, b. 31 March, 1838 ;
d. 2 Aug., 1853.
(10) Mary Danforth Foster, b. 19 March, 1843;
m. at New York, 17 Jan., 1877, James
Jackson, of Paris, France, where she — a
widow — has since resided.
ai) Clara Whittemore Foster, b. 21 Jan., 1845;
m. Samuel Hitchcock, of Aurora, 111.
Children: Alice M. and William Foster
Hitchcock. "
94-2.
JosiAH® {Samuel^' Samuel,*' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^^i
born in Billerica, 4 July, 1765 ; (name written "Isaac" in record o^
baptism; seems to be the Revolutionary soldier described below.*
* JosiAH (Damforth), Billerica (probably). Private, Capt. Jonathan Stickney's co.
Col. Bridges' regt. of Minute Men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775;
service 6 days.
JosiAH, Billerica. Capt. Solomon Pollard's (Billerica) co. ; list of men in camp at
Cambridge, dated May 1, 1775 ; also. Private, Capt. Jonathan Stickney's co.. Col.
Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 25,
1775 ; service, 3 mos. 14 days ; also, company return dated Cambridge, Sept. 25, 1775 ;
also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Nov. 16,
1775 ; also, list of men who received money from public treasury for losses at battles
122 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
He removed to Boston. Was a rope-maker; in partnership with
Caleb Whiting, "mariner," he bought land in B., 25 Dec, 1792.
They are called "wood-wharfingers" in a later deed. Remarried
first, in B., 25 Oct., 1791 (by Rev. Jere. Belknap) Ruth Pike.
She joined him in a deed of land 13 Aug., 1792. She died at the age
of 31 years, 13 Sept. [1799?.] He married second (int. 25 Nov.,
1801), Rhoda Woods. He died " of consumption, aged 45 years,"
9 Nov., 18 1 0. The widow received her " thirds " in 1812 ; was ap-
pointed guardian for her three children. Distribution was made 28
Feb., 1814 ; " a farm of 175 acres, partly in Chelmsford and partly
in B llerica," was a part of the estate ; also a tract in Cambridge-
port.
Children :
i. Thomas,'^ b. about 1794 ; resided in Boylston in 1814 ; returned to
Boston ; became a " truckman " ; d. before 22 Sept., 1817,
when his (insolvent) estate was appraised ; was evidently un-
married.
ii. Abigail.
iii. JosiAH.
94«.
Joseph" (Smnuel," Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^),
born 3 June, 1767 ; died 21 Oct., 1805 ; married 26 Aug., 1789,
Dorcas Wyman, born in 1768, died 24 Feb., 1841.
The gravestone of Joseph Danforth is in Billerica grave yard, with these
lines thereon :
" Death thou hast conquered me
But Christ hath conquered the
I by thy dart am slain
And I shall rise again."
.. On that of his wife is graven :
" Mrs. Dorcas relict of the late Joseph Danforth,
died Feb. 24, 1841, aged 73 years."
His large estate was duly divided to his widow (thirds) in 1809,
and to his eight children in 1810.
Children :
i. Dorcas,^ b. 26 Feb., 1790; d. 7 Feb., 1847; m. first, 18 Feb.,
1808, Joseph HUl, b. 2 Jan., 1787, d. 5 July, 1810 ; m. second,
Henry Bridge, son of Samuel and Alice Pollard Bridge, b. 7
July, 1790.
of Lexington and Bunker Hill; amounts allowed in Council June 13, 1776; also.
Corporal, Capt. Edward Farmer's co., Col. Jonathan Reed's regt. ; enlisted Sept. 29,
1777 ; discharged Nov. 8, 1777 ; service, 41 days ; company marched to reinforce
Northern army.
DANrORTH GENEALOGY. 123
Child of Joseph and Dorcas (Danforth) Hill:
Joseph Foster Bill, b. 22 Dec, 1808; d. 10 Nov,, 1849;
m. Caroline Leonard, of Hallowell, Me. ; grad. Harvard
Med. School ; practiced medicine in Billerica.
ii. Sarah, "Sally," b. 8 Nov., 1791; d. March. 18G5 ; m. Wm.
Richardson, who d. (by his own hand) soon after their marriage ;
she carried on the farm, M'hich had been nearly a century in the
family, until her death,
iii. Nanct, b. 15 June, 1795 ; d. 28 Dec, 1820 ; m. 6 Feb., 1820,
Zaccheus Shed,
iv. Hannah Taylor, b. 9 Oct., 1797 ; d. 8 Oct., 1843, buried atMt
Auburn ; m. Simon Wiggin Robinson, of Boston, b. at New
Hampton, N. H., 19 Feb., 1792, d. at Lexmgton, 16 Oct.,
1868. Res. Littleton, Mass.
Children of Simon W. and Hannah T. (Danforth) Robinson :
1. Sarah Elizabeth Robinson, b. 6 Aug., 1817 ; d. 21 Jan.,
1877 ; m. James Simon Wiggin.
2. John Brooks Robinson, b. 30 May, 1819 ; d. 24 Feb.,
1893 ; m. Sarah R. Osgood ; was a merchant in Bos-
ton, resided in Littleton.
3. Benry Bridge Robinson, b. 3 Oct., 1821 ; d. 27 March,
1825.
4. Bannah Amanda Robinson,h. 22 Dec, 1823 ; d. 7 Feb.,
1856; m. (1) 27 Oct., 1841, Charles Herbert Neally,
b. at Meredith, N. H., 13 April, 1815 ; d. in Boston,
24 Dec, 1844; m. (2) 24 Nov., 1847, Dr. Willard
W. Codman, of Boston ; son Edward Brooks Codman,
b. 10 Feb., 1851 ; m. Winnifred McCarty, of Bristol,
R. I. ; has been in military service under the British
government in India. Amanda Robinson Neally, dau.
of the first marriage, b. 24 Aug., 1843, m. 1 Oct.,
1863, Charles Augixstus, son of Ebenezer and Sarah
(Swan) Clapp, b. in Dorchester, 9 Nov., 1835 ; part-
ner of E. P. Dutton & Co., booksellers, of New York
City. [See Clapp Memoi'ial].
v. Joseph, b. 14 June, 1799 ; d. in Boston, — " accidental, £e. 23," —
10 Aug., 1823.
vi. JosiAH, b. 17 June, 1801 ; d. 3 Oct., 1822.
vii. Oliver, b. 14 March, 1803 ; d. 25 Oct., 1849 ; had curvature
of the spine.
viii. Julia, b. 16 July, 1805 ; d. 10 Feb., 1859 ; m. John Barrows,
in 1826.
Childi'en of John and Julia (Danforth) Barrows :
1. William B. Barrows, b. 28 Feb., 1827 ; m. 18 Nov.,
1869, Eliza Matilda Davis.
2. Sarah Elizabeth Barroivs, b. 3 Dec, 1832 ; m. 12 Nov.,
1867, Gilman Elisha Gurney, farmer of Burnham,
Me.
124 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
95.
Thomas* {Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ N^ich-
olas'), born in Dunstable, 20 Feb., 1745; died 23 April, 1794;
married at Brookfield, '2Q May, 1771, Lydia Abbot, born 25 Nov.,
1747, died 27 April, 1835. She was married in a calico dresa
which cost $1.00 a yard.
He resided at Tyringham, Mass. Served in Revolutionary war
as corporal in Langton's Co. of Col. Mark Hopkins's Regt. ; was at
Highlands, N. Y., in July, 1776.
Children :
i. Sally,'' b. 14 Feb., 1770; d. 11 Oct., 1851; m. 1 Feb., 1800,
Salathiel Hale; had children: 1. Betsey Hale; 2. Thomas Hale
(m. Betsey Granger) ; 3, William Hale.
ii. Ltdia, b. 16 May, 1773; d. 16 Ang., 1794.
ill. Jerusha, b. 15 Sept., 1774; d. 6 Sept., 1817; m. 20 May, 1798,
Joshua Brewer, farmer, of Granby, N. Y.
Children of Joshua and Jerusha (Danforth) Brewer :
1. Dosia Brewer, b. 3 April, 1799 ; d. 9 Dec, 1883 ; m.
23 Sept., 1828, Joel Baker.
2. Amanda Brewer, b. 13 Jan., 1801 ; d. 1803.
3. Chauncy Bretver,h. 13 Feb., 1803; d. 1803.
4. Almon Breiver, b. 12 Oct., 1804; d. 1872.
5. Amanda Brewer, b. 14 July, 1806; d. 11 Dec, 1883 ;
m. in 1824, Alvinza Wright, of Fulton, N. Y. ChU-
dren : (1) Lucilia Wright, m. Levi Hamilton ; (2)
Martin Wright.
6. Milton Brewer, b. 22 Jan., 1808; d. 1834.
7. Chauncy Brewer, b. and d. 1809.
8. Ada Brewer, b. 30 July, 1812 ; m. m 1841, Ellery E.
Bristol, of Granby, N. Y.
Children of Ellery E. and Ada (Brewer) Bristol :
(1) Lansing Bristol, served in the War of the
Rebellion ; d. 27 June, 1865.
(2) Mary Danforth Bristol.
(3) Erwin Bristol.
(4) Almon Bristol ; m. Fanny Hancock.
(5) Persis Bristol, b. 5 Aug., 1847 ; m. Wesley
McCully.
(6) Martha McCully Bristol, b. 1850 ; m. Jeffer-
son Bailey.
(7) John Bristol, b. 1852 ; m. Margaret Osbom.
9. Newton Brewer, b. 23 March, 1814; m. Eleanor Farlow;
res. Barrington.
201. iv. Cyrus, b. 27 Aug., 1777.
V. Daniel, b. 8 March, 1778 ; d. 26 Oct., 1846 ; m. 14 Feb., 1803,
Sally Orton ; she d. 29 Oct., 1860, ». 80. No children.
202. vi. Thomas, b. 30 Oct., 1780.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 125
vii. Betsey, b. 26 Aug., 1782; d. 4 April, 1840; m. 19 Aug., 1801,
Joseph Baker, b. in Chesterfield, Mass. ; rem. in 1804 to La-
fayette, N. Y., being a pioneer in the county.
Children of Joseph and Betsey (Danforth) Baker:
1. Joel Baker, b. 14 April, 1803; d. 10 Jan., 18G2 ; m.
23 Sept., 1828, Dosia Brewer.
2. Lydia Baker, b. 27 Jan., 1805; d. 11 Aug., 1853; m.
in 1845, Eichard Pomeroy.
3. Sophia Baker, b. 3 Aug., 1806 ; d. 16 June, 1807.
4. Harvey Baker, b. 20 April, 1808 ; m. (1) 24 Nov., 1829,
Sally Diantha Cowles ; m. (2) 8 Dec, 1840, Mrs.
Alice, widow of Sherrill Hubbard.
5. Merrick Baker, b. 9 Sept., 1809 ; d. 18 Aug., 1862 ; m.
( 1) Hannah, dau. of Erastus and Mary (Pratt) Baker ;
m. (2) P^liza Stanton.
6. Dennis Baker, b. 21 Dec, 1810; m. 23 Dec, 1833,
Miriam, dau. of Oliver Munn. He [Dennis] was con-
nected with the mission to the Cattaraugus Indians 4
years, in Erie Co., N. Y. ; rem. to Aurora, and later
to Warreuville, 111. He assisted many runaway slaves
over " the under-ground railroad " to liberty in the
Northern States or Canada.
7. Sophia Baker, b. 1 March, 1813 ; d. (scalded to death)
3 April, 1816.
8. Joseph Danforth Baker, b. 5 Jan., 1815 ; grad. Amherst
Coll., 1839, Auburn Theo. Sem. 1841 ; ord. Pastor
Cong, chh., Hartford, N. Y., in June, 1841 ; of Presb.
chh. Scipio, N. Y., Oct., 1844; at Bloomington, 111.,
1830; at Cambridge, 111., 1852. He m. Lucy Dewey
of Cambridge, N. Y.
9. Jason Cook Baker, b. 21 March, 1817 ; d. 2 Aug., 1882;
m. 21 May, 1846, Jane, dau. of Arthur Smith, of Scipio.
10. Henry Baker, b. 1 Feb., 1819 ; d. 1 July, 1862 ; m. 16
Aug., 1842, Angeline Pomeroy. Enlisted 27 Aug.,
1861 ; served in 1st Kansas Cavalry. Family reside
at Aurora, 111.
11. Betsey Emeline Baker, h. 28 June, 1822; d. 27 Jan.,
1853.
viii. AzuBAH, b. 12 June, 1786 ; d. 7 Feb., 1856; m. first, 26 Sept.,
1804, Meriam ; m. second, 13 June, 1816, Randall.
204. ix. Joel, b. 4 April, 1779.
X. Asa, b. 13 Jan., 1791; d. in April, 1869.
96.
Asa® {Thomas,^ Samuel,'' Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,'' JSfichoIas^),
born in Dunstable, Mass., 25 July, 1746 ; died at Onondao-a Hol-
low, N. Y., in 1837; married about 1767, Hannah Wheeler, born
in Lenox about 1749, died in Sept., 1837. At the openino- of the
126 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
war of the Revolution he entered the service, * " being engaged at
the battle of Bunker Hill, in which his father, brother and kinsmen
to the number of thirteen were also serving" ; "was captain of a
company at the battle of Saratoga and at the surrender of Burgoyne,"
and "Major in the 4th Mass. regiment." He received a pension of
$240 per annum 1818-1830.
He resided several years at Brookfield, Mass., and there several
of his children were born. He removed to Mayfield, N. Y., and
cultivated a farm. Hearing from a stranger by the name of Web-
ster who spent the night at his house that there were much richer
lands to be found in the Onondaga valley, he resolved to go there.
Having;: assured himself that the Indians in that section would be
friendly, he embarked his family and goods in flat-boats, and made
the journey in May, 1788, by the Mohawk river and lakes Oneida
and Onondaga valley, making his home where Onondaga Hollow
settlement afterwards grew up. He was thus really the first settler
of the region. With great energy he faced the problems of the new
country. In 1791 he built a sawmill on Butternut Creek (now De-
Witt township) : he brought the saw on his shoulders from Fort
Schuyler (now Rome), and other parts and materials were brought
by Indians and other men from Utica. The first boards used in the
county were sawed there. He was a benevolent, hospitable man,
sagacious as an adviser, highly regarded by the community. He was
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the first session of which was
held in his barn ; for one term he was a senator in the state Assem-
bly ; he was superintendent of the salt springs, etc. He took great
interest in the organization of the State Militia, and was made Major
General of the same in course of time.
Mrs. Danforth is remembered as a woman of great benevolence
and kindliness ; like her husband she was of attractive appearance and
both had many admu'ing friends.
Children :
206. i. Asa,'' b. at Brookfield, 29 June, 1768.
*AsA, Brookfield. Sergeant, Capt. Itliamar Wright's co., which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 8 days; reported enlisted into the army April 27,
1775 ; also, Lieutenant, Capt. Peter Harwood's co., Col. Ebenezer Learned's regt. ; list
of officers; resolved in Provincial Congress May 23, 1775, that commissions be de-
livered said officers; also, Lieutenant, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1,
1775; engaged April 27, 1775; service, 3 mos, 1 week 5 days; also, company return
dated Oct. 7, 1775 ; also, Captain, 4th co., Col. James Converse's (4th Worcester Co.)
regt.; list of officers of Mass. militia dated Brookline, July 23, 1777; ordered in
Council July 29, 1777, that commissions be issued; reported commissioned July 29,
1878; also. Captain of a co. of volunteers, Col. Convers's regt.; service, 31 days;
company marched from Brookfield Sept. 23, 1777, to reinforce army under Gen. Gates.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 127
Eunice, b. 12 Oct., 1772 ; m. Reuben Patterson, b. "near Bos-
ton, Mass., 1768"; d. at Sandusky, O., 18 June, 1840. In
1816 the family travelled in wagons from Onondaga Co., toward
" the West " ; sojourned for various short periods at Huron, O.,
and Fort Stephenson ; passed along in 1819 to the spot whereon
the town of Fremont was destined to rise, in whose upbuilding
they bore an important part.
Children of Reuben and Eunice (Danforth) Patterson :
1. Sear " Czai- " Patterson, b. 1795.
2. Alvord Patterson, b. 1797; m. in 1820, Julia Webb.
Children: P^veline Patterson, b. 1822, m. 1840, John
Shannon. Res. Fremont; d. 9 Oct. 1893.
3. Eveline Patterson, b. 15 Feb., 1800; d. 25 Dec, 1883;
m. 23 Feb., 1823, Lysander Curtis Ball, b. at Rock-
ingham, Vt,, 26 March, 1795; blacksmith; went on
foot from Boston to Lower Sandusky, O. ; he d. 2
March, 1877.
Children of Lysander C. and Eveline (Patterson)
Ball:
(1) Sarah Danforth Ball, b. 23 June, 1836 : m.
26 Oct., 1859, Stephen Morse Emerson, b.
at Sandusky, 0., 15 Jan., 1833.
(2) Lysander Curtis Bell, b. 3 Dec, 1839 ; m,
13 Nov., 1865, Hannah Elvira Morrison ;
res. Jamestown, N. Dak.
(3) Eveline Ball, resides at Fremont, O.
(4) Elvira Ball.
(5) Thaddeus Ball.
(6) Oscar Ball.
4. Danforth Patterson, b. 12 March, 1803 ; m. 21 Nov.,
1836, Sarah Perry.
5. Adams Patterson, b. 1805 ; d. 1808.
6. Jidius Patterson, b. 9 May, 1808 ; d. 23 May, 1887 ;
m. Margaret Leary, b. 2 Nov., 1820, d. 14 March,
1894.
7. Harriet Patterson, b. 17 May, 1810; m. James Moore,
b. at Huntington, Pa., 26 Feb., 1806 ; she d. Oct., 1899.
Resided at Ballville, O.
Children of .Tames and Harriet (Patterson) Moore :
(1) Orven Moore, b. 1 Jan.. 1832; drowned 4
May, 1838.
(2) Juliet Moore, b. 23 Nov., 1833 ; m. 12 Oct.,
1858, William Anderson Rice, son of Dr.
128 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Robert S. Rice, b. in Lower Sandusky,
O., 31 July, 1829; d. 24 April, 1893.
(3) Leroy Moore, b. 28 Dec, 1836 ; d. 29 June,
1888 ; m. 9 Nov., 1869, Mary Jane, dau.
of Elisha and Sally (Brush) Dawley, b.
14 Dec, 1849.
(4) Celeste Moore, b. 16 Jan., 1838 ; d. 11 July,
1854.
(5) Charles T. Moore, b. 24 March, 1846 ; m.
26 Oct., 1822, Mary Jane, dau. of Lewis
and Jane Margaret (Fleming) Huber ;
res. Fremont, O.
(6) Celia Moore, b. 7 Nov., 1848 ; m. 8 July,
1873, John C. Fisher, b. 1 May, 1848.
(7) Oriette Moore, b. 12 Aug., 1850; m. John
G. Speller, b. in Prussia, 23 April, 1843.
8. Caroline Patterson, b. 1 April, 1813; d. 9 Feb., 1825.
iii. Jonathan, d. young.
iv. Rebecca, b. 3 Jan., 1777; m. Nathaniel Earl.
Mr. Earl was a son of Daniel Earl (Earll, Earle), [See
Ralph Earle and His Descendants ; Worcester, press of
Charles Hamilton, 1888], and was b. 10 Sept. 1771 ; d. about
1839. He was a farmer ; spent his early life in Onondaga
county, N. Y. ; removed to Zanesville, O. ; to Fairfield co.
and later to Sandusky, O. ; then to "The Wea," Tippecanoe
CO., Lid., and, finally to Tymochtee in Crawford co. (now
Wyandot) O., where he died. Mrs. Earl d. 2 Nov. 1842.
Children :
1. Gyrus Earl, b. 27 July, 1795; d. 1852; m. 1814,
Ruth, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Harper) Mont-
gomery, b. 14 Oct. 1795, d. 1 April, 1862. He
was a brick and stone mason.
Children :
(1) Lovisa Earl, b. 23 April, 1815; m. (1)
Elliot Baker, (2) Henry Crile.
(2j Marinda Mahala Earl. b. 3 March, 1818;
m. Robert Scott.
(3) Evelina Eai-1, b. Dec, 1819; m. Corydon
Bennett.
(4) John Earl, b. 19 Sept., 1821 ; d. 10 Oct.,
1823.
(5) Rachel Earl, b. 23 April, 1823; d. 27
March, 1840.
(6) Marietta Earl, b. 24 July, 1826; d. 1
Jan., 1857.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 129
(7) Cyrus Nehemiah Earl, b. 5 March, 1828 ;
m. Delilah Dunn.
(8) Abijah Earl, b. 4 Sept., 1830; d. about
1848.
(9) Sallie Almira Earl, b. 5 Sept., 1830 ; m.
Martin Pearse.
(10) Mortimer Earl, b. 25 June, 1833 ; d. about
1841.
(11) Rebecca Earl, b. 3 March, 1837; d. 10
Aug., 1838.
(12) Montgomery Harper Earl, b. 2 April,
1839 ; m. Elizabeth Cole.
2. Orilla Earl, b. 17 June, 1797 ; d. Aug., 1827 ; m.
Chauncy Fuller, b. 20 Sept., 1790, d. 2 June, 1841. '
Children :
(1) Anson FuUer, b. 1817.
(2) Maria Fuller, b. 1819 ; m. Peter Keenan.
(3) Orin Fuller, b. 1820.
(4) Isaac Fuller, b. 1822; m. Sarah Little.
3. Jonas Earl, b. 18 May, 1799 ; d. in 1815.
4. Rebecca Earl, b. 20 March, 1801 ; d. 8 May, 1843 : m.
(1) 26 Dec, 1816, Joel, son of Levi and Zeuba
(Burroughs) Hamlin, b. in Maine, 15 Oct., 1793, d.
at Wyandotte, 0., 28 June, 1822 ; she m. (2) Isaac
Walker, a Wyandot Indian chief, b. in Canada ; she
m. (3) 11 Nov., 1829, Joseph, son of Darius and
MoUy Chaffee, b. at Stafford, Conn., 6 Sept., 1789,
d. in Utah in 1849, on his way to California.
Children :
(1) Amanda Hamlin, b. 4 Jan., 1818; m, (1)
George Van Doren, (2) Richard A. Coe.
(2) Jane Hamlin, b. 8 Oct., 1820; m. George
T. Freece.
(3) William C. Walker, d. in infancy.
(4) Isaiah Walker, b. 29 July, 1826 ; m. Mary
Williams.
(5) Henry Clay Chaffee ; d. in infancy.
(6) Junius Chaffee, b. 25 Nov. 1832.
(7) Lucius Elliott Chaffee, b. 9 Sept., 1835 ;
d. 8 Oct., 1887.
(8) A daughter, d. in infancy.
130 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Lovisa Earl, b. 27 Dec, 1802; d. 17 April, 1837 ; m.
in 1817, Reuben, son of Ezra and Mahala Burris
[Burroughs] Hamlin, b. in Bangor, Me., 22 Dec,
1798, d. at Upper Sandusky, 0., 7 Oct., 1855.
Children :
(1) Washington Smith Hamlin, b. 29 July,
1808 ; m. Mary Marshall.
(2) Nehemiah E. Hamlin, b. 1820; m. wid.
Adelia (Miller) Elden.
(3) Commodore Decatur Hamlin, b. 22 Dec,
1822; m. Mary Wallace.
(4) Eliza Hamlin, b, 22 Feb., 1823 ; m. Curtis
Berry.
(5) Reuben W. Hamlin, b. 1826; d. about
1847.
(6) William Hamlin, b. 1828 ; m. (1)— Smith ;
m. (2) Frances Rust.
(7) Oribut Hamlin, b. 1830; d. in infancy.
(8) Carlin Hamlin, b. 2 Sept., 1831 ; m. Sarah
Loring Temple.
(9) Gilbert Hamlin, b. 1832; d. in infancy.
(10) Levi Hannibal Hamlin, b. 1833 ; m. Mar-
tha Lake.
(11) Joshua Murat Hamlin, b. 29 July, 1835;
m. Elizabeth Smith.
(12) Francis Hamlin, d, in infancy.
(13) A son; died when one week old; was
buried with the mother.
6. Asa Earl, b. 28 Aug., 1804; d. at Tippecanoe, 0., 31
Oct., 1890; m. (1) 25 Dec, 1829, Isabella J. Shan-
non, b. in Kentucky, 1 Dec, 1805, d. in 1840; he
m. (2) in 1840, Mary, dau. of Dennis Downing; he
m. (3) Lydia Rupe, b. in Pennsylvania, who d.
18 months after marriage; he m. (4) 13 June, 1850,
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Nancy (McKnight)
Youell, b. in Virginia, 18 June, 1810, d. in March,
1893. Mr. Earl, as one of the pioneer farmers of
Tippecanoe co., was greatly respected ; lived 29
years on the same farm ; dealt largely in grain ;
was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Children of Asa and Isabelle (Shannon) Earl :
(1) Salima Earl, b. 13 Nov., 1830: m. 20 Jan.,
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 131
1850, Jacob Markel,b. in Fairfield co., 0.,
26 April, 1830; res. Wichita, Kan.
(2) Augustus Earl, b. 17 Nov., 1832; d. 27
Feb., 1881, unm.
(3) Harriet Earl, ) , ,n a
(4) Rebecca Eari, | b. 19 Aug., 1834.
(5) Erastus Earl, b. 9 Jan., 1837.
(6) Isabel Earl, b. 20 Jan., 1839.
7. Samantha Earl, b. 29 Aug., 180G ; d. in 1833 ; m.
James Duddleson.
8. Minerva Earl, b. 15 May, 1808 ; d. at Tymochtee, O.
3 May, 1843 ; m. 28 May, 1829, Samuel Kenan, b.
m Ohio Co., W. Virginia, 6 July, 1806, d. at Upper
Sandusky, 0., 3 Oct., 1891. ^
Children :
(1) Alvin Kenan, b. 26 April, 1832.
(2) Amanda Kenan, b. 8 July, 1835. m. "Wm.
Young.
(3) Joel Kenan, b. and d. 1836.
(4) George Kenan, b. 18 Oct. 1837.
(5) Samuel Kenan, b. 1839 ; d. 1842.
(6) James Kenan, b, 18 Dec. 1841 ; res. Tole-
do, 0.
9. Amanda Earl. b. 30 July, 1810 ; d. in 1850 ; m. Tru-
man Bates, b. about 1810; d. about 1850.
10. Daniel Earl, b. 3 June, 1812; m. (1) 7 Dec. 1834,
Elizabeth Tool ; m. (2) 1 Oct. 1857, Hannah, dau!
of Lyle and Elizabeth (Roberts) Fulton.
Children :
(1) Rebecca Earl, b. 27 Feb. 1840; m. Josiah
I vers.
(2) Jonas B. Earl, m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan
James, M.D.
(3) Emma F. Earl, b. 16 Ajml, 1851 ; m. An-
thony B. Anderson.
(4) C. Elizabeth Earl, b. 13 March, 1859; m.
J. A. Wilson.
(5) Melvin S. Earl, b. 7 March, 1863; m. Es-
ther E. Walker.
(6) Ella Earl, b. 13 March, 1865 ; m. J. Frank
Robey.
132 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
11. Nehemiah Earl, b. 25 July, 1814; d. 5 July, 1890; m,
17 March, 1839, Elizabeth, dau. of William and
and Susan Dimmitt, b. 16 Feb. 1816, d. 7 July,
1890.
Children :
(1) Susan Dimmitt, b. 27 Feb. 1840 ; m. Abram
Fouch.
(2) William D. Dimmitt, b. 10 Oct. 1841 ; m.
Mary E, Darrah.
(3) Rebecca Dimmitt, b. 16 Oct. 1842; m. Mil-
ton Dickens.
(4) Alice M. Dimmitt, b. 26 Dec. 1845 ; m. An-
drew J. Chapman.
(5) Taylor Dimmitt, b. 22 Feb. 1848 ; m. Caro-
line Bedell.
(6) Loduska Dimmitt, b. 21 Feb. 1853 ; m. Al-
exander Wright.
(7) Amanda Dimmitt, b. 15 Oct. 1855 ; m.
Stephen Zollers.
12. Emeline Earl, b. 4 Feb. 1817; m. 24 Nov. 1839, Ja-
cob Sherry ; d. 8 Nov. 1862.
Children :
(1) Eliza A. Sherry, b. 1840; m. Joseph Sherry
Hixson.
(2) Josiah E. Sherry, b. 1843 : m. L. R. Burton.
(3) Caroline Sherry, b. 1845 ; m. Richard P.
Morton.
13. Caroline Earl, twin of the above, d. 4 June 1878 ; m.
(1) 21 March, 1837, John N. Raub, b. 25 Feb. 1805,
in Pickaway co., 0., d. 16 Jan. 1849, in Tippecanoe
CO., Ind. She m. (2) in 1857 John Carpenter, b. 15
Nov. 1808, d. at Earl Park, Ind. 10 March, 1875.
Children :
(1) Josephine Raub, b. 8 Jan. 1838 ; d. 23 June,
1851 or 1852.
(2) Adams Danforth Raub, b. 7 March, 1840;
m. Mrs. Nannie Hardesty Dubois Jones. He
spoke acceptably at the Chicago Danforth
meeting in 1893. Res. Earl Park, Ind.
(3) Elsina Raub, b. and d. 1842.
Mr. Adams Earl.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 132a
(4) De Witt Carpenter, b. 25 Nov. 1859 ; m.
Mary Finnegan. Res. Lafayette, Ind.
14. Adams Earl, b. 20 April, 1819 ; d. 15 Jan., 1898 ; m.
Martha J. Hawkins. He was one of the most enter-
prising citizens of Lafayette, Ind., taking part in the
railroad and land development schemes which have
built up the city.
From farming, to which he was bred, he passed in the
early "forties " to building flat-boats and taking his
produce on them down the Wabash and the great river
to New Orleans. In 1847 he engaged in general
mercantile business at Lafayette, with James G. Car-
nahan ; was a wholesale grocer 32 years more ; built
up the " National State Bank of Lafayette." En-
gaged in commission and packing business in 1862, in
Chicago. Took a leading part in developing the Cin-
cinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad (Kankakee
line) ; was president of the Crystal Ice Co. ; carried
on farming and stock raising on a large scale. He gave
$40,000 towards the erection of the court house at La-
fayette. He was the principal force in the building
of the Belt Line R.R., which vastly enlarged and im-
proved the city, and secured the location at L. of ex-
tensive railway work-shops. His beautiful residence,
Fountain Park, stood in a forest of ten acres, four of
which were a deer park. He was in early life a
member of the " Christian " church ; later an attend-
ant and helper of the Presbyterian church, highly
esteemed. In height, Mr. Earl was six feet and one
inch ; his weight was about 170 pounds. He was
industrious, energetic, public spirited. He took great
interest in the Danforth family, and was prominent at
the meeting in Chicago in 1893. He married first, 1
Dec, 1842, Matilda Orr. He married second, 5 Dec.
1848, Martha Jane, daughter of James and Susannah
(Jones) Hawkins, b. near Hamilton, O., 12 July,
1822 ; she survives him.
Children of Adams and Martha J. (Hawkins) Earl :
(1 ) Alice Jane Earl, b. 20 Oct. 1850 ; m. 20 Dec.
1876, Charles Benedict Stuart, who was
b. at Logansport, N. Y., 4 June, 1853 ;
grad. Amherst Col. 1873 ; Columbia Law
School ; succeeded in 1876 to the law
practice of his father, Hon. W. Z. Stuart ;
was counsel for the Wabash R. R., and
other corporations. After his marriage
he resided at Layfayette, Ind., and was
132b danforth genealogy.
associated with Mr. Earl in the improve-
ment of dairy stock, etc., on Shadeland
farm, etc. ; director in various corpora-
tions. He died 20 Feb., 1899.
(2) Morel Josiah Earl, b. 7 June, 1853 ; m. 9
Oct., 1878, Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. A. B.
Claypool, of Connorsville. He d. 28 June,
1879.
15. Josiah Earl, b. near Tymochtee, 0. 12 March, 1821 ;
removed to California and resided in Red Bluff and
other towns, Oakland being the latest. He died in
Sidney, Australia, while on a journey, 24 May, 1884.
He married, at Tehama, Cal., 20 Aug. 1857, Adelia
Tobias, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Tobias)
Chaffee, b. near Tymochtee, 0., 5 Jan. 1822; she d.
in Oakland, Cal., 2 April, 1892.
Children :
(1) Edwin Tobias Earl, was born on a farm
near Red Bluff, California, May 30, 1858 ; re-
ceived his education mostly in the public
schools of Oakland, including the High
School. He m. (1) at Santa Rosa, Cal., 13
Feb. 1884, Emily, dau. of Armstead and Mary
(Crawford) Runyon, b. 8 Aug. 1864. He m.
(2) at Los Angeles, Cal. 30 April, 1902,
Emily Moss, dau. of Joshua H. and Anne
(Murrell) Jarvis, b. in Louisville, Ky. ; her
mother was dau. of Robert and Emily Moss
of Glasgow, Ky.
In early manhood he entered into the busi-
ness of fruit shipping and founded the well
known Earl Fruit Company. For twenty
years he occupied a leading position in the
fruit world as a distributor of California fruits
in all American markets and even abroad ; and
his car-line, known as the Continental Fruit Ex-
press, operated throughout the United States
and Canada.
In 1901, at the early age of 42, Mr. Earl
was able to withdraw from active business with
a large fortune. He devotes himself to the
affairs of several important California corpor-
ations engaged in fruit growing, in street-rail-
roading, banking, lighting and in the generation
and transmission of electric power ; is also pro-
Mr. Edwin Tobias Earl.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 132o
prietor of the Los Angeles Express, the lead-
ing evening newspaper in Southern California.
He has always been a Republican in politics,
but has steadily refused to accept any political
office.
Mr. Earl administers his wealth as a trust.
He has bestowed large benefactions on educa-
tional and religious institutions and has for
many years engaged in practical religious and
philanthropic work. Since boyhood he has
been a member of the Congregational church.
Mr. Earl resides in Los Angeles, where he has
a palatial home and is prominent in social, po-
litical and business affairs.
(2) Guy Chaffee Earl, was also born on the
farm at Red Bluff, Cal., 7 May, 1861 ; married
at Oakland, Cal., 15 Nov. 1888, Ella Jane, dau.
of Jerome Bursley and Martha Pauline
(Hayes) Ford, b. at Mendocino, Cal., 20
March, 1862 ; her father was b. at Grand
Isle, Vt., and her mother at North Granby,
Mass.
He fitted for college at the Oakland High
School, and was graduated from the Univer-
sity of California in 1883 ; studied law and
was admitted to the bar. Was county attor-
ney 1887-1889 ; state senator 1892-6, declin-
ing renomination. Has law offices in San
Francisco, and is identified with several im-
portant corporations. Resides in Oakland. Is
one of the State regents of the University
(1902-1918). Is known as a Republican in
politics and a Congregationalist in religion.
Children :
(i) Alice Earl, b. 23 Sept. 1899.
(ii) Martha Ford Earl, b. 11 May, 1891.
(iii) Elinore Hayes Earl, K t„„ ,004
(iv) Guy Chaffee Earl, Jr. | ^- ^^''- ^^^^•
Patty, b. 1'780 ; d. Nov., 1854; m. Thaddeus M. Wood, b. at
Lenox, 9 March, 1772 ; Dartmouth Coll., 1790 ; lawyer, keen
and sagacious ; Brig. Gen. in war of 1812 ; Maj. Gen. in 1820 ;
a very efficient officer and highly honored citizen. He d. at
Syracuse, N. Y., 10 Jan., 1836.
Children of Thaddeus M. and Patty (Danforth) Wood :
132d danforth genealogy.
1. Thaddeus M. Wood, m. Maria Goddard of Montreal ; d.
at New Orleans, La., 7 Nov., 1832.
2. Patty Wood, m. (1) Thaddeus Mead ; (2) Asa G. Tal-
cott.
3. Maria Wood, b. 27 Jan., 1803 ; d. 25 March, 1884 ; m.
Charles Ashley Baker.
4. Theodore Wood, b. in 1804; d. 10 Oct., 1838; m. So-
phronia Willard.
5. Julia Ann Wood, m. Waterman C. Chapman.
6. Junius Wood, m. Katherine Snyder; d. 18 Aug., 1851.
7. Emily Wood, b. in Onondaga, N. Y., in 1810 ; d. 9 June,
1893, in San Antonio ; m. in 1832, Oscar B. Brackett,
b. in Salina, N. Y., in 1812 ; d. in San Antonio, Tex.,
in 1857.
Children :
(1) Mary Brackett, b, in Salina in 1833 ; d. in
San Antonio, in 1883.
(2) Emily Wood Brackett, b. in Salina, 1834 ;
m. in 1855, Chas. F. King, b. in New
Hampshire in 1810; d. in San Antonio,
13 May, 1869. Removed to Texas in
1836 ; joined the Rangers, and was active
in the contests which established Texas
independent of Mexico. Mayor of San
Antonio in 1848 and 1852. Children;
(a) EmUy Brackett King, b. in 1857 ; m.
in 1873, F. A. Cooley, b. in Elizabeth-
town, Pa., 1847. Children, b. in Jeffer-
sonville, Ind. ; Nannie E. Cooley, b. 1874 ,
Lloyd B. Cooley, b. 1878 ; Laura C.
Cooley, b. 1883. {h) Charles F. King,
b. m Brooklyn, N. Y., 1861. (c) Sarah
Smith King, b. in San Antonio, 1865 ;
one of the secretaries of Danforth Family
Meeting in Chicago, 1893.
(3) Sarah Brackett, b. in Onondaga, 1836 ; m.
in 1854, Samuel S. Smith, b. in Boston,
1810 ; d. in San Antonio, 7 Aug., 1882.
Children : (a) Oscar B. Brackett Smith,
b. in San Antonio, 1854 ; educated in
Military School in Austin, Texas ; m. in
1898, Micailia Olivarre, b. in 1866. (b)
Thaddeus Wood Smith, b. 16 July, 1857,
grad. Washington Lee University, 1876;
Poughkeepsie, 1877 ; County clerk 1877
Guv Chaffee Earl, A. M.
,
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 133
to 1893, at San Antonio. Ch. : Thaddeus
Wood Smith, b. in 1882; Sidney P.
Smith, b. in 1886 ; Gertrude Smith, b. in
1889 ; Sarah Smith, b. in 1893. (c)
Georgia C. Smith, b. in 1867 ; m. in 1888,
J. Olivarre, b. in 1864. Children : Minnie
Olivarre, b. in 1889 ; Joseph S. Olivarre,
b. in 1893. (rf) Minnie Smith, b. in 1870 ;
m. in 1893, Edward Hovey, b. in 1870.
(4) Ellen Brackett, b. in Syracuse, in 1843 ; m,
in 1865, Simeon W. Cooley, b. in Mis-
souri, 1844 ; d. at Fort Stockton, Tex.,
1883. Their dau. Nannie Ekin Cooley,
m. at St. Mark's Church, San Antonio.
Wed. Oct. 7, 1896, William Moore White.
8. Augustus Wood, m. Sarali Matthews.
207. vi. Adams, m. Betsey Smith ; had two children ; d. some years ago :
widow was in Michigan at last accounts.
97.
John® {Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) ^
born at Dunstable, Mass., 17 Feb., 1748; married at Billerica, May
6, 1779, Mercy Wait. Was one of the pioneers of Liverpool, N.
Y., in 1789, his nephew Asa Danforth being associated with him
and a few others. He kept tavern in Liverpool.
Children :
RUFUS.''
i. Mercy, b. at Billerica, 11 Nov., 1779.
ii. John.
V. Samuel.
V. Sally.
vi. Ann, m. Cleaves.
vii. A daughter, m. Batcheler.
viii. A daughter, m. Pool ; res. Cicero, near Liverpool.
ix. Polly, m. Handley Lamb.
John, Western. Private, Capt. Reuben Read's co. of Minute-men, Col. Jonathan
Warner's regt., which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19,
1775, to Roxbury; service, 5 days; also, Capt. Peter Harwood's co., Col. Ebenezer
Learned's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 27, 1775; service, 3
mos. 1 week 5 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775; also, return of men
enlisted or drafted into Continental Army from East co. in Western, 4th Worcester
Co. regt., as returned to Col. James Converse, endorsed "Brookfield, Sept. 1, 1777";
residence. Western ; engaged for town of Western ; joined Capt. Slayton's co., Col.
Shepard's regt. ; term, during war ; also, Sergeant, Capt. Field's co., Col. Sheppard's
regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 1, 1777, to Dec. 31,
1729 ; also, Capt. Reuben Slayton's co.. Col. William Shepard's (3d) regt.; muster
134 DANFOKTH GENEALOGY.
return dated Valley Forge, Jan. 30, 1778; also, same co. and regt. ; muster rolls for
July, Aug., Oct. and Nov., 1778, dated Providence; also, Colonel's co., Col. Shepard's
regt.; muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Providence; appointed March 1,
1777 ; also, same co. and regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan.
1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also. Colonel's co.. Col. Shepard's (4th) regt.; return for
gratuity dated Highlands, Feb. 24, 1780; also, same co. and regt.; return made up
for the year 1780, dat6d at West Point, Jan. 28, 1780 [1781]; also, Sergeant, (late)
Capt. James Cooper's co., Col. William Shepard's regt.; muster roll for May, 1781,
dated West Point ; also, Capt. Lebbeus Drew's co., Col. Shepard's regt. ; muster rolls
for June and July, 1781, dated Phillipsburgh ; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll
for Aug., 1781 ; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll for Sept., 1781, dated Continental
Village; also, same co. and regt; muster rolls for Oct., 1781-Feb., 1782, dated York
Hutts.
John. Private ; list of men returned as serving on main guard at Prospect Hill
under Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin dated July 16, 1775.
97a.
"Judge" Jonathan® {Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^), born at Brookfield, Mass., 21 Dec, 1752 ; died
at Cobbleskill, N. Y., 4 Feb., 1807; married Judith Spaulding,
born 1765, died 8 June, 1840. He was in the battle of Bunker
Hill, and afterward served in the company commanded by his broth-
er Asa, under Gates, at the surrender of Burgoyne. He removed
from Brookfield to Albany, N. Y., making his home where now
the state house stands ; kept tavern ; removed to Schoharie county
and engaged in road-building ; " originated " the Cherry Valley and
Athens turn-pike.
Children :
208. i. Thomas Paine,'' b. 20 June, 1781.
209. ii. George, b. 9 Nov., 1789.
ill. John Jay, settled at Amsterdam, N. Y., in the practice of law ;
married.
iv. Orpha, b. 14 Oct., 1801 ; d. 23 Feb., 1818 ; her grave stone calls
her " Orra," and " daughter of Jno. Danforth."
Jonathan, Brookfield. Private, Capt. Peter Harwood's co.. Col. Ebenezer Learned's
regt,; company return dated Oct. 7, 1775; reported as serving in place of John
Smith of Brookfield ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated
Camp at Roxbury, Dec. 20, 1775; also, Capt. Asa Danforth's co. of volunteers, Col.
Convers's regt.; service, 31 days; company marched from Brookfield Sept. 23, 1777,
to join army under Gen. Gates. (See also Nos. 44, 92a and 102.)
976.
Rums' (^Thomas," Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^) born (date unknown) ; believed to be the man who was one
of the assessors of the town of Salina, N. Y., in 1809. Mr. Mars.
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 135
Neering, of Liverpool, N. Y., states that he was a brother of John
Danforth. He is said to have been drowned in Oneida Lake.
It is asserted that he had a son William,'' who was the father of
Eliza Danforth that married Jefferson Church, of L., and died about
1850.
98.
John' {John^^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Nicholas^),
born 23 July, 1756* ; died 16 Aug., 1796 ; married 14 Sept., 1779,
Hannah Bancroft, born 17 May, 1755, died 12 April, 1806. [Com-
pare with 42 and 48a for Revolutionary record and other particulars.]
"John Danforth, of Middlesex Co., Mass., aged 78," received a pen-
sion in 1834, $96 per annum.
Child :
211. John,' b. 29 May, 1788.
99.
Joshua® (Joshtia,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Nicho-
las^), born at Woburn, 14 Dec, 1754; died at Danvers, 3 Feb.,
1834; married 15 June, 1781, Lydia Sweetser, bom in Saugus, 7
April, 1763, died there 8 May, 1845. She joined with her broth-
ers and sisters, Benjamin, William, Oliver and Ephraira Sweetser,
Hannah Tuttle, Betsey Hawk, Sally Raddin and Mary Breed in a
quitclaim deed in 1816.
* Is he not the person here mentioned ?
John, Billerica (also given Tewksbury). Private, Capt. Jonathan Stickney's co.,
Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted July
23, 1775 ; service, 9 days ; also, company return dated Cambridge, Sept. 25, 1775 ; also,
order for bounty coat or its equivalent in monej'- dated Cambridge, Nov. 16, 1775;
also, descriptive list of men raised in Middlesex Co. to reinforce Continental Army,
agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, as returned by Brig. Gen. Eleazer Brooks to
Maj. Gen. Hosmer, dated Lincoln, July 22, 1779; age, 22 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.;
residence, Billerica (also given Tewksbury) ; Capt. Pollard's (also given Capt. Trull's)
CO., 7th Middlesex Co. regt. ; delivered to Lieut. J. Grace ; also, Private, Capt. Pierce's
CO., Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from
Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, descriptive list of enlisted men dated Jan. 1,
1781; age, 24 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; occupation,
yeoman ; birthplace, Billerica ; residence, Billerica ; enlisted for town of Billerica ;
enlisted Sept. 1, 1779, at West Point, by Lieut. Wethrell; joined Capt. Peirce's (6th)
CO., Col. Michael Jackson's (8th) regt. ; enlistment, during war.
John. Private, Capt. Japheth Daniels's co., Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's (6th) regt. ;
wages allowed for Feb. -Dec, 1782, 11 months ; reported on command in March, 1782.
136 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
He was a " trader "j lived in Lynn; bought land there in 1793.
He served in the Revolutionary army and received a pension of $96
per annum from the year 1818, for the continuance of which his
widow petitioned in April, 1834. After her death a list of her sur-
viving children was filed in Middlesex Probate Court, with affida-
vits respecting her pension.
Children :
212. i. JosiAH,'' or Joshua/ b. 3 Jan., 1784.
ii. Ltdia, b. 13 May, 1785 ; d. 3 Nov., 1805.
iii. Eunice, b. 28 Dec, 1787 ; m. in Lyun, 8 Feb., 1807, Thomas
Bates.
213. iv. Joseph, b. 2 Sept., 1790.
V. LuciNDA, b. 21 Jan., 1793 ; d. 29 July, 1843 ; m. 26 Oct., 1813,
James, son of Jephtha and Sarah (Blaney) Marston, b. at Mar-
blehead, 14 Dec, 1788 ; d. in 1853. Res. Lynn.
Children of James and Lucinda (Danforth) Marston:
1. Hannah Marston, b. 24 March, 1815.
2. James M. Marston, b. 1817.
3. William B. Marston, b. 1819.
4. Lucinda Marston, b. 1822.
5. Augustus Marston, b. 20 Dec, 1824.
6. George W. Marston, b. 1827.
7. Jacob Benjamin Marston, b. 12 Oct., 1830 ; d. 1 March,
1882 ; m. bis cousin Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of 213,
Joseph Danforth.
vi. Sally, b. 30 May, 1795 ; m. 29 May, 1814, Henry Slade of
Chelsea.
vii. Dorothy, b. 28 July, 1797 ; d. 7 Feb., 1875 ; m. first, 13 Nov.,
1823, in Medford, Asa, son of John and Elizabeth (Terry)
Tufts, b. in May, 1799; d. 16 Nov., 1836. She married,
second, 21 Nov., 1838, Oliver Tufts, brother of John, b. in Oct.
1801 ; d. 16 May, 1883. Res. Somerville.
Children of Asa and Dorothy (Danforth) Tufts:
1. Caroline Elizabeth Tufts, b. 4 April, 1826 ; m. 7 Jan.,
1849, Franklin Henderson. Res. Somerville. Ch. :
Evelyn Louisa Henderson, b. 26 Jan., 1852 ; m. 9
Sept., 1873, Edward D. Vreeland, of Somerville.
Ch. : (1) Carolyn Elizabeth Vreeland, b. 12 April,
1877; m. 30 Nov., 1898, Shirley R. Ells. (2) Louise
Augusta Vreeland, b. 8 March, 1879 ; m. 4 Feb.,
1902, William Joseph Mitchell. (3) Elsie Ladd
Vreeland, b. 12 May, 1883 ; m. 4 Feb., 1902 (dou-
ble wedding), Arthur Garfield Collier.
2. William Sumner Tufts, b. 31 Jan., 1833 ; d. 3 Dec,
1891 ; m. 26 Dec, 1859, his cousin, Mary Elizabeth
Horton, b. 25 Jan., 1831. Ch.: Clara BeUe Tufts,
b. 24 April, 1862 ; m. Oliver Bacon, accountant in
Boston, res. in Somerville. Ch. : (1) Wallace Irving
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 137
Bacon, b. 11 Feb., 1882. (2) Gertrude Tufts Bacon,
b. 7 Oct., 1883. (3) Bertha IMUdred Bacon, b. 10
Jan., 1887.
3. Anne Louisa Tufts, b. 31 Oct., 1840; m. 20 Dec,
1874, Dr. Wm. Kelly Fletcher. Res. Cambridge.
viu. Mart, b. 30 July, 1799; d. 8 Oct., 1874; m. in July, 1824,
Francis Richard Horton, b. at Marblehead, 1795 ; d. 14 Jiilv,
1867. ^
Children of Francis R. and Mary (Danforth) Horton :
1. Liccy Ann Horton, b. 1824; d. 1825.
2. Richard Horton, b. at Lynn, 1 Feb., 1826 ; d. 16 Aug.,
1882: m. (1) in 1852, Jane Russ ; m. (2) in 1860,
Sarah F. Smith.
3. Hannah Maria Horton, b. 29 Sept., 1828 ; m. 27 Nov.,
1851, Stephen P., son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ja-
cobs) Coates. He was a mason ; worked for D. H.
Jacobs & Co., 40 years.
Ch.:
(1) Walter Coates, b. 23 Dec, 1852; d. 16
July, 1860.
(2) Arthur B. Coates, b. 3 July, 1854 ; manufac-
turer of holiday goods ; res. Clif tondale.
(3) Clarence Coates, b. 9 Oct., 1856; m. in
June, 1884, Susan F. Goodwin, who d.
4 Nov., 1896. Ch. : Alice Coates, b. 6
July, 1886.
4. Mary Elizabeth HoHon, b. 25 Aug., 1831 ; m. in 1859,
her cousin, William, son of Asa and Dorothy (Dan-
forth) Tufts.
ix. Lavinia, b. 2 Jan., 1802 ; m. Aaron T. Mills.
X. Eliza, b. 1 Dec, 1804; d. 27 Nov., 1895; m. in July, 1826,
Charles, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (McKenny) Jordan, b. in
Danville, Me., 25 Oct., 1798, d. 14 June, 1873 ; was a farmer,
residing in the part of old Danville now Auburn, Me.
Children of Charles and Eliza (Danforth) Jordan :
1. Royal Stimpson Jordan, b. 17 Nov., 1828 ; m. 1 Jan.,
1852, Susan Jane Beal, b. 10 April, 1862, d. 15 Oct.,
' 1871.
Children :
(1) Samuel Beal Jordan, b. 30 Oct., 1853 ; m.
30 Oct., 1875, Maggie Brown.
(2) Eliza Ann Jordan, b. 20 June, 1856; m. 17
June, 1873, Seward T. Penley.
(3) Sarah Jordan, b. 9 Sept., 1859 ; m.
Reed.
(4) Ida Belle Jordan, b. 4 Aug., 1861 ; m.
Foss.
138 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
2. Lydia llaria Sweeiser Jordan, b. 14 Aug., 1831 ; m. at
Lewiston, Me., as his second wife, George Hanson, b.
in Dover, N. H., in Jan., 1825, d. in Dorchester,
Mass., 10 Nov., 1897. He was a contractor and
builder, of most excellent record. As a young man
he removed to Maiden, where he learned his business.
During the war he was in the lumber business in the
South, under government contracts. He afterward
removed to Lewiston, Me., and became a contractor
and buUder of large structures in various parts of New
England and New York, among which the City Hall
and Pin-e vSt. Chiu'ch in Lewiston and the Lockwood
Cotton Mills at Waterville may be specially men-
tioned. Thirty churches were in the list. He was
famed for integrity and thoroughness. He had a
country seat at South Auburn, Me., and a residence
at Dorchester, Mass., where Mrs. Hanson still resides.
3. Lavinia Danforth Jordan, b. 10 Oct., 1833 ; d. in Sept.,
1894 ; m. Thomas Mansfield.
4. Charles Jordan, b. 24 March, 1834; d. in Iowa, 30
Dec, 1856.
5. Eben Jordan, b. 24 Aug., 1836 ; m. in 1865, Ellen Be-
dell; m. (2) 2 June, 1886, Sarah Pelham Larrabee.
He is a wholesale dry goods merchant in Boston.
Children :
(1) Alvah Henry Jordan, b. in 1868 ; paper
manufacturer. New York.
(2) Clara M. Jordan, b. 1870.
6. Hannah Hastings Jordan, b. 14 Feb., 1838 ; d. 3 Nov.,
1858.
7. Caroline Tufts Jordan, b. 20 Sept., 1840; d. in March,
1893 ; m. William Chapman; res. So. Auburn, Me.
Children :
(1) Caroline Chapman, b. at Westbrook, Me., 4
Nov., 1860 ; m. Dr. Donald ; res. Gardi-
ner, Me.
(2) Lillian E. Chapman, b. 15 Oct., 1862; m.
John P. Garcelon ; res. Auburn, Me.
(3) Carrie May Chapman, b. 1 May, 1869 ; m.
Ernest Dyer ; res. Auburn.
8. Sarah Ringott Jordan, b. 3 Feb., 1843 ; d. 24 Sept.,
1858.
9. Chandler Jordan, b. 10 April, 1846 ; m. in Boston, 11
Jan., 1888, Florence Maude Blodgett, b. 3 Nov.,
1861. Commission merchant in Boston; res. Dor-
chester.
Children :
(1) Clifford Leslie Jordan, b. 13 Sept., 1889.
(2) Florence Madeline, b. 21 May, 1898.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 139
10 Joshua Danforth Jordan,\). 21 April, 1848; d. 24 Sept.,
1851.
214. xi. John, b. 4 March, 1807.
Joshua, LjTin. Private, Capt. Ezra Newhall's (Lynn) co. of Minute-men, -which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 15 days; also, Capt. Ezra Newhall's
CO., Col. John Mansfield's regt. ; order for advance pay for 1 month dated Cambridge,
June 8, 1775 ; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted May
4, 1775; service, 3 mos. 4 days; also, Capt. Newhall's co.. Col. Mansfield's (I9th)
regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Israel Hutchinson ; company return dated Oct. 6,
1775 ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Winter
Hill, Nov. 4, 1775 ; also, Corporal ; list of men belonging to Lynn, now called Lynn,
Lynnfield and Saugus, whe served at Concord battle and elsewhere [year not given] ;
also. Private, Capt Joseph Killer's co., Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regt. ; arrived at des-
tination May 5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777; service, 2 mos. 6 days, travel in-
cluded, at Rhode Island; roll dated Camp at Providence; also, list of men raised in
Essex Co. for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, returned
as received of Jonathan Warner, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. J. Glover, at Fort
Arnold, July 9, 1778 ; arrived at Fishkill July 4, 1778 ; also, descriptive list of men
raised to reinforce Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve
of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justice Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen.
John Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, 25 yrs. : stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; com-
plexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Lynn; arrived at Springfield July 10, 1780;
marched to camp July 11, 1780, under command of Capt. George Webb; also, list of
men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having
passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6
months men raised by the town of Lynn for service in the Continental Army during
1780; marched June 27, 1780; discharged Dec 5, 1780; service, 5 mos. 20 days.
100.
Benjamin,' (^Joshua,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ N'icho-
olas^), born at Lynnfield, 21 Feb., 1773; died there 29 June,
1854; married 24 Aug., 1795, Nellie Blanchard, born in Ando-
ver 4 Jan., 1776; died 21 June, 1854. He was a " cordwainer,"
i.e. a shoemaker. He and his wife "Nelly " sold a tract of land in
Lynnfield 6 April, 1811.
Children :
i. Nellie,^ b. 12 Jan., 1796; d. unm., 6 Nov., 1812.
ii. Lucy, b. 26 Jan., 1797 ; m. 23 Aug., 1825, John Trull.
Children of John and Lucy (Danforth) Trull:
1. Ma7icy Trull. 2. Mary Trull.
3. Silas Trull. 4. John Trull.
iii. Cynthia, b. at Danvers, 16 March, 1800; d. 22 May, 1883 ;
m. 25 May, 1823, George Smith,
iv. Benjamin, b. 24 Dec, 18^01; d. 13 Jan., 1804.
215. V. Benjamin, b. 24 Feb., 1804.
140 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
vi. Mary, b. 24 Dec, 1805 ; d. 15 July, 1828.
vii. Stillman, b. 4 Aug., 1809; d. 26 Feb., 1834; m. 22 June,
1831, Jane Kent Stimpson, who survived him and married sec-
ond Vinton ; residence Wakefield, Mass.
viii. Sylvanus, b. 13 Jan., 1811 ; d. 16 Sept., 1813.
ix. Eleanor, b. at Eeading, 24 Aug., 1813 ; d, 15 Oct., 1815.
X. Alice Blanchard, b. 17 April, 1816; d. 5 Dec, 1842 ; m. 15
March, 1840, Alfred Copp, also born at Saugus.
101.
Joshua" (^Jonathan,'' 8amuel,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicho^
las^), born at Western, now Warren, Mass., 26 Nov., 1759 ; died
at Pittsfield, 30 Jan., 1837; married 15 Jan., 1786, Salome,
daughter of Hon. David and Abigail (Bennett) Noble, of Williame-
tovi^n ; she died 30 May, 1814.
Joshua Danforth, hindered from obtaining the college education
his father designed by the coming on of the War of the Revolution,
received a valuable training w^hile serving his country. As a boy
of fifteen he entered the company of which his father had command
and rose from corporal to surgeon's mate ; was with the company at
Bunker Hill; made ensign the next year; lieutenant 1778, pay-
master and captain in 1781. Is said to have served at Ticonderoga,
Saratoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Tappan Bay. Received
a pension of $240 per annum in 1818.
When in 1783 the army was disbanded. Col. Danforth was re-
tained in service to assist in settling the soldiers' accounts, and was
honorably discharged in 1784. In May of that year he engaged in
business in Pittsfield in company with Col. Simon Larned. In
1786 with Judge Sedgwick he traversed Berkshire co. to allay ex-
citement caused by Shay's rebellion. In 1787 was appointed aid-de-
camp to Major General Patterson and the same year was commis-
sioned Justice of the Peace by Governor Hancock. He was one of
the associated officers of the army who founded the Society of the
Cincinnati.
In 1794 was appointed by Washington, postmaster of Pittsfield;
and he lived to be the oldest postmaster in the country. From
about this time until 1823 he held the office of town clerk, treas-
urer, selectman, and assessor ; was five years representative in the
Legislature; in 1807 associate justice and in 1808 chief justice of
the Court of Sessions; was appointed by Madison, U. S. marshal
and also principal assessor and collector of revenue, 18th district
of Massachusetts.
In 1827 and 1828 was elected member of the Governor's Coun-
cil ; was one of the building committee of the Congregational
Church and was always prominent in works for the public good.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 141
Children :
i. Maria,^ b. 6 April, 1792; d. at Southampton, 24 Feb., 1860;
m. 25 May, 1820, Gamaliel Pomeroy, farmer, of South Hamp-
ton.
ii. Henrietta, b. 20 Oct. 1793; d. 13 Oct., 1872, unm.
iii. Harriet De-wet, b. 8 Dec, 1795 ; m. 5 Nov., 1817, Rev. Jon-
athan Lee, of Otis. " A son is a physician ; a daughter married
a Congregational minister."
216. iv. j Joshua Noble, b. 1 April, 1798.
V. ( Salome, b. with preceding, d. 15 April, 1798.
vi. Amelia, b. 4 July, 1801 ; d. in Pittsfield 15 Nov., 1874; m. in
1841 Titus Merriam Roberts, of Pittsfield, b. in Bristol, 1793;
a hat and fur dealer; d. in Springfield 13 April, 1856. No
children.
vi. George Washington, b. 5 May, 1804; m. Sarah Riggs ; re-
moved to Neosho, Mo. Left no children.
217. vii. Samuel Adams, b. with preceding, 5 May, 1804.
viii. Salome Abigail, b. 23 April, 1808 ; m. George William Ste-
vens, of London.
ix. Frances Elizabeth, b. 24 Nov., 1810; d. at Minneapolis,
Minn., 23 Sept., 1893; m. (1) 15 July, 1828, Piatt Theo.
Burr, M.D., of Paterson, N. J. ; he went to Avoyelles, La.,
and there died; she m. (2) 23 June, 1862, David Goodrich, a
lumber merchant. New Albany, Ind., son of Rev. Charles
Goodrich, of Pittsfield, Mass.
Children of Piatt T. and Frances E. (Danforth) Burr :
1. Ellen Celeste Burr, b. 14 Aug., 1830 ; d. 9 Feb., 1878 ;
m. July, 1847, James Smith Jelley, b. Rising Sun,
Ind.; lawyer; Maj. 83d Ind. Vol. Inf. in War of
Rebellion. Wounded at battle of Arkansas Post so
that he was compelled to resign. U. S. commissioner
at Leavenworth, Kan., in 1865. In 1873 returned
to Rising Sun ; d. 20 March, 1886.
2. Frances Elizabeth Burr, b. Aug., 1832; d. July, 1834.
8. Frances Amelia Burr, b. 26 Nov., 1834 ; m. Francis
Kellogg Field.
4. Mary Henrietta Burr, b. 30 Nov., 1836 ; m. Marcus
Watson Lewis.
5. Washburn Clinton Burr, b. 4 March, 1838 ; d. 14 Dec,
1882; m. (1) Caroline Nelson Donaldson; m. (2)
Alice Ann Kane.
6. John Danforth Burr, b. 23 Sept., 1839 ; a Baptist min-
ister ; m. Emma Jane Lods.
7. Piatt Burr, b. 13 March, 1844. [See Stewart's Hist.
Montana.]
Joshua, Western (also given Brookfield). Corporal, Capt. Jonathan Danforth' s
CO., Col. David Brewer's (9th)regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May
5, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. i days ; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775 ; also, Capt
Danforth's co., Col. Kufus Putnam's (late David Brewer's) 9th regt. ; order for
142 . DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 14, 1775;
also, Corporal, Capt. Jonathan Danforth's co., Col, Asa Whitcomb's regt. ; muster roll
dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776; appointed Jan, 1, 1776; promoted to
Sergeant Oct. 5, 1776; also, return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army
from Capt. Joseph Cutler's co,, Col. James Converse's (4th Worcester Co.) regt.,
dated Western, Feb. 20, 1778 ; residence, Western (also given Brookfield) ; engaged
for town of Western ; joined Capt. Wellington's co.. Col. Wigglesworth's regt. ;
term, 3 years; also. Private, Capt. Ebenezer Smith's co.. Col. Calvin Smith's regt.;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 15, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; pro-
moted to Sergeant March 1, 1778 ; reported as serving 9 mos. 15 days as Private, 22
mos. as Sergeant ; also, Capt. Thomas Willington's co.. Col. Edward Wigglesworth's
regt.; enlisted May 15, 1777; service, 1 mo. 16 days; roll certified at Boston and
made up for wages to July 1, 1777, payment of which had been refused by Jonathan
Trumbull, P. M. G.. at Albany, on account of said Danforth and others not having
joined regiment before said date ; also, Sergeant, same co. and regt. ; muster roll for
June, 1778, dated Camp Greenwich; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for Oct.,
1778: also, Capt. Ebenezer Smith's co.. Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; muster roll for
March and April, 1779, dated Providence ; also, Capt. Ebenezer Smith's co., Col. Calvin
Smith's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April
16, 1780 ; promoted to Ensign April 15, 1780 ; also. Lieutenant, Col. Ebenezer Sprout's
(12th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 15, 1780, to
Dec. 31, 1780 ; reported as serving 3 mos. 15 days as Ensign, 5 mos. as Lieutenant;
also. Lieutenant, Col. Ebenezer Sprout's (12th) regt.: list of officers promoted in the
Continental Army ; said Danforth commissioned April 16, 1780; a^so, Ensign, 12th
regt. ; certificate dated Boston, July 13, 1780, signed by Lieut. Asa Bullard, stating that
said Danforth and other officers were in actual service at date of certificate ; also, En-
sign, (late) Col. Sprout's (12th) regt.; list of officers in actual service dated Jan. 17,
1781 ; also, Pajmiaster, 2d Mass. regt. ; muster roll of field and stafi' officers for May and
June, 1783; reported on command at West Point; also. Lieutenant, acting as Pay-
master, Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Sprout's (2d) regt. ; muster roll of field and stafi" officers
dated Camp, July 11, 1783; reported on command at West Point; also, same regi-
ment; returns from July 11, 1783, to Aug. 8, 1783, dated Philadelphia; reported
acting as Paymaster at West Point ; also, same regt. ; return dated Philadelphia, Aug.
16, 1783 ; reported acting as Paymaster at New Windsor.
Joshua, Williamstown. Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army
from Capt. Samuel Clark's (2 Williamstown) co. [year not given] ; residence, Wil-
liamstown ; engaged for Williamstown ; joined Capt. McNeal's co.. Col. Wigsworth's
(Wigglesworth's) regt. ; term 8 months ; also, Capt. Thomas Willington's co.. Col.
Wigglesworth's regt. ; muster return [year not given] ; mustered by Trueman Wheler.
Joshua (Danford). List of men mustered between January 20, 1777, and June 1,
1778, by Trueman Wheler, muster master for Berkshire Co., ; Capt. Whittenton's
company ; term 3 years or during the war.
102.
"Col." Jonathan' (Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jo7iathan,' Jo-
nathan,^ Nicholas^) , was born in Western 2 March, 1761 ; died at
Georgia, Vt., 19 Jan., 1847-8; married 14 Nov., 1784, Abigail,
DANFORTH GENEAOLGY. 143
daughter of David Johnson, of Williamstown, born 6 Aug., 1766,
died 25 Aug., 1836. As a child he went with his parents to Wil-
liamstown ; then removed to St. Albans, Vt., and later to Georgia,
on the Lamoile river, in the same state. Was a soldier of the Revo-
lution, and received, 1818-1834, a pension of $9Q per anmim.
Children :
i. Phebe Maria,^ b. 14 Oct., 1785 ; died of consumption 16 Sept.,
1827 ; m. at her father's house in Georgia, about 1802, Reuben
"Wood, b. in Bennington, 16 Oct., 1779, died of typhoid fever
26 June, 1827.
Children of Reuben and Phebe M. (Danf orth) Wood :
1. Hannah Wood, b. 12 Dec, 1804 ; m. in 1830, E. White ;
rem. to Michigan, where both d. in 1836.
2. Dr. John Danforth Wood, b. 8 Oct., 1806 ; M. D.
Univ. Vt., 1830 ; d. at Yankton, So. Dak., 20 Oct.,
1887 ; m. 30 May, 1831, Jane Maria MerrUl, b. 10
Aug., 1811; d. 30 July, 1880. She was a dau. of
Derrick and Rhoda (Whitney) Merrill. He practised
medicine many years at Lancaster, Wis. Rem. in
1872 to Yankton, S. D., buying and selling land,
loaning money, etc. His daughter, Eleanor Maria
Wood, b. 3 Ai^ril, 1836 ; m. 4 Sept., 1860, Wm. Pitt
Dewey, b. 30 July, 1833. He was Asst. Sui-geon
41 Wis. Vol. Inf., 1864.
3. Rev. Charles Henry Wood, b. 11 Nov., 1808 ; m. Maria,
dau. of Capt. Milton N. and Fannie (Stannard)
Torrey. Preached in Grant co., Wis., 1834-1848.
4. David Johnson Wood, b. 16 Oct., 1810; d. 1834; m.
Emilv Gillett of Fairfax, Vt.
5. Gelia Wood, m. 8 Feb., 1835, Dexter Ward ; d. at St.
Louis, Mo., 9 Nov., 1894.
6. Dr. Enos Parher Wood, m. (1) Marion Cleveland ; m.
(2) Mrs. Voorhies ; d. at Roseville, Cal., 9 Feb., 1889.
7. Rev. Reuben Richardson Wood, b. 10 Dec, 1819 ; m.
(1) March 1, 1848, Rebecca Titsworth, who d, 4
March, 1853; m. (2) her sister, Sarah Ann Tits-
worth. Capt. 2d Regt. and 53d regt. Wis. V. I.,
mustered out 18 Aug., 1865. Educated for the
ministry, and preached at Clear Lake, la.
8. Myron Winslow Wood, b. 1 Nov., 1823; m. (1) Mary
Love Densmore, b. Tarry town, N. Y. 1819 ; d. Lan-
caster, Wis., 1862; m. (2) Mrs. Pamelia (Whitney)
McKee, b. Commerce co., 111., 10 Sept., 1833. He
was a major in the Civil War.
9. Edwin Wood, m. Elizabeth Pickett ; rem. to New
Orleans in 1849 ; d. at Baton Rouge about 1853.
218. ii. David Johnson, b. 24 Jan., 1788.
219. iii. Jonathan Reed, b. 3 Jan., 1790.
144 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
220. iv. Henry Ketes, b. 3 April, 1792.
221. V. William, b. 27 March, 1794.
vi. Ltdia Henrietta, b. 22 March, 1796 ; d. 26 Aug., 1833 ; m. at
St. Johnsbury, Dr. Page of "Waterville, Vt.
Child of Dr. and Lydia H. (Danforth) Page :
Adelia H. Page, m. in 1854, Hon. Luke Potter Poland,
eldest son of Luther and Nancy (Potter) Poland, b. in
Westford, Vt., 1 Nov., 1815; d. 1 July, 1887. He
studied law ; was admitted to the bar of Lamoile co., in
1836. Was elected judge of the Supreme Court in
1842 and sixteen subsequent years ; resigned in 1865 to
accept the appointment of U. S. Senator to succeed
Judge Collamer. As a jurist he was able and dis-
criminating : by his high sense of justice and courtly
bearing he gained large influence.
vii. Clarissa, b. 21 March, 1799 ; d. 26 Aug., 1848 ; m. as his sec-
ond wife, Curtis WUkinsou. He d. 11 March, 1850. [See
below, ix.]
Children of Curtis and Clarissa (Danforth) Wilkinson :
1. Sarah Louisa Wilkinson, b. 8 Oct., 1830 ; d. 27 March,
1854; m. Dr. Crouch.
2. Charlotte Ann Wilkinson, b. 28 March, 1832.
3. George Curtis Wilkinson, b. 22 Aug., 1834 ; m. 3 Jan.,
1854, Maria P. Bullard ; res. Keeseville, N. Y.
4. Jonathan DanfoHh Wilkinson, b. 5 March, 1840 ; res.
Plattsburg, N. Y.
viii. E. Porter, b. 24 Nov., 1801 ; d. 9 Sept., 1881; m. Paulina
Kingsbury.
ix. Abigail Louisa, b. 18 March, 1804; d. 14 Sept., 1827; m.
Curtis Wilkinson (his first wife).
Child of Curtis and Abigail L. (Danforth) Wilkinson:
Maria Porter Wilkinson, b. 2 Aug., 1825.
X. Charlotte Ann, b. 19 Aug., 1806 ; d. unm. 3 Aug. 1831.
Jonathan, Jr. Private, Capt. Jonathan Danforth's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt. ;
muster roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776; enlisted Nov. 24, 1775; re-
ported on furlough by leave of Gen. Gates.
Jonathan. List of 9 months men mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master
for Worcester Co. ; Capt. Nye's co., Col. Grout's regt. ; mustered July 2, 1779 ; en-
gaged for town of Barre ; also, descriptive list of men raised for Continental service
as returned by Seth Washburn, Superintendent for Worcester Co. ; Capt. Nye's co.,
Col. Grout's regt.; age, 36 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, dark; marched July
21, 1779.
Jonathan. Private, Capt. Israel Harris's co., Col. Benjamin Symond's (Berkshire
Co.) regt.; enlisted Oct. 26, 1780; discharged Oct. 31, 1780; service, 9 days, travel
included ; company marched to the Northern frontier by order of Gen. Fellows on an
alarm ; also, Sergeant, Capt. Samuel Sloan's co., Col. Asa Barns's regt. ; entered ser-
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 145
vice Oct. 11, 1781; service, 14 daj's, 4 days travel allowed in addition; company
marched from Berkshire Co. by order of Gen. Stark on an alarm at Saratoga. (See
also 44, 92a and 97a.)
103.
CoowiE or CowEE® {Jonathan,^ Sanmel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born at Williamstown, 19 Jan., 1776; died there 3
Aug., 1850; married Clarissa, daughter of Col. Samuel Tyler of
W., born 1783, died 28 June, 1858. He was a farmer and butcher.
Children :
i. AcHSA,'' m. Harry Dunuing, of Pownal, Vt.
ii. Jonathan, b. 1803 ; d. at Eussell, 0., 1879 ; removed to the
Black River country ; m. ; after years sent invitation to his
brother William to attend his golden wedding. Visits were
exchanged later.
iii. Marshall ; also removed to the Black River country,
iv. Samuel, m. (1) Cynthia CrandaU ; m. (2) Almira Temple. He
d. about 1881.
Children :
1. Tyler,' h. 1830 ; m. (1) Ellen Sherman ; m. (2) Harriet
Smith ; he is a manufacturer in Williamstown ; served
in the war of the RebelHon.
Children :
(1) Blanche.'
(2) Cynthia, m. Marshall Clifford Danforth.
2. Amanda, b. 1839 ; m. Henry Temple, of Watertown.
Had a son who went West, but returned and took his
father's farm. The widow res. in Pownal, Vt.
3. David, b. 1833 ; m. Harriet Jepson; d. 1875.
V. William, b. 1810 ; d. 17 Dec, 1885 ; m. (1) Betsey Kimball, of
Williamstown; m. (2) Eliza Sanders, of same place.
Children :
1. Mary,' b. 1838 ; d. unm. 1860.
2. Henry Erving, b. 1843 ; d. 24 Nov., 1883 ; m. Mary
Allen of W.
Child :
Stella.'
3. Marshall Clifford, b. 1845; d. 6 Nov., 1883; m.
Cynthia, dau. of his cousin Tyler Danforth.
vi. James, m. ; had daus. Ruth and Jane.
vii. Clarissa, b. 1819 ; d. 20 Sept., 1845 ; m. Rev. Geo. R. Entee
(Williams Coll. 1842).
viii. Ambrose, b. 1822 ; Will. Coll. 1844 ; Pittsfield Med. Sch. 1847.
Settled in Tennessee : was surgeon in Union Army in War of
the RebelHon. Family, — particulars wanting.
ix. Milton, d. unm.
146 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
104.
Keyes' {Jonathan^^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ NicJio-
Zas'), born at Williamstown, 6 June, 1778; died there 6 Oct.,
1851 ; married in 1800, Mary, daughter of Ephraim Bushnell, of
Saybrook, Conn., born 28 Sept., 1784, died 27 Jan., 1867. He
was for three years county commissioner ; represented his district
in the Legislature several years ; was widely known and esteemed
for his sound judgment and firmness of purpose. Of his children
three sons were lawyers and the four sisters all married men of the
same profession.
Children :
223. i. Charles,'' b. 5 Feb., 1804.
ii. Ephraim Bushnell, b. 11 June, 1806 ; d. 17 Aug., 1853; m.,
4 Sept., 1837, Elizabeth Pingry Foster, b. 22 June, 1816. No
children.
224. iii. George, b. 24 July, 1808.
iv. Mary Bushnell, b. 31 Aug., 1811 ; cL at Washington, D. C,
27 Jan., 1893 ; m. Dec. 1838, Hon. Abram B. Olin, b. Dec,
1810; Williams Coll. 1835; member Congress from Ren-
sellaer district four terms ; dm-ing the war for the Union chair-
man of Com. on the Conduct of the War ; judge of Supreme
Court of District of Columbia tUl he was 70 years of age. He
d. at Washington, but was buried at WiUiamstown. No child-
ren.
V. Hannah Maria, b. 20 Oct., 1815 ; m, Feb., 1841, Hon. Joseph
White, b. at Charlemout, 18 Nov., 1811 ; Williams Coll. 1836 ;
tutor there 1839-40 ; studied law in Troy, N. Y., with Hon.
Martin I. Townsend, M.C.; partner of Mr. Olin until 1848 ;
Bupt. Mass. Mills, Lowell; state senator 1856; Bank Com-
missioner under Gov. Banks ; Sec. Board of Education ; trea-
surer and secretary Williams Coll. and trustee many years ; d.
21 Nov., 1890.
vi. Harriet Newell, b. 14 April, 1818 ; d. 30 April, 1859 ; m.
8 Aug., 1844, Col. George Huntington Browne, of Providence,
R. I., son of Elisha and Phebe (Bowditch) Browne, b. at Glou-
cester, R. I., 6 Jan., 1818 ; d. at Providence, 26 Sept., 1885 ;
Brown Univ. 1840 ; read law with Hon. Samuel Y. Atwell ;
was admitted to the bar in 1843 ; had extensive practice.
Member State Assembly 1842 and 1859 ; member 37th Con-
gress, U. S. ; U. S. District Attorney 1853-1860; delegate to
Democratic Convention at Charleston, S. C, 1860; Colonel
12th Regt. R. I. Vol. Inf. ; State Senator 1872 ; elected Chief
Justice Supreme Court of R. I., but ill health forbade his
acceptance.
Children of George H. and Harriet H. (Danforth) Browne :
1. Keyes Danforth Browne, b. 14 Dec, 1846; m. 30 July,
1876, at Ogden, U., Bertha, dau. of Samuel and
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 147
Catherine (Thomas) Burt, b. at Lynne, U., 26 July,
1856.
2. ChadElisha Brow7ie, b. 21 Oct., 1845 ; d. 7 Oct., 1850.
3. Mary Bushnell Browne, b. 27 Oct., 1850 ; m. in Aug.,
1870, Jacob Maus Schermerhorn, of Syracuse, N.
Y., some time treas. of Terra Cotta Co. of Ravens-
wood, L. I.
225. vii. Ketes, Junior, b. 11 Jan., 1822.
viii. Helen Augusta, b. 30 Aug., 1828 ; m. in Sept., 1855, Asahel
C. Geer, of Troy, N. Y., lawyer ; collector of Reus, district
under Pres. Lincoln ; sec. W. A. Wood Mowing and Reaping
Machine Co., &c. [See Am. Monthly Mag., Nov., 1893.]
Children of Asahel C. and Helen A. (Dan forth) Geer :
1. Walter Geer, b. 19 Aug., 1857; Williams Coll. 1878;
president Terra Cotta Co., Ravenswood, L. I. ; m. 26
Sept., 1883, Mary, dau. of Alonzo B. Potter, of N.
Y. City.
2. DanfoHh Geer, b. 25 May, 1859 ; Wms. Coll. 1879 ;
m. 6 June, 1888, Amy, dau. of Willard Gay, of Troy,
N. Y., b. 9 Feb., 1861. Ass. sec. Wood Machine Co.
Ch.:
(1) Danforth Geer, Jr., b. 12 April, 1889.
(2) Augusta Danforth Geer, b. 5 Dec, 1892.
105.
William Woodward® {Jonathan,^ 8amuel,* Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan,^ NicJiolas^), born 13 June, 1787; farmer; lived and died
at Sodus, N. Y. He married Cynthia Noble.
Children :
i. Erastus Noble,'^ b. 6 Nov., 1811 ; imm.
ii. Homer, b. 10 Oct., 1813 ; m. ; no children,
iii. Julia Ann, b. 25 May, 1815.
iv. (Maria, K|. before 1823.
V. ( George, j
vi. Fanny, b. 8 July, 1823.
vii. Harriet M., b. 15 June, 1825.
viii. Emily B., b. 15 March, 1829.
106.
Jacob® {Jacob,^ Jacob,* Joyiathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^),
born in Billerica, 17 Aug., 1746; removed to Hollis, N. H. ;
"enlisted in Capt. J. Stickney's co. and served at Bunker Hill " ;
enlisted June 28, 1780, and "served 6 months in Continental
Army." Mustered by Maj. Wm. Scott. [N. H. Rev. Rolls].
He married 13 Jan., 1768, Anna, daughter of John and Rebecca
Connella, born at Woburn.
148 DAKFOETH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Jacob,^ b. 20 March, 1769.
ii. Timothy, b. 2 June, 1771.
iii. Anna, b. 9 March, 1773.
Jacob, Hollis (also given Wilmington). Private, Capt. Jonathan Stickney's co.,
Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April
25, 1775; service, 3 mos. 14r days; also, company return dated Cambridge, Sept. 25,
1775 ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Nov.
16, 1775 ; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk
Co., dated Boston, April 27, 1777 ; Capt. Bancroft's co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; term, 3
years ; also, Private, Capt. Ebenezer Cleavland's co.. Col. Michael Jackson's regt.
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 15, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779
residence, Hollis (also given Wilmington) ; credited to town of Wilmington ; also
Major's co., Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service
from Jan. 1, 1780, to Feb. 12, 1780. [See also Appendix.]
107.
Jesse* (Jacob,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^),
born at Billerica, 26 May, 1748; married 9 Feb., 1769, Hulda
Hosmer. Served at Bunlcer Hill* in company with his brother Jacob.
* Jesse (also given Jezaniah), BiUerica (also given Templeton). Capt. Solomon
Pollard's (Billerica) co. ; list of men in camp at Cambridge dated May 1, 1775 ; also,
Private, Capt. Jonathan Stickney's co., Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th) regt. ; muster
roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted May 2, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 7 days ; also, company
return dated Cambridge, Sept. 25, 1775 ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent
in money dated Cambridge, Nov. 16, 1775 ; also, return of men engaged for Conti-
nental service from Capt. Edward Farmer's co., 7th Middlesex Co. regt., dated Feb.
16,1778; residence, Billerica ; engaged for town of Billerica; joined Capt. Danforth's
CO., Col. Nixon's regt.; term, during war; also, Private, 7th co.. Col. Thomas Nixon's
regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 7, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ;
also, Capt. Elijah Danforth's co., Col. Nixon's regt. ; return of men in camp on or
before Aug. 15, 1777, certified in Camp near Peekskill, Feb. 16, 1779 ; also, Lieut. Col.
Calvin Smith's co., Col. Thomas Nixon's (5th) regt.; muster roll for May, 1779, dated
Highlands ; reported tending the sick in general hospital ; also, Lieut. Col. Smith's
CO., 6th regt. ; return for bounty due men who enlisted to serve during the war prior
to Jan. 1, 1779, dated Highlands, Aug. 7, 1779 ; also, receipt for money signed by said
Danforth, dated Camp Bedford, Sept. 29, 1779 ; also. Private, Lieut. Col. Smith's co..
Col. Nixon's (6th) regt.; pay abstracts for Aug.-Oct., 1779 ; also, Lieut. Col. Daniel
Whiting's co.. Col. Nixon's (6th) regt. ; pay abstracts for Nov. and Dec, 1779, dated
Soldier's fortune; also, Lieut. Colonel's co., Col. Nixon's regt.; return for clothing
for the year 1780, dated Peekskill, Dec. 6, 1779; also, Lieut. Colonel's co.. Col.
Nixon's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec.
31, 1780 ; reported invalided ; also, Capt. Abel Holden's (Light Infantry) co., 6th
regt.; receipt for clothing dated July 8, 1780 ; also, Lieut. Col. Daniel Whiting's co.,
Col. Nixon's regt. ; pay abstracts for Jan.-Sept., 1780 ; also, Capt. Moses McFarland's
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 149
108.
David® (David, ^ Jacob,'* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^),
born in Billerica, 26 Nov., 1752 ; died 4 July, 1827 ; mari-ied Eliza-
beth Pierce, of Hillsboro, N. H. (sister of Gov. Benjamin Pierce,
the father of President Franklin Pierce), she died 6 July, 1817.
He was a farmer and blacksmith. Resided first at Chelmsford,
where his children were born; then removed to Amherst, N. H., be-
fore 1788, and carried on a farm at the place called Danforth's Cor-
ners, where there is now a railroad station. In 1795 he bought the
tavern there. Was a member of the board of selectmen.
David, Chelmsford. Private, Capt. Oliver Barron's co., Col. David Greene's regt.,
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; a^^o, Capt. John
Ford's CO. of volunteers, Col. Jonathan Reed's regt.; enlisted Sept. 27, 1777; dis-
charged Nov. 8, 1777 ; service, 43 days ; company marched Sept. 30, 1777, to rein-
force Northern army.
Children :
Jesse,'^ b. at Chelmsforrl. 27 Aug., 1776.
Timothy, b. 2 April, 1778.
Benjamix Piercp:, b. 22 Feb., 1780.
Elizabeth, b. 21 Feb., 1782.
David, b. 11 May, 1784.
Susan, m. Eugene Hutchinson, of Milford, N. H.
Children of Eugene and Susan (Danforth) Hutchinson :
1. Eugene Hutchinson.
2. Susan Hutchinson.
3. Eliza Hutchinson.
vii. Rebecca, m. Benjamin Kendrick.
Children of Benjamin and Rebecca (Danforth) Kendrick :
1. John Kendrick, (\. young.
1. John Kendricli, m. Clara Bussey.
3. Benjamin Kendriclc, m. Mary Gilson.
4. Sopliia Kendrick, m. George Cushing, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
5. Rufns Kendrick, m. Nancy Farnham.
6. Frank Kendrick, d. young.
7. Rachel Antoinette Kendrick, m. (1) Benjamin Franklin
Danforth; m. (2) M. Noyes.
8. Sarah P. Kendrick, b. in Amherst, N. H., 1830; m. (1)
26 Oct., 1849, Willard Danforth, b. at Waltham in 1827 ;
corps of invalids stationed at Boston; pay abstracts for Oct.-Dec, 1780; also, de-
scriptiA'e list of enlisted men dated Jan. 11, 1781 ; Lieut. Col. Whiting's (also given
Capt. Pike's) co., Col. Thomas Nixon's regt.; age, 32 (also given 31) yrs. ; stature, 5
ft. 6 in. ; complextion, light ; hair, light ; occupation, cabinet maker : residence,
Billerica ; enlisted in 1777, by Capt. Danforth ; enlistment, during war ; reported
transferred to corps of invalids at Boston Jan. 1, 1781.
226.
227.
ii.
228.
iii,
iv.
228a,
. V.
vi.
150 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
d. at Amherst, N. H., 28 March, 1859 ; she m. (2) Dr.
Emery Clark.
9. Henry Kendrick, m. Sarah L. Phimmer.
109.
Solomon® (David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan^ , Jonathan,^ Hicholas^^ ,
born in Billerica, 12 Jan. 1756 ; died at Merrimack, N. H., 31 May,
1833; married 29 March, 1781, Sarah Cummings, born 28 July,
1764, she died 9 Jan., 1842.
He was a private in Lieut. Benj. Bower's Co., that marched from
Merrimack to Ticonderoga, June 30, 1777 ; and in Capt. James
Ford's Co., of Moses Nicholas's regt., raised for more permanent
service 20 July, 1777. [N. H. Rev. Rolls.]
Children :
229. i. Solomon,' b. 27 March, 1782.
ii. Sarah, b. 20 March, 1784; d. at Merrimack, N. H., 26 July,
1860 ; m. 13 Sept., 1803, Daniel Chandler, of Merrimack b. 4,
March, 1777, d. 25 March, 1849.
Children of Daniel and Sarah (Danforth) Chandler :
1. Fanny Chandler, b. at Merrimack, 15 Dec, 1803 ; d.
at Haverhill, 26 Nov., 1848.
2. Susan Osgood Chandler, b. 11 Sept., 1805; d. at Ash-
burnham, 24 Aug., 1877.
' 3. Solomon D. Chandler, b. 29 July, 1807 ; d. at Portland,
Me., 29 April, 1854.
4. Abigail B. Chandler, b. 18 Feb., 1809 ; m. 7 July, 1836,
at Lowell, Charles Follansbee.
5. Richard B. Chandler, b. 16 May, 1811; d. at Lowell,
23 Aug., 1835.
6. Eliza Ann Chandler, b. 22 July, 1813 ; d. 7 Jan., 1835.
7. \_Myrta'] Chandler, b. 31 Aug., 1815.
8. Daniel Hiram Chandler, b. 17 April, 1818 ; m. 19 Dec,
1841, Mary Ann Moulton.
9. Leafy D. Chandler, b. 24 March, 1820 ; d. 14 July,
1845.
10. Samuel Chandler, b. 7 May, 1822 ; d. at Nashua, N. H.,
15 Dec, 1851.
11. Susan W. Chandler, b. 3 July, 1824.
12. Laura J. Chandler, b. 7 Jan., 1827.
280. iii. Simeon Cummings, b. 31 March, 1786.
iv. Mary, b. 17 Sept., 1788 ; d. at Merrimack, 23 Nov., 1860; m.
23 Dec, 1813, Wm. McCluer, b. 9 July, 1786, d. 12 April,
1876.
Children of William and Mary (Danforth) McCluer :
1. Charles E. McCluer, b. 27 Oct., 1814; m. Lucinda
Shattuck.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 151
2. Rufus McGluer, b. 6 Feb., 1817 ; d. 24 Jan., 1818.
3. Mary McChier, b. 7 Jan., 1819.
4. Newton McCluer, b. 7 Jan., 1823; m. Hepzibah C.
Swain.
5. George McCluer, b. 26 June, 1826 ; m. Nancy W. Stin-
80 n.
231. V. Rufus, b. 25 Feb., 1791.
vi. Lephe [Relief], b. 21 March, 1793; d. imm., 19 Sept., 1814.
vii. Joanna, b. 21 March, 1793, twin with preceding; d. at Haver-
hill, Mass., 21 Sept., 1851 ; m. 13 Oct., 1811, Caleb Wood-
ward, of Haverhill, b. 14 Jan., 1792, d. 28 July, 1877.
Children of Caleb and Joanna (Danforth) Woodward:
1. Mary Ann Woodward, b. 1814, d. 25 Nov., 1871 ; m.
James A. Bartlett ; he d. 27 Aug., 1864.
2. Eliza Woodward, b. 30 Jan., 1824.
3. Charles D. Woodward, b. \ 9 Aug., 1826 ; m. 26 Oct.,
1851, Melissa Chase, b. 20 Dec, 1832.
4. George W. Woodward, b. 16 Oct., 1828.
viii. AsENATH, b. 18 Feb., 1796 ; d. 3 May, 1858 ; m. 27 Dec, 1817,
Oliver, son of Oliver and Abigail (Nourse) Spaulding, b. 23
May, 1791, d. 30 Aug., 1875.
Children of Oliver and Asenath (Danforth) Spaulding :
1. Abigail Nourse Spaulding, b. 15 Dec, 1819 ; m. 1 Sept.,
1846, Wm. J. Parker, b. 10 Nov., 1822.
2. John Lund Spaidding, b. 19 Jan., 1821; d. 24 Dec,
1883 ; m. 16 March, 1846, Sarah Sawin Barrett Bow-
ers, b. 4 July, 1820.
8. Hosea Ballou Spaulding, b. 22 Oct., 1824 ; m. 10 June,
1847, Dorcas Marshall, b. at Tunbridge, Vt., 5 Dec,
1820 ; res. Nashua, N. H.
4. Oliver Perry Spaulding, b. 11 Jan., 1828 ; d. youno-.
ix. Hannah, b. 20 July, 1798 ; d. 29 Sept., 1868 ; m. 2 Dec, 1821,
Hermon, son of John and Rhoda (Shed) Rogers, b. at Billerica,
26 June, 1792 ; rem. to Amesbury, where he d. 17 Oct., 1878.
Children of Hermon and Hannah (Danforth) Rogers :
1. Hannah Prince Rogers, b. 18 Dec, 1822; ra. 1 June,
1847, Samuel S. Blodgett, of Amesbury.
2. Francis Danforth Rogers, b. 7 Jan., 1826 ; res. Nashua,
N. H.
3. Johii FredericTc Rogers, b. 29 Nov., 1829 ; a merchant
in Boston (Sheldon and Rogers) ; d. 19 Sept., 1896 ;
m. (1) Amanda L. Sheldon ; m. (2) Frances L.
Emery.
X. Dorcas, b. 23 July, 1801 ; d. 2 June, 1832 ; m. 26 Aug., 1824,
Nathan Parker, of Merrimack.
Children of Nathan and Dorcas (Danforth) Parker:
1. Sophronia Parker, b. 24 Dec, 1827; m, 6 Apri], 1854,
152 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
John Huntington, of Francestown, N. H. ; she d. 19
Oct., 1901. Ch. :
E. P, Huntington, res. Nashua, N. H.
2. Mary Danforth Parker, b. 12 Nov., 1829 ; m. Charles
E. Merrill ; d. 31 May, 1901. Res. Nashua, N. H.
xi. Sophia, b. 7 June, 1803 ; d. 16 Sept., 1842 ; m. 6 May, 1821
(his second wife) Ephraim Elliot Lake, b. Haverhill, 5 Sept.,
1790, d. 14 Sept., 1862.
Children of Ephraim E. and Sophia (Danforth) Lake:
1. Edwin Hill Lake, b. 5 Oct., 1822 ; ra. 12 March, 1824,
Jane, dau. of Abel Abbot of Stoughton, b. 12 March,
1824, d. Sept., 1863. He was a Universalist minister ;
went South before the War; d. at Richmond, Va.,
22 Sept., 1862.
2. Joseph Henry Lake, b. 14 July, 1824 ; d. 3 Jan., 1897 ;
m. Jane Maria McCrillis, of Skowhegan, Me.
3. Samuel Lake, b. 1826, d. 1827.
4. George Woodward Lake, b. 8 April, 1828 ; d. in Boston,
18 Feb., 1896; m. (1) Hilda ; m. (2) Alice
Eliza Hawkins.
5. Sarah J.ake, b. 16 May, 1832 ; d. 1834.
Two other children d. in infancy.
xii. SoPHRONiA, b. 10 May, 1807; d. 28 Dec, 1880; m. 24 Jan.,
1833, Walter Reed, of Merrimack, b. 1 April [1807], d. 26
Aug., 1881.
Children of Walter and Sophronia (Danforth) Reed :
1. Walter S. Reed, b. 28 Dec, 1834; m. 9 July, 1859,
Amanda B. Clough, b. 6 Dec, 1843.
2. Mary A. Reed, b. 1837, d. 1838.
3. Eliza A. Reed, b. 14 June, 1840; m. 20 Nov., 1866,
James L. Burgess, b. Brookline, N. H., 30 Dec, 1838.
4. Charles Reed, b. 20 Nov., 1843.
5 Harriet Reed, b. 4 April, 1847 ; m. Henry A. Lawrence,
b. 21 July, 1845.
110.
Capt. William® {David^^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
JSTicholas^ ) , born at Billerica, 31 July, 1757; died at London-
deny, N. H., 21 July, 1804; married first, 10 Nov., 1779, Lucy,
daughter of Edward and Abigail (Prince) Pollard, born in Billerica,
18 June, 1761 ; died at Derry, N. H., 25 Dec, 1801. He married
second, 9 May, 1802, Sarah Smith, who survived him and married
second, 20 Jan. , 1807 , Walter Cheney. " He was in Bunker Hill " *
* William, Billerica. Drummer, Capt. JohiiHarnden's co., Col. Ebenezer Bridges'
(27th) regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775; service, 3 mos.,
8 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for bounty coat or its
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 153
battle ; was wounded in the shoulder ; continued in service till Dec.
following'. He was a blacksmith ; resided in Londonderry, N. H.
With wife Sarah sold half the homestead of Andrew Smith, late of
Ipswich, 10 Sept., 1802.
The inventory of the estate of Capt. William Dan forth, late of London-
derry, was taken 20 and 24 Aug., 1804, on petition of his daughter Liicy.
The oldest son, Simeon, took the real estate at the appraisal, promising to
pay certain smns to the other heirs, viz. : Lucy, Patty, Orpha, Abigail,
Sally Pollard and William, and Mood}^ Morse was appointed guardian to all
these except Lucy. The widow's dower was set off in December.
Children :
i. LucY,^ b. 16 Oct., 1780; d. at Salem, N. H., 1860; m. (1) 20
Jan., 1807, Daniel Warner, of Derry ; m. (2) Joseph Gregg, b.
22 Julv, 1779, d. 14 Dec, 1853. Ch. Lucy D. Gregg, d. 16
Feb., i816, unm.
232. ii. SniEON, b. 2 Dec, 1783,
iii. Patty, b. 26 April, 1785; died at Derry, 1812; m. Joshua
Clark, a farmer, of Derry.
Child of Joshua and Patty (Danforth) Clark :
William Danforth Clarh, b. 8 July, 1810; d. 14 Dec,
1882 ; m. m 1830, Almira E. Dodge, b. 27 Nov., 1814 ;
12 children, 11 of whom married.
iv. Orpha, b. 2 Jan., 1789 ; m. 18 March, 1815, Oliver Lund, of
Dunstable.
V. Abigail Prince, b. 25 March, 1791; m. (1) 23 April 1812,
David Reed, of Bedford, b. 19 May, 1787 ; m. (2) Christopher
Page, of Boxboro.
equivalent in money dated Dec. 28, 1775 ; also, list of men who received money from
the public treasury for losses at battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill ; amounts
allowed in Council, June 13, 1776; also, Corporal, Capt. John Minot's co., Col. Josiah
Whitney's regt. ; arrived at Rhode Island May 10, 1777; discharged July 9, 1777;
service, 2 mos., 8 days, travel included ; roll dated Warwick Neck ; also, private,
Capt. Edward Farmer's co.. Col. Jonathan Reed's regt. ; enlisted Sept. 29, 1777 ; dis-
charged Nov. 8, 1777; service, 41 days; company marched to reinforce Northern
army ; also, Capt. Edward Farmer's co.. Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt. of guards ; enlisted
Feb. 20, 1778; service to May 20, 1778, 3 mo-:, at Bunker Hill; also, Capt. Joseph
Bradley Varnum's co.. Col. Mcintosh's regt.. Gen. Lovel's brigade; engaged July 29,
1778 ; discharged Sept. 11, 1778 ; service, 1 mo,, 18 days, travel included, on expedi-
tion to Rhode Island; company detached to join Continental Army; roll dated Dra-
cut; aZso, Capt. Moses Barnes's CO., Lieut. Col. Samuel Peirce's regt.; enlisted May
17, 1779; service to July 1, 1779, 1 mo., 14 days, at Rhode Island; enlistment, 2
months; also, Capt. Solomon Pollard's co.. Col. Samuel Denny's regt.; enlisted Oct.
23, 1779 ; discharged Dee. 4, 1779 ; service, 1 mo., 12 days, travel included ; company
detached to march to Claverack and join the Continental Army for 3 months ; also,
Capt. Amos Foster's co., Col. Cyprian How's regt. ; enlisted July 28, 1780 ; discharged
Oct. 30, 1780; service, 3 mos., 8 days, travel included, at Rhode Island; company
detached from 7th Middlesex Co. regt. to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
154 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Children of David and Abigail P. (Danforth) Reed :
1. Ahigail Reed, b. 6 Feb., 1813.
2. Hannah Raymond Reed, b. 14 Jan., 1823.
vi. Sara-H (Sally) Pollard, b. 1 Dec, 1795 ; m. (1) April, 1817,
William Reed, of Bedford; m. (2) Eliab B. Lane, of Bedford,
b. 21 June, 1780 ; d. 9 Jan., 1853.
Children of William and Sarah P. (Danforth) Reed :
1. William Danforth Reed, b. 16 Dec., 1817.
2. David Reed, b. 18 June, 1819.
3. Lucy Pollard Reed, b. 25 Nov., 1821 ; m. Hart-
well.
vii. Mary, m. Clark ; eh. William Danforth Clark.
233. viii. William, b. 7 Feb.,;,1799.
111.
Asa* (David,^ Jacob,"^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVicholas^), born
in Billerica, 15 Dec, 1759; married 14 March, 1781, Abigail,
daughter of Edward and Abigail (Prince) Pollard, born 1 Sept.,
1757. Residence Billerica.
He enlisted* in Col. Win. Prescott's regt. and v^^as in the battle
of Bunker Hill, as were his cousins Jacob and Jesse and other rela-
tives.
The widow Abigail died about 1783 ; administration of her estate
was granted 10 June, 1783, to Ephraim Playward (signature) ;
consent was given 4 March, 1783-4, by her daughter Abigail, wife
of Abel Fox, of Billerica ; the latter died at about the same time and
both estates were appraised the same day and reported upon the same
paper. Asa and Francis, "sons of Asa and Abigail Danforth, de-
ceased," requested the appointment of Jonas Gleason as their guar-
dian, May 29, 1800.
Children :
i. Asa,'' b. in Billerica, 24 Aug., 1781 ; living in 1800.
ii. Francis, b. in Billerica, 15 June, 1783; d. 31 Oct., 1806; m.
Abigail — , who survived him and m. (2) Jonas Gleason ; on the
death of her son, Francis Danforth, Jr., administration was
granted 14 Nov., 1806, to Jonathan P. Pollard, the mother waiv-
ing her right.
112.
Capt. Jacob® (David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^), born at Billerica, 27 Feb., 1766; died at Amherst, N. H.,
* Asa, Billerica. Private, Capt. Joseph Moor's co., Col. William Prescott's regt. ;
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted April 28, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 5 days ; also,
company return dated Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in
money dated Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 29, 1775.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 155
15 Nov., 1851 ; married first, 16 April, 1787, Mehetabel Lovekin,
born in 1767, died 24 Feb., 1804. He married second, Rebecca
Fassett, bqrn in 1778, died 2 Oct., 1810; and he married third,
Mrs. Lydia (Farrar) Adams. 'He settled in Jaffrey, N. H. ; his
house was destroyed by fire in 1816, and he removed to Amherst.
Children :
i. Oliver,'' b. at Chelmsford, 22 June, 1788 ; unm.
ii. William, b. 10 Aug., 1790; d. 14 June, 1836; was a stage
driver ; removed to Groton, Mass.
iii. Kimball, b. 14 A23ril, 1792; bought land in Groton in 1819;
m. Triphena F. , who signed a deed of land with him in
1825.
Child :
Martha T.,^ " married Amasa E. Sanderson, a native of
Littleton, N. H."
iv. Polly, b. 16 Dec, 1794; d. 28 July, 1795.
V. Emily, b. 11 Nov., 1795 ; m. 4 Dec, 1821, John Chase, of Gro-
ton.
234. vi. David, b. 15 Aug., 1798.
vii. Orpha, b. 31 Oct., 1800; unm.
235. viii. George, b. 30 April, 1807.
ix. Mary Ann, b. in 1808.
X. Jacob, b. in 1810; d. 17 July, 1839.
113.
John® (David,^ Jacob,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,"^ N'icholas^),
born at Billerica, 27 Oct., 1768; died in March, 1813; married
Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Wm. Gregg, "of Revolutionary fame,"
born in June, 1756, died 6 June, 1810. He settled in Dorchester,
N. H.
Children :
i. David,^ b. 24 June, 1790.
ii. Fanny, b. at Londonderry, N. H., 12 March, 1792 ; m. 15 March,
1816, William Ball, b. Hebron, N. H., 23 Aug., 1792 ; d. in
Grand Rapids, Mich., 17 Oct., 1871 ; she d. there 26 Aug.,
1881.
Children of William and Fauny (Dauforth) Ball :
1. Eben Morris Ball, b. at Hebron, 1 April, 1817 ; d. 30
Jan., 1892 ; m. 25 Sept., 1879, Sarah M., dau. of
David and Sophia (Dickinson) Stillson.
2. Betsey Ann Ball, b. 4 July, 1821 ; d. 23 Oct., 1823.
3. Rev. Jasper Newton Ball, b. 19 April, 1826; d. 6 June,
1870; m. (1) July, 1853, Caroline Ward Smith, b.
Chatham, N. H., 18 Feb., 1831, d. Oconto, Wis., 13
Dec, 1863 ; he m. (2) 2 Oct.. 1865, Martha Haines.
He grad. Dart. Coll. 1849 ; ord. and went as mis-
156 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
sionary to Turkey in 1853 ; served at Caesarea and
Yozgat ; ret. to this country ou account of wife's fail-
ing health and here continued his ministerial labors.
Children :
(1) Fanny Danforth Ball, b. at Caesarea 29
Oct., 1857.
(2) Louisa Jewett Ball, b. at Yozgat 10 Dec,
1858.
(3) Carrie Josephine Ball, b. at Adrianople 30
Aug., 1866 ; m. Franldin Edwards.
(4) William Dearborn Ball, b. at Adrianople 6
Feb., 1868, an electrical engineer, Chi-
cago, 111.
iii. Elizabeth Nesmith, b. in Londonderry, 20 Oct., 1793 ; d. 9
March, 1859 ; m. 9 April, 1819, Azel Washburn, b. at Lyme,
N. H., 28 Sept., 1791 ; d. at Elyria, O., 3 Dec, 1867 ; son of
Lebbeus and Mary (Sloane) Washburn; was a farmer, "in-
tellectual and scholarly."
Children of Azel and Elizabeth N. (Danforth) Washburn :
1. Azel Danforth Washburn, b. Hanover, N. H., 31 May,
1820 ; d. at Camden, O., 10 Feb., 1842.
2. Hon. George Gregq Washburn, b. Orange, N. H., 24
Nov., 1821; d. Elyria, O., June, 1898; m. (1) 16
Feb., 1844, L. Melissa Hill, b. Clarkson, N. Y., 17
Feb., 1823, d. 12 Aug., 1855; m. (2) in 1856, Mrs.
Sarah N. Oatman. Grad. Oberlin Coll. ; studied
law ; was editor and propr. of Elyria Courier 42
years ; sec. of military committee during the war ;
one of the founders and 6 years one of the managers
of the Ohio State Reformatory.
Children :
(1) Celia Georgiana Washburn, b. 18 July, 1848;
m. 18 Aug, 1875, H. L. Lathrop.
(2) Alice Eva Washburn, b. 22 Oct., 1852;
m. 30 April, 1879, John Martin Vincent ;
she d. 21 Aug.. 1888.
3. Frederick Smith Washburn, b. at Orange, N. H., 21 June,
1823 ; d. at Waterloo, la., 16 June,l863 ; m. 12 Aug.,
1846, Harriet, dau. of Samuel and Laura B. (Kellogg)
Spofford, b. at Ferrisburg, Vt., 12 March, 1825. He
enlisted in the 9th Iowa V. I. ; was chosen captain ;
commanded the regiment at the storming of Vicks-
burg and was mortally wounded ; was brevetted brig-
adier general for conspicuous bravery, but died at his
home in Iowa within a month.
Children :
(1) Florence Edwina Washburn, b. at Camden,
O., 25 July, 1848.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 157
(2) William Elgin Washburn, b, 27 Sept., 1851.
(3), (4) and (5) died young.
(6) Frederick Francis, b. 11 Oct., 1861.
4. Frances Elizabeth Washhim, b. 27 April, 1827; d. 31
May, 1852.
iv. Maky Gregg, b. 28 Nov., 1795.
V. William, b. 23 May, 1798.
vi. Joanna Reed, b. 10 March, 1800 ; d. 24 Jan., 1891 ; m. at Graf-
ton, N. H., 24 Jan., 1825, Josiah Rhoades Holden, b. 22 Feb.,
1797, d. at Grand Rapids, Mich., 18 Slarch, 1887.
IMrs. Holden was a member of the Michigan Equal Suffrage
Association, an active helper in the Congregational church, an
ai-dent advocate of total abstinence from all intoxicants ; main-
tained an extensive correspondence and had a wide influence
for good ; retained her faculties to the last of her long life. She
was buried beside her husband at Grand Rapids, after services
at the house of her son, Eben G. T). Holden.
Children :
1. Josiah Danforfh Holden, b. in Boston, 20 Dec, 1825 ;
d. at Kirkland, O., 13 Sept., 1832.
2. William Wallace Holden, b. 12 Oct., 1827 ; d. 23 April,
1872; m. (1) AngelineYeomans,whod. 1 Nov., 1867;
m. (2) Jane H., dau. of Nathaniel and Eunice Daven-
port, b. at Dryden, N. Y., 25 Nov., 1836.
3. John Quincy Adams Holden, b. at Groton, N. H., 25
Aug., 1829 ; d. at Kh-kland, 11 Sept., 1832.
• 4. Charles Henry Holden, b. 18 April, 1832; m. 9 Feb.,
1859, Fannie, dau. of Horatio and Elizabeth Brooks,
of Grand Rapids. Mich. Studied law ; was elected
district attorney of Grand Traverse and adjacent coun-
ties ; entered the service in the war of the Rebellion,
as 1st lieut. of Co. A, 26th Mich. V. I. ; had a position
in the Treasury Dept. after the war ; was elected presi-
dent of the Washington city Council in 1870. Re-
moved to Grand Rapids in 1878. Since the death of
the parents resided in Seattle, Wash., until recently ;
now (1902) in Florence, Wash.
5. Eben. Gregg Danforth Holden, b. at Kirkland, O., 18
Feb., 1834; m. 24 Aug., 1858, Melissa Eliza Smith,
b. at Marion, N. ¥., 7 Dec, 1822. Resides at Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Children :
(1) Charles Holden, b. 7 Feb., 1860 ; m. 22 Sept.,
1891, Frances Cooke.
(2) Henry Smith Holden. b. 24 June, 1861 ; m.
Annie Finkler.
(3) Mary Helen Holden, b. 10 May, 1866; m.
Willis B. Perkins.
Four other children died very young.
158 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
6. Frances Louisa Holden, h. 19 Jan., 1838 ; m. (1) 5
Nov., 1856, E. H. Lockwood ; he d. in the Western
^old fields in 1859. She m. (2) 16 Sept., 1868, Smith
W. Fowler, b. at Fly Creek, Otsego Co., N. Y., 5
April, 1829, a lawyer, editor and publisher, of Man-
istee, Mich. She studied at Albion Seminary ; learned
the printer's art and did much work in several news-
paper olRces, notably the N. W. Christian Advocate,
and the Reconstructiouist.
Child of E. H. and Frances L. (Holden) Lockwood :
Leon Ellsworth Lockwood, b. 4 March, 1858 ;
m. in Dec, 1883, Grace Vaughan. Res. St.
Louis, Mo.
Children of Smith W. and Frances L. (Hol-
den) (Lockwood) Fowler :
(1) Frank Lincoln Fowler, b. 5 April,
1870 ; grad. Univ. of Mich. ; m. 2
Jan., 1895, Stella R. Randolph.
(2) Angeline Holden Fowler, b. 5 Dec,
1872.
(3y Smith William Fowler, b. 4 July,'
1875 ; d. 10 April, 1885.
vii. John, b. at Londonderry, N. H., 26 Sept., 1802.
viii. Ebenezer Gregg, b. 5 Sept., 1805 ; d. at Terre Haute, Ind.,
about 1848.
114.
Samuel^ (^/Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicho-
las')* was born about 1772 [or 1781]; died 1839 [or 1840] ;
married 19 June, 1800, Phebe, daughter of Beriah and Tabitha
(Fosket) Oakes, born in Bolton, 23 Dec, 1779; died 11 Oct.,
1848.
He resided in Stow, where he bought and sold various tracts of
land, 1826—1830, his wife Phebe signing some deeds with him.
[Middlesex Deeds.]
Children :
i. Tabitha,'^ b. 14 Nov., 1800; d. 11 Jan., 1885 ; m. 27 April, 1826,
Bryant DavoU, of Leominster, b. 3 April, 1802, d. 19 Dec,
1868.
Children of Bryant and Tabitha (Danforth) Davoll :
1. George DavoU, b. 24 Sept., 1828.
2. Elmira Davoll, b. 1 Jan., 1834.
3. Hollis Davoll, b. 1 Nov., 1840; m. 23 AprU, 1866,
Frances Crocker, b. 20 April, 1841.
* The compiler received this pedigree from the family, but has not been able to
verify it by public records.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 159
ii. Phebe, b. 5 Jan., 1803; m. 12 April, 1830, Elijah Flagg Taylor.
Children of Elijah F. and Phebe (Danforth) Taylor :
1. Charles Hollis Taijlor, b. in Marlboro, 24 Jan., 1831;
m. 20 Aug., 1857, Elvira INL, dau. of Abel and Char-
lotte Wilson ; res. Ashburnham.
2. Horatio Foster Taylor, b. in Bolton, 1 May, 1837 ; d.
Fort Collins, Colo., 22 Feb., 1878; m. 10 Jan., 1862,
Matilda C, dau. of Ira and Polly Taft ; W. Bridge-
water, Vt.
3. Caroline Rebecca Thompson Taylor, b. 20 June, 1839;
m. 1 9 Nov., 1861, Geo. A. Cozzens (son of Joseph and
Sarah) of Leominster.
236. ill. OCTA, b. Sept., 1809.
iv. Eunice, b. 4 Jan., 1811 ; d. 6 Sept., 1871; m. Dexter Russell;
resided in Richland, Wis.
V. Clarissa, b. 16 Jan., 1813; m. 6 July, 1834, Jacob Flavel
Moore, b, 1 Nov., 1810, d. 5 June, 1852; buried in Bolton.
Children of Jacob F. and Clarissa ( Uanf orth ) Moore :
1. Horace Haven lloore, b. 5 June, 1835 ; d. in Lowell,
21 June, 1854.
2. Lewis Moore, b. 7 Oct., 1836; removed to Chile, So.
America, and married there, in 1860, Martina, dau. of
Manuel Bravo de los Reyes, lieut.-gen. in the Chilian
war of Independence. Mr. Moore served as engineer
in the Chilian navy in 1866 and 1878 ; perished in the
wreck of his ship in the bay of Valparaiso in 1881.
His residence was at Paradones, province of Curico.
Children of Lewis and Maritana ( Reyes) Moore :
(1) Aurelia Moore, b. 1862.
(2) Luis Moore, b. 1863; d. of illness con-
tracted in war with Peru in 1879.
(3) Victor Manuel Lewis, b. 1864. An officer
and writer of distinction.
(4) Edwardo Moore, b. 1866; m. 1892, Elvira
Montero. A highly educated and dis-
tinguished surgeon and writer, of inter-
national repute. Came to the United
States as a representative of his govern-
ment to study the medical department of
our army in 1899, and visited Boston to
see Mr. May, with whom he had already
corresponded about his ancestry.
(5) Julie Moore, b. 1867, d. 1878.
3. John F. Moore, b. 15 Aug., 1838; m. 3 Nov., 1861,
Martha Jane, dau. of John and Lucinda Eastman, of
Richmond, Me.
vi. FoSKET, b. 4 March, 1815 ; d. 1870 ; m. Sarah E. Pratt, of
Harvard.
160 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
Child :
Sarah Fhehe,^h. 24 Nov., 1850 ; m. 27 Sept., 1871, Leon-
ard Marshall Harris, b. 30 Oct., 1850.
Children :
(1) Mabel Florence Harris, b. 12 April, 1873.
(2) Sarah Edith Harris, b. 28 June, 1875.
(3) Arthur Morton Harris, b. 8 Feb., 1878.
237. vii. HoLLis, b. 11 May, 1818.
238. viii. Daniel, b. 28 Feb., 1822.
116.
Samuel^ (^Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^), born in Billerica, 11 May, 1759 ; resided in Fitcliburg with
his father some time ; a Revolutionary soldier.* The age, " 26 " of
one record, may be clerical error for 20. Received a pension of
$96 per annum 1821-1834. Died at Saratoga Springs, 15 April,
1838; married 17 Aug., 1780, Sarah Ingraham, [Information
clii(fly from Dr. B. L. Hovey, of Rochester, N. Y., husband of a
granddaughter, Permelia, dau. of Jonathan.]
Children (order uncertain) :
239. i. JoNATHAJJ,- b. at Saratoga, N. Y., 25 Dec, 1781.
ii. Abram. " Lived in Boston ; a merchant ; died unra. on return
voyage from East Indies."
240. iii. Reuben.
iv. Francis.
* Samuel. Capt. William Wyman's co., Col. John Paterson's (26th) regt. ; order
for bouuty coat or its equivalent in money dated Dec. 16, 1775 ; also, Private, Capt-
John Josliu's co.. Col. Job Cushing's (Worcester Co.) regt. ; service, 1 mo. 7 days,
travel included ; company marched from Leominster the last of July, 1777, to join
Col. Seth Warner at Bennington; also, Capt. William Thurlo's co. ; service, 25 days
under Maj. Ebenezer Bridge at Saratogo, agreeable to resolve of Sept. 22, 1777 ; roll
sw^orn to in Worcester -Co.
Samuel. List of 9 months m.en mustered by Thomas Nev/hall, Muster Master for
Worcester Co.; Capt. Inglesbe's (L^goldsby's) co., Col. Cushing's regt.; engaged
for tovv^n of Shre-vvsbury ; mustered July 12, 1779 ; also, Private, Capt. John Spurr's
CO., Col. Thomas Nixon's (6th) regt.; pay rolls for Aug—Nov., 1779.
Samuel (Danford), Fitchburg, Private Capt. William Wyman's co,, Col. John
Paterson's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug, 1, 1775 ; enlisted May 24, 1775 ; service 2
months, 12 days; also co. return [probably October, 1775.]
Samuel (Danfort). Descriptive list of men raised to serve in Continental Army,
as returned by Seth Washburn, superintendent for Worcester county ; Capt Ingless-
be's (Ingoldsby) co.. Col. Cushing's regt. ; age 26 years ; stature 5 feet, 8 inches ;
complexion light ; engaged for tovi^n of Shrewsbury ; marched July 25, 1779 ; de-
livered to Ensign T. Clark.
(See also Revolutionary record of other Samuels.)
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 161
V. Parmelia, m. Gay ; resided at Penu Yan ; removed to
Ohio, and there she died,
vi. Hannah, m. Peckham, of Saratoga ; resided at Ballstou
Spa ; a surviviBg son, George Peckham, lives there,
vii. Jacob.
viii. Susan.
ix. Elizabeth, m. Marcy.
X. Joshua.
xi. Ebenezer.
xii. James.
xiii. Isaac.
117.
James® {Nicholas,^ Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^),
born at Billerica, 28 Dec, 1760; married Hannah, daughter of
William and Abigail (Stone) Reed, of Lexington, born 8 Oct.,
1758. She survived her husband, and married second, Thomas
Loring, Sen. He "was a sea-captain"; "went to Hartland, Vt."
Children :
241. i. Oliver,^ b. 3 Dec, 1783,
242. ii. Elias, b. 13 Jan., 1788.
iii. Hannah, b. 1792; d. 1811.
iv, Rebecca, m. Thomas Loring, Jr. Had children, Rebecca and
Thomas Loring. Resided at Nashua, N. H.
James, Fitchburg. Private, Capt. Peter Woodbury's co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt.
of guards ; enlisted October 11, 1778; discharged Nov. 9, 1778; service, 1 mo., at
Cambridge ; roll dated Lancaster ; also, Capt. David Jewett's co.. Col. Jacob Gerrish's
regt. of guards; enlisted Nov. 10, 1778; discharged Dec. 12, 1778; service, 1 nio. 5
days, travel included, guarding troops of convention ; roll certtfied at Lancaster ;
a&o, Capt. William Henry's co. ; enlisted Oct. 3, 1779; discharged Nov. 10, 1779;
service, 1 mo. 11 days, travel included, at Castle and Governor's Islands; company
raised in Worcester Co.; also, Capt. Timothy Boutell's co., Col. John Rand's (Wor-
cester Co.) regt.; enlisted July 20, 1780 ; discharged Oct. 10, 1780 ; service, 3 mos. 1
day, travel included ; company raised to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
118.
Isaac' (JVicholas,^ Samicel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ JSficholas^),
born (date unknown) ; married 21 July, 1788, Rebekah Taylor,
" both of Fitchburg." He was a farmer, tanner and currier; re-
moved to North Hoosick, N. Y. Either he or No. 127 was the
Revolutionary soldier mentioned in Mass. Archives thus :
Isaac, Billerica. List of men raised in Middlesex Co. to serve in the Continental
Army [year not given] ; residence, Billerica; engaged for town of Billerica.
243.
i.
244.
u.
245.
iii.
IV.
V.
162 DANFOKTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
Nicholas.'^
Simon.
Aaron Taylor, b. 20 Nov., 1804.
Isaac, m. ; dau. Marion m. Kenyon.
Rebecca, b. 26 June, 1793 ; m. 28 Sept., 1815, David Milliman,
who was b. 31 Oct., 1789, and d. 19 Nov., 1873.
Children of David and Rebecca (Danforth) MilUman :
1. Abel Danforth Milliman, b. 3 Aug., 1817 ; d. 1 March,
1829.
2. Rebecca Maria Milliman, b. 26 Nov., 1820 ; m.
Campbell ; living in Oshkosh, Wis.
3. Abigail (Abby) MilUman, b. 5 April, ^82 6; m.
Brownell.
4. Lyma7i Milliman. b. 10 Jan., 1828 ; d. 21 July, 1894.
5. Charles H. Milliman, b. 20 Nov., 1828 ; d. 10 May,
1899.
6. Albert Milliman, b. 26 March, 1831 ; d. 29 July, 1893 ;
m. 16 March, 1859, Sylvia Alcock.
vi. Polly.
vii. Mercy, d. iu childhood.
246. viii. Jacob, b. 24 Dec, 1814.
119.
Jacob® i^Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^),
born about 1771; died 1 Nov., 1839; married Mary Johnson,
granddaughter of " Count Bassanett, a French refugee."
He was a merchant residing at Augusta, Georgia.
Children :
i. Nicholas,'^ d. at 6 years of age.
ii. Martha Ann, b. 10 Feb., 1806; d. April, 1881 ; m. Alonzo B.
Bigelow, a merchant in New York city.
Children of Alonzo B. and Martha Ann (Danforth) Bigelow :
1. Jacob D. Bigelow, d. at 18 years of age.
2. John Bigelow.
3. Alonzo Bigelow.
4. William Bigelow.
5. Mary Bigelow, b. 8 Nov., 1828.
6. Caroline Bigelow.
iii. Samuel, d. young.
247. iv. James, b. 1809.
V. Mary, b. 13 Aug., 1812; m. (1) R. W. McKeen ; m. (2) John
M. Dow. Daughter, Martha Ann McKeen, b. 13 Oct., 1831 ;
d. 10 Oct., 1857 ; m. I. L. Browning. Children : (1) Minnie
Browning, b. 1849, d. 1850 ; (2) Ella Browning; b. 19 Jan.,
1850, m. C. C. Caswell ; (3) Catherine Browning, b. 1852, d.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 163
in infancy; (4) Belle Prince Browning, b. 10 May, 1854, m.
Wolsey Collins.
248. vi. Jacob, b. 1814.
vii. Elizabeth, b. 5 Aug., 1816; m. Benjamin Dart, of Bethel,
Conn. ; he tiled in 1867.
viii. Laura C, b. 1818 ; m. T. Bridges, of Albany, N. Y. Children :
Mary, Catherine, Earle, Gertrude, Barron, Mason, Auguste and
John Bridges.
ix. SiLLiMAN Campbell, b. and d. in 1820.
X. Caroline Walker, b. 21 Dec, 1821 ; m. (1) W. H. Gordon ;
m. (2) Gerald McLaughlin.
Children of W. H. and Caroline W. (Danforth) Gordon :
1. James Gordon ; killed in the War.
2. Jacob Gordon, killed in the War.
3. Maria Gordon.
Children of Gerald and Caroline W. (Danforth) (Gordon)
McLaughlin :
1. Martha Ann McLaughlin, m. T. C. Bligh ; d. 1876.
2. Charles J. McLaughlin, b. July, 1854 ; m. Adela Force.
Children : (1 ) Edith McLaughlin, b. 10 April, 1881 ;
(2) Gerald McLaughlin, b. 14 May, 1883. He has
been in the Custom House, N. Y, city.
120.
Joseph^* {NicJiolas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,' Nicho-
las^), born at Fitchburg about 1805 ; "commanded his own ship on
voyages between Portland, Me., and European ports."
121.
Francis' {JSficholas," Samuel,* Samiiel,^ Jotiathan," Nicho-
las^) born at Fitchburg; died at Ballston Centre, about 1836;
married Eunice Warren, of Chelmsford, born about 1773, died
about 1821.
He resided successively at Eutland, Cohoes, Watervliet and Ball-
ston, N. Y.
Children :
249. i. AzEL Warren,'^ b. at Rutland, 4 July, 1793.
ii. Polly, b. 1794; d. about 1847; m. Henry York, of Saratoga
county, N. Y.
iii. Dency, b. about 1801 : m. Dea. W. J. York, of Saratoga Co. ;
rem. to Jefferson Co., N. Y.
iv. Eliza, b. about 1804 ; m. Nelson Eckert, of Saratoga.
250. V. Henry, b. 12 Dec, 1806.
* Joseph Danforth married in Boston, 10 April, 1823, Mary Jenkins. Is this No
120?
164 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
vi. Henrietta, twin of Heury, m. 8 July, 1830, Luzon Curtis, of
Ballston.
Children of Luzon and Henrietta (Danforth) Curtis :
1. Francis Danforth Curtis, b. 15 May, 1831 ; d. 29 May,
1891 ; m. (1) 19 Oct., 1854, Elizabeth, dau. of Major
Kirby, of Charlton, N. Y. ; he m. (2) 8 May, 1875,
Elvira Collins Smith, of Glenville. N. Y. He was
a popular and " leading dairj^man and Chi'istian gen-
tleman."
2. Susan M. Curtis, b. 13 Nov., 1832; m. James T.
Sweetman, M. D., of Charlton, N. Y. Dau., Mrs.
Thomas C. (Sweetman) Martin, and son James
Sweetman, M. D.
3. Andrew Jackson Curtis, b. 18 Nov., 1834 ; m.
Crocker, of Schenectady, N. Y. ; res. San Mateo, Fla.
4. William Warren Curtis, b. 8 May, 1844 ; a Presbyte-
rian minister, at Belle Plaine, Kan.
5. Edna A. Curtis, b. 7 March, 1849 ; m. George R. Don-
nan, lawyer, Troy, N. Y.
vii. Susanna, b. about 1809; m. Josiah Brown, of Saratoga Co. ;
rem. to Battle Creek, Mich. She d. in 1871. Son Henry
Brown, a prominent business man at Grand Rapids, Mich.
122.
Samuel® {Jonathan^^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las'), born at Hardwick, 9 March, 1771; died at Ithaca, N. Y.,
17 Dec, 1824; married .
He resided at Rupert and Paulet, Vt., at Williamstown, Mass.,
and at Ithaca, N. Y.
Child :
250a. i. Charles,'^ b. 23 Aug., 1800 ; graduated Williams College, 1826 ;
became a clergyman ; labored chiefly as a missionary in West-
ern states; d. at Oberhn, O., 1867.
ii. Ltdia Permelia, m. 25 July, 1825, Henry Seymour Nash (son
of Pelatiah Bliss and Sally (Towner) Nash; b. 15 Oct., 1798).
She d. in Oct., 1851.
Children of Henry S. and Lydia P. (Danforth) Nash :
1. Mary Frances Nash, b. 7 Oct., 1826; m. Alvin M.
Tooley, of Poultney, N. Y.
2. Lucy Alger Nash, b. 27 Feb., 1831.
3. Ellen Maria Nash, b. 10 June, 1833.
4. Charles Henry Nash, b. 6 Dec, 1835 ; a Baptist minis-
ter; residence (1897) Barton, Fla.
5. Albert Augustus Nash, b. 16 April, 1838.
6. Josepha Adeline Nash, b. 6 Feb., 1841.
7. Marion Permelia Nash b. 8 March, 1843.
8. George Harvey Nash, b. 11 March, 1845 ; d. 5 Sept.,
1851.
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 165
iii. Jonathan E., d. at Danbury, Conu.
iv. Samuel ; lived in the South.
V. Thomas ; probably the man who d. at Coldwater, IMiss., in 1874.
vi. Susanna.
123.
Lyman^ {Jonathan^^ Samuel^* Samuel,'^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las') born 22 Oct., 1788; died 13 June, 1811.
Removed to Pownal, Vt.
124.
Cyrus' {Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ JSFicho-
las'), born at Hardwick, 29 Sept., 1793; died at Oquaka, 111., 20
July, 1847; married first 16 March, 1817, Hannah P., daughter
of John and Hannah (Perry) Jenney, descendant of John Jenney,
of Norwich, Eng., and our Plymouth. He married second, 1 July,
1838, Mary Ann Jones, born 1806, died at Winterset, la., 3
March, 1878. He was a millwright and carpenter; removed to
Oquaka, 111. His first wife, supposing him to have died in the
West, married a second husband, Clark Stone, of Enfield, Mass.,
30 Sept., 1858.
Children :
i. Joseph R.,^ b. 19 July, 1818 ; d. 4 Sept. 1880 ; lived and died
in Worcester.
ii. Hannah, b. 19 Jan., 1821 ; m. 29 March, 1843, Walter Sibley,
of Brookfield.
iii. Mart R., b. 16 Jan., 1823 ; m. Feb. 18, 1844, Chester Hub-
bard, of Temj^leton ; they rem. to Keokuk, la., where he d. 29
June, 1861, aj. 45.
iv. Geokge E., b. 3 Feb., 1825 ; rem. to California. [Hist. Hard-
wick.]
V. Pamelia W., b. 15 Sept., 1827; m. 31 Dec, 1847, Benjamin
Franklin, b. in Hardwick, 24 March, 1820 ; son of Benj. and
Eliza (Clark, Webb) Paige ; he was a trader and postmaster.
Ch., Mary Pamela Paige, b. 28 Dec, 1852.
vi. William R., b. 4 Feb., 1840.
251. vii. Challen, b. 30 Jan,, 1844.
125.
James* (Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,'^ JSTicJio-
las^), bom at Hardwick about 1796; married about 1830, Nancy
R. Smith, of Barre.
Removed from Hardwick.
166 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
126.
William® ( Willmm,^ Jonafhati,* Samuel,^, Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^), born in Hartland, Vt., 31 July, 1761 ; died in July, 1830,
killed by the kick of a horse; married 29 Dec, 1781, Priscilla,
daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Stone) Hoadley, born at Cam-
bridge, Mass., 19 March, 1762.
He was a farmer ; resided in Berkshire, Vt.
Children :
i. vSally,'' b. 20 March, 1783 ; d. in 1873 ; m. Reuben Chaffee.
ii. Betsey, b. 3 Feb., 1785; d. at Byron, N. Y., in 1804; m.
Isaac Brown, of AVindsor, Vt.
ill. Susan, b. 7 Sept., 1786 ; d. in 1873 ; m. first, Zenas Higgins,
shoemaker, Buffalo, N. Y. ; m. second, John E. Wright, car-
penter, of same place.
252. iv. William, b. 10 July, 1788.
V. Priscilla, b. 28 Aug., 1790 ; d. in 1880 ; m. first, Comfort
Chaffee, farmer, Berkshne, Vt. ; m. second, John Chaffee, of
same.
vi. Warren, b. 5 March, 1792; d. in 1816; farmer; m. Eliz.
Bronson.
vii. Joseph, b. 7 Feb., 1794 ; drowned 27 Aug., 1795.
viii. Polly, b. 7 Dec, 1796 ; m. Mason Farwell, wheelwright, By-
ron, N. Y.
ix. Lucinda, b. 20 Feb., 1798 ; d. 10 May. 1894, " x. 96 : 2 : 20 ; "
m. 18 Dec, 1818, James, son of John and Abigail (Root) Stone,
of HaverhiD, Mass., b. 22 July, 1796 ; d. 14 April, 1857. Mr.
Stone was a millwright. They removed in 1846 to the timbered
region, afterward Sheboygan, Wis. ; lived in a log house with
Indians camping near by, and knew much of frontier hard-
ships and resolute achievements. They afterwards removed to
Winooski, in the same state, where they passed their closing
years. In 1893, Mrs. Stone, almost 96 years old, wrote a
beautiful letter to Mr. May regarding the Chicago meeting
soon to assemble ; and her son Hialmer made an address in the
meeting.
Children of James and Lucinda (Danforth) Stone :
1. Elmina Eliza Stone, b. 21 -Jan., 1820 ; m. 31 Dec,
1840, Sherman Comings, of Rockford, lU., b. 17
Dec, 1818.
Children :
(1) Arthur Franklin Comhags, M,D., b. 11 Oct.,
1845 ; m. 4 April, 1872, Abby Mary Maria
Hobart, b. 27 Sept., 1849. •
(2) Everett Sherman Comings, b. 12 Sept., 1857;
m. Mary Addie Hutchinson ; was a wood en-
graver and artist at Rockford, 111. ; d. in 1890.
2. Glanville Wentworth Stoiie, b. 23 March, 1823 ; m. 18
Oct., 1847, Celinda Hannah, dau. of Asa and Han-
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 167
nah Tyler, of Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y. ; b. 23
March, 1829.
Children :
(1) Viola Francesca Stone, b. 3 June, 1851 ; m. 20
March, 1869, Hiram Edward Gardner ; res.
Ladoga, Fond du Lac, Wis.
(2) Walter Theron Stone, b. 2 Aug., 1862.
3. Maila Marion Stone, b. 18 June, 1828; m. 9 Sept.,
1849, Elijah Pahner Audrus, b. 22 Aug., 1821.
Children :
(1) Arabel Freelove Andrus, b. 8 May, 1852.
(2) Julia M. Andrus, b. 22 Oct., 1853; m. 29 Dec,
1878, Helon F. Shadbolt, of Sheboygan, Wis.
(3) Helen M. Andrus, b. 30 March, 1863; m. in
Sept., 1890, Tubbs, of Elkhorn, Wis.
(4) Merritt Palmer Andrus, b. 5 Jan., 1865.
(5) Hialmer Benjamin James Andrus, b. 2 May,
1870.
4. Helen Marr Stone, b. 24 May, 1830 ; m. 14 Nov., 1851,
Harvey Comings, b. 6 Dec, )827. She d. 14
Sept., 1892.
5. Plautina Eliza Stojie, b. 13 Feb., 1833 ; m. 5 Dec,
1850, Selden Aiken, b. 24 Sept., 1824.
Children :
(1) Frances Mary Aiken, b. 22 Aug., 1853 ; m. How-
ard Gates; child, Alice May Gates, b. 27
May, 1878.
(2) Louis Wilton Aiken, b. 6 March, 1855 ; m. Ida
May Shadbolt ; children, Bessie Franc Aiken,
b. 13 Feb., 1880, and Katie Lula Aiken, b. 21
July, 1883.
6. Hialmer Harlin Stone, b. 21 Nov., 1835; m. (1) 8
Nov., 1860, Lucy Ann McMurphy, b. 12 July, 1837 ;
d. 12 Aug., 1869 ; he m. (2) 10 Nov., 1870, Marietta,
dau. of John Walker and Martha Millard, b. 25 July
1844. ^
Child : Roy James Stone, b. 13 Aug., 1867.
7. Mary Alexia Stone, b. 17 April, 1840 ; m. Henry W.
McMurphy.
Children of Henry W. and Mary Alexia (Stone)
McMurphy :
(1) Mabel McMurphy, b. 19 June, 1860 ; m. Henry
T. Harling, b. in Hanover, Germany, Sept.,
1850.
(2) John McMurphy, b. 7 Oct., 1863.
(3) Harly Roy McMurphy, b. 28 Nov., 1867 ; " dealer
in cheese " ; res. Plymouth, Wis.
168 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
(4) Almira McMurphy, b. 17 April, 1870; m. 18
Dec, 1888, Edward Augustus, son of Peter
Kennedy, of Waldo, Wis. ; b. at Sheboygan
Falls, Wis., 17 Aug., 1857. Children : Gladys
Ellen Kennedy, b. 12 Sept. 1891 ; and How-
ard Edward Kennedy, b. 24 Dec., 1896.
(5) Caroline McMurphy, b. 19 Jan., 1872.
8. Elnora Lucinda Stone, b. 28 April, 1844 ; d. 5 Feb.,
1849.
X. Ehoda, b. 28 April, 1800 ; d. 13 May, 1876 ; m. 20 Dec, 1826,
Benjamin Capel Wood, farmer, Lyndon, Wis., b, Essex, N. Y.,
4 Sept., 1779, d. 19 Sept., 1874.
Children of Benj. C. and Rhoda (Danforth) Wood:
1. Priscilla Wood, b. Berkshire, 1 Aug., 1827.
2. Lura Wood, b. 21 Feb., 1829.
3. Lura Priscilla Wood, b. 11 Aug., 1832; d. 31 Jan.,
1835.
4. Calista Marinia Wood, b. 26 Dec, 1834; m. (1) 28
Nov., 1852, WilUam Reed Ellis, b. Franklin; res.
Winooski, Wis., and Mattapoisett, Mass. ; died there.
She m. (2; 25 July, 1886, Mr. Willey ; res. So. Frank-
lin, Vt.
Children :
(1) Rhoda Ann Ellis, b. 1 April, 1854; m. 2 May,
1874, Elbridge O. Bailey.
(2) Ednah Adelia Ellis, b. 26 Nov., 1856; m. 29
July, 1877, Samuel Thomas Bennett ; res.
New Bedford.
(3) Henry MUton Ellis, b. 18 Dec, 1858 ; d. at El-
gin, 111., 17 April, 1865.
(4) John Thomas Ellis, b. 16 Dec, 1862 ; d. 28
March, 1865.
5. Oliver Stanley Wood, b. 29 Nov., 1837 ; m. (1) 7 June,
1858, Elizabeth Jane WUlard ; m. (2) Ella A. My-
rick.
Children :
(1) Mary Elizabeth Wood, b. at Lyndon, Wis., 4
July, 1864.
(2) Katherine Estella Wood, b. 31 May, 1866.
(3) Alida Rhoda Wood, b. 27 Aug., 1868.
(4) Flora Wood, b. 1 May, 1870.
6. Eunice Bowman Wood, b. 22 June, 1841 ; d. 22 June,
1887 ; m. at Franklin, Vt., in 1861, David E. Cross,
of New York ; res. Amboy, Minn.
Children :
(1) John Henry Cross, b. Shelbyville, Minn., 3 Jan.,
1866 ; m. 30 Oct., 1889, Florence L. McKin-
stry.
DANTOETH GENEALOGY. 169
Child : Harry G. Cross, b. 19 Oct., 1890.
(2) Waiiam Ellis Cross, b. 15 May, 1870.
(3) Agues Cross, b. Dec, 1873.
253. xi. Jonathan, b. 15 May, 1802.
xii. Hannah, b. 1 March, 1804 ; d. in 1809.
xiii. Permela, b. 10 March, 1806 ; m. Servarnard Jewett, a farmer,
of Lyndon, Wis.
siv. Peksis, b. 20 March, 1808 ; m. 29 Jan., 1853, Joel Wright,
blacksmith. Onion River, Wis.
127.
Isaac,® M. D., {William,' Jonathan^* 8amuel,^ Jonaihan^^
Nicliolas^) , born in Billerica, 29 Sept., 1763; died at Barnard,
Vt., where he had resided many years, 28 May, 1851 ; married in
1788, Persis, daughter of Gen. Joseph Baker, of Westboro, Mass.,
born 15 June, 1770, died at Pomfret, Vt., 9 Sept., 1844. "He was
a good, practical farmer, and a skillful physician." A gentleman of
refined and courteous manners, and most polite and helpful to the
humblest persons ; " beloved and respected by all." [See No. 118.]
Children :
i. Persis Baker,'' b. 1 Feb., 1791 ; d. 10 Feb., 1868 ; m. in Feb.
1808, Rev. Joel Davis, b. at Sharon, Vt., Oct., 1776, d. 6 Feb.,
1853. He was a minister at Barnard.
Children of Joel and Persis B. (Danforth) Davis :
1. Betsey Maria Davis, b. 10 March, 1812 ; d. 18 May,
1882 ; m. Joseph S. Scovell, Montpelier, Vt.
2. Isaac Danforth Davis, b. 27 Feb., 1810; res. Barnard,
Vt.
3. Martha Baker Davis, b. Feb., 1814 ; m. Dea. Orcutt
Abbot, Williamstown.
4. Persis Baker Davis, b. Feb., 1816 ; m. Campbell Mar-
tin, Montpelier, Vt.
5. John Preston Davis, b. 10 May, 1818 ; m. Calista Gale,
of Barre, Vt. ; res. Northfield, Vt.
6. Elizabeth Davis, b. 1821; m. Charles Lyon, Montpelier,
d. 16 May, 1882.
7. William Danforth Davis, b. 1823 ; d. 17 Aug., 1842.
8. Solon Danforth Davis ; d. young.
Isaac Emery, b. 24 Jan., 1793.
Betsey Maria, twin with the above, d. 21 Aug., 1803.
Joseph Baker, b. 6 Nov., 1795.
Solon, b. 14 .Jan., 1800 ; d. 19 Oct., 1872 ; m. Abba R. Hoi-
ton ; Woodstock. No children.
William Cullen, M. D., b. 30 Jiuie, 1804 ; d. 22 July, 1825.
Albert Haller, b. 2 March, 1808.
Samuel Parkman, b, 12 Dec, 1810.
254.
11.
iii.
255.
iv.
V.
vi.
256.
vii.
256«
! viii,
170 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
128.
Jonathan® ( William^^ Jonathmi,* Samuel^^ Jonathan,'^ Nich-
olas'), born 23 Feb., 1769, in Hartland, Vt. ; died Sept., 1857;
married Betsey French, of Tewksbury; rem. to Pomfret, Vt.
Children :
257. i. Isaac W.^ b. about 1806.
258, ii. HosLEY, b. 21 Nov., 1810.
iii. Jane Shore, m, in 1852, Philip S. Hicks, of Poyalton ; d. 22
Feb., 1845.
Children of Philip and Jane S. (Danforth) Hicks :
1. Betsey Lorena Hichs.
2. Rosetta Maria Hichs.
3. Isaac William Hicks.
4. Sophronia Hichs.
iv. Eliza Maria, m. first, Herman Fassett, carriage maker, of
Enosburg, Vt. He d. 19 Feb., 1856; m. second, 18 March,
1860, Amos Green, of Enosburg ; he d. 25 May, 1864. She m.
third, 14 Feb., 1876, Silas Davis, of W. Enosburg ; farmer.
He d. 4 July, 1880.
Children of Herman and Eliza M. (Danforth) Fassett ;
1. Isaac DanfoHh Fassett.
2. Edna Jane Fassett, m. Henry C. Page, of Waterville.
3. Mason H. Fassett, b. Sept., 1850.
4. Herman H. Fassett, b. 2 Dec, 1856.
V. Betsey Sophronia, b. 1823, d. 1845, uum.
129.
Samuel,® M. D. ( William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^ SamueU^
Nicholas') , born in Calais, Vt., 31 Aug., 1772 ; died in Barnard,
Vt., 12 April, 1812 ; married 9 May, 1800, Mercy Southgate, born
29 May, 1777, died 12 Feb., 1827.
Children :
i. EuPHEMiA Nanelle,'^ b. 31 Jan., 1801 ; d. imm. 6 Jan., 1827.
ii. Angus, b. 21 Oct., 1802; d. in N. Y. city, 15 Aprd, 1826 ; a
hatter ; unm.
259. iii. Aro, b. 3 Feb., 1804.
iv. Betsey Maria, b. 30 Dec, 1805 ; d. 7 Sept., 1883 ; m. 19 March,
1828, Dean Clapp, b. at Barnard, Vt., 15 Jan., 1804; d. in
1865.
Children of Dean and Betsey M. (Danforth) Clapp :
1. Aro Danforth Clapp, b. 22 July, 1830 ; m. Helen Ea-
ton, b. 3 Sept., 1833 ; res. Norwalk, O.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 171
Child of Aro D. and Helen E. Clapp :
Grace M. Clapp, b. 20 Feb., 1860 ; m. 28
Jan., 1881, Perry J. Tillson ; Ch. : Carl
Dean Tillson, b. 1884, d. 1887, and How-
ard Clapp Tillson, b. 30 June, 188G.
2, Mary Isabel Clapp, b. 18 June, 1834 ; m. Dr. Alfred
Terry, of Norwalk, O. ; she d. 18 Nov., 1895.
Childi-en of Alfred and Mary I. (Clapp) Terry :
(1) Fred Dean Terry, b. 1854, d. 1857.
(2) Fanny Maria Terry, b. 1856, d. 1858.
(0) Ida Lavon Terry, b. 20 May, 1859; m.
Charles H. Rule ; res. Detroit, Mich.
(4) Alfred Dean Terry.
(5) Bessie Henrietta Terry, m. John E. Cline,
Detroit.
3. Henry Seymour Clapp, b. 2 Oct., 1841 ; m. 20 Oct.,
1869, Sarah Douglas Brightman, b. 17 March, 1847.
Children :
(1) Mary Bell Clapp, b. 25 June, 1872.
(2) Kate Brightman Clapp, b. 24 March, 1878.
260. V. Isaac Carmi, b. 29 Aug., 1807.
vi. Horatio Seymour, b. 15 June, 1809 ; d. at Barnard, Vt., 12
Jan., 1828.
vii. Joanna, b. 27 June, 1811 ; m. in 1833, Daniel, eldest son of
Rev. Asahel and Esther (Eaton) Morse, of Gorham^ N. Y. He
was a tanner and farmer ; res. at Norwalk, O. ; d. 9 Dec, 1899 ;
she d. 2 May, 1899.
Children of Daniel and Joanna (Danf orth) Morse :
1. Oscar Raymond Morse, b. 16 Jan., 1835, m. Kate, dau.
of Ira and Fannj^ (Skinner) Terry. Children :
(1) Charles Raymond Morse, b. 9 May, 1861.
(2) Fanny Joanna Morse, b. 22 Oct., 1863.
(3) Caroline Irene Morse, b. 1 Dec, 1865.
(4) Kate Morse, b. 2 April, 1868.
2. Asahel Morse, b. 28 April, 1840 ; d. 26 Aug., 1841.
3. Samuel Danf orth Morse, b. 3 May, 1844; m. 20 Dec,
1866, Elvira, dau. of Joel and Sarah Ann (Gates)
Smith, of Ionia, Mich, Child : Mary Alice Morse,
b. 25 .Jan., 1876.
4. Alice Euphemia 3forse, b. 22 July, 1848 ; d; 16 Oct.,
1864.
5. Sella Southgate Morse, b. 23 Nov., 1851 ; d. 26 March,
1852.
6. Ada Eaton Morse, b. 8 July, d. 8 Sept., 1855.
SEYENTH GENEEATIOlSr.
131.
Allen' (Asa,^ James,'^ James ^'^ Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nich-
olas^), born at Taunton, 18 Jan., 1796; died at Plymouth,
28 May, 1872; married 30 Dec, 1818, Lydia, daughter of Wil-
liam and Lydia (Presbrey) Seaver, born in Taunton, 9 June, 1799,
died at Plymouth, 31 Aug., 1859.
Mr. Danforth, at Taunton, in 1820, established the "Old Colony
Keporter" (now the "Bristol County Republican") ; in 1822 he re-
moved to Plymouth, and there established " The Old Colony Me-
morial" newspaper, which he transferred, in 1836, to his brother-
in-law, James Thurber. He was treasurer of the Plymouth Savings
Bank; secretary of the Old Colony Insurance Co.; selectman,
representative to the legislature, etc. ; a man of efficient and useful
character. He died in his 90th year.
Children :
261. i. James Allen,^ b. 19 Sept., 1819.
ii. Nathaniel Seaver, b. 9 Sept., 1821 ; d. 9 Oct., 1822.
ill. Ltdia Ann, b. 16 Oct., 1825 ; cl. 11 Sept., 1899.
iv. Mart Adeline, b. 6 June, 1828 ; m. 14 Nov., 1855, John Jack-
son Russell, b. in Plymouth, 1823, son of John and Deborah
(Spooner) Russell.
Children of John J. and Mary A. (Danforth) Russell :
1. Helen Russell, b. 29 Sept., 1857.
2. John Russell, b. 26 Jan., 1860 ; m. Caroline E. Coombs.
Child: Dorothy Russell, b. 18 Feb., 1891.
3. Lydia Russell, b. 4 May, 1863; m. 30 June, 1886,
Charles Stevenson Davis.
Child : Charles Stevenson Davis, b. 30 June, 1888.
262. V. William Seaver, b. 20 Jan., 1832.
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 173
132.
George'' (^Asa,^ James,^ James,'^ Samuel,^ Sanmel," Nich-
olas^)y born at Taunton, April, 1800; died 8 Feb., 1851; mar-
ried 22 July, 1828, Rebecca B. Southworth, born 26 Dec, 1802,
died 3 June, 1891.
Children :
i. Harriette Montague,^ b. 28 March, 1829 ; m. in Providence,
R. I., 4 May, 1871, Elkanah, son of Nehemiah and Asenath
(Crowley) Hall, b. 5 July, 1819. They have rendered
vahiable assistance in the. meetings of the association and in
o-atheriiig materials for this work. Child born and died
14 Feb., 1873. Res. Mansfield,
ii. Caroline Buckley, b. 2 Nov., 1830.
iii. George Augustus, b. 7 Jan., 1834; d. 6 June, 1869.
iv. Rebecca Southworth, b. 24 March, 1835.
V. Mary Alice, b. 27 March, 1836.
vi. Hannah Frances, b. 25 May, 1838.
263. vii. Ephraim Southworth, b. 27 May, 1840.
133.
John'' { Asa, ^ James, ^ James,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ Nicholas^),
born at Taunton, 1 April, 1802; died at New London, 15 July,
1881; married first, 7 Sept., 1823, Caroline Bulkley, daughter of
John and Eunice (Frink) Prentice, born 24 June, 1805, died
20 Aug., 1824. He married second, 1 Oct., 1848, Jane, widow
of Jonathan Brooks, born 12 June, 1804. His first wife died
about a year after their marriage, and the business in which he had
embarked failed. He again entered into business, only to fail.
Great mental prostration followed, which yielded to treatment in
the asylum, but with only partial recovery. He was ever afterward
a peculiar person, never altogether sane. Became, on this account,
a notable person in the community.
Child:
John Prentice,^ b. Aug., 1824; d. 3 March, 1825.
135.
Thomas'' {Thomas,^ Sa^nuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^
Nicholas^'), born in Mansfield, 20 Jan., 1784; died in Boston,
14 Jan., 1879; married first, 10 Jan., 1808, Rhoda Sliepard, born
in Canton, 27 Aug., 1789, died in Roxbury, 21 Sept., 1841. He
married second, 10 Nov., 1842, Mary Donelson Weston, born
11 Sept., 1799, died 26 May, 1882.
174 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Louisa,^ b. 26 Sept., 1808 ; d. 12 Oct., 1841 ; m. 2 July, 1835,
Robert W. Ames,
Children of Robert W. and Louisa (Danforth) Ames :
1. Hobert Edwin Ames, h. 14 Sept., 1836 ; d. 1 Oct., 1838.
2. Hobert Edioin Ames, b. 18 Nov., 1839 : m. 18 Nov.,
1868, Theoline L. Richards, of Barry, 111.
3. Louisa Danforth Ames, b. 2 Oct., 1841 ; d. 23 Sept.,
1860.
265. ii. Thomas Shepard, b. 15 Oct., 1810.
iii. Ellen, b. 13 Nov., 1812; m. 27 Nov., 1833, Josiah Snelling.
Children of Josiah and Ellen (Danforth) Snelling :
1. Josiah Greenwood Snelling, b. 28 Nov., 1834 ; m. Susan
Piers. Served in 37th N. Y. V. Inf. in War of Re-
bellion. Res. New York City.
2. Ellen Frances Snelling, b. 26 Dec, 1837 ; d. 21 Jan, 1892 ;
m. Edward A. Hatch, of Roxbury.
3. Emma Snelling, b. 4 Jan., d 15 Jan., 1840.
4. Susan Goddard Snelling, h. 13 Dec, 1842; m. William
Blanchard Pratt, of St. Louis, Mo.
5. Samuel Snelling, b. 24 April, 1848 ; m. Harriet Elizabeth
Tileston.
6. Henry Lamont Snelling, h. 22 Nov., 1852 ; d. 24 Sept.,
1855.
iv. Harriet, b. 4 May, 1815 ; m. 13 Nov., 1834, Daniel W. Glid-
den, b. in Effingham, N. H., 14 Oct., 1810, d. in Boston,
31 May, 1896. She died in Taunton, 5 March, 1897,
Childi-en of Daniel W, and Harriet (Danforth) Glidden:
1. Harriet Ellen Glidden, b. in Roxbury, 5 Sept., 1835 ;
d. 17 Sept., 1836.
2. Daniel Augustus Glidden, b. in Roxbury, 26 June, 1837 ;
m. 1 Jan., 1863, Julia M. Pratt, b. in Aurora. N. Y.,
18 Oct., 1836. Res. Boston.
Children :
(1) Edith Glidden, b. in Boston, 18 June, 1868 ;
m. 17 Oct., 1896, Howard Carlton For-
bes, b. Dec, 1868. Child: Howard Ma-
goun Forbes, b. 14 Jan., 1901.
(2) George Blanchard Glidden, b. in Boston,
25 Oct., 1870 ; m. 6 May, 1896, Minna
Wesselhoeft, b. 30 Aug., 1873.
3. Harriet Ellen Glidden, b. in Roxbury, 5 Sept., 1839 ;
m. 24 Dec, 1864, Wilham Sutton Frost, of Roxbury.
Reside in Chicago, lU.
Children :
(1) Willie Frost, b. 25 Jan., d. 28 Jan., 1866,
Mr. Charles Danforth.
DANTOETH GENEALOGY. 175
(2) Wilfred Baden Frost, b. in "Washington,
D. C, 7 Aug., 1867; m. 14 Dec,, 1887,
Nellie S. George. Residence, Fremont,
Ind.
(3) Daisy Mildred Frost, b, in Boston, 23
March, 1873 ; m. 4 Dec, 1900, Miller S.
L. Kielsgard; d. in Adrian, Mich., 13
Nov., 1901.
4. George Henry GUdden, b. 1841, d. 1842.
V. Ehoda Ann, b. 7 March, 1817 ; m. 27 Feb., 1842, Edward
Hatch. Mr. Hatch d. 2 Aug., 1877.
Children of Edward and Rhoda Ann (Danforth) Hatch :
1. Edioard Augustus Hatch, b. 8 Dec, 1842 ; m. Ellen
Frances Snelling.
2. Charles Henry Hatch, b. 22 June, 1845 ; d. 3 Oct., 1873.
vi. Mart Jane, b. 15 May, 1819 ; m. May 1, 1842, Charles W.
Matthews.
Children of Charles W. and Mary Jane (Danforth) Mat-
thews :
1. Mary Ella 3Iatthews, b. 18 Aug., 1843.
2. Charles 3Ielvin Matthews, b. 18 May, 1846.
3. Ella Louisa Matthews, b. 30 May, 1853.
4. Adelaide Matthews, b. 13 Feb., 1856.
5. Edioin Matthews, b. 9 Dec, 1858.
6. Agnes May Matthews.
vii. Frances Octavia, b. and d. in 1845.
136.
Charles' (^Thomas^^ Samuel,'° Samuel^* Samuel,^ Samuel^-
jSTicholas^), born at Norton, 30 Aug., 1797; died at Paterson,
N. J., 22 March, 1876 ; married 18 Oct., 1823, Mary, daughter of
Thomas and Sarah Willett, of Matteawan, N. Y., born 6 July,
1801, died 27 April, 1888.
From boyhood he showed a decided inclination to mechanical
observations and pursuits. In 1811 he worked in a cotton miU a
while ; at sixteen or seventeen he joined the army as a substitute,
afterward serving a term on his own account. He went on several
voyages as a sailor ; then taught school in the neighborhood of
Rochester, N. Y. ; after that he located at Matteawan, where he
acted as foreman in a cotton factory. In 1825 he removed to
Sloatsburg, and did work as a carder, a setter-up of machinery and
60 on. He now invented an important improvement in spinning
frames, known as "the Danforth frame " or cap spinner, which came
into use very widely in cotton factories. He joined forces with his
176 DAKFORTH GENEALOGY.
brother, George Danforth, of Taunton, Mass., who had invented
the "Counter Twist Speeder." Going to Paterson, N. J., he
arranged with Goodwin, Rogers and Clarke to manufacture his in-
vention. He went to Europe to introduce his work in 1829, re-
turning in 1831. Taking a leading place in the firm, he passed
from one stase to another in the business of cotton manufacture and
machine tool making, till the Danforth Locomotive and Machine
Company was evolved, Avith its vast achievements and successes. He
retired from active business in 1871 ; he had acquired a great for-
tune and a good name. " He. was concerned in politics only to see
wise measures advanced and bad counsels overthrown, never to make
money for himself or for other low ends." He was an attendant at
the Presbyterian church and a helper of good causes. He scorned
corruption and practised strict integrity. He died respected and
honored.
Children :
i. Matilda,^ b. 7 May, 1825 ; d. 5 Jan., 1877 ; m. 10 June, 1846,
James Taggart, who d. 3 April, 1853. Child :
Robert Morrill Taggert, m. (1) Jane Head; m. (2) Jane
Bailey.
ii. Maey E., b. 8 Jan., 1833 ; m. 21 May, 1856, Wilham Eyle, b. 2
March, 1834, d. 5 Nov., 1881.
ChUdreu of William and Mary E. (Danforth) Eyle :
1. William Thorneycroft Eyle, b. 21 Feb., 1858 ; d. at Cape
May, 22 Sept., 1898 ; m. Kate R. Upright.
2. Charles Danforth Ryle (name changed to Charles Dan-
forth), b. 24 Sept., 1859 ; d. at Athens, Greece, 13
March, 1896.
5. Harold Ryle, b. 11 June, 1863 ; d. 17 Dec, 1881.
6. Arthur Ryle, b. 8 Feb., 18G5.
7. Franh Butler Ryle, b. 21 June, 1866, d. 7 Feb., 1867.
8. Julia Ryle, b. 2 Feb., 1868.
9. Ernest Ryle, b. 3 April, 1871.
10. Elizabeth Willett Ryle, b. 12 May, 1873.
11. Joseph Wright Ryle, b. 5 Sept., 1875.
iii. Sarah L., b. 18 Feb., 1835 ; d. 17 May, 1865 ; m. 18 Sept.,
1861, Orson Barnes, who d. 23 July, 1875.
Child of Orson and Sarah L. (Danforth) Barnes :
Sarah Louise Danforth Barnes, b. 6 May, 1865.
iv. Charles, b. 7 March, 1837 ; was captain of 2d regiment N. J.
Vol. Inf. and served with honor ; fell at the head of his com-
pany in action at Gaines' Mill, near Richmond, Va., 28 Jime,
1862.
V. Emily, b. 6 Aug., 1839.
vi. and vii., " infants of a day."
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 177
137.
James M.' (Thomas,^ Samuel,^ Samitel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^
Nicholas'), hovn 20 Dec, 1807; married Catherine ; went
to North Carolina.
Children :
i. Catherine.*
ii. Daniel Webster.
138.
Erastus' (John,^ John,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicho-
las^), born 10 Dec., 1791, at Taunton, and there resided many-
years. Removed to Lenox, then to Rochester, N. Y., and later to
Syracuse, N. Y., where he died 19 March, 1873. He was a strong
Universalist, one of the committee for the building of the church at
Taunton. He married first, 6 April, 1815, Hannah Newhall, born
29 Aug., 1785, and died 1 May, 1824; he married second, at
Taunton, 1 Dec, 1833, Lois Newhall, born 28 Sept., 1787, and
died 16 Aug., 1865. These sisters were women of energy, resolu-
tion and perseverance ; when young they kept a tailor's shop at
Athol.
Children ;
i. Augusta Mariam,* b. 14 Jan., 1816; d. 26 July, 1851 ; m. 27
May, 1838, James Walker Crane, (sou of James and Sally
(Walker) Crane, of Digbton), b. 7 May, 1817.
Cbildi-en of James W. and Augusta M. (Danforth) Crane :
1. John Hiram Crane, b. 20 Jan., 1839 ; m. 22 Nov.,
1864, Emma Mabala Deppen, of Rochester, N. Y.
Residence, Rochester, N. Y.
Children :
(1) Eleonora Augusta Crane, b. 14 July, 1865.
(2) Marion Louise Crane, b. iu Aug., 1867.
(3) James Leroy Crane.
(4) Margaret Partridge Crane, b. 23 Sept., 1872.
(5) John Hiram Crane, b. in 1879.
2. Sarah Louise Crane, b. 23 Sept., 1840 ; m. 6 Sept.,
1862, Edward Francis Gill, b. 24 April, 1839. Res-
idence, Springfield. Child, Marion Leocadia Gill, b.
19 Sept., 1864 ; m. 20 Aug., 1891, George D. Cog-
niac of Springfield.
3. James Danforth Crane, b. 1 July, 1849; m. (1) in
1869, Minnie Burdick ; m. (2) in 1880, Mary Foley.
He d. at Waterbury, Conn., 17 Feb., 1901.
178 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
ii. Lucy Marshall, b. 26 July, 1817 ; m. (1) 13 Sept., 1835, Joha
Mabrey Davis, b. at Dighton, 10 Sept., 1814, d. 23 Sept., 1841.
She m. (2) 23 AprU, 1843, Luther Coleman, b. 1 Feb., 1810,
d. 2 Mai'ch, 1854. She took great interest in the anti-slavery
cause, and made public addresses on the subject ; has been a
person of large public spirit, active in reform work. Child :
Gertrude Coleman, b. 13 Sept., 1845, d. 18 Nov., 1862.
iii. AuRELiA Felton, b. 7 Dec, 1819 ; d. 26 March, 1886 ; m. 17
July, 1843, Ebenezer Raymond, of Taunton (son of Ebenezer
and Hepsibah (Hall) Raymond), b. 7 Feb., 1818, d. 7 Nov.,
1848. He was a sea-captain, sailing generally to Southern
ports ; died from exposure in his barkentine, the Justin, in a
violent storm near Newport, R. I. Mrs. Raymond b. in Lenox,
Mass. ; removed at 12 with the family to Taunton ; attended
the Bristol Co. Academy ; became a school teacher. After the
death of her husband, with her two children to support, she
began the study of medicine which she pursued at the N. E.
Med. Coll. and at Philadelphia, where she received her diploma.
She took great interest in the development of this genealogy
from the earliest meeting, and was appointed one of the com-
pilers ; the work she did was of a high order, and " to her far
more than to any other are we indebted for what is in this
volume." [J. J. M.]
Children of Ebenezer and Aurelia F. (Danforth) Raymond :
1. Mary Hannah 'Raymond, b. 16 June, 1844 ; d. 13 Dec,
1850.
2. Frank Raymond, b. 18 Aug., 1846 ; m, 16 April, 1868,
Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Hiram A. and Ellen (Cor-
coran) Heath, b. 5 May, 1850. He is a machinist.
Candidate for mayor of Syracuse on Working Men's
Ticket. Served in the war for the Union in the 54th
regt. N. Y. Vol. Inf.
Children :
(1) Frederick Raymond, b. 11 May, 1869.
(2) Frances Olive Raymond, b. 7 Oct., 1873 ; d.
6 Nov., 1874.
(3) Kate Danforth Raymond, b. 25 Oct., d. 30
Nov., 1875.
iv. Frances Olive, b. 22 Dec, 1822 ; d. 1 Nov., 1870 ; m. 19
March, 1855, Ezra "Williams Clark, b. in Washington Co., N.
Y., in June, 1801 ; res. at Springfield, Mass. ; d, at Hartford,
Conn. She was one of the early and untiring workers in the
anti-slavery and other kindred reforms ; had a mind of singular
brilliancy and matured wisdom. Nothing that appertained to
the welfare of humanity failed to interest her. [Rev. Charles
D. B. Mills in Woman's Journal.]
Child of Ezra W. and Frances 0. (Danforth) Clark :
Raymond Danforth Clark, b. 2 Oct., 1860; d. 11 Aug.,
1861.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 179
139.
Henry^ (Joh)i,^ Jolm,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,- Nicho-
las^), born in Taunton, Mass., 15 July, 1797 ; died in Mason Co.,
West Virginia, 18 July, 1858 ; married 1 Oct., 1836, Jane (Lucas)
Henderson, of McConnelsville, O., born at Marietta, O., 17 Feb.,
1804.
Children :
i. Georgiana,* b. at McConnelsville, 12 Oct., 1837 ; d. at Athens,
0., 14 March, 1882 ; m. at Gallopolis, O., 21 May, 1862, Joel
A. Pugh.
Children of Joel A. and Georgiana (Danforth) Pugh :
1. James M. Pugh, b. 21 Sept., 1864.
2. Henry A. Pugh, b. 16 Sept., 1866.
3. Frederic E. Pugh, b. 25 Dec, 1868; d. 29 June, 1869.
ii. Mary A. b. at Zanesville, 12 Oct., 1838 ; m. 6 Nov., 1855, Sala-
thiel E. Pugh.
Children of Salathiel E. and Mary A. (Danforth) Pugh:
1. Frances Pugh, b. 6 Nov., 1856 ; m. 10 Aug., 1882, John
E. Brvan.
2. Ellen Pugh, b. 15 April. 1858.
3. George E. Pugh, b. 13 Oct., 1861.
4. Caroline E. Pugh, b. 2 Feb., 1865.
5. Henry Pugh, b. 11 July, 1867.
7.Sr:rt;U''.llM=.ch,1872;<l.so„n.
iii. Caroline, b. 1 April, 1842; m. 16 July, 1861, John Finley.
Children of John and Caroline (Danforth) Finley:
1. Sarah J. Finley, b. 19 July, 1862; d. 15 July, 1863.
2. Ghloe E. Finley, b. 19 May, 1865.
3. Mary E. Finley, b. 20 April, 1867.
4. Caroline B. Finley, b. 28 Dec, 1869.
5. Eva E. Finley, b. 5 Dec, 1872.
6. John H. Finley, b. 6 March, 1875.
7. George A. Finley, b. 7 Aug., 1877.
8. Jeremiah K. Finley, b. 24 Sept., 1879 ; d. April, 1881.
9. Edward G. Finley, b. 5 Aug., 1880.
iv. Adeline, b. 1 April, 1842 (twin with Caroline), d. 12 Jan.,
1843.
140.
JoHN^ (t7o7^?^,^ John,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ J^icholas^) ,
born in Taunton, Mass., 19 April, 1799 ; died at Marion, O., 17
April, 1869; married first, at St. Clairsville, O., 14 Nov., 1833,
Louisa, daughter of William and Mary Ann (Gillard) Giles; Capt.
180 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Giles was lost in the English Navy ; his widow m. (2) Geo. Craw-
ford, and came to America with him in 1822 ; she d. at Coshocton,
O., 6 March, 1850. Mrs. Danforth, born in 1801, died at Dres-
den, O., 18 April, 1845.
Mr. Danforth married second, 2 March, 1854, Elizabeth (Stout)
Ashton, born in Scott Co., Kentucky.
Children :
i. Mary Elizabeth,^ b. in Guernsey cc, 0., 2 Sept., 1834 ; d.
17 Feb., 1893; m. 16 April, 1855, George Crawford, of Mar-
ion, O., proi^rietor of the Semi-weekly Independent, the only
Republican jiaper in the county.
Children of George and Mary E. (Danforth) Crawford:
1. Cora Crawford^ b. at Upper Sandusky, O., 4 Feb.,
1856 ; d. at Marion, O., 6 Sept., 1864.
2. Harry Crawford, b. at Mai'ion, 28 March, 1866.
ii. Geraldine, b. at McConnellsville, O., 2 Oct., 1837.
iii. Louis John, b. at Zanesville, 0., 6 May, 1840 ; res. at Marion ;
nnm.
iv. Emma J., b. 20 Jan., 1855 ; m. 6 Oct., 1882, Frederick Fraas,
of Newport, Ky., b. at Cincinnati, O., and res. there ; son of
James Fraas, a native of London, Eng., his mother being a na-
tive of Alleghany City, Pa.
141.
Royal William^ (John,^ John,^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Samiiel^^
J^icholas^ ), horn in Taunton, 1 Dec, 1802 ; died at Raynham, where
he had long resided, 5 Dec, 1877 ; married 27 Sept., 1829, Rhoda,
daughter of Daniel and Mary [Polly] (Willis) Howard, born in T.,
23 Aug., 1811, died at R., 25 Dec, 1868. He was a shoemaker,
and taught his boys the trade ; a strong Universalist ; intense in his
anti-alcoholic and anti-tobacco sentiments, in which the whole family
agreed.
Children :
i. Susan Ann,^ b. 30 Oct., 1830 ; married 27 June, 1852, Edward
H., son of Abishai and Letitia or Lettice (Dean) Lincoln, b.
25 Oct., 1826 ; a store-keeper.
Children of Edward H. and Susan A. (Danforth) Lincoln :
1. Helen Danforth Lincoln, b. 14 Feb., 1854; d. in 1856.
2. Minot Jack&on Lincoln, b. 2 April, 1857 ; m. 28 June,
1888, Helen Sampson Andrews, of N. Easton.
Children of Minot J. and Helen S. (Andrews) Lin-
coln :
(1) Edward Andrews Lincoln, b. 3 Oct., 1889.
(2) Murray Danforth Lincoln, b. 18 AprU,
1892.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 181
(3) Warren Edison Lincoln, b. 28 Oct., 1895.
(4) Arthur Horace Lincoln, b. 29 June, 1898.
(5) Helen Andrews Lincoln, b. 25 Feb., 1901.
3. Abbot Howard Lincoln, b. 9 March, 1859 ; d. 4 Aug.,
1866.
4. Arthur Abishai Lincoln, b. 24 Sept., 1863 ; grad. Bridge-
water Normal School ; principal of a school in Cam-
bridge ; m. 17 Oct., 1894, Edith C. Newton.
Children of Arthur A. and Edith E. (Newton) Lin-
coln :
(1) Newton Ewell Lincoln, b. 22 Aug., 1895.
(2) Danforth Ballon Lincoln, b. 25 Oct., 1897.
5. Mary Ellen Lincoln, b. 14 Aug., 1865.
267. ii. MiNOT Leonard, b. 9 Aug., 1832.
iii. Eliza Howard, b. 24 Aug., 1834; m. 31 Oct., 1858, Elmer,
son of Abishai and Letitia (Dean) Lincoln, of Raynham, b. 30
Jan., 1836. He has been postmaster, selectman, representative,
and otherwise a man of public spu-it and value.
Children of Elmer amd Eliza H. (Danforth) Lincoln :
1. Alcott Elmer Lincoln, b. 13 Aug., 1859; m. 27 Nov.,
1881, Harriet W., dau. of Wm. and Amelia (Wil-
kins) Crane.
2. Harry Danforth Lincoln, b. 8 Aug., 1865 ; m. 4 Sept.,
1889, Fanny Crossman, dau. of Jeremiah Charles and
Arroline (Crossman) Turner.
3. Charlotte Howard Lincoln, b. 4 June, 1868.
4. Roy William Lincoln, b. 17 Aug., 1873.
268. iv. Daniel Bradford, b. 29 Sept., 1837.
V. Ellen Harrison, b. 29 March, 1840 ; d. 12 May, 1860.
269. vi. Henry Gilmore, b. 6 Feb., 1843.
vii. Sarah Frances, b. 16 March, 1845 ; resided at Weir Village,
Taunton ; d. unm., 2 Dec, 1892.
viii. Mary Sophia, b. 26 Oct., 1847 ; m. 15 Jan., 1874, Lewis Earle
White, of Attleboro.
Children of Lewis E. and Mary S. (Danforth) White:
1. Amy Earle White, b. 7 Dec, 1874.
2. Howard Everett White,h. 16 June, 1876.
ix. Gertrude Presbrey, b. 7 Oct., 1855 ; m. 29 Dec, 1878, Ed-
ward S., son of Peleg and Lavinia WithereU. No children.
143.
Jarvis' ( William,^ Oliver,^ /Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,*
Nicholas^), born at Taunton, 21 Aug., 1798 ; died in Boston, 24
Aug., 1867; married 13 Oct., 1824, Susan Keith, eldest child of
Dr. Alfred and Betsey (Shaw) Williams, of Taunton, born 13 Oct.,
1805, died at S. Boston, 6 May, 1883.
182 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Born in .Taunton, was several years with the manufacturing house
of Crocker & Kichmond ; then in grocery trade and nail-making in
Taunton. In 1842 removed to Boston, was with the Boston Iron
Co., Koxbury branch of Western Avenue; then at South Boston in
the grocery trade and subsequently as salesman in shoe trade. Was
early an advocate of the temperance reform and refused to deal in
ardent spirits, which constituted with most grocers a large and profit-
able part of their trade. For a time commanded a company of
State militia and was generally known as Captain.
Children :
270. i. Charles Jarvis,^ b. 11 Aug., 1825.
ii. Susan Williams, b. 1 April, 1827 ; m. 15 Sept., 1853, Phillippe
Thomas Sharp (son of William), born in London, Eog. ; came
to this country with his parents when 9 years old ; learned the
lithographic trade of his father ; produced many of the fine illus-
trations in Hovey's Fruits of America, Allen's Victoria Regia,
etc. Sometime a photographer in Boston and Newport ; also
with Forbes Lithograph Co.
Children of Phillippe T. and Susan W. (Danforth) Sharp :
1. Emma NesUtt Sharp, b. 10 July, 1854; d. 16 May,
1856.
2. Lizzie Gertrude Sharp, b. 22 July, 1862.
271. iii. Henry Richmond, b. 28 Sept., 1828.
iv. Edward Williams, b. 29 July, 1831 ; was sometime engaged
at the office of the Boston Transcinpt ; turned his attention to
the stage and made good advances in the profession ; was also
a very good writer of prose and Terse; d. at Cincinnati, 0., 19
May, 1857.
V. Alice, b. in Boston, 3 Dec, 1843 ; m. Horace, son of Joel and
Mary (Jenkins) Manson, of Scituate ; res. in Boston.
272. vi. George, b. 10 Sept., 1846.
147.
Levi Fkanklin' {Oliver Cromwell,^ Oliver,^ Samuel,* Sam-
uel,^ Samuel," Nicholas^), born at Norton, Mass., 5 June, 1825 ;
removed to Galesbug, 111. "Married and had children."
148.
Lemuel Leonard'' {Oliver Cromwell,^ Oliver,^ Samuel,'^ Sam-
uel,^ Samuel," Nicholas^), born at Norton, 26 Feb., 1827; mar-
ried first, 15 March, 1849, Abby Parker, daughter of Dea. Stillman
and Eunice (Wetherell) Smith, born 13 July, 1829, died 17 Jan.,
1861. He married second, 10 Feb., 1867, Mrs. Margaret H. Mon-
roe, born in Boston in 1834 (widow of Monroe, a sea-captain) .
Residence, Taunton; carpenter.
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 183
Child :
Oliver Cromwell,^ b. 4 Sept., 1870, attended Family Meeting in
1880, with his father.
149.
OziAS^ (Ozias,^ Job,^ Saimtel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JSfich-
olas^), born at Providence, R. I. Married first, 14 Nov., 1847,
[ ?] Eliza A. Jennings. He married second . " Had many-
children."
151.
Charles' ( Walter Raleigh,^ Job,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Sam-
uel,^ j^icholas^), born 1 Aug., 1815; married 6 May, 1838,
Julia Fairbanks Ward, of Nunday Valley, Alleghany co., N. Y.
Residence, Providence, R. I.
Children :
273. i. Walter RaleiCxH,^ b. 7 AprU, 1839.
ii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 21 March, 1841 ; m. in Sept., 1860,
Louis Torrence, b. in Lebanon, O. Res. at Charles City, la.
Child :
Charles Danforth Torrence, b, in July, 1861 ; job and
book printer.
274. iii. Charles James, b. 28 Nov., 1843.
274rt. iv. Andaleen Marcixel, b. 26 Dec, 1848.
V. Elfred Josefa, b. 9 Oct., 1851.
152.
Andrew Jackson' ( Walter Raleigh,^ Job,'' Samuel,* Samuel,"^
Samuel,^ JVicholas^), born 30 Dec, 1828; married Caroline
Hopkins ; residence, Johnston, R. I.
153.
Henry Tlsdale' {Jonathan,^ Ellcanali,' Samuel* Samuel,^
Samuel,- Nicliolas^), born at Woodford, Vt., 1 April, 1813;
died at John's Branch, Andrain co.. Mo., 8 Dec, 1868; married*
at Hoosick, N. Y., 19 Nov., 1837, Jemima Adeline, daughter of
Caleb and Hannah (Brooks) Clark, born in Petersburg, N. Y.,
15 Sept., 1814, died at John's Branch, 5 March, 1868.
He removed to Geneseo, 111., from Hoosick, where he had mar-
ried ; in 1854 removed again to the border of Iowa (Whitesides co.) ;
* Henry T. Danforth, " of New York," m. at Boston, 3 Nov., 1836, Amanda Jane
McLellan,
184 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
in 1856 to Wisconsin, with his cousin Myron DeGroodt and mother
and brother, with two wagons and fourteen head of cattle. In
1863 removed to Iowa, and in 1867 to Missouri, where his uncle
DeGroodt hved.
Children :
275. i. George WashingtoNj^ b. 13 Dec, 1838.
276. ii. William Henry, b. 29 Nov., 1839.
ill. Frances Caroline, b. 26 Oct., 1841 ; m. 10 Oct., 1861, Wil-
liam Lewis, sou of Isaac and Hester Ann (Bedell) Tompkins,
b. in Westchester co., N. Y., 23 Aug., 1838. Eesidence,
Burbank, Los Angeles co., Cal.
Children of William L. and Frances C. (Danforth) Tomp-
kins :
1. William Isaac Tompkins, b. 28 July, 1862 ; m. at
Campbellsport, 18 June, 1884, Sarah Edith Mat-
terson, b. in Fond du Lac, Wis., 29 Sept., 1863.
Station master at Lamberton, Wis.
2. Frances Adeline Tompkins, b. 14 Sept., 1863 ; m. 29
Nov., 1882, Hillio Foote Cobeler, b. Fond du Lac,
8 Oct., 1861 ; a farmer.
3. Hester Beatrice Tompkins, b. 13 March, 1867 ;
d. 1868.
4. Mary Amanda Tompkins, b. 29 April, 1868 ; m. 1
March, 1887, Edward Ellsworth, son of Philip
and Mary Jane (Foote) Cobeler, b. 19 June, 1866.
277. iv. Benjamin Franklin, b. 18 Feb., 1843.
V. Mary Elizabeth, b, 16 Aug., 1844; m. first, 25 Aug., 1861,
John S. Gary, b. 24 Sept., 1841. She married second, 14 Dec,
1873, Jared Matteson, painter. Res. Campbellsport.
Children of John S. and Mary E. ( Danforth) Cary :
1. Frank Emery Cary, b. 14 March, 1862 ; m. 26 Feb.,
1890, Hannah Weld, of Baraboo.
2. Charles Marion Cary, b. 25 Aug., 1863.
Children of Jared and Mary E. (Danforth) (Cary) Mat-
teson :
1. Guy Elmer Matteson, b. 1 Nov., 1878.
2. Maud Lillie Matteson^ b. 13 Oct., 1883.
278. vi. Daniel Clark, b. 12 Aug., 1849.
154.
Lewis^ (James,^ ElJcanah,^ Samtiel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^
Nicholas^) ^ born at Bennington, Vt., in 1804; died at Chautau-
qua, N. Y., Feb., 1849; buried at Fredonia, N. Y. ; married
Polly, daughter of Eli and Prudence (Sawyer) Smith.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 185
Cliildren :
i. Emilt,8 b. 1835 ; d. at Sliumla, N. Y., in May, 1850.
279. ii. Charles Lewis, b. 7 Feb., 1840.
155.
Sylvester Armstrong,^ M.D. (James,^ Elhanah,' Scnmiel,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^ )^ born at Bennington, Vt., 4
March, 1807 ; died at Pecatonica ; married at Casadaga, N. Y., in
1831, Louisa Gage, born in Madison co., N. Y., 10 April, 1814,
died 24 Dec, 1891. He was a physician (allopathic) ; practised
in Chautauqua co. till he retired in 1876, and removed to Pecatonica.
Member of Universalist church ; " a true Clu'istian, greatly beloved."
Child :
Mary,8 b. 14 June, 1841 ; m. first, E. Dexter Belden, b. 1839,
d. 1866. Child : Florence Danforth Belden, b. 1866 ; a dra-
matic reader and teacher. She m. second, Ziba Adams, son
of Butler and Anne (Crombie) Trull, b. at Goffstown, N. H.,
in 1841, d. at Pecatonica, N. Y., 8 Feb., 1885. Children:
1. Linnie Crombie Trull. 2. Gleniver Gage Trull.
156.
Alanson' {Henry,^ Elhanah^^ Samuel,^ Samuel,^ 8amuel,^
JSTicholas'), born at Woodford, Vt., 22 Nov., 1815 ; died at Fond
du lac. Wis., in 1873; married first, in Nov., 1840, Elizabeth
Ward, of Dunkirk, N. Y. He married second a wife whose name
we have not learned.
Children :
280. i. Charles Ambrose,^ b. 1842.
ii. Francellia, daughter of second wife ; m. first, 29 Jan., 1871,
Mason Kendall; m. second, 16 July, 1882, Charles W. Green.
Children of Mason and Francellia (Danforth) Kendall:
1, WllKam L. Kendall, b. 21 AprQ, 1872; d. 22 Feb.,
1880.
2. Charles E. Kendall, b. 24 Feb., 1874.
Children of Charles W. and Francellia (Danforth) (Ken-
dall) Green:
1. Henry Danforth Cfreen, b. 14 Sept., 1888.
2. Hazel A. Green, b. 27 Oct., 1891.
157.
Lawton' {Henry,^ ElTcanah,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^
N'icholas^)^ born at Westmoreland, 1 Aug., 1818; died at New
186 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Philadelphia, O., 5 July, 1861 ; married at the latter place, 7 May,
1846, Cecilia, daughter of Charles and Catherine (Mu'ick) Korns.
Resided sometime at Phillipsburg, Kansas.
Children, all born at New Philadelphia, O.
i. LuCRETiA,8 b. 29 April, 1847 ; d. 28 May, 1869.
ii. Benjamin Franklin, b. 24 April, 1849 ; d. 1 Sept., 1850.
iii. Charles Henry, b. 29 June, 1851 ; d. 30 Jan., 1871.
iv. Catherine, b. 14 Jan., 1854 ; res. at Phillipsburg, Kan-
V. Lawton Cummings, b. 5 March, 1856; d. 2 March, 1858.
vi. Clark Cummings, b. 10 April, 1858; d. 12 Oct., 1894; was a
printer ; resided at Colby, Kan., Columbus and Cleveland, O.,
and at Englewood, Chicago, 111.
vii. George Washington, b. 16 Oct., 1860; resides at Chicago,
III. ; member of the firm of Bickford & Dauforth.
158.
Benjamin Franklin'' (ZTewry,® Elhanah,^ Samuel,* Samuel,'
Samuel,^ mdiolas'), born at Brookfield, N. Y., 10 April, 1823;
died at Wheeling, Va., 20 June, 1848 ; married at Wheeling, Mary
Root. No children.
159.
Thomas' {Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,*
Nicholas^), born at Rocky Hill, Conn., 6 July, 1792 ; died there,
23 March, 1836; married 13 Sept., 1827, Mary WilHams Butler,
born at Rocky Hill, 8 Jan., 1805, d. 28 May, 1858. She was a
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bulkley) Butler. He was a manu-
facturer of Britannia ware, etc., in partnership with his father at
home, in Philadelphia, and at Augusta, Ga.
Children :
281. i. Henry Tallman,^ b. 1 June, 1828.
ii. Mary Bulkley, b. 13 May, 1830 ; residence, Branford, Conn,
iii. Ellen Cornelia, b. 5 April, 1833 ; d. 4 April, 1834.
282. iv. Walter Williams, b. 4 April, 1835.
160.
Joseph' {Joseph,^ Tho^nas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,*
Nicholas^), born at Middletown, Conn., 14 March, 1783 ; died at
Richmond, Va., 11 Nov., 1844; married at Petersburg, Va.,
2 May, 1807, Frances, daughter of Thomas Heath, of Prince
George co., Va. Learned his trade of his uncle William; went to
Virginia in 1805. Was there, superintendent of the capitol, for
thirty-two years; during the war of 1812 was in Capt. Andrew
Sherman's Artillery, stationed at Camp Holley.
DANTOETH GENEALOGY. 187
Children :
i. Frances Martha Ann,^ b. at Lansingburgh, N. Y., 17 April,
1808 ; d. at Richmond, 14 Nov., 1875.
ii. Sarah King, b. 13 Sept., 1809 ; d. 16 July, 1826.
iii. Joseph Thomas, b. 13 July, 1811 ; d. 4 July, 1813.
iv. Rebecca Heath, b. 17 June, 1813 ; m. 27 Feb., 1851, James
Layne ; living in June, 1877.
284. V. John Buchanan, b. 12 Feb., 1816.
vi. Mary Virginia, b. 27 Sept., 1818 ; d. 14 March, 1866.
285. vii. Frederick William Rives, b. 2 June, 1823.
161.
Edwaed John'' {Edioard,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,"^
Samiiel,^ Nicholas^), born at Hartford, 19 Feb., 1799; died at
N. Y. city in Oct., 1872; married first, in May, 1827, Henrietta
Amelia, daughter of Nicholas Delaplaine, of Newark, N. J., born
in May, 1809, died in Feb., 1836. He married second, in Sept.,
1838, Mrs. Caroline (Romeyn) Cuyler, daughter of Rev. James
Van Campen Romeyn, of Hackensack, N. J.
Children :
286. i. Edward Moseley,^ b. at New York city, 23 Jan., 1828.
287. ii. Nicholas Delaplaine, b. at New York city, 27 Feb., 1831.
iii. Mary H., d. young.
288. iv. George Henry, b. 11 Oct., 1834.
289. V. James Romeyn, b. 8 Aug., 1839.
vi. Spencer Cuyler, d. in childhood,
vii. Caroline, d. in childhood.
162.
Isaac Moseley'' {Edward,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,'^
Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 11 Dec, 1800; died in New York
city, 19 Jan., 1862 ; married Hannah B. Duryea Kennedy, widow
of Rev. A. S. Kennedy.
He was a well known bank note engraver.
Children :
i. Mary,^ m. Henry Nehemiah Dodge, M.D. ; had three children,
who all died in 1876 of scarlet fever within 10 days, imme-
diately after the mother's death.
ii. Susan M., m. (as second wife) H. M. Dodge, M.D. Res. Morris-
town, N. Y.
163.
Jonathan'' {Jonathan,^ TJiomas,^ Thomas,'^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^
Nicholas^), born 23 June, 1804; died 30 June, 1868; married
188 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Ann Eliza Ammerman, born in 1811, died 28 Sept., 1856. He
resided in New York city ; was a hardware merchant ; an elder in
the Presbyterian church.
Children :
i. Charles Dexter,^ b. 28 Aug., 1836 ; d. 24 Aug., 1839.
ii. Anna Christina, b. 23 April, 1839; d. 29 May, 1879; m.
her mother's cousin, Nathaniel Tooker, of East Orange, N. J.,
sugar manufacturer.
Children of Nathaniel and Anna C. (Danf orth) Tooker :
1. Ernest K Tooker, b. in 1865, d. m 1866.
2. George Danforth Tooker, b. at Bergen, N. J., in 1867 ;
res. Yonkers, N. Y.
3. Mary Roberts Tooker, b. 1869 ; Wellesley Coll.
4. Nathaniel Tooker, b. at Norwood, 1870, d. 27 Dec, 1871.
5. Frederic Jagger Tooker, b. 1871 ; Princeton Univ.
6. Gertrude Tooker, b. 1873.
7. Lewis Forman Tooker, b. and d. 1876.
iii. Mart Wiley, b. 23 Jan., 1842 ; d. unm. 16 March, 1883.
290. iv. Charles Allen, b. 4 May, 1849.
164.
William' ( William,^ TJiomas,^ Thomas,'^ Samuel,^ Samuely^
Nichokis^), born at Middletown, Conn., 30 Jan., 1794; died at
Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Jan., 1871; married 1 May, 1815, Lydia,
daughter of Michael and Lydia (Simmons) Creamer, born 1 July,
1789, died 17 Feb., 1862. Both are buried in Greenwood. He
removed first to Hartford, then to Brooklyn, N. Y. " Always active
in the church of Christ, and ready for every good work."
Children :
291. i. John,8 b. 19 May, 1816.
ii. Frances Anna, b. at Middletown, 12 July, 1818 ; d. in Brook-
lyn, 30 July, 1851.
iii. Mart Elizabeth, b. 1 Nov., 1821 ; m. 24 March, 1846, Oliver
Chauncey Jones, of Brooklyn, N. Y., b. 18 Dec, 1811.
Children of Oliver C. and Mary E. (Danforth) Jones :
1. Frances G. Jones, b. 29 June, 1847 ; d. 22 April, 1849.
2. Louis Henry Jones, b. 14 Dec, 1851 ; m. 19 Oct., 1887,
Susan Napier.
Child : Harold Napier Jones, b. 14 March, 1892.
3. George Burr Jones, b. 13 Sept., 1854 ; m. June 3, 1886,
Virginia Banting.
iii. LucT SouTHMATD, b. 2 Oct., 1827 ; d. 17 Feb., 1848 ; m. m
Nov., 1846, Samuel Brewer, of Middletown, Conn.
ChUd:
WiUiam Danfmth Brewer, b. 29 or 30 Sept., 1847.
DANTOETH GENEALOGY. 189
165.
JosiAH^ (William,^ Thomas,'' Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^
JSTicholas^), born at Middletown, Conn., 18 July, 1803; died 11
May, 1872; married 17 Nov., 1831, Almira Camp, born at Dur-
ham, Conn., 12 Jan., 1808, died at Middletown, 31 May 1881.
A man of worth ; a deacon of the church.
Children :
292. i. Frederick Ltman.^ b. 17 June, 1833.
ii. Ellen Maria, b. 18 Aug., 1884 ; d. 3 March, 1846.
iii. Julia Almira, b. 29 Sept., 1836; d. at Cincinnati, O., 18 Aug.,
1869 ; m. 6 Sept., 1859, Rev. Francis Lobdell, D.D., LL.D.
(Hobart), b. at Danbury, Conn., March 26, 1835 ; rector of
St. Andrew's Church, New York city, till 1887 ; then till the
close of his life at Trinity Church, Buffalo, N. Y., and arch-
deacon of Buffalo. He was very prominent in church work,
and had a large chcle of friends ; he d. 26 Oct., 1899.
Children :
1. Eleanor Lohdell, b. 29 May, 1861 ; m. 17 June, 1880,
Rev. Edward Wm. Worthington, of Cleveland, 0.
Cluldren :
(1) Eleanor Worthuigton, b. 1 Sept., 1881.
(2) Agnes Seabury AVorthington, b. 14 Nov.,
1884 ; d. 2 March, 1900.
(3) Edward Lobdell Worthington, b. 2 June,
1886.
(4) Donald Worthington, b. 13 Jan., 1893.
(5) Dorothy Worthington, b. 10 April, 1895.
2. Frederick Danforth Lohdell, b. at Philadelphia, Pa., 8
Oct., 1862. A clergyman in Philadelphia; a mem-
ber of the order " The Companions of the Blessed
Saviour."
3. Francis Evaiis Lohdell (twin with above), d. 28 Jan.,
1863.
4. Harriet Lohdell, b. at Bridgeport, Conn., 1 Dec, 1863 ;
m. 17 June, 1885, Vernon Mansfield, son of Robert
Vernon and Mary (Semler) Davis, b. 29 Jan., 1855 ;
a lawyer, N. Y. city ; former district attorney ; also
commissioner of education ; president of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Rev.
Francis Lobdell m. (2) and had other issue.
293. iv. Richard Hubbard, b. 5 Jan., 1840.
294. V. Edgar Camp, b. 19 May, 1846.
vi. Evelyn Eugene, b. 11 Dec, 1848 ; m. Louis Aldrich. No chil-
dren,
vii. Ellen Eugenia (twin with the above), d. 25 Sept., 1849.
190 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
166.
Samuel' (8amuel,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,'^ Samuel,^ Samuel,'^
Nicholas^), born at Hartford, Conn., 8 June, 1816; died April 4,
1879; married first, 6 Feb., 1842, Eliza, daughter of AYilliam and
Eliza Bullock, of Lafayette, Ind., born 1 July, 1820, died 4 March,
1848. He married second, 8 Sept., 1852, Jemima, daughter of
Joseph Robinson, of Enderby, Lincolnshire, Eng., born 25 Dec,
1825, died 1 Dec, 1864. He married third, 28 Nov., 1865,
Rebecca Pike, of York co., Pa. ; born 6 Aug., 1834, died at South
Bend, Ind., 18 Nov., 1878.
He learned the trade of silversmith ; worked at it in New Orleans
at $50 a month (large pay for the times) ; then to New York for a
short time ; then to Lafayette, Ind., where he continued 30 years in
the jewelry and silver ware business. When the cholera visited the
place he was one of the few who stayed and tended sufferers. In
1869 he removed to a tract near Sedalia, Mo. An amiable man ;
an Episcopalian ; a useful citizen.
Children :
i. Samuel,^ b. 2 March, d. 7 March, 1848.
295. ii. Isaac Moseley, b. 8 Aug., 1854.
iii. Charles Seymour, b. 4 March, 1856 ; d. 10 July, 1876.
iv. Philura, b. at Lafayette, Ind., 17 Ai^ril, 1858 ; d. there 14
April, 1866.
V. Anna Louisa, b. 17 Oct., 1862 ; m. 29 March, 1882, Wm. P.
Henderson. Children : 1. Mabel Henderson ; 2. Linnie Hen-
derson ; 3. Ruby Henderson ; 4. Eula Henderson ; 5. Ella
Henderson.
vi. Jemima Sophia, b. 28 Oct., 1864 ; m. 25 Aug., 1886, R. Allen
Cox ; res. Clifton, Cooper co., Mo. Child : Allen Cox.
166a.
Nahum^ {Elijah,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel^^
JSRcholas'), born [in Adams, Mass.], 20 Oct., 1791 ; died 1 Feb.,
1850 ; married Esther Mann, "daughter of Nathan Aldice Mann."
Resided at Jefferson, N. Y.
Children :
295a. i. Elijah,^ b. 17 Nov., 1819.
ii. Mary Esther, b. 10 Sept., 1822 ; m. Peter Piper Veley.
2955. iii. Sylvanus Mann, b. 15 March, 1825.
iv. Hetty Adeline, b. 23 March, 1827 ; a school teacher.
v. Sarah Ann, b. 19 May, 1829 ; m. Lucius Armstrong.
295c. vi. George Washington, b. 4 Feb., 1832.
295d vii. Levi Mann, b. 28 May, 1834.
295e. viii. Erskine, b. 28 June, 1836.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 191
167.
Rev. Henry Marshall' {Samuel,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Sam-
nel,^ Sanmel,- JSficholas'), born at Norton, Mass., 10 Aug.,
1810 ; died at Angola, N. Y., 22 Aug., 1886 ; married at Lowell,
4 June, 1843, Judith Colby Morse, of Exeter, N. H., born in
1814, died at Evans, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1883.
When 18 years old he went to Worcester and learned the mason's
trade, at which he worked in Princeton and at Troy, N. Y. At 28
he entered Theological school and in 1843 became pastor of the
Baptist Church of Marlboro, N. fl. ; the following year was at
Springdale, N. Y., and afterward at Evans, N. Y., where he con-
tinued 32 years (except one year at Bristol, N. H.). In 1882 he
withdrew from the service in which he had labored acceptably
and usefully.
Child :
296. William Appleton,^ b. at Bristol, N. H., 15 Aug., 1846.
168.
Rev. Appleton Howe' (>S'amwe?,® ^/^ya^% Thomas,* Samuel,^
Samuel,'' Nicholas^), born at Bristol, N. H., 8 July, 1817; died
14 Feb., 1865; married 16 Aug., 1847, Frances Amelia Studley,
of Worcester, born 27 April, 1827, died at Rangoon, Burmah, 3
Feb., 1874.
They went as missionaries to India in the autumn of 1847, and
continued there ten years. On account of the ill health of Mrs.
Danforth they returned to this country.
After his death the widow returned to Assam ; married Rev. Moses
Bronson, D. D., a missionary to that region. She died in that dis-
tant land.
Children :
i. Elizabeth^, b. 22 April, 1849 ; m. Joseph Beresford Cope, son
of Edward and Martha (Beresford) Cope, of Germantown,
Pa., b. 14 July, 1847. He is one of the celebrated manufac-
turers of hosiery, etc., of Philadelphia.
Children of Joseph B. and Elizabeth ( Danforth) Cope :
1. Frances Danforth Cope, b. 3 Jan., 1875.
2. Mary Studley Cope, b. 15 Nov., 1876.
3. Thomas Appleton Cope, b. 15 April, 1878.
297. ii. Nathan Brown, b. 27 April, 1852.
iii. Appleton Howe.
192 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
169.
RiCHAED Seaes' (Samuel,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Sam-
uel,^ JVtcholas^ ) , born at Dana, 26 June, 1819 ; married 17 Jan.,
1843, Amanda Hill, of Alexandria, N. H., born 13 Jan. 1825.
Residence Bristol, N. H.
Children :
i. Sarah Jane,® b. 16 Nov., 1843,
298. ii. Charles Richard, b. 4 Feb., 1845.
299. ill. John Samuel, b. 30 Nov., 1847.
iv. Georgiana Rachel, b. 24 Feb., 1849 ; d. 16 Feb., 1852.
V. Harry Vivianna, b. 21 April, 1857; d. 11 July, 1863.
170.
Geoege Palmee'' {Samuel,'' Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^
Samuel,"^ Nicholas^), born at Dana, 18 Oct., 1821; died 21
Oct., 1865; married first (published 4 April, 1843) Fidelia Fay,
daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Taylor) Rogers, of Hardwick,
Mass., born 6 March, 1818. He married second, Mary H. Wise,
of Maiden. Residence, Minonk, 111.
Children :
300. i. Warren Henry,® b. 27 May, 1844.
ii. Ella Mehetabel, b. 17 Aug., 1847 ; m. Robert Denby.
301. iii. Frederick Parker, b. at Bristol, N. H., 2 April, 1855.
iv. Mary Catherine, b. at Minonk, 111., 17 Dec, 1860.
V. Sarah Emma, b. at Minonk, 111., 4 Jan., 1863 ; d. 13 Oct., 1864.
172.
Geoege Walkee^ {Asa,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,"^ Sam-
uel,'^ Nicholas^), born at Norton, Mass., 5 Sept., 1807; died 18
Oct., 1882 ; married in 1871 Mrs. Anna McCormick, who died a
few years later ; no issue.
George W. Danforth came to Illinois soon after his brother Asa,
probably in 1838. The two brothers started the manufacture of
furniture at Washington, 111., soon after their arrival. The first
turning lathe used in their business was propelled by dog power.
A general store was soon thereafter started in connection with their
furniture factory. Merchandise was then traded for the products of
the farmer, and wheat and hogs were the principal articles of the
farmer's productions. To convert these articles into money, or such
commodities as the people needed, they were hauled by teams to the
Illinois River, a distance of 12 miles, and shipped by boat to St.
Louis and New Orleans. There were a few flouring mills then in
those parts, run mostly by water power, but they had all been finan-
cially disastrous to their owners. But these men thought a better
Mr. Asa Hamilton Danforth,
Almon George Danforth,
George Chester Danforth,
Byron Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEAOLGY. 193
mill, better managed, would enable them to manufacture flour at a
profit, and be better than shipping the wheat, so they set about it
and built the mill, then the largest in Central Illinois, and for sev-
eral years, and until they retired from active mercantile pursuits,
their milling enterprise was successful.
The partnership of the two brothers continued for 35 years, no
books of account having been kept between them.
George W. was married about the year 1870 at the age of 64
years, to Mrs. Anna McCormick. He died a few years later, in
Iroquois County, 111., leaving no issue. His wife survived him
some years.
George W. Danforth was a man of medium height, very active
and energetic in his movements. He was of genial disposition, fond
of his fi'iends, and always ready to discuss questions of ethics, poli-
tics or religion. He was a democrat in his politics, and in religion
identified with the Universalist church.
He was public spirited, and gave liberally and freely towards the
building of schools, churches and railroads. In an early day he
was a captain of militia, and from that time on he was known as
Captain Danforth. He, with his brother Asa, became largely inter-
ested in swamp lands in Eastern and Central Illinois, from 1855 to
1870, and he foresaw what few others at that time did, that these
lands would be the most valuable of any in Illinois, if only they
could be drained, and he believed they could be. He devised the
first and most effective ditching machine known at that time — a
machine that was drawn by oxen and a capstan — and while later
this was superceded by dredging machines, yet thousands of acres
of prairie inhabited by water fowl and beaver, and like animals,
were made to produce rich harvests of grain by the use of his in-
vention. He seemed inspired with a desire to make waste places
productive, and to plant trees and build houses — all for those to
come after, and not for himself, because he required little for hia
personal use, his tastes being exceedingly simple and his personal
requirements few. He was a far seeing, sagacious man, simple in
habit, modest, upright, always doing something that was good to
have done, beloved by all who knew him. He founded the town of
Danforth, 111.
173.
Asa Hamilton'' (Asa,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^
Nicholas^), born at Norton, Mass., 4 June, 1813; died 29 Nov.,
1890; married at Pekin, 111., 25 Feb., 1839, Catherine Ariana Ru-
pert, of Point Pleasant, Macon Co., Va., b. 3. Dec, 1819.
When 21 years old he went with his brother George to Milford, Pa.,
3U2.
1.
303.
ii.
iii
iv.
194 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
and soon after to Coshocton, O., where they engaged in the manu-
facture of Fan mills for the farmers. He travelled on foot to Pe-
oria, 111., a distance of 400 miles or more; George joined him, and
they were prominent in the building up of the town of Washington,
near by. [See previous article]. He established a banking house
at Washington, which has been continued by his sons.
Children :
Almon George,^ b. 8 Dec, 1840.
Henry Rupert, b. 3 Nov., 1842.
Lemuel Elon, b. 9 Aug., 1845 ; d. 31 Oct., 1866.
Harriet Cordelia, b. 9 Dec, 1848 ; m. 9 Dec, 1868, Her-
man Walterford Snow, son of Thomas and Caroline (Wilbur)
Snow, of Russelville, Ky., b. 9 Dec, 1848.
Extract from Congressional Directory — 52d Congress :
Herman W. Snow, of Sheldon, Ills., was born in LaPorte co., Ind., July,
3, 1836 ; was brought up in Ky., until he was 13 years old; worked on a
farm 5 years ; educated himself ; taught school several years ; was admitted
to the bar ; enlisted as a private in the 139th III. Volunteer Infantry ; served
in His., Mo. and Ky., and rose to the rank of Captain ; after expiration of
enlistment re-enlisted in the 151st 111. Infantry, and rose to the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel ; served in many of the Southern States, and was Pro-
vost-Marshal-General of Georgia on Major-General Steedman's staff ; was
with his regiment when Brigadier-General Wofford surrendered 10,400 Con-
federate troops to Steedman at Kingston, Ga. ; at the expiration of service,
resumed teaching in the Chicago High School for 3 years ; was elected to
the Ills, legislature ; traveled extensively in the U. S, ; studied Latin, Greek
and French; was elected to the 53d Congress as a Democrat, receiving
15,427 votes, against 14,480 votes for Lewis E. Payson, Republican, and
793 votes for O. W. Stewart, Prohibitionist, and 93 votes scattering. Was
elected Sergeant at arms of the 53d Congress, and served two years and a
half.
Children of Herman W. and Harriet C. (Danforth) Snow :
1. Katherine Florence Snow, b. 20 Sept., 1869 ; m. 29 Jan.,
1902, Hibbard Osborne Davis, only son of Mr. W. O.
Davis, of Bloomington, 111. ; he is managing editor of
the Bloomington Pantagraph.
2. Lemuel Danforth Snow, b. 20 April, 1873 ; m. 5 Oct.,
1898, Virgie Minerva, dau. of Barton Bishopp, b. 13
March, 1874.
3. George Frederick Snow, b. 30 April, 1876.
4. Portia Snow, b. 11 July, 1888.
V. Caroline Henkel, b. 5 June, 1854; m. 24 May, 1877, Zorah
E. Patrick, M.D., of Chicago, 111.
Children of Zorah E. and Caroline H. (Danforth) Patrick :
1. Gertrude Genevieve Patrick, b. 6 Nov., 1879.
2. Cordelia Patrick, b. 10 Jan., 1881.
vi. Catherine May, b. 12 June, 1860; m. in 1880, Leicester S.
Rupert. Ch: Emily Rush Rupert, b. 18 Nov., 1881.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 195
174.
Henry Williams^ {Benjamin,^ Elijah^^ Thomas^* Samuel^^
Samuel,'^ Nicholas^), born in Nassau, N. Y., 14 Jan., 1823;
married 24 Jan., 1844, Mariah, daughter of John and Sarah (Why-
land) Peck, born in Poestenkill, N. Y., 18 Dec, 1823. She died
30 July, 1901. Residence, Troy, N. Y.
Children :
i. Emma Philotte,* b. 25 Sept., 1846 ; m. 5 July, 1887, Forestus
Darwin Emerson, a native of Chelmsford. Child : Rebecca
Darwin Emerson, d. in infancy. Residence, Glens Falls, N. Y.
ii. Henry Williams, b. 26 Oct., 1848.
304. iii. Lysander Benjamin, b. 13 Feb., 1854.
iv. Mary Agnes, b. 31 May, 1856; a school teacher.
V. Susan J., b. 25 July, 1858 ; d. 22 March, 1860.
vi. Harriet Jones, b. 14 Aug., 1860 ; m, 10 May, 1887, Lindley
Willis, son of James C. and Lois (Eastman) Dean, b. in Ver-
gennes, Vt. Residence, Fitchburg.
Children :
1. Warren Danforth Dean, d. in infancy.
2. Danforth J. Dean, d. in infancy.
3. Henry Danforth Dean, b. 15 May, 1895.
vii. Ida Baldwin, b. 18 Oct., 1864.
176.
John' (^amuel,^ John^^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nich-
olas^),horn at Norwich, Conn., 15 Nov., 1798 ; died 3 Nov., 1878 ;
married first, 9 Nov., 1822, Mercy Metcalf, born in 1803, died 15
March, 1860. He married second, in Nov., 1861, in Salem, Colum-
biana CO., Mrs. Rebecca Kinnsman ; she died 24 Jan., 1863. He
resided till 1834 at Litchfield, then in New York, and then at Ells-
worth, O.
Children :
i. Lucy E.,^ b. 13 April, 1824; m. first, in Goshen, Mahbning Co.,
O.. 27 June, 1848 (his second wife), Humphrey Owen, b. in
1799 ; d. 24 Jan., 1863 ; m. second, 29 March, 1865, O. F,
Matthews.
Children of Humphrey and Lucy E. (Danforth) Owen :
1. George Hull Owen, b. 16 May, 1849.
2. William Walter Owen, ], f,. •llfi'l
8. Walter William Owen, ) ' ^ '
4. Charles Albert Owen, b. 4 Aug., 1853.
5. John Danforth Owen, b. 8 Aug., 1855.
The above were burnt to death 12 March, 1860.
6. Gyrus Reuben Oiven, b. 14 T)ec., 1857 ; res. Diamond, 0.
7. Thomas Edwin Owen, b. 2 March, 1860.
196 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
8. Martha Ellen Owen, b. 12 June, 1862, u. 13 Oct., 1878 ;
m. 1 July, 1878, John Diehl.
CliUd of O. F. and Lucy E. (Danforth) (Owen)
Matthews :
1, Alice Wilhelmina Matthews, b, 19 March, 1867 ;
m. Geo. Eschurode ; res. Trumbull Co., 0.
ii. Sarah E., b. 6 Oct., 1825 ; d. 21 Dec, 1857 ; m. James Arm-
strong (on old homestead, Ellsworth).
Children of James and Sarah E. (Danforth) Armstrong:
1. Fi^ed H. Armstrong, b. in 1854.
2. Mary E. Armstrong, b. 10 June, 1855 ; m. 8 July, 1873,
Richard N. Quay, of Salem, Columbiana Co., O., b.
1 May, 1854. Ch. : (1) William Alexander Quay,
b. 10 June, 1874; (2) John Hammond Quay, b. 13
Feb., 1876; (3) Joseph Howard Quay, b. 9 Aug.,
1878; (4) Melvin Roy Quay, b. 19 June, 1882; (5)
Ella Jane Quay, b. 20 March, 1884.
3. Jared H. Armstrong, b. in 1857 ; res. Patmos.
iii. George H., b. 13 June, 1827, d. 3 Nov., 1833.
305. iv. Samuel C, b. 20 July, 1829.
V. William, b. 10 Aug., 1832 ; d. 25 Sept., 1833.
vi. Harriet M.,b. 21 Aug., 1834; m. Napoleon Piatt. He is dead.
She res. 175 W. McCarthy St., Indianapolis.
vii. Edwin, b. 27 March, 1837 ; lives with his bro.-in-law, James
Armstrong, on old homestead, Ellsworth.
viii. Phebe, b. 19 June, 1839 ; d. 30 July, 1874; m. Wm. H. Cattell,
tel. operator, Mattoon, HI. Ch. : 1. George Cattell ; 2. How-
ard Cattell ; 3. Deborah Cattell.
ix. Hannah E., b. 1 April, 1842 ; d. 10 Oct., 1843.
X. John D., b. 14 Oct., 1845 ; d. 14 May, 1864 ; in 125 Reg. Ohio
Vols, in Sherman's march to the sea ; kUled in battle.
•
178.
Joseph H.'' {Joseph,^ Tliomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,'^ Nicholas'), born at Jaffrey, N. H., 19 Nov., 1787; died
30 Dec, 1870; lived some time in Chester, Vt. ; removed to
Wethersfield, Vt., where his children were all born. He married,
21 March, 1816, Margaret O'Brien, born in Schenectady, N. Y.,
18 Jan., 1793, died in 1883.
Children :
i. Franklin,^ b. 9 May, 1817 ; d. 9 May, 1817.
306. ii. James D., b. 20 Nov., 1818.
iii. Charles M., b. 31 March, 1821 ; d. 14 Feb., 1852.
iv. George, b. 23 June, 1823 ; d. 23 July, 1823.
V. Louisa C, b. 12 Feb., 1825 ; now resides at Wethersfield Bow.
She took charge of the postoffice in 1851, was commissioned
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 197
Post Mistress in May, 1852, and filled the office with the appro-
\al of the Department and the confidence and praise of her
neighbors ^/?/>5/ years, resigning in Sept., 1901. [See Boston
Globe, Sept. 21, 1901.]
vi. Sarah E., b. 15 March, 1827; m. 25 Dec, 1851, Joseph B.
Richardson, of Northtield, Vt.
Children of Joseph B. and Sarah E. (Danforth) Richard-
son :
1. Mary L. Richardson, b. 9 Dec, 1852.
2. Harriet. E. Richardson, b. 12 April, 1854; d. 4
Aug., 1861.
3. Katharine D. Richardson, b. 12 March, 1868.
vii. Franklin, b. 13 Aug., 1829 ; d. 16 July, 1859.
viii. William H., b. 2 Nov., 1831 ; d. 28 Nov., 1843.
ix. Margaret A., b. 12 Dec, 1834; d. 21 Sept., 1861.
179.
Thomas' {Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^
Nicholas'), born at Sprino-field, Vt., 20 Oct., 1788 ; died 31 May,
1857 ; married, 12 Oct., 1814, Hannah Amanda Sterne, born in
Clareraont, N. H., 25 Sept., 1797, died 10 May, 1869, in Boston.
Children :
307. i. Thomas HENRY,^b. in Claremont, 12 Aug., 1815 ; d. in Boston,
1 Aug., 1877.
308. ii. Charles Frederick, b. in Claremont, 12 Feb., 1817; d. 28
Aug., 1863.
309. iii. William Mortimer, b. in Woodstock, 17 Dec, 1819 ; d. 7 May,
1884.
iv. Helen Maria, b. in Woodstock, 12 March, 1822; d. 16 Aug.,
1883; m. first, Francis Carr Germon ; m. second, Geo. F. H.
Youngs, of N. Y.
V. Mary Ann, b. in Woodstock, 18 June, 1824; d. in Woodstock,
7 Oct., 1825.
vi. Mary Louisa, b. in Woodstock, 8 June, 1826 ; m. 19 Dec, 1841,
James M., son of James and Mary (Curtis) Stevens, of Rye,
N. H., b. in Boston, 22 May, 1821.
Children of James M. and Mary Louisa (Danforth)
Stevens :
1. George Edward Stevens, b. in Boston, 30 March,
1842; d. 11 Aug., 1843.
2. Harriet Stevens, b. 4 April, 1845 ; m. (1)7 June,
1866, Charles O., son of Albert and Susan Ed-
wards, b. in Boston in 1844. She m. (2) 7 June,
1877, Eugene A., son of Samuel and Mary Jack-
son, b, in West Roxbury, 1837.
3. Caroline Trowbridge Stevens^ b. 24 June, 1850 ; d.
3 March, 1852.
198 DAKFORTH GENEALOGY.
4. Helen Louisa Stevens, b, 10 March, 1853.
5. Caroline Goodman Stevens, b. 20 Sept., 1859 ; d. 1
Oct., 1859.
6. Charles Henry Stevens, b. 7 March, 1861 ; m. 5
March, 1884, Jenny Gibbs, b. in Bath, Me,
310. vii. George Alexakder, b. in Woodstock, 17 Aug., 1828.
311. viii. Edward Warren, b. in Woodstock, 28 Aug., 1830; d. in
Boston, 6 July, 1882.
ix. Emeline, b, in Woodstock, 27 Nov., 1832 ; married first, Ed-
ward W. Delaney, (son of William), born in Cambridge.
Children : 1. Edward Curtis Bailey Delaney, b. in Boston,
11 Feb., 1854; 2. Julia Delaney, b. 17 June, 1856; 3, James
Henry Delaney, b. 7 May, 1858 ; 4. Eugene Delaney. Mr.
Delaney died in 1831. She married second, John Block, of
New York City ; she d. 27 Nov., 1832.
179a..
John Warren^ {Joseph,^ Thomas," Thomas,* Jonathan^^
Jonathan,"" Nicholas^), born in Wethersfield, Vt., 10 May, 1811 ;
died 10 Aug., 1875; married, 26 Jan., 1847, Mary, daughter of
Henderson and Bethiah (Nesbitt) Gaylord, of Plymouth, Pa., bom
23 Sept., 1826.
He removed first to Tolland, Conn., then to Buffalo, N. Y ; then,
about 1836, to Hartford, Conn., and resided there.
He and his brother William H. formed a partnership as whole-
sale grocers, which lasted until the death of the latter, after which
he conducted the business alone.
Children (two eldest died in infancy) :
i. Ella,^ b. 4 Aug., 1850 ; resides in Hartford,
ii. Kate, b. 17 Sept., 1853 ; d. 29 July, 1860.
iii. Mary, b. 23 Aug., 1862 ; m. 14 Jan., 1891, Charles Austin,
son of Henry and Anna (Church) Pease, of Hartford, Conn.,
b. 6 Oct., 1857.
311-1. iv. Joseph Warren, b. 30 March, 1866; moved to New York
City in 1897 ; member of the firm of Simpson & Hendee,
grain dealers, and member of the N. Y. Produce Exchange ;
m. 10 Oct., 1898, Maude Hough Welles, dau. of Harmon
and Julia (Lane) Hough, of San Francisco, Cal.
Child :
John Warren^ b. 9 Oct., 1899.
1796.
William Huntington^ {Joseph, ^ Thomas^, Thomas,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^),* born in Wethersfield, Vt., in Sept.
1812 ; died in Hartford, Conn., in Dec. 1860 ; married Sarah Willey.
* This article corrects the statement on page 114.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 199
Children :
i, Georoe,^ b. about 1841 ; res. at Scranton, Pa.
ii. Edward, b. about 1845; became a clergyman; at one time
missionary and agent on Indian reservation ; later res. in
New York city.
180.
Stearns^ (John,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan^ Jonatlian^^
Nicliolas^^, born in Billerica about 1798; married first, Lydia,
daughter of Jotham Blood. He married second, April 28, 1833,
Sophronia Gould, of Charlestowu. He resided successively at
Concord, Woburu, Charlestown and Billerica, as w^e learn from
the records of his sons' marriages and from deeds of land ; was
"of Lowell " in 1833, and " of Charlestown " in 1834.
He sold, 1 Jan., 1834, "part of the homestead farm of Jotham
Blood, late of Concord, being that part which was set off as the
portion of his eldest daughter Lydia Blood."
Children :
311«. i. Amariah,^ b. "at Concord" about 1819.
312. ii. Edwin S., b. " at Woburn " about 1840.
313. iii. Robert H., b. "at Charlestown" in 1833.
314. iv. Albert H., b. about 1835 "in Billerica."
181.
Silas^ (JoAw,® Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born in Billerica, 8 Feb., 1800; died in Little Falls,
N. Y., 7 May, 1847 ; married, 21 Dec, 1826, at Enfield, N. H.,
by Rev. Mr. Cowles, Alpa, daughter of John and Dolly (Coch-
ran) Bean, born in Enfield, N. H., 13 Feb., 1804, died at Eaton,
N. Y., 8 Feb., 1872.
Children :
i. Hester Ann,^ b. in Enfield, 21 Nov., 1827 ; d. in Eaton, N. Y.,
4 Dec, 1866 ; m. in June, 1864, Casimir Pardoe, b. in Paris,
France ; resides at Eaton, N. Y.
Child :
Arthur Milton Pardoe, b. 12 Sept., 1866; a druggist at
Cortland, N. Y.
ii. PniLOSSA Marie, b. in Enfield, N. H., 1 Oct., 1829; d. in
Eaton, N. Y., 24 Nov., 1877.
iii. Susan Amerilla, b. in Lyndon, Vt., 14- Nov., 1831 ; m. at
Hamilton, N. Y., 28 May,' 1854, Henry Clark Palmer.
200 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children of Henry C. and Susan A. (Danforth) Palmer :
1. Henry Danforth Palmer, b. at Eaton, N. Y.. 27 May,
1855 ; proprietor of hotel at Monmouth, 111.
2. William Wallace Palmer, b. 22 April, 1857 ; a mer-
chant at Eaton.
3. Cora S. Palmer, b. 2 July, 1858 ; m. at West Eaton,
1 Sept., 1881, Charles Fuller Clark, a physician at
Dunlap, la.
Child : Mildred Clark, b. 8 Dec, 1882.
4. Ephrai7n Clark Palmer, b. 19 June, 1860.
5. Waller V. Palmer, b. 15 June, 1870.
iv. Elvira Rachel, b. in Kirby, Vt., 14 Aug., 1833; m. 3 June,
1855, William Robert Dellow, b. 2 April, 1834; res. Mara-
thon, N. Y. ; cabinet maker.
Children of Wm. R. and Elvira R. (Danforth) Dellow:
1. Frank Sidney Be/low, b, 7 Dec, 1857 ; m. 12 Oct.,
1881, Susan Ogden, b. in 1856. .
Child : Frank Ogden Dellow.
2. Frederick S. Dellow, h. 8 Oct., 1859.
3. Harriet L. Delloio, b. 9 May, 1869.
V. Matilda Mercy, b. in Kirby, Vt., 9 July, 1835; d. in East
Saginaw, Mich., 23 March, 1879 ; m. in Hamilton, N. Y.,
12 Sept., 1854, Erastus Fisk Wellington, son of Fisk W, of
West Eaton, N. Y. ; res, in East Saginaw, Mich. ; salesman.
Children of Erastus Fisk and Matilda Mercy (Danforth)
Wellington :
1. Charles Erastus Wellington, b. 20 Aug., 1855 ; m.
in East Saginaw, 12 Jan., 1880, Ettie Gibbs,
b. in Detroit, Mich,, in 1856.
Child : Earl Wellington Gibbs, b. at East Sa-
ginaw, 7 Dec, 1882.
2. Alice Jane Wellington, b. in Hamilton, 25 March,
1859.
315. vi. Silas Lorenzo, b. at Root, N. Y.. 28 Sept., 1838.
vii. Helena Agnes, b. in Glen, N. Y., 30 June, 1840 : m. in Cin-
cinnatus, Cortland co., 5 Sept., 1874, Andrew II. AVhitmarsh,
b. in Smithville, Chenango co., N. Y. ; res. Cortland.
Children of Andrew H. and Helena Agnes (Danforth)
Whitmarsh :
1. Mahel S. Whitmarsh, b. in AVillitt, 10 Aug., 1875.
2. Ira Danforth Whitmarsh, b. in Cortland, 14 Aug.,
1878.
3. Arthur Earl Whitmarsh, b. in Cortland, 14 Nov.,
1880.
4. Harry P. Whitmarsh, b. in Cortland, 30 Oct., 1883 ;
d. 23 May, 1884.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 201
viii. Melissa Frances, b. at St. Johnsville, N, Y., 21 March, 1843 ;
d. 2 April, 1843.
ix. Julia Augusta, b. 1 March, 1844; m. first, at Eaton, N. Y.,
in 1867, Sylvester, son of David and Phebe (Lucas) Gilmore,
b. 11 April, 1820. He was a mechanic ; resided at Oriskany
Falls, Oneida co., N. Y. She m. second, Lucas. Resi-
dence (1893), Topeka, Kansas.
Children of Sylvester and Julia Augusta (Danforth) Gil-
more :
1. Derivood Sylvester Gilmore, b. 12 Nov., 1868.
2. Norman Lynn Gilmore, b. 26 Feb., 1872.
3. Howard Danforth Gilmore, b. 14 March, 1876.
4. Reba Evelina Gilmore, b. 19 March, 1878.
316. X. Milton Emery, b. 7 Aug., 1846, at Little Falls.
182.
Benjamin Franklin' (Thomas,^ Thomas,'^ Thomas,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 11 April, 1801; died 15
April, 1887 ; married 15 May, 1828, Lydia, daughter of Jonathan
and Lydia (Dow) Cass, of Candia, N. H., born 14 Sept., 1801,
died 28 July, 1888. He resided at Riudge, N. H. : was a farmer;
captain of "The Rindge and JafFrey Cavalry Company " four years.
Children :
317. i. Benjamin Franklin,'' b. 10 Feb., 1826.
ii. Abigail Davis, b. 3 May, 1835 ; m. Dexter Dickinson, of
Keene, N. H., since res. at Aurora, 111.
Children of Dexter and Abigail Davis (Danforth) Dickinson :
1. Cora Frances Dickinson.
2. Charles Dickinson.
3. Edward Dickinson.
iii. Lydia Ann, b. 21 June, 1836; d, 14 April, 1884 ; m. at Fitch-
burg, 25 March, 1863, Charles Sumner Walton, a miller, of
Rindge, N. H., b. at New Ipswich, N. H., 3 April, 1837.
Children of Charles S. and Lydia A. (Danforth) Walton:
1. William Henry Walton, b. 10 Aug., 1866; m. 20
Sept., 1886, Harriet Angus, of Worcester.
2. Harriet Amanda Walton, b. 29 Dec, 1869 ; m. Frank
Farmer of Princeton.
3. Ellen Frances Walton, b. 4 Aug., 1874; d. 1 Jan.,
1875.
4. Herbert Dexter Walton, b. 24 Oct., 1876.
iv. Irene Amanda, b. 26 Oct., 1840 ; m. James Emery Carr, b. 30
Dec, 1833, son of Emery and Abby (Rice) Carr ; res. New
Ipswich, N. H., near Rindge line, where he has a sawmill.
202 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
183.
John' (Thomas,^ Thornas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Mcholas'), born at Eindge, N. H., 3 March, 1806 ; died 22 Sept.,
1843, at Lowell; married Sophia Haynes, of Waltham. She sur-
vived her husband ; was appointed guardian of her children Charles,
" aged 7," and Mary Ellen, " aged 5," Dec. 2, 1845. She died in
Oct., 1873.
Children :
318. i. Charles Henry,* b. 24 Aug., 1839.
ii. Mary Ellen, b. in 1841 ; d. 28 July, 1860 ; m. George Bailey,
of St. Johnsbiiry.
iii. Sophia.
184.
Jonathan'' {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,"^ jSficholas* ), horn in Hollis, N. H., 27 July, 1772;
died in spring of 1854 " aged 84 " ; married 2 Feb., 1797, Mary or
Polly Sinclair, who died about 1819. Removed to Danville, Vt.
Children. (" They had twelve ") :
Jonathan."^
Ebenezer, b. 1802.
James, b. 3 July, 1805.
Matilda, m. Richard Hawley ; res. Elkhart, Ind.
Cynthia, m. Hiram Houghton.
Chester.
Betsey, m. Lyman Harvey, Barnet, Vt.
viii. Harriet, m. Owen White ; they had four children, one of whom,
Harriet, m. Curtis Woods ; res. Barnet, Vt.
322. ix. Calvin.
184«.
Leonard' {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,"" Nicholas'), born 9 April, 1777; died 9 Feb., 1850;
married Mary, daughter of William and (Campbell) Henry,
born 11 Sept., 1780.
Children, all born in Danville :
333a. i. Leonard,* b. 24 Aug., 1801.
ii. Lewis, b. 19 Feb., 1803 ; m. Mary Judkins.
iii. Mary, b. 22 May, 1805 ; m. John Sargent,
iv. Betsey, b. 21 April, 1809 ; d. early.
V. Betsey, b. 7 March, 1811 ; m. first, Jason Eaton Judkins, son of
James and Betsey (Bowers), b. 26 June, 1811; d. 9 March,
1869. She m. second, Gray.
319.
i.
320.
ii.
321.
iii.
iv.
V.
vi.
vii
DA>nFORTH GENEALOGY. 203
Children of Jason Eaton and Betsey (Danfortli) Judkins:
1. 3Iary J. Judkins, b. 23 Oct., 1840; m. 2 March,
1867, William, son of Peter and Margaret (Lor-
ing) Lindsay.
2. Hai-vey D. Judkins, b. 8 May, 1843 ; m. May, 1866,
Narcissa, dau. of Royal Scott ; she d. 12 March,
1886.
3. Ellen M. Judkins, b. 28 Oct., 1845 ; m. 28 Oct., 1866,
William Smith.
4. James Judkins, m. Delia Miller.
5. Drury A. Judkins, b. 8 Dec, 1849 ; d. 23 Feb., 1887 ;
m. Emma Heath.
6. John M. Judkins, b. 31 July, 1851 ; m. 15 Nov., 1875,
Dorothy Harney, dau. of Peter Harney.
7. George C. Judkins, b. 30 Dec, 1853 ; d. 29 June,
1879 ; m, 1874, Anna Noyes.
8. Martha 1. Judkins, b. 9 Nov., 1857; m. 25 Dec,
1886, Edw. L. Farrer.
9. Miranda A. Judkins, b. 3 Aug., 1859; m. 11 Oct.,
1881, John D. Lang, son of John and Nancy
(Somers) Lang.
vi. Louisa, b. 29 Jan., 1813 ; m. Col. Wm. Harrison Harris,
3225. vii. Albert Griswold, b. 31 Dec, 1814.
viii. Florinda Morse, b. 15 Jan., 1817; m. 14 April, 1842, Alvin,
son of John and Cynthia (Chamberlin) Bolton, b. at Danville,
14 Jan., 1817, d. 13 Feb., 1862.
Children of Alvin and Florinda M. (Danforth) Bolton :
1. Henry D. Bolton, b. 31 May, 1844 ; m. (1) Hannah
Flanders, dau. of Royal and Hannah (Jacobs)
Blodgett, b. 1843, d. 25 Feb., 1878. He m. (2) 3
Nov., 1880, Jane L., dau. of John and Janette
(Leitch) Adams, b. 7 July, 1844.
2. Eugene P. Bolton, b. 11 Sept., 1846; m. at Osaka,
Minn., 9 April, 1872, Lillian Culver, b. Brooklyn,
N. Y.
3. Ahby W. Bolton, b. 14 May, 1849 ; m. 17 Aug., 1872,
Richard W. Haynes.
4. Martin S. Bolton, b. 9 June, 1855 ; m. 3 July, 1879,
Helen S., dau. of Orin and Randilla (Wheeler)
Brown.
ix. Henry Cammell, b. 14 Jan., 1819 ; m. Irene Dearborn.
322c. X. Harvey Blanchard, b. 20 Jan., 1821.
xi. DiANTHE Jane, b. 20 Dec, 1823 ; m. George Corser.
185.
Captain David' {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Hollis, N. H., 15 May,
204 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
1779 ; died about 1832-3 ; resided at Fort Covington, Franklin
ec, N. Y. ; married Paulina (Polly) Richmond, born about 1807 ;
died in 1886.
Children :
i. Nancy Maria,* m. George Bremmer, of Alburg, Grand Isle cc,
Vt. ; d. in 1889 in bis 90th year ; went first to Bombay
(Franklin co.), N, Y., then to Brasher (St. Lawrence co.),
then to Plover ( Portage co.), Wis. She d. in 1886 in her 79th
year.
Children of George and Nancy M. (Danforth) Bremmer:
1. Adelia Bremmer, m. Burns, res. Bombay
(Franklin co.), N. Y.
2. George D. Bremmer, drowned («. 25) in Wisconsin
river.
3. William Wallace Bremmer, A. (ae. 25) of consumption.
4. Sheridan Oscar Bremmer, res. Plover, Wis.
5. Adelia Bremmer.
6. Clara Eudora Bremmer, m. B. F. Felch, atty. at
law, Valentine, Neb. Ch. : Mrs. Ella U. Rowley,
of Kennedy, Neb., and Mr. P. G. Felch, of Edge-
mont, So. Dak.
7. James Alexander Bremmer, m. ; res. Stevens
Plains, Wis.
8. Helen Elizabeth Bremmer, m. A. McAulay.
9. ( Julius.
10. ( Juliet.
ii. Richmond.
iii. Caroline, m. Brodwell.
iv. Alzina (Alsinah), m. Cowen, res. Rhinelander, Wis.
V. David.
vi. Clarissa, m. Col. J. S. Albou ; died ; both buried in Plover
cemetery,
vii. Henry.
viii. George.
ix. Delilah Paulina, m. Hall, res. Menosa, Winnebago co.,
Wis.
186.
Luther'^ {Jonathan,^ Jonathan^^ Jonathan^* Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan,^ Nicholas'), born 23 Oct., 1781; died 4 April, 1857;
married 14 June, 1807, Henrietta Ellsworth, born 1 May, 1786,
died 2 April, 1841. Three of his sons became ministers and two
daughters married ministers. Residence, Fort Covington, N. Y.
Children :
i. Harriet,* b. 12 April, 1808; d. 11 June, 1847; m. 26 Dec,
1830, Cornelius Stafford.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 206
Children of Cornelius and Harriet (Danforth) Stafford:
1. Cortland Calvin Stafford.
2. Henry Stafford.
3. Emily Stafford.
4. Adeline Stafford.
ii. Calvin, b. 28 Nov., 1809 ; became a clero^ymau ; d, iu Florida,
15 May, 1839.
iu. Emily Susan, b. 26 July, 1811 ; d. 30 Jan., 1830.
iv. Paulina, b. 7 March, 1813 ; m. 21 Aug., 1832, Rev. George C.
Woodruff.
Children of George C. and Paulina (Danforth) Woodruff:
1. Elizabeth J. Woodrvff, b. 25 Feb., 1837.
2. Leroy E. Woodruff, b. 13 Oct., 1839.
3. Mary J. Woodruff b. 18 April, 18—.
4. Gertrude S. Woodruff, b. 16 Aug., 1850.
5. George H. Woodruff, b. 15 Oct., 1853.
V. Betsey Rebecca, b. 12 March, 1815; d. 1 June, 1884; m.
31 May, 1838, Rev. Thomas Richey ; he d. 10 July, 1892.
Children of Thomas and Betsey Rebecca (Danforth) Richey :
1. Calvin Danforth Richey, b. 16 May, 1839.
2. James Melvin Richey, b. 29 July, 1842.
3. Thomas Melville Richey, b. 22 Nov., 1843.
4. Elizabeth Embury Richey, b. 17 June, 1846; resides in
Watertown, N. Y.
5. William Wilbur Richey, b. 27 Dec, 1848.
6. Harriet Alice Richey, b. 14 Sept., 1855.
vi. Elvira, b. 3 June, 1817, d. 1 Oct., 1865; m. 7 Feb., 1841,
Charles P. Winters.
Children of Charles P. and Elvira (Danforth) Winters:
1. Mary Louisa Winters, b. 13 March, 1842.
2. George W. Wi?i(ers, b. 29 March, 1847.
3. Horace Melvin Winters, b. 12 July. 1850.
4. Harriet Ada Winters, b. 9 July, 1853.
323. vii. Luther Warren, b. 17 Sept., 1819.
viii. Maria Susan, b. 7 April, 1822, d. 1872 ? ; m. 7 July, 1842,
Solon Broadwell.
324. ix. Albon James, b. 7 Aug., 1824.
825. X. Horace Melvin, b. 8 Nov., 1828.
326. xi. Stanley Faber, b. 12 Aug., 1829.
187.
AsA^ (^Jonathan,^ Jonathan," Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan^
Nicholas"), born in Hollis, N. H., U Oct., 1785; married Mir-
anda Richmond.
Children :
i. Albert.*
ii. Sophia.
206 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
188.
Eli^ {David,^ Jonathmi,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan^*
Nicholas^), boru Washington, N. H., 27 Oct., 1773 ; married Mrs.
Lodema Bryant. No children.
189.
Israel^ {David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born in Washington, N. H., 25 June, 1775; died at
Norridgewock, Me., 14 Aug., 1855; married 16 Jan., 1806,
Sarah, daughter of David and Abigail (Brigham) Waite, born in
Marlboro', Mass., 4 Feb., 1782; died at Norridgewock, 2 Jan.,
1866. He was a saddler and tavern keeper. Removed from Wash-
ington, N. H., to Norridgewock, Me., in 1803.
His wife, Sally Waite, had resided in Groton, and went thence to
Norridgewock at the age of 18, accompanying a family of the name
of Loring. The long journey was made on horseback, the women
and children seated on pillions behind the men. Much of the way
was by bridle paths where there were no roads. They carried their
provisions and encamped at night, or found shelter in the log cabin
of a solitary settler. They settled first at Solon on the Kennebec,
but soon went back to Norridgewock. Here the young Sally, with
characteristic energy, supported herself by housework, spinning and
teaching school. For the marriage, in 1806, the bridal trousseau
was spun and woven by the bride's own hands from flax raised in the
neighborhood. Fine linen undergarments, the products of her skill,
are still preserved in the family, and the diapered tablecloths still in
use. The young couple built for themselves a house, and in 1814
opened a hotel which for 60 years was famed far and wade for its
tidy rooms, its good beds, and its neat and wholesome cookery.
Many a tired traveler has lengthened his day's ride to reach that de-
sirable place of rest. Of the eleven children ten reached mature
age. Industry and economy were habitual, and books and schools
were considered of first importance. It is told of one of the daugh-
ters that she was once (probably often) seen stirring with one hand
the roasting coffee, and the other holding an open scientific book,
while the baby sat contented in her lap. Home-made garments,
stockings, blankets, carpets, were produced without shoddy from
wool raised on the premises. Integrity and uprightness were taught
by precept and example, and prosperity and the respect of the com-
munity followed as a natural result.
Children :
i. Hannah,8 b. 16 Sept., 1806 ; d. 4 Nov., 1870.
ii. Sarah, b. 1 Dec, 1807 ; d. 26 May, 1875.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 207
iii. Martha, b. 11 April, 1809 ; d. 26 Oct., 1890.
iv. David, b. 17 March, 1811 ; d. 17 Jan., 1884.
327. V. Isaac, b. 20 Nov., 1812.
328. vi. Charles, b. 1 Aug., 1815.
329. vii. Franklin, b. 16 .luly, 1817.
viii. Calvin, b. 26 April, 1819 ; m. Emma Davis,
ix. Emily, b. 5 Feb., 1821.
X. Julia, b. 14 March, 1823; d. 18 July, 1838.
xi. George, b. 8 Feb., 1825 ; d. 27 Sept., 1826.
190.
David^ {David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas'), born at Washington, N. H., 25 April, 1779; lived
with his father on the place where he was born. Married, 12 Dec.,
1804, Eleanor Haynes, of Washington. He died in Claremont,
N. H.
Children :
i. David,^ b. 18 Feb., 1811 ; went south.
ii. Hepsey (Hepzibah), b. in Oct., 1806 ; m. Thomas D. Brooks of
Alstead, N. H.
191.
Jonathan^ {David, ^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Joyiathan,'^ Jo-
nathan,^ Nicholas'), born in Washington, N. H., 13 Feb., 1783 ;
died 26 Nov., 1863; married first, "4 April, 1805, Martha C.
(" Patty ") Barney, born about 1780 ; died aged 47, 27 July, 1827.
Spent his life in his native town.
He married second, Anna, daughter of Nathaniel Draper, born
25 Jan., 1784; died 10 Feb., 1875.
Children :
i. Hannah,^ d. 10 days old.
ii. Hannah, b. 22 April, 1803 ; m. in 1833 Samuel S. Cook of
Bradford, N. H. ; he d. in 1872.
iii. David, d. young,
iv. Martha, b. 7 Feb., 1814 ; m. Joseph Parsons Hoyt of Waltham,
Mass., b. 12 Sept., 1813.
V. Sarah, b. 4 Oct., 1817 ; m. Harvey M. Bowman of Newport, b.
8 July, 1818.
vi. Jonathan Newell, b. 1 Feb., 1819 ; d. in Sept., 1846.
vii. Isaac Newton, b. 31 March, 1821 ; d. in Providence, 25 Oct.,
1846.
192.
Isaac'' {David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas'), born 10 Sept., 1785; (his gravestone at Mt. Auburn
208 DANrORTH GENEALOGY.
says 1789) ; died at Concord, N. H., in 1862 ; married at Concord,
N. H., 26 Oct., 1815 (intention at Boston 28 Sept., 1815), Dolly
Hutchins of Concord, born in 1790, died in 1857. He was many
years a wholesale grocer in Boston, removing his residence in 1854
to Concord, N. H., where he died. In the war of 1812 was a
member of Boston Light Infantry, on duty at Fort Strong, now
Fort Warren.
Children :
330. i. James Hutchins,* b. in Boston, 7 July, 1817.
331. ii. George Frankuin, b. in Boston, 15 July, 1819.
ill. Elizabeth Jane, b. iu Boston, 9 July, 1821 ; d. 4 Sept., 1823.
332. iv. Isaac Warren, b. about 1826.
333. V. Charles Hutchins, b. 16 July [1825].
192«.
Aaron^ (^Benjamin,^ JBenjamm,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jo-
natha7i,^ Nicholas^), born [in Tewksbury] 10 Dec, 1779; mar-
ried 5 Feb., 1805, Sarah, daughter of Timothy and Susanna
[Mary] (Sanders) Crosby, of Billerica, and there made his home.
Resided in the ancient " garrison house " since owned by James
Fletcher. He removed to Hallowell, Me., and there died 22 March,
1872, at the home of his son, George H. The wife died 2 Jan.,
1858.
Children :
i. Sarah, b. 27 June, 1805 ; m. 15 March, 1829, Varnum Waugh,
of Roxbury ; d. in Sept., 1864. Varnum Waugh, b. 3 April,
1803, d. 30 Dec, 1880. Res. Billerica.
Children of Varnum and Sarah (Danforth) Waugh ;
1. Almira Spaidding Barher Waugh, b. 17 June, 1832 ;
m. 4 April, 1855, Moses Albert, son of Moses Hatch
and Charlotte ( Cahoon) Swift, b. in Taunton, 4 April,
1832.
2. Sylvester Danforth Waugh, b. 19 April, 1834; m. 3
June, 1860, Sarah A. Scott, b. at St. Croix, N. S.
383a. ii. Aaron, b. 17 Oct., 1807 ; lived in Portland, Me. ; m. EUzabeth
S., dau. of Nathaniel and Annie (Mitchell) Cobb., b. in P., 8
Oct., 1813 ; d. 16 March, 1877.
iii. Sylvester, b. 29 Sept., 1809 ; d. 21 June, 1833.
334. iv. Charles, b. 27 Dec, 1811.
V. Mary Ann, b. 10 Aug., 1814; m. 30 Nov., 1837, David C
Webber, of Halifax, N. S. ; d. 20 April, 1848.
Children of David C. and Mary A. (Danforth) Webber:
1. Lucy Ann Webber, d. in childhood.
2. Harriet Maria Webber, d. in childhood.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 209
vi. Susan Crosby, b. 6 Nov., 1816; m. Nathaniel Webber Hastings
of Roxbury, b. 3 Jan., 1817, son of Josepli and Melinda
(Livermore) Hastings. Residence, Tannton.
Children of Nathaniel W. and Susan C. (Danforth) Hastings:
1. Francis Bernard Hastings, b. 8 Feb., 1845.
2. Joseph Henry Hastings, b. 18 March, 1847 ; m. 12
June, 1872, Sarah Ann, dau. of Thomas and Sarah
Ann (Burley) Reynolds, b. 30 April, 1845.
3. Susan Hastings, b. 18 Feb., 1852.
4. Frances Almira Hastings, b. 17 June, 1855 ; m. 7
Sept., 1878, Samuel Adams, son of James Granville
and Julia (Adams) Young, b. 10 Jan., 1852.
5. Lvcy Ann Hastings, b. 3 May, d. 6 Oct., 1857.
6. William Hastings, b. 31 Aug., 1859, d. 21 Aug., 1862.
vii. Abigail Jaquith, b. 2 Feb., 1819; m. 21 Nov., 1843, Amos,
son of Amos and Lydia (Needham) Marston, b. at Tewksbury,
13 Jan., 1817.
Children of Amos and Abigail J. (Danforth) Marston :
1. Hannah Maria Marston, b. 4 Jan., 1845 ; d. 24 March,
1865.
2. Charles David Marston, b. 6 Jan., 1846.
3. Larldn Jefferson Marston,h. 3 Dec, 1847.
4. Willian Henry Marston, b. 23 Oct., 1849 ; m. in Feb.,
1879, Emma Alice Chase, of Billerica.
5. John Brarity Marston, b. 6 Aug., 1851 ; d. y.
6. John Brarity Marston, b. 26 Aug., 1853 ; m. in 1856,
Abby Maria Fuller, b. in Billerica, d. in 1877.
7. Lydia Ann Marston, b. 6 Aug., 1855; m. May, 1873,
Albert Brown Chapman, of Tewksbury.
8. George Edwin Marston, b. 3 Oct., 1857 ; d. 13 April,
1865.
9. Abby Ellen Marston, b. 10 July, 1860 ; d. 12 March,
1865.
10. Dudley Amos Marston, b. 14 Feb., 1863; d. 4 Feb.,
1864.
viii. Hannah Maria, b. 25 Dec, 1822 ; d. 18 March, 1839.
ix. Caroline Louisa, b. 22 June, 1825; d. 28 Feb., 1845.
335. X. George Henry, b. 14 Feb., 1827.
xi. Joseph Bernard, b. 15 April, d. 8 Dec, 1829.
336. xii. Joseph Varnum, b. 2 May, 1831.
193.
Jonathan' {Jonathan,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^ )^ born in Hillsboro, N. H., 5 May, 1788;
died 22 Dec, 187(i; married first, 29 Nov., 1814, Catherine
Duncklee, of Greenfield, born 11 Dec, 1786; died 26 May, 1838.
He married second, 21 June, 1840, Betsey Austin of Hillsboro,
210 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
born 1 July, 1793, died 5 March, 1863. He was a shoemaker ; re-
sided in Hills1)oro, N. H.
Children :
336a. i. Oramel,8 ^^^ ^4 ^^g^ 1815.
ii. Catharine, b. 20 May, 1817 ; d. at Topsham, Vt., 27 Dec,
1875 ; m. 27 April, 1842, John Willey of Sheffield, Vt.
Children of John and Catherine (Danforth) Willey:
1. Oramel Danforth Willey, b. 15 Jan. 1843; res. Tops-
ham, Vt.
2. Charles Henry Willey, b. 8 June, 1844.
3. Frank Willey. I h 1 9 Ti 1 1 84r
4. Frances A. Willey, ] ' -^ '
5. Lucian E. Willey, b. 6 April, 1848.
6. Eugene V Willey. ) ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^
7. Emma V. Willey. j '
8. George K. Willey, b. 11 May, 1852.
9. Delia a Willey, b. 6 Nov. 1854.
10. Everett E. Willey, b. 18 May, 1860.
iii. Eliza Ann, b. 21 Dec, 1818; d. in Groton, Mass., 12 Dec,
1865; m. 3 July, 1843, Reuben Lewis, b. 13 Sept., 1816; res.
Groton.
Child of Reuben and Eliza A. (Danforth) Lewis :
Charles Henry Lewis, b. 19 Feb., 1846; m. Lucy Moors
of Groton ; one son, Joseph Danforth Lewis.
iv. Francis Newton, b. 2 July, 1820, died 17 Feb., 1821.
V. Electa Jane, b. 2 July, 1822 ; m. 16 Sept., 1851, EliasLegrow,
b. in Windham, Me., 20 Oct., 1824; res. in P>erett, Mass.
Children of Elias and Electa J. (Danforth) Legrow :
1. Emily Hannah Legrow, b. in Windham, Me., 11 June,
1852.
2. Edward Frank Legrow, b. 17 June, 1854, d. 9 Dec,
1873.
3. Ada Eliza Legrow, b. in Dorchester, Mass., 6 July,
1867 ; res. in Everett, Mass.
vi. Almira, b. 4 Sept., 1824; m. 6 Sept., 1848, William Thorp of
Weare, N. H., b. in Derby, Eng. ; res. Tilton, N. H. In 16th
Regt. IST. H. Vols. ; d. at Mound City Hospital, Cairo, 111., 6
Sept., 1863.
Children of William and Almira (Danforth) Thorp :
1. Frank D. Thorp, b. 24 May, 1849 ; m. at Manchester,
N. H., 29 Nov., 1875, Emma Boutelle. One child,
Louis Ashton Thorp.
2. Frederick Edwin Thorp, b. 5 April, 1852; m. Adella
r. Durrell. Children: (1) Jesse Leroy Thorp; (2)
Burton Thorp.
3. Ella T. Thorp, b. 19 Jidy, 1855 ; grad. 1876 N. H.
Conf , Sem. and Fem. Coll. ; taught school 8 years ;
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 211
m. 14 May, 1879, Homer Kessler, Logansport, life
insurance agent. He now (1902) resides in Chicago,
HI. ; is clerk in Zion's College and Divine Healing
Home, under Rev. J. A. Dowie. Children : (1) John
Baer Kessler, b. 28 Oct., 1882 ; (2) Homer Kessler,
b. 15 April, 1886 ; (3) Sylvia Kessler, b. 4 Dec, 1887.
4. Emma Flora (twin of Ella), m. 1 May, 1883, John
Franklin Durrell, son of John Sanborn and Mary
Ann (Kelly) Durrell, b. at Gilmanton, N. H., 13
Dec, 1855. Residence, Melrose.
Children of John F. and Emma F. (Thorp) Durrell :
n) Stella May Durrell, b. 16 July, 1885.
(2) Josephine Durrell, b. 12 Oct., 1888.
(3) Philip Merton Durrell, b. 23 April, d. 23
Oct., 1890.
(4) Pauline Durrell, b. 3 Oct., 1891.
(5) Clarence Leslie Durrell, b. 14 March, 1893.
5. Clara ; m. Wyatt, of Tilton, N. H.
336i. vii. Jonathan, b. 14 Nov., 1826.
viii. Erastus, b. 29 June, 1829 ; d. 28 Jan., 1830.
194.
Benjamin^ (Jonathan,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan^* Jonathan^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Hillsboro, N. H., 30 Aug., 1789;
died 16 Sept., 1867; married 9 Nov., 1812, Lucy, daughter of
Archelaus and Lucy (Weston) Towne, of Hillsboro, born 23
April, 1789, died 5 Dec, 1863. He was a blacksmith. Resided
some time in Weare ; removed to Hillsboro.
Children :
i. Esther,^ b. in Weare, 12 Dec, 1814; d. at Uuity, 30 June,
1870 ; m. in Aug., 1838, Rev. Amos Kidder, Methodist min-
ister, of Weare.
336c. ii. Eben Towne, b. in Weare, 31 March, 1820.
iii. Mart Ann, b. in Weare, 17 May, 1828 ; res. Hillsboro.
195.
Rev. Francis' {Jonaihan^^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born in Hillsboro, N. H., 28 Feb.,
1793; died in Clarence, N. Y., 29 Jan., 1854; married first, 14
July, 1823, at Royalton, Vermont (Sharon, Vt.?), Sarah Marsh,
daughter of Daniel Harrington and Hannah (iNIarsh) Park, of Roy-
alton, Vt., born 11 April, 1799, died at South Hadley, Mass., 15
Oct., 1841. He married second, 1 Aug., 1842, Elizabeth W.
Dole, of Claremont, N. H. ; she died 13 Oct., 1842. He married
third, 1 Oct., 1844, Susan Balding, of Lakeville, N. H. ; she died
at Jasper, N. Y., 26 Nov., 1882.
212 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
He fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and gradua-
ted from Dartmouth College in 1819, and from Andover Theological
Seminary in 1822 ; was ordained pastor of First Congregational
Church, Greenfield, N. H., July 11, 1823, resigned 1831; in-
stalled at Winchester, N. H., Aug. 8, 1831; resigned 1839; in-
stalled at Old Hadley, Mass., 11 Dec, 1839.
Children :
i. Francis Brown,^ b, in Greenfield, N. H., 20 May, 1826 ; d.
unm. at Clarence, N. Y.
ii. Edwakd, b. in Winchester, N. H., 4 Dec, 1828; d. 13 June,
1888.
" Professor Edward Danforth, secretary of the N. Y. State
Sunday School Association, died at Elmira, N. Y., Wednesday,
June 13, 1888. For many years he was actively engaged in
Sunday School Institute work. He had been superintendent
of the schools of Troy, N. Y., of Grand Rapids, Mich,, prin-
cipal of the Union schools of Leroy and Batavia ; school com-
missioner of Erie co., and deputy state superintendent of
Public Instruction. He was the twenty-third president of the
State Sunday School Association and ten years its secrerary."
[Boston Transcript, June 14, 1888.]
At the time of his death the State Sunday School convention
was in session in Rochester. On receipt by telegraph of tid-
ings of his death, a committee was aj^pointed who went to El-
mira and bore the remains thence to Rochester, where in the
Brick Church a vast congregation were assembled and in wait-
ing. Memorial services were held, and on the following day
the remains were borne to Clarence, Erie co., for interment.
His memory will long be cherished as a model Christian man,
devoted to useful work, well qualified, efficient, faithful and
modest.
iii. Maria, b. 1 March, 1831 ; d. at Hadley, Mass., 9 Sept., 1842.
iv. Sarah Adelaide, b. 4 May, 1834.
V. LoDiSA, b. 30 Nov., 1836 ; d. at Grand Rapids, Mich., 20 March,
1859.
vi. William Henry, b. Hadley, 27 May, 1840; d. 16 Aug. 1841.
195a.
Robert' (Samuel,^ Benjamin,^ Joyiathan,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
thmi,^ Nicholas'), born at Billerica, 6 May, 1782 ; died at Ogden,
N. Y., 27 Feb., 1872; married in Hillsboro, N. H., 26 Nov.,
1801, Betsey Dowe, born in Londonderry, N, H., 21 Nov., 1775;
died 24 June, 1852.
He removed to Antrim ; returned to Hillsboro ; went thence to
Royalton, Vt. ; to Livonia, N. Y. ; in 1817 removed to the farm
in Ogden, N. Y., thenceforth his home.
337.
1.
338.
ii.
339.
iii.
iv.
DANFORTH GENEALOGT. 213
Children :
Phinehas Alpheus,* b. 20 Aug., 1802.
Nason, b. 26 Nov., 1804.
Leander, b. 30 Jan., 1807.
AuRELiA Ann, b. 26 July, 1810 ; d. 17 Oct., 1847; m. 30 June,
1836, Charles Chester Bronson. He m. (2) 25 May, 1848
(by Rev. William Dauforth), Loemma Emmeline Danforth
(sister of his first wife), and had child, Helen Bronson, b. at
Rochester, d. at 5 months. He d. at Mainville, O., 30 Jan.,
1898.
Children of Charles C. and Aurelia A. (Danforth) Bronson :
1. Marian Amelia Bronson, b. 1888 ; d. 3 April, 1849.
2. Elizabeth (" Lizetta ") ApMa Bronson, b. at Otsego,
Mich., 29 Sept., 1841 ; d. at Passadena, Cal., 8
Jan., 1890; m. (1) John Wm. Webb; ch. : Edgar
Leroy Webb, b. at Vicksburg, Miss., 8 Sept., 1865.
She m. (2) 13 April, 1881, Wm. Johnson Town-
send, at St. Louis, Mo. ; she d. at Passadena, Cal.,
5 Jan., 1890.
3. Emma Louisa Bronson, b. in Otsego, in Oct., 1843 ;
d. Cincinnati, O., in 1872 ; m. Isaac Brown Mc-
Linn, who d. 11 May, 1896, in National Home for
Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton, 0.
Betsey Elmina, b. 21 Dec, 1812 ; m. in Ogden, N. Y., 20
Aug., 1835, Jeremiah, son of Timothy Lindsley, b. 1812, d. at
Otsego, Mich., Jan. 12, 1884.
Children of Jeremiah and Betsey E. (Danforth) Lindsley:
1. Julia Melvina Lindsley, b. 16 Aug., 1838 ; m. Hiram
Henry Rouse, b. 16 Dec, 1833 ; res. at White
Creek, N. Y.
Children of Hiram H. and Julia M, (Lindsley)
Rouse :
(1) George Lindsley Rouse, b. about 1859 ; d. in
1863.
(2) Charles Alonzo Rouse, b. at Otsego, 9 April,
1866.
(3) Mary Elmina Rouse, b. 5 Nov., 1871.
2. Eunice Eudora Lindsley, b. 2 Oct., 1840 ; d. 18 May,
1865 ; m. Charles Wesley Sprague.
3. Lucy Jane Lindsley, b. 20 March, 1842 ; m. Charles
Wesley Sprague (second wife) ; d. 9 April, 1871.
Children of Charles W. and Lucy J. (Lindsley)
Sprague :
(1) William Sprague, b. in 1868.
(2) May Sprague, b. Feb. 5-7, 1871 ; m. in March,
1889, in Nescatimga, Kan., Martin Riedle.
Ch. : Ruby May Riedle, b. 6 Jan., 1890, at
Wichita, Kansas.
214 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
4. Harriet Aurelia Lindsley, b. 29 Aug., 1851 ; d.
1875 ; m. George Theodore Ives. Res. Plain well,
Mich.
Children of George T. and Harriet A. (Linds-
ley) Ives :
(1) George Frederic Ives, b. 1 April, 1876, at
Dunplain.
(2) James LeRoy Ives, b. 9 Jan., 1878; d. 25
Dec, 1886.
5. Elmer Jeremiah Lindsley, b. and died in March, 1855.
vi. Adeline Luthera, b. 3 Nov., 1815 ; m. 18 AprU, 1844 (by
Rev. F. Danforth) , George William, son of Eben and Mary
(Allen) Bickford, b. at Wheelock, Vt., res. at Wilson, N. Y.
Children of George W. and Adeline L. (Danforth) Bickford :
1. Edwin Alonzo Bickford, b. 24 July, 1847; d. 9
March, 1848.
2. Elmer Augustus Bickford, b. 24 May, 1849 ; m. 27
Nov., 1872, Ada Anna Eighme, dau. of Geo*
Washington and Catherine (Halifax) Eighme, b.
at Hamburg, N. Y., 5 Oct., 1851.
Children of Elmer A. and Ada A. (Eighme)
Bickford :
(1) George Luther Bickford, b. 14 June, 1874.
(2) Allen Berdell Bickford, b. 15 Oct., 1876.
(3) Elmer Merle Bickford, b. 4 March, 1878.
3. Isabel Jane Bickford, b. 25 May, 1851; m. 7 Feb.,
1877, Silas Wright, son of William Oliver and Nan-
cy M. (Newman) Pettett, b. at Wilson, N. Y., 24
May, 1829 ; res. at Tonawanda, N. Y.
Children of Silas W. and Isabel J. (Bickford)
Pettet :
(1) Earle William Pettet, b. 14 July, 1880.
(2) Howard Leslie Pettet, b. 28 April, 1885.
(3) Charles Eugene Pettet, b. 20 Dec, 1888.
4. William Edgar Bickford, b. 15 Feb. 1855 ; m. 3
Dec, 1879, Annette Brookings, b. at Porter, N.Y.,
12 Dec, 1859.
Children of William E. and Armette (Brook-
ings) Bickford:
(1) Mazie Leah Bickford, b. 14 March, 1883.
(2) Louisa May Bickford, b. 12 Sept., 1884.
(3) George Edwin Bickford, b. 15 May, 1886.
(4) Frank Wadsworth Bickford, b. 5 Oct.,
1888.
(5) WilUam Edgar Bickford, b. 16 Aug., 1898.
DANFORTH GENEAOLGY. 215
vii. LOEMMA Emeline, b. 16 April, 1821; married Charles Chester
Bronson (second wife) ; d. 20 June, 1857.
340. viii. Robert Alonzo, b. 16 April, 1821.
1956.
Cteus^ (Samuel,' jBenjamiu," Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,'' Nicholas"), born at Fletcher, Vt., 21 Feb., 1792 ; died in
Illinois, 16 Sept., 1855; married in Fletcher, Vt., Elmira Buck.
He was a farmer, occupying his father's farm in Fletcher ; with his
wife he visited Illinois in 1855, and died there. The widow re-
turned to the old home and lived with her son.
Child :
341. HiRAM,8 b. 11 Dec, 1826.
195c.
David^ {Samuel,' Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^) born at Fletcher, Vt., 6 Sept., 1797; died at
Fairfax, Vt., 20 April, 1835, married first, Sophronia Buck, of
Fairfax; she died 3 July, 1830, se. 21 years. He married second,
Vesta Chittenden.
Child :
342. Allen,8 b. about 1828.
196.
Daniel Chase'' {Peter,' Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas"), born at Williamstown, 19 May, 1787;
died at Onarga, 111., 22 April, 1875 ; married first, Eunice Wright ;
second, Polly D. Smith, of Fairfax, Vt. ; she died at Montpelier,
Vt. : third, Abigail, dau. of Moses and Hannah (At well) Hun-
kins, born 22 May, 1806, died at Liberty, O., 27 April, 1861.
Resided at Fletcher, Vt., and at other places not far away ; removed
to Ohio and later to Illinois.
The five younger children were born at Hermon, N. Y.
Children :
i- Daniel Chase,* b. 22 Aug., 1810 ; d. at Canada line in 1833.
ii. Elizabeth E., b. 28 Aug., 1816; d. 28 Oct., 1877; m. 25
March, 1843, John, son of Lewis and Mary Ann (Shorty)
Voodry, b. at Levis, Quebec, 13 Jan., 1818; a carpenter; res.
Montpelier, Vt.
Children of John and Elizabeth C. (Danforth) Voodry:
1. Isaac Aha Voodry, b. 25 May, 1845; m. 10 Nov.,
1869, Orilla A.,. dau. of William and Eliza (Abbott)
Fisher, b. at Odletown, P. Q., 16 March, 1844. Train
master at White River Junction ; res. Woodbury, Vt.
216 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
2. Elnaihan Keyes Voodry, b. 15 June, 1848 ; a commer-
cial traveller ; res. at Sacramento, Cal. He m. 4
Jan., 1869, Dora E. Evans, who d. 21 Jan., 1889.
3. Laura Arahell Voodry, b. 17 April, 1851 ; m. James E.
Morris, of Albany ; he died.
343. iii. Isaac Hill, b. 24 Dec, 1818.
iv. Eunice Wright, b. 14 April, 1821 ; m. Ezra B. Wedge, (son
of Ezra and Anna (Hardy) Wedge), b. at Tunbridge, Vt., 26
Jan., 1819. He w^as a miller ; res. at Montpelier, Vt.
Children of Ezra B. and Eunice W. (Danforth) Wedge :
1. Samuel Danforth Wedge, b. 20 Nov., 1843 ; d. Aug.,
1849.
2. Louisa Jane Wedge, b. 28 Sept., 1846 ; m. 15 Feb.,
1 868, Horace N. Lawrence, of Lowell, Vt. Ch. : (1)
Harriet Jane Lawrence, b. July, 1869, m. Leonard
Doten. (2) Eleanor Wedge, b. 1876.
3. Hiram Bradley Wedge, b. 15 June, 1848; m. Havnet
Burdick. Ch. : (1) Ezra Oscar Wedge Lawrence, b.
4 June, 1869 ; (2) Frank Wedge, b. 28 Jan., 1872.
4. Henry Charles Wedge, b. 25 Sept., 1853 ; m. 18 March,
1876, Frances Burdick.
5. Wilbur Lafayette Wedge, b. 1 Aug., 1859 ; m. 23 Dec,
1884, Mrs. Laura Harrington.
V. Samuel Draper, b. 28 March, 1824 ; d. 31 May, 1843.
vi. Hannah Smith, b. 18 Feb., 1826; d. 10 Oct., 1831.
344. vii. Elisha Lee, b. 7 March, 1829.
345. viii. David, b. 9 June, 1830.
ix. Ltdia Atwell, b. 27 March, 1832 ; m. in Newton, 0., 25
Dec, 1851, Jairus Middlebrooks Mears, son of Dennis and
Martha (Middlebrooks) Mears, born in Milton, Vt., 22 Feb.,
1825 ; farmer, Ridgeville, Iroquois co., 111. ; holds tovm offices.
Children of Jairus M. and Lydia A. (Danforth) Mears :
1. Mary Mears, b. 28 Aug., 1854, at York, 0.; m. in
Onarga, 111., 22 Feb., 1876, Eugene Lockwood, son
of Frederick and Emily (Avery) Lockwood, b. in
Ohio, 4 Sept., 1851. Res. Onarga or Ridgeville, 111.
Children of Eugene and Mary (Mears) Lockwood :
(1) Frederick Jay Lockwood, b. 5 May, 1884 ; d.
9 Sept., 1884.
(2) Alfred Verne Lockwood, b. 13 May, 1885 ; d.
18 Feb., 1891.
2. Dan Augustus Mears, b. 30 March, 1859, at Onarga,
111. Res. Monte Vista, Col.
3. Frank Mears, b. 15 April, 1862, at Newton, O. Res.
Ottawa, 111,
4. Henry Christian Mears, b. 13 May, 1867; d. 4 July,
1872.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 217
5. Clara B. Mears, b. 1 Sept., 1870; m. 2 Oct., 1890,
Andrew Olson, b. in Sweden 2 June, 1866.
X. M. Elmer, b. 8 June, 1834 ; d. 19 Sept., 1863, in the war for
the Union,
xi. Peter Hunkins, b. 22 July, 1838 ; d. 16 March, 1847.
xii. Hannah Elizabeth, b. 17 April, 1842; m. 0. M. Washburn;
res. Oilman, HI.
346. xiii. Willard Daniel, b. 29 April, 1847.
197.
David' {Peter^^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^), born at Berkshire, 28 Dec., 1788 ; died in Ray-
mond, O., 12 May, 1876; married 7 Dec., 1808, Anna, daughter
of Samuel and Anna (Trull) Danforth, born 25 July, 1784, died
10 March, 1862. [See No. 92.] He was a soldier in the war of
1812 ; removed to Ohio in 1818.
Children :
i. Sophia,* b. 31 July, 1809 ; d, same day.
ii. Paulina, b. 4 Aug., 1811 ; d. 16 July, 1818.
347. iii. Bliss, b. 2 July, 1815,
348. iv. Samuel, b. 21 Feb., 1817.
349. V. Hiram, b. 4 Oct., 1819.
vi. Julia, b. at Licking, O., 30 July, 1821 ; m. 29 Sept., 1842, Da-
vid Tichenor Paul, b, in Saratoga co., N. Y., 23 Jime, 1820 ;
d. 27 Aug., 1885 ; res. Olathe, Kansas, Family removed to
Joplin, Mo.
Children of David T. and Julia (Danforth) Paul :
1. Clarissa Jane Paul, b. 21 July, 1843 ; m. 19 Nov.,
1862, Wmiam Franklin Temple, b. Chester, Pa., 24
Feb., 1844.
Children :
(1) Flora Lavinia Temple, b. 4 Oct., 1863 ; m.
John W. Harper.
(2) Julia Etta Temple, b. 27 Aug., 1865 ; m. Ir-
win Smith Post.
(4) James Franklin Temple, b. 1868 ; d. 1869.
(5) Charles David Temple, b. 23 March, 1870.
(6) William Lincoln Temple, b 8 March, 1876.
(7) John Temple, b. 12 Nov., 1881.
2. Nancy Ann Paul, b. 12 Feb., 1847 ; d. at Newton, 0.,
18 June, 1849.
3. Hannah Sabrina Paul, b. 30 July, 1849 ; m. 16 May,
1872, George Henry Dundon, b. at Streetsboro, 0.,
24 Feb., 1852.
Children :
(1) Otis Burlingame Dundon, b. 4 Oct., 1873.
218 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
(2) John Tichenor Dundon, b. 26 Feb., 1875.
(3) Harriet Ida Dundon, b. 1878 ; d, 1879.
(4) Cora Mabel Dundon, b. 2 Nov., 1880.
4. Isaac David Paul, b. 28 Oct., 1851 ; d. 8 Sept., 1870.
5. Gyrus Bliss Paul, b. 17 July, 1854 ; m. 4 Nov., 1882,
Mary Bliss Pickett. Child : Max Orrin Paul, b. 24
Nov., 1883.
350. "V''' ♦JPP'OMIAH \Jio,f»»0''*f
198.
Capt. Joseph'' (Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Satmiel,* Samuel,^ Jona-
than,'' Nicholas^), born at Tyngsboro', 16 Aug., 1779 ; died there
8 Nov., 1855; married first, 7 Jan., 1804, Rachel Cummings born
30 April, 1783, died 10 March, 1852 ; he married second, 7 Nov.,
1853, Mrs. Lucinda Goldsmith of Dunstable, born 5 April, 1807,
died 25 April, 1875. He was a farmer; lived on the old home-
stead at Tyngsboro'. He made his will 29 Sept., 1855; it was
probated 15 Dec. following. He bequeathed to wife Lucinda;
grandsons Samuel A. Richardson and Calvin Howard; grand
daughters Almira C, Abba D. and Mary R., children of John G.
Upton ; to son Joseph Danforth. The last two were named
executors.
Children :
351. i. JosEPH,8 b. 19 Aug., 1805.
ii. Sarah, b. 24 March, 1809 ; d. 25 March, 1850 ; m. first, 25 Jan.,
1836, Samuel Richardson; had one son, Samuel Richardson, a
mariner ; res. in California. She m. second, 24 Nov., 1842,
Calvin Howard, a farmer in Westford. One son, Calvin
Howard.
iii. Rachel Cummings, b. 10 Sept., 1813; d. 25 Sept., 1834; m.
1 6 May, 1833, Carmi Emery King, son of Philip Bowers and
Polly (Hodges) King, of Norton, who became a successful
dry goods merchant in Boston. She was his first wife. Their
only child was Isabella Danforth King, who m. Octavius A.
Rogers, a brother of her stepmother.
iv. Mary Richardson, b. 29 July, 1818 ; d. 31 Dec, 1852 ; m. 26
June, 1842, John G. Upton,' of Tyngsboro', b. 5 Feb., 1823.
He m. three wives later and d. 4 June, 1893.
Children of John G. and Mary R. (Danforth) Richardson :
1. Elmira G. Richardson, b. 8 Nov., 1842.
2. Abigail Danforth Richardson, b. 29 Oct., 1845.
199.
Josiah' (Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'
Nicholas^'), born 15 Jan., 1786; died 5 Nov., 1867; married 25
Sept., 1815, Mary Farwell, born at Tyngsboro, 15 April, 1794, died
Dr. Asa Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 219
21 Dec, 1870. He graduated at Dartmouth College; practised
law at Weare, N. H. ; resided in Tyngsboro at the time of his death.
Child:
352. James,« b, 2 Sept., 1816.
200.
Dr. Asa'' (Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Samriel,* Jonaihan^^ Jonathan^"^
Nicholas^), born 18 Aug., 1795; died 16 June, 1883; married 6
Dec., 1824, Abigail C, daughter of Hon. William and Elizabeth
Reed, of Norway, Me., and there resided. She was born 11 Jan.,
1801, and died 8 Dec, 1874. He grad. Dartmouth, M.D. 1820 ;
practised medicine at Norway, Me., and vicinity almost 60 years;
was universally beloved ; his neighbors sent him as representative to
the Leofislature — a union candidate — in 1852. He is remembered
as being " liberal to poor patients." Many anecdotes are given of
his promptness and energy in relief of suffering. One stormy night,
when the physician whose duty it was had refused to go out, he
harnessed his horse to his sleigh and drove through gathering drifts
till his horse could go no further ; then housed the animal in a far-
mer's barn, happily near, and himself worked his way through the
drifts till, almost exhausted, he reached the patient's door.
Children :
353. i. William Reed,^ b. 6 June, 1826.
ii. Josiah, b. 26 Sept., 1827 ; resided at Council Bluffs, la. ; d.
there 16 Dec, 1898.
354. ill. Joseph Henry, b. 8 April, 1829.
iv. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 27 Feb., 1831 ; d. 17 July, 1894 ; m. 1
Jan., 1852, Clark Phillips, son of Thomas and Mary True.
ChUdren of Clark P. and Sarah E. (Danforth) True :
1. Nellie Adella True, b. 27 March, 1854 ; m. 8 Jan.,
1874, William Jewett, M. D. (son of Milton and Eliza
Jewett, of Norway, Me.) ; she d. 21 Dec, 1899.
2. Asa Danforth True, b. 3 June, 1857 ; d. of apoplexy, 3
March, 1893 ; m. 2 June, 1886, Carrie B. Swett, b. in
So. Paris, Me., 2 June, 1861. Res. N. Stratford,
N. H.
Child: Harley Danforth True, b. 7 May, 1890.
3 Francis Thomas Ti-ue, b. 8 Dec, 1861; m. Anna C.
. Res. Council Bluffs, la.
4. James Clark True, b. 28 Jan., 1866, at Groveland, N.
H. ; m. 13 July, 1885, Mary F., dau. of James and
Charlotte (En Earl) Grant, b. same day as he.
Children :
(1) Clark Grant True, b. 29 Nov., 1886.
220 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
(2) Frank Fiske True, b. 18 May, 1888, d. 18
Aug., 1890.
(3) Sarah Elizabeth True, b. 20 July, 1894.
(4) Marian Rice True, b. 5 July, 1896.
(5) Stanley Frank True, b. 10 Jan., 1901.
355. V. Francis Augustus, b. 14 April, 1833.
356. vi. John, b. 9 Dec., 1834.
357. vii. James, b. 10 Oct., 1839.
viii. Asa, b. 27 Nov., 1841 ; d. 27 Nov., 1846.
201.
Cyrus' (Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,*
Mdiolas'), born at Tyringhara, Mass., 27 Aug., 1777; died at
Friendsville, 111., 10 July, 1852; married 4 Feb., 1800, Mary
Clarke, born in Haddam, Conn., 17 Aug., 1778, died at Friends-
ville, 29 March, 1861. He resided at Oneida Co., N. Y., Wabash
Co., lU., and later at Friendsville, O. In a discourse read at
Friendsville, 26 May, 1880, by Rev. S. C. Baldridge, Cyrus Dan-
forth is called '' That firm, sagacious man of God," and is described
as " of heroic mould, of unflinching devotion to his principles, and an
ardent Presbyterian christian." He vs^as a bold " abolitionist " in the
days when this exposed one to lynching, mobbing and other indigni-
ties. In 1822 he gave land for a church of his faith, and with his
wife and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bliss, organized a church. The
house of worship was built at his expense, he superintending the
work, even to the burning of the bricks. He also gave ground for
a cemetery.
Children :
i. P0RTER,8 b^ at Oneida, 18 Nov., 1800 ; d. 13 Feb., 1818.
ii. Harriet, b. 19 Dec, 1801 ; d. 31 Aug., 1858 ; m. John Franken-
thal Younken, owner and manager of a carding mill ; representa-
tive to the legislature, mover of a bill for the prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in Illinois.
Childi-en of John F. and Harriet (Danforth) Younken:
1. Catherine Younken.
2. Thomas Younken, d. at 10 years of age.
3. John G. Younken, served through the War for the Union ;
grad. Hanover Coll., Indiana ; principal of the local
academy five years ; supt. of schools for Mount Car-
tnel. 111. ; rem. to Ventura, Cal.
358. iii. Cyrus, b. 17 July, 1804.
359. iv. Thomas, b. 2 June, 1 806.
V. George, b. 17 April, 1808 ; d. 27 May, 1810, " being scalded."
360. vi. George, b. 25 Aug., 1811.
vii. Mary (Lydia), b. 24 Aug., 1815 ; d. 25 Aug., 1841 ; m. Abner
Gould. Two children, d. young.
361. viii. Franklin, b, 12 Aug., 1817.
DAkFORTH GENEAtOGY. 221
202.
Thomas' (Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,"
Nicholas'), born at [Tyringham, Mass.], 30 Oct., 1780; died at
Lafayette, N. Y., 11 Oct., 1861; married first, 20 Feb., 1810,
Lavinia Higby, born 4 Feb., 1788, died 11 April, 1830. He
married second, 10 Feb., 1831, Sarah (Everett) Hobart; she died
29 Dec, 1863, "^. 78."
He resided at Pompey, now Lafayette, N. Y. ; was a deacon of
the church.
Children :
i. John Curtis,^ b. 5 Jan., 1812 ; d. 29 AprU, 1836.
362. ii. LoRiNG, b. 5 April, 1813.
iii. Nancy Ann, b. 26 Oct., 1814 ; d. 18 July, 1815.
363. iv. Elijah Higbt, b. 12 March, 1817.
364. V. Thomas, b. 24 Feb., 1819.
365. vi. Flavel, b. 22 Feb., 1821.
366. vii. WiLLiSTON, b. 7 Sept., 1823.
viii. Lavinia, b. 22 April, 1825 ; d. 13 July, 1833.
ix. Ltdia Lucretia, b. 5 July, 1827 ; m. Jolin C. Hitchcock, of
Syracuse, N. Y, No children.
367. X. Joel, b. 23 Feb., 1829.
204.
Joel' {Thomas,^ Thomas,^ 8amuel,* Jonathan,"^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born at Chesterfield, Mass., 4 April, 1789; died 7
Aug., 1854; married first, 18 Jan., 1816, Nancy Bo wen, born 1
March, 1794, died 6 Feb., 1836. He married second, in 1837,
Armena (Bascom) Clark; she died 14 Feb., 1882. Was carried
by his parents to Lafayette, N. Y. ; removed to Otisco, N. Y.,
where he carried on a farm. After his death his widow removed to
Syracuse ; retained her faculties to the close of her long life, dying
at the age of 84.
Children :
i. Mart Ann,^ b. 21 July, 1817 ; d. 16 Jan., 1853 ; m. James
Bostwick. No children.
868. ii. Levi Bowen, b. 13 May, 1820.
iii. Nancy Bowen, b. 15 Dec, 1822 ; m. Harrison Bostwick, b. in
Nov., 1819.
Children of Harrison and Nancy (Danforth) Bostwick :
1. Mary Malvina Bostwick, b. in June, 1852 ; m. in 1870,
Josiah Leonard. Children : (1) Levi Danforth Leon-
ard, b. 28 May, 1874; (2) Harriet May Leonard, b.
18 March, 1876 ; (3) Anne Louise Leonard, b. 8
Aug., 1878.
222 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
2. Charlotte Damaris Bostwich, b. in 1854.
3. Annie Danforih Bostwick, b. in 1862.
369. iv. Halsey Joel, b. 28 Aug., 1828.
206.
Asa'' {Asa,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nich-
olas^ ) , born at Brookfield, Mass., 29 June, 1768 ; died at Onondaga
Hollow, N. Y., in Sept., 1818 ; married in Jan., 1789, Olivia Lang-
don, born in Brookfield, about 1767, died 29 Aug., 1842.
After assisting his mother at home during his father's absence in
Revolutionary service, and aiding in the removal of the family to
Mayfield and later to Onondaga Valley, N. Y., he settled, along
with his uncle John Danforth, at " Salt Springs," and was oneof the
founders of the present town of Salina at that place. His daughter
was the first white child born in the valley. He and his wife have
left the reputation of being a remarkably fine looking couple. They
afterward resided in Onondaga Hollow. He died there ; his wife
survived him 24 years and died in Syracuse in 1842, at the age of
75.
Children :
i. Amanda,^ h. 14 Oct., 1789 ; d. 1 Nov., 1831 ; m. in 1810, Col.
Elijah Phillips, of Manilas, N. Y., b. in 1782, d. 14 May, 1845.
Children of Elijah and Amanda (Danforth) Phillips :
1. Nelson Danforth Phillips, b. in 1811, d. 1845, m. Har-
riet Spencer, of Albany, N. Y.
2. Lucia M. Phillips, b. 28 July, 1817, m. in 1835, Peter
Cutwater, b. about 1809, d. 8 June, 1861. Their
eldest dau. Mary Amanda Cutwater, b. 10 Feb. 1836,
d. 8 June, 1887, became 27 Sept., 1857, the wife of
Andrew Dickson White, b. 7 Nov., 1832, since presi-
dent of Cornell University, U. S. minister to Germany,
etc. Their children are thus descendants of Nicholas
Danforth through a distinguished line. Children :
(i) Clara Dickson AVhite, b. 11 July, 1858 ; m. 8 June,
1882, Spencer B. Newberry, (ii) Frederick Davies
White, b. 17 Dec, 1859. (iii) Ruth Mary White, b.
13 Oct., 1866. (iv) Andrew Danforth White, b. 21
Aprn, 1874; d. in Nov., 1877.
Of Mrs. White, a loving hand writes : " She was
born at Syracuse, New York, on the 10th of Feb.,
1836. From her father she inherited the quiet, steady
qualities of the emigrants of Holland, who made their
homes along the Hudson River ; the quickness and
precision and love of books which he had developed
in college and in the profession of the law she also
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 223
inherited. From her mother came evenness of temper
and loveliness of spirit.
Her mother's father, Colonel Phillips, was well
known as one of the most energetic men of affairs,
in Central New York during the first half of this cen-
tury ; her mother's mother Amanda Danforth, was the
first white child born in the County of Onondaga,
which then embraced the whole central region of the
State of New York, and though her life was passed
amid perils and privations and ended early, she is still
held in loving remembrance for her sweetness of dis-
position and her nobility of character. Her mother's
grandfather, Asa Danforth, was a pioneer in the same
. . region, well known at the close of the last century for
his courage and integrity."
ii. Sophia, b. in Nov., 1793, d. 17 Oct., 1867, m. Samuel Hitch-
cock. No children.
iii. Harriet, b. in Salina, 20 May, 1795, d. 27 Oct., 1869 ; m. first,
Judge Sylvanus Tousley ; she m. second, William Elliot Lee, b.
at Middletown, Conn., 5 Nov., 1784 ; d. at Syracuse, 26 Nov.,
1858. No children by either marriage.
208.
Thomas Paine'' {Jonathan^^ Thomas,^ Samuel^* Jonathan^
Jonathan,'^ Nicholas,^) born at Brookfield, Mass., 20 June, 1781 ;
died at Middleburg, N. Y., 7 Sept., 1865.
He left Brookfield at 3 years old with his parents ; spent 7 years
in Albany. At 17 or 18 was at the academy attached to Williame-
town College. Went to Schoharie Co., where he always lived ex-
cept 2 or 3 years at Salina, Salt Springs, when about 24 or 25 years
old. Cultivated farms and built turnpikes and canals and bridges.
Was Judge of County Court of Common Pleas during 9 years.
In the war of 1812 raised a company of Cavalry at his own ex-
pense, with equipments complete, for which he was afterward repaid
in part.
Mr. Geo. Lintner Danforth (MiddJeburg) has his commissions ;
1. from Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins, in 1811, as Captain of Cavalry Com-
pany.
2. from Gov. DeWitt Clinton in 1821, as Lieutenant Colonel 9th Cavalry
Regt.
3. from the same in 1826 as Colonel Cavalry.
4. from the same in 1827 as Judge of County Court and
5. from Gov. E. T. Throop in 1832 to same office.
He owned largely in the Athens Turnpike, which his father ori-
ginated.
224
DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
The inscription on his monument in family cemetery at Middle-
burg says : " He suffered many wrongs — he rests from his labors."
He married first, Nancy Wager, born 18 Dec, 1788, died 19
Nov., 1825. He married second, Sarah Donolly of CatskiU, born
1805, died 17 March, 1832. He married third, Angeline Hathaway,
born 1806, died 25 Nov., 1837. He married fourth, 10 Oct., 1838,
Morgiana Holt; she died 6 Oct., 1873.
Children :
370. i. JusTiN,8 b. 14 July, 1805.
ii. Harriet, b. in 1807 ; m. Dr. Eben Steele of Delhi, N. Y.
Children of Dr. Eben and Harriet (Danfortb) Steele :
1. Harriet Steele, m. Geo. Marvin of Delhi.
2. Sarah Steele, m. Volney D. Becker (her cousin).
iii. Betsey, b. 12 April, 1809 ; d. 12 Jan., 1811.
371. iv. VoLNET, b. 5 March, 1811.
V. Eliza, b. 14 Jan., 1813 ; d. 13 March, 1838 ; m. 23 June, 1836,
Abraham Becker, b. April 3, 1808, d. 9 Aug. 1868 ; son of
Philip and Catherine (Wager) Becker, of S. Worcester.
Child of Abraham and Maria (Danforth) Becker :
Maria, b. 13 Sept., 1837, d. 23 Feb., 1838.
372. vi. David Becker, b. m 1814.
vii. Harrison, b. 26 Nov., 1816; d. 27 Feb. 1823.
viii. Maria, b. 23 Feb., 1817 ; d. 13 Aug., 1875 ; m. Abraham Becker,
husband of her sister Eliza (above).
Children of Abraham and Maria (Danforth) Becker:
1. George Becker, b. 19 April, 1839 ; m. Mary Cady, 8 May,
1865.
Child:
Cady Danforth Becker, b. in Binghampton,
6 July, 1872 ; d. 24 Feb., 1876.
2. Augusta May Becker, b. 2 May, 1841.
3. Volney Danforth Becker, b. 30 Dec, 1842 ; m. Sarah
Steele (above) ; lawyer, Milwaukee, Wis.
4. Frances Becker, b. 6 Oct., 1844; d. 22 June, 1853.
5. Washington Becker, h. 22 Feb., 1847 ; m. Sarah Merrill.
6. Danforth Becker, b. 11 March, 1850; m. Birdella Lar-
kin ; attorney at law, Milwaukee, Wis.
7. Harriet Danforth Becker, b. 25 Sept., 1852 ; m. Hon.
John Lendrum Mitchell, 11 July, 1878. Member of
Congress ; residence Milwaukee.
Children of John L. and Harriet D. (Becker) Mit-
chell:
(1) William Mitchell, b. in Nice, (France), 29
Dec, 1879. Volunteered at opening of
the present war ; served in Cuba and the
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 225
Philippines ; now (1902) 1st Lient. U.S.A.
in Alaska.
(2) Florence Mitchell, b. in Florence, Italy, 2
Feb., 1881 ; d. in Florence, 16 April, 1881.
(3) Martha Mitchell, b. Montmorency, France,
5 May, 1882.
(4) Margaret Mitchell, b. Milwaukee, Wis., 28
Nov. 1883 ; d. in Milwaukee, 12 Dec. 1883.
(5) Janet Mitchell, b. in Milwaukee, 5 Dec,
1884.
(6) Harriet Mitchell, b. in Milwaukee, 6 Sept.,
1886.
(J) Ruth Mitchell, b. in Milwaukee, 30 April,
1889.
(8) Katharine Mitchell, b. in Milwaukee, 5
March, 1891.
(9) John Lendrum IVIitchell, b. 20 April, 1893
8. Abraham Becker, b. 24 Dec, 1859 ; d. 2 March, 1864.
ix. Orpha, b. 23 Jan., 1818; m. 21 Sept., 1840, Geo. Cherritree.
X. Van Ness, b. 23 March, 1823; d. 18 May, 1839.
209.
George^ (Jonathan,^ Thomas,' Samuel,* Jonathan," Jona-
than,^ J)ficholas^), horn in Albany, 9 Nov. 1789; died 16 Aug.
1831 ; "went with his parents to Schoharie; became well established
in practice of law in 1815.
He married Cornelia Swart, born 13 Dec. 1796, died 26 Jan.
1879.
Children :
373. i. Peter Swar^ b. 19 June, 1816.
374. ii. George Erskine, b. 5 July, 1818.
iii. Margaret Swart, b. 23 Nov. 1822, d. in infancy.
211.
John' (John,^ John,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nich-
olas^), born 29 May, 1788; died 31 May, 1868; married first,
24 April, 1814, Betsey Boynton Towle, born 4 June, 1788 ; died
4 Sept. 1847. He married second, 26 April, 1849, Mrs. Dorothy
Richardson, born in June, 1791; died 26 Oct. 1861. Resided at
Lynnfield.
Children :
375. i. JoHN,8 b. 20 Nov. 1814.
ii. Hannah, b. 17 May, 1816; d. 28 Sept., 1820.
lU.
iv.
376.
V.
377.
vL
226 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Nathaniel Bancroft, b. 21 April, 1818; d. 1 Oct. 1819.
Mary Taylor Bancroft, b. 25 Feb. 1820; d. 23 Sept. 1820.
Nathaniel Bancroft, b. 24 Sept. 1821.
Henry, b. 7 Aug. 1824.
212.
Josiah'' {Joshua^, Joshua^, Samuel,* Jonathan,'' Jonathan,'^
JSficholas^), horn at Lynn (S. Reading) 3 Jan. 1784; died in
New Braunfels, Tex., 3 July, 1860 ; married 9 July, 1806, Hannah,
dau. of Jeph. and Sarah (Blaney) Marston, born at Marblehead, 16
April, 1790, died in Lynn, 29 Dec. 1872. Removed to New
Braunfels, Texas.
Child:
Lucy Peabody,* b. in Lynn, 23 May, 1807, d. in San Antonio,
Tex., 11 Sept. 1866 ; m. in Lynn, 13 June, 1826, Robert Robin-
son, M.D., son of Daniel and Sarah (Derry) Robinson, b. 15
May, 1803, d. at San Antonio, 25 Oct. 1858.
Children of Robert and Lucy P. ( Danf orth) Robinson :
1. Robert Robinson, b. in Lynn, 1 May, 1827 ; m. in N. Y.
City, 1 March, 1850, Abigail Orne Titcomb, b. in New-
buryport, 23 Jan. 1827 ; dau. of Capt. Wm. and Sarah
Moody (Radcliffe) Titcomb.
2. Joshua Danf orth Robinson, b. Hartford, Conn., 19 April,
1829 ; d. San Antonio, 16 Sept. 1866 ; m. 25 Nov. 1851,
Eliza Jane Lovett, b. in Maiden, 29 Jan. 1828 ; dau.
of Wm. and Eliza (Chamberlain) Lovett (Newburyport).
3. Lucy Ann Danf orth Rohmson, b. Hartford, Ct., 26 Sept.
1831 ; d. [Newbm-yport] 13 Aug. 1841.
4. Sarah Louisa Robinson, b. N. Y. City, 29 July, 1833 ; d.
(Newburyport), 24 Aug. 1858.
5. Lucy Ann Robinson, b. in Newburyport 26 March, 1844;
m. (1) at Fort Mason, Texas, 30 Aug. 1862, George
Roberts, son of Timo. and Saliua (Gledhill) Roberts, b.
Wakefield, York, Eng., 29 Dec. 1835, d. 13 Sept. 1866.
She m. (2) in Fredericksburg, Texas, 12 Oct. 1869,
Olfert Streigler, b. in Nakskov, Denmark, 7 March,
1839, son of Johan Friedrich Gottlieb and Lina (Lange)
Streigler.
6. Samuel Pierce Robinson,h. Newburyport, 18 June, 1846,
d. m Newburyport, 12 Feb. 1850.
213.
Joseph^ (Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^
Nicholas'), horn in Lynn, 2 Sept. 1790; died in Middleton, 23
Sept. 1850; married 19 Dec. 1812, Lydia Flint, born in Danvers,
23 May, 1794; died in Danvers, 8 Sept. 1857.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 227
Children :
378. i. Joseph,^ b. 14 April, 1813.
ii. Hannah Flint, b. 2 Jan. 1815, d. 3 Aug. 1886 ; m. 18 May,
1842, Benj. Wellington Perry, b. 17 Jan. 1813, son of Jonathan
and Rebecca (Wellington) Perry. Having no issue they ad-
opted Harriet Mayhew, wlao has married Henry M. Bradstreet.
379. iii. Aaron Flint, b. 3 May, 1817.
iv. Eunice Gilbert, b. 13 March, 1819; d. 27 Dec. 1839.
V. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 13 Aug. 1821 ; m. 1 Oct. 1851, Jacob
Benj., son of James and Luciuda (Danforth) Marston, b. 12
Oct. 1830, d. 1 March, 1882.
Children of Jacob B. and Sarah E. (Danforth) Marston :
1. Sarah Evelyn Marston, b. 25 Aug. 1852.
2. Lucinda Ann Marston, b. 20 June, 1854.
3. Jacob Edwin Marston, b. 5 March, d. 1 April, 1856.
4. Charles Sumner Marston, b. '2b March, 1857, d. 1 July,
1859.
5. Sylvanus Cobb Marston, b. 10 April, 1859 ; d. 25 Oct.
1882.
6. Francis Danforth Marston, b. 9 March, 1862.
vi. Harriet, b. 1 July, d. 26 Aug. 1823.
vii. Lydia Sweetser, b, 24 Aug. 1824 ; m. 18 March, 1846, Horace
D., son of Ebenezer and Eliza H. Phelps, b. in 1820.
Children of Horace D. and Lydia S. f'Danforth) Phelps :
1. Laura Phelps, m. Welch.
2. Charles Phelps, m. , Sarah Chick.
3. Annie Phelps.
4. Florence Phelps, m. Charles H. Miller.
viii. Mart Ann, b. 20 March, 1827, m. 16 July, 1863, Wm., son of
Warren and Lydia Peabody, b. in 1820.
Children of William and Mary A. (Danforth) Peabody :
1. Warren Peabody. 2. Caroline Peabody. 3. Blanche
Peabody.
380. ix. George Augustus, b. 7 March, 1829.
X. Edwin Joshua, b. 28 Aug. 1830, d. 27 Oct. 1831.
214.
JoHN^ {Joshua,'^ Joshua,'' Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^
Nicholas'), born 4 March, 1807 ; died 18 Jan., 1867 ; married 6
May, 1831, Hannah, daughter of Stephen and Sally (Holbrook)
Atwood. Res. Saugus.
Children :
i. Emeline Augusta,^ b. 10 Feb., 1832 ; m. 30 April, 1868, Levi
Humphrey, son of Jacob and Lois Proctor, b. at Derry, N. H.,
11 Dec, 1830.
228 DANTORTH GENEALOGY,.
Cbild of Levi H. and Emeline A. (Danforth) Proctor :
Minnie Lois Proctor, b. in Lynn, 25 Aug. 1868.
ii. John Warren, b. 29 May, 1834. Resides at Cliftondale.
381. iii. Joshua, b. 1 April, 1836.
382. iv. Stephen Atwood, b. 5 March, 1838.
383. V. Ha WES Atwood, b. 13 April, 1840.
vi. Hannah Maria, b. 26 Sept. 1842, d. unm. 7 Jan. 1870.
vii. Orissa Ellen, b. 14 Dec. 1844; d. 8 Aug. 1878; m. 24 Dec.
1877, Henry, son of Ithamar and Mary (McNeil) Hubbard, b.
in 1845. She died 8 Aug. 1878, in giving birth to a dau.,
Orra Kate Hubbard, who also died the same day.
viii. Eliza Ann, b. 25 Jan. 1847; d. 14 Jan. 1849.
ix. Eunice Matilda, b. 13 May, 1849 ; m. 25 Dec. 1872, in Sau-
gus, Amos Tapley, son of Thomas and Mary H. (Florence)
Stocker. No children.
215.
Rev. Benjamin' {JBenjamin^^ Joshua,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Lynnfield, 24 Feb., 1804; died in
Chicago, 28 Jan. 1872; married in Salem, 11 Aug. 1825, Eliza-
beth Baker Mussey, daughter of Benjamin Mussey, born in Port-
land, Me., 24 July, 1809, died 25 Nov. 1871, in Lawrence,
Kansas.
Children :
John Mussey,^ b. in Salem, 15 March, 1826.
Stillman Akers, b. in Westbrook, Me., 7 March, 1828.
Benjamin Lafayette, b. in Portland, Me., 29 Sept. 1830.
Amos Blanchard, b. 26 July, 1833.
Charles Lewis, b. in Raymond, Me., 27 Jan. 1836 ; d. 7 Jan.
1854.
Mary Elizabeth, b. in Westbrook, Me., 27 April, 1838 ; d. 9
July, 1838.
Stephen Brown, b. in Lynn, Mass., 14 Sept. 1840.
, Samuel Chapman, b. in Saco., Me., 1 Jan. 1845 ; killed at BuU
Run, 21 July, 1861.
ix. Aurelia B., b. in Buckfield, Me., 3 March, 1846 ; d. in Boston,
5 April, 1862.
216.
Rev, Joshua Noble'' {Joshua,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jo-
nathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Pittsfield, 1 April, 1798 ;
died at Newcastle, Del., 14 Nov. 1861; married 6 Aug. 1829,
Jane (Janvier) Whilldin, of Newcastle, Del., born 8 May, 1799,
died 20 July, 1870.
Graduated with honors at Williams College, prepared for the
384.
i.
385.
ii.
386.
iii.
387.
iv.
V.
vi.
388.
vii.
viii.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 229
ministry at Princeton and was settled first in Newcastle, Del., then
for three years in Washington, after which he acted for a short time
as agent of the Colonization Society. Then was minister for several
years of the Congregational Society in Lee, Mass., whence he was
called to the Second church in Alexandria, D. C. In an able and
successful ministry of fifteen years he raised this society from a de-
pressed to a very flourishing condition. Then again he became the
agent of the Colonization Society, his connection with wliich con-
tinued until his death.
Of scholarly tastes, he retained through life great fondness for
Latin and Greek classics and Eno^lish literature : and through life
was marked for clearly defined opinions, great boldness of utterance
and fearless discharge of duty.
Children :
i. Emma Noble,^ b. 15 Jan. 1831 ; d. at Washington, 5 Dec. 1880 ;
m. 11 Sept. 1850, George Washington Bush; he d. at Wil
miiigton, Del., 12 .June, 1900.
Children of George W. and Emma Noble (Danforth) Bush :
1. Walter Danforth Bush, b. 29 Aug. 1851 ; m. 14 April,
1874, Rebecca Gibbons Tatnall.
2. Le^ois Potter Bush, b. 28 March, 1853; m. 13 May,
1 879, Margaret Potter Whiteley.
3. Julia Janvier Bush, b. 9 July, 1855.
4. George Washington Bush, b. 21 Aug. 1858.
5. Alice Driscoll Bush, b. 6 April, 1862 ; d. 18 April, 1867.
6. Joshua Danforth Bush, b. 4 Dec. 1868 ; WilUams Col-
ledge, grad. 1889 ; in lumber business in Wilmington
with his father.
ii. Mary Janvier, b. at Boston, 14 April, 1833 ; d. at Lee, 18 June,
1836.
iii. John Whilldin, b. at Lee, 6 Feb. 1835 ; uum. ; res. at Phila-
delphia, Pa.
iv. Samuel Adams, b. at Newcastle, 10 July, 1837 ; d. at Newcastle,
2 Jan. 1867.
v. Jdlia Harper, b. in Alexandria, Va., 20 March, 1840 ; d. at
Newcastle, 9 Feb. 1859.
217.
Saiviuel Adams^ {Joshua,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ JVicholas^), born 5 May, 1804; died 24 June, 1866;
married at Roxbury, 19 May, 1842, "Cordelia Rosalene Gragg,"
of Boston, born 11 Jan. 1819, died at Hotel Nightingale in Dor-
chester, 20 April, 1896. She was a daughter of Oliver Gragg
(born in Groton, 20 Jan. 1776, died in Auburndale, 1 June, 1849)
and Alice Ditson (born in Billerica, 21 June, 1779, died at
389.
390.
ii.
iii.
iv.
V,
vi.
230 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Auburndale, 14 April, 1862). The daughters, Harriet D. and
Laura P., reside in Auburndale ; the son, Cornelius D., in Yonkers,
N. Y.
Always of religious inclination, he joined the church at 16 years
of age, and at 25 became a deacon thereof, and in 1834 was one of
the " new-measure men " who organized the Second Congregational
Church in Pittsfield.
In 1837 removed to Boston and became a clerk in the treasurer's
department of the Congregational Missionary House, which position
he faithfully occupied during all the years of his active life. His
death occurred at Northampton. After funeral services at his home
at Auburndale, he was interred at Mount Auburn.
Children :
Joshua Noble,^ b. in Roxbury, 31 Aug. 1845.
Cornelius Driscoll, b. 20 Sept, 1847.
Edith Cordelia, b. at Auburndale, 3 Feb. 1849 ; d. 12 April,
1877.
Harriet Ditson, b. 7 Nov, 1851.
Laura Porter, b. 22 July, 1853.
Frances Maria, b. 22 July, 1856 ; d. 3 June, 1857.
218.
David Johnson^ (^Jonathan,'' Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ JSficJiolas^) , born at Georgia, Vt., 24 Jan. 1788 ; died
17 Jan. 1847 ; married 22 Dec. 1811, Annis White, who was bom
11 Feb. 1792, died 29 April, 1835.
Children :
391. i. Douglas Abraham,^ b. 9 Nov. 1812.
ii. Harry S., b. 24 March, 1814 ; m. 1 March, 1840, Emily S. Fair-
child ; no issue.
392. iii. George, b. 24 May, 1816.
393. iv. William, b. 30 May, 1818.
V. Lucius, b. 26 Nov. 1820 ; d. 30 Aug. 1854.
vi. Harriet, b. 9 March, 1823 ; d. 8 Sept. 1849.
vii. Amanda, b. 22 Jan. 1826 ; d. 8 Oct. 1869 ; m. 28 Sept. 1850,
Epln-aim Gates, son of Thomas and Polly (Gates) Hulett.
Child: William Danforth Hulett, b. 3 Jan. 1852; m. Georgia,
dau. of Dr. John Crowley, of Holly, Vt.
viii. Byron, b. 26 Feb. 1828; d. 30 Aug. 1854, in New Orleans,
supposed of yellow fever.
ix. Louisa, b. 20 Aug. 1830; d. 6 May, 1853; m. 19 Nov. 1851,
Esaias Hall. No issue.
X. Jane, b. 26 Feb. 1833; d. 20 May, 1859; m. 13 Nov. 1854,
Wm. Wallace Post, of Georgia, Vt., b. 10 March, 1830, d. at
St. Albans, 10 Sept. 1862.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 231
Children of William "W". and Jane (Danforth) Post :
1. Louisa Maria Post, b. 19 Oct. 1855 ; d. 4 April, 1870.
2. Jenny Bell Post, b. 10 Jan. 1858 ; m. 14 Sept. 1881,
Ralph E. Clark, of Cold Water, Mich., b. 28 March,
1859.
219.
Jonathan Reed' {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Georgia, Vt., 3 Jan. 1790; died
at St. Albans, Vt., 5 Feb. 1847 ; married first, 7 July, 1812, Am-
anda, daughter of Lewis and Mary (Potter) Walker of Clarendon,
Vt., born at Rehoboth, Mass., 6 Feb. 1791, died 8 March, 1825.
He married second, 13 July, 1826, Ruth, daughter of Corporal
Josiah and Esther (Hathaway) Brush, born Sept. 21, 1800, died 9
June, 1877.
He was a civil engineer, a contractor and builder ; constructed
many bridges and railways, both in the United States and Canada.
The bridges over the Lamoille and the St. Richelieu rivers were built
under his supervision. He resided at St. Albans, Vt.
Children :
i. Mart,8 b. 11 March, d. 14 April, 1813.
ii. Mart Anne, b. 17 Jan. 1815 ; d. 27 Oct. 1844 ; m. 31 March,
1839, Lewis S. Judd. He d. 28 Dec. 1849.
Children of Lewis S. and Mary A. (Danforth) Judd :
1. Samuel Judd, b. 20 July, 1840 ; Mrs. Judd res. in Chi-
cago, 111. (1902).
2. Henry Lewis Judd, b. 2 Dec. 1842.
3. Mary Elizabeth Judd, b. 27 Oct. 1844 ; m. Mr. Patter-
son ; res. St. Louis, Mo.
iii. Sarah Ann, b. 26 Aug. 1817; d, in June, 1855; m. RoUin
Tarquin Howard, of Salisbury, Vt.
Children of Rollin T. and Sarah A. (Danforth) Howard :
1. Henry Harris Howard, b. 11 May, 1838; d. 20 Feb.
1870.
2. Henry Danforth Howard, b. 6 May, 1840.
3. Mary Adelaide Howard, b. 28 Dec. 1843; m. 16 Feb.
1863, John Morris Ground, of Marine, 111., b. 2 July,
1838, son of Daniel and Mary Ground ; res. Jackson-
ville, Fla. Ch. : (I) Daniel H. Ground, b. 13 Feb.
1864 ; res. Fernandina, Fla. (2) Cassie Morris
Ground, b. 19 Sept. 1871 ; m. Joseph Dull, of Dan-
ville, 111.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 6 April, 1820 ; m. 7 July, 1850, John Ellison,
formerly of Hempstead, L. I. ; rem. to Marine, 111.
394. V. Henry, b. 26 Feb. 1823.
232 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
vi. Abigail Webb, b. 23 Dec. 1828 ; d. 11 May, 1880 ; m. 6 July,
1853, John Lovell Sargent, horticulturist, of Lebanon, 111. He
d. 14 June, 1883.
Children of John L. and Abigail W. (Danforth) Sargent :
1. Harriet Persis Sargent, b. 15 Sept. 1854; grad. Mc-
Kendric Coll. ; m. 30 June, 1880, James Harrison
Thomas, of Belleville, 111. ; editor Belleville Advocate.
2. Ella Lovell Sargent, b. 10 Aug. 1857 ; gi-ad. also at
McK. Coll. ; m. 3 July, 1883, Prof. Edw. W. Wag-
goner, grad. cum honore McK. Coll., prof. Nat. Sci.
Wiufield Coll., Kan.
3. Clara Legett Sargent, b. 27 Dec. 1865 ; grad. McK.
Coll.; N. E. Conservatory of Music in 1884; m. 4
June, 1885, Eugene L. Waggoner, grad. Valparaiso
Normal Coll., Ind. ; supt. Pub. Sch., Lebanon, 111.
vii. John, b. 26 Jan. 1832 ; d. 17 Aug. 1837.
viii. Amanda Adelaide, b. 31 Jan. 1835; m. 19 Jan. 1853, Lem-
uel W. Scott, of St. Albans; d. at Montreal, 17 Feb. 1861 ;
one daughter Adeline V. Scott, m. David Cook, of Montreal.
ix. Helen Maria, b. 7 Sept. 1836 ; m. 19 Nov. 1857, Henry
Hypes Horner, b. at Lebanon, 111., 22 Feb. 1821, grad, McKen-
dric Coll., attorney at law and dean of Law Dept. of Coll.
She d. at Denver, Colo., 2 July, 1892, while visiting her sister,
Mrs. Wiley.
Children of Henry H. and Helen M. (Danforth) Horner :
1. Henry Roland Horner, b. 11 Sept. 1858 ; civil engineer.
2. Wilbur Nathan Horner, b. 2 May, 1860 ; lawyer.
3. Hattie Hypes Horner, b. 6 Feb. 1868.
4. Bertha Adele Horner, b. 22 May, 1872.
X. Emma Matilda, b. 19 Aug. 1838; m. 24 Dec. 1856, Dr. E.
Martin Wiley. He was surgeon of 117 regt. 111. Vol. Inf. in
the War of the Rebellion ; promoted to be medical director at
Fort Pickering, Tenn., in 1863 ; and surgeon of 74th div. 16th
Army corps ; did efficient and vigorous service, the stram of
which made inroads upon his constitution fi'om which he never
recovered. Removed to Colorado Springs, Colo., and there died
14 May, 1883.
Children of E. M. and Emma M. (Danforth) Wiley :
1. Mabel Wiley, b. at Trenton, 111., 3 Oct. 1859; m. 13
July, 1882, Frank Hobart Loud, b. Weymouth, Mass.,
grad. Amh. Coll., prof. Mathem. Colo. Coll.
Children of Frank H. and Mabel (Wiley) Loud :
(1) Francis Martin Loud, b. 10 April, 1883.
(2) Mary Loud, b. 6 April, 1886.
(3) Paul Danforth Loud, b. 10 Dec. 1887 ; d.
22 March, 1889.
(4) Harriet Loud, b. 10 Aug. 1890.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 233
(5) Norman Loud, b. 20 Sept. 1892.
(G) William Brewster Loud, b. 8 June, 1894.
2. Walter Howard Wiley, b. at Idaho Springs, Colo., 28
Jan. 1862; m. 17 Sept. 1884, Laura, dau. of Thomas
and Eliza (Maxwell) Parshall, b. in Brighton, 111.,
30 Oct, 18G2, He is a mechanical engineer.
Children of Walter H. and Laura (Parshall) Wiley:
(1) Raymond Wiley, b. 23 Jan. 1887.
(2) Dana Wiley, b. 15 March, 1896.
3. Wilfred Danforth Wiley, b. 24 Dec. 1866 ; m. 30 Sept.
1891, Frances, dau. of Charles W. and Jane (Hardy)
Fonda, of Three Rivers, Mich., b. 19 July, 1868.
Child of Wilfred D. and Frances (Fonda) Wiley :
Fred. Harold Wiley, b. 24 Aug. 1893.
xi. Charlotte Caroline, b. 2 Jan. 1840; m. 14 June, 1877, Dr.
Francis W. Lytle ; he d. at St. Louis, Mo., 18 July, 1884. Res.
at Wellington, Kan.
Children of Francis W. and Charlotte C. (Danforth) Lytle:
1. Francis Wayland Lytle, b. 13 Aug. 1878.
2. William Roland Lytle, b. 14 May, 1881.
3. Walter Wiley Lytle, b. 21 Jan. 1883.
xii. Frances Gertrude, b. 22 Oct. 1845 ; m. 24 April, 1873, Ben-
jamin F. Bradley, of Trenton, 111. Res. at Wellington, Kan.
220.
Henry Keyes,'' {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,^ Jonathcm,^
Jonathan,* Nicholas^), born at Georgia, Vt., 3 April, 1792; died
2 April, 1872 ; married in Skaneateles, N. Y., in Sept. 1817, Hes-
ter Savage, born 2 Sept. 1791, died in Pekin, ^Niagara co., N. Y.,
30 July, 1871.
Children ; all but Louisa Ann born in Pekin :
i. Louisa Ann,* b. in Skaneateles, 4 July, 1818 ; d. 18 Jime, 1884 ;
m. 14 Oct. 1846, Samuel Tompkins of La Salle, Niagara Co.,
N. Y. ; he d. 4 June, 1884.
Children of Samuel and Louisa A. (Danforth) Tompkins :
1. Heitry Tompkins, b. 3 Feb. 1848.
2. Elbertine Tompkins, b. 9 June, 1850 : d. 14 April, 1883.
3. Charles Tompkins, b. 17 Nov. 1852 ; d. 5 March, 1860.
4. Marcia Tompkins, b. 24 Oct. 1857.
5. Charlotte Tompkins, b. 23 Feb. 1860 ; m. 5 Dec. 1883,
William J. Clarke.
ii. Lawrence, b. 25 Dec. 1820: d. 21 June, 1831; m. first,
Shaw ; m. second,
iii. Elbertine, b. 9 Nov. 1823.
395. iv. James Henry, b. 15 Feb. 1826.
234 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
V. Charles, b. 1 6 Nov, 1828 ; res. in Jan. 1893, at Woodlawn
Park, Chicago.
vi. Anna, b. 7 July, 1832 ; d. in Oct. 1832.
vii. Cornelia, b. 13 Jan. 1834 ; d. 17 Aug. 1877.
221.
William' {^Jonathan* Jonathan^' Smnuel,* Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan,^ JVicholas'), born at St. Albans, Vt., 27 March, 1794;
died at Newbury, Wis., in 1850. At some date after 1823 he re-
moved to Russell, St. Lawrence co., N. Y., and in 1846 to
Prairieville, Wis., thence to Hartford, Wis., where he lived two
years; then to Newbury, Wis., his hoine till his death.
He married Louisa Keyes of Cambridge, Vt.
Children :
i. William Keyes,^ b. in 1821 ; "died, leaving wife and children
in Missouri."
ii. Emerson, b. in 1822 ; res. in Manistee, Mich.
396. iii. Nelson, b. in St. Albans, 16 April, 1823,
iv. Ann Maria, b. in 1825 ; m. Edward Hand ; res. Chicago.
V. Clinton, b. in 1827 ; res. Manistee ; large family ; one son is
Charles,
vi. Louisa, b. in 1828; m. Sam. G. Burdick ; d. in 1873.
vii. Louis, b. in 1830; went to Cal. ; not heard from,
viii. Charles W., b. in 1833 ; d. in 1860 at Marquette, Wis.
ix, Henry.
X. Keyes, b. in 1841 ; d. at Denver, Col., in 1882.
222.
E. Porter' (^Jonathan,' Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan,^ JSTicholas'), born 24 Nov. 1801; died 9 Sept. 1881;
married first, 13 Jan. 1830, Paulina Kingsbury, of Fairfax, Vt.
He married second, 11 June, 1854, Francis L. Storey of Fairfield,
Vt.
Children :
i. Cornelia,^ b. 6 Dec. 1830; m. 13 Dec. 1860, Julius W. Dee, of
Lawrence co., N. Y,
ii. Lucia, b. 13 Aug. 1833 ; d. 4 June, 1835.
iii. Lucia H., b. 2 Dec. 1835 ; d. 11 Aug. 1857.
iv. Adaline a., b. 2 Feb. 1838 ; m, in 1857, Solomon C. Bixby, of
Fail-fax, Vt.
V. Sarah M., b. 29 May, 1840 ; m. 12 May, 1861, Benj. S. Bal-
lard, of Georgia, Vt.
vi. Laura C, b. 14 June, 1842 ; m. 31 March, 1864, Ransom Mer-
rill of Fairfax.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 235
vii. Mart L., b. 2 Aug. 1845; m. 15 Oct. 1868, Henry S. Holmes,
of Fairfield, Vt.
viii. Clarissa P., b. 13 March, 1848; m, iu 1870, Edgar J. Pease,
of Fairfax.
ix. Harriet L., b. 2 Aug. 1852; m. 14 Aug. 1877, Harvey A.
Story of St. Albans, Vt.
223.
Charles^ (A'eye.s,® Jonnthan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born at Williamstown, 5 Feb. 1804; died at Wash-
ington, D. C, 14 Dec. 1885 ; married first, 11 July, 1831, Charity,
daughter of Daniel and Charity (Fuller) Foster, of Leroy, N. Y.,
born in Newburyport, 16 July, 1812; died at Troy, N. Y., 31
Dec. 1869.
He grad. Williams College; settled at Leroy, N. Y., and prac-
tised law ; was judge of county court over a circuit of 40 miles. He
possessed great energy and discernment, and performed a large
amount of legal business ; retained his faculties into ripe old age.
After the death of his first wife he removed to Washington, D. C,
where he married his second wife and had two sons born. He mar-
ried second, 27 June, 1872, Diana E. Jones, born at Sligo, Md., 6
Dec. 1842. She was a daughter of Capt. John Courts Jones, of
Montgomery, Md. (d. 1880, fe. 78), of U. S. Navy and revenue
service. He was son of Major John Courts Jones and grandson of
Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, confidential secretary of General
Washington, and afterward until his death Justice of U. S. Supreme
Court.
Mrs. Danforth resides at Forest Glen, Md.
Children :
i. Helen Augusta,* b. 7 June, 1832 ; m. 1 June, 1854, "William
C. Hart of Troy, b. 6 March, 1818 ; d. in 1890.
Children of William C. and Helen A. (Danforth) Hart :
1. Emma Willard Hart, b. in Troy, 18 Jan., d. 19 Aug.
1856.
2. Helen Hart, b. 19 Jan. 1860.
3. William Cook Hart, b. 10 May, 1873; WiUiams Coll.,
class of 1894.
397. ii. Roderick Foster, b. 9 Oct. 1835.
iii. Charles Hart, b. 5 Feb. 1876. He was educated at Gonzaga
College, aiming at the legal profession. On the outbreak of the
Spanish war he enlisted and served in Cuba till sent to the
Philippines ; second lieutenant of the 31st U. S. Infantry
appointed adjutant of the district of Mindanao and Jolo, May
13, 1901.
iv, John Courts Jones, b. 2 March, 1880 ; d. 3 Dec. 1881.
236 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
224.
George'' {Keyes^^ Jonathan^ , Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,"
Nicholas^), born in Williamstown, 24 July, 1808; died 14 Feb.,
1864; married at Leroy, N. Y., 4 Sept., 1834, Mary B. Foster,
born in Newburyport, 12 June, 1814, died 25 Nov., 1880. He
grad. from Williams College ; studied law ; settled at Ann Harbor,
Mich., in 1836; was eminent at the bar; state senator one term;
was postmaster some time.
Children :
i. George Montgomery,^ b. 30 Sept., 1836 ; d. unin., 7 Jan., 1881.
ii. Mary Cornelia, b. 25 Aug., 1838 ; d. 18 Aug., 1839.
iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1 July, 1840 ; d. 21 Feb., 1882 ; m. T. M.
Baxter, of Chicago, 111. No children,
iv. Elizabeth Foster, b. 28 Oct., 1845 ; m. Edgar Boardman
Jewett, of Buffalo, N. Y., mayor of the city, 1894-5.
V. Daniel Foster, b. 18 Feb., 1848. Was in Kansas City in 1880.
225.
Ketes' {Keyes,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born in Williamstown, ]1 Jan., 1822; died from the
effects of a fall from his carriage, 21 Oct., 1897 ; married first, 28
Sept., 1852, Anna L. Lyon, dau. of Col. James Lyon of Wood-
stock, Conn., born in 1832, died 28 Jan., 1868. He married sec-
ond, 21 July, 1869, Caroline M. Smith, of Albany, born 25 Dec,
1838.
After his graduation at Williamstown in 1846, he studied law with
George H. Browne, of Providence, R. I., in Chepatchet, R. I., and
was admitted to the bar. Later he returned to Williamstown and
practised until 1885, when he was appointed judge of the local court.
From 1862 to 1882 he was assistant treasurer of Williams College,
and did most of the work of the treasurer. He was a member of
the town school committee, and town treasurer for twenty years, and
assessor and selectman at various times. In 1862 and in 1880 he
was elected to the Legislature. He was president of the Danforth
Family Association in 1886. Judge Danforth was one of the ori-
ginal members of the Society of Sons of the American Revolution.
Child :
398. Bushnell,^ b. 19 Nov., 1854.
226.
Jesse'' (David,^ David, ^ Jacoh,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ N'ich-
las^), born at Chelmsford, 27 Aug., 1776 ; died in 1852 ; married
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 237
inHolHs, 24 April, 1797, Sarah, dau. of Josiah and Sally Wheat,
of Hollis, N. H. They resided at Walthain in 1816 and 1832.
Children :
i. Jesse,^ b. 18 Feb., 1798 ; d. 1 July, 1849 ; lived in Ottawa, La
salle Co,, Illinois,
ii. David, b. 17 April, d. 13 Oct., 1799.
iii. Sarah, b. 3 July, 1800; res. Nashua, N. H.
iv. David, b. 19 May, 1802; went west, m. 21 June, 1821, Huldah
Reed.
V. Solomon, b. 8 Dec, 1803.
vi. Harriet, b. 30 April, 1805; d. ve. 7 by clothing taking fira at
school in Oct., 1812.
vii. Susan, b. 16 Dec, 1806; m. 19 Sept.. 1833, Josiah A. Wheat;
res. Nashua.
Children of Josiah A. and Susan (Danforth) Wheat:
1. George Edwin TT/zea^, b. 4 Jan., 1842.
2. Emma Sophia Wheat, b. 17 April, 1844.
Tiii. Benjamin, b. 17 Nov., 1808; went west.
ix. Joseph, b. 4 Nov., 1810 ; d. in 1812.
X. SoPHRONiA, b. 26 Oct., 1812 ; d. in 1814.
227.
TmOTHY^ (David,^ David,' Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
JSricholas'), born at Chelmsford, 2 April, 1778 ; died 17 May, 1855 ;
married first, 12 Aug., 1798, Mary Nevins, born in 1768, died in
1806. He married second, 23 Sept., 1808, Bridget Blanchard, dau.
of Augustus Blanchard, of Milford, N. H., born in Merrimack, 23
June, 1776; died in Amherst, N. H., 16 July, 1837. He married
third, 11 Jan., 1838, Lucretia Barnard, dau. of Rev'. Jere. Barnard
of Amherst, many years minister of Trinitarian Cong. Church ; she
was born 26 July, 1794. He resided in Amherst from early child-
hood ; was appointed postmaster during the administration of his
cousin. President Franklin Pierce.
Children :
Timothy S.,« b. in Milford, 26 May, 1799.
William Nevins, b. 13 Jidv, 1802.
Walter, b. in Milford, 19 'Feb., 1804 ; d. m Portland, Me., 5
Aug., 1848, unm.
Joel Crosby, b. in Milford, 14 June, 1809.
Charles Pinckney, b. 16 Sept., 1812.
Hannah Crosby, b. 11 Nov., 1820 ; d. 14 May, 1857 ; m. (as his
first wife) 27 May, 1839, Caleb Clesson Field, M.D., b. 27 May,
1810, d. 6 May, 1881. He was son of George and Phila (Hol-
ton) Field, b. at Northfield. Grad. Amherst College in 1833 ;
taught school in Concord, Mass. Stuched medicine under Drs.
399.
400.
ii.
iii,
401.
iv.
401a V.
238 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
John Ware and Walter Channing in Boston, and Dr. Twitcliell
of Keene, N. H. Received liis medical degree from Dartmouth
College ; practised at Leominster, Mass. He was highly re-
spected.
Children of Caleb C. and Hannah C. (Danforth) Field :
1. Mary Crosby Field, b. 27 April, 1840 ; d. 26 Dec, 1845.
2. Glesson Field, b. 16 June, 1845 ; m. 4 Oct., 1870, Sarah
Eva Murchison, of Halifax, N. S., b. 17 April, 1852.
He is a printer, learned the trade of his uncle Charles
P. Danforth ; residence, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children :
(1) George M. Field, b. in Boston, 1 July, 1872.
(2) Charles Clesson Field, b. 20 Feb., 1874.
(3) Walter Pinckney Field, b. 27 July, 1875.
(4) Alfred W. Field, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 4
April, 1880.
3. Jenny Louise Field, b. 5 Feb., 1849 ; d. 20 July, 1850.
4. Alfred Withington Field, b. 14 May, 1851; d. 29 July,
1882.
5. Charles Sumner Field, b. 28 Feb., 1854 ; d. 19 March,
1857.
6. Catherine Sophia Field, b. 23 Dec, 1855 ; d. 13 Sept.,
1875.
228.
Benjamin Pierce^ {David,^ David,^ Jacoh,'^ Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ mcholas'), hovn in Chelmsford, 22 Feb. 1780; died 19
March, 1837; lived some years in Waltham ; married 17 Aug.
1800, Mary Willoughby, of Hollis, N. H.
Children :
1. Mart,8 b. 7 Jan. 1801 ; d. 19 Dec 1862.
ii. Elizabeth Pierce, b. 20 Jan. 1803 ; d, at Pecatonica, 111., 17
Feb. 1877 ; m. 29 Sept, 1831, Rev. John Morrill, b. 25 Aug.
1796; Amherst Coll. ; Andover Theol. Sem. 1831 ; d. at Pec-
atonica, 111. Immediately on graduating he married, was or-
dained in company with 30 of his classmates by N. Y. Pres-
bytery, and started with his wife for the West to act as mis-
sionary. Traveling with horse and wagon they were six weeks
in reaching the Ohio river, where selling the wagon he pro-
ceeded on horseback, while she went down the river in a flat
boat and reached her destination only after some impediments
caused by the swollen state of the river. After five years la-
bor in Ohio they removed to Illinois, where Mr. Morrill organ-
ized the first Congregational church in Rockford. In several
following years during which he was often the only Congrega-
tional minister in a circuit of 50 miles, he organized numerous
churches.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 239
Their only daughter, Mary Elizabeth, b. 2 August, 1835,
after the death of her parents resided with her aunt, Mrs.
Lej)he Pierce Dauforth, Philadelphia.
iii. Benjahiin, b. in Jan. 1805; d. in infancy.
iv. Rebecca, b. 5 Dec. 180G, d. in Alton, 111., 26 Jan. 1889.
V. Sophia Nichols, b. 30 Jan. 1809, d. in Lawrence, 14 Nov. 1861 ;
m. 6 June, 1833, Israel Morrell, at Connersville, Ind., removed
thence to Rockford, 111., and thence to Lawrence, Mass. They
had two children :
1. Franklin Howard Morrell, b. 12 May, 1836 ; m. 7 Nov.
1859, Adeline E. Barton, of Lawrence, Mass. Re-
sided in Philadelphia. Engaged in Danforth Belt-
ing Co.
2. Edioard D. Morrell, b. 29 July, 1837 ; m. Mary E.
Pierson, of Lowell.
vi. Sakah Ann, b. 25 May, 1811 ; d. in Alton, lU., 22 Aug. 1887 ;
m. Don Alonzo Spaulding. of Rockford, 111. Resided at Al-
ton, 111. One dau., Helen M. Spaulding, b. 13 April, 1840 ;
m. 17 Nov. 1859, A. T. Hawley. of Alton. Res. Alton.
402. vii. Benjamin Franklin, b. 9 July, 1813.
viii. Lephe Pierce, b. 28 April, 1816; m. her cousin, David Dan-
forth, No- 403 ; q. V.
228a.
David^ {David,^ Davicl,^ Jacob,* Jonathcm,^ Jonathan,"
Nicholas^), born at Chelmsford, 11 May, 1784; died 2 March,
1867 ; married in 1812, Mary Walker, of Antrim, N. H. Resided
in Hillsboro.
Children :
i. George,^ b. 4 March, 1815 ; d. 16 Nov. 1816.
ii. Mart, b. 4 Sept. 1817 ; m. John Small,
iii. Catharine, b. 20 Feb. 1820.
403. iv. David, b. in Nov. 1821.
V. Rebecca, b. 20 July, 1823 ; m. Alvan Weeks,
vi. Elizabeth, b. 27 Aug. 1825 ; d. in 1825.
vii. Twins, b. and d. in 1830.
404. viii. Benjamin Pierce, b. 4 May, 1831.
405. ix. Andreav .Jackson, b. 27 June, 1833.
229.
Solomon^ (^Solomon,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Mcholas'), born in Merrimack, N. H., 27 March, 1782; died 20
Aug. 1826; married 29 Nov. 1811, Ruth, daughter of Benjamin
and Ruth (Tarbell) Nourse, of Merrimack, born 28 March, 1784,
died 31 Oct. 1836.
240 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Emily Caroline,^ b. in Merrimack 14 Sept. 1812 ; d. 16
March, 1880; m. Samuel Flanders.
ii. Eunice Nourse, b. 19 March, 1815 ; d. 14 Nov. 1852.
iii. Sarah Ann, b. 19 Jan. 1817 ; d. 30 Sept. 1822.
iv. John Munroe, b. 17 May, 1820 ; d. 26 Sept. 1822.
406. V. John Nourse, b. 25 Dec. 1823.
230.
Simeon Cummings'' (^Solomon, ^ David, ^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ JSTicholas^), born at Merrimack, N. H., 31 March,
1786; died at Amherst, N. H., 26 July, 1869; married in Blue-
hill, Me., 7 Feb., 1811, Abigail, daughter of Daniel and Sarah
(Smith) Osgood, born in Bluehill, Me., 23 Sept., 1793; died in
Amherst, 13 Feb. 1854. Lived in Atkinson and Kirkland, Me.;
removed to Merrimack, N. H., about 1830. Of their twelve chil-
dren all but one grew up and married.
Children, the first nine born in Atkinson :
407. i Charles Cummings,^ b. 12 April, 1812.
408. ii. Daniel Osgood, b. 17 March, 1816.
409. iii. Solomon, b. 8 March, 1818.
iv. SoPHRONiA Child, b. 25 July, 1819; m. 28 Dec. 1837, Samuel
H. Kingsbury, b, 20 Nov. 1816.
Children of Samuel H. and Sophronia C. (Danforth) Kingsbury :
1. John Edwin Kingsbury, b. 8 July, 1840 ; m. in Chica-
go, 14 Feb, 1861, Margaret M!^ Eckhardt.
2. Samuel Prescott Kingsbury, b. 3 Aug. 1^42 ; d. 23
March, 1866 ; m, in June, 1865 ; name of wife not
given.
3. Sarah Abigail Kingsbury, b, 24 April, 1844 ; m. 14
Feb. 1861, Tuttle K. Sweeney.
4. Charles Osgood Kingsbury, b. 1 Nov. 1845 ; m. in Aug.
1873, Mary Defoe.
5. Francis J. Kingsbury, b. 12 Aug. ; d. 4 Sept. 1846.
6. Frank A. Kingsbury, b. 26 May, 1849 ; d. 24 June,
1852,
410. V. Vespasian, b. 5 Nov, 1820.
vi. Eliza Jane Cummings, b. 23 Sept. 1822 ; m. Amherst, 22 Dec.
1842, Francis K. Boutelle. b. 1 Nov. 1818 ; in ice trade.
Children of Francis K. and Eliza J. C (Danforth) Boutelle,
all born at Amherst :
1, Albert F. Boutelle, b. 26 March, 1845 ; d. at Milford,
N. H„ 15 Dec. 1885 ; m. 19 March, 1866, Eliza A.
H. Sanderson.
2. George K. Boutelle, b. 19 July, 1847 ; m. 23 Dec. 1869,
Adeline S. Davis.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 241
3. Charles C. Boutelle, b. 7 Oct. 1850 ; m. 20 Oct. 1874,
Mary Ellen Loveland ; she was b. 28 Oct. 1849.
4. Creighton P. Boutelle, b. 5 July, 185G; m. 11) March,
1885, Elizabeth G. Lang. Dau. Harriet Boutelle, b.
in Chelsea, 5 Nov. 188G.
5. Elmer E. Boutelle, b. 22 April, 1861 ; m. in Ashburn-
ham, 29 April, 1887, Adeline A. Baker.
411. vii. Simeon Cumjiings, b. 17 May, 1824.
viii. Abigail, b. 6 May, 182G ; d. in Kirkland, Me., 22 April, 1830.
ix, LovisA Churcdill, b. 7 Dec. 1827 ; d. at Nashua, 13 July,
1852 ; m. in Nashua, 13 March, 1851, John Perkins, of
Nashua, b. in Alton, N. II., 10 April, 1833 ; d. in Aug. 1886.
Child of John and Lovisa C. (Danforth) Perkins :
Ella, b. 6 March, 1853 ; m. 10 July, 1873, Wallace S.
Jackman, dry goods, res. Nashua. Children :
(1) Edith Jackman, b. 31 Jan. 1878.
(2) Harvey B. Jackman, b. 27 Feb. 1879.
(3) Eleanor Jackman, b. 27 Nov. 1883.
X. Sarah Abigail, b, in Kirkland, Me., 2 Sept. 1830 ; d. in Merri-
mack, 29 Sept. 1833.
xi. RuFUS Edmund, b. in Merrimack, N. H., 22 Aug. 1832 ; d. 8
Sept. 1833.
412. xii. RuFUS Edmund, b. in Merrimack, N. H., 4 Feb. 1834.
231.
Rurus' (^Solomon,^ David," Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan.,^
Nicholas'), born at Merrimack, N. H., 25 Feb. 1791; died 23
Jan. 1860; married in Concord, iST. H., 22 June, 1817, Sarah
Herbert, of Concord, born 27 Dec. 1797 ; died 7 Nov. 1811.
Children :
i. Mary Ann,^ b. 26 March, 1818 ; m. 22 Sept. 1845, Jabez L.
Pearson, b. 2 Nov. 1821.
Childi-en of Jabez L. and Mary Ann (Danforth) Pearson :
1. Edward G. Pearson, b. 3 July, 1846 ; m. 29 April,
1874, Nettie True, b. April, 1846.
2. Frank M. Pearson, b. 15 Aug. 1847; d. 10 Dec. 1850.
3. George P. Pearson, b. 10 Jime, 1849 ; d. 28 Nov. 1850.
4. George F. Pearson, b. 8 May, 1852; d. 8 Feb. 1859.
Mary Ann (Danforth) Pearson m. (2) in Feb. 1870, Daniel
Granger, b. 19 Sept. 1806, d. 8 April, 1878.
413. ii. Jacob Israel, b. 21 Oct. 1821.
iii. Calvin S., b. 13 June, 1826 ; d. 17 May, 1830.
413a. iv. Calvin H., b. 30 Sept. 1831.
242 DANTOKTH GENEALOGY.
232.
Simeon^ ( William,^ David,^ Jacob,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^
Nicholas'), born 2 Dec. 1783; died in Deny, 27 July, 1846;
married 10 March, 1807, Nancy Craigie, daughter of James and
Jane (Wallace) Anderson, born 15 Oct. 1784, died 10 Sept.
1850. He was of Londonderry, and of Derry when set off. Was
a blacksmith. Kept tavern many years in Derry ; held many town
offices.
Aug. 4, 1846, on petition of the widow, Joseph A. Gregg Avas
appointed administrator. John H. Miltimore of Derry acted as
agent for Mary W., wife of Ebenezer Gregg, of Elyria, O., one of
the heirs. Nancy's will, dated 4 July, 1849, was duly probated
after her death ; she bequeathed her estate to daughter, Lucy Jane,
wile of Benjamin F. Gregg, Esq. ; to son Daniel W. Danforth ; to
daughter Mary W., wife of Eben. Gregg, of Ohio ; to son William
Alonzo and daughter Adeline Danforth.
Children :
i. Lucy Jane,^ b. in Derry, 16 Aug. 1807; m. 12 Dec. 1833,
Benj. F. Gregg of Derry.
Children of Benjamin F. and Lucy Jane (Danforth) Gregg :
1. Adeline Davforth Gregg, b. 26 June, 1835 ; m. 12 Aug.
1860, Chas. F. Wheeler ; 6 children,
2. Lncinda Jane Gregg, b. 18 Aug. 1837.
3. Alonzo Jarvis Gregg, b. 24 March, 1840.
4. Frank Washington Gregg, b. 26 June, 1847.
ii. Mart Wallace, b. 18 Nov. 1809 ; d. 11 Aug. 1870, in Lorain,
Ohio; m. 19 Sept. 1829, Eben. Gregg of Derry, b. in Dor-
chester, N. H., 1803, d. in Lorain, Ohio, 21 Aug. 1886. He
m. (2) Adeline Wallace Danforth (below).
Children of Eben. and Mary W. (Danforth) Gregg :
1. Cynthia Anderson Gregg, b, in Derry, 9 March, 1833 ;
d. m Cleveland, 1 838.
2. Simeon Danforth Gregg, b. 7 Aug. 1837.
3. Mary Hannah Gregg] h. 10 Aug. 1840.
4. Arthur Liver more Gregg, b. 27 Sept. 1842 ; d. 9 March,
1873.
5. Luther Bell Gregg, b. 7 April, 1845.
6. Lucy Eliza Gregg, b. 27 March, 1847.
7. Adeline Danforth Gregg, b. 25 Nov. 1849 ; d. 30 April,
1850.
414. iii. Daniel Warner, b. 2 March, 1812; d. 1 Nov. 1884.
iv. William Alonzo, b. 16 Nov. 1814; d. in Lorain, 0., 12 Jan,
1892, unm.
V. Adeline Wallace, b. 11 Sept. 1818 ; m. 30 Dec. 1872, Eben.
Gregg, formerly husband of her sister, Mary Wallace Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 243
233.
William'' ( William,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
JSfichoJas^), born in Deny, 7 Feb. 1799 ; died in Roxbury, Mass.,
31 July, 1866. Cabinet maker. Married first, at Boston, 11 Oct.
1824, lluth Pcabody Eeed, of Andover, Mass., born 25 July,
1805, died 7 April, 1841. He married second, 14 July, 1842,
Asenath, daughter of Samuel and Mary Trofitter of Salem, born in
Nov. 1803, died 5 May, 1882.
She made her will 4 Aug. 1880 ; bequeathed chiefly to her nearest rela-
tives, making Edward T. Trofitter, of Newtonville, executor ; also a bequest
to Mrs. Mary Danforth, of Boston Plighlands, and left " the two portraits
of Father aud Mother " to Edward T. Danforth.
Children :
William Brewek,^ b. 7 Sept. 1825; d. 14 Nov. 1832.
Amanda, b. 19 Oct. 1827 ; d. 16 Nov. 1832.
Hannah, b. 1828 ; d. a3. 1 year, 26 Sept. 1829. •
Edwin, b. 1 Sept. 1829.
Edward Turner, b. 10 July, 1831.
Hannah, b. July, d. 7 Sept. 1833.
Tiiaddeus, b. 30 March, d. 29 Sept. 1836.
Alonzo, b. 21 July, 1837.
William, b. 1 1 Aug. 1839.
Melissa, or " Cecilia," b. 2 March, and d. 30 Aug. 1841.
Laura, b. in 1844; d. in 6 months.
234.
Dayid^ {Jacob,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas'), born 15 Aug. 1798; died at Grafton, Vt., 1 Feb.
1870 ; married first, Huldah Whitney. She died in Walpole,
N. H. He married second, Harriet Cliapin, born in 1811, died in
Oct. 1860.
He was a blacksmitli; lived many years in Walpole, N. H., and
Westminster, Vt.
Childi'en :
i. Martha.^
ii. George.
419. iii. Lewis E., b. [Aug. 1826].
iv. Emily, m. William Cornell ; res. St. Louis, Mo.
Children of William and Emily (Danforth) Cornell :
1. Enuna Cornell, m. (1) Mr. Fitz ; m. (2) George T.
Walker.
2. Robert Gorncll, res. St. Louis, Mo.
V. Henry.
vi. Harriet,
1.
ii.
iii.
415.
iv.
416.
V.
vi.
vii.
417.
viii.
418.
ix.
X.
xi.
244 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
420. vii. Alonzo H., b. 10 April, 1837.
421. viii. David, b. 8 May, 1839.
422. ix. Jacob, b. 4 July, 1843.
X. Julia, b. 2 June, 1845 ; m, Charles Eoss, {armer, Onawa, Kan.
235.
Capt. George' {Jacoh^^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas'), born 30 April, 1807; married in 1827, Sarah
Melzer, born in Milford, 27 July, 1810; died 30 Oct. 1882. Res-
idence at Danforth's Corner, Amherst, N. H.
Children :
i, Adeline Sophia,^ b. 13 May, d. 6 Sept. 1841.
ii. Lucy Adeline, b. in Amherst, 23 Auff. 1842 ; m. at Hudson,
25 Nov. 1874, Obed Ware, b. in Jefferson, Me., 1838 ; res.
Pepperell.
iii. Edgar Adelbert, b. 12 May, 1846 ; m. first, 1 Oct. 1867, Lucy
A. Merrill. He m. second, Jenny Clay of Lowell.
iv. Sarah Josephine, b. in Amherst, 3 May, 1848 ; m. (1) 16 May,
1872, Charles Hay of Lowell. She m. second, Luther Cawley ;
res. Lowell.
V. Ella Elvada, b. 23 Dec. 1856; m. 4 May, 1879, Arthur Hill
of Amherst (son of Samuel).
Children of Arthur and Ella E. (Danforth) Hill :
1. George Arthur Hill, b. 26 June. 1880.
2. Bessy Louisa Hill, b. 8 May, 1883.
236.
Octa' (Sainuel,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,* Sarnuel,^ Jonathan,'^
Nicholas'), born in Sept. 1809; died 10 Aug. 1883; married in
Jan. 1831, Nancy Reed, of Acton. Residing in Boston, he bought
of his father land in Stow, 12 April, 1830. Removed to Hudson,
Mass.
Children :
i. Harriet,^ b. 30 Jan. 1833 ; m. at Harvard, 24 April, 1851,
Chas. M. Blood, of Brockton ; shoemaker ; • son of Eben. and
Tamar E. L. Blood.
ii. Maria, b. 22 Feb. 1834 : m. 23 Oct. 1854, at Harvard, Alan-
son Rice, son of George, of Grafton, b. in 1832 ; shoemaker.
iii. RoxANNA, b. 23 March, 1835; m. 8 Jan. 1851, Robert Sylva-
nus, son of Sylvan us and Elvira Harlow, of Cornish, N. H.,
b. 18 Oct. 1830, shoemaker.
Children of Robert S. and Roxanna (Danforth) Harlow :
1. Emma Louise Harlow, h. 24 July, 1852; d. 28 Aug.
1854.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 245
2. MariUa Evora Harloio, b. 28 Nov. 1 853 ; m. in March,
1873, John Lewis Spooner ; res. S. P^ramingham.
3. Ella Josepldne Harlow, b. 2 Jan. 1856 ; dressmaker,
Marlboro.
4. Eva Leona Harlow, b. 24 July, 1861 ; milliner, Marl-
boro.
5. Emma Louisa Harlow, b. 22 March, 1862.
6. George Henry Harlow, b. 14 Nov. 1863.
7. Grace Gertrude Harlow, b. 3 March, 1867.
423. iv. Albert, b. 30 April, 1836.
424. V. Alfred, b. in 1838.
vi. Caroline, b. in 1842 ; m. 22 Sept. 1857, at Harvard, John H.
Dascomb, son of Daniel and Hannah D. of Cambridge ; he
was a machinist, res. at Leominster.
425. vii. Walter, b. 14 March, 1845.
426. viii. Andrew, b. in 1847.
237.
HoLLis^ {Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Smnuel,* Samuel,'^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born at Stow, 11 May, 1818; died in Cambridge, 7
Aug. 1878 ; married 10 Nov. 1839, Susanna Moore, dau. of Rufus
Houghton, of Bolton, born 8 Oct. 1816 ; he resided at Bolton. He
made his will 6 Aug. 1878 ; bequeathed his estate to his wife; to
children Josephine Danforth (of Newtonville), Francena Young,
Susanna M. Gillon, Georgianna and Henry M. Danforth (of Cam-
bridge).
Children :
i. Josephine,^ b. in Bolton, 14 Aug. 1840.
ii. Francena, b. 17 June, 1842 ; m. in Cambridge, 29 July, 1863,
Carlos Loriug Young, b. in Hingham, 1830, son of Wm. and
Dolly S. Y. He was reported killed by the Indians at the
West in 1874.
iii. Susannah Moore, b. 21 June, 1844; m. 4 Nov. 1867, .John
Russell Gillon (son of Wm. and Sarah G.) of N. Y. City, b. in
July, 1841 ; d. 31 March, 1872.
Children of John R. and Susannah M. (Danforth) Gillon :
1. Josephine Danforth Gillon, b. 27 July, 1868.
2. Frank Edward Gillon, b. 27 June, 1870.
iv. Georgianna, b. 18 April, 1846.
V. Edward Hollis, b. 15 Sept. 1850 ; d. 20 March, 1874.
vi. Henry Mellen, b. 21 Sept. 1852 ; d. 15 Jan. 1884, leaving " no
widow " ; administration of his estate granted to Mrs. Young.
238.
Daniel'' (Samuel,^ /Samuel,' Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas"), born 28 Feb. 1822; died 15 April, 1874; married in
I
246 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Sudbury, 10 Oct. 1841, Olive G. Oakes, born at Somerset, Vt.,
20 Aug. 1825. He was private in Co. F. 6th Regt. Vermont Vols. ;
served 3 years in the war of the Rebellion, and died of consumption
at St. Paul, Minn.
Children :
i. Catherine L.,^ b. Sudbury, 10 Aug. 1843 ; m. 4 July, 1861, in
Liucoln, Vt., Augustus W. Chamberlain, son of Clark and
Olivia C, of Stockbridge, Vt., b. 7 May, 1838.
Children of Augustus W. and Catherine L. (Danforth)
Chamberlain :
1. 3Ielvin G. Chamberlain, b. 8 May, 18G2 ; m, 23 June,
1884, Flora B. Harrington, dau. of Oswell and La-
vinia H. of Stockbridge.
2. Mary C. Chamberlain, b. 16 July, 1866; m. 20 Sept.
1884, Harris N., son of Silas and Maria Holland.
3. Carlton A. Chamberlain, b. 30 Aug. 1868.
4. Effie 0. Chamberlain, b. 26 June, 1870.
5. Walter A. Chamberlain, b. 20 .Jan. 1875.
6. Maurice L. Chamberlain, b. 4 May, 1880.
7. Ray Chamberlain, h. 11 Oct. 1881.
ii. Thacher O., b. in Sudbury, 18 July, 1846 ; d. 19 May, 1863.
He was a private in Company F., 13th Regt. U. S. Infantry.
He was instantly killed by a shot in the battle of Vicksburg.
iii. Clara P., b, in troy, N. 14., 10 June, 1850 ; m. 10 June, 1868,
in Mendon, Vt., Alonzo Ormsby, son of Ira and Laura O. of
Mendcn.
Children of Alonzo and Clara P. (Danforth) Ormsby:
1. Ulyssss A. Ormsby, b. 9 Feb. 1870; d. 18 Sept. 1871.
2. Arba E. Ormsby, \. 17 Oct. 1876.
3. Harley L Ormsby, b. 23 March, 1878.
427. iv. GeoeCxE A., b. in Trov, 2 July, 1852.
V. Walter B., b. in Bellows Falls, 11 Sept. 1856.
vi. Willia:m E., b. in Rutland, Vt., 25 Jan. 1861.
239.
Jonathan^ (Samuel,' jSTicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas'), born at Saratoga, N. Y., 25 Dec. 1781 ; died
at Bath, N. Y., 26 July, 1824; married at Saratoga, N. Y., 10
June, 1806, Abigail, daughter of Gabriel and Elizabeth (Smith)
Dusenberry, of Holland (Netherlands), born at Saratoga, N. Y.,
20 Dec. 1788, died at Dansville in 1850. They resided in Sara-
toga, Dansville and Cohocton, N. Y.
Children :
i. Arvilla,^ b. in Saratoga, 19 Dec. 1807 ; d. at Danville, 17 Dec.
1889 ; m. at Cohocton, Steuben co., N. Y., 10 Dec. 1829,
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 247
Major Merritt Holmes Brown, b. iu Bennington, Vt., 17 Oct.
]805, d. iu Dansville, 27 June, 1803 ; son of Merritt and Ase-
nath (Holmes) Brown, of Cohocton, N. Y. Engaged for a
time with his father in paper making, then rem. to Dansville,
N. Y., where he was a dealer in hardware and agricultural
implements ; a man of rare social qualities. Mrs. Brown at-
tained a serene old age.
Children of Merritt H. and Arvilla (Danforth) Brown:
1. Andrew Jackson Brown, b. 24 April, 1832, at Bath,
N. Y. ; m. at Avon, 18 Oct. 1859, Frances Shepard.
Child : Carroll Shepard Brown, b. in Dansville,
1 April, 1864.
2. Mary Elizabeth Brown, b. 7 June, 1834 ; m. at Dans-
ville, N. Y., 18 Oct. 1859, William Wilson Perriue.
Children :
(1) Harry Brown Perrine, b. in Dansville 1
Nov. I860; Amh. Coll. 1886.
(2) Wilson Hamilton Perrine, b. in Bath, N. Y.
24 April, 1866; Amh. Coll. 1889.
3. Lucius Brown, b. 6 May, 1837, at Dansville ; d. 2 Feb.
1880; m. at Groveland, 9 Oct. 1865, Susan Cole.
Child : Frank Holmes Brown, b. in Dansville, 25
Aug. 1866.
4. Martha Gay Broimi, b. 5 May, 1840; d. Dec. ]ft==4;
m. in Dansville, N. Y., 22 Oct. 1862, Byron T7hit-
ney French, b. in West Bloomfield, N. Y., 18 Sept.
1837, son of Sereno and Jane (Whitney) French ;
residence, Chicago, Ill-
Children of Byron W. and Martha G. (Brown)
French :
(1) Charles Brown French, b. 10 Sept. 1863 ;
m. in Hamilton, Mo., 26 Dec. 1894,
Pearl Ellen Ross.
(2) Stuart Whitney French, b. 12 Feb. 1867 ;
grad. Amherst Coll. 1889 ; m. 7 Nov..
1894,in Chicago, Helen Swain Steri;=on.
(3) Mary Minerva F^rench, b. 12 Dec. 1868.
(4) Howard Dean French, b. 15 July, 1872.
(5) Jane Aiwilla French, b. 18 Oct. 1877.
(6) Henry Preston French, b. 12 Feb. 1879.
5. Minerva Bradner Broion, b. 5 May, 1840; d. iu Dec.
1884.
6. Jane Uarwood Brown, b. 4 Feb. 1843 ; m. at Dans-
ville, N. Y., 15 Oct. 1868, Orlando David Mosher
Baker, sou of Daniel and Sarah (Mos^her) Baker,
b. at Hyde Park, 31 Julv, 1842; res. New York
city ; d. 27 May, 1890.
248- DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
Children :
(1) Minnie Arvilla Baker, b. and d. in 1870.
(2) Mary Louise Baker, b. 7 Aug. 1871 ; libra-
rian at West End Exchange and Indus-
trial Union, N. Y.
(3) Sarah Josephine Baker, b. 15 Nov. 1873;
grad. Women's Medical College [N. Y.
Inf. for women and children] ; physician
N. E. Hospital, Boston, in 1899.
(4) Eobert Nelson Millard Baker, b. 27 Dec.
1876 ; d. 7 March, 1890.
7. Merritt Ddnforth Brown, b. 13 Jan. 1848 ; m. Florence
Bradford. Res. Saint Joseph, Mo.
ii. LuciLLA, b. 14 May, 1810 ; d. 22 Oct. 1826.
iii. Permelia, b. 17 May, 1813 ; m. James Armstrong, a farmer in
Cohocton, N. Y.
Children of James and Permelia (Danf orth) Armstrong :
1. Edwin Armstrong ; m. Elizabeth Tucker.
2. Harriet Armstrong ; m. Samuel Rosenkrantz.
3. Lucy Armstrong ; m. Mattice.
4. Susan Armstrong ; m. Stager.
5. Martin Armstrong.
6. \^Myron'\ Armstrong.
7. Lansing Armstrong.
iv. Marilla, b. 11 May, 1816; d. at Rochester, N. Y., 12 Feb.
1899 ; m. Blecker Lansing Hovey, M.D. ; he practised for a
time in Dansville ; served as surgeon of a N. Y. regiment
during the war for the Union ; his wife and son also went to
the seat of war and did hospital service ; he returned to medi-
cal practice in Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Hovey was conspicuous
for her active service in religious and charitable work, greatly
respected and beloved.
Child :
Frank Hamilton Hovey, b. 1846 ; d. 3 July, 1898.
240.
Reuben'' (Samuel,^ Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,'^
Nicholas^), born at Saratoga, N. Y., about 1778; died at Jay,
N. Y., about 1860; married Phebe Noble; she died at Codyville
(Clinton), N. Y., 1862.
Children :
i. James. ^
428. ii. Abram, b. at Lewis, N. Y., about 1810.
iii. George.
iv. Eliza; d. at Codyville, N. Y., 1861.
429. V. Myron, b. in 1817.
vi. Cynthia ; m. Irish.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 249
241.
Oliver' (James, ^ Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,*
JSTicholas'), born 3 Dec. 1783; died in 1865; (Williams Coll.
1811) ; married a daughter of Deacon Sturgis of Ballston, N. Y. ;
removed to Augusta, Ga., and entered sympathetically into southern
Hfe.
Children :
i. Jacob. ^
ii. David.
iii. Oliver.
iv. John.
V. Malinda ; m. Thomas Nelson.
242.
Elias'' (James,^ JSFicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born 13 Jan. 1788; died 26 Oct. 1868; married at
Charlestown, 20 Feb. 1814, Lucy Smith, daughter of Richard and
Esther (Pierce) Smith, of Sterling and Cambridge; she died 25
Dec. 1843. He married second, 23 Dec. 1845, Mrs. Louisa R.
Cary (widow), of Lancaster, born in 1806.
Residence, Lancaster, Mass.
Children :
i. Eliza L.,* b. 26 March, 1817 ; resides at Lancaster Centre ; has
expressed great interest in this work (1902).
ii. Sarah Ann, b, 16 Dec. 1821 ; d. 23 Nov. 1847.
243.
Nicholas'' (Isaac,^ Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), married Achsa Percy. Residence, North Hoosick,
N. Y.
Children :
i. Mary,^ m. Truman T. Sweet, N. Hoosick.
ii. Isaac, residence, N. Hoosick.
iii. Louisa, b. 27 March, 1826 ; m. 18 Jan. 1845, John H. Sweet.
Child of John H. and Louisa (Danforth) Sweet :
Burke Sweet, b. 22 Nov. 1846.
iv. Daniel, res. near Rochester, N. Y.
V. AcHSAH, m. J. T. Sweet, of Cambridge, N. Y.
244.
Simon'' (Isaac," Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^) , born at Hoosick Falls, N. Y., about 1798 ; died about
250 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
1834; married first, Abigail Moore. He married second, in 1831,
Lucy Bridges. He married third, in 1831, Mary Bishop, born in
Connecticut, 15 March, 1810, died in Canastota, N. Y., in 1858.
" Squire Danforth " stood high in Madison County, N. Y., where he
made his home ; " a fine type of man, highly respected by everyone."
His property was swept away in the failure of a merchant whose
notes he had benevolently endorsed.
Children :
i. John Moore^; b. about 1823 ; "removed to Laporte, Ind., with
his uncle John Moore."
ii. Eliza Jane, b. 7 June, 1833 ; m. in Milwaukee, Wis., 23 Oct.
1854, James Blinn Stone, b. in Franklin co., Vt., 11 March,
1829, d. in Oslikosh, Wis., 25 Sept. 1884.
He was in youth a telegraph operator ; worked in Mil-
waukee, Wis., in California, and elsewhere. One of the in-
corporators of the N. W. Telegraph Co. ; manager of the tele-
graph office at Janesville, Wis., during the War and later ;
attended the famous Chicago convention of the Republican
party in 1860, and was the first reporter to despatch out of the
city the news of the nomination of Abraham Lincoln. Engaged
in boot and shoe business at Oshkosh, Wis., in 1869.
Children of James B. and Eliza J. (Danforth) Stone :
1. Florence Caroline Stone, b. 5 Oct. 1855 ; d. 5 March,
1860.
2. Katherine Louise Stone, b. 18 Dec. 1858; m. at Osh-
kosh, 21 Feb. 1879, Harry Bagster Hobbins. Resi-
dence, Madison, Wis. She is recording secretary of
the Woman's Club of that city.
3. Mary Campbell Stone, b. 3 Oct. 1863 ; m. at Oshkosh,
29 Sept. 1887, Arthur Wellington Greenwood.
4. Gertrude Alice Stone, b. 18 June, 1868 ; m. at Madison,
6 Nov. 1891, Charles Marston Sanborn.
245.
Aaron Taylor^ {Isaac,^ J^icholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel," Jo-
nathan,^ Mcholas'), born 20 Nov. 1804; died 16 July, 1881;
married first, 5 Sept. 1822, Anna Dyer of Bennington, Vt., daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Polly (Clark) Dyer. He married second, 9
Sept. 1852, Eliza Goodwin Buck, daughter of Francis and Martha
(Ward) Buck. She was born 10 Aug. 1805.
Children :
430. i. Hiram Doane,^ b. 20 Jan. 1823 ; d. 22 Jan. 1885.
ii. Amelia Billings, b. 6 Sept. 1828 ; m. 17 June, 1850, at Monti-
cello, N. Y., Van der Cook Snyder, son of George and Amelia
(Van der Cook) Snyder, b. in Springfield, Otsego co., N. Y.,
29 April, 1825.
DANPORTH GENEALOGY. 251
Children of Van der Cook and Amelia B. (Danforth) Snyder :
1. Annie Lillian Snyder, b. IG May, 1851 ; m. Leverett
Eckle ; one daughter.
2. Clark Henry Snyder, b, 12 April, 1854.
3. Frances Amelia Snyder, b. 5 March, 1856 ; m. Geo.
Frank Coon of Bennington, Vt. ; one dau. Res.
Omaha, Neb.
4. Ward Beecher Snyder, b. 9 July, 1859 ; d, unm. 9 Nov.
1871.
iii. Peiscilla Loomis, b. 1 April, 1825 ; d. 12 April, 1845, warn.
iv. Charles Dyee, b. 23 Sept. 1842 ; d. 18 Sept. 1861.
246.
Jacob^ (^Isaac,^ Nicholas," Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas'), born at Hoosick, N. Y., 24 Dec. 1814; died 10 Nov.
1865 ; married 2^0 Aug. 1844, Mary Larrabee, born 14 Oct. 1817.
Children :
i. Maecelia,8 b. 7 Dec. 1846.
ii, DwiGHT, b. 29 Sept. 1848 ; drowned 16 Aug. 1881.
iii. George, b. 20 Nov. 1850.
iv. Ida C, b. 15 Dec. 1853.
247.
James^ {Jacob,' Nicholas,^ 8amuel,* Sanmel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas'), born in Xov. 1809 ; married first, Ann Clark, of Co-
lumbus ; he married second, a wife whose name is not reported ; he
married third, Emily Post.
Children :
i. Lauea.^
ii. Diss.
iii. Mart.
iv. Savaxnah, m. Robertson of Eufaula, Ala.
V. Frank.
vi. Bexjamix.
vii. Ada.
viii. Ejielixe.
ix. Elizabeth.
248.
Jacob^ {Jacob,^ Nicholas,' Samuel,* Samuel, '^ Jonathan,'
Nicholas'), horn in 18\ 4; died in May, 1873; married
Avery.
252 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Mart,* m. Capt. Clarke,
ii. Alice, m. Capt. Stone.
iii. Henry, d. 10 May, 1860.
iv. Thomas Metcalf.
V. Elizabeth.
vi. Percy.
249.
AzEL Warren' {Francis,^ Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jo-
nathan,'^ Nicholas^), born at Rutland, Vt., 4 July, 1793; died 5
Nov. 1864 ; married first, Mary Stickles, of Ballston Centre, N. Y.,
born in 1798 or 1799; died 2 Nov. 1830. He married second,
Sarah Stickles, born in 1804; died 8 March, 1839. He married
third, Eliza Ann Phillips.
Children :
i. Mart,8 b. 7 Oct. 1822 ; m, 28 March, 1842, Henry Delavan
Curtis of Ballston.
ii. Eunice Warren, b. 18 July, 1825 ; m. 15 Sept. 1845, Reuben
Smith Curtis, of Watertowu, N, Y.
Children of Reuben S. and Eunice W. (Danforth^ Curtis :
1. Ella Mary Curtis, b. in Sept. 1847 ; m. 31 March,
1872, John Monroe Lyon, Congregational minister,
Rochester, Mich.
2. Edward Danforth Curtis, Congregational minister, b.
31 March, 1851 ; res. Indianapolis ; m. 9 Sept. 1876,
Nancy Conkling, dau. of Stephen Sayre and Phebe
(Lothrop) Conkling of Middletown, Orange co., N. Y.
3. Charles Lawson Curtis, b. 22 Feb. 1853.
4. Frederic Warren Curtis, b. 14 Aug. 1861.
5. Harry Delavan Curtis, b. 30 March, 1864.
iii. Warren, b. 28 Feb. 1829 ; unm. ; res. in Cresco, Iowa,
iv. Margaret, b. 6 Aug. 1833.
V. James Henry, b. 20 Dec. 1835 ; d. 18 June, 1839.
431. vi. James Henry, b. 26 Sept. 1840.
vii. Julia, b. 23 June, 1842 ; m. 22 Dec. 1864, Edwm Bush, of
Watertown, N, Y.
viii. AzEL Merrill, b. 11 Sept. 1856 ; d. 31 Aug. 1862.
250.
Henry" (^Francis,^ J^icJiolas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^) , born 12 Dec. 1806 ; married Fidelia Barron, of Troy.
Children :
i. Caroline,^ b. in 1833 ; m. George White.
i-i. Virginia, m. Edward Babcock, son of Rev. Dr. Babcock (Epis-
copalian), of Ballston, N. Y.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 253
250«.
Charles^ {Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Sarmiel,^ Jonaihan*
Nicholas'), born in Rupert, Vt., 23 Aug. 1800; grad. Williams
College in 1826; became a Presbyterian minister.
He married Cornelia Flower Sadd, born in Hartford, Conn.
Child :
431a. Charles Franklin,* b. at Orwell, 0., 1836.
251.
Challen'' {Cyrus, ^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^'), named for Rev. Dr. Challen of Cincinnati, O. ; born
30 Jan. 1844, in Oquaka, Henderson co., Illinois; removed to
Winterset, Iowa; a hardware dealer. Married 14 July, 1872,
[Lida] Sturman.
Children :
i. Beulah,* b. 11 Feb. 1874.
ii. Fred E., b. 25 Jan. 1883.
iii. Alfred D., b. 10 May, 1884.
iv. Lucille, b. 25 Feb. 1887.
V. James B., b. 29 April, 1891.
252.
Rev. William,'' ( William,^ William,^ Jonathan," Samuel,^
Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born in Windsor, Vt., 10 July, 1788;
died in Oct. 1856 ; rem. with his parents and their family to Berk-
shire, Vt. ; became a Methodist preacher; married 23 Jan. 1809,
Mary Farnsworth, born at Woodstock, Vt., 24 May, 1781.
Children :
i. Aurelia,^ b. in Berkshire, Vt., 12 July, 1810.
432. ii. Sylvester, b. 10 May, 1812.
433. iii. William B., b. 30 March, 1814.
434. iv. Jonathan Farnsworth, b. 26 Feb. 1817.
V. Mary Miranda, b. 24 Oct. 1818; d. 19 Jan. 1854; m. (first
wife) 5 Feb. 1835, Alvin, son of Allen and Lorainie (Bromley)
Benson, b. at Danby, Vt., 8 July, 1809 ; res. at Gladbrook
and Badger Hill, la.
Children of Alvin and Mary M. (Danforth) Benson :
1. Laura Jane Benson, b. at Byron, N. Y., 16 Feb. 1839 ;
m. Granville Cuddebach, son of Samuel and Bethiah
(Cuddebach) Westcott, b. at Tioga, N. Y., 6 June,
1832 ; res. Gladbrook, la.
2. Wesley J. Benson, b. 9 June, 1841 ; m. Jeannette Noble.
254 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
3. Rev. Geo. Wm. Benson, b. 23 Jan. 1844; m. Permelia
Pond. Res. Hudson, la.
4. Charles Allen Benson, b. 4 May, 1847 ; m. Louise Breit-
haupt.
5. Lovina Aurelia Benson, b. at Farmington, Wis., 9 July,
1849 ; m. Melvin Cole.
253.
Jonathan'' ( William,'' William,^ Jonatlum,* Smmiel,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^) , born at Windsor or Berkshire, Vt., 13 May,
1802 ; died 17 April, 1880 ; farmer and Methodist preacher ; mar-
ried 20 Jan. 1825, Sally McAllister, born 25 Jan. 1805, died 11
May, 1880.
Children :
i. JoNATnAN,8 b. 31 Oct. 1825; d. 28 July, 1853.
435. ii. William, b. 29 Aug. 1827.
ill. Warren, b. 17 May, 1829 ; d. 19 April, 1880.
ir. LucETTE L., b. 14 July, 1831 ; m. 20 Nov. 1856, Thomas G.
Jenkins; he d. 9 Se^Dt. 1872.
V. Elmina, b. in Jan. and d. in July, 1835.
vi. RiEDE R., b. 2 March, 1837 ; d. 25 Aug. 1862.
436. vii. QuiNCY A., b. 19 Feb. 1841.
viii. Sarah D., b. 10 April, 1844; m. 20 Oct. 1869, Harvey J. Hol-
den, of Sheboygan Falls, Wis. He d. 11 Jan. 1879.
ix. Susan L., b. 13 April, 1847.
X. Betsey M., b. 27 April, 1849; m. 2 June, 1875, Labina Holden
(Sheboygan Falls, Wis.).
254.
Isaac Emery, M.D.' (Isaac,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^
Jonathan,'' Nicholas'), born 24 Jan. 1793 ; died 14 March, 1828;
married first, Susan Walcott, of Pomfret, Vt. He married second,
Celia Jones.
Children :
i. Betsey Maria, ^ m. Edward Sabine ; d. in Chester. Ch. : Ed-
ward, Abby and William Sabine,
ii. Edward Baker, M.D., unm., died at Bloomington, 111.
255.
Hon. Joseph Baker' (Isaac,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^
Jonathan,'^ Nicholas'), born in Barnard, Vt., 6 Nov. 1795; died
16 Nov. 1877 ; married 17 Oct. 1816, Lavinia, daughter of Benja-
min and Susanna Eastman, born in 1795, died 12 Oct. 1875, "be-
loved by all who knew her, and the idol of her children." He was
Judge of Probate for Windsor co., and member of the State Legis-
»
Mr, Albert Haller Danforth.
j DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 255
I lature. In 1851 removed to Rock Island, 111., and was county
' judge till 1866. Returning to Vermont, he was again much in
public office, greatly respected and trusted.
Children :
i. Elizabeth Mina,« b. 11 Sept. 1817; d. 18 Dec. 1854; m. 11
May, 1850, Luther Norman Chaney, hardware dealer, b. in
Barnard, 5 Oct. 1818; of Ogdensburg. Ch. : Elizabeth (Lillie)
Chaney, b. 4 March, 1851 ; d. 19 Feb. 1858.
437. ii. Joseph Baker, b. 31 Aug. 1819.
438. iii. Charles Eastman, b. 11 July, 1824.
439. iv. William Cullen, b. 9 Feb. 1828.
256.
Albert Haller'' [Isaac,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Barnard, Vt., 2 March, 1808;
died at Chicago, 111., 9 Aug. 1891 ; married first, in 1831, Elvira
Bosworth, born 15 Feb. 1810, died 6 Oct. 1843. He married sec-
ond, Sarah Dow, of Montpelier, Vt., who died 21 March, 1877.
He resided at Barnard, Vt.. till 1847, when he removed to Clare-
mont, N. H. ; later to Chicago, 111. He was a man of attractive
qualities, genial and kindly. He took a special interest in family
genealogy, and corresponded widely with reference to it. He lived
to advanced age and died respected and beloved. He was buried
at Barnard, Vt., near his brothers and sisters.
Children :
440. i. Isaac Newton,^ b. 5 Nov. 1835.
441. ii. Charles Bosworth, b. 25 Dec. 1839.
iii. Elvira Bosworth, b. 7 July, 1846; d. in Chicago, 19 Oct.
1886 ; m. 13 June, 1877, John Lockwood Skelton of Chicago,
111., sec. of Fireman's Insurance Co. She was an active teacher
in the Centenary M. E. church ; her life every way " attractive
and beautiful."
256a.
Samuel Parkman M.D' (Isaac,^ William,^ Jonatlum,'^ Sam-
uel,^ Jonathan,^ JSficholas^), born at Barnard, 12 Dec. 1810 ; died
at Royalton, 19 Oct. 1865 ; "an eminent physician of Barnard and
Royalton, Vt." [Hazen.] He married first, 27 March, 1834,
Elizabeth Ann Burke, dau. of Gen. Joseph Burke of Woodstock,
Vt. (Another states, dan. of Solomon Wait Burke.) She died
16 March, 1849. He married second, in Barnard, in Dec. 1849,
Abby Taylor Bancroft ; she resides in Royalton, Vt.
Children :
441a. i. Samuel Parkman,^ b. 26 Feb, 1838.
256 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
ii. Frederick Wait, b. 22 Aug. 1843 ; student at Dartmouth Col-
lege ; cl. 2 June, 1862.
iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. at Barnard, 25 Sept. 1845 ; m. in Eoyal-
ton, 14 April, 1874, Lyman F. Hayes; res. Bellows Falls.
Children of Lyman F. and Mary E. (Danforth) Hayes:
1. Gertrude Simpson Hayes, b. 11 Feb. 1878.
2. William Danforth Hayes, b. 11 July, 1884.
iv. Eev. William Burke, b. at Barnard, 21 Feb. 1849 ; d. in
Gilead, Conn., 4 July, 1875 ; m. in Portland, Ct., 23 June,
1874. No children. His widow resides in Glastonbury, Ct.
257.
Isaac W.' {Jonathan,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,'^ Jo-
nathan,^ Nicholas^'), born [in 1806?]; d. in 1846; married 10
Jan. 1837, Julia D. Green of Barnard, Vt.
Children :
442. i. Albert Haller,^ b. in 1839.
443. ii. William H., b. about 1842.
iii. Francis L., d. unm.
iv. SoPiiRONiA, d. unm.
V. Augusta, b. in Barnard ; m. H. P. Witherell, son of Stephen B.
and Sarah G. W.
vi. Emma Jane, d. unm.
258.
Hosley' {Jo7iathan,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^ Jona-
than,'' Nicholas"), born 21 Nov. 1810; died in Pomfret, Vt., 9
April, 1845; married 27 Jan. 1834, Sarah Wood, daughter of
Darius and Achsa (Crowell) Wood, of Barnard, Vt. (Sarah
Wood Danforth married second, John Miller, and had two child-
ren, one of whom died at 6 years of age ; the other, Edward Miller,
has been postmaster at E. Barnard).
Children :
i. Elbridge Gerrt,« b. 9 Oct. 1835 ; d. at Pomfret, 18 Aug. 1838.
ii. Edgar Lab an, b. 29 Aug. 1837 ; d. at Pomfret, 25 March, 1839.
iii. Henrt Richardson, b. 4 April, 1840; d. 13 Dec. 1859.
444. iv. LoRRisTON Francis, b. 19 April, 1843.
259.
Aro'' {Samuel,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^
Mcholas'), born 3 Feb. 1804 ; died in Norwalk, O., 1 July, 1891 ;
married 22 Jan. 1828, Lucy Taft ; she died in Bronson, O., 13
Sept. 1887, aged 81 years, 8 months and 29 days.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 257
Served an apprenticeship at carpenter's trade in Barnard, but
before attaining majority, with knapsack and staff walked thence to
New York City, where he worked a few months, and then proceeded
on foot, by way of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, to Ohio. Averaging
30 miles a day, in less than a month he reached the house of his
uncle, Robert Southgate, in Peru, Ohio, in the autumn of 1824.
Here he worked at his trade, and after two years returned to
Vermont, intending to take his widowed mother and her family to
Ohio for their future home. But his sister Euphemia soon after
died, and a month later his mother also died, and in the autumn of
1827 he returned alone to Ohio. In Jan. 1828, he married. He
continued successfully the builder's useful labors. He could point
to a hundred buildings in and near the flourishing town of Peru as
evidences of his skill and industry.
On the 22d day of January, 1878, the venerable couple celebrated
their golden wedding at the place where fifty years before their
wedded life began. Their eldest grandchild was married on the
same occasion, the aged couple acting as bridesman and bridesmaid
to the youthful pair.
Children :
445. i. EoBKRT Southgate,* b. 22 Oct. 1828.
ii. Seymour.
446. iii. Horace Perry, b. 17 May, 1833.
iv. Lavinia, b. 7 Oct. 1834 ; d. 4 Sept. 1858,
V. Maria Joanna, b. 1 Feb. 1837 ; m. 8 March, 1860, Horatio P.
Nelson, of Bronson, 0. ; he d. 15 May, 1897, ae. 67 years ; she
d. 26 May, 1897.
Children of Horatio P. and Maria J. (Danforth) Nelson :
1. Charles Danforth Nehon,hA^ Ang.l^^; M.D. Harv.
1891 ; res. Greeley, Colo., and Pomona, Cal. ; d. 28
Nov. 1901, a;. 34; m. in Boston 30 Sept. 1891, Lizzie
Sanborn, w^ho survives him, and resides in New Dor-
chester (Boston), Mass. Cliildren : (1) Ira Sanborn
Nelson, b. 29 Dec. 1894; (2) Aro Danforth Nelson,
b. Aug. 1898.
2. 3Iary Lucy Nelson, b. 19 April, 1870.
vi. Isaac Carjii.
vii. Effie, b. 16 Nov. 1843; resides at Norwalk, 0. TVas educated
at Norwalk Academy, Oberlin College and the Illinois State
Normal School, and one year in Germany. Also took the
Chautauqua Sci. and Lit. Course. Taught in schools of various
grades, notably in Miami Valley Coll., special department the
German language. Since her parents' death she has spent
much time in travel, American and foreign ; is much occupied
with Sunday School teaching, temperance work and similar
interests.
258 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
viii. Jtlia AJvSina, d. in infancy.
ix. Thomas Clayton, b. 18 Jan. 1846; d. 1 Sept. 1865, in Buffalo,
returning from service in the army.
260.
Isaac Cakmi^ (Samuel,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^ Jo-
nathan," Nicholas'), born at Calais, Vt., 29 Aug. 1807; died 8
Sept. 1855, at Butler, Indiana; removed from Barnard, Vt., with
brother and sister, to the " Western Reserve." Resided at Peru, O.
Married first, 6 Jan. 1840, Eleanor Eaton, of Eatonville, N. Y.,
died 30 Nov. 1840. He married second, 6 Jan. 1842, Emma
Proctor. She married second, Luther Palmer, of San Diego, Cal.
Children :
i. Eleanor Eaton,^ b. 3 Nov. 1840; m. 28 Feb. 1867, Addison
Lawrence ; res. Peru, Huron co., O.
Children of Addison and Eleanor E. (Danforth) Lawrence :
1. Kirke Eaton Lawrence.
2. George Richardson Lawrence.
ii. Elizabeth Mina, b. 8 Jan. 1843; m. (1) 9 Oct. 1861, Francis
A. Bangs. She m. (2) 19 April, 1880, J. L. Nugent; res.
Oceanside, Cal.
Children of Francis A. and Elizabeth M. (Danforth) Bangs:
1. Belle Bangs, b. in Clyde, 0., 16 Feb. 1863.
2. Frederick Bangs, b. in Norwalk, 0., 13 Nov. 1865.
3. Elizabeth Bangs, b. in June, 1867.
4. Eleanor Bangs, b. in Toledo, 31 Dec. 1870.
5. William Francis Bangs, b. in Toledo, 19 Aug. 1874.
Children of J. L. and Elizabeth M. (Danforth) Nugent :
I Joseph Nugent,) b. 29 May, 188L
2. 31ary A'ugent, j ■' '
3. Effie Danforth Nugent, b. in Feb. 1883.
iii. Edward Carmi, b. 15 Aug. 1846; res. Toledo, O., druggist;
m. 25 June, 1888, Frank A. . Child : Edward A.^, b. 1
Jan. 1892.
447. iv. Albert PARK:\rAN, b. 1 Aug. 1852; d. 13 May, 1892 ; m.; was
a telegraph operator at Detroit.
V. Aro Marcus, b. 6 Oct. 1854; d. at Yuma, 23 Aug. 1891.
Traveling agent for Grant Powder Co., San Francisco. Res.
San Dieo'o, Cal.
I
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Mr. William Seaver Danforth.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
261.
James Allen* (Allen,^ Asa,^ James," (Tames,* Samuel,^
Samuel,^ JSficholas^ ) , born in Taunton, 19 Sept. 1819; died 2
May, 1863; married 1 Nov. 1842, Sarah Taylor, daughter of
Daniel and Elizabeth (Turner) Jackson, born in Plymouth, 1 Oct.
1821, died 26 Feb. 1888.
^ When a young man he was connected with a New York book
concern, occupied there and in England ; later, cashier of a bank in
Wareham ; then treasvirer of mills at Plymouth ; and finally editor
and publisher of the Old Colony Memorial at that place.
Children :
i. Sap.ah Elizabeth,^ b. in Wareham, 26 Oct. 1843 ; resides in
Plymouth.
ii. Allex, b. in Plymouth, 5 Jan. 1846; H. U. 1866; resides in
Boston ; Nov. 14, 1874, became bursar of Harvard University ;
from June 13, 1888, to Feb. 11, 1898, deputy treasurer, and
since that time comptroller. He m. 21 Oct. 1899, in Putnam,
Conn., Mahel Irene, daugliter of Frederick and Ann Dorothea
(Goodwin) Walsh, b. in Brantford, Ontario, 30 K^ov. 1859.
262.
William Seayer^ {Allen,'' Asa,'' James,'' James,* Samuel,*
Samuel,'' Nicholas'), born 20 Jan. 1832; died 19 June, 1901;
married 13 April, 1858, Abigail Dorothy Pitman Mace, daughter
of Rev. J. M. jNlace of Colebrook, Conn., born 1 July, 1837.
Mr. Danforth was the son of the late Allen Danforth, former-
ly treasurer of the Plymouth Savings Bank, and was born in Ply-
mouth. He was educated at the public schools in that town, How-
ard Seminaiy in Bridgewater, and the Lawrence Scientific School in
Cambridge. After leaving school he accepted the position of sec-
260 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
retarj of the Old Colony Insurance Co., and later entered the
Plymouth Savings Bank as clerk under his father. In the spring of
1862 was appointed registrar of Plymouth County by the late Gov-
ernor, John A. Andrew ; has been re-elected every three years to
this office, thus serving far longer than any other registrar in this
State. He has been one of the most respected and best-liked men
in the community in which he lived, and far beyond its confines.
He always had at heart the welfare of the town and State, and
did much to promote the interests of good citizenship, for which he
stood as a notable example. Especially Avell versed in Pilgrim
history, Mr. Danforth was constantly sought out by members of vari-
ous historical and patriotic societies wlien they visited Plymouth in
search of special information, upon which he usually was able to en-
lighten them.
He belonged to more organizations than do most men, was presi-
dent of the Plymouth Savings Bank and Gas Light Company. He
was secretary of the Pilgrim Society, vice-preeident of the Old Co-
lony Historical Society of Taunton, etc., and also belonged to many
secret organizations. Mr. Danforth was a strong abolitionist, and
after the Civil War did much good work in an evening school at
Plymouth, teaching slaves who had been given their freedom. He
was a member of the First Church (Unitarian) of Plymouth, and
throughout his life, which was a beautiful lesson to younger people,
his benevolence and kindness to others and his many sterling qualities
of character had endeared him to the whole community. \_Local
Journal.'\
Child :
449. William Henry,® M.D., b. 21 Dec. 1860 ; resides in Plymouth.
263.
Ephraim Southworth® {George,'' Asa,^ James,^ James,* Scun-
uel,^ /Samuel,* J^icholas^) , born 27 May, 1840; res. at Cranston,
R. I. ; married first, 1 Jan. 1865, Lina M. Sweet, who died 29 Oct.
1870. He married second, 17 April, 1876, Mary C. Harris, born
9 Nov. 1851. She resides (1901) at Providence, R. I.
Children :
i. Ann L.,® b. and d. in 1876.
ii. George Allen, b. 5 June, 1878.
iii. Harris Hall, b. 12 Sept. 1881.
265.
Thomas Shepard* {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Samiiel,^ J^icholas^), born 15 Oct. 1810; married 30
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 261
April, 1837, Mary Jane Glidden, dau. of Nath. and Lydia (Ken-
nison) Glidden, of Parsonsfield, Me. He was a carpenter and
builder at Roxbury.
Children :
i. Jane Louisa,^ b. 2 Oct. 1839 ; m. 1 June, 18G3, James W.
Seward, b. in Boston 1839, son of Joshua and EUza ; res. Cali-
fornia.
Child of James W. and Jaue L. (Danforth) Seward :
Caroline E. Seward, b. 27 May, 1864 ; m. Edgar Boutelle.
ii. Edward Shepard, b. 13 May, 1841 ; d. 17 Sept. 1862 ; he was
killed at Antietam ; 13th Regt. Mass. Vols.
450. iii. George Henry, b. 15 Aug. 1844.
451. iv. Francis Eugene, b. 23 Feb. 1851.
V. Charles Austin, b. 26 Oct. 1858 ; artist, 896 Broadway, New
York.
267.
MmoT Leonard* (Royal William,'' John,^ JoJin,^ Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born at Raynham, 9 Aug. 1832;
married 12 Oct. 1854, Lydia Dunn, dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia
Ann (Hight) Dunn, of Hollis, Me., born 6 April, 1835.
Children :
i. Caroline Chase,» b. 11 July, 1855 ; d. 28 Oct. 1858.
ii. Charles Edward, b. 6 Aug. 1858 ; m. Zeruiah Brownell, dau.
of Geo. F. and Nancy (Macomber) Brownell, b. in 1861.
Child, Minot Harold,io b. at Brockton, 19 April, 1882.
iii. William Chester, b. 8 Feb. 1861 ; d. 9 Oct. 1867.
iv. Henry Dunn, b. 7 Dec. 1865 ; d. 14 Aug. 1867.
268.
Daniel Bradford® {Royal William,'' John,^ John,^ Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ NicholasY , born at Raynham, 29 Sept. 1837 ;
married first, 7 Aug. 1858, Marion B. Leonard, born in Norton,
died in 1866. He married second, in 1869, Josephine S. Johnson,
of Philadelphia. Residence, Lexington.
Children :
452. i. Virgil Clyde,^ b. 2 March, 1859 ; has traveled extensively ;
resides in Lexington.
453. ii. Embert Wilmarth, b. 7 Dec. 1863.
iii. Mary Janet, b. in Philadelphia, 7 April, 1870 ; m. 3 Feb. 1890,
Harrison Woodward Macomber, son of James Brown and Sarah
A. T. (Mann) Macomber, b. 3 Feb. 1868. She d. 3 June, 1896,
after a long and painful illness. She was highly accomplished,
possessing a rare soprano voice and exceptional musical talent.
262 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
During the latter part of her life Mr. and Mrs. Macomber lived
at their beautiful place in Lexington. She had a great many
warm friends, and was beloved by all that knew her.
269.
Henry Gilmore® {Royal William,'' Jokn,^ John,^ Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born in Raynham, 6 Feb. 1843;
shoe mfr. and farmer. Has traveled extensively in Europe, intro-
ducing sewing machines for making shoes. Married 1 Jan. 1869,
Mary Janet White, dau. of Earle Carlo and Elizabeth (Sweet)
White, of Norton, born 3 Sept. 1847. Res. East Norton; book-
keeper for N. A. Creamery and Supply Co., Boston.
Children :
i. Eva Rollins,^ b. 22 Jan. 1872 ; 5 Sept. 1894, Charles Francis
Holmes, of Norton ; res. Mansiield.
Children :
1. Janet Danforth Holmes, b. 26 Oct. 1897.
2. Elizabeth Frances Holmes, b. 23 Oct. 1900.
ii. Rhoda Elizabeth, b. 26 July, 1874.
iii. Harriet White, b. 6 July, 1882.
iv. Earle Henry, b. 27 Oct. 1887.
270.
Charles Jarvis^ [Jarvis,'' William,^ Oliver^^ Samuel,'^ /Sarn-
uel,^ Samuel," Nicholas^), born in Taunton, 11 Aug. 1825, edu-
cated at Bristol Academy, came to Boston in 1842, was engaged with
A. & G. A. Kendall & Co., and Jones, Hill & Co. ; became partner
successively in the firms of Hill, Burrage & Co., Hill, Danforth &
Co., and Danforth, Clark & Co. ; had an extensive dry-goods trade.
Was prominent for twenty-five years in the Masonic order and ad-
vanced to be Grand Master of the Grand Council of Massachusetts.
With highly cultivated musical taste he was a member of several
choirs, and was during several years chairman of the Music Com-
mittee of the First Religious Society of Roxbury, the old church of
the renowned John Eliot, of Samuel Danforth and of the late Dr.
George Putnam.
"In his extended business connections, by his affability, generosity
and unquestioned integrity he won the confidence and respect of aU
who knew him He died without an enemy." He died 17
May, 1877.
He man-ied 9 Jan. 1851, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel
and Harriet Wilson Robbins, of Boston, born 28 Dec. 1826, died
30 Jan. 1885.
DANFOETH GEXEALOGT. 263
Children :
i. Louisa Wilson,^ b. 5 Dec. 1851 ; m. 30 Oct. 1879, S. Everett
Tinkham, of Taunton, Civil Engineer, in the service of the city
of Boston.
Children : Charles Samuel Tinkham, b. 1 Dec. 1880 ; a dau.
b. 21 July, 1883.
ii. Charles Edward, b. 29 Jan. 1858 ; d. 29 Nov. 18G6.
iii. Francis Christian, b. G March, 18G1 ; d. 29 March, 1879.
iv. Alfred "Williams, b. 15 Sept. 1862.
V. Sdsan Williams, b. 20 April, 1864.
271.
Henry Richmond^ {Jarvis,'^ William,^ Oliver,^ Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,' JSTicholas^ ) , born at Taunton, 28 Sept. 1828 ;
died 23 May, 1900 ; educated at the Bristol Academy. On coming
to Boston with his father in 1842, was for a short time at the Boyls-
ton School. Entered the service of Dutton & Wentworth in 1843,
in the printing office of the Boston Evening Transcript ; continued
under the successive proprietors Henry W. Dutton & Son and Boston
Transcript Co., an assistant in that model office. He rendered use-
ful aid in gathering materials for this work. He married 23 Oct.
1853, Georgianna Brackett, daughter of Richard and Annet (Green)
Brackett of Boston, born in Taunton, June 20, 1830. Resided at
Chelsea.
Children :
454. i, Eugene Henrt,^ b. 10 Dec. 1854.
ii. William Brackett, b. 31 March, 1857 ; newsdealer.
iii. Edward Williams, b. 9 Dec. 1862 ; d. 14 June, 1864.
iv. Herbert Jarvis, b. 18 March, 1867 ; clerk in a hardware store.
272.
George® {Jarvis,^ William,^ Oliver,^ SaTnuel,* Samuel,^
Samuel,^ Nicholas^) , born 16 Sept. 1846 ; man-ied Margaret E.,
daughter of Daniel and Mary Manning, born in Lewiston, Me., in
1846.
273.
Walter Raleigh® (^Charles,'' Walter Raleigh,'^ Job,^ Sam-
uel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ JSficholas^) , born 7 April, 1839; mar-
ried in Sept. 1860, Ann Whitehead, of Lebanon, Ohio. Resided
at Muse's Bottom, Jackson co., West Va. Died before 1902.
Children :
i. Claudeline McClennan,^ b. 9 July, 1861 ; d. 12 July, 1862.
ii. Charles Nathan, b. 23 July, 1864; d. 25 Oct. 1864.
264 DAKFORTH GENEALOGY.
iii. Walter Raleigh, b. 31 Oct. 1866 ; d. 10 Sept. 1875.
iv. Timothy Nelson, b. 1 Sept. 1868.
V. Robert Ambrose, b. 4 Oct. 1871.
vi. Clare Cecil, b. 22 May, 1875.
vii. Crawford Carter, b. in 1878.
viii. Sally.
274.
Charles James* {Ohay^les^ Walter Raleigh,^ Joh,^ Samuel^"
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 28 Nov. 1843; married in
1875, Annette Dandson, of Sank co., Wis. Resided at Northville,
Spink CO., Dak.
Child :
Claude Leslie,^ b. 28 Sept. 1876.
274a.
Andaleen Marcinel* (Charlies,'' Walter Raleigh,^ Joh,^
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 26 Dec. 1848;
married 21 April, 1881, Abby A. Wilmarth, of Providence, R. I.
Child :
Charles William,^ b. 17 May, 1882.
275.
George Washington* {Henry T ,' Jonathan,^ Elkanah^'
Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,' Nicholas^), born at Hoosic, N. Y.,
13 Dec. 1838 ; married 13 Dec. 1861, Agnes Ingles.
Children :
i. Minnie Agnes,^ b. 16 April, 1863; m. 25 Nov. 1888, G. E.
Lewis.
Childi-en of G. E. and Minnie A. (Danforth) Lewis :
1. Edioin W. Lewis, b. 8 Oct. 1889.
2. Charlotte P. Lewis, b. 8 Jan. 1891.
3. Delia Lewis, b. 14 Nov. 1892.
ii. Stella Adeline, b. 7 July, 1868.
iii. Daisy Blanche, b. 17 Feb. 1870; m. 22 Oct. 1895, William
Auble.
455. iv. James Henry, b. 20 Sept. 1872,
V. Elijah, b. 24 April, 1880.
vi. Edwin, b. 26 Sept. 1885.
276.
William Henry* {Henry T.,^ Jonathan,^ Elhanah,^ Samuel,*
Samuel,"^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 29 Nov. 1839; died 2 Aug.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 265
1891; farmer; married 8 Nov. 1870, Sarah Maria Baker, of
Missouri, born 10 March, 1848. Resided at 1618 Washington
Ave., Parsons, Labette co., Kan.
Children :
i. Guy Leo,« b. 27 March, 1872.
ii. Molly Maud, b. 23 Aug. 1873 ; m. Arthur Triplet ; 1 child.
iii. Ethel Bliss, b. 5 May, 1880.
iv. Mabel S., b. 1 July, 1884.
277.
Benjamin Franklin* {Henry T.,'' Jonathan,^ Ellcanah^^
Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ J^icholas^), born 13 Feb. 1843;
married 12 June, 1867, Mary Frances Baker, of Mead co., Ky.,
daughter of John W. and Harriet (Rhea) Baker, born 1 May,
1846. Resided at Louisiana, Pike co.. Mo. Carpenter; dealer in
coal and produce, Chetopa, Labette co., Kansas. He died in
March, 1899.
Children :
456. i. Eugene Gustave,^ b. in Louisiana, 17 March, 1868.
ii. Gordon Eakl, b. 9 Aug, 1873.
iii. Edson Morton, b. 22 March, 1878.
iv. Delbert, b. 8 Aug. 1882 ; d. at Chetopa, Kan., 1 March, 1885.
278.
Daniel Clark® {Heyiry Tisdale,'' Jonathan,^ Elhanah,^ Sam-
uel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born at Hoosick Falls, 12
Aug. 1849. Resided at Hungerford, Mich. He married 23 May,
1874, Hannah Maria, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Almira
(Vangilder) Cole, of Onondaga co., N. Y. *
Children :
i. Clark Alberti,® b. at Osceola, Fond du Lac, Wis., 6 May, 1875.
ii. Bert Leroy, b. in Big Rapids, Mich., 27 July, 1877.
iii. Earl Howard, b. in Big Rapids, Mich, 21 Sept. 1879.
iv. Edna Elma, b. in Norwich, Mich., 20 March, 1886.
V. Willis Herbert, b. in Norwich, Mich., 10 Sept. 1889.
vi. Clyde Ellis, b. 3 Jan. 1892.
279.
Charles Lewis^ {Lewis,'' James,^ Elkanah,^ Samuel,* Sam-
uel,^ Samuel,"" Nicholas'), born at Shumla, N. Y., 7 Feb. 1840;
married in Sinclairville, 2 July, 1860, Harriet Ovanda George,
daughter of Rev. Isaac and Mary (Brewer) George, born in Inde-
pendence, 31 July, 1842; died at Danforth, 12 Sept. 1884.
266 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Carrie Louise,^ b. 14 Oct. 1862 ; m. at Danforth, 6 Oct. 1885,
Dayton A. Weeks ; res. Lawrence, Dak.
Childi'en of Dayton A. and Carrie L. (Danforth) Weeks:
1. Ethel Weeks, b. 8 Aug. 1887.
2. Charles Dayton Weeks, b. in 1891.
457. ii. J. George, b. 1 Sept. 1865.
458. iii. Lewis Everett, b. 10 Dec. 1868.
iv. Mart A., b. 18 Jan. 1873 ; res. at Danforth.
280.
Charles Ambrose* (Alanson,'' Henry, ^ Elhanah,^ Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^) , born in Chautauqua co., N. Y., 6
Nov. 1842 ; died 16 April, 1892 ; married 22 March, 1862, Martha
A., daughter of Leonard and Abigail R. (Griffin) Cheney, born at
Brandon, Vt., 15 Sept. 1845. Resided at Wedge's Prairie in
Waupun, Wis. (on her father's farm), till 1873; then removed to
Brandon, Wis., then to Fond du Lac, where he died.
Child :
Minnie A.,^ b. 12 Dec. 1865 ; m. Charles W., son of Matthew and
Rachel (Eckles) Hargraves, b. in Ripon, Wis., May 2, 1862.
Largely interested in sheep-raising. Child : Lloyd Danforth Har-
graves, b. 4 Jan. 1895.
281.
Henry Tallman' (Thomas,'' Thomas,'' Thomas,^ TJiomas,*
8amuel,^ Samuel,^ JV^icholas^), born at Rocky Hill, Conn., 1
June, 1828 ; married in New York City, 1 June, 1857, Evelyn
Augusta Snyder, born 18 Nov. 1839.
Children :
i. Mary Williams,^ b. 8 March, 1858 ; m. 29 Jan. 1880, at Brook-
lyn, Herbert C. Smith.
ii. Henriette, b. 14 June, 1860 ; m. 16 June, 1880, Charles
Frasia.
iii. Th03Ias Snyder, b. 22 June, 1874.
282.
Walter Williams® {Thomas,'' Thomas,'^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*
Samuel,^ Saynuel,^ Nicholas^) , born 4 April, 1835 ; died at Bran-
ford, Conn., 21 July, 1886; iron founder, Branford; married 19
June, 1856, Frances Eliza, daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Black-
stone) Averill, born in Branford, 7 Nov. 1835.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 267
Children :
i. Makt Jane,^ b. in Branford, 4 May, 1857 ; m. 24 Dec. 1874,
Albert Baldwin, son of William and Amelia A. (Shelby) Bald-
win, b. 10 March, 1849, in Madison, Conn.
Children of Albert and Mary J. (Danforth) Baldwin :
1. Rufus Irabell Baldwin, b. in Branford, 15 June, 1875.
2. Arthur Snoio Baldwin, b. in Branford, 3 March, 1877.
ii. Elizabeth Averill, b. 8 May, 1860.
iii. Samuel Blackstone, b. 1 May, 18G2; d. 9 Aug. 1862.
iv. Florence Bulkley, b. 9 May, 1863.
V. Susan Robbins, b. 1 Aug, 1865.
vi. Thomas Lawrence, b. 18 May, 1867.
vii. Henry Tallman, b. 21 July, 1869.
viii. Josephine Barnes, b. 3 Oct. 187].
ix. Walter Williams, b. 16 Nov. 1873.
X. Frances Virginia, b. 29 April, 1875.
xi. Reginald Standish, b. 26 Aug. 1878.
284.
John Buchanan^ {Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,'^ 8am-
uel,^ Samuel,'^ Nicholas^) , horn in^iohxnonA, 12 Feb. 1816; died
2 July, 1875 ; educated a physician, but never practised. Captain
of a voluntary military organization ; during the civil war became
colonel of Ist Va. Regt. ; was afterward secretary of Mutual Life
Insurance Co. Compiled notes of family genealogy, to which the
present work is largely indebted. He married first, in Newark, N.
J., 5 Oct. 1836, Anna Maria Delaplaine, daughter of Nicholas and
Mary (Andros) Delaplaine, of Newark, N. J., born in N. Y. City,
25 March, 1813; died 11 April, 1856. He married second, 25
May, 1858, JNIargaret Ann, daughter of William A. and Elizabeth
(Andrews) Rowlet, of Richmond, Va., born 2 Sept. 1826.
Children :
i. Mary Frances,^ b. 20 July, 1837.
459. ii. Henry Delaplaine, b. 7 Oct. 1840.
iii. John Buchanan, b. 9 Sept. 1842 ; d. 21 Aug. 1863.
iv. Clarence Frederick, b. 25 Dec. 1848.
V. Anna Maria, b. 12 Aug. 1850.
vi. Eleanor Young, b. 24 Sept. 1859 ; d. 7 Sept. 1860.
vii. Elizabeth Andrus, b. 15 June, 1861 : d. 8 Sept. 1861.
viii. William Savage, b. Sept. 1862.
ix. James Layne, b. 7 May, 1864 ; d. 24 July. 1864.
285.
Frederick William Rives^ {Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Thomas,^
Thomas,* Samuel,'^ Samuel,'^ Nicholas^), born 21 June, 1823;
268 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
died in Prince George co., Va., 18 April, 1865 ; married in Peters-
burg, Va., 10 April, 1850, Emily Maria Temple.
Children :
i. Joseph Williamson,® b. 16 July, 1853.
ii. Frederick.
iii. Emily Linda, d. in 1864.
286.
Edward Moseley^ {Edward John^ Edward^^ Thomas^^
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,' Nicholas^ ), born in N. Y., 23 Jan.
1828 ; died 4 Aug. 1888, at Olean, N. Y. JRes. Olean, N. Y.
Educated at Caldwell, N. J., and Jersey City. Cultivated farm
in Summit, Wis., 1848 to 1865. Then engaged in lumber and
milling business in Oshkosh in 1875, where he was one of the com.
for building Insane Asylum. Took a farm in Madison, N. J., and
there was chairman of board of supervisors. In 1880 removed to
Olean, Vt. He married in Oconomowac, Wis., 12 Nov. 1851,
Nancy Anna, dau. of Geo. Chas. and Reliance Hathaway (Terry)
Harshaw, born in Argyle, N. Y., 16 April, 1829.
Children :
460. i. Edavard Harshaw,® b. in Summit, Wis., 4 Aag. 1852 ; m. in
1875, Ella Bishop ; had two sous.
ii. George Delaplaine, b. 11 March, 1854; d. 30 Oct. 1854.
iii. Anna Reliance, b. 11 Dec, 1856, in Summit, Wis.
iv. Mary Henrietta, b. 28 Nov, 1858.
V. Eliza Caroline, b. 14 May, 1861.
vi. Julia Lucinda, b. in Oshkosh, 2 Aug. 1866 ; educated at home
schools and at Morristown, N. J. and Boston, Mass. ; m, 31
Dec. 1891, John Charles, son of Louis and Caroline Linneman,
b. at Shippensville, Pa,, 26 Aug, 1858, Resides at Lima, 0.
Children :
1. John Charles Linneman.
2. Louis Linneman.
3. Caroline Linneman.
287.
Nicholas Delaplaine* {Edward John,'' Edward,^ Thomas,^
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^^, born 27 Feb. 1831;
died 23 Feb. 1858; married in 1855, Mary M., daughter of Rev.
Dr. Alexander W. McClure, of Maiden, Mass. and Jersey City ;
she married second, Samuel H. Emery, of Concord.
Child :
Alexander McClure,^ died in 1858.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 269
288.
George Henry* {Edward John,'' Edward,^ Thomas,^ Thom-
as,'^ Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born at Jersey City, 11 Oct.
1834; died at Madison, N. J., 9 Sept. 1886; married at Jersey
City, 13 June, 1867, Emeline Young Jenkins, daughter of William
Bunker (1808-1845) and Emeline Jenkins (1812-1883), bom 15
June, 1843. Resided at 106 West 58th St., N. Y. City. He
learned in early lite the art of making bank notes, under his father,
who was one of the originators of the first American Bank Note Co.
In 1859 started for himself and originated with other capitalists
the National Bank Note Co. He was chairman of building com-
mittee of their new building in New Church St. ; director of Trades-
man's Bank, etc. Was associated with Governor Randolph of N.
J. and others in organizing the Washington Association of Morris-
town, N. J.
Children :
460a. i. George Henry,^ b. 16 July, 1868.
ii. Emeline Jenkins, b. 23 Aug. 1870 ; m. 25 May, 1898, Louis
Morris, son of Theodore Burr and Caroline Margaret (Morris)
Starr, b. at Tenafly, N. J., 12 Aug. 1868 ; in jewelry business
with his father in New York city.
Children of Louis M. and Emeline J. (Danforth) Starr:
1. Caroline Margaret Starr, b. 15 May, 1899.
2. Beatrice Starr, b. 9 Feb. 1901.
iii. Henrietta Delaplaine, b. 10 Aug. 1872 ; m. 18 April, 1900,
Howard White Starr, second son of Theodore B., above men-
tioned, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 16 Feb. 1870 ; grad. Yale 1895 ;
Stevens Inst. 1900 ; a mechanical engineer in street railway
dept. of Gen. Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
iv. Isabel, b. 4 Feb. 1877.
V. Francis Jenkins, b. 17 July, 1878.
vi. Nicholas, b. 24 Jan. 1883.
289.
Rev. Jainies Roimeyn® {Edivard John,'' Edward,^ Thomas,^
Thomas,* Satnuel,^ Samuel,^ JSficholas^ ) , born in Jersey City, 8
Aug. 1839 ; grad. Beloit College and Chicago Theol. Seminary ;
D.D. Beloit Coll. 1886 ; after travel in Europe occupied pulpits
in Lynn and Newtonville, Mass., and was settled over Central
Cong. Church, Philadelphia ; iU health compelled him to resign in
1889. Was afterward U. S. Consul in Liege, Belgium, and in ac-
tive business, hoping to regain health and resume his profession.
270 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
He was principal of The Walton-Wellesley School for Girls in
Philadelphia in 1895. In 1898 he was installed pastor of the Con-
gregational church of Westfield, N. J. He married 5 July, 1867,
Ahce Haven, daughter of Prof. Joseph and Mary (Emerson*)
Haven, of Chicago, born in Brookline, Mass., 19 Nov. 1847. He
resides at Westfield, N. J., in 1902.
Children :
461. i. James Romeyn,^ b. in Woodstock, El., 7 July, 1868.
ii. Alice, b. in Leipsic, Saxony, 29 April, 1871 ; d. in Philadel-
phia, 29 May, 18T8.
iii. Caroline, b. in Lynn, 28 Sept. 1872 ; m. at Squirrel Island,
Me., 2 Sept, 1897, Prof. Arthur M. Hyde, of Washburn Col-
lege, Topeka, Kan. Child Henry Francis Hyde, b. July 31,
d. Aug. 13, 1898.
iv. Edward Joseph, b. in Newtonville, 24 May, 1874 ; studied in
Europe ; was grad. Amherst Coll. 1897 ; was a student in Chi-
cago Theol. Sem. and engaged in social settlement work ; d. 1
Feb. 1898.
461a. V. Ralph Emerson, b. 1 Oct. 1877.
vi. Mart, b. 30 Oct. 1882.
290.
Charles Allen^ {Jonathan^'' Jonathan,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*
Samuel,^ SanmeV, Nicholas^), born in Hartford, Conn., 4 May,
1849; died in Frankfort, N. Y., 14 Dec. 1884; married 21 Oct.
1873, Anna Elizabeth Sage, born 20 Nov. 1852, in Bethlehem, Pa.
Removed about 1872 to New Haven, Conn., where he was a civil
engineer in the employ of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R.R. ; removed in
1881 to Rochester, N.Y., and was with the N. Y. Central road. In
1883 removed to Olin, N. Y., and became resident engineer for
West Shore & Buffalo R.R. in construction of shops ; resided at the
adjoining town of Frankfort till his death in the winter following.
Was a very active christian worker, especially among R.R. men.
The family returned to New Haven, whence they removed in 1898
to East Orange, N. J.
Children :
i. Charles Webster,^ b. 12 Aug. 1874; grad. Yale Sci. 1896;
civil engineer with the American Bridge Co. of New York city,
ii. Harold Bond, b. 10 Dec. 1875 ; with American Arithmometer
Co. of New York,
iii. Margaret Elizabeth, b. 7 May, 1878.
iv. Clark Malcolm, b. 26 Sept. 1882.
* A daughter of Prof. Kalph Emerson, formerly of Andover Tlieol. Sem.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 271
291.
Col. John" (William,'' Wlllam,^ Thomas,'" Thomas,* Samuel,^
Samuel,^ JSficholas^), born at Middletown, Conn., 19 May, 181G ;
died 20 Feb. 1886; married first, 3 Sept. 1838, in Kingsville, O.,
Mary Eliza Curtiss ; she died in Owego, 14 Feb. 1858 ; married
second, 11 April, 1860, Mary H. (Weaver) Wheeler, dau. of
Hemy Weaver of Ovid, N. Y., born 17 July, 1839 ; she survived
him and married 14 June, 1890, John Gerry. He was a jeweler at
New Haven, and Hartford, Conn,, and in New York City. Capt.
of Hartford Light Infsintry ; director in New York Temperance or-
ganization and one of the commissioners of the city for care of the
poor. Went to California, arriving in San Francisco 30 June,
1849. Active in temperance work there. Eemoved to Ovid, N.
Y., but after the death of his wife returned to N. Y. City. Was
prominent in Sabbath School and church work. At the outbreak of
the Rebellion, volunteered Oct. 1861 ; raised a company of volun-
teers ; was promoted from grade to grade till he became Lieut. Col.
of the 37th N. J. Regt. Infantry. Appointed inspector in N. Y.
Custom House. Resided at Elizabeth, N. J.
Children :
i. Arthur Curtiss,® born in Hartford, 17 Aug. 1840; student at
Hamilton and at Oberlin, preparing for the ministry ; volun-
teered in Aj^ril, 1861, was 1st Sergt, Co. C, 7tli Eegt. O. V. I. ;
killed in the battle of the Wilderness, Winchester, Ya., 23
March, 1862.
ii. Howard Brown, b. 29 Sept. 1842 ; d. 30 Aug. 1849.
462. iii. Edward William, b. 5 May, 1844.
iv. Ella Cornelia, b. 29 Aprd, 1846 ; married 18 April, 1871,
Martin Henry Wilckens, b. in Franklin Park, N. J., 18 Feb.
1846.
Children of Martin H. and Ella C. (Danf orth) Wilckens :
1. Elizabeth Anna Wilckens, b. 8 March, 1872.
2. Ella Cornelia Wilckens, b. 9 Aug. 1873; d. 1 June,
1875.
3. Martin Henry Wilckens, b. 3 March, 1875 ; d. 30 June,
1876.
463. V. John Howard, b. 7 Nov. 1854.
vi. Mary Estella, b. 1 March, 1861 ; d. 16 April, 1881 ; m. 15
June, 1880, Wm. H, Stackhouse.
vii. Minnie, b. 11 Feb. 1866.
viii. Fbedeeick Henry, b. 5 Sept. 1876.
292.
Frederick LyjMAn® (Josiah,'' William,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,'^
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born in Middletown, Conn., 17
272 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
June, 1833; died at Buffalo, N. Y., 7 Sept. 1897; married 15
Sept. 1859, Grace Long, daughter of Daniel and Elida Yates
(Long) Francis, born in Buffalo, 11 Jan. 1836. He went to
Buffalo in 1854 and entered the establishment of Pratt & Co., of
which he became in time the financial manager. Was cashier and
one of the directors of the Bank of Attica from 1879 till 1895, when
he was elected president. Was president of the Buffalo Creek R.
R. Co., and of The Union Terminal Co. He had larofe navio-ation
interests. For many years he was chairman of the trustees of the
North Presbyterian church, to which, as to other benevolencies, he
gave freely.
We are permitted to make extracts from a letter written by his
pastor. Rev. Wm. S. Hubbell, to his former employer and later
associate, Mr. Pratt :
" I well remember that soon after my coming to Buffalo you said
to me, ' If you want any good advice about chm'ch matters or to
know anything about people or measures in the North church, go to
Danforth.' That was exactly true of him, and I put your advice in
practice for fifteen years ; ... he was always ready to give his
time, his money, his effort and his heart's affection. He had unusual
capacity for the giving of sympathy and cheer. He was full of tact,
knowing when to speak and when to refrain ; had a vocabulary of
well-chosen words and a very kind and gracious way of speaking.
Besides, he abounded in good spirits and could be a delightful com-
panion, a splendid person to travel with. Furthermore he was not
ashamed of his religion or of putting it in practice wherever he was."
It has been said of him, "Few have possessed in greater degree
the qualities which tend to make life successful and friends steadfast."
Children :
463a. i. Frederick William,^ b. 15 July, 1860.
464. ii. Frank Lobdell, b. 18 Aug. 1862.
464a. ill. William Edgar, b. 28 Sept. 1864.
iv. Grace Elida, b. 4 Jan. 1876.
293.
Richard Hubbard* (Josiah,'' William,^ Thomas,^ Thomas^*
jSamuel,^ jSamuel,^ JSficholas^), born in Middletown, Ct., 5 Jan.
1840 ; res. at Buffalo. Assistant cashier in Manufacturers' and
Traders' Bank; married 7 Dec. 1863, Kate Everdell Maas, daugh-
ter of Jacob and Sarah (Rowen) Maas, born in Philadelphia, 29
March, 1843.
Children :
i. Kate,9 b. in Philadelphia, 8 Oct. 1865.
ii. Richard Eugene, b. in Buffalo, 5 Oct. 1868.
Mr. Frederick Lvman Danforth.
DANFORTII GENEALOGY. 273
iii. Bertha, b. in Philadelphia, 27 Nov. 1870; m. 12 April, 1892,
Charles H. Wright, son of Lafayette and Mary (McComb)
Wright.
iv. Jessie Gillespie, b. in Buffalo, 25 April, 1875.
V. Mary, b. in Buffalo, 21 Dec. 187G.
294.
Edgar Camp* (Josiah,'' William,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Sam-
uel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born in Middletown, Ct., 19 May,
1846; manufacturer of trusses; married 5 June, 1873, Ellen Sher-
man, daughter of Wanton andMarianna (Almy) Sherman, of South
Dartmouth, Mass., born in Honolulu, S. I., 6 Aug. 1849.
Children, all born at Middletown :
i. Edgar Camp,» b. 24 Aug. 1874 ; d. 26 Sept. 1879.
ii. Arthur Sherman, b. 24 Jan. 1876.
iii. Herbert Cleveland, b. 29 July, 1878.
iv. Clarence Eugene, b. 2 Feb. 1881.
V. Anna Sherman, ) ^^ 3^ q^^_ ^ggg^
VI. Alice I<oster, )
295.
Isaac Moseley* (Samuel,'' Samuel,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born at Lafayette, Ind., 8 Aug.
1854; married 25 Oct. 1882, Ella R. Murray, daughter of George
B. and Susan Murray of Sedalia, Mo., born 14 Oct. 1855. Farmer
at Sedalia ; wrote an acceptable letter to the Chicago family meeting
in 1893.
Children :
i. George Moseley,^ b. and d. 14 Aug. 1885.
ii. Charlotte Emma, b. 19 March, 1887.
iii. Charles Samuel, b. 14 Oct. 1889.
295 a.
Elijah* (jVahum,'' Elijah,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,'^ Sam-
uel,^ Nicholas^), born at Jefferson, N. Y., 17 Nov. 1819; died
13 Jan. 1898; married in Dec. 1846, Hannah M. Boughton.
Farmer; supervisor and superintendent of schools at Jefferson.
Resided at Jefferson, N. Y.
Children :
i. Mary Fidelia.^
4645. ii. Nahum Elijah.
iii. Maria Ella ; m. Stephen Albert Curtis ; residence, Schenec-
tady, N. Y.
iv. Harriet Adeline ; m. John Thomas Metcalf ; res. Spring-field,
Mass. •
274 DANTOKTH GENEALOGY.
295 6.
S YLV ANUS Mann ^ (JVahum,'' Elijah,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Sam-
uel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^) , born at Jefferson, N. Y., 15 March,
1825; died 17 Feb. 1898; married first, 5 Feb. 1851, Ann F.
Newcomb ; married second, Harriet L. Scovell. Resided at Jeffer-
son, N. Y. Farmer.
Children :
464c. i. George Elmer.^
ii. Sarah ; m. Thomas Bergen.
464rf. iii, Charles Leroy.
464e. iv. Clifford G.
V. Jennie Esther.
295 c.
Geoege Washington^ (JSTalmm,'' Elijah,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,*
Samuel,^ Sanmel,^ Nicholas^), born at Jefferson, N. Y., 4 Feb.
1832 ; died 17 Dec. 1882 ; married, 27 June, 1860, Martha Baird.
Resided at Jefferson. Farmer.
Children :
i. Harriet,^
ii. Mat, m. Hector Taylor.
iii. Ulysses Grant.
iv. Everett George ; agriculturist ; m. Miss Cooper.
V. Anna Rachel, m. John McCuen.
vi. Bessie.
vii. Leta Greenwood.
295 d.
Levi Mann^ {N'ahum,'' Elijah,'^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* 8amuel,^
Samuel,^ N^icholas^), born at Jefferson, N. Y., 28 May, 1834;
married first, Helen Mann ; married second, , of Worthing-
ton, Mass. Farmer and carpenter.
Children :
i. Jewett^
ii. Oaklet.
295 e.
Erskine* {JSfahum,'' Elijah,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^
Samuel,^ JVicholas^), born at Jefferson, N. Y., 28 June, 1836;
married, at Athens, N. Y., 6 Sept. 1860, Sarah Jane Fox. Re-
sides at Benton Harbor, Mich. Is a school teacher, merchant,
horticulturist and money broker.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 275
Children :
464/1 i. Herbert Mortimer,^ b. 26 June, 1862.
ii. Flora Adelaide, b. 19 Sept. 1864.
iii. Lillian La Blanche, b. 20 Jan. 1866 ; d. July 27, 1866.
296.
William Appleton,^ M. D. {Henry M.,'' 8amiiel,^ Elijah,^
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ N^icholas^), born at Bristol, N. H.,
15 Aug. 1846; died 1 March, 1889; married, 18 Oct. 1867,
Harriet Eliza, daughter of Noah and Delphia (Lindley) Rupert,
of Minonk, 111., born in Concord, 111., 31 Jan. 1851. He gradu-
ated Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111., 1868; practised medi-
cine in Angola, N. Y. He died there. Mrs. Danforth married
second, in 1895, Joseph Rupert; not known to be a relative. Re-
sidence, Buffalo.
Children :
Henry Jay,^ b. 21 Nov. 1868.
Almon George, b. 24 June, 1870.
Josephine Estella, b. 25 July, 1872 ; m. 2 Oct. 1875, Adolph
B. Metzger ; residence Buffalo, N. Y.
Arthur Jerohe, b. 26 June 1875.
Eugene Everett, b. 30 March, 1877.
Jessie May, b. 12 Aug. 1879; m. in Buffalo, 4 July, 1901, Wil-
liam John Tollner.
297.
Nathan Brown** (Appleto7i Howe,'' Samuel,^ Elijah,^
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 27 April, 1852,
in Gowapath, Assam, British India ; in business as wholesale and
retail druggist, Wilmington, Del. He married, 9 Oct. 1879,
Elizabeth, daughter of Washington and Emma (Stuger) Jones,
of Wilmington, Del., born 24 June, 1857.
ChUd:
Edith Studley,^ b. 13 Aug. 1881.
298.
Chaeles Richard^ {Richard Sears,'' Samuel,^ Elijah,^ Thom-
as,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^, Nicholas^), born at Bristol, N. H., 4 Feb.
1845; res. Minonk, 111.
299.
John Saiviuel® {Hichard Sears,'' Samuel,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,'' JSficholas^^ , born 30 Nov. 1847 ; residence at
Indian Rock, Franklin co., Maine, and in Florida.
465.
i.
466.
ii.
iii.
466a iv.
V.
vi.
276 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
300.
Warren Henry* {George Palmer,'' Samuel,^ Elijah,^ Thom-
as,'^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 27 May, 1845; married
Mary A. Green.
302.
Almon George® {Asa H.,'' Asa, ^ Elijah,^ Thomas,'' Samuel,^
Samuel,^ JVickolas^), born 7 Dec. 1840; married 17 Oct. 1861,
Susan Amaranth Burton, born 3 April, 1841. Residence Washing-
ton, 111. ; is the head of the banking house of A. G. Danforth & Co.
Children :
467. i. George Chester,^^ 11 Aug. 1862.
ii. Jessie Mary, b. 16 Oct. 1865 ; m. 20 Sept. 1887, Homer Wirt
McCoy, b. at Ironton, O ; son of Charles William and Urania
Wheeler McCoy. Resided a year in Los Angeles, Cal., a few
years at Cuba, 111., where he established a bank ; organized the
Bank of Commerce at Peoria, 111 , of which he was first cashier,
then vice-president. Now in the firm of McDonald, McCoy
& Co., bond brokers, Chicago, 111. Child : Dorothy McCoy,
b. 20 Dec. 1887.
iii. Catharine Arianna, b. 12 Oct. 1868 ; m. 8 Dec. 1891, Gerald
B. Franks, of the firm of J. W. Franks & Sons, printers and
publishers, Peoria, 111., son of Joseph Wilson and Nanno (Bar-
ret) Franks. Child : Danforth Wilson Franks, b. 8 Jan. 1894.
iv. Asa Hamilton, b. 26 Sept. 1872 ; grad. Law Dept. Mich. Univ.
1891 ; in banking business at Washington, 111.
V. Mary Telva, b. 12 Sept. 1876 ; m. 9 Sept. 1898, George M.
Stimson, of Peoria, 111., cashier of the bank of A. G. Danforth
&Co.
Children :
1. Susan Elizabeth Stimson, b. 31 March, 1900.
2, Richard Danforth Stimson, b. 3 Nov. 1901.
vi. Eloise, b. 31 May, 1885 ; a student in LaseU Seminary, Auburn-
dale, Mass. (1902).
303.
Henry Eupert^ {Asa H.,^ Asa,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born in Washington, 111., 3 Nov. 1842;
married 2 Nov. 1865, Mary Eliza Wenger. He is a banker, resid-
ing at Washington, 111.
Children :
i. Asa Hamilton,^ b. 16 Nov. 1867 ; d. 17 March, 1871.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 277
ii. Josephine Harriet, b. 1 Doc. 1869; m. 20 June, 1899, Charles
V. Miles (grad. Univ. of Mich. 1891), lawyer, Peoria, 111. ;
child : Catherine Dauforth Miles.
iii. Herman Wenger, b. 1') June, 1872; grad. Uuiv. Mich. 1899;
attorney at law, Peoria, 111.
iv. Aljion Elias, b. 12 Nov. 1877; d. 25 Dec. 1878.
V. Elizabeth Sarah, b. 20 Aug. 1879.
304.
Lysander B.' {Henry W.,^ Benjamin,^ Elijah,^ Thomas,*
Samuel,^ Samuel,' Nicholas^ ), born at Troy, N. Y., 13 Feb.
1854; married 2 June, 1880, Ella, daughter of Lyman A. and
Hannah (Moulton) Cox, of Fort Edward, N. Y. ; she died 21
March, 1900. Resides Upper Troy, N. Y.
305.
Samuel C* {John,'' Samuel,^ John,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^
Samuel,"" Nicholas'), born at Litchfield, N. Y., 20 July, 1829.
Resides at Poland, O. ; has four children.
306.
James D.^ {Joseph H.,'' Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas'), born at Wethersfield, Vt., 20 Nov.
1818; died 27 Nov. 1850; married 6 Sept. 1841, Marcette Lis-
comb ; one daughter ; all have passed away.
307.
Thomas Henry* {Thomas,'' Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas'), born at Claremont, N. H., 12
Aug. 1815; died at Boston, 1 Aug. 1877; married first, 3 Nov.
1836, Amanda Jane McLellan, born in 1811; died 14 March,
1839 ; he married second, in 1846, Elizabeth S. Hackett. He
married about 1857, Annie T. Johnson, born in 1834, living in
1902. He was a ship-chandler in Boston.
Children :
468. i. Henry F.,^ b. 1 April, 1837.
ii. Frances H. (adopted), b. in Chelsea in 1854; m. Charles L.,
son of Luther G. and Eliza A. N. Northrup.
iii. Charles Henry, b. 30 Jan. 1859.
468a. iv. Frank Hoffman, b. 3 Jan. 1869.
V. Samuel Langmaide, b. 20 March, 1875,
278 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
308.
Charles Frederick* {Thomas,'' JosejjJi,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*'
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Claremont, N. H., 12
Feb. 1817; died 28 Aug. 1863; married Mary Ellen Clapp.
309.
William Mortimer^ {Thomas,'' Josejjh,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*
Jojiathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Woodstock, 17 Dec.
1819: died 7 May, 1884; married 22 April, 1857, Mary Eliza-
beth, daughter of Artemas and Elizabeth (Seaver) Church, born 4
July, 1829.
310.
George Alexander" {Thoinas,'' Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) ^hoxn at Woodstock, 17 Aug.
1828; married 29 May, 1853, Eliza L. McClannin, born at
Gloucester, 5 March, 1837.
Children :
i. Robert Thomas,^ b. 20 Feb. 1855 ; d. 30 Oct. 1856.
ii. George Edward, b. 15 Nov. 1857.
ill. William Appleton, b. 6 Nov. 1860.
iv. Isabel Louisa, b. 2 Nov. 1862; d. 20 Mav, 1863.
V. Foster Farrar, b. 21 Sept. 1865 ; d. 17 Feb. 1867.
311.
Edward Warren^ {Thomas,'' Joseph,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ J^icholas^), horn at Woodstock, 28 Aug.
1830 ; died at Boston, 6 July, 1882 ; married 27 Feb. 1859, Anna
D. Bowe, daughter of James and Mary Bowe, b. in Ireland, 9
April, 1837.
Children :
i. Anna Frances,^ b. 25 March, 1860 ; m. 21 Jan. 1884, William
H., son of William H. and Rhodema Darling, of Boston, b. 15
Oct. 1860.
ii. Harriet Amanda, b. in Boston, 8 July, 1865.
311 a.
Amariah^ {Stearns,'' John,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ JSficholas^^, born at Concord about 1819; died about
1857 ; married first, at Lowell, 29 Aug. 1844, Susan A., daughter
of Oliver and Elizabeth Derby, born in 1821. He married second,
in Groton, 11 Feb. 1851, Harriet A. Derby, a sister of his first
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 279
wife, born in Groton in 1830. After his death she returned to
Groton and petitioned Probate Court 5 May, 1857. He was a gro-
cer: resided at Lowell.
312.
ED^\^N S.* (Stearns,'' John,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Woburn about 1840; married at
Cambridge, 1 Aug. 1861, being a "soldier in U. S. army," " of
Woburn," Charlotte A., daughter of Christopher and Sarah Gre-
vitte, "of Boston, £e. 19."
313.
Robert H.^ {Stearns,'' Johf , Thomas^, Thomas*, Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ JSficholas^^, born at Charlestown in 1833; married at
South Reading, 19 July, 1864, being an "upholsterer," Ada L. C,
daughter of Peabody [?] and Margaret E. Gowing, of South Read-
ing, born at Lynnfield in 1853.
314.
Albert H.® {Stearns,'' John,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,'' Nicholas^), born in Billerica about 1835; married
first (unknown) ; married " second," at Wakefield, 13 June, 1872,
Marilla, daughter of Benjamin and Frances S. McClenathan, of
Wakefield. He married third, at Wakefield, 26 Dec. 1873, Mary
Ellen Mellen, of Wakefield, born at Calais, Me., in 1850, daughter
of John and Susan Mellen.
315.
Silas Lorenzo^ {Silas,'' John,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,'^ jSFicholas^), born at Root, Mont'yco., N. Y., 28 Sept.
1838; res. Eaton, N. Y. Married first, in March, 1863, Jane
Stewart, born in W. Eaton, 27 Sept. 1838 ; died 5 Feb. 1867. He
mai'ried second, 24 Dec. 1868, Charlotte Selfe, dau. of Samuel S.
of Norwich, N. Y., born in Eng. in June, 1853.
Children :
i. John Francis,^ b. 22 May, 1870.
ii. Leah Adella, b. 23 Nov. 1876.
316.
Milton Emery® {Silas,'' John, ^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan^ Nicholas^), born at Little Falls, N. Y., 7 Aug. 1846;
280 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
was at Chicago meeting. Res. (1893) Bay City, Mich. Married
in Lebanon, N. Y., 28 Dec. 1869, Mary Amelia Epson, dau. of
Chester Epson of Lebanon, N. Y., born in July, 1848.
Child :
Derwood Leon,^ b. in E. Saginaw, Mich., 13 Feb. 1878.
317.
Benjamin Franklin* {Benjamin Franklin,'' Tliomas,^ Thomr
as,' Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'' Nicholas'), horn 10 Feb.
1826 ; was a farmer at Rindge, N. H. He married at Lexington,
11 April, 1848, Sarah M., daughter of Capt. James Rhoades, of
Grafton, Vt., born 25 Feb. 1821; she died 23 May, 1897. He
died 30 April, 1897.
Children :
i. Charles,^ b. 9 April, 1851 ; d. 25 Jan. 1852.
469. ii. George Marshall, b. 19 May, 1853.
iii. James Rhoades, b. 19 April, 1859.
iv. Anna Elizabeth, b. 23 March, 1861 ; m. 1 Aug. 1888, George
W. Tarbell, of Winchendon.
318.
Charles Henry® (John,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jona-
than," Jonathan,^ Nicholas'), born at Lowell, 24 Aug. 1839;
married 25 April, 1859, Roxanna Haley, born 1 Jan. 1841, died
27 May, 1891. Resides at Winchendon.
Adopted child :
Mary Ellen,^ (dau. of George P. and Mary Ellen (Haley) Bailey,
sister of Roxanna), adopted 27 July, 1860; name changed 11 Nov.
1862 ; m. Judson S. Jewett, of Rindge, N. H.
319.
Jonathan® {Jonathan,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan," Jonathan,'' Nicholas"), married Azuba Daggett; she
res. in Fort Covington, N. Y.
Child :
Jonathan,^ resides at Fort Covington.
320.
Ebenezer® (Jonathan,'' Jonathan,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan," Jo7iathan,^ Nicholas'), born in 1802 ; died in 1859,
ae. 57 ; married Abigail Sumner, in Sept. 1826. Res. Danville, Vt.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 281
Children, all born in Danville, Yt. :
470. i. Alfred H.,n. 25 Sept. 1827.
ii. Harriet, b. in Aug. 1830 ; d. 7 April, 1879 ; m. in Oct. 1853,
C. L. Stone.
471. iii. Charles, b. in May, 1832.
iv. RoA (Rosa?) b. in Sept. 1837; d. in Jan. 1873; m. Sanford
Slocum, Morristown, Vt.
V. Miriam, d. at seven years of age.
321.
James® {Jonathan,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 3 July, 1805 ; died 23 March,
1877 ; married 31 Jan. 1833, Philena Kenney ; she died 10 June,
1900, in her 94th year. Resided at Massena Springs, N. Y.
Children :
i. Mary,8 b. 18 March, 1835 ; d. 21 Feb. 1859.
ii. JuDSON, b. 8 July, 1836 ; d. 31 Jan. 1837.
iii. JuDSON, b. 31 Oct. 1839 ; d. 7 March, 1843.
iv. James, b. 27 July, 1843; d. 15 Aug. 1850.
V. Elizabeth, b. 22 Sep. 1845 ; m. in Massena, N. Y., Wm. Brad-
ford, son of Samuel and Mary Perkins Bradford.
472. vi. Samuel Silas, b. 11 March, 1849.
322.
Calvin* {Jonathan,"^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,* Nicholas^), married in Fort Covington, N. Y.,
Sarah Waterbury.
Children :
Albert,^ lawyer; res. at Chicago.
HOBART.
Fred, res. at Charles City, Iowa.
322 «.
Leonard® {Leonard,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) born at Danville, Vt., 24 Aug. 1801 ;
married Lucy Dinsmore.
Children, all born in Danville :
i. Alvin Balton,^ b. in 1841 ; was a fine athlete, six feet three
and a half inches tall ; enlisted in Co. I, 3d Vt. Vol. Inf. in
1861 ; was transferred to the 1st Penn. Cav. in 1862. Nar-
rowly escaped drowning while on a scout in winter, took cold,
was discharged, went home and died three days after reaching
home.
282 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
ii. Charles Harvey, b. 13 May, 1843 ; enlisted in tlie same regt.
with Alvin, 11 June, 1861. After the war entered into thea-
trical and circus business. Now (1902) in Incandescent Lamp
business in Philadelpliia, Pa. ; married ; wife died ; no children.
iii. Martha Jane ; m. Martin ; resides in London, Eng.
iv. Lorenzo C, died young.
322 b.
Albert Griswold* {Leonard,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonatlian^^ Jona-
than,"^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Danville, Vt.,
31 Dec. 1814; married first, 31 Dec. 1845, Emerenza Kidder, dau.
of Friend and Rebecca (Kidder) Corser. He married second,
Christina Wilson.
Children :
473. i. Albert Lewis,^ b. 26 April, 1847.
ii. Emma Louisa, b. 30 March, 1849 ; m. 21 Oct. 1877, Frank
Benj. Prue, son of Frank and Harriet Prue, b. in Derby Line,
Vt., 16 Oct. 1849.
Children of Frank B. and Emma L. (Danforth) Prue :
1. Albert Danforth Prue,h. 23 Aug. 1879.
2. Umma Corser Prue, b. 23 Feb. 1883.
3. Alexis Francis Prue.h. 22 Aug. 1884 ; d. 18 July, 1885.
iii. Alice Jane, b. 30 Jan. 1853 ; m. 5 Sept. 1879, Alexis Francis
Pero, son of Marcus and Margaret (Whitebird) Pero, b. in
Taunton, in Sept. 1849.
Children of Alexis F. and Alice J. (Danforth) Pero :
1. Leonard Francis Pero, b. 13 July, 1880.
2. Lewis Henry Pero, b. 31 March, 1886.
iv. Harvey Martin.
V. George Ora.
vi. EsTELLA May.
vii. Matilda.
viii. George Vance.
322 c.
Harvey Blanchard^ {Leonard,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Danville, Vt.,
20 Jan. 1821; married in June, 1844, Martha Dearborn, born
30 Aug. 1825.
Children, all born in Danville :
i. Martha Jane,^ b. 26 Nov. 1846; m. 2 April, 1865, Henry F.
Phillips.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 283
Children of Henry F. and Martha J. (Dan forth) Phillips :
1. Jennt/ Phillips.
2. Ferdinando Phillips.
ii. Abbt Roselle, b. 10 Jan. 1849.
iii. Clara Ann, b. 15 April, 18ol ; m. in Lowell, in 18G8, David,
son of Samuel and Caroline Moody, b. in 184G.
474. iv. Harvey Lewis, b. 28 March, 1853.
V. Ella Estella, b. 21 Aug. 18G0; m. at Fall River, 7 June,
1882, Joseph W., sou of Wm. W. and Emily (Giiford) Samp-
son, b. in 18G2.
Child :
3Iildred Sampson, b. 28 Oct. 1883.
32
o.
Luther Warren,* called also Warren Luther (Luther,''
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicho-
las'), born 17 Sept. 1819; married 12 March, 1846, Betsey La-
Rue. Residence, East Constable, N. Y.
324.
Albon James* (Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan^, Jonathan,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas'), born at Fort Covington, N.
Y., 7 Aug. 1824; died at Hooksett, N. H., 11 Sept. 1881; mar-
ried 4 March, 1845, Margaret A. McArthur, b. in Scotland in 1826.
He was a carpenter and millwright ; resided chiefly at Manchester,
N. H. He served in the War of the Rebellion in the 14th N. Y.
Heavy Artillery throughout the war. The widow resides in Man-
chester, N. H., with her son Charles W. Three of the sons became
ministers of the Gospel.
Children :
Albert C.,^ b. at Bombay, N. Y., 17 May, 1848.
Leslie Russell, b. at Fort Covington, N. Y., 1849.
Luther Lerot, b. at ; disappeared in 1881.
Hiram Otis, d. in infancy.
Charles Winters.
Thomas Richey, b. 1859 ; d. at W. Stockholm, N. Y., in 1878.
Otis Stanley.
viii. A child, d. in infancy.
474e. ix. William Faber.
325.
Rev. Horace Melvin* {Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,"^ Nicholas'), born 8 Nov. 1828;
474a.
4745.
ii.
iii.
iv.
A74:C.
V.
vi.
AIM.
vii.
284 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
married 15 Aug. 1847, Carrie Winters, born 12 March, 1827 ; she
died 5 Nov. 1885.
He resides (1902) at Camden, N. Y.
326.
Eev. Stanley Faber® {^Luther ^'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathans^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 12 Aug. 1829;
married 3 May, 1850, Minerva Russell, of Fort Covington, N. Y.,
born 25 July, 1829.
Resides (1902) at Dexter, N. Y.
Children :
i. Mary Francis,'' b. 7 May, 1852 ; d. Feb. 1860.
ii. Elizabeth Maria, b. 8 June, 1854; m. John Knapp ; res.
Watertown, N. Y.
iii. Emma Jane, b. 3 May, 1856 ; m. Gaylord Baxter, now (1902)
chief of police, Watertown, N. Y.
iv. Ida Louisa, b. 15 Nov. 1861 ; m. Fred Douglas ; res. Pillar
Point, N. Y.
474/. V. Stanley Faber, Jr., b. 16 March, 1866.
327.
Isaac^ {Israel,'' David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^^ , livery stable keeper at Bangor, Me. ; mar-
ried in 1838, Nancy Doane, of Hampden, Me.
Children :
i. Helen Frances,^ d. 3 July, 1892.
ii. Augusta Emily.
475. iii. Charles Frederick.
328.
Hon. Charles* {Israel,'' David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jo-
nathan,^ Jonathan,^ JSficholas^), born in Norridgewock, Me., 1
Aug. 1815; died 30 March, 1890; married 15 Jan. 1845, Julia
Sewall Dinsmore.
He studied in the public schools of his native town and the aca-
demies of Farmington and Bloomfield. Read law with John Searle
Tenney of Norridgewock, afterward a judge of the Supreme Court of
Maine. Began practice in Gorham, Me., in 1838; removed in
1841, to Gardiner, Me., which was his home for the rest of his life.
Was a representative to the Legislature several times ; twice elected
county attorney; appointed in 1864 to the bench of the Supreme
Judicial Court, a position which he filled with honor for twenty-six
years. He delivered many opinions of eminent value, and was
rarely overruled.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 285
"Judge Danforth was a simple man, who dwelt with substance,
and had no care for show. He loved most things that were simple,
nature and his God, and he ever lived close to both. He was solid
rather than brilliant ; relied less upon intuition than upon industry ;
was a tireless, conscientious worker ; had a strong grasp of legal
principles ; built up his opinion with gi'cat blocks from the common
law. He loved equity, and hated injustice." [Mr. Baker, in The
Green Bag, 1896.] He was tall, erect, and of a fine address. He
died at his home in Gardiner, March 30, 1890.
Children :
i. Edavard,» b. 27 Nov. 1845 ; d. 16 Sept. 1849.
476. ii. Fkederic, b. 8 Feb. 1848.
329.
Franklin® {Israel^ David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan^* Jonathan^''
Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born in Norridgewock, 11 July, 1817;
died 8 April, 1890; farmer, Norridgewock; married 26 Sept.
1843, Eliza A. Eogers.
Children :
477. i. George Frederic,® b. 7 Sept. 1844.
ii. Sarah Maria, b. 1 Jan. 1847 ; m. Clarence J. Cheney, 26 Oct.
1871.
Children of Clarence J. and Sarah M. (Danforth) Cheney :
1. Margaret Cheney.
2. Myrtle Cheney.
3. Arthur Cheney.
iii. Henrietta Emily, b. 11 April, 1849.
478. iv. Edward Franklin, b. 1 Sept. 1856.
V. Elizabeth.
330.
James Hutchins* {Isaac,'' David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan^*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas, Y born in Washington, N. H., 7
July, 1817 ; married 17 April, 1845, Mary Jane, daughter of Benj.
O. Wellington, of Lexington. He was some time a partner of Almon
Danforth Hodges (p. 59) in the wholesale grocery business in Bos-
ton. Several years connected with the U. S. Sub-treasury at Bos-
ton. Resided in Cambridge, later in Boston. He died March 6,
1902.
Children :
i. LiLLiE Warren,® b. 13 June, 1848.
ii. Mart A., b, 28 June, 1850; d. 21 Sept. 1851.
iii. John.
286 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
331.
George Franklin* {Isaac,'' David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ JVicholas^), born in Boston 5 July, 1819;
died at Rochester, N. Y., 25 Sept. 1899. He married 27 April,
1846, Frances Jeanette, daughter of Orrin and Frances Jeanette
(Gold) Wright, of Pittsfield; she died in Jan. 1885.
" Ex-Judge George F. Danforth of Rochester, N. Y., at one time
on the New York State Court of Appeals bench, dropped dead in
court today. He had just argued a case and taken his seat when
stricken with apoplexy, he expired two minutes later in an adjoin-
ing room. He was graduated at Union College in 1840, and
after studying law began practice in Rochester, N. Y., where he was
eminently successful, and soon rose to the front rank of the profes-
sion. In 1876 he was the Republican candidate for judge of the
Court of Appeals of the State of New York, but was defeated by
Robert Earl. Two years later he was again nominated for a similar
office, and after being elected took his seat on the bench Jan. 1,
1879. Except during the period from Jan. 1, 1879 to 1890, in
which he was an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals,
his practice had been uninterrupted. He retired from the bench
Jan. 1, 1890, on reaching the constitutional limit of age, and re-
sumed law practice. He was president of the commission to revise
the Judiciary. Judge Danforth was a Republican, and was a mem-
ber of the judiciary commission of 1892, but hadheld no other office."
[Rochester Democrat, Sept. 26, 1892.] Many testimonials to his
'' great judicial ability " ; " talent for hard work " ; " profound know-
ledge of the law " ; " the accuracy of expression and clearness of
thought " displayed in his pleadings, are given in this paper, and
tributes to his attractive and estimable character.
Children :
i. Frances Wright,^ b. 1 March, 1847 ; m. 27 April, 1870, Henry
Fitch Huntington, b. in Schoharie co. in 1845 ; d. at Rochester,
25 June, 1900. He was for a number of years connected with
W. B. Raymond in a private banking business and was at the
same time engaged in real estate transactions. Upon the dis-
sokition of his partnership with Mr. Raymond, Mr. Huntington,
with others, organized the Commercial Bank, and from the time
of its institution until April, 1890, was its cashier. Since that
time he had held an important position in the sales department
of the Vacuum OU Company. While always active in business
he gave a great deal of attention to the establishment and im-
provement of the city park system ; and it is generally admitted
that he did as much toward bringing the parks to their present
state of completeness and popularity as any single resident of
the city, Dr. Moore excepted. He was one of the original mem-
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 287
bers of the board of park commissioners, was from the organi-
zation of the board the chairman of the Genesee Valley park
committee, and was for many years a member of the police and
employment committee of the board, and, for a number of years,
its treasurer. He was quick to comprehend a thing, and equally
ready in his decisions ; a trait which made him a valuable com-
missioner and brought success to many undertakings initiated
through his recommendation.
His death resulted from apoplexy, the first attack of which
he suffered at Atlantic City, and which for a time deprived him
of the use of his voice. He had been in ill health ever since
returning home. [Local journal.]
Childi-en of Henry F. and Frances W. (Danforth) Hunting-
ton :
1. Jeannette Wadsworth Huntington, b. 12 July, 1871.
2. George Danforth Huntington, b. 11 July, 1874; m.
6 Nov. 1901, Helen Irene, dau. of the late John
Henry fand Mrs. Mary (Brainard) Treadwell, of
Watertown, N. Y., b. 5 Oct. 1874. He grad.
Rochester Univ. 1896; Mass. Inst. Tech. 1898.
Is a civil engineer with the N. Y. Air Brake works,
Watertown, N. Y.
3. Elizabeth Partridge Huntington, b. 18 June, 1876.
ii. Herbert Farnsworth, b. 9 June, 1849 ; d. 10 Dec. 1859.
iii. Charles Franklin, b. 18 March, 1851 ; d. 29 Nov. 1859.
480. iv. Henry Gold, b. 14 June, 1854.
V. Mary Celina, b. 11 Sept. 1856 ; d. 11 Dec. 1859.
vi. Jessie Appleton, b. 7 April, 1861 ; m. at Buffalo, 10 Feb. 1891,
Charles Edmund Miller, Esq., of New York city ; of the law
firm of Miller & Wells, and a trustee of the Mutual Life Insu-
rance Co.
Children of Charles E. and Jessie A. (Danforth) Miller :
1. Charles E. Miller.
2. Danforth Miller.
332.
Isaac Wareen® {Isaac,'' David,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) , born about 1826 ; died 29 Xov. 1889 :
married 13 Oct. 1854, " ai. 28," Eliza, daughter of Oliver Hastings
of Cambridge, born 22 Dec. 1826, died 21 June, 1876. No chd-
dren. He v^^as a merchant in Boston. He made will 2 Oct. 1886,
probated 8 May, 1888 ; beq. to Eliza H. and Mabel W. Ware, of
Cambridge, referring to an agreement with their father, the late
Henry Ware ; Mabel Warren and John Oliver, children of John A.
Henshaw, of Cambridge ; May O. H., wife of Morris L. Longstreth,
of Philadelphia; Edith N., dau. of Oliver Hastings, of Camb. ;
Nellie, dau. of Benjamin S. Shaw, of Boston ; to his gardener, John
288 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Benson ; to the Union Club, of B. ; to Caroline H. Henshaw, of
Camb, and her children then living ; to brother Charles H. Danforth
all his real estate in Colorado ; to Robert S. Covell, of Boston ; to
brother James H. Danforth and his wife Mary Jane ; to the children
of bro. George Danforth ; to the Avon Place Home and the Perkins
Institute for the Blind, suggesting an "Eliza Hastings Danforth
Fund."
333.
Charles Hutchins^ (Isaac,'' Dav'id,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 16 July, [1825] ; married
in Jan. 1873, Julia C. Moulton. Resides on a farm near Denver,
Col.
Child :
George.®
333 a.
Aaron^ (Aaron,'' Benjamin,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,'^ JVicholas^ ) , born 17 Oct. 1807, in Billerica ; re-
moved to Portland, Me.; died 16 March, 1877; married 15 Oct.
1838, Elizabeth S., daughter of Nathaniel and Annie (Mitchell)
Cobb, born in Portland, 8 Oct. 1813.
Children :
i. Charles Henry,® b. in Boston, 25 March, 1840; lost at sea, 9
Dec. 1859.
ii. Sarah Graff am, b. at Roxbury, 27 March, 1843 ; m. first, at
Cambridge, 2 March, 1868, Martin, son of Calvin and Melinda
(Sargent) Cheney, b. at Bradford, N. H., in 1845 ; d. 10 Jan.
1871. She m. second, 6 May, 1874, Charles E., son of Cullen
and Harriet Pratt, of Westmoreland, N. H. ; he d. 26 April,
1877. She m. third, 18 Nov. 1883, Willard R.. son of Edward
and Elizabeth (Willard) Woodbury, of Cape Elizabeth, Me.
iii. Anna Maria, b. at Cape Elizabeth in Sept. 1847 ; d. 27 Oct.
1848.
iv. SoPHRONiA FiCKETT, b. at Cape Elizabeth, 4 April, 1849 ; d.
19 Aug. 1879 ; m. 19 Feb. 1871, Joseph Henry, son of Edw.
and EHzabeth (Willard) Woodbury, who d. 12 Nov. 1873.
Child: Grace May Woodbury, b. 10 May, 1872; d. 27 Oct.
1878.
334.
Charles* (A.aron,'' Benjamhi,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jo-
nathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born in Billerica, 27 Dec. 1811 ;
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 289
died in Clear Lake, Wis., 16 June, 1881 ; lived for a time in Med-
ford, where he married, 25 Dec. 1838, Matilda Orman, daughter of
Francis and Lydia (Saunders) Shed, of Medford, born 2'4 Oct.
1816. He went in 1857 to Farmington, Wis., was postmaster
there about ten years. They took up a homestead in Black Brook,
Polk CO.
Children, bom in Billerica :
i. Aaron Francis,^ b. 16 March, 1842; died 18 March, 1862;
served in 4th AVisconsin Regt., Co. G. ; clied after 4 months of
fever in hospital, at Newport News.
ii. Caroline Matilda, b. 18 Sept. 1844, in Medford ; m. 20 May,
1860, James C. Nelson ; res. Clear Lake, Wis.
Chddreu of James C. and Caroline M. (Danforth) Nelson :
1. Marshall James Nelson, b. in Somerset, 1 Jan. 1861 ; d.
18 Sept. 1867.
2. Effie Louisa Nelson, b. 12 Jan. 1864 ; d. 24 Jan. 1864.
3. William Francis Nelson, b. 20 March, 1865; d. in
Framingham, Wis., 3 Sept. 1867.
4. Addie Grace Nelson, b. in Black Brook, Wis., 1 July,
1867 ; d. 10 Nov. 1868.
5. Matilda Isabel Nelson, b. 29 Nov. 1869 ; m. 13 April,
1888, Nels Bredeson.
6. Emily J. Nelson, b. 26 Aug. 1872.
7. Edna Louisa Nelson, b. 5 Oct. 1880.
iii. Mary Eliza, b. 4 Dec. 1848, in Billerica; married in Black
Brook, Wis,, 5 Feb. 1868, Stephen Decatur Starkweather ;
res. Black Bi-ook, Wis.
Children of Stephen D. and Mary E. (Danforth) Stark-
weather :
1. Herbert Francis Starkweather, b. in Clear Lake, Wis.,
30 Dec. 1870.
2. Belle Dosia Starhweather, b. in Clear Lake, Wis., 9
Oct. 1873.
335.
George Henry^ {Aaron^ Benjamin,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,'^
Jonathan^ Jonatlian,"^ Nicholas^), born in Billerica, Mass., 14
Feb. 1827; married 16 Jan. 1853, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward
and Mary Potter.
Children :
i. Abby L.,^ b. in Medford, 9 Sept. 1854 ; d. 30 April, 1855.
481. ii. George Henry, b. 18 Oct. 1859.
iii. Mary E., b. in Hallowell, Me., 8 Jan. 1871.
290 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
336.
Joseph Varnum^ (Aaron,'' Benjamin,^ Benjamin,^ Benja-
min,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) , born at Billerica, 2 INlay,
1831 ; died at Billerica in Feb. 1869 ; married 26 Sept. 1852, Jane
Maria, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Gates) Putney, bom in Chester-
field, N. H., 10 Jan. 1827, died at Jaffrey, N. H., 12 July, 1885.
Children ;
i. Jane Maria Putney,^ > , . rr- at xr oq a iqkq
.. -r r^ ' ^ b. m Troy, N. H., 23 Aucj. 18od.
u. Janet Caroline, ) -" ' »
d. 24 Aug. 1853.
482. iii. Joseph Francis, b. in Troy, N. H., 31 Dec. 1854.
iv. James Monroe Putney, b. in Billerica, 27 April, 1856.
V. JusTiNA Mary, b. 18 March, 1859 ; d. at Billerica, 4 Dec. 1868.
vi. Josephine Maria, b. 6 Oct. 1861.
vii. JosiAH Henry, b. 24 May, .1864 ; d. at Billerica, 21 April, 1865.
viii. Julia Abby Henrietta, b. 8 Sept. 1866, at Billerica.
336 a.
Oramel^ (Jonathan,'' Jonathan,'^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jon-
athan,^ Jonathan,^ J^icholas^ ), born at Hillsboro, N. H., 14 Aug.
1815; married first, 15 April, 1846, Mary Willey, of Sheffield,
Vt., born 28 Dec. 1821, died 1 Dec. 1879. Ke married second,
Angelina Bignell. Residence, Hillsboro, N. H.
336 6.
Jonathan® (Jonathan,'' Jonathan,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan^*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Hillsboro, N. H., 14
Nov. 1826 ; married 1 July, 1852, Nancy Blanchard, of Washing-
ton, N. H. ; resided at Francestown, N. H., when he attended
Family Meeting in 1880. No children.
336 c.
Eben Towne® (Benjamin,'' Jonathan,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born in Weare, N. H., 31
March, 1820; died 3 Nov. 187 7; married 8 Aug. 1844, Mary
Colby Davis, born 7 Sept. 1819, in Washington, N. H. Resided
at Hillsboro, N. H. Was a blacksmith, working first with his
father, afterward with his sons.
Children :
i. George Milton,^ b. 3 July, 1845 ; d. unm. 14 June, 1874.
ii. WiLLARD Freeman, b. 8 Jan. 1847 ; d. 1 Sept. 1870.
iii. Charles Henry, b. 1 Jan. 1849 ; a blacksmith, residing in
HUIsboro.
iv. LoREN Arthur, b. 26 Feb. 1852 ; d. 1 Sept. 1854.
V. Ella Loraine, b. 15 July, 1857, " at home " in Hillsboro.
DANFOKTH GENEALOGY. 291
337.
PiiiNEAS Alpheus* {Robert,'' Samuel,^ Benjamin," Jona-
thnt},* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JYicholas^), born in Antrim, N. H.,
20 Aug. 1802; died at Gainesville, N. Y., 28 March, 1886; mar-
ried 26 March, 1826, Minerva Willcox, born in Livonia, N. Y., 16
Sept. 1803 ; died at Gainesville, N. Y., 11 July, 1889.
Children :
483. i. Phixeas Aranthds,^ b. 28 March, 1828 ; d. 6 Nov. 1874.
483«. ii. Augustus Melville, b. 6 July, 1831.
iii. Harriet Augusta, b. 25 Dec. 1839 ; m. 6 March, 1867, Benja-
min Dubois Toan, b. at Penfield, N. Y., 22 March, 1830.
Residence, Rochester; Minn.
Children of Benjamin D. and Harriet A. (Danf orth) Toan :
1. Urnest George Toan, b. 21 Oct. 1870.
2. Ada Helena Toan, b. 21 Oct. 1872 ; m. 1 Sept. 1898,
Dr. Gentz Perry, sou of Edward Hiram and Alice
(Elmendorf) Perry, b. 1 Sept. 1869 ; grad. Univ.
Minn. ; residence, Amery, Wis. Children: (1) Kath-
ryn Lucille Perry ; (2) Edward Benjamin Perry.
3. Arthur Benjamin Toan. b. 'I'd Aug. 1874.
4. Glara Louisa Toan, b. 7 Aug. 1878.
338.
Nason® {Robert,'' Samuel,^ Benjamin," Jonathan,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,'' Nicholas^), born in Hillsboro, N. H., 26 Nov. 1804;
died at Ogden, N. Y., 22 May, 1835; married first, in Rochestei*,
7 April, 1830, Ann Lindsley ; she died in Rochester, N. Y., in
June, 1832. He married second, 13 June, 1833, Samantha Hawks ;
she died in Pennsylvania.
Child :
Marian Amanda,^ b. in Rochester, in June, 1834 ; d. at Ro-
chester, in Dec. 1835.
339.
Leander^ {Robert,'' Samtiel,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Royalton, Vt., 30 Jan.
1807 ; died at Ogden, N. Y., 8 July, 1882 ; married in Rochester,
N. Y., 29 Oct. 1835, Eunice Kinsman ^Manning, daughter of Aaron
and Lydia (Noyes) Manning, born in Bradford, N. H., 9 June,
1814; died at Ogden, N. Y., 5 Aug. 1892. Resided at Ogden
(P. O. Adams Basin), N. Y. He was a farmer; took sides with
the abolitionists in the days when it required great courage to defend
the rights of the oppressed.
292 DAKFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children, born in Ogden :
i. EuDORA Elizabeth,^ b. 26 June, 1841 ; unm.
ii. Florence Arrabel, b. 10 Nov. 1843 ; m. 12 Feb. 1868, George
Stamp, son of William and Catherine (Altoft) Stamp, b. in
Messingham, Lincolnshire, Eng., 15 April, 1828 ; d. at Con-
neaut, Pa., 29 May, 1871.
Child of George and Florence A. (Danforth) Stamp:
Clarence George Stamp, b. in Conneaut, Pa., 22 Jan. 1869 ;
m. 2 Jan. 1895, Myrtie Elizabeth, dau. of Zenas Case
and Sarah Maria (Irwin) French, b. 27 Nov. 1872.
Child, Inez Gertrude Stamp, b. 5 Dec. 1898.
iii. Rosalie Aurelie, b. 6 Oct. 1847 ; d. at Ogden, N. Y., 2,3 Oct.
1880.
340.
Robert Alonzo^ {Robert,'' /Saniuel,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan^*'
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Ogden, N. Y., 16
April, 1821 ; died at Ogden, 20 June, 1857 ; married in Chili, N.
Y., 23 Sept. 1847, Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary
(Allen) Bickford, bom in Glover, Vt. ; died 26 July, 1855, je. 24.
""Child:
Abigail,^ b. in June, 1855 ; d. at Ogden, Sept. 1855, se. 3 months.
341.
HiRAM^ (Cyrus,'' Samuel,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan^'
Jonathan,"^ Nicholas^), born in Fletcher, Vt., 11 Dec. 1826;
married 20 Nov. 1849, Hannah Cherry King, daughter of George
and Eunice (George) King; (she says, "my grandmother on my
father's side was a niece of Dr. Cotton Mather ") . She died in Fair-
field, Vt.. 23 Jan. 1893. Residence, Fairfield, Franklin co., Vt.
He occupies and cultivates the farm previously owned by his father
and his grandfather.
Children :
i. Ambrosia Willie,^ b. in Fletcher, 7 June, 1852 ; m. 25 Sept.
1877, William Whiting Foss, b. in Fairfax, Vt., 6 June, 1849.
P. O. address, Fairfax.
Children of WiUiam W. and Ambrosia W. (Danforth) Foss :
1. Sarah Myrtle Foss, b. 2] Aug. 1880.
2. George Edson Foss, b. 7 Jan. 1885.
3. Ruhy Bell Foss, b. 28 Sept. 1886; d. 21 Oct. 1886.
484. ii. George Douglas, b. 16 March, 1855.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 293
342.
Allen® {David,'' Samuel,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,- Nicholas^), born in Fairfax, Vt., about 1828 ; died in
1853, ae. 25 ; married in Vermont, Edna Gilman. He went to
Sweden, Monroe co., N. Y., and lived for a time with his uncle
Levi.
Child :
Alida,^ m. Lester Hall ; d. in Manchester, N. H., 20 Oct. 1878.
Child of Lester and Alida (Danforth) Hall :
Mary Hall.
343.
Isaac Hill* {Daniel (7.,' Peter, ^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan,' Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^ ), born in Fletcher, Vt., 24
Dec. 1818 ; died at St. Albans, 30 Dec. 1885 ; married first, in
Benson, Vt., 3 Oct. 1841, Laura Lodosky Austin, daughter of Syl-
vester and Maria (Thomas) Austin, born in Ticonderoga, 12 March,
1816; died at St. Albans, 19 Dec. 1873.
He was a farmer in Fairfax, Vt. He married second, 7 Nov.
1874, Mrs. Mary Storey of St. Albans ; she died at St. Albans in
1878, s.p.
Children :
i. Hannah Maria,^ b, 4 May, 1842 ; m. in Fairfield, 24 Oct. 1866,
Charles Byron BuUett, b. in Fairfield, Vt., 24 July, 1842 ;
cabinet maker , res. St. Albans.
Children of Charles B. and Hannah M. (Danforth) Bullett :
1. Lillie May Bullett, b. 11 Nov. 1867, m Fairfield.
2. Herbert Morton Bullett, b. in St. Albans, 22 June, 1871.
3. Merle Lynette Bullett, b. m St. Albans, 8 Oct. 1883.
ii. Harriet Esther, b. 21 March, 1845 ; m. 30 Dec. 1868, Rich-
ard Scott, son of Sylvester and Ann (Hawthorn) Scott, b. in
Farnham, P. Q., 17 Sept. 1845 ; farmer ; res. Buck Hollow,
Franklin co., Vt.
Children of Richard and Harriet E. (Danforth) Scott :
1. Herbert Edson Scott, b. in Farnham, P. Q., 29 July,
1871.
2. Richard Danforth Scott, b. in Farnham, 29 July, 1876.
3. Laura Emma Scott, b. in Farnham, 17 Dec. 1879.
485. iii. Daniel Sylvester, b. at St. Albans, Vt., 27 May, 1848.
iv. HuldahImogene, b. 1 Oct. 1852; d. 21 Jan. 1865.
V. Silas Holyoke, b. m Fairfax, Vt., 27 Aug. 1856 ; deputy
collector of customs, St. Albans.
vi. Lauretta J^lla, b. 17 July, 1862 ; d. 26 Jan. 1865.
294 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
344.
Elisha Lee^ {Daniel G.,'' Peter,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Russell, Chateaugay,
Canada, 7 March, 1829 ; residence, Del Rey, Iroquois, 111. ;
farmer and stock-raiser. He married 7 Nov. 1850, Amelia, daugh-
ter of Walter and Dolly (Barnes) Lockwood, born in Dunham,
Missisquoi, Canada, 25 Nov. 1827. He resides at Onarga, 111.
Children :
486. i. Dana Stephen,^ b. 12 June, 1853.
ii. Caroline Abigail, b. 24 Feb. 1858 ; m. 6 March, 1879, Wil-
liam Talbot Conn, b. in Onarga, 111., 9 Aug. 1855.
Children of William T. and Caroline A. (Danforth) Conn :
1. Edith Amelia Oonn, b. 29 Jan. 1883.
2. Flora Ethel Conn, b. 6 Nov. 1884.
3. Bessy Conn, b. 14 July, 1887.
4. Leon Danforth Conn, b. 11 April, 1895.
345.
David^ {Daniel C,'' Deter, ^ Benjamin,'' Jonathan,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Herman, N. Y., 9 June,
1830; removed to Champaign, 111., and there died 7 Sept. 1895;
married at Liberty, Ohio, 7 Sept. 1850, Phebe Ann, daughter of
Asa and Lydia Ann (SafFord) Gleason, born at MacKean (near
Granville), O., 31 Dec. 1831.
" At the age of 18 he moved with his father's family to Union co.,
Ohio, where on Sept. 7, 1850, he was united in marriage with
Phoebe A. Gleason. Together they had traveled life's pathway 45
years on the day of his death. To them were born four daughters.
Minnie, the youngest, died at the age of eighteen months. Those
living are Mrs. C. L. Meissner of Mattoon, 111., Mrs. J. S. Reed
and Mrs. J. W. Mulliken of Champaign. In the autumn of 1866
he located with his family in Champaign co., and in this city and
vicinity he spent the rest ot his life. Mr. Danforth was a man loyal
to principle and possessed of all the traits that make a worthy, use-
ful citizen, neighbor and friend. They who knew him best, esteemed
him most. In deeds of charity and kindness he followed the com-
mand, "Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth."
In the home with his loving family was he the happiest ; to them
was he all that the terms " husband and father " mean in the truest,
sweetest sense. His peaceful death was a fitting end to his faithful
life." [Local paper] .
Mr. David Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 295
Children :
i. Martha Jane,^ b. 21 Oct. 1851; m. in Champaign, 15 Jan.
1873, James S. Reed, son of Thomas Ashbury and Mary Ann
(Sim) Reed, b. in Fredericton, O., 24 April, 1850; d. in
Champaign, III., 17 Jnly, 1886.
Children of James S. and Martha J. (Danforth) Reed :
1. David Dav forth Reed, b. 8 Oct. 1877.
2. Thomas Ashbnry Reed, b. 'Ir, May, 1880, at York, Neb.
3. 3Ianj Ann Reed, b. 30 April, 1885, at York, Neb.
ii. Mart Josephine, b. 8 June, 1854 ; m. 10 Sept. 1876, John
Wallace Miilliken, son of Albert and Susan (Cook) Mulliken,
b. in Campbelltown, N. Y., 9 March, 1849; res. Champaign,
lU.
Children of John W. and Mary J. (Danforth) Mulliken:
1. Albert Danforth MuIUhen, b. in Champaign, 111., 24
Nov. 1878; grad. High School, 1897.
2. Phebe Lottie Mulliken, b. in Champaign, 25 Feb. 1881.
iii. Melissa Laurentine, b. 7 May, 1857 ; m. 21 May, 1884,
Charles L. Meissuer, son of Adolph M., b. in Oshkosh, Wis , 1
April, 1856 ; res. York, Neb.
Children of Charles L. and Melissa L. ( Danforth) Meissner ,
1. Josephine Augusta Meissner, b. in York, Neb., 9 May:
1885.
2. Charles Danforth Meissner, b. in York, Neb., 30 Oct.
1887.
3. Laurentine Bertha Meissner, b. in York, Neb., 23 Nov.
1889.
iv. Minnie Maria, b. 11 Jan. 1862 ; d. at Liberty, 0., 23 July, 1863.
346.
Will aed Daniel® {Daniel C.,' Peter, ^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ j^icJiolas^), born 29 April, 1847; married
15 Dec. 1875, Mahala Hannah Porter, dau. of Asa and Emily Jane
(Sanders) Porter, born in Deerfield, Yarmouth co., N. S., 29
March, 1849. Farmer, residence Del Rey, 111. ; he died 25 April,
1901.
Children :
i. Jerry Porter,^ b. in Onarga, 111., 24 Oct. 1876.
ii. Hatty Alice, b. in Onarga, 111., 2 Oct. 1878.
iii. Dana Willy, b. in Ridgelaud, 111., 24 Feb. 1889.
347.
Bliss® {David,'' Peter, ^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,''
Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born at Fairfield, Vt., 2 July, 1815; re-
296 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
sides West Mansfield, Ohio ; married first, 21 Jan. 1836, Mary B.
Brown, born 18 Feb. 1819, died 1 Oct. 1869. He married second,
27 Oct. 1870, Barbara Ann, daughter of Samuel S. and Mary A.
(Yantiss) Roach, born 20 May, 1838.
Children :
i. Susan Ursula,^ b. 15 Aug. 1837 ; d. 10 Sept. 1884.
ii. David C, b. 13 Jan. 1843 ; d. 24 July, 1849.
iii. LoMA Louisa, b. 26 June, 1843; d. 11 Aug. 1849.
iv. Alvin Beaman, b. 25 July, 1845 ; d. 8 Aug. 1849.
V. George Edwin, b. 19 Oct. 1847; d. 16 Dec. 1851.
vi. Alveretta, b. 25 Nov. 1851 ; d. 27 July, 1859.
vii. Julia Ann, b. 6 Oct. 1854: d. 3 Aug. 1859.
viii, Warren, b. 3 Nov. 1856; d. 11 Aug. 1859.
ix. Clara Jane, b. 26 Aug. 1859 ; d. 7 Sept. 1885.
xii. Frank J., b. 24 Aug. 1871, in West Mansfield, Ohio.
xiii.MARY Ann, b. 25 May, 1874.
348.
Samuel* {David,'' Peter, ^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) , born in Vermont, 21 Feb. 1817 ; died 24
June, 1863 ; married 28 Aug. 1838, Elizabeth McDonald, born in
Pennsylvania: died in Cass co., Mich., 10 June, 1876. In 1854
removed to Cass co., Mich. He enlisted in August, 1861, in 7th
Mich. Battery to serve during the war. During two years saw some
hard fighting, but he died of prevailmg camp fever, and was buried
at Milliken's Bend, in Madison parish, La.
Children :
i. Melissa Paulina,^ b. in West Mansfield, 14 June, 1842 ; m. 27
Nov. 1862, Perry Aiken.
Cbildren of Perry and Melissa P. ( Danf orth) Aiken :
1. Alma Lucella Aiken, b. in Fishlake Valley, 26 April,
1864.
2. Clara Beatrice Aiken, b. in Fishlake Valley, Nevada, 4
April, 1877.
3. Charles Ernest Aiken, b. in Fishlake Valley, Nevada,
20 July, 1880.
4. Ora Belle Aiken, b. in Cass co., Mich., 2 June, 1882.
ii. Alonzo, b. m West Mansfield, 15 March, 1844; d. 26 Nov.
1863, at Cassopolis, Cass co., Mich.
iii. Rebecca Anna, b. in West Mansfield, 22 April, 1846 ; unm. ;
res. Elkhart, Ind. She and her brother George Walker re-
sided on the homestead till 1884, when they removed to Elk-
hart, Ind., where he is employed on the Lake Shore and Mich.
Southern Railway.
iv. Norman, b. in Ohio, 15 May, 1848 ; d. 14 July, 1849, in West
Mansfield, 0.
Capt. Ioseph Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 297
V. Orrin Addison, b. in Ohio, 15 Aug. 1850 ; d. 15 Sept. 1851, at
West Mausfield, O.
vi. John David, b. 17 Aug. 1852 ; d. 5 Dec. 1877, at Mt. Victory,
O. ; was a graduate of Free Baptist College, Hillsdale, Mich.
Was a telegraph operator. When on a visit in Mt. Victory,
0., was killed by a falling tree.
487. vii. Philander Gordon, b. in Cass co., 25 April, 1855.
viii. George Walker, b. in Cass co., Mich., 21 May, 1858 ; unm. ;
res. Elkhart, lud.
349.
HiRAM^ (David,'' Peter,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 4 Oct. 1819; died 24 Sept. 1865;
married 3 March, 1845, Matilda L. SafFord, died in May, 1876.
No children.
350.
Jeremiah Morrow* {David,'' Peter, ^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JSFicholas^) , born 18 June, 1825; died 22
July, 1890; residence Raymond's (Union co.), O. Married 14
Oct. 1847, Mary Ann Smith, born in Pennsylvania, 24 March,
1823, died 26 Dec. 1881.
Children, born in Newton, Union co., O. :
488. i. Thomas Corwin,^ b. 14 Sept. 1848.
ii. Eliza Jane, b. 22 May, 1851 ; m. 1 Oct. 1873, Orrin Judson
Wyeth, b. in Liberty, O.
' Children of Orrin J. and Eliza J. (Danforth) Wyeth :
1. Jesse Jeremiah Wyeth, b. at Taylor, O,, 31 Dec. 1874.
2. Nettie Wyeth, b. 8 March, 1879.
iii. Sarah Ann, b. in Newton, Union co., O., 27 Feb. 1855 ; m. 28
vSept. 1882, Robert Alexander Linn, b. in Troy, 0., 12 Sept.
1849. Resides in Raymond, O, No children.
488a. iv. David Sargent, b. 24 Jan. 1861.
351.
Capt. Joseph* {Joseph,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Samnel,* Jonathayi,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Tyngsboro, 19 Aug. 1805; died
there 8 Nov. 1885 ; married 26 Nov. 1829, Delphia, daughter ot
Ebenezer and Mary (Bancroft) Swan, of Tyngsboro. He was educa-
ted in the public schools, and through life fond of reading; his con-
versation was interesting and instructive. He worked a short time as
a mason ; was engaged in the consti'uction of the dry dock in Charles-
town Navy Yard. He operated a saw and grist and carding mill
298 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
until a year or two before his death. He filled successfully many
town offices; was representative to the state legislature, 1840-1.
He attended a military school in early life and was captain of a com-
pany of militia. He taught singing schools in T. and adjacent towns
with success. In politics a Democrat, in religion a Universalist.
To him and his two sons the Danforth Family are indebted for
their successful efforts in beginning and continuing the series of fam-
ily meetings, in which the work of compiling a history and genea-
logy originated.
Children :
i. Lucy Taylor,^ b. 25 Oct. 1830 ; d. 14 Nov. 1869 ; m. 23 Aug.
1854, John True Harris, b. 23 May, 1824.
Children of John T. and Lucy T. (Danforth) Harris :
1. Sadie Luella Harris, b. 14 Sept. 1857 ; d. 4 March,
1859.
2. Charles Hayward Harris, b. 3 March, 1862 ; d. 21 Aug.
1865.
ii. Sarah Thompson, b. 6 April, 1832; m. 28 Feb. 1871, Geo.
Washington Burnham, b. 23 May, 1824, d. at Nashua, 29
May, 1883.
Child of George W. and Sarah T. (Danforth) Burnham :
George Burnham, b. 30 Dec, 1871 ; d. 4 Oct. 1872.
iii. Delphia Swan, b. 29 April, 1834 ; unm.
iv. Parthenia Priscilla, b. 22 March, 1836 ; d, 22 April, 1884 ;
m. 16 Sept. 1854, Sumner, son of John and Pollv (Prescott)
Woodward, b. in Tyngsboro, 18 April, 1819, d. 5 June, 1893.
Children of Sumner and Parthenia P. (Danforth) Wood-
ward :
1. Mary Luella Woodward, b. 17 Jan. 1856; d. 6 Aug.
1860.
2. Frederic Arthur Woodward, b. 31 Dec. 1857 ; d. 3 Sept.
1872 ; m. Emma Adelia Hunter, dau. of Charles of
Nashua. 27 Oct. 1881.
3. Joseph Danforth Woodward, b. 22 April, 1876.
4. Blanche Delphia Woodward, b. 24 Oct. 1877.
V. Charles Henry, b. 7 Dec. 1838 ; a photographer ; resides in
Tyngsboro ; res. some time in Boston ; was music teacher and
singer, member of the Handel and Haydn Society ; the sisters
Parthenia and Delphia were prominent singers also.
vi. Rachel Cummings, b. 21 Jan, 1841 ; d. unm. of cancer at
Tyngsboro, 4 April, 1882.
489. vii. George Dexter, b. 23 Jan. 1843.
viii. Caroline Fiducia, b. March, 1845 ; was many years a school
teacher; m. in July, 1884, Rev. James Danforth, No. 490.
ix. Lttella Octavia, b. 18 June, 1848 ; d. 3 Sept. 1849.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 299
352.
James, M.D./ (Josiah,'' Josiah," Joseph,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ JVicholas)^ born [in Tyngsboro?] 2 Sept. 1816; died
16 April, 1833 ; resided and practised medicine at New Boston, N.
H. ; married in Sept, 1840, Margaret Clark, born 2 Feb. 1817 ;
died 18 Sept. 1851.
Children :
i. Sarah Farwell,^ b. 7 Sept. 1841 ; d. 8 Dec. 1847.
ii. Mary Faravell, b. 22 Jan. 1843 ; d. 6 March, 1844.
490. iu. James, b. 2 July, 1846.
iv. Josiah, b. in June, 1851 ; d. 26 Aug. 1853.
353.
William Reed® (Asa,'' Josiah,^ Josep/i,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,* jV^icholas^), born at Norway, Me., 6 June, 1826; be-
came a merchant; resided at N. Stratford, N. H. ; removed to Sax-
onville, Mass. ; married first, 2 Feb. 1863, Persis Bailey, dau. of
Charles and Persis Bailey, of N. Stratford, N. H., born 27 Sept.
1830; she died 24 Jan. 1872. He married second, 21 Feb. 1874,
Ellen (Tabor) May, dau. of Rev. L. H. Tabor, born 15 Oct. 1840.
He died 12 Aug. 1895. His widow died at Groton, N. H., 17
Sept. 1898.
Child :
William Reed,^ b. 29 July, 1867.
354.
Joseph Henry* (Asa,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'*
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Norway, Me., 8 April, 1829 ; died
at N. Stratford, N. H., 29 Sept. 1890; married 16 Nov. 1857,
Drusilla R. Willey, dau. of America and Mary Willey, of Frye-
burg. Me., born 6 July, 1832. Was a very successful lumber
dealer and merchant ; postmaster of N. Stratford 25 years.
Children :
491. i. Ola Hexrt,^ b. 19 June, 1858.
ii. Harlet Hall, b. 13 May, 1864; resided at Gorham, N. H. ;
removed to Boston (Dorchester) Mass.
Child:
Pauline Enearl, b. in Gorham, N. H., 15 July, 1896.
iii. Drusilla Mat, b. 3 Nov. 1872; d. 31 Aug. 1884.
300 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
355.
Francis Augustus^ (Asa,'' Josiah,^ Josejjh,^ Samuel,' Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicliolas^^, born 14 April, 1833; farmer; mar-
ried 2 Dec. 1860, Susan Adnah Tenney, dau. of Rev. Timothy
Jackman Tenney, of Glover, Vt., a Universalist minister, and his
wife, Izah Bacon Gibson; she was born 19 June, 1842. Residence
Norway, Me.
356.
John* (Asa,''Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Nicholas^), born 9 Dec. 1834; died at Council Bluffs, la., 5 May,
1897; farmer; married 25 Jan. 1877, Minnie, dau. of James and
Fanny M. Kilday, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, born in Dec. 1855. Re-
sided some time at Woodbine, la. ; more recently at Council Bluffs.
357.
James* (Asa,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Mcholas'), born 10 Oct. 1839; married 26 Dec. 1881,
Mary L. Haskell, dau. of Charles H. and Laura Haskell of Nor-
way, Me. ; she was born 27 Nov. 1841, and died 24 Jan. 1872.
Children :
i. Charles Haskell,^ b. 30 Nov. 1883.
ii. Anna Laura, b. 12 May, 1888.
ill. Sarah Adnah, b. 5 March, 1890.
iv. Francis Asa, b. 16 Feb. 1892.
358.
Cyrus* {Gyrus,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ JSTicholas^), born 17 July, 1804; died 26 Oct. 1835:
married Julia Kitchell.
359.
Thomas* (Cyrus,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Oneida, N. Y., 2 June, 1806;
resided at New Albany, Ind., and there died 26 Feb. 1878; mar-
ried at Corydon, Ind., 24 Dec. 1834, Adeline Leffler, daughter of
Isaac and Margaret (Vance) Leffler, born in Middletown, Pa., 8
March, 1815. She was living in 1898, at Springfield, Ohio.
He was a dry goods merchant some time, but for 30 years was
cashier of the New Albany Bank. He was long an elder and active
member of the Presbyterian church.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 301
Children :
i. Harriet Adeline,^ b. 15 May, 1836 ; m. 15 Jan. 1857, Robert
Quigley, son of David and Almena (Caldwell) King, b. at
Tarlton, 0., 13 Aug. 1832. Res. Springfield, O.
Children :
1. David Ward King, b. 27 Oct. 1857 ; m. 29 Dec. 1880,
Mary Wylie Burbank.
2. TJwmas Danforth King, b. 20 July, 1859 ; d. 23 Dec.
1888.
3. Robert Leffler King, b. 24 Aug. 1863 ; m. 4 June, 1890,
Lola M. Askam.
4. Almena Adeline King, b. 17 Sept. 1869.
5. Margaret Caldwell King, b. 13 Feb. 1873; d. 30 Dec.
1886.
ii. Mart Margaret, b. 8 July, 1838; m. 22 Dec. 1864, David
King (brother of R. Q. King), b. 11 Sept. 1839. Res. Spring-
field, O. He enlisted in the 2d Ohio Vol. Inf. at first call for
Federal troops, 17 April, 1861 ; lieut. and capt. Sei'ved second
in 94th regt. ; major and Lt.-colouel. Is a wholesale paper
dealer.
Children :
1. Clarence Noble King, b. 25 Dec. 1865 ; m. in May,
1888, Isabella Munson,
2. Jennie Mary King, b. 2 Feb. 1876.
iii. Thomas Leffler.
iv. Thomas Cyrus.
v. Charles Edward.
vi. Anna Eliza, b. 5 April, 1853 ; d. 23 Nov. 1901 ; m. 1 Jan.
1874, George Cyril Hall. Residence, Plainfield, N. J.
Children of George C. and Anna E. (Danforth) Hall:
1. Adeline Leffler Hall, b. 16 July, 1875.
2. Cyril Spencer Hall, b. 29 Dec. 1876; d. 27 June, 1877.
3. John Danforth Hall, b. 28 Nov. 1882 ; d. 10 Jan. 1901.
4. Elizabeth Carse Hall, b. and d. in 1888.
5. Margaret Belle Hall, b. 8 June, 1891.
360.
George* {Cyrns^'' Thomas,^ Thomas^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Rome, N. Y., 25 Aug. 1811 ; died
at Atlantic, Iowa, 7 Feb. 1899; married at Friendsville, llh, in
1833, Emily Ruth Brown, daughter of Francis and Ruth (Burn-
ham) Brown, born in Syracuse, 19 July, 1812. Resided at Friends-
ville and Atlantic, la. He was of tall, powerful frame and pos-
sessed of remarkable constitution. He served in Black Hawk War
and during several years drew pension. He lived an active and
laborious life as farmer and merchant ; not a church member, but a
deeply religious man.
302 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Francis,^ b. 20 Oct. 1834 ; cl. in Aug. 1838.
ii. Harriet, b. 1 Oct. 1837 ; d. 22 March, 1889 ; m. 26 Nov. 1860,
Byron Lamson,
Childi'en :
1. Emily Eliza Lamson.
2. Mai-y Lamson ; m. R. A. Walker.
3. Hattie Lamson.
4. Origen Lamson.
5. Cyrus Danforth Lamson ; minister. Garden Grove, la.
iii. Mart, b. 16 March, 1839 ; m. Philip Leeds ; res. Mt. Carmel,
111.
Children :
1 . George Leeds. 4. William L^eeds.
2. Edgar Leeds. 5. Harmon Leeds.
3. Hattie Leeds ; m. — Harris, Mt. 6. Russell Leeds.
Carmel, 111. 7. Fannie Leeds.
iv. -Emily Ann, b. 29 Dec. 1840 ; d. in 1885.
V. Ctkus Lafayette, b. 9 Apiil, 1842 ; m. Ella McElroy ; res.
Cedar Gap, Mo. Served in the Civil War at Fort Donelson,
etc.
Children :
1. HugJi.'^'' 3. May.
2. Bertha. 4. Jessie.
vi. George Brown, b. 15 Nov. 1844; m. Kate Wooster ; res.
Whitehall, 111. Was a lieutenant in the Civil War.
Children :
1. ^c?a," b. 12 March, 1873 : m. Clarence Potts, and has
son Danforth Potts, b. 12 Nov. 1896.
2. Grace, b. 2 Sept. 1874; m. Dr. Henry Chapin.
vii. Charlotte Ruth, b. 12 Oct. 1847 ; m. 2 .Jan. 1873, John Wes-
ley, son of — and Elizabeth (Longwell) Winslow ; he d. 1 Jan.
1888.
viii. James William, b. in 1848; nnm. ; res. Jacksonville, 111.
ix. Ella Frances, b. 27 June, 1850; d. in May, 1851.
361.
Franklin* {Oyrus,"^ Thomas,^ Tho^nas,'' 8amuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ) , born at Rome, N.Y., 12 Aug. 1817 ; resided
at Friendsville, 111. ; married first, Catherine Williams, born 4 Aug.
1827 ; died 30 Jan. 1854. He married second, Nancy (McLean)
Mcintosh. He married third, Mary (Dale) Stack.
Children :
i. Julia Ann,^ b. 12 Aug. 1848 ; m. Wilkinson.
Dr. Elijah Higby Danforth.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 303
ii. Isabel, b. 9 March, 1851.
iii. Thomas, b. 2G June, 1853.
iv. Mary Elizabeth, b. 11 July, 1857 ; d. 25 May, 1876.
V. Florence Jane, b. 4 Nov. 18G1.
vi. Sarah Catherine, b. 8 March, 1864.
vii. Franklin Cyrus, b. 8 July, 1870,
362.
LoRiNG^ {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ SamueL* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Mcholas'), hovn 5 April, 1813; d. 11 Oct. 1869;
married Louisa Mills.
Children :
i. Mary.9
ii. Louisa.
iii. John Williston; lives in Buffalo, N. Y.
363.
Elijah Higby* {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomxis,^ Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ JonatJian,^ Nicholas^), born in Pompey (now Lafayette),
N. Y., 12 March, 1817 ; died 1 July, 1894. Married first, 8 April,
1843, Rhoda Hobart, daughter of Samuel and Rhoda Hobart, of
Homer, N. Y. He married second, Volina Hobart, born 2 Feb.
1824. When he was a year old his parents removed to Busti,
N.Y., and settled on a farm. He was educated at the Jamestown
Academy, Allegheny College, and Meadville, Pa. Became a den-
tist ; practised at Panama, at Warren, and at Jamestown for thirty-
six years. Was a ruling elder in Presbyterian church ; specially
identified with anti-slavery and temperance movements, and an
ardent worker in the Prohibitionist party.
Children :
i. Charles Williston,' b. in Eagle, N. Y., 31 Jan. 1844.
ii. Rachel Hobart. b. in Busti, N. Y,, 8 Feb. 1846 : m. Dr. Sam-
uel P. Hedges, of Chicago.
iii. Sarah Lucretia, b. 24 Sept. 1847; d, 19 Sept. 1853.
iv. Lavixia Rhoda, b. 18 Jan. 1851 ; m. 2 May, 1871, Rev. Le-
land M. Gilleland, Presbyterian minister ; pastor at Buena
Park, Chicago, 111., at time of his death in April, 1891 ; she d.
15 May, 1891.
T. Thomas Higbt, b. in Warren, Pa., 14 Nov. 1853 ; d. 18 Aug.
1870.
vi. Rhoda Lucretia, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., 20 March, 1858, d.
28 Aug. 1858.
vii. Mary Lemon, b. in Jamestown, 27 July, 1860.
viii. George Flavel, b. in Jamestown, 16 Nov. 1867 ; grad. Au-
burn Theological School; pastor Presb. church of Hornells-
ville, N. Y., 1893 ; president College of Montana at Deer Lodge,
Mont., 1894.
304 DANFORTH GENEALOGY,
364.
Thomas® {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ TJiomas,^ Samuel,'^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^'), born in Busti, N. Y., 24 Feb. 1819 ; died
11 Nov. 1881 ; married in Lafayette, N. Y., 20 June, 1844, Lucy
Baker, daughter of Sydenham and Sally (Hayden) Baker, of Ches-
terfield, Mass., born 28 Oct. 1815, died 24 July, 1888.
Children :
i. Lavinia Sabina,^ b. 15 Aug. 1845 ; m. in Dec. 1869, John H.
Northway, b. in Lafayette, N. Y.
Children of John H. and Lavinia S. (Danforth) Northway :
1. Hubert Danforth Northway, b. in Sept. 1872.
2. Ella Lucretia Northway, b. in Sept. 1876,
ii. David Orton, b. 17 Aug. 1847 ; d. 4 Aug. 1865.
iii. Ellen Rosixa, b. 2 Sept. 1849 ; d. 2 March, 1887 ; m. in May,
1869, Elmer F. Keeler, of Syracuse.
Childi-en of Elmer F. and Ellen R. (Danforth) Keeler :
1. Flora Emma Keeler, b. 24 Nov. 1872.
2. Charles Danforth Keeler, b, 1 Aug. 1874.
3. Caroline May Keeler, b. 19 May, 1877.
492. iv. Theodore Thomas, b. 30 July, 1855.
365.
Flavel® {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 22 Feb. 1821; married first, Harriet
Parsons. He married second, Emma Linsley. Residence, Spring-
field, O.
366.
WiLLiSTON® {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^^, born 7 Sept. 1823; died 23 Jan.
1843 ; married Harriet Plumb.
367.
Joel® {Thomas,'' Thomas,'^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Busti, N. Y., 23 Feb. 1829 ; died
at Warren, Pa., 26 May, 1892 ; married at Warren, Pa., in May,
1860, Margaret Jane, daughter of William and Jane (McConnell)
Thomas, born at Schenectady, N. Y., 23 March, 1833 (living in
1901). He was a dentist.
Children :
i. Lavinia Jane,^ b. in Warren, Pa., 20 Sept. 1861 ; d. 20 April,
1876.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 305
492a. ii. ITenry Joel, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., 27 July, 1865,
iii. John Lorincj, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., 13 Dec. 18G8.
iv. Joseph Thomas, b. in Randolph, N. Y., 12 July, 1871 ; D.D.S.
succeeding his father.
368.
Levi Bo%\TEN® {Joel,'' Thomas,^ Tho^nas,^ Scwncel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas'), born 13 May, 1820; died 31 May, 1874;
married Charlotte Royce. Residence, Union City, Mich.
Children :
i. Sidney M.^
ii. Mary Antoinette,'' m. Rev. Van Auken.
iii. George, res. Union City, Mich.
iv. E.MILY.
V. Jane E., m. Robert Williams.
vi. Edwin Hall.
vii. Celia.
viii. Jeanette.
ix. Mary Louisa.
X. Celia.
xi. Frederick Bowen.
xii. Frances Ellen.
369.
Halsey JOEL^ {Joel,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,''
Jonathan,"^ Nicholas'), born 28 Aug. 1828 ; died in Passaic, N.
J., 18 July, 1896; married 26 May, 1853, Harriet M., daughter
of John Gott of Ogden, N. Y., born in Ogden, N. Y., 3 April,
1827; died 17 Dec. 1889, in N. Y. City; buried in Spencerport,
(Ogden) N. Y. He once lived in Spencerport (Ogden), N. Y.,
and was principal of the school there. For many years res. in N.
Y. City; afterwards at Passaic, N. J., till his death.
Children :
i. Ella Louisa,^ b. 19 Feb. 1857 ; m. 2 Dec. 1881, R. Pilbeamof
N.Y.
Children of R. and Ella L. (Danforth) PHbeam :
1. Florence Pllbeam, b. about 1882.
2. Bert Pilbeam, b. about 1884.
ii. Minnie F., b. 26 Sept. 1860 ; d. 23 Feb. 1881.
iii. Halsey, b. in 1871 ; d. 26 Aug. 1872.
370.
Justin' {Thomas Paine,'' Jonathan,^ Thomas," Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas') , born near Albany, N. Y., 14 July,
306 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
1805; died in Ovid, Mich., 1 Sept. 1875; married in Rutledge,
N. Y., 17 Nov. 1830, Delia Beals, born 28 Nov. 1809, died at
Ovid, Mich., 31 July, 1892.
Children :
493. i. AsAHEL Beach,® b. in Eutledge, 30 Sept. 1831.
ii. Harriet Sedate, b. in Columbus, Pa., 2 June, 1834; m. Ed-
ward S. Leonard, M.D, She went with her father to visit her
grandfather Mr. Thomas Paine Danf orth, in her early childhood,
and always remembered the cordial greeting they received.
Children of Edward S. and Harriet S. (Danf orth) Leonard:
1. Dfloise E. Leonard, b. 30 Sept. 1860 ; m. Luella Stock-
ton.
Children of Deloise E. and Luella (Stockton) Leo-
nard:
(1) Hazel Leonard, b. in Bel ding, 11 June,
1891.
(2) Vera Leonard, b. in Corunna, 27 Dec.
1893.
(3) Edgar M. Leonard, b. Owosee, 7 July,
1896.
494. iii. Van Ness George, b. in Columbus, Pa., 12 Sept. 1836.
495. iv. WiLLARD Johnson, b. in Columbus, Pa., 22 May, 1841.
371.
VoLNEY^ {Thomas Paine,'' Jonathan^^ Thomas,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVicholas^), born 5 March, 1811; died 14
Feb. 1880; of Middleburgh ; a physician, and a democrat; mar-
ried 4 Oct. 1842, Caroline Bouck, 2 Sept. 1822.
Children :
i. Anna,8 b. 7 Oct, 1843 ; m. 30 July, 1861, E. H. Dunham.
ii. Thomas Paine, b, 26 Sept. 1846 ; d. 20 April, 1850.
iii. Sarah Donelly, b, 15 June, 1851; m. 3 May, 1871, Truman
C. Hoag.
iv. Catharine Saavyer, b. 4 Sept. 1854; m. [Whitacre?].
V. Emilia, b. 4 July, 1857 ; m. [Whitacre?].
vi. James H. Armsby, b. 7 Jan. 1860; d. 9 July, 1861.
372.
David Becker* (Thomas Paine,'' Jonathan,^ Thomas,^ Sam-
muel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born in 1814; married
Angeline Borst, of Middleburgh, N. Y. ; died before 1864.
Children :
i. Ella.«
ii. Catharine.
iii. Harriet, m. Clarence Joslyn, of Oneida, N. Y.
iv. Angeline, m. Herbert Joslyn, of Oneida, N. Y.
Hon. Peter Swart Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 307
373.
Hon. Peter Savart® (Georga,'' Jonathan,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,*
Jonatlian,^ Jonathdn,^ J^ichohis^), born 19 June, 1816; died 18
July, 1892; married 10 Oct. 18;U), Aurelia Lintner, only daughter
of Rev. Dr. George A. and Maria (Wagner) Lintner, of Schoharie,
born 17 Feb. 1820, died 1 March, 1891. They celebrated their
golden wedding in 1889. Residence, Middleburgh, Scoharie co.
Mr. Danforth was president of the family meeting in lioston in 1882.
He was district attorney of his native county some time ; was
elected state senator in 1853, and served with distinction. In 1872
he was appointed one of the justices of the Supreme Court of New
York, a position which he filled acceptably.
Children :
495a. i. George Lintner,^ b. 19 July, 1844.
ii. Cornelia Swart, b. 17 April, 1846; m. 18 May, 1870, Isaac
Wards Ferris, M.D., son of Chancellor Isaac Ferris ; he d.
25 Dec. 1900. Residence, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Children of Isaac W. and Cornelia S. Ferris :
1. 3Iai-y Danforth Ferris, b. 1 Dec. 1871.
2. Cornelia Warde Ferns, b. 26 Dec. 1873.
iii. Mary Campbell, b. 11 April, 1848 ; d. 7 March, 1849.
495i. iv. Elliot, b. 6 March, 1850.
374.
Gen. George Erskine* {George,'' Jonathan,^ Thomas,^ Sam-
uel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Middleburgh,
N. Y., 5 July, 1818 ; married m 1852, Catharine Bouck, daughter
of Governor Bouck. Educated at Union College ; studied law ; went
into mercantile businers and tanning. Col. of 40th Reg. and Gen.
commanding 18th brigade of N. Y. in 1861, commissioned by the
governor of New York to raise a regiment ; and he delivered the
76th Regiment to the government at Arlington Heights; in 1862
organized the 134th Regiment.
Children :
i. William C. Bouck.^
ii. Charles.
375.
JoHN^ {John,' Jolin,^ John," Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^
Mcholas'), born in Lynnfield, Mass., 20 Nov. 1814; died 1 Nov.
1880; married 2 May, 1839, Sarah Hawkes Perkins, born 3 Aug.
1820, died 1 Nov. 1899, at Lynnfield Centre.
308 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
His farm was one of the largest and best in that agricultural town
(Lynnfield ) . He was railroad station agent during nearly 25 years,
and for more than that time selectman, assessor and overseer of the
poor, his account being kept with great exactness. He represented
the town in the Legislature ; was one of the trustees of the Essex
County Agricultural Society. In religion a Universalist ; in poli-
tics a Republican ; he was a most valuable and valued citizen. He
was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery, his funeral services largely
attended, and obituary notices, both in prose and verse, printed in the
local newspapers attest the high regard in which he was held.
Children :
i. John Morton,^ b. 1 Jan. 1840; m. 7 June, 186G, Emily
Augusta Burditt, of Wakefield, b. 16 May, 1842. Resides in
Wakefield.
ii. George Forrest, b, 16 May, 1841 ; m. 5 June, 1872, Caroline
Elizabeth Atwood, b. 1 June, 1848.; no children,
iii. Sarah Ellen, b. 4 Oct. 1843; m. Albert Richardson Bryant;
no children,
iv. Mary Taylor, b. 25 Nov. 1845; m. 24 Oct. 1866, Samuel
Augustus Clough, who was b. 18 June, 1838.
Children of Samuel A. and Mary T. (Danforth) Clough :
1. Eleanor Danforth Clough, h. 17 Sept. 1867.
2. Gyms Putnam Clough, b. 22 July, 1870.
3. Ernest Allen Clough, b. 26 April, 1873.
4. Mary Eliza Clough, b. 18 July, 1879.
5. Leslie Clough, b. 17 April, 1881.
495c. V. Charles Henry, b. 1 April, 1850.
vi. Hannah Bancroft, b. 28 July, 1854; teacher in Lynnfield.
376.
Dr. Nathaniel Bancroft* {John,'' John,^ John,^ Samuel,*
JoiKdhan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 24 Sept. 1821; resided
at Salem; married in Sept. 1845, Louisa Martin; died 30 June,
1864.
377.
Henry* {John,'' John,^ John,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^ Jona-
than,^ JSficholas' ), horn 7 Aug. 1824; married 8 Jan. 1879, Mary
Ann Lawlor, born 1839.
378.
Joseph* {Joseph,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,' Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Danvers, 14 April, 1813 ; married
5 April, 1842, Phebe W., daughter of John Russell, born in 1806,
died 21 March, 1875. No children.
DAKFORTH GENEALOGY. 309
379.
Aaron Flint^ (Joseph,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,'^ JSTicholas^), born at Danvers, 3 May, 1817;
died 17 Feb. 1894; married first, 5 March, 1843, Hannah Page
Stanley. He married second, 17 Nov. 1855, Susan Brown, born
in Warren, N. H., in 1826 ; died 7 July, 1874. He was a farmer ;
resided at West Peabody.
Children :
i. Caroline Page,» b. 7 Oct. 1844; d. 12 May, 1880, at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa,
496. ii. Aaron Porter, b. 23 Nov. 1847.
iii. Mary Louise, b. in Danvers, 25 Sejit. 1860.
496a. iv. Benjamin Perry, b. in Nashua, 15 Feb. 1863.
V. Jennie Herrick, b. 10 Feb. 1867; m. 18 Sept. 1893, James
Edmund Shaw, of Danvers.
CMldren :
1. Eldridge Lester Shaw, b. 18 Sept. 1895.
2. Jesse Danforth Shaw, b. 25 March, 1898.
3. George Edmund Shaw, b. 21 Nov. 1899.
380.
George Augustus* {Josejih'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas"^, born at Danvers, 7 March,
1829 ; served in Union army ; died in Southern prison at Anderson-
ville, Ga., 17 Aug. 1864; married 25 Nov. 1852, Catharine
Donovan.
Children :
i. Hannah Bransville,^ b. in Middleton, 19 March, and d. 19
May, 1859.
497. ii. Joseph Augustus, b. 8 July, 1855.
iii. Lydia Flint, b. 17 March, 1857 ; d. 21 March, 1859.
498. iv. George Edwin, b. 3 March, 1859.
V. Hannah Flint, b. 7 Oct. 1860 ; m. 5 Nov. 1879, EH E. Richard-
son, son of Solomon and Mary E. (Styles) Richardson.
381.
Joshua® (John,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^) ,hoxYi 1 Aprd, 1836 ; married 18 Jan. 1860,
Lucy, daughter of Abram and Kebecca Gifford, born in 1841.
Child :
Jason Lincoln,^ b. 28 Nov. 1860 ; d. 9 AprU, 1865, m Saugus.
310 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
382.
Stephen Atwood* (^Jolin,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), horn 5 March, 1838; married 21
Nov. 1861, Ellen Maria, daughter of Samuel and Lois (Grover)
Burrill, born in Maiden.
Children :
i. Stephen Otis,« b. in Saugus 23 Dec. 1862 ; d. 26 Oct. 1864.
ii. Eliza Ellen, b. in N. Chelsea 14 Jan. 1866.
iii. Matnard Loring, b. in N. Chelsea 17 Dec. 1868.
iv. Clara Augusta, b. in Revere 26 Oct. 1871.
V. Stephen Lyman, b. in Saugus 27 July, 1875; d. in Saugus 21
May, 1880.
383.
Hawes Atwood^ i^Jolin,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) , born 13 April, 1840; married 17
July, 1864, Nancy Sophia, daughter of William and Sophia (Copp)
Mansfield, born in Saugus in 1837.
Children :
i. Cora Ma^ b. 14 Sept. 1865.
ii. William, b. in 1867.
iii. Charles H., b. 24 Feb. 1869 ; d. 25 Jan. 1876.
384.
John Mussey® (^Benjamin,'' Benjamin,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) , horn in Salem, 15 March, 1826 ;
died 17 May, 1860 ; married 8 Feb. 1849, Elizabeth Heaton, born
31 Nov. 1831. "Cordwainer." No children.
385.
Stillman Akers^ (^Benjamin,'' Benjamin,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ JSTicholas^), born in Westbrook, Me., 7
March, 1828; "cordwainer"; married 18 Feb. 1849, Margaret Ann
Plummer, daughter of Moses Plummer, of Raymond, Me., born in
Raymond, Me., 20 Feb. 1829.
Children :
i. Moses P.,^ b. in Charlestown, Mass., 11 May, 1850; d. in Chi-
cago, 111., 10 June, 1874.
ii. George W., b. in Raymond, Me., 18 June, 1852.
iii. MARy E., b. in Raymond, Me., 25 Oct. 1854.
iv. Lydia A., b. in Raymond, Me., 7 Nov. 1856; m. 6 Nov. 1883,
Fred L. Brewer.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 311
V. Charles M., b. in Raymond, Me., 13 April, 18G0; cl. in Ray-
mond, Me., 5 Feb. 18()2.
vi. AuRELiA B., b. in Raymond, Me., 2 March, 1863.
vii. Ella M., b. in Boston, Mass., 3 May, 18GG.
386.
Benjamin Lafayette® (^Benjamin,'' Benjamin,'^ Joshiia,^ Sam-
uel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 29 Sept. 1830 in
Portland, Me. ; married 11 Nov. 1855, Lavinia Gould, daughter of
Henry and Deborah (Gould) Leach, born at Raymond, Me., 8
April, 1834. No children.
387.
Amos Blanchard® {Benjamin,'' Benjamin,^ Joshua,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,' JSficholas^ ) , born at Cape Elizabeth, Me.,
26 July, 1833; died 15 March, 1863; married 1 Jan. 1855, Sarah
A. Carlin, daughter of John Carlin, born in St. John, N. B., in
1835.
Child :
Sarah,^ b. in Feb. 1861.
388.
Stephen Bro^vn® (Benjamin,'' Benjamin,'^ Joshua,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ), horn in Lynn, Mass., 14 Sept.
1840; married in Aug. 1865, Harriet Wilson; res. Chicago, 111.
(Marder, Luce & Co.)
389.
Joshua Noble^ {Samuel A.,^ Joshua,^ Jonathan," Samuel,*
Jonathayi,^ Zonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Roxbury 31 Aug.
1845 ; died in Boston, 7 April, 1882 ; married 31 Dec. 1867, Char-
lotte Ehzabeth Ellis, daughter of Jabez Lewis and Olive Maria
(Bacon) Ellis, of New York. He served in the Civil war ; was
commissioned lieutenant in the regular army at its close ; was sta-
tioned with the 2d U. S. Infantry at Lexington, Ky.
390.
Cornelius Driscoll® {Samuel A.,'' Joshua,^ Jonathan,' Sam-
uel,* Jonathan,'' Jonathan,"" Mcholas'), born 20 Sept. 1847 ; mar-
ried 2 July, 1877, Ella Frances, daughter of Dr. Mark and Mary
E. Stephenson, of New York, born 24 Feb. 1852. Residence,
Yonkers, N. Y. As a youth he went to sea, making five long voy-
312 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
ao-es, — twice around the world in the clipper ship Black Hawk,
visiting California, Sandwich Islands, China, Siam, St. Helena, etc.,
becoming second mate of the ship. Then spent four years at Mau-
ritius, part of the time connected with the British Govt. Observa-
tory. Returning home was a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, resign-
ino" after some Revenue Cutter service.
Children :
i. Frank Stephenson,® b. in Boston 12 Dec. 1881.
ii. Cordelia Mat, b. in Boston 16 Dec. 1886.
391.
Douglas Abeaham* {David Johnson,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Samuel,* Jonathan,"^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 9 Nov. 1812;
died 26 March, 1873 ; married 20 July, 1853, by Rev. Worthing-
ton Smith, D.D., Annie Leffingwell Noble, of Burlington, Vt.,
born 23 Dec. 1832.
Children, all but the last child born at Burlington, Vt. :
i. Annie Bouton,^ b. 6 July, 1854.
ii. William Noble, b. 19 Sept. 1856 ; m. 7 May, 1883, Clara, dau.
of Lewis Davis, of St. Elmo, Col.
Child of William N. and Clara (Davis) Danforth :
Douglas Lewis Danforth, b. 24 Sept. 1884. P. 0. address^
Romley, Chaffee cc. Col.
iii. Mart, b. 17 Feb. 1859 ; d. 8 AprU, 1860.
iv. Helen White, b. 30 March, 1861.
V. Louisa Leffingwell, b. 15 Dec. 1864.
vi. Margaret Douglas, b. at Hyde Park, HI., 31 Jan. 1871.
392.
Geoege^ {David Johnson,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel^*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,"^ Nicholas^), born 24 May, 1816; died 1
April, 1850 ; married 25 Dec. 1845, Eliza Rowell, born 4 April,
1819, died 11 Jan. 1879.
Child :
Martha Juliet,'' b. 30 Jan. 1848.
393.
William* {David Johnson,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,"^ Jonathan,^ JSTicholas^), born 30 May, 1818; died 1
May, 1850; married 8 Jan. 1850, Aurora H., daughter of Thomas
and Amanda (Gates) Hulett, of Wallingford, Vt.
Merchant at Troy, N. Y.
Mr. Henry Danforth.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 313
394.
Henry® {Jonathan R.,'' Jonathan^" Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jon-
athan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicliolas^), born" at St. Albans, Vt., 2G Feb.
1823; died in Washington, 111., 10 Sept. 1900; married 12 Jan.
1845, Abigail Hathaway, of Swanton, Vt., born 7 May, 1819.
He was a farmer; removed to Deer Creek and later to Washington,
111. A man of fine qualities of mind and heart, highly esteemed and
remembered with great respect. We are happy to present a portrait
of his attractive, manly face. Mrs. Danforth is still active in body
and mind (1902), making her home with her youngest son.
Children :
i. Jonathan Reed,^ b. in Georgia, Vt., 19 Jan. 1847 ; d. at Deer
Creek, 7 May, 1863.
500. ii. Henry Porter, b. at Deer Creek, 111., 24 Dec. 1849.
501. ill. Byron Walker, b. at Deer Creek, 23 Jan. 1852.
502. iv. Lewis Judd, b. at Deer Creek, 13 Sept. 1858.
503. V. James Austin, b. at Deer Creek, 23 April, 1861.
vi. Mary Amanda, b. 7 Sept. 1863, at Deer Creek ; m. Charles C.
Holland, 2 Nov. 1881 ; res. Washington, 111.
Children of Charles C. and Mary A. ( Danforth) Holland :
1. Arthur G. Holland, b. 30 Oct. 1882.
2. Minnie Danforth Holland, b. 20 Dec. 1884.
3. Walter Austin Holland, b. 6 Dec. 1890.
4. Lawson Judd Holland, b. 16 Jan. 1897.
5. George Holland, b. 14 Oct. 1898.
395.
James Henry* {^Henry Keyes,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Sam-
uel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) born in Skaneateles, N.
Y., 15 Feb. 1826; married 19 Aug. 1849, Rachel Fetters, of
Lewiston, N. Y.
Children :
i. Hester Ann,® b. and d, 15 June, 1850.
ii. Charles Scott, b. 30 Oct. 1864 ; d. 21 Jidy, 1891.
iii. Alberta Cornelia, b. 26 March, 1872.
396.
Nelson* ( William,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at St. Albans, Vt., 16 April,
1823; died at Neenah, Wis., 3 Feb. 1881; married Emeline J.
Wilcox, born at Gaines, N. Y., 22 Dec. 1827. She resides at
Lake Forest, 111.
Chdd:
William E.,® b. 30 April, 1868 ; studying for the ministry.
314 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
397.
EoDERiCK Foster^ (Gharles,'' Keyes,^ Jonathan^^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan," Nicholas^), born in Leroy, N. Y., 9 Oct.
1835; died in Washington, D. C, 16 Feb. 1891; married 27
April, 1857, at Cincinnati, O., Marietta Levanchia Ward, daugh-
ter of Elias and Henrietta (Davis) Ward, born in Bergen, N. Y.,
18 Feb. 1836; died at Washington, D. C, 15 Aug. 1889.
He resided at Washington, D. C. ; was inventor and manu-
facturer on an extensive scale of the well known " Danforth burning
fluid" and the peculiar apparatus for using it.
Children :
504. i. Charles Ward,' b. 30 April, 1859.
505. li. Montgomery Elias, b, 16 Oct. 1861.
506. iii. Roderick Foster, b. 12 May, 1863.
507. iv. John Bartense, b. 29 May, 1865.
398.
Bushnell* {Keyes,'' Keyes,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan," Nicholas^), born at Williamstown, 19 Nov. 1854;
graduated from Williams College 1878 ; traveled in Europe in
1878 ; took charge of cotton mills from 1878 to 1883 ; in partner-
ship with Charles H. Mather in Williamstown ; representative to
the Legislature in 1885; Postmaster from 1885 to 1890; now in
Terra Cotta Works. Married 5 Oct. 1880, Catharine M. Mather.
Child :
Anna Lyon,^ b, 6 June, 1883.
399.
Timothy S.® {Timothy,'' David, ^ David, ^ Jacob,* Jonathan,'
Jonathan," Nicholas'), born in Milford, N. H., 26 May, 1799;
died 18 Sept. 1859 ; married in June, 1827, Mary Taylor, of Mil-
ford.
Children :
i. Harriet,^ b. in 1828 ; d. 12 June, 1829.
ii. Mary, m. Marshall H. Farusworth ; res. Cleveland,
Child of Marshall H. and Mary (Danforth) Farnsworth :
Henry Marshall Farnsworth, b. 4 Sept. 1861.
iii. Margaret, m. Geo. E. Richardson ; res. Nashua.
Child of Geo. E. and Margaret A. (Danforth) Richardson:
Bertie Danforth Richardson, b. 22 April, 1868.
507a. iv. Jesse C, b, in 1834.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 315
400.
William Nevins* {Timothy,'' David,^ David," Jacob,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Milford, N. H., 13 July,
1802; died at Amherst, N. H., 2 March, 1849; married 25 July,
1831, Lucy Wiley; resided sometime at Reading, Mass.
Children :
i. Jenny A.,^ b. in Amherst, 4 Nov. 1839 ; d. unm. in Reading 7
Aug. 1882.
508. ii. Alfred W., b. in Amherst in 1844.
509. iii. Frank W., b. in Amherst in 1847.
401.
Joel Crosby^ {Timothij,'' David,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ MchoJas^), born in Milford, N. H., 14 June, 1809;
died Monday, 17 Sept. 1882 ; removed in childhood with his parents
to Amherst; till 21 worked on his father's farm, and learned whip-
making, which his father established in Amherst Plain in 1827.
He married 29 June, 1830, Betsey P. Andrews, daughter of Abra-
ham and Mary C. Andrews, of Hillsboro, born 10 July, 1808, died
in Oct. 1890. In 1831 went to Concord, N. H., established whip
manufacture in connection with Mr. Batchelder, and continued over
30 years.
Commanded Concord Light Infantry, a somewhat noted com-
pany, and so was called Captain through life.
In 1841-1842 represented Concord in State Legislature.
From early days interested in the cause of temperance, he never
in his life drank a glass of intoxicating liquor, but was an earnest
worker ; held various offices in temperance organizations ; was at
time of his death a member of Grand Encampment of Sons of
Temperance.
Early interested in religion ; an able discourse by Kev. Thomas
Whittemore at Merrimack in 1828 brought conviction to his mind
and he was one of the founders and a cordial supporter of the Uni-
versalist church in Concord, serving for many years as warden of
the society, deacon of the church, and superintendent of the Sun-
day School. He died as he had lived, honored and beloved. His
wife's death followed his by just one month.
Children :
510. i. Charles Carroll,^ b. in April, 1831.
ii. Henry J., b. 4 July, 1833 ; d. 28 May, 1834.
iii. Elizabeth A., b. 13 Aug. 1845 ; m. George F. Underhill, of
Concord.
316 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
401rt.
Charles PiNCKNEY^ (Timothy,'' David,^ David,^ Jacoh,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Milford, N. H., 16 Sept.
1812 ; died in Nashua 19 Oct. 1893 ; married 15 Sept. 1840, Nancy
H. Pierce of Nashua, born 8 June, 1817. In 1813 his parents
removed to Amherst ; he lived on a farm until 15 years of age, and
then began to work with his father in the manufacture of whips.
In 1836 established in that business in Nashua and so continued
until 1839, when he became owner and editor of the Nashua Ga-
zette; during his management its influence and circulation was
greatly increased. In 1845 was appointed postmaster of Nashua.
In 1849 he joined with Dane and Parker in the tailoring business.
In 1855 was appointed High Sheriff of Hillsboro co. ; in 1865 be-
gan the manufacture of suspenders, doing an extensive and success-
ful business. He was an influential member of the Democratic
party until 1855, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
caused him to join the Republican party, in which he continued an
ardent and eflScient member until his death.
During more than 53 years a constant attendant at the Univer-
salist church, he was superintendent of its Sunday School from 1836
to 1851. He served in the city as an alderman, and was a member
of the State Legislature in 1874-1875. In later years he contrib-
uted to a local journal an extremely interesting series of articles,
entitled " Sixty-Six Years Political and Personal Reminiscences."
He was the first president of the Danforth Family Association
and ably conducted its first three meetings. At the fourth meeting
(Boston, 1882) he declined re-election, receiving a unanimous vote
of thanks for his long-continued, valuable services. His death,
which occurred in Nashua in Oct. 1893, was felt as a serious loss to
his family, to the Association, and to the community in which he
lived.
Mrs. Danforth was a near relative of President Franklin Pierce.
Children :
511. i. Charles Blanchard,^ b. in Nashua, N. H., 30 May, 1841.
ii. Frank Pierce, b. 5 March, 1846 ; d. in Dec. 1860.
iii. Abby Hutchins, b. 2 Dec. 1853; d. 7 Oct. 1872.
402.
Benjamin Franklin® {Benjamin Pierce,'' David,^ David,^
Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVicholas^), born 9 July, 1813;
died at Boston 1 Feb. 1864; married first, 30 Aug. 1835,"Mary E.
Teehan. He married second, Rachel A. Kendricks, born in Am-
herst in 1828 ; she died 15 July, 1879.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 317
Child :
Mart Sophia,® b. 9 June, 1836 ; m, "Wm. W., son of Joseph
and Harriet Vaughn, b. in Woodstock, Vt., in 1832.
Child of William W. and Mary S. (Danforth) Vaughn :
Annette If. Vaughn ; residence, Melrose, Mass.
403.
David* (David,'' David,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^), born in Hillsboro, N. H., in Nov. 1821 ; died
2 Sept. 1882; married 23 Oct. 1849, hie cousin Lephe R., daugh-
ter of Benjamin Pierce Danforth, born 28 April, 1816 ; died 6 Jan.
1889. Passed youth on farm; attended public school; at 15 went
to Boston and engaged with his cousin, Benjamin F., dealer in gro-
ceries on Western ave., now Beacon st. : then with Messrs. Ellis,
grain dealers, on Long Wharf; established in trade in Lawrence,
Mass. In 1864 went to Philadelphia and began manufacturing
leather beltinij in which he established a laro^e trade and grained hig^h
reputation. His death from heart disease was sudden and occurred
while his wife was in Boston to attend meeting of the Danforth As-
sociation. His wife, who was his cousin, a lady of great energy,
has continued the business, retainino; the workmen under the charge
of her nephew Franklin Howard Morrill. She has uniformly taken
interest in progressive theology and in works of philanthropy and
charity. Has attended the meetings of the Association and takes
much interest in her family history.
404.
BENJA^im Pierce® {David,'' David,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,"^ Nicholas^), born 4 May, 1831; married Pau-
line Weeks, of Maine.
405.
Andrew Jackson* (David,'' David,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Antrim, N. H., 27 June,
1833; married in Boston, Mass., 2 Oct. 1855, Abby Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Elizabeth Ingraham (Bicknell) Wilson ;
went to California three days later. Was a miner, farmer and
book-keeper at Rattlesnake Bar, Newcastle, Iowa Hill and Colfax
till 1869, when he became a millwright at Virginia City, Nevada,
and elsewhere ; has travelled extensively in the latter business, even
to Mexico. Is now (1902) in Humboldt co., Nev.
318 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
512. i. George Kendall,® b. at Cottage Hill, Cal., 31 Oct. 1857.
ii. Ida.
iii. Mart Elizabeth.
406.
John Nourse* {Solomon^'' Solomon,^ David,^ Jacoh^" Jona-
thans^ Jonathans^ j^icholas^)^ bom at Merrimack, N. H., 25 Dec.
1823 ; died at Boston 29 Aug. 1897 ; married 8 June, 1854, Han-
nah Maria, daughter of Allen and Hannah Carter (Flanders)
Rhodes, of Lynn, Mass., born in Lynn 12 Oct. 1826. Left an
orphan at an early age, he had a temporary home with his uncle,
Daniel Fisher, of Amherst, N. H. Grad. Lowell High School.
Spent three years in California in the early "fifties." Removed to
Boston ; was some time a member of the firm of Lee, Danforth &
Co., stock brokers. A fine tenor singer, member of church choirs,
Handel and Haydn Society, and other organizations ; one of the
founders of the Apollo Club, in which he took a leading part till ill
health compelled his declining further duties, when he was made an
honorary member, — a rare thing in the club's history. He died in
Dublin, N. H., 28 July, 1901.
Children :
i. Emilie Caroline,® b. 3 Dec. 1855 ; d. 22 Sept. 1859.
ii. Caroline Brewer, b. 23 March, 1859; m. 26 June, 1884,
George Aaron Barton, Ph.D., b. 12 Nov. 1859, at East Farn-
ham, Quebec; son of Daniel (b, in Vermont 19 June, 1819, d.
1 June, 1898) and Mary S. (Bull) (b. 12 Feb. 1827, d. 5 Jan.
1893) Barton.
iii. Marie Louise, b. 25 Nov. 1869 ; m. 10 June, 1896, Calvin
Gates Page, M.D., b. in Boston, 9 July, 1867 ; son of Calvin
Gates Page, M.D. (b. Boston 3 July, 1829, d. 29 May, 1869),
and Susan Haskell Keep (b. 29 Dec. 1830, d. 22 May, 1895).
Residence, Boston. Mrs. Page is a portrait painter.
407.
Charles CuMMiNGS^ {Simeon O.,'' Solomon,^ David, ^ Jacob,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Atkinson, Me., 12
April, 1812 ; died in Amherst, N. H., 18 May, 1887 ; worked on
a farm till about 1830; then to Merrimack, N. H. ; 1831 to Am-
herst, worked at whip making for Melendy and David ; removed to
Reading, Mass. Married 20 Aug. 1835, at New Boston, N. H.,
Clarissa Caldwell, born in New Boston, 22 June, 1810; died 28
Jan. 1880, at Reading. In his will, dated 28 June, 1884, probated
24 May, 1887, he bequeated to sisters Eliza Jane, wife of Francis
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 319
K. Boutelle, of Amherst, N. H., and SophroniaH., wife of Samuel
H. Kingsbury, of Chicago, 111. ; to granddaughter Alice Danforth
Eames; son Charles H, Danforth and Harriet E., wife of George
Richardson, both of Reading.
Children all born in Amherst :
513. i. Charles Henry,^ b. 22 March, 1837.
ii. John Edwin, b. 24 Aug. 1840 ; d. 7 Jan. 1846.
iii. Harriet E., b. 4 Dec. 1842 ; m. 22 Dec. 1867, George A. Rich-
ardson, of Reading, b. 19 Nov. 1843 ; shoe business.
Child of George A. and Harriet E. (Danforth) Richardson :
Harriet Estella Richardson, b. in Reading, 31 Oct. 1868.
iv. John Edwin, b. 7 Jan. 1847 ; d. 25 Jan. 1864.
V. LoviCY Ann, b. 13 April, 1850; d. 17 May, 1878; m. 3 Feb.
1877, Charles B. Eames, of Reading.
Child of Charles B. and Lovicy A. (Danforth) Eames :
Alice Danforth Eames, b. 13 May, 1878.
408.
Daniel Osgood^ (^Simeon G.,'' Solomon,^ David,^ Jacob ^'^
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JSTicholas^), born in Blue Hill, Me., 17
March, 1816; died in Merrimack, N. H., 31 Oct. 1883; married
24 Dec. 1840, Harriet E. Couch, daughter of Stephen and Sarah
Couch, born in Manchester, N. H., 1 May, 1818; she celebrated
her 83d birtliday 1 May, 1901. He lived till 1830 on farm at Am-
herst, N. H., where all his children were born; later resided at So.
Merrimack ; blacksmith, farmer, and justice of the peace.
Children :
i. Stephen E.,^ b. 13 Aug. 1843 ; d. at Fortress Monroe, 21 Nov.
1861 ; in 4th N. H. Regt., in Company B.
514. ii. John MuRRAy, b. 21 Aug. 1845.
iii. Catherine Lois, b. 22 Nov. 1848 ; m. 29 June, 1867, James
R. Carr,b. 10 May, 1841.
Child of James R. and Catherine L. (Danforth) Carr :
James Osgood Carr, b. 24 Aug. 1872.
515. iv. George Elmer, b. 13 Nov. 1861.
409.
Solomon^ {Simeon C.,'' Solomon,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,'^
Jonathan,'' Mcholas'), born 8 March, 1818 ; married first, 9 May,
1837, Sarah Joanna Field, born in 1811 ; died in Aug. 1843. He
married second, 19 Oct. 1845, Susan Frances Field, born in 1823 ;
died 11 July, 1847. He married third, 10 July, 1862, Amelia L.
320 DANFOKTH GENEALOGY.
Crocker, born 25 May, 1822. He resided in 1880 at Winchester;
removed to Lowell. Became overseer of a cotton mill ; afterward
became a merchant, selling musical instruments and music ; was later
associated with Belden Brothers, Boston, in silk business, and still
later in real estate business. He was connected with the Eliot Con-
gregational church ; a Republican and prohibitionist ; member of
I. O. O. F. A man of sterling character, "square, pure, sincere,
just." He died in Lowell 7 Dec. 1895.
Child :
Ella Susan,^ b. 23 March, 1847 ; teacher ; residence, Cambridge.
410.
Vespasian® {Simeon (7.,^ Solomon,^ David^^ Jacob,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ), hovn 5 Nov. 1820, in Atkinson;
in 1831 went to Merrimack; 1837 to Lowell; 1849 to Lawrence.
Married first, 6 May, 1849, Clara Anne Jameson, of Lowell, born
19 Dec. 1825, died in Lawrence, 29 Nov. 1858. He married sec-
ond, 2 July, 1859, Caroline Maria Jameson, born in Lowell 24
Feb. 1838, died at Amherst 4 July, 1864. He married third, 5
Oct. 1865, Louisa Eliza Brown, of Spring Valley, N. Y., born 5
Nov. 1838. Residence Cambridge, Mass.
Children :
i. Clara Maria,^ b. 9 Nov. 1850 ; d. 19 Feb. 1851.
ii. Charles Alvah, b. 21 June, 1852 ; d. 23 Sept. 1852.
iii. Ida Florida, b. 31 May, 1854 ; d. 9 Oct. 1866.
iv. Clara Annie, b. 14 Oct. 1860 ; d. 5 June, 1862.
V. Walter Brown, b. 27 July, 1868.
vi. James Franklin, b. 9 Feb. 1874.
411.
Simeon Cummings* {Simeon C,'' Solomon,^ David,^ Jacob,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 17 May, 1824; res. Wat-
son, Atchison co., Mo. Author of the book entitled, "Mathemati-
cal Gem." Married first at Lowell, 24 Sept. 1851, Harriet Cum-
mings Davis, of Windsor, Vt., born 1 May, 1828; died 4 Nov.
1862. He married second, 23 Feb. 1865, Martha Robinson, of
Brown CO., Ohio, bom 17 Dec. 1840.
Children :
i. Emeline Belle,^ b. and d. 1 July, 1866.
• ii. Harriet Mat, b. 5 April, 1868 ; d. 8 Sept. 1868.
iii. Edwin Clare, ) , ^^ ^ ,Q^fv f
iv, Edna Clara, \^' ^^ J"^^' ^^^^ ' { d. 14 Sept. 1869.
V. Evalina Alberta, b. 30 April, 1873.
vi. Simeon Gut, b. 6 Dec. 1880.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 321
412.
Rurus Edmund^ {Simeon C.,'' Solomon,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Merrimack, 4 Feb. 1834;
died at Keene, N. H., 28 June, 1863 ; married 15 Jan. 1856, Ma-
hala J. liand, born 21 June, 1835. She survived her husband and
married second, 22 Sept. 1880, Silas T. Jacobs, born 23 Feb. 1821 ;
shoe dealer ; res. Braintree.
Children :
i, Edmund Cummings,^ b. 20 Dec. 185G ; apothecary, Providence,
R. I. Married 3 June, 1885, Amelia Hazel wood.
Child:
Avis Hazelwood,^^ b. in Providence 12 Sept. 1887.
ii. Frank Noukse, b. 30 Nov. 1860; m. 2 June, 1880, Louisa R.
Melville,
iii. Charles Osgood, b. 8 May, 1863 ; m. in Cambridge, 4 June,
1888, Caroline May Smiley ; res. Cambridge.
413.
Jacob Israel® {Rufus,'' Solomon,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,' JSTicholas'), horn 21 Oct. 1821; died 6 April, 1886;
married 10 Aug. 1846, Harriet M., daughter of Joseph and Judith
Cromack, born 3 May, 1824, died 17 March, 1900. He was a
trader ; resided at Newburyport.
Children :
i, Flora A.,^ b. 16 Aug. 1847.
ii. Ira B., b. 7 June, 1850; d. 11 Sept. 1851.
iii. Clarence, b. 20 Jan. 1853 ; d. 11 March, 1857.
516. iv. Clarence, b. 2 Oct. 1857.
413 a.
Calvin H.® {Rufus,'' Solomon,^ David, ^ Jacob,* Jonathan,*
Jonathan,^ jV/cMas^ ), born 30 Sept. 1831 ; married 29 Oct. 1857,
Hannah B. Heath, born 25 Nov. 1833.
Child:
George S.,^ b. 18 Nov. 1861.
414.
Daniel Warner^ (Simeon,'' William,^ David,' Jacob,* Jona-
than,* Jonathan,' Nicholas'), born in Deny, N. H., 2 March,
1812; diedl Nov. 1884; married 13 Dec. 1846, Phebe, daughter
of Dea. Nathaniel Cutler of Burlington, Mass., born 17 Aug. 1815.
322 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Resided at Woburn ; shoemaker. He bequeathed his estate to his
widow and sons. The widow died 20 May, 1888, bequeathing her
property to her surviving son, D. Warner Danfoi'th, and his three
children Frank Warner, Homer Wallace and Walter Kendall Dan-
forth; to the children of deceased son William S., viz. Emily
Warren, William Wallace and Ralph Burton Danforth.
Children :
518. i. Daniel Warner,^ b. 20 Oct. 1847.
ii. Annie Phebe, b. in Woburn, 14 March, 1849 ; d. 17 Apr, 1849.
519. iii. William Simeon, b. in Woburn, 3 Feb. 1852.
iv. Silas Cutler, b. 9 Jan. 1854; d. 28 Sept. 1854.
V. Lucy Gregg, b. 18 Jan. 1856; d. 14 Dec. 1879,
415.
Edwin^ ( William,'' William,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 1 Sept. 1829; married 16 June,
1853, Frances Olivia Abbott, daughter of Gardner and Rachel
(Hart) Abbott, of Andover, Mass., born 2 Sept. 1832. He went
to California in early days and opened a grocery store in Benicia ;
had a successful career there ; he and Mrs. Danforth were popular
members of community and valued helpers in church and Sunday
School work. He removed to San Francisco, Cal., and has for a
quarter of a century conducted a bonded warehouse, the family
occupying a fine social position.
Children :
i. Edward Putnam,® b. in N. Andover, 13 Dec. 1854; m. Jenny
Tay, dau. of Geo. H. Tay, of S. F. He is associated with his
father in warehouse business.
ChUd : Dorothy,^" b. in March, 1893.
ii. Frances Marantha, b. in Benicia, Cal., 31 Jan. 1861.
416.
Edward TuKNER^ (^William,'' William,'' David,^ Jacob,* Jo-
nathan,^ Jonathan^^ Nicholas^), born 10 July, 1831; married 3
April, 1860, Mary Adeline, daughter of John Davis and Tamson
Hayes (Hall) Pierce, of Stafford, N. H. Was several years a
conductor ; subsequently a machinist ; residence Roxbury.
417.
Alonzo® ( William,'' William,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 21 July, 1837; married first, 21
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 323
July, 1861, Louisa Je<anettc, daughter of Samuel aud Louisa H.
Waterman, of So. Scituate, born there in 1840. He married
second, 27 Feb. 1869, Sarah B., daughter of John and Flannah S.
Bates, of Roxbury, born in 1844, died 21 Dec. 1869. He married
third, 30 Nov. 1870, Caroline L., a sister of the latter, born 30
June, 1852.
Children :
i. Aloxzo Bates,^ b. 21 Dec. 1869 ; d. 14 Feb. 1899.
ii. Harry LE^yIS, b. 12 July, 1878.
418.
William' ( William,'' William,^ David,' Jacob,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 11 Aug. 1839; died at Chelsea 18
May, 1882; married 1 March, 1871, Rachel, daughter of Caleb B.
and Rebecca Templeman, of St. John, N. B., born in 1850. She
married second, in 1883, Nickerson S. Small, born in Brewster,
Mass., in 1847.
419.
Le'S\t:s E.^ {David,'' Jacoh,^ David,' Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jo7ia-
</i«;i,^iV7cAo/a5'), born in Walpole, N. H. [Aug. 1826]; married
first, at Bellows Falls, N. H., Jan. 1, 1848, Harriet Newell Putney
of Westmoreland, N. H. He married second, at Eddyviile, la., 4
Nov. 1877, Angeline Gibson. He resided at Cavendish, Vt. ; Wor-
cester, So. Wilbraham, Fitchburg and Lowell, Mass. ; Manchester,
N. H., and Germantown, Pa., for longer or shorter periods, gaining
experience in the various departments of woolen manufacture. In
1866 he became superintendent of the woolen mills of Gugenheim,
Wile & Fox, at La Porte, Ind. Li 1870 he became associated with
Mr. Stanly in the ownership of the woolen mills at Eddyviile, la.,
where he has since resided.
Children :
ol9a. i. Frank Lewis,^ b. in Lowell, 11 April, 1850.
ii. Adah Nelson, b. in Manchester, Vt., 19 April, 1852 ; m. (1)
in Iowa, Henry Hunter ; child, Hattie Hunter, d. at 7 years of
age. She m. (2) Dr. Davidson Scott; she d. at Mt. Pleasant,
la., in March, 1887, and was buried beside her mother at
Eddyviile, la.
iii. George Eugene, b. at Eddyviile, la., 3 Sept. 1878 ; ni. at
Chicago, 111.. 28 March, 1900.
iv. Robert M., b. 15 Nov. 1880 ; d. 11 Feb. 1882.
V. Flora Angie, b. 21 April, 1889.
324 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
420.
Alonzo H.* {David,'' Jacob,^ David,^ Jacoh,'^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,- Nicholas^), born 10 April, 1837, in Westminster, Vt. ;
married in 1862 Mary E. Laduke ; divorced in 1866. He married
second, 28 May, 1878, Margaret J. Fennell.
He left home at 10 years of age; worked five years for board and
clothing, M^hen 150 cts. bought "blue drilling enough for one year's
dress-suits." Afterward in hotel business, doing every branch
thereof from scouring knives to keeping a first class hotel at Albion,
Mich. Shipped Merino sheep to Texas till 1860. In 1861 served
three months in Missouri Home Guards ; then went to Burlington,
Vt., and enlisted in Ist Vt. Cavalry ; rose to rank of 2d lieutenant.
At Banks's retreat, 24 May, 1862, at Middletown, Va., led his com-
mand in a charge ; was badly wounded and horse killed under him ;
was earned home ; re-enlisted and elected captain of cavalry in
Burlington, Vt. ; stationed at St. Albans and detached on special
service by Gov. Smith during the Fenian raid ; honorably discharged
at close of war, and has a pension.
Present residence, Lawrence, Kansas. Has devoted time to teach-
ing " Rational Horsemanship " and horse training, on which subject
he has published a manual.
Child :
George,^ b. 29 Sept. 1863.
421.
David® {David^ Jacob, ^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^), born 8 May, 1839; married Flora Putnam.
Resides at Brimfield, 111. ; farmer and merchant.
422.
Jacob® (David,'' Jacoh,^ David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan^ Jona-
than,^ JSficholas^), born 4 July, 1843; married Esther Mullett.
Resides at Brighton. An expert in matters of the care and manage-
ment of hoi'ses.
423.
Albert® (^Octa,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jona-
than,'^ Nicholas^), born [at Hudson] 30 April, 1836; married
first, Faustina Atherton, of Bolton, born in March, 1832, died 8
Jan. 1863; he married second, 19 March, 1864, Charlotte L.,
daughter of Reuben and Martha O. Holman, of Leominster, born
22 March, 1844.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 325
Children :
i. George Henry,^ b. 2 March, 1859.
ii. Ida Frances, b. 6 Nov. 18G1 ; m. G Nov. 1884, Edwin F.
AVhitney, b. 9 Aug. 1859.
424.
Alfred^ (Octet,'' Samuel,^ /Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,' Jona-
than," Nicholas^^, born in 1838; married Anna M., daughter of
Jonathan and Mary (Knight) Shattuck, of Bolton. A blacksmith.
Residence, Newtonville.
425.
Walter* {Octa,'' Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^), born 14 March, 1845; married 28 Jan. 1865,
Sarah Jane, daughter of John and Sophia Briggs, of Mt. Holly,
Vt., born 23 Aug. 1844. He is a machinist.
Children :
i. Charles Walter,^ b. 8 Jan. 1866.
ii. Frederick, b. 20 April, 1868.
iii. Herbert Octa, b. 1 April, 1870.
iv. Laura, b. 18 April, 1876.
426.
Andrew® (Octa,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,* Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^), born in 1847 ; married 12 Aug. 1869, by Rev.
R. S. Edes, Orianna, daughter of John D. and Almira B. Wyer,
of Leominster, where they reside. He is a machinist.
427.
George A.® (Daniel,'' Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^
Jonathan,^ JSFicholas^), born at Troy, 2 July, 1852 ; married Eva
L. Gleason.
428.
Abram® (Reuben,'' Sanmel,^ Nicholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Lewis (Essex Co.), N. Y., 1810;
died in Plattsburg, N. Y., 1884; married Mary Stevens Flanders,
daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Walker) Flanders, born in 1818,
died in 1865.
Children, all but the eldest born at Au Sable Forks, N. Y. :
i. James Henry,« b. in Sandy Hill, N. Y., 30 .July, 1837 ; d. 1867 ;
m. Augusta Collins,
ii. Louisa Minerva, b. 15 April, 1839 ; m. John Robertson.
326 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Child of John and Louisa M. (Danforth) Robertson :
Margaret Robertson, m. D. L. Bradshaw. Ch. : William L.
Bradshaw ; Jessie L. Bradshaw.
iii. Adeline Elizabeth, b. in 1841 ; d. in 1848.
iy. Miles Reuben, b. in 1843 : d. in 1863 ; killed at the battle of
Bull Run.
V. Mary Etta, b. in 1844 ; d. in 1858.
vi. Clara Augusta, b. in 1846 ; m. 12 May, 1863, William Henry
Chappell ; res. Plattsburg, N. Y.
Children of William H. and Clara A. (Danforth) Chappell :
1. Oarrie Marie Chappell, b. 30 May, 1864 ; m. 18 Sept.
1884, Wm. Wilberforce Glover. Ch. : Wilber Chap-
pell Glover, b. in June, 1887.
2. Emma Louisa Chappell, b. 27 Aug. 1870 ; m. 2 Sept.
1891, Geo. Marshall Cole, of Brockville, Can. Ch. :
Eugene Cole, b. in 1892 ; Howard Chappell Cole, b.
in 1893.
3. Fanny D. Chappell, b. 17 Sept. 1872 ; d. 29 Dec. 1884.
vii. William Henry ; res. Greenpoint, N. Y.
429.
Myron* {Reuben,'' Samuel,^ Ificholas,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^
Jonathan, Nicliolas^^ , born in 1817; married Sylvia Freeman.
Resides at Plattsburg, N. Y.
Children :
i. B ELD EN.'
ii. Henry.
iii. Myron.
iv. Jenny ; m. Durgin.
430.
Hiram Doane® {Aaron Taijlor,'' Isaac,^ Nicholas,'' Samuel,*
Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 20 Jan. 1823 ; died 22 Jan.
1885; married at MonticeJlo, N. Y., 7 Oct. 1847, Mary Jane,
daughter of Dr. Cuyler and Vina (Ford) Tanner, of Stephentown,
N. Y., born 10 Feb. 1827. Residence (1888), Utica. Organ
builder ; later in shop of Black River R. R.
Children :
521. i. LooMis Legrand,' b. 15 Oct. 1849.
522. ii. Floyd La Motte, b. 30 Oct. 1851.
^"' -c^ ' >■ b. in 1855 ; d. when 5 weeks old.
IV. Ford, J
V. Lucy (Amelia), b. 7 Feb. 1858; m. 18 Jan. 1881, William
Frederick Hopkins, son of William Edwin and Sophia Lucy
(Curtiss) Hopkins, b. in Utica, 17 Jan. 1859. Res. with her
mother.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 327
431.
James Henry^ (Azel IF./ Francis^^ Nicholas,^ Samuel^*
Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicliolas^')^ bom 26 Sept. 1840; manned
27 Sept. 1865, Julia E. Marshall, daughter of William ]Marshall of
Philadelphia, N. Y. Kesided at last report on the old homestead,
Philadelphia.
Children :
i. Warren.^
ii. Sarah.
431a.
Charles Franklin* {Charles,'' Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ 8amuel,*
Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ JSFicholas^), born in Orwell, O., in 1836;
married Augusta Richardson Pierson, born in Northampton, Mass.,
1833.
Child :
Josephine M.,^ b. 11 March, 1874 ; grad. Medical Coll. 1897. Prac-
tises medicine in Cleveland, O.
432.
Sylvester,* M.D. {Rev. William,^ William,^ William,''
Jonathan,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Berkshire,
Vt., 10 April, 1812; died in Boone, la., 3 Sept. 1881; married
28 Nov. 1832, Hannah M., daughter of Joseph and (Homer)
Palmer, born in Pilot Mound, died at Boone, la., 17 Aug. 1885.
Children :
524. i. Joseph Palmer,^ b. 14 Feb. 1834.
525. ii. William Vanns, b. 27 March, 1836.
iii. Periielia Hepsibeth, b. 21 Aug. 1838 ; m. Albert Miller; he
d. in 1867. Ch. : Harvey Roy Miller, b. 28 Sept. 1862; m.
Rose Hemuiger.
iv. Phebe Ebonett, b. 30 Oct. 1840; m. in 1874, John Joseph
Zenor, b. in Terre Haute, Ind., 1839. Res. Monroe, Wash,
526. V, David Jonathan, b. 12 Feb. 1842.
vi, Mary Aurelia, b. 15 Dec. 1851 ; m. (1) 1 Jan. 1883, George
Simms, who d. 1 Aug. 1885. She m. (2) 4 Dec. 1888, Richard,
son of Richard and Margaret Hennessy. Ch. : Richard Hen-
nessey, b. at Bruce Corners, N. Y. Res. Monroe, Wash.
vii. Rebecca, d. in 1854 at Farmington, Wash, co.. Wis.
433.
I William B.* ( William,'' William,^ Williain,^ Jonathan,*
Sanmel,^ Jonathan,'^ JSficholas^ ) , born at Woodstock, Vt., 30
March, 1814; died in March, 1859 ; married 25 Dec. 1844, Chris-
tina Martin. Had four sons and one daughter, " somewhere in the
west."
I
328 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
434.
Jonathan Faensworth* ( William,'' William,'^ William,'' Jo-
nathan,* Satnuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Byron, N. Y.,
26 Feb. 1817 ; died at Tacoraa, Washington, before 1902 ; married
19 April, 1843, Emily Charlotte, daughter of David and Emily
(Kendall) Klice, born 25 Aug. 1820. Resided at Reedsburg,
Mich., and at Tacoma, Washington.
Children :
527. i. Clarence Arthur,® b. 21 Jan. 1844.
ii. Frances Emily, b. 10 July, 1847; m. 14 Feb. 1869, James
Montgomery Cramer, son of John P. and Elizabeth Cramer, b.
3 June, 1830.
Children of James M. and Frances E. (Danforth) Cramer :
1. James Clifton Cramer, b. 3 Aug. 1874.
2. Robert Earle Cramer, b. 2 July, 1878.
ill. Coral Herbert, b. 1 Jan. 1853 ; lawyer New Tacoma, "Wash. ;
d. 25 Feb. 1889.
iv. Horace Greeley, b. 11 March, 1856; d. 24 Sept. 1863.
V. Alice Viola, b. 11 April, 1861 ; d. 13 Oct. 1863.
435.
William® (^Jonathan,'' William,^ William,^ Jonathan,* Sam-
uel,' Jonathan,' JSricholas'), born 29 Aug. 1827; died 28 Dec.
1880; married 15 Oct. 1861, Mrs. Annis O. Scribner; she died 10
Dec. 1875.
436.
QuiNCY A* {Jonathan,'' William,^ William,'' Jonathan,* Sam-
uel,"^ Jonathan,' JSTicholas^), born 19 Feb. 1841 ; married 14 June.
1872, Gertrude Silbernazle.
437.
Joseph Baker® (Joseph Baker,'' Isaac, ^ William,'' Jonathan,*
Samuel,^ Jonathan," Nicholas^), born 31 Aug. 1819, in Barnard,
Vt. ; was postmaster there under Pres. Folk ; publisher of Vermont
Patriot newspaper; recorder of deeds at Montpelier. In 1851 re-
moved to Rock Island, 111. In 1858 he w\as editor of the Argus and
subsequently of the "Rock Islander" newspaper. Married Miss Jenny
Doty, of Montpelier ; she died childless. He removed to Sau Jose,
Cal., and there died 1 Jan. 1896.
Dr. Isaac Newton Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 329
438.
Charles Eastman^ {Joseph Balcer,'' Isaac,^ William,^ Jona-
than/ Samuel,^ Jonathan,- Nicholas^), born 11 July, 1824; mar-
ried 14 Oct. 1851, Matilda M., daughter of Wm. H. K. and Ann
V. M. Bibby, of Paterson, N. J., born 15 Nov. 1831. Since 1894
he has been president of the Southern Eailvvay Construction Com-
pany, residing in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Children :
i William Bibby,^ b. in Paterson, 14 Oct. 1854.
ii. Elizabeth Mina, b. in Paterson, 8 Feb. 1856 ; m. 15 Oct. 1885,
in N. Y. City, Frank T. Richardson,
iii. Charles Eastman, b. in Hanover, N. H., 3 May, 1863 ; m.
10 Nov. 1890, Maggie Richardson,
iv. Josephine Boudinot, b. 28 Sept. 1871, in Jersey City.
439.
Wtlll4M Cullen^ {Joseph B.,'' Isaac,^ William,^ Jonathan/
Samuel/ Jonathan/ jSficholas^ ) , born in Barnard, Vt., 9 Feb.
1828; merchant, and Judge of County Court; married Nancy
Wilbur Cox, born 2 Oct. 1830. He was one of the Vice-presidents
of the Family meeting in Chicago in 1893.
Child:
Nancy Elizabeth,^ b. 3 Dec. 1854 ; m. 5 Dec. 1876, Hon. John
Blaisdell Corliss, now a member of Congress from Michigan.
Children of John B. and Nancy E. (Danforth) Corliss :
1. John Blaisdell Corliss, b. 3 Nov. 1877.
2. Elizabeth Danforth Corliss, b. 1 Nov. 1881.
3. Majorie Maria Corliss, b. 2 Nov. 1883.
440.
Isaac Newton* (Albert Haller/ Isaac/ William/ Jonathan/
Samuel/ Jonathan/ JSficholas^), born at Barnard, Vt., 5 Nov.
1835 ; grad. Med. Dartmouth Coll. 1862 ; removed to Chicago, 111.,
and began practice. Dean of Women's Medical School, N. W.
University, and Prof, of Practice of Medicine ; holds other eminent
positions ; member Association of American Physicians, Illinois
Medical Society, etc. He presided at the Danforth Family Meeting
in Chicago in 1893.
Dr. Danforth has written numerous technical articles on medical
subjects, displaying acute discernment and broad knowledge of his
profession ; he has also ^vritten on the historical side of such matters,
330 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
bringing before his readers the theories and practices of ancient prac-
titioners, such as Dr. Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower company and
Rev. Dr. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist branch of the
Church. Dr. Danforth has been a most congenial friend and patron
of the movement for this Danforth Genealogy. He married first, 9
June, 1869, Elizabeth Skelton, daughter of Rev. John and Esther
(Drake) Skelton, of Halifax, Yorkshire, and Chicago.
"She was born in South Ouram, Eng., 30 April, 1843. When
a girl of twelve years she came to the United States and removed to
Chicago 4f In this city she attended the public schools and grad.
from the high school at the age of 17. After her graduation she
spent nine years as a teacher in the Brown school.
During the year in which she came to Chicago she united with
the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, and her devotion to the
work of the church was unceasing. For 25 years she sang regularly
in the choir. The work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So-
ciety occupied her attention more than any other department of
charity, and in connection with this society she became one of the
most prominent women of the city. For a number of years she held
the position of vice president of the northwestern branch of the or-
ganization. During these years most of the work of the president
fell to her, as the president was compelled to go to Washington.
Mrs. Danforth was, therefore, virtually at the head of the greater
portion of the foreign missionary work of the Methodist church, es-
pecially of its medical work.
In connection with the Wesley Hospital, Mrs. Danforth also ac-
complished much good. She was the prime mover in the organiza-
tion of the Ladies' Hospital Association. She was a member of the
Woman's Club and the Woman's West End Club. She delivered
frequent addresses before Methodist assemblies of women, both in the
east and in the west." (From Chicago Evening Post, Aug. 2, '95.)
The "Elizabeth Skelton Danforth Memorial Hospital" at Kiu-
kiang, China, to whose erection and endowment near relatives con-
tributed largely, has been established by the Methodist Foreign
Missionary Society, and will keep her personality before thousands
in coming years, carrying out some of her favorite purposes for the
benefit of others.
He married second, 7 Jan. 1898, Mrs. Mary A. (McPherson)
Barnes, widow of Dr. Norman S. Barnes, who died thirteen years
before, after a number of years in the practice of medicine in
Chicago.
Children :
i. William Clark,^ b. 30 July, 1878.
ii. Sarah Esther, b. 2 Nov. 1879.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 331
441.
Charles Bosworth' {Albert Holler,'' Isaac,'' William,^ Jona-
than,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Barnard, Vt., 25
Dec. 1839; married 15 June, 1864, Adaline M., daughter of Am-
brose B, and Tabitha Galucia, of Dedham, born in 1837, died 1902.
He is a merchant, residing in Dedham.
Children :
i. Albert Parkman,^ b. 1 June, 1866.
ii. Mary Evangeline, b. in Dedham, 30 July, 1871.
441a.
Samuel Parkman® {Samuel Parlcman,'' Isaac,^ William,^
Jonathan,* Samuel,'^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Barnard,
Vt., 27 Feb. 1838; died in Claremont, N. H., 10 June, 1866;
married Mary Ball.
Child:
Frederick B.,® b. at Barnard ; resides at Claremont, N. H.
442.
Albert Haller* {Isaac W.,^ Jonathan,^ William,^ Jona-
than,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born in 1839; residence
Monson.
443.
William H.,* {Isaac W.,"^ Jonathan,^ William,^ Jonathan,*
Samtiel,^ Jonathan,' JSTicholas^) , born in 1842; died in 1882;
married Ellen L. Briggs, born at Tolland, Conn. Kesidence, Mon-
son.
Child :
Harrt,^ b. 29 April, 1880 ; d. in Monson.
444.
LoRRiSTON Francis^ {Hosley,'' Jonathan,^ William,^ Jonathan,*
Samiiel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), bom 19 April, 1843; married
12 Nov. 1873, Cynthia Jane ("Jennie C") Fox, born in New
Millport, Pa., 29 Jan. 1854, daughter of David A. and Margaret
(Lewis) Fox; died at Lake City, la., 24 Jan. 1894, beloved and
lamented, especially by her church associates. [See obituary and
resolutions in local paper] .
The following taken from the Cedar Kapids Democrat, Oct. 29,
1892, gives some account of Mr. Danforth:
332 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
"Away up in the 10th district, where in years gone by Democrats
have been few, but to the sorrow of the RepubUcans are now more
numerous, they selected Hon. L. F. Danforth as candidate for Presi-
dential Elector. He was born in Pomfret, Vt., in 1843 ; was edu-
cated in district schools and two terms in South Woodstock Aca-
demy. In the war for the Union he served in the 4th Regt. Vt. In-
fantry ; came to Iowa in 1846 ; taught school several years and then
went into mercantile business in which he continues. In 1873 was
member of the General Assembly and has served more than ten years
as chairman of the democratic county convention and much of the
change in favor of democracy that has taken place in his vicinity is
due to his untiring efforts."
Adopted child :
LuLU,^ b. in 1881.
445.
ROBEET Southgate' (JLro,^ Samuel,^ William,^ Jonathan^^
Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 22 Oct. 1828 ; married 3
Feb. 1859, Abbie Ellsworth. Farmer; resided at Bronson and
Peru, Ohio ; removed to Tacoma, Wash. Mrs. Danforth was pas-
tor of the Kent church at Ellsworth, O., 1889-1891; afterward at
Huntington ; assistant pastor of the Every Day Church, Boston,
Mass., and since at Tacoma, Wash.
Children :
i. ViNNiE,9 b. 27 Dec. 1859 ; d. iu Boston 7 July, 1900 ; m. 22 Jan.
1878, Rev. George Lander Perin, b. in Newton, la., 31 Jnly,
1854, son of Caleb and Mary J. (Metteer) Perin ; he studied
at Willamette Univ., Salem, Ore., and at St. Lawrence Coll.,
Canton, N. Y., where he grad. in 1878 (Divinity). He preached
at Kent, and Bryan, 0. ; was called to Shawmut Universalist
church, Boston, in 1882 ; resigned in 1890 and went as mis-
sionary to Japan. Returned to Boston in 1894 to his former
parish, the name of which was changed at his instance to " The
Every Day Church," an unsectarian, institutional organization.
Children of George L. and Vinnie (Danforth) Perin :
1. Vera Perin, b. 22 Oct. 1878; m. at the Every Day
Church, 22 Jan. 1897, Ralph Edgar Lane, of Lex-
ington.
2. 3Mba Perin, b. 13 Dec. 1880.
3. Mary Metcnlf Perin, b. at Tokio, Japan, 15 Dec. 1891.
4. Donald Wise Perin, b. at Tokio, Japan, 26 Dee. 1893.
5. Ellivood Tenney Perin, b. in Boston, 22 Dec. 1895.
ii. Lucy, b. 20 Nov. 1863 ; m. 2 Sept. 1890, Rev. Elmer J. Felt, of
Norwalk, 0.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 333
Children of Elmer J. and Lucy (Danforth) Felt:
1. Harold Danforlh Felt, b. at Peru, 0., 17 Oct. 1891.
2. Wendell Kaleel Felt, b.at Norwalk, 0., 25 March, 1894.
446.
Capt. Horace Perry* {Aro,'' Samuel,^ William,^ Jonathan,*
Samicel,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Peru, O., 17 May, 1833 ;
married 7 Sept. 1865, Emma, daughter of Henry Thomas and Nancy
Irwin (Wales) Butterworth, born 12 April, 1841. Her grand
parents were Hicksite Quakers, and removed from Virginia to Ohio
at an early day, on account of their anti-slavery principles. Capt.
Danforth served in the War for the Union in co. H, 106 regt. 111.
Vol. Inf., in Tennessee, Mississippi and (after the fall of Vicksburg)
in Western states. Has been a farmer and horticidturist. Resides
at Ann Arbor, Mich.
Children :
i. Aro Butterworth,^ b. at Peru, 17 Jan. 1867; d. at Mound
City, 13 Oct. 1868.
ii. Caroline, b. at Mound City, 3 April, 1869 ; m. 22 April, 1895,
Frank B. Gregg, M.D, ; residence, Wellington, 0. Child :
Robert Danforth Gregg, b. 28 Jan. 1901.
iii. Efpie Lynch, b. at Butterworth Station, Warren co., O., 24
Oct. 1873 ; grad. Univ. of IVIich. ; teacher in the Misses Ely's
school, in New York city.
iv. Robert Southgate, b. at Butterworth Station, O., 25 Dec. 1875 ;
grad. Univ. of Mich. ; residence. Mill City, Ore.
V. Henry Thomas, b. at Butterworth Station, O., 5 May, 1879.
447.
Albert Parkman^ {Isaac C.,'' Samuel,^ William,^ Jonathan,*
Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ JSTicholas^), born 1 Aug. 1852 ; died 13 May,
1892 ; married; was a telegraph operator at Detroit.
NINTH GENEKATION.
450.
George Henry' (^Thomas Shepard,^ Thomas,'' Tho^nas,^ Sam-
uel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 15 Aug.
1844 ; married 12 Sept. 1870, Sarah H. (Grant) Wilson. Kesidence,
Alexandria, Neb.
ChUd:
Lola Mat,io b. 25 March, 1881.
451.
Francis Eugene' {Thomas 8hepard,^ Thomas,'' Thomas,^
Samuel,^ Samuel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,* Nicholas^), born 23 Feb.
1851; married 15 Sept. 1878, Mrs. Annette C. (Howe) Smith,
daughter of Joseph T. and Eliza D. Smith, born in Natickin 1844.
Ch ildren :
i. Edward Archer,^'' b. in Natick 16 Dec. 1879.
ii. Lillian Jennie, b. in Natick 24 April, 1882.
454.
Eugene Henry' {Henry R,^ Jarvis,'' William,^ Oliver,^ Sam-
uel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born 10 Dec. 1854 in Bos-
ton; married first, 11 Feb. 1885, Priscilla P., daughter of James
and Eliza Lynde, born in 1857 ; she died 1 Jan. 1891. He married
second, 15 June, 1898, Melissa Hodgdon, widow, of East Boothbay,
Me. Besides in Chelsea.
455.
James Henry' {GeorgeW.,^ Henry T.,' Jonathan,^ Elhanah,^
Samuel,* Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), hovn 20 Sept. 1872;
married 16 Oct. 1895, Daisy E. Adams.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 335
456.
Eugene Gustave' (B. Franklin,^ Henry T.,' Jonathan,'' El-
ha7iah,° Sa7nnel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born in Louisi-
ana, Mo., 17 March, 1868; married 2 March, 1892, Ida May,
daughter of Sylvester Warren and Sarah Ann (Scaly) Newton,
bom in Shandon co., O., 10 May, 1873. Residence, Osage Mis-
sion, Kansas.
Child:
A son, born 2 Sept. 1893.
457.
J. George® {Charles l/ewis,^ Z/ewis,'' James,^ Elkanah,^ Sam-
uel,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ JV^icholas^ ) , born in Sinclairville, N. Y.,
1 Sept. 1865; married at Springlake, Dak., 1 Nov. 1887, Mary
Eveline, daughter of John and Ann (Hooper) Edwards, of York-
shire, Eng., born in Hazel Green, Wis., 22 Aug. 1869. Residence,
Rockford, 111.
Children :
i. Hattie May,io b. in Danforth 30 Aug. 1888.
ii. Josephine Ann, b. in Rockford, 111., 6 Oct. 1889.
ill. Bessie, b. in Rockford 22 Sept. 1891.
iv. Lilian, b. in Rockford 14 Dec. 1892.
458.
Lewis Everett® (Charles Lewis,^ Lewis,'' James, ^ Ellcanah,^
Samuel,* Sa7nuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born in Sinclairville, N.
Y., 10 Dec. 1868 ; married at Spokane Falls, Wash., in Feb. 1889,
Clara M. Coy. Residence, Spokane Falls.
Child :
NiNA,i° b. in 1891.
459.
Henry Delaplaine® (John B.,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Thomas,^
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ Nicholas^), born 7 Oct. 1840;
married 17 Dec. 1872, Jane WicklifFe, daughter of William Carter
and Elizabeth (Garnett) (Dickinson) Knight, born 5 June, 1846.
He died of paralysis 19 Aug. 1878. He was educated at Richmond
CoUege; was a teacher from 1859 to 1861. In the Civil War he
entered service in the ranks. Served under Stonewall Jackson dur-
ing winter of 1861, was twice wounded at Kingstown, March 1862,
336 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
furloughed and transferred to Martin's battery. In Feb. 1863 be-
came Ist Lieut. ; was for a brief time on Gen. Longstreet's staff,
and in March joined Gen. Garnet's brigade of Pickett's division with
which he continued to the end of the war acting as ordnance officer,
Inspector General and Asst. Adjutant general. In 1865 as Captain
of Cavalry commanded the remnant of the brigade and surrendered
it at Appomatox Court House. Returning to Richmond he became
in June 1865, Asst. Sec. of the Mutual Assurance Co., and on the
death of his father succeeded him as Secretary thereof.
Children :
i. Elizabeth Knight,*° b. 14 Oct. 1875; d. 31 July, 1876.
ii. John Buchanan, b. 20 April, 1877.
460.
Edward Harshaw^ {Echvard Moseley,^ Edward John,'' Ed-
ward,^ Thoynas," Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,' Nicholas^'), born
in Summit, Wis. 4 Aug., 1852 ; educated at Allen's Grove, W. and
at Oshkosh, Wis., engaged in hardware trade. He married 17 June,
1875, Ella, daughter of John F. and Sarah C. (Young) Bishop,
born in Lowell 7 Feb. 1856.
Children :
i. Edward Moseley,^" b. in Oshkosh 26 Jan. 1877.
ii. Earl, b. in Philadelphia, 13 Nov. 1881.
460a.
George Henry ^ {George Henry, ^ Edward John,'' Edward,^
Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,'^ Sanniel,^ JSTicIiolas^), born in Mor-
ristown, N. J., 16 July 1868 ; passed his childhood in Madison, N.
J. ; grad. Yale Univ. ]890 ; resided in Switzerland for a year with
the family. Returning, he was with the Am. Bank Note Co. in
New York till 1894, when he went to California, where he was an
assayer two years. At present he has a position with the Union
Carbide Co. at Niagara Falls, N. Y. He married in Millburn, N.
J., 22 Jan. 1891, Elizabeth Henderson, daughter of J. Q. Ay mar
and Elizabeth Ann (Henderson) Williamson of Wyoming, N. J.,
born in Jersey City, 25 Feb. 1864.
Children :
i. Elizabeth Henderson,^") , „ T.y irim
ii. George Henry, Jr.,^" \^-^ ^^^- ^^^^-
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 337
461.
Rev. James Romeyn,* Jr. {James R.,^ Edward J.,'' Ed-
ivard,^ Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'' jS/'icholas^), born
in Woodstock, 111., 7 July, 1868; he was married at Mystic,
Conn., 21 May, 1897, by his father, to Prudence M., eldest daugh-
ter of Samuel Cheeseboro and Sarah Catharine (Ilancox) Lang-
worthy, born 1 Sept. 1870. Grad. Amherst Coll. 1888 ; Yale
Theol. Sem. 1891 ; Marburg, Germany, 1891-2 ; settled in Mystic,
Conn., in 1892; at St. Albans, Vt., 1897; at High St. Church,
Auburn, Me., 1 June, 1901.
Children :
i. Catherine Hancox,^° b. at St. Albans, Vt., 30 April, 1898.
ii. James Romeyn (third), b. at same, 8 March, 1901.
461«.
Rey. Ralph Emerson* (James R.," Edicard J.,'' Edward,^
Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ Nicholas^'), born in
Philadelphia, Pa., 1 Oct. 1877 ; studied in Liege, Rome and Berlin ;
also in AVilliams Coll. and Union Theol. Seminary ; was ordained
at Newfane, Vt., 1 Feb. 1901. He married in Jersey City, N. J.,
9 Nov. 1899, Bertha, dauirhter of Isaac Stuart and Margaret Eliza
(Fitch) Taylor, born 10 Aug. 1868.
Children :
i, Stuart Tatlor,i° b. in Jersey City, N. J., 23 Sept. 1900.
ii, Edward Joseph, b. in Newfane, Vt., 20 Feb. 1902.
462.
Edward William^ (JoZfH,** William,'' William,^ Thomas,'
Thomas,* 8amuel,^ Samuel,^ JSFicholns^), born in Jersey City,
5 May, 1844; died at Hoboken, N. J., 19 June, 1890; married
Anna Mary, daughter of John M. and Jemima Reeder, of Port
Jervis, N. Y., born 12 March, 1843.
He enlisted with his father in 1861, and served out his time ; ap-
pointed second sergeant; was afterward quartermaster. AVas some
time in the office of the Morris and Essex R. R. at Hoboken, N.J.
Children :
i. Mary Edna,i^ b, in New York 1 0 Feb. 1872.
ii. Ella Wilckens, b. in New York 26 Sept- 1873
iii. Elizabeth Reeder, b. in Hoboken 31 May, 1876 ; d. at Ho-
boken 23 July, 1878,
338 DAISHFOETH GENEALOGY.
463.
John Howard^ (Jo/m,^ William,'' William,^ Tliomas,^ Thom-
as,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'' JVtcholas^), born at Oswego, N. Y., 4
Nov. 1854; married 8 June, 1882, Katherine C. Ingersoll, bom
in Cleveland, O., 25 July, 1861.
Children :
i. Katherine Howard,^" b. in Cleveland 1 May, 1883.
ii. Arthur Edwards, b. in Cleveland 6 Nov. 1884.
iii. Mary Louise, b. in Cleveland 21 Feb. 1889.
iv. Eleanor, b. in Cleveland 23 March, 1891.
V. Harold Curtiss, b. in Cleveland 22 Oct. 1892.
463«.
Frederick William^ (Freder-ick Lyman,^ Josiah,'' William,^
Thomas,^ Thomas,* 8amuel,^ Samuel,^ JSficholas^) , born in
Buffalo 15 July, 1860; married 22 June, 1893, Grace Wilcox, of
Providence, R. I. He is a dealer in Real Estate and Mortgages in
Buffalo.
Children :
i. Emma Louise,^'' b. 28 Sept. 1896.
ii. Frederick Wilcox, b. 24 May, 1900.
464.
Frank Lobdell' {Frederick Lyman,^ Josiah,'' William,^
Thomas,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born at
Buffalo N. Y., 18 Aug. 1862; married first, 23 June, 1885,
Susette Bertha, daughter of Wm. Hull and Jane Eliza (Tate)
Barnes, born in Buffalo 13 Dec. 1863. He married second, Mrs.
Augustine L. Walker. He is a real estate dealer in Buffalo.
Children :
i. Clara Barnes,^" b. 19 June, 1888.
ii. Frederick Lyman, b. 21 Dec. 1892.
464 ff.
William Edgar^ {Frederick L.,^ Josiah, "" William,^ Thomas,''
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'' Nicholas^), born at Buffalo, N. Y.,
28 Sept. 1864; married 28 Sept. 1897, Edith, daughter of Walter
Scott and Anna Marilla (Hines) Ovens, born in Buffalo 17 Sept.
1873. He is cashier of the Commercial Bank of Buffalo.
Child :
Janet,i° b. 26 May, 1900.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 339
464 5.
Nahtoi Elijah'' {Elijah,^ JSFahum,' Elijah,^ Elijah,' Thom-
as,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'' Nicholas^), born at Jefferson, N. Y. ;
married there Florence Hendrickson. Agriculturist.
ChUd:
Hannah Alice^° : m. Smith L. Multer.
464 c.
George Elmer' {Sylvanus M.,^ JSTahim,' Elijah,^ Elijah,'
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'^ Nicholas^), born at Jefferson, N. Y. ;
married Romelie Hubbard. Agriculturist.
Children :
i. Blanche A.^"
ii. Edna.
iii. Harry.
iv. Lucy.
464 d.
Charles L.^ {Sylvanus M.,^ JVahum,'' Elijah,^ Elijah,'
TJiomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^) , born at Jefferson, N. Y. ;
married Flora Haines. Residence, St. Joseph, Mich. Painter.
Child :
Ethel.io
464 e.
Cllftord G.' (Sylvanus 31.,^ Nahum,'' Elijah,^ Elijah,'
Tliomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born at Jefferson, N. Y. ;
married Nancy Stewart. Agriculturist.
Children :
i. Mabel E.^o
ii. " Baby."
464/.
Herbert Mortlnier' (Erskine,^ JSfahum,'' Elijah,^ Elijah,'
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Nicholas^), born at Athens, N. Y.,
26 June, 1862; married at Milwaukee, Wis., 9 July, 1885, Lena
Anna, daughter ofLudwig Pracht, born 5 Sept. 1848, at Buchenan,
Kreis Biedenkopf, Preusen, Germany.
Farmer and stamp collector ; clerk, letter-carrier, horticulturist,
carpenter, author and inventor; resides at Benton Harbor, Mich.
340 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
ChOd:
Lillian Grace," b. at Chicago, 111., 13 April, 1886.
465.
Henry Jay," ( William A.,^ Heni-y 31.,'' Samuel,^ Elijah,"
Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,'' Nicholas^) born 21 Nov. 1868;
married 2 June, 1891, Mrs. Celia McKastern, daughter of Joseph
and Susannah (Paget) Miller, born in Aurora, 111., 9 July, 1862.
Resides at Bowling Green, O.
Child :
Elwood Miller," b. 1 April, 1892.
466.
Almon George," {William A., ^ Henry M.,'' Samuel,^ Eli-
jah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Samuel,^ Micholas^) born 24 June,
1870; died 4 March, 1899; married June 25, 1891, Helen
Matilda, daughter of James and Eliza (Brookes) AVjthe, born in
Buffalo, 10 Dec. 1870.
Child :
Ethel May," b. 6 Nov. 1891.
466 a.
Arthur Jerome" ( William A.,^ Henry 31.,'' Samuel,^ Eli-
jah,^ Thomas,* Samuel,^ Sam^iel,^ JV^icholas^), born 26 June,
1875 ; married 25 Sept. 1901, Christina Van Natter. Residence,
Buff'alo, N. Y.
467.
George Chester" {Almon G.,^ Asa H.,^ Asa,^ Elijah,''
Thomas,* Samiiel,^ Samuel,^ JVicholas^), born at Washington,
111., 11 Aug. 1862; grad. Chicago Law School 1882; several
years cashier of his father's bank; in 1899, with his brother-in-law,
Mr. McCoy, purchased the Gas and Electric Light Plants of De-
catur, 111. ; sold and removed to Hammond, Ind., where he built a
gas plant ; sold to an association, and removed to Independence,
Mo., where he owns the lighting plant.
He married 12 Sept. 1882, Peachy Bacon, of Louisville, Ky.
Children :
i. Byron," now a pupil at Armour Institute, Chicago, 111.
ii. Frances Y„ in school at Knoxville, 111.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 341
468.
Henry F.' (Thomas H.,^ Thomas A.,' Joseph,'' Thomas,"
Thomas,* Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 1 April, 1837 ;
married 10 Oct. 1859, Elosia T. Blaisdell, born in Nov. 1840.
Child :
Nellie Amanda,^'' b. 8 Jan. 1860.
468 a.
Frank Hoffman^ {Thomas Henry, ^ Thomas A.,"" Joseph,^
Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,"^ Jonathan,"^ JSficholas^) born in
Boston 3 Jan. 1869; married 15 Sept. 1897, Grace Elizabeth,
daughter of George Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Duetin,
born 20 Jan. 1871. He is a broker; residence Somerville.
Child :
Marion,io b. 1 June, 1900.
469.
George Marshall® (Benjamin F.,^ Benjamin F.,'' Thomas,''
Thomas,^ Thomas,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) born 19
May, 1853 ; farmer at Rindge ; married 15 April, 1880, Emma
A. Jones, of Rindge, born 19 April, 1858. The pair weighed on
the wedding day, 460 pounds. He died 5 Dec. 1891.
Children :
i. Marcus,^" K 20 Jan. 1881.
n. Mabel, j
iii. Grace, b. 17 Sept. 1889.
iy. Clarence, ) ^_ ^^ ^gg^^
V. Florence,) -'^
470.
Alfred H.® (Ehenezer,^ Jonathan,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,* Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ JVicholas^) born 25 Cept.
1827 ; married in 1851, Lucia R. Clement; residence, Hamburg, la.
471.
Charles^ (Fbenezer,^ Jonathan.," Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan^ Jonathan^ Jonathan- JSFicholas^) bom in May, 1832;
married Marcia Alexander. Residence, Ainsworth, Nebraska.
342 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
472.
Samuel Salem® or Sainiuel Silas® {James,^ Jonathan,'' Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Nicholas^),
born 11 March, 1849; married 2 July, 1873, in Massena, N. Y.,
Jenny C, daughter of Henry B. and Caroline C. (Morse) White.
Residence, Massena Springs, N. Y., "using part of the house built
by his father 76 years ago."
Children :
i. Kate L.^*^ ; m. 18 Jan. 1900, James Phipps.
ii. Cora ; m. 12 Feb. 1901, John P. McLean.
473.
Albert Lewis® {Albert G.,^ Leonard,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Mcholas^), born 26 April,
1847 ; married Mary Ellen Stoddard, of Stamford, P. Q.
Children :
i. George Albert.^"
ii. Harry Fitzgerald.
iii. Alice.
474.
Harvey Lewis® {Harvey B.,^ Leonard,'' Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born 28
March, 1853 ; married 2 Aug. 1880, Sarah L. Holmes.
474«.
Albert Calvin® (Albon James,^ Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,' Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at
Bombay, N. Y., 17 May, 1848; was educated at Fort Covington
Academy; at the age of 17 enlisted in the same regiment with his
father, the 14th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and served to the end of the
war. Studied for the ministry and entered the Black River Confer-
ence of the M. E. Church ; is now (1902) presiding elder of Water-
town District of the Northern N. Y. Conference ; residing at Water-
Lown, N. Y.
He married 11 May, 1875, Lucy Maroa, daughter of Rufus and
Adeline (Wilcox) Davenport, of Malone, N. Y., born at Bangor,
N. Y., 10 April, 1852.
Children :
i. Guy RufuSj^" b. at West Stockholm, N. Y., 12 June, 1876 ;
grad. Univ. of Buffalo Deutal College; m. 11 June, 1900,
Anna B., dau. of Philip and Ida Sage, of Copenhagen, N. Y.
He is a dentist in Watertown, N. Y.
ii. Harley Albon, b. at Nicholsville, N. Y., 4 Dec. 1881*; grad.
Mexico, N. Y., High School. REsides with parents.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 343
474 6.
Leslie Russell' {Alhon James,^ Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at
Bombay, N. Y., 29 March, 1849 ; married Margaret Ann, daugh-
ter of Robert and Mary Ann BLick, born at Oswego, N. Y,, 1 May,
1856. He is a minister of the M. E. Church, now (1902) pastor
of the First Church of Haverhill, Mass.
Children :
i. Mary Frances,^" b. at Quincy 8 Oct. 1873.
ii. Calvin Otis, b. at Fort Covington, N. Y., 20 Jan. 1876.
ill. Ella Leeta, b. at Groveton, N. H., 9 July, 1886.
iv. Lottie Estelle, b. at Goffstown, N. H., 16 Oct. 1890 ; cl. at
Lancaster, N. H., 20 May, 1897.
474 c.
Charles Winters® (Albon James, ^ Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^^, bom at
Fort Covington, N. Y. Resides at Manchester, N. H.
474 d.
Otis Stanley® (Albon James,^ Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,"^ JV^icholas^ ) born at Fort
Covington, N. Y. He entered the ministry of the Baptist church
at Manchester, N. H., but after two years of successful work re-
signed and joined the Methodist Conference. He was a very popu-
lar minister, occupying prominent pulpits and much esteemed
wherever he went. Attended the Chicago Danforth Family Meet-
ing, and will be remembered with pleasure by all who saw and heard
him there. He died of Bright's disease at the home of his brother.
Rev. A. C. Danforth, at Cfayton, N. Y., 15 Sept. 1896. He mar-
ried Minnie J., daughter of George F. and Martha Marshall, of
Colebrook, N. H. She survives him and resides at Brockton, Mass.
Children :
i. Angie Mae,^" b. 16 Nov. 1885.
ii. Richard Otis, b. 27 July, 1891 ; resides with his uncle, Rev.
Leslie R. Danforth.
474 e.
William Faber® (Albon James,^ Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,° Jonathan," Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), was some
time overseer in a large cotton mill at Bedford, Mass.
344 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
474/
Stanley Faber' {Stanley Faber,^ Luther,'' Jonathan,^ Jo-
nathan,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ jSficholas^) , born 16
March, 1866 ; married, first, Susan Dingman ; married second,
Cora Voodar. Resides at Dexter, N. Y.
Children :
i. Gordon,!" b. 18 March, 1898.
ii. Gertrude, b. Feb. 1901.
475.
Charles Frederick® (Isaac,^ Israel,'' David,^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JSficholas^^, married Elizabeth
Darling. He is a shoe manufacturer at Bangor, Me.
Child :
Joseph.!"
476.
Frederick® {Charles,'^ Israel,'' David,^ Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ JSficholas^^ , born 8 Feb. 1848;
married 6 Dec. 1880, Caroline A. Stevens, of Pittston. He is a
civil engineer. Residence, Gardiner, Me.
Children :
i. George Clapp,^" b. 9 Sept. 1881.
ii. Margaret.
iii. Richard.
477.
George Frederick® (Franklin,^ Israel,'' David,^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JSTicholas^ ) , bom 7 Sept.
1844; married 31 Dec. 1871, Emma Maria Sawyer, of Norridge-
vvock. Me. He is a dentist at Norridgewock.
Children :
i. Alice,!" b. 8 June, 1874.
ii. Henry.
478.
Edward Franklin® {Franklin,^ Israel,'' David,^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ), born 1 Sept.
1856 ; married Harriet Cowan, of Riverside, Me. Lawyer, Skow-
hegan, Me.
Children :
i. Annie.!"
ii. Franklin.
DANFOETH GENEALOGY. 345
480.
Henry Gold' {George Franklin,^ Isaac,'' Davicl,^ Jonathan,^
Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'' Nicholas'^, born at Kochester,
N. Y., 14 June, 1854; grad. H. U. 1877, LL.B. 1880; nian-ied
8 Nov. 1888, Edwina Louisa, daughter of Edwin and Josephine
(Hewes) Blake, of Buffalo, N. Y. He is a lawyer of large prac-
tice, residing in Rochester.
481.
Geoege Heney^ {George Henry," Aaron,'' Benjamin,'^ Jona-
tlian,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,- Nicholas^), born 18
Oct. 1859 ; married 7 Oct. 1881, Laura E. Clark, of Rockland, Me.
482.
Joseph Francis' {Joseph Varnmn,^ Aaron,'' Benjamin,^
Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born
in Troy, N. H., 31 Dec. 1854; married 12 Oct. 1882, in Cincin-
nati, O., Elizabeth Frances, daughter of Joseph and Alice (Thomas)
Folmer, born in Cincinnati, O., 1 May, 1857.
Children :
i. Josephine Frances,^" b. in Cameron, 111., 14 July, 1883.
ii. Joseph Charles, b. in Cameron, 111., 20 Julj, 1885.
483.
Phineas Aranthus' {Phineas Alpheus,^ Robert,'' SamueJ,^
Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ JSficholas^) , born
in Ogden, N. Y., 28 March, 1828; died at Rochester, N. Y., 6
Nov. 1874; married at Gait, Ont., 7 Oct. 1852, Elizabeth
Cheeseman, born in Gait, Ont., 18 April, 1836. Mrs. Elizabeth
(Cheeseman) Danforth married second, 8 June, 1882, David
Rudman, of Irondequoit, Monroe co., N. Y. ; he died 1 March,
1887.
Children :
i. Minerva Hephzibah,i^ b. m Gait 18 Aug. 1853 ; d. at Roch-
ester 14 Feb. 1859.
ii. Frances Eliza, b. at Flora, Ont., 4 Dec. 1855 ; m. 24 Jan.
1881, John Edward Swift, sou of John Wm. and Celia (Aus-
tin) Swift, b. in Chicago, 111., 12 Feb. 1857.
iii. John Alpheus, b. in Gainesville, N. Y., 24 Feb. 1857 ; d. at
Rochester 3 July, 1859.
346 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
iv. Harriet Elizabeth, b. in Rochester 12 Oct. 1858; d. at
Salem, Ont., 6 Nov. 1868.
V. George Edwin, b. iii Rochester 18 Feb. 1861 ; d. at St. Cath-
erine's, Ont., 27 Sept. 1861.
vi. Eunice Manning, b. at St. Catherine's, Ont., 27 June, 1862 ;
d. at Rochester, N. Y., 24 July, 1900; m, 31 Dec. 1883,
George E. Hodges, b. in Bowdoinham, Me., 22 July, 1854.
Res. Rochester.
Children of George E. and Eunice M. (Danforth) Hodges :
1. Florence Ethel Hodges, b. in Rochester 22 Dec. 1884.
2. George Raymond Hodges, b. in Rochester 7 Feb., d. 7
June, 1886.
3. Eunice Mabel Hodges, b. in Rochester 11 June, d.
6 Aug. 1887.
4. Willie Hodges, b. in Rochester 10 April, 1890 ; d.
10 Aug. 1890.
vii. Hephzibah Cross, b. in Salem, Ont., 12 March, 1864; m. in
Rochester 16 June, 1887, .John Frederic Farber, son of John
Philip and Sarah Elizabeth (EUwanger) Farber, b. 3 March,
1863. Res. Rochester.
Children of John F. and Hephzibah C. (Danforth) Farber :
1. Elizabeth Danforth Farber, b. in Rochester 24 June,
1888.
2. Frederick EUwanger Farber, b. in Rochester 31 Dec.
1897.
viii. Evelyn, b. in Salem, Out., 29 March, 1866 ; d. at Irondequoit,
N. Y., 3 March, 1883.
ix. Elizabeth, b. in Salem, Ont., 6 April, 1868; m. in Batavia,
N. Y., 3 May, 1892, Shirley Nelson, son of Dwight and Anne
(Pease) Osborn, b. at Newbury, O,, 13 July, 1868. Residence,
Cleveland, O.
Child :
Evelyn Danforth Osborn, b. 17 Nov. 1893.
483 a.
Augustus Melville^ {Phineas A.,^ Robert,'' Samuel," Ben-
jamin,^ JonatJian,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan," JVicIiolas^), born in
Rochester, N. Y., 6 July, 1831; died 8 Oct. 1890; residence,
Gainesville, N. Y. ; P. O., Silver Springs. He married in Gaines-
ville, N. Y., 22 Sept. 1859, Thcrina Maria, daughter of Daniel
and Mary E. (St. Clair) Freeman, born in Rutland, Vt., 14 Dec.
1840.
Children :
544. i. Frederic Mortimer,'^ b. in Gainesville 14 Aug. 1860.
545. ii. Louis Edward, b. in Gainesville 20 Aug. 1863.
Two other children died in infancy.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. • 347
484.
George Douglas* (Hiram,^ Cyrus,'' Samuel,'' Benjamin,"
Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'' Nicholas'), born in Fletcher,
Vt., 16 March, 1855; farmer; P. O. address, Buck Hollow,
Franklin co., Vt. Married 25 Oct. 1877, Emma Dell Rugg, born
in Fairfax, Vt., 14 Feb. 1856.
Children :
i, Harlan Douglas,^" b. 5 Oct. 1878.
ii. Jennie Bell, b. 21 June, 1880.
iii. Allen Elbridge, b. 29 April, 1886.
iv. Hazel Dell, b. 3 March, 1887.
V. Nina Pearl, b. 8 Sept. 1889.
vi. Inez Jessie, b. at BuckhaUow, Vt., 28 Sept. 1894.
485.
Daniel Sylvester** (Isaac Hill,^ Daniel C.,' Peter, ^ Benja-
min,^ Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at St.
Albans, Vt., 27 May, 1848 ; was many years conductor on Central
Vt. Railway ; sometime proprietor of Albion Hotel, Montreal ;
married 22 Jan. 1868, Eunice G. Wheeler, of Fletcher, Vt. Re-
sides (1902) at St. Albans, Vt. Has taken great interest in Free
Masonry ; has attained the " 33d degree " and held very high ofl&ces
in the fraternity.
486.
Dana Stephen® {Elisha Lee,^ Daniel C.,'' Deter, ^ Benjamin,^
Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ J^icholas'), born in Liberty,
O., 12 June, 1853; married 16 Oct. 1877, Julia Amanda Riner,
born in Onarga, 111., 2 Jan. 1859. Resides (1902) at Del Rey,
Iroquois, co., 111.
Children :
1. Mart Abbt,i« b. 15 July, 1878; m. 25 Jan. 1900, Charles
Murphy, b. 29 Aug. 1870.
Children :
1. Vera May Murphy, b. 19 Dec. 1900.
2. Lela Pearl Murphy, b. 24 Aug. 1901.
ii. Arthur Lee, b. 9 April, 1882.
iii. Walter Clyde, b. 6 Nov. 1885.
iv. Ray Riner, b. 3 Oct. 1890.
348 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
487.
Philander Gordon® {Samuel,^ David,'' Peter,'^ Benjamin,^
Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JVichoIas^'), born 25 April,
1855; married 9 April, 1887, Dora Skidmore, born 5 Dec. 1857,
Mansfield, O. ; painter and decorator; res. Elkhart, Ind. (1890).
Thomas Cor\^tn® {Jeremiah Morroto,^ David,'' Peter, ^ Benja-
min,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^) , born in Union
CO., O., 14 Sept. 1848 ; married 2 April, 1884, Charlotte Elizabeth
Langworthy, born in Princeton, O., 8 Dec. 1861, He was for sev-
eral years a school teacher, and was editor of the "Record," Eed
Oak, Iowa. In 1890 in mercantile business with his brother-in-law,
Robert A. Linn. In 1902 merchant, and postmaster at Peoria, O.
Children :
i. Polly Roberta,^" b. 14 April, 1888.
ii. WiLLETTA Elizabeth, b. 5 May, 1889.
488a.
David Sargent' {Jeremiah M.,^ David,'' Peter,^ Benjamin,^
Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ JVicholas^) born at Raymond's,
O., 24 Jan. 1861 ; married 3 April, 1884, Jenny May Tobey, born
at York Centre, O., 16 Sept. 1863. He is a farmer; lived on the
farm where he was born many years. After several removals resides
(1902) near Marysville, O.
Children :
i. Gkace Mat,!'' ^^ jg ^eh. 1885.
ii. Thomas Dwight, b. 22 Aug. 1889.
iii. Florence Marguerite, b. 12 Jan. 1884.
489.
George Dexter' {Oapt. Joseph,^ Joseph,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,^
8amuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JSficholas^), born 23 Jan. 1843;
married 18 Nov. 1875, Ann Ella Teague, born 19 May, 1851 ; died
6 April, 1881. He is a miller and box manufacturer, resides at
Tyngsboro. With his father he took great interest in the commence-
ment of the Danforth Family Meetings and has rendered valuable as-
sistance to the committee preparing this volume, in matter relating
to this section of the family.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 349
Children :
i. Joseph Dexter,^o b. 8 Sept. 1876; )in class of 1902, Tufts
ii. Charles Wakuen, b. 12 Aug. 1878 ; j College.
iii. Ellon Teague, b. 5 April, 1881, — 26 hours old when his mother
died; has served at the Philippine Islands in Co. C, 21st U. S.
Infantry ; was honorably discharged 29 Jan. 1902.
490.
Kev. James^ {James M.D.,^ Josiah,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Sam-
uel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,- Nicholas^), born in New Boston, N.
H., 2 July, 1846; married in July, 1884, Carolina F., daughter of
Capt. Joseph Danforth (No. 351).
He was graduated at Meadville ; entered the ministry and was
ordained pastor of the First Parish in Dunstable 11 Nov. 1884.
Resides now in Tyngsboro.
491.
Ola Henry' {Joseph Henrij,^ Asa,'' Josiah,^ Joseph,^ Sam-
uel,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 19 June, 1858;
married 24 Oct. 1885, Annie Gray, daughter of Alexander and
Mary (Barton) Gray, born in Oldtown, 1 Sept. 1858 ; resided for-
merly at North Stratford, N. H. ; removed to Oldtown, Me.
Children :
i. Joseph Harry,io b. 6 May, 1888.
ii. Herbert Gray, b. 9 Dec. 1889.
492.
Theodore Thomas^ {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,^
Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 30 July, 1855 ; died in
Walla Walla, Wash., 21 March, 1891; shoe dealer in Dunkirk,
N. Y. Married 25 June, 1889, in Dunkirk, Harriet C. Fullager.
Child :
Thomas Fullager, ^° b. in Dunkirk, 6 Oct. 1891.
492 a.
Henry Joel® {Joel,^ TJiomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathayi,^ Nicholas^) born at Jamestown, N. Y., 27
July, 1865; married at Toledo, O., 21 Sept. 1892, Alice M.,
daughter of Alfred and Mary Kellar, bom at Sandusky, O., 30 Sept.
1868. Residence, Milwaukee, Wis.
Children :
i. Ralph Kellar,^" b. at Warren, Pa., 26 June, 1893.
ii. Martha, b. at Milwaukee, Wis., 30 Nov. 1897.
350 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
493.
AsAHEL Beach' (Jw5^m,® TJiomas Paine,'' Jonathan,^ Thomas,^
Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Rutledge,
N. Y., 30 Sept. 1831 ; married first, 2 Sept. 1854, Sila Elizabeth
West, born in Warren co.. Pa., 14 Oct. 1836 ; died at Greenville,
Mich., 3 March, 1864. He married second, at Greenville, in July
1865, Mary Ann, daughter of Garrett and Maria Sager, born in
Albany, N. Y., 19 Nov. 1835. In furniture business, Ovid, Mich.
Children :
550. i. EsTELLES Horace,^" b. in Lament, Mich., 2 March, 1856.
551. ii. Clarence West, b. in Greenville, Mich., 3 May, 1858.
iii. Leslie, b. in 1860 ; d. in Nov. 1875 ; drowned, skating on
Thanksgiving day.
iv. Hattie Maud, b. in Greenville, Mich., 27 Nov. 1867.
494.
Van Ness George® {Justin,^ Thomas Paine,'' Jonathan,'
Thomas,^ 8amuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in
Columbus, Pa., 12 Sept. 1836 ; hotel keeper and merchant, Detroit,
Marion co., Oregon. Married in Greenville, Mich., 6 Dec. 1860,
Lucina Almira, daughter of Isaac D. and Deborah (Church) MiUer,
born in Pontiac, Mich,, 14 April, 1837.
Children :
i. DeWitt Weslet,^° b. in Greenville, Mich., 21 Jan. 1865 ; res.
Detroit, Oregon,
ii. Florence Alma, b. in Greenville, 24 Aug. 1868 ; d. in Sept.
1897 ; m. Clyde S. Keep, 2 Dec. 1885 ; b. in Eckford. Mich.,
21 Nov. 1860, son of Simeon Bert and Catherine (Rickner)
Keep ; tel. operator, Grand Ledge, Mich.
ChUd of Clyde S. and Florence A. (Danforth) Keep :
Glen Allison Keep, b. in Rodney, 26 Sept. 1886.
iii. Helen Adeline, b. in Evarts, Osceola co., Mich., 20 Nov. 1873 ;
m. 12 Sept. 1893, Saxon Patten Kerr, b. in Quebec, Canada,
31 Dec. 1854, son of George A. and Margaret (HaU) Kerr.
Children of Saxon P. and Helen A. (Danforth) Kerr :
1. George Saxon Kerr, b, 24 Aug. 1894.
2. Marguerile Emily Kerr, b. 22 April, 1896.
iv. Maude Ethel, b. in Greenvdle, 6 March, 1875 ; d. 12 Sept.
1875.
495.
WiLLARD Johnson® {Justin,^ Thomas Paine,'' Jonathan,^
Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in
Hon. Elliott Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 351
Columbus, Pa., 22 May, 1841; married 17 Jan. 1872, Mary
Margaret, daughter of Richard AVeeks and Mary (Downs) Pierce,
born at Flat Rock, Mich., 28 April, 1844. She is a physician ;
grad. Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 111. ; practised some time
in Georgia. Is supreme medical examiner of the order of "The
Ladies of the Maccabees." Residence, Port Huron, Mich.
495 a.
George Lintner' {Peter Srvart,^ George'' Jonathan," Thom-
as,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 19 July,
1844; married 15 Dec. 1869, Anita, daughter of George and
Hannah (Daggett) Whitaker, of New York City. He is a lawyer,
highly esteemed ; has taken interest in family history, and has in
his possession many ancient commissions and memorials of service.
Residence, Middleburg, N. Y. He was a member of the last State
Constitutional Convention.
Children :
i. Anita,io b. 28 Dec. 1870 ; d. 5 March, 1872.
ii. George Lintner, b. 13 Oct. 1873 ; d. 3 April, 1874.
iii. Pierre Whitaker, b. 11 July, 1875.
495 h.
Elliot^ {Peter Swart,^ George,'' Jonathan," Thomas,^ Sam-
uel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,- JSficholas^) , born 6 March, 1850;
married first, 17 Dec. 1874, Ida Prince, only child of Dr. Gervis
Prince, president of the First National Bank of Bainbridge ; she
died 5 Nov. 1895. He married second, Nov. 30, 1898, Mrs.
Richard Mott Laimbeer, only daughter of James and Mary (Nes-
bitt) Black.
After receiving a liberal education he commenced the study of
law in the office of his father, and was admitted to the bar in Janu-
ary, 1872. Removing to the village of Bainbridge, N. Y., in the
summer of 1878, he formed a law partnership with the Hon.
George H. Winsor. He was chosen a member of the committee
on prizes of the New York State Bar Association, and for three
years held the office of president of the village of Bainbridge, and
one of the directors of the First National Bank, subsequently be-
coming its president. For nine years he was a member of the
school board of his village. Mr. Danforth now entered into the
broad field of politics. From the first liis affiliations were with
the Democratic party, and he came before the people as a represen-
tative of the young Democracy of the Jacksonian school. In 1880 he
was a deleo-ate to the national Democratic convention at Cincinnati,
352 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
and in 1884 to the Democratic national convention at Chicago.
Soon after the election of the Hon. Lawrence J. Fitzgerald as
state treasurer, in 1885, Mr. Danforth was appointed deputy state
treasurer, and was re-appointed deputy for the term of two years.
On the first of October, 1889, he was unanimously nominated by
the Democratic convention at Syracuse for state treasurer, and was
elected to that office, receiving a plurality of 16,000 over Gen. Ira
M. Hedges. He was re-elected in 1891, over the same competitor,
by a plurality of nearly 50,000. In 1892 he was a delegate
to the Democratic national convention held at Chicago, and strongly
advocated the nomination of Senator Hill for president. In 1894
Mr, Danforth opened law offices in the Home Life Building in New
York City, and has been very successful in his practice. In 1896
he was a delegate to the Democratic national convention ; and at
the Buffiilo convention Mr. Danforth was elected chairman of the
Democratic state committee, and conducted the fight in this state
for the nominees of the Chicago convention. In 1897, holding the
same position, he carried through the campaign which resulted in
the election of Alton B. Parker to the office of chief judge of the
Court of Appeals by a plurality of 67,000. In 1898 he was nomi-
nated for the office of lieut. governor, and ran 10,000 votes ahead
of the ticket. In 1899 he was chairman of the executive committee
of the state committee ; and in 1900 was a delegate to the memorable
National Convention of the Democratic party at Kansas City.
Mr. Danforth is a member of the Society of American Authors,
and many of his literary addresses have been published, including
the following : " The Indians of New York," " Old Schoharie,"
and " Mamaroneck."
Children :
i. Mart Prince,io b. 18 Nov. 1875 ; m. in March, 1898, Edward
L. Knight.
ii. Edward, b. 30 Dec. 1878 ; N. Y. Coll. of Physicians and Sur-
geons, class of 1902 ; is to be one of the resident physicians
of Bellevue Hospital after graduation.
495 c.
Charles Henry® (John,^ John,'' JoJm,^ JoJm,^ Saimtel,* Jona-
than,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 1 April, 1850; married 24
Nov. 1875, Clara Eliza Hewes, of Lynnfield, born in Dec. 1850.
Residence, Salem, Mass. In mci'cantile life.
Children :
i. Raymond Hrwks,^° b. 8 Nov. 1877.
ii. Arthur Perkins, b. 19 Jan. 1879.
iii. John, b. 19 Dec. 1880.
DANTORXn GENEALOGY. 353
496.
Aaron Porter® {Aaron Flint, ^ Joseph,'' Joshua," Joshua,"
Samuel,* Jonathan,' Jonathan,'^ Nicholas* ) , bom 23 Nov. 1847 ;
married 14 Feb. 1880, Catheriae Hotfman, of Clucago. He reeidea
in Chicago ; has been a conductor on an express train to Rock Island
for many years.
Cliildren :
i. Stanley Portek,i° b. 20 Oct. 1881 ; d. 17 April, 1882.
ii. Clara Porter, b. in Nov. 1883.
iii. Mary Louise, b. iu March, 1886.
496a.
Benjamin Perry* (Aaron F.,^ Joseph,'' Joseph,'^ Joshua,"
Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ ^icholas^ ), born in Nashua,
N. H., 15 Feb. 1863; married -22 Feb. 1888, Mabel Lewis, of
Lynn. Resides at West Peabody. Is a market gardener.
Children :
i. Benjamin LeoNj^" b. 21 Dec. 1888.
ii. Esther Mabel, b. 30 March, 1890.
iii. Edith Louise, b. 3 March, 1895.
iv. Bernice Lillian, b. 9 Dec. 1896.
V. Elbridge Putnam, b. 21 Dec. 1898 ; d. 22 Oct. 1899.
vi. Susan Elizabeth, b. 2 March, 1901.
497.
Joseph Augustus* {George A.,^ Joseph,'' Joshua," Joshua,"
Samuel,* Jonatha7i,' Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Middleton,
8 July, 1855 ; married 24 Nov. 1874, in Danvers, Ellen O. Dris-
coll, born in Ireland. Resides in Danvers. Is a gardener.
Children :
i. George Augustus,i° b. 23 Septi 1875 ; d. 8 May, 1876.
ii. Joseph Augustus, b. 29 July, 1877.
iii. Mary Ellen, b. 14 May, 1879.
iv. Francis Edward, b. 16 Nov. 1880.
V. Charles Timothy, b. 18 Feb. 1883.
vi. William, b. 24 Dec. 1884.
vii. James, b. 2 Sept. 1886.
viii. Leo, b. iu Oct. 1888.
ix, Alice, b. iu April, 1894.
354 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
498.
George Edwin' (^George A.,^ Josejih,'' Joshua,^ Joshua,^
Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^) , born in Middleton,
3 March, 1859 ; married 14 Aug. 1879, Miriam Richardson, daugh-
ter of Gustavus and Nancy Tufts, born in 1860.
Children :
i. Eva MaV b. in Middleton 25 Aug. 1880; d. 15 Sept. 1881.
ii. Dora Belle, b. in Middleton 14 Dec. 1882.
iii. Norman Leroy, b. in Middleton 1 Aiig. 1886.
500.
Henry Porter® {Henry, ^ Jonathan R.,^ Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^), born at Deer
Creek, 111., 24 Dec. 1849; married first, 31 Jan. 1877, Sarah
Lamphere ; she died 7 Sept. 1888. He married second, 11 Feb.
1893, Lucia Scott. Removed in 1872 to Fairbury, 111. In 1893
resided at Cropsey, McLean co., 111.
Children :
560. i. William Leslie,^" b. 13 June, 1878.
ii. Henry Albert, b. 15 Nov. 1881.
iii. Leroy.
501.
Byron Walker® {Henry, ^ Jonathan R.,'' Jonathan,^ Jona-
than,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,"^ Nicholas^), born at Deer
Creek, 111., 23 Jan. 1852; went in 1873 to Fairbury, 111. ; has a
farm; is engaged in stock raising; married 11 Feb. 1873, Phebe
Van Camp, of Deer Creek, 111.
Child :
Nellie May,^« b. 3 May, 1875; m. 10 March, 1897, Ira, son
of John T. and Ellen" H. Brown, b. 12 Oct. 1874. He is a
farmer ; resides at Fairbury, 111.
Child :
Lura Marie Brown, b. 17 July, 1899.
502.
Lewis Judd® {Henry, ^ Jonathan R.,^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^
Snmiel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^^, born at Deer Creek,
111., 13 Sept. 1858; married 11 Jan. 1883, Julia Kingsbury, of
Washington, 111., born 22 July, 1860. Residence, Deer Creek,
111, ; he is president of the Deer Creek Bank.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 355
Children :
i. Geokge Henry," b. 24 Sept. 1884.
ii. James Walkeh, b. 17 April, 1887.
iii. Elsie Harlan, b. o Dec. 1800.
iv. Isabella, b. 24 Oct. 1894.
V. Mary Florence, b. 10 July, 1897.
vi. Harlan Kingsbury, b. 22 Aug. 1900.
503.
James Austin® (Henyy,^ Jonathan R . ,'' Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'
Samuel,* Jonathan,'* Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Deer Creek,
111., 23 April, 1861; married, 7 Dec. 1887, Mary, daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth B. Pratt, born 30 March, 186(3. He ie
vice-president of the Deer Creek Bank.
Child :
Benjamin Austin," b. 16 Feb. 1889.
504.
Chaeles Ward® {Roderick Foster,^ Charles,'^ Keyes,^ Jona-
than,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), bom 30
April, 1859, at Stone Church, Genessee co., N. Y. ; married in
Baltimore 19 Oct. 1879, Marion Washington, daughter of Richard
W. and Mary E. (Powell) Vaughan, born in Dover, Va., 22 Feb.
1860. Residence, Baltimore, Md. ; in railroad business.
Children :
i. Julia Powell,^" b. in Baltimore 4 Oct. 1880.
ii. Cameron Ward, b. in Bahimore 23 May, 1882.
iii. Ruth Elizabeth, b. in Baltimore 28 Sept. 1884.
iv. Ira Hamilton, b. in Baltimore 17 Feb. 1888.
505.
Montgomery Elias® {Roderick Foster,^ Charles,'' Keyes,^
Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ Nicholas^ ),hovn at
Stone Church, N. Y., 16 Oct. 1861 ; married in Washington, 14
Dec. 1892, Mary Howe Pool, born in Bertie co., N. C, 26 Feb.
1860. (Her father, Hon. John Pool, U. S. senator 1867-1873,
died 16 Aug. 1884, aged 59 years ; he married 16 Dec. 1856,
Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Wm. Mebane, of Bertie co, N. C. ; she
died 16 Oct. 1873, aged 37.)
Residence, Washington, D. C. ; manager of the Washington
branch of the United States Radiator Co. of Dunkirk, N. Y.
356 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
506.
Roderick Foster' (^Roderick Foster ^^ Oharles,'' Keyes,^ Jona-
thans^ Samuel^* Jonatlian^^ Jonathans'^ Nicholas^) s born 12 May,
1863 ; married Minerva Shannon, daughter of George T. and Lydia
Sheldon, born 5 March, 1863. Grad. Georgetown Medical College
in 1885 ; is a surgeon in the U. S. Navy ; now stationed (1902) at
Cebu, Philippine Islands.
507.
John Bartense' {Roderick Foster^* Charles,'' Keyes,^ Jona-
than,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan, ^^ Nicholas^ ) , born 29 May,
1865; married 20 Aug. 1890, at Washington, Gertrude Eva Bee.
He is manager of the Knox Express Co. of Washington, D. C.
507«.
Jesse C* {Timothy 8.,^ Timothy,'' David,^ David," Jacob,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in 1834; married first,
Annette, daughter of Samuel W. and Elizabeth T. Walker, of
Norridgewock, Me. He married second, Mary E. Walker, sister of
his first wife.
Child:
George A.,^" b. in Danbury ; m. Lilla E., dan. of Charles S. and
Mary Cawley, b. in Haverhill, N. H., 1858.
508.
Alfred W.' {Timothy S.,^ Timothy,'' David, ^ David, ^ Jacob,'-
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in Amherst, N. H., in
1844; married 8 Sept. 1873, Alice A., daughter of Daniel Eaton,
born in Randolph, Vt., in 1850.
Children :
i. Bertha Eaton,'" b. in Reading 2 Sept. 1874.
ii. Percy Ray, b, in Reading 19 Oct. 1877.
iii, Alice Lucy, b. in Readiug 22 Nov. 1880.
509.
Frank W.' {Timothy S.,' Timothy,' David," David,' Jacob,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,- Nicholas^), born at Amherst, N. H., in
1847 ; married 14 May, 1868, Emma I., daughter of Sewall and
Margaret Pierce, born in Winchester 1850.
Children :
i. Alfred L.,^° b. in Winchester 6 Nov. 1868.
ii. Clarence Artuur, b. at Reading 22 Dec. 1878 ; d. 9 Aug. 1879.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 357
510.
Col. Charles Carroll' {Joel Crosby,^ Timothi/,' David,'
David," Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born in April,
1831 ; married 23 July, 18G0, Mary A. Holmes, of Nashua.
He went to Wisconsin about 1855», where he remained till 1872,
when he returned to Concord, where he has since resided. Is a
member of the firm of Morrill & Danforth, Insurance Agents ; is
connected with several insurance and investment companies. Has
been a Freemason since Feb. 17, 1859, and has taken numerous
degrees and honors in the fraternity. Has served the public as
member and clerk of the House of Repi'esentatives ; colonel on
governor's staff; member constitutional convention; chairman of
Police Commission of Concord, member of Pan-xVmerican Exposi-
tion commission, etc. He took an active part in several of the
family meetings.
511.
Charles Blanchard' {Charles Pinchney,^ Timothy,'' David,^
David," Jacob,* Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ JSTicholas* ), born in Nashua,
N. H., 30 May, 1841 ; died of pneumonia 15 Jan. 1890; married
12 July, 1863, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Charles W. and
Lydia Church (Tripp) Adams, of Rochester, N. Y., born 24 March,
1842 ; died 17 Sept. 1898, and was buried beside her husband and
his parents in Farm Cemetery, Hudson, N. H.
He was educated in the public schools of Nashua and Northfield
Academy : learned the printer's trade and was a compositor in the
offices of the "Oasis" and "Grazette," of Nashua, and was foreman
and afterward city editor of the Manchester Daily Mirror. He was
connected with the Boston Herald, as reporter, music and dramatic
critic, and city editor, from 1861 until his death in 1890.
In the position of city editor, particularly, Mr. Danforth displayed
capacity and fidelity of a high order.
The Herald's obituary notice was a fine tribute to his worth ; we
quote its opening lines :
" By the death of jMt. Charles B. Danforth, the Herald loses one of the
oldest and most trusty members of its staff. The mere statement that he
held the office of city editor on this paj^er for twenty-five years is sufficient
proof of his capacity and fidelity."
Children :
1. Chables FREr)ERiCK,^°born in Boston 10. July, 1864. Educated
at the Brimmer, Chauncy Hall and English High Schools ; he
358 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
early entered tlie Insurance business and is a fire inspector,
working especially for the prevention of conflagrations. He is
an enthusiastic sportsman and writer on angling and hunting.
ii. Helen Marion, b. 14 Sept. 1866 ; died 11 Sept. 1867.
iii. Frank Pierce, b. 8 May 18G9. He was educated at Nashua,
N. H., and became a photographer. Has an establishment in
Rosario, Argentine Republic ; is a lecturer on South American
topics ; like his brother, a member of the order of the Sons of
the American Revolution.
512.
George Kendall® (^Andrew Jachson^^ David ^"^ David, ^
David,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jo7iathan,'^ JVicholas^), born at Cot-
tage Hill, Cal., 31 Oct. 1857 ; married 25 Dec. 1882, Emma Jane,
daughter of Daniel Sherman and Asenath (Cummings) Baker, of
Nevada City, Cal. He learned, at an early age, the trade of mining
engineer at Virginia City, Nov., and has w^orked at it a large part
of his life ; was with the St. Gothard and Nevada City mine five
years. At other times has followed the business of freighting among
the Sierra Nevadas. Residence, Nevada City.
Children :
i. Sherman Edward,^" b. 4 Jan. 1884; in High School, class of
1903.
ii. George Herbert, b. 22 Dec. 1886 ; learning the blacksmith's
iii. Ida Mat, b. 5 May, 1891 ; d. 10 March, 1892.
iv. Nellie Elizabeth, b. 16 Jan. 1895.
513.
Charles Henry® (Charles O.,^ Simeon G.,'' Solomon,'^ David,*
Jacoh,'^ Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ) , born in Amherst, N. H.,
22 March, 1837 ; shoe dealer ; res. Reading. Married 23 May,
1861, Sarah Frances, daughter of John and Eliza J. Lovejoy, of
Amherst, born 13 Nov. 1836.
Child :
Charles Merrick," b. in Reathug 13 Oct. 1866; d. 19 Feb. 1895 ;
m. Nellie M. Brown, b. 16 July, 1863. She is a music teacher.
Ch : Harold Elwyn,^^ b. 2 Oct. 1892.
514.
John Murray^ {Daniel Osgood,^ Simeon (7./ Solomon,^ Da-
vid,^ Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born at Amherst,
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 359
N. H., 21 Aug. 1845 ; farmer ; married in Merrimack, by his father,
16 Jan. 1878, Mrs. Sarah Augclinc (Coburn) Sargent, born in
Tyngsboro, 14 Oct. 1837 ; resides at Nashua; machinist.
Children :
i. Leox ELLSAroRTn,^° b. 22 March, 1880; gratl, Nashua High
School 1898 ; did a large corn ball business while a mere boy ;
is now a newspaper reporter and correspondent.
ii. Eatmond Edwin, b. 23 Aug. 188G.
515.
George Elmer' {Daniel Osgood,^ Simeon Ciimmings^'' Solo-
mon,^ David,' Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ I^icholas^), hoxn
at Amherst, N. H., 13 Nov. 1861 ; married 21 Oct. 1885, Annie
P. March. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Child :
DOKOTHT.^°
516.
Clarence' {Jacob I.,* Rufus,'' Solomon,'^ David,'' Jacob,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ JSTicJiolas^), born 2 Oct. 1857 ; married 31
Oct. 1881, Elizabeth N. Daniel, born 27 Jan. 1855. Kesides at
Newburyport.
Child :
Flossie.^**
518.
Daniel Warner' (Daniel W.,^ Simeon,'' William,^ David,*
Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ JSficholas^), born 20 Oct. 1847, in
Deny, N. H. ; resided at Somerville. Married 25 Dec. 1873, lone
Taylor, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Taylor of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Children :
i. Frank Warner,^" b. in Somerville 16 Oct. 1874.
ii. Homer Wallace, b. 17 Aug. 1877.
iii. Walter Kendall, b. 8 July, 1885.
519.
William Simeon' {Daniel Warner,^ Simeon,^ William,^
David," Jacob,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), bom 3 Feb.
1852; died at Somerville, 24 March, 1885. Married 17 April,
1877, Sarah Ann, daughter of James McFeely, of Woburn, born
27 Jan. 1856. Was discount clerk in Faneuil Hall Bank, Boston.
360 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Emily Warken/" b. 4 May, 1879.
ii. WiLLiAJi Wallace, b. 4 April, 1881.
iii. Ralph Burton, b. 30 March, 1883.
519 «.
Frank Lewis® (Letvis JE.,^ David,'' Davkl,^ David," Jacoh,^
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ) , born in Lowell 11 April, 1850 ;
married at Fitchburg 19 March, 1873, Flora Victoria, daughter of
Joseph Gibbs. He left High School at 15 to become a clerk in a
general store; went to La Porte, Ind., after a few years and became
foreman of the weaving department in a woolen mill ; returned to
Fitchburg in 1872, and entered the tailoring establishment of Mr.
Gibbs, whose daughter he afterward married. After considerable
experience in the business there and with Hollander & Co. of Bos-
ton, he removed to Chicago, 111., where he had a leading position
with the famous tailor Edward Ely three years, and then opened an
establishment of his own.
521.
LooMis Legrand® {Hiram Doane,^ Aaron Taylor,'' Isaac,^
Nicholas,^ Samuel,'^ Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ Wicholas^), born in
Monticello, N. Y., 15 Oct. 1849 ; married in 1874, Emma Augusta,
daughter of Wolcott and Susan (Westman) Hamlin, born in An-
dover, N. H., 20 Sept. 1850; she is a singer of distinguished
ability, and has sung much in prominent choirs ; is also an excellent
pianist and organist.
His early years were spent in Mohawk and in Utica, N. Y. He
attended the High School and Academy in Utica from 1868 to 1871.
He was in the employ of one of the large manufacturing establishments
of that city, rising from a minor clerkship to the bookkeeper and
cashier. He began medical study in 1871 with the late Dr. M. M.
Gardner of Utica. In Oct. following he went to N. Y. City and
attended lectures in the Homeopathic College. Was in the choir of
the Brick church (Presbyterian), 5th Ave. and 37th Street, eight
years as basso, at a good salary. In 1872-73 attended lectures in
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was graduated in 1874,
and opened an office near to his present residence, and began prac-
tice in the city. Dr. Danforth was appointed in 1885, adjunct pro-
fessor of Obstetrics in the N. Y. Homoeopathic Medical College, and
in 1889 Professor; is secretary of the faculty; attending physician
of the hospital ; member of the N. Y. County Med. Soc. and of the
Am. Inst, of Homoeopathy.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 361
522.
Floyd La Motte' {Hiram D . ,^ Aaron T.,' Isaac,'' Mcholas,'
Samuel,* Samuel,' Jonathan,'' jVicholas^), born 30 Oct. 1851;
married 3 Aug. 1880, Caroline Northrop. He is a dentist ; resided
in New York city in 1896.
Child :
Margaret^*' ; a school teacher at New Rochelle, N. Y.
524.
Joseph Palivier* (Si/lvester,^ William,'' William,'' William,"
Jonathan,* Samuel,' Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), born 14 Feb. 1834;
married Nancy Walker. Residence, Escanaba, Delta co., Mich..
He died about 1 Jan. 1902.
Children :
i. Florence Viola,^° b. in Wisconsm, 21 Jan. 1853 ; m. 14 Feb.
1872, James Babcock ; res. Harvey, 111.
Children of James and Florence V. (Danforth) Babcock :
1. Jennie Augzcsta Babcoch, b. 27 March, 1873.
2. Hubert James Babcoch, b. 16 Feb., d. 12 Sept. 1875.
3. Frank Jasper Babcoch, b. in Minn. 7 Aug. 1877.
4. Arthur Roy Babcoch, b. 16 Sept. 1881.
ii. Leon.
iii. Eva Rosina, b. in Marion, "Wis., 12 March, 1858; m. in 1878,
Miller Severns, of West Concord, Minn.
Children of Miller and Eva R. (Danforth) Severns :
1. Charles Fletcher Severns, b. in 1879.
2. Nina Belle Severns, b. in 1882.
iv. Byron, b. 29 Nov. 1872 ; m. Panquette.
525.
William Vanns' (Sylvester,^ William,'' William,^ William,^
Jonathan,* Samuel,' Jonathan,^ Nicholas^ ^, born in Genesee co.,
N. Y. 27 March, 1836 ; married Elsie Bowen. Residence, Far-
mington, Wis.
Children :
i. MiLO.io
ii. Ida, m. James Jeffers.
iii. llilARr, m, James Sleighton.
362 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
526.
David Jonathan® (Sylveste?^^ William,'' William," William,^
Jonathan,'^ Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ JSFicholas^) , born in Byron, N.
Y., 12 Feb. 1842. Kesided Gladstone, Mich; removed to Fern
Hill, Wash. Married Mary Perry.
Children :
i. Aruhur Wilbur.^"
ii. Eravin Webster.
iii. Walter Glenn.
iv. Jonathan.
527.
Claeence Arthur® {Jonathan F.,^ William,'' William," Wil-
liam,^ Jonathan,* Samuel,^ Jonathan,^ N'icholas^) , born in Byron,
N. Y., 21 Jan. 1844 ; res. Beaver City, Neb. ; was three years in the
war. Has since been postmaster. Married 7 Nov. 1872, Alice
Louisa, daughter of Charles C. and Emeline Ayer, of Williams ville,
Erie co., N. Y.
Children :
i. Francis Irving,i° b. 1 Sept. 1873.
ii. Caroline Josephine, b. 18 April, 1875.
iii. Marshal Coral, b. 1 July, 1879.
iv. Edison Arthur, b. 3 April, 1881.
TENTH GENERATION.
544.
Fredeeic MoExniER'" {Augustus M.,^ Phinehas A., ^ Rohert,''
Samuel,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^), born in Gainesville, N. Y., 14 Aug. 1860; married in Gor-
ham, X. Y., 22 Oct. 1884, Margaret, daughter of George and ^lary
E. (Green) Van Anden, born in Gorham 12 March, 1854. Resi-
dence, Gainesville.
Children :
i. Mart," b. 26 Aug. 1885.
ii. Elsie Marie, b. 30 July, 1887.
545.
Louis Edward'" (Augustus 31.,^ Phinehas A.,^ Eohert,''
Samuel,^ Benjamin,^ Jonathan* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^), born in Gainesville, N. Y,, 20 Aug. 1863 ; married 7 ]\Iarch,
1892, Sarah Maria, sister of Margaret, his brother's wife, born 22
Aug. 1873. He is a school teacher; resides at Silver Springs, N.
Y.
Children :
i. Helen Mabel," b. 27 Jan. 1895.
ii. Fred St. Clair, b. 21 Jan. 1897.
550.
EsTELLES Horace'" {Asahel Beach, ^ Justin,^ Thomas Paine,''
Jonathan,^ Thomas,' Samuel,* JoJiathan,' Jonathaii,' Nicholas^),
born in Lamont, Mich., 2 March, 1856 ; res. Detroit ; house
painter and decorator. Married first, 23 Sept. 1879, Ella E.,
364 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
daughter of David and Charlotte (Cook) Egabroad, born in Ovid,
Mich., 5 March, 1858; died in Chicago, 10 Dec. 1887. He
mai-ried second, in Ovid, Mich., 24 Aug. ^1891, Flora A. Faxon,
daughter of George and Mary (Jones) Faxon , born in Oskaloosa,
Iowa, 27 May, 1865.
Children :
i. Charlotte Ella,*^ b. in Ovid 7 July, 1884,
1893.
551.
Clarence West'" {Asahel Beach,^ Justin,^ Thomas Paine,''
Jonathan,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^), born in Greenville, Mich., 3 May, 1858; res. Owossee,
Mich. ; fai'mer and storekeeper. Married 4 Dec. 1884, Anna Belle
Welch, daughter of John W. and Ida (Kinsley) Welch, born in
Milwaukee, 2 April, 1860.
Children :
ii. Ianthe Elaine," b. in Ovid 27 May, 1888.
iii. Marguerite, b. in Bay City 8 Feb. 1891.
iv. Eobert Earl, b. in Detroit, 16 Aug. 1894.
560.
William Leslie'" {Henry Porter ,^ Henry ,^ Jonathan P.,''
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicho-
las^), born at Farrsbury, 111., 13 elune, 1878; married 7 July,
1900, Margaret Ruth, daughter of Willis Edward and Mary Frances
Ward, born 21 Aug. 1878.
Child :
Clarence Ward," b. 30 Nov. 1901.
SECOND PART.
WILLIAM DANFORTH,
AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
1. WILLIAM DANFORTH/ OF IPSWICH AND
NEWBURY.
At Ipswicli, in the year 1660, there was hving a young man
commonly called " William Danforcl." How long he had resided
there we cannot learn. He was at that time in the employ of Wil-
liam Pritchett. His name got into public records (now filed in
Essex County Court, Salem) by his accompanying another young
fellow, Daniel Black, to the neighboring town of Rowley, " the last
day of June, 1660," and carrying a message from Black to a
daughter of Edmund Bridges. The girl came to a neighbor's house,
where Black tried to persuade her to become his wife, or, as the
father phrased it, " made love to her." The General Court had
passed stringent laws to cover such cases ; so Mr. Bridges prose-
cuted the bold suitor for seekino; his daughter's hand without his
permission ; and the magistrates compelled Black to pay a fine of
five pounds for his conduct. William had to pay one of ten shill-
ings for helping on the rash suitor ! He was, however, in Court in
a pleasanter way 29 Sept. 1663, giving testimony on behalf of Mr.
Pritchett in a land case ; and at that time he deposed that his age
was " 22 years," making his birth fall about the year 1640. Again,
in 1670, his testimony as a good witness was given.
Not far from 1675 he removed to that odd corner village, Byfield,
where Newbury (in which his home lay), Rowley, and Bradford
shook hands, so to speak ; and the rest of his life and those of sev-
eral of his children seem to have been passed within hailing distance
of Byfield meeting-house ; so that the family is properly termed
"The Newbury Family."
Jan. 9, 1675, he received 2 shillings and six pence from the town
of Newbury for killing a wolf.
368 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
William Danford, with Edmund Dear and Philip lYelch, peti-
tioned Essex County Court in June, 1678, to have possession of
certain money left by William Dorton in the hands of John Ring
(Rindge) ; they claimed that Dorton " willed that if he came not to
Ipswich in the space of three years, the money should be given to
four of his countrymen," namely, the three petitioners and Ring.
Edward Allan, Killcrist Ross, Edward Neiland, and Elizabeth
Deare gave testimony in the case ; and the Court adjudged the
money to the four.
He took the oath of allegiance along with other Newbury men in
1678. [Essex files, XXX, 567.]
In some way he was a " partner " of William Longfellow, ances-
tor of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; at least, they were
both called to Court in March, 1681, for slaughtering an " oxe " and
some " piggs " which were claimed by Joseph Plumer and " Robin
Robinson the Scotchman " ; and the Court compelled Longfellow
and Danford to pay the value of the animals to Plumer and the
Scotchman. [Essex Court files, VI, 26 ; IX, 29 ; XI, 82 ; XV,
105 ; and Records.] We find no later mention of our man in town
records, beyond the entries of births of children except the abate-
ment of his tax for the year 1688 ; and in that entry Daniel Cheney,
the constable, wrote his name "William Danforth."
William married first, in Ipswich, March 20, 1670, Hannah,
daughter of the pioneer Robert Kingsman, or Kinsman* ; she was
born in Ipswich, about 1644: was remembered in her father's will
in 1664 with a legacy of forty pounds ; she died in Newbury Oct.
18, 1678.
He married second (place and time not known) Sarah, daughter
of Francis and Ann Thurloe,f who deeded them land Jan. 1, 1696,
* " Robert Kinsman of Ipswicli " made his will 25th of Jan. 166Jr, bequeathing his
" meddow Land at Chebacho " to his son Robert, he paying to " Isaack and Sarah
Ringe the children of my daughter Mary tenn pounds apeece when they come to age " ;
to "my daughter Mary the wife of Usuall Wardell ten pounds and to her foure elder
children Twenty shillings apeece viz. Daniel, Roger, Mary and Susan Ringe ; to
daughter Sarah, wife of Samuel Younglove; my four acre lott " ; to daughter Hannah
forty pounds ; to daughter Martha, wife of Jacob Foster, 30 pounds ; to daughter Ta-
bitha. Kinsman, dwelling-house and appurtanances ; to " cousin Richard Nicolls ton
pounds " ; to daughter Foster's child, a heifer : Son Robert Kinsman and Robert Lord
Probated 28 March, 1665.
t Richard Thorla (Thorlo, Thurley, Thurloe, Thurlow), planter, settled first in
Rowley, and owned land about 1640; removed to Newbury where he lived to the close
of his life. He built a bridge at his own cost over Newbury river, and the General
Court fixed the toll for animals 3 May, 1654. lie gave part of his farm 27 Jan. 1669,
to his son Thomas, which was to pass to his son Francis in case of Thomas' death.
His wife, Jane, joined in the deed. The son Francis, was a capable citizen; was ad-
mitted " freeman " (*'. e., voter and office holder, etc.) of the Colony, 11 May, 1670.
Married Feb. 5, 1665, Ann, daughter of Anthony Morse, who came in the ship James,
April 5, 1635, from Marlborough, England.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 3G9
which Francis had received from his fatlicr Ricliard. " W'illiain
Danforth, phinter," and his wife Sarah, sohl hind in Ncwl)ury July
15, 1679; and in 1698 they sokl the tract which her father had
given them. The deeds give particidars of rchitionship and history
of transfers. He sokl hind that had heen granted to him by the
proprietors 15 July, 1709 ; sohl a wood lot 27 March, 1721.
He died after that date, but we do not find the record of either
his death or that of Ins second wife.
Whence came this man ? In what town did he open liis eyes in
that year to which liis own testimony points us as the period of his
birth — 1640? AVas he "Irish" as the constable's writ called him
in 1660, or was that a mere guess, because Mr. Syinonds and other
Ipswich people had Irish servants, and any young workman not
connected with town families might naturally be associated with
them ? The names of his " countrymen " mentioned in the probate
records do not clear up the mystery.
"Danford," (Danforth), is definitely an English name; perhaps
the boy's parents had gone across the channel in a former gener-
ation ; or he might have spent a few years in the North of Ireland
and come to America in a vessel which brought passengers from
both islands. His marriages here, and the names of his children,
seem to indicate that he was English ; but there appears to be no
means now by which his origin can positively be learned.
It will be noticed that " Danford " was a common spelling of the
name, Danforth in Friimlingham, the birth-place and early home
of Nicholas, the Cambridge pioneer, as well as in Devon and other
counties of England. " William," too, was a Christian name well
known in that clan from the fifteenth century. [See pages 1-3.]
So it is not at all unlikely that this youth who came to Ipswich and
settled afterward at Newbury was a kinsman of the older man,
Nicholas Danforth, of Cambridge, whose descendants have been the
more numerous. The Cambridge and Newbury Danforth families
may both be branches from the one ancient East Anglian stock.
Children :
i. [William ?J
ii. SIart, b. in Ipswich Sept. 19, 1673.
2. iii. Richard, b. in Newbury Jan. 31, 1679-80.
3. iv. John, b. in Newbury Dec. 8, 1681.
4. V. JoxATHAX, b. iu Newbury May 18, 1685.
vi. Thomas, b. in Newbmy Dec. 28, 1688; d. intestate; adminis-
tration of his e'state was granted Feb. 24, 1723, to "his brother
Joseph Danforth, cordwainer, of Newbury." The inventory
showed that he had become the owner of land at " Casco Bay
370 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
in Falmouth," etc. ; was in debt to Josejjh, John, Jonathan and
Mary " Danford."
5. vii. Francis, b. at Newbury March 15, 1691.
6. viii. Joseph, b. in Newbury May 12, 1694.
Perhaps " Rebecca Danforth " who m. in Newbury April 18,
1718, " Francis Otkers," was also a child of William.^
2.
EiCHARD^ ( William^), born in Newbury 31 Jan. 1679 or 1680;
married there June 30, 1702, Mary White. No other particulars
of this couple have been found. Removal to some distant region or
the early death of Richard would seem to be the only explanation
of the entire absence of their names from the documents in which we
find references to the other children of William of Newbury.
JoHN^ ( William^), born in Newbury Dec. 8, 1681 ; died Oct.
1, 1772, "in his 93d year; he had been very helpless for a year
past " ; married first, wife unknown ; married second (published Nov.
4, 1713), Nov. 24, 1713, Dorcas White. She was a member of the
Byfield church in 1744 ; she died March 26, 1788, " aged 90 or 91."
He seems to have spent most or all of his life in Newbury, near
the Byfield meeting-house, where part of his children were baptized
(perhaps all, but not all recorded) . The following deed supplies
information as to the children who were living at a particular date.
" Nathaniel Danford of Contoocook, husbandman ; John Danford,
Jr., of Newbury, Mass., housewright ; William Danford of Contoo-
cook ; Thomas Danford of Canterbury ; Sarah, wife of James Head ;
Mary, wife of James Gibson ; and Elizabeth Danford, singlewoman,"
joined in a deed of land in Canterbury to their brother Moses Dan-
ford of Canterbury, May 6, 1753. [Exeter, N. H. Deeds, Lib. HI,
p. 51].
Children :
7.
i.
Nathaniel,' b. about 1703.
8.
ii.
Thomas, b. about 1705.
9.
iii.
William, b. about 1708.
10.
iv.
Samuel, b. Dec. 11, 1715.
11.
V.
John, b. Feb. 17, 1720.
12.
vi.
Oliver, b. before Dec. 24, 1720, when he and Samuel and John
were baptized.
13.
vii.
Moses.
viii,
, Sarah, m. James Head.
ix.
Mary, m. James Gibson.
X.
Elizabeth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 371
4.
Jonathan" ( William'), born in Newbury INIay 18, 1685; was
living at the time of his brother Thomas' death in 1723-4.
It may be that he is the Jonathan Danford who became an early
settler at Pennecook, N. H. , along with other Newbury men. "Jona-
than Danford, of Pennecook, carpenter," bought land in Canterbury,
N. H., Sept. 3 1733. "Jonathan Danford, of Canterbury, cari)en-
ter," sold land in C, formerly the home lot of AVilliam Buesell,
June 2, 1738.
Child:
14. Jonathan, b. about 1730.
5.
Francis^ ( William'), born in Newbury March 15, 1691 ; mar-
ried a wife whose name has not come down to us. llemoved to
Arundel, otherwise called Cape Porpoise and Kennebunkport, Me.
" Lived near the present dwelling of Asaph Smith " ; [Hist. Ken-
nebunkport, 1837]. Was a resident from 1732, at least, till 1758,
when his wife died. His children, Enoch, Isaac, Anna, " and per-
haps others," are mentioned in the history. An elevation in the
town bore the name of "Danforth's Hill" till recent times, but the
locality is not now known. Enoch is said to have " removed to
Topsham." Of the latter part of Francis' life and of the time of his
death, nothing has been learned by us.
Children :
18. i. Enoch.^
19. ii. David, bapt. at Rowley Dec. 31, 1727.
iii. Anne, bapt. at RoAvley Dec. 31, 1727; m. David Plutchins, of
Kennebunkiiort, Me.
20. iv. Isaac, bapt. at Rowley Dec. 31, 1727.
21. V. Abner, b. about 1744.
6.
Joseph' (William') born 12 May, 1694; filed marriage inten-
tion 26 Oct. 1717; was married Dec. 13, 1717, to Bethiah Noyes.
They joined with other heirs (not children) of Kev. Nicholas Noyes
in a quitclaim deed 14 April, 1718. He bought land in Rowley in
1720, and removed thither. He signed his bond as administrator
of his brother Thomas' estate in 1723 " Joseph Danford." "Joseph
Danforth of Newbury," cordwainer (shoemaker), with his wife, Be-
thiah, sold land in Rowley in 1724; Joseph and Bethiah Danforth
were members of the Byfield church in 1744; Sept. 9, 1748, still
residing in Rowley, he bought land in Bradford, and soon removed
thither. Bethiah, widow of Joseph late of Bradford, requested the
372 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
appointment of " her only son Eliphalet," of Bradford, as adminis-
trator of the estate of her husband, 2 May, 1753 " ; and "Eliphalet
Danforth," as he signed himself, gave bonds for the performance of
the trust, five days later. " Mr. John Sari [Searle] and Mrs. Bethiah
Danford of Bradford" filed marriage intention in Rowley May 15,
1756. Bethiah Danforth married at Byfield 6 Nov. 1756, Joseph
Flood, jr. " Joseph Danforth wife," died " April, '98."
Children :
21. i. Eliphalet,^ b. in 1718 (date not given in the record) ; bajjt.
Aug. 24, 1718.
ii. "A child," bapt. Sept. 4, 1720.
ill. Stephen, bapt. Dec. 20, 1722.
iv. Sarah, b. 23, bapt. 29 June, 1729 ; m. in Bradford, Nov. 6, 1750,
David Pearsons, Jr., of Newbury.
THIRD GENERATION.
7.
Nathaniel^ {John,^ William^), born about 1703 ; married in
Boxford Oct. 18, 1724, Priscilla Wycom. He was baptized, "an
adult person," — in Rowley, Dec. 3, 1727, and his children Eunice
and Nathaniel were baptized the same day. He removed, as we
learn from land transfers, to Contoocook, N. H., before 1741.*
He was a farmer. He was one of the Contoocook soldiers who
petitioned for John Rollin to be commissioned as a captain Nov. 29,
1743. Also one of the petitioners for protection from Indians,
March 20, 1755. Removed to Boscawen before 1766.
Children :
i. Eunice,* bapt. Dec. 3, 1727.
24. ii. Nathaniel, bapt. the same day.
25. iii. Stephen, bapt. Oct. 5, 1729.
iv. John, or Jonathan, b. in Boxford (Georgetown), Jan. 14 ; bapt.
Feb. 3, d. Feb. 14, 1744-5.
V. Hepiizibah, bapt. Feb. 22, 1746-7.
8.
Thomas^ {John,'^ William^), born in Newbury about 1705; re-
moved to Canterbury, N. H. He was one of the "inhabitants of
Rumford, Canterbury and Contoocook," who petitioned for a guard
* " Nathaniel Danforth of Contoocook, adjoining Rnmford," sold land in Contoocook,
May 12, 1741, which he had purchased of Thomas Webster, one of the patentees of the
township.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 373
against the Indians Jan. 2, 1747. [N. 11. State Papers.] AVith
his brothers and sisters, he deeded hind to his brother Moses 6 May,
1753. He, of Canterbury, bon-rht forty acres of hmd in Canter-
bury Nov. 16, 1750 ; sokl hmd there Sept. 27, 175M : andJune 10,
1761, bought hmd in New llohlerncss, N. II., and sohl hind in
Canterbury April 8, 1762, " which Capt. Josiah ^liles purchased of
Capt. Jeremiah Clough."
Thomas Danford, Jr., was a soldier in Col. Timothy Bedel's
regiment, March 5, 1776. He marched in Capt. Taylor's company
of Col. Stickney's reo-iment, from Sanbornton, N. H., " engao-ed,
July 22, 1777." [N. H. Rev. Kolls, Vols. XI. and XIV.] Tho-
mas, Jr., was one of the selectmen of Eaton, N. H., in 1793.
[State Papers XH.] Thomas Danford, of Stafford co., N. H., aged
" 77," was receiving a pension of $96.00 per annum, as reported in
1834.
Child :
28. Thomas, Je.,* b. about 1757.
9.
"William' {John,'* William^), was a settler at Boscawen, N. H.,
as early as 1733 ; aided in the erection of the first saw-mill. Owned
at one time the mill at the head of King Street. He married a
sister of Richard Flood, one of the first settlers of the town. [His-
tory of Boscawen.] He was one of the " Contoocook " soldiers who
petitioned Governor Wentworth, Nov. 29, J 743, to give John
Rollins a captain's commission. [N. H. Town Papers X.]
Children :
32. i. William," b. 18 Aug. 1748.
33. ii, Jedidiah.
iii. Mart ; m. John Jackson, or Jackman.
iv. Susan; m. Nathan Corser; he d. about 1800 ; no children.
10.
Samuel* (John,' WilUam'), horn 11 Dec. 1715; died 26 Aug.
1800; married, 13 (or 23) Jan. 1737, Mehitable, daughter of
Joseph and Abigail (Pearson) Brown, bom in 1715, died in Oct.
1794. He was by occupation, a millwright and farmer. Resided
in Rowley. He sold half his homestead to his son Joseph, 7 Aug.
1765. He gave certain lands to his daughter Elizabeth, July 4,
1786, placing them in care of his son Joseph, who secured the same
to her by bond the same day.
374 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i, and ii. Twin daughters, b. and d. in 1737.
35. iii. Joseph/ b. 31 Oct., bapt. Nov. 5, 1738.
iv. Eunice, b. 6 March, bapt. 8th, 1740-1 ; d. 9 May, 1763 ; m.
Aug. 1757, Stephen Brown.
V. Lois, b. 19, bapt. 26 June, 1743 ; m. 16 July, 1765, John Col-
man.
vi. Ruth, b. April 30, bapt. May 5, 1745 ; d. 6 or 8 Feb. 1811 ; m.
April 11, 1765, Abner Woodman.
vii. Anna (Nancy), b, June 7, 1751, bapt. same day ; d. Nov. 12,
1754.
viii. Anna, b. 25 Sept. 1755 ; m. (1) May 23, 1779, Joseph Downer;
m. (2) 11 March, 1792, Josiah Carr.
ix. Elizabeth, b. 25 Sept. 1755; d. 3 April, 1843, unm., "aged
87 years."
11.
John' {John,' William'), born 7 Feb. 1720; died 26 Aug.
1800; marriage intention 20 Sept. 1735, with " Abigail Fitts, of
Newbury"; marriage recorded 11 Nov. 1735, with "Elizabeth
Fitts of Newbury." This was a slip of the clerk's pen, for the
record shows that " Abigail Danforth, widow of John Danforth, who
belonged to Canterbury, N. H.," died in Byfield, Sept. 10, 1781,
" ao-ed 58 years." He lived in Newbury at the signing of the family
deed (See in No. 3), in 1753 ; but afterward removed to Canter-
bury, N. H.* He was a signer with Samuel and others of Canter-
bury, of a petition for the incorporation of the north-east part of the
town, afterward called Loudon.
Children :
i. Bethya,* "of John Danforth, Jr.," bapt. at Byfield, Oct. 17,
1736 ; m. July 1, 1756, Joseph Flood. [County Records.]
38. ii. Samuel, bapt. March 19, 1737-8.
iii. Mary, bapt. Oct. 26, 1740.
iv. Jane, bapt. Jan. 17, 1741-2.
V. Mary, bapt. July 6, 1746; "the last child in the old meeting
house" [Byiield Church Records].
vi. Dorcas, bapt. March 26, 1749.
89. vii. Elkanah, bapt. 5 May, 1751.
viii. Lydia, bapt. Dec. 3, 1752.
12.
Oliver' {John,^ William'), born in Newbury, bapt. Dec. 24,
1727; married there Oct. 14, 1756, Anna Stickney. She was
bapt. in Byfield church Sept. 25, 1757; died in Nov. 1800.
* "John Danford 3d, published his intention of marriage with Mercy CofEn, in
Newbury 21 Jan. 1763; and the bans were forbid by Mercy Coffin."
John Danford Jr. married Mercy Martin Sept, 4, 1766.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 375
Cliiklren :
41. i. Exocn,* b. in Newbury; bapt. in Byfielil church May 17, ^7i
ii. Pail, bapt. Nov. '25, 17G1; d. Oct. 22, 1765.
L761.
1; d. Oct. 22, 1765.
41. iii. Paul, bapt. Oct. 5, 176(1.
13.
Moses' (Jolin,' WiUiam'), born in Newbury about 1728; re-
moved to New Hampshire as a ehikl, with liis parents. Made liis
home in Canterbury; was one of " the inhabitants of Kunifurd, Can-
terbury and Contoocook " who petitioned for a guard against the In-
dians Jan. 2, 1747. He received in 1753 a deed of land from his
brothers and sisters, which gives much information about the family ;
it is given in the article upon his father (No. 3 ). He sokl hind in C.
which had formerly belonged to "William Bussell May 1<S, 1753. He
sold other lands there in 17G3 and 1770, his wife Mary signing the hit-
ter with him. Moses Danforth of Boscawen, husbandman, with Mary,
his wife, sold land in B. Jvdy 28, 1763. The same persons, of" San-
bornton," sold land in S., "laid out to the original right of Josiah
Sanborn," May 8, 1770. He was enrolled as one of " Jere Clough's
Scouts," mentioned in N. H. State Papers, in 1745, who doubtless
did important work in protecting the settlers against the Indians.
Signed a town petition in 1764. Either he or his son of the same
name was a petitioner among Sanbornton people in 1786, for relief
from burdensome taxation. At all events it is lie who, "of Sanborn-
ton," bought land there Sept. 28, 1767. See article upon the son
Moses, No. 44. He married Mary (Molly) Flood; she died Dec.
11, 1815. [Hist. Sanbornton].
Children :
42. i. Moses.* b. about 1754.
ii. Jeremiah ; a soklier in the train band of Canterbury, N. H.
[1777]. [N. H. State Rolls XII.]
43. iii. EzEKiEL.
44. iv. Henry.
v. Jane.
vi. Lois,
vii. Eunice.
viii. Susan.
14.
Jonathan' (Jonathan,'^ William^), born at Meredith, N. II.,
about 1730 [conjectural]; Jonathan Danford was a soldier in
Capt. Ebenezer Smith's co. of militia, raised in ^Meredith, N. H.,
and adjacent towns, " that marched to the relief of Ticonderoga July
7, 1777. The same was enrolled with Thomas Danford, Jr. and
376 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
marched from Sanbornton, N. H. July 22, 1777, in Capt. Taylor's
CO. of Col. Stickney's regt. on a second expedition to Ticonderoga.
[N.fl. Rev. Rolls].
Children :
[This list has heen given in fragments and perhaps incorrectly com-
bined].
45. i. Jonathan,^ b. Dec. 23, 1757.
ii. Enoch, b. in 1759 ; d. at Meredith Village, N. H.
iii. Stephen ; res. Waterville, N. H.
iv. Nathaniel ; res. near Campton, N. H.
46. V. Noah.
vi. Abiah.
vii. Sally ; m. Foss ; res. near Campton, N. H.
47. viii. Ebenezek, b. May 3, 1785.
18.
Enoch' {Francis,^ Willimn^), born in Rowley (Byfield) ; re-
moved with his father to Arundel (Cape Porpoise, now Kennebunk-
port) Me. Witnessed the will of John Smith of A. April 7, 1748.
Removed to Topsham and later to Brunswick, Me. His children
afterwards made their home at Pownalborough (since called Wis-
casset) , a little farther east.
"Enoch Danford, of Brunswick, Me." was one of the sureties of
Samuel Wilson, of Little River, administrator of the estate of Rob-
ert Wilson, of Topsham, Me. April 12, 1783.
Enoch Danford was a mariner on the ship "Vengence" com-
manded by Capt. Thomas; engaged June 27, 1779, discharged
Aug. 27, 1779 ; service two months on the Penobscot expedition.
Roll sworn to in Suffolk county. We find no other man to whom
this record is applicable, for the son Enoch was at this time doing
duty in the army. So we conclude that the fiitlier, although as much
as fifty-two years old, was the sailor here described.
Children :
50. i. Enoch, Jr.*
ii. Sarah; m. at Pownalborough (published June 3, 1764) John
Albee, of Freetown, Me.
51. iii. Joshua.
iv. Abigail ; m. at Pownalborough Nov. 18, 1773, Joseph Lowell.
52. V. David.
vi. Deborah; m. at P. (published Aug. 16, 1760) Jacob Metcalf.
53. vii. Daniel.
viii. Mary ; m. at P. June 1, 1772, Thomas Rines, of Jeremy Squam
Island.
54. ix. Paul ; ra. at P. (pubhshed Oct. 31, 1795) Betsey Light, of the
same place.
N.B. Compare this record with that of Paul, son of Oliver.'
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 377
21.
Abner,' (Franris' WilUam^), horn probably at Arundel, ^fe. ;
seems to have gone to Bradford during the Revolutionary War and
there enlisted ; for we know no other person to whom the record here
given can apply ; he served in the Revolution*, and, residing in " Lin-
coln co." (Me.) "aged 74, "f received a pension of $1»G.00 per annum
for "service in the Massachusetts line " from the year 181.S. He
resided at Harps well, close by Brunswick, at the beginning of the
last century, and in 1882 removed to Litchfield, Me., and settled on
a farm recently occupied by Asa Nutting, Ensign and Alanson Dan-
forth, on Oak Kill. The family have kept the tradition that he came
from jNlassachusetts ; resided at one time in Topsham, Me. ; whence
he removed to Litchfield ; that he was a grandson of Francis 1 )an-
forth who lived at one time at Kennebunkport, Me. ; and that he watj
born about the year 1760.
At this stage of the investigation it is not absolutely certain that
we have placed him in the right generation or family ; but strong
probabilities point to the place assigned him. His wife was Lucrctia.
This we learn from a record in the town books of Brunswick, giving
the marriage of their son Moses in the year 1807, and stating his
birth-tlate and parentage.
Children :
60. i. MosES,* b. May 19, 1787.
61. ii. Enoch, b. in Brunswick Feb. 14, 1789.
iii.
iv.
V.
62. vi. Isaac.
63. vii. Samuel, b. in Bnmswick, Me., Dec. 15, 1799.
22.
Eliphalet' (Joseph,* William^), born in Byfield Parish, bapt.
Aug. 24, 1718; married Nov. 23, 1738, Martha Burbank, of
Newbury. He was a " cordwainer," ^. e. a shoemaker ; bought
land in Rowley in 1743 and 1744; removed to Bradford about
1748; settled his father's estate in 1753; sold the Bradford home-
stead April 2, 1756, and removed to Bow, N. H. There bought
* Abner (Danford), Muster Master's receipt, dated Boston, Oct. 16, 1782, signed
by John Popkin, jSIuster Master, stating that he had received said Danford of Capt.
William Bailey, in behalf of Class No. 3 of the town of Bradford, to serve in the Con-
tinental army for the term of 3 years.
t This age may be what was reported when he applied for a pension in 1818, or what
was given at the issue of the census report of 1834.
378 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
land of Moses Merrill March 28, 1760, and sold it June 12, 1763,
his wife sii^ning the deed with him. Resided temporarily in Rum-
ford, N. H., and leased land there March 20, 1761, for tw^o years.
Signed a petition June 8, 1761, for the removal of obstructions
from the Merrimac river, in order that masts, etc., might be floated
down to market and for the use of the royal navy.
Removed to New Amesbury, N. H. ; sold land May 8, 1766.
Children :
64. i. Stephen,* bapt. at Byfield Dec. 2, 1739.
65. ii. Simeon, bapt. at Byfield March 9, 1745.
FOURTH generatio:n^.
24.
Nathaniel* {Nathaniel,'^ John,^ William^), born in Rowley
(bapt. Dec. 3, 1727) ; settled with his father at Contoocook, N. H.
Removed to " New Britton in the county of Hillsborough," N. H.
(since called Andover), before March 10, 1779, when he signed a
petition of the inhabitants for incorporation. [N. H. State Pa-
pers, vol. XI.]
He married Mary, daughter of Edward and Sarah Emery, of
Contoocook, N. H., as we learn from a deed in which they joined
with their brother William Emeiy Oct. 12, 1761.
He died at Salisbury, N. H. in 1821, ie. 96. [Mass. Hist. Soc.
Coll. 3d series, I, p. 176.]
28.
Thomas* {Thomas,^ John,^ TFiY^mm' ), born probably in Can-
terbury, N. H.
Thomas Danford, Jr. was a soldier in Col, Timothy Bedel's regi-
ment from Sanbornton, N. H. " engaged July 22, 1777." [N. H.
Revolutionary Rolls XI and XIV.]
Thomas Danford, Jr. was one of the selectmen of Eaton, N. H.,
in 1793. [State Papers XII.]
Thomas Danford " of Stafford co., N. H. nged 77," was receiving
a pension of $96 per annum, as reported in 1828.
DANFORTn GENEALOGY. 379
32.
William' (William,'' John," William'), horn at Bo.scawcn,
N. H. Aug. 18, 1748; marned Olive KUiot, who died Nov. 12,
1840, "aged 92"; he died Oct. 13, 1838, "aged 92."
He was a corporal inCapt. Samuel Atkinson's coini)any "at C!oo3
in Haverhill, N. H." Dec. 1, 177G. He was also a sergeant in Capt.
Peter Kimhall's co., Col. Thos. Stiokney's regt. "in (xen. Stark's
brigade, made out of the 13th regt. N. H. militia July 20, 1777,
which joined the Continental army at Bennington and Stillwater."
[N. H. Rev. Rolls.]
For his services he received a pension ; he was reported on the
Pension Rolls of the year 1834 as "of Merrimac county, N. H., 8G
years old."
Children :
i. Mary (Pollt),^ b. Nov. 22, 1772 ; m. Folsom Bean.
80. ii. Enoch, b. Oct. 19, 1774.
iii. Ruth, b. Feb. 20, 1777 ; m. Seth Conner.
81. iv. WiLLiAJi, b, Jan. 22, 1780.
V. JoHX, b. in Aug. 1784 ; d. in infancy.
82. vi. JoHx, b, Dec. 11, or 18, 1785.
83. vii, Edmund, b. July 8, 1791.
33.
Jedidiah' {William,'^ John," William'), born at Boscawen
about 1750; married first (intention Oct. 5, 1771) Sarah, daugh-
ter of Nathaniel Rix ; she died in 1791, and he married second,
April 4, 1792, Lydia Chase. Residing in Canterbury, N. H.,
Dec. 17, 1793, they sold land in that town. He receipted July 2,
1776, at Boscawen, N. H. for bounty and advance pay in Capt.
James Shepard's co. in the Continental army. He was a private in
Capt. Samuel Atkinson's co. at "Coos in Haverhill, N. H." Dec. 1,
1776. As one of the inhabitants of the town he petitioned June 1,
1791, to have the west part set off and called Bristol. In the cen-
sus of 1834 he was reported of "Grafton county, 76 years old,"
receiving a pension of $20 per annum.
He removed to Stanstead, Canada, and died there.
Children :
i. An-xa,5 b. May 5, 1772.
ii. Peter, b. April 26, 1774; removed to Malone, N. T. ; d. child-
less.
84. iii. Jedidiah, b. April 26, 1777.
85. iv. Nathan, b. Aug. 28, 1779.
V. Sarah, b. June 5, 1781 ; d. at Hopkintoa, N. H. Aug. 20, 1841.
vi. Jonathan Sticknet, b. May 11, 1783.
380 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
vii. PoLLT, b. Jan. 18, 1787.
Yiii Abiah, b. March 21, 1789.
86. ix. Eix, b. May 25, 1791.
X. Willis, b. June 13, 1794.
xi. Ajios Gould, b. Nov. 30, 1796.
36.
Lieut. Joseph* (Samuel,^ John,^ William^), born in Rowley
Dec. 1738; died Aug. 9, 1807; married first, in June, 1767, Re-
becca, daughter of Dea. William Brown, born Feb. 22, 1739, died
April 20, 1798. He married second. May 22, 1800, Anna Quimby.
He was a carpenter; resided in Newbury (Byfield). He was an
officer in the army of the Revolution.* He sold all his real estate
in Newbury to his sons Friend and Samuel May 3, 1805. He
"died in a fit" before Sept. 10, 1807, when administration of his
estate was granted to his son Samuel ; the widow was mentioned in
the probate account.
Children :
i. Friend,^ b. May 2, 1769 ; living in Newbury in 1819.
90. ii. Samuel, b. July 14, 1772.
iii. Rebecca, b. Sept. 12, 1779 ; m. (1) Sept. 30, 1800, John Buck-
ley, of Haverhill, who d. May 13, 1807 : she m. (2) Dec. 9,
1809, John Chapman, who d. April 17, 1838.
91. iv. Joseph, b. March 25, 1782.
38.
Samuel* (John,^ John/ William^), born in Newbury (bapt.
at Byfield church March 19, 1737-8) ; seems to be the Samuel
Danforth whose marriage intention was filed at Boscawen, N. H.,
March 21, 1767, with "Mrs. Mercy Flanders"; he is called" of
Canterbury." He bought land in C. April 4 of the same year.
Samuel Danforth files intention of marriage with Mary Blaisdell
* Joseph. List dated Newbury, Jan, 25, 1779, of men who received pay of the Se-
lectmen of Newbury for serving 1^ mos. under Maj. William Rogers at Rhode Island.
Joseph. Sergeant, Capt. Jacob Gcrrish's co., which marched on the alarm of April
19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 6 days; also, Lieutenant, Capt. Caleb Kimball's co. ;
list dated Newbury, March 18, 1777, of men Avho received wages for -t mos. 20 days
service at Winter Hill ; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Kimball's co., Col. Gerrish's regt. ;
muster roll dated Dec. 4, 1777 ; detached Nov. 13, 1777 ; company detached from
militia to guard Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne's army; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Stephen
Jenkins* co.. Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt.; entered service Oct. 14, 1779; discharged
Nov. 22, 1779 ; service, 1 mo. 20 days, travel included ; regiment detached from militia
of Suffolk and Essex counties to reinforce army under Gen. Washington ; reported
commissioned Oct. 23, 1779.
DANFORTII GENEALOGY. 381
Sept. 29, 1782. He was one of the inhabitants of the Northeast
part of the town who petitioned for HOj)arate incorporation Jan. 5,
1773, and were set off as tlie parish of Louthui Jan. 23, 1773.
"Samuel Danforth, carpenter, of lioseawcn," sold land in the
parish of Loudon, town of Canterbury April 23, 177G, Elkanah
Danforth being one of the witnesses. Samuel D. was a "Conti-
nental soldier" from Boscawen Sept. 18, 1776, in Ca|)t. Frye's co.
He was fifer in Col. Cilley's regt. in 1781, and enrullccMbr extra
pay on account of the depreciation of the currency.
39.
Elkanah'* {John\ John," William}), bom in By field, bapt.
May 5, 1751; married in Jan. 1777, Mary (^lolly) Flanders.
He removed to New Hampshire, making his home in Tamworth,
where he was living, a "husbandman" in 1775. He there enlisted,
in May, " aged 25 years," in Capt. Jere Clough's co. of Col. Poor's
regt. ; received three months' pay Sept. 18, 1775. He re-enlisted
at that time in Capt. Henry Dearborn's co. of Col. Arnold's regt.,
and served 12 months. He enlisted again in July, 1777, in Capt.
Peter Kimball's co.. Col. Thos. Stickney's regt., and served 2
months and 6 days " in the Northern Continental army at Benning-
ton and Stillwater." [N. H. State Papers and Rev. Rolls.]
Capt. Dearborn reported him among others Oct. 30, 1776, as
"men who went to Quebec last fall under command of Col. Arnold,
who have not Received their pay for the month of June, 1775."
Residing at Haverhill, Grafton co., N. H., March 30, 1818, he
applied for a pension, giving his age as ^^ Q>Q years." The pension
was granted — $95 a year. He died in the year 1830.
41.
Enoch* {Oliver,^ John,^ William^), born in Newbury; bapt.
at Byfield meeting-house May 17, 1761 ; married first, in Newbury-
port, Feb. 3, 1782, Anna Newton, of the same place; she died
Jan. 4, 1798. He married second, Feb. 15, 1810, Mrs. Martha
Morrill, of the same.
He sold, Oct. 4, 1802, land which had been "left him by his
father Oliver Danford, late of Newbury," as stated in the deed.
Children :
96. i. Enoch,5 b. June 4, 1791.
ii. Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1797; m. Aug. 25, 181G, Joseph
Putnam.
* Compare this record mth that of Elkanah Danforth, No. 29 (page 54), a resident
of Taunton, Mass.
382 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
42.
Moses" {Moses,^ John,^ William^), born in Canterbury or
Sanbornton, N. H., about 1754; married Mehitable Stevens, of
Northfield, N. H.
"Moses Danford, aged 21, of Sanbornton, Stafford co., N. H.,
husbandman," was enrolled in Capt. Gordon Hutchins's company,
Col. Stark's regiment, in 1775; and in "the detachment of Col.
Stickney's regt. that marched to the relief of Ticonderoga July 8,
1777 " ; and is probably the man who enlisted from Loudon, N. H,,
"for 3 months service in the Continental army," July 17, 1780.
[N. H. Rev. Rolls].
"Moses Danforth, of Rockingham county, N. H.," received a
pension of $96 per annum in 1819. [U. S. Pension Rolls.] He
spent his last days in Northfield, N. H. [Hist. Sanbornton.]
Children :
i. MosES^; resided at "West Concord, N. H., in 1878.
ii. Phinehas ; resided at Canterbury, N. H.
iii. EzEKiEL. vi. Susan.
iv. Jane. vii. Nancy.
V. Eliza.
43.
EzEKiEL* {Moses^^ John,^ William^), born at Canterbury,
N. H. ; served in the Revolution in Capt. James Shepherd's co., in
the Continental army; was "reported by Col. Badger of Gilman-
town July 23, 1776, to go to Crown Point." [N. H. Revolutionary
Rolls.] "He was killed in the Canadian campaign, probably at
Bemis' Heights ; his widow was a pensioner in 1845, aged 97 years ;
she died three years later at West Plymouth, Mass., where she had
been living with her only son." [Hist. Sanbornton.]
Child :
97. EZEKIEL.5
44.
Henry" (Hoses,' John,' }Villia7n)\ horn probably in Sanborn-
ton, N. H. about 1763; died at Franklin Falls, N. H., Feb. 27,
1830, "aged 67"; enlisted April 19, 1781, being reported as "17
years old ; 5 feet 5 inches high ; of light complexion " ; was mustered
for three years or the war. He received a ball in his breast, which
first struck the guard of his gun, then glanced and imbedded itself
in his breast-bone, where it was found at the removal of his body
from its first resting-place, twenty-four years after his death. He
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 383
received a pension of $1)6.00 (originally $30.00). He resided at
Sanbornton and Nortlificld, N, H,, sonic time ; removed to Frank-
lin Falls, N. H. INlarried Betsey Hancock, of Northiield. [N. 11.
State Papers and Hist. Sanbornton.]
Children :
i. Betsey,^ b. 1784 ; d. Dec. 11, 18G4.
ii. Jane (Jenny), m. Robert Page, of Aiulover, N. II.
iii. Martha, b. in Sanbornton, N. H., May 22, 1791 ; m. ]\Iark
Chase.
iv. Henky ; removed to New Orleans, La.
V. Mary (Polly), m. (1) Samuel Ash ; m. (2) James Mitchel, of
Andover, N. H, ; m. (3) Jonathan Frost,
vi. Dorothy (Dolly), b. 1799 ; m. John Burdeen, of Canterbury,
N. H.
vii. John, b. 1802 ; m. iu Northfield, N. H. m June, 1823, Eliza
Danforth ; rem. to Concord, N. PI.
viii. Mehitable, b. Nov. 20, 1804 ; m. Jonathan Kezar, of Noilh-
field, N. PI.
45.
Jonathan" {Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ William^), [supposed] born
Dec. 23, 1757; married Jane Foss, born March 3, 1751 (sic copia).
He died at Waterville, N. H.
46.
Noah* (Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ William^}, born at date un-
known ; resided at Tarn worth, N. H.
Child :
100. PIenry Whittier,^ b. May 7, 1820.
47.
Ebenezer* (Jonathan,^ Jonathan,'^ William^), [supposed] born
May 3, 1785; married* March 31, 1810, Hephzibcth Dufour, born
Jan. 24, 1788, died Oct. 10, 1866. He resided at Meredith Vil-
lage, N. H. ; removed to Geneva, N. Y.
Children :
i. Elbridge Gerry,5 ^ gept. 4, 1811 ; d. in 1848 or 1849 ; m.
Aug. 28, 1837, his cousin, Mary Dufour.
ii. Susan Boavman, b. Sept. 14, 1812 ; m. I):ivis.
iii. Ebenezer, b. March 23, 1814 ; m. Permelia Howard, of Geneva,
N. Y.
iv. Jarvis S., b. Sept. 5, 1816; d. in 1880 ; m. Ruth Midaugh.
* Married in Boston Dec. 6, 1807, Ebenezer Danforth and "Rebeckah Raymond,"
"of Lexington" says the Intention, "of Burlington" says marriage record.
384 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
V. John C, b. June 26, 1818 ; d. in 1821.
vi. Eliza Ann, b. June 6, 1821 ; m. Dec. 26, 1853, Rev. J. R. Mann.
Children :
1. Eben Danforth Mann, b. May 28, 1859 ; res. Fort Scott,
Kan.
2. Helen Lilian Mann, b. Sept. 3, 1861 ; m. Feb. 7, 1881,
Dr. W. A. Forster ; res. Kansas City.
vii. Gregory, b. Nov. 3, 1823; m. July 4, 1848, Elizabeth Ann
Lacey.
101. viii, Willis, b. Sept. 23, 1826.
ix. Addison, b. July 4, 1829 ; m. in Sept. 1851, Mrs. Elizabeth Hale.
50.
Enoch* (Enoch,^ Francis,^ William^).
Enoch (also given Jr.) (Danford), Brunswick, Return of men enlisted or drafted
into Continental army from Col. Jonathan Mitchell's (2d Cumberland co.) regt., as
returned by Maj. Nathaniel Larrabee, dated Brunswick, Dec. 10, 1777 ; residence
Brunswick ; engaged for town of Brunswick ; joined Capt. John Reed's co., Col.
Alden's regt. ; term 3 years ; also private Capt. Reed's co., Col. John Brooks' (late
Alden's) regt.; Continental army pay accounts for service from Feb. 11, 1777, to Dec.
31, 1778; reported taken prisoner Nov. 11, 1778; also Capt. John Reed's co.. Col.
Ichabod Alden's battalion; muster return dated Jan. 12, 1778; mustered by Col.
Sewell, Muster Master for Lincoln co., and by Continental Muster Master reported
on furlough ; also Capt. Reed's co. (late) Col. Alden's regt. ; return of men in camp
before Aug. 15, 1777, certified at Cherry Valley, Feb. 24, 1779 ; also Capt. Reed's co.,
Col. Brooks' regt.; Continental army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to
Dec. 31, 1780.
51.
Joshua* {Enoch,^ Francis,^ William^), born ; married in
Boston, Mass. by Rev. Mr. Baldwin, Dec. 10, 1797, to Susannah
Martin. He removed to Pownalborough, since called Wiscasset,
Me. Was chosen guardian 12 Aug. 1806,^ by Fanny, daughter of
John Bridge, of Pownalborough, trader, deceased.
" Mrs. Susan Danforth, wife of Major Joshua Danforth of this
town, died Oct. 27, 1813" [Town record].
Below* we give the Revolutionary record of this man ; perhaps he
did more than these notes in Mass. Archives show, and earned the
* Joshua (Danford). Private Capt. Zadoc Buffington's co.. Col. Samuel Johnson's
regt.; enlisted Aug. 19, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777, at Cambridge: service, 3
months, 12 days, in Northern department.
Joshua. Private, Capt. Simeon Brown's co.. Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt. of guards ;
Bervice from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778, 3 mos. 2 days. Roll dated Camp at
Winter Hill.
DANFORTII QEXEALOOY. 385
title of " IMnjor " in service ; or it may have been conferred from an
appointment in the militia.
Children :
i. James,^ b. at Pownalborough Jan. 2J, 1800.
ii, Alexander M., b. at rownalborough March 10, 1802.
iii. Thomas Lesle, b. at Pownalborough in Fub, 1801.
iv. Joseph Cukuier, b. at Pownalborough .lau. 25, 1806.
V. Ann Brown, b. at Pownalborough aiarch 19, 1808.
52.
David'' (Unoch,^ Francis," William^), horn about 1745; spent
his early manhood in Pownalborough, since called Wiscasset ; mar-
ried there Feb. 12, 1770, Mary Young (published Dec. 17, 1769)
[Pownalboro record] ; she died Jan. 20, 1832. He removed to
Sladison, Me,, March 10, 1777 [family tradition] . llesided there
and afterward at Solon, Me. Was a farmer. The record below
seems to show him a soldier of the Revolution.* He died in Solon
March 13, 1827.
Children :
i. Sylvia,^ b. in Pownalborough Aug. 13, 1770 ; m. John Albee.
Children :
1. Simeon Jliee. 3. Abial Albee.
2. Silvia Albee. 4. Rlioda Albee.
ii. Betsey Chase, b. in P. Feb. 2, 1773 ; m. Charles Savage.
Children :
1. James Savage. 6. Alvin Savage.
2. Gershom Savage. 7. Jerome Savage.
3. Albert Savage. 8. Fanny Savage.
4. Manier Savage. 9. Betsey Savage.
5. Columbus Savage. 10. Mary Savage.
iii. Dorcas : m. William Salley.
Children :
1. David Salley. 4. Malinda Salley.
2. William Salley. 5, Betsey Salley.
3. Joseph Salley. 6. Lydia Salley.
110. iv. Ebexezer, b. April 10, 1779.
111. V, Simeon.
112. vi. Silas.
* David (Dakford), Private Capt. Benjamin Lamont's co., Col. Samuel McCobb's
regt.; enlisted July 9, 1779; discharged Sept. 24, 1779; service 2 months and 16
days at Penobscot.
386 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
vii. Thankful, m. Jeclidiah Thompson.
Children :
1. Sumuel Tliompson. 5. Lena Thomipson.
2. Jonas Thompson. 6. Mary Thompson
3. Elihii Thompson. 7. Malinda Thompson.
4. William Thompson. 8. Sarah Thompson.
viii. Mary, m. Gershom Fletcher, Removed to New York.
Children :
1. Gershom Fletcher. 4. Simeon Fletcher.
2. Joseph Fletcher. 5. Mary Fletcher.
3. Alvin Fletcher. 6. Sarah Fletcher.
ix. Thirza, m. William Metcalf.
Children :
1. David Metcalf. 4. Jotham Metcalf.
2. William Metcalf. 5. Naomi Metcalf
3. Danforth Metcalf. 6. Lora Metcalf.
53.
Daniel'* {Enoch,'^ Francis,^ WilUam^), His early life was
8pent at Brunswick or vicinity. After the war, having served among
Massachusetts men, he settled at Newbury. Daniel Danforth resid-
ing in Newbury, Mass., married Sept. 15, 1798, Eunice, daughter
of Amos Poor, of N., who sold them a tract of land which they again
sold April 8, 1808. Probably he is the man described in the follow-
ing military records :
Daniel (Danford), Brunswick, Col. Alden's regt. ; list of men returned by en-
listment committee of the town of Salem, certified at Salem May 18, 1778, as having
engaged to serve in the Continental army for the term of 3 years or during war to
the credit of said town ; also private, Capt. Reed's co., Col. John Brooks' regt. ; Con-
tinental army pay account for service from March 31, 1778, to Dec. 31. 1779; resi-
dence Brunswick ; also Capt. John Reed's co. (late) Col. Ichabod Alden's (6th) regt. ;
Muster Roll for March and April, 1779, dated Cherry Valley; enlisted March 31,
1778 ; enlistment 3 years.
Daniel. List of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk
Co., dated Boston, April 12, 1778 ; Capt. Reed's co.. Col. Alden's regt.
Daniel, Haverhill. Private, Capt. Nicholas Blasdel's co., Col. Wigglesworth's
regt. ; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany home ; warrant allowed in
Council Jan. 27, 1777.
60.
Moses* (Abne)',^ Francis,- William^), born [in Brunswick,
Me.J May 19, 1787 ; married in Brunswick Nov. 4, 1807, Betsey
Grant; he died in B. Feb. 26, 1861. [Town records].
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 387
61.
Enoch' (Abner," FrancL^," ir<7//«m'), horn in Brunswick, Mc.
Feb. U, 1789 ; died in Litchfield, Me. Dec. G, 1M72 ; married first,
Annie D. Cotton, who died Nov. 20, 1888 ; he married second,
Abigail AVhite, who died Sept. 29, 1848 ; he married third, Kebccca
Higgins, who died in 187G. With his father he removed in 1822 to
Litchfield, Me., where he passed the remainder of his life.
Children :
i. William,^ b. Dec. 17, 1821 ; m. Mary J. Ilarrin^'tou ; d. in 1823.
ii. Orrin, b. Feb. 1825 ; d, unm. May 26, 1883.
118. iii. Abner S., b. Oct. 20, 1829.
119. iv. Dexter W., b. April, 1832.
V. George F., b. July 30, 1835 ; d. April 13, 1839.
62.
Isaac* (Abyiei-,^ Francis,^ William^), bora in Brunswick, Me. ;
removed with the family to Litchfieltl, Me., in 1822. He married
Margaret Coombs; she died Oct. 0, 1851.
Children :
i. Dorothea,^ b. March 13, 1813 ; m. (1) Walter Haskell ; m. (2)
Samuel Eally [Ely]. She d. Aug. 3, 1898.
ii, OcTAViA, b. Nov. 4, 1814; m. James Nutting. Died in Hal-
lowell, Me.
120. iii. Enoch J., b. Oct. 9, 1818.
iv. Mary, b. July 6, 1819 ; m, Turner Harrington ; d. in Topsham,
Me., iu 186G.
V. Dorcas, b. Oct. 13, 1821 ; m. Elisha Nickerson ; res. Bruns-
wick.
vi. Sarah, b. 1823 ; m George Berry; d. in Bowdoinham, Me., in
1889.
vii. JunA, b. June 10, 1824; m. Charles Brown ; res. Topsham.
viii. Isaac H., b. 1826; m. (1) Elizabeth Peters ; m. (2) Hannah
Remick ; d. in Bowdom, Me. May 3, 1900.
ix. Susan, b. Sept. 20, 1830; m. (1) Charles Harrington; m. (2)
Amos Nickerson. Res. Topsham.
63.
Sa^itjel* (Abner,^ Francis,' William'), born in Brunswick,
Me. Dec. 15, 1799 ; married Sarah Coombs ; died in Oct. 1804.
Children :
i. Elbridge C,® b. Jan. 7, 1817.
ii. Jane C. b, July 12, 1821 ; m. Asa Nutting.
121. iu. Ensign, b. March 7, 1823.
388 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
iv. LuciNDA, b. April 28, 1825 ; m. Joseph Richardson ; res. Ayer,
Mass,
V. Margaret, b. April 30, 1828 ; d. Aug. 7, 1853.
vi. James I., b. Feb. 16, 1831 ; res. at Bath, Me. ; m. Mary Higgins.
Deceased.
122. vii. Samuel, Jr., b. Dec. 11, 1832.
viii. Joseph, b. Feb. 1, 1835.
ix. David, b. March 14, 1837 ; d. March 11, 1839.
X. Mary E., b. Sept. 1, 1839 ; d. Sept. 3, 1848.
xi. Eliza A., b. April 14, 1843 ; m. D. F. Curtis ; res. Lisbon, Me.
xii. Sarah F., b. Dec. 20, 1846 : m. B. C. Davis ; res. Green, Me.
64.
Stephen^ {Eliphalet,'^ Josej^h,^ William}), bom in Rowley
(bapt. at Byfield church Dec. 2, 1739 ; married in Bradford Jan.
5, 1758, Betsey Parker. Resided at Bradford. He was a cord-
wainer ; bought land of Moses Platts Dec. 28, 1772 ; sold laud there
Aug, 7, 1773, his wife joining in the deed. There is a family tra-
dition that he was a soldier in the Revolution and that he fell in the
battle of Bunker Hill. If this is correct the records given below*
must apply to some other person, possibly to a son and namesake
whose birth has not been reported to the writer.
Children :
[Stephen,^ located in this family without full evidence, but by hy-
pothesis],
i. Hannah,* b. Sept. 22, 1758 ; m. June 3, 1779, Thomas Cheney ;
[see Cheney Genealogy] ; she d. March 14, 1841.
ii. Rachel, b. in 1761 ; m. Oct. 24, 1780, Henry Hardy.
125. iii. Joseph, b. Oct, 6, 1763.
iv. Elizabeth, m. in June, 1786, Joseph Swan, of Methuen.
V. Silas, b. March 23, d. in May, 1766.
vi. Betty (may be the EHzabeth above), b. April 23, 1767,
vii. Eliphalet, b. July 2, 1769; d, in BracHord April 10, 1830.
viii, Patty, b. May 15, 1771.
* Stephen (Danford), Manchester. Private, Capt. Haffield White's co., Col. Rufus
Putnam's (5th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 3, 1777,
to April 22, 1779; reported discharged April 22, 1779; aUo, muster return dated
Albany, Feb. 9, 1778 ; residence Manchester ; enlisted for town of Manchester ;
enlistment 3 years; mustered by Esquire Gushing; reported deserted Dec. 28, 1777
[but this must have been a false report as his later service proves] ; also, Capt.
White's CO., Col. Putnam's (4th) regt. ; return of men entitled to state gratuity
raised by lottery. Stephen Danforth of Manchester, with wife Lydia, sold land,
buildings and rights Dec. 23, 1812. Stephen Danforth (perhaps a third) married in
Bradford June 3, 1832, Hannah Wood.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 389
65.
Simeon' (Eliphahf,' Joseph,^ WilUdni'), born in Rowley
(bapt. at Byfield :March9, 1745) ; died Feb. 23, 1821, " ajjed «! " ;
married [first] Jemima ; married [second] in liowlcv, Jidv 1),
1801, fludith, daughter of xVmos Stickn'ey by bis vviCi; Anna, (biii^di-
ter of Oliver and Anna (Danfortb) Whiting, born March IG, 1778.
[Stickney Family]. AVas living "in Concord, Chester co., twenty-
eight years of age, a husbandman," and was enrolled as corporal in
Capt. Gordon Ilutchins' co., Stark's rcgt. Sept. 20, 1775; receipted
in camp at AVintcr Hill, Mass. Feb. 7, 177o-G, for "milk money"
due from 4 Oct. to 24 Dec. 1775. The colony Poll-tax was levied
by the selectmen of Boscawen upon him with others " who ware in
the Contanental service for the year 1775 and have entered and gon
in said Sarvic for the year 1776." He was in "the detaclinicnt of
Col. Stickney's regt. that marched to the relief of Ticonderoga July
5, 1777 "; was discharged Sept. 25, 1777, "having served in (.'apt.
Peter Kimball's CO., Col. Thos. Stickney's regt., raised out of the
13th regt. N. H. militia July 20, 1777, which company joined the
Northern Army at Bennington and Stillwater." [N. H. State Pa-
pers ; Rev, Rolls].
Simeon, cordwainer, of Canterbury, N. H., mortgaged land Oct.
1, 1784; removed to Boscawen, N. H. and gave deed of that tract
Oct. 2, 1796. " Of Rowley, cordwainer," with wife Judith, he
gold land in R. Jan. 3, 1803. "He removed to Ohio, where he
died."*
Children :
i. [EZEKIEL?]
ii. Eliphalet.^
iii. Stephex, "son of Simeon and Jemima," b. Aug. 22, 1792.
iv. Lucy, b. in Rowley Jan. 16, 1802; d. in l.S-")!), unm.
V. Judith, b. July 22, lfS04 ; m. De Prie.st.
vi. Deborah, b. Nov. 9, 1806; m. Sawyer (Sayer).
vii. Elizabeth S., b. April 30, 1808 ; m. Sheafe ; res. Middle-
town, O.
Sally, "I , o . ^r. -lonn ( m- Mortimer.
;.} b. Sept. .0, 1809 ;{- — S:'
viu.
ix. Molly
X. Almira Josephine, b. April 8, 1812.
xi
xiii. Minerva, b. June 17, 1816 ; d. iu 1818.
* May there be two persons of the name and trade whose records are blended ?
390 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
FIFTH GENERATION.
80.
Enoch' (William,* William,^ John,'' William^), born in Boe-
cawen, N. H. Oct. 19, 1774; died Aug. 14, 1823; married Han-
nah Haines, born Nov. 21, 1781, died Jan. 21, 1843. He removed
from Bath, N. H. to Ohio about the year 1821.
Children :
i. Sabrina,' b. Jau. 26, 1806 ; m. Hiram Thompson.
Children :
1. Lorenzo T. Thompson, b. Jan. 18, 1824 ; m. Jane "Wal-
lace ; res. Michigan.
2. Amelia E. Thompson, b. Nov. 24, 1826 ; m. Nov. 22,
1848, Emanuel Myers, physician. Children :
(1) Albert W. Myers, b. May 3, 1850.
(2) Emma A. Myers, b. May 2, 1852.
(3) Arthur T. Myers, b. April 10, 1854; m. Geor-
gia Bliss.
(4) George J. Myers, b. Sept. 30, 1856 ; d. July
7, 1878.
(5) Grace L. Myers.
3. Harriet M. Thompson, b. Jan. 28, 1829 ; d. May 1,
1869 ; m. July 4, 1849, Henry Sanford, farmer.
Children :
(1) Ella Sanford; m. Oct. 1, 1884, Theodore M.
Paul.
(2) Ida Sanford.
(3) Harriet Sanford.
4. Jeremiah Thompson, b. Jan. 28, 1833 ; m. Harriet
Smith.
5. Laura L. Thompson, b. Sept. 22, 1836 ; m. Sept. 12,
1866, William Bell, farmer.
Children :
(1 ) William L. Bell, b. Aug. 24, 1868.
(2) Emma Agnes Bell, b. Sept. 9, 1871.
(3) Frederick N. Bell, b. Feb. 14, 1875.
6. Mary L. Thompson, b. May 17, 1838.
7. Louisa N. Thompson, b. April 30, 1841 ; m. in 1861,
Orrin Reynolds, teacher.
Children :
(1) Estella D. Reynolds.
(2) Mary Reynolds ; m. July 6, 1883, Joseph H.
Troyer.
8. William L. Thompson, b. April 3, 1843 ; d. Dec. 24,
1864.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 39 X
9. Emma S. Thompson, h. April fi, Iftlfi; d. Feb. 2
1870 ; m. Oct. 2, 1«07, Ed. C'artwri^lit.
Ch. : Howard Cart\vric,rht. b. Sept. 27, IHnS.
140. ii. IIiAL, b. June 8, 180S.
iii. Mary, b. April 7, ISIO; m. (1) Helton; m. (2)
Nourse; lived ut Bolton, Mass.; d. at Kirksvillc, Mo., July
18, 1901. ' ' -^
iv. Lavinia, b. March 27, 1812; d. June . '50, 1901; m. Sept. 2
1831, James Sevey, b. Nov. 2, 180G, a farmer and carpenter \
res. Kirksville, Mo.
Cliildren :
1. 3fary M. Sevey, b. March 18, 1832 ; m. Dc Tib-
betts; d. Sejjt. 26, 1901.
2. Orilla Sevey; m. Nov. 3, 1852, Edwin Harrow; he d.
Oct. 27, 1887.
Ch.:
(1) Marv L. Harrow, b. Aug. 11, ISoS; ni. Jan.
8, 1877, Robert H. Ilaniilton.
(2) Ella A. Harrow, b. Jan. 10, 185G; m. Jan. 8,
1877, William P. Foster.
(3) Charles E. Harrow, b. April 15, 1864.
(4) Frederick L. Harrow, b. Jan. 27, 1868; m.
Oct. 1894, Minnie Bundy.
(5) Clarence Harrow, b. Aug. 11, 1871 ; d. March
14, 1876.
141. V. Harrison, b. April 15, 1814.
vi. Judith, b. Oct. 23, 1816; d, in July, 1843.
vii. William, b. Sept, 12, 1819 ; d. at sea March 27, 1843.
viii. Eliza, b. and d. in 1823.
81.
William^ {William,* William,^ John,* William^), born at
Boecawen, N. H. Jan. 22, 1780; died Sept. 24, 1843; married
first, Sept. 24, 1806, Betsey Putney, of Warner, N. H. ; she died
May 15, 1841, aged 53 years. He married second, at Concord,
N. H., Nov. 8, 1842, Mi-s. Howard Dow, of Concord. He was a
farmer, residing at Webster (Boscawen), N. H., some years; re-
moved to Coldwater, Canada, and engaged in lumber business.
Died there.
Children :
142. i. John Putney," b. Oct. 5, 1811.
ii. Polly, b. Feb. 3, 1815 ; d. June 19, 1853 ; m. Nathan Kilburn,
of Salisbury, farmer,
iii. Tamson (Thomasine), b. March 7, 1817; d. in April, 1879;
m. Joseph Warren Jackman, farmer and miller, of Salisbury.
143. iv. Albert, b. Hec. 21, 1819.
144. V. William, b. May 22, 1823.
vi. Orpha, b. Jan. 22, 1827 ; d. Aug. 9, 1848.
392 DANrOBTH GENEALOGY.
8'2,
John* (William,* William,' John,' William^), born in Bos-
cawen, N. H. Dec. 18, 1785; died Feb. 18, 1850; married Nov.
17, 1827, Bernice Corser, of Boscawen.
Children :
145. i. Orrin,' b. in June, 1831.
ii. Mehetabel (Etta), b. Oct. 16, 1834; d. May 27, 1876 ; m. A.
P. Bennett. Child, Helen Pierce Bennett, b. May, 1870.
83.
Edmund* (William,* William,^ John,' William^), born in
Boscawen, N. H., July 8, 1791; died Oct. 24, 1854; married
Sept. 3, 1818, Rhoda Clough.
Children :
i. Haman,« b. Dec. 21, 1819.
ii. Rhoda, b. Sept. 3, 1821 ; d. June 21, 1834.
146. iii. Enoch, b. May 4, 1824.
147. iv. George Sullivan, b. May 6, 1827.
148. V. Reuben Clough, b. Aug. 17, 1829.
vi. Charles Spaulding, b. Nov. 14, 1831.
149. vii. Edmund, b. Jan. 12, 1834.
viii. Rhoda Rosetta, b. March 11, 1843 ; m. Josiah C. Shaw, who
was at one time officially connected with the Insane Asylum at
Concord, N. H. Child, Clarence Shaw, b. Sept. 22, 1873.
84.
Jedidiah* (Jedidiah,* William,' John,' William^), born in
Boscawen, N. H. April 26, 1777; died Aug. 2, 1827; married
Oct. 22, 1801, Rachel, daughter of Jolm and Rachel Corser, born
April 9, 1781, died in Salisbury, N. H. Nov. 19, 1854.
Children :
150. i. Jedidiah,^ b. May 27, 1803.
151. ii. Nathan George, b. July 1, 1805.
152. iii. John Blaisdell, b. July 31, 1807.
iv. Sarah Rix, ) ( m. Benjamin Fisk ; d. in
U.
r u. Sept. 1809 ; ■< Lawrence.
V. Rachel Corser, ) ( m. Elijah Clark,
vi. Charlotte Senter, b. June 23, 1810; m. (1) Jefferson Fisk;
m. (2) Elder Nason,
153. vii. Prentice Suattuck, b. Dec. 22, 1820.
viii. Harriet Augusta, b. Nov. 6, 1827 ; d. in 1851.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 393
85.
'!^ATTiAiii\(Jedidiah,* WilUam,' John,* William'), burn in
Boscawen, N. H. Aug. 28, 1779 ; removed to Thetforil, Vt. Mar-
ried Sophia C, .
Cbildi-en :
i. Sarah F.,^ b. June 8, 1836.
ii. Sylvester P., b. Awcr. 14, 1838.
iii. Celeste S., b. June 8, 1840.
iv. Horace H., b. March 29, 1842.
V. SiLVANUs, b. July 4, 1844.
86.
Eix^ (Jedidiah,* William,' John,* William^), born in Bos-
cawen, N. H. May 25, 1791 ; married April 15, 1819, Abigail
Colby, born April 3, 1801, died Feb. 28, 1849.
Children :
L Betsey CJ b. Sept. 13, 1819.
ii. HiRAJi Branch, b. April 29, 1823.
iii. Timothy Collins, b. Feb. 10, 1825.
iv. Josephine Branch, b. Oct. 25, 1842.
90.
Sa]VIUEL^ (Joseph,* Saimiel,^ John,* William*), born in Xew-
bury July 14, 1772; died June 5, 1818; married Nov. 10, 1803,
Ednah, daughter of Simeon and Sarah ( Jewett) Plummer, of New-
bury, born in 1781, died Dec. 22, 1824, "aged 43."
He was a blacksmith ; resided in Newbury. On the first of Sep-
tember after his death administration of his estate was granted to
Samuel Newman at the widow's request. Guardians were appointed
for the six children surviving.
Children :
i. George Plummer,* b. Aug. 3, 1804,
ii. Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1806.
164. iii. Joshua Jewett, b. Oct. 12, 1808.
iv. Rebecca Brown, b. Jan. 8, 1812 ; d. Sept. 12, 1836 ; m, Sept.
23, 1833, John Newman.
V. Joseph, b. March 24, 1814.
vi. Simeon Plummer, b. June 30, 1816 ; d. May 13, 1818.
vii. Mary P., b. Nov. 21, 1818 ; m. May 22, 1845, Nathaniel Little,
of Newbury.
Children :
1. Alice Archer Little, b. Aug. 19, 1846.
2. Heher Little, b. Nov. 18, 1853. [Little Genealogy.]
394 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
91.
Joseph^ {Josej^h,* Samuel,^ John,* WiUiam^) born in New-
bury March 25, 1782; died Jan. 26, 1840; married first, Phebe
Kimball, of Bradford, who was born April 28, 1788, and died
Oct. 11, 1835. He married second, Jan. 12, 1836, Mrs. Mary
Russell. He was a housewright and ship-joiner. He removed to
Salem. He sold land in Newbury to his brother Friend in 1805,
and conveyed a tract to him for life-use in 1819. With wife Phebe
he sold land in Salem Feb. 9, 1816, and other tracts without her at
later dates.
Administration of his estate was granted Feb. 18, 1840, to his
eon " John K. Danforth, of Boston, tailor"; guardians were ap-
pointed for George F., aged 18, and Edward Francis, aged 7 years.
Joseph A. and Willam H., of Salem, housewrights, were sureties
on the bond, and Samuel G., of Salem, housewright, on the bond
for sale of real estate in 1852.
Children :
165. i. Joseph Augustus,^ b. Feb. 1810.
166. ii. John Kimball, b. Oct, 7, 1813.
iii. William Henry, b. June 2, 1817, carpenter and inventor; d.
in Boston in 1870, unmarried.
167. iv. Samuel Gray, b. July 18, 1819.
168. v. George Frederick, b. Feb. 11, 1822.
vi. James Albert, b. March 28, 1830; d. March 2, 1832, "from
the effects of vaccination."
169. vii. Edward Francis, b. Aug. 26, 1833.
96.
Enoch^ (Unoch,* 0Uve7%^ John,^ William^), born in New-
buryport June 5, 1794; married there first. May 28, 1816 (inten-
tion. May 13), Rebecca Chipman, of the same place. He married
second, April 18, 1820, Elizabeth March Sargent, of the same.
Children :
i. Rebekah Ann,' b. Jan. 29, 1821.
ii. Charles William Davis, b. Sept. 24, 1823 ; d. Aug. 17, 1825.
100.
Henry Whittiek* (Noah,* Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ William^),
born [in Tamworth, N. H.] May 7, 1820; died in Dover, N. H.
in March, 1881 ; married first, Mrs. Clark, widow of Josiah T.
Clark; married second, Nov. 8, 1851, Eliza J. Clark; she died
Feb. 18, 1897.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 395
Children :
i. Emma," b. Oct. 9, 184S ; m. about 1865, Henry Tatner.
Child :
Lizzie Tatner, b. March 2G, 18G7.
180. ii. George HexNrt, b. at Dover, N. H. Oct. 7, 1858.
101.
Willis^ {Ebenezer,* Jonathan,^ {^JonathaUy'] WiUicwi'), horn
in Lake Village, N. H. Sept. 26, 1826 ; died at Milwaukee, Wis.
June 5, 1891 ; married March 3, 1852, in Oswego, 111., Nancy Ann,
daughter of Rev. James H. Moore, a Methodist Episcopal clergy-
man; she was born at Brockport, N. Y. Jan. 20, 1836. William
went in 1837, with the family to Geneva, 111. ; on leaving school he
studied medicine with Dr. G. W. Richards, of St. Charles; gradua-
ted from Rock Island Medical College in 1849. Located in Joliet,
111. On the breaking out of the War he joined the 13th 111. Cav-
alry ; was afterward surgeon in the 134th Infantry ; served at Pa-
ducah, Ky. to the end of the War. Resumed practice in Joliet ; in
1869 was chosen professor of Surgery in the Hahneman Medical
College, of Chicago, 111. In connection with Drs. Small and Lud-
1am he published the U. S. Medical Journal (Homeopathic) for
several years. His last residence was Milwaukee, Wis.
Children :
i. De Laskie,® b. at Oswego, 111. Aug. 23, 1853 ; d. of pneumonia
in Dec. 1897 ; m. Oct. 27, 1884, Mary Beverly. He is remem-
bered as " one of the loveliest and truest of men."
Child :
Willis,' b. Dec. 22, 1890.
ii. Laura, b. at Joliet, 111. Sept. 9, 1856 ; d, March 17, 1857.
iii. Harry Willis, b. at Joliet, 111. July 29, 1858 ; d. in Cuba .luly
2, 1898 ; m. in Milwaukee, Wis. .June 29, 1886, Lizzie Grace
Whitehill. He studied medicine and was admitted to practice
at Milwaukee. When the Spanish cruelties in Cuba were re-
vealed to the world his sympathies were aroused, and he went
to the island in 1895. He served as surgeon on the staff of the
insurgent Gen. Cisneros. Eeturning after his father's death,
he did much to inform and awaken our people to the situation
of the Cubans ; he returned to the island as assistant surgeon of
the 9th Cavalry. In the battle of El Canney he was shot while
di-essiug the wounds of an American sokher on the field. His
body was recovered and bm'ied there ; later taken up and brought
back to Milwaukee, where it was re-interred in Jan. 1899.
Child:
Sobert Willis,'' b. March 27, 1888.
iv. Charles Eugene, b. Oct. 1, 1865.
396 DANTOKTH GENEALOGY.
110.
Ebenezer^ {David, '^ Enoclt^ Francis,- William^), horn m So-
lon or Madison, Me. April 10, 1779 ; died July 30, 1829 ; married
Mary Thompson, born Nov. 13, 1781, died Feb. 11, 1840.
Children :
185. i, AsAHEL HuTCHiNS^ b. Feb. 2, 1802.
ii. Louisa, b. Jan. 3, 1804 ; m. AVilliam Salley, of Madison, Me. ;
be d. in Sept. 1884.
Child :
Cephas Salley, m. Ann Goodrich, of Madison ; res. No-
Anson, Me. Children :
(1) Frank F. Salley.
(2) Ulysses G. Salley; m. Emma Whittier, of Farm-
ington, Me.
(3) Lucilla Salley.
iii. LoRiNDA, b. Jan. 31, 1806 ; m. Thomas Cross, of Madison ; rem'
to Kingfield, Me.
Children :
1. George Cross, m. Priscilla Smith, of North New Port-
land, Me. Ch. : Frances Cross, m. Julian Viies.
2. Elam Cross.
3. Cornelia A. Cross; d. iu Feb. 1877.
4. Corice Cross, d. in Aiig. 1883.
5. l^homas Cross ; m. Lydia Healey, of Solon.
Children :
(1) Harriet Cross.
(2) Walter Cross.
(3) George Cross.
6. Loriyida Cross, m. Samuel Horton, of Kingfield ; she d-
in Ajiril, 1868 ; dau, Charlotte Horton d. in Feb. 1886.
iv. Fanny, b. Oct. 31, 1808; m. (1) Andrew Young, of Embden,
Me. ; res. in "VVaterville, Me. ; she m. (2) KUgore ; she
d. in Jan. 1840.
Children of Andrew and Fauny (Danforth) Young :
1. Adeline Young, m. Daniel Woodman, of Norridgewock,
Me.
2. Augustine Young.
3. Gorham Young, m, Angeline Hunnewell ; res. Fair-
field, Me. ; children, (1) Elizabeth Young, (2) Blanche
Young.
186. V. David, b. July 10, 1811.
vi. Lydia T., b. Nov. 13, 1813 ; m. Perez Savage, of Anson, Me.,
who d. in 1882 ; she d. in Skowhegan, Me. in 1844.
Children :
1. Austin Savage. 2. Ebenezer Savage. 3. Henry Savage
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 397
187. vii. Orrin, b. April 1, 1816.
viii. Mary Ajstn, b. April 1, 1820 ; m. Thomas Otis.
111.
Simeon* (David,* Enoch,^ Francis,^ William^) ^ born in Solon,
Me. married Fanny Moore.
Children :
i. Orchard C.® ; m. Caroline Savage ; d. before 1887.
ii. Mary, m. Jonathan Belden ; d. before 1887.
iii. Susan, m. Silas Tozer.
iv. John.
V. Eber.
112.
Silas" {David,* Enoch,^ Francis,'^ William^), born in Solon,
Me. ; married Abigail Bosworth; ghe died in March, 1874.
Children :
188. i. Calvin Bostyorth,^ b. in Madison, Me. April 12, 1820.
ii. Norris ; m. Elvira Adams; he d. before 1887.
Child :
Edwin SJ ; m. Elizabeth Moore ; resided in Taunton.
Children :
(1) Norris.^
(2) Elsie A., b. in T. Sept. 17, 1872.
iii. MiLO M., or J. Milo ; d. before 1887 ; m, Rhoda Hilton ; resi-
dence, Anson, Me.
Children :
1. Boscoe,'' d. at 15 years of age.
2. jEtta Florence ; m. Edwin Grant.
3. Hannibal Hamlin ; m. Fanny Stevens.
4. Charles.
iv. Harriet ; m. Ebenezer Fairbanks Stevens ; residence, Norridge-
wock, Me. ; d. before 1887.
118.
Abner S.' {Enoch,* Abjier," Francis,' William'), born Oct.
20, 1829 ; married Margaret Marr. Lives in Gardiner, Me.
119.
Dexter W.' {Enoch,* Abner,^ Francis,' Williamy) born in
April, 1832 ; married Eliza L. Dingley, of Litchfield, Me. He
resided on Oak Hill, Litchfield ; died Oct. 5, 1890.
398 DANTOKTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. Eliza A.,* b. Dec. 22, 1864; m. Frank Carr, of Monmouth, Me.
ii. Nelson, b. July 26, 1866; d. Nov. 22, 1891.
iii. Alanson F., b. Dec. 13, 1868 ; resides on the old homestead.
iv. Clara A., b. Sept. 21, 1871 , m. Edmund Hall ; res. AVales, Me.
V. Frank P., b. Dec. 30, 1874.
vi. Vinton W., b. Feb. 10, 1877.
vii. Ervin W., b. Sept. 19, 1884.
120.
Enoch J.* (Isaac,^ Abner,^ Francisy^ WiUiam'^)^ bom Oct.
9, 1818 ; married Lucy Taylor of Newton, Mass. ; died in Bruns-
wick, Me., July 29, 1865.
Children :
192. i. Isaac H.,^ b. in Quincy, Mass., April 15, 1844.
ii. Lucy, b. in 1846, d. in Feb. 1849.
iii. Charles A., d. in 1849.
iv. Anne E., b. Nov. 28, 1848 ; m. John McFadden ; res. Bath, Me.
V. George E., b. Nov, 22, 1852 : d. Jan. 15, 1894.
vi. Charles W., b. Sept. 22, 1854; m. (1) Cornelia Winslow ; m.
(2) Ella Reed. Res. Taunton, Mass.
Child :
William,'' b. July 10, 1881 ; d. Dec. 18, 1900.
121.
Ensign* {Samuel,'^ Abner,^ Francis,'' William^), born March
7, 1823 : married first, Eliza Segars ; married second, Elizabeth
Gray ; residence Oak Hill, Litchfield, Me.
Children :
i. Eleanor,^ b. Dec. 12, 1849 ; d. March 23, 1851.
ii. Henry W., b. March 17, 1853 ; d. March 15, 1872.
iii. John (of second wife), b. Jan. 15, 1857 ; m. Nellie Blackstone ;
res. Bangor, Me.
iv. Charles, b. July 27, 1859 ; was lost at sea Feb. 1887.
V. Abbie, b. Oct. 31, 1861 ; m. Horace Ridley,
vi. Joseph, b. Sept. 10, 1863.
vii. Mary L., b. Dec. 10, 1865; res. Litchfield,
viii. George, b. Dec. 7, 1868.
ix. Jennie, b. Oct. 2, 1870 ; m. "William R. Marston ; res. Greene,
Me.
122.
Samuel* (Samuel,'^ Abner,^ Francis,'^ William^), born Dec.
11, 1832 ; married Emma Jenkins; resides in Litchfield, Me.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 399
Children :
i. IsANNA,^ b. April 30, 1858 ; m. Fred. E. Ware ; res. Gardiner,
Me.
ii. "VViLBER, b. Ajiril 19, 18G0 ; m. George Glover ; res, Swan Island,
iii. Emery E., b. Jan. 24, ISG-l; m. Lydia H. Cromwell; res.
Litchfield,
iv. Frank E., b. Jan. 24, 18G6.
V. Burleigh M., b. March 4, 18G8 ; d. May 6, 1872.
vi. Edward S., b. Aug. 4, 1870; m. Mabel Carver,
vii. Emma, b. April 7, 1873 ; d. March 28, 187G.
viii. Fred L., b. Jan. 187G.
ix. Nellie M., b. Nov. 2, 1879 ; d. Dec. 21, 1891.
125.
Joseph* {Stephen,* Eliphalet,^ Joseph,^ WiUiam^), born in
Bradford, Mass. Oct. 6, 1763 ; married in 1785 Elizabeth Barker,
of Bradford, and removed to Londonderry, N. H. There he
bought a tract of land Jan. 6, 1786. Signed a petition of inhabi-
tants June 5, 1786. [N. H. State Papers XII.] In 1833 he
removed to Meredith Village, N. H. His Revolutionary record is
given below, in the form published by the State of Massachusetts.*
Joseph Danforth, tanner, of Londonderry, N. H. sold land in L. to Wil-
liam Cheney, of the same town, July 30, 1813.
He also sold land in Windham, N. H. near land of Moody Morse (which
he had purchased of Nathaniel Martin May 7, 1798), July 21, 1813.
Children :
194. i. Stephen,^ b. in 1787.
ii. Elizabeth, b, in 1790 ; m. Seth Cheney, of Derry, N. H.
ChilcU'en :
1. Seth Cheney.
2. Parker Cheney.
195. iii. Joseph, b. Jan. 21, 1792.
iv. William Parker, b. in 1794.
196. V. Barker, b. in 1796.
* Joseph, Bradford. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army
for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received
of Justice Ely, Commissioner, by Maj. Peter Harwood of 6th Mass. regt., at Spring-
field, July 2, 1780; age, 17 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, light; engaged for
town of Bradford ; arrived at Springfield July I, 1780 ; marched to camp JuIy 2, 1780,
under command of Capt. Phineas Parker ; also, list of men raised for the 6 months
service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return
dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.
Joseph (Danford)). Pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Bradford
for service in the Continental army during 1780 ; marched June 25, 1780 ; discharged
Dec. 13, 1780; service 6 months.
400 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
197. vi. Phineas, b. in 1798.
vii. John, b. in 1800.
198. viii. James Barker, b. in 1802.
128.
Eliphalet^ {Simeon,* EUj)halet,'^ Joseph,"^ William^) "born
in Bradford, Mass. ; went to Canterbury, N. H. with his father
when four years old ; then crossed the river to Boscawen where he
lived and died. He married Sarah Burnham Hovey." [Family
tradition.]*
Children :
i. William,® d. young.
ii. Eliza Hovey, d. in 1868; married (as his first wife) Rev. J. M.
H. Dow, Congregational minister, of Providence, R. I. and
Boston, Mass.
iii. Sarah ; residence, Bearing, N. H.
iv. Charles.
V. Felicia Hovey, m, Wm. P. Hammond, M.D., of Philadelphia.
She was an elocutionist.
129.
Stephen^ {Simeon,* Eliphalet,^ Josejih,'^ William^) born in
Bradford, Mass. — " son of Simeon and Jemima " — Aug. 22, 1792.
SIXTH GENERATIO:^".
140.
Hial^ (Enoch,^ William,* William,^ John,^ William^), born
June 8, 1808 ; died May 25, 1889 ; married May 4, 1831, Sophia
Darrow, born in Darrowville, N. Y., March 31, 1810. He was a
farmer.
Children :
i. Mary S.,^ b. Jan. 1, 1833 ; d. June 23, 1846.
210. ii. Milton Colt, b. June 13, 1836.
iii. Charles E., b. Aug. 29, d. Nov. 13, 1838.
iv. Helen S., b. Nov. 28, 1842 ; m. July 3, 1862, Virgil T. Miller ;
farmer.
* Eliphalet Danforth, of Chester, N. H., tanner, sold land there, "near his bark
house and house," to Jonathan Cilley Oct. 2, 1799. Was this the same person as the
above-described ?
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 401
Cliildren :
1. Nellie S. Miller, b. May 27, 1865.
2. Minnie Maxj Miller, b. Nov. 14, 18G6.
3. Ora Volney Miller, b. March 16, 1875.
V. Edmund E., b. Sept. 4, 1848 ; d. Aug. 18, 1850.
141.
Harrison^ {Enoch,^ William^* William* John* William^),
born April 15, 1814; died Feb. 21, 1884; married first, Sarah A.
Darrow, born July 19, 1813, died Sept. 29, 1868; he married sec-
ond, Feb. 28, 1875, Martha Holton. He was a physician ; resided
at Svimmit, O.
Children :
211. i. Francisco L.,^b. Feb. 28, 1838.
u. LoviNA A., b. Dec. 22, 1839; m. Oct. 3, 1861, "Senanl" or
Leonard Richardson, b. April 13, 1836 ; res. Paris, Mich.
Children :
1. Addie Lovina Richardson, b. Dec. 12, 1870.
2. George Harrison Eichardson, b. May 10, 1879.
iii. Mortimer W., b. Aug. 28, 1842 ; m. Addie Walton ; physician
at Cascade, Mich.
iv. Theodore E., b. Aug. 7, 1844 ; d. June 7, 1861.
V. Edwin H., b. June 11, 1852 ; m. 18 July, 1872, Esther Mo-
Knight ; is a merchant at Akron, 0.
Childi-en :
1. Sarah Ann,« b. Feb. 17, 1874.
2. Nellie, b. Sept. 17, 1878.
vi. Clarence E., b. March 16, 1856 ; m. March 3, 1880, A, Belle
Longnecker ; physician, Grandville, Mich.
Child :
Roy i^,8 b. April 3, 1883.
142.
John Putney' (Wilh'am,' William,* William,' John,' Wil-
liam'), born in Webster (Boscawen), N. H. Oct. 5, 1811 ; died in
Coldwater, Upper Canada, June 19, 1864; married first, Aprd 6,
1840. Susan S. Putney, of New London, N. H., born in 1819, died
Nov. 21, 1842 ; he married second, May 11, 1843, Emeline Lock,
daun-hter of Heman and Sally (Connor) Hastings, of Hopkinton,
N. H., born July 26, 1815, died Aug. 22, 1853 ; he married third,
in May, 1856, Mrs. Hannah Burnham "Wells, born in Essex, Mass.,
Oct. 9, 1808, died Nov. 7, 1901. He married and resided some time
402 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
atHopkinton, N. H. When Lawrence, Mass. was started he went
thither and found occupation ; soon after removed with his family.
In 1854 he engaged in lumbering in Upper Canada.
Children :
i. Henry Putney/ b. Sept. 21, 1842 ; d. July 21, 1844.
ii. Henry Putney, b. in Webster, N. H., Nov. 24, 1845 ; was edu-
cated in public schools of Lawrence and at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Learned the jjainting business, and has carried it on in Law-
rence. Was elected to the city government and served three
years ; member of state legislature 1880 and 1884. Is con-
nected with various fraternal organizations. Has taken great
interest in this work aud contributed to this second part.
iii. Emily Jane, b. in Hopkinton, N. H., June 3, 1848 ; d. in Law-
rence, Mass. Sept. 7, 1900.
143.
Albert' (William,^ William,* William,^ John,* William^),
bom Dec. 2, 1819 ; resided at Webster and Hopkinton, N. H. ;
was a farmer. He married first, Mary Ann, daughter of Richard
Fitts, of Boscawen, N. H. ; he married second, Nancy Elizabeth
Nichols, of Wethersfield, Vt. ; he married third, in Concord, N. H.,
Sept. 7, 1858, Rosanna E. Sanders, of Gardiner, Me., born March
28, 1820, died Feb. 10, 1901.
Children :
i. FiTZ Albert,^ b. June 7, 1848 ; m. June 20, 1892, Abbie J.
Cooper, of Brookline ; he was a farmer and expressman ; d. of
consumption July 13, 1894; no children,
ii. Mary Ann, d. in infancy Feb. 9, 1851.
iii. Lucius Nichols, b. of second wife, April 2, 1854; salesman in
Brookline.
iv. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1857 ; m. April 27, 1885, Charles
E. Davis, of Goffstown, N. XL, a machinist; res. Contoocook,
N. H.
Child :
Florence Emma Davis, b. Nov. 26, 1885.
V. Emma Lucinda, b, Feb. 22, 18G1 ; m. Ileury P. Dunbar, of
Hopkinton, N. H., carpenter and farmer.
Children :
1. Edward Capen Dunbar, b. March 30, 1894.
2. Charles Morton Dunbar, b. Feb. 23, 1896.
3. Howard Glair Dunbar, b. May 25, 1899.
144.
William® (Tr«7/mm,* William,* William,^ John,* William^),
born May 2, 1823; died Nov. 24, 1897 ; married first, Martha Se-
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 403
ver; married second, Lucia Nichols, of Wethersfield, Vt., a sister
of his brother Albert's wife. He was educated at Contoocook Aca-
demy ; became a civil engineer ; served sometime in the employ of
the Grand Trunk R.R, ; went to Minnesota in 1869 and was em-
ployed by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R.R. several years ;
city engineer of Red Wing, Minn. ; nine years chief engineer of the
Duluth and Red Wing R.R. He served in the Civil War in Co.
C, 16th Vt. Vol. Inf. ; participated in the battle of Gettysburg.
Residence, Red Wing, Minn.
Children :
i. William,'^ b. April 16, 1861 ; m. Aug. 10, 1899, Susan Schol-
field. He is a civil engineer.
Child ;
George Nichols,^ b. Feb. 3, 1901.
ii. Lucia, b. July, 9, 1865 ; grad. Carleton CoUege 1891, and has
since been a teacher there.
145.
Orrin' {John^^ William,* William,^ John, "^ Willicnn'^ ), horn
in June, 1831; married Abra Morrill; residence, Gloucester,
Mass.
Children :
i. Arthur.'^
ii. Mart Morrill.
146.
Enoch* {Edmund,^ William,* William,'' John,^ William}),
born May 4, 1824; married first, Melissa Jane Colby; married
second, Lydia A. (Connor) Fisk ; residence, Hopkinton, N. H.
Children :
i. Nanct Ann,'' b. Jan. 21, 1851.
ii. Edward Everett ; m. Emma Louise Emmons ; two children.
Rem. to California; at cue time deputy clerk of Alameda
county ; later in Railway mail service, residing in San Fran-
iii. Edmund G., b. May 23, 1874; m. Jan. 11, 1899, Lucy A. Foss.
147.
George Sullivan" {Edmund," William,* William,^ John,''
William'), born in Boscawen, N. H., May 6, 1827; married
first, in Concord, N. H. Nov. 18, 1856, Emma Maria Colby, of
Concord ; he married second, Susan Gwin.
He removed to Oakland, Cal.
404 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
i. EdmdndJ
ii. Henry.
148.
Reuben Clough® {Edmund,^ William,* William,'^ Johiy^
William^), born in Webster, N. H. Aug. 17, 1829; married
June 20, 18G0, Anna M. Dow, of Concord, N. H., and resided
there.
Children :
i. Marian Elena,'' b. June 8, 18G2 ; d. Feb. 1, 18G3.
ii. Marian Louisa, b. April 25, 1864.
iii. Caroline L., b. and d. in 1867.
212. iv. Harry A., b. Jan. 1, 1876.
149.
Edmund* {Edmund,^ William,* William,^ John,^ William^),
born at Webster, N. H. Jan. 12, 1834; married at Laporte, Cal.
Mary Lafferty, born in Modoc, Canada, Nov. 5, 1852. Residence,
Loyalton, Sierra county, California.
Children :
i. Ethel MayJ b. at Scales, Cal. Feb. 13, 1870 ; m. (1) in Reno,
Nev. Dec. 5, 1891, Charles Merwin;,m. (2) Jan. 4, 1827,
Bertrand Louis Jones.
Children :
1. Ruili Merwin, b. March 24, 1893.
2. Arthur Donald Mertvin, b. Sept. 6, 1897.
3. Gertrude Belle Jones, |
4. Albert Austin Jones, > b. Aug. 16, 1900.
5. Reuben Vance Jones, )
ii, William Eugene, b. July 9, 1871.
iii. Frances Louise, b. Sept. 2, 1872 ; m. in Reno, Nev. Sept. 22,
1891, Fred. White.
Children :
1. Vance Ellsworth White, b. Oct. 7, 1893.
2. Elmer White, b. May 15, 1895.
3. A child, b. March 18, 1901.
iv. Mabel Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1873; m. in Sierraville, Cal.
Jan. 1, 1890, Wm. Capcu Glidden.
Children :
1. Florence Asenath Glidden, b. 1890; d. 1893.
2. Edmund Franklin Glidden, b. 1892; d. 1893.
3. Leia Mabel Glidden, b. Oct. 21, 1894.
4. William Dewey Glidden, b. Dec. 29, 1896, at
Flacerville, Cal.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 405
V. Jennie Adele, b. Oct. 24, 187G ; m. at Reno, Nev. Sept. 15
1897, Miles Gay Lee.
vi. Onez Lillian, b! Dec. 28, 1879.
vii. Eva Maud, b. July 6, 1881.
viii. WiNNiFRED Evangeline, b. Nov. 4, 1882.
ix. Elmer Louis, b. Feb. 5, 1884.
X. Edna Nathalie, b. Nov. 26, 1886.
xi. George Stanley, b. at Loyalton, Cal. Nov. 4, 1890.
xii. Edmund Burke, b. do. Sept. 9, 1895.
150.
Jedidiah* {Jedidiah,* Jedldiah," William,^ John,^ Wil-
liam'), born May 27, 1803 ; died May 28, 1838 ; married Aurelia
C. , born in 1807, died May 27, 1838.
Children ;
i. George Henry,' b. at Lowell, Mass. Feb. 5, 1830.
ii. Aurelia Jane, b. May 8, 1832.
iii. Ednah Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1835.
iv- Ruth Augusta, b. Nov, 17, 1837.
151.
Nathan George* (Jedidinh,^ Jedidiah,* William,^ John,^
William^), born July 1, 1805 ; married Sophia Brown, born Feb.
22, 1802. He resided at Fisherville, now Penacook, N. H. ; died
Dec. 28, 1861.
Children :
i. Sarah Frances,' b. June 8, 1836; m, Otis Farwell of Fisher-
ville.
ii. Sylvester Prentice, b. Aug. 14, 1838.
iii. Calista (or Celeste) Susan, b. June 18, 1840; d. June 23,
1869.
iv Horace Harper, b. March 29, 1842 ; d. Feb. 26, 1858.
V. Sylvanus E., b. July 21, 1844 ; res. W. Concord, N. H.
152.
John Blaisdell* {Jedidiah,^ Jedidiah,* William,^ John,*
William'), born Julv 31, 1807; married Dorothy Fisk ; she died
May 27, 1853; he died at Salisbury, N. H. April 12, 1846.
Children :
i. John Forrest,' b. July 24, 1837.
ii. Rebecca Fisk, b. Aug. 4, 1839.
iii. Charles Henry, b. June 8, 1841.
iv. Ednah Elizabeth, b. May 4, 1844. [Concord record says
" Enoch E."]
406 DANFOKTH GENEALOGY.
153.
Prentice Shattuck® (Jedidiah^^ Jedidiah,* William,^ John^^
William^), born in Boscawen, N. H. 22 Dec. 1820; was drowned
at Swampscott, Mass. 3 June, 1852 ; married 3 Oct. 1841, Sarah
Hoyt.
She survived him and resides (1902) in Lowell. In 1893, she
visited her son in China, writing a spirited account of her journey
and observations for a Lowell journal.
Children :
i. Sarah Helen,' b. in Lowell, 14 Sept. 1843 ; d, 23 Aug. 1844.
ii. Susan Ellen, b. in Mason Village, N. H. 12 Sept. 1847 ; m. 11
Jan. 1879, Arthur F. Fletcher.
213. iii. Albert Whitney, b. in Boston, 25 Aug. 1851.
164.
Joshua Jewett® (Samuel,^ Joseph,* Samuel,^ John,' Wil-
liam^) born in Newbury Oct. 12, 1808; married, first, Mary C.
Knight, born in 1812, died July 1, 1834, aged 22. He married
second, Nov. 29, 1854, Esther E. Bailey, of Newbury. He mar-
ried third, Nov. 30, 1859, Susan (Fairweather) Noyes.
Children :
i. Joseph K.' b. June 10, 1838 ; d. Nov. 22, 1864 ; m. Lucy R.
. Child: Mary Jane,^ h. Aug. 21, 1862; d. July 20,
1876.
ii. Jane Fairweather, b. and d. in 1860.
iii. Jane Fairweather, b. Aug. 5, 1861.
iv, Esther Roddily, b. July 31, 1863 ; d. April 18, 1881.
165.
Joseph Augustus^ (Joseph,^ Joseph,* Samuel,^ John,' Wil-
liam'^), born in Salem in February, 1810; married in 1838 Sarah
Nichols, born Jan. 6, 1819, died May 1, 4894. He was a carpen-
ter; he died May 20, 1877.
166.
John Kimball* (JbsepA,* Joseph,* Samuel,^ John,' Wil-
liam^), born in Salem Oct. 7, 1812; died in Chelsea June 11,
1863; married in Boston April 21, 1842, Cornelia B. Dunlap.
He was a tailor ; resided in Boston, Salem, Brookline and Chelsea.
Mrs. Danforth survived him; she made her will Feb. 17, 1873;
bequeathed to her sons John H., George E. and Charles F. Dan-
forth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 407
Children :
i. John Henry/ b. about 1845.
ii. Unnamed son, d. in infancy.
iii. George Edwin, b. in Salem ; was a glove and hosiery dealer ia
Boston ; d. in 1899 ; leaving one duld.
iv. Charles Francis, b. in Brookline ; is an architect.
167.
Samuel Gray" {Joseph," Jomph,' Samuel,' John,'' WiUiam'),
born in Salem July 18, 1819 ; died Dec. 6, 1867; married Jan. 9,
1845, Elizabeth Abbot, born Oct. 4, 1821, died Sept. 11, 1865.
He was a house-carpenter ; resided in Salem.
Children :
i. Chari.es Augustus,'' b. June 1, 1846; d. Sept, 17, 1847.
ii. Mary Elizabeth ; m. M. L. Peabody.
Child :
llarian Peabody, b. about 1866 ; d. about 1890.
iii. Jennie Kimball, b. June 26, 1865 ; d. at Jamaica Plain, June
16, 1893.
168.
George Frederick® {Joseph," Joseph,^ Samuel,' John,- Wil-
liam^), born in Salem Feb. 11, 1822; died Oct. 1, 1855; married
April 20, 1847, Martha J. Gwinn. "He was a Baptist clergy-
man, of great faith in God and Jesus Christ." [Letter of a nephew.]
Child :
Grace,'' b. 1853 ; d. in Lynn, unmarried, Aug. 28, 1874.
169.
Edward Francis" {Joseph," Joseph,* Samuel,' John,^ Wil-
liam'^), born in Salem Aug. 26, 1833; married Oct. 23, 1856,
Louisa M. Wood, born July 8, 1836. He is a contractor and
builder ; resides at Beverly.
Children :
i. Joseph Horace,'' b. in Salem, July 25, 1857.
ii. Alice, b. Nov. 25, 1859 ; d. Dec. 23, 1861.
iii. Francis Edward, b. Oct. 14, 1862.
iv. Nellie Agnes, b. Aug. 30, 1864; m. Joseph P. Friend.
Children :
1. Edgar R. Friend, b. Jan. 26, 1891.
2. Albert Lenox Friend.
3. Lester Danforth Friend.
408 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
V. Flora Louisa, b. July 2, 1868; a school teacher at Los An-
geles, Cal.
vi. Samuel George, b. Nov. 10, 187L
vii. William Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1874; farmer; residence, Beverly.
viii. Albert Kimball, b. in April, d. in Aug. 1875.
ix. John Andrew, b. June 20, d. Aug. 31, 1876.
X. Lavina Corinne, b. Aug. 14, 1880; m. Aug. 23, 1901, Milton
Alvin Cole, of Los Angeles, Cal.
180.
George Henry' {Heyiry Whittie?^,^ Noah,* Jonathan,'^ Jona-
than,' William') born in Dover, N. H. Oct. 7, 1858 ; grad. Dart-
mouth College 1880; married July 3, 1888, Florence Evelyn
Cunimings, born Aug. 3, 1858. He is (1902) superintendent of
public schools in Greenfield, Mass.
Children :
i. Benjamin Cummings,'' b. Oct. 30, 1889.
ii. Henry Whittier, b. April 5, 1893.
185.
Asahel Hutchins® (^Ehenezer,^ David,* Enocli,^ Francis,^
William'), born in Solon, Me. Feb. 2, 1802 ; died Sept. 8, 1859 ;
married Melinda, daughter of William and Dorcas (Danforth) Sal-
ley, b. March 1, 1803, died April 3, 1879. He lived in Corn-
ville, Me.
Children :
i. Joel Salley Hutchins,'' b. in Solon July 25, 1830 ; m. Nov.
25, 1858, Eunice Helen, dau. of Rev. Stephen and Fidelia
(Laughton) Russell, b. at St. Albans, Me. Dec 2, 1838; resi-
dence, Dexter, Me.
Children:
1. Lizzie Fidelia,^ b. April 9, 1861.
2. Jennie May, b. at Pittsfield, Me. May 22, 1867.
3. Charles M., b. and d. in 1872.
ii. Marcia Ann, b. in Solon July 28, 1832 ; m. June 1, 1856, Moses
Cass, son of Richard and Maria (Cass) Hopkins, b. at St. Al-
bans March 6, 1828.
Children :
1. Sarah Maria Hopkins, b. June 1, 1857 ; m. in July,
1881, Jonas A. Wilcomb, of Boston.
2. George Cecil Hopkins, b. Jan. 31, 1861; a travelling
salesman ; residence, Gardner, Kan.
iii. Leander, b. in Solon July 4, 1834 ; d. in Morrisdale, Pa. Nov.
5, 1855.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 409
iv. GusTAVUs, b. in Cornville, Me. 'May 24, 1837; m. in Lynn
April 16, 1884, Mrs. Caroline A. (Trask) Clark, dau. of John
and Elizabeth Trask, and widow of William Clark.
V. LuciNDA, b. in Cornville April 12, 1840; d. March 9, 1864.
vi. George Stillman, b. in C. March 29, 1842 ; d. Dec. 3, 1860.
186.
David^ (Ebenezer,^ David,* Enoch,' Francis,' William^) ^
born in Solon, Me. July 10, 1811 ; married Aug. 3, 1833, Martha
S. McFadden, born in Madison, Me. Oct. 15, 1811. Kesidence,
Solon.
Children :
i. Franklin Lorestin,'' b. in Madison, Me. July 3, 1834 ; m. (1)
Oct. 16, 1857, Ellen, dau. of Henry Graham, of St. John,
N. B., b. in 1834; she d. at Madison Nov. 5, 1866. He m.
(2) in 1870 Joanna, dau. of Maurice and Ellen (Cary) Keat-
ing, b. in Ireland in 1 842. He served nine mouths in the army
in the Civil War. Removed to California.
Children :
1. Daniel TF.,« b. in Boston June 30, d. Sept. 26, 1864.
2. Leontine, b. in B. Nov. 4, 1865 ; since the death of her
mother has lived with her grandparents in Solon, Me.
Has taught school with acceptance. The compiler
acknowledges valuable assistance received from her
in the gathering of records of this branch of the
family.
3. Mary Frances, b. Dec. 8, 1872.
4. Thomas Jefferson, b. April 24, 1874.
ii. Amanda, b. Dec. 6, 1836; m. Dec. 6, 1882, WiUiam F. Colby,
of Madison, Me., where they reside,
iii. George C, b. and d. in 1839.
iv. Ebenezer T., b. and d. in 1840.
V. Thomas F., b. March 14, 1842 ; m. Harriet Emery, of Bangor,
Me. ; residence, Madison, Me.
vi. Streeter, b. Jan. 28, 1851 ; residence, Solon, Me.
187.
Orrin' {Ehenezer," David,' Enoch,' Francis,* William'),
born in Solon, Me. April 1, 1816 ; died Dec. 8, 1866 ; married in
Sept. 1849, Eunice Savage, born in June, 1832. Residence, Madi-
son, Me.
Children :
i. Mart 0.'
ii. Dexter W.
iii. Eugene.
410 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
188.
Calvin Bosworth^ (Silas,^ David,* JEnocJi,^ Francis,* Wil-
liam^), born in Madison, Me. April 16, 1820; married Annie,
daughter of Joseph and Tamson (Savage) Gray, born in Embden,
Me. Feb. 12, 1818, died Aug. 9, 1883. Eesidence, Skowhegan,
Me. He gave many particulars respecting this branch of the Dan-
forth family in a letter, dated Feb. 9, 1887.
Children :
i'. Abbt Viola,'' b. Nov. 7, 1843; m. Dec. 16, 1879, Charles j
Moody Green, b. in Newburyport Sept. 2, 1843. No children. *
ii. Elba Bosworth, b, June 24, 1846 ; m. June 4, 1872, Alma E.,
dau. of Liola and Mary A. Chase, b. in Pittsfield, Me. Resi-
dence, Skowhegan, Me.
Children :
1. Liola^ b. in 1872.
2. Charles Stevens, b. in 1874.
iii. Elmer Oscar, b. Sept. 21, 1849.
iv. Joel Gray, b. Feb. 7, 1853.
192.
Isaac H.* {Enoch J.,^ Isaac,* Abner,^ Francis,^ William^),
bom in Quincy, Mass. April 15, 1844; moved with his parents to
Brunswick, Me. about 1852 ; married Margaret A. Sanders. En-
listed in the First Maine Light Artillery in the War of the Rebel-
lion, Feb. 25, 1863 ; served with Gen. Phil. Sheridan in the Shenan-
doah Valley campaign. Was wounded Oct. 19, 1864, in the battle
of Cedar Creek. Was discharged July 20, 1865. Resides in Bruns-
wick, Me. Has gathered and contributed a good share of the facts
relating to this group of Danforths.
Children :
i. Ernest Wilbur,'' b. Nov. 4, 1871 ; was graduated from the
University of Maine in 1892 ; has been for eight years in the
employ of the city of Somerville, Mass. as a civil engineer.
ii. Charlotte Glendelia, b. Feb. 5, 1875.
iii. Lucy Margravine, b. July 2, 1877.
194.
Stephen^ (Joseph,^ Stephen,* Eliphalet,^ Joseph,* Williani^) ,
born in Londonderry, N. H. 1787 ; married Eliza Crowell.
Children :
i. Albert Joseph,'^ b. 6 Nov. 1814.
ii. Jessie.
iii. Lucy.
Mr. Joseph Danforth,
Joseph Lewis Danforth,
George Lewis Danforth,
George Lewis Danforih, Jr.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 411
iv. James B. ; res. Minnesota.
V. Thomas K. ; res. Minnesota.
vi. Sophia, m. Avery.
vii. Anna Talbot, m. Maxfield.
195.
Joseph" {Joseph," Stephen,* EUphalet,^ Joseph,* WiUirtm'),
born in Londonderry, N. H. Jan. 21, 1792 ; died in Louisville, Ivy.
Nov. 27, 1885; married in Boston, Mass. Oct. 22, 1815, Lucy
Shaw, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy Lewis, born in Plymouth,
Mass. Sept. 8, 1794, died in Louisville Aug. 19, 1859.
At 18 years of age he went to Boston and engaged in mercantile
business. In 1818 he removed to Kentucky, then a frontier state,
and made his home in Louisville, then a town of but 3700 inhabit-
ants. He returned to Boston in December, making the journey on
horseback in 42 days. The next spring he went back to Louisville,
his wife and three daughters following soon after. He established
a commission business, his brother James being his partner until
1845, developing a large business. In 1861 he retired, making his
home in Henry county with his daughter, ]\Irs. Schon. In 1873
he returned to Louisville, where he resided the rest of his life.
Widely known and respected, happy with his children, grandchil-
dren and great grand children, he passed a serene old age.
Children :
i. Lucy Elizabeth,'' b. in Boston Sept. 20, 1816; d. in Middle-
town, Ky. Sept. 9, 1822.
ii. Julia Augusta, b. in Boston Feb. 12, 1818 ; d. in Louisville,
Dec. 21, 1898; m. May 22, 1849, Washington, son of John
Leicester Schon, of Clarksburg, Va. ; residence, Henry county,
Ky.
Children :
1. Lucy Schon, b. in Louisville March 30, 1850; m. June
23, 1868, Joseph T. Hayden, of Newcastle, Ky.
Children :
(1) Mattie Belle Hayden, b. Aug. 28, 1869 ; m.
Sept. 1890, Arthur Sherrill ; res. New
York city.
(2) Joseph Danforth Hayden, b. July 31, 1871 ;
m. June 1, 1901, Lottie Floyd.
(3) Thomas Leicester Hayden, b. Nov. 7, 1874.
(4) Mary Julia Hayden, b. Aug. 13, 1878.
2. Leicester Schon, b. in St. Joseph, Mo. Oct. 21, 1857;
m. Virginia McClune, of Henderson, Ky. ; res. Cleve-
land, O.
412 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
3. George Lewis Schon, h. in St. J. July 4, 1859 ; ni'
Elizabeth Keith ; res. Louisville.
4. Mary Josephine Schon, b. in Bedford, Ky. Jan. 16, 1861.
iii. Mary Ann Lewis, b. in Boston March 30, 1819 ; d. May 4, 1823.
216. iv. Joseph Lewis, b. in Louisville Jan. 21, 1821.
196.
Barker' {Joseph,^ Stephen,* Eliphalet,^ Joseph,^ William^),
born in Londonderry, N. H. in 1796 ; married Mary S. Leland, of
Beverly. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Children :
i. James B.,"^ b. about 1816 ; d. 10 Feb. 1862 ; m. Elizabeth Heath,
ii. John L., b. 8 May, 1819 ; m. Salome L. Fish, of Deerfield, N.
H., b. March 11, 1821.
Children :
1. George (7.,« b. Jan. 15, 1845.
2. John 0., b. in June, 1847.
iii. Mary Ann, b. 21 March, 1821 ; m. 26 Oct. 1842, John Oilman
Howard, b. 9 July, 1821.
Child of John G. and Mary A. (Danforth) Howard :
Lucy Elizabeth Howard, b. 2 Aug. 1843 ; m. AKred Beard
of Nashua, N. H.
iv. Sarah, b. 2 Feb. 1825 ; d. 26 Oct. 1857 ; m. Francis Cutler.
V. William Francis, b. ; m. Sarah Perkins ; res. Concord,
N. H.
vi. Elizabeth Ann, b. 13 June, 1831 ; m, 10 Sept. 1850, Geo. H.
Warren (tailor) Nashua, b. 31 July, 1829.
Children of Geo. H. and Elizabeth A. (Danforth) Warren :
1. Henry Warren, b. 10 Aug. 1852.
2. John G. Warren, b. 15 March, 1854.
3. Geo. F. Warren, b. 29 Aug. 1862.
vii. ' Letitia (twin of Elizabeth A.), b. 13 June, 1831.
viii. Henry, b. and d. 13 Nov. 1833.
197.
Phineas' {Joseph,^ Stephen,* Eliphalet^^ Josephy^ William* )f
born in 1798 ; married Mary Rollins.
Children :
i. Jane,'' m. Samuel Phelps, of Boston,
ii. Joseph Alexis, m. Jane Abbot.
iii. Elizabeth, m. Scott.
Child of and Elizabeth (Danforth) Scott :
Clarence Scott. [Boston].
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 413
198.
James Barker'' (Joseph," Stephen,* EUphalet,^ Joseph,^
William^), born in 1802; died in 1869; married in 1834, Anna
Richmond Talbot, daughter of Commodore Cyrus Talbot, of Nelson
CO., Ky. "Lived in Philadelphia."
Child :
Alice,^ b. in June, 1835; m. (1) in 1855, Cyrus Bemis. She
m. (2) Richard Conn Lancey, of Brighton, Eng.
Child :
Harry Danforth Bemis, b. in 1856.
199.
Charles* {Eliphalet,^ Simeon,* Elipthalet,^ Joseph,^ Wil-
liayn} ) ,• married Rebecca F. Batchelder. Farmer ; res. Deering,
N. H.
Children :
i. Mart Shepherd, M.D. ; in practice of medicine at Manchester,
N. H.
ii. George.
ill. Clarence Burnham. George and Clarence have been part-
ners in the lumber trade (Danforth Brothers) at North Weare,
N. H. (Deering P. O.).
SEYENTH GENERATION.
210.
Milton Colt' {Hial,^ Enoch," William,* William,^ John,""
William^), born June 13, 1836 ; married Chloe Bradley, daughter
of Ulysses and Elizabeth (Bradley) Marion, born Sept. 8, 1837.
[See Hyde Genealogy.] Residence, Darrowville, O.
Children :
i. Jennie E.,« b. March 27, 1859 ; m. Nov. 11, 1879, Edward 0.
Shively.
Child :
Eva Mabel Shively, b. Oct. 9, 1882.
iL Mart S., b. Sept. 5, 1860 ; d. March 10, 1862.
iii. Leora N., b. Aug. 11, 1862; d. Feb. 5, 1865.
iv. Nina Rat, b. Jan. 13, 1867.
V. Milton Hial, b. Sept. 25, 1874; m. Oct. 20, 1897, Frances G.
Ball.
Child :
May Aphra,^ b. May 5, 1898.
414 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
211.
Francisco L.'' {Harrison,^ Enoch,^ William,* William,^
Johyi,'^ William^), born 28 Feb. 1838; married first, Lucretia
Rockwell, of Stow, Summit co., O. ; she died 14 July, 1864. He
married second, 3 Oct. 1870, Guleika L. Mallison, of Akron, O.
Residence, Hudson, Summit co., O.
Children :
i. Mamie Bell,^ b. 18 Dec. 1862.
ii. James F., b. 12 June, 1864 ; m. in Sept. 1883, Hattie Heffner.
iii. Emma N., b. 18 July, 1871 ; residence, Akron, O.
iv. Charles M., b. 2 Nov. 1872 ; m. Nov. 1, 1899, EUa May Beman.
212.
Harry A.'' {Reuhen Cloiigh,^ Edmund,^ William,* William,^
John,^ William^), born in Concord, N. H., Jan. 1, 1876; mar-
ried (wife's name not reported).
Children :
i. Francis Partridge,® b. June 28, 1899.
ii. Bertha, b. May 10, 1900.
iii. Lawrence, b. Sept. 30, 1901.
213.
Albert Whitney'^ (Prentice 8.,^ Jedidiah,^ Jedidiah,* Wil-
liam,^ John,^ William^), born in Boston 25 Aug. 1851 ; married
in Shanghai, China, Nov. 5, 1898, Lulu Fay Hacker.
He was engaged to go to China in 1881, by Li Hung Chang
and others, to give them figures and information in regard to the
building and equipment of Cotton Mills. He remained in Shanghai
two months, selected a site for the proposed mill, then returned to
America, with full authority to order the entire equipment of the
mill, hire assistants to go to China, and attend to all details.
Having completed arrangements in the United States, he left for
Shanghai in August, 1883. While on his 'way over, the war was
begun between China and Japan. Financial conditions were dis-
turbed, and Mr. Danforth was asked to wait awhile ; so everything
was held in abeyance for about three years. The mill was finally
built, and was making yarn and cloth in 1890, after innumerable
difficulties and delays. It was the fi7\'<t Cotton Mill in China.
In 1893 the mill was entirely destroyed by fire, but was soon re-
built. Mr. Danforth Htill retains a general oversight of the plant
of The Shanghai Cotton Cloth Company.
Child :
Albert Hacker,* b. Aug. 3, 1899.
Mr. Albert Whitney Danforth.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 415
214.
Samuel George' (Edward Francis,^ Josejjh,' Joseph,* Sam-
uel,'' John,^ William^), born at Salem Nov. 20, 1871; married
in Boston June 6, 1891, Mabel May Grossmith, of Boston, born
Feb. 18, 1871. He is foreman of a manufactory of gentlemen's
cravats in Boston. Resides at Arlington.
Child :
Mabel Corinne,^ b. Feb. 5, 1900.
215.
Albert J.' {Stephen,^ Joseph,^ Stephen," Eliphalei,^ Joseph,*
Williatn^), born 6 Nov. 1814, in Londonderry, N. H. ; married
first, at Newtown, Ind., 27 Sept. 1842, Matilda H. Sewell, of
Piketon, O., b. 7 April, 1822; she died 5 Jan. 1879. He mar-
ried second, 6 June, 1881, Martha A. Weeks.
Children :
i. James Barker, b. in Newtown, Ind., 19 July, 1843 ; d. in In-
dianapolis in Oct. 1853.
ii. Georgianna D., b. in Newtown 13 June, 1845 ; m. at Indian-
opolis, 24 Nov. 1868, Oscar H. Nealey ; res. Washington, D. C.
iii. Albert Judson, b. in Newtown 22 .Jan. 1847. Member of 124th
Indiana Vol, Inf. ; killed at battle of Ringgold 10 May, 1864.
iv. EuDORA F., b. in Newtown 16 March, 1848; m. D. V. Burns
30 Nov. 1869.
Children :
1. Ida Burns.
2. -Edith Burns.
3. Edna Burns.
V. Ida D., b. at Indianapolis 16 Nov. 1850; d. 1 Nov. 1869.
vi. Grace Darling, b. at Indianapolis 25 Nov. 1858 : m. 8 May,
1878, Frank Howard Levering, b. in Indianapolis. No chil-
. dren.
216.
Joseph Lewis' {Joseph," Joseph,' Stephen,' EUphalet,'' Jo-
sep)h,^ William'), born in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 21, 1821; died
there Oct. 31, 1887 ; married in Boston, Mass., May 12, 1845,
Frances Antoinette Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Henshaw and
Sarah (Henshaw) Ward, born in Shrewsbury, Mass., April 19,
1822, died in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 1898. He was graduated
from Harvard University in 1839 ; was one of the founders of the
Louisville Association of Harvard Alumni, and its first vice-presi-
dent. He spent four years in Philadelphia and New Orleans ; re-
416 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
turning to Louisville, he entered the Dry Goods house of Danforth,
Lewis, & Co., remaining in the business until 1856. He was then
chosen secretary of the Falls City Insurance Company, and from
that time was a leader in the insurance interests of the city and
state. For twenty-five years he was president of the Louisville
Board of Fire Underwriters.
For many years he also took a prominent part in developing the
Public Schools of the city, advocating all things which his investi-
gations found to be genuine improvements, and as strongly resisting
anything which he believed a perversion of the system.
He and Mrs. Danforth united with the Unitarian church in 1854,
and were most valuable members ; Sunday School work, benevolent
enterprises in the church and community, all things that made for
the true, the beautiful and the good, these he helped forward in a
conspicuous manner. He left the impress of a Christian gentleman
on all who came in contact with him.
Children :
i. Florence Ward,« b. April 27, 1846; m. Dec. 26, 1866, Hora-
tio Victor Newcomb, of Louisville.
Children :
1. Edyth Ward Newcomb, b. Dec. 10, 1867; m. Nov. 29,
1889, Reginald Henshaw, son of Andrew Henshaw
and Anna Ward, of Boston, Mass.
2. Hermann Danforth Newcomb, b. Jan. 1, 1872 ; m. Nov.
9, 1898, Matilda Florence, dau. of John and Eva
Ferguson Churchill. He is a member of the Ken-
tucky legislature.
Child : John Churchill Newcomb, b. Dec. 3, 1899.
3. Florence Danforth Newcomh, h. Sept. 29, 1875 ; d.
July 3, 1876.
ii. John Henshaw, b. Sept. 18, 1847 ; d. Dec. 8, 1853.
iii. Josephine Lewis, b. Sept. 13, 1849.
iv. Antoinette, b. May 11, 1852; m. May 12, 1877, Charles
Freeman, son of Moses Freeman and Emelme Egglestone
Smith, of New York state and Knoxville, Tenn. ; res. Louis-
ville.
V. George Lewis, b. July 24, 1854 ; m. Feb. 13, 1877, Florence,
daughter of E. D. and Mary Standiford, of Louisville. Re-
sides in Louisville ; insm-ance agent.
Childa'en :
1. Marie Antoinette,^ b. April 8, 1878.
2. George Lewis, Jr., b. Nov. 8, 1879.
3. Nannie Standiford Caldwell, b. Aug. 15, 1881 ; d. Feb.
21, 1893.
4. Florence Newcomb, b. Aug. 23, 1883.
5. Standiford, b. Sept. 6, 1885.
Mr. Joseph Lewis Danforth.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 417
vi. Sallie Ward, b. Aug. 4, 1856; m. Sept. 17, 1873, Charles
Thruston, son of William and Anne Thruston Johnson, of
Louisville.
Child :
John Thruston Johnson, b. Oct. 15, 1875.
vii. William Herbert, b. Feb. 24, 1859; d. Dec. 30, 1877.
viii. Francis Carruth, b. Sept. 19, 1860; d. Sept. 5, 1761.
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM OF IPSWICH AND NEWBURY.
HEADS OF FAMILIES.
2. Richard"
3. ^
7. Nathaniel'
8. Thomas
{^
24. Nathaniel*
5. Stephen
28. Thomas
10. Samuel
11. John
12. Oliver
^13. Moses
—14. Jonathan
18. Enoch
g , 19. David
2 J 20. Isaac
[^21. Abner
S —22. Eliphalet
33. Jedidiah
— 36. Joseph
f38. Samuel
I
\
I
1,39. Elkanah
— 41. Enoch
(42. Moses
43. Ezekiel
44. Henry
f45. Jonathan
46. Noah
47. Ebenezer
f 50. Enoch
j 51. Joshua
I 52. David
I 53. Daniel
(54. Paul
f60. Moses
<; 61. Enoch
j 62. Isaac
63. Samuel
■64. Stephen
1 65. Simeon
f 80. Enoch» |
9. William —32. William \
81. William
140,
141,
142.
143.
144.
—145.
f 146.
■ 147.
148.
149.
150,
151.
162.
[153,
Hial« —210,
Harrison — 211.
John P.
Albert
William
Orrin
Enoch
George S.
Reuben C— 212.
Edmund
Jedidiah
Nathan G.
John B.
Prentice S 213.
— 164. Joshua J.
C 165. Joseph A.
166.
\ 167.
I 168.
1,169,
John K.
Samuel G.— 214.
George F.
Edward F.
82. John
^ 83. Edmund
f 84. Jedidiah
I
) 85. Nathan
I, 86. Rex
f 90. Samuel
I
\
\^ 91. Joseph
— 96. Enoch
— 97. Ezekiel
-100. Henry .W. —180. George H.
-101. Willis
r 185. Asahel H.
110. Ebenezer \ 186. David
111. Simeon (187. Orrm
112. Silas —188. Calvin B.
118. Abner S.
119. Dexter W.
-120. Enoch J. —192. Isaac H.
121. Ensign
122. Samuel
Milton C.7
FranciscoL.
Harry A.
Albert W.
Samuel G.
-125. Joseph
128. Eliphalet
129. Stephen
ri94. Stephen
I 195. Joseph
^196. Barker
I 197. Phineas
y 198. James B.
—199. Charles
—215. Albert J.
—216. Joseph L.
APPENDIX.
UNASSIGNED DANFORTHS;
Descendants, undoubtedly, in nearly erery case, from Nicholas or William, but
the connection not yet traced.
Arthur, married in Dedham Sept. 13, 1829, Hannah G. Whit-
ing of D.
Benjamin, born about 1790; died in Boston Sept. 17, 1835, "ai.
45."
Charles M., died at Reading 19 Feb. 1895, leaving wife Nellie
M., and children Alfred W., Percy R. and Bertha E.
Davis ; married in Boston March 9, 1824, Lydia Hellish.
Edward, married 13 March, 1810, Sophia, daughter of Gardner
and Jemimah (Rice) Wright, of Sutton. [Rice Genealogy].
Elias, of Lexington, was published to Lucy Smith Jan. 30, 1814.
Eliza A. (Danford) married (as his second wife) 26 Dec. 1853,
Rev. Joseph Richardson Marr, who was born at Baldwin, Me. 7
March, 1819. He was pastor at Geneva, 111. to 1857 ; then re-
moved with his wife's brothers, "the Danfords," to Mound City
and joined in the organization of that company; removed in 1871
to Fort Scott, Kan.
Children :
i. Eben Danford Marr, b. 28 May, 1859.
ii» Helen Lillian Marr, b. 13 Sept. 1861. [Richardson Genea-
logy]-
Eliza J., died at Dover, N. H. in March, 1898. [Du-ectory].
Elkanah.
Children :
i. Ira.
ii. Mary ; m. Williani Gifford.
ill. Henry. [Davis's Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth.]
422 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
EzEKiEL, born in Boscawen, N. H. [It is said that he had
brothers Eliphalet and Stephen and a sister that married a man by
the name of Vilas, who went with Ezekiel to New York.] He mar-
ried Hannah White ; she survived him and married second, Charles
Tuttle, of Tyngsborough, Mass. ; she died March 18, 1865, accord-
ing to the inscription on her gravestone.
An Ezekiel Danforth (whether this man or another of the name)
receipted at Boscawen, N. H. July 2, 1776, for bounty and advance
pay in Capt. James Shepard's company in the Continental army ;
was "reported by Col. Badger of Gilmanton, N. H. July 23, 1776,
to go to Crown Point."
Children :
i. John Manlet, b. in Boscawen, N. H., March 14, 1810; m. iu
1837, Alvira, dau. of James and Naomi (Whitney) Sawyer, of
Harvard, boru Jan. 22, 1819, died Feb. 11, 1882. He was a
book-binder, painter and jDaper-hanger ; resided in Dedham.
He was drowned in 1846, leaving his Httle family in straight-
ened circumstances ; the younger children were adopted by
relatives and friends of the family.
Children :
1. Alvira, b. in 1838 ; m. James Russell, of Maiden.
Children :
(1) Edward Russell.
(2) Ida Maria Russell.
2. Jane, b. Aug. 15, 1839 ; m. Joseph Lovell, of New
York state.
3. Ahhie, b. Feb. 2, 1841 ; m. Thomas Brackett, Stark, Me.
4. Emma, b. Dec. 13, 1843 ; was adopted by Capt. Joseph
Winn, of Salem, with the name Annah C. Winn ; m.
Oct. 27, 1864, Captain Nathan Pearson Cutler, son
of William and Sally Maria Pearson, b. in Oct. 1841 ;
he is president and manager of the Curtis Leather Co.
of Ludlow, Pa. He served with credit in the Civil
War.
Children :
(1) Annah Maria Cutler, b, Nov. 14,1865; d.
July 29, 1866.
(2) Joseph Winn Cutler, b. April 21, 1866; d.
Sept. 10, 1872.
(3) Nathan Pearson Cutler, b. Oct. 27, 1870;
m. Edith Talbot Gould.
(4) William Haskell Cutler, b. June 7, 1872.
(5) Sally Abbott Cutler, b. May 18, 1875.
5. Emmet, b. Nov. 29, 1844 ; was adopted and his name
changed to Dauiel Danforth Whitney. He served
in the war for the Union, 1862-5 ; m. Estelle Case,
of Leominster.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
423
11.
iii.
iv.
Peaslet P, ;
Jane.
Minerva R.
Children :
(1) Dean Whitney, giad. from the U. S. Train-
ing ship Annapolis ; assigned to war ship
Indiana.
(2) Elsie Whitney; m. Rev. Mr. Northrop.
(3) and (4), sons,
Sarah Straw, name changed to Martha ITosmer ; b.
Feb. 10, 184G ; m. Alvin S. Tvviss, of Tewksbury,
where they reside.
Children :
(1) Alice E. Twiss, b. in 1871; m. in 1893,
Frederick L. Hardy, of Andover.
Child : Frederick Charles Hardy, b.
Nov. 2, 1894.
(2) Charles F. Twiss, b. in 1873; m. in 1899,
Fanny L. Coles.
Child : Fanny Gertrude Twiss, b.
March ib, 1902.
(3) Lucy L. Twiss, b. in 1877.
d. at Kankakee, 111., Nov. 7, 1884.
b. in Turin, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1815; m. at Cam-
bridge, Mass. Dec. 13, 1838, George Phillips, b. in Nov. 1812 ;
residence, Arlington.
Children :
1. George Stow Phillips, h. Jan. 16, 1840; m. Dec. 25,
1861, Lizzie Clark, b. in Cambridge Oct. 16, 1840.
2. Francis Henry Phillips, b. Dec. 3, 1841 ; d. in Dec.
1848.
3. Ellen Minerva Phillips, b. and d. in 1845.
4. Ellen Pamelia Phillips, b. Nov. 12, 1846 ; d. June 1,
1852.
5. Estella Mary Phillips, b. Feb. 21, 1851 ; m. Nov- 24,
1874, Charles S, Jones, b, Jan. 21, 1850.
6. Clark Lowell Phillips, b, and d. in 1857.
V. Vilas, b. in Ogdensburg, N. Y. July 10, 1820 ; m. in Cambridge
Jan. 28, 1852, Susan, dau. of Abel Farrar, born in Acton.
He was a farmer. He d, in Tyngsboro Jan. 14, 1894.
Children :
1. Clara Frances, b, in Cambridge May 1, 1853; m.
March 30, 1873, George William Stephens, b, in
Dunstable Sept. 10, 1847.
2. Edward Phillips, b. Sept. 17, 1859 ; m, in Lynn in
June, 1887, Nellie Augusta Woods, of Dunstable.
Children :
(1) Bertha Queen, b. April 26, 1888.
(2) Marion Augusta, b. Aug. 2b, 1895.
424 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
vi. Harriet.
vii. Charles B.
viii. Clara, m. Lynch.
ix. Chellis, d. at 4 years of age.
George. "George Danford and Marcy Cotton, both of Eoches-
ter, " were married at Rochester, Mass., 23 July, 1717, by Mr.
Timothy Ruggles." [Roch. Rec.]
He married Mercy, daughter of Rev. John Cotton, of Yarmouth,
Mass. and of his wife Sarah, daughter of Richard Hubbard, of
Ipswich; after the death of Mr. Hubbard's widow, 26 July, 1720,
George and Mercy,* residing in Rochester, Mass., sold land in
Ipswich, inherited from Mr. Hubbard. [Essex Deeds.]
George O., painter, Cambridge; wife Olive Moody; died Sept.
24, 1887 ; bequeathed his estate to wife and sons, " of Cambridge "
and daughter " now of Boston," giving names in full ; will dated
March 4, 1875, probated Oct. 18, 1887.
Children :
i. Benjamin Otis.
ii. James Lyon (recorded "James Theoph^") h. in C. March 27,
1849.
ill. Susan Elizabeth (called " Harvey " in her father's will).
GiLLiviAN, born in 1822 ; died in 1863 ; married first, Carrie
Ford ; married second, Ruth Noyes, of Haverhill, Mass. ; res.
Hopkinton, N. H.
Sarah, a sister of Gillman, married in Concord, N. H., first,
Jere. Palmer ; married second, Leonard Felch.
Children :
i. John; m. (1) Anna ; m. (2) Maria Sweat; res. Man-
chester, N. H.
Ch. : John Henry ; Fred P.
ii. Sarah Jane ; m. Amos Whittier.
iii. Erastus, d. in Nov. 1866; m. Mary Nichols; ch. : 1. William
A. 2. Charles Henry. 3. Frank Whitefield.
iv. Mary Ann ; m. Stephen B. Sweat. Res. Bow, N. H.
V. Charles Henry, b. 31 March, 1837; m. 11 Aug. 1862, Mar-
rietta Hall Kempton, b. 30 Nov. 1844. Ch. : 1. Stella Flor-
ence, b. 25 Sept. 1866. 2. Etta Arvilla, b. 13 Nov. 1870; d.
30 Sept. 1872. 3. 3Iabel Kempton, b. 23 March, 1876. 4.
Helen Agnes, b. 6 July, 1881. Charles Henry, the father, was
in the Union Army.
* We note that 1 Aug. 1804, Mercy Danfortli, " aged 67 years, testified at Newbury-
port 1 Aug. 1804, about testimony which her sister Hannah Ritter had given ccnccrning
the question, which was the elder of the Kent twins! "
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 425
vi. Johnson ; d. at the second battle of Bull Run.
vii. Ruth Ellen ; m. Timothy G. Moore ; res. Pittsfield, N. H.
viii. GiLLMAN, b. 22 Sept. 1851; m. 12 June, 1869, Harriet Felch,
b. at Weare, N. H., Nov. 1847.
ix. George Augustus, b. 17 Dec. 1850; m. (1) Ellen Sargent;
m. (2) Emma Barr.
Hannah, of Somerville, married in Charlestown April 23, 1843,
Isaac Holmes, of Dedham.
Henry, born 17 June, 1805 ; died at Lynn, 27 Aug. 1876 ;
married Martha Ellis Raymond, daughter of Lemuel and (Julia?)
(Ellis) Eaymond, born in Plymouth, 5 Jan. 1804, died at Ply-
mouth, 30 July, 1830.
Children :
i. Charles Henry, b. in 1827 ; m. first, Phebe Reynolds ; m. sec-
ond, Adrianna Faunce, dau. of Stephen Faunce.
ii. Otis, b. in 1829.
iii. Allen, b. in 1823.
iv. Martha J., b. in 1834 ; m. Caleb F. Wright.
V. Fanny H., b. ; m. George H. Atwood.
vi. Aurelia, m. Alex. Wood.
[Davis' Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth.]
Jeremiah, married [in Boston?] 24 May 1832, Sally Hassan,
born May 25, 1811, d. April 28, 1835.
Jeremiah, born 15 Feb. 1819; died 5 Oct. 1861; married at
Hingham, Abigail Lord Salisbury, born 17 Jan. 1821, died 13
Feb. 1884.
Children :
i. Eben K., b. in Georgetown 24 May, 1840 ; m. 15 March, 1863,
Lydia Ann (Banks) Downer.
'Child:
Anna,h. 12 April, 1864; m. 28 AprU, 1883, Calonius
Morse, of Georgetown.
ii. Martha, b. and d. in 1842.
iii. George Spencer, b. 27 March, 1844 ; m. 14 Feb. 1878, Carrie
Augusta Slayton, of Brookfield.
iv. Julia, b. 2 May, 1845 ; m. 10 Sept. 1873, George Everett Hitch-
cock, of Ipswich.
V. Charles William, b. 8 Sept. 1849.
vi. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 26 May, 1855 ; m. 28 Jan. 1874, Wil-
liam Henry Thomas, of Ireland, b. 24 Sept. 1849.
vii. Eliza Annie, b. 2 May, 1858; m. 20 Aug. 1875, Warren Ge-
rome Witham, of Durham, N. H.
426 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
1. Mary Elizabeth Witham, b. 30 Jan. 1877.
2. Maud Alice Witham, b. 13 July, 1878.
viii. Abigail, b. 19 Feb. 1860.
John H., married in Boston, 30 June, 1844, Mehitable Merrill.
John W., died; administration was granted March 28, 1888, to
Horace W. Bailey, of Newbury ; Frank P. Danforth was surety on
the bond. [Middlesex Prob.]
Joseph, married Judith. Resided at West Newbury.
Children :
i. Joseph N. ; m. 18 Nov. 1851, Sarah M. N. Wood. Res. Brad-
ford. Ch. : Joseph W., b. 5 Jan. 1879.
ii. Eliza R., m. at Groveland, 4 Sept. 1858, John W. Robinson.
Joseph S., born 17 April, 1791, at Boscawen, N. H. Married
at Cincinnati, O., Rosalinda Wells, born in 1801 at Montpelier,
Vt.
Child:
Manly, b. 23 Dec. 1818 ; m. at Amity, Yam Hill co., Oregon,
10 June, 1851, Anna Maria Maly, b. 19 AprO, 1836.
Children :
1. William M, born 7 May, 1852.
3.' S, } b- 1^ ^^y' '''' -' { d. 20 May, 1856.
4. Frank, b. 17 April, 1857 ; d. 13 Jan. 1864.
5. Minnie Helen, b. 28 April, 1859.
6. Wilamina, b. 16 Aug. 1860.
7. James Frederick, b. 19 Dec. 1861 ; d. 24 Dec. 1863.
8. Charles Benson, b. 7 Dec. 1864.
9. Lucius Fremont, b. 28 Dec. 1866 ; m. at Portland, Ore.,
6 June, 1891, Dora Alice, dau. of Cortland and Annie
E. (Robertson) McClure, b. at Salem, Ore. 2 Feb. 1869.
Ch, : Dora Iris, b. 26 Dec. 1892, at Alameda, Cal.
10. Rosalell, b. 22 March, 1870.
Joshua. Joshua Danford was a soldier in Capt. Osgood's com-
pany of Col. Timothy Bedel's (New Hampshire) regt. ; he receipted
for arms, etc., March 5, 1776.
Joshua Danford was reported by the selectmen of " Andover,
formerly New Briton," as having served in the (Revolutionary)
war from that town.
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 427
Joshua Danford, "of Bosquin" (Boscawen, N. H.) was a ser-
geant in Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb's "Independent Corps of
Rangers," July 4, 1779; had enlisted "from Feb. 10, 1777"; re-
ceipted for pay 7 Feb. 1781, being in Col. Cilley's company. Was
reported Jan. 1, 1780, as one of the soldiers who were entitled to
extra pay on account of the depreciation of the currency. He
petitioned the authorities of the state Jan. 19, 1781, "for money
to procure provisions for his family ' so that he can return to Maj .
Whitcombs Core,' in which he was a soldier; testified that he had
received no wages for last year's service nor anything from the
town." In 1782 the selectmen reported that they had furnished liis
family with articles to the value of £12-2-4.
Martha, int. mar. with Daniel Chaplin at Rowley March 26,
1808.
Martin, married in Boston 12 May, 1844, Louisa M. Roberts.
"Matthew Danford of HuU, boatman," was married Oct. 21,
1720, by Mr. Zechariah Whitman, at Hull, to Elizabeth Prince.
They sold land in Hull 20 May, 1742. [Boston and Suffolk county
records.]
MiCAJAH, resided at Danbury, N. H.
Children :
MiCAJAH, m. 14 May, 1845, Rosanna C, King.
RuFCS H., m. " second," 15 Jan. 1857, Aclelia P. Morse.
Milton, married in Boston, Sept. 8, 1837, Mary Jane Simmes.
Moses, married (1) Elizabeth (Betsy) Grant; married (2) in
Boston, April 11, 1848, Lavinia Weeks. [Is it the identical
Moses ?]
Child:
James C, b. [in Rome, Me.?] 23 Feb. 1832 ; rem. to B™nj"'ick,
Me. ; afterwards removed to Boston and later to Dixfield, Me.
Hem. in B. Dec. 6, 1855, Sarah Ann Noyes, whose mother
was Harriet Potter, b. in [Carthage, Me.,] Sept. 17, 1836.
Children :
1. James Warren, b. in Boston, Dec. 11, 1858 ; m. Sept.
8 1880, Clara Ellen, dau. of George and Louisa J?.
(Learned) Hurd, b. in Dover, N. H., May 17, 1860.
He is a shoemaker ; res. Lewiston, Me.
428 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
(1) Lunette May, b. in Carthage, Me., Oct. 13,
1882.
(2) Bertram Allen, b. in Dixfield, Me., Sept. 23,
1885.
(3) Hattie lola, b. July 15, 1887.
2. Fred Wesley, b. Dec. 13, 1862; m. in Wilton, Me.,
Mary E., dau. of Charles H. and Elmira S. Chubb,
b. in Dixfield, Me. Dec. 23, 1863.
Child;
Walter Emery, b. in Dixfield, July 19, 1886.
3. Clarence Emery, b. Dec. 10, 1864.
4. Hattie May, b. in Dixfield, Me., April 19, 1870.
5. Sarah Elizabeth, b. in Carthage, Me., Dec. 30, 1874 ;
d. Jan. 11, 1882.
Nathaniel, resided at Franklin, N. H.
Child :
Edward, b. 17 Nov. 1812 ; m, 5 Sept. 1832, Fandacy Huntley,
b. 20 Aug. 1796, d. in 1869.
Children :
1. Edward R., b. 17 Oct. 1833 ; m. 22 Sept. 1857, Mar-
tha J. True, b. 8 July, 1837.
Children :
(1) Arthur C, b. 24 May, 1862.
(2) Nellie E., b. 26 Nov. 1866 ; m. 25 Nov. 1833,
Henry A. Manning.
2. Harriet N., b. 17 Oct., 1833 ; m. m April, 1851, George
W. Colbath.
Children of George W. and Harriet N. Colbath :
(1) Ida J. Colbath, m. Emery Levy.
(2) Fred Colbath.
Otis, baker, Cambridge ; married first, in Boston March 2, 1817,
Eunice Belcher, of Boston. She joined him in a deed of land April
16, 1821 ; she died in C. Feb. 22, 1826, aged 36 years. He mar-
ried second, Czarina P., daughter of Dr. Sylvanus and Mary (Fowle)
(Richardson) Plympton, born in Aug. 1788, died in Jan. 1883.
[Plympton Genealogy.] She signed deeds with him Oct. 28, 1828,
and July 31, 1830. They placed certain real estate in the hands of
trustees July 31, 1850, to secure separate rights. July 12, 1899,
Czarina P. Littlefield, of Boston, represented that Otis and his wife
were both dead, and that their rights in said land had descended to
their daughter Mary C. Danforth, now Littlefield ; and asked to be
appointed trustee in place of Nathan W. Eaton, resigned. Charles
H. Littlefield, of Boston, was at one time a trustee. [Mdx. Prob.]
DANTORTH GENEALOGY, 429
Child :
Mary Czarina, b, in Cambridge June 14, 1831.
Sally, intended marriage with Stephen Wood at Rowley, May
17, and they were married July 19, 1805.
Samuel H., of Lowell, died May 9, 1873 ; administration of his
estate was granted May 28, 1878, to his widow Lucia C. Danforth.
John W. and Frank P. Danforth his "next of kin."
Sarah, int. mar. with David Jewett, Jr., at Rowley, Aug. 12,
1810.
Silas, " son of Capt. Danforth, of Derby, Vt."
Children :
i. Charles (below). vi. Sewall,
ii. Norton:. vii. Susan.
iii. William. viii. Sophronia.
iv George. ix. Francis.
V. EPHRAIJVI.
Charles (Silas), born 1 Dec. 1828 ; resided at Hartford, Vt. ;
married 25 Feb. 1847, Charlotte Hanscom, born 16 June, 1827.
He died in the army in 1864.
Children :
i. Emma Amelia, b. in 1848 ; m. Harry George. Resides in "West
Corinth, Vt.
ii. Susan Lucretla., b. in June, 1849 ; m. Gilbert Flanders ; res.
in West Corinth, Vt.
iii. Julia Ann, b. 19 Nov. 1850; d. 16 Nov. 1865.
iv. Charles William, b. 23 July, [1852] ; m. Mary Lezac ; res.
Barton Landing, Vt.
V. Mary ; m. William Riter.
vi. Jeremiah Levy, b. 22 Jan. 1858 ; m. 16 April, 1880, Ella Dock-
ham.
vii. Silas Eugene, b. 17 March, 1855 ; m. Nelly Gray.
viii. Frank Benjamin, b. 14 Feb. 1865.
Thomas (father not known to the writer), married Patty Colby.
Children :
i. William.
ii. Phebe, m, Joshua Nason.
iii. Priscilla.
iv. Archibald, b. in 1805 ; d. m Dec. 1861 ; res. Madison, N. H. ;
m. in 1830, Polly Harriman, of Madison.
430 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Children :
1. William G., b. 30 June, 1832 ; m. Adeline Eliza Fay,
dau. of Curtis and Olive (Knowlton) Fay, of Hills-
dale. N. H., b. 29 March, 1831.
Children :
(1) Gertrude Eliza, b. 14 Dec. 1857 ; m. 13 Sept.
1877, Fred Eugene Banfield.
(2) Dana Fay, b. 3 Apr. 1869 ; d. 14 Apr. 1870.
2. Azel Adams, shoe mfr. Lynn.
3. Adeline.
4. Richard Ransom, shoe mfr. Stoneham.
5. Melissa, m Nathan Perkins, Charlestown.
6. Charles, shoe mfr. Stoneham.
7. Horace, shoe mfr. Lynn.
8. Florilla, m. James Finney, cab maker, Charlestown.
9. Mary.
Timothy ("brother of Thomas "). Kesided at Eaton, N. H.
Children :
i. Hazen.
ii. Stephen.
iii. Enoch.
iv. Sewall.
V. RoswELL M., "b. at Eaton, N. H." [Aug. 24, 1808] ; d. "of
Laryngitis " in Cambridge, Mass., May 28, 1865, "aged 56
years, 9 months and 4 days," " son of Timothy," " widower,"
" blacksmith." [Camb. records.]
Also a number of girls whose names are not known.
WrLLARD, of Charlestown, married at Chelsea Nov. 29, 1838,
Mary Burrill, of Chelsea.
William, "of Haverhill, cordwainer," died intestate 12 Oct.
1839 ; his widow, Mary administered on the estate for herself and
"four children." Of these, William Edwin, aged 16, and Stephen
Bailey, aged 14, chose Moses Atwood guardian, and he was ap-
pointed 4 Feb. 1840. William E. " discharged " his guardian Aug.
19, 1844, and Stephen B. March 24, 1846.
William ("Eliphalet"?) married Hannah Ord way. Resided at
West Newbury.
William, of ? m. in Boston 5 March, 1833, Mary Ordway.
Children :
L William E., d. 6 Aug. 1846.
* Perhaps "Eliza, daughter of William Danforth, who died in Boston 17 Hay, 1832,
86. 31, and was buried at West Newbury," was connected with the above.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 431
Stephen Bailey, m, 13 June, 1818, Lucy Ann Chase. Re-
sided in Bradford.
Children :
1. Charles William, b. 26 Nov. 1848.
2. Frederick C, b. 19 Aug. 1861.
RoDOLPHus, m. 19 April, 1855, Sarah Elizabeth Smith.
Children of Rodolphus and Sarah E. (Smith) Danforth :
1. Mary Abhie, d. 3 April, 1865.
2. Carrie Howe, b. 2 April, 1867.
George E., m. Mary J, Pike.
Children :
1. Anna F., m. 24 Nov. 1880, Wm. W. Merrill.
2. Fred Lincoln, b. 30 Aug. 1866 ; d. 4 April, 1867.
3. Charlina P., b. 4 Aug. 1870.
UNASSIGNED REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS.
David. Private, Capt. Joshua Leland's co. of guards ; enlisted Oct. 6, 1779 ; dis-
charged Nov. 10, 1779; service, 1 mo. 5 days, under Maj. Nathaniel Heath; com-
pany detached by order of Maj. Gen. Hancock to man the forts at and about Boston
and to serve until Nov. 10, 1779.
Dick, Boston. Private, Capt. William Warner's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt. ;
abstract for advance pay for 1 month, etc., dated Camp at Hull, Aug. 31, 1776 ; also,
same co. and regt. ; service from May 30, 1776, 4 days previous to marching, to Aug.
1, 1776, 2 mos. 2 days ; also, same co. and regt. ; service from Aug. 1, 1776, to Nov. 1,
1776 ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay abstract for Nov., 1776, including travel allowance
home, certified at Boston.
Eliakim. Captain, Col. Thomas Nixon's (6th) regt. ; Continental Army pay ac-
counts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to March 1, 1789; reported resigned; also, list
of men belonging to Mass. Line reported as not having been mustered or who were
omitted from pay rolls, to whom wages and depreciation were allowed ; reported not
mustered.
Jacob. Marine, ship " Mars," commanded by Capt. James Nivens ; engaged April
20, 1781; discharged June 12, 1781; service, 1 mo. 22 (also given 1 mo. 23) days.
E,oll dated Boston.
Jacob. Private, Capt. William Bird's co., Col. Webb's regt.; enlisted Aug. 17,
1781; discharged Dec. 1, 1781; service, 3 raos. 24 days, travel included; regiment
raised in Middlesex and Suffolk counties to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
Luke. Seaman, brigantine "Rising Empire," commanded by Capt. Richard
Whellen ; engaged July 30, 1776 ; discharged Sept. 4. 1776 ; service, 1 mo. 5 days.
Roll sworn to in Bristol Co.
432 DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
LxJKE (Danfford). Private, Capt. John Russell's (seacoast) company; marched
July 28, 1776 ; service 10 days ; co. stationed at Martha's Vineyard ; reported enlisted
in Continental service Aug. 10, 1776.
Samuel, Weston. Private, Capt. Charles Miles's co.. Col. Jonathan Reed's regt. ;
pay abstract for mileage from Ticonderoga sworn to Feb. 10, 1777 ; reported deserted,
Samuel (Danford). Lieutenant, Col. William Shepard's regt. ; Continental Army
pay accounts for seryice from Jan. I, 1777, to April 2, 1779 ; reported resigned April
2, 1779 ; also, Capt. Reuben Slayton's co., Col. Shepard's regt. ; return of men in
camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777; also, same regt.; order for clothing, dated Camp
Valley Forge, May 1, 1778 ; also, Capt. Reuben Slayton's co., Col. Wm. Shepard's 3d
(also given 4th) regt.; muster rolls for July, Aug., Oct. and Nov., 1778, dated Provi-
dence; also, Capt. Slayton's co.. Col. Shepard's (3d) regt.; muster roll for March and
April, 1779, dated Providence; appointed Jan. 1, 1777.
Samuel (Danfourth). Private, Capt. Ephraim Stearns' co.. Col. Ezra Woods'
regt.; enlisted May 31, 1778; discharged Jan. 31, 1779; service, 8 mos. 11 days,
travel included ; company raised for defence of North river.
EARLY ENGLISH WILLS
Ipswich Wills. Arch. Suffolk.
Book 5. Fo. 351.
[Day and month torn away] 1477. I Thomas Deruforth of Beccles
My wife Isabella.
My children [not named]
Wife & John Hill of Ravenham to be exors.
Proved 15 Jan?, 1477.
Book 7. Fo. 45.
28 Feb. 1513. I John Dernford of Cranysford.
To be bur. in Ch. of "
Robert my son to have tenement called Smythys.
To Thomas Mylys s. of John Mylys of Badynghara a cow.
Residue of goods to Alyce my wife.
Son Rob. & Rob. Derawe to be exors. & Rob. Lawter supervisor.
Proved 22 Oct. 1514.
Book 7. Fo. 182.
8 March, 1516. I Alys Dernforth of Framlingham, widow.
To be bur. in Ch. of Framlingham.
To church of Cranysforth 9 s.
My son Robert.
Legacies to Margery Ederyche, Crystyn Lawtyr & Marget Lawtyr.
Residue of goods to Marget my dan. late the wife of Rob. Lawtyr of Fram-
lingham.
Witnesses : Sir John Chylderns, Rob. Drenforth.
Proved 22 April, 1517.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 433
Book 11. Fo. 1186.
16 July, 1533. I John Derneforth of Swyftlyng.
Sons : William & Edward.
Dau". Alice, Agues, Parnell Margaret.
Wife Margaret & sou John to be exors.
Witnesses : Sir Roger Clayton, clerk, Rob. Grene, Rob. Alrede.
Proved 19 Sept., 1533.
Book 12. Fo. 57.
12 Dec. 1534. I Robert Derneford of Cranysford.
Late wife Margaret. My now wife Joan.
Tenement & lands in Cranysford & Glenhara late the lands of Ales"'. Derneford
my grandfather.
Nephew John Lawter & every one of his sisters, dau''^ of my sister.
To Kateryne Thurstuu a Kyrtyll wh : was my wife his [her] mothers.
My father John Derneford. My bro. Nicholas Joly & James Cryspe to be exors.
Witnesses : Sir Thos. Wylson vicar of Cranysford, W™. Syer, John Mason,
Thos. Grene, John Felly.
Proved 6 Oct. 1535.
Book 24. Fo. 92^.
22 July, 1571. Robert Danforth of Debenham in co. Suffolk.
Wife Rose.
2 children [not named]
His friend John Folkerk of Asheflld
Sister Alice & 2 brothers [not named]
Witnesses : John Folkerd, John Laute & Gregory Cotes.
Proved 21 July, 1572.
Book 24. Fo. 444.
25 April, 1573. I Edward Derneforde of Hacheston in co. Suffolk, husbandman.
Son : Rodulfe.
Dau". Katherine, Margaret, Isabella & Priscilla.
Exors. Robert & Thomas Jonies my brothers in law.
Witnesses : William Smith, William Hill.
Proved 10 Dec. 1573.
Book 58. Fo. 31.
14 May, 1627. Noncupative will of William Darneford late of Framlingham.
To be bur. in ch. of Framlingham.
^siH'rl^:';™ 1 .."now in Unnds or ECwaK, Pope of B.auaes.on.
Witnesses : Edward Pope, Thos. Wade.
On the 25* July, 1627, admon. was granted to the said John Hill.
434
DANTORTH GENEALOGY.
FRAMLINGHAM (SUFFOLK) PARISH REGISTERS
1560—1650.
[Copied for this volume by Miss Emma M. Walford, of London, Eng., who added the
figures in brackets.]
Baptisms.
21 Sep. 1562
19 March 1563[-4]
17 Sept. 1564
10 March 1565[-6]
29 Jauy 1569 [-70]
30 April 1570
6 Nov. 1586
1 Mar. 1589[-90]
16 Nov. 1592
11 Nov. 1593
22 Feb. 1600[-1]
15 Juue 1619
3 Aug. "
13 March 1620[-1]
3 May 1621
3 Sep. 1622
22 Dec. 1622
20 Nov. 1623
24 May 1625
15 Jan. 1625 [-6]
17 Oct. 1626
2 Mar. 1627[-8]
1 Mar. 1628[-9]
1 " " "
28 Aug. 1631
9 July 1635
5 March 1642 [-3]
5 October 1645
22 March 1647 [-8]
Isabella daughter of Eichard Danf orth
Johane daughter of Nicholas «Sb Aelles Danforth
Anne dau. of Richard Danforth
Olive dau. of Thomas Danforth & Joane his wife
Elizabeth dau. of Nicholas & Alice Danforth
Katheriue dau. of Richard & Anne "
Nicholas son of Thomas Dernef orth & Jane his wife
Nicholas " " " & Jane Danford
Robert son of Thomas Derueforth
" " " " Danforde
Jane dau. of Thomas Darnford & Joane his wife
Robert son of Robert & Susan Daneford
Elizabeth dau. of Nicholas & Elizabeth Daneford
Nicholas son of Robert & Susan Danforth
Marie dau. of Nicholas & Elizabeth Dampforde
Anna Danforth dau. of Nicholas & Elizabeth Danforth and
hure father was churchwardin that yere.
Ann dau. of Richard & Sewsan Danforth
Thomas son of Nicholas & Elizabeth "
Lydia dau. " " " " "
Mary dau. of Robert & Susan Danford
Samuel son of Nicholas & Elizabeth Daneford
Jonathan " " n i« i< <<
Jasper " " Robert & Susan "
John " " " " " "
Susan dau.
Daniel sou
Nicholas "
John "
Robert "
Danforth
Nicholas " Elizabeth "
Marriages— 1560-1650.
22 April 1570 Thomas Berry & Jilliau Danford
6 Feb. 1575[-6] William Folcard & Katheriue Danford, widow.
22 Oct. 1581 William Smallage & Olive Danford
10 Oct. 1585 Raulfe Darneforde & Margaret Gawle.
24 Jany 1585 [-6] Thomas Danford & Jane Sudbery
24 June 1588 Robert Woodcoke & Olive Danforth
20 Oct. " John Tockley & Mary "
15 Feb. 1612 [-13] John Hill & Elizabeth "
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 435
Burials.
18 July, 1561 Frances Daueford daughter of Thomas.
8 Nov. 1570 Richard
23 Sep. 1571 Katherine dau. of Richard Danford.
2 March 1572[-3] Raynold Dauford.
2 Jauy 1578[-9] Joane Danforth dau. of Nicholas
6 Feb. 1588 [-9] Nicholas son of Thomas Dernford
3Janyi592[3J Robert " " " "
21 Mar. 1601 [2] Thomas Danford's wife
31 May 1627 William Darnford
22 Feb. 1628[-29] Elizabeth "
3 Oct. 1630 John Dampford
7 Aug. 1635 Daniel son of Robert Danforth
16 Feb. 1639[-40] Robert Danforde
28 Jany 1647 [-8] Nicholas Danforth.
FRAMLINGHAM, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND,
Is a parish and market-town of great antiquity, once more populous
and of larger traffic than now, but still thriving with a population
little short of three thousand.
It is about ninety miles north east from London, with railway
connection, and about fifteen miles from the border of the North
Sea or German Ocean.
It is pleasantly situated on rising ground near to the sources of
the river Ore, which finds its way by a circuitous course to the sea
at Oreford. A local Gazetteer says " it is extensive and handsome,
containing many well-built houses, and a large market-place, the
centre of which was formerly ornamented by a cross. On the west
of the town is a lake, called the Mere, which flows into the Ore
and which is said to have been once navigable." Since that was
written, fifty years ago, a few good houses, several shops with mod-
ern appliances, and a large collegiate school have added to the
attractiveness of the village.
The old church, large and most subtantially built, with a square
tower more than a hundred feet high, is, to visitors, an object of
great interest. The older part, which is not now used for worship,
contains several elaborate and really elegant monuments, the prin-
cipal of which is that of the Earl of Surry, his countess and their
children. The Earl, — statesman, military commander and poet, —
fell a victim, as did so many others, to the caprice of I^ng Henry
the Eighth, and was beheaded on Tower Hill.
Presbyterians, Methodists, Unitarians and Independents have
places of worship here, and there are two ancient alms-houses,
436 DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
founded and endowed by charitable men for the comfortable main-
tenance, respectively, of eight and twelve worthy people.
But the object of greatest interest in the town is the old castle.
Of vast dimensions and prodigiously strong, the noble ruins are
externally so well kept as to lead the beholder to pronounce it abso-
lutely impregnable. The walls are eight feet thick and 44 feet
high, and have thirteen square towers rising fourteen feet higher.
Two of these are watch-towers. The gateway, still well preserved,
is symmetrical and beautiful. It was defended by drawbridge and
portcullis, giving evidence of great security.
There were extensive gardens pertaining to it, the whole sur-
rounded by a moat, readily flooded from the adjoining lake.
The history of the castle is lost in antiquity. Who were its
builders is not even confidently surmised. The land was long ago
occupied by the Iceni, a British tribe, and afterward successively by
Romans, Saxons, Danes. The castle was occupied by Redwald,
one of the earliest of the East Anglian kings ; was later the resi-
dence of King Edmund, who in the year 870, after he had been
defeated in battle at Dunwich by the Danes, was besieged here and,
being obliged to flee, was taken and beheaded at Bury St. Ed-
munds.
The castle was taken by the Norman Conqueror, and afterward
changed owners frequently. Princess Mary retired to it during the
attempt to place the Lady Jane Grey on the throne.
Later the several structures in the interior were demolished that
the material might be converted to use elsewhere, but, as before
stated, the exterior has been well preserved.
Of course in the British Isles there are countless places, the scene
of historic events affecting the existence and welfare of unnumbered
successors, but it would seem that comparatively few can show so
grand and so well preserved relics of ancient renown as appear in
and around our " Framlino-ham ad Castrum."
LANDS OF REV. SAMUEL DANFORTH.
A small account-book containing details of many business trans-
actions of Rev. Samuel Danforth of Taunton, shows him to have
been, not only the efficient and greatly respected minister of that
town, as well as teacher of classics, and advisor of his people both
in legal and in medical practice, but also a man of energy and
thrift in secular afffiirs.
With a small salary and probably very small addition of fees for
special services, he reared a large family reputably ; and as shown
DANTORTH GENEALOGY. 437
in these simple records gradually acquired many tracts of land in
the town for which payments seem to have been made with scrupu-
lous exactness — the result being valuable investments for his chil-
dren.
From this little book, lent to us in 1893 by its possessor, Mr. B.
F, Danforth of Chetopa, Labette co., Kansas, and accurately copied
by Mr, Almar Danforth Hodges, junior, we subjoin some extracts :
The lands of Samuel Danforth of Tanton.
1 My house lott (six accres more or less) bought of Bartholomew Tip-
ping
2 Opposite to Tippin's lot (over the river) halfe an accre of land bought
of Nathan^ Thare.
3 Of Dan Throop bought 18 accres adjoyning Tippin's being three 6
accre lotts, with six accres of pasture over the river opposite the ends of the
former three lotts and thirty accres on the west side of Ridge hill
4 Seven accres and a half (call'd Linkon's lott) I had of Jno Hodges
by exchange for the like quantity he had of me on the west side of the
MiU river.
5 Lef Wyatt's homelands bought for me by the Town and given me at
my first settlemt.
6 My meadow near Winnacunnet pond layd out at first for six accres
6 My lands at Crooked meadow Cedar swamp in Tanton one whole right
of my own (originally Lef* Wyats) in division of swamps
one whole right w''^ was Dan Throops and bought in crooked meadow
^ of a right of W™ and Constant Briggs
^ one eighth of Uriah Leonard
^ one eighth of Experience Linkon
|- one quarter of Richard Hoskius
7 Scadding meadow formerly [leaf torn off]
A Due to Sam' Danforth on the forty accre division
on Lef* Wyats right 40 accres
on Seth Shoves ^ right 10 accres
on Dan Thi'oops right 40 accres
To tall is 90 accres
Granted and layd out to S. D. on said rights
20 accres on the great playn
9 accres in the second lott ia the pine swamp
1^ accres in a little lot of pines sixth lott
5 accres at Chards pond ( this is since sold to EkF Hodges by S. D. )
3|- accres in Cobs swamp
10 accres at Crooked meadow
1 accre I gave to Philip Mason
1 accre I gave to Wat Merry
8 accres I sold to Wm. Briggs
8^ accres on the head of John Hodges his pond
438 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
14f accres on the playn adjoining to my own land and Jno Deans
1| sold to Sam. Dean on exchange for some on Ridge hill
2 accres sold to Thomas Linkon at his sawmill.
86^ accres in all
memod I have some shares in the 18 accres in the Cedar Swamj^ ad-
joyning to the pine swamp.
I find it is 1 accre and 3 quarters but by agreement I am allowed on
division but one accre & a half for it.
REMARKS
On the subject of the Trials for Witchcraft in Salem and vicinity in 1692
extracts from a paper read at the Fifth Meeting of the
Danforth Family in Boston, 1886.
This community has long suffered reproach because of the excite-
ment which prevailed during a few months in the year 1692, on the
subject of witchcraft ; and of the trials then held, and of the convic-
tion and execution of a few hapless victims of a now exploded super-
stition.
Our Thomas Danforth was on the bench, at one session, at Cam-
bridge, when some accused persons were tried, and several were ad-
judged guilty, neither of whom, however, was punished ; and censure
has rested on his memory as accessory to the persecution of innocent
people. The weight of testimony, however, is altogether against
such imputation, and it is certain that subsequently his influence
helped to dispel the illusion.
But the charge of intolerance and cruelty has been so constantly
reiterated, that even among ourselves the feeling is common that
herein our worthy ancestors had done something singularly discredi-
table.
A brief statement of facts may set the matter in a juster light.
Dr. Palfrey, in his History of New England, says : " The people
of Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, like all other Christian
people at that time, at least with extremely rare individual excep-
tions, believed in the reahty of a hideous crime called witchcraft.
They thought they had Scripture for that belief, and they knew they
had law for it, explicit and abundant ; and with them law and Scrip-
ture were two absolute authorities for the regulation of opinion and
conduct."
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 439
That belief was an inheritance common to all men from the most
ignorant to the most learned. It was diligently inculcated by the
Roman Catholic Church, and also by the leaders of the Protestant
Reformation.
Pope Innocent VIII., in 1484, issued a bull punishing the crime
of witchcraft with death. With Luther this belief became intensified,
and he declared, " I would have no compassion on these witches —
I would burn them all."
Bishop Jewell, preaching before Queen Elizabeth, said: "May
it please your Grace to understand that witches and sorcerers, with-
in these few years, are marvelously increased in your Grace's realm."
Later, Lord Bacon, "the greatest, wisest" of his time, pronounced
the "three declinations from religion" to be "heresies, idolatry, and
witchcraft."
In 1664, Sir Matthew Hale, afterward Lord Chief Justice of Eng-
land, sentencing two women to be hanged, said that the reality of
witchcraft was unquestionable ; and in this opinion he was supported
by Sir Thomas Browne, who was present at the trial.
The popular commentary on English law, published at the close
of the seventeenth century, which was the current law-manual in
New England, recognized witchcraft as a real crime.
We ask, then, wherein were the people of Massachusetts blamable
in that they accepted and acted upon the belief which all the rest of
Christendom held and practised ; and in that they brought to trial
those who were accused, and inflicted the punishment prescribed by
law on those who were found guilty and who continued impenitent.
For these two features in the case should be noted : first, that none
were condemned without a formal trial ; and secondly, all those who
pleaded guilty and declared themselves penitent were released ; and
the fact that many did confess guilt, of course confirmed the current
belief.
Why should these people be expected to be superior to all the rest
of the world? A candid reply must be a complete acquittal.
But to continue the review. Long after the time when the reaction
occurred in Massachusetts, and the superstition was exploded and
denounced here, the belief in witchcraft continued in other lands.
Joseph Addison and Dr. Samuel Johnson were firm believers in it,
and John Wesley, in 1768, said that "giving up witchcraft is, in
eflfect, giving up the Bible."
In 1773, the Presbytery of Scotland passed a resolution declaring
their belief in witchcraft, and deploring the general stepticism in re-
gard to it. ...
During Cromwell's time, sixty witches were hanged in a single
year in the one county of Suffolk ; and no fewer than three thousand
440 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
were executed in England during the session of the Long Parlia-
ment. (The whole number put to death in the Salem tragedy was
nineteen. )
In 1716, a Mrs. Hicks and her daughter were hanged in Hunting-
ton, England, and in 1722 a woman was burned in Dornock, Scot-
land, for witchcraft ; and not until fourteen years later still, in 1736,
was the English statute against witchcraft repealed, being more than
forty years after the excitement in New England had subsided.
In Switzerland, as late as 1780, women were burned for the im-
puted offence.
Thus it appears that not only is special blame not to be charged
to the people of Massachusetts, but to them should be accorded the
merit of being m advance of all the rest of Cheistendom in
SHAKING off THE DELUSION AND RENOUNCING ITS BARBARITIES.
INDEXES.
DANFORTHS IN PART FIRST.
Aaron, 65, 116, 208, 288
Aaron Flint, 227, 309
Aaron Francis, 289
Aaron Porter, 309, 353
Aaron Taylor, 162, 250
Abel, 65, 116
Abbie, 332
Abby A., 264
Abby Elizabeth, 317
Abby Hutchins, 316
Abby L., 289
Abby Parker, 182
Abby Roselle, 283
Abby Taylor, 255
Abiel, 26, 65
Abiezer, 51
Abigail, 35, 39, 42, 43, 44, 46,
52, 62, 65, 66, 74, 84,
114, 122, 142, 153, 154,
215, 240, 241, 246, 250,
280, 292, 313
Abigail C.,219
Abigail Davis, 201
Abigail Dorothy Pitman, 259
Abigail Fox, 114
Abigail Jaquith, 209
Abigail Louisa, 144
Abigail Prince, 153
Abigail Stimson, 110
Abigail Webb, 232
Abraham, 79
Abram, 160, 248, 325
Achsa, 145, 249
Ada, 251, 302
Ada, L. C, 279
Adah Nelson, 323
Adaline A., 234
Adaline M., 331
Adams, 133
Adeline, 90, 179, 300
Adeline Elizabeth, 326
Adeline Luthera, 214
Adeline Sopliia, 244
Adeline Wallace, 242
Agnes, 2, 3, 264
Alanson, 95, 185
Albert, 205, 245, 281
Albert C, 283, 342, 343
Albert Griswold, 203, 282
Albert H., 199, 279
Albert HaUer, 169, 255, 256, 331
Albert Lewis, 282, 342
Albert Parkman, 258, 331, 333
Alberta Cornelia, 313
Albon James, 205, 283
Alexander McClure, 268
Alfred, 245, 325
Alfred D., 253
Alfred H., 281, 341
Alfred L., 356
Alfred W., 315, 356
Alfred Williams, 263
Alice, 2, 3, 182, 252, 270, 342,
344, 353
Alice A., 356
AUce Blanchard, 140
Alice Foster, 273
Alice Jane, 282
Alice Louisa, 362
AUce Lucy, 356
Alice M., 349
Alice Viola, 328
Alida, 293
Allen, 83, 172, 215, 259, 293
Allen Elbridge,
Almira, 99, 145, 189, 210
Almon George, 194, 275, 276,
340
Almon Elias, 277
Almon Hodges, 111
Alonzo, 243, 296, 322
Alonzo Bates, 323
Alonzo H., 244, 324
Alpa, 199
Alveretta, 296
Alvin Balton, 281
Alvin Beaman, 296
Alzina (Alsinah), 204
Amanda, 145, 192, 222, 223, 230,
231, 243
Amanda Adelaide, 232
Amanda Jane, 277
Amariah, 199, 278
Ambrose, 145
Ambrosia Willie, 292
Amelia, 102, 141, 294, 321
Amelia Billings, 250, 251
Amelia L., 319
Amos Blanchard, 228, 311
Ancus, 170
Andaleen Marclnel, 183, 264
Andrew, 245, 325
Andrew Jackson, 91, 183, 239,
317
Angelina, 290
Angeline, 224, 306, 323
Angle May, 343
Anita, 351
Anne, ) 2, 3, 5, 9, 28, 44, 61, 64,
Anna, [65,79,114,115,117,133,
Ann, ) 147, 148, 192, 193, 207,
217, 234, 260, 251, 263,
291
Anna, 306
Anna B.. 342
Ann Eliza, 188
Ann Ella, 348
Ann F., 274
Ann L., 260
Ann Maria, 234
Ann Kuggles, 80
Anna Belle, 364
Anna Christina, 188
Anna D., 278
Anna Eliza, 300
Anna Elizabeth, 270, 280
Anna Frances, 278
Anna L., 236
Anna Laura, 300
Anna Louisa, 190
Anna Lyon, 314
Anna M., 325
Anna Maria, 267, 288
Anna Mary, 337
Anna Rachel, 274
Anna Reliance, 268
Anna Sherman, 273
Annette, 264, 356
Annette C, 334
Annie, 344, 349
Annie Bouton, 312
Annie Leffingwell, 312
Annie P., 359
Annie Phebe, 322
Annie T., 277
Annis, 230
Auuis O., 328
Appleton Howe, 111, 191
Armena, 221
Aro, 170, 256
Are Butterworth, 333
Aro Marcus, 258
Arthur Curtiss, 171
Arthur Edwards, 3.i8
Arthur Jerome, 275, 340
Arthur Lee, 347
Arthur Perkins, 352
Arthur Sherman, 273
Arvilla, 246, 247
Asa, 49, 62, 67, 75, 83, 111, 116,
119, 125, 127, 133, 134, 154,
192, 193, 205,219,220,222
Asa Hamilton, 112, 193, 276
Asahel Beach, 306, 350
Aseuath, 53, 151, 243
Augusta, 86, 250, 325
Augusta Emily, 284
Augusta 31ariam, 177
Augusta Richardson, 327
Augustine L., 338
Augustus MelvUle, 291, 346
Aurelia, 253, 307
Aurelia Ann, 213
Aurcha B., 228, 311
Aurelia Felton, 178
Aurora H., 312
Azel Merrill, 252
Azel Warren, 163, 252
Azubah, 125, 280
B. Franklin, 54, 95, 114, 149,
184, 186,201,239,
265, 280, 316, 317
444
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
" Baby," 339
Barbara Ann, 296
Belden, 326
Belinda, 105
Beuajab, Benaiah, 116
Benjamin, 21, 43, 44, 56, 62, 64,
65, 70, 111, 113, 115,
117, 139, 211, 228,
237, 239, 251
Benjamin Austin, 355
Benjamin Lafayette, 228, 311
Benjamin Leon, 353
Benjamin Ferry, 309, 353
Benjamin Pierce, 149, 239, 317
Bernice Lillian, 353
Bert Leroy, 265
Bertha, 273, 302, 337
Bertha iiaton, 356
Bessie, 274, 336
Bethiah, 23, 35, 36, 41, 42, 51
Betsey, 83, 84, 114, 117, 118,
125, 133, 145, 166, 170,
202, 209, 212, 224, 283
Betsy Ann Washington, 93
Betsey Boynton, 225
Betsy Elmina, 213
Betsey Maria, 169, 170, 264
Betsey F., 315,
Betsey Rebecca, 205
Betsey Sophronia, 170
Beulah, 253
Blanche, 145
Blanche A., 339
Bliss, 217, 295
Blowers, / ao ao
Bowers, \*°>°^
Bridget, 237
Burnet, 81
Bushnell, 236, 314
Byron, 230, 340, 361
Byron Walker, 313, 354
Calvin, 115, 202, 205, 207, 281
Calvin H., 241, 321
Calvin Otis, 343
Calvin S., 241
Cameron Ward, 355
Caroline, 48, 49. 102, 105, 179,
is;^, 187, 204, 245, 252,
270, 306, 333, 361
Caroline A., 344
Caroline Abigail, 294
Caroline Brewer, 318
Caroline Buckley, 173
Caroline Chase, 261
Caroline Elizabeth, 308
Carolina F., 349
Caroline Fiducia, 298
Caroline Henkel, 194
Caroline Josephine, 362
Caroline L., 323
Caroline Louisa, 209
Caroline M., 236
Caroline Maria, 320
Caroline Matilda, 289
Caroline May, 321
Caroline Page, 309
Caroline Simpkins, 107, 108
Caroline Walker, 163
Carrie, 284
Carrie Louise, 266
Catherine, see Katherine, 209,
210, 239, 302, 306,
307, 30y, 353
Catherine Ariana, 193, 276
Catherine Hancox, 337
Catherine L., 246
Catherine Lois, 319
Catherine M., 314
Catherine May, 194
Catherine Sawyer, 306
Cecilia, 186, 243
Celia, 254, 305, 340
Charity, 235
Challen, 165, 253
Charles, 62, 63, 85, 89, 91, 146,
164, 175, 176, 207, 208,
234,235,253,280,281,
284, 288, 307, 341
Charles Allen, 188, 270
Charles Alvah, 320
Charles Ambrose, 185, 266
Charles Austin, 261
Charles Blanchard, 316, 357
Charles Bosworth, 255, 331
Charles Carron,;315, 357
Charles Cummings, 240, 318
Charles Dexter, 188
Charles Dyer, 251
Charles Eastman, 255, 329
Charles Edward, 261, 263, 301
Charles Franklin, 253, 287
Charles Frederick, 197, 278,
284, 344, 358
Charles H., 310
Charles Hart, 235
Charles Harvey, 282
Charles Haskell, 300
Charles Henry, 186, 202, 277,
280, 288, 290, 298, 308,
319, 352, 358
Charles Hutchins, 208, 288
Charles James, 183, 264
Charles Jarvis, 182, 262
Charles Leroy, 274, 239
Charles Lewis, 185, 228, 265
Charles M., 196, 311
Charles Merrick, 358
Charles Nathan, 263
Charles Osgood, 321
Charles Pinckney„237, 238, 316
Charles Richard, 192, 275
Charles Samuel, 273
Charles Scott, 313
Charles Seymour, 190
Charles Timothy, 353
Charles W., 234
Charles Walter, 325
Charles Ward, 314, 355
Charles Warren, 349
Charles Webster, 270
Charles Williams, 264
Charles Williston, 303
Charles Winters, 283, 343
Charlotte, 86, 93, 279, 305
Charlotte A., 279
Charlotte Ann, 144
Charlotte Caroline, 233
Charlotte Elizabeth, 311, 348
Charlotte Ella, 304
Charlotte Emma, 273
Charlotte L., 324
Charlotte Ruth, 302
Chester, 2U2
Christina, 282, 327, 340
Clara, 92, 312
Clara Ann, 283
Clara Anne, 320
Clara Annie, 320
Clara Augusta, 310, 326
Clara Barnes, 338
Clara Eliza, 352
Clara M., 335
Clara Maria, 320
Ciara P., 246
Clara Porter, 353
Clarence, 321, 341, 359
Clarence Arthur, 328, 356, 362
Clarence Eugene, 273
Clarence Frederick, 207
Clarence Ward, 363
Clarence West, 350, 364
Clarissa, 73, 114, 118, 144, 145,
159, 204, 318
Clarissa P., 235
Clark Albert!, 265
Clark Cummings, 186
Clark Malcolm, 270
Claude Leslie, 264
Claudeline McClennan, 263
Clifford G., 274, 339
Clinton, 234
Clyde Ellis, 265
Content Walker, 111
Coowie, j -o 14=
Cowee, (7^,145
Cora, 342, 344
Cora May, 310
Coral Herbert, 328
Cordelia Rosaline, 229
CordeUa Enfield, 112
Cordelia May, 312
Cornelia, 225, 234
Cornelia Flower, 253
Cornelia Swart, 307
Cornelius Driscoll, 230, 311
Crawford Carter, 264
Cynthia, 118, 139, 145, 147, 202,
248
Cynthia Jane, 331
Cyrus, 80, 117, 118, 124, I«5,
215, 220, 300
Cyrus Lafayette, 302
Daisy Blanche, 264
Daisy E., 334
Dana Stephen, 294, 347
Dana Willy, 295
Daniel, 42, 57, 104, 124, 160,
245 249
Daniel Braciford, 181, 261
Daniel Chase, 118, 215
Daniel Clark, 184, 265
Daniel Foster, 236
Daniel Osgood, 240, 319
Daniel Sylvester, 293, 347
Daniel W., 359
Daniel Warner, 242, 321, 322
Daniel Webster, 177
David, 45, 64, 76, 114, 116, 117,
118, 145, 149, 155, 203,
204, 207, 215, 216, 217,
237, 239, 244, 249, 294,
317, 324
David Becker, 224, 306
David C, 296
David Johnson, 143, 230
David Jonathan, 327, 362
David Orton, 304
David Sargent, 297, 348
David White, 80
Deborah, 83
Delbert, 266
Delia, 306
Dehlah Paulina, 204
Delphia, 297
Delphia Swan, 298
Dency, 163
Derwood Leon, 280
Desire, 90
DeWitt Wesley, 350
Diana E., 235
Dianthe Jane, 203
Diss, 251
Dora, 348
Dora Belle, 354
Dorcas, 122, 123, 151
Dorothy, 44, 69, 136, 137, 225,
359
Dolly, 71, 208
Douglas Abraham, 230, 312
Douglas Lewis, 312
Drusilla May, 299
INDEX ; DANFORTHS IN PART FIRST.
445
Drusilla R., 299
Dwight, 251
Earl, 336
Earl Howard, 265
Earle Heury, 262
Ebenezer, 161,202,280
Ebeuezer Gregg, 158
Eben Towne, 211, 2!i0
Edgar Adelbert, 244
Edgar Camp, 189, 273
Edgar Laban, 256
Edison Arthur, 362
Edith, 338
Edith Cordelia, 230
Edith Louise, 353
Edith Studley, 275
Edmund Cummings, 321
Edna, 293, 339
Edna Clara, 320
Edna Elnw, 265
Edson Morton, 265
Edward, 42, 57, 100, 199, 212,
285, 352
Edward A., 258
Edward Archer, 334
Edward Baker, 254
Edward Carmi, 258
Edward Franklin, 285, 344
Edward Harshaw, 268, 336
Edward Hollis, 245
Edward John, lOo, 187
Edward Joseph, 270, 337
Edward Moseley, 187, 268, 336
Edward Putnam, 322
Edward Kichnmnd, 106
Edward Shepard, 261
Edward Turner, 243, 322
Edward Warren, 198, 278
Edward William, 271
Edward Williams, 182, 263, 337
Edwin, 196,243, 264, 322
Edwin Alexander, 89
Edwin Clare, 320
Edwin Hall, 305
Edwin Irving, 89
Edwin Joshua, 227
Edwin S., 199, 279
Edwina Louisa, 345
Effie, 257
Effle Lynch, 333
Elbertine, 233
Elbridge G., 383
Elbridge Gerry, 256
Elbridge Putnam, 353
Eleanor, 140, 207, 258, 338
Eleanor Eaton, 258
Eleanor Young, 267
Electa, 113
Electa Jane, 210
Elfred Josefa, 183
Eli, 115, 206
Elias, 161, 249
Elijah, 32, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45,
57, 58, 63, 105, 190,
264, 273
Elijah Higby, 221, 303
Eliphalet, 42
• Elisha Lee, 216, 294
Eliza, 89, 100, 135, 137, 145,
163, 190, 224, 248, 287,
312
Eliza A., 183, 210, 228, 285
Eliza Ann, 252
j:iiza Caroline, 268
Eliza Ellen, 310
Eliza Goodwin, 250
Eliza Hastings, 288
Eliza Howard, 181
Eliza Jane, 259, 297, 318
Eliza Jane Cummings, 240
Eliza L., 249, 278
Eliza Maria, 170
Elizabeth, Eliz., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
12,21,25,26,
27,28,31,32,
33,34,35,37,
38,40,41,42,
43,44,46,47,
48,55,62,03,
65,68,69,77,
78,79,80,81,
82,83,90,95,
99, 105, 115,
116,117,118,
149, 155, 161,
163, 166, 180,
18.i, 190, 191,
231,239,251,
252,275,281,
285, 289, 296,
310,3:!0,344,
345, 346
Elizabeth A., 315
Elizabeth Andrus, 267
Elizabeth Ann, 255
Elizabeth Averill,267
Elizabeth Baker, 228
Elizabeth E., 215
Elizabeth Frances, 345
Elizabeth Foster, 236
Elizabeth Henderson, 336
Elizabeth Jane, 208
Elizabeth Knight, 336
Elizabeth Maria, 284
Elizabeth Mina, 255, 258, 329
Elizabeth N., 359
Elizabeth Nesmith, 156
Elizabeth Pierce, 238
Elizabeth Pingry, 146
Elizabeth Reede'r, 337
Elizabeth S., 208, 277, 288
Elizabeth Sarah, 277
Elizabeth Sherburne Bowers,
82
Elizabeth W.,211
Elkanah, 42, 54
Ella, 198, 277. 302, 306, 336
Ella Cornelia, 271
Ella E., 363
Ella Elvada, 244
Ella Estella, 283
Ella Frances, 302, 311
Ella Leeta, 343
Ella Loraine, 290
Ella Louisa, 305
Ella M., 311
Ella Mehetable, 192
Ella R., 273
Ella Susan, 320
Ella Wilckens, 337
Ellen, 145, 174, 299
Ellen Cornelia, 186
Ellen Eugenia, 189
Ellen Harrison, 181
Ellen L., 331
Ellen JIaria, 189, 310
Ellen Rosina, 304
Ellen Sherman, 273
Elliot, 307, 351
Ellen Teague, 349
Elmina, 254
Elmira, 215
Eloisa T., 341
Eloise, 276
Elsie, 361
Elsie Harlan, 355
Elsie Marie, 363
Elvira, 205, 255
Elvira Bosworth, 255
Elvira Rachel, 200
Elwood Miller, 340
Embert Wilmarth, 261
Emeline, 114, 198, 251
Emeline Augusta, '^27
Emeline Belle, 3.;o
Emeline J., 313
Emeline Jenkins, 209
Emeline Young, 209
Emerenza, 282
Emerson, 234
Emilia, 306
Emilie Caroline, 318
Emily, 94, 104, 155, 176, 186,
207,243,251,305
Emily Ann, 302
Emily Augusta, 308
Emily B., 147
Emily Caroline, 240
Emily Charlotte, 328
Emily Maria, 268
Emily Linda, 268
Emily Kuth, 301
Emily S., 230
Emily Stimson, 112
Emily Susan, 205
Emily Warren, 322, 360
p:mma, 207, 258, 304, 333
Emma A., 341
Emma Augusta, 360
Emma Dell, 347
Emma I., 356
Emma J., 180
Emma Jane, 256, 284, 358
Emma Louisa, 282
Emma Louise, 338
Emma Maria, .■;44
Emma Jlatilda, 232
Emma Noble, 229
Emma Philotte, 195
Ephraim Bushnell, 140
Ephraira South worth, 173,260
E. Porter, 144, 234
Erastus, 86, 177, 211
Erastus Noble, 147
Erskine, 190, 274
Erwin Webster, 362
Estella May, 282
Estelles Horace, 350, 363
Esther, 27, 116, 190, 211, 324
Esther Mabel, 353
Ethel, 339
Ethel Bliss, 265
Ethel May, 340
Eunice, 49, 52, 61, 84, 85, 89,
127, 136, 159, 163, 215,
252
Eunice G.. 347
Eunice Gilbert, 227
Eunice Kinsman, 291
Eunice Manning, M46
Eunice Matilda, 228
Eunice Nourse, 240
Eunice Warren, 252
Eunice Wright, 216
Eudora Elizabeth, 292
Eugene Everett, 275
Eugene Gustave, 265, 335
Eugene Henry, 263, 334
Euphemia Nauelle, 170, 257
Eva L., 325
Eva May, 354
Eva Rollins, 262
Eva Kosina, 361
Evalina Alberta, 320
Evelvn, 346
Evelyn Augusta, 266
Evelyn Eugene, 189
Everett George, 274
Fanny, 83, 147,
Faustina, .324
Fidelia, So, 252
155
446
DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
Fidelia Fay, 192
Flavel, 221, 304
Flora, 324, 339
Flora A., 321,364
Flora Adelaide, 275
Flora Angle, 323
Flora Victoria, 360
Florence, 339, 341
Florence Alma, 350
Florence Arrabel, 292
Florence Bulkley, 267
Florence Jane, 303
Florence Marguerite, 346
Florence N., 416
Florence Viola, 361
Florilla, 95
Florinda Morse, 203
Flossie, 359
Floyd La Motte, 326, 361
Ford, 326
Fosket, 159
Foster Farrar, 278
Francellia, 185
Francena, 245
Frances, 104, 186
Frances Amelia, 191
Frances Anna, 188
Frances Caroline, 184
Frances Eliza, 266, 345
Frances Elizabeth, 141, 357
Frances Ellen, 305
Frances Emily, 328
Frances Gertrude, 233
Frances H., 277
Frances Jeanette, 286
Frances L., 234
Frances Marantha, 322
Frances Maria, 230
Frances Martha Ann, 187
Frances Octavia, 176
Frances Olive, 178
Frances Olivia, 322
Frances Virginia, 267
Frances Wright, 286
Francis, 63, 79, 117, 154, 160,
163,211,302
Francis Asa, 300
Francis Augustus, 220, 300
Francis Brown, 212
Francis Christian, 263
Francis Edward, 353
Francis Eugene, 261, 334
Francis Irving, 362
Francis Jenkins, 269
Francis L., 256
Francis Lippett, 91
Francis Newton, 210
Francis Y., 340
Frank, 251,326
Frank A., 258
FrauK Hoffman, 277, 341
Frank J., 296
Frank Lewis, 323, 360
Frank Lobdell, 272, 338
Frank Nourse, 321
Frank Pierce, 316, 358
Frank Stephenson, 312
Frank VV., 315, 356
Frank Warner, 322, 359
Franklin, 196, 197, 207, 220,
285, 302, 344
Franklin Cyrus, 303
Fred, 281
Fred E., 253
Fred St. Clair, 363
Frederick, 268, 285, 325, 344
Frederick B., 331
Frederick Bowen, 305
Frederick Henry, 271
Frederick Lyman, 189, 271,
338
Frederic Mortimer, 346, 363
Frederick Parker, 192
Frederick Wait, 256
Frederick Wilcox, 338
Frederick William, 272, 338
Frederick William Kives, 187,
267
George, 34, 83, 91, 93, 114, 134,
146, 147, 155, 173, 176,
182, 196, 199, 20'1, 207,
220, 225, 230, 236, 239,
243, 244, 248, 251, 263,
288, 301,305, 312, 3-.i4
George A., 246, 325, 356
George Albert, 342
George Alexander, 198, 278
George Allen, 260
George Augustus, 173, 227,
309, 363
George Brown, 302
George Chester, 276, 340
George Clapp, 344
George Cromwell, 89
George Delaplaine, 268
George Dexter, 298, 348
George Douglas, 292, 347
George E., 165
Georgfe Edward, 277
George Edwin, 296, 309, 346,
354
George Elmer, 274, 319, 339,
359
George Erskine, 225, 307
George Eugene, 323
George Flavel, 303
George Forrest, 308
George Franklin, 208, 286
George Frederick, 285, 344
George 11., 02, 196
George Henry, 187, 208, 209,
261, 269, 289,
325, 334, 336,
345,356
George Herbert, 358
George Kendall, 318, 358
George Lintner, 223, 307, 351
George Marshall, 280, 341
George Merrick, 100
George Milton, 290
George Montgomery, 236
George Moseley, 273
George Ora, 282
George Palmer, 111, 192
George Pitts, 84
George S., 321
George Vance, 282
George W., 310
George Walker, 111, 192, 193,
194, 296, 297
George Washington, 54, 93,
141, 184,
186, 190,
264, 274
Georgiana Rachel, 192
Georgianna, 179, 245, 263
Geraldiue, 180
Gertrude, 328, 344
Gertrude Eva, 356
Gertrude Presbrey, 181
Gordon, 344
Gordon Earl, 265
Grace, 302, 338,341
Grace Blida, 272
Grace Elizabeth, 341
Grace Long, 272
Grace Miiy, 348
Guy Leo, 265
Guy llufus, 342
Halsey, 305
Halsey Joel, 222, 3(S
Hannah, 33, .34, 35, 36, 38, 41,
42, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51,
62, 63, 65, 66, 73, 75>,
77, 78, 80, 83, 85, 86,
91, 96, 111, 114, 115,
119, 125, 135, 161,
161, 165, 169, 177,
206,207,225,226,227,
243
Hannah Alice, 339
Hannah Amanda, 197
Hannah B., 187, 321
Hannah Bancroft, 308
Hannah Bransville, 309
Hannah Cherry, 292
Hannah E., 196
Hann^ah Crosby, 237
Hannah Elizabeth, 217
Hannah Flint, 227, 309
Hannah Frances, 173
Hannah Jane, 112
Hannah M., 273, 327
Hannah Maria, 146, 209, 228,
266, 293, 318
Hannah P., 166
Hannah Page, 309
Hannah Smith, 216
Hannah Taylor, 123
Harlan Douglas, 347
Harlan Kingsbury, 355
Harley Albon, 342
Harley Hall, 299
Harold Bond, 270
Harold Curtiss, .3.38
Harold Edwyn, 358
Harriet, 85, 89, 105, 113, 145,
174, 202, 204, 220,
223, 224, 227, 2.30,
237, 243, 244, 274,
281, 302, 304, 306,
311, 314, 344
Harriet A., 278
Harriet Adeline, 273, 301
Harriet Amanda, 278
Harriet Augusta, 291
Harriet C, 349
Harriet Cora, 89
Harriet Cerdelia, 194
Harriet Cummings, 320
Harriet Dewey, 141
Harriet Ditson, 230
Harriet E., 319
Harriet Eliza, 275
Harriet Elizabetli, 346
Harriet Esther, 293
Harriet Hannah, 94
Harriet Jones, 195
Harriet L., 235, 274
Harriet M., 147, 196, 305, 321
H arriet May, 320
Harriette Montague, 173
Harriet Newell, 146, 323
Harriet Ovanda, 265
Harriet Sedate, 306
Harriet White, 262
Harris Hall, 260
Harrison, 224
Harry, 331, 339
Harry Fitzgerald, 342
Harry Lewis, 323
Harry S., 230
Harry Vivianna, 192
Harvey Blanchard, 203, 283
Harvey Lewis, 283, 342
Harvey Martin, 282
Hattie Maud, .350
Hattie May, 335
Hatty Alice, 295
Hawes Atwood, 228, 310
Hazel Dell, 347
INDEX; DANFOETnS IN PART FIRST.
447
Helen, 274
Helen Adeline, 350
Helena Agnes, 200
Helen Augusta, 117, 235
Helen Frances, 284
Helen Jlabel, 363
Helen Maria, 197, 232
Helen Marion, 358
Helen Matilda, 340
Helen White, 312
Henrietta, 141, 1C4, 204
Henrietta Amelia, 187
Henrietta Delaplaine, 269
Henrietta Emily, 285
Henry, 56,88, 94, 163, 179,204,
226, 231, 234, 243, 252,
308, 313, 326, 344
Henry Albert, 354
Henry Cammell, 203
Henry Delaplaine, 267, 335
Henry Dunn, 261
Henry Erving, 145
Henry F., 277, 341
Henry Gilmore, 181, 262
Henry Gold, 287, 345
Henry J., 315
Henry Jay, 275, 340
Henry Joel, 305, 349
Henry Keyes, 144, 233
Henry Marshall, 110, 191
Henry Mellen, 245
Henry Porter, 313, 354
Henry Kichardson, 256
Henry Richmond, 182, 263
Henry Rupert, 194, 276
Henry Tallman, 186, 266, 267
Henry Thomas, 333
Henry Tisdale, 91, 93, 95, 183
Henry W., 113
Henry Williams, 195
Hepsey (Hepzibah), 207
Hephzibah Cross, 316
Herbert Cleveland, 273
Herbert Farnsworth, 287
Herbert Gray, 349
Herbert .larvis, 263
Herbert Mortimer, 275, 339
Herbert Octa, 325
Herman Wenger, 277
Hester, 233
Hester Ann, 199, 313
Hetty Adaline, 190
Hiram, 113, 215, 217, 292, 297
Hiram Doane, 250, 326
Hiram Otis, 283
Hobart, 281
HoUis, 160, 245
Homer, 147
Homer Wallace, 323, 359
Horace Greeley, 328
Horace Melvin, 205, 283
Horace Perry, 257, 333
Horatio, 54
Horatio Leonard, 89
Horatio Seymour, 171
Hosley,81, 170, 256
Howard Brown, 271
Hugh, 302
Huldah, 104, 148, 237, 243
Huldah Imogene, 293
lanthe Elaine, 364
Ida, 318, 351, 361
Ida Baldwin, 195
Ida C, 251
Ida Florida, 320
Ida Frances, 325
Ida Louisa, 284
Ida May, 335, 358
Inez Jessie, 347
lone, 359
Ira B., 321
Ira Hamilton, 355
Irene, 203
Irene Amanda, 201
Isaac, 46, 79, 81, 115, 121, IGl,
162, 169,207, 249,284
Isaac Carrai, 171, 257, 260
Isaac Emery, 169, 254
Isaac Hill, 216, 283
Isaac Moseley, 100, 187, 190,
273
Isaac Newton, 207, 255, 329
Isaac W., 170, 256
Isaac Warren, 208, 287
Isabell, 2, 3, 269, 303
Isabella, 355
Isabel Louisa, 278
Israel, 115, 206
Israel Stoughton, 33
Jacob, 38, 45, 74, 75, 76, 79, 147,
148, 154, 155, 161, 162,
163, 244, 249, 251, 324
Jacob Israel, 241, 321
James, 2, 3, 34, 41, 46, 49, 55,
78,79,80,81,83,91, 94,
119, 145, 161, 162, 166,
202, 219, 220, 248, 251,
281, 298, 299, 300, 349,
353
James Allen, 172, 259
James Austin, 313, 355
James B., 2o3
James D., Iy6, 277
James Franklin, 320
James H., 59
James H. Armsby, 306
James Henry, 233, 252, 264,
313, 325, 327, 334
James Hutchins, 208, 285, 288
James Layne, 267
James M., 85, 177
James Monroe Putney, 290
James Rhoades, 280
James Romeyu, 187, 269, 270,
337
James Walker, 355
James William, 302
Jane, 2, 3, 4, 145, 173, 179, 228,
230, 279
Jane E., 305
Jaue Kent, 140
Jane Louisa, 261
Jane Jlaria, 290
Jaue Maria Putney, 290
Jane Marshall, 111
Jane Shore, 170
Jane Wicklifte, 335
Janet, 3o8
Janet Caroline, 290
Jarvis, 89, 181
Jason Lincoln, 309
Jeanette, 305
Jemima, 190
Jemima Adeline, 183
Jemima Sophia, 190
Jennie C, 331
Jennie Esther, 274
Jennie Herrick, 309
Jenny, 244, 326, 328
Jenny A., 315
Jennie Bell, 347
Jenny C, 342
Jenny May, 348
Jeremiah Morrow, 297
Jerry Porter, 295
Jerusha, 100, 124
Jesse, 45, 74, 76, 148, 149, 154,
236, 237
Jesse C, 314, 356
Jessie, 302
Jessie Appleton, 287
Jessie Gillespie, 273
Jessie Mary, 270
Jessie May, 275
Jewctt, 274
J. (ieorge, 260, 335
Johane, ) ,., >. ,,., ,,,
Joanna, P'- '"- ^^M'l
Joanna Reed, 157
Job, 42, 54, 90
Joel, 125, 221,304
Joel Crosby, 237, 315
John, 19, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36,
38,41,42,44,46, 50, 51,
62, 63, 67, 68, 75, 77, 83,
86, 88, 100, 104, 113, 114,
119, 133, 134, 135, 139,
155, 158, 173, 179, 18«,
195, 202, 220, 222, 225,
227, 232, 249, 271, 285,
300, 3U7, 352, 364
John Alpheus, 345
John Bartense, 314, 356
John Buchanan, 187, 267, 336
John Courts J ones, 235
John Curtis, 221
John D., 196
Jolin David, 297
Jolai Edwin, 319
John Francis, 279
John Howard, 271, 338
John Loring, 305
John .Alontiigue, 104
John .M<jore, 250
John Morton, 308
John Munroe, 240
John Murray, 319, 359
John Mussey, 228, 310
John Nourse, 240, 318
John Prentice, 173
John Samuel, 192. 275
John Warren, 114, 198, 228
John Whilden, 229
John Williston, 303
Jonathan, 5, 12, 19, 21, 27, 28,
37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45,
46, 47, 57, 64, 65, 68,
70, 71, 79, 8U, 81, 91,
101,103,115, 116, 117,
128, 134, 142, 143, 14,-i,
160, 165, 169, 170, 187,
202, 207, -,^09, 211,254,
280, 2y0, 362
Jonathan E , 165
Jonathan Farnsworth, 253,
328
Jonathan Newell, 207
Jonatlian Keed, 143, 231, 313
Joseph, 21, 43, 44, 56, 63, 65,
66, 07, 70, 7il, 100, 113,
119, 122, 123, 136, 163,
160, 186, 218, 226, 227,
237, 297, 308, 344, 349
Joseph Augustus, 309, 353
Joseph Baker, 169, 254, 255,
328
Joseph Bernard, 203
Joseph Charles, 345
Joseph Dexter, 349
Joseph Francis, 290, 345
Joseph H., 114, 196
Joseph Henry, 219
Joseph Harry, 349
Joseph Morion, 1U9
Joseph Palmer, 327, 361
Joseph R., 165
Joseph Ruggles, 80
Joseph Tlionias, 187, 305
Joseph Varnum, 209, 290
Joseph Warren, 198
Joseph Williamson, 268
448
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Josephine, 245
Josephine Ann, 335
Josephine Barnes, 267
Joseph Boudiiiot, 329
Josephine Estella, 275
Josephine Frances, 345
Josepliine Harriet, 277
Josephine M., 327
Josephine Maria, 290
Josephine S., 261
Joshua, 44,51, 68, 69, 71, 79,
135, 140, 136, 161, 228,
309
Joshua Noble, 141, 228, 230,
311
Josiah, 65, (56, 67, 78, 104, 119,
121, 122, 133, 136, 189,
218, 219, 226, 299
Josiah Henry, 290
Judith, 66, 134
Judith Colby, 191
Judson, 281
Julia, 76, 77, 100, 123, 207, 217,
244, 252, 300, 354
Julia Abby Henrietta, 290
Julia Almira, 189
Julia Alsina, 258
Julia Amanda, 347
Julia Ann, 147, 296,302
Julia Augusta, 201
Julia C, 288
Julia D., 256
Julia K., 327
Julia Fairhanlcs, 183
Julia Harper, 229
Julia Lucinda, 268
Julia Powell, 355
Julia Sewall, 284
Justin, 224, 305
Justina Mary, 290
Kate, 198, 272
Kate Everdell, 272
Kate L., 342
Katherine, (2,3,35,36,51,
see Catherine, ( 54, 90, 105,
119, 177, 176,
186
Katherine C, 338
Katherine Howard, 338
Keyes, ? 73, 146, 147, 234,
Keyes, Jr., J 236
Kezia, 68, 69
Kimball, 155
Laura, 243, 251,323, 325
Laura A., 89
Laura C, 163, 234
Laura B., 345
Laura Lodosky, 293
Laura Porter, 230
l>auretta Ella, 293
Lavinia, 137, 221, 254, 257
Lavinia Gould, 311
Lavinia Jane, 304
Lavinia Uliodu, 303
Lavinia Sabina, 304
Lawrence, 233
Lawton, 95, 185
Lawton Cuminings, 186
Leiih Adella, 279
Leander, 213, 291
Lemuel lilon, 194
Lemuel Leonard, 90, 182
Lena Anna, 339
Leo, 353
Leonard, 115, 202, 281
Leon, 301
Leon Ellsworth, 359
Lephe (Relief), 151,317
Leuhe Pierce, 239
Leroy, 354
Leslie, 350, 364
Leslie Russell, 283, 343
Leta Greenwood, 274
Levi, 114, 117, 118,293
Levi Bowen, 221, 305
Levi Franklin, 90, 182
Levi Mann, 190, 274
Lewis, 51, 94, 184, 202
Lewis E., 243, 323
Lewis Everett, 266, 335
Lewis Judd, 313, 354-
Lida, 253
Lilian, 335
Lillian Grace, 340
Lillian Jennie, 334
Lillian La Blanche, 275
Lillie Warren, 285
Lina M., 260
Lodema, 206
Loemma Emmeline, 213, 215
Lois, 177
Lola May, 334
Loma Louisa, 296
Loomis Legrund, 326, 360
Lorain, 94
Loren Arthur, 290
Lorenzo C, 282
Loring, 221, 303
Lorriston Francis, 256, 331
Lottie Estelle, 343
Louis, 234
Louis Edward, 346, 363
Louis John, 180
Louisa, 90, 113, 114, 174, 179,
185, 203, 212, 230, 234,
249, 303, 308
Louisa Ann, 233
Louisa Appleton, 106
Louisa C, 196
Louisa Eliza, 320
Louisa Jeanette, 322
Louisa Leffiugwell, 312
Louisa Minerva, 325, 326
Louisa R., 249, 321
Louisa Wilson, i;63
Lovicy Ann, 319
Lovisa Churchill, 241
Lucette L., 254
Lucia, 234, 354
Lucia H.,234
Lucia R., 341
Lucilla, 248
Lucille, 253
Lucina Almira, 350
Lucinda, 51. 104, 105, 136, 166,
218, -^27
Lucinda Lucretia, 100
Lucius, 230
Lucretia, 94, 186, 237
Lucy, 44, 65, 66, 69, 101, 113,
lis, 139, 152, 153, 211,
249, 250, 256, 281, 304,
309, 315, 332, 339
Lucy Adeline, 244
Lucy (Amelia), 326
Lucia Cordelia, 89
Lucv E., 195
Lucy Gregg, .322
Lucy Jane, 242
liucy Jlaroa, 342
Lucy Marshall, 177
I>ucy Peabody, 226
Lucy Soutlmiayde, 188
Lucy Taylor, 298
Luella Octavia, 298
Lulu, 332
Luther, 115, 204
Luther J>eroy, 283
Luther Warreu, 205, 283
Lydia, 5, 11, 12, 28, .39, 46, 53,
62, 70, 71, 77, 78, 114,
124, 1.35, 136, 155, 172,
188, 199, 201, 256, 261
Lydia A., 310
Lydia Ann, 172, 201
Lydia Atwell, 216
Lydia Flint, .309
Lydia Henrietta, 144
Lydia [>ucretia, 221
Lydia Permelia, 164
Lydia Sweetser, 227
Lyman, 80, 165
Lysauder Benjamin, 195, 277
Mabel, 341, 353
Mabel E., 339
Mabel Irene, 259
Mabel S., 265
Maggie, 329
Mahala Hannah, 295
Mahala J., .321
Malinda, 249
Mamie (Mary) 362
Marcella, 251
Marcia, 341
Marcus, 341
Margaret, 2, 3, 48, 61, 86, 196,
252, 299, 314, 344,
361, 363
Margaret A., 197, 283
Margaret Ann, 267, 310, .343
Margaret Douglas, 312
Margaret E., 263
Margaret Elizabeth, 270
Margaret H., 182
Margaret J., 324
Margaret Jane, 304
Margaret Ruth, 364
Margaret Swart, 225
Marguerite, .364
Maria, 90, 101, 141, 147, 212,
224, 244
Maria Elizabeth, 91
Maria Ella, 273
Maria Joanna, 257
Maria Susan, 205
Mariah, 195
Marie Louise, 318
Marietta Levanchia, 314
Marilla, 248, 279
Marcette, 277
Marian Amanda, 291
Marion, 162, 341
Marion B., 261
Marion Washington, 355
Marshall, 145
Marshall Clifford, 145
]\Larshall Coral, 362
Martha, .36, 48, 56, 74, 94, 97,
207, 243, 274, 282, 320,
.349
Patty, 46, 75, 100, 153
Martha A., l'66
Blartha Ann, 162
Martha C, 207
Martha Jacobs, 105
Martha Jane, 28J, 295
Martha Juliet, 312
Martha T., 155
Mary, 1 2, 3, 9, 18, 20, 25, 26,
JIarie, 128, 34,35,36, 42, 43,
IMoUy, [44, 45,48,49, 50, 62,
Polly, J 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 09,
75, 82, 83, 92, 95, 104,
105, 113, 118, 119, 120,
133, 137, 140, 145, 146,
150, 154, 162, 162, 163,
155, 16-i, 163,166, 175,
184, 185, 186, 187, 198,
202,218,220, 231,237,
238, 239, 243, 249, 250
INDEX; DANTORTHS IN PART FIRST.
449
Mary, ( 251, 252, 253, 270, 273,
cont'd \ 281, 290, 293, 302, 303,
312,314,331,355,361,
363
Mary A., 65, 83, 86, 90, 179,
206, 276, 285, 357
Jlary Abby, 347
Mary Adaline, 95, 172, 322
Mary Agnes, 195
Mary Alice, 173
Mary Amanda, 313
Mary Anaelia, 280
Mary Ann, 155, 165, 197, 208,
211, 221, 227, 231,
241, 296, 297,308,
350
Mary Antoinette, 305
Mary Aurelia, 327
Mary B., 236, 296
Mary Bulklev, 186
Mary Busbnell, 146
Mary C, 260
Mary Campbell, 307
Mary Catherine, 192
Mary Celina, 287
Mary Colby, 290
Mary Cornelia, 236
Mary Cross, 112, 113
Mary Donelson, 173
Mary E., 176, 289, 310, 316,324,
356
Mary Elizabeth, 180, 184, 188,
228, 236, 256
Mary Edna, 337
Mary Eliza, 271, 276, 289
Mary Elizabeth, 278, 303, 318
Mary Ellen, 202, 278, 279, 280,
342, 353
Mary Estella, 271
Mary Esther, 190
Mary Etta, 326
Mary Evangeline, 331, 335
Mary Fidelia, 273
Mary Florence, 355
Mary FVances, 265, 267, 284,
343
Mary Gregg, 157
Mary H., 187, 192, 271
Mary Henrietta, 268
Mary Howe, 355
Marv Jane, 106, 175, 261, 267,
285, 288, 326
Mary Janet, 261, 262
Mary Janvier, 229
Mary Josephine, 295
Mary L., 235, 300
Mary Lemon , 303
Mary Louisa, 197, 305, 309
Mary Louise, 338, 353
Mary (Lydia),220
Mary M., 268
Mary Margaret, 301, 351
Mary Miranda, 253
Mary Prince, 352
Mary R., 165
Mary Richardson, 218
Mary Sherburne, 82
Mary Sophia, 181, 317
Mary Stevens, 325
Mary Taber, 100
Mary Taylor, 308
Mary Taylor Bancroft, 220
Mary Telva, 276
Mary Virginia, 187
Mary Wallace, 242
Mary Wiley, 188
Mary Williams, 89, 186, 266
Matilda, 176, 202, 282
Matilda L., 297
Matilda M., 329
Matilda Mercy, 200
Matilda Orman, 289
Maude, 198
Maude Ethel, 350
'May, 274, 302
Maynard Loring, 310
IMeiiitophel, 23
iMehitable, 34, 46, 49, 109, 155
Melinda, 104
Melinda Amelia, 105
Melissa, 243, 323, 3:i4
Melissa Frances, 201
Melissa Laurentine, 295
Melissa Paulina, 296
M. Elmer, 217
Mercy, 84, 133, 162, 170, 195
Micajah, 116
Miles Reuben, 326
Milo, 361
Jlliton, 145
Milton Emery, 20!, 279
Minerva, 284, 291
Minerva Hephzibah, 345
Minerva Shannon, 356
Minnie, 271, 300
Minnie A., 266
Minnie Agnes, 264
Minnie F., 3(5
Minnie J., 343
Minnie Maria, 294, 295
Minot Harold, 261
Minot Leonard, 181, 261
Miranda, 205
Miriam, 71, 281
Miriam Richardson, 354
Molly Maud, 265
Montgomery Elias, 314, 355
Moraiiinii, U24
Moses P., 310
Myron, 248, 320
Nahum, 105, 190
Nahum Elijah, 273, 339
Nancy, 63, 61, i3, 115, 123, 165,
221, 224, 244, 284, 290,
302, 339, 361
Nancy Ann, 221
Nancy Anna, 268
Nancy Bo wen, 221
Nancy Craigie, 242
Nancy Elizabeth, 329
Nancy H., 316
Nancy Maria, 204
Nancy Marshall, 111
Nancy Sophia, 310
Nancy Wilbur, 329
Nancy Wood, 85
Nason,213, 291
Nathan Brown, 191,275
Nathaniel, 42, 52, 88, 89
Nathaniel Bancroft, 226, 308
Nathaniel Seaver, 172
Nellie, ) ,,„
Nelly, i ^■^•'
Nellie Amanda, 341
Nellie Elizabeth, 358
Nellie M., 358
Nellie May, 354
Nelson, 234, 313
Nicholas, 1,2,3,4,5,6,18,23,
27, 28, 32, 37, 46, 47,
78, 83, 162, 249, 269
Nicholas Delaplaiue, 187, 268
Nina, 335
Nina Pearl, 347
Norman, 296
Norman Leroy, 354
Oaklev, 274
Oct a, 159, 244
Ola Henry, 299, 349
Olive, 2, 3
Olive G., 246
Oliver, 42, 51, 54, 123, 155, 101,
249
Oliver Cromwell, 53, 89, 183
Oliver Lincoln, 90
Olivia, 222
Oramel, 210, 290
Orianua, 325
Orilla Haines, 112
Orissa Ellen, 228
Orpha. ( 70, 134, 153, 156, 226
"Orra," j
Orrin Addison, 297
Otis Stanley, 283, 343
Ozias, 54, 90, 183
Pamela, 80
Parmelia, 101
Pamelia W., 165
Parthenia Priscilla, 298
Paul, 2, 3
Paulina (Polly), 144, 204, 205,
217,234, 317
Pauline Enearl, 299
Peachy, 340
Percy, 252
Percy Ray, 358
Permelia, 100, 109
Periiiela, 24s
Permelia Hephsibeth, 327
Persis, 69, 169, 299
Persis Baker, 169
Peter, 65, 117, 118
Peter Hunkius, 217
Peter Swart, 225, 307
Phebe, 72, 111, 158, 159, 196,
248, 321, 354
Phebe Ann, 294
Phebe Ebouett, 327
Phebe Maria, 143
Phebe W., 308
Philander Gordon, 297, 348
Philena. 281
Philossa Marie. 199
Philura, 105, 190
Phineas Alpheus, 213, 291
Phiueas Aranthus, 291, 345
Pierre Whitaker, 351
Polly, 244
Polly D., 215
Polly Roberta, 347
Porter, 220
Priscilla, 89, 166
Priscilla Loomis, 250
Priscilla P., 334
Prudence M., 337
Quincy A., 254, 328
Rachel, 35, 36, ,38, 39, 75, 218,
313, 323
Rachel A., 316
Rachel Cunimings, 218, 298
Rachel Hobart, 303
Ralph Burton, 322, 300
Ralph Emerson, 270, 337
Ralph Kellar, .{49
Raymond Edwin, .359
Raymond llewes, 352
Kay Riner, 347
Rebecca, ^7, 43, 44, 45, 63, 65,
66, 75, 116, 128, 149,
155, 101,162,190,195,
239, 327
Rebecca Anna, 290
Rebecca B., 173
Rebecca Heath, 187
Rebecca Southworth, 173
Keginald Standish, 207
Reuben, ICO, 218
Reynold, 2, 3
450
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Rhoda, 50. 51, 65, 66, 122, 168,
173, 303
Rhoda Ann, 175
Rhoda Elizabeth, 262
Rhoda Lucretia, 303
Richard, 2, 3, 314
Richard Eugt>ne, 272
Richard Hubbard, 1S9, 272
Richard Otis, 343
Richard Sears, 110, 111, 192
Richmond, 51, 204
Riede R., 254
Roa (Rosa?), 281
Robert, 2, 3, 117,212
Robert Alonzo, 215, 292
Robert Ambrose, 264
Robert Earl, 364
Robert H., 199,279
Robert M., 323
Robert Southgate, 257, 332,
333
Robert Thomas, 278
Roderick Foster, 235, 314, 356
Romelie, 339
Rosalie Aurelie, 292
Roxauna, 244, 280
Royal William, 88, 180
Rufus, 68, 133, 134, 151, 241
Rufus Edmund, 241, 321
Ruth, 122, 145, 231, 239
Ruth Elizabeth, 355
Ruth Peabody, 243
Sally, 53, 62, 78, 81, 83, 8
90, 100, 124, 133,
166, 264, 264
Sally Richmond, 51
Salome, 140, 141
Salome Abigail, 141
Samantha, 291
Samuel, 1, 5, 12, 19, 21, 23
25, 26, 27, 28, 32
34, 35, 37, 38, 40
42, 43, 44, 46, 47
49, fi4, 57, 61, 6'
66, 68, 78, 79, 80
82, 86, 90, 104,
109,113, 117, 119,
145, 158, 160, 162,
165, 170, 190, 217,
,89,
136,
.24,
33,
41,
48,
65,
, 81,
105,
133,
164,
262,
Samuel Adams, 141, 229
Samuel Blackstone, 267
Samuel C, 196, 277
Samuel Chapman, 228
Samuel Draper, 216
Samuel Langmaide, 277
Samuel Parkman, 169, 255,
331
Samuel Silas, 281, 342
Samuel Salem, 342
Sarah, 19, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 35,
38,41,42,43,44,47, 54,
56, 58, 59, 62, 63, 66, 67,
69, 76, 78, 83, 90, 91, 97,
100, 105, 113, 116, 117,
119, 120, 123, 141, 150,
152, 153, 154, 160, 198,
206, 207, 208, 218, 221,
224, 237, 241, 244, 252,
255, 256, 259, 274, 281,
311,327,354
Sarah A., 311
Sarah Abigail, 241
Sarah Adelaide, 212
Sarah Adnah, 300
Sarah Angeline, 359
Sarah Ann, 190, 231, 239, 240,
249, 297, 360
Sarah B., 323
Sarah Catherine, 303
Sarah D., 254
Sarah Donellv, 306
Sarah E., 196^ 197
Sarah Elizabeth, 136, 183, 219,
227, 259, 262
Sarah Ellen, 308
Sarah Emma, 192
Sarah Esther. 330
Sarah Farwell, 299
Sarah Frances, 181, 358
Sarah Grafiam, 288
Sarah H., 334
Sarah Hawkes, 307
Sarah Hodges. 112
Sarah Jane, 192, 274, 325
Sarah Joanna, 319
Sarah Josephine, 244
Sarah Kins, 187
Sarah L., 176, 342
Sarah Lucretia, 303
Sarah M., 234, 280
Sarah Maria, 95, 285, 363
Sarah Marsh, 211
Sarah Phebe, 160
Sarah Pollard, 154
Sarah Thompson, 298
Seth, 66
Seymour, 257
Sherburn, 48
Sherman Edward, 358
Sibyl, 54, 63, 92
Sidney M., 305
Sila Elizabeth, 350
Silas, 114, 199
Silas Cutler, 322
Silas Holyoke, 293
Silas Lorenzo, 200, 279
Silence, 41
Silliman Campbell, 163
Simeon, 153, 242
Simeon Cummings, 150, 240,
241, 320
Simeon Guy, 320
Simon, 162. 249
Solomon, 75, 150, 237, 239, 240,
319
Solon, 169
Sophia, 86, 87, 105, 115, 152,
202, 205, 217, 223
Sophia Barnes, 91
Sophia Nichols, 239
Sophronia, 152, 199, 215, 237,
256
Sophronia Child, 240
Sophronia Fickett, 288
Sophronia H., 319
Spencer Cuyler, 187
Stanley Faber, 205, 284, 343
Stanley Porter, 353
Stearns, 114, 199
Stella, 145
Stella Adeline, 264
Stephen Atwood, 228, 310
Stephen Brown, 22S, 311
Stephen E., 319
Stephen I-yman, 310
Stephen Otis, 310
Stillman, 140
Stillman Akers, 228, 310
Stoughton, 32, 34
Stuart Taylor, 337
Susan, 62, 113, 149, 161, 166,
211, 237, 254, 309, 344
Susan A., 278
Susan Adnah, 300
Susan Amaranth, 276
Susan Amerilla, 199, 200
Susan Ann, 180
Susan Crosby, 209
Susan Elizabeth, .353
Susan Frances, 319
Susan J., 195
Susan Keith, 181
Susan L., 254
Susan M., 187
Susan Robbins, 267
Susan Ursula, 296
Susan Williams, 182, 263
Susannah, 57, 58, 79, 105, 164,
165, 245
Susannah Moore, 245
Susannah White, 80
Susette Bertha, 338
Sylvanus, 140
Sylvanus Mann, 190, 274
Sylvester, 88, 208, 253, 327
Sylvester Armstrong, 94, 185
Sylvia, 326
Tabitha, 46, 77, 158
Thacher 0., 246
Thaddeus, 243
Theodore Thomas, 304, 349
Therina Maria, 346
Thirza, 89
Thomas, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 18, 19,
21, 23,25,26,27,28,
32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38,
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46,
48,49,56,58, 62,63,
67, 82, 83, 84, 95, 99,
105, 113, 114, 122,
124, 165, 173, 197,
220, 221, 300, 303, 304
Thomas Clayton, 258
Thomas Corwin, 297, 348
Thomas Cyrus, 301
Thomas Davis, 114
Thomas Dwight, 348
Tliomas Fullager, 349
Thomas Henry, 197, 277
Thomas Higby, 303
Thomas Lawrence, 267
Thomas Leffler, 301
Thomas Marshall, 106, 114
Thomas Metcalf, 252
Thomas Paine, 134, 223, 306
Thomas Richey, 283
Thomas Shepard, 174, 260
Thomas Snyder, 266
Timothy, 45, 63, 74, 76, 116,
148, 149, 237
Timothy Nelson, 264
Timothy S., 237, 314
Tryphena, 113, 155
Tyler, 145
Ulysses Grant, 274
Van Ness, 225
Van Ness George, 306, 350
Vespasian, 240, 320
Vesta, 215
Vinnie, 332
Virgil Clyde, 261
Virginia, 252
Voluia, 303
Volney, 224, .306
Walter, 237, 245, 325
AValter B., 246
Walter Brown, 320
AValter Clyde, 347
Walter Glenn, H62
Walter Kendall, 322, 359
Walter Raleigh, 64, 90, 91,
183, 263, 264
Walter Williams, 186, 266, 267
Warren, 166, 252, 2.54, 296, 327
Warren Henry, 192, 276
Willard, 149
Willard Daniel, 217, 295
INDEX; DANTORTHS IN PART FIRST.
451
Willard Freeman, 290
Willard Johnson, 306, 350
Willetta Elizabeth, 348
William, 2, 3, 45, 47, 52, 54, 57,
74, 75, 80, 81, 89, 90,
104, 135, 144, 145, 152,
153, 154, 155, 157, 166,
186,188, 196,230, 234,
243,253.254,310,312,
323, 328, 353
William Alonzo, 242
WUIiam Appleton, 191, 275,
278
William B., 253, 327
William Bibby, 329
William Brackett, 263
William Brewer, 243
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
William
Burke, 256
Carter, 91
C. Bouck, 306
Chester, 261
Clark, 330
Cullen, 169, 255, 329
E., 216, 313
Edgar, 272, 338
Faber, 283, 343
H., 114, 197, 198, 256,
331
Henry, 1S4, 212, 260,
264, 326
Huntington, 198
Keyes, 234
Leslie, 354. 364
Mortimer, 197, 278
William Nevins, 2.37, 315
William Noble, 312
William K., 165
William Heed, 219, 299
William Savage, 207
William Seaver, 172, 2.')9
William Simeon, 322, 359
William Vaans, 327, 361
William Wallace, 322, 360
William Woodward, 74, 147
Willis Herbert, 265
Williston,221, 304
Zadoc, 67
Zeruiali, 261
Zilpah, 94
DANFORTHS IN PART SECOND.
Abiah, 376, 380
Abbie, 398
Abbie J., 402
Abby Viola, 410
Abigail, 374, 376, 387, 393, 397
Abner, 371, 377
Abner S., 387, 391
Abra, 403
Addie, 401
Addison, 384
Alanson, 377
Alanson F., 398
Albert, 391,402
Albert Hacker, 414
Albert J., 415
Albert Joseph, 410
Albert Judson, 415
Albert Kimball, 408
Albert Whitney, 406, 414
Alexander M., 385
Alice, 407, 413
Alma E., 410
Almira Josephine, 389
Amanda, 409
Amos, 389
Amos Gould, 380
Anna, Ann, 371, 374, 380, 381
Anna Richmond, 413
Ann Brown, 385
Anna M., 404
Anna Talbot, 411
Anne E., 398
Annie, 410
Annie D., 387
Antoinette, 416
Arthur, 403
AsahelH., 408
Asahel Hutchins, 396
Aurelia C, 405
Aurelia Jane, 405
Avery, 411
Ball, 413
Barker, 399, 412
Bemis, 413
Benjamin C., 408
Beruice, 392
Bertha, 414
Bethiah, 371, 372
Bethya, 374
Betsey, 383, 386, 390
Betsey C, 393
Betsey Chase, 385
Betty, 388
Burleigh M., 399
Calister (or Celeste), Susan,
405
Calvin Bosworth, 397, 410
Caroline L., 404
Celeste S., 393
Charles, 398, 400, 413
Charles A., 398
Charles Augustus, 407
Charles E., 400
Charles Eugene, 395
Charles Francis, 406, 407
Charles Henry, 405
Charles M., 408, 414
Charles Spauldiug, 392
Charles Stevens, 410
Charles W., 398
Charles W. D., 394
Charlotte G., 410
Charlotte S., 39-!
Chloe Bradley, 413
Clara A., 398
Clarence Burnham, 413
Clarence E., 401
Cornelia, 398
Cornelia B., 406
Daniel, 376, 386
Daniel W., 409
David, 371, 376, 385, 388, 396,
409
De Laskie, 395
Deborah, 376, 389
Dexter W., 387, 397, 409
Dorcas, 370, 374, 385, 387
Dorothea, 387
Dorothy (Dolly), 383, 405
Ebenezer, 376, 383, 385, 396
Ebenezer T., 409
Eber, 397
Edmund, 379, 392, 404
Edmund Burke, 405
Edmund E.,401
Edmund G., 403
Edna Nathalie, 405
Eduah, 393
Ednah Elizabeth, 405
Edward Everett, 403
Edward Francis, 394, 407
Edward S., 399
Edwin H., 401
Elba Bosworth, 410
Elbridge C, 387
Eleanor, 398
Eliphalet, 371, 372, 377, 388,
389, 400
Eliza, 382, 3s3, 390, 398, 410
Eliza A., 388, 398
Eliza Ann, 384
Eliza Hovey, 400
Eliza J., 394
Eliza L.,397
EUzabeth, 370, 373, 374, 381,
384, 387, 388, 398,
399,407,412
Elizabeth A., 384
Elizabeth Ann, 412
Elizabeth M., 394
Elizabeth S., 389
Elkanah,374, 381
Ella, 398
Ella May, 414
Ellen, 409
Elmer Louis, 405
Elmer Oscar, 410
Elvira, 397
Emeline Lock, 401
Emery E., 399
Emily, 389
Emily Jane, 402
Emma, 395, 398, 399
Emma Lucinda, 402
Emma Louise, 403
Emma Maria, 403
Emma N., 414
Enoch, 371,375, 376, 377, 379,
381, 384, 387, 390, 392,
394, 403
Enoch E., 405
Enoch J., 387, 398
Ensign, 377, 387, 398
Ernest Wilbur, 410
Ervin W., 398
Esther E.,406
Esther Koddily, 405
Ethel May, 404
Etta, 392
Eva Maud, 405
Eudora F., 415
Eugene, 409
Eunice, 374, 375, 386, 409
Eunice Helen, 408
Ezekiel, 375, 382, 389
Fanny, 396, 397
Felicia Hovey, 400
Fitz Albert, 402
Flora Louisa, 408
Florence, 416
Florence Evelyn, 408
Florence Ward, 416
Frances A. E., 415
Frances G., 413
Frances Louise, 404
Francis, 370, 371, 377
Francis Carruth, 417
Francis Edward, 407
Francis Partridge, 414
Francisco L., 401, 414
Frank E., 399
Frank P., 398
Franklin Lorestin, 409
Fred L., 399
Friend, 380
George, 398, 413
George C, 409, 412
George E., 398
George Edwin, 406, 407
George Frederick, 394, 407
INDEX; DANFOETHS IN PART SECOND.
453
George Henry, 395, 405, 408
George Lewis, 41G
George Nicholas, ■J03
George Plumer, 3S»3
George Stanley, 405
George Stillman, 409
George .Sullivan, 392, 403
Georgianna D., 415
Gregory, 3s4
Grace, 407
Grace Darling, 415
Guleika L., 414
Gustavus, 409
Haman, 392
Hamah, 3(58, 387, 388, 390, 401
Harriet, 397, 407
Harriet Augusta, 392
Harrison, 391, 401
Harry A., 404, 414
Harry Willis, 395
Hattie, 414
Helen S., 400
Henry, 375, 382, 383, 404, 412
Henry Putney, 402
Henry W., 398, 408
Henry Whittier, 383, 394
Hephzibah, 383
Hial, 391, 400
Hiram Branch, 393
Horace Harper, 405
Horace H., 393
Ida B., 415
Isanna, 399
Isaac, 371, 387
Isaac H., 387, 398, 410
J. Milo, 397
James, 385, 411
James Albert, 394
James B., 411
James Barker, 40O, 412, 413,
415
James F., 414
James I., 388
Jane, 374, 375, 382, 383, 412
Jane C., 387
Jane Fairweather, 406
Jarvis S., 383
Jedidiah, 373, 379, 392, 405
Jemima, 389
Jennie, 398
Jennie Adele, 405
Jennie E., 413
Jennie Kimball, 407
Jennie May, 408
Jeremiah, 375
Jessie, 410
Joanna, 409
Joel Gray, 410
Joels. H., 408
John, 309, 370, 374, 379, 383,
392, 397, 398, 400
John Andrew, 408
John Blaisdell, 392, 405
John C, 384
John Forrest, 405
John Henry, 406, 407
John Henshaw, 416
John Kimball, 394, 406
John L.,412
John O., 412
John Putney, 391,401
Jonathan, 369, 370, 371, 375,
376, 383
Jonathan S., 379
Joseph, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373,
374, 380, 388, 393, 394,
398, 399, 411
Joseph Alexis, 412
Joseph Augustus, 406
Joseph C, 385
Joseph Horace, 407
Joseph K., 400
Joseph L^wis, 412, 415
Josephine B., 393
Josephine Lewis, 416
Joshua, 376, 3.S4
Joshua Jewett, 393, 406
Judith, 389, 391
Julia, 387
Laura, 395
Lavina Corinne, 408
Lavinia, 391
Lawrence, 414
Leander, 408
Leontine, 409
Letitia, 412
Leora N., 413
Liola, 410
Lizzie Fidelia, 408
Lizzie G., 395
Lois, 374, 375
Lorinda, 396
Lovina A., 401
Louisa, 396
Louisa M., 407
Lucia, 403
Lucinda, 388, 409
Lucius Nichols, 402
Lucretia, 414
Lucy, 389, 398, 410
Lucy Elizabeth, 411
Lucy M., 410
Lucy R., 406
Lucy Shaw, 411
Lulu Fay, 414
Lydia, 374, 379
Lydia A., 403
Lydia T., 396
Mabel Corinne, 415
Mabel Elizabeth, 404
Mabel May, 415
Mamie Bell, 414
Marcia Ann, 408
Jlargaret, 3s7, 388. 397
Margaret A., 410
Maiian Elena, 404
Marian Louisa, 404
Marie Antoinette, 416
Martha, 381, 383, 401, 402
Martha A., 415
Martha J., 407
Martha S., 409
Mary, 369, 370, 373, 374, 375,
376, 378, 379, 380, 381,
383, 385, 386, 387, 391,
394-7, 404, 412
Mary A. L., 412
Mary Ann, 397,402, 412
Mary C, 406
Mary E., 388
Mary Elizabeth, 402, 407
Mary Frances, 409
Mary Jane, 406
Mary L., 398
Mary Morrill, 403
Mary O., 409
Mary P., 393
Mary S., 400, 412, 413
Mary Shepherd, 413
Matilda H., 415
May Aphra, 413
Mehitabel, 373, 382, 383, 392
Melinda, 408
Melissa Jane, 403
Mercy, 374, 380
Milo M., 397
Milton Colt, 400, 413
Milton Hial, 413
Minerva, 389
Molly, ;J89
Mortimer VV., 401
Moses, 370, 373, 375, 377, 382,
386
Nancy, 374, 382
Nancy Ann, 395, 403
Nancy Elizabeth, 402
Nannie S. C, 416
Nathan, 379, 393
Nathan George, 392, 405
Nathaniel, 370, 376, 378
Nellie, 398, 401
Nellie Agnes, 407
Nellie M., 309
Nelson, 398
Nicholas, 369
Nina Kay, 413
Noah, 376. 383
Norris, 397
Octavia, .387
Olive, 379
Oliver, 370, 374, .376, 381
Onez Lillian, 405
Orehard C, 397
Orpha: 391
Orrin, 387, 397, 403, 409
Patty, 388
Paul, 375, 376
Permelia, 383
Peter, 379
Phebe, .394
Phinehas, .382, 400, 412
Polly, 379, 380, .391
Prentice Shattuck, 392, 406
Rachel, .388, .392
Rachel Corser, .392
Rebecca, 370, 380, 383, 387, 394
Rebecca A., .394
Rebecca B., .393
Rebecea F., 413
Rebecca Fisk, 405
Reuben Clough, 392, 404
Rhoda, 392, 397
Rhoda Rosetta, 392
Richard, 369, 370
Rix, 380, 393
Robert Willis, 395
Rosanna E., 402
Roy H., 401
Ruth, 374, 379, 383
Ruth Augusta, 405
Sabrina, 390
Sallie Ward, 417
Sally, 376, 3S9
Salome L.,412
Samuel, 370, 373, 374, 377, 380,
3»7, 388, 393, 398
Samuel George, 408, 415
Samuel Gray, 394, 407
Sarah, 368, 369, 370, 372, 376,
379, 387, 393, 400, 406,
412
Sarah A., 401
Sarah Ann, 401
Sarah Burnham, 400
Sarah F., 388, 393
Sarah Francis, 405
Sarah Helen, 406
Sarah Rix, 3tf2
Silas, .385, 388, 397
Simeon, .378, 385, .389, 397, 400
Simeon Plumer, .393
Sophia, 400, 405, 411
Sophia C, 393
454
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
St. Albans, 408
Standiford, 416
Stephen, 872,376, 377, 388, 389,
399,400,410
Susan, 373, 375, 382, 384, 387,
397, 403, 406
Susan B., 383
Susan Ellen, 406
Susan, S., 401
Susannah, 384
Sylvanus, Silvanus, 393
Sylvanus E., 405
Sylvester P., 393, 405
Sylvia, 385
Tamson (Thomasine), 391
Thankful, 386
Theodora E., 401
Thirza, 386
Thomas, 369, 370, 371, 373, 375,
378
Thomas F.,409
Thomas J., 409
Thomas K., 411
Thomas L., 385
Timothy Collins, 393
Vinton W., 398
Wilber, 399
William, 365, 367, 368, 369, 370,
373,379,387,391,400,
402, 403
William Eugene, 404
William Francis, 412
William Henry, 394, 408
William Herbert, 417
William Parker, 399
WUlis, 380, 384, 395
WinnifredE.,405
OTHER NAMES AND PLACES.
Abbot, 28, 44, 51, ~8, 124, 152,
169, 215, 322, 407, 412
Abby, 70
Acton, 244, 421
Adams, 74, 85, 92, 155, 190,
203, 209, 334, 357, 397
Adams Basin, 291
Adrian , 175
Adrianople, 156
Agard, 93
Aiken, 106, 107, 167, 296
Ainsworth, 341
Akron, 95, 401, 414
Albany, 163, 216, 222, 223, 225,
2o6, 305, 350
Albee, 376, 385
Albon, 204
Alburg, 204
Alcock, 162
Alden, 57
Aldrich, 189
Alexander, 341
Alexandria, 192, 229, 334
Alleghany City, 180
Allen, 34, 35, 37, 57, 75,89, 91,
92, 117, 145, 214, 292,
368
Almy, 273
Alrede, 433
Asheflld, 433
Alstead, 207
Altoft, 292
Alton, 239, 241
Amboy, 168
Amery, 291
Ames, 174
Amesbury, 151
Amesbury, New, 378
Amberst, 149, 150, 164, 155,
237, 240, 244, 315,
316, 318. 319, 320,
356, 358, 359
Amity, 424
Ammerman, 188
Ammidon, 94
Amsterdam, 134
Anada, 93
Anderson, 242
Anderson ville, 309
Andover, 37, 68, 77, 99, 120,
139, 243, 322, 360,
378, 383, 423, 426
Andover (West), 116
Andrews, 36, 50, 58, 86, 167,
180,267, 315
Angola, 191
Ann Arbor, 333
Ann Harbor, 236
Angus, 201
Anson, 397
Antrim, 239, 291, 317
Appleyarde, 3
Arlington, 415
Argvle, 268
Armstrong, 55, 56, 190, 196,
248
Arundel, 371, 376
Ash, 383
Ashburnham, 150, 159, 241
Ashford, 101
Ashton, 180
Askam, 301
Assam, 191
Atherton,324
Athens, 176, 179, 223, 274, 339
Athol, 50, 51,86, 177
Atkinson, 240, 318, 320
Atlantic, 301
Attleboro, 53, 72, 73, 181
Atwell, 215
Atwood, 100, 227, 308, 425, 430
Au Sable Forks, 325
Auble, 264
Auburn, 137, 138, 337
Auburndale, 229, 230
Augusta, 162, 186, 249
Aurora, 121, 125, 174, 201, 340
Austin, 20{», 293
Averill, 166, 266
Avery, 216, 251
Avon, 247
Avoyelles, 141
Ayer, 362
Azeredo, 121
Babbit, 61
Babcock, 97, 252, 361
Babyngham, 2
Bacon, 2, UG, 137,311,340
Bachilor, Bacheller, Batchel-
der, 121, 133, 315, 413
Badger Hill, 253
Bailey, 124, 168, 176, 280, 296,
406, 426
Bainbridge, 351
Baird, 274
Baker. 49, 51, 73, 88, 124, 125,
169, 241, 247,248,258,
265, 304
Ball, 51,86, 127, 156,331
Balding, 211
BaldwiD,74, 88, 267, 421
Ballard, 9, 46, 77, 120, 234
Ballville, 127
Bally (or Baily), 202
Balston, 161, 163, 164, 249, 352
Baltimore, 355
Bancroft, 51, 135, 255, 297
Bangor, 128, 284, 342, 344
Bangs, 258
Banfield, 430
Banks, 423
Banting, 188
Barker, .399
Barnard, .39, 169—171,237,254
-7, 328, .329, .331
Barnes, 87, 88, 99, 176, 293, 330,
338, .389
Barnet, 202
Barney, .35, .36, 51, 207
Baraboo, 184
Barr, 423
Barre, 165, 169
Barret, 276
Barrlngton, 124
Barron, 29, 252
Barrows, 123
Barry, 174
Bartlett, 83, 151
Barton, 72, 104, 2.39, 318, 349
Barton Landing, 429
Bascom, 221
Bass, 57
Bassanett, 162
Bassett, 118
Batavia, 346
Batchelder, see Bacliiler,
Bates, 88, 113, 136. .323
Bath, 198, 246, 247, 388, 390,
398
Baton Rouge, 143
Battle Creek, 104
Baxter, 236, 284
Battle Creek, 86
Bav Citv, 280, .364
Beach, 106
Beal, 137
Beals, 306
Bean, 199, :<79
Beamon, Beamont, 5, 11, 12
Beard, 412
Beaver City, 362
Beccles, 432
Becker, 224, 225
Bedell, 138, 184
Bedford, 43, 44, 45, 74, 153,
154, 343, 412
Bee, 356
Beebe, 98
Belcher, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 19,
57, 428
Belchertown, 9, 79
Belden, 185, 397
Belding, 306
Bell, 390
Bell Plaine, 164
Belleville, 89, 2.32
Bellows Kails, 246, 256, 323
Beman, 414
Bemis, 118
456
DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
Benicia, 322
Benjamin, 105
Bennett, 140, IfiS, 392
Bennington, 55, 77, 88, 94, 143,
1M4, 1S5, -^47, 250,
251
Benson, 263, 288,293
Bent, 34
Benton Harbor, 274, 339
Beresford, 191
Bergen, ls8, 274, 314
Berkshire, 166, 168, 217, 253,
254
Bernard, 10
Berry, 90, 387, 434
Bethel, 163
Bethlehem, 270
Beverly, 7, 395, 408
Bibby, 329
Bickford, 214, 292
Bicknell, 317
Big Kapids, 265
Bigelow, 11, 88, 162
Bignell, 290
Billerica, 27, 28, 37, 38, 42-7,
62-8, 70, 74-80, 113,
114, l!6-9, 121-3,
133, 147-152, 154,
155, 191, 169, 199,
208, 209, 212. 229,
279, 288, 289, 290
Billings, 48, 71, 72
Binghamton, 98, 224
Bird, 107
Birge, 98
Birmingham, 103
Bishop, 250, 268, 336
Bishopp, 194
Bixby, 234
Black, 351,343, 367
Black Brook, 289
Black Point, 20
Blackmer, 62
Blackstone, 30, 266, 398
Blair, 105
Blaisdell, 341, 380
Blake, 20, 31, 32, 51, 345
Blanchard, 64, 136, 138, 237,
290
Blaney, 226
Bliborowe, 3
Bligh, 163
Bliss, 118, 220, 390
Block, 198
Blodgett, 119, 138, 151, 203
Blood, 86, 199, 244
Bloorafield, VV.,247
Bloomington, 125, 194, 254
Blower, Blowers, 6, 7
Bluehill, 240, 319
Boardman, 56, 57, 99, 102
Bohow, 19
BoUes, 112
Bolton, 92, 168,159,203,245,
324, 3-!6, 391
Bombay, 204, 283, 342, 343
Bond, 69
Boone, 327
Boothbay, 334
Borden, 37
Borst, 306
Boscawen, 373, 375, 379, 380,
381, 3S9, 390,391,
392, 393, 400, 401,
402, 403, 406,422,
426
Boston, 11, 12, 21, 22, 25, 33-6,
38-41, 48, 49, 69, 88,
90, 101, 107-9, 112,
122, 123, 126, 127, 138,
Boston, 151, 159, 173-5, 182,
cont'd 197, 198, 208, 218, 228,
2J9, 238, 243, 244, 257,
259, 261-3, 277, 277-9,
283-8, 299, 311, 312,
317,318,320,332,334,
341,358, 360,383,384,
394, 400, 406-9, 411,
412, 415, 421, 424, 426,
427
Boston, Eng., 19
Bostwick, 221
Bosworth, 265, 397
Bott, 98
Bouck, 306, 307
Boughton, 273
Boutelle, 210. 240, 241, 261,
319
Boutwell, 75
Bow, 377, 422
Bowditch, 146
Bowdoin, 388
Bowdoinham, 346, 387
Bo we, 278
Bowen, 221, 361
Bowers, 39, 46, 82, 115, 151, 202
Bowling Green, 340
Bowman, 10, 30, 207
Boxboro, 106, 163
Boxford, 6
Boyce, 118
Boyes, 12
Boylston, 122
Brabrook, 85, 86
Brackett, 133, 263, 422
Bradish, 36
Bradford, 6, 109, 207, 248, 281,
288, 291, 367, 371,
372, 377, 388, 394,
399, 400
Bradley, 233
Bradshaw, 326
Bradstreet, 7, 79, 227
Brainard, 287
Braintree, 321
Brandeston, 433
Brandon, 22, 266
Branford, 186, 266, 267
Bran tford, 259
Brasher, 204
Bray, 44
Breed, 135
Breithaupt, 253
Bremmer, 204
Brewer, 124, 125, 188, 265, 310
Brewster, 323
Bridge, 5, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 45,
122
Bridgeport, 189
Bridges, 163, 250, 367
Bridgewater, 36, 52, 83, 95
Bridgewater, W., 159
Briggs, 50, 51, 90, 325, 331
Brigham, 206
Brightman, 171
Brighton, 233,324
Brlmfield, 323
Bristol, 54, 98, 99, 109, 110, 116,
123, 124, 141, 191, 192,
275, 379
Brockport, 118, 395
Brockton, 261, 244,343
Brockville, 326
Bredeson, 289
B rod well, 204, 205
Bromfleld, 25, 26
Bromley, 253
Bronson, 166, 191, 213, 215,
266, 257
Brookes, 340
Brookfield, 95, 96, 124, 126,
127, 134, 165, 186,
222, 223
Brookings, 214
Brookline, 121, 152, 270, 402,
406, 407
Brooklyn, 100, 149, 188, 203,
238, 266, 269
Brooks, 22, 74, 157, 173, 183,
207
Brown, 11, 29, 43, 63, 75, 114,
116, 137, 146, 164, 166,
203,247, 248,296,301,
309,320, 354, 358,373,
374, 380, 387, 405
Brownell, 162, 261
Browning, 162, 163
Bruce Corners, 327
Brunswick, 49, 376, 377,384,
386, 398, 410, 427
Brush, 127,231
Bryan, 179, 332
Bryant, 77, 206, 308
Buck, 216, 250
Buck Hollow, 293, 347
Buckfleld, 228
Buckley, 380
Bucklln, 110
Bucksport, 112
Buffalo, 96, 166, 189, 236, 258,
272, 273, 275, 287, 303,
338, 340, 345
Bull, 318
Bui lard, 144
Bullett, 293
Bullock, 101, 190
Bulkley, 19, 186
Bundy, 391
Burbank, 184,301,377
Burdeen, 383
Burdett, 308
Burdick, 56, 177, 216, 234
Burgess, 152
Burke, 68
Burley, 209
Burke, 255
Burliugame, 10, 94, 95
Burlington, 9, 10, 312, 321,
383
Burnham, 123, 298, 301
Burns, 110,415,204
Burr, 58
Burrill,90,310,430
Burroughs, 1
Burs, 90
Burt, 147
Burton, 276
Bush, 229, 252
Bushnell, 146
Bussell, 371,375
Buss, 89
Bussey, 149
Busti, 303, 304
Buswell, 116
Butler, 92, 186,258
Butterfield, 67
Butterwortli, 333
Byiield, 367, 370, 371, 374, 375,
377, 378, 380, 381, 383,
388, 389
Byington, 97
Byron, 16ti, 328, 362
Cady, 88, 224
Cadwell, 95
Caesarea, 156
Gaboon, 208
Cairo, 210
Calais, 170, 258, 279
Caldwell, 101, 301, 318
INDEX; OTHER NAMES AND PLACES.
457
Cambridge, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
12, 18, 19, 21, 23,
27, 36, 40,41,43,
48, 60, 71, 72, 78,
110, 120, 122, 125,
137, 166, 181, 198,
234, 245, 249, 279,
285, 287, 288, 320,
321, 369, 423, 424,
429, 430
Camden, 156,284
Cameron, 345
Camp, 97, 189
Campbell, 162, 202
Campbelltown, 295
Campbellsport, 1S4
Campton, 376
Cana<tota, 250
Candia, 201
Canterbury, 370, 371, 373, 374,
375, 378, 379, 380,
381, 382, 383, 389,
400
Canterbury, Eng., 5
Canton, 33, 34, 173
Cape May, 176
Cape Elizabeth, 288, 311
Cape Porpoise, 371, 376
Carey, 72, 73
Carlin, 311
Carlton, 43
Carpenter. 53, 85, 111, 118
Carr, 201, 319, 374, 398
Carter, 90, 91, 101
Carthage, 428
Cartwright, 391
Carver, 399
Cary, 184, 249
Cascade, 401
Casco Bay, 370
Case, 422
Cass, 201, 408
Casadaga, 185
Cassopolis, 296
Castleton, 71
Caswell, 162
Catskill,223
Cattell, 190
Cawley, 244, 356
Cebu, 356
Cedar Gap, 302
Cedar Rapids, 309
Chaffee, 87, 128, 166
Chalkers 62
Chamberlafn, 44, 47, 203, 226,
246
Champaign, 293, 295
Champney, 19,20, 27
Chandler, 57, 79, 116, 150
Chaney, 255
Channing, 8
Chapel Hill, 77
Chapin, 243, 302
Chaplin, 425
Chapman, 98, 138, 209, 380
Chappell, 326
Charleraont, H6
Charles City, 183, 281
Charlestown, 5, 8, 9, 20, 36,41,
61, 75, 76, 199,
249, 279, 310, 425,
430
Charlton, 33, 164
Chase, 61, 88,151,155, 209,379,
410, 431
Chatanooga, 329
Chatham, 106, 155
Chauucy, 23
Chautauqua, 94, 184
Chebacho, 308
Cheeseman, 345
Chelmsford, 27, 28, 37, 38, .39.
67, 75, 115, 122,
149, 155, 103, 195,
236-9
Chelsea, 48, 1.36, 241, 263, 310,
323, 334, 406, 430
Cheney, 152, 266, 285, 388, 399
Chepatchet, 236
Cherritree, 225
Chester, 114, 19fi, 217, 254, 400
Chesterfield, 125, 206, 221,244,
290, 304
Chetopa, 265
Chicago, 73, 101, 102, 109, 121,
156,174,186,211,228,
231,2.34,236,240,247,
255,276,281,303,310.
311,319,329,330,340.
342,345,353,360,364,
395
Chick, 227
Chicnpee, 56
Chili, 159, 292
China, 406
Chipraan, 398
Chittenden, 215
Chubb, 426
Church, 1.35,198, 278,350
Churchill, 6H, 108, 416
Chylderns, 432
Cicero, 133
Cilley, 400
Cincinnati, 76, 180, 182, 189,
213, 245, 426
Cincinnatus, 200
Cisneros, 395
Clapp, 36, 56, 57, 123, 170, 171,
278
Clarence, 211, 212
Claremont, 197, 207, 211, 255,
277,278,331
Ciarendon, 231
Clark, Clarke, 11, 12, 21, 89,
105-7, 115,150,
153, 154, 178,
183, 200, 220,
221, 231, 233,
250-2, 299, 345,
392, 394, 409,
423
Clarksburg, 411
Clarkson, 156
Clay, 244
Clayton,. 343, 4.33
Clear Lake, 143, 289
Cleaves, 133
Clement, 341
Cleveland, 87, 143, 189, 314,
327, 3.38, 346, 411
Clifton, 190
Cliftondale, 137,227
Cline, 171
Clinton, 96
Clough, 94, 152, 308, 392
Clyde, 258
Clymer, 109
Coaker, 121
Coates, 137
Cobb, 35, 36,37,84,208,288
Cobeler, 184
Coburn, 359
Cochian, 199
Codman, 123
Codyville, 248
Cofer, 96
Coffin, 374
Cogniac, 177
Cohocton, 246, 247, 248
Cohoes, 163
Colbath, 426
Colby, 120, 121, 180, 393,403,
409, 429
Coldsbury, (>0
Coldwater, 165, 231, 391, 401
Cole, 90, 247, 2,Vt, 205, 320, 408
Colobrook, 259,343
Coleman, 178
Coles, 421
Colman, 374
CoUedge, 4
Collier, 136
Collins, 16.3, .325
Colorado .Spring.n, 2.32
Columbus, 77, 251, 306, .350,
351
Concord, 28, 77, 199, 208, 2.37,
241, 268, 275, 278,
315, :{K3, 389, 402-4,
414,424
Concord, W., 301, .382, 406
Coney, 21, 22
Conkling, 252
Conn, 293
Conneant, Conant, 56, 93, 292
Conndella, 147
Connecticut, 4, 5
Connell, 87
Conner, 379
Connorsville, 239
Constable, E., 283
Contoocook, 370, 373, 875,378,
402, 4u3
Converse, 27, 41, 62
Cook, Cooke, 157, 207, 232,
295, 364
Cooley, 133
Coombs, 172, .387
Coon, 56, 251
Cooper, 274, 402
Coos, 113,379
Coowie, 71
Cope, 191
Copeland, 49, 57
Copenhagen, .342
Copp. 69, 140, 310
Corbett, 98
Corcoran, 178
Corinth, W., 427
Corliss, 329
Cornell, 222, 243
Cornish, 214
Cornville, 408, 409
Corser, x03, 282, 373, 392
Cortland, 97, 199, 200
Corunna, 3u0
Corvdou, .300
Coshocton, 180, 194
Cotes, 433
Cottage Hill, 318, .358
Cotton, 20, 3*7,424
Coudi,319
Coulilbev, 4
Council Bluffs, 219, 300
Courier, 105
Covell, 288
Cowan, Cowen, 204, 344
Cowles, 125
Cox, 114, 190,277,329
Coy, 54
Cozzens, 159
Crafts, 110
Crattsbury, 58
Cramer, 328
Crampton, 101
Crandall, 145
Crane, 177, 181
Cransford , 2
Cranston, 260
Cranysford, 432, 433
458
DANPOETH GENEALOGY.
Crawford, 91, 180
Creamer, 188
Cresco, 252
Crete, 9-1
Crocker, 158, 164, 320
Cromac, 321
Crombie, 33, 185
Cromwell, 399
Cropsey, 354
Crosby, 28, 29, 38, 74-6, 116,
208
Cross, 105, 106, 168, 169, 396
Grossman, 41, 106, 107, 181
Crouch, 79, 144
Crowell,410
Crowley, 173, 230, 256
Crown Point, 42
Crozier, 105
Cryspe, 433
Cuba, 395
Cuddebach, 253
Culver, 203
Cummings, Comings, 72, 87,
94, 150, 166, 167,218,
358, 408
Cunningliam, 48
Curacoa, 61 ■
Curtis, 29, 105, 164, 197, '252,
271,273,326,383
Cushing, 149
Cushman, 79
Cutler, 10, 92, 321, 412, 422
Cutts, 20
Cuyahoga Falls, 96
Cuyler, 187
Daggett, 280, 351
Dale, 302
Dana, 8, 192
Danbury, 116, 165, 189, 356,427
Danby, 253
Dandson, 264
Danforth (town of), 193, 265,
266, 335
Daniel, 359
Danvers, 110, 116, 135, 226,
308, 309, 353
Danville, 115, 137,202, 203,231,
246, 280-2
Dansville, 246, 247, 248
Darling, •<;78, 344
Darrow, 391, 400, 401
Darrowville, 400, 413
Dart, 163
Dartmouth, 273
Dascomb, 245
Davenport, 33, 157, 342
Davidson, 74
Davis, 37, 44, 61, 94, 108, 114,
123, 169, 170, 172, 177,
189, 194, 207, 240, 290,
312, 314, 320, 383, 388,
402
DavoU, 158
Dawley, 53, 127
Day, 52
Dayton, 213
Dean, 41, 50, 51, 83, 180, 181,
195
Deansville, 55
Dear, 368
Dearborn, 203, 282
Dearing, 20, 400
Debiiiliam, 433
Dfdhani, 33, 331, 421, 422, 426
De Foe, 240
De Groodt, 92, 93, 184
De Priest, 389
De Kuyter, 50
De Tibbetts, 391
De "Witt, 126
Dee, 234
Deer Creek, 313, 364, 355
Deer Lodge, 303
Deerfleld, 295, 412
Deering, 413
Del Rey, 294, 295, 347
Delaney, 198
Delaplaine, 187, 267
Delhi, 224
Dellow, 200
Denby, 192
Densmore, 143
Denver, 232, 234, 288
Deppen, 177
Derawe, 432
Derby, 210, 278
Derby Line, 282
Derry, 152, 153, 226, 227, 242,
243, 321,359,399,429
Detroit, 106, 171, 200, 258, 333,
350, 363
Devens, 10
Dewey, 125, 143
Dexter, 284, 344, 408
Diamond, 195
Dickinson, 155, 201, 335
Diehl, 195
Dingiey, 397
Dingman, 344
Dinsmore, 281, 284
Ditson , 229
Dixfleld, 425, 426
Doane, 284
Dockham, 427
Dodge, 67, 68, 153, 187, 202,211
Donald, 138 ,
Donaldson, 141
Donnan, 164
Donnelly, b?
Donolly, 223
Donovan, 309
Dorrance, 99
Doon, 72
Dorchester, 18, 19, 23, 30, 31,
32, 33, 40, 50, 82,
101, 106, 107, 112,
123, 138, 155, 210,
229, 242
Dorris, 67
Dorton,368
Doten, 216
Doughty, 328
Douglas, 284
Dover, 7, 87, 138, 355, 408, 421
Dow, 77, 162, 201, 265, 391,400,
404
Dow City, 92
Do we, 212
Down, Downs, 35, 351
Downer, 374, 423
Dracut, 29
Darke, 53, 330
Draper, 207
Dreisbach,76
Dresden, 9
Drew, 49
Driscoll, 353
Dryden, 157
Dublin, 318
Dudley, 7, 18, 24, 25
Dufour, 383
Dull, 231
Dunbar, 33, 34, 402
Duncklee, 209
Dundon,217, 218
Dunham, 293, 306
Dunkin, 66
Dunkirk, 185, 349, 355
Dunlap, 200, 406
Dunn, 261
Dunning, 145
Dunplaln, 214
Dunstable, 65-8, 119, 124, 125,
133, 153, 218, 349,
423
Durgin, 326
Durham, 188, 423
Durrant, 2
Durrell, 210, 211
Duryea, 187
Deseuberry, 246
Dustin, 341
Duxbury,108
Dyer, 138, 260
Eagle, 303
Eally, 387
Eames, 319
Earl, 128-132
East Haddam, 98
East Bri gewater, 106
East Sagiuaw, 200
Eastman, 109, 159, 195, 264
East0H,49,52
Easton, North, 180
Eaton,. 76, 170, 171, 199, 200,
201,258,279, 356, 373,
378, 430
Eatonville, 258
Eckford, 350
Eckhardt, 240
Eckle, Eckles, 251, 266
Eddyville, 323
Ederych, 2, 432
Edgemont, 204
Edwards, 36, 156, 197, 335
Effingham, 174
Egabrod, 364
Eighme, 214
Elgin, 120, 168
Eliot, 8, 23
Elizabeth, 271
Elizabethtown, 9
Elkhart, 202, 296, 297, 348
Elkhorn, 74, 167
Ellery, 8
Elliot, 379
Ellis, 53, 168, 311
Ellison, 231
EUms, 112
Ells, 136
Ellsworth, 62, 113,184,195,196,
204, 332
J>llwanger, 316
Ellyria, 156, 242
Elmendorf, 291
Elmiia, 212
Elora, 345
Enibden, 396, 410
Emerson, 127, 195, 270
Emery, 151, 268, 378, 409
Emmons, 403
En Karl, 219
Enderbv, 190
Enfield,' 63, 165, 199
Enosburg, 170
Entree, 145
Epsom, 280
Escanaba, 361
Esohurode, 196
Esmen, 97
Essex, 4Ul
Essington, Eng., 50
E Ufa la, 251
Evans, 191, 216
Evarts, 350
Everett, 68, 117, 210, 221
Exeter, 23, 55, 191
index; other names and places.
459
Fairbanks, 50
Fairbury, 354
Fairchild, 230
Fairfax, 71, 117, 118, 1«, 215,
234,235,292, 293, 347
Fairfield,-71, 117,234,235, 292,
293, 295, 396
Fairhaven, 101
Fairplay, 95
Fairweatlier, 406
Fales, 36, 49
Fall River, 283
Falmouth, 370
Faneuil, 40
Farber, 346
Farley, 79
Farlow, 124
Farmer, 76, 201
Farmlngton, 253, 289, 327, 361
Farnham, 149, 293
Faruham, East, 318
Farnswortli, 71, 115,253,314
Farrar, 111, 155,203,423
Farrsbury, 304
Farwell, 65, 66, 166, 218, 405
Fassett, 43, 155, 170
Fauuce, 425
Faxon, 364
Fay, 428
Felch, 204, 424, 425
Felt, 332, 333
Fennell, 324
Feuton, 93
Fern Hill, 362
Fernandina, 231
Ferris, 307
Ferrisburg, 156
Fetters, 313
Field, 141, 237, 238, 319
Finley, 179
Tinkler, 157
Fish, 412
Fisher, 128, 215, 318
Fisherville, 405
Fisherville, 405
Fishlake valley, 296
Fisk, 392, 403, 405
litch, 26, 86,337
Fitchburg, 79, 160, 161, 163,
195, 201, 360
Fitts, 374, 402
Fitz, 243
Flanders, 240, 318, 325, 380,
381, 429
Flat Rock, 351
Fleming, 128
Fletcher, 118, 137, 208, 215,
292, 293, 347, 386,
406
Flint, 30, 226
Flood, 372-5
Florence, 77, 157,224, 228
Floyd, 411
Fly Creek, 158
Folcard, Folkerk, 433, 434
Foley, 177
Follansbee, 150
Folmer, 345
Fond du Lac, 167, 184, 185,
265, 266
Fonda, 67, 233
Foote, 184
Forbes, 174, 182
Force, 163
Ford, 132, 326, 424
Forest Glen, 235
Ft. Covington, 204, 280, 283,
284, 343
Fort Edward, 277
Fort Mason, 226
Fort Scott, 384, 421
Fort Stockton, 133
Fortress Monroe, 319
Foskett, 87, 158
Foss, 137, 202, 376, 383
Foster, 10, 20, 37, 74, 94, 120,
121, 146, 235, 236, 368,
391
Forster, 384
Fowler, 158
Foye, 8
Fox, 154, 274, 331
Foxcroft, 19, 21, 22, 23, 32
Fowler, 110
Fraas, 180
Framiugham, 19, 105, 109, 245,
289
Framlingham, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9,
11, 12, 18, 23,
27, 369, 432-6
Francestown, 152, 290
Francis, 272
Frankfort, 270
Franklin, 89, 168
FrankUn Falls, 382, 383
Franklin I'ark, 271
Franks, 276
Frary, 8
Frasersburg, 97
Frasia, 266
Fredericksburg, 226
Frederick ton, 295
Fredonia, 92, 118, 184
Freeman, 326, 340
Fremont, 127, 175
French, 18, 27, 28, 29, 47, 65,
66, 170, 247, 292
Friend, 407
Friendsville, 220, 301, 302
Frink, 173
Frost, 64, 88, 116, 174, 175, 383
Fryeburg, 299
FuUager, 349
Fuller, 128, 209, 235
Fulton, 124
Gage, 185
Gaines, 313
GalnesviUe, 291, 345, 346, 363
Gale, 169
Galesburg, 182
Gallop, 36
Gallopolis, 179
Gait, 345
Galusha, 331
Gamble, 116
Garden Grove, 302
Gardiner, 138, 284, 285, 344,
402
Gardner, 21, 79, 167,408
Garcelon, 138
Garfield, 11, 78
Garnet, 335
Garratt, 113
Gates, 58, 98, 167, 171, 230,
290, 312
Gawle, 434
Gay, 147, 161
Gaylord, 198
Geary, 127
Gedney, 36
Geer, 147
Geneseo, 92, 183
Geneva, 383, 395, 419
George, 175, 265, 292, 429
Georgetown, 423
Georgia, 142, 143, 230,231,233,
234, 313
Germantown, 191, 323
Germany, 339
Germon, 197
Gerrish, 21
(ierry, 69, 87, 271
Gettysburg, 70
Gibbs,4», 200, 300
(iibson, 300, 323, 370
Gilford, 283, 309, 421
Gilcnd, 256
Gilbert, 8, 12, 37
Giles, 179
Gill, 177
Gillard. 179
Gillehuid,303
Gillett, 143
Gillon, 245
Gilman, 217, 293
Gilmanton, 211, 382
Gilmore, 201
Gilson, 149
Gladbrook, 253
Gladstone, 302
Glastonbury, 100, 2,'6
Gleeson, 74, 117, 154, 294, 325
Glenham, 4:!:t
Glens Kails, 51, 195
Glenville, 104
Glidden, 174, 175, 201, 404
Gloucester, 146, 278, 403
Glover, 292, 300, 320, 399
Goddard, 107, 113
Godfrey, 36, 61
Goff, 53
Goifstown, 185, 343, 402
Gold, 280
Goldsmith, 218
Gooch, 3
Goodenough, 93
Goodrich, 57, 98, 99, 141, 396
Goodwin, 137, 176, 259
Gordon, 112, 163
Gorham, 171, 299, 363]
Goshen, 121, 195
Goss, 53
Gott, 305
Gould, 199,221, 311
Gowing, 279
Grace, 92
Grafton, 157, 243, 244, 280
Gragg, 229
Graham, i09
Granby, 124
Grand Ledge, 350
Grand Rapids, 155, 157, 164,
212
Grandville, 401
Granger, 124, 241
Grant, 219, 3:i4, 386, 397, 427
Granville, 71, 2i)4
Gray, 48, 49, 51, 80, 202, 349,
3ys, 410, 429
Greeley, 257
Green, Greene, 7, 73, 85, 170,
185, 256, 263,
270, 363, 388,
3yN410
Greenfield, 72, 77, 209, 212
Greenpoint, 326
Greenville, 350, 364
Greenwich, 99
Greenwood, 250
Gregg, 152, 155, 242, 333
Grene, 433
Greveson, 2
Grevitte, 279
Griffen, 266
Grossmith, 415
Groton, 7, 155, 206, 210, 229,
278, 279, 299
Ground, 231
Groveland, 219, 247, 426
460
DANTOETH GENEALOGY.
Grover, 310
Groveton, 343
Guilford, 101
Guriiey. 123
Gwin, 403, 407
Hacheston, 433
Hackensack, 187
Hacker, 414
Hackett, 277
Haddam, 220
Hadley, 104, 212
Haines, 111, 155, 207, 339, 390
Hale, 72, 124; 384
Haley, 280
Halifax, 7. 208, 214, 238, 330
Hall, 7, 42, 94, 98, 104, 173,
178, 204, 230, 293, 301,
322, 350, 398
Hallowell, 123, 208, 289, 387
Hamburg, 214, 341
Hamilton, 124, 199, 200, 247,
391
Hamlin, 128, 3fi0
Hammond, 340, 400
Hampden, 284
Hancock, 124
Han cox, 337
Hand. 234
Hanover, 156, 167, 329
Han scorn, 429
Hanson, 87, 138
Harden, 88
Harding, 73
Hardwick, 49, 51, 79, 80, 164,
165, 192
Hardy, 216, 233, 388, 422
Hargraves, 266
Harling, 167
Harlow, 244,245
Harney, 203
Harper, 217
Harpswell, 377
Harriman, 427
Harrington, 11, 216, 246, 387
Harris, 36, 160, 203, 260, 298,
302
Harrison, 108, 235
Harshaw, 26H
Hart, 76, 2:i5, 322
Hartford, 8, 56, 96, 97, 98, 99,
100, 101, 102, 103,
104, 105, 125, 178,
187, 198, 226, 234,
253, 270, 271, 429
Hartland, 76-81, 161, 166, 170
Hartshorn, 6:, 113
Hartwell,28, 154
Harvard, 159, 244, 245, 422
Harvard College, 4, 18, 19
Harvey, 53, 202, 361, 424
Haskell, 300, 387
Haskins, 83
Hassan, 423
Hastings, 209,287,401
Hatch, 103, 104, 174, 175
Hathavray, 101,223,231
Hauthorn, 293
Havana, 93
Haven, 270
HaverhiU, 38, 150, 151, 152,
343, 356, 379-381,
386, 430
Hawps, 102
Hawk, 135
Hawks, 291
Hawkins, II, 152
Hawley, 51, 118, 202, 239
Hay, 244
Hayden, 304, 411
Hayes, 256
Hayne8,202, 303
Hayward, Haywood, Hey-
wood, 27, 28, 154
Hazel Green, Eng., 335
Hazelwood, 321
Head, 176, 370
Healey, 111,396
Heath, 178, 186, 203, 321, 412
Heaton, 310
Hebron, 71, 155
Hedge, 41
Hedges, 303
Heflner, 414
Heminger, 327
Hemstead, 231
Henderson, 111, 136, 179, 190
190,336,411
Hendrickson, 339
Hennessey, 327
Henry, 115, 202
Henshaw, 287, 288, 415, 416
Hentz, 77
Herbert, 241
Herman, 293
Hermon, 215
Herrick, 10
Hewes, 345, 352
Hewlett, 312
Hibbard, 89
Hickox, 73, 74
Hicks, 170
Higby, 221
Higgius, 166, 387, 388
Hight, 261
Hill, 28, 29, 74, 87, 122, 123,
156, 192, 244, 432
Hillsdale, 428
Hillsboro, 64, 116, 117, 149,
209-212, 239, 290,
291, 315,317
Hilton, 68, 90, 397
Hines, 338
Hingham, 107,245,425
Hinman, 5, 11
Hitchcock, 121, 221, 223, 425
Hoadley, 166
Hoag, 306
Hobbins, 250
Hobart, 166, 189, 221, 303
Hoberd, 2
Hoboken, 337
Hodgdon, 334
Hodges, 35, 36, 37, 58-60, 73,
82, 112,218,346
Hoffman, 353
Holbrook, 227
Holden, 157, 158, 254
Holderness, New, 373
Holland, 246, 313
Hollenbeck, 117
Holley, 230
HoUis, 64, 115, 147, 202, 203,
205, 237, 238, 261
Holman, 324
Holmes, 118, 235, 247, 262, 342,
357, 425
Holt, 51, 224
Holton, 237, 391,401
Homer, 303, 327
Hood, 37
Hooker, 4
Hooksett, 283
Hooper, 335
Hoosack, 92
Hoosick, 183, 249, 251,264,'265
Hopewell, 84
Hopkins, 79, 183, 326, 408
Hopkiuton, 379, 401-3, 424
Horner, 232
Horton, 52, 53, 84, 85, 88, 136,
137, 396
Hosley, 46, 81
Hosmer, 28, 148, 421
Hossack, 97
Hough, 101, 198
Houghton, 101,202, 245
Houlton, 169
House, 55
Hovey, 39, 133, 160, 248,400
Howard, 180, 218, 231. 383, 412
Howe, 334
Hoyt, 207, 406
Hubbard, 72, 114, 125, 165,228,
339, 424
Huber, 128
Hudson, 120, 244, 254,324, 357,
414
Huffman, 92
Hulbert, 94
Hulberton, 49
Hulett, 230
Hull, 427
Humboldt, 317
Humphrey, 73, 96
Hunkins, 215
Hunnewell,.396
Hungerford, 265
Hunt, 28, .33, 87
Hunter, 298, 323
Huntley, 426
Huntoon, 112
Huntington, 121, 127, 152, 286,
287, 332
Hurd, 425
Huron, 127
Hutchins, 208,.371
Hutchinson, 7, 149, 166
Huxley, 73
Hyde, 270
Hyde Park, 247, 312
Idaho Springs, 233
Ide, 89
Independence, 265, 340
Indian Kock, 275
Indianapolis, 105, 196, 252, 415
Ingersoll, 338
Ingles, 264
Ingraham, 160
Ipswich, 2, .367, .368, 369, 424,
425, 432
Ireland, 2
Irish, 248
Irondequoit, 345, 346
Ironton, 276
Irosburg, 118
Irving, 103
Irwin, 292
Ithaca, 164
Ives, 62, 98, 214
Jackman, 241, 373, .391
Jacobs, 50, 137, 203, .321
Jackson, .36, 91, 121, 197, 259,
373
Jacksonville, 231, 302
Jaffrey, 114, 155, 196, 290
Jamaica I'lain, 407
Jameson, 320
Jamestown, 127, 303, 305, 349
Janesville, 94, 250
Janvier, 228
Jaquith, 45, 79
Jarvis, 1321$
Jasper, 117, 211
Jeffers, 301 [339
Jefferson, 190, 244, 273, 274,
Jeffs, 65
Jelley, 141
INDEX ; OTHER NA:MES AND PLACES.
461
Jenkins, 182, 254, 269, 398
Jennings, 93, 183
Jenney, 165
Jepson, 56, 145
Jeremy Squam, Id., 376
Jersey City, 100, 268, 269, 329,
337
Jewett, 169, 219, 236, 280, 393
Joiin's Branch, 183
Johnson, 46, 56, 70, 87, 90, 98,
112, 118, 143, 16ii,
261, 277, 417
Johnston, 183
Joliet, 395
Joly, 433
Jones, 11, 105, 188, 235, 254,
275, 341, 364, 404, 423
Jonies, 433
Joplin, 217
Jordan, 137, 138, 139
Jordon, 2
Joslyn, 306
Joyce, 98
Judd, 231
Judkins, 202, 203
Kalamazoo, 359
Kane, 141
Kansas City, 92, 236
Kaye, 101
Keating, 409
Keeler, 304
Keene, 201, 238, 321
Keep, 318, 350
Keeseville, 144
Keith, 36
Keliar, 349
Kelleshall, 3, 4
Kellogg, 156
Kelly, 211
Kempton, 422
Kendall, 185. 328
Kendrick, 149, 150
Kcndricks, 310
Kennebunkport, 371, 376, 377
Kennedy, 168, 187, 204
Kenney, 281
Kennison, 261
Kent, 96, 332, 424
Kenyon, 162
Kerney, 100
Kerr, 350
Kessler, 211
Keyes, 38, 2.34
Keyesville, 71
Keyser, 116
Kezar, 383
Kidder, 38, .39, 211, 282
Kielsgard, 175
Kilburn, .391
Kilday, 300
Kilgore, 396
Kimball, 145, 394
King, 100, 218, 292, 301
Kingfield, 396
Kingsbury, 144, 234, 240, 319,
354
Kinsley, 51, 364
Kinsman, 195, 368
Kingston, 62
Kingsville, 271
Kirby, 164
Kirkland, 55, 97, 157, 164, 200,
240, 241
Kirksville, 390
Kitchen, 300
Kittredge, 65
Klice, 328
Knapp, 100, 284
Kneeland, 41, 76
Knight, 93, 325, .335, 352, 406
KnowlfS, S5, 86
Knowlton, 428
Korus, 186
La Porte, .323
La Hue, 283
Ladoga, 167
Laduke, 324
Lafayette, 190, 221, 273, 303,
304
Lafferty, 404
Lairabeer, 351
Lake, 152
Lake City, 331
Lake Forest, 313
Lake George, 38
Lakeville, 211
Lamb, 70, 88, 133
Lambert, .39, 92
Lamberton, 184
Lamont, 350, 363
Lamphere, 354
Lamson, 302
Lanarck, 91
Lancaster, 76, 143, 249, 343
liancey, 413
Lane, 61, 65, 78, 100, 114, 198,
332
Lang, 203, 241
Langdon, 222
Lange, 226
Langworthy, 3.37, 348
Lansingburgh, 92, 113, 187
Laona, 94
Laporte, 250, 404
Larkin, 224
Larrabee, 1.38, 251
Lathrop, 84, 156
Laugliton, 408
Lawlor, 308
Lawrence, 106, 120, 121, 152,
216, 228, 239, 258,
266, 317, 320, 324,
392, 402
Laws, 64
Lawter, Lawte, Lawtyr, 432-3
Lawton, 113
Layne, 187
Leach, 117, 118, 311
Leavenworth, 141
Lebanon, 183, 232, 26.3, 280
Lee, 62, 141, 223, 228, 229, 405
Leeds, 21, .302
Leffler, 300
Legrow, 210
Leicester, 58
Leitch, 203
Leland, 412
Leman, 115
Lemmers, 40
Lenox, 125, 177
Leonard, 42, 51, 89, 123, 221,
261, 306
Leominster, 158, 159, 238, 245,
324, 325, 420
Leroy, 2.35, 236, 314
Levering, 415
L,evis, 215
Levistone, 65
Lewis, 57, 141, 210, 248, 263,
313, 325, 331, 353
Lewiston, 137, 263, 313, 427
Lewoode, 2
Lexington, 9, 58, 74, 123, 161,
261, 262, 280, 285,
332, 383, 421
Lezac, 429
Liberty, 118, 215, 295, 297, U7
Licking, 217
Lidgctt, 21
Light, 376
Lima, i;('>8
Lincklacn, 56
Lincoln, 41, 63, 83, 89, 180, 181 .
246
Lindsay, 203
Lindslev, -jri, 214, 304
Linn, 297, 34H
Linncman, 268
Lintner. 307
Liscomb, 277
Lisbon, .388
Litchfield, 102, 112, 195, 277,
377, .3«7, 397-»
Little, 393
Little Kalis, 199,201, 279
LiltlelU-ld, 428
Littleton, l-.'3, l.W
Liverniore, 9, 209
Liverpool, 133, l.'(5
Livonia, 291
Lloyd, 55, 115
Lobdell, 189
Locke, 110
Lockport, 95
Lockwood, 158, 216, 293
Lods, 141
Logan sport, 211
London, 41, 103, 108, 180, 182,
282
Londonderry, 152, 153, 155,
156, 158, 212,
242,410-412,415
Long, 272
Longfellow, 368
Longnecker, 401
Longstreth, 287
Longwell, 302
Lorain, 242
Lord, 70, 368
Loring, 46, 161, 203, 206
Los Angeles, 132B, 408
Lothrop, 252
Loud, 232, 233
Loudon, 374, 381, 382
Louisiana, 92, 93, 265, 3-35
Louisville, 340, 411, 412, 415-7
Lovejoy, .358
Lovekiii, 155
Loveland, 241
Lovell, 73, 420
Lovett, 226
Lowder, 32, .33
Lowell, 67, 74, 75, 110, 146, 150,
159, 191, 199, 202, 226,
239, 244, 278, 280, 283,
.320, 323, 336, 360, 406
Loyalton, 404
Lucas, 179, 202
Ludlow, 420
Lund, 65, 66, 153
Luscomb, 54
Lutlier, 55
Lvme, 7, 89, 156
Lynch, 422
Lynde, 8
Lyndeboro', 117
Lyndon, 168, 169, 199
Lyne, 147
Lynn, 19, 69, 1.36, 226, 228, 270,
311, 318, 334, .353, 423,
425, 428
Lynnfield, 1.39, 225, 228, 279,
307, 308
Lyon, 91. 236, 252
Lytle, 233
Maas, 272
McAllister, 254
462
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
McArthur, 283
McClannin, 278
McCarty, 123
McClees, 108
McClenatlian, 279
McCluer, 75, 76
McClune, 411
McClure, 150, 151, 268, 424
McColl, 92
McComb, 273
WcConiiellsville, 179, 180
McConnell, 304
McCormick, 192, 193
McCoy, 276, 340
McCrillis, 152
McCuen, 274
aicCuUy, 124
McCurdy, 110
McDonald, 296
McElroy, 302
McFadden, 398, 409
McFeely, 360
Mcintosh, 302
McKasteru, 340
McKeau, 294
McKenney, 137
McKiustry, 168
McKuight, 128, 401
McKee, 143
McKeen, 162
McLaughlin, 163
McLean, 302, 342
McLellan, 112, 113, 183, 277
McLinn, 213
JicMurphv, 107, 168
McXabb, 97
McNeil, 228 ■
McPher.son, 330
McQutstion, 110
Macaulay, 87, 204
Mace, 259
Macoinber, 112, 261, 262
Madison, 92, 250, 267-9, 385,
396, 3S7, 409, 410
Blainville, 213
Maiden, 39, 138, 226, 268, 310,
422
Mallison,414
Malone, 342, 379
Maly, 426
Manchester, 120, 121, 210, 283,
293, 323, 343, 35t,
413, 424
Manistee, 158, 234
Manlius, '^22
Maun, 50, 190,261,274,384
Manning, 29, 43, 44, 46, 47, 74,
263, k:vn,4-J8
Mansfield, 25, 50, 62, 69, 113,
138, 173, 202, 296,
297, 310, 348
Manson, 182
Marathon, 200
Marbk'hcad, 136, 137, 226
March, 359
Marcy, 79
Murianua, 77
Marietta, 179
Marine, 231
Marion, 157, 179, 180, 361,413
Markel, 129
Marlboro', 10, 159, 206, 245,
368
Marquette, 234
Slarr, 397, 419
Marsh, 97,211
Mars'iiall, 105, 109, 151, 327, 343
Marstun, 136, 209, 226, 227, 398
Martin, 104, HH), -^82, a08, 327,
374, 384, 399
Marvin, 224
Marysville, 348
Mason, 179, 433
Massena, 281, 342
Mason Villasre, 406
Mather, 1, 6, 23, 86, 314
Mattapoisett, 168
Matteawan, 175
Mattersou, 1S4
JIatthews, 133, 175, 195, 196
Mattice, 248
Jlattoon, 196, 294
Maverick, 68
Maxfleld, 411
Maxwell, 233
May, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112,
159, 166, 299
Mayfield, 126, 222
Mayliew, 227
Maynard, 88
Mead, 74
Mears, 216, 217
Mebane, 355
Medlield, 73
Medford, 7, 41, 76, 117, 136,289
Medway, 72, 73, 89
Meissner, 294, 295
Mellen, 279
Mellish, 419
Melrose, 311, 317
Melzer, 244
Mendon, 246
Mercer, 55, 58
Meredith, 123, 375, 383
Meredith Village, 399
Merriam, 125
Merrill, 120, 143, 152, 224, 234,
244, 378, 424, 431
Merrimac, JMerriuiack, 150,
151, 152, 237, 239-241, 318-
321, 359
Messingham, 292
Merwin, 404
Metcalf, 195, 273, 386
Metteer, 332
Metzger, 275
Mexico, 167
Miami Valley, ColL, 257
Midaugh, 383
Middleboro', 112
Middlebrooks, 216
Middleburg, 223, 306, 307, 351
Middleton, 3, 300, 309, 353, 354
Middletown, 56, 71, 95, 96, 98,
100, 101, 104, 180,
ISS, 189, 223, 220,
252, 271-3, 369,
411
Miles, 277
Milford, 34, 149, 193, 237, 240,
314-6
Mill City, 333
Millard, 167
Millburn, 336
Miller, 98, 203, 227, 256, 287,
327, 340, 350, 400, 401
Milliken's Bend, 296
Blilliman, 162
Millport, 331
Mills, 137, 303
Milltown, 72
Miltimore, 242
Milton, 101,216
Milwaukee, 224, 225, 250, 339,
349, 304, 395
Jlinneapolis, 102, 141
Minonk, 192, 275
Miuosa, 204
Miuot, 31
Mirick, 41, 186
Mitchell, 5, 96, 136, 208, 224,
225, 288, 383
Modoc, 404
Moody, 283, 424
Monmouth, 200, 398
Monson, 58, 331
Monroe, 73, 182
Montague, 71, 104
Monte Vista, 216
Montero, 159
Montgomery, 58, 128, 235
Monticello, 250, 326, 360
Montpelier, 169, 215, 216, 255,
328, 426
Montreal, 232, 347
Montrose, 93
Moore, 127, 128, 159, 250, 379,
425
Moors, 210
Morrell, 238, 339
Morrill, 238, 317, 381, 403
Morris, 216, 269
Morrisdale, 408
Morrison, 91, 92, 93, 127
Morristown, 187, 281, 336
Morse, 153, 171, 342, 399
Mortimer, 389
Morton, 34, 62, 99, 106
Moseley, 100
Mosher, 247
Moss, 132b
Moulton, 108, 150, 277, 288
Mound City, 333, 419
Mt. Carmel, 220, 302
ait. Holly, 325
Mt. Pleasant, 323
Mt. Vernon, 107
Mt. Victory, 297
Mullett, 324
Mulliken, 294, 295
Mullins, 57
Multer, 339
Monger, 55
Munn, 125
Muuson, 301
Murchison, 238
Murphy, 347
Murray, 113, 273
Muse's Bottom, 263
Mussey, 228
Myers, 390
Mylys, 432
Myrick, 168
Mystic, 337
Nakskov, 226
Napier, 188
Nash, 164
Nashua, 150, 151, 152, 161, 237,
241,297,309,314,316,
353, 357-9, 412
Nason, 392, 427
Nassau, 113, 195
Natick, 334
Naugatuck, 97
Nealey, Neally, 123, 415
Needliam, 209
Neenah, 73, 313
Neiland, 368
Nelson, 249, 257, 289
Neosho, 141
Nesbitt, 198, 351
Nescatimga, 213
Nevada City, 358
Nevins, 237
Newell, 103
New Albany, 88, 141, 300
New Bedford, 168
New Boston, 299 318, 349
INDEX ; OTHER NAMES AND PLACES.
4G3
New Braunfels, 226
New Britain, 378
New Gloucester, 23
New Hampton, 123
New Ipswich, 114, 201
New Loudon, 95, 173, iOl
New Mailborotigh, 73
New Orleans, 230
New Philadelphia, 185, 186
New Rochelle, 361
New Woodstock, 56
New York, 68, 97, 103, 104,
105, 109, 123, 138,
147, 162, 168, 174,
187-189, 197-199,
226, 245, 247, 24S,
261,268, 270,271,
305,311,333,337,
351, 360, 361, 411
Newark, 187
Newbury, 54, 222, 234, 346,
367-9, 370-2, 374,
375, 377, 380, 381,
386, 426
Newbury, W., 429, 430
Newburyport, 226, 235, 236,
321, 359, 410,
424
Newcastle, 7, 228, 229, 411
Newcomb, 49, 105, 274, 416
Newdigate, 8
Newtane, 337
Newhall, 177
Newland, 49
Newman, 214, 393
Newport, 8, 178, 180, 182, 207
Newton, 181,216,217,297,335,
381, 398
Newtown, 99, 416
Newtonville, 243, 245, 325
Niagara Falls, 336
Nichols, 55, 66, 69, 116, 368,
403, 406
Nicholsville, 342
Nice, 224
Nickerson, 387
Noble, 140, 147, 248, 253, 312
Noch, 101
Norfolk, 73
Norridgewock, 206, 284, 285,
356, 396, 397
North, 101
North Hoosick, 161
No. New Portland, 396
North Oxford, 58
No. Stratford, 219
Northflfld, 169, 197, 237, 382,
383
Northampton, 230, 327
Northrop, 277, 361, 423
Northville, 264
Northway, 304
Norton, 34, 41, 49, 50, 52, 53,
57-9, 61, 62,83,84,86,
89, 105, 109-111, 113,
175, 182, 191-3, 218,
261, 262
Norwalk, 93, 170, 171, 256, 258,
332, 333
Norway, 219, 299, 300
Norwich, 3, 12, 35, 36, 41, 42,
55,58,62,71,98,113,
195, 265, 279
Norwich, Kng., 12
Nowell, 20, 31
Nourse, 151, 239, 391
Noyes, 9, 149, 203, 291, 371, 406,
424, 427
Nugent, 258
Nunday, 183
Nuttell, 2
Nutting, 387
Oak Hill, 397, 398
Oakes, 15s, 246
Oakland, 132b, 403
Oatman, lr:6
Oberlin, 164
O'Brien, 196
Oceanside, 258
Oconto, 155
Odletown, 215
Ogdeu, 118, 146, 200, 212, 213,
291, 292, 305,345
Ogdensburg, 255, 423
Olathe, 217
Oldham, 19
Oldtown, 349
Olean, 268
Olin, 146, 270
Olmstead, 102
Olivarre, 133
Oliver, 8, 19
Olson, 217
Omaha, 121, 251
Onarga, 215, 216, 293, 295, 347
Onawa, 244
Oneida, 55, 220, 300, 306
Onion Kiver, 169
Onondaga, 125, 126, 127, 222
Oquaka, 165, 2oS
Orange, 156, 188, 270
Ordway, 428
Ore, 435
Oreford, 435
Oriskany Falls, 201
Ormsby, 246
Orton, 124
Orwell, 253, 327
Osage Mission, 335
Osaka; 203
Osborn, 35, 124, 346
Osceola, 265
Osgood, 37, 38, 44, 63, 123. 240
Oskaloosa, !)4, 364
Oshkosh, 162, 250, 268, 295, 336
Ostrom, 121
Oswego, 338, 343, 395
Otis, 36, 141, 397
Otlsco, 221
Otkers, 370
Otsego, 213
Ottawa, 97, 216, 237
Outwater, 222
Ovens, 338
Ovid, 271, 306, 350, 364
Owassee, 306
Owego, 271
Owen, 195, 196
Owossee, 364
Oxford, 33
Packard, 20
Padelford, 36
Page, 144, 153, 170, 318, 383
Paget, 340
Paige, 165
Paine, 58
Palmer, 61, 67, 101, 199, 200,
258, 327, 422
Pan Tan, 101
Pauquette, 361
Paradones, 159
Paramaribo, 33, 40
Pardoe, 199
Paris, 121, 199, 401
Parisliville, 72
Park, 211
Parker, 25, 27, 28, 37, 151, 152
Parmalee, 55, 113
Parmentor, 78
Parslialj, 233
Parslow, 50
Parsons, 9S, 265, ,304
ParsonstieUi, 201
i'artridgp, 9
I'assadena, 213
Passaic, 305
J'aterson, 141, 175, 170, 329
Parmos, 196
Patrick, 194
Patten, 45, 7(5
I'atterson, 111, 120-^, 231
Piitton, 102, 103
Paul, 217, 218
Paulet, UH
Pawtucket, 73
Peabody, 34, 227, 309, 353, 407
Pearson, Pearsons, Piemun,
239,241,327,372, 373
Pease, 198, 235, .346
Pecatonica, 1n5, 2^58
Peck, 113, 195
Peckham, 161
Pekin, 193, 233
Pelham, 105, 110
Pelly, 433
Pen field, 291
Peuley, 137
Peniiacoiik, 371, 405
Peoria, 194, 276, 277, 348
Pepperrll, 244
Percy, 249
Perin, 332
Perkins, 83, 157, 241, 307, 412
Pero, 282
Perrine, 247
Perry, 52, 61, 127, 165, 220,
227, 291, 362
Peru, 257, 258, .333
Peterboro, 34
Petersburg, 186, 208
Pettett, 214
Phelps, 227, 412
Philadelphia, 79, 102, 178, 189,
191, 229, .iM,
261, 269, 270,
272, 273, 282,
2S7, 317, 327,
337, 4<j0, 413,
415
Phillips, 22, 26, 36, 51, 52, 68,
22-,', 262, 2ft2, 283, 421
Phillipsburg, 186
Phillipston, 50, 87, 88
Phipps, 18, 19, 20,21,342
Pickett, 14.3,218
Pierce, 8S H9. 249, 316, 322,
.351, 356
Pierpont, 101
Piers, 174
Pike, 12-', 190, 429
Piketon, 415
Pillar Point, 284
Pillliram, 305
I'ilot Mound, 327
Piper, 67
Pinney. 428
Pitson,.36
Pitt.-field,22S, 230, 410
Pitts, b3, 140, 141, 2S6
Pittston, 344
Placerville, 404
Plainficld, 301
Plainwell, 214
Piatt, 196
Plattsburg, 144, 325, 326
I'leasanton, 87
Plimpton, >5
Plover, 204
464
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Plumb, 304
Plumer, Plummer, 150, 310,
368 393
Plymouth, 33, 83, 110, 167, 172,
lit8, 259, 260, 411,
425
Plymouth, West, 382
Plympton, 426
Poestenkill, 195
Point Pleasant, 193
Poland, 144, 277
Pollard, 44-46, 152-4
Pomeroy, 125, 141
Pomfret, 81, 95, 169, 170, 254,
256, 332
Pomona, 267 ^
Pompey, 221,303
Pond, 61, 62, 112, 187
Pontiac, 350
Pool, 44, 133,355
Poor, 3S6
Pope, 433
Port Huron, 351
Port Jervis, 337
Porter, 10, 73, 214, 295
Portland, 150, 208, 228, 237,
256, 288, 311
Portsmouth, 20
Post, 217, 230, 231, 251
Potter, 86, 144, 147, 231, 289,
427
Potts, 302
Poulter, Powter, 27
Poultney, 164
Powell, 365
Powesse, 3
Pownal, 145, 165
Powualborough, 376, 384, 385
Pracht, 339
Prairieville, 234
Pratt, 4, 51, 120, 125, 159, 174,
288, 355
Prentice, 173
Prentiss, 117
Presbrey, 172
Prescott, 80, 110, 298
Price, 96
Prince, 110, 152, 154, 351, 427
Princeton, 201, 229, 348
Pritchard, 111
Pritchett, 367
Proctor, 116, 227, 258
Providence, 36, 54, 85, 89, 90,
91, 109, 146, 173,
207,264, 321,338,
400
Prue, 282
Pugh, 179
Putnam, 121, 259, 324, 381
Putney, 290, 323, 391
Pygam, 12
Quay, 196
Quebec, 215, 350
Quechee, 58
Quimby, ^80
Quincy, 26, 40, 343, 398, 410
Kadcliffe, 226
Kaddin, 69, 135
Kand, 48, 75, 321
Randall, : 2, 125
Kandulph, 158, 305, 356
Rangoon, 191
Kaniiey, 100
Ravenham, 432
Kavenswood, 147
Rayleigh, Raleigh, Eng., 27
Raymond, 115, 178, 217, 228,
286, 310, 311, 363,
425
Raymond, Raymond's, 297,348
Ravyngliam, 2
Raynham, 42, 49, 180, 261, 262
Readfield, 112
Reading, 140, 279, 315, 318,
319, 356, 358, 421
Red Wing, 403
Redfin, 12
Reed, 10, 68, 70, 137, 152-4, 161,
219, 237, 243, 244, 294,
295,398
Reeder, 337
Reedsburg, 328
Kehoboth, 36, 52, 80, 231
Remick, 387
Remington, 6, 7, 8
Reno, 404, 405
Revere, 310
Revolutionary Soldiers, 60, 51,
54, 68, 63, 64, 66, 67, 70, 71,
76, 77, 78, 84, 86, 99, 116,
116, 118-122, 125, 126, 133-6,
139-145, 147-9, 152-4, 160,
161, 431, 432 and Appendix
Reyes, 159
Reynolds, Runnells, 67, 68, 96,
209, 390,
425
Rhea, 265
Rhinelander, 204
Rhoades, 280
Rhodes, 318
Rice, 72, 80, 127, 201, 421
Richard, 68
Ricliards, 57, 174
Richardson, 46, 53, 65, 69, 78,
87, 114, 123, 197,
218, 225, 244, 309,
314, 319, 329, 388,
428
Riches, 2
Richey, 205
Richland, 159
Richmond, 50, 152, 159, 186,
187, 204, 205, 267
Rickner, 360
Rider, 94
Ridgeland, 295
Ridgeville, 216
Ridley, 398
Riedle, 213
Riggs, 141
Rindge, 73, 114, 201, 202, 280,
341
Ring, Rindge, 368
Riner, 347
Rines, 376
Ripley, 118
Ripou, 266
Rising Sun, 141
Riter, 429
Ritter, 422
Riverside, 344
Rix, 379
Roach, 296
Robbins, 96-8, 262
Roberts, lO.t, 141, 226, 251, 425
Robertson, 251, :V-.'5, 326
Robinson, 80, 123, 190, 226,
320, 426
Roby, 110
Rochester, 99, 101, 160, 175,
177, 213, 248, 249,
252, 286, 291, 345,
346, 357, 401, 424
Rock, 25
Rock Island, 265
Rockford, 92, 166, 238, 239, 335
Rockingham, 127
Rockliiud, 345
Rockwell, 74, 414
Rocky Hill, 95, 97, 98, 99, 186,
266
Rodney, 350
Rogers, 23, 69, 151, 192, 218,
285
Rollins, 412
Rome, 126, 301
Romeyn, 187
Romley, 312
Root, 95, 166, 186, 200, 279
Rosario, 358
Rose, 97
Kosenkrantz, 248
Roseville, 143
Ross, 44, 46, 66, 74, 244, 247
Rouse, 213
Rowe, 56, 74, 111
Rowen, 272
Rowell, 312
Rowes, 7
Rowlett, 267
Rowley, 7, 204. 367, 368, 371-
373, 377, 380, 389, 427,
429
Roxbury, 7, 23, 24, 30,33,34,
107, 173, 174, 208,
209, 229, 230, 261,
288, 311, 323
Roxbury, West, 197
Royce, 306
Royalton, 170, 211, 255, 256,
291
Rudman, 345
Rugg, 347
Ruggles, 79, 80
Rule, 171
Rumford, 58, 378
Runyon, 132B
Rupe, 128
Rupert, 80, 164, 193, 194, 253,
275
Russ, 46, 76, 137
Russell, 10, 52, 145, 159, 172,
234, 284, 294, 308, 394,
408, 422
Russelville, 194
Rutland, 71, 163, 246, 252, 346
Rutledge, 306, 350
Rve, 197
Ryle, 176
Sabine, 254
Saco, 228
Sacramento, 216
Sadd, 253
Safford, 71, 293, 297
Sage, 270, 312
Sager, 360
Saginaw, 280
St. Albans, 143, 230,231,232,
234, 235, 293, 313,
337, 347
St. Catherine's, 346
St. Charles, 395
St. Clair, 346
St. Clairsville, 179
St. Croix, 208
St. Elmo, 312
St. Johnsbury, 144
St. Johnsville, 201
St. John, 19.311,323,409
St. Joseph, 248, 339, 411
St. Louis, 76, 143, 174, 213,231,
233, 243
St. Paul, 77, 246
Salem, 12, 35, 195, 196, 228,
308, 310, 346, 352, 367,
394, 406, 407, 415
Salina, 86, 94, 134, 222, 223
INDEX; OTHER NAMES AND PLACES.
4G5
Salisbury, 231, 378, 391, 392,
405, iia
Salley, 385, 396, 408
Saltonstall, 12
Sampson, 283
San Antonio, 101, 133, 220
San Diego, 02, 258
San I'raucisco, 9, 82, 105, 132c,
198, 258, 322
San Jose, 328
San Mateo, 112, 164
Sanborn, 250
Sanbornton, 373, 375, 376, 378,
382, 383
Sanders, Saunders, 145, 208,
295, 402, 410
Sanderson, 155, 240
Sandusljy, 126, 127, 128, 180,
349
Sandy Hill, 81, 325
Sanford, 58, 61, 84,390
Saratoga Springs, 160, 161, 163
Sargent, 111, 202, 232, 288, 359,
394, 425
Sari [Searle], 372
Saratoga, 79, 246, 248
Satterlee, 55
Saugus, 135, 140, 227, 228, 309,
310
Saunders, 289
Savage, 233, 385, 396, 397, 409,
410
Sawyer, 184, 344, 389, 422
Saybrook, 5, 11, 146
Saxonville, 299
Schenectady, 164, 196, 269, 273,
304
Schermerhorn, 147
Schon, 411, 412
Scill, Sill, 6, 7
Scipio, 125
Scituate, 36, 182, 322
Scoharie, 225, 307
Scholfield, 403
Scotland, 98
Scott, 86, 203, 208, 232, 293,
323, 354, 412
Scovell, 104, 169, 279
Scran ton, 199
Scribner, 328
Sealey, 335
Searle, 33
Sears, 106
Seattle, 156
Seaver, Seavers, Sever, Se-
vers, 54, 172, 278,402,403
Sedalia, 190, 273
Segars, 398
Selfe, 279
Serala, 189
Severns, 361
Scvey, 391
Seward, 261
Sewell, 415
Seymour, 100, 104
Shadbolt, 167
Shaler, 98
Shanghai, 414
Shannon, 127, 128
Sharon, 1R9
Sharp, 182
Shattuck, 150, 325
Shaw, 52, 53, 181, 233, 287,309,
392
Sheafe, 389
Sheboygan, 166, 167, 168, 254
Shed, 44, 75, 123, 151, 2S9
Sheffield, 210, 290
Shelby, 267
Shelbyville, 168
Sheldon, 104, 151, 194,355
Shepard, 1, 23, 85, 173, 247
Sherck, 69
Sherburne, 82
Sherman, 145,273
Shervill, 411
Shippensville, 208
Shiveley, 413
Shorty, 215
Shrewsbury, 415
Shumla, 205
Shumler, 185
Sibley, 165
Sierraville, 404
Silbcrnazle, 328
Sill, see Scill, 96
Silver Springs, 346, 363
Sim, 294
Simonds, 43, 53
Simmes, 425
Simmons, 188
Simms, 327
Simpson, 49, 58, 72
Sinclair, 202
Sinclairville, 265, 335
Skelton, 255, 330
Sknaeateles, 233, 313
Skidmore, 348
Skillins, 20
Skinner, 171
Skirbeck, 19
Skowhegan, 152, 344, 396, 410
Slade, 136
Slasson, 88
Slay ton, 425
Sleeper, 116
Sleighton, 361
Sligo, 235
Sloane, 156
Slocum, 281
Small, 239, 323
Smallcdge, Smallhead,
Smalett, 2, 3,434
Smead, 72
Smiley, 321
Smith, 35, 36, 37, 70, 94, 96,
102, 103, 104, 121, 125,
133, 137, 139, 145, 152,
153, 155, 157, 164, 165,
171, 182, 184,236,240,
246, 249, 266, 297, 334,
203, 215, 371,390,396,
416, 421, 431, 433
Smithville, 200
Smytli, 2
Snelling, 174, 175
Snow, 194
Snowden, 114
Snyder, 250, 251, 266
Sodus, 147
Solon, 96, 306, 385, 396, 397,
408, 409
Somerset, 246,289
Somerville, 136, 341, 359, 360,
410, 425
Soule, 52
South Bend, 190
So. Hadley, 211
South Hampton, Southamp-
ton, 19,141
South Ouram, Eng., 330
So. Paris, 219
So. Reading, 226
Southgate, 170
Southington, 62
Southworth, 173
Spalding, 77
Sparhawke, 19
Sparrowhauke, 5
Spaulding, 76, 134, 151, 239
Spear, 111
Speller, 128
SpeiK^er, 4, .55, 101, 222
Speiicerport, .■(06
Spoflorfl, 156
S])(>kane Kails, .3.35
Spooncr, 49, 172, 245
Sprague, 213
Sprake, 65
Spring Valley, .320
Springfield, 50,92,93, 141, 177,
197, 250, 273,300,
301,. 304
Springlake, 335
Spurr, :t3
Stack, 302
Stackhouse, 271
Staflbrd, 55, 73, 128, 204, 205,
322
Stager, 24.S
Staleybridge, 108
Stamp, 292
Stamford, .342
Standiford, 416
Stanley, 53, 81,309
Stannard, 143
Stanstead, 379
Stanton, 125
Stark, 420
Starkweather, 289
Starr, 269
Stearns, 76
Stebbinge, 4
Stedman, 56, 57
Steel, Steele, 224, 3?9
Stephens, Stevens, 41, 118,120,
141, 197, 198, 344,
3b2, 397, 423
Stephenson, 311
Stephentown, .326
Sterison, 247
Sterling, 249
Sterne, 197
Sterrett, 93
Stetson, .36
Stevens Plains, 204
Stewart, 279, 339
Stickles, 252
Stickney, 28, 374, 389
Stilson, 155
Stillwater, 79
Stimpson, 69, 70, 140
Stimson, 276
Stinson, 151
Stockbridge, 86, 246
Stocker, 228
Stockholm, W., 283, .342
Stockman, 94
Stockton,. 306
Stockwell, 50
Stoddard, 9, 65, 342
Stone, 10, 42, 62, 161, 165-8,
250, 252, 281
Stone Church, 355
Stoneham, 09, 4.30
iK^'l 2.34,235,293
Stoughton, 31, .32, .3-3, 152
Stout, 180
Stow, 158, 244, 245
Stowell, 70
Stratford, N., 299, 349
Streeter, 409
Streetsboro, 217
Streigler, 226
Studley, 191
Stuger, 275
Sturbridge, 56
Sturges,'49
Sturgis, 249
466
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Sturman, 253
Styles, 309
Sudbury, 2, 3, 6, 70, 78, 246,
434
Summers, 2P3
Summit, 268, 336
Sumner, 2b0
Sunkliays, 61
Sunderland, 72
Surinam, 33
Surrey, 49
Sutton, 118,421
Swain, 151
Swampscott, 406
Swan, 123, 297
Swan Ishmd, 309
Swansey, 36
S wanton, 313
Swart, 225
Sweat, 424
Sweder, 293
Sweeney, 240
Sweet, 111, 249, 260,262
Sweetman, 104
Sweetser, 09, 135
Swett, 219
Swift, 208, 345
Swyftling, 433
Syer, 433
Symmes, 5, 6, 40, 41
Symonds, 69, 369
Syracuse, 73, 133, 147, 171, 178,
221-3, 301, 304
Tabor, 299
Tacoma, 328, 332
Taft, 159, 256
Taggart, 176
Talcott, 92
Talbot, 413
Tallman, 95
Tamworth, 381, 383
Tanner, 326
Tarbell, 239, 280
Tarlton, 301
Tarrytown, 143
Tate, 3:JS
Tatnall, 229
Tatner, 395
Taunton, Tanton, 19, 34, 35,
36, 37, 41,42,50,51,
52, 54, 56, 57. 58, 61,
82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89,
91, 93, 94, 106, 112,
172, 173, 174, 176, 177,
178, 179, 180, 181,182,
209, 259, 262, 268,
381, 397, 393, 436
Tay, 322
Taylcott, 4
Taylor, 65, 66, 85, 96, 111, 159,
161, 192, 259,274,314,
337, 359, 398
Teague, 348
Teal, (0117
Tee], (•'• ^^^
Teehan, 316
Temple, 145, 217, 268
Templeman, 323
Templeton, 165
Tenufly, 269
Tennev, 300
Terre Haute, 158, 327
Terry, 103, 136, 171, 268
Tewksbury, 63, 76, 77, 116, 117,
119, 120, 170,208,
209, 423
Thayer, 83, 89
Thetford, 393 [425
Thomas, 147,232, 293,304,345,
Thompson, 61, 94, 95, 99, 119,
386, 390, 391
Thornton, 38
Thorpe, 210, 211
Three Rivers, 233
Thruston [Tliurston], 417
Thurber, 83, 172
Thurlow, etc., 308
Thurstun, 433
Ticonderoga, 293
Tidd, 10
Tift, 62
Tileston, 174
Tillinghast, R6
Tilton, 210, 211
Tillson, 171
Tingsley, 52
Tinkhara, 263
Tippecanoe, 128
litcomb,226
Titsworth, 143
Titus, 49
Tiverton, 37
Toan, 291
Tobey, 347
Tobias, 132b
Tockley, Tokelove, 2, 434
Tokio, 3.i2
Toledo, 258, 349
Tolland, 198, 331
Tollner, 275
Tompkins, 184, 233
Tonawanda, 214
Tooker, 188
Tooley, 164
Toothaker, 119
Topeka, 201, 270 [387
Topshara, 210, 371, 376, 377,
Torrence, lfj3
Torrey, 143
Torrington, 73
Tothill, 40
Tousey, 99
Tousley, 223
Towle, 225
Towne, 211
Towner, 164
Townsend, 52, 68, 208, 213
Townshend, 75
Tozer, 397
Trapwell, 94
Trask, 409
Treadwell, 287
Trenton, 232, 233
Triplet, 265
Tripp, 357
Trofltter, 243
Trowbridge, 5, 19
Troy, 52, 100, 147, 164,195,2.35,
246, 277, 290, 297, 312,
325, 345
Troyer, .390
True, 219, 241,428
Trull, 117, 1.39,185,217
Trumbull, 86
Tubbs, 167
Tucker, 102, 248
Tufts, 136, 137, 354
Tunbridge, 151, 216
Turkey, 156
Turin, 421
Turner, 112, 113, 181, 259
Tut tie, 135
Twiss, 423
Twist, 116
Tyler, 142, 167
Tyngsborough, 65, 119, 218,
219, 297-9, 348, 349,
359, 423
Tyringham, 67, 124, 220
Underbill, 315
Union City, 305
Upright, 176
Upson, 98
Upton, 218
Utica, 126, 326
Valentine, 204
Valparaiso, 232
Van Anden, 363
Van Auken, 305
Van Camp, .354
Van der Cook, 250
Van Gilder, 265
Van Natter, 340
Van Wart, 103
Vance, 300
Vaughan,8, 90, 158,355
Vauglin, 317
Veley, 190
Vergennes, 195
Verona, 55
Verry, 52
Vicksburg, 213
Vilas, 422
Viles, 396
Vinton, 140
Voodar, :^44
Voodry, 215, 216
Voorhees, 143
Vreeland, 136
Wade, 433
Waite, 133, 206
Wager, 223
Waggoner, 232
Wagner, 307
Wakefield, 70, 140, 226, 279,
308
Walcott, 254
Walden, 53
Waldo, 168
Waldron, 79
Waldron's, 7
Wales, 333, 398
Walford, 1, 434
Walker, 8, 52, 74, 85, 79, 111,
128, 177, 231,2:19,243,
302, 325, 338, .340, 361
Walla Walla, .349
Wallace, 242, 390
Walle, 2
Walley, .34, 35, 42
Wallingford, 312
Walpole, 243, 323
Walsli, 259
Waltham, 149, 202, 207, 237,
238
Walton, 201, 401
Walworth, 109
Ward, 58, 101, 143, 183, 185,
250, 314, 364, 415, 416
Warden, 368
Ware, 72, 244, 287, 399
Warehara, 259
Warfield, 95
Warner, 120, 153
Warren (sec Western), 72,83,
84, 92, 140, 303, 304,
309, 349, 412
Warrenville, 125
Warwick, 51
Washburn, 156, 157, 217
Washington, 76, 97, 105,'112,
115, 140, 175, 192,
194, 206, 207, 228,
229,235,276,285,
290,,313,314, 340,
354-6, 415
Waterbury, 98, 177, 281
INDEX; OTHER NAMES AND PLACES.
467
Waterloo, 156
Waterman, 322
Watertovvn, 9, 11, 145,205,
252, 284, 287,342
Waterville, 144, 170, 383, 390
Watervliet, 163
Watson, 10, 320
Watts, 48, 99
Waugh, 203
Waupun, 266
Wawatosa, 56
Wayne, 112
Weare, 210, 211, 290, 425
Weare, North, 413
Weaver, 271
Webb, 26, 127, 165, 213
Webber, 208
Webster, 102, 126, 401, 402,
404
Wedge, 216
Weeks, 93, 112, 239, 266, 317,
415, 427
Welch, 227, 364, 368
Weld, 25, 184
Welles, 103, 198
Wellington, 10, 72, 82, 200,
227. 233, 285, 333
Wells, 401, 426
Wenger, 276
Wenham, 10
Wentworth, 53
Wesselhoeft, 174
West, 350
West Boylston, 106
Westborough, 46, 77, 169
Westbrook, 138, 228, 310
Westcott, 53, 253
Western (Warren), 38,70, 71,
140, 142
Westfleld, 98, 102, 270
Westford, 38, 144, 218
Westhampton, 57
Westminster, 88
Westman, 360
Westmoreland, 86, 185, 288,
243, 323, 324
Weston, 11, 102, 173, 211
Wetherell, Witherell, 52, 181,
182, 256
Wethersfield, 96, 104, 114, 196,
198, 277, 402, 403
Weymouth, 232
Wheat, 237
Wheeler, 68, 71, 95, 125, 203,
242, 271, 347
Wheeling, 95, 186
Wheelock, 214
Whetenhurst, 50
WMlldin, 228
Whitaker, 351
White, 4, 55, 73, 76, 79, 98, 100-
11, 121, 133, 143, 146,
181, 202, 222, 230, 252,
262, ;342, 370, 387, 404,
422
White Creek, 213
Whitebird, 282
Whitehall, 302
Whitehead, 263
Whitehill, 395
Whiteley, 229
Whiting, 19, 20, 27, 28, 37, 45,
76, 77, 122, 389, 421
Whitney, 10, 65, 66, 73, 143,
243,247,325,422,423
Whittemore, 29, 120
Whittier, 396, 424
Whyhmd, 195
Wichita, 213
Wier, 76
Wisgin, 105, 123
Wilbur, 102, 194
Wilcomb, 408
Wilcox, 94, 291, 313, 338, 342
Wiley, 232, 233, 315
Wilckins, 271
Wilkins, 181
Wilkinson, 144, 302
Willard, 34, 168, 288
Willett, 175
Willey, 168, 198, 298, 299
Williams, 2, 33, 41, 50, 71, 96,
99, 181, 302, 305,
WilUamston, 70,71, 72, 73,
140, 143, 145, 146,
164,169,215,235,
236, 314
Williamson, 336
Williamsville, 362
Willis, 180
Willoughby, 238
Wilmarth, 264
Wilmington, 45,229, 275
Wilson, 25, 68, 92, 159, 214,
282,311, 317, 334,376
Winchendon, 280
Winchester, 21, 28, 212, 320,
356
Windham, 118, 210,399
Windson, 320
Windsor, 92, 166, 253, 254
Winegar, 74
Winfield Coll, 232
Wing, 79
Winn, 420
Winooski, 168
Winslow, 302, 398
Winsor, 107, 108
Winters, 203, 28-4
Winterset, 73, 1«5, 253
Wiiitlirop, 111, 112
Wiscasset, 376, 384, 385
Wise, 192
Witliam,423, 424
Withington, 18
Wobuni, 10, 27, 44, 68, 135,
147, I'M, 279 ,322, 3fiO
Wood, 79, 83, 122, 133, 143,
168, 202, 256, 407, 425,
426, 429
Woodbine, 300
Woodbury, 215, 288
Woodcoke, 434
Woodford, 54, 55, 91, 92, 93,
94, 163, 185
Woodman, 396
Woodruff, 205
Woods, 423
Woodstock, 84, 169, 197, 198,
236, 253, 255, 270,
278, 317, 327,337
Woodward, 33, 51, 53, 61, 71,
117, 151,298
Worcester, 58,83, 106, 165, 191,
201, 224
Wooster, 302
Worthington, 189,274
W^renthaui, North, 72, 89
Wright, 27, 28, 95, 124, 166,
169,215,273,286,421,
425
Wyandotte, 128
Wyatt, 211
Wyer, 325
Wyeth, 297
Wylson, 433
Wyman, 68, 122
Wyoming, 336
Wythe, 340
Yankton, 143
Yantiss, 296
Yard, 68
Yarmouth, 424
Yoraans, 157
Yonkers, 188, 230
York, 163, 195,216
York Center, 348
Youell, 128
YoHiig, 209, 245, 330, 385, 396
Younken, 220
Younglove, 368
Youngs, 197
Yozgat, 156
Zanesville, 179, ISO
Zenor, 327
ADDENDA
To the accounts given in Part First concerning Nob. 202, 362,
363, 364, 367 and 492.
Contributed by Miss Mary L. Danforth, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
too late for insertion in place.
202.
Thomas'' (Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,* Jona-
than,^ Nicholas^) born at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Mass., 30
Oct. 1780; died at Sennett, N. Y., 11 Oct. 1861. [Married, first,
20 Feb. 1810, Lavinia Higby (born, Mass., 4 Feb. 1788 ; died at
Busti, N. Y., 11 April, 1830), daughter of Elijah Higby and Lu-
cretia Barnes. He married, second, Sarah Everett (Burt, Ho-
bart), born at Southampton, Mass., 31 July, 1785; died 29 Dec.
1863). (She married first. Deacon Samuel Burt; married, sec-
ond. Deacon Jacob Hobart, Homer, N. Y., Deacon Thomas Dan-
forth being her third husband. Jacob Hobart was brother to Samuel
Hobart, who was father of Rhoda and Volina Hobart, the first and
second wives of Elijah Higby, 363).
He was a man of strong character, a leader in religious work and
the anti-slavery movement. Moved to Busti, Chautauqua County,
N. Y., in 1818, where he resided until the last few years of his life.
Children by first marriage :
i. John Curtis,^ b. Westmoreland, near Rome, N. Y., 5 Jan.
1812; d. Amherst College, Mass., 29 April, 1830.
362. u. LoRiNG, b. Westmoreland, N. Y., 5 April, 1813 ; d. Buffalo,
N. Y., 11 Oct. 1869.
ill. Nancy ANN,b. Westmoreland, N. Y., 26 Oct. 1814 ; d. 18 July,
1815
363. iv. Elijah Higby, b. Pompey (now Lafayette), N. Y, 12 March,
1817 ; d. Jamestown, N. Y, 1 July, 1894. ^t v 1 1
364. V. Thomas, b. Busti, N. Y. 24 Feb. 1819; d. Lafayette, N. Y. 11
Novl881. . ,, ^ n-r^ .
365. vi. Flavel, b. Busti, N. Y. 22 Feb. 1821 ; d. Springfield, 0. 2o Oct.
1901 ; m. 1st, 7 Sept. 1843, Harriet Parsons; 2d, 11 July,
1882, Emma A. Linsley. No chUdren. . xt v oi
366. vii. WiLLiSTON, b. Busti, N. Y, 7 Sept. 1823 : d. Busti, N. Y, 21
Jan. 1843 ; m. 22 Sept. 1842, Harriet Plumb, ^o children.
470 DANFOETH GENEALOGY.
viii. Lavinia, b. Busti, N. Y., 22 April, 1825 ; d. Busti, N. Y., 13
July, 1833.
ix. Lydia Lucretia, b. Busti, N. Y., 5 July, 1827 ; m. 22 Oct.
1862, John Cortland Hitchcock, Syracuse, N. Y. (d. 22 March,
1892). Has lived in Jamestown, N. Y., since 1894, with wid-
ow of Elijah Higby.^
367. X. Joel, b. Busti, N. Y. 23 Feb. 1829 ; d. Warren, Pa., 26 May, 1892.
362.
LoRiNG* {Thomas,'' Thomas,'^ Thomas,' Samuel,* Jonathan^
Jonathan,* Nicholas^), married 28 Sept. 1842, in Homer, N. Y.,
Louisa Woolworth Mills (born in Onondaga Valley, N. Y., 13
Sept. 1820; died in Buffalo, N. Y., 16 Feb. 1870), daughter of
Eev. James H. Mills and Mary Mulford Woolworth.
Children :
i. Mart Mills,' b. Buffalo, N. Y. 18 Nov. 1846; d. Buffalo,
N. Y. 1 Feb. 1867.
362. ii. Martha Louisa, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 27 June, 1850 ; d. Buffalo,
N. Y, 22 Nov. 1895 ; m. 15 Oct. 1872, Buffalo, N. Y., John
Arthur Bell (b. Lisbon, N. Y, 1 Jan. 1849), son of John Bell
and Eliza Ann Fenton.
Children :
1. Mary Danforth Bell, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1 Oct. 1873.
2. James Loving Bell b. Buffalo, N. Y., 4 Sept. 1875.
3. William Hervey Bell, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 4 April, 1877.
4. Charlotte Elizabeth Bell, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 12 May, 1881.
5. Clara Lucretia Bell, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 30 May, 1884.
6. Ruth Louise Bell, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 30 May, 1887.
7. John Arthur Bell, b. Buffalo, N. Y.. 4 Aug. 1889.
331. iii. John Williston, b. Buffalo, N. Y, 23 May, 1853; m. 13
March, 1877, Buffalo, N. Y., Julia B. Newman, dau. of
George E. Newman and Eliza Sophia Shaw.
Children :
1. Newman Loving,'^'' b. Buffalo, N. Y., 26 Sept. 1879.
2. Grace Lillian, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 29 Dec. 1880.
3. Emma, b. Buffalo, N. Y., 12 Sept. 1883.
363.
Elijah Higby,* {Thomas,'' Thomas,' Thomas,^ Samuel,*
Jonathan,^ Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), married, first, 8 April, 1843,
Homer, N. Y., Rhoda Hobart (born Homer, N. Y., 9 May, 1819 ;
died, Jamestown, N. Y., 5 June, 1858), daughter of Samuel Ho-
bart of Munson, Mass., and Rhoda Chamberlain, of South Dudley,
Mass. ; married, 'second, 25 May, 1859, at Marengo, Iowa, Vo-
lina Hobart (born 2 Feb. 1824), sister of first wife.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 471
When he was a year old his parents moved to Chautauqua Coun-
ty, N. Y. He was educated at Jamestown Academy and Allc;j;h(jny
College. Dr. Danforth was a skilful dentist, and practised in James-
town nearly forty years. He was a ruling elder in the Prcshytorian
church, a strong Republican, specially identified with the anti-slavery
and temperance movements, later becoming a Prohibitionist.
Children by first marriage :
i. Charles Willistox,' b, Eagle, N. Y., 31 Jan. 1841 ; d. Sonora,
Mexico. Nov. 1883.
363. ii. Rachel Hobart, b. Busti, N. Y., 8 Feb. 184G; m. 12 March,
1867, at Jamestown, Samuel Parker Hedges, MJ)., of Chicago
(b. 23 July, 1841, Sinclairville, N. Y.), son of Ellas 8. Hedges
and Rebecca L. Parker.
She was educated at Jamestown Academy and Mt. Ilolyoke
Seminary, and has always been active in church and philan-
thropic work.
Children :
1. Helen Hedges, b. Chicago, 15 Jan. 1868 ; d. Chicago, 4
Jan. 1869.
2. Paul Hedges, b. Chicago, 12 July, 1869 ; d. Chicago, 25
Dec. 1869.
3. Myra Hedges, b. Chicago, 10 May, 1872 ; d. Chicago, 9
Aug. 1874.
4. Corinna Hedges, b. Chicago, 1 Nov. 1874 ; m. 15 May,
1893, at Chicago, Rev. William B. Allison) son of Sam-
uel B. Allison and Mary A. Gilleland, of Bakerstown,
Pa.). Three children.
5. William Elias Hedges, b. Chicago, 13 Feb. 1875.
6. Robert Danforth Hedges, b. Chicago, 26 Dec. 1878.
7. Grace Hedges, b. Chicago, 27 Jan. 1879; m. 23 Dec.
1901, at Chicago. Rev. Francis James Martin (son of
James Martin of Finzsau, and Fanny S. of Birse, Scot-
land. , /^, . OO
8. Ruth Hedges, b. Chicago, 1 May, 1881 ; d. Chicago, 23
Jan. 1882.
9. Samuel Gilleland Hedges, b. Chicago, 23 Sept. 1883.
in. Sarah Lucretia, b. Panama, N. Y„ 24 Sept. 1847 ; d. Warren,
Pa. 29 Sept. 1853. ^ ^, . , ,
363. iy. Lavinia Rhoda, b. Warren, Pa., 18 Jan. 1851 ; d- Chic^o U
May, 1891 ; m. at Jamestown, N. Y., 2 May. 18/1, Leland
Macaboy Gilleland, D.D., of Bakerstown, Pa-, who was pa8tx)r
of Presbyterian churches in White Pigeon Mich Tidioute,
Pa., EvaisviUe, Ind., Chicago, TIL, and d. 18 xMarch 1891, at
Chicago, his wife surviving him but two months Her large-
hearted devotion to her family and church work made her a
force in every good work.
Children :
472 DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
1. Bertha Danforih Gilleland, b. White Pigeon, Mich,. 30
Jan. 1872; m. 30 Sei^t. 1890, at Chicago, Albert Par-
ker Hedges, M.D., son of William H. Hedges and Maria
C, and nephew of Dr. Samuel Parker Hedges, husband
of Rachel Hobart Danforth, 363-ii. Two children.
2. TaneUa Spafford Gilleland, b. White Pigeon, Mich., 5
Oct. 1874.
3. Leland Hedges Gilleland, b. White Pigeon, Mich., 5 May,
1876; m. and has two children. Practising physician
Plainwell, Mich.
4. Vinnie Sarah Gilleland, b. Tidioute, Pa., 12 Dec. 1877;
m. 22 Aug. 1895, Robert Clay Burchell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Burchell, Erie, 111. One son.
V. Thomas Higby, b. Warren, Pa., 14 Nov. 1853; d. Jamestown,
18 Aug. 1870.
vi. Rhoda Lucketia, b. Jamestown, 20 May, 1858 ; d. Jamestown,
28 Aug. 1858.
Children by second marriage :
vii. Mary Lemon, b. Jamestown, 27 July, 1860. Educated at James-
town schools and Wellesley College ; resides in Buffalo. N. Y.
363. viii. George Flavel, b. Jamestown. 19 Nov. 1867; m. Ithaca, N.
Y., 28 July, 1891, 1891, Julia Emma Trapp, of Ithaca. Edu-
cated at Jamestown High School, Cornell University, '90,
Yale Divinity, Auburn Theological, '93, Librarian University
of Indiana, 1898, Bloomington, Ind.
Children :
1. Leland,^'^ b. Deer Lodge, Montana, 4 April, 1895.
2. Chester, b. Ithaca, N. Y., 28 Aug. 1897.
364.
Thomas* {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Samuel,* Jonathan,'
Jonathan^^ ^icholas^), married 20 June, 1844, in Lafayette, N. Y.,
Lucy Baker (born 28 Oct. 1815 ; died 24 July, 1888), daughter
of Sydenham and Sally (Hayden) Baker, of Chesterfield, Mass.
Children :
364, i. Lavinia Sabina,^ b. Lafayette, N. Y., 15 Aug. 1845; m. 22
Dec. 1869, at Lafayette, John H. Northway (b. Scio, Mich.).
Resides at Lafayette, N. Y.
Children :
1. Hubert Danforth Northway, b. Lafayette, 23 Aug. 1872 i
m. 12 July, 1894, at Syracuse, N. Y., Luella Steenberg.
2. Ella Lucretia Northway, b. Lafayette, 13 Sept. 1875; m.
15 Nov. 1900, at Lafayette, Clarence A. King.
3. Hattie Louise Northway, b. Lafayette, 7 Jan, 1886.
ii. Daniel Orton, b. Lafayette, N. Y., 17 Aug. 1847 ; d. 4 Aug.
1865.
DANFORTH GENEALOGY. 473
364. iii. Ellen Rosixa, b. Lafayette, N. Y.. 2 Sept. 1849 ; d. 2 March
1887 ; m. 4 May, 1869, Elmer F. Keeler of Lafayette.
Children :
1. Clifford Loring Keeler, b. 11 Sept. 1870.
2. Flora Emma Keeler, b. 24 Nov. 1872.
3. Charles Danforth Keeler, b. 12 Au*'. 1874.
4. Carrie May Keeler, b. 19 Aug. 18f7.
492. iv. Theodore Thomas, b. Lafayette, N. Y., 30 July, 1855 • d 21
March, 1891, at Walla Walla, Wash.; m. 25\lune, 18«9, at
Dunkirk, N. Y., Harriet C. Fullagar, dau. Langlcy and lilary
A. Rogers Fullagar, of Dunkirk, N. Y.
Child :
Thomas Fullagar,^" b. 6 Oct. 1881, at Dunkirk, N. Y.
367.
Joel* {Thomas,'' Thomas,^ Thomas,'' Samuel,* Jonathan,^
Jonathan,^ Nicholas^), married at Warren, Pa., in May, 1860,
Margaret Jane (born 23 March, 1833), daughter of William and
Jane (McConnell) Thomas, Schenectady, N. Y.
Dr. Danforth practised dentistry in Randolph, X. Y., James-
town, N. Y., where he was associated with his brother, Elijah Hig-
by, 393, and in Warren, Pa.
Children :
i. Lavinia jANE,3b. 20 Sept. 1861, Warren, Pa.; d. 20 April,
1876, at Randolph, N. Y.
ii. Henry Joel, b. 27 July, 1865 ; m. 21 Sept. 1892, in Toledo, 0.,
Alice M. Kellar ; 2 children, Ralph Kellar^° and Martha.
iii. John Loring, b. 13 Dec. 1868, in -Jamestown ; m. 24 Oct. 1900,
Cora May, dau. of Joshua and Hannah Davis, of Kane, Pa.
No cliildren.
iv. Joseph Thomas, b. 12 July, 1871, in Randolph, N. Y. D.D.S,
University of Penn. '92. Succeeds his father in practice at
Warren, Pa.
DANFORTHS IN APPENDIX.
Abbie, 422
Abigail, 426
Abigail Lord, 425
Adelia P., 427
Adeline, 430
Adeline Eliza, 430
Adriana, 425
Agnes, 433
Alexander (Alexr.) 433
Alfred W.,421
Alice, Alys, 432-4
Allen, 425
Alvira, 425
Amye, 433
Anna, Annah, 424, 425
Anua F., 431
Anna Maria, 426
Archibald, 429
Arthur, 421
Aurelia, 425
Azel Adams, 430
Benjamin, 421
Benjamin Otis, 424
Bertha E., 421
Bertram Allen, 428
" Capt. Danforth," 429
Carrie, 424
Carrie Augusta, 425
Carrie Howe, 431
Charles, 429
Charles B., 424
Charles Benson, 426
Charles Henry, 424, 425
Charles M., 421
Charles William, 425, 429, 431
Charles VVilliston, 471
Charlina P., 431
Charlotte, 429
Chellis, 424
Chester, 472
Clara, 424
Clara Ellen, 427
Clara Frances, 423
Clarence Emery, 428
Czarina P., 428
Dana Fay, 430
Dituiel, 434, 436
David, 431
Davis, 421
Dick, 431
Dora Alice, 426
Dora Iris, 426
Eben K., 425
Edward, 421, 428, 433
Edward Phillips, 423
Edward R., 428
Eliakini, 431
Eli as, 421
Elijah Higby, 469, 470
Eliphalet, 422
Eliza, 430
Eliza A., 421
Eliza Annie, 425
ElizaJ.,421
Eliza R., 426
Elizabeth, 421, 434, 435
J^Ikanah, 421
Ellen, 425, 429
Ellen Rosina, 473
Emma, 422, 425,470
Emma Amelia, 429
P^mmet, 422
Enoch, 430
Ephraim, 429
Erastus, 424
Etta Arvilla, 424
Eunice, 428
Ezekiel, 422
Fandacy, 428
Fanny H., 425
Flavel, 469
Francis, 429
Frank, 426
Frank Benjamin, 429
Frank P., 4^6, 429
Frank Whitfield. 424
Fred Lincoln, 431
Fred P., 424
Fred Wesley, 428
Frederick C, 431
Florilla, 430
George, 424, 429
George Augustus, 425
George E., 431
George Flavel, 472
George O., 424
George Spencer, 425
Gertrude Eliza, 430
Gillman, 424, 425
Grace Liliiau, 470
Hannah, 422, 425, 430
Hannah G., 421
Harriet, 424, 425
Harriet N., 428
Hattie Iola,428
HattieMay, 428
Hazen, 430
Helen Agnes, 424
Henry, 421, 425
Henry Joel, 473
Horace, 430
Ira 421
Isabella, 432, 421
Jacob, 431
James C, 427
James Frederick, 426
James Lyon, 424
James Theoph, 424
James AVarren, 427
Jane, 422, ia, 434
Jasper, 434
Jeremiah, 425
Jeremiah Levy, 429
Jillian, 434
Jewett, 429
Joan, Johane, 433, 434
Joel, 470
John, 424, 432-5
John Curtis, 469
John H., 426
•John Henry, 424
John Loring, 473
John Manlcy, 422
John W.,42<i, 429
John Willistou, 470
Johnson, 425
Jonathan, 434
Joseph, 426
Joseph N., 426
Josepli S., 426
Joseph Thomas, 473
Joshua, 426
Judith, 426
Julia, 425
Julia Ann, 429
Katherine, 433-5
Lavinia, 427, 469
Lavinia Khoda, 471
Laviula Sabina, 472
Leland, 472
Loring, 469, 470
Louisa AI., 427
Lucia C., 429
Lucius, 426
Lucius Fremont, 426
Lucy, 421, 472
Lucy Ann, 431
Luke, 431,432
Lunette May, 428
Lydia, 421
Lydia Ann, 425
Lydia Lucretia, 470
Mabel Kempton, 424
Manlv, 426
Margaret, Marget, 432-4
Maria, 424
476
DANFORTH GENEALOGY.
Marietta Hall, 424
Martha, 425, 427, 473
Martha Ellis, 425
Martha J., 425, 428
Martha Louisa, 470
Martin, 427
Mary, 419, 424, 429, 430, 434
Mary Abbie, 431
Mary Ann, 424
Mary Czarina, 428, 429
Mary E., 428
Mary J., 431
Mary Jane, 427
Mary Lemon, 472
Mary Mills, 470
Matthew, 427
Mehitable, 426
Mercy, 424
Micajah, 427
Milton, 427
Minerva K., 423
Minnie Helen, 426
Moses, 427
Nathaniel, 428
Nellie M., 421
Nelly, 429
Newman Loring, 470
Nicholas, 434, 435
Norton, 429
Olive, 424, 434
Otis, 425, 428
Parnell, 433
Patty, 429
Peasley P., 423
Percy R., 421
Phebe, 425, 429
Polly, 429
Priscilla, 429, 433
Rachel Hobart, 470
Ralph Kellar, 473
Raulfe, 434
Raynold, 435
Rhoda, 470
Richard, 434, 435
Richard Ransom, 430
Robert, 432-5
Rodolphus, 431
Rodulfe, 433
Rosabell, 426
Rosalinda, 426
Rosanna 0., 427
Rose, 433
Roswell M., 430
Rufus H., 427
Ruth, 424
Ruth Ellen, 425
Sally, 423, 429
Samuel, 432, 434, 436
Samuel H.,429
Sarah, 422, 429
Sarah Ann, 427
Sarah Elizabeth, 425, 428, 431
Sarah Everett, 469
Sarah Jane, 424
Sarah Straw, 423
Sewall, 429, 430
Silas, 429
Silas Eugene, 429
Sophia, 421
Sophronia, 429
Stella Florence, 424
Stephen, 430
Stephen Bailey, 430, 431
Susan, 423, 429, 434
Susan Elizabeth, 424
Susan Lucretia, 429
Theodore Thomas, 473
Thomas, 429, 432-4, 469, 474
Thomas F., 473
Timothy, 430
Vilas. 423
Volina, 470
Walter Emery, 428
Wilamina, 426
Willard, 430
William, 424, 429, 430, 433, 435
William E. , 430
William Edwin, 430
William G., 430
William M., 426
Williston, 469
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